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Ozaukee County Fair books Josh Thompson as first headliner
Josh Thompson will star Aug. 2 in the first headline concert at the Ozaukee County Fair in 154 years.Nashville recording artist
The Cedarburg native is known for his hit singles "Beer on the Table" and "Way Out Here."
Wisconsin's own Chasin' Mason opens the show at 6:30 p.m. with their country sounds.
Tickets are $15 and $25 online at the Ozaukee County Fair site. the fair runs July 31 through Aug. 4.
Nicolet student arrested after saying he had a gun
A 17-year-old junior at Nicolet High School in Glendale was arrested Tuesday morning after he told a school police officer he had a gun, a school official said Thursday.
The student, who is from Milwaukee, was acting suspicious at the front door of the school about 9 a.m., and fleeing after an employee told him to take off his belt, according to a Glendale police report. The school police officer pursued him and saw him come out of a pedestrian tunnel under Interstate 43 into the school parking lot. When she confronted him, he said he had a gun. The officer drew her firearm, and the student said he was joking. The officer arrested him for disorderly conduct.
The security director later found the knife in the tunnel, and the student admitted it was his, school spokesman Dan Klemencic said. No gun was found. The police report said it was a four-inch butterfly knife.
The student was issued a citation for disorderly conduct, and has been suspended indefinitely from school until a hearing next week. There was no interruption to the school day.
Boy, 15, arrested for sexual assault at Whitefish Bay High School
A 15-year-old boy was arrested Friday for second degree sexual assault, a Class C felony, on allegations he forced a girl to perform a sex act at Whitefish Bay High School, 1200 E. Fairmount Ave., about 5:30 p.m. April 18.
According to Whitefish Bay police reports:
The victim reported she saw the boy, whom she knew, between the field house and the main building and when he asked her to walk him to his locker on the second floor, she agreed. However, when they got to the staircase, the boy grabbed her and almost dragged her down the stairs.
She said to him she thought they were going to his locker on the second floor and he said they would later. He then held her at the waist and kissed her. She asked him to stop and he said he would if she performed a sex act and he then forced her to perform oral sex.
She struggled, hit him a few times and she was able to get away. A friend gave her a ride home and once there, she called a few friends and the next day those friends reported the incident to the school's vice principal who called police.» Read Full Article
Glendale firefighter injured fighting garage fire
A firefighter was injured while helping to put out a garage fire in Glendale Wednesday night.
A resident on Navajo Ave. called 9-1-1 about 9:30 p.m. after a car caught fire in his garage, which fire companies were able to extinguish quickly, according to a news release by the North Shore Fire Department.
One firefighter received minor injuries during the incident, and a North Shore Fire/Rescue ambulance took him to a local hospital for minor injuries.
The fire caused an estimated $80,000 in damage, including the garage, two cars and other items inside. There was also minor heat damage to nearby houses.
The North Shore Fire Department said the fire probably began in one of the cars and spread to the garage before anyone noticed. The exact cause is under investigation.
Report: Walmart plans Brown Deer store at ex-Lowe's
Walmart wants to open a store at the former Lowe's building in Brown Deer, BizTimes.com is reporting.
The article cites unnamed commercial real estate sources, and quotes Walmart spokeswoman Lisa Nelson as saying the company doesn't have anything yet to announce about that location.
Nelson hasn't responded to my request for information.
The roughly 140,000-square-foot building, 6300 W. Brown Deer Road, is under contract, said Nate Piotrowski, village community development director. He declined to name the prospective buyer, saying a development proposal for the building is expected within 30 to 60 days.
Walmart in September closed its discount store at 8700 N. Servite Drive, near the southwest corner of W. Brown Deer Rd. and N. 76th St., when it opened a larger supermarket-discount store at 10330 W. Silver Spring Drive.» Read Full Article
Stage set for Bradley Crossing expansion, Beaver Creek development plans
Brown Deer - Proposals for two low-income housing developments are likely to come before the village in light of a Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority announcement last week that both have been approved for tax credits.
Each year, developers submit plans to WHEDA to compete for a limited amount of tax credits which allow recipient developers to offer apartments at a below-market rate to low-income renters. Milwaukee-based developer General Capital, who partnered with Jewish Family Services to open the Bradley Crossing Supportive Housing Community in November, applied for and received tax credits for a 54-unit expansion of Bradley Crossing and a 44-unit rental development at the Beaver Creek site at 60th Street and Brown Deer Road.
"The competition was very stiff," General Capital President Mike Weiss said. "I think it says a lot about Brown Deer and what we've already done in Brown Deer with Deerwood Crossing and Bradley Crossing."
The planned Bradley Crossing expansion retains the 50/50 mix of disability and low income as the original development, Weiss said, while the planned Beaver Creek development would be 75 percent general population and 25 percent disability, with 37 of the 44 units at a low-income rental rate and seven at a market rate. Weiss said General Capital is in the final stages of putting together proposals. While he couldn't say exactly when the proposals will come before the village, he said it would be "sooner rather than later" and that General Capital is shooting for construction in the fall.
General Capital and the village partnered via tax incremental financing in 2007 to build 51 condominiums on the site. General Capital built 10 before the economic collapse of 2008, selling four and eventually renting the other six. The Village Board in January voted to suspend the original 2007 Beaver Creek development agreement temporarily so General Capital could apply for the WHEDA tax credits.» Read Full Article
Parents protest Fox Point-Bayside schedule and staffing changes that would cut art, music programs
Fox Point — In the Stormonth Elementary cafeteria Monday evening, a standing-room-only crowd of parents, teachers and students laid into the Fox Point-Bayside School Board over preliminary layoff notices and schedule changes that include cuts to the district's physical education, art, technology and music programs — known colloquially as "specials" — in the coming 2013-14 school year.
In total the district issued preliminary layoff notices to 10 staff members last week, primarily at Bayside Middle School, Superintendent Rachel Boechler said in an interview. Due to a combination of class enrollment and scheduling in the coming year, she said, one position will be fully eliminated, three will be reconfigured, and four will be reduced — necessitating the layoff notices, which districts are required by statute to issue to teachers who can't be guaranteed the same level of employment. Those changes mean a 17 percent reduction in fifth- and sixth-grade physical education, a 38 percent reduction in fifth and sixth-grade art, a 38 percent reduction in DATA (technology) class, and a 38 percent reduction in fifth- and sixth-grade general music, according to documents circulating throughout the community which originated in the district.
Among those who addressed the board was district parent David Braeger, a Milwaukee-area financial sector CEO who has argued in favor of specials with nationwide studies that conclude those programs increase student performance overall. Additionally, Braeger said in an interview that he plans to initiate a recall election for School Board President Debbie Friberg, whose credentials he called into question in light of the proposed changes to specials.
"If I were to tell my (chief operating officer) that we were cutting aspects of my business by 38 percent or more, he would simply conclude that I had failed my employees and the company," Braeger told the School Board on Monday, earning a standing ovation from the crowd at the conclusion of his speech. "You can correlate that to the fact that you have failed your employees — the teachers, and your company — the district and taxpayer."
He said if his recall effort is successful he would try to take Friberg's place.» Read Full Article
Challenge grant to match up to $100,000 in footbridge donations
Fox Point - An anonymous donor has issued a challenge to the village and the surrounding North Shore communities: raise $100,000 by Sept. 30 and I'll match it.
According to a news release by Footbridge Friends, the nonprofit organization tasked with raising $655,000 toward the cost of replacing the footbridge that spans a 325-foot ravine between Bridge and Bartlett lanes, the donor will match all new pledges of $5,000 or more as well as significantly increased gifts from previous donors.
"This is an incredibly generous offer that will get us closer to our goal even quicker," Footbridge Friends President Barbara Schwartz said in the release. "It allows donors to double the impact of their pledges. And the sooner we reach our goal, the sooner the Village of Fox Point can begin construction of a new bridge."
Last summer the Village Board authorized a $30,000 payment to Footbridge Friends to get the fundraising effort off the ground. The $30,000 is incorporated in the group's $655,000 goal, half of an estimated $1.25 million replacement of the footbridge.
Opponents of the project calculate that with interest on capital funds borrowed in 2011 for the project, the Footbridge Friends grant, a high estimate of the construction costs and numerous consulting studies paid for by the village since the footbridge was closed in 2010, the total cost of a replacement would be upwards of $3 million.» Read Full Article
Nicolet chooses new superintendent
Glendale - Before a crowd of students, staff, and parents, the Nicolet School Board voted unanimously Monday for Robert Kobylski - current Superintendent of the Menasha Joint School District near Appleton - to succeed Superintendent Rick Monroe after he retires on June 30.
After Monroe announced his retirement in December the board hired search firm Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates, who whittled the applicant pool to six, whom the board interviewed, choosing three finalists before finally settling on Kobylski.
"(HYA & Associates) told us any of our candidates would have been great for the district," said School Board President Marilyn Franklin. "The decision hinged on which of the finalists would be a perfect fit."
Kobylski, a married father of six, earned a bachelor's degree in economics, as well as both a master's and doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Loyola University in Chicago. He was a commodity trader at the Chicago Board of Trade and a portfolio manager at an Illinois firm before becoming a high school social science teacher in the Chicago Public Schools system, where he later moved on to a number of administrative positions. Upon moving to Wisconsin in 2006 Kobylski became Principal of Cedarburg High School before becoming Superintendent and High School Principal in the Kohler District in 2008, and later the Menasha Joint School District Superintendent in 2010.
He stressed that it would be his job to leverage the high-quality staff at Nicolet to improve the district's already high performance.» Read Full Article
Police apprehend Cedarburg man over school threats
A 39-year-old Cedarburg man was arrested Friday on suspicion of leaving a message that referenced school shootings on a crisis line Thursday evening. The Ozaukee Sheriff's department said the suspect left similar messages over the last few days.
Friday morning the Sheriff's office issued an alert and local police departments notified their area school districts.
The call prompted Mequon to station officers at all Mequon-Thiensville School District buildings, Superintendent Demond Means said in an email to parents and guardians Friday.
The academic schedule incorporated an early release before the events, Means said. Elementary students let out at 12:35 p.m. and middle school students were released at 11:55 a.m.; district high schools were not in session Friday.
With squad cars at each school the superintendent felt it was best to notify parents before picking up their children. "Especially with all the things in Boston, I wanted to be proactive."» Read Full Article
WHEDA awards tax credits for Bradley Crossing expansion, Beaver Creek development
The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority has approved tax credits for two planned low-income developments in Brown Deer.
According to a list provided by WHEDA, Milwaukee-based developer General Capital Group's planned 54-unit expansion of the Bradley Crossing Supportive Housing Community, and planned 44-unit mix of low-income and disability-friendly housing at the Beaver Creek development site at 60th Street and Brown Deer Road, have both been awarded the full amount of tax credits requested.
With tax credits approved for the projects, the stage is set for General Capital to come before the Plan Commission and Village Board with proposals.
Brown Deer residents turn in petition against rental housing proposal
Uebelacker and resident Mike Christopulos have contacted NorthShoreNOW to clarify that the petition, and petitioners, do not oppose low-income housing. While General Capital's plans are for low-income rental units, Uebelacker stressed that the petition only takes issue with rentals on the site and urges the village to require owner-occupied condominiums, as the original 2007 development agreement stated.Editor's Note: Petition organizer Don
"The condominiums were to be owner occupied and were not to ever become rental units," said Uebelacker. "Back then, and certainly today, the feeling was that Brown Deer has more than enough apartments. Both the residents and the village management wanted the stability of owner occupied units."
Brown Deer - A thousand-strong group of residents is trying to snuff out a rental housing development before it even comes before village officials for consideration, while at the same time a developer is planning low-income and disability-friendly units on the site.
On Monday a group of several dozen neighbors to the Beaver Creek development - which includes the Walgreens at 60th Street and Brown Deer Road, alongside 10 condominiums - delivered a 1,044-signature petition to the Village Board which states their opposition to rental apartments on the site. Petition drive organizer Don Uebelacker said that after planning to collect 250 to 500 signatures, he was shocked to bring in more than 1,000 in a four-week span.
Brown Deer partnered via tax incremental financing with Milwaukee-based developer General Capital in 2007 to build 51 condos at the Beaver Creek site. General Capital built 10 before the economic crash of 2008, after which four sold and the remaining six languished before they were eventually rented, General Capital President Mike Weiss said.» Read Full Article
North Shore grassroots group opposes school voucher expansion
Shorewood - Alongside local education leaders and advocates, Assemblywoman Sandy Pasch (D-Shorewood) called for action against Gov. Scott Walker's proposed 2013-15 biennial budget and voucher school expansion on Sunday in what local progressive group Grassroots North Shore dubbed an "emergency town hall budget hearing."
Pasch stood with writer and advocate Barbara Miner, retired Milwaukee Public Schools psychologist David Weingrod, anti-charter school advocate Marva Herndon, Stop Special-Needs Vouchers representative Tracy Hedman, and Whitefish Bay School Board member Cheryl Maranto - who emphasized that her views were her own and not necessarily the board's - on a panel which, by and large, ripped into the governor's budget proposal, criticizing the legitimacy of voucher and charter schools and claiming that the governor's ultimate motive is to expand the voucher program statewide.
In his Feb. 20 budget address, Walker said voucher expansion is about bringing choice to students who otherwise wouldn't have access to quality education.
"For communities where some schools fail to meet expectations, we include an expansion of the parental choice program in this budget," said Walker. "Since wealthy families have a choice because they can pay to send their children to a private school, we give low income and middle class families an opportunity to also choose a viable alternative for their sons and daughters."
The panel described "school choice" as little more than a rhetorical smokescreen for a GOP agenda aimed at expanding voucher and charter schools statewide. They argued that such an expansion, paired with the freeze on school spending in the governor's proposed 2013-15 budget, takes critical funding away from public schools and is a fundamentally skewed set of priorities.» Read Full Article
UWM students re-imagine Capitol Drive corridor
Shorewood - A group of urban planning graduate students from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have a lot of ideas when it comes to rethinking the Capitol Drive corridor from Oakland Avenue west to the river.
The group presented a redevelopment plan at the Shorewood Library on Tuesday. It detailed specific plans for a number of locations, including the site of the old Pig 'N Whistle at the western edge of the village, the Department of Public Works site behind it along the river, and the green expanse fronting the high school campus commonly referred to as the district's "front lawn."
The goal of the plan, the students said, is to increase overall density, revitalize the area, increase population and promote foot traffic.
While the ideas are just that at this point, the students' work could be adopted when the village reworks its master plan next year.
Village Manager Chris Swartz said that when the village someday forms plans to kickstart development in the area, the Pig 'N Whistle and Baker's Square sites likely would be the first to gain their attention.» Read Full Article
Mequon man dies after head-on crash on Granville Road
A 40-year-old Mequon man has died as a result of injuries he suffered in a two-car crash that occurred just after 4 p.m. Monday in the area of 10100 N. Granville Road.
The Mequon man was driving north on Granville Road and a 47-year-old Thiensville man was southbound when the head-on crash happened, police said. The Thiensville man was taken to the hospital with injuries not expected to be life-threatening.
The Ozaukee County Sheriff's Department and Mequon Police Department Crash Reconstruction Unit are still investigating the crash.
Bay brainstorming parking restrictions near Little League field
Whitefish Bay - Permit parking for residents may become part of the answer to parking issues that have plagued homeowners along the 6300 block of Lydell Avenue during Little League games.
Village administrators are considering a move to permit parking on the east side of the block, which would only allow homeowners to park there, along with stepped up police patrols and parking enforcement in the area during the Little League season. Village Manager Patrick DeGrave said at a Village Board meeting Monday that on recommendation from the Department of Public Works a four-way stop sign at the corner of Lydell Avenue and Devon Street isn't likely.
Village staff will come before the board at its May 6 meeting with suggested parking ordinances for the area. Trustee Jay Miller suggested that both sides of the 6300 block of Lydell be homeowner-only permit parking.
The parking problem came to light in February when the Whitefish Bay Little League brought a proposal for field lights at two of three fields at Craig Counsell Park. Residents came out in droves to air concerns over parking shortages and safety issues during the Little League season. Trustees agreed and voted down the field light proposal, saying any expansion of Little League operation hours could only come after a solution to the parking problem.
Fortunately for the board, Lydell Avenue residents, and Little Leaguers, the Milwaukee Jewish Federation has offered to open up 93 parking spots for Little League participants at its Milwaukee Jewish Day School, located at the north end of the Jewish Community Center campus.» Read Full Article
Former Shorewood schools secretary charged with embezzling $310,000 in special ed funds
Shorewood - Donna Sternke, a former secretary at the Shorewood School District, has pleaded guilty to embezzling approximately $310,000 in special education funding from the district, according to federal court records.
The April 11 plea agreement alleges Sternke, who is in her mid-50s, embezzled the money between 1998 and 2011 while serving as a secretary in the Instructional Services and Special Education Department, abusing her purchasing abilities to buy big-screen TVs, household items and gift cards to the Kalahari Resort in the Wisconsin Dells, among other things.
According to the plea agreement, Sternke admitted to federal investigators that between 1998 and 2011 she used the district's computer system to create bogus invoices totaling $310,263.44. For instance, in February 2009, Sternke created an invoice for about $1,600 that she claimed was for an Hewlett-Packard laptop.
"In fact it was for her own 50-inch TV console and 37-inch Sony TV," the plea agreement reads.
By using falsified invoices to get checks from the district business office, Sternke also made in-store payments at Menards, JC Penneys, Target, Walmart, Best Buy, Kohls, American TV, as well as made payments on a personal credit card. She also paid for vacations and household purchases with district funds, often with gift cards.» Read Full Article
Mandel, Bay reviewing options for Consaul Commons
Whitefish Bay - Village officials and representatives from developer Mandel Group are considering a number of design alternatives to the open space between the Fox Bay theater building and next door Garrison building, commonly referred to as Consaul Commons.
At the Village Board meeting Monday, representatives from the Mandel Group, who will soon break ground on the upscale apartment complex above the municipal lots at Beaumont Avenue and Consaul Place, presented a series of designs meant to open up the space and facilitate outdoor dining for the two businesses that front the commons.
The Mandel Group's apartment project includes approximately $100,000 for a "status quo" update of the space, explained Mandel Senior Vice President Richard Lincoln. That plan, like the other three presented, removes the curb and hedgerows along the edges of the commons, widening the available area for pedestrians and outdoor diners.
Currently, Consaul Commons has an ovular grassy area with three honey locust trees. The three other plans range in the amount of grassy space which would be covered over with concrete to increase pedestrian and public space. While cost estimates aren't available for the more concrete-centric plans, Lincoln commented that they would be costlier than the "status quo" update, and would require the village to kick in.
"We'd have to have a conversation about how that would be presumably paid for by the village," said Lincoln, noting that the area does fall within two of Whitefish Bay's tax incremental financing districts.» Read Full Article
Whitefish Bay rethinking new DPW building
Whitefish Bay - Village trustees may pony up for a new Department of Public Works building to move staffers out of the nearly century-old horse barn the village rents now.
The Village Board on Monday approved a $20,000 payment to a partnership of Kenosha-based Riley Construction and Milwaukee firms Stephen Perry Smith Architects and Pierce Engineering to design a new DPW building at the intersection of Fairmount and Lydell avenues.
In February the Village Board voted to remove an approximately $4.5 million version of the new building from the 2013 capital budget, saying the cost was too high in light of the approximately $100 million the village will spend in the next 15 years for an extensive stormwater and sewer overhaul. Trustees in February charged Village Manager Patrick DeGrave with the task of coming up with a DPW building design which, when factoring in debt repayment for the project, would cost the village less than it would otherwise pay in rent. DeGrave said Monday the new goal is to design an approximately $3.5 million building, which would be around the break-even point in relation to rental costs and, as a result, be taxpayer neutral.
"The most important part (of the design) will be that qualified estimate," DeGrave told the village board, "what it will cost to build it."
John Mann, serving as an Owner's Representative for the village, said he is confident the project can come in at or under budget.» Read Full Article
Shorewood taking stand against governor's school budget proposal
Shorewood - School district leaders are calling on community members to lend their support to a letter which says the Gov. Scott Walker's proposed 2013-15 budget threatens the quality of public education.
The district will collect signatures for the letter next week in an effort to sway legislators to revisit the governor's 2013-15 budget proposal, which freezes the state-mandated revenue limit, slightly increases state aid to schools and expands the voucher program which allows students to opt out of low-performing public schools in favor of private schools.
Alongside the letter, addressed to Walker, other legislators, and state committees, is a resolution passed by the School Board earlier this week and a fact sheet outlining the district's successes, budget concessions made in light of Act 10, and risks faced by the district as a result of the governor's proposal.
While other districts have been sending similar letters signed by their superintendents and school board members, Shorewood wants to put the weight of the community behind its version.
"(Cuts resulting from the governor's budget) affect not only the students and teachers in Shorewood's classrooms each day, but the community as a whole," Superintendent Martin Lexmond said in a news release. "We want to give our residents the opportunity to make their voices heard as well."» Read Full Article
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Flooding can be seen in a lot of places, especially along the Milwaukee River, Menomonee River and Root River. Check out scenes from along those rivers and other flooding photos from suburban Milwaukee.
Dog sitter charged with operating drug trafficking place in Mequon
Mequon - An 18-year-old Mequon man was arrested and charged with maintaining a drug trafficking place and charges are pending for possession of drug paraphernalia at a home where he was dog sitting in the 3000 block of West Donges Bay Road about 10 p.m. March 29.
According to a police report:
Police received a "Tip 411" message earlier telling of a strong odor of marijuana with "a lot of teens" coming and going at the home with the homeowners out of town. At that time, no one answered the door so police left and then returned and now people were seen inside.
When they saw police, many fled, one of them, the dog sitter, Hunter Patnode, returned and let police into the home which was in "disarray" with marijuana and marijuana residue scattered about along with water bongs and pipes with marijuana residue, grinders, scales and beer.
Patnode said "I'm in a lot of trouble."» Read Full Article
Steve Novak donates $100,000 to help Brown Deer build fieldhouse
Ever since he was little, current NBA player and former Brown Deer basketball star Steve Novak remembers his father, Falcon Athletic Director Mike Novak, talking about the creation of a grand fieldhouse facility at the school that Mike jokingly referred to as the "Nova-Dome".
Well that wish became reality Wednesday, as Steve Novak helped put the finishing touches on the multi-million dollar school district referendum project by announcing at the dedication ceremony/community pep rally that he had donated $100,000 to the process.
And because of his generosity, the grand fieldhouse facility, replete with four-lane indoor track, rock-climbing wall and a state-of-the-art scoreboard, will have a name in keeping with Mike Novak's long-ago dream.
It'll be called "The Brown Deer Novak Family Fieldhouse".
"My Dad fantasized about building a dome," said Steve from a podium at center-court of the new fieldhouse. "Well ladies and gentlemen, I can tell you dreams do come true. I can't tell you how much this means to have all my Dad's hard work and my family recognized this way."» Read Full Article
Rain leaves rivers rising in southeastern Wisconsin; heavy snow hitting north
After three days of rain, rivers throughout southeastern Wisconsin were filled to the top of their banks and there were scattered reports of minor flooding in Sheboygan, Ozaukee, Milwaukee, Kenosha and a few inland counties.
The dam on the Milwaukee River at Thiensville was submerged Wednesday and the river had inundated Village Park. The river was expected to rise another 1 1/2 feet by late Thursday or early Friday, so flooding problems could extend beyond the park, Village Emergency Government Director Andy LaFond said.
In the Town of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin Emergency Management delivered 2,000 sandbags to Johnsonville Sausage to divert the flooding Sheboygan River away from the factory at county Highway JM, officials said. At least 500,000 sandbags are stored around Wisconsin and can be delivered to flood-threatened communities, emergency management officials said.
The National Weather Service said Wednesday the Root River in Franklin was flooding, as well as the Fox River at Waukesha, Sheboygan River in the city of Sheboygan, the Fox River near New Munster in Kenosha County and the Crawfish River at Milford in Jefferson County. Major flooding was forecast at New Munster by midday Thursday.
It wasn't just southeastern Wisconsin suffering from weather problems.» Read Full Article
Brown Deer schools issue layoff notices
Brown Deer - A total of 20 staff members, eight part-time and 12 full-time, have been issued preliminary layoff notices by the Brown Deer School District.
Among them is high school physical education teacher and baseball coach Michael Donahue, who came before the School Board with two other teachers last week to plead his case, bringing with him a crowd of people in a show of support. As of press time, Donahue did not respond to a North Shore NOW request for comment.
In light of the public outcry over teachers' potential layoffs, district administrators have said the preliminary notices are commonplace and don't necessarily equal final layoffs later in the year.
"It's a depressing ritual," Business Manager Emily Koczela said, "but it's something we do every year."
Last year, Koczela said, the district issued notices to eight part-timers and 15 full-timers, later issuing final layoff notices to four employees.» Read Full Article
Mequon Council calls for Attorney General to intervene in Archdiocese bankruptcy
Mequon - Approximately $55 million set aside for the perpetual care of cemeteries by the Wisconsin Archdiocese may be used to pay the church's creditors as it goes through bankruptcy, which would shift the cost of maintaining those cemeteries onto local communities.
The Mequon Common Council on Tuesday passed a resolution urging Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to intervene in the bankruptcy case because, if the Archdiocese's cemetery fund is used to pay creditors, the task and cost of maintaining Resurrection Cemetery would become the city's responsibility.
Resurrection Cemetery spans 215 acres at the corner of Swan and Donges Bay roads, containing two mausoleums, 2,800 graves, and more than 1,500 crypts and niches, according to the resolution. The resolution calls for Van Hollen to represent Mequon, among other Wisconsin communities, and protect the cemetery funding that the Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the case - which includes victims of sexual abuse who have won lawsuits against the church - has requested be used to pay claims.
"That has a couple of implications," Alderman John Wirth said. "That is 200 acres, in our city, near three or four subdivisions, which if it isn't cared for well would reflect badly and impact the property values of those subdivisions."
The aldermen on Tuesday said they empathize with the creditors, abuse victims included. Nevertheless, the cost of maintaining the cemetery would weigh heavy on an already tight city budget.» Read Full Article
MMSD takes emergency measures to prevent overflows
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District took emergency steps at the Jones Island sewage treatment plant Tuesday in an attempt to prevent combined sewer overflows and backups of sewage into residential basements.
At 4:30 p.m., the district started pumping a blend of storm water and sewage out of the deep tunnel system and disinfecting the flow with chlorine at the plant before discharging it to Lake Michigan, MMSD Executive Director Kevin Shafer said. This step provides more space in the tunnel system to store sewage and storm water flowing into it and reduces the risk of overflows.
The district cannot divert more than 100 million gallons a day of wastewater around the full treatment process at Jones Island during a heavy rainstorm, under a state permit.
The process is known as combined sewer overflow treatment since solids settle out of wastewater stored in the tunnel and regulators have determined that is equivalent to primary treatment at the plant. Overflowing combined sanitary and storm sewers in central Milwaukee and eastern Shorewood are directed into the deep tunnel system in a deluge.
At the time this emergency step was announced Tuesday, both the Jones Island and South Shore sewage treatment plants were operating at capacity.» Read Full Article
Young Bay girls slip by North Shore track field for indoor league title
Whitefish Bay junior 400-meter track runner Grace Murray is a little unused to the protocols of her new sport. This is her first year out for track and like almost the entirity of her team, she is an underclassmen.
So, she wasn't sure what she had accomplished by holding off a determined charge from a Grafton competitor to bring the 1,600 relay team home to victory in the last race of the North Shore Conference indoor meet Tuesday night at Homestead.
Only when it was announced that the Blue Dukes had won the meet by just four points over the defending champion Blackhawks (113-109) did it become a little more clear to her.
"This was just my second time anchoring a relay," she said, "and right before the race one of my coaches said 'We're looking for leadership on this team. You need to step up and be someone.'"
"I found out I liked doing this (having the responsibility of anchoring a relay)."» Read Full Article
Graduate students to show off plans for redeveloped Capitol Drive corridor in Shorewood
Shorewood - A group of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Urban Planning graduate students will unveil plans for a re-imagined Capitol Drive corridor April 16 as part of a student project that could ultimately help shape the future of the area.
Their project, which focuses on West Capitol Drive between Oakland Avenue and the Milwaukee River, addresses a number of "underutilized" properties which could be redeveloped to increase density, make the area more pedestrian friendly, and bolster the tax base.
"I think the village has a strong vision for where they want to be and where they want to go," said Brian Peterson, one of the students involved on the project. "We're not necessarily reinventing the wheel, just helping them see where the vision would take them."
At the same time, school district leaders see a redevelopment of Capitol Drive as an opportunity to rethink the high school and Intermediate school campus, which straddles Capitol and Oakland, and bisects the business district.
"This kind of project, I think, is going to prompt that kind of planning," Superintendent Martin Lexmond said. "I think this will be sort of a catalyst to get that conversation going."» Read Full Article
Brown Deer to host ribbon cutting, celebration for new facilities
The Brown Deer School District will open its new, referendum-funded field house and high school addition Wednesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony and community pep rally.
Ribbon cutting begins at 7 p.m. and refreshments, tours, and activities including a 40-yard dash and rock climbing begin at 7:30 p.m.
Brown Deer High School is located at 8060 North 60th Street. More information is available on the district site: http://www.browndeer.high.schoolfusion.us/
Doctors Park rehab begins with upcoming information sessions
Fox Point - After all her time in Fox Point, Claudia Martin says she's still a California girl.
And when she walks down to the secluded beach at the bottom of the bluff at Doctors Park, she can close her eyes and be back.
"It's the only place I feel at home," Martin says.
Maureen Daly of Fox Point has a different take on the isolated stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline.
"You feel like you're up north," Daly says. "You feel like you're in the middle of no place."» Read Full Article
Veteran Shorewood volleyball coach Gemignani to step down
Citing the need to spend more time with his family, veteran Shorewood boys volleyball coach Kevin Gemignani has decided to step down from his position.
"It is time to spend my fall afternoons, weekday dinners and Saturdays with my family," he wrote in a mass e-mail on Monday. "In fact, I am typing this e-mail with my daughter, Giana, sitting on my lap, and I am very happy."
Gemignani, who led the Greyhounds to a Woodland Conference championship last fall as well as WIAA state tournament berths in 2000, 2001 and 2005, said that all scheduled commitments for the 2013 season will be honored.
Colleen Mrotek named 2013 Miss Southern Wisconsin in photo gallery
Miss Southern Wisconsin 2013 on April 7.Colleen Mrotek of Bay View, Miss St. Francis 2012, was named
The Miss Southern Wisconsin 2013 pageant is an official preliminary event for Miss Wisconsin pageant and was held at the at the Marian Center for Nonprofits.
View Mrotek and the other pageant participants in our photo gallery.
South Milwaukee's Cecilia Margraff crowned Miss St. Francis 2013
Miss St. Francis 2013 last night by reigning Miss St. Francis Colleen Mrotek at Saint Thomas More High School in Milwaukee.South Milwaukee native Cecilia Margraff was crowned
The event is in its 49th year and is an official preliminary competition for Miss Wisconsin. Margraff will receive a $2,000 scholarship to the school of her choice.
The Miss Wisconsin pageant is June 16-22 in Oshkosh.
Boy, 17, charged for sexual assault in Homestead parking lot
Mequon - Gregory Rounds, a 17-year-old Mequon boy, has been charged with sexual assault of a child under 16 years of age, according to a criminal complaint from the Ozaukee County District Attorney's office.
According to the complaint:
Rounds allegedly asked for and received oral sex from an unnamed 14-year-old girl Jan. 10 in the Homestead High School parking lot after a basketball game.
A Mequon police officer met with the girl's mother on March 10 to discuss the incident. The girl told the officer that Rounds had asked her to perform the act and that she had agreed.
Another officer obtained Homestead surveillance footage which showed Rounds and the girl walking together at the reported time and place of the incident. The officer then spoke with Rounds, who admitted to receiving oral sex from the girl.» Read Full Article
Hamilton's Mackenzie Latt leads NOW All-Suburban Girls Basketball Team
NOW All-Suburban Girls Basketball Player of the Year after helping her team to a second consecutive conference championship.Junior Mackenzie Latt from Sussex-Hamilton was voted the
New Berlin Eisenhower's Gary Schmidt was voted as Coach of the Year for taking his squad to the Division 2 state title game.
Read more about them and the other members of the team on the special page highlighting the 2012-13 NOW All-Suburban Girls Basketball Team.
Waukesha marathoner - and disabled firefighter - sues Fox News for defamation
A Waukesha County man who retired from the North Shore Fire Department over an arm injury has sued Fox News and anchor Megyn Kelly for their 2011 coverage of the fact he runs marathons while collecting disability payments.
Aaron Marjala's suit, filed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, also names New York attorney Lee Armstrong, a guest commentator on Kelly's show, and Robert C. Whitaker, the chief of the North Shore Fire Department, as defendants. The action for "defamation per se" seeks unspecified actual, consequential and punitive damages, plus attorneys fees and costs, and any other relief a court may deem "just and equitable."
Marjala is represented by Michael F. Hart and Craig S. Powell of Kohler and Hart.
Marjala worked as a firefighter with North Shore from 2002 until he was determined to be permanently disabled as a firefighter in January 2008, due to nerve damage in his right arm that persisted despite two surgeries, according to the complaint.
In September 2011, WITI-TV (Channel 6), Milwaukee's Fox affiliate, broadcast a story highlighting Marjala's continued participation in marathons while on disability. In that report, Whitaker said Marjala's payments "needs to be exposed," and "The system may need some reform," implying that Marjala's case involved fraud or abuse, according to the complaint.» Read Full Article
North Shore election results roundup
The April 2 spring election decided 11 contested races throughout Milwaukee's North Shore. Below are links to NorthShoreNOW's election coverage:
Long-time Alderman Dan Abendroth unseats Mayor Curt Gielow in a neck and neck race, changing the course of development in the city of Mequon.
Incumbents hold out against challengers in the majority of North Shore muncipal contests. Our story centers around the Whitefish Bay Village Board race while including stats from others.
Our school board story centers around the Fox Point-Bayside race, where restaurateur Elizabeth Wick and Nicolet math teacher Mike Weidner won out in a four-way contest between newcomers. Other results included.
Houpt, Cyrier win Mequon-Thiensville School Board seats
Incumbent Mary Cyrier and newcomer Kathryn Houpt were elected to the Mequon-Thiensville School Board Tuesday, defeating challenger Alex Leykin.
Houpt was the top vote-getter with 4,619 votes - 37 percent. Cyrier, who has served on the board since 2006, garnered 34 percent of the vote, or 4,327 votes. There were 3,664 votes cast for Leykin, who brought in 29 percent of the voter.
Board members serve three-year terms and are not paid.
The vote total, according to unofficial results Tuesday:
Kathryn Houpt 4,619» Read Full Article
Incumbents keep seats on Fox Point Village Board
Incumbents Eric Fonstad and Douglas H. Frazer will keep their seats on the Fox Point Village Board for three more years, after defeating newcomer and challenger Terry McGauran on Tuesday.
Frazer was the top vote-getter, bringing in 44 percent of the vote. He received 875 votes, while Fonstad received 650 votes, or 33 percent. McGauran brought in 23 percent of the vote, or 454 votes.
Trustees are not paid.
The vote total, according to unofficial results Tuesday:
Douglas H. Frazer (i) 875» Read Full Article
Incumbents Barth, Walny re-elected to Bayside board
Incumbents Michael Barth and Eido Walny were re-elected Tuesday, defeating newcomers Kelly Herda and Tom Noble.
Michael Barth received 41 percent of the vote - 680 votes - and Walny received 34 percent of the vote, or 565 votes. There were 277 ballots cast for Herda, and 150 for Noble.
Village trustees serve three-year terms and earn $1,200 annually.
The vote total, according to unofficial results Tuesday:
Michael Barth (i) 680» Read Full Article
Zielinski, Galloway Sherard prevail in Brown Deer School Board race
Brown Deer - Incumbent Lisa Zielinski defended her seat on the School Board, and former board member Leslie Galloway Sherard unseated incumbent Barry Godshaw, defeating newcomer Bill Weisgerber in the process.
Zielinski received 29 percent of the vote, Galloway Sherard won 28 percent, Weisgerber brought in 24 percent, and Godshaw received 19 percent.
School board members serve three-year terms and earn $3,100 per annually.
Unofficial results are:
Lisa Zielinski (i) 972» Read Full Article
Incumbents Baker, Springman defend seats on Brown Deer Village Board
Brown Deer - Incumbents Jeff Baker and Gary Springman successfully defended their seats against newcomer Otto Bunge. Village President Carl Krueger ran unopposed for his seat.
Of Brown Deer's 8,513 registered voters, 27 percent came out to vote in the contest. Baker took home 43 percent of the vote. Springman received 38 percent and Bunge brought in 19 percent.
Board members serve for three years and earn $3,100 annually.
Unofficial results are:
Jeff Baker (i) 1,207» Read Full Article
Weidner, Wick claim spots on Fox Point-Bayside School Board
Fox Point - In a four-way contest between newcomers, Elizabeth Wick and Michael Weidner have won out against David Smulyan and Thomas Hayssen, claiming two spots on the Fox Point-Bayside School Board.
Weidner received 31 percent of the vote, followed by Wick at 27 percent, and Smulyan and Hayssen with 21 percent each.
School Board members serve three-year terms and are unpaid.
Unofficial results are:
Michael Weidner 709» Read Full Article
Abendroth unseats Gielow in Mequon mayoral race by razor-thin margin
Mequon - Long-time Alderman Dan Abendroth has unseated incumbent Mayor Curt Gielow in an extremely close contest, edging out Gielow by barely more than half a percent.
Abendroth claimed 50.57 percent of the 7,666 votes cast by Mequon voters. Gielow received 49.37%, 92 votes less than Abendroth.
Unofficial results are:
Dan Abendroth 3,877
Curt Gielow (i) 3,785» Read Full Article
Linnane, Bockhorst win spots on Shorewood Village Board
Shorewood - Incumbent Patrick Linnane and newcomer Tammy Bockhorst bested formed School Board President Paul Zovic, winning two seats on the Village Board.
Bockhorst was the top vote getter, receiving roughly 39 percent. Linnane had approximately 32 percent and Zovic about 29 percent.
Village board members serve three year terms and earn $1,000 per year.
Unofficial results are:
Tammy A Bockhorst 1,767» Read Full Article
Miller, Fuda win seats on Whitefish Bay Village Board
Whitefish Bay - Incumbent Jay Miller and newcomer Carl Fuda defeated newcomers Kevin McMahon and Ken Wysocky by a wide margin, claiming two seats on the Village Board.
Of the 10,306 registered voters in Whitefish Bay, 34 percent came out for the contest.
Board members serve three year terms and are paid $1,200 annually.
Unofficial results are:
Carl J. Fuda 1,946» Read Full Article
Abendroth, Leszczynski win Mequon aldermanic races
Dan Abendroth will retain his seat as the District 1 alderman on the Mequon Common Council, pending results of the Mequon mayoral race. Newcomer John Leszczynski defeated newcomer Jeff Hansher for the District 4 alderman seat.
It was a close race with Abendroth garnering 53 percent of the vote, beating newcomer Robert Strzelczyk. Strzelczyk received 415 votes, while Abendroth received 474. Leszczynski defeated Hansher with 393 votes - or 60 percent of the vote - versus Hansher's 267 votes.
Council members earn $1,800 annually and serve three-year terms.
Unofficial results for District 1 are:
Dan Abendroth (i) 474» Read Full Article
Prost! Thiensville could boast beer garden this summer
Thiensville - If Trustee David Lange has his way, you'll be able to raise a stein this summer at Village Park.
Lange and the Committee of the Whole on Monday began exploring the possibility of using the two octagonal structures at the park for a beer garden modeled after the successful Estabrook Park version, opened last year by Milwaukee County and Old German Beer Hall proprietor Hans Weisgerber III.
"It got me thinking about how we could do this," Lange said.
After Glendale-based Sprecher Brewing Company lost out to Weisgerber in a bid to supply Milwaukee County beer gardens, Lange said, he got in touch with the brewer about the possibility of bringing their beers and sodas to a Thiensville garden.
A cut of the Estabrook garden's profits go to Milwaukee County to help fund maintenance of the parks system. Lange said the fire department, which owns the two octagonal buildings, could similarly receive a commission on sales to help support its budget.» Read Full Article
'Professional hiker' threatens to send cop to prison
A man claiming to be a "professional hiker" tried to turn the tables on a Fox Point police officer by threatening to send the officer to prison while the officer was arresting him.
According to the Fox Point poice report:
The man, age and residence not released, was arrested on disorderly conduct charges after he was seen urinating near bushes at Lake Drive and Dean Road at 7:27 a.m. March 27.
The man told police he was a "professional hiker" hiking Highway 32.
He also said he was a federal judge and intended to send the officer to prison for breaking a "felony law."
Two fight off attempted cell-phone thefts in Shorewood
Two people struggeld with a would-be cellphone thief in a pair of incidents about 10 minutes apart last week in Shorewood.
According to the Shorewood police report:
Two attempted robberies were reported by what appeared to be the same male in the 3700 block of North Maryland Avenue about 6:35 p.m. March 22 and in the 1100 block of East Kensington Boulevard about 10 minutes later.
In both events, a male got out of a blue sedan and confronted people sitting in their cars demanding their cellphones.
In the first report, a pizza delivery man was sending a text message when the male opened the door yelling "Gimme your phone." The two males struggled until the robber fled without the phone.» Read Full Article


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I'm sure you've heard of the phrase "Stop and smell the roses." For my latest trip on the Faces & Places Tour, I did the Kansas version of that. I stopped and enjoyed the prairie.
Basking in the Beauty of the Flint Hills
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Jonathan Adler: "Nothing Tastes As Good As Skinny Feels"
- Designer (and husband of Barneys creative director/fashion sage Simon Doonan) Jonathan Adler is selling a needlepoint pillow emblazoned with the pro-ana proverb "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels." Which, as Adler should know, is pretty much anorexia's catchphrase. [Racked]


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Economic Policy Is Social Policy
Via Rod Dreher, here is a terrific column by First Things editor Rusty Reno, taking on a staff editorial from the Wall Street Journal that criticized Rick Santorum's proposal to expand the tax credit for children as "social policy masquerading as economics". As Reno points out, the WSJ's blinkered focus on the role of tax policy in encouraging economic growth assumes a social policy of its own, one according to which GDP is the sole or main measure of a society's health. Too, the WSJ's claim that a pro-family tax policy "merely rewards taxpayers who have children over those who don't" overlooks the role of tax policy in encouraging people to have children, and assumes once again that this -- as opposed to growing the economy, of course! -- isn't something that tax policy should be in the business of doing. In short, the WSJ editors are guilty of exactly the charge they lay before Santorum: they pretend to be putting forward a "strictly" economic platform, which actually embeds a social policy of its own.Here's a choice excerpt from Reno's response:
Unlike the acorn that grows into a tree without cultivation and encouragement, human beings dont just do what they are naturally ordered to do. Or more accurately, we dont automatically do it well and in a way that brings us the satisfaction that comes with living in accord with our natural propensities. We require cultivation, which is to say culture, which is to say social policies.The free market libertarianism that largely guides the Wall Street Journal editorial page does not deny the need for cultivation and social engineering. It wants to engineer tax policy in order to encourage us to do what were naturally inclined to do, which is to work and invest and otherwise try to secure for ourselves a better and more secure financial future. But what that same philosophy denies is that human beings have a natural end beyond economic self-interest, which is why the editorials criticizing Santorum see an increased child tax credit either as an unfair preference for one lifestyle over others, or as case of misguided social engineering.The underlying view of the human person in relation to society that leads to these conclusions fits with postmodern relativism, which says that we are motivated by a will-to-power or sexual desire (the two main options in postmodern theory), but not in accord with an essential human nature, and not toward any normative end. By this way of thinking there is no human nature, no natural as opposed to unnatural way to live. Society constructs norms (social engineering), and individuals do this or that in accord with their own personal wishes and desires (lifestyle choices).Take will-to-power and domesticate it as economic self-interest, and you pretty much have the political and social vision of free-market libertarianism. I see little future for what is today a very modern social philosophy in American conservatism. Yes wed like to be richer, but thats not all we want. We want to live in accord with our nature as human beings, and that includes contributing to and enjoying the primitive community of the family. If free market libertarians cant get their minds around that factand the fact that as we make personal choices about marriage and children were influenced by a manifold of social and economic incentivesthen I cant see how they will be able to formulate a governing consensus. Over the long haul people wont vote for politicians who wont work to implement policies that help them live the kinds of lives their nature desires.
One thing that might be added to this is that certain social policies, tax-related and otherwise, can positively thwart proper human flourishing, as e.g. when we drive up the cost of housing and education, and make it prohibitively difficult to live on a single income, thus keeping families small and driving their members apart. What are some other aspects of our "essential human nature" that require social policies for their proper cultivation? I can think of quite a few.
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John Schwenkler is an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy at Florida State University.
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Child-friendly tax policies can be good for the economy, but they aren't necessarily. What's needed is solid families, families that rear responsible children, not just families that grow babies. Presumably, Santorum has more in mind than just giving people a little more tax money if they have a child. Or maybe not - maybe the WSJ editorial writer thinks that's all he wants. I can see merit in opposing that.Why this need to attack someone's position in order to articulate your own? Why not make the case for what you want on its own merits, rather than saying or implying that your position is good because your chosen opponent's position is bad?
John, thanks for pointing out this Reno piece. I agree that it is terrific. And again, I find it bracing that Rick Santorum takes Catholic social teaching seriously and supports policies in pursuit of that teaching.Regarding your remark about housing and education: I agree that home ownership is a social good, and the appropriate public entities at all levels of governance should tailor their policies to support it. I just want to mention that there are already a number of government policies in place that provide incentives for home ownership, and these policies are typically considered to be very effective. At the top of the list would be the federal tax deduction for interest payments on mortgages. This longstanding policy needs to be mentioned, not only for the important role it plays in incentivizing home ownership, but because it seems to be at risk(!) in a number of schemes, including schemes proposed by Republican candidates (perhaps including Rick Santorum?), to close the federal deficit. If we view home ownership as an important social good, then we should be willing to take a stand in defense of the mortgage interest tax deduction.Another key piece is FHA loans, which significantly lower the bar for down payments for first-time home buyers. Of course, we could consider the roles that Fannie and Freddie played in enabling sub-prime loans - a policy that proved disastrous for the overall economy. But despite that policy misstep, it seems clear that government policy already supports home ownership. Perhaps more can be done, particularly for those who are poor. We've learned that ignoring credit risks is not the path forward.Regarding education, I agree that much more could be done via government policy. My list would include subsidies for private schools that are proven to do a good job educating (certainly including Catholic schools); vouchers that give children, especially at-risk children, educational choices; and policies that bring public-sector unions into alignment with the social goal of educating our children. The experiment in Wisconsin, if it is allowed to persist (Governor Walker is currently defending himself from a recall), should be well worth watching for lessons learned.
There's a vigorous and ongoing debate at First Things that stakes out these two positions quite clearly:http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2012/01/17/the-moral-case...
Yes, that is ... vigorous. I hope someone else will respond to it -- it will take me a while to find the time!
ere are the main points of Santorum's plan, as summarized by the WSJ:* A revised but still-progressive tax rate for personal income ("He proposes a return to the Reagan-era top rate of 28%, and a second rate of 10% for middle-income Americans.")* A cut in the capital gains tax, presumably to stimulate investment ("He also wants a 12% capital-gains tax, down from 15% today, and half the 23.8% rate that Mr. Obama has promised in 2013.")* Closing of various loopholes, but keeping some of the most popular ("Mr. Santorum wants to eliminate deductions for business and the wealthy, but he'd retain some of the costliest deductions, including those for mortgage interest, charities, health care and retirement savings. ")I believe a serious argument can be made that this is the Preferential Option for the Poor, Tax Edition. It does fail the conservative purity test (particularly if the standard for purity is set by WSJ editors): it is not a flat tax, it keeps some loopholes open.
It is a fundamental error, often indulged in, to believe that a tax deduction or tax exception is somehow receiving a benefit, much less a benefit from the government. It is not. To believe that is to believe in the false premise that all wealth and income belong to the government and it is, ipso facto, entitled to take whatever it wants or claims to "need."Government is entitled to and may rightly lay claim to NOTHING. All wealth and income (and political power) rightly belongs to the individual, with government receiving only what the people say it may have, not the other way around. A so-called "deduction" is nothing more than a person keeping what already rightly belongs to them.Moreover, especially when it comes to income "deductions" for tax purposes, individuals and their families have a fundamental and inalienable right to first provide for their own sustenance, to first pay for their own living expenses. Government does NOT come first before paying for housing or food or clothing. A child tax "deduction" is nothing more than a family rightly prioritizing to put food in the mouths of their children first.Children and family come first in line for the fruits of one's labors. Government does not come first. Once the entire family is fed and clothed and sheltered and educated and all the other things that are essential to life, only then may one morally provide a share of the proceeds to the government, and only then to the extent that it is truly necessary for the common good.
Once the entire family is fed and clothed and sheltered and educated... in schools paid for by the government with tax money... and all the other things that are essential to life, ... such as being protected from robbery, thanks to police paid for by the government with tax money... only then may one morally provide a share of the proceeds to the government
Bender, my view is that when the people consent to be governed, as is the case in the US, part and parcel of that consent is acknowledgement of the moral obligation to pay via just taxes for the services which a government may properly be expected to deliver.Once that consent is received and that obligation acknowledged, it becomes an exercise in nitty-gritty details: what should be taxed, should people in different life situations be taxed at different rates, and so on.If the government abuses our consent, then we have an opportunity every two years to send new Congressional representatives to Washington who will represent our points of view.
That is the purpose of personal exemptions and personal deductions and child deductions to insulate from taxation those first few thousands of dollars that are necessary for a person and his family to live on.I agree.
acknowledgement of the moral obligation to pay via just taxes for the services which a government may properly be expected to deliverNothing I said precludes that. But no one can seriously dispute that a large portion of the government's budget is spent on (and taxed for) things that are not essential services, but merely wanted.In any event, would it be morally permissible or consistent with social justice for government to abolish all deductions for income tax purposes if there is a moral obligation to pay taxes for services?Consider the guy trying to survive on an income of $10,000 per year from the part-time job he's lucky to have. After rent, food, utilities, and other living expenses, he is lucky to have $10 left over each week. Or consider the family of four struggling on an income of $20,000 and can't make ends meet as it is?Shall we do away with income deductions for them? Should the government be able to barge in and say, "before you pay your rent, before you feed yourself and your kids, give us our 15 percent cut"? If taxes take priority, if government gets paid first, then the rent can't get paid. If the government gets paid first, then the kids starve.Or does a person have a fundamental natural right to provide for his own living expenses first? Is it a matter of fundamental social justice that a person be able to deduct from his "income" that money which is not something extra, but is needed to survive? That is the purpose of personal exemptions and personal deductions and child deductions -- to insulate from taxation those first few thousands of dollars that are necessary for a person and his family to live on.The income earner who takes deductions for children does not end up with more extra wealth than the earner without children. Whatever earnings that are retained as a result of government not taking it in taxation is used to support someone's life, not to buy fancy dinners and big mansions and boats and other toys, which is what the childless person would do with the money.
I would rather talk about Romney making about $15 million a year and paying @ 15%= $2,500,000If he paid @ 35%, which is the rate well paid wage earners pay in taxes, he would have to pay 5,250,000. I call not paying $2,750,000 a tax break..Bender...please forget/talking about the 10K guy and 20K family and get withit.
A tax deduction or credit is absolutely a subsidy/benefit if it is enjoyed by some but not all taxpayers. Homeowners receive a tax deduction that renters do not; the mortgage deduction is a subsidy intended to promote the public policy goal of encouraging homeownership,whether or not it actually accomplishes that is another question.I agree with other commenters: I believe certain essential credits and deductions should be much higher to reflect peoples' actual fundamental needs: personal exemptions and child care credits/deductions should be expanded, medical expenses should not be subject to the 7.5% floor and education credits should be expanded to name a few.But more importantly, I think the lens through which we need to look at any upcoming tax reform is, does it leave people at the bottom of the economic rung better or worse off? When Obama not so long ago successfully achieved the extension of the middle class tax breaks (with substantial compromises to benefit the wealthy), the only people who ended up paying more taxes under the scheme were the working poor. Hardly social justice.
Bender, you and I are in agreement. Irene, I also agree with your comment that the proper way to look at tax policy is through the eyes of the poor.
From an evolutionary point of view, there is nothing more important to survival than producing a next generation. All of society can be viewed as a means of encouraging and caring for children. Evolutionary psychology also claims that there is a psychic unity to the human species.


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The 5 Creepiest Smear Campaigns Launched by Powerful Groups
#2. A Tobacco Company Tried to Smear Their Whistleblower With 500 Pages of Bullshit
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Blowing the whistle on any giant company has to be more than a little scary. Now imagine trying to spill the details on the third largest tobacco company in the country, a corporation that counts its clientele by visiting the morgue. That's what Jeffrey Wigand, a former scientist with tobacco giant Brown and Williamson (makers of Viceroy, Kool, and others) did in the '90s, not only confirming that cigarette smoking was fatal and addictive, but also leaking information that the company was putting known carcinogens into its products in order to enhance their flavor and increase their addictiveness.
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"We even tried replacing the filters with tumors, but it made the tobacco soggy."
Wigand also revealed that B&W had nixed plans to create a safer cigarette and covered it up by having lawyers rewrite meeting minutes out of whole cloth. Before going public with this information in court depositions and on CBS' 60 Minutes, Wigand had received death threats against himself and his family (no doubt from enthusiastic smoking fans unaffiliated with B&W). When he decided to go ahead and spill the beans anyway, the company dropped on the laps of several publications a 500-page dossier titled "The Misconduct of Jeffrey Wigand," which sounds like the title of an old-timey erotic novel.
Each sex scene ends with them talking about how smooth and non-cancerous their post-coital cigarettes are.
The dossier, put together by B&W's lawyers and a top-drawer private investigation firm, detailed everything from the time Wigand shoplifted a bottle of whiskey to every instance when he filed a damaged-luggage claim. The problem? Most of the accusations were unproven or flat-out lies, and none of them were relevant. Who gives a shit if he did or didn't get a "leadership award" from the YMCA in 1971? Wigand was accusing B&W of knowingly causing cancer to thousands of people, and their response was "Yeah, but he lied on his resume once!"
The same publications that B&W sent the dossier to tore the company apart. The most hilarious accusation was that Wigand had testified before the Justice Department in 1994 and denied that there were any wrongdoings on the part of B&W. The report failed to mention that Wigand was under a very strict confidentiality agreement at the time, and even without that pertinent fact, mere logic dictates that B&W is trying to prove that Wigand is a liar by admitting that they lied for him.
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"We considered pressing charges against them, but what they said was legally too stupid to be considered a crime."
#1. A Pentagon Propaganda Contractor Tried to Link U.S. Journalists to the Taliban
In 2012, two reporters at USA Today, Tom Vanden Brook and Ray Locker, uncovered one of the dumbest uses of taxpayer money ever: an expensive propaganda campaign that consisted of hiring contractors with dubious histories (and unpaid tax bills for millions of dollars) to plaster Iraq and Afghanistan with posters, anonymous TV and radio broadcasts, and dropped flyers with messages that basically boiled down to "U.S. rules, Taliban sucks."
The USA Today article didn't sit so well with one of the minds behind this campaign, so this person decided to respond in the only way that an expert in military propaganda with the mental age of a third grader could respond: by launching another campaign to discredit the two reporters, even linking them to the Taliban.
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Each pamphlet reads "Democracy is great!" on the front and "USA Today writers have no dicks" on the back.
Immediately after the report hit the newsstands, the websites TomVandenBrook.com and RayLocker.com were registered anonymously and flooded with comments attacking the reporters while defending one of the propaganda contractors, Leonie Industries (the one with the million-dollar tax problem):
Twitter and Facebook profiles were also created in both reporters' names, presumably listing Osama bin Laden as a past employer. One of the websites, despite trying to pass itself off as the official site for Vanden Brook, called him a bad reporter in his own biography (referring to an embarrassing mistake that fooled even The New York Times):
The "they probably work for the Taliban" comments were probably never meant to be taken seriously, but USA Today, dozens of other publications, and the Pentagon didn't think they were so funny. Eventually, Camille Chidiac, the co-founder of Leonie Industries, came forward and took credit for registering the fake websites, which he said were funded only by him, and without the government or military's knowledge. Even then, Chidiac still claimed that he only set up the websites as fan sites for the two reporters, and then mysterious posters came out of nowhere and began attacking them.
Chidiac was suspended from receiving military contracts ... for a few months. As of February of this year, Leonie Industries was still working in Afghanistan. That's discouraging for two reasons: because they're apparently unscrupulous with their propaganda techniques, and also because they kind of suck at it.
For more ridiculous corporate campaigns, check out 9 Corporate Attempts At "Edgy" That Failed (Hilariously) and The 7 Most Idiotic Corporate Temper Tantrums.
If you're pressed for time and just looking for a quick fix, then check out Why the 'Zombieland' TV Show Bit Off More Than It Can Chew.


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Social Networking Site Supports Eco-Friendly Activities on Windows 7, Windows Phone 7
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Social networking site Every Day One Thing promotes user actions to help the environment and community. Small actions can add up to global changes. Users post actions, such a riding in a car pool or recyling, on the site and into their Twitter feed.
Concord Mfg CEO Ryan Kyle explains to ISV Architect Evangelist John O'Donnell how he wrote both a Windows 7 and Windows Phone 7 prototype for Every Day One Thing. The Windows 7 client incorporates jump lists and a thumbnail as the user updates their status to the Every Day One Thing site.
Kyle explains that creating the Windows client and Windows Phone applications were similar. He re-purposed the WPF application to the phone in a matter of hours.
"Every Day One Thing" is social check-in where you can show that doing one small thing makes a difference at a global level.
Every Day One Thing is a product of Startup Weekend project of several entrenpenuers. The prototype client application works with the site that is written in Ruby through Web Services and uses the Twitter API. You can see the site or like the Every Day One Thing Facebook fan page.
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Wear occurs frequently on machinery. In its simplest terms,
it is the undesirable removal of material. When troubleshooting
the root cause of wear in equipment, the engineers
interest should be to determine what caused the wear, how much
wear is expected or how it can be avoided. There are many wear
mechanisms for metals. However, the most common form is
abrasion wear.
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I keep finding all these weapon upgrades. I don't want to put them into a weapon only to throw that weapon away when I find a better one. What should I be putting the upgrades into?
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If you are going for a lethal/stealth approach, try the 10mm pistol. It can be upgraded to ignore armor bonuses, so a headshot on anyone but a boss would be an instakill.
You can get info on any weapon to see it's applied and potential upgrades when it is in your inventory.
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WHEELING - Legislation proposed by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and aimed at improving West Virginia schools unanimously passed the state Senate Monday, but not without some changes.
Tomblin's idea to involve the national Teach for America program in the state's schools was removed from Senate Bill 359. And the length of the school year - currently set at a maximum of 43 weeks - could be increased to as long as 48 weeks under the measure.
The bill, introduced by Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Glen Dale, moved on to the House of Delegates after the vote and was quickly assigned to the House Education Committee.
Hallie Mason, director of public policy for Tomblin, said despite the revisions to his original proposal, "the governor has not waived from his commitment to increasing student achievement."
"We look forward to discussing the legislation with the House of Delegates," she said. "It's important to note such a significant piece of legislation is looming in the Legislature, and we're not pushing up against the end of the session."
The regular session of the West Virginia Legislature ends April 13. Any bills to be voted on in the final days of the session must be passed out of their house of origin by April 3.
Kessler said he worked extensively with Tomblin on the education bill, and he expects the end product to be easily accepted in the House with minimal changes - and perhaps passed later this week.
"Absolutely it is the governor's No. 1 priority, and I agree it is the No. 1 priority for the state to improve our education system," Kessler said. "It gives the teachers freedom to teach and makes sure our kids are in class 180 days."
Changes added to the bill passed Monday include the following:
Teach for America recruits college graduates to teach in high-need rural and urban school districts for two years. Provisions to increase the nonprofit organization's presence in West Virginia were removed from the bill amid concerns about placing non-qualified teachers in the state's classrooms.
Instead, the state Board of Education would examine all current and potential forms of alternate certification, with a particular focus on programming that would "enhance the ability to place effective teachers in areas of high need," Mason said.
Current law provides a 43-week limit on the school calendar. Under the legislation, the new limit would be 48 weeks, leaving four consecutive weeks in local school calendars to provide time for school maintenance without students and teachers in the building.
Also, a minimum of 40 minutes would be provided for elementary school planning periods - up from the current minimum of 30 minutes.
Policies for hiring teachers would be changed to give principals and faculty senates weighted authority in choosing educators. New provisions would require that a county board hire a teacher if the faculty senate, the principal and the superintendent agree regarding the most qualified candidate.
"One of Gov. Tomblin's goals was to get high-quality teachers in classrooms and have faculty senates more involved in the hiring process," Mason said.
Under the measure, six in-service days currently provided to teachers could be converted to instructional days to make up for school cancellations.
"We've done away with some of the in-service education days when teachers would go to get continuing education," Kessler said. "On those days, the only one getting education was the teachers, and that will be ended by this bill."
He applauded West Virginia teachers' unions who were "willing to make concessions."
"I would be misleading if I said they were completely happy," Kessler noted. "Change is tough, but they're willing to give it a chance."


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Under which conditions localizing an additive category by some class S of morphisms yields and additive category? It seems easy to define certain addition on morphisms if we fix their representatives as zig-zags (i.e. compositions of 'old' morphisms with inverses of morphisms in S; here I use the fact that 'my' S is closed with respect to direct sums of morphisms), but I am not sure at all that this addition will not depend on the choice on representatives. Is there any reasonable condition that will ensure this? I definitely do not want to restrict myself to abelian or triangulated categories.
It seems that in the situations I am interested in, any morphism is a composition of the embedding of a direct summand, an inverse of a morphism from S, and an 'old' morphism (i.e. it is 'almost a fraction'). The Ore conditions are not fulfilled (in general, probably); yet some weakening of them could hold.
I would be deeply grateful for any associations here!
My examples are:
For an additive (pseudo-abelian) category B consider some full triangulated (thick) subcategory D of $K^b(B)$; then my S for B is the set of morphisms in B that yield objects of D (if considered as complexes of length 1).
In particular, S is always closed with respect to compositions and direct sums of morphisms.
In fact, I am interested in all aspects of this setup!


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TOPEKA – Kansas First Lady Mary Brownback today announced that applications for Kansas Book Festival Grants can now be found online. Public libraries and school libraries located in Kansas are eligible to apply for the grants. Information and applications are available here: http://kansasbookfestival.com/get-involved/grants/
"These grants will help libraries with resources to stay ahead of the technology curve and to keep the materials on their shelves as relevant as possible to the young patrons of the library. I want all Kansas children to have a rich and fulfilling experience with libraries and books, and my hope is that these grants will help achieve that," said First Lady Brownback
The two grants will pay for either technology improvements or to fund book purchases. Libraries may apply for both grants, but no library will be awarded both grants in the same calendar year and libraries are not eligible to receive grants in back-to-back years.
Applications must be postmarked by December 31st, 2012 and grants will be awarded in March, 2013.
In conjunction with Governor Sam Brownback's initiative to improve the percentage of fourth-grade students reading at or above grade level, the First Lady created an annual book festival for the state of Kansas. The Kansas Book Festival is a 501(c)3 organization through the Topeka Community Foundation, which makes all contributions tax deductible. For more information about library grants, event information, or to contribute to the Kansas Book Festival, please visit http://kansasbookfestival.com/.


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The Lady Pioneers soccer team couldn't snap its losing streak Friday, falling to visiting Olathe East 10-0.
"We still are having trouble connecting the dots with our ball control and trying to change strategy as the game goes on," LV coach Ken Lott said. "We are usually more defensive-minded so we have to find a way to shift that mindset to offense, and that is where ball possession becomes key."
Leavenworth, 1-9, will host Shawnee Mission East Tuesday at 7 p.m.
"You can see flashes of the ball control we need, but we need more consistency," Lott said.
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Rabigh said it is currently working with RAWEC on the reconnection of power and steam supplies in order to restart production at its refinery, but did not say when operations might resume.
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Saudi Arabia's Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co., or Petro Rabigh,
said a sudden cut in power and steam supplies Wednesday halted
operations at its refinery.
The interruption from the provider Rabigh Arabian Water and
Electricity Co., or RAWEC, did not cause any human causalties
or damage, it said in a statement posted on the Saudi bourse
website Thursday.
Rabigh said it is currently working with RAWEC on the
reconnection of power and steam supplies in order to restart
production at its refinery, but did not say when
operations might resume.
The company, which earlier this year shut its refinery for
20 days for maintenance after it suffered a
power cut, is also assessing the operational and financial
impact of the interruption, it added.
Rabigh utilizes 400,000 bpd of crude oil and 1.2
million tpy of ethane as primary feedstock to produce several refined
petroleum products and petrochemical products.
The refinery has mainly been producing 8
million tons of heavy oil, 5.3 million tons of light oil, 3
million tons of naphtha and 2.6 million tons of
kerosene each year.
State-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co., or Saudi Aramco, and
Japan's Sumitomo Chemical each hold a 37.5% stake in Petro
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19 Feb 2012 8:33 AM #1
Status messages (afetr save/export/etc)
Just a two center here. Totally minor points.
The status message after a save/export/etc can block the controls underneath, must pause until message fades before next click.
IMHO it is bad practice to use timed status messages. Too fast for some, too slow for others, just right for nobody.
The messages themselves are grey on white sorta thing, a bit challenging for eyes past their prime. A long path gets bumped off the background, it's not readable at any age.
There's a bar along the bottom. A usual place for status messages.
Fantastic tool. Looking forward to it. Hurry Up !!!
20 Feb 2012 7:30 AM #2
Thanks for the feedback. The Growl/Acknowledgement style toaster windows are getting a style update.
In the past we had the status updates in the bottom tray and no one noticed them.
We're working on getting it out there to you guysAaron Conran
2 Mar 2012 3:27 PM #3
Only a javascript coder would even think of timers and animations for a status message !
But this is not a mobile or web app. It's a desktop tool.
No big deal. I just wanted to point out that "no one noticed them" begged the point.
A disk icon that goes grey when the project is clean is pretty standard.
Or put the status message in the status bar, and clear it when a new operation is initiated.
No need to re-invent interfaces here.
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Each August between 10 and 20 Geneseo alumni start medical school. Most graduated only three months earlier but some graduated one to several years earlier. Most are attending New York medical colleges, especially those in Buffalo and Syracuse, but some are in medical schools across the United States, both allopathic and osteopathic. This website is intended to help Geneseo students get into medical school by outlining the procedures and requirements involved.
If you are at SUNY Geneseo and interested in pursuing medical or professional school regardless of your major, please be sure to do the following:
If applicable, please let me know if you are pursuing:
If you are a student considering coming to SUNY Geneseo to pursue Premed/Prehealth, be sure to go to read: 'Prospective Students' on this Premed/Prehealth website and on the Biology web page 'Prospective Students.'
May I be assigned or change my Premed advisor? Well, sort of! You are more than welcome to visit (and get advice from) anyone on the committee at any time, but you are not actually assigned a Premed advisor. You are not actually changing your advisor, but you are getting advice from additional people. You also may want to seek advice from people outside the committee: other faculty, physicians that you know, students in medical school. There is much help available online.
Does the premed advisor replace the advisor that has been assigned by the Dean's office? NO! Premed students have two advisors, one in their major (your official academic advisor on KnightWeb) and also a Premed advisor (not assigned). It occasionally happens that students have the same advisor in both roles (if you happen to major in biology, chemistry, psychology or sociology and you happen to get a member of the Premedical Advisory Committee as your academic advisor), but generally this is not the case.


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On Thu, 30 Apr 2009, Edgar Gabriel wrote:
well, that's only because the code's doing something it shouldn't. ĀHave a look at comm_cid.c:185 - there's the check we added to the multi-threaded case (which was the only case when we added it). ĀThe cid generation should never generate a number larger than mca_pml.pml_max_contextid. I'm actually somewhat amazed this fails gracefully, as OB1 doesn't appear to check it got a valid cid in add_comm, which it should probably do.Brian W. Barrett wrote:
When we added the CM PML, we added a pml_max_contextid field to the PML structure, which is the max size cid the PML can handle (because the matching interfaces don't allow 32 bits to be used for the cid. ĀAt the same time, the max cid for OB1 was shrunk significantly, so that the header on a short message would be packed tightly with no alignment padding.
At the time, we believed 32k simultaneous communicators was plenty, and that CIDs were reused (we checked, I'm pretty sure). ĀIt sounds like someone removed the CID reuse code, which seems rather bad to me.
yes, we added the block algorithm. Not reusing a CID actually doesn't bite me as that dramatic, and I am still not sure and convinced about that:-) We do not have an empty array or something like that, its just a number.
The reason for the block algorithm was that the performance of our communicator creation code sucked, and the cid allocation was one portion of that. We used to require *at least* 4 collective operations per communicator creation at that time. We are now potentially down to 0, among others thanks to the block algorithm.
However, let me think about reusing entire blocks, its probably doable just requires a little more bookkeeping...
There have to be unused CIDs in Ralph's example - is there a way to fallback out of the block algorithm when it can't find a new CID and find one it can reuse? ĀOther than setting the multi-threaded case back on, that is?
remember that its not the communicator id allocation that is failing at this point, so the question is do we have to 'validate' a cid with the pml before we declare it to be ok?
Looking at the differences between v1.2 and v1.3, the max_contextid code was already in v1.2 and OB1 was setting it to 32k. ĀSo the cid blocking code removed a rather critical feature and probably should be fixed or removed for v1.3. ĀOn Portals, I only get 8k cids, so not having reuse is a rather large problem.
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Immersed within the world of Physics (Quantum Theory in particular), I came across the following proof for connecting the starting LHS with the finishing RHS.
$$ \begin{eqnarray} \int_{t_0}^tdt_1 \int_{t_0}^{t_1} dt_2V(t_1)V(t_2) &=& \int_{t_0}^tdt_2 \int_{t_2}^{t} dt_1V(t_1)V(t_2)\\ &=&\int_{t_0}^tdt_1 \int_{t_1}^{t} dt_2V(t_2)V(t_1)\\ &=&\frac{1}{2}\left[\int_{t_0}^tdt_1 \int_{t_1}^{t} dt_2 + \int_{t_0}^tdt_2 \int_{t_0}^{t_1} dt_1\right]V(t_1)V(t_2)\\ &=&\frac{1}{2}\int_{t_0}^tdt_1 \int_{t_0}^{t} dt_2V(t_1)V(t_2)\\ \end{eqnarray} $$
Unfortunately, I've had limited mathematical training (for mathematical physics) and I don't understand the motivation for all of the steps involved. The second line is achieved from the first by change of variables $t_1 \longleftrightarrow t_2$, but intuitively, how would one get from the LHS 1st to RHS 1st and 2nd to 3rd to 4th?
Clearly, I'm missing the fundamentals, so all comments would be welcome.