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The New Mexico State softball team will travel to Seattle, Wash., May 8-10, for the 2014 WAC Softball Tournament, hosted by Seattle U.
The Aggies enter the tournament as the No. 1 seed after going 29-21 on the season and 10-4 in the WAC. NM State finished second in the WAC standings behind Grand Canyon, who is not eligible to compete in this year's tournament.
NM State will face the winner of the No.4 Utah Valley/No. 5 Bakersfield match-up on Thursday, May 8 at 5 p.m. (MT) The game can be held live on KGRT 570 AM, as Jay Sanderson brings fans all the action from the campus of Seattle University at Logan Field.
The Western Athletic Conference, in conjunction with its website partner NeuLion, has announced it will stream the 2014 WAC Softball Tournament live. Viewers can sign up by visiting www.WACSports.tv. Every game of the tournament can be viewed for a single subscription price of $9.95.
Live stats will also be available at WACSports.com and NMStateSports.com.
A look at the Aggies
The New Mexico State softball team finished the 2014 season with 29-21 overall record and 10-4 Western Athletic Conference record. Lead by 11th year head coach Kathy Rodolph, the Aggies won their final game of the season against in-state rival University of New Mexico with a 14-2 final score.
During the 2014 season, NM State saw Rodolph to her 300th win with the Aggies and her 500th career win. NM State saw their largest winning margin against CSU Bakersfield on April 12, scoring 17 runs in the first inning with 15 RBI. The team forced an opponent run-rule four consecutive times during the 2014 season against UTEP (5), Seattle U (6), Kansas City (5) and Bakersfield (5).
At the plate, the Aggies have a .318 batting average and 57 homeruns on the season. With a .511 slugging percentage, NM State totals 263 RBI, reaching base a total of 662 times. In the circle, the Aggies average a 3.99 ERA with four saves and 183 total strikeouts. The Aggies hold their opponents to a .288 batting average.
NM State is led by junior outfielder, Staci Rodriguez, with her .404 batting average, .780 slugging percentage and .537 on base percentage. Rodriguez is also tied for second in homeruns with sophomore infielder Fiana Finau each contributing 13 to the season. Finau leads the Aggies totaling 44 RBI on the season and 57 hits.
Pitcher Celisha Walker leads the team with a 3.33 ERA and has an 8-6 season record. On the season, Walker has been recognized with three saves in 101.0 innings pitched. She has 60 strikeouts and sees her opponents to a .312 batting average. Makayla McAdams just trails Walker totaling a 3.81 ERA and ending the season at an 11-5 record. McAdams pitched 99.1 innings and added 37 strikeouts on the season, holding her opponents to a .257 batting average.
Scouting Bakersfield
Bakersfield currently sits a 15-38-1 record going 4-11 in the WAC. The team totals a .249 batting average with 348 hits on the 2014 season.
The Runners are led by Karissa Viega with her .315 batting average. She has contributed 32 runs and has 16 RBI. With a slugging at a .418, Viega has 58 total hits on the season. In the circle, Kelsie Monroe leads the team averaging 3.21 earned runs. She has a 9-19 record and has made 38 appearances for Bakersfield. Out of 183.1 innings pitched, Monroe has struck out 114 batters and holds her opponents to a .276 batting average.
NM State Series against Bakersfield
NM State has faced off against Bakersfield five total times since 2008 where they went 2-1 in the first three game series against the Roadrunners. The last time the teams played against each other was during the 2010 season as the Aggies went 1-1 on April 26.
After a four-year break, NM State met Bakersfield during the current 2014 season on April 11-12 ending 3-0 in the three game series. The series ended in a forced run rule after the Aggies scored 17 runs in the first inning to break school and WAC records.
Scouting Utah Valley
Going 14-38 overall and 5-9 in WAC play, Utah Valley is a power hitting team that has recorded 42 home runs during the season, compared to their opponents 25. Led from the plate by Brianna Gatlin, she has recorded 38 hits in 134 at bats, scoring 26 RBI and hitting two home runs for a .284 batting average and a .400 slugging percentage.
Leading the team in home runs with 10, Amanda Robinson has recorded 14 multiple base hits in 103 at bats for a slugging percentage of .621.
From the circle Utah Valley is led by Josi Summers. Summers posted a 7-17 record on the season with a team leading ERA of 4.38. In a team high 156.2 innings pitched, Summers has given up 184 hits for 98 earned runs, 94 walks and recorded a team high 106 strikeouts.
NM State Series against Utah Valley
Meeting for the first time in 2005, the Aggies have gone 3-0 against Utah Valley. On Feb. 11, 2005 the Aggies won 4-0. The following year the two teams met again on Feb. 19, with NM State taking that game 9-0 in the largest victory of the series.
The Aggies would meet the Wolverines for the last time on Feb. 23, 2008, where NM State won by a score of 12-8.
NM State in the WAC Tournament
NM State has made seven total appearances in the WAC tournament and was crowned champion during the 2011 season. NM State has an all-time record of 10-11 in the WAC tournament.
The Aggies suffered a loss in their first ever WAC tournament game in Fresno, Calif. on Thursday, May 11, 2006, against the Nevada Wolf Pack. In their debut tournament, the Aggies pulled off a their first tournament victory against San Jose State, on Friday, May 12, but lost two games to Nevada that ultimately ended their run.
The 2011 season was the best for NM State as the Aggies went into Fresno. with the No. 1 seed. NM State was able to shut out Fresno State 5-0 and clinched their first ever WAC championship, along with their first birth to the NCAA Softball Tournament.
Since joining the WAC in 2006, NM State has had 12 players that have been named to the All-Tournament Team, including MVP of the tournament Valerie Swedberg in 2011.
NM State has two players that are tied for a WAC tournament record. Kristi Randall (2007) is tied for the most doubles in a game in WAC tournament history with 2. Kylie Randall (2009) is also tied for most stolen bases in a WAC tournament game with 2.
The Aggies have faced San Jose State University more than any other schools in the WAC tournament and have posted a 2-4 record against the Spartans.
WAC Tournament Game-by-Game
Year Opponent Score Result
2006 Nevada 2-0 L
San Jose State 5-0 W
Nevada 1-0 L
2007 Nevada 4-0 W
Fresno State 3-2 L
San Jose State 3-1 L
2008 Fresno State 1-0 L
Utah State 4-0 W
Fresno State 6-5 (10) L
2009 Nevada 4-1 L
San Jose State 6-1 W
Nevada 5-4 W
2010 Boise State 9-8 L
San Jose State 9-8 L
2011 Hawai'i 5-4 W
Boise State 7-0 W
Fresno State 5-0 W
2012 Did Not Qualify
2013 Louisiana Tech 3-0 W
San Jose State 3-1 L
Texas State 3-1 W
San Jose State 4-0 L
Last Year at the WAC Tournament
NM State went 2-2 during the 2013 Western Athletic Conference Tournament facing opponents Louisiana Tech, San Jose State and Texas State on May 8-11, 2013. The Aggies beat No. 3 Louisiana Tech on May 8, 3-0 and No. 4 Texas State on May 10, 3-1. NM State lost both games against No. 1 San Jose State on May 10 (3-1) and the last game of their tournament time on May 11 (4-0).
Kelsey Dodd led the team batting a .500 average and slugging at .900. Dodd brought in two RBI and had one homerun during the tournament. She contributed the most catches for the Aggies (43) with 41 putouts and one assist, fielding at .977 percent. Alex Newman pitched a majority of the games for the Aggies totaling 17.0 innings. She finished at a 1.65 ERA with five strikeouts and a .238 opponent batting average. She finished with a 2-1 overall record for the WAC tournament.
NM State's Last Five Games
In the last five games, the Aggies have an overall 3-2 record, going 2-0 in Western Athletic Conference play. Kelsey Dodd leads the team with a .500 batting average after 14 at bats and two RBI. Dodd has been slugging at .857 percent in the past five games and has recorded one homerun. Dodd also leads the team with 31 catches, 29 putouts and two assists bringing her to a 1.000 fielding percentage.
In the circle, leader Celisha Walker recorded a 3.97 ERA in 12.1 innings pitched. With nine strikeouts, Walker has held her opponents to a .364 batting average in the past five games. Makayla McAdams and Karysta Donisthorpe have struggled pitching for the past five games as they both have a 10.92 ERA.
Aggies in the Last 10 Contests
In the last ten games, NM State has gone 5-5 overall and 4-3 in Western Athletic Conference play. The team has a combined .324 batting average led by Malena Padilla at .500 in 20 at bats. Padilla has brought in 10 RBI in the past 10 games and records a .900 slugging percentage. Kelsey Dodd leads the Aggies with 70 catches, 67 putouts and three assists in the past ten games.
Celisha Walker leads the team totaling a 2.67 ERA in 21.0 innings pitched. Walker added 12 strikeouts and gave up 33 hits in the past ten games and holds her opponents to a .355 batting average. Makayla McAdams follows Walker with a 5.62 ERA and four strikeouts.
Rodriguez Leads Aggies at the Plate
With a .333 batting average, Aggie outfielder Staci Rodriguez recorded 14 hits and six RBIs in 42 at bats in the WAC. With three doubles and one home run during conference play, Rodriguez recorded a slugging percentage of .476. With no errors during conference play, Rodriguez is the only regular starter with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
Rodriguez led the WAC in runs scored with 18 as well as runs scored per game with 1.08. She was also tied for seventh in plate appearances per game with 3.75.
Rodriguez led the Aggies in batting overall, with a .402 batting average and a .780 slugging percentage. In 132 at bats Rodriguez recorded 53 hits, 41 RBIs and a team-high 13 home runs. Rodriguez also recorded a team high 37 walks.
Rother hot with the Stick
Leading the team from the plate in WAC play, the outfielder posted a team leading .462 batting average and a .872 slugging percentage. In 39 at bats, Rother recorded 18 hits, 17 RBI and eight multiple base hits, four of which were home runs. She also earned 11 walks and had an on base percentage of .588.
Rother leads the WAC in several categories including batting average, slugging percentage, on base percentage, walks, and walks per game (0.83). She is second place in WAC play in RBIs and RBIs per game (1.21), as well as sixth place in hits per game (1.29), seventh in doubles per game (0.33), third in homers per game (0.29), third total home runs and fifth in total hits.
Overall Rother had a .391 batting average throughout the season, recording 45 hits and 36 RBIs in 115 at bats. With a season slugging percentage of .678, she recorded eight home runs and nine doubles for 78 total bases. With only one error on the season, Rother recorded a fielding percentage of .971.
Finau Goes Long
Finau recorded a batting average of .455 in 14 games started during WAC play. Playing as the designated player and first bate, Finau recorded a team high 20 hits in 44 at bats. With three doubles and two home runs, she earned 29 total bases for a slugging percentage of .659.
With only one error in WAC play, Finau recorded a fielding percentage of .938. She had 16 catches and 14 put outs on the season.
Finau ranked in the top 10 in 10 categories. Leading the WAC hits per game (1.50), Finau ranked second in batting average, on base percentage (.519), and third in RBI (13), RBI per game (.93) and total hits. She also ranked in runs scored per game (0.86), total bases, runs scored (12), and slugging percentage.
Overall, Finau had a .393 batting average, recording a team leading 57 hits and 44 RBI in 145 at bats. With 103 total bases, Finau hit a team leading 13 home runs and seven doubles for a slugging percentage of .710.
Aggies' Ace Walker
Senior pitcher Celisha Walker has pitched 27.2 total innings for the Aggies in nine appearances. She has a 3-1 record and throws a 1.52 earned run average during conference play. Holding her opponents to a .294 batting average, Walker sits at No. 9 against WAC opponents. She has struck out 16 total batters and is credited with one save in WAC play.
In all games, Walker contributed three saves to the season and has seen the second most strikeouts in the circle with 60 and an ERA of 3.33. Walker has an 8-6 record holding her opponents to a .312 average.
Ruiz Solid behind the Plate
Playing catcher for the Aggies, Ruiz recorded a .423 batting average and a .615 slugging percentage in WAC play. In 26 at bats Ruiz recorded 11 hits and eight RBI, with 16 total bases earned and an on base percentage of .423.
With only one error, Ruiz earned a .971 fielding percentage, recording 30 put outs and four assists.
Ruiz ranked fourth in the WAC in batting average and tenth in slugging percentage. She also ranked fourth in RBI per game (0.89).
During the season, Ruiz had an overall batting average of .324, recording 23 hits and 17 RBI in 71 at bats. With a slugging percentage of .563, Ruiz earned 40 total bases, walking four times as well.
Reedy Ready at Catcher
Reedy posted a .429 batting average at catcher for the Aggies, recording nine hits and seven RBI in 21 at bats during WAC play. She also recorded a team high five doubles and earned 14 total bases for a slugging percentage of .667.
Reedy ranked fifth in slugging percentage and third in batting average in the WAC, She also ranked third in doubles, first in doubles per game (0.56), and eighth in RBI per game (.78).
Reedy only had one error in WAC play and recorded 14 put outs for a fielding percentage of .964.
Reedy recorded a .346 batting average overall during the season, recording 18 hits and 15 RBI. She also had six doubles and three home runs for 33 total bases and a slugging percentage of .635.
Brennalyn Nakamura Solid at the Utility Spot
Utility player Brennalyn Nakamura has started in all 14 of the WAC competitions that Aggies have seen during the 2014 season. She hits a .333 average and is slugging at .667 percent placing her fifth against WAC opponents for WAC games only. Nakamura has a total of 11 RBI and 15 hits in conference play. With three homeruns in WAC games, Nakamura ranks fifth against WAC opponents. Nakamura is tied for fourth averaging .93 runs per game and sits tied for fifth averaging .21 homers per game.
In overall games, Nakamura has a .320 batting average, in 45 at bats during the season. Nakamura has recorded 20 RBI with 40 total hits and is slugging at .488 percent.
Adams a Well Rounded Player
Utility player Emma Adams has started in all of the 14 WAC games NM State has played during the 2014 season. Mainly seen as the Aggies third baseman, Adams has a .357 batting average and is slugging at .500 percent. Adams has added nine RBI to the Aggies conference play and 15 total hits in her 42 at bats. With 14 runs scored during WAC games only, Adams is tied for second against WAC opponents.
For the Aggies overall season, Adams has started in all 50 competitions for NM State. Adams records a .344 batting average placing her in the top 5 for the team. She has added 29 runs and 45 hits to the overall season and is slugging at .427 percent. Adams has recorded 61 putouts placing her at a .917 fielding percentage.
McAdams Throwin' Strikes
Right-handed pitcher Makayla McAdams has seen three wins in WAC play placing her tied for fourth against WAC opponents. With a 1.95 earned run average, McAdams is seventh on the boards out of 32.1 innings pitched. During conference play, McAdams has recorded nine strikeouts holding her opponents to a .220 batting average, which is second against WAC opponents. She records a .857 stolen base attempt for fielding percentage contributing 11 assists to conference play.
Overall, McAdams has an 11-5 record with 37 strikeouts on the season, with a 3.81 ERA. In 99.1 innings pitched, McAdams has given up 70 runs holding her opponents to a .259 batting average. She has one putout on the season and has added 31 assists to the Aggies overall season.


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[Video] Victor Cruz Proposes To Girlfriend During Daughter's Baptism Ceremony
Love is definitely in the air!
During the same weekend NFL star Reggie Bush and former football star Adewale Ogunleye jumped the broom and married their loves, Victor Cruz revealed that he too was ready to make an honest woman out of his longtime girlfriend.
The Giants wide receiver orchestrated a surprise proposal to his high school sweetheart Elaina Watley, while the couple were attending their 2-year-old daughter's baby dedication and baptism ceremony in New Jersey.
In footage from the baptism, the proposal happened during prayer when Victor suddenly turned to Elaina and said:
While we're under the name of the Lord, I wanted to say something to Elaina. I've loved you for about, all my life. As far back as I could possibly
remember. I'm shaking and I don't know why. You're beautiful to me. You're the light of my life. You're the mother of my firstborn child and I want to make an honest woman out of you.
These two have been holding each other down for 11 years and were most recently seen looking fly earlier this month on the ESPY Awards red carpet. Meanwhile, Elaina says they haven't busted out the wedding magazines and started planning the big day quite yet, but she is enjoying her engagement ring.
"The ring is beautiful — it's a round stone with a pink diamond band."
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Harley-Davidson recently awarded Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson with the Motor Company's very prestigious Gold Bar & Shield Circle of Excellence Award for the 2008 calendar year.
The award is given to the top 25 Harley-Davidson dealerships in the United States. Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson earned the award based on their motorcycle and related product sales performance, an evaluation of customer service and satisfaction, and various operational measures.
"Scott Maddux and the team at Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson earned the number one ranking in the U.S. for all Harley dealerships east of the Mississippi for this prestigious award," said Jeff Merten, Harley-Davidson's Vice President and General Manager of North American Sales in a press release. "This could not have been accomplished without delivering an exceptional experience to our customers. The team at Smoky Mountain knows how to do it right. Their events and concerts at The Shed are absolutely a benchmark for the industry."
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Theta Tau sponsors 'Pint for Pint' blood drive
March 19, 2012
Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity and Mississippi Blood Services will hold a "Pint for Pint" Spring Blood Drive from Tuesday [March 20] through Thursday [March 22], 9 a.m.-5 p.m., in front of Colvard Student Union.
All donors should bring their ID. Donors will receive a free t-shirt and ice cream.
In one hour's time, a person can donate one unit of blood to be separated into four individual components that could help save multiple lives. It is truly a "gift of life" that healthy individuals can give to someone in need.


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Families in flooded Pakistan receive assistanceShelterBox tents set up in Punjab province, Pakistan, October 2012.
Torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan over the past few weeks have left tens of thousands of people homeless in the provinces of Balochistan, Punjab and Sindh, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
ShelterBox has been distributing emergency shelter using prepositioned stocks in Islamabad to families affected in these provinces through the National Rural Support Programme (NRSP), a not-for-profit organisation in the South Asian country.
'We have partnered with NRSP on previous deployments in Pakistan since the Kashmir earthquake in 2005,' said ShelterBox Head of Operations Ross Preston.
Photos taken by NRSP, Punjab, Pakistan, September-October 2012.
'Through this partnership and thanks to our supporters we've been able to deliver our disaster relief tents rapidly to hundreds of flood survivors in Rajanpur, Dera Ghazi Khan and Rahim Yar Khan so far.'
Over the past two years Pakistan has suffered devastating floods, which affected around eight million people in 2011 and an estimated 20 million the year before as well as large-scale structural damage over both years.
While the number of affected families is far lower than previous years, canals in Punjab have burst their banks submerging low-lying areas of Sindh province as well as cutting off communication links in Balochistan. Livelihoods have been destroyed leading to homelessness, food shortages and hunger.
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'The families living in these provinces have suffered continuous devastation from years of flooding and are constantly having to recover,' said Ross. 'The NRSP will deliver more ShelterBox tents to those most in need across the flooded areas as it continues with assessments.'
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The Department of Hebrew and Semitic Studies teaches Hebrew in its classical and rabbinic forms and as a modern language. It provides the opportunity to study the literature and thought of the cultures using that language; ancient Israel; Second Temple Judaism(s); rabbinic, medieval and modern Judaism(s); and modern Israeli culture. Courses are offered in areas of study cognate to the above, such as Northwest Semitic languages and archaeology. Advanced courses teach the methodologies of scholarly investigation.
Available Programs
There are two tracks in the Master of Arts degree: Hebrew Bible, Biblical Hebrew and Greek. These are described below.
The Doctor of Philosophy degree is in Hebrew Bible, for which the M.A. in Hebrew Bible is a prerequisite. The Bible track is intended to produce scholars who study and teach the Bible as an academic discipline or serve as editors in academic publishing houses. It is structured to cultivate a high level of competence in biblical languages, texts, and literature, achieved by demonstrating: a) competence in other Northwest Semitic languages, b) a sophisticated understanding of literary methods, and c) a judicious use of standard critical methodologies.
Rachel Feldhay Brenner, PhD, Professor. Weinstein-Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies. Senior Fellow at the Institute for Research in the Humanities. Modern Hebrew and Jewish literature.
Michael V. Fox, PhD, Professor Emeritus. Halls-Bascom Professor of Hebrew Studies. Hebrew Bible and Semitics.
Jeremy M. Hutton, PhD, Assistant Professor. Graduate Program Director. Classical Hebrew language and biblical literature. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Ronald L. Troxel, PhD, Associate Professor. Department Chair. Hebrew Bible, Syriac, and ancient translations. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Office phone: 608-263-1972.
Application and Admission
Important advice to applicants (PLEASE READ).
Applicants will be evaluated based on the following materials:
* University of Wisconsin Graduate School Application for Admission form to be completed online at http://info.gradsch.wisc.edu/admin/admissions/appinstr.html.
* A statement of the applicant's "Reasons for Graduate Study," which, should be included with the online "Application for Admission" form. This crucial document should reflect careful thought about your reasons for applying for graduate study in our department and must be written in your most accomplished prose.
* Three (3) letters of recommendation from teachers under whom you studied in earning your previous degree(s). Please list their name, school, and email address on the online "Application for Admission" form. Letters of Recommendation Instructions can be found at http://info.gradsch.wisc.edu/admin/admissions/elorinstructions.html.
* GRE scores. (GRE scores will be submitted electronically to the University of Wisconsin Graduate School provided you list the University of Wisconsin-Madison institution code of 1846 at the time you take the test.)
* TOEFL requirement.
* One (1) set of official transcripts or adademic records from each institution attended must be mailed directly to the Department of Hebrew & Semitic Studies. International academic records must be in the original language accompanied by an official English translation. Documents must be issued by the school with official seal/stamp and official signatures.
* Writing sample, in the form of a research paper, mailed directly to the Department of Hebrew & Semitic Studies.
Applicants who wish to be considered for fellowships must have all application materials (including GRE scores) on file with the Department by January 15 of the year they plan to matriculate. Applicants may wish to apply for a Mellon Fellowship; see http://www.woodrow.org/mellon/.
Applicants are encouraged to review the information concerninig Wisconsin Residency for Tuition Purposes before submitting an application. Visit http://registrar.wisc.edu/residence.htm
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Though the Ph.D. program begins with M.A. studies, applicants should indicate the highest degree they are seeking on the application form.
Graduate School admission requirements are at: http://info.gradsch.wisc.edu/admin/admissions/requirements.html and the Graduate School admission checklist is as http://info.gradsch.wisc.edu/admin/admissions/gschecklist.html.
Graduate School requirements: Consult the Bulletin of the Graduate School for the general requirements for graduate status and degrees.
Hebrew placement exams: Contact the Graduate Program Director concerning the Biblical Hebrew Placement exam. Contact the department office concerning the Modern Hebrew Placement exam.
Track I: MA in Hebrew Bible
The MA in Hebrew Bible focuses on the literature and language of the Hebrew Bible within its Northwest Semitic context. The degree may be a terminal degree or it may be used as preparation for the PhD degree.
Entry Readings: Before starting the graduate program, the student should read the introductory books listed under "Entry Readings" in the current graduate reading list (available online at Entry Readings). The list is updated annually.
Septuagintal Greek: The Track I and II MA requires a solid knowledge of Septuagintal Greek, and applicants are expected to have a least a year of Greek before entry. (This requirement does not apply to Track III MA students.) This requirement can be satisfied by one year of Classical Greek at UW during the first year of graduate study or by passing a reading test administered by the Hebrew Department before the second year of graduate studies. (NOTE: Greek is used in the Hebrew text courses taken from the outset of the program.)
First-and second-year review: Each student will meet with faculty the second semester of his/her first year and after the third semester to evaluate progress as a graduate student.
Course requirements:
A. Northwest Semitic language
Two semesters of one of the following: 601-602 (Aramaic) or 603-604 (Ugaritic and Canaanite Dialects) or 605-606 (Syriac)
B. Biblical texts, narrative (323-324) (may be fulfilled by placement test)
C. Advanced text course, four semesters: 643 (Pentateuchal Narratives) and 644 (Pentateuchal Legal Codes), or 651-652 (Isaiah), or 655 (Psalms) and 653 (Wisdom Literature)
D. Classical Hebrew Linguistics: Historical and Descriptive (623) or Biblical Archaeology (451; meets with 241)
[Classical Rabbinic Texts (448) or Medieval Hebrew Commentaries (460) can be substituted for Archaeology, with the consent of the Graduate Program Director.]
E. Two other graduate level courses in the department, one of which can be an independent study course (799) focusing on completing readings for the Ph.D. preliminary exams.
F. Graduate Seminar (numbered 951-959): two semesters
These seminars are designed to acquaint students with the fundamentals of research. Writing and bibliographic projects will be assigned, and students will critique research presented by Ph.D. students, facutly, and guests. Readings devoted to specific topics in biblical studies may also be assigned and discussed.
MA exams are based on course work and the MA Reading List. The exams are given at the end of the final semester of study for the degree, typically at the end of the summer of the second year. An exam can be taken no more than twice. MA candidates granted permission to advance to the Ph.D. program will take only the first exam, "A. Hebrew Texts and Grammar." Those pursuing a terminal M.A. must also complete exams B and C.
A. Hebrew Texts and Grammar (those continuing for the Ph.D. will meet with faculty to discuss their performance on this exam, in lieu of an oral exam)
* Translation from Hebrew to English (see annual MA Reading List), including some sight passages.
* Hebrew grammar and syntax (including parsing and producing forms).
* Translation from English to pointed Biblical Hebrew.
B. General exam (terminal M.A. only)
MA candidates should have a basic familiarity with the history and methodology of biblical studies, especially of the 19th-20th centuries. They should know the main features of the Pentateuchal sources, according to the classical source division. In text criticism, they should demonstrate a familiarity with the major documents used, the methodology of textual criticism, and the history of the masoretic text and the Septuagint. They should be able to identify the masorahs and to explain the meaning of the most common masoretic notes. The exam includes questions on biblical literature and its interpretation; history and archaeology of Israel and the ancient Near East; postbiblical Judaism; Hebrew language, biblical text and canon, and the ancient versions.
C. Oral exam (terminal M.A. only)
The candidate will prepare an exegetical presentation on a selected passage from the Hebrew Bible. (Discuss the selection of passage and the format of the presentation with the Graduate Program Director.) This exam will also include oral reading, translation, and discussion of sight passages, as well as questions calling for synthesis of knowledge learned in course work and readings.
Track II: MA in Hebrew Bible and Greek
Track II is a variation of the MA in Hebrew Bible (Track I), which allows for work in the Classics Department. A student may take 9 credits in the Classics Department in Greek text-courses numbered 300 and above. The credits taken in Greek can replace any courses besides the major text sequence (Pentateuch/Isaiah/Psalms & Wisdom Literature) and the Graduate Seminars. Usually Greek is substituted for the Semitic language. If one wishes to continue for a Ph.D. in the Hebrew Department after this degree, it is necessary to fulfill the requirements of the M.A. in Hebrew Bible prior to taking the Ph.D. Prelims.
Exams and readings: Same as the Hebrew Bible track.
Ph.D. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
The PhD is a research degree, the highest academic degree awarded. Candidates must display high linguistic competence, a broad understanding of the history and methodology of the field, and the ability to conduct individual, innovative research (presented in the form of a dissertation). The PhD qualifies students for independent research and for teaching in higher education.
Preparation and Application
The M.A. in Hebrew Bible provides preparation for the Ph.D. program but does not guarantee admittance. Acceptance into the PhD program is based on the GPA attained in the M.A. program and, most importantly, the faculty's assessment of the student's capabilities for advanced study, as communicated periodically to the student in the form of the first-and second-year reviews.
Applicants with an M.A. from another accredited institution should consult with the Graduate Program Director; courses taken previously that are judged equivalents may fulfill requirements in this program. Otherwise the entirety of the M.A. program in Hebrew Bible is required.
Time Requirements
It is essential that students planning to work for a Ph.D. carefully examine the Ph.D. requirements when beginning their M.A. work, because it is very difficult to fulfill the Ph.D. requirements in one year if they are all put off until after the M.A. Furthermore, since certain courses are offered in two or three-year cycles (in particular, Advanced Hebrew Grammar and other courses in the Northwest Semitic language cycle), they should be taken when available. It is particularly important to study French and German early in one's graduate studies, if not before. Dedicated, full-time students might be able to complete the course work for the M.A. and Ph.D. in three-and-a-half years, spend a semester preparing for preliminary exams, and complete the dissertation in two years.
Work (such as TA positions) or family obligations will likely extend this time-line.
Course Requirements
Courses taken during the period of M.A. studies at UW-Madison that are not needed for the M.A. requirements may be counted toward the Ph.D. requirements. Beyond the M.A. requirements, the PhD course work must include:
A. Northwest Semitic languages
The completion of the Northwest Semitic languages (601-602, 603-604, 605-606) not taken previously. In individual cases, permission may be given to study one of these languages independently.
B. Biblical texts, advanced
Two semesters of an advanced text sequence not taken during M.A. studies (Pentateuch, Isaiah, or Psalms & Wisdom Literature).
C. One independent study course (799) devoted to the reading list for the specialized exam in the Ph.D. prelims. The student is expected to produce a critical scholarly paper working from these readings, to be presented in the seminar (see next requirement).
D. One seminar (number 951 to 959), in addition to the two taken during the M.A. The student will present his/her paper from the 799 (see above), field questions, and receive critiques. The seminar will also be the occasion to develop the prospectus on the dissertation that will be presented formally during the oral exam that is part of the prelims.
E. Classical Hebrew Linguistics: Historical and Descriptive (623) or Biblical Archaeology (451), whichever was not taken for the MA.
Minor Field
The Ph.D. degree includes course work in a minor field. Students should consider a minor which broadens their knowledge, supports their dissertation, and helps situate them well in the job market. Course work for the minor may be started before completion of the M.A. program.
Two types of minors are available:
Option A (external): A Ph.D. minor consisting of at least 9 credits in another department, according to their specifications for a minor. Typical minors are Classics, Linguistics, Comparative Literature, or Religious Studies. This minor requires the approval of the minor department.
Option B (distributed): A Ph.D. minor consisting of at least 9 credits in one or more departments. Up to six credits may be in a different area of the Hebrew Department, namely rabbinics and medieval Hebrew. Selection of this minor requires the approval of the Graduate Program Director.
Foreign Language Reading Competencies
Since the PhD is a research degree, candidates must have a reading knowledge of German and either French or modern Hebrew. Courses that teach reading knowledge are offered through the French and German departments and UW-Extension (see http://distancelearning.wisconsin.edu)
See the M.A. requirements.
Within a semester of completion of the Ph.D. course requirements and the other foreign language reading requirements, the student will take a series of preliminary exams to demonstrate readiness for scholarly research. The exams are based on course work and the PhD Reading List, which is updated annually. These exams may be retaken once at the discretion of the faculty, if the initial level of performance is unsatisfactory (see the Graduate Handbook for more details).
A. Biblical Hebrew
Translation of passages, together with textual and philological notes, and consultation of the Septuagint and Peshitta. Grammatical parsing, pointing of unpointed texts, production of forms. Discussion of Biblical Hebrew in its Northwest Semitic context, translation of Hebrew epigraphic texts (in Paleo-Hebrew script), together with discussion of problems they present.
B. Northwest Semitics
Translation of texts written in Canaanite dialects, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Syriac. Some of the texts will be read in Semitics courses; other texts must be prepared independently.
C. Individualized Exam
This exam allows the student to concentrate on an area of interest, and may be coordinated with the dissertation topic. Individualized reading lists for this option are worked out with the Graduate Program Director or the appropriate professor. Currently available options are:
* Advanced Northwest Semitics
* Hebrew Linguistics
* Text Criticism
* Rabbinic and Medieval Hebrew
Other areas of interest should be discussed with the Graduate Program Director.
D. General exam: Based on the reading lists and class work.
E. Oral exam
* Discussion of problems and methods in the theory and methodology of biblical research.
* Sight reading of biblical texts.
* Presentation of the dissertation proposal. The proposal defines the dissertation topic, sketches the major areas to be investigated, identifies the major works on the subject, and situates the proposed study in the field of existing research. The student will develop her/his proposal in consultation with the faculty member who has agreed to serve as dissertation advisor during the seminar taken as part of Ph.D. course work.
Students are responsible for assembling a dissertation committee of 5 faculty, at least one of whom must be from outside the department and have expertise in some aspect of the dissertation topic. Committee members must be approved two months in advance of the exam by the faculty member serving as the student's dissertation advisor. Even though some members of the committee might change over the course of the project, the establishment of a committee at the outset allows the dissertator to benefit from a thorough vetting of the dissertation proposal and to have access to committee members during his/her work.
COURSE OFFERINGS (graduate level)
(Curriculum Area Prefix Number 440)
(Some syllabi available at http://hebrew.wisc.edu/?q=node/35.)
303-304 Elementary Biblical Hebrew, I and II
323-324 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew, I and II
301-302 Introduction to Modern Hebrew Literature
328 Classical Rabbinic Literature in Translation
343 Israeli Fiction (in translation)
346 Jewish Literature of the Greco-Roman Period
355 Representations of Women in 20th c. Jewish Literature
356 Zionism in Thought, Culture & Literature
368 The Bible in the Middle Ages *
371 Topics in Jewish Civilization
401-402 Survey of Hebrew Literature (in Hebrew)
417 History-telling in the Bible *
448 Classical Rabbinic Texts (Hebrew texts, taught in English)
451 Biblical Archaeology, Advanced
452 Topics in Biblical Archaeology *
513-514 Biblical Texts: Prophecy and Poetry (for advanced undergrads)
533-534 Readings in Contemporary Hebrew Literature (in Hebrew)
701-702 Aramaic
703-704 Ugaritic; Canaanite Dialects
705-706 Syriac
723 Classical Hebrew Linguistics: Historical and Descriptive
741-742 Ezekiel
743 Pentateuchal Narratives
744 Pentateuchal Legal Codes
751-752 Isaiah
753-754 Wisdom Literature
755 Psalms
733 Themes in Israeli Literature
799 Independent Study
(951-959 Seminars)
951 Topics in Biblical Studies
952 Topics in Biblical Studies
953 Seminar in Pentateuchal Criticism
954 The Dead Sea Scrolls
955 Studies in the Religion of Ancient Israel
956 Seminar in Early Biblical Interpretation
957 Linguistic Approaches to Biblical Hebrew
958 Biblical Poetry
959 Biblical Narrative
990 Research and Thesis
999 Independent Work
* offered irregularly
The Northwest Semitic languages (601-602, 603-604, and 605-606) are offered on a three-year cycle, as are the advanced text courses (641-642, 643, 644, 651-652, and 654-655). Classical Hebrew Linguistics: Historical and Descriptive (623) is offered on a two-year cycle. Arabic is offered in the Department of African Languages and Literatures.


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RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) – Thursday night a CBS 6 News Investigation aired questions about retired Richmond Public School administrators working back in the system for hefty paychecks while eligible to take home a pension check too.
Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones saw the report and said he thinks "it's worth more investigation."
Records provided by the Richmond school district show that there are currently 332 retired employees working back in the system, which Jones admitted is a large number. [READ NOW: Do school employees double-dip with pension and temp paychecks?]
Using the RPS employee database we estimate that the number makes up about 15 percent of the workforce in the system. We asked the Mayor about findings that show many retirees are working under a temporary status but seem to stay in the system for years, making hundreds of thousands in income.
"I'm sure that a piece of what we do will be to look at the information that you're sharing with us today," he said.
The mayor referenced the budget task force assembled to review the school's district's budget after they faced a $24 million deficit. He claimed their short term review was meant to find money quickly but argues in coming weeks their review will be more thorough.
"They just couldn't dive that deep so they basically dealt with the low hanging fruit," he said.
Jones contends with confidence that there will be an active review of the district's use of retirees in coming weeks.
"That's what's going to happen, that's going to come under scrutiny as we move forward," said Jones.
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UNM HOSTING THE NCAA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPSThe NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, which take place March 14-15 at the Albuquerque Convention Center, is the first Division I Track & Field Championship that Albuquerque has hosted. It will bring the top collegiate athletes from across the country as they aim to capture a national title.This is a great opportunity for our track and field team to compete against the nation and world's best right here at HOME! If you can't make the trip to Las Vegas for the MW Championships, we hope you can go out and support this great event. Call 505-925-LOBO (5626) for tickets. Click HERE to view the economic impact of the New Mexico Track and Field program to our community:WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ANNUAL PLAY 4 KAYCome cheer on your Lobo Women's Basketball team as they take on UNLV next Wednesday, February 19th at 7:00 p.m. in their annual Play 4 Kay game. There will be an auction of the players game worn jerseys and gift baskets with the proceeds going to UNM hospitals and to the Kay Yow foundation. There will also be a recognition of breast cancer survivors during the game along with a halftime unity stroll show performance by the UNM Greeks. Don't forget to wear pink to receive $2 tickets. If you would like to donate to the Kay Yow foundation, click HERE. LOBO SKIING WIN JADE ENTERPRISES/UNM INVITATIONAL The Lobos got three more podium finishes last Saturday afternoon and that keyed the way for a runaway UNM win in the Jade Enterprises/Lobo Invitational, the squad's first meet win since 2011. The win puts UNM in solid position as the squad heads to the postseason with the RMISA/NCAA West Regionals starting on February 21 in Minturn and Beaver Creek, Colorado. UNM ran away with the meet after winning both slaloms on Saturday as well as the women's 10K freestyle and coming in second in the men's 10K freestyle.DON'T FORGET LOBO PRIDE PASSES ON SALE NOWPractice began last week for the Lobo Baseball team as they prepare to open their 2014 season on February 14 at the University of San Diego. Now is the perfect time for Lobo fans to order their Lobo Pride Pass. Available for just $50, the Pride Pass allows the purchaser to attend all 31 home Lobo Baseball home games this season. It also grants entry to all home softball games and track and field meets. Fans can purchase their Pride Pass by clicking HERE or by calling the Ticket Office in The Pit at 925-LOBO. Ticket office hours at 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information on the Lobo Pride Pass, call the ticket office or click HERE.
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Spokesman: Union ratifies new contract at Special Metals
HUNTINGTON -- A spokesman for the parent company of Special Metals Corp. in Huntington said a new contract voted on by union members was ratified Monday afternoon.
Parties representing United Steelworkers Local 40 and Special Metals, owned by Precision Castparts Corp., a worldwide manufacturer of complex metal components and products, pushed through negotiations late last week in hopes of preventing a strike planned by union workers.
A near deadlock on negotiations, which revolved around insurance issues and Special Metals' capability of contracting out work, was avoided with the contract ratification Monday.
Earlier this month, Precision Castparts reported a 19 percent increase in first quarter net income, but warned of "major headwinds" including an unplanned shutdown of its 29,000 ton forging press in Houston.
Special Metals also has a plant in Burnaugh, Ky., in Boyd County.
Dwight Weber with Precision Castparts had no further comment on the contract ratification and a call to representatives of USWA Local 40 were not returned Monday evening.


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SCHENECTADY – Police Chief Mark Chaires will begin a brand new job after he retires.
Chaires will take over as Executive Director of the Hamilton Hill Arts Center.
He grew up in the Hamilton Hill neighborhood, and is a 24-year veteran of the Schenectady Police Department.
Chaires will replace outgoing director Penny Holmes, who is leaving to take a job with the Ark Charter Community School.


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Interestingly enough, Science Hill and David Crockett both enter tonight's football game with the same agenda.
Neither team is focused only on the opponent at hand, but mainly on taking care of their own business. The Hilltoppers simply want to get better, and the Pioneers simply want to play hard. The two teams will kickoff in a Big Eight Conference contest at 7:30 in Jonesborough.
Science Hill enters with a record of 1-0 in league play and 2-2 overall. Crockett is 0-1, 0-3.
In other Big Eight games, Daniel Boone plays host to Dobyns-Bennett, Tennessee High is at Sullivan South, and Volunteer travels to play Sullivan Central.
David Crockett is trying to end a two-game nightmare, where it allowed 127 points in losses to Tennessee High and Cocke County. Head coach Kent Green said his team needs something good to happen early, and to just keep trying.
"We are just telling the kids to keep playing hard," said Green. "If you play hard and bad stuff happens, there's not much you can do about it. But if you play hard, it can make good things happen."
Meanwhile, Science Hill head coach Stacy Carter said he has talked to his players about not taking Crockett, or any opponent, lightly.
"We caution our kids all the time," said Carter, whose team is coming off a last-play 22-19 loss to Morristown West. "But we're just working on us getting better, and making a run at the end."
Even though Science Hill has lost a pair of games, it's focus on competing for a league title hasn't been disrupted.
Offensively, Science Hill has been solid. It has the No. 1 offensive unit in the Big Eight, churning out 398.8 yards per game.
The defensive numbers don't look as good at 294 yards per game. However, the Hilltoppers have faced arguably three of the top five offenses (Greeneville, Elizabethton and Morristown West) in this corner of the state.
And the defense is getting better.
"It has improved a lot," said Carter. "We've been defending the pass well, and we've improved our tackling. We were a little disappointed with the tackling against Greeneville, and then it was a little better against Elizabethton. And then we tackled Morristown West great."
Special teams have been an issue, but also a clearly defined focus this week. Any miscues against a lower-division team like Crockett could be cause for lasting concern.
"We've got to shore up our special teams," said Carter.
Green said he expects Science Hill to clutter the box against his offense.
"We have a very good receiver and a pretty good quarterback," said Green. "We've got to hit some passes, but we can't throw all the time. We've got to get the running game going. If we're one dimensional either way, we're in trouble."
Seth Wright is the standout receiver for Crockett. He is second only to Science Hill's Aaron Greene (362 yards) for the league lead in receiving yards with 338. Wright has just seven catches, and is among the state's leaders with a whopping 48.3 yards-per-catch average.
Crockett quarterback Devaun Miller has thrown for 364 yards and five touchdowns.
Science Hill counters with a nice quarterback of its own. Justin Snyder has thrown for 477 yards and five scores while also rushing for 253 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
Dobyns-Bennett (1-0, 4-0) at Daniel Boone (1-0, 2-2) — The "Underdog" role got smaller for the Trailblazers over the past couple of weeks, but they are still wearing the white "U" on their red uniform.
The Indians come in with a fancy offense, and plenty of speed to make it work.
Despite all of these things, don't expect Boone to just roll over. The Trailblazers' defense has given up just 13 first downs in its last 10 quarters, and has authored back-to-back shutouts.
Boone also boasts the league's leading rusher in Cliff Sanders, who has 493 yards in four games.
Tennessee High (1-0, 2-2) at Sullivan South (0-1, 1-2) — First-year Vikings head coach Shane Boggs could save himself a lot of grief with his own fans by guiding his team to a win here.
Tennessee has lost five of six in this rivalry, including last year's 42-28 setback. So Boggs could erase some of sting of last week's third-down-punt gaffe that cost the Vikings a chance at a late-game victory.
Volunteer (0-1, 0-4) at Sullivan Central (0-1, 0-3) — The Falcons have won just two of their last 25 games, and one of the wins was against the Cougars.
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HR: Gere, Clooney boost Rome film fest
The Rome International Film Festival approached its halfway point boosted by the star power of Richard Gere and George Clooney, while the main competition received uneven reviews in the local press. Despite the highlights, the main competition selection received mixed reviews from local media, though most of the films haven't screened. The festival, which got under way Thursday, concludes Friday. Eric J. Lyman reports.


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I found this book disappointing. Too many narrators, almost all the characters have a turn and I failed to feel any connection with the characters.
Classic Morrison. Reminiscent of Beloved while set at an earlier (late 17th century) more fluid point in the developing story of "race" and "family" in the "New World." Not as complex or sustained as the author's aforementioned masterpiece, however. Morrison cuts and runs a bit too soon for this novel to achieve similar greatness. The destinies of A Mercy's motley assemblage of characters is perhaps summed up in this paragraph late in the novel (p. 155): "They once thought they were a kind of family because together they had carved companionship out of isolation. But the family they imagined they had become was false. Whatever each one loved, sought or escaped, their futures were separate and anyone's guess. One thing was certain, courage alone would not be enough. Minus bloodlines, he saw nothing yet on the horizon to unite them. Nevertheless, remembering how the curate described what existed before Creation, Scully [an indentured as well as a hired hand:] saw dark matter out there, thick, unknowable, aching to be made into a world."
As for the moral of the story. Leave that to the mother who abandons/ gives away her daughter in order to "save" her: "to be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest dominion over another is a wrong thing; to give dominion of yourself to another is a wicked thing."
I enjoyed the drop into the fantastical and references to old, mythical gods. I also liked seeing Cody and Astor start on the "Harry Path" and am intrigued as to where it'll go from there. I'm not sure other fans will appreciate an ancient God being a sentient being/possibility for the true murderer, though, nor the open ended epilogue. However, I liked it just fine.
I've reached a point in this book where I'm really enjoying it. I've heard people say that it's sort of a companion book to Beloved, and I get that. One of the things I like best about Beloved is how it pulls together so many of the themes that Morrison uses throughout many of her novels. A Mercy does the same thing, and so I think it does hark back to Beloved (both in terms of plot similarities and in terms of its major themes), but it also fits very nicely into her body of work as a whole. I'll probably have more to say on that once I've finished the book.
Okay--I'm done now. This was a tough one to rate, because it's hard for me to think about any of Morrison's books without comparing them to her other novels. The very end of the book pushed it up a notch for me. Her writing in this book is perhaps especially poetic in that it's very packed. I think it would stand up to serious study. Having said that, some of her other novels might be more flat-out enjoyable because they have a smoother narrative flow. I'm not sure that makes a book better or worse. I think that all of her books have some of both kinds of writing.
A Mercy is a very fine book about colonial America told from many perspectives. The characters are; a white farmer and trader of goods; his mail-order bride from England; their servants, a Native American woman and a free, but severely traumatized African woman; and some hired black men, some indentured and one free, who come to work on their farm. The memories of many of these are explored and the way their stories intersect is shown from several angles. Lays bare the stark cruelty of slavery in many ways and the especial trials of women unprotected by men, as well as how infant mortality and smallpox affect this tiny community. Also how narrow religious beliefs, mixed with the superstitions of the time could have a pernicious, even fatal, influence on people. All this is accomplished through personal stories of characters who come alive in the pages of this thin book. Only 167 pages. Highly recommended.
The landscape of "A Mercy" is full of both beauties and terrors: snow "sugars" eyelashes, yet icicles hang like "knives"; a stag is a benign and auspicious apparition, yet at night "the glittering eyes of an elk could easily be a demon." But whatever the glories and the rigors of nature may signify to the civilized, for these characters, living in the midst of it, nature doesn't signify. It's simply to be embraced or dreaded — like the people with whom they have to live. In Morrison's latest version of pastoral, it's only mercy or the lack of it that makes the American landscape heaven or hell, and the gates of Eden open both ways at once.
Morrison uses multiple narrators expertly (think also of Jazz), moving easily from third person to first, changing dictions and emphasis, fearlessly closing the novel with the previously unheard voice of Florens's mother. By doing so, she circles hawk-like around the moment of mercy, exploding its six degrees of repercussion from one life to the next, asking whether forgiveness or salvation is possible....
Although there's levity with a riotous tea party among the bawdy women who travel steerage with Rebekka, A Mercy is a sad, pessimistic novel, suspicious of the early makings of a democracy, unrelenting in leaving the unwanted unloved. And yet, the signature elements of Morrison's fiction—love turned inside out, history flipped on its head, biblical references, folk wisdom, ghosts, and an old-fashioned bloody, heart-wrenching tale—bring great relief. After the disappointing last two books, Paradise and Love, Toni Morrison's ninth novel roars across the arc of America's birth, wielding a prowess to haunt the reader as only Morrison can do.
Themes of slavery and grief, of women's struggles to escape the bitterness of the captive world, are at the center of Morrison's work. They also lie at the heart of her new novel, "A Mercy," which looks to history once again -- in this case, the 1680s and 1690s -- to explore the agonies of slavery among the settlers of the New World. Such a description makes Morrison's novel sound far too pat, however; it slights the poetry and breadth of her work. Yes, "A Mercy" is about slavery, but in the most universal sense, meaning the limits we place on ourselves as well as the confinements we suffer at the hands of others.
Morrison structures the novel in her familiar manner, giving one chapter by turns to each competing voice, collapsing time frames, seldom letting her characters directly rub up against one another, trapping each of them in their biographies. In this way, she creates something that lives powerfully as an invented oral history and that seems to demand to be taken as a parable, but one whose meaning - which lives in the territory of harshness and sacrifice - is constantly undermined or elusive.
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0307264238, Hardcover)A powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize–winning author of Beloved and, almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier.
In the 1680s the slave trade was still in its infancy. In the Americas, virulent religious and class divisions, prejudice and oppression were rife, providing the fertile soil in which slavery and race hatred were planted and took root.
Jacob is an Anglo-Dutch trader and adventurer, with a small holding in the harsh north. Despite his distaste for dealing in "flesh," he takes a small slave girl in part payment for a bad debt from a plantation owner in Catholic Maryland. This is Florens, "with the hands of a slave and the feet of a Portuguese lady." Florens looks for love, first from Lina, an older servant woman at her new master's house, but later from a handsome blacksmith, an African, never enslaved.
There are other voices: Lina, whose tribe was decimated by smallpox; their mistress, Rebekka, herself a victim of religious intolerance back in England; Sorrow, a strange girl who's spent her early years at sea; and finally the devastating voice of Florens' mother. These are all men and women inventing themselves in the wilderness.
A Mercy reveals what lies beneath the surface of slavery. But at its heart it is the ambivalent, disturbing story of a mother who casts off her daughter in order to save her, and of a daughter who may never exorcise that abandonment.
Acts of mercy may have unforeseen consequences.
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In exchange for a bad debt, an Anglo-Dutch trader takes on Florens, a young slave girl, who feels abandoned by her slave mother and who searches for love--first from an older servant woman at her master's new home, and then from a handsome free blacksmith.… (more)
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Marie Majerle of Cloquet has been charged with attempted murder in the first degree and with removing or altering a serial number on a firearm.
Majerle's attorney, Fred Friedman, chief public defender of the Sixth Judicial District, entered a provisional not guilty plea Thursday.
During the hearing, Friedman challenged the probable cause of Majerle's charges. He also questioned the quality of the recordings of Majerle's three statements with police.
The defense and prosecution will submit their written arguments next month, another court date has not yet been set.
Unable to make bail, Majerle is still in custody at the Carlton County Jail.


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Republicans have tied themselves up in rhetorical knots since the Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate at the heart of President Obama's health care law. GOP lawmakers said the mandate to buy insurance was a new tax. The Romney campaign said it wasn't a tax, and then reversed itself. On Sunday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell worked to square the circle.
The requirement that uninsured Americans buy insurance, he told CNN's State of the Union, was a "mandate tax" and a "penalty tax."
Influential lawmakers from both parties typically use the Sunday shows to roll out new talking points, and McConnell's language may be repeated by the Romney campaign and its congressional allies.
McConnell also opened up a new line of attack against the law, which has gradually becoming more popular since the high court ruling. He told CNN's Candy Crowley, without citing his source, that 77 percent of those who would need to pay a penalty for not having insurance were earning $120,000 or less, and pointedly said that would bring in more new government revenue than the so-called "Buffett Rule," a White House-backed plan to raise taxes on those earning more than $1 million per year.
McConnell's jabs at the law make one thing abundantly clear: While the legal fight over the Obama administration's health care plan is over, the political fight is just getting started.
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Record heat expected this week
SAN ANTONIO - Mando Esparza is a cool cat with his harmonica, but he knows the near record heat is already a reason to be concerned.
"It gets hotter every day," he said. "I take my hat off, get under the shade and kind of cool off."
No one is immune, no matter what age. Joseph Neira lathered up his daughter with sunscreen Sunday before a play day at the park.
"Keep her from getting sunburned. I need some, too," he said.
The pool is a great place to be. That's because as the heat index soars, the body's ability to cool itself off through evaporation becomes more difficult.
Traditionally, July and August are the hottest months of the year. People who work outside or those who must be in the heat are encouraged to take plenty of water breaks, rest often, and if possible, and get inside to soak up air conditioning.
While hundreds of people figure out ways to cool off, Samai Vasquez and her family are helping them stay cool. They started a raspa stand business a few days ago.
"A lot of people come 'cause it's hot and they want something cold to drink," she said.
Temperatures could be record-breaking this week, and the feels like temperature will be even higher. With the worst on the way, it doesn't matter your method of cooling off. It's just important that you do.
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Jan 3, 2013 Comments Off on Paul Ryan Defends Fiscal Cliff Vote: 'Now We Can Finally Debate Spending' Pat Dollard
Excerpted from The Daily Caller: Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan on Thursday defended his vote for the last minute fiscal cliff legislation that passed Congress this week, saying he supported it to "get this issue behind us, … prevent this massive tax increase and … focus on spending now."
The 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee acknowledged in an interview with a Milwaukee radio host that he realized he would be criticized for his vote to extend tax cuts for most Americans while raising taxes on the wealthy, but said it was the best deal Republicans could get under the circumstances.
"What I know in my conscience is 98 percent of the families in Wisconsin are not going to get hit with a massive tax increase," Ryan said Thursday, during an appearance on 620 WTMJ with Charlie Sykes.
The House budget committee chairman criticized his Republican colleagues who openly said they wanted the legislation to pass, but didn't want to vote for it and have their name attached.
Ryan said that with President Barack Obama accomplishing his goal of taxing the wealthy, Congress can focus on spending cuts now.
"He can no longer claim, 'I will start talking about spending cuts once we tax the rich,'" Ryan said of Obama.
"Now that the president got his tax increase, because current law automatically did that, there's no excuse," he said. "Now we can finally debate spending — clean and simple spending."


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Jason Headley's short films have been featured on NBC's TODAY Show, the front page of Reddit, the front page of Funny or Die, chosen as a Finalist for the Comedy Central/NYTVF competition, a Vimeo Staff Pick, official selections of the Mill Valley Film Festival, St. Louis Film Festival, and the Best of Shorts programs at the Carmel Arts & Film Festival. His short "It's Not About the Nail" has over 15 million views and counting.
Coming from a long line of yarn-spinners and bullshitters, Jason began his storytelling career in earnest with the publication of his novel, Small Town Odds. His screenplays have made the Quarterfinals of the Nicholl Fellowship, the second round of consideration for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, and the quarter- and semifinals of other national competitions. Fun fact: Jason is more handsome in real life than he is on camera, but he's still not actually handsome.


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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. - Freshman blueliner Jamie Fritsch (Odenton, Md.) scored the team's only goal to help the No. 15 University of New Hampshire men's hockey team to a 1-1 tie against the Merrimack College Warriors on Saturday night in Hockey East action at Thom Lawler Arena.
With the tie UNH's current record is 15-10-5, 11-6-4 HE, while Merrimack moves it's record to 5-19-4, 2-15-4.
Fritsch scored the game tying goal with 5:39 remaining in the game on a wrist shot from the low slot on the power play. Junior forward Daniel Winnik (Mississauga, Ontario) dished the puck to Fritsch from the left corner for his 21st assist of the season.
Junior forward Brett Hemingway (Surrey, B.C.) also assisted on the goal, picking the puck up in the neutral zone and feeding it to Winnik up the left side.
Merrimack scored at 10:33 of the opening period on a goal by freshman center Rob Ricci, his sixth goal of the season. Jordan Fox and Mickey Rego earned assists on the goal.
With 3:08 left in the first period, freshman forward Greg Collins (Fairport, N.Y.) had UNH's best chance to score as he roofed the puck over the cross-bar with the top half of the net unguarded.
Senior goaltender Jeff Pietrasiak (Shrewsbury, Mass.) made his first career start vs. Merrimack stopping 27 shots by the Warriors. MC goalie Patrick Watson tallied 27, including 17 saves in the first.
UNH returns to action Feb. 17 at Boston University. Game time at Agganis Arena is 7 p.m. The game will be televised by NESN. The next Wildcat home game is Feb. 18 against the Terriers. Game time at the Whittemore Center is 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast live by NHPTV, ESPNU and the NHL Network across Canada.
To buy tickets to an upcoming men's hockey game visit www.unhwildcats.com/tickets for ticket information or call 1-866-WILDCAT.


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The Blue Witch
The Blue Witch by Kevis Hendrickson
An evil witch hatches a plot to destroy the kingdom of Kaldan. Kòdobos Falinn must embark on a perilous quest to save his kingdom from the malevolent witch.
Taken from the legendarium of the ancient tales of Arva, The Blue Witch retells the legend of Prince Kòdobos, his knights, his love for Enolia and the great war that was waged to rescue her from a jealous king. It also tells of the coming of a menacing witch and the fall of a great kingdom. Hearken to a tale of mighty warriors, lusty maidens, and foul treachery. The Blue Witch awaits you!
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Beagle Board Modules Offer Open Source Options
Three new modules for the Beagle Board embedded Linux and Android OS platform from Liquidware can help assist rapid prototyping Open Source hardware gadgets.
The BeagleTouch is a 4.3" touchscreen module with a high-contrast, wide viewing angle organic LED display.
When paired with the Lithium Ion BeagleJuice module, the BeagleBoard acts like a handheld tablet computer with Linux and capable of running the Android operating system. A line of sensors – including accelerometer, GPS, light sensor and heart beat sensor – are easily connected using the BeagleMod prototyping board.
Over the last year, the community of designers and engineering using the Beagle Board has grown. Engineers use the Beagle Board platform because there is a wide availability of open source software designed to run out of the box on the board, and the system has high speed and lower power consumption.
Liquidware uses a module design strategy, which means engineers can deliver fully functional gadget prototypes in less time and for less cost.
Modular innovation is the process of using discrete "building blocks" that connect with each other for more complexity. This could allow engineers to assemble building blocks in infinite combinations quickly to create more complex designs and gadgets.
However, in practice the strategy has some limits because the interfaces between the modules often take weeks of work – it's difficult to get each module to communicate effectively.
For more information visit www.liquidware.com.


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