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Police: Suspect in armed robbery of Janesville Walgreens arrested
JANESVILLE—Authorities arrested a man they believe robbed a Walgreens for prescription medication Tuesday just as he was planning to rob the same store a second time early Wednesday, police said.
A Janesville police officer spotted Kyler K. Willing, 26, of 147 N. Emerald Grove Road, Janesville, sitting in a car around 1 a.m. Wednesday near the Milton Avenue Walgreens that was robbed the morning before, authorities said.
Willing had painted his face in camouflage and had a loaded shotgun tucked into his pants, according to the release.
Janesville police Lt. Keith Lawver said Willing confessed he held up the Walgreens Tuesday night while showing a gun, then stole prescription drugs. Willing told police he's addicted to narcotics, and said he'd planned rob the same Walgreens again early Wednesday to get more prescription drugs, Lawver said.
Lawver said it's odd Willing would have tried to rob the same business only hours later.
"It's definitely not common that someone would go and hit the same place two days in a row," Lawver said.
Willing was being held on tentative charges of robbery, attempted robbery, theft and carrying a concealed weapon, according to the release. He is expected for an initial appearance in court Thursday.
Authorities also arrested a passenger in Willing's car, 54-year-old Mark O. Barlass, 7722 County A, Janesville, on drug possession charges.

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Our talented park district staff members will have the spot light on them as they take to the stage. These crazy and talented individuals will share their talents in an effort to raise funds for the park district financial assistance program. We have Musicians, Dancers, Comedians, Impersonators, and Poetry performances. Plus, there will be handmade art, live painting, and other goodies! Throughout the evening you'll have a chance to win door prizes and raffles. Don't tell anyone, but rumor has it that audience members will have the opportunity to vote in the Throwdown Challenge.
We are proud to announce the Chicago Park District Talent Show Line-Up. Drum-roll please…
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We have some awesome raffle prizes. Chicago Cubs jacket * White Sox Tickets * Wilson Sports Bag * Gift Card to West On North ($25.00) * Wolves Tickets (2) * Starbucks Basket filled with goodies * Father and Son gift cards * and this is just a teaser. Have you ever wanted to spend an evening at the Waldorf Astoria Chicago? Well, you may have that chance. We have a night stay donated.
The throw-down challengers are getting ready and here are the top vote getters in random order. Michael Simpkins, Director H.R.; Samantha Jayne, Maplewood Park; Brian Loll, Area Manager; Marc Hebert, Edgebrook Park; Matt Marino, Workforce Development. I don't think you'll want to miss this challenge!
Several of our creative and talented employees have donated pieces of their very own artwork and yummy treats!
Creating art of the spot. See a few of our cultural instructors creating their art work live and bid on the final piece of work.
All proceeds from ticket sales and raffles go toward the Chicago Park District Financial Assistance Program.
Each year the Chicago Park District provides low-cost, recreational programming to thousands of Chicago area families. Summer Day Camps and art and sports programming offer children the opportunity to exercise and socialize in a fun, supportive setting at a reasonable rate. However, many of our patrons still find themselves in need of financial assistance.


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Dropping out of school has especially dire consequences for young people and for society as a whole. Twenty-five years ago, almost 90% of high school dropouts could find regular work. Today, slightly more than a third of young dropouts find full-time employment and only 11% of them are earning more than poverty wages. And while some full-time job opportunities remain, the ability to earn a living wage without a high school diploma is difficult at best in today's society. Today, a dropout earns about $260,000 less in a lifetime than a high school graduate (Alliance for Excellent Education, September 2007). As we watch our nation develop and transition to a technology-based society, more and more workers are being displaced. High school graduation becomes imperative as high school graduates do twice as well, and college graduates fare six times better than dropouts. Clearly education pays off for students who complete high school. From the class of 2007 dropouts, the United States will lose $329 billion in wages, taxes, and productivity (Alliance for Excellent Education, September 2007).
Beyond the personal costs of dropping out of school, the average dropout costs the community more than $300,000. We know that 75% of the individuals received by the Maryland Division of Corrections (1998 Dropout Prevention Taskforce Report) report themselves as high school dropouts. This means that approximately 17,250 of the 23,000 inmates are dropouts. Each year of incarceration costs state taxpayers more than $30,000 per inmate. Maryland spends about $518 million per year to house the 17,250 inmates who are dropouts. Dropping out is not the only challenge of this population, but we cannot dismiss the correlation between earning a high school diploma and incarceration. A five percent increase in Maryland's male graduation rate could result in $160,557,762 annually in crime-related savings and $50,869,458 in additional earnings, for a total benefit to the State of $211,427,220 (Alliance for Excellent Education, August 2006)
A ten percent increase in the male graduation rate could reduce murder and assault rates by about 20 percent, motor vehicle theft by 13 percent and arson by eight percent (Moretti, 2005). Thus, we need to do everything possible to ensure that our young people have every opportunity to graduate from high school.
Each local school system (LSS) has developed strategies to address dropout prevention. A description of the services and interventions provided is included in the LSS Bridge to Excellence Master Plan, and the annual updates to that plan.


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Q&A: Trends in the medical embedded market
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Question: What trends do you see in the medical market?
Jens Unrath: There are many different trends in the medical market. Looking at the high-end systems we see continuous improvements in image processing for diagnostics and surgery. The time savings due to faster image processing leads to broader use of image-based diagnostics as well as reduced cost per patient. At the same time the image quality is improved from generation to generation. This constant improvement of the processing performance comes either from the higher processing power of the processors themselves or the implementation of graphic cards for ´general-purpose computing on graphics processing units´ (GPGPU) or the use of dedicated FPGA-based designs in smaller systems. A second large trend is based on the ´iPad-Factor´. Users expect from future medical devices a similar easy usage model as from their consumer multi-touch devices. This trend will be seen mainly in patient monitoring devices with direct user interactions and the professional operator interfaces on larger medical appliances.
This trend will also push the demand for mobile medical devices in hospitals using the latest ARM processor implementations in smart mobile devices. This mobility trend will also extend into the growing market for homecare and mobile point of care appliances based on cloud applications.
Question: Do you expect that innovation in electronics will help widen these markets?
Unrath: Yes, definitely. Cloud computing applications will open space for the medical electronics market. But all depends also on the money national economies can spend for their health care systems. We see the largest potential in applications where innovations in electronic appliances can save cost, but our products are found in applications throughout the medical industry including image-processing, patient monitoring, diagnostics, point of care, therapeutical and surgical systems as well as clinical IT. Our competencies are built around the embedded computing core - the smart binary brain - which we deliver wherever possible as application ready platforms. These platforms include hardware integration services like OS customization and licensing, driver support, customized hardware design, certifications and obsolescence management. One huge and growing market is the home healthcare segment.
Every patient staying at home instead of the hospital with continuous monitoring and communication of his/her health parameters produces by far less cost. The other market can be found in the fields of the patient data creation and handling/sharing. Nurses can save cost if they spend less time with the administrative work on each patient. Thus, we see smart mobile devices like tablets coming to the hospital floors and paper records will be eliminated more and more. A sub-segment in this area of patient-oriented electronics devices is the infotainment at the patient´s bedside.


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Sales of corporate bonds in the U.S. fell this week and relative yields narrowed as political wrangling in Washington deterred borrowers.
International Lease Finance Corp., the commercial aircraft unit of insurer American International Group Inc., and Burlington Northern Santa Fe led issuance of about $25 billion, down from $35.2 billion last week, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Sales this year total $307 billion, below $344.9 billion sold in the similar period 2012.
Issuance declined as the House of Representatives passed a plan to avoid a shutdown and preserve new spending cuts, while the Senate will consider a measure next week to fund the government through September. Borrowers are facing "issuance fatigue" after selling a record $1.47 trillion last year, according to Edward Marrinan at RBS Securities.
"Issuers are taking a more measured approach due to political uncertainty and because they have already met many of their funding goals," Marrinan, a Stamford, Connecticut-based macro credit strategist, said in a telephone interview. "These factors give issuers reason to step back and reassess."
The extra yield investors demand to own corporate bonds rather than government debentures narrowed to 216 basis points yesterday from 221 basis points on March 1, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate & High Yield index.
Yields increased to 3.61 percent this week from 3.56 percent, and compare with a record low 3.52 percent on Jan. 23, index data show.
Sales of investment-grade debentures reached at least $19.9 billion, compared with $30.2 billion last week and a 2013 weekly average of $23.8 billion, Bloomberg data show.
Yields on investment-grade debt rose to 2.86 percent yesterday from 2.79 percent on March 1, increasing from a record low 2.73 percent on Nov. 8, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate Index. Spreads decreased 3 basis points to 146 basis points.
ILFC, which leases Airbus and Boeing planes, sold $1.25 billion of debt in its first offering this year, Bloomberg data show. The Los Angeles-based company's $750 million of 3.875 percent, five-year securities yield 307 basis points more than similar-maturity Treasuries and $500 million of 4.625 percent, eight-year bonds pay a relative yield of 268.8 basis points.
Burlington, the railroad that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. bought in 2010, sold $1.5 billion of bonds in its first offering in more than six months, Bloomberg data show. The Fort Worth, Texas-based company's $700 million of 3 percent, 10-year notes pay a relative yield of 110 basis points and $800 million of 4.45 percent, 30-year bonds pay a spread of 133 basis points.
Offerings of speculative-grade bonds reached at least $5 billion, matching last week's total and compared with a 2013 weekly average of $7.6 billion, Bloomberg data show.
Junk debt yields fell to 6.49 percent yesterday from 6.56 percent on March 1, and compare with a record low 6.41 percent on Jan. 25, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Index. Spreads narrowed 19 basis points to 481 basis points.
High-risk, high-yield bonds are rated below Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service and lower than BBB- at Standard & Poor's.
Issuers planning sales include McGraw-Hill Education, the digital learning company being acquired by Apollo Global Management LLC, with a $1.05 billion offering of eight-year notes to help fund the purchase, Bloomberg data show.
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Tajarin and Tagliolini: The Egg Pastas of Marco Giacosa
Shortly before Christmas, a display went up in front of our wine section: stacks and stacks of beautiful boxes of egg pasta. Brand new to the shop, the pasta was made by a gentleman named Marco Giacosa in Alba, a town in the northwest of Italy.
Alba is a short hop, skip and a jump from Bra where the biennial Slow Food cheese festival takes place. Known simply as "Cheese," the festival is arguably the most important event for folks in the cheese world. Owners Ihsan and Valerie Gurdal, were attending "Cheese" this past October when they discovered Marco Giacosa's handmade pasta. Ihsan told me that it was served to them on the first day of truffle season – cooked al dente with shavings of truffle on top. It is no surprise then that they came away wowed!
First day of truffle season or not, this pasta is special. Several cuts are made with at least 30% eggs, giving the pasta a deep golden color. His Tajarin, a Piedmontese delicacy, is notable for having a whopping 36 eggs per kilo of flour – 18 whole eggs and 18 yolks.
My first experiments with this pasta involved the Tajarin and the Tagliolini con Tartufo varieties which I sampled on successive nights. First up was the Tajarin, which Marco aptly describes as "golden threads". Made with a minimum of 33% eggs, this pasta is super yellow. The strands of pasta are not perfectly uniform in width because the pasta is hand cut, coiled into neat nests and then dried. Each package of Tajarin contains four nests of the pasta and I found this quite handy because I decided to cook two of them and I saved the other two in a resealable plastic bag.
On the side of each box of Marco Giacosa pasta is the recommended cooking time. The pastas cook extremely quickly (a major plus when you are famished)! The recommended cooking time for the Tajarin is two minutes. Also on the side of each box is a serving suggestion. On the evening I decided to bring the pasta home, our produce manager, Julio coincidentally received a shipment of Porcini mushrooms. As a result, I was well primed to follow the Tajarin serving suggestion (see below), opting only to cut the recipe in half.
On a recent trip to Tuscany, I took a cooking class with a chef who showed me that I had been seriously under-salting my cooking water. This seems to be one of the tricks for amping up flavorful pasta. So, into a liberally salted two quarts of water, I dropped two nests of the Tajarin. Watch your pasta closely because it IS done really quickly. I drained the pasta and then drizzled it with some olive oil, adding the mushroom-garlic mixture which I had already prepared. I used Italian parsley (this seemed appropriate) to garnish the dish instead of mixing it in with the mushrooms, adding a touch of Parmigiano Reggiano too. Delicious! And super easy.
Since my first experiment with Marco Giacosa pasta, I have purchased more of the Tajarin, opting to have it simply with a touch of olive oil and a sprinkling of parm. Because the pasta is so flavorful and rich, it's a wonderful comfort meal to eat bundled up on the sofa while winter rages outside.
The night following my Tajarin experiment, I rolled out the Tagliolini con Tartufo. A little more expensive, what with the truffles and all, it felt very luxurious and was a lovely treat for a winter evening. Because I did not want to drown out the truffle flavor, I opted simply to boil the pasta (recommended cooking time is 3 minutes), drizzle on a little olive oil and then sprinkle on a small smattering of Parmigiano Reggiano. Super aromatic and well-balanced, the flavor of the truffle comes through clearly but is not so strong that it is cloying. The Tagliolini has an egg content of 30% and a truffle content of 4%. As previously, I only used two of the Tagliolini nests and saved the others for a future date. Because the pasta was so good, that future date came very quickly.
In addition to the two varieties of Marco's pasta that I sampled, we are importing the following: Tagliatelle, Pappardelle, Tagliatelle made with buckwheat, Tagliatelle with Porcini mushrooms and Maltagliati, a hand-cut variety traditionally made with the bits of dough left from making the other pastas. All of Marco's pastas are attractively presented – I actually thought they looked so nice and were so scrumptious that I gave a couple of boxes as Christmas presents. Going forward, I am excited to sample some of the other varieties, hopefully expanding my repertoire of sauces at the same time!
Tajarin with Mushrooms
Serves: 4 people
Ingredients:4 nests Tajarin, 400 grams mushrooms, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 sprig of parsley, olive oil, salt and pepper to taste.
- Wipe mushrooms with a damp cloth, remove the caps, cut the caps into thin slices and stems into cubes.
- Heat a few tablespoons olive oil in a sauté pan and add minced garlic.
- Before the garlic takes on color, add the mushrooms. Add salt and pepper to taste and cook over moderate heat for 15 minutes.
- After cooking the mushrooms, season with chopped parsley. Cook the Tajarin in boiling, salted water until just al dente.
- Toss the drained pasta with the mushrooms and a thread of olive oil.
- Serve immediately. Recommended accompaniments: a glass of wine and some finely grated Parmigiano Reggiano. Enjoy!
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(UPDATED COVERAGE, Nov. 14) The U.S. Department of Agriculture is asking for public comment on a risk assessment of a genetically modified non-browning apple.
In August, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service ruled that the Arctic Golden and Arctic Granny apples, varieties grown by Summerland, British Columbia-based Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc., were unlikely to pose a plant health or environmental risk.
Arctics, which are genetically modified to prevent browning, have been grown in field tests in Washington since 2003 and in New York since 2005.
In a notice published in the Nov. 8 Federal Register, APHIS announced it was seeking public comment for its plant pest risk and draft environmental assessments of the Arctics.
Public comments will be received through Dec. 9. This is the second round of public comments on the Arctics. In 2012, in the first round of public comments, 1,935 comment were filed, overwhelmingly in opposition.
The Arctic has generated opposition in the U.S. because of its genetically modified status. On Oct. 31, baby food maker Gerber said it had no plans to use Arctics. On Nov. 1, fast food giant McDonald's said it had no plans to serve them.
Wendy Brannen, director of consumer health and public relations for the Vienna, Va.-based U.S. Apple Association, said that while the USDA has found no evidence that Arctics are unsafe, consumers who don't want to buy them have many other apple varieties to choose from.
"Inevitably, the marketplace will determine whether there is viable demand," Brannen said.
Neal Carter, Okanagan Specialty Fruits' president, said the company expects Arctics to be deregulated by the USDA in early 2014, paving the way for U.S. production. Canada also is expected to green-light the variety about the same time.
"Growers in both Canada and the U.S. have shown strong interest in planting Arctic apples," Carter said.
If Arctics are deregulated as scheduled, there are only enough trees for three or four growers to plant them in 2014, Carter said. And even as more trees become available, fruit won't ship in volume for years.
"It will be a slow ramp-up," Carter said. "It will be a long stretch before they're available in many grocery stores."
Carter encouraged people with concerns about the Arctic to visit the company's website, okspecialtyfruits.com.
"There's a tremendous amount of pseudo-science and paranoia around the anti-GMO movement," he said. "These are the safest apples on the planet. They've been looked at exhaustively from a range of angles. They do not pose a risk."


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Founded in 2006, Port Brewing is a young company. However, in the few years since opening business, they have established an impressive reputation.
Founder, Tomme Arthur, is from San Diego and is particularly known for his Belgian-style beers. Arthur got hooked on beer in college – and not just in the usual kind of way. His roommate and his roommate's father had traveled in Europe (including Belgium) and, in turn, they introduced him to a whole world of different beer styles and traditions. Subsequently, he became so enamored with the beverage and the world of brewing that in 1996, at the age of 23, he took a job at a start-up San Diego brewery. That brewery quickly folded due to poor management but, by his own account, Arthur was exposed to some pretty tasty beer-making in the process. It was only several years later that he opened up a brewery of his own and, eventually, he took over a brewing facility from Stone Brewing Company in San Marcos, CA. This is the company's current base of operations and where Arthur began making both American ales and the Belgian-inspired Lost Abbey beers.
Arthur continues to supervise beer production at the company. Six beers are issued under the Lost Abbey label year-round: Inferno Ale, Avant Garde, Lost and Found, Red Barn, Devotion and Judgment Day. Additionally, a number of seasonal and specialty releases are offered at various times throughout the year.
For this post, I wanted to focus on Inferno Ale, a Golden Strong ale. This beer is made with German Magnum and Saaz hops, Belgian yeast strains and uses a secret ingredient or two for drama. It pours a fiery orange in the glass and is simply gorgeous to look at. It weighs in at 8.5%ABV, but you'd never guess it by taste, masked by a clever spicy bite and a long fruity middle with a moderate carbonation. Inferno Ale is great by itself but really shines when paired with spicy and serious dishes – think Red Mole, Carnitas or citrusy fish tacos.
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What I find extremely bizarre and macabre is the fact that the Lutz family used the Defeo's beds that were left in the property...the very ones they were brutally murdered in!
I love this house (in fact I'm obsessed with it) and I would move into it in a heartbeat (I know, I'm just weird) but that is ONE thing I'd draw the line at.
I wonder if that's even true. We've all seen pics of those mattresses, they were soaked with blood. Just imagine it, the bodies were laying there for hours before being "discovered" Thick cotton batting that mattresses were made of in that time, no telling how old they were to begin with. I would think the smell alone would render them useless. Ladies, think about when Aunt Flo comes to visit and there is leakage, those stains never go away and they are tiny. (Did ya'll know Dawn was being visited by Aunt Flo when she was murdered? just a piece of info I've picked up along the way)
Christina Applegate lived in the Wonderland area when those murders happened and she remembers being a kid and driving past the house and all the blood soaked mattresses were outside for the trash (that is in the directors commentary on Wonderland) I don't believe there is anyway those mattresses were usable. The Lutz did use the bed frames and other furntiure, including the washer and dryers. (remeber there were 2 sets in the basement, the DeFeos being a huge family)
I think the Lutz made using the mattresses up.
I would imagine (someone correct me if I'm incorrect) that the mattresses would be used as forensic evidence and taken away by the police?
As I said previously if I had the means to buy this house I definitely would - but I wouldn't want the Defeo's furniture, ESPECIALLY the beds!
Auntie Vi,
I read that too - interesting little factoid that Dawn's bedclothes/mattresses were soaked in menstrual blood...
I found this on a website, like Auntie Vi says the Lutzes did use the Defeo's furniture (and those bed-frames!) but I don't really, honestly believe anyone would use a mattress that someone had been slain in cold blood on whilst they slept, so that is an exaggeration I think (probably by Lorraine Warren) I wonder why the Defeo's relatives didn't clear the house of all their possessions before it went on sale? that must be highly unusual? if nobody wanted them they could have had some people come and do a house clearance...like somebody mentioned earlier on this thread, I wonder what happened to those beautiful (yet compellingly eerie) family portraits? apparently Ronald Defeo Sr's father-in-law commissioned them (the Brigantes) Brigante (I forget his name right now) portrait was at the top of the stairs, almost to remind Ronnie Sr just who was the REAL head of that family..especially as it was said that the father-in-law helped them to buy the property on Ocean Drive as Ronnie Sr could never have afforded it on his salary.
Anyway, I digress..here is the paragraph I found about the beds...
"George Lutz then contacted Ed & Lorraine Warren, founders of The New England Society For Psychic Research. Ironically, accompanying the Warrens were a T.V. news anchor, a few clairvoyants & investigators from Duke University. Lorraine says that much of the furniture in the house was the same furniture from the Defeo murders. Lorraine sat on the bed in the master bedroom (only the mattress had been replaced since the murders) & was overcome by what she describes as a very evil demonic force. She then went to daughter Missy`s room (same mattress & furniture, Mr. Lutz allowed his children to sleep on the Defeo children's death beds). Lorraine says the evil was so overwhelming that she became weak, disoriented & could hardly stay conscious while leaving."
I think it is all a big bullshit story about the beds...I think they would have taken them for evidence...
what do you guys think..
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I know...very strange...
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RIght now on A&E is a show called FIrst Person Killers: Ronald DeFeo. It's on from 5pm to 6pm. Off to watch
I'm watching it right now, too! It's interesting. Of course Ronald DeFeo blames the whole thing on Dawn. That she wanted her father dead so Ronald took the shotgun into the bedroom to "scare" his father but when his father got up, he panicked and shot him. Also says his mother had a .38 by the bed so when she made a move to get it, he shot her. Then he said he had to leave so he told Dawn to stay there. Then he says Dawn shot the kids. Ronald says Dawn was jealous of Allison because she was going to grow up into a beautiful woman. So when he gets home and discovers the others killed, Dawn raises the gun, fight ensues, she ends up dead. The corner says none of the bodies were moved, they were all shot where they lay. The stories of abuse from Butch DeFeo are well known. He abused his wife and all of his children. Ronald says that "it wasn't supposed to happen this way. He's supposed to die in his car in Brooklyn some place. I was going to take care of it." So obviously he had plans to kill his father. I used to think Dawn had something to do with the murders but the research people here have done on the murders has changed my mind.
I don't think Dawn did it. She looked like she never got up out of her bed. Just shot in her sleep.
Altho I find it interesting how they were all sleeping on their stomachs?
I sleep flat on my back mostly!
I think that's why it's called a "ghost photo". I don't see anything paranormal about it, just some kid with the flash reflecting in his eyes.
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damn I missed it DAMN DAMN DAMN
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Mysterious "Seventh Body" photo...
It doesn't look anything like the DeFeo's basement. Plus, there are no basement windows that are even close to that big in the entire house. It has to be a hoax.
"Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant, filled with odd waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like."
watched a show on Discovery last night about this...
what I dont understand...WHY did no one get up and run like hell when they heard the first shot that killed the mom and dad....
BUT everyone of those kids is laying face down...
does anyone think that the son had help with the killings?
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Ok I have been reading more and more about this...Ron Jr said that his sister Dawn helped him kill the family, maybe that is how it happened, cause I cant see one person doing it...mind you how can you believe anything he says he is nuts...
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I'm reading the book again. I barely got through the first few chapters. There's no way in hell I'd move into a house where I knew that a family had been blown away.
it is so horrible cause it is such a nice house. well was a nice house..what a waste...
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It was 34 years ago today that the DeFeo family died.....RIP ...xxxx
PS...It's also Scarlett's birthday....cool death hag coincidence, huh!
Inside me, there's a skinny woman fighting to get out....but I can usually shut the bitch up with chocolate
wow 34 years long time ago...
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As for the hauntings: Their imagination or nightmares were at play after knowing what happened there.
There are countless other homes with the smell of murder in them. Why aren't they haunted like Amityville is? KnowwhadImean?
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Ryan Reynolds. I SO would! ;-)
Did anyone ever do an experiment to learn IF the gunshots COULD be heard in neighboring houses? One sees that kind of question on boards where Warren devotees pooh-pooh the whole notion of a Lutz "hoax." You KNOW the Devil would muffle the sound of so many gunshots, from the neighbors and the victims themselves!
In that decade, were there as many houses, and very close together? In my neighborhood, with its 1-acre zoning, I THINK someone could get away with that. The homes are just far enough apart, and if the shots were muffled with bed linens and a TV was on, even 6 shots are probably doable. Figure in the factor of not wanting/ fearing to get involved, and it's plausible.
I think Ronnie may have had assistance, but not from his sister, who ended up a victim anyway. I CAN imagine them talking about it, probably wildly and in frustration (especially if Dawn had a bad PMS session beforehand.) A girl's response to the alleged abuse, back in those days, would more likely have been to run away, rather than retaliate, and in such a bloody, violent manner. Unless, of course, she wanted to stay on, not only because she feared poverty, but to support her mother and siblings, which might have roused Ronnie's anger against his only ally.
In the movie wasn't it storming outside at the times of the murders? Was that true or just for dramatic purposes? Also, I wonder if the house was well insulated? If it was maybe that accounted for some "sound proofing"? Just musing a little here.....
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The question of life...
Debate and discussion of any biological questions not pertaining to a particular topic.
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As u say rowen , we want to understand the life, if we don't have an agreement doeasn't mean that nobody understands life as people have been continuing the thoughts in this line from ancient times. Also if we have a agreement then also, it doesn't mean we understand or everybody understands life. I liked ur open thinking, but it leads to anti-self statements, this happens with me also , in daily life , so i'm with u .
We must go into detail if we have time to instead of wasting it in some foolish activity.
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As long as disagreements are kept under control, they are very good. They constantly test us and challenge us to work harder to find what the correct answer is. They also force us to learn more about both sides of the argument.
Can't we say life is anything that is an ancestor of the very first organism. When we figure out exactly what has evolved from that very first organism- does it not automatically be classed as alive. If not, could a 'living' organism evolve into a non-living organism; eg if and what viruses evolved from.
From my point of view, life is the sum of all organisms... like the biosphere... when there aren't any organisms on a planet you can say it is lifeless
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Re: The question of life...
Well of coarse life is evil backwards. As the dominate species, we often abusse our power. The fact that we destroy the planet we live on, our only life souce, is extreamly dumb whitted.
P.S. it's actually efil backwards
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lol, i 've totally forgot i posted this one up. oops. Izzy reminded me. This is going to be a hot topic in the future for no other reason than it deals with issues such as abortion, the rampaging of humans, embryos, genetic enigneering, and biology. I perosnally believe we should draw a land in the sand and never cross it. The difficulty is in drawing this line. Any suggestions?
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Hey, Biostudent84;
I have a question: What if we change the word "cell" by the word "atom" at every assertion of this biological community work? 1 and 2 continues the same; 3) I don't know how new atoms emerges; 4) maybe atoms contains it too; 5) The difference between chemical and physical is only a human concept. From the viewpoint of Nature it makes no sense. All atoms are the same natural composition;6) metabolism&biochemistry could be primordial mechanisms with a degree of complexity.
The problem, I think, is that we don't know the whole true of atomic system. Then, this definition is not definitive, it can be changed in the future. I think our scientific method is not complete because Biology and Physics are two different approaches and two different world visions. Your definition is from Biology point of view which does not considerate the priors natural systems that belongs to cosmological evolution. In Matrix/DNA Theory the models suggests that universal evolution is the history of evolution of a unique universal system. Then, atomic, astronomic, biologic traits are merely different shapes of this universal system, like baby, teenager, adult, are merely different shapes of a unique human body. If this is true, it makes no sense saying that a biological system is alive and am electro-magnetic or astronomic system is not. But, then, the Matrix/DNA is suggesting a new model of atom, where the properties of biological systems are showed. Only food for thought...cheers...
Hey, Biostudent84,
I don't agree. Only to gain energy and passing down genes are not the ultimate result of life. The ultimate result is that life has gained levels of complexity since its first shape that emerged from the primordial soup. Passing down genes to next generations with no other purpose would be eternal return, merely recycling of closed systems. This is the normal of astronomic systems, which are closed systems, then, they are closed doors to evolution. The struggle of life , I think, is to keep itself as opened system, permitting evolution to working. It is different of the supreme tendency of simple matter, which is to get inertial thermo-dynamic equilibrium and the eternal accommodation in this state. Then, if Matrix/DNA Theory is true, life is matter and its tendency, plus a unknown thing with another tendency, which is permitting the increase of complexity. The models are suggesting that this "unknown thing" is coming throughout natural light. When a electro-magnetic spectrum of light penetrates inertial matter, its seven kind of vibrations (frequencies) imprints the process of life's cycle into that matter. But, then, the models does not answer a fundamental question: what's the source of this light? Maybe the models are answering this question when they suggests that this Universe is merely the tool for an ex-machine process of genetic reproduction. Cheers...
Hey, 2810712,
Very interesting, I think. From the viewpoint of Matrix/DNA Theory, there is no such division between living and non-living, as understanding modern biology. Which is not alive is death, or separated from its system, like a leave that falls from a tree, a stone in the space, etc. The problem is that they are making comparison between systems and abandoned pieces of systems. Then, the models of Matrix/DNA goes crazy when suggesting that all natural systems has a common systemic formula, which I called Matrix/DNA. The biological DNA is only a new shape of this universal matrix, with increased level of complexity. The formula is composed by bi-lateral symmetry in all aspects, so, in its energy also. There is the growing energy and the decaying energy, which could be oja e teja, or yin and yang. So, the question should be: how ancient people and REKI could get the true aspect of life? Matrix/DNA answers that is due the Matrix is registered at our DNA, it is inside neurons, our memory, and certain altered states of mind can bring on this memory to consciousness. Only food for thought. But, thanks, a lot: you woke me up for the fact that I need go back studying the books of REKI. Cheers...
Re: the question of life
This is not a scientific statement. You have not showed an experiment that produces life from bubblig chemicals alone. So, anyone can say that must had something else among the primordial chemicals, and scientifically there is no way to argument against it. If you see the models in Matrix/DNA Theory, they suggests that this "something else"is natural light. When waves of light are composed by different shapes of vibrations, they are carryng the code for imprint life to matter. But, then, which is the source of primordial natural light? This mystery is a key that open the question to all possibilities. It is the key for keeping an opened mind, which is the first requirement for being a good scientist. Your affirmation above is a statement of faith, not reason, I think.
I think that these affirmations are the worst product of scientific reductionist method creating a bad and wrong world vision. "Nature takes the best and leaves the rest; it values only the "best" for survival; the "rest" get killed. The problem lays in the world "the best". What's is the best? What it means? It is the best in ralation to which point of reference? Which is the point in time/space where the observer is located who is saying that this is the best and that is the rest? His/her relativistic point in time and space, is the best?
Cockroach is the best organism than us, and this is the secret of its success as long survival, but what do you prefer: being the rest among human beings or the best among insects? Which will be the future of cockroaches? They became closed system into themselves, they are going to extinction, there is no alternative. In another hand, which seems the best, has being extincted, while whose seems the rest has getting the transcendence for another evolutionary shape. Where are the dinossaurs, the lions, the whales, the eagles? The gorillas? But, the small reptile called cyanodont was the chosen by Nature for getting the transcendence to mammals.
If you think with me how this world vision is making bad human beings among the students, because the teachers had embraced it and spikes a loud about it. I think that religions are bad world visions also, but they transmits better moral values and meaning of life than this academic world vision. This world vision will be changed when Science will evolves from reductionism towards the systemic scientific method and world vision. What do you think?
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I agree, these are all manmade definitions using the best evidence they had at the time. It's really just for education that they do it.
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History is filled with examples of unethical, unconsented research, and while some of these studies have contributed to society's understanding of science, they also demonstrate another key fact: people really don't like being part of studies they don't consent to. Facebook is the most recent research platform to learn that lesson.
On June 29, Adam Kramer, a Facebook data scientist, apologized for research he and others had conducted on over 600,000 people without direct consent in 2012. The team behind the experiment slightly altered subject's news feeds to be either more positive or negative, and then studied the correlating moods of the users. The study found that those exposed to more positive feeds were slightly more likely to leave positive posts, and those with negative feeds were slightly more likely to leave negative posts.
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When everything is wrapped up, the old nursing home will join the ranks of the county's empty spaces that include a floor and a half in the human services building.� It will also become one of several buildings or spaces that are well built but inefficient for today's workplace and would be expensive to bring up to code.
General Services Manager Rob Leu said county officials haven't begun to consider what to do with the old Rock Haven, and those discussions could be a long way off.
Here's what he does know: Both Rock Haven and the health care center building, which is next door, are solidly built and contain features such as terrazzo floors.
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The five-story former health care center next door opened in 1972 with a 282-bed capacity.� People with chronic mental illness, dementia and people with developmental disabilities were served in the building.
In the late 1970s and '80s, more people with developmental disabilities and mental health issues began to live in the community, and the health care center building emptied. Rock Haven downsized.
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Viral-induced evolution
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Viral-induced evolution
I am not going to provide any lengthy paragraph regarding the foundation of evolution, but propose a thought I just had.
We're under the assumption that evolution occurred and progressed through common ancestral species.
It has already been hypothesized that viruses may be the most prehistoric "life form". Mindful I do not use life form to assert that they are living, hence the quotations. What I mean is that they could be abiotic precursor to the start of cells.
One way this could probably be done is viruses originally being able to infect or fuse with eachother, given different variables. This could have led to the form of cells, though I won't attempt explaining how because I haven't worked that part out fully.
Another way is that they infected the original self-replicating molecular systems, during the RNA world. The formation of viruses could probably have been "waste" of these replicating molecular systems before the introduction of RNA, or they themselves have been the cause of RNA, while still being the waste of the SRMS.
Of course, it could be proposed then that viruses caused the SRMS, too.
Okay, now onto the biotic part -- The first unicellular organism, it would have been a bacteria or something close to it. Now, there is not much mutation in bacteria, due to binary fission, though it can evolve. What I would like to ask is your opinion on that evolution of species to new species could be a result of the first organisms being viral infected, causes a major shift in the RNA, then later DNA, in the organisms.
As stated earlier, some things I will not type as I haven't fully thought it out, but I thought it was interesting enough to ask other people about it.
If this is a current theory or hypothesis being tested by other scientists, I am completely unaware and I apologize.
I am a biologist, biological anthropologist, physicist, theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist... I am a scientist. Dammit, Jim, stop pestering Dr. McCoy!
Virus are not thought to be the precursor of other life forms. They are parasite that require complex and developed host to reproduce. They must have evolved later.
Bacteria do have mutations a lot. The DNA replication is not as accurate. They have horizontal genetic transfer (conjugation, transpositions, transformation...).
Your hypothesis is not based on good research. I would study a bit more to think with better foundations. Good luck.
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I do have to disagree, there is at least one theory in which they are, and even proposed that they will evolve to a higher organism in the future.
And binary fission is made to correct clones. And their way of replicating DNA is simple, too. Yes, there are mutations, but the purpose of binary fission is to keep things normal,same for their replicating nucleic acids. They do have recombination, obviously, which is why the bacterial cell becomes an Hfr, conjugating into F- instead of F+.
My hypothesis is not based on bad research, and your suggestion to study more is quite hilarious. I am a microbiologist, among numerous other fields. I've also taken more than enough virology classes, and have done independent research. And actually, I first learned about the virus theory from my former professor who is a virologist at Vanderbilt University. If you'd like, we can discuss my education and more in the PM section. Or, if I were to take a page out of your book, I'd be inclined to arrogantly and ignorantly suggest the same to you, to study more. But I'd prefer to stick to the science and not resort to such manners. After all, perhaps you are mistaken.
As for the research regarding my hypothesis, I am merely proposing an idea to be tested or thought about. Something occurred to the self-replicating molecular systems which altered them to form RNA. This could have been viruses, which could have contained RNA first as a nucleic acid and introduced it to this SRMS. Or, it could have been a precursor to viruses which caused unusual changes in the SRMS, causing them for constantly mutate. Of course a perfectly plausible alternative is the environment itself.
This can go along with the fact viruses have evolved along with us and the simple nature of what a virus is and does. I attribute it similar to Endosymbiosis theory, what I propose with the virus.
Furthermore, in your assertiveness, you seem to have forgotten we don't have answers regarding the subject I am talking about in any theory. The Fox and Miller-Urey experiment is nice, and more recent research based on the Miller-Urey, but we're not anywhere near knowing the answers.
I would not dare publish this hypothesis without sufficient research, of which it'd be hard to do. I apologize my random idea proposed caused you to doubt my intellect. I mean, aren't all theories and hypotheses more or less the same until properly researched and then supported, or eventually rejected?
I am a biologist, biological anthropologist, physicist, theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist... I am a scientist. Dammit, Jim, stop pestering Dr. McCoy!
So could you present or link to that hypothesis that virus could be the origin of life?
I do not care about your education (or mine or that of your mentor in whatever university: we all can be wrong and mislead) but when you make extraordinary claims, i.e. that a parasite that cannot replicate without external assistance could be the origin of that external assistance you need to provide extraordinary proof.
This does not make any sense. What does correcting clone means? The purpose of replication is to multiply and spread genes.There are proofreading mechanisms, but mutation rates are highly variable even within a species, and in some case high mutation rates can be highly beneficial
And you view of conjugation seems quite limited (there is more than one type of plasmid, some can jump species and genus, carry things that will integrate in the genome and do plenty of fun little things)
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It's not that they're the origin of life, that is just something I suggested as a plausible explanation. The theory is that viruses are pre-biotic organisms. The other part postulates that current viruses will eventually evolve into biotic organisms. Likewise, it is suggested that life, reiterating, came about as a result of viruses. But I wouldn't asy the origin. The origin would be self-replicating molecular systems, or whatever had preceded it. That's more on the Theory of Abiogenesis/Biopoeisis.
I just got home from a long day, eating and relaxing, about to watch The Big Bang Theory. But I will provide a link regarding the theory about viruses and the potential to evolve into full biotic organisms after I relax. I'd have to look for it, it's somewhere in my paper/files.
And agreed, we can all be wrong. My intent with stating credentials is that you brought up that I should study some more, which I vehemently disagreed with.
I'll admit I rushed through, running on empty as I haven't slept in 4 days (a lot of work, and I know... cognitive function and etc diminishes the longer I stay up.) , and barely skimmed what really happens with bacteria and their mutations. So it was limited. But I do promise I know the entire process and every variable related, lol.
Regarding "correct cloning", please disregard that. I think I was falling asleep while typing it, which is completely unprofessional. I am not sure what I meant, but what I would like to say is that binary fission is made to create clones. Of course, as we both stated, that's not the whole story. But honestly, I am too tired as of right now to get into it I did not exactly disagree with you regarding it, and won't. I think certain parts are subjective in it, which caused the misunderstanding.
I spent all day in the lab inoculating, incubating, etc. I am sure you understand, as you seem to enjoy microbiology, as well. All I have been doing since Monday.
But about my topic, and a viral-induced evolution and etc.. It's just an idea I had randomly on my way to the campus. Viruses evolved along with life, so it's as old as we are. And without us, there is no reason for it to exist. I would love to be able to expand on it and even test it, but that's impossible. I was merely asking what others thought, if they'd love to entertain the thought, etc.
I am a biologist, biological anthropologist, physicist, theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist... I am a scientist. Dammit, Jim, stop pestering Dr. McCoy!
I might suspect that viruses are remaining remnants of prebiotic organisms, a stripped-down parasitic subgroup of what might have been a much more diverse group (although there might be non-parasitic versions still remaining in the oceans, they're just starting to run analyses that could reveal them).
Sorry to butt in so late, but I found this topic interesting. Here one might argue that, at that point in life's timeline, bacterial conjugation and pili may not have evolved yet. I personally do not have any knowledge of when pili had evolved, but if someone has insight on this it would probably help refine your idea.
I think the idea of viruses coming from SRMS waste is interesting. Perhaps excreted nucleic acid waste from another, engulfed SRMS was the origin of viruses, and then these viruses infected SRMSs, increasing mutation rate? Whatever may have happened, it would be hard to find support for this.
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Foreign travel is big part of Milton student's college experience
MILTON--Hanna Hermanson is learning how to embrace the questions.
As a college student, she journeyed to four different countries in four years. After each trip, she came home with more questions than answers about herself and her place in the world.
"I'm still trying to piece it all together," the 22-year-old said.
The daughter of Teresa and Paul Hermanson graduated from Milton High School in 2010.
When Hanna began at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, she had not traveled outside the United States. Like many students, she seized opportunities in college to see and experience the world.
In May, she will graduate with a degree in psychology. She learned much on campus, but she also forged relationships with people in the Dominican Republic, Kenya, Cambodia and Nepal.
As a freshman, she taught English for a week to third-graders in the Dominican Republic through a program offered by her dormitory.
"It was my first waking up to what poverty can look like," she said. "It was not so much about the words I was teaching as it was about having human interactions. I went there and realized I have so much to learn."
In following years, Hanna traveled during three winter breaks through Badger Quest, a program offered by The Crossing. The Crossing is a UW-Madison campus ministry committed to service, peace and social justice, said Doug Pierce, executive director.
"We are much more than a service-learning trip," he explained. "The idea is to get students outside their comfort zones and to experience cultures through the eyes of the people in those cultures."
Hanna paid from $1,900 to $2,300 each for three trips. She got some support from relatives and family friends, but she paid for most of the cost.
"I work three jobs and have been intentional about saving to afford these opportunities," she said.
In Kenya, Hanna helped run a camp for children, many who had parents with AIDS or who had lost parents to the disease.
"These students wanted to get to know us, which allowed me to get to know each of them," Hanna said.
In Cambodia, Hanna taught English, used makeshift tools to dig a trench for water and helped plant corn and rice at an orphanage.
"I struggle with saying I did those things," she said. "I got to know the people and did the work, but I don't really know poverty. In the back of my mind, I always knew I was coming home. I had a way out."
In Nepal, she traveled five hours by vehicle and then hiked two hours up a mountain to a remote village.
"It was the hardest thing my body has ever done," said Hanna, who runs half marathons.
During the day, she used a cow skin to remove dirt from a mountainside to make room for a school library. At night, she stayed with a family and tended the fire in a home without electricity or running water.
"There were times when I looked around and thought this is like National Geographic," Hanna said. "I kept running into things in the house because it was dark. I wore all the clothes I had all the time because I never felt warm."
She is still trying to figure out how to integrate her travel experiences into her life.
"I feel like I had these big experiences," she said. "Now, how do I channel them into change somehow?"
She is certain she will continue to travel after graduation.
"I have so much to see," Hanna said. "I have been privileged to hear some different perspectives. Now I feel responsible to take meaning from them.� I would like more people to have these kinds of experiences and to come back and ask questions."
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Dear fellow Janesville residents:
I'm glad you have good liability insurance coverage. How else can I explain why you would spend all weekend ignoring that ice on your sidewalks?
Did you spend all weekend out and about having fun? Did you spend all weekend holed up inside? How could you not see the treacherous walkways just outside your doors?
I heard the forecast and went to a hardware store before heading to the office Friday to buy my second bags of salt and sand this season because my supply was running low. I hate to toss out any more salt than need be, so I apply sand when I can.
I got up late on Saturday and spread salt on the slick ice outside by 8:30 a.m.—and felt guilty about doing so that late. I needn't have fretted, judging from what I saw later in the weekend.
I strapped the ice traction cleats onto my hiking shoes before taking Molly for her morning walk. I was glad I did. We purchased two sets of these several years ago from Farm & Fleet, and they were money well spent. They're rubber with little metal cleats that cover the front half of your shoe. Stepping carefully, I still slipped several times, but the cleats kept me from falling during our shortened walk. Had I not had these on, I'm sure I would have wiped out several times.
In early afternoon, I spent a good hour using three types of shovels to scrape away the ice the modest amount of salt had loosened. We have a double-wide driveway and live on a corner, so I have twice as much concrete as many of you to clean up. I appreciated seeing three neighbors scraping ice off their sidewalks at the same time as I toiled. My shirt was soaked by the time I got back inside—no need to head to an athletic club this day; my workout was in the bag.
My wife didn't use her cleats, thinking the thawing temperatures probably meant the ice had melted when she took Molly for her second walk later in the afternoon. That was a bad move. Fortunately, Cheryl returned home without falling after a brief stroll.
Sunday morning was another adventure. Those of you who didn't shovel recently, or did a mediocre job of shoveling from slab edge to edge, left snow that melted, and the water on your walkways had nowhere to drain. I literally could have ice skated across perhaps half the sidewalks on my mile walk. It was obvious that the majority of homeowners in my neighborhood had ignored their sidewalks Saturday. Not only didn't they try to scrape away the ice, they never tossed down salt, sand or ice-melting material.
Before leaving for the day on Sunday, I sprinkled sand on the few slick spots that had frozen after snowmelt trickled across my sidewalks overnight.
Sure, temperatures were above freezing when I walked early this morning, but those with the biggest skating rinks on their sidewalks still had ice. I almost fell once, despite having the cleats. It was obvious that almost everyone who ignored their icy sidewalks Saturday didn't do anything about them Sunday, either.
You're not only breaking a city ordinance but being disrespectful and discourteous to anyone who uses your sidewalks—not just dog walkers like me but mail and newspaper carriers, exercise buffs, school children and even the elderly who no longer drive and need to walk on errands. By doing nothing, you're ignoring your responsibility of living in a city. If you're too feeble to handle the task, then hire someone to do it. You're risking a liability lawsuit should someone fall on that ice.
Snow is in the forecast for tonight. Maybe that covering will help make the ice less slippery. Or maybe it will hide those slick spots and make them even more hazardous tomorrow.
Not that most of you, apparently, will worry about it.
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State enlists 'Airplane!' alums for TV spot
LAKE GENEVA—Forget those tourism advertising spots that show a sweeping panorama of beauty unparalleled.
Forget state tourism slogans such as "Pure Michigan," which last year was appropriated as political rhetoric touting Michigan's new status as a right-to-work state.
Instead, Wisconsin tourism is getting an advertising and PR boost from Roger Murdock and Ted Striker, pilots from the 1980 comedy film "Airplane!"�
"Murdock"—or, as he's known in real life, former NBA great and Milwaukee Bucks player Kareem Abdul-Jabar—and "Striker"—actor Robert Hays—were among guests Monday at the Wisconsin Governor's Conference on Tourism at the Grand Geneva Resort in Lake Geneva.
The pair, along with Wisconsin natives and "Airplane!" producers and directors David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams were unveiling a new series of TV ads for the Wisconsin Department of Tourism that offer a takeoff on cockpit scenes from the famous airline disaster spoof film.
Wisconsin Tourism Secretary Stephanie Klett called the new ads fun and refreshing compared to conventional state tourism commercials showing scenes of visual splendor from around a state.
"That's something everyone does," Klett told hundreds of tourism officials from counties around the state Monday.
Klett's address came before she introduced Gov. Scott Walker, and later, the cast and producers of the commercials.
In 30-second ads debuted at the conference, Abdul-Jabbar and Hays deadpan in "Airplane!" character as they fly low past Wisconsin scenes. The plane is featured flying so low the pilots can make out snowmobile riders. Abdul-Jabbar reaches out of the plane and scoops up a handful of snow.���
Each spot is punctuated with the film's plastic blowup "Otto Pilot," which pops up in the cockpit wearing a triangular, Packers-style cheese hat.
It's a new take on tourism advertising that Jerry Zucker said he thinks embodies the easy-going spirit of Wisconsin people.
"Our memories in Wisconsin, it was a place where we had a lot of fun. Wisconsin has a great sense of humor," Zucker said. "Wisconsin people, they're not so serious about themselves. They don't have the same kind of ego as elsewhere. It's a great place to vacation."
Already, the state's Department of Tourism is boasting the "Airplane!" ads have brought in $10 million in "earned media"—marketing jargon for unpaid media coverage—at a time when the state averages $60 million a year in overall "earned media," Klett said.
The success seems to go hand-in-hand with growth Wisconsin's tourism sector has seen in the last few years, especially in Walworth and Rock counties.
In Walworth County, where this week's tourism convention is being held, tourism is now at least a $455-million industry, and that amount of spending grew 11.8 percent between 2011 and 2012, according to state data. That's twice the pace of the state's overall 5 percent tourism growth.
The Walworth County Visitor's Bureau estimates Walworth County's growth in tourism, in large part bolstered by an annual influx of Chicago-area visitors and vacationers, has the county ranking sixth of 72 counties statewide.
Rock County added 267 employees with jobs directly linked to tourism between 2011 and 2012, a 7.5 percent jump.
The 2013 state tourism data, which are expected in May, could show another increase in economic activity, said state Department of Tourism spokeswoman Danielle Johnson. She said a new data-analysis vendor will calculate tourism to show its impact across the entire economic sector.
During an address Monday at the convention, Gov. Scott Walker, who went to school in Walworth County, touted Wisconsin's beer, cheese-curd and kringle-heavy food and beverage tourism sector. He said walleye-stocking programs have added 440,000 fish to Wisconsin waters for the state's $2.3 billion sport fishing industry.�
Significant efforts have come through public-private walleye stocking programs as recently as last year at Geneva Lake.
Walker said the program aims to make Wisconsin "the walleye capitol" of the U.S.
In a press conference Monday, Abdul-Jabbar recalled his time in Wisconsin while playing for the Bucks. One of the state's new tourism commercial spots features him in the cockpit in a Bucks jersey.
Donning the old uniform felt familiar, he said.
"Anyplace I go in the country, there's somebody who says, I remember you in Wisconsin," Abdul-Jabbar said.
Perhaps the best plug for Wisconsin tourism—one left out of the commercials—came during the press conference. Abdul-Jabbar said he remembers his time in Milwaukee and how he marveled at the blend of parks and outdoor recreation in the state.
"The few moments I had of leisure time, I'd be outside," he said.
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Sister of domestic homicide victim steps up to raise awareness
JANESVILLE—Sharon Baker Bucklin was supposed to leave her North Carolina home for graduate school in Mississippi on May 26, 1995.
Instead, she learned her sister had been murdered in Janesville, so she boarded a plane for Wisconsin.
"It was very traumatic," Baker Bucklin said.
Susan Anderson, 34, was killed in her Janesville home--beaten and stomped to death by her husband, Gregory Anderson.
Baker Bucklin, Milton, will be the keynote speaker at the Friday, Sept. 27, YWCA Rock County Walk a Mile in Her Shoes fundraiser.
Proceeds from the annual march will benefit the YWCA's Alternatives to Violence program and its Transitions for Women program.
The Alternatives to Violence program in 2012 housed 139 women and 143 children in its 33-bed domestic violence shelter. Staff and volunteers fielded 339 calls on the 24-hour crisis HELP line, said Beth Tallon, public relations director.
Single mothers with a history of domestic violence find sustainable employment and affordable housing for their families through the YWCA's Transition for Women program that served 60 households in 2012, she said.
Baker Bucklin said the walk is important because it gets males involved in what statistically is an issue of men abusing women and because it educates and creates awareness about domestic violence.
"It crosses all lines, all ages and all relationships. So, you need to know what (service) is out there, and if not for yourself for someone else," she said.
Baker Bucklin said her speech would represent the viewpoint of a domestic violence victim's family, what it's like to experience it and survive it.
"I'm trying to educate people that (domestic violence) is not necessarily the stereotypical abuse you think of. Anybody can be a victim of abuse and it can be a one-time deal. You need to be aware there is a pattern, sometimes, but not necessarily a daily thing."
That was the case with her sister, she said.
During the murder investigation, the Bakers learned of three domestic events between Susan and her husband, who were in marriage counseling at the time of Susan's death, Baker Bucklin said.
"I don't think she was abused weekly or monthly but certainly there had been a few events in the 13 years they were married. Cops had limited contact with them," she said.
A month before she was killed, Susan talked to her parents, Jim and June Baker, once, about a physical argument she'd had with her husband. That was the only time she had mentioned any domestic issues to them.
"I don't think my sister considered herself an abuse victim, and she should have," Baker Bucklin said.
"Women don't have to stay in a shelter or leave their husbands, but they need to be aware of the different kinds of abuse and what their options are," she said.
The impact of Susan's death continues to take a toll on the Baker family. While dealing with the daughter's death, Susan's parents were thrust into a yearlong custody battle for their grandchildren--then ages 6 and 7--with Gregory Anderson's family.
Baker Bucklin and her mother attended Anderson's parole hearings in 2010 and again earlier this year and will continue to do so every three years, she said.
"I owe it to my sister who is not here to speak for herself. I will do whatever it takes to make sure he pays for this crime," Baker Bucklin said.
Susan's father doesn't like to come back to Janesville and has never attended any of the parole hearings.
"It's just too painful for him," Baker Bucklin said.
Last year she sponsored a Walk a Mile team called The Blisters. This year, she would like to organize a team of colleagues from UW-Rock County, where she teaches Spanish. She and her daughters will walk in this year's march.
The loss of Susan at such a young age and in such a tragic way still hurts.
"It's been difficult," she said. "There's always a hole at every family function."


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Sockelend Early Origins
Norfolk at Woodton, a parish, in the union of Loddon and Clavering, hundred of Loddon. This village was home to the family from ancient times. "The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £6. 13. 4., and in the gift of the Rev. A. Suckling: the tithes have been commuted for £615, and the glebe comprises 27 acres, with a house. The church [(Woodton All Saints)] is chiefly in the decorated English style, with a circular tower of earlier date, surmounted by an octagonal turret, and has some handsome monuments to the Suckling family." [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print. The church is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. John Sokeling was listed in the Pipe Rolls of Berkshire in 1195. Richards Sukeling was listed in Oxfordshire in 1253 and Mabilia Sucling was listed in the Subsidy Rolls of Suffolk in 1253. [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X) The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 list Adam Sucklin and Robert Sucling in Oxfordshire and Walter Sucling in Suffolk. [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
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Sockelend Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Suckling, Sucklin, Suckley, Sukley, Sukling, Sukelly, Sokelan and many more.
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Sockelend Early History
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sockelend research. Another 257 words (18 lines of text) covering the years 1348, 1353, 1430, 1479, 1570, 1520, 1589, 1569, 1627, 1601, 1626, 1609 and 1642 are included under the topic Early Sockelend History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Sockelend Early Notables (pre 1700)
Sockelend Early Notables (pre 1700)
Notables of this surname at this time include: Robert Suckling (1520-1589), of St. Andrew's, Norwich, Norfolk, an English politician; Sir John Suckling (1569-1627), an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1601...
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Thomas Suckling settled in Hingham Massachusetts in 1630; Thomas Sucklin settled in Boston Massachusetts in 1638; Balthazar Sucklin settled in Barbados and/or Jamaica in 1700.
The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Mora trahit periculum
Motto Translation: Delay brings danger.
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Purloined Paintings
"Eventually they will resurface. Somebody will rat somebody else out. It's really only a matter of time."
–Christopher Marinello, general counsel of The Art Loss Register
For 23 years, the theft of $500 million worth of artwork from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has been one of the greatest mysteries in the art world. But now authorities at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) say they know the identity of the two thieves who posed as Boston police officers, tied up two guards and made off with 13 works by the likes of Degas, Vermeer and Rembrandt on the night of March 18, 1990.
As surprising as the agency's revelation seems, Marinello told the Associated Press that it is not uncommon for stolen paintings to reappear, even after nearly a quarter of a century.
Warrantless Wiretaps
"In my ten months at the NSA, it's [become] evident to me that I am the general counsel for one of the most highly regulated entities in the world."
–Rajesh De, general counsel of the National Security Agency (NSA)
Last month, the Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling blocked a lawsuit challenging the NSA's practice of warrantless wiretapping. One day later, De defended the agency's practices in a speech at Georgetown University Law Center, arguing that, without judicial approval, the NSA does not monitor the communications of unwitting Americans "when there is a reasonable expectation of privacy" and U.S. law would require a warrant.
De also disputed the portrayal of the NSA as an agency that "operates in the shadows, free from external scrutiny or true accountability." Despite the organization's necessary secrecy, he maintained, it answers to multiple government regulators, other agencies and the legislative branch.
Resale Ruling
"The ruling for Kirtsaeng will send a tremor through the publishing industries, harming both U.S. businesses and consumers around the world."
–Keith Kupferschmid, general counsel for the Software & Information Industry Association
Broke college students everywhere likely breathed a sigh of relief when the Supreme Court ruled this week in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons that overseas goods, including textbooks, can be resold online and in discount stores without running afoul of copyright laws.
Supap Kirtsaeng, a Thai graduate student, earned extra cash by getting his overseas relatives to buy cut-rate international editions of U.S. textbooks, which he then resold on eBay. Kirtsaeng argued that his actions were legal under the "first-sale doctrine," which allows lawful buyers to give away or sell their purchases. The 2nd Circuit ruled that the law did not apply to imported materials, but the Supreme Court reversed that decision on Tuesday, to the dismay of some in the publishing, software and music businesses.
Climbing Cases
"I talked to a lot of … HR groups, and most companies would admit that at least two years ago their policies were written without consideration of workers' rights. They were written very, very over broadly."
–Lafe Solomon, general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
In 2010, the NLRB filed a complaint against American Medical Response of Connecticut, an ambulance service that fired an employee after she complained about management on her Facebook page. Following that widely publicized case, the board has seen an increase in the number of social media-related cases. Solomon said at a conference that most of the cases either challenge employee terminations or dispute companies' social media policies.
Drone Drama
"I guess I belong in the category of 'skeptic.'"
–Jeh Johnson, former general counsel of the Department of Defense (DOD)
The issue of targeted overseas drone strikes has sparked public controversy, protests and a 13-hour filibuster on the Senate floor. But creating a "drone court" to oversee such strikes isn't the answer, according to Johnson. In a speech at the Fordham University School of Law, the former DOD general counsel admitted that such a court could offer "some added levels of credibility, independence and rigor" to the strikes. But Johnson maintained that it inappropriately gives courts the power to question the president's authority as commander-in-chief, which is enshrined in the Constitution.
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"In a company of our size, allegations of this nature will be made from time to time."
–John Frank, deputy general counsel of Microsoft
Nowadays, it seems that no company is safe from the long arm of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and that apparently includes Microsoft Corp. Officials at the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission have reportedly launched preliminary investigations into allegations that the tech company paid bribes to certain consultants, resellers and other associates in Romania, China and Italy. The bribes were allegedly used to secure software contracts in those countries.
In a blog post, Frank declined to comment on the investigations, but said that the company was cooperating fully with authorities. He also noted that "it is not unusual for such reviews to find that an allegation was without merit."
Safer Sex
"There's a law on the books, it needs to be enforced and we hope that the county will take it up."
–Tom Myers, general counsel of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation
A new Los Angeles law requiring adult film actors to wear condoms is being put to the test, following a complaint from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Measure B, which took effect last December, mandates that pornographic film companies must take safety measures—including condom use—when filming in Los Angeles County.
But production company Immoral Productions allegedly failed to institute these safety measures, which the AIDS organization discovered after receiving an anonymous tip. Foundation officials say they filed the complaint to test whether the county will actually enforce the new safety measures.
Furious Fans
"You are contractually obligated to make the payments due under the Premium Seat Agreement, as invoiced, through the end of the 2013 baseball season."
–Derek Jackson, general counsel of the Miami Marlins, in a letter to two season-ticket holders
As if the Miami Marlins hadn't alienated enough fans with their controversial new stadium and less-than-impressive 2012 record, the baseball team is now threatening to sue two season-ticket holders who complained about the allegedly obstructed view from their seats. Jan and Bill Leon agreed to buy two years' worth of season tickets, but during the first year of the deal their prime stadium real estate was partially obscured by a new billboard.
After the season, the couple told the team that they would not pay $25,000 for the second season's seats unless the team moved them away from the billboard. In response, the team threatened to sue the couple for the cost of the tickets. The Marlins, however, claim that they offered several alternate seats to the Leons, who refused them all.


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Gov. Scott Walker will appoint a new Walworth County judge by end of the year
ELKHORN�— In the 29 years John Race has been a Walworth County judge, he has issued rulings in two Elkhorn courthouses, seen a change in divorce laws and witnessed the implementation of specialized courts.
Now, Race, is ready to retire and awaits Gov. Scott Walker's decision on who should fill Race's bench seat when he leaves Monday, Dec. 30.
"A judge must be quick, must be kind, must be right," Race said.
The attorneys who applied for Race's position are:
-- Kristine Drettwan, who has been the county's family court commissioner since 2010. Earlier, she was a part-time court commissioner and worked as an assistant district attorney for 10 years, seven of those in Walworth County.
-- Jeffrey Hahn, a court commissioner and a lawyer at Hahn Law Office in Delavan.
-- Daniel Necci, the Walworth County district attorney. Before being appointed DA in 2012, Necci had his own law firm in Elkhorn.
-- Ed Thompson, a lawyer at Clair Law Offices, Delavan. He has been a lawyer in Walworth County for 35 years and has been town of Delavan municipal judge since being elected in 1983.
Walker hopes to fill the position with one of the candidates by the end of the year, said Tom Evenson, governor press secretary.
Walker is looking for someone with "unimpeachable integrity and who is an exceptional lawyer," Evenson said. The start date is to be determined.
The governor's office is in its third and final phase of the selection process.
Walker is scheduled to conduct interviews with candidates this month. It was not clear if all four applicants were being considered.
In an email, Thompson wrote that he did not receive an invitation to be interviewed by Walker.
Thompson was disappointed he was not given the opportunity to use his legal and judicial experiences, but wishes whoever is appointed the best of luck.
"I certainly wish whomever Governor Walker ultimately selects to fill the vacancy, the judicial wisdom to earn the respect of the position," Thompson wrote.
Race has endorsed Drettwan but said any of the candidates could fill his shoes.
"She's had the experience," Race said about Drettwan. "Her decisions are well received and she's well regarded in the legal community. That doesn't mean someone else doesn't qualify."
Race said he is retiring at the end of the month because he is in good health, wants to relax, and does not want to run another re-election campaign.
Race said jurors on questionnaires have commented about the uncomfortable chairs in the courtrooms and complained about waiting times for hearings, but he has seen no comments suggesting he should retire because of his age.
"I've never heard or read a juror say 'Judge Race ought to retire,'" Race said. "I think if I read that I'd say, 'Alright, that's it.'
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Monday, May 12, 2014
JANESVILLE—A utility pole fire knocked out power to 325 Alliant Energy customers for 90 minutes Monday morning in the area of Milton Avenue/Kettering Street and Kettering Street/Deerfield Drive.
Police and fire responded just before 5:30 a.m. when traffic lights were knocked out at these intersections.
Power was restored by 7 a.m. when only a handful of customers were still without power, said Annemarie Newman, spokeswoman for Alliant Energy.
Wind is believed to have brought down a wire that may have caused the fire, she said.
Utility workers remained on scene mid-morning replacing the pole, Newman said.