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Your Views: Republicans must wake up rather than turn back clock
After suffering a substantial defeat on almost every level in 2012, the GOP has decided that rather than look into its own soul and determine how to adjust its old-fashioned views to a changing nation, Republicans will instead try to suppress the views of the very people they fear and buy themselves elections.
This is done in two ways. First, give massive tax breaks and subsidies to corporations and the top 1 percent of the population. This largesse is then used to support candidates who will try to stop the clock and turn the nation back to the past.
The second tactic is to make it as difficult as possible for those they deem unworthy to cast their ballots for the candidates of their choice, i.e., voter suppression.
These methods may buy them some time, but in the end, the Republican Party must wake up and accept the fact that the "angry old white guy" vote will just simply not be enough to carry Republicans to an electoral majority in the future.
In the last election, regardless of the billions of dollars spent by the 1 percent, the Republican Party lost the women's vote, the black vote, Hispanic vote and youth vote. Republicans also lost 40 percent of the white vote. They will need to accept the fact that the nation is changing or risk becoming extinct. No amount of money or voter suppression will stop this; only delay it.

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Public Record for Jan. 21, 2014
-- DEWAYNE R. JOHNSON, 30, Madison, at 6:06 a.m. Monday at 409 E. Wall St., Janesville, on charges of strangulation/suffocation, battery and disorderly conduct.
-- JUAN M. FLORES, 24, of Houston, Texas, at 1:48 p.m. Saturday at the Rock County Jail on bench warrants for failing to appear in court on previous charges of battery to a police officer and obstructing.
Intoxicated driving arrests
-- STEPHANIE M. ERICKSON, 34, of 2343 Green Valley Drive, Janesville, at 3:10 a.m. Sunday at Wilshire Lane and Allendale Drive, Janesville.
-- ASHLEY MKILLIPS, 28, of 3523 Stuart St., No. 6, Janesville, at 2:17 a.m. Saturday at 99 S. Main St., Janesville. The arrest was listed as her second for intoxicated driving.
-- TIMOTHY G. HONAN, 55, of 11103 S. County K, Beloit, at 8:15 p.m. Saturday after a car was found rolled over on Highway 11 at Dickey Road, town of Spring Valley. Honan was arrested at 16848 W. Highway 11 after he called to report the accident.
--AARON T. KLINGAMAN, 32, of 444 Walnut St., Janesville, charged with failure to report to jail. He was sentenced in April 2013 to 30 days and ordered to report to the jail Jan. 6, according to the criminal complaint. He turned himself in Jan. 13
--MATTHEW L. MARVIN, 40, of 5932 Longest Drive, Beloit, charged with aggravated battery to an elderly person, disorderly conduct and resisting an officer. He is accused of grabbing a 63-year-old woman he knows and shaking her violently, slamming her into the wall several times and later fighting with police on Dec. 29 at a residence in the town of Beloit. The criminal complaint indicates he was intoxicated and suicidal and was trying to get the woman to open a gun safe.
--RASHANN M. HENDERSON, 34, of 1845 Garden Drive, Janesville, charged with possession of marijuana, second offense, and obstructing an officer, repeater. He allegedly was found unconscious in the drive-through of a McDonald's restaurant at 2610 W. Court Street, at 11:53 p.m. Saturday and refused to follow an officer's instructions to put the car in park and roll down his window. Suspected marijuana was found in the car, the complaint alleges.
-- BURGLARY to a residence on East County N, Milton, reported Saturday. Several items of high-value jewelry were reported taken.
Injury accidents
-- HIGHWAY 51 AT RUSSELL ROAD IN THE TOWN OF JANESVILLE at 6:35 p.m. Saturday, when a car driven by Cheryl L. Greinert, 55, of 331 Ivanhoe Drive, Milton, collided with a car driven by Kaley R. Hamilton, 16, of 4330 Parkwood Drive, Janesville. Hamilton was transported for medical treatment. Greinert was cited for following too closely on the snow-covered road.
-- HIGHWAY 14 NEAR HARMONY TOWN HALL ROAD at 4:42 p.m. Thursday, when a small SUV driven by Francisco P. Altamirano, 44, of 110 Autumn Lane, Delavan, was northbound on Highway 14 and went off the slippery road, rolling onto its side. Altamirano was transported for medical treatment.
-- HIGHWAY 14 JUST WEST OF AVALON ROAD IN THE TOWN OF BRADFORD at 6:56 p.m. Thursday, when a car driven by Janelle C. Brown, 23, of 724 Edison Ave., Janesville, crossed the centerline on the slippery road and collided head-on with a car driven by Thomas G. Guilliams, 46, of Bancroft. Brown was cited for driving too fast for conditions and operating after suspension. A passenger in Brown's car, Shawna R. Nordberg, 29, of 3145 W. Rockport Road, Janesville, was treated and released at St. Mary's Janesville Hospital, Janesville. Another passenger, Kylee R. Heider, 2, of the same address as Nordberg, also was transported for medical treatment.
-- HIGHWAY 11 AT COUNTY G, TOWN OF LAPRAIRIE, at 6:18 p.m. Thursday, when a car driven by Danae L. Shear, 20, of 3150 S. Nye School Road, Beloit, collided with a car driven by Ryan L. Hoffman, 38, of 850 Sherman Ave., Janesville. Shear was transported for medical treatment. She was cited for driving too fast for conditions and not wearing a seatbelt. Hoffman was cited for operating after suspension and without insurance. Shear was trying to stop at a red light but slid into the intersection, colliding with Hoffman's car.
-- JACOB A. CURLER, 32, N8715 County Road N, East Troy, with felony strangulation and suffocation, repeater, and misdemeanors: battery, domestic abuse, repeater; disorderly conduct, domestic abuse, repeater; and bail jumping, repeater. Village of East Troy police say Curler was physically violent with two people in a home on Main Street in East Troy in August.
-- DOMINIC D. ECKLUND, 26, 1145 Romin Road, Lake Geneva, with two felony counts possession of narcotics drugs, second and subsequent offense; two felony counts possession of marijuana, second and subsequent offense; four felony counts deliver heroin, repeater; six felony counts bail jumping, repeater; felony delivery of narcotics, repeater; felony delivery non-narcotics, second and subsequent offense; four misdemeanor counts possession of illegally obtained prescription drug, repeater. Deputies say Ecklund called Lake Geneva police in October to his home saying he was not feeling well. Deputies later searched the home and found marijuana, prescription drugs and drug paraphernalia. Deputies say Ecklund sold marijuana in October, November and December.
-- JEFFREY S. GREGORY, 28, 1611 Green Forest Run, Apt. 4, Janesville, with 15 felony counts identity theft for financial gain, and one misdemeanor theft. Deputies say Gregory purchased more than $5,500 in gift cards and groceries at various stores in June 2013 in Whitewater using a credit card that was not his. Deputies say he also took antique furniture and other property from a family members home in June.
-- ROBERT B. HOUGE, 47, McHenry, Ill., with felonies operating while intoxicated causing injury, second and subsequent offense, and operating with prohibited alcohol concentration causing injuring, second and subsequent offense. Village of Genoa City police say Houge hit a vehicle in an intersection in November.
-- TYLER J. JENKINS, 37, 135 E. Main St., Apt. 115, Lake Geneva, with three felony counts deliver marijuana, repeater; felony deliver of non-narcotics, repeater; felony possession with intent to deliver marijuana, repeater; two misdemeanor counts bail jumping, repeater; and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Deputies say Jenkins sold marijuana and prescription pills on three separate occasions and had drug paraphernalia in his apartment when it was searched Jan. 8.
-- JEREMY T. MILLER, 19, 809 Huron Ave., Sheboygan, with felony possession with intent to deliver marijuana and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. UW-Whitewater police say Miller had marijuana in his dorm room when it was searched in December 2012. Police say Miller admitted to selling marijuana in the dorm.
-- LEROY SCHUBERT, 64, 2428 N. Shore Drive, Delavan, with felonies possession with intent to deliver marijuana, second and subsequent offense; maintaining a drug trafficking place, second and subsequent offense; deliver marijuana, second and subsequent offense; and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Deputies say Schubert sold marijuana in December and they found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in his home Jan. 7.
-- UNIQUA N. VAUGHN, 21, 178B W. Main St., Whitewater, with felony possession of narcotic drugs, and misdemeanors possession of a controlled substance and bail jumping. Whitewater police say Vaughn had heroin and a Hydrocodone pill in her possession Jan. 12.
-- JUSTIN J. WAGNER, 34, W7209 Highway 12, Whitewater, with felony deliver heroin, repeater, and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, repeater. Deputies say Wagner sold heroin in December and they found drug paraphernalia in his home. In a separate criminal complaint, Wagner is charged with felonies delivering heroin, repeater, and possession of narcotic drugs, repeater. He also is charged with two misdemeanor counts possession of drug paraphernalia, repeater. Whitewater police say Wagner had heroin and drug paraphernalia when police stopped him for a traffic violation in November. When Wagner was stopped he admitted to selling heroin, police say.
-- BRADLEY W. WIITA, 20, 197 S. Judge St., Saukville, with three felony counts of possession with intent to deliver non-narcotics. UW-Whitewater police say Wiita was in possession of controlled substances at his home when it was searched in September 2012.


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Age Range: Any
Enjoy a free concert in the park with a performance by "the King Fish". Bring your family and friends, grab a blanket, and pack a picnic basket for a delightful evening at Mayfair Park. Sponsored by the Mayfair Park Advisory Council.
The Night Out in the Parks series will make parks a safe haven and a hub of positive activity on summer evenings and weekends.


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DA: Beloit shooting caused by altercation over photobombing
JANESVILLE — A Sunday morning shooting outside a Beloit bar that left a man with about six gunshot wounds resulted from the suspect hopping into a group picture, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.
Thamar K. Harper, 29, of Janesville, is charged with the attempted first-degree intentional homicide of Marcus D. McKinnis at the Eagles Club parking lot, 302 State Street, Beloit.
Harper opened fire with a handgun at the parking lot at 1:41 a.m. Sunday, after he followed a group of people from inside, according to the criminal complaint.
The group, including McKinnis, was inside attempting to take a group picture when Harper jumped into the frame. A physical fight between people in the picture and Harper broke out inside the bar until security asked them to leave, according to the complaint.
Harper followed McKinnis and at least two other men to their cars, according to the complaint.
When McKinnis and one of the other men entered their vehicle, Harper "reached into his back right pants pocket and removed a small dark colored semi-automatic handgun ... then fired several shots into the driver side" where McKinnis was seated, Polk told Beloit police, according to the complaint.
One police officer saw McKinnis "slumped over" in the driver's seat before McKinnis exited the vehicle and collapsed onto the officer.
McKinnis was transferred from Mercy Hospital and Trauma Center to University Hospital, Madison, where he is in fair condition Monday evening being treated for several gunshot wounds, a hospital spokeswoman said.
Harper is being held at the Rock County Jail on a $50,000 cash bond. He is due in court at 3 p.m. Friday.


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Find your place in Lake Geneva history
LAKE GENEVA — The Geneva Lake Museum will hold a volunteer training workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 17, for current and potential volunteers. The workshop will be held at the museum, on Mill Street in Lake Geneva.
"We need people both behind the scenes and in front — heck, we need people to hold up the scenes," said Karen Jo Walsh, museum director.
Last year, the museum had more than 13,000 visitors, but more are expected to visit this year, in part because the museum will expand its hours.
Right now the museum is open weekends; in May, they go to four days, but in the summer months of June, July and August, they will be open daily, noon to 3 p.m. on Sundays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
"The museum is totally staffed by volunteers," said Walsh, who is herself a volunteer. "We find out what the volunteer's skills are and go from there. We need everything from security to walk the floor to docents who can provide information to the visitors."?
But it doesn't stop there. Anyone who is willing to share their time with an interesting group of people will find a purpose in volunteering, from building the exhibits, to painting them.
Some of the newer additions were previewed for the public in April.
"A lot of people don't realize what we have here," said docent Noel Payne, one of the volunteer guides with a nearly unlimited wealth of knowledge about the history of Lake Geneva.
Lake Geneva is unique in that it has a rich history stretching back to the days that the Potawatomi made their home along the shores of this spring-fed lake.
A Native American display is among the new exhibits that illustrate the growth of the area through the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 to the grand estates that surround Geneva Lake.
Founded in 1983, the museum was originally located in a house on Geneva Street. In the 1990s the city moved the Waterworks Department, which had been housed in the 1929 Wisconsin Power & Light building, to a new larger facility. The Geneva Lakes History Buffs persuaded the city to let them use the old building for a museum.
In 2004 the museum moved to the building at 255 Mill St.� Taking advantage of the generous space the new building provides, the Museum Board along with the History Buffs and much volunteer help, created Main Street, Lake Geneva, 1830-1930, which is one of the more popular exhibits.�
Walking along Main Street, visitors not only can peek into historic stores, homes, a school room and other places, but can walk inside for a close-up look at furniture, clothing, tools, machines, merchandise, photos and other artifacts of daily living. Visitors� get a real feel for life and lifestyles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the Geneva Lake area.
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Light fixtures from the Hotel Geneva, designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1911 also are on display. The hotel fell into disrepair and was razed in 1970.
Geneva Lake Museum discovers and preserves the rich history that hides throughout Geneva Lake and the surrounding communities. The exhibits within the walls are time capsules that capture every essence of Geneva Lake and its people; people with amazing stories that unravel with every scene and every word led by volunteer docents.
You can help preserve these stories for people young and old who have the desire to see, listen and learn by volunteering your time.
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Despite the variance between district plans, all 24 Maryland school systems infuse service-learning into existing courses as all or part of their plan. By adding experiential, community-based service activities to existing curricula, teachers enhance their students' learning. In most cases, students complete all three service-learning elements--preparation, action, and reflection--as part of their regular school day. In other systems, students carry out one or more elements as part of a class and perform the remaining piece(s) on their own after school or on weekends.
Some school systems require that students conduct independent service-learning projects to fulfill part of the graduation requirement. In these systems, students are given guidelines stating how much service is expected and which organizations are appropriate sites for service. Students perform service projects in the community, independent of their school, and keep track of the hours of service.
Contact information for the service-learning coordinator in each school system, a summary of their implmentation plan, and their Service-Learning Fellows can be obtained through the navigation bar to the right.


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Hotel TransylvaniaWelcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free from meddling from the human world. Over-protective of his teenage daughter, Mavis, Dracula fabricates tales of elaborate dangers to dissuade her adventurous spirit. As a haven for Mavis, he opens the Hotel Transylvania, where his daughter and some of the world's most famous monsters - Frankenstein and his bride, the Mummy, a family of werewolves, and more - can kick back in safety and peace. For Dracula, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem but his world could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis.
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Inbucket is an email testing service. It accepts messages for any email address and makes them available to view via a Web interface. It allows Web developers, software engineers, and system administrators to quickly see the emailed output of their applications. No per-account setup is required. Mailboxes are created on the fly as mail is received for them, and no password is required to browse the content of the mailboxes.
Counters.pl collects the CLI counters from network devices and produces custom reports. These counters can be reset independently of the SNMP counters, and when collected weekly, can highlight issues such as connection errors that you will not see looking at graphs produced from SNMP counters. They also contain information that is not available via SNMP. The reports can be viewed on a Web site and/or sent via email. There is a flexible configuration language in which reports can be specified. The format and style of the HTML reports are controlled by Template Toolkit templates and CSS. Currently only Cisco network equipment is supported.
Trojita is a Qt IMAP email client. It is a pure Qt4 application with no additional dependencies. It has a robust IMAP core implemented using Qt's Model-View framework. Standards compliance is a design goal. It has support for bandwidth-saving mode aimed at mobile users with expensive connections. In addition to the usual SSL/TLS connections, the server can be accessed via SSH. It has on-demand body part loading, offline IMAP support, and safe dealing with HTML mail (actually more robust than Thunderbird's).
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Our Friends Across the Pond: Neal's Yard Dairy
We carry a wide selection of cheeses from the British Isles: Ardrahan, Berkswell, Montgomery's Cheddar, Stilton, and Stitchelton to name but a few. One of the reasons we can count on this rich diversity and exceptional quality is the passionate team of cheese caretakers at Neal's Yard Dairy.
This venerable London-based cheese shop and distributor started in the late 1970s when Randolph Hodgson, the current owner, began working directly with cheesemakers, hand-selecting wheels to take back to the shop in Covent Garden where they would mature and eventually be sold to customers. Today, Neal's Yard also runs an aging facility called the Arches where they care for traditional English cheeses and prepare orders to be shipped throughout the world.
Formaggio Kitchen has been working with Neal's Yard Dairy since their early days of distribution in the U.S. Over the years, several staff have spent time working at Neal's Yard, including owners Ihsan and Valerie, and their son Kurt, who manages our Cambridge store. Most recently, Anthony, who works in our South End shop, spent two weeks working at Neal's Yard, wearing their signature navy blue apron and cap. He helped care for cheese in the Arches, and worked in both of their retail shops, gaining a deeper understanding of the rigors of caring for cheese from cave to counter.
We encourage you to sample our cheeses from Neal's Yard the next time you visit us to see why they are such an important part of our cheese collection.


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Cable home improvement shows are incredibly popular in Naugatuck, especially among DIY homeowners who want to improve the look of their lawns. Though they may be helpful in supplying people with creative ideas and an idea of what it takes to get the job done, they can also be misleading.
The work is still being done by professionals or under the supervision of professionals. Before you think of starting a lawn care or yard project all on your own consider the following factors:
- Equipment needed
- Time involved
- Expertise required
If you happen to be limited in any of these three areas it's probably best to hire a lawn care professional. If you need to purchase equipment or take time from your friends and family it's usually worth it to hand the responsibility to someone who can get the job done for you.
What Type of Lawn Care Do You Need?
Basic Lawn Care – If you only need upkeep for your yard then most likely you can get by with just basic lawn care. Basic lawn care generally includes mowing, watering and weeding to keep your yard looking clean and well kept.
Gardener – If you are interested in planting flowers, vegetables, trees or any other plants you should consider enlisting the assistance of a gardener. Gardeners focus on bringing plants into your yard and making them flourish. Gardeners provide much more than basic lawn care and should have a firm knowledge of native plants that will thrive in Naugatuck.
Landscaper – If you're wanting to complete more complex projects, like changing the layout of the outdoor space or adding construction elements such as rock walls or a pond then a landscaper is going to be the best professional to hire. Landscapers are skilled in redesigning the look and feel of a yard and bringing the creativity and management needed to get a major project done on time and within budget.
Organic Lawn Care in Naugatuck
Recently many organic lawn care services have cropped up in Naugatuck, CT. Today, we are more aware of the surplus amount of chemicals and toxins that are released into our environment including your very own yard. Over time we have realized that it isn't the healthiest option for our lawn, pets or our family.
Organic lawn care services in Naugatuck are exactly the same as traditional lawn care with the exception that they use techniques and products that are devoid of harmful chemicals. If you are interested in organic lawn care take note of every product used in your yard to verify that it is certified as organic. This is particularly important for those who have a garden or flower beds that produce fruits and vegetables that will be brought into your home.


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Style meets comfort with FitFlop's moccasin-inspired ankle boots that feature ergonomic Microwobbleboard(TM) midsoles, along with a built-in arch contour. Offering a generous fit for average to wider feet, the boots are lightweight with a hardwearing and slip-resistant sole.FitFlopUSD
Style meets comfort with FitFlop's moccasin-inspired ankle boots that feature ergonomic Microwobbleboard(TM) midsoles, along with a built-in arch contour. Offering a generous fit for average to wider feet, the boots are lightweight with a hardwearing and slip-resistant sole.
We aim to process and dispatch orders made before 3pm on the same working day. If your order is made after 3pm, or at the weekend, it will be dispatched the following working day. All UK delivery services are with well known national carriers and are fully tracked. There are some exclusions to the services we offer for certain items on site. We regret that we are not able to offer UK Next Day Tracked service or UK. Click and Collect with Collect+ on any dropship brands. Dropship brands consist of Lotus, Lotus Relife, Naturalizer, Norvic, Posh Wellies, Posh Jellies and Rombah Wallace.
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International shipping starts at £7.99. Exact carriers, time frames and charges vary by location. For more information please visit our delivery and returns page.
We understand that, especially when buying women's shoes or men's shoes, there is a possibility that you may need to return them. To help you with this, we have a 30 day returns policy for all orders; and for our UK customers this is offered with free returns postage. All we ask is that the product is unworn, has only been tried on on carpeted surfaces and is in resaleable condition.
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We have extended our returns period to allow for Christmas. This is valid from orders made from 1st October 2017. This means that you can now return online purchases up until 31st January 2018.
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ReRAM Startup Bets on Silver
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LONDON — A resistive RAM non-volatile memory technology that could be embedded in SoCs and used in multilayered terabyte memory ICs is being brought to market by a well-backed and well-connected startup called Crossbar Inc.
The company, based in Santa Clara, California, has a working array that it claims validates its silver-ion based technology as a replacement for traditional non-volatile memory. This working chip is a CMOS access controller monolithically integrated with a memory array.
George Minassian, CEO of Crossbar, told EE Times that his company's embedded ReRAM technology will be available in 2014 and could be in the field in products such as microcontrollers in 2015. High-density monolithic memories based on the technology would then follow within a few quarters, he predicted.
Crossbar's memory technology is one of a number of alternative ReRAM offerings being researched by the industry. Most of these are trying to achieve equivalent or superior performance to NAND flash memory while being able to scale beyond the perceived two-dimensional limit for NAND flash at about 15 nanometers.
Crossbar, founded in 2010, was formed to commercialize a body of memory device research based on metal-ion migration and filament formation within amorphous silicon that was being led by Professor Wei Lu at the University of Michigan. Professor Lu co-founded Crossbar and serves the company as chief technology officer. However, his amorphous silicon cross-point memory research was being nurtured by venture capital company Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) for a couple years prior to Crossbar's formation, according to Minassian.
The company has received $25 million in Series A and B rounds of funding and is backed by venture capital firms Artiman Ventures, KPCB, and Northern Light. Minassian told EE Times that Crossbar plans to demonstrate its memory array prototype at the upcoming Flash Memory Summit Aug. 13 to 15 as a signal that it is ready to begin product development.


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"Big data" is a hot topic right now. It's clear that companies and government entities are collecting more and more information every year about both the external environment and their internal operations. This, in turn, is driving increased sophistication of data analytics technologies, which have the potential to turn big data into insights. But it's not necessarily clear how specific corporate functions can utilize big data to improve their value to the organization.
Treasury & Risk sat down with Brian Loughman, Americas leader in the Fraud Investigation and Dispute Services practice at EY, LLP, and Scott Keipper, principal and reporting lead for the Americas Enterprise Intelligence practice at EY, LLP, to explore the opportunities for corporate treasury, finance, and risk management functions to put big data to work.
T&R: First of all, what does the term 'big data' mean in a corporate setting?
Brian Loughman: If you think back 10 or 15 years ago, a lot of the activities in the business were being recorded electronically, but they were often archived in separate systems. The warehouses would have an inventory log; the sales team would have a sales register and accounts receivable. A company might have had all the building blocks for financial systems, but the data stayed separate. And a lot of the incidental transactions were recorded on paper. Today, practically everything is recorded digitally, and it can often be collected easily into a single database. Then it can be analyzed to develop a perspective that is relevant to various stakeholders in the business.
For example, in the past, companies used data analytics around their customer base. They would log every customer service call into a database and then develop insight around this data. It was a fractured process, focused on a very specific function. Today you're seeing organizations analyze broad stores of information about all kinds of routine transactions. They can do this because they're aggregating their 'big data' and because the systems holding this data are more nimble. At the same time, newer technologies have been developed to search and analyze vast amounts of data very quickly. These advancements have led companies to say, 'We have all this data; maybe we should start figuring out new ways to see what it's telling us about our business.'
T&R: Is this something that you're seeing frequently in corporate treasury, finance, and risk management functions?
BL: Because treasury and finance are so closely tied to the business cycle, we usually see those functions leveraging data analytics activities that are already happening in the business units. For example, the COO might be very focused on the company's leading performance indicators. Treasury and finance might take those metrics and then extrapolate information such as what's coming up in the accounts receivable cycle.
Scott Keipper: There's significant potential for using data analytics to benefit treasury and finance—for example, by improving reporting reconciliation and liquidity management. But for the most part, finance teams are in the early stages of using big-data solutions. They're primarily focused on IT cost savings.
We work a lot with treasury and finance organizations in financial services companies. For them, in the current environment, big-data initiatives are driven primarily by increased regulatory requirements or specific cost-savings benefits. However, some are starting to look at more significant opportunities for convergence between risk, treasury, and finance, which will allow for more robust analytics and performance management—for example, in activity-based costing and transfer pricing.
T&R: When they implement big-data solutions for other purposes, are these treasury and finance functions also gaining new insights into key performance metrics?
SK: Yes, absolutely. Traditionally, finance functions have had access to subledger data, and they've been able to do a certain amount of analysis on that data to support financial disclosure. They may have also supplemented that analysis with information from the lines of business or risk management, but the data was disparate, challenging to obtain, and even more difficult to reconcile. As they have access to more robust solutions, they can dive deeper into the data.
In a bank, for example, if finance wants to understand what's driving variances in certain capital reserves, being able to actually drill down into the data, all the way back to desk-level or transaction information, enables them to really understand what's driving the changes to the business. Traditionally, that type of analysis would have taken weeks, but it now has the potential to become a standard part of the financial close or financial reporting process.
Banks are also able to use these solutions to uncover and free up 'trapped' capital or liquidity. When banks don't have data readily available, they have to take conservative assumptions around capital and liquidity reserves. But as a result of being able to drill down much deeper into the organization, they can understand more about each transaction or position, and they can classify it more efficiently. They might even use this data to make decisions about changes to their business and more closely align funding costs with the economics of the business unit.
BL: For treasury functions outside of the financial services sector, financing working capital is a key concern. They want to make sure they're not getting stretched out on receivables, and they need to manage payables. Now companies are starting to have the opportunity to collect all this data in one place and mine it in sophisticated ways. They also have the option to use visualization tools to see correlations that they may not have previously known existed.
T&R: Are companies also using analytics to dive into data from external sources?
SK: The ability to look at unstructured data is something we're seeing as an emerging trend. Companies are looking at external data that's very unstructured in nature—think of email, Facebook, phone conversations, things like that—and integrating it into traditional structured transactional data. Then they're running analytics against all that data to help drive an understanding of performance metrics and risk metrics about the organization. This trend is starting to show up in marketing, customer relationship management, and even credit underwriting.
BL: For companies in some industries, a lot of their customers or competitors might be using blogs and other digital media to talk about their businesses, and some companies are aggregating that information. For example, an organization might be looking at whether its customers are talking about expecting to increase in size. An individual instance might not mean much, but if a company sees that kind of commentary across a particular segment of the industry, it might have an interesting indicator of where its customers are headed and how it can best position itself to serve them.
SK: That being said, most finance and treasury functions have not yet explored the possibilities of unstructured data analysis.
T&R: What are some specific performance or risk metrics that companies are pinning down by delving into unstructured data?
BL: Well, I'm sure you've heard a lot about all the various compliance issues financial services companies have been dealing with, such as allegations of improper trading, insider trading, and interest rate fixing. Big data can actually be used to ferret out these kinds of activities. It's not uncommon for all the traders in a market—trading a particular security or currency—to instant message each other all the time. All of that is saved, and some organizations are using software systems to survey it and identify periods of time or certain traders that are causes for concern.
From a treasury standpoint, to the extent that there's any particular behavior that you're seeking to monitor, the advent of big data and the powerful analytics tools that are now available mean you can do so for everybody in the company at the same time. The reality is that computer-driven forensic data analytics helps you generate more intelligence about your business operations because the computer is better than we are at making connections very quickly.
Everybody has certain red flags they want to keep an eye on, and big-data tools enable you to do that in fairly close to real time. Most companies are already capturing most of this data; the question is whether they're effectively collating and analyzing it. Even if you have a lot of data, a thoughtful application of analytics can help you determine which data you're not interested in, based on your particular objectives, and you can focus in on the most critical data. Then you can create a lot of regular reports that give you close to real-time—so, daily or even hourly—reports on your key indicators. You can achieve a much better sense of your business operations.
T&R: What is the future of big-data analytics for treasury, finance, and risk management?
SK: Some organizations are moving toward a convergence in which the risk, treasury, and finance functions will use a common set of data and a common reporting framework. This solves what has historically been a big challenge for some companies: reconciliation between finance and risk data. That said, with big-data solutions, there is also potentially an opportunity to support reconciliation and forensic testing using other types of analyses—approximating how things reconcile or what controls exist—rather than re-architecting the whole infrastructure.
I also think there's a lot of potential for aggregation of data for analysis across companies and across industries. Regulators are in a unique position because they're capturing such a massive amount of data across the various regulatory initiatives. There's an opportunity to look at how they pull the data together as an organization to start to identify industry trends. Historically it's been disjointed because the regulators are not necessarily focused on the technology. But I think there's an opportunity there.
BL: I think the analytics capabilities will continue to expand, as well. This sounds far-fetched, but our 'know your trader' forensic analytics system can actually determine the emotions of people from their written communications. We have a team of Ph.D. linguists who helped build these taxonomies. And we don't have to read anyone's emails; the machine does that and alerts us when it encounters a red flag.
Many folks in treasury and finance have financial tests, looking for activity that goes over certain preset limits. And of course that's an important use of a big-data solution. But you could also have tests that are more nuanced and more qualitative. You could survey the emotional state of employees in key positions, and if you found extremes on either end, those might be people you would want to take a closer look at.


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...not sure how to put this delicately, but when I ride my bike in the cold I inevitably end up with a sweaty bra. Even if I am not exerting myself, the bra is soaking wet by the time I get to work and The Girls are not happy spending an entire morning waiting for it to dry. I've taken to stuffing paper towels in there, but was hoping you could share a better solution. How do you deal with this? Don't tell me you only wear wool bras?
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Temperature Regulation and Underlayers
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- AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 1:04 PM
Not everyone can afford silk underwear.ReplyDelete
Just saying.
The Winter Silks bras I mentioned retail at under $30, and that's when they are not on sale. As far as women's lingerie goes, that's far from expensive, unless you are comparing to Walmart.ReplyDelete
- DominiqueNovember 28, 2011 at 1:18 PM
I just wear some workout gear and change when I get to work! I know this isn't possible for everyone, but I like cycling in spandex/workout wear. I tried looking for wool stockings/tights and I couldn't even find those, let alone wool undies and bras. And we are in Canada...its colder here!ReplyDelete
Its ironic, like the Columbia ski jacket company, who doesn't ship online to Canada (where we buy the most per capita I'm sure)...
In my experience, wool does not make me any less sweaty, neither in summer nor in winter. What it does do, however, is to make being sweaty much more pleasant, as you don't get the clammy feeling of cotton (and to a lesser degree, synthetic fabrics).ReplyDelete
With regard to the reader's specific problem: what about bringing a spare bra? Yesyes, I know, we shouldn't have to change just because we're riding a bike to work, but sometimes that's the easiest solution nonetheless.
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 1:58 PM
Technical wool is being widely marketed this year. I just got a couple "Cresta" wool base layers from LLBean. Not cheap, less than Ibex. Not as luxurious either. Vacuums sweat from your skin. Goes through washer and dryer with no problem.ReplyDelete
Winter Silks is selling a technical silk but I haven't tried it yet. I've had their regular for years, it's very cozy. You feel more than just warm, it's like sitting by a fire. Until you start to crank out the serious watts and then it gets wet fast.
Any tips for finding bras with underwires? I'm not that chesty, but I still need the extra support.ReplyDelete
I personally do not like the feel of silk against sweaty skin, and the wool bras so far don't come in any kind of style that fits me, since I have D cups.ReplyDelete
The bra I personally prefer is a moisture-wicking synthetic: http://shop.lululemon.com/products/clothes-accessories/women-sports-bras/Ta-Ta-Tamer-II-31110?cc=9733&skuId=3435123&catId=women-sports-bras (apologies for the long URL)
It's really supportive and doesn't give the dreaded uniboob/flattening effect that so many sports bras do. In addition, despite being synthetic, it never seems to have a smell problem! Ever!
I wore that bra most days for four months of bike touring. It still looks and feels almost new. I wore that under technical wool tops in some fairly hot and cold weather and felt great! There's only one spot that isn't wicking--where the hooks are--and I barely noticed it.
I *still* wear that bra most days. I love that it looks like a normal bra under clothes.
Dominique: MEC sells wool stuff, one of my absolute favorite shirts is a base-layer hoodie I bought in the store in Vancouver.ReplyDelete
Also, I think Sock Dreams (http://sockdreams.com) ships to Canada, and they have many kinds of wool tights.
I will say that I don't have a huge chest (C cup), but I still find the wool bras to be un-supportive. I have tried a few different brands and I feel as though I am wearing little kids underwear, with my chest sagging seemingly more than it would without a bra (odd, I know). Perhaps the silk is a better way to go? Both silk and wool can be pricier fabrics, but certainly waiting for sales can make this less painful.ReplyDelete
I bring a change of clothes. I find that it's not so heavy as to make my trip noticeably more difficult.ReplyDelete
My main problem is having somewhere to hang it up at work, as there is no locker/change area for staff, and even what students have is limited.
I'm thinking of campaigning for better cycling facilities for staff for next year. Given this school has a whole lot of "green" initiatives going, it makes no sense that staff aren't encouraged to use less environmentally damaging forms of transport.
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 2:35 PM
Excellent information. I agree with the silk/wool information. While I also ride in cotton a lot of the time, the temps just aren't always low enough in Seattle for me to use wool (until it dips down below 40). I do have two wool t-shirts and one wool long sleeve shirt, wool glove liners and swear by wool socks all year round. I love the idea of the silks for intimate wear. That for some reason didn't occur to me. Since I need to look at some replacements soon, I'll take a look. Do you know if Winter Silks run true to size? It looks like I am on the cusp of one size to another?ReplyDelete
Anonymous #1, I can sort of hear what you are saying. A $30 pair of wool or silk undies are expensive compared to buying 3 packs of Fruit of the Loom cotton briefs from SuperMegaMart for $10. But you have to look at it as more an investment. Wool/silk undies will last longer so long as you take care of them. And if it doesn't make you squeamish, you can get more than one day of use out of them, something you don't want to do with cotton.ReplyDelete
If you're particularly thrifty, you might be able to find wool undies for cheap. I've gotten a few pairs for just $10.
Dominique: I second what April says about MEC branded wool stuff. Got a few pairs of undies from there last year, and I like them even better than the Ibex or Icebreaker ones I have!
April said...ReplyDelete
"I personally do not like the feel of silk against sweaty skin"
Do you mean the shiny slippery kind, or all silk? Some silk can feel just like cotton, or a nylon blend, or even soft wool. Check out filament silk and raw silk.
When people hear "silk underwear" they tend to have this image of expensive, satiny boudoir stuff, but silk is actually a very practical and durable fabric that is available in many textures and at many pricepoints. I have a sportsbra that is 90% silk/ 10% spandex and no one would call it "silk underwear" just by looking at it or touching it.
Erin B said...ReplyDelete
"Any tips for finding bras with underwires?"
I stopped wearing underwire bras because I used to fly a lot and it is a nightmare going through the detector.
But here is a silk blend one on clearance for $6. Not my size unfortunately.
I stopped buying underwire bras for the same reason, don't feel like getting felt up by TSA agents every friggin time!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 5:46 PM
How does food, you know, grub, factor into the temperature reg thing? Or is it all just about fashionable apparel?ReplyDelete
- Peppy (the not-so-aero-for-the-winter cycling cat)November 28, 2011 at 5:52 PM
Anon @ 5:46: if you eat lots of grub, you are less cold.ReplyDelete
Generally speaking, more food leads to better natural insulation, but no amount of human fat will approach the silky smoothness of my luxurious furs.
Hmm... Well I suppose she could stuff her cotton/polyester blend bra with white bread and that could soak up the sweat. Seems like a hassle and a waste of food though.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 6:04 PM
ROFL Velouria!. Hear hear on the wool/silk issue. The cost is front loaded. They last a very long time. Same for my doctor ordered Dansko shoes. Going on 12 years for them averages out to about 10 dollars per year per pair. The downside, you have to pick something you like and will wear for a long time.ReplyDelete
I wear some of my wool in 80 degree weather as it wicks sweat away. Tis amazing.
The way to avoid sweating while cycling is to stick to a few simple rules.ReplyDelete
Cycle very slowly.
Stop frequently.
Don't go more than 5 miles.
I have a pair of silk long-john pants. I wore them strictly as pajama pants on tour because they felt nice against my skin, but if it was a warmer night I ended up wiggling out of them at some point. (I would have preferred wool leggings, but alas, I haven't been able to afford them yet, so it was the silk long-johns or my synthetic polypropylene long-johns, which were too warm for sleeping 95% of the time.) In any case, the shinier silks feel really clammy and unpleasant if I'm sweating.ReplyDelete
I've never seen a bra made from raw silk. That might feel kinda nice, actually.
In general, I'm almost as anti-synthetic as you, but size 32D can sometimes be hard to find/expensive already.
I've thought about knitting myself a bra (you can buy plastic underwires for making your own bras), but mostly for fun. I have a pattern book called Naughty Needles that has a bra pattern that might work, as long as I wasn't PMSing.
Re cost...ReplyDelete
I think we are getting carried away here. While I agree that a $240 silver cycling rain cape (see previous post) is expensive, I think it is disingenuous to suggest that a $20-30 bra is expensive by today's standards. I haven't been to the stores in a while, but I am pretty sure it's less than most synthetic bras cost at Victoria's Secret or Macy's or JC Penney. Also, since when do ladies docilely pay full price for nice things? There are sales and discount retailers aplenty, for both wool and silk.
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 8:13 PM
Goodwill is where wool clothing goes to die. A 100% wool sweater in men's XL costs $7. YMMV.ReplyDelete
I'll have to say that I don't have your reader's specific problem much, but I've really seen the light after spending too much on too many poorly fitting bras that are uncomfortable and unflattering.I also need a D cup, so most of the wool or unstructured silk won't work for me. I mostly buy Chantelle stuff, which retails for much more than the silk options that you linked to, but fits, is comfortable and durable, and lovely. I find that the same bras that are comfortable in very hot weather (mostly lace, mostly unlined) are comfortable in cold weather as well.ReplyDelete
I know that Dottie at Let's Go Ride a Bike is the queen of finding luxe cashmere pieces in Chicago thrift stores. Maybe I'll suggest that she publish a "vintage wool" guide this winter.ReplyDelete
cycler - When I lived in England in my 20s, there was this shop near my university that sold hand-sewn lingerie, and twice a year they'd have a bin sale where bras in unpopular sizes were sold at absurd discounts. There was always something in my size, and I still have these gorgeous bras 10 years later - whereas the department store stuff I'd buy would fall apart within 1-2 years. Value is indeed relative.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 10:02 PM
Am I allowed to comment here being a guy? Kind of feels like I'm eavesdropping!ReplyDelete
Anyway just wanted to say that my dear wife had back problems for years until she finally gave herself permission to buy a well-made bra. I am not going to say how much it cost, but it was money well spent. She feels great. But more to the point, her new bra is silk and she did mention noticing a decrease in perspiration.
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2011 at 10:51 PM
Icebreaker wool clothing does it for me.ReplyDelete
I agree with all above concerning merino wool. I've tried Ibex and Icebreaker, but my favorite is Smartwool. $80 for a Tshirt sounds pretty steep, but I can wear it every day for maybe 10 years (!) before it becomes kinda ratty (then I wear it ratty for a few years). And it NEVER smells, unlike some poly shirts that smell on day 2, despite a washing after day 1. I wear them 12 months a year.ReplyDelete
Any comments on bamboo fiber goods? I've recently seen bamboo socks and wondered if they were better than Coolmax or silk. Bamboo bras are available, but I know nothing about them.ReplyDelete
I'm just going to make one more comment (probably) and step on my soapbox for a short moment: Ladies, if you have not been professionally fitted for a bra, get it done! Victoria's Secret does NOT count--they frequently put people (including me) in the wrong size.ReplyDelete
Many women are wearing the wrong size. If your bra is uncomfortable (and not from sweat) you are probably wearing the wrong size. If they ride up in the back, or you're using the straps to hold up your breasts (the band should do most of the work), you are wearing the wrong size. If the whole cups aren't touching your breasts or is puckering anywhere, you are wearing the wrong size. If you have to put it on any hook but the loosest when it's new, it's the wrong size.
Nordstrom's supposedly does a good job, there are also lots of small local specialty stores for underthings that do fittings. It's worth asking around. (In Portland OR we have "Just Like a Woman" which specializes in hard-to-find sizes and women who've had mastectomies. There are a couple of other stores that mostly carry fancier pretty bras that also do professional fittings.) Most places do it for a small fee, or for free if you buy a bra from them.
Wearing a bra that truly fits can vastly improve your comfort and self-image.
- AnonymousNovember 29, 2011 at 6:52 AM
Wouldn't it be possible to stock up on a bra or two at work and just change into a dry one while the wet one dries?ReplyDelete
April - I'm a 32D too! I have had people flat out tell me there is no such size. Those S, M, L bras either fit me around my rib cage or around the bust but never both. Have you knit anything else out of that book? Would you recommend it?ReplyDelete
I have no comments on women's lingerie but I do like wool clothing in general. My favorite source for wool cycling jerseys is Oregon Cyclewear. Retro looking designs at the best prices I've found. No affiliation but am a satisfied customer.ReplyDelete
This is an important topic! I'm a 34D and a wool enthusiast, but none of the wool bras are supportive enough and they don't provide separation. I have no problem spending money on bras if they work. April, thank you for the lulu lemon bra recommendation. I will look for that one.ReplyDelete
I'm curious about the underwire and travel issue. I travel a lot, only wear underwire bras and have never had a problem going through security. Are you sure it was your bra that was the problem?
Rona: bamboo is just a fancy term for rayon. Rayon made from cellulose that's derived from bamboo, but rayon nonetheless. If you google "rayon bamboo" you'll get lots of info.ReplyDelete
Erin B: Of course 32D is a real size. What the hell. I've met women who are 28F. 32D is not that unusual--there are plenty of women who are wearing 34C or D who are really 32D, but don't know it, because in most inexpensive department stores (like Target), 32 only goes up to B or C.
I used to think I hated sports bras. Turns out that my band and cup size means that they're usually a struggle to get into! I will only wear the kind with hooks! No more wrestling myself into the stretchy kind that just give me boob loaf anyway.
I haven't actually knit anything out of the book Naughty Needles yet, but paging through it is good for entertainment. Most of the stuff in there isn't designed to be practical...unless a hand-knit ball gag is practical for you. (If it is, more power to you!) They do have a lovely basic knee sock pattern, and a pattern for a sock garter that they point out is also good for keeping your pant leg out of your chain, as well as a pattern for beautiful lace-up armwarmers. There's also a felted corset and a leather whip, but hey.
The reader should bring a top, bra etc to change into at work if they are not into getting into wool or silk bras. Ride in whatever one feels comfortable and change at work. I change my top once I get to work partly because i am working in coolers and need to be dry. So while biking I will either wear a cotton top which gets soaked or a silk or wool top as a base layer. If I am out and about for the day and riding, I try to make sure my layers are wool/silk. I would love to get some wool or silk bras, but have little need to wear them.ReplyDelete
Icebreaker is the best in my opinion with Ibex rocking the wool as well. Smart wool socks contain too much synthetic content for my liking.
I'm allergic to wool. I can wear it on my feet (and calves, if we're talking knee socks), but any higher than that and I'm itchy and my nose is running like crazy. Can't even imagine wool undies! Oh the humanity! No animal fibers at all work for me, actually, including cashmere and angora. I've saved a lot of money that way, but I'm often sad about it. Cotton sweaters are only nice for a season, then they either shrink or get crunchy and look like crap.ReplyDelete
Silk doesn't warm me up enough. My silk long underwear doesn't stink, true, but my stinky poly-fleece means I can be out on the ski slope in sub-freezing temps for an hour without discomfort. Silk just doesn't cut it, even at the same weight. Wish I could wear wool, but alas, no. I keep threatening to buy down long underwear, but I haven't coughed up the money for those yet! They do exist.
For sports bras that aren't wool, but that are sensibly sold, I suggest a company called Title 9. They have many retail stores, including one in my area, and have a great catalog service, as well as a nice website at Titlenine.com. I find their sales make very expensive products a bit more bearable, and they have a great selection of sports bras.
- AnonymousNovember 30, 2011 at 4:28 AM
Thanks for a very informative post. For those of us in England, where is that bra shop?ReplyDelete
@April Bamboo is rayon? EEEEK!! Thanks for that info..scary how retailers will make something sound organic and natural when it's really highly processed.ReplyDelete
hmmm... wonder if Kudzu is the next big fiber? lol
I find that in the fall and winter I don't have the sweaty bra problem, as long as I'm wearing a wool or cashmere base layer. In the summer I always change into a nice bra when I get to work. Tanks with built in bras (Patagonia and Lululemon have nice supportive ones) are perfect for the commute.ReplyDelete
I have two pairs of boyshort wool underwear, I think one is Ibex and one is Smartwool. One turned out to be too small for my hips and the band has no stretch at all; the other bunch up in the most uncomfortable way. So sad. Now I'm afraid to spend money on any others. I don't have experience with silk or wool bras. I guess as long as they have underwire, they would be supportive enough, but - I'm just going to say it - aren't they too thin to hide nipples? Because I can't be having that at work. I didn't see anyone else mention that in the comments, but it's the first issue I thought of. :)
- AnonymousNovember 30, 2011 at 7:31 PM
I have an Ibex wool bra and find it very restrictive to pull on and off. I recently bought two I O Bio bras (www.io-bio.com/) and find them to be very comfortable. My hubbie says their wool boxers are so light it's almost like not wearing anything.ReplyDelete
Jan - I wore I/O Bio bras and underpants for a year but recently switched to Ibex. While I liked I/O Bio, their stuff stretched out over time until it became unwearable. Ibex seems more resistant to this, but I guess I will know for sure in a few months.ReplyDelete
fist bump for April, my fellow 32D.ReplyDelete
No S-M-L sized bra will work for me. the band size fits but the cups are tiny in the small sizes. If the cups fit, the band is huge. It's a bummer. Erès used to make a knitted silk 32D. No longer, alas.
I wish someone would make a wool bra with underwire and specific sizes.
- melissatheragamuffinDecember 1, 2011 at 9:02 AM
I'm in the change at work camp. I have panniers on my bike. It's not a big deal to stick an extra bra or a bra and shirt in there. I'm just recovering from having pneumonia. I really don't need or want my chest to be cold and wet all day.ReplyDelete
I would wear wool bras, but Ibex doesn't make my size. Like a couple of the other ladies here, I'm a D-cup. In regard to other clothing I also have the misfortune of being 6'1" in my bare feet, so I actually wear Ibex's men's wool cycling pants because they're longer than the ladies.
A bit late, but I ordered two of the on sale underwire 34D bras that were on super cheap sale at Winter Silks, and they don't fit. They were only $6 each, so it's not worth the cost/hassle to ship them back, but if any woman in the Boston area wants them, I'm happy to give them away. I think that they actually fit more like a 34 C, and the cups are so stretchy that they don't really have any support. Tried one on for a minute, and one in original packaging- cream color.ReplyDelete
email bikinginheels (at) yahoo (dot) com.
I am a base-layer-must-be-wool convert, as of this morning. Temp = 37 and windy. Stayed warm and happy the whole ride in smartwool leggings. Ordering undershirt from Icebreaker as we speak. :)ReplyDelete


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Microbiology help in identifying Gram + rod for my unknown
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Microbiology help in identifying Gram + rod for my unknown
This unknown is extremely hard narrowing down, with that said I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction. I have narrowed down my Genus based on the fact that it forms spores and is gram positive rod to Bacillus.
However when approaching my proffessor she did say I could have inoculated some of the tubes wrong or the tests did not come out as accurate as I would have liked. These are all the tests and the results I ran. What do you think?
Cell shape= rod
gram reaction= positive
Size when done with a mixed gram stain with . aereus is seen to be much larger.
Spores= +
capsules= -
motility= ? seemed to be nonmotile in the wet mount, and slight red formation towards top of gelatinase, but I thought that was only due to introduction of oxygen. I dont know.
Acid fast stains were shown to form chains with rods and spores
optimum temperature ranges from 20- 45 and mostly likes 37
Growth was seen mostly at the top of the tube
The TSA plate shows a creamy white with a slight tint of yellow, the colonies formed slightly, raised, circular bumps.
Blood plate= I thought was beta hemolytic because it was a green greyish color but I dont know exactly could be alpha
TSB= showed slight growth at the bottom a kind of hazeyness to it, but still not a lot.
Oxidation/Fermentation= -/- for both tests
Nitrate= red=- N/C= +
Methyl red=-
Voges= -it wouldnt turn totally red so it stayed a brown but we could have not done it right, that was a little iffy
citrate= -
oxidase= -
catalase= +
Gelatin liquefaction= -
urease= +
Indole= -
Dnase= +
ornithine decarboxylase= -
Lysine decarboxylase= +
Arginine decarboxylase= -
Any help would be great I have been racking my brain over the bacillus and nothing seems to fit
Thank you
Cara Capelouto
Re: Microbiology help in identifying Gram + rod for my unknown
No my bad you can move iti to micro, thank you
Re: Microbiology help in identifying Gram + rod for my unknown
Identification of Gram + spore formers is fairly complicated and not very useful as a teaching lab excercise. The positive catalase probably points toward Bacillus spp. but taking it to species will be tough. Are you sure you aren't working with a contaminant? The tests you've run seem more relevant to an enteric id excercise.
Re: Microbiology help in identifying Gram + rod for my unknown
no this is my unknown, it may have been contaminatied, but still I have to write this paper regardless. Any suggestions as to where to start?
Re: Microbiology help in identifying Gram + rod for my unknown
Curious - is this beginning micro lab?
You can rule out some species but a specific ID is probably not readily obtained. I'd start with Bergey's Determinative
( http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/micro_biolo ... charts.pdf ). You'll see some of it's pretty subjective and for many species, you can only arrive at a group.
Ok thank you ill try I have looked over bergeys systematic manual to no avail, and yes this is an intro class.
Could it possibly be B. sphaericus, everything matches on all the results except the motility!!!! its the closest on eI have found yet, should I go for it????
Re: Microbiology help in identifying Gram + rod for my unknown
Could be but the data you have aren't very convincing. Was any context offered for the excercise such as food micro?
Have to say that this backward approach to teaching microbial identification is pretty poor on the part of your prof. You should have had appropriate keys that would have led to a plan of identification rather than throwing every test available into the effort and then looking for an answer.
Re: Microbiology help in identifying Gram + rod for my unknown
I am so confused... My unknown is due tomorrow and I want to make sure I am correct before I turn it in..
Cell Shape: Bacilli
Arrangement: Diplibacilli
Size: 2mm X .5mm
Gram Stain: Negative
Motility: Yes
Glucose Fermanation: yes acid/gas
Lactose " ": yes acid/gas
Mannitol " ": yes acid/gas
Sucrose " ": negative
Menthyl Red: positive
Butanediol (VP): negative
Nitrate Reduction: +NO2
Catalase: positive
Indole: positive
Starch: positive
Casein: negative
Urea: negative
Citrate: negative
Hydrogen Sulfide: negative
phenylalanase: negative
I got for my genus: Escherichia
and my species: Fergusonii
Please help me determine if I am correct? Thank you!!! Lisa
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This year likely will emerge as a watershed year for automotive electronics around the world. That's a big statement to make given that semiconductors, systems and software technology in this sector moves ahead relentlessly. But a variety of things occurred during the past 12 months that, taken together, mark the broad realization--among designers, vendors and consumers--that the era of automotive electronics is here.
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Eugene Henry "Gene" Seibert, Barrington, IL (1924 - 2014)
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Eugene Henry "Gene" Seibert was born in Milwaukee, WI, on May 7, 1924, and lived most of his adult life in Janesville, WI, and Fountain Hills, AZ, before moving to Barrington, IL, in 2003. He died peacefully in Barrington, on Jan. 6, 2014.
"We make a life by what we give"… by all measure, Gene had a full and wonderful life. He gave of himself and his heart to his church, work, community, friends and most importantly to his family including his cherished wife of nearly 65 years, Joanne.
In Gene's youth he played the organ and piano at Simpson Methodist Church often accompanied by his mother. His love of church and music would remain with him throughout his life. His children recall waking Sunday mornings to the music of The Mormon Tabernacle Choir blaring throughout the house and fondly remember Dad "pounding the peddles" on the organ after church. He served on the Janesville First Lutheran Church Council in 1964, during the construction of the education wing. As members of the Shepherd of the Hills Church in Fountain Hills, he and Joanne donated the stained glass window gracing the altar.
Following high school, Gene attended Beloit College in 1942, and joined the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. After one semester, he enlisted in the Army Air Force during World War II. The majority of his three years of service was spent in China, serving with The Flying Tigers. He was shot down twice and was listed as missing in action for three weeks after bailing out behind enemy lines. In 2012, Gene joined fellow WWII vets on an Honor Flight trip to Washington DC, with his son, Kevin. It was one of the highlights of his life and allowed him to see the WWII Memorial, pay tribute to those with whom he served and receive a long overdue proper thank you for his service.
After the War, Gene enrolled at Marquette University and married the love of his life, Joanne Stark on Jan. 25, 1947, at The Wauwatosa Methodist Church. He began his career at Northwestern Mutual Life and shortly thereafter joined Hewitt Associates in Chicago, as one of their first 25 employees. In 1956, Gene joined the Parker Pen Company, Janesville, WI, and served as Corporate Vice President of Human Resources. He introduced innovative benefit solutions for employees and cared deeply about every member of the Parker Pen Community. Following his retirement, he and Joanne founded Seibert Associates. Together they worked with companies to help their employees/spouses plan for retirement. Joanne and Gene were published in several journals and traveled the country consulting and conducting seminars.
Gene's mission to help others was never over at the end of the day. His daughter, Kathy, remembers her Dad coming home for family dinners always filled with "lively" conversations about school or politics. He would often finish dinner and head to Mercy Hospital where he volunteered as a board member for 34 years, including 14 years as Chairman of the Board. He worked closely with the Sisters of Mercy and the Board to build a community hospital system that would remain in Janesville, and meet the health care requirements of area residents without the need to travel long distances for major medical attention. In addition to the Hospital, he also served on the Board at Cedar Crest Retirement Home in Janesville.
He also became very active in politics, holding the position of Vice Chairman of Finance for The Wisconsin Republican Party. His son, Tom, joined him at the 1968 Republican National Convention where Gene served as a State delegate.
His children will always remember Dad as an amazing father and role model. Although he gave of himself in many ways, his devotion and commitment to family always came first. He led us by example and will now continue to be our guiding light for how to live each day to the fullest by focusing attention on the ones we love in the same way he did for us. He shared his positive attitude with all that knew him. His friends and his family will sorely miss his ever-present smile that would light up every room he entered.
Gene is survived by sons: Tom (Kathy Clarkin) of Columbus, OH, and Kevin Seibert (Lucinda Scoville) of Barrington, IL; and daughter, Kathy Tschantz (Ralph) of Omaha, NE. He treasured his eight grandchildren: Matthew (Christine), Bethany (Kevin Reade) and Michael (children of Tom and Kathy), Kristin, John and Carly Tschantz (children of Kathy and Ralph) and Sarah and Megan (children of Kevin and Lucinda). He also celebrated having a great-grandchild, Hudson Reade. Gene was preceded in death by his parents, Henry and Eunice (Liefbrauer) Seibert; his in-laws, LaRue and Irma (Hauver) Stark; and his beloved wife, Joanne.
Gene will be laid to rest in Janesville, during a private ceremony. A memorial service will be held Jan. 25th at 11 a.m. at the Barrington United Methodist Church… Gene and Joanne's Wedding Anniversary. In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, donations may be made to the Mercy Hospital Gene Seibert Memorial Fund.
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A place to call home: Project 16:49 opens Beloit house for homeless teen girls
BELOIT--The young woman needed only 15 minutes to move into an upstairs bedroom of her new home.
"I don't have much stuff," she explained. "I can't tell you how amazing this is to me."
A few weeks ago, the 18-year-old student was living in her broken-down car and trying to stay warm under a pile of blankets.
For two years, she has been homeless, sometimes bouncing between the houses of acquaintances, all the time trying to keep up with homework.
She was the first to settle into a house for seven homeless girls, which Project 16:49 opened in Beloit last weekend.
The local non-profit group helps homeless youth in Rock County have safe and stable housing and support to remain in school.
Ann Forbeck, homeless liaison for the Janesville School District, has been working to open such a home for years.
"This is an unconventional love story," she said. "We love our children in Rock County, and we are not going to let them fall through the cracks."
Forbeck praised residents and businesses who have donated to Project 16:49 to make renting the house near downtown Beloit a reality.
"We live in such a caring community," she said. "People have put so many hours into fundraisers for us."
The organization's annual budget of $170,000 comes from local foundations, individuals and businesses, said Tammy DeGarmo, executive director.
She estimated 200 recently came to walk though the home, which is not being publicly identified so girls can have privacy.
"So many have put so much blood, sweat and money into the project," DeGarmo said. "The only way it will continue to work is if they continue to put more blood, sweat and money into the project. This house is only the beginning."
The group hopes to open a similar home for boys in Janesville.
So far, three 18-year-old girls have moved into the late 19th century home, with seven bedrooms upstairs. They can stay up to 18 months as they finish high school or go on to college.
About 130 young people are homeless and not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian in Rock County. Most are 16 to 18.
The latest figures for the Janesville School District show that 55 students are homeless and unaccompanied.
Many times, they couch surf or stay at a friend's house for awhile and then move on. Some stay with relatives or friends for extended periods.
Many worry that, if they step out of line, they will be put on the street.
"It's hard for kids in survival mode to ask for help," DeGarmo said. "In the past, many have been exploited by people who said they would help them."
All the girls in the home agree to complete high school or a General Education Degree program; not to abuse drugs or alcohol and be willing to identify and work on life goals.
Their independent living coach, Amy Smejkal, called the girls inspiring.
"They find the positive in their situation, when they could be negative," she said. "They have good heads on their shoulders."
Many see school as a safe haven. In the hours after school, they must survive on their own. The name Project 16:49 represents the 16 hours and 49 minutes between the end of the school day and the beginning of a new one.
While in the home, girls will learn and practice important skills, including meal planning, cooking and conflict resolution. A weekly group dinner and house meeting are designed to keep communication open.
"We are preparing them so they can live in the community on their own," said Samantha Gaffey, who lives in the home with the girls. She also is a graduation coach with the Beloit School District.
The first girl to move into the home found out about it from a social worker.
"It means so much to me that there are people who care, and they don't even know me," she said. "It's going to be so much fun meeting the other girls and growing as a family."
Her passion is music, and she dreams of studying music education.
"I am so happy," she said. "It feels really good to be someplace that I can call home."
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