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At first glance, it might seem a deal revealed last week means Christmas came early for the Business Development Corp. of the Northern Panhandle. But this gift comes wrapped in miles of red tape that will have to be cut through before local residents can enjoy the benefits.
After the remnants of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel collapsed this year, it appeared for a time the Wheeling Corrugating Plant in Beech Bottom might be kept in operation. Sadly, that was not to be.
A California firm has acquired the physical assets and probably will sell the plant's equipment. Last week the company transferred about 600 acres of land, along with 480,000 square feet of warehouses, to the local business development corp. The BDC is a non-profit entity established in 1993 to develop the economy in Brooke and Hancock counties.
Included in the Wheeling Corrugating land is about 150 acres of level property that, located between West Virginia and the Ohio River, ought to be attractive to developers. Add the warehouse space and finding interested tenants or buyers almost sounds too easy.
Not so fast, though. Much of the land was used for industrial purposes for many decades. Beyond any doubt some of the soil is contaminated and will require clean-up before the site can be re-purposed. Both state and federal environmental protection agencies may require the BDC to take expensive remediation action.
If contaminants at the site are dangerous, they should be removed or neutralized. But environmental agencies at all levels should make it their mission to cooperate with the BDC to make the cleanup process as inexpensive and expeditious as possible. Then, other state and federal agencies should work with the local corporation to make the Wheeling Corrugating land and buildings as attractive as practical for economic development.
Loss of nearly all the steel industry jobs that once blessed our valley has been hard on Northern Panhandle and East Ohio residents. But we're ready and eager to move on – and state and federal officials should work with, not against us when opportunities such as that in Beech Bottom appear.


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Nowadays, most music seems to be prerecorded, but that means they are rather static and take up a lot of space.
I wonder if MIDI is still a viable option (especially considering consoles or iOS) and if I can expect General Midi 1 to be available everywhere? (Note: Referring to the software instruments for sound generation from notes)
Alternatively, are there vendors of embeddable software instruments that can generate the desired sound at runtime?
The whole point is to re-create a dynamic soundscape in which instruments can change their volume, speed or pitch - this can be partially simulated with individual tracks, but it doesn't offer the same flexibility.

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First published in 1934, this book has enjoyed a reputation both as an authoritative guide to conduct in a contemporary maritime setting and a fascinating historical reference on the ways of the sea and sailor going back to the earliest days of sail. Updated to cover all the sea services, this edition fully reflects today's diverse force while at the same time exploring the maritime history of the United States, its flag, and the U.S. Navy's uniforms. A new chapter on naval ceremonies offers more details than ever on such events as award presentations and changes of command. A separate chapter on the popular "Dining In" ceremony explains its beginnings and evolution and tells how to plan and execute such an event. There is also greater coverage of Marine Corps and Coast Guard history and traditions.
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I am writing something similar to the http://ideone.com/. Currently I am running user processes with CreateProcess call. I kill the process if it runs longer then specified amount of time but I don't know how to deny read/write filesystem rights / creating process rights etc. to the created process. The given executable can be literally anything and I need to allow only stdin / stdout. Also it would be great if I could set working memory set.
I read a lot of articles on msdn such as CreateProcessAsUser Function, CreateProcessWithLogonW Function etc. but I get confused very fast (probably because my win32 knowledge is extremely limited). Is it sufficient just to call CreateProcessAsUser and create special user with those limited privileges (and how to create such user).
I hope I can achieve this in one function call with right parameters so please help.
Also, if you know some similar open source project it would be great.
Edit: Hi again :) I am still stuck with this. I didn't have enough time to work on this, but I guess snemarch post is very useful. If someone has out of the box solution it would be great. I will post if I do something with snemarch's links.


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East Temple is one of the oldest parts of the city, but there are more than 600 vacant lots in the area.
Temple College, The Economic Development Corporation in Temple, and city officials have taken part in the past community meetings.
Supporters say they hope the meetings will help spark new opportunities for jobs and home ownership in the area.
"I grew up in East Temple right off South Main so I've seen a lot of changes and I'd rather look at what are the opportunities that the East Temple brings because it's the older part of town and has been an area where there's been a lot of changes and people moving from the area," Temple City Councilmember Judy Morales said.
The next community meeting is at 6 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Wheatley Alternative Education Center on East Avenue D in Temple.


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And this is interesting from a different point of view.
Good for Bobo getting paid and banging hos but someone should teach him how to play.
Being the commissioner of the League that is discussed in this post and in the NFL picks section. I have to clarify a few things.
Lets start that the great WalterFootball was in this league last year and not once did he complain about the waiver wire. the first time I heard about it was when I asked him to be in the league again this year. As I do every year, I ask everyone to review the rules in advance and let me know if they don't agree with something and if they bring up a valid point I have no problem of changing. Not one person has complained about the waiver wire once. I guess it's the excuse he needed because he did not make the playoffs of a league that had the worst draft ever. Oh I know he has no time to pick up players, but he has time to analyze a draft that he is not in and keep track of a league that should not concern him. The person that he is referring to as BoBo in his rants is my roommate, who replaced Walt in the league and has never played fantasy football before. He is also very busy working two jobs, managing a dozen of his investment properties and you know having sex with girls and going out. We call him BoBo because his real name is Boris and he is of Russian decent. Oh I see how that is funny, wait Walt where are your parents from? the funny thing is that I like Walt and his parents are really nice people. It's fine that most of his parties are filled with Dudes, but hey it is what it is. the sad thing is that when I first found out that Walt had a website, I told all my friends about it because they bet thousands a week and they all became frequent visitors to his site. These are the same people he just bashed in his Colum. I don't go to his website and had to hear it from them, so I am posting this.
The person that is feeding all this information to Walt is his neighbor and business partner Steve, who is in my league. Steve is one of my best friends and someone I have known for years. Steve also was in the league last year and proclaimed his team was the best at the start of the year. Steve did not make the playoffs...Guess they are not very good at fantasy. Steve is a natural attention whore, but this comes with his personality and his career of a sales women and this is why we love him. He has a tendency to post his various sales ventures on our message board in the league. Steve once again thought he had a great team and let us know about it. he felt real good about getting Brady in the second round. I thought this was not a big deal because in my opinion Romo was a better option, but hey what do I know I only won the league last year plus I don't pick a QB till the later rounds anyway.
Here is where we come to some stuff that made me mad. Brady goes down as the early game last week. I do not care because I hate the Pats and did not have any of them on my team. The whole day goes by and I log on again at around 9pm. I check the message board and what do you know Steve is talking all types of smack to another player. I look at the time of this post and it is 7:22. I read the nonsense that he posted and moved on to the transactions almost sure to find someone has picked up Cassel. What do you know the stupid babbling idiot did not pick him up yet. Just because I want to rub it in his face and for the pure joy I grab him. Side note Steve is 5th on the waiver wire and I am second, so in traditional rules he doesn't get him anyway. 5 minutes later I get a text *****ing and moaning how the league sucks and how the waiver wire is messed up and he was busy all day to pick him up. hey duesch bag you were on at 7 and instead of picking him up you wrote some dumb stuff on the message board! Play better!
Now today I get a phone call from Bo-Bo saying that Walter has written something else. I guess he found some time in his busy schedule to write more about a league that he is not in. Could of picked up a player in that time. BTW..I checked the transactions and there is a max of like 6 per week. So, I go on this website and try to dig through all the useless crap on it, like the Mock draft for 2039. I eventually call the person that told Bo-Bo about the article and he directs me to it. I read it and it says that I picked up Brady 20 minutes after he went down...Now now that is not true. I guess Steve has been telling half truths to make himself look good. Now not only is he writing about a league he is not in, he is also lying on his website about a league he is not in. Another thing, 70 points from Steve's team is not a surprise when Brady goes down, so don't make a big deal about it.
Now Walter if this was such a bad league and for a significant amount of money I would of paid double to be in it with your expertise. Don't make me go over last years draft and show your readers what you did.
Igor(Yes, that is my name...It's Russian and Walt will probably think it's funny)
Cassel sucks anyway. Don't worry about him doing anything.
And this is interesting from a different point of view.
Good for Bobo getting paid and banging hos but someone should teach him how to play.
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LOL someone doesn't have a sense of humor.
You can post my draft if you want; I'll admit that I screwed up on two picks:
The second round, which was Cedric Benson, who looked good in 2006 and was the sole ball-carrier for a run-heavy team.
And I foolishly went Vince Young over Tony Romo in Round 6, only because your league counted less for passing yards (1 pt for 40 yards) than rushing yards (standard 1 pt for 10 yds). Young finished the 2006 season as one of the top fantasy QBs, but didn't run nearly as much in '07.
Still, pretty dumb on my part to go Young over Romo when I loved Romo last season, but with your lacking waiver rules, I wasn't able to pick up a Kurt Warner or someone like that - which, as I've noted, is the reason I didn't come back.
Nevertheless, I began the year 2-1, but lost five or so games in a row once my first-round pick (Joseph Addai) went down with an injury. That wrecked my team.
Seriously, man, if you can't handle a sarcastic/amusing column where I didn't mention anyone by their real name, you should seek counseling. I consider you a friend, but your post is troubling.
Someone call the WAAAAAAAAAAmbulance.
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Your reply is what I knew it would be. I wrote about a page and the only thing that you started defending is your draft from last year. Honestly I had no idea who you even had last year, but I put that in to prove a point. You attacked my league and I came to it's defense. Just like you tried to defend your picks from last year.
Trust me this is all in good fun, but we just don't have a website to post stuff, so I had to get the word out somehow.
I mean I can cut and paste some of the comments on my leagues message boards, but I don't think your moderators would enjoy **** stuff out...lol
BTW...if you want to start a battle column, I am up for it where I tottaly disagree with everything you say..lol this could work!
BoBo was 2 points away from tieing this week and even picked up Pierre Thomas of the wire...You woke up a monster!
Haha, hey I'm rooting for Bo-Bo to win the league. If he does, it could totally revolutionize the way people draft in fantasy football. No RBs till Round 7!
You know i m from Germany and that i am really thankful that you are doing all this stuff about football and everything but you are totally missing the point in this discussion.
i dont think its funny that you go on bashing bobo.
sure my first fantasy draft was better but i followed your website.
if bobo has no time you have to accept it. i think its nice from him to fill in.
also its not cool that you go on bashin bobo instead of discussing the matter.
Iggy has some good points you cant/dont answer.
dont talk around it talk about it...
one of my good friends over here is named igor we also call him iggy.
he is a pretty cool dude.
I'm sorry you feel that way, but the purpose of that article wasn't to hurt Bo-Bo's feelings or to bash the league.
The purpose of that article was to entertain people, and I received positive feedback from it, as people seemed to enjoy it and get a good laugh out of it. In a sense, the article posed the same purpose as the Emmitt Smith Anthology.
Now, Emmitt is a public figure and Bo-Bo isn't, but Bo-Bo isn't even the guy's real name. It's an obscure nickname no one would recognize. I didn't list the guy's full name. I didn't even think he, or anyone else from the league (Schmidty excluded) would even see this article.
I would like a Bo-Bo update for every week of the season. My guess is he is 0-2 so far.
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LOL you would be right, VB


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They now claim we made a damage in the appartment!! We were almost never there! We are desent people and did no damage whatsoever to the appartment! This will be the very last time we will ever rent an appartment again!!
Nice view, rooms ok, clean. Not exactly as in the photos but per total its ok. It has a 7 persons capacity but only one key, that's the most annoying thing.
The Location iof the appartment is perfect and ideal for a citytrip with Some friends or for a young couple.
BUT, and i normally don't nag about little things, there are some negative points about this appartment!
The worst thing were the cockroaches. One cockroach can happen, it's a warm country etc. But when you Find another one, and there can be more we dont know of, that's really bad! When i contacted uep service about our situation they did not respond for a day. The next day they answered like: " we have informed our customer service" the next day i got an email that said that they informed thechnical support and that they would help as soon as possible. That mail was sent on the day we left. So the entire stay we had company of cockroaches and Uep service did botsing about it!!
The appartment deserves Some new paint and Some maintenance because it has potential and the location is great.
Last point of criticism is that uep service forgot to mention to the driver of our transport to the support to bring a babychair, so we had to take our 4months old baby on our lap. Really strange because at arrival everything was taken care off. Bad communication!!
We had a great stay at Palma and i really love the city and the beach! But i cannot recommand this appartment.
It was a great place to stay for a week. The comunication with the office was smooth and the Appartment was clean. We also had a great sight over the harbor of El Arenal.
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the apartment is very centrally located and on the 4th floor, but it is quite dark inside, so that you have to turn on lights. If you travel with a family, you have to carry everything up to the 4th floor without lift.
Also, it is quite bothersome to pick up the keys at another location, and if you arrive late you have to pay extra money. You get a list of tons of things which you have to reimburse with a penalty if something is missing. On the other hand the internet connection did not work, and we had to call them to get another one. So we would not book this place again.
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Handover of keys nearby the airport easy and comfortable.
Flat very well located with a great view over the Placa Major of palma.
But you will have no sun on the balcony because of the direction.
Flat very well equipped with some essentials (dishwasher, washing machine, iron, toaster, ...)
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The appartement Hostalet 2 was nicely situated close to Plaza Mayor. But the appartement itself was not satisfactory. There was a lot of problems such as building work going om close by, IT was cold and the kitchen lamp and the toilet neded to be looked after. But the big problem was the nasti odour! We reported it but only got some spray which made no differens. The smell made IT impossible to invite friends and I myself spent as little time as possible there. When I got home I had to wash all my clothes twice. I ofcource reported It,but only got explanations saying that there was a problem with the sewer. But no suggestion about what we should do. And no talk whatsoever about getting a compensation!
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We, the undersigned KCBS members, formally petition the KCBS to allow members to have access to all non-executive session meetings via electronic media, including, but not limited to, pod-casts, web-casts and streaming audio. This is not to disparage the KCBS or any member of the Board of Directors, but to provide us, as members the fullest information on rules, standards and the agenda of the Board to make us more active participants and have a stronger and more informed participation in all KCBS related business and the promotion of BBQ throughout the world.


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By using the definition, the cardinality is the same iff there is a bijection. So if $B\subset A$ and the exist a injection $f\colon A\rightarrow B$, then $A$ and $B$ has same cardinality.
If $B \subset A$ then there exists an injection $g : B \to A$ defined in the natural way (identity). By existence of $g$ and the injection $f : A \to B,$ invoke Cantor–Bernstein–Schroeder theorem then there exist a bijection $h : A \to B.$ Hence $A$ and $B$ has the same cardinality.
Any attempt to prove this result without explicitly using the Cantor–Bernstein–Schroeder Theorem will, in effect, end up re-proving the aforementioned theorem.
Let us call your statement "mini-CBS": Whenever $B \subseteq A$ are sets such that there is an injection $f : A \to B$, then $\left| A \right| = \left| B \right|$.
We now prove the CBS Theorem from mini-CBS: Suppose that $X$ and $Y$ are sets, and we have injections $f: X \to Y$ and $g : Y \to X$. Consider the set $X^\prime = \{ g(y) : y \in Y \}$. Clearly, $X^\prime \subseteq X$. Note that $g$ is in fact a bijection between $Y$ and $X^\prime$, and so $\left| X^\prime \right| = \left| Y \right|$. Consider now the composition $g \circ f : X \to X^\prime$. Since $f$ and $g$ are both one-to-one, it follows that $g \circ f$ is also one-to-one. By mini-CBS it follows that $\left| X^\prime \right| = \left| X \right|$, and therefore $\left| Y \right| = \left| X \right|$.
Yes that's right. $B\subset A$ implies that $|B|\le |A|$. The injection forces $|A|\le|B|$. Therefore they have the same cardinality.


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Restoring A 1976 Ford F-250 - Weekend RestorationWritten by on August 8, 2012 Quality Products Beget Quality Results
Maybe I should have titled this story "weekend rest and recreation" instead of "weekend restoration." It really is amazing how therapeutic detailing and doing a little glamorizing to an old pickup can be. Welcome to my latest truck project—it's a 1976 F-250 Camper Special that I picked up for $300. Besides its incredibly low selling price, what really attracted me to this truck in particular was it still had most of its original paint, and not one dent in the body. There is some serious rust damage on the passenger side of the roof, but I have that to thank for making its original owner decide it was time to let the old girl go for scrap.
The first step I took was to opt for one-stop shopping with Summit Racing to get the products I needed to clean the truck up once I had it home. In no time at all the brands I have the most faith in arrived at my door. Every name-brand product used in this story can be sourced directly from Summit Racing Equipment, which makes it extremely easy and convenient to get what you need.
After an afternoon spent cleaning up my new project, I'm sure I could double my money! That not being my goal though, at least it looks good sitting in the driveway and I feel pretty good about my latest purchase. Not too bad for a day's work!
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I begin a car wash by hosing the entire truck down with water to presoak the dirt. Next, scrubbing with car soap begins at the very top, working down. Notice the black mold appearing on the camper shell's gel coat.I thought adding a little bleach might have been necessary, but using Mothers genuine wool car wash mitt along with California Gold Car Wash alone was all it took to lift off the dirt and flush the black mold.Doing a thorough wash job will pay off in the end. It took me about four hours of serious scrubbing and hosing the entire truck down to get it this far. Check out how much better the camper shell looked afterward.Straight from the Summit Racing catalog I used PJ1 combined with 4-ott (0000) steel wool under the hood on a warm engine compartment to remove the heavy buildup of dirt and grease from inside the grille and core support. Flush with water liberally afterward.The next step after washing was to use Mothers clay bar system on the blue paint and white gel coat (use separate clay bars). This stuff is absolutely miraculous! Notice how much grit and oxidation it removed in a short time.Avoid direct sunlight. The best technique I've found is to spray a small area with Showtime (clay lubricant) and hold the clay bar flat and use primarily a straight-line pattern. Occasionally I'll use an orbital motion, but it can cause swirls. Do not allow Showtime to dry. Using a Mothers microfiber towel, polish the area until it is absolutely smooth. Repeat as necessary.To completely remove light to heavy oxidation, Mothers Rubbing Compound must be used for the best results. If you've never used a "wheel," don't be afraid. Thanks to the Makita 9227's six-position switch (#3 position = 1,500 rpm) combined with the 1,500-rpm speed specified on Mothers bottle, professional results are easily obtained.For this job I preferred using a traditional Schlegel (fast change) wool buffing pad. Single stage paints that have oxidized leave a significant trace of color on the pad; clear paint doesn't. Whether one uses a foam pad or wool, it's a good practice to wash the compound off with water before it dries.
This is where detailing becomes restoration work. Mothers Wheel & Tire Cleaner cuts through the heaviest of dirt, grease, and built-up brake dust. I soaked everything from the tire down to the 3/4-ton hub. Hose it off with water well before it dries.I like using Summit Racing's General Chassis Enamel on anything where a good high-build semi-gloss black is desired.Soaking the wheel and tire down with Mothers Reflections Advanced Tire Care restored the tire to a natural brand-new rubber appearance.There's Argent Silver on the lug nuts and Summit Racing's general chassis enamel on the hub. Notice the hub looks like it's buried in powdercoat and the tire isn't a sticky, shiny mess.One of the best detailing tips I know for chrome is to use Mothers Chrome Polish with 0000 steel wool. Allow the chrome polish to dry into a white haze then buff (wipe) off.Always think about eye safety. It's a little trickier to drill from the front, but a whole lot safer to look down rather than lay behind and look up. I just got this new Makita drill and it's unbelievable how much faster the job went with its tremendous amount of power.Outside of rust, the genuine Ford rear bumper was in perfect shape. All it took to prep was 80-grit sandpaper and a bastard file. Next I used compressed-air to blow off the dirt, and it was ready to paint.Because it's a tough wheel finish, I believe Argent Silver works the best for silver bumper paint. It comes with a choice of two nozzles.
Spotless glass goes a long way toward improving an old truck's looks, not to mention you can see better. Mothers Glass Cleaner works great and tastes awful.For that nasty opaque crystalline film that builds up on windshields and makes them real hard to see out of, I highly recommend Mothers new Water Spot Remover. A Makita drill with a Power Ball works great on the heavy stuff, but wiping it on with a towel will handle routine cleaning.


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Franklin's Wyndham Village shopping center sold
A portion of Franklin's Shoppes of Wyndham Village, which saw its developer file for bankruptcy, has been sold to a Chicago-area investment group.
An affiliate of Cloverleaf Group, based in Northbrook, Ill., bought a 94,425-square-foot portion of the shopping center, 7780 S. Lovers Lane Road, said Joy Parker, the firm's property manager. That includes the Pick 'n Save supermarket, she said, but not the separately owned Target store.
The $12.8 million sale includes 25 acres, according to state real estate records. The seller was an affiliate of Greenwich, Conn.-based Starwood Capital Group, which acquired the property after developer Mark Carstensen defaulted on a $19 million loan. Carstensen in 2011 filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection.
Oak Creek District 6 aldermanic seat will be contested
Oak Creek — Traffic and Safety Commission member Christopher Guzikowski has notified the city of his intent to run for the District 6 aldermanic post now held by Thomas Michalski.
Guzikowski ran against and lost a bid against Michalski in 2012, when Michalski garnered 372 votes and Guzikowski 353.
Candidates can start circulating nomination papers Dec. 1, and incumbents not seeking re-election must file for non-candidacy by Dec. 27.
Michalski told NOW that he does plan to seek re-election.
If a primary is needed, it will be held Feb. 18. The general election is April 1. Districts two, four and six are up for election.
Read social media story of Franklin vs. Arrowhead Division 1 football state title game
Classic 8 winner Arrowhead (12-1) takes on Southeast winner Franklin (12-1) in the Division 1 title game on Friday.
Fans and reporters were on Twitter and other social networks. Read the MyCommunityNOW Storify social media story of the game.
Arrowhead dispatches Franklin to defend Divison 1 state football title
The leader of this year's Franklin football team, this self-titled "Saber for life," didn't want to take off his helmet Friday night, couldn't bear the thought of leaving Camp Randall Stadium without his teammates, his "brothers."
In the end, quarterback Sean McGuire embraced everyone who wanted to share in the sadness after the Sabers' second-half breakdown in the 45-24 WIAA State Division 1 championship loss to Arrowhead in Madison.
It was all hard to think about. The three interceptions that helped off-set his Division 1 state finals record 250 yards passing and the impressive 427 total yards the Sabers (12-2) put up against the harrowing Arrowhead (13-1) defense.
Fumble, penalties hurt chances
It was also difficult thinking about the critical fumble that prevented Franklin from breaking a 17-all tie in the third quarter and the highly uncharacteristic 10 penalties for 120 yards that always seemed to come at inopportune moments.» Read Full Article
Greendale vs. Monona Grove photo gallery now online
photo gallery from today's Division 3 title game between Greendale and Monona Grove.We've just posted a
Monona Grove (14-0) erased a 17-point halftime deficit to record a 21-17 victory and win the Division 3 title. The loss was the first of the season for Greendale, which finished 13-1.
You can also read our Storify social media story of the Greendale vs. Monona Grove game.
Read social media story of Greendale's Division 3 football state title game
A battle of unbeaten teams will be the highlight in Division 3 as 13-0 Greendale takes on 13-0 Monona Grove in Madison on Friday.
As always, fans and reporters were on Twitter and other social networks. Read the MyCommunityNOW Storify social media story of the game.
Black Bear to expand bottling operation in Oak Creek
Oak Creek — Black Bear Bottling Group will expand its Oak Creek bottling plant, 2025 W. South Branch Blvd., by 18,839 square feet, adding loading docks and office space.
The company got approval to expand from the Plan Commission on Nov. 12. Black Bear plans to add three to five employees, according to information submitted to the city.
The addition will be used primarily for storage of drinking water and soda. Two loading docks will be added as well.
Black Bear bottling pushed for, and was granted, landscaping permission due to a lack of shrubs.
The company purchased the building from the city in 2012, after operating there on a lease for many years.
Bearded dragons, other animals found living in squalor removed from Oak Creek home
Oak Creek — Police contacted officials at the Health Department after they discovered multiple animals living in filth inside a residence on Fitzsimmons Road on Saturday.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
A resident who heard a dog barking inside a home in the 3800 block of East Fitzsimmons Road called police out of concern for the dog's welfare at 5:20 p.m. Saturday. The caller told police she believed the home was vacant because she hadn't seen anyone go in or out of the home in several days.
An officer entered the home through an open door and found multiple animals living in their own feces. The home was extremely dirty, there was no electricity or running water and it appeared no one was living there.
Police found three cats, two dogs, four chickens, one goat and two bearded dragons. One of the bearded dragons was deceased, and the other was barely alive. The Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission responded to the home and took custody of the animals.» Read Full Article
Gun documentary recalls Oak Creek Sikh temple shooting
An MSNBC documentary about gun violence showing Friday, on the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination, includes a segment on the 2012 Sikh temple shooting in Oak Creek.
The program, called "50 Years of Guns," airs at 8 p.m. and is hosted by Al Sharpton, host of "Politics/Nation." According to the network: "This documentary looks at guns in America five decades after President Kennedy was taken by an assassin's bullet."
"Sharpton travels around the U.S. to talk with people on different sides of the debate, including Second Amendment advocates and victims of gun violence. Examining the issues, Reverend Sharpton shares his own personal narrative in an effort to find solutions to one of the most enduring sources of conflict in the country."
An eight-minute clip provided by the network was a compelling overview of the events in Oak Creek, slickly filmed and with music, that included 911 calls, a tour of the temple and an interview with Amardeep Kaleka, whose father was killed in the attack by a white supremacist. The sequence also recaps the Newtown, Conn., and Virginia Tech shootings.
Kaleka has recently said he would run for the congressional seat of U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).
WIAA State Boys Volleyball Tournament photo gallery now online
2013 WIAA State Boys Volleyball Tournament photo gallery with more images from this weekend's state finals at Wisconsin Lutheran College.We've just updated our
Marquette defeated Germantown, 21-25, 25-20, 23-25, 25-22, 15-12, to win the state title.
Marquette earned its spot in the finals with victories over Westosha Central and Brookfield East.
Germantown reached the finals with victories over Middleton and Catholic Memorial. The Warhawks rallied from two-set deficits in both contests.
Read social media story of Franklin vs. Mukwonago football playoff game
No. 1 seed Franklin and No. 5 seed Mukwonago face off at Kettle Moraine High School for a state berth in Division 1 on Friday.
Fans and reporters were on Twitter and other social networks. Read the MyCommunityNOW Storify social media story of the game.
Read social media story of Greendale vs. Xavier football playoff game
Unbeaten No. 1 seed Greendale looks to continue a perfect season to state versus No. 3 seed Xavier in Division 3 on Friday.
As always, fans and reporters were on Twitter and other social networks. Read the MyCommunityNOW Storify social media story of the games.
Greendale football team rolls on to Madison
Fans of this season's Greendale football team are not used to seeing many zeroes on the scoreboard.
A zero, however, is exactly what was on the Panthers' side of the board late in the first half of their WIAA Division 3, Level 4 state playoff game against Appleton Xavier on Friday at Slinger High School.
Even more troubling for Greendale's cheering section is that Xavier had 6 points on the board at that point.
Ringelberg connects
The Panthers' offense finally kicked into gear, though, as quarterback Josh Ringelberg hit Mitchell Brees for a 37-yard gain to the Appleton 38, then hooked up with Nate Miller for a 38-yard score to put Greendale on the board with 2 minutes, 13 seconds left in the half.» Read Full Article
"Saber Nation" rises as Franklin gridders advance to state finals, 35-8
"A chance to live out our childhood dreams."
That's how Franklin senior linebacker Jake Fernandes put it after the cohesive, physical and talented Sabers earned their first WIAA State Finals berth since 2006 when they hammered a game Mukwonago team, 35-8, in a state division 1 semifinal at Kettle Moraine Friday night.
"It just takes your breath away," said Fernandes. "It's something you work for since youth football. Something you dream about as a little kid."
"Now we get to play for that chance."
Fernandes was part of mauling, speedy, aggressively physical defense that didn't let the Indians, who had scored 90 points in their last two playoff wins combined, find the end zone until Franklin had hit them with the running clock at 35-0 early in the third quarter.» Read Full Article
$10K in cellphones stolen from RadioShack in Oak Creek
Oak Creek — Police are investigating the theft of more than $10,000 worth of cellphones during an early morning burglary at RadioShack, 8907 S. Howell Ave., Nov. 5.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
The store's security company alerted police after receiving multiple alarms at 4:44 a.m. Nov. 5. The security company reported two glass breaks at the building and movement in the front and rear sales areas.
When police arrived, they discovered someone had smashed out a window just east of the main entrance doors. Once inside, the perpetrator looked for AT&T, Sprint and Verizon iPhones. Display cases were pulled off counters and drawers were rummaged through.
A hammer was used to break the lock on a caged area where the cellphones are kept.» Read Full Article
Oak Creek police say naked customer, with strategically placed sock, ends up pizza-less
Oak Creek — A pizza delivery person in Oak Creek has a tip for anyone who asks for home delivery: If you answer your door naked, you won't get any pizza.
According to an Oak Creek police report:
A pizza delivery person working for Domino's in Franklin attempted to deliver a pizza to an apartment in the 1700 block of Timber Ridge Lane at 12:40 a.m. Sunday.
A man answered the door completely naked, except for a sock covering his genitals. The money for the pizza was tucked inside the sock.
The delivery person left the apartment without delivering the pizza. He told officers he heard several other people in the apartment laughing during the incident.» Read Full Article
View snow photos from social media users
Whether you think it's coming too early or are embracing it whole-heartedly, snow is here in the Milwaukee area.
And people around the area were sharing their thoughts - and photos - on Twitter, Instagram and more.
Take a look at some of the photos and videos that were shared in the MyCommunityNOW Storify story of the first snowfall of 2013.
Arrowhead surges to top spot in suburban football poll
MyCommunityNOW/Lake Country Publications suburban football poll on the strength of a 36-3 victory over Germantown in Friday's Level 3 contest.Arrowhead has moved back to the top spot in the
Former No. 1 Homestead lost to Kimberly, 37-7. Undefeated Greendale, a 41-27 winner over Plymouth in Level 3, is second in the poll.
Visit Push for the Playoffs for the rest of the poll, Coaches Confidential, You Make the Call and more.
Read social media story of Division 1 Level 3 football playoffs games
Area teams Arrowhead, Germantown, Mukwonago, Oconomowoc and Franklin took on their next opponents in Level 3 of the WIAA Division 1 football playoffs Friday.
Fans and reporters were on Twitter and other social networks. Read the MyCommunityNOW Storify social media story of the games.
Read social media story of Division 3 Level 3 football playoffs games
Area teams Greendale and Catholic Memorial looked to reach Level 4, just one step away from state, in the the WIAA Division 3 football playoffs Friday.
As always, fans and reporters were on Twitter and other social networks. Read the MyCommunityNOW Storify social media story of the games.
Ringelberg rings up victory for Greendale in playoffs
Josh Ringelberg of Greendale is a classic double-threat quarterback, and never was that fact made clearer than in the Panthers' WIAA Division 3, Level 3 playoff game against Plymouth on Friday night.
Ringelberg is equally dangerous throwing or running the football, and he did both extremely well as Greendale downed plucky Plymouth at Steve Gavinski Field, 41-27.
The junior completed 7 of 12 passes for 144 yards and two touchdowns while running 15 times for 173 yards and three scores.
One at a time
Interestingly, he seemed to focus on one aspect of his game at a time. Ringelberg hit 7 of 10 passes for 144 yards in the first half, including 5 of 5 for 109 in the second quarter.» Read Full Article
Karow's pick-six ignites Franklin to Level 4
Had the Marquette Hilltoppers started the second half of Friday's playoff game with the Franklin Sabers like they did the first half, there's a real chance it would have been their dream of reaching Camp Randall that was still alive and not Franklin's.
Senior defensive back Jared Karow made sure that wasn't the case.
Karow stepped in front of Marquette quarterback Charlie Greif's pass at the Hilltoppers' 15-yard line and returned it for a touchdown minutes into the second half to give the Sabers an 8-point lead en route to a 41-13 blowout in a WIAA Division 1, Level 3 contest at Franklin.
"The ball was there and I just made a jump on it," said Karow, who collected two of the Sabers' five interceptions on the night. "Coach (Louis) Brown has been working on that all week, and there's nothing you can do but make that play after making it so many times in practice."
With the win, Franklin (11-1) heads to the state semifinals for the fourth time in six years but first time since 2010.» Read Full Article
Police: Evidence found that Oak Creek home was fired at Nov. 1
Oak Creek police officers have found evidence that a weapon was fired at a home in the 2000 block of East Birch Drive and that the home was struck Nov. 1, according to a news statement issued today by the Oak Creek Police Department.
It states that the homeowner believes a weapon was fired, striking the home, between midnight and 11 a.m. Nov. 1.
The department asks that anyone with information call Detective Robert Michalski at (414) 766-7630, or, to remain anonymous, Crime Stoppers at (414) 766-7699.
No further information has been released at this time.
Man stabbed in Greendale after yelling profanities
A man went to the emergency room at 2:45 a.m. Oct. 30 after being stabbed in his back after drinking at a Greendale bar.
According to the Greendale police report, which was released this week:
An emergency room nurse at St. Luke's Hospital called police after the man came into the ER with a stab wound in his back.
The man said he was walking south along Basswood Street at Grange Avenue after drinking at Ray & Dot's Tap when a man he didn't know stabbed him in the back.
The victim had yelled profanities at the man before the attack. The victim had a two-centimeter puncture wound that required four stitches. The investigation into the assault was pending at the time of the report.
Oak Creek police investigate theft of $300,000 in weight loss supplements
Oak Creek — Police are investigating the theft of more than $300,000 worth of weight loss supplements after a manager at Supplement Warehouse, 2440 W. Corporate Preserve Drive, discovered a pallet of the pills went missing between July and September.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
The manager called police to report her business was missing a pallet of USP Labs Oxy Elite Pro, which is a fat-burning supplement, Oct. 24. The pallet had been accounted for during an inventory check July 31, but was missing from the warehouse during an inventory check Sept. 9.
The manager told police she believed the pallet had been stolen when a pipe broke at the warehouse in August. During that time a lot of people and companies were in and out of the business, which would have made it easy for someone to steal the pallet.
The company didn't immediately report the theft after the pallet turned up missing during the Sept. 9 inventory because it took a long time to search the entire warehouse to verify that the pallet was not just moved or misplaced.» Read Full Article
Oak Creek-Franklin teachers express concern over negotiation impasse
Oak Creek — More than 70 teachers and residents attended Monday's School Board meeting, raising concerns about the future salary structure given failed negotiations.
Teachers and residents read from prepared statements calling for the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District to open up discussions and give teachers more respect.
A mediator on Oct. 17 declared the salary negotiations between the teacher's union and school district at an impasse. The district could impose its salary offer on the teachers at the Nov. 11 School Board meeting.
Superintendent Sara Burmeister said the district is attempting to increase starting wages for younger teachers this year. That means administrators have proposed larger increases for less-experienced teachers than veteran teachers.
"I understand some people feel it is unfair that some teachers are receiving a larger base-building increase this year compared to other teachers," Burmeister said in an email to NOW Newspapers. "Last year, all teachers received the same percent increase, and the union, while agreeing to this, criticized the district and board for not doing more for our newer, lower-paid teachers, pointing out the widening gap between the highest and lowest paid teachers."» Read Full Article
Boys state soccer photo gallery updated
WIAA boys state soccer photo gallery with images from today's Division 4 title game between University School and The Prairie School. USM won, 1-0.We've just updated the MyCommunityNOW
The state soccer photo gallery also features images from Muskego's 1-0 victory over Arrowhead in the Division 1 semifinals; Cedarburg's 2-1 win over Whitefish Bay in the Division 2 semifinals; Notre Dame's 1-0 victory over Pewaukee in the Division 3 semifinals; and University School's 1-0 victory over Sturgeon Bay in the Division 4 semifinals.
Read social media story of Division 1 Level 2 football playoffs games
Arrowhead, Franklin, Germantown, Oconomowoc and Mukwonago tried to take one more step toward a state title in Level 2 of the WIAA Division 1 football playoffs Friday.
Fans and reporters were on Twitter and other social networks. Read the MyCommunityNOW Storify social media story of the games.
Read social media story of Division 2 Level 2 football playoffs games
Homestead, Hamilton, Waukesha West, Whitefish Bay and South Milwaukee were all area teams that took on second-round opponents in the WIAA Division 2 football playoffs Friday.
As always, fans and reporters were on Twitter and other social networks. Read the MyCommunityNOW Storify social media story of the games.
Read social media story of Division 3 Level 2 football playoffs games
Greendale faced Brown Deer while Catholic Memorial and Pewaukee faced off in Level 2 of the WIAA Division 3 football playoffs Friday.
As always, fans and reporters were on Twitter and other social networks. Read the MyCommunityNOW Storify social media story of the games.
Franklin's defense sparkling in mud and muck
They call it "The Swamp" down at Franklin.
The much-abused, overworked, rain-sodden and cleat-torn home field that the Southeast Conference champion Sabers football team was used to great effect this fall.
It will probably get replaced by a shiny new artificial field turf surface in a few years, but in the minds of players like seniors Sean McGure, Jake Fernandes and Erik Wimmer, the memories of the mud and torn grass surface will be as beautiful as the field itself is in high summer, before anyone has laid a foot on it.
Especially after Friday night, when two days of rain left "The Swamp" in a soft and mucky condition.
It was the perfect consistency to help a revved-up Sabers' defense slow the high-octane offense of Southeast Conference rival Kenosha Indian Trail to a crawl in an emotional 17-14 WIAA Division 1, Level 2 victory.» Read Full Article


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The November issue of Environment & Climate News reports on the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change's September 17 release of Climate Change Reconsidered II: Physical Science a 1,000-page report concluding global warming is not a crisis. Like earlier volumes in the Climate Change Reconsidered series, the new report cites thousands of peer-reviewed articles to determine the current state-of-the-art of climate science. NIPCC authors paid special attention to research overlooked by the IPCC or studies that present data, discussion, or implications arguing against the IPCC's claim that dangerous global warming is resulting, or will result, from human-related greenhouse gas emissions.
Also in this issue:
- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering a West Virginia industrial wind farm's application to kill endangered bats. Peer-reviewed studies show wind farms in the United States kill at least 1.4 million birds and bats each year, but very few wind farms have applied for and received a permit to kill the animals.
- U.S. carbon dioxide emissions fell 8 percent between 2007 and 2011, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports. The decline in U.S. emissions stands in stark contrast to a 9 percent increase in global emissions over the same time period.
- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine filed suit against solar power company Willard & Kelsey Solar Group, charging the company with fraud in connection with loans it received from two state agencies.
- The Obama administration has increased the federal government's estimated "social costs" for carbon emissions, but analysts point out glaring flaws in the scientific and economic assumptions behind the estimate.
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency confirmed the Houston metropolitan area is substantially improving its air quality under a Texas state-level air-quality plan and is on track to meet ozone-reduction goals. The improvements illustrate the effectiveness of state and local efforts to improve air quality without EPA intervention.
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration closed approximately 600 temperature stations during the past two years, reflecting heat bias concerns raised by a prominent meteorologist. Most of the remaining stations, however, are also sited in a manner that produces heat-biased temperature readings.
Newspaper Articles in this Issue
Fukushima and the Misunderstood Effects of Radiation– October 20, 2013
Expanding Our Understanding of Climate Change– October 19, 2013
NOAA Closes Some Heat-Biased Temperature Stations– October 15, 2013
Feds Consider West Virginia Wind Farm Permit to Kill Endangered Bats– October 14, 2013
Gina McCarthy Gets Firsthand Look at Pebble Mine– October 13, 2013
Environmental Activist Naomi Klein Slams Joe Romm for Ignorance, Hatchet Tactics– October 13, 2013
Scientists Release 'Climate Change Reconsidered'– October 12, 2013
'Lukewarmist' Judith Curry Calls for End of IPCC– October 11, 2013
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Fall As Global Emissions Rise– October 10, 2013
Ag Secretary Vilsack Reaffirms Support for Biofuel Mandates– October 9, 2013
White House's Social Cost of Carbon Estimates Questioned– October 9, 2013
Southern California Tribes Resist Giant Solar Project– October 8, 2013
EPA Confirms Texas Air Plan Is Improving Houston Air– October 8, 2013
Chukchi Polar Bears Thriving As Arctic Ice Recedes– October 7, 2013
Ohio Sues Solar Firm to Recover $11 Million in Loans– October 7, 2013


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Women's Basketball Unable to Fend off LMU, Falls 62-58January 8, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – Unable to hang on to its 28-21 halftime lead in the final 20 minutes, Anderson University women's basketball dropped its second straight game to Lincoln Memorial this season, 62-58, in South Atlantic Conference action Wednesday evening at the Abney Athletic Center.
Despite the hot-handed Sierra Simpson pouring in a career-high 18 points, the Trojan defense was unable to stop Simpson's counterpart, Aisjah Roan, who finished with 11 points and 16 rebounds in 36 minutes to record her second double-double of the season. LMU senior MaRanda Boddie, a Preseason All-SAC Second Team honoree, dropped in a game-high 16 points and junior Katrina Ottesen added 12 as the trio combined for 63 percent of Lincoln Memorial's scoring.
For AU, Simpson was followed by freshman guard Heather Jankowy with 12 points, which breaks her original career-high of nine points, set in the first meeting between the teams. Finishing just 2-for-9 from the floor, Jankowy's night was headlined by a 7-for-7 performance from the free throw line. Classmate Alexis Dillard found herself in foul trouble for the majority of the contest, but grabbed eight rebounds in 22 minutes.
"I was proud of our effort tonight," Anderson head coach Jimmy Garrity said. "I have to give a lot of credit to Lincoln Memorial. They came into Abney and made some big plays at key moments in the game. Unfortunately for us, we just left too many points out there."
Despite the four-point setback, it was Anderson that started quickly in the opening period. The Trojans caught fire and began the game on a 17-5 run, capped off a 3-pointer from Jankowy, her only trey of the game, in front of the Lincoln Memorial bench.
Anderson would continue its attack and take its second 12-point advantage off a missed jumper by Roan. The Trojans quickly scurried down the floor and Simpson finished the fast break with an open lay-up, handing AU a 21-9 lead.
After the bucket, the Lady Railsplitters clawed back and cut the AU lead to four twice in the remaining minutes. With a Roan free throw sending the game to 23-19 at the 2:22 mark, the Trojans outscored LMU 5-2 to go into halftime, leading 28-21. At the half, Simpson was the only player to record double figures with 10 points.
After junior Lesley Woods dropped in one of her two 3-pointers to open the second period, Lincoln Memorial went on a 9-0 over the next two minutes to chip away at the Anderson advantage. LMU's Samantha Satterlee closed the quick run with her only 3-pointer of the contest from the wing to bring the score to 31-30.
Despite Woods burying another trey and Simpson followed with a jumper, the Lady Railsplitters started another devastating run over the next three minutes. LMU scored 10 straight points and took its first lead of the game when Ottesen connected on a 3-pointer, moving the score to 37-36, in favor of the visitors, with 13:58 left.
Lincoln Memorial would eventually taking its largest lead of the run at 42-38, but the Trojans stormed back and evened the score when Simpson dropped in a turnaround jumper from 10-feet away to notch a traditional 3-point play. Simpson's free throw would give AU back the lead at 43-42.
Over the next seven minutes, neither team would hold a lead of more than three as the lead changed seven times throughout the final stanza. After LMU's Kalasia Green dropped in a pair of free throws with 55 seconds remaining to give the Lady Railsplitters a 59-56 advantage, Woods responded with a quick lay-up, bringing the Trojans within one with 50 seconds left.
Ottesen increased the LMU lead to three once again, firing in a runner in the lane with 18 seconds left, as the ensuing Trojan possession came up empty. A late free throw by Roan would close out the four-point SAC victory, as Lincoln Memorial earns the season sweep over the Trojans.
The Lady Railsplitters out-rebounded AU 49-39 and held the Trojans to 29.7-percent from the field. The percentage marks the first time this season the Trojans have shot below 30-percent for a game.
"We missed some shots we normally make and we didn't shoot the ball very well from the free throw line," Garrity said. "We will remain positive and look forward to rebounding from this loss as we head into the weekend."
In the series, Anderson took all three meetings a season ago, including a conference tournament quarterfinal win at the Abney Center. LMU now holds its first winning streak over the Trojans since AU joined the SAC prior to the 2010 season. With the narrow setback, the Trojans record their first three-game losing skid for the first time since the end of the 2011-12 season when they dropped four straight to close the year.
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This is the third time that I've had a leaking Presta valve on the tube. There must be a way of repairing the Presta valve rather than having to discard a good tube. Someone did it by applying glue, but I didn't watch closely enough to see where he put the glue. What can I do?
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You could try rubber cement however, you will probably still have a slow leak.
You best solution is to prevent the valve from separating from the tube. To do this, I don't put the retaining nut on until after I have fully inflated the tire. Once the tire is inflated, I screw the nut on just tight enough that it won't fall off. You could add some loc-tite but I don't and haven't had a problem. If you over tighten the nut, you are going to cause the valve to separate from the tube.
Solved the issue of leaking air on the core part of the Presta valve by using Teflon tape to tighten the seal.
First save the valve out of any tubes you discard (if the valve is good). And you can buy valve core separate.
The valve was two sets of thread. One to open and close the valve and the other to remove the valve core.
Removing the pump can loosen the valve core. You can use a tool such as core removal tool or a small pair of pliers to tighten the core. If it gets loose I use just a dab of locktite on the threads but you must be very careful to not get any on the gasket or the valve will stick. I have a bad set of tubes and did this to all of them up front. Just a dab on the threads in the middle. And open the valve before you tighten it.


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WEIRTON - Weirton Steel's 25 Year Club has held a picnic for members every year since 1946.
This year, flooding along Kings Creek put the annual event Saturday in jeopardy at the Serbian Picnic Grounds.
Ron Baker, 25 Year Club president, said about 500 to 550 former and current workers were expected to attend the annual picnic.
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Jim Porter of Toronto, left, Ed Swiger of New Cumberland, center, and Rich Young, 25 Year Club secretary, share some laughs Saturday at the Weirton Steel 25 Year Club annual picnic at the Serbian Picnic Grounds. About 550 current and retired workers gathered to share stories and the history of the mill. -- Mark Law
He said the Serbian Picnic Ground workers did a great job in getting the facility ready for the retirees.
Baker is still working at the plant as a millwright in the tin mill with 41 years of employment in the mill.
The 25 Year Club summer picnic has been held every year since 1946. He believes it is the oldest steel mill event in the country.
He said there were 14,600 employees at the mill when he started in 1972. He saw a downturn in the late 1990s.
"I could never dream the workforce would go down to 800," he said.
"Those still working still have hope. They still got a job. There is still hope that mill will keep going and be there for them,"
Baker looks around at the men and women at the picnic. "You can't imagine how much experience is here. These guys dedicated their life to the mill because the mill made a life for them," Baker said.
"There is a lot of history of what's inside and outside the mill. We will continue to have this (picnic). We owe it to the guys to keep it going," Baker said.
Lloyd "Red" Lemley, 75, of Hundred, formerly of Weirton, said Weirton Steel was a good place to work. He was a welder in the welder shop.
"The welding shop was like family. That was good because we were there as much as at home," he said.
"I was probably in every dirt hole in there," Lemley said.
Lemley, who retired in 1994, said he feels like crying when he drives past the mill now.
"I never thought it would turn out like this. I thought it would be Weirton Steel forever," Lemley said.
Bruce Elliott was at the picnic with his son, Dave, both of Wellsburg.
Bruce was a foreman in the blacksmith shop with 32 years under his belt. Dave worked in the rail car shop beginning in 1982, retiring in 2008.
Bruce said working at Weirton Steel was a good income.
Bruce said he was glad the downturn happened later rather than sooner.
Bruce, who retired in 1983, said he never thought it would happen.
"Back in 1964 there was 13,500 people working," he said.
He could feel something starting when the plant shut down the blooming mill and then the open harth, when it went to the basic oxygen process.
"It was a good living. I treated them good and they treated me good," Dave Elliott said.
He said in the last few years before his retirement he was moved all over the mill. He said he wasn't familiar with a lot of the jobs. "It could be dangerous," he said.
Dave Elliott said he can't believe what he sees when he drives by the mill, now with less than 1,000 employees.
"I heard all those rumors and thought, 'they can't do that,'" he said.
Rich Young, 25 Year Club secretary, retired in 2002 after almost 31 years of work. He worked in the caster where slabs of steel were made. He started at the coke plant in 1972.
"I worked my way up from hell to another hell," he said with a smile on his face.
Young said the mill was huge in its heyday.
"Everyone knew each other. Everyone went to the picnic. This is where everyone got to talk about their area in the mill. Everyone got a chance to talk about their experiences. The good, the bad and the ugly - or as we used to say, 'The good, the bad and what were they thinking,"Young said.
Young said it is hard to believe what has happened to the mill.
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Young said Weirton Steel was once a focus in the steel-making industry. It was the No. 8 producer of steel in the country. He said Weirton Steel made products from the start with raw materials to the finished product moving out the door.
He said the downturn started back in the he 1980s. He said National Steel started to take money out of the mill and not reinvesting it. He said the employees noticed that and bought the mill so money could be reinvested back into the plant. Young said workers gave up one-third of their income in the early years of the ESOP so the money could be put back into equipment.
Young said the economy has a lot to do with the future of the plant. He said the plant once had one-third of the tin plate market in the world. "It is still pretty high up there."
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Please consider the (presumably infinite) Euler product over the twin primes:
$$ f(z) = \prod_{p\in\mathbb{P}}^{\infty} \Big( 1 - \frac{1}{(p(p+2))^ z} \Big) $$ (in which $p(p+2)$ is a divisor of $4((p-1)!+1) + p$ ).
The Euler Product is a product of a corresponding Dirichlet series. Which one is that?
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Four years ago, Stranger staffer Renée Krulich was celebrating Barack Obama's victory with millions of others across the country when she suddenly received a "random text of excitement" from someone she didn't know.
"I saved this on my phone for four years, it became the oldest thing on my phone and sort of a great story to tell people and show them," she told The Stranger's blog, the aptly named Slog. "To me it summed up the spirit of the elections that year. Strangers/citizens coming together and voting with conviction and rising up to celebrate that win."
Fast-forward four years to Tuesday night (well, technically, early Wednesday morning): President Obama's reelection.
"[M]y long-term hope was that four years would pass and Obama would run again and Obama would win and I could hopefully talk to that same person again," Renée said.
Turns out, keeping hope alive was worth it. The excited texter hadn't changed phone numbers in the past four years, and the two were able to reconnect.
A happy ending to a perfect metaphor.
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You can write the n roots of an n degree polynomial in terms of its n coefficients, i.e., "Vieta's" formulas.
You can solve this system of nonlinear equations using Newton's method and the Jacobian.
What I am missing is which part of this procedure violates n>5 unsolvable algebraically --aren't all the matrix operations algebraic?
Is it taking the derivative that is the non-algebraic step that lets us solve?
In what sense is a derivative an "operation", what characteristics does it share with the other 5? Is there a group with nth derivative as its binary operation? Where does derivative fit in some kind of framework of algebraic operations? Quotient is an operation but is obtaining the remainder also an "operation" or would this also be in a separate part of the framework to the other 5? What are some references that address the placement of different operations in some kind of theoretical framework?


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I am trying to find out specifics about caches (in particular which caches are shared between cores and which are not) and have stumpled onto a inconsistency.
sudo lshw says
description: L1 cache
physical id: a
slot: Internal Cache
size: 64KiB
capacity: 64KiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
description: L2 cache
physical id: b
slot: External Cache
size: 8MiB
capabilities: synchronous internal write-back
lscpu claims
L1d cache: 32K
L1i cache: 32K
L2 cache: 256K
L3 cache: 8192K
I do not worry too much about instruction and data cache being added together, but where did L2 go?
Observed on a machine running Ubuntu 10.10, or to let
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Linux name 2.6.35-32-generic #66-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 13 21:04:32 UTC 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
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External Cache mean the cache is shared between the (four) cores (and
Internal Cache the opposite)?


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6 Famous Documentaries That Were Shockingly Full of Crap
#3. Searching for Sugar Man -- Sugar Man Was Touring, Shooting Up the Charts in the '80s
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Searching for Sugar Man is the tale of two South African music fans going on a quest to find a mysterious American singer called Rodriguez, who had become huge in their country but whose whereabouts were unknown. The story is that this musical genius had released two little-heard albums in the early '70s and then vanished (rumors swirled that he had long ago committed suicide onstage). He remained unknown until a sudden surge in popularity when his songs about poverty and urban decay made him an icon in apartheid-era South Africa. So the guy was a star, but nobody knew where he was or even if he was still alive.
Spoilers: The documentary discovers Rodriguez toiling in anonymity in his native Detroit, having no idea of his superstar status abroad. Thanks to the documentary, Rodriguez became the ultimate artist-you-probably-haven't-heard for hipsters everywhere, and he was even invited to play at some festivals.
Via Michael Robinson
"Wait, he didn't kill himself? Fuck this, let's see if Nirvana is playing."
The Fallacy:
The documentary tells us that Rodriguez is a guy who put out two extremely obscure albums in the '70s, had zero success, quit music, and became a regular Joe. That makes for a great story -- the idea that the guy threw the albums out there and dropped off the map, unaware that his work had become huge on the other side of the globe years later. Well, we don't know about you, but we haven't met any regular Joes who spent years touring Australia with bands like Men at Work and Midnight Oil.
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He still has fucking "Down Under" stuck in his head.
Yep, Rodriguez was a huge sensation in Australia in the late '70s and early '80s, with his singles shooting up the charts for over a year. One of the fans from the documentary is a record shop owner and a massive Rodriguez nut -- surely he'd heard of his 1981 live in Australia album? Maybe he listened to it and figured the huge crowd cheering for the guy at the beginning was in some tiny Detroit cafe. Also, the name of the album is Rodriguez Alive, so maybe he should have taken it as a clue.
It's true that Rodriguez's work didn't catch on the U.S. before the film, and that he wasn't aware of his popularity in South Africa, but to paint him as a criminally ignored genius is absurd. He enjoyed a sterling career lasting over a decade before his 15 minutes were up and he was forced back into the real world, making his story about as remarkable as any '80s hair metal band (that is, if Blackie Lawless inexplicably became the poster boy for the Egyptian revolution, which -- can we make that happen?). That might explain why he seemed so underwhelmed when he met up with the filmmakers.
Via Theguardian.com
He was just relieved that they didn't call him "Menudo."
#2. Winged Migration -- A Study of Editing Trickery and Trained Birds
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This Oscar-nominated thrill ride captures the awe-inspiring movements of several different species of bird as they embark on the incredible journey to go fuck other birds or whatever. If it sounds boring, you haven't seen it -- it's full of heartbreaking scenes like this in which an injured bird is surrounded by crabs and, unable to fly away and escape, is eventually ganged up on and eaten.
Via Habibsalimin
You have a little something on your arm there.
Damn, that's one of the most disturbing things to happen to an innocent creature in a movie in recent years that wasn't made by Pixar.
The Fallacy:
Yeah, that scene is fake. To their credit as human beings, the filmmakers actually pulled the bird to safety before he could be attacked. And to their non-credit as documentarians, they left that part out and instead included a shot of the crabs eating some dead fish (which wasn't their friend, so they didn't save it). They just cleverly edited the clips together to make you think that poor little bird got the Hannibal treatment, because they feed on tears. There's also a scene where a goose steps into a puddle of oil in a factory -- that was shot in a studio, and the "oil" was actually milk and vegetable dye.
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To be fair, milk is highly toxic to birds and will make them instantly explode.
But who cares, right? All that matters is that the majestic movements of the birds are real. Or real-ish. Those amazing flock formations, the brilliant displays of instinct in which animals move together that humans can never attempt to emulate? All staged. Half of those aren't wild birds. They've been raised from the egg by the filmmakers, and what we're seeing is just trained animals following orders. The filmmakers aren't following the birds -- the birds are following them.
Via Enzian.org
Those birds seriously think they'll grow up to become flying robots one day.
Don't get us wrong, it's still a breathtaking movie (especially if you like birds and/or drugs), but nominating it for Best Documentary is kinda like giving an MMA title to Hulk Hogan.
#1. Nanook of the North -- An Amazing Achievement in Utter Bullshit
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The Film:
Nanook of the North not only is the granddaddy of documentaries (made back in 1922), but is widely considered a masterpiece of the documentary genre and one of the most influential movies ever made. Before Nanook, "documentaries" consisted of static shots of people walking near trains or boring shit like that (it was all Vines, basically). This was the first one that A) lasted more than a few minutes and B) showed something actually worth watching.
For Nanook, director Robert Flaherty went deep into the Alaskan wilderness to steal a glimpse inside the lives of the notoriously closed-off Inuit population. He follows a family headed by the titular Nanook and his two wives, Nyla and Cunayoo, as they build an igloo, hunt seals with spears, and become hilariously confused by modern technology, such as poor Nanook trying to eat a gramophone record.
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The original title of the documentary was Fucking Idiot.
The Fallacy:
The whole thing was almost completely made up. Robert Flaherty was the Michael Moore of the 1920s, only he left more illegitimate Inuit children in his wake.
First of all, "Nanook" was actually named Allakariallak, although we can kind of understand why they changed it. His "wives" were also not his wives, but the "common-law" wives of Flaherty (i.e., his ethnic trophies). They were also renamed: There's no record of Cunayoo's real name, but Nyla's was actually the much plainer "Alice." "Nyla" was suggested by the locals and supposedly meant "the smiling one," but unknown to Flaherty, it was actually a dirty word. (A quick Google search suggests it has something to do with farting.)
Via Britmovie.co.uk
They called him Robutt Farterty. Apparently it means "Great White God."
Of course, since Flaherty constructed the whole family from scratch, none of the events filmed were part of their actual lives, either. In order to show to the world how the Inuit really lived, Flaherty simply made them act out scenes from how everyone already thought they did. He asked them to hunt with spears instead of the guns they'd been using for decades, made them dress in furs, and had them build an igloo, even though they'd actually heard of houses by then. Allakariallak was also very familiar with modern technology and knew well not to eat gramophones. Notice how he spends half the movie looking at the camera and smiling?
Via Visualise-it.blogspot.com
He's literally laughing his ass off at the silly shit Flaherty asked him to do for his "documentary."
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I have oregano in my garden. But I only use it fresh. How should I properly dry the oregano so I can get something similar to oregano found in the stores?
This page lists several methods for drying and storing herbs. A quick summary:
I've seen it done a set of stems tied together and hanged upside down (leaves pointing to the ground) on a string on a dry room.
That said, I think fresh oregano is so much nicer and tastier than dried one that I wouldn't even bother to dry it.
I would suspect you could use Alton Brown's Jerky method. I haven't done it with herbs but it worked great for the Jerky and should provide the same effect.
You use a box fan and paper furnace filters.
Lay the filters on the out side of the fan with your herbs between the layers of filters, bungee cord the filters to the fan and leave the fan running.
Not sure timing for the herbs, would just have to check them periodically.
Tie stems together in a brown paper bag, and hang somewhere away from heat and moisture for a few weeks.
Once they're dry, strip the leaves off of each stem and store in zip-lock bags until needed. Make sure they're good and dry before sealing though, or they'll mold!
Along with what Donut mentioned, I've had luck with fridge drying, but it's slow:
Lay out a length of paper towel, then lay out the leaves on it, and roll it up, and hide it in the back of your fridge for a few weeks.
I have success drying fresh herbs in microwave. It's quick and you get reasonable results in just a few minutes. I did it for mint and basil, and I'm sure you can dry oregano using this method too.
I learned that it is possible after I had read this Tipnut article and been doing it since then whenever I have excess fresh herbs at hand.