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Challenge Park Extreme Sports
Put some adventure into your getaway with our CPX package! This package includes two tickets to Challenge Park Extreme Sports, which has a paintball city, skate park, and mountain bike park! Also included is overnight accommodations at our hotel, complimentary hot buffet breakfast, and unlimited use of our heated indoor pool and whirlpool. You must be 10 years of age to participate in any activities at CPX Sports.
GameWorks Entertainment
GameWorks is the perfect place for your next event. You can eat, drink and play all under one roof! GameWorks has an awesome catering menu, private rooms and lounge areas, pool tables and state of the art video games. GameWorks provides options for groups of all sizes from 10 to 1200 guests.
Odyssey Golf Course & Banquets
This 18-hole championship course was designed by two-time U.S. Open Champion Curtis Strange. It's a masterpiece of lush fairways and manicured greens.
CITY:Tinley Park
George Dunne National Golf Course
Forest Preserve golf course with practice facility.
CITY:Oak Forest
Water's Edge Golf Club
Championship Golf; GSP golf carts; bentgrass tees; fairways and greens; lighted driving range; breakfast, lunch dinner and beer specials, golf outings and private events; name-brand merchandise.
Hollywood Fun Park
Award-winning miniature golf, Hollywood Speedway go-kart track, arcade games, indoor bumper cars, indoor laser maze, rock wall, Hollywood Memorabilia and Cafe-Pizzeria. Hollywood Fun Park specializes in parties and group outings and is open year round.
Big Ten Experience
The Big Ten Experience features a collection of 13 interactive exhibits showcasing conference notables dating back to 1896, the year the conference was founded. Highlights include the Big Ten Theater which gives patrons a behind-the-scenes, immersive audio and video experience looking at student-athletes and traditions, along with radio and television features of notable accomplishments on and off the field of play.
Chicago Fire Soccer Club
Come out and cheer on the Chicago Fire! Experience the fun and excitement of Major League Soccer at Toyota Park today!
Turf Room
Relax, this place has a winning combination of fine dining and exciting atmosphere. OTB, cozy fireplace, fine wine, gourmet burgers. American eclectic menu that changes with each season. Whether in one of their three dining rooms, lounge, wine bar or track room you're assured of a great experience. So relax and enjoy the upbeat atmosphere, friendly services and most of all the unique gastronomy.
CITY:North Aurora
Sportsplex of St. Charles
This indoor sports facility offers soccer, lacrosse, floor hockey and basketball.
CITY:St. Charles
Salt Creek Golf Club
Make Salt Creek Golf Club your golfing "home course". When you select a facility to patronize regularly, you want the facility that offers the full gamut of a private club without the dues. Our 18-hole executive style golf course will challenge golfers of all skill levels. Set amidst gently rolling terrain, mature tree, and beautiful ponds, Salt Creek's 3895 yard, par 63 course challenge players of all skill levels with tree-lined fairways and strategically placed sand bunkers.
CITY:Wood Dale
Oak Brook Golf Club
18-hole golf course with driving range, restaurant and pro shop.
CITY:Oak Brook
Randall Oaks Golf Course
With undulating and quick greens, the course's front nine rolls and winds through 200-year old oak trees, while the back side is longer, with more water and strong winds.
CITY:West Dundee
Bowes Creek Country Club
Bowes Creek delivers a private club experience to the public golfer! It offers annual memberships for a day, or just enjoy Porter's Pub - an English inspired eatery.
Spartan Meadows Golf Club
This course is a challenge for all levels, with competitive rates and a friendly staff.
Leaf's Ice Centre
A state-of-the-art ice training facility featuring figure skating, hockey for every age and skill level, goalie training, meeting rooms and concessions.
CITY:West Dundee
Villa Olivia Country Club
This Killian/Nugent-designed course features five water holes. An Olympic-size pool is available for free to golfers, along with sand volleyball, tennis, a softball area and more.
Itasca Country Club
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Itasca Country Club is rich in tradition and offers a cost-effective solution for golf outings, corporate entertaining and special events in a picturesque setting. Enjoy beautiful surroundings, spectacular views, and the service of a fine country club-for your wedding reception or other banquet event. Amidst the elegant grounds and facilities, our skilled professional staff will put you at ease and ensure your special occasion is unforgettable.
Rolling Knolls Country Club
This 18-hole course is tree-lined, with 10 water holes.
Mill Creek Golf Club
This 18-hole championship golf course, featuring wildflowers and elevated tees, offers spectacular views of the Fox Valley region.
Maple Meadows Golf Course
Come and play right in your backyard! Visit Maple Meadows for outings, leagues, tournaments, individual play, and the great food in our restaurant. 27 holes, no reservations required and a beautiful public course!
CITY:Wood Dale
Prairie Landing Golf Club
Playing this unique, well-conditioned and spectacularly-designed 18-hole course will surely make you want to come back. Full service premier meeting and banquet facility provides outstanding culinary offerings and personal service.
CITY:West Chicago
Prairie Bluff Golf Club
This 18-hole championship course has a driving range and learning center.
Pottawatomie Park Golf
This nine-hole course was designed by Robert Trent Jones, Sr.
CITY:St. Charles
Waters Edge Golf Club
This course was chosen as one of Golf Digest's Best Places to Play.
Twin Lakes Golf Club
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Located on 25 acres, with woods, lakes and rolling hills, the course offers 9 holes of challenging golf for beginners and advanced golfers. Reduced rates available for golfers 55 and over. Clubhouse seats 60+ and has a variety of foods.
Streamwood Oaks Golf Club
Championship 9-hole course. Water comes into play on all 9 holes -- a challenge for any golfer. Full-service pro shop. The club house has a beautiful central fireplace and exterior patio.
Windy City Thunderbolts
The Windy City ThunderBolts baseball brings affordable family entertainment all summer long at Standard Bank Stadium. 2007 & 2008 Frontier League Champions! Call to reserve groups or parties today!
Boughton Ridge Golf Course
Situated on 45 beautiful acres, this nine-hole, 2205-yard, Par 32, executive length course offers the perfect course for a quick round of great golf.
Chicago Sky
Come out to Allstate Arena this summer to enjoy a night of world-class basketball and family fun with the Chicago Sky! With a season that runs May through August, the Sky provides summer-fun for all ages. Chicago's premier women's professional basketball team offers fans the unique opportunity to get their group in the game, and on the court. Groups can register to high five the Sky players, deliver the game ball to the referee, play on the same court as the Sky or sing the National Anthem. No other sporting event allows you to get as up-close-and-personal with the players!
Ruffled Feathers Golf Club
Just 40 minutes from Chicago lies one of the area's premier golf courses. The only Illinois course designed by Pete Dye offers a world-class golf experience and outstanding banquets/weddings for our guests.
Naperbrook Golf Course
Naperbrook Golf Course is an 18-hole links-style course featuring rolling hills, native prairie grass and an ever-present breeze. The course offers a ten-acre driving range, separate teaching tee, 10,000 square-foot practice green and versatile clubhouse.
Western Acres Golf Course
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - This 9-hole, par-35 course stretches over 3,000 yards. The well-maintained fairways and greens, along with sand and water hazards, offer a unique and challenging golf experience. The newly remodeled clubhouse is a picturesque location for a special event.
North Central College
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - North Central College offers a 5,000 seat football stadium with lights, and Olympic-size championship track, a multi-use 25,000 sq. ft.Fieldhouse, baseball and softball fields and tennis courts.
Settler's Hill Golf Course
This unique 18-hole course was built on the site of the old County Farm and Home; the dairy barn has been remodeled and is now used as a clubhouse. The course is 6,449 yards, par 72.
Bartlett HIlls Golf Course
This 18-hole course features a practice range, pro shop, snack shop and banquet facilities.
White Pines Golf Club & Banquets
A local favorite since 1928, White Pines is conveniently located minutes from O'Hare, and its two year-round 18-hole courses are situated on 240 beautiful acres. Banquet facilities are perfect for golf outings, weddings, business or social events, large and small.
Woodruff Golf Course
Opened in 1921, Woodruff is an 18-hole sporty course with hilly terrain and a clubhouse.
Brunswick Zone Romeoville
Brunswick Zone XL is a full- feature, family- friendly entertainment destination with something for everyone. Our center in Romeoville sets the standard for family entertainment with more than 60,000 sq. ft. of fun for all ages. Bowling, billiards, video games and more!
Raging Waves Waterpark
Illinois' largest Waterpark offers 45 acres of family fun! 17 water slides, wave pool, lazy river, huge kiddie play structures, sandy beach area and a 2000 foot long 4 course zip line.
Glendale Lakes Golf Club
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - 18-hole public golf course and golf shop. Restaurant open for lunch daily; Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for dinner. Meeting rooms and banquet facilities for up to 250.
CITY:Glendale Heights
Elgin Lanes
Wedgewood Golf Course
This 18-hole golf course is known for its hilly terrain, and features a clubhouse.
Brunswick Zone - Carol Stream
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Brunswick Zone offers bowling, billiards, Laser Tag, an arcade/game room plus meeting space for corporate parties, team-building and special events.
CITY:Carol Stream
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center
The Donald E. Stephens Convention Center offers a total 840,000 square feet of flexible exhibition space. Configure it any way you like. You may need a 500-booth to 800-booth area, or 100 to 200 booths. If you're planning a larger show, you'll appreciate our continuous 250,000 square-foot space for 1,225 booths. Or you can create a multiple hall layout for up to 3,566 booths. Customized floor plans are our specialty, so just ask.
Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area
A pool of clear bubbling water which sparkles like silver on sunny days provides the basis for the name of Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area. Even on extremely cold days, this pool does not freeze, and visitors marvel at the bordering beds of watercress. Majestic oaks and prairie grasslands provide a panorama of natural beauty to park visitors. The Fox River runs through this picturesque area which is also home to several small manmade lakes. A natural prairie restoration project gives visitors a feeling of the original landscape with native wildflowers, songbirds, waterfowl and upland game. Picnicking, fishing and hiking are popular pastimes in summer, with ice fishing, sledding, ice skating and cross-country ski trails available for the winter sports lover. For relaxing, exercising or just enjoying nature, Silver Springs is the perfect get away location.
Rusty Wallace Driving Experience
No matter what your need for speed, you'll find it at the Rusty Wallace Driving Experience. You can get your basic adrenaline rush from the "Taste of Speed" racing experience at Chicagoland Speedway. Or ramp things up with the "Advance Racing" option that puts you behind the wheel of a race car powered by a TRD engine—the same one used in Rusty Wallace's Nationwide cars. In 2014, the Rusty Wallace Driving Experience will be at Chicagoland Speedway April 26-27, May 24-26, June 20-22, August 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, and October 18, 19, 25, 26. See their site for more details.
Liberty Lanes
Inwood Golf Course
Inwood offers a lighted range, pro shop and concessions.
Blackberry Oaks Golf Course
This 18-hole course is par 72.
Richard Petty Driving Experience
Experience NASCAR racing firsthand at Chicagoland Speedway in an "adrenaline pumping thrill of a lifetime." Suit up and get behind the wheel of a real stock car as you drive 155 mph around the track, or ride shotgun and feel the rumble of 600 horses as you motor down the same asphalt driven by NASCAR drivers. In 2014, the Richard Petty Driving Experience will be at Chicagoland Speedway May 16-18, July 25-27, and September 19-21. See their site for more details.
Apple Orchard Golf Course
Apple Orchard is a par 27, nine-hole course with a pro shop and snack bar.
Springbrook Golf Course
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Springbrook Golf Course is a challenging 18-hole, 72-par championship facility with a natural turf driving range, short range, putting green and two practice bunkers. The clubhouse features a well-stocked golf shop and an eating area that seats 60.
Hollywood Park - Crestwood
This family entertainment center features two miniature golf courses, a large game room, a restaurant and Fangalangus Island, a children's interactive playland.
Features a distinctive entertainment and dining venue. Celebrate "sophisticated fun" in our warm and inviting 45,000 square foot indoor/outdoor facility complete with 20 bowling lanes and 10 bocce courts, exceptional Italian-American bistro with wine cellar, outdoor patio, fireplace, and beautifully appointed event and party room that can accommodate groups from 20-600.
CITY:South Barrington
Addison Ice Arena
Addison Ice Arena is one of the premier family ice sports complexes in the Chicagoland area, featuring one NHL rink, one Olympic rink, the Grace St. Bar and Grill, and an Advanced Pro Shop.
Fox Bend Golf Course
Fox Bend offers a challenging and scenic tour of streams, ponds, willow trees and elevation changes. This highly regarded course has played host to several tournaments and qualifiers.
Nickol Knoll Golf Course
Large bentgrass tees and greens give this fun layout a big course feel. Several shots from elevated tees provide a beautiful view of the area. Features pro-shop, snack bar and club house.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Espo's Country Lanes
Elgin's finest 40-lane bowling center.
Stony Creek Golf Course & Clubhouse
The Oak Lawn Park District's family friendly 18 hole golf course with restaurant and banquet facility.
CITY:Oak Lawn
Wing Park Golf Course
Accessible and perfect for a quick nine, Wing Park's greens are small and hard to hit. The course is a manageable length for beginners and seniors.
Elmhurst College
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Elmhurst College is home to a state of the art high tech conference and event facility that can host groups from 20 - 900 people. The campus also boasts a first-rate sports facility in an arboretum-like setting.
Heritage Bluffs Public Golf Club
This premier golfing destination was awarded 4-1/2 stars in Golf Digest's list of Places to Play.
Centennial Lanes
You'll find 32 bowling lanes, all equipped with bumpers for kids, cosmic bowling on weekends, a snack bar, lounge and a bowling pro shop that's open daily during the season.
CITY:Tinley Park
Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure
You've seen them race, now drive in real stock cars that have been used in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. At the Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure, you can drive around Chicagoland Speedway at speeds over 170 mph. Or you can choose the Ride-Along to experience the thrill of NASCAR racing like never before as a professional driver thunders you around the track. In 2014, the Dale Jarrett Racing Adventure will be at Chicagoland Speedway June 14-15 and August 16-17. See their site for more details.
Laser Quest - Arlington Heights
Laser Quest is a family entertainment venue combining the classic games of hide-and-seek and tag with a high tech twist. Our multi-level arenas have specialty lighting, swirling fog and energetic music to add to the excitement for up to 30 or more players in each game.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Bonnie Dundee Golf Course
Offering good par fours with difficult par threes, this course is architecturally classic and slightly rolling, with medium-size greens.
Schaumburg Golf Club
27 challenging regulation holes, driving range, two practice greens, full-service pro-shop and elegant clubhouse with an array of amenities.
Fox Run Golf Links
Par 70. Open Sunrise to Sunset. 18 hole golf course, club house, pro shop, and restaurant and bar. Private parties upon request and availability.
CITY:Elk Grove Village
Arlington Lakes Golf Club
The challenging 18-hole layout spans 90 acres of superbly manicured fairways and greens with 14 beautiful lakes to negotiate during a round. Features clubhouse, snack bar area, pro shop, and patio area.
CITY:Arlington Heights
Oak Meadows Golf & Banquet
Professional caliber 18-hole golf course. Banquets/meetings up to 400 year-round. Four distinct rooms for meetings, seminars or receptions. Accessible from O'Hare Airport and major expressways.
Walnut Greens Golf
Championship 9-hole. Perfect course for beginners and teens. Great practice course for all skill levels. Unique Killian and Nugent design.
Ultimate Sports Dome
This sports spot features go-karts, batting cages, miniature golf and an indoor driving range.
Chicago Wolves
Founded as part of the International Hockey League in 1994, the Chicago Wolves have enjoyed two decades of consistent success on the ice as home to some of the most prominent names in American hockey, like Chris Chelios, Troy Murray and Rob Brown.
Maywood Park Racetrack
Just 20 minutes west of downtown Chicago, Maywood Park features live standardbred horse racing action on a ½ mile oval every Thursday and Friday night all year round. Live race post times are 7:10pm. General Parking is free.
CITY:Melrose Park
Aurora Skate Center
Skate to the sounds of Top 40 music. The skate center also features special live organ music dance sessions.
Arrowhead Golf Club
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs -- Arrowhead Golf Club facilities include 27 holes, driving range and new clubhouse with elegant banquet facilities.
Features a distinctive entertainment and dining venue. Celebrate "sophisticated fun" in our warm and inviting 45,000 square-foot indoor/outdoor facility complete with 20 bowling lanes and 10 bocce courts. Exceptional Italian-American bistro with wine cellar, outdoor patio, fireplace, and beautifully appointed event and party rooms that can accommodate groups from 20-600.
Sycamore Speedway
A great location if you want to race your car or bring the whole family out to experience a racing event. Please visit their website to gain knowledge on all their rules and disclaimers for racers.
CITY:Maple Park
Chicago Slaughter
The Chicago Slaughter is a member of the Indoor Football League, which has teams in over 25 cities nationwide. Come see an exciting game and cheer on your team! Headed by Coach Steve "Mongo" McMichael and William "The Refrigerator" Perry, former Chicago Bears.
CITY:Hoffman Estates
Autobahn Country Club
Autobahn Country Club is the 4th largest road course in the US. We have multiple public driving events and programs including Go Karting.
Oak Brook Sports Core
269-acre sports facility that offers upscale banquets, weddings, corporate picnics, golf and polo outings for 250-400 people. Tents can be added for larger groups.
CITY:Oak Brook
Toyota Park
Home to the Chicago Fire soccer team, Toyota Park is a world-class stadium and concert venue located southwest of Chicago.
Silver Lake Country Club
Golf the two championship 18-hole courses, one nine-hole executive course, or play in the racquetball courts.
CITY:Orland Park
Brunswick Zone - Naperville
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Brunswick Zone in Naperville offers bowling, billiards, an arcade/game room, Laser Tag, Bumper Cars plus meeting space for corporate parties, team-building and special events.
Topgolf Chicago
TopGolf is an interactive high-tech golfing experience like no other. With state-of-the-art equipment, restaurant, and bars, they are able to take care of your every recreation, social, and event need.
CITY:Wood Dale
Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge - Lombard
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Lucky Strike Lanes is America's premier bowling lounge. The cozy artistic atmosphere features 18 lanes of state-of-the-art bowling, customizable multi-screen video system, exclusive VIP & event room facilities, and unforgettable cuisine!
Fox River Games Paintball
Bring a group of friends to play a round of paintball at Fox River Games. Open play or "walk-on" play is recreational play for all ages (age restrictions) and skill levels. Play as an individual or play in groups. Typically we are open every weekend Saturday and Sunday and during the summer we operate on Wednesdays and Fridays too. Please check our website for our operating schedule and specific hours of operation.
NASCAR Racing Experience
You can't get much closer to the real thing than this. At the NASCAR Racing Experience, you'll drive a race car that's been driven by Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin and other NASCAR drivers. You'll get a true NASCAR driving experience: There's no pace car to follow. Passing is allowed. And you'll have in-car Racing Electronics radio communications. In 2014, the NASCAR Racing Experience will be at Chicagoland Speedway May 9-10, July 4, 5, 11, 12, and August 29-30. See their site for more details.
Dave & Buster's
There's no place quite like it! From hand-crafted tables and world class pocket billiards to the vast array of games in the Million Dollar Midway, D&B will provide one of the most unique entertainment outings you'll ever experience.
Sugar Grove Family Fun Center
Go-karts, mini golf, bumper boats, a driving range and a game room are the draw at this entertainment center.
CITY:Sugar Grove
The Dome at the Ballpark
Seventy-mile per hour riseballs, 240-foot frozen ropes, soft hands and lightning-quick reactions all wound into seven feverish innings of gritty, gutsy, fast-paced action. Welcome to hard-hittin', fast-pitchin', affordable family fun. Welcome to National Pro Fastpitch! Come out and chear on the teams!
Route 66 Raceway
This racing and entertainment facility features concerts, NHRA drag racing events and demolition derbies.
Airtastic Playland
A fun and exciting play land offering 10 inflatable play structures, four party rooms and two age-appropriate play areas.
Rocket Ice Arena
Come feel the thrill of the chill at the Rocket Ice Arena, offering programs for all ages and ability levels in figure skating and hockey.
The FireZone is the first firehouse adventure providing an imaginatively fun look into the world of firefighting. What better place to go, have fun, and for a couple of hours, become that firefighter!


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In this special edition of Frontpage Symposium, we have gathered a distinguished panel to discuss the recent passing of Elena Bonner, her legacy and the future of human rights in Russia. Our guests today are:
Yuri Yarim-Agaev, a former leading Russian dissident and a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group. Upon arriving in the United States after his forced exile from the Soviet Union, he headed the New York-based Center for Democracy in the USSR.
Konstantin Preobrazhensky, a former KGB agent who became one of the KGB's harshest critics. A Senior Fellow at Gerard Group International, he is the author of seven books about the KGB and Japan. His new book is KGB/FSB's New Trojan Horse: Americans of Russian Descent.
Igor Melcuk, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Montreal and Member of the Royal Society of Canada. He left the Soviet Union in 1977 after being expelled from the Institute of Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences because he defended Andrei Sakharov in a letter published in The New York Times.
Olga Velikanova, an assistant professor at the University of North Texas, where she teaches Soviet history. Among the first scholars to work with declassified Communist Party and secret police archives, she is the author of "Making of an Idol: On Uses of Lenin," "The Public Perception of the Cult of Lenin Based on the Archival Materials" and "The Myth of the Besieged Fortress. Soviet Mass Perception in the 1920s-1930s." She is a recipient of many awards from different international research foundations.
Lt. General Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest official ever to have defected from the former Soviet bloc. His first book, Red Horizons, was republished in 27 languages. A commemorative edition was recently issued in Romania to mark 20 years since Ceausescu was executed at the end of a trial where most of the accusations came out of this book. In April 2010, Pacepa's latest book, Programmed to Kill: Lee Harvey Oswald, the Soviet KGB, and the Kennedy Assassination, was prominently displayed at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians held in Washington D.C., as a "superb new paradigmatic work" and a "must read" for "everyone interested in the assassination of President Kennedy."'
FP: Lt. General Ion Mihai Pacepa, Igor Melcuk, Konstantin Preobrazhenky, Olga Velikanova and Yuri Yarim-Agaev, welcome to Frontpage Symposium.
Yuri Yarim-Agaev, let's begin with you.
What were some of your thoughts on Elena Bonner's passing? Share them with us in relation to how you view the state of human rights in contemporary Russia — and the future you envision in what appears to be an inevitable Putin-led Russia.
Yarim-Agaev: The death of Elena Bonner was first and foremost the loss of an old friend. Regretfully, very few people are left in this world with whom I have such deep mutual understanding, a similarity in assessment of major events both in Russia and the rest of the world, as I did with her. There was a good reason for that: together we were in the struggle with the main evil of our time, Soviet Communism, the struggle, which gave us profound insight not only into Russia and Communism in general, but also into the very nature of human society. That education provided Elena Bonner with the compass which would show her the right direction, and help her take the right position not only on events in Russia, but also in America, Israel and other countries. Not surprisingly, her position would very often coincide with my own, – our common experience showed.
I strongly believe that the experience, which we acquired in our struggle with Soviet Communism, can be effectively applied to many other regions and situations. Some intellectuals argue that the dissident struggle, which made us stronger and more decisive, made us narrow minded at the same time. I believe that the opposite is true. When you actively interact with an extreme form of society, as was Soviet Communism, you get better insight into the general nature of human society, which is often concealed under normal circumstances. When, for your own survival, you are forced to think much more intensively, you get much broader and deeper understanding of your own country and the whole world. Elena Bonner's life proved that very clearly. Her numerous statements and articles on various events in the US, Russia, Israel and the rest of the world have been profound and very precise.
Some considered Elena Bonner as merely the wife of Andrei Sakharov, a quite respectable position by itself. Yet, she was much more. She was not only a leading Soviet dissident in her own, but also a globally renowned human rights champion. Her impact on world politics of the 20th century was significant, and despite her old age and poor health, she managed to carry over her influence into the 21st century as well.
Preobrazhensky: Unfortunately, I did not have a chance to meet Elena Bonner, though I now live in Boston. Only this spring I tried to interview her for our documentary, "KGB Does Not Exist Any More?" which we are shooting together with American documentary producer Michael Colbert. It focuses on growing Russian influence in the United States. Our documentary shows that Elena Bonner's struggle is not outdated. But her daughter, Tatiana, told me on the phone that Elena Bonner does not give interviews any more. Nonetheless, we are fortunate that God gave her a long live in spite of all of her sufferings.
The KGB always hated Elena Bonner. On the eve of the 90th birthday anniversary of Academician Sakharov, the government 1st channel of Russian TV showed the film, "My Father, Academician Sakharov." It portrayed him as a talented but naive physicist who was under the influence of the evil-doing anti-Soviet activist, Elena Bonner.
It is, of course, the KGB version. It was taught to us at the KGB school in Minsk, where I studied in 1976-77. In 1985, when I was a Tokyo Correspondent of the Soviet TASS new agency, I was shown a secret wire from Moscow. It ordered KGB foreign correspondents all over the world to spread a rumor that Elena Bonner had beaten a policeman. It means that she has never tried to find any compromise, tolerance or "understanding" with the KGB.
How do I see the future of the Russian human rights movement? I see it as FSB-controlled. This is because the FSB is the only one actual political body in Russia. The FSB will never yield state power to anybody. And, ironically, there is nobody to take it. The Russian opposition is weak and disorganized. The FSB is playing with it as a cat with a mouse. In the Soviet period, KGB 5th Directorate managed to infiltrate the human rights movements with its collaborators. In today's Russia, it is impossible to create any political organization independent from the FSB. As soon as you create it, the FSB will fill it with their informants. It was the same in Soviet times regarding the Communist Party. The FSB is its organizational substitution.
In the interview devoted to Elena Bonner, the head of "Memorial" human rights center, Oleg Orlov, spoke about permitted and not permitted compromises with authorities. This kind of logic could be applicable, maybe, to Imperial Russia of the early 20th century. But now the total authority belongs to the FSB. It is not up to the individual to determine the extent of compromise with a secret service. They will do it instead of you. While you will be thinking about such compromises, the wheel of your car may fly away when you are driving, or a group of unknown hooligans will meet you in the street.
By the way, I have never heard from Russian human rights activists a clear statement saying that state power belongs to the FSB. The only exception was "Glasnost" Foundation under Sergey Grigoryantz. It was dissolved very soon after Putin's coming to power. Its international conferences, "KGB: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow," where I have spoken a lot, are not held any more.
KGB/FSB feels genetic hatred against human rights activists. In recent years, Putin's propaganda has done its best to present them as national traitors living for American grants. They are painted as "jackals in the foreign embassies" — as Putin called them. The very word "human rights activist" became a sort of curse.
That is why many Russians dislike human rights activists. And the West is tired of them. They are an obstacle in developing "real politics" with Russia, which is nothing but victimizing human rights for the sake of oil. It is a historical success of Russian foreign policy.
When I tell Americans that human rights are violated in Russia as in the Soviet times, many of them don't believe me. It is the result of the sophisticated Russian propaganda and influence here.
After Putin's return to the presidency, Russian petro-state will continue its penetration of the Western world with its ingenuous program: "oil for democracy". It is aimed at dissolving Western democracy. It has already begun.
Pacepa: I want to congratulate Jamie for honoring Elena Bonner and what she stood for. We all could profit from a better knowledge of her heroic life. I did not have the privilege of meeting Elena, as Yarim-Agaev did, or of learning firsthand about the KGB war against Elena, as Mr. Preobrazensky did. But I had the honor of meeting Andrei Sakharov, and I cannot imagine a better life companion for that legendary fighter for freedom than Elena Bonner.
For people of my generation, Elena is a saintly hero. She suffered years of brutal governmental exile and persecution because she dedicated her life to helping Russia get rid of its historical totalitarian autocracy. Some 150 years ago another famous Russian, sociologist Petr Chaadayev, had the guts to describe Russia the way it really was:
"A unique world, submissive to the will, caprice, fantasy of a single man, whether his name be Peter or Ivan. … Contrary to all the laws of the human community, Russia moves only in the direction of her enslavement and the enslavement of all the neighboring peoples."
Tsar Nicholas declared Chaadayev insane, and locked him into an asylum–where he died. By the beginning of the 1980s, the whole Russian government looked like an insane asylum, and Elena Bonner was not afraid to say that out loud. The Soviet tsar exiled her to the boondocks.
In 1991 the Communists lost power, but not for long. On December 31, 2000, the first anniversary of his appointment as Russia's president, Vladimir Putin ordered Stalin's national anthem resurrected, with new lyrics by Stalin's lyricist, Sergey Mikhalkov. Old Communism was back in style. Elena called the act a "profanation of history." Putin disagreed: "We have overcome the differences between the past and the present." [1]
Have we? During the old Cold War, the KGB was a state within a state. By 2010, Putin's KGB, rechristened FSB, became the state. Over 6,000 of his former colleagues in the KGB–an organization that had in the past killed over seven million, after framing them as Western spies—were running Russia's federal and local governments. The Soviet Union had one KGB officer for every 428 citizens. Putin's Russia has one FSB officer for every 297 citizens. [2] It is like democratizing Germany by putting the old, supposedly defeated Gestapo in charge.
Elena Bonner called that KGB dictatorship a malignant tumor on Russia's body, and she warned that that cancerous tumor might kill the country's hopes of breaking with its tyrannical past. I have not only political but also personal reasons to fully agree with Elena. I was 25, when the doctors advised my mother to have a just discovered malignant tumor removed as soon as possible. "What's the rush, if it doesn't hurt?" my dear mother kept asking me every time I tried to take her to the hospital. Two years later I was kneeling at her grave. That was the last, and probably most important, lesson I learned from my dear mother. This is also the last lesson Elena Bonner tried to teach her fellow countrymen: If you have a cancer, get rid of it.
Velikanova: Jamie, thank you for inviting me here to share my personal thoughts about an outstanding personality — Elena Bonner. In opposition to the members of our round table who have their personal perspectives to share, I suggest here the brief reflection of a historian about Elena Georgievna – a free individuality who lived in a totalitarian state. She was a courageous person who was able to speak loudly about what she believed when all others around her kept silence.
How was it possible that such a free person could be raised in the USSR? Andrei Sakharov – another example of an absolutely free personality – was the son of a professor. He received a home education and did not attend Soviet school until the 7th grade. A genius with an immediate affiliation with science, he did not belong to the Soviet mundane. But Elena Bonner was a Soviet girl, close to earth, and the daughter of a party official. While her father was a Comintern worker and her mother, Ruth, a devoted-hardliner Communist, the girl was influenced very much by her grandmother Tatiana who still lived by old values. In Bonner's writings she acknowledged the role of "babushka" Tanya and the good books in her childhood. A 14-year girl experienced the arrest and execution of her father in 1937 and the exile of her mother. During the war she served as a nurse on the front and was wounded, and later became engaged in medical education and practice as well as literary and political activity. The experience of an orphan of 1937 as well as her talent gave Elena Georgievna the ability to see through all things "Soviet," but surely she belonged to an insightful but tiny minority.
Another question to ponder was her fate: why was so much dirt poured upon her in the Soviet press and public opinion? Of course that was an intentional strategy of the KGB, discribed by Mr. Preobrazhensky above, to discredit human rights activists. I remember another version of the aforementioned rumor in the 1980s that Sakharov was a hen-pecked husband and his wife regularly beat him (with N. N. Yakovlev among the gossipmongers). But the KGB is not a sole explanation to all Russian troubles. It seems that the KGB's ignoble strategy had its soil in Russian old traditional suspicion to talented individuals, especially of her gender and of half Jewish origin. These low, plebian instincts were exploited by the KGB. Bonner's active and independent role near the great scientist Sakharov was unusual for a traditional Russian family. An example of such patriarchal and misogynic attitude is the fate of Raisa Maksimovna Gorbacheva, a beautiful and strong woman, who was hated by all the Soviet Union.
Moreover, the dissident movement, of which Bonner was a member, was not comprehensive for a vast majority of Soviet people. They hardly understood the concept of human rights and why it worth going into exile or even prison for it. The general population had almost no information about the movement for human rights until 1975 when the Helsinki Declaration with its seventh clause — an agreement to uphold human rights — was signed published in the USSR. But even after that public opinion was molded mostly by propaganda and the KGB which represented dissidents as an evil foreign force. A handful of intelligentsia who understood the situation had too little influence on public opinion inside the USSR. In this context, in the eyes of philistines she looked as an outcast — how could this woman, a Jew, dare to criticize Soviet politics?
Elena Bonner had courage, talent, and strength to struggle for the goals that seemed unrealistic in the suffocating atmosphere of the late Soviet Union. Despite all censorship and suppression of the critical voices, the efforts of these dissidents contributed to emancipation impulse in the end of the 1980s.
Melcuk: I did not know Elena Bonner personally—this makes it more difficult for me to say things about her heroic life. I must insist, however, on the fact that she was a hero of our times, one of the very few human beings who fully and openly opposed the three-headed monster of the KGB, the Communist Party and the Soviet State.
I did have the honor of meeting her husband, Andrei Sakharov, face to face and to speak with him. As a result, I was completely under the impact of his personality: the razor-sharp logic, deeply human philosophy, extreme openness and friendliness, the readiness to go as far as necessary to protect his convictions that, linked to unbelievable purity of his thoughts and intentions, seemed to me then to be out of this world. To a great degree, it was thanks to Elena Bonner that this great man had seen the truth and abandoned his wrongly based idealism of a naïve wunderkind.
Elena Bonner was much more than just the wife of Sakharov of course: she was herself a great champion of human rights, so great that in 1985, the KGB felt it necessary to instruct its agents abroad, as Mr. Preobrazhensky tells us, to smear her name by spreading the most fantastic slandering rumors. I think it is important to remember that even in 21st century Russian authorities hate Mrs. Bonner and will hate her memory: she was, and her memory is, and will always be, a powerful thorn in the eye of the modern gangster dictators ruling Russia.
It is important, therefore, to spread in Western societies the knowledge and understanding of Mrs. Bonner's struggle—in order to open eyes to more well-intentioned, but self-blinded idealists who live in their imaginary rosy world and refuse to face the gore reality.
I agree with Mrs. Velikanova that it is a miracle to see Elena Bonner to have developed into this eternally free and courageous figure that she was—out of an all-Soviet girl, with no family to lean on and completely 'educated' by the Soviet school and the Soviet army. This makes me feel even more respect and admiration for this extraordinary woman and personality. Her life and her moral standing should be an example not only for the Russian people, but for all people of good will around the world.
Yarim-Agaev: There is some irony in what I heard from the other panelists. This symposium is devoted to the memory of Elena Bonner, yet more was said about the alleged power of the KGB and even the FSB than of Bonner's real power. It may be appropriate to mention how strong her archenemy was, but it would be awkward not to say how much stronger Elena was, who emerged victorious from that battle.
It is no mystery how a Soviet girl developed into a champion of freedom and human rights. Bonner's outstanding intelligence and courage fully explain it. As a young girl whose father was shot and mother imprisoned she had enough facts to draw the right conclusions about the political system she lived in. There were millions of other people, however, who were in similar situations and many of them were smart enough to connect the dots–but they did not have the courage. And courage it takes, since if you don't deny the facts, if you follow the logic, you come to conclusions which put you in a very dangerous if not lethal position.
Elena Bonner was never broken by the Soviet authorities and never obeyed them. They, rather, obeyed her: She forced Gorbachev stand up for a moment of silence in memory of the Armenians killed in Nagorno-Karabakh under his watch.
Elena Bonner was never afraid of the KGB, whereas the KGB was very much afraid of her. Why? Because she had the courage to say openly and loudly that the emperor had no clothes. The more the emperor real condition was exposed by her (and us, her fellow dissidents), the weaker he became, until finally he collapsed. By 1991 the KGB was completely defeated and Elena Bonner stood victorious upon its rubble.
The KGB could not fully recover and never will, since its life support was provided by the Soviet communist system, which cannot be resuscitated, at least in any foreseeable future. Although the direct descendent of the KGB, the FSB has very limited and very temporary authority. If the KGB was a tragedy for Russia, the FSB is a farce—a Russian farce, though, with blood and jails. Yet all the killing and the stealing was never a sign of power, but rather of weakness. The FSB came to power not because it was strong, but because everybody else was even weaker.
This refers to the post-soviet human rights community as well. It differs radically from the dissident human-rights movement of the Soviet era, and can by no means be considered its continuation. No single dissident organization remained after 1991 and very few former dissidents joined the new community of human-rights organizations. Elena Bonner was always skeptical about new democrats and human rights activists, and later distanced herself completely from them. The problem with the current Russian opposition is that there is a paucity of people in its ranks who have the courage and commitment to follow Bonner's footsteps.
The best way to end this symposium is to recall once again the heroic life of Elena Bonner and the lesson which she taught us with such clarity and power. This lesson is that even a single person, who strongly believes in the basic principles of freedom and human dignity, and who is ready to die for these principles, can overwhelm the strongest totalitarian system—not to mention Russia's current rulers.
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4/1/14 Truth About Katy & John
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
MIRANDA KERR poses nude in the British edition of "GQ" and tells us more than we need to know about her sexuality. She's a member of the Mile High Club, she's open to GIRL-ON-GIRL action and she always asks for a critique from her partner after sex.
Sources say KATY PERRY dumped JOHN MAYER because she found out he was having kinky sex with KELLY MONACO. One source says, quote, "[Kelly] was open to the things that John's into, like sexy toys, tying each other up and threesomes. He couldn't get enough." Katy reportedly found texts between them and sent John packing.
In the new issue of "Interview" magazine, JOHNNY DEPP admits that he smokes A LOT. Asked how many cigarettes he burns down in a day, he says, quote, "I'll bet a thousand. I'm working my way up to ten thousand." Obviously he's exaggerating, since that would be 50 packs A DAY.
According to a new survey, ANNE HATHAWAY is the most unfairly hated and mocked celebrity. JAY LENO is second. The poll also found that TAYLOR SWIFT is considered the biggest celebrity "player" . . . and DESTINY'S CHILD is the group most people want to do a reunion tour.
Lindsay Lohan's longtime assistant, Matt Harrell, has reportedly quit because she couldn't afford to pay him anymore. After production on her reality show wrapped for Oprah's OWN network, Lohan told him that she couldn't really afford to keep him on her payroll. A source says that Matt still agreed to accompany Lindsay to do press for the reality show, but isn't working for her.
3/31/14 Justin & Selena Back On
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Monday, March 31, 2014
ELTON JOHN and DAVID FURNISH are getting "MARRIED" in May. David says, quote, "We don't feel the need to take an extra step legally. But since we're committed for life, we feel it's really important to take that step, and take advantage of that amazing change in legislation. We all live by example."
SELENA GOMEZ is wearing a ring on her engagement finger that was supposedly a gift from JUSTIN BIEBER. A source says it's NOT an engagement ring, but they're back together and serious. Her family is now worried that she'll, quote, "do something crazy like elope with him."
Meanwhile, Selena could be looking at several dates with Justin Bieber inside a courtroom. Yesterday she was handed a subpoena to testify in the case of a 2012 incident in which a photographer claims Bieber kicked him in the stomach.
Zac Efron says he and a bodyguard were in a sketchy part of downtown LA Sunday night looking for sushi when they were attacked by transients, but people close to him believe that story is a little fishy. First of all, sources close to Zac say the bodyguard is a convicted drug dealer who Zac has been spending a lot of time with and they don't believe he was in that area looking for a sushi restaurant. They believe Zac, who had problems with cocaine use, has fallen off the wagon again. Police also have their suspicions about what exactly went down in the area which is known for being a hotbed of drug and gang activity.
After hearing that KANYE WEST is supposedly buying KIM KARDASHIAN 10 Burger King restaurants as a wedding gift, Burger King itself says they are unaware of such purchase, but they would be happy to cater their wedding.
3/28/14 James Franco Sets Record Straight
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Friday, March 28, 2014
JAMES FRANCO says he doesn't belong on LINDSAY LOHAN'S list of conquests. Quote, "[She] has told lies about me with her people-she's-slept-with list!" In the past, he talked about how he COULD have hit that, but didn't because Lindsay was, quote, "having issues", and he didn't want to take advantage of her.
NICK CANNON revealed yesterday that MARIAH CAREY made him wait until their wedding night to consummate the relationship. He was also asked to name five famous women he's had sex with. In addition to Mariah, he named Kim Kardashian, Christina Milian, Nicole Scherzinger and Selita Ebanks.
ZAC EFRON and his bodyguard got in a fight with some homeless people in L.A. over the weekend . . . and Zac got punched in the FACE. It sounds like he's okay, but some people think he was trying to buy drugs.
MILEY CYRUS is accused of blowing off a 7-year-old girl with cancer who was set up to meet her through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Supposedly, the girl and her family went to L.A., but had to wait almost a week to meet Miley. When they finally did, it was at a recording studio, and a source says Miley was, quote, "more interested in what she was doing in the studio than paying attention to the little girl."
Baltimore Ravens running back RAY RICE has been indicted for aggravated assault, after allegedly knocking his fiancée OUT COLD. If convicted, he could be looking at three to five years in the clink.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin will still be living together despite breaking up. They may be "consciously uncoupling," but they will still be living in their new $14 million Malibu home. Paltrow and Martin bought a mansion just days before announcing their split. Insiders say that the place actually includes two totally separate living spaces under one roof, so Paltrow and Martin can live together apart during their divorce.
3/27/14 Angie's Liberal Parenting
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Thursday, March 27, 2014
MICK JAGGER just came into a few bucks. His girlfriend L'Wren Scott left her entire, $9 million estate to him in her will. Of course, she left it to him under his real name, Michael Philip Jagger. L'Wren had an $8 million condo in New York and about a million in other assets. But she may have died with some debt as well. L'Wren had no children. She did have a brother and sister, but she specifically left them OUT of her will. Apparently, they weren't on good terms.
BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE seem pretty liberal as far as child-rearing goes, so this wouldn't be too surprising: Angelina reportedly let her 10-year-old son Pax buy a SWEARING FINGER at a gift shop in Las Vegas. The Swearing Finger is a motion-activated hand that flips the bird, while hurling FILTHY insults.
GWYNETH PALTROW posted an essay from some lifestyle gurus explaining "Conscious Uncoupling". Basically, it involves treating divorce as a learning process, rather than a failure, where, quote, "there are no bad guys, just two people, each playing teacher and student respectively."
Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow were rumored to have an open relationship before their split-- and sources say Chris fell for model Alexa Chung. Allegedly, Paltrow accepted her husband's fling with Chung but she never expected he would fall in love .. and that he wouldn't be able to fall out of love even after he ended it.
3/26/14 Gwyneth & Chris Separating
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GWYNETH PALTROW and CHRIS MARTIN are separating after 10 years of marriage. They have two children: A 9-year-old daughter named Apple and a 7-year-old son named Moses. Gwyneth broke the news in a statement on her website titled "Conscious Uncoupling" . . . which should totally help dispel the impression that she's annoying. "Us Weekly" says the whole family went to the Bahamas to escape a possible media frenzy.
A website claims to have found out some of the guests for KIM KARDASHIAN and KANYE WEST'S wedding. They are: Carmelo and LaLa Anthony, Will Smith and family, Beyoncé and Jay Z, Oprah, Ryan Seacrest, Nicole Richie, Brittny Gastineau, "Vogue" editor Anna Wintour, Sugar Ray Leonard and Kathie Lee Gifford.
The "Star" tabloid says that KANYE WEST has picked out a wedding gift for KIM KARDASHIAN: Burger King. (???) He's supposedly buying her 10 Burger King franchises in England, Italy and France. Kanye owns several Fatburger restaurants in Chicago, and a so-called "source" says, quote, "That's where he sees her future career, away from reality TV."


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The two main types of wagers:
1. Straight wagers (These wagers only involve one horse):
Win: You collect only if your horse finishes first. The minimum wager is $2
Place: You collect if your horse finishes first or second. However, if your horse wins, you only collect the Place payout. The minimum wager is $2.
Show: You collect if your horse finishes first, second or third, but you collect only the Show payout. The minimum wager is $2.
Across The Board: You are wagering on a horse to Win, Place and Show. You receive one ticket for all three wagers. If your horse wins, you receive Win, Place and Show payouts. If your horse finishes second, you receive Place and Show payouts; and if your horse is third, you receive the Show payout. Because you are actually placing three wagers, the minimum wager is $6.
2. Combination or "Exotic" wagers (These wagers involve two or more horses):
Daily Double: To collect, you must select the winner of two races. For example, you must select the winner of the first race and the second race. Of course, you must place the wager before the first of your two races!
Exacta: To collect, you must pick the horses that finish first and second in exact order. For example, if you play a 3-5 exacta, the #3 horse must Win and the #5 horse must Place (come in second) for you to collect.
Exacta Box: Is made to guarantee the outcome of the first two finishers regardless of which horse wins. For example, if you box the #3 and #5 horses and either the #3 or the #5 horse wins and finishes second, you win.
Trifecta: Is similar to an exacta, except you must pick the horses that finish first, second, and third in exact order. This is a challenging wager that often yields large dividends.
Trifecta Box: Is made to guarantee the outcome of the first three finishers regardless of which horse wins. For example, if you box the #3, the #7 and #5 horses and either the #3 , #7 or the #5 horse wins, finishes second and third, you win.
Pick 3: To collect, you must pick the winners of three consecutive races. And, of course, you must make your selections before the first race of your Pick 3 wager. An excellent wager that offers great excitement and opportunity to score Big!
Superfecta: Is similar to an exacta and trifecta, except you must pick the horses that finish first, second, third and fourth in exact order. This is also a challenging wager that often yields dividends even larger than the trifecta.
Where do I go to collect my winnings?
So, you've made a winning wager. After the race has been declared official, simply take your ticket to any of the mutuel windows or self betting terminals to collect. Your winning ticket is good for up to 60 days past the end of the year to be exchanged for cash. Tickets, after 10 days, must be cashed at the designated mutuel information windows.
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Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago second to ?
I have been a season ticket holder, with Steppenwolf Theatre for several years, and lately have been questioning why. Well, this first production of the new season, currently in previews, "Clybourne Park", was enough for me to remember why I subscribed in the first place.
Not only was the play sensational, the subject matter interesting but the caliber of the acting was exceptional. I refuse to say more, as I feel it would ruin the theatre goer's experience.
Steppenwolf is known for premiering many plays, of Chicago playwrights, that have found their way to the Great White Way – even to include winning Toni's for both the play and the actors.
If you happen to be staying at the Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago, the theatre is easily accessible from the Red Line "El" train – take a right out of the front doors, left onto State St (the 1st light), at Grand & State just board a Howard bound train going north. Get off at the North & Clybourn
stop. Then travel north on Halsted for a half a block, you cannot miss it, no pun intended.


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NORFOLK (AP) -- Three Norfolk-based ships are now anchored off New York in case they're needed to help with storm response efforts, the Dept. of Defense said Friday.
The USS Wasp headed north on Tuesday. It was already out at sea to ride out the storm. Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., flew aboard USS Wasp on Thursday, Nov. 1, to prepare to provide assistance to New Jersey, New York and Connecticut in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Miami University's men's basketball team seized a 63-52 win at sixth-seeded Bowling Green (13-19) on Monday night at the Stroh Center in the first round of the FirstEnergy Mid-American Conference Tournament to advance to Cleveland on Wednesday. The No. 11 seed RedHawks (9-21) will face No. 7 seed Eastern Michigan at 9 p.m. at Quicken Loans Arena with a quarterfinal berth on the line.
Junior forward Jon Harris paced the RedHawks with 14 points, all in the first half, while freshman guard Reggie Johnson tallied 12 points and junior forward Will Felder chipped in 11.
The RedHawks took a quick, 5-4 lead off a Harris 3-pointer at 16:39, but Bowling Green used an 8-0 run to capture a 12-5 lead by the 14:03 mark. Miami chiseled away at the Falcon advantage and knotted the game at 18-18 off one of Harris' four first-half triples at 8:35.
The Falcons came back with a dunk and a 3-pointer to take a five-point lead with 7:42 to go in the half, 23-18. Another Harris triple capped a 5-0 RedHawk surge that again knotted the game at 5:02, 23 all. After a 25-25 tie, BGSU used an old-fashioned three-point play with 3:53 to go in the half to take a 28-25 lead.
Harris drained a 3-pointer to even the game and then chipped in a jumper to hand Miami its first lead since the 16:39 mark. Freshman guard Geovonie McKnight stole the ball on the Falcons' next possession and connected on a layup to cap a 7-0 RedHawk run and hand Miami a 32-28 lead with 2:39 to go in the half. The Falcons hit a 3-pointer to close within one, but a junior guard Quinten Rollins jumper with 50 seconds to play in the opening half handed Miami a 34-31 lead, which carried into halftime.
Johnson hit a pair of buckets to open the second-half scoring, pushing the Miami lead to seven and forcing a BGSU timeout. Felder drained a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired to extend the Miami lead to 41-31 with 15:08 to go. A pair of senior center Vince Legarza free throws at the 14:12 mark pushed Miami's lead to 43-31.
Luke Kraus sunk a 3-pointer at 13:31 to give the Falcons their first points of the half and halt the 9-0 RedHawk run to open the period. Junior guard Allen Roberts hit a jumper to give Miami a 47-36 lead, but Bowling Green came back with a 9-0 run over the next three and a half minutes to cut the lead to 47-45 with 7:15 to play. Roberts buried a floating jumper in the lane at 5:04 to thwart the BGSU flurry and give Miami a four-point cushion.
After BGSU cut the lead to two with 4:35 remaining, 49-47, Johnson hit a key triple to extend the Miami lead. BGSU's Chauncey Orr hit two freebies to make the score 52-49 with 2:08 left, but Johnson banked in a 3-pointer at the top of the key to give Miami a six-point advantage with 1:40 to go. The RedHawks knocked in all eight free throws down the stretch to preserve the win and advance to the second round in Cleveland.
A'uston Calhoun, Orr and Jordon Crawford each scored 10 points for Bowling Green.
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BOISE -- Federal charges have been filed against the Idaho Aquarium for buying and bringing Florida Atlantic fish to Idaho.
It's a federal case that has, at least for today, shut down the Idaho Aquarium.
Two men, including the owner of the aquarium, are accused of conspiracy to buying protected wildlife out of Florida.
Christopher Conk and Ammon Covino are accused of buying $6,300 worth of protected fish out of Florida.
If they're convicted, they face upwards of 20 years in prison and a million dollars in fines.
Even though Conk and Covino face charges out of Florida, they were in federal court in Boise today for what was more of an extradition hearing than an initial court appearance.
What happened today was a process to make sure both men make it to Florida.
Judge Candy Dale set Conk's bond at $10,000 and Covino's at $100,000. The judge used a type of bond that allows them to use a business as collateral.
Court documents released today outline conversations between Covino and a person in Florida looking to sell spotted eagle rays and lemon sharks.
In one conversation, Covino is accused of telling the person to sneak the fish to Idaho.
Another conversation said it would be no big deal that they did not have the permits to buy the fish.
Then a conversation between Covino and Conk accuse them of saying they would keep the transaction on the down low.
In all, the two men that run the Idaho Aquarium, as well as the aquarium as a corporate entity, were indicted on four charges of conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act and violating the Lacey Act. That's an act that makes it illegal to purchase protected marine life.
As for Conk, he has faced similar charges before.
He pleaded guilty in 2011 to shipping and selling live coral to buyers around the world. Since his conviction he's been on supervised probation.
Both men are expected to be in Key West, Florida, on March 15 for a formal arraignment.
Officials from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and the U.S. Fish Wildlife Service were at the Idaho Aquarium Thursday to make sure no one got inside the building.
Those officials would not answer our questions, and tried to keep us from looking in the windows.
Idaho Fish and Game says they were called in to assist, but could not share any information on what's going on with the animals.
People guarded all the entrances.
A handful folks hoping to go to the aquarium today were turned away.
We come about twice a year every time we come and visit the boys and they have a great time. They get to touch the fish and play with everything in there. So it's a lot of fun, said Kathleen Sullivan.
Sullivan is from Colorado and came to visit her nephews. Whenever she visits they go to the Idaho Aquarium because the boys love it.
KTVB is working to find out what happened to the animals mentioned in the indictment -- the sharks and rays that were illegally obtained.
The U.S. attorney's office in Idaho referred us to the U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida. They have not returned our calls.
A lot viewers have been asking on Facebook if the Idaho Aquarium is closing and - if so - what happens to your passes.
Those answers are not yet available, but we are looking into it and will report what we find out.
We checked the Idaho Aquarium's Facebook page Friday morning and it said they are open today.


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