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McALESTER ŌĆö If the Poteau Pirates football team was going to advance to the Class 4A state championship game, senior quarterback Jace Pitchford would be in the middle of it somewhere ŌĆö and he was.
Although the Trojan War was centuries ago, the Poteau Pirates football team will be in one this afternoon in the Class 4A state semifinals.
The Pirates (11-1) will face the Oklahoma City Douglass Trojans (11-1) at 1:30 this afternoon at McAlester's Hook Eales Stadium. The winner will meet the victor of this weekend's other state semifinal between Anadarko and Wagoner in the state championship game on Friday at Oklahoma State University's Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater.
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There will be a send off for the Pirates beginning at approximately 9 this morning.
CASHION ŌĆö Revenge is sweet, even if it took a year to get it. Just ask the Talihina Golden Tigers football team.
After losing last year to the Cashion Wildcats 43-24 in the Class A state quarterfinals at Doc Robinson Stadium, the same two teams met a year later in the same spot of the postseason. This time, the Golden Tigers visited the ŌĆÖCats and returned the favor by posting a 22-20 victory Friday night.
When the Thanksgiving holiday break ends this week, the season will get going for the Heavener Wolves basketball team. The Wolves, who were 18-8 last season, will meet Western Yell County, Ark., at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Gary Ford Invitational in Hartford, Ark.
The Wolves return four starters from last season's team.
Editor's note: No preseason information has been received on the Lady Wolves. As soon as their preseason information, and other teams' preseason information, and their season openers approach, there will be more season preview stories in future editions.
What Poteau sophomore runinng back Roger Barcheers has done his first two years has been rather awesome, especially since he was the Freshman of the Year on the 2012 All-Arklahoma Football Team.
However, Barcheers was in the spotlight, somewhat that is, for his ability to hold the ball for Poteau senior place-kicker Jace Pitchford. Thanks to the right hold, Pitchford kicked the game-winning field goal with four seconds left to lift the Pirates to a 10-7 Class 4A state quarterfinal victory over defending state champion Clinton at Costner Stadium.
Last year at this time, the Talihina Golden Tigers football team was preparing to meet the Cashion Wildcats in the Class A state quarterfinals at Doc Robinson Stadium. The ŌĆśCats came to ŌĆ£The PitŌĆØ and left 43-24 victors to make the state semifinals.
A year later, in the same spot of the Class A playoffs, the same two teams will do battle as the Golden Tigers (12-0) will travel to meet the Wildcats (10-2) at 7:30 tonight in Cashion.
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WARNER ŌĆö Connors State menŌĆÖs basketball coach Bill Muse will have his 2013 Winter Cowboys shooting and offensive skills camp at Connors State College for boys and girls Dec. 14-15.
The camp is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 14 and 1 to 6 p.m. Dec. 15.
Register by Sunday and receive a free basketball.
For information call Muse at (918) 463-6231.
Happy Thanksgiving to you all. I hope you all are getting to be with family and friends as well as having some good food.
Come Watch the Pirates Thursday Morning
The Poteau Pirates will have an open practice to the public at 8 a.m. Thursday at Costner Stadium as they prepare for Saturday afternoon's Class 4A state semifinal against the Oklahoma City Douglass Trojans at McAlester's Hook Eales Stadium. Kickoff will be at 1:30 p.m.
The online deer check station has been a hotspot this year. The numbers are looking good ŌĆö a lot of venison on the table all across the state.
HereŌĆÖs what has been checked as of Wednesday morning: 56,471 deer, 176 turkey and 42 elk. This year, my family has actually contributed to that number early. My wife, Paula, kept telling me that I sure went out a bunch and never brought home a deer. This year IŌĆÖve gotten one, and so has Cash and Koby.
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I think Friday night's Class 4A state quarterfinal game the Poteau Pirates played against the defending state champion Clinton Red Tornadoes had to be among the best defensive games the Pirates have ever played. The Pirates held the Red Tornadoes to only three first downs in the game, and two of those came on long hail Mary passes. The defending state champs, who are considered to be an outstanding rushing offense, made only 60 yards rushing.


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I read that women are unclean for two weeks after giving birth to a girl and seven days after giving birth to a boy. What does it tell us?
I recommend that you take a look at the commentary of R' Samson Raphael Hirsch on Leviticus 12, and in particular 12:5. I'll try to summarize the pertinent points here, but I won't do his beautiful thoughts and words justice.
The "uncleanliess" you're referring to is "tum-a." According to R' Hirsch, tum-a is a mental condition that would prevent a person from participating in holy practices with the correct mindset. In particular, many types of tum-a cause this problem by afflicting a person with the illusion that people are trapped by the physical world and have no genuine free will. One can't participate in the holy service, in which one dedicates some aspect of oneself to God, without a complete sense that one is approaching God out of free choice. The paradigm of this type of tum-a is contact with a human corpse, which can give a person the depressing impression that people have no more value than this inanimate body.
In the process of giving birth, a woman necessarily surrenders to the overwhelming physical process and thus is intimately subject to the illusion that she is an unfree object of natural forces rather than the holy, volitional being that she is. Until enough time has passed for the depressing effects of this spiritual trauma to ebb, she needs to take a break from holy offerings that require a whole spirit. That's the tum-a that she experiences. The first stage of such recovery takes seven days.
That's for the mother. Of course, the child who's born also goes through a traumatic physical process and what's more, needs to be inducted for the first time into the world of free-willed submission to God. For this purpose, we have different processes for a son and for a daughter. For a son, we do circumcision (12:3), which R' Hirsch says represents "the free willed moral subordination of our physical bodily sensuality under the laws of God" (see his commentary on Genesis 17 for more).
For a daughter, the mother goes through the tum-a recovery period for a second time. It will be the mother's job, in addition to serving as a free-willed moral Jewish Woman in her own right, to also serve as a model of that role for her new daughter. "... and at the birth of each fresh daughter has doubly to arm herself, for the child and for herself, to tread the lofty path of purity and morality up to the heights preached by the Sanctuary of God."
One way to look at Tuma is that it is a lack of holiness. When a women gives birth she has less life inside her, and thus less holiness.
When she gives birth to a girl she lost more holiness than with a boy because the girl inside her also has the capacity to grow life.
The gemoro niddah 31b asks this question. The gemoro answers that tuma is dependant on when she will accept her husband back again. Rather a new notion for it. That the idea of tuma is to stop her being available for her husband so that he should not be able to 'force' or 'pressurise' her into it. And for a boy where everyone is pleased it is after seven days and for a girl fourteen.
The status of "tumah" is not meant to imply sinfulness, degradation or inferiority. On the contrary, it emphasizes, in particular, the great level of holiness inherent in woman's G‑dly power to create and nurture a new life within her body, and the great holiness of a husband and wife's union, in general. Since a woman possesses this lofty potential, she, also bears the possibility of its void. http://m.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/510244/jewish/Ritual-purity-after-birth-of-males-and-females.htm


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USA-Mexico Ticket – Random Selection Draw
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is U.S. Soccer using a random selection draw? What's the benefit for fans?
By using a random selection draw, all fans have a fair and equal opportunity to purchase tickets at face value. Those applying for tickets can place their request at a time and date within the request period that is convenient to them, eliminating the race to be first in line to purchase tickets. The procedure also allows Ticketmaster time to carefully review all ticket orders to ensure possible purchasers are complying with the ticket policy established for this match. By enforcing the ticket policy, fans who intend to use their tickets personally will have a greater chance to purchase them.
What is the ticket policy? How many tickets can I purchase?
The ticket policy for this match is that households and/or individuals are allowed to purchase up to four tickets.
When will I be able to purchase a ticket?
U.S. Soccer Supporters Club members and other U.S. Soccer priority members will have access to a pre-sale opportunity to purchase tickets as long as the ticket policy is followed. For the general public, the window to apply for ticket orders will be from July 19-22.
Do I have a better chance of getting tickets if I get my name in the random selection draw system early?
No. It does not matter when you apply for tickets during the window from July 19-22. All requests for tickets during the window will have an equal opportunity.
Is there any charge incurred by applying to purchase tickets?
There is no charge. Your credit card will not be charged unless you are allocated tickets.
If I apply for tickets during the random selection draw am I required to purchase the tickets if I'm selected? What if I change my mind?
Once you complete your application, you are committed to the purchase if you are allocated tickets.
If I'm a USSSC Member, do I still get priority to purchase tickets? Do I have to apply in the random selection draw?
USSSC members as of June 30, 2013, will get priority access to purchase tickets through a presale as long as they follow the ticket policy. If USSSC members don't purchase tickets through the presale, they have the opportunity to apply through the random selection draw. Click here for more information about USSSC membership.
Where do I go to apply for tickets in the random selection draw?
Fans will apply for tickets through the Columbus Crew ticket system.
What if I already have an account in Columbus Crew's database?
Simply log into that account using your email address and Crew Account Manager password. You can then select your ticket preference.
I have purchased tickets to other games at Crew Stadium. Do I already have an account?
Possibly. If you enter your email address on the reservation site and it states you already have an account simply hit the "Forgot Password" button and it will be emailed to you. Remember, there is no preference for entering your information early. You will have time to receive for your password and log in.
How many overall tickets are available for the match?
The capacity at Columbus Crew Stadium for this match will be more than 22,000. At this time, U.S. Soccer is looking at the possibility of adding additional seats for the match. Fans that are not selected to purchase tickets in the random selection draw will be automatically re-entered for a chance to obtain the additional seats. Once again, the tickets will be allocated by random selection.
How many tickets will be available for the general public after the presales?
The exact number will depend on the amount of tickets sold in the presales.
Is U.S. Soccer selecting who they want to purchase tickets?
No. All fans that properly fill out the application form and adhere to the ticket policy will have a fair and equal opportunity to be allocated tickets. A computer program will randomly select applicants.
If I'm a Mexico fan, do I have the ability to apply for tickets in the random selection draw?
All fans are welcome to apply for tickets. Again, anyone who properly fills out the application form and adheres to the ticket policy will have a fair and equal opportunity to be allocated tickets.


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Six members of Sweetwa-ter High SchoolŌĆÖs volleyball team have garnered all-District 4-3A recognition.
Setter Suede Shirley and outside hitter Kendra Cros-son made the all-District 4-3A first team. Middle blockers Kathleen Campbell and Shelby Cason and outside hitter-middle blocker Kelsi Crosson were all named to the second team, and libero Janell Walker earned all-district honorable mention. All six players are seniors.
This is the third straight year for Shirley, Kendra Crosson and Campbell to be named either first- or second-team all-district.
All-District 4-3A:
MVP ŌĆö Kylie Jenkins, Wylie.
Hitter of the Year ŌĆö Layne Little, Wylie.
Setter of the Year ŌĆö Tucker Smith, Wylie.
Defensive Specialists of the Year ŌĆö Carson Reibe, Big Spring; Katelyn Pittman, Monahans.
Newcomer of the Year ŌĆö Erin Pollard, Big Spring.
Megan McCaslin, Wylie; Shelby Corn, Wylie; Bailey Turner, Wylie; Kathleen Wolfe, Monahans; Karley Pounds, Monahans; Sami Santillan, Monahans; Haley Dimidjian, Big Spring; Morgan Seaton, Big Spring; Clara Benavides, Big Spring; Kendra Crosson, Sweetwater; Suede Shirley, Sweetwater; Amanda Bell, Midland Greenwood; Jaeda Jordan, Snyder.
Cassidy Hanna, Wylie; Meagan McCright, Wylie; Lisa Davis, Wylie; Kelsi Crosson, Sweetwater; Kathleen Campbell, Sweetwat-er; Shelby Cason, Sweetwater; Ebony Zavala, Big Spring; Julianna Rodriguez, Big Spring; Kelsie Guinn, Big Spring; Courtney Pollard, Sny-der; Penny Holdren, Snyder; Karlie Warden, Monahans; Caroline Dixon, Monahans; Cassie Kraft, Midland Greenwood; Courtney Waters, Midland Greenwood; Ashton Hannah, Midland Greenwood.
Janell Walker.
Juliette Alvarez, Big Spring; Pay-ton Gray, Snyder; Heather Medrano, Snyder; Gabi Cano, Monahans; Mady Woods, Monahans; Whitney Collins, Midland Greenwood; Morgan McKee, Midland Greenwood.


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Urfer to challenge Bradley for circuit judge
Gilbert Urfer, a two-time finalist for appointment to the circuit court bench, has decided to run for election to a recently vacated seat.
Urfer announced his campaign Wednesday for Branch 45, formerly held by Thomas Donegan, who retired last month. Urfer was one of five finalists recommended to Gov. Scott Walker to fill the seat by appointment, but the nod went to Rebecca Bradley instead.
"I am running to improve the quality of justice in Milwaukee County as a judge who will not bring personal ideologies into the courtroom," Urfer said in his announcement. »Read Full Blog Post(6)
Bucks get stuck in fourth
San Antonio - A strong performance for three quarters had the Bucks thinking big Wednesday night at the AT&T Center.
Big as in taking down the mighty San Antonio Spurs.
But it all fell apart in the fourth quarter as reserves Nando De Colo and Tiago Splitter and starting shooting guard Gary Neal sparked the Spurs to a 110-99 victory. »Read Full Article(1)
Arrest No. 21 for drunken driving leads to 6-year prison term
A serial drunken driver was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison in Rock County Circuit Court after his 10th Wisconsin conviction for operating while intoxicated.
Paul G. Barber, 52, had previously been arrested for drunken driving 21 times in multiple states dating back to 1982. Convictions before 1989 are not counted under Wisconsin law, Rock County District attorney David O'Leary said.
"I'm done with this," Barber told a Wisconsin state trooper upon refusing to complete field sobriety tests after he was found in his freshly damaged vehicle on the shoulder of I-39/I-190 May 25, according to O'Leary. »Read Full Article
Boosting UW nonresident enrollment sparks debate
A proposal to increase the percentage of students from outside the state allowed to enroll at University of Wisconsin System campuses is raising concerns about whether fewer Wisconsin students ultimately will have access to the flagship Madison campus.
The issue pits the historical vision of what the state universities should be against the practical realities of how they actually function today. And it straddles the familiar intersection of politics and money.
Since the merger that created the UW System in the 1970s, nonresident enrollment at each school in the system has been capped at 25%. Only UW-Madison is at the limit; UW-Platteville, which enrolls students from Iowa and Illinois under a special reduced tuition agreement, could come close to the cap in the next few years. »Read Full Article(29)
Frank Ocean, fun. lead Grammy nominations
Smooth-voiced R&B singer Frank Ocean and indie pop group fun. were the big nominees revealed for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.
Ocean, who made waves both for his critically acclaimed debut album "Channel Orange" and for revealing he had a relationship with a man, picked up six nominations including for album of the year, best new artist and record of the year categories (the latter for "Orange" track "Thinkin Bout You").
But fun. surprisingly made the biggest impression with the Recording Academy as the only act to get nominations in the big three categories - for album of the year for "Some Nights," and record and song of the year for Gen Y ode "We Are Young." The trio also picked up a Best New Artist nod among its six nominations. »Read Full Article
Alvarez to return to sideline for Rose Bowl
Madison - The news that Bret Bielema was stepping down as head coach at Wisconsin and leaving to take over the Arkansas program, left the UW players reeling.
With less than a month to prepare to face No. 8 Stanford in the 2013 Rose Bowl, the departure of Bielema was the latest hit for a UW team that lost three games in overtime and five overall by a combined 19 points during a tumultuous regular season.
According to a source close to the program, the team's six captains were determined to respond forcefully and quickly. »Read Full Article(77)
Study: Poverty hurts charter schools more
Poverty is strongly tied to schools' rankings in a new state report card system, but among low-income schools, traditional public schools have higher achievement scores than charter schools, according to an analysis from a new nonprofit.
The report by the Forward Institute, a nonpartisan, progressive public policy and educational research think tank formed in August, was released at a news conference Wednesday hosted by state Sen. Kathleen Vinehout (D-Alma).
It reinforces what many educators already know and have said in response to Wisconsin's new school report cards: Poverty matters. A lot. »Read Full Article(37)
UWM student faces possible homicide charge in death of relative
A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student faces a possible homicide charge after a relative was found dead in the student's dorm room, where drug paraphernalia was also found, authorities said Wednesday.
Timothy Stanczyk, 56, of Watertown was found unresponsive and sitting at the student's desk in Sandburg Hall shortly before 11 p.m., Monday, according to a Milwaukee County medical examiner's report.
According to the report, cotton balls, a spoon, foil packets and a tourniquet were found atop the desk and the student has a history of intravenous heroin use. »Read Full Article
GOP sends mixed messages on election-day registration
Madison - Gov. Scott Walker argued that ending election-day voter registration was not a priority on Wednesday, even as two of his Republican colleagues announced they were working on a bill to do just that.
The GOP governor last month told a gathering at the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum near Los Angeles that he supported ending the ability of people to register to vote at the polls. Walker said Wednesday he still supports the measure, but downplayed it and said opponents had turned it into a "ridiculous issue."
But half an hour later, Rep. Joel Kleefisch (R-Oconomowoc) sent an email to all lawmakers saying he and Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) were writing a bill to end election-day registration and seeking co-sponsors for it. Capitol aides said it was the first email they had seen in which legislators are asking for people to sign on to bills for the next session. »Read Full Article(369)
Chryst remains likely top target for Wisconsin, but other candidates emerge
Madison - Pat Richter knows how to conduct a successful coaching search.
As Wisconsin's athletic director in 1989, Richter plucked Barry Alvarez from the Notre Dame staff to rebuild UW's moribund football program.
Now that Alvarez, in his ninth year as UW's athletic director, is working to find a replacement for former head coach Bret Bielema, Richter sees a program that has reached a level of success that could make some candidates hesitant to take on the job. »Read Full Article(96)
Civil rights leader Chaney was 'champion of the community'
Civil rights leader Felmers O. Chaney, Milwaukee's first black police sergeant and a longtime leader of the Milwaukee NAACP, died Wednesday of natural causes. He was 94.
Chaney came to Milwaukee from a small town and applied to the Police Department at the urging of his barber - who just wouldn't drop the idea of Chaney becoming a cop. Chaney was a police officer for 36 years, patrolling the W. Walnut St. neighborhood on foot.
"He was real tall and all he'd have to do is point over to someone and tell them to sit down, and they'd pay attention to him," said Reuben Harpole, who has chronicled life in the tight-knit black community on the near north side known as Bronzeville. "He knew almost all the kids in the neighborhood." »Read Full Article
South Milwaukee residents work to restore winter wonder
South Milwaukee - What is the price for regaining some of the good old days?
Mary Nelson and a couple thousand supporters are asking Milwaukee County to spend several hundred thousand dollars or more on restoring one page of South Milwaukee's past.
The county should dredge several feet of accumulated muck from an old mill pond on Oak Creek to restore recreational opportunities for youth, particularly ice skating, said Nelson, a former alderman. Two long mounds of dirt rise high above the water like sandbars and cover one-fourth of the pond's surface along Oak Creek Parkway near Grant Park. »Read Full Article(57)
Bielema says pay for his assistants was an issue at UW
He talked about spreading his wings and chasing a dream. He noted the passion of Arkansas fans. He touted his achievements.
And he joined the rest of the room in his first pig call as head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks.
A raspy-voiced Bret Bielema introduced himself to the state of Arkansas Wednesday afternoon at a press conference making no promises, but assuring the fan base he will use the same methods he used to produce three straight trips to the Rose Bowl as coach at Wisconsin. »Read Full Blog Post(151)
Video: JS reporters, Aaron Rodgers discuss Ryan Grant's return, Packers' injuries
Our trio of videos from Green Bay today have Bob McGinn talking about Ryan Grant and the Packers game against the Detroit Lions; Tom Silverstein and Lori Nickel discussing injuries and other hot topics; and Aaron Rodgers addressing the team's injury situation and the return of Grant.
Waukesha woman found unharmed after domestic violence incident
A woman reported missing Wednesday after a police standoff at a Waukesha home has been found unharmed.
Police began searching for Fay Shaw when she didn't show up for work after officers were called to a domestic violence incident shortly before 6:30 a.m.
According to police, the owner of the home owns firearms and had previously threatened to shoot officers. »Read Full Article(7)
Video: Bret Bielema's Arkansas news conference
Bret Bielema was introduced as Arkansas' new head football coach earlier this afternoon in Fayetteville. Here's a video from Arkansas Online of the news conference (the actual news conference starts about 11 minutes into the video). We'll have a report on the news conference later today.
Supervisor says Ryan campaign event at Mitchell violated county rules
A Nov. 5 rally for Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan at a county-owned Mitchell International Airport hangar violated county rules and lease terms for the firm that rents the space, a county supervisor said Wednesday.
Supervisor Patricia Jursik called Ryan's election eve rally "a highly inappropriate use of hangar space." She said the rally violated the county's hangar lease with Sterling Aviation, where Ryan spoke to more than 2,000 supporters.
"It turned that hangar into a big convention hall," Jursik said in an interview. The event also caused traffic snarls in the area. Sterling is at 5480 S. Howell Ave. »Read Full Article(58)
Alvarez to announce Rose Bowl plan Thursday
Madison - This bit of news regarding Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez, courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, shouldn't surprise anyone.
Alvarez, who was in New York City Monday and Tuesday, told the publication he hasn't ruled out coaching UW in the Rose Bowl against No. 8 Stanford.
He is scheduled to discuss his plans during a news conference at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Kohl Center media room. »Read Full Blog Post(40)
Summerfest ticket price rises $1; beer prices stay same
The Summerfest board on Wednesday endorsed a 2013 budget that calls for net operating income of just less than $14 million for the 11-day festival next year, an increase of $1.87 million over this year's heat-hampered celebration.
The increase is expected to come from increased attendance, sponsorships, business group sales and a $1 increase - from $16 to $17 - in ticket prices.
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Roadrunner Transportation to sell 3.5 million shares
Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. said Wednesday it plans to sell 3.5 million shares of its stock.
The Cudahy-based trucking and logistics firm went public in May 2010 at $14 a share.
Roadrunner said it plans to offer 3.4 million shares, with another 100,000 shares being offered by a stockholder. The company said it would use proceeds from the sale to reduce debt and for general corporate purposes.
Before the announcement, Roadrunner's shares closed Wednesday at $17.50, down $1.19. (1)
Northwestern Mutual plans $300 million downtown office tower
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. plans to build a new office tower, housing hundreds of employees, at its downtown Milwaukee campus and is seeking $48 million in city financing for the $300 million project.
The new building, with 840,000 square feet, could be more than 30 stories, and would be among downtown's largest office buildings. It would replace Northwestern Mutual's 16-story building south of E. Mason and east of N. Cass streets and would be built at that location once the existing building is demolished, the company announced Wednesday.
City financing would come in the form of a tax incremental financing district. It would be Milwaukee's largest such tax district if the Common Council approves the proposal from Mayor Tom Barrett's administration. Northwestern Mutual would spend its money upfront and recover $48 million through property tax rebates over 25 years. »Read Full Article(186)
No hard feelings, Grant back with the Packers
Green Bay --- Ryan Grant dismissed the standing ovation as "a joke." Aaron Rodgers assured it was "legit."
Either way, when the Green Bay Packers running back met his old (and new) teammates again, he was met with booming applause. The team's fifth all-time leading rusher is back for the stretch run when the Packers need him most. Cedric Benson is down. James Starks is down. Brandon Saine is down.
So this week, Grant got the call back. »Read Full Blog Post(48)
Walker says he would fight to stop an immigration bill
Madison -- Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday he would fight to prevent an Arizona-style immigration bill from getting to his desk if lawmakers pursue it -- a sharp contrast from his position two years ago, when he said he would sign such legislation.
"I'd push to make sure it didn't come to me," Walker said. »Read Full Blog Post(41)
Milwaukee zoo faces uncertainties during interchange work
Milwaukee County Zoo Director Charles Wikenhauser said last week that the projected permanent loss of 700 parking spaces to the Zoo Interchange project poses a threat to zoo attendance and revenue.
"We will have to replace that in some way," he said, "whether it be through using a parking structure or the potential of an auxiliary entrance … over by Highway 100 and Blue Mound."
While the state has assured that it will make good on the parking, the zoo is yet another institution that the rebuilding of the junction has thrown into a holding pattern. »Read Full Article
MMAC board will hear how Oklahoma City remade itself
Roy Williams is president and CEO of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber. He and his group do the same kind of work that the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce does in Milwaukee: work with business and community leaders to move forward.
Why is this important? Because Timothy Sheehy, the head of the MMAC, and Williams are friends. And Sheehy, who has been at the forefront of putting a framework into place to determine whether Milwaukee needs a new multipurpose arena to replace the BMO Harris Bradley Center, has been impressed with the way Oklahoma City has developed its downtown area as well as its basketball arena.
To that end, Sheehy says he plans to invite Williams to Milwaukee to meet with the MMAC board in late January. Sheehy and a Milwaukee delegation have already been to Oklahoma City. »Read Full Blog Post(8)
Top mining official accused of conflict of interest
Tim Sullivan, the head of the Wisconsin Mining Association, is coming under fire for taking a paid position with a firm that would compete directly with the proposed $1.5 billion iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin.
Sullivan was elected this week to the board of Cliffs Natural Resources, a post that could pay Sullivan as much as $200,000 per year. Cliffs is the principal owner of two large iron ore mines in the Upper Peninsula and one in Minnesota. Sullivan officially joins the board on Jan. 14, according to a company spokeswoman.
"It's absolutely a conflict of interest," said Bob Seitz, chief lobbyist for Gogebic Taconite, the firm hoping to open the large mine in Ashland and Iron counties. Seitz described Cliffs as Gogebic's "main competition" in the production of taconite pellets. »Read Full Blog Post(72)
Change in bus fareboxes will take more time
A project to replace fareboxes with computerized units that read smart cards for the entire fleet of 400 Milwaukee County Transit System buses won't be finished until early 2014 - months later than expected, county officials were told Wednesday.
It will take that long because of the complexity of the job, which involves customizing a system that accepts smart cards with their value embedded in tiny computer chips, as well as cash, said Simon Talbot, a vice president with Scheidt & Bachman, the German firm hired by the county to design and install the new fareboxes. He spoke during a meeting of the County Board's Transportation, Public Works and Transit Committee.
The project is expected to cost about $7 million. »Read Full Article(17)
Court rejects $125,000 jury award over hair in food
Kevin Hansen couldn't eat the hairy steak he got from a West Bend restaurant in 2008, and now he won't be consuming the $125,000 a jury awarded him over the intentional food tampering either.
The state Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that a Washington County judge erred when he implied a jury finding of causal negligence on the part of Texas Roadhouse restaurant. Without that, there was nothing to support the jury's award of $100,000 in punitive damages, and $25,000 in compensatory damages for Hansen, according to the opinion.
A cook put facial or pubic hairs in a cut he made in Hansen's steak in February 2008, after Hansen had complained that his first steak had been overcooked. The cook pleaded guilty to putting foreign objects in edibles and was sentenced to six months in jail and two years of probation. »Read Full Blog Post(9)
Green beer: Milwaukee Brewing to build solar hot water system
Green beer apparently isn't brewed on St. Patrick's Day only.
Milwaukee Brewing Co. will install a solar hot water system at its brewery in Walker's Point, with 28 solar panels that will be combined with a system that will preheat water used in the brewing process.
"Here's a good example of a perfect application for solar hot water," said Amy Heart, who runs the city of Milwaukee's solar program, Milwaukee Shines. "Breweries use a lot of water – and a lot of hot water – and so it made sense for them to invest in this." »Read Full Blog Post(10)
Proponents of same-day registration tell Walker to leave law alone
Proponents of same-day voter registration, including Mayor Tom Barrett, the head of the Milwaukee Election Commission and representatives of community groups, urged Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday to leave the law alone.
Speaking at a news conference outside New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 2433 W. Roosevelt Drive, which also serves as a polling station, speakers were critical of Walker's recent comments that he was considering ending same-day registration.
Walker made his comments last month in a speech in Simi Valley, Calif. Since then, backers of same-day registration have signaled their intent to convince Walker not to push for change. »Read Full Blog Post(239)
House bill passes with SS Badger go-ahead stripped out
The last coal-powered ferry in the United States was dealt a setback Wednesday in a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, which stripped out language that would have allowed the Lake Michigan-crossing ship to keep operating.
Now it's up to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to act on a request by the owners of the ferry to permit the SS Badger to keep chugging between Manitowoc and Ludington, Mich., under the power of its aging boilers.
The permit for the passenger ferry expires Dec. 19. »Read Full Article(75)
Bielema's deal with Arkansas pays him $3.2 million a year, plus incentives
Departing Badgers football coach Bret Bielema's agreement with the University of Arkansas will pay him $3.2 million annually over six years, with incentives adding up to $700,000 a year.
The Arkansas News Bureau obtained the letter of agreement Tuesday morning through a Freedom of Information request.
Here is a copy of the agreement.
Bielema was due to receive $2.6 million from Wisconsin this season.
Bielema will be introduced as the new coach at Arkansas at a news conference at 4 p.m. CST today. The university's website, arkansasrazorbacks.com, will have a live stream of the event.
Details on 'Ellen' segment with 'Milwaukeenos' airing Wednesday
TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres gave cash gift cards to fans who wore ugly holiday sweaters to an event she staged in Milwaukee Tuesday.
She used Twitter to tease fans here with details of the Toys for Tots event throughout the day.
The final tweet read: "Here we go, Milwaukeenos! Get a bad holiday sweater, an unwrapped toy to donate and get to Walgreens at 2950 N. Oakland Ave!" »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Senate GOP leader says caucus hasn't decided on action on abortion
Madison - A GOP leader this week said state Senate Republicans have not yet decided whether to pass bills to further restrict abortion, end the ability of voters to register at the polls, expand school vouchers and put partisan appointees in charge of state elections.
"There has been no consensus on any of those issues," incoming Senate President Mike Ellis (R-Neenah) said in an interview late Tuesday.
In the Nov. 6 elections, Republicans won control of the Senate and retained control of the Assembly. Since then, key GOP lawmakers have floated their plans on abortion, voter registration, expanding school vouchers and reshaping the Government Accountability Board, which runs state elections. Some have also talked privately about expanding school vouchers. But Ellis said no decisions have been made on those matters and that the Senate GOP caucus has yet to discuss any of them. »Read Full Article(83)
Grant signs with Packers, Starks likely heading to IR
Green Bay - Push has come to shove. Running back Ryan Grant is finally back with the Green Bay Packers.
Grant signed with his former team on Wednesday, as the Packers placed running back Johnny White (concussion) on injured reserve. One NFL source also said that starter James Starks is likely heading to IR after suffering an injury in Green Bay's 23-14 win over Minnesota.
The 29-year-old Grant made a brief stop with the Washington Redskins earlier this season, appearing in one game with one carry for five yards. Last week, the New York Giants worked out Grant but did not sign him. And after a trio of injuries slammed the running back position in Green Bay, the Packers have decided to bring back their fifth all-time leading rusher. »Read Full Blog Post(255)
Federal grant to support entrepreneurs, start-ups
Five Milwaukee area universities have received a five-year, $1 million matching grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to form a coalition that will support entrepreneurs and start-ups.
The Wisconsin Center for Commercialization Resources must match the funding with another $1 million, said Sammis White, an urban planning professor at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and co-director of the new organization.
The schools involved are UWM, Marquette University, Milwaukee School of Engineering, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater and University of Wisconsin - Parkside. The center's goal is to turn ideas into commercially viable ventures by providing resources and services that support entrepreneurs from concept to launch. »Read Full Article(10)
Wisconsinites join D.C. vigil on fiscal cliff
Wisconsin clergy and lay leaders will take part in a noon prayer vigil in Washington on Wednesday, calling on Congress and President Barack Obama to an enact "just and equitable" financial policies as they near the so-called fiscal cliff.
The Revs. Dennis Jacobsen of Incarnation Lutheran Church and Willie Brisco of the Milwaukee Inner-city Congregations Allied for Hope, will lead the Wisconsin contingent .
The vigil in the the Hart Senate Office Building atrium, organized by the social justice nonprofit group Gamaliel, is expected to draw about 300 religious, labor and community leaders from 17 states, according to organizers. They will urge lawmakers to maintain the social safety net for the poor and not to cut programs and taxes in a way that would overburden churches and other community groups.
First Business prices stock sale at $23 a share
The parent company of First Business Bank-Milwaukee has priced a public offering of 1.1 million common shares at $23 a share.
First Business Financial Services Inc., of Madison, said it expects to close the $25.3 million offering on Monday.
Net proceeds will support future growth in existing or new markets, or acquisitions. First Business said in the short term, proceeds from the offering would be used to repay a portion of the company's subordinated debt. »Read Full Article
Franklin wants sheriff to stay in charge of Milwaukee County Correctional Facility
Franklin - The Common Council on Tuesday unanimously voted to challenge a move by the Milwaukee County Board to move management of the Milwaukee County Correctional Facility South from the Sheriff's Office to a superintendent.
City officials said the county's move likely will jeopardize the safety of city residents.
The three-part resolution was proposed by Alderman Steve Olson, whose district is home to the corrections facility. It directs Mayor Tom Taylor to communicate with County Executive Chris Abele, have city staff draft a communication outlining the city's concerns and have Police Chief Rick Oliva resurrect a community task force that once addressed opposition to having the city be the site of any housing for convicted sexual predators. »Read Full Article(3)
Research grant funds heart disease screening in newborns
A team of Wisconsin researchers said Monday they have received a three-year, $900,000 federal grant to review screening procedures for critical congenital heart disease in newborns.
Investigators at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin will begin collecting information in January to understand the use of pulse oximetry, or POX, screening in babies born in the state, the organizations said in a news release. The investigators will be joined by researchers at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services and the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene.
Their project is called the Wisconsin Screening Hearts in Newborns, or SHINE. The project has previously found that critical congenital heart disease diagnoses are missed in one in 25,000 births in the state, and that the missed diagnosis results in death in one out of 40,000 cases here. »Read Full Article
PolitiFact: Testing Pasch claim on Dem victory margin
New today from PolitiFact Wisconsin:
Democrats lost 60 of 99 State Assembly races in November, but Rep. Sandra Pasch (D-Shorewood) says Democratic Party candidates "actually received 200,000 more votes statewide" than their Republican counterparts. Is her math correct? We check the numbers. (31)
Bharadwaj among those to be honored by Interfaith Conference
A longtime member of the Hindu Temple of Wisconsin and advocate for peace and justice and interfaith dialogue will be among those honored Thursday by the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee.
Lakshmi Bharadwaj, sociology professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will receive the Frank Zeidler Award for his contributions to social issues in Milwaukee and around the world. The award is named for the late Milwaukee mayor who helped found the conference in 1970.
Bharadwaj worked closely with Zeidler as part of the World Federalist Association of Greater Milwaukee, and is known nationally and internationally for his work to promote nonviolence, environmental protection and interfaith understanding, according to the conference. »Read Full Blog Post
Walker's Point buildings sold, to be redeveloped
Two attached vacant buildings in Walker's Point have been sold to a local investment group that hopes to redevelop them.
A 5,000-square-foot building, at 838 S. 1st St., and a 3,000-square-foot building, at 114 E. Walker St., were sold by West Grand Corp., based in Northbrook, Ill., to Square 1 LLC for $88,000, said Square 1 co-owner Michael Henry, a broker with Keller Williams Realty, in Wauwatosa.
Square 1 is working on a plan to redevelop the buildings, including a possible restaurant use for the larger building, Henry said.
No-snow record hangs in balance, even with forecast
Skiers, snowplow drivers and winter lovers take heart - the warm, balmy weather is leaving, and it's possible snowflakes may begin to fly starting Friday night.
Or maybe not. Weather forecasting is a relatively inexact science.
Two days after Milwaukee and Madison broke high temperature records, the mercury is expected to dip 30 degrees lower Wednesday. As a cold front moves into Wisconsin, there's a 30% chance for snow Friday night and Saturday morning in the Milwaukee area, according to the National Weather Service. »Read Full Article
Marquette basketball uniforms to bear patch honoring Rick Majerus
Marquette men's basketball players will wear a patch for the rest of the season to honor former coach Rick Majerus.
Marquette posted a link showing the gold-and-black uniform patch bearing the initials "RM" on its Twitter account Wednesday morning.
Rick Majerus, 64, a Sheboygan native who coached the then-Warriors from 1983 to 1986, died Saturday of a heart ailment. He's known nationally for coaching the University of Utah to the Final Four in 1988. He had last coached at Saint Louis University.
That university announced in late August that Majerus would take a leave of absence from coaching due to concerns about his heart. Then on Nov. 16, the school confirmed that Majerus would not return at all.
Companies, politicians jostle in U.S.-China bids for bankrupt battery maker
The sale of a bankrupt energy storage technology developer is getting attention in Washington, D.C. because of concerns about the loss of a key industry's technology to China.
Johnson Controls Inc. of Glendale and Wanxiang Group Corp. are expected to submit bids beginning this week for A123 Systems Inc. of Waltham, Mass.
An auction overseen by the federal bankruptcy court in Delaware will begin Thursday. A hearing to consider the sale has been scheduled for Tuesday. »Read Full Blog Post(8)
Traffic stop leads to large cocaine bust in Milwaukee
A traffic stop by Milwaukee police in September led to a large drug bust that netted about 9 pounds of cocaine and more than $140,000 in cash, authorities announced Tuesday.
The cocaine had a street value of $804,000.
Police seized a large bag containing 11 small plastic bags of cocaine in a traffic stop on Sept. 30. The next day authorities went to the driver's home, where a police dog detected controlled substances in the drug suspect's vehicle, according to police. »Read Full Article(2)
Wauwatosa's North Avenue and Village to be studied for makeover
A year after producing strategic plans for the Village and the North Avenue East Town commercial districts, the city is taking the next step with a study of how to implement them.
In both parts of Wauwatosa, the studies will take in traffic and turning patterns, and consider how to better balance pedestrian and vehicle movement. Slowing down cars - on State Street in the Village, and especially along the North Avenue corridor - is one city goal.
The studies, which will take several months, are to be done by Ayres Associates of Waukesha on a contract worth from $34,000 to $46,000, depending on various options, said Public Works Director William Porter. Ayres has done a number of street studies for the city. »Read Full Article(6)
Police find malnourished calf in Beloit home
Beloit - Police responding to a domestic disturbance call at a Beloit home made an unusual discovery.
Officers say a malnourished calf was being kept in the basement of the house.
A woman living at the residence called police Sunday and told them her husband had assaulted her. Police Capt. Vince Sciame says the husband was upset the calf was not being properly fed.
WISC-TV reports the house was deemed uninhabitable by city inspectors. The couple was cited for keeping livestock in the city. The calf was taken to the University of Wisconsin Veterinary Hospital and was later sent to an animal shelter. (3)
No injuries reported in New Berlin house fire
New Berlin fire and police departments responded to a house fire in the 4500 block of S. Harland Ave. early Wednesday morning. No injuries were reported.
Man shot, killed on Milwaukee's northwest side
A man was shot and killed on Milwaukee's northwest side early Wednesday.
The man, whose name and age were not released, was shot in the head in the 102nd block of W. Fond du Lac Ave., according to police. Authorities were called to the scene around 12:20 a.m.
Brookfield East student cited for drunken driving after crash in school parking lot
An 18-year-old Brookfield man, a student at Brookfield East High School, was cited for drunken driving in the school parking lot Friday.
City of Brookfield Police Capt. Phil Horter said officers responded to a crash in the school's parking lot, 3305 N. Lilly Road, at 3:22 p.m. Nov. 30. The 18-year-old had rear-ended another vehicle, causing minor damage.
His blood-alcohol content was 0.10 when officers gave him a breath test at the scene, Horter said. »Read Full Article(6)
Sheboygan County man killed by car while getting mail
A 98-year-old Sheboygan County man was killed Tuesday when he was struck by a car while getting his mail.
Erhard Klug of rural Random Lake was trying to get his mail when he stepped into the path of a 1997 Dodge van driven by Lona Luebke-Barttelt, 52. The incident happened shortly after 4 p.m. on Highway HH, south of Brazelton Road in the town of Scott, according to the Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department.
Klug was transported to Froedtert Hospital by Flight for Life where he died from his injuries and other complications.
Everyone waiting on Greinke
Nashville -- As ESPN.com's Jayson Stark astutely notes, the free-agent market for starting pitchers isn't going anywhere until the top dog, Zack Greinke, picks a team.
This is the way the market often works. Until the top guy signs, the others wait to see what he gets, "setting the market."
That's a bit odd this year because Greinke is far better than anyone else on the market, and therefore will get significantly more money. Some believe he'll top the seven-year, $161 million deal the Yankees gave CC Sabathia after the 2008 season to leave Milwaukee. »Read Full Blog Post(28)
Amato pursues long-term plan for second Glendale dealership
Auto dealer John Amato, whose operations include Amato Nissan, in Glendale, has long-term plans for a second Glendale dealership, near Johnson Controls Inc.'s headquarters.
Amato's Jamba Corp. is seeking city permission to combine a property it owns, at 5858-5866 N. Green Bay Ave., with part of a neighboring property, at 5855 N. Glen Park Road, to create a 3-acre parcel. That request was to be reviewed Tuesday night by the Plan Commission.
Amato has long-term plans to develop a new car dealership on that combined parcel, said Richard Maslowski, city administrator. He said Amato currently has no specific plans on what types of cars that dealership would sell.
Amato Automotive Group also operates Amato Ford, in Mukwonago, and Amato Hyundai, in Milwaukee.
Wisconsin police to crack down on drunken drivers during holidays
Madison - Police across Wisconsin will be putting extra emphasis on tracking down drunken drivers this holiday season under the "Booze and Belts" campaign.
The initiative runs from Friday through Dec. 16. It focuses both on impaired drivers and those not wearing seat belts.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says last December, 51 people died and there were 11,000 traffic crashes across the state. More than 3,500 people were injured. (4)
Indiana men sentenced for killing whooping crane
Vincennes, Ind. - Indiana conservation officers say two southwestern Indiana men will serve three years on probation and 120 hours of community service after pleading guilty to shooting an endangered whooping crane.
John Burke and Jason McCarter of Knox County also will pay $5,000 donations to the Baraboo, Wis.-based International Crane Foundation and surrender their hunting privileges for three years after being sentenced Nov. 21 in U.S. District Court in Terre Haute.
Officers said Tuesday that a tip from the public five days after the Jan. 7 shooting led to the men being charged. »Read Full Article(2)
Pastor pleads guilty to filing false income tax return
A pastor who ran a private choice school in Milwaukee has pleaded guilty to filing a false income tax return in federal court.
Gregory Goner, 41, of Milwaukee earlier was indicted by a grand jury on counts of theft of federal funds and wire fraud. Those counts were dropped, and he pleaded to the tax count, according to court records.
Goner also agreed to pay $68,128 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service, according to the plea agreement. He faces a maximum of three years in prison. Federal sentencing guidelines recommended 10 to 16 months. »Read Full Article(12)
On Tap Today: Big Falls, gingerbread houses and a military band
It's that time of year. A brand new, we've-never-heard-of-it craft fair seems to surface almost daily, catering to the holiday shoppers interested in buying locally made goods. Not a bad thing!
Today, a fair is being held at City Center, 735 N. Water St., featuring several local businesses such as The Waxwing, Man vs. George, Beehive Alchemy, The Bake Shop and others, today from 11 to 3 p.m.
Speaking of shopping, one of the best places to discover gifts made by local artists is the shop at the Milwaukee Art Museum. If you stop in -- and don't forget they've got a pretty good Rembrandt show up -- do note that the St. John's Military Choir will be singing holiday songs at 1 p.m.
While you are out on your travels, we recommend a veggie taco at Margarita Paradise (especially with raza topping) to keep your energy up. Depending on the time of day, you might consider a margarita. And a to-go pint of the mango salsa is never a mistake.
If you do stop at the market, they've got an unusual home show on view now, a display of gingerbread houses that you can vote for and bid on.
Don't forget that this very important art exhibit and this one are closing soon. So you might want to stop for a peek while you can.
Tonight, ambient folk band Big Falls is having a listening and release party at Tonic Tavern in Bay View starting at 8 p.m. Give a listen here. Also tonight, beloved local writer and journalist Paul Salsini will speak at Villa Terrace about the process of writing fiction. »Read Full Blog Post
It really is December
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MILWAUKEE - After four days with unseasonably warm temperatures for December, it's back to reality today.
It may feel like a cold snap with wind chills in the teens this morning and high temperatures only in the upper 30s but that's close to average for early December. »Read Full Article


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Series: Reviewing "Why Evolution is True" (6 entries)
In this three part series, Robert C. Bishop provides a helpful review for Evangelicals of the book Why Evolution is True by Jerry Coyne. He first debunks many outdated ideas and myths about the theory of evolution and its implications. He then goes on to critique Coyne's conclusions about God as a "bad designer." He further addresses how Christianity and science overlap as well as how to have a meaningful discussion between two individuals with radically different views.


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What is their thinking with all this? What do they gain by swatting at the hornet's nest?
What is their thinking with all this? What do they gain by swatting at the hornet's nest?
Stupid bastards......just little yip dogs barking, with no ass at all to back it up
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
They have China's support, so they are trying to gain credibility. At some point they are going to cross the line, and China won't be willing to provide the support necessary for North Korea to defend itself. Many pants will be soiled in North Korea when that day comes...
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If and when the North Korean state collapses, it will be in spite of China's efforts to keep it alive, not because of anything they do. Sanctions against North Korea are actually one of our big bargaining chips in any major negotiation we have with the Chinese for that reason.
Reminds me of the Red Dawn remake.
"Politics is the Art of Looking for Trouble, Finding it Everywhere, Diagnosing it Incorrectly, and Applying the Wrong Remedies"
Lol if they ever messed with the US there little country will be wiped off the map. Thats why they will never do anything.


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Saturday, December 28, 2002TAMPA, Fla. (Dec. 28, 2002) -- Junior forward Jerald Fields (Gainesville, Fla.), junior forward Zakee Wadood (Lonoke, Ark.) and sophomore Tiras Wade (Tampa, Fla.) each scored 15 points as East Tennessee State beat Belmont 71-61 in the first round of the University of South Florida Holiday Classic on Saturday. True freshman point guard Tim Smith added 10 points and six assists for the Buccaneers (5-4) en route to their fourth victory in five games. Wade pulled down 11 rebounds while Wadood also had 10 boards on the afternoon. Wadood and Fields tied for the Buccaneer team lead with three blocks each. Adam Mark scored 15 points to lead Belmont (3-7), which has lost four in a row. Adam Sonn had 12 points and Nick Otis added 10 for the Bruins. East Tennessee State opened a 15-point lead midway through the first half, but Belmont cut the deficit to 30-26 at the intermission. The Bruins briefly moved ahead on a pair of free throws by Mark four minutes into the second half, but East Tennessee State responded with a 15-2 run to make it 49-37. The Bucs will face the host Bulls (6-3) - a 92-52 winner over Long Island University-Brooklyn - in the championship game Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. from the Sun Dome in Tampa, Fla.
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Robert Lieberman, the maker of the critically acclaimed documentary, They Call It Myanmar – Lifting the Curtain, tells a story that exposes some of the cynical reality behind President Obama's historic visit to politically imprisoned Myanmar today. Shortly after Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Prize-winning democracy activist, was released from two decades of house arrest in November of 2010, Lieberman was invited to show his film at a Yangon festival that Suu Kyi was organizing called "The Art of Freedom." Thoughtfully, he informed the U.S. Embassy of his plans. Their reaction? Near-panic.
"They basically said, 'No way should you do this. You cannot show a movie without it being cleared by [Myanmar] censors. We respectfully request that you remove any reference to the embassy, so it won't seem to anyone that we helped you,'" says Lieberman, a Cornell University professor. Deferring to his government's wishes, Lieberman showed his movie at the British Embassy in Yangon instead, without incident. "The British had guts," he says.
There you have the Obama administration. It will defend human rights and democracy, but only when it's suitable. And usually when lip service to human rights serves some other end. We saw a similar dynamic play out in the first year of the administration, when Obama's "outstretched hand" to the Iranian regime led him to slight the "Green Movement," a precursor to the Arab Spring uprisings that was subsequently crushed. In this case, the administration was just gearing up for a major strategic shift aimed at encircling China with allies old and new, and Myanmar, long isolated by Western sanctions, was deemed a key player. All of which suggests that if there is any president that Barack Obama most resembles right now on foreign policy, it is probably Richard Nixon, the master practitioner of cynical realpolitik. Except rather than opening China to outmaneuver the Soviets, 40 years later he's opening Myanmar to outmaneuver the Chinese. And just as Nixon and his foreign-policy impresario, Henry Kissinger, never paid much attention to human rights, Obama is treating them as an afterthought as well.
Obama, of course, is describing Monday's trip to Burma—the first-ever by a U.S. president—in very different terms. At a news conference in neighboring Thailand on Sunday, he sounded defensive after being attacked by human-rights activists. The harsh fact is that the long-repressive junta is giving up only a little power and has rigged its constitution to retain what it has and keep Aung San Suu Kyi from the presidency. Most recently the junta demonstrated this with a bloody crackdown on the Muslim minority, the Rohingya. Obama insisted he was ready to use economic leverage and said, "If we waited to engage until they had achieved a perfect democracy, my suspicion is that we'd be waiting an awful long time."
It sounds fairly self-serving. Yet the historical odds are that Obama's gambit – the short-term sacrifice of human rights for a longer-term triumph of American influence in the region – will work in Asia. First, China's Communist mandarins are hardly in a position to aggressively counter U.S influence-building. Under newly anointed leader Xi Jinping, Beijing in a delicate transition of power and will, perforce, be even more inwardly focused now than it has been for the past several decades. China's great growth machine is slowing down, and its leadership is tarred by headline-grabbing corruption scandals. Now the Chinese Communist leadership, which has stayed afloat (long after the Soviet Union collapsed) by supplying three decades of astonishingly fast growth, faces a politically harrowing game of trying to act like a rising economy when it is becoming a maturing one—of continuing to stoke enough export growth to keep its population happy enough to avoid another Tiananmen Square-type protest.
It desperately needs U.S. and Western markets for that. Meanwhile, under Obama, the United States is simultaneously beefing up its partnership with India, renewing military ties with the Philippines, and assembling a trans-Pacific trade partnership that doesn't include China (but could, if Beijing agreed to tougher labor, intellectual-property, and environmental restrictions that it has previously spurned). The strategy also explains the opening to Myanmar, which lies on China's southwestern border.
U.S. officials refuse to call the policy "containment" or "encirclement." Instead, James Steinberg, the former deputy secretary of State, says the new "paradigm is that the best way to positively engage China is from a position of confidence and strength," demonstrating that Beijing "is not going to have the option of pushing people around." Obama hopes to get the same sort of result his erstwhile GOP opponent, Mitt Romney, promised during the presidential campaign: a China that does a better job of observing international norms, whether on trade or human rights.


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121 Diamond Spring RoadDenville, NJ 07834
Visit the theater and create your own Santa beard, menorah, and Kwanzaa corn place card crafts, just in time for the upcoming holidays.
After reading Moe Price's, Reindeer Christmas, we'll build our own reindeer using a lunch bag and other simple supplies.
Visit the theater on your afternoon off and weave your own placemat which can be used for Thanksgiving, or any time of the year! Limit 20.
Before all the leaves are gone from the trees, you can make your own colorful leaf to last through the winter!
It's Lego time again! Let's see what you can build- something spooky, perhaps? Take a picture and leave your creation here since we'll need the pieces for next month's meeting! Limit 20.
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From parades to eating contests to dances, Cinco de Mayo has become an adopted holiday for many Americans. In Mexico City, re-enactments of the Battle of Puebla, which the holiday is in celebration of, take place. Mexican-Americans may also use the day to show off their culture, while others may celebrate it for more light-hearted reasons -- such as a burrito contest complete with sombreros.
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cucumbers, seeded and sliced
1 1/2 cups
crumbled feta cheese
1 cup
black olives, pitted and sliced
3 cups
diced roma tomatoes
1/3 cup
diced oil packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained, oil reserved
red onion, sliced
Great, quick recipe, but I changed it a bit. I omitted the sun dried tomatoes, and just used olive oil, salt and freshly ground pepper for the dressing. I also chopped all ingredients for a nice texture and added fresh oregeno.
This salad was okay. I thought it might be better if I made it a day before, but it turned out to be soggy.
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This is the best greek salad recipe I've come across. Using Kalamata olives instead of black olives is a must though. Both my husband and I thought the sun-dried tomatoes really made this salad great. Next time I will toss the salad with a dash of oil and then sprinkle the feta cheese on top. The oil from the sun-dried tomatoes turned my feta cheese pink and took away from the appearance. I may also try this salad with an infused oil instead.
I didn't seed my cucumbers, and I added a tablespoon of good quality balsamic vinegar just to pick it up a little. This is exactly what a Mediterranean Greed Salad should taste like.
This is absolutely the best Greek salad I've had outside of Greece! Refreshing and beautiful! Definitely use kalamata olives, though. I followed the advice of other reviewers and used just 1 Tbls. of the oil and added 1 Tbls. red wine vinegar.
This was a great base for a salad recipe, however, I found it to be a bit bland. So I added 1-2 tsp mediterranean rice seasoning, a little jamaican allspice, some cracked pepper and salt. Also a bunch of fresh torn spinach and some romaine...got rave reviews from all!!! Thanks
This is my Greek boyfriend's favorite Greek salad ever. The sundried tomatoes really make the salad. I add a little extra olive oil and some red wine vinegar (and lots of salt and pepper). This recipe can easily be made ahead, but I add the feta just before serving. Fabulous summer salad!!
Excellent recipe! I used kalamata olives instead and it was still delicious. I peeled the cucumbers, which I think takes away from the color of the salad, but I don't like the texture of the peel. I only used 1 tbs. of the sun-dried tomato oil and added 1 tbs. of red wine vinegar instead (a little more tang). Lastly, I added a bit of cumin to give it a little extra flavor. Will definitely repeat!
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Calories: 131
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A great woman passed away last night.
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A 28-year-old Germantown mother and another woman face murder charges after allegedly stabbing her four children, killing two of them, while attempting to perform an exorcism on them, police say.
Police say Zakieya Latrice Avery, 28, of Cherry Bend Drive, killed two of her children — Norell N. Harris, a 1-year-old boy, and Zyana Z. Harris, her 2-year-old daughter.
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Daly said police learned of the incident at about 9:30 a.m. Friday after one of Avery's neighbors spotted a car in the townhome parking lot with its door ajar and stained with blood.
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Neighbors who lived nearby said little about Avery and her children. One person said the family had moved to the community in the past year.
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John McCarthy, the county's State's Attorney, was outside the home Friday, and said he would be prosecuting the case himself.
"These are hard cases," he said, as tears welled in his eyes.