Candidates for Madison mayor square off in debate

There was a showdown Monday night in Madison between the candidates for mayor.

Longtime Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler faced off against challenger John Bell Crosby during a debate held at Madison Central High School. The two candidates went back and forth over more than a dozen issues.

"You look at his record and you see what his track record is. And you ask yourself, 'Do I want that?'" Hawkins-Butler said.

"Folks, we need to get more fiscally secure in this town. We've got to get safer in this town," Crosby said.

Hawkins Butler touted her record and said there's nothing wrong with Madison. Crosby argued that Madison must move forward.

Crosby claimed that he's had trouble getting a campaign headquarters because of a home field advantage.

"My best answer to that is intimidation and humiliation. That force that's out there, an unseen force, I mean. The best way to put it is the headquarters that she has right now, I was turned down on," Crosby said.

"He says he hasn't been able to get a campaign headquarters because of intimidation. What do you say to that?" 16 WAPT's Erin Kelly asked the mayor.

"I have no answer. I just think it's ridiculous. I'm not going there," Hawkins Butler said.

The candidates battled it out over issues like economic growth, the city's look and parks and recreation.

Source: http://www.wapt.com/news/politics/candidates-for-madison-mayor-square-off-in-debate/-/9156836/19949940/-/1pqqd5z/-/index.html?absolute=true

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Obama cites liberties, Israel in heritage month declaration

April 30, 2013

WASHINGTON (JTA) -- President Obama cited the Jewish striving for freedom and the U.S.-Israel bond in his Jewish American Heritage Month declaration.

"Jewish immigrants from all over the world wove new?threads into our cultural fabric with rich traditions and?indomitable faith, and their descendants pioneered incredible?advances in science and the arts," Obama said Tuesday in declaring May as Jewish American Heritage Month. "Teachings from the Torah lit?the way toward a more perfect Union, from women's rights to?workers' rights to the end of segregation."

Among other Jewish American contributions, Obama listed "scientists and teachers, public servants and private citizens, wise leaders?and loving parents."

He said Americans could see Jewish "accomplishments in every neighborhood, and we see them abroad in our unbreakable bond?with Israel that Jewish Americans helped forge."

Congress legislated Jewish American Heritage Month in 2006 and Obama was the first president, in 2010, to mark it with a celebration.

This year there will be no White House fete because of budget cuts.

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Source: http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/04/30/3125531/obama-cites-liberties-israel-in-heritage-month-declaration

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A Classy, Hardcover Scoreboook for a Classic, Hardscrabble Game

If there?s one thing I learned about baseball from my pitcher grandpa, it?s that you?re not really watching unless you?re keeping a scorecard.

The only cards I?ve ever used have been flimsy things, printed on news stock and quickly tossed in the circular file. But graphic designer Bethany Heck is attempting to inject a little style into the genre with the Halfliner Scorebook, a luxurious-looking scorecard that hit Kickstarter a few days ago.

The Halfliner is based on feedback from customers who bought Heck?s first scorecard, which was funded on Kickstarter back in 2011. Users asked for things like a rigid chipboard case that serves as a support for writing and space for more games (this one has room for 81). The super minimal graphic design allows more space for notation, too, plus an intro to the sport for n00bs and extra innings, sub slots, and stats columns. According to Heck, everyone has their own weird habits and notations, and the Halfliner is attempt to give devotees enough room to do their own thing. ?Scorekeeping is a personal expression,? she says in her pitch. ?I wanna give fans the cleanest scorebook experience possible.?

Heck is the founder of the Eephus League, a project that began as her senior thesis at Auburn in 2010. The company?which is named for the awkwardly high, slow pitch?began as a way to articulate ?baseball?s beauty, oddities and wonderful fans.? It?s since blossomed into a beautifully designed online magazine and shop devoted to the minutiae of the sport?of which there is an almost unlimited supply. [The Halfliner Scorebook]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/a-classy-hardcover-scoreboook-for-a-classic-hardscrab-486151215

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