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The Poem of Pentaur is the official Egyptian record (along with The Bulletin) of the military victory of Ramesses II (also known as Ramesses The Great) over the Hittite King Muwatalli II at the Battle of Kadesh in 1274 BCE (in modern-day Syria). So proud was Ramesses of this campaign that he had the poem, which details his personal valor against overwhelming odds, inscribed on the walls of temples at Abydos, Luxor, Karnak, Abu Simbel and in his Ramesseum.
The Hittite account of the battle differs significantly in that Muwatalli II also claimed a great victory at Kadesh. Although it is generally understood today that the battle was probably a draw, scholars still form sides and argue total victory for either the Hittites or the Egyptians. As there are no independent accounts of the Battle of Kadesh it is unlikely that a definitive conclusion as to who actually won the conflict will ever be reached. Early scholars followed the lead of James Henry Breasted who, in 1903, interpreted the Poem as literal, historical truth and, in so doing, passed on Ramesses account of the Battle of Kadesh as fact. It was not until the clay copy of the Hittite version of the battle was found in the city of Hattusa in Asia Minor that the Egyptian claim in the Poem was challenged. The fact that the Hittites continued to occupy the city of Kadesh after the battle (and harried trade caravans from that site) supports the Hittite claim to victory in that Ramesses was unable to drive his opponents from the area and take the city. Even so, that Ramesses and his army drove the enemy from the field, inflicting heavy casualties (a claim which can be supported by both accounts) and returned with his forces more or less intact to Egypt, supports the Egyptian claim to victory.
The Battle of Kadesh and the ensuing skirmishes between the Hittite and Egyptian forces led, finally, to the world's first peace treaty in 1258 BCE in which Ramesses II of Egypt and Hattusili III of the Hittites promised to respect each other's boundaries and not make war against their brother king. The following excerpts from the poem are from the walls of the Karnak Temple as translated by James Henry Breasted:
Here beginneth THE VICTORY OF THE KING OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT USIMARE`RE`SETPENRE`, the Son of RE`RA`MESSE-MIAMUN, given life eternally, which he achieved in the land of Khatti, Nahrin, in the land of Arzawa, in Pidasa, in the land of Dardany, in the land of Masa, in the land of Karkisha and Luka, in Charcamesh, Kedy, the land of Kadesh, in the land of Ugarit, Mushanet. Now his majesty was a youthful lord, active and without his peer; his arms powerful, his heart stout, his strength like Mont at his moment; goodly of form like Atum, one rejoices at seeing his beauty; great of victory over all foreign countries, one knows not when he will begin to fight; a strong wall about his army, their shield on the day of fighting; a bowman without his like; he is braver than hundreds of thousands combined; going ahead and entering in among multitudes, his heart trusting in his strength; powerful of heart in the hour of close combat; like a fir at its time of consuming; firm of heart like a bull ready upon the battlefield; he cares not for all lands combined; a thousand men are unable to stand firm before him; hundreds of thousands are discomfitted at beholding him; inspiring fear; loud of roarings in the hearts of all lands; great of majesty and powerful of renown like Sutekh; ... in the hearts of foreigners; like a savage lion in the valley of desert animals; advancing bravely and returning only when he has triumphed face to face; not speaking boastfully; effective of counsel and good of plan; one finds what one needs through his first reply; saving his army on the day of fighting; [great protector of] his chariotry; bringing home his followers and King of Upper and Lower Egypt Usimare`- setpenre`, the Son of Re`,Ra`messe-miamun, given life.
Now His Majesty had made ready his infantry and his chariotry, and the Sherden of His Majesty's capturing whom he had brought back by the victory of his strong arm; supplied with all their weapons, and the plan of fighting having been given to them. His Majesty journeyed northward, his infantry and his chariotry with him, and he made a good beginning upon the march in Year 5, second month of the summer season, day 9. His majesty passed the fortress of Tjel, being powerful like Mont in his going forth, all foreign countries trembling before him and their chiefs bringing their gifts, all those who were disaffected being come bowing down through fear of His Majesty's might. His army went along the narrow defiles like one which is upon the roads of Egypt. Now when days had passed over these things His Majesty was in Ra`messe-miamun, the town which is in the Valley of the Cedar. And His Majesty proceeded northward. But when His Majesty had reached the hill country of Kadesh, then His Majesty went ahead like Mont, the lord of Thebes,and he crossed the ford of the `rnt'1) with the first army of Amun-gives-victory-to- Usima`re-setpenre`. His Majesty arrived at the town of Kadesh, and now the wretched Fallen one of Kadesh was come and had collected together all the foreign countries as far as the end of the sea; the entire land of Khatti was come, that of Nahrin likewise, that of Arzawa, Dardany, that of Karkisha, Luka, Kizzuwadna, Carchemish, Ugarit, Kedy, the entire land of Nukhashshe, Mushanet, Kadesh; he left no foreign country not to bring it of every distant land, their chiefs there with him; every man with his infantry and their chariotry exceeding many, without limit of the like of them. They covered mountains and valleys and they were like the locust by reason of their multitude. He left no silver in his land, he stripped it of all its possessions and gave them to all the foreign countries in order to bring them with him to fight.
Now the wretched one of Khatti, together with many foreign countries which were with him, stood concealed and ready to the northeast of the town of Kadesh, but His Majesty was alone by himself with his followers, the army of Amun marching after him, the army of Pre` crossing the ford in the neighborhood south of the town of Shabtuma at a distance of 1 iter from where His Majesty was, the army of Ptah being to the south of the town of Aronoma and the army of Sutekh marching along the road, and His town of Aronoma and the army of Sutekh marching along the road, and His Majesty had made the first battle-force out of all the leaders of his army, and they were upon the shore of the land of Amor. But the wretched Chief of Khatti stood in the midst of the army which was with him and did not come out to fight through fear of His Majesty. But he had sent men and horses exceeding many and multitudionous like the sand, and they were three men on a chariot and they were equipped with all weapons of warfare. They had been made to stand concealed behind the town of Kadesh, and now they came forth from the south side of Kadesh and broke into the army of Pre` in its midst as they were marching and did not know nor were they prepared to fight.
Thereupon the infantry and the chariotry of His Majesty were discomfited before them, but His Majesty stood firm to the north of the town of Kadesh an the western side of the `r-n-t' [see reference to 1)]. Then they came to tell it to His Majesty. Then His Majesty appeared in glory like his father Mont, he assumed the accoutrements of battle, and girded himself with his corslet, he was like Ba`al in his hour, the great horse which bore His Majesty being Victory-in-Thebes of the great stable of Usimare`re`-setpenre`, beloved of Amun.
Thereupon the wretched chief of Khatti sent and did homage to my name like that of Re', saying `Thou art Sutekh, Ba'al in person. The dread of thee is a brand in the land of Khatti.' Then he caused to come his envoy bearing a letter in his hand in the great name of My Majesty, of the Residence of Re'-Harakhati The-Strong-Bull- beloved-of-Truth, sovereign who protects his army, mighty on account of his strong arm, a wall for his soldiers on the day of fighting, the King of Upper and LowerEgypt Usimare`re`-setpenre`, the Son of Re`, lion lord of the strong arm Ra`messe-miamun, given life eternally. `Thy servant speaks and causes it to be known that thou art the Son of Re who came forth from his body. He has given to thee all lands combined in one place. As for the land of Egypt and the land of Khatti, thine they are, thy servants, they are under thy feet. Pre` thy noble father has given them to thee. Prevail not over us. Behold, thy might is great, thy strength is heavy upon the land of Khatti. Is it good that thou killest thy servants, thy face savage towards them, and hast no pity? See, thou didst spend yesterday killing hundreds of thousands. Thou art come today and hast left no heirs. Be not hard in thy dealings, victorious king. Peace is better than fighting. Give us breath.
...Then Thy Majesty gave command to hearken to his words and I made a move peacefully southwards.His Majesty turned back in peace to Egypt together with his infantry and his chariotry, all life, stability and dominion being with him,
Reaching Egypt in peace to Pi-Ra`messe-miamun-Great- of-Victories, and resting in his palace of life and dominion like Re` who is in his horizon, the gods of this land coming to him worshipping and saying, `Welcome, our beloved son, the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Usima`re`-setpenre`, the Son of Re`Ra`messe-miamun and they gave to him millions of Sed-festivals forever on the throne of Re`, all the lands and all the foreign countries being fallen prostrate beneath his sandals for eternity and everlasting.


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NIAGARA FALLS -- City residents packed City Council chambers Tuesday to push for fiscal discipline and a budget that doesn't include layoffs or an 8 percent tax hike.
And while many challenged the city to live within its means, one budget item residents want restored is funding for the Earl W. Brydges Public Library.
Mayor Paul A. Dyster's proposed budget includes a decrease of $100,000 in library funding, a cut that would bring total city funding for the library down to $1.7 million.
Library leaders say that cut would likely end a new program that provides healthy activities for city teens, and it could also mean the end of three positions at the library.
"I've been able to see the incredible impact that center is having on our young people ... so that they can develop into positive residents and hopefully help combat this population bleed we've been dealing with for many, many decades," said Frank T. Croisdale, who runs the Niagara Rises non-profit that works to combat juvenile delinquency.
A few dozen children accompanied library leaders to the first row of Council chambers, where they held signs in support of restoring the funding.
"Kids have been doing a lot of bad stuff recently," one teen told the council. "If you cut the library, that's just cutting another place for kids to do [good] stuff, because there's not much for kids to do in Niagara Falls."
City resident Ken Hamilton, a former library board member, said the library helped him choose his future career.
"I grew up poor and motherless, and my window into the world was the Carnegie building of the Niagara Falls Public Library," Hamilton said. "It's part of the reason I joined the Navy, to see all the places I had read about at the library."
One resident questioned where the funds for the library would come from, and noted the 2013 budget does include $125,000 worth of improvements to the library's parking lot and surrounding sidewalks.
But Hamilton said the library benefits the poorest members of the Niagara Falls community, many who come off the street.
"It is a respite, it is an oasis in the middle of the city, and when they're in there, it is a glimmer of hope that they can open up a book and escape the existence that they live while they're turning those pages … and we have to keep that," Hamilton said.
A final decision on the library's funding is expected near the end of the month after the City Council amends the proposed budget.
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Pizzeria Bianco among best pizza joints in US
PHOENIX - Pizza is a common staple of the American diet, but there's a place in Phoenix that has one of the best in the country.
According to Thrillist, Pizzeria Bianco in the Valley of the Sun has one best pizzas in the nation.
If you're looking to eat pizza soon, the people over at Thrill List recommend you try Pizzeria Bianco's "The Rosa."
The Rosa: red onions, pistachios, Parmigiano-Reggiano, and a whisper of rosemary. Sounds simple enough, if a little odd, but the whole is much greater than the sum of its parts.
Some of the best pizzas nationwide came from Austin, Texas, Boston, Mass. and Oakland, Calif.
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We are in the process of collecting our favorite recipes into the Spyderco Forum Cookbook.
It was all started by psimonl when he asked "What is your fastest favorite recipe?"
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Share your favorite gastric creations with the rest of the family and be immortalized in one of the great books of all time! (OK that was over the top, but you get the idea)
Every few days I'll collect them from this thread and add them to the Spyderco Forum Cookbook.
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The cookbook is in PDF format and the filename will remain unchanged as I add new recipes. To check the version against your local copy, look at the date on the bottom of any page.
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The Muskogee chapter of the American Red Cross needs help.
The charity has helped scores of families in the past six months. During the past six months, the chapter has provided nearly $34,000 in financial assistance to families that have survived 65 disasters in a three-county area. The chapter needs funds to help more families.
"We get some money from United Way, but we really rely a lot on local contributions," said Tracy Blair, a member of the American Red Cross advisory board in Muskogee.
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Donations may be sent to the American Red Cross, 566 N. Sixth St., Muskogee OK 74401. To learn more about opportunities to volunteer, call (918) 682-1366.


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Morris County Administrator John Bonnani notified former Prosecutor Robert Bianchi this week he no longer will receive a county paycheck, according to the Daily Record.
Bonnani told the newspaper the Attorney General's office advised in an email on Friday that Bianchi, a resident of Morris Plains, was not necessarily entitled to pay even though his successor has not yet been approved by the New Jersey Senate, contrary to the county's initial interpretation of the law. Bianchi was earning around $3,100 a week, the newspaper reported.
Bianchi was on the payroll for about a month after the Attorney General's office took over the Morris County Prosecutor's Office on Dec. 14 at Gov. Chris Christie's request.
The "supersession" effectively ousted Bianchi, a Democratic appointee whose five-year term was up in June, and installed attorney Fredric Knapp, a Republican, as acting prosecutor after the Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee never considered Christie's nomination of Knapp. Democrats have said the takeover was shocking, and Bianchi has filed a lawsuit challenging the state's actions.
Knapp, a Randolph resident and founding partner of the law firm Knapp, Trimboli & Prusinowski in Florham Park, is Christie's pick to be the next county prosecutor. The New Jersey Senate voted down the nomination in December to make a statement, but the governor's office said the vote was "partisan theater" and Knapp would be renominated in the new year.
A post on the law firm's website dated Monday says it has dropped Knapp's name from the firm's name because of his new role:
On December 14, Fred Knapp, was sworn in as a Deputy Attorney General and placed in charge of the Morris County Prosecutor's Office. Fred's nomination to become the Morris County Prosecutor was submitted to the New Jersey State Senate for a vote in June 2012; however, a vote was not taken at that time. In December, the Governor's Office superseded the holdover Prosecutor and placed Fred Knapp in charge of the office.
We are happy to see Fred succeed in obtaining this position and we wish him the best of luck in fulfilling the position's duties.
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Bill Kozak and Brandon Walters scored 19 points apiece Saturday, leading top-seeded host Sidney to a 71-48 boys basketball defeat of No. 4 Oxford in a Midstate Athletic Conference 1-4 Tournament semifinal.
Damian Zimmer contributed 13 points for the Warriors (16-1), who took a 36-23 lead into halftime after outscoring the Blackhawks, 23-11, in the second quarter. Walters hit two of his three three-point field goals en route to nine points in the period, when Kozak scored six.
"We made one little defensive switch and that changed the whole complexion of the game," said Sidney coach Mike Brazee, who put Hunter Sowersby on Oxford's Paul Wonka in the second quarter. "Wonka scored six of his 12 points in the first quarter, so we put a little more quickness on him with Sowersby. He couldn't penetrate and get to the basket anymore, and that changed everything."
Walters, who guarded Wonka in the first quarter, also had nine rebounds and six assists for Sidney, which beat Oxford, 50-45, on the road two weeks ago.
Andrew Golden's 18 points paced the Blackhawks, who will play the loser of Tuesday's semifinal between Greene and Unatego in the MAC 1-4 consolation game Wednesday.
Sidney will play Tuesday's winner in the MAC 1-4 championship game at 4 p.m. this Saturday at Oneonta State.
Sidney fell to Unatego, 43-39, in the 2012 MAC 1-4 final. The Warriors beat Unatego, 48-36, in the 2011 title game.
Margaretville 53, Stamford 42
Mitch Hull finished with 15 points and 17 rebounds to lead Margaretville to a Delaware League victory that clinched the Upper Delaware Division for the Blue Devils.
Margaretville (15-2) finished the DL season at 11-2, one game ahead of Stamford (13-4, 10-3) for the division championship. The Blue Devils advanced to the crossover for the first time since back-to-back appearances in 1995 and 1996, although the latter was not played because of flooding. They'll play Delaware Mountain Division winner South Kortright – their opponent in 1995 and 1996 – for the DL crown at 7:30 p.m. Friday at SUNY Delhi.
Kyle Short scored nine of his 14 points in the third quarter to help Margaretville extend its five-point halftime advantage to 12. All of Short's third-quarter points came from three-point range.
Stamford closed its deficit to four points with two minutes remaining, but Margaretville protected its lead by going 11-for-16 from the foul line in the fourth quarter.
Matt Anderson scored a game-high 16 points for Stamford, which awaits its seed for the upcoming Section Four Class D Tournament.
Oneonta 73, CF 41
Natalie Vanderlaan-Meyering and Mariah Ruff led Oneonta (15-1, 12-0) to a Southern Tier Athletic Conference road win that concluded the regular season for the state's third-ranked team in Class B.
Vanderlaan-Meyering finished with 18 points, 12 rebounds and five blocks for OHS, which received 13 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists from Ruff.
Ruff scored seven points in the first quarter and Vanderlaan-Meyering had six as the Jackets outscored Chenango Forks, 20-5.
Minnie Webster contributed 13 points for STAC East Division champion Oneonta, which will host a STAC Tournament semifinal against Binghamton or Maine-Endwell at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Michaela Transue (17 points) and Ashley Williams (12) sank four three-pointers apiece for the Blue Devils, who went 10-for-36 from behind the arc.
Davenport 55, H-T 47
Sarah Haight and Sam Maidens scored 16 points apiece as host Davenport earned a Delaware League victory.
Haight and Maidens had nine points apiece in the fourth quarter, when Davenport secured the victory with a 22-6 period. Maidens also grabbed 10 rebounds for Davenport (14-2, 11-2), who received 15 points from Cassie Wubbenhorst.
Sarah Murin had 13 points for Hunter-Tannersville, which received 11 points from Taylor Dart and 10 from Sam Dibbell.
Davenport coach Ray Preston is one win away from tying retired Red Hook coach John Kuhn's state record of 619 all-time victories.
"If and when the record falls, I guess maybe I'll think about it," Preston said. "We've got to go to Downsville on Monday, so that's our thought-process right now."
Upper Delaware Division champion Davenport closes its regular season at Downsville today, then plays undefeated South Kortright – the state's top-ranked team in Class D – in the DL crossover at 5:30 p.m. Friday at SUNY Delhi.
SK is 4-1 against Davenport in the last five crossovers, including the last three in a row.
Downsville 31, Gilboa 26
Kaileen Townsend scored a game-high 14 points and Ashley Bivens grabbed 15 rebounds as Downsville won at home in the Delaware League.
Townsend scored nine points in the fourth quarter, when she went 7-for-11 from the foul line to help the Eagles (8-8, 7-7) secure the victory.
Brooke Koerner's 10 points paced the Wildcats, who took a 13-11 lead into halftime.
Downsville hosts Davenport tonight.
Section Three Class C
Cooperstown's Aaron Idelson won the Section Three Class C diving championship Saturday at Mexico.
Idelson scored a personal-best 331.80 points with his 11 dives and placed sixth among Class B and C divers. Including Class A divers, who competed at a different venue, Idelson placed finished 11th overall in the section.
By finishing in the top 12, Idelson advanced to the Section Three State Qualifiers, which are set for this Saturday at Hamilton College.
Idelson will also compete with his Cooperstown teammates in the Section Three Class C Championship Swimming Meet on Thursday in New Hartford.
Section Four Championships
Three Oneonta High girls rolled 200 games Saturday at Mid-Way Lanes in Vestal as the Yellowjackets placed fourth out of seven teams during the Section Four Class B Championships.
Cami Cleveland's 216 paced OHS, which got a 213 from Caryn Balnis and a 204 from Amy Hait. Emily Loucks contributed a 196 and a 195 for the Jackets, who finished with a pinfall of 2,623.
Chenango Valley won the team title at 2,887, followed by Windsor (2,831) and Waverly (2,663).
Marina Mazzarella's 192 led Sidney to a fourth-place finish (2,297 pins) in the Class C championships, which was won by Watkins Glen. Sam Vandermark's 187 paced Walton, which finished last in the eight-team event with 1,662 pins.
Maya Cliffe's 438 series led Bainbridge-Guilford to a fifth in Class D, with 1,800 pins. Afton rounded out the seven-team tournament with 966. Elmira Notre Dame won at 2,326.


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Country Bank for Savings (Country Bank), Ware, Massachusetts, has contacted the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to report that counterfeit treasurers checks bearing the institution's name are in circulation. The items are reportedly associated with a sweepstakes scam and accompanied by a letter purportedly sent by Financial Reliance Inc., Niagara Falls, New York. The word "Niagara" is misspelled on the letter.
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"The supernatural stuff doesn't get to me anymore. But here's the movie that scared me the most in the last 12 or 13 years: The movie opens with a woman in late middle-age, sitting at a table and writing a story. And the story goes something like, then the branches creaked in the - and she stops, and she says to her husband: What are those things? I can't think of them. They're in the backyard, and they're very tall, and birds land on the branches. And he says, why, Iris, those are trees. And she says, yes, how silly of me. And she writes the word, and the movie starts. That's Iris Murdoch, and she's suffering the onset of Alzheimer's disease."
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There were nearly 10,000 fans disguised as empty seats on Saturday night at Mountaineer Field. What a game they missed.
In the words of West Virginia football coach Dana Holgorsen, Okla-homa made "one more play" to defeat the Mountaineers 50-49 in a thrilling Big 12 football game that included a combined 1,440 yards, 99 points, 62 first downs, 47 plays of more than 10 yards, and 14 touchdowns.
"I want to congratulate Oklahoma. They came in here and overcame some adversity," Holgorsen said. "They ended up making one more play than we did, which was the difference in the game."
West Virginia had rallied from a 10-0 deficit to tie the score at 10-10 in the second quarter. Oklahoma answered with a pair of touchdowns to build a 31-17 halftime lead, and still led 38-36 in the fourth.
The Mountaineers finally took the lead after Tavon Austin added to his record-breaking game with a 53-yard run, followed by two penalties on the same play by the Sooners, leading to an 8-yard scoring pass from Geno Smith to Stedman Bailey for the 43-38 lead.
Austin finished with a Big 12 record 572 all-purpose yards and a school record 344 yards on the ground, breaking the mark of 337 set in 2004 by Kay-Jay Harris. Normally a standout receiver and kickoff specialist, Holgorsen inserted the talented senior at tailback and watched him put on a sensational show.
"We haven't been able to run the ball, so we had to do something. Obviously, he goes for 344 yards," Holgorsen said. "He is a tremendous football player and was the best player on the field.
"In hindsight, we obviously should have done it prior to this. I felt good about our running back situation earlier in the year, but Tavon gave us some matchup situations where he could get the ball more."
That move certainly surprised Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops, whose Sooners allowed 778 yards on offense, and still won the game. It was the first time in school history that West Virginia lost a game when scoring at least 40 points.
"That's where it really hurt us," Stoops said. "Obviously, we weren't ready for it. It did really mess us up in what we were doing and how we needed to play."
The lead switched sides three more times over the next seven minutes, with Oklahoma finally getting the winning score on a 5-yard pass from Landry Jones to Kenny Stills, who stepped in front of Ishmael Banks and caught the pass in the end zone with 24 seconds left in the game.
While Jones set a school record with 554 yards passing, along with six touchdowns, Stills had 10 receptions for 91 yards and four scores, including all three of the Sooners' second half touchdowns.
"Kenny ran a great route and fought his way to get the inside position," Stoops said. "Those are tough catches when people are hanging on you and competing like that. Kenny had a great night, a great route runner, great hands, really good."
Smith was consistent for the Mountaineers, throwing for 320 yards and four touchdowns, which is one more than the Sooners had allowed through the air all season. Bailey had a huge game, catching 13 of his 20 completions for 205 yards and four scores, including three in the final period.
West Virginia took a 49-44 lead with 2:53 left, and having missed an extra point earlier in the game, tried for the two-point conversion, but Bailey couldn't handle the low throw from Smith to keep the margin at five. Holgorsen didn't second guess that move.
"By our knowledge, and by the book, it says to go for two," Holgorsen said. "We went for two. We had a great throw. Stedman dropped the ball … . He dropped that one in the end zone. He has got to make that play."
In a game where defense was mostly a bad word, Stoops felt the Sooners still had time to move the ball. He was right, and was helped when Brennan Clay took the ensuing kick at the corner of the goal line on the right side of the field and dashed across to the left and went 46 yards before being tackled.
"I did feel when we got it back that we had two timeouts and plenty of time and fourth downs too," Stoops said. "So we did. Fortunately, we milked it enough that there wasn't much time."
Jones connected with Justin Brown on throws of 39 and 19 yards to move the ball to the 4. Oklahoma chose to 'milk' the clock for three plays netting negative-1 yard, leaving the Sooners one play to win the game.
Jones, who moved further up the NCAA passing charts in career offense and passing yards, then hit Stills just inside of the goal line in front of Banks for the deciding score with 24 seconds left.
"You get in those tight games and it's who is going to make those tight plays at the end of the game to get the win," Stoops said. "Fortunately, we were able to do it this time, and execute well when we had to, and put it in there at the end so it was pleasing to do that."
West Virginia had Austin waiting for the kick, and the Sooners were finally able to contain the speedster. Two plays moved the ball to the Oklahoma 49, but the Smith had to make a desperation pass to the end zone in the final seconds and the ball was deflected away by Javon Harris.
Austin was asked about his record-setting day, and all he could recall was it ended in a loss, not the yards he accumulated in sometimes spectacular fashion.
"I really don't worry about that during the game," Austin said. "I may worry about it after the game. They told me I had like 400 or something like that, but at the end of the day we still got a loss.
"It's a good thing for me, but I'm still worrying about the loss."
West Virginia had 778 yards on offense, its second highest total in program history, behind only the 807 yards in the 70-63 win earlier in the season against Baylor. Oklahoma (8-2, 6-1) had 662 yards, including 108 on the ground, led by Damien Williams, who had 92 yards and a 48-yard second quarter touchdown to give the Sooners' their 31-17 halftime lead.
Neither defense had a sack in a game that featured 86 pass attempts, while West Virginia did have nine tackles for loss to three for the Sooners. Oklahoma had two interceptions, while the Mountaineers had a pick and a fumble recovery.
"I'm very proud of the players and their efforts. I am incredibly proud of the team to hold it together the way they did, and to come back," said Stoops, whose Sooners still have a chance at the Big 12 crown after No. 1 Kansas State was upset earlier in the day by Baylor.
"Landry Jones to lead those drives at the end of the game, such great precision, execution up there, throwing strikes, receivers making tough, competitive catches — all of it together.
"It really was pleasing to come back and win a game away from home."
The large amount of empty seats, mostly high up on the visitor's side, was probably an indication of the disappointment of a season that has turned from so much promise to the Mountaineers' first five-game losing skid since 1986.
There is no time to slow down. West Virginia (5-5, 2-5) still has to win at least one game to become eligible to play in a bowl. The Mountaineers, who are tied for eighth place with Baylor in the 10-team Big 12 standings, will visit Iowa State on Saturday.
"They made one more play than we did. The kids played hard," Holgorsen said. "How many losses like this do we have to through? We've got two more games left.
"Hopefully, we can get back out there and get to work and try to come up with a couple of wins. It's a tough loss, but we have to re-group."
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I write from the left on politics and policy.
I am always fascinated by the way Republican politicians cannot get through a speech without extolling the 'great spirit of America', while completely failing to recognize that the great spirit they speak of is not the sole and exclusive province of the white conservatives and evangelicals who form the vaunted base of their party.
This lack of recognition, when it comes to our minority communities, is one of the great blind spots of those who identify with the GOP—a blind spot that is not unlike the many (not all) pro-life folks who will support all sorts of radical behavior to save the life of an unborn child and then completely lose all interest in whether that child lives or dies once he or she has safely landed on terra firma.
But if the GOP didn't get it before, even the most resistant among them must now understand what so many others have known all along —America's minority communities very much possess the great American spirit.
And they are not afraid to use it.
If you doubt this, continue trying every trick in the book to keep these people from voting. Try passing more voter ID laws, just months before a national election, designed to make it more difficult for members of minority communities to achieve proper identification so that they might cast their vote. Carry on clamping down on early voting opportunities knowing full well that minority communities have a long history of turning out early to vote their preferences. Keep on shutting down the polls on the weekend preceding an important election knowing full well that there is a tradition in the Black community of voting after Sunday church.
Try all of this and more and do you know what will happen?
America's minority communities will continue to show up at the polls in massive numbers and cast their vote—even when it means waiting up to 9 hours in the rain to accomplish the job—because that is precisely what they did this past Tuesday.
They will do this not only because they understand the profound importance of fulfilling this critical obligation of American citizenship. They will do this so that all will know that nobody is going to take back this hard-won, precious right that so many fought—and some died—to achieve.
Despite efforts in 33 GOP controlled states to restrict the vote, exit polls reveal that the minority share of the 2012 electorate increased from 26 percent in 2008 to 28 percent in 2012. Voting among the African-American community remained steady at 13 percent of the total electorate.
Indeed, it was this increased participation by our minority communities provided their candidate, President Barack Obama, with the votes he needed to accomplish his margin of victory.
For those who seek to win elections the old fashioned way—by denying the vote to those more likely to support your opponent—you might want to take a shot at getting your arms around what 75 year old Yancy Jones of Inglewood, California, a man strugging with the debilitating effects of a recent stroke, had to say in an interview published in the The Daily Beast:
"This entire campaign has just made me so upset with this country that I thought had come further along," Jones said slowly. "Some of the same things my parents fought against and I fought against were back into play, like the right to vote. There was no way I could let that happen, so I had to come and vote for Obama whether I felt good health-wise or not."
That, my friends, is the very personification of the great American spirit that our Republican friends are so quick to claim as their own.
What should now be clear to even the most ignorant and regressive of state legislators and billionaire businessmen is that there is nothing they can throw at these people that is going to dissuade them from exercising their constitutionally protected right to vote. This will continue to be the case whether the effort to deny them emanates from the office of a governor in Florida, the Secretary of State in Ohio, a Republican controlled legislative body in Pennsylvania or the headquarters of a Kansas based energy company controlled by two brothers who may understand a few things about making big money but haven't a clue as to what the American spirit is really all about.
So to those of you who continue to think that suppressing the vote is the way to victory, keep it up. The harder you work at playing dirty, the more the nation's minorities will fight back where and when it counts the most—
By showing up to vote.
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a vote for cynical manipulation, here.
First McCain and Pailin, now Romney and Ryan. Karl Rove didn't deliver twice now, the only thing he did was stick us with 8 years of Dubya.
I hope his big money interests got their money's worth.
But will they show up for the mid-terms? 2008 very high turnout, 2010 very low and looked what happened. Unfortunately this is a pattern of voter behavior Republicans have been depending on for a very long time.
We have the worst governor that I can remember up for election in 2014 and I hope that is an incentive for a record democratic turn out.
Regarding Pennsylvania. The voter ID law was duly passed in March 2012 by an elected legislature, signed by Governor Corbett and ruled legal by a Pennsylvania Judge (Robert Simpson).
Pennsylvania residents can get a state ID FREE OF CHARGE. All you must do is sign an affirmation that you need it to vote. You need only a Social Security number and 2 proofs of residence. That's some kind of suppression, ain't it?!
Oh, and BTW, the Supreme Court (yes, THE Supreme Court!) has upheld the same law in Indiana.
October 2nd – HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's divisive voter identification requirement became the latest of its kind to get pushback from the courts ahead of Election Day, delivering a hard-fought victory to Democrats who said it was a ploy to defeat President Barack Obama and other opponents who said it would prevent the elderly and minorities from voting.
Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson said in his ruling that he was concerned by the state's stumbling efforts to create a photo ID that is easily accessible to voters and that he could not rely on the assurances of government officials at this late date that every voter would be able to get a valid ID.
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the city of pittsburgh has just put in new parking machines that only accept coin or debit card. Imagine how much personal information the parking authority could glean from that information. Additionally, you have to type your license plate number into the parking machine. What an invasion of privacy..but we have not heard a peep from our democraty friends, because any money going to the government is golden and not to be questioned.
You know Mr. Ungar, I think it is discriminatory of Penn Dot to require me to have a license. Also, the library can't card me for a book, that's racist. Why should i have to show my id at the airport? That's profiling.
BS for all those commercial products, there are alternatives. There isn't one for voting. Also, I didn't recall people dying for the right to park in some superstructure. However, people did die all over the world for the right to vote, usually getting killed by the same elitists you even now try to protect.
The outpouring of concern among my colleagues was never more clear than on election day, many from Massachusetts who regularly vote. The internet was filled with horror, as was I several days before the election, but having already voted because of the very reason you just headlined, a week earlier. I was not prepared well for the manipulations, lies and cover-up stories coming from the right, but was certain on election day with the final and desperate campaign battery of saying "Obama doesn't protect his own"….when clearly his party supporters didn't feel the same way, and covered him so he could focus on recovery efforts from Sandy, and I'm sure for other presidential requirements.
I just read in an article today from a not so worthy newspaper post, that Romney left his staffers without a ride home the night he lost the election. My question is..Did he shut off the credit cards before hand, or after realizing he lost…and is this true at all? When it comes to political campaigners I listen to what is being said by the candidates that have the most potential, most free-thinking, and then watch to see if they can back up their claims. Romney not only let down his party, he let down this country while the world was watching.


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Peter Black, Canadian Dispatch
---- — My assignment had been simple, seemingly.
It was the end of October 1987. I was the reporter, editor and photographer for a weekly newspaper in Montreal. Pierre Trudeau and Rene Levesque, both one-time journalists, were slated to attend a benefit event for PEN, the support group for imprisoned writers.
This would be the first time the legendary political rivals found themselves in the same room together since their respective retirements: Trudeau, in 1984, as prime minister of Canada for about 15 years; Levesque, in 1985, after leading the first separatist government in Quebec.
What I remember is a mad scramble around downtown Montreal to find batteries for my camera flash, in vain it turns out, since neither Trudeau nor Levesque had any inclination to be photographed together gripping and grinning.
As I soon learned, that missed photo opportunity was truly regrettable because it was Rene Levesque's last public appearance. He died two days later, of a heart attack at age 65. (Trudeau died 13 years later.)
The 25th anniversary of Levesque's passing has not gone unnoticed. Indeed, last weekend's edition of Quebec's largest newspaper — owned by the Peladeau family, long-time supporters of Quebec nationalism — produced a 24-page supplement lauding Levesque.
A poll commissioned to commemorate the anniversary found that 64 percent of Quebecers think he was the premier who most influenced the province in the past 50 years. There is certainly no shortage of physical reminders of him. Major city boulevards, parks, a power dam, a river, a riding, a jogging path and even a university in Guineau bear his name.
It might be just coincidence, but the secessionist party Levesque helped create chose this week to announce its agenda for ruling the province. Almost exactly two months ago, Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois won a fragile minority government and became the first woman premier of Quebec.
The mood in the Quebec Marois now has the duty to govern is considerably different than the one facing Levesque when he first brought the PQ to power in 1976. At that time, it was clear Levesque and the PQ were intent on not only achieving sovereignty for Quebec through a referendum but also bent on reforms to the political process.
The first order of business, though, was to try to arrest what the PQ saw as the steady erosion of the French language in the province, mostly in Montreal, where the face of the city had taken a decidedly English complexion and business functioned, for the most part, in English.
Bill 101 became what is generally acknowledged to be Levesque and the PQ's most powerful legacy, establishing the province as a resolutely French-speaking state within a mostly English-speaking Canadian federation.
Unlike Levesque, or Jacques Parizeau when he came to power in 1994, Marois is not blessed with a majority nor much of a mandate to pursue the PQ secessionist agenda.
In the view of respected columnist Chantal Hebert, Marois's top priority is to "avoid becoming the shortest-serving premier in modern Quebec history" — a record currently held by Levesque's immediate successor Pierre-Marc Johnson.
Each point in the PQ's agenda is bound to be vetted, even vetoed, by the combined opposition out of necessity to avoid an abrupt defeat on a vote of non-confidence.
As of this writing, it is expected Marois will outline a programme containing measures to combat corruption in political financing and to tighten or expand aspects of the language law. She may also present an outline for an early budget to deliver on some of the financial promises of the election campaign, from raising mining royalties to boosting taxes on the rich.
The PQ government could be granted a reprieve from a pre-emptive defeat thanks to the fact that the Liberals, who hold only four fewer seats, are embarking on a leadership campaign. The party that held power for the previous nine years won't have a new chief until March.
Marois, known to have a passion for footwear, observed recently that being the successor to Rene Levesque meant she has "big shoes to fill."
Given her minority situation, those shoes will be doing some dancing.
Peter Black is a radio broadcaster and writer based in Quebec City. He has worked on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, in Montreal as a newspaper reporter and editor, and as a translator and freelance writer. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Surprising Diplomacy
By Kalaki on Wednesday 30 September 2009, 18:51:00 CAT (19169 Reads)
As The High Commissioner for Little Britain, the Honourable Evelyn Cartwheel, left for his first official appointment of the day, his faithful spouse Evelyn was standing at the door to kiss him goodbye.
'Where are you going this morning, darling?'
'To see the Minister for Diplomatic Etiquette, Velvet Mango,' he replied, as he gave Evelyn's thin lips an official peck, climbed into his official
limousine, and drove off.
'Thank you for coming so promptly, Mr Cartwheel,' said Velvet Mango, as he ushered his guest into a large leather armchair. 'I just wanted to give you a quiet word of advice. I know that you are a bit out of your depth here, having spent most of your diplomatic career as a passport officer in the Little British Embassy in Dublin…'
'That's right,' said Cartwheel. 'I was just coming up to retirement age when I was given this unexpected promotion, as a reward for years of mindless
service, and to boost my pension. You know that retirement bungalows in Bournemouth now cost over a million.'
'Exactly,' said Velvet, as he flicked a fleck of invisible dust from his Saville Row suit, 'so we don't want to spoil your retirement by having you sent home early. I'm saying this because, as a distinguished former diplomat myself, I was rather amazed by the newspaper reports that you're surprised by Kafupi's acquittal. In diplomatic language, surprised is a very strong word that should be avoided.'
'Well,' said poor Cartwheel, rather bemused, 'I'm surprised that you're surprised that I was surprised, because despite the rule that diplomats are not supposed to be surprised, this has not prevented you from being surprised at my surprise.'
'My dear Cartwheel,' said Mango, putting his leathery old withered hand upon Cartwheel's arm, 'It seems you can't understand your job at all.
Since I am now a minister, I can be surprised at your surprise. But as a
diplomat, you must not be surprised at my surprise at your surprise. Your job is to keep quiet. When Kafupi was
acquitted, you missed a marvellous opportunity to keep your mouth shut.'
'Well,' said Cartwheel boldly, 'I remain considerably surprised, after Little Britain spent five million pounds to try to put this little thief in jail, and we've got nothing for it. What am I going to tell the Little British
'Never mind the Little British
taxpayer,' sighed Velvet, 'he's quite used to having his money completely wasted by the Little British
government. I'm more worried about the Little British diplomat, and the disgrace of being sent home early just because he couldn't adjust to the local
tradition and culture.'
'Stealing public money?' sneered Cartwheel. 'Is that the local culture?'
'As a polite and grateful people,' explained Velvet smoothly, 'it is our tradition to seek favours from the chief by giving him gifts.'
'What about farcical comedies in court?' wondered Cartwheel. 'Is that also part of your culture?'
'You must learn to adjust,' said Velvet wearily. 'In this country we can't afford the luxury of theatre or cinema. The only entertainment we have is the judiciary. Magistrates have to be as absurd and ridiculous as
possible in order to entertain the public. Over the past seven years the weekly comedy of the Kafupi Case has been more popular than Isidingo, and its dramatic and laughable conclusion has proved to be a huge and widely celebrated national success.'
'So is that why you called me in this morning?' said poor old Cartwheel, now looking confused and bemused, 'just to tell me to keep my mouth shut, and to try to fit into the local culture.'
'More than that,' said Velvet grimly. 'Not only must you avoid being
surprised, but you must also avoid being surprising. According to our
culture, your general behaviour is seriously abnormal.'
'Abnormal? What on Earth d'you mean?'
'Well, I'm told that both your spouse and yourself are called Evelyn Cartwheel.'
'Yes, we're both Evelyn.'
'Rumour has it that sometimes your wife is the High Commissioner, and sometimes its you. Sometimes you stay home, put on an apron, and do the
cooking and washing, while your wife puts on the suit and pretends to be the High Commissioner. Such transgender behaviour is entirely contrary to our local tradition, and is in fact illegal. In future you'd better decide which of you is which, and stick to that!'
His beloved spouse Evelyn was waiting for him on the doorstep when he got home. 'How did the meeting go, dear?'
'Something terribly shocking,
darling! At the end of the meeting, when we stood up to shake hands, his trousers fell down!'
'It was his trick, my dear. He was testing you, to make sure you didn't show any surprise!'
'I couldn't control myself! I screamed and ran out of the room!'
'Oh My God! Now he knows you're a woman, and I'm the man!'
'We're finished! Disgraced! That's the end of the bungalow in Bournemouth!'
'We'll be lucky to afford a bedsitter in Barnsley!'
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The Dow Jones industrial average rose five points at 15,340 shortly after 10:30 a.m. Eastern time.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index gave up a point to hit 1,666. The Nasdaq composite slid five points to 3,490, a drop of 0.2 percent.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday releases minutes from its most recent policy meeting and Chairman Ben Bernanke will go before Congress to discuss the outlook for the U.S. economy.
Markets are seeking any hints about whether the U.S. will ease back on its multibillion dollar bond buying program, which has buoyed all major indexes this year.
JPMorgan rose 1 percent in early trading. Shareholders of the country's biggest bank are deciding at their annual meeting Tuesday whether to split the roles of chairman and CEO. Jamie Dimon currently holds both positions. The bank's stock gained 65 cents to $52.93.
Home Depot surged 3 percent, the best gain among the 30 stocks in the Dow. The retailer reported an 18 percent increase in income for its first quarter as the housing market continued to recover. Shares rose $2.25 to $78.98.
It's been a healthy quarter for many of the nation's biggest companies with home prices rising and the job market appearing to stabilize.
Seven of every 10 in the S&P 500 have trumped Wall Street expectations, according to S&P Capital IQ. Earnings have climbed 5 percent over the year before.
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The Missouri and Illinois legislative sessions are set to begin on January 9. With Missouri ranking 45th in the nation and well below all of our neighbors with regards to funding for transit at the state level, it is imperative that transit supporters voice their support for state funding for transit early and often with your elected officials.
Do you live in Webster or Kirkwood and want to ensure the Amtrak service continues? Do you live in Clayton or Richmond Heights and want to see MetroLink expanded West or North and South from the City? Do you like in North St. Louis and want to see more service north of I-70? These are all important areas of our region to look at but at this point, without state funding for transit and Amtrak, there will be no expansion of services in the St. Louis region for some time to come. The Metro transit agency received little more than $200,000 from the state last year for operations. As a resident of Missouri, if you think transportation is important to this state, now is the time to reach out to your elected officials by phone, mail or email.
Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT), the local transit advocacy organization in St. Louis, will be focusing its efforts on several priorities this session at the state level:
- Support MoDOT's request for $5.5 million for state transit funding
Support MoDOT's request for $5.5 million for transit operations in the state this year – $560,875 for State Transit Assistance (from State Transportation Fund); $2,500,000 for expanded State Transit Assistance (from General Revenue); and $2,486,607 for Missouri Elderly & Handicapped Transportation Assistance Program (from both General Revenue and the State Transportation Fund). Last year, the state only received the $560,000 in operating assistance.
- Ensure the inclusion of transit capital projects/public transit in any infrastructure bond package that could move forward at the state level. Public transit needs to be a key component of Missouri's infrastructure plans moving forward.
- Support MoDOT's request for $7.9 million for twice daily service for Amtrak
Ridership on Amtrak is up 74 percent over the last five years. Amtrak, the State of Missouri and the federal government are currently investing $70 million in infrastructure improvements including a new Osage River Bridge, universal crossovers, a third main line in St. Louis, signal upgrades, and a new approach to the Merchant's Bridge. Communities along the alignment reap the economic benefits from intercity passenger rail in Missouri, increasing jobs and dollars in the state.
- Explore new avenues for support for transit/Transit Oriented Development in Missouri.
CMT's mission reaches far beyond the scope of the MetroLink expansion debate to rebuilding the St. Louis City, County, and Illinois neighborhoods as a whole by investing in transit. Transit is not just a way to move from point A to B but a means to energize and revitalize existing communities and CMT is excited for the opportunities 2013 will hold. We will be working closely with other organizations in the state to ensure that transit moves up as a priority for Missouri including the Missouri Public Transit Association, KCATA, Greater St. Louis Transit Alliance, labor, and others.
I challenge St. Louisans to get involved this year. Please consider writing a letter to your state and locally elected officials pushing for state support of transit, funding for transit, and expansion of our current system. Join us at upcoming events this Spring at the Capital to talk personally with your representatives. We know that our elected officials must hear from their constituents that transit is important to Missouri's economy. Even if you have never written a letter before, now is the time to seriously consider dropping your elected officials as well as these key legislators a note, an email or a call. Here is a draft letter that may assist you in reaching out to your legislators.
Dear XXX :
Transportation is the key to moving Missouri forward. I am writing to voice support for the Missouri Department of Transportation's request for $5.5 million for transit operations in the state this year – $560,875 for State Transit Assistance (from State Transportation Fund); $2,500,000 for expanded State Transit Assistance (from General Revenue); and $2,486,607 for Missouri Elderly & Handicapped Transportation Assistance Program (from both General Revenue and the State Transportation Fund). In addition, any infrastructure bond package that could move forward in the upcoming session must include transit as a key component.
Last year Missouri transportation providers received little more than $500,000. Transit is the key to putting Missouri back on track! The facts show investment in transit creates jobs. Research has shown that every dollar invested in transit projects has a $4 return. There are few investments at this time that can yield a 400% return.
The current level of state support for transit is inadequate. The State of Missouri ranks near the bottom of the list (45th) for funding of public transit. Local funding has hit a ceiling in many areas. In order to compete for federal dollars to put our economy back on track, Missouri must make transit a priority through support and funding. As an elected official with a MetroLink station in your area, I believe you know the importance of transit to the region and Missouri. In St. Louis alone, more than 75 percent of the 223,000 daily boardings on transit are for the work commute. Transit creates, maintains, and sustains JOBS that Missouri cannot afford to lose!
In addition, with an aging population in Missouri of residents 65 years or older, transit is the answer to meeting the needs of our seniors and disabled residents. Transit increases accessibility, connects them to their communities, and keeps them active and healthy.
I strongly urge you to support MoDOT's request in the next session and look at ways to go beyond this appropriation to make public transit a priority for Missouri. Sincerely,
Please contact these key legislators in addition to your own representatives and senators:
Scott Sifton, MO Senate District 1
201 W Capitol Ave, Room 116-3
Jefferson City, MO 65101
John Diehl, MO House District 89
201 W Capitol Ave, Room 309
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Timothy Jones, MO Speaker of the House District 110
201 W Capitol Ave, Room 302A
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Eric Schmitt, MO Senate District 15
201 W Capitol Ave, Room 323
Jefferson City, MO 65101


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HIGHLAND PARK –The Music Theatre Company (TMTC), Highland Park's Equity theatre, 1850 Green Bay Road, completes its 2012-2013 Musicals in Concert Series with its final production in the series, The Baker's Wife, directed by Dominic Missimi with music direction by Matt Deitchman. The Baker's Wife runs Friday, Feb. 1 – Sunday, Feb. 10 and performance times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are available for $35.
NOTE: Following the Feb. 1 performance, there will be a post-show discussion with Theatre Critic Robert Bullen (Huffington Post/ChicagoTheatreAddict.com) and director Dominic Missimi.
Also upcoming at TMTC is the Artists in Concert series featuring solo performances by Heidi Kettenring (Monday, Feb.11 at 8 p.m.), Jess Godwin with Janelle Kroll (Saturday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m.) and Christine Mild (Friday, March 1 at 8 p.m.) with tickets available for $35, $20 and $15, respectively. All tickets to any TMTC production may be purchased at TMTC's box office, 847.579.4900 or www.themusictheatrecompany.org. Group rates are also available.
From the creator of Wicked, PIPPIN and Godspell, Stephen Schwartz's The Baker's Wife boasts a beautiful score featuring songs including "Meadowlark," "Where is the Warmth?" and "Proud Lady." TMTC welcomes Jeff Award-winning Director Dominic Missimi to direct this intimate musical in concert. Based on the film La Femme de Boulanger by Marcel Pagnol and Jean Giono, The Baker's Wife's music director is Matt Deitchman.
The Baker's Wife is the third and last production in the current season's Musicals in Concert series, which presents musicals – rare, new or little seen titles — in a concert setting featuring live music and some of Chicago's finest performers. The entire narrative of each musical is performed during the performance.
The cast includes Sarah Bockel, Bill Chamberlain, David Elliott, Emily Grayson, Peter Kevoian*, Nancy Kolton, Jerry Mills, David Sajewich, Kate Staiger, and Peter Vamvakas.
(*Denotes member of Actors' Equity Association.)
Dominic Missimi, Director
Missimi has staged more than 35 productions for The Marriott Theatre where he most recently directed Pirates of Penzance and has received a number of Jeff Awards and nominations for his work there. He has staged operas and musicals around the country, including work with the Michigan Opera, Sarasota and Orlando Opera companies and for the North Carolina School of the Arts. He also directed the national tour of Maury Yeston's Phantom for Phoenix Theatre. Other Chicago credits include work with Drury Lane Evergreen Park, Drury Lane Oakbrook and the Chicago Opera Theatre.
Missimi founded The Music Theatre Program at Northwestern University where he has taught for 32 years, as well as the American Music Theatre Project, an organization dedicated to the development of new musicals. For his outstanding work as a director and educator, Missimi has been recognized by the Chicago Drama League and the Sarah Siddons Society, where he recently was honored with the title of Executive Director.
Matt Deitchman, Music Director
Deitchman returns to The Music Theatre Company where he assistant music directed and played piano for and conducted the extension of PIPPIN. He will also be music directing The Pajama Game at TMTC this spring. Deitchman is an actor, composer, and music director who has worked with, in various capacities, The Marriott Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Bailiwick Chicago, Provision Theater Company, Bohemian Theatre Ensemble, and The House Theatre of Chicago.
Heidi Kettenring with Doug Peck on Piano
Monday, Feb. 11 at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $35
Chicago audience favorite Heidi Kettenring performs in solo concert at TMTC. Kettenring has most recently performed in The School of Lies and Sunday in the Park with George at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, HERO the Musical at The Marriott Theatre, and was featured in the Chicago production of Wicked. She is a five-time Jeff Award nominee and the recipient of both the Sarah Siddons Chicago Leading Lady Award and an After Dark Award. Joining Kettenring on piano is Doug Peck, winner of five Jeff awards for Musical Direction for his work on The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess; Caroline, or Change; Carousel; Fiorello! and Man of La Mancha.
Jess Godwin with Janelle Kroll
Saturday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $20
Girl next door and singer/songwriter Jess Godwin joins TMTC with pop singer/songwriter Janelle Kroll recently of CW's "The Next." Gapersblock.com describes Godwin as "…a fiery redhead with a multidimensional voice that at one moment is soft and sweet, then strong and powerful at the next." Godwin's 2011 single "Katy's Side" was featured on two episodes of E!'s reality hit series, "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."
Kroll performs regularly around the Chicago area, including the House of Blues and Mayne stage, and was featured in the Steppenwolf Garage production of Want.
Christine Mild
Friday, March 1 at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $15
Chicago-based actress and singer Christine Mild brings her powerhouse voice to TMTC, performing a mix of pop, folk and musical theatre songs. Mild has most recently been seen in The Pirates of Penzance at Marriott Theatre, the national tour of Nunset Bouelvard: The Nunsense Hollywood Bowl Show, and in Always, Patsy Cline at Beef and Boards Dinner Theatre.
The Music Theatre Company explores the musical in the interest of expanding the canon of musical theatre through fully staged productions, commissions of new works and musical experiments.
The Music Theatre Company production history includes: The Jeff-nominated production of Merrily We Roll Along, PIPPIN, The 9/11 Report: A Bipartisan Musical Fantasia by Michael Mahler & Jessica Redish, Erika's Wall by Sophie Jaff & Kathy Tagg, B.R.A.T.T. Camp by
Bobby Cronin, The Last Five Years in Concert and a variety of readings of new musicals including new titles by Josh Schmidt, David Simpatico and Alan Schmuckler. The Company also annually presents its 48-Hour Musical project every August: four new fifteen-minute musicals written and rehearsed in 48 Hours.
The Baker's Wife, the final production in the Musicals in Concerts Series runs Friday, Feb. 1 – Sunday, Feb. 10 with performance times of Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are available for $35.
The schedule for the Artists in Concert series includes Heidi Kettenring, Monday, Feb. 11 at 8 p.m., Jess Godwin with Janelle Kroll on Saturday, Feb.23 at
8 p.m. and Christine Mild on Friday, March 1 at 8 p.m. with tickets available for $35, $20 and $15, respectively. All tickets may be purchased at The Music Theatre Company's box office, 847.579.4900 or www.themusictheatrecompany.org. Group rates are also available.
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|Moving day!
|Not that there's anything wrong with that.
I saw him talking about not being able to become pregnant on one of his posts recently about gangbangs and MGTOW and I wouldn't be surprised if it is a female with a male internet persona or maybe a FTM transperson??
Now, I'm no evolutionary psych expert, but, er, what exactly is the evolutionary advantage of facials? I'm pretty sure you can't get pregnant from semen on your forehead, in your eyes or, say, up your nose. (At least I never have.)
"David Futrelle" argues like a provocative feminist woman, or perhaps I should put a group of feminist women.
Note the personal abuse, the petty point scoring, the personalised arguments, and the lack of any real evidence or examination of the issues under discussion.
There is also the (supposedly) witty sarcasms, and the (supposedly) funny rudeness while ignoring hard points backed up real evidence. So typical of the misandrist feminist woman.
I suspect the the sarcastically named Manboobz is a group of young 'educated' woman.
– note: {Often I have found that mediocre woman always work in groups. Woman who have higher abilities tend to work independently from the protective huddle.} (Who bravely hide from accountability or challenge)
I wonder if Futrelle is a woman disguised as a man or perhaps a woman in the making. His/her words have the whirr of the hamster wheel about them.
Remember this?
What right-thinking man advertises his intellectual wares as 'manboobz'? Sounds like wishful thinking at the very least.
|Goddesses, or whores?
because of "political correctness" it is almost impossible to express pride in the white race without being instantaneously labeled a racist. Nothing like a pejorative to end an intelligent discussion.
likely bunion-rubbers, drink the cheapest of beer, fondle their Chinese SKS nightly, and do whatever the "Old Lady" tells them to do while they strut around in front of their friends and the mountain of aluminum empties like little Bantam roosters. Almost as a universal, they hold up the WN females as godesses in spite of the fact that 99% of those "ladies" have had their holes punched and left full of biological waste by more men than there are oil companies that have ever drilled wells in Texas. Frankly, it's pathetic.
The "female" commentators on WN sites are at least as shaming and self-righteous as those on lefty-feminist sites, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if half of them had some sort of moustache getting a bit out of control on the upper lip and hairy armpits. …
You may as well go over and hang out at feministing. For a good time call 1-800-BITCH. As a rule they are disgusting hypocrites and beyond disappointing. Hell, the best description is repellent. Yes, repellent.
Here we have a supposed W.N. self-imagined "White Goddess" who has experience with being wooed by "Ghetto Negroes" and she expresses admiration for their flirtation skills. Got her thing tingling, I see. Maybe that "tingling" was satiated a few times by one or more of those "Ghetto Blacks", yet some "Bush" swilling W.N. "White Knight" will draw his sword and proclaim, "I will defend this sluts honor to my death!"
I've tried to get on those White Pride Sites and immediately started discussing how fucked up the modern white female is and was INSTANTLY banned! I was actually shocked. I thought it would be a no brainer that WN types would (OF COURSE) not want white women to be complete parasitical whores roaming the landscape spreading VD like Johnny Appleseed and fucking men over- I mean how you hope for the white race to make a 'comeback' if the white family is falling apart?!? One of the very reasons whites are so demoralized and broken politically and culturally is EXACTLY because of the modern American female. It's just bizarre- these guys really are idiots (at least in this regard).
|Moving day.
|X-Ray Spex in action.
|Choose "none of the above."
I love to debate. I feel that Im very good at it. I see the Feminist Movement as a CIA funded political agitation mechanism. Many men feel that the Feminist Movement is anti-male, but I feel that its anti everybody. It hurts everyone that comes into contact with it.
My question to you is, would you be able to offer a rebuttal to what I just asserted without resorting to personal attack
reasonably tall … passionate and intelligent so as to be good company, sexually liberated, and attractive - really attractive, fat chics need not apply (hehe, I'm so self-amusing).
Capable of holding a steady job but without making it your #1 priority - since it could interfere with our sexual activities. … If you can accept that I'm responsible for taking charge and my decisions will be final, don't take yourself too seriously and thinks the world of me.
Family oriented but not anytime soon … open to spontaneous sexual activities (you know, outdoors sex, the odd 3-some with a cutie we pick up somewhere or one of your girlfriends), likes the outdoors (nudity optional), and doesn't complain when I go fishing with the guys.
ready to have children only after 30 and proving yourself to be a faithful wife and a loving woman, prepared for the duties of a good mother, have class and know when it's time to speak up and when it's NOT the time to do so, instead of a stuck-up naggy b!tch who can't shut up, sociable, know how to please the sexual drive of your partner (little things such as giving me a call when you've gotten a new set of sexy lingerie to surprise me), and know that gifts are little treats and rewards, and not a never-ending desire to be pampered.
good spending habits, no ridiculous credit card debts and a sense of home economy; I'm not planning on changing my excellent lifestyle, and I plant to eventually be able to give my children an excellent education - and that's not possible without good savings and planning. This will also help teaching them to earn their own achievements, respect their parents, and not be spoiled brats.
You should also understand that pets are simple money pits that only serve as something lonely women occupy themselves with so that they don't have to connect with their husbands.
I'm attracted to all kinds of women, redheads, brunettes, black, white, latinas, you name it, as long as they're attractive. Not attracted to fat women, and that includes the infamous "curvy" (a word that used to mean actual curves, not fat), and "a few extra pounds," regardless of your supposed "inner beauty." Sorry :)
|No mystery, these guys.
I can honestly say the selection on here is mostly scary to me. I have no problem with single moms or girls that are other than stick thin. But for real, if you are gargantuan and just gross … please don't waste your time with me.
I'm no beefcake but I am healthy and I am getting tired of creepy girls wondering "where all the good men are" when its clear that they have either been eaten by those same girls, or are in hiding for fear of being mistaken for a 7-11 corndog. I am not Arnie, nor would I want to be but I do have biceps and a fairly flat stomach, if you have a massive muffin-top and can't take care of yourself why set yourself up by hiding behind deceptive photo angles? Just because you have cleavage does not mean you have nice boobs. We're gonna find out eventually, why lie now? Every woman's profile says they demand "honesty", how many actually offer it? Self delusion is not attractive, except to the worst quality guys.
I am a homeowner with a couple of promising careers, a well developed intellect, a decent body and a serious disdain for drama, game playing and bullshit. Therefore I do not feel the need to "capture your attention" with something artificially witty and intriguing. How about you show me that you have what it takes to hold an intelligent conversation for ten minutes, or that you actually care about your future, and could be entertaining and fun for me as well?
What likely happened in that courtroom is that Gonzalez, representing himself, got the shaft. … We don't know what the child support order was, but it was probably pretty hefty (as usual), and the visitation quite meager. Add to that the fact that his wife was already living with another man, despite having so recently given birth to Mr. Gonzalez's daughter, and the situation must have seemed absolutely upside-down to the former marine. It was upside down. His wife is obviously a little tramp who has no problem swinging from one dick to another even while raising two babies, and there she was about to get rewarded with an upgrade in lifestyle while the chump father loses his kids and wallet. That's why Mr. Gonzalez lost it.
I need to send that guy a prison christmas package. He was getting screwed and struck out. To bad he never heard of the spearhead. If about 10 to 15 percent of crapped on fathers did this kind of thing with some murders mixed in there the talk about fathers would sound a lot like the talk when the subject is islam.
Gonzalez may well have been overwhelmed by the realization that being innocent of all his wife's false accusations made little difference to this fate – he still got treated as if he was worthless. In that case, might as well match the penalty with the appropriate deed…
If the courts won't dispense justice, someone else will – it's a law of nature.
something to do with a warrior's instinct for dignified self-reliance. … Strip a man of his dignity and what else is there left?
a brave man and a hero.
There will be more and more of these incidents and it will be a long time before women are seen as responsible for them — which they are. …
It will be men who can't take it any more who will ignite change.
the only bit I feel sorry about is that he did not arrange to have someone else kill her such that his chances of being caught were minimal. By doing this in the middle of the court he will be put in a cage for a long, long time. And he does not deserve to be there. HE is the VICTIM.
Wow! Nothing justifies violence. I wonder who will care for the baby while the mother recovers. Or doesn't that matter?
What a coward. Mad at the judge, goes after a woman.
Most women have never accused me of sexual harassment. While a good number have generally speaking it's an incredibly tiny fraction of the female population that has.


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A fancy stats analysis of the effect of the trade on Martin St, Louis's season.
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Johnnies beat down San Francisco, 81-57, to earn win number 7 of the young season.
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The New York Rangers will have a new home in a few years, and that's not a bad thing.
The New York City Council has told Madison Square Garden that it needs to move within 10 years. But where the heck can it move to? Lighthouse Hockey has some suggestions.
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Del Aire residents got to enjoy the fruits of their labor Saturday with the unveiling of the state's first public orchard.
Residents of this quiet, unincorporated slice of Los Angeles County had helped plant 27 fruit trees and eight grapevines in Del Aire Park and 60 additional fruit trees in the surrounding neighborhood. It was part of a larger renovation that included face lifts for a community center, basketball court and baseball field, all nestled in a green space just southwest of the juncture of the 105 and 405 freeways.


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Instrumental Chinese music performed by Music From China taken from their CD Traditional Chinese Music, used with permission by Music From China. Excerpts from "Qing Bei Le" (Tang Dynasty), arranged by Zhou Long, also taken from the CD Traditional Chinese Music, used with permission by Zhou Long and Music From China.
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