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i am really hopeful for nash. i know it can't be officially announced until the 11th but it can be leaked right? the infamous sources can let us know it's a done deal?
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i am really hopeful for nash. i know it can't be officially announced until the 11th but it can be leaked right? the infamous sources can let us know it's a done deal?
Let's not assume at 38 Nash will be able to play all 3 years of his contract, so the urgency to find a long term solution to the pg spot should be here now....if we are able to sign him at all.
Signing Nash and filling the 3 spot are the biggest priorities right now. Re-signing Gray & Magloire, finding a way to use Jose as a trade asset, deal one of Ed/Amir, the qualifying offers of Bayless and Weems are going to be things thought of afterwards. This team will be built well for now and the future.
At 38, I don't see Nash playing max. minutes even this year. A 3 year contract does not make any sense. If the Mavs offered him 20million/2 year he will be tempted to take it. Even if 36 million/3 year contract is true it doesn't really affect his net worth that much.
But I can agree to the sentiment of bringing Nash here at all costs. We need a couple of big time players like Nash and Gasol. Even if it turns out to be bad experiment. Its not like we have a roster loaded with young talent who are competing for playoffs. The way I see it, its either overpaid Steve Nash in a raptors jersey who will give us some credibility and might even make it attractive for some free agents or another wtf season.
Nash on the current roster is a major improvement. Will make everyone better, and will do it better than Jose Calderon. Plus the injury risk isn't there..
I think attracting stars would be nice, but BC isn't stupid to go out and run for players who are past their prime unlike before, for it will only stunt the growth, development, & future plans of the team. I.e. Jermaine O'neal trade, Turkoglu signing.
Nash helps the team short-term and long-term. We saw the effects he had in Pheonix now and in the past, he made everyone around him better, and they were able to get success year to year. Not only would he end his career here in T. dot, but would really expand on Canadian basketball..
Make it happen BC.
If Nash can make Channing Frye, Marcin Gortat and Jared Dudley look good and compete for a playoff spot in the Western Conference, I can only imagine his impact on Jonas Valanciunas, Andrea Bargnani and DeMar DeRozan; ironically enough, I sincerely believe that the aforementioned Raptor players are better than what Phoenix has.
He mentioned in the interview that maybe he wished he had a defensive centre in his glory days in Phoenix; this is where BC can pitch -- hey, we have this talented 7 footer from Lithuania who could have easily been the 2nd overall pick in the draft.
Nash also mentioned that he wants to be in a situation where he wants to be able to contribute to the growth of the organization, where he feels he would be relevant in a winning situation; paraphrasing.
I think that Nash could easily go to Miami, L.A., New York, etc. -- but he wouldn't necessarily be Mr. Relevant since these teams already have established superstars. Ie: In Miami, Nash wouldn't be anything more than a spot-up shooter who occasionally runs the pick and roll. In L.A., the team is constructed in a manner where isolation based sets showcase the individuals' talents (Bynum, Kobe). New York would be the other contender because Nash would bring stability to the franchise. Of course, it all depends on whether Melo accepts more of an off ball role, instead of the notorious hero ball.
Nash, at the end of the day, is an old school point guard. He likes having the ball to make things happen. I think he enjoys bringing the best out of players. What better situation than harnessing the many lottery talents that the Raptors possess, with 2 more (Ross & JV) coming in. Never mind the fact that he can do it in Toronto, Canada.
I really think that it would come down to Toronto, New York and Dallas; with the Knicks and Raptors as front runners. However, signing Nash means a lot more to Toronto for obvious reasons. He's a smart guy and he knows it. If he does not sign with the Raptors and chooses a city like New York or Dallas or Brooklyn, what message does that send to the franchise and the rest of the basketball world? That even a Canadian superstar prefers the glamour of playing in an American city (big market city) over a Canadian one? It means a lot more for Toronto and that is an understatement. It could make or break the franchise for years to come.
i agree with everything said before this. i don't think it changes the perception of toronto in the league if he signs elsewhere. i think that if he signs with us, maybe others see toronto in a different light but signing elsewhere wouldn't tarnish the rep at all. with luck a big improvement happens next year and then a real image change can happen. i think 1-10 toronto is already a 1 so we can't really get worse.
if nash does sign somewhere else, i hope no one goes ballistic on him.
Listen brother, all the Hulkamaniacs want Steve Nash to sign with Raptors Republic. What the Hulkamaniacs want, the Hulkamaniacs get. Remember Hulkamaniacs, take your vitamins and say your prayers.
Knicks, Suns talk sign-and-trade for Nash, but Raptors can offer more
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The Knicks opened free agency yesterday with a little more hope after coach Mike Woodson, owner James Dolan and their front-office contingent had an audience with Steve Nash and the club got the Suns amenable to working out a sign-and-trade to get the two-time MVP more money.
During a three-hour meeting, they brought him up to their practice facility in Greenburgh, N.Y., for a tour and told him of sign-and-trade scenarios in which they would be able to offer the point guard up to $8 million per year. Otherwise, the Knicks would have only their $3.09 million midlevel exception to attempt to lure Nash.
Tom Meinelt / Splash News
N.Y. SKATE OF MIND: Veteran point guard Steve Nash, who lives in the West Village in the offseason, skateboards around Tribeca on Friday, two days before he had free-agent meeting with the Knicks and Raptors, with Toronto suddenly a favorite to sign the native Canadian.
But a large Raptors contingent also invaded the Big Apple yesterday morning, meaning business, and Toronto is ready to offer Nash $30 million-plus in a 3-year deal, leaving the Knicks as longshots. The Nets plan to meet with Nash this morning.
The Knicks know they will need to add more salary to a sign-and-trade package to lift their offer, but still feel they have a little shot, as one person put it.
An ESPN report stated the Raptors offered Nash a 3-year, $36 million package yesterday, but a source close to the situation said that was false and the sides hadnt gotten that far. The Raptors leaking of the $36 million offer could be by design to scare off the Knicks, Nets and Mavericks.
Still, Nash would make at least $10 million a year with Toronto in exchange for giving up any hope of winning an NBA title. The Raptors are trying to clear more cap space by dealing point guard Jose Calderon.
The next two point guards on the Knicks free-agent board are Jason Kidd and former Knick Raymond Felton. At least the Knicks have sign-and-trade possibilities as their ace in the hole if their $3.09 million midlevel exception doesnt do it for Kidd or Felton, who plans to meet with the Suns.
Kidd is close friends with Tyson Chandler, his former Dallas teammate, and they share the same agent. Kidd is intrigued by the Knicks if he doesnt join Deron Williams in Brooklyn or Dallas as a package.
The Nash sweepstakes is drawing to a close after yesterdays back-to-back meetings first with the Raptors, then the Knicks. Saturday night, Nash and agent Bill Duffy sat in the popular Aurora restaurant in Manhattan when both their cell phones nearly exploded at midnight, starting with the Knicks call.
The Knicks cant offer as much money as Toronto, but offered better than their mini-midlevel as The Post reported yesterday after having talks with the Suns on a sign-and-trade.
One sign-and trade piece would be late-season signee Dan Gadzuric, who still has a non-guaranteed $1.7 million that can be waived by Phoenix. Free agent Landry Fields, guard Toney Douglas and center Jerome Jordan are other assets that can be used in the sign-and-trade.
But the allure of playing in his home country, for a lot of Canadian money, is expected to sway Nash, who lives in the offseason in the West Village.
I definitely feel I want to be validated monetarily to an extent, he said at his soccer event. Its still very important. I think money in many ways represents respect. For example, if you sign with a team and take half or less money, six months later, they trade you. It isnt everything but it is important and will be one of the factors involved.
The Knicks sold Nash on the idea of being the final piece to a championship run and the slew of money that can be made as a star in New York. It was the same schtick they laid on LeBron James.
As for the Nets, Nash is point-guard insurance in case Williams leaves, or could be used as a starting backcourt pair. At the soccer event, Nash said, Brooklyn is beautiful.
Felton, meanwhile, is intriguing because the Knicks already know he has chemistry with Amare Stoudemire and can handle the pressure of New York.
Andre Miller, low on the Knicks point-guard wish list, reportedly will re-sign with the Nuggets.
The Knicks are in no rush to offer free agent Jeremy Lin the maximum early-Bird offer of 4 years for $24 million , as they will see what the market bears for him. Toronto figured in the Lin mix
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knick...#ixzz1zT4VnFfY
Raptors go all-in for Nash,
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz1zT53Wjfb
The Steve Nash sweepstakes heated up as expected Sunday, when the Toronto Raptors made their elaborate and aggressive pitch to bring the Canadian back to his homeland.
A Raptors source confirmed that Toronto offered the two-time MVP a three-year, $36 million deal, though a source close to Nash called that figure "premature." While offers can't be signed until July 11, it's clear that Toronto is all-in trying to make the 38-year-old point guard the face of its franchise.
Why would a team that was 23-43 last season, and is developing a young core, invest so heavily in a player of such advanced age, you ask? Because it's about basketball and business.
When the Bell and Rogers groups -- respective owners of rival sports television networks TSN and SportsNet -- agreed to buy majority interest of the Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment company in December, their shared interest was rooted in a fear that MLSE was going to create a mega-network that would force their loss of Raptors and Leafs programming. The two companies, whose majority ownership is expected to be formalized within the next three months, decided that partnering with a competitor was better than being obliterated by a larger station that would likely have been built in the mold of the Knicks' MSG network. Nash's role in this business equation now, of course, would be to play the part of the Knicks' Jeremy Lin by driving up ratings and re-energizing a fan base that is still reeling from the loss of Chris Bosh to Miami two summers ago.
The Raptors could also use a spike at the gate. They've fallen into the league's bottom half in home attendance since Bosh's departure. Toronto ranked 17th last season (average crowd of 16,835) and was 19th in 2010-11 (16,566) after ranking as high as ninth overall during the Bosh era (19.435 in 2007-08).
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All of which helps explain the lengths the Raptors are going to beat out teams like New York, Phoenix, Brooklyn and Dallas in their pursuit of Nash. Beyond the contract offer that is likely to far surpass any others, Nash is also being sold on the chance to become even more of a local legend in Canada while possibly even using this as a segue to his post-playing career.
There is a growing belief by some that Nash could eventually have a role in the team's front office if he finished his career there, though sources said that topic was not discussed during the Raptors' pitch. Coincidentally, Nash -- who played under Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo in Phoenix after Colangelo persuaded him to sign there in 2004 -- was named the general manager of the Canadian national team in early May.
While the Raptors would appear to be the front-runner for Nash, there's a reason he told them Sunday that he would make a decision in the "next couple of days," according to one involved source. The Knicks, who also visited with Nash on Sunday, are known to be exploring sign-and-trade options that would allow them to pay Nash more than the three-year, $9 million mini midlevel he'd be limited to now in New York. According to ESPN.com, Nash will meet with Brooklyn on Monday. As for Phoenix, a return to the Suns continues to appear unlikely. They are not among the teams aggressively pursuing him in the opening days of free agency and, according to the Arizona Republic, have instead been focusing on free agents like Michael Beasley and Eric Gordon.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz1zT5XYc00
"Still, Nash would make at least $10 million a year with Toronto in exchange for giving up any hope of winning an NBA title."
hate seeing this garbage. no way the knicks and nets are closer to a title then us. in the interview on truehoop tv they were talking new york as a title contender as well. garbage
forgot to thank you for the find. good article
I love steve Nash but 36 million to a 38 year old? WWWW TTT FFFF?
Yes they (MLSE/ROGERS/ BELL) will:
1) Pull in western Canada therby further justifying themselves as Canada's team
2) Sell a whack of jerseys - likely eclipsing ol' #15
3) increase their chances of getting in to the playoffs in 2012-2013
see a pattern here? $$$$
The downside?
1) all that cap flexibility/options BC has been bragging about over the past 2 seasons GONE
2) core players are under 25 Nash does not fit
3) Nash is not a great defender of the point so why hire Duane Casey?
4) whatever guard they try to get is not going to develop behind Nash so in a couple years you are back to square 1
5) for roughly the same money you could get Sessions and Johnny Flynn.
A move like this ensure the Raptors will remain in the cycle of lottery-to-average (maybe 7th/8th seed) First round fodder for a couple years and then back to the lottery.
These assholes want to make money nothing more - and yes they do think we are stupid.
How? Melo likes to dominate the ball. You think he's going to defer to Nash so that Nash can do what he's known to do best? I don't.
There's nothing new about New York's we're-better-than-everyone view.
I'm surprised Nash would even consider NY after what they did to D'Antoni.
Brooklyn may get better too.. they are after Joe Johnson, and could get Dwight even if DWill leaves town. Not much room for improvement there but Nash/JJ/Wallace/Howard could be lethal.
I know I have read that it was 36 for 3 years (ESPN), and I have also read that the offer was not that, and the actual offer has not been leaked yet. The offer did look rather high.
So, I am not even sure this is the offer, it could just have been leaked by the Raptors to discourage other teams from making offers, if they know they are no where near as serious as the Raptors are, they might not even touch Nash. So, for the sake of this thread, let's say it is.
There is this misconception that bringing in Nash is all about the present. Win now, pay for it later. I disagree with that statement. I think having Nash is more about ushering in the future. What Nash does is make all the players around him better. JV, Demar, Ross, Bargs, and even ED/Amir, will get better playing with Nash. I think this is something that is being rather undervalued when people say we should not pursue Nash (even with an expensive price tag).
Now, I think the most important thing the Raptors need to do if or when they sign Nash, is get a solid young backup. Whether they trust Bayless (which I think will be the case) or they go out and get another young PG (through a trade, I am guessing), then we may be set for the future. If Nash can mentor this player into being a solid past first point guard (whoever this player might be), then I think we would be in a far better scenario for the future then we are without signing Nash. You say this guard will not develop, am I curious to why not.
Last year we talked about "changing cultures". Going from a bad defensive team to a good defensive team. What about the cultures of winning and losing? Derozan has never been on a team that has went .500 or above. Last time Bargnani was on a winning team, he was a rather different player. We have this young core that has never been in a winning culture. Maybe is is important we start to change that now.
Finally, think what it will do to the franchise financially. Bill Simmons claims that Nash signing with the Raps would be the "story of the year" (in a year where the Heat go for a repeat, Anthony Davis is a rookie, and Dwight Howard/ D-will could team up). This team would really get all of Canada behind it (you do not seem to be very happy about that since it also benefits MLSE, Rogers, and Bell).
So, in short, I respect your comments and opinions, but I strongly disagree.
Doug Smith
The heavy lifting is done. Now all the Raptors can do is sit and wait for a decision from the most significant free agent the franchise has ever pursued.
Armed with what ESPN.com said was a three-year offer worth about $36 million, the Raptors made their pitch to Steve Nash in New York on Sunday.
Nash, who also met Sunday with the New York Knicks, is seen as the key ingredient to an accelerated building process the Raptors are trying to implement.
No one connected with the team would speak on the record about the meeting, which took about two hours. Nashs representatives did not return a text seeking comment.
There is no firm indication of when Nash may make up his mind. Other serious suitors besides the Raptors and Knicks would include the Brooklyn Nets and Dallas Mavericks, both of whom are waiting on free-agent point guard Deron Williams to decide where hes going. But according to league sources, Nash isnt going to wait too long. A decision could come by the middle of the week.
Torontos contingent included minority owner Larry Tanenbaum, president/GM Bryan Colangelo, head coach Dwane Casey and former Raptor and Canadian national team coach Jay Triano. Michael Grange of Sportsnet.ca reported the Raptors also enlisted the aid of hockey icon Wayne Gretzky as part of their video presentation to Nash and his agent, Bill Duffy.
But it is going to take more than a glitzy presentation to entice Nash to a team thats missed the playoffs for four straight years. Its nice to think the tug of his home country and a chance to be part of a building process that will cement his Canadian legacy would be important. There are still games to be played, and wins and losses will play a role.
Meanwhile, the one current Raptor who will be most affected by Nashs decision remains philosophical about his fate.
Im still a Raptor. Dont know whats going to happen, Jose Calderon told the Star on Sunday. When (something) happens, if (something) happens, my agents and myself will see what are the options, amnesty or trades. So Im just thinking about the Olympics and my national team. And waiting for news.
The Raptors may need to move Calderons salary just over $10 million for one more season to get to the financial commitment theyre prepared to make to Nash.
While they could do something like move or amnesty another player with a smaller deal, they may need to maximize their cap room to attract free agents other than Nash.
The Raptors arent flush with talent or experience, something Nash and his agents have to be aware of, and Colangelo has already said he wants to upgrade the teams small forward position.
But all other moves have to be on hold until Nash makes up his mind. Free agents can verbally commit to contracts now, but nothing can be signed or finalized until July 11


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Three dogs die in fire that destroys house
TOWN OF NEWARK—A fire that destroyed a house, garage and two vehicles and killed three dogs Wednesday night remains under investigation, but authorities don't consider the fire to be suspicious, according to a Rock County Sheriff's Office news release.
More than a dozen fire departments responded at 8:28 p.m. Wednesday to 12626 W. Highway 81 in the town of Newark. All of the home's occupants were out when firefighters arrived, but three dogs died in the fire.
A space heater in the garage is suspected as the cause.
The house and two vehicles in the garage are a total loss, and the damage total is estimated at $100,000, according to the sheriff's office.
Highway 81 was closed for more than four hours while firefighters from Orfordville, Evansville, Whitewater, Footville, Fitchburg, Brodhead, Shirland, Brooklyn, Janesville, Edgerton, town of Beloit and Green County EMS plus an emergency trauma doctor worked at the scene.

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Calf found butchered in Janesville pasture
JANESVILLE—The owners of a Milton cattle company are on alert now that one of their calves was found slaughtered, the meat carried away and the carcass left behind.
The calf's mother was found bellowing near its offspring.
An owner said the act, reminiscent of old-time cattle rustling, is bizarre and unusual.
Ochs Cattle, 1527 N. Tarrant Road, Milton, owned the animal.
The calf, weighing about 400 pounds, was found slaughtered at about 6:30 p.m. Sunday in a field near the intersection of Beloit Avenue and Elliott Street on Janesville's south side. The company rents the grazing land, which is known locally as Mule Hill.
The animal was shot with a small-caliber bullet, according to police reports.
The calf was bred for showing and valued at about $1,000. It was born in February.
The incident happened sometime between noon Saturday and the time the carcass was found.
"We've been in the business for a long time, and we have cows and calves all over the southern part of Wisconsin in various pastures," Ron Ochs said Monday afternoon.
Ochs and his son, Dan, have owned the business for 15 years.
"Nothing like this has ever happened to us," Ron Ochs said. "It is very distressing."
He said he has also never heard of it happening elsewhere.
Ochs said the company has quite a few mothers and offspring at the grazing site, and someone checks on the animals daily.
"The calf was found in the middle of the field, and the mom was bellowing," Ochs said.
"It was shot, and the animal was dressed out, like you skin out a deer," Ochs said.
All the meat was gone.
"We don't know the motives—if it was a challenge, for fun, or if there was a need," Ochs said.
"But whatever it is, it's wrong," he added. "It's an expensive animal. It's distressing."
Ochs said company personnel will now be on high alert, and they are beefing up patrols.
"You just kind of wonder, 'Why?'" he said. "It's hard to put your head around it … It's private property. These animals belong to somebody, and for somebody to go hunt them … "
Ochs hopes that someone with information about the killing will call police.
"I'm anxious to find out about who did this," he said. "They ought to be brought to justice."
If the company has more issues, it will be forced to ship the animals elsewhere.
Ochs Cattle owns about 250 beef cattle that it grazes all over southern Wisconsin.


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Your views: No exceptions should be allowed for seat belts
I agree totally with Sen. Cullen on school buses being required to have seat belts and mandatory use.� Back in the 1980s, when I was chief of police, then-Sen. Cullen got me appointed to serve on the Governor's Traffic Safety Council.
During my three years on the council, two major issues were addressed—drinking age and seat belts. That was when the drinking age went to either 19 or 21, and basically our present day seat belt laws were adopted.
The vote on both issues had one "nay" vote, and that was mine. I argued that there were too many exceptions to the seat belt law as it was proposed and especially not requiring seat belts on buses to protect our children. They argued that the belts would be used as weapons, who would control the use, that the bus driver would have to stop every minute to get a child back into his/her belt, etc.
I believe right now that a child can be suspended from bus usage if their behavior constitutes such action, and I don't see why the same discipline cannot be enforced for failure to use their seat belt properly.
If seat belts save lives, then seat belts should be required in all types of vehicles, with no exception.


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How much ATP a person consumes...?
Discussion of all aspects of cellular structure, physiology and communication.
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How much ATP a person consumes...?
The average adult needs about 2000 calories per day. There are a little less than 4 dietary calories (kCal) in a gram of sucrose (table sugar). One mole of sucrose weighs 342.3 grams. A mole of anything is 6.02x10^23 molecules. Dietary fats (usually 18 to 20 carbons) contain approximately 8 dietary calories per gram.
Assuming all of the food that people eat goes to making ATP, approximately how many ATP molecules does the average person make (and use) each day? Explain
Number of ATP per day: _________
Explanation ___________________ ____
What i got so far
(4 dietary kCal / g sucrose )( 342.3 grams / 1 mole sucrose) ( 1 mole sucrose / 6.02 x 10^23 molecules) <--- i don't know where to go or if that's even right. This question is very complex.. Can any one guide me in the right direction??
Re: How much ATP a person consumes...?
I believe that the key is: one molecule of glucose gives 36 ATP molecules through cell respiration.
Sucrose has one glucose and one fructose -which can be isomerized into glucose, hence equals two glucoses.
(2000 Kcal/day ) / ( 4 Kcal/g) = 500 g of sucrose fullfil dayly energy intake
500 g/day x Avogadro constant = 3,01x10^24 sucrose molecules.
That is double, aprox = 6x10^24 molecules of clucose
Finally multiply by 36: 216x10^24.
More neatly: 2,16x10^22 molecules of ATP
Hope this helps.
Re: How much ATP a person consumes...?
You forgot the molecular weight
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
Re: How much ATP a person consumes...?
Dr. Featherstone's class can be pretty challenging...
This is what I got:
Sucrose consists of Glucose and Fructose. Both of which can enter glycolysis (fructose can be synthesized as an intermediate in the glycolysis process). So each round of glycolysis, one molecule of glucose produces a net gain of 2 ATP. The krebs cycle produces 2 more ATP, and the electron transfer chain produces an additional 32 ATP. A total of 36 ATP is produced essentially from 2 pyruvate molecules or 1 glucose molecule. Since sucrose contains two molecules that can enter the cellular respiration process (36 ATP x 2 Molecules = 72 ATP per Sucrose)
2,000 KCal for our diet / 4 KCal in a gram of sucrose = 500g of sucrose.
500g sucrose / 342.3g molecular weight of sucrose = 1.4607 moles of sucrose.
1.4607 moles of sucrose x 6.02 x 10^23 = 8.793 x 10^23 molecules of sucrose.
8.793 x 10^23 molecules of sucrose x 72 ATP per molecule of sucrose = 6.33 x 10^25 ATP produced.
However, this is assuming that all we eat throughout the day is 2,000 KCal or 500g of pure sucrose (table sugar). If you read the last sentence of the first paragraph it says "Dietary fats (usually 18 to 20 carbons) contain approximately 9 dietary calories per gram." I'm assuming we have to take this into consideration too? I haven't gotten that far yet in the book to understand how much ATP dietary fat produces.
All this could be wrong, I don't know, keep this thread going.
I'm pretty sure that we need to include the dietary fats (or he is just trying to trick us).
I have these notes from his lecture:
- The R-chain in fatty acyl CoA has 16-20 carbons
- Carbons from fatty acids go to citric acid cycle
- 8 fatty acid cycles per 2 citric acid cycles (this is for 16 carbons, so for 18 carbons it should be 9 fatty acid cycles)
- 2 carbons are lost in each fatty acid cycle
If you have the 2nd edition of the book, look at pages 438 and 439. Under figure 13-9 it says "each turn of the cycle shortens fatty acid chain by two carbons and generates one molecule of acetyl CoA and one molecule each of NADH and FAGH2." I haven't found how many ATP are produced.
I have found this thread: about8393.html?hilit=Palmitic
They explain how to calculate how much ATP would be produced if there are 16 carbons so I think we just need to calculate this for 18 carbons. I still have no idea how to incorporate those 9 dietary calories per gram.
OK, let me try to calculate this.
18 carbon/2 carbons= 9 acetyl CoA
1 FADH2 produced = 2 ATP
1 NADH produced = 3 ATP
TOTAL: 5 ATP per 1 fatty acid cycle
"The last step produces 2 acetyl-CoA and thus oxidation of C16 takes place in 7 steps, not 8." So for 18 carbon it would be 8 steps
ATP from fatty acid cycle = 8 steps and 5 per turn = 40 ATP
There are 12 ATP produced from each acetyl CoA in the citric acid cycle (1 ATP, 3 NADH (so 3*3)= 9 ATP, 1 FADH2 (so 2)= 2 ATP)
9 acetyl CoA * 12 ATP = 108 ATP
108+40= 148 ATP but since 2 ATP are needed to start the cycle, it is 146 ATP
I've looked at other websites and it pretty much always says that if there are 18 carbons then 146 ATP are produced from fatty acid cycle.
If you know how to go from there then please post it. I need help too.
PS- Go through these calculation carefully because it helped me understand that printout he posted on Blackboard and I'm pretty sure he will ask this on the exam.
So I think we have to go back to the very beginning since when you calculate >>2,000 KCal for our diet / 4 KCal in a gram of sucrose = 500g of sucrose<< that is only for sucrose and we need to make room for the dietary fats. Biochem would help answering this question lol.
We can't do
2,000 KCal for our diet / 4 KCal in a gram of sucrose = 500g of sucrose AND
2,000 KCal for our diet / 9 KCal in a gram of dietary fats = 222 g of dietary fats
because that's calculating 2 different things.
And now I'm stuck.
Re: How much ATP a person consumes...?
So, as noted above:
Provided that one lives sweetely and only on sucrose. Let's see what happens when living on oil:
2,000 KCal for our diet / 9 KCal in a gram of fats = 222,2g of fat.
Molecular wheight of a saturated C18 fatty acid -stearic (02C18H36) is 16x2+12x18+36= 284 (if am not wrong)
222 g of fat / 284g molecular weight = 0.782 moles of stearic acid.
0.782 moles of stearic x 6.02 x 10^23 = 4.708 x 10^23 molecules of stearic.
Now, since
4.708 x 10^23 molecules of stearic x 146 ATP per molecule of stearic = 6.874 x 10^25 ATP produced
whic is pretty much tha same than on sugar!
Figures can be sommehow if we speak of moles instead of molecules.
Hence, my conclusion is: every day, the average person uses nearly 650 moles of ATP .
Please check.
I think you cannot answer this question in the way it's given. Simply you don't know, how much sugar and fats such a person consumes.
What about to get it the other way? Person need 2000 calories. ATP produces about 30 kJ/mol (?) -) calculate this into calories, divide and you're done. It will be just highly rough estimation, but with "There are a little less than 4 dietary calories " and "contain approximately 8 dietary calories" you cannot do much better.
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
You need 2000 Kcal a day irrespective whether they come from.
Our calculations show that the ammount of ATP involved would be very similar on a diet based only on sugars and on a diet based only on fat. Hence diet composition is irrelevant.
I encourage you to calculate the other way round, as you have cleverly suggested, and check if this guives a similar result.
Re: How much ATP a person consumes...?
Yep, that's the point, if you know how many calories you need and from that you calculate amount of consumed sugar or fat, you will always have the same amount of ATP.
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
Re: How much ATP a person consumes...?
i am getting the same thing however why are you using 2000 KCal instead of 2000 calories..?. wouldn't it be something like this
2000 Calories = 50.0 g Sugar <-- assuming that is pure sucrose (C12H22O11)
50 g Sucrose (1moleSucrose/342.3 g sucrose) (6.02 x 10^23 molecules/mole sucrose) =
8.79345 x 10^22 molecules C12H22O11
Since it's a 12 carbon ring going into glycolysis, each molecule would produce 72 since 6 carbon ring produces 36. So (8.79345 x 10^22) x 72 = 6.33128834 × 10^24 ATP
Can you guys verify or point out any mistakes ??
I also think there might be different ways to calculate it such as using fat chains etc.. may be thats why he has given info about fats.
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From WagaWiki
Q1. It's asking me for a sound file, what's all that about?
A1. I've just updated it to play a "nice" sound if you get a question right instead of the "nasty" beep when you get it wrong. It's set to use 'chime.wav' in 'C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA\' but you should be able to change that to any .wav file on your computer.
Q1a. I told it to use the system BEEP but I've changed my mind - how do I get it back to playing a .wav file?
A1a. The directory/file names are stored in the "Settings" sheet. Where it says "BEEP" write the name of the sound file directory (default is C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA\).
Q2. I've installed the Stroke Order font but it doesn't display in the "Last Kanji" cell, what's up?
A2. You need to install the font before starting Excel.
Q3. Why is this an Excel spreadsheet file?
A3. Because it was handy and I know VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). I plan to produce a mult-platform version in a proper programming language some time but that may take some time.
Q4. What does "Grade 1" mean?
A4. The grades referred to correspond to the school year when Japanese children learn these kanji. They are arranged by usefulness of kanji rather than difficulty to write or number of strokes etc. "Grade 10" is a catch all for kanji not taught in the Japanese education system.
Q5. I've finished Grade 1, now what?
A5. Ask me when the Grade 2 and later files will be released in interim form in the near future.
Latest News
- Functionality
Some changes planned to improve usability : More to follow.
- Grade 1
Data well checked, some additional work planned.
- Grade 2
Data partially checked, not finished testing.
- Grade 3
Data pretty much entered but not checked.
- Grade 4
Basic data only entered, not yet usable.
- Grade 5
Basic data only entered, not yet usable.
- Grade 6
Interim data selected but not yet entered to Excel sheet.
- Grade 7
There is no grade 7
- Grade 8
Interim data selected but not yet entered to Excel sheet.
- Grade 9
Basic data only entered, not yet usable.
- Grade 10
There is no grade 10, but a selection of important kanji not included in earlier grades will be included under that unofficial designation. At present interim data selected but not yet entered.
There obviously remains a great deal of work to be done but I plan to release a "Beta 2.1a" with the extra grades in the near future. 'a' because it will not be properly tested by me prior to release. "Beta 2.11" will probably follow when I have tested basic functionality on the new grades.
Tips and Hints
- Run this as the only file open in Excel. If you have 'Grade1.xls' open at the same time as another file you may get some errors occuring.
技術的に可能かどうかわかりませんが、50問中40問正解を超えたとき正解音を変えるようにできますか? また50問全問正解の場合だけ拍手の音が鳴る(確かウインドウズの音にあったような…)という設定にしたらどうでしょう。--Coco 21:38, 8 January 2007 (EST)
- 技術的にはそんなに難しくないです。ただ、プログラムを遅くするのは避けたいんです。検討中ってとこです。Paul b
For to-do furigana. You could probably go on kids.goo and use their kana page that automatically adds furigana to text with a copy and paste operation. Paste into, hit enter, then copy out of the display page back into excel and just breake the sentences apart again.
- Still not that trivial when there are 600 sentences to do for just 80 kanji. That means there are more than 20 times as many to do after Grade 1. ^ ^;; Paul b
- The kids.goo interface won't work with all text (there is some "inappropriate for children" list it seems to check, and if it finds one of those phrases, it won't touch the page), and you still have to proofread the furigana afterwards to make sure it chose the right reading. (方 seems to be a frequent offender in this latter category.)richvh
True, I was just trying to come up with a way to save effort. Infidel
- It's apprechiated (even if I can't spell apprechiate), don't know how long it will take me to look into it in detail though.
Weird or difficult sentences
See Example sentence correction (it was getting too large for here).
Bug Reports
Sometimes when clicking on a kanji, it does not appear in the kanji selected window and needs to be clicked a few times to "take."
- Anybody else experience this? It may be due to Excel being "busy" after doing the last operation. In other words - does it still occur if you are relatively slow to click? Also note that clicking the same position twice does not register. The 'selection point' should be moved to the stroke count automatically after checking an answer but if the event doesn't fire once clicking the same kanji again should not have any effect. Clicking away to a different kanji and back should work. Paul b
- OK I think I have fixed this problem (with a crude workaround) if the kanji doesn't change after you click it just wait a moment and it will. Paul b
Paul, did you want to be notified of the places where the highlight didn't take correctly? I just started testing it with question 18. It should highlight "woods" but instead highlights "I got a lot of insect bites in the woods. Rykk
- Some data had slipped a row out of place. ^ ^; Should be fixed now. Paul b
Official ToDo List
I'm moving these from the excel file to here so they're easier to see.
- Other grades
- Learn Python.
- Easier sentences.
- Edit Lock non-editable portions of sheet. (not sure how this works)
Under Consideration List
- Changing sentences to ~masu form.
- Highlight word in English
- Full furigana (probably too time consuming)
- ON Readings to カタカナ
- Use of 'Hint' at end of English sentence where there is no word that directly corresponds to the Japanese word being tested for. If you are interested in this idea post some feedback!
- Audible (or other) feedback when 40/50 and/or 50/50 questions are correct in the current section.
- Re-consider wording for and display of 'reading'. (Possibly display in brackets in the 'last question' or as furigana).
Official Bug List
- The stroke order font character for 雲 has a number missing. (Corrected in current release of font) <- Should have been corrected but seems not to be. :-/
- The stroke order font character for 広 has '2' switched with '3'. (Corrected in current release of font)
Bug List: Beta 2.0
- The 'new question' selection routine will sometimes (rarely) produce a blank question.
Recent Changes.
- Font size increased on 'Big Kanji'.
- Fixed problem where some sentences didn't have the "with kana" version work.
- Implemented scoring
- Automatically add new question after answering question.
- Added import/export facility for scores.
- Replace pop-up message box with something a little less obtrusive.
- This time really fixed a bug (run time error on setting 'last asked' value section)
- Implemented "Don't know" System. Choose this when you don't know the kanji rather than guessing.
- Fixed bug that occurred when clicking 'Check answer' when no question shown.
- Don't ask the same question twice
- Divide up into 50 question sections.
- Added 'kana' for all the kanji.
- (Full) implemention of "Section" System.
- Added different sound for "Correct".
- (Partially) implemented "Highlight English" system.
- Fixed (hopefully) bug where kanji clicked is not always selected.
- I have removed the spin control, please type the stroke number directly
- I have decided to drop the 'flashing CORRECT/INCORRECT' as I think the sound works much better.
- I have made a few changes to speed up the program's operation
- Added function to display dictionary entries for words.
- Dictionary entry display is now an Option that can be 'checked' on and off.
- Thanks to Robert English Highlight function has been expanded to cover all sentences that have a corresponding English word(s).
- Thanks to Coco for many more sentence corrections. Sentence checking should now be complete (feedback is still welcome)
Recent Changes: Beta 2.0
These changes have been made since the Beta 2.0 release.
- A few more mistakes were noticed by Coco
- (Finally) thought of adding an automatic checking mechanism so that the gap (__) should always be in the right place for the kanji being tested.


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Experimental evidence for evolution
Discussion of everything related to the Theory of Evolution.
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Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
It is admirable that the authors showed restraint and did not immediately declare the Cit+ population to be a "distinct" species. But it probably is a new species. Since E. coli reproduces asexually, the two populations are effectively isolated. (Even if they weren't, the Cit+ population is isolated from the other 11 cultures.) Unless the entire Cit+ population reverts back to the Cit- genotype, it is a new species. In other words, we now have two kinds of bacteria that differ in both genotype and phenotype and descended from a common ancestor.
I'm not sure what point you are trying to make here. Historical contingency is a proposed mechanism of Darwinian evolution. The LTEE study supports the hypothesis that historical contingency was important in this particular evolutionary change. It does not, however, establish that historical contingency plays an important role in evolution generally. But even if the importance of historical contingency does become established, that would not falsify Darwinian theory; it would reveal in greater detail how Darwinian evolution works.
I would not use the term "proven." Darwinian theory (or more precisely, neo-Darwinian theory) is one of the most well-confirmed theories in science and thus ought ot be taught in science classes. Evolution, on the other hand, is a fact. Even before Darwin, scientists recognized that organisms change over time. They just didn't know how it occurred.
My take on these numbers is just the opposite of yours. The first bacteria on Earth that could exploit an abundant energy source would have undergone explosive growth, since there would have been no competitors. Within a short time, the numbers of these bacteria would have dwarfed the number in the LTEE's 12 small cultures. If the LTEE shows evolutionary change in 30,000 or 50,000 generations, I would expect such changes to have occurred much more rapidly in the much larger population that probably existed billions of years ago -- or for that matter in the larger natural populations that exist today.
It is also a mistake to generalize from the mutation rate in the LTEE, because mutation rates vary greatly. My evolution textbook has a table showing various mutation rates per 100,000 cells or gametes. These range from 0.00004 for streptomycin resistence in E. coli to 12 for yellow body in fruit flies and 4.2-14.3 for achondroplasia in humans. (Source: Evolution by Douglas J. Futuyma, 2005, Sinauer Associates, p. 171)
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Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
I wouldn't argue with you regarding the exchange of genetic information in real life. You have the real life experience, I don't.
I can only refer to the papers by biologists themselves.
Why Lenski has not sought out a real life environment, only he can answer. I expect it has to do with control of the process.
My experience has shown me that peoples' views are most often sincerely held. So although they may not be in accord with the facts I feel that the people holding them should be treated with respect. It can sometimes be very frustrating though.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
The main objective of the cited article is indeed an investigation of hybrid sterility among subspecies of Drosophila paulistorum. This topic is interesting because it elucidates an important aspect of speciation: Sexually reproducing species must be reproductively isolated.
The evidence you seek is mentioned only briefly in this paper. On page 152 the investigators wrote, "The Guianan [group of Drosophila paulistorum populations] is the most distinctive, and seems to deserve being regarded a species of its own." A year later the researchers published another paper documenting why the Guianan subspecies had evolved enough to be regarded as a separate species, which they called Drosophila pavlovskiana. I have not been able to find this paper free on the Web, but the first page, including the abstract, is available at http://www.jstor.org/pss/2423385
According to the Encyclopedia of Life (http://www.eol.org), Drosophila pavlovskiana is still recognized as a separate species.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
There is quite a lot of data available on Horizontal genetic transfer (HGT), as it is known in bacteria. I encourage you to look at it. The evidence of genetic instability are there.
The main problem is that we know very little of the life of bacteria outside of the lab. take a gram of soils, and you will be able to identify 1000's of bacterial species. But bacteria can acquire DNA from dead cells (whatever they were) or from phages, which are estimated to be 10x more numerous than bacteria. Moreover the ability of bacteria to pick-up foreign DNA and to keep it is directly dependent of the environment. So the LTEE is a reductionistic view of what is happening in real life. Lenski has made the choice to observe what happens to isolated populations of E. coli if left for thousands of generation. It is a good way to estimate the importance of accumulation of point mutations. He is dong his analysis of his strains and point to the things that he finds interesting. As I have mentioned earlier, others have had a look at his strains and have demonstrated some interesting side effects, notably re speciation, something that Lenski seems not to have seen worth pursuing. But it is only a very tiny ray of light in the immensely complex unknown that bacterial communities are representing. Taking this experiment as a benchmark to estimate the rate of evolution in the real world is quite frankly foolish.
Maybe you could have a look at some of the work by (for example) Ivan Matic, François Taddei, Miroslav Radman and Erick Denamur on the mutator phenotype.
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without
any proof. (Ashley Montague)
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
You raise the real life scenario and quite rightly so, but what is this real life scenario demonstrating.
HGT is a major factor here. However what does it say about one of the central doctrines of Darwinism, Common Descent.
It took Carl Woese decades to have his views of a separate domain of Archaea accepted.
Why such resistance?
One of the reasons was that it contradicted the Darwinian view of common descent, a single tree of life, the simple illustration so often depicted in textbooks. This was one of the early things I was taught in biology class at college.
Ofcourse there is no single TOL. It's now beginning to be regarded as more of a bush - I would argue as more of a forest. And you rightly point to the importance of HGT that is so prominent in this regard.
Also you quite rightly point out that the Lenski experiment is a good way to estimate the importance of accumulation of point mutations. But what has he discovered about these point mutations?
Well let him answer. ( Please note carefully)
"..each population tried every typical one-step mutation many times."
So even in this most highly selective environment point mutations with or without historical contingency, the simple variation in a trait requires literally hundreds of thousands of generations. So as I asked previously how many generations would be required for a full digestive tract to be produced.
Now you rightly say to use this experiment, as a benchmark to estimate the rate of evolution is frankly foolish. I would say it is frankly ridiculous. There is no way to use this as a benchmark for something that isn't happening.
Please bear in mind why this even modest change is so difficult - because of the rigid control the cell exercises during division. Clearly the cell legislates against random changes or biological noise as a communications engineer would describe it.
So in the wild we see the role of HGT (at the very least) compromising the idea of common descent.
In the lab we are getting direct evidence on the very weakness of point mutations to drive speciation.
That leaves natural selection, and Darwin himself acknowledged that NS is not the only mechanism to speciation. Natural selection can eliminate a species that is not adapted to it's environment but it has no power to modify it's form. It can only work on what is already there.
So of the three fundamental pillars of Darwinism , random variation/mutation, natural selection and common descent, I see only, possibly one third of one pillar that has potential.
In 1999 Ernst Mayr (one of the founding fathers of the modern synthesis) received the Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Science and gave a lecture, and which in part he said
He goes on
And again
I am arguing against a philosophy, not science and I have no less an authority than Ernst Mayr himself promoting that view and with pride.
All I ask is not to confuse philosophy with empirical science. This confusion is all too apparent in, for instance Jerry Coyne's book "Why evolution is true" that Steve referred to and I would be only too happy to discuss it, to demonstrate my point.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
It says that in addition to the genes of their immediate ancestors, organisms sometimes carry genes form other branches of the tree of life. Recent genetic analysis suggests that all life descended from a single ancestral gene pool.
It took more than a century for the Copernican model of the universe to be accepted. New discoveries sometimes take awhile to gain widespread acceptance. Usually this is for good reasons (e.g., not enough data yet).
Woese didn't challenge the tree; he rearranged it.
None of those metaphors is perfect.
What digestive tract? Human? Probably on the order of tens to hundreds of millions of generations. Along the way, more primitive digestive tracts evolved in fewer generations.
If you believe evolution does not occur, what alternative do you support?
Yes, cells repair DNA damage, deactivate viral genes, etc. Despite these mechanisms, genetic variation is an empirical fact.
You have misinterpreted the Mayr quote. He was speaking of the "philosophy of biology," that is the branch of phiosophy that studies how biology is done. He was not saying that biology is unscientific. It is, in fact, as rigorous as any other field of science.
Re: Experimental evidence for evolution
I'm unaware of an experiment that provides empirical support for macro-evolution above the species level. However, there are claims of new species produced from existing ones. With much debate over the meaning of the word "species" and over methods of species identification, its difficult to find consensus on the matter. Its possible that some of these "new species" may simply be variations within the species itself. In other cases, it appears the new species are a type of hybrid limited by reproductive postzygotic barriers.
i think that it is very informative for you and you also find the your answers in this paragraph..
Sperm competition, when sperm from different males compete to fertilize a female's ova, is a widespread and fundamental force in the evolution of animal reproduction. The earliest prediction of sperm competition theory was that sperm competition selected for the evolution of numerous, tiny sperm, and that this force maintained anisogamy . Here, we empirically test this prediction directly by using selective breeding to generate controlled and independent variance in sperm size and number traits in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus. We find that sperm size and number are male specific and vary independently and significantly. We can therefore noninvasively screen individuals and then run sperm competition experiments between males that differ specifically in sperm size and number traits. Paternity success across 77 two-male sperm competitions (each running over 30-day oviposition periods) shows that males producing both relatively small sperm and relatively numerous sperm win competitions for fertilization. Decreased sperm size and increased sperm number both independently predicted sperm precedence. Our findings provide direct experimental support for the theory that sperm competition selects for maximal numbers of miniaturized sperm. However, our study does not explain why G. bimaculatus sperm length persists naturally at ∼1 mm; we discuss possibilities for this sperm size maintenance.
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Lorne R. Vernon, Janesville, WI (1936-2014)
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Lorne R. Vernon passed away on Feb. 13, 2014. He was born in Portage, WI, on June 30, 1936, to Ralph and Esther Vernon. Lorne was a devoted and loving father, grandfather and friend. Lorne was a very hard worker. A lover of nature, water and the outdoors; he had many stories to share of his adventures and memories throughout his life. The Wisconsin River, Devil's Lake State Park and many other places were dear to his heart.
These few words are unable to contain the full measure of our thoughts, feelings and memories of Lorne; he will be dearly missed by his family and friends.
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Padres manager Bud Black said Thursday in camp that Logan Forsythe (foot) will be out at least six weeks.
The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal reports the Brewers and free agent starter Yovani Gallardo are in agreement on a deal.
Bruce Levine of CBS Chicago hears the Cubs are showing interest in free agent Yu Darvish.
Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports that the Braves plan to designate Adrian Gonzalez for assignment.
Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports that the Dodgers have acquired outfielder Matt Kemp from the Braves in exchange for Adrian Gonzalez, Scott Kazmir, Brandon McCarthy, Charlie Culberson and cash considerations.
Mark Feinsand of MLB.com reports that the Yankees have agreed to a one-year, $10 million contract with CC Sabathia.
Rangers acquired LHP Matt Moore and international signing bonus pool money from the Giants for minor league RHPs Sam Wolff and Israel Cruz.
John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports there is a deal in place to trade LHP Matt Moore to the Rangers for prospects.
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CLEMSON, S.C. — It doesn't matter who is on the top step of the dugout – South Carolina's domination of Clemson continues.
Jordan Montgomery pitched eight shutout innings, allowing just three hits and striking out a career-high nine batters, to lead the Gamecocks to a 6-0 series-opening win over Clemson on Friday night.
The Gamecocks (7-1) have won six of the past seven and 19 out of their past 26 against the Tigers (5-3).
Chad Holbrook was head coach for his first rivalry game for South Carolina as Ray Tanner, now the athletics director, spent his first Clemson game off the field in 17 years watching from the Gamecocks' radio booth.
Tanner watched his former team win by taking advantage of mistakes and making all the small plays. The Gamecocks scored by beating out a throw from first after a ground-out, on a walk, a pair of sacrifice flies, a throwing error by a pitcher and a single.
The Tigers had three errors, and the five of the Gamecocks' six runs came in innings when Clemson made mistakes.
"We've been playing good defense but we hurt ourselves a couple of times," Tigers coach Jack Leggett said.
And Clemson again ran into a dominating pitcher. This time it was Montgomery, a sophomore.
"Jordan has got a great change-up. I think he was able to pitch inside. The velocity on his fastball was very good. He felt good. He had better command tonight than he had his previous two starts this season," Holbrook said.
And he had the trust of his manager.
With South Carolina up 4-0 in the bottom of the seventh, Steve Wikerson doubled to become the only Tiger to lead off an inning by getting on base. Shane Kennedy then drew a walk, prompting a trip to the mound.
Holbrook kept his starter in, and Montgomery got a long fly ball to center, a short pop-up to second and a fly ball just past the infield to ease his way out of the jam.
"He's an unflappable kid. He doesn't mind the tight moments," Holbrook said.
Montgomery wanted to finish the game.
"I was only at 112 pitches, so I figured I could throw at least 10 more," he said.
But Holbrook sent in reliever Tyler Webb, who struck out the side in the ninth.
The coach said it was too early to use Montgomery too much.
South Carolina scored its first run in the fifth on Holbrook's first in-game decision in the rivalry. He put in football running back Shon Carson to pinch run. Carson made an excellent decision, sprinting home from third and sliding headfirst to just beat the tag after Tanner English's infield grounder and put the Gamecocks ahead 1-0.
"It was total instinct on his part. It wasn't anything we did as coaches. He read the ball and took off," Holbrook said.
Clemson starter Daniel Gossett lasted into the seventh, throwing 110 pitches, striking out four and allowing three hits. But the sophomore walked four, including back-to-back walks to the final batters he faced loading the bases for reliever Joseph Moorefield. The senior walked in a run on a full count, gave up a sacrifice fly and then the game's only run off a hit, a single by LB Dantzler that put the Gamecocks ahead 4-0.
There was even a bit of controversy to add to the rivalry's lore. In the bottom of the fifth, Garrett Boulware drove the ball deep into left. Graham Saiko missed a jumping catch as the ball bounced back into the field, but recovered to throw Boulware out at third base after he slid past the bag. Leggett spent the time between innings arguing Boulware hit it out as fans booed.
But Leggett said the Tigers blew plenty of other opportunities.
"We didn't get but one leadoff man on base all night. That makes it tough," Leggett said. "We didn't get a chance to use our speed or get our bunting game going or anything going offensively."
The series shifts to Greenville's minor-league park about 30 minutes from Clemson's campus on Saturday. The teams' conclude Sunday at South Carolina's Carolina Stadium.
South Carolina's domination in the series includes two straight over Clemson at the 2010 College World Series on the way to its first national title. A season ago, the Gamecocks knocked the Tigers from the NCAA regional with a pair of one-run victories.
Leggett said he will tell his team just to forget Friday night. "Baseball is a funny game. There is a lot of season left," he said.
And Holbrook isn't going to bask in his first rivalry win either.
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Collaboraction Theatre Company is adapting their hit original play Crime Scene: A Chicago Anthology into an evolved sequel entitled Crime Scene Chicago: Let Hope Rise and touring it to four public parks this summer with free admission in partnership with the Chicago Park District.
Crime Scene: Let Hope Rise will perform at the following parks:
July 12-13: LeClaire -Hearst Park, 5120 W. 44th St.
July 26-27: Sherman Park , 1301 W. 52nd St.
Aug. 16-17: Hamilton Park , 513 W. 72nd St.
Aug. 23-24: Austin Town Hall Park , 5610 W. Lake St.
Show times are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are free and can be reserved by emailing email@example.com. Learn more at www.collaboraction.org or call 312.226.9633. Crime Scene: Let Hope Rise runs approximately 85 minutes, followed each night by a facilitated discussion. The show is recommended for ages 14 and up due to violence and mature content.
Crime Scene Chicago: Let Hope Rise is a timely new theatrical reaction to Chicago's history of violent crime and a call to discover what it might take to create lasting change in our city. The show, a Collaboraction world premiere conceived and directed by Anthony Moseley, couples nonfiction source material such as interviews, articles, and online comments with re-enactments of true Chicago crimes to raise critical questions surrounding segregation, poverty, the news media, popular culture, and our numbness to it all.
When it originally opened in mid-February, the play was universally lauded by the local press, receiving 3 ½ stars from the Chicago Tribune, a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED rating from the Chicago Sun-Times, a video profile on WTTW-TV Chicago Tonight, and national feature coverage in the March issue of American Theatre Magazine.
In adapting the play for the tour, the team envisions a sequel that takes a closer look at the systemic conditions that enable and abet violence, and incorporates a more hopeful tone than the original piece, whose primary goal was to awaken patrons to the epidemic of senseless violence in the city.
Community Involvement
Collaboraction is not interested in merely performing the play for a new audience. Rather, they seek to form lasting connections with community members in each of the four neighborhoods they visit, and to engage the public in a two-way conversation about the crime epidemic. The team will conduct interviews with residents and business owners in order to incorporate the specific nature of each community into the piece, as well as incorporating community members into the actual performance. Collaboraction will also be offering free workshops on turning your stories into devised theater on Saturdays in each location.
On Saturdays before the 8 p.m. performance each week, Collaboraction will host a free barbeque in the park featuring their renowned Dome of Dance dance-battle tournament, food, and other activities.
Every performance will also be followed by a facilitated conversation with the audience about what we as Chicagoans can do about the prevalence of violent crime in our city. Representatives from our Community Partner organizations will serve as co-facilitators, helping to guide the discussions alongside the cast and crew. Through meeting other concerned community members, learning about the many great nonprofits that are working to stem the violence, and openly discussing many conflicting perspectives of the epidemic, these conversations will provide audiences with a bright spark of hope within this dark subject matter.
Press accolades include:
"Crime Scene: A Chicago Anthology, far and away the best Collaboraction show I've seen these past 14 years, is indeed a call for collaborative action…There is something particularly special about this cast. Three and a half stars." – Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
"…There is something about the 85-minute Crime Scene that is so direct, visceral, youthful and winningly honest (meaning not at all predictably politically correct) that you might at least find yourself listening again — willing to get beyond the overload of disgust, impotence and sense of futility…Conceived and expertly directed by Anthony Moseley, Crime Scene has the feel of a streetwise Greek tragedy as it employs elements of history, testimony, song and hip-hop oration."
– Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
"...a gripping tale of the Chicago condition that gets to the heart of our suffering."- Mark Konkol, Pulitzer-Prize winning crime writer for DNAinfo.com
"The success of this work as theater indicates its potential to reach beyond its black box space and start vital conversations, and yes, even incite actions needed to staunch the flow of blood in Chicago streets…" – Erika Mikkalo, StageandCinema.com
Behind the Scenes of Crime Scene: A Chicago Anthology
According to director, co-deviser and Collaboraction Artistic Director Anthony Moseley, "the inspiration for Crime Scene came from a need to create work connected to important issues in our community. I strive to create a visceral experience that will awaken and spur personal change. I believe theatre can serve a critical role in addressing the issue of violence by offering Chicagoans a transcendent artistic experience that forces us to confront and question the core elements of the senseless violence."
Crime Scene: A Chicago Anthology is co-devised by an ensemble of community activists and Chicago theater professionals from diverse neighborhoods throughout the city. Co-devisers include Scott Baity Jr., Victoria Blade, Sara Carranza, Luis Crespo, Miranda Gonzalez, Michael Johnson, Eddie Jordan III, Laura Korn, James Lynch, Patrese McClain, Eamonn McDonagh, Niall McGinty, Medina Perine, Shavac Prakash, Adam Seidel, Lisandra Tena and Eric Walker.
Ensemble members performing in the production include Scott Baity Jr., Victoria Blade, Luis Crespo, Michael Johnson, Eddie Jordan III, Laura Korn, Patrese McClain, Eamonn McDonagh, Niall McGinty, Medina Perine, Shavac Prakash and Lisandra Tena.
Designers include John Wilson (set and technical direction), Jeremy Getz (lights), Livui Pasare (video), Elsa Hiltner (costumes) and Angela Campos (props). Samantha Chavis is dramaturg. Fight choreography is by David Woolley. Sara Carranza is stage manager. Crime Scene: A Chicago Anthology is produced by Sarah Moeller. Production management is by Susanne Hufnagel.
Collaboraction is a Chicago-based arts organization of collaborative theater and experience makers focused on becoming a national leader of contemporary theater. By incorporating innovative artists and interdisciplinary collaboration, Collaboraction audiences are sure to experience groundbreaking theatrical and arts-based events.
Anthony Moseley serves as the Founding Executive and Artistic Director of Collaboraction, where he has produced over 50 productions, 12 SKETCHBOOK Festivals and over 250 events since the company's founding in 1999. In 2000 Moseley co-founded the annual SKETCHBOOK Festival, which was lauded by Kerry Reid of the Chicago Reader as "the premiere short play festival in the Midwest." Under Moseley's direction, SKETCHBOOK has produced 158 world premiere short plays in a mixed media environment with music and visual art and this year the 13th annual SKETCHBOOK will include 4 programs of works between 7 and 60 minutes. Moseley's Collaboraction directing credits include the world premieres of El Grito Del Bronx (a co-production with Teatro Vista in association with the Goodman Theatre), The Pull Toy (and His Pasian), and Heroes and Villains; Chicago premieres of dark play or stories for boys by Carlos Murrillo, Be a Good Little Widow by Bekah Brunstetter, Refuge (2000 Jeff Citation nomination for Best Direction), The Cosmonaut's Last Message to the Woman He Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union, Trueblinka and Guinea Pig Solo; as well as Mud, To Kill a Mockingbird, and numerous world premiere short plays for the SKETCHBOOK Festival.
For more information, visit www.collaboraction.org.
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Jon Richards visits Janesville, campaigns for Wisconsin attorney general position
JANESVILLE--Rep. Jon Richards, D-Milwaukee, said he would work closely with Rock County law enforcement and families if elected to replace Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Von Hollen in November 2014.
Richards visited Janesville on Monday and stressed the importance of tackling drunken driving, the widespread use of heroin and making sure criminals are not in possession of firearms.
"The office of attorney general can be a powerful force of good in this state," Richards said. "Based on things I have worked on over the years and seeing where Wisconsin is going, we have some real pressing needs that need to be addressed, and I have unique skills to bring to the job."
Richards said he wants to ensure people and families are "protected from the blue collar criminals and violent criminals" while building solid relationships with local law enforcement, representatives and increasing the number of district attorneys.
While in the Legislature, Richards said, he has worked with Gov. Scott Walker to increase funding for prosecutors and public defenders and to require first-time drunken driving offenders to install devices on their vehicles that checks their breath for alcohol.
He also is tackling the issue of whether the Legislature should be subject to the open records law.
Von Hollen, who is not seeking a third term, said Sen. Leah Vukmir, R-Wauwatosa, is not subject to an open records lawsuit filed by the Center for Media and Democracy, a watchdog group, while she is in office.
Richards disagrees and introduced legislation that would require the open records law apply to the Legislature.
"I think it would be very helpful to our society if it sees the light of day," Richards said.
Richards has endorsements from Rep. Deb Kolste, D-Janesville, several district attorneys and representatives across the state.
Brad Schimel, Waukesha County district attorney, is running for the Republican nomination, and Ismael Ozanne, Dane County district attorney, will run against Richards as a Democrat. A primary would be in August, if needed, and the general election is Nov. 4, 2014.


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State Views: Lawmaker contacts should not be secret
Sandy Whisler was surprised to see her name appear on the Wisconsin State Journal's editorial page—not in a letter to the editor, which she sometimes writes, but in a Nov. 20 editorial.
Whisler, a retired educator in Lake Mills, had emailed four state legislators urging them to hold hearings on proposed bills to create a nonpartisan process for legislative redistricting— the redrawing of voter boundaries after every 10-year Census. The arguments against this change, she mused, "must be weak if you fear a public discussion."
The State Journal, which has been calling for these hearings for months, along with other state media, quoted from this and other contacts obtained by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism through open-records requests. (For links to these records, see http://tinyurl.com/lavk77k.)
Scott Milfred, the State Journal's editorial page editor, has heard no complaints from the people whose emails the paper quoted. Whisler, after her initial surprise, didn't mind a bit: "I'm proud to have my name used to say, 'You need to listen to the public.'"
All four lawmakers blacked out personal information such as email addresses, home addresses and phone numbers. Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, went further, redacting names and places of residence from the 200 contacts she released.
Lazich, asked for an explanation, wrote that citizens "must have total freedom to contact me on issues of concern to them" and claimed releasing personal information would "chill free speech and debate in the legislative process."
Leave aside the question of whether Lazich is really driven by concern for these correspondents, whose mostly polite and heartfelt calls for hearings she has thus far rebuffed. There is a broader issue: The public has a right to know who is saying what to elected officials.
In 2011, Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, used the same arguments in purging the names of people who wrote to him regarding changes to state insurance law. Nygren, to his credit, ultimately backed down, and the belatedly released names showed that two-thirds were insurance agents or industry employees.
In another case, state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, is being sued by a conservative group for purging identifiers from emails he received over the collective-bargaining issue. He won at the trial court level, but that decision is being appealed.
State legislators are already exempt from the records retention rules in place for all other state and local officials. Thus state Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, was able to legally delete dozens of the emails he received on redistricting—those from people who did not clearly live in his district.
But blacking out "Sandy Whisler" and "Lake Mills" is another matter. An email to a lawmaker stripped of its author's name is like an unsigned letter to the editor—which, absent some compelling reason for anonymity, most papers would not print.
Says Ginnie Kester, a Madison resident whose name Lazich redacted, "I wouldn't have written it if I wanted privacy."
The state Justice Department, charged with interpreting the open-records law, is not involved in the ongoing litigation over this issue. It has advised at training sessions that "constituent names generally should be disclosed unless the balancing test applied on individual circumstances indicates that withholding or redaction is appropriate," says DOJ spokeswoman Dana Brueck.
Lazich's redactions run contrary to this advice and to the spirit of openness that has elsewhere served the state well. In most cases, citizens such as Sandy Whisler are and should be proud of the positions they take in their contacts with elected officials. There's no need to keep their identities secret.
Your Right to Know is a monthly column distributed by the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, a nonprofit group dedicated to open government. Bill Lueders, a reporter for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, is the group's president.


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As companies struggle with underfunded defined-benefit pension plans, more are deciding to offload the chore of investing their plan assets.
Russell Investments, which has been providing such outsourced investment management, which it calls fiduciary solutions, since 1980, said it received 31% more completed requests for proposals (RFPs) for investment outsourcing last year than it did in 2011. And a recent survey by Asset International's Chief Investment Officer Magazine showed 55% of companies with pension plans did some investment outsourcing or plan to do so within the next 24 months.
"The interest level has increased quite a bit," said Eric Macy, managing director of fiduciary solutions at Seattle-based Russell. "People talked about it for a few years, but last year we really started seeing it."
Macy linked the pickup in interest to the financial bind in which many corporate pension plans find themselves. While equity markets rose last year, interest rates remain low, which boosts pension plan liabilities. Actuarial firm Milliman estimated that the 100 largest U.S. pension plans faced a total funding deficit of $412 billion at the end of last year, which was $74 billion higher than the deficit at the end of 2011, and had an average funded ratio of just 76.4%.
"The great majority of pension plans are underfunded," Macy said. "Plan sponsors are saying, 'We need a plan to get us fully funded and keep us there.'"
The situation is a painful one for corporations. Regulatory changes mean pension plan finances now filter through to the company's balance sheet. And a number of large companies have had to make sizable contributions to their underfunded pension plans over the last couple of years.
Companies traditionally have employed investment advisers to help them decide on asset allocation and select investment managers. When a company outsources the investment of its pension plan assets, it gives the outsourcer the authority to select investment managers.
This fits with the "more dynamic approach" to investment management companies are adopting, according to Macy. Rather than having the investment committee assess the performance of the plan's investments and discuss possible changes to those investments at its periodic meetings, companies see an advantage to monitoring the markets on a daily basis for investment opportunities
"That's a new segue into the need for a more outsourced CIO approach," Macy said. "They don't have someone to do it in house, they need someone who can look at opportunities on a daily basis and take advantage of opportunities."
Companies are also questioning whether investing their pension assets in-house is the best way to spend their time and energy, he said. "Companies are saying, 'Things haven't gone that well, we're a tire company, we need to focus senior management's attention on the core business. So if there's a governance model that can help us focus on the high-level issues of the pension plan and outsource the more day-to-day issues to seasoned professionals, that's a good approach.'"
Agreeing, Debra Woida, head of delegated investment services for the Americas at Towers Watson, said that interest in outsourcing among companies with defined-benefit pension plans has grown over the last several years. In fact, these days even RFPs for investment advisory services often include a request for more information about investment outsourcing, said Woida, pictured at right, adding "I think in the current environment, everyone is feeling they at least need to feel they understand what it is."
Some companies, even those with internal investing expertise, adopt investment outsourcing to handle more complex investments, such as real estate, hedge funds or distressed debt, Woida said. "Picking and monitoring an equity manager is very different from the due diligence to pick a hedge fund manager."
Woida also links the interest in outsourcing to the decisions by many companies to freeze or close pension plans. Once the pension plan is no longer part of the company's benefits package, it becomes less strategic. And the company may be less interested in targeting a certain return on their assets and more focused on limiting the risk involved in the plan and possibly preparing to shutter the plan completely and get it off the balance sheet. Those goals involve tactics that go beyond traditional investment selection, like devising a lump sum buyout or an annuity purchase.
Companies also like investment outsourcing because it allows them share the fiduciary liability for the plan. The company does not eliminate its responsibility and shares it with the outsourcer, Woida said. "Instead of being responsible for each and every decision, they're responsible for seeing that the person they selected as their [outsourced chief investment officer] is a prudent selection and has the proper resources."
As interest in investment outsourcing has grown, many new players are entering the field. Woida cautioned that companies should make a careful selection. "What position would you be in if they're not in the business in a year?
"The level of due diligence around selecting a provider needs to be carefully thought out," she said. "It is more than just advice so you need to be sure to document that it's a prudent selection and this provider has the proper resources, the proper staff, the proper commitment to the business to provide you with that."


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Connor Thomas Ford, Lake Forest, CA/formerly Janesville, WI (1924-2013)
March 24, 1924 - September 7, 2013
Connor Thomas Ford, 89, of Lake Forest, CA, formerly of Janesville, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, at his daughter's home in Lake Forest. Connor was born in Janesville, to Arthur and Marie (O'Connor) Ford on March 24, 1924. Janesville was home, but the family also spent considerable time visiting the O'Connor farm near Mosinee. There, Connor enjoyed exploring the surrounding woods with his cousins and doing his share of farm chores. In addition to his cousins, Connor made lifelong friends throughout his school years at St. Mary's School and Janesville High School. Following his 1942 graduation, Connor enrolled at Marquette University in Milwaukee, to study civil engineering. After one year at Marquette, Connor enlisted in the United States Navy, attained the rank of Chief Petty Officer, and was honorably discharged at the end of World War II. Next, Connor enrolled at UW-Madison, but his studies were again interrupted when his father suffered a serious stroke. Connor returned to Janesville, and assumed full management of his father's general construction business.
On May 17, 1952, Connor married Anne E. ("Betty") Mullen of Janesville, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Janesville. They soon welcomed Mary Anne, Kathleen, Margaret (1956-1958) and Tom. As a young husband and father, Connor was active in the Knights of Columbus, the Janesville Elks Club, and a barbershop quartet. In 1958, Connor's work led him to relocate the family to Whittier, CA, where two more daughters were born, Theresa and Helen. After many years working for others as a project estimator in commercial construction, Connor earned a General Contractor License and opened his own firm. This eventually allowed him to ease into retirement, a time when he and Anne increasingly indulged their loves of travel and music by visiting small town pubs in Ireland and following their favorite jazz bands to weekend festivals throughout California. By the time Anne passed away in 2007, Connor was himself in seriously declining health and in 2010, he moved from his home of 52 years to live with his oldest daughter.
Connor died leaving his children: Mary Anne Ford of Lake Forest, CA, Kathleen Ford of Orange, CA, Tom Ford of Oakland, CA, Theresa McKinley of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, and Helen Ford of Huntington Beach, CA; his son-in-law, Phil Dion; his daughter-in-law, Ellen Ford; his grandchildren: Monica, Barry and Kyle Moore and Connor Ford; and his great-granddaughter, Gissel Moore. In addition, Connor is survived by his sister, Kathryn Marchant; and his sister-in-law, Pat Mullen, both of Janesville; many nieces and nephews; and extended family and scores of friends in Wisconsin, California, Finland and Ireland. Connor was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Anne; and their daughter Margaret; his parents; his brother-in-law, Jim Marchant; his brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Vi Mullen; his brother-in-law, John Mullen; and his sister and brother-in-law, Genevieve and Ralph Coleman.
A Funeral Mass for Connor and Anne will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013, at NATIVITY OF MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH, Janesville, with Fr. Dave Timmerman officiating. Burial will follow at ST. MARY'S CEMETERY, Milton. Visitation will be at the CHURCH on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013, from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service. Memorial donations may be made to America's Finest City Dixieland Jazz Society, P.O. Box 880387, San Diego, CA 92168 or to Nativity of Mary Parish Capital Improvement Fund, 313 E. Wall St, Janesville, WI, 53545. SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY is assisting the family.


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Aurora Lakeland Medical Center volunteer celebrates 50 years of service
ELKHORN—For 50 years Shirley Haase has roamed the hallways of Aurora Lakeland Medical Center as a devoted volunteer.
She began volunteering in March of 1964 when a few of her friends who volunteered invited her along.
Haase, now 85, thought it would be a great way to get out of the house.
She started her volunteer career at the visitor's desk at the old entrance of the hospital on County NN.
At that time only two visitors were allowed to visit a patient at a time. No children were allowed in the rooms.
"Once in a while we ended up babysitting down there," Haase said with a chuckle.
At first she volunteered once a month or once every other month. Now she has a standing date with the hospital for three hours every Thursday.
In her various roles as a volunteer, Haase has kept an eye on the gift shop and pushed a gift cart.
The cart had candy, writing supplies, and other items patients may have needed.�
Haase recalled a time she was pushing the cart and a patient asked for candy.
"He tried to con me into that and I wouldn't let him. I said nah-ah you can't do that," Haase said.
Volunteers would have to check with a nurse before giving candy to a patient. Sure enough, this patient wasn't allowed to have any.
On Thursdays Haase can be seen working the front desk or escorting patients and visitors around the hospital.
Her favorite moments are when people say they are grateful for the work the volunteers do.
"A lot of the patients we bring down from same-day surgery are in very much pain and we try to visit with them, if they want to visit." Haase said. "If they don't, we just sit with them until their ride comes. I think that's the most important thing – (to) just console the patients when they're not feeling well."
During her 50 years at the hospital, Haase was a member of the hospital's scholarship committee. The scholarships are awarded to students pursuing a medical career.
Haase prefers working with patients over committees, she said, and plans on doing so for as long as she is able.
"I'm going to stay working until I can't push the wheelchairs anymore, if that's at all possible, hopefully I can do that," Haase said.
She also volunteers at the Lake Geneva Red Cross Blood Bank, is a member of the Garden Club in Genoa City where she lives, and sings in the choir at her church.
"It's good for people to get busy and when you sit down you don't accomplish anything and a lot of people sit down when they retire and you know what happens? They don't last very long," Haase said.
At the hospital on March 18 family, friends, fellow volunteers and employees recognized Haase for her volunteer work with a party.
Gail Wolf, another volunteer, described Haase as "amazing."
"It's unusual that someone would be well enough to do it for that long," Wolf said. "Usually you either get ill or just become too old."
Haase said her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren attended the party and gave her 50 roses.
"It was very heartwarming and I was floating on air," Haase said. "I was very grateful and I hope I can still do this, and I hope I can live up to that honor because I thoroughly enjoy it."


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Young Janesville native passionate about politics
MADISON--Analiese Eicher was a high school student when she talked her way into the federal Department of Health and Human Services.
Joe Van Rooy, her advanced government teacher at Janesville's Parker High School, remembers the incident, which occurred while Eicher attended Washington Seminar.
"Her seminar topic was bioterrorism," Van Rooy said. "It was a difficult topic. Many people at Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services were reluctant to talk to her because of the classified nature of the topic. But Analiese wasn't deterred."
Eicher was able to get a tour of the "situation room," where officials monitor things such as West Nile virus, epidemics and bioterrorism threats, Van Rooy explained.
"It's a hush-hush place designed by Tommy Thompson, former Health and Human Services secretary," he said.
Van Rooy leads the annual Washington Seminar, which allows students to study in-depth topics in Washington, D.C.
He likes to share the memory about Eicher, who graduated from Parker High School in 2006, because it reveals her highly motivated character.
"It's a great story of initiative," Van Rooy said. "This is someone who is not easily pushed back."
Since leaving Janesville, Eicher has continued to show her tenacity to get things done. Earlier this month, Brava magazine of Madison named the 25-year-old among "Women to Watch in 2014."
Eicher of Sun Prairie works as program and development director for One Wisconsin Now, a nonprofit advocacy group that supports progressive ideas and policies.
For about a year, she has been researching, developing and running the agency's campaign on the student loan debt problem and creating momentum for policy changes.
"We are trying to educate people about the crisis, what it means to local and state economies and to people of my generation who just want an education," Eicher said. "We are trying to propose solutions for this crisis, which is holding an entire generation of young people back."
Eicher earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from UW-Madison in May 2011. Prior to her current job, she was a volunteer and staff member for several political campaigns and civic efforts. Often, she held the positions while still in college.
Among her experiences are:
-- Chairwoman of the women's caucus of the College Democrats of America.
One of the first big efforts of the Obama presidency after his election in 2008 was health care reform.
"Our nationwide network of college students organized on our campuses and in our state to help get the bill passed," Eicher said. "We saw a way of making an impact, we took action, and I'm still incredibly proud of what we did."
-- Dane County Board supervisor.
In 2010, Eicher ran for the District 5 seat, traditionally held by a student.
"Previous persons who held the seat missed meetings, were not active participants in the process and did not communicate with constituents," she said.
Through hard work, Eicher said she brought back respect to the seat, which she filled until March 2012.
-- Government relations director for United Council of UW Students.
In her role, Eicher was chief lobbyist and legislative strategist for the 150,000 member group. In 2011, she worked with both Democrats and Republicans on issues of voter ID, financial aid, student loan debt and funding for the UW System.
Eicher also served as a campus organizer for UW-Madison, UW-Whitewater and Beloit College in 2008 for Tammy Baldwin's national congressional campaign. Two years later, she worked as campaign manager for State Rep. Dianne Hesselbein, a Democrat who represents the 79th Assembly District. Eicher worked for�Hesselbein's campaign before redistricting, when Hesselbein represented the 77th Assembly District.
"I'm very impressed with her ability to organize," Hesselbein said. "She has an incredible amount of energy and vision for how she wants things to be."
Eicher is the daughter of educators Bob and Sue Ann Eicher of Janesville.
She traces her passion for politics to an experience in 1998, when her mother took her to a political rally. Then first lady Hillary Clinton campaigned for Tammy Baldwin at Janesville's Marshall Middle School.
"I'm standing there on a chair and holding a sign and cheering for our first lady," Eicher recalls. "Then I'm realizing it is almost the year 2000, and we don't have a woman in Congress from Wisconsin. It had a significant impact on me. Here was this fifth-grader wondering why Wisconsin did not have any women in Congress."
The 10-year-old child followed Baldwin's campaign and watched her be elected to the House of Representatives.
"I was pretty aware," Eicher said. "I read everything. That is who I was and who I am."
At Parker High School, she thought that medical school was in her future. Later, she set her sights on public service.
"A lot of people complain and say that things are broken," Van Rooy said. "But what we need are more people like Analiese, who get involved with a positive spirit. It is very important that we get our young people excited about and engaged in democracy."
Eicher calls herself an incredibly optimistic person, who wants people to get back to talking to each other.
"If we can get back to speaking about and working for our communities, and not just for ourselves, we will see a turnaround," she said. "I am going to work to make that happen."
Anna Marie Lux is a columnist for The Gazette. Her columns run Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Call her with ideas or comments at 608-755-8264, or email email@example.com.