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Henning Mankell
|Henning Mankell
Mankell in New York in 2011
February 3, 1948
Stockholm, Sweden
|Novelist, playwright, publisher
|Crime fiction
|Notable work(s)
|The Kurt Wallander novels
Henning Mankell (born 3 February 1948) is a Swedish crime writer, children's author and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most famous creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.
- 1 Life and career
- 2 Political views
- 3 Charity
- 4 Bibliography
- 5 Awards and honours
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Life and career[edit]
Mankell was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1948. His parents divorced when he was one year old, and for a majority of his childhood lived with his father, Ivar, and an older sister. The three lived first in Sveg (Härjedalen), where his father was a district judge, and later, Borås (Västergötland).[1] Mankell's grandfather, also named Henning Mankell (1868–1930), was a composer. At the age of 20 he had already started a career as author and assistant director at the Riksteater in Stockholm. In the following years he collaborated with several theatres in Sweden.
In his youth Mankell was a left-wing political activist and a strong opponent of the Vietnam War, South African apartheid, and Portugal's colonial war in Mozambique. In the 1970s, Mankell moved from Sweden to Norway and lived with a Norwegian woman who was a member of the Maoist Communist Labour Party of Norway. Mankell took part in the party's activities but did not join the party.[2]
After living in Zambia and other African countries, Mankell was invited to become the artistic director of Teatro Avenida in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. He now spends at least half the year in Maputo working with the theatre and writing. Recently he built up his own publishing house (Leopard Förlag) in order to support young talents from Africa and Sweden.
He is married to Eva Bergman, daughter of Ingmar Bergman. On 12 June 2008, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the University of St Andrews in Scotland.[3]
Mankell developed two original stories for the German police series Tatort. Actor Axel Milberg, who portrays Inspector Klaus Borowski, had asked Mankell to contribute to the show as the two were promoting The Chinaman audiobook, a project that Milberg had worked on. The episodes were scheduled to broadcast in Germany in 2010.[4][5]
Mankell was set to work on a screenplay for Sveriges Television about his father-in-law, the famous movie and theatre director Ingmar Bergman, during 2010, on a series produced in four one-hour episodes. Production was planned for 2011. Mankell pitched the project to Sveriges Television and will include international co-producers/financiers.[6] The plan is now to start filming in 2014 and publish the television series and a possible long film next year.[7]
In January 2014 Mankell told in public that he had been diagnosed with cancer. In May he reported that treatments had worked well and he was getting better.[8]
Political views[edit]
"We refuse to understand how big meaning Islamic culture has had in Europe's history. What would Europe have been without Islamic culture? Nothing."
Mankell participated in the Protests of 1968 in Sweden, protesting against, among other things, the Vietnam War, the Portuguese Colonial War, and the Apartheid regime in South Africa. Furthermore, he got involved with the society Folket i Bild/Kulturfront which focused on cultural policy studies. During his stay in Norway in the 1970s, he got in contact with the far-left Norwegian Workers' Communist Party (AKP-ml) and took an active part in their actions.[10] In 2002 he gave financial support by buying stocks for 50,000 NOK in the Norwegian left-wing newspaper Klassekampen.[11][12]
In 2009, Mankell was a guest at a Palestinian literary conference. Thereafter, he claimed to have seen "repetition of the despicable Apartheid system that once treated Africans and coloured as second-class citizens in their own country". He also found a resemblance between the Israeli West Bank barrier and the Berlin Wall. Considering the environment the Palestinian people live in, he continued, it is not astonishing that "some decide to become suicide bombers....it is strange that there are not more of them". "The Israelis" would "destroy lives" and the Israeli State is not to have a future in its current form, as a two-state solution would not reverse the "historical occupation". He claimed not to have encountered antisemitism during his journey, just "hatred against the occupants that is completely normal and understandable".[13]
In 2008, speaking about nationalism and Norway, he stated that "Nationalism is almost spiteful in nature. It can sometimes be glimpsed as something brown behind the waving Norwegian flags."[14]
Gaza flotilla[edit]
Henning Mankell was on board the MS Sofia, one of the boats which took part in the flotilla which tried to break the Israeli embargo of the Gaza strip.[15] Following the Israel Defense Forces' boarding of the flotilla on the morning of May 31, 2010, Mankell was deported to Sweden. He subsequently called for global sanctions against Israel.[16] In 2010 he was reported to be considering halting Hebrew translations of his books.[17] However in June 2011, Mankell stated in an article in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz that he was in fact not considering preventing his books from being translated into Hebrew, and that anonymous persons had stolen his identity to make this false claim. [18]
Mankell was supposed to be one of twenty Swedish participants in "Freedom Flotilla II" which never took place.[19] It was originally scheduled to sail to Gaza in June 2011.[20]
"There are too many people in the world who just sit and watch their money pile up, that is very hard for me to understand."
In 2007, Henning Mankell donated 15 million Swedish Crowns (about 1,5 million euros) to SOS Children's Villages for a village in Chimoio in western Mozambique.[22] Mankell has donated vast amounts of money to charitable organizations like SOS Children's Villages and Hand in Hand.[23]
Crime fiction[edit]
Kurt Wallander[edit]
Kurt Wallander is a fictional police inspector living and working in Ystad,[24] Sweden. In the novels, he solves shocking murders with his colleagues. The novels have an underlying question: "What went wrong with Swedish society?"[25] The series has won many awards, including the German Crime Prize and the British 2001 CWA Gold Dagger for Sidetracked. The ninth book, The Pyramid, is a prequel: a collection of five novellas (Wallander's First Case, The Man with the Mask, The Man on the Beach, The Death of the Photographer, The Pyramid) about Wallander's past, with the last one ending just before the start of Faceless Killers. Ten years after The Pyramid, Mankell published another Wallander novel, The Troubled Man, which he said would definitely be the last in the series.[26]
- Mördare utan ansikte (1991; English translation by Steven T. Murray: Faceless Killers, 1997)
- Hundarna i Riga (1992; English translation by Laurie Thompson: The Dogs of Riga, 2001)
- Den vita lejoninnan (1993; English translation by Laurie Thompson: The White Lioness, 1998)
- Mannen som log (1994; English translation by Laurie Thompson: The Man Who Smiled, 2005)
- Villospår (1995; English translation by Steven T. Murray: Sidetracked, 1999) Gold Dagger 2001
- Fotografens död (1996)
- Den femte kvinnan (1996; English translation by Steven T. Murray: The Fifth Woman, 2000)
- Steget efter (1997; English translation by Ebba Segerberg: One Step Behind, 2002)
- Brandvägg (1998; English translation by Ebba Segerberg: Firewall, 2002)
- Pyramiden (1999; short stories; English translation by Ebba Segerberg with Laurie Thompson: The Pyramid, 2008)
- Handen ("The Hand") Novella originally published in Dutch (2004) as Het Graf (The Grave).[27] Published in Swedish (2013). (English translation: An Event in Autumn, 2014)
- Den orolige mannen (2009; English translation by Laurie Thompson: The Troubled Man, 2011)[28][29]
Linda Wallander[edit]
- Innan frosten (2002; English translation by Ebba Segerberg: Before the Frost, 2005)
- Danslärarens återkomst (2000; English translation by Laurie Thompson: The Return of the Dancing Master, 2004)
- Kennedys hjärna (2005; English translation by Laurie Thompson: Kennedy's Brain, 2007, U.S. release)
- Kinesen (2007; English translation by Laurie Thompson: The Man from Beijing, 2010)
Other fiction[edit]
- Vettvillingen (1977)
- Fångvårdskolonin som försvann (1979)
- Dödsbrickan (1980)
- En seglares död (1981)
- Daisy Sisters (1982)
- Sagan om Isidor (1984)
- Leopardens öga (1990); English translation by Steven T. Murray: The Eye of the Leopard, (2008)
- Comédia infantil (1995); English translation by Tiina Nunnally: Chronicler of the Winds, (2006)
- Vindens son (2000); English translation by Steven T. Murray: Daniel (2010)
- Tea-Bag (2001) English translation by Ebba Segerberg: The Shadow Girls (2012)
- Djup (2004); English translation by Laurie Thompson: Depths, (2006)
- Italienska skor (2006); English translation by Laurie Thompson: Italian Shoes, (2009)
- Minnet av en Smutsig Ängel (2011); English translation by Laurie Thompson: A Treacherous Paradise, (2013)
Children's books[edit]
Books about Sofia[edit]
- Secrets in the Fire – 2000 (Eldens hemlighet, 1995)
- Playing with Fire – 2002 (Eldens gåta, 2001)
- The Fury in the Fire – 2009 (Eldens vrede, 2005)
Joel Gustafsson series[edit]
- A Bridge to the Stars – 2005 (Hunden som sprang mot en stjärna – 1990)
- Shadows in the Twilight – 2007 (Skuggorna växer i skymningen – 1991)
- When the Snow Fell – 2007 (Pojken som sov med snö i sin säng – 1996)
- The Journey to the End of the World – 2008 (Resan till världens ände – 1998)
For younger children[edit]
- The Cat Who Liked Rain – 2007
Film and television[edit]
Mankell has also written original screenplays for television.
- Etterfølgeren (1997)[30]
- Labyrinten (2000) TV mini-series
- Talismanen (2003) TV mini-series (co-written with Jan Guillou)
- Unnamed Ingmar Bergman docudrama (2012) TV mini-series[31]
- Älskade syster (1983) – Beloved Sister
- Antiloperna
- Apelsinträdet (1983) – The Orange Tree
- Att Storma Himlen
- Berättelser På Tidens Strand
- Bergsprängaren (1973)
- Butterfly Blues
- Daisy Sisters (1982)
- Darwins kapten (2010) – Darwin's Captain
- Den Samvetslöse Mördaren Hasse Karlsson...
- Dödsbrickan (1980)
- Eldens gåta (2001) – Fire Riddle
- En Gammal Man Som Dansar
- En Höstkväll Innan Tystnaden
- En seglares död (1981) – Death of a Sailor
- Fångvårdskolonin som försvann (1979)
- Gatlopp
- Grävskopan
- Hårbandet
- I sand och i lera (1999) – In Sand and Mud
- In Duisternis (2010) – Time of Darkness
- Innan Gryningen
- Italienska skor (2006) – Italian shoes
- Jag dör, men minnet lever (2003) – I Die, but the Memory Lives
- Kakelugnen På Myren
- Katten som älskade regn (1992) The Cat that Loved Rain
- Labyrinten (2000) – The Labyrinth
- Lampedusa
- Mannen Som Byggde Kojor
- Mörkertid
- Möte Om Eftermiddagen
- Och Sanden Ropar...
- Påläggskalven
- Pojken som sov med snö i sin säng (1996) – The Boy Who Slept with Snow in His Bed
- Politik (2010) – Politics
- Resan till värdens ände (1998) – Journey to The End of the World
- Sagan om Isidor (1984) Isidor's Saga
- Sandmålaren (1974) – Sand painter
- Svarte Petter
- Tea-Bag (2001)
- Tokfursten
- Tyckte Jag Hörde Hundar[32][33]
- Valpen
- Vettvillingen (1977) – The Maniac
Film and television adaptations[edit]
- Wallander (1997–2007) Sveriges Television. Swedish language.
- Wallander (2005, 2009) Yellow Bird for TV4 (Sweden). Swedish language.
- Wallander (2008, 2009) Yellow Bird for BBC (UK). English language.
Awards and honours[edit]
- 1991 – Swedish Crime Writers' Academy, Best Swedish Crime Novel Award for Faceless Killers
- 1991 – The Nils Holgersson Prize for A Bridge to the Stars
- 1992 – The Glass Key Award For Best Nordic Crime Novel: Faceless Killers
- 1993 – Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for A Bridge to the Stars
- 1995 – Swedish Crime Writers' Academy, Best Swedish Crime Novel Award for Sidetracked
- 1996 – Swedish Astrid Lindgren Prize
- 2001 – Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger for Best Crime Novel of the Year: Sidetracked
- 2001 – Corine Literature Prize for One Step behind
- 2005 – Gumshoe Award for Best European Crime Novel: The Return of the Dancing Master
- 2008 – Corine Literature Prize for the German Audiobook The Man from Beijing
See also[edit]
- ^ http://henningmankell.se/Platser/Sveg/
- ^ Augustsson, Lars Åke; Hansén, Stig (2001). De svenska maoisterna (in Swedish). Gothenburg: Lindelöw. ISBN 91-88144-48-8.
- ^ http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/archive/2008/Title,22097,en.html
- ^ http://www.welt.de/fernsehen/article2682891/Henning-Mankell-schreibt-zwei-Tatort-Krimis.html
- ^ http://www.welt.de/die-welt/vermischtes/hamburg/article5514723/Ironie-macht-die-Dinge-oft-einfacher.html
- ^ http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/bergmans-liv-blir-tv-drama_3977337.svd
- ^ http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.1726705-bergmanserie-kan-fa-ny-regissor
- ^ http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.2259442-del-1-en-strid-ur-livets-perspektiv-
- ^ http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2007/08/30/510512.html
- ^ http://www.dagbladet.no/tekstarkiv/artikkel.php?id=5001010046786&tag=item&words=mankell%3Bakp
- ^ http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radioarkiv/her___na/1900095.html
- ^ http://www.klassekampen.no/30296/article/item/null/et-ensomt-fartoey
- ^ http://www.palfest.org/mankellaftonbladet.html
- ^ VG Helg, 18.10.2008.
- ^ Flood, Alison (31 May 2010). "Author Henning Mankell aboard Gaza flotilla stormed by Israeli troops". The Guardian.
- ^ Robert Booth; Kate Connolly; Tom Phillips; Helena Smith (2 June 2010). "Gaza flotilla raid: 'We heard gunfire – then our ship turned into lake of blood'". The Guardian.
- ^ http://www.swedishwire.com/politics/4841-henning-mankell-may-halt-hebrew-book-version-
- ^ http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/will-the-real-henning-mankell-speak-up-1.367761
- ^ "Crime writer Mankell will be on next Gaza aid flotilla". Yahoo! News (Stockholm). Agence France-Presse. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011. "Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell will take part in the next international flotilla that will attempt to bring aid to Gaza at the end of June, organisers said Wednesday."
- ^ "Freedom Flotilla 2 to sail for Gaza by end of June". Almasry Alyoum. MENA. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011. "The international steering committee of Freedom Flotilla 2, a planned convoy of ships aiming to bring material and moral support to the besieged people of Gaza, announced on Tuesday that the flotilla's intended launch date is to be postponed until June."
- ^ http://henningmankell.com/africa/chimoio/
- ^ "Africa. Chimoio". Henningmankell.com.
- ^ "Henning Mankell". Dagens industri.
- ^ pronounced Ue-stad ("ue" as in "muesli" and "a" as in "father" – not pronounced as in the recent 2008 UK television adaptation
- ^ The Pyramid'
- ^ Wroe, Nicholas (20 February 2010). "A Life in writing: Henning Mankell". The Guardian.
- ^ Inspector Wallander.org website
- ^ http://www.newsdesk.se/pressroom/leopard/pressrelease/view/ny-kurt-wallander-roman-slaepps-i-augusti-289969
- ^ http://svenska.yle.fi/nyheter/artikel.php?id=156906
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542520/
- ^ http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/europe/mankell-to-develop-ingmar-bergman-drama/5009243.article
- ^ http://www.colombine.se/forfattare?query=mankell
- ^ http://www.henningmankell.se/Teater/Pjäser
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Henning Mankell.
|This article contains embedded lists that may be poorly defined, unverified or indiscriminate. (February 2013)
- Official website
- Comprehensive Henning Mankell fan site
- Branagh's Wallander – Website relating to the BBC's English-language Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh and Swedish versions with Krister Henriksson and Rolf Lassgärd
- Henning Mankell: the artist of the Parallax View – Slavoj Zizek
- The Mirror of Crime: Henning Mankell interview at Tangled Web (5/2001)
- Der Spiegel Interview (12/2004)
- Guardian Interview (11/2003)
- "Stopped by Apartheid": article written on return from 2009 Palestine Festival of Literature
- Audio: Henning Mankell in conversation on the BBC World Service discussion show The Forum
- Henning Mankell on Gaza flotilla attack: 'I think they went out to murder, The Guardian 3 June 2010


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I viewed empty barrels. Although it looks like the homeowners need to get out side and clean the…Read Moretr ash out of the gutters and off the sidewalks. The trash collectors did their job, they empty barrels into the trash truck, it is not their job to sweep the streets.
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Humphries that the states job payed by the taxpayers.
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Belle Plaine Police have identified the man they say pretended to be a sheriff's deputy in an attempt to cash a fake check Monday.
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I use this product mixed with protein powder after workouts, before bed, and when I wake up. It doesn't show serious results, but it is slowly slowly adding a little weight. Also, it keeps me from losing mass as I grow taller. I expect more from it, but it's a mediocre product. Be careful though: IT TASTES HORRIBLE!!!! it tastes like a bakery mixed baking flour with water.... yuck. and it clumps when mixed occaisonally.
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so idk what the user beneath me experienced but i on the other hand gained almost 5 lbs from this in combination with still eating my normal daily meals. I would take a 8oz glass in the morning before I left for work and a 16oz glass before bed at night. In addition I would still eat breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as snacks in between. When used in the correct moderation - this product is worth it, especially as inexpensive as it it. Ordering 2 more containers now.
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If you mix this with water it will be thinner. It isn't TOO thick if mixed as directed, but if your wife has problems swallowing it you could just add more water. I went through a can of this--tastes okay but I would get chocolate if they had it. Hope this helps. Feb 27, 2014
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Court restores Indians mascot for Mukwonago schools
A Waukesha County judge has ruled that the state's effort to strip Mukwonago High School of its Indians nickname was unconstitutional because an administrative hearing on the case was unfair.
Circuit Judge Donald Hassin Jr. granted summary judgment Thursday in favor of two residents who challenged the 2010 state law that allowed complaints about Indian nicknames and mascots.
While he did not find the law itself unconstitutional, he said found it "an uncommonly silly law," quoting from a famous U.S. Supreme Court case on privacy. But eliminating it, Hassin wrote, is up to the Legislature.
Hassin did agree with residents James Schoolcraft and Craig Verta that the law, as applied against Mukwonago schools, was unconstitutional because the decision maker — a DPI employee named Paul Sherman — had an impermissibly high risk of bias.
In a 22-page ruling, Hassin recounted the history of the complaint against Mukwonago schools, the August 2010 hearing at which the school district had to try to rebut a presumption that its Indians name and mascot were discriminatory, and how various constitutional analyses applied.
He noted that Sherman's bosses at the DPI clearly favored elimination of all Indian nicknames, and further, that Sherman admitted he couldn't say just what evidence the school district would have to present to prove use of Indians did not "promote discrimination, pupil harassment or stereotyping."
"If Sherman could not articulate what evidence was required for the District to meet its burden of proof," Hassin wrote, "then it is reasonable to assume that no evidence that the District could have provided would have, in Sherman's mind, met the burden."
A former student registered such a complaint against the Mukwonago School District, which said it would cost at least $50,000 to rebrand all its facilities and equipment.
In October, Sherman found the school district had not met its burden of proof, and in November, Schoolcraft and Verta filed their lawsuit
School board president Loren Tieman said he was happy that the efforts of the plaintiffs who challenged the law were successful and that most of the calls he's received in reaction to those efforts have been supportive.
"People are very proud of the name and the history," of the name and logo, Tieman said.
"For those who have been fighting to keep this name, this will be good news."
Telephone messages left for the plaintiffs, Mukwonago residents James R. Schoolcraft and Craig Vertz were not immediately returned.
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Well, sanity prevails...for the moment.Hide replies
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Belling said no such thing. In every poll taken on this issue
, native Americans by 70% to 80% do NOT care about school mascots using native American symbols. It's only the extreme Leftists that care. This IS a silly law since only ONE person needs to complain and the ENTIRE school district must bend to the feelings of this ONE extremist. This is exactly what happened in Mukwonago. The tyranny of one. Free speech can go to HELL; we just can't even have one person be offended. This is loony Leftism at its worst.
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Someone needs to learn sarcasm.
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Oh yeah, well Jesus told the Dali Lama "My dad can beat up your dad!"
Good, defeat the Nanny State.Hide replies
I find 'Brewers' offensive because it celebrates and promotes alcohol consumption. And the racing sausages fuel thoughts of a sexual nature. Both must be banned immediately to protect our society.
another dumb law what the Dem-a-Tards sign into order. Next new President do something with that Health care. That the Dem-a-Tards also sign into order, and are stupid President for pushing so muchHide replies
Dem-a-tard? Now there's a nickname that surely isn't offensive......
big68daly--your liberal agenda is showing. Quit posing as a conservative.
How did this silly law all of a sudden become about Obama? I don't follow the logic or lack of logic.
You that wasn't constitutional? I was figuring the next law would be all school nicknames would be a random generated number to ensure nobody is offended in any way.
Good. How bout the Mukwanago Dooshbags? Wait. That is offensive to Dooshbags.Hide replies
Hooked on Phonics worked for you.
bubba aint too good in the spellin department either.
Oh, no. Poor little Rain will be offended by this ruling. Thank God that common sense has prevailed. Obviously it would have been a different result in a Dane County court.Hide replies
Most Native Americans I know have names like Jason and Jennifer these days.
I have lived near two different rez's and the Indians I know are all fine with mascots honoring their heritage. The bizarre thing is to see Native Americans wearing Washington Redskins jackets.
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Mukwonago honors WI's native American heritage with it's choice of mascots. This show's white power pride exactly how?
'Rain' is not his real name.
Yes it is. I know for a fact that his legal name is Brian Rain Koepke and that his parents decided to call him Rain at birth.
yes exactly, NOT his real name. Nobody called George W. Bush 'Walker' Bush.
Will be interesting to see if this ruling stands... but at least this gives it a shove in the direction of the WI Supreme Court.Hide replies
Wouldn't Scott Walker or Van Hollen fight this to appeal it to a higher court? I highly doubt they will devote the resources. I hope this ruling is a lesson to all that this law is rediculous.
From the ruling:
"The Court is left to wonder who the Department thinks will bear the cost of compliance with the order, if not the taxpayers of the District." Well said.
I also like part where the Court writes: "this is an uncommonly silly law."
After reading the ruling it sure sounds like any other cases where Sherman was involved in will meet a similar fate.
However, I do not agree with Bruce Vielmetti of the Journal Sentinel where he calls the state's effort the state's attempt to strip Mukwonago High School of its Indians nickname "unconstitutional." As is written on page 21 of the ruling:
"While this Court thinks, much like Justice Potter Stewart in Griswold v. Connecticut, that this is an uncommonly silly law, it is being asked to find the law unconstitutional, AND THAT IT CANNOT DO. This Court must decide cases based on the law, and not on the basis of community standards. If the law does not reflect the standards of the people of Wisconsin, they should freely exercise their true Ninth and Tenth Amendment rights to persuade their elected representatives to repeal it. That is the constitutional way to take this law off the books."
In the court's own words... they did not find the law unconstitutional. I don't know how Vielmetti came to the opposite conclusion, after seeing what the Court wrote.Hide replies
Wow ... sounds like an activist judge writing law to me
"this is an uncommonly silly law."
An activist judge would have ruled the law unconstitutional according to his FEELINGS about the law (silly) vs his JOB (interpret). I think he did well.
Beer, I believe Mr. Vielmetti updated his article. The law itself was not found to be unconstitutional; it was simply applied in this instance in an unconstitutional manner.
I will believe the gov't really cars about mascots when they force Whitehall Wisconsin to drop its mascot....The Norsemen.
Long live the Mukwonago Indians!!!!!Hide replies
And the Menomonee Falls Indians too!


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The former executive director of the Sellersburg Housing Authority was charged with 60 counts of forgery and one count each of theft and official misconduct in Clark County Circuit Court No. 4 on Thursday.
Katherine G. Downes, 44, was removed from her position earlier this year when the Sellersburg Housing Authority discovered that she had allegedly been writing checks to herself and in her son's name, and forging the board members' signatures.
According to the probable-cause affidavit, the total amount of the checks Downes illegally wrote from 2008-12 totaled $57,768 while she was serving as the executive director of the Sellersburg Housing Authority.
"It was a betrayal of the public trust, she was working with public funds and she did steal those funds," said Clark County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Jeremy Mull. "So at this point, the process will be to go forward and try to do whatever we can to try and recoup those funds and return that money to the taxpayers where it belongs."
Mull said the prosecutor's office charged Downes for each count of forgery and then the theft and official misconduct charges were rolled into single charges. He added since the charges were filed in state court, it is unlikely that federal charges will be filed.
The money that was allegedly stolen came from federal Housing and Urban Development Funds Section 8. Section 8 housing assistance comes from HUD, and Mary Jo Trester, president of the Sellersburg Housing Authority Board of Directors, said previously the checks are cut to the landlords for those who have applied, and qualified, for assistance.
The alleged theft was discovered when Downes' son received a letter from the Internal Revenue Service about unreported income from rental property.
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As a result of the letter from the IRS, Sellersburg Police Detective Mark Levesque said Kuhn contacted the state's Housing and Urban Development office. The state then contacted the Sellersburg Housing Authority's Board of Directors, which brought the matter to police.
The federal 1099 form listed Kuhn's address as Atkins Court, but he told police he never lived on that street, but that Rick Ellenbrand, Downes' ex-husband, did have rental property there, according to the probable-cause affidavit.
Another 32 checks were provided to police as having forged signatures, 30 of which were made payable to Downes, Kathy Ellenbrand, Katherine Ellenbrand, Katherine Perkins and Kathy Perkins — other known names.
After the arraignment hearing, where a not guilty plea was entered, Downes' attorney Larry Wilder said a divorce, the loss of one of her sons, the loss of a grandchild and medical problems caused the financial difficulties in her life.
"Kathy ... doesn't have the ability to post bond. She understood today that she was going to go to jail ... she knew what was going to happen, she knew the consequences of what has occurred," he said. "She knew this day was going to come; she didn't go anywhere, but here through this door, to accept responsibility of what occurred."
When asked what Downes was spending the money she was collecting on, Wilder answered, "living."
Wilder added that while a not guilty plea was entered Wednesday, he said he hopes to get in the system of negotiating with the prosecutor's office to determine a reasonable way to address the charges.
"Hopefully, what we're going to be able to do is figure out a way for her to be able to stand up and get in a position where she can pay back ... the money that was taken and she will accept whatever the punishment is," Wilder said.
The charges filed Wednesday included forgery, a class C felony, and theft and official misconduct, both class D felonies.
Bond was set by Clark County Circuit Court No. 4 Judge Vicki Carmichael at $30,000 cash-only. Downes' next scheduled appearance in court is June 24 and an initial trial date was set for Sept. 17.
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text: Every Penguin school Basic and Advanced course begins with a track walk. Here, Lead Instructor Eric Wood, who holds the lap record at Loudon, shows students a particular apex point. Every Penguin school Basic and Advanced course begins with a track walk. Here, Lead Instru Now in its 39th season, Penguin claims to be the oldest motorcycle roadracing school in America. The school dates to 1973, when "new riders were given a 20-minute dissertation on the rules and set loose to wreak havoc on the racetrack." Things are different today. Street riders wanting to learn about the track in a low-key environment start Penguin's Track Experience program. Next up, the Basic course is geared to new track-day participants and aspiring racers. Finally, the Advanced course is just that: a master class for racers looking to gain an edge on their competition. I took part in a two-day school at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, known in NASCAR circles as the "bullring" of Loudon. As one of the crustier instructors said, "If you can ride well here, you'll be able to ride well anywhere." Loudon has it all: a big bowl turn, off-camber bends, blind up- and downhills, a banked straightaway and short chutes. It also has tons of bumps, tricky tar snakes, paint stripes, curbs, cones and walls—all of which make good reference points. These indicators of where to be on the track were pointed out in extensive track walks each day. The same field trips dissected the nuances of fast lines, while offering a macro look at motorcycle physics. Much of our classroom advice was Loudon-specific, but explored the skills of riding quickly, smoothly and safely anywhere. In addition to chalk talks and question-and-answer sessions for all levels, Basic course students were also shown a series of well-produced videos to reinforce the day's techniques. The 15- to 20-minute track sessions alternated between group follow-the-leader processions to one-on-one instruction to open track time. After that, instructors critiqued action photos of each rider. The final teaching aid was a cone drill performed on a Yamaha TTR125, where most everyone crashed and laughed their way around the oval practicing basic bike-handling skills. Instead of reviewing video, instructor Scott Greenwood goes old-school by critiquing official photographer John Owens' stills of students, looking for correct body position and line choice. Instead of reviewing video, instructor Scott Greenwood goes old-school by critiquing offic Because body position is key to proper bike control, safety and fast lap times, all students have the opportunity to climb aboard one of the school's rental Ducatis for one-on-one instruction. Because body position is key to proper bike control, safety and fast lap times, all studen The Penguin Racing School (www.penguinracing.com) is run at Loudon rain or shine through October for $280 per day. A special school at Homestead, Florida, will go down on December 2. Rentals of Ducati Monsters, 750 and 900 Supersports as well as gear from Arai, TCX and Vanson are also available. As for my schooling, by the end of day one I'd logged 70 miles in seven track sessions, for a total of 43 laps on the 1.6-mile track. On the second day, I rode an even 100 miles. As Lead Instructor Eric Wood (son of founder Jerry Wood) said, "Roadracing is a game of fractions." Indeed, from the beginning to the end, all of this track walking, classroom schooling, one-on-one counseling and full-throttle riding lowered my lap times by 6 seconds and increased my main straightaway speed by 8 mph. Proof positive that Penguins really can fly. By Eric Putter Enjoyed this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed, or use your favorite social media to recommend us to friends and colleagues!


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To run a profitable operation, cattle producers need to know their numbers. From feed and other input costs to inventory and sales figures, bottom lines depend on knowing what you need and knowing how to use that information. Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach beef program specialist Joe Sellers said the Iowa Beef Center (IBC) at ISU is planning a pilot project on setting up a farm business accounting system using QuickBooks software.
"The pilot project is a four-part series to be held in Knoxville over the course of a year using the IBC computer lab," Sellers said. "Grants from IBC and the North Central Risk Management Education Center allow us to offer this at no cost to a limited number of participants."
Participants will learn how to use QuickBooks for entering income and expenses, keeping track of inventory, recording feed use and other information needed for beef cow enterprise analysis. Project leaders also will teach skills on analyzing herds annually, interpreting results, understanding differences between cash and accrual accounting, and using records for management and tax purposes. This program is for those new to QuickBooks as well as those experienced in its use.
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Ramsey announced Thursday that his Super PAC, Liberty For All Action Fund, would back Jones, the Farmville Republican who has sometimes angered party regulars with his anti-war stance and other maverick positions.
Congressman Jones is one of the few members of Congress with a moral compass, and well do whatevers necessary to defend him, Ramsey said in a statement.
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Danbury has no use for the Main Street house that formerly housed the Women, Infant and Children program at 13 Main St. Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton told members of the City Council Monday night any plan for the city to keep the house should include cash.
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The problem the city faces is the McLean house at 13 Main St. is genuinely historic. The builder, John McLean, built it after the British Army attacked Danbury in 1777 and burned numerous Danbury houses to destroy military goods stored in the city. McLean was a commissary of the stores for the Continental Army in Danbury. In addition to McLean own losses, other well known Danbury families lost houses, including these families, Starr, Taylor, Cook, Hoyt, White, Benedict and Rockwell.
"John McLean was the biggest loser. He rebuilt and lived in the house at 13 Main Street," said Danbury Taxpayer Margaret Mitchell, who opposed the land sale at the City Council meeting Monday night. "John McLean's replacement house has historic value because of his role in the American Revolution."
Ken Gucker urged the council to take more time making a decision. He said the city won't earn the full $340,000 the house is appraised at, and he said this house has been acknowledged for more than 30 years as one of Danbury's only surviving houses on Main Street from the Revolutionary War period. He would also like to see the parking area behind the house and driveway next door preserved for the city's use. The driveway is the exit to the South Street School, which sits behind 13 Main St.
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The Thanksgiving holiday brings about a cheerful heart and often a time of reflection. Every person has a story or a family tradition that occurs around the holiday. Local resident Leeta Bronson tells hers.
"Thanksgiving is always a very wonderful time for me and my family," Bronson said. "My 90-year-old mother and my five siblings are all still living, and if we can't all get together, we call the ones who can't and wish them a happy Thanksgiving."
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"The most important thing to me about Thanksgiving is even though we give thanks all year long for our many blessings, there is just something about the Thanksgiving season that makes me so incredibly aware of just how blessed I am to have family and friends, to be able to freely worship, to live in a free country where brave men and women are willing to risk their lives so I can have freedom. This time of year reminds me to slow down and give thanks, because I have so much to be thankful for."


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I write about real estate markets, outrageous homes and cities.
There's a certain kind of luxury real estate in Los Angeles that passes from celebrity to celebrity. Take the Beverly Hills estate that Ryan Seacrest is in escrow to buy for $37 million from Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi. The gated compound in Coldwater Canyon includes a 9,200-square-foot main house, plus three guest houses, a swimming pool and koi ponds.
Perhaps its most valuable amenity: privacy. L.A. has ordinances that prevent new construction of high walls and hedges, which means there's a limited inventory of homes that can keep prying eyes at a distance. The glitterati tend to trade them among one another.
"The number one feature celebrities need in a house is that it's 'stoparazzi,' " says Billy Rose, president of The Agency, a Los Angeles-area luxury real estate firm he co-founded with Mauricio Umansky, husband of reality TV star Kyle Richards of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. He says it's not uncommon to drive a house-hunting celeb around L.A. with paparazzi in tow. His clients tend to like homes quietly tucked behind long, gated driveways, outfitted with extensive security systems and guard houses.
Forbes just released its annual Celebrity 100 list, a ranking of America's most powerful stars. With the help of Realtor.com, Trulia.com and others, we've investigated where these actors, singers and personalities bed down for the night. We included homes bought and sold in the past year as well as a few long-term nests of the stars. Perhaps not surprisingly, most are nestled in and around the Los Angeles area.
Jade Mills, a Coldwell Banker Previews International luxury real estate agent who has reportedly worked with everyone from Britney Spears to Jerry Seinfeld, says she has seen a lot of celebrity sales activity in Hollywood Hills and Trousdale Estates, Beverly Hills. Both neighborhoods offer seclusion. "Hollywood Hills … has a feeling of privacy," explains Mills. "There are no windows on the front side of most homes there and then the whole back is explosive views."
Take Katy Perry. Despite divorcing Russell Brand, the pop star is hanging onto the Hollywood Hills home the couple purchased for $6.5 million last summer. Grossing $45 million and No. 8 on Forbes' Celeb 100 list, she is reportedly spending $1 million to remodel the estate, which features a 8,835-square-foot, three-story main house, guest house and a patio with swimming pool and rock features. The doomed duo recently unloaded a penthouse they shared in New York City's celeb-centric TriBeCa neighborhood, where neighbors included Jay-Z and Beyonce and Bethenney Frankel. It sold for $2.75 million earlier this year.
Jennifer Aniston (No 22 on the Celeb 100) has long favored Trousdale Estates herself. The A-list actress renovated and sold her Beverly Hills abode known as Ohana last year for just over $37 million, deciding to up and relocate to her hometown of New York City. After dropping $7 million on two neighboring Pre-War condos in the West Village, she fled back to L.A. after reported issues with, well, paparazzi. Less than a year later she has sold off her Manhattan digs for a half-million dollar loss, picked up a $21 million Bel Air estate in need of renovations and decided to shell out $40,000 per month on another Trousdale Estates home with four bedrooms, six and a half-baths and a gated driveway sure to ward off prying photographers.
Many of the newest generation of Hollywood elite have been parking their newfound millions in property as well. Bieber Fever hit the real estate world recently when stories surfaced that Justin Bieber, No. 3 on the Celebrity 100, was angling to scoop up a Hollywood Hills lakefront Modern, crafted from glass, steel and concrete, for as much as $10.8 million. Turns out the home's tenant, Ashton Kutcher (No. 51 on the Celeb 100), who had rented the 9,400-square foot home through tech startup Airbnb (in which he is an investor) following his split from Demi Moore, decided to beat his Punk'd partner to it. The "Two and a Half Men" star snapped up the hillside bungalow after the Biebs texted him while touring the house. "I had to buy the house because I thought he was going to buy it out from under me," Kutcher jokingly admitted on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
That didn't deter the 18-year old Canadian pop singer from buying something else however. Bieber is said to have recently settled on a 10,000-square foot Calabasas, Calif. home in the celeb-centric gated neighborhood, The Oaks, where the Kardashian clan resides and famous renters have included Britney Spears. Boasting six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, two separate garages and an elevator, the home had been asking $6 million.
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Apparently power has been redefined to simply mean more money than most. I dare say "The Beebs", or any of the others for that matter, could disappear from the face of the earth with out even a hint of a power vacuum.
One's friends may be geeked about your renting Oprah's house but the checks more than likely go to the cold, dry hands of a property management company who's been commissioned by the property owner to handle tenancy. If the tenant get's a Pontiac from the landlord(?), well, I'd be surprised.
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Why does Forbes focus so much on how much the wealthy celebrities, overwhelmingly in business, music, TV and movies, and professional sports earn, where they live, in what sort of house they live, what fancy car they drive? Why celebrities? There are so few of them. I'd like to see Forbes focus its attention on how the 99% live, rather than the 1%.
You shouldn't be reading Forbes at all. Perhaps poverty.com or something would be more to your liking?
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