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Read social media story of Waukesha West at Arrowhead football game
Last night featured Waukesha West heading to Arrowhead in a powerhouse Classic 8 matchup.
And, as always, fans and reporters were on Twitter and other social networks. Read the MyCommunityNOW Storify social media story of the game.
Man in serious condition after sustaining gun shot wound in Waukesha
A 34-year-old man is in serious condition after sustaining a gun shot wound in the lower abdomen late Thursday afternoon.
Waukesha Police and Fire Department personnel responded to a shooting incident at 4:38 p.m. in the 2700 block of Albany Court, Sgt. Joe Hendricks said.
The man was conscious and alert when police arrived to the scene, Hendricks said.
The victim was medically assessed by police and paramedics and was immediately transported to Froedtert Hospital by Flight for Life.
Hendricks added the investigation is ongoing and investigators are looking into whether this was accidental or self inflicted.» Read Full Article
5k Lights Run helps conclude Friday Night Live season
The lights will go out on another Friday Night Live season this week.
But with the inaugural Friday Night Live 5k Lights Run taking place, there will be plenty of color to brighten the night throughout downtown.
The run begins around 7:15 p.m. as runners and walkers take off from Main Street as music plays on stages across downtown.
The music for Friday Night Live, on nine stages, begins at 6:30 p.m.
Participants in the 5k will wear glow devices to help light the way.» Read Full Article
No ruling on Waukesha Fire Chief Jesse Alba; hearing continues Oct. 8
Waukesha Fire Chief Jesse Alba's fate within the department is still to be determined.
After more than five hours of testimony two weeks ago, Alba's attorney, Victor E. Plantinga, was hoping to bring the woman the city says Alba sexually harassed to the stand.
However, the woman, a former part-time fire department employee, did not show up Wednesday afternoon and the hearing continued without her.
As a result, Alba, on paid administrative leave since Aug. 21, was the only person who testified at City Hall.
Alba, accused of violating the city's anti-harassment policy among other city rules, said at the first hearing that he asked the part-time employee to consider resigning on two occasions as a solution to the difficulties both were having in getting past the affair the two had last year.» Read Full Article
Waukesha County tax bill won't increase under proposed budget
2014 Executive Budget, which freezes the county portion of the property tax bill.On Tuesday Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas introduced his
"Through efficiency, smart budgeting and sticking to our core values, we are able to hold the line on County property taxes for 2014," Vrakas said.
In order to freeze taxes, Waukesha County practices conservative budgeting and focuses on collaborating with other governments and the private sector to implement efficiencies and save tax dollars.
One partnership Vrakas highlighted is an effort to reduce employee health insurance costs by partnering with the City of Waukesha and the Waukesha School District to develop a privately operated on-site medical clinic within existing space on County grounds. A recent study projected that this clinic will generate nearly $7 million in savings over five years for the County, City and School District, by lowering health claims and prescription drug costs through onsite management and encouraging greater efficiency in care. The County is currently seeking a privately run healthcare provider to operate the facility.
Vrakas's proposed budget maintains investments in roads and buildings. Vrakas said that by maintaining infrastructure, Waukesha County will help retain, grow and attract businesses while continuing to provide a high-quality of life for residents.» Read Full Article
Proposed Waukesha County budget cuts museum funding in half
Kirsten Lee Villegas, pleaded with county board members earlier this month not to do.The Waukesha County 2014 budget cuts funding for the Waukesha County Museum from $300,000 to $150,000. The reduction is something museum Chief Executive Officer,
Lee Villegas said the funding is crucial for the county museum to continue its operations.
From 1964 to 2002, the county paid all costs associated with museum operations. But the Waukesha County Board of Supervisors sold the historic county courthouse complex to the Waukesha County Historical Society for $1 in 2002.
In January 2003 the county transferred ownership to the museum, but through a 10-year agreement, taxpayers still funded some of the museum's expenses.
That agreement expired this year. Board Supervisor Walter Kolb told Villegas at a previous meeting that continuing to appropriate $300,000 to the museum was "overboard" and that the county has other priorities to fund with taxpayer dollars. The $300,000 amounts to about 80 cents per taxpayer each year.» Read Full Article
Man hit by train in Waukesha
A man was killed after he was struck by a train on the tracks about a quarter mile south of Sunset Drive at approximately 10:08 p.m. Friday.
The Waukesha County Sheriff's Department and City of Waukesha Police responded to the accident. According to the city's police log, the train engineer said it may have been a suicide. The Sheriff's Department did not confirm this, but said the death is under investigation.
The man is only described as a white male; he is not being identified at this time.
Catholic Memorial runs over Waukesha South
Waukesha — It isn't very often the Catholic Memorial football team is looking up at Waukesha South in the Classic 8 Conference standings.
So the Crusaders, ranked eighth in the area by the Journal Sentinel, went out and rushed for 378 yards in a 56-14 victory Friday night over the previously unbeaten Blackshirts at Carroll University.
"(South coach) Dave Rusch and the Blackshirts, they've done a wonderful job," Memorial coach Bill Young said. "They've earned all the hype that they've got, and our kids, we were ready to play really hard."
Reigning Division 3 state champion Memorial (4-1 overall, 2-1 Classic 8) had won its first three games by a combined score of 113-0 before suffering a 12-0 loss to conference foe and defending Division 1 state champ Arrowhead last week.
Other than winning, obviously, what did Young exactly want to see from his team following the loss to the Warhawks?» Read Full Article
Mayor Scrima wants Waukesha County Museum to consolidate with library
Mayor Jeff Scrima did not mince words when he offered his solution to what he calls "sinking leadership" at the Waukesha County Museum.
In an email sent to Waukesha County Board of Supervisors Thursday afternoon, he said the museum should consolidate into the Waukesha Public Library.
"We are saddened that for the last 10 years the leadership of the museum has failed to make the museum more financially independent," Scrima said.
Waukesha County Museum CEO/President Kirsten Lee Villegas said she is also saddened.
But she's saddened by Scrima's scathing remarks.» Read Full Article
Local Ace Hardware stores bring in design experts for free paint consultations
Local Ace Hardware stores will host a Color Consultation event from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21. Meet one-on-on with area interior designersm for a 15-minute color consultation. Designers will be on hand to answer homeowners' questions, provide them with color recommendations from Ace's Clark+Kensington paint+primer and share design tips and trends. There is no cost to participate, however space is limited and customers must book their consultation in advance at acehardware.com/colorexpert. Customers should also bring room photos to assist the designers at their consultation.
Participating stores are Olsons and Tomchek Ace Hardware, Waukesha; Ace Hardware of Oconomowoc; Wardens Ace Hardware, Mukwonago; Elliott Ace Hardware, Pewaukee; Ace Hardware, Sussex; and Hahn Ace Hardware, Delafield.
Literacy Council needs you to help a child do better academically
Literacy Council of Greater Waukesha (LCGW) needs volunteers to work with children and adults in improving their reading, writing, math and English speaking skills. LCGW is hosting its annual "90 Tutors in 90 Days" Campaign from Sept. 8 through Dec. 8. The organization is seeking help to meet its 90 Tutors in 90 Days goal.
For more information, contact the LCGW office at (262) 547-7323.
These hour-long informational meetings will be held at these various locations throughout the community:
• 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, Books & Company Bookstore (1039 Summit Ave., Oconomowoc)
• 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, The Book Café (304 N. East Ave., Waukesha)» Read Full Article
Waukesha Common Council approves rezoning for Meijer development to take next step
Local neighbors have fought it – and did once again Tuesday night – but the Meijer store continues to take the steps needed to enter the City of Waukesha.
The Common Council approved rezoning the land the 192,000-square-foot supercenter would be on to a B-5 Community Business Planned Unit Development from T-1 zoning after a 12-3 vote.
The land had been previously annexed from the Town of Waukesha.
A three-quarters vote – or 12 of the 15 Common Council members – was needed because a protest petition against the rezoning was sent to the city. Those living within 100 feet of the site were eligible to sign the petition.
The three who voted against the rezoning was Aldermen Steve Johnson and Eric Payne and Alderwoman Kathleen Cummings.» Read Full Article
West Bend woman nearly perfect in NOW's Pigskin Picks
MyCommunityNOW's Pigskin Picks football contest and coming the closest to predicting the final score of the West Allis Hale vs. Marquette tie-breaker.Michele Spiekerman of West Bend has won a pair of tickets to Marcus Theatres by correctly picking all five games in
You can join the Pigskin Picks contest and test your picking skills each week against a field of area football fans, NOW sportswriters and celebrity guests. Weekly winners receive two tickets to Marcus Theatres and overall winners will receive gift cards to Bartolotta Restaurants.
Featured games this week are Arrowhead at Mukwonago, Oak Creek at Franklin, Brookfield East at Brookfield Central, Menomonee Falls at Hamilton and Milwaukee Lutheran at Germantown.
Learn what area football coaches really think and more at Push for the Playoffs
Should high school football players wear their names on the back of their jerseys? What's the strangest complaint a coach has ever received from a parent? Do prep players use performance-enhancing drugs?
You can found out the answers anonymous area coaches gave to those questions and more on Coaches Confidential, part of MyCommunityNOW/Lake Country's Push for the Playoffs special section.
Push for the Playoffs also features the latest standings, playoff projection, a poll and more.
Waukesha South blazes to 4-0
The confidence is building for Waukesha South.
On the heels of a 41-27 win over Kettle Moraine, the Blackshirts are in waters they haven't traveled in years, moving to 4-0 for the first time since 2008. South hasn't won four games in an entire season since 2003 but still needs a win over one of the Classic 8 Conference's big four teams to make its first playoffs since 1999. Next week's game at Catholic Memorial could be interesting.
"Now we've got confidence with CMH," said running back Isaiah Pitchford. "I know everyone's going to say, 'Yeah, they're 4-0, (but) CMH is a big (challenge), now we're going to lose.' I don't think we're going to think that way. We're going to be confident now. I think we're going to turn their head a little bit."
Taking advantage of seven Lasers turnovers, South took a big lead and took a convincing win over the Lasers (1-3 overall, 0-2 in conference). Four of the turnovers led to South points.
"We took advantage of their turnovers, which is what a good football team does, take advantage of the turnovers, and that was the difference in the game, without a doubt," South coach Dave Rusch said.» Read Full Article
Test your high school football picking skills in MyCommunityNOW's Pigskin Picks contest
Miss Southern Wisconsin Colleen Mrotek and Time Warner Cable sportscaster JP Cadorin.We are a few hours away from the kickoffs of tonight's high school football games, which means there is still time to prove you can out pick
Visit mycommunitynow.com/pigskin to join MyCommunityNOW's Pigskin Picks football contest. You will have the chance to win prizes as you test your pigskin prognostication skills against celebrity experts and NOW's staff of award-winning sportswriters.
Featured games this week are Catholic Memorial vs. Arrowhead, Pewaukee vs. Greendale, Brookfield Central vs. Menomonee Falls, New Berlin Eisenhower vs. New Berlin West and West Allis Hale at Marquette.
Weekly winners will receive movie passes to Marcus Theatres. The top three finishers at the end of the season are eligible to receive a gift certificate to Bartolotta restaurants worth $100, $50 or $25.
Mrotek, the former Miss St. Francis, was named Miss Southern Wisconsin earlier this year. The Bay View native finished third among VIPs in last season's contest.» Read Full Article
Make other plans: Ching Hwa, Pho 43, Miss Saigon closed
Closings to note, including a long-time Waukesha restaurant:
Ching Hwa, the Chinese restaurant that had been in business for 24 years at 1947 E. Main St., Waukesha, closed in August. The owners retired, according to the restaurant's website.
Pho 43, a Vietnamese restaurant at 2155 Miller Park Way in West Milwaukee, closed in August. It opened in February 2010.
Miss Saigon, a Vietnamese restaurant that opened at 9201 W. Center St. in March 2011, is closed. A sign in the window says a restaurant called Pattaya, serving Thai and Vietnamese food, will open there.
Waukesha fire chief Jesse Alba's disciplinary hearing to continue in two weeks
It was a long, emotional and revealing day at Waukesha City Hall.
For more than five hours, testimonials were given Thursday on suspended Waukesha Fire Chief Jesse Alba during his disciplinary hearing on allegations that he violated the anti-harassment policy and the fire department's rules of conduct, among other rules.
A final decision has yet to be made as the hearing will continue in less than two weeks as Alba's attorney, Victor E. Plantinga, will subpoena the woman who the fire chief is alleged to have sexually harassed.
The next hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sept 25 at City Hall. Testimonials will finish on that day and Alba's fate with the department will then be determined.
"We believe her testifying will (show) not only misleading the investigator but frankly not telling the truth," Plantinga said. "Much of the investigation depends on the credibility of one person."» Read Full Article
Waukesha parents charged with obstructing investigation into son's alleged shoplifting
Waukesha parents Michael and Rebecca Stier were each charged last week with obstructing an officer, allegedly refusing to wait outside a Pick N Save security room while an officer investigated their son for shoplifting.
Michael Stier, 38, was charged on Sept. 10 with two counts of obstructing an officer, one count of disorderly conduct and one count of misdemeanor bail jumping. Rebecca Stier, 36, was charged with one count of obstructing an officer.
According to the criminal complaint, The Stier's 15-year-old son was being held on Monday, Sept. 9 at the Pick N' Save on Sunset Drive on suspicions that he attempted to steal two energy drinks.
A Waukesha police officer was called in to investigate the theft and took the boy to a security office. Michael Stier allegedly walked into the room a few minutes into the officer's interview "visibly upset" and said: "I want to see the [expletive] tapes."
The officer asked Michael to leave several times, but the man refused. When the officer tried placing the father under arrest, Michael allegedly threw a punch at him.» Read Full Article
Emerald ash borer discovered in Waukesha's Frame Park
Peter Traczek knew it was only a matter of time before the emerald ash borer, (EAB), was detected in Waukesha.
That time came last week when a horticulturalist discovered EAB Aug. 27 on a tree inside Frame Park.
"We anticipated it and it has been here for several years just based on the findings in the area," said Traczek, Waukesha's Parks and Forestry operations manager.
But Traczek said when the individual discovered D-shaped exit holes in a declining ash tree it showed that this is just the beginning in Waukesha. Forestry staff came out and cut the tree down and discovered the larvae of the beetle underneath the bark.
Pictures were taken and sent to the Department of Natural Resources who confirmed what was already suspected. He said the invasive, metallic green beetle grew inside that tree "for several years." It builds up and kills the trees within three to five years.» Read Full Article
Fans can vote Pitchford the WSN Player of the Week
Waukesha South running back Isaiah Pitchford ran for three touchdowns and also kicked the game-winning field goal as the Blackshirts upset Muskego in football Friday, giving South a 3-0 start to the year.
Pitchford is one of five nominees for the state's Player of the Week, and fans can vote for their choice at Wissports.net.
Waukesha residents face charges stemming from fight involving gun
Three Waukesha residents face charges stemming from a fraternal fight that occurred last week on the 1200 block of Fleetfoot Drive in Waukesha.
Gest Wangsness, 27, was charged on Sept. 4 in Waukesha County Circuit Court with two counts of disorderly conduct, use of a dangerous weapon. Wangsness' girlfriend, Krystal L. Hall, 22, was charged with obstructing an officer and felony bail jumping. Next-door neighbor Sharlene Lang, 56, was charged with obstructing an officer.
According to the criminal complaint:
Waukesha City Police were dispatched at 2 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept 4 to 1225 Fleetfood Drive, Waukesha, after receiving reports of a domestic disturbance.
Brendan Kulcinski was found at the scene and identified himself as Wangsness' brother. He said that Wangsness, a military veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, had fled across State Highway 59 after the two men had gotten into a fight.» Read Full Article
Homestead leads suburban football poll
Lake Country/MyCommunityNOW suburban football poll with a 44-21 victory over Port Washington in the North Shore Conference opener.Homestead retained its spot atop the
The Highlanders moved into the top spot last week after defeating defending Division 1 champion Arrowhead.
Arrowhead defeated Kettle Moraine, 21-3, and is second in the poll.
You can see the rest of the top five, test your knowledge of football rules, learn what area high school football coaches really think and more at the MyCommunityNOW/Lake County Push for the Playoffs page.
Challenge Miss Southern Wisconsin, veteran sportswriters in NOW's Pigskin Picks contest
Miss Southern Wisconsin Colleen Mrotek and Time Warner Cable sportscaster JP Cadorin?How well do you know high school football? Can you out pick
Find out by going to mycommunitynow.com/pigskin to join MyCommunityNOW's Pigskin Picks football contest. You will have the chance to win prizes as you test your pigskin prognostication skills against celebrity experts and NOW's staff of award-winning sportswriters.
Reigning Miss Southern Wisconsin Colleen Mrotek and Time Warner Cable Sports 32's JP Cadorin return this season as celebrity experts picking games each week. They will be joined by Lake Country Sports Director JR Radcliffe and NOW sports reporters John Rech, Tom "Sky" Skibosh and Steven L. Tietz. Rech was the leading VIP picker in last season's regular-season contest. Radcliffe was first in the playoff contest.
Weekly winners will receive movie passes to Marcus Theatres. The top three finishers at the end of the season are eligible to receive a gift certificate to Bartolotta restaurants worth $100, $50 or $25.
Mrotek, the former Miss St. Francis, was named Miss Southern Wisconsin earlier this year. The Bay View native finished third among VIPs in last season's contest.» Read Full Article
Art Fest is Saturday in downtown Waukesha
Waukesha's 24th annual Art Fest is Saturday in downtown Waukesha.
The juried fine art show, which features close to 60 exhibitors, runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Main Street.
Live entertainment and a children's activity area will be set up.
Silent auction proceeds will go toward art scholarships for local students.
The art fest includes various mediums such as ceramics, jewelry, drawing, photography, metals, paper, printmaking, sculpture, wood, painting, glass and fiber.» Read Full Article
Waukesha West stuns Mukwonago in overtime epic
"You won't see a game like that one again."
The public address announcer at Mukwonago High School had it right in the immediate aftermath of Thursday's epic showdown between Waukesha West and the host school. West's Thomas MacCudden delivered the winning two-point conversion on a winner-take-all play in overtime, lifting the Wolverines to a 45-44 thriller that left Mukwonago stunned.
One play earlier, MHS had compelled an incomplete pass on the conversion, but a penalty for defensive holding gave West one more crack. Mukwonago traveled the length of the field with 1 minute to play in regulation to tie the game, then scored first in the extra session in a playoff atmosphere.
"The character of Mukwonago's team coming back down two scores … We played against a great football team there," West coach Steve Rux said. "Our guys are completely spent right now. This is what high school football is all about. At any point in that game, it could have gone the other way. We had great football, great players and great coaching on both sides of the ball."
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Waukesha's DPW board goes against staff's recommendation of having Town Hall be annexed into City
While the City of Waukesha's Department of Public Works staff recommended that the Town of Waukesha Hall be annexed into the City of Waukesha, the board did not go along with that.
It unanimously voted Thursday night to approve a request made by the Town of Waukesha to serve Town Hall, W250 S3567 Center Road, with City of Waukesha sewer services but not have it be annexed into the city.
Town Chairman John Marek was in attendance at the meeting at City Hall and said the staff's recommendation of annexation was contrary to conversations he previously had with the city.
The board's recommendation will now go before the Common Council.
Marek had made the request after he has repeatedly said before and after the April 2 election that the Town Hall's sewage septic system is shot. He said the town is spending more than $10,000 a year to have the septic tank pumped twice a month.» Read Full Article
Waukesha Republican Bill Kramer is new Assembly leader
Madison — Assembly Republicans on Wednesday chose Rep. Bill Kramer as their new majority leader and Rep. Tyler August as speaker pro tem.
Kramer, of Waukesha, replaces Rep. Scott Suder of Abbotsford as majority leader; Suder left the Legislature on Tuesday for a job with the Public Service Commission. Kramer defeated Rep. Dean Knudson of Hudson for the job.
Since 2011, Kramer had served as speaker pro tem, presiding over Assembly debate for a contentious 21/2 years that included a 61-hour debate over eliminating collective bargaining for most public workers.
Kramer, 48, has a law degree from Duke University, is a certified public accountant and is known around the Capitol for his blunt humor and his willingness to sometimes carry a concealed gun on the floor of the Assembly.
To run for majority leader, Kramer had to give up his position as speaker pro tem. August, of Lake Geneva, was the only candidate to seek that job after Rep. André Jacque of De Pere dropped out of the race.
Cardinal James Harvey to join Catholic Memorial students for Mass
Cardinal James Harvey, a Milwaukee native, returns to Wisconsin tomorrow to join the students of Catholic Memorial High School in Waukesha for the first Mass of the school year.
Harvey was named Archpriest of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome in 2012.
The mass and Eucharist will take place at St. Mary's Parish in Waukesha at 10:15 a.m. Thursday. A private Cardinal's reception for community leaders and benefactors will precede the Mass.
His trip to Waukesha means two Roman Catholic cardinals will be in the area on Thursday. New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan also returns to Milwaukee on Thursday. He will speak on faith formation and spiritual renewal to a sold-out crowd at the Milwaukee Theatre.
Waukesha woman suspected of operating unlicensed dental practice
Waukesha City Police seized on Aug. 28 medical equipment, suspicious documents and a handgun from the home of a 35-year-old Waukesha woman suspected of practicing unlicensed dentistry.
The search warrant was issued at the behest of the Waukesha County District Attorney's Office, according to the search warrant affidavit. The office had received reports that children were being brought into a nonprofit dental clinic complaining of pain, bleeding, and laryngitis, the result of shoddy orthodontic work.
The children had allegedly had braces placed on their teeth by a Waukesha woman operating an orthodontic clinic out of her home, the affidavit states. An adult patient told investigators that he was operated on while laying on the woman's couch in her living room.
An examination of one 12-year-old boy by the nonprofit Waukesha County Community Dental Clinic showed that the patient had cement on his gums, causing inflammation, bleeding and pain, the affidavit states.
The boy's parents said that they had heard about the unlicensed dentist from a friend. They showed up at the woman's house and she had a white cart filled with orthodontic tools in her living room.» Read Full Article


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An important change is taking place in our neighborhoods. Across Jamestown, more and more residents are leaving the sidelines and joining with neighbors to improve their corner of the city.
This movement accelerated in 2011. Members of Northside PRIDE continued their efforts to build confidence and camaraderie between Falconer Street and East Sixth Street by organizing events, bringing attention to key issues, and planning a park. In the Fairmount-McDaniel area, members of the Wild Westside held a block sale, threw a party, and worked with the city to get new trees planted.
On Lakeview Avenue, Forest Avenue, and West 13th Street, new neighborhood watch groups were organized, adding to more than a dozen existing groups that partner with police and work hard to improve the safety and attractiveness of their streets.
Meanwhile, neighborhood activists led volunteer clean-ups on Winsor Street and the Chadakoin River to remove blight and raise our expectations, and realized a vision of a revitalized playground in Roseland Park.
All of these efforts, led by neighbors, demonstrate the power of active collaborations between residents, institutions, and city government. Founded on participation, these partnerships are the cornerstones of revitalization. Step by step, they turn a vicious cycle of disinvestment into a virtuous cycle of reinvestment, giving people the confidence and encouragement to fix a porch, plant a garden, and talk to neighbors.
The Jamestown Renaissance Corporation (JRC) is working to seed and facilitate these partnerships through a number of new and experimental initiatives recommended in the city's neighborhood revitalization plan and by city residents.
Fact Box
Jamestown residents are invited by the Jamestown Strategic Planning and Partnerships Commission to attend the reporting and planning event set for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, at the Dr. Lillian Vitanza Ney Renaissance Center, corner of Washington and Third streets. Light refreshments will be provided free-of-charge at 5 p.m.
The SPPC is a volunteer group which discusses and implements ideas about how to make Jamestown a more livable and vibrant community. Ideas are assigned to volunteer action teams who work to bring the ideas to reality.
Group members include representatives from private local industry and businesses, WCA Hospital, local churches, local foundations, private citizens, Jamestown Community College, the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation, the Downtown Jamestown Development Corporation, city government and the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities. Commission members are seeking input from the public on next year's goals.
Wednesday's event will include short reports from the action teams on 2011 accomplishments, followed by break-out groups to help set future priorities for the commission. Action teams that will report include: the Jamestown Urban Design Plan, Neighborhood Initiatives, Education, Health Care, Diversity in Leadership and Regionalism.
The Renaissance Block Challenge began in 2011 to assist groups of neighbors with exterior home improvements, creating concentrated areas of visible reinvestment. The first four Renaissance Blocks have poured over $40,000 into repair and landscaping projects on Liberty, Lincoln, and Grant Streets and Royal Avenue. Pre-applications for the 2012 Renaissance Block Challenge are now available at the JRC's website.
GROW Jamestown, an effort to encourage gardening and landscaping, also began in 2011 by recognizing nearly 200 great gardens-nominated by the public-that add value to homes and streets. This effort will expand this year into new directions and partnerships, from community gardening to the enhancement of neighborhood gateways.
Empowering residents with vital information in accessible formats-how to plant a tree, throw a block party, report code violations, start a neighborhood organization-is a priority in 2012. So too are finding ways to hasten the demolition of dilapidated homes, ensuring that vacant buildings are properly monitored, and expanding litter and graffiti removal activities.
Keeping neighborhoods healthy, or returning them to health, is an ongoing process that requires constant stewardship and the testing of new ideas. As more Jamestowners contribute their energy and imagination, it's hard not to be encouraged and inspired.

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This was not only the prettiest play of the night… we'll be voting on this one for one of the highlights of the season. And who would have thought when we traded for Nads that he'd quickly be part of one of the highlights of the season? Dude is doin work.
Too bad we couldn't have gotten the W so we can enjoy this more.


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When I look through the photos from after the ceremony, Mr. Guinea Pig and I have huge smiles on our faces in all of them. I love it, and I think it speaks to just how happy we were right then. 😀 In our post-ceremony high after walking down the aisle as Mr. and Mrs., we hugged our beaming and/or crying parents:
Then the wedding party snuck into the bridal suite as our venue coordinators ushered all the guests towards cocktail hour. Our venue had already brought hors d'oeuvres and drinks to the room for all of us, so we were ready to celebrate!
(BMs at the ready with champagne)
Mr. GP and I did a little 'cheers', and everyone stood around for a bit enjoying a bite to eat and toasting to our newly minted marriage.
Then it was time to head outside to get our group photo on. But first, some last minute mirror checks (makes me so happy to see my best friends helping each other out!):
(repairing wind damage to the lovely hairdos)
Mr. GP and I then snapped photos with our families, as the wedding party mingled with guests and enjoyed some of cocktail hour.
As it turned out, I was not the only one who couldn't stop crying—Mr. GP's sisters and mom had been struck by the happy crying bug too!
Now for a quick photo tour of our families…
(Mr. GP's parents)
(Mr. GP's siblings)
(My family)
Meanwhile, Mr. GP's dad made sure everyone stayed entertained while photos were being taken. 🙂
Everyone always talks about a photojournalistic approach to wedding photography, which I completely and wholeheartedly believe in (obviously! Since this is what I chose and I think our photographer, Amy, is excellent with this style), but I also really appreciated the fact that Amy got some group portraits that really captured everyone's happy emotions. And even though the wind forced us to take photos inside, I actually sort of like the white background for these shots because it helps the people (and their awesome outfits) stand out!
Up next: The bridal party adventures into the wind and lives to tell the tale. With some sand in their teeth.
*** All photos in this post copyright Amy Deputy Photography ***
Miss something in the Guinea Pig recaps? Far Beyond Forever:
- A photo summary of our wedding
- Practice makes perfect (Rehearsal)
- Crabs and Crying (Rehearsal Dinner
- Friends get gorgeous-er (Girls get ready)
- I get Bride-ified (Miss GP gets ready)
- Guys get Dressed in 0.5 Seconds (Boys get ready)
- Our First Look
- A Guinea Pig Photo shoot (portraits of the GPs)
- Countdown to the Ceremony (ready, set, go!)
- Veil away, veil away (walking down the aisle)
- The Ceremony Begins (readings)
- Mr. and Mrs.! (vows, rings, etc)
Mrs. Guinea Pig
- Location:
- Baltimore, MD
- Occupation:
- PhD student
- Wedding Date:
- May 2010
- Venue:
- The Chesapeake Bay Beach Club


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Construction work on a new 27,500-square-foot medical office building on Queen Street in York was completed. The facility will be occupied by York Women's Health Center and York Pediatrics both affiliated with WellSpan Health.
The new building will include: 39 exam rooms, four procedure rooms, a large education room that will seat 40-60 people, two waiting rooms and more.
Construction by the Alexander Building Construction Company began in early March 2013 and was completed in December 2013. The facility will open in February.
"Our firm recognizes the positive impact that this project will have for WellSpan Health and the community and patients they serve." Richard Seitz, president of Alexander Building Construction Co. said in a release. "We are proud to have delivered a high quality new medical facility that met all of WellSpan's project goals."


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Paul Davis wants Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino to know that he doesnŌĆÖt accept his apology for the way a meeting with the minister went Tuesday.
Davis, 66, is part of a delegation of veterans from across the country that has been in Ottawa this week trying to prevent the closure of nine Veterans Affairs offices.
The group was supposed to meet with Fantino at 5 p.m. Tuesday, but the minister didnŌĆÖt show. Instead, Fantino sent three of his parliamentary aides to meet the group.
Davis, who is from Summerside, said the group stayed as long as it could before moving on to another meeting.
ŌĆ£We were in a small room just ready to go out to meet the press and he walked in,ŌĆØ said Davis.
According to Davis, Fantino started talking about the closures and said he was going ahead with them.
ŌĆ£And we were hot enough that he didnŌĆÖt turn upŌĆÜ (for our meeting), but what he was doing was he was breaking into our press conference.ŌĆØ
Davis said the veterans were mad and told Fantino what he was saying and doing was wrong.
ŌĆ£He was taking everything away from the veterans, what we fought for all these years ever since the First World War. In one sweep he was taking it all away from us.ŌĆØ
The exchange with the minister ŌĆ£got hot and heavy,ŌĆØ as Davis questioned him on some things. The roughly 10-minute meeting ended with Fantino walking out.
Davis said the experience was very upsetting for the group and some of the veterans who suffer from post traumatic stress disorder broke down afterward.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Public Service Alliance of Canada issued a statement from Davis and delegation members Ron Clarke, Bruce Moncur and Roy Lamore. It said, ŌĆ£What the minister did yesterday was disgraceful. The only thing we want is a commitment to keep open the eight offices and reopen the Prince George office. Veterans have earned that respect.ŌĆØ
Fantino also issued his own statement apologizing for how the meeting was handled.
ŌĆ£I have been committed to having an open dialogue with the men and women who served Canada in uniform, but I realize that yesterdayŌĆÖs regrettable delay has brought that into question. Veterans across Canada should know that I remain deeply committed to meeting with them and listening to the issues that matter to them and their families, and to continue to do whatŌĆÖs right to support those who have stood up for Canada. Our countryŌĆÖs veterans deserve no less,ŌĆØ said the ministerŌĆÖs statement
However, Davis told The Western Star ŌĆ£we donŌĆÖt accept his apology at all.ŌĆØ
Meanwhile, the incident has led to calls for Fantino to be fired.
Federal NDP Veterans Affairs critic Peter Stoffer issued a news release saying, ŌĆ£Veterans and their families are legitimately concerned about the impact these office closures will have, but the best Minister Fantino can do is tell them not to point their fingers at him? ThatŌĆÖs not good enough. Our veterans deserve better than to be brushed aside by the Conservatives.ŌĆØ
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Published on May 21, 2014
A few riders gathered early on Wednesday evening, prior to the Ride of Silence in memory of victims of road accidents. The talk among the cyclists was about the unidentified rider killed in Dartmouth earlier in the day by a turning truck.
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Bruce Roberts leads the back half of the riders from Victoria Park during Wednesday night's Ride of Silence – an annual global ride commemorating victims of cyclist-vehicle collisions. Ten riders left Victoria Park on a slow 15-kilometre ride in silence.
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TRURO – As each new cyclist joined the group in Victoria Park, the same words seemed to spill from their lips.
"Did you hear about the woman in Dartmouth today?"
The riders gathered in the park for the Ride of Silence, a global ride that took place on Wednesday night to commemorate victims of cyclist-vehicle collisions.
Getting its start in Dallas, Texas, the event had 372 locations worldwide last year, touching all seven continents.
On Wednesday night, the riders had one place in mind – the corner of Windmill and Albro Road in Dartmouth.
Earlier in the day, a woman in her 30s was riding along Windmill, when a truck turned onto Albro, striking her down. The woman died on the scene as a bystander held her hand.
"That's terrible…just terrible," one cyclist said as she heard the news.
"That's what we're here for tonight," said Tyler Rogers, who helped organize the event. "To spread awareness for sharing the roads and commemorate those who have died while doing what we love to do."
Rogers got the idea after seeing a group from Chester posting information about their ride online. He decided to bring the idea to Truro, where there is a tight-knit cycling community.
"I've been riding here for about 20 years, I guess," he said. "Over time I've seen the cycling community grow and grow, to the point where now there's a couple of local shops, and probably more than a 100 cyclists."
That's what we're here for tonight - to spread awareness for sharing the roads and commemorate those who have died while doing what we love to do Tyler Rogers
Wednesday night's ride saw a group of 10 riders head on a 15-kilometre slow ride through town, to Truro Heights, through Millbrook and back into Truro.
Sharing the road isn't just an issue in big cities, Rogers added. Last summer, he witnessed a driver intentionally swerve inwards to cut off a friend he was riding with. The car grazed the rider's elbow, but did not take him off his bike.
"That shook us up a little bit," he said. "I stayed off the roads for a few days after that, but eventually you've got to get back out there."
Raising awareness is an important issue, Rogers said. It doesn't have to be dangerous on the roads for cyclists or drivers, as long as proper caution is exercised.
"I think a lot of drivers are unaware of how fast we can go on these things, or how fast we can disappear into a blind spot. It's a shared responsibility, and we need a little more awareness of that."
On this sunny evening, the message hits home a little more than Rogers had anticipated when he woke up Wednesday morning.
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Have to say, I'm a bit surprised that the Mets jumped on Matt Cain last night. From the few times I've watched him pitch, he's struck me as a supreme talent, someone who we'll compare to John Smoltz, Mike Mussina and Curt Schlling in 10 years. Could have done without the Barry Bonds dinger, but I'm far past being ready for him to overtake Aaron and get it over with.
Only six more wins for Mr. Glavine until he reaches 300.
Around the Web:
- In a show of unity, all but a few Mets shaved their heads before last night's game (reminding me of when my high school football team did the same thing, except we had mohawks....a very, very embarrassing memory). As Scott Schoeneweis put it, "We obviously can't do a drug promo warning againts peer pressure.''
- Baseball Prospectus' Nate Silver unveils his list of the Top 50 Most Valuable Players in baseball. Though I can quibble with some of his findings (Zimmerman #11? Matsuzaka #19? Robinson Cano #27?), it's a fun read. Of course, Carlos Beltran (#12), David Wright (#8) and Jose Reyes (#7) make the cut. Silver makes two controversial comments, though:
1) He said that "Some Mets fans seem ready to conclude that [Wright is] enjoying the bachelor lifestyle a bit too much, and cite the fact that he's hitting .175 in day games this year..." Perhaps I just missed it, but I haven't heard or read anyone charge Wright with partying too much. Has anyone? Seems like a bit of a strawman argument...
2) Defending his choice of Hanley Ramirez over Jose Reyes, Silver says, "..if Ramirez were in New York and Reyes in Florida, the presumption would be that Hanley is the better player." I've only seen Ramirez play a dozen or so times, and, as Rob Neyer shows, their numbers are remarkably similar, so I can't definitively say that Silver's off base here. But Reyes is clearly not yet another product of New York hype. Oddly, I still think he's underrated by most baseball fans. It'll probably take another six months or year before Reyes becomes an undisputed top five player in baseball.
- Love him (like I do) or hate him, Rickey Henderson gives good quotes. From his latest interview with the AP's Janie McCauley comes these gems:
- On Roger Clemens' return: "I see Roger can come back and play. I can come back and play. They say I've done too much. What'd he accomplish? ... The players they put on the field nowadays, they couldn't make it in my day. They'd get sent back to Triple-A."
- On what he'll do to get another shot: "I might come out with some crazy stuff, a press conference telling every club, 'Put me on the field with your best player and see if I come out of it.' If I can't do it, I'll call it quits at the end."
-- On Julio Franco having a job in the Majors: "Julio's out there. I know I can play with Julio.You need to name a whole lot of players before you get to Julio."
- On catching a foul ball the other night "Showing 'em I've still got good hands. The ball found me. I was so quick."
- Beyond the Boxscore gave Mike Pelfrey the award for least valuable NL pitcher for week five:
NL: Mike Pelfrey: 1 quality start and that one barely squeaked in under the wire at 6 and a third innings, 3 runs. Even then Joe Smith erased 2 baserunners who were Pelfrey's responsibility. He just hasn't been very good.
- Speaking of Smith, Marc Hulet at the Baseball Analysts takes a look at whether the Mets are abusing the young sidewinder's arm in his rookie year.
- Victor Zambrano's pitching line last night: 2 2/3 IP, eight runs (four HRs)
- I tried really hard to find a Mets-angle with this one, but couldn't find it. Regardless, Joe Posanski is awesome
- Meanwhile Jason Vargas had another shoddy outing in Triple-A, pushing his ERA up to 5.30. Seriously, can we have Matt Lindstrom and Henry Owens back? Please?
- Maury Brown finds that the Mets drew an average of 44,525 fans in 12 April games this year, up 12.8 percent from last season and the fourth-most in baseball.


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The Georgia Tech-COPE Distinguished Lecture Series welcomes Dr. René Janssen, professor in chemistry and physics at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Dr. Janssen will present a lecture entitled, "Efficient Polymer Solar Cells", on January 25, 2013 in Room G011 of the Molecular Science and Engineering Building (MoSE). While the event is free, please take the time to RSVP here.
"Efficient Polymer Solar Cells"
The power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells depends on the quantum and energy efficiency by which photons from the sun are converted into electrical power. Absorption of light, charge generation, transport and collection all have to occur with high quantum efficiency and with minimal losses in energy. For this the nature of the materials used in the absorber layers is crucial. In a single junction cell, i.e. a cell with one absorber layer, a substantial part of the solar energy is lost by thermalization and transmission losses. In a multi-junction solar cell, i.e. a cell with two or more layers, the photon energy can be better preserved. Hence, these multi-junction form a promising and viable strategy to further increase the power conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells.
The lecture will discuss the recent progress in our group on making new material and device architectures for polymer solar cells. For single junctions the best cells have reached 7.4%, while for tandems a power conversion efficiency of 8.3% has been obtained. The tandem cell uses a newly developed efficient small band gap polymer semiconductor in combination with an efficient wide band gap polymer, and employs a hybrid metal oxide – conducting polymer recombination layer to couple the two subcells electrically and optically with a spectral coverage up to 1000 nm. At 8.3% efficiency, the tandem polymer solar cell performs 30-40% better than each of the corresponding single junction solar cells that give 6.2 and 5.8%, respectively.
A more fundamental question in the operation of organic solar cells is the mechanism of free charge carrier generation. In organic bulk heterojunction solar cells, photoinduced electron transfer between donor and acceptor molecules or polymers populated a charge transfer (CT) state at the donor-acceptor interface. The residual electrostatic binding energy between electron and hole in the CT state may be considerable. Despite the poor screening of the Coulomb potential, free charges are often created efficiently. The mechanism by which the energy barrier for charge separation from the CT state is overcome within the short lifetime is presently not clearly understood. We have investigated the influence of excess energy, i.e. the difference between photon energy and the CT-state energy, on charge separation and recombination processes in a variety of conjugated polymer:fullerene blends by employing external quantum efficiency (EQE) measurements as function of photon energy and applied bias voltage and by a kinetic Monte Carlo model. Surprisingly charge separation in good heterojunctions shows little dependence on temperature or electric field. Monte Carlo calculations demonstrate that the energetic disorder that is characteristic for organic semiconductors provides an internal energy reservoir that can be used to split the Coulombically bound electron-hole pair. The Monte Carlo simulations further suggest that it is possible to reach high dissociation yields at low energy loss, opening a route to high efficiency solar cells.
About René Janssen
René Janssen is full professor in chemistry and physics at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). He received his Ph.D. in 1987 from the TU/e for a thesis on electron spin resonance and quantum chemical calculations of organic radicals in single crystals.
The research of his group focuses on functional p-conjugated molecules, macromolecules, nanostructures, and materials that may find application in advanced technological applications. Synthetic organic and polymer chemistry are combined with advanced time-resolved optical spectroscopy, electrochemistry, morphological characterization and the preparation of prototype devices to accomplish these goals. In recent years many of the activities have concentrated on organic and polymer solar cells. He has co-authored more than 390 scientific papers in this field and has supervised 38 PhD students.
René Janssen has been visiting professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, the University of Angers and the University of Florida. In 2000 he was co-recipient of the René Descartes Prize from the European Commission for outstanding collaborative research. René Janssen received the 2010 Research Prize of The Royal Institute of Engineers in The Netherlands for his work on Materials for Sustainable Energy. He currently serves as editor of "Organic Electronics".


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The Daily News is more over the top
that the NY Post
But wrong?
They are quoting themselves on the cover
It seems Stop and Frisk is once again the issue of this mayoral election. I remember when Occupy was given a favorable ruling by the court and Bloomberg went ahed and changed the judge/ got his way.
Once again, here's the AM NY headline
and here's NY Post celebrating in their gracious fashion .I hope New Yorkers will show up and vote on Tuesday!
Our tabloids have us laughing till it hurts
And Weiner finally gets a non-sexual attack
It's been so customarily to break the law when starting wars, the media calls the legal process "punting"
.Sorry, Post, that buck was never meant to stop there
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Hands On Birmingham coordinated the Martin Luther King Day of Service across Birmingham on Monday, Jan. 19, 2009.
More than 70 from Homewood's Shades Cahaba Elementary School, including teachers, students, siblings and parents, worked at Glen Iris Elementary School.
The workers made cards for Meals on Wheels, friendship bracelets to share with friends, blankets for the homeless, chalkboards for schools, a domino mural of Dr. Martin Luther King, and a room divider to stay at Glen Iris.
Several other organizations participated, bringing the total workforce to about 200.
Shades Cahaba students have amassed more than 1,200 community service hours.


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Every training camp, there are underdogs who surpass all expectations and win camp battles. Sixth-round pick Jason Kelce won a starting job in just his rookie season. Who will take a step forward in 2014?
The Philadelphia Eagles have plenty of depth on their roster this offseason. It would not be shocking if the Eagles kept six wide receivers. The starting corners also have not yet been solidified.
Who will win the key training camp battles? Read on to see four battles and their predicted outcomes.


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GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) With Walmart expected on next week's Green Bay City Council meeting agenda, Mayor Jim Schmitt wants council members to know they have options. Thursday he will in fact present alternative plans for the Larsen Green site on North Broadway.
At a news conference Thursday afternoon Mayor Schmitt is expected to present three possible development options for the Larsen Green location downtown. One of which is a baseball stadium.
That is according to Alderman Randy Scannell who saw the plans during a meeting with the mayor on Tuesday.
Scannell says Schmitt and city planners presented three options that the city could possibly pursue - should the city acquire the property from On Broadway Inc., if the Walmart proposal is off the table.
One was a mixed-use development, including residential and office as outlined in the just approved downtown master plan.
Another was more commercial in nature, including what Scannell described as an auditorium on a section of Leicht Park that could host indoor and outdoor music festivals.
The third option was a sports complex.
"Another plan showed a baseball diamond, with kind of the old canning factory the focal point by home plate - which could also be turned into a soccer field," said Scannell. "So there are all kinds of possibilities and we have the flexibility for developers to shift and do that."
Alderman Scannell says the mayor planned to meet with all council members to share his ideas ahead of an expected vote next Tuesday on Walmart's request to rezone the Larsen Green site. Doing so would allow the retailer to pursue a one-story supercenter on the land. That request was denied by the City Plan Commission this week, but is likely to go to a vote at city council on Tuesday.
Local 5 has also learned one, possibly two council members, will not be voting on the Walmart issue. Alderman Joe Moore says he has a conflict of interest - which for now he will not reveal - and has told the city attorney he is recusing himself. Moore says it is also possible Alderman Tom Sladek will not participate. Sladek is recovering from a stroke he suffered in April.
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Nagios plugin problems
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did u try running
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Nagios is not something you can just install and start the daemon. It takes time to configure. You really need to read the documentation. There are many files to configure. If you want to add additional plugin you would need to install them properly as well.


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The group spending the most on lobbying this year in Michigan is StudentsFirst, an education reform organization founded by former Washington, D.C., Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee.
Education reform has become a hot topic in Michigan, with Gov. Rick Snyder and legislative Republicans pushing changes like teacher tenure reform, which StudentsFirst supported. Now Senate Republicans have a package that would allow unlimited charter schools and mandate the schools of choice program.
Rhee has come under fire for a standardized test cheating scandal in D.C. under her watch, something she has shied away from discussing with the media.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)-Michigan President David Hecker noted that his union only spent $110,748. The Michigan Education Association spent $324,197.
"It is an unbelievable amount of money -- far more than we spent," Hecker told MIRS. "The critics always talk about 'big labor,' when all we are are the men and women educating our children. We haven't spent anywhere close to the amount of money as the corporate-funded StudentsFirst."
A StudentsFirst spokesman drew a distinction between the $900,000 the group spent on advertising and traditional lobbying.
"As detailed in our filing, nearly all of the total reported was for advertising," Hari Sevugan told MIRS. "While advertising wouldn't traditionally be considered 'lobbying,' and while other groups involved in these issues may not have done so, we voluntarily made our advertising numbers publicly available in the interest of transparency and the spirit of Michigan law."
Here's a question I've posed that no one has been able to answer: Why do you need to spent $1 million when Gov. Snyder and Republicans in the House and Senate are already on board with your agenda?
Susan J. Demas is a contributing political columnist who provides opinion, analysis and reports breaking news on local and national issues from a Michigan perspective.


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In London, the 2010 parade and accompanying festival in Trafalgar Square is estimated to be one of the biggest yet - with a parade of floats, marching bands, dancers, live music and performances passing through Piccadilly Circus, Regent Street and Trafalgar Square, it's no wonder everyone wants to join the celebration!
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Nicole Byrne finished with 14 points to pace Brick Memorial in a 52-38 victory against Toms River North in Brick.
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Durban:Humiliated in their tournament opener, Rajasthan Royals will hope to resuscitate their title defence while Mumbai Indians would seek to maintain their winning momentum when they meet in the second Indian Premier League here on Tuesday.
Led by the charismatic Shane Warne, the Royals started their IPL campaign on a disastrous note when last year's laggards Bangalore Royal Challengers humiliated them by 75 runs on the opening day of the event.
Chasing a moderate target of 134, the Rajasthan outfit were bundled out for mere 58, registering the lowest total of the IPL and the second lowest in the history of Twenty20 cricket.
Although there seems no worry in Rajasthan Royals bowling department with Dimitri Mascarenhas, Munaf Patel and Warne leading from the front, their batting looked in complete disarray.
Comeback man Graeme Smith and last year's find Swapnil Asnodkar failed to make any impact up front, and although Tyron Henderson, Yousuf Pathan and young Ravindra Jadeja got starts, they were unable to capitalise on it.
The Jaipur-based team, however, can take heart from history. Last year too, Warne's men lost their IPL opener before going on to win the title.
But to make that happen, their batting line up will have to pull up their socks, particularly in the absence of last edition's most valuable player Shane Watson and useful Pakistani wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal.
Warne felt let down by his batsmen but the spin legend sounded optimistic about bouncing back strongly.
"It is pretty disappointing. As champions we wanted to impose ourselves. We were exceptional in bowling and fielding but batsmen could not do well. Shot selection was really bad. I think the top 3-4 batsmen could shown sensibility and played sensible shots. But I promise to come back strong," he said after the defeat against Bangalore.
On the other hand, the Sachin Tendulkar-led Mumbai Indians will be hoping to maintain a clean slate tomorrow and they have good reasons to be confident ahead of the tie. Tendulkar himself is in ominous form and led the team from the front in Saturday's win over Chennai Super Kings.
Explosive Sanath Jayasuriya and talented Shikhar Dhawan all looked good with the bat. Abhishek Nayar has already proved that he doesn't care for the opponent's reputation and if JP Duminy discovers his form, it would spell doom for the Royals.
Like their batsmen, Mumbai Indian bowlers, led by Zaheer Khan, looked impressive. Apart from Zaheer, Lasit Malinga is still a dangerous customer to deal with, while Harbhajan Singh proved he can spin web around any batting order.


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This solo exhibition features the intricate ink drawings of Bay Area artist Pamela Lanza.
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Runners race to benefit Reading Hospital
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Hundreds of runners were in Berks County Sunday morning to benefit the Reading Hospital.
There was a 10K run and a 5K run and walk that went through Wyomissing.
The race benefits projects of The Friends of the Reading Hospital like HeartSAFE Berks County, which is putting defibrillators in schools and businesses.
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Only minutes after Liska Yamada heard the harp, she was hooked. In the nine years since, the Valley Catholic High School senior has met weekly with Sister M. John Therese to share lessons and a love of the instrument. She is preparing for her last high school competition this month. In the fall, she will head to the prestigious HarpFusion program at the University of Arizona.
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BEAVERTON -- As a student at St. Mary's Academy in Portland, the girl who would become Sister M. John Therese heard the harp for the first time.
She had never stood so close to one. Never seen fingers dance across the strings. In that instant, she fell in love with the harp.
"It's just the most beautiful, resonant tone," she says, remembering the music class more than a half-century ago. "It's very soothing, it's very pleasing. It's a peaceful, heavenly sound."
The teenager latched onto the instrument and excelled. She played with the Portland Junior Symphony and attended Holy Names College in Spokane on a harp scholarship.
After a year, she left college and found her calling in the Church. Fifty years ago, she joined the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon.
But the harp was waiting. Sister M. John Therese started teaching strings and music appreciation classes at the Sisters of St. Mary campus in Beaverton.
Liska Yamada intended to sign up for flute lessons. But Sister noticed her slender hands, her long fingers --perfect for playing harp.
She gave a demonstration to see whether the instrument sparked anything in the girl.
Next to the towering, 6foot-tall instrument, the fourth-grader looked like a Smurf. Her doe eyes watched as the teacher plucked the strings. From birth, Yamada had listened to her mother's classical music. She had played piano since age 5, but the harp was different. It was alluring.
The music flowed from Sister's hands. In that instant, the fourth-grader fell in love with the harp. It was beautiful and relaxing, she thought.
Yamada told her parents she wanted to take lessons from the teacher. And so the woman and girl began in the fall of 1999.
"It was an instant bond," said JoAnn Yamada, Liska's mother. "For years she'd say, 'Sister John Therese says . . .' She absolutely worshipped her. For a long time, she said she was going to be a nun, harpist and a soccer player."
JoAnn and her husband, Kenichi, never had to nudge their daughter, now 18, to practice. She'd turn down invitations to hang out with friends or go to the mall.
"Sometimes I would even say, 'You think you would maybe want to do something teenagerish or a little less intense?' " JoAnn Yamada said.
"Well, no," her daughter would reply. "Sister might be disappointed."
Yamada enters Sister's office for one of her final lessons before she graduates from Valley Catholic High School. She has been here hundreds of times since grade school, practicing beneath images of popes and saints. "Hello, dear," the petite nun says, her eyes shining behind wire glasses.
Yamada warms up with scales. She faces a full-length mirror; like a dancer, she must be able to see her form. Her fingers look like spider legs weaving a web as she moves across the harp's 47 strings. Her silver-glitter slip-on shoes press the harp's pedals.
Sister has just given her student new pieces to practice.
"Which of these did you like the best?" she asks. Yamada picks the one by Carlos Salzedo, a French harpist and composer who died in 1961.
"It's such a jewel," Sister says.
Yamada begins to play the harp, a polished Aoyama adorned with flowery vines and women. Ethereal sounds fill Sister's closet-sized office.
The nun taps a pencil on her thigh, closes her eyes and listens with expert ears. When Yamada finishes, Sister asks why she strayed from the written arrangement.
Yamada says she misread the squiggly lines.
"Think about it, and if you have a good reason, I'll accept it," Sister says of the change, not opposed to improvisation. Teaching is a two-way street.
Last year, Yamada won first place in a prestigious statewide music contest. As a sophomore, she took second place. She will compete in the contest for the last time next week.
After another song, Sister gasps and praises her pupil.
"That will make audiences catch their breath," she says. Yamada smiles.
About four years ago, Yamada heard her calling. She told her mother, "You know people would actually pay to hear me do something that I actually love?"
Oregon's harp community is small. To pursue her harp dreams, Yamada took summer college workshops at the University of Arizona.
This fall, she will be one of four students entering the university's HarpFusion program, a traveling concert ensemble of about 15 players. She looks forward to talking with other harp players her age.
Eventually, she wants to record and to perform with a symphony.
As Yamada moves on, she will remember the "wonderfuls" and "A-plus-pluses" from her teacher. Sister has been "open and not too stressful," Yamada says. Kind of like the harp.
"She's always so excited about everything," Yamada says of her mentor. "When I play a piece really well, you can just see it on her face --how excited she is and how much she enjoyed it."
Sister, she says, has been like rays of light in her life.
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6 cups flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 pound butter, room temperature
4 eggs, lightly beaten
2 cans fruit pie filling
Cut butter into flour, sugar and baking powder. Add eggs. Knead by hand until thoroughly mixed. Divide dough in half. Spread half on greased cookie sheet. Spread your choice of fruit on dough. With remaining dough, pinch small pieces and scatter over fruit. Bake in 350-degree oven for 50-60 minutes, until crumbs are golden brown. Once cool, dust with confectioners' sugar. Do not cover.


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Our parish has requested the assignment of a seminary candidate from this year's graduating class at Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary. Graduation and assignment day is this Wednesday, May 11. We continue to pray for the candidates and vicars as they are assigned.
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Fans of cinema-as-art shouldn't miss an upcoming 3D film "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" to be shown at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Vashon Theatre.
The award-winning film, made in 2010 by acclaimed German film director Werner Herzog, takes viewers inside Chauvet Cave, an almost inaccessible site in France that is home to the largest collection of pristine ancient artwork ever discovered.
The cave is not only full of paintings, but other evidence of ice-age life, including fossilized remains of cave bears and other birds and mammals. The oldest human footprints ever found — left by a child who walked in the cave almost 30,000 years ago — have also been found there.
Since archeological teams found the site in 1994, only a few people have been allowed access into the cave, and the breathtaking scope of its contents had never been seen by the general public until Herzog managed to gain access. His film won ecstatic reviews, including one from Kenneth Turin at The Los Angeles Times, who wrote that film showed audiences "a sacred space where the human and the mystical effortlessly intertwine, and we are in Werner Herzog's debt for that great gift."
Herzog, born in Germany in 1942, is the director of more than 60 feature and documentary films, including such masterpieces as "Aguirre, The Wrath of God," "Fitzcarraldo," and "Nosferatu the Vampyre."
"Cave of Forgotten Dreams" is being presented by the Vashon Film Society as part of its monthly series of art films at the local theater. It's the first 3D film presented by the group. Tickets to the show are $7.
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Fabio Bonsignorio
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Angel P. del Pobil
Jaume I University, Castellon, Spain
Signe Redfield
Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Founding Date:
October 2009
Member Count:
About 100
Online Posts and Relevant Sites: informal communication and links to resources
Workshops and Meetings: create a sustainable culture of performance evaluation and benchmarking; provide forums for exchanging ideas and approaches.
- Technical Committee Town Hall Meeting, ICRA 2015, Stockholm, Sweden
- Proposals for experimental protocols for Robotics Research, RSS Workshop , June 27, 2013, Berlin, Germany
- Metrics of sensory motor integration in robots and animals, Workshop, October 12, 2012, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, Half-day IROS2012 workshop
- Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics Summer School, September 10-14, 2012 Alanya, Turkey. Students and early career researchers experience test method development process first-hand.
- From theory to practice of performance comparison and result replications in Robotics Research, Workshop, Australia - July 12, 2012, Sydney, NSW, Australia RSS 2012 workshop
- Conditions for Replicable Experiments and Performance Comparison in Robotics Research, Workshop, Minneapolis MN USA, Full-day ICRA 2012 workshop.
- Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS'12) March 20-22, 2012, College Park, MD Three-day Workshop
- Towards Replicable Experiments in Robotics Research, San Francisco, CA USA, ICRA 2011 Full-day Workshop
- Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking for Intelligent Robots and Systems with Cognitive and Autonomy Capabilities , Taiwan, IROS 2010 Half-day Workshop
- Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS'10) Three-day Workshop September 30, 2010 - Baltimore, MD
- Benchmarking Intelligent (Multi-)Robot Systems August 20, 2010 - Lisbon, Portugal, Full-Day Workshop
- Good experimental methodology in robotics and replicable robotics research June 28, 2010 - Zaragoza, Spain, RSS 2010 Half-day Workshop.
- The Role of Experiments in Robotics Research Anchorage, Alaska, USA, ICRA 2010 Full-day Workshop.
- Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking for Next Intelligent Robots and Systems St. Louis, MO, USA Full-Day IROS'10 Workshop
- Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS'09) Workshop, September 21, 2009 – USA Three-day Workshop
- Good Experimental Methodology in Robotics Workshop June 28, 2009 - Seattle, Washington, USA, RSS 2009 Full-day Workshop
Major Publications (not counting Proceedings from above workshops): provide references for researchers seeking information on performance evaluation and benchmarking.
- IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine Special Issue, "Replicable and Measurable Robotics Research", Bonsignorio, F., del Pobil, A., eds., Volume 22, Number 3, September 2015
- "Toward Replicable and Measurable Robotics Research [from the Guest Editors]", IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Bonsignorio, F. and del Pobil, A., Volume 22, Number 3, pp 32-35, September 2015
- "Distributed and Adaptive Shared Control Systems: Methodology for the Replication of Experiments", IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, Stoelen, M. F., de Tejada, V. F, Huete, A. J., Balaguer, C., and Bonsignorio, F., Volume 22, Number 4, pp 137-146, December 2015
- International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems (IJICS) Special Issue "Quantifying Performance of Intelligent Systems," Madhavan, R., Tunstel, E., Messina, E., eds., Volume 16, Number 2, June 2011.
- Quantifying Performance of Intelligent Systems," International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems Special Issue; Volume 16, Number 2, June 2011
- Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Intelligent Systems Edited Book Volume, Raj Madhavan, Edward Tunstel and Elena Messina (eds.), Springer, ISBN: 978-1-4419-0491-1, September 2009.
- Autonomous Robots Journal, Special Issue (R. Madhavan, C. Scrapper, and A. Kleiner (Eds.)) November 1, 2009 - New York
- Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Robotic and Automation Systems [TC Spotlight] Madhavan, R.; del Pobil, A.P.; Messina, E.; Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE, Volume: 17 , Issue: 1; Publication Year: 2010 , Page(s): 120 – 122.
These put into action the benchmarks and performance evaluation methods. By organizing and promoting competitions, we put into practice what is discussed during workshops and in publications. Competitions validate the approaches proposed and expose members of the community (especially students) to the concepts. Some of the metrics and test methods are being advanced into draft standards (e.g. the 6DOF localization from the Perception Challenge formed the technical foundation for an ASTM standard being balloted under E57 Committee on 3D Imaging Systems).
- ICRA'12 Mobile Microrobotics Challenge (MMC) Minneapolis, USA
- ICRA'12 Solutions in Perception Challenge (SPC) Minneapolis, USA
- ICRA'12 Virtual Manufacturing Automation Challenge (VMAC) Minneapolis, USA
- ICRA'11Mobile Microrobotics Challenge (MMC) May 12, 2011 - Shanghai, China
- ICRA'11Solutions in Perception Challenge (SPC) May 11, 2011 - Shanghai, China
- ICRA'11 Modular and Reconfigurable Robot Challenge (MRRC) May 10, 2011 - Shanghai, China
- ICRA'11 Virtual Manufacturing Automation Challenge (VMAC) May 10, 2011 - Shanghai, China
List of outreach activities outside the RAS
The TC has coorganized events with Euron and workshops at RSS. Other initiatives have been carried out in collaboration with the RoboCup organization and in conjunction with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The RoboCup Rescue International competitions rely on quantifiable measures of robot performance within draft and existing test methods for evaluating their ability to assist in disaster response. The best-performing robot teams are invited to participate in the NIST-DHS Response Robot Evaluation Exercises, typically held every 18 months at Disaster City, a major responder training facility in the United States.
Performance Evaluation & Benchmarking of Robotic and Automation Systems
Welcome to the official website of the IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of autonomous systems
TC-PEBRAS serves as a forum to address performance evaluation and benchmarking for robotic and automation systems, in general.
The TC-PEBRAS contributes to the progress of performance evaluation and benchmarking, focusing in intelligent robots and systems, including those with some high level cognitive capabilities and some degree of autonomy, by providing a forum for researchers and engineers in the industry to exchange their on-going work and ideas in this regard. A purpose of the TC is IN PARTICULAR to achieve better and agreed ideas on how to define and measure system level characteristics like 'autonomy', 'cognition' and 'intelligence'.


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Precious, a precocious pit bull, is the perfect example of grace under pressure. She wasn't always in a loving environment as she is now, but thanks to the Chester County SPCA (CCSPCA) and volunteer Debbie Klales, this faithful pet has a forever home.
Hubs and I met Precious at Pints for Pups, a Flying Dog Tap Takeover at The Drafting Room to benefit the CCSPCA. She welcomed thirsty beer lovers outside the bar entrance with a lick and a wag, and was in doggie heaven every time someone stopped to give her a pat on the head. Precious used her cuteness to bring attention to the info being offered up on the CCSPCA's good works.
Armed with ways to help other pets find a good home, Hubs and I bellied up to the bar to fill our dog bowls with Flying Dog (no, The Drafting Room didn't make us drink out of dog bowls this time). After all, proceeds were going to the CCSPCA; we couldn't skimp.
Because we have such diverse beer preferences, Hubs and I are the ideal pair to taste test. I'm about the malt; he's about the hops, and we got to lap up plenty of both at this tasting. Bartender Heather Higgins was on-hand to provide intel, and answered all our questions about Flying Dog. Here's the rundown:
- Disobedience Dubbel, 7.6 ABV: Not yer gramma's dubbel. By that I mean there was a fat, yeasty, bready maltiness with a hint of maple syrup at the end, but it wasn't too sweet. A Nina beer through and through, and my pick for the best of the day: Five out of Five Woofs.
- Double Dog Double Pale, 11.5 ABV: Hellooooo hoppy acidic citrus with a subtle grapefruit burn and a surprise tad of sweetness. Were Hubs not the DD (note the ABV), this would have been his go-to.
- Gonzo-Barrel Aged Imperial Porter, 9.5 ABV: Aged in Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey barrels, this smooth brew gave chocolate malt ball in the middle with a quick bite of bitterness at the end. A most unique bevy.
- Kujo Coffee Stout, 8.9 ABV: Truth be told, this special offering was this close to my top pick. The coffee was pronounced, as was the malt, but what made it special was the wisp of vanilla. I could see how one might get "Cujo eyes" after a few of these…. As advertised, its bark was just as big as its bite.
- Raging Bitch Belgian-Style IPA, 8.3 ABV: I tasted more hops than did Hubs, but I liked it, I really liked it. There was a slight sweetness that mellowed the hops, but what really tickled my taste buds was the wee bit of pine-rosemary at the finish.
- Sour Cherry, 4.6 ABV: Hubs and I are both fans of krieks, so this mild tart offering was a bit too mellow for us. However, a brief survey of fellow CCSPCA enthusiasts gave this beer two paws up.
- Underdog Atlantic Lager, 4.7 ABV: Ahhhh, a refreshing summer libation with an upfront sweetness, a crisp lemon acidity and a mild finish. Easy drinking beer alert!
- Wildeman Farmhouse IPA, 7.5 ABV: This brought the funk and was reminiscent of a weiss even though it's made with saison yeast. The bit o'honey in the middle confirmed its traditional pedigree.
- Woody Creek Belgian White, 4.8 ABV: Another good, solid, fresh summer selection that distinguished itself with a distinct coriander flair. Different, but a really good different.
If you missed these nine nummy ways to help the CCSPCA, take heart: you can still give darling pets like Precious hope by taking part in the Victory BrewBQ on Saturday, Aug. 4, noon to 4 pm at Paradise Farm Camps in Downingtown. It's a two-category BBQ cook-off to see which team can make the best chicken and ribs according to the judges. This year's attendees will also be able to taste and vote on the People's Pork award for the restaurant vendors. Add a Victory Beer garden, live music, a kids play area and free admission, and you've already got a winner. Learn more here.


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In his first return to The Dow Event Center Saturday night as a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, he lived up to that reputation, and the Spirit took advantage.
With 10 minutes left in a tie game, Kantor laid a devastating head check on Spirit defenseman Brandon Archibald. Aided by an extra skater on the delayed penalty, Saginaw's Terry Trafford picked up a rebound in front and buried it for the game-winning goal in a 6-4 Spirit in front of 3,527 Saturday night at The Dow.
"You never like to see your teammate go down like that," Spirit forward Garret Ross said. "I thought it was a pretty high hit, but to come back and respond to that and get a goal and a win like that is huge."
Shortly after Archibald heard his name called for recording the second assist on the goal, he skated off under his own power to the dressing room. The team did not have an update on his status immediately following the game.
The irony of the play: Kantor and Archibald were traded for one another in January, in a swap that saw the Spirit fan favorite shipped to a division rival.
"Michael Kantor plays hard, I always liked that about him," Spirit coach and General Manager Todd Watson said. "I didn't see the hit, I'll look at it."
The win was Saginaw's third in its last four games, following a 6-0 loss at London Friday. The Guelph Storm will be at The Dow for a 4 p.m. faceoff Sunday.
Following Trafford's goal, Spirit forward Josh Shalla deked two Greyhound defensemen to notch his third goal of the game. He came into the game on a five-game goal-less streak.
Watson called it a "highlight reel goal." Shalla, though, made a confession about his eighth goal of the year.
"I thought it was an empty net," Shalla said. "And then I looked up and saw the goalie and was like 'Oh, (crap)."
Ross finished the game with a team-high four points, on two goals and two assists.
The Spirit took the lead on four different occasions throughout the first two periods, and the Greyhounds answered after each time.
In the second, the Spirit scored twice, and gave up game-tying goals less than 90 seconds after each goal. The final Greyhounds game-tying goal came with 28 seconds left in the period.
Following the second intermission, Watson opted to remove starter Tadeas Galansky, who gave up four goals on 22 shots. It marked the second straight night Galansky was removed from a game.
"I just felt I had to make a change in net," Watson said. "I just thought, we'd worked too hard to get leads, and we were giving them up too easily."
Jake Paterson came in to play a scoreless third, making six saves. One of them came on a breakaway by Sault Ste. Marie's Carson Dubchak.
Watson said Paterson will start Sunday against Guelph.
The Spirit's win was just their third against Western Conference competition in 15 games, but second against the Greyhounds in just over a week.
Friday's game against London started a streak of 13 of 14 games against conference foes, giving the Spirit hope to pull out of ninth place as they approach the holiday break.
"When you're not winning a lot of games, and you beat the teams in your conference, the teams that are going for it, it can turn this around and show we can do it this year," Shalla said.
• Spirit forward Vincent Trocheck received a game misconduct for boarding in the second period, after he checked Sault Ste. Marie's Nick Cousins after a whistle.
• The Garber Management Group presented the Friends of Hoyt Park with a $110,000 donation during the first intermission of Saturday's game. The donation matched contributions made by fans at Spirit games during a yearlong fundraising effort.


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WARREN ELLIS is a graphic novelist and author of the NYT best-selling novel GUN MACHINE. His graphic novel GLOBAL FREQUENCY is being developed for television by Jerry Bruckheimer and FOX. He is the writer of the graphic novel RED, adapted into the film starring Bruce Willis and Helen Mirren. His next book is NORMAL from FSG.


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Harvest, Kansas City's seasonal restaurant. Our menu changes often to reflect what the farmers harvest from the fields. Experience farm to table, in an upscale, yet aproachable setting. Everyone deserves to dine in a castle.
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Whirling above the bug catchers like multicolored snowflakes on a fiercely windy night, the insects swarm toward a large glowing orb in the swamp sky that they mistake for the moon. "Look at that giant moon!" Jayme Necaise imagines the bugs thinking. "I have never been able to get this close to the moon before! Oh, I'm so confused. It's so beautiful!"
To entice the buzzing horde, they construct the artificial celestial body. The 12-foot-tall structure consists of a giant white sheet held taut and sideways by two stands, with a large old-fashioned streetlight affixed atop a crossbeam.
That 1,000-watt mercury vapor lightbulb causes the bugs' internal GPS to go haywire. The insects bounce off the white sheet like popcorn. An observer nearly expects to see words superimposed: Pow! Bam! Wham!
Lemann and Necaise dive to pick up the winged creatures who fall, overwhelmed and disoriented, to the tarp below. Lemann holds the wings of one four-spotted pennant dragonfly in his mouth as he places wet grass in the plastic container that will transport that dragonfly back to Canal Street.
Many insects are attracted to light because for millions of years they used the moon to navigate -- long before humans dotted the sky with artificial light. It confuses the bugs when, suddenly, they arrive at the moon, which typically sits about 240,000 miles away.
Necaise, Lemann and others of similar bug persuasion often go "road running." They drive from one lit-up gas station to the next and collect insects that flock to the glow in rural areas, where the gas station's bulb is the only light. Road running is best on nights such as this past Monday, when the moon is only a sliver in the sky.
"This place is teaming with bugs!" Lemann exclaims in rapture. One bug dives into his mouth. "Hmm. They taste better when you cook them."
Necaise later washes one out of his eye. "I want to draw bugs in from Texas," Necaise muses.
In Necaise's view of the world, insects rule. They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the environment. "Insects pretty much run the show, and we're just living in it," he says.
The aquatic insects mainly are found in nearby swamps from May to September, and so Lemann and Necaise's goal is to bring back enough bugs to last through the winter.
In the bayou past midnight, the pair walked away with a respectable load that included katydids, fiery searcher beetles, giant water scavenger beetles and predaceous diving beetles.
The fiery searchers, akin to divine Egyptian creatures with their large metallic green wings speckled in gold, secrete a Limburger cheese smell and can actually gas themselves to death if they are left in a container without large enough holes. Necaise opened the top of their container occasionally, "to burp them."
"Smell my finger," Necaise says after handling one.
A bug outing with Lemann and Necaise is a show all its own. The two enjoy bug jokes, with one often playing the straight man and the other the comic. Generally, an explainer must be thrown in, such as, "You have to know about the exoskeleton to get that joke."
Lemann and Necaise also have a hip hop act. Their moniker is the Geeky White Etymologists, or GWEs, and their big hit is a play on a Sir Mix-a-Lot classic -- Baby Got Bug.
When drawn into a more serious discussion, Lemann likens the bug hunt to stocking an art gallery. He wants big, colorful, active insects that work well in groups.
"It's almost like a sculpture or a piece of art. It's about shape, about color and about texture," says Lemann, who once appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
Some of the catch might end up in the Insectarium's Bug Appetite cafe, where visitors can sample crispy Cajun crickets, chocolate chirp cookies, hoppin' herb dip and other delicacies featuring crickets, beetle larvae and other critters.
Lemann himself will dip south Louisiana dragonflies, wings and all, in egg wash and then cook them in Zatarain's seasoned fish fry. He'll perch each fried dragonfly atop a mushroom slice and drizzle it with a bit of Dijon soy butter.
He says they taste like soft-shell crab.
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A 40-year-old North Bergen man and his fiancée, a 33-year-old Toms River woman, have been accused of stealing gold jewelry and cash from a Bayonne residence on Kennedy Boulevard, according to court officials.
Anthony Rivera and Jillian Manno, who appeared separately in Central Judicial Processing in Jersey City yesterday, have been charged with burglary, theft and conspiring with another to commit burglary, according to court documents.
On Jan. 28, 2013, Manno allegedly acted as a lookout, while Rivera entered the Bayonne residence, the documents stated.
After entering, Rivera took "numerous pieces of gold (chains, charms and earrings)" and a "5 gallon water jug with U.S. currency," the documents stated.
The gold Rivera and Manno allegedly stole was worth $1,500, while the cash amounted to $600, the documents stated.
Rivera's bail was set at $20,000 with a 10 percent option of $2,000, while Manno's bail was set at $10,000 with a 10 percent option of $1,000.