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What is this "OFC" game that I keep seeing poker players talking about?
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They are talking about Open Face Chinese poker.
See the site below if you are interested in learning how to play:
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A lot of the top players have started getting hooked on it. Jason Mercier was involved in a 34 hours session or something ridiculous like that.
You can also find more information about it on Wikipedia
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The Community of Disc Golfers and About All Things Disc Golf
Howdy y'all. Please help me settle a friendly dispute.
What is the par of your local courses? Are they all par 54? Do you make a 700 foot hole a par 3 because the score are "relative" to the others? I support the argument that creating par 4s and 5s on a course make it more interesting, but my fellow Santa Feans don't agree.
Thank you in Advance.
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You may be surprised that even if a course wasn't designed by a DGCD member, they and the PDGA guidelines have influenced the setting of par on many, many courses. All of those courses have been played in sanctioned events where par on each hole had to be set. For example, I've helped Dodge set some of the pars on Maple Hill after evaluating stats he's sent over the years. Hos and long ago Monroe has helped advise or set the pars for tournament courses in Florida. If they weren't right, I'm sure Climo would have voiced disapproval.
I have met you and both know Gregg and Tom.
Tom was instrumental in helping us in Daytona years back.
But actually did not design anything.
I of course don't mind helping Hos and have actually asked for his eye, and am sure that most likely will do so in the future.
To me it is not an 'ego' thing to put a course in.
Usually, it helps to have beneficial help.
Unfortunately, most in this sport let their egos get in the way to make a 'good' course. Seen and continue to see situations where there can be improvement, but you basically have to bite your lip most of the time.
There are really some baaaaaad holes and some wonderful.
This sport is still so young that it would be nice is everyone had the non ego approach.
Most experienced designers I've worked with never feel a course is "done" and have plans for improvement that have been delayed, not budgeted or not approved and they're open for suggestions some which may already be on their punch list for the future. I see more ego issues in course design with new and one timers who are threatened by any criticisms or suggestions for improvement. Having published guidelines at least provides objective docs for critics to point towards to back their comments or criticisms.
Good Luck with your group out there.
Hope the outcome is beneficial to everyone.
Just remember, despite the determined par, it's the lowest score that wins.
That's not always true but that's a whole 'nother discussion.
(Laughter in background).
It seems that a tangent has been applied in this discussion.
This guy who posted this seems to be fighting an uphill battle.
So if a golfer shoots a 47? That doesn't beat a 49?
Start this discussion on a new thread.
I know about ties... playoffs,
No chance. Maybe in the future.
Have a good labor day.
Par for me , is different on a Long Ball Golf course.
Some are set at 72 for par.
Kinda depends on Course Design , Length of Holes , etc.
Years ago (way back before 1992) we at Daytona were ahead of the curve with a course traversing over 7-8000 foot course, with a par 72.
In time the club changed to a shorter par 54 course. The city ate up part of the course....
Imagine if it were left as it was?
Just a thought....
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Coming soon to Chicago-Fire.com, the #cf97 TrueCar Grand Prix! Select players along with Head Coach Frank Yallop, Technical Director Brian Bliss and Fire broadcasters Dan Kelly and Kevin Egan took to K1 Speed in Addison this afternoon to film a two-part video series for Chicago-Fire.com
If the tweets mean anything, clearly an exciting day of racing has been had...
.@shmushmarco on pole position for today's #cf97 @TrueCar Grand Prix. pic.twitter.com/vJ2vs2ppry
— Chicago Fire (@ChicagoFire) May 28, 2014
Training lap over, it's on. #cf97 @TrueCar Grand Prix. pic.twitter.com/hxveVgo8Qs
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The dynamic duo of @magee9 and @QuincyAmarikwa on the sticks for the #cf97 @TrueCar Grand Prix. pic.twitter.com/sTsAUP89vi
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Look who's 1&2 in the 2nd round! Guess who's last in both rounds?! Yes, Driving Ms Daisy @DanKelly_21. #cf97 @TrueCar pic.twitter.com/BcG32LkaFK
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Stay tuned to Chicago-Fire.com to see how everyone did!
This week, after a frustrating match in Columbus, it was revealed that the Fire are so decimated by injuries the assistant coaches had to fill in a practice scrimmage last week to make up numbers. Granted, even past their playing shape, the coaches C.J. Brown, Clint Mathis, and Brian McBride would win most 3v3 tourneys in this city today, but it shows just how handcuffed Frank Yallop's roster can get when the injury bug hits.
Yallop said he won't use injuries as an excuse, which is great, that's what every coach says, but I don't like it. I think that injury is a great excuse. It's not an excuse for playing poorly, because every excuse for playing poorly sucks. Rather, injuries can be excuses for other things. For roster shake ups, for weird substitutions, for tactical changes, for second chances, and so on.
QUESTION: Would Rookie of the Year candidate Harry Shipp have gotten this much tick to prove himself if Alex and Dilly Duka weren't hurt to start the season?
Injuries are totally natural and can be a blessing when they force a team to break from what's comfortable, but basically they're unpredictable and infuriating. I mean, every team and player has them, but no team or player has them exactly the same. So it's the way teams, coaches and players deal with their inevitability that makes injuries what they are as well as an interesting excuse.
Once they hit, do you go to the market to find replacements or call on young players? Do you stack the squad with depth at the beginning of the season, or hope to ride out the injuries when they come? What about the players with previous injury issues - do you monitor their minutes? Alter their training regimen?
So far, I've found Yallop's approach to injuries fascinating and impressive. The work he did to improve the squad this year is a real strength. Remember that after the frustrating results vs. Philadelphia last season, we were talking about the Patrick Nyarko/Chris Rolfe striking partnership.
This Fire team's depth should be able to deal with an injury bug and the kinds of personnel changes a full season requires. That's why it was nice to see Dilly Duka get a run out on Saturday, even if he's short of match fitness, and Grant Ward get a chance to show why his name caused so much excitement during preseason.
All year, Yallop has rewarded players for playing well, simple as that. So you know that any injury also means an opportunity for someone else. When preseason starters like Gonzalo Segares and Alex were hit by injuries, they were replaced by rookies Greg Cochrane and Shipp, who've proved themselves to varying degrees.
On Saturday the Fire were without Alex, Bakary Soumare, Patrick Nyarko, Mike Magee, and Lovel Palmer, for reasons as diverse as calf soreness to kidney stones. Good luck preparing for those scenarios in preseason video sessions.
The other interesting thing about injuries is that they're a totally natural thing. Their existence is the proof that what we watch and turn over as pastime is actually an excruciating tug of war between physical performance and physical possibility. Somewhere in between there is the place where muscles and ligaments break down, where a body suffers. Injury bugs are a reminder that we're watching athletes push themselves to their limits.
Ben Schuman-Stoler is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @bsto.
Chicago Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer Frank Yallop
On where the breakdown occurred:
"We seemed flat from the first whistle. The guys seemed up for the game, but we weren't sharp. We had a couple chances here and there. Same as them, but they were sharper in front of the goal but we were poor defensively. For us, we have to address that but it's difficult. We have a few guys out at the moment, so there's not a lot we can change. We just have to keep working, and it's one of those games were Columbus was better than us tonight they deserved to win the match. You have to take the defeat and move on."
On having five players out:
"You can understand how it's not just the defense. You have key guys not playing, six or so. It's not an excuse I never make excuses. I'm not blaming them they haven't played for a while. Steven Kinney came in and he hasn't played all season. Grant Ward made his debut and he hasn't played for four months. Tough night around we kept going to the end but, we were pretty naïve generally all over the pitch, especially defensively. We have to make better decisions where we don't give chances to the opposition. We left the game mentally flat. Maybe it's because we came off two wins, and we don't think we have to earn the right to play a game. We do every game."
On dealing with Higuain's ability to spring players:
"He's pretty close to the best in the League. The game plan was as soon as he got the ball to drop. We couldn't really figure it out. He does it at the right time and he finds space. He's a good player, take nothing away from that guy. He's a very good player. He sees the game well. He sees the game how it should be looked at. Offensively, we couldn't handle it. It wasn't just him they had good runners off the ball. We made poor decisions defensively to give them the chances to score."
On not being able to score:
"That's kind of us. We looked like we were going to score most games. We went through the game and had some good chances. Quincy [Amarikwa] has gotten some good spots. I just talked to him he's a little calmer, a little bit picking guys out. I've only seen him once but we had chances to score but you can't keep conceding goals and win matches. At some point you need to shut it down and make it difficult. It's the whole team; it's not just one or two guys. The whole team has to do it."
Chicago Fire Midfielder Jeff Larentowicz
On the backline:
"Columbus guys are tricky, they know how to run off your back shoulder, they know how to find time on the ball and it allows guys in the midfield to pick out runners. I think that both goals come off of passes from the midfield with runners off of our back shoulder. They both ended up as goals. They also had other opportunities that were similar that didn't come off for them."
On Columbus tactics:
"They overload the midfield so we have to find a way to get pressure on the ball. If we turn the ball over then there is no pressure on the ball and then he can pick his head up and make those passes. Like I said, the forwards and the wingers are tricky enough to run off his shoulder and find that space. It's dangerous."
On missing players on the road:
"Every road game in this League is a difficult game. However, every road game is a winnable game if you're playing right, if you're turned on at the right moments. Today we weren't."
Chicago Fire Goalkeeper Sean Johnson
On new players in new positions:
"I think you can't really come up with any excuses. You can't really look to blame a different lineup or different person. We are all on the same team. We all train together on the pitch and prepare ourselves for match day. I think it's down to what we do when we step on the field. We are more than capable of meshing together for 90 minutes and getting a result."
On Higuain:
"Higuain is a class player. He's not just been doing that for our game, he didn't really come out of anywhere, he's been doing it all season. We've got to do a better job of being aware of the kind of things he likes to do. He's a crafty player, very good on the ball. I think just putting ourselves in better spots. It's not any surprise to us that Higuain is capable of threading those passes and putting himself in those spots. It's just up to us to deal with those things better."
On goals:
"On the first one I put him out wide and I think it was still an angle where he had a difficult finish. It could've been saved, possibly. The second one was in no man's land and I came out to close the angle and he did well to put it past me."
On needing a win:
The starting point is it is always better to win then to lose or draw. We're happy. I think we've been frustrated that we've been playing well and not getting the results. We're still trying to focus on the product we're creating and how we're playing. It's nice when you get results. From that standpoint were happy. I think it was a good effort. Obviously we're missing some guys but we did a great job.
On Ethan Finlay's first start of the season:
He was excellent. This game isn't something that comes out of the blue. If we look at what he's been doing these last couple of weeks, he's been leading up to this. I'm most happy with the fact that he was a guy that isn't a starter, he works his way to the 18, he works his way to the starting lineup, then he performs like this. You can see the progression and he makes other guys believe there's a chance. He makes other guys believe that if they work hard and train hard that they will get an opportunity.
On defense:
Chicago hasn't been shut-out yet this season I think that speaks for itself. The guys did it with determination. Guys like Eric [Gehrig], Tyson [Wahl], Hector [Jimenez]. I mean I thought Chad Barson was great as well with his defensive responsibilities. Steve Clark was very secure today. On crosses, he didn't give up any rebounds today and that's what you want from a goalkeeper. I think these guys really responded. You can see some of the guys that played last week and played again this week they are getting a rhythm and they are getting a lot more comfortable.
On Michael Parkhurst and importance of getting him in the game:
I think the fans were spectacular to give him that ovation and really cheer him on. He's been through a lot these last couple of days and it's nice for him to feel that everyone supports him. It's the team, the fans and the community supports him. He had a tough session on Thursday, followed by a weight session followed by a red-eye across the country. It was too much for him, he wanted to play but I didn't think it was worth the risk of an injury after all of that travel and training.
On replacing Federico Higuain:
You don't replace Federico, simple as that. We get someone on the field that can play their game and we're not going to ask someone to come in and play like Federico that would be foolish of us. We're going to ask someone to come in and play to the best of their ability. I'm confident that we are going to be able to get that out of someone.
On tonight's game:
We had a fantastic game. We knew that there were a lot of players on this team that could play and Eric [Gehrig] obviously stepped up tonight. The thing about Eric is that he is a gamer, the whistle blows and we don't have a problem.
On second shutout of the season:
For me it's more important to win and I knew that if I continued to play the way that I play every game then shutouts are going to come and a lot of them. For me it's about process not results all the time, especially in the goal keeping you have to keep your head and blinders on from distractions. Shut outs come and they go.
On Chicago's playing before first goal:
You have to give credit to Ethan Finlay for figuring that out, he had a fantastic run. He is a very intelligent kid and a very intelligent soccer player. He spotted that and he was in behind.
On Crew's teamwork tonight:
I think that our backline had a good game but I can't tell you compared to their backline. We didn't give them a goal and they gave up two but I thought that we played very well.
On playing tonight:
It's nice to be back home. It's a few weeks earlier than I participated or that I wanted but it's really good to be home. And it was a really nice motivation when I came on the field and I heard everybody. I was really appreciative of that and the support that everyone has given me here.
On the last 48 hours since being cut from the final U.S. Men's National Team roster:
It's tough. We didn't know that the cuts were going to come in that day so no expectations there. It's difficult of course, I just lost my dream. You have to bounce back and be professional. Now my whole propose is the Crew.
On leaving with his "best foot forward":
Yeah I think so, I don't think that there is anything else I could have done. I don't think that there was anything negative that was on my part that made them not choose me. I think that's just how it was set up. It makes it a little easier for me to swallow knowing that I had done my best.
On moving on from the roster announcement:
Absolutely, it's great to be back around the guys. I wanted to come back here and get back to business as quick as possible to get my mind off of it.
The Fire head to Columbus on Saturday night (6:00pm on My50/TWCSC) looking to make it three wins in a row after laboring to earn a victory at home against Sporting KC last weekend. The Crew started well under new coach Gregg Berhalter but haven't won in eight matches. Here are some tactical things to look out for.
Another week, another weakened defense – taking advantage of the Crew's makeshift back four
The Fire took full advantage of Sporting KC's defensive absences last weekend and I expect the team to look to follow suit on Saturday night. Columbus will be missing two of their Costa Rican defenders, center back Giancarlo Gonzalez and left back Waylon Francis while Michael Parkhurst will return after being cut from the U.S. World Cup squad.
Last week, the Fire looked to put pressure on the KC back line and it worked very well, forcing two penalty kicks in the first 15 minutes of the match. I look for the Fire to be more consistent with the high pressure tactic instead of starting with it, then sitting back before taking it back up again.
Like last week, the Fire are catching Columbus at a good time and need to be ruthless. If the team had managed to pick up a third goal last week, the last twenty minutes or so wouldn't have been as nerve wracking. If the team does manage to take a lead, looking to double it instead of sitting back and letting Columbus dictate should be the plan.
Both Quincy Amarikwa and Mike Magee found space in behind the KC defense last week and if they can be found again by the likes of Shipp and Joya, the Fire could certainly leave Columbus with three points.
Mass changes on the right? – Dealing with the possible injury losses of Nyarko and Palmer
The Fire's injury report published late this week brought some unwelcome news in the form of injury to Patrick Nyarko and sickness for Lovel Palmer. The Fire's starters in right midfield and defense could both miss out on Saturday which would be a big blow considering how well both played last week.
Palmer had been criticized by some for his defensive performances but he had a fine game against Sporting KC. Nyarko was also a standout player last week, both tracking back to help out Palmer defensively and helping to pressure the KC players off the ball.
With both players potentially missing this week, Coach Yallop has a tough decision on his hands. Matt Watson has had some time at right back this season when Palmer was suspended but Logan Pause or even the fit-again Steven Kinney could feature.
On the wing, Victor Pineda may get the start while Dilly Duka could also make the move from his usual left wing position. Duka replaced Nyarko last week and looked good in the attacking third, cutting in onto his favored left foot. If Duka does get the nod, I look for him to track back more and help out whoever our right-back is defensively.
The Fire outside defenders have been left isolated too often this season which is one of the reasons the team has given up 19 goals to date. With the possibility of two stalwarts in the Fire lineup missing, the Crew's plan will be attack as often as possible down the Fire right so a strong defensive performance from Nyarko and Palmer's replacements is imperative.
Keeping Higuain on a tight leash – not allowing the Argentine to create for the Crew
For me, Federico Higuain is probably the best creative midfielder in all of MLS. His vision, passing range and set piece deliveries are unique and he would improve any team in the league if he joined them.
Like Magee, Higuain likes to drop deep to get the ball and is also very comfortable operating in the space between the opposition midfield and defense. He essentially has a free role with Columbus and covers quite a bit of ground, making him hard to track.
Last week's 3-3 draw with Portland also highlighted Higuain's scoring threat, chipping the 6'4" Donovan Ricketts from outside the area to earn the Crew a 3-3 draw. With six goals and three assists on the year, Higuain has been directly involved in 70% of the Crew's 13 goals in 2014.
In matches this season, the Fire have generally done a good job keeping the opposing team's most influential players quiet which is mostly down to stopping the person from getting the ball. Assistant coach C.J. Brown emphasized this point during the buildup to the Columbus match.
With this in mind, most of the burden will be on Jeff Larentowicz to try and keep Higuain under lock and key.
Prediction: A high scoring draw (2-2) with goals from Mike Magee and Harry Shipp
WATCH: Athletico Coaching Corner
Coming off Harry Shipp's stunning hat trick display at New York, the halftime broadcast of Sunday's game vs. Sporting KC featured the seven hat tricks that have been recorded by Chicago Fire players in MLS Regular Season play.
Just in case you didn't set your DVR, check out all 21 of the historic goals below:
Who do you think will be the next Fire player to bag a hat trick?
Chicago Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer Frank Yallop
On the Fire's first win at Toyota Park this season
"Well obviously, last time I saw you guys, it wasn't a pretty sight with the game we had before. But today, we come away with three points against a good side – it's obviously the aim before the match. We got it done; we're unbeaten in two games, which is always a good thing. We dug through and got the result that we needed. We should have shut them off with a couple of chances late in the game, but didn't; and you have to give credit to Kansas City, they kept going, created some chances late with ten men. But it's great to get that win; I feel good that we saw it through. But obviously, there's room for improvement on any performance, and there's no difference for this one."
On the lack of shutouts
"We won the game, would have loved to get the shutout; winning is everything. If we win 3-2, 2-1, whatever it is, we'll take it. Obviously, it's nice defensively if we can get a shutout. But as you know, it wasn't a defensive back four error; it was someone not picking up someone on a set play, so that's a team thing. We're working on stuff all the time; it's brand new, with 10 games in, I'm happy with only losing two games in this league with a group that's been put together a little bit. We've had our ups and downs; we should've won more games for sure. We had two home games that you saw had penalty kicks; we could be on four wins right now. It has me going, "well, that's not bad," so it's give and take. I don't get carried away with winning games; I don't get carried away with losing or tying games. I think, right now, we're in a good spot, we've got a chance to now get going. These next four games are tough; we've got a tough schedule, but it's something that I'm looking forward to, to see and test the character of the boys. They're up for the fight, and we saw this game through, which is important to me, so they're going to feel good about it. We did the same in New York, no matter how the manner is. I got a little bit of gray hair; it could've been silver by the end of the game. But we got the win, and that's all that matters at this point."
On the revamped back line
"It's pretty good; and again, it's a work in progress the whole time, it's a team defensive type of thing. I thought Patrick [Ianni] had a good, solid game again; Jhon [Kennedy Hurtado] again, I thought, was solid in the middle, the two outside backs at times. Kansas City moved the ball well; they get you overloaded at times, they pull you around. In general, they had a couple of good chances; but I thought we had the better chances, to be honest. Dilly [Duka] had a breakaway, Mike [Magee] had a chance to go around a keeper and slot it. I know it was a tough game late in the match, but we could've come away with four or five goals today. The way I'm trying to set the team up is to obviously try to outscore the opponent, and try to make sure that we're going forward, but we're just trying to be solid and defensively sound at the back. The balance at the moment is a little bit wavering; we've gone forward okay, but I think the defensive side of things is not quite right yet; and again, it's not just the back four, it's the whole thing. We watched a lot of DVD last week, we're going to watch it again this week, and see if we can get the balance where we can just be in good spots. And I just think, as a team, we sat back a little bit again in this game. We have to slide up the field and keep the ball, especially against ten men.
On who is taking penalty kicks
"I actually had a chat with a few press guys a few weeks ago, and I decided Jeff [Larentowicz] was going to take them. But Mike [Magee] and Jeff were talking, and Jeff felt that Mike was the guy to do it. He missed the last two for us; last season [against Montreal], then the first one against Philly. To score two in the same game is tough, so you have to hand it to Mike that he stepped up and buried those two chances and won the match for us; it was great."
On facing a 3-5-2 formation
"I have not seen that for a while, actually; that was old school MLS stuff, the 3-5-2. But looking at [Kansas City head coach Peter Vermes'] team, it was depleted a little bit at the back, so he decided to play that. It was a little bit different; for us, I'm sure where they're going to play and who's going to play, just make sure we're ready to do it, and step the guys and do our thing. For a good seventy minutes, I felt we were comfortable, and then it got a little hair-raising at the end. But you have to hand it to Peter and his team, they're a good side; they're not champions for nothing. They proved it today; they really came up to fight, especially with 10 men."
On the thought process behind the Fire's double substitution
"I just thought the momentum was getting away from us a little bit, so I just decided that double is always good. One is not always the impact that you want, so I wanted to do two at the same time, and make two positions freshened up. All in all, I thought it was good; I think Logan [Pause] did a good job, and Dilly looked good when he came on. He has not played for a while, so it was good to get him some minutes and get him running around. All in all, you decide what you want to do; I talked to the coaches, but ultimately, it was my decision. I felt it was the time to do it."
Jeff Larentowicz, Chicago Fire Midfielder
On not being able to score to put the game away:
"We want to, it's not something we're afraid of. It's just not happening. We come close, we have opportunities, but they make the defensive plays and good saves, but it will come. A win is a win and it's good that we can be picky in this circumstance."
Sean Johnson, Chicago Fire goalkeeper
On the defensive performance:
"We needed to learn how to control a game and we are. I think tonight that the effort defensively was fantastic. We limited shots, limited chances and there were not many shots on target at all. I think we'll look to build on that going forward, but I'm really happy with the performance tonight.
On the learning curve:
"I think we've learned a lot. The most important thing we've learned is that we can't sit back and wait for the game to come to us. No matter what the result is – regardless if we're tied or we're up we need to keep playing our game and be confident that we can dictate the way the game goes, close out games and get results."
On building momentum:
"Back-to-back wins are huge for us. Now we know what it feels like to win. We know how to win and now it's a matter of focusing on the little things and getting it right so that every game we give ourselves a chance to win and put ourselves in a position to go on and push for three points."
Mike Magee, Chicago Fire forward:
On the first win a home:
"We needed a win badly; however, if that's how we're going to win games, I probably only have a couple games left in my career. We'll take it, it was deserved. It was a very funky game, but we'll take wins however we can get them at this point."
On the end of the game:
"That's kind of been our M.O. We get up in games, play well in spurts then kind of take our foot off the gas. That happened again tonight. We created a couple chances, I even had a couple of good ones, but for whatever reason we're letting teams hang in games, and teams like K.C. usually make you pay."
Harry Shipp, Chicago Fire midfielder
On playing K.C. with missing starters and a man-up in the second half:
"The players they subbed in for them are still really good players. A championship team isn't 11 guys it's 18 guys. When you slide guys into the midfield and up front they are still going to be dangerous. I think they were good keeping the ball in the attacking half, but once we were able to break that pressure we did a good job of slipping balls in – getting Quincy and Mike behind for some penalty calls in the first half."
The Fourth Round draw for the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup occurred Friday morning at Soccer House in downtown Chicago and with MLS teams entering at this stage, the process was much more elaborate than the straight forward flips from last week's Third Round draw.
Before I lay out how it unfolded, a few bullets to keep in mind…
- I was incorrect in my earlier tweets and statements that a USL PRO affiliate could not be matched with its partner MLS club. I'm a busy guy and sometimes you just have to admit you're not perfect, sorry!
- The only affiliate relationship that needed to be separated for this draw was that of the LA Galaxy and LA Galaxy II who are both owned by the same party.
- USL PRO side Orlando City and their PDL side Orlando City U-23s, are both in the tournament but could not be matched up at this stage as MLS teams must be matched with a lower league pairing.
- Chivas USA was the only MLS club to not apply to host a Fourth Round Open Cup match.
With those done, I will underscore that the most important principle to keep in mind for how pairings are determined comes from Page 7 of the 2014 U.S. Open Cup Handbook. It states:
"After each Third Round pairing has been determined, each Division I (MLS) team entering in the Fourth Round will be matched geographically to play the winner of a specific Third Round pairing. Instances where a logical geographic fit doesn't exist will be resolved by random selection."
As all business as a selfie can be prior to walking into Soccer House...
Upon arrival to Soccer House, Competition Secretary Paul Marstaller handed me a sheet of paper with four geographic groupings, plus a wild card pool. The most straightforward grouping was the top table which featured eight Third Round matchups across from eight MLS teams that made "a logical geographic fit" with those lower league pairings.
The pairings with the result of the coin flip are below. Teams that are not bolded either did not have a suitable home venue or didn't apply to host (U.S. Soccer did not distinguish the reason on this sheet).
|Brooklyn Italians SC (NPSL)/New York Cosmos (NASL)
|New York Red Bulls (MLS)
|Dayton Dutch Lions (USLP)/Indy Eleven (NASL)
|Columbus Crew (MLS)
|RWB Adria (USASA)/Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USLP)
|Chicago Fire (MLS)
|Minnesota United FC (NASL)/Des Moines Menace (USASA
|Sporting Kansas City (MLS)
|Laredo Heat (PDL)/Ft. Lauderdale Strikers (NASL)
|Houston Dynamo (MLS)
|NTX Rayados (USASA)/San Antonio Scorpions (NASL)
|FC Dallas (MLS)
|Arizona United SC (USLP)/Oklahoma City Energy FC (USLP)
|LA Galaxy (MLS)
|Fresno Fuego (PDL)/Sacramento Republic (USLP)
|San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
For the local Fire fans, I was able to take OFFICIAL VIDEO documenting the Fire's winning coin flip:
The second grouping of matchups pooled three Northeast MLS sides with three lower league pairings. Of note here, Marstaller said that because the Harrisburg City Islanders and Baltimore Bohemians are about equidistant to D.C. United and Philadelphia Union, a flip off between the two sides would be done to determine which club would host the winner of that Third Round Matchup.
Based on alphabet, D.C. United was assigned heads and Philadelphia tails, with the Union winning. Because neither Harrisburg or Baltimore applied to host, no flip was necessary as hosting rights defaulted to the Union.
|Harrisburg City Islanders (USLP)/Baltimore Bohemians (PDL)
D.C. United
Philadelphia Union
United's loss on their first flip resulted in them moving down to the next pairing of two lower league matchups where a similar flip had to occur between New York Greek American Atlas/Richmond Kickers and Reading United AC/Rochester Rhinos to determind who would be D.C.'s opponent.
New York Greek American Atlas (USASA)/Richmond Kickers (USLP)
Reading United AC (PDL)/Rochester Rhinos (USLP)
|D.C. United
Again, determined by alphabet, the New York/Richmond matchup was assigned heads while the other was assigned tails and the coin again flipped to tails matching D.C. United with Reading/Rochester.
This moved New York/Richmond down to a matchup with the New England Revolution and then flips were done to determine the hosting rights for those two matchups with both lower league matchups winning with heads. For the purpose of clarity, here is how that final grouping looked:
|Harrisburg City Islanders (USLP)/Baltimore Bohemians (PDL)
|Philadelphia Union
|Reading United AC (PDL)/Rochester Rhinos (USLP)
|D.C. United
|New York Greek American Atlas (USASA)/Richmond Kickers (USLP)
|New England Revolution
The third grouping was a product of Chivas USA being the only MLS club not to apply for hosting rights. Because of this, Marstaller needed to pair them with lower league matchups in which both clubs applied to host, of which there were two: Atlanta Silverbacks/Chattanooga FC (heads) and Charlotte Eagles/Carolina Railhawks (tails).
A coin flip was done to see who would host Chivas and landed tails giving Charlotte/Carolina the hosting rights. This pushed Atlanta/Chattanooga down to the very ending "Wild Card Pool".
Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL)/Chattanooga FC (NPSL)
Charlotte Eagles (USLP)/Carolina RailHawks (NASL)
|Chivas USA
The fourth pool featured the PSA Elite/LA Galaxy II matchup paired against four MLS teams that were within geographical proximity. While both lower-league teams are based in Southern California, because PSA Elite also did not apply to host, Chivas USA could not be thrown into this group.
The most interesting part of the process Friday was the flip-off between four MLS clubs to determine who would play Galaxy II/PSA Elite.
Again determined by alphabet, Colorado/Portland and Real Salt Lake/Seattle Sounders did a preliminary flip. Both losers in that round (Portland & Real Salt Lake) were moved into the final Wild Card pairing, then Colorado and Seattle did a final flip, with Seattle winning again (which should keep Sigi Schmid somewhat happy) and Colorado also falling to the Wild Card group.
|PSA Elite (USASA)/LA Galaxy II (USLP)
Colorado Rapids
Portland Timbers
Real Salt Lake
Seattle Sounders
One final flip was done to determine the hosting rights for that match with Galaxy II/PSA Elite winning and presumably, since PSA Elite did not apply to host, Sigi will be their biggest fan.
|PSA Elite (USASA)/LA Galaxy II (USLP)
|Seattle Sounders
After all the flips above were done, the Wild Card pool looked like the below table, with MLS clubs placed on the right according to alphabetical order. Because of the odd number of matchups, coin flips could not be used to determine who would play each other so Marstaller placed three slips of paper marked "A", "B" and "C" into plain envelopes. As the matchup moved down from the initial Chivas USA grouping, Atlanta/Chattanooga was assigned "C" while the other two lower-league pairings were assigned "A" and "B" based on alphabetic order.
Orlando City U23s (PDL)/Charleston Battery (USLP)
Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL)/Orlando City (USLP)
Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL)/Chattanooga FC (NPSL)
Colorado Rapids
Portland Timbers
Real Salt Lake
Marstaller then went down the alphabetic list of MLS sides and drew the slips of paper from the envelopes. When all three matchups had been finalized, final flips for hosting rights occurred, concluding the fourth round Open Cup draw. You can see how the envelopes were drawn and the winner of the flips below:
|Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL)/Orlando City (USLP)
|Colorado Rapids
|Orlando City U23s (PDL)/Charleston Battery (USLP)
|Portland Timbers
|Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL)/Chattanooga FC (NPSL)
|Real Salt Lake
Following the draw, Marstaller said the published fourth round scenarios would not be accompanied Friday by match dates yet. This is because the Fourth Round has three possible match dates over an eight-day span. With USL PRO and the PDL, along with amateur sides having league games between the June 10-18 Fourth Round window, all clubs that have the potential to host a Fourth Round match will have the weekend to give their preferred hosting date before U.S. Soccer balances the already scheduled league games. Because of the logistical process, hosting dates are expected to be announced sometime next week.
A comprehensive list of who won hosting coin flips can be found below.
|Brooklyn Italians SC (NPSL)/New York Cosmos (NASL)
|New York Red Bulls (MLS)
|Dayton Dutch Lions (USLP)/Indy Eleven (NASL)
|Columbus Crew (MLS)
|RWB Adria (USASA)/Pittsburgh Riverhounds (USLP)
|Chicago Fire (MLS)
|Minnesota United FC (NASL)/Des Moines Menace (USASA
|Sporting Kansas City (MLS)
|Laredo Heat (PDL)/Ft. Lauderdale Strikers (NASL)
|Houston Dynamo (MLS)
|NTX Rayados (USASA)/San Antonio Scorpions (NASL)
|FC Dallas (MLS)
|Arizona United SC (USLP)/Oklahoma City Energy FC (USLP)
|LA Galaxy (MLS)
|Fresno Fuego (PDL)/Sacramento Republic (USLP)
|San Jose Earthquakes (MLS)
|Harrisburg City Islanders (USLP)/Baltimore Bohemians (PDL)
|Philadelphia Union
|Reading United AC (PDL)/Rochester Rhinos (USLP)
|D.C. United
|New York Greek American Atlas (USASA)/Richmond Kickers (USLP)
|New England Revolution
|Charlotte Eagles (USLP)/Carolina RailHawks (NASL)
|Chivas USA
|PSA Elite (USASA)/LA Galaxy II (USLP)
|Seattle Sounders
|Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL)/Orlando City (USLP)
|Colorado Rapids
|Orlando City U23s (PDL)/Charleston Battery (USLP)
|Portland Timbers
|Atlanta Silverbacks (NASL)/Chattanooga FC (NPSL)
|Real Salt Lake
Thanks again to the U.S. Soccer staff for being great hosts once again!
The Fire finally picked up three points last week in dramatic fashion with a 5-4 win over Red Bull in New Jersey and will look to make it two on the trot when they welcome defending MLS Cup champs Sporting Kansas City to Toyota Park on Sunday (2pm CT My50/TWCSC-WI/UniMas).
Sporting brings a depleted squad to Chicago but their first loss at home in some time at the hands of the Union on Wednesday night means they come to town with a bad taste in their mouth. Here are some things to look out for from a tactical perspective.
Taking advantage of a depleted SKC defense – testing the makeshift back line
On Sunday, Kansas City will take the field without either member of their famed center backs – Aurelien Collin (injury) and Matt Besler (international duty). Right back Chance Myers is also a doubt. On the outside, Seth Sinovic could be the only regular starter in the back four to play on Sunday while Brazilian Igor Julião had a solid debut in Wednesday's match against Philly.
In the past, SKC have dealt with the loss of Besler due to national team commitments but losing both center backs is a large blow. SKC's patched up defense must have Mike Magee and Quincy Amarikwa licking their lips. Last week we saw Harry Shipp play an absolutely brilliant defense-splitting pass to put Mike Magee in 1v1 with Red Bull 'keeper Luis Robles.
Against SKC, Shipp and whoever plays in the center of midfield alongside Jeff Larentowicz should be looking to play those types of passes in behind the SKC defense to the onrushing Magee or Amarikwa.
Repeating last week's second half tactic on Sunday – putting high pressure on SKC
Amarikwa described Frank Yallop's tactical switch at halftime of the New York game the best. When asked, he said, "We came in at half time and knew we were sitting in too much. We were giving New York too much respect to play and we know we can score goals. That's what we've done consistently this year. So, we said in the second half we're just going to high press, what do we have to lose, and I think it really caught them off guard."
The exact same tactic should be in place from the first whistle against SKC. In Wednesday's match against the Union, Sporting gave up the ball on far too many occasions, many times with minimal pressure applied by the opposition. The Union sat back and used the counter attack to their advantage but for the Fire, forcing a new-look SKC into mistakes will be critical.
If Benji Joya gets the start again in the center of the park, I expect to see more from him in this regard. Joya is slowly but surely improving the defensive side of his game but against a team like SKC, I expect him to take a page out of the Dax McCarty playbook and not allow the SKC players any time on the ball.
Joya has the comfort of Jeff Larentowicz behind him so taking a few risks and pressing higher up the field could reap rewards
Providing more support to the outside backs – wing backs exposed again against NYRB last week
As I discussed last week, a lot of the problems for the Fire defensively stem from attacks coming from the wide areas. That was again the case against the Red Bulls in Saturday's game. It was obvious that NYRB coach Mike Petke told his team to try and isolate Greg Cochrane on the left hand side. During the first half, the Red Bulls attacked almost exclusively down the Fire left. Cochrane certainly held his own but he lacked support from Harry Shipp who was playing in front of him.
On the other side, Lovel Palmer had a tough game in New York. The Red Bulls were again allowed space and time to put in crosses and it really hurt the Fire. Case in point being the Red Bulls first goal, where Eric Alexander was given yards of space to pick out a cross and he duly found the head of Tim Cahill, the best header of a ball in the league.
Against a team like Sporting KC, who put an emphasis on getting their full backs forward to support the outside attackers, the Fire need to try and minimize the amount of 1v1 situations between our outside backs and the SKC wide men.
Prediction: The Fire are hitting KC at the right time: 2-1 Fire with goals from Mike Magee and Benji Joya.
Stephen Piggott is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @Irish_Steve.
WATCH: No cardiac arrest after 5-4 win in New York
Wednesday night's Art of Futbol at Prairie Production Studio was another fantastic success. Check out some of the pieces as well as interviews from Gonzalo Segares, Benji Joya, Frank Yallop and Foundation Director Jessica Yavitz:
Check out select shots from the Art of Futbol 2014!
We'll probably never know what was said at halftime in the away locker room this weekend in Harrison, NJ. We won't know if things were kicked or thrown, if team leaders screamed, or if, as is Frank Yallop's style, calm orders were dispatched.
What we do know, though, is that players after the game said they came out focused on putting more pressure on NYRB's back line. And we know that whatever was said got the Fire refocused enough to turn around a 2-1 halftime score line, score four goals in 19 minutes and overcome a frustrating start to the season to get their first win.
But that talk will go down in the history of halftime talks because whether or not Yallop Al Pacino'd the squad, they came out re-pumped up to the point where Quincy Amarikwa was ready to do this:
Amarikwa was ready to throw his face in front of Luis Robles's clearance if it meant continuing to pressure NYRB and continuing to build for the Fire the advantage they eventually, if not exactly calmly, rode to three points.
As much as I'd like to picture Yallop standing on chairs and screaming, there are other signs that point to a different kind of leadership at halftime. Look at Mike Magee here, barely five minutes into the second half, extolling the guys to push up and stay up. His eyes are popping out of his forehead!
One of the most competitive guys in the league, Magee could smell NYRB's weakness after Amarikwa tied the game at 2-2. And Magee did his job after the Fire built their three goal cushion, helping through the midfield in the game's dying moments to help the Fire fight off NYRB and finish off the win.
What all this points to is that whatever really went down at halftime, the orders were clearly to pressure NYRB's back line and close out the game. The mistakes Magee, Amarikwa, Patrick Nyarko, and game hero Harry Shipp squeezed out of that back line were exactly what Yallop expected.
The true magic of the situation was that the orders were delivered in a way to convey a strategic, tactics-based message with enough emotional weight to overshadow the recent disappointments in the team's mind. It led to eye-popping bodily sacrifice for the team. Everyone came together for the best 20 minute spell of the season, and it led to a deserved win.
Ben Schuman-Stoler is a contributor to Chicago-Fire.com. Follow him on Twitter @bsto.


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Precise Knowledge of the Grain Level in UCML's Storage Silos Is Essential to Production. Radar Measurement Is the Key
By Monte Smith
United Canadian Malt Ltd. (UCML) is Canada's largest manufacturer of a wide variety of liquid and dry, diastatic and non-diastatic extracts of malted barley, wheat, oats and rice. Our company was founded in Peterborough, Ontario in 1929, and since then has been a major international supplier of premier malt extracts and sweeteners for the food, pharmaceutical and brewing industries. Our customer base is extremely diverse, as customers use our ingredients in everything from cereal, bread, biscuits and pastries to chocolate, pet food, vinegar, chewing gum, ice cream, and, of course, beer.
Malt extract is a vacuum-concentrated sweetener made from high-quality malted barley. United Canadian Malt manufactures approximately 300 different liquid extracts using a variety of grains and process parameters to produce these natural, viscous sweeteners. In the food industry, extracts are used in a variety of baked goods, as the fermentation process assistance improves structure, color and crust appearance. The additional advantage is malt extract's ability to enhance these foods naturally with a unique, subtle and desirable flavor.
UCML is a certified organic production facility offering liquid extracts and syrups made from a range of organically certified grains. In the pharmaceutical industry, the distinct flavor of both liquid and dried malt extracts is an effective vehicle for active substance administration. With its broad nourishment characteristics, malt offers an improvement over plain sugar syrups.
At our facility, the main ingredient, malted barley, is stored in two outdoor silos. From them, it is drawn, crushed and then blended with water to yield a slurry called "mash." Precise quality control on temperature, time and specific water quantity allows the release of nutritional components from the grain. During this process, the natural enzymes inherent in the malted barley convert the grain starches and proteins to soluble and digestible sweeteners and protein components. The resultant fluid, called "sweet wort," is separated by filtration from the spent grains. The wort is then concentrated by evaporation to produce a viscous malt extract consisting of 80% solids material.
Brewing production scheduling requires an accurate assessment of our primary ingredient—the malted barley, which is stored in UCML's two 15-m (49.2-ft) steel silos. To do so, we need a very reliable, accurate and robust system to provide constant grain level information from our silos.
Our previous weight and cable level measurement system and rotary paddle switches resulted in ongoing maintenance and reliability issues. Imagine removing caked-on grain dust from an inoperative spindle wheel atop a 15-m (49.2-ft) silo during a June rainstorm. Or better yet, reseating the control rope and winding motor in January's frigid and icy weather.
When the electronics of the weight and cable system failed, we temporarily used a manual level control system. Time and safety issues were substantial cost and efficiency factors, however, as workers had to climb the silo, open the hatch and check levels with a flashlight. And, really, just how accurate is that flashlight level check? Truthfully, the only benefit from all of this climbing to the top of the silos was the positive effect on the manager's heart rate and his fresh air exposure!
All of this took place at UCML with malted barley grain arriving by rail car or truck every few days. Grain delivery was always a control headache, as the silo's capacity is much less than the more than 70 metric tons (MT) on a rail car. With the variable delivery schedules and the expense of rail car unloading demurrage time, it is crucial to have constantly accurate inventory level measurement. Precise inventory monitoring ensures that unloading from rail cars or trucks takes place within the allotted days, and without exceeding the silos' capacity, since cleanup of spilled grain on surrounding streets is not easy. We also wanted the ability to coordinate the brewing usage of the grain discharged from the silos without shutting down production, as this would save both time and money.
UCML investigated several options for reporting silo grain levels. Load cells, a very accurate method, were too expensive to retrofit onto our existing silos. Repairing our weight and cable system's electronics was also quite costly, considering its mechanical problems. An ideal system would have mechanically and electronically reliable construction, and would be accurate over the full length of the silo—especially the bottom cone discharge section. Such a solution would also have a remote readout capability at some distance from the silo and capability for a high- and low-level alarm shut-off option. Finally, it must be able to handle the grain silo's intense dust level during the filling cycle.
United Canadian Malt was already familiar with Siemens Industry's level measurement transmitters in its manufacturing process. UCML had previously installed a Sitrans LG200 guided wave radar transmitter on a wort tank. Wort is a challenging substance to measure because of high temperatures and excessive steam and foam that are generated during the wort transfer process. The tank also requires a weekly chemical sanitation bath and a high-pressure water washdown, and there is little headroom, complicating the installation of any instrumentation.
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Milwaukee man charged with killing boy wants trial moved
The 76-year-old man charged with killing his 13-year-old neighbor wants his trial moved out of Milwaukee County because of the publicity the case has received.
Circuit Judge Jeffrey A. Wagner set a Dec. 21 hearing date to rule on the motion to change venue or choose a jury from another county. John Spooner's case remains scheduled for trial in January. Prosecutors will have to file a reply to the motion before that hearing date.
A brief supporting the motion suggests that news reports have inflamed public sentiment toward the case and biased potential jurors against Spooner, citing comments readers have posted to online news reports. »Read Full Article
Village residents trash garbage fee in Mukwonago
After residents spoke out against shifting a $50 garbage and recycling fee to property owners in the Village of Mukwonago as an annual fee, the Village Board voted tonight to take money out of reserve funds and put the full garbage fee back on the tax roll.
A number of residents complained that the Village keeps hitting them with fees, which slowly and incrementally increase over time - a trend they did not like seeing.
"If the Village wanted to spend more money than allowed, the honest thing would have been to put it to referendum and ask taxpayers if they are willing to support that," said resident Mary Pires.
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Driver found after striking child in Rib Mountain.
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Wisconsin lost 7,500 jobs in October, according to preliminary estimates released Thursday by the state Department of Workforce Development.
Compared to the previous month, the state lost an estimated 6,000 private-sector jobs and 1,500 jobs in the government sector, which includes federal, local and state-level employees, Thursday's numbers show. The data is prone to major revisions.
The state's unemployment rate fell to 6.9% in October from 7.3% in September. It's not uncommon in the current recovery for payrolls data to move in one direction and the unemployment rate to move in the opposite direction, mainly because the two are based on different surveys. The government collects payroll tallies through a survey of 3.5% of the state's employers, while it bases the unemployment rate on a survey of 0.06% of the state's households. »Read Full Article
State makes progress on backlogged unemployment claims
The state Department of Workforce Development is making progress on backlogged unemployment claims and now has fewer than 8,000 remaining, a spokesman said Thursday.
When the Journal Sentinel first reported on the backlog on Oct. 25, the department had 9,357 claims going back to July that needed to be processed by hand. Employees have processed about 1,400 claims in the past three weeks and are working on claims filed Aug. 20 and later, a spokesman said.
"We have reduced the pending caseload dated Oct. 25 and earlier to fewer than 8,000. We completed July claims and are two-thirds through August," John Dipko, a spokesman for the Department of Workforce Development, said in an email. "While affected claimants will not lose benefits as a result of the wait and will receive all benefits for which they are eligible, we understand these benefits are critical and will continue to work as quickly as possible to ensure accurate payments are made." »Read Full Article
Posey claims NL MVP; Braun second
Ryan Braun insisted he never gave it a second thought that he might repeat as the National League most valuable player.
"To be honest, I didn't really think much about it at all," said the Milwaukee Brewers' star leftfielder. "I didn't think I was going to win."
Braun's belief was proved correct Thursday evening when it was announced that San Francisco catcher Buster Posey easily outdistanced him to win the 2012 NL MVP award in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Posey received 27 of 32 first-place votes and 422 points to three first-place votes and 285 points for Braun. »Read Full Article
Messmer's Brother Bob Smith resigns
Brother Bob Smith, known as the architect of the rise and success of Messmer Catholic Schools and an icon of the school choice movement in Wisconsin and across the nation, announced his resignation Thursday as Messmer's president and CEO.
In a letter to students and their families, faculty, staff and alumni, Smith, 55, said he has had health complications since undergoing neck and spine surgery three years ago and indicated he now faces further surgery.
"This was a decision that did not come easily," said Smith, leader of the head of the three-campus school. »Read Full Article
Complaints spike against MyBillAssist; scam website no longer public
Complaints are mounting against MyBillAssist, a company that markets itself as a membership bill assistance program but appears to have scammed hundreds of Milwaukee's most vulnerable residents out of $20 fees.
Meanwhile, the company's previously public website was limited Thursday to private access only.
So far, the Wisconsin Better Business Bureau has received 138 inquiries about the company, investigator Lisa Schiller told me Thursday morning. »Read Full Blog Post
Wisconsin unlikely to create health care exchange
Madison - Gov. Scott Walker signaled Wednesday that Wisconsin likely won't move forward with creating its own online insurance marketplace as called for under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, leaving that to the federal government.
The Republican governor's decision on the insurance exchange, scheduled to be announced Friday morning, has big potential implications for the state's patients, the health care sector and Walker's own political career.
An odd coalition of business groups, health insurers and Democrats has pressed Walker, an opponent of the Affordable Care Act that is often called Obamacare, to set up state exchanges where small businesses and individuals could buy health insurance. »Read Full Article
Abele calls for board moves to be delayed, pending a legal review
County Executive Chris Abele said Thursday that County Board efforts to muzzle him to prevent him from talking to state legislators and to revoke a residency waiver for a top aide should be put on hold to determine their legality.
Abele said the same should be true for supervisors' plan to create a board-controlled legal services fund.
Those steps were adopted by the board last month or as part of the county's 2013 budget. They remain intact despite vetoes this week from Abele on the three issues - which all were overridden by the board. »Read Full Article
DNR: Hunting, trapping of wolves closed effective Friday in zones 2, 4
This press release was issued Thursday by the Department of Natural Resources:
Hunting and Trapping of Wolves Closed in Wolf Zones 2 and 4, Effective Friday, Nov. 16, at the end of hunting and trapping hours
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has closed Wolf Harvest Zones 2 and 4 to hunting and trapping of gray wolves effective Nov. 16, 2012. »Read Full Blog Post
'60 Minutes' challenges Packers' Rodgers on his selective editing claims
The first time Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers whistled "60 Minutes" for a violation in a story about him, a piece that aired Nov. 4 on CBS-TV, the show chose not to respond.
But this time, when Rodgers complained about the show in the course of answering a question from Detroit reporters on Wednesday, "60 Minutes" responded.
The news show threw out its red challenge flag on Thursday, going so far as to send reporters the unedited transcript of what Rodgers had to say about the targeting of NFL players and the bounty scandal. »Read Full Blog Post
Gynecologist sentenced to year in jail in patient sex case
A Whitefish Bay gynecologist was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail and three years of probation for having inappropriate sexual contact and conversation with four patients.
Evan Saunders was found guilty in September of four counts each of fourth-degree sexual assault and disorderly conduct, all misdemeanors.
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Ellen Brostrom sentenced Saunders, 48, to four consecutive 90-day jail terms on the disorderly conduct counts. He must report by the day after Thanksgiving and will be allowed 10 hours a week of release time for child care. »Read Full Article
Dispute delays sentencing in Pizza Man arson case
A federal jury acquitted Feras Rahman of arranging or starting the 2010 fire that destroyed Pizza Man restaurant, but he may still be punished for that crime.
Rahman was convicted of one count of lying to investigators, and prosecutors want the judge to consider the "acquitted conduct" of arson and mail fraud when sentencing Rahman on the false statement conviction.
At a partial sentencing hearing Thursday, Rahman's attorney called that "a perverse result" that would disrespect the jury that heard the case last summer, a jury he said that was attentive throughout a well-tried case. »Read Full Article
$25,000 reward offered for arrest of Pewaukee bank robbery suspects
A $25,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a man and a woman wanted in connection with the armed robbery of the PNC Bank at 395 Pewaukee Road in Pewaukee.
Although the robbery occurred June 28, the suspects remain at large and law enforcement officials believe they remain in the area, said Leonard Peace, a public affairs specialist with the FBI.
There's also been a lack of leads in the case, he said. »Read Full Article
UW-Madison panel wants Palermo's contract tied to strike
A University of Wisconsin-Madison committee has asked that the school put Palermo's pizza on notice that unless the company agrees to rehire striking workers and recognizes their union, it will terminate its contract with the frozen pizza manufacturer.
In response, interim Chancellor David Ward issued a statement that said he will review the committee's request and "respond accordingly to them."
In the meantime, he said, there are no plans to take any action. He also urged the parties involved in the labor dispute to continue to try to resolve the matter. »Read Full Article
Young Milwaukee father found guilty of suffocating son
A 20-year-old Milwaukee man faces life in prison after a jury found him guilty of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of his 22-month-old son last year.
Aaron D. Allen told police he suffocated Aaron Allen Jr. with a sock Oct. 9, 2011, while spending the night with the boy's mother, Thelma Walton.
He woke Walton and told her the boy had stopped breathing. »Read Full Article
Pizza Man says it's reopening
Pizza Man owner Mike Amidzich said on social media today that he will reopen the restaurant on the east side but was coy about the exact location.
The 40-year-old restaurant was destroyed in a fire at its original location at North and Oakland avenues.
The concept will remain the same, Amidzich said, with pizzas and wines by the glass. A two-story restaurant is planned, with a second-floor outdoor terrace.
Gov. Walker signals he won't pursue state health care exchange
Gov. Scott Walker signaled to the national media Wednesday that Wisconsin likely won't create its own insurance marketplace as called for under Obamacare, leaving that to the federal government.
Walker has long opposed the federal health-care law but for a time had sought to set up the insurance exchange to adapt to the state's market and needs, an approach that had the support of key industry groups in the state. Yet with tea party conservatives opposed to advancing the law in any way, Walker's comments Wednesday suggested he wouldn't pursue it.
The GOP governor has a conference call with the media scheduled for Friday morning to make the formal announcement. »Read Full Blog Post
Tuttle leads Glenwood City to Division 7 title
Junior running back Isaac Tuttle rushed for four touchdowns to lead Glenwood City to a 46-21 victory over Potosi in the WIAA Division 7 state championship game Thursday at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison.
Tuttle finished with 21 carries for 195 yards. Glenwood City finished the year 11-2.
Potosi (12-1) led, 14-6, late in the second quarter, but Tuttle scored on an 8-yard run with 1 minute 49 seconds left in the first half to cut the lead to two points at halftime. The score was the first of four touchdowns over the next 14 minutes for the Hiltoppers. The backbreaker for Potosi was a 46-yard scoring run by Tuttle with 5 seconds left in third quarter to push Glenwood City's lead to 34-14. »Read Full Blog Post
Packers Podcast: McGinn and Dunne discuss Matthews, matchup with Lions, outlook down stretch
Bob McGinn and Tyler Dunne are back talking Packers - and a few other things - in their weekly podcast.
This week, they discuss the impact of losing Clay Matthews, the matchup between Tramon Williams and Calvin Johnson, Lions defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh and the Packers' outlook down the stretch.
Listen here, or download the mp3 file here. You can also find the podcast in the iTunes store.
EPA picks MMSD's Shafer for national advisory panel
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Executive Director Kevin Shafer has accepted a two-year appointment to a national advisory panel serving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson invited Shafer to serve on the agency's Local Government Advisory Committee as a representative of sewerage district directors throughout the nation. Members of the committee are not paid for their time but they are reimbursed for travel expenses.
The committee is chartered to advise the EPA on multiple issues. Among them are: regulatory innovation and reform; environmental protection tools; pollution prevention; new technologies; and appropriate roles of all levels of government in environmental management.
Shafer's appointment begins today. The next meeting of the advisory committee is tentatively scheduled Dec. 12 and 13 in Washington, D.C.
Outside groups tried to sway votes for Democrats' Senate leader
Madison - The state's largest teachers union, an environmental organization and possibly other outside groups contacted Democratic state senators to help shore up votes for Sen. Chris Larson as the caucus' leader.
Lawmakers said it was unusual but not unprecedented for outside groups to take sides in leadership elections.
Sen. John Lehman (D-Racine) acknowledged being contacted by representatives of the Wisconsin Education Association Council and the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters urging him to vote for Larson, the Milwaukee senator who ended up winning the contest. »Read Full Article
Shaw, unplugged, in Boulevard's 'Don Juan'
What if hell isn't a raging inferno of wailing souls, but a place of comfort and ease filled with wine, women and song?
Sounds pretty good to me. But while this is the underworld served up in George Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell," Shaw was using his title character to champion a heaven of eugenically bred supermen thinking big thoughts rather than wallowing in sensual delights.
Under co-directors Mark Bucher and David Flores, the Boulevard Theatre is allowing Shaw to make his case through a staged reading of the "Don Juan" portion of Shaw's gargantuan "Man and Superman." »Read Full Article
Dispute delays sentencing in Pizza Man arson case
A federal jury acquitted Feras Rahman of arranging or starting the 2010 fire that destroyed Pizza Man restaurant, but he may still be punished for that crime.
Rahman was convicted of one count of lying to investigators, and prosecutors want the judge to consider the "acquitted conduct," of arson and mail fraud when sentencing Rahman on the false statement conviction.
At a "partial sentencing hearing" Thursday, Rahman's attorney called that "a perverse result" that would disrespect the jury that heard the case last summer, a jury he said was attentive throughout a well-tried case. »Read Full Blog Post
Baldwin prepares for move to Senate
Madison Democrat Tammy Baldwin this week is getting to know a different house of Congress - the upper house.
U.S. Rep. Baldwin, who won the Nov. 6 U.S. Senate election over former Gov. Tommy Thompson, said it has helped to have spent 14 years in the House of Representatives, but it's still a big task starting up a Senate office in the midst of high-stakes negotiations over budget issues before a year-end deadline.
"Boy, is it exciting and a lot of decisions to make," Baldwin said in a telephone interview. "It is starting to sink in." »Read Full Article
Waukesha considers pay-for-performance for teachers
One of Wisconsin's largest school districts is considering changing its salary structure to reward teachers based on the quality of their performance, rather than on their seniority and education.
The School District of Waukesha may bring on national consultant Battelle for Kids to design a new compensation and benefits system, according to a proposal from the district's administration that emerged this week.
Waukesha's School Board on Wednesday held off on voting on that approximate $77,000 contract until next month because that contract came in late to the lineup of action items, said Christine Hedstrom, assistant superintendent for human resources and labor relations. »Read Full Blog Post
Madison atheist group suit says church political activity is illegal
Madison - A Madison-based group of atheists and agnostics argues in a federal lawsuit that the Internal Revenue Service is violating the U.S. Constitution by allowing tax-exempt churches and religious organizations to get involved in political campaigns.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed the lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Madison. It cites full-page ads run this fall in The New York Times and other newspapers by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and a letter that Illinois Bishop Daniel Jenky required to be read in churches the weekend before the presidential election.
The lawsuit argues that not enforcing the law prohibiting tax-exempt religious organizations from electioneering results in preferential treatment not provided to other tax-exempt organizations, including the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
An IRS spokesman didn't immediately return messages.
Mortgage delinquency rate nearly flat
The delinquency rate of mortgage loans in Wisconsin stayed nearly flat in the third quarter compared with the same time last year, a report released Thursday shows.
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported that 6.25% of all mortgages in Wisconsin were in arrears as of Sept. 30. That is up fractionally from 6.24% in the third quarter of 2011.
The small increase appears to have been driven by a rise in loans 30 days past due - new delinquencies that the mortgage bankers trade group said aren't surprising, "given the weak economic and job growth in the third quarter." »Read Full Article
Walker won't back arrest of federal officials, Romney comments
Madison -- Gov. Scott Walker made clear Wednesday he isn't backing a pair of controversial statements from state lawmakers and from unsuccessful GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
The Journal Sentinel reported this week that nine Republican lawmakers have gone on the record saying they back a bill to arrest any federal officials who try to implement the health care law in Wisconsin. But the lawmakers can't count on Walker signing any such law.
"Governor Walker doesn't support arresting people for implementing federal law," spokesman Cullen Werwie said in an email. »Read Full Blog Post
Missing woman with dementia is found in Milwaukee
A 78-year-old Milwaukee woman suffering from dementia who had been reported missing Wednesday afternoon was found at 8:40 a.m. Thursday near N. 14th St. and W. Vliet St., Milwaukee police said.
The woman was taken to a hospital for evaluation, police said.
She was cold, but preliminary indications are that she was unharmed, police said.
Greenfield panel backs plan that could accommodate Mormon church
A proposal that would lay the groundwork for a Mormon church sanctuary on an unused section of Arlington Cemetery cleared the Greenfield Plan Commission on Tuesday.
Arlington Cemetery, 4001 S. 27th St., is asking to create three parcels, one of which could accommodate the church on its 5.1 acres.
The cemetery's request could be discussed by the Common Council, which must ultimately approve the plan, as early as next week, though a public hearing on the Mormon church plan itself won't be held until Dec. 4. »Read Full Article
Big Ten signs agreement with ACC, Orange Bowl
Looking to improve bowl opportunities for Big Ten Conference teams, league officials have entered into an agreement with the Atlantic Coast Conference and Orange Bowl.
ACC officials and the Orange Bowl announced the 12-year deal on Thursday:
The Discover Orange Bowl will annually feature the ACC champion against an opponent from the Big Ten Conference, Southeastern Conference or University of Notre Dame as part of the 12-year agreement that begins following the 2014 season. »Read Full Blog Post
Milwaukee aldermen to consider three mayoral vetoes
Milwaukee Common Council President Willie L. Hines Jr. has called for a special council meeting at 10 a.m. Friday to consider three vetoes Mayor Tom Barrett made to the 2013 budget.
The three vetoes involve funding for police motorcycles; a proposal to give the Equal Rights Commission authority to develop an alternative mediation process apart from the Fire and Police Commission; and a council decision to reduce funding for a Port of Milwaukee position from one year to two months.
The port job involves the position of operations and trade director.
Hamilton student pleads no contest to sex charges
Daniel Koepke, 17, a former student at Hamilton High School, pleaded no contest in Washington County Circuit Court this morning to causing a child to view sexually explicit content and incest. Charges of sexual abuse of a child and exposing genitals were dismissed.
He was charged in July in connection with an incident involving a 6-year-old relative he was babysitting. Click here for more.
Judge Andrew T. Gonring found Koepke guilty of the two charges. Koepke will be in court for his sentencing at 2:30 p.m. Jan. 24. »Read Full Article
Bon-Ton reduces 3Q loss amid 1.9% sales gain
The Bon-Ton Stores Inc. narrowed its fiscal third-quarter loss by more than half, as it put in place a number of initiatives this year to increase sales and reduce expenses, the company said Thursday.
The parent company of Boston Store said it cut its loss to $10.1 million, or 55 cents a share, from $22.0 million, or $1.21, a year earlier.
Revenue rose 1.9% for the three months ended Oct. 27, to $683.1 million from $670.6 million. »Read Full Article
Brady Corp. earnings decline as firm continues restructuring
Brady Corp. lost ground on sales and earnings in the first quarter of its new fiscal year as the Milwaukee-based global manufacturer continues to restructure, divest business divisions and seek new niches, according to figures released Thursday.
The manufacturer of die-cut and tailor-made parts for electronics companies said net income fell 16.9% to $27.2 million, or 53 cents a share, from $32.7 million, or 62 cents, in the year-ago quarter. Excluding the impact from the sales of Brady Medical in Texas and Varitronics in Minnesota, earnings fell 7.1% to $30.4 million.
Sales fell 3.4% for the three months ended Oct. 31, to $337.6 million. Even factoring out the impact of divested businesses and exchange rates, which affect income when its converted into dollars, "organic" sales declined 1.9%. »Read Full Article
Art City Looks: Graeme Reid
In a week when the big news is the appointment of Laurie Winters as director at the Museum of Wisconsin Art, it seems like a good time to stop and consider what it means to be a Wisconsin artist.
I think about this question a lot, actually. Do artists respond organically to place? What is indigenous to our region's cultural community?
I think, for instance, about how Terese Agnew began making quilts because of the cold winters here. I think about the number of artists who talk about how the long winters prompt them not only to stay inside but to turn inward in various ways. Or there are those, like Tom Uttech and David Neic, who thrive on the clear, cold Northern skies. »Read Full Blog Post
Mazomanie man to stand trial in Dane County beating death
Madison - A man accused of hiding the body of a torture victim has been ordered to stand trial in Dane County.
Robert McCumber waived his right to a preliminary hearing in court Wednesday. The 28-year-old Mazomanie man told investigators Matthew Graville's half brother ordered him to put Graville's body in a freezer, then he and the half brother, Jeffrey Vogelsberg, buried the body near Lone Rock four days later.
A criminal complaint says McCumber told police Vogelsberg had badly beaten Graville on June 30 and that he found him dead the next morning. Prosecutors say the developmentally disabled victim was repeatedly tortured by Vogelsberg, who is jailed in Tacoma, Wash.
The State Journal says Vogelsberg moved to Washington shortly after Graville died because Vogelsberg's wife is stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
Blaze overnight damages north side apartment building
Milwaukee firefighters put out a blaze at a 16-unit apartment building early Thursday that occurred in the 4200 block of N. 27th St.
Battalion Chief Dan Berendt said the fire was determined to be accidental. He said it started in the ceiling of one of the units and caused $7,000 in damage.
At 5:08 p.m. Wednesday a fire did an estimated $15,000 in damage to a home in the 2800 block of S. 7th St., he said.
The fire started in the first floor of the home. No one was home at the time. There were working smoke detectors in the home, he said. The fire is under investigation, he said.
Mayfair Collection funding proposal wins 2nd OK
A proposal to provide up to $8.5 million in city funds to help develop the Mayfair Collection shopping center has received its second endorsement from Wauwatosa officials.
The Common Council's Budget and Finance Committee voted 5-0 Tuesday night to recommend approval. The full council is to review the proposal next Tuesday. The plan was also approved Nov. 1 by the Community Development Authority.
The project's developer, HSA Commercial Real Estate Inc., hopes to begin construction next spring, and have the stores, including Nordstrom Rack, open by summer of 2014. »Read Full Blog Post
On Tap Today: A guide to going out when skies are gray
You're not fooled, are you? You know that Spring has not really sprung and there's plenty of bad weather lurking in our Wisconsin forecasts. Luckily, we have some great local places to go when skies are gray and so is your mood. We scout them for you in our "Winter Going Out Guide."
But is NaNa Asian Fusion restaurant in Shorewood worth a wintry trek across town? Dining Critic Carol Deptolla tells us what she thinks in her column.
Perhaps it's time to honker down and take in a thought-provoking film. Movie Critic Duane Dudek reveals what to expect from the Oscar-nominated Iranian film, "A Separation."
Speaking of Oscars, the prep window is closing fast for the Feb. 26 show. So check out our guide to how and where you can catch this year's Oscar nominees before those envelopes get passed.
On Tap Today: Flip the switch and -- the holidays are on!
They snuck up on you, didn't they? The holidays. Well, they're only a switch flip away now. Milwaukee's official outdoor Holiday Lights Festival Kick-off Extravagana, complete with freebies and fireworks, brightens Pere Marquette Park tonight.
Speaking of lights, there's plenty of dazzle inside under The Domes with Thursday's "Music Under Glass" show with live music and a computer light show.
And the sounds keep coming at the Music From Almost Yesterday student ensemble concert at UWM tonight.
Forecast: Quiet weather pattern will lead to seasonal temperatures
Seasonal temperatures are expected through the weekend, with daytime highs approaching 50 degrees, according to WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) meteorologist Scott Steele.
Some patchy fog could form Thursday night and into early Friday, but no precipitation, save for a few flurries Thursday, is expected through the weekend, Steele says.
To see Steele's complete forecast, go to www.stormteam4.com.


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Saturday, January 24, 2004JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Jan. 24, 2004) - Competition in the second Niswonger Track and Field Invitational hosted by East Tennessee State University wrapped up Saturday night at the Mini-Dome, overall it was the 26th anniversary of the spring meet. ETSU took the award stand twice during the night's competition. Chantelle Vernon (Markham, Ontario) finished second in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.65 and Brad Yewer (Newbury, England) finished second in the mile run with a time of 4:16.57. "Chantelle had a solid performance, but was not as technically sound as she was in the prelims," commented assistant coach Michelle Byrne. "Next weekend she will be able to work on that while getting another race under her belt." "Brad ran a real gutsy race tonight. You could tell that he was hurt, but was still able to focus and come out and beat his competition," stated Byrne. "Last night he performed solid in the 3000 meters and it is difficult to run back-to-back races." The Bucs' James Rainer (Alcoa, Tenn.) qualified Friday night for the 60-meter finals and placed fifth Saturday with a time of 6.89. Byrne commented, "James had a rough fall and was hurt for a while. Over break he trained hard and has shown with today's race that he is in form and will continue his dedication throughout the season." Senior Chad Hyder (Kingsport, Tenn.)made his mark in the shot put with a fourth place finish. His longest throw was 15.15m. "Chad opened up this season with a bigger throw than he has in the past. He threw well and I believe he'll get out past 50 feet this year." In the morning's unseeded distance runs sophomore Christine Ward (Candler, N.C.) made a strong impression with her finish of 19:29.36 in the 5000-meter race. "I'm really proud of her performance," said Byrne. "She ran solid in cross country this past season and is building on that with our volunteer assistant Catherine Berry." "Overall, the team performed well this weekend, but we need to focus on team goals and have more people competing on Saturday night in the future." Complete results for Friday's and Saturday's events are available online at www.flashresults.com/etsu.
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- Dancing Daisies
4:30PM to 5:30PM
Dance the day away with Girl Scouts and the LaSalle Dance Center. Move to the beat as a dance instructor teaches you fun and fabulous dance steps. After the program is over, each Girl Scout Daisy will take home a unique craft! Who: Girls in grades K-1 Date: Friday, April 19, 2013 Location: LaSalle Dance Ctr, LaSalle Time: 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Fee: $5 per girl Min/Max: 10/35 girls Closing Date: Friday, April 5, 2013 Fun patch included. Participants should dress in comfortable clothing appropriate for dance and bring a water bottle. ...