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Posted on Mar 3
We don't expect Joakim Noah to say it like Derrick Rose did a few years back, though there was nothing wrong with that. But why can't Joakim Noah be the NBA's Most Valuable Player?
Which is what we all thought when Rose said so before the 2010-11 NBA season.
C'mon, are you serious?
But as the Bulls were preparing to …
Posted on Mar 2
Talk about your New York minute.
It's been said as the time between the light turning green and a New Yorker blowing the car horn. It's lately been the time between when an NBA game starts and the Knicks contemplating the postgame meal.
It was the time Sunday in the Bulls' eventual 109-90 victory that Joakim Noah had three assists …
Posted on Jan 30
Joakim Noah is going back to the NBA All-Star Game again, and this time he may try to remember something about the game.
Not surprisingly, Noah said in a conference call with Chicago reporters after the All-Star reserve selection announcement Thursday, he couldn't recall much about the last year's game. He paused a bit and thought. No, still couldn't.
Probably …
Posted on Jan 25
There's the story of the guy who walks into the bookstore and asks where he can find the self help books. The salesman says he'd tell him, but then that would defeat the whole purpose, wouldn't it?
And so it was for the Bulls Friday night at the United Center in a 112-95 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers. They're …
Posted on Jan 23
Joakim Noah is having the best season in his seven-year NBA career.
He's averaging 11.7 points and a career-high 11.4 rebounds, one of 10 NBA players averaging a double-double. Plus, he's averaging 14.4 points and 15 rebounds in 11 games in January.
If not for Kevin Durant, he'd be making a case for player of the month. He's in the …
Posted on Jan 23
Bulls guard Derrick Rose's selection for the 2014-16 USA Men's National Team pool was the first step in what could be a two-year process.
But if all goes well, it could ultimately land him on the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team which will compete in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
"I'm looking forward to getting back on the court this summer and …
Posted on Jan 9
The Cleveland Cavaliers' Luol Deng remains eleventh among Eastern Conference frontcourt players in the latest NBA All-Star Game fan balloting released Thursday.
There, I said it.
Luol Deng is a Cleveland Cavalier.
It's not written on your All-Star ballot, and perhaps not in your heart. But it's on the NBA's list now. Friday he will be in that makes-you-blanch wine …
Posted on Dec 26
The Bulls' hopes of having a player in the 2014 NBA All-Star Game took a bit of a hit in the latest NBA fan voting returns released Thursday.
It's now looking as if center Joakim Noah may have the best chance among the Bulls players as he held onto seventh among Eastern Conference frontcourt players. Deng, who was ninth among …
Posted on Dec 24
Christmas morning is one for surprises, and starting at 11 a.m., the NBA is getting one.
No Derrick Rose, no Brook Lopez, Paul Pierce barely avoiding a suspension, Luol Deng likely out with an Achilles problem, Carmelo Anthony uncertain with a sprained ankle, Kevin Garnett calcifying.
"We'll go in there and probably think of Game 7 for a minute," said …
Posted on Dec 12
Do the Bulls have any All-Stars?
Well, not the way they've been playing lately, you might say.
But they have some players who will be able to make a good case for the Eastern Conference team in the next month.
The NBA Thursday released the first fan balloting results for the Feb. 16 All-Star game in New Orleans. And the …


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Rutgers coach Greg Schiano said he's counting on another solid game on the ground to negate the Syracuse blitz packages on Saturday.
Last week, the Scarlet Knights rushed for 159 yards on 43 carries (3.7-yard average) in their victory over Ohio. The Orange like to bring pressure and will surely test a Rutgers offensive line that is trying to find its way.
In 2009, the Orange notched nine sacks in a lopsided win over the Scarlet Knights in the Carrier Dome. Last season, they recorded four in a 13-10 victory in Piscataway.
"We ran the ball well (last season —- 169 yards)," Schiano said today after practice. "So we stayed out of way-behind-the-chain situations. We don't want to give them an opportunity to really put their ears back. (Last season) we ran into the blitz a couple of times and popped them."
RB/WR Jeremy Deering, who missed nearly all of preseason camp with concussion-like symptoms, is off to a slow start. After rushing for 352 yards and two touchdowns out of the Wildcat Formation and catching 16 passes for 338 yards and a score, he has just 27 yards rushing on eight carries and two receptions for 23 yards this season.
"I don't know if you ever catch up because the guys who got it in (preseason) camp are now moving forward from there,'' Schiano said. "I don't believe in catching up.
"What we're trying to do is get him the things that he's going to do only so he can perfect those."
Schiano said he may mix up his rotation in the secondary in an effort to get improved play out of the unit, which gave up 339 yards passing vs. Ohio.
"Maybe just mixing it up and getting some fresh guys on the field," Schiano said. "Maybe fatigue is part of the issue. We were chasing guys all over the place on Saturday and I assume we're going to be chasing them again (against Syracuse)."
Syracuse senior TE Nick Provo, who has 15 receptions for 176 yards and two TDs this season, was on the Scarlet Knights' radar as a high school senior in West Palm Beach, Fla.
"We recruited him," Schiano said. "We ended up not going (in that direction), I'm sure he doesn't forget that. He's a good player. We probably made a mistake on that."
DE Marvin Brooker (undisclosed), who has missed the past two games, has a chance to play this week.
"I didn't think so at the beginning of the week but maybe now," Schiano said. "He doesn't look like he's 100 percent but he has a chance."
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Update 5 p.m.: This story has been updated with comment from an arson victim.
RAND RAPIDS, MI – Gerald Eugene Singer, former Muskegon-area landlord and convicted serial arsonist for profit, has been sentenced to 55 years in federal prison.
U.S. District Judge Gordon J. Quist imposed that sentence – mandatory under federal law given Singer's multiple convictions of arson, mail fraud and tax fraud – Thursday morning, Nov. 7.
The diminutive, 74-year-old Singer – imprisoned since a federal jury convicted him of multiple felonies in March -- looked startlingly different from the well-groomed businessman he once was.
He was led into Quist's courtroom wearing a short-sleeved orange prison jumpsuit, hands shackled behind him, sporting a long, bushy, gray beard and long hair. His hands were freed after he reached the defense table, then recuffed after the sentencing was over and he was led out.
Singer chose not to speak at his sentencing, but he appeared in good spirits. During about a half-hour before the judge entered the courtroom, Singer sat and frequently spoke with his lawyer, Michael R. Bartish, sometimes chuckling.
None of Singer's arson victims attended the sentencing to speak.
Before Quist imposed sentence, Bartish and Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael A. McDonald made their cases on sentencing: McDonald, arguing for the 55 years mandated by statute; Bartish arguing that such a sentence was "cruel and unusual punishment" and therefore a violation of Singer's constitutional rights. Bartish said he would appeal on that basis.
"It just seems to me that for this offense, the sentence is certainly greater than necessary," Bartish said.
The judge and attorneys agreed that federal law mandated the 55-year sentence because it requires "stacking" or consecutive sentences for several of Singer's convictions – two of them for 20 years, one for 10 years and another for five years.
McDonald said the government actually tried to bargain with Singer earlier – even after his conviction – to net him a shorter total sentence, but he refused to deal, apparently betting first on acquittal and then on a successful appeal.
"The United States did not set out simply to obtain the longest sentence possible," McDonald said.
In Singer's dealings with the government, McDonald said, as in his career as a landlord, "Mr. Singer was a gambler."
Bartish asked the judge to recommend Singer be placed in a federal medical center. "Mr. Singer's health, I have observed ... has deteriorated pretty significantly" since his conviction, Bartish said. "I'm concerned about his health."
Quist said he'd leave that decision up the Federal Bureau of Prisons and merely ordered that Singer be given a thorough physical examination.
Bartish also requested that Singer be lodged in a prison as close to the Chicago and Michigan areas as possible. Quist did not respond to that, except to note that he'd heard that Singer's son, with whom Singer's wife now lives, is estranged from his father and "pretty upset with him."
As required by law, Quist ordered Singer to pay restitution of nearly $700,000 to various insurance companies and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service – although, the judge noted, that's mostly "academic" because a pre-sentence investigation showed Singer no longer has any assets.
The approximately $60,000 in Singer assets that were seized after his conviction will be apportioned among the claimants, the judge said.
A federal jury on March 22 found Singer guilty of 11 counts. Singer was immediately taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service. The verdict came at the end of a four-week trial after about one day of deliberations.
The West Michigan jury found Singer guilty of one count of mail fraud, three counts of use of fire to commit a mail fraud, two counts of arson, four counts of filing a false tax-related document and one count of obstructing tax administration. The jury acquitted him of three counts of use of fire to commit a mail fraud.
The victim of one of the early house fires, Delaina Peters, interviewed after the sentencing, still suffers from the experience.
Peters lived in a rented house on Eighth Street in Muskegon Heights that burned in August 1996. Although Singer was acquitted of using fire to commit mail fraud in that case, he was convicted of another count of mail fraud involving that fire and eight others.
Peters' children, then ages 9, 2 and less than 1 year, were inside the house with a babysitter when the fire was set. Delaina and her husband-to-be were at a friend's birthday party and drove home to see their house in flames with firefighters surrounding it.
"For 16 years we've struggled because of what that one day did for our family," she said. "You never recover.
"He got to enjoy 16 years in the lap of luxury. My family, pretty much, we were all prisoners," she said. "Because you don't trust anybody. You're constantly looking over your shoulders. ... Hopefully I can sleep knowing that he's going to be locked up."
The arson-for-profit case was investigated by the Grand Rapids office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation and the Muskegon Heights Fire Department. A majority of the fires occurred in Muskegon Heights.
The Muskegon Heights Fire Department began investigating Singer in August 2007 and federal investigators joined the probe in early 2009.
Authorities said the arson-for-profit scheme spanned more than 14 years, from 1993 to 2007, and involved nine fires in Muskegon Heights, Muskegon, Norton Shores, Grand Haven and Gary, Ind.
Singer's actual arson convictions were for a Nov. 9, 2006, fire at 250 Myrtle St. in Muskegon and an Aug. 28, 2007, fire at a four-unit apartment house at 2608-2614 Seventh St. in Muskegon Heights. The "use of fire to commit a mail fraud" convictions were for those fires plus the June 20, 1999, burning of The Fair fabric store at 1292 E. Broadway Ave. in Norton Shores.
The jury acquitted Singer of using fire to commit a mail fraud for three other fires: an Aug. 25, 1996, fire at 3101 Eighth St. in Muskegon Heights, one on Aug. 22, 2002, at 2340 Wood St. in Muskegon Heights and one on June 21, 2006, in Gary, Ind.
However, the mail fraud conviction included all six of those fires plus three others: at 530 Elliott St. in Grand Haven, burned March 1, 1993; 2809 Hoyt St. in Muskegon Heights, burned July 23, 1995; and the Airline and Diamond motels, 2818 and 2820 Peck St. in Muskegon Heights, burned Sept. 1, 1997.
The jury also convicted Singer of filing a false tax-related document in the years 2005 through 2008 for failing to declare approximately $500,000 in insurance proceeds from the burning of The Fair fabric store.
Finally, the jury found Singer guilty of obstructing administration of the tax laws in these five ways:
• Causing false income-tax returns to be filed for 2005 through 2008.
• Making false or misleading statements to IRS officials about those returns.
• Misleading his tax preparer.
• Concealing income from the IRS by "structuring" insurance payouts in individual checks of $10,000 or less.
• Causing the filing of false home-buyer tax credit claims against the IRS.
John S. Hausman covers courts, prisons, the environment and local government for MLive/Muskegon Chronicle. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com and follow him on Twitter.


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By BUFFY SPENCER
SPRINGFIELD - Angel Santiago, 32, admitted in court today that he shot a man working security at a Worthington Street pizza restaurant six times, seriously wounding him.
Santiago, of Springfield, acknowledged that he told the man that he would drop his gun if the victim acknowledged that he, Santiago, was "king of the streets."
Judge Constance M. Sweeney, sitting in Hampden Superior Court, accepted an agreed upon sentence recommendation of 7 years in state prison for Santiago, followed by 3 years of probation.
Sweeney said the brutality of the crime was remarkable, as was the arrogance of "this king of the streets business."
Assistant District Attorney Kathi Lucey said that the victim was working security after 2:30 a.m. on April 7, 2007, at Mezzanote restaurant. Santiago knew the victim from childhood and was angry when the man told him of the owner's recent policy to keep people from using the rest room.
Santiago pleaded guilty to armed assault with intent to murder, assault and battery causing serious bodily injury, carrying a loaded firearm, carrying a firearm without a license and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building.
The victim told Sweeney that he has faced many medical problems, including shortness of breath, intestinal surgeries and the constant monitoring by doctors of the movement of the three bullets still inside of him.
Sweeney told the victim that she believed he was not just physically resilient but also emotionally and spiritually resilient.
Defense lawyer Daniel D. Kelly said that Santiago has worked for many years in a car detailing business and the shooting was totally inexplicable, given Santiago's usual demeanor and personality.
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MORRISTOWN — Holiday life during the Civil War — both on the front and on the homefront — will be on display at Historic Speedwell Dec. 7 and 8.
Re-enactors from the 2nd New Jersey Brigade will present a Civil War encampment with soldiers cooking holiday meals over open fires. In the Vail House, actual letters from Union troops to their loved ones will be read with tours available of the home decorated in 19th-century fashion.
Activities will also include an Officers Ball in the 1849 Carriage House with live fiddle music and lessons from a period dance instructor.
The program will take place on Dec. 7 from noon to 5 p.m. and Dec. 8 from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is $7, $6 for ages 65 and older and $5 for ages 4 to 16. For more information, call (973) 285-6550.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- During a half hour period from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., Targee Street traffic slowed to a stand still as both PS 9 and PS 48 reopened for another school year.
The already high volume of traffic on Targee Street made it especially difficut for parents to find parking before the school bell rang. Grace Kamara of Clifton had to park in the Christian Pentecostal Church just to drop her child off at school.
"It was absolutely crazy here this morning. Between people looking for parking, or double parking, you just couldn't get around." said Ms. Kamara. "I had to park all the way at the church and walked."
Seasoned parents were privy to the prime parking in the area.
"We parked in Stonegate community and walked from there. Some people know that's where to go to find the open spots," said David Vain, after dropping his son off at PS 48 with his wife, Lana.
Despite the traffic, the Vains agreed that the area was safe for children to walk to school.
"There are wonderful crossing guards working here," said Lana Vain.
As school started this morning, the NYC Department of Transportation deployed construction workers to install a new traffic light on Targee Street, across from PS 48, presumably to allow for easier crossing of the busy street.
Construction workers on the scene said the light should be erected and fully functioning by the end of the week.
Targee Street returned to its usual traffic flow shortly after school began, around 8:30 a.m.


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Screaming in the darkness for help
- From: The Daily Telegraph
- January 04, 2013
ON their way to a late-night fishing expedition off the south coast, the carload of mates stopped off at a relative's house.
It was then that the concerned family member warned them not to go. The swell could get up and their vessel was not suitable for the trip.
The four mates from Miller, in Sydney's southwest - cousins Chris Lewis and Matthew Dunn, and Scott Andrews and Michael Wright - were en route to St Georges Basin, near Jervis Bay, towing a 4m dinghy. It wasn't unusual for the close mates to head up or down the coast for a spot of night fishing but this expedition on September 16 was special; it was Chris's 20th birthday.
When they called in on an uncle of Chris and Matthew in Wollongong, he warned them they should not be in a small boat late at night without lifejackets or a motor.
"Colin gave them the third degree and told them they shouldn't go out," another cousin, Hayley Lewis, said.
Ignoring the warnings, the group got to their destination and set off from Sanctuary Point boat ramp about 10.30pm on September 16.
With them in the small aluminium boat was some alcohol, food, warm clothing and a pair of wooden oars. A few hours into the trip, the combination of a large swell and Matthew apparently standing up to urinate tipped the boat over, plunging them into the water about 200m offshore.
All four fought together to right the boat as they clung to it and struggled to keep their heads above water.
Police said only two of the men had been drinking. Their cries for help through the pitch black night were heard by only a few nearby residents, who dismissed them as people "mucking around", it later emerged.
About 3.30am, surf instructor Jerry Brown heard the screams of a man in the water and headed out to where he found Matthew in the surf.
"I grabbed a surfboard and a torch and started heading out," he said at the time. "I eventually got to him. He was panicking, he was distraught, as you could well imagine."
Matthew was the only one to make it to shore. He later told family that Michael was the first to let go of the dinghy, saying he "couldn't hold on any longer".
The dinghy was found on Wrights Beach with shoes and a paddle inside on September 17.
A 10-day vigil for the missing men then began and tensions between the families started to boil over before the three bodies were found.
Michael and Scott were the first to be found. Chris, whose partner was expecting his first child, was found a day later, on September 26.
Matthew's father Steve said after the accident the young men knew what they were doing: "They've been in worse waters than this. They didn't go far out," he said.
Inspector Bruce Griffin said: "It was very dangerous, especially with four men in it."
Relatives said Matthew and Chris were more like brothers than cousins and before his death by suicide last month, Matthew often visited his cousin's grave and fall asleep on it.
"He didn't know how to deal with it," Hayley Lewis said.


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Two head spinners greet you right away when you arrive at Crystalridge Development and Restoration's Trillium house, which is on the 2014 NW Natural Street of Dreams tour in Happy Valley through Aug. 24:
A red Tesla Motors Model S is parked in the sloping driveway and a home office just off the entry has an odd display of human and animal bones.
First off, the electric car isn't just for show. A large solar array panel will produce enough kilowatts (18) to power the house and the electric car charger in the garage plus sell surplus to the energy company.
Second, the owner works in the medical field, so it's not that unusual to see a human skeleton dangling in a corner, a jar full of animal bones in the corner and shelves with skulls and fossils in his office.
Fear not. The rest of the house, a handsome mix of traditional and contemporary elements, has drama, but it's a lot more subtle.
You have to look up to see the thick center beam that runs through the pitch of the 18-foot-high ceiling in the great room. Follow it to the glass-framed exterior wall and see that it keeps going.
The great room's beam, vaulted ceiling and color palette extend to a covered outdoor living space, erasing the distinction between indoor and out. Here, a reclaimed wood table takes center stage next to a large stone fireplace.
The great room also has a clear view of the open kitchen. Collin Kayser of Garrison Hullinger Interior Design of Portland designed the gourmet kitchen with Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, locally made custom cabinets and stone surfaces. Don't miss the island's waterfall countertop edge detail.
Three generations of a family – who wanted a "forever" home – share this four-bedroom, two-story house designed by Tom Watton of Watton Design Works of Portland.
There is a second master suite on the first floor with a private entrance and patio for the owner's mother. Additional interior space increases wheelchair accessibility and the ADA-compliant bath has discreet handrails, a roll-in shower and a lowered vanity.
The upstairs rec room is reminiscent of a contemporary, comfortable, cosmopolitan lounge. "It's a place to retreat and watch a movie with the family or group of friends," says interior designer Garrison Hullinger of Garrison Hullinger Interior Design.
-- Janet Eastman
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Clay, NY -- A 19-year-old pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Route 57 near Willowbrook Drive.
Joseph J. Ozimek III of 3802 Brompton Lane, Clay was found dead shortly before 7 a.m. by a Centro bus passenger near a bus stop. He was struck sometime between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. He was walking south to his job at McDonald's where he would have begun work at 4 a.m.
"He had been there a little while," said Deputy William Gabriel.
Deputies are asking anyone who may have seen anything on Route 57 near Willowbrook Drive to call 435-3081.
Gabriel said authorities do not know the type of vehicle involved. They know it was headed north when it struck Ozimek. Gabriel said it is likely Ozimek was hit and thrown several feet. A pair of shoes are on the side of the road.
Route 57 northbound is closed at Willowbrook Drive. Deputies have closed off the area with yellow tape.
Ozimek was a Liverpool High School senior.
"The death of a loved one is always difficult, especially when the loved one is so young," said Superintendent Richard N. Johns in a email to the Liverpool Central School District community.
Counselors will be on hand to help students in any way that they can, Johns said.
"Our thoughts go out to Joseph's family," he said.


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I think what you have done is fantastic. The more lights the better. My family never misses your display. IGNORE THE SCROOGES OF THE WORLD!
I like this display very much, and it keeps getting better each year.
After watching the videos on the website I am wowed by it. I live a little over an hour away from this house but I am now seriously considering driving down to see this display. I also like how the site is made in Dotnetnuke!
This hosue is awesome. We go every year several times to see it.
Beautiful..thank you for sharing your talents. Your light show is a wonderful gift to all that see.
The display is awesome! Keep it going.
I just love your effort. This is a very nice display-one of the best. I wish I could see it in person.
I like how the music matches the lights when they come on it is really cool i wish i could do that!!!!
Great display! Our son loved the Polar Express song! The whole show was awesome.
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Very unique display.Everyone should take time to see it!
I absoutely love this house! I look forward to it each year. My husband and I always go over several times thourghout the season and whatever friends and relatives that stop by are sure to get a trip to see the most amazing light display!
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From The Associated Press:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court upheld an Arizona law Thursday that penalizes businesses for hiring workers who are in the United States illegally, rejecting arguments that states have no role in immigration matters.
By a 5-3 vote, the court said that federal immigration law gives states the authority to impose sanctions on employers who hire unauthorized workers.
The ruling cheered supporters of tougher immigration laws who said it would encourage states to take new steps, especially in the employment area.
The decision upholding the validity of the 2007 law comes as the state is appealing a ruling that blocked key components of a second, more controversial Arizona immigration enforcement law. Thursday's decision applies only to business licenses and does not signal how the high court might rule if the other law comes before it.
Still, the ruling placed the court's five Republican appointed justices on the side of the state, and against the Chamber of Commerce, which challenged the law along with the American Civil Liberties Union.
Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, said Arizona's employer sanctions law "falls well within the confines of the authority Congress chose to leave to the states."
Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, all Democratic appointees, dissented. The fourth Democratic appointee, Justice Elena Kagan, did not participate in the case because she worked on it while serving as President Barack Obama's solicitor general
Breyer said the Arizona law upsets a balance in federal law between dissuading employers from hiring illegal workers and ensuring that people are not discriminated against because they may speak with an accent or look like they might be immigrants. Employers "will hesitate to hire those they fear will turn out to lack the right to work in the United States," he said.
The Obama administration backed the challenge to the law. The measure was signed into law in 2007 by Democrat Janet Napolitano, then the governor of Arizona and now Obama's Homeland Security secretary.
The employer sanctions law has been only infrequently used. It was intended to diminish Arizona's role as the nation's hub for immigrant smuggling by requiring employers to verify the eligibility of new workers through a federal database. Employers found to have violated the law can have their business licenses suspended or revoked.
Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, praised the high court's decision. "Not only is this law constitutional, it is commonsense. American jobs should be preserved for Americans and legal workers," Smith said.
Lower courts, including the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, previously upheld the law.
Last month, a three-judge panel of that same appeals court upheld a trial judge's ruling blocking enforcement of parts of the broader Arizona immigration law, known as SB1070. The provisions that were blocked include a requirement that police, while enforcing other laws, must question a person's immigration status if officers have reasonable suspicion the person was in the country illegally. State officials have said they will appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.
The ACLU's Cecillia Wang said the Supreme Court decision was disappointing, but narrow. "The decision has nothing to do with SB1070 or any other state and local immigration laws," said Wang, director of ACLU's immigrant rights project.
But Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the conservative American Center for Law and Justice, said the ruling should encourage states to play a larger role in immigration matters. "While it's not a definitive answer to the main Arizona case, it certainly is a helpful sign from our perspective," Sekulow said. He filed a brief in support of the law that was upheld Thursday.
The case is Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, 09-115.
Related stories:
» Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Illegal-Hiring Law [Bloomberg]
» High court backs law against illegal workers in Arizona [Yuma Sun]
» Governor happy, Hispanics upset with sanctions ruling [KTAR.com]
» Is Supreme Court Right to OK Arizona's 'Business Death Penalty'? [U.S. News and World Report]
» Court decision in Arizona case critical to Georgia law [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
In other news:
» Missing iguana in Baldwinsville turns up in owners backyard [CNYcentral.com]
» Sarah Palin launches bus tour amid talk of presidential bid [USA Today]
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» Disgraced Navy captain Honors seeks public support to avoid being discharged [centralny.ynn.com]
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Some stylish young Bayonne dancers will be gliding across the dance floor tonight at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark as part of the Colors of the Rainbow dance competition.
The contest is the culmination of NJPAC's Dancing Classrooms program, which teaches ballroom dancing to fifth-graders at six schools in New Jersey.
All Saints Catholic Academy in Bayonne is fielding a team of 12 ballroom steppers who were selected from a pool of 54 students.
"They were saying, 'I made it, I made it!' It was like tryouts for the football or basketball team," Mary Cole, a physical education teacher at the school, said about the ballroom team members.
Partners Sarah Delaney and Michael Gray, both 10, didn't think they would like ballroom dancing. Sarah had low expectations, and Michael, who loves sports, had to be coaxed into it by being reminded of football stars who have appeared on "Dancing with the Stars."
NJPAC teaching artist Danielle Thompson says the transformation she's seen in the children who take up ballroom dancing is remarkable.
"They used to fight and argue. They came in shy," said Thompson. "But now it's a teamwork thing. They're all about politeness. They're so over touching each other. They're like, 'Oh, please. Let's go.' "
Tonight's event is being held at NJPAC's Victoria Theater starting at 7 o'clock.


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Coenen asked when East Penn's plans for traffic improvements at Willow Lane will be filed with Lower Macungie so township officials can begin their formal review.
Last week township engineer William Erdman told Lower Macungie commissioners that review process may be slowed if East Penn does not submit its plan by Wednesday.
Seidenberger said he doesn't know when Paul Szewczak, the school district's engineer, will be done with his drawings. "He's working on them overtime." He said Szewczak will get those drawings to the township as soon as possible. East Penn hopes to change traffic patterns at the school before late August.
Although Lower Macungie's fire chief is skeptical about East Penn's traffic plan, Seidenberger said in conversations over the last three years, the township's fire department consistently has asked what the district can do about parents driving up the main driveway off Sauerkraut Lane, which serves both the school and a fire station. The school district proposes putting all car traffic on the Mill Creek road entrance, with only school buses using the Sauerkraut Lane entrance.
Coenen told the board that by switching bus and car traffic patterns at Willow Lane, the district will eliminate 10 student drop-off spaces. She said there are 22 spaces now, but only 12 will be in the plan Lower Macungie is waiting to review.
Seidenberger expressed confidence that Lower Macungie will follow-through on pedestrian safety improvements the township plans to make in neighborhoods around Willow Lane. He said he has no reason to believe township commissioners won't approve those off-site improvements, but he'll feel a lot better when they do.
He said if Lower Macungie does not make those improvements --- school zone signals, crosswalks, and crossing guards – "I will come back to this board in late July and recommend we continue busing for all students."
At least one of the five commissioners wanted to be sure East Penn would act to reduce busing at Willow Lane before the township spends money to make those improvements.
Fuller told Seidenberger Lower Macungie has been waiting for the district to make the first move on the issue. She expects the township now will take action very quickly.
Also during the board meeting, the administration handed out "budget books" to the school board and the superintendent said the discussion of the 2013-14 district budget will begin with a proposed 1.69 percent tax increase.


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Young Silverdale gymnasts aim for spot on the U.S. Olympic team
Two gymnasts from Silverdale beat out 2,500 girls in the nation to place in a training camp which is a feeder program to the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team.
Scouts for the Talent Opportunity Program camp look for the most promising gymnasts in the nation between the ages of 8 and 10 years to build into future olympians, said Greg Mutchler, owner of Olympic Gymnastics Center in Silverdale. After rounds of testing, Samantha "Sammy" Thompson, 9, and Lisa Watson, 10, were invited to the training camp in Houston last month.
For a week, the girls performed on vault, bar, beam and floor routines and were then divided into A and B camps.
Only the top 50 in the nation placed in A camp. Sammy was one of them.
Lisa missed the cut off for A camp by a very small point margin, said Mutchler. But she went on to place highest of all the gymnasts in the beam during two days of clinic that followed.
Sammy and Lisa train at the Silverdale gym for four to six hours a day, five days a week. The petite gymnasts can climb up and down a 12-foot rope, using only their arms, in under 10 seconds.
Last year, Sammy fractured her thumb but kept on training.
"It didn't slow her up at all. She still climbed the rope with her cast," said Shannon Thompson, Sammy's mother.
"The strength of these kids is incredible," said Tori Smieja, trainer at Olympic Gymnastics Center. "They are tougher than football players and strength condition every part of their body, down to the tips of their fingers and toes."
Friends and family have told Thompson that they think the training schedule is too much for a young girl.
"It's not a life for your typical kid," said Mutchler. "But parents, tutors and teachers all have to work together to support that extraordinary talent."
The gym provides teachers and tutors for its young gymnasts so that they don't fall behind because of their long training hours. Sammy is also home schooled due to her busy schedule.
"I have lots of friends," said Sammy. "My best friends are all here at the gym."
Sammy and Lisa have been training together since they were 4 and 5 years old. All the girls are close but also "super competitive" with each other, said Thompson.
Mutchler said he saw something different about Sammy when she first entered the gym.
"We test all the girls for basic strengths, but in a group, you'll always see one that is bouncier, they'll be hopping up just a little higher than the others. Quick twitch muscles are a good indicator of future talent," said Mutchler.
Other factors might be in the genes, explained Mutchler. For example, if a gymnast's mother and father are tall, over six feet, it may not bode well for a student looking to go professional. Both parents having some athletic background is a plus. Sammy's mother was a competitive swimmer, with an opportunity to swim for Brigham Young University's team, and her father was a swimmer and football player.
The best physical characteristics for a young gymnast are petite, springy, and flexible, said Mutchler. Some of these factors they are born with, others can be trained.
"Flexibility and strength training is something that you have to start at a very young age to go pro," said Smieja. "It's also good to learn the scarier skills before fear of falling sets in around 12 years old."
The U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team accepts five gymnasts every four years. The International Gymnastics Federation has set the minimum age at 16 years by the time of competition. There has been controversy in the past concerning underage gymnasts such as the Chinese team allowing a 14-year-old girl to compete in 2000.
Lisa and Sammy have years of training ahead of them before they will be old enough to try out for the U.S. Olympic team. However, the mere mention of "gold medal" makes their eyes light up.
"Yes!" said Lisa, "I'm going to win on the beam."
Though many girls at the gym dream of trying out for the Olympic team, being a part of the TOPs program puts Lisa and Sammy's chances much higher than most, said Mutchler.
"They are already beating out girls all over the nation and training under legends like Tammy Biggs and Bela Karolyi, making all the right connections. They are on the fast track," said Thompson.
Both mother and coaches plan to "go for it" pushing the young gymnasts as far as they can go down the path to Olympic glory. Thompson is also exploring scholarship opportunities for her daughter at colleges with gymnastics programs.
"How far is up to them, of course, but they are both strong girls, physically and emotionally" said Smieja. "They defy gravity every day with that strength."
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The most recent in a series of disappointments for the U.S. team came last week at Aachen, arguably the world's most prestigious show. On paper what seemed to be a top-notch squad finished sixth of eight in the Cup, with 32 penalties to 12 for the winning Netherlands squad.
Overall this season, the U.S. is seventh of the eight countries. At the end of the series, it could be "relegated" to the less-prestigious Promotional League, which is the fate of the two bottom-ranked squads. In Coach George Morris' view, that would be a disaster, since he considers the Promotional League "another planet" while the more competitive top league (once known as the Super League) is the centerpiece of his program and excellent preparation for championships such as the Olympics.
The downturn is hard to believe, since the U.S. won team gold at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. However, the squad did finish a dismal 10th at last year's Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, failing to qualify for the 2012 Olympics at that competition.
Morris feels a great deal of the problem for U.S. show jumping internationally stems from the decline in standards at home. Specifically at Aachen, however, he noted in an interview, "The conditions were very difficult and I'd say European horses are much more used to that. Not that that is an excuse."
Cold rain on the night of the class and a grass surface, as opposed to the all-weather rings used for most jumping in the U.S., conspired against several of his riders.
"I'm very, very disappointed. We've had a very difficult year. This show, I thought we had a hell of a team and I thought we might win the Nations' Cup here," said Morris, one of the most respected figures in the sport globally.
"Our horses in America are so protected with the all-weather footing, the same fences'' he said, critiquing a U.S. circuit that he considers less than challenging training for the world scene.
Team member Margie Engle's mount Indigo, who accumulated 12 penalties in the first round at Aachen and 16 in the second, is an Australian import. Morris doubted the gray gelding had ever been in circumstances like those he encountered in Aachen.
He said the horse was "totally undone," which led to lack of confidence during his stadium experience.
McLain Ward's Antares had a "green" mistake to drop a rail in the first round, but the 2010 Dublin grand prix winner then went on to log 16 additional penalties in the second round.
Laura Kraut's Olympic team gold medal mount, Cedric, faulted at the water in each round. Morris said she had not been able to school the water for the last few weeks because she broke her jaw earlier this summer and didn't want to push her luck.
The star of the team was Beezie Madden on Coral Reef Via Volo, who had a rail in the first round, then went clean in the second, but that was not enough to change the result.
"When you add all those things up in this company, that's not going to cut it," sighed Morris, who has been warning for years that U.S. performance was heading south.
"What's happened in this country is we're lowering the standards, from basic riding to basic stable management, from the hunter division to the generic factory horse show," said Morris, noting show management and course designers often are pressured to lower fences.
"Even Arabia and China and all these other countries are really working at high performance. European countries are getting better and better."
He's also disturbed that Americans own horses and parts of syndicated horses that are ridden by people from other countries.
"You have kids coming from Ireland and Brazil, Argentina and Germany. They're tough. They'll ride green horses, they'll ride water stoppers (horses that refuse water jumps). So eventually, they'll get the customer," commented Morris, who was on the 1960 silver medal Olympic team.
He said he had a talk with his squad, because "They are the leaders of the next generation. If this is the direction it's going, I'm very worried about the future for America, with our history of success and our traditions. This is not new, but it is coming more and more to fruition. You can't go from our national circuit to this circuit. It's too big a step. There are fewer and fewer people we have to draw from."
October's Pan American Games in Mexico offer another chance for the U.S. to qualify for the Olympics with a lesser degree of difficulty.
The other major show jumping countries in this hemisphere, Canada and Brazil, qualified at the WEG, so the U.S. has plenty of latitude to make it. If the team can't be part of the top three, excluding Canada and Brazil, Morris said, "they shouldn't go to the Olympics."
Morris, 73, is retiring after the 2012 Olympics. He thought about retiring after the gold medal in 2008, but explained, "That's not a very good character reference; to win and then leave."
While he said he has worked "to the best of my ability to set up this program," Morris contended, "They definitely need a new contemporary outlook on this whole thing that understands the culture today. Yes, I think it's time for that, but it's a difficult fix for whoever takes over. You can get lucky at a show or even a championship, but to fix it on a permanent basis, where you have depth to go to Europe, I think it's a very big fix."
ON THE RAIL -- Not all the U.S. news from Aachen was bad. Dressage rider Steffen Peters, the Californian who swept all three Grand Prix competitions at the show with Ravel in 2009, came within a whisker of beating WEG gold medal superhorse Totillas and his new rider, Matthias Alexander Rath of Germany, in the Grand Prix Freestyle.
Totillas scored 82.83 percent; Ravel, 82 percent. World Cup champ Adelinde Cornelissen of the Netherlands was third on Jerich Parcival (81.78 percent.) In the Grand Prix and the Grand Prix Special, Totilas was the winner while Peters and Ravel were fifth in each.
On the small tour, Peters won both the Prix St. Georges and Intermediare I on Weltino's Magic. The Westfalen gelding is the leader in the standings to qualify for the Pan American Games trials.
Germany topped the dressage team competition, even without a drop score when the fourth member of their squad had to withdraw because her horse had a hematoma. Britain finished second, ahead of the Netherlands and the U.S.
In Kentucky, the USEF Adult Saddle Seat Medal Finals went to pediatric gastroenterologist John Stutts. Sixth was a Jerseyan, Sherrill
Ducharme of Lawrenceville, trained by Nealia McCracken.
DERBY DAY -- Hunter derbies have put the excitement back into a discipline that too often was ho-hum for all but the most devoted fans, after the era when horses galloped over natural obstacles set on rolling outside courses faded into history.
Those courses were replaced by standard fences on flat, all-weather footing, a competition that too often lacks dynamism.
The derbies, which began in 2007 under the auspices of the U.S. Hunter Jumper Association, are making the hunters fun again for the riders, the horses and the spectators. Natural fences and obstacles, as well as a variety of options, add interest and different ways to win.
"The template is out there for the hunter division being rejuvenated on a national basis, and we got it done here on a local basis as well," said New Jersey Horse Shows Association President Katie Benson, who hosted a derby that drew 43 entries at her Briarwood Farm in Readington last week.
"I don't think we realized how much people were searching for more to do in the hunter ring. We knew it got a little dull, but everybody's excited now," she observed.
"It's something new, something different, and it opens up the judging to be more involved than just simply eight fences based on style and performance," she continued.
"It's so much more for the exhibitors to have to present, they have to do more on pace control, they have to do more on the horse and his way of going, as far as his readiness for what might come in the ring. It just is better horsemanship, I think, and the judges love it because there's more to judge."
The route, designed by Brian Livell with input from Benson, was reminiscent of the old-fashioned outside courses. The ring had manmade streams and a little lake. In the first classic-style round, horses jumped out of the ring to a back field, where they took two more jumps, then had to walk before coming back and clearing the last of the group of 14 fences in the arena.
In the second round, over a handy hunter course that called for a hand gallop, points were added for choosing the higher-option fences at 3-feet, 3-inches, as well as for making bold, tight turns.
The derbies reward those who take a chance, if they pull it off with style. That was the strategy of Briarwood's come-from-behind winner, Brian Feigus, who was in fifth place with a score of 82 after the first classic-style round with Cherish the Moment.
"I decided I was low enough down that I needed to do anything I possibly could to move up. I wasn't going to play it safe," said Feigus, who jumped a lot of the jumps on a tight angle and had confidence in his mount.
"She happens to jump very well, so a lot of judges tend to like her. She's a classic hunter type, she's not that typical big warmblood,"
he noted.
"It's very hard to miss on her," explained Feigus, who won the inaugural Briarwood Derby last year on another horse, Tesoro.
In the second round, he got a score of 100; a base of 88 plus four points for high options and eight points for handiness. His total for two rounds was 182, one point ahead of Gitano, ridden by Brendan Weiss of Southampton, Pa.
This was the fourth Derby the Dutchbred Cherish the Moment has won since October. She was imported by Emil Spadone and previously handled by Holly Orlando. The mare belongs to Feigus' 24-year-old sister, Laura, who rides in the adult amateur division.
Feigus, 21, who turned professional in March and is sponsored by Antares Sellier, works out of his family's Nevergreen Farm in Howell with his mother, Barbara, who is a trainer.
The leader after the first round with a score of 87 was Holly Mitten, a professional from Bedminster on Isabel, owned by Vicky Sroko. The elegant bay Dutchbred 6-year-old, who Mitten calls "My Rolls-Royce" is eligible pre-green and the show was only the fifth of her short career.
That meant Mitten had no choice but to put in a conservative trip in the second round, where she got a 75, with four points added for the options and three points for her handiness. With her first round, that gave her a total of 169, putting her fourth.
"I needed to be careful because she's a baby," said Mitten, "as a young horse, she's just learning to go straight. Turning back on things is not something I've schooled her on a lot yet. But I think she's going to make a fine derby horse. She's very brave to the jumps."
Mitten, a former eventer who was making her derby debut, likes the concept.
"People need to be able to gallop and get out in a field like that. I think hunter derbies are a great idea. It makes the hunters look a little more interesting, though I have a great deal of respect for the hunter riders, because eight perfect jumps scares me more than the grand prix jumps," she laughed.
The Derby was among the highlights of a day benefitting the Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center. Approximately $30,000 was raised for the facility, where Benson's late husband, Jack, underwent treatment.
The cancer center had a community outreach tent at the show, with a dermatologist nurse on hand to answer questions. People could give individual donations and receive ribbons to pin on their show coats representing the different types of cancer, such a pink for breast cancer or orange for leukemia.
Discussing why the concept of the show was so successful, Benson said, "Cancer touches many of our lives now, sadly, and people love riding their horses. I think they enjoy putting what they like to do together with helping out."
Today: Dressage at the Park, Horse Park of N.J., Route 524, Allentown; Eastern Pennsylvania Reining Horse Association Show, Gloucester County Dream Park , 400 Route 130 South, Logan Township; Duncraven Back-to-Back Show, 1300 Trenton-Harbourton Rd., Titusville;Delaware Valley Horsemen's Association Western and Draft Show, DVHA Showgrounds, Route 604, Sergeantsville; Oxbow Stables Dressage Show, Combined Test and Horse Trials, 39 Orts Rd., Hamburg; Colts Neck Polo, Buck Mills Park, Colts Neck (2 p.m. start, coltsneckpolo.com).
Tuesday: The Ridge at Riverview Show, 3 Wolverton Rd., Asbury.
Wednesday: Applewood Farm Dressage Show and Combined Test, 30 Fox Hill Rd., Califon.
Thursday: Thursday Night Dressage Show, Delaware Valley Horsemen's Association Showgrounds, Route 604, Sergeantsville.
Friday: Windy Hollow Hunt Dressage Show, Sussex County Fairgrounds, Plains Road, Augusta (through Saturday); Smoke Rise Riding Club Show, 1 Talbot Dr., Kinnelon; United Professional Horsemen's Association Children's Benefit Show, Gloucester County Dream Park , 400 Route 130 South, Logan Township (through next Sunday); Delaware Valley Horsemen's Association Beginner/Camp Show, DVHA Showgrounds, Route 604, Sergeantsville;
Saturday: On Course Riding Academy Show, 210 Beaver Run Rd.., Lafayette (through next Sunday); Bit O' Woods Farm Dressage Show, 2207 Fostertown Rd., Hainesport; Tinicum Park Polo, 963 River Rd., Erwinna, Pa.(1 mile from New Jersey over the Frenchtown bridge, 2 p.m. start, tinicumpolo.org).
Next Sunday: Delaware Valley Horsemen's Association Jumper Show, DVHA Showgrounds, Route 604, Sergeantsville; Orange County Dressage Association Show, Sussex County Fairgrounds, Plains Road, Augusta; Centerline Farm Hunter/Equitation Schooling Show, Route 517 (north of the Fairmount light), Tewksbury; Chestnut Ridge Equestrian Center Dressage Show, 260 Millstone Rd., Perrineville; Colts Neck Polo, Buck Mills Park, Colts Neck (2 p.m. start, coltsneckpolo.com).
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Motherland originally began as a t-shirt store over a decade ago, its title taking a clever political reference, as the initial store created Soviet-inspired t-shirt designs. But like any passion project, it is meant to evolve. And a store with such a following also needs to grow up with its customer. Thus, more recently, Lawrence and his partner David Chiang began to create their in-house line, National Standards. Their line is complete with a variety of well-fitting oxfords, cotton shirts, and chino pants. "Although we no longer use such obvious Socialist images, we stick to the original idea of design for the masses," they explain. This means locally made clothes that are an easy fit for any kind of body shape.
National Standards' fall line has already begun to arrive, and it's more subtle, with understated thin stripes and small checks in bold colors. This new flagship location also carries Alternative Apparel, Ambiguous, Insight, and Jedidiah, each a notable brand for their graphic design or quality fabrics, which, fundamentally is what Motherland has always been about.
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Orbea opens its doors to a whole new series of road bikes. This coming 2011, Orbea will release the Onix TLT and Onix T105 models. Both bikes use Orbea's carbon bronze and stops/cable guides all in 7000 aluminum materials. The two carry the same frame, integrated 1 1/8" headset, Orbea carbon seat post and a Selle Italia SL flow saddle.
Onix TLT has an Orbea Orca fork, Orbea carbon ALU stem, and Orbea Wing ALU handlebars. It uses Shimano Ultegra products, Vittoria Rubino 700×23 tires or Mavic Aksium Black. Orbea's Onix TLT is available in White-Red or Carbon-White with a retail price of $2,099.
The second model for 2011 is the Onix T105. It features Shimano 105 products (including Shimano WH-R500 Black wheelset) with Vittoria Zafiro 700×23 tires, Orbea AC for the fork and Orbea ALU Pro for its stem and handlebars. Onix T105 comes in White-Blue or White-Silver colors with a retail price of $2,099.


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By Jonah Goldberg
President Obama has several stated ambitions for his presidency. He wants it to be "transformative." He wants to unite Americans of all parties. He wants to build an economy from the middle class out (whatever that means), and he wants to help what you might call the domestic refugees of America's economic transformation.
The thought came to me when a friend pointed me to a column by the Washington Post's Courtland Milloy about how blacks are fleeing baseball at an alarming rate. Today, only 8 percent of the baseball players are black. In 1959, black participation was more than twice as high at 17 percent. In 1975, the high-water mark, the rate was 27 percent.
The reasons for the decline are many and controversial, but one cited by Milloy is that baseball is a game taught by fathers, while basketball and football are more often taught by peers in pickup games.
Gerald Hall Jr., the director of a youth baseball program in Washington, D.C., told Milloy: "If you did a survey, I believe you'd find that the one thing average and above-average players have in common is a father. Baseball is, at heart, a father-and-son sport. And if you're a kid that has nobody to throw to, nobody to talk to, nobody to discipline you in the way that baseball demands, you're not likely to play the game."
Although it's certainly true that the kids of some single parents can do very well, particularly if those solo parents have the financial or social resources to carry the load (just look at Obama's own childhood), it is also the case that as a generalization, kids from single-parent homes do worse. In other words, it may be better to have one good parent than two bad parents, but it's indisputably better to have two good parents.
Put aside the arguments about traditional "family values." The simple fact is that two parents who wait to have kids will have more time and money to invest in their kids, and the kids will benefit as a result. Single moms with two jobs don't have time to play catch with, or teach the infield fly rule to, their kids.
The decline of marriage among low- and middle-income Americans is a crisis afflicting all ethnicities. But among prosperous whites, marriage is doing pretty well. And the evidence has steadily mounted that marriage is a big source of that prosperity.
Fewer than 1 in 10 births to college-educated women happen outside of wedlock, according to the group Child Trends, while for women with high school degrees or less, the number is close to 6 out of 10.
As Richard Ralph Banks demonstrates in "Is Marriage for White People?," the same cannot be said of blacks. Contrary to widespread perceptions, marriage is not all that popular among middle- and upper-class blacks either. Black women, Banks reports, long for traditional family structures, but black men — even college-educated black men — for a variety of complex reasons are more ambivalent about it.
As Moynihan learned, speaking honestly about the state of the black family is politically explosive, even when done with the best of intentions. But if there is one person in America with the moral and political standing to have a transformative and beneficial impact on that conversation, it's Barack Obama, a dedicated father and the most successful black man in American history. Nixon went to China. Maybe Obama can go to black America for something more than votes every four years.
Jonah Goldberg is an editor of the National Review.


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On Sept. 22, Maasai Women's Education and Empowerment Program (MWEEP) held a fundraiser at the Jewel Box Community Theatre.
Six Kitsap County women comprise the board of directors of this local nonprofit. Our mission is to provide funds for young Kenyan girls to go to school as an option for families, rather than early (age 12-15) marriage and pregnancy.
This fundraiser was a huge leap of faith for us, but it was made so much easier due to the support from Jewel Box staff, Judy Broeking in particular, who went above and beyond to give us all the assistance we needed. But this endeavor would have gone nowhere were it not for the support of this community. Local businesses and generous citizens made donations, and generous guests opened their hearts and wallets. The musical "Gypsy" was icing on the cake.
I can't say "Thank you" loud enough to show our appreciation for your generosity. You gave to young faces you don't know, you put smiles on those faces, and you have made our world a better place.
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In an email to his colleagues Tuesday, Lansing City Council President Brian Jeffries said he hoped to name the committee chairs and members when the body meets as Committee of the Whole.
Vice President Kathie Dunbar will select the chairs and members of the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Public Services as part of an agreement brokered to end the deadlock over electing leadership.
Jeffries said Monday he was waiting for Dunbar to finalize her selections.
Since City Charter gives the council president sole responsibility for making the assignments, Jeffries will name the makeup of each three-member committee.
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AGREEMENT made as of May___, 2001, by and between Levitt and Sons, Inc., a Maryland corporation having its principal office at 7777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33434 (the "Employer"), and Elliott M. Wiener, having an address at 5730 Northwest 42(nd) Court, Boca Raton, Florida 33496 (the "Employee").
WHEREAS, the Employer is desirous of the services of the Employee as herein provided, and
WHEREAS, the Employee is willing to perform such services hereunder;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, it is mutually covenanted and agreed as follows:
1. Employment. The Employer hereby employs the Employee and the Employee hereby accepts employment, and agrees to devote his best efforts and substantially all of his business time and attention, except during vacation periods (which shall not be less than 20 days in each calendar year) and period of illness or other disability, to the business of the Employer.
2. Term. The term of this Agreement shall commence as of January 1, 2002 and shall continue to and including December 31, 2005 except as otherwise herein provided. From and after December 31, 2005, the term shall automatically be extended from year to year for one year unless either party provides notice not to so extend this Agreement, which notice, if given, must first be given at least six months prior to December 31, 2005 and thereafter must be given at least six months prior to the end of the term as same may have been extended hereby.
3. Compensation. The Employer agrees to pay the Employee and the Employee agrees to accept the following compensation and benefits during his term of employment:
|Base salary shall be paid at the annual rate of $400,000. Such salary shall be payable in accordance with the normal payroll practices of the Employer.
|It is the objective that the Employer is to achieve on an annual basis, at least a fifteen percent (15%) after tax return on equity for each fiscal year of the Employer ("Objective Return"). After the annual certified audit of the Employer has been prepared by the Employer's independent certified accountants and it is determined that the Employer has obtained the Objective Return in such fiscal year, then an incentive compensation shall be paid to Employee within thirty (30) days of such determination in an amount to be determined by mutual written agreement of Employee and the Chairman of the Board of the Employer ("Incentive Compensation").
In the event that the controlling interest in the Employer is sold to a third party not affiliated with Levitt Corporation, then the parties hereby agree that for purposes of the Incentive Compensation payable from and after the date of such sale, the parties shall utilize the methodology for computing the Incentive Compensation during the last fiscal year immediately prior to such sale in order to determine the methodology for computing Incentive Compensation from and after the sale.
|Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to impact that certain Levitt Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan and Split Dollar Agreement for Elliott Wiener dated December 23, 1993 ("Deferred Compensation
|Agreement") which Deferred Compensation Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
In addition, the Employee shall be entitled to such group life insurance, retirement, medical insurance, hospitalization, vacation, disability, and similar employee benefit plans as may exist for the benefit of Employer's executive officers generally ("perquisites").
4. Expenses. The Employee shall be reimbursed for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by him attributable to and in furtherance of the Employer's business, upon submission of reasonable itemized vouchers therefor.
5. Duties and Covenants. The employee is engaged as President, and Chief Executive Officer of the Employer and is to perform such duties and services as may be assigned to him from time to time by the Board of Directors or principal executive officers of the Employer and shall observe the by-laws and policies of the Employer from time to time promulgated by the Board of Directors and principal executive officers thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Employee be required to perform services not commensurate with his office. The Employee agrees that he will devote his entire business time, attention and best efforts and will not engage in any conduct detrimental in any material respect to the business and affairs of the Employer and its affiliates, and will not engage or be interested in any capacity, directly or indirectly, in any other business activity during the term of the Agreement; provided, however, that the Employee may continue to maintain his investment in the partnership developing Cascade Lakes. Nothing contained in this paragraph 5 shall prevent the Employee from investing in passive equity interests in real estate provided such investments are not inconsistent with Employee's responsibilities hereunder, or holding stock (less than 3% of the outstanding) in any public corporation. In no event (including removal from office under
paragraph 6 below) shall the Employer directly or indirectly require the Employee to relocate his principal residence outside of South Florida. Employee understands that the corporate plan for succession of the corporate officers is of significant importance to the Employer in order to provide for the continued success of the business of the Employer and as such the Employee accepts this responsibility and shall make his best efforts to accomplish this objective.
The Employee agrees that during the term of this Agreement and at all times thereafter, he will not, without the Employer's prior written consent, divulge, furnish or make accessible to any third party (other than in the regular course of business of the Employer or its subsidiaries or as required by law or valid legal process) any non-public, confidential information of or concerning the Employer or its affiliates.
Inasmuch as the Employee's breach or attempted breach of any provision of this paragraph 5 would cause grave damage to the Employer or its affiliates not measurable in money damages, the Employer shall, in addition to all other remedies, be entitled to a temporary and permanent injunction and/or a decree for specific performance of the terms of this paragraph 5, without being required to furnish any bond or other security or to show any actual damages. If any provision of this paragraph 5 shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be construed so as to be narrowed to the least extent necessary to make such provision valid and enforceable.
6. Termination. (a) This Agreement shall be terminable by the Employer only upon the Employee's death, in the event of such physical or mental disability or illness of the Employee as prevents his performance of the duties incident to this employment for a period of no less than three (3) consecutive months or an aggregate of 120 days in any period of twelve
(12) months ("disability"), for cause (as hereafter defined) or as provided below. For purposes of this Agreement "cause" shall mean:
(i) gross or willful misconduct, gross negligence or material failure to perform Employee's duties under this Agreement (which gross negligence or material failure shall have an adverse effect on the Employer's business and shall either not be curable or, if curable, shall continue uncured for more than 15 days after the Employee's receipt of written notice setting forth with particularity such misconduct); or
(ii) conviction of a felony or act of fraud or dishonesty.
In connection with any termination hereunder, all amounts owing and accrued to the Employee on the date of termination shall be paid promptly to the Employee upon termination,
(b) Upon the death of the Employee during the Term, the Employee's beneficiary(ies) shall receive any Incentive Compensation determined to be due in accordance with Paragraph 3(b) for the fiscal year in which such death occurs.
7. Notices. Any notice in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and personally delivered, sent by overnight delivery service or sent by registered or certified mail to the addressee at its or his address set forth above, or to such other address(es) as either party may designate by like written notice to each other.
8. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto, their respective heirs, administrators, successors and assigns, and shall inure to benefit of and be binding upon the Employer, its affiliates, and their successors and assigns.
9. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes any prior employment agreements or understandings between them. It may not be changed, waived, extended or terminated orally, but only by a writing signed by the party against
whom enforcement of any change, waive, extension or termination is sought. The headings herein have been inserted for convenience only, and are not to be part of this Agreement.
10. Governing Law, Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida. Any and all suits, legal actions or proceedings missing out of this Agreement shall be brought in the court of competent jurisdiction in Palm Beach, Florida, and the parties irrevocably waive any objection to such choice of venue.
|/s/ John E. Abdo,
|John E. Abdo, Chairman of the Board
|/s/ Elliott M. Wiener
|Elliott M. Wiener


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You just took a tour of a hotel and have your heart set on Ballroom X, so that your breakout sessions will be conveniently located just around the corner with breathtaking views of the city. You run back to your boss with the information and convince him to sign the sign the contract set before him, outlining your upcoming convention agreements, but with no mention of Ballroom X or rooms-with-a-view. But you saw them, right? They were promised as yours, right?
Not necessarily, and I'm here today to tell you that you must negotiate to have your preferred room locations listed so there are no surprises in the planning or execution stages.
While hotel contracts are binding, they're also meant to accommodate your group in the best possible space given the information provided, and do not always promise specific space. In other words, often times you won't see the names of ballrooms or meeting space on your contract. Rather, you'll see a timetable, chart or grid outlining the time, date, number of people, set-up, and room rental. This is the challenge that faces me as I explain to my diligent planners that we have promised to provide space that will work, not necessarily which space.
With this in mind, take time during the initial site tour to probe the expert as to what space is available during your preferred dates, if that space is subject to change, and if you can be granted your preferred space in contract documentation. The answer won't always be yes (due to hotel business demands that simply aren't always flexible), but it's worth a try. Perhaps the booking window is short and you are a long-distance planner and a site tour isn't an option; however, the hotel has the right location, rate and accommodations to fit your group needs. In this case, you have to trust that you are in good hands with the contract and may not have a strong case for assigned, contracted space.
For more information about negotiating with hotels, read RFP Sourcing and Best Practices, Tip 11: Leveraging Relationships with eRFP Technology.


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My renewal came through from HIC, it's more than last year!
So I'm switching to Adrian Flux
My renewal came through from HIC, it's more than last year!
So I'm switching to Adrian Flux
Renewals are ALLWAYS more whatever company your with.
Ring round and they will beat it.
They are all in it to make money or they wouldnt be around and in bussiness
Yeah the thing is last yeah I had to go TPFT as I couldn't afford the full comp, and the renewal for TPFT was more expensive than Adrian Flux full comp, so I'm going with them,,,, Doubt HIC will match that some how!Originally Posted by lee may
I was with HIC for 3 years as they where the only ones who would insure my 16v GTE for sensible money, seemed to average £400 for TPFT each year.
BUT once I hit the big 30 they majors started to talk sensible money and I got the astra insured with AXA for £380 full comp (5 year NCD) HIC still want £430 for TPFT!
These days I have my Turbo Coupe (Opel!) insured with Direct Line for £500 fully comp(full discount 33yrs old 0 points).
The moral? check, recheck and double recheck every year as one little change in your circumstance (or age!!) can suddenly make you more accetable to the big boys ,obviously if your running a highly modded car your proberly going to be stuck with the specialists
i pay 1750 fully comp with pass plus on my cav 2.0 16v im 19 but got the insurance at 18
i have since claimed so i will be looking at the wrong side of 3 grand next year
but i highly recomend pass plus cost me 60 quid and saved me thousands literally
long live cavaliers
This is madness. So what does a 20 year old with a Mk2 GTE 16v pay, fully comp, with 3 years NCB?
OK so I'm nearly 30 now, but when I had mine (when I was 20) it was, from memory, £582.00, only went up slightly with the courtenay cams and stuff.
My Nova 1.3SR @ 17 was £342.00 fully comp with no NCB as a first car. It wasn't even £400 with the twin 40's on when I was 18.
Has the world gone totally mad and why are you people paying such stupid amounts?
I admit my cars were garaged which makes a difference.
Jasovanooo: how much is the cav worth? Spec/age etc? Must be very new (and worth a lot) to be worth paying £1750 AND making a claim on.
i was with adrian flux and they quoted me 1400 for tft thats for a 26yr with 4 yrs no claims on a group 20 rx7 type r. did some phoning around found this company called insurance factory and they quoted me 1150 fully comp!! when i was 21 i had the astra and was payin nearly 2.5k on it,that was adrian flux too. it was my first car though and didnt have any ncd
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Does anyone know if they cover cars with nitrous fitted?
Adrian Flux is our main insurer but it's always good to know a few more.
Wizards of NOS Agent.
Originally Posted by juggz
Do you have the number for "Insurance factory" ??
If you always tell the truth, people will stop believing you!
http://www.iconperformance.co.uk/ - Vauxhall Specialist Tel 07962398027
i have used hic, they are superb. will be going back to them once i get me nova back on the road
HIC are the way forward !!! i had a camper they were great, i had a cav gsi, they were very cheap. i had a standard ford escort and they screwed me over. I got a cav turbo and it is cheaper then my cav gsi cool hu.
the only bad thing about them is the 18minute calls but ring them after 7pm and you will get the best quotes..
Rolling in a green Mk3 Astra... AUTO!
Originally Posted by BeansGsi
Why do you get better quotes after 7pm
If you always tell the truth, people will stop believing you!
http://www.iconperformance.co.uk/ - Vauxhall Specialist Tel 07962398027
I think he was saying call them after 7pm and you'll get a shorter call. But if you call them you'll get better quotes (than elsewhere).Originally Posted by jav786
08700 270849 mon/fri 9-8 sat 9-4,let us know what the say-jOriginally Posted by jav786
I've used HIC for 4yrs with various motors & always got good deals. £210:00 TPFT at the moment on my 16V GTE.
might give them a try when my insurance is up for renewal (nov). it's a bit hard getting quotes on a cav v6 when under 21 cus it's over 2.0l.
if you're reading this and haven't passed your test yet, i'd advice to do pass plus, cost me £100. some firms only took £50-80 off but norwich union took £1000 off
Just had my renual quote from HIC and it was £876 full comp on my 1992 calibra turbo.Got a quote from performance direct £532 fully comp I only used HIC for my Renault 5 turbo as i wanted an agreed value,and as i have taken it off the road to strip it down to a bare shell and re build it i wasnt willing to pay the quote.When i switched my pollicy over from the renault to the calibra it cost me £80+admistration.
21, 2yrs NCB, 130bhp 2ltr nova everything declaired, £450, flux.
I am Neil, im 22, i have 2, one is longer then the other and one is more powerful, i know how to use them both.
was with flux with my nova 2litre 16v alloy seats stereo full body kit seats and loads of other bits 1 years no claims flux was £1180 tpft hic £850 tpft hic was with agreed valuation and breakdown cover
i recommend them to any one 22 gost me just over £1000 full comp with all my mods car worth £5000 drive any vehicle therd party 90 days green card track days and all the other bit and bobs
I found HIC to be V good. Fiat Punto (easy now, only driving it cos its cheap to run while I do up my MK2 Astra!) 1.7 Turbo Diesel, Full com, business Insurance, drive any car. £24 a month. Admittedly, I'm 30 with 5ncd, but I think its good. Only downside is you spend ages waiting to get through to them. Still reccommended.
Can anyone help??? i need a company that ask for point only for the last 3 years rather than 5 years anyone know of any???
Greenlight are 3 years not 5 years
Originally Posted by Vaux Crayzee
well one thing that i have noticed is that your insurance is alot cheaper than us in nothen ireland the last quote i got at age 20 for a gp3 corsa valuaed at £500 and but i had 4 ponts was 2500 TPFT now i think we get it a hell of alot harder than yourselvs lol im on the hunt now for a good modified insurers as i hae no points and want to but my modded nova on the road when shes finished but i dont want to be payin over 3 or 4g for it. so if ya know any good insures that cover nothern ireland give me a shout. i v been told flux dose so they will get a call but any others would be cool, cheers lee
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Sunshine will dominate Iowa this morning, with increasing clouds late today. Highs in the lower to middle 50s will be likely around Des Moines and areas south and west.
We will head into the middle 50s for Friday and Saturday, with low 50s likely on Sunday.
The best chance for rain over the weekend will be during the day on Saturday. A rain and snow mix will be possible by Sunday night, especially south and west of Des Moines.
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It's been horrid coming to terms with Linda Ness' death, her family said.
One granddaughter has clung to her parents, asking questions they don't know how to answer.
Oddly, though, it's been easy to decide how to say good-bye to the woman who was killed in a Sunday night robbery in the Hess convenience store along the Carlisle Pike that has led to the arrest of four suspects.
Ness had such a distinctive personality that deciding how to plan her funeral and burial has been instinctive, Ness' daughter-in-law Susan Peiffer said Wednesday.
Take pigs, for instance.
Ness loved them. The 55-year-old Carlisle woman collected them for years.
"Stuffed animals, ceramic pigs, wind chimes, everything pigs," Peiffer said.
So, a black, pearl cremation bench will have an etched outline of a pig encircling Ness' dates of birth and death.
Then, there's the memorial prayer that will be said, along with the Lord's Prayer, during the funeral. "Do not stand at my grave and weep. I am not there. I do not sleep," the prayer begins.
"It just sounds like something Linda would say," Peiffer said.
Neither the Peiffers, Ness' 89-year-old mother nor other family will have to pay for basic funeral expenses. Peiffer said Hess is picking up those fees.
But there are other costs the family will face in putting Ness to rest. For that, memorial contributions will be accepted during a viewing on Saturday in Carlisle, where Ness lived for nearly her entire life.
Employees at the Hess station on Carlisle Pike in Silver Spring Twp. are collecting donations for the family, too. They also have set up a memorial inside the front window of the store.
The shrine is just a few feet from where Ness took her last breath late Sunday night.
Silver Spring police said 19-year-old Tyler Mitchell Bradshaw of Upper Allen Twp., told them he conspired with three others to rob the station: Christian Davon Conway, 20, also of Upper Allen; Shante Bruce Rice, 19, of Mechanicsburg; and Brandon Mathna, 17, of Carlisle.
Police said Bradshaw admitted shooting Ness with a .22-caliber handgun and Conway admitted scouting the store before the botched robbery and driving the getaway car. All are charged with homicide and robbery.
Peiffer said police told her the bullet hit Ness in the neck, hit her collarbone, then broke into fragments, one of which cut an artery.
An autopsy is expected to recover bullet fragments that could be matched to the gun Bradshaw told police he used.
Finding the weapon — and the suspects — was a task made easier by civilian tips that came to police within hours of the shooting. Police said a girlfriend of one of the suspects had the gun in her Carlisle home.
"Bryan and I want to express our gratitude to everybody involved in finding who killed Linda, and the one suspect's girlfriend for coming forward. We appreciate all of their thoughts and we are thanking them for everything," Peiffer said.