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Sotomayor Shocker: She's Not Too Big on the Second Amendment
I wouldn't expect anything different from any Obama nominee, of course, but Second Amendment scholar Nelson Lund takes Sotomayor to task for her studious avoidance of thinking hard about citizens' gun rights when given a chance.
Sure, the Second Amendment has not (yet) been authoritatively said to apply to the states (via 14th Amendment incorportation) by the Supreme Court. Still, Lund writes at RealClearPolitics:
Second Circuit Judge Sonia Sotomayor recently held that the Constitution does not protect the right to keep and bear arms against infringement by state and local governments. Her defenders maintain that she was merely applying settled precedent, which only the Supreme Court itself is authorized to reconsider......
The Court has analyzed each right separately, but the legal test that eventually emerged focuses on the significance of the right at issue in the Anglo-American tradition of ordered liberty. The Supreme Court has not yet reviewed an incorporation case involving the Second Amendment, but its Second Amendment opinion last year pointedly noted that a due process analysis is now "required" under its twentieth century caselaw.
Judge Sotomayor ignored this instruction from the Supreme Court. She decided that her court was not required to perform this due process analysis because the nineteenth century decisions under the Privileges or Immunities Clause had settled the issue. Several circuit courts had reached the same conclusion before last year's Supreme Court's decision, and one other circuit court reached the same conclusion just this month. Her defenders can therefore plausibly argue that her decision was not wildly out of the judicial mainstream.
It is not true, however, that Judge Sotomayor was faithfully following precedent. The Supreme Court has never said that the Due Process Clause does not "incorporate" the right to keep and bear arms. That Court has never said that the nineteenth century Privileges or Immunities Clause cases foreclose due process analysis. Nor has it ever said that the lower courts are supposed to "wait" for the Supreme Court to rule on due process incorporation. The Supreme Court's twentieth century incorporation cases are the most relevant precedents, and Judge Sotomayor completely ignored them.
Of course, it is true that so far only the Ninth Circuit, in this year's Nordyke v. King, did any different than Sotomayor on this matter, and that it's extremely unlikely any Obama nominee will be better from a Second Amendment perspective. Still, it might make an interesting wedge to ask her about when she's applying judicial analysis dispassionately and when she's being guided by political and ideological preconceptions.
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She just said again that she doesn't believe the second amendment is a fundamental right.
Oh wow that makes sense!
James Ard,
Did she say that in her confirmation hearings? If so, her handlers are no doubt going to beat her with a hose at the next break. Use that quote against a Southern Democrat and the add pretty much writes itself.
Certainly not "fundamental" in the sense of health care.
Judge Sotomayor ignored this instruction from the Supreme Court. She decided that her court was not required to perform this due process analysis because the nineteenth century decisions under the Privileges or Immunities Clause had settled the issue.
Those cases also didn't incorporate other provisions that have since been incorporated. Their reasoning has been superseded by the more recent incorporation decisions.
Sotomayor is a good urban liberal who hates guns and will take every opportunity to reduce the rights of Americans to own and use them. Why this is a surprise to anyone is a mystery to me.
How she can say that the 2A doesn't establish a fundamental right after Heller is a mystery to me. The only grounds for such a position was the states rights interpretation of the 2A, which was rejected in Heller.
We are one pro-2A judge away from losing the 2A.
"We are one pro-2A judge away from losing the 2A."
We are one pro-2A judge away from losing this country and what it was founded upon.
Make no mistake, if the 2nd Amendment is taken away (basically or in full) the United States of America dies. The name may be the same but that would be it.
Nothing is more likely to (justly) infuriate a liberal than an assertion of the specious theory, which in recent years has gained support among conservatives (e.g., recently defeated Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania), that the "original intent" of the First Amendment's no-establishment clause was to preserve the right of the state governments to establish their own churches. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" -- so that the state legislatures can. Along those lines, we may conclude that the "intent" of the free-exercise clause was to prevent federal interference in the state burning of heretics. The purpose of the Eighth Amendment? No doubt to safeguard the right of the state governments to erect their own torture chambers. And of course, the purpose of the Second Amendment is to allow those governments to form their own armies and even disarm the people if they so decide -- a point where our liberal finds himself in perverse agreement with a hated premise.
Let there be no doubt: The Bill of Rights is not a charter of the rights of state churches, state armies, and state torture chambers -- and none of its ratification proponents ever championed it as such. It is a charter of the rights of American citizens -- against the power of the federal government. The weak reed of this "states' rights" theory is the fact that the Constitution did not secure these rights for citizens against the power of the state governments, a defect that Madison recognized and tried to remedy with an amendment (which he thought the "most valuable") affirming "No state shall violate the equal rights of conscience" and other liberties. Sadly, it was never adopted, and incorporation -- the application of the Bill of Rights to the state governments -- was not achieved until the Fourteenth Amendment, whose "privileges or immunities" clause was stated by its author, Congressman John Bingham of Ohio, to effect precisely that end. (See Michael Kent Curtis' No State Shall Abridge: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Bill of Rights.)
The question now: Who are the greater knaves of our time -- liberals who embrace incorporation except for the Second Amendment or conservatives who reject incorporation, except for the Second Amendment?
John, She said it in the hearing, but she couched it as a states rights issue. Goddamn piece of shit.
The question now: Who are the greater knaves of our time -- liberals who embrace incorporation except for the Second Amendment or conservatives who reject incorporation, except for the Second Amendment?
Who are these conservatives?
John, She said it in the hearing, but she couched it as a states rights issue. Goddamn piece of shit.
So, in her view, Heller is a dead letter, and its adoption of the individual rights interpretation never happened.
"Sotomayor Shocker"
This part is the main part of the Bill of Rights. And this little Second Amendment down here, well, that shocks her.
Why do we even bother with these damn hearings anyway? It doesn't really matter what her answers are. Identity politics is more important than any quaint little documents like the Constitution. It's like passing bills. No one reads them anymore, they just seek 'guidance' from the party heads. None of her supporters at the hearings really care how she answers, they're just the to proselytize and preach to us what a great example of humanity she is.
It's grandstanding at its worst. Hell, she was even told that as long as she doesn't have a meltdown, she's going to be confirmed. She's had plenty of time to prepare her answers for the important stances that would come up against her. Her supporters will just nod and applaud her latinaness, and her detractors won't believe her anyway.
Waste of damn time.
Sotomayor reading the Second Amendment out of existence puts her out of the mainstream. Even people like Larry Tribe and Cass Sunstein admit that the 2nd Amendment means what it says even though they don't like it. Her reading of it though shows what a danger the idea of a "living constitution" is. The document doesn't, in Sotomayor's eyes really mean anything fixed. Instead, it is read according to the shifting tides of contemperary opinion and values, which is another way of saying it means whatever the powers that be want it to mean.
"It's grandstanding at its worst."
That's exactly what my post said. Sort of. Same point anyway.
Who are the greater knaves of our time -- liberals who embrace incorporation except for the Second Amendment or conservatives who reject incorporation, except for the Second Amendment?
Who, precisely, are those people? There are conservatives who demand that if incorporation applies to other amendments, it should apply to the second. There are those (Judges Posner and Easterbrook) who seem to disagree with all incorporation in theory, but particularly disagree with incorporating an amendment that has not yet been incorporated. (While presumably not wanting or being able to overturn Supreme Court precedent on the others.) Of course, these judges are commonly referred to as fairly libertarian-leaning, not necessarily as conservatives, especially Posner. In any case, they do seem consistent.
Ilya Somin also has a good discussion on this.
As he (and Nelson, about this case) notes, perhaps the more upsetting part is that Judge Sotomayor fails to even discuss the arguments of the other side in this case, or in the eminent domain case (Didden v. Port Chester) or Ricci (firefighters and changing a test after the fact if it doesn't give the racial results you want.) Most judges at least attempt to address the points raised by their opponents.
Judge Sotomayor seems to me either to be a poor or lazy opnion writer, or else simply so confident in her opinion in these hot button cases that she doesn't believe that the other side has a case. And of course the cases where she is so supremely confident are those where she's taking an anti-libertarian side.
"Judge Sotomayor seems to me either to be a poor or lazy opnion writer, or else simply so confident in her opinion in these hot button cases that she doesn't believe that the other side has a case."
That pretty much sums it up. If you look at the dirt piece that came out before her nomination, her clerks and other judges who worked with her all said she was incredibly opinionated and hard headed. She seems to be one of those people who has spent their entire life in a cocoon of like minded people and either never had or long since lost the ability for honest intellectual inquiry. She will be a mindless liberal vote on the court who will write confused and generally ignored opinions. It is a shame that identity politics drives the nomination process.
who the Fourth Liberal will be is so unimportant, so I guess it makes sense to manufacture a controversy over it. One thing that I will note that is pretty startling is that the Right has a lock on the narrative of this thing when it comes to the press (i.e. the "racist" charge has gone weakly countered and nothing more).
We are one pro-2A judge away from losing this country and what it was founded upon.
Make no mistake, if the 2nd Amendment is taken away (basically or in full) the United States of America dies. The name may be the same but that would be it.
Elections do indeed have consequences. Sometimes massive consequences.
Remember this next November. Reign in our would-be dictators, before it's too late.
who the Fourth Liberal will be is so unimportant, so I guess it makes sense to manufacture a controversy over it.
This is a popular, but wrongheaded view. There is an important series of civil liberties cases with a 5 member majority consisting of Justices Scalia, Thomas, Souter, Ginsburg, and Stevens has consistently ruled in favor of more civil liberty protections. (Justices Roberts and Alito have nearly identical views to Reinquist and O'Connor on these issues, and we can view cases as a continuation.) These cases include:
1) Right to jury trial. Does the Constitution prevent judges from deciding if a case is death penalty, from deciding whether something has aggregated factors for the sentencing guidelines, increasing penalties based on their own findings of fact, etc.? Five Justices say yes, while four consistently say that prudence and balancing rights means that judges are better equipped than juries to deliver justice. See Apprendi v. New Jersey, Ring v. Arizona, Blakely v. Washington, Cunningham v. California. Note that Oregon v. Ice went 5-4 the other way against the defendent because Ginsburg and Stevens didn't go along (but Roberts switched to uphold precedent of the previous cases.)
2) Confrontation clause-- How far does the Constitution's right to confront a witness extend? Does it extend to police scientists who prepare lab reports, to hearsay statements by spouses, etc. See Crawford v. Washington and the recent Melendez-Diaz case.
3) Search after arrest-- Can a car be searched after a suspect is arrested if the suspect no longer poses a threat and there is no likelihood of finding evidence related to the crime for which the driver was arrested? Arizona v. Gant, discussed on Reason.
4) Searching using heat detectors-- Do the cops need a warrant to use heat sensors to detect the heat from hydroponic grow lamps coming off a house? Is this like visible light (cops don't need a warrant if you leave your blinds open) or something that violates reasonable expectations of privacy? Kyllo v. United States. -- Here Justices Breyer and Stevens switched.
Democratic Senators had made clear earlier that nominating any libertarian-leaning judges like Janice Rogers Brown would be fiercely opposed, and that they preferred, if a justice had to be conservative, "pragmatic" Justices like Roberts and Alito.
Of course, perhaps GWB prefers that type of judge too, and dislikes the formalists and idealists like Justices Thomas and Scalia.
In any case, since Roberts and Alito are both like the justices they replaced, little change occurred. But the formalism/pragmatism split is very important for civil liberties, and not much discussed.
One problem is that the pragmatists tend to be more moderate and inconsistent on issues, so the party not of the President prefers pragmatists that might switch their mind on hot button issues occasionally instead of formalists who tend to be logically rigorous and consistent.
It's bad news for civil liberties, though. Essentially, because libertarian leaners tend to be dogmatic and consistent in all their opinions, politicians especially don't trust the libertarians of the other party. Especially if Judge Sotomayor is, as VP Biden has promised, a pragmatist unlike Justice Souter.
If she's so bad on the 2nd, why didn't BHO's opposition (very broadly defined and including blogs like this) try to turn public opinion against her before the hearings in order to make it more likely that she'd withdraw?
That, of course, is a rhetorical question. The leaders of the opposition to BHO are for the most part completely incompetent. They're easily distracted and they keep making the same mistakes over and over. And, instead of encouraging people to do something effective, they either encourage people to do nothing or to do things that aren't effective.
In case anyone wants to do something effective, here's how to block Sonia Sotomayor. Please send that link to all your friends and urge them to get involved. Don't expect the GOP or major bloggers to do that: you have to.
Thank you for providing a link, 24AheadDotCom. I appreciate the effort.
Excellent deductive work, J. Thacker. If you listened to her introductory speech, yesterday, she reveled in being a 'tough on crime' former prosecutor, so I don't expect her to step in Souters shoes where both he and Ginsberg fullfill admirable rolls.
As an aside, in the recent controversy, Ginsberg's critics failed to note that she was the one who brought up the link between eugenics and the institutional practice of abortion, something most liberals shy away from even though it boosts the reasoning backing an individual right.
Sonia Sotomayor comes across as glib and self satisfied. I'm looking forward to the day when Scalia bursts her postmodernist bubble. Hell, it would be even more satisfying if it turns out to be Ginsburg who bursts that bubble. Old school, civil rights oriented liberal versus the slick, boot licking, left leaning careerist. It would make for great drama.
I should also point out that Souter was part of a 5 member majority in Kelo v. New London Judging from Sotomayor's record and her comments (incorrectly) explaining Kelo today (she just claimed it was a blighted area, which it was not, as all sides agreed), she would not flip and reverse Kelo.
Is it just me or is she claiming the same bullshit no matter what the topic. She says the same thing here she said about the fire fighters she racially kicked in the nuts. She was just following the precedent already set by the courts. Well wtf, if all you have to do to be a judge is cite history wtf do we even need her for in her current job? If all she is going to do is go by what went before can't anyone pretty much do this job?
Sotomayor reading the Second Amendment out of existence puts her out of the mainstream.
What mainstream? SCOTUS appointments are for life, and they all think 5 out of 9 of them can do absolutely anything they want, Constitution be damned, voter sentiment be damned.
The only mainstream that counts for them is the majority of 9 SCOTUS justices.
Until someone shoots one of them for overstepping their bounds even more egregiously than they have done so in the past, and they start caring again what the citizenry thinks. Which is why the Second Amendment MATTERS. The citizens need the right to bear arms to keep the government reined in.
"We are one pro-2A judge away from losing the 2A."
We are one pro-2A judge away from losing this country and what it was founded upon."
We are one judge away from not giving a shit about any of the laws or the basis for them. If the 2nd goes than so with it goes all the others. At which point in time she will become nothing but another strategic target of those will now be fighting to get the country back. Those that will not for any reason be turning their guns into the government, regardless of how wise the latina woman judge thinks she is, they would all be up for quick erradication in the next revolution. Toss the second and toss any rights you had to your being safe and secure as well. When it comes down to Revolutionary war those is power seem to forget that the 1st people highest on the list to be taken out are the ones that brought about the war to begin with and those thought to be leading it for the enemy. Basically when push comes to shove no title or job even the SCOTUS will save you from being taken out. If you trash all that millions have defended why would you possibly think that all other laws will still be followed to the letter by those who just had their freedoms and rights tossed out the window by no one other than yourself.


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Peter Beinart I'm here–I'm that "uncomfortable Zionist" you called for in your recent essay in the New York Review of Books. And while some may think that the "two-minutes-to-midnight urgency" tone in your essay is too much, I've been waiting for an American-Jewish leader like yourself to make just this kind of call for quite some time.
I have always been a politically passionate liberal American-Jew. Now 23, I grew up in the time of George W. Bush. My junior year of high school was marked by the War in Afghanistan and my senior year by the War in Iraq. Outraged by these wars, I enrolled in college and started studying politics and the Middle East.
While I always identified as Jewish, my first two years of college were marked by a disengagement with Judaism. Yom Kippur was off my radar and Passover passed right over me. When Israel came up in my Middle Eastern studies classes I didn't feel any connection to Israel–neither connected nor disconnected. Like most American-Jews my age, in a soft way, I was rebelling against Judaism in my 20s and had resigned to revisit the topic when I started making life choices like who to marry and how to raise my family.
Then one day, a Jewish student approached me in the cafeteria of my school. She had just been on Birthright and now she wanted to sign me up so that I could have "the experience of a lifetime". It was the most evangelical Jewish experience I've ever had. She was trying to convert me to Zionism — "Zionism?" I thought. Like most non-orthodox American-Jews, I really had no idea what that was. But once she told me that after 10 days of Zionist rhetoric I could extend my trip and visit Egypt and Jordon, I agreed to sign-up.
This ten day trip was my turning point–my first encounter with Israel and Zionism. In these ten days everything changed for me and a whole new dialogue started to unfold between Judaism, Zionism, Israel and I. When I returned to the United States, I had a whole lot of questions about my identity to answer and a new community of people to converse with. For the first time, I was able to engage other Jewish youth about their connection to Israel and grapple with several conservative and orthodox Jews about how they could be liberal and support a state that implemented racist policies and violated human rights on a daily basis.
While I am not surprised that Luntz's study found that "Jewish youth used the word 'they' rather than 'us' to describe [their relationship to Israel]," I am surprised that your essay and the responses written to your article haven't articulated the impact that Birthright is having on American Jews. Even though Birthright may not profess a type of Zionism that is healthy for the Jewish people or the State of Israel, it most certainly has put Zionism into young Jews vocabulary and encouraged young liberal Jews like myself to grapple with Zionism and their connection to Israel — an essential part of growing up Jewish, and undoubtedly the reason that I've come to identify as a liberal Zionist.
I have been living in Israel now for three years and made aliyah in 2007. While Birthright surely counts me as one of their success stories, I didn't make aliyah because I believe that this is my homeland or that I have the Right of Return. Like many young Jewish-American immigrants here, I came because I recognize that there is no "us" and "them". I understand that for thousands of years, Jewish people just like me dreamed of having a state of their own, and that if liberal democracy is being threatened in the only Jewish state on earth I have no choice but to try to save it.
At the same time, as you noted, the current political climate in Israel is very disturbing. The right is increasingly powerful and extremist and the next generation of leaders, my Israeli peers, are falling in line with this hostile right-wing Zionism. While I am hesitant to draw comparisons between my short lived experience in the United States and Israel, I do remember a time when the American left was in crisis (after George Bush was elected a second time), a time when we realized that the seeds for the rightest revolution had been planted years in advance and that right wing youth had been given every opportunity to grow and prosper, while the left wing youth had been left to flounder.
The situation in Israel isn't far from that. The majority of opportunities to become influential in Israeli politics exist for right wing Jews, while leftist Israeli youth (Jews and Arabs alike) lack the funding and institutional support that they need in order to become a strong, powerful minority. In addition, many of the avenues for leftist Israeli youth that do exist come from NGOs focused on the conflict, while an institution focused on building the next generation of leftist politicians and organizers seems to be missing.
Yesterday, almost four years after my first trip to Israel, I was in Sheik Jarrah protesting the illegal removal of Palestinian families from their homes. There I met Yoav Peck, an American-Israeli Jew who has lived in Israel for 38 years and Jerusalem for 28. Since 1979 he has been active in the anti-war movement in Israel because he believes that "if we can get it right [here], we can get it right anywhere". The one thing he mentioned that makes Sheik Jarrah unique, aside from the fact that it is a liberal Zionist struggle, is that the movement is being led by a large group of young leftist — the first group of progressive youngsters he's seen in years — and this, this is giving him hope.
While your article and organizations like J Street are giving us hope here in Israel, we also need the support of the older generation of Israeli left, funding and an institution (like the New Organizing Institute in the US) that can give the young courageous liberal youth in Israel a chance to win seats in the Knesset and influence Israel's national political climate as well.
If you haven't been following Peter Beinart's article or the lively debate that it inspired you can read some of the responses here:
- Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street's founder and President, posted the following statement in a response to the piece.
- Jonathan Chait penned an eloquent response, agreeing with Beinart's central point and disagreeing with parts of the piece. Click here to read it. Beinart responded to Chait in The Daily Beast here. And Chait responded to Beinart's response here.
- The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg exchanged a series of emails with Peter Beinart on his piece, which he posted on his blog in two separate posts. Click here to read Part 1. Click here to read Part 2.
- The Forward posted a thoughtful editorial in response to Beinart and Jeffrey Golberg's commentary here.
- David Rothkopf puts the Beinart piece in historical context in an essay entitled "It is time for Israel to understand the new normal." Click here to read it on Foreign Policy.
- Sarah Wildman's response "Bashing AIPAC, Peter Beinart Takes on Unswerving Zionist Zeal"

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A car accident on Route 9W in Valley Cottage shut the road to traffic early this morning and detours continue as work continues to repair damaged utility equipment, according to Clarkstown police.
Police said a car struck a utility pole at about 3:30 a.m. on a hilltop section of Valley Cottage between Christian Herald Road in Upper Nyack and Lake Road in Valley Cottage. The damage required the road to be closed in both directions for the accident clean up and utility repairs.
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Police in Memphis said a fellow missing police officer was found dead in the trunk of his car.
The Lexus belonging to Officer Tony Hayes was found Thursday night in an apartment complex parking lot.
Investigators said Hayes had been shot to death.
Police have taken two suspects into custody.
Police said one of the suspects is a 37-year-old female deputy jailer with the Shelby County Sheriff's department and the other is a male teenager.
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RIP. Sorry to hear about this, all you Memphis guys!
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Knoxville — A group of traveling collectors are coming to Knoxville Aug. 13-17. A spokesman said the group is eager to buy antiques from local residents.
The purchasers coming to town say they are looking for old electronics, gold, silver, coins and antiques. Spokesman Frank Ross said the group is not coming to sell local residents anything, not even insurance policies on their newfound valuables. He said the goal of this group is to leave money in Knoxville, not take it. Ross said the group will pay cash for these items.
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Montgomery County's unity as well as its diversity will be the keys to keeping the state's "economic engine" revving next year, said Nancy Navarro, the new Montgomery County Council president.
The council president, which changes hands at the end of each year, sets the agenda and steers the council on broad policy initiatives.
"It is clear that a majority of residents are minority, so it is fitting that the face of our council leadership reflects that change," said Councilman Craig Rice, referring to Navarro, who is the council's first Latina president. Rice was chosen to serve as the council's vice president.
Rice, (D-Dist. 2) of Germantown, Tuesday announced Navarro's nomination in Spanish, spurring a standing ovation and a unanimous vote from the nine-member council.
In her first remarks as president, Navarro (D-Dist. 4) of Silver Spring, emphasized unity within the council and across Montgomery County as a whole.
"To me, 'One Montgomery' means recognizing the differences among us while emphasizing that however different our backgrounds or lifestyles may be, we are connected," she said. "'One Montgomery' also means embracing our diversity. Our county is incredibly diverse by any measure you can think of. … This diversity is indeed our greatest strength."
With federal uncertainty on the horizon, the county's workforce diversity is an asset that must continue to be nurtured, she said.
The council has put tens of millions of dollars in recent years toward incentive programs, economic development grants and public-private partnerships, she said. But those efforts could "grind to a halt" if the state doesn't come up with ways to fund the Purple Line and Corridor Cities Transitway.
"Montgomery County is the economic engine of Maryland," Navarro said. "... Of course we still have much work to do. We have to make sure our master plans encourage the right balance of housing, jobs and amenities in every part of our county. And we need long-term transportation solutions."
"I have heard for too long that Montgomery County is not open for business. Today I want to be absolutely clear: Montgomery County is one of the best places in America to grow a business of any size. When it comes to schools, housing, office space, consumers, workforce and amenities, Montgomery county is the place to be."
Navarro joined the council in 2009 after twice being the president of the county Board of Education. Working to preserve and improve the Council's relationship with the school system will be a priority, especially with more than 72,000 county residents live below the poverty line, and nearly one-third of students receiving Free and Reduced Meals.
"One Montgomery also means fairness and opportunity for everyone. Our guiding principle must be that our children's academic achievement will not be predetermined by their socioeconomic status," she said.
This year, the council approved $1 million to fund more gang prevention specialists, expanded teen programs and after-school activities; supplied another $500,000 for child-care subsidies; increased subsidies for low-income families to pay their electric bills; and restored some of the library system's funding cuts.
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Date: April 23, 2009
by: Heidi Kurpiela | A&E Editor
There are student art projects, and then there are Ringling student art projects.
Each spring, the college, famous for its Pixar and DreamWorks alumni, showcases student artwork selected by a panel of professional artists from all over the country. The show, simply titled "The Best of Ringling," is the school's version of the Academy Awards, and although the exhibit includes more than 75 animated short films, it's less comical than one might expect from Sarasota's animation institution.
Like the Oscars, there's hype, drama, speculation and tension surrounding the year-end exhibition.
And, let's not forget the labor-of-love element. Behind almost every creative impulse at Ringling College lies a personal tribute or transformation.
Take Hadar Pitchon, for example. A senior photography and digital-imaging student, Pitchon, 22, was so inspired by photographer and model Cindy Sherman's character portraits that for a week he retreated to the same North Tamiami Trail motel to shoot a series of steamy portraits of himself dressed as different women — wig, pantyhose, high heels and all.
Or Mikaela Williams, a fine-arts junior, who was motivated to sculpt her head out of paper after she fractured her skull last summer riding a motorcycle through Titusville.
Or junior Michelle Fisher, who took black-and-white 35 mm photographs of her 16-year-old brother whose congenital malformations have kept him in and out of hospitals for years.
"It's the first time I've gotten so personal with a family member," says Fisher, 20, whose work was also featured in 2007 and 2008. "'The Best of Ringling' is a big deal. As a student, it's nice to know all the sleepless nights have paid off. You feel like it was all worth it."
The Best of Ringling runs through May 8, at the Selby Gallery on the Ringling College of Art and Design campus. For information, call 359-7563 or visit www.ringling.edu/selbygallery.
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Ceja Vineyards Cabernet Chocolate Sauce
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Ceamy and silky
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Tasting Notes
Rich and seductive, this liqueur was made from our Cabernet Sauvignon and creamy Dutch Chocolate. Pour it over ice cream or use like a desert sauce. Or just eat it off a spoon. Dribble over ripe bananas or big juicy strawberries. Or how about a dollop in your morning coffee? Either way you decide to use this sexy potion you're bound to have a great time!
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Made by Anette's Chocolate Factory located in Napa.
Product Reviews
Rick and Cheri
(May 10, 2012 at 9:43 AM)
Nothing shy of spectacular! Michael Angelo (at the tasting room) recommended this sauce and we bought a bottle on a whim; we should have bought a case! Deep, rich chocolate flavor with the very inviting, almost addictive, flavor of Cab Sav. Amazingly good for coffee, french toast, deserts...Anything! Believe me, you want this indulgence on hand at your house too!!!
(Nov 15, 2012 at 10:50 AM)
Let me preface this with I am not a chocolate fan. That being said, I could drink a whole bottle of this!!! This was so pleasant with no bitter after taste. I can think of so many ways I will use this but can't wait to use it on my buttermilk cake recipe. I bought an extra one for a gift but don't think it is going anywhere.


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Quote:Greg, I misunderstood my CGEM then. So you're telling me that 8/3 harmonic issue is not due to the worm gear cycle? Or is that still there and this just fixes the 'sawtooth' many of us experienced in dec?
Quote:Don't we need to see pictures over 480secs to prove that it's actually gone? Without it, you've just confirmed that it works within a worm gear cycle. I always had success at 5 minutes or so, I never got much beyond that.
Can you guys remove your reducers too? It'd be nice to see long focal length shots. 1000mm and longer exposures would be great .
Quote:Just got a CGEM 1100HD a few months ago and noticed some issues with a movement in the eyepiece about every second while viewing objects... depending on the sky location is was either unnoticeable or annoying... just did the check posted above and yep... looks like the cogging issue but one question:Is it normal for it only to be in one direction? I could get it to have several times per ' going up but going down, never a hitch...Guess I'm waiting for the firmware before more pics... oh well..


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5 Non-Negotiable Work Benefits for New Moms
There are certain benefits new mothers should never do without.
A newborn presents a first-time working mother with a unique mix of joys and challenges—whether she's poised for it or not. On one hand, she is excited about all her new caregiving role entails—from picking the perfect crib to selecting the comfiest, swaddling garb. On the other, she is forced to achieve a delicate harmony—ensuring both her home and work life receive sufficient attention. This is one reason flexibility emerges as a "must" for new career-oriented moms seeking to master what Working Mother's Editorial Director Jennifer Owens calls "work-life satisfaction."
"You are more loyal. You are more productive. You're healthier. You're less stressed. That's a benefit everyone should have—moms and dads," Owens says. "[Flexibility] is going to make you better and it's going to make your employer better."
WorkingMother.com and the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) recently compiled a list of the Top 50 Companies for Executive Women, saluting businesses that extend tangible career benefits to working mothers. Some of the companies that make the list include IBM, General Mills, and Johnson & Johnson.
There are certain non-negotiable benefits that new mothers should never forgo. Here's more about five of them:
1. Telecommuting Privileges. From sick nannies to sick infants—life happens, and sometimes you just can't make it into the office. That's why having the choice of working from home when needed is a necessity for new mothers. Cisco and Intel make CNN Money's 2012 list of the 100 Best Companies To Work For because they offer telecommuting privileges. According to CNN Money, 90 percent of Cisco employees telecommute regularly, while 80 percent of Intel employees do. About 70 percent of PricewaterhouseCoopers' employees also telecommute on a routine basis.
2. Phase-Back Hours. It's incumbent on new moms to negotiate phase-back hours (temporary part-time work for full-time pay) when returning to work from maternity leave, says Dr. Betty Spence, president of the NAFE. Companies might differ in the hours they allot. But new moms, she says, should educate themselves about their company's policy and negotiate phase-back time for at least 90 days. "You want to keep your hand in [your work] when you're a new mom," she says. "You don't want to lose contact with what's going on in the office, but you also don't want to have to be in there all the time. It's very important that you make sure you're negotiating, so you won't be derailed from your career track just because you're having a baby," Spence says.
Kraft Foods, IBM, and General Mills are a handful of companies that offer some form of phase-back hours to working moms, according to WorkingMother.com.
3. Paid Maternity Leave. Life expenses are neverending, enduring through pregnancy, birth, and caregiving. From baby formula to car notes, the cost of living doesn't screech to a halt just because a woman gives birth. That's why Owens says paid maternity leave is such a big deal. And it's essential for new moms to investigate any restrictions that might bar them from receiving this benefit. "For some companies, maternity leave doesn't trigger until you've worked there a year," she says. "So, you'd want to find out [if that's your company's policy] beforehand." Johnson & Johnson, Bank of America, and IBM all offer paid maternity leave, according to WorkingMother.com.
4. Health Insurance. It's not a given that every working mom has access to healthcare benefits, Owens says. And for new mothers, health coverage increases in importance. A decent insurance package not only covers the costs of prescription formula—it absorbs the price of doctor's appointments and emergency room visits as well. New moms never know when they'll need to hunker under that protective umbrella. Gaining access to sound health services is crucial to their well-being and that of their child. Boston Consulting Group and Zappos.com are two of 14 companies featured on CNN Money's list that pay 100 percent of their employees' healthcare premiums.


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Pennsylvania's Supreme Court today sent a challenge to the state's new Voter ID law back to a lower court with instructions for that judge to reconsider issuing an injunction.
It's not yet clear how the court decision will affect or possibly block implementation of the law for the Nov. 6 general election, according to a Philly.com report.
The decision gave Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson -- a former Northampton County judge and a Nazareth resident -- until Oct. 2 to file a new opinion on the case. Simpson upheld the law last month.
The Supreme Court instructed Simpson "to consider whether the procedures being used for deployment" of ID cards comports with the law as written -- which, in testimony before the Supreme Court, appeared not to be the case, according to a Huffington Post report.
If those procedures are not being followed, or if the judge was "not still convinced...that there will be no voter disenfranchisement arising out of the Commonwealth's implementation of a voter identification requirement for purposes of the upcoming election" then he would be "obliged to enter a preliminary injunction," the higher court wrote.
Two Democratic justices dissented, saying the high court should have issued an injunction itself. The four judges who supported the ruling include three Republicans and one Democrat.
Free photo IDs for voting are available at PennDOT driver's license centers.
The court challenge to the new Voter ID law has been described as a case of contradictions.


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Ah-renes. Nothing more.
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How do you cope with the sleeplessness, the stress, the fear in the first few months?
Our baby just came home yesterday. He was five weeks premature, so he was in the NICU for two weeks. The stress of doing things "right" is overwhelming. I've taken time off work to help my wife, but after two weeks I'll be back at work during the day, and I worry so much for my wife's forbearance too.
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Vickie Jean (Lynam) Davenport-Williams, 61, of Hartshorne, died Monday, March 11, 2013, at her home.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Brumley-Mills Chapel in Hartshorne.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Brumley-Mills Chapel with Steve Mass officiating. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Brumley-Mills Funeral Home of Hartshorne.
Born Oct. 20, 1951, in Texarkana, Texas, she was the daughter of Curtis and Patsy Jean (Goatcher) Lynam. She grew up in Bache and was raised by her grandparents, Bill and Nina Goatcher, who owned the old Bache store. All through her childhood, she helped out in the store, until she completed her education, earning a bachelor's degree in business and communication.
She owned and operated a flower shop in Seiling and an answering service in Fairview. She was an executive director of the Chamber of Commerce at Fairview, Del City, El Reno, Durant and Kennett, Mo. She was an excellent event planner and was instrumental in helping raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for non-profit and charitable organizations.
In 1995 she settled in Hartshorne and operated the Republic Insurance Agency for a number of years.
She enjoyed reading, traveling and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She married James Robert Williams on May 24, 1991.
Survivors include her husband, Jim Williams, of the home; one daughter, Amber Sutton and Donnie Sutton, of Hartshorne; one son, Judd Davenport, of McAlester.
Also, two grandchildren, Madison Phillips and Tanner Don Sutton; a cousin, Debbie Mayo-Jackson; special friend, Vivian Scott, and numerous other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Curtis and Patsy Lynam; her grandparents, Bill and Nina Goatcher, and an aunt, JoAnne Mayo.
Pallbearers will be Eddie Mayo, Bill Mayo, Donnie Sutton, Ron Scott, Danny Mass and Mike Mass.
Honorary pallbearers will be Judd Davenport, Vernon Davenport, Dale Davenport, Steve Mass, David Mass and Skip Evans.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of McAlester, 801 East Wyandotte, McAlester, OK 74501.


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Unang balita is a Philippine morning news and talk show aired every weekday mornings by GMA Network.Unang Hirit was first aired on GMA in December 6, 1999, replacing Mornings @ GMA. Mornings' hosts Lyn Ching, Suzi Entrata, Ryan Agoncillo with new faces of Mickey Ferriols, Arnold Clavio, and Miriam Quiambao started the show as the original hosts pitting up against ABS-CBN's least powerful Alas Singko Y Medya.In 2009, Unang Hirit celebrated their tenth year, marking them as the longest-running morning show in the Philippines.
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The baklava comes out of the oven sizzling hot and the reduced syrup of honey, apricots, orange zest and cinnamon gets poured over, cooling to a sticky glaze.
(Makes one 9x13 inch pan)
1/2 cup finely chopped almonds or pistachios
1/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
8 ounces butter for brushing
1/2 package phyllo sheets, thawed
Honey and Cinnamon Apricots (recipe follows)
Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Combine the nuts with the sugar and spices. Melt the butter in a small sauce pan.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
Unroll the phyllo sheets on a work surface. Trim them to approximately fit your pan. Place a sheet of plastic wrap over the top and weight this down with a damp towel. This will keep the phyllo moist while you work with it.
With a pastry brush, coat the inside of a 9x13 inch baking pan with butter. Lay one phyllo sheet in the pan, tucking the ends under, and brush with melted butter. Top this with another sheet of phyllo and brush with butter. Repeat until you have 5 sheets. Sprinkle this sheet evenly with half of the nut mixture. Top with another butter-brushed 5 sheets and then the rest of the nut mixture. Place 5 more butter-brushed sheets on top to form the top crust. Brush the top with butter.
With a sharp knife, score the pastry into diamonds, cutting all the way to the bottom of the pan. Bake for about 35-45 minutes, or until the pastry is deep golden brown.
While the baklava is baking prepare the apricots.
Honey and Cinnamon Apricots:
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup orange juice
1 teaspoon orange zest
2 tablespoons orange liqueur
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 stick cinnamon
6 ripe apricots, 4 plums or 3 nectarines, pits removed and cut into 1/2 inch chunks
Combine the honey, sugar, orange and lemon juices, orange liqueur, orange zest and cinnamon in a sauce pan and boil for 8-10 minutes or until syrupy. Stir in the apricots.
To finish:
When the pastry comes from the oven, pour the syrup over the pan and allow to cool. Serve the diamonds topped with crème fraiche or vanilla bean ice cream.
Recipe developed by Lynne Vea


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I have been underwhelmed by the last two seasons of True Blood. Season four, with the witches, was an abomination; it was so bad that I don't entirely trust my opinions on season five. (Was it good because season four was so bad? Was it bad because I was so bitter over season four? Who knows.) But I have to say I enjoyed several aspects of the season six premiere.
As is the True Blood way, we open precisely where season five ended: with Bill being reborn in Lilith's blood and the Authority compound being brought down. What is going on with Bill is clearly the driving mystery of the season, so we won't get any easy answers. In the first episode, we won't get any answers at all. There are some new developments with Bill, but I think it is more enjoyable for you to find out as you watch.
As we have seen in the trailer, Governor Burrell is coming down against the vampires: a mandatory curfew is in effect, and all vampire-owned businesses are to be shuttered at once. Obviously this affects Pam, and she is losing control over a number of aspects of her life. It looks like Burrell will have a major role this season, and there is definitely something sinister about him. I think he is going to be a "big bad" this season, despite the fact that he (no joke) specifically says, "I am not the new 'big bad.'"
Jason is still anti-vampire and anti-fangbanger, and this may cause a rift between him and Sookie. More than anything, Jason is just lost. Nothing new there. When Nora hears Jason utter the name "Warlow," she loses her shit. Without giving too much away, Warlow is one of the oldest vampires and has a major role in vampire lore. We do get to meet Warlow in the season premiere.
Eric signs the Stackhouse house back over to Sookie. She rescinds his invitation to the house. Eric is clearly in love with her still, and Sookie seems to be in love with him, but right now, she needs to focus on Sookie.
Andy is having a hard time adjusting to being a dad, especially to what amounts to a litter of little girls. Arlene and Terry help him, but the little girls, being fairies, are going to be far more complicated to care for than regular babies....
As for the rest: There is not a whole lot going on with Alcide and the wolf pack. He is officially the pack master now (which is something I thought he got last season, but I guess now it is official). Jessica is having trouble with the whole Bill saga. Sam, Luna, and Emma all escape from the Authority compound, but there will surely be complications stemming from that. Tara is in love with Pam. Lafayette literally does nothing in the first episode. He has about three minutes of screen time in the season premiere.
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The other day I'm watching this dog in the grass go in circles trying to catch its own tail. He would stop, look back and begin again in either direction. Over and over he would try. I started to think about it some and I had this thought hit me… He's trying to catch something that already belongs to him. Isn't that how we treat God's love sometimes? We try to do more or do less to seek God's approval when in reality God's approval was placed over you through Jesus. When God looks at you he doesn't see what good you've done (Isaiah 64:6), nor what bad you've done, instead He see's the finished work of Jesus and He is pleased. Why chase for God's love when it is ours?
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Marianna Kline, 64, of Weatherford, died Saturday morning, Jan. 19, 2013, in a Fort Worth hospital.
Graveside service is 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, in the Authon Cemetery. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Galbreaith Pickard Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements.
She was born Oct. 17, 1948, in Fort Worth and was a resident of Weatherford for several years. She was a homemaker, a sign language interpreter and member of the River Oaks Rebekahs Lodge.
Survivors include her husband, Jim Kline, of Weatherford; sons, Michael Kline and wife, Carol, of Weatherford, and Daniel Kline, of Fort Worth; mother, Betty Lou Carlile, of Ennis; brothers, Martin Fox, of Grand Prairie, Alan Fox, of Waxahachie, Brian Fox, of Huntsville, and Keith Fox, of Fort Worth; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
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Reviews by MCDub:
North Carolina
3.5/5 rDev -4.4%
01-04-2013 20:27:50 | More by MCDub
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3.75/5 rDev +2.5%
08-02-2014 03:57:57 | More by LJWalker
3.25/5 rDev -11.2%
08-01-2014 07:46:00 | More by zestar
North Carolina
4/5 rDev +9.3%
08-01-2014 07:22:45 | More by TheWillMitch
4/5 rDev +9.3%
07-28-2014 21:46:11 | More by GMan
North Carolina
3.75/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured on-tap and served in a shaker pint, the beer is a hazy, amber-brown coloring, with a filmy, clingy, white head. Nose of roasted caramel and toffee, with hints of coffee in the backbone, too. Flavors are a toffee and coffee blend forward, with a bittersweet balance throughout. Smooth and light bodied, with a richly sweet and roasted aftertaste. The flavor is smooth and sweet. Solid, simple, balanced, well crafted brew.
Serving type: on-tap
07-27-2014 02:12:38 | More by GarthDanielson
4.5/5 rDev +23%
07-25-2014 23:15:03 | More by mishkatp
3.75/5 rDev +2.5%
07-25-2014 14:08:51 | More by tazzman
Ontario (Canada)
4/5 rDev +9.3%
07-20-2014 20:20:13 | More by DaPan
4.19/5 rDev +14.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
On tap at Bearden Beer Market in Knoxville.
Hazy, dark amber color with thin tan head. Prominent bread, roasted malt aroma with mold floral hops. Taste is reacted malts with caramel, fruity sweetness balanced by mild bitterness. Medium body with mild carbonation. Very mild ethanol warmth.
Overall a great ESB, very smooth with strong, sweet malt.
Serving type: on-tap
07-15-2014 01:13:59 | More by myelo
North Carolina
5/5 rDev +36.6%
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4.25/5 rDev +16.1%
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North Carolina
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South Carolina
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North Carolina
3.91/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Poured into a Sam Adams Perfect Pint glass from the Boston, MA brewery.
Batch 1218, bottle 14154.
This beer has been one of my perennial favorites when visiting the mountains of North Carolina and the vicinity of Asheville where it is most commonly found on draft. The first time I had this beer was at the 12 Bones restaurant on the UNC-Asheville campus, served on draft with a delicious North Carolina barbecue meal. ESB stands for Extra Special Bitter but the bottle says "special amber ale." It comes in a beautiful bottle with a gorgeous smooth label that I couldn't help but run my thumb over.
A: ESB has a really dark reddish-brown color that is more transparent than translucent. It is rich in color like a fine, dark red wood. It did not pour a very noticeable head on my pour, but it could be due to the fact that I reviewed from a bottle rather than on draft. There was however significant carbonation bubbling deep within the beer, but you have to stare into its deep color to find it.
S: This ale is more flavorful than fragrant. It smells of roasted malt and coffee with a light hint of chocolate.
T: This is a wonderfully flavorful beer. The first sip is packed of roasted malt and coffee flavors and hits you hard with its boldness. It has a malty, nutty body a slight tinge of hops is somewhat sweet on the tongue. There are hints of herbs and earthy flavors and very little fruit or citrus. It is not a very bitter beer (32 IBU) and lacks a significant amount noticeable aftertaste apart from a slight bitterness.
M: Smooth and crisp but lacking carbonation. It is a very drinkable texture and smoothness.
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---- — TRAVERSE CITY — Rotary Charities is changing the way it does business and restructuring to be more responsive to community needs.
It also will begin a new strategic planning process next year to help deal with — and benefit from — evolving trends in philanthropy in Michigan and the nation, said Rotary Charities executive director Marsha Smith.
The changes won't dramatically affect future grant-making, Smith said.
"We're not moving away from grant-making or giving less," she said. "We will continue to make grants and develop programs and services to nonprofits."
Eventually, expect to see more emphasis on creating and funding "network" projects such as the Traverse Bay Poverty Reduction Initiative, Grand Vision, Great Start Collective and Complete Streets efforts.
All have brought together an array of community sectors — agencies, nonprofits, local governments, businesses and citizens - to address regional efforts to build a strong regional economy, healthy families and environment, as well as art, culture and educational opportunities for area residents, she said.
"We will actually provide more services to a wider range of community participants," she said. "It won't change overnight. It will happen over time and in response to community needs."
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Over the last year, it handed out 50 grants totaling more than $1.5 million. Its offshoot, Northsky Nonprofit Network, also provided professional development, counseling and fee-based consulting services to 380 organizations in the region.
Leverage — essentially "using your dollar to attract more dollars" — has been a focal point of Rotary Charities' strategic planning through much of the first decade of the 21st century as oil and gas royalties began to dwindle.
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|Seahawks Ink Three During Signing Period
WILMINGTON, North Carolina - UNCW softball Head Coach Kristy Norton announced the signing of Nella Chamblee (Wendell, N.C./Corinth Holders), Peyton Jordan (Waxhaw, N.C./Marvin Ridge) and Merritt Wilkinson (Burlington, N.C./Western Alamance) to National Letters-of-Intent during the early signing period.
All three will enroll at UNCW for the fall 2013 semester and join the Seahawk softball program as freshman for the 2014 season.
"Overall, I am very happy that these three young ladies chose to play at UNCW," said Norton, who is in her first season with the program. "They will bring a wealth of softball skill to our team. They are passionate about the game and are a group of solid competitors."
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It was a hot summer day at a rest stop on the plains of eastern New Mexico. Two Arizona fugitives and their accomplice were trying to figure out what their next move was going to be to stay ahead of the law.
What's not clear is who first saw that truck and well-appointed travel trailer sitting in the parking lot, and who hatched the plan to target the Oklahoma couple that the rig belonged to.
Defense attorneys for John McCluskey, the convict accused of killing the couple, have spent hours hammering away at inconsistencies in the accounts of key prosecution witnesses. However, their cross-examinations have yet to make the witnesses waver from accusations that McCluskey was the triggerman.
The fourth week of testimony in McCluskey's capital murder trial wrapped up Thursday with the questioning of accomplice Casslyn Welch. She spent days detailing the preparation for the escape from a medium security prison near Kingman, Ariz., a drug smuggling operation that financed the prison break, and the abduction and shooting deaths of Gary and Linda Haas, of Tecumseh, Okla.
The trial resumes Monday after a three-day break. Prosecutors are expected to wrap up their case with testimony from a ballistics expert and an FBI agent.
Welch, who is McCluskey's cousin and girlfriend, was in tears before she started testifying Monday and got choked up several times while on the stand.
Under questioning by McCluskey's lawyers, she admitted to lying under oath and not being truthful with federal investigators and prosecutors.
She said her attitude following her arrest was "deplorable" and she regretted helping with the escape and making derogatory references about the Haases during interviews with authorities.
But she did not back down on the most important detail.
"Have you ever identified anyone other than John McCluskey as the person who shot and killed Gary and Linda?" Prosecutor Greg Fouratt asked.
"No, sir," Welch said.
After presenting a parade of forensic experts and law enforcement agents along with dozens of crime scene photos and recorded conversations, prosecutors are set to wrap up their case early next week.
McCluskey, if convicted, faces either life in prison or the death penalty.


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APEX — Apex boys' lacrosse head coach John Hayden knew the Cougars second-round playoff game against visiting conference foe Middle Creek would be anything but easy.
That was why Hayden emphasized good ball movement and finishing at the net better against an opponent that the Cougars had edged by one and three goals earlier in the year.
On Tuesday Apex responded, scoring often and in spurts in a 14-6 victory over the Mustangs. The Cougars (17-2) will play at Conference 2 champ Cardinal Gibbons on Friday for the third time this year. Both Apex losses came to the Crusaders.
Middle Creek finished its season 10-7.
"We made a few more stops but it's never easy against them," Hayden said. "(Offensively) we didn't do anything different today, we just finished better."
Apex sophomore Brendan Farrell scored four times, while seniors Derek Sweet and Luke Sieber added three and two goals respectively. Each of Farrell's goals was assisted by either Sieber or Sweet.
Sweet and Sieber have been playing together with Apex since they were freshmen, and were key players on the 2010 state finalist team. Now as seniors they are seeing things come full circle.
"We knew what we had to do, come out and possess the ball and get up early," said Sweet. "Ross Whitehead was a senior when we were freshmen and he paved the way for us. Now we're in that position and are trying to do the same for the younger players on this team."
The pair scored the Cougars first two goals, helping Apex to a 2-1 lead after the first period. Junior goalkeeper Tyler Nesbitt posted nine of his 15 saves in the first quarter, and his stops seemed to take some of the energy out of the Mustang attackers.
Apex scored six times in the second quarter to take an 8-3 lead and control of the game.
"Apex has a great defense and it seemed we were just in a different gear than them," said Middle Creek head coach Paul Robison, whose team defeated Wilmington Hoggard in the opening round. "They were swarming after the (groundballs) and they did a great job possessing the ball and finding the open guy."
Graham Southwick scored three times for the Mustangs, while Jack Doetzer added a goal and an assist.


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But it's not easy to pin down Chappelle. Lowery got no response from Rock's publicist, nor the two PR reps "known to work" with Chappelle. Other efforts were similarly unsuccessful:
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Police said they issued the criminal complaint, removed the license plates from the vehicle, and Tally's towed the vehicle about 6:30 a.m.
Police waited on hand at a Pleasant Street home Tuesday night, as one resident prepared his things and left the residence for the night. According to police, the man had argued with another resident about prescription medications, each claiming that the other had stolen their pills.
Police said the man, 32, claimed the woman stole his Suboxone and Adderall, while she denied doing so. The woman, also 32, told police the man had stolen her Adderall, which he denied. According to police, no charges were filed, but they remained on the scene to ensure civility.
A Prospect Street resident told police that two $300 bottles of wine had been stolen from his refrigerator Wednesday about 12:15 a.m.
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---- — PLATTSBURGH — "I served my country in 'Nam, and I should be buried in my hometown," Mike Morse said.
Morse grew up in Plattsburgh, although he currently lives in Florida. The cemetery he has in mind requires some explanation.
Morse, 63, owns and runs A-Plus Tool Sharpening in Clearwater, Fla. He served 28 perilous months in Vietnam, survived three heart attacks and overcame prostate cancer that left him disabled.
After his death, he wants to be buried in a veterans cemetery here in the North Country, but the closest state burial ground is 130 miles south in Saratoga Springs.
Despite the North Country's lack of a state cemetery dedicated to those who served in the military, Morse is hopeful one will be constructed before he needs it.
"I don't want to be the first one there, but it would still be comforting."
The idea of a state-owned veterans cemetery is not only Morse's idea, nor is he the first to hope for one.
Steve Bowman, Clinton County's director of veterans affairs, said he has worked for 13 years to move the project forward alongside vets who want to see it established. The effort is targeted on locating land, securing grants and persuading state lawmakers to pass the legislation that would pay for the cemetery.
He said the proposal has made a lot of progress but is still far from completion.
"It is not quick and easy," Bowman said.
Camp Gabriels, a former minimum security prison in the Town of Brighton's Gabriels hamlet in Franklin County, is under consideration as a possible location. Also under consideration are a parcel in Schuyler Falls and property owned by the Macdonough family on Cumberland Head.
The sites were selected by an advisory committee, comprised of Bowman and representatives of other veterans' organizations, for their accessibility and their links to military history.
The site on Cumberland Head is associated with the 1814 Battle of Plattsburgh. The one in Schuyler Falls, near Macomb Park, was part of a military training site in the 1930s but is now state-owned forestland administered by the Department of Environmental Conservation.
Bowman said the obstacles to a new state cemetery lay in Albany, and he is concerned the political climate there will cause the project to take even longer than it should.
He estimated that, even if the site were already selected, all the necessary legislation passed to allow grant application to the Department of Veterans Affairs and that application were submitted, it would still take 10 years before construction on the site could begin.
Bowman explained that Veterans Affairs only constructs a few cemeteries each year, and the wait for approved projects can be lengthy.
Both Assemblywoman Janet Duprey and State Sen. Betty Little have said they support the project, but Bowman said not everyone in Albany is as supportive.
The project is personally important to him, for though his will says he wants to be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., he would prefer burial in the North Country.
If a cemetery here isn't approved, Morse and many other veterans would be kept from having their wishes honored by a country they fought to protect.
Bowman said he knew many veterans, including his predecessor Warren Manor, who died before they could be buried in a place that honored their service. That's sad, he said, for when those in the military take their oaths to serve the United States, the country also makes an oath to them.
"Part of that oath is that Uncle Sam would take care of us for a lifetime."