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Evolution or De-evolution?
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Re: Evolution or De-evolution?
Humans are not unnatural, they live in an unnatural way.
Indeed, why should we believe the dogma that life is improved by 3.5 billion years of "evolution of the primary replicators", and just now miracle happened - there was a homo sapiens-sapiens-...etc?! This is obviously a - a religion. A variety of creationism!
Even now live on the ocean floor giant protozoa that leave the same traces as their ancestors did in the Wende.
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But it is at the bottom of the ocean where no light, because they seem to have no vision. But the vision has a different protozoa - Euglena!
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So, at the beginning of Vendian to live like, even larger protozoa with developed intracellular eye where the lens was a vacuole, may have had the iris, akomodation..., and, of course, was the visual analyzer of information! Joining together in multi-cellular "firm", the protozoa did not invent the eye, they just built in a large observatory under a known sample.
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Any new thoughts on the subject?
With regards to evolution, I think that terms like "perfection," "advanced," "primitive," and "superior" are meaningless.
You don't have to be faster than the bear, just faster than your slowest friend.
If arguing with people on the internet helps me understand science, then I will do it. FOR THE CHILDREN.
Devolution going from primary Universalism to deadlock overspecialization
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I can use other terms if you like... Let me rephrase my question:
Are we more genetically robust, more mentally agile, better adapted to environment, more physiologically efficient than our ancestors?
You can change the wording, but you are still asking if humans now are "better" in some fashion. The answer is the same: it depends. Everything is relative.
If arguing with people on the internet helps me understand science, then I will do it. FOR THE CHILDREN.
I am not asking for definitive answer. I am asking for opinions/arguments.
For example, we are less adapted to our environment than our ancestors because if you were to take away a single thing, like electricity, I would estimate at least half of the human population of earth would die within 6 month or so...
Cool post. I see this message board is ok with questioning dogma. Cool. John Sanford has a talk on youtube where he modeled mutation rate and shows mankind is DECAYING. It is based off evolutionary population geneticists analysis, their papers can be found on google. He has a good book also 'Genetic entropy and the mystery of the genome'.
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And if you take shell off the crab he will die. If will you take off the horns of a deer, it would die. If you took away claws from lion he would die in a week. Even humans without electricity would survive longer. That's just how we evolved. It is part of our environment just as are buildings part of beavers life. And you cannot say they are natural.
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Jill M. Ward Chaney, Decatur, IL/formerly of Janesville, WI(1976-2014)
February 25, 1976 - April 15, 2014
Jill M. Ward Chaney, age 38, of Decatur, IL, passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2014, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, IL, with her family by her side. Jill was born on Feb. 25, 1976, in Darlington, WI, to Judy Edwards and Max Ward. Jill attended Darlington schools until transferring to Janesville, WI, when she was 14 years old. She graduated from Parker High School in 1994. Jill had a laugh that was contagious and a smile that could light up a room. Her daughters, Mia and Olivia, were the light of her life. They were always on her mind and forever in her heart.
Jill is survived by her children; her siblings: June (Tim) Brennan of Monroe, Kathy (Chris) Jackson of Emmetsburg, IA, Louise (Dan) McGranahan of Darlington, Larry (Shelby) Ward of Juda, Tom (Judy) Ward of Beloit, Lorraine (Harlan) Elzen of Darlington, Joanne (Steve) McQuaid of Darlington, Irma (Gary) Slawson of Janesville, Rita (Hal) Davidson of Janesville, and Karl (Dianne) of Milton. She is further survived by her Aunt Mary and Uncle Bob Brennan of Emmetsburg, IA; numerous nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; her grandparents, Toot's and Lucky Luchsinger and Thomas and Clara Ward.
A celebration of Jill's life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 10, 2014, at IMMANUEL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, 339 E. Louisa St., Darlington, WI, 53530.In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund in Jill's memory has been established for her girls. Memorials may be directed to: In Memory of Jill c/o Iowa Trust and Savings Bank, P.O. Box 159, Emmetsburg, IA 50536. SUNSET FUNERAL HOME, Champaign, IL, assisted the family.
Jill's family would like to give special thanks to Dr. White and Dr. Hill of the CCU Carle Tower 7 team, along with the incredible nurses who felt like part of the family when we left. Also, a very special thank you to Nikki and Jill for dropping everything when called upon to sit with her so that we could rest.
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"Hey Mom! What's for dinner?"
If Mom shops at the new ShopRite of Fox Street in Philadelphia her shout back might be, "fire gilled chicken, in-store fried fish, boneless turkey chops, Jamaican jerk chicken, fresh collard greens and a made-from-scratch sweet potato pie for dessert."
That is because the ShopRite of Fox Street, operated by Brown's Super Stores, is putting a new spin on the retailer's famous slogan by tailoring its product assortment and services to a "first of the month" local community that is largely African-American, low income, with a high percentage of Muslims.
Store services include an in-store American Heritage Federal Credit Union geared to customers too poor to maintain regular bank accounts, a medical clinic that takes in those without insurance and an associate who works with customers to help them get food stamps, welfare and other entitlements.
In the meat department there are certified halal meats, and bulk buys and thin cuts to help shoppers stretch their budget while still incorporating protein into their diets. The produce department stocks a wide array of conventional and organic items. An international department features aisles of Mexican, Jamaican, West African and other specialty foods to service the neighborhood's many immigrant communities, and the in-store bakery has become known for its sweet potato pies, bundt cakes, cookies and muffins.
Everything is housed in a beautifully decorated, energy-efficient, fancy looking store that on the surface looks like it belongs in a ritzy Main Line suburb rather than one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods.
"People tell me that this store seems more upscale than they would imagine," says Jeffrey Brown, president & CEO of Brown's Super Stores, the Westville, N.J.-based operator of 11 ShopRites in Philadelphia and environs. "And yet I think this is the lowest income neighborhood of all the ShopRites."
The store has become a success—sales average $1 million per week—by listening to customers before, during and after construction.
"We have a very much customized solution for the people of this community," Brown says. "This is a store that is predominantly African-American shopped and their families primarily came from the South. In the South they love sweet potatoes so we have a whole Sweet Potato Bakery department."
While the store opened last August, Brown had set his sight on the Allegheny West/Nicetown-Tioga neighborhoods several years ago—per request. "Communities come to us," Brown says. "They know our work in Philadelphia and they come to us and say, 'Can you put one of your stores in my neighborhood? You are the only one we want.'"
Brown initially looked into putting a store in the old Budd Co., a massive 70-acre complex of brick factories that made passenger rail cars and has sat abandoned since 1987.
"The Budd plant had complications," Brown says. "It was built in the old days and has huge concrete basements that would just cost too much money to remove. There are train tracks running through it and that really complicated things. I told the people that when we do it, it is going to be right. We're not going to do it halfway."
That right opportunity came up in 2010 when the 30-acre Tasty Baking Co. site across the street, where Philadelphia's Tastykake cupcakes, pies and Krimpets had been churned out since 1927 became available when Tasty moved to new digs at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
"We started working to see who could be the developer," Brown says. That turned out to be U.S. Realty Associates of Ardmore, Pa., which worked with Brown and the local SEPTA transit agency to incorporate a bus stop in the parking lot, a key feature since most area residents do not have cars.
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When customers enter the store the first thing they see is a large glass trophy case in the vestibule filled with examples of decorated cakes from the bakery department, including several designed after African-American Barbie dolls.
"We redo their dresses for each season," Brown says. "This cake is $59.99 and is a good seller. Ladies will bring us a Barbie dress and we try to copy it. This is not something one would expect in an inner city store."
An extensive produce department is not commonplace in the inner city either, but ShopRite has one. "We have an upscale produce presentation," Brown says. "We found that it is really appreciated in their neighborhood. It has done really, really well and I think part of that is just from taking our game up from a merchandising standpoint."
Across from produce the foodservice department is on fire—literally. Customers line up throughout the day at a kiosk to order a meal of Brown's Authentic Fire Grilled Chicken. Behind a glass partition chickens are roasting on an open grill and then stacked up in two piles in a display area that is emptied as soon as it is filled.
"I got this idea from H-E-B, but we put our own twist on it," Brown says. "Our staff butterflies a whole chicken, seasons it overnight with a spicy dry rub, and all day long you see the smoke from them cooking it. There is smoke and scenery. It is theater and it is an experience—and it has not affected the sales of our rotisserie chickens."
A small outpost of Chickie's & Pete's Express—a famous Philadelphia crab house that sells wings and cheesesteaks—is next to the chicken counter.
Next is the service deli, where in addition to name-brand and Black Bear private label luncheon meats, Brown's Authentic store-baked hams, pork loins and turkey breasts are prominently featured, along with a wide assortment of Brown's Authentic homemade salads, featuring carrot raisin, fire grilled chicken, shrimp and loaded potato, to name a few.
"Our customers know that when they see 'Brown's Authentic' that means we made it in-store," Brown says. "All of these salads are made in the store, which means we are aware of what goes into them and we can tell the customer the ingredients if they have an allergy or follow dietary guidelines, like kosher or halal."
The seafood department occupies a prime spot in the store—the rear corner—and it deserves it because sales are "huge," according to Brown. "This is maybe five times the volume of a normal seafood department," he says. "It is one of our specialties and we bring in fish from the countries where our customers come from."
Items can be fried, baked or steamed on the premises and there are other unusual features, such as the waterfall tank filled with live tilapia. "What I am trying to do is make it more than just buying food," Brown says. "I am trying to create a little experience."
That experience is really seen in the adjacent meat department, which runs along the back wall.
For starters, there is a self-service Halal Zabiha meat counter featuring various cuts of plain and marinated chicken, beef hot dogs, ground turkey and beef cuts.
"Everything is packaged so we can keep the department open the same hours as the store because once it is pre-packaged it no longer needs supervision," Brown says. "All of the vendors that we picked and our assortment were collaborated with the local imams. I don't know if a lot of my peers want to go into the poorest mosque and work out things with imams, but we enjoyed doing that."
Across the aisle, a coffin case features 7- to 15-pound bags of popular cuts of regular meat and chicken, pre-priced at $10.00 and $25.00. "A lot of people with SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) think about planning out the month and this is a useful tool for them because we give them a discount," Brown says.
The next section of the case is filled with what Brown calls "a really cool innovation"—thin-sliced meats, including ox tails, short ribs, Angus pepper steak, Certified Angus butter steaks, turkey breast cutlets, chicken breast and boneless pork. "To help people manage their budget—and their calories—we offer a lot of popular items that are not the usual thickness," Brown says. "When you lay out your plate it looks full, but it is half the calories and half the money."
The corner of the coffin case is the chop shop, filled with thick-cut plain and seasoned turkey and chicken "chops." "We found that there is a lot of intermarriage, or someone used to be Baptist and is now Muslim and wants a pork chop but cannot have pork," Brown says. "So we have a variety of different ways to make a 'pork chop' dish without using pork."
Going international
Across from meat is ShopRite's International Foods store-within-a-store featuring a broad assortment of international dry groceries, frozen foods, refrigerated foods, nonfoods and HBC items. Included are assortments for halal, Mexican, Central American, Caribbean, Haitian and West African consumers.
"We sell cookware because if you are on a rice-based diet you use different cookware," Brown says. "We have religious candles. Muslims are not supposed to ingest alcohol so we have a whole line of health and beauty care that has no alcohol in it. We really thought about how we could bring more value and solve problems for people."
Further down the grocery department is the Wall of Values.
"It is sort of our signature thing," Brown says. "It is attractive with slatted walls. We look for opportunities that make sense for each particular store. We don't program this corporately. The store decides on how to bring value to our customers. It is very flexible," he says.
Brown is also proud of the store's energy savings. "This store is 100% LED or induction lit—every single bulb inside and out," he says. "It has been designed to consume a lot less electricity than older supermarkets."
That is also true in the frozen food department where the entire department is behind doors. Each one is numbered—all 130 of them. "We have a guide you can pick up that tells you where everything is," Brown says.
Up front, across from the courtesy counter, is the Health Suite, featuring a traditional ShopRite Pharmacy along with a Q Care medical clinic, a partnership between The Family Practice & Counseling Network, and Brown's nonprofit Uplift Solutions. "It is a health clinic that is a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center (FQHC). FQHCs are compensated for people that don't have insurance, so they can see a person without insurance for as low as $20 per visit," Brown says.
The area also includes an office that is home to the store's dietician, and on Mondays and Wednesdays Jean Evans, Brown's benefits assistance counselor. "I assist people with benefits, like getting food stamps, Medicare, Medicaid, property tax rebates and voter registration," Evans says. "The government has $57 million [in entitlements] lying there and so I try to make the people aware of it and accessible to them."
She tells the story of one customer, 69 years old, who was incarcerated for 10 years, who she helped get Medicare and food stamps. "He now has healthcare and food, whereas he didn't have that before. He is now a loyal customer. He says, 'Jean, I wouldn't go anywhere else but ShopRite,'" Evans says.
Brown's ShopRite's company slogan is "Bring Joy To The Lives of The People We Serve."
Checking out the smiles of the people helped by Ms. Evans, along with the other shoppers and associates on Fox Street, it is easy to see how those words have never rung more true.
Centre of attention
When U.S. Realty Associates decided to redevelop the old Tasty Baking Co. site into the Bakers Centre shopping center the choice of an operator to anchor the flagship supermarket spot was a no-brainer.
"When we got involved in this project we said we wanted the best urban operator and that was Jeff Brown with Wakefern," says Gregory R. Bianchi, vice president, at Ardmore, Pa.-based U.S. Realty Associates. "He is the best urban operator in Philadelphia, and from what I understand, probably the best urban operator in the country.
"Jeff is so entrenched and so involved in the community," Bianchi says. "He has a master plan two or three years out for each project. He begins with a whole slew of community meetings and job fairs and gets everybody ready."
That is why ShopRite was chosen over the 123-year-old hometown Acme Markets, the supermarket most associated with the City of Brotherly Love.
"Under new management, Acme is coming back and has really turned the corner, but for a 10-year period Acme was still," Bianchi says. "As developers we weren't interested. A company is only as good as what its stores do in volume, the traffic it generates, the number of visitors it gets."
U.S. Realty tore down the old warehouse and manufacturing buildings on the 30-acre parcel but retained the iconic multi-level circa 1927 Tasty headquarters building across the railroad tracks that cut through the center of the site. Later this year it is slated to be redeveloped for institutional, education or non-profit uses.
Choosing Brown's ShopRite as the main anchor did turn out to be a sure bet. Bakers Centre is 97% leased, with tenants that include Ross Dress For Less, Restaurant Depot, Wendy's and Radio Shack.
"Bakers Centre is turning out to be such a success, not only for the curb appeal of the community, but for the fact that all of the retailers there are doing such tremendous business," Bianchi says.
Wall of value
One of the most striking features of ShopRite of Fox Street is the huge mural lining the outside wall alongside Fox Street. It shows a signature yellow ShopRite bag spilling out a cornucopia of produce—pineapple, bananas, carrots, squash, garlic and passion fruit to name a few.
The mural is just one of the many things Brown's Super Stores DBA ShopRite has done to endear itself to the Allegheny West/Nicetown-Tioga neighborhoods.
"We engaged with the community in a really big way to help design the store and we asked the community if they were interested in having a mural. They said they were," says Jeff Brown, president & CEO of Westville, N.J.-based Brown's Super Stores.
Prior to the store opening, Brown's commissioned two artists to do renderings. The renderings were blown up to a large size and the community voted on which one it liked.
"They chose this mural," Brown says. "I liked it too because this was an area that was a food desert. The mural is all produce and this was a place that you couldn't buy produce. It is symbolic of the turnaround."
Brown says underprivileged kids from the nearby St. James School helped paint the mural.
A ShopRite built on the site of Tastykake's landmark commercial bakery is reviving a moribund section of Philadelphia.


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Implementing analog functions in rugged, rad-hard FPGAs
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FPGAs have already changed the cost/reliability paradigm for embedded systems in high-reliability applications, thanks to advances in hardness and power reduction. But on many embedded applications for high-reliability markets, designers depend on a number of peripheral analog components such as analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters to talk to the real world. Other system components such as phase-locked loops (PLLs) and DC/DC converters are usually required to complete a system design. These peripherals impact overall cost, size and reliability. Peripheral analog parts can also be challenging to work with and to source for radiation environments, as an example.
To further leverage the power of FPGAs, military-and-aerospace engineers are actively looking for ways to integrate many of these analog functions onto the FPGA. Synthesizable, digital IP cores that replace some analog functions now exist, allowing mil/aero designers to implement ADC, DAC, DC/DC controller and clock-multiplier functions in fully digital processes such as FPGAs. Not only does this new ability leverage the advantages of FPGAs, it also helps mitigate many challenges of using analog components in high-reliability applications.
Overcoming high-reliability design challenges
The engineering challenges of designing for military or high-reliability applications such as aerospace are numerous. Power and weight are usually under strict budgets because they can affect operating costs and insertion costs exponentially. Physical shock safeguards, force survival and protection from single-event upsets (SEUs) and latchup often mean that parts are larger, heavier and more power hungry than commercial devices. For instance, a commercial 12-bit, 10-MHz bandwidth ADC measures approximately .71 by .42 inches and consumes 280 milliwatts. The equivalent radiation-hardened part is .81 by .72 inches and consumes 335 mW. Thats almost double the size at 20 percent more power.
A wide temperature range is another issue. Typically, temperatures of -40°C to +80°C are expected for many military embedded applications here on Earth. Temperature takes on another complexion in space. In satellite electronics design, for instance, the normal operating junction temperature might be -55°C to +125°C. Monitoring this onboard temperature is key to effective system maintenance, but installing a rad-hard ADC part to provide this function can add up to one square inch of board and require additional components and testing.
When a high-reliability design makes use of peripherals such as ADCs, DACs, DC/DC converters or PLLs, each one of those components represents a possible point of failure. Each must be qualified and tested, and each is most likely not optimally designed for the specific need. There is also always a risk that the manufacturer will discontinue the part, forcing requalification of the entire system.
These challenges to working with analog components in high-reliability environments can evaporate by using the FPGA for a unified, all-digital approach. Lets take a look at this new paradigm in military/aerospace design.


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BTC's Reynolds awarded Betty Stevens-Frecknall Scholarship
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Thursday, January 2, 2014
Tony Reynolds, an information technology student at Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville, is the first BTC student ever to be awarded the Betty Stevens-Frecknall Scholarship from the Foundation for Information Technology Education.
Reynolds is a member of the BTC chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals. Membership is one of the criteria for the scholarship.
Other criteria include a declared major in a computer technology discipline and GPA of 3.0 or better, at least one full semester of post-secondary education, and enrollment as a fulltime student at an accredited institution.
In addition to a full course load, Reynolds works full time as a developer at Foremost Media in Janesville.


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Next generation: Janesville family passes on Irish pride
JANESVILLE--More than 40 years ago, little Caroline Finucan proudly danced an Irish jig on stage in front of classmates and their parents.
Dressed in a handmade green shirt and vest, she held her head high. She dropped her hands to her side. Then she pointed and hopped with all the joy of a Saturday night in Galway.
Today, the then 8-year-old with the short-cropped hair is married with a different name.
Who would guess that Carrie Kulinski treasures such a memory from St. Patrick's School in Janesville.
Carrie never lost her love of being Irish, thanks to her parents, Jim Finucan and his late wife, Mary. They passed on the pride in so many ways. On the eve of St. Patrick's Day and all year long, Carrie understands the importance of knowing your roots.
Her family emigrated from County Clare in the west of Ireland about 1900, long after the potato famine that brought so many Irish to America. Jim's great-grandfather John settled on farmland in Monroe County in a valley among Norwegians and Germans.
"My dad used to tell everyone he was Irish and proud of it," Jim said. "I guess some of the pride wore off on me."
The family became known as high-spirited and keen on innocent capers. But they also worked hard on the farm, which is still in the family. Jim knew early on that he did not want to spend his life tending the land.
In October 1956, he started on the line at Janesville's General Motors plant, where he assembled a 33-year career. Eventually, he represented hundreds of workers on the executive board of the United Auto Workers and met the highest GM officials.
Jim wielded his Irish wit and sense of humor to lighten many tense moments at the bargaining table.
He also courted a woman from Vilas County and married her in 1961 at St. Patrick's Church. The former Mary Jo Thomas, who died in 2007, started the first physical education program at St. Patrick's School, attended by Carrie and her brother John. Mary Jo taught Carrie how to jig.
"My mom was a great teacher," Carrie recalls. "I can still hear her voice in my head saying, 'one, two, point and hop.'"
Carrie grew up down the street from St. Patrick's School and parish. Every year, her mother organized a big St. Patrick's Day celebration with the help of Father Patrick Doherty. Doherty was the first person Carrie ever met from Ireland, and he spent lots of time in spirited conversations at the Finucan home.
During Carrie's childhood, she recalls her mom and dad sharing stories about their Irish heritage.
Carrie's mom also collected Irish music boxes, antique leprechaun figurines and wall hangings with Irish blessings, displayed everywhere in the home.
In addition, she gave young Carrie Irish jewelry, with shamrocks and the traditional Claddagh symbol.
"It was her way of saying, 'Remember where you came from,'" Carrie said. "I guess the Irish spirit of perseverance rubbed off on me."
Carrie has not been to Ireland—yet. But her father has been there three times since 1983. He has kissed the Blarney Stone, traveled from Shannon to Killarney on a horse-drawn jaunting cart and fallen in love with the Irish people.
"They will personally walk you to a store, if that's where you need to go," he said.
He looks forward to returning to Ireland, where he has good friends. In the meantime, Jim treasures albums filled with photos and memories of previous trips.
Both Jim and Carrie will not let St. Patrick's Day pass without a little frolic.
In the past, Jim has dressed as a convincing priest. His alter ego—Father Finnegan—has fooled many a reveler.
Carrie will lovingly cook the traditional corned beef and cabbage for her husband, Ken, and her daughter and son, both teenagers. She also will wear shamrocks on her headband when she goes bowling.
She hopes someday her children will celebrate their Irish heritage, too.
For 20 years, Carrie counseled young people with alcohol and drug problems. Part of their emptiness stemmed from little or no connection with their pasts.
"I grew up in a close-knit family with faith and heritage," she said. "A lot of kids don't have that these days."
Carrie is now executive director of the Boys & Girls Club of Janesville and also manages a club in Delavan and three in Fort Atkinson.
She volunteers on this year's Irish Fest planning committee in Janesville and has taken over the group's Facebook page.
"It's great fun for me," she explains. "I feel I belong to part of a community."
On St. Patrick's Day, Carrie invites everyone to be honorary Irish folks for a simple reason:
"To join the fun."
Anna Marie Lux is a columnist for The Gazette. Her columns run Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Call her with ideas or comments at 608-755-8264 or email email@example.com
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UPDATED: High school students suspected in damage at Spring Creek Golf Center
WHITEWATER—High school students are suspected in the Saturday night vandalism at a Whitewater golf course, a Jefferson County Sheriff's Office captain said Wednesday morning.
Investigators have "some leads" in the damage at Spring Creek Golf Center, Capt. Jerry Haferman said, and are "speaking with some high school age students."
The owner and patrons of the Jefferson County golf course are offering a $2,400 reward for information on who vandalized the course's property.
Overnight Saturday, vandals drove Spring Creek Golf Center golf carts into the course's pond and Whitewater Creek after spinning doughnuts with them and scuffing the greens, owner Mike Majewski said.
The vandals ran over flagpoles, garbage cans and benches and ruined a portable toilet, vending machine and wooden tee markers.
The damage is estimated to be between $40,000 and $50,000, Majewski said.
"There were car parts all over the golf course," Majewski said. "Carts were smashed, and they were sitting in different areas of the course. One of carts we found in the Whitewater Creek, probably about a 10 to 12 foot drop off. They must have pushed it off the side in to the creek."
The golf course had 10 carts, and Majewski said all had "extreme damage." One is still usable, two remain in the water, and the others are beyond repair.
Majewski said he got a call at 5:30 a.m. Sunday from one of his workers saying the property was vandalized.
When he arrived at his business of 26 years, he said it "literally looked like a bomb went off."
"I believe they had a mission to do as much damage as they could."
Community members and his workers banded together to clean up the course Sunday to be open Monday.
Thanks to the wind and dry weather, the greens were not as damaged as they could have been.
"If there is such a thing as getting lucky, we did," Majewski said. "They tried to tear up the greens, which would have been the most devastating thing that could have happened to us. They just scuffed the greens, they did not tear up the sod. If they had torn up the sod, it would have been over. But we got very, very lucky there."
Majewski and his wife offered a $500 award Sunday for information leading to an arrest. Then donations began pouring in from golfers and the community, pushing the reward to $2,400 by Tuesday.
"We saw the bad side of people with who did the golf course, but when you see the good side of people, I'm going to tell you, that's a lot stronger," Majewski said.
Majewski said he thinks vandalism reported 10 days before at Whitewater Country Club was done by the same people and was a "trial run" for Saturday. A few carts were damaged at the country club, he said.
Haferman said the two events appear to be linked.
The investigation is ongoing. No arrests have been made as of Wednesday morning, Haferman said.


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Structural shifts in the global economy and the growing importance of emerging markets are reshaping the business landscape. With rapidly globalizing supply chains and changing market forces, along with increasing financial regulation and choppy economic growth, Treasurers have new opportunities to partner with the business and create greater value for the firm.
Integration of Treasury and Working Capital Management
Companies are establishing new operating models, reallocating capital investment, and shifting their global supply chains. These changes reduce costs, ensure seamless movement of goods and services around the world, and generate financially efficient trading results. In response, Treasury departments are reconsidering their organizational and operating structures in order to remain aligned with these new models, support corporate strategic objectives, and manage changing patterns in sources and uses of cash.
For many Treasury departments, one element is the establishment or extension of an In House Bank (IHB). At its core, an IHB allows a company to gain financial efficiency by centralizing intercompany activity and improving self-funding and management of group foreign exchange risks. One function of the IHB is to manage the liquidity pool for main operating currencies, taking ownership of a substantial portion of group cash and funding. As the intercompany funding intermediary, the IHB can also act as the Netting Center to rationalize intercompany settlements. At a more advanced level, an IHB can allow for centralization beyond intercompany financial flows to those that are commercial, e.g., vendor payments and customer collections "on behalf of" (OBO) group subsidiaries. OBO structures help further simplify liquidity management and centralize foreign exchange activities at the IHB level, allowing for greater uniformity in processes and improved risk management.
Companies with existing IHBs are reevaluating their effectiveness to extend approaches on a more global basis, based on changes in the corporate business, local regulation, and fiscal conditions. Those that do not are looking at the opportunity to establish these structures as a catalyst for their next level of centralization.
Re-engineering Banking Structures to Support Centralization
With the change in business flows affecting where cash is being generated and is needed, many companies have legacy banking structures that have become inefficient. This, along with regulatory changes – from easing of controls in many emerging markets to the Euro zone's mandatory move from national payment instruments to SEPA instruments – means that companies stand to benefit by refining what they have in place today. In the case of the Euro zone, companies may no longer need to maintain legacy bank accounts in many European countries. At the same time, changing regulations in emerging markets makes it easier to re-organize both liquidity and commercial flows, making it more important to reevaluate existing bank arrangements. There are significant dividends to be gained from refining bank account structures in concert with IHB deployment to make these "fit for purpose" in streamlining the management of liquidity.
Also, as a result of sophisticated ERP and treasury management systems, and advanced solution suites made available by leading banks, IHBs can more easily manage large volumes of intercompany loans. This has led many companies to implement hybrid structures that concentrate key currencies at the IHB using global sweeps and deploy single-entity multi-currency notional pooling to ease management of cross-currency liquidity positions. In tailoring global liquidity structures, the control advantages of centralization need to be weighed in consideration of tax, regulatory, on- and off-shore interest rate differentials, and operational effectiveness of multibank arrangements to determine how and where currency positions can be optimally managed.
Improving Commercial Practices to Mitigate Risks
As supply chains "stretch" and demand shifts to new markets, strategies to mitigate risks of supply chain disruptions and counterparty default grows more urgent. Treasury's corporate finance perspective can help create better organizational understanding of risks embedded in commercial practices. This can become crucial in driving improvement in management of working capital funding and risk exposures.
For many companies, procurement from emerging markets-based suppliers is backed by Trade Letters of Credit (L/Cs). The impending phase-in of Basel III will raise banks' costs of capital, in turn reflected in higher costs related to the issuance of L/Cs and loans to non-investment grade companies, often the majority of a large multinational's supply chain counterparties. For these reasons, many corporates are reviewing their vendor portfolios with the objective of seeking longer-term stability of the supply chain, while managing nearer-term costs of procurement. Supplier financing programs offer a viable alternative, enabling vendors to gain better terms for short-term credit based on the more favorable risk of their investment grade buyer.
Expansion into new markets also creates the need for closer scrutiny of credit terms and underlying commercial counterparty quality. Where commercial counterparty risk or sovereign risk is less than desirable, treasury departments are more actively considering outright sales of accounts receivable after consideration of the financing costs vis-a-vis the underlying risk. It may be possible to bundle receivables across different risk categories to diversify the portfolio and attract investors, and use insurance-wraps to enhance credit quality if needed and feasible.
Expanding Roles to Create Value
Treasury departments are increasingly going beyond traditional core functions to take broader roles in the enterprise. As business operating models evolve, Treasurers are becoming strategic partners to the business, helping identify optimal strategies and factoring in risk considerations, all the while proactively realigning their own organizations to the needs of the business.
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The Challenge
A Fortune 100 global technology company had complex commercial and intercompany flows, the latter often with poor coordination. Treasury had management functions spread over numerous locations, multiple cash pools, and stand-alone bank accounts with no overarching liquidity structure. The result was poor cash access and utilization, added to eroding interest margins and process inefficiencies.
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The company used Citi Treasury Diagnostics to benchmark its treasury operations current state and gain insights on opportunities for improvement. To centralize control and visibility, Citi recommended a global cash pool for G3 and other material currencies; structured in global cash aggregation with automated end-of-day ZBAs sweeps "with the sun" and "against the sun" to concentration header accounts; and, a multi-currency notional pool on top. Citi also assisted the company in defining a path towards consolidation of multiple finance companies and pool headers into a single offshore In House Bank (IHB) to centrally manage all liquidity outside the US; and, in establishing a full-service intercompany netting center within the IHB. The recommendations also included alignment of the Treasury technology topography, including re-configuration and deployment of the company's treasury workstation to support the solution globally.
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Hip-hop concert planned to follow lecture at Emporia StateSeptember 20, 2011
The 2011 Bonner & Bonner Diversity Lecture at Emporia State University is turning into much more than a one-hour talk with a nationally known speaker. ESU students have worked to create a hip-hop concert after the lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 28.
Jeff Chang, the 2011 Bonner lecturer, plans to talk about "Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation." Chang's talk will begin at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 in Albert Taylor Hall, which is on the first floor of Plumb Hall on the ESU campus.
Immediately following Chang's talk, at about 8 p.m., copies of Chang's books will be available for sale in the Plumb Hall Rotunda and Chang will be available to sign them. Besides "Can't Stop Won't Stop," Chang has written "Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop."
At approximately 8:30 p.m. Sept. 28, a hip-hop concert will begin with ESU student and local DJ Chad Carson as the opening act. The concert will be on the Kellogg Circle lawn, directly in front of Plumb Hall.
Following Carson on stage will be Topeka-based band, DreamKillerUniversity.
"When Topeka's DreamKillerUniversity take the stage, they aren't a typical hip-hop/rap group," wrote a reporter in The Bulletin, ESU's student newspaper, before an Emporia concert in January.
"'You could call it rap if it was 1997, because that was rap, everybody came out differently, nowadays it's reminiscent of another time when everybody could consume the music,' said Anthemous, MC and music producer for the group" in the article.
The group's online bio describes DreamKillerUniversity this way: "The group has so much energy and stage presence that it's no wonder the group has acquired such a loyal fan base! Because of their diverse music background, DKU has been able to infuse Rock, Hip-Hop, Punk, R&B, Metal, Reggae, Pop, Soul, and Funk into their music! This is not what you are used to, DKU blows peoples mind's away!"
Both the Bonner lecture and concert are free, but seating at the lecture is reserved. For tickets to the lecture, call the ESU ticket office at (620) 341-6378 or toll-free at 1-877-341-6378.
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I went Christmas shopping—and lived to tell about it
With six children Christmas shopping has been a quasi military campaign. My wife and I would put on our armor and battle our way through Black Friday; rising early in the pre dawn, buying a magnum venti grande of gourmet gas station coffee, and marching forth to conquer the early birds. It was always a fun day that I looked forward to. Unfortunately, my health required me to resign my commission and surrender the battlefield.
For the last two years I missed going Christmas shopping, or so I thought. This past Saturday my son took me out so I could do a little shopping. I now remember what I was missing and I no longer miss it. Three stores, two hours, and what seemed like an eternity in retail purgatory.
Folklore says that premodern Amazon tribes refused to have their picture taken as they feared it stole a small part of their soul. They were wrong; taking pictures won't do that, but Christmas shopping sure does.
It was a sloppy Saturday and using my walker was a challenge. The boulders of rock salt that help keep the sidewalk ice free also act as an emergency break on the small wheels of my walker, jolting my shuffle to a sudden halt and almost sending me head over Salvation Army tea kettle. And the unevenous of the parking lots, sidewalks, and no slip entry rugs sent a constant vibration up through the walker into my hands, arms and beyond as if my job was jackhammering those salt boulders.
My shopping remains incomplete so I must finish online. I shall conquer the great Amazon, paying homage and dollars to the powerful Amazon Tribal Chief Bezos. In so doing, I will avoid the store battlefield and boulders of salt while shopping online. But there remains a price, as each page view leaves an internet Christmas cookie that goes straight to my thighs, which is still better I suppose, than losing part of my soul.
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Carol E. Los, Delavan, WI (1948-2014)
April 19, 1948 - January 21, 2014
Carol E. Los, age 65, of Delavan, WI, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at Mercy Hospital in Janesville, WI. She was born on April 19, 1948, in Saginaw, MI, the daughter of Gottfred and Lucille (Reetz) Schneider. Carol was united in marriage to Melvin Los on July 18, 1970, in Elkhorn, WI. She was the owner and operator of Carol's Barber Shop in Delavan, WI.
Carol is survived by her loving husband, Melvin; three daughters: Lisa (Jerry) Gifford, Rachel (Jason) Crull, and Leah (Robert) Kraayuanger; one son, Jacob Los; 12 grandchildren; three sisters: Lois Uhr, Phyllis Edmonds, and Sherrie Hendrickson; and one brother, Robert Schneider. Carol was preceded in death by her parents, one brother and one sister.
Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, at CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH in Delavan, WI, with Reverend Dan Roeda officiating. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. on Sunday,Jan. 26, 2014, at MONROE FUNERAL HOME. Interment will follow funeral services at Spring Grove Cemetery in Delavan, WI. Memorials may be made to Delavan Christian School. MONROE FUNERAL HOME in Delavan, WI, is assisting the family. Visit us at monroefh.com.


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Old is new again at Geneva Lake Museum
LAKE GENEVA--The newest additions, along with some of the most popular exhibits, were on display Tuesday, Feb. 11, during a special preview at the Geneva Lake Museum.
"A lot of people don't realize what we have here," said docent Noel Payne, one of the volunteer guides with a nearly unlimited wealth of knowledge about the history of Lake Geneva.
But Lake Geneva is unique in that it has a rich history stretching back to the days that the Potawatomi made their home along the shores of this spring-fed lake.
A Native American display is among the new exhibits that illustrate the growth of the area through the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 to the grand estates that surround the Geneva Lake.
The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays through the end of February. From March through April, the museum will be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This summer, the museum will be open seven days a week.


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Estate sues Walworth County Sheriff's Office, Delavan Rescue Squad over asthma death
MADISON--The estate of a former Delavan man who died after suffering an asthma attack in July 2012 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Walworth County Sheriff's Office and the defunct Delavan Rescue Squad.
The lawsuit filed on behalf of the estate of Dennis D. Tuholski's charges that the Delavan Rescue Squad failed to follow accepted medical care standards by:
-- Not properly diagnosing Tuholski's asthma
-- Not administering defibrillation or injecting him with an epinephrine
-- Not ensuring all medical equipment was functioning properly
-- Not intubating Tuholski
-- Not monitoring his breath, pulse or heart rate.
Walworth County contracted with the not-for-profit Delavan Rescue Squad to provide emergency medical response in the city of Delavan and town of Richmond, according to the lawsuit.
At 5:44 a.m. July 22, 2012, the sheriff's office received a 911 call from Tuholski's residence on Anderson Drive. Delavan Rescue Squad arrived sometime after 5:59 a.m. and transferred Tuholski, 34, to Mercy Hospital in Janesville, where he died the same day.
The lawsuit alleges the sheriff's office was negligent in:
-- Contracting exclusively with Delavan Rescue Squad
-- Failing to send its own emergency vehicles to Tuholski's house
-- Failing to use a more centrally located and reliable emergency service
-- Failing to ensure Tuholski was immediately transferred to a medical facility.
The lawsuit alleges Tuholski suffered unnecessary pain and died as a result of the parties' negligence.
The suit must overcome immunity from liability granted under law to agencies and governments that offer emergency medical services. �In their answer to the suit, both the county and Delavan Rescue Squad claimed that immunity.
Delavan Rescue Squad's attorney, Matthew Schreck, sought to have the suit dismissed on immunity grounds but the suit was transferred out of Illinois before the court ruled on the motion.
Schreck did not return a call for comment before deadline. Craig Hoffman, attorney for the Tuholski estate also was not available for comment Tuesday.
On March 31, Delavan Rescue Squad ceased operations after 72 years in business as a private, non-profit entity. Mounting uncollected bills was cited as the reason in published reports.
Medix Ambulance Service, affiliated with Curtis Ambulance Service, purchased Delavan Rescue Squad' building and equipment and resumed operations April 1.
Remzy Bitar, attorney for the county, said Delavan Rescue Squad's cessation of business would impact the suit but could not say how. He declined further comment on the suit.
Tuholski, of Crystal Lake, Ill., owned Northwest Garage Door Co. in the Chicago area and had a second residence in Delavan. He is survived by his father, a sister and two brothers who seek more than $150,000 in damages against the defendants.
The suit initially was filed in Cook County Court in Illinois. The suit was removed to federal court in Chicago before transfer Monday to federal court in Milwaukee.


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The trials and tribulations of the people (and puppets) in the neighborhood.
What do you do with a B.A. in English? Take it to Vegas, baby! That's what the talented cast of the Tony-winning musical Avenue Q did when they opened at Wynn Las Vegas on September 8. The show, which is still a hit on the Great White Way, is now making Vegas honeymooners, gamblers and tourists feel like they won the jackpot with this Las Vegas production. Take a look at the human and puppet stars of Avenue Q as they got all glam for their Nevada debut.


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Cases show importance of competency evaluations
JANESVILLE—Unlike the rest of the documents in Terrance P. Robinson's case file, a July doctor's evaluation is off-limits to the public.
"SEALED RECORD—Not to be opened except by a court order," a stamp reads on a closed yellow envelope holding the report at the Rock County Courthouse.
Known as a competency evaluation, the report is meant to gauge if Robinson, a 58-year-old Clinton man, is fit to stand trial for a charge of attempted murder. It's open to Robinson's attorney, prosecutors and a judge—but no one else.
Under Wisconsin statutes, a defendant is not competent if he cannot understand the court proceedings or is unable to assist in his defense.
A number of high-profile cases in recent months have placed a spotlight on the evaluation system, as attorneys raise questions about their clients' competency for reasons including mental illness and traumatic brain injury.
In one of them, Daniel Bellard, a 75-year-old town of Plymouth man charged with fatally shooting his neighbor, will have a hearing on his competency next week.
Existing at the crossroads of the medical and legal systems, as Mendota Mental Health Institute Director Greg Van Rybroek put it, the evaluations are meant to assess if someone is capable of standing trial.
"They need to understand the process that they're in," Van Rybroek said. "It's a constitutional issue."
Defendants need to understand the basics of their case—who the judge and prosecutor are, for instance, and what punishments they could face if convicted, Van Rybroek said.
"You don't have to have a law degree, but you do have to understand how the legal system works," he said.
The process often begins with defense attorneys, who assistant public defender Walter Isaacson said are told to notify the court if they think their client doesn't understand the process.
In Walworth County Court last week, an attorney for Larry Shannon, a Whitewater man charged with attempted murder and sexual assault of young girls, asked the court for a competency evaluation after noticing issues in his conversations with Shannon.
A judge granted that request at a hearing Wednesday, and scheduled an evaluation for Shannon.
Most evaluations take place on an out-patient basis, with psychologists or psychiatrists from the Wisconsin Forensic Unit conducting interviews with defendants in their homes or, often, at the local jail if they're in custody, director Deborah Collins said.
In tougher cases, however, those evaluations have to happen in an in-patient setting at one of the state's two mental health facilities in Madison and Winnebago.
At Mendota, Van Rybroek said, patients typically are kept at the secure facility for a couple of weeks as a collection of experts observe and interview them to gauge their competency.
Doctors then submit their conclusions in a sealed report such as the one in Robinson's file. The occasionally are called to testify at competency hearings.
In most cases, defendants are found competent to proceed, Van Rybroek said. Defendants found not competent often become competent over time through education or treatment of mental illnesses.
In rare instances, descendants are found not competent and not likely to ever become competent—often because of developmental disabilities or brain injuries, he said.
Although doctors can offer opinions, the decisions rest with judges, who aren't bound by the doctor's conclusions.
Asking for a competency evaluation essentially puts a case on hold until a determination is made.
If a defendant is found competent, the case against can proceed. If not, the defendant will likely enter the civil commitment process, Isaacson said.
"It's not a get-out-of-jail free (card)," Isaacson said.
The doctor's report in Robinson's case found he was competent, though the court earlier this month ordered another evaluation.
Assessments are only meant to gauge someone's mental state during the case, Isaacson said, not their mental condition at the instant the crime was committed.
That question comes into play if a defendant pleads not guilty due to mental disease or defect—as Robinson has.
"The concept behind the competency is that it has to be a level playing field," Isaacson said. "If the person really can't assist council or understand what's going on or make a rational decision, the law wouldn't be treating him fairly."
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Brodhead girls basketball team earns spot at state
MIDDLETON—The figure "1:24" is one the Brodhead girls basketball players are not allowed to forget.
It's plastered on the back of their warmup shirts, a constant reminder of how close the Cardinals were to winning a sectional semifinal a year ago before missing out on a chance to realize their state dreams.
In front of a packed Middleton gymnasium on Saturday, they put the number to rest.
Senior Carly Mohns scored 18 points, including five in the final 84 seconds when the Cardinals turned their three-point lead into a 36-25 victory over Adams-Friendship in a WIAA Division 3 sectional final. Brodhead will play at the state tournament for the first time in program history on Friday.
"This is the craziest feeling," Brodhead senior Rachel Heller said. "This is what we've worked for all four years of high school, and we're finally doing it my senior year. It's the greatest feeling."
Brodhead, ranked second in D3 all season, will take on Neillsville, which has been ranked No. 1 all year, in a state semifinal at the Resch Center in Green Bay at 10:45 Friday morning. Neillsville beat Hayward 31-30 on Saturday.
"They deserve it," Brodhead coach Brad Pickett said of his group. "They've worked hard all season, and not just this season, but a lot of kids put a lot of time in.
"We probably put scoring back a couple years, but we made plays when we needed to."
It was the Cardinals' lowest scoring output of the season. They went the first four minutes without a point and didn't make a basket until the final 40 seconds of the first quarter.
But Mohns, a University of Iowa recruit, imposed her will in the second. She didn't take a shot in the first quarter but made her first five in the second, and it propelled Brodhead to a 16-13 lead at halftime.
"It was a little different, but I think we adjusted," Mohns said. "We had to be focused and know what was on the line.
"(For me), it was just being aggressive and trying to find whatever was open."
Adams-Friendship erased a six-point deficit thanks to a spurt by leading scorer Emma Roenneburg late in the third quarter. Roenneburg, who averages nearly 20 points per game, finished with a team-high 11.
But once again, Brodhead senior guard Meg Duffield came up with the momentum-crushing basket. For the second straight game, Duffield buried a 3-pointer that ended the opponents' run. It gave Brodhead a 22-19 lead that the Cardinals never surrendered.
The Green Devils did, however, cut the mark to three points on Roenneburg's bucket with a little more than two minutes to play.
And when the clock hit 1:24, the Cardinals were faced with making that lead hold up.
"It's a friendly reminder on our backs from last year and that 1:24 with Lodi," Pickett said, referencing a loss one step earlier in the playoffs last year. "The girls stepped up when they needed to. Hopefully we can go get a couple more."
In the final 1:24, Brodhead forced five empty Adams-Friendship possessions in six trips. And at the other end, the Cardinals made 10 of 12 free-throw attempts to salt away a trip to state.
"We finally redeemed ourselves," Heller said. "We were all just so hungry to go to state. We weren't going to let it go."
Brodhead (36)—Heller, 1-2-5; Duffield, 1-2-5; Pickel, 0-1-1; Moe, 2-2-7; Mohns, 6-6-18. Totals: 10-13-36.
Adams-Friendship (25)—Farrell, 1-0-3; Sternhagen, 1-0-2; Hodkiewicz, 2-1-5; Roenneburg, 4-2-11; Landon, 2-0-4. Totals: 10-3-25.
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Three-point goals—Brodhead 3 (Heller, Duffield, Moe), Adams-Friendship 2 (Farrell, Roenneburg). Free throws missed—Brodhead 9, Adams-Friendship 1. Total fouls—Brodhead 6, Adams-Friendship 18. Fouled out—Hodkiewicz.


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Active Voice Versus Passive Voice
A lot of you have asked me to explain passive voice and how to avoid it.
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Is Passive Voice OK in Crime Reports?
On the other hand, sometimes passive voice does have advantages. For example, if you truly don't know who is taking the action, then you can't name the person. This is especially common with crime reports. For example, a security guard might write "The store was robbed," because nobody knows who the robber was.
Can Passive Voice Work in Fiction Writing?
Passive voice is also sometimes useful in fiction writing. For example, if you were writing a mystery novel and you wanted to highlight missing cookies because they are central to the story, passive voice is the best option. It would make more sense to write, "The cookies were stolen," instead of "Somebody stole the cookies."
The difference is subtle, but in the passive sentence "The cookies were stolen," the focus is on the cookies. In "Somebody stole the cookies," the focus would be on the unknown somebody.
Passive voice can be helpful if you want to create a sense of mystery in your sentence, which is also a reason that it's not usually a good choice when you're writing nonfiction and you want your writing to be clear.
Why Is Passive Voice Recommended for Science Writing?
An exception is that scientists are often encouraged to write in passive voice to lend their writing a sense of objectivity--to take themselves and their actions and opinions out of the experimental results. I used to be a scientist and I always found that odd. It felt as if we were trying to hide that real people did the experiments.
Some scientific style guides do allow for a limited use of active voice (1). For example, it may be OK to write, "We sequenced the DNA," instead of "The DNA was sequenced," but it's still considered bad for scientists to insert themselves into conclusions. For example, it would be bad scientific form to write "We believe the mutation causes cancer." But you still don't need passive voice to achieve your goals. For example, the active sentence "We believe the mutation causes cancer," could be changed to "The data suggests that the mutation causes cancer." That's still active, but it eliminates the sense of subjectivity.
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Mae L. Bladorn, 89, Janesville, died Thursday at Cedar Crest Health Care Center, Janesville. Arrangements are pending at Whitcomb-Lynch Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Janesville.
William "Bill" F. Dorr Jr., 87, Beloit, died Friday in Beloit Memorial Hospital, Beloit. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Jude Catholic Church, Beloit . Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services Friday at the church. Daley Murphy Wisch & Associates Funeral Home and Crematorium, Beloit, assisted the family.
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Osteoporosis can be detected with bone density testing. First, the doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history and perform a physical exam. If the doctor suspects you may have osteoporosis or you are at risk for osteoporosis, you may have one or more of the following tests:
Bone Mineral Density Tests
Bone mineral density (BMD)
tests are painless, noninvasive tests that measure your bone mass. With a BMD test, your bone mass is measured and then compared to that of either (1) a healthy 30-year-old adult (T score), or (2) the expected bone mass of someone your age (Z score). Because low BMD is common among older adults, comparison to peers your age can be misleading. The results of a BMD test will indicate whether you have normal bone density, low bone density (osteopenia), or full-blown osteoporosis.
These test results, coupled with assessment of your risk factors for osteoporosis, will help you and your doctor decide which prevention or treatment options are right for you.
Types of BMD tests include:
Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA)
—a type of x-ray that measures bone density of the spine, hip, or total body (central DXA). This test can also be used to measure bone density at peripheral sites—wrist, heel, or finger (peripheral DXA).
Single-energy x-ray absorptiometry (SXA)
—a type of x-ray that measures bone density in the wrist or heel
Quantitative ultrasound (QUS)
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Quantitative computed tomography (QCT)
—a type of x-ray that uses a computer to measure bone density of the spine (central QCT). This test can also be used to measure bone density at the wrist (peripheral QCT).
Radiographic absorptiometry
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Blood and urine tests
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Bone biopsy
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Welcome to the Virus Encyclopedia of Panda Security.
Rona.A carries out the following actions:
Rona.A creates the following files:
Rona.A modifies the file WIN.INI. It adds a section called [WindowsSys32], and several lines that store configuration data.
Rona.A creates the following entry in the Windows Registry:
Rona.A does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.
Rona.A is written in the programming language Visual C++. This Trojan is 492,934 bytes in size.


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This is a long time coming, I've been kicking myself since about 1996 when I use to sell these, as I watched the last pair roll out the door thinking I should have bought them myself.
When I demo these at the sellers house, any particular song / material I should play to "inspect" the ribbon?
I'm also research the sub upgrade mod. The suggested infinity is out of production, but easily found used. Is the Perfect 10 still the best sub to use or is there a newer sub you guys would recommend? I don't plan to do this right away, just thinking ahead.....