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The Night of the Illiana
Halloween is when the undead are released from their crypts to toll the living of Lake County. If you find yourself on the highway, take care to watch out for the undead in all of their forms: the vampires, the ghosts, the zombies, the Route 53 Extension.
Haha, with no further ado, the Illiana Expressway got a big boost last week from Lake County Chairman Aaron Lawlor. According to the Daily Herald ...
Amid a split among suburban leaders, the controversial Illiana Expressway received a shot in the arm Thursday when a planning board endorsed the road, marking a significant political victory for Gov. Pat Quinn.
Planning board approves Illiana Expressway construction
Lawlor sits on that planning board that voted to give a green light to the Illiana Expressway. Up until then, Lawlor had been undecided. The Daily Herald reported only a week earlier that ...
Aaron Lawlor previously said he needed time to study the different analyses.
Illiana Expressway fails to get support from planning group
What was the reason for the sudden change of heart? A proposed map of the Illiana Expressway has been leaked to your LakeCountyEye:
Illiana Expressway plan
As operatives can plainly see, the proposed Illiana Expressway will end precisely where the Route 53 Extension is proposed to begin. In Lake County, between Crown Point and Lowell.
Labels: Route 53 Extension
In the Wake of the News:
Private Covenants
A story I posted here, In the Wake of the News, needs a correction. I said that the Village of Round Lake passed a zoning ordinance restricting the use of watercraft on Wooster Lake. And that Kirk Denz then reciprocated by getting a state law passed to overturn these zoning ordinances. That is not quite correct. Denz obtained a clarification of the law from Springfield, which had the effect of overturning the zoning ordinances.
This is important because the story revolves around a Declaration of Conditions, Covenants and Restrictions (DCCR) -- or more simply put, a homeowners covenant -- between residents of Wooster Lake. The basic issue, as I see it, is over how and by whom are these covenants enforced.
Denz has subsequently filed a lawsuit against the homeowners association, Wooster Lake Conservation & Control Association (WLCCA). One statement alleged in the suit leapt out when I read it. One year prior to the Round Lake zoning ordinance, Deputies on August 6, 2004
"... arrived at the Petitioner's home in a Lake County Sheriff's squad car while fully uniformed, waved a provided copy of the WLCCA DCCR's in the faces of Petitioner Kirk Denz and his guest Jim Murray, repeatedly threatening ticket and arrest ..."
DENZ VS WOOSTER LAKE CONSERVATION
My immediate question was: On whose authority were Lake County Sheriff Deputies sent to enforce a homeowners covenant? These covenants are basically legal agreements between homeowners and have no statutory force.
Not too long ago, the political career of a Lake County State Senator was cut short when it was revealed that she requested inappropriate favors of the Lake County Sheriff's Department. Is there a mindset among some elected Lake County officials that the Sheriff's Department is their private police force?
To my knowledge, this incident with Kirk Denz was never investigated by the State's Attorney or the press.
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Luck o'the Irish
If you were Ed Sullivan Jr you'd be feeling like you were in clover about now. Yes, the Republican State Representative is likely to be challenged by a member of his own party in the upcoming Primary Election. And yes, this blog has been trumpeting a totally made-up highly believable rumor ...
Sullivan's Traversal?
that Sullivan may switch sides and run instead as a Democrat.
Well, Jim Durkin, the leader of the Illinois House Republican Caucus, must keep abreast of the local developments here by monitoring this blog. That's because soon after the aforementioned rumor appeared on this blog, Durkin told the Daily Herald that ...
he'll back incumbent lawmakers that have primary election challenges next year even if their views are at odds with his own. Among suburban Republicans so far, state Rep. Ed Sullivan of Mundelein is facing a potential opponent in the primary over his backing of same-sex marriage.
New Republican leader "absolutely" supports incumbents in primaries
Sullivan is sitting in clover because, by all appearances, he is presently at the center of a bidding war. At the risk of angering the right-wing of his Party, Leader Durkin is signaling that he is ready to parachute into District 51 with a sackfull of the greenstuff -- on Sullivan's sayso.
Your move, Leader Madigan.
Note to ops: Bidding wars do not just happen by luck or magic. A lot of scutwork and skulduggery has to be executed before the magic happens. If you are an ambitious elected official who worries that their stock is being sold short, then your LakeCountyEye is here to help. These days, a politician without professional representation is like a State's Attorney without a conviction. Lacking the services of a professional agent, you -- Mr Career Politician -- are going to be remembered as being Mr-Pants-On-Fire. Because your political career will have been spent warming a seat.
Call your LakeCountyEye today for a ratecard. And a list of satisfied clients.
Labels: Ed Sullivan
In the Wake of the News
The government may have been shut down for 16 days, but there is an ongoing conflict closer to home in Ingleside that has been going strong for more than a decade. The conflict is over the sort of watercraft that are acceptable on Wooster Lake, and is an example of what happens when environmental concerns go against individual property rights. It is also an example of how political clout is wielded in Lake County.
The story appeared in the newspapers as recently as 2011 when the Daily Herald reported that ...
Round Lake village board members have repealed a nearly 6-year-old ordinance that limited boat speed on a private lake. Under a staff recommendation agreed to by the village board, property owners along Wooster Lake are now responsible for settling their differences and deciding whether to have no-wake restrictions for the roughly 100-acre body of water.
One side had obtained a municipal zoning ordinance to get their way. The other side reciprocated by getting a state law changed to overturn the zoning ordinance. The News-Sun reported that ...
Wooster Lake is back to being wide open for boats to travel at any speed after a Round Lake ordinance was rescinded last month. The controversy on the lake goes back many years and resulted in state legislation to allow boat owners to accelerate their boats beyond the no-wake limit that some area residents wanted to impose on the 100-acre lake off Route 134.
In what may be the latest skirmish in the battle, a small claims suit has been filed in Lake County Court.
The complainants charge that restrictive covenants from a Wooster Lake homeowner association filed with the Lake County Recorder of Deeds have slandered the reputation of their neighborhood, and have negatively impacted their property values. The claim is for a judgment of $5000.
To my knowledge, this development has not been covered by any of the newspapers. I will watch the case and post updates.
Improving Learning in Public Schools
The Stevenson Center will host a program on Improving Learning in Public Schools:
Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy
Three giants of school reform, Martin "Mike" Koldyke, founder of AUSL, Academy of Urban School Leadership, and John Simmons, founder of SLI, Strategic Learning Initiatives, discuss working models for improving learning in public education, two vibrant non-profit organizations with moderator, Eleanor Nicholson, co-founder of High Jump, Senior Instructor at Erikson Institute, and twenty-five years in school administration, including two years as Interim Principal of Erie Elementary Charter School.
The Stevenson Center on Democracy
25200 N St Mary's Rd
Mettawa (Libertyville), IL 60048
Cost $15
Coffee and conversation following
There is no joy in Mundelein. As readers of this blog are sadly aware ...
Sullivan's Travails
an Illinois PAC opposed to marriage equality has vowed to defeat State Rep Ed Sullivan Jr in the 2014 Primary. At the same time, State Rep Ed Sullivan Jr is looking at his first credible Primary challenge in more than a decade.
When fear, uncertainty and doubt cloud the erstwhile sunny horizons, your LakeCountyEye turns to one man, Dr. I.M. Bhatschidtkhrazzi, Professor of Political Strategery at the College of Lake County. Your LakeCountyEye met Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi for burgers at Emil's on Route 45.
Your LakeCountyEye saw some irony in the fact that, two years ago, Sullivan was remapped into a heavily Republican district. And now he might be looking at early retirement because of his own party's right-wing.
"Ya, be careful what you wish for." said Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi. "But I wouldn't sell my Sullivan stock short, not quite yet. My recommendation to Sullivan would be to flip, and the sooner the better."
Flip? Your LakeCountyEye was not quite sure what Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi meant -- did that mean to come out of the closet?
"Only if 'come out of the closet' means to switch parties." answered Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi. "If Sullivan runs as a Democrat in 2014 he can count on being State Rep for another twenty years."
Democrat?
"Ya, that's the Party that throws those Jefferson-Jackson dinners." said Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi. "Sullivan would win in any Democratic Primary and without breaking a sweat. Most of the voters in 51 think he is a Democrat, anyways. Why fight city hall?"
Your LakeCountyEye was totally nonplussed. Sullivan, granted, could possibly win in a Democratic primary. But wouldn't the voters feel like they were played, and toss him out in the November election?
"Why don't you ask 'Ex' Sheriff Mark Curran?" When he said Ex, Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi pantomimed air-quotes.
Your LakeCountyEye was not convinced. Could Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi vote for Sullivan if he ran as a Democrat in the general election?
"Absolutely." he said. "And once Sullivan makes it onto the general election ballot he is home-free. The Republicans are sure to nominate some chumbolone who couldn't beat a backyard chicken with a wooden drumstick. Besides, the Sullivan family alone counts for more than half the vote in District 51."
Haha, your LakeCountyEye loves that joke.
"Haha." chuckled Dr. Bhatschidtkhrazzi.
Your LakeCountyEye heard the Metra train coming and took the opportunity to ask if there was any parting advice.
"Tell your operatives that there may just be a position waiting for Sullivan in the Democratic leadership -- something a lot better than what he got from the new House Republican leader. I've been told it's Sullivan's for the asking. All he needs to do is mention my name, Bhatschidtkhrazzi."
It may not be an open seat, but there is a tempting pick-up opportunity for some politician on the rise in Lake County. State Representative Ed Sullivan Jr's right flank might be a tad too exposed in the next primary election; according to the Daily Herald:
A new conservative group will meet Saturday in Lake County to talk to potential primary challengers to Republican state Rep. Ed Sullivan of Mundelein, one of three Illinois Republicans who have pledged to vote for same-sex marriage. The meeting is being arranged by Illinois Families First, a Chicago-based political action committee led by conservative Paul Caprio, who on Wednesday called Sullivan a "Cadillac representative of everything that is wrong with this state."
Same-sex marriage at root of Republican primary push
For those interested in taking on Sullivan in a primary, the Illinois Constitution sets a pretty low bar:
OFFICE: GENERAL ASSEMBLY STATE REPRESENTATIVE
RESIDENCY: United States Citizen and a resident of the district for two years preceding the election and a registered voter.
State of Illinois CANDIDATE'S GUIDE 2014
You're not even asked to show a birth certificate!
Your LakeCountyEye would certainly advise any ambitious young operative looking for a sugar daddy with wads of dough to at least investigate this once-in-a-decade opportunity. Illinois Families First -- an Illinois PAC -- will be talking to potential candidates tomorrow, October 19, from 9AM to 5PM, at the Holiday Inn Express in Libertyville.
What are you waiting for? When you meet tomorrow with Illinois Families First, be sure to tell them that you play to win. And that you are already measuring the drapes in the District 51 State Representative's Springfield office.
For the record, your LakeCountyEye understands that the Holiday Inn Express does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation:
InterContinental Hotels Group Code of Ethics & Business Conduct
Does anyone know if the Federal government has defaulted on its debt obligations, sending the world economy into a post-apocalyptic spiral of death? Ordinarily your LakeCountyEye trusts news alerts from no source other than the Daily Herald -- Lake County's newspaper of record. However the LakeCountyEye mobile device only displays this tantalizingly ominous sign:
And clicking the Daily Herald emergency hyperlink is of not much help either:
Unable to access Daily Herald eEdition? Here's how to fix it
It goes without saying that total economic Armageddon is the sort of desperate time where your neighbor has 24-hour guards posted around the backyard chicken. Mindful of that, your LakeCountyEye may not be able to spare the 99¢ just to find out how desperate things are.
So does anyone know if it's safe to go outdoors -- or does your LakeCountyEye have to wait it out and see if a crew of Mad Max pillagers show up?
Shut Up & Shut Down
Did you know that Lake County Ex-Congressman Joe Walsh has awesome paranormal powers? Here is Walsh, in 2011, taking credit for shutting down the Federal government and torpedoing ObamaCare:
Joe Walsh calls for govt. shutdown
How spooky is that? Brrr!
Of course the government shutdown is ancient history now, and ObamaCare smolders atop the trashheap of history. Can Mr Nostradamus Ex-Congressman Joe Walsh predict if or when the Federal government will go into default on its debt obligations?
Operatives can find out for themselves. Walsh will be at a Downers Grove fundraiser this week:
Downers Grove Township Republican Organization 2013 Annual Reagan Day Dinner
Walsh is scheduled to appear along with Lake County's nominal Congressman, Peter Roskam. Your LakeCountyEye has been told that Walsh and Roskam will be doing their crowd-pleasing Carnac the Magnificent act. This is your opportunity to ask Walsh if government default is fated to be the real deal this time, or just more smoke and mirrors!
The fundraiser is scheduled for Thursday, October 17, which happens to be the debt ceiling deadline -- the exact same day the United States of America risks defaulting on its debt obligations, sending the world economy into turmoil.
Labels: Joe Walsh, Peter Roskam
Surveillance:
The Balance between Privacy and Security in a Democracy
The Stevenson Center will host a program on Surveillance: The Balance between Privacy and Security in a Democracy:
Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III, former Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on the Collection and Production of Intelligence, will serve as moderator of a panel made up of author James Bamford, researcher and writer James Andrew Lewis and former intelligence official Jill Rhodes.
Bestselling author and journalist James Bamford wrote The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA From 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America, the third in a trilogy on the National Security Agency following The Puzzle Palace (1982) and Body of Secrets (2001.) He is a former Investigative Producer for ABC's World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.
James Andrew Lewis is a senior fellow and director of the Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. His current research examines international security and governance in cyberspace, the relationship between innovation and technology, asymmetric warfare, and the effect of the Internet on politics.
Jill Rhodes is Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for Trustmark Companies. Prior to that she spent 20 years working in and with the federal government focusing on intelligence and security issues. She has written and published on several national security law topics.
12 noon -- Lunch
12:30 -- Program
The University Club of Chicago
76 East Monroe Street
Labels: Stevenson Center on Democracy
Eat, Drink and be Meretricious
Lake Zurich -- the Brigadoon of Lake County -- the land that time forgot -- got its fifteen minutes of fame, and then some, this week. As readers of this blog are wistfully aware ...
F is for Friends Who Do Stuff Together
Lake Zurich was the subject of a new Hollywood blockbuster sci-fi space thriller; as well as the scene for an expletive-laden village board meeting. Ordinarily this would be enough excitement for the lifetime of any staid Lake Zurich burgher. But news is now circulating that Lake Zurich's new micro-distillery will be shuttered indefinitely due to the Federal shutdown. According to the Daily Herald, the distillery's owners intended to open ...
Copper Fiddle Distillery in a 2,100-square-foot storefront on Route 22, just east of Rand Road. Copper Fiddle is expected to become the 11th or so small-scale distillery in Illinois. But Copper Fiddle is in a holding pattern in seeking approval for its labels from the U.S. Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau due to the government shutdown that started Oct. 8.
Lake Zurich distillery plan affected by Federal shutdown
Watching furloughed federal workers starve because of the government shutdown is one thing. But depriving people of their distilled spirits is another thing entirely. Operatives are understandably outraged.
It is not known whether Peter Roskam -- Lake County's nominal Congressman -- is outraged. Roskam is the featured guest at an upcoming $150 per plate fundraiser:
The menu includes:
Gumbo of Duck Confit and Wild Boar Sausage
Salad with Goat Cheese Crumbles and McHenry County Wild Ramp Vinaigrette
Combination of Local Grass-Fed Strip Steak and Pop Corn Shrimp with Blue Corn Deep Fried Batter
Purple Mashed Potatoes and Roasted Squash
Apple Crisp with Peach Whipping Cream
Furloughed Federal workers (and those jobless because of the recession) may contact Roskam's congressional office about the availability of any leftover food.
But despair not, your LakeCountyEye has not forgotten ye thirsty operatives. This same McHenry County GOP fundraiser is being promoted as a Scotch Tasting and Dinner:
The event will start with an hour of hors d'oeuvres and the first scotch. A second flight of scotch will accompany a surf and turf dinner, and a third flight will be served with dessert.
The last time your LakeCountyEye attempted a third flight with a bottle of scotch, boy were your LakeCountyEye's arms tired. All kidding aside, it seems that shutting down the government and closing the distilleries may be a very clever way to get people to attend a fundraiser!
McHenry County is a long hike from Peter Roskam's home turf in Wheaton. Your LakeCountyEye should remind the congressman, and operatives, about the importance of appointing a designated driver.
Labels: Peter Roskam
F is for Friends
Who Do Stuff Together
Lake Zurich, the Rodney Dangerfield of Lake County villages, may be on the verge of jumping the shark. The town that can't get no respect, Lake Zurich now plays a prominent role in Hollywood's newest sci-fi blockbuster:
Your LakeCountyEye has not, technically speaking, actually seen Gravity. Informed sources who have seen the movie say Sandra Bullock crash lands the Space Shuttle on Old Rand Road in Lake Zurich; whereupon Bullock and co-pilot George Clooney mistakenly believe they crashed into Neptune; comedy ensues.
But truth, they say, is stranger than thinly veiled fiction. Some Lake Zurichers are more concerned about what to do with the moonscape more commonly recognized as downtown Lake Zurich. A few local burghers are none too pleased about the situation and, according to the News-Sun, developer John Breugelmans and a supporter Greg Schwermer expressed their displeasure to Mayor Tom Poynton at a recent Lake Zurich board meeting:
"You guys are a bunch of f---ing idiots. OK? I've owned property eight years in this village ... and all you guys ... you f--- everything up!" Schwermer screamed. Again, Poynton tried cut off the conversation there. "No, he is not out of order," Breugelmans said. "He is speaking the right language ... because it is a f--- up ... you should be ashamed of trying to run a village like this, you are destroying it."
Trustees hit with expletive-laden tirade after rejecting proposal
Operatives can rest assured that they are not reading your LakeCountyEye's college transcript. All those F minuses you see printed above ...
F---
are really words redacted from the story by a censor. The real question doubtless niggling at every operative is: "Just what the heck was that F-word anyways?" Your LakeCountyEye, for one, does not know.
No stranger to a mystery of any sort, your LakeCountyEye hit the meanstreets of Lake Zurich and proposed the same question to people selected at random. Then quit after 10:
Ten Acceptable F-Bombs to Scream
at Your Next Village Meeting
Friggin
Freakin
Flavin
Francophile
Fur Bearing
Fartface
Freeboodler
Fahrvergnügen
Look for your LakeCountyEye at a Fuddruckers near you.
Labels: Lake Zurich
Princess Nudelman We Hardly Knew Ye
Breaking news, your LakeCountyEye has learned that Princess Nudelman will be retiring in 2014. Nudelman -- a goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus) -- encountered instant celebrity in 2008 when she became the first inter-species county resident to be registered to vote in Lake County.
Nudelman gained national attention, largely through the efforts of Lake County Clerk Willard Helander, when ...
a month before Barack Obama's election to the White House, she announced her office had received an "unprecedented volume" of voter registration forms with fictitious or incorrect information. One form had information for a local resident's dead goldfish, Princess Nudelman, Helander said. Her remarks were picked up by the national media and even "Saturday Night Live."
Lake County Clerk Helander won't run in 2014, cites changes to election laws
The sudden fame led to guest appearances for Nudelman on Saturday Night Live, Deadliest Catch, Lunkerville, as well as a brief stint as a celebrity judge on Dancing with the Stars.
Nudelman's decision to retire was precipitated when negotiations between the Army Corps of Engineers and the owners of Didier Farms broke down over a proposed reservoir in Buffalo Grove:
Army Corps removes Didier Farms from flood relief plan
Nudelman had exclusive signatory rights on the deal, which included plans for upscale water-park at the reservoir, called NudelLand.
Nudelman told your LakeCountyEye that retirement represents an opportunity to spend more time with relatives, and that her near-term itinerary includes swimming back upstream to ancestral spawning grounds in Wooster Lake.
In related news, Lake County Clerk Willard Helander will not run for re-election in 2014.
Labels: princess nudelman
Will Work for Food
The Lake County food pantries and soup kitchens are operating at capacity, serving needy families of furloughed Federal employees. With no end in sight to the shutdown of the US government, everyone is pitching in to help, including Lake County Congressman Randy Hultgren.
As readers of this blog are hungrily aware ...
Hultgren Agonistes
Hultgren is one of the prime movers behind the current Federal impasse. A signer of the the Meadows Letter, Hultgren is among ...
the 80 conservative Republican congressmen who back in August sent a letter to Boehner, demanding that he refuse to pass a spending bill unless ObamaCare is defunded. By some accounts, that letter -- initiated by U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, and backed by groups such as FreedomWorks and Heritage Action -- is the origin of this government shutdown. So who are the members of this "suicide caucus," as it was dubbed by Charles Krauthammer?
Who put the handcuffs on Boehner? These guys did
Perhaps he had second thoughts, but Hultgren is now offering free food to anyone affected by the Federal shutdown:
You just need to show up and be willing to donate a couple hours of work. Hungry volunteers will have their choice of either pizza topped with provenzano, or donuts with a cheesy provenzano filling.
Don't delay, your efforts can help Congressman Hultgren end the debilitating cycle of poverty and hunger in Lake County:
Ideologue Congressman votes to shut down the Federal government.
Furloughed Federal workers go hungry.
Furloughed Federal workers are given food to gather ballot signatures for Ideologue Congressman.
Ideologue Congressman is re-elected.
Labels: Randy Hultgren
If your LakeCountyEye took a free junket to Taiwan for every time asked how to get a Republican into Congress, you would now be reading this in Chinese. Haha, Congress's approval ratings may be in the low negative digits, but getting re-elected to the House of Representatives has never been easier in Lake County. The trick is to position yourself far enough on the extreme Right to scare away any Joe Walsh who wants to run against you in the Primary. But not so extreme that your voters blame you for shutting down the government and bouncing grandma's Social Security check.
Don't take it from your LakeCountyEye. This foolproof pathway to re-election has already been forged by Lake County's stealth Congressman, Randy Hultgren. In August Hultgren signed a letter, along with some 80 other like-minded House Republicans, urging their leadership to "de-fund" ObamaCare by removing it from any appropriation bills -- all at the risk (and now a reality) of shutting down the Federal government:
Since much of the implementation of ObamaCare is a function of the discretionary appropriations process, including the operation of the "mandatory spending" portions of the law, and since most of the citizens we represent believe that ObamaCare should never go into effect, we urge you to affirmatively de-fund the implementation and enforcement of ObamaCare in any relevant appropriations bill brought to the House floor in the 113th Congress, including any continuing appropriations bill.
The Meadows Letter
Once the Primary predators that were circling around got scared off, Hultgren then pivoted to the center by hurrying over to the Daily Herald ...
Congressman Randy Hultgren says he is deeply torn between two mandates from his constituents: Fighting Obamacare and keeping the federal government open for business.
Hultgren's dilemma: Derail Obamacare or keep government running
... to warn everyone about the dire consequences of a government shutdown:
"No one wins with a government shutdown," Hultgren said. "We realize that a government shutdown doesn't defund Obamacare. We need agreement on a continuing resolution."
Your LakeCountyEye would not be surprised if the crafty Hultgren is currently pricing residential real estate in or near Washington D.C. for permanent occupancy.
Of course, the best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry. How many plans are truly foolproof? What if a fact-checker finds the letter that Randy Hultgren signed, and the Daily Herald then spills all the beans?
Did your LakeCountyEye just say fact-checker and Daily Herald in the same sentence? Haha -- foolproof!
Labels: daily herald, Randy Hultgren
Put Down or Shut Down
It's no secret that your LakeCountyEye has been living the lavish lifestyle of a McHenry County blogger, all thanks to the generous support of grants from the NEA, NIH, NSA and other Federal agencies. But with the smackdown shutdown this week of the Federal Government, it is unknown how long the LakeCountyEye lifestyle, that your LakeCountyEye has grown accustomed to, can be maintained.
Ordinarily this level of uncertainty would be enough to drive your LakeCountyEye to drink. Luckily on the very same day the government shut down, ObamaCare became the law of the land -- and not a minute too soon. Your LakeCountyEye can now look forward to a steady flow of government subsidized mood-altering pharmaceuticals, and for many years to come!
Of course not just your LakeCountyEye is feeling the pain of a government shutdown. Whether you know it or not, everyone in Lake County will be impacted, some way or another. Here are 10 repercussions of the government shutdown that may affect you.
Fallout from the Government Shutdown
Ten Things to Watch for in Lake County
Without Federal money, entrance ramps will not be built on the Route 53 Extension.
Peter Roskam's October Taiwan Junket: CANCELLED
Federal medicinal marijuana DEA agents furloughed.
The Six Flags Over Great America National Park will be closed.
Lake County backyard chicken eggs will not be FDA approved.
Marshals will not be deployed to the Lake County Election Commission, to enforce the Federal Voting Rights Act.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco discount outlet shops will all be closed in Lake County.
INS agents will not be guarding the Wisconsin border.
The Zion Nuclear Plant will be shut down for the duration.
Your Second Amendment rights are suspended.
Look for your LakeCountyEye applying for food stamps, near you.
In the Wake of the News: Private Covenants
Surveillance: The Balance between Privacy and Secu...


ASHLAND, Ohio — It has been a family project two years in the making, but Buckeye Country Creamery officially opened to the public in early October during the Ashland County farm tour. And just hours before its grand opening, the Lahmers family awaited final approval to sell their own milk bottled right on the farm.
It was a challenging two-year process, said owner Marcia Lahmers, learning a separate set of regulations to maintain the creamery and the dairy, and learning to prepare all the dairy products they intend to sell. While dairying is a strong suit of the Lahmers family, dairy processing was a new adventure.
Marcia and Tom Lahmers started the family dairy when they moved to Ashland, Ohio, in 1988. With the help of their children, Matt Lahmers, Christy Hulse — who each have families of their own now — and Michele Lahmers, Lahmers Dairy Farm is a true family affair, said Marcia. Christy manages the dairy herd, milking around 100 head of cows that are a mix of Holstein, Brown Swiss and some Jersey cattle, while Tom and Matt can usually be found working the land. Michele took a job off the farm with Cargill, but serves as the dairy's nutritionist.
The Lahmers farm 500 acres of hay, corn and soybeans that mostly go toward feed for the dairy herd. Marcia, Christy's husband, Joel, and Matt's wife, Heather, have taken the lead when it comes to the creamery, although it requires all hands on deck at times.
Heather Lahmers bottles milk at Buckeye Country Creamery. Starting a creamery has been a learning experience for all members of the Lahmers family, but everyone is finding their place when it comes to helping out on the farm.
"We didn't know anything about this," said Heather Lahmers, explaining the family had to learn everything about bottling milk and making ice cream, cheese and yogurt products.
"We visited with 14 different farms, just getting ideas on setup and the best way for marketing our own product," said Joel Hulse. For two years, the family has been making milk a couple gallons at a time, playing around with different recipes in the family kitchen, he said.
And they've gone from two gallons in the kitchen to a 300-gallon pasteurizing tank in the new creamery. The creamery can store around 600-900 gallons of milk before it is bottled for consumers.
Along with a standard white milk in whole and 2 percent offerings, Buckeye Country Creamery also offers chocolate milk and will soon be adding more flavors like strawberry and a flavor of the week to its inventory.
What makes them different from other dairies that bottle their own milk? Marcia said they are focusing on providing A2 milk along with traditional A1 milk. A1 and A2 beta caseins are naturally occurring proteins found in milk. A2 milk contains only the A2 variant, which is believed by some to reduce the effects of lactose intolerance compared to milk containing both caseins.
A small group of cows on the Lahmers farm have been tested for the A2 protein and will be bred specifically to provide this type of milk. Marcia said they will eventually provide other dairy products specifically with A2 milk.
Joel Hulse checks the 300-gallon pasteurizer at Buckeye Country Creamery, in Ashland, Ohio.
Along with milk, Marcia said the creamery will provide ice cream, drinkable yogurt and eventually cheese. All of these products take time to develop and have required family members to take some classes. Joel said he attended six different cheese schools to learn the art of cheese making. Other products just require practice and learning by trial and error.
"Making ice cream is a lot harder than you would think," said Heather. She said the challenge was in the freezing process. Christy has been working on perfecting the yogurt recipe by experimenting in her home kitchen.
As well as selling their product right of the farm (currently open Saturdays from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.), Marcia said there has been interest in wholesale from farm markets in Ashland, Holmes and Crawford counties.
Current hours on the farm are Saturdays, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.


I think this is the best toy invented. A bucket of bricks + a child = imagination at work. Enough said!
We were fortunate enough to live near a LEGO store and would visit it when we could. We decided to go in December when it was decorated for Christmas. When we walked in to the mall, we were greeted by an amazing life size LEGO Santa in his sleigh. Later on, these guys had a field day playing with the newly acquired treasures!
I used textured LEGO papers and embellishments in a simple design that could handle the amount of photos. The black background had more impact than white. The photos are too busy to try anything else. I think this was the beginning of my realization that I like to add humor into my pages.
I hope you will come and join us this week over at Child's Play Challenges.


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She grew up in small towns in Maine and New Hampshire. With Strout's vivid and mesmerizing storytelling, her books received national recognition: her first novel, Amy and Isabelle, won the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize, and was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and for the Orange Prize in England; her second novel, Abide with Me, was a national bestseller and a Book Sense pick; her 2016 novel My Name is Lucy Barton, became a #1 New York Times bestseller and was longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize; Anything is Possible won the Story Prize 2017/2018; and The Burgess Boys, a New York Times Bestseller, was named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post. The Burgess Boys had also been optioned by HBO and Robert Redford for a miniseries. Her latest novel, Oh William!, is a follow-up to My Name is Lucy Barton and a New York Times bestseller.
Additionally, Strout published her short stories in a number of magazines, including The New Yorker and O: The Oprah Magazine. Her short story collection, Olive Kitteridge, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction, won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for fiction and was also adapted into an Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, and Bill Murray.
In her 2019 New York Times bestseller, Olive, Again, Strout revisited the iconic indomitable character. Olive, Again was Oprah's Book Club pick and also was named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post, Time, and Chicago Tribune, among others.
Strout lives in New York City, and speaks at literary series, libraries, and colleges and universities across the country.
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I've written a few articles for Associated Content now, as I said I would in a previous post. I'm not thrilled, I must say. Sure, there's a learning curve as to what they want, but I don't know if I have the patience to figure it all out. Of the 7 or so articles I've submitted, two have been accepted for upfront payment for under $4.
Several others were declined for various reasons. One article was determined to be "humor," which they don't usually offer upfront payments for. Another had spelling "errors" (I disagree with their spellchecker, but I fixed the words their system "caught"), and another one or two just weren't the types of articles they offer payments for (current events and articles that aren't "in-depth" enough.
Luckily, I've been able to take some of the declined articles and sell them elsewhere instead. Otherwise I'm just leaving them as "Performance Paid" articles, and we'll see what happens.
Thinking of getting a pet cockatiel?
I believe I submitted four articles to Associated Content. The one that wasn't accepted for upfront payment was rejected because the topic was too broad.
I used Associated Content for a few weeks in November, but I haven't used them since that time. I'm not too impressed with the payment I know I could make more elsewhere.
Hi Opal. Yeah, I'm not that happy with the payment. I can definitely get more other places. If I were someone who just sat around all day writing articles for the heck of it, then it wouldn't be a problem I guess. Or if I had a whole bunch of articles I'd been sitting on for years. But to go out of my way to write an article for a few dollars isn't a good use of my time.
They say my articles are too broad or too common. Oh well. I gave it a try and didn't waste too much time.
You're going in the right direction. Keep up the good work. Get a few regular gigs like hubpages. There's a few more of the same kind, if you do a little bit of searching…A word of warning, though. It won't last more than 2-3 months. You might want to plan for that.
Thanks Triphow. I was getting that feeling too. I also realized I probably can't write about rats or birds for longer than a few months anyway. There isn't that much to say, I don't think.
Thanks for the heads up. I guess you can't stop looking or marketing.
This is helpful information. I was just thinking of looking into AC myself, but $4 sure doesn't sound like much. Have you tried Work it, Mom! yet? That's another one on my research list.
Where were you able to place the declined articles?
Hi Angela. I did sell all but one of the articles. I'll probably just use it on one of my blogs when the time is right. I'll check out Work It, Mom! and see how that goes. Or feel free to report back to us to let us know how it worked out.
Hmm… Thanks for the post. I liked the writing. Keep it up.
AC really ticked me off by discountinuing their affiliate program and not telling anyone.
So how does this work? Do they bid a certain amount for your work? Or do you offer to write a post for them for a certain amount?
sometimes, we win some, and we lose some. but the bigger thing is that what one success teaches us, one failure teaches us many more times over.but were u able to sell all the declined articles?
I've look at places like AC and not been too impressed with what I have seen. I'll be checking back to see how you are doing.
As a blogger there are a number of Paid Post companies out there, again, it is not big money-$5 to $10 is about what I get for a post. But these are small bits of writing, usually just a few hundred words and a link or two to a website. Smorty has accepted my blog posts and paid me quickly by Paypal.
I never tried AC, but I did go ahead and try CC (Constant Content). The difference between the two is you just "park" your articles on CC (upload them and leave them there for buyers to peruse) and you can select "Best Offer" to represent your sale, along with your chosen price or you can just choose a price and leave it at that until it sells. I was skeptical, but I've already sold five articles. Granted, I'm not rich yet but these are literally articles I've had sitting in my files collecting dust. The key is to only sell with "Usage rights" and that means you can sell the same article again and again to different Editors/Website owners. It's pretty neat. You can sell photos as well. There are just different submission guidelines for each category.
I am pleased so far and wish you the best should you decide to try them out.
Creative Writing's last blog post..Deepavali (Diwali), the Festival of Lights: India's National Festival Is Today!
I think you did great in all of the rat articles, lots of good information!
I have tried them recently and it seems they are a bit better now.


The former head of the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials was in North Dakota Wednesday to inspect the Dakota Access pipeline. Brigham McCown said he cannot recall a case where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ever withdrew permits that were validly issued, and he believes the manner of that withdrawal should give everyone pause.
Meanwhile, Chairman of the Morton County Commission Cody Schulz pushed back on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decision to further review the pipeline's crossing at Lake Oahe, saying the federal agency is endangering everyone involved, and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe announced a media event at the Oceti Sakowin camp on Friday. The event is to include tours of the camp and interviews with a variety of celebrities and influencers, as well as 25 of the youth water protectors who met with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama when the two visited the tribe in 2014.


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Q: akka can I override the stop functionality? Is it possible to capture the stop event on a actor whether is be from PoisonPill or context.stop()? Essentially, I would like to have the actor become() a "dieing" event loop, so that I can wait for things to close, and then when things do close, call context.stop(self) that will close normally. This seems kind've cyclical, so I am open to different approaches.
I should also ask, is there a way to to override the way the parent closes it's children?
Sorry that there are two questions here.

A: Very simple answer to both questions: define your own message type for initiating your shutdown sequence and handle that within your actor in any way you like.

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← Lifeworld Perspectives on the Experience of Living Close to a Person With Dementia (Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy / BBC News)
Dementia Researchers Recognised and Rewarded (BBC News / Lundbeck Foundation) →
Pollution of All Types: A Broad Review of the Health Implications (Department of Health / BBC News)
The Chief Medical Officer's latest annual report summarises the latest emerging evidence about all types of pollution. The press release talks of four main topics:
Pollution arising from healthcare.
Pollution and health inequalities.
Emerging pollution-related issues.
Pollution measurement and communication of the likely risks.
The main sections in the main report cover:
Pollution from the Health and Care System.
21st century chemicals.
New horizons.
Health economics of interventions to reduce pollution.
Pollution and inequality.
Environmental health – response to pollution.
Pollution – data, surveillance and health impacts.
Measurement and communication of health risks from pollution.
Note: One perhaps noteworthy omission from this report is any detailed examination of environmental prion contamination, there being little explicit mention of the human and animal prion diseases (vCJD and BSE / scrapie etc.).
Triggle, N. (2018). Public at risk from 'daily cocktail of pollution'. London: BBC Health News, March 2nd 2018.
Annual report of the Chief Medical Officer 2017: Health impacts of all pollution – what do we know? London: Department of Health and Social Care, March 2nd 2018.
Possibly of interest:
Seven charts that explain the plastic pollution problem. London: BBC Science & Environment News / BBC Health News, December 10th 2017.
Microplastics in Bottled Water
Bottled water may contain an average of ten plastic particles (microplastics) per litre:
Shukman, D. (2018). Plastic particles found in bottled water. London: BBC Science & Environment News / BBC Health News, March 15th 2019.
NHS to Reduce Reliance on Catering Plastic
"The NHS bought at least 163 million plastic cups, 16 million pieces of plastic cutlery, 15 million straws and 2 million plastic stirrers last year. If the NHS cut its use of catering plastic in half it could mean over 100 million fewer items each year end up polluting the oceans or in landfill".
NHS bids to cut up to 100 million plastic straws, cups and cutlery from hospitals. [Online]: NHS England, October 12th 2019.
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When we walked into the lecture theatre, I have to admit, I was somewhat afraid that this artist talk was going to be like the CGI talk we had last term. I was pleasantly surprised to find that CGI was a very small portion of the work that Rehana Zaman does.
Rehana Zaman is an artist based in London working with moving image and performance. Her work considers the interplay of multiple social dynamics that constitute subjects along particular socio-political formations. These narrative based artworks, often deadpan and neurotic, are frequently generated through conversation and collaboration with others. Recent screenings and exhibitions include Tenderpixel, London, Artist Moving Image Festival, ICA, London, London Feminist Film Festival, Contemporary Art Tasmania, The Irish Film Institute, Dublin, The Tetley, Leeds, Studio Voltaire, The Showroom and Whitechapel Gallery, London, Projections Art Rotterdam, Konsthalle C, Stockholm and Baro, São Paolo.
Rehana Zaman first told us that the works she would show us are those that have been made and exhibited in the past three years, and that she is showing us the work in the most clear way that she found. Only then, did I find out that she works with film.
The most recent of her works 'Tell me a story of these things', I initially thought was a refugee story. Rehana then enlightened us to the fact that this series looks at diversity. Throughout this film, there was what looked like artworks using the ingredients for a recipe – turns out these were slowly being used to make curry. Throughout the three parts of this exhibition, you increasingly gain reflections into the world of the speaker and her personal experiences in education, the world, being born and raised in Pakistan, but living much of her life in England. There was also appropriated material used within these films in the form of an e-learning prevent video in response to terrorism and radicalisation, especially in young people. This is framed as a child protection policy. Rehana was introduced to this as her role as a lecturer and the works that she has previously completed. There are layers of different figures throughout the work and all are framed as certain people, but Rehana wanted to pull this preconception apart and hollow it out. What makes this film personal to Rehana is that the central figure, is her sister, and so she herself is positioned somewhere within this film, even if that is unintentional. The form of the films are that of an unstructured interview. Rehana mentioned that she didn't have anything in particular that she wanted to ask her sister, but she knew that she wanted it to become quite personal. The conversation was created through and relied upon the relationship between the two sisters and the activity of cooking curry to create a conversation.
Next, we were shown a clip of one of her quicker works; a 22 minute film looking at different women with different spontaneous or scripted stories, intertwined with different treatments being carried out in a salon. For example, one of these women shared how her boyfriend of the time had saved a woman from chocking, but she was left there as a nobody. Rehana wanted to look at memories and how we share accounts. Not only this, but also the way in which when we share accounts, they can somewhat fall apart. These came out of several personal experiences including a discussion at the Tate of a screening and to respond from her own perspective – she mentioned that she thought about universal female subjectivity and the process of tearing this apart.
In a somewhat answer to the screening at the Tate, Rehana created a multi-screen work sketching out different bodies and the colours of different bodies. This was done through a giantess and attempting to find a body that isn't particularly tied to anything. Instead, she found that the brown giantess that she used, gave elements of terror and contrastingly, love.
To finish off the talk, 3 years ago, Rehana felt that this was a turning point for herself and her work, with the project 'some women, other women and all the bitter men'. This looks at the relationship between the former Tetley (now Carlsberg) workers in Leeds, and those part of the migrant domestic workers. When we first started watching it, the clip reminded me of a 'Holby City' kind of vibe, and especially part of the soap-opera genre. But then, reality hit with the clips of current migrant domestic workers are trying to get their needs across to the general public. It is almost as if it is showing the two sides of what the general public think and then the real truth of the matter. While filming, Rehana said that it was unclear what the involvement with the domestic workers would lead to, until later on in filming. The domestic workers ultimately wanted for the general public to see the difficulties with their visas. This project and pieces of work also creates the question of collaboration, as there are elements of the Tetley workers, a campaign film and an art film. Rehana did mention towards the end that she does like to question authenticity, which is an element which can be seen throughout her works.


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The Housemaid

      Jul 8, 2011
      1 min.

O longa possui algumas reviravoltas que podem soar esquisito à cultura ocidental, mas a base do drama, que são os acontecimentos macabros rodeando a honrada família do professor de piano, criam um clima, se não de tensão, definitivamente macabro e sexy.
Existe na literatura e no folclore em geral muito sobre o mito da viúva negra, por analogia ao comportamento reprodutivo dessa espécie de aranha. Cada um interpreta de uma forma.

Transformers O Lado Oculto da Lua

      Jul 6, 2011
      2 min.

É muito difícil para quem começa a estudar aos poucos os segredos do cinema descobrir o que faz um filme ruim. Apenas o fato de não gostar do que se vê não é argumento satisfatório para entender quais mecanismos estão ali (ou não) para sabotar por completo uma experiência cinematográfica tão bem sucedida tecnicamente, como para mim foi esse Transformers 3.
É muito óbvio perceber pequenos erros de montagem, que é quando uma cena não casa com a próxima, ou um conjunto delas.

Os Pinguins do Papai

      Jul 4, 2011
      2 min.

Sinopse: A vida de um homem de negócios começar a mudar após ele herdar de seu pai seis pinguins. Conforme ele avança em sua vida pessoal, sua vida profissional começa a despencar.
Odeio falar mal dos filmes que não gosto, mas Os Pinguins do Papai é fraco, oportunista e covarde.
Fraco porque não consegue de fato criar um arco dramático que se preze. Se no começo enxergamos Mr. Popper como um vendedor sem escrúpulos, quando ele começa a conviver com os pinguins enxergamos, na verdade, o mesmo Mr.

A Árvore

      Jul 1, 2011
      1 min.

Estava aguardando ansioso por esse dia. E confesso que foi exatamente como eu esperava. Com uma direção focada em contar sobre uma família que vive às sombras de uma gigantesca árvore que serve de confessionário, com direito a cenas de pseudo-terror (com reflexo no vidro do carro seguido por câmera lateral) e com uma visão bem peculiar sobre como conduzir a vida, apesar dos infortúnios que atingem todo mundo.

Além da Vida

      Jul 1, 2011
      2 min.

Para quem não havia assistido o trailer do novo trabalho de Clint Eastwood (Menina de Ouro), tem a impressão que os conflitos do primeiro ato são apresentados de uma maneira mais impactante do que um drama seria capaz. Como o exemplo mais marcante, escolho a situação em que se encontra Marie LeLay (Cécile de France), uma jornalista de sucesso e que passa o momento mais claustrofóbico do longa.
A disposição dos elementos do cenários, dos próprios personagens e, principalmente, dos enquadramentos utilizados fazem com que o acontecimento que está por vir se torne estarrecedor por natureza, mas não totalmente imprevisto.

Entrando Numa Fria Maior Ainda com a Família

      Jul 1, 2011
      1 min.

Filme um pouco mais recatado que os outros da série, traz piadas mais contidas, um senso mais família, com De Niro no automático e Ben Stiller pouco inspirado em suas caretas.
Ainda sai de tom com conflitos montados e desmontados na mesma hora, como a participação “especial” de Hoffman encontrando sua mulher com o simpático Kevin (e o beijo entre eles logo se desfaz), ou a luta final entre Jack e Greg, quando, ao entrar na ambulância, Jack confessa ter notado ele falar a verdade quando disse sobre a noite passada pela pulsação (e por que continuaram brigando?

Psicose

      Jun 30, 2011
      2 min.

A sensação de assistir Psicose na telona do cinema se compara a voltar ao próprio tempo em que o filme estreou. Ainda considerando que a última vez que o assisti estava eu abaixo da regra dos 15 anos e, portanto, livre do meu senso crítico, me fez revisitar as sequências mais importantes do longa como se agora sim eu tivesse algo a dizer. Ledo engano. Saí do cinema sem saber mentalizar uma frase sequer.

O Segredo dos Seus Olhos

      Jun 26, 2011
      3 min.

Juan José Campanella (O Filho da Noiva, Clube da Lua) mostra como um roteiro bem escrito e uma direção impecável conseguem apresentar duas tramas entrecortadas de uma maneira tão fluida e transparente que, no fundo, parece que estamos assistindo a uma única história. Como se fosse pouco, a narrativa se desenvolve alternando um presente e um passado separados por mais de 25 anos. Em uma obra com tantas virtudes, acompanhar a evolução do personagem de Ricardo Darín (Un Cuento Chino) através desses dois momentos em sua vida é mais um bônus nesse filme que merece ser assistido por muitas e muitas vezes.

Guerra nas Estrelas (Star Wars Episódio IV: Uma Nova Esperança)

      Jun 23, 2011
      3 min.

Sem modelos anteriores além dos arquétipos narrativos como a clássica jornada do herói, o primeiro Guerra nas Estrelas brilha pela sua produção inusitada. Flertando entre o trash e o onírico fantasioso precursor da era das superproduções, o trabalho de George Lucas transita sem avisar entre o risível e o épico. Ele pode ser entendido como a mescla perfeita que gera o pop, esse sentimento de auto-importância criado na base do berro que fascinou e fascina gerações.

Quebrando o Tabu

      Jun 23, 2011
      2 min.

Existem filmes que não são apenas interessantes de se assistir como mais uma manifestação de arte. Os documentários, por natureza, quase sempre tentam nos envolver em algum tipo de realidade que, por muitas vezes não fazer parte da nossa, é preciso ser escancarada e dissecada da maneira como os idealizadores do projeto acreditam ser importante.
É pegando carona na opinião de figuras eminentes de nossa época, e o próprio testemunho dessas pessoas que estavam erradas em seus conceitos sobre o tráfico de drogas e que, conforme observamos hoje em dia, a declarada “Guerra às Drogas” não tem surtido efeito nos últimos 40 anos.

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Hundreds of people have gathered this morning in Ballyroan and Portlaoise to search for missing woman, Aoife Phelan.
The Ballyroan woman has now been missing for over a week. She was was last seen on Thursday, October 25, after spending time at a friend's house in the Colliers View estate in Portlaoise.
Last Thursday evening a candlelight vigil was held for Ms Phelan in the area of Colliers Lane.
Gardai have renewed their appeal for information.
During the week Gardai again spoke to a number of her friends and family.
Searches, to date, in and around Portlaoise and Mountmellick, have yielded nothing, while an examination of her phone records, bank account and Facebook account show no activity since last Thursday night week.
During the week, Garda Superintendent, Yvonne Lundon, appealed again to the public for more any information in relation to the missing woman who understood to be pregnant.
Aoife Phelan is described as being approximately 5'7'' in height, slim build, has long blonde/sandy coloured hair and blue eyes. When last seen she was wearing jeans and a knitted jumper. She also has a red bomber style jacket with her.


MIRA LOMA, CA - RSI Professional Cabinet Solutions named Nick Magee to the post of Northern California General Manager.
RSI is expanding its frameless European-style cabinetry operations into the region. Magee will manage RSI's new construction and renovation business segments, which the cabinet manufacturer says are rapidly expanding. RSI PCS recently doubled its capacity at the Mira Loma, CA production plant.
In addition to business development, Magee is responsible for managing jobsite contracting and logistical processes for the area.
"His extensive knowledge, experience, capabilities and business relationships is an ideal addition to our company," says Eric VanDerHeyden, president and COO, RSI Professional Cabinet Solutions.
Magee has over 10 years of broad experience in the cabinetry and logistics industries, including time in operations, contracting and account management. He was with MasterBrand Cabinets for eight years managing professional and do-it-yourself channels through retailers and builder remodelers. Before that Magee was with Con-Way shipping and logistics.
The RSI PCS frameless European-inspired cabinetry has larger and deeper drawers, wider openings for more storage, and high quality hardware, full overlay doors, and light rail moldings.


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The Los Angeles Press Club named L.A. Weekly staff writer Gene Maddaus as Print Journalist of the Year at its annual Southern California Journalism Awards. In addition, L.A. Weekly staffers Zachary Pincus-Roth (Entertainment Feature), Catherine Wagley (Entertainment Reviews/Criticism), Darrick Rainey (Design), and Libby Molyneaux (Headline) received first place awards.
OC Weekly picked up eight awards overall. First place nods went to Gustavo Arellano (Business Reporting), Matt Coker (Sports Reporting), and Michelle Woo (Personality Profile).


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Looks like Doctor Who will now air on a SUNDAY rather than the usual Saturday, starting on October 7th on BBC One (UK). It will also air simultaneously on BBC America.
This might actually help, given that Saturday nights can often see it competing with many strong shows.
I've probably mentioned before that I really am the most boring gamer ever.
As a PC-exclusive gamer, I tend to play the same old games over and over again, but what are some of your favourite games that you keep coming back to?
Going back in time again, I play Settlers 3 onwards fairly regularly. An age of empires-style building game, although slower paced, and more resource-focused. The later games are geared more more on battle/story, but are still good.
The first time I played this (And the sequel), I was absolutely amazed at how good the story was. It's little dated now, but I still enjoy the story and making changes to the characters to keep things interest.
I admit I never got into the Star Wars: The Old Republic (The online incarnation).
What do you keep coming back to?
You've probably all heard it now, but in case you've been living under a rock, here is the announcement where Sir Patrick Stewart announces he will be staring in a new Star Trek series.
Pronounced = 'Peat' to you Scottish fold.
How is the new forum going?


The Japanese unit of US technology giant Google LLC was told by tax authorities that it failed to declare about ¥3.5 billion (S$44 million) in income by recording revenue through Google's Singaporean unit in the business year ending December 2015, according to sources.
Revenue from Google Japan's advertising business was paid to Google's unit in Singapore, where tax rates are lower. The Japanese unit then received an amount comprising the transferred operating expenses with an 8 per cent bonus from the Singapore unit.
The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau concluded that profits of the Japanese unit had been kept low by effectively shifting them to Singapore, the sources said.
Back taxes for the Japanese unit, based in Minato Ward, Tokyo, are believed to be about ¥1 billion. The company agreed to revise its declared income for the year ending December 2015, and it also voluntarily reported about ¥6 billion in additional corporate income for the 2016 business year, in line with the tax bureau's notification, according to the sources.
Internet technology giants - such as Google, Apple Inc., Facebook, Inc. and Amazon.com, Inc., collectively known as GAFA - have faced persistent criticism for shifting profits obtained elsewhere to related companies in countries with lower corporate tax rates. Establishing an appropriate system of taxation has become an international issue.
According to the sources, most of Google's revenue has come from advertising since its exponential growth from a service displaying advertisements related to search queries. The Japanese unit conducted sales promotion and consulting services for advertisers and advertising firms in Japan in the form of support for the Singaporean unit.
Advertising fees and other payments from advertisers and advertising firms were paid to the Singaporean unit. The Japanese unit then received the equivalent amount with an 8 per cent bonus.
The effective corporate tax rate for fiscal 2015 was 32.11 per cent in Japan and 17 per cent in Singapore.
The bonus paid to the Japanese unit should be linked to its advertising revenue and other earnings, according to the Tokyo taxation bureau.
The tax bureau concluded that Google Japan had transferred part of its income to Singapore, where the income tax rate is lower, through a method in which a fixed rate bonus was used to keep its revenue low, the sources said.
Its declared income for the 2015 business year had been about ¥7 billion before the revision. However, after advertising fees and other revenues were incorporated, the declared income totaled about ¥10.5 billion, up about ¥3.5 billion from the initial figure, according to the sources. Similarly, its declared income for the year ending December 2016 amounted to well over ¥10 billion, up about ¥6 billion.
A Google Japan official said, "We are unable to confirm facts regarding a failure to declare income or payment of back taxes."
The Japanese unit was established in February 2001 as a joint-stock company. It was changed into a limited liability company in November 2016.
Google does not make public its sales in the Japanese market.


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Home Page Selection News Iran-China-Russia new triangular in multilateral diplomacy: Russian envoy
Iran-China-Russia new triangular in multilateral diplomacy: Russian envoy
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan September 15, 2022. President Website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)
A senior Russian diplomat says his "productive" talks with his Iranian and Chinese counterparts on issues of common interest are indicative of the emergence of a new triangular in multilateral diplomacy.
Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov made the comment in a post on his Twitter account on Thursday.
"The permanent missions of China, Iran and Russia held productive trilateral consultations on issues of common interest," he said.
"Doesn't it look like a new triangular in multilateral diplomacy- #China, #Iran and #Russia?" the top Russian diplomat tweeted, emphasizing that such a format "can easily enlarge."
Ulyanov added that many countries are in favor of multilateralism and oppose unilateralism.
"There are many (if not majority of) states who are in favour of multilateralism and against attempts to keep unilateral world alive at all costs," he said.
Since the United States' withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in 2018 followed by subsequent sanctions aimed at crushing the Iranian economy, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has underlined the necessity of pressing ahead with efforts to neutralize the sanctions and counter the US unilateralism.
Under that strategy, Iran has tried to adopt an East-oriented economic policy, expanding its ties with neighboring and other Asian countries and striving to become self-sufficient in key domains.
Iran and China signed a landmark 25-year comprehensive strategic partnership agreement in March last year in defiance of the US's unilateral sanctions.
The deal officially documents the Sino-Iranian Comprehensive Strategic Partnership that had been announced during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Tehran in 2016. It sets the outlines of the two countries' cooperation in political, cultural, security, defense, regional, and international domains for the next 25 years.
Iran and Russia are also eyeing a twenty-year strategic partnership treaty that would lay out the roadmap for future expansion of ties at all levels, from politics to economy and security.
SOURCE: Press Tv
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