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'Perfect storm' of delays pushes back openings of Whitefish Bay's Mandel apartments, municipal parking lot
Whitefish Bay — Businesses on Silver Spring Drive will have to wait a little longer than they'd hoped to get their north municipal parking lot back.
Roughly 135 parking spaces on the north end of the street were taken away in September, when The Mandel Group began construction on a three-building apartment development known as Beaumont Place. The area under construction will eventually be home to two apartment buildings with public parking on the ground level and tenant parking underground.
The Mandel Group originally expected to open the 63-stall parking lot behind Associated Bank in February, but that timeline was pushed back after We Energies had a delay in relocating gas and electric lines in the parking lot, according to Richard Lincoln of The Mandel Group. By the time that utility work and excavation was completed, The Mandel Group found themselves in the dead of winter with sub-zero temperatures.
"It has been a perfect storm," Lincoln said. "The good news is we are back in full construction mode."
Four-month delay» Read Full Article
Body of missing Mequon woman found in Milwaukee River
The body of a missing Mequon woman was found late Friday in the Milwaukee River behind her home, according to Mequon police.
Candace Giles, 54, was found in 6 to 8 feet of water about 10 feet from the shoreline near her home in the 5500 block of Parkview Drive around 10:30 p.m. by a man who called police. An autopsy was scheduled for this morning.
Giles was reported missing on Thursday when she did not show up for a scheduled appointment.
Police search for missing Mequon woman
Mequon— Mequon police are searching for 54-year-old Candace Giles, who was last seen at her Mequon home Thursday morning.
Giles did not show up for a scheduled appointment, and personal items were left at the residence, which would lead family and friends to believe that Giles may be in danger or in need of help, according to a news release from the Mequon Police Department. Police also say there is no evidence that the public is in danger or that foul play is involved.
Giles was last seen at 11:15 a.m. Thursday at her home in the 5500 block of Parkview Drive. She was wearing a red long sleeve shirt under a dark green sweater and blue jeans. Giles is 113 pounds and has dark brown, shoulder-length hair.
Mequon woman arrested after she threw candle and wax splashed in her face
A Mequon woman was arrested for disorderly conduct/domestic violence after she threw a cellphone and candle at her husband and some of the melted wax splashed in her face April 13.
According to the Mequon police report:
The woman, age not released, got into an argument with her husband and threw a cellphone and a candle at him and some of the melted wax splashed on her face and in her hair at 12:15 a.m. April 13.
She was arrested for disorderly conduct/domestic violence and possession of a controlled substance after she admitted to having "a few beers" and had a preliminary blood alcohol content of 0.17.
She was found with three Ambien pills, a Schedule IV narcotic, and she admitted that she did not have a prescription for the drug.
Plans to rebuild 14-mile stretch of I-43 set for hearing
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has proposals to rebuild a 14-mile stretch of I-43 between Glendale and Grafton, which may include adding or removing some highway interchanges.
Two public hearings will take place next week, on Wednesday and Thursday, to discuss options. Actions under consideration include rebuilding the main road, bridges and interchanges between Silver Spring Drive and Highway 60; constructing a new interchange at Highland Road; rebuilding local streets, and changing the partial interchange at County Line Road into a full interchange or perhaps removing the interchange altogether.
The project, which could begin in 2020, would require relocating 12 homes and three businesses, and would affect 27 acres of wetland, five acres of floodplain and 10 acres of farmland.
The hearings also will focus on design and environmental impacts, including the depositing of fill materials into bodies of water, which may require approval from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The public may attend any of two meetings to review displays, ask questions and provide testimony:» Read Full Article
Village might buy American TV store in Brown Deer
The former American TV & Appliance store in Brown Deer, which is being sold to a local investor, could end up being owned by the Village of Brown Deer.
The village has agreed to pay $2.6 million for the 80,000-square-foot building and its 10-acre lot, said Nate Piotrowski, community development director.
The Village Board approved the purchase plan last week.
On Monday, a Dane County Circuit Court judge approved real estate investor John Schlueter's $7.2 million bid to buy the former American TV stores in Pewaukee and Brown Deer, and 19 acres of vacant land in Oak Creek.
Schlueter said his company, Frontline Commercial Real Estate LLC, already has launched discussions with prospective tenants for the buildings.» Read Full Article
Salotto Zarletti opening in Mequon on Monday
Note: The restaurant now takes reservations; see below.
Salotto Zarletti, restaurateur-chef Brian Zarletti's Mequon restaurant focusing on the food of southern Italy, debuts Monday for dinner.
It's opening at 1515 W. Mequon Road, in the Shops at East Towne Square.
Southern Italian is a change for Zarletti, who has focused more on central Italy at his flagship restaurant in downtown Milwaukee, Zarletti, at 741 N. Milwaukee St., and at his casual pizza restaurant, Rustico, at 223 N. Water St.» Read Full Article
Urbashich reflects on 17 years on the Mequon-Thiensville School Board
Mequon — Public education has gone through a lot of changes in the last 17 years. In the Mequon-Thiensville School District, Suzette Urbashich has been there to tackle them head on.
The Mequon mother of two still recalls moving to the district in 1986 and taking an early interest in school board happenings. At the time, there were not many board members with young children, and there had never been a board member from her rural west end of the village.
Urbashich's election victory in 1997 changed both of those things, marking the beginning of a long tenure that would witness drastic changes in the realms of politics, demographics and technological advancement.
It wasn't long before Urbashich would realize that these external factors were playing an important role within the school district. The school district's most pressing issue – declining enrollment – can be traced back to zoning decisions made by the Mequon Village Board in the early 2000s.
For better or worse, village officials decided to maintain the rural character by zoning land outside of the sewer district for five-acre lots. When the economic downturn hit, young families were more reluctant to make a large investment in a new lot when they could spend less money in a neighboring district, Urbashich said. Families were also deciding to have fewer children in general.» Read Full Article
Woman arrested after being found with her face in a plate of salad
A Milwaukee woman was arrested for possession of controlled substances and drug paraphernalia after she was found slumped over in her car, her face in a plate of salad, on April 10.
According to the Glendale police report:
A 24-year-old Milwaukee woman was found slumped over in her car in the 5100 block of North Port Washington Road at 12:20 p.m. April 10.
The woman said she was pregnant and had been at a methadone clinic and became tired so she stopped driving. She also admitted smoking crack "earlier" but now "had nothing left."
Police found 3.1 grams of cocaine, 0.6 grams of marijuana, Suboxone pills and glass pipes in the woman's possession.
Resurfacing of 14 miles of I-43 to force lane closures
Crews will begin construction work Wednesday evening on a 14-mile stretch of I-43, causing overnight lane closures until late summer.
The project extends from just south of Silver Spring Road to Highway 32. It includes resurfacing, which will start in May, as well as lengthening the southbound exit ramp at the Mequon Road Interchange.
Lane closures will take place from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.
The Wisconsin DOT is currently conducting a comprehensive study of the I-43 corridor, for which there's a proposal for reconstruction.
Get up-to-the-minute info on highway delays in the Milwaukee area by checking our traffic report for smartphones. Visit mjstraffic.com on your smartphone browser.
Shorewood High School's athletic upgrades have taxpayers seeing red
When an effort launched seven years ago to renovate the football field and outdoor athletic facility at Shorewood High School, the deal was pitched as a win-win.
Parents and students would get fan-friendly, updated playing fields that also could generate revenue by being rented, and the improvements would be financed through private donations, so the district could keep its finances focused on academics.
When private money dried up and the renovation project went over budget, the work continued anyway, leaving taxpayers with the bill, Shorewood School District officials have confirmed.
A new financial review showed that taxpayers shouldered about $800,000 of the total $4.1 million in construction costs.
Separately, Shorewood has turned up another financial oddity: a surplus of about $200,000 in a fund for student fees, which should have only had between $30,000 and $40,000 in it.» Read Full Article
New car dealership proposed in Glendale
Glendale — Three homes and a service station could be demolished to make room for a new Infiniti auto dealership on Green Bay Avenue, just south of the David Hobbs Honda dealership.
International Autos is asking Glendale officials to rezone the lots stretching between 6030 and 6050 Green Bay Avenue to accommodate North Shore Infiniti, which would relocate from its current location about a mile south at 1515 W. Silver Spring Drive.
Under the proposal, a David Hobbs Honda service station and three houses owned by David Hobbs Honda would be demolished to make room for an Infiniti dealership on the two-acre lot.
The old Infiniti dealership would be used as a used car lot by Jack Safro's Lexus North Shore, according to Tom Dexter of International Autos.
International Infiniti is prepared to spend $1.5 million to construct the shell building spanning 17,000 square feet on the first floor and 2,000 square feet on a partial second floor. The dealership plans to spend $400,000 on site improvements, including landscaping to shield the 127 parking stalls from the roadway.» Read Full Article
Bay girls win 10 events to repeat as North Shore indoor track champs
As one of the few seniors on the immensely talented and successful Whitefish Bay girls track team, Sara Coffey realizes what a good thing she's a part of right now.
Because the Blue Dukes built off their titles in their own Lois Wolf Invitational and the WTFA State Indoor last week by claiming an impressive 10 events and repeating as North Shore Conference indoor champions at Milwaukee Lutheran Thursday night.
"It's been really fun," said Coffey, who won both the 1,600 and 3,200-meter races. "We've all been working very hard since the end of the cross country season (last fall). It's so fun to see all this hard work pay off.
"We all ran like crazy last week and we did even better this week."
The Blue Dukes scored 144 points for their title in the eight-team field as a game Homestead team won two events and took second with 115. Germantown was fourth with 59 and Nicolet sixth with 34.» Read Full Article
Fox Point to replace footbridge after years of debate
After years of heated public meetings, the Fox Point Village Board has decided to build a new footbridge on Bridge Lane.
Trustees on Tuesday night accepted the lowest project bid of $876,496, with the understanding that Footbridge Friends, a non-profit group tasked with raising 50 percent of the funds, will contribute $515,000 to the effort.
The board approved the construction bid and contribution guidelines on a 6-1 vote, with Trustee William Werner casting the only vote in opposition
The contribution from Footbridge Friends would make good on a promise from two years ago, when the group offered to pay for half of the bridge construction costs. The group's contribution would also reimburse the village for the $30,000 loan it received from the village to help them launch their fundraising effort.
Footbridge Friends President Barbara Schwartz said the group has $201,313 on hand right now, but expects to have another $50,000 by late spring and another $100,000 by the end of the year. She said she has firm pledges that total $515,000.» Read Full Article
Modern restaurant will anchor Mequon Town Center
A two-story restaurant building with a bold, contemporary design will be built on the northwest corner of Cedarburg and Mequon roads, serving as an iconic landmark building for the Mequon Town Center.
The restaurant building will be one of five buildings in the Town Center development, which will also feature Colectivo Coffee Roasters, a new American Legion post, 40 luxury apartments and a variety of other commercial tenants.
The Mequon Plan Commission approved the building plans for the restaurant building, as well as the other building on the south end of the lot, at its meeting Monday, April 7.
Open for Christmas
Construction will begin on the east and north buildings immediately, and construction on the other three buildings should begin within 90 days, said Blair Williams of Wired Properties. Williams said the restaurant building should begin serving around Christmastime.» Read Full Article
Mequon, Weickardt reach deal on River Club subdivision
Mequon — After a nearly three-year struggle to reach a deal, city officials and River Club of Mequon owner Tom Weickardt have agreed to terms on a more modest subdivision development near the club and along the Milwaukee River.
The Common Council on Tuesday unanimously approved an ordinance that opens the door for a five-home subdivision on 10 acres of the 42-acre lot, and also approved other measures to satisfy neighbors' concerns and keep the riverfront accessible.
Under one resolution approved by the council, the city, Weickardt and neighbors will try to draft easements that cement the neighbors' ability to easily access all parts of the Ville Du Parc area. Another resolution authorizes the city to come to terms on a purchase price for the remaining 148 acres of riverfront land.
Weickardt has fought with the city and neighbors over the subdivision proposal since he bought the River Club in 2011, most recently at a March meeting of the Planning Commission that ended up with a 4-4 gridlock and no recommendation for the council's meeting Tuesday.
Coming forward late last week, the new five-home subdivision plan is a significant reduction to the 19-home plan Weickardt has insisted on since 2011, and was billed by his supporters and city officials alike as a difficult, yet worthy, compromise.» Read Full Article
Bay and Homestead tie for North Shore boys track title
It was a match-up of Whitefish Bay's firepower versus Homestead's depth as the two teams wound up in a dead heat tie in the North Shore Conference Indoor track meet at Cedarburg Tuesday night.
The two teams finished with 111 points apiece as Grafton was third (64-1/2), Germantown fourth (63-1/2) and Nicolet eighth with 28.
Bay was led by Rhashad Gray who won both the high jump (6-2) and the 200-meter dash (23.93 seconds).
Other firsts for the Blue Dukes included George Papajohn in the 800 (2:05.31), the four-lap relay (1:16.79), Ben Wallace in the pole vault (12-6) and Adam Strehlow in the 55 hurdles (8.05). Strehlow's teammate Colin Downing made it one-two in the hurdles when he took second in the 55-meter race in 8.34.
For Homestead, it was a matter of getting second places, as the Highlanders amassed seven runner-up slots en route to tieing for the title.» Read Full Article
Shorewood Metro Market work could start by September
new Metro Market proposed for Shorewood could begin by September, with the two-story, 80,000-square-foot store opening one year later.Demolition work tied to a
That's according to a project time line provided by developer Michael Weiss at Monday's Shorewood Community Development Authority board meeting.
His firm, General Capital Group, wants to build the Metro Market; a four-story, 350-space parking structure, and a six-story apartment building, with around 90 units, its own parking structure and 15,000 square feet of street-level commercial space.
The buildings would be on Oakland Ave., between E. Kenmore Place and E. Olive St., and replace the 30,000-square-foot Pick 'n Save supermarket; the former Walgreens and Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop, and parking lots totaling around 200 spaces.
The Pick 'n Save--which, like Metro Market, is operated by Roundy's Inc.--would close in April 2015 so demolition work could clear it for the apartments and part of the parking structure, Weiss said.» Read Full Article
Nines in Mequon switches from small plates to steaks under a new format
Small plates are out and steaks are in at Nines, the restaurant at the River Club in Mequon, which recently tweaked its name and changed its menu.
It's now called Nines American Bistro, and more traditional full-size entrées have replaced the small-plates format. The new dishes include an 8-ounce filet mignon ($39), 14-ounce dry-aged Angus New York strip steak ($52), miso-glazed tuna with black rice ($32) and a half roast chicken ($19).
The dining room's decor has changed — darker walls and sconces added, tablecloths replacing the placemats — and there's a new chef: Scott Klenke. The emphasis on wine (photo above) remains the same.
Nines is at 12400 N. Ville du Parc Drive. You can see the full menu online.
Ronn Johnson's death ruled suicide
Brown Deer — The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office has ruled former educator Ronn Johnson's death a suicide.
Johnson was found Dec. 30 in the remains of his home, which had been destroyed in a fire. According to a police news release the exact cause of the fire remains unknown, though "ignitable fluids were located in atypical areas, which could indicate the fire may have been intentional."
Johnson was an ex-charter school leader and former Milwaukee Public Schools teacher. He was charged last summer with nearly two dozen felonies in a child sex abuse case. Prior to his death, Johnson was out on bail after being accused of sexually assaulting five children over more than 20 years.
Milwaukee County Supervisor David Bowen to run for Pasch Assembly seat
Supervisor David Bowen announced on Monday his Democratic candidacy for the state Assembly seat Rep. Sandy Pasch (D-Shorewood) is leaving at the end of the year.First-term Milwaukee County
Bowen, 27, said he wanted to work to help create family supporting jobs, promote quality education and services for children.
"The state needs new leadership," Bowen said. "We are continuing to see attacks from Madison, from Republicans, on Milwaukee."
Bowen was the author of Milwaukee County's "living wage" ordinance, which was approved in February and survived a veto by County Executive Chris Abele. The measure requires a $11.32 minimum wage for county workers and employees who work for some county contractors.
Bowen, a lifelong Milwaukee resident, was elected to the County Board in 2012.» Read Full Article
Whitefish Bay pays $138,000 in exchange for village manager resignation
Whitefish Bay — Village officials agreed to pay roughly $138,000 in various forms of compensation in return for Village Manager Patrick DeGrave's resignation, according to a resignation agreement acquired through records requests.
The Village Board deliberated DeGrave's resignation in a March 2 closed-session meeting for nearly three hours, according to meeting minutes, after which they went into open session and, after another hour, approved the resignation agreement unanimously.
Present at that meeting was special legal counsel Thomas Scrivner, a labor attorney at Michael Best & Friedrich. While the village usually produces audio recordings of open-session board meetings, the March 2 meeting was not recorded because it took place on a Sunday and staff were not available, assistant clerk Caren Brustmann said.
The deal and dollars
According to the agreement, dated March 4, DeGrave was required to provide a resignation letter "indicating that you have resigned to seek other opportunities effective March 3, 2014." In return, DeGrave receives a lump sum payment of $11,197 for unused vacation days, and two lump sums of $55,983, equivalent to six months of salary. The village also agreed to pay its share of DeGrave's health insurance, $1,249 per month through February 2015 or roughly $15,000.» Read Full Article
Rep. Sandy Pasch won't seek re-election
Madison -- The No. 2 Democrat in the state Assembly won't seek re-election, she said Friday.
Rep. Sandy Pasch (D-Shorewood), the assistant Assembly minority leader, said she was leaving in part to take care of a nonagenerian father who increasingly needs her care. That brings to 16 the number of Assembly members who won't be returning next session.
Pasch, a pyschiatric nurse by training, served on a bipartisan task force that helped pass a series of bills in recent months to improve mental health care around Wisconsin. That included a bill to overhaul the governance of the troubled Milwaukee County Mental Health Complex.
But Pasch also acknowledged that she wasn't looking forward to more partisan fights with majority Republicans who are likely to hold their control of the Legislature in November's elections.
Pasch said she wasn't sure if she would have been able to win Republican support for mental health legislation, which has been her passion.» Read Full Article
Ex-Shorewood school secretary sentenced for stealing $310,000
Shorewood School District has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for stealing more than $300,000 from the district's special education funds over a 12-year span, a crime the superintendent says has badly damaged trust in the district.A former longtime secretary for the
The extra day means Donna Sternke, 55, can earn good time and will likely be released after about 10 months. She is to report to prison in 30 days.
Sternke, of Slinger, was discovered in 2011 when district officials found expenditures for unexplained Kalahari Resort gift cards. By the time she was formally charged in April 2013, she had already agreed to plead guilty and pay $310,263 restitution.
The first installment, a check for $112,264, was delivered to federal prosecutors Thursday. Her attorney, Kathleen Stilling, said that amount came from liquidating several assets, and that Sternke plans to have her state retirement paid out to the school district, even if she dies before the 10 years of guaranteed payments are made.
As a secretary in the district's Instructional Services and Special Education department, Sternke handled some purchasing duties from a fund that included grants for the federal Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act.» Read Full Article
Dickman wins write-in bid for Fox Point-Bayside School Board
Bayside — The Fox Point-Bayside School Board will have two new faces in Max Dickman and Dann Jacobson.
Dickman and Jacobson will fill the seats of former School Board President Alice Lawton and former board member Tim Melchert. Incumbent David Smulyan, who was appointed to an interim term in June, was elected to his first three-year term Tuesday night.
Jacobson, a social studies teacher at Nicolet High School, announced his candidacy in January. Dickman later waged a write-in campaign to fill the vacant third seat.
Dickman, a real estate development manager at Roundy's Supermarkets, has a daughter in second grade at Stormonth School and a son in seventh grade at Bayside Middle School. A Bayside resident of seven years, Dickman has previously served on the Bayside Board of Zoning Appeals.
Dickman said he ran for School Board because he wanted to work with board members and Superintendent Vance Dalzin in improving communication and transparency in the district.» Read Full Article
Spring 2014 North Shore election roundup
North Shore NOW's roundup of Spring 2014 election results.
On the municipal side:
Whitefish Bay Village President Julie Siegel narrowly defended her seat on the Whitefish Bay Village Board. Story includes returns of other contested North Shore municipal races.
On the schools side:
Newcomers Paul Buzzell and Wendy Francour won seats on the Mequon-Thiensville School Board. Story includes returns of other contested North Shore school races.» Read Full Article
Engineering for Kids brings basics of science to North Shore youth
Shorewood — You say lip gloss. LaRhonda Bennett says chemical engineering.
You say bridge. Bennett says civil engineering.
You say roller coaster, and Bennett says mechanical engineering.
"You go to the amusement park, and you ride," Bennett, a former Milwaukee Public Schools teacher and administrator, says. "You don't think about what goes on behind the scenes."
The science of what goes on behind the scenes of everyday life is what Bennett attempts to teach at Engineering for Kids, an extracurricular science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) program. Bennett founded the first Milwaukee-area franchise of the international brand last August. The program's "home," according to Bennett, is the Dunwood Center in Fox Point, though Engineering for Kids has expanded into Shorewood and Whitefish Bay in the months since its launch.» Read Full Article
OWI suspect tells Cedarburg police: 'Nobody can do these tests'
"Nobody can do these tests, even if you're straight," she told police after being picked up for speeding early on March 22.
A preliminary breath measurement of her blood-alcohol level was 0.13, the website reported.
Symchych and McGauran hold off write-in bid to win Fox Point Village Board seats
Fox Point — Incumbent Christine Symchych and Terry McGauran, in his second bid in as many years, on Tuesday held off a write-in campaign from newcomer Marty Tirado to secure two seats on the Fox Point Village Board.
Symchych and McGauran were neck and neck with 39 and 38 percent of the vote, respectively, while Tirado received 23 percent.
The vote total remains unofficial until certified by the board of canvassers:
Christine Symchych 583
Terry McGauran 566» Read Full Article
Pukaite upsets Ashmore with successful write-in bid for Mequon District 2 seat
Mequon — Former mayor Connie Pukaite has upset former alderman Bob Ashmore with a successful write-in campaign and claimed the District 2 seat on the Mequon Common Council.
Pukaite received 58 percent of the vote while Ashmore received 40 percent.
The vote total remains unofficial until certified by the board of canvassers:
Connie Pukaite 362
Bob Ashmore 252» Read Full Article
Serebin defends, Demet claims seat on Whitefish Bay Village Board
Whitefish Bay — Incumbent Tara Serebin and newcomer Will Demet edged out incumbent Garry Davis Tuesday to win two places on the Whitefish Bay Village Board.
Demet led the field with 38 percent of the vote, followed by Serebin with 37 percent and Davis with 25 percent.
The vote total remains unofficial until certified by the board of canvassers:
Will Demet 1,569
Tara Serebin (i) 1,504» Read Full Article
Siegel narrowly defends Whitefish Bay presidency from challenger O'Connor
Whitefish Bay — Whitefish Bay Village President Julie Siegel has defeated challenger Anne O'Connor by a mere 32 votes.
Siegel received 50 percent of the vote while O'Connor received 49 percent.
The vote total remains unofficial until certified by the board of canvassers:
Julie Siegel (i) 1,486
Anne O'Connor 1,454» Read Full Article
Gierl claims Mequon District 5 spot
Mequon — Mark Gierl defeated Patrick Rochford Tuesday to win the District 5 seat on the Mequon Common Council.
Gierl received 53 percent of the vote while Rochford received 47 percent.
The vote total remains unofficial until certified by the board of canvassers:
Mark Gierl 336
Patrick Rochford 297
Incumbents Williams and Griffin hold seats on Brown Deer School Board
Brown Deer — Incumbent School Board President Gary Williams and incumbent board member Dennis Griffin edged out challenger Bill Weisgerber to keep their seats.
Griffin and Williams received 37 and 36 percent of the vote, respectively, while Weisgerber received 27 percent.
The vote total remains unofficial until certified by the board of canvassers:
Dennis Griffin (i) 934
Gary Williams (i) 904» Read Full Article
Boschert defends, Awe claims seat on Brown Deer Village Board
Brown Deer — Incumbent Terry Boschert and newcomer Jamie Awe edged out challengers Bruce Thomas and Sherry Yusuf Tuesday to win two places on the Brown Deer Village Board.
Awe and Boschert received 37 and 32 percent of the vote, respectively, while Yusuf and Thomas received 17 and 14 percent, respectively.
The vote total remains unofficial until certified by the board of canvassers:
Jamie Awe 941
Terry Boschert (i) 830» Read Full Article
Buzzell and Francour claim seats on Mequon-Thiensville School Board
Mequon — Paul Buzzell and Wendy Francour edged out Sid Terry Tuesday to win two places on the Mequon-Thiensville School Board.
Buzzell and Francour received 41 and 34 percent of the vote, respectively, while Terry received 24 percent.
The vote total remains unofficial until certified by the board of canvassers:
Paul Buzzell 2,789
Wendy Francour 2,351» Read Full Article
Incumbents Shah and Treisman defend seats on Shorewood School Board
Shorewood — Incumbents Paru Shah and Ruth Treisman handily defended their seats on the Shorewood School Board, defeating challengers Gregg Davis and Margaret Schmidt.
Shah led the field with 41 percent of the vote, trailed by Treisman with 29 percent, Davis with 16 percent, and Schmidt with 14 percent.
The vote total remains unofficial until certified by the board of canvassers:
Paru Shah (i) 1,301
Ruth Treisman (i) 912» Read Full Article


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Reputation is how much the System Trusts you. That is all. There are some high rep people who regurgitate other people's answers. It is common for me to come across an answer that has been upvoted that does not answer a question or is wrong.
It's a problem caused by voting up 'cause you like the answer vs. voting up because it is the right answer.
The issue I have is when an answer is wrong or has one line that is wrong, you can't edit it. The only people who can edit it are people who have the wrong answers.
I'm less likely to base my respect solely on your reputation score, but more on if I've seen you post/answer questions before, as well as your rep. It also depends on whether I know you're right or not. I had 1 rep when I posted my first answer (obviously) but it was voted up and accepted within the same day. It's all about a) confidence, b) correctness, c) and finally reputation.
If I have absolutely no idea if your answer is correct or not, I'll judge yours based on the surrounding answers, whether I recognize you, and finally your rep.
In all honesty I think the reputation system is worthless, almost as worthless as the badge system.
I'm not looking for an answer from someone who is deemed an expert by this community! As a programmer I am looking for one thing when I find a question that interests me.
Some people are here to get involved with the community and to build up a high reputation, and when some features are locked down by reputation (voting down) it is important to answer a few questions from time to time to become a more established member. Other than that, the majority of visitors of this website will come here to find a correct answer.
This is true -- we need the system to trust you, so that you guys (and gals) can run it. In a perfect world there should be almost no difference between the "moderators" and highly trusted users.
If Geoff, Jarrod, and I have to moderate, the site is a failure, because we don't scale. The community does!
(oh, and I voted Brian's response up, of course)
Time will tell.
I'm not sure if rep, or badges might make more sense down the road. I think we've all belonged to message boards where people with tons of posts are often not the best resource at those boards.
You can already see that you can get a lot of rep for answering simple opinion questions in popular threads, and no rep for a good, detailed answer that is very useful and based on years of specialized knowledge.
All I have to do to find out if your answer is good is to try it. The great thing about programming is that "trust" really has nothing to do with it. I try your solution, and it either works or it doesn't. If two people answer with competing solutions, I compare the pros and cons.
We're not dealing with politics here. It's computers. They work, or they don't.
Pretty much repeating the opinion of others here, but I base my judgement on the quality of the questions and answers of posters. I've seen some bad answers from high rep people and good answers from low rep people.
One thing I'd say, however, is that somebody with a higher rep is probably far less likely to be completely clueless as they have proven they can ask and answer questions sufficiently competently to gain the respect of the community.
These are the types of questions that will lose you rep, so yeah, I suppose so.
EDIT: Well, maybe I was a bit too blunt, sorry. This forum is intended for programming questions, not questions related to the forum itself. As we are still in beta, maybe I am a bit wrong on this one (As the upvote shows).
At this point, in the beta, I have not found myself trusting people even with very high (3000+) reputation any more than someone who is new -- everyone in here is pretty knowledgeable and engaged, and we all know how the beta is being populated manually by request.
That may change, I guess, as the site is opened to the public and there are more fly-by users.
I agree SO is too new to establish much any trust and name recognition. I imagine, over time, the badges may be a better indication of trust.
I think rep will play a role eventually.
One of the other forums/boards I used to frequent was perlmonks, they seemed to have a pretty good balance with their rating system, sure there were lots of people at the top tier that were not the best on the site, but to make it to the top tier you needed to participate frequently.
Given a community moderated rep, I think that the people that participate frequently almost have to pick up at least some knowledge, either by reading other answers, or by having their answers corrected, or accepted, etc.
So, yes, a high rep will make a difference on how I view your posts. It doesn't mean I'll blindly accept what you're saying, but someone with a high rep presenting a different point of view will probably be taken more seriously because of the rep.
I have a ton of rep, but I've posted my fair share of dumb answers.
My take on it is that rep means "This person knows stuff," however, it doesn't mean they know the particular stuff you are asking about!
Reputation is not meant to measure expertise in a particular area. Reputation is an incentive for those with expertise in a particular area to share their expertise with others. To the extent that questioners and other users of the site are able to judge for themselves whether a particular answer is correct and helpful, the reputation of an expert who gives such answers will tend to increase over time.
So, given two people who have answered a similar number of questions of similar difficulty in similar topic areas, if one has, say, double the other's reputation, that will indicate his answers are correct and helpful more often than the other's. Otherwise, don't put much stock in reputation per se. If you are going to compare reputation, do it per month per question answered in the topic area.
The reputation of a member is indicative of two things: quality of answers and length of membership. If someone gives a detailed and well-written answer to a question, I'm not even going to look at their reputation.
Everyone starts with a small reputation, and it takes a while to build a higher reputation. Still, it's not a good indicator. You lose very few points for a down-vote compared to an up-vote; so long as someone only gets less than 8 down-votes per up-vote there is a net positive gain. So, someone with 100,000 reputation could have 10,000 up-votes and 0 down-votes or 100,000 up-votes and 450,000 down-votes. Still, those 100,000 up-votes are good answers and the person deserves credit for them. Both members' reputation represents an immense contribution to stackoverflow and it would be foolish to ignore either.
So my answer is no; the only time I look at reputations is when I see two identical answers; if the time difference is a matter of 2-3 seconds I favor the person with lower reputation.
I don't think the reputation system holds much water. It doesn't tell you how good their answers are, more that they are "keen" and have given popular answers. I think it just encourages people to rush in and post answers whether they know what they are talking about or not. The problem with this is you then have to sift through the "me too" posts to find useful information.
Also, I'm noticing some people plagiarising answers from other sites without attribution.
I think voting on individual answers is good, and over time this will hopefully lead to later, better answers rising above the quick answers the initial people have given. As for reputation, the number means next to nothing.


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STEUBENVILLE - Micca Mirabella delivered a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the seventh inning to score Ashlynne Daley with the game-winning run as the Catholic Central softball team completed its seven-run rally to defeat local rival Madonna, 10-9, Tuesday at the Steve Zamana Softball Field.
"I give all of the credit to Madonna," Catholic Central (8-1) head coach Jim DiCarlo said. "They played a wonderful game. They hit the ball well. They made some good plays in the field. Their pitcher threw well.
"I also want to give credit to our kids. They did not quit. I want to give them credit for battling back."
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BACK TO THE PITCHER — Steubenville Central's Megan Lloyd catches a putout at first base on a throw from pitcher Alex McComb during Tuesday's 10-9 victory over Weir High.
-- Mike Mathison
TUESDAY ACTION — Weirton Madonna second baseman Megan Boniti tosses the ball to pitcher Amanda Pulice after catching a pop-up in Tuesday's 10-9 loss to Steubenville Central.
-- Mike Mathion
Catholic Central scored the final seven runs after trailing 9-3 heading into the bottom of the fourth inning.
"It was a very good game, though I am disappointed with the loss," Madonna (3-6) head coach Chris Conti said. "Jimmy is a great coach. I always enjoy playing against him. The Catholic Central girls have a great program.
"We played very well. In fact, I thought we played excellent. We just didn't hold it. If we play like all season we will do well. We are getting better every game and that is what you want to see. As a coach, I am happy about that."
In the seventh, Daley reached on an error on a dropped pop up on the infield. She took second on a wild pitch. After moving to third on a groundout, Megan Lloyd and Tori Knight were both walked to load the bases setting up Mirabella's magical moment.
Though Mirabella produced the game-winning hit, she was just one of many heroes of the day for the Crusaders. All told, her base hit was just one of 11 hits the Crusaders recorded in the victory.
Maddy Gulan did the most damage at the plate as she smacked two two-run home runs to help spearhead the Crusaders' rally. She also delivered two singles, finishing with four RBIs.
Gulan added her name to the list of players from Catholic Central who have hit two home runs in one game. Catcher Taylor Clark performed the fete Saturday in a 25-4 victory Saturday at home over Athens in Game 1 of a doubleheader. In 2003, catcher Megan Gould belted to home runs in a win at Toronto.
Clark contributed two RBIs, Sammi Giannamore recorded two singles and Alex McComb tallied a double. Also, Knight and Lloyd each collected a base hit.
DiCarlo said his girls did not panic when they found themselves down by six runs.
"I think for the majority of the season our girls have not panicked," he said. "They know we can score. They believe we are able to come back.
"I think as the games go on we are able to time the pitchers better. Going into the game, we don't know what we are going to face, but I think the girls time the pitcher better as the game goes on. You saw that today.
"It was Maddy Gulan Day today.
"As the game went on, we were more selective at the plate. I always say if you can hit good-hard balls on the ground good things will happen."
McComb earned the win in relief of Lloyd. McComb finished with three strikeouts and one walk. Lloyd walked two while not recording a strikeout in her three innings inside the circle.
After playing a clean game in the field in Monday's win against Weir, Catholic Central made some mistakes in the field against Madonna. The Crusaders finished Tuesday's game with four errors.
"Our field is kind of choppy right now due to the lack of rain," DiCarlo said. "You also have to take in to account the wind, but we did not play well defensively. We haven't played as well defensively as we should be.
"Megan did a nice job, and Alex did a nice job too. We can't continue to have errors. We have to play better defensively. That is the most disappointing thing.
"Give Madonna credit. They played well. They made some nice plays in the field. They got some timely hits. They got some two-out hits. We got a two-out hit when Maddy hit that home run.
"With our short game and our running game, we are never out of a game."
Amanda Pulice took the loss with one strikeout and three walks. Madonna committed four errors.
Shortstop Maddy Burchill led the way offensively. Burchill tallied a double, a home run and four RBI. Amanda Paul collected a single and two RBI and Amanda Platek delivered a double. Also, Emily Pietranton and Serra Alongi both added singles.
"We are playing more now," Conti said. "The girls are playing together. They are getting used to each other. You can really see that in the last couple of games we have played.
"You get better when you play every day. We are playing well now. There are still a few weeks left in the season. If we keep improving we will be playing really well at the end of the season."
Catholic Central got on the board first when Clark plated Mirabella with a groundout to put the hosts up 1-0 in the bottom of the first.
"We are good enough to compete with anybody," DiCarlo said.
The Crusaders maintained their lead until the Blue Dons erupted for four runs in the top of the third. Burchill belted a two-run home run to key the big inning.
Catholic Central cut its deficit to 4-3 when Gulan launched her first two-run home run in the bottom of the third inning.
After seeing its lead trimmed down to one run, the Blue Dons responded in a big way by scoring five runs in the top of the fourth. Paul plated a pair with a base hit, and Burchill brought home to more runs with a double to make the score 9-3.
"Give credit to Madonna," DiCarlo said. "They played well. They hit the ball well. They made some nice plays. Chris does a good job with them. We were very fortunate to come away with the win, very fortunate."
Catholic Central tallied two runs in the bottom half of the inning to pull within 9-5. Then, the Crusader pushed across four more runs in the sixth inning to tie the score at 9. Gulan added her second two-run home run of the game in the inning to key the rally.
"It was a good high school softball game," said Conti.
Both teams return to the field today. Catholic Central hosts Toronto at 5 p.m. Madonna visits Oak Glen at 5:30 p.m. in a makeup game.
"Toronto is playing well," DiCarlo said. "They are 6-2. I am looking forward to the challenge. Coach (Eugene) Ciciarelli will have his team ready to play."
Steubenville Central 10,
Weirton Madonna 9
Madonna 004 500 0 - 9 6 4
Central 102 203 1 - 10 11 5
MADONNA: Pulice (LP, 1K, 3BB) and Magnone; Burchill S, HR, 4RBI; Paul S, 2RBI; Pietranton S; Alongi S; Platek S.
STEUBENVILLE (8-1): Lloyd (0K, 3BB), McComb (4, WP, 3K, 2BB) and Clark; Gulan 2S, 2HR, 4RBI; Mirabella S, RBI; Giannamore 2S; Clark RBI; McComb D; Lloyd S; Knight S.


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Of course I am , megaupload seems like a pretty good site.
Of course I am , megaupload seems like a pretty good site.
Ok roberto.
You do have the db right? Think filefront might have deleted it...
No sorry, I had a major clearout a while back and deleted it for some reason
The Mole was very good and I enjoyed it until the mole got himseld banned
FM Survivor was also excellent and would love to see repeats of these.
One day it will get past 2 seasons :o
If anyone's looking for an idea, there's something that you never see in a sign up. The vast majority are of the 'create a young superstar' ilk. What about 'create a veteran'?
Maybe they all start at 31/32-ish (maybe older for defenders/goalkeepers). It might be interesting to see if there's any key to increasing the longevity of their careers. You could also allow them to have staff attributes - you could then also follow their non-playing careers once they retire.
I'm sure theres a lot can be done with it....just throwing it out there.
I like that idea Bermy. Definetly a change on most sign-up's we see!
I am pretty sure someone did sign-up like that, but it got abandoned. Still a very good idea, mainly to see the progress when they become staff, as presumable their staff PA and CA will be random. Not sure if it is linked with the players CA/PA.
I also seem to remember someone tried something like this but it failed, so it would be nice to see to it return as it would be interesting to see how high a player could get at the age of 32
Yeah Pauls got it, they'll be shorter though this time to ensure that as many as possible finish the challenges.
What was Wislas?
Just finished editing a database for a Glenn Hoddle Academy challenge, in which you start in the lowest Spanish league and can only sign out of contract players under the age of 21.
Will play a test game for a season or two to make sure I haven't messed anything up whilst editing it, just wanted to gauge how much interest there would be in it before I divert my attention from my main save
Saint, its only been a few hours, give it more time, this thread isn't checked all day every day
An idea for a sign-up, either for me or someone else to run:
The Evil Twin sign-up!
As in so many of these sign-ups, you create a person to play in the game. But into the game is *also* added his evil twin. The evil twin has:
(a) The same nationalities as his brother
(b) A relationship with his brother either of mutual love or mutual hatred - open to suggestions on this
(c) The same position(s) as his brother
(d) The same chosen attributes as his brother, but inverted. If the first player has an attribute of x, the twin has an attribute of 21-x
(e) The same CA and PA as his brother
Ideas for how to flesh this out will be welcomed.
I think that they would have to have a dislikingfor each other but I don't know much else.
My San Marino sign-up is planning on going into their managerial careers as I gave everyone 20 for managers.
It definately does sound intersting though so make a well-constructed opening post with the rules etc. and it may well, take off.
My latest idea. Oh no, I hear you yell, but this is for a challenge. You take charge of a club that is playing Champions league or UEFA cup football. You then have to sell all your over 23 players apart from 2. You can only sign players 19 or under. What do you think?
whats the point? whats the challenge?
Well you have to maintain your status
it's a pretty lacklustre idea that evidently does not seem to have been given a lot of thought. When initially designing a Challenge you should think of things like - Has it been done before? What is my target audience? If I saw that idea, would I think, wow I want to do that challenge? It's just a boring idea imo
I would like to do or play a new challenge. Can anyone help me do it
with that challenge it would be impossible as you wouldnt be able to sell every player
Do you want to run your own challenge?
If so, do you want help?
I would be willing to help.
Do you want a challenge to play?
Well, there are plenty of excellent challenges out there but do you have any specific criteria.
Any problem with your computer running multiple leagues?
I would like to do my own challenge.
My computer can run multiple leagues fine. I would like my challenge to last for a few years. e.g getting a club from BSP to Premiership, that kind of time frame. Can someone PM me or post here if they have any ideas that can help me
you shouldnt start challenges for the sake of starting them and seeing your name on the thread title if you like getting clubs up the league try dafuges challenge
How about this, the free agents bsp to the EPL challenge. On tools in the editor you can free all players so you do that and take charge of a bsp club. You must sign all of your players that are English. And you must only sign five over 23 players. What do you think?
Why BSP? It would be traditional to start at BSP/BSN level.
So you can get some players of a decent standard
That's not needed. Even BSS/BSN can get some very good players for free. I've signed players atleast League 2 standard and even League 1 with BSN/BSP teams
Well, I've done thread now. Anyone fancy starting it?
FGS, a while ago it was verging on spam, now you're just cluttering up the forums like a spambot m123.
Not going to start anything else for next two months. Do you think I can do it
Nope .
Well I am. I have a challenge, sign up and story to work on
If you finish all three, to a good standard in the next two months, then I will happily accept you as a CSEer.
Go for it
Start a game in England using all four leagues - it's up to you whether you use the Blue Square leagues but it doesn't matter either way. Choose one team from each league - no stipulations. For example, I would start with Manchester City, Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town and Rotherham United.
Set up four managers and set them to manage the four chosen teams. The manager reputations must be: Sunday League Footballer for the League 2 manager; Part Time Footballer for the League 1 manager; Professional footballer for the Championship manager; International footballer for the Premiership manager.
Manage each of the 'Gang of Four' through ten seasons. The aim is simple: achieve as much success as possible with all four clubs. How you choose to do this is up to you. You can arrange friendlies, 'throw' cup/league matches, loan players, buy players 'on the cheap' or by 'paying over the odds', praising each other and each other's players etc ... In doing so, score as many points as you can in ten seasons (see scoring information below) and I will set up a leaderboard of the best scorers.
Starting Premiership team
- Winning the Premiership title: 10 points
- Winning the FA Cup: 5 points
- Winning the League Cup: 5 points
- Winning the UEFA Cup/Europe League: 5 points
- Winning the Champions League: 20 points
Starting Championship team
- Promotion to the Premiership: 10 points
- Winning the Premiership title: 20 points
- Winning the FA Cup: 10 points
- Winning the League Cup: 10 points
- Winning the UEFA Cup/Europe League: 10 points
- Winning the Champions League: 30 points
Starting League 1 team
- Promotion to the Championship: 10 points
- Promotion to the Premiership: 20 points
- Winning the Premiership title: 30 points
- Winning the FA Cup: 15 points
- Winning the League Cup: 15 points
- Winning the UEFA Cup/Europe League: 15 points
- Winning the Champions League: 40 points
Starting League 2 team
- Promotion to League 1: 10 points
- Promotion to the Championship: 20 points
- Promotion to the Premiership: 30 points
- Winning the Premiership title: 40 points
- Winning the FA Cup: 20 points
- Winning the League Cup: 20 points
- Winning the UEFA Cup/Europe League: 20 points
- Winning the Champions League: 50 points
- What do you think of the idea? Yay or Nay?
- What rules would you suggest I set?
- Are the points suitable? What changes could I make? Any others I could add without overcomplicating it?
Would appreciate any advice from the more experienced CSE'ers in here. This would be my first challenge idea, despite participation in some and viewing others, so I could do with the advice at the moment.
Thanks in advance chaps! (And chapettes if there are any!)
I think it's quite a good idea, could take a while to complete though,maybe set the challenge to 5 years?
Noted. I see what you mean but five years would not be long enough to go for the holy grail of Champions League victory with your League 2 team.
Season 1: Promotion to League 1
Season 2: Promotion to Championship
Season 3: Promotion to Premiership
Season 4: Qualification for Champions League
Season 5: Champions League winners!
So should I consider using five years and maybe making the Champions League win worth more points, particularly for the CCC/L1/L2 teams?
Oh yeah, I never thought of that. Anyway good luck
well it could be a case of people signing off cheap players e.g. if you were city you could sell cheap reserve team players to the league 2 or league 1 team or easily loan out players
The clubs would be working together to achieve success. The more success, the more points. It might make it easy at first to achieve success at League 2 and League 1 levels but eventually you'd have to make a choice on which team you were going to go with to get you the points. Is it worth trying to win the Champions League with City or go for the Promotions of the others?
I'm pretty sure canvey!! has mentioned that there will The Apprentice will be returning at some point. That may just be specualtion though.
Edit: sorry didn't realise there was a new page.
G'day All.
After much waiting, pondering, finger-crossing, IT technician calling, I'm pleased to announce that the premiership predictions league will be starting from this Thursday afternoon (My time). It was supposed to start about 3 weeks ago, But I was unable to due to my computer going bang. But It's all fixed now, and will be the base of the Premiership Predictions League come Thursday.
I am considering whether to do it like a normal Predictions competition with just the scores of the EPL being guessed and nothing else happening apart from EPL action, Or make it a little more 'new-age' and adding things in such as a weekly bonus question, Champions League ties and other random point scoring questions. The only problem with that is, That there could be weeks were points are worth more than others and it will give an advantage to players who put in their predictions one week and pick up a stack of bonus points, to those (Such as Canvey!! in last seasons version) who participate ever week, but may not do so well as far as bonus questions. Thoughts???
Another thing is, That To make up a bit of time, I am thinking of for say the opening 5 rounds, putting two weeks of predictions in so that we can get through the hardest part (The start) a little quicker. Once again, thoughts???
Can't wait to start come Thursday, Pluckaduck.
Count me in. Great idea.
Hey Pluck, how about including another big league, eg Italy, Portugal or Spain. Just might add a little bit extra to it all And as for the bonuses I love that Idea as well
Nice to add some sort of bonuses in Pluckaduck, you could do the team and player stats, for example 'who is the current top scorer'
Count me in to the overall game, i did it last year but finished 7th or something so i'm ready to win this time
Love the Idea. Count me in as well pluckaduck.
I'd personally say no to the idea of bonuses. Keep it nice and simple and cut down on the work for everyone .
Has there been a "Restore a Fallen Giant" challenge? I.e. taking a team that has fallen down the pyramid (like Fortuna Dusseldorf, Leeds, Nottingham Forest) and returning them to their former glories?
Hmmm, I have a bit of a decision on my hands. But something you guys could probably give me a better idea of, is that would you mind if for the opening five week's, I played two rounds at a time? I'm sure it would be alright with everyone, But it's better to make sure first before going ahead.
Otherwise, Happy FMing everyone!!!
Can't wait for your prediction league to start, PluckaDuck! Good to hear your pc is all fixed up now.
I surely wouldn't mind two rounds at a time for the beginning PluckaDuck, how come you want to do that?
Also because I don't want to run too far into FM10 and by doing this, It will cut off 5 weeks of that time.Another thing is, That To make up a bit of time, I am thinking of for say the opening 5 rounds, putting two weeks of predictions in so that we can get through the hardest part (The start) a little quicker.
Great idea Pluck
Oh sorry, had forgotten you already posted that, I think it is a great idea.
Has there ever been an experiment to compare the strengths of the game's default tactics?
For example, all EPL teams and players set to be equal, each one set to use one of the game's default tactics and see if a particular one is more successful in the ME?
I don't believe that has been done, and it would be interesting to see, and I would predict that different tactics would do well against other tactics not necessarily one that "fits" the match engine
Seems a good idea. I haven't started a sign up in ages.
And hopefully it'll stay that way for a month or two
I am going to fight the temptation. Maybe next week..... Only joking.
What rep do you think I would need for a created team that has no players, created staff with 20s in specialist areas,starting in one of BSP/BSS/BSN and can only use players that come through the youth team?
Ermmmm... 3000ish
2000-2500 for BSN/BSS
2501-3000 for BSP
This is just an idea, I won't be doing yet
Replace the A league with teams that you make up. You then have an auction for players. Categories-Legends (Cantona, George Best etc), Current stars (Messi, Ronaldo etc), Young Brazil starts (Marquinhos, Carioca etc), young stars(Kadlec, Anier etc) and a few more categories. You then bid for packages that include attendance figures, stadium size, training facilities etc. I want your opinion
Have you considered how you'll get the attributes for the legends? That'd take a lot of work.
I imagine that would take one hell of a lot of research and editor work.
It would take a lot of work but I would manage. What age would I make the legends?
Of course you would, you're known for your commitment.
your choice.
What age would the legends be also what PA and CA? Obviously Zidane would have 20 for Butt de Head.
Like I said your choice.
Anyone else have an idea of CA or PA?
Does anyone else think there would be interest in the default tactics experiment?
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If that was aimed at my idea, it's a sign up
Would anyone join my sign up?
Not now sorry
OK mate, anyone if so I will do it.
I would if you do it in two months after you have proved your commitment by finishing your story, sign-up and challenge.
Challenge far too easy- Story going well- Sign up nobody bothered about it.
So would you join it now after those reasons.
no because nobody is bothered in your sign up as you put no effort in your updates
I second Mikey.
Your story has improved after you took some advice on and it is going well.
You sign-up's updates improved slightly from your first few attempts but I still agree with mikey and they were not of a high enough standard, plus people didn't bother about it because they thought that you were just going to quit again after a few matches because of what you did with your other sign-ups.
I won't quit this one. It's called eBay the sign up. Story gave me a last chance and look it's quite good. Please give me one last chance guys
thought you said last time that was your last chance
Sorry but this one will work, give me a chance, please
You currently have one active thread which people have signed up to, personally I think you are better off concentrating on that thread and learning what sort of things appeal to people in terms of updates before starting something new.


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I have an LDD model that I exported to an LDraw file. When I opened it in LDView, only part of it was displayed.
It looks like some parts were not exported properly. Is it normal? Why does it happen?
This in not a LDView problem, but a conversion issue between LDD and LDraw. Only parts present in both libraries will be displayed. Moreover, the file (ldraw.xml) that defines the correspondance between parts of both systems must be up to date. Latest version of this mapping file is available here.


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After completing the Hajj rituals in Makkah last week, pilgrims have begun arriving in Madinah to visit the Prophet's Mosque.
The Secretariat of the Hajj Committee in Madinah announced that as of Saturday, 53,791 pilgrims had arrived in Madinah, a decrease of 19% from last year.
A total of 1,092 pilgrims had departed from Madinah, while the number remaining amounted to 52,693 pilgrims – 16% fewer than last year.
Governmental and private organizations in Madinah are proceeding with post-Hajj season operations, providing services for pilgrims around the clock.


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The CWC Boys Golf team has played well this season, and that hot play continued on Monday when the team traveled to West Frankfort.
The boys scored a team score of 157, besting West Frankfort who scored a 168 and Ziegler-Royalton who scored a 187.
Individual scores for Carmi were Andy Vaughan with a 39, Neal Northcott with a 40, Drew Brown with an even par 36, Colin Winter with a 42, Trent Williams with a 45 and Ty Barbre with a 46.
"One thing about us, we are consistent," said Coach Terry Austin. "This is the third match in a row that we have shot a 157. I definitely feel the boys are starting to settle down and play as a team. We still have some improvement to do, but as long as we can score like this, we are going to win some matches. Hopefully we will start going lower."
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Last weekend I attended the Good Food festival in Mississauga. I got the chance to visit a friend of mine- Frank Caputo. He is owner and pitmaster of Hank Daddy's BBQ. I finally got to see his operation his catering trailer and to try all of his BBQ.
Frank uses an Extreme BBQ Trailer loaded with a Southern Pride Smoker. It is a really awesome trailer. I admit I have some serious trailer envy.
It smelled great from the outside as we walked up. It smelled even better when he opened the doors to temp his chicken wings. They were enormous. HUGE massive meaty wings plus butts were cooking. Delicious aromas of BBQ wafted everywhere. Even though we had just finished an excellent brunch (fried chicken waffles, sausage gravy biscuits and more!) at the Stockyards I was already salivating.
Inside the show they were all ready to feed the public. Hank Daddy's was serving up lots of their famous pulled pork parfaits!! A delicious BBQ meal in a cup. Chock full of pulled pork mashed potatoes and sauce! Thats a whole lot of happiness.
Everywhere we went in the show people were eating BBQ. They were making a whole lot of people happy with their excellent food.
We tried their brisket, pulled pork and all their sauces. Top notch quality and great BBQ flavor!! Loved the sauces and their meat. They are very diverse and cover all regions of tastes. Original BBQ, Carolina Mustard BBQ, Hickory BBQ, Vinegar BBQ and they also have their original rub as well. I am uber impressed by how well balanced they all are. I am really looking forward to playing with his rub on some upcoming projects. All their items are available online.
One of the fun things about Hank Daddy'd is that they also have a fire wing challenge
Inspired by Adam Richman of Man vs Food , Hank Daddy has developed his own FireWing Challenge using his own Original Barbecue Sauce and some of the hottest peppers on earth. cChallengers must finish 15 FireWings in 15 minutes or less. If FireWings are eaten in less than 15 minutes, they must wait out the full 15 minutes with nothing to drink or wipe. Additional rules apply, and challengers must sign a waiver.
Successful challengers win a lifetime of bragging rights, a t-shirt a Survivor Certificate and are pictured here, on our Wall of Fame.
We had a great time with Frank and his family and I completely understand why they are so popular wherever they go. Good Food Great people and excellent BBQ
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20 People You Didn't Know Were United States Marines
DVIDSHUB / flickrThe Marine Corps bills itself as a career-building experience, and we've found lots of successful people who confirm this.
You probably had no idea that these men served, but you know their other work.
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Coll. by Ora Lee Boss Mrs. Jessie Woods
Green Forest 12/29/59 Reel 334, Item 3
On an old broken dray Were two children at play They were happy young and fair One was a lass a cute little miss With ringlets of bright golden hair.
Her play mate a boy his parents sole joy With dark eyes and white pearly teeth With a little straw hat and a faded blue coat He would oft to his playmate repeat.
I love you don't I? You live across the way Your father drives a foreman's hand My dad drives the dray,
I love you don't I? No one shall do you harm As long as you live in that stone front And we live over your barn.
So their childhood day's passed like the sun ray's Then came a change in their life The girl had all that wealth could command While the boy had to battle in strife.
This made his heart sad this brave little lad And often while toiling in pain Sweet echoes of voices would come stealing by Of childhoods sweet memory's refrain.
On a hospital bed in sichness and dread Lay a poor girl in despair
Her soul was as pure as the white flakes of snow Or the sunshine in the coil of her hair.
Beside her bed stood the Dr. with bowed head The story recalled childhood days And kneeling beside her he kissed her pale check Then whispered these words in her ears.
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6 Subtle Ways The News Media Disguises Bullshit As Fact
#3. Biased Photos
Some historians say that one of the big reasons Americans were solidly behind World War II but opposed to Vietnam is the pictures the public saw: During WWII we were fed photos of heroes raising flags over liberated territory, in Vietnam we got innocent Vietnamese children running from napalm.
Whether you agree with that or not (there were certainly other factors) you have to admit that appearances matter. A lot. We like to think we base most of our decisions purely on logic, but the dearth of non-manipulated personal photos on Internet forums and Facebook suggests that at least a lot of the time, we don't.
How Can This Be Used For Evil?
This isn't about the news media outright faking images with Photoshop (though that certainly has happened before). This is about the everyday choices editors make about which photo to run with a story, and where they choose to crop it.
For example, here's a photo of a politician helping prepare a meal for his loving family:
Here's a violent madman stabbing a butcher knife into something, probably human flesh.
Meanwhile, camera angles can be used to make a person look like Batman, or like Aquaman's smaller, pussier cousin. A lower angle makes a person look taller, while a wider, higher angle makes them look small and insignificant. This president will come to rescue you from zombies, and then steal your lady. And you won't even mind.
But this guy...
...is that one dude who always wants to borrow your stapler and then loses it. Also notice that the decision of which facial expression to capture is huge. Once again, no actual trickery or fraud is required; you just shuffle through the thousands of pictures available of a famous person on any given day, and pick the one that suits you.
Female politicians may get the worst of this, since you can add or subtract 20 years based on the facial expression and lighting:
#2. The Active Voice
As you hopefully know already, the English language contains two ways of describing an action, the active and the passive voice. For example:
An angry stripper suffocated John. (Active) John was suffocated by an angry stripper. (Passive)
Either way, John is boned.
You're technically saying the same thing, but the emphasis is different (the stripper in the first, her victim in the second). And in fact, in the passive voice you don't actually have to name the attacker at all. The second could have read simply "John was suffocated." You can totally let the stripper off the hook because your wording implies it could have been anyone--or no one at all. Dude could have passed out in a bowl of pudding.
We're not saying it was Cosby, but do the math.
How Can This Be Used For Evil?
It all depends on how you want the audience to feel about the stripper. Take the headline "Man Shoots Daughter's Boyfriend in Groin." The active headline makes clear to the reader that the man shot his daughter's boyfriend in a crotch-splattering rage, presumably deliberately and in cold blood. If they had run it as, "Man Shot in Groin Over Teen Girlfriend," it takes the dad out of the equation and makes it sound more like his own actions naturally led to the shooting, like, "Car Explodes After Running Off Cliff."
Or: Gold Pants Expose Gayness.
For that reason, when the shooting is done by law enforcement or somebody else who is allowed to shoot people on occasion, you tend to get passive headlines like "Men in Stolen Car Shot on AF Base." Hell, that almost makes it sound like the shooting is an unsolved mystery. It might have been the base security guards that killed them, or a wildly off-target shot from a local archery club (it was the first one). But when it's a bad guy doing the shooting, you get the active, "Man Shoots at Deputies, Ends Up Dead." You especially have to love the "Ends Up Dead" there. What, did he have a guilt-induced heart attack? Nope. The cops shot his ass. But you wouldn't know from the headline.
Watch for this in war coverage. Often the difference between the headlines:
"Dozens Killed in Bombing."
"Canadian Bombers Kill Dozens."
...depends entirely on how you want the reader to feel about Canada.
#1. Guessing the Motives Instead of Reporting the Facts
You've probably done this one in your everyday conversation just within the last 24 hours. Rather than just say what happened, you give yourself the freedom to speculate about what the other person was thinking. We could just give a short and accurate description of how some dude backed into our car at the supermarket, but usually we add details about how the guy probably wasn't paying attention because he was too busy thinking about his child-porn ring and how quickly he could get home to beat his wife.
But enough about Jay Leno. Zing!
How Can This Be Used For Evil?
Let's take a look at the same event, as reported in two different outlets:
"Obama Pledges to Press Ahead on Goals."
You know, upstanding President stuff.
"Obama Tries to Boost Beleaguered Democratic National Committee."
The first headline presents what Obama actually did. It's factually true; Obama did in fact pledge to press ahead on goals. Then you have the second, which gives him a motive and adds a backstory: the Democrat party is "beleaguered" and his supposed pledge to press ahead on goals is just an attempt to boost a political party.
Boring world stuff.
Now, some may say that the first one is just blindly repeating the politician's talking points, but the second is flat out mind reading. For a more ridiculous example, a newspaper in California sent a Freedom of Information Act Request to several tech companies to find out how many minorities they have working there. A few companies (including giants like Apple, Google and Yahoo!) refused the request. Headline?
"Steve Jobs Tries to Cover Up Apple's Racial Profile."
Damn! When's the next Klan meeting, Steve Jobs?
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"The Most Powerful Kind of Gift"
That's how unrestricted giving is often described.
Unrestricted giving has no limitations on how the money can be used. This means the university can use the funds based on current and critical needs or on unexpected opportunities.
Some gifts like the Wepners' gift, which you can read about using the link at right, are completely unrestricted.
Other gifts made to funds designated for a certain department are still considered unrestricted because there are no limitations on how the money can be used within that college, department, or program.
So, you can give to a certain fund–the Visual Arts fund, the Social Work Fund, or the Student Life fund perhaps–and still be making an unrestricted gift.
Who Decides How Unrestricted Funds Are Spent?
Always, the university provides close oversight to how gifts are spent. We use these funds wisely and economically, with close administrative review. Your gifts have been hard earned and carefully given, and we exercise the same care in spending them.
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Klein Took Road Less Traveled
Almost zero Division I colleges wanted Collin Klein to be a quarterback.
Kansas State and Colorado State were said to be the only two schools offering scholarships in 2008 to what was then a 6-foot-5, 200-pounder in need of a bunch of polish.
The coach who wound up giving him one was out of a job the next year.
K-State moved Klein to receiver where he caught six passes for 38 yards and a touchdown his redshirt freshman season.
It wasn't until depth became an issue that the Wildcats moved Klein back to the quarterback position, a spot at which he has flourished in Manhattan, Kan., despite a throwing motion that puts you a little in mind of Charles Barkley's golf swing.
He's the grandson of a barber who has learned to play the piano, mandolin, and the violin, an unusual resume for someone who today is the frontrunner for the Heisman Trophy.
After a game Saturday night against West Virginia where he completed 19 of 21 passes for a career-best 323 yards and three touchdowns, plus 41 rushing yards and three more scores, Klein, quirky throwing motion and all, is the second-most efficient quarterback in the FBS, where he is completing 70.5 percent of his passes.
NFL scouts might cover their eyes watching the hitch in his throw and one of them might lose their job if they draft him.
(I'm envisioning a scenario where's he's picked as a backup quarterback who takes over the starting spot, leads his team to a playoff victory against a team like the Pittsburgh Steelers, then gets traded to a team that already has a "franchise" quarterback, and analysts spend countless hours talking about when he'll get his next chance).
Anyway, for the college game, his delivery is no biggie.
"You can say what you want about his throwing motion," West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen said, "but it goes exactly where he wants it to go. He's a good football player."
Indeed, if you're not putting up gaudy stats – and his night against WVU notwithstanding, Klein generally doesn't – you better bring plenty of other stuff to the table if you're wanting to be mentioned in a conversation about college football's ultimate individual prize.
Klein has two pockets full of intangibles.
He doesn't look much better as a runner with the kind of long strides only a 6-5 quarterback can make, but he's probably the most productive player in college football today.
Need a first down? He'll get it. Need a clutch pass? He'll hit the receiver between the numbers? Need a rushing score inside the 10? Klein can't – and won't – be stopped.
But he wows no one.
Even after the WVU game, Kansas State coach Bill Snyder wasn't overly impressed. There are a couple reasons for that. 1) At 73, Snyder isn't prone to hyperbole. 2). He's seen Klein do things like this for some time.
"Collin was Collin," Klein said.
For all of this, the HeismanPundit/CBSSports.com Heisman Straw Poll and the ESPN experts all have Klein as the overwhelming favorite to win the Heisman at this point, as he swooped past the Mountaineers' Geno Smith, who has fallen dramatically in the past two weeks.
Understand neither of these polls mean a whole lot midway through the season. We've seen how fickle they are from one week to the next. And none of the Heisman voters has to be told who to vote for. They can cast their lot with whomever they want.
For the moment though, you'd have to give Klein, a player who simply gets things done, the edge.
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I'm trying to test my native iOS app and I've been having huge problems with test users. Basically it seems that the normal graph based way of creating test users doesn't work for native apps. When I try I get the following response from the server:
"error": {
"message": "(#15) This method is not supported for native apps",
"type": "OAuthException",
"code": 15
This seems to be supported by various posts on SO and a page on the old FB forums:
People say that the only way to create test users for native apps is to create proper fake accounts on FB, which is against FB terms and conditions. Is this really my only option ? I can't believe the FB devs cannot support test accounts for native apps.
Anyone know of any legitimate way to create native app test users ?


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Since Luddite describes the followers of one Ned Ludd who lead a movement against industrialization and in particular mechanized looms in 1811 or so, I will propose Cartwrightian since Edward (Edmund) Cartwright patented the power loom in 1785 and so his designs or variations thereon would probably have been the ones being destroyed by the Luddites.
But that may be too obscure for your use so technophile may be more appropriate.
The problem is, the Luddites were named after an individual who smashed machinery, whereas their opponents were the state or at least the businessmen of the time. So the original antonym would have been Industrialist. You could identify a specific individual who opposed them, but they never had a specific anti-luddite movement, so it would not be entire accurate.
If you are looking for modern antonyms, technophile is probably the best, but again, there is no single individual who is leading the drive for technological progress, so it is not reasonable to associate a name with the pro-technology movement.
I would say that Kantian is the word you are looking for. There are a lot more people following the Idea of Progress theory: John Locke, Voltaire, etc.
"Technocrat" appears to be the best fit here.
Otherwise I propose "Arkwrightian", after Richard Arkwright, inventor of the water frame that contributed to the onset of the Industrial Revolution (specifically because Ludd is reputed to have destroyed knitting frames, as Wiki has it).
Because Luddites are viewed as resisting dramatic technical progress, I would suggest, with no awareness of any such prior use, either:
Mr. Fuller was notable for his drive to expand both the creation of new technology and its innovative implementation.
Maybe we can start a movement.


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"We Have Seen His Glory"
In preparing homilies or practicing lectio divina, one of the helpful aids is a "Synopsis of the Four Gospels." The Gospel for today's Feast of the Transfiguration is a central event in the narratives of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The contours are recognizably the same, yet there are telling differences in detail.
As is well known, Luke's account specifies that Jesus ascended the mountain "to pray;" and that "while praying," his face changed in appearance. Luke also gives the subject of Jesus' conversation with Moses and Elijah: "the exodus that he would accomplish in Jerusalem."
Significantly, John's Gospel does not recount the Transfiguration event. Rather, the entire Fourth Gospel depicts the Transfigured Jesus. From the opening chapter the author confesses: "We have seen his Glory, the Glory as of the only Son from the Father" (Jn 1:14).
If we are among those who confess to glimpsing that Glory, then the concluding prayer of today's festal liturgy resonates: "May the heavenly nourishment we have received, O Lord, transform us into the likeness of your Son, whose resplendent splendor you willed to make manifest in his glorious Transfiguration."
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Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is Associate Professor of Theology Emeritus at Boston College.
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Is it possible that the "Transfiguration" narratives are actually a post-Resurrection motif? Is it possible that some event, some tangible evidence, of the Resurrection is actually the genesis of the Transfiguration narratives among the early followers of Jesus, post crucifixion - post Easter Sunday events, that help spark the faith in the Risen Jesus?
I don't see what's gained if one bookmarks the Transfiguration as a post-Resurrection motif. In a great lline in today's Mass, from the underproclaimed 2 Peter, we are told we possess "a prophetic message that is altogether reliable." Then comes the great line: "You wil do well to be attentive to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts."
Dear Jim and Tom,
Thank you both for your comments. I believe students of the New Testament are divided among those who think the event an anticipation of the Resurrection and those who suggest it is a retrojection of the Resurrection into the ministry of Jesus.
Luke seems to place it as an occurence during the prayer of Jesus and thus anticipatory of the glory to be fully revealed in the Resurrection.
But I like Tom's placement of our own understanding of the event within the context of the liturgy and the wonderful line of 2 Peter: "until the day dawns and the morning star rises in our hearts." Hence too my including the Prayer after Communion in the post.
Mount Tabor was covered with light. Thy disciples, O Word, cast themselves down upon the ground, unable to gaze upon the Form that none may see. The angels ministered in fear and trembling, the heavens shook and the earth quaked, as they beheld upon earth the Lord of glory.
Christ, the light that shone before the sun ... having fulfilled before His Crucifixion, as befits His divine majesty, all things pertaining to His fearful dispensation, this day has mystically made known upon Mount Tabor the image of Trinity.
With His transfiguration, Christ showed in His own person "the nature of man, arrayed in the original beauty of the Image, and He made His disciples "sharers in His joy," while at the same time foretelling His death (Lk. 9:31) "through the Cross and His saving Resurrection."
(On Mount Tabor) Thou wast transfigured, and hast made the nature that had grown dark in Adam to shine again as lightning, transforming it into the glory and splendor of Thine own divinity.
many thanks for your contirbution. The Eastern Church has a much richer liturgical and theological tradition regarding the Transfiguration than does the West. It is why it is so important that the Church breathe "with both lungs."
Some years back we began to purchase icons to display for the major feasts, So it was an enhancement of our liturgy this morning to have the icon of the Transfiguration prominently placed.
It is also the 35th anniverary of the death of Pope Paul VI.
It's also the anniversay of that most inglorious day of all days, the dropping of The Bomb on Hiroshima. Oh, the contrast!
Ann - it is a strange and, perhaps for us, damning comparison - Hiroshima to the Transfiguration. Psalm 97 came around during morning prayer this morning, and although I wasn't aware of the anniversary, for some reason, these lines made me think of the destructive power of the weaponry we're able to unleash (and have already unleashed):
The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;
let the many islands be glad.
2Cloud and darkness surround him;
justice and right are the foundation of his throne.
3Fire goes before him,
consuming his foes on every side.
4His lightening illumines the world;
the earth sees and trembles.
5The mountains melt like wax before the LORD,
before the Lord of all the earth.
In this, as in many other things, it seems we've made ourselves God.


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I have heard that Japanese has the largest number of words of any language because every Chinese word can also be a Japanese word. Is there any truth to this statement?
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Although it's true that there are a very, very large number of kanji compounds imported from Chinese to Japanese, it's not as direct as that statement. There are Chinese words that don't exist in Japanese, and many chinese Kanji have different meanings or pronounciations, as well as occasionally being written slightly differently. These differences are particularly profound in words with gramattical significance:
There are also differences in usage patterns for modern inventions - eg, Chinese uses 电脑 for 'computer', but in Japanese the katakana コンピューター is more common.
As for whether there are more words in Japanese than other languages, I couldn't say. I would suspect, though, that if you looked at the set of commonly used words, it would be about the same; if you were to include classical words, loanwords, and rarely used native equivalents for loanwords, you might see a bit more than the average language.
The Chinese calligraphy came to Japan approximately 1,500~2,000 years ago, so I'd argue that that statement goes the other way: Chinese people can read many Japanese words and grasp quickly what they mean.
Chinese, on the other hand, uses many, many kanji that are not found in Japanese's ~2,000 常用漢字 joyo-kanji taught in the education system. So, I don't think it's true that Japanese people, without proper study, can read Chinese words, nor does it mean that for that reason Japanese has so many words.
You are correct in noting that Japanese does have a lot of words because various nuances can be formed by combining slightly different kanji with similar meanings. When I was learning about 状態, I was very frustrated to find that 実態, 事態, 状況, 実況, and 事情 all more-or-less translated as "circumstances" or "situation" in my dictionary at the time.
Soapbox: that's why learning kanji can be good for your vocabulary - it becomes about understanding the nuance of the kanji, not rote memorization of a bunch of words.
Not EVERY Chinese word. But lots and lots of them. China has always been the dominant culture in that area, so there are lots of Sino-Korean, Sino-Vietnamese and Sino-Japanese words. Writing was imported from China and later adapted for Japanese. When the Dutch brought over all of their science and medicine books, all of terms that didn't exist in Japanese were translated using Sino-Japanese words.
Slowly katakana English is taking over, however, meaning that there are a huge number of words with both English and Chinese counterparts. Even if Japanese doesn't have the biggest vocabulary in the world (remember diglossia in Arabic societies, languages with morphology so complicated that it denies all attempts to count words, etc.) it still is huge.
You need to know that languages will evolve over time. Parts of the Japanese language was largely influenced by classical Chinese, so a lot of Japanese words you see will make sense in Chinese and vice versa. However Japanese and Chinese are different language so even if they share similar volcabulary they are not simliar grammatically wise.
Some words in Japanese means the same thing in Chinese and Japanese. This is the case about 75% of the time. Then there are cases where Japanese words make sense in Chinese, but Chinese people tend to not use them. For example the word 上手 means to be skilled at something. If you say that in Chinese people will (probably) understand you but it's not natural because it's like saying "grand fries" in English rather than "large fries"
Then there are cases where Japanese words means something completely different in Chinese. For example 勉強 means to study in Japanese, but in Chinese it means reluctance.
This actually came up in class awhile back and our sensei (native speaker) answered roughly as follows:
Couple this with the differences in grammar (i.e. verb-final vs. subject-verb-object) and the meaning of a sentence can also be lost even if you have a rough idea as to what the kanji mean.