When NYPD officer Lawrence DePrimo saw an older homeless man sitting outside a store on 42nd Street without shoes or socks on a freezing night, there was no hesitation on his part to help.
DePrimo was on counterterrorism patrol on November 14 in Times Square when he came across the man. He immediately went to a nearby Skechers shoe store, purchased socks and a $100 pair of boots out of his own money.
The officer's generous act of compassion was caught on camera unbeknownst to him by Jennifer Foster, a tourist from Arizona and also the Communications Director for the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.
Foster said she saw the man asking for change and just as she was about to approach him, the officer appeared. She took a photo of the interaction and then emailed it to the NYPD with a note commending the officer.
She wrote: “Right when I was about to approach, one of your officers came up behind him. The officer said, ‘I have these size 12 boots for you, they are all-weather. Let’s put them on and take care of you.’ The officer squatted down on the ground and proceeded to put
socks and the new boots on this man. The officer expected NOTHING in return and did not know I was watching. I have been in law enforcement for 17 years. I was never so impressed in my life. I did not get the officer’s name. It is important, I think, for all of us to remember the real reason we are in this line of work. The reminder this officer gave to our profession in his presentation of human kindness has not been lost on myself or any of the Arizona law enforcement officials with whom this story has been shared."
The NYPD posted the photo and Foster's note to their official Facebook page and it immediately went viral with over 425,000 "likes", 142,000 "shares" and generating 31,000 comments.
“I still have a grudge against law enforcement everywhere,” wrote one commenter on the police Facebook page. “But my respects to that fine officer.”
Officer DePrimo, 25, is a three year veteran of the NYPD , lives at home with his parents on Long Island said he was shocked at the attention and had no idea Foster was watching let alone taking a photo.
DePrimo said it was freezing that night and he could see the blisters on the man's feet. He went on to say he had two pairs of socks on himself and still was cold.
The man's face lit up when DePrima returned with the boots, knelt down beside him and put them on.
The officer said he never did get the homeless man's name but he was "the most polite gentleman he had met". DePrima even offered to buy the man a hot cup of coffee but as soon as the boots were on, the man declined and went on his way.
2012年11月29日星期四
2012年11月20日星期二
The shoes arrive in a kid-friendly shoebox
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Watertown recently wrapped up a service project aimed at lending a hand — or perhaps a foot, in this case — to those in need.
The church collected 686 pairs of shoes, or 835 pounds, to donate to Soles4Souls, a national organization that donates shoes to those who need them across the United States and in other parts of the world. The organization is particularly active in donating shoes in the aftermath of natural disasters, and was formed in response to the 2004 tsunami in Asia.
Cherie Greenhagen, a St. Paul’s member who helped organize the drive as part of a women’s group service project, said she was caught off guard by how well the members of her church responded to the collection effort.
“It was a great service project, and it was amazing how the community came together and brought in their shoes,” Greenhagen said. “It was something so easy, but it turned into a great event.”
The service project came about when 30 women from the church attended an annual retreat, the theme of which this year was “Beautiful Feet.” The group wanted to find a service project to fit the theme, and settled on Soles4Souls.
The collection effort lasted about 5 weeks, and organizers originally figured they might be able to take the shoes to several of the dropoff locations in the Twin Cities. However, each location accepts no more than 30 pairs of shoes, and this particular effort quickly soared way past that number.
“When they started coming in, we were like “Oh gosh, we’re going to have to ship them because there is no way we’re going to be able to haul them to enough locations to drop these off,” Greenhagen said. “It was a great experience. It’s amazing how many people have that many pairs of shoes sitting in their closet that can help other people in need. It was really nice to see that.”
To ship the 835 pounds of shoes — which took up 38 boxes — it cost more than $300. To cover the shipping costs, the church hosted a dinner called Harvesting4Souls and raised well over the amount needed for shipping the shoes.
Just in time for the colder weather, FootPals has just expanded their lineup to include calf-length zippered boots – perfect for the upcoming snow. Choose from bunny, gator, koala or monkey boots for colder outdoor adventures. Their original line of velcro-closure shoes include bunnies, monkeys, gators, koalas, and pandas. Boots and shoes come in a variety of colors for both boys and girls. Most importantly, they are comfortable with every step, and made with quality-tested materials. They also meet all Consumer Product Safety Commission guidelines.
FootPals quality details include intricate stitching and dimensional eyes, and durable, lightweight and flexible soles. Their secure fit, roomy toe box, and moisture wicking insoles are perfect for active and growing feet. They're also easy to take on and off, perfect for parents and independent kids - unless of course they refuse to take them off!
The shoes arrive in a kid-friendly shoebox, reminiscent of an antique travel suitcase, complete with an adventure packet. Kids can name their Pals with the pet license, and add stickers to their FootPals passport for each adventure they take their Pals on, from visiting the park to going to school.
The church collected 686 pairs of shoes, or 835 pounds, to donate to Soles4Souls, a national organization that donates shoes to those who need them across the United States and in other parts of the world. The organization is particularly active in donating shoes in the aftermath of natural disasters, and was formed in response to the 2004 tsunami in Asia.
Cherie Greenhagen, a St. Paul’s member who helped organize the drive as part of a women’s group service project, said she was caught off guard by how well the members of her church responded to the collection effort.
“It was a great service project, and it was amazing how the community came together and brought in their shoes,” Greenhagen said. “It was something so easy, but it turned into a great event.”
The service project came about when 30 women from the church attended an annual retreat, the theme of which this year was “Beautiful Feet.” The group wanted to find a service project to fit the theme, and settled on Soles4Souls.
The collection effort lasted about 5 weeks, and organizers originally figured they might be able to take the shoes to several of the dropoff locations in the Twin Cities. However, each location accepts no more than 30 pairs of shoes, and this particular effort quickly soared way past that number.
“When they started coming in, we were like “Oh gosh, we’re going to have to ship them because there is no way we’re going to be able to haul them to enough locations to drop these off,” Greenhagen said. “It was a great experience. It’s amazing how many people have that many pairs of shoes sitting in their closet that can help other people in need. It was really nice to see that.”
To ship the 835 pounds of shoes — which took up 38 boxes — it cost more than $300. To cover the shipping costs, the church hosted a dinner called Harvesting4Souls and raised well over the amount needed for shipping the shoes.
Just in time for the colder weather, FootPals has just expanded their lineup to include calf-length zippered boots – perfect for the upcoming snow. Choose from bunny, gator, koala or monkey boots for colder outdoor adventures. Their original line of velcro-closure shoes include bunnies, monkeys, gators, koalas, and pandas. Boots and shoes come in a variety of colors for both boys and girls. Most importantly, they are comfortable with every step, and made with quality-tested materials. They also meet all Consumer Product Safety Commission guidelines.
FootPals quality details include intricate stitching and dimensional eyes, and durable, lightweight and flexible soles. Their secure fit, roomy toe box, and moisture wicking insoles are perfect for active and growing feet. They're also easy to take on and off, perfect for parents and independent kids - unless of course they refuse to take them off!
The shoes arrive in a kid-friendly shoebox, reminiscent of an antique travel suitcase, complete with an adventure packet. Kids can name their Pals with the pet license, and add stickers to their FootPals passport for each adventure they take their Pals on, from visiting the park to going to school.
2012年11月12日星期一
State asks deer hunters to have pot-growing operations
They didn't care about the environment, leaving behind mounds of empty beer cans, picante sauce bottles, Ritz cracker boxes, Spam cans and Gatorade jugs. They left behind clothing, shoes, camouflage tents, dark-colored sleeping bags, camping chairs. They left behind a mess.
After all they were in the forest not to sightsee but to make money -- lots of it.
Heavily armed drug traffickers from Mexico are using the only national forest in Wisconsin as their personal farms and greenhouses, growing millions of dollars in marijuana and leaving behind their garbage, poached deer carcasses, fertilizer and pesticides.
For the last three summers, large marijuana operations have been discovered in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in northern Wisconsin. In each of those busts, law enforcement made numerous arrests, almost all natives of Mexico here illegally. Confiscated weapons included handguns, AK-47s and a .308-caliber rifle with ammunition magazines taped together.
Jeff Seefeldt, district ranger for the U.S. Forest Service, surveyed the scene with disgust.
"When the spring rains come all this would have ended up in that Class A trout stream," Seefeldt said nodding to the south branch of the Oconto River that wound through an area that had been clear-cut and planted with hundreds of marijuana plants.
Since 2008 officers have discovered 11 large illegal marijuana operations, mostly on public land in Wisconsin.
Investigators say it's likely only the tip of the iceberg.
Each of the last three major grows in the Chequamegon-Nicolet were discovered by hunters or anglers. With 1.5 million acres of remote land in the national forest, and many more millions of acres in county and state land, law enforcement is trying to get the word out to outdoors enthusiasts. That includes more than 600,000 hunters heading into the woods for opening weekend of the gun-deer season Saturday.
In the back page of this season's deer hunting regulations pamphlet, hunters are cautioned to be suspicious of illegal drug operations on public land and leave immediately when they see areas with abnormal cuttings or clearings, makeshift structures, gardening tools, watering cans and chemical containers. Hunters who see something that doesn't look right should note the location, with GPS coordinates if possible, and report it to law enforcement.
"It's a significant problem," said Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen. "We have people who want to use our lands for public recreation, and they're at risk from people who have a big cash crop to protect. When we encounter ammunition and people armed in the woods with that incentive, it's a great danger to the public."
Of those arrested in the last few years, many revealed they were recruited in California for the work, driven to northern Wisconsin -- some didn't even know which state they were in -- and dropped off in the woods. They were supplied by people dubbed "loncheros" who stopped every few days to bring supplies.
While the 2012 case is pending, 10-year federal prison sentences were handed down in the other cases. After they serve their prison terms, they will be deported to Mexico.
"Which begs the question why do we bother if we're going to deport?" said U.S. Attorney John Vaudreuil for the Western District of Wisconsin.
"But I have a strong feeling that that's not right. If this was an American citizen doing this crime they would serve 10 years. Plus there's a good chance the guys will come back to the U.S. and do this again if we deport them right away," said Vaudreuil, a Rice Lake native.
Using hand axes and saws they cut down thousands of trees, clear cut numerous small areas of the forest, planted marijuana and then carefully cultivated the plants each day by siphoning water from nearby streams before harvesting and packing it out where it likely ended up being sold in Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago and the Twin Cities.
Why are Mexican drug organizations coming all the way to Wisconsin when they can grow marijuana out west? Economics, explained David Spakowicz, state Division of Criminal Investigation director of field operations for Wisconsin's eastern region.
"Once it's up in northern Wisconsin, you don't have to worry about transportation costs, you don't have to worry about getting it over the (U.S.-Mexico) border. It's so appealing because of the rural nature of Wisconsin," Spakowicz said.
It's also a labor-intensive crop if done right. Marijuana plants are cultivated by breaking off the leaves, which pushes the tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, to the bud and makes the weed more potent and valuable. High-grade marijuana found growing on public land in California has a street value of $4,000 to $6,000 per pound, Spakowicz said.
He estimated much of the marijuana found in recent years on public land in Wisconsin would have a street value of $2,500 per pound. Each marijuana plant provides roughly one pound of pot. Last summer in the Chequamegon-Nicolet in Oconto County, 8,385 plants were confiscated while almost 7,000 plants were discovered in the forest in Ashland County in 2011.
The plants are dried on racks made from poles cut and lashed together, then usually vacuum-packed into plastic bags and carried out where the men and their backpacks filled with marijuana are picked up and driven away, leaving behind their garbage and hundreds of holes left in the ground. Investigators know in some cases growers returned to use the same land in subsequent years when they were not detected.
After all they were in the forest not to sightsee but to make money -- lots of it.
Heavily armed drug traffickers from Mexico are using the only national forest in Wisconsin as their personal farms and greenhouses, growing millions of dollars in marijuana and leaving behind their garbage, poached deer carcasses, fertilizer and pesticides.
For the last three summers, large marijuana operations have been discovered in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in northern Wisconsin. In each of those busts, law enforcement made numerous arrests, almost all natives of Mexico here illegally. Confiscated weapons included handguns, AK-47s and a .308-caliber rifle with ammunition magazines taped together.
Jeff Seefeldt, district ranger for the U.S. Forest Service, surveyed the scene with disgust.
"When the spring rains come all this would have ended up in that Class A trout stream," Seefeldt said nodding to the south branch of the Oconto River that wound through an area that had been clear-cut and planted with hundreds of marijuana plants.
Since 2008 officers have discovered 11 large illegal marijuana operations, mostly on public land in Wisconsin.
Investigators say it's likely only the tip of the iceberg.
Each of the last three major grows in the Chequamegon-Nicolet were discovered by hunters or anglers. With 1.5 million acres of remote land in the national forest, and many more millions of acres in county and state land, law enforcement is trying to get the word out to outdoors enthusiasts. That includes more than 600,000 hunters heading into the woods for opening weekend of the gun-deer season Saturday.
In the back page of this season's deer hunting regulations pamphlet, hunters are cautioned to be suspicious of illegal drug operations on public land and leave immediately when they see areas with abnormal cuttings or clearings, makeshift structures, gardening tools, watering cans and chemical containers. Hunters who see something that doesn't look right should note the location, with GPS coordinates if possible, and report it to law enforcement.
"It's a significant problem," said Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen. "We have people who want to use our lands for public recreation, and they're at risk from people who have a big cash crop to protect. When we encounter ammunition and people armed in the woods with that incentive, it's a great danger to the public."
Of those arrested in the last few years, many revealed they were recruited in California for the work, driven to northern Wisconsin -- some didn't even know which state they were in -- and dropped off in the woods. They were supplied by people dubbed "loncheros" who stopped every few days to bring supplies.
While the 2012 case is pending, 10-year federal prison sentences were handed down in the other cases. After they serve their prison terms, they will be deported to Mexico.
"Which begs the question why do we bother if we're going to deport?" said U.S. Attorney John Vaudreuil for the Western District of Wisconsin.
"But I have a strong feeling that that's not right. If this was an American citizen doing this crime they would serve 10 years. Plus there's a good chance the guys will come back to the U.S. and do this again if we deport them right away," said Vaudreuil, a Rice Lake native.
Using hand axes and saws they cut down thousands of trees, clear cut numerous small areas of the forest, planted marijuana and then carefully cultivated the plants each day by siphoning water from nearby streams before harvesting and packing it out where it likely ended up being sold in Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago and the Twin Cities.
Why are Mexican drug organizations coming all the way to Wisconsin when they can grow marijuana out west? Economics, explained David Spakowicz, state Division of Criminal Investigation director of field operations for Wisconsin's eastern region.
"Once it's up in northern Wisconsin, you don't have to worry about transportation costs, you don't have to worry about getting it over the (U.S.-Mexico) border. It's so appealing because of the rural nature of Wisconsin," Spakowicz said.
It's also a labor-intensive crop if done right. Marijuana plants are cultivated by breaking off the leaves, which pushes the tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, to the bud and makes the weed more potent and valuable. High-grade marijuana found growing on public land in California has a street value of $4,000 to $6,000 per pound, Spakowicz said.
He estimated much of the marijuana found in recent years on public land in Wisconsin would have a street value of $2,500 per pound. Each marijuana plant provides roughly one pound of pot. Last summer in the Chequamegon-Nicolet in Oconto County, 8,385 plants were confiscated while almost 7,000 plants were discovered in the forest in Ashland County in 2011.
The plants are dried on racks made from poles cut and lashed together, then usually vacuum-packed into plastic bags and carried out where the men and their backpacks filled with marijuana are picked up and driven away, leaving behind their garbage and hundreds of holes left in the ground. Investigators know in some cases growers returned to use the same land in subsequent years when they were not detected.
2012年11月8日星期四
Nordstrom is also grappling with new demands
reported a 15 percent increase in third-quarter net income, fueled by strong demand of men's shoes, men's clothing and children's fashions.
But the upscale retailer's profit results missed Wall Street estimates, as the company invested more money in enhancing its rewards program for shoppers. Investors pushed down shares by 3 percent in after-hour trading, extending the decline in regular trading. The company released its results after regular trading closed Thursday.
Still, Nordstrom's solid quarter is encouraging news as the upscale retailer heads into the holiday season. Sales have rebounded since late 2009 for Nordstrom and other luxury retailers as the affluent have spent more. The question, however, is how Superstorm Sandy, which disrupted businesses and households in the Northeast, will affect consumers' future spending.
Nordstrom closed the books on the quarter two days before Sandy pummeled the densely packed Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region. Many shoppers are dealing with problems ranging from transportation to power outages to more serious issues like property losses.
Nordstrom is also grappling with new demands from shoppers armed with smartphones and tables. That's pushing the high-end merchant, long known for service, to come up with new ways to cater to shoppers.
"We aspire to continually improve the customer experience," Blake Nordstrom, president of Nordstrom, told investors during a conference call. "There's no finish line when it comes to this subject as our customers have access to a growing number of choices with expectations increasingly centered on speed and convenience."
Last year Nordstrom started offering free shipping on all online purchases with no minimum dollar amount. Previously customers had to spend at least $200 to qualify. Return shipping is free too. The company is also giving sales associates devices that let them check out shoppers anywhere in the store.
Nordstrom has also partnered with Arcadia Group to launch shops under the British company's Topshop and Topman brands in 14 of its 117 full-scale departments this fall. Company officials said they've been encouraged by the results.
Nordstrom is also looking for growth beyond the U.S. and announced in September that it was heading to Canada, starting in 2014. It's teaming up with Canadian mall developer Cadillac Fairview to open four stores; in Calgary, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. Cadillac Fairview operates shopping centers across Canada.
Nordstrom earned $146 million, or 71 cents per share for the three-month period ended Oct. 27. That compares with $127 million, or 59 cents per share, in the year-ago period.
Total sales rose 14 percent to $2.81 billion. Revenue at stores opened at least a year was up 10.7 percent. Its online business increased 38 percent for the quarter compared with a year ago.
Analysts, on average, expected 72 cents per share on total revenue of $2.75 billion, according to FactSet.
Nordstrom, based in Seattle, narrowed its full-year profit outlook to a range of $3.45 to $3.50 per share, from previous guidance of $3.40 to $3.50 per share issued in August.
It also expects revenue at stores opened at least a year to rise 6.5 to 7 percent. In August it forecast growth of 6 to 7 percent.
"While this guidance considers the impacts of Hurricane Sandy, there remains uncertainty and we will continue to monitor trends in the affected areas." Mike Koppell, Nordstrom's executive vice president and chief financial officer told investors.
But the upscale retailer's profit results missed Wall Street estimates, as the company invested more money in enhancing its rewards program for shoppers. Investors pushed down shares by 3 percent in after-hour trading, extending the decline in regular trading. The company released its results after regular trading closed Thursday.
Still, Nordstrom's solid quarter is encouraging news as the upscale retailer heads into the holiday season. Sales have rebounded since late 2009 for Nordstrom and other luxury retailers as the affluent have spent more. The question, however, is how Superstorm Sandy, which disrupted businesses and households in the Northeast, will affect consumers' future spending.
Nordstrom closed the books on the quarter two days before Sandy pummeled the densely packed Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region. Many shoppers are dealing with problems ranging from transportation to power outages to more serious issues like property losses.
Nordstrom is also grappling with new demands from shoppers armed with smartphones and tables. That's pushing the high-end merchant, long known for service, to come up with new ways to cater to shoppers.
"We aspire to continually improve the customer experience," Blake Nordstrom, president of Nordstrom, told investors during a conference call. "There's no finish line when it comes to this subject as our customers have access to a growing number of choices with expectations increasingly centered on speed and convenience."
Last year Nordstrom started offering free shipping on all online purchases with no minimum dollar amount. Previously customers had to spend at least $200 to qualify. Return shipping is free too. The company is also giving sales associates devices that let them check out shoppers anywhere in the store.
Nordstrom has also partnered with Arcadia Group to launch shops under the British company's Topshop and Topman brands in 14 of its 117 full-scale departments this fall. Company officials said they've been encouraged by the results.
Nordstrom is also looking for growth beyond the U.S. and announced in September that it was heading to Canada, starting in 2014. It's teaming up with Canadian mall developer Cadillac Fairview to open four stores; in Calgary, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. Cadillac Fairview operates shopping centers across Canada.
Nordstrom earned $146 million, or 71 cents per share for the three-month period ended Oct. 27. That compares with $127 million, or 59 cents per share, in the year-ago period.
Total sales rose 14 percent to $2.81 billion. Revenue at stores opened at least a year was up 10.7 percent. Its online business increased 38 percent for the quarter compared with a year ago.
Analysts, on average, expected 72 cents per share on total revenue of $2.75 billion, according to FactSet.
Nordstrom, based in Seattle, narrowed its full-year profit outlook to a range of $3.45 to $3.50 per share, from previous guidance of $3.40 to $3.50 per share issued in August.
It also expects revenue at stores opened at least a year to rise 6.5 to 7 percent. In August it forecast growth of 6 to 7 percent.
"While this guidance considers the impacts of Hurricane Sandy, there remains uncertainty and we will continue to monitor trends in the affected areas." Mike Koppell, Nordstrom's executive vice president and chief financial officer told investors.
2012年11月6日星期二
Wolak told police Fellenbaum took off
While FBI agents and state troopers spent a second straight day scouring Hammel Woods for some sign of missing mom Stacy Peterson, there was no one to be found in a Joliet cul-de-sac just six miles away, the one where another mother was supposedly seen running off barefoot, never to be seen again.
That mother, Linda Fellenbaum, 33, disappeared Oct. 21, leaving her cell phone, shoes and Toyota Camry at the home of the Joliet man she moved in with only two months before.
Fellenbaum and her Joliet boyfriend, Donald Wolak, 40, had met on the Internet, police said, and their short relationship was made out to be a stormy one.
Wolak told police Fellenbaum took off on him five days before disappeared for good. And when she absconded on Oct. 16, she stole a "large sum of cash" and one of his handguns, Joliet police Cmdr. Briant Benton said Wolak told detectives.
Fellenbaum returned to Wolak's home on Oct. 21, police said, with Wolak believing she came back to give him his gun and money. But instead the couple argued, and the barefoot woman fled without her shoes, phone or car, Benton said Wolak explained to investigators.
It later came to light that Wolak wasn't the first man Fellenbaum visited that day, according to a Chicago resident who says he and the mother of three connected on Facebook and met for a sex date at a Naperville hotel about 4 p.m. on Oct. 21.
The tryst never came off, the man said, and he didn't even realize his would-be lover was missing until nearly two weeks later.
Fellenbaum's family said they have heard nothing from the missing woman, but claim a neighbor and friend of Wolak used her abandoned cell phone to call them. Fellenbaum's mother and brother-in-law said the neighbor went by a fake name but detectives figured out her true identity.
The Joliet police have canvassed Wolak's neighborhood several times since she was reported missing to them on Oct, 25. Joliet Police Chief Mike Trafton said Wolak has cooperated with detectives and allowed them inside his house.
Wolak has failed to return calls for comment from Patch and has not answered the door to his house after repeated visits to his home. Likewise, the neighbor accused by Fellenbaum's family of using the missing woman's telephone to call them has failed to answer her door or to return calls made to her phone.
To support the efforts by police, the family and friends of Fellenbaum conducted a search of their own Sunday. They gathered at nearby Mistwood Golf Course in Romeoville and walked through the area looking for the missing mother.
The volunteer search ended without locating Fellenbaum, and after two days, the professional operation conducted by the state police and FBI failed to find Stacy, sources said.
The person of interest is described as a white male, over 6 feet tall, medium build with dark hair.
Detectives want to know if he's the man committing credit card fraud at local businesses. He often wears athletic pants believed to be Adidas brand, written down the leg, and flip-flop style shoes.
Several local organizations, businesses or individuals are collecting needed supplies for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. As they are made known to The News Eagle the announcement will be posted online that same day and in the paper, as long as the collection cutoff is not before publication.
That mother, Linda Fellenbaum, 33, disappeared Oct. 21, leaving her cell phone, shoes and Toyota Camry at the home of the Joliet man she moved in with only two months before.
Fellenbaum and her Joliet boyfriend, Donald Wolak, 40, had met on the Internet, police said, and their short relationship was made out to be a stormy one.
Wolak told police Fellenbaum took off on him five days before disappeared for good. And when she absconded on Oct. 16, she stole a "large sum of cash" and one of his handguns, Joliet police Cmdr. Briant Benton said Wolak told detectives.
Fellenbaum returned to Wolak's home on Oct. 21, police said, with Wolak believing she came back to give him his gun and money. But instead the couple argued, and the barefoot woman fled without her shoes, phone or car, Benton said Wolak explained to investigators.
It later came to light that Wolak wasn't the first man Fellenbaum visited that day, according to a Chicago resident who says he and the mother of three connected on Facebook and met for a sex date at a Naperville hotel about 4 p.m. on Oct. 21.
The tryst never came off, the man said, and he didn't even realize his would-be lover was missing until nearly two weeks later.
Fellenbaum's family said they have heard nothing from the missing woman, but claim a neighbor and friend of Wolak used her abandoned cell phone to call them. Fellenbaum's mother and brother-in-law said the neighbor went by a fake name but detectives figured out her true identity.
The Joliet police have canvassed Wolak's neighborhood several times since she was reported missing to them on Oct, 25. Joliet Police Chief Mike Trafton said Wolak has cooperated with detectives and allowed them inside his house.
Wolak has failed to return calls for comment from Patch and has not answered the door to his house after repeated visits to his home. Likewise, the neighbor accused by Fellenbaum's family of using the missing woman's telephone to call them has failed to answer her door or to return calls made to her phone.
To support the efforts by police, the family and friends of Fellenbaum conducted a search of their own Sunday. They gathered at nearby Mistwood Golf Course in Romeoville and walked through the area looking for the missing mother.
The volunteer search ended without locating Fellenbaum, and after two days, the professional operation conducted by the state police and FBI failed to find Stacy, sources said.
The person of interest is described as a white male, over 6 feet tall, medium build with dark hair.
Detectives want to know if he's the man committing credit card fraud at local businesses. He often wears athletic pants believed to be Adidas brand, written down the leg, and flip-flop style shoes.
Several local organizations, businesses or individuals are collecting needed supplies for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. As they are made known to The News Eagle the announcement will be posted online that same day and in the paper, as long as the collection cutoff is not before publication.
2012年11月4日星期日
whose entrepreneurial talents are no end
It is one of the most exclusive clubs in the world, but there are no Jimmy Choo shoes, membership fees or handbags at dawn at this club, whose members consist of the best and brightest young entrepreneurs and innovators globally.
They have founded companies, been invited to speak at the White House and the World Economic Forum, been selected as Collegiate All-Stars by Forbes magazine and written books and yet they are all under 30. And now, the Dublin hub of the Sandbox network is re-opening membership applications for young tech titans and business moguls.
The network allows no more than three people worldwide to join each week, and there is a rigorous application and referral process. The Dublin-hub closed the application process several months ago after reaching 15 members.
Described as the foremost global community of young innovators and entrepreneurs, the Sandbox network was founded in Switzerland in 2008, and has since grown to over 750 leaders in more than 53 countries. More than 25,000 people have applied to be in Sandbox over the last three years.
And why wouldn’t they? Sandboxers have featured on the front covers of Wired, Fast Company and Forbes magazine. In fact, the 2011 Forbes selection of “30 under 30” included five Sandboxers.
The network’s founders believed the bright young people shaking things up in the tech, food, fashion, media and entertainment industries would be all world leaders in 20-30 years time, according to Dublin Sandbox ambassador John Egan.
Egan, who sold his first company aged just 20 and went on to found a further six organisations, said the Sandbox network was established so the global leaders of the future would not just be meeting when they were in their 50s, but would have already established relationships spanning more than 30 years while in their 20s.
“The high achievers now could be the movers and shakers worldwide in 30 years time and the relationships will have already been cemented,” he told a group of more than 60 including Sandboxers and star-struck prospective members at a Sandbox open evening.
With 23 connected hubs around the world including London, San Francisco, Nairobi, Bangalore, Beijing and Zurich, the network identifies exceptional young people and helps incubate, accelerate and power their visions. The Dublin hub of Sandbox was launched in April and has 15 members, said Egan, who added the network will never surpass 20 members.
Award winning director, founder of Studio Rua and SuperQuest creator Padraig Mannion told the crowd of savvy businessmen and women at the open evening he joined the Sandbox network after finding he had no-one in his peer group to discuss business problems with.
“I set up my own company five years ago and it was really difficult as I had no one in my peer group to talk to about paying taxes, being sued, paying employees PRSI.”
His fellow Sandboxer Will McQuillan, whose entrepreneurial talents are no end, found no problem big enough for the network with everyone willing to help everyone else.
Sandboxers have been known to post messages on the network’s forum looking for people to connect them with everyone from Bill Clinton to Somali pirates, and nothing ever proved too difficult for them.
The 27-year-old Dubliner co-founded online fashion marketplace Osmoda, start-up accelerator Betapitch and more recently his own private equity firm called Frontline Ventures.
McQuillan is part of the London network of Sandbox, along with fellow Dubliner and Fabsie co-founder James McBennett. McBennett’s start-up was a semi-finalist at the Dublin Web Summit reaching the final 16 from 1,000 entries.
Members of the Dublin hub of the Sandbox network include Kooky Dough founders Sophie Morris and Graham Clark, Katie Tsouros, curator of art initiative KTContemporary, O’Leary Analytics founder Stephen O’Leary and Sasha de Marigny of the Undergraduate Awards. Ms de Marigny, who co-founded a performing arts school at the end of 2009, said potential Sandboxers have to submit a “Wow” item as part of their application process to the network. This can be anything from a video, to a comic strip, to a pop-up book, but it must make the founders sit up and say “Wow”.
She submitted an event pitch as her Wow factor, which detailed an idea for an event to bring the various Sandbox hubs closer, and increase links between them. The event will now be implemented, taking place in Dublin next year, with more than 2,000 Sandboxers from around the world expected to attend.
“They want to get to the essence of who you are as a person. You have to say what projects you’ve worked on, what businesses you’re involved in, what your goals for the future are.”
The former actress is part of the all-female trio running the Undergraduate Awards, an international academic awards programme celebrating the research of the world’s most exceptional undergraduates.
And what do they do at the Dublin hub of Sandbox? “We host a lot of problem solving sessions, pitching sessions (where we help fellow members with their pitches for funding) and regular meet-ups,” says de Marigny.
“We’d be in contact all the time bouncing ideas off each other. They are helping me think of really cool ideas for the Undergraduate Awards summit. We also support each others’ businesses. For example, when Kate Tsouros opens an exhibition at her gallery, we all go along.”
They have founded companies, been invited to speak at the White House and the World Economic Forum, been selected as Collegiate All-Stars by Forbes magazine and written books and yet they are all under 30. And now, the Dublin hub of the Sandbox network is re-opening membership applications for young tech titans and business moguls.
The network allows no more than three people worldwide to join each week, and there is a rigorous application and referral process. The Dublin-hub closed the application process several months ago after reaching 15 members.
Described as the foremost global community of young innovators and entrepreneurs, the Sandbox network was founded in Switzerland in 2008, and has since grown to over 750 leaders in more than 53 countries. More than 25,000 people have applied to be in Sandbox over the last three years.
And why wouldn’t they? Sandboxers have featured on the front covers of Wired, Fast Company and Forbes magazine. In fact, the 2011 Forbes selection of “30 under 30” included five Sandboxers.
The network’s founders believed the bright young people shaking things up in the tech, food, fashion, media and entertainment industries would be all world leaders in 20-30 years time, according to Dublin Sandbox ambassador John Egan.
Egan, who sold his first company aged just 20 and went on to found a further six organisations, said the Sandbox network was established so the global leaders of the future would not just be meeting when they were in their 50s, but would have already established relationships spanning more than 30 years while in their 20s.
“The high achievers now could be the movers and shakers worldwide in 30 years time and the relationships will have already been cemented,” he told a group of more than 60 including Sandboxers and star-struck prospective members at a Sandbox open evening.
With 23 connected hubs around the world including London, San Francisco, Nairobi, Bangalore, Beijing and Zurich, the network identifies exceptional young people and helps incubate, accelerate and power their visions. The Dublin hub of Sandbox was launched in April and has 15 members, said Egan, who added the network will never surpass 20 members.
Award winning director, founder of Studio Rua and SuperQuest creator Padraig Mannion told the crowd of savvy businessmen and women at the open evening he joined the Sandbox network after finding he had no-one in his peer group to discuss business problems with.
“I set up my own company five years ago and it was really difficult as I had no one in my peer group to talk to about paying taxes, being sued, paying employees PRSI.”
His fellow Sandboxer Will McQuillan, whose entrepreneurial talents are no end, found no problem big enough for the network with everyone willing to help everyone else.
Sandboxers have been known to post messages on the network’s forum looking for people to connect them with everyone from Bill Clinton to Somali pirates, and nothing ever proved too difficult for them.
The 27-year-old Dubliner co-founded online fashion marketplace Osmoda, start-up accelerator Betapitch and more recently his own private equity firm called Frontline Ventures.
McQuillan is part of the London network of Sandbox, along with fellow Dubliner and Fabsie co-founder James McBennett. McBennett’s start-up was a semi-finalist at the Dublin Web Summit reaching the final 16 from 1,000 entries.
Members of the Dublin hub of the Sandbox network include Kooky Dough founders Sophie Morris and Graham Clark, Katie Tsouros, curator of art initiative KTContemporary, O’Leary Analytics founder Stephen O’Leary and Sasha de Marigny of the Undergraduate Awards. Ms de Marigny, who co-founded a performing arts school at the end of 2009, said potential Sandboxers have to submit a “Wow” item as part of their application process to the network. This can be anything from a video, to a comic strip, to a pop-up book, but it must make the founders sit up and say “Wow”.
She submitted an event pitch as her Wow factor, which detailed an idea for an event to bring the various Sandbox hubs closer, and increase links between them. The event will now be implemented, taking place in Dublin next year, with more than 2,000 Sandboxers from around the world expected to attend.
“They want to get to the essence of who you are as a person. You have to say what projects you’ve worked on, what businesses you’re involved in, what your goals for the future are.”
The former actress is part of the all-female trio running the Undergraduate Awards, an international academic awards programme celebrating the research of the world’s most exceptional undergraduates.
And what do they do at the Dublin hub of Sandbox? “We host a lot of problem solving sessions, pitching sessions (where we help fellow members with their pitches for funding) and regular meet-ups,” says de Marigny.
“We’d be in contact all the time bouncing ideas off each other. They are helping me think of really cool ideas for the Undergraduate Awards summit. We also support each others’ businesses. For example, when Kate Tsouros opens an exhibition at her gallery, we all go along.”
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