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Liberty City Police Department. GTA TBoGT/PS3
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Liberty City Police Department. GTA TBoGT/PS3
Welcome to the Liberty City Police Department. We operate on the streets of Liberty City (Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony) to patrol and fight in the name of Justice. Unlike some clans, we take our work seriously.
*** The L.C.P.D would like to announce that we are now hiring for our newly released crooks detachment! You can now apply to be a cop, or a crook! ***
We currently operate on Playstation 3 only.
We are hiring! We do expect people who join to be very active in the clan, whether the Chief Commissioner is online or not. If you would like to apply, please visit our website,
. We thank you for visiting our post and have a great day.
READ THIS FIRST: Not all information about the clan is on this post. For all information and current news about us, please redirect to our website,
. Thank you.
******************************************FAQs**** ************************************
Q. Who can give orders?
A. The Senior Ground Patrol Unit can give orders and strikes to all ground units of
that department, but cannot suspend or fire anyone by them self.
A. The Senior Air Patrol Unit can give orders and strikes to all air units of that
department, but cannot suspend or fire anyone by them self.
A. The Commander can give orders and strikes to all units in that department, but
cannot fire or suspend anyone by them self.
A. The Deputy Chief can give orders, strikes, and suspensions to all units in that
department, but cannot fire units by them self.
A. The Chief can give orders to all units in that department, including strikes,
firings, and suspensions if necessary.
A. The Deputy Chief Commissioner can make system-wide changes, and can give orders, strikes, firings,
and suspensions to anyone in all departments including the chief of that department.
The Deputy Chief Commissioner can also perform surprise inspections to any department at any time
to be sure everything is in check.
A. The Chief Commissioner can make system-wide changes, and can give orders, strikes, firings,
and suspensions to anyone in all departments including the chief of that department.
The Chief Commissioner can also perform surprise inspections to any department at any time
to be sure everything is in check.
Q. What does it take to get promoted?
A. If you are a reliable unit, ready for anything at any time, and you understand the
rules, and stand by them, then you will get promoted quickly. You also have to do
overtime to achieve even higher ranks, for example, Senior Ground Unit, etc etc.
If you are a rule breaker on the other hand, you will get the exact opposite of
getting promoted. You will get demoted, or suspended. And you will have to work
even harder to get promoted. This department does not tolerate nonsense.
Q. What does it take to apply?
A. You must be 13 years or older to apply, have a valid Playstation Network account,
and you must be professional, you must have a working Playstation 3 microphone,
and most importantly, you must have good skills.
The Chief will invite all officers to a game session, and all officers
join upon invite. We gather the weapons required, and collect our
assigned vehicles. Then we proceed with a regroup, then await orders.
When an officer goes on duty, that officer is required to stay on duty
for at least one hour, unless that officer has reasonable cause not to
attend. There is no bullying inside of this team, and all officers
treat each other with respect.
1. L.C.P.D Recruit, 2. L.C.P.D Junior Ground Patrol Unit, 3. L.C.P.D Ground Patrol Unit,
4. L.C.P.D Senior Ground Patrol Unit, 5. L.C.P.D Junior Air Patrol Unit,
6. L.C.P.D Air Patrol Unit, 7. L.C.P.D Senior Air Patrol Unit, 8. L.C.P.D Sniper Unit,
9. L.C.P.D Dispatcher, 10. L.C.P.D Adviser, 11. L.C.P.D Ground Unit Commander,
12. L.C.P.D Air Unit Commander, 13. L.C.P.D Senior Commander,
14. L.C.P.D Deputy Chief, 15. L.C.P.D Chief, 16. L.C.P.D Deputy Chief Commissioner,
17. L.C.P.D Chief Commissioner.
Weapons required for all units:
Colt "Desert Eagle", Combat Shotgun, MP5 (S.M.G), M4 (Assault rifle),
Combat Sniper Rifle, R.P.G (Rocket Launcher), and Frag grenades. *All
other weapons are approved during an emergency and/or when correct
weapons are not available.
***********************Three Strikes Law*********************************
Any officers who fail to follow orders will receive a strike.
If you get more than three strikes in one day, then you will be suspended
for one week minimum to one month maximum. If you get suspended more than
once, then you could possibly be fired. Strikes are reset daily.
If you get suspended, then it will hurt your chances at becoming promoted.
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Raymond D. Welchans, 92 of Farragut, died Oct. 31, 2013 at Grape Community Hospital in Hamburg. He was born on Aug. 29, 1921 in the Locust Grove Township of Fremont County to Martin Elmer and Rhoda Mae (McMullen) Welchans. He attended country school and later Farragut High School.
He entered the U.S. Navy on June 30, 1944 during World War II and was honorably discharged on Feb. 17, 1946. He was a Seabee.
He married Mary Ruth Merris in September of 1945 and later married ZoAnna D. Bain in December of 1967.
Raymond was a long-time farmer, electrician, and owned and operated Farragut Fertilizer for 25 years. He was a member of the Masons, Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Elks and a life-time member of the American Legion.
He is survived by wife ZoAnna Welchans of Farragut; children John Welchans and wife Lauraine of Farragut, Teresa Williams and significant other Perry of Council Bluffs, and Tracy Williams and wife Kris of Hamburg; eight grandchildren: Kathryn Murphy and husband Louis of Chandler, Ariz., Kevin Welchans and significant other Rachel of Ft. Collins, Colo., Craig Welchans of Essex, Kari Martin and husband Jim of Shenandoah, Jody Welchans of San Antonio, Texas, Kelly Jones and husband Steve of Council Bluffs, Jordan Williams and Taryn Williams, both of Thurman; eight great-grand children: Lucy, Henry, John, Lilly and Ruthie Martin, Kayden and Carson Welchans and Hunter Jones; daughter-in-law Clarice Welchans of Blessing, Texas; brother Wilber Welchans and wife Sarah of Riverton; other family and many friends.
He was preceded by son James Welchans, daughter Trudy Sorensen, grandson Jamie Welchans and brother Dale Welchans.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at the Farragut United Methodist Church with Rev. Bruce Hauswirth and Phil Wing officiating. Burial will follow the services at the Farragut Cemetery with military honors.
The family will greet friends from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 4, at the Shull-Gude Funeral Home in Riverton. A Masonic service will be held at 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the Shiner's Crippled Children's Fund or Farragut Fire Department.
Condolences may be left at www.gudefuneral homes.com.
Shull-Gude Funeral Home in Riverton is in charge of arrangements.
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One liver, but two lives saved
|Liver transplant patient Pamela Lawson, of Salina, talks with doctors Timothy M. Schmitt, far left, and Sean C. Kumer, September 25, 2012, at the University of Kansas Hospital. Lawson was one of the two recipients of a split-liver transplant. (Keith Myers/Kansas City Star/MCT)
At 1 a.m. Sept. 22, the phone rang. The hospital had a liver, but there was a catch: It was too large to fit into Lawson's 5-foot-4-inch, 129-pound body.
So her doctors had decided they would try an operation they said was a first for the Kansas City region. They would cut the liver in two, putting one lobe in Lawson and the other in another small woman needing a healthy liver.
"It's hard to turn down a perfect organ when you can modify it," said Timothy Schmitt, one of the two doctors who performed the dual surgery. "Transplant surgery is sometimes like MacGyver surgery; you make it work."
At any given time, 16,000 to 17,000 people across the country are waiting for a liver, and only about 6,000 are donated each year. The University of Kansas has 140 people waiting for liver transplants.
"Nationally, 10 to 12 percent of people needing a transplant die waiting for a liver," said Sean Kumer, the other doctor who with Schmitt performed the surgeries.
The procedures took six hours — fast for even one liver transplant. Usually, Schmitt said, a single liver transplant can take up to eight hours.
But these doctors have a lot of experience. Just before the Lawson surgery, they completed six liver transplants in five days.
Patient two in the Lawson transplant didn't want to be identified. She only wanted it known that she's 60 years old, from Kansas, and doing well.
Lawson had hoped but hadn't really expected to get a liver. She quickly agreed one lobe would work for her.
"I couldn't turn it down. I may never get another chance," Lawson said Tuesday from her hospital bed. "I've had my suitcase packed for months."
She confessed, though, that she'd said more than once to her husband, Roger, that a 64-year-old great-grandmother didn't stand much of a chance of getting the donor call with so many people, some of them children, waiting for transplants.
"I feel very, very lucky."
Splitting a liver when an adult organ becomes available and a child needs one is not uncommon. Transplant centers across the country have been doing that procedure for years, said Joel Newman, a spokesman for the United Network for Organ Sharing, a national allocation system that manages the donor-recipient connection. Many centers also do split-liver transplants from one adult to two adults fairly regularly. Last year, more than 200 split-liver transplants were done across the country.
"It is a means, even if it is not increasing the donor supply, of reducing the wait for a transplant," Newman said. "Multiple transplants can be done, so it's a way of getting the most possible transplants out of the existing donor supply."
Newman said it is not uncommon for a person to wait as long as two years for a transplant. The sickest patients go to the top of the list.
During the two-hour drive to the hospital that morning from her home in Salina, Kan., Lawson got nervous.
"Let's just turn around and go home," she told her husband.
"We were both just sick with nerves," Roger Lawson said. "I told her, 'No way. You got me up at 1 a.m. We are going.'"
His wife had been sick with liver cancer since December 2011. The cancer was a result of Hepatitis C, which Lawson had lived with for decades. She thinks she contracted the viral disease from a blood transfusion after a car wreck when she was 18. It attacked her system in early 2000. By the time she got on the transplant list, "my liver was shot," Lawson said. "There wasn't much of it left."
When her name and the name of the second transplant recipient popped up on the list, Kumer and Schmitt knew right away the liver they had was much too large to fit whole in either woman.
"We had gotten a high-quality liver," Kumer said. "That lends well to being split."
The donor was a young man "probably weighing twice as much as either of the women and maybe about a foot taller," Schmitt said.
Scalpel in hand, Schmitt cut the triangle-shaped liver in two. He was careful to be sure each woman would get enough of the organ — a person needs a liver 1.8 percent of their body weight — and that each lobe had good vessels for blood flow in and out, as well as bile drainage.
Schmitt said the risks associated with split-liver surgery are for the most part the same as any other liver transplant surgery.
"Both patients should do just fine as long as they take care of their organ — taking their medicines and doing their labs. The organ will take care of them."
Last year, the University of Kansas Hospital did 91 liver transplants and more than 100 kidney transplants. It also transplants pancreases.
"The next thing for us is a living donor transplant," in which surgeons remove the small lobe of someone's liver to give to a child, Schmitt said.
Lawson, an avid country western dancer with 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, is looking forward to getting back to the dance club where she and Roger are members.
The last time she went, about two years ago, she was in so much pain she could only sit and watch.
For now, Lawson said she's excited to get home and play with her new puppy. And, she said, "I've got lots of grandchildren who want their grandma."
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User Comments for Week 10 WR Rankings
Need 3. Roddie White, Vincent Jackson, Stevie Johnson, Kenny Brit ,Torrey Smith. Thanks
tmtaz 11/06/12 02:46 PM
Devery Henderson is a bum. Why is he even ranked at all?
myusernameexists 11/06/12 03:41 PM
dwayne bowe, brian hartline, or kyle williams
dhorva 11/06/12 05:11 PM
Id go white, jackson and smith unless u think johnson will be healthy than id go him over smith
need 1 PPR: Emanuel Sanders, Ryan Broyles or Donald Jones
Diesel0332 11/07/12 08:39 AM
How is Danario Alexander not ranked? Oversight.
thenatalieportmans 11/07/12 11:12 AM
@thenatalieportmans, We've added Danario Alexander (SD), but aren't high on him. Last week was his first action of the year, so we're cautious to draw conclusions from his 3 receptions for 61 yards vs the Chiefs. If the Chargers use him against the Bucs, we'll boost him in future weekly rankings.
FFToolbox 11/07/12 11:33 AM
Am i crazy to start brian hartline over dwayne bowe this week in my flex? my other option is shonn greene.
dhorva 11/07/12 01:42 PM
Crabtree or E. Sanders
kylerc03 11/07/12 02:22 PM
Amendola or Spiller in flex position? PPR league
Hgriff1 11/08/12 10:51 AM
Spiller for sure
moonwalker31 11/08/12 12:38 PM
PPR pick one 10 return yds = 1pt
T. Young, C. Shorts, or E. Sanders?
matteno 11/08/12 02:31 PM
I'd go Spiller over Amendola 110% sure on that one
Titus, Cecil, or Emmanuel? That's tough. Titus Young may be restricted by a knee injury if he plays -- stay tuned for updates on Friday. IF Titus goes, I look for a huge bounce-back game. The Minny run defense is too good, so they'll air it out, as they so often do. And Titus is the #2 behind Calvin, who's kinda banged up too, but local news here is saying he'll go. I don't like Cecil's QB, and Emmanuel has only started one game, but is the obvious #2 behind Mike Wallace as long as Brown is out. So I'd go with Titus -- if he's healthy.
jpweber 11/08/12 06:53 PM
Oops ... I feel bad about the Cecil Shorts call. I still say Titus has a nice bounce-back game. Also, Matthew Berry "loves" Danny Amendola, meaning he likes them better than other ESPN writers have him ranked. I still think Buf may be coming from behind on NE, and Spiller is a big part of their passing game.
jpweber 11/09/12 01:08 AM
Well Cecil didn't have much going for him until Chad Henne entered the game. Cecil seemed to be his favorite target, a trend to watch if Gabbert misses any time.
matteno 11/09/12 12:34 PM
Any idea why Randall Cobb isn't listed?
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Knights weather Messmer's late push
The final few minutes of Nicolet's 55-53 victory over Messmer in the first round of the WIAA boys basketball Division 2 basketball playoffs on Tuesday night were electric.
Trailing 44-34 at the start of the fourth quarter, the Bishops had battled their way back into contention and brought themselves to within one point on a three-point shot from Jonathan Carson, who finished with 16 points. Nicolet failed to convert several subsequent free-throw attempts, giving Messmer the opportunity to tie the game with just a few seconds left on the clock. Fortunately for the Knights, none of the Messmer players on the court could finish the crucial layup that would have sent the game into overtime. No one watching the fourth quarter could have guessed how the game had started, however.
The Knights absolutely flew out of the starting gates, and by the end of the first quarter, had taken a 19-6 lead.
"We had energy," said Nicolet's Corey Smith. "We have to want it and in order to win, we have to have a great start. At the start of the season, we were struggling. We were only scoring eight points in the first quarter. In order to win, we have to win every quarter."
The Knights had already jumped out to a 9-2 lead when Smith scored an old fashioned three-point play. Nicolet also implemented full court pressure that Messmer simply could not handle. Had it not been for Christopher Letherwood's steal and layup with under 10 seconds to go in the first, Messmer's only points of the quarter would have come from four of its seven free-throw attempts.» Read Full Article
Brown Deer blows lead but rallies past Shorewood
Brown Deer boys basketball coach Kelly Appleby called it "a tale of two halves" while Shorewood mentor Phil Jones liked the sense of character it brought out in his team.
At any rate, the Falcons blew a 21-point halftime lead, fell behind on several occasions in the fourth quarter and then got several big plays from the likes of senior forward Jamon Jackson-Wilson to edge area rival Shorewood, 66-64 in a WIAA Division 2 boys regional quarterfinal at Brown Deer Tuesday night.
"At the end, it was just the fact that we didn't want to go home yet," said Jackson-Wilson, who hit two critical free throws late and then blocked a three-point attempt from the Greyhounds' leading-scorer Deion Jackson-Body (30 points). "The good part of our games is that we can build big leads quickly.
"The bad part is is that we have a hard time holding it down. But we just couldn't go out like that."
With the win, the Falcons improved to 15-8 and will advance to a regional semifinal at second-seeded Milwaukee Washington (17-5) on Friday, while Shorewood ended its season 11-12.» Read Full Article
Lower interest rate to save district almost $9 million
The Brown Deer School District will save almost $9 million in projected interest costs on bonds issued for a building addition to Brown Deer High School and the remodeling of Brown Deer Middle School. The district plans to close and raze Dean School once the building projects are completed in 2013.
Voters in the district authorized a total of $22 million for the construction projects.
Finance Director Emily Koczela told the School Board tonight that FTN Financial Capital Markets was the low bidder for $10 million of general obligation bonds. The bonds have a 2.4 percent interest rate.
BOSC Inc. was the low bidder for $5 million of Qualified Zone Academy Bonds at an interest rate of 3.85 percent. The federal government pays the interest due on QZAB bonds; local taxpayers pay only the principal.
According to materials presented by consultant Robert W. Baird & Co., the principal and interest cost for the district will be $39,187,515 over 20 years instead of the $47,978,815 cost over 25 years as originally projected.
Brown Deer Police station opens new lobby
Demolition and remodeling of the lobby at the Brown Deer Police Station is done and the new lobby is now open for business from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday. The lobby will be closed on weekends and holidays.
Residents requiring police assistance should contact the Bayside Communication Center at (414) 351-9900. For administrative purposes, residents may continue to call (414) 371-2900 during business hours.
911 should still be used for emergency calls.
For additional information on the project, visit the village of Brown Deer website at browndeerwi.org.
Police called to quell disruptive bus riders in Glendale
A 16-year-old boy and brothers, 23 and 15, all of Milwaukee, were arrested for disorderly conduct on a bus in the 1800 block of West Silver Spring Drive at 7:15 p.m. Feb. 18.
According to the Glendale police report:
The driver called transit security when a group of about 40 juveniles were being disorderly. Security arrived and when the crowd would not settle down they called police and pointed out the three males for being the most disruptive.
The older brother admitted getting in the faces of security because they "had an attitude." He was arrested for possession of 0.7 grams of marijuana.
The 15-year-old was arrested for resisting an officer after pushing one as he got off the bus.» Read Full Article
Bayshore to cover costs for additional police services as needed
The owners of the Bayshore Town Center and the Glendale Police Department will partner in a Police Force Assistance Program that will provide enhanced department coverage at the Town Center on an as-needed basis during peak curfew time periods.
Under the agreement between the owners and city, Bayshore will reimburse the city for the additional services and police presence.
The officers will assist Bayshore security and ambassador staff in its enforcement of the center's Code of Conduct, according to the agreement provided the Common Council
Additional police officers would be stationed at the center in a marked squad car and will patrol key areas where youth are present. The agreement says they will engage youth when necessary.
The agreement will begin March 1 and expire April 30, 2013.
'Extended test drive' leads to arrest for car theft
A 43-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for theft of a 2010 Buick LaCrosse valued at $30,000 from Amato Nissan, 5200 N. Port Washington Road, the afternoon of Feb. 17.
The man told a salesperson he needed an "extended test-drive" to get a loan which was granted.
On Feb. 20, the dealership called police reporting they'd received a call from a probation officer and the man was now in custody and had admitted selling the car to buy drugs.
Police interviewed the suspect who told them he picked up a drug dealer early morning Feb. 18 near 25th and Wells and they drove to the 7600 block of North Fond du Lac Avenue where he sold the car for six or seven rocks of crack cocaine which he smoked.
Later that same day, he said he sold the car again for more crack cocaine which he again smoked. He then went to see his probation officer knowing he would not pass his urine test.» Read Full Article
Nicolet student cited, suspended for setting classmate's hair on fire
A 15-year-old Milwaukee boy was mailed a citation for disorderly conduct and given a five-day suspension after setting a girl's hair on fire at Nicolet High School at 2:20 p.m. Feb. 20.
According to the Glendale police report:
The girl said the boy attempted to hug her and when she pushed him away, he lit her hair on fire and she had to pull out chunks of her burning hair.
The boy said the whole thing was an accident — that he was just playing with the lighter when she got too close because he would "never hurt a girl's hair because he knows how important hair is to a female."
Bay girls hold off Nicolet, in position for share of NSC crown
Ask Whitefish Bay senior guard Lindsey Agnew about what it was like when she had to miss the first game this season with Nicolet because of injury back in January, a 40-34 defeat that was the first of the year for the Blue Dukes and put them in chase mode for the North Shore Conference lead?
"Oh, that just about killed me," she said. "You have no idea how hard that was."
Now ask her what it was like to hit two clutch hoops and a big free throw down the stretch as the Blue Dukes held off Nicolet, 38-35, Friday night and pulled into a share of the North Shore lead with the Knights and Grafton with just one game to play.
"In four years here, we've never beaten Nicolet," she said after scoring a team-high 16 points. "We played so hard just to get them this once. We've talked about the conference title a lot. About how it hasn't happened in six years and how nice it would feel."
"It's great to have this chance."» Read Full Article
Whitnall warming house open; county sledding hills ready for action
The Whitnall Park warming house and sledding area are open until 8 p.m. today. Cross-country ski trails will be open, and ski rentals will be available in the concessions area of the warming house. Normal weekend hours for the warming house will be in effect this weekend with Saturday hours from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Other winter activities to take advantage of are downhill skiing at Crystal Ridge Ski Resort, starting tonight from 5 to 10 p.m. Door County Sled dogs, providing authentic rides will also be open for normal weekend hours starting Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For information, call the Door County Sled Dog hotline at (414) 967-9677.
All Milwaukee County Parks sledding hills will be in full operation today.
Lighted sledding hills for day or night-time fun (lights will be on tonight):
Currie Park, 3535 N. Mayfair Road, lit until 9 p.m.» Read Full Article
GT boys finish unbeaten regular season, down stubborn HHS, 79-71
The important initial goals have all been ticked off the list for the Germantown boys basketball team.
Unbeaten regular season at 22-0.
Unbeaten North Shore Conference title 14-0.
Fifth North Shore title in six years.
It was also another game to be played, to be enjoyed, to be savored.» Read Full Article
Mequon asks We Energies to split cost of trail improvements
The Mequon Common Council tabled a proposal to rebuild a segment of the Ozaukee Interurban Trail near the We Energies electric substation south of Bonniwell Road on Tuesday. The total estimated cost of the relocation is $321,048, with 80 percent covered by a Wisconsin Department of Transportation Enhancement Grant and 20 percent coming from the city.
The city has asked We Energies to split that 20 percent cost and will wait for an answer before making a final decision.
Two aldermen, Dan Abendroth and Dale Mayr, appeared opposed to the project, saying it was too expensive.
The Ozaukee Interurban Advisory Council and the Mequon-Thiensville Bike and Pedestrian Committee both have identified the area for upgrades because of safety concerns. Between 175 to 325 people use the trail daily, according to a recent count.
The path crosses directly in front of gates into the substation, which is used by We Energies employees and vehicles two to five times a day. Perhaps a greater concern for those who bike on the path is the steep grade and two reverse curves that make east/south bound riding a challenge. Loose gravel at the bottom of the hill near the gate to the substation can heighten the danger for those on bikes.» Read Full Article
Shorewood Village Board OK's initiative designed to assist seniors
The Shorewood Village Board on Tuesday approved a program designed to assist senior citizens.
With backing by the village's Elder Services Advisory Board, elected officials approved an initiative known as Home Sweet Home. Administered by the Shorewood Senior Resource Center, the program will give seniors the ability to stay in a home as they age.
The SRC will pilot the program initially and could make tweaks over time. As proposed, Home Sweet Home will give residents the opportunity to have a volunteer survey the home and assist in obtaining adaptive equipment, including chair lifts and other related accessories throughout a home.
The goal, according to SRC officials, is for elderly residents to remain independent as long as possible in the residence of their choice.
Larson edged out in Mequon-Thiensville School Board primary
Roman Larson was eliminated as a candidate in the Mequon-Thiensville School Board race.
Results from Tuesday's primary are as follows:
Gary Laev - 1,695
Stephanie Clark - 1,683
Cheryle Rebholz - 1,652» Read Full Article
Read eliminated in Thiensville trustee race
Thiensville voters narrowed the field to four candidates for two vacant seats on the Village Board in the April 3 election, eliminating the fifth candidate, William Read, in Tuesday's primary election.
In unofficial results, challenger Ken Kucharski led the group with 289 votes followed by incumbents Don Molyneux, 196, and Toni Ihler at 188. Kim Beck had 174 votes and will be the fourth candidate. Read garnered 160 votes.
Mequon approves two tax incremental finance districts
Hoping to spur redevelopment in its commercial corridor along North Port Washington Road, the Common Council on Tuesday approved two rehabilitation and conservation tax incremental finance districts.
TIF districts allow municipalities to create set districts for redevelopment. Taxing bodies within the district agree to forgo taxes that are greater than those in place at the time of the district's creation to be used toward the cost of development. Those taxes are called the tax increment and, in the case of the pay-as-you-go districts, will be used as incentives for developers and for any public project costs.
TIF 4 has irregular boundaries along Port Washington Road, beginning just south of Mequon Road and ending at Baldwin Court. Most of the property on the east side of the street is in the district but a number of newer properties on the west side of the street are not.
On the east side, The Pavilion, Steins and the Feed Bag are among the properties. On the west side, the Ace Hardware store is included.
TIF 5 starts at roughly Greenbrier Drive on the north and extends south to a point between Zedler and Fiesta Lanes where Port Washington Road crosses Interstate 43.» Read Full Article
Dominican's guards too quick for Bay girls, 51-41
When Dominican guard Dilonna Johnson emerged from the Knights lockerroom in the first quarter after rolling her ankle during warm-ups Tuesday night, coach Kevin Schramka felt an instant flashback.
"I know it's going to sound incredibly old, but it was like Willis Reed (of the New York Knicks) coming out of the tunnel for that playoff game (in the 1970s)," he said. "If she and the trainer felt she could than she would. She came out to the bench and she said 'I'm ready' and I said 'Go in!'"
And all the D1 college recruit did was help the Knights break open a close game with 13 second-quarter points, including three, three-pointers, as Dominican held off stubborn village rival Bay, 51-41, in a high-level girls nonconference game.
"They taped it up and she kept going," said Schramka, "and it was something. "Defenders fall off of her (outside the three-point arc) and they let her get squared up.That's when she's at her best."
Johnson would finish with 18 points, one of three Knights in double figures, as they worked their way towards their 14th straight victory. They are the third-ranked team in state D3 polls and improved to 18-1 overall.» Read Full Article
Scooter-riding woman cited for trespassing in Shorewood
A 69-year-old Shorewood woman was mailed a citation for trespassing after riding a motorized scooter in the 3800 block of North Bartlett Avenue at 5:40 p.m. Feb. 18.
According to the Shorewood police report:
A resident saw the woman riding the scooter in the alley behind the home.
The woman stopped, entered the yard, took two flower pots and rode off with them. Police were called and the woman was stopped and the pots returned.
She denied taking the pots saying, "I'm sorry. I'm Russian."
Whitefish Bay delays decision on memorial proposed for Buckley Park
Concerned about a loss of open space, Whitefish Bay trustees want to talk more about a gift proposed for Buckley Park. The family of Geoffrey Farnsworth has offered to build a circular seating wall in the park. The wall would seat up to 12 people. Farnsworth, a Whitefish Bay Middle School teacher and coach, died last summer.
The plan for the wall was presented to the Village Board at its previous meeting. On Monday, the board deferred any action on the plan after several nearby residents objected, saying the seating area would decrease the open recreational area in the park.
The board directed Village Manager Patrick DeGrave to talk with the Farnsworth family about the donation, suggesting that another location, such as the middle school or Schoolhouse Park, might allow the village to maintain the open space while also permitting the family to give what several trustees called a generous gift.
Hand-held mobile devices to be allowed in Bayside Middle School upper grades
Bayside Middle School students in grades 7 and 8 will soon have an opportunity to bring iPhones, iPads and other mobile electronic devices to class in limited instances.
The Fox Point-Bayside School Board on Monday approved a pilot initiative for the upper-level middle-schoolers known as Bring Your Own Device. The policy is optional and will require parents sign a permission slip.
District Administrator Rachel Boechler said the effort could have a number of benefits, including increasing student enthusiasm for learning and using 21st Century tools to augment traditional classroom activities. Teachers will be empowered to determine when mobile devices will be allowed in class.
The policy, to be enacted in the near future, will run through the end of the school year. Boechler will meet with the School Board this summer to discuss how the pilot went, and decisions on its future will be made at that time.
Whitefish Bay commissions a model for sanitary and storm sewer infrastructure
Donohue and Associates will combine all existing data collected during its study of the village sanitary and storm sewers and utility data collected by the village for its geographical mapping system to create a three-dimensional model to aid the Village Board in its development of a final plan to upgrade its storm and sanitary sewer systems.
The model will lay out storm and sewer improvements for the 500 year storm, the highest level of protection suggested in the Donohue report.
The model will show where there are potential conflicts that would result from that proposal and help staff determine if Level 3 protection is feasible.
"The board is committed to as much protection as physically feasible and financially possible," said Trustee Jim Roemer, running the meeting in the absence of Village President Julie Siegel.
Village Manager Patrick DeGrave said the report would let the village determine what is physically possible.» Read Full Article
Case dismissed against Shorewood teen in infant death
A judge Monday dismissed a delinquency petition against a 17-year-old Shorewood girl who, having given birth to a boy in her bathtub, hid his body in her bedroom and eventually buried him in a flower bed behind her house.
The case, Children's Court Judge Karen Christenson said, turned on the issue of intent: The law required the state to prove not only that the girl concealed the infant's birth, but also that she did so with the specific intent of keeping officials from determining if the child was born dead or alive.
While the girl unquestionably tried to conceal the birth, Christenson said, she may have acted simply to avoid alienating her friends or disappointing her mother.
The girl told police that the baby was conceived in early winter of 2010, around the time of her 16th birthday. She said that although she did not gain weight or feel sick, she began to suspect she was pregnant in July 2011.
She said "she found it hard to move around," the petition says, "but was far too busy and didn't have time to worry about anything too much."» Read Full Article
Bay defense stifles Homestead boys, gives Germantown outright NSC title
On the one hand, it was a signature win for the defending WIAA State D2 champion Whitefish Bay boys basketball team Friday night, full of intense defense and timely buckets.
On the other hand, it was a signature failure by Homestead, which had a chance to go into next Thursday's regular season finale with undefeated Germantown still with a chance at a share of the North Shore Conference title.
Instead the Highlanders now find themselves in a fight just to stay alone in second in the NSC after turning the ball over in droves and clanging free throws by the score.
In short, the physical, basket-defying 45-31 victory for the Blue Dukes was one strange way for both teams to go into Saturday's WIAA sectional seeding meetings.
"We needed that," said Blue Duke coach Kevin Lazovik. "We've been working hard in practice. Good intense work on our defensive assignments. We did a great job of fighting through screens and getting after their shooters."» Read Full Article
Wisth withdraws from School Board race
Brown Deer School Board candidate Kevin Wisth has withdrawn from the School Board race. Wisth said his work schedule changed unexpectedly, forcing him to reconsider running for the board.
"I want to thank anyone who encouraged me to run and had an interest in my candidacy," he said. "I think it is only fair to let people know that I have to withdraw."
Wisth served five years on the board and lost a bid for re-election in April 2011.
Wisth's withdrawal leaves four candidates running for three seats.
Glendale fire damage estimate is $15,000
An electrical malfunction in a basement office at a Glendale home in the 5700 block of N.. Milwaukee River Parkway was the likely cause of a fire reported to dispatchers at 8:58 a.m. today.
First arriving crews found moderate smoke coming from the front door of the residence and found a working fire in the basement of the home. Crews made an aggressive interior fire attack and were able to quickly extinguish the fire.
Two occupants and three dogs were safely evacuated from the home without injury.
Damage, estimated at $15,000, was confined primarily to the basement of the home. There were no injuries to any fire personnel operating at the scene.
Fire crews reported hearing smoke detectors sounding on the first floor of the home when they made entry. However, no working smoke detectors were found in the basement of the home. For this reason, residents were not afforded the early detection possible had the basement detectors been operational.» Read Full Article
Village to apply for State Trust Fund loans
River Hills will apply for two State Trust Fund loans. The first loan for $405,598 would refinance an existing unfunded pension liability trust fund loan, reducing the interest rate from 5.25 percent to 3.5 percent. The second loan for $575,689 at 3 percent interest would finance capital program in the village for 2012. The Village Board approved the applications tonight.
Proposed chicken ordinance defeated in Fox Point
debating the issue for four months, the Fox Point Village Board on Tuesday nixed a proposal that, if enacted, would have allowed residents to keep chickens in narrowly defined instances.After
The vote to move forward with an ordinance was defeated on a 4-2 vote.
Village President Mike West and Trustee Bill Warner voted in favor of the ordinance. Trustees Beverly Bell, F. R. Dengel III, Douglas Frazer and Christine Symchych voted against it. Trustee Eric Fonstad was not present at the meeting.
In October, Residents Jeff and Kara Ziebelman came before the Village Board and requested officials consider allowing chickens, citing similar communities - including the city of Milwaukee - that have adopted an ordinance.
Concordia to build three-story parking garage
The parking crunch at Concordia University is expected to ease with the construction of a three-story 700-stall parking garage on the northwest corner of the campus. The Mequon Plan Commission approved the building tonight against the recommendation of staff. The building will be the first parking structure in the city.
City staff, while supporting the need for additional parking, objected to the removal of 40 specimen trees in the proposed location for the garage. Staff suggested building it elsewhere on the main campus.
The university did not support the other locations because it has plans for academic or athletic facilities in those areas.
The parking garage will be located between Lake Shore Drive and the football stadium and will include a new press box for the stadium.
University President Patrick Ferry told the commission that the university had consulted with neighbors who earlier had opposed plans for a parking garage south of Highland Road. Using a consultant, he said the university worked hard to find a solution to its parking problems that met its needs and would be supported by neighbors.» Read Full Article
Glendale-River Hills School Board denies residents' request to join Maple Dale-Indian Hill district
Citing concerns about setting a precedent, the Glendale-River Hills School Board on Monday voted to deny five petitioners' requests to secede from the K-8 district and join the Maple Dale-Indian Hill district.
The petitioners live in the 400 and 500 blocks of West Calumet Road on the south side of the street in the city of Glendale. The residents requested the boundary changes in an effort to keep the entire neighborhood consistent. Residents on the north side of Calumet are within Maple Dale-Indian Hill's boundaries, based on a map drawn up in the 1950s.
Glendale-River Hills board members gave a number of reasons for their denial, including an adverse financial impact on the district and the potential for setting a precedent. There are other streets throughout the Nicolet community that are split between K-8 feeder districts.
Had the Glendale-River Hills board approved the petition, the issue would have gone on to the Maple-Dale Indian Hill School Board later this week.
Glendale-River Hills School Board members' salaries remain flat
The Glendale-River Hills School Board on Monday voted to maintain the same salaries for the upcoming year.
The board president will receive $600 for the year; all other members will earn $540 for the year.
The compensation structure, reviewed annually, has been in place for a number of years.
Mother of slain Brown Deer man speaks out
The mother of slain Naperville, Ill., teacher Shaun Wild of Brown Deer tells WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) that she is trying to stay positive and is thankful for the support of her son's friends.
Read more here.
Gess withdraws from School Board race
David Gess will not run for Shorewood School Board. Gess said he has realized since filing his papers the he is unable to commit the time needed to do justice to the position." His withdrawal leaves one candidate, David Cobb, running for the position now held by Paul Zovic. Zovic announced in December that he would not seek re-election.
Traffic and Safety Committee meeting postponed
Due to the memorial service this evening for Shaun Wild, the meeting of the Traffic and Safety Committee scheduled for 7 p.m. has been postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date.
Memorial for Brown Deer teacher murdered in Illinois
BROWN DEER - A man from Brown Deer was to be remembered by his hometown Thursday.
Shaun Wild was killed over the weekend while trying to break up a bar fight near Chicago.
His memorial service has been scheduled for 7:00 p.m. at Brown Deer High School.
Those who grew up with him were in shock, and his family and friends call his murder senseless.
"I've known Shaun since kindergarten," explained Andrew Schwark, a friend of Wild's.» Read Full Article
Two lanes of I-43 closed due to crash
GLENDALE - Milwaukee County Sheriff's deputies have gone to the scene of a two-car crash that has brought about the closure of two lanes of a freeway in Glendale.
Authorities closed the middle and right lanes of I-43 southbound near Silver Spring Drive because of the crash.
The crash happened at about 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
There was no initial word on any injuries.
Shorewood board agrees to fill deputy police chief, building inspector positions
The Shorewood Village Board on Monday authorized staff members to move forward and fill two currently vacant positions: lead building inspector and deputy police chief.
The deputy police chief position was created 16 months ago amid Police Chief Dave Banaszynski's reorganization of staffing within the department. Terry Zimmerman, then a lieutenant on the force, was promoted to the position, and retired in December.
Banaszynski said there are a number of virtues to having a deputy police chief position, including a distinct chain of command, maintaining departmental continuity and allowing for sergeants to be back on the street - a scenario that was not always possible without the position.
The lead building inspector hire is part of an overall reorganization to the planning and development department. Responsibilities for the position will be absorbed by two currently vacant inspection positions within the department.
Homestead hangs on to beat Tokoto, Falls, 71-69, in OT
With about a minute to go in overtime Tuesday night, a fan on the Menomonee Falls side of the Homestead Fieldhouse rubbed his hands eagerly and said:
'It's a man's game now, no little kids allowed!"
And that thought was the correct one this evening, as in a high-profile nonconference boys basketball game with WIAA sectional seeding implications, Homestead got two free throws with 5.5 seconds to go from guard LaMonte' Bearden to pull off a thrilling, 71-69 overtime decision over the Indians.
In doing so, the Highlanders improved to 16-2 overall whiile Falls, which had won five in a row and eight of its last 11 (nine of 11 without a forfeit), fell to 9-8.
A game like this late in the season is just all part of the plan, according to Highlander coach Marquis Hines.» Read Full Article
Whitefish Bay to seek Bird City USA designation
Whitefish Bay is the latest community in Wisconsin looking to become a Bird City USA community, with backing by the Whitefish Bay Garden Club and Whitefish Bay Civic Foundation.
Bird City USA is Bayside-based organization that was created a year ago through participation with the Milwaukee Audubon Society. It is designed to promote bird conservation by working with member municipalities to examine best practices for bird habitats.
Designees hold a ceremonial event that includes a plaque presentation and educational events. To qualify, a municipality needs to pay $100 annually and go through a comprehensive application process.
The Village Board approved moving forward with the application process Monday with the caveat the membership fee be split in thirds between the Garden Club, Civic Foundation and the village's operating budget.
Public hearing on JCC proposal planned next month
Whitefish Bay residents will have an opportunity to weigh in on several proposed changes at the Karl Jewish Community Campus at a public hearing next month.
The Village Board on Monday voted to move the plans forward to the public hearing level, with members of that board and the Plan Commission jointly overseeing the event.
JCC officials are requesting eight operational and structural changes at the campus, 6423 N. Santa Monica Blvd. The list includes proposed fencing on the back field of the property, increasing the number of permissible annual special events on the campus from 12 to 20 and requesting up to 30 events, including wedding receptions, be allowed to function until 1 a.m., as opposed to the current 11 p.m. cut-off time.
The public hearing will be held at 6 p.m. March 19 at a venue to be announced.
Brown Deer Village Board denies beer, wine licenses
The Brown Deer Village Board decided to stick with precedent and deny a request for licenses to sell packaged beer and wine at a new variety store, Shop on Sherman.
Previous requests for similar licenses at two convenience stores and at Walgreens have been turned down, Trustee Jeff Baker noted, and he did not support breaking with that precedent. His colleagues agreed, leading to a 7-0 vote to deny the licenses.
Driver pleads guilty in hit-and-run crash that killed couple
A man with a history of drunken driving convictions pleaded guilty Monday to a hit-and-run crash that killed a Brown Deer couple in Mequon last year.
Daniel J. Fagan, 36, was charged in January 2011 with two counts of homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle and two counts of hit-and-run resulting in death for a crash that killed Emiliya Krol, 69, and her husband, Leonid Krol, 72 as they walked in the 4700 block of W. County Line Road.
At a hearing in Ozaukee County Circuit Court, prosecutors agreed to dismiss the negligent operation counts in exchange for the guilty pleas to the hit-and-run counts.
Over his attorney's objections, Fagan, who had been free on $50,000 bail, was taken into custody Monday pending his sentencing next month. Prosecutors plan to recommend he be sent to prison for 12 years, followed by 13 years of extended supervision.
Shorewood girl faces hearing in death of newborn
A delinquency hearing will be held Feb. 20 for a 17-year-old Shorewood girl who investigators say gave birth to a boy in her bathtub and buried him in a flower bed beside her house, a judge ordered Monday.
The girl is charged in a delinquency petition with one count of concealing the death of a child.
According to the petition:
The girl told police that the infant was conceived in early winter of 2010, around the time of her 16th birthday. She said that although she did not gain weight or feel sick, she began to suspect she was pregnant in July 2011.
She said "she found it hard to move around," the petition says, "but was far too busy and didn't have time to worry about anything too much."» Read Full Article
Shorewood considers prospects at ex-Catholic Life building
The former headquarters of Catholic Family Life Insurance is among possible future development sites in Shorewood, according to village officials.
The 50,200-square-foot office building, at 1572 E. Capitol Drive, was left vacant after Catholic Family was merged into the larger Catholic Knights, based at 1100 W. Wells St., in Milwaukee.
Both groups were fraternal organizations that offer life insurance, annuities and other financial products and benefits to members. The merged organization is now known as Catholic Financial Life.
Village officials hope to see some type of development, or new tenants for the building, said Chris Swartz, village manager. He spoke at a Friday meeting of the village Community Development Authority's board, which was reviewing possible future development sites.
The building is listed for lease or sale by local brokerage firm Cassidy Turley Barry, according to commercial real estate Web site Loopnet.com. The listing price is $2.45 million.
Illinois stabbing victim was athlete, scholar from Brown Deer
The victim of a stabbing in Illinois was remembered Sunday as a multi-sport athlete at Brown Deer High School and a great student and leader.
Shaun Wild, 24, a second-grade teacher for a Naperville, Ill., school, was stabbed to death, apparently after an altercation at a Naperville bar early Saturday.
Wild, who graduated from North Central College in December, had recently started teaching second grade at Spring Brook Elementary School in Naperville.
He played football at North Central - he was the team's punter - and also played football for four years at Brown Deer High School, said his coach there, Rob Green.
"His junior and senior years, we won back to back conference titles in the Parkland conf, and he was our quarterback and our punter," Green said. He also played first base and pitched on the school's baseball team and was a hurdler on the track team. He was in the National Honor Society and won a statewide award as a student-athlete.» Read Full Article
New officers introduced in Bayside
Bayside Police Chief Bruce Resnick introduced two new officers to the Village Board this week. Officer Gina Kleeba, sworn in on Jan. 2, is now attending the Police Academy. Kleeba was a village dispatcher prior to being sworn in. She will be back in the village in about three months when her schooling is completed. Resnick said he misses her computer skills and will be happy to see her back.
Cory Fuller, who speaks both French and Spanish, is the other addition to the department. Fuller spent a year teaching in France, Resnick said. While his French language skills might not be needed often, Resnick said his Spanish will likely be a help to the department. Fuller is on-the-road under the supervision of a training officer while he does his field training.
Brown Deer gunshot victim stable
Brown Deer Police say they anticipate a review of charges by Friday against a 20-year-old Brown Deer man who is a suspect in a shooting that took place in a village residence Tuesday morning. A 24-year-old Brown Deer man who was shot is in stable condition at Froedtert Hospital.
Police Tuesday said the victim was driven to St. Mary's Ozaukee after being shot in the leg/pelvic area. Hospital staff via Mequon Police notified local police of the injury. The suspect, with his attorney, later came to the village police station and turned himself in.
Police said he has been booked and taken to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility.


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CNN-Pennsylvania's state Supreme Court on Thursday took up a controversial case over the state's new voting law, which requires voters to furnish a photo ID before casting their ballots.
Court spokesman Art Heinz said the case, which is an appeal from a lower court's August 15 decision which upheld the law, is not expected to be resolved by Thursday.
At the heart of matter is whether the new requirement will disenfranchise voters during an election season that has already seen a series of high-profile legal challenges over voting procedures.
The law's opponents say the measure undermines potential voters and was passed without sufficient evidence of prior identity fraud.
Its proponents argue that the law instead strengthens voting procedures and protects against potential fraud.
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IPAs like Bear Republic's Racer 5 and Coronado Brewing Company's Islander IPA have a distinct guava-like scent and flavor character. Is there a particular variety of hops that produces this, or is it a yeast or some more complex combination?
What you're tasting is the distinct flavor of west-coast hops. Most people liken it to a citrus, grapefruit, or sometimes orange peel aroma and flavor. You might be getting guava from the combination of tangy hops and a sweet, sugar-cookie base from the malt.
Racer 5 uses Centennial, Chinook, Cascade, and Columbus hops. I've heard that Islander IPA uses Centennial Hops, among others.
Amarillo and Cascade are generally regarded as having the most citrus-like flavors. To a lesser extent, Simcoe, Summit, and Chinook will have those qualities.
I think you'll find that brewing with any of the above, particularly Cascade or Columbus, and use heavy doses of late boil hops, along with some dry hopping, your beers will have the same nose and taste.
There is not a lot of information about the Islander IPA but Bear Republic uses Chinook, Cascade, Columbus and Centennial. My guess is that what you are associating with guava is the citrus/fruity character of Centennial and Cascade, although I'm sure there is a combination of all four. The aroma and flavor of centennial reminds me if mandarin oranges in beers like Bell's Two Hearted. The Chinook and Columbus will add some piney notes along with some citrus.
My buddy did a Pliny the Elder clone but he used 100% Simcoe. This thing came out like an orange bomb in the nose! It was actually really great. Simcoes can be hard to find if they're not in season though. I'm not even sure if Hopshack or other such places have them (and unfortunately can't check b/c my work's internet blocks them!)
I have brewed and ipa using magnum for bitering and tons of centennial and cascade hops, the result was a very heavy mango flavored ipa.
This is the first time I used centennial, so I'm assuming this hop provided the mango flavor.
Hope this help.
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MOSAIC, MOSAIC, MOSAIC! It can range in flavor, but in some beers I've tried it had a ton of guava flavor and aroma.
I recently brewed an almost 100% Mosaic American wheat (50/50 wheat and two-row), with a little Magnum for bittering plus several later flavoring and aroma additions of Mosaic (.5 oz @15min, 1oz @knockout, plus 1 oz Mosaic dry-hop 3 days). It had a ton of guava aroma and flavor. I used chico ale yeast to get a clean profile and let the hops shine through.
That said, a few years ago when this was asked, Mosaic probably wasn't being used and probably isn't in Racer 5. You can get tropical flavors from other hops, especially when layering several varieties (see below).
Old answer from a couple years ago, before I had tried mosaic:
The aroma you're getting is usually referred to as tropical or tropical fruits. It's related to the grapefruit which is common in citrusy American hops, but it's not the same. If you google around for it you might find some info, but most of these hops will just be listed as "citrusy".
Layering several different American hops - amarillo, centennial, cascade, columbus, etc - may give you this effect.
Brandon nailed it for Racer 5. There's also a new variety of hops on the scene that you might want to try: Citra hops. They're also tropical fruity and new enough that it will make people wonder which hops you brewed with.
I recently bought a pound of the experimental HBC-342. There characterized as being melony and tropical. I'd say they had a bit of a guava flavor.
Might be something that you want to look into.
Totally agree with Mosaic. I used them last year in a Mango Wheat and the combination was awesome, nice sweet aroma for the Mango flavor. Did well in a local competition.
I used Mosaic in a coconut IPA I just took off gas for the same reason and switched from Mosaic to Amarillo for a grapefruit IPA Shandy. Happy I did as I was blanking on the guava/melon sweetness of Mosaic when I originally built the recipe. The Amarillo is working well with it.
I would put money on Mosaic in this case as a key in the guava note.


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We recently went through the wreath product in my group theory class, but the definition still seems a bit unmotivated to me. The two reasons I can see for it are 1) it allows us to construct new groups, and 2) we can use it to reconstruct imprimitive group actions. Are there any applications of the wreath product outside of pure group theory?
Even within Group Theory, wreath products have more interests than you note; I'll give a couple below. But to answer your question, though perhaps not very satisfactorily, you can define wreath products of semigroups in precisely the analogous way as you do for groups. Semigroups are closely related to (and key to understanding) automata theory (which itself has many applications), and wreath products can play an important role in the study and construction of come automata.
I say it may not be very satisfying, because it sounds as if I'm saying "Sure! It has lots of applications in "pure semi group theory!"...
But within Group Theory, one very important property of wreath products is the theorem of Kaloujnine and Krasner:
Theorem. Let $H$ and $K$ be any groups. If $G$ is an extension of $H$ by $K$ (that is, $G$ contains a normal subgroup $N$ such that $N\cong H$ and $G/N\cong K$), then $G$ is isomorphic to a subgroup of the wreath product $H\wr K$. That is, $H\wr K$ contains isomorphic copies of every extension of $H$ by $K$.
In principle, if you understand all simple groups and you understand all possible extensions of two given groups (in terms of the groups, perhaps), then you understand all finite groups. Though this "in principle" is hopeless in practice, it can be useful in specific circumstances.
For instance, the iterated wreath product of $\mathbf{Z}_p$ with itself plays an important role in the study of $p$-groups, and is associated to the $p$-Sylow subgroups of symmetric groups.
It's not exactly an application, but the Rubik Cube group provides some insight into the reason why wreath products are interesting and natural objects to study.
The cube has 8 corner cubies each with three faces, and 12 edge corner cubies each with 2 faces. If you imagine all permutations of the faces of the corner cubies that permute the cubies and may also rotate them through 120 or 240 degrees, then you get a group $C$ which is the (permutation) wreath product of a cyclic group of order 3 and the symmetric group $S_8$, and $|C| = 3^88!$. Simiarly the group $E$ of permutations of the faces of the edge cubies that permute the cubies and may also flip them through 180 degrees is the wreath product of a cyclic group of order 2 and $S_{12}$ and has order $2^{12}12!$.
The Rubik Cube group itself is a subgroup $G$ of the direct product $C \times E$. It turns out that only $1/12$ of the possible permutations in $C \times E$ are attainable without taking the cube to pieces and reconstructing it, so $G$ has index 12 in $C \times E$.
The Lamplighter group is a nice group constructed via the wreath product. It is an example of a group of exponential growth which is still amenable and the notion of amenability is not pure group theory anymore.
(Iterated) wreath products have been recently used to construct a new kind of Galois representation. An arboreal Galois representation is a continuous homomorphism from the absolute Galois group of a field to the automorphism group of a rooted tree. Such representations occur naturally in arithmetic dynamics, when one starts with a fixed polynomial or rational function and considers its iterates under composition.
This paper of Boston and Jones gives a nice introduction to this subject.
I don't have much knowledge about Automata theory, but here is a paper, which presents, application of Wreath Products to Rational Languages.
Consider the permutational wreath product to prove two classical theorems in groups theory.
First, given an action $G\times R\to R$ we mean a map $(g,r)\mapsto\ ^gr$ which satisfy:
a) $^1r=r$
b) $^{gh}r=\ ^g(^hr)$,
c) $^g(rs)=\ ^gr ^gs$.
So we can define $R\rtimes G$ as the group with undelying set $R\times G$ and the operation $$(r,g)(s,h)=(r\ ^gs,gh).$$ The $R\rtimes G$ is called the semidirect product of $R,G$.
Now assume that there is a left action $\Sigma\times G\to\Sigma$ specified by $(x,g)\mapsto xg$.
Let $A$ be a group, and let us denote with $A^{\Sigma}$ the set $\{f:\Sigma\to A\}$ that with operation $f_1f_2(x)=f_1(x)f_2(x)$, the set $A^{\Sigma}$ is group naturally.
So we can have an action $$G\times A^{\Sigma}\to A^{\Sigma},$$ by $$^gf(x)=f(xg).$$
With this, the permutational wreath product is defined by $$A\wr G=A^{\Sigma}\rtimes G.$$
This is exploited to prove the Nielsen - Schreier and Kurosh's subgroups theorems by employing the functorial properties of $\wr$,
To prove the Nielsen - Schreier's theorem, for example, one is conduced to consider the universal property definition for free groups, then compelling us to seek a diagram:
to find a unique $\overline{\alpha}$ for each $\alpha$ and each $G$ which makes the diagram commutative: i.e. $\alpha=\overline{\alpha}\circ i$, where $B$ is a set of transversals of $F$ module $H$.
The solution is encoded taking in consideration a diagram which look like:
where naturally $$\overline{\alpha}=\pi_G\circ\alpha\!\wr\!\rho H\circ \varphi|_U,$$ is the desired extension, and where $\Sigma$ are the right cosets $H\setminus G$ and $\rho: F\to S_{\Sigma}$ is an associated permutation representation of $F$ in the symmetric group of $\Sigma$.
I just came across this and I wanted to add that One-relator groups and One-relator products have been studied extensively and still many open conjectures left. More generally, one tries to find solution to an equation in an over-group. Here is a thoerem involving Wreath product due to Levin:
T H E O R E M . Let $G$ be an arbitrary group, $C = gp(c)$ be a cyclic group of order $n$. A solution of equation $xa_0xa_1 ... xa_{n-i}= 1$, $a_i\in G$ is given by $c^{-1}f \in G Wr C$, where $f(c^i)=a_i^{-1}$ , $i= 1,...,n-1.$


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I am using this light weight setup and am wonder is this happening to others. My UR-E20 is touching the knob.
I can adjust it to be like the following, just missing both ends...
but the 2nd settings will take a picture with the lower rail in it., yes yes a nadir will remove it but am wondering the setup for now first. I tried using the full NN3 setup:
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Harry D. Wedel, 87, of Durham died Monday. He was born Feb. 14, 1925, to C.C. and Helen (Ratzloff) Wedel in rural Moundridge.
He was a farmer and road maintenance worker. He married Lela Jantz on Dec. 21, 1947, in Livingston, Calif.
He is survived by his wife, Lela Wedel of Durham; six daughters, Sheryle Rhodes of Tampa, Jane Unruh of Lehigh, Donita Rhodes of Tampa, Jenalee Becker of Canton, Karleen Koehn of Galva, and Karletta Wiebe of Tampa; a brother, Arthur Wedel of Tampa; 21 grandchildren; and 37 great-grandchildren.
Services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday at Morning Star Church, rural Tampa. Burial will be in Logan Township Cemetery, rural Tampa. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the church.
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I would like to cook a meal, but i have no clue about cooking. Is there some kind of an app (smartphone / ipad) that would guide me through the process of cooking a specific meal? Step by step like in kindergarten.
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DURHAM, N.C. - Steubenville Catholic Central graduate Teddi Jo Maslowski knew when she headed to Duke to run track and be a pre-med major she would learn some new events.
Maslowski was being thrown into the heptathlon and was ready for it.
"I can't even begin to describe how much I love the heptathlon," she said. "I love the training, the mindset, the other athletes whom I compete with, and balancing all the event training. The hardest part about learning the heptathlon isn't learning all the events - we're all physically athletic enough to learn them with hours on hours of daily coaching. The mental aspect of the heptathlon is the hardest skill to learn.
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"Everyone handles it differently, but I try to see each event and each attempt within each event as totally separate. I am far from being perfect or even successful at this, but being conscious of it and working toward that in practice is what matters most. Take the second and third event of my most recent heptathlon, for example.
"High jump was going incredibly well. I thought I was going to have a 3-inch personal record even, and I cleared every height on my first attempt by miles and then got out on 5 feet, the worst I've ever jumped. I still don't know how it happened, and I was in total shock when it did. I walked back to the tent in a daze and thought about how pointless the rest of the events would be since I had lost so many points just then.
"I immediately caught myself going down this path and thought about how I still have five more events left and working through this is going to be more helpful than a meet where everything goes perfectly. So, I somehow move on within a matter of 10 minutes - surprising to myself and my coach - and begin preparing for shot put.
"I scratch every single warm up throw and even the first two throws in competition. Naturally, I'm beginning to freak out over this. Two bad events? Again, I caught myself doing this and realized I would gain absolutely nothing from worrying about it and that the last throw I had to get a mark was the same as any throw I've had at practice and instantly fixed something, and meant equally as much as either of the first two throws I had.
"I stepped in the ring, focused on what I needed to fix, shut my mind down and threw a PR. Of course when reality hit me a few seconds after I released the shot put, I felt as though I were going to throw up with how close I had come to scratching every throw. The key in that event was to not let it get to me until after I had finished it. I didn't focus on the pressure or think of how many dozens of awful throws I had before.
"No, instead I thought how every throw is individual and separate from the rest. Every throw has a chance to be a PR, and that I wasn't going to let myself mentally get stuck in a pattern of thinking I could only throw scratches that day. I knew I could do it physically so I shut down my mind and let my training take over."
Maslowski recently finished 11th at the Texas Relays in Austin in the heptathlon, setting a personal record and moving to No. 2 on the all-time Duke list with 5,209 points (leading is teammate Karli Johonnot with 5,342, also done at Texas).
She went 14.02 (100 hurdles, PR), 4-11 (high jump), 33-10 (shot put), 24.42 (200, winner, PR), 18-4 in the long jump, 102-5 (javelin, PR) and 2:15.89 (800, PR).
"Going against better competition doesn't phase me at all," Maslowski admitted. "I picture it quite simply - the Texas relays had some of the best competition in the nation, but I basically compete against these girls every day. They are on their tracks working on form and getting in shape, and I'm on mine doing the same. We do different heptathlons at different places on different tracks, but we're all out there to get better, and we're all compared on a national average, anyway.
"I compete with them all the time even though I don't necessarily see them. So, when they are actually beside me on the line or waiting behind me in the long jump, I'm cool with it. They've been there in my mind all along. Besides, winning and competing is relative. I could win a small meet with a score that wouldn't even place top five at another meet. There is always someone out there that is going to be better than me, even if I never compete with them in the same heptathlon.
"So, I see it as I'm always competing with extraordinary competition to be ranked higher in point totals. When competition steps up around me, I've already been training and competing like it's been there all along. They're just people doing the same events as I am. Sure, they're amazing and incredibly talented, but they're feeling the same pressures as I am and they are normal people, too. Just like me.
"In summary, physically competing with them is such a small fraction of the competition. Track is nearly all mental, and I've been mentally aware and competing with them every day of the entire year. What's the big deal that they're next to me at the starting line, then? I've been running my workouts mentally with them for months."
Maslowski kick started the outdoor track and field season with a school-record 19-4 in the long jump at the Carolina Relays in Chapel Hill, N.C.
"It's hard to say what my goals are because I keep surprising myself," she said. "Originally I thought I would try to pick up where I left off, but I was already past that the first couple weeks back to Duke. Because I haven't even had a whole year of training since the concussion, I think having concrete goals is almost impossible.
"So, I decided to focus on larger, more abstract ones. I may even stick with those type of goals for the rest of my career since they're working pretty well for me. For instance, working on being patient in events instead of rushing through technique, not letting myself overthink the events and instead trusting myself in competition, and especially to never forget why I'm running track in college: because I love it and it's fun for me.
"Regardless of the winning and team pride associated with it, I decided to run in college because of my pure love of the sport, and I try to always keep that in the forefront of my mind."
Like the college classroom, there is a daily learning curve on the track, too.
"Another balance I've tried to find is the thin line between practicing and competing," Maslowski admitted. "Some meets are used for practice and some you have to let go and purely compete. I'm finally to the point in my track career that I can start competing, and by that I mean I can let my training and focus take over instead of working through technique and weaknesses.
"I'm really, really struggling with being able to clear my mind of all the cues I think of in practice and being able to compete without thoughts cluttering my mind. Trusting my training and myself is what I'd call it, I guess.
"Lastly, developing my awareness of my body in that I can sense burnout, a pre-injury state, or just general tiredness, is key. They're all so different in causes and meaning, yet it's hard to differentiate the feeling of each.
"If I can succeed in these goals, then the distances, times and heights will come along with it. I've learned to not have such strict expectations for my seasons through all that has happened, and it's a good thing.
"I'm more relaxed, happier, and positive in doing that. I've surpassed the goals I had previously set in times and distances by thinking in this new, broader way."


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On a side note, I' ve been away for a long time...did I miss something with OuterHeaven? It doesn't show up on the main site anymore, did it get killed or is it just me? There's no trace of the chatroom plugin anywhere so...sorry if I'm just being dumb with computers, tends to happen.


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How can i improve my information architecture skills ? I believe in improving skills by practice. To give you an example, how about creating an application similar to any of the common application. Gather all the possibile features by comparitative analysis and then create an IA based on that. And continue practicing the same way.
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Wine cork crafts are very popular right now. From homemade trivets and coasters to fancy art installations, wine corks seem to be blowing up Pinterest these days. Like the look? Pop a couple of bottles and invite some friends to help you start collecting corks. If you're tackling a bigger project, we suggest teaming up with a local wine bar or restaurant to help you collect.
Any instance in which you normally see cork is a great place to substitute in wine corks—like bulletin boards, for instance. You could buy a standard cork bulletin board from any store, or you could make your own bulletin board by upcycling old wine corks. This DIY Bulletin Board project takes just old corks, glue and ribbon to create, but you could also build your cork bulletin board in an old frame. Just use your creativity!
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Keep your countertops cool by making your own trivets out of old wine corks. You can stand them all on end in a circle to create a taller trivet, like this hose clamp-bound Cork Trivet from Whole Living (left) or this glued cork trivet from the blog Sweet Paul (right). Once on end, you can arrange the corks into any shape you want: circle, hexagon, square. Or you can lay the corks on their side and glue or bind together. Either way, it's important to make sure all the corks are the same height so you can create a flat surface for a hot dish.
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Using the same concept as the trivets, you can create your own coasters to keep your tables clean and ring-free. Or try a different look with these DIY Wine Cork Coasters from the blog Heartmade.
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Cork is soft, absorbent and naturally resistant to mold and mildew—all great reasons to make a bath mat out of wine corks. It's surprisingly easy, and your feet will thank you. Just check out these how-to instructions from the Crafty Nest.
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If you love the feel of cork underfoot but don't love the cost of cork flooring, consider creating your own. This DIY project is more labor-intensive (both in terms of collecting and laying down the corks), but the result will be a truly unique but comfortable floor. Check out our article "Fab Floors" for instructions on how to lay your own wine cork floor.
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The Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division will hold a public meeting on November 29, 2010 to discuss management decisions for the striped bass fishery on Lake Richard B. Russell. This fishery is currently managed through a reciprocal agreement between Georgia and South Carolina.
The meeting will take place on Nov. 29, 2010 from 6 pm – 8 pm at the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake Visitor's Center (4144 Russell Dam Drive, Elberton, GA 30635). Those interested are encouraged to bring these meetings to the attention of others that also may be interested in participating.
Public comment is welcome. Statements should be concise to allow all interested attendees an opportunity to speak. Those unable to attend a meeting are welcome to submit written comments by December 3, 2010 to:
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Attn: Keith Weaver
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These meeting sites are accessible to people with physical disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Keith Weaver at the above address or at (770) 761-3014 no later than Nov. 24, 2010. For more information on this scheduled public meeting, call (770) 761-3014.


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Saudi Aramco has signed a contract with U.S. oil and gas services company J. Ray McDermott, S.A., a subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc., to develop and construct platforms and a sub-sea pipelines at the offshore Karan gas field.
The contract includes the manufacturing and installation of four platforms and the construction of a 110-kilometer sub-sea pipeline to carry offshore sour gas from the Karan field to be treated and processed at the onshore Khursaniyah gas plant.
The Karan gas project is expected to process 1.8 billion standard cubic feet per day of gas, with the start-up of production scheduled for mid-2011, according to a report carried by Saudi Aramco's website yesterday.
The offshore work awarded to J. Ray McDermott is in addition to three other contracts for onshore projects awarded earlier to Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd., the U.K.'s Petrofac, and Korea's GS Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd.


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Q: A friend mentioned to me that there is a vaccine to prevent diarrhea in children. Is this something all children should receive?
A: You are correct – the RotaTeq vaccine for routine childhood immunization against rotavirus was licensed in 2006 in the U.S. Infection with rotavirus is a leading cause of severe diarrhea in infants and young children worldwide. In the United States, the disease occurs more often during the winter, with the most activity occurring from November to May. Most children are infected with rotavirus before they are two years old. Sometimes diarrhea and vomiting due to rotavirus infection can lead to the loss of body fluids (dehydration), which in some instances may be severe enough to require hospitalization.
Once an infant has been exposed to rotavirus, it takes approximately 2 days for symptoms to appear. Infants and children develop vomiting and watery diarrhea that may last 3-8 days, and fever and abdominal pain occur frequently. A child may have rotavirus gastroenteritis more than once, because there are many different rotavirus types, but repeat infections tend to be less severe than the original infection.
The RotaTeq vaccine is a liquid given to infants by mouth, with the first dose given between 6-12 weeks of age and two additional doses administered at 4- to 10-week intervals. All three doses should be completed before a child reaches 32 weeks of age. RotaTeq may be given to pre-term infants according to their age in weeks since birth.
Another vaccine for rotavirus was withdrawn in 1999 because of cases of intussusception (a blocking or twisting of the intestine) associated with the administration of that particular vaccine. A large study of over 70,000 children did not show an increased risk of intussusception for RotaTeq when compared to those infants who received placebo.
You may wish to administer RotaTeq separately from other childhood vaccines, since not enough data are available to confirm that RotaTeq does not interfere with childhood vaccines that prevent pertussis when they are given at the same time.
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I have a list (Account Exec Distribution List) in SharePoint 2007 that provides the Client Name and the associated Account Exec (AE). The AE team would like to complete a survey of sorts that will provide senior management with a feel for the health of each account. This survey of sorts will be either monthly or quarterly. I have considered using the Survey in SharePoint but there doesn't seem to be an easy way to create hundreds of surveys (one for each client) by Account Exec and getting them to automatically generate every month/quarter. I've also considered creating a list/spreadsheet that the AE could complete. However, I also need some way to track progress. Does anyone know of an efficient way to create tasks from data in a list or imported spreadsheet (Account Exec Distribution Report)? I'm also interested in any thoughts regarding a good approach for collecting the answers to 5-6 questions that ultimately will guage the health of a client account. I can utilize SPD or OOTB SharePoint to accomplish this.
The very, very easiest approch I see would be like this:
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Account n
When a AE comes to that document library the first time, he clicks "New" to add a new survey. He will then have to enter his accounts to the "Account" column in Excel (replacing the "Account 1", "Account 2", "Account n" with actual Account names). He will then answer the questions and save the documents with proper metadata (AE name, Year, Month). The next time he has to do the survey he OPEN THE EXISTING one and just updates the answer to the question as well as the metadata (Month and Year only).


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I have this course where we learn about the domain model, use cases, contracts and eventually leap into class diagrams and sequence diagrams to define good software classes.
I just had an exam and I got trashed, but part of the reason is we barely have any practical material, I spent at least two good months without drawing a single class diagram by myself from a case study.
During the exam the teacher gave us the domain model, two or three use cases on some vital system operations and a glossary. We had to model up a class diagram and some sequence diagrams for these. The thing is, the jump from real-life modeling to OO classes didn't seem clear to me.
I handle the GRASP principles pretty well, but I lack practice. I could use something that gives a pre-made analysis and asks you to draw the OO design in form of class diagrams or something. I know it varies from one person to another, but some concepts should always make sense.
I'm not here to blame the system or the class I'm in, I'm just wondering if people have some exercise-style books that either provide domain models with glossaries, system sequence diagrams and ask you to use GRASP to make software classes? I could really use some alone-time practicing going from analysis to conception of software entities.
I'm almost done with Larman's book called "Applying UML and Patterns: An Introduction to Object-Oriented Analysis and Design and Iterative Development, Third Edition". It's a good book, but I'm not doing anything by myself since it doesn't come with exercises.
I've been programming in OO for four years now in Java and C++. It was oriented on business applications. I've also spent 6 months on UML syntax in a crash course in college. It's just that I don't understand how they can expect me to define software entities from use cases into class diagrams if I've done like one or two in my life.


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Let $\mathbb{Q}$ denote the group of rational numbers (with addition as the binary operation) and let $\mathbb{Z}$ denote the subgroup of integers. The Pontryagin dual of a group $G$ is the group $G^* = \operatorname{Hom}(G,\mathbb{Q/Z})$. (It is most useful when G is abelian).
- Show that $G^*$ is finite if $G$ is a finite group.
- Suppose $G = \mathbb{Z}/n$ for some non-negative integer $n$. Show that $G^*$ is isomorphic to $\mathbb{Z}/n$. Compute $G^*$ (up to isomorphism) for the symmetric group on 3 letters.
for 1 I know if $G$ is finite all its elements are of finite order, and $\mathbb{Q/Z}$ has infinite elements, all of finite order. But I don't know where to go from there or if that's the right idea to begin with. First part of 2 sounds like it follows from similar work that would be done in 1, right now though all I can say is that $G^*$ would be finite. For the second part of 2 I know how the $S_3$ group works but I don't know how to go about finding all the homomorphisms of it to $\mathbb{Q/Z}$, except again, 1 tells me it would be a finite amount. Any help would be appreciated.


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Nov. 15, 2012 -- 5-Hour Energy shots are linked to 13 deaths and 33 hospitalizations, the FDA confirms.
So far, 5-Hour Energy maker Living Essentials LLC has received 92 reports from people who fell ill after using the product. Since the product is sold as a nutritional supplement, the company is required to relay such reports to the FDA.
The reports themselves do not prove that 5-Hour Energy had anything to do with any of the deaths or illnesses.
"It is important to note that, while those who voluntarily report an illness or injury … typically identify the product that they assume caused the injury or illness, FDA as a scientific public health agency must carefully investigate and evaluate all possible causes before deciding whether the product actually caused the medical problem," the FDA said in a statement.
5-Hour Energy shots are small caffeinated drinks. The product does not contain any herbal stimulants.
Energy Product Investigations
Recently, the FDA revealed that it is investigating five deaths linked to Monster Energy, another "energy" product. This came on the heels of a government report of a10-fold increase in people who need emergency medical care after guzzling energy products.
Even if 5-Hour Energy shots did cause the injuries, it would be taken off the market only if the injuries resulted from proper use of the product as stated on its label.
In a statement, Living Essentials says it takes these injury reports "very seriously." The company says 5-Hour Energy is safe when used as directed by "hardworking adults who need an extra boost of energy."
The 5-Hour Energy label and the product's web site spell out proper use:
- Drink no more than two bottles of 5-Hour Energy a day, spaced several hours apart.
- People trying 5-Hour Energy for the first time should try half a bottle and wait 10 minutes before drinking the rest.
- People sensitive to caffeine should talk to their doctor before using it.
- Throw out any unused product within 72 hours of opening the bottle.
The FDA offers additional advice. In its statement, the agency warns that:
- 5-Hour Energy and other energy shots or beverages are not alternatives to rest or sleep.
- Caffeine and other stimulants may make an unrested person feel more alert and awake, but judgment and reaction time still may be "severely impaired."
- Consult a health care provider before using these products to make sure you do not have a medical condition that might get worse if you take them.