Western taxpayers should not pay all the cost of reconstructing Ukraine, when there are Russian assets that could be used. Russia broke it; Russia must pay for it.
Western governments have already poured billions of dollars, euros and pounds into military, humanitarian and financial assistance for Ukraine. They are hoping to pass the baton to the private sector for the next stage, reconstruction, but they are likely to be disappointed. Before they ask their own taxpayers to stump up again, they should put the responsibility where it belongs: on the Russian state.
The Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC23) convenes in London on June 21st. An important element of the conference is the ‘Business Compact’, described as giving “leading international businesses a platform to show their support for Ukraine’s recovery”.
Companies are invited to sign up with a view to seeking “opportunities, when the time is right, to engage in trade and investment, peer-to-peer expertise sharing, pro bono work and business activities”. Just in case the message is not clear, the website stresses “the URC23 will place emphasis on the role of the private sector – and the reforms required to drive investment – as essential components of Ukraine’s long-term recovery”.
The scale of the challenge donors and investors are being asked to face is enormous. Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have been killed, maimed or kidnapped; millions have been internally displaced. Ukraine will have to entice back, and in some cases rehouse, the 8-10 million Ukrainians who migrated abroad due to the war.
And it will have the long-term responsibility of looking after perhaps as many as 1 million demobilised troops. The veterans will be hailed as war heroes, but praise will not solve the complex physical and psychological needs that many will have, or find jobs for the rest. Nor will it pay their pensions. The experience of Croatia after the wars of Yugoslav succession was that the heavy weight of war pensions took decades to resolve – entitlements were generous and imposed a fiscal drag on the economy for many years.
The economic cost of the war in terms of lost output and productive potential, and destroyed assets, may already run into the hundreds of billions of dollars – perhaps as much as a trillion – and continues to rise with every attack on a new target in Ukraine. Even if one takes the World Bank’s conservative estimate of March 2023 that the cost of reconstruction and recovery would be $411 billion, that would still be more than twice Ukraine’s pre-war GDP of about $200 billion.
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam will add even more to the bill. That has resulted in many towns and villages being flooded, infrastructure, such as water treatment plants, being damaged or destroyed, and agriculture in one of Ukraine’s most fertile areas being disrupted for years to come. Assuming that reconstruction might take ten years, that would mean spending over $40 billion per year.
Ukraine would be unable to manage that on its own: it suffered a near 30 per cent loss in real GDP in 2022. Unlike the end of the Cold War, however, when Western governments were able to offer significant help to countries emerging from communism, this time the West’s economic position is significantly different. Then, the West had the benefit of the peace dividend that came from the collapse of first the Warsaw Pact and then the Soviet Union itself. This time the West faces headwinds from an aggressive Russia and an increasingly challenging China.
In the early 1990s, with the US emerging as the world’s single remaining superpower, Europe looked secure (the wars in former Yugoslavia, though awful, never threatened the comfort of most other European countries). Now, by contrast, there are doubts in Europe about the staying power of the Western alliance: the Biden administration has done more than any other Western government to support Ukraine, but its National Security Strategy makes clear that it sees China as a higher priority; and there is obvious concern about what a win for Trump (or another isolationist Republican) in the US presidential elections in 2024 would mean for NATO, given Trump’s disdain for the alliance in his first term in office.
In the face of these challenges, the message from Western governments ahead of the London conference seems to be that Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction is a top priority – but the heavy lifting in terms of funding it will have to be done by the private sector. It is true that Western governments have already spent a lot on Ukraine – more than €150 billion euros in the first year of the war, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy’s Ukraine Support Tracker.
In an age of populism, perhaps they doubt that there is popular backing to commit to spending another $40 billion a year on Ukraine over the next decade – even though it would amount to about 0.1 per cent of combined Western GDP of over $40 trillion, or about a 0.05 percentage point increase in the basic tax rate.
If Western governments fear that their taxpayers will reject the idea of spending even that much, however, it is unrealistic for them to assume that the private sector will just stump up the full amount for Ukraine’s reconstruction, and certainly not in the early years that will be most critical to success. There are several reasons for this: first, depending on how the war ends, it will be hard to persuade investors that Russia will not be back for another go in a few years.
After its annexation of Crimea and intervention in the Donbas in 2014, ‘peace’ (of a sort) was re-established by the Minsk agreements, brokered by France and Germany in 2014 and 2015. Putin, however, wanted more. Perhaps investors would see Ukraine as a safer place to invest if it were a NATO member, or had “solid security guarantees”, as Emmanuel Macron suggested recently.
Second, it will take time for investors to be convinced that Ukraine’s investment climate has changed from the pre-war norm, when it was blighted by corruption and poor governance. It will be hard enough to persuade investors to overcome their fear of another Russian invasion, but their worries could to some extent be mitigated by offering insurance backed by national export credit agencies or the EU – if those bodies are willing to accept the potential cost. Investor concerns over the rule of law will be even harder to deal with. In
Transparency International’s 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index, Ukraine was 116th out of 180 countries – worse than any other country aspiring to EU membership. With that track record, perhaps the private sector might invest a few billion dollars or euros, but to attract significantly more Ukraine will have to show real improvements over a sustained period. Then it might see incremental increases in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows as confidence grows.
Ukraine has a vocal group of anti-corruption civil society organisations on its side, as well as an increasingly well-developed set of state and law-enforcement institutions for fighting corruption. And, thanks to the war, Ukrainian citizens are less tolerant of corruption and the old ways of kleptocracy and oligarchy.
Third, even if there was no risk of fighting, and corruption miraculously vanished, the amount of investment Ukraine needs is far beyond what other EU aspirants with better starting conditions, have been able to attract from the private sector.
It would help if at the end of this year the EU could say that Ukraine had met the seven criteria for moving to the next stage in its candidacy, agree to open accession negotiations and give Ukraine a credible accession timeline – ideally, with a realistic target date of accession in, say, a decade, subject to meeting further benchmarks.
But the prospect of membership on its own would not be a panacea: in the case of Turkey, even when optimism about the likelihood of accession was at its peak in 2007-2008, its record inflow of FDI was $28 billion – which has sagged to $5-6 billion per year as the prospect of EU membership has receded.
Even for EU accession ‘stars’ in the run-up to accession in 2004, such as Poland and Hungary, FDI gross inflows have totalled only 2-3 per cent of GDP per year over the past 20 years, which would be the equivalent of $3-4 billion a year for Ukraine based on its current, reduced GDP. Before the war, Ukraine was only attracting 0.5-1 per cent of GDP in annual FDI flows, and most of that was Ukrainian money returning from Cyprus and other offshore financial centres.
But if neither Western taxpayers (Plan A) nor the private sector (Plan B) are willing to provide enough money in time to meet the strategic imperative of making Ukraine economically strong quickly, then without a Plan C Ukraine’s reconstruction is at risk of failing. One version of Plan C would involve turning to major investors outside the West; but China and the Gulf states have thus far had a limited and chequered track record of investments into Ukraine, and their friendship with Russia would likely make Ukraine nervous of becoming too reliant on financing from these sources.
Another version would throw more responsibility onto the international financial institutions – the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, with more shareholders than just the countries of the West. The West would still end up paying the lion’s share of the costs, but they would be spread more widely. But precisely because many of their shareholders are non-Western, these institutions may not be so invested in Ukraine’s success. Their priorities and interests may not align with those of Kyiv and its partners, for whom Ukraine’s reconstruction is a national security issue.
Fortunately, another Plan C is available: the West should make it possible for Ukraine to use frozen Russian assets which are now held in Western jurisdictions – $330 billion in Russian central bank assets and perhaps (who knows?) $70-100 billion more in yachts, villas and the bank accounts of oligarchs and sanctioned Russian companies. The CER has previously written about the ways in which this could be done, and some of the obstacles.
From a moral perspective, Russia should clearly be held accountable for its own actions: why should Ukraine or Western taxpayers pay for the human and physical damage caused by Putin’s genocidal war? Russia is not a poor country. Before the war its per capita GDP was more than two and a half times that of Ukraine, it has $600 billion in sovereign assets (including those frozen in the West), a low debt ratio (less than 20 per cent of GDP, so it could easily borrow to fund reparations to Ukraine if it were forced to do so as part of a peace deal – at which point it would probably be allowed back onto international capital markets) and $250 billion in annual energy export earnings.
Some European countries are uncomfortable about the legality of confiscating assets, as opposed to freezing them, however. Germany (with an eye to the history of the Third Reich) is wary of taking the assets of Russian oligarchs or businesses when they have not been found guilty of any crime by a court, though the finance minister, Christian Lindner, has been more open to taking Russian central bank assets.
Others are more worried about the precedent set by confiscating central bank assets – traditionally regarded as sovereign assets and immune from seizure. In November 2022 the European Commission presented EU member-states with options for using these assets to help Ukraine, though little progress seems to have been made in deciding what to do. A report suggesting that the idea of confiscating central bank assets has been dropped was premature, however: the Commission still seems to be looking for ways around the problems, and a feasibility study is underway.
It is important that the West lives up to its own standards when it comes to respecting the rule of law, including international law. If outright confiscation is rejected on legal grounds, there might be more creative ways to use Russian state assets to Ukraine’s benefit. For example, Ukraine could issue ‘Restitution Bonds’ to the value of the frozen assets.
Western governments could then use frozen Russian central bank assets to buy these, so Russia would still own an asset with an equivalent value, as though it had invested in US Treasuries. It would be politically difficult for Ukraine to accept that Russia would benefit financially from the arrangement, but any interest payments could be held in escrow until reconstruction was completed or, indeed, paid to Ukraine as a contribution to the reconstruction process.
And whether Ukraine opted to pay back or restructure the debt could depend on future peace talks and negotiations with Russia over reparations – not that these would be easy to extract from Moscow, even if Russia forces were defeated and driven out of Ukrainian territory. But Ukraine would get the cash now for rebuilding and defending itself. Disbursement could be done incrementally, and managed by a new reconstruction institution for Ukraine.
To ensure good governance, the institution could be set up with joint G7/Ukrainian ownership for perhaps ten years, before being transferred fully to Ukraine, while retaining an international governing body and executive. It would plan the recovery, co-ordinate finance, and borrow and invest to deliver Ukraine’s reconstruction on a sustainable basis.
The issue of using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s reconstruction should be on the agenda for URC23 – it is a more realistic approach to funding Ukraine’s reconstruction than praying for the private sector to spare Western governments’ blushes.
The governments and international institutions that could make it happen will be there, and there have been encouraging signs from both Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently that they still want to ensure that Russia pays for what it has done, even if they are vague about how. A bipartisan US congressional effort to draft legislation enabling the administration to confiscate Russian assets and use them for reconstruction in Ukraine may add to the momentum.
Western governments have a big stake in what happens next in Ukraine. Ukraine’s victory and recovery are the most important strategic and development project the West has faced since the fall of communism in Europe in 1989-1991. Ukraine is fighting in defence of Western values and protecting Europe from further Russian aggression and expansion. If Russia wins then the rest of Europe’s security is at risk. Given a chance, Putin will not stop in Ukraine – he and former president Dmitri Medvedev have hinted in the past that Russia’s ambitions may stretch to other parts of its former empire, from the Baltic states to northern Kazakhstan.
But even if Ukraine succeeds in stopping Russia’s advance and pushes its troops back into Russia, the threat to Ukraine and the West will remain. Ukraine will need help to be economically strong enough to sustain its own defence – protecting its Western neighbours in the process. The project of enabling Ukraine to win the war and the peace is a strategic priority and a public good for the West. Failure to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction would mean economic, social and political instability in a country with Europe’s largest army; the prospect of millions more Ukrainian migrants in Europe; and the need for Western governments to increase defence spending massively in the face of a newly confident and even more aggressive Russia. The West has no choice but to rebuild Ukraine, however it funds the work. But if Putin has to pay for it, so much the better.
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Brooke Fraser is a New Zealand singer and songwriter best known for her hit single “Something in the Water”, released in 2010. Fraser released two studio albums What to Do with Daylight (2003) and Albertine (2006) through Columbia Records before signing a recording contract with Wood + Bone. Her third studio album, Flags, was released in 2010 and is her most successful album to date. Her most recent album, Brutal Romantic, was released in November 2014 through Vagrant Records.
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Fraser is the eldest of three children born to former All Black Bernie Fraser, who was born in Lautoka, Fiji, and his wife Lynda. Her father is of Fijian, Portuguese, Scottish descent. She has two brothers: Matthew, who lives in Wellington, and Shea, who lives in Dunedin. Fraser grew up in Naenae, Lower Hutt and attended Dyer Street School, Naenae Intermediate School and Naenae College.
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After the success of her first album, Fraser moved to Sydney in 2004. On 17 March 2008, she married Scott Ligertwood, in Sydney. “Brooke Fraser” has remained her stage name for her solo career.
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In 2016, she released “Therapy”, off her compilation album, A Sides, which was released 25 November 2016. This was followed by the release of a second compilation album, B Sides, on 16 November 2018.
After the release of Flags, Fraser signed a recording contract with Vagrant Records and started recording her fourth studio album. On 13 August 2014, Fraser released a “taster track” titled “Psychosocial” on SoundCloud. The song marked a radical shift in musical direction for Fraser, as she moves from more acoustic and singer-songwriter based tunes to more electronic sounds. Her new single “Kings and Queens” went to radio on 22 September 2014, and was available for digital download on 26 September 2014. On 1 October she announced her fourth studio album Brutal Romantic would follow in November. The album was released in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia on 14 November 2014 and in North America on 17 November 2014. The album was produced by Fraser and David Kosten, except the track “Magical Machine” which was produced by Fraser, Kosten and Dan Wilson. In September 2015, Fraser performed a song titled “Team, Ball, Player, Thing” as a part of a charity supergroup #KiwisCureBatten. It was an official supporters’ song of the All Blacks in the 2015 Rugby World Cup. It was also in aid of research into Batten disease via the New Zealand charity Cure Kids. It was released as a single on 11 September 2015. The day after it was released, the single debuted at No. 6 on the New Zealand Top 40 chart.
Flags was recorded at East West Studios in Hollywood in the summer of 2010 and released on 12 October 2010, in New Zealand, Australia and North America. Fraser celebrated with sold-out tours in all territories. Flags reached the No. 1 on the New Zealand album chart, No. 3 in Australia. and entered at No. 59 on the Billboard 200 in the US, Flags has been certified Gold in Australia and 3x Platinum in New Zealand, where it was also the 6th highest selling album of 2010. The first single, Something in the Water, has achieved extensive radio success across the globe, notably receiving BBC Radio 2 A-list rotation in the top 10 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Finland and Belgium and is a gold single in Germany and Italy. The single achieved double platinum sales in NZ where it spent 21 weeks in the 2010 singles chart. Flags was released in July 2011 in Europe and debuted in the album charts at No. 6 in Germany, No. 33 in Austria and No. 24 in Switzerland. One month on from release, Flags remained in the German top twenty at No. 13 and Something in the Water on the singles charts at No. 8. Flags was released in October 2011 in Hungary, reaching No. 15 on the national album chart by second week of release. Flags was later released in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland on 7 November 2011.
In its review of Flags, Glide Magazine said: “Brooke Fraser’s third release, Flags, is a wonder. From the stunning lyrical imagery throughout to the impressive guest vocalists who join her (Cary Brothers, Jon Foreman and Aqualung among them), from Fraser’s ethereal and breathy performances to the wide-ranging soundscapes, this record is drenched in beauty and stands as one of the more remarkable achievements of 2010.”
In late 2010 whilst on tour in the US promoting her third album Flags, Fraser, in conjunction with charity: water ran a birthday campaign asking her fans to donate $27 in honour of her 27th birthday. The goal was to raise $50,000 to build clean water wells in Ethiopia. Joining the likes of Justin Bieber, Will Smith and Adam Lambert
Albertine was also Fraser’s US debut, released on 27 May 2008. It entered the Billboard 200 at No. 90 on 19 July 2008. The album was propelled by online sales after being chosen as Editor’s Choice on iTunes. In 2008 Fraser undertook a major world tour culminating the Montreal Jazz Festival and the Sheppard’s Bush Empire in London, UK. Albertine (the single) won the prestigious APRA Silver Scroll for Song of the Year in 2007.
After the success of her first album, Fraser moved to Sydney in 2004. On 17 March 2008 she married Scott Ligertwood, in Sydney. “Brooke Fraser” has remained her stage name for her solo career. In March 2015, Fraser announced she was pregnant with their first child. A daughter was born on 18 September 2015. Fraser currently lives in Los Angeles, where she is occasionally on the Sunday worship team at the Hillsong Church Los Angeles campus. Another daughter was born on 10 July 2017.
For this album, Fraser decided to enlist a new band of American session musicians who’d worked with an array of notable artists, both live and recorded. In 2006, Fraser and the band went into the studio in Los Angeles to record the album with producer Marshall Altman. The first single Deciphering Me reached No. 4 in the New Zealand single charts in 2006.
On 4 December 2006, the album, Albertine, was released in New Zealand, achieving double platinum status less than a month after its release. The album was released in Australia and internationally on 31 March 2007. In Australia, it charted at No. 29 in its first week on 9 April and has achieved Gold sales status.
Fraser became a member of the Australian Christian music group Hillsong Worship from 2005 through 2010, and rejoining the group in 2016 since she was the songwriter and lead vocalist for the Grammy winning song “What a Beautiful Name” which was credited under her married name Brooke Ligertwood. Other well-known songs written by Fraser include “Who You Say I Am” and “Awake My Soul”.
In 2005, prior to writing and preparing her follow-up album, Fraser took a trip to Rwanda before visiting her World Vision sponsor children in Tanzania. Fraser wrote the song Albertine about a young genocide victim (named Albertine), whom she met while in Rwanda. This song became her second album’s title track.
Already part of Hillsong Church since 2005, Fraser joined the Australia church’s worship band—Hillsong Worship— where she participates under her married name: Brooke Ligertwood. The first album she was included on was 2006’s Mighty to Save when she co-wrote “None But Jesus” from 2006’s United We Stand. Her last live album with the band was 2010’s A Beautiful Exchange, after which Fraser left Hillsong Worship. The 2016 live album Let There Be Light marked Fraser’s return and her first live recording with Hillsong Worship since her departure in 2010. She co-wrote and sang lead vocals on the song “What a Beautiful Name” for the 2016 live album. At the 2018 Grammy Awards, the group won the Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song award for “What a Beautiful Name”. Billboard ranked the song as the top Christian Song of 2017 and third of the 2010s decade.
Fraser’s first album, What to Do with Daylight, was released in New Zealand in late 2003, debuting at No. 1 and achieved gold status in the same week. The album eventually went seven times platinum, selling over 105,000 copies in New Zealand alone. It remained on the album charts for sixty-six weeks. All five singles from the album reached the top twenty in the New Zealand Singles Chart. Her album also topped the New Zealand Top 50 Albums for all of 2004. The album also achieved gold status in Australia.
She began writing for the Soul Purpose magazine at age fifteen, and was later made editor in 2002. She gave up her job as editor shortly after moving to Auckland in late 2002 in order to pursue her music career.
In 2002, at the age of 18, Fraser signed a multi album deal with Sony Music, after a fierce bidding war between labels.
Fraser has worked with World Vision as an Artist Associate since 2001. She has visited Cambodia and Tanzania with World Vision, the Philippines with Opportunity International and independently travelled to Rwanda in June 2005, in June 2006 as part of charity event “Hope Rwanda”, and in May 2007 when she filmed the music video for the song “Albertine” off her second studio album of the same name. Fraser was one of many New Zealand performers to work alongside New Zealand comedy band Flight of the Conchords in their 2012 New Zealand Red Nose Day charity song “Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)”.
Brooke Gabrielle Ligertwood (née Fraser, born 15 December 1983) better known by her stage name Brooke Fraser, is a New Zealand singer and songwriter best known for her hit single “Something in the Water”, released in 2010. Fraser released two studio albums What to Do with Daylight (2003) and Albertine (2006) through Columbia Records before signing a recording contract with Wood + Bone. Her third studio album, Flags was released in 2010 and it is her most successful album to date. Her most recent album, Brutal Romantic, was released in November 2014 through Vagrant Records.


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Second Street Players opens its 2013 season with the hilarious and touching “Steel Magnolias” on Friday, Jan. 25 at the Riverfront Theatre, 2 S. Walnut Street in downtown Milford, DE. The play runs for two weekends with performances on Jan. 25 – 27 and Feb. 1 – 3. The Friday and Saturday shows begin at 8 pm and the Sunday matinees begin at 3 pm. Tickets are $17 and may be reserved online at secondstreetplayers.com or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006.
Robert Harling’s 1987 off-Broadway sensation and subsequent smash film, “Steel Magnolias” illustrates how the lives of six distinctly different women weather the storms of their lives through the small town gossip they share at Truvy’s hair salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana. The ladies face every event in their lives – whether joyful or heartbreaking – with grace, strength, plenty of humor and always perfectly done hair.
Director Ben Lonski, who recently directed Second Street’s fall production of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” has a cast of true theatre veterans playing the six southern gals. Linda Killion of Lewes plays Truvy, Kristen Boehmer (Dover) plays M’Lynn, Tara Megee (Georgetown) plays Shelby, Debra Passwaters (Milford) plays Annelle, Deanna Duby (Milton) plays Ouiser, and Tommye Staley (Lincoln) plays the wise-cracking Clairee who quips, “If you can’t find anything good to say about anybody, come sit by me.” Ben himself has directed 4 Second Street Players productions and has been involved with over 20 shows including the positions of Assistant Director,Stage Manager and cast member.
“I have always enjoyed the story, I was one of the ones that sat there in the theatre and cried,” commented Director Lonski. “I really like how it demonstrates the unlikely friendships that all of us encounter in life and how many times they become the most important. My cast has come to the table with a lot of experience and made this performance so much fun to be a part of.”
Truvy Jones, owner of the home-based beauty salon where the entire story takes place, will be played by Linda Killion of Lewes. Although Linda is a veteran of the stage, performing with Possum Point Theatre in Georgetown and the Milton Theatre Group, this will be Linda’s first production with Second Street players. She enjoys playing the character of Truvy and finds that she can identify with her role.
“Truvy is a fun character and we are a lot alike,” commented Linda. “She loves trying to keep the peace, be upbeat and be a good friend. The thing that is fun and difficult about her is how she goes from being sympathetic about something sad to immediately bringing the conversation back to being fun.”
M’Lynn Eatenton, a good friend of Truvy’s, will be played by Kristen Boehmer of Dover. This will be Kristen’s second performance with the Second Street Players, as she performed last year in Run For Your Wife. She has been performing since 1992 will Delaware groups including Kent County Theatre Guild and at the Smyrna Opera House. Kristen finds M’Lynn’s strength to be her most appealing characteristic.
“M’Lynn is so strong, she seems to come from a good family and so in control of her life,” commented Kristen. “Although there is no leading lady, you can feel how her strong independence is portrayed onto the group.”
Director Lonski guarantees that the characters will delight audiences as they laugh, cry, and teach us all a thing or two about life and how to live it. “Steel Magnolias” is presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. The production is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowments of the Arts.


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BROOKLYN, N.Y. - A plan to expand bike lanes in Bay Ridge led to some heated words at a community board meeting Thursday night.
Some attendees expressed their opposition to the idea, with some suggesting that cyclists routinely break traffic laws.
Cyclists are asking for more protected bike lanes in the Brooklyn neighborhood.
But some residents can't see where the lanes will fit on roadways like Third Avenue, which are already packed with traffic, delivery trucks and double parkers.
"When bicyclists get into the bike lanes they feel like they own the street, they don't abide by any of the traffic laws, they go through red lights they go through stop signs," said one resident.
"I think the bike travel can be safer and on the whole it makes the community traveling experience safer," said another resident.
Transportation officials want to create a bike network in Bay Ridge with five cycling routes running east to west and four going north to south.
The full community board will have to make its recommendation to the city before any plan becomes final.


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Consumer confidence has fallen for the third consecutive week, new data shows.
According to the ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Index, consumer confidence declined 0.7 per cent last week to 109.6.
Confidence has fallen around five per cent over the past three weeks and is below its long-run average, sitting around levels seen 18 months ago.
Most areas of consumer confidence fell or were unchanged last week except for the area concerning consumers' 'financial situation compared to a year ago’, which rose very modestly.
The decline in the ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Index over the past three weeks coincides with announcements of staff terminations by Toyota and Qantas, as well as international woes in eastern Europe between Ukraine and Russia.
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About Kitchen No. 324
Kitchen No. 324 is a seasonally inspired Café, Craft Bakery and Coffee Curator serving American Rustic Cuisine.
No. 324 is the downtown address for fresh. Everything we serve is hand crafted each day starting at 4am. We proudly use local, organic and sustainably farmed products when possible. Inspired by kitchens from all across America, we hope to bring warm and inviting food, using classic preparation techniques and exciting new flavors and ingredients.
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7am to 9pm, 7 days a week.
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Kitchen No. 324 Ratings and Reviews
Great birthday brunch! Quick service, ni ...
Great birthday brunch! Quick service, nice waiter. Busy busy at breakfast time. Reservations recommended if you don't want to wait. Tables are pretty close together. Food was yummy. Would go back and try something else yummy on their menu!! We will be back one day!!
We had to wait for about 20 minutes for ...
We had to wait for about 20 minutes for our reservation time. After about 15 minutes, a chef gave us some homemade chips and water with an apology. After our dinner, they had wanted to give us a free dessert, but instead took off the price of a salad. Very accommodating.
After reading reviews online on Trip Adv ...
After reading reviews online on Trip Advisior, which is normally a good indicator for me, I was disappointed with the food quality. I found the menu items to be very original and creative - which is why I made reservations - but the chicken in my pot pie was tough and dry. Great presentation with the fried leg "stuck" into the pie and the crust was nice, the sauce had a good flavor but the chicken cubes tasted like they had been frozen for a long time. I didn't finish my plate. Perhaps breakfast and or brunch would be a better option at this place but sadly I would not recommend dinner.
I was disappointed with the place, overa ...
I was disappointed with the place, overall. I've been twice now and on both occasions I have felt like the menu was a little vague-- Our most recent trip saw us order a chicken pot pie only to find it placed with an entire chicken leg protruding from the dish, the presentation was off-putting. I wanted to ask for more information or recommendations but our waiter was new and rather than seek a better resource for answers, it felt like he simply read the same menu and tried to use that as his take on the various options. Likely won't return but because the food is seasonal, you might catch a better time to try it.
Hello and thanks to the manager(s) and s ...
Hello and thanks to the manager(s) and staff at Kitchen No. 324, my family enjoyed a lovely birthday brunch for my mother-in-law. We all agreed the potatoes were fantastic! The server we had was new and not yet experienced with the menu; however the manager came and offered suggestions and pairings to our table. That was very much appreciated!
My wife and I visited on a Sunday aftern ...
My wife and I visited on a Sunday afternoon, after brunch was over. The wait staff was attentive and friendly. The bread with herb butter was very good. My wife ordered the poached pear salad and I had the fried chicken pot pie. The salad was good, maybe a touch too much dressing, pot pie was overlooked, almost burnt. The chicken was dry and it seemed that half the gravy boiled over in the oven. When I asked if this was normal, I was told it was.
Maybe it's my own fault coming late in a Sunday after brunch; In my experience it feels like the B team is in the kitchen at this time at most restaurants. I would try Kitchen 324 again, but come at a different time.
Food was so fresh and yummy. Service fan ...
Food was so fresh and yummy. Service fantastic. Menu prices reasonable. Bakery prices a little high3 bakery items for 17$. Friend did not care for the taste of coffee and at $4.00-she said it was bitter and bad aftertaste.
I will be back- definitely a good experience!!
This place is totally a fun place to go. ...
This place is totally a fun place to go.....food is creatively prepared and exquisitely presented....servers are knowledgeable and professional......ambiance is that of light and hope.....flower arrangements are spectacular! Totally recommend this place with no reservations!
Overall our experience was very good. W ...
Overall our experience was very good. We split an entrée and the farmers market? The beet salad was really good, the roasted root vegetables were undercooked and under seasoned and we should have sent them back. Kale salad was very good. We would recommend and would return.
Fantastic date night out for my hubby's ...
Fantastic date night out for my hubby's birthday! We were met with smiles at the hostess station and I believe the manager took us to our table. He was incredibly friendly and personable. Samuel was the most kind, knowledgable, and attentive server I've ever had! I loved the coffee we had with dessert and he went so far as to write down the coffee brewery it came from and the exact roast that it was! He also gave great menu suggestions. We went to Kitchen 324 to try their chicken pot pie and it did not disappoint! Scrumptious! The restaurant had such a lovely atmosphere and was a perfect combination of modern, industrial, and 30's era charm! As we were leaving, the same man that seated us thanked us for coming and shook our hands. So professional! We will be back!
great place for brunch or lunch. Sun-fi ...
great place for brunch or lunch. Sun-filled, light, and airy atmosphere. Salads (chicken and "kitchen" [steak]) were generous with very flavorful dressings. Kitchen salad comes "deconstructed" -- an interesting and attractive presentation -- but needs to be served on a much larger plate so one can cut it up and mix the constituents to "reconstruct" it. Server (Victoria) was excellent.
Our first visit was on a whim. We left o ...
Our first visit was on a whim. We left our child with a relative so we could get some paint our house and we decided to have a date night since it was just us two. Found this place through Google when I was searching for restaurants in the Paseo District. Had some good reviews so we gave it a shot. Server was awesome. Very friendly and knowledgeable. We made a reservation for 7 on a saturday but we could've walked in and been seated. My wife is a vegetarian and they have a lot of vegetarian options. She had the cauliflower steak. It was really good. I had the adult grilled cheese with russett and sweet potato fries. Delicious. It's cheddar and jack cheese on sourdough with pressed apple poblano sauce. The sweetness of the apple really gives it a nice flavor. We had the coconut cream pie for dessert. WOW, amazing. I also ordered a piece of the layered chocolate cake that was really good too. They have a bakery on site that makes some pretty tasty looking pastries. They also have a nice selection of coffees to choose from. We don't get a lot of date nights with just the 2 of us we went all in and ate more than we normally do. Totally worth it.
We enjoyed our dining experience. The fo ...
We enjoyed our dining experience. The food was delicious although the chicken, corn chowder was a bit salty for my taste. We were seated along the window toward the patio, not in the middle of others, and could still hold a conversation easily. I will return again and have dessert!
Had two great dining experiences at Kitc ...
Had two great dining experiences at Kitchen 324 in Oklahoma City. We ate there for dinner one night and then for breakfast the day we departed. Both experiences were excellent. The wait staff was attentive and the food was wonderful.
This is a great casual restaurant with g ...
This is a great casual restaurant with great food. Since it was my birthday, I got my choice of a free dessert! My husband liked the food and service, too. While we enjoyed the casual nature of the restaurant, we didn't really like the seating arrangement. The table for two was too small for a wine bottle, food, and anything else. And everyone is so close together, there's not much privacy.
Great spot downtown - service exceptiona ...
Great spot downtown - service exceptional - food never disappoints - highly recommend the short rib dinner - nice selection of wine - Coconut Cream Pie to die for - Apple Strudel Pudding was exceptional. Not withstanding my earlier comment my daughter was somewhat disappointed in petite Filet!
Parking was available within short walki ...
Parking was available within short walking distance | Appointment was honored immediately | Staff was friendly and inviting | Service was on-point | Food was choices were plentiful and curated | Food came out fast (important for weekday lunches) | Portions were appropriate
We have been to Kitchen 324 on multiple ...
We have been to Kitchen 324 on multiple occasions and have always found the food to be very good. One thing that we love about the restaurant is the atmosphere and style. It is clean, modern and creates an expectation that you are going to have a great experience. Service has always been very solid. Would definitely recommend to anyone.
We are a group of "seniors" celebrating ...
We are a group of "seniors" celebrating an 80th birthday. We think every restaurant is "a little loud" but we thoroughly enjoyed the food and the décor. The service was excellent (Stacy). We were able to park across the street so even that was easy. I will go again. The wine list isn't extensive but we enjoyed our Malbec.
I had the dinner special (mahi-mahi) and ...
I had the dinner special (mahi-mahi) and it was excellent. I was going to have the sauvignon blanc, but Lara (my friendly, attentive server) recommended the Spanish white--a very good choice. Be aware that the tables are very close together, so if you want to have a private conversation with your dining companion, this is not the place to do so. I was dining solo, so the closeness of the tables was not a problem for me. In fact, such seating encourages conversation among diners--as evidenced by the fact that the couple sitting next to me and I started talking and had an interesting conversation. Finally, although Open Table does send out email reminders of one's reservation twice (once when the reservation is made and again on the day of the reservation), be aware that Kitchen 324 also calls to confirm the reservation. I think that more than one reminder is overkill and a bit annoying. However, perhaps restaurants in Oklahoma City have a problem with no-shows.
This might have been one of the best exp ...
This might have been one of the best experiences I've had in a while. The food was incredible. We did not have reservations so they offered us to sit at the bar. We kind of hesitated but took the seats anyway. It turned out to be fantastic! Our bartender (I wish i would have gotten her name) was really great! She was attentive but not overbearing, and made us the best drinks I think I've ever had. We talked about flying to Boulder just to go back to The Kitchen!
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William Foxwell Albright, the son of missionary parents, eagerly pursued his college education as a young man of faith. Finally, he received the coveted Ph.D.—but at a significant cost. His faith had been destroyed by the 19th-century German school of higher criticism. The leading exponents of this school of higher criticism, Julius Wellhausen and Franz Delitzsch, were out to prove that the Old Testament history of the Bible was mere fiction. Why?
The reliability of the Gospels has long been questioned because of pseudo-scholarship. Were the Gospel writers plagiarists? Did the synoptic Gospel (Matthew, Mark & Luke) writers merely copy from one another? Is there a document called Q? Was the Gospel of Mark written first? Are the Gospels authentic and reliable?
It was in the latter half of the nineteenth century that higher criticism began to be taken seriously. These critics rejected Moses as the writer of the Pentateuch, arguing instead that the accounts in Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy were based on four other sources [writers] written between the 10th and the 6th centuries B.C.E. To differentiate these sources one from the other, they are simply known as the “J,” “E,” “D,” and “P” sources.

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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DISMISSING SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT WITH LEAVE TO AMEND
For the reasons discussed below, the Second Amended Complaint is dismissed with leave to amend. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B), 1915A(b)(1); 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(c).
Plaintiff, a state prisoner and former pretrial detainee at the West Valley Detention Center who has been granted leave to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee, filed a form pro se civil rights Complaint on April 7, 2009. The original Complaint challenged the conditions of confinement at the West Valley Detention Center. On July 31, 2009, the Court issued a Memorandum and Order dismissing the Complaint with leave to amend. On August 24, 2009, Plaintiff filed a First Amended Complaint. Like the original Complaint, the First Amended Complaint challenged Plaintiff's conditions of confinement while a pretrial detainee at the West Valley Detention Center.
On February 2, 2010, the Court issued a Memorandum and Order dismissing the First Amended Complaint with leave to amend. The Court advised Plaintiff that he would be given one last opportunity to file a complaint complying with Rule 8 and addressing the deficiencies previously identified. On February 10, 2010, Plaintiff filed a Second Amended Complaint ("SAC").
SUMMARY OF ALLEGATIONS OF SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT
The Second Amended Complaint names as the sole Defendant the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Health Services (the "DHS"), and purports to sue the DHS in both individual and official capacities (SAC, p. 3). The Second Amended Complaint attempts to assert two claims for relief. Plaintiff asserts that the DHS retaliated against Plaintiff for complaining of injuries Plaintiff received on or about October 28, 2008. Plaintiff also asserts that the DHS denied Plaintiff adequate medical care and was deliberately indifferent to Plaintiff's medical needs (SAC, p. 5, parts 1 and 2). Plaintiff appears to allege that his left arm was injured on October 28, 2008, but that the DHS denied Plaintiff x-rays until on or about January 29, 2009 (by which time, according to Plaintiff, the alleged injury had healed) (SAC, p. 5, parts 1 and 2).
Since Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding on a civil rights complaint naming a governmental defendant and addressing conditions in a correctional facility, the Court must screen the Complaint and dismiss any claims that fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A ("prisoner" complaints against government defendants by detained persons accused of crimes); 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(c) (complaints regarding "prison" conditions by a prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility); see also Barren v. Harrington, 152 F.3d 1193, 1194 (9th Cir. 1998) ("The statutory authority is clear: 'the court shall dismiss the case at any time if the court determines that . . . the action or appeal . . . fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted.'") (emphasis in original, citing 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii)), cert. denied, 525 U.S. 1154 (1999).
When a plaintiff appears pro se, the court construes the pleadings liberally to afford the plaintiff the benefit of any doubt. Karim-Panahi v. Los Angeles Police Dept., 839 F.2d 621, 623 (9th Cir. 1988); see also Jackson v. Carey, 353 F.3d 750, 756 (9th Cir. 2003) (applying same). Giving Plaintiff the benefit of any doubt, the Second Amended Complaint in this action appears deficient for the following reasons.
I. The Second Amended Complaint Fails to State A Claim Against the DHS
The Second Amended Complaint does not cure the deficiencies the Court identified in its July 31, 2009 and February 2, 2010 Memoranda and Orders with respect to the allegations against the DHS.
The Second Amended Complaint does not identify any DHS employees involved in the events alleged in the Second Amended Complaint.*fn1
Instead, Plaintiff generally sues the DHS. As the Court has advised Plaintiff, Plaintiff may not sue the DHS, a San Bernardino County entity, on a theory of respondeat superior for the conduct of county employees. Respondeat superior is not a theory of liability cognizable under 42 U.S.C. section 1983. Polk County v. Dodson, 454 U.S. 312, 325 (1981); Gibson v. County of Washoe, Nev., 290 F.3d 1175, 1185 (9th Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1106 (2003).
A county or municipal entity may be held liable under section 1983 only if the alleged wrongdoing was committed pursuant to a county or municipal policy, custom or usage. See Board of County Commissioners of Bryan County, Oklahoma v. Brown, 520 U.S. 397, 402-04 (1997); Monell v. New York City Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658, 691 (1978); see also Gibson v. County of Washoe, Nev., 290 F.3d at 1185-87 (describing "two routes" to municipal liability, where municipality's official policy, regulation or decision violated plaintiff's ...


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Even with the loss, the Ravens still have a one-game lead in the AFC North over the Cincinnati Bengals and a two-game advantage over the Steelers, putting them in good position to defend their AFC North title. The Bengals play the Steelers next week and a Pittsburgh victory, coupled by a Ravens' win over the New York Giants next Sunday at M&T Bank Stadium, would give the Ravens the division title.
If that doesn't happen, the AFC North won't be decided until the Ravens visit Cincinnati in Week 16. The Ravens beat the Bengals to open the season.
However, the Ravens' hope of getting a top two seed and a first-round bye is pretty much gone. At 9-5, the Ravens can't catch the top-seeded Houston Texans (12-2) and they are now two games behind the Broncos (11-3) and would now lose the tiebreaker. They also trail the New England Patriots who are 10-3 and facing the San Francisco 49ers tonight.


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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Ann and Nancy Wilson first showed the world that women can rock when their band, Heart, stormed the charts in the ‘70’s with hits like “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man,” “Barracuda,” “Straight On,” and so many more. Not only did the Wilson sisters lead the band, they wrote the songs and played the instruments too, making them the first women in rock to do so. Heart continued topping the charts through the ‘80’s and ‘90’s with huge hits like “These Dreams,” “Alone,” “What About Love,” “If Looks Could Kill,” “Never,” and a string of other hits that showcased the sisters’ enormous talents as musicians, singers and songwriters.
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FBI Reviewing Islamic Cemetery Vandalism In Castle Rock
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- An Islamic cemetery that was initially denied a permit in suburban Minneapolis has now been vandalized.
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says vandals recently entered the Al Maghfirah cemetery in Castle Rock Township and spray painted profanities and swastikas. CAIR-MN says the vandals also damaged walls, furniture and other property. One spray-painted message apparently says: "Leave, you R dead."
Last year, a court forced Castle Rock Township to issue a conditional use permit for the cemetery, finding that the township's initial decision to deny the permit was arbitrary.
CAIR-MN executive director Jaylani Hussein says the vandalism comes at a time of increasing anti-Muslim incidents nationwide.
FBI spokesman Jeff Van Nest says the bureau received information about the incident and is reviewing it.
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Taurus, the Brazil-based gun manufacturer, just announced that the latest extension to their G-series line is shipping to dealers now and will be available to consumers within the next few days. The gun, called the G3, is a full-sized 9mm striker-fired pistol that the company created in response to shooters who wanted to see a longer-barreled version of the line. It’s part of an interesting trend that we’ve noted lately, in which companies introduce new lines in reverse order of size–the tiniest, most CCW-ready guns are released first, and then larger (and more shootable) versions follow.
The new G3 continues this trend with its full-sized rendering of the proven polymer-frame profile of the G2c, an extremely popular earlier variant. Designed for maximum shootability, it boasts generous stippling patches across the grip for maximum control and retention in any shooting condition, an ergonomic palm swell ,and side-frame Memory Pads that provide quick, positive, and repeatable hand positioning. The frame also incorporates an integrated Picatinny rail. A manual safety and slide release lever are optimally positioned above the thumb for easy manipulation.
Another refined element of the G3 is the 6-pound trigger. It is designed with a smooth take-up and a surprisingly crisp, clean break exceeding that of typical striker-fired pistol trigger performance. A short reset promotes quick, controlled follow-up shots. Unlike most single-action firing systems, the G3 offers second-strike capability.
Although full-frame in size, the G3’s profile makes it well-suited for concealed carry. Uniform beveling along the front of the slide and frame combined with a steep contoured bevel along the back of the slide minimize clothing snags. Generous front and rear machined serrations along the slide ensure a no-slip grip for cartridge chambering and slide manipulation. Additional slide features include a drift-adjustable rear sight, loaded chamber view port, steel guide rod and spring assembly, and the choice of carbon steel or stainless-steel finish.
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A state senator from New Orleans is coming out in support of the Saints players who refused to stand during the National Anthem on Sunday, even as backlash mounts against the NFL protest movement.
State Sen. Wesley Bishop, a Democrat and veteran of the Louisiana Army National Guard, says that he believes players have a right to protest as they please, and he disagrees with recent calls to reexamine the incentives the state gives to the New Orleans Saints, after 10 players sat through the anthem Sunday.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says he hopes both sides can come together amid division ove…
"(T)hreats of future sanctions are an attempt to punish the Saints organization for allowing its players to exercise their constitutional right," Bishop said in a statement Thursday. "Now is not the time to grandstand and play politics. Many entities in the state of Louisiana receive state benefits while expressing political views. If we as lawmakers don’t take a stand to respect the constitution, why should anyone else? The citizens of Louisiana are expecting more from us.”
Bishop served in the Louisiana House from 2012 to 2016, when he moved to the Senate. He serves on the Senate Finance Committee, as well as the Select Committee on Homeland Security.
He said he doesn't consider the players' protests to be disrespectful to the military or the country.
"I may not always agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the end your right to say it. In America, you don't have to ask permission to protest; nor do you leave your constitutional protections at the stadium door," he said.
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser says he is boycotting the New Orleans Saints after several players …
Others have come forcefully against the demonstrations. Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser, a Republican, announced he would boycott the team, and at least two House Republicans have called for the state to reexamine the lucrative incentive deal that it has with the NFL team.
Louisiana agreed in 2009 during the Jindal administration to cover $85 million in upgrades to the Superdome and enter into an ongoing lease of office space from Saints owner Tom Benson as part of a larger incentive deal that runs through 2025.
Attorney General Jeff Landry, also a Republican and a veteran of the Louisiana National Guard, similarly called for a review of the state's ties to the Saints organization amid the protests.
Gov. John Bel Edwards, meanwhile, has said he believes the state is contractually obligated to hold up its end of the agreement with the NFL franchise.
"We will work with the Legislature and other officials to ensure complete transparency as to what those obligations are," he said during a WWL radio interview Wednesday morning.
Some Louisiana legislators are pushing for a review of the incentives that the state gives t…
Edwards acknowledged the root of the protest but said he believes that refusing to stand for the anthem is not the best way to do it.
"I served in the military — I will always stand for the National Anthem and encourage others to do that," Edwards, a West Point graduate and Army veteran, said Wednesday. "I think we should all recognize that there is a constitutional right to engage in speech in ways that some people find offensive, but having a First Amendment right to do something doesn't make it the right thing to do."


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WAYNE/WAKEFIELD – A pair of area high school basketball teams will close out their pre-holiday schedule on Tuesday, December 21 and both be carried on air.
First, on The City ‘KCTY’ 98.9/1590 Wayne High will host Guardian Angels Central Catholic while the Wakefield vs. Hartington-Newcastle games can be heard on Big Red Country ‘KTCH’ 104.9. Both games will also air online at waynedailynews.com Tuesday evening.
The Wayne High girls varsity team will open the doubleheader at 4:30 p.m. from the high school gym at the same time as the JV boys game from the elementary school. The Wayne High boys will follow around 6:15 p.m. at the high school during the same time as the JV girls game.
The Blue Devil girls had their two-game winning streak snapped on Saturday following a 33-25 road loss to O’Neill and are now 3-4 on the season. GACC last won at Norfolk Catholic on Saturday (76-36) to improve to 6-1.
The Wayne boys are undefeated on the road thanks to a recent 55-43 win at O’Neill to improve to 6-1. They’ve won three straight on the road since falling on the home court to Wahoo on December 11. The Bluejays have won back-to-back after starting their season 0-3 and won at Crofton (44-33) 10 days ago improving to 2-3.
For the Wakefield games, they’ll start at 4:45 p.m. with the JV girls followed by the boys playing two quarters each. The varsity girls game will tipoff around 6 p.m. followed by the boys.
The Wakefield girls suffered a 58-49 loss to Westwood of Iowa Monday night falling to 4-2 which snapped a four-game winning streak. Hartington-Newcastle enters Monday 3-3 after winning at Walthill last Friday (62-21).
The Trojan boys secured their fourth straight home win improving to 5-1 thanks to a 74-44 home win over Westwood, IA Monday night. The Wildcats are 1-5 and recently lost at Walthill (79-61) last Friday.
Join Sports Director, Aaron Scheffler on The City ‘KCTY’ 98.9/1590 and waynedailynews.com for the Wayne games with pregame coverage starting at 4:15 p.m. Aaron Bonderson will have the call of Wakefield vs. Hartington-Newcastle on Big Red Country ‘KTCH’ 104.9 and waynedailynews.com with pregame coverage set for 5:45 p.m.
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@ Dakota Valley, SD: Hartington Cedar Catholic VS Dakota Valley, SD – Girls Only
@ Laurel-Concord-Coleridge: Bloomfield VS Laurel-Concord-Coleridge
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Andrea Harding was doing some holiday shopping Saturday in Marshalls on Michigan Avenue when she saw a BCBG sweater on sale she liked. Then she saw another woman reaching for it. Harding snagged it first.
"I said, 'I'm so sorry,' and I threw it in my cart," said the Lincoln Park physical therapist. "We're ruthless when it comes to the season of giving."
Out in full force in the Chicago area Saturday, shoppers said they haven't seen the overtly nasty behavior that some stores experienced the day before, when many stores offered so-called door-busters -- steep discounts on major products.
In the Gurnee Mills Mall and elsewhere throughout the country Friday, police were called to quell rowdy shoppers. In Long Island, N.Y., a Wal-Mart employee was crushed to death by early-morning bargain-hunters.
Rudy Hernandez said he didn't dare step into a store on Black Friday. He said the fate of the poor greeter in New York confirmed his worst fears.
"What are we turning into nowadays?" asked Hernandez, who was shopping Saturday in the Wal-Mart at 5630 Touhy Ave. in Niles.
Bill Mason said he got more than a little nervous when he saw the packed parking lot at the Wal-Mart on Friday afternoon.
"I know people get a little crazy," said Mason of Chicago's North Side. "I was a little scared walking in there, because Wal-Mart can be a little scary."
But Mason was pleasantly surprised, as were most shoppers contacted Saturday. They said people, for the most part, have been courteous this season, despite the crumbling economy making people hungrier for a bargain.
Hiral Meherg of Niles said people were still saying, 'Excuse me' and weren't casting blame if two carts accidentally bumped.
"People weren't as mean," she said after shopping in the Wal-Mart on West Golf Road in Niles.
Harding said she saw some pushing and shoving. But the most egregious act was when a woman removed a dress -- the last one of its kind in the store -- from another woman's cart. "I was like, 'Wow, that woman left her cart for a second,'" Harding said.
Some shoppers said that no deal is good enough to change their behavior.
"I will not be rude to people," said Dianne Risch, 35, of Oak Park, who was heading into the Gap on Michigan Avenue. "I'm not willing to fight crowds and get up at 4 a.m."
Suzanna Acosta, 27, said she was tempted to elbow people in an Old Navy for $5 T-shirts, but she quickly regained her composure.
Still, the stress of the shopping finally caught up with her. The Chicago mother of two confessed to throwing a fit while waiting in line Saturday for three hours so her children could see Santa Claus in Macy's in the Loop.
"It was too hot," she said unapologetically. "Too many people. People were pushing, and we were thirsty."


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With Fall coming around the corner I have put most of my summer clothes away, started cooking apple pies and pumpkin desserts and have been enjoying the beautiful changing of the leaves.
The recipes I am going to share with you today are going to be amazing and delicious Fall dishes that you and your family will fall in-love with. I have also wanted to include some healthy recipes and diabetic friendly recipes for those of us who are sensitive to foods. All of the recipes that I make that require flour or butter I replace these ingredients with gluten-free flour and dairy free and soy free butter. These are great products to use when baking gluten and dairy free and I highly recommend using these when baking.
Since I will be posting a few recipes I did not want you to have to scroll through tons of them just to find the one you would like to try, so I will be numbering the posts and telling you them right now so it is easier for you to find what you are looking for.
#1 – Diabetic Friendly Desserts – 1a) Pumpkin pie and 1b) Apple pie. Since I could not include all of the diabetic recipes I know I thought I would include a link to a great site that gives you diabetic friendly desserts.
#2 – Cinnamon Sugar Pecan Challah Braid – this is a great bread for any season but makes an excellent holiday dessert or gift.
#3 – Sweet Potato Casserole with Marshmallows and Pecan Streusel – This recipe is definitely on my thanksgiving recipes list.
#1a) A craving for sweet treats can be a thorn in the side of every person with diabetes. This recipe is designed for you to be able to enjoy the favorite desserts of Fall.
#1a ) Sugar Free Pumpkin Pie – calories 165 total fat 9g protein 2.5g carbohydrate 18g
- 1 (9-inch) refrigerated pie crust (I use a gluten-free one from whole foods)
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar substitute (I use splenda)
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- Preheat oven to 350 °F
- In a medium bowl whisk together egg, sugar substitute, and pumpkin pie spice until well blended.
- Add pumpkin and milk to egg mixture, and stir until smooth. Pour mixture into prepared pie crust in pie dish.
- Place pie on a baking sheet and bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until set in center. Enjoy
#1b Sugar Free Apple Pie – This pie uses no sugar and it still tastes great!Ingredients
- 9-inch pie crust
- 6 medium apples peeled and sliced
- 1 can (6 ounces) frozen apple juice (without sugar)
- 1 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon (I always use more because I love cinnamon)
- 3 tablespoons margarine or butter
- Place apple and undiluted apple juice into a large pan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, cover for about 5 minutes
- Dissolve cornstarch in water. Gently stir cornstarch into apple mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, cover for 10 to 15 minutes or until apples begin to soften. Stir in cinnamon.
- Fill pastry shell with apples and cover with top crust. Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes. Baste with melted margarine or butter after baking. Enjoy.
#2 Cinnamon Sugar Pecan Challah Braid – this cinnamon sugar pecan challah braid is a light and airy bread with a sweet and slightly crunchy outer crust that will make an excellent addition to your holiday meals.
For the dough
- 1 cup water 110-115°F
- 1 package active dry yeast (if you are gluten-free make sure you get the gluten-free yeast)
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 Tbsp vegetable oil
- 3 cups flour + more for kneading
- 2 Tbsp sugar
For the egg wash
- 1 egg, mostly the egg yolk
- 1/2 tsp water
For the topping
- 1/4 pecan, chopped
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp cinnamon
- Start by microwaving the water to warm it to 110-115°F, about 1 minute. Remove water from microwave, stir in yeast and allow to sit for 5 minutes, or until foamy at the top.
- In a small bowl combine eggs and vegetable oil and whisk together with a fork. Pour in the yeast and water mixture and stir a few times until combined
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, add the flour and sugar. Gently pour in the liquid egg/oil/yeast mixture and let mixer run for 5 minutes at speed 3, until well combined and a sticky dough forms
- Generously flour a surface, remove dough from the mixing bowl and knead it by hand for 2-3 minutes, then place in a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Allow to rest for about an hour, or until doubled in size.
- Turn dough out onto floured surface and cut into pieces. Roll each piece of dough out so that there are three equally long pieces (about 18 inches in length each.) Then pinch the top edges together and braid the three pieces (when you start the braid, first the left side will go over, then the right side over that, and then the center.) Pinch finished ends together. Place braid on parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Make the egg wash by cracking an egg in a bowl and using mostly the egg yolk and a 1/2 teaspoon of water, whisk together, and then brush on top of braid.
- Make the topping: Chop up the pecans and stir together with the cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle the mixture on top of the egg wash.
- Cover braid with a towel, and let rise for 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 400°F and bake for 20-25 minutes, until the top of the bread is golden brown. Remove from oven and allow to cool, then slice and enjoy.
#3 – Sweet Potato Casserole with marshmallow and pecan streusel – This dish is perfect for Thanksgiving or any holiday celebration!
Mashed Sweet Potatoes
- 3 pounds sweet potatoes – peeled and chopped into large chunks
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup milk or half and half
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- salt to taste
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 2-3 cups mini marshmallows
- Preheat oven to 375 °F. Grease a 2-quart casserole dish and set aside.
- Place the sweet potatoes in a large pot, cover with water, and boil until tender (about 7 minutes, depending on the size). Drain and return to the pot. Add butter, milk, cinnamon, brown sugar and salt to the potatoes and mash until smooth. Use a hand mixer, if desired, to make them extra smooth. Taste the potatoes and add additional seasonings, if desired
- Transfer the mashed potatoes to the prepared casserole dish. Place in the oven until heated through (if they’re warm it will only take a few minutes
- While the sweet potatoes are heating prepare the topping. In a medium bowl, combine butter, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, salt, and pecans. Stir until thoroughly combined.
- Remove the sweet potatoes from the oven. Top with half the marshmallows, then sprinkle half the streusel over the marshmallows. Top with the other half of the marshmallows and sprinkle the remaining streusel over the top. Place back into the oven for 10-15 minutes, until the topping is bubbly and brown (keep an eye on it so the marshmallows don’t burn). You can also place it under the broiler very briefly to add a little more color to the marshmallows.
Notes: Some grocery store might have these potatoes labeled as yams. Make sure you purchase sweet potatoes/yams with orange flesh. Tip: Scrape the skin a little to see the color of the flesh.
I hope you enjoyed this post on Fall recipes. Again thank you so much for all the support on my last post, I am so happy to see my blog growing everyday with new followers. If you have any questions about these recipes or something else leave a comment down below and I will respond. Also, if you are new to my blog please subscribe so you don’t miss any of my upcoming fall and winter posts! Have a great day. 🙂
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