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Siang Hee Restaurant: Ah Yoke's got some new recipes!
Fragrant Prawns. Price starts from $12
Remember the feisty lady from Siang Hee who has a passion for creating new dishes? Well, she has been at it again and when I went back to eat at her stall, she was enthusiatically telling me about her latest endeavours. I really like this lady because she is so passionate about her food and loves to experiment with new flavours. I think we like birds of a feather, blog together.
Anyway, I just like to tell you about this new dish which she calls fragrant prawns (美味虾). I don't think you can get a flavour like this in any Cze Char restaurant or even at home. It's a bit spicy, a bit sweet, a bit savoury and when you taste it, I guarantee it would make you think of something that you had eaten before when you were a kid. It took me a while to figure it out, but I realised that it tasted like curry chicken flavoured Twistees! Oh yes, you can imagine how addictive these prawns can be! 4.5/5
Har Cheong Gai: Price starts from $8
Ah Yoke has also been improving on her Har Cheong Gai recipe. I am so encouraged to see that there are some hawkers who are continually trying to improve on their recipes. Far too often, most hawkers just keep doing what they do even if their business is not great. But not this hawker, it seems that she is always thinking of new ways of improving her dishes everyday.
For her new Har Cheong Gai recipe, she changed her Prawn Paste to a brand from Hong Kong. She also tells me that in order to get the flavour deep into the bit between the two bones, she marinates the wings over two days. Lastly, she uses seven different flours to make the batter so that it comes out thin yet super crispy.
Her Har Cheong Gai is very enjoyable and you can order a plate and just sit in front of the TV and finish it all. Crisp on the outside, juicy on the inside with that slightly sticky juice oozing all over and of course the taste of prawn paste that is evident but not overpowering. If only all chicken wings could taste like this! 4.5/5
Luo Han Guo Pork Ribs: Prices start at $8
Cactuskit visited Ah Yoke a few months back and suggested to her the idea of Luo Han Guo Pork Ribs and so she started experimenting with this new flavour. I quite like it but can't really taste the Luo Han Guo. Since it is my first time tasting this dish, I can only say that it is good and definitely worth eating. But I can't say if it is the best Luo Han Guo pork ribs around. I suspect that it should have more of that Luo Han Guo taste though. 4/5
Crispy Prawn Rolls: Price from $8
Now if you think the menu is beginning to look like the Cze Char version of Old Chang Kee, I don't blame you. Ah Yoke seems to excel in the deep frying department and so all her new dishes seem to be deep fried. I guess a lady who can use seven different flours for her Har Cheong Gai must really be a deep fry expert.
But this last dish was a bit too jialak for me. The Crispy Prawn roll is prawns wrapped in bean curd skin and fried with a light and puffy batter. It was really crispy but for me it was one fry too many. It would have been nice if it was the only deep fried dish. But nice nonetheless. 3.75/5
Ah Yoke tells me that she has created at least 10 different new dishes over the last few months. Judging from the few that I have eaten, I would say that this is one of the most innovative Cze Char places around. So if you are looking for new Cze Char dishes to eat, this is the place to go!
Ieatishootipost readers note:
When you visit the stall, just mention that you are a blog reader and she will take care of you.*
*It is important to mention to stall owners that you actually come to their stalls because of the blog because after the first few customers, they will begin to realise just how many readers we have and start to treat us all a little special. It really makes it much easier to then approach the stall owner to organize a makan session. So everyone please play your part ok?
Update: 9 March 2012
WEF 15 March 2012, the stall will be operating from Serangoon Garden Food Centre, Stall 20, 49A Serangoon Garden Way 555945
Siang Hee Restaurant
Blk 89 Zion Road
11am to 10.30pm
Closed Alt Mondays
97364067 Ah Yoke
83 comments:
- iJeff said...
It has been awhile since I ate at Siang Hee. Time to revisit to try the Fragrant Prawns and Har Cheong Gai, which look yummy.
Siang Hee is still one of the best value for money Cze Char stall around Singapore.
- August 6, 2009 at 12:14 AM
- cactuskit said...
She really did the luo han guo pork ribs. I'm both honoured and very impressed. Must visit soon! : )
- August 6, 2009 at 12:28 AM
- Holy Drummer said...
Looks like a re-visit is round the corner.
And it just dawned upon me - that if only she could operate a little later to catch the zouk crowd =) Pre-clubbing dinner/supper.
Yo ah yo~
- August 6, 2009 at 12:49 AM
- Wen said...
I was there sometime ago and I really like their food. The Assam Fish Head was very good too. Definitely will visit them soon to try their new dishes.
- August 6, 2009 at 7:32 AM
- cactuskit said...
Drummer, she is the cook, and they operate from late morning. How to tahan till midnite? ; )
The chicken wings look like another version I like. Bee Kia of Thomson Rd.
- August 6, 2009 at 8:17 AM
- ieat said...
Oh they are as good as, if not better than the famous one at the XO fish head bee hoon restaurant in Holland Drive.
- August 6, 2009 at 8:39 AM
- P. Chong said...
I went back about a month back, and she recommended lou han kuo pork ribs...we tried it, and loved it...but agree with Les...not much taste of lou han kuo...but tasty nonetheless.
Will go try the fragrant prawns...
For a while, Siang Hee was becoming like a broken record...every visit we would end up eating great food at reasonable prices, but always the same dishes...so it is great she is innovating new dishes.
Onward Siang Hee...certainly one of my favourites.
- August 6, 2009 at 9:15 AM
- Joel said...
Omg, curry Twisties! The thought of a prawn dish with that flavour profile is making me drool. Still 1 hour 'til lunch!!
- August 6, 2009 at 10:21 AM
- ieat said...
Make sure you mention ieatishootipost and she might just make sure your prawns are a little bigger!
Let us know what you think!
- August 6, 2009 at 10:32 AM
- liverpool1965 said...
speaking of czr char...you should do a poll on where you can find the best hor fun ieat!
- August 6, 2009 at 11:01 AM
- oinkoink said...
Finally you went down. She's been asking me if I have told you about her new dishes.
She is really nice!
Giving me special treatment whenever I call to book 2 huge tables.
- August 6, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- ieat said...
Yes Ma'am, you asked me to go down during the Durian Degustation and I did!
- August 6, 2009 at 11:45 AM
- liverpool1965 said...
Pong makan next week after work....you'd have to wait for me though... :)
- August 6, 2009 at 11:57 AM
- oinkoink said...
Ma'am sound old leh.
Good that now she won't keep asking... hee hee
On lah Liverpool.
- August 6, 2009 at 12:17 PM
food looks dam shiok but why do tze chars insist on using wings for har cheong gai? 8 dollars for 8 winglets just doesnt cut it for me. it is a sign of slackness. if i wanted deep fried wings, i'd buy ..... err deep fried wings, not har cheong gai.
- August 6, 2009 at 12:52 PM
- oinkoink said...
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- August 6, 2009 at 1:49 PM
- oinkoink said...
(Frozen) Winglets have a lower cost price according to the poultry seller.
Most people like winglets.
Don't know why.
I buy them for my Har Cheong Gai too. =)
- August 6, 2009 at 2:01 PM
- oinkoink said...
I tried the Crispy Prawn Rolls too, but didn't like it.
Still prefer my Pumpkin Prawns.
- August 6, 2009 at 2:03 PM
omg, e Har Cheong Gai looks so tempting!!! :)
- August 6, 2009 at 6:35 PM
- cactuskit said...
Pong, how come your name is oink oink? : )
Siang Hee is definitely on the top few of my list to revisit now. Still need to print the pix I took of her with Leslie. She requested thru Leslie. Aunty killer. : )
- August 6, 2009 at 7:43 PM
- Botak_Mamasan said...
Seems all fried stuff hor....heehee not into that but Hubby will love it...will tell him about this new post. Thanks !
- August 6, 2009 at 8:20 PM
- ieat said...
Strictly speaking the winglet is the best part of the chicken for this particular dish because of the tender juicy flesh surrounding the radius and ulnar bones of the chicken. You can't really get the same effect with other parts of the chicken.
- August 6, 2009 at 8:26 PM
- cactuskit said...
I can take you and your hubby there and introduce you to Ah Yuk and her helper. Very nice people.
- August 6, 2009 at 11:55 PM
- Damien said...
The new dishes look good! Have tried the har cheong gai and lou han kuo pork ribs.
I like both and her dishes are extremely good value for money.
- August 7, 2009 at 11:13 AM
- cactuskit said...
Damien! Been a long time since you joined us for a meal. Come join us lah.
And if I didn't recall wrongly, it was you who recommended Siang Hee to us? The rest is history... : )
- August 7, 2009 at 12:06 PM
- ieat said...
Yes it was Damien who first discovered this place.
Not married yet already not coming for makan sessions, after married don't know how.
- August 7, 2009 at 12:07 PM
- cactuskit said...
He's always busy dating. Met him twice with his girlfriend outside for makan liao.
Once was with his future in laws as well, in Cafe De Hong Kong! : )
- August 7, 2009 at 12:48 PM
- oinkoink said...
cactuskit, i love to eat and i am quite a lazy person too, piggy not too nice, oinkoink more unique, just like my forum picture.
- August 7, 2009 at 1:42 PM
- cactuskit said...
Ah I see.... Like to eat I agree. Lazy? Nah, I've never seen a lazy but committed dragon boater.
- August 7, 2009 at 2:04 PM
- oinkoink said...
Heh.. i'm actually very nuah at home.
- August 7, 2009 at 3:01 PM
- Pong said...
Ok, to lessen confusions, I've change my profile nick.
- August 7, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- cactuskit said...
Great! Now you're Pong again. : )
- August 7, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Agreed wings are my favorite parts too.But compare to fresh chicken parts and frozen wings,the fresh chicken has more juices and textures.
- August 7, 2009 at 7:25 PM
- cactuskit said...
Actually, the wings are preferred by many because its covered with skin. Shiok when fried.
- August 7, 2009 at 11:22 PM
- ieat said...
Well yes fresh is always better than frozen.
However, it also depends on how you thaw the frozen meat. The best way is a slow thaw in the fridge overnight. If you thaw it quickly, the meat tends to be dry. Worse if you use microwave to thaw.
- August 7, 2009 at 11:51 PM
- Pong said...
Hmm.. Leslie giving more tips ehh.
- August 8, 2009 at 9:53 PM
- Damien said...
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- August 8, 2009 at 11:26 PM
- cactuskit said...
After trying his home made pizza and tau huay, I know that the man knows what he's saying. Slow thaw it is then...
- August 8, 2009 at 11:27 PM
- Damien said...
How i wish i could be dating all day long and have the carefree nature of a teenage boy :)
Just embarked on a new project and all my waking hours are devoted to it.
Will definitely catch up with all soon!
Not forgetting to add that the herbal soup in the same coffeeshop as Siang Hee is super shiok!
The stall close pretty early so best to go during lunch where you can order it together with Siang Hee's mostly fried dishes - both compliment each other extremely well :)
- August 8, 2009 at 11:28 PM
- cactuskit said...
Yes hope to catch up with you over makan soon, brother Damien. : )
Don't overwork.
Thks for the soup tip. Is it from the roast meats stall?
- August 9, 2009 at 1:44 AM
- Pong said...
When I was dinning there, I see quite a lot ordering soup there too.
- August 9, 2009 at 10:56 AM
- Derrick said...
Guys, damien, cactus kit,
shall we go down to Siang Hee for a re-makan ? i went once after leslie blogged about it....now reading it makes me want to do an improptu lunch thing tomorrow.....
any takers ?
- August 9, 2009 at 2:09 PM
- Derrick said...
herbal soup from the neighbouring stall......noted and written down in my head
damien's recommendations are always spot on. =)
- August 9, 2009 at 3:31 PM
New dishes? Nah, wild horses will not drag me there to revisit. Like I say in a previous post, that woman has an attitude problem. Lone diner get the brush off. Big group like Pong get the special. :{
Good food? so what.
If not for her helper, who was very nice, I would not have visited twice, never mind 3 times. But 'nuff said.
BTW, Liverpool, her hor fun is not bad, one of the better one that I have had and only $3.
- August 9, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- liverpool1965 said...
thanks chaozhouzi...will try if I am around the area
- August 9, 2009 at 7:16 PM
- liverpool1965 said...
chaozhouzi, you should be able to see a trash icon after the time stamp below you comments :)
- August 9, 2009 at 7:20 PM
- Derrick said...
it's tough being a hawker u know....everyone has their problems and bad mood days... agreed the solo customer is not likely to get better service than a table of eight or four diners but this is to be expected. Also when any eatery is busy with a lot of orders, it is common for standards all over to drop
i had gone with 2 people before (including myself) and was impressed with the cooking. I guess for me, as long as the food is good and value for money, i would disregard the ambience (hot coffeeshop) and bad manners of the waitress/serving staff.
of course i do draw a line with bad service....i don't ever go to the XO fish bee hoon at holland drive anymore because of the attitude of the owner but that is a different story.
hehe, live and let live right.
- August 9, 2009 at 8:41 PM
- cactuskit said...
Sorry to learn that you had a bad experience there, Chaozhouzi. I've eaten at Siang Hee several times and I can assure you that Ah Yoke is not that sort of a person usually as you encountered. Must have been a bad day for her. Give the stall another chance and see if its the same. To me, she's a friendly, passionate and warm person.: )
- August 9, 2009 at 8:52 PM
- cactuskit said...
Just saw your earlier post Derrick. Sorry, I'm immobile now. Injured my knees. Cannot join you tomorrow. Hope it'll recover soon.
- August 9, 2009 at 8:55 PM
- Derrick said...
oh dear cactus, hope u okay, sounds really serious man.
take care and speedy recovery !
- August 9, 2009 at 9:07 PM
- liverpool1965 said...
must have injured himself chasing after taukwa!...hope you are ok cactuskit! :)
- August 9, 2009 at 9:11 PM
- Pong said...
Hmm, Chaozhouzi, I've been there with 2 other friends before introducing big groups.
Maybe like what Cactuskit said, might have been a bad day for her.
Otherwise she's ok.
Her helper uncle is also very friendly.
- August 9, 2009 at 10:19 PM
- Pong said...
Take care Cactuskit.
Derrick, are you going there for lunch tomorrow?
- August 9, 2009 at 10:20 PM
- cactuskit said...
Hope its not too serious but feels pretty serious. Using clutches. Thks for all the concern. : )
- August 10, 2009 at 12:41 AM
- Derrick said...
pong, i am trying to rally people to go siang kee, still sourcing.....unfortunately i am alone
u got people ??? if so let me know
dear cactus, will pray for your speedy recovery okay !
- August 10, 2009 at 1:14 AM
- cactuskit said...
Thks bro!
Have a great meal there! Wish I could join. : )
- August 10, 2009 at 10:14 AM
- Pong said...
Derrick, I might be going within these few days, a friend's parents visiting SG, but probably dinner.
Will let you know.
- August 10, 2009 at 12:55 PM
- Pong said...
Oh ya Derrick, hmmm, don't know when Liverpool wants to eat there, will let you know. =D
- August 10, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Hi Derrick,
Rallying for kakis? Tremulous after reading my bad experience? hehehe. Anyway hope you have better service.
I visited 3 times and only on the 2nd visit she was busy with a big table of 10 and I brought a friend last 2 times. If around there, will try again but no special trip there just for the new dishes.
Liverpool, thought taukwa would offers a soft landing ;)
- August 13, 2009 at 12:43 AM
- kennypocky said...
Me and my wife have eaten at Siang Hee 3 times, and the last visit did leave me with a bad taste in my mouth.
Everything was fine, but the pumpkin prawns was really substandard compared to the previous times. :(
It was absolutely dripping and soaked in oil, the whole plate was that oily. The worse part was that the prawns used were so stale, they basically turned to mush in the mouth, no sense of any resistance, any springiness. :(
I know that prawns used in frying obviously ain't that fresh, but this one went a bit too far....it was really really bad. :(
- August 13, 2009 at 5:15 PM
- ieat said...
Should let Ah Yoke know about it on the spot.
- August 13, 2009 at 8:47 PM
- cactuskit said...
Agree. Should let her know. I've eaten there several times and never have such problems myself.
- August 13, 2009 at 10:43 PM
- kennypocky said...
Hmmm....Guess I will next time. Mainly because I was only there with my wife, and I wasn't on that friendly terms with her like some of you guys. :D
But we did order a lot. 5 dishes for 2 gluttons. :D
Now will need some effort to convince my wife to go again...
- August 14, 2009 at 1:04 AM
- ieat said...
Well, we might be organizing another makan session there soon so you can come join us!
- August 14, 2009 at 8:54 AM
- cactuskit said...
That would be nice. We have so many makan places to go still.
- August 14, 2009 at 2:14 PM
- cactuskit said...
Ok, I just collected the pixs I took for Ah Yoke with you. Will make a trip there to pass to her. : )
- August 17, 2009 at 10:46 PM
- ieat said...
Ah Yoke would be so happy!
- August 17, 2009 at 11:10 PM
- cactuskit said...
She's so smitten with you, I think. Hhahahahah! She'll put the picture up prominently. : )
- August 17, 2009 at 11:28 PM
- liverpool1965 said...
and a picture in her wallet too! :)
- August 17, 2009 at 11:31 PM
- ieat said...
Ok you are now extrapolating your own desires onto others!
- August 17, 2009 at 11:33 PM
- taukwa said...
yup, I agree. Ah Yoke simply adores you. I was given the impression when I last spoke to her.
- August 17, 2009 at 11:37 PM
- zhouzi said...
Liverpool, thanks for your info about the trashcan icon. Just found out today that I have to be logged in with my google account to see it. If I use the anonymous option as previously, I do not have this option to trash my comments. Did not use google because it truncated my nick but now, no choice because of anonymous gadfly who bombarded this blog.
BTW, Cactuskit, was at the coffee shop on Thurs, I think I saw ieat's mugshot pasted up in front of the stall.
- August 22, 2009 at 1:30 PM
- cactuskit said...
Liverpool knows everything!
- August 22, 2009 at 7:59 PM
- liverpool1965 said...
the only thing I know is to irritate taukwa! :)
- August 22, 2009 at 8:59 PM
- ieat said...
That one I also know!
- August 22, 2009 at 10:09 PM
- cactuskit said...
And I think I just did too...
But you do know everything in the forum. Super institutional knowledge man!
- August 22, 2009 at 11:39 PM
- liverpool1965 said...
Damien said...
How i wish i could be dating all day long and have the carefree nature of a teenage boy :)....when you're married you'll be dating the the rest of your life!...
- August 23, 2009 at 1:07 AM
- cactuskit said...
Must show this to Grace! Good old Liverpool! : )
- August 23, 2009 at 1:10 AM
- ieat said...
Actually don't you get married so that you don't have to date?
I just don't like to have to send Rockett Girl home and say goodbye all the time.
- August 23, 2009 at 6:45 PM
- cactuskit said...
Dating defined as two spending time with each other for each other. No third party. Very important component of marriage life.
- August 23, 2009 at 10:57 PM
- liverpool1965 said...
there is always a third party in dating...the food! :)
- August 23, 2009 at 11:07 PM
- Rainie said...
Hi foodies,
There're two cze char i'll like to recommend. One's called G7 Sinma located along Geylang Lor 3 (junction of Geylang Rd & Geylang Lor 3). It's a big place with aircon and alfresco dining. Popular dishes include the black pepper crab, spare ribs, fried scottish clam with garlic and they've got one signature dish u gotta try..dried chilli claypot frog leg (live one!), together with white porridge..yum yum..
The other cze char, called Fortune Seafood at Kim San Leng Coffeeshop is located at the junction of Old Holland Rd and Upper Bkt Timah Rd. It sells Thai assam fish head curry, herbal chicken (superb!), fried crab with salted egg..Cheap and good!
- August 29, 2009 at 3:19 PM
- cactuskit said...
Will be visiting Siang Hee for cell this Thursday for dinner! Still owe Ah Yuk 2 photos of her and her idol, Leslie!
- August 30, 2009 at 10:22 AM


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Joseph J. Sclafani, Sr., 79, of Morton Grove, retired after 25 years of service at Pittway Corporation, beloved husband of Barbara, nee Raio; loving father of Joseph Jr. "Joey" and Barby; fond brother of Nancy (Mickey) Jajkowski, Jeanine (Jerry) Krupa and Nick (Judy) Sclafani. Funeral from Simkins Funeral Home 6251 Dempster St. Morton Grove, IL 60053 Friday, February 15th at 9:30 a.m. to St. Isaac Jogues Church. Mass at 10:00 a.m. Interment All Saints Cemetery. Visitation Thursday, February 14th from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (847) 965-2500.
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Eliminate holiday stress, and drop off the kids and shop till you drop. Mark your calendars for the December 2012 Kids Cheer Clinic with the Eastview Lightning Competition Cheerleaders!
All students in grades K-8 are encouraged to come learn what cheering is all about. No previous experience is necessary.
The clinic is from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Eastview High School gym. The cost is $35 and includes a t-shirt, set of poms and a snack. Check-in begins at noon, and a special performance for parents will be held at 3:45 p.m. Bring your cameras!
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Published on October 15th, 2012 | by Gary DeMar7
Should We be Concerned About the World if it's All about to End?
"Insanity," Albert Einstein is reported to have said, "is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." For centuries prophecy writers have claimed that some form of the end was near, whether it was some version of something called the "rapture," the Second Coming of Christ, or a cataclysmic secular event like a pole shift. They've all had one thing in common — they've all been wrong! People who still put their trust in modern-day prophecy pundits fall into Einstein's "insanity" category.
How many times do prophecy writers have to get their predictions wrong before a majority of Christians finally reject them? We don't have to go back very far to see how popular prophecy writers have dominated the evangelical marketplace. Their books have sold millions of copies since Hal Lindsey's The Late Great Planet Earth that was published in 1970 and predicted that a pretribulational rapture would take place sometime before 1988 – 40 years after Israel became a nation again. Because the so-called "rapture" was to take place before the dreaded tribulation period, the prophetic endpoint should have take place in 1981. Sure enough, on the eve of what Lindsey called the "Great Snatch," he published The Terminal Generation.[product id="157" align="right" size="small"]
Many Christians had opted out of politics because of their belief that these prophecy writers were on target. What they didn't know was that every generation has had so-called "prophecy experts" who assured the people of their day that the end was on the horizon.>
As we've seen, there are a number of moral, educational, legal, and political consequences attached to today's prophetic insanity. David Schnittger pointed out the problem nearly 30 years ago:
Many in our camp have an all-pervasive negativism regarding the course of society and the impotence of God's people to do anything about it. They will heartily affirm that Satan is Alive and Well on Planet Earth, and that this must indeed be The Terminal Generation; therefore, any attempt to influence society is ultimately hopeless. They adopt the pietistic platitude: "You don't polish brass on a sinking ship." Many pessimistic pretribbers [those who believe that the church will be "raptured" prior to all hell breaking loose on planet Earth] cling to the humanists' version of religious freedom; namely Christian social action and political impotence, self-imposed, as drowning men cling to a life preserver.(1)
One would think that after nearly 2000 years of false predictions today's prophecy writers would think twice about getting involved in the forecasting game. Unfortunately, they're still at it, and as a result millions of Christians have been culturally immobilized because of their belief that certain prophetic events are on the horizon and are inevitable. Why bother to get involved in politics when everything is destined for the crapper?
Recently there was a prophecy conference in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. An article written by Dave Tombers for WND offers this summary:
The author of several dozen books, including "The End: A Complete Overview of Bible Prophecy and the End of Days," says today's news reports indicate a new alliance is developing of nations that haven't regularly gotten along with each other in the last, oh, few thousand years."
The speaker was Mark Hitchcock, a prolific prophecy writer who publishes at least three seemingly new prophecy books every year. I have all of them. There's nothing new in any of them. Only the dates and the end-time bad guys have changed.
Probably without understanding what he had written, Tombers makes an important admission. Hitchcock's books are based on "today's news reports." News headlines are being used to interpret the Bible. The late Greg L. Bahnsen has described this interpretive methodology as "newspaper exegesis," a form of retroactive prophetic explanation where current events are used as an interpretive grid for understanding the Bible. For example, in an earlier book on prophecy, The Coming Islamic Invasion of Israel, Hitchcock claims that "Ezekiel is God's war correspondent for today's newspapers. We have gone through his inspired prophecy in Ezekiel 38–39," Hitchcock writes, "with our Bibles in one hand and today's newspaper in the other."
Hitchcock said something similar to the packed house of prophecy enthusiasts in Minnesota: "It's as if today's headlines were written 2,600 years ago." He was referring to prophecies from the Old Testament that he asserts were written with our day in view. This is hardly the case. In fact, a good argument could be made that Ezekiel was recording a prophecy that was on the horizon for a much closer generation, one nearer to the prophet's own time.
Tombers continues with a summary of some of Hitchcock's views as they were presented at the conference:
He pointed to one prophecy he feels is nearing fulfillment. Known by those watching prophecy as the Gog-Magog war, the text of the prophecy can be found in Ezekiel 38. It describes an alliance of nations that go to war with Israel.
Anyone who takes the time to read Ezekiel 38 and 39 will see that the war is fought with weapons that were common to Ezekiel's day. The enemy is on horseback and fights with bows and arrows, clubs, shields, and chariots. The nations that are mentioned were in existence in Ezekiel's day.
Prophecy writers like Hitchcock claim to follow the Golden Rule of Bible interpretation:
When the plain sense of Scripture makes common sense, seek no other sense. Take every word at its primary, literal meaning unless the facts of the immediate context clearly indicate otherwise.(2)
This follows the methodology outlined by David L. Cooper:
"When the plain sense of Scripture makes common sense, seek no other sense; therefore, take every word at its primary, ordinary, usual, literal meaning unless the facts of the immediate context, studied in the light of related passages, and axiomatic and fundamental truths, indicate clearly otherwise."(3)
If an Israelite picked up a contemporary news source, what conclusion would he have come to? He would have been looking for a future battle fought with weapons that he was familiar with. Reading modern-day weaponry into the passage is not a biblical approach to Bible interpretation.
Hitchcock went on to argue, "As of 2010, it was discovered that Israel sits on natural gas and oil fields that suddenly makes their land very appealing." Israel's enemies in Ezekiel were after silver, gold, cattle, and goods. These comprise the "great spoil" that the nations in Ezekiel's day were after (Ezek. 38:13). These were the very things they brought back with them from their captivity from Babylon: "Every survivor, at whatever place he may live, let the men of that place support him with silver and gold, with goods and cattle" (Ezra 1:4). Here we see a parallel that fits the time. Why jump 2600 years into the future and read all types of modern-day contrivances into the Bible when the text is plain enough on its own?[product id="31" align="left" size="small"]
Contrary to Hitchcock, there is no mention of natural gas or oil anywhere in Ezekiel 38 and 39. It's not that the Bible writers weren't familiar with oil. There were pools of an asphalt-like material called "pitch" or "tar" (KJV: "slime"):
"Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into them. But those who survived fled to the hill country" (Gen. 14:10).
The tar was used for waterproofing (Gen. 6:14; Ex. 2:3) and as a binding mortar (Gen. 11:3). My point is, if God wanted to identify a future discovery of crude oil in Ezekiel 38 and 39, He could have chosen any of the Hebrew terms already in use at that time to make the point. Ezekiel's people would have understood what the prophet was describing.
Hitchcock's methodology reads modern-day news stories into the Bible. This is called "eisegesis" (from Greek εἰς "into"): reading into a passage material that is not present. Exegesis (from the Greek ἐξ "out of") draws out from the text what is actually in the text. Anything else is speculation.
If you are interested in this subject, especially on a thorough study of Ezekiel 38 and 39, see my book Why the End of the World is Not in Your Future. It's a real eye-opener. It will change the way you view Bible prophecy.
Jan Markell, the sponsor of the prophecy conference, has stated that the "world is a sinking Titanic." Markell wasn't the first to use the sinking Titanic metaphor. It was made famous by the 1950's radio preacher J. Vernon McGee, who asked, "Do you polish brass on a sinking ship?"(4) What effect do you think the constant teaching that the world is coming to an end has had on the moral, social, cultural, economic, legal, and political landscape in America?
I know that Bible prophecy is popular today (as it's been popular any time there's been a war, an earthquake, or some dictator claims he wants to rule the world), but most of it is fabricated. When put under biblical scrutiny, sensationalistic prophetic analysis doesn't have a leg to stand on. See my book Last Days Madness for a thorough study of the subject.
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- David Schnittger, Christian Reconstruction from a Pretribulational Perspective (Oklahoma City, OK: Southwest Radio Church, 1986), 7.(↩)
- Tim LaHaye, "Introduction," Mark Hitchcock and Thomas Ice, The Truth Behind Left Behind, 7.(↩)
- David L. Cooper, When Gog's Armies Meet the Almighty in the Land of Israel: An Exposition of Ezekiel Thirty-Eight and Thirty-Nine, 3rd ed. (Los Angeles: Biblical Research Society, [1940] 1958), [i].(↩)
- Quoted in Gary North, Rapture Fever: Why Dispensationalism is Paralyzed (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, 1993), 100.(↩)
7 Responses to Should We be Concerned About the World if it's All about to End?
In all of my 38 years as an evangelical Christian, as a pastor, and as a politically active Christian conservative, have I ever heard any Christian espouse his hesitation to engage in politics or long-term business because of their belief in the Rapture! I don't know who Mr. DeMar is interviewing, but I honestly have to say that this just is not reality! Regardless of when the Rapture happens, myself and all I have known believe that we are to go on with life and not worry about the future, as we are taught in the Scriptures. I fear the advancement of a doctrinal agenda here that is not beneficial to the Body of Christ as a whole.
Nice work Gary, always love your stuff. The truth is a breath of fresh air.
/ Spotted this little gem (?) on the never boring web. Enjoy /
BREAKING NEWS: Intensive and extensive and expensive and even pensive research has just discovered that the well-known pretribulation rapture is really and actually a SEVEN-stage coming. For proof look closely at I Thess. 4:13-18:
(1) The Lord descends.
(2) The shout.
(3) The archangel's voice.
(4) The trumpet of God.
(5) The dead rise.
(6) The caught up (rapture).
(7) The meeting in the air.
Right here you can add gasps, shortness of breath, and clutching your heart. Yes, it's true – seven (count them) stages. BTW, the following pretrib traffickers don't know yet about this new discovery: Crouch, Hagee, Hindson, Ice, Jeffrey, Jeremiah, LaHaye, Lindsey, Lutzer, Markell, Missler, Stanley, Strandberg, and Van Impe.
If rapture discoveries are new to you, Google articles like "Deceiving and Being Deceived" by D.M., "X-Raying Margaret," "Edward Irving is Unnerving," "Walvoord Melts Ice," "Thomas Ice (Bloopers)," "Pretrib Rapture Dishonesty," "Pretrib Rapture Secrets," "Thieves' Marketing," "Appendix F: Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Pretrib Hypocrisy," "Pretrib Rapture Secrecy," and "Famous Rapture Watchers – Addendum."
For more info on the exciting seven-stage rapture, Google Joe Ortiz's "End Times Passover" blog (Oct. 19, 2012) which can out-blog any blog that knows how to blog!
" How do you know it is "fully fulfilled?" How can you have a double fulfillment of the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem? How can you have a double fulfillment of the events surrounding that event?
How do we know Jesus Olivet Discourse is fully fulfilled? Ah, well, the temple is gone. It was destroyed in 70 A.D. It can not be destroyed again. Everything Jesus said would happen, did happen. I would say that means it was fully fulfilled.
How do we know that Matthew 24 doesn't have a "double fulfillment." How do you know it is "fully fulfilled?"
Joel's main defense against Don Preston is that AD 70 can be some sort of fulfillment (of pretty much everything including 1 Corinthians 15!) but that things are not yet fully fulfilled.
So, again, I ask you, what is the hermeneutical principle by which we know for sure that something is fully fulfilled?
It seems that Joel has not only given the farm away to the full-preterist with his book "Jesus vs. Jerusalem" but he also gave the farm away to the dispies by arguing for double fulfillment. (Only a short 2 years after arguing against it at your own prophecy conference, which by the way, had fewer attendees than the latest full-preterist conference.)
There is no double fulfillment. This, of course, does not mean that past events can't be applied in principle. If this were not the case, then why bother studying and applying any fulfilled prophecy or any historical event. Revelation mentions Egypt, Sodom, Babylon, Jezebel, sun, moon, and stars, etc. Are these dual fulfillments? Of course not. A past great tribulation does not mean we and other Christians won't ever experience tribulation, but that tribulation won't be a second fulfillment of what Jesus told His disciples on the Mount of Olives.
I am simply confronting you with Joel's main argument from the debate he did with Don Preston.
Please listen to his 2010 prophecy conference speeches and then listen to the debate and tell me if he is at all consistent.


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Jody Williams
A UD Speaker Series Event
Date: March 20, 2014
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Kennedy Union Ballroom, located on the second floor of Kennedy Union
Sponsors: Office of the Provost, UD Speaker Series
Contact: Sheila Hassell Hughes
Websites: UD Speaker Series
Jody Williams is the winner of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize and serves as chair of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. She is the author of Banning Landmines: Disarmament, Citizen Diplomacy, and Human Security and a recently released memoir, My Name is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl's Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize.
This event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in C and P lots only. Parking in other campus lots requires a permit.


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- Participate in the optional application Web conference scheduled for November 1, 2013 at 1 p.m. ET. You must register in advance. The conference will be recorded and available on the program's website if you are unable to attend.
- Learn about people who are current and past RWJF Executive Nurse Fellows: Lists of Current Fellows and Lists of Alumni.
- Learn about the people who are members of the National Advisory Committee (NAC). NAC members will review applications and conduct interviews during the selection process.
- Present your application in a way that is likely to capture the reviewers' attention and interest. Each reviewer reads many applications try to make clear up front why your leadership goals and the impact you wish to make merit the investments inherent in this Fellowship. Keep in mind that the reviewers represent a range of disciplines and points of view, and write in a way that can communicate across fields.
- Review the selection criteria and be sure that you address these criteria in your application
- Allow plenty of time to write and revise based on the input of colleagues.
- A strong professional record that reflects positions of increasing leadership responsibility and the potential to achieve higher levels of leadership effectiveness.
- Vision, passion and capability to make a substantial impact on health and health care.
- Insight, courage and evidence of a commitment to lifelong growth and development.
- Capacity and willingness to learn in collaboration with other Executive Nurse Fellows through action, reflection, feedback and support.
- Commitment (from the employing organization and individual) for the Fellow's continuing employment and active engagement in three consecutive years of structured learning, self-study and project activity.
- Approach a current or previous Executive Nurse Fellow and ask for advice on the application narrative prior to submission.
- Start early to avoid delays with online technology.
- Pay close attention to the application procedures. This may be the most important suggestion we can make. It is surprising how many applicants do not seem to take the time to read the materials and, therefore, do not end up understanding the priorities of the program. Carefully read the Call for Applications and follow the application procedures.
The unique combination of skills and knowledge that nurses bring to leadership positions makes them ideal candidates for senior leadership roles and responsibilities; however, nurses often assume such positions without benefit of the advanced leadership training, mentoring and networking opportunities that expand the scope of their effectiveness and influence.
- Are you an executive nurse who wants to improve health care?
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Benjamin Powell: Are Sweatshops Good?
Recorded: Monday, April 21, 2014
Senior Fellow Benjamin Powell discusses sweatshops and the global economy on the Fox Business Network "The Independents."
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Gregory: The Myth of War Prosperity
2013 Summer Seminar for High School Students
Recorded: Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Anthony Gregory exposes the fallacies behind the common notion that war boosts the economy, showing how it helps some at the expense of others and society as a whole. Talk given on July 24, 2013 in Oakland, CA.
Experts: Anthony GregoryType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Corporate Welfare, Defense and Foreign Policy, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Labor and Employment
Ivan Eland on the Peter Schiff Show at CPAC 2013
Recorded: Thursday, March 14, 2013
Senior Fellow Ivan Eland discusses the economics of the warfare state and his book Recarving Rushmore on The Peter Schiff Show live at CPAC 2013.
Experts: Ivan ElandType: RadioIssues: Corporate Welfare, Defense and Foreign Policy, Economic Policy, Terrorism and National Crises
Benjamin Powell on the Payroll Tax Cut and Salt Regulation by the FDA
Recorded: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Benjamin Powell engages with Judge Napolitano on Fox Business Networks Freedom Watch about the payroll tax cut and the FDA regulation of salt.
Experts: Benjamin W. PowellType: TelevisionIssues: Agriculture, Fiscal Policy/Debt, Regulation and Deregulation, Social Security, Taxes
Robert Higgs on the Market for Quality Assurance
Recorded: Wednesday, November 2, 2011
This presentation by Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs was presented on July 29, 2011, at Mises University, sponsored by the Ludwig von Mises Institute, in Auburn, Alabama.
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Something awfully surprising happened just moments ago: Mayor Rob Ford not only attended the flag-raising ceremony for the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, but he also delivered the IDAHOT proclamation, receiving a huge round of applause and cheers from the crowd. Given Ford's impressively weak ties to the gay community in Toronto, and the fact that his office had told organizers he wouldn't be attending this event at all, we're shocked at his surprise appearance. Does this mean he'll be donning a neon green lycra Speedo and a Super Soaker holster at the Pride parade this year? (You're welcome for the visual.)
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SPOTTED: Rob Ford attends—and reads a proclamation at—a gay outreach event (!)
by Kevin NaullsMay 17, 2012 at 1:06 pm
- Aisha Ashraf
I was starting to think that Mr Ford's veiled homophobia was really obscuring his ability to carry out his mayoral duties and give support to all members of the Toronto population, regardless of sexual orientation. What with the continuous excuses and refusal to attend Gay Pride ("I'm at the cottage that weekend"), then not even being able to bring himself to raise a flag!?
This looks like a damage limitation PR exercise. I wonder if he'll need therapy afterwards…
- W. K. Lis
He did leave 20 minutes after it started and as someone else was talking, along with his entourage and other hanger-ons. Just his chicken leg was was left to get cold on his desk.
- peachy
think he's a twat but dont see why he should attend a 'parade' that is far from socially all-inclusive and more of a demonstration. be appreciative he read a statement, a v good thing as it makes sense and now we know he can still read despite his recent bahaviour, but stay for entire event??? this might happen 1% of the time in political celeb realm. if you want more you need to pay :)


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Dundalk Renaissance Corporation has recently completed 2 home renovations in Historic Dundalk. They have stainless Energy Star appliances, new high-efficiency furnaces and central AC, finished basement space, wood floors, carpeting, and are close to ships, public transit and schools. Most importantly, they are attractive additions to their blocks and add to the value of homes in their areas.
Come visit the open houses at both addresses this Sunday, and learn more about the DRC home renovation program and the special financing assistance through Baltimore County.


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Students at William Blount High School and Heritage High School got the opportunity to learn more about possible career choices and colleges during career days at the two schools. William Blount gathered interested students, parents and representatives from the business and educational communities for their event on Oct. 2 in the commons of the school. Heritage combined their event with an open house for parents and students in mid-September.
On hand at both fairs were representatives from many different industries and careers, including professional, academic, armed forces, services and industry. Bonny Millard, executive director of Blount Education Initiative, was on hand for the Heritage fair and stressed the importance of exposing students to possibilities here at home in the areas they are interested in pursuing. She also said she was pleased with the responses from area industry, professionals, colleges and businesses to assist with high school career days.


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Rules and Flag information for K1 Speed Indoor Go Karting.
Junior Karts available at all centers except Seattle.
All adult racers must be a minimum of 4′ 10″ tall to race and a maximum of 7′ tall and under 300 lbs to race.
Drivers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult. All racers must sign a release and Adult waiver of liability form. (If under 18 please use this Minor waiver of liability form).
All new riders will receive a mandatory briefing session on indoor kart racing safety and regulations. K1 Speed recommends racers wear closed toe shoes and long hair should be pulled back into a ponytail. We will provide you with all the racing gear needed. Please remember that indoor Karting is real racing and not an amusement ride. Accidents can happen if you do not follow the rules and pay attention to flags.
We cannot emphasize enough that indoor kart racing is a non-contact sport. We do not tolerate any bumping or blocking of go karts. If you are unable to pass a kart, there is no excuse for contact. K1 Speed has a strict, zero-tolerance policy regarding alcohol and/or drug abuse. Anyone who appears to be under the influence will not be permitted to race. Kart racing poses special risks to those with neck or back problems and heart conditions. Women who are pregnant and anyone who should not be in a stressful or physically demanding environment should consult their physician before driving. If you have any doubt, please check with your doctor before racing.


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Venizelos fails in bid to form governmentPUBLISHED: 12 May 2012 08:18:58 | UPDATED: 12 May 2012 08:26:19PRINT EDITION: 12 May 2012
Greece's socialist leader has admitted he failed in a last-ditch bid to form a government, taking the nation a step closer to repeat elections as it faces increased EU pressure over its finances.
Pasok chief Evangelos Venizelos's announcement came after the key radical leftist party Syriza refused to join a pro-austerity coalition with the socialists and conservatives, paving the way for weekend talks hosted by the president to try to stitch together an emergency unity government.
The latest twist in the tortuous political drama came as EU paymaster Germany threatened to cut off the country's loan lifeline and hinted that the crisis-ridden eurozone could get along without Greece.
Venizelos was the third party leader who tried and failed to cobble together a government after inconclusive elections on Sunday that saw a backlash against painful austerity measures that have triggered sometimes violent protests.
"I am going to inform the president of the republic tomorrow (Saturday) and I hope that during the meeting with Carolos Papoulias, each party will assume its responsibilities," Venizelos told reporters in Athens.
If the parties cannot agree on a compromise by next Thursday, new elections will have to be called.
Venizelos had been hoping to win the support of Syriza, a party deeply opposed to the terms of the €240 billion EU-IMF bailout and which surged to second place in Sunday's vote.
"It is not Syriza which is rejecting (joining a coalition with the socialists and conservatives), it is the verdict of the people of Greece," said party chief Alexis Tsipras.
Earlier, another possible ally, the small Democratic Left party, said it would not join a government made up of only Pasok and the conservative New Democracy party that did not include Syriza.
Earlier this week both Tsipras and New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras failed in their attempts to assemble a coalition government.
German leaders said on Friday that Athens could expect no more money without reforms and also suggested that the eurozone would cope if the cash-strapped country left the 17-member currency union.
Greece has already committed to finding in June another €11.5 billion in savings over the next two years. It also needs to redeem €436 million in maturing debt on May 15.
The political deadlock saw the Athens stock exchange plunge 4.5 per cent on Friday after closing up 4.19 per cent on Thursday.
With Greek reforms already on hold because of the election campaign, Brussels on Friday revised downwards its economic forecasts for the country at the epicentre of the eurozone debt crisis.
The European Commission said the economy is expected to contract by 4.7 per cent this year - compared to a Greek budget estimate of 2.8 per cent - and have zero growth next year.
It also cast doubt on Greek pledges to reduce the public deficit to seven per cent of gross domestic product this year, favouring a 7.3-per cent estimate instead.
Sunday's election punished the mainstream parties for their insistence on crippling austerity measures introduced to meet the terms of the bailout and alarmed Greece's eurozone partners amid fears vital reforms may be at risk.
Even the pro-bailout parties have publicly called for a revision of Greece's EU-IMF loan agreement.
Samaras on Friday repeated his assertion that the deal must be "modified" to boost growth after five years of recession.
But the EU has warned that Greece must honour the bailout conditions of budget cuts and deep reforms.
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Suffield students return to school offically on Tuesday, August 28. But they can get a sneak peak at teachers and the classrooms during open houses and guided tours starting next week.
will hold the following meet and greets with teachers:
Grade 1- Thursday, August 23, 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Grade 2- Thursday, August 23, 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Preschool- Monday, August 27, 2:30 p.m. to 3p.m.
AM Kindergarten-Monday, August 27, 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
PM Kindergarten- Monday, Aug. 27, 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
welcomes students early on Thursday, August 23:
Grades 3 and 4 - 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Grade 5 - 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
will hold guided tours and informational meetings on August 21 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m..Please meet in the SMS Auditorium Lobby. There is no need to call ahead. If you cannot make this date, please call Vice Principal Anthony Kydd to set up an appointment at 860-668-3820.
held a freshman orientation and new family meeting last night, but if you missed it and still need help, please call the high school at 860-668-3810.


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The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office filed charges against Scott Weiland today, two days after the singer was arrested on suspicion of drug possession. Weiland will face one count of possession of a controlled substance, according to the Glendale area division of the LADA, who declined to give out any more information.
Yesterday, a statement from a spokesperson for Reloaded -- the band featuring former members of Guns n' Roses that Weiland had been recording and running with -- claimed the drugs weren't Weiland's, but belonged to the driver of the car he was a passenger in. Both the singer and the driver of the car were arrested just after midnight Saturday night when Burbank police pulled them over in a routine traffic stop. Weiland was released on bail Sunday morning.
Reloaded's spokesperson would not comment on the new charges against the singer.
Weiland, best known for fronting the Stone Temple Pilots, has been arrested on drug charges twice before in California, in 1995 and 1997. He was also busted in New York in 1998, and the next year served prison time in Los Angeles after a heroin overdose that a judge found violated his probation. After his release, Weiland tried to go clean, but was arrested in Las Vegas in 2001 after an argument with his wife Mary over a prescription turned into a domestic violence charge. The Weilands filed for divorce last September.
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BEIJING -- Underage interns working at a plant operated by electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn Technology Group returned to their vocational schools in the eastern Chinese city of Yantai on Wednesday, the official New China News Agency reported.
Foxconn on Tuesday admitted to employing interns as young as 14 at a factory in the city. China's minimum working age is 16. It's unclear how many workers were underage.


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Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., Central Christian Church, 10 W. Van Trees St.
Lighthouse Evangelistic Services, 9:15 a.m., Harvest Community Fellowship, 200 W. Main St.
Lighthouse Addiction/Recovery Worship Services, noon and 7 p.m., Victory Tabernacle, 1419 W. Walnut St.
The Compassionate Friends meets the second Sunday of every month at Daviess Community Hospital, 3 p.m. For more information, call 582-3920.
Tops IN 1417, Monroe City, 2 p.m., room No. 11, The Blue Jeans Community Center.
Weight Loss Group, Washington, 5 p.m., Carnegie Public Library, 300 W. Main St.
GED class, 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Central Christian Church, N.W. First and VanTrees streets.
Divorce Care, meet, 7 p.m., The Barn, Odon.
12-Step Christian Recovery Class, 7 p.m. at The Storehouse, 111 W. Main St., 444-9775.
New Creation Addiction Support Group, meet, 7 p.m., back of Alfordsville United Methodist Church.
Lighthouse Recovery Center for Women, 311 E. Main St.
Lighthouse Recovery Center for Men, 1276E 250N.
Narcotics Anonymous, noon, Christ United Methodist Church, 104 N. Meridian St.
Barr-Reeve school board, meet, 8 p.m.
Pike County school board, meet, 7 p.m.
Daviess County Commissioners, meet, 9 a.m., Commissioners' Room, courthouse.
Daviess County Solid Waste District Board, meet, 8:30 a.m., Commissioners' Room, courthouse.
Daviess County Amateur Radio Club, meet, 6:30 p.m., American Red Cross Building, 307 S.E. 21st St.
Charity Lodge No. 30, meet, 7:30 p.m., corner of Viola St. and SR 57N.
Elnora Town Council, meet, 7 p.m., Elnora Town Hall
Washington City Council and Board of Public Works and Safety, meet, 6:30 p.m., Council Chambers, 200 Harned Ave.
Friendly Slimmers Weight Club, 4 p.m., Carnegie Public Library, 300 W. Main St.
Adult Basic Education and GED prep, Head Start, 2103 Cosby Road, 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 888-4119.
Celebrate Recovery, Christian 12-step recovery group, 7 p.m., The Barn, 108 W. Main St., Odon.
Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., Big Book study, Central Christian Church, 10 W. VanTrees St.
Women's recovery meeting, 7 p.m., Ladies' Lighthouse Recovery Center, 311 E. Main St., 444-9775.
Men's recovery meeting, 7 p.m., Men's Lighthouse Recovery Center, 1276E 250N.
Narcotics Anonymous, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., Christ United Methodist Church, 104 N. Meridian St.
12 steps, faith-based, Harvest Community Fellowship, 200 W. Main St., Lighthouse Recovery, 7 p.m.
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[Pannacotta] Eternal Love, [Morimiya Masayuki] Hatuiki☆Syndrome Ch.01
[Pannacotta] Eternal Love
This is a C83 doujin, so I assume it's a prequel to this one (from C84).
This time, Mari joins in on the action. Although, in the story, it's more like Asuka is the one joining in. Unlike in the (presumed) sequel, Shinji's dick doesn't make her go gaga here, and she's much less friendly overall in this one.
Once again, scanned by Kalevala, commissioned by HNTI, and edited by hihohahi.
[Morimiya Masayuki] Hatuiki☆Syndrome Ch.01
While at it, here's a new tank I'll be picking up together with hihohahi!
I've had my eyes on this artist since last summer, so I was all over this book when it got scanned the other day. Much like this one, this chapter is just four pages long, and it's more of a teaser of what's to come. Again, like with the Amatarou chapter, chapter 2 is already at the proofreader, so look forward to more of this yandere in the near future—three whole chapters more, actually!
PS: I didn't even realize how appropriate it was to release this now.
~Happy Easter~
[Tits!] Sandwich 7 Scene 03
I feel like Christmas would be a lot more merrier were Santa a little girl big with huge knockers instead of a hairy geezer with a fat belly. By the way, since today's December 5th and we're already on the subject of the questionable Santa features, to all the Dutch people out there, enjoy your blackface sidekick!
[Dr.P] Bokunchi no Mikage-san Ch.10-11, Batches
10 – Akeno After
11 – Bonus Manga
Afro Thunda and I have finally reached the final chapters of this book!
Once again we end things with a revisit to an old couple, and the ones making a reappearance this time is Yukihiro and his cousin/teacher Akeno. After getting perfect score on a few tests, he's again rewarded with some cosplay.
The bonus mandatory bonus manga comes in the form of a few 4koma and some comments on each of the characters. While most of them are purely gags, a few of them wrap up their respective stories in a nice way (such as this one).
Bokunchi no Mikage-san Ch.01-11 (88 MB) (more…)
[Charlie Nishinaka] Cheers… err, no, I mean Choice! Vol.3 Ch.04
04 – Narikiri #15
Seems like some 100 chapters in Cheers wasn't enough. Although, I guess you can't make a cosplay compilation without a cheerleading chapter.
Apparently Shiori has to fill in yet again, and this time it's for the cheerleading club.
[Charlie Nishinaka] Choice! Vol.3 Ch.03
The school has set up a haunted house, and with the girl who was supposed to play the yukionna sick, who's better to fill in that role than Shiori?
All she has to do is to poke her head out from behind some props and look at the visitors as they pass by in their boats. Showing a cold expression fitting for a yukionna is easier said than done when there's someone else hiding in the background with you.
Also, I never should've started watching anime again. Going through all these old shows which has now been brought to a conclusion–like Zero no Tsukaima. All these feels, man. It's like "Free Willy" back when I was 8 or something all over again.
[Digital Lover] D.L. action 69
DL keeps churning out Kuroneko doujins, and so will AntiAgingAnon and I.
I don't know what's been going on in the anime or manga adaptations, but I'm guessing these are heavily based on the much further advanced novels. Seems like they've both moved out to their own places, so now they can do it wherever they want!
… Well, not that having people in their surrounding has really stopped them in the past.
Various outfits has been a hallmark for the OreImo DL series, and in this one, they're going back to the well-tried classics: school uniforms and (eventually, naked) aprons!
Update: Found a typo on page 3. The links are updated to the new version (v2). Alternatively, you can just replace the single page using the file below.
In fact, there'll be some naked apron already in this one!
[Charlie Nishinaka] Choice! Vol.3 Ch.01
01 – Narikiri #12
After many years, the new tankoubon is scanned, and I can finally finish what I started back in 2009. In fact, volume 4 is also available, so you can expect a lot of Charlie Nishinaka in the near–and probably distant–future.
If you've read the previous chapter, the concept is very much the same. Each chapter has Shiori being dressed up in a new outfit and embarrassed–usually in public to further the embarrassment.
However, these new volumes has a lot more yuri than the previous ones. Some chapters are exclusively yuri, and others–like this–are mixed. Some new characters are introduced, but the one thing that is constant is Shiori in the midst of everything.
~Happy Easter~
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[Sasahara Yuuki] Shall We Game? Ch.09
09 – Shall wii Game? Chapter 7
Getting closer to the conclusion of the SWG series. This chapter is just one big orgy with all the girls from previous chapters in nurse outfits, and it ends with a cliffhanger.
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[Unagimaru] Double lip Ch.10 + reedits
02, 04, 06 – Your Smiling Face, Classmates, Kigurumi Panic
08-10 - Fudoutei Academy 1 – 3
AntiAgingAnon suggested that we finish the story in the last three chapters of this book. The art is neat and the stories are quite amusing, so I helped out with the translation. Chapter 10 is the newly translated chapter, but all the other previously translated chapters have been reedited by AntiAgingAnon.
The last story is about a school with a tyrannical student council president who takes a liking to a first-year student. He pretty soon discovers that her personality changes when her hat is removed, at which point she becomes really shy. That's the general story, and in the third and final chapter, the school organizes their first cosplay tournament.
The second file contains the "Fudoutei Student Academy" triology (with the now translated final chapter), and the first file is all the other, unrelated chapters.
Ch.2, 4, 6: DF | MU | typo: 017
Ch.08-10: DF | MU | typo: 155
[Dr.P] Ren'ai Stampede! Ch.07
07 - Don't Call Me Cute
We've reached one of my favorite pairings from this chapter. Much like in the previous chapter, Youta calls his girlfriend something she doesn't like being called, but this time, she replies by saying he's the cute one. This doesn't go down well with the shota-esque Youta, and he gets pretty upset.
She turns to her friend the next day (a guest appearance from this chapter) looking for advice on what to do, and it just so happens that her boyfriend is Youta's friend.
Any friend that gets your girlfriend to wear a maid outfit when she comes over to apologize for something is a good friend in my book. Edited by ThorW.


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Updated: 2:14 p.m. with information from Lincoln-Way East High School.
Updated: 10:15 a.m. with information from the Cook County Sheriff's Office
Updated: 8:55 a.m.
A teen boy was running through the forest preserves when he was struck by a car and killed Thursday evening.
The accident occurred on 104th Avenue and Route 83 around 5:15 p.m. in unincorporated Palos Township near the Cook County forest preserves.
Patrick Mizwicki, 14, of New Lenox, was a student at and was participating in a cross country practice at the time he was hit.
Mizwicki was running eastbound on a horse trail through Teason Woods when he stopped to allow a southbound vehicle to pass. He then attempted to cross 104th Avenue, but his view of an oncoming northbound car was blocked by a car traveling southbound, according to a Cook County Sheriff's Office news release.
The driver of the northbound vehicle, a 2007 Nissan Altima, hit her brakes but was unable to avoid striking Mizwicki, the release reads.
He was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn by the North Palos Fire Department.
The driver of the car remained at the scene and cooperated fully with the investigation, according to the release.
She was issued traffic citations for failure to yield at a crosswalk and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. There are no further charges pending.
Social workers and grief counselors visited East classrooms Friday morning, meeting and talking with students about the sudden death of their classmate, said Stacy Holland, community relations director for .
"On behalf of the Board of Education, administration, faculty, staff, and students of Lincoln-Way, we want to extend our heartfelt sympathies to the family of Patrick Mizwicki. Patrick was a freshman at East, a member of the Cross Country Team, and the youngest of 8 children in his family. He was well liked and already had been involved in school activities," said District 210 superintendent Lawrence A. Wyllie, in a written statement.
A moment of silence for Mizwicki will be observed at the home football games for and , Holland said. East will hold a moment of silence next week during its homecoming game against Sandburg High School.
Members of the boys cross-country team texted each other early Friday morning and agreed to wear dress pants and shirts to honor Mizwiki and show team unity, said a mother of a cross-country team member.
There also is a Facebook memorial page for Mizwicki where friends and family can post remembrances and condolences.
East's varsity cross-country team will compete in a meet Saturday in Peoria.
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
(Hebrews 11:1-3,33-34)
NAACP meeting
The Richmond/Madison County Branch of the NAACP meets on the first Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 302 Francis St., Richmond, Ky.
Ashlar Lodge 49 appreciation
Worshipful Master Russell Glover and all the Masonic brothers of Ashlar Lodge No. 49 would like to thank the Richmond Register for its news coverage as they honored two of the lodge's oldest members. A special thanks to editor Bill Robinson for helping them with this story.
Free-lunch ministry
Every Thursday, from noon to 3 p.m., Saint Paul AME Church, 437 Francis St., Richmond, serves a free lunch to all who come.
This is an ongoing, weekly ministry to serve the hungry, the homeless and feed anyone who walks in our doors, says Pastor William R.T. Hale.
Upward Bound Ministries
Teen Turning Point: Is an intervention and prevention program for teens identified as at risk for academic failure, substance abuse issues, and potential judicial interaction.
• Is your teen experiencing trouble at school? (suspension, truancy, grades)
• Does your teen display defiant or rebellious behavior?
• Has your teen had problems with the law?
Register your child online at www.upwardboundministries.org
Teens with defiant and rebellious behaviors, substance abuse, or potential judicial interaction issues needs this program. Our goal is to improve the health and well-being of teens in Madison and the surrounding counties, specifically addressing physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
Other Ministry Components:
Turning Point: An intervention program for adults with addictions and compulsive behaviors issues.
Cope: Supports parents, spouses, grandparents or family members who are affected by the addictions and compulsive behaviors of family members or friends.
Lifeline: Is drug awareness and prevention that is telecast once a week to Time Warner Cables viewing audience in Richmond and Berea.
For more details about Teen Turning Point, contact Darnell Hill, Executive Director/Founder, at 986-1650 or TTP Coordinator Brad Reynolds, 200-1632. We are located at Church on the Rock 1049 Richmond Road, Berea, KY.


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Missions Outreach
Jesus told us, His disciples, to make disciples of all nations. One of the most important values of Community Baptist Church is our mission to the world. It begins in our own community, and spreads overseas to every nation.
Lewis and Sarah Carl
Status: On the field
Field: Venice, Italy
Lewis and Sarah Carl, along with their daughter Amelia, are ministering in Venice, Italy as church-planting missionaries. Though the city is known for its water canals, gondolas, and beautiful masks, and is considered the world's largest and most preserved museum, it is also a city where the Gospel of Jesus Christ is desperately needed. Someone has said that Venice has not had a true Gospel witness for over 300 years.
Currently, the Carls are serving in the Filipino Bible Church of Venice, preaching, leading Bible studies, and training leaders. They are also concentrating on making Italian contacts in the islands of Venice and the surrounding areas, with a goal of starting an Italian church in Venice in the coming years.
Dwight and Melisa Ruley
Status: On Deputation
The Lord has called us to preach the gospel to the Muslims of northern Cameroon and to help establish a local church in this heavily Muslim area. After three years of ministry at Community Baptist Church we are excited to be on deputation. We look forward to partnering with churches so that we can get to the mission field in a timely manner. We believe that the Lord has called us to this wonderful mission of preaching Christ to those who have never heard the Gospel. We are looking forward to ministering alongside them and learning from them.
Steve and Julia Griffins
Status: Dominican Republic
We believe the Lord has called us to spread the gospel to all men! Each one of us has a distinct responsibility to share in the way God has gifted us. Just like in a typical U.S. church ministry, it takes many people to fill all the roles and needs of the church in the Dominican. Not everyone can be a Pastor, but we can all be missionaries! Whether it is across the street or around the world, our duty as Christians remains the same. With help from the Lord, His churches, and His people, we plan to teach the Dominicans about the Lord and His finished work on the cross! We want to make a difference and show the love of Christ to a nation that needs the Lord.
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Saying the U.S. dollar is falling out of bed would almost be an understatement given the recent price action in the greenback. Over the past three months, the dollar lost more than 10 percent of its value against the euro, Swiss Franc and Australian dollar. Since July, every one of the G10 currencies [...]
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When To Handle Objections
"Should I handle the objections during the time of the sales presentation OR ask for another appointment to answer the objections?" -- Harriet Mpora
When possible, handle common objections prior to your presentation in pre-sales materials, then again address in your presentation, and right before your close. Always seek to address objections before your prospect asks them -- but almost never in another appointment.
Why handle objections for the prospect?
A well developed presentation will answer the common questions your buyers have about what you offer. This includes addressing common objections before your prospect has the opportunity to bring them up. It addresses concerns and reasons to take action today.
By addressing objections in your presentation, you provide a more complete message and connect at better relevance. If possible, you'll deliver this in a dialog manner in person, or through your sales copy if using the mail, Internet, or multiple media.
There are specific objection handling points depending on your solution, how many contacts you had before the appointment, and how you do your presentation. The key is to know that objections only come from someone interested in making a buying decision -- coming back later only delays their problem being solved.
If you don't get an immediate "Yes", you still might have some objections. Address these objections right there, don't schedule a future meeting because that might mean you'll have to start all over building buying momentum.
There are many ways to handle objections, that's a topic for another time. Just remember, handle your objections before your prospect asks them, then immediately there after, they wouldn't ask if they weren't thinking about buying.
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American riders have sights set on Tour de France
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | Five years ago, while Alberto Contador was riding to victory in the Tour de France, Andrew Talansky was a vagabond cyclist scratching out a living in races across the United States.
Andretti Autosport a budding auto racing empire
INDIANAPOLIS | In the far corner of Gasoline Alley, where the signs that say "Andretti Autosport" hang from the buildings, there is a flurry of activity that can best be described as organized chaos.
Luck, Brown lead Colts past Chiefs 23-7
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | The Colts had watched the Kansas City Chiefs march downfield for an easy score on the first series of the game, yet nobody on their sideline seemed to be worried.
Harvick wins wreck-filled race at Kansas Speedway
KANSAS CITY, Kan. | Kevin Harvick didn't simply have his hands full with the rest of the Sprint Cup field Sunday. He also was trying to tame a squirrely surface at Kansas Speedway.
Royals infielder Tejada suspended 105 games for PED use
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | The scourge of drugs and baseball claimed its third former MVP in a month when Miguel Tejada was suspended Saturday for 105 games after testing positive for an amphetamine.
Emile Griffith, elegant boxing champ, dies at 75
Inside the smaller theater at Madison Square Garden about five years ago, shortly before a world title fight, Emile Griffith was introduced one more time to the crowd. He rose shakily from his seat, waved ever so briefly and then sat down.
De Aza's ninth-inning sacrifice fly gives White Sox the win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | The White Sox had the right reliever on the mound with the game tied in the eighth inning Saturday, especially when some miscommunication in the outfield allowed the Royals to put a runner on third base with one out.
White Sox roll past punchless Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | Once the White Sox had put two runs on the board — it took them all of one inning — it was up to Hector Santiago to simply pour strikes into the zone.
Royals agree to deal with Andrean grad Manaea
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | The Kansas City Royals knew they'd uncovered something special when they saw Sean Manaea pitch in the Cape Cod League last summer, uncorking a pinpoint fastball that baffled some of the best amateur players in the country.
Munoz hopes to follow Montoya to Victory Lane
INDIANAPOLIS | Carlos Munoz remembers spilling into the streets of his native Bogota the minute that Juan Pablo Montoya crossed the finish line to win the Indianapolis 500.
Record-tying 4 women in the field for Indy 500
INDIANAPOLIS | Katherine Legge didn't know she'd have a shot at the Indianapolis 500 until it was time to qualify, when Schmidt Peterson Motorsports decided to put her in its second car at the last second.
Kenseth holds off Kahne to win at Kansas Speedway
KANSAS CITY, Kan. | Matt Kenseth knew that he had a front-running car Sunday.
Varying paths have made Shockers a Final Four team
ATLANTA | More than 30 years ago, Cliff Levingston was part of a powerhouse team at Wichita State that was stocked with future NBA talent, and to this day he believes it underachieved.
Brett, Koufax, Schmidt offering Hall of Fame help
SURPRISE, Ariz. | George Brett juggles three baseballs near the mound of a practice field, then loosens up his right arm and delivers a pitch to Mike Moustakas to start off batting practice.
US team plays to 4-4 tie with White Sox
GLENDALE, Ariz. | The U.S. team played the Chicago White Sox to a draw on Tuesday.
Colts beat Chiefs 20-13 to clinch playoff berth
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | The expectations placed upon Andrew Luck almost seemed unfair.
Colts' playoff berth would cap an unbelievable season
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | The Colts of a year ago were in no better shape than the Kansas City Chiefs of this season. Their offense couldn't score, their defense couldn't stop anybody, and they had just one win when mid-December rolled around.
Johnson salvages day after crashing at Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. | Jimmie Johnson knew his car was damaged. He just didn't know the extent of it.
Chen pitches Royals to shutout win over White Sox
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | Bruce Chen pitched into the seventh inning, Alex Gordon hit a two-run double and the Kansas City Royals beat the AL Central-leading White Sox 3-0 on Wednesday night to snap Chicago's five-game winning streak.
Escobar hits 2 HRs to lead Royals past Sox
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | White Sox starter Jake Peavy figured he threw a good pitch to Alcides Escobar in the third inning, when the Royals shortstop took him deep. It was just the wrong pitch at the time.
Youkilis sac fly gives White Sox win in 14
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | There was nobody White Sox manager Robin Ventura would rather have had at the plate with runners on the corners in the 14th inning than his gritty new third baseman.
Heat wave breaks in time for All-Star game in KC
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | There are times the past few weeks when Twins catcher Joe Mauer would gaze at scoreboards in ballparks around the country, trying to see what kind of heat the Minnesota pitchers are throwing, and he's been genuinely confused.
Kauffman Stadium transforming into All-Star venue
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | On a piece of metal scaffolding beyond the left-field wall at Kauffman Stadium, construction workers bolted together a table under a sweltering midday sun, the temperature tickling triple digits and sweat pouring off their brows.
Ex-Illini coach Weber hired by Kansas State
Bruce Weber knows that Kansas State fans may not accept him right away. That much became clear when a small rally for another coaching candidate turned into a protest of his hiring.
Robinson leads Kansas to win over N.C. State
ST. LOUIS | Thomas Robinson kept missing easy buckets. Tyshawn Taylor had a shooting performance he'd rather soon forget. Kansas made just two shots from outside 5 feet, and seemed to be in constant trouble against North Carolina State.
Valpo grad Hummel scores 26 as Kansas rally stops Purdue
OMAHA, Neb. | Bill Self leaped to his feet on the Kansas sideline, the typically restrained coach finally unloading with a moment of sheer exuberance.
Kansas, Purdue understand value of defense
OMAHA, Neb. | Matt Painter knows the topic isn't sexy. He knows that it's liable to put folks to sleep, sometimes his very own players. But the coach of Purdue also knows that it often saves teams from misfortune this time of year.
Ex-Notre Dame QB Crist transferring to Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | Dayne Crist announced Thursday that he is transferring to Kansas, where the former Notre Dame quarterback will be reunited with coach Charlie Weis.
First Lady teams with MLB to support troops
ST. LOUIS | Michelle Obama and Jill Biden put their baseball allegiances aside Wednesday and teamed up with Major League Baseball to support the military before Game 1 of the World Series.
Johnson dominates from start to finish at Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Kan. | Jimmie Johnson didn't qualify where he wanted, and his car never quite cooperated during the final practice session at Kansas Speedway. So he spent Saturday evening in the garage area, going over different setups with the rest of his team.
Pryor included in NFL draft, must sit out 5 games
Terrelle Pryor will have an opportunity to pursue his NFL dreams, with one significant caveat: The former Ohio State star must still pay for breaking NCAA rules while he was in college.
Duffy pitches Royals to 4-2 win over White Sox
KANSAS CITY, Mo. | Danny Duffy returned from the minors to toss seven sharp innings, Matt Treanor delivered a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth and the light-hitting Kansas City Royals hung on to beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Tuesday night.
One-time White Sox Manny Ramirez announces retirement
NEW YORK | Tampa Bay Rays slugger Manny Ramirez told Major League Baseball on Friday that he is retiring after being notified of an issue that arose under MLB's drug policy.
No. 4 Fighting Irish roll into Big East semifinals
NEW YORK | Notre Dame coach Mike Brey took his team to see the hit Broadway musical "Jersey Boys" this week, not for the culture or entertainment, but so the Fighting Irish could see what teamwork looks like in action.
Obama predicts Jayhawks will win national title
NEW YORK | The First Fan appears to be a big fan of basketball programs from Kansas.
Blue Jays outfielder Rios claimed by White Sox
NEW YORK | Blue Jays outfielder Alex Rios has been claimed off waivers by the Chicago White Sox, sending him to a contending team and giving Toronto financial flexibility.
Cubs marvel at new Yankee Stadium
NEW YORK | Four flat-screen TVs hanging from the ceiling, spacious lockers and plush leather couches -- and this was the visitor's clubhouse, second-rate digs compared to what the New York Yankees call home in the new Yankee Stadium.
Baylor loses in NIT finals; report links former VU coach Scott Drew to coaching opening at Memphis
NEW YORK | Penn State coach Ed DeChellis met with his team a couple of hours before playing Baylor in the NIT title game and had only one request.
Penn State beats Drew's Baylor squad in NIT finals
NEW YORK | Penn State turned the NIT championship game into a party, and several thousand Nittany Lions fans sure seemed like the hosts.
Drew's Bears, Nittany Lions to meet for NIT title
NEW YORK | Four years ago, Baylor wasn't allowed to play a nonconference schedule because of the fallout from a scandal in the basketball program that rocked the idyllic Baptist campus in central Texas.
Baylor makes NIT title game
NEW YORK | Curtis Jerrells tries not to think about where the Baylor program was when he arrived, the struggles it had endured, the perception of it around the country.
Penn St. fends off Irish
NEW YORK | Talor Battle scored 17 points, Andrew Jones had career highs of 16 points and 15 rebounds, and Penn State hung on for dear life after squandering a big lead in a 67-59 victory over Notre Dame on Tuesday night in the NIT semifinals.
For six schools, March has been oh-so sweet
Jeffrey Hathaway has been here before, in the most sweet of predicaments.
Syracuse survived long game's journey into night
NEW YORK | The freight elevator opened and Syracuse players Jonny Flynn and Paul Harris wobbled in, physically and mentally exhausted, heading for a bus to the team hotel.
Purdue falls to Oklahoma in NIT finals
NEW YORK | Blake Griffin had 18 points, including the go-ahead free throws in overtime, and matched a career high with 21 rebounds to help No. 11 Oklahoma rally past No. 10 Purdue 87-82 on Friday in the championship of the NIT Season Tip-Off.
Pele says Beckham's U.S. arrival has parallels to his own
NEW YORK | Pele arrived on American soil in 1975 to give North American soccer life. David Beckham's arrival three decades later is meant to give it a lift.
Mayweather awaiting call for rematch with De La Hoya
NEW YORK | Retirement by definition is final. Let's be honest and say Floyd Mayweather Jr. is taking a vacation.
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