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Co2 from respiration-Sugars vs Fats
Human Anatomy, Physiology, and Medicine. Anything human!
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Co2 from respiration-Sugars vs Fats
So more co2 is produced from glucose than from fat; correct?
Say you had two 2000cal diet one being 60%carb and the other 30%carb, how much more co2 would you produce on 60% carb?
Thank you
okay I'm obviously a noob
my understanding:
you get 3 CO2 during the process pyruvate-->energy
you get 2 CO2 during the process Aceytl-CoA-->energy
so C6H12O6 would make 6 CO2 and 36 ATP
stearic acid would make 18 CO2 and 120 ATP
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For years, the finance function became more and more involved in strategic decision-making, but then the global recession led many finance teams to refocus on cost management and cash flow concerns. Now that the economy is recovering, what are finance managers' top priorities? Longitude Research, commissioned by Accenture and Oracle, surveyed 930 CFOs across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America to answer that question.
The good news for finance executives is that 71 percent have seen an increase in their overall strategic influence over the past three years, while only 2 percent have seen a decrease. Many respondents are getting more involved in setting and determining strategy (65 percent), business transformation (47 percent), and executing strategic choices (36 percent). Thirty-one percent said their influence over HR has grown in the past three years, while 13 percent said it has shrunk. However, some companies are removing IT responsibilities from the purview of finance: Slightly more respondents have seen their influence over IT shrink (26 percent) than grow (25 percent).
Although they report that their overall strategic influence is growing, CFOs spend most of their time helping the business meet day-to-day needs in a tight economy. When asked to identify their top three priorities over the past three years, the largest proportions of respondents selected profitability and cost management (53 percent) and cash flow and working capital (50 percent), followed by risk management and compliance issues.
Fewer respondents selected more strategic activities; however, most anticipate that their involvement in the strategic tasks will grow in the near future. Twenty percent said finance transformation has been a priority over the previous three years, but 22 percent said it will be a priority in the next three years. Likewise, 17 percent selected "business transformation and change management" as a key activity in the past, but 20 percent selected it as a priority for the future, and the proportion who selected "supporting the growth agenda" rose from 13 percent for the past three years to 18 percent for the next three.
The vast majority of CFOs surveyed are involved in an array of activities related to strategic planning and execution, although most play a supporting, rather than a leading, role. Forty-seven percent play a leading role in aligning strategy with finance processes, but only 34 percent play a leading role in strategy formulation and 24 percent play a leading role in strategy execution.
Why aren't more CFOs taking a leading role in setting strategy? The challenge most frequently cited by survey respondents as a barrier to their own effectiveness is the challenging economic environment. Thirty percent lay blame on the constantly evolving regulatory environment, and 31 percent cited a lack of integration between finance and other areas of the business.
More than a quarter also see gaps in skills and capabilities within the finance function as undermining their ability to do their job. What skills do finance staff need to bulk up? The top five selected by survey respondents are communication skills (33 percent), analytical skills (29 percent), industry knowledge (27 percent), and technology knowledge and leadership skills (each 24 percent).
The possible barriers to effectiveness that survey respondents cited least often are a lack of good-quality data (21 percent) and a poor technology infrastructure (17 percent). So the survey indicates that CFOs have the technology tools they need, but their staff may not be leveraging those tools to maximum benefit.


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Parker rally falls short in overtime
JANESVILLE—Ryan Masterson hopes Friday night was a sign of things to come as the high school boys basketball season hits its stretch run.
His Janesville Parker boys basketball team fought back from a 13-point deficit to force overtime against Madison East.
But even though the Vikings took their first lead of the game during the extra period, the Purgolders grabbed a critical offensive rebound and made enough free throws late to grab an 84-80 Big Eight Conference road victory.
"I was impressed; I thought the kids played hard and scrapped," Masterson said. "I challenged them at halftime to play better defense, and we executed well in the second half. And if we get a rebound here or there it's a different story."
The Vikings fell to 5-12 overall and 2-11 at the bottom of the league standings, but they took a team that beat them by 36 in the first meeting right down to the wire.
And they did so on the shoulders of senior forward J.J. Scott in the fourth quarter.
Scott had just four points when the Vikings trailed 64-51 with six minutes left in the fourth quarter. But he had 19 in the final 10 minutes to finish with a team-high 23 points.
"He's missed a couple games and started a little bit slow," Masterson said. "I challenged him to pick it up, and to his credit he did."
Still, East led Parker 68-59 with just more than four minutes left. The Vikings forced six turnovers down the stretch and closed with an 11-2 run, punctuated by Travis Shepler's game-tying free throw with 7 seconds left.
Following a timeout, Scott stole the ensuing inbounds pass, but his 3-point attempt at the buzzer drew only backboard.
Parker, which fell behind by double digits in the first quarter and never led in regulation, grabbed three leads in overtime, the last at 76-75.
Purgolders junior Deang Deang was fouled at the other end and made his first free throw to tie the game. His second attempt missed, but East grabbed the rebound and De'Shawn Burks made the last of his nine buckets (game-high 26 points) on a put-back that gave the Purgolders the lead for good.
"That was it," Masterson said. "We had some issues earlier in the year, and it's been our Achilles heel at times this year, letting up offensive rebounds."
East went 8-for-11 from the stripe in the overtime to hold on.
Four Vikings scored in double figures, with Cullen Osmond finishing with 17 and Shepler and Adam Thompson pitching in 14.
"I feel really good the way our kids are coming together," Masterson said. "We're starting to get some consistency, and hopefully we can get on a roll going into the tournament."
East (84)—Branch, 5-1-12; Obodo, 0-2-2; Deang, 5-2-13; Millon, 5-0-10; Lackey, 0-3-3; Burks, 9-7-26; Chester, 4-4-15; Tygum, 0-3-3. Totals: 28-22-84.
Parker (80)—Thompson, 6-0-14; Shepler, 5-2-14; Scott, 8-7-23; Treinen, 1-0-2; Cu. Osmond, 6-3-17; McGrath, 1-0-2; Brooks, 1-4-6; Bailey, 1-0-2. Totals: 29-16-80.
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UPDATE: Police still searching for missing woman
JANESVILLE—Janesville police still were looking Sunday for a 75-year-old woman who has been missing since Friday night.
Mary Coulthard, Janesville, was last seen at 10 p.m. in the 200 block of North Main Street, Janesville, according to a news release from the Janesville Police Department.
She was wearing blue jeans, white tennis shoes and possibly a tan winter jacket.� She is about 5 feet 2 inches tall and 150 pounds. Coulthard has gray hair and hazel eyes.
The police have no reason to suspect foul play, Janesville police Sgt. Mark Ratzlaff said.
The search for Coulthard began Saturday after her neighbor reported that she had been gone for an unusual amount of time.
Coulthard doesn't drive, and police contacted the Janesville Transit System and Van Galder Bus but without results.
Police also tried locating Coulthard by using her cellphone signal, but either the phone's battery was dead or it was turned off, Ratzlaff said.
The police have distributed flyers to local businesses with her description.
Coulthard does not have a history of mental health problems, Ratzlaff said.
Anyone with information about Coulthard's whereabouts can call the Rock County Communications Center at 608-757-2244.


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Iowa police chief 'amazed' to find baby
WEST BRANCH, IOWA —West Branch Police Chief Mike Horihan started his search for Kayden Powell on the north side of Exit 254 Friday morning.
He wasn't especially optimistic.
"When I started out looking it was pretty much routine," Horihan said. "I didn't have a lot of hope. People might have thought it was a shot in the dark."
Horihan said that he was advised to search the area by local FBI agents while they canvassed the south side of the exit off Interstate 80.
More than 100 members of several agencies across Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa assisted the town of Beloit police and FBI in the case of the missing infant. They had been searching since early Thursday morning when the baby first went missing.
Horihan said that he walked around the BP station near the exit searching for the child. He looked for tracks in the snow, around the dumpsters, anything that might show signs of activity.
That's when he saw a plastic tote next to the recycling bins in the back of the service station.
"At first I thought it may have been part of their recycling bins," Horihan said. "I went up to the tote and popped the lid off and peaked in and saw blankets and stuff."
He said that he then went inside the store and asked the owner to come outside with him.
"He (the owner) said that he had never seen it in his life and I started having negative thoughts," Horihan said. "I immediately thought the worst."
Horihan said that it was obvious to him that the tote had been outside all night long.
The low temperature Friday morning�in Iowa City�was 11 degrees below zero, with a wind chill of 23 degrees below zero, according to the National Weather Service in the Quad-Cities. The wind chill was 30 degrees below zero just before 8 a.m. Thursday.
"As I started opening it more I heard a baby cry," Horihan said. "That wasn't really what I expected."
He said that the tote's lid was snapped shut when he found it and the infant was in a one piece outfit that covered his feet and hands. It also was tightly swaddled in a blanket and laying on a base of blankets. One blanket was placed loosely on top of the baby, he said.
The gas station where the baby was found is near where Smith was taken into custody. Horihan found the baby around 10:15 a.m.
"I don't know how certain anyone was that we would find anything," Horihan said. "You don't know while you're looking if she got rid of the baby, if she ever had the baby. If she did have it, she had plenty of an opportunity to get rid of it before she got to Iowa."
Horihan said that he was happy to have found the child, especially in good health. He said that in his almost 35 years of service he has never seen anything like this.
"It was a shock," Horihan said. "This certainly was a very unique surprise. Very often we don't have things that end this well. I was amazed the baby was as healthy and in as good of shape as it was."


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Forecasters: Storm could bring 4 to 7 inches of snow
JANESVILLE—Weather forecasters have scaled back snowfall totals expected in a storm that will hit late Saturday and linger through Sunday, but the area remains under a winter storm warning through Sunday morning.
Rudy Schaar, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service's Sullivan office, said updated forecasts show predicted a winter storm overnight and into Sunday that could bring 4 to 7 inches of wet, heavy snow.
Earlier forecasts indicated that some areas of Rock and Walworth counties could see 8 to 10 inches of snow, but Schaar said the center of a large band of snow has begun to track further north than initially forecast.
That means slightly less snow in Rock and Walworth counties, although Schaar said continued freezing rain is expected to fall throughout the evening Saturday.
He said the rain will turn to heavy, wet snow late Saturday and continue throughout the night as temperatures hover just below freezing.
Snowfall accumulations early Sunday could total 4 inches, with another 2 to 3 inches of snow expected to fall into Sunday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
Schaar said snowfalls could total an inch or more an hour overnight, and winds could pick up to 15 miles per hour. While drifting will likely be minor, Schaar said people traveling should expect visibility to be poor throughout the night.
Road conditions are expected to be sloppy as freezing rain and snow accumulates on already icy roads. The city of Janesville has declared a snow emergency effective 6 a.m. Sunday. That means people should park their vehicles off roadways until the city is able to clear snow to the curb. �
Travelers should expect heavier snowfalls to the north in a band of snow that extends northeast from southern Wisconsin to Green Bay, Schaar said. Snows further north are expected to total 8 to 10 inches, according the National Weather Service.
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VIDEO: Dairy veterinarian living dream job at Rock County farm
TOWN OF MAGNOLIA--Large-animal veterinarian Angela Kinney never saw a cow until she was 18.
She grew up in a Brazilian city of 1.2 million but now is living her dream--caring for 5,000 animals as the staff veterinarian at Larson Acres dairy farm in western Rock County.
"I love it, I love it," she said. "It's fun coming to work."
While most of the animals are known only as a number, she always has her favorites. Those include her "baby," who has only one claw on her foot, which was crushed by her mother at birth.�
"That one definitely is close to my heart," she said.
Kinney is in a rare position among regional farms as a part-time staff veterinarian because most farms are too small to support such a position. Staff vets are common in places such as Florida or California, where farms with tens of thousands of animals are not unusual.�
She can't imagine taking care of that many animals. Kinney started at Larson Acres when the farm expanded in 2010. She helps manage a herd that includes about 2,400 milking cows. The rest are heifers, dry cows and calves.
Kinney always wanted to be a vet for cats and dogs, but now she puts her hands in the air when thinking about working in a clinic.
"You have to kill too many," said Kinney, who speaks with a Brazilian accent and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. "I prefer to deal with the cows."
She arrived in the United States in 1999 at the World Dairy Expo through a program that sends students abroad for training. She met her husband at church one Sunday morning, and with the encouragement of a vet she was working with got her license to practice in Wisconsin.
She studied for two years at UW-Madison to validate her degree from Brazil and started at Evansville Veterinary Service in 2006.
A typical day for her at Larson Acres starts by examining sick animals, going over treatments and reviewing work by the herdsmen, who take care of the animals around the clock.
The farm has a hospital barn.
"I go over to the hospital and see how everybody looks, how they are coming, if they are improving or someone doesn't look like something is going right," she said.
She double-checks the milk cultures, and much of her work involves data analysis. She makes lists of animals that probably are sick and watches for patterns in their milk production, which is monitored through transponders in the cows' ears.
She reviews all antibiotic use on the farm to ensure none of it winds up in the milk.
"If there is, I would have a heart attack," she said. "It is a big deal for us that the milk is safe. I think that's one of the most important parts of me (being) here, is to supervise the use of our drugs."
It's up to her to decide when to stop treating a sick cow after determining it won't get better.�
"She definitely has to change careers. She can not be a dairy cow anymore," she said. "I have to make that decision, too."
The farm uses clinic staff for reproduction, emergencies, milk and nutrition specialists and other consultations.
Kinney also performs surgery. The most common is a dislocated abomasum, which is one of the chambers of the stomach.
The farm averages about 10 calve births each day, though she recalled a day that saw 25. The herdsmen handle most of the deliveries.�
The welfare of the animals is "very important" to her.
"My loyalty first is to the animals, and then to the farm, which needs to make a living," she said.


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Communication FCU in Oklahoma Tabs Tyfone for Mobile Banking
The $851 million Communication FCU in Oklahoma City is now offering its 52,900 members mobile financial services through technology from Tyfone in Portland, Ore., the company and credit union said.
The new mobile service integrates with the credit union's Fiserv XP2 core system and provides app, mobile Web and text access to functionality that includes standard mobile banking features and NFC contactless payment tools, the company and credit union said.
"Our members will be able to keep a closer watch on their money and configure their accounts to their liking, right from their device. Our Rate Watch feature, for example, allows our members to set a rate for a product they have or are interested in and once that trigger is met, they will receive an alert directly to their phone so that they can make the necessary adjustments to their accounts," said Stephen Lark, CFCU's vice president of marketing and corporate development.
Meeting regulatory demands also is built into the software, Tyfone said.
"For example, the Reg D counter is a simple yet effective tool to inform CFCU members of how many transfers they have remaining until the end of the month. Putting this information at their fingertips ensures that CFCU members are able to know the status of their account at a moment's notice and gives them the ability to move their money when they need to, even while traveling out of town or while out shopping," said Mark Miyamoto, director of mobile banking and product development for Tyfone.
Tyfone said Communications FCU is the company's ninth mobile banking client, all credit unions.


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Three arrested in Janesville after deputies search home with ties to heroin distribution
JANESVILLE—Three people were arrested Tuesday after Rock County deputies searched a South Main Street home on a heroin-related search warrant, according to a sheriff's office news release.
Deputies searched the home after the sheriff's office's Special Investigations Unit looked into distribution and sale of heroin from the home at 568 S. Main St., the release states.
Found in the search were:
--Half an ounce of heroin
--Several hundred prescription pills
--Three ounces of marijuana
--Drug paraphernalia
--A 9mm handgun
--A switchblade knife
Arrested and taken to Rock County Jail were James F. Gillard, 34; Trisha K. Kienbaum, 35; and James M. Norstrem, 28.
Gillard was arrested for:
--Two counts delivery of heroin
--Three counts maintaining a drug trafficking place
--Possession with intent to deliver marijuana
--Possession of drug paraphernalia
--Felon in possession of firearm
--Possession of switchblade knife
--Probation violation
Kienbaum was arrested for:
--Maintaining a drug trafficking place
--Possession of drug paraphernalia
--Possession with intent to deliver marijuana
Norstrem was arrested for:
--Possession of marijuana
--Possession of drug paraphernalia
--Probation violation
Deputies from the Special Investigations Unit and the Janesville Street Crimes United assisted in the search warrant and arrests.
South Main Street was closed to traffic for about 10 minutes during the search.
Gillard, Kienbaum and Norstrem�are scheduled for jail court at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
This article was revised April 16, 2014, to reflect the following correction:
Because of incorrect information provided by the Rock County Sheriff's Office, the Janesville address of a heroin-related search and arrest incident was wrong in an earlier version of this article.
Three people were arrested Tuesday after police executed a search warrant at 568 S. Main St., Janesville.


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Death notices for Feb. 10, 2014
Coreen Judy Hess, 74, Janesville, died Saturday at St. Mary's Janesville Hospital. Services are pending. Henke-Clarson Funeral Home, Janesville, is assisting the family.
Matthew Michael Krieger, 20, Beloit, died Saturday at Mercy Hospital and Trauma Center, Janesville. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Daley Murphy Wisch & Associates Funeral Home and Crematorium, Beloit.
Donald A. Linneman, 86, Janesville, died Sunday at Agrace HospiceCare in Fitchburg. Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Henke-Clarson Funeral Home, Janesville. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until time of services Wednesday at the funeral home.
Antonino Piccione, 94, Beloit, died Friday at Beloit Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in St. Jude Catholic Church, Beloit. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Daley Murphy Wisch & Associates Funeral Home and Crematorium, Beloit.


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Update On P.T. McCutchen Sr. Bridge Closure
The Franklin Police Department was notified during the afternoon hours on Monday, October 11th that the P.T. McCutchen Sr. Bridge would not close as originally scheduled. The plans were for the bridge to close at 8a.m. on Tuesday, October 12th until the afternoon hours on Tuesday, October 19th.
Chief Kevin Hannah spoke with a representative from Paramount Productions on Tuesday morning, who stated that the new plans are for crews to begin arriving on Wednesday, October 13th at 8a.m. The current plans are for the bridge to remain open but with lane closures until 8a.m. on Thursday, October 14th, at which time the bridge will completely close. The updated schedule indicates that the bridge will remain closed as originally planned, until the afternoon hours on Tuesday, October 19th.
"As the Franklin Police Department is notified of changes regarding the bridge closure, we will immediately notify the public through our website, emails and other local media. We were also informed that the bridge may reopen sooner that originally scheduled depending on the progress made by Paramount Productions. Detour routes and advisories will be posted by Georgia Department of Transportation for motorist who are not familiar with the area," stated Chief Hannah.
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Death notices for Oct. 31, 2013
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Neva G. Austin, 89, a former longtime Janesville resident, died Wednesday at Deerfield Place, Deerfield. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Cargill United Methodist Church, Janesville, with visitation from 2-3 p.m. Sunday at Henke-Clarson Funeral Home, Janesville.
Stanley L. Johnson, 75, Monroe, died Monday at home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Albany Lions Club, Albany. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today at Shriner-Hager-Gohlke Funeral Home, Monroe.
Patricia Mary Pohl, 92, Delavan, died Wednesday at Vintage on the Ponds, Delavan. Arrangements are pending at Betzer Funeral Home, Delavan.


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Michael A. Sterk, Janesville, WI (1939-2013)
December 10, 1939 - November 14, 2013
Michael A. Sterk, age 73, of Janesville, died on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, at Mercy Hospital & Trauma Center. He was born in Janesville, on Dec. 10, 1939, the son of Joseph and Virginia (Donahue) Sterk. He served in the U.S. Army in the early 1960's, and had been employed by General Motors for 30 years, retiring in 1990. Mike was a member of the UAW Local 95, and a lifetime member of the National Geographic. He really enjoyed woodworking, fishing, hunting, and attending wild game feeds. He spent a lot of time in his life roaming the woods and fields of Wisconsin, and fishing the Rock River in Janesville. Mike led a very busy retirement, and could always be counted on to help his friends and family with any and all projects around their homes. He touched the lives of friends as far away as California.
Mike is survived by his five siblings: Joseph Sterk, Jr., of Janesville, John (Debbie) Sterk of Lakewood, CA, Virginia (Don) Leitz of Janesville, Marge Frederick of Janesville, and Richard Sterk of Janesville; nieces and nephews: Jodi (Jim) Multon, Lynn (Tom) Olson, Michelle Sterk, Sarah (David) Schuck, Mark (Jennifer) Leitz, Matt (Michelle) Sterk, Dan (Kris) Sterk, Greg Sterk, Chris (John) Lunstrum and Jeff Schiefelbein; numerous great nieces; great nephews; other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; twin brother, Thomas; brother, David; and sister, Mary Schiefelbein.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, from 5 until 7 p.m. at SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY. For on-line condolences and registry: www.schneiderfuneraldirectors.com
Mike was a treasured brother, cousin, and uncle to his family. He had a generous nature, and was a great friend to so many people that he knew, and their families as well. He was known to family and many friends alike as "Uncle Mike" and he will truly be missed.


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The GOP Variety Theatre Hannover is the only theatre of its kind in Germany still playing at the original 1920s to 1950s site. This is a place where you can admire some of the world's best artistes and acrobats, and laugh along with great comedians, oddball characters and witty compères. A fantastic selection of food and drink only adds to the evening's pleasure. All in all, the GOP can offer you a fantastic night out in Lower Saxony's regional capital Hannover.
Hannover is where Germany's hugely successful chain of GOP Variety Theatres first got started. The city's Georgspalast (GOP for short) was built over the course of 1912 and 1913 as a business centre and set of offices. From the mid-1920s onwards, the Georgspalast – its inhouse café-restaurant – became a focal point for jazz-oriented music in Hannover and a popular dancing venue with a modern feel. After the war, the building's new proprietor Wilhelm Hirte opened the GOP Variety Theatre (timing the opening to coincide with the first Hannover trade fair) and, a little later, the Gondel Bar in the Georgspalast. The first event using both venues took place on 25 May 1948. The theatre quickly took off, with famous singers, popular actors and film stars making appearances. Almost everyone who was anyone in show business performed here during the 1950s. Paul Hörbiger and Gert Fröbe were both booked at the theatre, as were Josephine Baker, Olga Chekhova, Heinz Erhardt and Zarah Leander. Nevertheless the GOP Variety Theatre closed its doors in 1962 and only reopened 30 years later in 1992. The legendary Gondel restaurant followed in its footsteps in 2001 and is once again offering great food and wine. Dinner and a show – a beloved institution has returned to Hannover!
Eerstvolgende evenementen:
01.11.2017 - 07.01.2018
Plaats van het evenement
GOP Varieté-Theater Hannover
Georgstraße 36
30159 Hanover
Fon: +49 (0)511 30 18 67 10
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Celebrating history, celebrating each other: Cinco de Mayo festival brings community together
DELAVAN—Some things are universal: Food on a stick, face painting and balloon animals.
On Saturday, Tower Park in downtown Delavan was filled with the sounds of vendors hawking their wares, the squeal of children in bounce houses and Mexican folk music.
The event was the city's annual celebration of Cinco de Mayo, a festival that marks an unexpected military victory in 1862. In Delavan, the festival also has become a celebration of two cultures that are becoming more interconnected.
"Typically, Cinco de Mayo is misunderstood as Mexican Independence Day," said Ray Paez, a minister at East Delavan Baptist Church, and a bilingual classroom and office aide for the Delavan-Darien School District. "Cinco de Mayo celebrates a victory by a heavily outmatched Mexican Army."
That victory was the start of a chain of events that led to independence.
"Cinco de Mayo is really more of an American celebration," Paez said.
For Paez, the day allows "Latinos and Anglos to intermingle, to be exposed to each others' cultures."
A stroll down the crowded center of the event revealed what the two cultures have in common.
At a face-painting booth, kids lined up to get full-face masks—not just a single heart or flower. Some children selected masks in the style of the Mexican wrestlers, the luchadors. Other children preferred masks from the Day of the Dead that feature a skull-like design embellished with flowers and other, cheerful decorations.
Stalls sold sopes, empanadas, tortas, tacos and alambres cabezas—shish kabobs. There also was a booth that sold deep-fried Oreos and funnel cakes.
The two cultures met over food on a stick. Usually, food on a stick is thought of as fair food—the Wisconsin State lists more than 50 "foods on a stick" including bacon and eggs on a stick.
At the Cinco de Mayo celebration, a booth was offering mangos on a stick. The fruit was peeled, notched and sprinkled with lime juice and a spice mix that smelled of chili and lemons.
At the end of a long row of food vendors, kids swarmed around a single clown making balloon animals as fast as he could.
Paez said that the Delavan-Darien School District has worked hard to break down the boundaries between the communities by reaching out to Spanish-speaking families.
In addition, as the children get to know each other, so do the families.


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Janesville guitar boy headed to Texaco Country Showdown nationals
JANESVILLE—As he sat in a plastic chair, his acoustic guitar and microphone plugged into a small amplifier, 17-year-old country guitar slinger Zach Molitor led a crowd of 15 people in a sing-along to an old standard by outlaw country singer-songwriter David Allen Coe.��
They sang: "I was drunk the day my maw got out of prison, and I went to pick her up in the rain … but before I could get to the station in my pickup truck, she got runned over by a damned old train…"
Molitor's audience and singing partners: seven homeless men, seven homeless shelter volunteers and one Catholic priest. The venue: the activity center and de-facto GIFTS men's homeless shelter at St. Mary Catholic Church.
Even the priest sang along.
For Janesville native Molitor, it was a Johnny Cash "At Fulsom Prison" moment on a small scale. He'd picked up the gig after prompting by a priest at his church.
It's a good sign that Molitor has the guts to swear while singing a song in front of his own priest. Soon, he's going to have to dig up courage, confidence and southern-fried poise like he's never done before.
On Jan. 16, Milton High School senior Molitor will compete at the Texaco Country Showdown's National Championship at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. The Ryman, as country music fans know, is home of the mother church and Mecca of country music—The Grand Ole Opry.
Molitor has only been singing and playing guitar for three years. But the handsome, lean, 6-foot, 4-inch boy from Rock County has an opportunity to vault his country music dreams into reality.��
Molitor, who goes by the stage name Zac "The Mule" Matthews, has beat out over 50,000 competitors in the Texaco Country Showdown, the top national talent competition for up-and-coming country musicians.
In just three months, Molitor won the Texaco showdown's local competition at Janesville's Rock County 4-H Fair. From there, he moved on to the competition's Wisconsin Championship, won that, and breezed through the first of the showdown's five regional competitions at Walker, Minn., earlier this month.���
He did so performing only songs he wrote himself—including "Drink All Night," a ditty about girls, pickup trucks and swigging booze that Molitor said he penned last year while sitting in detention study hall.
Molitor, by the way, says he's never touched a drop of booze, although he's seen plenty of it spilled on the floors while playing shows at Rock and Dane county bowling alleys and honky-tonk bars the last two years. In the last six months, he's been the opening act for country music stars Billy Currington and David Allen Coe.��������
Now, Molitor is one of just five national finalists who'll vie for a $100,000 prize, a studio album deal and the Texaco Showdown's national title at the Grand Ole Opry in January.
The Texaco showdown has been a launch pad for the careers of a few country music stars you might know. Try Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Martina McBride and Toby Keith.
"I don't even think about it. I can't because it just doesn't seem real right now," Molitor told The Gazette as he sat in a backward baseball cap, a t-shirt, jeans and house slippers in his parents' guitar-strewn living room on a weekday afternoon.���
Molitor was taking a break from his online schoolwork (he's home-schooling this year to focus on his music). He'd just done a photo shoot for an album cover and stills that the Texaco showdown will broadcast on a Jumbotron as Molitor takes the stage at the Grand Ole Opry.��
Molitor's dad, Matt Molitor, had just gotten off the phone with the Texaco Showdown's management. He was working to schedule three shows in Nashville. Zach's planning to head there a couple of times in the next few months.��
"It was unreal. The (Texaco) showdown's management answered the phone and said, 'Oh, you're Zach's dad. Yeah, just let us know when you're coming to Nashville. We'll get shows or anything lined up for Zach. Whatever you need.' It's like, three months ago, nobody knew who this freakin' kid was. Now all this. Wow," Matt Molitor said.
The Molitors want to get Zach acclimated to the country glitz and grime of the Music City before he hits the stage at the nationally televised Texaco Showdown finals. That way, he won't be jolted or freeze up or be star-struck at his big Nashville moment in January.
Meanwhile, Molitor continues to play shows solo and with his band, local country music crew The Buck Neck-ed Band. Over the weekend, the band played at a bowling alley in Milton in front of a local crowd.
At Molitor's shows, he often plays three hours. But at the Texaco Showdown nationals, he'll have just seven minutes onstage to show the judges everything he's got.���
"It's like a chess game. Seven minutes to show your chops, your talent, your music, everything. It's a short time to lay it all out there," Molitor said.�������
At the Minnesota Texaco Showdown regionals, the second-highest scorer behind Molitor was 15-year-old Maddie Poppe. During her performance, Poppe had the misfortune of a shorted-out guitar cord, which caused a distracting crackle during her performance of "Me and Bobby McGee," according to a report in the Brainerd Dispatch newspaper.
In a time of drastic change in the music industry—music albums aren't the cash cows they once were, and recording contracts don't guarantee a financial free ride—performing and touring is the only viable way to ride the bucking mustang of country music.�
When Molitor opened up for David Allen Coe at an Illinois tavern earlier this year, he learned that lesson.
The 74-year-old country music legend performed on a stool, wearing a back brace. Coe had recently been in a car accident, and he had to be helped on and offstage, Molitor said.�
Unlike Coe, Molitor's got youth on his side, and now, no matter how he fares in the Texaco Showdown finals, he'll be considered by forces in the music industry as one of the top five young performers in country music.
Matt Molitor hopes Zach has kicked Nashville's door wide open—or, at the very least, that the powers that be can hear his Fender Telecaster guitar twanging outside the door.
"He's 17. He's still a kid. Nothing's guaranteed, and you can't sit back on your heels, but this knocks down like 10 years of walls," he said.


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The program arbtt, the automatic rule-based time tracker, allows you to investigate how you spend your time, without having to manually specify what you are doing. arbtt records which windows are open and active, and provides you with a powerful rule-based language to afterwards categorize your work.
ShellCheck is a static analysis tool for shell scripts. Its goals are to point out and clarify typical beginner's syntax issues that causes a shell to give cryptic error messages, to point out and clarify typical intermediate level semantic problems that causes a shell to behave strangely and counter-intuitively, and to point out subtle caveats, corner cases, and pitfalls that may cause an advanced user's otherwise working script to fail under future circumstances.
timeplotters is a collection of command line tools for visualizing temporal data. It is especially useful for visualizing data from ad-hoc program logs, helping you to spot patterns and anomalies that you would not otherwise see by just watching how the program works or by looking at the logs with the naked eye. Its input format is tailored to event types typically seen in program logs, and the visualization methods are tailored to the questions typically asked about program performance (e.g. distribution of activity durations).
lhs2TeX is a literate programming tool. It is implemented as a preprocessor that generates LaTeX code from literate Haskell sources. It allows for and provides different styles for the formatting of code. You can easily select between representing operators with mathematical symbols or with ASCII approximations, as well as deciding whether or not to highlight keywords. The formatting of your own defined tokens may be adjusted. Preprocessor-style conditionals are supported, and Haskell can be used to generate parts of the document.
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Efficiency. It's a beautiful word, but for a legal department juggling what can seem like a countless number of contracts, it can sometimes feel like a myth. However, nothing could be further from the truth. There are plenty of best practices that you can easily adopt that will help you develop process standards to boost your contracting efficiency. There are even technologies that will help you create easy-to-use contracting repositories that can empower business users to draft their own contracts! (More on that later…)
First, let's examine some practical ways that you can drive more efficiency into the creation, negotiation and review of contracts across your legal team. With this information, you can fight the stereotype that legal is an impediment to closing deals and make yourself a star with the sales team.
Find a good balance between closing deals quickly and mitigating risk
Preventing risk and conducting efficient transactions are both vital components to ensuring a business' long-term and short-term health, but it's important to avoid erring too much on one side or the other. Finding that balance can be a difficult and sometimes stressful (and adversarial) process. One way to accomplish this is to standardize the contract terms and clauses that you use most frequently. By doing so, you can identify either contracts that don't use standard clauses, or those that do use standard clauses that have been flagged as potential risks.
Define a contract creation and review request process
How many times does "contract request" end up meaning a few sentences exchanged while passing in the hallway, or quick emails that get lost in the shuffle of everyday operations? What about those single midafternoon phone calls that you forget about until you're in your car on your way home? This kind of informal request process is wholly inappropriate for a successful business operation and opens the door to all kinds of inefficiencies — and the opportunity for miscommunication.
If you don't have a good process for centralized contract requests, it will be hard to get the information that you need to process them efficiently quickly enough. It will also be impossible to track the status of requests. At a minimum, you should create a standard process and educate your business about it. One way to do this is to create a central email box for all requests. You can also implement a contract management system that will handle and track the requests.
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Implement contract version control measures
It's fair to say that contract negotiations are an art. When it comes to the nuances of negotiating a deal, technology can never replace a good lawyer (or legal department).
Where the human touch is less beneficial, however, is within the realm of revision logistics. The likelihood of differing versions of contracts simultaneously flying from inbox to inbox virtually guarantees miscommunication somewhere within the contract creation process. Sloppy, redlined documents can be hard to read, and at times self-contradictory. This uncertainty can make negotiating difficult and expose you to the risk of missing key changes. At the very least, individuals involved in contract negotiation should learn a standard method of controlling versions in an attempt to mitigate risk.
When these standards aren't enough, technologies are available that enable side-by-side comparison of either whole documents or just specific data fields that have changed. These technologies look at every version of every clause and track the evolutions and the conversations regarding them. More advanced systems provide version controls and contract closeout checklists. These are elements of a system of smart business process rules that apply standards to the way each contract is managed by each attorney. This layer of control becomes even more important when you empower users from around the business (such as those in sales or procurement) to create contracts based on legal-defined clause libraries or templates.
These technologies represent the pinnacle of modern contracting efficiency, allowing legal to take a guiding role in driving contracting policy and clause specifics, while automating the grunt work and empowering other professionals to create their own contract drafts.
An efficient contracting process means a profitable legal department
With these tips in mind, you're on your way to establishing an efficient contracting process that will enable you to help other departments close the deals that they need to close as quickly as possible. Create an easy path between creation, negotiation and review, and you'll be a star across every department of your organization.


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on phylogeny / what are we ?
Discussion of everything related to the Theory of Evolution.
Moderator: BioTeam
on phylogeny / what are we ?
An interesting video by YouTuber AronRa suggests that we are still classified as "everything that we ever were classified, as." Y'know, meaning that we are vertebrate, mammal, animal and so on.
Now this leads me to consider how it ends; that what any of our our ancestors was classified as, we are. Which level of classification are we talking about, though...the ancestor as to it's species ? Not to my understanding of the argument; the ancestor is ID'd as "primate", perhaps, or as vertebrate, or animal.
So what I'm getting at, is that some "scientific" explanations end up saying the same words to say almost the same thing ( sounds very similar but isn't ), about "kinds", as Creationists do.
The use of the concept of "kind", rather than whatever species the ancestor was - seems close to what the Creationists are criticized over ( not being specific at all in using the word "kind )".
Not concerned about the logic or accuracy of the concept "we were something before we were this",I'm just looking at the similarity in final conclusion; "we haven't changed in kind".
How do you see this ?
Re: on phylogeny / what are we ?
I am not really sure what it is that you are trying to convey. Are you worried about the incorrect usage of terminology?
Any examples that we can have a look at?
Re: on phylogeny / what are we ?
Thank you for your response, mishrashubham .
I recognize that there is a problem with terms such as "fish", or "monkey". That aside ( because in life we very often do refer to "fish" and "monkey". http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazo ... gii_1.html ), his point is that we are indeed . Great Ape, Ape, and ...Monkey.
Taking this all the way back, we are indeed , FISH. And so on. ( Neil Shubin comes to mind ).
Anyhow, there is criticism that Creationists will not specify what they mean by "kind".
I wonder if the same criticism cannot be applied to thought that we still are the same "kind". Monkey, Fish and on. That the word "kind" is necessary for AronRa's progression...our "kind" never ever changes. We never stop being it.
Thoughts ?
Re: on phylogeny / what are we ?
So, I'm not concerned with exploring every shade of explanations offered by Creationists, just the terminology and the concept.
What I wonder, is if perhaps AronRa has unintentionally exposed a seeming convergence of terms and concepts.
All groupings are essentially artificial, whether the ancient "kinds," largely based on analogous features, to the more modern groupings. The only real point is that humans are compulsive categorizers, and the world only sort of cooperates.
Are you the kind of person who pays attention to lines in the sand? Do you like to split atoms? Do you want to travel in time? As you think we are, "indeed, FISH", I am wondering what would you like to be? preferably in this life time. And before you say "PIG" or "CAMEL" or whatever it is that is on your mind, perhaps I should explain that I need the information as I don't want to confuse you any more than you already appear to me to be.
I hope my English makes sense to you.
Your English is garbled badly, and the thoughts are obviously nonsensical.
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So do you guys think that nothing can be said about ancestors, for that reason ? And if so, then it's not correct to be telling us the things the scientists tell us ( e.g. about Tiktaalik and "possible missing links" etc.) ? "Transitional forms" ... all bunk ?
Re: on phylogeny / what are we ?
If "they" do tell us about ancestors and transitional forms, then what about our ancestor ?
What I meant was that it's difficult to tell where one species starts and another ends because every population is constantly evolving. So what's a species and what's not is very difficult to judge, and for that reason, artificial.
Also so many evolutionary relationships are incomplete at this point and new evidence is constantly being uncovered. So yes, it may be that many such groupings may be based on character states for analogous rather than homologous structures.
Re: on phylogeny / what are we ?
Understood that there are many definitions of "species", and that there is arbitrariness involved - can anything be said WRT the what kind of animal our ancestor ( the most recent primate ancestor of all apes ), was ?
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Brett Harms returns to state cross country podium
WISCONSIN RAPIDS—Brett Harms took one last look around the finish line area at the Ridges Golf Course early Saturday afternoon and broke into a huge grin.
The Whitewater senior distance runner had just completed his fourth and final individual appearance at the WIAA Division 2 boys state cross country meet, and while it didn't meet all of his expectations, he had no regrets.
"I would have liked to have finished a little higher up," said Harms, who duplicated his fifth-place finish of a year ago, covering the 5,000-meter course in 16 minutes, 14.27 seconds. "But just getting to the podium again is something I couldn't have dreamed I'd do."
Last season, Harms became the Whippets' first medalist since Ben Maas won the Division 2 individual title in 1995.
A three-time sectional champion, Harms hoped to contend for the individual title his senior year.
But Monroe senior Ethan Moehn pulled away from the field to cruise to his first individual state championship in 15:58.93. Shorewood's Charlie Stahl was a distant second in 16:07.87. Monroe senior Jake Hirsbrunner was fourth (16:11.50).
"I can't complain. Just getting back here is a task itself. Being on the podium again is wonderful," said Harms, who ran a 16:05.32 as a junior.
"The course was a little muddy in parts. The footing might have been a little off, but overall it was really firm. I like a fast course, and it was really nice."
Harms said he will always remember the finish line at the Ridges and crossing it four times during his illustrious career.
"This year the end came a lot sooner," he said of the race. "I knew where it was but it seemed like it went by a lot faster like the past four years.
In the Division 2 girls race, Whitewater sophomore Sarah Ziolkowski was 22nd in 15:43.55, Clinton junior Julia Kaster finished 23rd in 15:43.95 and Evansville junior Brielle Greenleaf was 76th in 16:27.29.
Competing as an individual in the Division 1 boys race, Janesville Parker junior Keegan McCluskey finished 18th overall in 16:22.98.
Janesville Craig senior Evan Lalor was 77th overall in 17:01.08, while Cougar freshman Nate Farrell was 106th in 17:91.31.
In the girls Division 1 race, Milton sophomore Brynn Lunaas finished 135th in 16:20.00.
In the boys Division 2 race, Brodhead/Juda senior Dylan Johnson placed 22nd in 16:54.49. Walworth Big Foot junior Fletcher Strahan was 26th in 16:56.74.
Next up for Harms is the Whippets' pending basketball season.
"I'm from a basketball family. Up until eighth grade, I thought I was going to be a basketball player," he said. "Then I found running and now it is my favorite thing to do."
Harms said he is also pursuing his options to run in college, preferring to stay in the Midwest. He is considering majoring in business.
He also still has his senior track season on the horizon—where he missed out on a sixth-place finish at state and a spot on the podium in the 3,200 by less than a second.
However, Harms was pleased to finish his prep cross country career on center stage.
"I can't think of anything better to finish my high school career," he said.


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Another Ribbon Fix Attempt - please talk me down...
Please indulge me for a minute whilst I try and explain my thoughts and ideas -
I have a set of Carver originals with the Plat 60" ribbon upgrade.
I bought them in January, one side buzzed, and now, in the warmer weather of Summer, both sides buzz like a kazoo.
I've investigated as many options as I can think of to overcome these problems, including of course the hair dryer technique and tensioning bolts around the area of buzz.
I've had ads running on Craigslist, Agon, Circle and Asylum, and of course this site too, but it hasn't resulted in a replacement/fix.
I purchased a used unit on eBay for over $500 and it arrived in pieces - dislodged magnets and a torn ribbon. That experience has put me off anything which involves shipping, including the option of having the ribbons professionally rebuilt by the operator of this website. I've tried to justify driving these to Florida myself and waiting for the rebuild, then driving them back. Or, shipping them down, and driving down a week later to pick them up. But it's a haul from Green Bay WI and I can't fit it into my schedule (nor justify the costs)
So I'm looking at the ribbons with a hammer in one hand and a screwdriver in the other, intent on mischief. (there's little to lose at this point).
So, what I'm thinking of, and what I'd appreciate some guidance with, is coming up with a way to add tension to the ribbon, in the way in which you might tension a guitar string. Obviously not via a rotational tension but via some lateral tension.
I haven't opened them up, nor have I removed them at this point from the speaker, so I'm basically reconnoitering a potential fix and looking for advice.
I see that protruding from the ends of the ribbon enclosure are what looks like a PCB, with 3 nuts/bolts fastening it to the ribbon assembly. I'm assuming that the ribbon foil is attached in some way to that PCB.
What I'm considering is this -
Remove the units from the frames and set them on the bench.
Loosen off all the screws which hold the magnets in place, not so they're completely loose, but essentially un-tensioned.
Loosen off the 3 bolts on the ends of each PCB.
Try to prize the PCB away from the ribbon enclosure, gently, ensuring it isn't broken. There looks to be some kind of adhesive in use, so I guess I'm just trying to break the bond of that adhesive so the PCB's are somewhat free to move. Since the magnet bolts won't be completely loosened, there won't be much 'lift' between the PCB and the ribbon assembly frame in which to free the bond. So maybe I can insert something like a spark-plug feeler gauge between the PCB and the frame, to try and break the adhesive bond???
Then, clamp the ribbon assembly firmly to the bench.
Then, attach small clamps to the protruding part of the circuit boards, being careful not to crack the boards by loading them vertically. I'd need to make some kind of jig or support for the clamps.
Then, basically tension the clamps outwards from the ends of the ribbon assembly so they're pulling on the ribbon, like a guitar string. Of course, I wouldn't apply much tension, just enough to perhaps result in a 0.5mm of movement, or less.
Then, with the clamps still under tension, re-tighten the bolts holding the PCB and retighten all the magnet bolts.
My theory is that that would then clamp the retensioned ribbon firmly in situ.
So I guess what I need is for someone whose actually opened one of these things up to point out the folly in my assessment.
is it feasible, if conducted under a very careful and controlled environment, or is there something physically preventing this method from working?
My main concern is that the PCB is bonded to the assembly and that it won't move sufficiently to tension the ribbon.
Though I'm assuming that when these units are assembled from new, there was some tension applied via a similar process, albeit without the magnets in place, perhaps.
Any thoughts, suggestions would be appreciated. Again, at this juncture there isn't a whole lot to lose other than my time. And I'd prefer not to waste that if people think this is destined to fail.
If that's the case, can anyone make any other suggestions which haven't been explored around here?
One last point -
The left side ribbon worked flawlessly when I bought this during the Winter. Now, in the warmer, humid weather, it actually buzzes worse than the other side.
My concern and question is - do newly rebuilt ribbons work without ANY buzz, or is there a tendency for some to buzz even after a rebuild. In other words, is this buzz issue inherent in the design?
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Janesville girl mauled by family bulldog
JANESVILLE—A 10-year-old Janesville girl was severely injured Saturday night after being mauled by her family's American bulldog that weighed 90 pounds.
She suffered a large gash by her shoulder, under her arm and lost of piece of one of her ears, said Lt. Terry Sheridan of the Janesville Police Department.
The girl's mother and aunt, who tried to intervene during the 7 p.m. Saturday attack at their home in the 500 block of S. Jackson St., also were hurt but only suffered minor injuries, he said.
The girl initially was taken to Mercy Hospital and Trauma Center, Janesville, but later transferred to a different medical facility and presumably for more specialized care, Sheridan said.
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Bill would tighten regulation of cash-for-gold businesses
MADISON—Sen. Tim Cullen and Rep. Debra Kolste began circulating legislation Monday that would create new consumer protections for victims of gold and jewelry theft.
The bill creates a reporting requirement and extends the holding period requirement for cash-for-gold businesses in Wisconsin.
The rising price of gold in the past few years, paired with a national economic downturn, has led to an explosion in gold sales.
Cullen, D-Janesville, and Kolste, D-Janesville, said it has also led to an increase in the sale of stolen gold jewelry to cash-for-gold stores. Cash-for-gold businesses can buy gold jewelry and quickly sell it to refineries, which then melt the jewelry down. The quick turnaround makes it almost impossible for victims of theft to recover their items before they are melted.
Current law requires cash-for-gold stores to hold purchased items for a short time. If stores agree to participate in a sales reporting system, they must hold purchased items for only seven days. If they refuse to report purchased items, they must hold the items for 21 days.
Cullen and Kolste determined new regulations were needed after meeting with Shaughn and Katherine Bolton of Janesville.
The Boltons had hired a woman to clean their house, and on three different occasions, the woman stole their jewelry and sold it to a local cash-for-gold dealer, as reported earlier by The Gazette.
By the time the Boltons noticed the jewelry was missing, the cash-for-gold store had sent the items to be melted down. The thief was charged, but the Boltons lost their jewelry. The items, worth nearly $17,000, were sold for less than $500. The seller's willingness to sell the gold so cheaply apparently raised no red flags with the cash-for-gold store.
Under the bill, secondhand gold dealers would be required to generate a report of each item purchased, which must include pictures of the items. Dealers would have to hold purchased items for 28 days following the generation of a report.
Cullen and Kolste said establishing a reporting requirement and creating a longer holding period would allow law enforcement officials a greater ability to discover stolen items. This will lead to more victims recovering their stolen items before it is too late.
The two legislators sought the advice of several law enforcement officials and retail jewelry dealers during the bill drafting process.


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After a wild and unpredictable year, it all comes down to this. Here are the top storylines as we look ahead to the final weekend of the college football regular season.
Rivalry week lived up to its name as several big games came down to the wire and knocked some powerhouses out of playoff contention.
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It should be a relatively quiet week in college football, but this season has taught us to expect the unexpected.
The Seminoles dodged another bullet, Alabama showed it's still the team to beat in the SEC and Melvin Gordon ran into the record books. Here are the highlights from this week in college football.
This weekend, we finally get the biggest game of the year in the SEC, and, thus, the nation. Here's a look at that and some other big story lines in college football this week:
More title contenders fell out of contention as six big games between ranked teams took their toll on the playoff possibilities.
Week 11 might not be an "official" playoff week, but with six matchups between ranked teams, it might as well be.
One contender may have played its way into the playoff while another got knocked out. Here are the highlights from Week 10.
With this week's release of the College Football Playoff selection committee's rankings, every game suddenly takes on new importance. Here are some of the big questions going into this week:
Top teams face tough road tests, and Tennessee fans gear up for the return of Lane Kiffin. Those are just some of the top stories in what should be another fun week of college football.
The SEC West still rules the roost and officials may determine the playoff teams. Just a few of the things we learned this week in college football.
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The 10th annual Spring Boat Bash will be held rain or shine April 26-27 at the lakefront at Gage Marine, 1 Liechty Drive in Williams Bay. Show hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. Planned activities include lake tours aboard the historic Polaris, pictured at left, for $10 for an adult or $5 for children with all proceeds being donated to the Geneva Lake Conservancy.
On display will be the 2014 models of Mastercraft, Centurion, Boston Whaler, Monterey, Bennington and Gage Hackers along with preowned models. Boat demos will be offered to give you a true on the water experience. The sales team will be available throughout the show to answer questions and arrange for the demo rides.
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Whitewater Makerspace provides advanced technology to members
WHITEWATER--For the recently opened Whitewater Makerspace, the expression "two heads are better than one" is more than an idea. It's a philosophy.
Makerspace is a nonprofit organization that allows community members to use� technology they may not otherwise be able to access, including 3D printers, looms, sewing machines, pottery kilns, greenhouses and more.
Brienne Diebolt-Brown, executive director for Whitewater Makerspace, said the goal is for people from different skill sets and backgrounds to come together and share their knowledge and ideas. She said the organization is trying to get people out of the Industrial Revolution model of learning, where people become experts at one skill but never learn other disciplines.
"When you start getting different people together, really cool ideas come up, and the result is really cool projects," Diebolt-Brown said. "So that's the idea -- to get that cross-pollination of different disciplines."
Whitewater Makerspace had its soft opening� Oct. 1, and President David Buggs said the program plans to have all technology and equipment up and running by the end of the year.
Community members can join Whitewater Makerspace for $40 a month or $70 for a family package. Students are able to join for $20 a month.
Makerspace started in Germany in the 1990s and has since moved all over the U.S., including a Milwaukee location. Makerspace is for people of all ages, backgrounds and skill sets: from people who tinker with devices but might not have the resources to take their ideas further, to experts in physics or engineering who want to share their knowledge, to people who just want to learn new skills.
After a person is approved on equipment, the monthly membership gives access to everything in the building.
"This is a place where we can hopefully get people to come together and share the little tricks of the trade, and maybe it will inspire someone to think of a method or object that nobody has thought of," Buggs said.
Makerspace also plans to offer seminars, tutorials and lectures free to members and for a fee to non-members. Topics will include how to refurbish a laptop, fix household items and use a 3D printer with recycled plastic.
Whitewater Makerspace will regularly have experts in different industries around to help members execute their ideas.
"You don't have to know a darn thing about engineering. You don't have to know anything necessarily. What you need to know is that you think something needs to be done or changed, and you know there's a place to go to help you," Diebolt-Brown said.
Bill Dougan, professor of management at UW-Whitewater, said Whitewater is an ideal location for a new Makerspace because of the university.
"Universities have individuals who are very good at exploring new ideas and are very good at teaching themselves new ensembles and skills to create solutions to problems that can help the world," Dougan said. "Likewise, there are folks at the university who don't always have direct and specific practical knowledge in terms of creating particular devices, and so there may be people in the community to help people at the university."
Megan Matthews is a professor in both the College of Arts & Communication and College of Business & Economics. She said Makerspace will be a place for creative minds to meet with business people and collaborate in ways they may never have envisioned.


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Up in Smoke
"We are pleased that the arbitration panel found that six jurisdictions failed to meet their diligent enforcement obligations."
- Martin L. Holton III, executive vice president and general counsel for R.J. Reynolds
The state of New York may have won its battle against Big Tobacco, but several other states were not so lucky. An arbitration panel found that six of 15 states failed to uphold obligations related to the protection of market share, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report. R.J. Reynolds says the six states cited are Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico and Pennsylvania.
R.J. Reynolds says it won $266 million in future payment reductions as a result of the settlement, while Philip Morris says it won a credit of about $145 million. According to Altaria Group GC Denise Keane, the decision "sends a strong message about the importance of diligently enforcing the laws that apply to non-participating manufacturers."
Bye Bye Birdie
"As for me, it has been my privilege to work and fight on behalf of great companies and their users over the last decade. A privilege and a lot of work. So, I'm looking forward to engaging my various internet passions from new and different perspectives, seeing friends and family without distraction, and just goofing off a bit."
- Alex Macgillivray, general counsel for Twitter
Maybe it's just me, but I'm slightly disappointed that Alex Macgillivray's departure blog post upon Twitter was announced in more than 140 characters. As InsideCounsel noted on Sept. 11, Macgillivray is leaving Twitter to pursue other opportunities, and in his place, the company is promoting Vijaya Gadde to its general counsel position.
Gadde, who joined Twitter as legal director in 2011, will likely have a hectic first couple of months on the job. The company announced on Sept. 12 that it will undergo its initial public offering (IPO) at some point in 2014. Twitter boasts over 200 million active users, and its estimated value sits over $10 billion.
Spy Games
"The actions and statements of the US government have not adequately addressed the concerns of people around the world about whether their information is safe and secure with internet companies."
- Colin Stretch, general counsel for Facebook
The fight over the NSA's spy tactics isn't going away any time soon, and the Internet's biggest companies are speaking out. Yahoo! boss Marissa Mayer says that she feared prison time if she didn't comply with the NSA. While speaking at a TechCrunch conference, Mayer said, "Releasing classified information is treason, and you are incarcerated. In terms of protecting our users, it makes more sense to work within the system."
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg agreed that the NSA used fear tactics, but he adopted a more critical tone of the government. "I think they did a bad job balancing those things here," Zuckerberg said at TechCrunch. "Frankly, I think the government blew it." Facebook and Google have petitioned the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for the ability to release more information about the requests they receive from government security agencies.
Bitcoin Blues
"In a decentralized system, people overestimate their ability to make themselves private. I don't think that many in the sophisticated criminal set would appreciate a permanent paper trail of every transaction that they have ever conducted."
- Patrick Murck, general counsel of the Bitcoin Foundation
Bitcoin became the Internet trend du jour earlier this year as a way to exchange goods and services online. At one point, the (unregulated) price for Bitcoin skyrocketed above $100 per unit. But when New York's Department of Financial Services (DFS) subpoenaed Bitcoin earlier this year, the good feelings came to a screeching halt.
The DFS is worried that Bitcoin will become an attractive way to engage in illegal activity, such as buying and selling narcotics, thanks to its unregulated nature. "If virtual currencies remain a virtual Wild West for narco-traffickers and other criminals, that would not only threaten our country's national security, but also the very existence of the virtual currency industry as a legitimate business enterprise," said DFS Superintendent Benjamin Lawsky in a statement.
A Real Pay-Per-View Fight
"So in many ways, Dish, DirecTV and Time Warner are the only folks who are able to negotiate effectively with the broadcasters, and thank goodness we're out there fighting for consumers and lower prices. We, of course, take the view that 100 percent of the blackouts are caused by four companies — ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox and their affiliates."
- R. Stanton Dodge, executive vice president and general counsel of Dish Network
Whether it's Al Jazeera fighting with AT&T or CBS fighting with Time Warner Cable, TV networks and cable service providers have not been getting along particularly well in 2013. Recently, lawmakers have been getting involved in the dispute, with Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) saying during a congressional hearing, "Our constituents aren't shy about telling us to do something about problems in the marketplace that deprive them of their favorite shows."
But the stalemate drags on, with each side blaming the other. Gerard Waldron, a communications attorney testifying on behalf of the National Association of Broadcasters, said in reference to Dish, DirecTV and Time Warner, "We see this frankly as a manufactured crisis. They are deliberately going and playing a game, and frankly in order to get this committee to pay attention to these issues. We actually think in the vast majority of cases, the system is working."
Phoning It In
"Phones are the most personal of the personal devices people use today and success in phones is important for success in tablets and PCs. We need to move faster."
- Brad Smith, general counsel for Microsoft
Microsoft has never been a household name in the smartphone market, despite great efforts advancing its Windows platform on mobile phones within the past two years. Seeing an opportunity, Microsoft acquired smartphone maker Nokia in early September in an attempt to compete with Apple and Samsung. Nokia and Microsoft have worked as a partnership the past two years, with Nokia Lumia phones running Microsoft's Windows operating software.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says that Nokia brings "proven capability and talent in critical areas such as hardware design and engineering, supply chain and manufacturing management, and hardware sales, marketing and distribution." However, Microsoft currently holds just 3.5 percent of the smartphone market, and some analysts question whether the increased synergy created by bringing Nokia in-house will truly bolster the company's market share.


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Chromosomes And Heredity
Genetics as it applies to evolution, molecular biology, and medical aspects.
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Chromosomes And Heredity
Here is a question:
All hereditary characters in a cell are passed on from parent-cell to daughter-cell through the process of A. mitosis B. meiosis C. fertilization D. implantation E. gestation
The meiosis, implantation and gestation cannot describe the process. The answer lie between mitosis and fertilization.
Fertilization occurs internally when the sperms meet the ovum as it passes dowm the oviduct and they fuse together. The nucleus of the sperm and the egg must be fused before the genetic materials of the both parents can be effectively transfered to the developing zygote becuase is only the the nucleus that contains all the hereditary materials. With this in mind one could easily conclude that fertilization is the best answer to the question.
If we look at mitosis in the other hand, it is known and accepted widely that mitosis is a type of cell division that result to two daugther cells each the same as the parents nuclues. http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/michael.gregory/files/bio%20101/bio%20101%20laboratory/mitosis/mitosis.htm. That type of cell division can occure in the somatic cells unlike the meosis that occurs in the gonads.
The haploid number of chromosom in man is 23 and the diploid number is 46. Is when the 23 chromosom in the sperm joins with the 23 in the ovum that we can have the haploid 46 and that can only happen through fertilization.
But according to "Introduction to Biology WEST AFRICAN EDITION", a biology text book written by D G Mackean with topic on 'CHROMOSOMES AND HEREDITY', I quote from one of the pages:
The cytoplasm of the sperm fuses with of that of the ovum and the male nucleus passes into the ovum, coming to lie alongside the egg nucleus: the zygote is formed, but in many cases there is no fusion of nuclear material at this stage. Each nucleus simultaneously undergoes a mitosis with the axes of the spindle paralle to each other, but at the telophase stage the adjacent chromatides, originally from different parents become enclosed in the same nuclear membrane, thus restoring the diploid number of chromomes. With these texts, I suggest that mitosis describe the process much better than fertilization. Therefore the answer is A and not C as some may think.
To you viewing this thread, what is your own point of view concerning the question?
Re: Chromosomes And Heredity
I would agree that the answer is A-Mitosis. Basically, mitosis is a process where the cell genetic content (2N or diploid) is duplicated. Watson and Crick described the process as semi-conservative. New copies of each chromosome actually contain one strand from the original cell and one new strand, its compliment. The cell now has a 4N number of chromosomes. One complete set of chromosomes separate where re-formation of the membrane separates the cell into two new daughter cells. Each daughter cell contains the same genetic content as the parent cell.
Fertilization is different. It is the process where meiosis has formed cells with half the number of chromosomes (1N or haploid). Sperm and Ova unite to form a cell re-establishing the diploid state. However, this cell is not identical to the parental cell. It is the hybrid of two parent cells, one paternal and one maternal.
That means that after fertilization have occured, the sperm and egg nucleus will not fuse together yet. At least they will have to undergo mitosis before the both nucleus can be fused, thereby passing all their genetic material to the daughter cell (zygote).
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Death notices for Jan. 20, 2014
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Monday, January 20, 2014
Gerald Hensgen, 77, Milton, died Sunday at home. Arrangements are pending at Albrecht Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, Milton.
Winifred Ticknor, 97, died at Milton Senior Living, Milton on Sunday. Private services will be held. Schneider Apfel Schneider & Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, Janesville, is assisting the family.
Rosemary P. Zentner, 80, Janesville, died Friday at Azura Memory Care, Beloit. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Janesville. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Schneider Apfel Schneider & Schneider Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Janesville, is assisting the family.