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Shirley M. Wille, Edgerton (1931-2014)
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Shirley M. Wille, 82, of Edgerton, died on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, at Mercy Hospital, Janesville, WI. She was born in Edgerton on Jan. 3, 1931, the daughter of the late, Anna (Phillips) and Clarence Schmeling. She married Ralph Wille on April 11, 1953, at St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Edgerton. He preceded her in death on Jan. 12, 2010. Shirley had been an Edgerton resident all of her life. She was a loving mother, housewife, and partner on the family farm. She was a dedicated watcher of RFD-TV, finding special enjoyment in the musical programs. She enjoyed dancing, going to the Fireside Theater, volunteering for Meals on Wheels and the Town of Fulton Election Polls, and in later years, she became a dedicated viewer of the Badgers and the Green Bay Packers. She was a lifelong member of Central Lutheran Church, its Deborah-Hope Circle, and she was proud of her Norwegian heritage.
Shirley is survived by her three children: Cheryl (Roger) Schlesser of Mt. Horeb, Russ (Jodi Bennetts) of Edgerton, Eric (Teresa) Wille of Edgerton; three grandchildren: Chelsi Wille of Delavan, Courtney and Kyle Wille, both of Edgerton; and a great-grandchild, Avery Kimmerly of Delevan; two first cousins, Dick Schmeling of Edgerton and Gerry Dallman of Janesville; as well as many nieces and nephews; other extended family members and special friends: Meta Schenkel-Meyer, Myrt and Walt Siebenbaum, and Janette Klemp, Eleanor Rahn, and Gene Edwardson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Wille; her parents, Anna and Clarence Schmeling; two brothers, Donald and John Schmeling; and two sisters, June Schmeling and Lois Risch.
A Funeral service will be held at NOON on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, 100 W. Rollin St., Edgerton, with Pastor James Johnson officiating. Visitation will be held beginning at 10 a.m. at the CHURCH, until the time of the service. The EHLERT FUNERAL HOME of Edgerton is assisting the family. There will be a private family burial at Jenson Cemetery. A special thank you is extended to Dr. John Ewalt, the trauma team and staff at Mercy Hospital for the excellent care and their expressed concern for family. In Lieu of other expressions of sympathy, Memorials may be made to Central Lutheran Church, in Shirley's name. Condolences may be expressed at ehlertfuneralhome.com


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Free Street Theater will create and perform multiple small-scale spectacles during intermissions of other performances. Current program involves the Mexican paleta cart (ice cream cart) from which customers request performances instead of to paletas. Artist in Residence, Ricardo Gamboa, will work with FS youth ensemble to create a menu of options for public performance.

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What is Technology Education?
Technology Education is an integrated, experienced-based instructional program designed to prepare a population that is knowledgeable about technology – its evolution, systems, techniques, uses and social and cultural significance. It results in the application of mathematics and science concepts to develop solutions to practical problems and extend human capabilities.
What are the expectations for students in Technology Education programs?Technology education is an essential component of a comprehensive and experience-based science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program. It develops technological literacy among students by demonstrating how mathematics and science is applied to the process of engineering design. Technology education programs were among the first to demonstrate an integrated approach to STEM instruction. Interdisciplinary teams of teachers train and work together for cross curriculum planning and integrated facilitation of instruction. Technology education is taught using a collaborative approach in which teams of students interact with teachers of mathematics, science, computer science, art, social studies, English Language Arts, and other disciplines to develop solutions to real-world problems and engage in authentic learning experiences.
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All students must earn one credit in Technology Education as part of Maryland's graduation requirements (COMAR 13A.04.01.01). There are several courses that will allow students to complete the Technology Education graduation requirement. Contact your local school systems to identify courses that will qualify.
How does Technology Education differ from Educational TechnologyTechnology Education is an instructional program required of all students. Students work individually and in teams as they learn how to use and interact with technology to solve problems and extend human capabilities. Whereas, Educational Technology is the use of technology to support student learning and instruction, and includes all the electronic tools, both hardware and software, that assist individuals in their ability to acquire and communicate information.
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2. Technology Education Facilities GuidelinesThis document is designed to assist local school systems in the planning, design, construction and occupancy of technology education facilities. It is a translation of an educational philosophy about technology education into a three-dimensional place in order for students to achieve the goals set forth in the curricular framework. The facilities guidelines identify the space and lab requirements for technology education instruction.
3. STEM Center for Teaching and Learning As a member of the Center's Consortium of States, MSDE makes the Engineering ByDesign (EbD) series of professional publications available to school systems at no cost. Each curriculum is based on the Standards for Technological Literacy and is correlated to the state curriculum.
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Ruchti helps lead Warhawks to Sweet 16
A big second half carried UW-Whitewater's women's basketball team to the Sweet 16 on Saturday night.
The Warhawks busted out for 52 points in the second half in rallying for an 87-78 win over St. Thomas in an NCAA Division III second-round game.
Whitewater (24-4) plays WIAC rival UW-Oshkosh in a regional semifinal game on Thursday night.
Brodhead graduate Kristen Ruchti was the scoring star for Whitewater against St. Thomas. The team's top reserve came off the bench to score a game-high 25 points on 12-for-15 shooting. Senior Mary Merg added 22 for the Warhawks, while Kaitlyn Thill chipped in 14.
Whitewater trailed 39-36 at half, but took the lead for good at 63-62 on a basket by Katie Burton with 9:08 to play. The Warhawks pulled away by making 17 of 19 free throws in the second half.
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Councils set community forum on health care law
JANESVILLE—People get health care information from many sources, and quite often it's not from reading local newspapers or attending city council meetings.
That's the thinking behind a community forum Wednesday on the Affordable Care Act.
The forum is the idea of Kathy Voskuil, president of the Janesville City Council. She reached out to her colleagues on the Beloit City Council to sponsor the forum at Blackhawk Technical College.
"Whether it's because of the new health care law or the lack of an expansion of Medicaid in Wisconsin, there is going to be a transition in the population from an economic standpoint," Voskuil said. "There's often a disconnect and a different agenda when it comes to health care issues and information."
Voskuil said Wednesday's forum would not be about enrolling people in health care plans. It will not be a discussion on the merits or politics of the new law, she added.
"The purpose is to educate Rock County residents about the law and where there's help available," she said. "This is in no way a government or partisan forum."
Voskuil said organizers invited representatives from an extensive list of community and faith-based groups.
"I believe as leaders of the community and city council members, we need to address the wants and needs of the community, and the health care law is a big part of it," she said.
That's why Wednesday's forum will primarily target community groups that can direct their constituents to the help they need with the changing health care landscape.
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Menegatti Early Origins
Venice (Italian: Venezia), with the Minotto family.
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Enormous variation in spelling and form characterizes those Italian names that originated in the medieval era. This is caused by two main factors: regional tradition, and inaccuracies in the recording process. Before the last few hundred years, scribes spelled names according to their sounds. Spelling variations were the unsurprising result. The variations of Menegatti include Menico, Menichi, Menech, Minico, Minichi, Menego, Meneghi, Menega, Menoga, Menoghi, Minigo, Menco, Menchi, Menci, Minco, Mengo, Menghi, Menga, Mingo, Minghi, Meni, Misotti, Minuziano, Mingoti, Menochio, Minelli, Minnelli, Menis, De Minico, Menichelli, Minichelli, Minichiello, Meneghelli, Meneghello, Meneghel, Menichini, Minichini, Minichino, Meneghini, Meniconi, Meneghino, Meneghin, Menicucci, Minicucci, Meneguzzi, Menoncini and many more.
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Prominent among members of the family was Rosso Misotti, leader of the Ghibeline faction in Ferrara in 1203. Members of the Venetian Minotto family were brave soldiers: in 1265 Tommaso Minotto led the army against the Genoese forces; and in 1300 Marco Minotto was General of 37 ships which fought against...
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Immigrants bearing the name Menegatti or a variant listed above include: Augusta Minghelli, who arrived in America on July 2, 1884, aboard the "St. Germain;" Alessandro Minghetti, who arrived in America on Nov. 8, 1883, aboard the "Labrador.
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The Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy's official flight demonstration squadron, took to the skies over the San Francisco Bay last week as part of the annual Fleet Week celebration.
The Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets have been a cornerstone of the event since it was re-established in 1981. It is estimated that nearly 1 million people came to San Francisco to watch this year's Fleet Week, which ran Oct. 4 through 8. (Crowds also flocked to San Francisco for the America's Cup yacht racing, which took place Oct. 2 through 7).
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Facebook has reported record revenues of 2.5 billion dollars (£1.5 billion) from 750 million daily users, the social networking heavyweight said tonight.
The end of quarter results, posted at the close of the US markets, showed a revenue r ise of one billion dollars (£0.6bn) on the same period last year.
It was the third consecutive quarterly revenue increase - 2.585 billion dollars (£1.56bn) up from the previous high of 2.016 billion dollars (£1.22bn), three months earlier.
More than 90% of the revenue came from advertising - the last three months having included the period when Facebook began placing video adverts in users' news feeds.
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A total of 757 million people used the world's biggest social media platform every day between October and December , today's results said, up from 618 million the same time last year.
The number of monthly users accessing Facebook on mobile devices - including smartphones and tablets - rose to 556 million from 374 million, 12 months earlier.
It was a year in which Facebook attracted criticism from internet safety campaigners and the Prime Minister David Cameron, after a slew of concerns about content and privacy settings.
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The significance of parent-infant holding for infant development is emphasized from a psychobiological point of view as an essential ingredient of bonding. The theoretical perspective of direct perception in a perceiver-environment ecosystem (Gibson) is discussed together with current findings in infant research, as they may apply to explain how differential parent-infant holding patterns influence the infant's perception of his environment. Impacts of holding patterns on parent-infant-interaction are also mentioned. General qualities of facilitating holding patterns are elaborated.
The development of narcissism and masochism is examined by utilizing new data from movement observation, in general, and from observations and notation of fetal movement, in particular. This has led to the recognition that fetal movements are motor precursors of psychic functioning. The suggestion is made that both narcissism and masochism have their Anlage in utero. Because the fetus primarily grows and achieves progressive integration, the ratio between his integration and self-destruction favors the former.
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The authors examine psychosocial factors involved in producing pregnancy complications. An initial descriptive study of the development of psychosocial profiles of three groups of pregnant women (high and low risk for preterm birth and with diabetes mellitus) using seven instruments is presented. The study suggests that economic status may be as important as medical risk as a source of distress among pregnant women.
Scores on six psychosocial questionnaires were compared to the risk of delivering an IUGR infant. In the second trimester, scales for stress, anxiety, social support, mastery, self esteem, and depression were prospectively administered to 1500 indigent women. In univariate analyses, significant relationships were found between IUGR and a poor score for mastery, stress, anxiety and self-esteem. The results were additive in that the more poor the scores, the higher the rate of IUGR.
Stressful experiences recalled by 270 mothers beginning a year prior to pregnancy through to the end of pregnancy were compared for right, left, and mixed handed offspring of both sexes. For the male offspring, mothers of left handers recalled significantly more severe stress throughout pregnancy than mothers of either right or mixed handers. For the female offspring, no significant differences were found.
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Data were obtained as part of a larger experimental study of 48 genetic amniocentesis patients, ages 21 to 40. Information about genetic counseling was obtained through the demographic data questionnaire. State anxiety was measured before the procedure. Pre-event anxiety scores of women who had received genetic counseling before the day of the procedure were compared with those who had not received counseling before their appointment day.
This paper refers to the role of proto-rhythms in future musical acquisition as basis for the birth of musical intelligence and language expression. It also analyzes the role of rhythm in the very early vocal expressions of newborn babies and of the relation with expressions uttered between their 22nd and 24th months of age. The work presents transcriptions in musical symbols from the 1st cry up to the expressions of the year of life. Proto-rhythms are described and analyzed as well as their importance in back-feeding them.
The meaning and usefulness of the concept of cross-cultural childbirth is questioned in this paper. Intracultural variations within Southern African Black women's experiences of childbirth are utilized to explore the validity of the cross-cultural concept. The question of universality or diversity of birth experiences is discussed. Possible universal elements of birth are suggested while factors determining variations in these experiences are proposed.
At birth mother and infant are in a common state of "kinesthesia." This constitutes a "kinesthetic bond." It results from the motion tracking between mother and child throughout the pregnancy. They feel each others' motion by means of touch through the uterine wall. If the sensory information they use to define their relationship is disrupted by physical separation after birth, before other sensory modes of relating are established, the relationship may suffer.


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fructose as a monomer for a polysaccharide
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fructose as a monomer for a polysaccharide
why aren't fructose molecules arranged to make polysaccharides
The most difficult step is first step.
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The short answer is that is unfavorable for this to happen. Glucose does polymerize because it is favorable.
The energetics of the reaction are favorable because glucose has a reactive hydroxyl group that is made reactive by the fact that glucose in the 5 carbon ring with an oxygen bound up is a hemiacetal. This make the hydroxyl group reactive and thus it reacts with another carbohydrate with the loss of the hydroxyl group from the first carbohydrate and a hydrogen from the second carbohydrate to yield water (classic condensation reaction). The fructose in question is an acetal and thus only has no reactive hydroxyl. Fructose can only be reacted with as in the classic case of glucose + fructose to make sucrose. Glucose is reacting utilizing its hydroxyl group with fructose to yield one sucrose.
Fructose is what carbohydrate chemists call "non-reducing" while sugars like glucose are "reducing" sugars. We can also use that nomenclature with disaccharide like sucrose, maltose, etc. Sucrose has no reactive hydroxyl group open so it is called a non-reducing disaccharide. Maltose (two glucoses together) does have one hydroxyl and can polymerize (as in the case of starches).
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Fructose is a reducing sugar (ketone group)...
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That's news to me. Please show me this reducing ketone group?
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please see this picture
c=o is ketone group.
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see this website please.( in the text you can find this sentence:"ketone-bearing sugars like fructose are considered reducing sugars" Therefor fructose is reducing sugar.)
Thank you anyway.
Can anyone explain that why fructose molecules aren't able to make new compounds like disaccharide or polysaccharides?
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Re: fructose as a monomer for a polysaccharide
So I went back to my biochemistry textbook to find the exact wording that will satisfy everyone.
I was using an incomplete explanation. The way that it goes is that the anomeric carbon (the carbon adjacent to the oxygen in the sugar ring is the one that makes the ketone group in the open ring form and the oxygen of the ketone is the oxygen in the ring) is bound up into a non-reducing disaccharide as is the case sucrose. This anomeric carbon has the reactive hydroxyl group that I have referred to that is used in the reducing part and makes the bond to the monomer or ogliosacchride that is being bound to. This reaction goes by the condensation reaction of hydroxyl group lost from the fructose and oxygen from the sugar it is binding to. This ties up the anomeric carbon in the bond. There are no other anomeric carbons in fructose with reactive reducing hydroxyl groups. Thus the fructose cannot bind to another molecule once it has bound itself up. The other hydroxyl groups can be reacted with in the lab if forced but in nature steric interactions between sugars prevent those other hydroxyl groups from being used. In other sugars like maltose and cellulose steric interactions don't exist and so there are additional hydroxyl groups that can be used. Does that make sense now?
Please see the pictures that I have included. Both pictures come from Lehninger's Biochemistry 4th edition.
You will see in this picture below the reactive hydroxyl group is bound up in the disaccharide which removes it from reacting further. Other hydroxyl groups cannot be used because of steric interactions that are repulsive.
You will notice that the sugars bind end to end to eliminate steric hinderance and there is a free reducing sugar still there to further react.
By the way the reason why fructose can't bind to each other is the steric interaction between those large CH2OH groups attached to the anomeric carbon. You can force it in the lab, but its very unstable and the yield isn't good.
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I'm really appreciate it dear Daniel.kurz.
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Health insurance enrollment fair provides help
JANESVILLE—Faced with a monthly health insurance premium of $1,400 and an annual deductible of $10,000, Mike Morris made a difficult decision more than a decade ago.
"I told her to stop paying it," Morris said of the decision he made for himself and his wife, co-owners of Morris Excavating in Janesville.
"If that's what it was then, I can't imagine what it would be today."
Uninsured for several years, Morris and his wife, Mary, attended a health insurance enrollment fair Monday at the Rock County Job Center.
They were interested in the recently launched Affordable Care Act and the options for affordable health insurance that will bridge them to age 65 and the start of their Medicare coverage.
"I'm glad the health care law passed," Mike Morris said. "We gotta start somewhere, and this is much better than the way it has been."
The Morrises had just walked away from a table where they'd spent 90 minutes on a computer with help from one of the several certified counselors and assisters available at Monday's fair. They were taking a break and planned to return later in the day to finish their application and see what their results would be.
Monday's fair included representatives from Dean Health Plan and MercyCare HMO, the two insurance companies offering marketplace plans in Rock County. In another room, a community advocate was repeating presentations on the ins and outs of the healthcare law.
In the job center's computer room, about 30 computers were set up and help was available for people who wanted to start or complete their marketplace applications.
On a typical day, only four computers are available for marketplace sign-ups. But Monday was not a typical day, as the federal holiday closed the computer room to anyone not seeking help with marketplace issues.
"This has been an absolutely wonderful opportunity," Mary Morris said.
The couple had visited the online marketplace from home but appreciated the help they received Monday, she said.
"Two normal people like us couldn't figure it out," she said. "I'm so relieved that we came. We've received some very good information."
While Monday's fair made more resources available, ACA and marketplace help is always available at the job center, said Caroline Robb, a human services support specialist there.
Interest in marketplace enrollment has picked up dramatically in the past couple of weeks, Robb said, noting that people who sign up by the 15th of the month can have their marketplace insurance start the first day of the following month.
As of Friday, the job center specialists had helped 168 people, 59 of whom had completed their applications and received their pricing results.
The vast majority—all but four of the 59—had completed their application by phone instead of online.
Most, Robb said, were older, which reflects state and national trends.
The federal government reported last week that only 24 percent of marketplace enrollees—and 19 percent in Wisconsin—were 18 to 34 years old. In contrast, 33 percent of those signed up nationally—and 45 percent in Wisconsin—were 55 to 64 years old.
"There haven't been as many younger people as I'd like to see," Robb said, adding that the older generation seems to feel more comfortable applying over the phone.
Robb said the technological glitches that plagued the online marketplace near its launch in October are a thing of the past.
Most people, she said, can fill out an application and get their results in less than 45 minutes.
"We enjoy it when people come in and we can help them," Robb said. "We will spend whatever amount of time is needed to get them the information and help they need.
"If they've got the time, we can do it."
Informational in-person sessions
MercyCare Health Plans
--10:30 a.m. Tuesdays through Jan. 28 in Room G380B at Mercy Walworth Hospital & Medical Center, N2950 Highway 67, Lake Geneva.
--12:30 p.m. Fridays through Jan. 31 in Room 1 at Mercy Health Mall, 1010 N. Washington St., Janesville.
Available computers with assisters and/or certified application counselors
Assisters are people who can communicate with the public about options and how to connect with the enrollment support network.
Certified application counselors are people who have completed federal or state training to help people with enrollment and guidance through the website but not give advice on plans.
--Beloit Health System, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday at 1969 W. Hart Road or 1905 Huebbe Parkway, Beloit, or at Northpointe, 5605 E. Rockton Road, Roscoe, Ill.
For more information, call 608-364-1539.
--Community Health Systems, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursday and Fridays and from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays (counselors and assisters) at 74 Eclipse Center, Beloit.
For more information, call 608-361-0311.
--Dean and St. Mary's Janesville, 3400 E. Racine St., Janesville, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays (agents and assisters) in the health resources library. Dean Health Plan licensed agents are available from 8:30 to 11 a.m., Thursdays.
For more information, call 608-373-8000.
--Edgerton Hospital, 11101 N. Sherman Road, Edgerton, assisters by appointment.
For more information, call 608-884-3441.
--Enrollment Assistance Center, 2919 104/C N. Lexington Dr., Janesville, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, counselors and assisters.
For more information, call 608-449-1544.
--MercyCare Health Plans, 580 N. Washington St., Janesville, agents from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.
For more information, call 1-800-895-2421.
--Rock County Economic Support, 1900 Center Ave., Janesville, assisters from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.
For more information, call 608-741-3400.
Available computers without assisters and/or certified application counselors
--Edgerton Community Outreach, 106 S. Main St., Edgerton, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and from 1 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays.
For more information, call 608-884-9593.
--Rock County Job Center, 1900 Center Ave., Janesville, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays in the resource room.
--Beloit Public Library, 605 Eclipse Blvd., Beloit, from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
For more information, call 608-364-2905.
--Clinton Public Library, 214 Mill St., Clinton, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays and Fridays, 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturdays.
For more information, call 608-676-5569.
--Eager Free Public Library, 39 W. Main St., Evansville, from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays.
For more information, call 608-882-2260.
--Edgerton Public Library, 101 Albion St., Edgerton, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
For more information, call 608-884-4511.
--Hedberg Public Library, 316 S. Main St., Janesville, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.
For more information, call 608-758-6588.
--Milton Public Library, 430 E. High St., Milton, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays.
For more information, call 608-868-7462.
--Orfordville Public Library, 203 W. Beloit St., Orfordville, from noon to 7 p.m. weekdays.
For more information, call 608-879-9229.
Assisters, certified application counselors
--Rock County Council on Aging, 3328 Highway 51, Janesville, one assister.
For more information, call 608-757-5472.
--St. Mary's Janesville Hospital, 3400 E. Racine St., Janesville, two counselors by appointment.
For more information, call 608-373-8792.
--Southwest Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, 1900 Center Ave., Janesville, one assister.
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When the 176-year-old German firm of Benckiser NV merged with the 159-year-old British company Reckitt and Coleman PLC in 1999, one of the world's largest health, hygiene and home consumer goods was born. Now the company, Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has operations in 60 countries, sales in almost 200 and a global employee base of 38,000.
One primary challenge in merging large complementary companies is sustaining growth while realizing new levels of efficiency and cost savings. The organizations must take on this challenge while simultaneously integrating management teams, sales and product groups, operating assets and procurement divisions, which is not a trivial task.
What follows is the story of how RB merged and migrated its patent processing department into an efficient and integrated whole. Six months ago, RB was still using mostly paper-based processes. The transition process took time and care to manage effectively, but today, RB's 13,500 active patents and patent applications are readily available to our global patent group anywhere in the world, at any time.
1. Establishing work processes and building the team
Twelve years ago, when RB was formed, Reckitt & Colman operated the majority of its R&D in Hull, U.K where the patent department was located. Benckiser, on the other hand, did not have a patent department. Therefore, early in the merger process, the first task was to consolidate the now-joined company's patents in Hull. While the consolidation was taking place, it became clear that a patent attorney was needed at the U.S. office based in Parsippany, N.J., so a second patent office was born. Quickly thereafter, based on a global strategy, RB established another patent office at global headquarters in Slough, U.K. Over the past decade, attorneys, administrators and secretaries have worked in these three offices to streamline and integrate patent processing for RB worldwide. They have established systems and workflows to work with outside counsel in 30 different countries and manage the large caseload of patents vital to RB's success.
Once RB's consolidation was complete, our patent team was on a path of working well together. The processes, roles, responsibilities and operating procedures between the offices and the staff were documented and understood. RB is strict in how we move our workflow. Each paper process has two checks: formalities and records. But although the process was strong on quality, we needed to focus on efficiency. Three offices, paper-based processes and large volumes of incoming email added up to an inefficient process that needed improvement.
As the global patent department evolved, RB continued to add attorneys in Slough and in Hull and there was constant correspondence between the two offices. In Hull, all the docketing was handled and files were kept in paper form. If something came in by email, the staff printed, docketed and filed it in Hull. Meanwhile in Slough, all the technical correspondence was kept in a duplicate "shadow" file, which would then have to be merged with the files in Hull. This highly duplicative process led to some frustrations.
In 2010, the company set up an initial electronic system in Slough. The initial solution was a document management system using a folder structure. Although the system worked in principle, it was clunky. The network would go down often and saving an email took around 10 clicks. For 10 months, the patent department was split between using paper files and a basic electronic flat folder storage system. This arrangement was seen as a temporary measure until the team could identify a more suitable electronic system for the full team.
2. Enhancing efficiency with a digital IP solution
In 2011, RB decided to move toward open-plan offices to save space and money. In the context of the new office and space saving, thousands of paper-based files that the company stored and relied upon were no longer practical to maintain. It became an ideal moment to implement a "less-paper" IP management solution.
With the IP team working as a unit, we developed the requirements for the new system. We sought technology that would enable all of the company's patents to be accessible to all team members at any time, regardless of their location or role. The system would need to be secure, efficient and easy to use so that personnel with different levels of technical expertise could be up and running quickly. One key requirement was an audit trail of incoming and outgoing email. With 30 outside counsel firms and a team working in more than 40 countries, tracking email was critical. RB also needed a system that would offer seamless integration with our existing CPA docketing system.
In March 2012, RB decided to implement First To File (FTF) to store and manage all IP assets using a web-based Electronic File Room (EFR). Deciding factors included the ease of use and familiar look and feel of the folder interface as well as an add-in for Outlook, a feature that enables team members to upload attachments directly into the EFR document repository.
Prior to implementation, each team member received two new monitors for displaying and working with their documents (monitors being so inexpensive and a great boost to productivity and morale). We required everyone to use the electronic system, and once the switch was flipped, everyone got on board. It has been a positive initiative and even "old schoolers" have found having a centralized online system useful. The team understood that we had to change in order to work together more efficiently, and build for the future.
Having migrated our documents and workflow to an electronic solution, we are working more efficiently with email and its accompanying avalanche of attachments. The next step will be to make it easier to work with documents when and where we need to- i.e. going mobile. In today's business world, we are all carrying out more business when traveling and not in the office, whether by email or on the mobile phone.
We even have early adopters at RB who have started mobile usage, and as tablets and smartphones are becoming ubiquitous in the business community, I envisage this being phase three of the RB IP Management story—the show will be permanently live on the road.
In just six months, we transformed a cumbersome paper-based process to an efficient electronic one. The transition was seamless and this modernization of our patents process was an essential move in our progress toward a modernized workflow model.


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Janesville man arrested for fourth-offense OWI
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Sunday, April 27, 2014
JANESVILLE—Janesville police arrested a Janesville man for his fourth drunken-driving offense early Sunday.
According to a release, police arrested Jeremy T. McCarthy, 31, Janesville, after pulling him over for a vehicle equipment violation at 2:28 a.m. near East Milwaukee Street and Harmony Drive, Janesville.
Police said a breathalyzer test showed McCarthy's blood-alcohol concentration was "significantly" over the legal limit to operate a vehicle.
It was his fourth drunken driving offense. McCarthy was being held Sunday at the Rock County Jail, pending an initial court appearance.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has lost a second significant insider trading case – involving a California-based computer storage device business – following the recent clearing of Nelson Obus, manager of the Wynnefield Capital hedge fund, of insider trading allegations.
After just a few hours of deliberations, a Santa Ana jury cleared Manouchehr Moshayedi, a co-founder and ex-CEO of STEC, in a civil lawsuit stemming from allegations of trading on inside information.
The SEC claimed wrongdoing when Moshayedi sold company stock, and shares owned by his brother, Mehrdad Mark Moshayedi, in a secondary offering that coincided with the release of the company's Q2 2009 financial results and revenue guidance for Q3.
"In the days leading up to the secondary offering, Moshayedi learned critical nonpublic information that was likely to have a detrimental impact on the stock price," the SEC said in 2012. "Moshayedi did not call off the offering and abstain from selling his shares once he possessed the negative information unbeknownst to the investing public. Instead, he engaged in a fraudulent scheme to hide the truth through a secret side deal, and proceeded with the sale of 9 million shares from which he and his brother reaped gross proceeds of approximately $134 million each."
But the California jury was not convinced by the government's case.
"We are extremely grateful to the members of the jury for their hard work and their focus on the evidence," Patrick Gibbs, an attorney with Latham & Watkins, who represented Moshayedi, said in a statement sent to InsideCounsel. "They reached the right result."
When asked for comment on the Moshayedi outcome, SEC spokesman John Nester said in a statement released to InsideCounsel, "We respect the jury's verdict, but will continue to aggressively enforce the law when we believe the evidence supports the allegations."
During the proceedings, the SEC requested partial summary judgment related to liability, and Moshayedi's attorneys requested summary judgment on all of the SEC's claims. Both motions were denied by U.S. District Court Judge James V. Selna.
"The complex evidentiary record makes it clear that there are numerous factual disputes at issue. Accordingly, neither party is entitled to summary judgment on the issue of scienter," the judge said in the ruling. He explained that scienter is a "mental state embracing intent to deceive, manipulate, or defraud."
In arguments made to the judge, Moshayedi's attorneys said the "SEC failed to present evidence that could reasonably support a conclusion that Mr. Moshayedi acted with scienter or that he traded on the basis of any material information."
"Moshayedi planned to sell his shares well-before he learned of the allegedly material 'facts' on which the SEC has built its case and that receipt of those facts did not cause the sale," the attorneys further claimed.
The recent jury verdicts in the Nelson J. Obus and Moshayedi cases also come after SEC Chairman Mary Jo White made public statements that the commission will take more difficult cases to trial.
Still, there is a limit into how much can be read into the SEC losing some recent cases.
"I don't think the SEC is keeping score," David Parker, a litigator and risk manager at Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, who counts a number of hedge funds among his clients, told InsideCounsel in an interview on Monday. "Each case, of course, has to be assessed on its own merits."
In reviewing the number of recent SEC trials, Reuters reported "there has been a surge." The SEC finished 24 trials in the current fiscal year, compared with 16 last year, Reuters added.
Earlier this month, the SEC also announced it dismissed its civil lawsuit against Parker H. "Pete" Petit. The SEC claimed that when Petit was chairman and CEO of Matria Healthcare, he provided information to a friend who made two purchases of Matria stock, according to a statement from Petit. Petit denied any wrongdoing.
Turning back to the Moshayedi case, the SEC explained that in July 2009 STEC announced a large customer, EMC Corporation, agreed to buy $120 million worth of the ZeusIOPS solid state drive products in Q3 and Q4 of 2009. But the SEC claimed Moshayedi learned nonpublic information "that EMC's actual demand for the ZeusIOPS was lower than previously expected." He found out that EMC would want about $34 million worth of ZeusIOPS in Q3 – less than analyst estimates. EMC also had told Moshayedi it "would never again enter into a similar agreement with STEC," the SEC said in a statement.
Moshayedi then made a "secret side deal" with EMC "to meet third quarter consensus revenue estimates," the SEC said. EMC took $55 million worth of ZeusIOPS in Q3 "in exchange for an undisclosed additional $2 million price discount on the product…."
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Mark A. Olson, Janesville, WI (1988-2014)
June 20, 1988 - March 23, 2014
Mark A. Olson, age 25, of Janesville, died unexpectedly on Sunday, March 23, 2014, at home. He was born in Janesville, on June 20, 1988, the son of Roger and Patricia (Semrow) Olson. Mark attended Parker High School. He worked at ABC Seamless. Mark enjoyed fishing, hunting, was a great artist and loved kids.
Mark is survived by his daughter, Tabitha Marie Chesebro; parents, Roger and Patricia Olson of Janesville; two grandmothers, Elaine Semrow of Beloit, and Bonnie Hendrickson of Rockford; grandfather, Roger A. Olson of Dallas, WI; one sister, Karis Lynn Olson of Janesville; a niece, Jaelynn Nowak; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Charlotte Olson; and uncle, Frank Robinson.
A Funeral Service will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 28, 2014, at SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, Janesville, with Rev. Jerry Amstutz officiating. Visitation will be held on Friday from 2 p.m. until the time of service at the FUNERAL HOME. Memorials may be made to the family for the care of Mark's daughter, Tabitha. SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, Janesville, is assisting the family. For on-line obituary and condolences: www.schneiderfuneraldirectors.com


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Global Environmental Change
Discussion of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how these properties are affected by interactions between the organisms and their environment
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Re: Let's Save A Little For Them!
Main Cause of Environmental Change
The environment, including the workplace, has an important impact on a person's health. The main cause of our environmental change is climate. Climate change is real, and it is affecting our environment and health. The causes of climate change and its impact on the environment and human health are becoming increasingly understood, and increasingly problematic. That is why the government is taking action at home and abroad to reduce pollutions.
There is growing evidence that our climate is changing and that these changes are affecting the health and well-being of citizens in countries throughout the world. Climate change is affecting health, and will continue to pose challenges in the future and wide range of impacts which will vary from one region to another. The extent of these effects depends on how quickly our climate changes, and on how well we adapt to the new environmental conditions and risks to health. A changing climate can increase the frequency, intensity or duration of extreme weather conditions which increases risks for vulnerable populations and communities in areas exposed to natural hazards. Severe weather events can result in loss of income and productivity, relocation of people, increased stress for families, and higher costs for health care and social services. Some communities could experience benefits from global warming. For example, some regions may enjoy a longer growing season, and milder winters which could result in fewer injuries and deaths associated with cold weather.
The LETTER of A NEVER FOREVER
I still remember the first time you saw me...You were amazed of my beauty and misty. At first, you showed me your concern and care for me. It came to the point that as if I were you God. I was glad and touched of everything you did for me. Who won't be able to love you for being that? I admit, I love you.
I still remember you told me that you needed me and those special words you said,"be forever".. Those sweet words melted my heart and so I gave you everything I have and love you more each day.
As time goes by, I became happier with you... I was so glad every time I gave you something and you used it for your needs and you were satisfied with that. You said, "I need you..You are my air, my water, my shelter.. I can't live without you.."
I know that and I love you, too. That is why I want to give you everything you needed and love me more. Those moments..I really missed them..
And for years, you became better and smarter. You grew like a baby to adult. Then, everything changes.
You started to hurt me. You became selfish. But you were still there... I realized that today, you don't need me because you love me, but you love me because you need me... As you had just said, "I am you air, I am your water, and I am your shelter..."
I felt that you are just using me up today. You don't even care for me anymore. And I think you don't love me. Yet, I still love you. That's why I still give you everything your needs and wants even it hurts. Today, on everything you do, tears fall from my eyes...You're too blind to see.
I love you still. Sometimes, I can't control myself and I become angry to you and you were so scared. I apologized for those times. Somehow, I feel you are still affected of my feelings and emotions. That's why I stopped whenever I cry like a typhoon, shiver like an earthquake, and shout like a volcanic eruption. I saw you were scared to me on those times...I am so sorry.
I love you and I never regretted it. You are my happiness.. You are my sadness... You are my madness... Yet, I know, everything will change again. Someday, we will be apart and never be together again. You may go away and find another because you don't need me anymore. But don't worry because I will never do the same thing to you. I will always be here for you giving you things that you needed. I may be a martyr or a naive. And so? You know I love you. I had said that for a million of times...It is just that someday we will not be together because I will not live for so long. I could feel that I am weak already. I apologize because I will go away for that reason. Still, I want to say to you again that I became happy being with you even though there were times I cried and hurt because of you. I'm sorry... I think I can't go with the words you said - "be forever".
This is my last letter to you, my love... I hope it is never too late for you to realized that you needed to save me before I die... Before me, your Mother Earth, fall apart and NEVER be your "FOREVER"...
The Environment: It's Ours, We Should Take Care of It
upon hearing the word "environment", what are the things comes first into your mind?
It comes from the french word "Environner", which means to surround or encircle. In general, environment refers to the surroundings of an object. The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a term that encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. Environment is anything that affects every living things such as plants and animals as well as human being.
everything you see as you roam your eyes is your environment. right?
It is the common understanding of natural environment that underlies environmentalism — a broad political, social, and philosophical movement that advocates various actions and policies in the interest of protecting what nature remains in the natural environment, or restoring or expanding the role of nature in this environment. While true wilderness is increasingly rare, wild nature (e.g., unmanaged forests, uncultivated grasslands, wildlife, wildflowers) can be found in many locations previously inhabited by humans.
Yet, "everything in this world is only temporary". as the quotation explains itself, nothing in this world remains permanent. It just mean that as well as our environment,we are living in, would not stay the same as it was before. every passing day, there are changes that we barely recognized. And often times, the reason of that changes are we, people abusing our nature(environment) because of course of our abusive acts in a way. The possibilities that our environment will change as a result of our own actions, and we, as part of it, will be facing conditions to which we were not well adapted. and of course, as expected this changes in environmental conditions affect the organisms living in that environment,including us. every changes that will occur in our environment, be it good or bad will always affect us no matter what.
Global environmental changes constitute a major new category of health hazard, arising predominantly from human-induced systemic changes to the natural systems and processes that underpin health and life.
the following are Goals commonly expressed by environmental scientists in order to conserve our environment from destruction and that we should also give consideration as simple individual :
* Reduction and clean up of pollution, with future goals of zero pollution; ( let's support the programs helping to reduce pollution, e.g "tree planting program", "clean and green", etc.)
* Cleanly converting non-recyclable materials into energy through direct combustion or after conversion into secondary fuels; ( we can also help in minimizing the increasing number of garbage by doing so.. It would be great if motorists here in Philippines would be familiarize of the other alternative fuels that can be used instead of using harmful gases, that won't harm our environment and also be danger to our health. )
* Reducing societal consumption of non-renewable fuels;
* Development of alternative, green, low-carbon or renewable energy sources;
* Conservation and sustainable use of scarce resources such as water, land, and air;
* Protection of representative or unique or pristine ecosystems;
* Preservation of threatened and endangered species extinction;
* The establishment of nature and biosphere reserves under various types of protection; and, most generally, the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems upon which all human and other life on earth depends.
everything we see, that surrounds us is a beauty given to us by God. It is a precious gift that we should treasure and conserve for the next generation to enjoy and witness its wellness. it is our very responsibility to take care of our own home. we should respect it the way we respect others, ourselves and most of all our beloved God.
Reference : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_environment
Environmet Changes and Effects
Our environment today was so different compared from before. There was many animals, fresh air and clean water. The living condition of the people was simple. They planted trees, domesticated animals and preserved the nature. As years goes by, we can see a big change. Our climate really changes. Before, we do not encounter severe calamities. Our ozone layer was damaged that now causes global warming. This will affect living things like in humans, acquiring skin diseases. Now, pollutions arises in water, land and air.This problem was not fully solved. The effects of these pollutions are the following: contamination of water and air, cardiovascular and nervous system diseases, smothered habitats(where aquatic animals fed and lived), erosion, siltation and flooding.These are the evidences that our environment was destroyed and damaged by man. If we take care and love our nature, it will be preserve for the next generation. Do not harm our nature because we never know what it will bring to us.
One LIFE...One HOME...
The question of which is more important,environmental protection or technological progress,is of great concern to mankind.Upon man's creation,he was given the gifts of intelligence and free will.He was told to have dominion over the earth and all other creations.Over the years,man was able to conquer his environment.He learned to use his environment to his advantage,to make his way of life more comfortable.Greater accumulation of knowledge led to the development of science and scientific knowledge was put into application.Thus,technology,which is the result of science put into action,came about.
Environmental protection is more important than technological progress.Technological progress came about not only because of man's knowledge,but because there was the eeenvironment which supported man's existence.Man harnessed nature and he developed his environment to make living easier and life work faster.With only man's knowledge but no life sustaining environment,there can be no technological progress.
The environment has supported man's existence.Man harnessed the environments potentials.Both man and his environment gained benifits. Technological progress gave both man and environment benifits and development.But anything which is taken or used in excess will result in malevolent effects and danger will be at hand.The level of technology achieved by man rose to a great extent that this technology which has brought great benifits for man,is now posing a great danger to the environment.
The environment,its protection and preservation should be given more important than technological progress.It is the environment which nourishes man.It is the environment which supports man and offers man a home.Man has to treasure life because he has only one life.Man has to treasure his environment the way he should treasure life,because he has only one home - his environment,the Mother Earth.Without this environment,there could no progress of whatever kind and there would no life of whatever form.
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Typhoon Uring in 1991, brought 5,101 deaths while Typhoon Nitang in 1984 have 1,363 deaths, and let's not forget the 2006 Typhoon Reming which brought 754 deaths. And now Ondoy. Really, why do we experience such disastrous typhoons?
The Philippines lies along the western rim of the Pacific Ring of Fire (a belt of active volcanoes and major earthquake faults) and also the Pacific typhoon belt. It is one of the world's most natural disaster-prone countries due to a combination of disastrous typhoons, floods, landslides, drought, volcanoes, and earthquake.
But though being a natural disaster-prone country, still what's happening in the Philippines is not what others even the experts are expecting.
According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa), Ondoy brought Metro Manila its highest amount of rainfall in the last 42 years.
"In 1967, a typhoon brought Metro Manila 334 mm of rain in 24 hours, Ondoy' brought us a total of 453 mm of rain in 24 hours."
Experts says, it's already a manifestation of climate change. I say, climate change is not just a manifestation it's already happening in the Philippines and around the globe.
Who's to blame?. People, it is. It is we, who are living in this Earth and it is we who have not took good care of the Earth.
The Philippines, for example, has experienced temperature spikes brought about by climate change. It has been observed that warming is experienced most in the northern and southern regions of the country, while Metro Manila has warmed less than most parts. In addition, the regions that have warmed the most (northern Luzon, Mindanao) have also dried the most. Largest precipitation trends are about 10 percent during the 20th century.
Hot days and hot nights have become more frequent. Extreme weather events have also occurred more frequently since 1980. These include deadly and damaging typhoons, floods, landslides, severe El Niño and La Niña events, drought, and forest fires. Adversely affected sectors include agriculture, fresh water, coastal and marine resources and health.
These scenarios can prove itself that indeed climate change already occurred. But, what really caused this climate change?
A lot of things may contribute to this, air pollution is one of those. Though, not all air pollutants can be blamed for the cause, still it contributes.
Air pollution includes greenhouse gases. One of these is carbon dioxide, a common part of the exhaust from cars and trucks. Greenhouse gases cause global warming by trapping heat from the Sun in the Earth's atmosphere. Greenhouse gases are a natural part of Earth's atmosphere, but in the last 150 years or so, the amount in our atmosphere has increased. The increase comes from car exhaust and pollutants released from smokestacks at factories and power plants. The increase in greenhouses gases is the cause of most of the global warming that happened over the past century.
During the 20th century, the average global temperature went up by about 0.74°C, with the warming affecting land more than ocean areas. In addition, average rate of warming over the last 50 years is nearly twice that for the last 100 years.
Further warming and changes in the global climate system during the 21st century could occur if greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions equal to or higher than current levels will persist.
With climate change will come water shortages and decreases in agricultural productivity and food security. Our health will be threatened by heat stress and increased chances of exposure to infectious diseases. Those living in low-lying coastal areas may become climate refugees as their homes are destroyed. And tourism, an important source of income for many, will decline.
Terrifying isn't it. Is the lesson from Ondoy, haven't yet sink in our minds?. Are we still going to wait for another Ondoy?. We could still stop these global warming. It's still not too late if we really put our minds and hearts into it.
The Philippine government had already started this by having the Philippine Clear Air Act of 1999. The energy sector is now promoting more friendly gases. One of which is Coco-Biodiesel.
But even if these are all been laid in front us, still we need to act with it not against it to be able to fight climate change. Support the biodiesel campaign, ensure maximum energy efficiency in the home (over 25% of CO2 emissions are from domestic energy use) through good heat insulation and through the use of high efficiency appliances (eg low energy light bulbs, Grade A or B appliances), ensure maximum energy saving - do not overheat rooms and turn off lights when not required, walk and cycle where possible, and use a fuel-efficient car (over 25% of CO2 emissions come from transport), consider the environment when shopping; eg buy goods produced with low energy use and products that originate from renewable sources.
Let's not forget that the initial effects of the climate change brought about by air pollution (as one) had already been proven and experienced by many of us. Are we still going to wait for the worst? Or should I say, are we going to wait for our children to experience it.
Allow me to show this real photos of the consequence we may experience again if we continue to give this issue of air pollution a cold shoulder.
Environment Changes and Effects
In our early times,we enjoy the nature gifts.Where we can get foods,raw materials that we need to build our houses,and where we can harvest fruits and vegetables that we use to earn for a living.
We forget that the nature have a big role for animals and especially to the mankind it serve a shelter,produce food,give all things we needed,our number one armor for natural disaster,like typhoon,earthquake,flooding etc.The trees are the shield for typhoon it prevent the wind,holds the lands by its roots that make the land compact,also prevent the flooding by sipping the water by its roots.Unfortunately we over used the nature we abused it,we cut trees,just do the cutting and cutting until we left the mountain bald.We don't bother to plant small trees for exchange to those trees we cut.And the life living there is don't know where to hide they lost their habitat because of people selfishness.
The time pass by we didn't notice the changes in environment.We embrace the technology,new inventions,the gadgets that help us to lessen our work help us to communicate easier travel fast not knowing the effect to our environment that will reflected into our living.Like Global Warming,sudden climate change.If we don't stop those act,we the mankind will suffer the consequences that the nature would give us.So let us do change,let us take good care the nature open our eyes be RESPONSIBLE.
Environmental Change
Although the carrying capacity of the planet is unknown, one
thing is certain: There will never be one more person on the
planet than the planet can support. Think about that! Obviously,
with the aid of technology and energy subsidies the planet can
support many more people today than it could have supported
500 or 1,000 years ago. We are, however, dependent upon
maintaining or increasing the present levels of technology and
massive energy subsidies to support the present and future levels
of population.
A potential problem, unfortunately, is that population is
continuing to increase rapidly while many vital resources
such as energy, soil, and clean, safe water are diminishing.
Every year large amounts of agriculturally productive land
deteriorate to a state of nonproductivity or the land is
allocated to nonagricultural uses such as subdivisions and
interstate highways. Attempts to compensate for this loss of
soil by increasing agricultural intensity, often accompanied by
increased subsidies of energy, are accelerating soil erosion and
compounding the problem by reducing yields even further in
some of the poorer regions of the world. Forests are being cut
down and deserts are expanding at alarming rates, either directly
because of hunger or indirectly because of ill-fated attempts to
service debt and/or develop the economies of poorer countries.
At the same time, other vital resources such as water supplies
are being depleted or polluted. Not only is the atmosphere
being poisoned, but chemical modification threatens to alter
the existing climatic distributions of the planet, which could
dramatically reduce the food-producing capability of the Earth.
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—�RACHEL S. McCULLOUGH, 28, Monroe, at 3:25 a.m. Tuesday at the 6900 block of Highway 81, Monroe, after she lost control of her vehicle and it rolled over in the ditch. McCullough was reportedly transported to a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries. She also was cited for failure to maintain control of her vehicle.
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Anjou, in the Seigneurie of La Frezeliere, where their name was Frezell, they were one of the many Norman families invited north by King David of Scotland, and were granted lands at Keith in East Lothian in 1160. The first chief to settle was named Simon Frazer, and his lands were called Keith Simon. Their stronghold was Oliver Castle on the Tweed.
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What Is Homocysteine?
Homocysteine is an amino acid formed in the body from another amino acid called methionine. Certain B vitamins are needed to breakdown these amino acids. The vitamins include vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and folate. A deficiency of any one of these vitamins, most particularly folate, can lead to an elevation in blood levels of homocysteine.
Does Homocysteine Increase the Risk of Heart Attack?
Levels of homocysteine increase with age, and elevation is more common in men and postmenopausal women. Although some studies have found an association with high homocysteine levels and heart disease, whether or not homocysteine is a risk factor for heart disease remains controversial.
During the last several years, a connection between mild to moderate elevations of homocysteine and heart disease has shown up in some, but not all studies. Organizations like the American Heart Association (AHA) do not currently identify high homocysteine levels as a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
Do not be surprised if your doctor is somewhat reluctant to measure your homocysteine level. If other risk factors for heart disease are already present, knowing that your homocysteine level is elevated most likely not change your treatment. However, according to the AHA, getting screened for homocysteine levels may be useful if you have a personal or family history of cardiovascular disease and do not have the common risk factors, like smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol.
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Homocysteine levels are reduced when intake of folate, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 is increased. However, studies have not shown that taking these vitamins can prevent or treat cardiovascular disease.
The AHA suggests that people at high risk should make sure they are getting enough folate, vitamin B6, and B12 in their diet. Your doctor can give you specific recommendations about the appropriate dosages for you. Here are the general recommendations for daily intake of folate, vitamin B6, and B12:
- Folate
- Males and females aged 14 and older—400 micrograms (mcg)
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- Males aged 19-50 years—1.3 milligrams (mg)
- Males aged 51 years and older—1.7 mg
- Females aged 19-50 years—1.3 mg
- Females aged 51 years and older—1.5 mg
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- Males and females aged 14 years and older—2.4 micrograms
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- Folate—citrus fruits, fortified breakfast cereal, vegetables
- Vitamin B6—fortified breakfast cereal, bananas, baked potatoes with skin
- Vitamin B12—fortified breakfast cereal, fish, meat, poultry, and dairy products
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Your Views: Obama's actions reflect callous, destructive attitude
Despicable! Simply despicable. President Obama selected the Department of Interior to focus on his "shutdown" orders. Consequently, our World War II veterans had to "storm the barricades" to see their memorial, which is in an open, free 24/7 park area.
He could have chosen the Department of Energy or Department of Education. Closing these worthless bureaucracies would hardly have made a ripple on the average American citizen. No, he chose to shutdown Gettysburg National Battlefield, Grand Canyon National Park and hundreds of similar sites. Why? To directly hurt and interfere with American citizens and their treasured history and great natural parks. Why? Quite simply the president wants to inflict pain and discomfort on citizens because then he thinks they will blame the Republicans. Despicable.
The president's actions reflect a callous, destructive attitude and plan for America. His Senate toady Harry Reid received at least 10 compromise bills recently (Sept. 20-Oct. 1) sent to him by the House of Representatives. Reid stamped them received and sent them back to House Speaker John Boehner. The Continuing Resolution bill is only a prelude to the upcoming debt-ceiling crisis (again this year).
Obama will negotiate with (in fact, pander to) Iran, Russia, North Korea, Syria, etc., but will not even discuss issues with Republicans. During his watch, our national debt has soared from $10 trillion to $16.75 trillion, and he has no plan except to continue in power and in control and to spend still more money. A frightening thought.


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Fire departments are busy battling fires this winter
CLINTON--Tuesday was another bitterly cold morning and other winter fire for Clinton firefighters to battle.
The shed fire at 8601 E. Larsen Road in the town of Bradford was the third cold-weather fire in eight days for the fire department.
Clinton firefighters responded to two fires Jan. 21--a shed fire at 12701 E. Stateline Road in the town of Clinton and a house fire at 111 South St. in Sharon.
The high temperature Jan. 21 was 6 degrees.
The mercury was stuck below zero Tuesday morning.
The Clinton department has been increasingly busy as the temperatures have decreased, said Larry London, deputy fire chief.
"I'm not really sure why that is," London said Tuesday after returning from the machine shed fire. "I don't know if the cold puts more stress on the heating systems or not."
Tim O'Neill, Delavan Fire Department fire chief, said he didn't have statistics, but sees a correlation between cold weather and more fires.
"There are always more fires in winter time, but I think it is not as pronounced as 20 years ago," O'Neill said.
He credits the improvement to automatic alarms, sprinklers and smoke detectors.
O'Neill suspects cold weather results in more fires because people are more likely to be using space heaters, candles and heat lamps, which can start fires, and because extended cold spells stress heating and ventilation systems.
"When you get three, four, five days and it doesn't get much above zero, these systems are starting to be taxed by the cold," O'Neill said.
The cold also makes it more difficult to fight fires.
Personnel from 16 fire departments were dispatched to the machine shed fire Tuesday morning so crew members could rotate out and get warm, said Deputy Fire Chief Larry London of the Clinton Fire Department.
"It was really cold," London said. "We also were lucky that the county sent in a salt truck so we could salt down the yard and keep from slipping."
Edgerton Fire Chief Brian Demrow said extreme weather mandates extra precautions.
"You want to rotate the manpower so everybody stays safe," Demrow said.
Extra staff and equipment help counter the difficulties that come with frigid weather, such as frozen hoses, firefighters slipping on ice, and apparatus breaking down.
"In extreme weather, it's always better to have too many people and too much equipment because things have a way of breaking," London said.
Delavan firefighters responded to a Dec. 6 weather-related fire at 125 North 4th St. The home, converted into a two-unit apartment, caught on fire at 9:15 p.m.�
The cause remains under investigation, but O'Neill said he suspects "taxing of the heating system" played a part. The property owner was attempting to heat up the apartment and had blown electrical circuits several times before the fire, O'Neill said.
To avoid winter fires, O'Neill suggests building owners:
-- Have heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems checked annually and keep a close watch on the systems during severe cold.
-- Install carbon monoxide detectors.
-- Let professionals thaw frozen pipes.
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Death Notices for Aug. 26, 2013
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Sunday, August 25, 2013
Kathryn L. Hough, 85, Beloit, died Sunday at Beloit Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are pending with Rosman, Uehling, Kinzer Funeral Home and Crematorium, Beloit.
Caroline A. Jurenci, 63, Chicago, Ill., formerly of Pell Lake and Elkhorn, died Sunday at Rainbow Hospice Ark in Park Ridge, Ill. Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Haase-Lockwood & Associates Funeral Home, Genoa City. Visitation will be from noon until time of services Wednesday at the funeral home.