Big Brother wants to watch January 5th, 2009 What is up with state governments wanting to install GPS tracking units in vehicles so they can tax miles driven…. and also have the ability to track your every move! First there’s the left coast state of Oregon and now I see my own state of Wisconsin is proposing such an abomination to privacy and freedom. Fortunately, the Wisconsin tracking plan is just one proposal in a much larger, much more long term project planning activity. Unlike Oregon’s

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(from ChappedLypse.com/milwaukee) We Want You! We are looking for models of all ages, shapes, and sizes to be a part of Brewlypse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We are a group of Getty Images and iStockphoto.com photographers from throughout the Midwest. January 21st through the 25th, we will converge on Milwaukee and take the modeling and stock photography worlds by storm. We need models who will be available to shoot everything from fashion to bodybuilding/fitness to cooking and housework. If y

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Children’s Hospital Boston ranked 2nd in US January 4th, 2009 MILWAUKEE—Children’s Hospital Boston has been ranked No. 2 overall by Parents magazine. The magazine surveyed more than 100 children’s hospitals about survival rates, staff expertise and research. It says Children’s Hospital Boston published more than 800 studies in the last two years — and many of the results improved kids’ care right away. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was ranked No. 1 overall, and Wisconsin was rated No

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Some Winter cons for your gaming pleasure Posted on December 27, 2008 by Milo. Categories: Uncategorized. Cryptic ConFusion Website: http://www.stilyagi.org/cons/confusion.html
 Where: Troy, MI
 Dates: January 23 - 25, 2009
 Location: Detroit-Troy Marriot
 Contact: confusion09@stilyagi.org Description: ConFusion is an annual convention of fans of science fiction, fantasy, horror, filk, anime, comics, and gaming, in no particular order. It is put on each year by the Stilyagi Air Corps and

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It was during one of those deliveries when, at age 7 and sitting in the back seat, I read an article in The Milwaukee Journal that explained the origins of Santa Claus. It opened my eyes but I didn’t let on for a while, perhaps thinking …

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One Wisconsin Now has done its job publicizing progressive issues in Wisconsin, and there’s no better way to recognize OWN’s work and potential in the years to come by including the group in your year-end giving. OWN’s website is here. There is an online donation button on the right index. OWN is a 501-C-4 organization, so contributions are not tax-deductible. OWN also operates a tax-exempt, 501-C-3 organization - - The Institute for One Wisconsin, on whose board I sit - - and online contrib

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The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission has finally appointed its Housing study advisory committee. Here is its website: Note there are no meetings scheduled. The last SEWRPC regional housing study was completed in 1975, having been requested by then-City of Milwaukee Mayor Henry Meier.

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So I’ve been in Milwaukee for three months now, nearly four, and things are finally starting to settle. My first semester of classes is over, I’m finishing up my dissertation, am all unpacked, and even have a one-night show with one of my art classes opening this Friday (more on that tomorrow). It’s time to really start making again, I’ve decided, and part of that, for my current practice at least, means finding a great collaborator. Enter Jessica Meuninck-Ganger. Jessica, the head of “Printmak

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5K event included a run and fun walk. (Photos by Julie A. Jacob) By Julie A Jacob The overcast December sky and soft snowfall did not faze the thousand or so people who gathered at Racine Lutheran High School on Saturday for the 12th annual Racine Jingle Bell 5K Run/Walk for Arthritis. The walkers and runners, many dressed in festive holiday clothing including antler hats, red bows and, yes, jingle bells, participated in the race around Island Park to help raise money for the Arthritis Found

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December 3rd, 2007 - We brought Ari home for the very 1st time…. December 3rd, 2008 - and there I was, bringing Ari home AGAIN WHAT ?!?!? SURPRISE (well to my family at least) - Ari and I jumped on a plane and flew home (well to my childhood home) to visit family. We were very sneaky about it and only Oma was in on the big surprise… (I wouldn’t have told her either except I needed a lot of baby supplies to be ready and waiting for me when we got here and I needed a ride home from the airport

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