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Fiora's Restaurant
Located in one of Geneva's most picturesque Historic Landmark Buildings, Fiora's serves a splendid selection of fine wine and European-influenced American Cuisine.
Fireside Ale House
The Fireside Ale House is a family-owned and operated restaurant designed to offer guests an exceptional dining experience. By offering a menu of satisfying comfort foods prepared by an experienced kitchen, a beer and wine list numbering over 80 entries, and a congenial atmosphere, Fireside Ale House will be a favorite in the Western Suburbs for years to come.
Fireside Grille
Fireside Grille offers a ski-lodge feel, with two fireplaces and a warm, wooden cathedral ceiling. The cozy yet classy atmosphere lends itself to dinner events of all kinds. At first glance the menu reveals a classic American dining experience, but digging a little deeper you'll find a lively helping of creativity that is sure to satisfy.
CITY:Sugar Grove
Fitzgerald's Tavern, Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites
Fitzgerald's Tavern offers a relaxing atmosphere after a day's work. We feature karaoke, and offer variaties of live performances along with several TVs to watch all your favorite teams.
CITY:Carol Stream
Flat Top Grill-Oak Park
Flat Top Grill is a create-your-own stir-fry adventure. Choose from the freshest ingredients for create-your-own breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Enjoy appetizers, homemade desserts and our full bar. We accept reservations and welcome large groups. Gift certificates are available.
CITY:Oak Park
Forest View Lounge
This neighborhood lesbian bar, with a relaxing North Woods tavern vibe, is a great place to catch the latest game, play pool or enjoy the outdoor beer garden. The grill menu includes the popular Large Marge Volcano Burger, oozing with cheese.
CITY:Forest View
Fox and Hound Arlington Heights
Neighborhood sports bar featuring 28 big screen TVs, billiards, darts, ping pong, video gaming, and late night entertainment. Private party space available! Full menu till close! Best party in town 7 days a week!
CITY:Arlington Heights
Fox and Hound Schaumburg
Neighborhood pub - fresh casual themed restaurant with upscale billiards, shuffleboard, ping-pong, and darts. Party space available.
Fox River Distilling Company
Opened in October of 2014 and headquartered in Geneva, Fox River Distilling Company produces premium handcrafted artisan spirits using traditional distilling methods. Free tours are given to the general public on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday afternoons and at other scheduled times for private parties and events. Join us for "First Friday" – A monthly open house where the distillery and tasting room will be open to the public for extended hours.
Fox Valley Winery
Welcome to one of Illinois' premier boutique wineries! Just west of Chicago, in the Fox River Valley, you have the chance to experience truly unique, fine wines of Illinois! Whether you prefer red, white, dry or sweet, you'll find the perfect wine for your palate at Fox Valley Winery. So spend a little time with them at their beautiful Fox River Valley location. Sample their wines and judge for yourself.
Fradillios Restaurant
Fast, casual dining that includes salads and sandwiches. Gyros, beef sandwiches.
Francesca's by the River
Contemporary, casually-sophisticated trattoria ambiance. Good, honest cooking, friendly service and fair prices. Our menu features the zesty earthy cuisine of Rome and the surrounding areas of Tuscany, Umba and Lazio.
CITY:St. Charles
Francesca's Fiore
Very comfortable, warm room, with skylights and fireplaces. Generous, affordable, Northern Italian Cuisine. 4 star service in a casually elegant atmosphere. Specializing in private functions for groups of 20-200. Two private dining rooms.
CITY:Forest Park
Francesca's Tavola
Contemporary, casually sophisticated trattoria ambience with authentic rustic cooking, friendly service, and fair prices. perfect location for a great night out or a private party.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Francesca's Tavola
Contemporary, casually sophisticated trattoria ambience with authentic rustic cooking, firendly service, and fair prices. Perfect location for a great night out or a private party.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Fresco 21
Fresco 21 blends flavor of the Mediterranean region; including Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Egypt, Morocco, Israel & Lebanon, offering guests a unique menu.
Fresh 1800 Hyatt Regency Chicago Schaumburg
Fresh 1800 restaurant offers French-inspired food using the freshest ingredients, local produce and close-to-the-farm foods. Many herbs and vegetables are harvested seasonally from the Chef's own on-site garden. Also features a stylish & trendy bar with daily food and drink specials.
Friacos Mexican Restaurant
Best authentic homemade mexican food in Will County. Family atmosphere. Mondays kids eat free. Tuesdays half priced margaritas. Sunday Special $2 bottled beer.
Once we hand over your juicy masterpiece of a burger, you take it from there to Fuddruckers legendary Build Your Own® market fresh produce bar. It's stocked full of sun-ripened tomatoes, hand-leafed lettuce, sliced onions, dill pickles, pico de gallo, Fudds cheese sauce and lots of other fantastic fixins -- so go ahead, pile it high and make it all yours.
Fuego Loco
Serving the finest in grilled Mexican Meats, Seafood, and Poultry in a festive environment. We feature the best fresh squeezed margaritas in town, homemade sangria, 27 bottled beers. Outdoor dining all summer long, and 150 different hot sauces. Come taste the authentic flavors of Mexico!
CITY:Oak Park
Fuego Mexican Grill & Margarita Bar
A taste adventure beyond traditional Mexican cuisine, featuring specialty Mole sauces, recipes right from Grandma Paula's kitchen and fresh guacamole prepared tableside. Full service bar serving an endless selection of Margaritas, Tequilas, and Cervezas.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Fuji Buffet
We've developed a higher standard for buffet-style dining. We offer a variety of artfully created sushi; A vast array of traditional & contemporary Chinese and Japanese hot food dishes and seafood favorites; gourmet salad and dessert bar.
CITY:St. Charles
Gaetano's specializes in authentic regional Italian cuisine. Chef Gaetano Di Benedetto, former owner of La Piazza, will be your host and will take you on an unbelievable adventure of food. The majority of the menu will be reinvented daily, based on the freshest produce, meats and seafood. The atmosphere is inviting, relaxing, casual and rustic. The wine list is extensive, yet affordable. Carryout is also available.
CITY:Forest Park
Gaetano's Batavia
Culinary Champion for Best Soup, Best Dessert and Best Veggie/Vegan dish! Experience exquisite Italian cuisine and world class culinary arts including their famous wood burning oven techniques. Vegan? Food-intolerant? Let them know and Chefs Gaetano and Wendy DiBenedetto will make up a special culinary delight just for you!
Galena Cellars Winery & Tasting Room
You're in good company. Experience the charm of Galena in suburban Geneva. The newest addition to the Galena Cellars Family, the Geneva Wine Tasting Room & Gift Shop hosts a beautiful oak bar in a light, airy setting. In the warmer months, enjoy live music with wine and cheese on the outdoor patio. Sit. Swirl. Sip & Savor. Relax on our beautiful Wine Patio after shopping Geneva's historic district.
We are the premiere gaming facility in the country with over 250 games! We are a test facility for the video game industry. We consistently have games here that no one else in the country has! Two bars and a casual dining area. Great for ages 5 years old and up. Must be 21 or older after 9 pm. Located in the Streets of Woodfield.
GameWorks Entertainment
GameWorks is the perfect place for your next event. You can eat, drink and play all under one roof! GameWorks has an awesome catering menu, private rooms and lounge areas, pool tables and state of the art video games. GameWorks provides options for groups of all sizes from 10 to 1200 guests.
Garden Atrium
Outstanding buffet in the Garden Atrium at Pheasant Run Resort & Spa. From seafood, pasta, authentic Midwestern cuisine, no need to limit yourself to just one entree. Experience a wide array of tantalizing dishes, such as juicy herb crusted beef.
CITY:St. Charles
Garden Cafe Doubletree Hotel Wood Dale/Itasca
Serves casual American fare for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Lobby lounge, pasta and salad bar for lunch.
CITY:Wood Dale
Gather Bar - Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center and Hotel
Bar and lounge in the hotel. Salads, gourmet-fusion pizzas, burgers, and other daily specials. Serves lunch and dinner.
Gatsby's Pub
Gatsby's was established in 1973. Interior pieces were purchased on 55th and Halsted in Chicago and bring that old town look to Arlington Heights. Gatsby's has found its unique way of incorporating the new with the old, including the addition of 80 plasma TVs for everyone's viewing pleasure. It's a neighborhood "cheers" bar with specials, trivia nights, and beer of the month!
CITY:Arlington Heights
Gatsby's Pub
Gatsby's was established in 1973. Interior pieces were purchased on 55th & Halsted in Chicago and bring that old town look to Arlington Heights. Gatsby's has found its own unique way of incorporating the new with the old, including the addition of 80 plasma TVs for everyone's viewing pleasure. It's a neighborhood "cheers" bar with specials, trivia nights, and beer of the month!
CITY:Arlington Heights
Gaylord India Restaurant of Schaumburg
A blend of traditional and innovative awaits you at Gaylord Fine Indian Cuisine. Experience the finest food, which perfectly combines the ancient traditions and authentic flavors of India, fused with a unique ethnic edge in a casually sophisticated ambiance. All served to you with a style of service rooted in the finest eastern traditions.
Gelsosomo's Pizzeria
Gelsosomo's Pizzeria & Pub is a new family restaurant located in downtown Lemont. Stop in for some pizza, pasta, sandwiches, salads, beer and fun. Chances are if you've eaten at Gelsosomo's (Jel-sah-so-mos) in Lemont you've met at least one of the owners, Peg and Ed Gricus - a family-run operation.
Gene & Jude's
For hot dog lovers, Gene And Jude's is a destination to not be missed. Started For hot dog lovers, Gene & Jude's is a must-visit destination. For more than 60 years, this this River Grove institution has been serving up a classic menu of hot dogs, french fries and tasty extras. A longtime favorite with locals, Gene & Jude's has recently garnered national attention with Rachel Ray and three judges from Serious Eats naming Gene & Jude's the No. 1 hot dog in America.
CITY:River Grove
Geneva Ale House
A beer-lover's pub featuring an excellent selection of craft-brewed beers. We also offer a full menu and are open for lunch, dinner and special events.
Geneva Diner
Serving a delicious breakfast and lunch 7 days a week.
Gen-Hoe Restaurant
Authentic Cantonese & Szechwan style dishes featuring dim sum on Sundays.
Award winning restaurant. Great sandwiches, homemade soup daily, "best salad bar in Oak Park". Enjoy imaginative Italian dishes. Custom catering and business meetings. Great ambiance and reasonable prices.
CITY:Oak Park
Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse - Oak Brook
The newest Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse embodies the big city dining experience with big flavor, steaks and chops, fresh fish daily, and enormous lobster tails--all matched with an extensive wine list.
CITY:Oak Brook
Gibsons Steakhouse and Lounge
Gino's East - Rolling Meadows
The "World's Most Celebrated" pizza. Deep dish or thin crust. Party rooms, pre-orders, carry-out and delivery.
CITY:Rolling Meadows
Gino's East - Rosemont
World-renowned, Chicago deep-dish pizza!
Gino's East - St. Charles
Join us for our world famous Chicago style deep dish pizza. Ask about our "no charge" private party room.
CITY:St. Charles
Giordano's Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria - St. Charles
Located in the shopping center cross from Charlestowne Mall. Celebrating 30 years of pioneering the famous stuffed and equally renowned thin crust pizza! Pastas, sandwiches and assorted fresh salads. Open for lunch and dinner with a full service bar.
CITY:St. Charles
Giordano's Oakbrook Terrace
Pioneer of the famous stuffed and equally renowned thin-crust pizza! Pastas, sandwiches and assorted fresh salads. Dine-in, delivery, carryout, catering and full service bar.
CITY:Oakbrook Terrace
Giordano's of Streamwood
Giordano's is a pizzeria that specializes in Chicago-style stuffed pizza and is credited as a creator of the stuffed pizza.
Giordano's Willowbrook
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Pioneer of the famous stuffed and equally renowned thin-crust pizza! Pastas, sandwiches and assorted fresh salads. Dine-in, delivery, carryout, catering and full service bar.
Giovan's Restaurant & Pizzeria
The complete Italian family dining experience. Family owned and operated.
CITY:Crest Hill
Glen Prairie Fine Food & Drink, Crowne Plaza Glen Ellyn
Contemporary American cuisine with fresh local ingredients provided by the contemporary American farmer. Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.
CITY:Glen Ellyn
Golden Corral - Bolingbrook
Family style restaurant offers the biggest and best buffet and grill. Banquet room available. Offering senior discounts daily. Fresh baked goods and "all you can eat" sirloin steaks.
Golden Corral - Joliet
Family style restaurant offers the biggest and best buffet and grill. Offering senior discounts daily. Offers fresh baked goods and "all you can eat" sirloin steaks.
Good Tequila's Mexican Grill
We serve authentic Mexican Dishes made from only the finest ingredients that the whole family can indulge in. We have an ever expanding menu of dishes that are sure to please and will keep you coming back for more of our unique taste and flavor.
CITY:Elk Grove Village
Gordon Biersch Brewery & Restaurant
The Gordon Biersch experience, inspired by the Reinheitsgebot of 1516, rests upon the foundations of purity, simplicity and precision. This philosophy is most recognizable in their selection of authentic German lagers, each crafted on-site using only malted barley, hops, yeast and pure, filtered water.
Graham's Fine Chocolates & Ice Cream
Homemade. Hand dipped. The ultimate taste in fine chocolates and ice cream using only the finest and freshest ingredients from around the globe.
Gramma's Family Restaurant & Pancake House
Breakfast and brunch seven days a week!
Grand Victoria Buffet
If you believe what they say about variety, visit the Grand Victoria Buffet. You'll have an overwhelming selection of entrees, salads and desserts from which to choose. Bring your appetite!
Grande Jakes Fresh Mexican Grill
Grande Jake's Authentic Mexican Grill offers you the finest in authentic Mexican cuisine.Come and dine with us and enjoy our fine food and atmosphere.
CITY:Rolling Meadows
Granite City Food & Brewery
A high end casual dining experience. We offer hand crafted beers and a wide range of entrees & cocktails.
CITY:Orland Park
Great American Grill, Hilton Garden Inn
Casual dining from hamburgers and sandwiches to steaks and seafood.
CITY:St. Charles
Great American Grill, Hilton Suites Oakbrook Terrace
Located in DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Casual dress code. Serving breakfast. Average cost per meal: Breakfast: Under $10,
CITY:Oakbrook Terrace
Greek Village Taverna
Come find a taste of Greece! Try traditional specialties like leg of lamb, pastichio, spanakotiropita, dolmades, loukoumades, and moussaka. Belly dancer every Friday and Saturday night followed by live music. Semi-private dining with party packages.
Gus's Diner
Gus's Diner is the perfect stop for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Conveniently located in Rolling Meadows, you can have your pick of pancakes or a burger all day long.
CITY:Rolling Meadows
Happy Elephant Thai Cuisine
We are conveniently located in the heart of Elk Grove Village. We provide fresh and flavorful Thai food that can be eaten in-house, carry-out, delivery, or catered!
CITY:Elk Grove Village
Harrison's Restaurant & Brewery
Upscale casual restaurant and micro-brewery featuring an American eclectic menu with a Cajun flair, eight hand-crafted beers, cigar bar, patio and private dining room.
CITY:Orland Park
Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse
Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse specializes in the finest prime, aged steaks, chops and Italian favorites. The dark mahogany, white tablecloths and a veritable museum of baseball history combine to create a warm and casual elegance.
Harry Caray's Restaurant - Rosemount
Award-winning Italian steakhouse located just minutes from O'Hare Airport - showcasing the legendary broadcaster's Hall of Fame career.
Harry's of Arlington
Harry's of Arlington is a local's favorite bar and restaurant. Located in downtown Arlington Heights it is where fun is had by all! Come on by with family and friends for dinner and one of our many drink options.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Harvest at Pheasant Run
Located in the unique and fitting setting of a stylishly renovated barn, Harvest offers traditional regional cuisine with outstanding steaks and seafood, extraordinary game selections and seasonal dishes inspired by fresh ingredients available in local markets. The extensive bar not only features a wine list including outstanding vintages from Napa and Sonoma and unique selections from regional wineries. We will gladly suggest wine pairings to enhance your experience. Or try a refreshing fruit infused martini. Reservations encouraged.
CITY:St. Charles
Harvest at Pheasant Run Resort
Seasonal dishes inspired by a farm-to-fork theme. Finest grade of aged Midwest beef, market-fresh seafood selections. Recommended for dinner.
CITY:St. Charles
Harvest Room
Open, airy dining room, farm to table, freshest alternative to dining, local growers, comfort foods, gluten-free/vegan options, full-service bar, handcrafted cocktails, and fine wines.
CITY:Palos Heights
Haunted Trails Restaurant & Entertainment Park
Perfect setting to raise your spirits! 14 acre park offers 3 go kart tracks, two 18-hole mini golf courses, batting cages, laser tag arena, rides, 100+ games, restaurant w/ private dining room plus private 5 acre picnic grove for company picnics and groups up to 2,000.
Heaven on Seven
The Best Louisiana cookin' outside of New Orleans! Heaven on Seven, Chicago's premiere location for authentic Cajun cuisine, and home to critically acclaimed Chef/Owner Jimmy Bannos, offers full-service dining, carry-out, private parties, off-premise catering, box lunches and much more.
Hemmingway's Bistro & Le Coq Francais Seafood Bar
Owned & operated by Chef Christopher Ala. The restaurant's classic bistro interior brings back the grand charm of Paris in the early 1930's. Each day there is a Plat du Jour featuring such staples as Coq au Vin, Cassoulet Toulousain, Bouillabaisse, Beef Wellington and Duck a l' Orange. Menu items include wild mushroom-crusted halibut on horseradish whipped potatoes and roasted sea bass on Cassoulet beans. There is also a Parisian seafood bar offering towers of Plateau de Fruit de Mer. Hemmingway's Bistro is located conveniently in the Write Inn just 20 minutes from the downtown loop.
CITY:Oak Park
Heritage Prairie Farm
Farm dinners at Heritage Prairie Farm, in Elburn have been a tradition since 2007. All farm dinners include a welcome cocktail upon arrival to the farm with butler-passed appetizers, and live acoustic music. For dinner, an upscale five-course meal, introduced by the chef himself, is served family-style in a charming atmosphere, regardless of the season. Get an inside look at how the farm operates from one of their knowledgeable staff with a private tour of the farm.
Hirano Sushi
Hirano Restaurant specializes in sushi. With an endless variety, every taste bud is sure to leave satisfied!
Holiday Inn O'Hare International - Bar Loiue
Bar Louie is open 24 hours.
Holiday Inn O'Hare International- Rickerbackers Nightclub
Rickerbackers Nightclub Lounge has a Cigar Lounge, DJ, pool table, and bar.
Hollywood Park - Crestwood
This family entertainment center features two miniature golf courses, a large game room, a restaurant and Fangalangus Island, a children's interactive playland.
Hollywood Stadium at Hollywood Casino
Chicagoland's most exciting sports bar and entertainment venue is now open! Watch up to eight games at once on our enormous 80 x 20 foot screen, plus over 40 flat-screen TVs, as well as personal TV's at many of the booths. Hollywood Stadium - It's what a sports bar should be.
Holy Mackerel!
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Holy Mackerel! is a fresh take on the classic seafood restaurant. Menus are printed daily to offer only the best and freshest seafood available with exceptional preparations
Home Cut Donuts
Open 24 hrs. 7days a week. Serving Joliet's favorite coffee and donuts since 1966. Featuring over 45 varieties of donuts, eclairs, cinnamon rolls, muffins and cookies, still made by hand using our original recipes. Featured on Chicago's Best, Windy City Live, CLTV and WJOL.
Wings, clams, sandwiches, seafood and the famous Hooters girls. Have a specialty cocktail to wash down your wings. Catering available!
Hooters Restaurant
Casual, care free dining, nearly world famous wings, sandwiches, seafood, and salads, all served by the famous Hooter girls! Now with a full bar.
CITY:Oak Lawn
Hooters Restaurant
Casual, care free dining, nearly world famous wings, sandwiches, seafood, and salads, all served by the famous Hooter Girls! Now with a full bar.
CITY:Orland Park
Hopvine Brewing Company
Hopvine Brewing Company is an original, locally owned and operated restaurant and brewery in Aurora, IL. Guests immerse themselves in the craft brewing process while looking through windows into the brewery, the fermentation room and ultimately the storage cooler. Hopvine Brewing Company offers a selection of craft beer, fine wines, specialty drinks and an extensive, constantly evolving selection of fresh seasonal menu items.
House of Music and Entertainment
H.O.M.E. aka House of Music & Entertainment is the Chicagoland suburbs hot destination for the best in live music and sports.The premium sports bar features built-in table taps, 80 plasma TV's, and a full menu featuring classic American bar food with some twists.H.O.M.E. offers NFL Sunday Ticket, ESPN Gameplan, and MLB Extra Innings so you can watch your favorite teams all of the time.Our H.O.M.E. Theater will offer 1000 of our guests the ultimate experience in live music and entertainment. The 15,000 Square Foot theater features a 28'x30' stage, state of the art sound system, and stadium style booth seating. The theater will feature local and national performances from bands, DJ's and entertainers.
CITY:Arlington Heights
House of Tokyo
An authentic Japanese restaurant with a floating sushi boat and hibachi tables. Open daily for lunch and dinner.
CITY:St. Charles
Hugo's Frog Bar & Fish House
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - At Hugo's, you'll enjoy some of the best seafood in Chicagoland. Our guests experience quality, value and hospitality in a comfortable setting that exudes class and sophistication. The lively bar features a piano player nightly.
Hugo's Frog Bar and Chop House
Operated by the Gibsons Restaurant Group, this local favorite is sure to be a top area dining destination set within Rivers Casino walls. Hugo's Frog Bar & Chop House boasts a look and feel of a marriage between a classic steakhouse and modern contemporary design. The menu features Gibsons' Prime Angus Beef, and also features lobster tails, king crab legs, fresh fish and seafood, salads and sandwiches. Gibsons Restaurant Group is the only restaurant group in the country to have its own USDA Prime Certification. The extensive wine list selection offers something for everyone at a great value.
CITY:Des Plaines
Il Giardino Del Dolce
Authentic Italian desserts, specialities and cafe'. Pizza, sandwiches, Italian Gelato available eat-in or carry-out. Dinner items available for carryout until 6pm.
CITY:St. Charles
Impecca Restaurant
Impecca Restaurant is committed to serving the highest quality and freshest ingredients. Innovative European style and Italian roots are the basis of each of their dishes. The unique presentation makes the dishes look as good as they taste.
Imperial Oak Brewing
Imperial Oak Brewing is a small brewery that puts the beer first. Our focus is on imperial strength and barrel aged brews but we offer an ever changing variety of styles to satisfy a wide range of tastes.
CITY:Willow Springs
IMPROV Comedy Club
The World famous Improv Comedy Showcase and Restaurant will give you the ultimate comedy experience! We are the premiere destination for the country's top headliners and the best showcase for new talent. The Improv offers you a first class dinner menu with a full bar. This amazing new club seats 500, with a corporate sky box accommodating up to 50 people, and corporate meeting space.
Inwood Park
Inwood Park is located southwest of Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center. The park has tennis courts, fitness trails, a playground and picnic area. Horseshoes and bocce ball are also on the grounds.
iPic Theaters & Salts Sports Bar & Lounge
IPic Theaters has a passion for movies and provides you with the ultimate escape. A premium and affordable movie-going experience, there is something for everyone. Enjoy fresh seasonal cocktails at Salt Sports Bar, full menu selection, billiards and more.


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Volkswagen German Labor Leader Says Tennessee Workers Should Vote on UAW
A German union leader on Volkswagen AG's supervisory board says union representation at the company's Chattanooga, Tenn., assembly plant shouldn't come without a vote—a position that could complicate the United Auto Workers' effort to gain a foothold at the factory.
The UAW, as part of a broader effort to organize nonunion auto factories in the southern U.S., says it has collected signed union cards from more than half of the 2,000 production workers at the VW plant.
The UAW has signaled it would prefer Volkswagen management to accept the union as its bargaining partner without a secret ballot election by workers, a path allowed under U.S. labor law.
Wednesday, a senior UAW official said the union is open to working with Volkswagen to form a new, less confrontational labor-management relationship than it has with Detroit's unionized auto makers.
"This is a new model of representation," said Gary Casteel, an organizer spearheading the UAW's drive to organize the Chattanooga plant.
He also said any decision on UAW representation at the plant could require approval of staffers in a secret-ballot vote, but any decision about a vote would come in the future.
Bernd Osterloh, an employee representative on Volkswagen's supervisory board, which is the equivalent of a board of directors at a U.S. company, said it supports creation of a "works council" to negotiate workplace conditions with management at the Tennessee factory, but he also appears to call for a vote on the issue.
"Democracy does not end at the plant gates," Mr. Osterloh said in the statement. "This principle is not negotiable."
Mr. Osterloh's statement, released last Friday in Germany, marked one of the few times he has offered extensive comments on the UAW's effort to unionize the Chattanooga plant, which Volkswagen opened in 2011.
Mr. Osterloh is head of Volkswagen's global works council, and the most senior employee representative on the supervisory board, which is evenly split between labor and management members.
He stopped short of offering a clear endorsement of the UAW. Instead, he said the employee representatives on VW's supervisory board are determined to have both the white-collar and blue-collar Chattanooga employees represented by a works council.
"At this time we are only dealing with the legal groundwork for setting up a works council in Chattanooga," Mr. Osterloh said in his statement. "If it goes to the next step, the composition [of a works council], then we will invite all parties to work with us on such a body."
A Volkswagen spokesman in the U.S., Tony Cervone, said the auto maker believes it has good labor relations with its employees and added that any decision on representation will be made by employees themselves, "by a formal vote, if that's necessary."
The decision on a works council in Chattanooga comes at time when VW's top management is considering using the plant to build a new sport-utility vehicle. That would increase production at the facility, which is on track to make about 150,000 cars this year, short of the full capacity level of about 250,000.
"It would be good if the Chattanooga plant already had a works council," Mr. Osterloh said. "As employee representatives on the supervisory board, we know how important [the SUV] is for Chattanooga. And like our colleagues in the USA, we are also open for such as assignment."
A secret ballot vote could complicate the union's chances of organizing the plant. The UAW has a mixed track record in secret-ballot votes. In August, the union said it had more signed cards from more than half the workers at a parts plant in Mississippi but a majority voted against union representation when the matter was put to a ballot.
In Germany most plants have works councils, but under U.S. law companies can only have works councils if workers are represented by an outside union. Volkswagen's desire to have a works council in Chattanooga has led to the UAW having talks with Volkswagen management and labor representatives about representing the workers there.
Those discussions have been met with criticism from Republican politicians in Tennessee, which is a right to work state.
After the UAW began speaking publicly about its talks with VW management and the union cards it has collected, a group of Chattanooga workers opposed to the union began rallying support. A leader of that group, Mike Burton, an paint inspector on the production line, group last week presented the plant's top executive with petitions bearing signatures from 563 production workers.
Mr. Osterloh and other VW officials plan to come to the U.S. in the next several weeks to meet with workers at the Chattanooga plant as well as with Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Sen. Bob Corker (R., Tenn.), both of whom have said a unionization of the VW plant would make it harder to convince other manufacturers to open plants in the state.
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January 20, 2010
Get ready for the Peninsula Marathon
The new route takes runners over Red Hill and around Cape Point. Photo courtesy Clarissa de Wet
Cape Town's athletic set will take their mark on February 21, 2010 for the BDO Peninsula Marathon, to be held in Simon's Town.
Marathon runners will follow the picturesque "new route" – described by organisers as "scenic yet challenging" – which takes runners over Red Hill and around Cape Point.
The 42.2km full marathon begins in Simon's Town Main Road, while the 21.1km half-marathon starts outside the station in the coastal town. Both races finish at the Naval Sports Grounds.
This is the second year that runners will follow the "new route". The race was moved from Green Point in 2009 to avoid the Cape Town Stadium construction site.
The race is an official qualifier for the Two Oceans Marathon and always attracts a large number of eager participants.
In light of this, organisers advise that runners arrive at the event early to secure parking.
Participants can enter online (www.topevents.co.za), at sports stores in Cape Town or at various road races before the event. Entries must be submitted by February 14, 2010 as no late entries will be taken.


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September 17, 2010
New York University's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) has been awarded a Title VI grant from the U.S. Department of Education to support its ongoing public programming related to the region as well as to back K-12 outreach programs, research, and other initiatives.
NYU's CLACS shares the grant with the Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University. The two have jointly served as a National Resource Center since 2006 and previously from 1988 to 2002. NYU's portion of the grant amounts to approximately $1.25 million over four years.
CLACS opens channels of communication and encourages the sharing of ideas, knowledge and observations across disciplinary boundaries, to the mutual benefit of faculty members, students, and the greater New York City community interested in Latin America and the Caribbean.
As a Title VI National Resource Center, CLACS strives to improve training on and understanding of the regions of Latin American and the Caribbean in an attempt to increase the competence of future workers in the fields of teaching, policy, development and aid, security, and humanitarian endeavors, within and beyond the university. This grant includes Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS), which support language training for graduate students in less commonly taught languages, including Brazilian Portuguese and Quechua.
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In just their second year of competition, Lesley's Dragon Dreamers took home a top finish in Boston's Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival.
On June 15, 2014, for the second year in a row, Lesley University participated in Boston's Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival. "The 2014 Lesley Dragon Dreamers finished first in their Division, among seasoned teams," said team captain Dean Papineau. He added that "Our second place finish in the College Challenge is another achievement for the 2014 Lesley crew, finishing in our team best time of 3:07."
The event is much more than a boat race, however. Originally held as a small event commemorating the death of a beloved Chinese poet and patriot in 200 B.C., the festival is now one of the largest Asian cultural festivals in the New England region, drawing thousands of spectators, artists, performers, and vendors each year. Sixty-two teams competed in this year's race. From drumming performances to Bollywood dancing and Cambodian cuisine, the festival celebrates the diverse Asian cultural heritage from across East and South Asia.
Last year, it was Dean Catherine Koverola and CIO Daryl Ford that initiated this Lesley tradition. "It's really about bringing people together to learn about and celebrate different cultures," Catherine Koverola, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences and Lesley Dragon Dreamers paddler, commented.
"International outreach and scholarship are a central component of Lesley's strategic plan, and the Dragon Boat Festival invites people from all cultures and backgrounds to broaden their cultural horizons together, as a community. It's very much aligned with the Lesley spirit of multiculturalism and community-based experience."
The festival also provides an opportunity for the Lesley community to sustain a sense of teamwork and community during the summer months. "The goal is to take a dozen or more individuals, and turn them into one entity, moving in sync to get the boat through the water as fast and as seamlessly as possible," Dean Koverola explains. "We have people from all over the University. It's a rare and wonderful opportunity to build a team and camaraderie."
The team must be committed to the race, they must prepare at scheduled practices. This year's practice sessions incorporated elements of mindfulness into the physical training by meditating at the beginning of every training session. "What we accomplish as a team is due to our diverse strengths and sense of connection," says Koverola. "Paddling is the ultimate team effort," said Jasmine Martirossian, Director of Online Strategy at Lesley University, "as you have to be in sync with both the captain and the entire team."
Team Captain Dean Papineau was impressed with the dedicated performance of the whole team: "I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the 2014 Lesley Dragon Dreamers. Their commitment and hard work have raised the bar towards global community involvement for Lesley community." The team members chimed in with their special thanks to the support crew members Sandra Walker and Angela Crawford-Erwin, who cheered them on. They were joined by countless Lesley faculty members and administrators, along with team family and friends.
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Before Dhan Adhi Kari started taking the English class for refugees, she had never written the alphabet of her native Nepalese tongue. She had never even held a pencil.
Her father died when she was young, and she never attended school. Her family then spent 25 years in a refugee camp in Nepal, with no opportunity beyond its borders.
Seeking a new life, Kari and her husband brought their children to America a year ago. At Mary's Place in Rochester, N.Y., she and her husband are just beginning to speak and write their first phrases in their new language. They learn how to ask and pay for a loaf of bread; that a nickel is 5 cents.
"I used to be very scared, but now I have hope," said Kari after a lesson. "I feel like even I can study."
That's because, Kari said, she often feels overwhelmed, but with help from Geneseo students, she finally sees progress.
Tsering Ukyab '15 and Shikha Jha '14, both international students from Nepal, translated for Kari and other refugees from their country during class. Along with Nathalie Kalumbwe '16 and Estefania Trujillo '14, they served as volunteer tutors, helping to ease their transition as their service project for the Real World Geneseo experience.
They know what it's like to struggle to make a new life. Kalumbwe and Trujillo also came to the United States as refugees.
"I've been there," said Trujillo. "I've experienced being a refugee. I know what it is like, and to not be able to speak English."
Trujillo and her family left Colombia after her father survived being kidnapped by the separatist rebel military, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia People's Army.
Kalumbwe's family fled the war in Congo when she was 5. They spent one year in a refugee camp in Zambia, before moving to a Zambian city, and finally being resettled in Rochester, in 2010.
Kalumbwe and Trujillo are thankful for the families who helped theirs make the most of the opportunity in Rochester. Like volunteers at Mary's Place, families tutored them and helped them navigate the essentials. They made them feel at home.
Kalumbwe extended her volunteerism through the summer and collected clothes for Mary's Place.
"I know the struggles of refugee people. It's not just language. It's so much more. Trying to adjust to a new country ... It makes me thankful and it opens my mind," says Kalumbwe. "I am a refugee but I am also privileged because I can communicate. I am honored to reach out. What I do here can mean a lot."
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6 Products in Your Bathroom You Won't Believe Don't Work
We're betting that even the filthiest and most jobless of our readers still have at least a dozen beauty products in their bathroom (don't tell us you don't have shampoo, or mouthwash, or a nail file). And these days there is a booming market in selling men on all of the waxes and anti-aging creams that used to only eat into women's budgets.
Now, we're not going to complain about vanity or the rise of metrosexuals or anything like that -- your grooming is your business. No, the problem is that a whole lot of these products and routines are doing the opposite of what they're supposed to. For example ...
#6. Using Cleansers to Fight Acne Can Make It Worse
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For some of us, the teen years consisted of waking up every morning looking like we'd spent the previous night wearing a bag full of mosquitoes over our head. Fortunately, there's a whole shelf of acne soaps in the supermarket dedicated to getting that trash off your face. There are bar soaps, foamy cleansers, anti-blemish pads that look like circular baby wipes, toners, moisturizers, mud masks, blotting papers, and exfoliating scrubs that contain actual grit to sandpaper the pimples away.
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It's all pretty tempting when your face has exploded into little pus volcanoes; it's just too bad that it probably won't help.
The problem is that most of the acne process takes place underneath your skin, where soap can't even get to. In fact, aggressively washing your face with the strongest cleansers is more like likely to aggravate the situation by drying your skin out and roughhousing the part of your body that needs the least touching right now. Most soaps contain a chemical called sodium lauryl sulphate (or it's slightly less evil twin, sodium laureth sulphate). It's an agent that is super good at being foamy and super cheap to put into cleaning products. It also strips away the grease from your skin, which sounds great, but some of that grease isn't so much "grease" as it is "necessary skin moisture." So foamy acne soaps containing SLS end up irritating skin and provoking pizza-face flare-ups.
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"Yes, yes, just try and wash me away! With every scrub, I only become more powerful!"
So What Should You Do Instead?
If you have a serious acne problem, go and see a real doctor, because you might need antibiotics to treat that shit and prevent scarring. But either way, instead of scouring your face with harsh cleansers, just wash your face twice or three times a day (but no more) with a gentle soap, or just warm water. Oh, and switch to something SLS-free. Only good luck with that, because it's in fucking everything.
#5. Mouthwash Will Give You Hobo Breath
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Most mouthwash contains alcohol as its active ingredient, but think of the last time you filled a kiddie pool with liquor and then attempted to drown yourself in it. Did your mouth feel cool and minty fresh upon dragging yourself awake the next morning? Or did it feel like someone had taken a shit in it?
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Depending on your roommates, someone may very well have.
That's because there's a reason why skunk mouth tends to coincide with alcohol consumption. Alcohol is really good at drying out your mouth, and saliva is one of your body's best defenses against bad breath. Have you ever met a baby with bad breath? No, because babies drool the bacteria out of their sweet little mouths. Swishing alcohol-laced mouthwash in the morning is the hygienic equivalent of preparing for battle by taking a flamethrower to your own guys.
We know what you're thinking: If alcohol is good enough to disinfect a wound, it should be fine for your mouth, right? Not even close. The only reason we have alcohol in mouthwash at all is because the major ingredients are oils like menthol and eucalyptol. Those bad boys would separate like salad dressing if it wasn't for the alcohol keeping them mixed. And good luck getting a cap full of layered oils in your mouth without gagging.
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Though we suppose you could smoke a cigarette covered in VapoRub.
In other words, the alcohol in mouthwash isn't even meant to kill bacteria, despite how it's being marketed. Companies are just depending on your perception that burning mouth agony translates into better breath. In reality, while you may feel minty fresh for a while after you rinse, within a couple of hours, your breath will be back to smelling like rotting food and stripper sweat, because the bacteria has taken advantage of your dry mouth with a vengeance.
So What Should You Do Instead?
Unfortunately, the best advice we can give is the same stuff your dentist has been shouting at you while stabbing at your mouth with a tiny pick. Brush your tongue. Floss. Drink a lot of water so your mouth stays moisturized. Avoid alcohol-based mouthwashes. Don't let anyone shit in your mouth.
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We can't stress that enough.
#4. Taking a Weed Whacker to Your Sex Shrubbery Can Give You Crotch Rot
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If you ever find yourself watching old-school porn, you're most likely to notice one big difference from the nude bodies you'll see (online) today: it rhymes with schmubic schmair. Back in the olden days, the ladies had tons of it. Today's downtown Afros are on the verge of extinction. And so are pubic lice and that weird moment when you catch a glance of a lady stranger's upper inner thigh hair at the beach.
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Or an accidental flash of your buddy's ball hair.
That's because women and men alike are shaving, waxing, and lasering away the gift puberty gave them in their underwear zone. But what can you do? Porn stars have set a certain standard that the rest of society simply must follow. Otherwise, what are we, common animals?
But there's a problem. That hair was never meant to be removed, at least not by the methods currently available. Whether you're waxing or shaving, you're creating tiny abrasions in a zone that doesn't need any more aggravation than it already gets. Between friction from your underwear and moistness from your crotch, those tiny cuts don't stand a chance against infection, especially the sexual kind. This is why one doctor has called a crusade to end the "war against pubic hair" (a cause we hope soon gets a public awareness campaign, because we want to see the billboards) after seeing a gradual rise in infected ingrown hairs, boils, abscesses, and vulva herpes day after day. We don't know about you, but it only takes one scrotum boil draining for us to give up on waxing altogether.
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"Years of nursing school just so I can lance your diseased testicles? How do you think I'm doing?"
So What Should You Do Instead?
There's a reason why hospitals don't shave patients before surgery anymore -- they clip them, because breaching the skin barrier creates the heightened possibility for contracting an infection. So do that. Or learn to love the '70s porn 'fro. Whichever works best for you.


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I recall hearing that if you forgot to make an Eruv Tavshilin there is a way to make it on the first day of Yom Tov. Does anyone know how this is done?
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Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 527:22) says that you should make the following declaration when making an Eruv on the first day of Yom Tov:
"If today is a Yom Tov, then I don't need an Eruv [because tomorrow is really a weekday, and I can prepare for Shabbos as usual]. But if today is a weekday, then with this Eruv I shall be allowed to bake, cook, ...."
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Hirhurim just put up a post discussing both the first day solution and the rely-on-the-Rabbi solution.
This doesn't directly answer the question posed, but something to bear in mind is that one who lives in a community where the rabbi makes an eruv tavshilin including "ולכל בני ישראל הדרים בעיר הזאת" can rely on said rabbi's eruv if he forgot to make one himself — but not twice in a row (viz, not two occasions in a row for which he should have made an eruv: these will often not be consecutive holidays). (No source handy, sorry.)


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What is a proper class? I've read that it's collection of objects that's "too big" to be a set, but in what sense is such a collection "too big"? Since I'd like this post to be accessible to people who aren't necessarily with the intricacies of symbolic logic, it'd be much appreciated if any symbolic logic expression be accompanied by an explanation of what it means and maybe a quick example of how it works (e.g. "One consequence of this axiom is that objects such as x={x}, which isn't disjoint from any of its elements, can't be a set. However, it [is/is not] a class because...").
Beyond the implications for philosophy of mathematics, would most mathematicians ever need to worry about proper classes vs. sets? If so, when and why? If not, what types of mathematicians would need to worry about this distinction?


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¡Salud! marks the world premiere of Oregon's finest Pinot Noir. Winemakers from the state's foremost wineries will debut the 2015 vintage at this benefit for Oregon's seasonal vineyard workers and their families. This event is the only opportunity to acquire unique cuvées made exclusively for ¡Salud! – the very best of the latest vintage of Oregon Pinot Noir.
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Never on Sunday?
My friend Kenneth Woodward, former religion writer at Newsweek, has sent me abriefnotice that I am happy to pass on. It reflectsKen's love of exposingthe secular blinders at my former employer, The New York Times.I have a different view of the matter, especially in this instance, but frankly Ken's jabs are salutary, and defensiveness is uncalled for. The Times can take it. I reserve my own comments for below.Ken writes:For the past couple of years, or for long as it has existed, Ive been readingreligiously, you might saya short weekly column in the Sunday New York Times Metro section called Sunday Routine. It features a tightly edited interview with a locally prominent New Yorker about how he or she spends Sunday. I read it because it is a revealing peephole into the newsroom culture of the Times.Last weeks interview was with Dennis Walcott, chancellor of New York Citys Department of Education who lives in Queens. What makes the piece striking is that Walcott is the first person featured in this column who, in my monitoring of it, has ever acknowledged going to church. Among the three accompanying photos there is even one of a robed Walcott singing in his church choir, as if in proof of his odd Sunday habit.To be sure I may have missed one or two other New York notables whose Sunday routine includes church. And of course a lot of the chosen are Jews who may have worshipped on the Sabbath. But the column recalls to mind an ad campaign some years back The Times ran to promote its Sunday edition. It showed a handsome couple, perhaps married, coffee in hand, lounging in bed reading different sections of the Sunday paper.Which raises the question: are prominent New Yorkers not likely to be the kind of folks who worship God on Sunday? Or does the choice of whom to feature in Sunday Routine say something about the culture of the people and paper doing the selecting? Is it the mirror or the lamp?Check Walcott out here. It could be years before church appears as a part of another New Yorkers Sunday Routine.
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I know for a fact that in this column's profile (within the last two years) of one of our parishioners, Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs, it mentioned that she attends Sunday Mass. I can also recall another recent column of a man on the Upper West Side, I believe, which said that he went to Mass at Holy Trinity.
One reason why I enjoyed Ken's observation is that I have had exactly the same reflex, checking out "Sunday Routine" to see if anyone goes to church. And in my experience, they almost never do. But ....First of all, while there is a lot to be said (or imagined?) about the "newsroom culture" at The Times, I don't see what this has to do with it. Is Ken suggesting that the writers of these short features actually suppress the fact that their subjects go to church as unseemly? Frankly, to the extent that the reporters are so secular, they would find church-going as positively exotic and highlight it. Second, Ken's been missing a few beats, as he acknowledges. On April 8, Brian d'Arcy James, an actor who played Shrek on Broadway and more recently some character on the NBC show "Smash," not only reported going to church but to 9:30 Mass at Holy Trinity on West 82nd Street. And recently Walt Frazier, Knick Hall of Famer and now a TV basketball commentator, confessed that along with spending Sunday doing crunches and yoga stretches and planning his wardrobe, he sometimes goes to the 9 a.m. service at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. But if Ken isn't exactly right, these are still pretty rare exceptions to the rule. My own view is his other thesis: New York City notables are just not very apt to be church-goers. As a matter of fact, New York City non-notables are probably not very apt to be church-goers. I think that this has far more to do with the times than The Times.
Ken Woodward is on target about the Times and its readership. Just look at the comments section for any article relating to the Church.
Perhaps, if the Christian churches could find a way to induce a larger percentage of the cultural elite to attend church on a more-than-very-occasional basis, there would be better communication and fewer conflicts between Christian churches and the cultural institutions that the elite dominate.When I was a young adult, I directed a choir for a few years at the student chapel (in those days, not a Newman Center) at Northwestern. There were some cultural-elite types who worshiped there: some public figures, writers, journalists, professors, a nice little cross-section of moneyed North Shore types, as well as undergraduate and graduate students, whom I suppose were the budding cultural elite. Such faith communities, when they are planted and able to flourish, can serve as valuable connectors, istm.
I also skim this column to see if anyone goes to church! What does that say about us? Anyway, there was another one, Wendy Kopp, the founder of Teach for America, who said she and her family went to Ascension, which is on the west side nearish Columbia.
"Such faith communities, when they are planted and able to flourish, can serve as valuable connectors, istm."But wait a minute! Catholic churches abound, even those with more than a modicum of attendees. They are there. All people have to do is come. Do you really expect these churches to reach out to someone? But the churches are there. All people have to do is come. Of courese, if and when they do, how will they be received? Oh, complain, complain, complain. They are there. All people have to do is come.
Jimmy Mac - you mean, as in evangelize? Parish, er, perish, the thought!FWIW - I wasn't thinking only of Catholic parishes. I've read that, at one time, New York had a social hierarchy of Protestant denominations that more or less mirrored the class structure of the city.
That ad bothered me, too. But then again, I see Catholic little leagues playing ball on Sunday mornings.
Some years ago the Times had an article about "the Church of Craft". That's the real name of a group whose members get together on Sunday for the express purpose of making things. They don't have a group project, everyone just does his or her own thing in the one big room. As I remember, one person was making a Charlie Chaplin doll. Apparently being creative is to them a "religious" experience even though there is no God involved. For them there is a complete dissociation of church and God. Only the words "religion" and "church" are connected for them.My question is: why did the reporter apparently not think that this was a strange use of the term "church"? Have New Yorkers, including the NYT staff, generally dissociated Sunday church-going from religion and, perhaps, religion from God? If they have, it might explain why the writers of the Sunday features don't even wonder about church attendance -- for them church attendance isn't about anything very important.
Time perhaps for the Pharisee praying with the lowly Publican.... While I regard Sunday's Lord 's Supper as a lifeline I hesitate to categorize people. One day a wonderful Uncle of mine, not a churchgoer listened as other members of the churchgoing family were saying hateful things about others, uttered: "Church people." In Matthew 25:36-41 there is no mention of missing Church as a problem. There is a tricky conundrum here. it is a good question whether there is any rhyme nor reason here.
I think that this has far more to do with the times than The Times.
No doubt. Yet, by choosing to focus on Sunday, the traditional day for Christian family worship, I think the paper must intentionally be saying, See, even Christians in our very contemporary and cosmopolitan and sophisticated city seldom bother with that stuff any more. (If they chose Saturday, they might highlight how few observant Jews there are left.) Of course, many observant Catholics now prefer to "get it out of the way" on Saturday afternoon. As you say, it's the times. God's become a bother, a scheduling problem, a nuisance, or a bit of a luxury.
Please, let's not get too serious here, about The Times, elites, parishes, and so on. On any given Sunday, somewhere between 70 and 80 percent of Christians do NOT go to church. That's too bad in my view, but it's not just New York or the elite or The Times. And historically speaking it may not be too unusual, though I'm not sure of that. Perhaps what's interesting in the case of "Sunday Routine" is that the individuals featured no longer feel obliged to fake it. Wendy Kopp at Ascension? What Mass? We're at 11 a.m. Mollie used to be a lector there before she moved away last year, and Michael Peppard is usually there with Christiana and their daughter. A good portion of dotCommonweal, in other words. Of course, the cardinal has just reassigned our pastor and the whole parish is shuddering with that reminder of how little we really have to say about anything. Sorry, I'm getting serious.
I would bet that figure is about right in certain demographics, nationwide, a guesstimate, but I don't know who has good data.The "pastor issue" is a very hard one and is too serious, meriting its own blog. We live in that fear also. The pool of talent is not deep.
John Sexton, NYU President, was another Mass attendee as described in that feature.
I had forgotten about Wendy Kopp (that one took me by surprise) -- that feature is here. And here's Brian d'Arcy James, and here's John Sexton. Looks like Ken has some happy reading to keep him busy this Sunday!
At least they could have someone feeling guilty for not going to church.
Nancy Pelosi was a fellow parishioner of mine but to hear Church 'elites' savage her why would any 'elites' show up?
Joe Kennedy, patriarch of the Kennedy clan, insisted that his children attend Mass every Sunday. JFK used to apologize to those who were surprised that he rarely missed Mass saying: "It is a thing with my father." Further, during the JFK days there was hardly a week that the Boston Pilot, the diocesan newspaper, did not promote the Kennedys.
"At least they could have someone feeling guilty for not going to church."My personal experience as a non-attender is that those who don't go, aren't.
"Never on Sunday?"I usually take my children on Saturday evening- the rest of the world always has so much scheduled on Sunday. Endless children's birthday parties, outings, etc (like tomorrow, my kids are signed up for some day long Fleet Week celebration). Which makes me wonder what everybody is doing now on Saturdays.
A few years ago, Judy Collins mentioned going to Evensong at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.In general, though, the perception is correct -- not too many prominent people at church in NYC on Sundays.
Quick question is it inly NYC and the NYT? What about DC? Philly?LA? Chicago?
The whole idea of church going is somewhat passe' except on GEB, the new comedy show. As Catholics, we no longer point out various movie stars, athletes, political leaders or CEOs as church going people. The image of lying around with all the Sunday papers astray is probably more accurate. Too bad and it says a lot about the quality and impact of the ordinary Sunday worship experience.
I loved Bill Mazzella's recollection about JFK's odd "apologia" for attending Mass to people Kennedy owed no explanation, much less any kind of an apology to, the elites. (How does "the snoots" sound in cases like this? LOL.) We mustn't JFK felt it necessary to sell his Church out in a speech given to Baptists in Houston shortly before he was elected. No wonder Jackie said he was a "lousy Catholic." Somehow, that little zinger, if it was overheard by Boston's hierarchy at the time, especially its Boston Pilot, made darn sure it was to be buried on a sandspit between Cuttyhunk and Long Island. There's no mystery why the Pilot gave the Kennedy's the blind eye and gushing support, notwithstanding Jack Kennedy's glaring character faults, which the Boston hierarchy and clerics connected to both Beacon Hill and Mass.' Federal political structure were willing to deliberately ignore. This was THE time when the Irish felt their moment had come and nothing, not facts, of course, were going to be strewn in St. Jack's way. Never mind that JFK never did anything for his state in the House, Senate and eventually the White House; a fact his own brother Ted, however, wasn't afraid to let him off the hook for.Just imagine what Joe Kennedy would've done with "Citizens United" in his toolbox. Frightening: After all, how many of Chicago's [quietest and coldest] would've turned out then?


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The walk begins at 8:30 Am. Walk to last approximately 4 hours but walkers can join in or drop out along the way (Walker responsible for their own transportation, water, snacks, and sunscreen). A Noon to 12:30PM downtown Orlando event TBD.
Lauren's story: Lauren Book, founder of Lauren's Kids, was a victim of childhood sexual abuse for six years at the hands of her nanny. Lauren Book-Lim, daughter of noted lobbyist Ron Book, kept the secret from her parents for seven years, until she finally told a therapist at age 17. The nanny was arrested, and is currently serving a 25-year prison term, but Lauren and her family were determined to turn that nightmare experience into something positive. Armed with the knowledge that 95 percent of sexual abuse is preventable through education, Lauren has worked to turn her horrific personal experience into a vehicle to prevent childhood sexual abuse and heal survivors by starting Lauren's Kids. Lauren's Kids encourages victims to "shine a light in dark places" and "shed the shame." Walk in My Shoes is an annual walk across Florida every April (Sexual Assault Awareness Month) led by Lauren Book to raise awareness about sexual abuse and to urge those who have been abused that "it's okay to tell." Lauren's inspiring new book, It's OK to Tell: A Story of Hope and Recovery, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Walkers are encouraged to bring clothing items to benefit the client's served at the Victim Service Center's Sexual Assault Treatment Center. Needed items this year for women, men and children ages 12 & up: Sports Bras / Flip Flops / Walking Shorts / Women's Panties / Men's Boxers or Briefs / and Socks - The Victim Service Center will be collecting these items all month as part of their annual UnderAWARE Underwear Drive for the entire month of April.


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text: Here is a familiar face if you are into Subway Surfers. This characters name is Jake and I'm guessing he is the main figure of the game. Subway Surfers is a game for the Ipad and Android systems. It's a running game which means you just keep moving forward as you collect coins, power ups, and lane switch. You can download Subway Surfers from your App store or for your PC. Anyways, the lesson is going to be in the form of Jake which is the games default character. I do hope you enjoy this lesson, like always I will be back. Adios mi amigos and have fun.


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I made simple puzzle game. I want to add a "Resume" option to it, so when user opens the game, he can pick up where he left off last time.
You'll have to write your current game-state to "disk" whenever the user quits the application or triggers a "save-game" manually. This is also called serialization. Whenever the application resumes, deserialize the data and restore the previous game-state.
The data that is needed for serialization heavily depends on your game.
I'm not an android developer, but I suggest you have a look at the Serializable Interface and the onPause and onResume callbacks.
There are several ways to preserve state in Android apps.
If your gameplay is limited to a single
You can also use
Probably not the best approach for games, other than some deep inventory RPGS, every Android device has an SQL instance built in.
Finally, you have access to the file system. Both in an application private folder accessible by
If you want state to persist between reinstalls, you'll have to look at setting up backup support for your app, or run a server that can store and retrieve state. I've had good luck with using Google App Engine for network server (for free!).


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WEIRTON - The Marland Heights Community Association is a signature away from having the money it needs for a study that would help pinpoint the cost to restore a historic swimming pool, City Council was told Monday.
The group recently was awarded $15,000 from the state historic preservation fund to pay for the Phase I study and is ready to send out letters for proposals. Before they can get the money, however, the MHCA and the city, its governmental "pass-through" sponsor, must sign a contract with the state Historic Commission.
City officials balked at signing on the dotted line without assurances that they wouldn't be on the hook for costs associated with the project, including the $6,000 in local matching funds required by the state.
The contract they were asked to sign "had language I've never seen," said Mayor George Kondik. "We're just being cautious with taxpayer money."
MHCA member Dave Marston, however, assured council they've raised more than enough money to cover the $6,000 local match and said the group is more than willing to take responsibility for it and for any other fees that might be associated with it. He said they'd been asked to have their attorney draft a document to that effect, which Marston said they hope to have in city hands today.
But Marston also said they have to move quick: The signed contract was originally due in Charleston Monday but, due to the confusion, state officials extended the deadline until April 22.
"We're just hoping for assurances from the city tonight that you'll sign it by the 22 nd so we don't lose the grant," he said.
In other action, council heard the first reading of an ordinance that would amend the city charter to allow the city clerk position to be permanent rather than appointed but pulled three other charter-related ordinances from the agenda pending further discussion: a proposal to modify election dates; the proposed consolidation of polling sites and a measure which would have given the city manager the ability to spend up to $5,000 without council's prior approval and would have allowed them to spend up to $10,000 without going through the competitive bid process.
Charter changes require two readings in addition to a public hearing. If an objection is raised at any point in the process, the issues would have to go on the election ballot
Ward 4 Councilman George Ash suggested giving the proposed competitive bid benchmark more consideration, saying he was concerned that the higher amount would leave small business owners out in the cold and would like time to more fully consider the ramifications.
As it now stands, local businesses enjoy a 5 percent bid preference.
"If we raise the bid (threshold) up to $10,000 or more, a lot of businesses in this town won't have a chance to win a bid," he said. "They won't have a chance to get anything at all."
He also suggested that, before changing election dates and polling sites they should first meet with the Brooke and Hancock county clerks.
Council, meanwhile, passed first reading of a zoning change that will allow the aging congregation of Resurrection Lutheran Church, located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Cove Road, to more easily sell its property.
The zoning change would give the entire property a C-2 Regional Commercial designation.
"Changing the zoning would help us market the property," said Linda Leonard, president of the church council.
She said real estate agents have told the congregation there's very little chance another church would buy the property, or that anyone would want to build homes on the portion of the property currently zoned residential.
"We have to close our doors within the next year," she said. "We're too old and too poor to keep the church running, and we have no young people to take over."
Council also passed the first reading of an ordinance requesting a handicapped parking sign be installed at 416 South 17 th Street, and a resolution placing a lien against a property on Gullet Lane slated for demolition.
The meeting was punctuated by a lengthy closed-door session to discuss union negotiations and city property.
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ThinkGeek is taking up to 90% off items in their clearance section as part of the Winter Sale. (Prices are as marked on product page.) Plus, take $10 off orders of $60 or more via coupon code GOOGIFT. Deals start at 99 cents, and shipping starts at around $5.
Need it for Christmas? Order by December 22 (today) at noon ET via Next Day Air for guaranteed delivery.
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So much want, so little need...
The video for the ornament is nice ;)
Of special note is the Mario/New Mario/Donkey Kong wall clings. They're usually as much as $70, and they're $40 now (with current promo codes, you can get another $10 off with a qualifying order, too). Just make sure the surface you attach them to is completely flat. Textured walls are a no-go.
The TannenBomb ornament was the greatest prank I've ever pulled on my parents. Drove them absolutely crazy trying to find the cricket. My dad even went as far as spraying ant killer around the tree. Finally told them last night and now it will be secretly placed on our Uncle's tree when we visit them for Christmas.
Use EMAIL9FC5 on $30 or > and save $5. Also, used Mr. Rebates for another 4% (ebates had 3.5%)
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It bother's me when sales say "up to 90% off", there is only one item in this sale at 90% off. the average deal seems to be closer to 25%-35%. Don't get me wrong I still see some good deals here, I just think the wording is misleading. Many people get excited when they see 90% off and don't realize what "up to" means. It's a cheap ploy, Kmart does this all the time in store and I hate it.
Just my opinion, and again there are still some good deals here, just don't expect anywhere close to 90% off on most of the items in this sale.
I love the bluetooth retro handset.
One of the tenants in my apartment complex got one of those ornaments this year from a family member. She asked for my help more than once trying to find where the noise was coming from (she thought her carbon monoxide alarm was acting up). I never heard it make anything other than the cricket noise, though.
I gave these as gifts... i had a zombie themed wedding, so my family didn't think anything of it.
My brother called an exterminator for the crickets, and my other brother's neighbor (they friggin re-gifted! lol!) threw out his tree, insisting it was infested.
I felt a little bad, but hey, if you're going to prank... might as well make it a good one.
I may be missing something - I'm new so plz excuse if I'm totally incorrect - but almost every item I checked (about a dozen or so) seemed to be at teh same price (or more) than you can find on ebay or amazon. am I the only 1 not finding real deals?
Can you say "BuckyBalls?"
@impaul2008: Unfortunately, ThinkGeek's fun factor is cancelled out by their prices for many items.
Maaannn! I ordered 5 things from the sale about $36ish and the shipping was $25! delete!
Hummm... I always wanted a utilikilt.


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An invite-only dinner kicked off a weekend of celebrations leading up to the debut of OCMA's cutting-edge Richard Jackson exhibit. Held within the walls of the museum, the evening featured a delicious spread from 24 Carrots, and it gave a select group of attendees—the likes of Laurén Chalmers, Jennifer Van Bergh and Anton Segerstrom—the rare opportunity to get into the mind of the top talent himself. The next night: a VIP preview party honoring Jackson, where guests explored the 11 room-scale installations, works that envelop the mind and body with their all-encompassing inventiveness. We can't wait to see what the artist and the museum do next. Photos by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging and Colin Young-Wolff


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Sun expands grid offerings
By chhandomay on Feb 19, 2008
|Last week,
we announced
addition of 14 new applications in the Network.com Catalog, a
collection of online grid-enabled applications that are available from
Network.com's Sun
Grid compute utility service on a pay-per-use basis. In addition,
we announced a new partner program, "Sun Network.com Connection,"
for ISV to create and expand on-demand service offerings and also
expanded Network.com's international availability.
With overviews of the Network.com history since it was first announced, IT Jungle commented, "... utility computing is still something that the company believes in as a long-term prospect for the IT industry." HPCWire highlighted the ISV support, and BetaNews liked Network.com's support of open source technology with applications like Blender, Zeus and GAP.
My favorite one came from InsideHPC, who wrote that Sun "sent a Valentine to potential Network.com customers" with the expanded catalog.
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Longtime Bayfield resident Clarence Howard Davis died Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango. He was 87.
Mr. Davis was born to Howard and Lily Davis on Feb. 7, 1925, in Coolidge, Kan. He was one of nine children. He grew up in Coolidge and attended Coolidge schools. When World War II started, he dropped out of school to enlist in the Army but was told to go back and farm because that was important for the war effort.
In his late teens and early 20s, Mr. Davis worked on the family farm � harvesting wheat and milo and tending to cattle, sheep and race horses. The Davis family then moved to a ranch on Butte Creek in the eastern plains of Colorado. Mr. Davis continued to tend cattle and farm grains.
He met his future wife, Donna Davis, after moving to Colorado. The couple married on Jan. 2, 1948, in Raton, N.M.
In 1967, the Davis family moved to a ranch in the Durango area near the Florida River. For the next 13 years, they grew hay. In 1979, Mr. Davis retired, and the family moved to Bayfield.
Throughout his life, Mr. Davis enjoyed four-wheeling, hunting, horseback riding, reading and playing and watching basketball. He played on a town team called �K&B� from 1967 to 1977.
Mr. Davis is survived by his wife of 64 years, Donna Lee Davis, of Bayfield; sons Denten Davis and Michael Davis, both of Bayfield, Dallas Davis of Ignacio, Darin Davis of Elizabeth and Leland Davis of Rock Springs, Wyo.; daughter, DeEtte Hobden, of Lamar; sister, Edna Belle Cook, of Johnson, Kan.; 15 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other extended family members.
A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at Pine River Cemetery.


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The term "myeloproliferative disorders" was first coined by William Dameshek in 1951.
This heterogeneous group consists of four diseases, all featuring chronic, acquired, monoclonal proliferation of either pluripotential or more differentiated hematopoietic stem cells. The four types of myeloproliferative disorders are named for the predominant cell type involved, and are frequently associated with biochemical and chromosomal abnormalities, as discussed below. Recently shared mutations have been discovered that provide a molecular link between these disorders and provide further insight into the genetic events resulting in "myeloproliferation."
Characterized by severe granulocytosis (with higher than average proportion of immature cells), anemia, thrombocytosis and splenomegaly.
Epidemiology, Etiology and Pathogenesis [1]
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Characterized monoclonal proliferation of trilineage, with disproportionate expansion of RBCs and platelets, leading to a clinical picture of hyperviscosity, hemorrhage and thrombosis.
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Also features clonal trilineage hematopoiesis, but with prominent megakaryocytic hyperplasia, increased platelet counts and risk for thrombosis.
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The rarest of the myeloproliferative disorders, MMM is characterized by a triad of: 1) leukoerythroblastic peripheral blood smear, 2) extramedullary hematopoiesis and 3) collagen fibrosis of the marrow. This increase in marrow fibroblasts is a polyclonal response to ineffective megakaryocyte production and subsequent release of fibrogenic growth factors. These factors lead to fibroblast proliferation, collagen secretion and collagenase activity. The extramedullary hematopoiesis usually occurs in the liver and spleen, probably from progenitor cells that have landed in these organs after leaking out from the damaged marrow.
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20. Giles FJ, Cooper MA, Silverman L et al: A Phase 2 Trial of Combination Low-dose Thalidomide and Prednisone for the Treatment of Myelofibrosis with Myeloid Metaplasia. Blood 101:2534-2541, 2003.
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A Linwood man was airlifted to the hospital early Sunday morning after an all-terrain vehicle crash in southern Leavenworth County, the Sheriff's Office reported.
The crash was reported at 3:41 a.m., but it is believed to have occurred around 2:50 a.m. at 198th Street and Loring Road.
The 27-year-old man was found unconscious in a field. A Yamaha ATV was on its side near the roadway, according to a Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office report.
The man was transported by Life Stare helicopter to the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan.
A check of the ATV's vehicle identification number indicated the vehicle was reported stolen in Kansas City, Kan., according to the report.
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In Focus: UMMA's Tiffany collection
With UMMA's expanded ability to showcase its until now largely hidden array of Tiffany objects, Ann Arbor has become one of three must-see sights—in addition to the Metropolitan Museum in New York and the Morse Museum in Florida—on any Tiffany pilgrimage.
As a worldwide brand, Tiffany conjures images of luxury, status, and quality. Tiffany & Co. was founded in New York in 1837 by Charles Tiffany, as a purveyor of stationery, jewelry, and other "fancy goods." His son, Louis Comfort Tiffany, embarked on a career as an artist at age 18, and though he began as a painter, Tiffany turned to the decorative arts at the suggestion of a silver designer at Tiffany & Co. It's been said that Tiffany's glasswork reflects his early expressive watercolors.
In 1879, Tiffany established the interior design firm Associated Artists, which considered everything in the well-to-do home—from fixtures and floors to woodwork and wallpaper—to be a design opportunity. One of Tiffany's most ambitious and impressive "total environments" was the design of the interiors of the Havemeyer House in New York City, the residence of sugar magnate Henry O. Havemeyer (1847–1907) and his wife, Louisine. The Havemeyers counted many artists among their friends, including Mary Cassatt and Tiffany, and were inveterate collectors of contemporary fine and decorative art, particularly 19th-century French paintings and Tiffany glass. When the Havemeyers and their collections outgrew their original home in Manhattan, they built a larger home on the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 66th Street. Beginning in 1888, Tiffany and one of his Associated Artists partners, Samuel Colman, created a sumptuous Asian-Near Eastern-medieval-inspired design program throughout the house that greeted visitors from the moment they passed through the magnificent entryway doors. It was completed over four years.
As art dealer Samuel Bing said at the time: "The ingenious eclecticism responsible for these interiors has so skillfully combined disparate elements, integrating them so artfully, that we are left with an impression of perfect harmony…"
Those incredible doors, along with a wealth of other Tiffany pieces from the Havemeyer house—including opulent glass, metal work, and decorative objects—are now on display in the new European and American Decorative Art Gallery on the second floor of the Museum's historic wing. These priceless works came to Ann Arbor through the quick action of University of Michigan's Emil Lorch, founder and dean of the School of Art and Architecture, who acquired them shortly after the Havemeyer house was demolished in 1930.
Today, UMMA's luminous Tiffany chandelier presides over one of the loveliest, most well-appointed conversation overlooks found in any museum in the country. Fold into one of the chairs and transport yourself back to the authentic craftsmanship and luxury of the Gilded Age.


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STEUBENVILLE - Big Red celebrated its 2012 season Sunday during the 72nd-annual football banquet.
The event, sponsored by the boosters club, was held in the Crimson Commons at the high school.
"It sure wasn't a typical season, but our players rose to the occasion and overcame each and every problem they faced" veteran coach Reno Saccoccia told the large crowd.
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AWARD WINNERS — Several awards were handed out during the 72nd-annual Big Red football banquet Sunday. Award winners were, from the left, Charlie Keenan (Calvin Jones Award); Luke Smith (special teams); Corey Stinson (Dan Keenan Leadership Award); Luke McCourt (Dave Hindman Hustle Award); Dashon Redman (Abe Bryan/Punque Cartledge Award); Manard Reed (MVP); Matt Petrella (Doctors Press/Macedonia Award); and Tajuan Lawson (Abe Bryan/Punque Cartledge Award and special teams).
-- Ed Looman
"People on the outside talk about character but they don't know character from a jelly bean. I love being part of Big Red football probably this year more than any other. We were all tested from our administration to our team, to our great fans. Thanks to all those who didn't let the outside world infiltrate their decision whether to stay on the wagon or jump off."
Saccoccia encouraged those in attendance to "learn from what we've gone through."
"Say what you may, but put your name on what you say," he added.
The 2012 Big Red finished its regular season at 8-2, earning a home playoff game. The club whipped Maysville in the first round before falling to West Holmes in the Region 11 semifinals.
For Big Red, the eight win season was its 12th in a row. Additionally, the trip to the playoffs was the school's 12th straight.
Before handing out awards, Saccoccia called forward 28 players from his 54-man squad and saluted them for earning grade-point averages of 3.0 or better.
"People like to think of Big Red football players as playing in the sandbox all day long or taking nothing but woodshop," Saccoccia pointed out. "These guys deserve recognition for their academic accomplishments."
Seven awards were handed out during the event.
Manard Reed, who played nose tackle and fullback, earned the MVP award, which is voted on by players and coaches. During his final campaign, he recorded 42 tackles and two sacks.
The other award winners were:
Doctors Press/Macedonia Award (designed to honor performances both on the field in the classroom): Matt Petrella, who boats a GPA of 3.5. He led the team in receiving with 37 catches for 500 yards and six touchdowns. He also was the team co-leader in interceptions. His pick six against Akron Butchel played a major role in Big Red earning a victory.
Calvin Jones Award (designed to honor a player for outstanding performances on both sides of the football): Charlie Keenan, the 52nd recipient. As a defender, Keenan, who recently signed a letter of intent to wrestle at Kent State University, had 25 solo tackles and two quarterback sacks.
Dan Keenan Leadership Award: Corey Stinson, who stepped up and took over at quarterback for the Big Red. The senior threw for 1,347 yards and 11 scores. In presenting the award, Dr. Keenan said Stinson "was challenged, put in the line of fire and showed his true leadership skills."
Abe Bryan/Punque Cartledge Award (winners were selected by the coaches): Dashon Redman and Tajuan Lawson. Redman led the team in rushing with 910 yards and was second in tackles with 72. The hard-running Redman earned third team all-Ohio Division III honors. Lawson was the top tackler (he has 73 solo stops), caught 15 passes and returned 13 kicks for 257 yards. He tied Petrella for the team lead in interceptions.
Dave Hindman Hustle Award: Luke McCourt, who had a stellar season as an offensive lineman for Big Red. McCourt, who earned special mention all-Ohio honors, was praised by Saccoccia for "never missing a workout." He and Redman both were first team all-Eastern District picks.
Special Teams Awards (players were honored for their total season efforts): Luke Smith and Lawson. Smith, the senior placekicker, nailed 26 of 30 extra points and four field goals. He connected on two three-pointers against Butchel, including what proved to be the game winner.
After presenting the Jones award, Patty West, niece of the Big Red football legend, reported the documentary put together by Infield Fly Productions of Canada will be shown on Dec. 29 at 1 p.m. in the Big Red auditorium. The viewing will be free of charge. The documentary was done in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of Canadian football.
Saccoccia also took time to recognize past Big Red players.
"We had to stay focused on what we were doing, so we didn't get the opportunity to recognize our former players for their accomplishments," he said.
Players earning praise were:
Zach Collaros, the Cincinnati graduate who recently participated in the CFL Grey Cup game; Dwight Macon, a slot receiver for the University of Toledo; Andrew Radakovich, an offensive tackle at Youngstown State; Najee Murray, who was seeing time on special teams at Ohio State University before suffering a season-ending injury; Shaq Petteway, a strong safety at West Virginia; Marcus Prather, the 2011 Big Red quarterback who has earned a scholarship at Akron; Dreylon Pree, a recent Toledo graduate; Willie Pruitt, an offensive lineman at Robert Morris; and Jordan McIntrye, who played at Wooster.
Others recognized were:
Mark Markakis, a linebacker at Ohio Dominican; Leshawn Luke, who is playing at Mount Union; Jeryl Christian, a defensive end at Kentucky Christian; Alvin Taylor, a running back at Muskingum; Davon Wicker, a defensive lineman at Muskingum; and William Houst, who played defense at Gavilan Junior College in California. Houst earned first team all-conference honors and led all junior college players in sacks.