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Burlington is the largest city in the state of Vermont. This college town, home to the University of Vermont, is known for its progressive style and proximity to Lake Champlain and the nearby Adirondack and Green Mountains. The city is home to beautiful parks that welcome long relaxing walks through the natural beauty of New England. Visitors may choose from bed and breakfasts, inexpensive motels, or moderately priced Burlington hotels. Breathtaking waterfront lodging is also available.

Burlington Top Picks and Tricks

Visit the Flynn Center for Performing Arts on Main Street in Burlington. Home to the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the auditorium can seat over 1,000 visitors and regularly hosts musical events, workshops, and theatrical performances.

Visit The Skinny Pancake, a unique restaurant where everything on the menu is a crepe creation. Try savory crepes filled with lamb and feta, or vegetarian options with beans or spinach.

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The ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center is near many hotels in Burlington and features ever-changing touring exhibits featuring native flora and fauna, especially frogs. Visit the 70 animal species, and participate in the many interactive exhibits.

The Church Street area contains many stores like Eddie Bauer conveniently near several hotels, while Burlington Town Center has familiar stores like Macy's in an indoor shopping center. Along the waterfront area are small, local specialty stores like the World Store that features international fair trade goods.

Burlington is home to The University of Vermont Catamounts. The University sponsors men's and women's basketball, cross country, ice hockey, and field hockey.

Recently booked Burlington hotels

Hotel Last booked Stars Price from
Hilton Burlington 11 hours ago 3 stars $149
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Burlington 1 day ago 3 stars $141
Hilton Garden Inn Burlington Downtown 1 day ago 3 stars $122
Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center 9 days ago 3 stars $126
Hotel Vermont 16 days ago 3 stars $229
Courtyard by Marriott Burlington Harbor 26 days ago 3 stars $209

Recently Rated Burlington Hotels

Hotel Reviews Stars Price from
Hilton Burlington
4.0 / 5
54 reviews
3 stars $149
Hilton Garden Inn Burlington Downtown
4.0 / 5
2 reviews
3 stars $122
Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center
3.5 / 5
99 reviews
3 stars $126
Courtyard by Marriott Burlington Harbor
4.2 / 5
19 reviews
3 stars $209
Hotel Vermont
4.6 / 5
7 reviews
3 stars $229
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Burlington
3.8 / 5
39 reviews
3 stars $141

Featured Burlington Hotels

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1 Hilton Burlington

3 stars
4.0 / 5 54 reviews

60 Battery Street

Burlington hotel on the waterfront with restaurant, bar and indoor poolThe Hilton Burlington hotel overlooks the Lake Champlain waterfront, which is within walking distance. Amenities include an...

Good experience
Hotel staff are genuinely interested in making sure guests have what they need, making special efforts to find the right tea bags, for example. We have returned here three times in the past year...
May 20, 2015
From $229

2 Hotel Vermont

3 stars
4.6 / 5 7 reviews

41 Cherry

Vermonters are known for being independent, together. And like Vermont, Hotel Vermont is full of compatible contradictions. Located in downtown Burlington near the shores of Lake Champlain, were...

Great experience
They met all our requests. From toasting bread to keeping the fire going. Great staff and a beautiful hotel! We changed our third night reservation back to this hotel!
Nov 15, 2014
From $209

3 Courtyard by Marriott Burlington Harbor

3 stars
4.2 / 5 19 reviews

25 Cherry Street

Rate includes breakfast

Waterfront Burlington hotel with on-site restaurants, pool, free Wi-FiThe Courtyard by Marriott Burlington Harbor overlooks Lake Champlain in downtown Burlington. Restaurants and shops at Church...

Friends trip
The Marriott was amazing, perfect view of Lake Champlain. We were actually able to walk on the lake since it was completely frozen! Unforgettable experience. Hotel was clean, modern and everything...
Jan 22, 2015
From $122

4 Hilton Garden Inn Burlington Downtown

3 stars
4.0 / 5 2 reviews

101 Main Street

Stay at the Hilton Garden Inn Burlington Downtown hotel and enjoy friendly service, unique surroundings and an ideal location less than two blocks from the restaurants, pubs, galleries, shops,...

Couple getaway
The staff was friendly and helpful. Kudos to doorman, Cesar! The location is perfect down the road from church street as well as citizen cider on pine street. The hotel was so hot, our room was 71...
Apr 6, 2015
From $126

5 Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center

3 stars
3.5 / 5 99 reviews

870 Williston Road

Save 20% on your stay

Large Burlington hotel with indoor pool, fitness center and restaurantThe Sheraton Burlington Hotel & Conference Center is Vermont's largest hotel and conference center. The hotel is near...

Wonderful staff
The staff at the front desk were the best I have ever experienced.
Jan 27, 2015
From $141

6 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Burlington

3 stars
3.8 / 5 39 reviews

1117 Williston Road

Signature chocolate chip cookie at check-in

Swimming pool, Jacuzzi and Wi-Fi at this amenity-laden Burlington hotelThe DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Burlington is near downtown Burlington and the Burlington International Airport. Rooms include...

family vacation
Hotel is conveniently located near interstate 89, and close enough to Burlington. Pool and exercise area was clean and well maintained. Restaurant on premises was fine for breakfast, but dinner...
Jun 19, 2014


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Nike founder Phil Knight donates millions to Catlin Gabel School in Cedar Mill

Kelly House | The Oregonian/OregonLive By Kelly House | The Oregonian/OregonLive The Oregonian
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on October 28, 2010 at 7:45 PM, updated October 28, 2010 at 7:46 PM

Administrators for Catlin Gabel School, a Beaverton-area private preschool through high school, announced Thursday a multimillion-dollar gift from Nike founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny.

Catlin Gabel officials would not disclose the exact amount of the endowment, but it's enough to kick-start an educational program -- the Knight Family Scholars Program -- that will include four-year scholarships for several incoming freshmen each year at the $22,700-per-year upper school, plus seminars for all high school students.

 "This is going to be building on what we are doing and gives us a chance to really step up some things that we hold dear," said Catlin Gabel Head of School Lark Palma.

The money will also fund a full-time administrative position at the school. Catlin Gabel will spend the rest of the school year conducting an international search for a program director who will select scholarship recipients, coordinate seminars and prepare presentations for donors.

The first class of four Knight Family Scholars will enter the school in fall 2012. The scholarship program will include opportunities for international learning, including the possibility of summer study abroad, Palma said. Scholars will be chosen for their academic performance, willingness to be involved in community service and global education, and participation in athletics, Palma said.

In a news release from the school, the Knights cited a desire to "help educate and inspire--through creative new educational experiences--successful scholars who can empathize with the problems and issues of the world around them, and serve as catalysts to others."

Through a Nike spokeswoman, the Knights declined to comment beyond the news release.

Palma said school officials had been in talks with the Knight family regarding the endowment for "a little while." She said school officials went to the Knight family with the idea for the endowment after generating the goals for the program during a 2006 conference.

"We have an opportunity to develop something that will be kind of moving and growing depending on what happens in the world and what our students are interested in," she said.

Palma said the seminars will take place within and outside the school, and will include a range of topics and speakers.

More details about the program will be decided after a director is hired.

The Knight family's most recent public donation to an Oregon school was $5 million to Willamette University's College of Law in January 2009.

When asked why the Knights chose Catlin Gabel, Palma said: "They've always supported education in one way or another, whether it was public or private, so I think he was really attracted to the idea that we came up with."

-- Kelly House


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Chemicals in chicken plants sicken inspectors; pig virus threatens herds: food safety roundup

Lynne Terry | The Oregonian/OregonLive By Lynne Terry | The Oregonian/OregonLive The Oregonian
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on April 28, 2014 at 8:11 AM, updated April 28, 2014 at 8:12 AM

Poultry plant inspectors say they have suffered a range of health problems from the sprays used to kill pathogens on chickens.

One former chicken plant worker told WSB-TV in Atlanta that her daily breakfast now consists of a pills and oxygen used to treat symptoms that she said stem from being exposed daily to anti-microbial sprays.

Sherry Medina said her problems started in 2006 when the poultry processing plant she was working in started using the treatments. Another inspector, Beth Summers, recounted similar problems.

"My nose is starting to burn," Summers said. "I can feel my face is starting to burn. It’s burning now. My throat, chest; it never stops burning."

Both women worked at a Tyson plant in Georgia. But other poultry processing facilities also rely on anti-microbial treatments to prevent salmonella outbreaks like the one traced to Foster Farms that has sickened more than 500 people.

And in news related to pigs, a Reuters story reports that more than 10 percent of the nation's herds have been wiped out by the deadly virus known as PEDv, which was first diagnosed in Ohio last May.

Since last June, as many as 7 million pigs in the United States have died, the story says. The virus does not harm humans but is hurting farmers' profits and driving up the cost of pork.

The origin of the virus is a mystery, it thrives in cold, damp climates and kills pigs by destroying tiny projections in their intestines that aid digestion. Piglets die from malnutrition and dehydration, the story says.

That's it for now. Keep your appetite and eat safely.

-- Lynne Terry


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Fire crews responding to natural gas explosion south of Kennewick

Emergency vehicles line a roadway in sight of the Williams Northwest Pipeline plant in the distance, Monday in Plymouth, Wash. Company spokeswoman Michele Swaner says all employees were evacuated and accounted for after an explosion Monday morning at the plant, where liquefied natural gas is converted into vapor. She says one employee was burned but will recover. (Bob Brawdy/Tri-City Heraold)
Kimberly A.C. Wilson | The Oregonian/OregonLive By Kimberly A.C. Wilson | The Oregonian/OregonLive The Oregonian
on March 31, 2014 at 10:57 AM, updated March 31, 2014 at 11:24 AM

A massive explosion rocked the Williams Northwest Pipeline Company just outside Plymouth, Wash., about 14 miles north of Hermiston.

The incident happened just before 8:20 a.m., when the south tank at the facility, with a 1.2 billion cubic feet capacity of natural gas, exploded. The force blew a hole in the side of the tank, said Richland Police Capt. Mike Cobb.

"We're still trying to confirm any injuries and the extent of any injuries," said Cobb, speaking from the Benton County emergency operations incident command center in Richland.

The plant is located in the 42600-block of East Christy Road in a rural section of the county, along the north side of the Columbia River. Though smoke from the explosion could be seen across the river into Hermiston, there were no reports of damage beyond the natural gas plant, Cobb said.

While emergency responders put out the fire and begin investigating the scene, Highway 14 remains closed. Also temporarily closed to traffic: nearby train tracks and Plymouth Road. "We're restricting access to the facility," Cobb said.

Stay tuned for more details.

-- Kimberly A.C. Wilson


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Logan Storm trial: Defense attorney tells judge he worries jurors think Storm is 'nefarious'

Logan Storm, pictured here in Multnomah County Circuit Court in 2011, is back in the courthouse this week fighting sexual abuse charges. (The Oregonian/file photo)
Aimee Green | The Oregonian/OregonLive By Aimee Green | The Oregonian/OregonLive The Oregonian
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on April 10, 2014 at 3:30 PM, updated April 10, 2014 at 5:05 PM

Updated at 5 p.m.: The jury has gone home for the day.

A judge Thursday refused to grant a mistrial for a former teacher accused of molesting two girls in a public swimming pool -- after the accused's defense attorney said some jurors might already think badly of his client.

Defense attorney Michael Robert Levine, who is representing former Beaverton teacher Logan Storm, stopped short of saying that jurors were afraid of his client. But Levine said he’s worried that some jurors think Storm is “a guilty person, a nefarious person” who might try to contact them after the trial is over.

Levine’s request was spurred by a report late Wednesday from Judge Kenneth Walker’s clerk. She told the judge that as the third day of trial wrapped up Wednesday, some jurors expressed concerns about whether Storm was in the custody of sheriff’s deputies.

kennethwalker.jpgJudge Kenneth Walker

Storm, 38, is indeed lodged at the Multnomah County jail and is serving an eight-year federal prison sentence for a 2013 conviction of possessing child pornography and for fleeing the country to avoid serving that prison sentence.

But jurors haven’t been told that -- nor have they been allowed to see Storm in handcuffs or a jail uniform. Before them, he’s always appeared wearing a dress shirt, tie and suit.

Walker’s clerk also reported that jurors had noticed Storm writing down what they thought were their names during jury selection earlier this week. The jurors said they were concerned that Storm might search their names on the Internet and contact them in the future, according to Walker’s summary of his conversation with his clerk.

Levine, the defense attorney, stressed to the judge that he’s concerned jurors “don’t presume (Storm) innocent," which they are required by law to do. Levine said lawyers and members of the public were in the courtroom during jury selection, but the jurors' "concern was only about Mr. Storm.”

After the judge denied Levine’s motion for a mistrial, the judge also declined to act on Levine’s request to individually question jurors about possible prejudices they might have against Storm.

However, after all 12 jurors had returned to the courtroom Thursday morning, the judge asked them if they were still "fair and impartial jurors.”

All 12 of them said yes or nodded their heads.

Jurors then heard closing arguments. At about 2 p.m., they began deliberating whether Storm is guilty of two counts of first-degree sexual abuse. Check back at later to learn if jurors have reached a verdict.

-- Aimee Green


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Out like a lion: zoo smashes March attendance records

This week's Second Tuesday lets community see more zoo animals for less

The Oregon Zoo shattered attendance records in March, as nearly 160,000 visitors flocked to the park to see new additions like pink flamingos, a baby DeBrazza's monkey and a river otter pup just learning to swim.

This week, the zoo's monthly discount day offers a chance to see more animals for less. Second Tuesday is tomorrow, April 9, and admission is just $4.

"There's always something new to see at the zoo," said Kim Smith, zoo director. "The flamingos look gorgeous — they've been making themselves at home in the remodeled Africa Rainforest aviary. Our 2-month-old river otter, Molalla, is getting swimming lessons from his mom. And in the Africa Savanna habitat, four new Speke's gazelles are roaming around with the zebra and giraffes."

The zoo's popular Second Tuesday admission-discount program, sponsored by the Walmart Foundation with support from The Standard, offers a reduced admission price of $4 on the second Tuesday of each month, a discount of more than 65 percent from regular zoo admission. As always, children 2 and younger are admitted free. Visitors who ride MAX light rail or the bus to the zoo will receive an additional $1.50 off general admission and are not required to pay the $4 per vehicle parking fee. (MAX and bus discounts require proof of ridership.)

In March, the zoo welcomed 159,718 visitors, a record for the month. The zoo also set attendance records for Rabbit Romp (15,885), Easter Sunday (9,446 visitors) and spring break week for Portland Public Schools (86,131 visitors from March 23-31; the previous record of 64,732 had been set in 1992).

The Oregon Zoo is a service of Metro and is dedicated to its mission of inspiring the community to create a better future for wildlife. Committed to conservation, the zoo is currently working to save endangered California condors, Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits, Oregon silverspot and Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies, Western pond turtles and Oregon spotted frogs. Other projects include studies on black rhinos, Asian elephants, polar bears and bats.
The zoo relies in part on community support through donations to the Oregon Zoo Foundation to undertake these and many other animal welfare, education and sustainability programs. The zoo is located five minutes from downtown Portland, just off Highway 26 at exit 72. The zoo is also accessible by MAX light rail line. Visitors who travel to the zoo via MAX receive $1.50 off zoo admission. Find fare and route information online or by calling TriMet Customer Service at 503-238-RIDE (7433).
General zoo admission is $10.50 (ages 12-64), $9 for seniors (65 and up), $7.50 for children (ages 3-11) and free for those 2 and younger; 25 cents of the admission price helps fund regional conservation projects through the zoo’s Future for Wildlife program. A parking fee of $4 per car is also required. Additional information is available by calling 503-226-1561.

Media contact:

Hova Najarian | 503-220-5714 | hova.najarian@oregonzoo.org


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Redding is first Ravens free agent to leave

Cory Redding became the first Ravens' free agent to find a new home today as the veteran defensive end agreed to a three-year, $10.5 million deal with the Indianapolis Colts.

The deal was first reported by ESPN.

In Indianapolis, Redding will reunite with Chuck Pagano, the Colts' head coach who was the Ravens' defensive coordinator this past season. Pagano is installing a 3-4 hybrid defense in Indianapolis, and it was expected that the he would go after a couple of his former players that have flourished in the system.

Free agent linebackers Jameel McClain and Jarret Johnson have also been connected to the Colts.

Redding, 31, played two seasons with the Ravens and established himself as a solid contributor on the field and a locker room leader.

He had 38 tackles and three sacks while playing in 15 regular season games during the 2010 campaign. This past season, he started 11 games and notched 43 tackles, 4 1/2 sacks and one fumble recovery.

The Ravens were interested in re-signing him, but at their price. They feel that young defensive linemen Pernell McPhee, who had six sacks during his rookie season, and Arthur Jones are ready for bigger roles.

As expected, the Ravens have been extremely quiet through the first 20 hours of free agency. While they would have liked to retain Redding, they made re-signing Pro Bowl left guard Ben Grubbs an even bigger priority. And that doesn't look good now as Grubbs is currently in New Orleans meeting with Saints' officials. The Saints are looking for a guard to replace Carl Nicks, who signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this morning.

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What's Happening in Oroville

* Perry Mason Days

Oroville will host their 10th Annual Perry Mason Days, which includes a Mystery Show running through Oct. 26, and a variety of events on Oct. 6, in celebration of the life and times of Erle Stanley Gardner, former Oroville resident and author of the Perry Mason mystery series. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Erle Stanley Gardner movies and living relatives, speaker form McGeorge School of Law (Sacramento), a collector of Perry Mason books, buffet by donation and archery tournament. Held at 1480 Lincoln St., by Butte County Historical Society. 533-9418 or buttecountyhistoricalsociety.org. The Mystery Show, sponsored by Artists of Rivertown is open noon to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, with the last one from 4-6 p.m. Oct. 26, with awards and prizes. Held at 1435 Myers St. 534-7690.

* VIPS Bunco fundraiser

The Oroville Volunteers in Police Services will host this at the Centennial Culture Center, 1931 Arlin Rhine Drive on Friday, Oct. 5. Doors open at 6 p.m. and Bunco starts at 6:30 p.m. with limited seating. Cost is $20 and advance tickets may be purchased at Friends Hair Studio, 533-3902; LUCEDDIES, or the Oroville Police Department, 538-2452. Information, 916-591-5376.

* Perry Mason Day events Oct. 6

Erle Stanley Gardner Archery Tournament: 9 a.m. at Oroville practice field, Mitchell and Washington. $5 to participate, free viewing. Sponsored by Butte County Historical Society and Yuba-Sutter Archery Association. 877-7436 or 533-9418.

Erle Stanley Gardner reception: 11 a.m. Erle Stanley Gardner movies; noon, meet Erle's family; 1 p.m. speaker and fan Valerie Zwirn, reviews Erle's travel book, "The Land of Sorter Shadows"; 1:15 p.m. speaker Ken Gardner, "Casey at the Bat." Held at the Ehmann Home, 1480 Lincoln St. Admission by donation. 877-7436 or 533-9418.

Erle Stanley Gardner Essay Contest: 4-5 p.m. at Butte County Law Library, 1675 Montgomery St. Theme, "The Court of Last Resort," sponsored by the Oroville Exchange Club. Winners award by Bridge Soudan & John Loewe. 533-6005.

Spaghetti dinner and play: 6 p.m. dinner and 7 p.m. play written by Eric Pieper and directed by Mike Williams at 45 Acacia. Reservations required; $10. Sponsored by Methodist Church. 534-9455.

* Sigma Phi Gamma 12th annual Breast Cancer Awareness Walk and Pink Pancake Breakfast

The walk will start at 9 a.m. on Oct. 6 and the entry fee is $20. Breakfast will be served starting at 8:30 a.m. and includes sausage, fruit and coffee. Cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children under 12. These will be held at Bedrock Park. Call 533-8194 or 533-2027 for further details.

* Gray Lodge Wildlife Area is in need of volunteers

Two free training sessions will be conduct in October; "Wetland Wildlife ID" on Oct. 6 and "Volunteer Tour Leaders" on Oct. 9. Both classes will be indoors and outdoors from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the wildlife area, 3207 Rutherford Road. Public education leaders are also being sought for Tuesday mornings. Call 846-7505 to make reservations, as space is limited. Visit www.dfg.ca.gov/events/ for further details.

* Free Educational Hearing Care "Lunch & Learn" Seminar

The fourteenth in a series of monthly educational seminars will be presented by local Doctor of Audiology Crystal Chalmers Oct. 10, noon to 1:00 pm. Sponsored by North State Audiological Services in Chico. The purpose of these seminars is to provide information about hearing care issues. This month's topic: "How Do You Know Which Type of Hearing Aid Technology is Best for You?" The seminar will be held at Dr. Chalmers' office, 15 Jan Court, off of Forest Avenue in southeast Chico near the Raley's Skypark Plaza shopping center. A free lunch will be served. Reservations required. Call, North State Audiological Services 1 (888) 893-1352.


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Commemorated February 21

St. Zacharias served as Patriarch of Jerusalem (609-632AD), succeeding Isaacius (601-609). According to John Zonaras, the great compiler of the Canons, his tenure lasted twenty-three years; but according to St. Nicephorus, it lasted twenty-two years. The holy Zacharias, in turn, was succeeded by St. Modestus. In the life of St. Modestus, the following was written concerning his predecessor,

"History will always remember the imprisoned Patriarch Zacharias, the heroic champion of the Holy Land, with great admiration and respect for refusing to be separated from the most venerable Cross".

Meletius states that at the time of Emperor Heraclius (614), the blessed Zacharias was imprisoned by Chosroes, but he returned to Jerusalem with Heraclius, who had driven out the Persians. Jerusalem, in the meantime, was rebuilt, and the captured Holy Cross was returned and elevated once again by the hands of St. Zacharias on the 14th of September, 629. This latter event is commemorated as the Feast of the Elevation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross, on September 14.

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The Case for Marriage

9/25/2010 – National Review Editors –
If it is true, as we are constantly told, that American law will soon redefine marriage to accommodate same-sex partnerships, the proximate cause for this development will not be that public opinion favors it, although it appears to be moving in that direction. It will be that the most influential Americans, particularly those in law and the media, have been coming increasingly to regard opposition to same-sex marriage as irrational at best and bigoted at worst. They therefore dismiss expressions of that opposition, even when voiced by a majority in a progressive state, as illegitimate. Judges who believe that same-sex marriage is obviously just and right can easily find ways to read their views into constitutions, to the applause of the like-minded.

The emerging elite consensus in favor of same-sex marriage has an element of self-delusion about it. It denies that same-sex marriage would work a radical change in American law or society, insisting to the contrary that within a few years of its triumph everyone will wonder what all the fuss was about. But its simultaneous insistence that opponents are the moral equivalent of the white supremacists of yesteryear belies these bland assurances. Our tolerance for racism is quite limited: The government, while it generally respects the relevant constitutional limits, is active in the cause of marginalizing racists and eradicating racist beliefs and behaviors. Moreover, social sanctions against racism, both overt and implied, are robust. If our society is truly to regard opposition to same-sex marriage as equivalent to racism, it will have to undergo change both dramatic and extensive. Churches that object, for example, will have to be put in the same cultural position as Bob Jones University was in the days when it banned interracial dating, until they too join the consensus.

If proponents of same-sex marriage thought through these implications, their confidence might evaporate, for it seems highly unlikely that this project will succeed at all, and impossible that it will do so without decades of arduous and divisive social “reform.” That is no reason to shrink from the task, if it is truly a just one. But we should first consider whether the historic and cross-cultural understanding of marriage as the union of a man and a woman really has so little to be said for it.

We think that there is quite a bit to be said for it: that it is true, vitally true. But it is a truth so long accepted that it is no longer well understood. Both the fact that we are debating same-sex marriage and the way that debate has progressed suggest that many of us have lost sight of why marriage exists in the first place as a social institution and a matter of public policy. One prominent supporter of same-sex marriage says that the purpose of marriage is to express and safeguard an emotional union of adults; another says that its purpose is to make it more likely that people will have others to give them care in sickness and old age.

So at the risk of awkwardness, we must talk about the facts of life. It is true that marriage is, in part, an emotional union, and it is also true that spouses often take care of each other and thereby reduce the caregiving burden on other people. But neither of these truths is the fundamental reason for marriage. The reason marriage exists is that the sexual intercourse of men and women regularly produces children. If it did not produce children, neither society nor the government would have much reason, let alone a valid reason, to regulate people’s emotional unions. (The government does not regulate non-marital friendships, no matter how intense they are.) If mutual caregiving were the purpose of marriage, there would be no reason to exclude adult incestuous unions from marriage. What the institution and policy of marriage aims to regulate is sex, not love or commitment. These days, marriage regulates sex (to the extent it does regulate it) in a wholly non-coercive manner, sex outside of marriage no longer being a crime.

Marriage exists, in other words, to solve a problem that arises from sex between men and women but not from sex between partners of the same gender: what to do about its generativity. It has always been the union of a man and a woman (even in polygamous marriages in which a spouse has a marriage with each of two or more persons of the opposite sex) for the same reason that there are two sexes: It takes one of each type in our species to perform the act that produces children. That does not mean that marriage is worthwhile only insofar as it yields children. (The law has never taken that view.) But the institution is oriented toward child-rearing. (The law has taken exactly that view.) What a healthy marriage culture does is encourage adults to arrange their lives so that as many children as possible are raised and nurtured by their biological parents in a common household.

That is also what a sound law of marriage does. Although it is still a radical position without much purchase in public opinion, one increasingly hears the opinion that government should get out of the marriage business: Let individuals make whatever contracts they want, and receive the blessing of whatever church agrees to give it, but confine the government’s role to enforcing contracts. This policy is not so much unwise as it is impossible. The government cannot simply declare itself uninterested in the welfare of children. Nor can it leave it to prearranged contract to determine who will have responsibility for raising children. (It’s not as though people can be expected to work out potential custody arrangements every time they have sex; and any such contracts would look disturbingly like provisions for ownership of a commodity.)

When a marriage involving children breaks down, or a marriage culture weakens, government has to get more involved, not less. Courts may well end up deciding on which days of the month each parent will see a child. We have already gone some distance in separating marriage and state, in a sense: The law no longer ties rights and responsibilities over children to marriage, does little to support a marriage culture, and in some ways subsidizes non-marriage. In consequence government must involve itself more directly in caring for children than it did under the old marriage regime — with worse results.

Thoughtful proponents of same-sex marriage raise three objections to this conception of marriage. The first is that law and society have always let infertile couples marry; why not treat same-sex couples the same way? The question can be tackled philosophically or practically. The philosophical answer boils down to the observation that it is mating that gives marriage its orientation toward children. An infertile couple can mate even if it cannot procreate. Two men or two women literally cannot mate. To put it another way: A child fulfills the marital relationship by revealing what it is, a complete union, including a biological union. A man and a woman who unite biologically may or may not have children depending on factors beyond their control; a same-sex couple cannot thus unite.

The practical problems with using fertility as a criterion for marriage should be obvious. Some couples that believe themselves to be infertile (or even intend not to have children) end up having children. Government could not filter out those marriage applicants who are certain not to be able to have children without extreme intrusiveness. Note that we do not generally expect the eligibility criteria and purposes of marriage to exhibit a rigorous fitness in other respects. This is true about those aspects of marriage about which proponents and opponents of same-sex marriage alike agree. Nobody believes that people should have to persuade the government that they really are capable of a deep emotional union or that they are likely to stick around to take care of an ill partner before getting legally married, because that would be absurd. Nobody would try to devise a test to bar couples with no intention of practicing sexual exclusivity from getting married. It does not follow that marriage is therefore pointless or has nothing to do with monogamy, emotional union, or caregiving. (Those are indeed goods that marriage advances; but if sex did not make children, they would not be a reason to have the institution of marriage.)

The second objection proponents of same-sex marriage raise is that the idea that marriage is importantly linked to procreation is outdated. In our law and culture, the ties between sex, marriage, and child-rearing have been getting weaker thanks to contraception, divorce and remarriage, artificial reproduction, and the rise of single motherhood. Yet those ties still exist. Pregnancy still prompts some couples to get married. People are more likely to ask nosy questions about whether and when children are coming to couples that have gotten married. And we have not at all outgrown the need to channel adult sexual behavior in ways conducive to the well-being of children: The rising percentage of children who are not being raised by their parents, and the negative outcomes associated with this trend, suggest that this need is as urgent as ever. Our culture already lays too much stress on marriage as an emotional union of adults and too little on it as the right environment for children. Same-sex marriage would not only sever the tie between marriage and procreation; it would, at least in our present cultural circumstances, place the law behind the proposition that believing that tie should exist is bigoted.

The third objection is that it is unfair to same-sex couples to tie marriage to procreation, as the traditional conception of marriage does. Harm, if any, to the feelings of same-sex couples is unintentional: Marriage, and its tie to procreation, did not arise as a way of slighting them. (In the tradition we are defending, the conviction that marriage is the union of a man and a woman is logically prior to any judgment about the morality of homosexual relationships.)

And does marriage really need to be redefined? The legal “benefits” of marriage — such as the right to pay extra taxes, and to go through a legal process to sever the relationship? — are overstated. Almost all the benefits that the law still grants could easily be extended to unmarried couples, including same-sex couples, without redefining marriage. The campaign for same-sex marriage is primarily motivated by one specific benefit: the symbolic statement by the government that committed same-sex relationships are equivalent to marriages. But with respect to the purposes of marriages, they’re not equivalent; and so this psychic benefit cannot be granted without telling a lie about what marriage is and why a society and legal system should recognize and support it.

Same-sex marriage is often likened to interracial marriage, which the law once proscribed. But the reason governments refused to recognize (and even criminalized) interracial marriages was not that they did not believe that such marriages were possible; it is that they wanted to discourage them from happening, in the interests of white supremacy. Sexual complementarity is a legitimate condition of marriage because of the institution’s orientation toward children; racial homogeneity has nothing to do with that orientation. Laws against interracial marriage thus violated the right to form an actual marriage in a way that laws defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman do not violate it. The argument about what the equal rights of all citizens entail for marriage laws turns, in other words, on what marriage is. If marriage just is by its nature oriented toward procreation, the refusal to redefine it to accommodate same-sex partners unjustly discriminates against them no more than the military does against the flat-footed.

Same-sex marriage would introduce a new, less justifiable distinction into the law. This new version of marriage would exclude pairs of people who qualify for it in every way except for their lack of a sexual relationship. Elderly brothers who take care of each other; two friends who share a house and bills and even help raise a child after one loses a spouse: Why shouldn’t their relationships, too, be recognized by the government? The traditional conception of marriage holds that however valuable those relationships may be, the fact that they are not oriented toward procreation makes them non-marital. (Note that this is true even if those relationships involve caring for children: We do not treat a grandmother and widowed daughter raising a child together as married because their relationship is not part of an institution oriented toward procreation.) On what possible basis can the revisionists’ conception of marriage justify discriminating against couples simply because they do not have sex?

How, for that matter, can it justify discriminating against groups of more than two involved in overlapping sexual relationships? The argument that same-sex marriage cannot be justified without also, in principle, justifying polygamy and polyamory infuriates many advocates of the former. There is, however, no good answer to the charge; and the arguments and especially the rhetoric of same-sex marriage proponents clearly apply with equal force to polygamy and polyamory. How does it affect your marriage if two women decide to wed? goes the question from same-sex marriage advocates; you don’t have to enter a same-sex union yourself. They might just as accurately be told that they would still be free to have two-person marriages if other people wed in groups.

We cannot say with any confidence that legal recognition of same-sex marriage would cause infidelity or illegitimacy to increase; we can say that it would make the countervailing norms, and the public policy of marriage itself, incoherent. The symbolic message of inclusion for same-sex couples — in an institution that makes no sense for them — would be coupled with another message: that marriage is about the desires of adults rather than the interests of children.

It may be that the conventional wisdom is correct, and legal recognition of same-sex marriage really is our inevitable future. Perhaps it will even become an unquestioned policy and all who resisted it will be universally seen as bigots. We doubt it, but cannot exclude the possibility. If our understanding of marriage changes in this way, so much the worse for the future.

HT: National Review

  1. George Patsourakos says:

    I doubt that same-sex marriage will ever be legalized in American society. As a predominantly Christian nation, America will continue to abide by the Bible’s definition of marriage — a union between one man and one woman.


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Novell and Ximian At a press conference in San Francisco, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is expected to announce a new partnership between Microsoft and Novell. The unprecedented deal will have Microsoft offering a degree of sales support for Novell's SUSE Linux while both companies work towards better interoperability between their respective operating systems. As part of the agreement, Microsoft also promises not to wield its patent portfolio against SUSE Linux. More here. You can follow the live webcast announcement, by Steve Ballmer, here. Update: Novell has put up a detailed FAQ about this deal.
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RE: Please...
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Read between the lines and figure it out before you go licking the hand that's about to slap the living shit out of your fave os.

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Legal "App developers are withdrawing their products for sale from the US versions of Apple's App Store and Google's Android Market for fear of being sued by companies which own software patents - just as a Mumbai-based company has made a wide-ranging claim against Microsoft, Apple, Google, Yahoo and a number of other companies over Twitter-style feeds, for which it claims it has applied for a patent."
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We need a foreign company to host a service where by you can publish software under their name and be kept anonymous. Needs to be in a country that has no crappy laws over software patents. All this will do is drive developers and companies out of the country. Just like cheap labor drove out manufacturing because our government was stupid. This will just hurt the US.

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In the News Okay, so this is entirely new to me. Sparrow is was an email client for Mac OS X and iOS (and Windows), which brought a decent Gmail experience to these platforms - as opposed to Apple's own not-so-good Gmail support and Google's Gmail iOS application which, well, is just a webpage. Google has now acquired Sparrow, and basically all hell has broken loose, to the point of Rian van der Merwe writing that 'we' lost "faith in a philosophy that we thought was a sustainable way to ensure a healthy future for independent software development, where most innovation happens".
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At the end of the day the developers need to bring money home, and there is none to be had when your software is 100% available for the others to take, and you cannot sell services on top of it.

This is the reason why most open source desktop applications suck

You make a reasonable point, Lunduke has being saying similar things on the Linux action show. I agree Open-source development is likely to be faster / better if funding is more obvious and available.

Then you blow it out of the water by saying Open-source software is crap (sorry you specify desktop) as presumably you realize that your argument would immediately fail if we considered server software. Now VLC / Mplayer being crap, I believe not, I can think of many proprietary media players that are far worse Winamp, Realplayer or even Windows media player. GIMP is good it may not be as good as Photoshop but is better than most proprietary graphics editors. Last time I used Nero it sucked, maybe it has improved but for the burning I do I don't need or want bloatware or the rest of the crap that comes with Nero.

Finally you make a reasonable point about how Libre office has made good progress due to funding from Sun - raising the point that funding is important.

Good luck with the finding of quality Windows shareware sorting through the maleware and porn, personally I pleased it's something I don't do anymore.

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Internet & Networking "After a decade-long run, Camino is no longer being developed, and we encourage all users to upgrade to a more modern browser. Camino is increasingly lagging behind the fast pace of changes on the web, and more importantly it is not receiving security updates, making it increasingly unsafe to use."
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RE[3]: i'm sad :(
by leech on Sat 1st Jun 2013 15:16 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: i'm sad :("
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I don't know what crack you're smokin', but it's pretty much only Apple that does the forced obsolescence. Sounds to me like I can even use IBrowse on my Amiga better than Panther can browse the net, and it hasn't been updated since 2006.

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Morphos The team behind MorphOS has just announced the release of MorphOS 2.3 for the PowerPC-based platforms, the Pegasos and the Efika. This new release comes with a lot of bug fixes and performance improvements, but also packs a number of new features.
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I'm keeping my PowerMac G4 dual 450Mhz around for this very reason. I hope that the future Mac PPC support for MOS extends to PowerMac G4s as well.

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Post-apocalyptic era?
by ebasconp on Sun 24th Mar 2013 22:36 UTC
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Do you remember all of these post-apocalyptic movies, where everything should be built again because of everything was destroyed?

That is exactly what is happening with Windows. They (and I actually do not know why) destroyed their best operating system ever (Windows 7) and tried to created something new from their ashes with a very retro ("retro" would be nice, "prehistorical" sounds more accurate) UI.

I do not know all of you, but in my case, I liked the times I was able to decide how to organize my screen, select the colors of my desktop and have mature user interfaces full of options and a whole of information instead of these colorful hippie times interfaces with giant icons and fonts using my whole screen.

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This project is actively developed by the WinJS developers working for Microsoft Open Technologies, in collaboration with the community of open source developers. Together we are dedicated to creating the best possible solution for HTML/JS/CSS application development.

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impressive, but currently IE only
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Have been looking at the page where you can try all components and I must admit I'm impressed. Finally a decent GUI toolkit for the web.
Only downside is that a lot of controls are IE only.

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Only downside is that a lot of controls are IE only.

I haven't tried it, but that sounds like a pretty big downside - big enough for me not to consider using it for anything.

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As far as I'm concerned if some of the UI controls are IE only then this is not "for the web" in the open sense of the word.

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If something displays in IE only open an issue about it so that it can be fixed.

Obviously they're not going to open source a framework intended to be IE only.

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I just went though the majority of the examples on the playground using Chrome on the mac and I didn't see any that didn't work. Can you tell me which ones failed for you?

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Well, it seems I was a bit too early in my judgement. The bulk of them work in Chrome, although some of them are IE only.

See this issue list for more info:

But open sourcing it, will definitely make support on other browser better.

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On-line machine scheduling has been studied extensively, but the fundamental issue of fair-
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Oswego's School of Business makes national 'best' list for 10th year

The School of Business at SUNY Oswego appears on Princeton Review’s 2014 list of the nation’s most outstanding MBA-granting business schools, the 10th consecutive year the school has achieved the designation.

Alumna Sarah Kane presenting at classroom symposiumThe private education services company features SUNY Oswego in its new book “The Best 295 Business Schools.” The national listing is alphabetical and not a hierarchical ranking, putting Oswego’s School of Business in the company of those at the SUNY system’s university centers at Albany, Binghamton and Buffalo, plus Ivy League universities and other top academic institutions around the country.

“We recommend SUNY Oswego as one of the best institutions a student could attend to earn a business school degree,” wrote Robert Franek, Princeton Review’s senior vice president and publisher. “We chose the schools we profile in this book based on our high regard for their academic programs and our reviews of institutional data we collect from schools.”

SUNY Oswego’s school, accredited by the Association to Advance of Collegiate Schools of Business, offers undergraduate degrees in accounting, business administration, finance, human resource management, marketing, operations management and information systems, and risk management and insurance.

Its profile in the new book includes survey comments about the school from students, such as “the very small classes promote learning and student-professor interaction” and “promotes a lot of hands-on work and team activities to form a strong work ethic among students.”

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Irene Scruton, director of MBA programs, said the school is proud of having achieved Princeton Review’s top-schools rating for the past decade in a highly competitive market.

“It’s a testament to our high-quality, dedicated faculty delivering content that keeps pace with the demands of today’s global employers,” Scruton said.

Among the school’s customizable master of business administration programs are health services administration, management, public accounting and a variety of five-year options that combine an MBA with such undergraduate disciplines as broadcasting, psychology and public accounting. MBA delivery options include classroom-based in Oswego and/or at the SUNY Oswego Metro Center in Syracuse, blended classroom-online programs and the well-regarded all-online MBA.

“We help each other out in our classes,” one surveyed student said. “I think the students in the graduate program really create a bond with one another.”

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PNC Field - 6:35 p.m.

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TODAY'S GAME: Fresh off their first win of the 2013 season - a 14-5 drubbing of the Buffalo Bisons on Sunday afternoon at Frontier Field - the Wings start a 7-game road trip tonight against the Scranton/WB RailRiders (Yankees) at the newly renovated PNC Field in Scranton, PA. Southpaw Andrew Albers will start for the Red Wings making his Triple-A debut after being a mid season All-Star with New Britain last year. Albers will be opposed by RHP Chris Bootcheck who will be making his Scranton/WB debut after signing with the Yankees organization in the offseason. The newly named RailRiders (formerly Yankees) are still looking for their first win of the season after being swept in a four-game series by Pawtucket at home. Last season, the Red Wings went just 6-10 against Scranton/WB despite playing all 16 games at Frontier Field.

COLABELLO HONORED : Red Wings' first baseman Chris Colabello, in his first season at Triple-A, was named the inaugural International League Player-of-the-Week in 2013 after going 9-for-15 (.600) with 2 HR, 3 RBI and 6 runs scored in four games. Currently, the 29-year-old slugger leads the IL in hits (9), on-base percentage (.667) and runs (6) while ranking T-2nd in slugging percentage (1.000) and 5th in total bases (15). Colabello wrapped up the award after going 4-for-4 Sunday with a 2-run homer in the Wings 14-5 win over Buffalo.

-In Sunday's game Colabello set a career high with 4 hits and tied his career high with 3 runs (4/17/12).

TODAY'S STARTER: The Red Wings will send LHP Andrew Albers to the hill tonight to make his Triple-A debut. Albers was supposed to start the year in the Wings bullpen but was moved into the starting rotation after fellow lefty Pedro Hernandez was recalled by Minnesota on Sunday. Although only in his 5th pro season, Albers has had an interesting pro career having already battled back from Tommy John Surgery (6/17/2009) and spent a season (2010) in independent league baseball. The 27-year-old was originally drafted by the Padres in the 10th round of the 2008 draft and was signed by the Twins on 3/11/11 out of the independent Can-Am League. He made 17 starts with New Britain (AA) last season going 4-3 with a 3.75 ERA.

-The Wings scored 5 runs in both the 1st and 2nd innings. It was the first time the Wings scored 5 or more runs in consecutive innings since 7/19/12 @ NOR when they scored 5 runs in the 5th and 6th innings

-The 7 combined home runs hit was the most in a Red Wings game since 7/21/11 vs. Durham when the Bulls hit all 7 against the Red Wings.

-The middle of the Red Wings order - Oswaldo Arcia, Chris Colabello & Clete Thomas - went a combined 10-for-13 with 2 doubles, 2 home runs, 9 RBI and 8 runs scored

-Virgil Vasquez earned the first win for the Wings this season despite yielding 4 HR... Since 2005, only 3 other Red Wings pitchers have allowed 4 HR in one game and none did in a win.

-Rochester avoided falling to 0-4 for the first time since 1978

-The Wings snapped a five-game losing streak to the Bisons dating back to last year.

NO STEALING ALLOWED: The Red Wings are one of two IL teams (NOR) without a stolen base this season. Rochester is 0-for-3 in stolen base attempts. This is the longest the Red Wings have gone into a season without a stolen base since at least 1997.

-Will win consecutive games for the first time since 8/27-8/28/12

-Will have their first victory at PNC Field in Scranton, PA since 7/10/11 after the two teams played all 16 games last year at Frontier Field

GETTING FAMILIAR: The Red Wings next 15 games will be against either the Pawtucket Red Sox or Scranton/Wilkes Barre RailRiders. The Wings will play SWB 7 times (4/8-10 @ PNC Field; 4/15-18 @ Frontier Field. Meanwhile the Wings will play PAW 8 times in the next two weeks (4/11-14 @ McCoy Stadium; 4/19-22 @ Frontier Field).

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Southern Wisconsin Fishing Report - May 3rd, 2013

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At Beaver Dam, the ice is finally gone and shore anglers have been catching crappies from dusk to dark when the weather allows, on slip floats and minnows. The ice is out at Fox Lake, too, but high winds and low temperatures have kept most anglers off of open water, and docks are not yet in. Crappies are being caught on minnows and slip bobbers. Search for remnant weedbeds in 15 feet of water.
Nehls’ Fish Tales, (920) 520-0015.

In Sheboygan, the Sheboygan River has high, dirty water. Weedens Creek remains dirty and cold (36 degrees). There has been no activity on the Pigeon River due to high, dirty water. The Sheboygan piers have seen light fishing pressure during the past few days. Anglers mainly targeted the South Pier and were using shiners and spoons for browns and rainbows, but nothing was caught. Water on the lake side of both piers is quite clear, while water in the marina has low clarity. The 14th Street ramp remains under a massive snow pile.
In Port Washington, fishing pressure is low because of high water levels in Sauk Creek and cold weather. Sauk Creek has dropped considerably during the past week and has a water temperature around 38 degrees. Water within the marina is dirty, but water on the lake side of the pier has increased in clarity. A couple of people netted for smelt at the base of the North Pier, but they did not catch any.
In Milwaukee, the McKinley, Riverfront, and South Shore boat launches are open. Fishing has slowed for boaters trolling or jigging in the harbor for browns, and fishing also has been slow for shore anglers working under the Hoan bridge at Summerfest and Jones Island. Steelhead fishing has improved in Oak Creek. The Milwaukee River remains high with low water clarity. Fishing on the Menomonee River has been slow.
In Racine, the Root River discharged a large amount of muddy water into the lake for several days, transforming the water along the lakefront into a cloudy mess. After the thunderstorms moved out, anglers were challenged by winds gusting at 20 to 25 mph, temperatures in the 30s, and snow flurries. Only a few boats were seen leaving the Pershing Park ramps. Anglers fishing the marina and boat launch area with spawn sacs reported little success. The Root River was at flood stage late last week, and although flows have dropped down, the river is still high.
In Kenosha, a few browns have been taken by boaters and shore anglers in the harbor. Crankbaits have produced the best, and browns up to 15 pounds have been reported. Fishing pressure on the Pike River has been light because of heavy rain and thunderstorms, and the water level was still near the top of the banks on some of the bends at Petrifying Springs Park. Some anglers were seen working the river around the bridges on Hwy. A with no reports of fish taken.
DNR hotline, (414) 382-7920.
Smokey’s Bait Shop, (262) 691-0360.
Dick Smith’s Bait, (262) 646 2218.

At the Sauk dam, up to half of the gates are wide open and, consequently, angling effort is negligible. After a brief rise, water temps have fallen, though it is thought that the walleye spawn is completed. With remaining snow pack and rains in the upper Wisconsin River watershed, it will be some time before conditions improve. At Lake Wisconsin, anglers are catching some walleyes, but high waters and submerged hazards such as trees and debris have made safe navigation a challenge. Inland, anglers are catching crappies and bluegills at White Mound County Park and at Fish Lake and Crystal Lake. Turkey hunters are seeing a lot of toms. It seems that big flocks have broken up, but the toms are still in bachelor groups and not yet quarrelsome. Successful hunters have noted that many birds came in silently, without any gobbles at all, making patience important.
Wilderness Fish and Game, (608) 643-2433.

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ANNUAL GALA - SAVE THE DATE!! Saturday, May 16th 6-9pm at Grace Church.  Tickets are on sale now at www.brownpapertickets.com.

HMS PINAFORE AUDITIONS - Saturday, April 25, 2015 - 11am-3pm - Visit this link for more info

HMS PINAFORE - our 2015 Summer Production is the hilarious Gilbert & Sullivan comedy, set on the high seas (except they never actually go anywhere) - July 17-August 2, 2015 at the BHS Theatre (no affiliation, we rent the stage). Auditions will be in mid-April and all parts are open. There are some children's parts (age 8 and up). Tickets will go on sale in April 2015.

AUDITION INTENSIVE WORKSHOP - Sun Feb 8 1-430pm - Ron Milton (Director), Brandon Peck (Music Director and Conductor) and Debbie Pierce (Choreographer) will take you through the steps to be sure you audition at your best with monologues, songs and dance.  Register at www.ovationmtb.com.  $89.

SINGERS' MASTER CLASS WITH LISA MANDLEKORN AND BRANDON PECK - Join two professional artists to perfect a song or aria in this special Master Class - offered twice - Winter and Spring.  Receive personalized coaching and learn by watching others - 2/28 and 6/6 - 5-9pm - $85.  Bring your song and two copies of your music.  (If you want to observe and audit this masterclass without singing, you may purchase an Audit Pass for $25.  Go to the Classes sectionof our website.

INTRODUCTION TO ACTING FOR YOUTH PERFORMERS WITH RON MILTON - Starts 2/23 and runs through 5/4/15 - 345-445pm - $169 - 4th-7th grade - younger students may be admitted with the Instructor's permission.

ADVANCED ACTING FOR THE STAGE - 8th -12th Grade - with Ron Milton - Instructor permission required.  Younger students may be admitted at instructor's discretion. Email info@ovationmtb.com.  Meets 2/23-5/4/15 5-630pm - $225.

MONOLOGUE MASTER CLASS WITH RON MILTON - Receive in depth personalized attention and learn from others in this intensive workshop designed to hone and refine a learned monologue.  Monologues are needed for most conservatory and theatre program auditions as well as plays and shows.  Don't wait til it's tomorrow!  Offered twice - winter and spring - 2/7 and 4/25 1-5pm - $65.  (Audit the class for $25).

GLEE CAMP WITH TODD HULET! - It's back!  This time for Mid-Winter break (2/16-2/20/15).  Todd is not available spring break this year so this is your chance to sing and dance away the winter blues in this fun program.  No audition required.  Four sessions covering all ages - 5 through adult.  Register at www.biparks.org.

SPRING BREAK SHAKESPEARE CAMP - The Taming of The Shrew - Join Artistic Director Ron Milton in this fun experience to learn about the Bard, this amazing work, rehearse scenes, study characters and much more.  For 12-18 year olds.  Younger and older students may be admitted with persmission of the instructor.  Register at www.biparks.org.

PETER PAN - December 5-21, 2014 - Fridays and Saturdays at 730pm, Sundays at 3pm.  All performances at Bainbridge High School Theatre (no affiliation, we rent the stage) at 9330 NE High School Road on Bainbridge Island.  Tickets are $12-$20 and are available now at www.brownpapertickets.com, Winslow Drug and by phone at 1-800-838-3006.  Perfect all-ages family holiday fun!  Sponsored in part by Harrison Medical Center, One Call for All, Bainbridge Community Foundation, Olympic Environmental and Firefly Salon.

SILVER WHITE WINTERS - Our annual holiday concert featuring our all-girl show choir ELEVATION, our adult ensemble CRESCENDO and Shani's Dance Club!  Tickets $5-$12 on sale soon.  Wing Point Country Club, 7pm on Tuesday, December 16, 2014.

COMMUNITY CAROLING - Once again, Ovation! joins forces with Bainbridge Chorale to present free community caroling - Saturday, December 20th, 2014, 4pm at Eagle Harbor Congregational Church.  Song sheets provided, donations to Helpline House appreciated (non-perishable food items or cash/check donations).

EVITA - July 18-August 3, 2014 - Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 3:00 PM at the BHS Theatre (no affiliation) at 9330 NE High School Road on Bainbridge Island, WA.  Tickets are $19-$27 and are on sale at www.brownpapertickets.com, by phone at 1-800-838-3006 and at Winslow Drug on Bainbridge Island.  For more information about the show, click here.

Acapella Camp - SOUND CELEBRATION - with Ian Kelly.  August 4-8, 2014 - programs for all ages.  Learn about harmonizing, vocal technique and much more from Ian Kelly, an internationally recognized acapella performer and educator.  Class info here.

Musical Theatre Workshop with Todd Hulet - August 11-15, 2014 - Join Special Guest Artist Todd Hulet in a fun-filled week learning and performing songs from his original works.  Class info here.

SUMMER GLEE CAMP WITH TODD HULET!  - Yes, it's true!!  We've lured him back again for one week only, August 18-22, 2014 - classes for all ages with Gala Performance on Friday, August 223nd!  Registration is open now and space is limited.  Class info here.

Crescendo Adult Choir Spring Concert - LOVE IS IN THE AIR! - Sunday, May 4th, 2014 - 4:00 PM - Rolling Ball Hall (next to Island Music Center) - Admission by donation.  All ages.

Voce' Spring Concert - YOU CAN'T STOP US! - Saturday, May 10th, 2014 - 4:00 PM at Huney Hall at Waterfront Park - Admission by donation - all-ages.

Intimate Music Series at Bloedel Reserve - Chamber Works - May 10th, 2014 (Gal, Debussy, Cumming, Milhaud, Satie, Sibbing, Schubert)

One Night in Argentina - A Fundraiser in Celebration of Ovation! Musical Theatre Bainbridge - Grace Church - 6-9pm - Saturday, May 17th, 2014 - $120.  Couple ticket - $200.  Table sponsor - $950.  Tickets are on sale now at www.brownpapertickets.com.  Enjoy a night in Argentina with dinner from Simply Bainbridge, Argentinian wines from Harbor Square Wine Shop, Sweets from Bon Bon, dancing to the Poulsbo Jazz Collective, a sneak peak at EVITA and performances by some of your favorite Ovation! singers.  Don't miss it!  For info email info@ovationmtb.com.

Intimate Music Series at St. Barnabas - Chamber Works - September 21, 2014 - 7:30 PM (Mucrzynski, Brandon, Strange, Stravinsky, Frank, Surinach)

Holiday Musical - (TBD) - December 5, 2014-December 21, 2014 - $19-$27 - at the BHS Theatre

8th Annual Community Caroling with Bainbridge Chorale - Saturday, December 20th, 4:00 PM - Eagle Harbor Congregational Church - Free - Donations to Helpline House appreciated


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Jill Dunn | February 17, 2010

The U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed amending provisions of its urine drug testing procedures, included testing for lower amounts of amphetamines and cocaine.

Some proposals will apply to collectors and medical review officers and are meant to create consistency with new requirements established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The proposal would allow DOT employers to choose between a full service laboratory and Instrumented Initial Test Facilities.

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking makes changes to some confirmatory and initial drug tests. The confirmatory drug test is a second analytical procedure performed on a different portion of the sample. An initial drug test differentiates a negative specimen from one requiring further testing for drugs.

The NPRM outlines adopting other HHS lab testing procedures, including:
• Conducting initial and confirmatory testing for ecstasy.
• Conducting initial testing for 6-Acetylmorphines, an intermediate metabolite between heroin and morphine.
• Lowering the initial test and confirmatory test cutoff concentrations for amphetamines and cocaine.

HHS has estimated there may be 10 percent more users of amphetamine and cocaine identified using the lowered cutoffs

Comments on the proposal should be submitted by April 5 and late-filed comments may be considered. Comments must include the Docket OST-2010-0026 or RIN 2105-AD95 for identification and may be submitted by the following means:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, West Building Ground Floor Room W12-140, Washington, D.C. 20590-0001.

The Federal Register notice may be read in full at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-2315.htm.

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May 9-11 -- Senate panel nixes tobacco-fee clawback.  "Senators working on a tax bill Thursday stripped a proposal that would have forced attorneys in a landmark tobacco lawsuit to give $9 billion in fees back to the states they represented."  Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., had proposed requiring plaintiff's lawyers in the tobacco affair to return to their state-government clients fees in excess of $2,500/hour or thereabouts.   "But Democrats, led by Sen. John Breaux, D-La., and joined by Republican Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Gordon Smith of Oregon, won a 12-8 vote to strike the language.  Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., said that if Congress can change the terms of the tobacco settlement, there is nothing to stop it from telling every business in America to change the way they pay their executives."  It's almost as if Sen. Kerry doesn't realize that 1) a host of federal laws already on the books, notably tax provisions, do purposely shape the way businesses compensate their executives; 2) lawyers, unlike business execs, practice under professional ethical codes which are supposed to bar them specifically from charging excessive fees; 3) lawyers who claim to represent the government (and thus the public) come under some of the most stringent ethical constraints of all. ("Senate Democrats Strike Proposal to Limit Fees for Lawyers in Tobacco Case", AP/Tampa Bay Online, May 8; Stephen Moore, "Targeting lawyers who got rich off tobacco trials", Scripps Howard/Nando Times, May 2) (& welcome Law.com readers).   (DURABLE LINK)

May 9-11 -- Update: "U.S. is sued for deaths of crossers".  "The families of 14 illegal entrants who died crossing the desert east of Yuma in May 2001 have filed a $42 million lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior." As we reported a year ago when the cases were at an earlier procedural stage, "The suit charges the government with failing to authorize the placement of water stations intended for use by unlawful visitors, though it knew smugglers of immigrants were active in the desert area." (Michael Marizco, Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), May 8).  (DURABLE LINK)

May 8 -- "No Crueler Tyrannies".  Dorothy Rabinowitz's long-awaited book on the mass-child-abuse accusation frenzy of the 1980s and 1990s is now available at this link.  It collects and extends the widely acclaimed Wall Street Journal reporting that prepared the way for the author's 2001 Pulitzer Prize (review by Carol Iannone, Commentary, May; C-SPAN "Booknotes" interview with Brian Lamb, May 4; Suzanne Fields, "A cruel tyranny at home", syndicated/TownHall, Apr. 3; other reviews at Amazon site). (DURABLE LINK)

May 8 -- More on Edwards' law-firm donations.  Washington periodical The Hill digs deeper into the curiously uniform $2,000 contributions Sen. John Edwards' presidential campaign got from so many receptionists, paralegals and other low-level staffers at plaintiff's law firms.  The $2,000 donors include many employees who had not given to candidates or even voted in the past, and others who are listed on the voting rolls as Republicans.  Many spouses and relatives of the staffers likewise contributed the maximum.  Some of the munificent staffers have recently gone through the kind of personal financial reverses -- bankruptcy filings, for example -- which would not seem to correlate in the natural order of things with having a large available checkbook for political donations.  "In many instances, all the checks from a given firm arrived on the same day -- from partners, attorneys, and other support staff."  Employees denied that their law-firm employers had signaled any willingness to reimburse the donations, which would constitute a violation of federal law.  (Sam Dealey, "Donations to Sen. Edwards questioned", The Hill, May 7). (DURABLE LINK)

May 7 -- Mississippi investigation heats up.  Per the Times of South Mississippi (Hattiesburg), the "net may be widening" in the FBI's previously reported investigation of improper ties between Mississippi judges and well-known trial lawyers (see Oct. 9-10 and 11-13, 2002).  "Sources said this week as many as 25 indictments could be issued ...While reports of the investigation have focused on the Gulf Coast, sources said the probe now includes campaign contributions from trial lawyers connected to Southwest Mississippi," renowned as the center of intense litigation against pharmaceutical companies. ("Bob Pittman, "FBI widening its investigation of campaign funding", Times of South Mississippi (Hattiesburg), May 5.  See also "Diaz's dad testifies before grand jury", Jackson Clarion Ledger, Apr. 12; Jerry Mitchell, "Judicial probe intensifying", Jackson Clarion Ledger, May 2).

"Meanwhile," the Hattiesburg paper continues, "four trial lawyers who have been active in lawsuits against prescription drug manufacturers are named as defendants in a growing number of court actions in Jefferson County. In at least four suits filed to date, trial lawyers Dennis Sweet, Shane Langston, Richard Freese and Richard Schwartz, all of Jackson, have been named as defendants in cases in which it is alleged that the four either withheld settlement money from clients or failed to pay hired 'runners' who were employed to enroll plaintiffs in cases which the lawyers filed in several different counties in Mississippi, including Jasper County." (May 5 article, cited above). See also Bob Pittman, "Judge asked to step aside in trial lawyer suit", May 1; Bob Pittman, "Suit alleges lawyer used 'fake clients'", May 1(DURABLE LINK)

May 7 -- Jury selection in Britain.  Notwithstanding the understandable outcry over a recent case in which a British judge excluded prospective jurors from a politically sensitive trial based on their religion, the general rule in the English system is for jurors to be drawn from a near-universal pool and selection to be made at random.  "English lawyers are not pestered by jury consultants: they do not exist here.  We do not have days of jury selection before a trial starts, as I have seen for myself several times in the United States, with prospective jurors questioned in depth and sometimes with aggression by lawyers anxious to explore possible prejudices.  Defense barristers in England used to have the right of seven (then whittled down to three) peremptory challenges without any need for courtroom interrogation....But Parliament abolished peremptory challenges by the defense in 1989, and although not technically abolished, 'standing by for the Crown' [the equivalent for the prosecution] now seldom occurs." For-cause challenges are rare as well.  (Fenton Bresler, "Picking juries -- or not", National Law Journal, Mar. 17, not online). (DURABLE LINK)

May 6 -- "Robber sues clerk who shot him during holdup".  Muncie, Ind.: "A convicted robber is suing the convenience store clerk who shot him as he fled after a holdup.  Willie Brown, 44, claimed the clerk acted 'maliciously and sadistically' in firing five shots as Brown ran out of Zipps Deli with money from the store's cash register."  Brown, who was struck by bullets in the back and side, pleaded guilty to robbery and was sentenced to four years in prison. His earlier convictions included one for robbery and two for burglary.  (AP/Indianapolis Star, Apr. 18).  And in Great Britain, "Government lawyers trying to keep the Norfolk farmer Tony Martin behind bars will tell a High Court judge tomorrow that burglars are members of the public who must be protected from violent householders."  (Robert Verkaik, "Government lawyers say burglars 'need protection'", The Independent (UK), May 5). Plus: in Bentonville, Ark., inmate Kenneth J. Lewis II is suing Nina Baugh for $140,000 in damages; according to affidavits, Lewis was shot by Baugh after he attempted to burglarize her family's pawn shop and another business.  Lewis was sentenced in January to 12 years' imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to commercial burglary and aggravated assault (Tracy M. Neal, "Convicted burglar sues woman who shot him during crime", Benton County Daily Record, Apr. 19).  (DURABLE LINK)

May 6 -- Year's most injudicious judges.   The National Law Journal's annual survey of misbehavior on the bench includes jurists alleged to have slept with litigants, offered to fix cases, set new records for rudeness, and run a Ponzi scheme from chambers, not to mention the jurist who is said to have referred to himself as "God".  (Gail Diane Cox, "The Injudicious: Judges who crossed the line -- or erased it", May 5).  (DURABLE LINK)

May 5 -- Friends in high places, cont'd.   A bill expanding wrongful death damages -- a top priority of the state's trial lawyer association -- is moving quickly through the GOP-controlled New York state senate; it happens that the "head of the Judiciary Committee and the sponsor of the bill is big-time trial lawyer John DeFrancisco (R-Syracuse). It's not just Democrats like Assembly Speaker (and trial lawyer) Shelly Silver who are in the lawyer lobby's pocket." ("Lawyer leeches would bleed N.Y.C." (editorial), New York Daily News, Apr. 18)(more on bill, Business Council of New York State)(see Dec. 13-15, 2002, Oct. 4, 2000).  And in Kansas, "Gov. Kathleen Sebelius used her first veto to reject a bill designed to promote rural tourism. Specifically, the bill would shield from lawsuits farmers and ranchers who, for a fee, let people watch and take part in some farm activities. ... The strongest opposition to the bill came from the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, which employed Sebelius as executive director before her election to the House in 1986." (Steve Painter, "Sebelius vetoes farmer liability shield", Wichita Eagle, Apr. 16).  While with the KTLA Sebelius "worked closely with the Legislature as a lobbyist" (bio) and then went on to attract widespread notice as her state's insurance commissioner before running for governor.  (DURABLE LINK)

May 5 -- Prospering despite reform.   Some observers thought the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 law "was aimed at putting [class action firm] Milberg Weiss -- and especially partner William Lerach, the lawyer many corporate executives love to hate -- out of business. ... Instead, according to a new study by Stanford Law School's Securities Class Action Clearinghouse and Cornerstone Research, Milberg Weiss is doing better than ever." (Tamara Loomis, "Milberg Weiss Stronger Than Ever Despite Reform Act", New York Law Journal, Apr. 24).  An analysis for the Cato Institute by Adam S. Pritchard of the University of Michigan Law School concludes that the law has, as intended, worked to raise the average quality of securities suits and weed out those with least merit. ("Should Congress Repeal Securities Class Action Reform?", Cato Policy Analysis, Feb. 27 (executive summary, full text in PDF format)). (DURABLE LINK)

May 3-4 -- "Streets Strewn With Glass, Gold".  Don't miss this profile of D.C.'s subculture of "accident investigators" who solicit participants in car crashes to file lawsuits, often bombarding their phones with evening and early-morning calls for days. "The lawyer who introduced him to the business was killed by a car while standing on an exit ramp, apparently talking with accident victims, ["personal injury specialist" Warren] Johnson says." (Libby Copeland, Washington Post, May 1).  (DURABLE LINK)

May 3-4 -- By reader acclaim: "Student sues over top title".  "A Moorestown [N.J.] High School senior, contending that the district superintendent is engineering new rules that would force her to share the title of valedictorian with another student, sued school officials yesterday.  Blair L. Hornstine, 18, who aspires to be a lawyer, asked a federal judge to prevent the school from declaring valedictorian anyone other than the student with the highest GPA."  (John Shiffman, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2; Tanya Barrientos, "Student's lawsuit shows lack of class", May 3).  Update May 13: Hornstine wins suit (DURABLE LINK)

May 1-2 -- It ain't heavy to him, he's my brother.   In September, according to the National Law Journal's "Verdicts and Settlements" column (Oct. 7, 2002, not online) a Texas jury awarded $134,000 to Jennifer Grobe, an employee of the Granite & Iron Store in Fredericksburg.  "According to Grobe, she suffered two herniated lumbar discs when she lifted one of two 100- to 125-pound granite tables that the store's owners had left in the entrance".  Why Grobe's claim went to a jury in the form of a lawsuit, rather than to the workers' comp system, is not clear from the context.

The bit in the NLJ's report that drew our attention was the following: Grobe's suit alleged that her employer was negligent "for placing the tables in the entrance and for failing to comply with store policy by not having two male employees available."  Perhaps we're missing something, but wouldn't the employer have faced likely liability exposure if it had enforced a policy of "having two male employees available" to handle heavy deliveries?  As any self-respecting sex-discrimination litigator would point out, such a policy closes off some work opportunities to women and trades on impermissible (no matter how generally accurate) stereotypes of men as wielding greater upper-body strength.  (DURABLE LINK)

May 1-2 -- Those litigious Americans.  "An ad for Dutch brewer Heineken NV depicts lawsuit-happy Americans suing each other over spilled beer...The idea is that Heineken is so good it makes Americans abandon their litigious natures." (Erin White, "National Lampoon: U.K. Ads Satirize American Demeanor", Wall Street Journal, Apr. 28, online subscribers only). (DURABLE LINK)

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