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Introducing Julia: Cheesemonger, Teacher and Buyer of Chocolate, Tea, Jam, Honey and Spices!
Julia is affectionately known in the shop as "Little Red" because of her lovely red hair. She has worked at Formaggio Kitchen Cambridge for 5 years and wears many hats – from cheesemonger, to classroom instructor, to buyer of chocolate, jam, honey, spices and tea.
Julia's interest in food began early, as a young girl growing up on a small farm in eastern Oregon. It was on the farm that she learned about food in its most basic forms – between picking blackberries and making jam with her mom and sister, fishing for trout in the backyard, caring for their 30 bantam hens, or tending her own small vegetable garden next to her mother's much larger one. In the evenings, her parents would cook everything from braised elk, to grilled whole salmon, to freshly baked bread.
When Julia moved to Boston to attend Tufts University, she missed the home-grown meals to which she was accustomed. In response, she sought out the foods that she knew and loved by going to farmers markets, joining community gardens, and discovering Formaggio Kitchen. Julia began working at the shop shortly after graduating from Tufts. She tells us that as one of the shop's head buyers, she still relies on the principles she learned on her family's farm: "when you know where your food comes from and who made it, it always seems to taste that much better!"
We sat down to chat with Julia about how she integrates her love of food into the holiday season. Here is what she told us:
Julia, what are your special holiday traditions?
I have two holiday traditions, depending on where I am in the country. When I'm on the east coast, I celebrate Hanukkah with my husband, Aaron, and his parents. We always travel to New York and go to our favorite Chinese tea house for brunch on Christmas day. Then, we spend the day walking around New York City!
When I'm in Oregon, I spend Christmas at my dad's house. He always wakes us up earlier than we'd like with unique music choices (think yodeling). When we all make our way downstairs, we gather around the fireplace and exchange gifts. After the gifts, the highlight of the day is my dad's huge brunch. We gorge ourselves and chat for hours. After we finally leave the table I head to my favorite chair and end up falling asleep as my step-brothers play music by the fire. A great tradition!
What kind of food-related gifts have you given in the past?
I love buying my dad gifts from the shop because he is the reason I became so interested in food. I usually buy him themed gifts such as canned fish, spices and chocolate. For his seafood gift, I got him a sampler of our entire selection. He loved it! His favorites were the Cole's Sardines and the Ortiz Ventresca Tuna in olive oil. It took him a while to brave the octopus (which I found funny since he LOVES canned smoked oysters) but he finally tried it on a salad.
In his spice sampler, I got him a selection of our Turkish spices including Maraş, Urfa and Iranian Saffron. I also got him some Piment d'Espelette which became such a big hit at his office that his co-workers all placed orders with me to bring the next time I visited!
Lastly, in his chocolate sampler, I gave him a selection of American-style chocolate. He loves having a piece of dark chocolate after dinner, but found it really difficult to buy good chocolate in our hometown. I included a selection from Mast Brothers, Rogue Chocolatier and Taza Chocolate. He adored the Rogue Chocolate, but his favorite was the Taza 80%! He loved it so much that we arranged for the town's local gourmet shop to start carrying Taza chocolate so that he could buy a bar each week!
My sister can't eat gluten so I really enjoy finding her unique products to try that are gluten-free. She loves the products from Mulino Marino, our favorite stone-ground, organic Italian grain producer. Her favorites are the fine cornmeal (she cooked it up with my all-time favorite polenta recipe and it was a HUGE hit!), the chickpea flour (I taught her how to make panisses, a crispy French treat that tastes like a delicate French fry) and the chestnut flour which she used when making winter soups (in place of flour in a traditional roux) and in baked goods (Italian chestnut cakes). She has also really enjoyed the selection of vinegars that I have gotten her which include La Guinelle Tchin Tchin (this is her all-time favorite vinegar) and the fig vinegar from Mas de Bories. She is so much fun to shop for because she always demands a cooking lesson with each gift!
My brother used to cook a lot when he was younger, but as a budding young lawyer he doesn't seem to have much time anymore. I don't get him too many food items unless he can enjoy them immediately, but I did get him the Rancho Gordo chile powder one holiday season and he went crazy for it. After the holidays, his wife called me to thank me because she said it was the first time that he had cooked in months! He blew through the jar and now I bring him a new one every time I visit. If it keeps him cooking, I'll keep giving it!
My mom is the reason why I love tea. Growing up, we always used to poke fun at her because of the crazy amount of tea she'd drink. Now at Formaggio Kitchen, I'm the one who gets poked fun at for the copious amounts of tea I drink! Each time I come home to visit I bring my mom two selections from Dammann Frères. One selection is always classic like Strong Breakfast, Mélange Anglais or Earl Grey. The second selection is always something a little more unique and rare. Some of her favorites are the Yunnan Celeste TGFOP, the Ceylon OP Pettigalia, the Everglad, the Great Earl Grey and the Fancy Oolong. I think that she likes the classic tea the best, but she really enjoys trying all of the unique teas that I bring her.
Like my mom, my husband Aaron is also a big tea drinker. Unlike my mom, however, I might have to classify Aaron as a tea snob. He naturally seems to have expensive taste (I started cutting off the price tags and he would STILL pick out the most expensive tea!). The teas that he cannot live without are the Kenyan loose leaf and the Dammann Frères Pu-Erh Imperial (2001), Oolong Jin Xuan and Jasmin Pearl.
Are you planning to give any foodie gifts this year?
This year, I have a lot of fun gifts planned. I plan to restock my mom's spice shelves by freshening up all of her basics like paprika, peppercorns, salts, bay leaves and more!
I plan to treat my sister to a grand spice selection (my favorite 24 spices along with a custom spice rack that I made) as a housewarming gift. A new house needs new kitchen basics and I'm excited to fill her new pantry with the best items that we have.
My brother will get another round of Rancho Gordo chile powder as well as a fun selection of coffee from George Howell, Counter Culture Coffee and Barrington Roasters which he will need, seeing as he just became a new dad!
For my dad, I think that I will be getting him a selection of my favorite items I buy for the store. I'll bring him unique things like sumac molasses, Lo Brusc Forêt des Maures honey, Potomac 82% dark chocolate, Ritual Chocolate Costa Rica, Rancho Gordo Alubia Blanca beans, olive oil from Jean-Marie Cornille, Agro di Mosto from San Giacomo and a rare Mulberry preserve from Fabrizia Lanza in Sicily!
And for Aaron? I will be getting him 2-3 bottles of Gemma's favorite big winter wines such as Pacina Chianti Classico, Erbaluna Barolo and Chateau le Puy Bordeaux. If he is lucky, maybe I'll get him the Guillot Bourgogne Rouge Magnum!
This is the first blog post in a four-part series, featuring long-time Formaggio Kitchen staff members. Stay tuned for parts two, three and four!


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Artwork by Delavan-Darien graduate hits the big time, causes controversy
As an artist, you might know you've arrived in the national consciousness when your work appears on The Weather Channel.
But even 1989 Delavan-Darien High School graduate and artist Tony Matelli is a bit surprised at the controversy his "Sleepwalker" statue has generated.
The work is a hyper-realistic sculpture of a mostly naked man clad in underwear. The man's eyes are closed and arms outstretched as he appears to shuffle in the snow on the Wellesley College campus in Massachusetts. The bronze statue is part of Matelli's larger exhibit inside.
Some of the women at the all-female college asked that the sculpture be removed because it made them uncomfortable and worry about sexual assault.
"Sculpture in snow freaks people out!" The Weather Channel's online headline read.
Matelli said he's surprised by the reaction and hopes the art doesn't get lost in the distraction.
"That got blown out of proportion so quickly," he said.
He's just glad people are noticing and talking about art, Matelli said in a telephone interview as he rode a train to Boston for a lecture he was giving about his art show.
Matelli's high school art, photography and video teacher, Tony Vidas, discovered Tuesday his former student was behind "Sleepwalker."
"So, that's his," Vidas said, noting he had seen the image on The Weather Channel. "Good for him. What's the controversy?"
Matelli, 42, graduated from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and then from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. He still shows artwork at the Green Gallery in Milwaukee. His mom, Gloria, and his sister still live in Delavan.
Matelli lives in New York City and supports himself with his art. Much of his work is realistic sculptures in a variety of mediums. But rather than a sculptor, he prefers to simply be called an artist.
His subjects range from a piece of rope to monkeys violently attacking each other to a dandelion so realistic it appears as if its seeds might suddenly blow away. The projects are so involved he hires a team of workers to help
Matelli said his inspiration comes mostly from his daily life.
"Sleepwalker," for example, was born of his sometimes frustration with everyday life, he said.
Matelli and the Wellesley curator placed two of his sculptures, "Sleepwalker" and a dog, outside the exhibit hall. "Sleepwalker" is visible from one of the floors in his exhibit.
"It's a great way to break the inside/outdoor barrier," Matelli said. "It's nice when artwork seems to have escaped the museum."
Another sculpture made of silicone, "Josh," hovers just above the floor.
"I just wanted to make a sculpture about a person who has no gravity, no weight, so he has kind of become untethered to the world. He's in a different environment on a different planet."
Matelli said he uses chimps to talk about human issues without representing actual people.
Vidas said he wasn't surprised to learn his former student had become a well-known artist, recalling the young man had high energy, creativity, drive and an understanding that it takes hard work to be successful in art.
Vidas, who retired in 2007, chuckled and said he also wasn't surprised Matelli's work is the subject of some controversy. Vidas recalled how Matelli modeled for a friend's photo series titled "A day in the life of a boy and his guitar." One of the photos showed Matelli's naked backside as he got in the shower with a guitar.
Vidas was asked to take the photos down, but a compromise was reached when the photo was edited with a piece of black construction paper. The artist included a statement on the censorship.
Vidas thought it was a great learning experience that including dealing with the politics of art.
Vidas recalled Matelli painting mostly colorful abstracts in high school.
"Boy, these are really good," Vidas said, viewing images of Matelli's work online. "This is just really interesting stuff. He's gotta be influenced by Duane Hanson," Vidas said
Hanson's lifelike janitor statue is displayed at the Milwaukee Art Institute.
"He's really doing all right," Vidas said about Matelli.
"One of the unsung benefits of teaching, especially in creative fields like art, is when your ex-students have success. That means you have success.
"He probably doesn't even remember his old art teacher," Vidas said.
Not so, Matelli said.
"He was a big influence on me," Matelli said of Vidas.
"He was an art lover, you could tell. He had a great way of teaching art."

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Dog Trainer comes up with Anti-evolution idiocy
Discussion of everything related to the Theory of Evolution.
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Re: Dog Trainer comes up with Anti-evolution idiocy
To suggest you don't press anti-evolutionary views is not believable on when you clearly state that fact
It's obvious you are reading up on evolution from creo websites, I doubt you could get this misinformed from reading legitimate sources.
And in the face of "Nature Conforms to the Power of Desire" and "The Evolvability of Dogs." What you believe in is not evolution by any stretch of a rational imagination.
In the former you write,
What you describe is not evolution, it's magic.
And carry the anti-evolution quackey on the latter with "In my model, emotion is the operating system of consciousness and it precedes biological forms."
Absolute nonsense! It goes beyond denying evolution, it is an affront to physics ("Flip polarities"???), psychology and naturalism as a whole.
BTW, both essays are worthy of a Word Salad award.
"It's vital to my argument to note that the information that's needed for capturing and harnessing the energy released by change must precede the system undergoing change otherwise that energy of change is toxic to the system."
And to top it off, this perversion of the 2LT is beyond belief "The network expands, or evolves, by capturing the energy of change, which normally degrades the ordered state of systems, what's known as entropy or 'heat loss,' and then is able to turn this change into information so that the degradation of a system not only contains the seed of its own renewal but at a higher level of elaboration with more energy now available to it."
Maybe, this also belongs on the Astronomy section because I'm sure they have something to say about this bit of silliness.
Okay promethean,
first let's say that I can only agree with your first view that nothing of this is evolutionist at all. Yet this is not creationist either. A sorry mumbo-jumbo, sure. Lack of understanding of any known physics of biology, certainly when I see the quotes. But could you limit the confrontation and the insults to a minimum? Attack the arguments, not the man. I know, you do mostly that, but tone down, please, at least the guy is honest and try to argue his position and answers to our points. However we might disagree with his views, this is so much better than the average nutjob that can troll this forum (past or present), that it deserves to be respected.
Now Kevin back to you:
Once again you misunderstand the important fact: if the ability to look up 1/8th of a mm up has no advantage, it will not be selected for, and the opportunity to look even more upwards will not increase gradually. And maybe your major predator is in fact not that relevant in terms of deer populations to actually have created the massive selective pressure that might have selected for the upward look.
As for the rest and the quotes by promethean, would you care to provide us any insight in the field of emotion science and its links with evolution? You know like experimental results, peer-reviewed papers and the like. Something that would prove that the energy you are so infatuated with has any relevance in this discussion?
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without
any proof. (Ashley Montague)
I thought this thread had run it's course so apologize for not responding in timely manner.
It's hard to imagine that being on the lookout for predators isn't of some adaptive value, especially since increasing chances of survival is held to be the lynch pin of all evolution. Chickens look up for danger (hawks), big horn sheep don't let wolves get above them, so it seems like circular logic to presume that if something evolves it's due to survival adaptive value, but then if it doesn't evolve then it doesn't add to survival chances. I believe this error happens because the issue of how animals do what they do, is conflated with why animals do what they do. So I'm not particularly concerned with the why but rather the how.
At any rate my theory doesn't hinge on this question of deer-looking-up, although I believe this is a revealing oddity if you will. From my study of dogs in particular and animal behavior in general, I believe there is a universal protocol to all animal behavior, a template into which it must fit, and that this services a network wide agenda, and which then leads me to believe that a gene is not an indivisible unit of information. So I'm saying that nature evolves as a whole in terms of this underlying fundamental common denominator, rather than in terms of one individual and/or species in competition with another.
I'm not infatuated with the notion of energy, it's simply the most conservative and logical interpretation of the evidence and ends up squaring nicely with epigenetics, emergence theory, embodied cognition, swarm intelligence and with the general direction the behavioral sciences seem to be going. In the seventies I recognized that there was no such thing as dominance, I published this thesis in 1992 when Dr. David Mech was saying the exact opposite, and now mainstream biology is catching up, albeit absent a model with which to replace the dominance hierarchy. So you could take the peer reviewed work of Dr. David Mech as verification of a premise that I was the first to propose.
Again, I don't mean energy as in something magical, but rather the basic energies that the brain and body produce, and which I believe are the bedrock of consciousness rather than genes and human reason, such as for example, genes replicating for the reason of replication. Anyone can see this protocol for themselves and judge its merit accordingly, all they must first due is to strip all notion of reason and time from what they are observing and then the logic becomes apparent.
When looking for David Mech on Pubmed, I can hardly see anything that would confirm (or deny) anything that you say. This guy seem to be interested in Wolf ecology, but I fail to see the relevance to your grand claim about evolution driven by a force beyond the individual selection.
And once again I will repeat for your deer example: any changes in an individual will propagate in the population only if it provides a strong enough advantage over the competitors in the population.
So if either the physiological change necessary to allow the deer to look up is costly (head/neck structure changes might not be easy) or the gain in survival allowed by looking up is minimal (or a balance of both) then this will not be a positively selected trait.
Science has proof without any certainty. Creationists have certainty without
any proof. (Ashley Montague)
I referenced David Mech only in regards to your point about peer review. In canine matters he's considered to be the world's foremost authority on wolves and I'm assuming he's published many peer reviewed studies and so my point was that I argued against the dominance hierarchy before Dr. Mech, who at the time of my publication in 1992, was still promulgating the dominance model in a book he published around the same time. These days the science on the matter is retreating from that position, so conclusions derived from observation can presage peer reviewed study, and I look forward to the day when a scientist takes up some of these ideas and it can indeed be submitted to peer review.
I don't want to beat this old deer thing to death, and I understand the argument about a cost/benefit filter any particular adaptation would have to pass through to justify its propagation throughout the genome, but it still strikes me as an arbitrary logic because when an animal evolves to look up for danger, then random variability between organisms in said population is said to be well spring of the adaptation, and it's hard to imagine that it wouldn't be worth the investment in changes to head/neck structure in the deer species to evolve in this way in response to one of their major sources of predation, especially since they already can crane their neck upwards to get to the high hanging fruit and particularly since that very mechanism is credited as the driving force and moderating agency of all evolution. In Matt Ridley's book he argues that the arms war between prey and predator, host and parasite, is the central organizing principle to evolutionary change. So it seems to me that this cost/benefit argument precludes looking deeper. But again, I don't hinge my theory on that point. There are a million things dogs do which I see as standing in contravention to evolution by way of survival/reproductive advantage fueled by random mutations; for example the canine copulatory tie comes to mind. If this is adaptive because it keeps other competitors from impregnating female (yet female can still be bred later by rival as dog breeders well know) or reducing loss of semen, then why don't other species evolve the adaptation, for example Lions? Interestingly the social dynamic of wolves (which I maintain is not a dominance hierarchy or even the currently watered down version of" guarding of resources" hierarchy) only allows two wolves to breed, the so called "alpha pair." Omega females don't even come into heat and the "inferior" males don't even approach her as the breeding female will not tolerate their advances. What is particularly interesting about the copulatory tie is that male and female are in a highly vulnerable and compromised position for the better part of an hour, sometimes even longer. So from a survival point of view this is even a disadvantage. Some claim this is a bonding moment but if anyone has ever participated in breeding of dogs, it's pretty obvious they are not bonded by this process; both want nothing to do with the other after the long period of discomfort. Meanwhile Lions don't have this adaptation. In contrast they deal with the matter by one lion simply killing off the progeny of rivals and then this loss of her cubs throws the female back into heat. We could say it's therefore not worth the genetic investment in lions whereas it is with wolves, but that doesn't seem satisfying but wholly arbitrary. Rather, the fact that social pressure has an effect on hormones, which then has an effect on behavior, and which then effects the dissemination of genes, is more consistent with a model wherein an underlying dynamic organizes all of this complexity above. So the question becomes more tightly focused on the nature of canine sociability as the wellspring of their evolutionary change, rather than any other factor such as random mutations of genes, and then their fitness adjudged by some standard of replication success. In short, any given genes' proliferation is a symptom or effect of a deeper cause.
Re: Dog Trainer comes up with Anti-evolution idiocy
For a self proclaimed 'dog' guy you really don't know very much about them. A litter can have more than one sire, and the tie could simply be an adapttion that provided the first sire the greatest reproductive success. Since there are no animals that prey on wolves, there is minimal risk. Your argument is naive - it reminds me of a creationist who argued evolution was false because we hadn't developed eyes in the back of our heads - imagine the benefit of never having a preadator (or annoying sibling) sneak up on you. Also, had you thought about it, it may have occured to you that we changed the behavior of wolves to turn them into dogs. Read Price... I assume that when I write Price and talk about dogs, you know who I mean.
Maybe you didn't know but wolf packs are really wolf families.... no surprise as to why the other males don't mate with the breeder female. You can learn all about it by reading up on incest avoidance.
1) "could simply be" is a logical argument?
2) Since tie is a successful adaptation, why only canines?
3) Since pack is a family group and since there is incest avoidance, why then the need for tie?
4) There is no incest avoidance in domestic dogs.
5) Bears, cougars, humans, and alien wolves of other packs have killed wolves which is why they are so furtive. Lions are at far less risk of predation, one could walk up to a lion because lion would eat them, and yet no tie.
6) Humans didn't change behavior to produce dogs; dogs evolved from wolf or other common ancestor with humans as inadvertent agency.
Re: Dog Trainer comes up with Anti-evolution idiocy
1) It's far better that you have done so far with a slurry of foolish remarks, more importantly it is a plausible explanation in keeping with evolutionary thinking.
2) Since wings are so successful, why don't humans have wings? Why are there still monkeys? I haven't met this level of ignorance since Supersport. Your path of argument by exclusion won't get purchase here where people know it for what it is. No matter how incomplete you believe the theory to be, it will not make your mystical quackery correct.
3) You assume the tie only has the purpose you've stated. It could have other social, biochemical, physiological benefits that remain unknown.
4) You are an idiot. Incest avoidance is well recorded in dogs and follows the same basic patterns as humans and a lot of other animals.
5) Not only irrelevant but also false. It also falsely assumes that all animals have the same genetic potential to evolve like a wolf.
6) Another stupid claim, not surprising since you believe dogs are magical animals.
That's right Kevin. Stick to your forum where you can control who posts and delete at will. The only way to keep your supporters is to makes sure they are not exposed to scientific facts.
Speaking of facts, I'm surprised no one on this forum challenged your view of incest avoidance in dogs. Dogs are promiscuous, they breed freely daughter/father, brother/sister, mother/son. In a way one can say pure breeds, line breeding and inbreeding are all based on incest.
It would be your first time.
Because they know how to use search engines.
You really post less and research more. Incest avoidance in humans like in animals is essentially the same. In short, you grow up and hit sexual maturity in a family environment (pride, group, mob, troop) you normally don't mate with them.
Go back to your delusional world where you can see energy and cure autism; something you claim to know the cause. Only a guy like you who knows so little can be so confident. It's true what Darwin said, ignorance and confidence go hand in hand.
And since you are not familiar with the work of Price and keep making idiotic comments, here is an excerpt from a 1998 paper.
Price EO (1998). Behavioral genetics and the process of animal domestication.
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By the time Cora was 8 years old, she took 6 different medications everyday. She saw 11 different doctors to monitor her conditions. And she slept every night attached to a machine to monitor her breathing. But, when she was admitted to the hospital, doctors could not find anything wrong with her.
Cora was healthy, but she was an unfortunate victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
What Is Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy?
Munchausen syndrome by proxy is named after Munchausen syndrome. This is a mental disorder where a person complains of fake symptoms or an illness to gain attention from being a patient (factitious disorder).
But, with Munchausen syndrome by proxy, the perpetrator (usually a parent or caregiver) creates false medical problems in a child. The victims are usually preschool-age children who cannot speak up for themselves. It is a form of physical and/or emotional abuse. This disorder is dangerous because the child can be seriously injured or even killed. An overwhelming majority of perpetrators are mothers who lie, exaggerate, or even cause symptoms in their own child.
In one case, a mother gave her daughter a substance to cause asthma attacks. Other perpetrators have given medications that cause vomiting or seizures. These people may also willingly allow a child to undergo risky surgeries to treat false conditions. If confronted by a doctor, the perpetrators deny any wrongdoing. However, the child gets better when the perpetrator is not around.
Looking For Attention
Commonly, the parent or caretaker will receive sympathy from friends and family. Sometimes, church groups or community groups praise them for their selfless duty to the sick child. Of course, to keep the praise coming, the lies must continue. Thus, the children suffer.
Getting Treatment
Treatment usually involves removal of the child from the perpetrator. This is followed by intensive individual and family therapy. While eventually reuniting the child and family is always a goal, treatment of abusing parents may not be successful. The perpetrator may have to give up parental rights.
If you suspect a child is in a situation where a caretaker is inducing illness, it is important to inform law enforcement or a child protection agency. If you are worried about the consequences of making such a call, you can do so anonymously.
While Cora thrived in the hospital, her mother could not accept this. Cora was later sent to foster care. She returned to school, made new friends, and stayed healthy, requiring only routine follow-up with a doctor.
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In the technology industry, the right skills carry big salaries and competition for able employees can be fierce. Just as fierce, are the legal ramifications when employers collude to keep salaries artificially low. That ferocity was felt by some big names this week as, Adobe Systems, Intel, Google and Apple settled a three-year-old class action lawsuit with 64,000 employees for allegedly conspiring to suppress worker pay.
The tech giants are accused of working together to prevent engineers and other skilled laborers from switching to better paying jobs with other companies within the circle. The settlement prevents probes that may have sullied the reputations of top-brass executives at these companies, including the late Steve Jobs.
Documents disclosing the settlement agreement will be filed on May 27, when the trial was originally scheduled to begin. Thus far, details have not been revealed; however, with an estimated $9 billion in damages potentially on the table from the companies, the settlement is likely a safe play.
Apple and Google have yet to release comments, but in a statement to the Associated Press, Intel Corp. spokesman Chuck Mulloy said that the settlement was struck, "to avoid the risks, burdens and uncertainties of ongoing litigation."
If the settlement figures Pixar Animation, Lucasfilm and Intuit agreed to in 2013 are any indication, the price tag is likely to be in the tens of millions. Named in the original suit, those companies paid out an estimated $20 million to workers to escape further litigation.
Initial discovery in the case unearthed incriminating communications including one from Google co-founder Sergey Brin in which he tried to get Facebook to play ball. Additionally, the Department of Justice filed complaint against the companies in 2010 was settled in 2012 with the companies involved agreeing to make there agreements with employees less restrictive.
For more stories at the cross roads of technology and law, check out these stories:
IBM adds new patent to vast portfolio
Intel uses Supreme Court Comcast ruling in its own antitrust case
Google has deep pockets to help Samsung in lawsuit with Apple


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Council delays alcohol license vote
JANESVILLE--Two small business owners pleaded with the Janesville City Council Monday to increase the number of alcohol licenses available so they would have a level playing field to compete with other businesses.
Several other speakers, though, said more licenses would only make more alcohol available and harm residents.
The council delayed the vote to until Monday, April 14, because councilmen Brian Fitzgerald and Sam Liebert were absent. Both have previously said they would vote against expanding the number of licenses and both said they wanted to be present for the vote.
Council President Kathy Voskuil was the sole member to vote against delaying the vote.
Available licenses are rationed to one per 3,500 people, and none of the 19 are currently available.
The city's alcohol license advisory committee recommended the council decrease the ratio to one per 2,500 people, meaning an additional seven licenses. City staff erred earlier when members said the change would mean five more licenses.
Economic development staff suggested the change would help the city compete when attracting business. The majority of peer cities do not have quotas and rely instead on the marketplace to regulate licenses.
Staff also proposed a procedure be implemented so the council could OK temporary licenses if the new licenses run out, and Councilman Douglas Marklein asked staff to bring such a proposal to the next meeting.
"How are we going to be able to balance the small-niche market with the established businesses … I don't see how we can support one or turn another one down," he said.
Marklein anticipated a rush of businesses applying for licenses and wondered how they could be fairly distributed.
Fitzgerald at a previous meeting had spoken against the change and predicted more liquor licenses would put small, local enterprises out of business.
Lucy Newell-Anderson on Monday, however, said she owns one of those small businesses and cannot get a license.
"I've talked to many and question whether it is the job of the city council to protect businesses from competition."
Newell-Anderson owns Lucy's Loon Lake Coffee & Deli inside Basics Cooperative Natural Foods.
The council didn't seem too concerned about her competition when Panera Bread, a large sandwich chain, announced plans to open down the block.
"I didn't see the city of Janesville protecting me from competition," she said.
Newell-Anderson said she welcomes competition and believes it is good for the business and the consumer.
Basics wants to fill customers' requests for organic beer and wine, she said. Both would like to offer wine and cheese pairings that their customers now leave the city to enjoy, she said.
If the city wants to help small business, she suggested lowering property taxes or applying common sense to codes, for example.
"But don't try to protect us from competition," she said.
"I don't want somebody else to decide whether or not I can compete with them and, frankly, I think I can," she said. "Please give me that choice. I can't improve unless this ordinance passes."
John Rocco, who owns Farmhouse Brewing Supply, said he's been trying to get a liquor license since he opened. He specializes in home brewing and said his customers come from all over. But he is unable to sell them Wisconsin craft beers once they get here and must send them to other stores.
That is revenue he could use, he said.
�"I understand issues with alcoholism, and unfortunately, that's just a reality. At some point, I think that other people's issues shouldn't be cast upon everybody else," he said.
He liked the idea of the council considering additional licenses on a case-by-case basis, if members would only give the licenses to local, specialized businesses such as his own.
On the other side, Sarah C. Johnson, coalition director for Janesville Mobilizing 4 Change, said Janesville has no "pent up demand" for more alcohol. More licenses would not improve Janesville but instead would jeopardize the health of the community and increase crime, she predicted.
Mark Flottum, who works in drug and alcohol prevention, said he and others want to change the state's drinking culture.
"We want to slowly change the culture," he said. "We need your help to not start to erode the work we have been doing over the past 20 years."
Mark Bumpus, who said he represents the Red Road House, a transitional housing facility for addicts, asked the council to "keep a lid" on the number of alcohol licenses. He said he wouldn't feel "safe" in Sam's Club if it had a license.


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Local Views: Our nation needs political will to trim inequality, save democracy
It has finally dawned on public consciousness that the United States has become a country of extreme and growing economic inequality. So it is not surprising that a development of this consequence has become the subject of several important studies.
�The first of these is Joseph Stiglitz's "The Price of Inequality."
Stiglitz makes a forceful case for the unfairness of inequality, especially on the scale that exists in the U.S. Of equal importance is the damage that such inequality does to our democratic institutions. Sadly coupled with rising inequality is the decline of the opportunities by which those in need might improve their conditions.
�One of Stiglitz's most important concepts is that of "rent seeking." Rent seeking refers to the means by which the wealthiest use their riches to hire lobbyists and politicians to see that no laws or regulations are passed that might threaten not just their wealth but also the growth of that wealth.
More recently, something of a sensation was caused by a huge study, by French economist Thomas Piketty, titled "Capital in the Twenty First Century." Piketty's tome is too complex to go into here, but its overall thesis is that 21st century capitalism inherently causes inequality.
�Stiglitz and Piketty put forth convincing arguments demonstrating that social and economic inequality is greater now than it has been in 100 years. Both men advocate a variety of measures to correct this. Unfortunately such measures require political action, and given the state of Congress today, that is less than likely.
Not all of Congress, however, is under the control of the 1 percent. Elizabeth Warren, senior senator from Massachusetts, recently published her autobiography, "A Fighting Chance," to great acclaim. Warren has spent most of her life teaching law. A good deal of her work concentrated on banking and bankruptcy.
�She was largely responsible for creating, under the Obama administration, the Consumer Protection Agency. When the agency became law, she was the obvious one to head it. The fact that she was not even nominated for the position is an excellent example of "rent seeking." Although the banks could not stop her from writing the law, they had more than enough influence on both sides of the aisle of the Senate to assure that she never had a chance to run the agency that she designed.
�Warren writes in her book that, "Big corporations hire armies of lobbyists to get billion-dollar loopholes into the tax system and persuade their friends in Congress to support laws that keep the playing field tilted in their favor."
�These three authors have laid out in detail how we have reached the obscene level of inequality that prevails today, what its effects are on the 99 percent, and what we must do to correct it.
What is needed now is the political will to take back our democracy!
Ted Kinnaman of Janesville is vice chairman of elections for the Democratic Party of Rock County. Readers can contact him by email at email@example.com.


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By Mike Bauman / MLB.com
When the general manager of the New York Yankees reports that his team has made a "significant offer" to second baseman Robinson Cano, we can all safely assume that "significant" translates into "lucrative," not to mention "long."
The Yankees' newfound fiscal conservatism aside, Cano is now the biggest impact player the team has in the everyday lineup. His own performance, combined with the Yankees' current circumstances, makes him irreplaceable and particularly expensive.
Cano is in the last year of his contract after his $15 million club option for 2013 was picked up in October. He is a two-time Gold Glove Award winner, a four-time Silver Slugger Award winner and, at age 30, he can fairly be considered to be in the prime of his career.
So when general manager Brian Cashman said Thursday that the Yankees had made a significant offer to Cano, there could be some question about the specificity of the offer, but there couldn't be much of a gray area regarding the Yankees' intent. They would apparently like to head off the possibility that Cano will reach free agency.
The Yankees rarely offer contract extensions during Spring Training or the regular season.
"Usually it's applying to older guys -- [age] 37, 38, 39," Cashman said. "We have a policy. Since we're the team, we have the right to change our minds -- especially ownership."
This could be a special case, not only because it deals with a very valuable second baseman. Cano's agent is Scott Boras, who has a well-documented record of getting every available nickel for his clients. He also has a record of taking these clients to free agency, where the number of potential bidders has a decided tendency to drive up the prices.
The idea that the Yankees could be outbid by another club for a player they considered valuable would have been unthinkable not that long ago. But not now. In this offseason, the Yankees were essentially outbid for their starting catcher, Russell Martin, by, of all teams, the Pittsburgh Pirates. They also did not wish to get into a bidding war for a worthwhile, if complementary player, Nick Swisher. He eventually signed with the Cleveland Indians.
The Yankees have grown tired of chipping in annually due to baseball's luxury tax. In some years, this mechanism has been essentially a tax on the Yankees. For 2014, the Yankees' managing general partner, Hal Steinbrenner, has taken the position that the team is committed to having a player payroll under the luxury tax threshold of $189 million, thus avoiding a potential 50 percent luxury tax rate for that season.
This approach has been surprising to some, but it reflects the fiscal tendencies employed by the vast majority of Major League franchises, apart from the current Los Angeles Dodgers. The Yankees are, for the moment at least, leaving the "spend whatever it takes" approach behind and replacing it with a measure of fiscal restraint.
This may dismay some ardent supporters of the Yankees, who believe that unrestrained spending is a permanent part of the team's landscape. But the more restrained approach by the Yankees does not turn them into a small-market franchise. Nor does it disqualify them from re-signing Cano to a truly large, long-term deal.
A new contract could be structured to avoid having a damaging effect on the Yankees' desire to control the 2014 payroll. It's not as though the Bombers can no longer afford to sign a star of this magnitude. The Yankees have decided to tighten the purse strings. If, based on recent history, this is an unlikely direction for them, that doesn't make it illegal.
On the other side of the issue, the Yankees, from a competitive standpoint, cannot afford to lose Cano. Derek Jeter is nearing 39, attempting to come back from a broken ankle. Alex Rodriguez is nearing 38 and is attempting to come back from another hip surgery. By now, his diminishing productivity and his decreasing availability are becoming facts of life.
And the loss of power elsewhere in the Yankees' lineup makes Cano's presence even more of a necessity.
The fact that the Yankees have entered into contract talks with Cano now, and are using terms such as "significant" to describe their offer to Cano, demonstrates their understanding of what a unique case this is.
That recognition -- in the face of the Yankees' recent, restrained approach toward spending -- makes the Cano contract situation, yes indeed, significant.
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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JANESVILLE—Four people were arrested and two were hurt after a bar fight just after midnight Friday, according to a Janesville Police Department news release.
Police responded at 12:06 a.m. Friday to a report of a large disturbance at East Point Sportz Pub, 3501 E. Milwaukee St. Witnesses told police the fight started inside the bar but carried into the parking lot.
James C. Tracy, 30, of 1214 Cherry St., Janesville, fled from the scene in a vehicle, and a foot pursuit ensued when police stopped the vehicle, police reported.
Tracy then fell from an embankment in the greenbelt area in the 3400 block of East Milwaukee Street. He was taken for treatment of injuries to Mercy Hospital and Trauma Center in Janesville, said Sgt. Aaron Ellis.
Tracy was an escapee from a halfway house on Cherry Street and was still wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet on his ankle, Ellis said.
"He had been missing for four days," Ellis said.
Tracy was arrested on charges of resisting an officer, battery, disorderly conduct, obstructing an officer and on an outstanding warrant through the Department of Corrections.
Others arrested in the incident were:
-- Jeffrey P. Tuescher, 28, of 3631 W. Bass Creek Road, Beloit, on charges of battery, disorderly conduct, resisting an officer and obstructing an officer.
He also was injured and was taken to St. Mary's Janesville Hospital for treatment of minor cuts and scrapes, Ellis said.
Both Tracy and Tuescher will be taken to the Rock County Jail after being medically cleared, Ellis said.
Tuescher initially gave police and medical personnel a false name and address, officials said. The ruse was discovered when the real owner of that identity called in to report that he was not involved in the incident.
Officials later charged Tuescher with identity theft.
-- Christopher C. Winchester, 25, of Beloit, on a charge of disorderly conduct.
-- Jessy J. Bennett, 28, of Beloit, on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.
Both Winchester and Bennett were released with court dates, Ellis said.
This article was revised April 18, 2014, to reflect the following correction:
An earlier version of this article listed the wrong name for one of the people arrested in the incident, Janesville police said in a news release.
Jeffrey P. Tuescher, 28, of 3631 W. Bass Creek Road, Beloit,�initially gave a false name during booking at the Rock County Jail, police said. He later was arrested on an identity theft charge.


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CFPB Will Provide Rule Summaries, Guidance and Exam Checklists for CUs
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday provided more details on how it will help regulators and lenders comply with the bureau's new mortgage regulations.
The effort will address rules finalized last month defining qualified mortgages, a consumer's ability to repay, and new rules for mortgage servicers that go into effect in January 2014.
The initiatives were announced by CFPB Director Richard Cordray during a Feb. 5 webinar sponsored by the NCUA.
First, the CFPB will coordinate with other regulators to ensure they have a shared understanding of the new rules. Cordray said during the webinar that the bureau will work with the NCUA to prepare training materials for NCUA examiners. The NCUA is charged with ensuring CFPB compliance for all federally insured credit unions except those with more than $10 billion in assets, which will be examined by the CFPB.
The CFPB also said it will publish easy-to-understand summaries of the regulations in both written and video form. The guides, which the bureau said will be made available in the spring, are designed to help smaller businesses with limited compliance staff.
Guidance updates will also be issued over the next year, which will allow the CFPB to address important questions raised by industry, consumer groups, or other agencies. Priority for these updates will be given to issues that are important to a large number of providers or consumers, and that critically affect mortgage companies' implementation decisions. The CFPB said it expects to issue the first one in the spring and issue additional updates, as needed.
Readiness guides, which the CFPB said will be available this summer, will provide originators and servicers with compliance check lists. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council will also publish exam procedures later this year, which lenders can use to conduct compliance self-assessments and internal reviews.
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Two semi crash affecting eastbound Interstate 90/39 near Racine St.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014
JANESVILLE —The eastbound lane of Interstate 90/39 in Janesville near mile marker 175 just south of the E. Racine Street entrance is down to one lane following an accident at about 6:15 p.m. today. The left lane is reported open, but traffic was slow and backing up.
Rock County dispatch reports two semi tractors were involved.
Wisconsin State Police, Janesville Police Department and Janesville Fire Department are reportedly on scene.


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we have had a wet corner in our basement since we built the house over 5 years ago (a simple fix). we totally flooded twice over the past year which we think is a seperate problem. Our house was built to low and we cannot slope the dirt away from the house on most sides because of cement. On the one side that we can. how do we tell if we are 6in. over 4 ft. of fall? On the sides that we cant…what can we do? we had a water intrusion specialist come out and do dye tests. water pours in from our driveway side from holes that were drilled into the basement block, (part of slab in corner removed) to relieve the water builing up in the wall. The water specialist says we need to remove and then replace and compact the dirt around the house. The builder wants to use hydraulic cement in the spaces between the driveway and garage seal it all up and let it go into the sump pump. There is question as to whether that wall is waterproofed. You can feel air coming in through the drilled holes. the builder is telling us that this and water coming in, or building up is normal on a garage side. he did replace the 2 downspouts to accept more water. I guess my question is will compacting the dirt help us. what else could we do?
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Crofton Meadows Elementary School – Anne Arundel County Public SchoolsAt Crofton Meadows Elementary, 100% of tested students scored proficient or advanced on the math MSA and 99% of the students achieved the same in reading. Crofton Meadows' teachers are constantly assessing their students, analyzing the results and using the data to drive and form instruction. The school is also proud of its effective mentor program from Force 3, the Cruising Towards Character guidance program, assemblies provided by a supportive PTO and the Girls on the Run program. The students understand what it means to be a caring member of the community by raising money, collecting food and completing various community services. The next academic target is to have 50% of all student groups score advanced on the math and reading portions of the MSA.
Woodholme Elementary – Baltimore County Public SchoolsWoodholme Elementary has 96% of its students proficient and above in both math and reading. With over 800 students, 42% of which participate in Free and Reduced Meals, a majority score in the advanced range. In grade 4 math, 91 out of 132 students scored advanced. In grade 5 reading, 103 out of 149 students scored advanced. When compared to other Maryland schools with similar demographics, Woodholme has been ranked #1 in math and reading for the past 3 years. Teachers provide exciting learning opportunities such as LEGO Robotics, MESA Club, TV Studio Crew, Math 24 Club and a school wide STEM Fair. The school is also home to Maryland's 2010 Milken National Educator. In parent surveys, 98% of parents express satisfaction and Woodholme has a 99% professional staff retention rate. More than half the staff volunteers as mentors for students in other grade levels.
Ring Factory Elementary School – Harford County Public SchoolsRing Factory, a high achieving school, excels with over 98% of its students proficient and above in math and 98% proficient and above in reading. It has been designated a Maryland Physical Education Demonstration School for 2011-13 by the Maryland Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance. It is a recipient of the Maryland Character Education School of the Year Award. The school is proud of its many corporate partnerships and is a PDS School with Towson University. Students help their community by actively contributing to a number of local charities. The school family is proud of its award-winning Teachers of the Year as well as Ring Factory's Fox Choir and Steel Drum Groups which have received numerous awards and accolades. The school takes pride in its wide assortment of extracurricular activities that help students reach greater heights in learning.
Rachel Carson Elementary – Montgomery County Public SchoolsRachel Carson Elementary, a high achieving school, has advanced significantly in their performance on the Maryland School Assessments, reaching an all-time achievement high of 98% proficient and advanced in reading and 98.3% proficient and advanced in math. Beginning in Grade 2, 50% of its students are instructed one to two years above grade level in math. The school's student Destination Imagination (DI) team most recently won the local and state competitions and represented Maryland in the 2011 Global DI competition. With a City of Gaithersburg grant and community partnerships, Rachel Carson staff provides weekly outreach and support to disadvantaged and second language students. This structured support and intervention enables them to foster stronger ties with families and is a key component in the school's goal of eliminating the achievement gap. The school's staff is highly qualified with seven current teachers achieving National Board Certification.
Whitehall Elementary School – Prince George's County Public SchoolsWhitehall Elementary opened its doors 7 years ago with the vision of "Educating Children Beyond Expectations." As they continue on this quest, 97.9% of the students achieved proficient or advanced in both reading and math on the 2011 MSA, with nearly half, 42.6% (reading) and 49% (math) attaining advanced. The teachers are dedicated to seeing the students achieve and reach their full potential. They are a reflective group of teachers with 8 of them having attained the designation of being Nationally Board Certified. Teachers volunteer their time before and after school to tutor groups of students and sponsor various clubs and activities. Whitehall had a team take 1st place in the Central Region of the Destination Imagination Competition in 2010. Whitehall has consistently placed as one of the top fundraisers for Jump Rope for Heart. The parents are extremely involved, partnering to ensure that Whitehall is educating the whole child.
Pocomoke Elementary School – Worcester County Public SchoolsPocomoke Elementary School (PES) serves a small rural town and 66% of its students participate in Free and Reduced Meals. However, 100% of third grade students were proficient or advanced in math (78% advanced) and 97.4% in reading (41% advanced.) The school was honored in 2011 as a National Title I Distinguished School for sustained student achievement. It is the only school in Maryland to be recognized as a Panasonic National School Change Award Winner demonstrating exemplary growth in overall student academic achievement (2010.) PES was honored by the Maryland State Educator's Association as 2nd place winner in the 2011 Closing the Gaps Contest and it earned the 2009 Maryland Character School of the Year "Emerging School Award." It is a yearly recipient of the Positive Behavior Intervention Support System's Gold Award and was recognized by the U.S. Dept. of Education for its significant growth.


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Magnus Carlsen, an amazing player
Who is Magnus Carlsen?
Do YOU know? Don't use Google or any other search.
I confess, I did NOT know who MAGNUS CARLSEN until Monday morning, the 11th of November 2013 when the World Chess Championship Match started in Chennai, India. As usual, I watched the Norwegian Broadcasting's "Dagsrevy" – the daily TV news review from the night before. I learned that NORWEGIAN MAGNUS CARLSEN would be playing the 5 time WORLD CHAMPION VISWANATHAN ANAND of India with the opening ceremony to be on Monday, November 11, 2013.
I learned that it would be a MAJOR WORLD EVENT with streaming available so the matches could be watched live with commentary as well as later with podcasts. I became aware of FIDE (F�d�ration internationale des �checs or World Chess Foundation) which has gradually become the world chess group having evolved since 1914 as players were trying to gain world-wide credibility. I enourage you to tread Wikipedia's article, "FIDE," to gain information and perspective. TODAY FIDE is THE world organization for CHESS. In 1999, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recognized FIDE, but to date CHESS is NOT one of the games in the Olympics.
Rather, FIDE has developed the "Chess Olympiad" which is now held every 2 years since 1950. The next Chess Olympiad will be in 2014 in Tromso, Norway. GOOD LOCATION considering the fact that the WORLD CHESS CHAMPION is a native of NORWAY. That location was set years ago. In fact, one can project that the Chess Olympiad in 2016 will be in Baku, Azerbaijan. If you want to learn more about the Chess Olympiad 0 again I suggest you turn to Wikipedia.
Let me tell you, since Monday, November 11, 2013 I have learned about a whole new "world" – the WORLD of CHESS! Amazing!! I have also learned about MAGNUS CARLSEN! He is an AMAZING person!
If you want to get acquainted with Magnus Carlsen, I suggest you start by watching "60 Minutes" segment, "Mozart of Chess: Magnus Carlsen," from February 20, 2012. After watching that TV segment, I suggest you gain an overview by reading Wikipedia's article, "Magnus Carlsen."
Just think: Magnus became a chess grandmaster at the age of 13, 148 days in 2004 making him the second youngest chess grandmaster in history. And then on January 1, 2010, at the age of 19 years, 32 days, he became the youngest chess player in world history to be ranked world #1. Now, just yesterday (November 22) he became the 16th undisputed WORLD CHESS CHAMPION.
If you want to watch videos showing MAGNUS and his family and friends celebrating his win, use this link to the article, "Mistet mobilen i vannet - faar ikke svart Kongen" (English:� "Lost his cell phone in the water - not able to respond to the King") and you will see several pictures which are linked to videos.� ALL OF THIS IS IN NORWEGIAN!� You can, however, FEEL the celebration and MAGNUS exuberant personality!� ENJOY!
For readers who do not speak Norwegian, I checked on some ENGLISH sources reporting on MAGNUS CARLSEN, I suggest the following:
--BBC News Europe,�"Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen is new chess champion."
--Chess.com has an extensive report with both an article and videos, "Magnus Carlsen World Champion of Chess - UPDATE:� VIDEO."
--The Guardian (UK news source) added a special spin with its title, "Magnus Carlsen made chess look sexy - now he's world champion."
If you are a chess enthusiast, you will want to go to the website for the World Chess Championship tournament. Which just ended. You will find everything you wanted to know, but didn't dare ask about WORLD CHESS! ENJOY!
This morning, reading The New York Times, I read the FIRST NEWSPAPER report I've seen during the whole WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT about the event with the title, "Norwegian, 22, Takes World Chess Title," by Dulan Loeb McClain.
The article reported, "Magnus Carlsen, the 22-year-old Norwegian who has been the most dominant chess player since 2010, finally broke through on Friday to win the game's most important title, the world championship, for the first time."
The article continues, "He defeated Viswanathan Anand, 43, of India, the titleholder since 2007, and he did not lose a game in the best-of-12 series, which was held in Anand's hometown, Chennai. Carlsen so dominated the match, that it lasted only 10 games, with Carlsen winning three and the others ending in draws." YEAH, MAGNUS! The reports have noted that this was the "shortest" world chess tournament in decades.
Dulan notes American BOBBY FISCHER's WORLD CHAMPION title, "The championship has long been dominated by players from Russia and, before that, the Soviet Union. Carlsen is only the second player from the West to become champion since World War II, and the first since Bobby Fischer, the eccentric American who held the title from 1972 to 1975."
I appreciated that the article provided more information about Magnus outside his "chess life, "He is frequently featured in magazines that do not cater to chess players, and is a favorite of television interviewers. He is also a model for the clothing company G-Star Raw."
Magnus goes home to NORWAY with his wallet filled, "For his victory, Carlsen will receive 60 percent of the roughly $2.5 million prize which organizes the championship, would not be more specific."
I heard daily via "Dagsrevy" about the HUGE AUDIENCE watching Magnus play chess on TV. The article notes, "Norway is not known for its chess players, and the championship match was shown live on television there, with the broadcasts topping the Norwegian ratings."
It has been very interesting to get acquainted with MAGNUS CARLSEN during the days of the WORLD CHESS TOURNAMENT. I have been amazed by his maturity and outstanding ability to concentrate playing chess. I started reading the new edition of Simen Agdestein's "How Magnus Carlsen became the youngest chess grandmaster in the world: the story and the games" published by New in Chess. Simen was an early coach for Magnus and built a solid foundation for him. The book describes Magnus growing up in Norway. It is enriched by the description of the chess games played by Magnus. For the CHESS enthusiast, this is valuable information to learn chess.
When Marilyn and I go to Norway – our goal is 2015 – I hope we can arrange to meet MAGNUS CARLSEN and his family. On our travels in Norway, we've visited the town where Magnus was born, Tonsberg several times. When the family moved back to Norway after a couple hears of travel to Finland and Belgium, they moved to the immediate Oslo area. Both Magnus' parents are engineers. He has 1 older sister and 2 younger sisters. The younger sisters were interviewed on "Dagsrevy" last night.
I am happy to introduce you to MAGNUS CARLSEN – World Chess Champion – native of Norway. "Ja, vi elsker dette landet…" – ikke sant?
Do YOU play chess? What is your comment re. CHESS?
John W. Eyster lives in the Edgerton area. He is an adjunct professor assigned with the online/distance education faculty of Viterbo University, LaCrosse. He continues his personal mission supporting democracy/civics education in Wisconsin K-12 schools through Project Citizen, We the People, Discovering Democracy (Milton HS). John is a community blogger and is not a part of The Gazette staff or management.


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The Maine Beer Co. is based out of Portland and is a very young company. It was started by two brothers, David and Daniel Kleban, who began their brewing career experimenting in a garage. Their goal: to make something they would be happy drinking themselves.
It was one cold winter in that unheated garage when they got their brew to the point where they felt it was good enough to share. At that point, they moved to their current brewing location (complete with heat) and began producing their beer on a slightly (but only slightly) larger scale.
Given their initial motivation for brewing, it's not so surprising that their beers taste amazing. They do not restrict themselves to one style of beer, leaving the playing field wide open. What all their beers have in common, however, is the fact that they're bottle conditioned. This means a little bit of sediment at the bottom of each bottle but it also means a whole lot of flavor.
The brothers' Peeper Ale is crisp, golden and hoppy. I like Peeper Ale because it reminds me of the first hot weekend morning in summer and you find yourself waking up early to go fishing. Later on, it's playing wiffle ball and grilling with friends. The beer is refreshing, yes, and easy to drink, but the depth of flavor makes it one to savor and consider and take your time with, while you get to work at the grill — a sausage, for sure, or better with that trout you caught this morning.
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MapsYou can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX695914 (Lat/Lon: 50.707485, -3.849616), Tor Down which are provided by:
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For modern maps, Streetmap provides a larger map on the screen and for exact locations an arrow pointing to them. Multimap tends to give a little more detail on street names, and it has aerial maps. Zoom in on the location, and click the camera icon. If you move the mouse over the picture it shows the names of the streets. Magic is another modern map (England/Wales only) showing geographical information for environmental schemes. It contains highly detailed maps showing individual buildings.


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Police: Vigil for Aprina Paul was at home where her body was found
EVANSVILLE—Rock County Sheriff's Sgt. Josh Lund told The Gazette that several dozen of Aprina Paul's friends and family held a candlelight vigil at the home near Evansville where her burned remains were found.
Lund told The Gazette that a group of people held candles and held a sort of memorial service for the 18-year-old Fitchburg woman at the house 12016 Highway 14 West, where resident Nathan Middleton admitted he had burned her body in a fire pit after he claimed to find her dead the morning after having sex with her.
Middleton remains in the Rock County Jail on suspicion of a probation violation, so the public is protected from potential harm. He remains available for charges, should it come to that.
Investigators said they have no evidence to dispute Middleton's claim that the Fitchburg woman's death at Middleton's town of Porter residence was accidental, possibly a drug overdose.
But Middleton could be charged with hiding a corpse—a felony—based on what Middleton has told investigators, Spoden said.
The Rock County Sheriff's Office and the district attorney's office will meet next week, but a decision about whether to charge Middleton might wait for days afterward.
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Our views: City is right to lay down law on Quotes
That's right, the troubled tavern on North Main Street in Janesville is in the news—for the wrong reasons—again.
Quotes and its owner, Denise Carpenter, had no more ended a four-month sanction when more problems caused more police calls to the bar.
Now, as reported in Tuesday's Gazette, the city has taken the unprecedented step of dealing with Quotes and its issues through the chronic nuisance ordinance.
Maybe that approach and the fines that come with it will finally get Carpenter's attention.
Don't count on it.
Quotes has had chronic problems since it opened in 2004. Carpenter has been called before the city's liquor license advisory committee several times, and the city has threatened to revoke the bar's liquor license because of the number of fights, after-hours violations and other issues that required police calls.
Carpenter on Dec. 7 finished the four-month sanction, during which she agreed to close the bar early as an alternative to a revocation hearing. Within months, police were again dealing with fights, disorderly conduct and reports of people in the bar after hours.
Granted, some unruly behavior is inevitable when you run a tavern. People drink, and they misbehave. Police understand that, and they give establishments a fair amount of leeway. They can only be so patient and understanding, though, and they rightfully have no patience for after-hours violations that are totally within the establishment's control.
Quotes has gone over the limit way too many times, and the city is right to get serious with the bar and its owner.
The city council adopted the nuisance ordinance in 2008 to control properties with chronic problems that require police. After four police calls in a year, the ordinance allows the police chief to compel a business owner to attend a meeting to develop a plan to correct nuisance issues. If violations continue, the city can charge the owner for the cost of police responses.
Although the ordinance has been used against landlords, Quotes is the first business subjected to the ordinance's requirements. Police are meeting with an attorney about how to proceed and are considering holding a license revocation hearing or imposing earlier closing times, Deputy Police Chief Dan Davis said in Tuesday's story.
Quotes could face a fine of up to $1,000 if police are called for another nuisance issue. The fine would increase to $5,000 for subsequent violations, and Carpenter also could be charged the cost of police services, including labor, materials and administrative time.
That could get costly in a hurry, and the intent is that the potential fines would finally be enough incentive for Carpenter to get things under control.
If that doesn't happen, it's time for last call at Quotes.


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Death Notices for Nov. 14, 2013
Gazette Staff
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Dolores Biljes, 95, Delavan, died Sunday at Fairhaven Nursing Home, Whitewater. Services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at United Church of Christ Congregational, Delavan. Monroe Funeral Home, Delavan, is assisting the family.
John A. Brandl, 64, Beloit, died Tuesday at Beloit Memorial Hospital, Beloit. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Stephen's Catholic Church, Clinton. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the time of services Sunday at the church.


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Genmenu can generate menus for Blackbox, Fluxbox, Openbox, Window Maker, and Enlightenment based on the program binaries found installed on a system. The list of programs to search for are contained within the script. Users can, to a limited degree, customize their menus via a set of interactive questions.
MAPDAV (More Accurate Password Dictionary Attack Vector) is designed to use what is known about users via the /etc/passwd file on Unix/Linux systems to generate a dynamic dictionary of more accurate guesses as to what their possible password may be. It does this by mangling the user's username and user information in various user-specified ways to look for bad password protection practices.
A partition or disk cloning tool similar to Symantec Ghost.
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The question of life...
Debate and discussion of any biological questions not pertaining to a particular topic.
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The question of life...
Seldon do i post outside zoology, but this is a good guestion. God is dog backwards, live is evil backwards. If biology is the study of life than the main question is life. Life was formed from bubbling chemicals with a mixture of lightning ( as is the modern proposal). Purpose is what you make out of it. The question of life is... can you put a value on it. For example does a amobea of less "life value" than a human? And how does bio's opposite death respond?
Ty Guo
pronounced tiger
Value on life? Sure ya can.
As of 2003, an average (150lb) person is worth $118.13 in American dollars Well...at least the chemicals are...
But seriously...when you ask what the value of life is...you need to ask yourself...what is "value"? By then...you get out of science and into philosophy...a place I refuse to go into...
Maybe other people can help you out...
It's worth teh genes it carries. Each life is responsible for evolving a specie to being better adapted at the environment.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
What the use of superior genes if they aren't passed down. Life's value may have something to do with contiuning life. Think about it. evolution is survivor of the ones who reproduce. Just something to chew on...
Ty Guo
pronounced tiger
You're halfway there...but there is one thing you should adjust. Continuing life, passing down one's genes is not a value of life...it is the purpose of life. In biology, the only purposes of life are to gain enough energy to pass the genes down to the next generation. I.E. Eat and mate.
I think, Inuyasha wants to ask can we call some organism more alive [ living ] than other one eg. bacts are less alive [ living] than humans etc. Right ?
But, how to measure 'livingness'
This is to be decided here.
I think it would be decided in a way similar to the one we use to classify the organisms is a phylogenetic system. Here, we have to draw cumulative conclusion based on fulfilment of followin criteria-
1. degree of biological complexity
2. degree of presence of feelings
3. How much sensitive it is , towards the external stimuli . -no. of senses - etc.
I've interpreted the q. this way, correct me whereever possible.
Life is so hard to define, so defining the value of it is is more hard. That's why its a good question. 2810712 makes a good point. That is where my focus was towards. HOwever you can expand onit if you want
Ty Guo
pronounced tiger
Defining life:
Here is the current definition of life. In order for something to be called living, it must follow all of these:
1. all known living things are made up of cells.
2. the cell is structural & functional unit of all living things.
3. all cells come from pre-existing cells by division.
(Spontaneous Generation does not occur).
4. cells contains hereditary information which is passed from
cell to cell during cell division.
5. All cells are basically the same in chemical composition.
6. all energy flow (metabolism & biochemistry) of life occurs
within cells.
Disclaimer: This is not my own work...it is the work of the biological community. If you do not agree with it, go to the PhD's and all other scientists, don't bash me,
Ya, you are right. but these chara. are common to all linings so it can't help us decide the degree of there livingness. In the ancient scripture i'm quite aware of, I remember that, they have mentioned many levels life , they have told that they have some energy inside them the energy corresponds to oja and teja. but surprisingly they tell that non-livings also have teja and oja. They also tell that if you improve the energies of non-livings eg. by giving them some cosmic-ray energy to them-or REKI they improve performance, So the energy content of bodies determine the degree of livingness.
So, nonlivings are at zero level. but how to get the levels of other living things ? ? ? Also, according to REKI theory, for a body requirement of REKI changes time to time, so can we conclude that we also undergo slight changes of life levels???- probably yes, what do u think???
Don't hesitate to ask queries.
Why is everyone intersted in deffinitions? The deffinition of life, the deff of a cell etc
I hate biosistematics!!!!
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Electric Auto Shop has developed a comprehensive course to instruct Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) technology.
CNG Conversion Class Overview
Course Goal: To introduce high school, vocational, college, and technical school students about the design and construction of flex fuel vehicles. The course involves modifying an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle to run on its natural fuel and CNG. Instructor Training is available for this curriculum. The course works with gasoline and diesel fueled vehicles.
This course follows the strict guidelines of CSA & NFPA 52 regulation. Graduates earn the highest level of certification available and gain the confidence needed to safely install and maintain compressed natural gas systems. Once completed, the course work qualifies students to apply become a CNG Preferred Installer.
Students will learn:
Essential #1: High Pressure Tank and Line Installation
This element of the coursework stresses Safety & Hazard Mitigation. Students learn inspection of high pressure cylinders. This includes knowledge of cylinder parts, methods of construction, valves, and PRDs. Cylinder de-fueling techniques are described in specific detail, along with hazard mitigation and storage procedures.
Essential #2: Under-the-Hood Component Installation
Students will see and compare different manufacturer's conversion systems. They will understand basic components and wiring in aspirated and sequential port injection system types. They will learn specific step-by-step installation sequences for the kit included with the course and understand the tools used in conversion.
Essential #3: Vehicle & Computer Calibration
Students learn the skills required for adjusting and fine tuning for optimal CNG performance. They will use laptop calibration software to calibrate for these factors: outside temperature, altitude, load, barometric pressure and cylinder type.
Essential #4. Diagnostics
Students learn Problem Solving & System Troubleshooting. This section of the coursework focuses on system troubleshooting. Student are given a series of hidden problems and learn to diagnose via system checklists. These real time skills prepare them for diagnostics they will use in actual service situations.
Materials included in the curriculum:
1: Introduction to CNG Transportation
Unit 1: CNG Vehicles in History (download a sample of Unit 1)
Unit 2: The Evolution of Manufacturers, CNG Facts & Ratios
Unit 3: Advantages of the CNG Drivetrain (download a sample of Unit 3)
2: Politics and Planning for the Future of Alternative
Unit 4: Energy and the Environment
Unit 5: Fuel, Maintenance and Development Costs (download a sample of Unit 5)
Unit 6: The Potential of Today's Technology
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Unit 7: Force, Power, Torque and Energy (download a sample of Unit 7)
4: Conversion
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8.1 Petroleum Fuel
8.2 Diesel Fuel
8.3 Aspirated / Fumigated
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9.1 Control System
9.2 Software
9.3 Tanks
9.5 Gas/ Air Mixer
9.6 NGV Filling Valve
9.7 High Pressure Lines
9.8 Manometer
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5: Tank Design, Fabrication &
Unit 11: Tank Design & Fabrication
Unit 12: Tank Testing
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Unit 13: Valve Ratings & Classifications
Unit 14: Pressure Release Devices (PRD's)
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Unit 15: Evaluating System Components
8: CNG Safety Practices
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James Gandolfini Dead at Age 51
Beloved character actor James Gandolfini, best known as Tony Soprano on HBO's classic mafia series 'The Sopranos,' has passed away suddenly at the age of 51 after a heart attack.
HBO released a statement confirming Gandolfini's passing and saying:
We're all in shock and feeling immeasurable sadness at the loss of a beloved member of our family. He was special man, a great talent, but more importantly a gentle and loving person who treated everyone no matter their title or position with equal respect. He touched so many of us over the years with his humor, his warmth and his humility. Our hearts go out to his wife and children during this terrible time. He will be deeply missed by all of us.
Added 'The Sopranos' creator, David Chase, in a statement:
He was a genius. Anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. He is one of the greatest actors of this or any time. A great deal of that genius resided in those sad eyes. I remember telling him many times, 'You don't get it. You're like Mozart.' There would be silence at the other end of the phone. For Deborah and Michael and Lilliana this is crushing. And it's bad for the rest of the world. He wasn't easy sometimes. But he was my partner, he was my brother in ways I can't explain and never will be able to explain.
In Gandolfini's early screen work he was usually cast as a heavy, with his role in Tony Scott's 'True Romance' being the most memorable. But, it wasn't until his turn in 1995's 'Get Shorty' — where he showed that his gruff exterior could hold a soft heart — that he showed he was better than just playing Thug #2 types. His supporting work was steady, but it was in 1999 that he became a legend.
At the time, HBO had been having more success with comedies than dramas, and some were worried that the premise (a mob boss who sees a psychiatrist) would be overshadowed by the same year's 'Analyze This,' which featured Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal. But, it was the success of David Chase's 'The Sopranos' that ushered in the HBO we know today.
Over the 86 episodes of 'The Sopranos,' Gandolfini created one of the greatest characters in television history, and, as great as the writing was, it's Gandolfini's performance that made the character indelible. Actors often hope they get one great role, and if Gandolfini had done nothing else, this would be enough to ensure his legacy.
More recently, he appeared in three films this last fall with 'Killing Them Softly,' 'Not Fade Away' (with David Chase directing) and 'Zero Dark Thirty,' while he also appeared this spring in 'The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.' The passing of James Gandolfini is a horrible shock, as he seemed to have many more great performances in him. He will be missed.