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Falls police send out bank robbery photos
Menomonee Falls police are sending out photos of two men they say were involved in a bank robbery in the village Friday.
The robbery took place shortly before 3:30 p.m. at the PNC Bank at N87 W16586 Appleton Ave. The two concealed their faces with handkerchiefs, "implied a weapon and demanded cash," police said.
The two robbers fled east on foot with the cash after the robbery, police said.
U.S. appeals court overturns conviction in Falls bank robbery
A federal appeals court has reversed the conviction of a Milwaukee man serving 25 years for robbery because Wisconsin judges denied him his right to represent himself at his trial.
In its opinion, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals noted that the Wisconsin Supreme Court got the law totally wrong when it upheld a Waukesha County trial judge's order that Rashaad Imani proceed with an attorney he didn't want, after he explicitly asked to act as his own attorney, four weeks before trial.
"That decision was an error. Further, it was contrary to and an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law," Judge David Hamilton wrote for a three-judge panel. The court ordered Imani be released or granted a new trial.
Waukesha County District Attorney Sue Opper said she was exploring a retrial. "If it is possible to still prove the case, we will definitely proceed," she said Friday.
In 2007, Imani, now 38, was found guilty of armed robbery and being a felon with a firearm in the holdup of a Menomonee Falls bank and was sentenced by Circuit Judge Mac Davis to 25 years in prison. Imani's cousin, Raziga Imani, was sentenced to 15 years for his role in the robbery after he agreed to be a prosecution witness in his cousin's trial.» Read Full Article
Marcus to add lounge, pizzeria at Menomonee Falls cinema
Marcus Theatres plans to add a Take Five Lounge and a Zaffiro's Express pizzeria to its Menomonee Falls cinema.
The Village Board this week approved a liquor license for the theater, W180 N9393 Premier Lane. That's just southeast of Appleton Ave. and County Line Road
The cinema's website says the Take Five Lounge and Zaffiro's Express, which operate at five Milwaukee-area locations, will be coming soon to Menomonee Falls.
Oak Creek baseball team plays small ball to beat Menomonee Falls
The storied history of the Oak Creek baseball team is filled with balls sprayed all over the park and epic home runs.
But with a dry, rock-hard infield Tuesday night at Abendschein Park against red-hot defending state champion Menomonee Falls, the Knights played a little small ball and used it to great effect.
The first three batters in both the second and fourth innings got on base without benefit of the ball leaving the infield. The Knights wound up scoring twice in each frame and then rode DJ Ellifson's complete game effort to a pivotal, 5-1 victory.
"I even thought about a safety squeeze late and I'm not a fan of squeezing," said Knights coach Scott Holler, "but I do like to bunt. I saw an opprtunity to keep pushing things and we got a couple of balls down.
"And it was a really fast track tonight (on the infield)."» Read Full Article
Germantown School District could ask for up to $66.5 million in building updates
According to Germantown School Board President Bob Soderberg, "We have a lot of needs in the district, a lot of needs."
And, after the June 13 board meeting, the district is moving forward in addressing those needs.
The board finalized a community facilities survey that will be sent out to district residents this month. The survey will measure constituents' willingness to pay for needed school building upgrades.
The final draft of the survey was developed after taking into consideration community concerns about clarifying the specific costs of each item.
The resulting survey describes each of the needed updates to the district's school buildings along with the estimated cost of each.» Read Full Article
Menomonee Falls man accused of inappropriately touching woman with dementia
A Menomonee Falls man has been charged with two counts of fourth-degree sexual assault after an alleged inappropriate interaction with a patient at the Menomonee Falls Health Care Center on June 10.
According to the criminal complaint, 73-year-old Earl Wright Sr. allegedly approached the victim, a woman being treated for dementia at the center, as she lay in bed and began to touch her inappropriately.
Linda Warfel, a nurse at the center conducting rounds during that time, said she saw Wright touching the woman, and said he stopped when she walked into the room.
Warfel added that the woman is unable to legally give consent for purposes of sexual contact because of her illness.
Wright Sr. previously pleaded guilty to a similar offense in 2005 in which he was charged with fourth-degree sexual assault. Wright had approached a woman with three children who was waiting for her son after school at Village Park in Menomonee Falls.» Read Full Article
Germantown's Keefe has fun, plays strong at WBCA All-Star game
Germantown Now All-Suburban basketball forward Max Keefe chuckled when he said his dad "has a lot of plans" for him, meaning work around the house, etc., this summer.
So Keefe was happy to get out of the house last week and have a good time with his peers as part of the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association D1 All-Star Classic South team at the Justagame Fieldhouse in Wisconsin Dells.
The South team lost a heartbreaker, 85-84, to North on Saturday, June 18, despite 14 points (5-of-7 shooting) from Keefe. He was one of four players in double figures for the South team.
"This was a lot of fun," he said. "We got together on Tuesday (June 14) and stayed in Hartford (where South coach Ben Hoffmann is from). We had some good practices Tuesday and Wednesday, and then Thursday we went up to the Dells.
"I knew almost alll of them, either from playing against them or with them (as part of summer AAU teams). It was a nice group to be around. No one was out just for themselves; we had some real team players. We really didn't have a big all-star out there either — just a lot of good fundamental guys who really got along."» Read Full Article
Weber comes back to help Menomonee Falls baseball team
College students, especially freshmen, all get homesick from time to time.
It happens to the best of us.
Not that Menomonee Falls baseball coach Pat Hansen is complaining as less than a week after he took off for summer school at the University of Illinois where he has a baseball scholarship, Indian ace Ty Weber came back home and helped Falls take down then Greater Metro Conference co-leader Marquette, 16-4, on June 17.
"He was even here on Thursday," said Hansen of the doubleheader sweep of West Allis Hale on June 16. "He told us he could be around on weekends. It certainly is a nice boost for the team."
Especially for a team that has battled inconsistency but now seems to be rounding into form.» Read Full Article
Initial Reaction Podcast: MLB Draft's Wisconsin flavor and WIAA's postseason model
Lake Country/Now sports director JR Radcliffe and Time Warner Cable Sports Channel's JP Cadorin chat about the Wisconsin sports scene, with an emphasis on Milwaukee-area preps. Find the podcast on Stitcher and iTunes.The MLB Draft had a distinct Wisconsin flavor this year, and JP and JR dive in with state baseball underway. Also, given the number of talent-loaded sectionals in some sports, could the WIAA find a model that spreads the best teams around a little more evenly? Plus, new Greenfield boys basketball coach Kyle Johnsen stops by to talk about his new gig and his playing days just down the road at Greendale. Each week,
Yellow bricks at Thomas Jefferson found to contain lead paint
Yellow bricks from the now-closed Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Menomonee Falls were found to be covered in lead paint and will not be for sale after the building is demolished in July, according to Megan Sheridan, the district's director of communications and assistant to the superintendent.
Sheridan had said in an earlier email that the bricks could possibly be sold to community members as mementos, available for purchase at the building's open house June 24.
Due to the lead paint, however, purchasing the bricks will not be possible.
Hubertus man killed in head-on car crash
A Hubertus man was killed on Appleton Avenue in Germantown on Tuesday, June 14, after his passenger car crossed the center line and collided with a truck traveling the opposite way, according to a report from the Germantown Police Department.
The Germantown Fire Department arrived at the scene of the accident, just north of Willow Creek Road, and performed lifesaving measures on 28-year-old Joshua Michek. However, the report said Michek was later pronounced dead on the scene.
Germantown police were also assisted by members of the Wisconsin State Patrol, according to the report.
The truck driver, a 52-year-old man from Watertown, was taken to Community Memorial Hospital in Menomonee Falls and is expected to be fine, according to Lieutenant Thomas Schreihart of the Germantown Police Department.
Schreihart said there is no further information as to why Michek crossed the center line, but the incident is under investigation.» Read Full Article
Chemical spill at Gehl Foods plant leaves five with minor injuries
A gas buildup inside the Gehl Foods plant in Germantown on June 7 caused a chemical spill that sent five to the hospital with minor respiratory issues.
According to a press release from the Germantown Fire Department, a contractor had accidentally mixed two materials that created chlorine and sulfur dioxide, which eventually caused a pressure breach that released product and gas inside the facility.
All employees at the plant were evacuated, with five sent to Community Memorial Hospital after complaining of respiratory distress.
Responders on the scene determined the product could be flushed and diluted to a safe point. According to the release, the Washington County Hazmat Team monitored the situation in and around the building.
The area was released back to Gehl Foods after air monitoring was completed and the pH at the scene was neutral.
Vitale named principal at Menomonee Falls High School
The School District of Menomonee Falls has named Bob Vitale as the new principal for Menomonee Falls High School, according to a Monday press release from the district. He replaces Corey Golla who was recently named the Director of Curriculum & Learning for the district.
"I'm just really excited for Bob and the school," Golla said in the release. "He has been an incredible leader in our building and the staff respects him and loves him, the kids respect and love him. It's great to know the building is in good hands."
Vitale has been an educator for 26 years, of which he has spent close to 20 in the Menomonee Falls School District as a physical education teacher, coach and most recently, vice principal.
As vice principal for the past eight years at MFHS Vitale, affectionately known to many of his students as Vito, has helped students navigate high school with careful attention to those most at-risk.
"Vitale's dedication to service, strong relationships with students and staff and his commitment to learning and leading well with others made him a clear choice for this position," said district superintendant Dr. Pat Greco in the release.» Read Full Article
Menomonee Falls' Ty Weber graduates, leaves for college, gets drafted
Even by graduating-senior-with-so-many-decisions-to-make standards, Menomonee Falls pitcher Ty Weber is a man with a lot on his plate.
He's a good kid first and a highly talented baseball player who has a lot of admirers second.
"He's the kind of player you want your other players to be around," said Oak Creek coach Scott Holler. "Let them watch how hard he works and hope it rubs off on the others.
"Just watch how he carries himself."
Ty Weber may or may not have pitched his last game for Falls on June 10 with a strictly no-drama, nine-strikeout, two-hit, 9-0 win over Greater Metro Conference rival Wauwatosa East at Trenary Park.» Read Full Article
Germantown's Keller gets the Big League call
The cellphone reception wasn't the greatest in the northwoods of Rome, Wisconsin, on June 11, but it was good enough that former Germantown State Player of the Year and pitcher Brian Keller knew his life had taken a sudden turn for the better.
He was at the family cabin of his old friend and former Warhawk catcher Danny Krause when the call came in that the senior 2016 Horizon League Pitcher of the Year for the UW-Milwaukee Panthers was going to be taken in the 39th round of the MLB Amateur Draft by the New York Yankees.
"Good enough to make out all the key words," Keller said, laughing about the call. "I thought it was pretty cool that I was being considered an option (for some teams). There were actually five or six teams that talked to me (before the draft)."
Now Keller is in Tampa, Florida, at a Yankees mini-camp with other prospects.
"There will be workouts, and then I'll be assigned (to a minor league team)," he said. "This is such a dream come true. Something I've been working toward since I was a little kid."» Read Full Article
Menomonee Falls Public Library holds 'Food for Fines Week'
Menomonee Falls Public Library's Food for Fines event June 13-18.Library-goers can eliminate overdue book fees by giving back to the community this week during the
Food for Fines Week, held last in 2003-'04, allows patrons to subtract a dollar from any overdue fines for each item of canned, nonperishable food they bring to the box in the library's front lobby.
Library Business Manager Ellen Rohr explained that some of the library staff had looked at the number of outstanding fines people incurred over recent months, which led them to the idea of Food for Fines.
"We wanted to do something to reduce that number of fines and allow people to come in and borrow books for the summer program," Rohr said.
At the end of the week, all donations will be brought to the Falls Area Food Pantry, which serves more than 650 households in Menomonee Falls, Colgate, Germantown, Hubertus, Lannon and Richfield. The pantry's most-needed foods include mandarin oranges, snacks and chunky soups, among other household items.» Read Full Article


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May 15, 2015 SHEPHERDSTOWN — Five hundred and eighty-nine students were named to the Dean's List at Shepherd University for the spring semester. To be eligible for the Dean's List, a student must maintain a 3. more »»
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566th AMXS saves KC-135 flow days by standardizing processes on the floor
In the Tinker Air Force Base depainting facility of the 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group's Service Section in Bldg. 2122,depainters use a lift to reach the top of a KC-135 Stratotanker with the pink aircraft chemical Plane Naked. Meticulous preparation and masking takes place before depainting, safeguarding areas not to be coated. In less than an hour, the aircraft will be completely covered in the pink chemical as the process begins working over several hours. Standardizing preparation methods is one way the unit has trimmed time off their production, though they now work with crews nearly half the number as in past years. ( U.S. Air Force photo by Margo Wright)
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-- They did it again. The 566th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Disassembly and Cleaning Section has once again reduced the time required to strip paint from a KC-135 Stratotanker.
The reduction in flow days was actually the result of a four-month transformation effort facilitated by Steven Foster from the 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group's Transformation Office and subject matter experts from the 566th AMXS. The goal was to standardize the KC-135 paint stripping processes and reduce throughput time.
"With the increase in KC-135 workload this year and fiscal 2012, we figured this would be a good reason to standardize that workload and meet our projections," said Shelvie Tabb, 566th AMXS Disassembly and Cleaning Section chief. "Our job is to continuously improve and by standardizing our processes, it benefits us all in the long run."
The 566th AMXS Disassembly and Cleaning Section, which performs paint stripping tasks, began the transformation effort in late October by analyzing their current processes. They found if they made small changes, they'd gain big results.
The working group began the transformation effort with a value-stream analysis and laid the KC-135 required operations and its timeline out in a script form. The section's timeline begins when an aircraft arrives and the process typically took four flow days.
"We tweaked the scripts and moved them around where they needed to be in the flow and what we had to have for each of those to happen," Mr. Tabb said. "It provided a real visual picture of the process to the first-line supervisor and worker."
Mr. Tabb said the section began building kits to hold their materials and have them situated at the point of use for when a mechanic needed them.
By relocating and standardizing material dispensing locations, the section reduced the travel distance by 6,455 feet, or 75 percent, for the masking process alone. Instead of having personnel walk more than a mile from one station to another during the paint removal process, all supplies were moved to facilitate easy worker access.
"It goes back to an old saying, 'There are two things that never sleep,'" Mr. Tabb said. "Well, there are now three things in my book: safety, corrosion and leaning a process. There's always something you can go grab."
The section also updated their status boards to provide relevant information that is quick and easy for everyone to see at a glance. Along with the new posted information, each board has a hanging red, yellow, or green flag indicating the overall status of the aircraft.
Out of the last 10 aircraft, the section reduced the throughput time by 2.85 flow days or two days and two-and-a-half shifts. The other four aircraft were extended due to weather delays. If the temperature falls or is raised above the optimum temperature range of 70 to 85 degrees, work is delayed, Mr. Tabb said.
The team's stretch goal is to reduce the flow days to 2.6 -- two days and two shifts.
"It's not completely done yet. It looks pretty standardized on our charts, but it still has little fluctuations that are outside our control. I would say we're at 98-percent standardized," Mr. Tabb said. "I have a success-minded group of folks that work for me. They have great attitudes, stay positive and really know the KC-135s."
Even though a 1.15 flow-day reduction is impressive, Mr. Tabb said it isn't final. After the other weapon systems are also evaluated for standardization, the team will re-evaluate the KC-135s processes and explore additional learning opportunities gained from other weapon system evaluations.
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Two points about the outrageously partisan outrage over the Bergdahl-for-Taliban swap: First, imagine the outrage (that word again) if it had been learned that President Obama had the opportunity to make the trade and turned it down; second, all the outrage comes from those quarters who oppose anything the president does, good or bad, justifiable or not.
Let's face it, if the president came into the Rose Garden tomorrow to announce the sun rises in the East, some Americans, many Republicans, that is, would say, "Wait a minute, how about the West?"
No is the default position for most Republicans, as they have proven time and again.
None of this is to say that there are not serious questions surrounding the return of Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl and the release of five Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Nor is it to deny that the White House made missteps along the way.
The quick-to-condemn crowd has, in its haste, conflated two different and separate questions: First, should the United States negotiate with terrorists; second, is Bergdahl a hero or a deserter?
Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz believes not only that the United States should not negotiate with terrorists but also that it has not done so. "The reason," the tea party darling said recently, "why the U.S. has had the policy for decades of not negotiating with terrorists is because once you start doing it, every other terrorist has an incentive to capture more soldiers."
The senator should do his homework. The United States has frequently negotiated with terrorists, most famously when President Ronald Reagan agreed to send missiles to Iran in return for seven Americans captured in Beirut, Lebanon. That offer is known as the Iran-Contra scandal.
President Bill Clinton's administration treated with Hamas in attempts to move the Mideast peace process forward, and the United States, in 2010, released a Shia cleric, Qais al-Khazali, in return for Peter Moore, a private British contractor.
The "we-don't-negotiate-with-terrorists" line has a nice ring to it, but it's simply not true as a statement of policy. Still, it's a defensible position, and if that is the position of the president's critics, then it should be the position regardless of who is held hostage, whether it be the pope, the president, a humble citizen, a soldier, or Bowe Bergdahl. If that is the position of the critics, then all the talk about the circumstances of Bergdahl's capture is irrelevant.
Irrelevant, that is, to the issue of obtaining his release. Once he's home, "the circumstances" of Bergdahl's capture, about which we know very little, become very relevant and should be investigated. Indeed, the other oft-stated line in this faux-controversy, "We don't leave our men or women in uniform behind," to quote the president, applies to all soldiers, heroes or scoundrels. To heroes for obvious reasons, to scoundrels because we should bring them home, investigate them, and court-martial as warranted.
Which brings us to the administration's missteps. It is clear the president circumvented the law in not informing Congress of the status of negotiations with the Taliban. No doubt, the administration has a strong case in arguing that the urgency of Bergdahl's condition and the sensitivity of the negotiations prohibited timely consultation with the legislative branch.
But the administration's justification for ignoring Congress is troublesome. When Obama signed the law stipulating prior consultation, he attached a signing statement stating the president "must have flexibility… to act swiftly in conducting negotiations with foreign countries regarding the circumstances of detainee transfers."
The current president has made use of this odious ploy of his predecessor in justifying the exercise of executive power. Obama has not employed signing statements — in which the executive announces his willingness to disregard portions of a legislative act he is signing into law — as frequently as George W. Bush, but he has used the constitutionally questionable tactic for end runs around Congress.
Candidate Obama called Bush's use of signing statements a "clear abuse" of executive power, with good reason. Bush issued signing statements challenging 1,200 provisions of 172 laws he signed — twice the number of signing statements issued by all previous presidents combined. "The President's constitutional duty," the American Bar Association said in 2006, "is to enforce laws he has signed into being unless and until they are held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court or a subordinate tribunal. The Constitution is not what the President says it is."
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On Saturday, the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, welcomed Chevelle back to North Carolina. Since the release of their RIAA certified platinum second album Wonder What's Next in 2002, the melodic rock band has produced five additional chart topping albums. Chevelle released their newest album La Gárgola in April this year, which debuted at the third spot on the Billboard 200 and they have spent the summer on tour and performing at numerous festivals in support of the album. The band performed at The Fillmore in Charlotte back in April, just weeks after the release.
The Raleigh show was held on the Lincoln Theatre's outdoor stage, and Chevelle began their set just after 9:00 P.M.. They performed for about an hour and a half long, showcasing much of the new material from La Gárgola. They opened with "An Island" and "Take Out The Gunman," then later performed "Hunter Eats Hunter" and "Twinge". The set was balanced with older favorites and chart toppers "Send The Pain Below," and "Vitamin R", with an encore performance of "The Red," and "Face to the Floor."
LA based bands Kyng and Dayshell were the opening acts for Chevelle. The three bands will be performing numerous dates throughout the country through early September, then Chevelle will head overseas on a European tour.


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Over the past 25 years, Scott Baio has lived a life that all red-blooded American males' would sell their big screen TV, car and soul for, boasting a jaw-dropping roster of erotic ex's that would even make Warren Beatty blush. This extensive line-up of Hollywood honeys include: Heather Locklear, Pam Anderson, Denise Richards and Nicolette Sheridan. But now, staring down the barrel of middle age, Scott has come to the end of his philandering rope. At 45, he finds himself at a mid-life crisis of mythic proportions, wondering why he's still single, alone and still unable to settle down and commit to a substantial, meaningful relationship. With nowhere else to turn, Scott has decided to fully surrender the next eight weeks of his life to a highly-regarded life-coach. This person will guide him on a grueling, soul-searching mission; forcing him to confront a laundry list of old flames in order to hopefully get to the heart of his lonely heart condition. Each episode, he will have to confront another chapter from his semi-sordid past, by actually reconnecting with some of his most substantial and combustible flames in order to get the bottom of his bad-boy behavior. With the help of his long-time pals, Scott will be able to successfully sift through the wreckage of his past, and endure an assortment of life-altering activities, (including abstinence), in order to finally earn the chance at actually maintaining a meaningful, stable, healthy relationship.
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A spotted towhee (Pipilo maculatus) has been residing in Rye, New Hampshire during the cold and snowy winter of 2013/2014. This is quite rare considering that the normal range for the spotted towhee is located entirely west of the Mississippi River. The bird has been the subject of a local pilgrimage of bird watchers as they attempt to add this species to their list of bird species they have personally seen, called a life list in the bird watching community vernacular.
The spotted towhee, according to the "iBird Explorer Pro 2" app by Mitch Waite, normally spends its winters in a territory bounded on the north by British Columbia, Canada, and south into Baja California and central Mexico. They can be found from the Pacific coast to Oklahoma and south-central Texas. In the spring and summer breeding season, they may extend out through Montana and the Dakotas. At no time of the year, however, would one expect to find a spotted towhee in New Hampshire or anywhere even close to the northeast United States.
How, then, does a bird end up all alone more than a thousand miles away from its normal territory? We think of birds as having an unerring direction sense as typified by the use of pigeons to carry messages across long distances to very specific locations. For the most part, that's true. Birds use a variety of methods to determine direction when they migrate.
They may orient by the position of the sun, moon and stars or by detecting the Earth's magnetic field through a system that is still poorly understood. For many birds, it can be as simple as following the rest of the flock trusting that they have been there before and know where they're going.
Many first-year birds, say researchers Bingman, Jechura and Kahn of Bowling Green State University in their paper "Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms of Homing and Migration in Birds", end up flying alone at night, because they have not yet established themselves as part of the greater social community. As Bingman, Jechura and Kahn note, while young birds must be exposed to the night sky during their first year in order to learn to use it as a navigation reference, indicating that part of their guidance system is therefore learned, other parts of their navigation ability seems to be hard-wired into their genetic code. Birds in North America will typically orient themselves to fly away from the rotational axis of the night sky even when an artificial sky and rotation point is provided under experimental conditions. In the wild, that equates to flying south for the winter. If, however, a bird is born with internal "wiring" that is a bit different (whether due to a minor mutation or some other reason), and it hasn't yet assimilated into a flock that it can follow, its internal direction sense may tell it to fly toward the rotational axis or parallel to it. In some cases, this could be a fatal flaw that puts the bird in a winter environment that it isn't equipped to survive. In the case of the spotted towhee that is currently wintering in Rye, New Hampshire, the winter has been unusually cold and snowy, but concerned birders have been sprinkling the ground with bird seed to help it find enough calories to survive. This strategy seems to have helped as the bird has, thus far, made it through the winter in seemingly good health. Assuming that it makes its way back to its normal summer territory this spring, it is possible that its internal preference for a west to east winter migration may be over-ridden by the social cues of its fellows flocking up to fly south, but who can say, perhaps its internal guidance system error is a dominant genetic trait and its descendants will end up spending a year wintering on the New Hampshire seacoast as well.


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This Aussie wedding from Jen Regan of Anna Rose Photography features a color palette we're currently crushing on: red and purple. Newlyweds Natalia and Flynn decided on a day that was relaxed and personal, with a touch of handmade charm and vintage whimsy. Personally, I'm a tad bit obsessed with Natalia's vintage-inspired gown by Anaessia…
From the bride, Natalia: We envisioned something that said us. Red and purple, a dash of black, a sprinkle of buttons, a little bit of vintage and handmade made with feeling. Simple and unique, all in a big pot together. We wanted it to be a relaxed, open and inclusive day where everyone could mingle, feel involved and loved.
Our friend Anne Farrell arranged the decorations for us, she collected white vases, jugs and teapots from op-shops for the flowers and painted a few interesting glass jars white with the flowers pre-arranged by Kate Faulds. Anne also made the seating chart and place cards, small chalk boards for the place cards and a large chalkboard for the seating plan. She borrowed hand dyed, red doilies from a friend as well as collecting a few from op-shops.
Our rings were made by Will Francis who also did Natalia's engagement ring. Flynn's best man was a jeweller in Perth who suggested Will as he liked his style. On the sly over a series of phone calls, emails and horrible sketches by Flynn and some much more intelligent ideas from Will, the engagement ring was created. A ruby carved into the shape of a button on a band of white gold in the shape of a needle, held together with rose gold thread. Going above and beyond and working under time constraints, Will made out of silver and an actual button (purple) from a friend's collection a wonderful and quirky temporary engagement ring for Flynn to propose with while in the snow in Boston. For the wedding rings Will created a large needle made of Damascus steal with gold thread for Flynn and a plain white gold band in the shape of a needle for Natalia.
Any advice for brides planning their weddings now? Take a deep breath, accept ALL help when it's offered and in the end, the day really is all about you, so do what you want.
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Ceremony Venue: Guildford Grammar Chapel / Reception Venue: Oakover Wines / Wedding Photographer: Anna Rose Photography / Event Manager: Angela Boggs / Wedding Flowers: Kate Faulds / Wedding Dress and Hairpiece: Anaessia / Bride's Makeup: Emma of Milla Makeup / Bride's Hair: Duncan of Deep Salon / Bridesmaids Dresses: The Little Posh Frock by Alannah Hill / Groom's Suit: Anton's / Groom's Hat: Smart Alec Hatters / DJ: DJ Hips / Cupcakes: Kustom Cupcakes / Wedding Invitations: Mitchell and Dent / Wedding Videographer: Perth Wedding DVD
lydia {ever ours}
so in love with her gown!
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These images are just perfect. Loving those reds and purples too!
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The shot of the flower girls walking up the aisle is adorable! The flower girl at our last wedding forgot to drop petals as she walked up the aisle : D
Will Francis
Thanks for including me in your story, it was a lot of fun making the rings and I would have killed to be a bear in the woods ( maybe a fly on th wall ) when Natalia said Yes!!!
Good luck you two! Will.
Love this! We're doing red and purple too but with pale blush pink as well :)
Those flower girls are too cute. That wedding dress is also gorgeous.
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Thanks for including me, Ruffled! Natalia was one of the most delightfully relaxed brides I've had the pleasure of make-uping this season – and as I'm a big fan of the bold, red lip I was thrilled she wanted one! Jen from Anna Rose has captured their love & joy beautifully.
Awesome photo's as usual Anna Rose. For those of you interested, check out the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc7Ckda4Et8&feature=relmfu
Beautiful… & the cutest little flower girl!! Does anyone know where the flower girls dress is from? X


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New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton said he eventually plans to take over the team's play-calling duties on a full-time basis. But he's perfectly comfortable allowing offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael to handle the bulk of that role while he remains limited by his crutches on the sidelines during games. Payton is hoping to be off crutches by Christmas.
"It's something that I'm comfortable with and it's something that I like to do. ... I think realistically it's something that I'll be back involved with more and more each week," said Payton, who described the play-calling role as a "work in progress."
"Pete has done a great job, and progressively there will be times during the game where either I'm trying to help him or saying, 'Hey let's get to this,'" Payton said. "I think that transition has gone pretty smooth, but right now I think the approach still with Pete is he goes in and he's prepared to call the offense. And the most important thing is that I'm not slowing down the process."


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CHICAGO — A late-night fire scorches a two-story home, but firefighters are able to douse the flames before the structure is destroyed. Still, the smoke and water damage is extensive. Now, in his time of greatest need, the homeowner turns to his insurance company to begin the process of getting his family's lives back to normal.
So, who does the insurance provider turn to at a time like this? It'll call in contractors to see about repairing and/or rebuilding the structure, but before that can happen, something has to be done about the family's personal belongings. Can they be saved? Are they worth saving?
That's when the smart adjuster calls in a dry cleaner that specializes in restoring garments and soft goods. Long an offshoot of dry cleaning, restoration has come into its own as the add-on that can easily eclipse the core business.
When American Drycleaner last featured this niche market five years ago, it was written that "restoration is no longer a matter of saving a cherished wedding gown or antique quilt—it's about reclaiming any item still useful to the customer and cost-effective enough to rehabilitate for the insurer."
That still holds true today, plus the insurance industry's increased awareness of restoration dry cleaning has led to more work for those businesses with the expertise to meet the needs of the homeowner and the insurance carrier during arguably the most trying of times.
What items are restoration dry cleaners able to save? Things like clothing, bedding, drapes, rugs, furs, stuffed animals, shoes, etc. "A textile restoration expert can clean about 23% of what's in a home," says Wayne Wudyka, CEO of the Certified Restoration Drycleaning Network (CRDN). "If you took a house, turned it upside down and shook it, CRDN would pick up 23% of the items on the ground and restore those. That's the largest single category of content items in a home."
It's estimated that restoration can save 80% over replacement costs on a typical insurance claim. For example, it could take $60 to replace a Tommy Hilfiger golf shirt, but only $5.75 to restore it. A $295 Ann Taylor dress may cost the insurer only $15.95 in restoration costs. That "saved" money can be applied to another part of the insured's claim.
"Keep in mind that the homeowners have a limited amount of (contents) coverage in their homeowners policy," Wudyka says. "The more they can save in our category, the more dollars they have available to use for things like electronics, appliances, jewelry, furniture, artwork, items that they would otherwise run out of coverage for."
But the serious restoration dry cleaner better be prepared to respond quickly to a disaster site at any time of the day or night.
"Some time ago, that maybe would have been a differentiator, to go in and promise … to an insurance company or to a contractor" that your business offers 24-hour emergency service, odor removal, or some sophisticated inventory process, says Jim Nicholas, president of FRSTeam. "Now, those have become standard expectations for anybody who's going to work in that space."
And not every operation can handle jobs of this size. It takes capacity to clean so many items, and storage space to hold jobs until disaster victims have someplace to put them.
"I've said this for 12 years, but cleaning is the easiest part of doing textile restoration for the insurance industry," Wudyka says. "It's all the other nuances that you have to be aware of, and take into account when you get into this business."
"More accomplished cleaners can manage that part," Nicholas says. "The challenge for somebody that hasn't been in this space before is the transition of … actively marketing against other companies."
And it's an absolute must to make local contacts with the insurance companies and resident disaster restoration firms and work to develop those relationships or "you really won't get any work," he adds.
Members of North American Restoration Dry Cleaners visit other members' facilities and give good, honest critiques of each other's processes, says its president, A-1 Fabric Restoration's Mark Folzenlogen. "We zero in on every aspect of our members' businesses so that we can constantly improve, and help each other improve. … You have to have the ability to change with time, and to stay on top of the program requirements that are out there for the industry."
"Ten years ago, the (restoration) category didn't really exist," says Wudyka. "Our biggest competitor 10 or 11 years ago was the Dumpster. Today, it's a highly sophisticated part of the claim process that needs to be respected and handled appropriately."


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Since our inception, La Raza Justice Movement has known that we would one day become a different organization in name and in substance. This is written into our founding document_ We are not ready for this change just yet, but we are headed toward that end.
At the first floricanto that we sponsored, we recognized the fact that we have been separated from this society by its policies, and that we must begin building independently if we are to hope for our survival, restoration enlightenment and eventual rebirth! Statistics say that one in six so-called Latino males will end up in prison at least once during his life. HALF of all Latinos will contract diabetes in his or her lifetime. If these statistics don't speak to our separation, I am not sure what might.
In the process of building our own nation, the first step must be spreading information that underscores the point of independence. All we must do is spread the truth with our mouths and with our pens. We are planning for our next floricanto tentatively on the first Sunday of November 2007. In the same spirit, we must create mechanisms with which to communicate with our people (in addition to the floricanto). This communication must have at its core the betterment of our community, but most of all it must stress independent, not reformist, solutions to our problems. This form of communication must touch on everything that is required by a nation to survive and prosper without the charity or approval of the powers that be. History has taught us that seeking their approval and their reform has gotten us very little.
So with this in mind, we must work toward a mechanism of communication with these goals in minds. It will begin as humble as our first floricanto, but it will grow. This form of communication must touch at least on the following points:
Health: Without accurate information on issues like the lead in our homes and junk food, we will never prosper. If you have ever been truly sick, you know that you can't be a useful member of your nation while you are truly ill.
History: True history will be one of the foundations upon which we build our nation, just as most other nations build their nations upon their history
Ethics: Many of our people are lost because we have nobody from our own ranks teaching proper ethics, teaching us what to keep and what to throw away from this system.
Economics: We must provide the tools to survive and prosper in our current economy, and we must promote independent economics as a part of this survival strategy. As long as the hand that feeds us is the hand of our opressor, we won't work very well on independent strategies.
Culture/spirituality: Culture is the living portion of our history, and it is forever intertwined with spirituality. Any nation requires this for the growth of its own soul.
Justice: There will be times when we must confront the oppressor, perhaps not to reform, but to keep his hands off of us. Issues of physical survival and physical freedom should take center stage.
"Foreign" relations: Most especially the elders of our community recognize the importance of reaching out to the struggles of other countries.
I am personally asking for help with two things: 1) help with expanding the list of areas necessary to build our nation. 2) names of individuals, including perhaps yourself, of people who have expertise in some of these areas as well as time to contribute to gathering the information in these areas that we will need to communicate to our gente. We need information gatherers so that we may do the work of presenting it to our gente.


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Celebrate #NationalSelfieDay by taking a look at a few of our favorite selfies.
Steelers rookies and coaches attend the annual Rookie Luncheon sponsored by PNC.
Steelers players work with local youth at the annual Urban Impact football clinic.
The Pittsburgh Steelers took a day of OTAs to team build by bowling together.
Steelers fans gather at Saint Vincent College for the 14th annual Men's Fantasy Camp.
It was a busy week for Steelers' rookies at the Rookie Transition program.
A sneak peek at the Legends Series interview with Joe Greene.
NFL Media's Nate Burleson analyzes the best wide receivers in the NFL and discusses who are in his top 5.
Steelers C Maurkice Pouncey sits down with Missi Matthews and looks forward to the start of the 2016 season.


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October 13, 2009 (Dallas, TX)– Dallas-based Blockdot has released"Galactic Pursuit," an outer-space cops-and-robbers game for LEGO® Systems, one of the world's leading manufacturers of toys for children.
The game, which was created to promote the new LEGO Space Police product launch, lets players pursue villains on a high-speed chase through the galaxy and capture them! The more arrests you make, the more villains you'll unlock.
Ready to report for duty? Click on the blue arrows to view the ships you can pilot. Press the arrow keys to fly your ship through the galaxy. Use your laser cannons to destroy the villain's ship and the space obstacles. But be careful: your ship takes damage each time you're hit by the villain's laser cannons or you collide with a space obstacle. Take too much damage and your mission comes to an end!
Play"Galactic Pursuit" on the LEGO Space Police site http://spacepolice.lego.com/en-us/default.aspx
Read what LEGO fans are saying about the game in the official LEGO forums http://messageboards.lego.com/en-US/default.aspx, including:
•"I just played it, and it was awesome!!"— Fluffy1999
•"All in all, the game rocks!!"— chrismajor2124
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Blockdot, a Media General, Inc. company, is a leading producer and provider of casual games and company sponsored Advergames. Blockdot has created over 800 games for a broad range of leading brands and companies, including American Airlines, AT&T, Baskin-Robbins, General Motors, Kimberly-Clark, Kraft, Motorola, M&Ms, Nokia, Universal Pictures and Verizon. Millions of people play Blockdot games on its game site www.kewlbox.com, which consistently ranks as one of the Top 50 gaming portals on the Internet and is used as the launching site for client Advergames. More information on Advergaming can be found at www.blockdot.com.
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LALATE profiled Layfield Energy Drinks back in 2008. Layfield Energy by WWE's John Bradshaw Layfield (JBL) has a new drink – Drank.
Back in 2008, LALATE told you that famed WWE former champion John Layfield was launching the first energy drink, 418 Energy, for golfers.
Layfield Energy's 418 drink is "a triple spectrum energy drink with a blend of natural ingredients that act as an energy, anti-inflammatory and cognitive support formula. The product is delivered in a 2 ounce shot that can be taken straight from the bottle. The formula is designed to help golfers lower scores through pain relief, focus and consistent energy."
Now out is DRANK.
In December, Innovative Beverage Group Holdings, Inc.signed a deal with Layfield Energy to distribute its proprietary product drank(TM), the world's first extreme relaxation beverage in the mid-Tennessee area. Layfield Distribution will distribute drank(TM) throughout 34 counties encompassing the cities of Nashville, Murfreesboro, Franklin, Columbia, and Clarksville. Layfield Distribution will provide DSD or direct store delivery service, with plans including a custom fleet of drank(TM) vans and sales team to service the region.
"Adding drank(TM) to our product mix was just good business at this time in our company's development. We are pleased to have the opportunity to distribute such a unique product in this growing market in Tennessee," said CEO John Layfield.
"We could not think of a better endorsement for drank(TM) than it being picked up for distribution by one of John Layfield's companies," said Peter Bianchi, CEO of Innovative Beverage Group. "We could not be more pleased than to have our product being added to the repertoire of a successful entrepreneur like Mr. Layfield," Bianchi added.
Drank(TM) is currently sold in New York, N.Y.; Houston, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Waco, Livingston, Austin, TX; Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Shreveport, LA; Las Vegas, NV; Nashville, Memphis, and Jackson, TN; Jackson, MS; and St. Louis, MO.
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Would you please get this message to John Layfield for me. My name is Linda and my daughter is Jaime, we are just outside St Louis. John and Ron used to just call me "mom" They always told me if we ever needed them to contact them. Please give him my email and I will then send my number.
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Sweatshirt: Anthropologie // Jeans: J. Brand (via Marshall's)
Shoes: Franco Sarto (via The Rack) // Nails: OPI - Manicurist of Seville
Is it just me, or has Anthropologie been on fire lately? If I ever fell off of the Anthropologie wagon, I'm back on said wagon now more than ever. I even bought something at full price (gasp!) recently. Which if you follow my blog you know is something I never never do. Except this once. Or at Forever 21/ H&M/ Zara or other places where waiting for a sale means there's less than a 10% chance you're getting that item. Amiright?
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Slater's 50/50 is a small chain of restaurants with six locations from Pasadena to San Diego, centered in Orange County. Their claim to fame is the burger, which, as the name implies, is a mix of 50% ground beef and 50% ground bacon. Slaters has much more on the menu, however. For Orange County Restaurant Week, they had several items created especially for the event.
The dinner started with a choice of cocktails or beer. The Bacon Old Fashioned is one of their house specialties. It was delicious, with just a hint of bacon infused into the whiskey. Shortly after the drinks arrived, the appetizers came.. The Chicken Fried Bacon was crisp and very flavorful. After all, what's better than battered bacon, deep fried? The Sriracha Chicken Wings were also very good, with a flavorful sauce and a fair amount of heat. It was a good start to the meal.
For the main course, one of the specials was the Coffee Rub Burger. It was a delicious burger, with a coffee barbecue rub on it that added a nice amount of flavor. The patty was cooked perfectly to taste---the cooks certainly know how to cook a burger to order. The burger was topped with hush puppies and bacon cheddar cheese. It was certainly a delicious hamburger, served on a nice brioche bun with chipotle ketchup on the side.
Another main course special was the Bison and Bacon Meatloaf. This was truly a work of art, consisting of 2/3 of a pound of ground bison and ground bacon, baked with a pistachio Dijon crust. On the menu, it said bone in, a unique way to describe a meatloaf. Bone in it was, however, with a large marrow bone in the center filled with delicious marrow and topped with marrow butter. It was an amazing taste sensation, good to the last drop of marrow out of the bone. On the side, a nice cup of Bacon Mac and Cheese provided a nice complement to the luscious meatloaf. It is one of the best takes on a meatloaf around.
For dessert, one of the choices was the Bananas Foster Milkshake and another was the Cocorama. The milkshake was rich with fresh bananas, banana syrup and caramel. It came in a large glass with the straw standing upright in the middle, plus the stainless cup with almost another glass of shake in it. It was a delicious shake with nice flavors. The Cocorama was delicious too, made in a cast iron skillet. It consisted of a coconut, caramel and chocolate cookie baked in the skillet, then topped with two scoops of ice cream and a Girl Scout cookie. It was a beautiful presentation and a delicious way to end the dinner.
Most of these dishes were specifically made for the Orange County Restaurant Week. At the end of the meal, Slater's provided a survey to fill out, asking if the items should be on the regular menu. For all of them, it was an unqualified "yes!". Judging from the crowds that were there on a rainy night, there are a lot of people who enjoy Slater's so much that they will brave the storms to go and enjoy drinks and delicious food there.
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ClassyDarcy says:
(3rd time lucky my question will actually post!)
I have a 2yo mare who is great in sound in most ways and coming along well.
The problem we're having is, when walking her she walks behind (almost like a dog should!!) her nose at my shoulder, head low, neck long which obviously isnt good for her young developing neck muscles.
I have tried to encourage her to walk faster with her head held higher and to walk with me at her shoulder but she just wont, if i try to slip back slightly to her shoulder lever (whilst encouraging her to keep walking) she stops to look at me as if to say "why are you stopping, whats happening"
i also cannot get her to trot whilst leading her, no amount of encourangement, bum tapping or rope tapping her will do it, the rope tapping freaks her slightly so i dont want to do that until she's more confident with it.
The only way I could get her to trot was with my husband leading her and me behind him encouraging and tapping her bum, but as soon as I stop she goes back to a walk.
Any advice would be much appreciated please.
I have had horses in the past bu never this young, decided as I'm now a stay at home mum I will have time to invest (hmm who was I kidding with a 16 month old!) but I seem to be doing ok, but again any advice on bringing on a 2yo would also be appreciated!
Many thanks in advance x
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soniadevereux says:
have you had her back checked? Can you have some one else lead their horse with you so she can "learn" from another horse? Good luck. xx
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SilverLinedCloud says:
Ok, well, I have no experience handling two year olds, but... My horse Frankie behaves exactly the same way on the leadrope, this is because he is completely relaxed (head low to floor, long neck, it's a place of vunrability for a horse as they cannot survey thier environment from this position!) and also willing to see me as his leader (shown by the fact that he would rather walk behind me). Now with the trotting Frankie is willing but does need encouragement - he is simply a little lazy. I might also add that having a low head carrige is not neccessarily bad for it stretches all the muscles in her back and is incouraged in schooling to help the horse learn to balance and soften in preperation for more strenuous work. I am currently actively trying to encourage my other horse to walk a little more behind, she is so much more respectful and polite, which is something I'm sure we'd all want in a young horse too.
Have you perhaps tried lunging yet, I'm not sure if it's to early for that or not but, it will teach her to work independently of you. And from your central position you will be both 'guiding' and 'encouraging'. I wish you the best of luck with her!
May 12
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rachaelcandy says:
Although I have had no experience with horses that young to encourage my horse to walk level with me or even in front of me i tend top use a lunge line and stand almost facing her body almost driving with the angle of my body. My horse is very sensitive so i dont use the rope either to encourage just the position of my body seems to work. Hope this helps :) x
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PowerPoint: Automate Animation and Slideshow Transitions
PowerPoint: Automate Animation and Slideshow Transitions
You can set your existing PowerPoint animations to play automatically so that you don't have to click the slide area to make the next item appear. You can also set the slide transitions to progress automatically, so there is no need to click to proceed to the next slide in your show. These instructions are for PowerPoint 2010 and PowerPoint 2013 users. The tabs and section headings may vary slightly in appearance but the terminology in these instructions will remain the same between both versions of PowerPoint.
Automate Slide Animations
- Open your PowerPoint slideshow.
- Select the "Animations" tab > Click "Animation Pane" in the "Advanced Animation" group.
- Right-click on the first animation. Multiple options will display:
- Choose "Start With Previous." This will cause your first animation to start as soon as the slide appears on the screen.
- For each of the remaining animations in your list, right-click and then apply "Start After Previous." This will cause all other animations on the slide to occur automatically in the order you have listed them.
- To change the timing of the animations, adjust the "Duration" drop-down box in the "Timing" group. You can also adjust the "Delay" drop-down box to enter the number of seconds before the next animation should appear.
Automate Slide Transitions
- Select "Transitions" > Choose the transition you would like from the list.
- Modify the transition speed by changing the "Duration" drop-down list in the "Timing" group.
- Uncheck the box next to "On Mouse Click" under "Advance Slide."
- Check the box for "After" and modify the drop-down list to display the number of seconds you would like between slides.
- Apply slide transition preferences to all slides by selecting "Apply to All" from the "Timing" group or go to each slide and repeat the above steps for each individual slide.
- Save your presentation and run the slideshow to view your changes.
When you return to a slide after having viewed only part of it, the animation sequences automatically start from the beginning.
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The 24 percent hike in the outlay for education announced in the union budget will not help the sector because what is needed is a change in mindset, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday. "A 24 percent budget hike will not help the education sector. It is not just money allocation that we […] Continue reading Budget hike won't help education sector: Sibal
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All private and minority schools have to reserve 25 percent seats in elementary education for underprivileged children, and any breach of the Right to Education act will fetch punishment, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday.
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Public assets like schools and colleges may soon be used by private companies for skill training free of cost, Union Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal said here Tuesday.
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Men who are stressed out have lower sperm quality
Infertility is a common yet complex problem affecting approximately 10 -15 % of couples attempting to conceive a baby. According to the Urology Care Foundation problems with the production and development of sperm are the most common problems of male infertility. Sperm may be underdeveloped, abnormally shaped or unable to move properly. Or, normal sperm may be produced in abnormally low numbers (oligospermia) or seemingly not at all.
In this new study researchers from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in New York, New York, and Rutgers School of Public Health in Piscataway, New Jersey examined the association between work-related stress, stressful life events, and perceived stress and semen quality.
This new study involved 193 men, aged 38 to 49 years and was a part of the Study of the Environment and Reproduction at the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan in Oakland, California between the years 2005 and 2008.
The men underwent testing that measured stress levels that include job strain, perceived stress, and stressful life events. The men also provided semen samples. Using standard fertility testing, technicians at the University of California, Davis evaluated the sample s for sperm concentration, percentage of motile sperm, and percentage of morphologically normal sperm.
The researchers found that life stress had reduced semen quality even after taking into account men's worry over fertility, history of reproductive health issues and effect of age.
Men who had two or more stressful life events within the last year had a lower percentage of sperm motility and sperm of normal morphology compared to men who had no stressful life events.
Workplace stress had no direct effect on semen quality however; researchers note that this could affect reproductive health due to the fact men who had job strain had diminished levels of testosterone. Men who were unemployed had lower quality sperm compared to employed men regardless of stress levels.
Even though the researchers cannot find out how stress exactly affects sperm quality they do a few theories. On theory is stress may trigger glucocorticoids which are steroid hormones with powerful anti-inflammatory effects produced by the human body, which may dull levels of testosterone and sperm production. Another theory is oxidative stress which has been shown to lower sperm and semen concentration, appearance and ability to fertilize an egg.
According to Dr. Pam Factor-Litvak, PhD, associate professor of Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health and senor author, "Men who feel stressed are more likely to have lower concentrations of sperm in their ejaculate, and the sperm they have are more likely to be misshapen or have impaired motility." These deficits could be associated with fertility problems."
Also, commenting on this study's outcomes is Dr. Teresa Janevic, PhD, the study's first author and an assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health, said "Stress has long been identified as having an influence on health. Our research suggests that men's reproductive health may also be affected by their social environment."
This study is published in the journal Fertility and Sterility


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Another person has been hit and killed while walking in a crosswalk marked with a yellow flashing light and little white flashing lights on the pavement. The Dec. 30 story reported, "Man hit by car on Mill Plain dies in hospital."
If the goal is to get drivers to stop for pedestrians, this system is totally inadequate.
Although I drive Mill Plain Boulevard fairly often, each time I see the flashing yellows, I wonder what they are about. I slow down and finally realize there is a person in the crosswalk.
An excellent solution to this problem: Put in a red light with a flashing red strobe light. There is an example of this at East Mill Plain and V street (by the Kaiser medical office), where only pedestrians cross the street.
Please, city of Vancouver, save lives by fixing this problem.
Jennifer McDonald


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Two sides on contrasting paths wrap-up their group-play stage this afternoon as England (Inglaterra) and Costa Rica collide in a 2014 World Cup (Copa Mundial de Futbol Brasil) game that will be televised (TV schedule) and live streaming (en vivo en Español) on ESPN2 and Univision's family of networks. As reported by MLS on June 23, Estádio Mineirão in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, will be the site for this Group D finale.
While opening kickoff is scheduled for Noon (Eastern Time), ESPN's online coverage gets underway two hours before. Courtesy of ESPN3's free live stream feeds, soccer/football fans can kick off their pre-game festivities with the official Pre-Match Coverage of Costa Rica vs. England (2014 FIFA World Cup) at 10 a.m. ET (9 a.m. CT/8 a.m. MT/7 a.m. PT).
*Watch free live stream of Italy (Italia) vs Uruguay 2014 FIFA World Cup live stream free online (En Español gratis en vivo)*
After all the pre-game festivities wrap up, ESPN and Univision in the United States, and CBC in Canada will handle national TV and online broadcasting duties. While the match between Italy and Uruguay will air on big ESPN, the England-Costa Rica showdown can be seen on ESPN2 (11:30 a.m. TV start time).
Those watching online can either launch the free ESPN live streams in English of Univision's en vivo feeds at the aforementioned TV start times. Keep in mind that while Univision's live stream will match its national TV broadcast, ESPN's online options go as follows:
(11:30 a.m.) Costa Rica vs. England (Group D) (2014 FIFA World Cup)
(11:55 a.m.) Highlight Reel - Costa Rica vs. England (2014 FIFA World Cup)
(11:55 a.m.) Tactical Cam - Costa Rica vs. England (2014 FIFA World Cup)
(11:55 a.m.) Portuguese Audio - Costa Rica vs. England (2014 FIFA World Cup)
It's also worth noting that Costa Rica is headed to the 2014 FIFA World Cup's Round of 16, while England will be playing for pride. Who will prevail: Will the Brazilian love affair with Los Ticos continue, or will England's new starting lineup be enough to spoil the party?
Soccer/football/futbol fans around the world cannot afford to miss what is sure to miss this Group D showdown. Tune to ESPN2, Univision, or CBC to watch the national TV broadcast, or simply click on any of the aforementioned (en vivo/English) live stream options to watch on it a desktop or any number of Internet mobile devices.
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Renee Graziano doesn't need to worry about Alicia DiMichele anymore on "Mob Wives" but now she has an even bigger enemy - Drita D'Avanzo. On Thursday, May 1, Drita sent a barrage of tweets slamming Renee for thinking that she's the true and lone star of the show.
Drita wasn't messing around when she decided to go after Renee. She slammed Renee for pretending as if she doesn't know her company's name but then trying to copy everything about it. She called Renee a "b***h" and a "wanna beee." She then wrote that Renee is just a "punk" who is scared to fight back. She even threatened Renee with physical violence, warning her that if she doesn't stop talking badly about her and the other women to the press, she'll get hit in the face.
While Drita never named who she was talking about, it's clear that she was talking about Renee. Renee has been doing a lot of press lately for her books "Playing with Fire" and "How to Use A Meat Cleaver" and she apparently said some things that Drita takes objection to, specifically that she's the big star of the show and in general lessening the impact and relevance of the other women.
Drita does have one thing wrong however. Renee is certainly fighting back. In response to Drita's tweets, Renee tweeted that she's tired of her threats and is not afraid. She then defended what she has said to the press, explaining that she simply spoke her mind about how she felt she was attacked at the "Mob Wives" reunion and that whatever she said was just in response to what was earlier said about her.
Season four of the show featured a lot of yelling between Alicia DiMichele and Renee Graziano. Now with Alicia gone, having recently quit the show in order to concentrate on her federal embezzlement case, it looks as if the big drama for season five will be the brewing feud between Renee and Drita D'Avanzo.
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text: According to Erik Spanberg of the Charlotte Business Journal, Charlotte Panthers owner Jerry Richardson has mandated that the team be sold two years after his death. Ever since Richardson fired his sons Jon and Mark as executives in 2009, it has been unclear who would take control of the team should Richardson pass. Richardson is 76 years old and had a heart bypass four years ago, but he is apparently in good health at this time.


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Rihanna for Mardi Gras?
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Mon 2nd Aug, 2010 in Local News
Three-time Grammy winner Rihanna will be in Sydney on the weekend of Mardi Gras 2011.
The Umbrella singer is set for a concert at Sydney's Acer Arena on Friday March 4. Mardi Gras 2011 has been confirmed for the following night – Saturday March 5. Hmmmm.
Her confirmed date in Sydney is part of Rihanna's 'Last Girl On Earth' tour, which starts in Brisbane's Entertainment Centre on Friday February 25, visits Newcastle on the 28th, then hits Sydney. She's also scheduled for Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena on Monday March 7, then Adelaide on Thursday March 10, finishing up on Perth's Burswood Dome on Saturday March 12.
Rihanna promises her Aussie shows will feature her full World Tour production, featuring featuring multiple theatrical production and set changes, a full band, acrobats, dancers and outrageous outfits.
Mardi Gras' organizers will not confirm any guest act rumours.
Rihanna sings Disturbia below.


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Due to advances in technology, hard drives have increased in capacity considerably. Even laptop hard drive now come with at least 120GB of storage - a 100% increase over a few years ago. This makes it easier for people to use their computer in different ways. For example, by partitioning a drive, a user can have multiple operating systems on the same computer. Different drive partitions can also be used as a form of file organization keeping your important files separate or even hidden from files of everyday use. This article will tell you how to partition a laptop hard drive.
If you are partitioning a new drive, skip to step two. If partitioning a drive you currently use, you will first have to format the drive. Backup all your important files to an external drive or CD/DVD and use a format utility like FDISK to format the drive.
Decide how you want to organize your laptop hard drive. A typical hard drive has two partitions, one for the operating system and one for other programs and folders. If you want to run more than one operating system, you will need a partition for each one.
Run the partition software of your choice and follow the directions to setup your partitions. Your operating system disk may contain disk partitioning software. Check the help section of your operating system manual for disk partition utility. If using Windows Vista, you can manage and create disk partitions under Disk Management under System and Maintenance in the Control Panel.
Partitioning your laptop hard drive will assign a new drive letter to each partition. If you have multiple operating systems, you will be asked which drive to use on booting your computer. Select the letter with operating system you wish to boot.
When saving files in the future, you will have to tell programs which drive letter you are using for general storage so they do not save to the C: partition by default.
Tips & Warnings
- Multiple partitions are also an added form of security. If your drive is affected by malware, it will be likely be contained to one partition and you will only have to fix or recover that partition.
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Media release
First MeerKAT antenna foundation poured
Each of MeerKAT's 64 antennas will stand firmly on a bed of concrete and steel
15 August 2013
The concrete for the first MeerKAT antenna foundation was poured yesterday (Wednesday 14 August 2013) at South Africa's SKA site in the Karoo. This is the first of 64 similar foundations that will be constructed for this telescope over the next nine months. Each foundation consists of 78 m³ concrete and 9 tons of steel.
"Designing a foundation for a high-tech telescope is complex and challenging since it has to meet a set of stringent requirements," Tracy Cheetham, general manager for infrastructure and site operations at SKA South Africa explains. "The foundations must ensure that each of the 19-m high antennas with its 13.5 x 16 m main reflector will be exceptionally stable and able to point accurately at distant celestial objects at wind speeds gusting to 69 km/h as well as survive wind speeds of up to 144 km/h. Another challenge for the design team was to ensure that each antenna was carefully earthed and would not be damaged in the event of a lightning strike.
To meet these stability requirements, each foundation consists of eight steel-reinforced concrete piles at depths of between 5 to 10 m, depending on the local soil conditions. A square slab of concrete (5.2 m x 5.2 m, and 1.25 m thick) rests on top of the piles to add further stability. The 32 "holding down" bolts are pre-assembled in a circle to form a steel ring cage, or so-called "bird's nest", into which the concrete is cast.
"This first foundation will now be verified through a series of load tests to ensure that all specifications have been met," Cheetham says. "Getting this absolutely right is critically important for the science to be done with this instrument, and will also inform the construction of foundations for other SKA dishes to be built in the Karoo."
The MeerKAT team works closely with Brink & Heath Civils, the contractor which is constructing the foundations.
Note to editors
MeerKAT will be the most sensitive radio telescope in the southern hemisphere until SKA comes online. Leading radio astronomy teams around the globe have already signed up to use the instrument as soon as it is ready. The 64 MeerKAT antennas will later also become part of the much larger SKA telescope.
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New batch of Romanian prostitutes trying to work in Chalvey
A new batch of Romanian prostitutes are trying to work in Chalvey as concerns are raised over what will happen next year when EU rules are relaxed.
PC Nick Bond says a 'new batch' of about five or six sex workers have arrived and are trying to work, mainly in Montem Lane.
They don't live in Chalvey but are walking or being driven in from other areas.
PC Bond, Chalvey's neighbourhood specialist officer, said the team are gearing up for a 'blitz'.
The officer said one brothel has been closed down just outside Chalvey and with the help of the landlord another has been closed in Chalvey.
At the end of this year, a temporary ban on Romanian and Bulgarian citizens coming to the EU to seek work will expire.
"Residents of Chalvey have obviously mentioned this to me as a concern," said PC Bond, who said the issue has been raised by all parts of the community from Pakistani to Afro-Caribbean.
"But it is something which we don't really know how it is going to play out. We don't know if there is going to be an influx or much ado about nothing but obviously people are talking about it."
Margaret Inniss, chairman of Chalvey Community Forum, said the issue was raised in passing at a forum meeting but that it was 'just speculation' at the moment.
Another ongoing problem is street drinking, with drinkers swapping benches and street corners for comfy seats in Slough Library.
PC Bond said: "Areas like Chalvey will always have it. There is quite a strong street drinking culture which we are tackling but it is a bit like the prostitution - it is not going to go away easily.
"I know from experience they are finding other places to drink."
One place the street drinkers have been going in the last few months is Slough Library in Slough High Street and 'sitting in the corner somewhere, sneaking out alcohol and falling asleep'.
But he said patrolling has got rid of them before it became a real problem.