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Rongmei Naga
The Rongmei (Ruangmei) is one of the major Naga tribe. Majority of these indigenous people are found in the Tamenglong district of Manipur state,India.They are also found in a contiguous area but in different states of Assam and Nagaland in North-East India. They were divided when the official boundaries were set by the Government of India. They shared the same history and traditions with the tribes Zeme, Liangmai, and Inpui. Most Rongmei live in the Tamenglong district of Manipur. Some of the Rongmei reside in Imphal valley, the capital city of Manipur. In Nagaland they are settled in Kohima, Dimapur and Jalukie. In Assam the Rongmei are found in North Cachar and Silchar areas. The Rongmei are patrilineal and patriarchal. The Rongmei dance is also one of the popular dance of Manipur. Gaan-Ngai is their biggest festival, celebrated annually in December or January.
- 1 Overview
- 2 History
- 3 Society
- 4 Religion of the Rongmei tribe
- 5 Culture
- 5.1 Festivals
- 5.2 Dance
- 5.3 Dress
- 5.4 Food
- 6 Economy
- 7 References
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One of the indigenous tribe of Manipur, the Rongmei (a popular name used by neighboring tribes such as Kuki, Vaiphei, and communities such as Meitei, Pangal etc., but linguistically and phonetically it is Ruangmei, according to the way they call themselves) were in very good relations with other communities like the Meitei and the Pangals. They are settled in every nook of Manipur. Rongmei tribes have their different and distinctive socio-cultural, traditional and linguistic variants and also genetic identity. However, in spite of these associations, this Rongmei tribe also have their individual endogamous groups.The four major clans are the Gangmei, Kamei and Gonmei followed by other sub-clan like Malangmei, Phaomei, Maringmei, Riamei, Daimei, Panmei, Dangmei, Thaimei, Ruanghmei(pronounced slightly differently from the official tribe name Rongmei). Kamei and Pamei are same major clan.
Ruangmei is a combination of two words RUANG and MEI meaning SOUTH and PEOPLE respectively. Thus Ruangmei stands for the southerners. The ancestral home of the Ruangmei lies in the mountain ranges in the Tamenglong district of Manipur and adjacent mountainous areas of Nagaland and Assam. The Ruangmei settlement area within the territory of Manipur is the southern portion of the vast tract of Zeliangrong Naga country and hence those who settling in the southern part of their habitat within Manipur call themselves the Ruangmei (Rongmei), the southerners.[1] In present day literature, the word Kabui has been widely used within and outside Manipur, and the name Ruangmei is less known to the other communities. The original home of the Ruangmei of the Manipur lies in the Tamenglong area which is a vast tract of hilly region situated along the western borders of Manipur. The Ruangmei started to be called "Rongmei" in the Manipur valley. It is reported that many early settlers in the valley of Manipur came from Tamenglong area. The earliest settlement of the Rongmei in Imphal is more than a century old. In terms of race and language, the Ruangmei fall under the Tibeto-Burman family of the Mongolian race. It is believed that a number of Mongoloid groups, including the Kabuis, used to inhabit the upper course of the Chinese rivers of the Yangtze and Yellow River. According to the writings of British era ethnographers, they are one of the twenty-two tribal communities who belonged to the Manipur state. Today also, this Ruangmei tribe has been enlisted as Rongmei Tribe of the twent-nine tribes of the Constitution of India. Now, Rongmei is the recognized name for Ruangmei people.
The Ruangmei territory was conquered by the British in the nineteenth century. Under the leadership of Haipou Jadonang and his successor Rani Gaidinliu, they rebelled against the British rule in the 1930s
The social and cultural features and practices of the Rongmei tribe are determined to a great extent by the physical environment which surrounds their habitation. They live in close communication with nature, and their natural environment has a major influence on their lifestyle. The villages of the Rongmei are usually small and the habitation is scattered. Each village has a headman called Khulakpu (Khulakpa). There is a house of commons called the Peikai. All problems are expressed and sorted out here. The people are allowed to express their different views, following which the decision is taken. Theft and violent crimes are uncommon. The social system of the Rongmeis is patriarchal, and each of the clans enjoy equal status. They usually try to maintain exogamy.
Apart from the traditional Naga systems of marriage, they also have their own unique marriage rituals. Some distinct systems may be mentioned here. Noumang-mei-Nou-kao is a system which allows a boy to stay at a girl's place for three to four years as her husband. This system is followed with the agreement of both parties and, after the completion of the time agreed on, the boy returns home. Chamemei is when a girl is married without her consent as repayment for some debt or obligation. Naokakhaomei is the ritual which dictates that at the death of a man, his closest brother will have to marry his widow and look after the family.
As regards dressing habits, the Rongmei wear a lot of ornamentation. Both men and women have pierced ears. While the males usually wear feathers in their ears, the women traditionally wear brass rings. The traditional dress of women usually includes the Phe-soi (shawl), though traditional attire is fast being replaced by modern clothes.
Religion of the Rongmei tribe[edit]
The religion of the Rongmeis has been greatly determined by basic human need, and is often seen to include magic and mysticism. The traditional religion of Rongmei is known as Tingkao Ragwang Chap-Riak (TRC)or Pu-pouh chapriak (meaning ways of our forefather) . Many of the tribes still follow traditional tribal practices. They believe that sacrifices are necessary to appease the deities, since otherwise they might incur their wrath and this will ruin their crops. When the Christian missionaries arrived, majority of the Ruangmeis converted to Christianity. Christianity has existed here for 150 years. However, some of the Ruangmei people still follow the ancient traditional practices. In Assam, a significant number of the Rongmei are followers of POUPEI CHAPRIAK. Recently there were clashes between the 'Hindu' Rongmei and the Christian Hmar tribes in Assam.[2] The media report on this incident erred on two counts. One, a fight of two persons over a post in Barak Valley Hill Development Council was made out as clash between two religious communities. Two, if there were two religious communities involved,they would have to be Hmar Christians and Rongmeis practicing their traditional tribal religion but certainly not 'Hindu' Rongmeis.
According to the 1991 Census,46.60 % of all Naga living in Assam were Hindu (?) (7,155 out of 15,354). In 2001, it declined to 37.62% (8,165 out of 21,706). In recent decades there has been lots of Rongmei who have profess their faith as Christian. This Census data and interpretation seem to reveal an underlying assumption that Nagas following their traditional tribal religion are 'Hindus' and that the 'Hindu' Nagas have converted to Christianity over the decades. This again is erroneous. The religious worldview of Nagas following traditional tribal religious are quite different from Hinduism as is known and practiced in India and rest of the world. Ethnically and socially they are distinct from the people practicing Hinduism in the Indian subcontinent. For a Naga to become a Hindu,he or she must get converted in the first instance. It is a well known fact that the Nagas have converted to Christianity since the advent of British colonialism but the same is not true about their conversion to Hinduism. In fact a naga embracing Hinduism would be breaking news. In recent past a joke was passed around of the first Muslim convert among the Rongmeis somewhere in Assam. Most probably it was not factual. For instance, conversion from Rongmei traditional religion to Christianity is a tough call. Change of faith in a typical traditional Rongmei village can involve excommunication from the village along with payment of penalty in cash or kind by the converted person or family. Some years back a joke was passed around about a Rongmei in Assam who became the first Muslim convert. Most probably it was just a rumor. Nagas can be made Hindus only through faulty Census reports.
As with everything else, the various festivals of the Rongmei are closely linked to their physical habitat and are also a celebration of religion. The celebrations usually reflect the different agricultural stages. The celebrations usually include an expression of physical prowess and talents. Some of the important festivals are- Gan-Ngai, Rih-Ngai (Chaga Ngai) and Gudui-Ngai.
The Gaan-Ngai[edit]
Gaan-Ngai is celebrated following the harvest season, in December–January.[3] Full form of the festival is called Chakaan Gaan Ngai. Chakaan means winter; Gaan means moonlit night('Gaan' does not refer to young male though the spelling is the same); Ngai means festival. That is why this festival is celebrated according to the Lunar Calendar. In the past, it was celebrated on a moonlit night at the bottom of the hills where villages were established. This festival is also a romantic festival specially for boys and girls. Festivities are held for five days. The festival commences with the blowing of the traditional horn. A fire is made by the ancient system of the friction method and it is distributed among the different households. Song and dance is held on a large scale, interrupted by feasting. Gaan-Ngai is the greatest festival of the Zeliangrong people who inhabit in the State of Manipur, Assam and Nagaland. 'Zeliangrong' is the combined name of three cognate tribes Zeme (Zemei), Liangmai and Rongmei. Puimei, another cognate tribe performs the same festivals of the Zeliangrong.
Gaan-Ngai is called Hegangi among the Zeme, Gin-Ngi among the Liangmai and Gaan-Ngai among the Rongmei and Puimei. The name, Gaan-Ngai literally means the festival of winter season (Gaan orGanh means winter or dry season and Ngai means festival). It is derived from the name of the winter season like Chakan Ganh, Gan-bu or Enganh. The festivals of the Zeliangrong people are based on the different stages of agricultural operations; pre-operation and post harvest. The Gaan-Ngai is a post harvest festival. When the granaries are full, the landscape is dry, and the whole village is free from all agricultural works; people turn to celebration, festivity and worship of the God and honouring of the dead. This festival is also a new year festival as it marks the end of the year and beginning of the new year. Every tribal new year festival is marked by the production of new fire either by friction of wood and bamboo or friction of the flint. The Gaan-Ngai performs the production of fire, Mailapmei.
The Gaan-Ngai is a festival during which those who died in the previous year are given ritual farewell or departure; their graves are beautified, dances are performed in their honour,feast is given to the community in honour of the dead. Gaan-Ngai is thus the festival of both the dead and the living. The Gaan-Ngai was usually performed between the month of October and December depending on the progress of the agricultural operation. However, the Kabui Naga Association, the progenitor of the present Zeliangrong Union decided in 1947 that Gaan-Ngai be performed on the 13th day of the Meitei month of Wakching as per the Meitei Calendar (Chandrabda) of the lunar year. Since then, due to efforts of the community leaders, it has been performed on 13th Wakching onwards.
Gaan-Shanmei (heralding of the Gaan-Ngai): The duration of the festival varies from place to place. But in the beginning of the month in which the Gaan-Ngai is to be performed, the village elders will announce the coming of the festival by blowing the buffalo horn or the mithun, informing the community to make the necessary arrangement for the festival. This is called Gaan-Shanmei (Heralding of the winter season or the Gaan-Ngai festival).
Ngai-Guangmei (starting of the festival)[edit]
Gaan-ngai is based on the religious belief of the Zeliangrong people (worship of Tingkao Ragwang, the God of the universe). The whole culture, religion and social life are interwoven in the performance of Gaan-Ngai.
The first day of the festival is called Ngai-Gangmei (starting or coming of the festival). It starts with the omen taking (Danjaomei) rite at the abode of the village deity (Shong or Bambu) outside the village gate, performed by an elder through the offering of egg and ginger. He will perform divination by ginger to know the future of the new year.
Sacrifice to Tingkao Raguang[edit]
All the village elders, men, and youth will gather at the boys' dormitory (Khangchu). The girls will gather at the girls' dormitory (Luchu). An animal, either a pig or a mithun, will be sacrificed as an offering to the Supreme God, Tingkao Ragwang. This will be preceded by a competition to catch the pig or the mithun. After the sacrifice of the pig, the spleen will be examined to see the omen for the future. There will be community feasting at the dormitories. A feast will be preceded by an invocation to God by Ho-Hoing.
Hoigammei (Hoi procession) In the afternoon, there is the Hoigammei procession. Every male—the elders, married males, youths and children—puts on their best ceremonial dress, and, holding spears, participate in the Hoigammeiprocession. It starts from the boys' dormitory, proceeds to the village gates shouting Ho, Ho (Ho-Hoing) and then to the village jumping ground (Danshanpung). Competition in stone throwing, long jump and wrestling are carried out in the presence of the whole community, the inauguration of the stone throwing and long jump being performed by a village elder.
Mailapmei (making of new fire) The procession goes to the boys' dormitory where the new fire is produced by the wood and bamboo friction and the fire will be distributed to every household, or several teams of youth visit the individual families to produce the new fire. Every family will perform the Napkaomei ceremony (worship to God for plentiful harvest) as a thanksgiving for the good harvest and prayer for good agricultural production in the coming year. The evening will be spent in merry making, drinking, eating and singing in the dormitories.
Ngaidai (great festival) The second day is called 'Ngai-dai' (the great festival). It is also popularly known as 'Tamchan Ngai' (The performance - of Tamchan dance). The senior members of the boys' dormitory and family members of both the boys and girls who passed in the previous year will present the Tamcha (gift in the form of food, drinks, meat, vegetables and rice) to their respective dormitories for partaking by the members. The parents of the dead members give thetam-cha in remembrance of their deceased. There will be feasts in the respective dormitories.
Tamchan dance In the evening, girls will perform a dance in the selected families. This dance is known as 'Tamchan Laam' (tam means "chutney of vegetables"; chan means "request"; Laam means dance, dance requesting for Tam). Because of the performance of the Tamchan dance, the day is also known as Tamchan Ngai. If there is no such dance, there is usually a singing competition between the boys and girls dormitories. Merry making continues.
Tuna Gaan-Ngai[edit]
The third day is known as the Tuna-Gan-Ngai (Festival of the youth). This day is important for both the dead and living, and for the strength and prosperity of the village.
- The dormitories will perform Thei-Kadi-Laam (Dance in honour of the dead) at the selected families where death occurred in the previous year. The family will prepare the graves of the dead to whom offering in the form of food and drink will be made. The dead will be given a ritual farewell. The performance of the dance in honour of the death is performed if the deceased happens to be a member of the dormitory. But it is not compulsory.
- The dormitories perform Khangbon Kadi Lam (a dance in honour of the elder members of the dormitories being promoted to a higher age grade position known as Ganchang).
Rangteng pammei (Ritual of reaffirmation) On the third day or on the eve of the Long ruimei (Hill trekking) when there is no dancing, a ceremony known as the Rangteng pammei is performed. This is a ceremony to strengthen and confirm the village against the elements and forces inimical to the village. Rangtang pammei literally means 'embracing' the village gates.
Khunnummei (offering at the hole of the village gate)[edit]
In the afternoon, the head of the settlers' clan of the village as Nampou (owner of the village), the chief functionary will go to the village gates and will dig holes in which he offers an egg and iron pieces with the chanting of hymns. It is an affirmation that he is the descendant of the founder of the village and prays for the affirmation of his position and strength of the village. This has social and administrative significance. It is the reassertion of the chiefship of the head of the settler's clans which should be accepted by everybody in the village.
At night, when there is complete silence in the village, the Rangteng Pammei ceremony will be performed. During the day, a wooden pole will be prepared, the gaa creepers and canes will be collected by the youth and kept in the village gates. In the night, the wooden pole of the village gate is raised by the head or an elder of the settler's clan which is the family of the rangteng Pammei at the right side of the village and with appropriate hymns chanted. (It is not to be audible to the gathering).
Two warriors dressed in ceremonial warrior dress, holding dao and spear cut the village gate pole (Rangteng Khumei). It is followed by the Ho-Hoing of the gathering to scare away the wild beasts and evil elements followed by a complete silence. The two warriors report to the elder, 'Our village is protected and safe it will be prosperous'. The gathering at the village gate will respond by shouting 'gaiye, gaiye, gaiye (meaning good four times). Then the Ho-hoing and again the response of 'gaiye' four times. From the village gate, the gathering proceeds shouting Hoi to the village jumping ground. Then the refrain of 'gaiye, gaiye, gaiye, gaiye' will be repeated and it is over. They return to the dormitories in a Hoi procession. In the villages which are not established by a founder clan, it is not performed.
On this day of the festivals, the traditional dances of different pattern will be performed by the youths (boys & girls). On this day, the dance, merry making, songs of the Zelian-grong are performed. The essence of the aesthetic sense of the Zeliangrong people and their culture are found expressed in a grand form.
Longkumei: Hill Trekking The fourth day is called Long Kumei or Long ruimei (Hill Trekking) performed by the boys, girls and members of the dormitories in a nearby mountain range. They will offer girls, sing songs (Long-Luchenlu) and janting tam (Hetam in Zeme) made of boiled pork.Gakting Tam is an item of boiled pork pounded with garlic, onion, chilli, ginger and salt and made into round balls. They return to the village and perform dance in honour of those boys and girls who have been chosen as the phak gwang or namlengwang. The kings and queens are adorned with phak grass. The families of the chosen boys and girls in whose honour the dance is performed will offer money, wine, drink and other eatables.
The fifth day is called Nap-chanmei, offering of pig and fowls to God for good harvest and prosperity followed by the feasting at the dormitories. Individual families may perform this ceremony. A pig is sacrificed at the boys' dormitory to the god and a fowl is also offered.
There will be feasting with the invocation of God by Ho-Hoing, after the feast, there will be song competition between the boys and girls and merry making. There will be Kairong Lonmei (Guarding of the village with youth singing village guarding songs). Those who participate are entertained by the individual families.
Rangpatmei is the last day. In the early morning, there will be a ponnimmei, exchange of gifts in form of money, and necklace, bangles among the members of the boys and girls dormitories as a mark of farewell, marking the end of the happy Gaan-Ngai. Rangpatmei is the offering of sacrifice to the deities of the pantheon of Gods worshipped by the village concerned. A sacrifice known as Ralen-loumei will be performed. The village priest and the elders will perform this sacrifice in which three categories of Gods are worshipped by the Zeliangrong people with offerings of fowls, egg, ginger and water. It is performed at the village deity's abode.
- The eight brothers of the Ragwang who are the members of the pantheon of Zelian-grong Gods below the Supreme God, Tingkao Ragwang.
- The gods and deities worshipped by the particular village.
- The gods of different aspects of nature like the God of the wind, fire etc.
- Propitiation of spirit not to disturb men.
A complete genna or neihmei is observed in the village during the period of the sacrifice. The elder will eat the chicken cooked at the ritual place.
Bukaomei (calling of the Soul) The elders will return to the village Pei (office of the village council) and perform another ceremony known as the Bu-kaomei (calling of the souls) to Tingkao Raguang. A big cock will be sacrificed after chanting the hymns invoking Tingkao Raguang, the Supreme God to extend protection to the people of the village from death and danger and provide welfare to the village and its people. The cock will be cooked and eaten by the elders and pieces of the meat will be distributed to every household.
Thus the Gaan-Ngai comes to an end. The community prays to Tingkao Ragwang as a Thanks giving and for future prosperity (Good harvest), the soul of the death leaves the households and go to the land of the death (Taroilam), the village reinvigorates its energy by affirmation of strength and unity, rejoices in the performance of dance, music, merry making and festivities.
Gaan-Ngai is a festival, a unique cultural phenomenon, a form of aesthetic expression of the Zeliangrong religion and philosophy. It is also an institution through which the community sustains their cultural heritage and way of life. Gaan-Ngai is the essence of the Zeliangrong culture.[citation needed]
The Rhi Ngai (Chaga Ngai)[edit]
Rhi Ngai like a war festival, celebrated only by men. During this time, the men have to stay separate from the women, and even food cooked by the womenfolk is not taken. Strangers are not allowed to enter the village during this time.
The Gudui-Ngai (Mariang Ngai)[edit]
This festival is celebrated during the sowing season, sometime in April. During this time, people celebrate by drinking the juice of ginger, after having cleared the fields for sowing. A tug-of-war is held between the men and the women, symbolic of the competition between the Gods and Goddesses. If the war is won by the girls, it is a good omen, symbolic of a good harvest.
This festival is also intended for the youth to socialize,providing an opportunity for them to know more about the opposite gender and find a suitable mate for themselves.
Dances are one of the prime forms of celebration among the Rongmeis. A number of different dances are performed during different festivals, distinct in their step and style of performance. Colourful costumes are worn by the dancers, replete with various ornaments and even hornbill feathers. Dancers continue to perform throughout the day and all through the night, accompanied by thudding drums and a viloin-like instrument called the Nrah.
The Rongmei (officially called known as Rongmei) are among the earliest inhabitant of Manipur. The rich variety of their clothing reflects their rich cultural heritage. The Rongmei dance with their colourful costumes is a well known tribal form of tribal performing art. The Rongmei dress is categorised on the basis of gender (Male and Female) and age gradation ; child, youth, married and elder woman.
The staple food of the Rongmeis is rice. It is eaten twice a day with meat or vegetables. The Rongmei are fond of meat and non-veg. Meat and even skin are often dried over the fire and stored for future consumption. Where drinks are concerned, the local brews are Jou and Jung Ou. During celebrations and festivities like marriages, Jung Ou is the drink of choice. Among beverages, tea is quite popular.
The economy of the Rongmeis is agrarian in nature. Agriculture is the main source of livelihood for the people. Jhum cultivation is practised in a great way here. Pigs and stock are also maintained by the people. These serve a dual purpose of consuming the plant wastes as well as stock for sacrifice during periods of festivities and scarcity. The Rongmei are greatly skilled in bamboo, wood, blacksmith and pottery works. The raw materials for the same are easily available here. Bamboo baskets, mats, shields etc. are manufactured in a great way here.
- ^ Life style, Indian tribes: locational practice, Volume 2: By Shiva Tosh Das
- ^ Hmar leader held in Barak Valley for Ronmei murder - Times Of India. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2011-07-27). Retrieved on 2013-07-28.
- ^ Gaan Ngai - the post-harvest festival of the Zeliangrong tribe of North East India, India-north-east.com


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"The voters now have the opportunity to make this decision. They haven't had this opportunity before," Russell says.
Russell is a Lincoln County native, and returned to Merrill in 1992.
"I've been practicing law here ever since. I have a little over 20 years legal experience," Russell says.
Russell points out that Yackel didn't even live in Lincoln County until his appointment six months ago.
Russell views that as a mark against Yackel.
"I guess the voters are going to decide that. I'm originally from Hayward. I was born and raised with the same Northwoods traditions and values we all share," Yackel says.
The campaign has been almost like a second full time job for each candidate.
"It's been very busy, very stressful, but at the same time, very rewarding because of the people I've met and the places I've been," Russell says.
"I have been getting to know as many people as I can since I took the bench. In the last two months, we've been putting up signs, knocking on doors, doing lit drops, doing interviews," Yackel says.
So who has the advantage going into Tuesday's general election?
"I don't think either side knows how it's going to go," laughs Yackel.
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FEMA comes to Iron County to inspect storm damage
Submitted: 07/26/2016
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- Mud, debris, and damaged property still cover parts of Northern Iron County after a storm ripped through there more than two weeks ago.
The lack of money to repair certain areas is largely keeping the rebuilding process from getting started.
That's why the Federal Emergency Management Agency came to Iron County Tuesday.
It surveyed the damage because of its severity and the extreme costs to fix.
"Really if it's beyond the scope of local jurisdiction, and even the states that respond," said FEMA External Affairs Officer Troy Christensen.
Wisconsin Emergency Management currently believes the damage caused by the mid-July storm is around $38 million across 10 counties and Bad River Reservation. Around $15 million of that happened in Iron County.
FEMA relies on local government like the ones in Iron County to help it assess damage.
"They have sights selected so they will be showing us a lot of these sights." Said Christensen.
Those sights included multiple towns, Saxon Harbor, and crumbled highways.
This week Iron County gave its damage estimates to FEMA.
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Update: Police shoot, kill suspect near Merrill after chase and standoff
Submitted: 07/26/2016
- A suspect died after being shot by police near Merrill.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said it was dealing with a "critical incident" at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Later, the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office told Newswatch 12 that it helped the Antigo Police Department with a high-speed pursuit.
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Sanders asks for roll call end, and Clinton wins nomination
Submitted: 07/26/2016
- Hillary Clinton claimed the Democratic presidential nomination after rival Bernie Sanders asked delegates at the party's national convention to nominate her by acclamation.
It was a dramatic end to the roll call of states.
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Caring Paws looking to save animal abuse victim
Submitted: 07/26/2016
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- When people found Josephine the beagle in Forest County earlier this year, she barely clung to life. Now, a young Langlade County girl will work hard to help save Josie.
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Robotics summer camp brings together kids using science and teamwork
Submitted: 07/26/2016
- Building a robot may seem like a pretty lofty summer camp goal, but teens in the Northwoods love the technological challenge.
It's all part of a summer camp that's heavy on science and social interaction.
13-year-old Sean Timm says the eight day robotics camp at Nicolet College mixed the best of both worlds.
"I like technology a lot more than I do outside stuff," Timm said. "It's kind of nice to have technology like drones to bring me outside. It's really fun."
Camp Instructor, Mike Wojtusik has many years of experience as a technology education teacher and robotics advisor. He wants kids to see the importance in learning these skills.
"The kids are getting experience from a mechanical engineering side, electrical engineering side, design, prototyping," said Wojtusik. "We try and cover as much as we can about the whole entire system."
Learning about robotics isn't the only thing these students do. Some of them are also exercising skills they'll need in the future.
"I think it's a great experience for them to understand what really goes on in the real world as far as a career," Wojtusik said.
Certain careers that often require teamwork.
"Challenging part is working with a team because you don't always agree on the same thing," said 12-year-old Louis Malais. "When you build a robot you do the most teamwork than I think in any other job."
As their final project, students design and build their own version of a remote control robot.
They are required to work in teams to sketch a vision, make prototypes and design a working model with aluminum.
"It's not just you know operating a piece of machinery, it's learning how that machinery is put together," Wojtusik said.
Students are piecing together machines and building future careers at the same time.
"If I were to get an opportunity to do something like this in the future, I would definitely take it," Timm said.
Throughout the course of the camp, students were exposed to prototyping, brainstorming, modeling, safety and sketching.
The last day of the robotics camp is scheduled to be Thursday, July 28.
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Court finds man charged in drive-by competent to stand trial
Submitted: 07/26/2016
- A 20-year-old man accused of killing a woman in a random drive-by shooting has been found competent to stand trial in Milwaukee County.
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Lac du Flambeau's Schuman, a professional mixed martial arts athlete, faces battery, abuse charges
Submitted: 07/26/2016
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- Over the last few years, Lac du Flambeau's Frank Schuman, a mixed martial arts athlete, rose to become one of the top King of the Cage fighters in the nation.
Nicknamed "Nightmare," he drew large crowds to see him fight in Lac du Flambeau. Newswatch 12 even did a pair of feature stories on him in 2015 and 2016.
But on Tuesday, Schuman went before a judge in Vilas County Court, charged with eleven counts related to battery and domestic abuse.
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Below is a list of my upcoming field photo workshops, classroom photo workshops (using ON1 Photo 10, Macphun's Aurora HDR, and Capture One Pro), online photo courses that are streaming & downloadable, as well as info on my private one-on-one instruction both in-person or online via Skype. And check out my FREE tutorials and presets at the bottom of this page.
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Upcoming Photo Workshops & Classes
Join professional photographer Matt Suess on one of his classroom and/or field photography workshops. Learn from a professional photographer with over 25 years of experience who absolutely loves teaching. Class sizes are small and are designed for plenty of hands-on learning. Special discounts are available for Workshop Alumni.
ON1 Photo 10 Two-Day Crash Courses
Join Perfect Photo Suite / ON1 Photo 10 expert Matt Suess during his popular 2-day classroom crash course on using ON1's excellent photo enhancement software. Registration is now open for new classes in Dallas this May, and soon will open for dates in 2016 in New Mexico and Montana this summer, and Tempe, AZ in the fall/winter.
2016 HDR BootCamp Santa Fe
Join Matt Suess this summer in Santa Fe, New Mexico for a 4-day classroom & field photography workshop learning how to shoot HDR photographs and process them using Macphun's Aurora HDR. MORE DETAILS COMING SOON!! Contact me via the contact link above to let me know you are interested in this workshop.
2016 Grand Teton National Park Fall Foliage Field Photography Workshop
September 29 - October 2, 2016 Join Matt Suess for 4 days of field photography instruction in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming during the fall foliage season. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!
2016 Zion National Park Fall Foliage Field Photography Workshop
November 3-6, 2016 Join Matt Suess for 4 days of field photography and instruction in Zion National Park, Utah during the fall foliage season - one of the most beautiful times to photograph in Zion. Matt has been teaching photo workshops in Zion since 2013. REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
2017 Grand Teton National Park June Milky Way & Night Sky Photography Workshop
June 22 - 25, 2017 Join Matt Suess for 4 days of field instruction in majestic Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming in late spring of 2017 photographing sunrise and sunset in addition to the Milky Way and Night Sky. REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
2017 Grand Teton National Park Spring Photography Workshop
June 29 - July 2, 2017 Join Matt Suess for 4 days of field instruction in majestic Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming in late spring of 2017. REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
Pre-recorded Online Courses
Study image processing by enrolling in one of my online photo courses. These pre-recorded classes allow you to learn at your own pace. Watch and re-watch the videos as often as you like. New courses are coming out this summer!! If you are interested in them send me a message on which one(s) via the link below to be notified when they are available and also to be able to take advantage of any pre-release private specials I may have.Contact Me.›
2 FREE HDR Photography Classes Using Aurora HDR
Watch my 2 FREE online classes using Macphun's Aurora HDR Pro on Skillshare. Over 1 hour of content with video of me behind the camera showing shooting techniques and me in front of the computer showing how to process the HDR photos.
ON1 Photo 10 Comprehensive Step-by-Step Downloadable Online Training Video
My online downloadable & streaming ON1 Photo 10 Comprehensive Step-by-Step Training Video includes over 100 videos and 10 hours of content as well as 20 class photos. It is the most complete ON1 Photo 10 training video available!
Perfect Photo Suite 9.5 Online Crash Course 6-hour Training Video
Now available is my Perfect Photo Suite 9.5 Online Crash Course 6-hour Training Video that features over 55 videos, including course photos. Learn all of the basics - and even some advanced - techniques from this very powerful and easy to learn photo enhancement software from on1. This is software I personally use on just about every photo I process and enhance!
Better Landscape Photos with Lightroom
Join me as I show you how to process and enhance RAW landscape photographs in Lightroom. Much better than a webinar, this course includes 9 of my RAW landscape photos that you will be able to download yourself to work on and practice as you watch the pre-recorded videos at your own pace. You will feel like I am there with you as I go into detail explaining the corrections and adjustments I make to the photos. You will benefit from working on the exact same files as I am, accelerating your learning pace.
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Accelerate your learning with one of my private one-on-one sessions. Options include both in-person as well as online sessions from the comfort of your home or office. Any questions or want to schedule your first session?Lern more about my private instruction›
Private Online Photography Instruction via a Shared Screen
Using the shared screen services of Skype I can teach you image enhancement & workflow in Lightroom, Perfect Photo Suite, Photoshop, and/or Capture One Pro. In the comfort of your home/office you can view my screen as I work on your photos. We can even switch screens and I can watch and comment on your photo processing. Sessions can be recorded too so you can view the session over and over. We can even schedule sessions for other topics instead of image processing like marketing, website design, camera techniques, and more - it is totally up to you!!
Private In-Person Photography Instruction
This summer and early fall I will be available for in-person instruction in Santa Fe, NM, Grand Teton National Park, WY, Zion National Park, UT and Bozeman, MT. In the winter I will be available in Scottsdale, AZ. Learn photo processing, workflow, camera instruction, go out on full-day shoots, and more. Design your own personal photo workshop based on what you want to learn in half-day and full-day increments.
Private One-on-One Mentoring Programs
Let me mentor you in a series of 3 or 5-part sessions. Choose from one hour or 2 hour packages. Mentoring sessions can consist of any or all of the following topics and more: image processing, workflow, photo review from digital files and/or prints, portfolio reviews, marketing and selling your work, art festival preparation, website consulting with Wordpress or Shopify, camera techniques, and almost anything else you need help in.
Photo Textures & Backgrounds
Use these high-resolution photo backgrounds & textures in your composite photographs.
Clouds - Set 1
This collection of 25 high-resolution cloud photographs are perfect to use as a background in your photos to replace a boring sky. In addition you receive 2 videos totaling 32 minutes for FREE showing you how to replace skies using Perfect Photo Suite from on1.
Clouds - Set 2
This collection of 25 high-resolution cloud photographs are perfect to use as a background in your photos to replace a boring sky. In addition you receive 2 videos totaling 32 minutes for FREE showing you how to replace skies using Perfect Photo Suite from on1.
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Don't Think Twice
Mike Birbiglia's beautiful, sneakily profound comedy shows a world where "Yes, and ... " is the default.
Mike Birbiglia's beautiful, sneakily profound comedy shows a world where "Yes, and ... " is the default.
The Star Wars-ification of Star Trek continues; better than the others, but still not good enough.
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
Patrice Leconte's "Monsieur Hire" is a tragedy about loneliness and erotomania, told about two solitary people who have nothing else in common. It involves a…
Ken Loach's "I, Daniel Blake" wins the Palme d'Or at the 69th Cannes Film Festival.
Barbara Scharres on the cats of Cannes 2016.
"It's a madhouse!"
Wednesday, July 18, is the 20th anniversary of our marriage. How can I begin to tell you about Chaz? She fills my horizon, she is…
Writers at RogerEbert.com pick their favorite movies featuring star-crossed lovers.
Writers at RogerEbert.com pick their favorite movies featuring aliens and UFOs.
A look at one of the most important and valuable Blu-ray releases of the year, which brings to light important aspects of black and cinema…
An interview with Kathleen Reinmuth and Cathy Rock, the subjects of "Inquiring Nuns."
Our Far-Flung Correspondents are cinephiles from all over the world, hand-picked by Roger Ebert to write about movies from their unique international perspectives. They include contributors from (alphabetically) Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Great Britain, India, Mexico, the Philippines, South Korea, Turkey and the U.S. They converge every year at Ebertfest.
WonderCon isn't just a glorified costume party and geek shopping spree. Anaheim is just 30 minutes away from Los Angeles and its major movie studios. Costume design, animation, makeup and special effects are all an important part of the movie industry. Independently produced features are screened and future artists come to be inspired.
During the festival, animated and short features run almost non-stop. Even at SD Comic-Con, similar sessions are sparsely attended.
At the end of the weekend, the Best of Fest, Vol. 2 screened favorite short films and animation from festivals, including Chris Mais' stop-motion 2009 "Smile," Justin M. Rasch and Shel Rasch's 2009 stop-motion animated short "Gerald's Last Day" and Rod Maxwell's 2005 "The Wishing Well." All have won awards.
"Smile" is a cheery 10-minute tale about a yellow stick figure who befriends a Smiley Face yellow balloon but an evil black pirate threatens to destroy them and then there's that dangerous live-action wired-hair Jack Russell terrier.
In the clay animation "Gerald's Last Day," an overweight brown dog has until 5 p.m. to be adopted. He attempts to be the kind of dog that he imagines the various people who visit that day might want, ever hopeful. This sweet little animation has won several awards (including Best Animated Short at the Maui International Film Festival, Best Animation at the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival).
"The Wishing Well" is a short film that uses blackface, yellowface and some gender-bending so that one man—writer, director and actor Rod Maxwell, can play 26 characters. Each character was filmed on a green screen and based on images he found in magazines or online. The main character was based on an unhappy looking accountant in a business magazine that Maxwell happened upon, but the incident itself was based on his friend's attempt to buy happiness in love by throwing coins into a wishing well in Chinatown.
Each character required four hours of makeup and Maxwell estimates the short cost him between $10,000-$15,000 and took about two years in the making.
Maxwell has his fans and they were young. Having seen him on the SyFy cable network reality show, "Face Off," they came to see him in person and asked a few questions. "Face Off" is a show that pits special effects makeup artists against each other, but isn't a cutthroat competition according to Maxwell's experience on the show. Maxwell was a contestant on the third season during the summer of 2012. The show is currently finishing up its sixth season.
Maxwell was at the NYCC and transformed Edwin Contreras into a Strawberry Flavor Monster as part of the reality show competition:
One young boy asked about Maxwell's first project and how old he was. Maxwell recalled that in the third grade he sculpted the "Clifford the Big Red Dog" from the children's book series. He emphasized that "you can read and learn how to do anything", but a project that is "emotionally rewarding" is best.
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This movie is trying to kill these women, but they endure.
A Blu-ray review of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Ultimate Edition)," arriving July 19.
A compilation of reviews defending the new "Ghostbusters" film.
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Posted by Jonathan on 12th October 2015 (All posts by Jonathan)
J. E. Dyer on Russia in Syria:
Get used to it. This is the world as it is without American power setting standards and boundaries. After a 70-year hiatus from history, nothing you think you know applies to this situation. This is the world of 1900 – 800 – 500 B.C. – but with much more destructive weapons, and much faster ways to get around.
Interesting times ahead.
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Enjoyed an overnight stay with 3-course meal and was delighted with the character, details, quality of food and the service - with a few minor negative things.
Only 5 rooms, 1 single, 3 double and 1 suite. We didn't have private bath, but it was right outside our door and was shared with just our neighbour, so no problem.
Old furniture, but great new bed, 32" flatscreen TV, phone, 2 chairs, desk, mirror and everything you could possible want. Veranda outside with view to the lake.
The dinner was superb, but due to a large party at the restaurant, our waiter had to attend both the party and the a la carte restaurant and a few times he forgot about us. 3 1/2 hours for a 3 course meal was a bit too much, but great food, wine and service in general.


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What Makes You Happy?
By Mrs. Julien | Comment Diversions | May 11, 2013 | Comments ()
So what makes you happy? Really happy. Not tingly-bits happy, but prosaically, everyday happy.
I love baking. Butter and sugar are God's apology for a bad day. Not just the consumption of it, although that certainly helps. I love the process of preparing cookies and squares. I love the mixing. I'm not spending hours on a Dacquoise or a Charlotte. I'm whipping up a batch of cookies and, if I'm really lucky, rolling and cutting pastry. There's something very soothing about rolling out dough, especially if you get to pound it with your rolling pin first. But if I had to choose one portion of it that I love above all else, and for the purposes of this comment diversion I do, it's creaming butter and sugar. Butter in sticks is on my list of things I like about living in the United States. It comes before mail on Saturday and after Target. There's a very specific joy in lovingly dumping a stick or two of butter in the mixer with some white sugar and watching it get beaten into a smooth mass of fluffy, creamy goodness. Whipping egg whites comes close, but nothing beats butter and sugar. I find it mesmerizing and soothing. It makes me happy every time. It's heaven.
I also love a nice detail-oriented organizational task - which is good because that is a significant portion of my job. My work is not difficult, it is time-consuming, and of all the time-consuming tasks I perform, I probably enjoy making organization charts in Visio the most: Importing the data, moving the little boxes around, lining them up. It's so much fun! Best of all, I enjoy the fiddly little details I have to fix by blowing the whole thing up to 400%. Take that you misaligned subordinate box! It's a sickness, I know.
Pajiba Love Express
Here's some Daveed Diggs for you. On Daveed Diggs' digs, actually. That man does things with clothes that should not make sense, but are absolutely perfect. (Go Fug Yourself)
Woody Allen has "so moved on" from his daughter's accusations and says he never even thinks about it. He equates her words about him to a bad review he won't read and comments on how wacky it is that Mia Farrow is his mother-in-law. He is the worst. (Celebitchy)
Not The Worst but still very gross: Leonardo DiCaprio and his
Here are 5 under-the-radar shows. I had never even heard of the first two. (Uproxx)