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The Fiber Disease
Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Medicine. Anything human!
Moderator: BioTeam
This article is long but ties into the one you talk of. The one about the cream not being made to heal the bacteriological weapons damage.
Wonder if it ties into this one.......some people there it never affected but the release affected everyone else around the lab.
This is about 4 strains of Anthrax.
And.......remember the experiment by Jan Smith, it does not burn.
Anthrax does not burn..........and 4 strains?
"International experts found four different strains (of the virus culture—author's note) of anthrax. Four different bacteria! Different, you understand? If a bomb exploded, would there really be four strains? How can you explain that people fell ill 50 kilometers away, but on the military base, where this explosion supposedly occurred, no one fell ill? Next door to the base is a tank division—two fatal cases…Believe me, if this was a single military release, two or three days and everyone would be finished!
Meanwhile, no one writes that several carcasses of cows with anthrax were brought into the brick factory to be burned in the furnace. But anthrax does not burn in a fire! The spores could have been carried off to anywhere through the chimney. The spores themselves live hundreds of years. As an example, no one has been able to live on the English island of Gruinard since the second world war. Biological weapons were tested there, including anthrax…"
No one fell ill with the anthrax at the military base!
And where was anthrax found here, in MD.
People lets look at Medelson's studies and the Ken Alibek fellow. .........MORE........snips......in conversation.......
Yevstigneyev: There was a shop where we really did make 4 samples of the American one-pound, two-pound and four-pound bombs. The worker, literally on his knees, made these "toys". But there was no other way—we had to learn how to evaluate the biological situation, if such weapons would be used. We assembled munitions, went out to an island in the Aral Sea, set up biological reconnaissance equipment, observed what kind of cloud formed, and so on…Now we have magnificent calculations which everyone is using, beginning with the Ministry of Defense itself and ending with the Ministry for Emergency Management.
But this was done considerably before the epidemic. In 1979, in a refrigerator of the laboratory of Sverdlovsk-19, only a few ampoules of anthrax bacteria were stored for vaccine testing. All of the powers that be knew this, which is incidentally why they pointed the finger at us.(11)
Following the accident at Sverdlovsk, Moscow had established a new biological warfare R&D facility in the isolated city of Stepnogorsk in Kazakhstan, to fill the potential production gap after the Soviets had to stop producing anthrax at Sverdlovsk. Here, an even more-virulent strain of anthrax, known as Alibekov anthrax, after Ken Alibek, who developed it, was produced that was three times as lethal as that produced in Sverdlovsk. The full extent of the Stepnogorsk operation – which had an estimated production capacity of 300 tons of anthrax spore in 220 days - and the environmental remediation challenge it presented did not become known to the U.S. until after Kazakhstan became an independent republic following the breakup of the Soviet Union and a U.S. team of scientists and officials were permitted to visit the facility in 1995.(12) The effort to clean up the Soviet biological warfare installations continues today, as does the effort to determine if any of the sinister expertise or the products of this hellish operation has made its way into the hands of hostile powers or groups in the world.
more info and full article:
inside this report you will find the word
"Sarcophagus" and look at its duplicate meanings.
Things are not as they seem............
And then Randy on the other hand, you have the bio/artificial life integration. (your second article) That one shows the eukaryote/prokaryote symbiosis. The one-celled and multi-celled become one. ETc.
Seems like we have more than one war on what could be called "The Fiber Disease" for us to fight. Wonder which is causing the most damage?
The government is building a highly classified facility to research biological weapons, but its closed-door approach has raised concerns.
By Joby Warrick
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, July 30, 2006; A01
On the grounds of a military base an hour's drive from the capital, the Bush administration is building a massive biodefense laboratory unlike any seen since biological weapons were banned 34 years ago.
The heart of the lab is a cluster of sealed chambers built to contain the world's deadliest bacteria and viruses. There, scientists will spend their days simulating the unthinkable: bioterrorism attacks in the form of lethal anthrax spores rendered as wispy powders that can drift for miles on a summer breeze, or common viruses turned into deadly superbugs that ordinary drugs and vaccines cannot stop.
(article continues...... at the following link)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 92_pf.html
too late...
anyone outside between 6am to 9am witness ... not the chemtrails but
THE SPACE BETWEEN.. the odd anthropamorphic shapes that "condensate"in the space that trails were not... like giga trilobites/cnidera spawning smaller copies getting hosed or cloaked in a chem blanket?
Hey folks,
Without going thru 200+ pages of posts, may I compare my fiber symptoms with yours?
Mine usually consist of barely visible or microscopic to a couple inches of white or colored fibers (mostly blue) regularly presenting from nearly every orifice (except my ears, as far as I am aware).
I pee fibers. Do you? Also flecks (like baby powder) and a hair sometimes.
They (tiny fibers) come out my nose when it itches, along with the specks, mucoblobs (which nearly always contain fibers: white, blue, red)--usually barely visible.
My skin symptoms vary. I assume I am in the ?early, or perhaps different manifestation of the disease. Often I feel prick like I am being stuck with a pin, and see a tiny lesion. I don't know if something is coming or going; I suspect both (i.e., autoinfection). I have had various bites, bruises, small plaques.
Most disturbing are the facial bites, especially around the eyes. I swear a week ago I exited the shower, found a fresh hole right under my eye, and seconds later an itch in my nose revealing a one-inch blue wavy fiber in my nose. I can't help but wonder if it came out under my eye and was re-entering my nose!!
I also have intermittent perianal itching, bites, lesions, and if I look on the TP, fibers there too. Several days ago, I passed a 10+ inch "hair" from my rectum, after intense itching/burning. This hair is very peculiar. It looks similar to regular hair and I wonder if others have "hairs" but do not recognize this as a symptom. And, as has been described, my hairs have "hairs" (white filaments) wrapped around them, some microscopic.
Worst of all was an episode of an immediate bite through my solf palate which scared the hell out of me. I was trying to clear, rinse, and gargle what I knew were critters in my mouth (brown bugs, scabs, white blobs, and fibers/tiny hairs). I was using wild oregano oil under my tongue, followed by listerine rinse and salt water gargle, with special attention to tiltling my head back to clear the slime from my nasopharynx. -- I got an immediate reaction, with a coughing spell like no other and swelling, with a hive and pinhole lesion in my soft palate. I swear the salt water rinse channelled from my frontal sinus into my mouth.
My fear is that if this bizarre critter can do that, it can enter the brain. Are we doomed?
I simply must know if any of you have these same symptoms.
To Nettimo - I will say a big YES!! to your questions. All sounds too familiar, so sorry to hear you have this too.
To Nadas Moksha - I looked at the link you provided with regards to Nanotechnology.
I found this link yesterday:
The reason I am rather interested in the Nano being involved in this is because this is something rather new to us, our environment etc.
I am aware that Nanoparticles are being used in a lot of stuff, ie. make up and apparently there hasn't been enough research done or evidence - which ever comes first - as to the overall safety and human health risks.
By the way - anyone on this website had a reply from the CDC? I have written and have heard nothing.
Regards SarchC
I have not been here in 2 days and I am currently reading your postings 2 pages back....so excited and just wanted to share.....and, as I clicked onto the next page to leave a post to you, I see there are many great post and new posters- this is great; can't wait to finish reading them.
Nadas, I saw in your first post on the last page where you mention a few things but in particular bees/wasp and you said HIVE...do you know what that is?
a simulator that accurately models the physical world at a nanometer scale.
I think it is called a nanohive if I'm not mistaken.
Hey, where are you TAMTAM?
Dear Systemic, I'm now reading your post (middle of last page) about the man that died from the stomach being eaten away from the parasite. Well, Systemic, I must say as I was in the middle of your post a light went off- yep, oh Relman, eh? From Stanford. I know of him. He has written a plethora of studies on the new cloned "Molecular Cat-Scratch Disease which is (for a fact; late stage HIV).....Hmmm, going to go finish your post but wanted to say thanks to you...
Oh yeah, good luck with Gore....he's in with the Stanford crowd...oh, yes he is....bad news....
Dear Sarah,
I never wrote to the CDC however I did get a response.
Dear Nettimo,
Yes, these are my symptoms too. I hate those hair like ones and they can be very long.
It is just as Tamtam has said, the "hair" becomes a pathway, I have seen this with my own two eyes. The "hair" has white/clear tiny fibers inside the shaft, I watched them exit before, very freaky but true! Had I not seen this, I would have never have known.
Important links as earlier posted:
"The diagnosis of these rare infections is based largely on detection of characteristic structures observed on histopathologic examination of tissue"
Copy link by Mr. Barz:
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articl ... id=1081399
Response J. Gerberding (CDC Atlanta) to Mrs. Sabrina,
Excerpt letter:
"The (CDC) working group will review......available data...... to help us understand this pattern of illness or syndrome"
Excerpt link London:
"Various dermatoses are clearly associated with either superficial or systemic infection by many Gram-negative organisms, most notably Pseudomonas aeruginosa (....)
However, it is unreasonable to compare mechanisms of cutaneous disease from colonising Gram-negative bacteria to those due to cyanobacteria .....solely...... on the basis that both organisms contain LPS"
"In our opinion, the sole natural exposure route that might explain aquatic cyanobacterial LPS-related illness is via inhalation of aerosolised cells or fragments"
"protein allergens in some cyanobacteria may provoke symptoms"
New Scientist Breaking News - Dietary neurotoxin linked to Alzheimer's
Neurotoxins from blue-green algae present in certain foods or water can accumulate in proteins and might cause brain diseases like Alzheimer's after many ...
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6229 - 42k - Cached - Similar pages
"Its about CBL (Cyano Bacterial Like micro organisms) that gather in a biofilm.
This biofilm represents a lysate that will recombine. Because of its quorum sensing property, more organisms may tune into one and the same multi cellular process"
"A number of mysterious and uncomfortable diseases, in which microbes were never convincingly implicated in the past, are now attributed to bacteria growing as a biofilm"
Important note for the histopathologist in relation to infection with a novel CBL:
"The globose budding cells of L. loboi may resemble the "mariners wheel" form of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in tissue; however, the consistent diameter and chain-like arrangement of the yeast cells of L. loboi distinguish it from P. brasiliensis. L. loboi is usually intracellular, although extracellular forms may be seen"
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Interesting photo/ reference page:
http://www.micrographia.com/specbiol/al ... la0100.htm
http://www.micrographia.com/specbiol/ba ... ct0200.htm
and a rare mentioning of the genesis of a parasitic filament;
compare: nuclear transfer
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Spirogyra eh? I thought that was a name of a jazz band TamTam...
Study Of Tiny Worms On Micro-Sized Chips Sheds Light On How Memories Are Formed In The Brain
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 231914.htm
Engineers Create Gecko-inspired, High-friction Micro-fibers
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 121445.htm
Nadas, wow, I just came back online and read your man and computers post,,,,what do you think? Robots....you wanna know what I think? I think these lil fibers are neurolnetworks.....
Hey Nadas, what did you think of that anonymous poster about 5 days ago talking about jet fuels and how he infected himself, etc.,? You know, the more I think about it, the more I'm starting to believe him.
TamTam, look here, you say aerosols....Researchers prepare to get a fix on microbes that trap carbon from air
By Nancy Garcia
The sky isn't exactly falling, but burning fossil fuel certainly has pumped enough greenhouse gases into the air to auger changes in global climate if concentrations climb higher.
For that reason, DOE is funding a suite of programs at the national laboratories, including one led from Sandia, that include an examination of the ways microbes remove carbon from the atmosphere. The Genomes-to-Life projects, announced recently (see July 26 Lab News), include this $1.1 million, three-year effort to gain a better fundamental understanding that can improve predictions of climate change.
Computations will be a key component of the effort, says principal investigator Grant
Heffelfinger (1802), involving both computer modeling and analysis of experimental data.
The winning proposal examines the role of so-called "molecular machines" that remove carbon from the atmosphere over oceans. The carbon-fixing systems are found in marine cyanobacteria, a type of blue-green algae particularly common among plankton floating on the surface of nutrient-poor regions of the ocean, such as the Sargasso Sea or equatorial areas.
"It's one of the most abundant organisms on the planet," says Tony Martino (8130), who is principal investigator on the project along with Brian Palenik, a professor at the University of California, San Diego who is affiliated with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Evolving some 4 billion years ago, this simple unicellular creature launched our oxygen atmosphere by being the first living thing to pull carbon from the air. With photosynthesis, it uses the energy of sunlight to build atmospheric carbon into sugar molecules, releasing oxygen (from atmospheric CO2) in the process.
Plankton and photosynthesis
In the ocean, cyanobacteria account for nearly half of the photosynthesis carried out by plankton. Since oceans are where 40 percent of photosynthesis occurs worldwide, Tony said, this lowly bacteria is "a major player in global climate change."
Unlike plants that carry out photosynthesis in chloroplasts (rodlike units whose sunlight-capturing pigment confers color to leaves in spring and summer), the bacteria contain simple protein shells full of enzyme. The enzymes in these
"carboxysome" structures catalyze chemical reactions in which carbon atoms are joined into loops or chains of sugars or starches.
Although carboxysomes were first identified in the 1970s, much remains unclear about them -- whether they house more than one enzyme, how they take in carbon, and when a particular synthetic approach is favored (since the known enzyme has dual activity).
"These organisms are not well understood at all," says Todd Lane (8130), a microbial expert on this and related projects. "To improve computer models of the global carbon cycle, we need to understand the biology of these organisms in the marine environment."
Previous models assumed there was a purely chemical process involved in the carbon cycle. But plankton that are energized by sunlight form a "biological pump" by "fixing" carbon from air into cell structures and then sinking to the ocean bottom upon death. Besides cyanobacteria, that process also occurs in marine diatoms. Slightly more complex than bacteria, these single-cell organisms have a lacey armature that makes them heavy enough upon death to very reliably sink to form an ocean-floor sediment. (Such sediments are where fossil fuels have been generated over eons from decayed organic matter.)
http://www.sandia.gov/LabNews/LN11-29-0 ... ories.html
This is a fine index of protein(s)
extra attention for lens like protein/ cyanobacterium via google
Research connection: amyloidosis/ microcystis/ cyanobacterium
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Social media has effectively altered a number of ways humans operate: the international political scene is different because of its use as a forum for activism; communication technology has changed because of social media's vital role; business has altered to incorporate a newfound method of marketing. But in one way, business will not change because of social media, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. As the SEC figures out how the future of business compliance will incorporate online tools, it has decided that a total rewrite of its rules is not necessary because of the new role of social media.
Some specific principles will stay in place. Financial Planning reports that the SEC will maintain its regulations regarding compliance, record keeping, and anti-fraud. The guidance provided for advertising and promotion — especially in terms of the records kept on the material post through advertising channels — will stay the same regarding the inclusion of entities such online social networks.
Senior Counsel at the SEC's Investment Adviser Regulation Office is quoted in Financial Planning's report: "Broadly, firms that communicate through social media must retain records of those communications covered by the record-keeping rule. It's really the content that's determinative rather than the form of communication used."
It is no secret that marketing and advertising have experienced an overhaul since the inception of social media; Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and otter popular applications have caused the world of advertising to turn on its head. But in the legal world as well, social media is now a heavy part of legal usage. A 2013 study revealed that social media use among in-house counsel has reached an all-time high; 73 percent of respondents to a survey revealed that they use social media tools. No doubt, the integration of the SEC's rulings with the future of legal proceedings for businesses will have to flesh out one day.
Further reading:
Social media compliance helps financial institutions manage online presence
In-house counsel's growing social media conscience

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Do you watch Super Bowl for football or commercials?
I appreciate clever commercials. I like the current one pitching the Nissan Rogue. It makes the vehicle look sporty, nimble and fast—and appealing to young, urban professionals. But I've probably seen it about 100 too many times already.
My wife, however, doesn't like that commercial. We agree that the latest Old Spice commercial, with the woman appearing behind the bowling pins on an alley and then rolling up the ball return, is hideous. As a fan of "Mad Men," I can imagine being the marketing company that pitched that idea to the makers of Old Spice. What a sales job that had to be.
I despise the Allstate insurance commercials with the "mayhem" guy. Some of them include scenes that I imagine might give immature adolescents more ideas for dangerous "Jackass"-like stunts. On the other hand, I like the Farmers Insurance commercials that involve actor J.K. Simmons as spokesman. By the way, American Family Insurance scored a coup when it got former Badger football star Russell Wilson to film a commercial for the Super Bowl weeks ago, before it knew Wilson would lead his Seattle Seahawks into Sunday's big game. That commercial will air regionally where American Family does business.
Some of the most memorable commercials in TV history debuted during the Super Bowl. Coke is apparently bringing a new one this year, decades after it aired one of the best, in 1979, involving a kid giving a hobbling "Mean Joe" Green a Coke and the Pittsburgh Steeler player, in turn, tossing the boy his jersey.
I read an Associated Press story Thursday that said companies are going for sophistication to get the most out of their estimated $4 million cost for each 30-second spot. Sex and slapstick won't be as prominent as they often have been in Super Bowl commercials. I wouldn't t expect the entire contest to pass, however, without some companies using these time-honored sales devices.
Of course, the Internet is taking the air out of the commercial suspense. You can already find some of this year's Super Bowl ads online, including an enjoyable one from Volkswagen that I saw on a morning TV show this week. It involves a dad telling his daughter about how, every time a Volkswagen surpasses 100,000 miles, a German engineer gets his wings.
So be honest—do you watch the Super Bowl more for the commercials or the action on the field?
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Greg Peck can be reached at (608) 755-8278 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Or follow him on Twitter or Facebook.


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Chicken lovers fight for their backyard birds
Amelia loves to fly.
Gypsy likes to roam the yard.
And Peaches, well, she just looks like a peach.
These backyard chickens are seemingly happy pets to Peter Underwood, a Whitewater resident who has the Taj Mahal of chicken coops.
Inside the coop is a heater, dainty curtains and a bay window for the gals to sit and look out at the snow that covers grass they grazed last summer.
Underwood and his wife have had backyard chickens since 2012 and now welcome that other Walworth County residents will be able to have chickens in their backyards.
The Walworth County Board voted unanimously Tuesday to allow chickens in residential zones of towns and villages.
Cities regulate backyard chickens with their own ordinances.
Underwood is among a group of Walworth County people who are passionate about backyard chickens and are willing to fight to get laws changed to accommodate their birds.
Dale Wheelock, a local poultry farmer and Delavan resident, is another. He worked closely with chicken lovers for about a year to draft the ordinance amendment approved by the Walworth County Board.
Wheelock said people are joining the chicken movement partly because it aligns with their desires to be more in tune with what they are eating and know the origins of their food.
In 2012, Underwood helped push the city of Whitewater to amend its ordinances and allow residents to have up to six chickens.
Underwood and his wife didn't know they had been violating the city's old ordinance until they received a violation notice. He had thought he was OK because he had asked his neighbors before he and his wife got chickens.
Knowing they couldn't imagine their lives without chickens, he set out to amend the city ordinance.
The city council passed the amendment Dec. 18, 2012, after Underwood spent three months attending meetings and working with city officials.
Now, a little more than a year later, Amelia, Gypsy, and Peaches are an integral part of the family.
"We can't imagine not having chickens," Underwood said. "When we sit here during the summer and (to) not have them cruising around the backyard would just seem wrong."
Wheelock said the Walworth County ordinance that regulated backyard chickens was written in the 1970s,
"Back then, people didn't want to have them (chickens)," Wheelock said. "They were so far away from their food."
Things have changed.
"People are concerned about what's in their food, and I think there are a lot of misconceptions about what is in their food," Wheelock said.
People notice the difference in taste of eggs bought from a store compared to backyard chickens.
Having backyard chickens also is a way to be more sustainable and to take a stand against commercial farms.
"There is value in valuing your food much differently when you are the person responsible for producing it," Underwood said. "Every time we bring in an egg from our coop, we are amazed. You don't think about that when you get it from a grocery store."
Backyard chickens are not for people looking to save a buck or two, Underwood said.
Although the chickens save on the cost of fertilizer and dandelion killer, the cost of feed, the chickens, the coop, and other necessities total more than the few dollars shoppers pay for a dozen eggs at the grocery store.
For Wheelock and Underwood, it's about the birds.
Backyard chickens are nice pets and make good 4-H projects, Wheelock said.
The Walworth County and Whitewater ordinances allow up to six chickens, do not allow roosters, and allow chickens to be outside of coops as long as they are being watched.
Whitewater coops must be at least five feet from side and rear property lines and 25 feet from a neighboring residence. In rural Walworth County, coops in residential areas must be movable, at least 20 feet from a neighboring residence, and at least 10 feet from side and rear property lines.
Three or four other people have backyard chickens in Whitewater, Underwood said, but he's confident the city will have a dozen people raising chickens in the future because of growing awareness about the movement and more resources in the community.
"It's continuing to gain momentum as people get more involved," Underwood said.
Wheelock is not sure how many more people will have backyard chickens now that it's allowed in rural areas of Walworth County. A number of people have had them illegally for years, he said.
"It's not going to be every house," Wheelock said. "There is going to be a few."


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New details of secret Walker campaign investigation emerge
MADISON — As Gov. Scott Walker this week promotes the release of his book "Unintimidated," new details are emerging about an ongoing criminal investigation that reportedly focuses on his campaign and other conservative groups.
The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that Walker's campaign and more than two dozen conservative groups have been subpoenaed by a special prosecutor seeking records and fundraising information related to a series of recall attempts in 2011 and 2012 that targeted Walker and Republican state senators.
The news came just days before Walker made the rounds on national television shows Sunday promoting his book, which focuses heavily on the recall efforts and the fight over public union collective bargaining that precipitated them.
The book, which comes out Tuesday, is fueling speculation that Walker might run for president in 2016.
But Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate, in a conference call Monday, said the investigation shows why Walker needs to be replaced as governor next year. His only Democratic challenger to date is a former Wisconsin commerce secretary, millionaire Mary Burke, whose father founded Trek Bicycle Corp.
The Wall Street Journal reported that about 30 groups had received subpoenas as part of the ongoing investigation. It named nine of the targets: Walker's campaign; the Wisconsin Club for Growth; American Crossroads, a group co-founded by Karl Rove; the Republican Governors Association; the Republican Party of Wisconsin; Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin; Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, the state's chamber of commerce; Wisconsin Family Action; and the League of American Voters.
Those affiliated with the named groups either declined to comment or did not respond to messages seeking comment that were left over the weekend and on Monday.
Wisconsin Club for Growth director Eric O'Keefe told the Wall Street Journal that he received a subpoena in early October and that at least three targets had their homes raided.
O'Keefe did not returned numerous calls and emails from The Associated Press requesting comment. The special prosecutor handling the case, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Francis Schmitz, declined to comment Monday.
It's impossible to know whether subpoenas coming from Schmitz's investigation are limited only to conservative groups, as the Wall Street Journal reported, or whether he's looking at Democrats and their supporters as well.
Both sides combined spent more than $137 million on the 15 recall races in 2011 and 2012, based on an analysis done by the independent group the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.
But Republican candidates, special interest groups and political committees outspent Democrats $84.5 million to $52.6 million. In the governor's race alone, Walker and his supporters outspent Democrats $58.7 million to $21.9 million, according to the Democracy Campaign's tallies.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which first reported on the new John Doe investigation last month, said the new probe was following up on leads picked up during an earlier inquiry that resulted in six criminal convictions stemming from activity in the Milwaukee County executive's office when Walker held that position between 2002 and 2010.
That investigation began in May 2010, six months before Walker was elected governor, and closed in February. Walker was interviewed by investigators but never charged with any wrongdoing. Three of those convicted were former aides to Walker when he worked as Milwaukee County executive. A Walker appointee and major campaign donor were also convicted.
A John Doe investigation is much like a federal grand jury, allowing prosecutors to gather evidence and compel testimony in secret. The John Doe law prohibits the target of a subpoena from disclosing its contents to anyone but his or her attorney.
O'Keefe told the Wall Street Journal that in talking about his subpoena he "realizes the personal risk but wants the public to know what is going on."
Walker has declined to comment about the investigation, calling it a distraction.
This week, Walker is focused on promoting his book. On Thursday, he is slated to talk about it at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C.
Walker said during interviews to promote his book over the weekend that he thinks the 2016 presidential nominee should be a former or current governor. He also continued to refuse to say whether he would finish a second term if he is re-elected in 2014.


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Your Views: Obama's lies and policies, not race, are dooming him
Barack Obama claims that his plummeting job approval reflects hostility against him because he is black. I guess all those whites who gave him a 66 percent approval rating in 2009 have suddenly become racists.
Obama lied that we could keep our insurance and our doctors. He lied that we could extend unemployment benefits to millions of Americans; provide universal pre-K benefits; provide more green energy subsidies; and rebuild infrastructure with federal dollars without raising the deficit by a dime.
The flood of costly regulations issued by Obama's EPA are inhibiting job creation and investment, threatening the reliability and affordability of the nation's energy supply, and doing next to nothing to mitigate climate change. Obama promised his policies would make electricity prices "necessarily skyrocket" by imposing greenhouse gas regulations on power plants. This will destroy jobs without impacting global temperatures. Congress disagrees with Obama, so Obama will "use his pen" to implement these and other harmful policies.
Obama has taken credit for the oil and gas boom, while he has done everything possible to crush this industry. We get about 2 percent of our energy from wind and solar. Obama's tens of billions of dollars in "investments" in these renewables have led only to Solyndra scandals and crony capitalism.
Americans are tired of Obama's lies, unprecedented debt, failed policies, blaming others for his failures, class warfare and race baiting. That's why his approval rating is tanking, not his race.


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Between the implementation of "right to be forgotten" laws and privacy concerns about their mapping software, Google has had no shortage of trouble in the European Union. And, as indicated by the recent stirring of EU antitrust regulators, those issues may only be the beginning.
According to the Wall Street Journal, anti-trust regulators are readying a series of probes into Google's operations, and may also reopen issues previously settled with the search engine giant.
In February, Google and EU anti-trust reached a settlement over allegations that the company did not supply users with sufficient diversity of options in its search process. EU officials took issue with the fact that results from the engine appeared to favor Google services, but were placated by promises that any perceived favoritism would be eliminated. More than a dozen companies, including Nokia, Microsoft and Oracle, were involved in the initial complaint targeting Google.
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While Google could have faced fines of up to 10 percent of its global annual revenue if anti-trust regulators continued their probe, at the time EU competition chief Joaquín Almunia, said that Google's promise to change this practice was sufficient in removing his agencies concerns.
Sources close to the matter said on July 22 that those terms are likely to be reversed and that restructuring of the deal could fall to a new competition chief, as Almunia prepares to leave the post in November. The competition commission has previously come down hard on tech companies.
Microsoft faced $2.5 billion in fines in 2008, after failing to pay out a previous anti-competition fine, and despite attempts to repeal Intel is on the hook for $1.45 billion also due to competition concerns.
In addition to legal concerns surrounding it search engine practices, Google could also see additional probes into its mobile presence. In June, a Portuguese company filed a complaint with the European Union that alleged Google was not giving other competing application stores fair treatment, and was intentionally stifling their growth.


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It's Foodie Friday at Gollum's!
Don't forget next week's "Cinco de Mayo" celebration.
For this week's offering, I gussied up another store-bought cake from Publix.
First, I cut it in half.
I placed the top part on waxed paper for safekeeping.
I opened a jar of Smucker's chocolate sauce and "fluffed" two tubs of Cool Whip Extra creamy.
I lined the edges of a cake plate with more waxed paper (cut with scissors and just put the paper along the very, very edges of the cake for easy removal). Next, I spread chocolate sauce on the bottom layer.
A generous helping of Cool Whip came next.
I put the layers together and covered the whole cake with Cool Whip.
Using a carrot peeler, I shaved dark chocolate onto the surface.
You can use any kind of chocolate. I used Lindt.
Gussied Up Store Bought Cake
- Store-bought pound cake
- 2 cartons Extra-creamy Cool Whip
- Chocolate sauce
- Chocolate bar
Cut cake in half (or in 3rds). Spread layer with chocolate sauce and Cool Whip. Put cake together. "Ice" with Cool Whip. Shave chocolate on top of cake, using a carrot peeler. Chill 1 hour. Remove waxed paper "bib."
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Quinidine; Quinine/Aluminum and Magnesium Antacids Interactions
This information is generalized and not intended as specific medical advice. Consult your healthcare professional before taking or discontinuing any drug or commencing any course of treatment.
Medical warning:
Moderate. These medicines may cause some risk when taken together. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
Taking quinidine with an antacid may make your kidneys eliminate quinidine more slowly.Taking quinine with an antacid may prevent your body from absorbing quinine.
What might happen:
Your blood level of quinidine may increase and cause toxic effects.Your blood level of quinine may decrease and it may not work as well.
What you should do about this interaction:
Let your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) know that you are taking these medicines together.If you are taking quinidine and you experience a rash, headache, lightheadedness, dizziness, irregular heartbeat, fast or slow heartbeat, or ringing in the ears, contact your doctor as soon as possible. If you experience nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach discomfort, or blurred vision that is continuous or bothersome, contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist). Your doctor may want to adjust the dose of your medicine.If you are taking quinine, talk to your healthcare professional about alternatives to your antacid.Your healthcare professionals may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
- 1.Gerhardt RE, Knouss RF, Thyrum PT, Luchi RJ, Morris JJ Jr. Quinidine excretion in aciduria and alkaluria. Ann Intern Med 1969 Nov;71(5):927-33.
- 2.Zinn MB. Quinidine intoxication from alkali ingestion. Tex Med 1970 Dec; 66(12):64-6.
- 3.Gibaldi M, Grundhofer B, Levy G. Effect of antacids on pH of urine. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1974 Sep;16(3):520-5.
- 4.Romankiewicz JA, Reidenberg M, Drayer D, Franklin JE Jr. The noninterference of aluminum hydroxide gel with quinidine sulfate absorption: an approach to control quinidine-induced diarrhea. Am Heart J 1978 Oct;96(4):518-20.
- 5.Qualaquin (quinine sulfate) US prescribing information. AR Scientific, Inc. April, 2013.
- 6.Hurwitz A. The effects of antacids on gastrointestinal drug absorption. II. Effect on sulfadiazine and quinine. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1971 Dec; 179(3):485-9.


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'Partridge Family' Star Dave Madden Passes Away at 83
Dave Madden, beloved star of the classic television series 'The Partridge Family,' has passed away at the age of 83. Madden played the role of the family's oft put-upon band manager Reuben Kincaid, who often was annoyed by the shenanigans of young Danny, played by former child star Danny Bonaduce. Madden was also the star of the '70s show 'Laugh-In.'
Madden's former agent confirmed his passing to TMZ and told the site that the ailing actor passed away in Florida, where he lived with his wife, after a long struggle with illness.
Aside from his role on 'The Partridge Family,' alongside fellow stars like Danny Bonaduce, Shirley Jones and David Cassidy, Madden made guest appearances on classic shows, such as 'Bewitched,' 'The Love Boat,' 'Happy Days' and 'Fantasy Island.'
He had a recurring role on the series 'Alice' as one of the customers at Mel's diner and as Tommy's basketball coach, and in later years he appeared on 'The New Leave It to Beaver,' 'Boy Meets World,' 'The Ben Stiller Show' and 'Married … with Children.' His last appearance was in an episode of 'Sabrina, the Teenage Witch' as Dr. Hans Egglehoffer in 1998.


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Familial Action Tremors
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Familial Action Tremors
Hi everyone.
Just so everybody knows, i wasn't sure wheather I should put this in genetics or moleculer biology (since this disease is related to both), so i thought i might aswell put it in here.
I have what is called Familial Action Tremors, unfortunatly I've charged through all too many websites without finding much on my disease other than it might be related to the 2 and 3 chromosomes. After about an hour of searching, I thought maybe thy all mighty biology forum could help . Anyway, I would greatly apprecaite any info or links you can provide. Thanks in advance.
~Ryan R.
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Perticularly which kind of data you need? Please specify. EMG has done or not?
Tremor is the most common movement disorder. It is also probably the oldest sign in medicince as the quote from the Book of Psalms testifies to: "the Lord reignth, let the people tremble." In 1817, James Parkinson characterized the tremor in his essay on The Shaking Palsy. "Involuntary tremulous motion in parts not in action.
Tremor is defined as a rhythmic, involuntary, oscillating movement of a body part occurring in isolation or as part of a clinical syndrome. In clinical practice, characterization of tremor is important for etiologic consideration and treatment.
Remember that we are not professionals, so we can not treat you. Online diagnosis/treatment may not correct. I'm also an Epilepsy patient with some movement disorder & Member of Epilesy foundation in US.
Thank You
Dip Jyoti Chakraborty
Thanks for the reply.
That kind of data was exactly the kind of thing i needed, thank you. Keep in mind that im not really asking for you to give me a cure all, I just wanted to learn about my new ilness. I realize that if I need help I should talk to my doctor. Thanks again for the info, I really only needed a few facts about it.
I have a friend who is epileptic, she has temporal lobe epilepsy. It was injury indused. It seems to be getting better though. She only seemed to have what i believe is called Partially complex petit mall seisures. She only rarely had grand mall seisures, usually caused by alcohol.
Thanks for the info
~Ryan R.
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First of all don't ask your friend as 'Epileptic'. Because Epilepsy patients are as normal as others, except the time of seizure (Few seconds to few minutes in Status Epileptisus). They need mental strenght.
TLE or Temporal Lobe Epilepsy is often known as Partial seizure/Complex Partial Seizure. As you mention she has Complex Partial Seizure & Petit Mal Seizure that means she has both TLE & Genaralised Absense Seizure.
Be carefull about grand mal seizure (Genaralised Tonic-Clonic Seizures) or avoid alcohol.
How she got the Head injury, rather known as TBI?
How severe the injury was?
Thank You.
Dip Jyoti Chakraborty
I have no idea what 'Familial Action Tremors' is supposed to be...
It could be Parkinsons, epilepsy, Huntington's or absolutely any type of movement disorder... Basically we aren't going to have a clue what your doctor says you have got - so go back and ask them for information about the condition!
Thanks for replying.
Don't worry, I don't refer my friend to anything other than a human being. In fact, I kinda gave her a mental placebo (I really have no clue how to spell that) and It it gave her a good boost. Right know, 50 percent of the time when she has what she calls "An Aura" she can revert back in to her normal cognitive state (When she said she was having an aura it seemed to mean she was about to have a minor seizure).
She got the head injury from falling down some stairs. She had a number of contusions and one mild perferation which we suspect caused the brain to scar, ergo causing epilepsy. She is currently in normal physical condition, so we don't think she damaged anything other than her cranium.
I still try and get her to stop drinking. I don't want her to keep doing it but I don't want to pressure her too much, because stress is also a big issue.
Thanks again
~Ryan R.
Is a Fly without wings called a walk????
The condition has already been partially diagnosed, and since I like to study sciences (especially biology) and so do many others on this site I thought they could provide a little info about this type of condition. I'm not looking for a cure, diagnosis, or stuff of that magnitude.
There are only two docters on this island and one of them is so crappy he put a kids leg in a cast for a week because of a minor bruise , and the other one is so good everybody wants him, so you can only get 15 minutes tops after waiting a month. But
Why I posted this thread was because i figured there might be a docter or a student etc. and there has been one, and perhaps a few others who would like to come and share what they studied. Keep in mind that I'm not just sitting here waiting for someone to answer all my questions, I'm studying aswell
~Ryan R.
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Darren Alexander DallaValle, Milton, WI (2009 - 2014)
March 23, 2009 - April 20, 2014
Darren DallaValle, age 5, passed away suddenly Sunday, April 20, 2014, in Peoria, IL. He was born March 23, 2009, in Janesville, WI, the son of Anthony and Ashley (Jahnke) DallaValle. Darren was enrolled in 4K at Small Wonders preschool in Milton. He enjoyed space, cats, gardening, counting and was just starting to read. He loved being with his family.
Darren is survived by his parents, Anthony and Ashley of Milton; paternal grandmother and step-grandfather, Heather and Joseph Hardin of Milton; paternal grandfather and step-grandmother, Stephen and Jorie DallaValle of Round Lake, IL; maternal grandmother, Mary Pranke of Florida. Darren had many extended family members in IL, FL, WI, and MO, that loved and cherished him. He enjoyed playing with his cousins, and teaching them the new things that he had learned. He is greatly missed.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 26, 2014, at the ALBRECHT FUNERAL HOMES & CREMATION SERVICES, Milton. Visitation times will be from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Saturday at the FUNERAL HOME. Darren left this earth as a special savior for many as an organ donor.
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A letter to Muna, for our birthday
Meg Sattler, Syria crisis response communications manager for World Vision International, has been reporting from Jordan about the Syrian refugee crisis.
Today, Meg writes a heart-breaking letter to Muna, a Syrian child who shares her same birthday, exploring all the things she doesn't know how to explain to this innocent little girl.
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Dear Muna,
It's been hard to stop thinking about you since we met the other day. Perhaps it's because we share a birthday. You turned one. I turned 29.
When I was born, my mum knew I wasn't going to wait. She gathered her things, rushed to the hospital, and shouted at nurses who told her I wasn't ready. In her words, I "flew out," my father just having time to meet me before fainting and being carried away on a stretcher.
When you were born, your mum had the same instinct. She hurried to her midwife's home. The hospital wasn't an option, because there was a war, and she didn't feel safe there. She gave birth to you on August 15. Your father didn't faint because he wasn't there.
When I came home from hospital, I moved into a bedroom in our half-renovated home with my big sister and our pet corgi. You didn't get to go home. Because while your mother was giving birth to you, your house was blown up.
I'm writing you this letter, which you'll never see, because there are so many things that I want to explain to you, but I can't. So I write about them when I get home.
I don't know how to explain to you, for example, that your mother loves you, even though she often can't bear to be around you because you remind her of the war in Syria. I know that she loves you because she's put you in the care of your grandfather, and I've never witnessed such love as exists between the two of you. Despite the horrible circumstances that brought you together, I can't help but smile.
I don't know how to tell you that after your birth, your very survival was a miracle; that 100,000 other people died in your country as your life was just beginning.
I don't know how to explain that the reason you drink sugary drinks instead of milk is that your mother's body is too stressed to produce it, and to buy cow's or goat's milk is too expensive for a family of 18 in a foreign land with no income. I don't know how to explain that even though this tastes good, it is not good for you.
As a humanitarian worker, you might expect me to make things better for you. So I don't know how to tell you that the Syria peace talks have been delayed, again. That every day more people are dying, and more children are suffering, and that people in other countries are too busy to talk about it. While your mother carried you for days amid rocket fire, with no possessions, to keep you safe.
After I left your home, I visited one of your neighbors. She is the same age as your mum. Two of her brothers had been killed. Her children are now frightened of planes and fireworks. Her son is obsessed with playing with guns. She told me that surely the Syrian refugees must be on the televisions and front pages of newspapers all over the world. I didn't have the heart to tell her that they're not.
The hardest thing for me is that I don't know how to tell you that the humanitarian community doesn't have enough money to help you. I see family after family scraping by, kids falling further and further behind in school, dealing with experiences that keep them awake at night.
The number of people affected by the fighting in your homeland is increasing by the day. But the dollars are not. Millions of people need help, quickly, with everything: food, safety, water, healthcare, diapers, toilets, education. Long term, they'll need infrastructure, jobs, schools. Commitments have been pledged but aren't enough. We're not doing enough. We can't.
I thought about you, Muna, on our birthday, two days after we met. I wondered how your family celebrated your first year, spent in a foreign land. I was in a foreign land, too; Australia seemed very far away.
An elderly Syrian woman asked me yesterday to put out a call for help on her behalf. "I hope that the outside world could support us," she said, "to understand the situation we're in, and to send us some help." Daily, I hear stories and share concerns, handshakes, and coffee with Syrians affected by this conflict. This places me in a privileged position to tell the world what I'm seeing here.
But it's not easy. Sometimes I'd just like to ask everyone to imagine the feeling that comes with sitting in the homes of mothers, who are listing their seemingly endless needs, and wondering what on earth you're going to tell them.
My hope for you, little Muna, is that this crisis doesn't take away your right to a childhood, as it already has so many others. This is not going to be easy, and will require work, humanity, and commitment from a lot of different people, in a lot of different places.
So this year, on August 15, I blew out my candles for both of us. And instead of making a promise I wasn't sure I could keep, I made a wish.
Make a one-time donation to help World Vision provide emergency assistance for Syrian refugees. Your gift will help us deliver basic hygiene kits and food vouchers for refugee families, as well as support initiatives to help refugee children continue their education away from home.
Please join us in prayer for all World Vision staff members working around the world, particularly in this region of conflict.


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How dominance works at the DNA/RNA/protein
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How dominance works at the DNA/RNA/protein
I'm having difficulty figuring out how dominance happens at the DNA/RNA/protein level. Here is what I think I know, and the questions that I have. If someone can correct my mistakes and fill in the gaps, or direct me to a good resource, I'd be grateful. All I need is a high-level mental model of how it works. Suppose we are interested in a particular gene, one that is not sex-linked, and we're ignoring complications like epigenetics.
Each chromosome has two strands of DNA, one from the father and one from the mother. Somewhere on one of the chromosomes is a DNA segment that codes for our gene. A segment on one strand codes for one allele, and the corresponding segment on the other strand codes for the other allele. The two alleles may or may not be identical.
The first step of gene expression is transcription, which operates on a single strand of DNA to produce a single strand of RNA. So are both strands of the chromosome transcribed, yielding two strands of RNA? Is our gene now represented as corresponding segments of the two RNA strands, so we still have the two alleles, each of which is represented as a sequence of codons? Or does the dominance relationship "take effect" at this point?
The next step is translation, which operates on a single strand of RNA to produce proteins. So are both strands of RNA translated, yielding two sequences of proteins? Is our gene now represented as two corresponding segments of the two protein sequences? Or does the dominance relationship "take effect" at this point, so that in theory we could examine the proteins and somehow "read" which allele was expressed?
Re: How dominance works at the DNA/RNA/protein
The dominance can be of effect at any stage. Because of faulty promotor, the gene may not be transcribed. There may be something wrong with the mRNA (missing splicing points, wrong iniciation/polyA signal, whatever) leading to significantly reduced half-life of the mRNA. There may be STOP codon in middle of the gene yielding truncated protein. The protein may have mutated residue loosing all activity.
Cis or trans? That's what matters.
Thank you! I was getting confused between pairs of chromosomes and pairs of chromatids. I think I have a clearer mental model now:
Suppose we have a gene G which comes in two forms, G (dominant) and g (recessive), and we have an individual who is Gg (heterozygous in that gene).
Each chromosome has two strands of DNA (chromatids), both of which are *identical*. An individual chromosome contains genetic material from *one* parent.
We have two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent. The chromosomes can be matched up in pairs. The two chromosomes in a pair are said to be homologous. One of those pairs codes for our gene. That is, if we examine one of the pairs, we would find a segment on one of the chromosomes that codes for G, and in the corresponding segment on the other chromosome, we would find the code for g.
The first step of gene expression is transcription, which operates on a single strand of DNA to produce a single strand of RNA. RNA strands don't pair up. So we might look into the cell and see lots of strands of RNA. Some of those strands came from the chromosome pair that we're interested in, and may code for G or g. However, there might be transcription errors that cause g to be omitted, or that cause the strands containing g to have a short half-life, in which case we will mostly only see the G allele. These are two mechanisms that could cause G to be dominant and g recessive.
The next step is translation, which operates on a single strand of RNA to produce proteins. If we examine the proteins in the cells, we might see proteins that will cause the dominant G trait to be expressed, and some that cause the recessive g trait to be expressed. However, the g trait might not get translated, in which case we will only see proteins that lead to the G trait. Also, the g proteins may be inactive. These are two more mechanisms that could cause G to be dominant and g recessive.
Going further back in time, the sperm that carried the g trait may turn out to be slow swimmers, or otherwise faulty. This is another way that G would dominate.
Is this roughly correct?
No. Chromatids are present ONLY during cell division when each chromosome is duplicated and 2 sister chromatids are joined at the centromere. They would be identical to each other IF there was no recombination...
The rest of your reasoning is faulty at best. I'll try to explain with another example…
Suppose you have two pea plants, one gives green peas and one yellow. They are true breeding because they self-pollinate ("mother" and "father" are one plant). Now you decided to see what happens if they breed together, so you do cross-pollination. Your new generation receives one copy of each chromosome from yellow pea plant and one copy of each chromosome from green pea plant. You discover that ALL of the peas of those plants are Green. So, green is dominant. At that point it's called a trait locus.
Than you do a lot of research and discover that this locus corresponds to a stretch of DNA on, let's say, chromosome 6 and it codes for a key enzyme required for production of chlorophyll (green pigment) in the coat of a pea seed (now it's a gene. Note that trait loci can comprise of more than one gene!)
You also discover that when that yellow pea color gene produces the same enzyme, but a 1000 fold less of it (say due to a point mutation in the promoter). So, when a plant has at least one copy of the "green" allele it produces 1000 times more of the enzyme (more mRNA and more protein) and, thus, a lot more pigment. In the meantime, homozygous plant for the "yellow" allele would lack the green pigment and show the color of the next most abundant pigment – yellow (say carotenoid).
Keep in mind that this is only one example. There is no universal mechanism for this. The key point is that alleles of the gene can differ in a subtle way or drastically on the DNA level – the main difference is in expression. That can be due to different transcription efficiencies (mRNA), mRNA half-life (depends on the length of the 3'UTR. Longer UTR = more protein per mRNA copy), change in coding region (different protein product = different phenotype), etc.
Thant's what you (single) said. Mhwombat wrote the whole story in the next post calling products of two alleles G and g, thus, assuming that gene products are actually different. That is why I wrote up an example where gene product is the same and only transcription level is affected.
Also, mhwombat, your example of sperm etc. describes additional unrelated phenotype...
In my ignorance, I was using the word gene in a very loose sense, meaning a trait of an organism that can take different forms depending on the DNA. It probably would have been better if I had explained from the beginning what I am up to. I do research with artificial life. The way genetics is implemented in artificial life (ALife) is only a very crude approximation of what happens in biology. I'm trying to understand biology a bit better so that I can experiment with making small changes to make the genetics of my ALife critters slightly more realistic. I don't have a background in biology or chemistry, so trying to understand this stuff is definitely a challenge for me.
If this project is to create a simulation of evolution, I would be interested in collaboration. Please, let me know by private message.
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Sound Off for Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013
On firefighters: I disagree with Wednesday's Sound Off regarding firefighters sleeping at the station. They are the bravest people in our city and sleep restlessly, disturbed by fire calls after midnight. They go into burning buildings in 10-degree icy weather to save your children and pets. Bravo to firefighters.
-- The percentage of fire calls that are from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. are about even. So firefighters really aren't sleeping that much on the job, and imagine the time it would take to get to your house if they had to be called in from home. It's a lot safer for you to have them sleeping in the station.
On sports: Playing a World Series game at the same time as "Monday Night Football" is a disservice to baseball. How could you possibly compete with football on a national stage? At least it isn't golf.
On tavern gambling: When are we going to do something about illegal gambling machines in taverns. I have family members who are hooked on them and losing lots of money. Since when does gambling in taverns become legal? Please do something about this.
On Obamacare: So now Democrats are trying to blame the insurance companies for the problems. They're saying insurers didn't have to cancel all those policies; they could have just changed them. Either way, you don't get to keep the insurance you had that you liked, as the president said. What he really meant is if he likes your policy, then you can keep it.
-- Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer writes in his new book that conservatives think liberals are dumb but liberals think conservatives are evil. Well just look at the health care argument. Liberals say conservatives just don't want people to have health care. If they really believe that, then maybe conservatives have a point about liberals being dumb.
-- The president said if you like your insurance, you can keep it. He said we're going to lower premiums for an average family by up to $2,500. He said an anti-Islamic video caused our ambassador and others to be killed in Benghazi. How many times does your president have to look you in the face and lie before you get tired of it?
-- The administration says it is the insurance company's fault you are losing your coverage. Does it make sense that the insurance company wants to get rid of customers?
On school bonus pay: If it is to be fair, it should go only to teachers. Administrators had nothing to do with test scores; it was the teachers' hard work. And if it is the result of the 2012-2013 school year, is Superintendent Schulte going to pay the teachers who retired at the end of the year, too?
On spying: The NSA spies on everybody, it seems. But when our allies, Germany in this case, get all puffed about it, remember that whenever a toe is stubbed in Europe, we've stepped in and helped make things right. We should be spying to keep ourselves safe.
On negativity: Wednesday's Sound Off column is negative on almost everything. Can't we ever print something that's positive in that column? It sure would be nice to have a positive attitude coming from your newspaper.
On Benghazi: It's being reported that the State Department is blocking access to witnesses who survived the attack. What's amazing is that it took the media over a year to even find interest in interviewing these people. This is the first time in history that we ever left Americans behind to die without attempting to help them, and the media is not interested.
On elected officials: It would be refreshing for Janesville citizens to elect state politicians and city council members who are not former school board members. Examples of old ways and tired stories are Councilmen Severson's blaming past councils for not spending enough on roads and Sen. Cullen's whining about how politics in Madison are too difficult.
On school nicknames: The Gazette editorial writers must pay attention to other media. The only people I hear speaking ill about Indians are other tribes. Have Gazette staffers ever heard the radio ads opposing a Kenosha casino?
On politics: Regarding Page 6A Oct. 26, rhetoric and passion that the Left has mounted against the Right is also unprecedented. The name-calling should be an embarrassment to Democratic leadership. We talk about bullying on the playground, yet adult leadership is no better.
On fairgrounds: Evansville is pursuing them. Why not consider the JATCO ground? It is paved, fenced in and no traffic problems as the roads were built for easy access to General Motors. It is also more in the middle of the county. The fairgrounds are one of the busiest places in town with activities almost every day. That brings people and revenue to Janesville.


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Lost among record levels of issuance of both investment grade and high yield bonds, activity is starting to percolate in a quieter corner of the capital markets: the convertible bond market. Convertible bonds are hybrid financing vehicles. They're issued as a bond, but they include an option for the bondholder to convert them into a specified number of shares of common stock in the issuing company. This embedded option, sold by the issuer to the investor, enables the issuer to lock in a lower coupon than it could for equivalent straight debt, and it enables investors to receive current income in the form of cash coupons while potentially participating in the upside of the underlying shares.
Over the past few years, historically low interest rates have made traditional bonds very attractive to issuers. Many have opted to lock in low coupons in the straight debt markets, rather than issue convertible bonds that would potentially result in future dilution of their common stock. Corporate America's focus on more traditional bonds has limited the supply of new convertible offerings. Recently, however, favorable market conditions have led to a surge in new convertible offerings, and the trend may be just getting started.
This shift has been driven by several factors. Because convertibles include both bond-like and equity-like features, the combination of low interest rates and equity prices at all-time highs makes them very attractive for issuers willing to look beyond more-familiar financing options. Recent convertible issuers have locked in low coupons and attractive conversion prices—but these favorable market conditions are hardly breaking news.
Why, then, have offerings recently increased? Equity prices are part of the explanation. A more subtle factor is the 100 basis point (bps) increase in interest rates since early May, which has led to higher coupons for straight bonds. Historically, issuance of convertible bonds has increased in rising-rate environments (see Figure 1, below), as convertible pricing is less impacted by rate increases than is equivalent straight debt. Furthermore, the higher volatility in the high yield and investment grade bond markets in May and June created uncertainty for issuers and convinced some to reconsider the timing of opportunistic financings. These factors, coupled with the strong demand from convertible investors seeking to replace older offerings that have recently matured, make it hardly surprising that some potential issuers of straight debt are considering other financing alternatives.
Flexible Arrow in the Corporate Finance Quiver
When confronted with a financing need, management teams tend to gravitate toward familiar mainstays, such as traditional loans, bonds, and common equity. However, convertible bonds are regularly used to address the same types of needs: growth capital, refinancing, acquisitions, restructuring, and share repurchase programs.
Pricing terms for convertibles vary widely based on factors such as the issuer's credit profile and characteristics of the underlying equity. Typical terms for recent offerings have included maturities of five to seven years, coupons averaging 3.00 percent, and conversion premiums from 10 percent to around 50 percent.
From the issuer's perspective, investors' willingness to accept a wide array of coupon and conversion premium combinations provides flexibility to target a specific cash coupon or conversion premium.
But issuers need to understand that cash coupons and conversion premiums are closely correlated. A company seeking to lock in the highest possible conversion price can do so by offering investors a higher coupon.
This makes sense intuitively: An option struck further above the current share price is less valuable than one that enables investors to participate in the upside of the shares sooner. As a result, investors purchasing a higher-premium convertible will require a higher coupon to achieve an equivalent value on the overall, bundled terms of the convertible bond. (See Figure 2.)
31 Flavors of Financing
The flexibility afforded by convertibles extends far beyond the tradeoff between coupon and conversion premium. A number of strategies are available to help issuers of convertibles address other specific corporate finance needs. For example:
Objective #1: Maximize Efficiency Of Sizable Equity Financing
Solution: Concurrent Common Stock and Convertible Offering
Issuers looking to raise significant amounts of equity financing can offer convertibles simultaneously with common shares. This strategy increases the overall efficiency of an offering by simultaneously tapping multiple markets and distinct investor bases. The convertible component is typically issued as a "mandatory convertible." A mandatory convertible differs from a convertible bond in that conversion to shares is required, not optional.
Suppose, for example, a potential issuer wants to raise $1 billion and its share price is currently $100.If it raised the full amount by issuing common stock, it would place around 10 million new shares with equity investors. If, instead, the issuer offered $500 million worth of common stock and $500 million worth of mandatory convertibles, it could potentially reduce the overall share dilution. Common investors would need to absorb only 5 million shares up front ($500 million / $100). Mandatory convertible investors would receive a security that would pay a preferred dividend for three years (typically 5 to 7 percent per year) then convert into shares at one of a set of predetermined prices.
Let's say the conversion premium of the mandatory convertibles is 20 percent. If the share price ends up above the conversion price of $120 after three years, investors will receive 4.17 million shares ($500 million / $120). If the share price is below the initial offering price of $100, the mandatory will convert to 5 million shares. At prices between $100 and $120, investors will receive between 4.17 million and 5 million shares. In the scenario with the most bullish stock price gains, the issuer will face less share dilution—it will issue over 800,000 fewer shares—under a concurrent financing than it would in a comparably sized equity financing.
Given the certainty of conversion, rating agencies assign a very high degree of equity credit to mandatories—up to 100 percent—which means that although it attracts convertible bond investors, a mandatory convertible does not impact a company's credit rating in the way other bonds do. In fact, the simplest mandatory is structured as preferred stock rather than as a bond. Mandatory convertibles therefore provide issuers the opportunity to protect their ratings while offering something other than straight equity. In many cases, mandatories are also designed to achieve partial tax deductibility of the coupons.
Objective #2: Opportunistic Share Repurchase
Solution: Convertible-Funded Share Repurchase
Issuers can also capitalize on the enhanced stock liquidity surrounding the pricing of a convertible to repurchase shares. Typically, some portion of convertible investors will simultaneously buy the bonds and sell some common shares short in order to hedge against the equity exposure embedded in the convertible. This creates an opportunity for the issuer to step in and repurchase those shares at the time the offering is priced. If the issuer doesn't step in, the convertible investors will simply sell the shares into the market. By stepping in, the issuer can not only achieve price certainty on the repurchase price, but in most cases also repurchase shares more quickly than through an open market repurchase program. Given that the conversion price is based on the issuer's share price at the end of the marketing period, any reduction in the amount of potential selling activity helps the issuer maximize its conversion price. Recent users of this strategy have allocated 10 percent to 20 percent of the offering proceeds toward repurchasing shares.
Objective #3: Create a Debt Substitute Using The Convertible Market
Solution: Convertible Plus Call Spread Overlay
Most traditional convertible bonds have conversion premiums that range from 10 percent to 50 percent above the issuer's current share price, averaging 30 percent. At higher conversion premiums, pricing becomes less efficient for the issuer. Given that most issuers are seeking the best of both worlds—a low cash coupon coupled with the highest possible conversion premium—how can issuers achieve a high premium without impacting pricing efficiency?
The solution for many is a financing strategy developed by the investment banking community. Referred to as a "convertible with bond hedge and warrants" transaction, or more generically as a "call spread overlay," this strategy consists of three components (see Figure 3):
First, the issuer sells a plain-vanilla convertible bond with a traditional conversion premium (for example, 30 percent above the current share price) to convertible investors.
Second, the issuer uses a portion of the proceeds to purchase a hedge from the underwriting bank(s) of the embedded call option sold in the convertible. The hedge is a purchased call struck at the conversion price of the convertible bond (+30% in this example). The hedge eliminates dilution that the issuer might otherwise face if the bonds convert. If convertible investors exercise their rights to exchange bonds for shares, the underwriters will deliver shares to the issuer, which can then be used to satisfy the issuer's obligation to investors. Economically, the combination of these first two steps creates synthetic straight debt.
Finally, the issuer separately sells call options to the underwriters that are struck well above the +30% conversion price (for instance, at 75 percent higher than the current share price). The number of warrants sold is the same as the number of shares underlying the convertible, and the maturity of the warrants is typically slightly longer than the maturity of the convertible bond. The proceeds from the sale of these warrants partially offsets the costs of the purchased hedge.
When all three steps are combined, the issuer has used a portion of the initial proceeds (typically 6 to 10 percent) to raise the effective conversion premium (from +30% to +75% in this case). The issuer has essentially used the convertible market to create a debt-like financing with a low cash coupon and significantly reduced the probability of dilution.
Getting Under the Hood
Given the number of product variants and potential corporate finance applications, how does a management team efficiently compare convertibles with more familiar financing strategies? Fundamentally, any financing instrument must fit into the issuer's long-term financial and strategic objectives. Among other things, the issuer must consider its intended use of the proceeds, its desire to add leverage to the balance sheet, and the potential for future share dilution. Management should be sure to scrutinize how product-specific features interact with broader corporate finance objectives in terms of:
• Financial flexibility. Most issuers give themselves the flexibility to choose whether to settle a convertible in cash, shares, or a combination if the share price ends up above the conversion price. Many elect to settle at least the principal amount of a convertible bond in cash; a few convertible bonds have even hard-wired the documents to settle everything in cash. While this settlement mechanism significantly reduces share dilution, it does create a future cash refinancing obligation that must be factored into the issuer's long-term financing plan.
• Dilution. The ability to establish a conversion price well above the current share price reduces potential dilution relative to a traditional equity offering. However, issuers should keep in mind that convertibles include standard provisions that adjust the conversion price in the event of stock splits, spinoffs, tender offers, changes in dividends, and other corporate finance events. Such adjustments could impact the degree to which an outstanding convertible bond causes future share dilution.
• Accounting. Issuers that incorporate the flexibility to settle the principal amount of a convertible bond in cash are also required to bifurcate the security into "debt" and "equity" components for reporting purposes. The end result is (non-cash) interest expense in addition to the stated cash coupon.
Convertibles are a highly flexible form of financing that can address a wide array of corporate needs. Current market conditions present a clear opportunity for issuers, and recent issuers have gotten ahead of the curve to lock in attractive terms. But the product does have its own distinct terminology and nuances, and it is initially less familiar to most finance teams than other forms of financing.
When a company understands that it has myriad options for issuing convertible bonds, the question becomes how to compare the flexibility provided by convertibles against the time required to evaluate the product for most first-time issuers. The good news for prospective issuers is that convertibles have been around in some form for decades, and both traditional convertibles and the more specialized strategies described above are well-understood by the legal and accounting communities. To the extent that further analysis is warranted, independent advisors can also help management teams work through the nuances of these products.
Management teams considering using convertibles should ensure that they invest the necessary time, and engage advisors early in the process, to make the most of the product line's flexibility. It is noteworthy that there is a long history of repeat issuers in the convertible market. Perhaps that is the most telling sign that management teams who put in the time to understand this vehicle view the effort as worthwhile.
Greg Holden is a Director with EA Markets LLC, a corporate finance and capital markets advisory firm based in New York City. Holden has over 12 years of experience structuring equity-linked and equity derivatives securities.
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Something you will not hear any large retailer or produce marketer say: Government mandated labeling of genetically modified fruits and vegetables is not needed.
Not when the group "Just Label it" has a reported 990,000 signatures in its petition to FDA calling on the agency to label genetically-engineered foods. Organizers, who also enlisted the support of 500 organizations in favor of the petition, wonder how many people it will take for the FDA to take notice and act on this "right to know" issue.
March 27 is the 180th day of the FDA's review period of the petition, the day that the agency is required to respond to the petition. The petition asks the FDA to issue new regulations requiring labeling of all foods produced using genetic engineering, to change the way it defines "material" change in a food.
In my opinion, the agency will probably issue a nebulous statement in response to the petition, suggesting the issue needs more evaluation and study.
A new poll will be issued by "Just Label It" campaign on March 27, and will show support for labeling of genetically engineered food across party lines.
Polls cited by the campaign point to overwhelming support for labeling genetically engineered food, with more than 90% of Americans apparently in favor the idea. In California, a separate campaign is working to collect enough signatures to put the issue of GMO food labeling on the ballot in November.
This is the type of issue that no retailer or trade group wants to stand in the way of. It is out of the question for any large retailer or food manufacturer to loudly oppose labeling of genetically engineered food. Many will simply stand on the sideline and hope the "Just Label It" passion subsides.
Don't get me wrong. I was fairly strident in support of country of origin labeling for fruits and vegetables. But for some reason, the Utopian idea that consumer should know everything about the food they eat is beginning to seem like piling on. How many more mandates must the food industry absorb?
Think of all the permutations of a particular product sold at retail. First of all, obviously, is the cucumber local or brought in from Mexico? Is the packaging biodegradable and recyclable? Did the grower use sustainable irrigation practices in growing his potatoes? How were the workers treated down on the farm? What pesticides were used by the grower?
The "Just Label It" group insists it is not anti-GMO food, but merely fervent in favor of "right to know."
My hunch is that labeling of GMO food among many proponents is more about stopping the technology than giving consumers the "right to know." For example, the group advises consumers on "How to avoid GMO foods" by staying away from the "top eight" - corn, soybeans, canola, cottonseed, sugar beets, Hawaiian papaya, and some zucchini and yellow squash.
To get the insight of the LinkedIn Fresh Produce Industry Discussion Group, I recently put out a poll of members.
The question: Should the FDA require retail labeling of genetically modified fruits and vegetables? It should be pointed out that there is just a handful of GMO fruits and vegetables on the market now representing a very tiny fraction of a percent of total produce marketed.
Even for this industry group, the vote is surprisingly in favor of labeling for GMO fruits and vegetables, with a March 22 tally of 13 in favor of mandatory labeling and 10 opposed.
The reasons that members gave in favor of labeling follow the simple logic: Consumers should know how there food is grown and produced.
As one supporter of the idea said, "Surveys show consumers want GMO labeling, what is the food industry so afraid of if there are no risks? How does labeling "raise the price of food" exactly?"
Another member said that suppliers should at least inform buyers whether commodities are GMO or not, and let them decide if any type of labeling is necessary or appropriate.
I assume there are folks in the food industry who oppose labeling of genetically modified food, but they have elected to take a pass on vocal opposition to the "Just Label It" campaign.
Right now genetically modified food is associated with chemical companies and agri-business giants. If genetically engineered fruits and vegetables delivered better taste, elevated nutrition or some other Rx for healthy living, perhaps retailers would be the first to say government mandated labeling of genetically engineered food is not needed. After all, they would be drawing up the point of sale signs themselves.
Something you will not hear any large retailer or produce marketer say: Government mandated labeling of genetically modified fruits and vegetables is not needed.


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ZigBee to the rescue for 'Fifth Play' services
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Cable companies and service providers worldwide are about to start rolling out a new "Fifth Play" service offering that makes the connected home more of a smart home. In addition to providing the existing Four Plays: TV and entertainment, Internet access, phone service (VoIP), and cell phone services, operators will be adding the Fifth Play smart home services for monitoring energy usage, home health, security, climate control, etc. Companies like Comcast, Time Warner and Verizon are already marketing and installing these types of Fifth Play Smart Home solutions.
This Fifth Play will make the set-top box evolve into the Home Control Box that communicates with the various sensors and devices in the home which then can be controlled and monitored via a local RF4CE remote control or over the net via smartphone applications. Where previously the set-top box was just responsible for distributing content through the home, the Home Control Box makes it possible for consumers to control all kind of applications in their homes and over the Internet with smartphone apps.
Aimed at set-top boxes, gateways and Smart Home controllers, the GP 710 dual ZigBee radio chip see Figure 1 - can simultaneously support ZigBee RF4CE applications such as remote controls as well as ZigBee Pro or ZigBee IP Smart Home applications such as security, home care and energy management.
The benefits of this GreenPeak dual protocol communication chip are much simpler product design, cost reduction of the total product bill-of-material (single silicon) and a less complex PCB and antenna that makes it simpler and faster for developers to integrate ZigBee into their set-top box or gateway designs.
The GP 710 includes special hardware features to enable multi-protocol support, minimizing the interrupt load on the set-top box processor, and allowing simultaneous RF4CE and other ZigBee protocol operations see the block diagram on Figure 2. Its superior range covers the whole home and its ultra-low power consumption for long battery life makes it a good choice for integrated low cost Smart Home ZigBee applications.
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Genoa City police officer arrested for stealing money from police department's bond box
GENOA CITY—The Waukesha County district attorney is reviewing an investigation into a former village of Bloomfield and village of Genoa City police officer suspected of stealing money from the Genoa City Police Department.
Aaron E. Henson, 36, of N1155 Walworth St., Genoa City, was arrested April 16 at his home on suspicion of theft and misconduct in public office, Walworth County Sheriff's Office Captain of Investigations Dana Nigbor said.
Henson was filmed stealing $2,128.30 from the police department's bond box in April, according to a search warrant affidavit.
Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel will decide if charges should be filed, Walworth County District Attorney Daniel Necci said.
Henson worked as a Bloomfield police officer for five years while working part-time as a Genoa City police officer, according to a Bloomfield Police Department news release.
Henson resigned from the Bloomfield Police Department on April 17, the release states.
Genoa City Police Chief Joseph Balog was told by�administrative assistant Maria Mayer on April 7 that money was missing from the department's bond box, the affidavit states.
Over the next several days, the Mayer monitored the bond box by photographing cash and writing down the serial numbers of bills put into the box. She also installed a video camera in "the area of the bond box," according to the affidavit.
On April 15, Mayer checked the box and found money missing. She checked the video recording and found that it shows Henson removing bond envelopes and money, according to the affidavit.
The police department brought the case to the Walworth County Sheriff's Office, Nigbor said, and a search warrant was executed as part of the investigation.
Henson was "very cooperative" when arrested, and $400 was recovered, Nigbor said.
Necci said theft by a police officer is "awfully uncommon" for the county.
The Walworth County District Attorney's Office is reviewing all open cases involving Henson to see if and how the former officer's actions could affect other cases.
Henson was released on a signature bond April 17.
He is scheduled to appear in court 1:15 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at the Walworth County Judicial Center.


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Janesville's underworld: Glen Loyd uncovers elaborate graffiti along Rock River
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Monday, October 7, 2013
Video blogger Glen Loyd shows us a miniature underworld at Center Street and the Rock River in Janesville.
Press play and then click the "Full screen" button in the bottom right corner of the video window for a larger view.
Glen Loyd lives on the Rock River in Janesville 15 days a month. He is a former public information officer for Wisconsin Consumer Protection, publishes a weekly consumer protection blog. Glen is a community blogger and is not a part of The Gazette staff. His opinion is not necessarily that of the The Gazette staff or management.


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So, Reese Witherspoon, Zooey Deschanel, Kate Upton, and Cara Delevingne are in an elevator at the Met Gala…
Sounds like the beginning of a joke, right? Well, it kinda was.
"It girl"/model Delevingne, 21, posted two short videos to Instagram on Thursday of herself and her hot Hollywood friends, but quickly deleted them. We're guessing Witherspoon didn't want everyone thinking she has a potty mouth?
At any rate, in case you missed the clips, let us break 'em down for you.
"I love you Cara… Cah-ra… I don't know what your f----n' name is," Reese, 38, begins in her Southern drawl. "And if you force me to say your last name, I'll be f---ed."
"That stupid French," she continues before saying the model's last name, "De-le-viiingne," in a sultry and sexy voice.
"Get me out of this place. Where are we?" Zooey, 34, shouts out in between.
Reese then drops some mad etymological knowledge on her friends: "What's the most important thing in a name… for a girl? It's that a man can whisper it into his pillow."
Kate, 21, stayed relatively quiet while the girls played the name game.
If there's a lesson to be learned from this silly video, it's that celebs should be themselves like this more often.