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September, 2011
The September issue of Environment & Climate News reports on new NASA data showing carbon dioxide is trapping less heat in Earth's atmosphere than computer models have predicted. The findings call into question computer-generated forecasts of catastrophic man-made global warming.
Also in this issue:
- The pelican population along the northern Gulf of Mexico is thriving, putting to rest fears the BP oil spill would have long-lasting negative effects on the iconic marine bird.
- Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is positioning the Keystone State to be a leader in twenty-first century energy production, vowing to veto any legislation that would impose a fee on the production of natural gas from shale deposits.
- Overriding a veto by Gov. Beverly Perdue, both houses of North Carolina's legislature have implemented a budget that cuts taxes, reduces public spending, and makes significant changes to the Tar Heel State's environmental policies.
- North Dakota is experiencing an economic boom driven by oil production. The state's economy is growing at a 7.1 percent annual rate, a full 2 percentage points higher than the second-fastest-growing state economy.
- The golden eagle population in California's Alameda County is enduring unsustainable losses from industrial wind turbines. State officials report an average of 67 golden eagles die each year at the Altamont Pass wind farm.
- Newly announced EPA restrictions on air emissions are killing jobs and raising electricity prices around the nation. Georgia Power Co. announced it will have to close three coal-fired power plants over the next two years.
Newspaper Articles in this Issue
Genetic Enhancements Can Help Crops Absorb More Carbon Dioxide– September 12, 2011
Study: No Adverse Health Effects from Natural Gas Drilling in Fort Worth– August 2, 2011
Ethanol Feeling the Heat on Capitol Hill– August 2, 2011
North Carolina Trims Budget for Environmental Programs– August 2, 2011
Nuclear Power Opposition Rejects Human Health Benefits– August 2, 2011
Congress Pressures Obama to Decide on Canada Oil Pipeline– August 2, 2011
N.Y. State Sued Over Role in Cap-and-Trade Scheme– August 2, 2011
NASA Data Show CO2 Trapping Less Heat than Expected– August 2, 2011
Pelicans Thriving One Year after BP Oil Spill– August 1, 2011
House Committee Moves to Block EPA Restrictions– August 1, 2011
House Votes to Return Clean Water Authority to States– August 1, 2011
Golden Eagles' Survival Threatened by California Wind Turbines– August 1, 2011
Gasland Producer Misled Viewers on Lighted Tap Water– August 1, 2011
Corbett Holds Ground Against Shale Gas Taxes– August 1, 2011
Bedbugs Found Carrying Drug-Resistant Staph– August 1, 2011
Utah Approves Expansion of Important Copper Mine– August 1, 2011
North Dakota Economy Booming Thanks to Oil Production– August 1, 2011
New Jersey Residents Regret Closing of Nuclear Power Plant– August 1, 2011
EPA Regulations Shut Down Georgia Power Plants, Rate Hikes Coming– August 1, 2011
Georgia Can Keep More Lake Lanier Water, Court Rules– August 1, 2011
Heartland Replies to 'Nature'– July 28, 2011
New Jersey Flexes Muscles in Delaware Basin Drilling Dispute
Fraud Rampant in Obama Weatherization Program


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Dollz, or cartoon dolls, such as those found here at The Doll Palace, have quite a history. The origins of online dolls, of course, came from traditional paper dolls. Much like traditional paper dolls, online dollz offer a base with clothing and accessories for creating the perfect look. Unlike the paper dolls of our past, online dollz have an entire virtual world complete with vocabulary dedicated especially to them.
These early cartoon dolls were not called dollz. They were actually known as "little people� then "skaterz" and finally "sk8ers." The little dollz did not become incredibly popular until one forum member began to "mass-produce" the dollz. As far as I can remember, the sequence of dolls by type was a following: wonderkins, preps, silents, minis, divas, ravers, flavas (sweets), bonitaz, emoz, unique, shuni, hand-drawn (I will try to write about types in coming articles). Users made editz to their new dollz and used the avatars online. Contests developed among dollers to create a certain look or accessory for their dollz, but some were not satisfied with the quality of the base or graphics of the dollz and began to create their own.
A doll maker allows a user to choose a base from a selection of various skin tones or poses, then select the clothing, hair, and accessories to match. These makers are also called "dress up games" or "drag-and-drops" as that is most of the time the required action. You literally drag the pieces into the build space and drop them into position. If your drag-and-drop skills are rusty, you may certainly practice them here.
Now, of course, there is a huge variety of doll styles including anime, traditional cartoon, and realistic. Dolling continues to grow in popularity as more users discover the communities, forums, and websites especially dedicated to the dolls or dollz. Creating dolls is catching on around the world because everyone can do it, and it is also a lot of fun. Try the new doll makers here on The Doll Palace, or see the professionally created dolls to get a sense of how intricate the design process has become and why so many people love these little girls. Dolls have become more than a hobby � they are a lifestyle.

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June 2, 2013
HOW CAN a man so intelligent be so stupid? Just ask E. Gordon Gee. After his most recently released verbal ramblings, E. Gordon Goon may be a more appropriate name....
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text: 22 Oct 2015 Bob Dylan: 30 greatest songs Previous slide Next slide 1 of 30 View All Skip Ad 30: Subterranean Homesick Blues (1965) Is this the first hip-hop song? Lyrics cascade in a relentless motormouth gush over jittery blues, with Dylan tearing up social norms in a surreal deadpan blizzard of internal rhymes. Don Pennebaker's single camera black and white promo film established a perennial image of mid-Sixties Dylan's skinny amphetamine cool. Bob Dylan tickets are available at Telegraph Tickets. Credit: Rex Features 29. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (1974) Written during a period of personal crisis, adultery and romantic complication that eventually lead to divorce from wife Sarah Lownds, Blood On The Tracks is Dylan's most fully realised masterpiece, crammed with lyrical blood and thunder and piercing observations. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome is its simplest, breeziest song – yet it remains heartbreaking in its almost carefree surrender to the inevitability of romantic pain. 28. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (1965) from Highway 61 Revisited "When you're lost in the rain in Juarez and it's Easter time too/ And gravity fails and negativity don't pull you through…" Dylan's hard, keen vocal holds the centre of this travelogue of mental and physical disarray as his band tumble and cascade around him, a freefall of piano and slide guitar conjuring up the "wild, mercury sound" that only Dylan could hear. Credit: Rex Features 27. Ring Them Bells (1989) from Oh, Mercy Written off by many after a period of indifferent Eighties albums, with Dylan later admitting to a profound artistic crisis, the bard found a new voice with producer Daniel Lanois. With its stately piano chord progression and lyrics of Biblical richness and elegance, Dylan offers up a post-apocalyptic gospel prayer for redemption and salvation. Credit: REX 26. Scarlet Town (2012) from Tempest On his most recent album, Tempest, the 71-year-old contemplates the dismal state of the world with the morbid glee of a visionary perversely satisfied that, as predicted, the worst has come to pass. Dylan's leathery voice depicts the bleak Scarlet Town as a frontier settlement on the edge of hell. "Help comes," Dylan drily notes, "but it comes too late." Credit: Rex Features 25. Every Grain Of Sand (1981) from Shot Of Love The outstanding song of Dylan's early-Eighties born again Christian phase achieves a stark, hymnal rapture. Riding on a gentle guitar arpeggio, Dylan detects the hand of God in everything, with a lyric worthy of William Blake at his most mystical. Credit: REX 24. Just Like A Woman (1966) from Blonde On Blonde Said to have been inspired by a brief encounter with tragic Andy Warhol starlet Edie Sedgwick, Dylan's delicate waltz concocts a lyrical spider's web equal parts cynical put down and heart-rending desire. It even features a rare and perfect middle eight, a songwriting device Dylan once claimed he had no use for. Credit: REX 23. Make You Feel My Love (1997) from Time Out Of Mind An artist celebrated for his depth and complexity, Dylan also has a gift for beautiful simplicity. This ballad of loving devotion became a 21st-century karaoke favourite via Adele's soulful 2008 cover. The corny sentiment is brought into focus by elemental imagery dovetailing perfectly with an elegant melody in a gorgeous falling cadence. It features another rare Dylan bridge. Credit: REX 22. Isis (1975) from Desire Co-written with theatre director Jaques Levy, Isis is a rattling narrative epic of myth and marriage, composed with the melodramatic flourish of Rudyard Kipling and delivered by Dylan over a pounding piano with grandstanding relish: "The wind it was howling and the snow was outrageous!" Credit: Rex 21. Ain't Talkin (2006) from Modern Times During almost 9-minutes of restless yearning over a silky weave of fiddle, piano, picked guitars and percussion, the ageing bard cast himself as eternal pilgrim on an endless and bloody journey of spiritual hunger. "I practice a faith that's been long abandoned / Ain't no altars on this long and lonesome road." Credit: Rex Features 20. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Caroll (1964) from The Times They Are A-Changin' William Zanzinger was a wealthy young tobacco farmer who drunkenly beat black maid Hattie Carroll to death in 1963, for which he received a suspended six month jail sentence and $500 fine. The young protest singer's stark demolition of American injustice is driven by righteous anger. The unrepentant Zanzinger was unimpressed, describing Dylan in 2001 as "a no-account son of a bitch, a scum of a scum bag of the earth." Credit: Everett Collection / REX 19. Cold Irons Bound (1997) from Time Out Of Mind A corrosive electric blues number, rattling down the tracks like a prison train, with convict Bob chained to the memory of a love gone wrong. In a gnarly voice, Dylan spits out nuggets of hard earned wisdom: "Reality has always had too many heads." Credit: Rex Features 18. I Shall Be Released (1967) first released on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol II Originally recorded by The Band in 1968, Dylan's own version didn't emerge until it was included on his Greatest Hits in 1971. A simple song of a prisoner yearning for liberty, it has become a universal anthem for freedom, performed by U2, Johnny Cash, The Byrds, Sting, Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, Paul Weller and The Who amongst many, many more. Credit: Rex Features 17. Shelter From The Storm (1974) from Blood On The Tracks "I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form..." Amid the emotional battering of Blood On The Tracks, this long, loping tale of sanctuary offers a moment of peace, even if it too is underpinned by loss and regret. Dylan has said he can't understand how anyone can listen to his most deeply personal album because "it's hard for me to relate to people enjoying that type of pain". Credit: Rex Features 16. Lay, Lady, Lay (1969) from Nashville Skyline Delicately backed by a band of country session players, Dylan sings in a rich voice about the object of his desires. This little gem manages the rare trick of being both lusty and deeply romantic, a real working man's love song. "His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean / And you are the best thing that he's ever seen." Credit: Rex Features 15. All Along The Watchtower (1968) from John Wesley Harding It was Jimi Hendrix's flaming version that turned this into a mystic rock epic but even in the bare bones simplicity of the original it has the inscrutable fascination of an ancient parable. The ending strikes a typically Dylan note of ambiguity, sucking listeners deeper into the song's mysteries. Who are the two riders approaching in the distance as the wildcat begins to howl? 14. Blind Willie McTell (1983) first released on Biograph Box Set Dylan dwells on the darkest history of America, conjuring up burning plantations, cracking whips and the ghosts of slavery ships – centuries of injustice that gave voice to the blues. Proving he is no judge of his own material, he dumped this masterpiece from 1983's Infidels and left it unreleased until 1991. Credit: Rex Features 13. Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) (1978) from Street Legal Street Legal may be Dylan's most underrated album, full of lyrically complex songs set to lush arrangements featuring horns and soulful backing vocals, and showcasing Dylan's singing voice with a strength and suppleness he has rarely equalled. At the centre of this hallucinatory depiction of American imperialism, Dylan strips and kneels before a gypsy with a broken flag and flashing ring who tells him, "Son, this ain't a dream no more, it's the real thing". Credit: Rex Features 12. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright (1963) from the Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Cynical and world-weary in a way only a 21-year-old can be, Dylan's romantic put down has become a pop standard, covered by hundreds of artists. In a voice that already sounds ancient, he sings of forgiveness for a failed love affair but lands a killer blow like a casual afterthought: "you just kind of wasted my precious time." That's gotta hurt. Credit: Rex Features 11. Masters Of War (1963) from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan A relentless, attacking dirge, pouring scorn and contempt on warmongers. It is scary how fully formed Dylan sounds as a scruffy young protest singer newly arrived from the Midwest and ready to hold a mirror up to America's soul. "I see through your eyes / And I see through your brain / Like I see through the water / That runs down my drain." Credit: Rex Features 10. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (1973) from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid From the soundtrack of a violent Sam Peckinpah western, in which Dylan once again demonstrated that acting is not one of his many talents, comes this elegiac classic. It rides on a simple, repetitive chord progression and has a ridiculously swift fade out but conveys such a spirit of bittersweet farewell to life it has become one of rock's most universal anthems. Credit: Rex Features 9. Ballad Of A Thin Man (1965) from Highway 61 Revisited It is comical to consider that Sixties Dylan is so associated with the peace and love ethos of the hippies. Over an ungainly, almost lumpen piano motif, Ballad Of A Thin Man heaps surreal scorn on some self-regarding representative of the straight world baffled by the inscrutable counter-culture. Dylan's vocal drips contempt. "Something is happening and you don't know what it is, do you, Mr Jones?" He sounds like the original punk. Credit: Getty Images 8. Hurricane (1975) from Desire "Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night…" Hurricane marked a thrilling late flourish from Dylan the protest singer, moved to write by the flagrant framing of champion black boxer Ruben Carter (finally exonerated in 1985). The dramatic temperature of this forensically bitter narrative (composed with Jaques Levy) is matched by wild violin flourishes from beautiful novice Scarlet Rivera, who Dylan picked up walking in the street on the way to the recording session. Credit: Rex Features 7. Visions Of Johanna (1966) from Blonde On Blonde "Inside the museums, infinity goes up on trial." Dylan at his most expressive and elusive, slipping in and out of the cracks of his own lyrics as he holds contrasting romantic muses in the balance. "I do know what my songs are about," he insisted to an interviewer from Playboy magazine. "Some are about four minutes, some are about five minutes, and some, believe it or not, are about eleven or twelve." Credit: Jerry Schatzberg 6. Like A Rolling Stone (1965) from Highway 61 Revisited "That snare shot sounded like somebody'd kicked open the door to your mind," is how Bruce Springsteen recalled first hearing this at 15 years old. This thunderous six-minute rock epic marks the moment when the young protest singer emerged as something popular music had never witnessed before. The vocal is as fierce and relentless as the flowing, spitting lyric, a tale of a fallen society princess adjusting to a disorienting new reality. "How does it feeeel?" Dylan demands. Many of us are still wondering about that. Credit: Rex Features 5. Simple Twist Of Fate (1974) from Blood On The Tracks Dylan's saddest song. As he sings of the last night of a couple together with weary despair, Dylan's narrative unfolds in the third person, except for one devastating, giveaway "I remember well". Even the wheezy harmonica solo sounds emotionally shattered. Credit: Rex Features 4. Jokerman (1983) from Infidels Many of Dylan's most devoted fans were alienated by the preachiness of Dylan's born again Christian phase. On Jokerman he released himself back into a beautiful ambiguity that more perfectly distils the mysteries of faith. The Jokerman is Jesus, "born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing". With legendary Jamaican rhythm section Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare pulsing beneath Mark Knopfler's silvery guitar, the track has a slipperiness that mirrors its audacious lyrical twists and turns. Credit: Rex Features 3. A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall (1963) from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Adapting the melody and refrain of traditional English folk song Lord Randall, Dylan lets loose the full force of his poetic imagination like an apocalyptic storm. This first recording is sparse, just strummed acoustic guitar and that barbed wire voice, but the cascade of imagery holds listeners in hypnotic thrall. Credit: Rex Features 2. Blowin' In The Wind (1962) from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan The song that really announced Dylan, a troubadour for a generation, old beyond his years. He was just 21 when he wrote it but cautiously held it back from his debut album of folk covers. It sounds like a song that has been blowing around for 1000 years and has a quality of simple, universal, mysterious truth that will keep it relevant for a thousand more. Credit: AP 1. Tangled Up In Blue (1974) from Blood On The Tracks The most dazzling lyric ever written, an abstract narrative of relationships told in an amorphous blend of first and third person, rolling past, present and future together, spilling out in tripping cadences and audacious internal rhymes, ripe with sharply turned images and observations and filled with a painfully desperate longing. "I wanted to defy time," according to Dylan. "When you look at a painting, you can see any part of it altogether. I wanted that song to be like a painting." 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Want to know what items a burglar targets first? Check out the exclusive interview with Matt West for details.
Each year in Alabama, burglars break into more than 50 thousand homes.
While it's easy to think burglary is something more common on t-v...you're more at risk than you think.
"People kind of feel like it's not going to happen to them," Matt West said. West is a security salesman for DSI.
Most people also think robberies occur in houses that are out in the country and without neighbors. We spoke with a reformed burglar who told us otherwise.
"If you have a criminal mind, you'll think of any way to get into a house," they said.
Criminals can get into a house in a lot of ways. The most common entry point is the front door. It's easy to get to and has a quick path to a getaway vehicle. Windows are also a viable option, but the fear of creating a lot of noise can keep burglars from using them.
They can get in quickly and get out just as fast. We asked West how long it may take to clean out a normal ranch-style house.
"Probably three or four minutes at the most to get in here and get back out, or less," he said.
So a couple of years worth of work to fill up a house, and you could lose it in less than five minutes.
"In most cases people react, they don't proact."
So the big question is, will you react or proact?


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"This card came out beautifully. I was able to use the portions of the photos that I wanted as well as enhance several smaller photos to make a bolder statement. The card's paper quality was excellent. One suggestion, I like to write a short note on the back of the cards. Because of the black base color of the card it would be extra nice if Tinyprints offered the purchase of a gold gel pen with the order."
"I know I rely on Tinyprints to deliver a quality product on time that is also beautiful. I love that I can edit so much of the card unlike other companies."
"This card is stylish without being over the top! I love the matte card stock with the pearl finish. It gives it that shimmery look that you wouldn't get with the plain matte finish. You should be aware that because this is a square card it is about $.20 more per card to send via snail mail...not a deal breaker for me because I only send out about 30, but for someone who sends out a lot of cards this might deter you. Otherwise, this is a great card and I would recommend it."
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Whenever I try to boot up from a live cd, it starts to boot and then it tells me:
No bootable file system available.
It's an Early 2011 MacBook Pro 13" 8,1 with the 2.3 GHz Core i5.
What's going on?
Macs use the EFI Firmware (BIOS for Windows).
You need to download a special Mac ISO that allows to boot on both BIOS and EFI Systems.
Your questions is related to this here on askubuntu.
You'll probably want to take a look at rEFIt
That's how I booted and installed Linux on my Mac. It's a very nice piece of software.
I installed the rEFIt on my late 2011 Macbook Pro and it messed up the whole startup and login. I never got refit screen after startup which should appear after a few restarts. The opposite, after a few restarts I was not able to login in on the startup screen. The password was still workin, so I could login into the computer using ssh on another computer. Weird. I finally solved it with TimeMachine. Stay away from fEFIt if you're having the latest Macbook Pro with Lion.
What other commenters have not made plain is that virtually all Linux live boot CDs presume that you'll be using them on a computer that uses BIOS (that's basically all PCs designed for Windows). BIOS (Basic Input-Output System) is computer software in the firmware of the motherboard itself that is the first thing to run at bootup of a PC.
Macs do not use BIOS at all. They use a completely different method of booting the computer, called EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface).
So you need to see if your preferred distribution of Linux has a live boot CD that will work with EFI and not BIOS.


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GLEN ROBBINS- It's safe to say that Glenn Balk went the extra few thousands miles to keep a promise he had made to a dying friend.
Balk and Robert "Red" Virtue met in the early 1960s when they both worked at Tottererdale Plumbing in Martins Ferry. Red moved on to work at the Ferry Hardware store but the their friendship remained intact and endured even beyond May 22, 2011 when Red died of cancer at the age of 91.
"Red never married and as far as I know, he never had a girlfriend," Balk said of his friend. "He became like family to me and my wife, Delores."
Balk and Red shared a love of muzzle loader rifles and of escaping into the aura of mountain men -with their ornate buckskin clothing and coonskin hats.
"He loved to hunt and fish," Balk said. "And he was an excellent cook. He also did elaborate woodworking, making jewelry and spice boxes with dove tale joints and wooden pegs rather than nails. The craftsmanship and detail was unreal."
Balk said he knew Red was a WWII veteran but his friend never talked much about his military service. He never told whatever war stories lingered in his mind. The only hint came when he realized he was dying.
"He was diagnosed with cancer in 2009," Balk said. "Over the next couple of years I drove him dozens of times to the Veterans Administration Hospital in Pittsburgh for treatment."
During one of those trips, Red voiced a dying wish.
Red told Balk, "I would like you to do me a favor when I die. I would like to be cremated and have my remains buried at sea in the South Pacific with all of my friends. I want you to promise to get me there."
Balk said, "I told him if I can do it, I will do it. Then, I thought to myself, 'how do you keep a promise like that?'"
He faced that promise almost immediately after finding his friend dead on the floor in the bedroom of his Glen Robbins home.
With the help of a lot of people, Balk fulfilled his promise.
He said Red had prepaid for his final arrangements with the Keller Funeral Home in Martins Ferry.
"Once Keller's got the cremains back, I contacted Mark Armitage at the Yorkville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post," Balk said. "He called a navy base in Hawaii and got permission to ship the ashes to Pearl Harbor for eventual burial at sea. Somebody from the navy called and said it would be taken care on the next trip out."
Balk did not attend the full military service, but he still chokes up when he looks at the pictures of the service and letter from the commanding officer of the USS Russell (DDG 59).
The letter - accompanied by cartridges from rifle salute, a chart identifying the location of the ship at the time of committal and a drape American flag - confirms that Red's cremains were taken aboard on Aug. 24, 2011 while the ship was in port at Pearl Harbor. It left port on Sept. 1 for an eight-month deployment.
The burial at sea, with full military pomp and pageantry took place at 8 a.m. on March 24, 2012. A seven-member rifle squad and 12-member honor platoon honored the fallen veteran.
Private First Class Robert B. Virtue and his war stories joined his friends in the deep of the South Pacific.


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Today is a stupidly slow news day. But is it so slow that ABC News would interview 20-year-old Temple University student Max Galuppo solely because he spotted a portrait at the Philadelphia Museum of Art of some 16th century dude that kinda looks like him?
And they even interviewed his girlfriend: "It was really weird. He goes to Temple so we'd been saying for a while we wanted to go to the art museum," Nikki Curtis told ABCNews.com earlier this week. "We went into the armor exhibit and he loved the helmets. He was completely oblivious to it, and I walked past it and was like, 'Do you see this painting right now? It looks just like you.'"
Is this what every news story is going to be like now that marijuana has been legalized?
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I am learning Spanish primarily by having a Spanish and English copy of the same book, and reading them simultaneously (literally (no pun intended) with one in each hand).
http://www.gutenberg.org has mostly English books, but a few Spanish, too. Does a list of which books gutenberg has in both english and spanish exist? The only one I know of as of now is Don Quixote.


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Commentary: Of women and whales
"Scientists have been hard pressed to explain why menopause happens so early in humans — there's no obvious evolutionary advantage to having your reproductive system shut down decades before the rest of your body."
Well, sure there is. I would "evolve" into a complete lunatic if I had to shop for diapers in wildly different sizes every week, churning out babies well into my 80s.
Yes, in all of the animal kingdom, it turns out that only killer whales and human females lose their ability to reproduce decades before they die.
I did not know this.
When I read it, I let out a long, low whistle, which is the sound my sistah whales make all the time now that I think about it.
Researchers think whale menopause evolved to reduce competition between different generations of reproducing women in one family.
But more interesting than that is this little nugget: Killer whale moms care for their sons well past the male whale's 30th birthday and data proves that if the mom isn't around, Sonny Boy whale is 14 times more likely to die within a year.
I suppose living in the whale family basement playing Resident Evil 6 loses its appeal after mom stops bringing the bacon sandwiches downstairs.
Oh, wait. That doesn't make any sense. Whales don't eat bacon.
Turns out, male whales "struggle to survive" without their mama's help.
I suppose this is because, without her, there is no one around to remind him that no one he dates is good enough for him and, really, must he hang around those sperm whales all the time? They're a bad influence.
Research suggests that the mama whale is so protective of her son because she "wants him to give her lots of grand-whales." Yes. That's exactly what the scientists said: grand-whales.
Strangely, girl whales' survival isn't affected by the mama whale dying.
Scientists have an answer for that, too. They think it's because once the daughter whale grows up, she leaves home and goes on the road with a band and forgets everything her mother ever tried to teach her about how "nothing good can come from staying out past midnight."
Well, not in so many words but the idea is that girl whales take up with their partner's family and pretty much do their own thing. Even then, it's hard to be in a whale relationship because his mama is always sitting on the metaphorical couch between them.
If the daughter-in-law whale tries to bring home a nice piece of urchin, or whatever, the mama probably shrieks at her: "You know he's allergic to starfish! You could've KILLED him."
There's still no word on how menopause affects the health of the whale moms but, from my own experience, I'm guessing more blubber around the middle. Oh, and a crabby attitude.
Celia Rivenbark is The New York Times bestselling author of "You Don't Sweat Much for a Fat Girl." Visit celiarivenbark. com for more.
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Madan Musuvathi and Sebastian Burckhardt - Concurrency Fuzzing with Cuzz
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Cuzz is a very effective tool for finding concurrency bugs. Cuzz works on unmodified Win32 executables and is designed for maximizing concurrency coverage for your existing (unmodified) tests. It randomizes the thread schedules in a systematic and disciplined way, using an algorithm that provides probabilistic coverage guarantees.
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ah you tease !
i've seen this demo before and i was disappointed when i saw it was not available for download
and it's still not available for download !!
So i ask this why the h*** tease and show this without giving the devs some binaries/src to download and play with ?
( it's like half a b-job )
How is this different to Chess?
Does Chess work with VS 2010 Ultimate??
If you follow the Cuzz link, it will take you to http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/cuzz/
On that page, there's a link that doesn't work: http://codebox/cuzz
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907 Massachusetts
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Leavenworth, KS 66048
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AYRES Beauty – USA
After two decades in the luxury perfumes and cosmetics industry, AYRES Founder and President Alejandro Rasic decided to leave the corporate life to pursue a long awaited dream: to create his own aromatherapy body care line. This natural body care collection features bar soaps, body scrubs, body butters, shower gels and body lotions to cleanse and nourish your skin while providing you with the benefits of aromatherapy. AYRES brings a Latin touch to the beauty world. ayresbeauty.com
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Chiara Cosmetics is a natural skincare line that was developed by Cathy Hayun, a clinical nutritionist and skin care specialist. The formula combines the unique skin brightening qualities of the pearl and the essential minerals from the Dead Sea. Chiara Cosmetics was initially marketed at boutiques, spas and aestheticians clinics in Israel; now, it is an emerging skin care line in Israel, Europe and the USA. chiaracosmetics.com
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GLYCELENE is a revolutionary line of 100% Natural, Organic and Vegan breathable ointments and anti-aging remedies. GLYCELENE skincare is created by Celebrity Makeup Artist, Kim Borio together with her Chemist, Eric. All products are handcrafted at Borio Laboratories in Dana Point, Calif. using only the highest quality of certified organic ingredients from around the world. glycelene.com
ILA SPA – United Kingdom
Meaning "earth" in Sanskrit, ILA is fast establishing itself as one of the world's leading organic wellness brands. With international advocates including Gwyneth Paltrow and Natalie Portman, the brand's luxury skincare collection and spa treatments are proof that results-driven products can go hand in hand with the highest standards of natural and ethical integrity. Ila-spa.com
Jabu'she – Sweden
Jabu'she is a clinically proven line of anti-aging skin care products to make skin feel younger, smoother and give it a clearer tone. Sold in the most prestigious stores in Sweden for over 10 years, Jabu'she has been awarded the 2004, 2005 and 2010 beauty product of the year according to Svenska Arets Hudvards, the leading Swedish retail association. jabushenorthamerica.com/
Londontown – USA
Londontown's philosophy revolutionizes the nail care industry with a healthy treatment solution that hydrates and protects the nails and cuticles in the same way that one would treat the most delicate parts of your skin. londontownusa.com
MANNA KADAR Cosmetics – USA
In January of 2012, after years of careful research and development, Manna Kadar Cosmetics was born. A prestige line of products that merge the most cutting edge color trends with the finest ingredients. Adhering to the philosophy that less is more, Manna's tricks of the trade are found in double duty products such as Transfix that transforms any eye shadow into a liner for the eyes and brows, cutting application time in half! mannakadarcosmetics.com
ME! Bath – USA
The advanced body care collection by ME! Bath introduces a revolutionary way of caring for your skin. With patented cell regenerating ingredients, ABC will work in conjunction with your normal skin care regimen to offer the benefits of anti-aging skin recovery. abcbymebath.com
Salon in a Bottle – USA
No more bad hair days between hair colorings! Spray away gray roots instantly with Salon in a Bottle. After three years in product development, Salon in a Bottle has emerged with a root concealer that covers gray roots in seconds - one that has sheen and nuance, with a light and natural feel. Spray Away Your Gray with Salon in a Bottle! saloninabottle.com
SCIOTE SKIN produces highly effective, results driven, non-toxic products for beautiful, healthy, and radiant skin. SCIOTE is the latest science combined with a blend of natural, certified organic, pharmaceutical-grade, ingredients free of adverse sulphates, thalates, parabens, dyes, toxic or harmful chemicals, artificial perfumes and are cruelty-free and never tested on animals. sciote.com
Simple Sugars – USA
Simple Sugars is an all-natural skincare line especially formulated for sensitive skin, but awesome for anyone's skin! Simple Sugars' full line of facial, body, and foot scrubs cleanse, exfoliate, and moisturize, leaving you with soft, smooth, great-looking skin. One product makes complete skincare simple with no phthalates, parabens, PEGS, or sulfates: just the good stuff! simplesugarsscrub.com
SoCozy – USA
Celebrating 20 years of Cozy Cuts for Kids and a whopping one million haircuts, Cozy Friedman is taking a strand. The children's hair expert and entrepreneur is redefining the entire children's hair care experience with her new and improved SoCozy collection of salon quality hair care products. cozycuts.com
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Thymes – USA
Thymes, a leading fragrance brand in the U.S. specialty market, artistically designs fragrances that balance familiarity and intrigue inviting the discovery of beauty in everyday life. Drawn from nature, our unique formulations are skin-compatible, effective and a pleasure to use. Thoughtfully crafted with a touch of charm for others to discover, appreciate and share. thymes.com
Cosmoprof North America will take place July 13 - 15, 2014 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV. Stay tuned for regular CPNA show updates, and for more information, please visit cosmoprofnorthamerica.com or Facebook.com/cosmoprofnorthamerica.
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I wrote:
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But a native speaker of English — which I am not — replaced the me with myself. Can someone tell me which one is correct and why?
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But a native speaker of English — which I am not — replaced the me with myself. Can someone tell me which one is correct and why?
The reflexive pronoun is required when the subject and complement of the verb (or preposition) are the one and the same person. But in the sentence "Quote," said an older version of me, the subject is "an older version of me" and the complement is "Quote". Hence the 'rule' does not apply and me is grammatical in this context.
However, it is common to encounter the use of a reflexive when the context does not require it. Garner in the prescriptive grammar Modern American Usage (p533) describes such uses as "untriggered reflexives", which are "thought somehow to be modest, as if the reference were less direct."
The descriptive Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (p1495) refers to the same usage as "override reflexives" and notes: "Much the most common override is 1st person myself." The CGEL further states:
"Quote," said an older version of me/myself is a context where some native speakers would prefer the override reflexive to the non-reflexive pronoun.
myself is used when both the subject of the clause and the object (of a verb or preposition) are the speaker, e.g. I cooked dinner for myself.
me is used when the subject is someone other than the speaker, e.g. My girlfriend cooked dinner for me.
In your example, there's no explicit subject, because you used the passive mode. But the implied subject is yourself, so myself would be correct.
To replace "me" with "myself" is to try to make a deliberately (I presume) inelegant construction more elegant by resorting to wrong grammar. It's the worst solution.
If you were writing a serious piece you would re-write it completely as, for example, "I said in a previous phase of my life". But if you are writing frivolously, then keep the frivolity intact. "Me" sounds more comical than "myself", and is also correct grammar.
In one song from The Sound of Music, the lyricist has deliberately resorted to bad grammar in pursuit of character portrayal: "I have confidence in me". In this case, "myself" would be correct, but wisely the lyricist overrode that with a something that is more in keeping with the character that sings the song. If I am right in thinking that you are also writing in a frivolous mood, then stick with "me".


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I saw the handle Toed used on the Internet today and I am trying to identify what it refers to, but I cannot recall where I know it from. Does anybody know what movie (or maybe television show) has a character named Toed?
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Taking the stage at Bennington College's 77th commencement dinner on Friday, Peter Dinklage, a member of the Class of 1991, showed some of the edgy humor – and weaponry – that has made him famous as Tyrion Lannister on "Game of Thrones."
Holding up a mace, Dinklage thanked the student who gave it to him for helping him put the fear of God into the audience.
"When a Bennington student, 10 minutes before you come up to the podium, hands you a mace that he made, if you don't bring it to the podium with you, you'll never be Bennington," he said, earning a round of applause.
Dinklage has been, as Bennington College President Elizabeth Coleman said when introducing him, trending in popularity recently for his role on HBO's fantasy series "Game of Thrones." Dinklage recently won an Emmy and a Golden Globe and earned the cover of a recent issue of "Rolling Stone."
During his speech, however, Dinklage wondered why he was addressing the 156 members of the Class of 2012 rather than one of the famous writers, teachers and "pioneers of science" who had graduated from Bennington.
As a student at an all-boys Catholic high school in New Jersey, Dinklage said his height and black clothing, including a cape and tights, made him stand out.
"But here at Bennington, I was home and I have to say, it doesn't get better. Let me clarify. There are not shinier, more important people out there. Your fellow students, your friends, sitting around you, are as good as it gets," he said.
Dinklage told the students they had already taken a major step toward their future by choosing Bennington.
"We are very spoiled here. People always say to me, 'For such a small school, it seems like there are so many of you.' I find that really interesting and I kinda think that's perfect. We can't help it. We burn very brightly. Please don't ever stop," he said.
Dinklage explained what it was like for him to go from being a Bennington College student to being a working actor. He spent six years — longer, he pointed out, than he had been a student at Bennington. — working at a menial job he hated before becoming a working actor.
"I'm sorry, it sucks after graduation. It really does. … You just get a bit derailed. But soon something starts to happen. Trust me. A rhythm sets in, just like it did after your first few days here. Just try not to wait until, like me, you're 29, before you find it," he said.
Students who were about to graduate seemed already optimistic about their future. Corinne Frankenfield, an art history major from Easton, Pa., said she is planning to go to graduate school in fall and will intern at the Smithsonian. Frankenfield said Bennington allowed her to develop her own path.
"That was really what forced me to understand what I needed to do, in order to do what is most meaningful to me," she said.
Hannah McCarthy, of Braintree, Mass., took theater and philosophy at Bennington College and already has a part in a production of "Romeo and Juliet" on Martha's Vineyard. She came to Bennington because of a book, "Colleges That Change Lives."
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Can I cast a Manic Vandal if there are no artifacts in play?
Manic Vandal says
When Manic Vandal enters the battlefield, destroy target artifact.
Can I cast a Manic Vandal if there are no artifacts in play?
Manic Vandal says
You can't cast a spell unless it has legal targets.
When a spell resolves, it will be countered if all of its legal targets are gone.
However, your Manic Vandal spell (the thing that you cast to create Manic Vandal the creature) doesn't actually target. Instead, it just summons a creature. Then, after he enters the battlefield, Manic Vandal's ability -- "When Manic Vandal enters the battlefield, destroy target artifact" -- triggers, and you put the effect "Destroy target artifact" on the stack. If there are no valid targets, nothing is destroyed. But you still get to keep the Manic Vandal creature.
I think it's right to say there are no "targeted creatures" in Magic. Instants/sorceries have targets, and confusingly Auras are cards which are destined to become permanents, but "fizzle" if their target becomes invalid while they're still a spell on the stack. But to date creature spells are exempt from being countered because of lack of legal targets.
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Oak Creek burning ban lifted
The city of Oak Creek lifted its open burning ban today.
Recommendations and regulations still apply for people who wish to conduct controlled burning within the city, a city notice states.
Controlled burning permits can be requested through the Oak Creek Dispatch Center by calling (414) 762-8200, Option 0.
Those who adhere to the recommended burning guidelines may be allowed to burn in outdoor fireplaces, fire pits and burn barrels.
However, the Fire and/or Police departments retain the right to investigate any type of outdoor burning. If a nuisance call is received, and is directly related to the burn, all fires will be required to be completely extinguished.» Read Full Article
Swimming water quality? There's an app for that
An app released by Milwaukee Riverkeeper makes it easy to find a safe beach for swimming.
The Swim Guide uses water quality monitoring data from government authorities. Green marks indicate acceptable water quality, while red marks show where it is unsafe. It also enables users to get directions, view photos and report pollution immediately to Milwaukee Riverkeeper.
Milwaukee Riverkeeper wants to protect beachgoers from getting sick, and raise public awareness about pollution threatening our rights to swimmable waters.
The technology was developed by Lake Ontario Waterkeeper and is now managed by Milwaukee Riverkeeper and other member groups of the Waterkeeper Alliance, a network of 200 water protection groups worldwide.
The app can be downloaded at milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/content/swim-guide.
NTT Worldwide pays $8 million for data center in Franklin
NTT Worldwide Telecommunications Corp. has purchased a data center property in Franklin from Harley-Davidson Inc. for $8 million.
"It's an excellent location for us to operate our enterprise cloud computing platform as well as our backup, disaster recovery and business continuity services, given the high-quality workforce and the geographical distribution between our East Coast and West Coast data centers," according to a statement from NTT spokesman Christopher Davis.
The property is located in the 10000 block of S. Franklin Drive and the seller is listed as H-D Franklin LLC on records filed with the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds.
The data center property had earlier been split from a Harley-Davidson distribution center at the site, said Orrin Sumwalt, a planner in the Franklin Department of City Development. The distribution center property is for sale and is being actively marketed, he said.
It's too soon to discuss employment levels at the data center, Davis said, but he indicated job growth may occur.» Read Full Article
Man cited for role in oily mess
A 63-year-old man was cited driving a vehicle with an unsecured load after a drum of oil fell off his trailer at 60th Street and Grange Avenue on July 14.
According to the Greendale police report:
The man was towing a trailer behind a van on 60th Street when the 100-gallon drum fell, spilling oil all over the roadway shortly after 5:30 p.m. July 14.
Four Greendale Fire Department units responded to the spill, along with one unit from the Greenfield Fire Department and the Franklin Hazmat team. The Wisconsin Department of Emergency Management also got involved with the cleanup, and the Department of Natural Resources was notified after officials discovered some of the oil leaked into a nearby creek.
The driver was cited also cited because his trailer did not have brakelights.
Theater-goer banned from cinema after 'Dark Knight' disturbance
Viewers of "The Dark Knight Rises" at South Shore Cinemas on Friday night took notice when a fellow movie-goer started acting strangely during an evening showing the Batman film.
Witnesses said the man walked near emergency exits and in the aisles as the film played, and they reported his actions to security personnel who asked the man to leave, according to an Oak Creek police log entry.
Just the day before, in Aurora, Colo., a man watching "Dark Knight Rises" got up before the show started and exited through an emergency exit, only to re-enter with the gun he used to shoot dozens of movie watchers, killing 12.
According to the Oak Creek police log:
Several theater-goers told cinema employees that the man was walking around, stretching in the aisles and walking near the emergency exits while the movie was running.» Read Full Article
Milwaukee OKs water deal with Greendale
Greendale will pay $750,000 to the City of Milwaukee in exchange for a guaranteed higher rate of water flow into the village from the city's distribution system, under terms of an intergovernmental agreement approved Tuesday by the Milwaukee Common Council.
The guarantee of a peak hourly flow rate equivalent to 5.25 million gallons of water a day will reduce the costs of planned improvements in Greendale's own distribution system, village officials said.
The boost in flows will enable the village to build a smaller than planned water tower, at a saving of $1.5 million, while providing adequate water pressure to fight fires.
Franklin teens flee after driver threatens them with gun
Franklin police are seeking two people who allegedly threatened three boys and pointed a gun at them while they were walking on the evening of July 21.
According to the Franklin police report:
Three 13-year-old boys were walking in the 8500 block of West Puetz Road just before 8:30 p.m. when two males in a red, four-door Dodge Neon slowed down and pulled up next to them. The driver asked the boys, "Do you go to Franklin?"
After one of the boys responded, the driver asked, "You ever been shot at?"
As the vehicle started to slowly pull away, the driver reached his right hand over his shoulder and pointed what was perceived to be a black, semi-automatic handgun at the three teens. The car then continued eastbound on Puetz Road.» Read Full Article
Police seeking suspects in strong-arm robbery
Greendale police are seeking three men who stole a purse from a woman in the Southridge Mall parking lot July 12.
According to the Greendale police report:
The woman told officers that three masked men jumped out of a dark green minivan and stole her purse while she was walking outside the food court at Southridge Mall, 5300 S. 76th St., shortly after 10 p.m. July 12. The men jumped back into the van and sped away.
The van was recovered in West Allis and was later reported as stolen. Police are investigating.
Woman eludes capture after attempting to steal from Walgreens
Police are seeking a woman who fled while a manager was attempting to detain her for shoplifting at Walgreens, 6210 W. Loomis Road, at 7:50 p.m. July 19.
The suspect, described in the Greendale police report as a white female between 16 and 24 years old with her hair pulled back in a ponytail and wearing white pants, a blue tank top and a white headband, fought with the manager after he tried to detain her and fled into a wooded area behind the store.
The female left her purse and car keys at the scene, but no identification was found in the purse.
Hales Corners pool open from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today
Milwaukee County Parks has extended today's hours of operation for all of its outdoor deep-well pools, including Hales Corners Pool, due to the day's extreme heat. All deep-well pools will have evening hours from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
The other deep-well pools are: Grobschmidt, Holler, Jackson, McCarty, Pelican Cove, Sheridan, Washington and Wilson.
Cool Waters at Greenfield Park and David F. Schulz Aquatic Park at Lincoln Park will be open until 8 p.m.
Shelton's hit lifts Oak Creek baseball team to state title
"Baseball is a funny game," said Oak Creek baseball coach Scott Holler moments after first baseman Riley Shelton's ripping single up the middle completed a roaring comeback from a 4-0 deficit and earned them the unlikeliest of WIAA state championships against Germantown Friday night at Kapco Park in Mequon.
"It can be so cruel and yet be so sweet."
And Holler and company had endured much of both in the last month, as they claimed their summer baseball record fourth state crown with the thrilling 5-4 decision.
After all, it wasn't supposed to be this rebuilt Oak Creek unit that was to taste this sweetest prize of all. This team with just two-and-a-half starters coming back (if you really stretch it) from the 2011 Greater Metro Conference regular season champions.
Further, they really weren't supposed to do it because a month ago top pitcher Austin Barbee dislocated his shoulder and tore a tendon in a head-first slide during a bad loss to archrival Franklin. He was supposed to be lost for the season.» Read Full Article
Oak Creek wins summer title in dramatic fashion
Mequon - Down four didn't keep Oak Creek from getting No. 4.
The Knights, who erased a 4-0 deficit in the final two innings, became the first summer baseball team to win four state titles by shocking Germantown, 5-4, in the championship game Friday night at Kapco Park.
Riley Shelton's single with two outs - and two strikes - drove in Hayden Krimmer from second base in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Oak Creek a 28-7 record and its first title since winning three straight from 2003-'05.
"Our assistant coach (Joel Paar) from the 2005 team, he said that they were down, too, and they didn't doubt it one bit that they were going to come back and win it," Shelton said. "And we didn't doubt it. We all had the feeling we were going to come back."
But even down four with five outs left?» Read Full Article
State baseball photo gallery updated
photo gallery of today's WIAA state summer baseball finals in Mequon with images from the championship game between Oak Creek and Germantown.MyCommunityNOW has just updated its
Oak Creek rallied from four runs down to win, 5-4.
Germantown defeated Waukesha West, 3-2, in the first semifinal. Oak Creek downed Sheboygan Falls, 10-0, in the second game.
Oak Creek won't pay damages for fire caused by fireworks display
Oak Creek - The city has denied Mark Verhalen's claim for a $1,160 reimbursement for damage caused to his property when a firework from the city's Fourth of July display started his field on fire.
The Small Claims Committee made the decision yesterday, advising Verhalen to file his complaint with Spielbauer Fireworks, the company that set off the fireworks.
Verhalen's field started on fire about 9:30 p.m. July 4. A neighbor reported the fire to the Fire Department, and residents living near Verhalen's home, located at 1200 E. Ryan Road, were evacuated. The fire was extinguished in 15 minutes by the Oak Creek Fire Department.
Oak Creek officials asked Verhalen to keep them apprised of the matter and said they hoped this would be a speedy recovery for Verhalen.» Read Full Article
Motorist cited after eating marijuana during traffic stop
A 22-year-old Greenfield man who ate approximately one gram of marijuana in an effort to hide it from police during a traffic stop ended up receiving a citation anyway.
According to Oak Creek police:
Officers pulled the man over for an unsafe lane deviation in the 2600 block of West Sycamore Avenue at 2:30 a.m. Sunday. While giving the man a written warning, the officer observed that the driver seemed somewhat "out of it," and noticed his heart was beating rapidly, his breathing was fast and his words were shaky.
The officer then asked the suspect to exit his car in order to speak to him. While exiting, the driver turned away from the officer and appeared to conceal something in his waistband. A body search was executed and a purple glass pipe with charred residue fell out of the suspect's shorts and onto the ground.
During the search the officer also noticed the suspect had several small pieces of plant material on his tongue. The suspect then admitted to the officer that he ate approximately one gram of marijuana during the traffic stop in an attempt to hide it from police.» Read Full Article
Man cited after taking knife into Denny's kitchen to complain about gravy
A 51-year-old California man was cited for disorderly conduct after he took a knife into a restaurant kitchen to complain about the way his gravy was prepared.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
A witness observed the suspect holding a five- or six-inch knife behind his back while walking towards the kitchen area at Denny's Restaurant, 9650 S. 20th St., shortly before 3:30 a.m. Sunday. The suspect entered the kitchen and walked into the cook line, where he started to complain about the way his gravy was made.
When an employee asked the suspect to leave, he told her to call the police. The employee then stated she noticed the man had a knife in his right pocket.
Police pulled the suspect's vehicle over near South 39th Street and West Ryan Road in Franklin, where they found a black and silver knife in the front passenger side of his car.» Read Full Article
Flasher gets boot from Southridge
An odd choice of clothing and a return to the scene of the alleged crime resulted in an arrest for lewd and lascivious behavior in Greendale last week.
According to the police report
A male juvenile was arrested for lewd and lascivious behavior at Southridge Mall, 5300 S. 76th St., shortly before 9 a.m. July 12.
The suspect, who was allegedly wearing a short blue halter-style woman's dress and cowboy boots, followed a woman into the bathroom at Macy's and exposed his genitals to her at 2:20 p.m. July 10.
The suspect returned to the mall wearing the same clothing on July 12, where he was arrested by police.
Oak Creek punches ticket to state
The way the Oak Creek baseball team dominated its two WIAA sectional opponents on Monday by a combined 17-1 score, it almost seemed like the Knights were on a mission.
That's because they actually were.
"This year, this team really rallied," said head coach Scott Holler. "We lost our booster club president, Tim Ungerecht, when he passed away in the winter. We really rallied around his passing. His son (Tyler) is on the team this year, and his other son played for us last year.
"We've dedicated this season to him, and always at the forefront of our minds has been the fact that people like Tim have helped get us to this point, helped the kids when they were younger. He was a great baseball guy, and the guys wanted to do this for him."
The Knights blanked Greendale, 8-0, in the semifinal game, then shut down streaking West Allis Hale, 9-1, in the sectional championship contest to earn their first trip to the state tournament since 2008.» Read Full Article
Greendale counters after quick blow
When Whitnall's Sam Mentkowski lined Zack Miller's first pitch over the left field wall, the Falcons and their fans had reason to feel good about their WIAA regional title game against Greendale on Friday night.
Those positive feelings were jolted just a few minutes later, as the Panthers used four hits and a couple of errors to score six runs in the bottom of the inning and take a 6-1 ead.
Greendale eventually rode that advantage to a 9-5 triumph over its Woodland Conference Black Division rival before a large crowd at Brinkman Field.
The Panthers improved to 17-14 on the season and earned a spot in next Monday's sectional against top seed Oak Creek on the West Allis Hale grounds. Whitnall wound up at 15-11.
The crowd barely had time to settle back in the seats after the national anthem before Mentkowski belted his first home run of the season. Greendale freshman pitcher Miller, however, quickly retired the next three batters.» Read Full Article
No three-peat: Franklin eliminated
There won't be a third consecutive state championship for the Franklin Sabers baseball team.
Visiting No. 11-seeded South Milwaukee upended the No. 3-seeded Sabers on Friday in the WIAA summer baseball regional final, 5-4. It was a game that won't make much sense if you only look at the box score.
By the time the Rockets scored their fifth and final run, they had managed just one hit. Through four innings, Franklin led 4-0, starter Tyler Gentz had a no-hitter going, and the Sabers appeared poised to make another deep postseason run.
"I don't know if I would have thought three hits would have been enough," South Milwaukee head coach John Galewski said. "Not against that team. It may not have even been enough on a normal day. We made some really nice defensive plays. Being down to them like we were, high school baseball is a funny game and sometimes the ball bounces your way, and that's what happened."
In the fifth inning, the wheels fell off for Franklin. Gentz walked Alex Cramer to start and balked while facing Brad Hofer, who later reached base on an error. With runners at second and third and one out, South Milwaukee's Cameron Bazan plated the Rockets' first run on a fielder's choice.» Read Full Article
Franklin water utility applies for rate increase
The Franklin Municipal Water Utility has filed an application to increase water rates by 3.2 percent.
If the new rate goes through as expected on Sept. 2, the average residential customer with a quarterly usage of 12,000 gallons of water will rise from the current $64.14 to $66.21.
The application to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin was made "to reduce the existing deficiency in present rates."
The utility noted that the rate-change request is being made under Wisconsin Statute 196.193. Rates granted under the statute do not require a public hearing.
Water rates come under five different customer classifications including average and large residential, commercial, public authority and industrial.
Franklin School Board backs referendums on $48.8 million in improvements
The Franklin School Board has voted to put three separate referendum questions on the Nov. 6 ballot, the district announced Thursday.
Two of the questions relate to expansions at Franklin High School and the third proposes an expansion at Forest Park Middle School. If all three pass, the cost would be $48.8 million and the estimated tax impact would be $76 per $100,000 of assessed value.
The first question would increase academic capacity at the high school with more classrooms and science areas. It would also create a secure main entry and potentially add 187 parking stalls. The cost is estimated at $20.4 million with a tax impact of $32 per $100,000 of assessed home value.
The second question proposes an 850-seat auditorium at the high school along with new band, chorus and music instruction space. It would relocate the football practice fields and potentially create 191 additional parking spaces. The cost is $12.6 million with an estimated tax impact of $20 per $100,000 of assessed home value.
The third question would address immediate space needs at Forest Park Middle School, according to the district. The current gym would be converted to classroom space and a new gym would be built. The cafeteria would also be expanded. Steps would be taken to improve the traffic pattern and an additional 111 parking spaces would be added.» Read Full Article
Police officer, Good Samaritan just can't walk away from ducklings in storm drain
An Oak Creek police officer and an Oak Creek resident worked together to rescue 10 ducklings stuck in a storm drain July 6.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
Shortly after 8 p.m. July 6, The Oak Creek Fire Department received a report that several ducklings were trapped in a storm drain outside Noodles & Co., 8609 S. Howell Ave. The Fire Department responded and confirmed the situation.
The Oak Creek Street Department was notified, but said they couldn't respond to the call due to the high traffic volume on Howell Avenue. The Fire Department then called police and requested an officer respond.
After the officer arrived, he contacted the Humane Society Wildlife Center, but personnel there were unavailable during the evening hours and would not be able to come to the area until after 8:30 a.m. the next day.» Read Full Article
Man arrested after calling 911 to tell police he just killed Al Capone's son
A 64-year-old man who called 911 to report he had just killed a man who was holding a gun to his head ended up being arrested by Oak Creek police for drunken driving.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
Police received a 911 call at 2:50 a.m. July 3 from a man who stated Al Capone's son was holding a gun to his head in his car at the Villa Vista Motel, 8060 S. 27th St. While officers were responding to the call, the man told dispatchers that he was able to kill his attacker by breaking his neck.
Officers arrived at the motel and found the caller sitting in the driver's seat of his vehicle with his keys in the ignition. No one else was inside the car.
When asked about the gun and the alleged attacker, the man told police he must have just strangled his assailant, not killed him, because he walked out of the car with the gun.» Read Full Article
Ringing in Serio: Whitnall moves ahead
The WIAA summer baseball tournament kicked off Tuesday, and Whitnall ace Josh Serio was in full playoff mode.
Serio was one out away from pitching a no-hitter over first-round opponent West Allis Central, but his bid was spoiled when Bulldogs sophomore Jason Alvarez smacked a two-out triple to the wall in right center in the top of the seventh inning.
Unfazed, the junior hurler retired the next batter, and the Falcons happily settled for a 5-0 shutout victory and a date in Friday's regional final against Greendale.
In addition to allowing the lone hit, Serio struck out 14 and walked just one.
"We're just looking for him to pound the zone," Whitnall head coach Ben Krey said. "For whatever the reason, the last couple games he wasn't doing that, he was staying up. So it was very nice to see him working low; he had a good mix."» Read Full Article
Greendale offers Milwaukee $750,000 for boost in water pressure
If an intergovernmental agreement could have a theme, this one would be: "Give me pressure."
Greendale would make a one-time $750,000 payment to the City of Milwaukee in exchange for a guaranteed higher rate of water flow into the village from the city's distribution system under terms of a proposed intergovernmental agreement.
Greendale is asking Milwaukee to provide a peak hourly flow rate equivalent to 5.25 million gallons a day, Milwaukee Water Works Superintendent Carrie Lewis said. The water pressure needed to push through that peak rate is available at Greendale's connection points following upgrades to Milwaukee's system.
The Milwaukee Common Council's Public Works Committee will act on the proposal Wednesday.
The higher rate of flow would enable Greendale to reduce the cost of its own planned water distribution system improvements while providing adequate water pressure to fight fires, according to a consultant's report.» Read Full Article
Seventh inning rally gives Muskego GMC tourney title over OC, 5-2
In the minds of the Muskego baseball team it was no time to panic.
Even though Oak Creek ace Brad Schulte had set down 13 Warriors in a row Friday night and went into the seventh inning of the Greater Metro Conference tourney championship game with a 2-1 lead, Muskego coach Jacob Paige and eventual winning pitcher Josh Breider knew all the team needed was a little spark.
And they got it with seventh inning lead-off hitter Nate Hammel, who coaxed a sharp grounder just inside the third base line for a double. That kickstart led to a four-hit, four-run rally that allowed the visiting Warriors to claim the GMC tourney title with a 5-2 victory over the Knights.
"We had no doubts," said Breider, who threw six innings for the win and also had a two-run single to knock in a pair of insurance runs in the seventh. "We knew we could get one run. We just needed a baserunner."
"After that it was just a matter of holding our composure, trusting our defense and making plays."» Read Full Article
Meijer plan creates sharp divide in opinion
Where supporters of a Franklin Meijer store see an opportunity for expanded tax base, local job creation and a new place to shop, opponents see the loss of wetlands, more traffic and a store too large to fit the city's neighborhood feel.
The Franklin Plan Commission drew a full house Thursday as it met to consider a proposal to build a Meijer grocery and department store at the eastern corner of Loomis and St. Martin's roads.
And though Mayor Tom Taylor decreed in advance that the matter would be put off until the next meeting, that didn't stop a presentation and public comment period that lasted close to two hours and illuminated sharp schisms in public sentiment.
More than two dozen members of the public spoke, and their comments were almost evenly divided between support for the project and opposition.
"I'm in support of this," Sara Nowacki said. "I think Franklin needs more retail right now."» Read Full Article
Oak Creek earns berth in GMC tourney final with 6-2 win over Franklin
The Oak Creek baseball team has won the last two Greater Metro Conference regular season titles only to see someone else pull out the league tournament crown.
Now the Knights have a chance to reverse those fortunes as they rode the strong arm of freshman pitcher Mitch Makarewicz and some opportunistic play to defeat archrival Franklin, 6-2, in a GMC tourney semifinal Thursday night held at a sweltering Abendschein Park.
"I've always thought that the regular season tells the true tale of the tape," said Knight coach Scott Holler, "but they've put this opportunity (the tournament) in front of us the last few years. ...We haven't been able to win it since, but maybe we'll win it this time around."
The Knights will (22-6) will get that opportunity Friday night back at Abendschein at 5:30 p.m. against Muskego (19-10) which upset regular season champ Menomonee Falls, 6-3, Thursday night.
The two teams split their regular season games, with the Warriors taking the first contest, 8-2, and Oak Creek the second round, 8-3.» Read Full Article
Fireworks halted in Oak Creek, Waukesha
While some fireworks displays were canceled Wednesday night because of hot and dry conditions, a couple of communities were forced to stop their fireworks in the middle of the shows because of grass fires.
In Oak Creek, fireworks were stopped when a grass fire erupted in the 1200 block of E. Ryan Road.
And in Waukesha, the display was halted shortly before 10 p.m. because of fires from falling embers and sparks that landed on the grounds of Crites Field, said a police dispatcher.
No injuries were reported.
Marcher in Cudahy parade injured when participating driver strikes him
Two men participating in the Cudahy Fourth of July parade Wednesday were injured when the driver of a car in the parade struck a man in front of him who was carrying a flag, Cudahy police said Wednesday.
The driver of the car, a member of the VFW, suffered a medical emergency - possibly heat stroke - lost consciousness and ran into the man walking in front of him, police said.
Members of the Cudahy Fire Department were marching in the parade behind the driver and immediately began to assist the two men, police said. One television station reported the driver was 90 years old, but police could not immediately confirm that.
Police said the driver of the car was taken to Aurora St. Luke's South Shore hospital.
The pedestrian was taken to Froedtert Hospital, she said. The conditions of the two men were not available.» Read Full Article
Independence Day photo gallery updated
Independence Day photo gallery with colorful shots from today's events in Oak Creek and yesterday's parade in Menomonee Falls.We've just updated our suburban
We'll continue to update the gallery throughout the day with more images from the metropolitan area.
Chill on the Hill canceled tonight
Due to extreme heat, the Bay View Neighborhood Association has canceled Chill on the Hill at Humboldt Park tonight.
Hales Corners, Greendale and Greenfield
Hales Corners Fire Chief Michael Jankowski, Greendale Fire Chief Tim Saidler and Greenfield Fire Chief Jon Cohn have all issued immediate bans on burning and the use of all fireworks, including sparklers and caps. These bans are the result of severe drought conditions. As such, burning and the use of fireworks would constitute a public nuisance affecting safety.
This ban includes fires in all outdoor fireplaces, pits, camp fires and the private use of consumer fireworks including sparklers, caps and novelty fireworks. In order to prevent fires, the community's police departments will strictly enforce these restrictions, they said.
Violators of this ban and adults who permit the use of any kind of fireworks, including caps and sparklers, or burning by minors will receive citations. This ban does not prohibit residents from using contained grills for cooking food. The ban will remain in place until further notice in all these communities.
Woman injured in one-car crash; man arrested for drunken driving
An alleged drunken driver is facing charges after a passenger in his car was seriously injured during a one-vehicle accident on Rawson Avenue on Saturday.
According to the Oak Creek police report:
The 24-year-old South Milwaukee man was traveling west through the intersection of Rawson and Pennsylvania avenues when he drove onto a median and struck a traffic signal and light pole.
The impact caused the front passenger in his vehicle, a 27-year-old South Milwaukee woman, to be ejected through the car window. She was on the ground outside the vehicle when emergency personnel arrived on the scene.
When police asked the driver what happened, he stated the sun was in his eyes and he got scared and turned the steering wheel of the car, causing the accident.» Read Full Article
Municipalities issue fireworks, burning bans
Several municipalities in southern Milwaukee County issued a temporary ban on fireworks and some burning Tuesday because of severe drought conditions.
Hales Corners, Greendale and Greenfield placed a ban on all outdoor fireplaces, pits, camp fires and private use of fireworks, including caps and sparklers. Franklin's ban on fireworks has been in place since June 15. Contained grills for cooking food is permitted.
Violators will receive public nuisance citations if found lighting fireworks.
Public July 4 fireworks displays are still planned.
West Allis Hale slugger named NOW Softball Player of the Year
NOW All-Suburban Softball Player of the Year after slugging her way to 12 home runs and 40 RBIs for the Huskies this season.West Allis Hale junior Rachel Seefeldt has been named the
She is joined on the squad by teammate Sarah Mueller and players from 10 other suburban teams.
Germantown co-coaches Kurt Raguse and Amy Barbiaux were named the coaches of the year.
Illinois man cited for urinating on police building
A 20-year-old Illinois man who had just been arrested for traffic offenses received an additional citation after an officer caught him urinating on the Police Department building immediately after he was released from custody June 29.
According to Oak Creek police report:
Officers stopped the man after his vehicle crossed the white fog line on 27th Street at Oakwood Road at 10:15 p.m. June 29. The driver provided police with a Mexican ID and did not have a valid driver's license.
The man was arrested for underage drinking, driving without a license and deviating from a designated lane.
He was taken to the police station for processing and released.» Read Full Article
Cudahy Fourth of July parade steps off at noon
The city of Cudahy's Fourth of July parade starts at noon beginning at Lake Drive and Grange Avenue north to Armour Avenue and Lake Drive.