A Seattle neighborhood is unleashing their latest weapon in their fight against crime: sheep.Doug Theil, President of the Cowen Park Neighborhood Association, says there's been a recent up-tick in criminal activity in the park.He says drifters often camp-out in the park, and at the same time, several homes have been broken into.The problem is police officers on patrol have a difficult time seeing down into the park because of overgrowth. So, the neighborhood got together with police and Seattle Parks and came up with the idea of hiring sheep.The Icelandic sheep live on Vashon Island, but travel around Puget Sound; hired to chew, eat and clear anything from out of control blackberry bushes to ivy, holly, weeds, grass and much more.
It will take them three days to clear the park's hillside. They're surrounded by an electric fence to keep them safe inside, and the fence is spiked to the ground to keep predators, like dogs, outside.Theil hopes the sheep do the trick and so do police. He hopes more neighborhoods do the same for their own safety.Currently focusing on new releases from his other bands A Perfect Circle and Puscifer, the singer-turned-winemaker has spoken out about about the follow up to the release of 10,000 Days. Released way back in 2006, the succeeding release has long been speculated about and has been pencilled in loosely for a 2014 release.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, Keenan confirmed that the process was underway, but hardly seemed positive about the process saying that he doesn't have much of a hand in the writing as the band need to bring him the tracks. This is a process that he claims they agonise over continuously, making the actual writing process a very arduous one. "I don't write the music. They write the music," he said of how things are panning out. "I wait for them to bring music to me. They tend to go back over and over stuff. It's a long process. For a person like me, it can be a very tedious process. In some ways, they are bigger perfectionists. But you can only help support their talent so long. They don't have to go through it 700 times. They can trust that first thought. But that's their process, so you gotta let them do it." And is that process happening? "I couldn't tell you,"