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Man suspected of impersonating photojournalist is arrested, charged
For more than 40 years, Gary Medrow has wielded a telephone the way a check forger wields a pen.
Except instead of faking signatures for financial gain, Medrow has used the phone as a disguise to impersonate people in officialdom - from police officers to accident investigators - to indulge his favorite fetish: persuading complete strangers to carry each other around.
The latest persona adopted by the 68-year-old serial impostor, according to a criminal complaint, is that of a Journal Sentinel photojournalist, calling two female high school athletes to set up photo shoots in which they would hold each other upon their shoulders.
Medrow, of Greenfield, was arrested Friday and charged in Ozaukee County Circuit Court with two counts each of telephone harassment and disorderly conduct in connection with the incident involving two Cedarburg High School girls.
Authorities in Franklin, Verona, Hartland and Mequon are investigating similar incidents, which involve female athletes who have had their pictures in the newspaper, Cedarburg police Officer Joe Biliskov said.» Read Full Article
Stingy defense gives Homestead football team its fourth state title
It takes heart and a bit more to break a state record 48-game winning streak, to turn back an empire that has won three state championships in a row, to shut out an offensive juggernaut that once scored 76 points on a team this year and which has not been shutout in something close to seven seasons.
The Homestead football squad had those qualities and did all of those things Friday afternoon in the WIAA State D2 championship game, defeating previously Waunakee by a 14-0 score. The title was the fourth for Homestead (12-1) since 1999 (1999, 2006, and 2008), and its first in division 2.
"It's a great day to be a Highlander," shouted defensive coordinator Fritz Rauch to anyone who listen in the late-afternoon sun at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison
And he wouldn't get any arguments from anyone wearing red and white fan gear this afternoon. His unit was on the field much of the second half but still found the will and the way to turn back the powerful Warriors (12-1) three times inside the five-yard line in the second half.
Arguably the most incredible effort was the first one on fourth and a foot situation early in the third quarter, where the interior of the Highlander line caved in the Warriors' offensive front to such an extent that quarterback Will Decorah was essentially tripped by one of his own men and his hand-off to back Tyler Reynolds was ruined resulting in a two-yard loss.» Read Full Article
Homestead shuts out Waunakee, wins D2 title
The Homestead football team did something no team has done in three years -- defeat Waunakee. It happened at the most opportune moment possible, with the Highlanders winning the WIAA Division 2 state title Friday afternoon at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, 14-0.
Waunakee, which came into the battle with a 48-game winning streak and three consecutive D2 state titles, threatened to score on multiple occasions but never could crack the goal line, getting shut out for the first time since November of 2005.
Perhaps most important sequence came with 28 seconds left in the first half, when Homestead took the ball at its own 25 and scored two plays later. Jay Schneider ran 53 of those yards on first down, and quarterback Jake Laihinen hit freshman Jack Popp for a 22-yard score with 11 seconds to go. The Highlanders thus took a 14-0 lead into the locker room.
The defense made play after play to preserve the lead. On fourth and goal from the 1, Waunakee was turned away for a 2-yard loss on the first drive of the second half. Jacob Mehlhoff intercepted Waunakee quarterback Will Decorah after the Warriors had reached the Homestead 12-yard line on a fourth down play one series later.
Waunakee's next drive reached 1st and goal on the 8 before the Warriors turned the ball over on downs. Lineman Ryan Stendler also intercepted a pass in the first half to squelch a drive.» Read Full Article
Read the social media story of Homestead vs. Waunakee
The Homestead Highlanders won 14-0 against the Waunakee Warriors, ending the Warriors' 48-game win streak, in the Divsion 2 championship game.
Read the social media story of the game here.
Gynecologist sentenced to year in jail in patient sex case
A Whitefish Bay gynecologist was sentenced Thursday to a year in jail and three years of probation for having inappropriate sexual contact and conversation with four patients.
Evan Saunders was found guilty in September of four counts each of fourth-degree sexual assault and disorderly conduct, all misdemeanors.
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Ellen Brostrom sentenced Saunders, 48, to four consecutive 90-day jail terms on the disorderly conduct counts. He must report by the day after Thanksgiving and will be allowed 10 hours a week of release time for child care.
Brostrom imposed a nine-month jail term for each sexual assault count but stayed that portion of the sentence in favor of three years of probation.
Among the conditions of the probation are that Saunders not practice medicine or work alone with others in a clinical setting - he surrendered his medical license last month; get sex offender and substance abuse assessments; maintain absolute sobriety; and perform 200 hours of community service.» Read Full Article
Falling kegs lead to surprise carbon monoxide discovery
North Shore Fire Department crews inadvertently discovered elevated levels of carbon monoxide at the Sprecher Brewery in Glendale while tending to an employee injured by several falling kegs.
According to an NSFD news release:
Bayside dispatch received a call at 4:05 p.m. yesterday requesting an ambulance for an employee who had been injured by several falling kegs.
While tending to the employee, a carbon monoxide warning device attached to a medical kit sounded, indicating elevated carbon monoxide levels. Crews on scene retrieved additional meters from the fire engine, finding readings as high as 120 parts per million (ppm) throughout areas of the structure.
The brewery was evacuated and ventilated. No employees complained of symptoms or requested evaluation from NSFD crews.» Read Full Article
Mequon Plan Commission recommends winery proposal
A zoning amendment that would allow approval for a proposed Mequon winery has been endorsed by the city's Plan Commission.
If approved by the Common Council, the zoning change would set the stage for relocating the Chiselled Grape Winery to 14136 N. Port Washington Road, about one-half mile south of Pioneer Road.
Under the zoning change, Chiselled Grape would seek a conditional-use permit for its operation. That would require separate council approval.
The winery, including its tasting room, would use a four-bedroom house and barn at the Mequon location. It would move from its current location at Lakefield and Port Washington roads, about 1.5 miles north of the Mequon site in the Town of Grafton.
Owners Allan Haas and co-owner Harald Tomesch opened Chiselled Grape in 2011 at a former country school, which their business is leasing.» Read Full Article
Sprecher Brewery evacuated for elevated carbon monoxide levels
A workplace injury Wednesday at the Sprecher Brewery in Glendale led to detection of elevated carbon monoxide levels, forcing an evacuation of employees, according to the North Shore Fire Department.
Firefighters and an ambulance crew were called to the brewery at 701 W. Glendale Ave. shortly after 4 p.m. when an employee was struck by several fallen kegs, according to Firefighter/Paramedic Dan Tyk.
While the employee was being treated, Tyk said, a carbon monoxide alarm attached to medical kit carried from the ambulance began to sound and elevated CO levels were detected throughout the building, which was then evacuated.
The exhaust from a forklift being used inside the plant was determined to be the source of the carbon monoxide and the entire structure was ventilated, Tyk said.
The incident highlights the importance of having working carbon monoxide detectors in homes and workplaces, he said.» Read Full Article
Fox Point OKs run-walk organizers' request to use village streets
The Fox Point Village Board on Tuesday approved a request by organizers to use village streets in conjunction with a planned 5K run-walk in support of a child who has a form of leukemia.
Nine-year-old Audrey Parrott, who lives in the area, was recently diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. In an effort to fund a portion of the mounting medical expenses, organizers are planning the run-walk at 9:30 a.m. Sunday near Stormonth Elementary School, 7301 N. Longacre Road.
While organizers were given permission to use village streets, the board did not act on a request to waive fees associated with the usage request. The village does not have an ordinance that speaks to an organization asking to use village streets free of charge.
Firm moving Mequon, Waukesha offices to Third Ward
A firm with separate branches in two suburban locations has moved to a new office in Milwaukee's Historic Third Ward.
EmPowerHR, a human resources firm, and Laurus Strategies, which does business consulting, have moved from Mequon and Waukesha, respectively, to 10,000 square feet at the Warehouse No. 1 Building, 126 N. Jefferson St., the businesses announced Wednesday.
The move accommodates the current staff of 25 employees, and will allow for expansion.
Pasch commends MATC board for early collective bargaining with faculty
Assistant Assembly Democratic Leader Sandy Pasch (D–Shorewood) Tuesday released a statement supporting the Milwaukee Area Technical College Board's split decision to open collective bargaining negotiations with the union representing faculty some 15 months before the current contract expires.
"I am happy to see that the MATC board has agreed to open contract discussions with their faculty," Pasch said in the statement. "Our communities benefit when everyone has a seat at the table and we work together to find solutions to the complex issues we are facing.
"I trust that the MATC board and faculty will sit down together, roll up their sleeves, look each other in the eye, and negotiate important workplace issues that will not only benefit MATC and its students, but also employers and the wider Milwaukee community."
When he heard about the MATC board's decision, state Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) called the board "a bunch of union hacks."
The MATC board by a split vote decided Monday to accept the union's request to open negotiations roughly a year before they normally would begin. The board voted publicly after meeting in a specially scheduled one-hour meeting behind closed doors. Closed door meetings to discuss collective bargaining are allowed under state law.» Read Full Article
Father arrested, apologizes for disorderly conduct after son cut from basketball team
A 37-year-old man upset that his son did not make the school basketball team was arrested for disorderly conduct last week in Glendale.
According to the police report:
The Glendale man was arrested after causing a disturbance at Nicolet High School, 6701 N. Jean Nicolet Road, at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 7.
The man became angry after his son was cut from the basketball team. He went to the school and demanded to see the coach, who was in a meeting, and he was told to make an appointment but instead went to the meeting room and yelled and swore.
He was arrested at his home and apologized for his reaction saying this would be a teaching tool for his son on "how not to go about things."
Shoplifting team suspected in Whitefish Bay jewelry theft
A platinum and diamond ring valued at $5,995 was taken from a Whitefish Bay jewelry store a little after 2 p.m. Nov. 2.
According to the police report:
Police were called just after the theft was discovered at Thiet Jewelers, 513 E. Silver Spring Drive, about 2:15 p.m. Nov. 2.
The suspects are two white couples in their 50s who spread out in the store and distracted a clerk who inadvertently left a display case open.
Two couples, matching the description, had visited another jewelry store in the area.
Outpost Natural Foods plans Mequon store
Outpost Natural Foods Cooperative is planning to open a new store in Mequon at the northeast corner of Mequon Road (Highway 167) and Wauwatosa Road (Highway 181).
The proposed location would primarily serve the City of Mequon and the Town of Thiensville, and is expected to draw owners and shoppers from neighboring communities, including Germantown, Menomonee Falls, Cedarburg and Grafton, the company said in a statement.
The proposal still must be approved by the city's Plan Commission.
Outpost wants to construct a building featuring many of the green and sustainable design characteristics of the existing Outpost stores.
MSI General of Oconomowoc is the company contracted for the design/build and is the firm responsible for all of Outpost's design/build and renovation projects. The 1.89-acre site would include a 16,000-square-foot building and parking for about 70 cars.» Read Full Article
Read the social media story of Level 4 prep football
Area teams took on other contenders for a trip to state and Camp Randall Stadium in Madison on Nov. 9 and 10.
Read the social media story of the games, complete with tweets, photos and more.
In Division 1, Arrowhead took on Hudson. In Division 2 action, Homestead attempted to oust Marshfield and Whitefish Bay took on Waunakee.
And in Division 3, Catholic Memorial faced off against Mount Horeb/Barneveld.
Read the Storify story at this link or below. You can also view NOW's photo gallery of Level 4 action.» Read Full Article


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Thanksgiving Turkey Traditions at the White Houseby Mark Hughes
Since 1947, The National Turkey Federation (NTF) and The Poultry and Egg National Board (PENB) have donated a turkey to the White House each Thanksgiving—a tradition that is often confused with the Thanksgiving presidential turkey pardon. Officially, the presidential turkey pardon began during George H.W. Bush's first Thanksgiving in the White House in 1989. Prior to that event, presidents were more likely to eat the donated birds rather than spare them. Follow this slideshow for pictures and information about the presidents and the fate of their Thanksgiving turkeys.
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President Harry Truman was in office when the NTF and PENB began donating turkeys to the White House in 1947. Recent presidents have said that the tradition of pardoning a turkey began with Truman, but archivists of the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum have "found no documents, speeches, newspaper clippings, photographs, or other contemporary records in our holdings which refer to Truman pardoning a turkey." This photograph shows a turkey given to Truman by the NTF before it ended up on the dinner table.
Turkey fact: The average lifespan of domesticated turkeys is 18-24 months. Wild turkeys typically live 3 to 4 years.
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El Salvador pulled off a tremendous upset, sending tournament hosts Italy crashing out at the quarter-final stage after a 6-5 victory in extra time at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Buoyed by a superb performance from Frank Velasquez, the Salvadorans, who, prior to this occasion had never progressed out of the group stage, stamped their place in the semi-finals.
Despite starting the tournament with a crushing 11-2 defeat by Portugal, the Central Americans bounced back in convincing fashion. Italy assumed control of the match, scoring first through Paolo Palmacci, but slowing their pace, soon saw El Salvador draw things level through Velasquez in the first period.
A lively second period began, and though Italy snatched the lead on three different occasions, the hosts were unable to keep the Salvadorans from hitting back. Franco Palma scored from a free-kick before Velasquez headed home his second. However, Palmacci was able to hit back just three seconds later, scoring with an overhead kick. Agustin Ruiz fired back from a free-kick, before Tomas Hernandez sealed a 4-3 lead for El Salvador at the second period's end.
Italy quickly knotted things at four apiece, with Paolo Palmacci netting his third from the spot to bring the crowd to their feet at Stadio del Mare. But celebrations were short lived as Velasquez matched Palmacci's tally to give El Salvador a 5-4 edge. Franco Palma missed a penalty, but Francesco Corosiniti ensured the Italians still had life as he bagged an equaliser at the end of normal time.
The Salvadorans sent Italy tumbling out, however, in extra time as Velasquez completed an outstanding performance with his fourth, dribbling past his defender to fire home and send El Salvador to the semi-finals. While Italy are left licking their wounds, no longer fighting for the title on home soil, El Salvador are poised to take on Russia on 10 September in the semi-finals.


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If you need greater programmability, you might consider going to Authorize.Net, but it may cost you more with the gateway fees + merchant account fees.
I may be a little old-school here, but PayPal says "amateur" to me. Credible and trustworthy e-commerce sites take real credit cards for payment. Never underestimate the value of trust in e-commerce. Look to Authorize.Net for this, as they are great.
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It starts to make financial sense to leave PayPal when your total sales are over $100 million per year.
PayPal now (August 8, 2010) charges the same rates across all accounts. $0.30 per transaction plus 1.9 - 2.9%. The lowest competitive fees I could find at this time is $0.23 per transaction plus 1.5%.
If you are averaging ten $50 transactions per day, for a total annual sales of $182,500, your PayPal fees will total from $4562.50 to $6387.50, depending on what percentage PayPal charges you.
The total savings you may get from switching to a merchant account and payment processor at the lowest current pricing would be $985.50, assuming that you could qualify for the lowest competitive rates. If you could qualify then PayPal would be charging you their lowest rate of 1.9%.
In the above example you would pay 2.5% of your sales to PayPal, or 1.96% of sales to the cheapest merchant account and payment processor. The savings is 0.54%
At what point does it pay to save half a penny per dollar? At 100 $50 transactions per day, or $1.8 million per year you're only saving $9855.00 a year. That's not really worth the bother. At $18 million per year (1000 $50 sales per day) you're saving $98,550.00 a year. At that point you can hire someone to manage your credit card processing accounts and the necessary programming you may need. At $20 to $50 million you're not saving any money, but as you go beyond that it can be profitable.
There are many other factors to consider. PayPal has amazing fraud prevention services that are transparent to you and your customers. If you use other services you may lose more in fraud or bad transactions than you save, plus all the work required to manage the other accounts. When you're over $20 million you can consider using multiple merchant accounts and payment processors, which gives you more control over your payment clearing. There are also bad banks (merchant accounts) and bad payment processors, so there are risks.
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Part of Chicago's Museum Campus, the Shedd Aquarium holds more than 5 million gallons of water. Of the 25,000 fish that the aquarium hosts, the most famous is an Australian lungfish nicknamed "Granddad." The aquarium estimates that Granddad is over 80 years old and says he is the oldest fish alive in an aquarium.
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TORRINGTON — The first huge test for the Torrington High football team will be a scrimmage at Farmington on Saturday at 10 a.m.
Head coach Dan Dunaj, in his fifth season, penciled that date on his calendar early on and has especially been looking at it since Aug. 20 when preseason practice began.
Of the starting spots, most on offense and defense are still up for grabs. Dunaj is still looking for the leaders of the pack, who not only make an impact on the field but also bring the program to another level.
"I believe we have one or two players who can emerge," said Dunaj, who has guided the Red Raiders to consecutive 7-3 records. "I don't think we have reached the standard we have set, but at least we are going in the right direction as far as that goes."
Still, there are plenty of questions in this post-Brenden Lytton era. Lytton, a two-time All-Stater, is now at Milford Academy.
Here's the breakdown from Dunaj:
"The QB is still up in air. So is the tight end and two linemen positions," noted Dunaj. "On special teams, every spot is pretty much open. On defense, we have spots open at middle linebacker, outside linebacker, defensive end and a cornerback spot that we are battling to see. We need kids in game situations."
Of the 35 kids on the squad, Dunaj sees a lot of potential.
"We have bodies and a large amount of quality football players we think we can put on the varsity field," said Dunaj. "Their work ethic is tremendous. We are coming to put all of the pieces together and it's probably the paramount of this preseason."
Danaj credits his staff of offensive coordinator Joe Deptula III, defensive coordinator Nick Teodosio, assistant head coach-line coach Jamie Burns, and running backs-secondary coach Chris Hebert. All of them were ex-Seymour players and have been with Dunaj four of the past five seasons.
Dunaj was the former Wildcats' defensive coordinator.
"After a year or two, we got into a groove with the staff and we are way ahead of where we were last year and are light years of when we got here in my first year," said Dunaj. "We're not guessing anymore. I was hired three days before spring practice in 2008."
He had an upward climb after the Red Raiders had gone 8-22 in their previous three seasons.
Going 5-6 and 5-5 in his first two seasons, the Raiders then improved to consecutive 7-3 records. When Watertown topped Torrington 18-13, last Thanksgiving, it was a bitter pill to swallow, considering the Red Raiders had not won eight games in recent memory.
Dunaj thought that loss would motivate the team, just like when the team captured the overall title at the Naugatuck Valley League weightlifting championships in March. But there wasn't a sense of urgency by his players for most of the spring.
"Every coach in America goes through complacency (issues) with their kids," said Dunaj dring spring practice in June.
"Run hard like it's a habit," Dunaj said to his players. "If you don't play hard in a practice, a scrimmage or a game, you don't deserve to win."
That was then, but Dunaj has a sense of optimism as the season gets closer. The Red Raiders are led by senior two-way tackles Brad Brown and Zach McNutt, junior two-way lineman Ernie Tracy, and senior quarterbacks Jason Abbott and Phil Bresson.
The top running backs are Joan Toribio, Edgar Gonzalez, Zach Mancini and Devon Thomas with Desmond Langs as a top receiver. Abbott and Bresson both played quarterback last season.
"We need to maximize both players," said Dunaj. "Phil will probably emerge as a staple at quarterback, but he is very versatile. We will put the best 11 on the field."
The Red Raiders open Sept. 14, hosting Ansonia.
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Bobbi began her education at Boston's Emerson College, where she earned a B.F.A. in theatrical makeup. Upon graduation, she moved to New York City to make it as a professional makeup artist. She showed her ever-growing portfolio to anyone who would look at it, slowly built up contacts, and experienced the challenges typical of most freelance makeup artists trying to make it in Manhattan.
Bobbi's big breakthrough was her first American Vogue cover. The image was shot by famed photographer Patrick Demarchelier and featured the soon-to-be-supermodel Naomi Campbell, made up by Bobbi Brown. Seven years after arriving to New York City knowing no one, Bobbi was part of the club. The industry took notice.
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Must be Scott Walker's fault......
Amazon plans second Kenosha facility, 575 more jobs
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"Amazon.com Inc. plans to develop a second distribution center in Kenosha, a $62 million project that would add around 575 full- and part-time jobs."
Must be Scott Walker's fault......Hide replies
Mary Burke will step up... and take credit, just like she took credit for Uline, even though the owners never met her and didn't know who she was.
Those draconian policies will ruin this state! The inhumanity of Walker!
Mary Burke who???
Mary Burke. You know, the millionaire 1%er who shipped jobs to China. THAT Mary Burke.
LGR you do realize these are poverty level wage jobs.and you wonder why people get Badgercare and food stamps.$13.00 per hour pathetic my UNION pension is more than twice that amount.
"my UNION pension is more than twice that amount."
And you probably had to work half as hard for it as well.......
Now THAT'S a compassionate liberal statement by 50. Well said!
fender I am bringing up a point if my employer is able to pay me that kind of a pension Amazon one of the most successful companies in the world can surely afford to pay better than$13.00.Some of the managers at this plant will be making $124 per hour the average manager $74.00 per hour
"$13.00 per hour pathetic"
Just yesterday the left was calling $12.45 per hour a "livable wage".
Hilarious that "50" has no clue how dumb that sounded. Thanks! I needed a good laugh today.
Been in the works for years... No-one governor - Thompson, Doyle, LaFollete, nor Scotty can lay claim.
LGR Full and part time jobs !!.Scott Walker promised 250000 FULL time family supporting jobs $13.00 per hour for the average Amazon worker is barely a family supporting wage.Are they jobs? YES Are they full time ? Some NOT ALL. Are they family supporting jobs?? 'll go with NO unless you are a family of one you can go with what ever you think
It's NOT working Wisconsin! Shame! Shame! Shame!
(oh wait, they're adding even more jobs? never mind!)
great news!!!
This is good news, but temper your Walker enthusiasm a little. 77% of these jobs will pay an average of $27k per year at full time labor hours, and many of these jobs are part time. And for those of us who order online, these sites establish nexus in WI, so we pay sales tax for Amazon purchases.Hide replies
What?!?!?!? You mean that people who put a product in a box doesn't get paid millions? It's not like they have a marketable skill like putting salt on french fries or working the drive thru.
Perhaps we can get some people off the welfare roles and help them get to work.
So in other words it provides good pay for those whose skills fit the job. Why the complaint? Maybe you should boycott Amazon when you are complaining about WalMart
So you'd rather nothing? All business did was leave under the control of Democrats. Every job created in this world is not an aeronautical engineering position. It hurts for you to give the Governor some credit huh? He's got my vote.
DID EVERYBODY START THEIR CAREER MAKING $50-$75K A YEAR?! It's called working your way up, dope! It's a good job - shut it!
These Amazon distribution center jobs have been well received in Germany.
Senti, you were supposed to be reporting internet purchases and paying sales tax all along.
So I guess Wisconsin IS open for business.
Thank you Governor Walker.
Good news for the people of Kenosha and the state!
Now lets get that casino built.
WOW! $13.00 DOLLAR AN HOUR JOBS.Thats called poverty level for an average family of four.Looks like 1675 more for the tax payers of Wisconsin to add to Badgercare.No make that 475 because 1200 of them will probably live 6 miles down the road in Illinois and pay no Wisconsin taxes.Hide replies
That's $13 an hour more than you are making, 50/50.
are YOU kidding dodge my UNION PENSION pays me more than twice that amount.plus I get all of my medical paid by my UNION I'LL BET THESE JOBS DON'T EVEN OFFER HEALTH INSURANCE.
Well, that explains a lot about you, 50/50.
Not true 50 (gee, what a shock). At $13/hr, you'd be $4k over the poverty level, assuming your family only had one income.
Not too bad for jobs that anyone could do. I'm sure that a company like Amazon and their growth would have room for advancement as well. But in lefty land those factors don't count, right......
Maybe if you only have skills that warrant you getting a $13.00/hr job, perhaps you shouldn't be trying to support a family of 4 on it. At the very least have your partner get one of those $13/hr jobs as well.
You picked the lowest warehouse rate 50/50. Why? What about the management job that pays closer to $100K?
Oh right, liberals have a propaganda need to keep pressing against Walker.
Serious, you shouldn't raise a family on $13/hr, you made some very bad life decisions if you are. You also are not adding in all the free crap one would get from the Government if they did live off that with a family. So they are making much more than $13/hr, paid for by profitable businesses.
Oh those evil profits. But I gots me a ObamaFone!
Stevie per the mayor of Kenosha $13.00 is the average wage not the lowest wage read the article.
all unions should be made illegal by the federal government.
Walker has nothing to do with any of this. Amazon has had plans in the works for years to open up distribution centers all over the country to cut down on shipping times. This happened in spite of Walker, not because of Walker. If you want to see things that Walker has his fingers all over, look at the Kenosha casino, and the Chicago-Minneapolis train.Hide replies
the facts are they are moving to WI where Walker is the gov. So get over it already!
The point is, RBF, that if some lib had won and "just raised taxes" Amazon could have EASILY gone somewhere else couldn't they.......
Great news for SE Wisconsin. Would love to read where companies would make these investments without the need of taxpayer support. Would also suggest that the pro/anti Walker contingents would relax as these decisions are driven more by geography, census catchment and highway access than political agendas. If Illinois had upped the ante these warehouses could just as easily been developed in Gurnee.Hide replies
But they are here.
fender-- if Illinois coughed up $50 mil they would be there. In many cases companies will locate for the highest bidder/ransom.
...now where would IL get $50???
Same place WI gets their ransom funds...
buitternut....please use your liberal noodle and explain how the "geography, census catchment and highway access" has changed in Kenosha since Doyle left ?
That's the part you libs STILL don't get...Doyle and the Dems WOULD HAVE told Amazon to go to he11(Illinois)...
Now your just making up hypothetical stuff.
Whatever, your opinion is usually useless anyway.
This is why they came to WI not ILL.
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OAKLAND, Calif. — At least the Seattle Mariners just gave their higher-ups some positive conditions under which to announce that general manager Jack Zduriencik is under contract for an additional year.
Beating the Oakland Athletics, 5-3, here on Wednesday afternoon gave the Mariners a winning trip and their second straight series victory over an American League West contender. With sources indicating the team will clarify Zduriencik's future before the club plays again, taking five of nine on the road against winning teams is about as good as it gets for a Mariners squad still eight games under .500.
"It was a great road trip," interim manager Robby Thompson said after his final game running the team ahead of Eric Wedge's return this Friday. "I'm proud of these guys. Obviously, all of these teams we faced were either in first or second place. And they've been playing well all along, all year long. All of these teams have.
"When you look back on it, it could have been a little better even," he added. "We had a chance to win a couple of more ballgames, but overall, playing the team that we played on this tough road trip, we feel it was a great road trip."
And there haven't been many of those in a season falling well short of the .500-or-better expectations the Mariners had coming in. That might explain why they've waited this long to announce an extension that sources say was given Zduriencik a few months after the 2012 campaign ended.
Besides the tough public sell of any extension right after an 87-loss season in 2012 and one currently headed for a similar total, there's the added complication that manager Wedge is not under contract beyond this year. Rumors also began swirling late Tuesday — fueled in part by an item from a New York-based CBS Sports columnist — that the Mariners might pursue New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman if he was cut loose early from a deal that also runs through 2014.
But Mariners president Chuck Armstrong said in an interview Tuesday night that his team is not making any push for Cashman. The Mariners had sought permission to interview Cashman before hiring Zduriencik in 2008 and the fact that both have contracts expiring after 2014 would not preclude Seattle from taking another shot a year from now, regardless of any extension announcement in coming days.
Reached by phone, Zduriencik would not comment on his contract status.
As for Wednesday's game, played in front of 18,641 at the Coliseum, the A's blew an early lead for the second day in a row. Home runs by Coco Crisp in the first inning and Nate Freiman in the fourth had Oakland up 3-1.
But Iwakuma made some in-game adjustments, got his pitches lower in the zone and waited for his offense to come back. The Mariners had gotten a solo homer by Michael Morse in the second inning and Brad Miller added another in the fifth off Oakland starter A.J. Griffin to cut the lead to 3-2.
Brendan Ryan then took over from there, driving in his team's final three runs. Making a rare start at shortstop, Ryan hit a double in the sixth that scored a pair to put Seattle ahead and then added an infield single in the eighth to bring home a huge insurance marker.
Iwakuma went seven innings and collected the win after closer Danny Farquhar struck out the side in the ninth for his ninth save.
"Early on, my pitches were up," Iwakuma said, through interpreter Antony Suzuki. "But as I got deeper into the game, I was able to command my pitches lower in the zone. Even with runners on second and third, I was able to keep the ball down and pitch effectively."
The A's had runners at the corners with one out in the seventh, with Seattle up, 3-2, when Ryan made a nice stop of a Jed Lowrie grounder. Off-balance and on his knees, he fired home to get lead runner Eric Sogard in a rundown.
Sogard was tagged out and Iwakuma got a popout to end the inning. Ryan said he might have tired for a double play, but was a little too off-balance to risk making the feed to second.
Ryan was only playing because regular shortstop Brad Miller had moved over to second base in-place of injured Nick Franklin. Thompson had thought of putting Ackley back at his old second base spot and leaving Miller at shortstop, but played a hunch and went with Ryan.
For Ryan, the rare chance to contribute after barely playing the past two months was a welcome one. He's tried to stay as professional as possible about his situation while also mentoring Miller and Franklin.
"It's definitely not easy," he said. I've got no reason to lie, but we're all professionals. I mean, if I'm hitting .280, who knows what happens? But the fact of the matter is, we've got big leaguers here in the clubhouse, everybody has earned their role and this is the role I've carved out for myself."
And now, with Ryan contributing to the winning trip, the people running his team will have a chance to clarify exactly what role Zduriencik has carved out for himself.


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The Tverberg Theorem states the following: Let $x_1,x_2,\dots, x_m$ be points in $R^d$ with $m \ge (r-1)(d+1)+1$. Then there is a partition $S_1,S_2,\dots, S_r$ of $\{1,2,\dots,m\}$ such that $\cap _{j=1}^rconv (x_i: i \in S_j) \ne \emptyset$.
The bound of $(r-1)(d+1)+1$ in the theorem is sharp because there are point configurations with $(r-1)(d+1)$ points that do not have a Tverberg partition of length $r$.
My question is about lowering this bound by imposing some structure to the points. That is: if we have a full dimensional point configuration $S$ with $m$ points in $R^d$ such that $m\leq(r-1)(d+1)$, can we put conditions on $S$ which still guaratee the existence of a Tverberg partition of length $r$?
Gil Kalai has some very nice posts on the Tverberg Theorem in his blog: http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/sarkarias-proof-of-tverbergs-theorem-1/ , http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/sarkarias-proof-of-tverbergs-theorem-2/ and http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/seven-problems-around-tverbergs-theorem/ .


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WEIRTON - Community leaders are banding together to collect donations for the victims of Superstorm Sandy, which wreaked havoc in southern West Virginia as well as along the East Coast.
Dubbed "Weirton Cares," organizers hope to be able to transport vanloads of new or gently used blankets, toiletries and nonperishable food items to storm-ravaged areas on a weekly basis until the crisis is abated. Because many areas are still without electricity, the focus initially will be to raise money to buy ready-to-eat meals, otherwise known as "MREs," like those used by military in the field, for storm victims.
"Their major concerns are blankets and food," Ward 3 Councilman Fred Marsh said. "MREs are food our soldiers eat in the field that doesn't have to be cooked. We're not going to ask for nonperishable food items until they get their utilities back on line."
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DONATIONS ACCEPTED— Weirton resident Mary Velegol, left, Ward 3 Councilman Fred Marsh, center, and Mayor George Kondik on Friday made plans to collect new and gently used blankets, toiletries and cash to help storm victims in southern West Virginia and along the East Coast. Donations will be accepted at the Madonna-Tug Valley Class A high school football playoff game today at Jimmy Carey Stadium, and during regular business hours at the Millsop Community Center, Marsh Pipe & Supply and WEIR-AM.
Weirton Salvation Army Capt. Ed Long, member of the planning committee, already has obtained a truckload of MREs from the Army's Florida division.
"They don't need them now, so they're releasing them to us," he said. "They're going to have them shipped directly to authorities (under Weirton Cares banner) in the storm-ravaged areas."
The need is extensive, however, and includes roughly 40 families left homeless in Nicholas County, W.Va., as well as countless others along the East Coast.
"This is a start, we just need to get the message out," Mayor George Kondik said. "It's going to be ongoing, until the crisis passes. This (first load) isn't the end, it's going to be an ongoing effort."
Kondik said he told the Brooke County Rotarians about the project earlier this week, "and within a matter of a half-hour they'd cut us a check for $250," he said. "This could mushroom into something really big."
Weirton Rotarians also are planning to help, long-time member Victor Greco said.
Donations will be accepted during regular business hours at Marsh Pipe & Supply, 3070 Pennsylvania Ave.; WEIR-AM, 2307 Pennsylvania Ave.; and Millsop Community Center, 3420 Main St.
Checks should be made payable to "Weirton Cares," in care of First Choice America, where a special "Weirton Cares" account has been established.
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Volunteers also will be accepting donations at the Madonna-Tug Valley Class A high school football playoff game today at 1:30 p.m. at Jimmy Carey Stadium.
Weirton resident Mary Velegol will be available to pick up donations for those who cannot get to any of the collection sites.
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So what does the surface temperature of the North Atlantic Ocean thousands of miles away have to do with the health of spruce trees high in the Colorado Rockies? A fair amount, according to a surprising new University of Colorado Boulder study.
Changes in sea-surface temperatures of the North Atlantic ironically appear to be closely tied to drought conditions in the high northern Colorado mountains, which have turned out to be a key player in triggering a massive spruce beetle outbreak there.
The new study shows that drought is a better predictor of spruce beetle outbreaks in northern Colorado than just temperature, said lead study author Sarah Hart, a CU-Boulder doctoral student in geography. Drought conditions decrease host tree defenses against spruce beetles, which attack inner layers of bark and eventually kill the trees.
Spruce beetles, like their close relatives, mountain pine beetles, are hammering large areas of coniferous forests across the West. While the mountain pine beetle outbreak in the Southern Rocky Mountains is the best known and appears to be the worst in the historical record, the lesser known spruce beetle infestation has the potential to be equally or even more devastating in Colorado, Hart said.
"It was interesting that drought was a better predictor for spruce beetle outbreaks than temperature," she said. "The study suggests that spruce beetle outbreaks occur when warm and dry conditions cause stress in the host trees."
The strongest climate correlation to spruce beetle outbreaks was above average annual values for the Atlantic Multi-decadal Oscillation, or AMO, a long-term phenomenon that changes sea-surface temperatures in the North Atlantic. Believed to shift from cool to warm phases roughly every 60 years, positive AMO conditions are linked to warmer and drier conditions over much of North America, including the West.
Geography professor and study co-author Thomas Veblen said the AMO shifted from its cool to warm phase in the 1990s, meaning the climate phenomenon could be contributing to drought conditions in the West into the middle of this century. A 2006 tree-ring study involving CU concluded that the warm phase of AMO also was correlated to increased wildfires in the West.
The new study was published in the journal Ecology. The paper also puts to rest false claims that fire suppression in the West triggers spruce beetle outbreaks.
From 2008 to 2012, roughly 960,000 acres of spruce-fir forests have been affected by spruce beetle invasions in Colorado, while the mountain pine beetle outbreak has so far affected about 3.4 million acres in the state, said Veblen.
The area of high-elevation forests affected by spruce beetles is growing in the West, Hart said. "In 2012, U.S. Forest Service surveys indicated that more area was under attack by spruce beetles than mountain pine beetles in the Southern Rocky Mountains, which includes southern Wyoming, Colorado and northern New Mexico," she said. "The drought conditions that promote spruce beetle outbreak are expected to continue."
The CU-Boulder team assembled a long-term record of spruce beetle outbreaks from the northern Front Range to the Grand Mesa in western Colorado using a combination of historical documents and tree ring data from 1650 to 2011. Broad-scale outbreaks were charted by the team from 1843-1860, 1882-1889, 1931-1957 and 2004 to 2010.
In addition to ocean-atmosphere interactions and tree rings, the team looked at past temperatures, precipitation and aridity to better understand the spruce beetle outbreaks.
One big concern about spruce beetle outbreaks is their effects on headwater streams that are important for water resources, said Veblen. "In the short term, trees killed by spruce beetles will lead to less water use by trees and more water discharge into streams. But in the long term, the absence of the trees killed by beetles may lead to less persistence of snow and earlier runoff."


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Whenever I've tried to grill tofu (on a propane home grill), it falls apart and into the grill. Is there anything I can do beforehand to prevent the tofu from disintegrating, and get it to behave more like a hunk of meat?
Standard tips for browning/frying/grilling tofu;
The same advice applies for pan frying. I prefer to work at a high temperature, others have had very good results using only medium. Use a very thin, flat metal spatula to turn. Specific to the case of grilling, be mindful of the gap the tofu will stretch across on the grate; it may be crumbling because it isn't strong enough or thick enough to sustain wide gaps.
Additionally you can pre-bake the tofu to dry it out further. I have heard tell that salting lightly with finely ground sea salt helps prevent sticking but have no experience with this, and have had good results without the added sodium.
Typically the moisture in the surface of the bean curd is causing the sticking. Prevent or inhibit this and you should be good.
Bamboo skewers are popular here in China for tofu and mushroom grilling: seems to be the scraping of the spatula that disintegrates the tofu when it's time for flipping.
No need for super-firm either. Basically it's a size issue: the moister and heavier the thinner the slice and more it is 'woven' onto skewers. Rule of thumb if you can handle the piece without destroying it, probably will work on the grill.
If the grill spaces are very wide and sticking is still a sticky issue, then try creating a rack of foil to balance the skewers on each end so that tofu grills horizontally in air.


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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz arrived in Al-Jouf today, the second stop on a royal tour of Saudi Arabia's northern provinces.
In Al-Jouf, the King is expected to launch nearly $4 billion in key educational, health, electricity, water, municipal and road projects. They include Al-Jouf University, a college of science, a medical college, schools for boys and girls and a number of technical colleges and vocational training centers.
The King will also open new hospitals and medical centers; four new mosques; two grain silos; railway projects; water and electricity projects such as dams, sewage networks, and a new power grid; and housing projects.
King Abdullah traveled to Al-Jouf from Arar, where he launched similar development projects. He laid the foundation stone for the first phase of the $133.3 million Northern Border University, which will offer a science college and a women's college in Arar, a community college and a women's college in Rafha.
In Arar, the King also opened key healthcare projects including the 100-bed Prince Abdulaziz bin Musaed Hospital and the 100-bed Rafha Central Hospital. In addition, he laid the foundation for a 200-bed maternity and children's hospital, a 100-bed mental hospital, a medical tower at Arar Central Hospital, another medical tower in Rafha, and a 50-bed hospital at Jadeeda Arar.
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10-4 Episode 8: Pure Client-Side Development with ASP.NET AJAX 4.0
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In this episode of 10-4, we introduce some of the new features and functionality of ASP.NET AJAX 4.0. We'll see how ASP.NET AJAX can be leveraged in a complete client-side environment, making it easier to develop rich web applications. This episode demonstrates the new client templates, data binding and command bubbling behavior that makes creating data-centric applications using JavaScript simpler. We'll also see the new ADO.NET Data Services integration which makes performing CRUD operations, complete with change-tracking, very trivial.
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Awesome technology, quite different to what were normally seeing with Server Controls and having ASP.NET generate the correct runtime scripts to wireup the controls for us. As an honest comment, it seems the more fluid site like Facebook get, the more ASP.NET
AJAX is trying to catch up so developers choose that technology. It's a good thing. I can remember a time when ASP.NET was considered what you used to build business apps, but if you wanted to build "fun" sites, you would create that in PHP because it was
percieved as "less-heavy".
Also, it seems that there is plenty of "magic" going on too, if someone wanted to override a part of the pipeline, say if they use controls from vendors like Telerik?
Whilst interesting I'm not sure who this is targeting.. is this for purists who want control over html? because they won't use this due to how obtrusive it is.. I think this targets the webforms developers, those that don't really care about whats under the hood, or even how the web works as such, only that they can create an app online.. but then I'm wondering if this is better to them than webforms?
That's a good question. Firstly, it's important to point out that almost that entire demo could have been done imperatively, without adding anything to the HTML unneccesarily. The declarative command bubbling (sys:command) is a feature I can choose to use,
but I can achieve the exact same thing strictly in JavaScript. The same goes for the conditional attributes I used (class:odd).
While ASP.NET AJAX provides a lot of functionality in terms of working with it declaratively (as some folks like), it was developed with the mindset of using it completely unobtrusively. That said, the data templates are somewhat of a gray area. Defining the template is arguably much easier (for some) to do in HTML as opposed to within JavaScript (as other libraries do). That said, it does impose a foreign component to the HTML that isn't actually valid content (i.e. the binding expressions).
I'll put together a demo that does this and post it later.
I don't see the real interest of this new programing method.
What is the interest to use Microsoft technology without a IIS server ?
Full Microsoft or not ?
I think it's just attracting php or others langages developers.
Jonathan, now that Beta 1 is off do I still need to include Ajax 4.0 JS libraries or are they included in the framework?
The reason of the question is because I tried to reproduce your sample (without addind ajax libraries) and
sys.application is not recognized as valid ("Sys is not defined").
Thank you
Great video. I tried to reconstruct it on my computer, but somehow can't figure out, where do I actually find the AjaxRes.js file. I assume that might be the reason for the "Sys.InvalidOperationException: 'query' is not a property or an existing field." error message that I keep getting.
I'd appreciate a small hint.
/// /// /// Sys.Application.add_init(function() { $create(Sys.UI.DataGrid, { alternateRowClass: "odd", columnExpressions: ["Title", "FirstName", "MiddleName", "LastName", "Suffix"], dataProvider: $create(Sys.Data.AdoNetDataContext, { serviceUri: "AdventureWorks.svc" }), itemPlaceholder: $get("customer-placeholder"), fetchOperation: "Customers", fetchParameters: { $top: 20, $orderby: "FirstName" } }, null, null, $get("customer-list")); });
I am not sure if this say anything but it might indicate that the dataview has been changed a little. Try typing this into the javascript editor to gain some insight. I got this from the samples download on msdn. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb514232(VS.100).aspx">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb514232(VS.100).aspx
var dv = new Sys.UI.DataView();
when you type dv. the intellisense should give you some more information.
fetchOperation: "Customers",
fetchParameters: { $top: 20, $orderby: "FirstName" }
... would be my first guess.
AjaxRes.js is actually an artifact of the internal builds that I was using for the video If you grab the latest bits off of Codeplex, you won't need it.
Yep, you'll need to include the JavaScript files. Just keep in mind that the ScriptManager control in ASP.NET WebForms was the one that was including the ASP.NET AJAX libraries for you, so once you aren't using it, you'll have to include the scripts manually.
Yep, exactly. Unfortunately, because we're trying to be cutting edge with this show, stuff WILL change between an episode being published and new versions of the bits coming out
Hi, thank you for a great video.
I have a little question : is it possible (and if yes, is it easy ?) to mix this kind of client side technologie with standard asp.net webcontrols (ie. with postback/viewstate/etc..) ?
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Just what the title states.
Photovoltaic cells convert incident light to electricity; this probably means they create less electricity when it is dark - as in deep space.
How far can a solar cell be taken from the Sun, and still be effective?
Just what the title states.
Photovoltaic cells convert incident light to electricity; this probably means they create less electricity when it is dark - as in deep space.
How far can a solar cell be taken from the Sun, and still be effective?
The Juno mission to Jupiter, if successful, will be the furthest that we've managed to get PV work to date. It was launched on 5 August 2011; it is already beyond Mars orbit, and will, all being well, reach Jupiter in July 2016.
There isn't a physics limit to the distance at which photovoltaics work. If a photon of suitable wavelength reaches the PV (and we have every reason to believe that distance in and of itself is no barrier), then the panel can work. As others have noted, for something that's behaving as a point source of light, (e.g. the Sun, when you're far enough away), the amount of energy falls off with the square of the distance, so there are challenges - but these are economic, technical and engineering challenges.
From the literature (see next section), cell efficiencies hold up down to about 1% of daylight levels, which suggests that going to distances ten times further from the sun could be viable. (pausing to note that even when efficiencies hold up, you need 100 times the surface area to capture the same amount of power, when you are ten times further away.)
In the literature
Bunea et al, in Low Light Performance of Mono-Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells, looked at light levels down to 0.1% of surface daylight (i.e. $1Wm^{-2}$), and found that efficiencies stayed around the 20-23% level between 0.01 and 1 full suns ($10\to100 Wm^{-2}$), and dropped down to around 10% going down to 0.001 (0.1%) full sun.
That was for mono-crystalline cells. Similarly, for organic photovoltaics, Steim et al looked at Organic photovoltaics for low light applications over the same ranges of light levels as Bunea et al, and found reasonably similar levels of stability in efficiency (the green squares in the graphs on the right. NB the x-axis has a log scale)
More on Juno
From NASA:
Depends what you mean by "effective". They work quite well at Earth, 150 Million km from the sun.
But because the sun's light (or any light) spreads out into a spherical shell - as you double the distance, you only receive 1/4 as much light. So at the orbit of Mars, around 1.5 times as far from the sun, you get only about 1/2 as much sunlight.
At the orbit of Jupiter, 5x further from the sun than Earth you would only get 1/25 = 4% of the power - which means solar panels are pretty useless less than 1/2 way out of our solar system
Short answer: out to Mars usually, maybe to the asteroid belt depending on mission details, but not Jupiter unless it's an unusually low-powered spacecraft. Forget Saturn and beyond.
PV works great near the Earth, at 1 AU from the Sun, where we receive about 1400 Watts per square meter. (It's more like 1000 on the ground due to our atmosphere in the way.) PV works fine on Mars, as everyone has seen with Spirit and Opportunity, though there was some help from dust devils.
The power flux falls off as the inverse square of the distance. At Saturn, nearly 10AU from the Sun, there's 1/100th power. Fine, if a spacecraft carries solar panels 100 times bigger than would be used near Earth. But bigger panels are heavier, tricker to fold up into launch configuration, and not cost effective in terms of systems engineering.
Jupiter at five AU, or a little more, isn't as bad as Saturn, but it still doesn't work out with current or near future technology, for most missions worth pursuing. The asteroid belt is debatable. Maybe for a spacecraft with just a few simple science sensors, no stringent needs for tight attitude control, no big moving mechanical parts (e.g. robot arms on a rover), modest propulsion and modest data volume - the amount of data to be transmitted to Earth, PV could work as far as Jupiter.
Beyond Mars, PV is more realistic with a flyby mission than with a lander (say on one of Jupiter's moons) because landing would require more energy for the delta vee - to slow down and adjust trajectory to match the target object, to deploy parachutes, retrorockets, or whatever. A flyby just needs to collect data and radio it back to Earth. An example of how different craft at the same distance from the Sun may need different power sources is the MSL (Curiosity) that landed in August 2012, which uses plutonium RTGs. It has a larger and more complex robot arm and more instrumentation than the PV-powered Spirit and Opportunity. Yet all three are on the same planet.
AFIK, the farthest any spacecraft has gone, or will go, using PV power is the Stardust comet sample return mission with six and a half square meters of solar panels (http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/tech/misc.html)
But then, professional opinions vary. I'm no spacecraft systems engineer. Ross McCluney, also not a spacecraft engineer but an expert on solar energy, believed that a spacecraft to Saturn could be solar powered, and had caused some controversy prior to the launch of Cassini, an RTG-powered spacecraft. Read http://www.space4peace.org/cassini/solar.htm or http://depletedcranium.com/responding-to-ross-mccluney-comments/ for background. But experienced engineers at JPL are in agreement that it isn't practical to use PV at Saturn.


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If something is quite close by, it could be described as being a stone's throw away; even closer might be a hop, skip and a jump. I'm interested in these "units" of measurement based on human action. Do you know of other similar words, phrases or idioms that both describe an activity and act as a kind of measurement? They do not have to be limited to distance measurement.
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Are there other idioms like "a stone's throw away" that both describe an activity and act as a measurement?
How about:
In the southern US, walking distances are sometime described in looks. As in "Then you go 'bout three looks down the road and you'll come to...".
When you start down the road or path, you look for the most distance landmark you can see, and when you get there, you look again...
Obviously the nature of the path and terrain mean that the length of a look varies a lot.
I guess none of these are exactly units of measurement—you don't say things like "It's about seven stones' throws away" or "How many hops, skips, and jumps is it to the store from here?" They're more like thresholds that you measure something against.
In The Joy of Lex, Gyles Brandreth proposed a unit of measure, the millihelen, defined as the amount of beauty required to launch one ship.
What about to be a heartbeat away from something?
I Would not touch him with a ten foot (barge) pole
Some less common ones:
MilliHelen (artificial, the facial beauty required to launch one ship
More than you can shake a stick at. (unit of quantity)
Big as a house.
A buttload.
Some old machinists are fond of the phrase "within a c*nt hair". (Sometimes the adjective "red" is added.)
Also "near as damn" (although personally I'm uncertain just how near that is...)
And a difference that "doesn't amount to a piss-hole in the snow"
First time through I forgot this favorite of my grandmother's "If it hadda been a sarpent it woulda bit ye" - used when your keys were on the table next to you all the time you were wondering what became of them, or your glasses were really on top of your head...
I trust her as far as I can throw her. (unit of measure for trust)
I trust him as far as I can see him. (unit of measure for trust)
The university is right in my backyard. (unit of measure for distance)
Don't forget the Smoot.
I'm not sure if it is quite what you have in mind, but you may be interested in the furlong/firkin/fortnight system of measurement, in which the speed of light may be rendered as 1.8 Megafurlongs per microfortnight.
More on Wikipedia: FFF System; Attoparsec.
In Rhode Island, we say:
Q: "How far is Providence?"
A: "Oh, maybe a half-hour," meaning a trip by car lasting thirty minutes.
The respected British IT journal The Register has proposed a series of units. Including the nanoWales (20m^2) and a unit of speed based on the velocity of a sheep in a vacuum
There is also an online conversion tool
I just want to add a kind of overview and some links that might be relevant to the subject (in addition to many fine answers).
You should note that in traditional systems of measurement the units were often based on dimensions of human body. According to wikipedia these were often specifically based on proportions given by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio:
There is an article that list anthropic units such as the yard, the span, the cubit, the Flemish ell, the English ell, the French ell, the fathom, the hand, and the foot.
If you read up on the history of these terms and how they become used, you will find that the all described some sort of human activity and that was the reason these were accepted as units of measurement.
NOTE: I found stone-throw as "steinkast – stone's throw, perhaps 25 favner, used to this day as a very approximate measure of a short distance." under Norwegian units of measure.
They list an interesting unit for medium distances - rast which is lit. rest - a distance you would travel without rest (estimated at approx 9 km).
X bowshot(s) away comes to mind. Lord Bern uses it in C. S. Lewis' The Voyage of the Dawn Treader:
In Ireland, from older speakers, you may hear that you are within an ass's roar of something (close enough that you could hear a donkey's bray).
Often used metaphorically as well as for actual linear distance, just a (short) step away seems to be getting more common over recent decades.
The intrusive popup displayed when I visit the site is one click away. (I used to be an annoying visitor of some forums; a moderator there said I was just a click away.)
Just about three hickory shadows thattaway.
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Hi all,
I'm new with Ubuntu (12.04) and have a problem to get run dvb-t with kaffeine (1.2.2).
I have a Diggitrade dvb-t stick (ID 15a4:9016 Afatech Technologies, Inc. AF9015 DVB-T USB2.0 stick) that is working well with MeTV and today I tried also VLC player. There is no substantial problem.
Trying make a scan in Kaffeine results with 'no device found' message.
My additional question:
When I did channel scan for MeTV directly in MeTV the program didn't found all TV-channels by auto scan. But the rest of the channels I could find after using the option 'scan using initial scan file' for my region.
To find TV-channels for VLC I used terminal to create channels.conf
> w_scan -c DE -X > ~/channels.conf
Unfortunately I couldn't again find all the channels. How to proceed to get them all?


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iPad sketching
Like (how many) millions of folks, I just HAD to have an iPad. I told myself it would be useful but I am not sure I totally believed it, not 100% anyway. Sure , I read what the the naysayers had to say. It didn't deter me. I really WANTED it.
Now, I happily and productively use my device , every single day! One of the most productive things I do with it is draw sketches. To keep organized here in the design office, we sketch everything we are making and put them all together on sheets we call croquis. I used to draw these with pencil on white paper held over a drawing of a model, so I could easily draw in the same scale and from the same viewpoint every time. That's my model on the left. I've used her for a while. Years ago I used to print the sweater drawings on self stick paper and paste them over her, like paper dolls. I transitioned to just using the sweater. You may recognize the sweaters from our Blackstone booklet (#298).
I can still draw over the same model if I want to, its easy to get a scan of her into the iPad, but while trolling for new apps I tripped across the following method of making a sketch:
1 – I use teen targeted fashion app FashionSketch to make a model and outfit to serve as a base.
2 – Next I apply the photo editing program Photogene to transform the image into a black and white "drawing" and crop the image.
3 – And then I use SketchBook to draw a sweater and add a layer of white to erase the lines "under" the sweater.
Just so you know, no one aked me to review my iPad or the programs and I paid for them all.
margery #
You have convinced me. Winterdesign must own an IPADJuly 23, 2010
Oh, that's so awesome! Are you using your fingers to sketch? Or a stylus?July 23, 2010
andra #
fascinating! You've been designing 30+ years and along comes a cool deivce to make your design work streamlined. Terrific when a new gadget can actually help make work easier – for real.July 23, 2010
This is really intriguing! I've been thinking more and more about how nice it would be to be able to create digital sketches, and have considered getting one of the lower-end Wacom tablets, because I had thought that the iPad didn't make drawing very easy. What do you use to do the actual sketching? Your fingertip, or some kind of stylus?July 23, 2010
Lisa #
Hi Norah,
Thank you very much for your post. I have been thinking about purchasing an iPad with the drawing function as one of the top reasons for the purchase. I have been holding off until I heard a bit more from those who had used it for that purpose. So, thank you for your post today – it was most helpful!
Best wishes,
LisaJuly 23, 2010
MaryLou Corrigan #
Nora, this is such a unique use of the iPad, you should send your post to TUAW (www.tuaw.com), The Unofficial Apple Weblog. They publish lots of product info/reviews for Apple and Apple-related products (sort of like Gizmodo).July 24, 2010
Wow. What a fascinating process. I don't have an iPad (yet), but I could use the same approach to design sweaters for myself using Illlustrator and Photoshop on which I am expert. Thanks for the great ideas.July 28, 2010
I have been resisting the urge to get an ipad, but this certainly puts everything in a new light! I draw on the computer everyday and am used to it, but never thought about it being more portable. Maybe now I can stop worrying about losing my sketchbook if I change to digital!July 29, 2010
Barbara Robertson #
Norah – this is such a great tool – and for most of us working in the industry using illustrator etc – I so agree with you! Loved the additional editors article entitled Tipping Point by Trisha Malcom in Fall Vogue – where she included your comments! I suggested to Vogue Knitting Live that they have someone like yourself demonstrate tech design tools in a seminar!! It would be an amazing and full class!! BarbaraAugust 18, 2010
That is cool!August 23, 2010
Anthhy Hellmers #
Wonderful how you can blend the old with the new. It's not only a great documentation of your sketches but also time efficient. Thank you for sharing your creative process with us. And continued success with your lovely designs.October 23, 2010
Cat Bordhi #
Norah- thank you for this information! I just acquired an iPad and have downloaded all three apps and indeed they are going to team up to do just what you describe. It is so good of you to share your discovery.October 24, 2010
Cindy #
How do you knit so fast??!! Especially on the beach???November 22, 2010
Wow! Nice sketches for only using your finger… very impressive.September 25, 2011