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Cade Kelly's life revolved around her legal career until the day she testified against the largest crime family in Chicago. Now in witness protection, she's working hard to adjust to a life devoid of the things she used to be passionate about. When she meets the smart and beautiful Emily Sinclair, Cade feels hopeful about her new life, but she learns no matter who she pretends to be, she can't deny the pull of her past.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, who always has been afraid of flying, says he's glad to be alive after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash last month.
"I hate planes," Barker said in an interview with Us Weekly magazine. "My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened ... well, I'm just thankful to be alive! I'm just grateful to be here at all."
The 32-year-old musician and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM were the only survivors of the crash just before midnight Sept. 19 at the main airport in Columbia, S.C. Two pilots and two other passengers were killed, including Barker's assistant Chris Baker.
Barker was released from a Georgia hospital last week and is now being treated at a burn center in Los Angeles. He said he was too afraid to fly cross-country, so he arranged to travel by bus with his father and ex-wife Shanna Moakler to keep him company.
"I am doing the best I can possibly be," he said in the magazine's latest issue. "I'm so anxious to get out of here. ... I've just been in surgery after surgery. I have third-degree burns basically from my feet up to my waist and both hands. One of my hands has second-degree burns and one has third-degree burns."
"I'm trying to have a quick recovery and play the drums again and be able to hold my kids again," said Barker, who has two children, Landon, 5, and Alabama, 2, with Moakler.
If all goes well, Barker expects to leave the hospital within two weeks.
DJ AM (real name: Adam Goldstein) was recently released from the hospital, too. Doctors have said they expect both men to fully recover.
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Over at sector67.org, Scott Hasse demonstrates the coolest combination of Christmas tradition and high-tech fun I have ever seen. In Scott's own words:
My family has a tradition of making gingerbread houses for the holiday season, the more elaborate the better. So when we got a 150-watt laser cutter at Sector67 one of the first "practical" project ideas I had was to try and laser cut structures out of gingerbread. To keep things fun and chaotic, we invited a number of other families along for the ride and had our event coincide with "Crazy Cooking Day" at Sector. It was interesting to watch candy-coated houses being erected alongside the preparation of sous-vide food and other delicacies like electrocuted hotdogs.
The good news is that it basically just worked, and the kids had a great time. The laser was in generally able to cut the gingerbread and the designs held up well.
Scott describes the process in detail in his posting, including gingerbread recipe and baking tips, recommendations for construction, and things to avoid if you try this yourself. He even provides the source files for his design, should you have access to a laser cutter yourself!


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NL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES: CARDINALS v METS
October 12, 2006
Chris Carpenter
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Game One
Q. Did this change your preparation at all, I assume you found out when you walked in, have you done anything in the past few days that you have to recover from?
CHRIS CARPENTER: No, this is my normal day. Especially at this time of the year, you know, you've got to be ready for change, you've got to be ready for anything. And my preparation is the same every time, and I'm looking forward to tomorrow.
You know, I had an idea last night that he came in to me and mentioned to me that he was thinking about it. At the time last night, he was thinking of keeping it the same, but he said he might change so just be ready tomorrow in case you come in. But I'm going to sleep on it and we'll see what happens and he let me know when I came in this morning or this afternoon, and I'm looking forward to it. It's going to be a great time.
Q. Any difference going on the road in Game 2, as opposed to home for Game 3, and what are your thoughts about being able to pitch in Game 6 instead of 7 if it comes to that?
CHRIS CARPENTER: Home and road, no, there is no thoughts. You're going to pitch no matter what. Obviously their decision was to pitch me in Game 2 and Game 6, if 6 gets there. We're going to need all of our staff and all of our players. It's a team game. We're going to have to step it up all the way around to go out and play. It's not going to be just me pitching 2 and 6. We need Jeff to come out well and we need to play like we did against San Diego and I think if we do that, we'll have a chance.
Again, the road and the home thing, 2 or 3, it's not a big deal. It's my regular day and I'll be prepared to pitch tomorrow.
Q. Two questions. One is when did you throw on the side, and two, your ERA was a lot better at home; is there just an extra comfort level there, or why do you think this season there was a big difference there?
CHRIS CARPENTER: I'll answer the first one. I didn't throw a side. I haven't been throwing sides for a few weeks now. You get to that time of the year where I'm really not working on anything. My stuff is there, I'm strong, I feel good. I'm saving my bullets, and you can prepare just as well off the mound as on it.
The road and home ERA, I don't know, there isn't a difference in the way I feel. I think it might have got skewed a little bit from the couple of games in a row there where I didn't pitch real well on the road. There was one against Kansas City and then against Detroit where I gave up six or seven runs. But I don't feel any different, no matter where I'm pitching. I prepare the same way and I prepare to come out and compete and do the best job I can to give my team a chance to win and I plan on doing that tomorrow.
Q. For last month in the regular season, Trevor Hoffman inserted himself into the Cy Young race that you are a big part of. Some people, writers, don't believe relievers should be up for Cy Young; that's more of an everyday thing; maybe MVP. I wonder what your thoughts are about that and the possibility of Trevor being in there might change the voting.
CHRIS CARPENTER: To be honest with you, I'm really not concerned about the Cy Young right now. I've got Game 2 of the Championship Series tomorrow against the Mets.
You know, all year, last year and this year, people talking about Cy Youngs; my thoughts are I'm going to go out and pitch the best I can all year. And November, whenever the date is they announce it, we'll see what happens. I'm not that concerned about it. If I win it, it's great. If Trevor wins, it's great. I'm preparing to pitch against the Mets tomorrow and you can ask me that question in a month.
Q. From a pitcher's standpoint, what kind of problems does Jose Reyes present to you at the plate and also on the base paths?
CHRIS CARPENTER: At the plate, obviously, he's a phenomenal player, no question about it. You watch him play -- I didn't pitch against them this year, home or here, but watching him play, he does everything, there's no question about that. He's definitely going to be one of those guys that you have to bear down and execute.
This whole lineup is phenomenal, so if you don't execute pitches, you're not going to be successful. You have to keep him off the base paths.
With the ability of Yadier throwing and me throwing runners, I think we make a nice combo. That will give him a little less advantage. Like I said I'm going to try to keep him off the base paths and keep him from running on me, just do the best I can.
Q. How much do you rely on video before you go out and throw?
CHRIS CARPENTER: Video is a huge part of my game. I have video back-dated for maybe 20 or so -- 25 at-bats of each guy, similar pitchers to myself that are facing them. And I study it, I study it for a few hours and go over it again and pay attention to some of the things that they got hits on, some of the pitches they didn't get hits on, trying to just see what some of the other guys are doing. I really pay attention a lot, so it's a big part of my game and it helps me prepare and helps me prepare and get my game plan to what I want to do that day.
Q. Since you've been here, you've been -- just a little follow-up on the Reyes question, you've been really successful at controlling the running game. What are the keys to that for you, is that something you've always done well, and what goes into the success you have, aside from having Yadi, what goes into the success you have of controlling the running game?
CHRIS CARPENTER: I've always been a guy, and there's been times in my career where when I was with Toronto they tried to slow me down because they thought I was too fast.
I've always been a guy that's never had a big leg kick, always been quick to home, and so it's never been a concern of mine to be honest with you. I was always fast enough to home to get my catcher a chance to throw the guy out and then you get a guy behind there like Yadi that's probably got the best arm in the League and helps you out even more.
Q. You're closing out on 200 innings for the second straight year. How do you feel physically at this time this year; is it any different from how you felt at this time last year?
CHRIS CARPENTER: No, I still feel good. I still feel strong. My body feels good. Everything feels good, and I think once you get to this point in the season, it doesn't really matter to be honest with you. You find a way, and the adrenaline when you get out there, it takes over. I feel good and I feel just as great as I did last year.
Q. Your comments about Yadi, not a whole lot of players in the Major Leagues can affect the game, and can be a big force defensively, and it seems like he can. How does he do that? What sort of defensive force is he?
CHRIS CARPENTER: He's phenomenal. Not only talking about video; Yadi watches as much video as I watch. Before every series, he prepares himself, watches the hitters, understands what they are doing, and he's almost like a pitcher. He goes up and sees weaknesses and sees strengths in different hitters. So he has an idea before we go into the meeting of what he wants to do and listens to what I have to say and listens to what Dunc has to say. So that's one thing that he does defensively to help a pitcher.
Just watch the series against San Diego when he picked Piazza off at first. He's done it numerous times this year and you'd think at some point in time the opponent would realize that, you know, you don't want to take too much on first. He continues to do it. He's got a quick release and obviously a strong arm and he really prides himself on being a good defensive catcher. You watch him block balls, he learned from the best in the game, Mike Metheny what he was here. He blocks them where nobody can take advantage or get that extra base. He prides himself and works so hard at being that guy to block the throw. He wants to do those things that has made him what he is, and it's a pleasure to have him behind home plate because he helps you out every single night.
Q. How has Looper helped you out in the set-up role?
CHRIS CARPENTER: You take him from being an ex-closer and throwing in front of Izzy and now in front of Wainwright, you basically have two closers doing the job.
When I was a kid in Toronto, you had Hinky and Ward, you look at the Yankees when they had Rivera and Wetteland. Just to have those two guys at the end, you know, really solidified the last couple innings and make it a six or seven-inning game for the starter, which is nice.
Q. Have you noticed in post-season games the scouting reports are obviously in, that guys will stray a little bit from what you think is the normal first-pitch swingers pull back, and you as a pitcher, can you go away from your norm when you know you're playing a playoff-type roster?
CHRIS CARPENTER: I don't think that guys stray. I mean, you'll have an occasional person or hitter that, you know, in certain situations, do different things.
But for me, I see, I watch, I see strengths, weaknesses, what you're going to do, but ultimately this is my stuff and this is how I pitch. If I execute pitches and make pitches, you're going to have to hit them. I'm not going to stray away from what I do, if it makes me consistent and what makes me successful. Just because one guy is swinging early, I'm going to go in and pound the strike zone and make quality pitches. If you're making quality pitches and be aggressive and these guys are more aggressive, it's hard to hit a pitch that is down and away and in the block. If you end up making quality pitches, you get early in the counts and it helps you, saves your pitch count and does a lot of good things for you as a pitcher.
Q. Has it been your normal routine to stop throwing between starts at the end of the year, or is this year any different in that way, or that's not a result of the last couple years?
CHRIS CARPENTER: Not at all. To be honest with you, I don't know what other people do, but I can see that around the league, there's a lot of guys that towards the end kind of back off and, you know, again, if it's something that I need to go and work on my curveball or work on my sinker or whatever it is, I'm going to go and get on the mound. But my stuff's good, I feel comfortable with my stuff and I don't need to get on the mound and work on it, so there's no need to get up there and do it. It's just save them, go out and play catch and do a lot of flat groundwork and I get my work in on flat ground. I did it last year, too. I wasn't throwing at the end last year, either. So I'm not -- it is -- anyways, yes, the last two years, the last three years, it's been a part of my program.
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A 24-YEAR-OLD Pensnett man who returned to Russells Hall Hospital armed with a metal bar after being ejected from the premises by security staff because of his drunken aggressive behaviour has been spared jail.
Judge Phillip Parker QC at Wolverhampton Crown Court told Matthew Beresford: "The courts regard security at hospitals as being extremely important and people who disrupt hospitals can expect to be punished.
"It is a sad fact that hospitals have to employ security staff but incidents of this sort show just how important it is."
Beresford had to be escorted away from the borough's main hospital due to his drunkeness when he was obstructive and abusive – Mark Rees, prosecuting, told the court.
He said he then returned armed with the metal bar which he was waving about and the security staff felt it was necessary to move in and detain him for his own safety and that of others at the Dudley hospital.
But after the incident Beresford went to Brierley Hill Police Station and complained to officers about the "forceful" actions of the security men.
Laura Culley defending Beresford - a man of previous good character, said: "What he did was completely out of character. He does not normally drink to excess and he wants to apologise for his behaviour."
Beresford, of Byron Street, admitted possessing an offensive weapon and was placed on supervision for a year and ordered to carry out 120 hours unpaid work in the community.
The judge said no-one was injured in the incident but he told Beresford he had behaved in a "bizarre" fashion.


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"Except for getting stuck with this bomb scare," says Jake Sullivan of McLean, "this guy rocked and rolled. I'd seen it inside at the MCI, but this was better."
Morgan Woodyard, 18: "These guys are more amazing than any band I've seen, and they're over 60 years old."
"It was a lot of fun," says Bob Benoit of Charlottesville. "It's great that they can still rock and roll so well."
Jessica Vermaat, 19: "I live in New Jersey, and my parents are going in Philadelphia next week– it's awesome to see our generations mix."
Mariella Vasquez, 18: "A thrilling and breathtaking performance."
"It rocked my socks," says Alec Benoit of Westchester, New York. "But Trey should've rocked out with the Stones."
Erin Conroy, 18: "It was such a great performance because their passion never dies. It was an opportunity to see a band that my parents love."
"The show was full of energy for an old guy like Mick and me," says Doug Portwood of Englewood, Colorado. "I'm going away fully pumped out."
"It was out of this world," says Joanna Doualis of Laguna, California. "Mike Jagger still has the greatest strut in the world."
Chris Stewart, 28: "Fabulous. It was awesome."
"What better concert than the Stones, and it's in our own back yard," says Wes Breeden of Charlottesville. "Mick and the boys still got it."
Tom Murphy, 48: "They bombed. Haha!"
Dana Bacon, 36: "Mick Jagger is always breathtaking. He's got the chest of an 18-year-old. He makes young girls go 'aah!'"
"To hear all these classic songs by the guys who wrote them 40 years ago is an experience not to be missed," says Brad Sauer of Richmond. "Mick's voice is not as good, but his legs still are."
Steve Halsen, 46: "I've seen them 20 times, and it was the first time I've seen a bomb slow things down. In Charlottesville, of all places!"
"No matter how old the Stones get," says Diane Sullivan of McLean, "they sill are fabulous. They've still got it after all these years."
"The world's most professional rock 'n' roll band," says Joe Stallings of Mechanicsville. "They can still rock after all these years."
Cathy Hudson, 44: drove up from Mobile, Alabama for her 9th stones show– "It was well worth the drive. t's the only time I've seen, 'You Can't Always Get What You Want.'" Buck Hudson, 47: "Mick's heart made 'Midnight Rambler' the best I've seen."
"Keith Richards never missed a beat," says Tim Woolard of Forest. "It's good to see these guys get up and rock and roll as old as they are."
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There's a guy who's real smart. Buddhist guy. Knows every sutra. He takes up with a new teacher and the teacher asks him, "So what sutra do you lecture about?
The smart guy goes, "The Heart Sutra."
Master goes, "How do you lecture on the heart sutra?"
Smart guy says, "With my mind."
FOOTNOTE: In Chinese & Japanese the character for heart and mind are the same. So this is a pun that totally loses it's pun-ness in English.
Master goes, "The mind is the leading actor, will is a supporting player and the six senses are the followers. How can mind lecture on the sutra?"
FOOTNOTE: In Buddhism, we count six senses. The first 5 are the usual ones and number 6 is the brain as a sense organ that senses the mental sphere. It is not a sixth sense in the sense of a Bruce Willis movie.
Smart guy goes, "If it's impossible for the mind to lecture about the sutra, maybe you think even empty space can lecture about it!"
Master goes, "Even empty space can lecture on it."
Smart guy gets disgusted and, thinking he's beaten the Master, walks off swinging his sleeves in what was then a very arrogant gesture.
As the smart guy walks off the master calls after him, "Hey, lecturer!"
Smart guy turns around.
Master goes, "From birth to death it's just like this!"
All at once the smart guy gets it. And he is never heard from again.
That's the koan I talked about to both people who showed up for the Zazen/lecture this morning at Hill Street. It's always been a favorite of mine. Not really for the story of the smart dude, but for that line at the end. From birth to death it's just like this.
Some people say koans are illogical stories to be meditated upon so that the meditator transcends logic and comes to a realization which is beyond rational thought. This is, of course, horse poopie. Koans are just a means by which Buddhist logic is conveyed in the form of stories, usually annecdotes about conversations between Buddhist teachers and their students. There is nothing irrational or "beyond logic" about any of these stories, though their logic and rationality may not be the type most of us are used to.
In this story, the smart guy thinks he's won an intellectual battle with the master until the master forces him to notice what's actually going on at that very moment. When the smart guy hears this, he notices something much more profound. Which doesn't mean he gives up being smart. He just gives up thinking that being clever is the be all and end all of things. That we never hear from him again just means that he devotes himself to practice.
"From birth to death it's just like this" means that this moment, this reality, right now is what is really true. Everything else is bupkiss. All your thoughts, ideas, clever notions, fears about the future, guilt about the past, plans, schemes, and all the rest are just images in your head. Nothing more. The only thing that ever really counts is what's right here, right in front of your nose.
From birth to death it's JUST LIKE THIS. It is always just like this. No matter where you go, no matter what happens, it's always just like this. It's always here and it's always now. Just like most of us, the smart guy in this story had devoted his life to trying to escape this simple reality. He sought refuge in knowledge and became the top in his field as a lecturer on Buddhism without ever understanding the basis of the philosophy he lectured about. When suddenly confronted with the reality of his own direct experience, though, he was intelligent enough to recognize it.


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It's up to you what role you play in the Honours Community. You can choose to join in activities or actually organise activities yourself. As an honours student you can also take part in activities outside the university, for example the G200 or National Think-Tank.
The Honours Academy regularly organises activities such as lectures, concerts and social gatherings. Find out more by taking a look in the agenda.
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Project Name: Granite Creek Ranch – Recreational Cabins
Location: 16 miles north of Gerlach on County Road 34
Proponant: Granite Creek Partners LLC
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Lauryn Hll will spend three months in prison and three months in home confinement for tax evasion. The Grammy winner was sentenced a day after paying about $970,000 owed in back taxes and penalties, reports the Associated Press. She had previously plead guilty to tax evasion on an estimated $1 million in income earned in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Hill explained that she had always intended to pay her taxes but was unable to because she was caring for her six children. "I needed to be able to earn so I could pay my taxes, without compromising the health and welfare of my children, and I was being denied that," she told U.S. Magistrate Court Judge Madeline Cox Arleo.
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The below example was derived from one of more than 100 studies focused on elevated Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT), as a factor in health and mortality risk. You will find many similar Relative Risk matrices throughout the Science Library pages of our web site. This table is based on the results reported in article #2 on our GGT-Heart page.
The below chart is an example from study #13 on our GGT-Diabetes page. Note that GGT is a significantly more powerful in predicting new cases of diabetes than obesity alone, even when BMI is above 30 or 35. Note also that elevated GGT increases the risk of diabetes in normal weight people by 3 fold.
Fig. 1. Adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs of newly recognized diabetes (205 cases) by category of BMI and quartiles (Q) of serum GGT. Numbers in the table are the numbers of cases and individuals at risk in each category. ORs were adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, poverty income ratio, cigarette smoking, leisure time physical activity, and alcohol consumption; all ORs were calculated with the reference group of subjects with lowest category of both BMI and serum GGT. First and 2nd quartiles of serum GGT were combined because of small numbers of cases of newly recognized diabetes.
The following chart is an example from study #10 on our GGT-Heart page. Note that in this large population study from Austria, elevated GGT, even when well-within the "normal" range, was associated with significant premature mortality risk across all of the leading causes of death. In this large study of 283,438 men and women (median age 50 yrs.) only 37% of the study population had baseline GGT in the lowest risk category. Also consider that life expectancy in Austria is two years longer than in the U.S. Studies preformed in the U.S. indicate that only about 25 to 30% of the U.S. adult population has GGT in the lowest risk category.
Fig. 3.Adjusted mortality among patients according to subgroups of GGT. GGT was classified as described in Materials and Methods. The lowest category (<9 U/L in women and <14 U/L in men) served as reference category.
Health-e-Iron note: we have prepared an analysis using the data from the above study based upon the distribution of deaths attributed to elevated GGT in Austria. The resulting distribution was then incorporated into an analysis of the current U.S. population at risk and the established 2009 mortality rates for men and women between ages 30 and 70 years. The take-home point of this analysis is that in the U.S. more than 750 premature deaths per day could be attributable to elevated GGT. We believe this analysis is somewhat conservative since life expectancy is longer and mean GGT levels are lower in the Austria compared to comparably-aged individuals in the U.S. The complete analysis can be viewed by clicking this LINK. We welcome comments or critiques by correspondence using our Contact Us page.
The following example is a chart from study #5 on our IRON-Heart page. In this study of 826 men living in Austria, "serum ferritin was one the strongest risk predictors of overall progression of atherosclerosis." Note that the serum ferritin levels of Austrian men are significantly lower than those of American men. And as noted above, Austrian men enjoy an average two-year life expectancy advantage over American men.
Figure 1. Crude and regression-standardized risks of incident atherosclerosis (1990 to 1995) according to ferritin quintiles.
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Rangers eye status quo from new-look Fielder
Offseason addition loses weight, cuts dreads, brings consistent bat to lineup
SURPRISE, Ariz. -- There is much new and different for Prince Fielder this spring: new team, new spot in the batting order, and most noticeable, a new haircut. The famous dreadlocks are gone, at least for now.
Fielder also appears to have slimmed down a bit, even if he is still the heaviest player in camp.
"I lost a couple of pounds cutting the hair, so that helps," Fielder said after working out with the Rangers for the first time on Wednesday. "When you cut your hair, everybody thinks you've lost weight. That was the goal."
The question is how much weight did he lose?
"I don't know," Fielder said. "Scales are not allowed in my house. I have no idea what it is, but I think I lost something. I definitely lost something."
The haircut was only part of it. He also didn't do as much weight-lifting as he has in the past.
"I lift weights, but not so heavy," Fielder said. "I'm not trying to be bulky, I'm trying to lean it out and be more athletic. It's going to be hot, not that it's going to affect me too much.
"I grew up in Florida, I grew up in Texas. It makes you tired, but I just want to be athletic and not carry around so much weight."
The Rangers aren't concerned about the weight. There has never been any doubt about Fielder being in shape to play a full season. He has played in at least 157 games in eight straight seasons, including the last 505 consecutive with the Brewers and Tigers. He has also played in 809 of his team's last 810 games.
"It makes a difference when your big boys work as hard as Prince does," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "Prince did it from the first game of spring. He hits a popup to the infield in a spring game, and I see a flash going around the bases. That was impressive. And it never stopped. For your best player to play that way, it's really a big lift."
The Rangers are counting on it. It's all part of the package they expect to get after acquiring Fielder from the Tigers for second baseman Ian Kinsler this winter. They expect to get a player who posts up every night and can provide a big bat in the middle of a lineup that scored 78 fewer runs last season than it did in 2012.
On Wednesday, manager Ron Washington went over his lineup again, and reaffirmed Fielder will bat third behind Shin-Soo Choo and Elvis Andrus and ahead of Adrian Beltre and Alex Rios. Fielder has been a cleanup hitter for most of his career, but Washington is adamant about keeping Beltre as his No. 4 hitter. Behind Rios will come designated hitter Mitch Moreland, catcher Geovany Soto or J.P. Arencibia, second baseman Jurickson Profar and center fielder Leonys Martin at the bottom.
That's the way Washington had it lined up on the day that position players officially reported to Spring Training. Injuries or a lack of production have been known to alter a lineup, but Washington already has his lineup set for Opening Day.
"It's not only what it does for Prince, but what it does for everybody in the lineup," Washington said. "To me, Adrian is more productive in the fourth hole. It's important that everybody knows every single day where they are. There will be some juggling in the lineup, but it won't be in the middle of the lineup."
Fielder said he has no problems with that.
"Hitting in front of Beltre, that's not a bad thing," Fielder said. "I am not going to argue about it. You're going to do whatever the manager tells you to do, but I think it definitely helps knowing where you're going to hit every day and just knowing where you're going to be."
The actual spot is not as important as the production. Fielder has 277 home runs and 779 RBIs over the past seven seasons, second most in the Major Leagues. He is sixth with a .535 slugging percentage.
But his numbers weren't quite as good last season with the Tigers, even though he still hit .279 with 25 home runs and 106 RBIs on a team that went to the American League Championship Series before losing to the Red Sox. But the 25 home runs were a career low, and so was his .457 slugging percentage.
"It's over, there's nothing you can do about it now," Fielder said. "I think everybody who's in the big leagues has pressure just because you want to do well and help your team win, so most of that pressure is put on by yourself, because you just want to be the best you can be.
"I just want to win, that's the main goal. Win and be healthy, that's it. That's what it's all about."


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New coronavirus potentially more deadly than SARS: researchers
A new coronavirus that emerged in the Middle East last fall could be deadlier than the SARS virus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which killed 774 people between 2002 and 2003, researchers from the University of Hong Kong said.
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Unlike SARS, the new virus, which has killed 11 people since September 2012, has the ability to damage many different organs in the body, the researchers explained in a study published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases this week.
"It could be more virulent [than SARS]," lead researcher Yuen Kwok-yung told the South China Morning Post. "The SARS coronavirus infects very few human cell lines. But this new virus can infect many types of human cell lines, and kill cells rapidly."
They're called coronaviruses because of the crown-like spikes on their surface.
Patients with the new virus experience multiple organ failure, which could explain its 65 percent mortality rate so far, the South China Morning Post reported. In contrast, 11 percent of the people who got SARS died.
The first victims to die from the new virus were a Qatari man in a British hospital and a woman in Saudi Arabia, ABC News reported. The latest victims were located in Germany and the United Kingdom.
A total of 17 people infected with the virus have been identified.
There is one glimmer of hope in battling the new virus: "It is not easily spread between people (unlike SARS)," World Health Organization spokesman Glenn Thomas told ABC News.


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Charlie Sheen is on the verge of settling his ugly breakup with Warner Bros. for a cool $25 million.
Sheen has struck a more conciliatory posture in recent weeks, but his feud with the studio after being fired from the CBS hit sitcom "Two and a Half Men" in March was one for the ages. He had been seeking $100 million, but under the deal about to be struck will get about $25 million, the Los Angeles Times reported, citing a source close to negotiations.
The figure was derived primarily from Sheen's participation in profits from the show. His last deal with Warner Bros. was due to expire in May 2012.
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A spokesman for Warner Bros. denied there is a settlement and declined to comment further.
The fight between Sheen, the show's producer and the studio started in January when Warner Bros. shut down production so Sheen could deal with his addiction issues. When Sheen pronounced himself ready to return, Warner Bros. balked and Sheen went off the deep end. He did several interviews blasting the show's producer, Chuck Lorre and boasting about his lifestyle. Warner Bros. fired him, saying he was "engaged in dangerously self-destructive conduct and appears to be very ill."
Sheen sued for wrongful termination, and a California Superior Court judge ruled that any dispute about the terms of Sheen's contract with Warner Bros. had to go to arbitration.
When he was fired from the show, Sheen was the highest-paid actor in television, making $1.2 million per episode. The show's season premiere aired Monday night, with Sheen replaced by Ashton Kutcher.


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The Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (YOSA) continue their tour of England. You can follow the tour on the YOSA Student Blog. Here are my favorite quotes from today's blog:
I'm pretty sure I need to live in England or Wales.
After Bath, we visited the place I was looking forward to the most: Stonehenge!! The rocks were all that they had lived up to in the countless photos and documentaries I had seen on them.
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Average Monthly Precipitation for November (Millimeters): California, 1981-2010 (800m)
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- Daly, Chris, Taylor, George, National Climatic Data Center (U.S.), National Water and Climate Center (U.S.), United States. Defense Mapping Agency, and Patterson, Will
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- This raster layer contains the average monthly precipitation levels in millimeters for November 1981-2010. This dataset incorporates a conceptual framework that uniquely addresses the spatial scale and pattern of orographic precipitation. The original PRISM dataset covered the United States. This is a California-only version subsetted from the original data set and converted to California Teale Albers NAD83 using bilinear interpolation by the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) at 800m resolution. The grid units are presented in millimeters with floating point. Care should be taken in estimating precipitation values at any single point on the map. Precipitation estimated for each grid cell is an average over the entire area of that cell; thus, point precipitation can be estimated at a spatial precision no better than half the resolution of a cell. Accuracy of this data set is based on the original specification of the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) 1 degree digital elevation models (DEMs). The stated accuracy of the original DEMs is 130m circular error with 90% probability. The Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM) Climate Group works on a range of projects, some of which support the development of spatial climate datasets. These PRISM datasets provide estimates of the basic climate element of precipitation (ppt), or the Daily total precipitation averaged over a month for both rain and melted snow. These datasets are modeled with PRISM using a digital elevation model (DEM) as the predictor grid and provide baselines describing average monthly precipitation between 1981 and 2000 to be used for display and/or analyses requiring spatially distributed monthly or annual precipitation. Grids were modeled on a monthly basis. Annual grids were produced by averaging (temperatures) or summing (precipitation) the monthly grids.
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- California
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- Climate, Precipitation normals, Rain and rainfall, Digital elevation models, Climatology, Meteorology and Atmosphere, Elevation, and Imagery and Base Maps
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- Year(s):
- 1981-2010
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LONGMONT — A 27-year-old Longmont man was airlifted to Denver General on Monday morning after a crash on the 14100 block of U.S. Highway 287, according to the Colorado State Patrol.
Trooper Nate Reid said Brian Canning was in serious condition when he was airlifted after the wreck, which was reported at 6:21 a.m. Traffic on the highway was routed around the investigation. He was listed in critical condition at Denver Health on Monday evening, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
Brian Canning was a passenger in a 1998 Honda Accord that was turning left from the northbound lanes of U.S. 287 to a dirt road to access residences north of the city when a southbound Honda Pilot struck the Accord.
Reid said the Accord's driver, 24-year-old Marc Canning, also of Longmont, got out of the car after the crash and ran away. Deputies caught up with him and arrested him on outstanding warrants, Reid said.
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(CNN) -- As the United States prepares for a visit next week by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned his regime in some of the Obama administration's strongest language to date in a speech Thursday night.
"Iran, with its anti-Semitic president and hostile nuclear ambitions, also continues to threaten Israel, destabilize the region, and sponsor terror," Clinton said, addressing the annual meeting of the American Jewish Committee.
"The United States is committed to pursuing [a] diplomatic path. But we will not compromise our commitment to preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons."
Ahmadinejad is expected to be in New York for a United Nations conference on nuclear nonproliferation that opens Monday. The United States has said it will likely grant the Iranian leader's request for a visa.
Clinton also took on Syria on Thursday night, speaking of "grave dangers of Syria's transfer of weapons to [Hezbollah]," and warning that such a move by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would "have a profoundly destabilizing effect on the region" and would violate a U.N. Security Council resolution.
U.S. officials this month accused Syria of trying to supply weapons to Hezbollah, a Lebanese political party that the United States has labeled a terrorist organization.
"We do not accept such provocative and destabilizing behavior -- and nor should the international community," Clinton said. "President Assad is making decisions that could mean war or peace for the region."
"There should be no mistake, either in Damascus or anywhere else: The United States is not re-engaging with Syria as a reward or a concession," Clinton said, referring to the Obama administration's plan to appoint an ambassador to Syria.
"Engagement is a tool that can give us added leverage and insight and a greater ability to convey strong and clear messages aimed at changing Syria's behavior."
More than a thousand people, including members of Congress and diplomats, were packed into a ballroom at a downtown Washington hotel for the event. Clinton received a warm reception, with her speech repeatedly interrupted by applause.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who followed Clinton at the event, remarked on recent tensions between the Obama administration and the Jewish state, which have revolved largely around President Obama's call for the Israelis to freeze settlements in the Palestinian territories.
"I feel very strongly that these differences, these slight disputes, are behind us," Barak said Thursday.
Barak called 2010 a year of "exceptional threats and opportunities" for Israel and spoke of "heavy clouds looming over the horizon" in reference to Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran.
He said nations opposed to Iran moving forward with the development of nuclear weapons should support sanctions against it. "For the time-being, it is time for sanctions," Barak said. "They should be effective."
But he said that sanctions required clear time limits.
CNN's Charley Keyes contributed to this report.


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Northern Ireland
What you need to know before you go
Northern Ireland is the smallest and least visited country in the UK, made up of 6 counties in the northeast of Ireland. Depending on your age and outlook, you might associate Northern Ireland with its proud shipbuilding industry, its turbulent politics or its many set locations featured in Game of Thrones. Regardless, Northern Ireland is now an area on the up thanks to a host of regeneration projects and inward investment.
The capital city of Belfast is the cultural and economic hub of the country. The world's most famous ocean liner, RMS Titanic, was built here and there's an excellent museum devoted to it, while the nearby Medieval monument of Dunluce Castle ruin in County Antrim makes for a popular daytrip. Northern Ireland has an esteemed golfing pedigree with several local world champions and many excellent courses. Other iconic landmarks include the Giant's Causeway and the Glens of Antrim.
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Belfast is best known to many around the world as the birthplace of the Titanic. Her story can be appreciated at the dockyards, whose Titanic Belfast takes visitors through the shipyard and to the bottom of the ocean using interactive galleries.
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Solomon Islands Overview
Solomon Islands, independent Commonwealth nation (2015 est. pop. 587,000), c.15,500 sq mi (40,150 sq km), SW Pacific, E of New Guinea. The islands that constitute the nation of the Solomon Islands— Guadalcanal, Malaita, New Georgia, the Santa Cruz Islands, Choiseul, Ysabel (Santa Isabel), San Cristobal (Makira), the Shortland Islands, and countless smaller islands—are only part of the 900-mi (1,448-km) Solomon Islands chain, which also includes Bougainville and Buka, which are politically part of Papua New Guinea. The capital is Honiara, on Guadalcanal.
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Casual Sherlock Holmes fans may not be aware that the great detective often pumped a 7 percent solution of cocaine into his arm.
Rod Doherty makes that detail from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's books the jumping-off point for his new crime drama, "Elementary" (9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, CBS; 3 stars out of 4). It could be an interesting choice, if CBS lets Doherty move beyond its pat crime-procedural format to more of a character drama that delves into the psyches of its two main characters.
Jonny Lee Miller plays a modern-day Holmes in New York fresh out of rehab. He's an oddball, all fidgety but cocky and socially callous. His Dr. Watson, played by Lucy Liu, is a disgraced former surgeon hired by Holmes' wealthy father to act as Sherlock's sober companion. She'll live with him 24-7 for six months--certainly longer when CBS picks up the series for another season.
In the opener, after they meet Holmes returns to consulting on cases for Capt. Gregson (Aidan Quinn) of the NYPD. Watson is at first stupefied not by Sherlock's brilliance, but by his battiness. She eventually warms up to crime-solving, if not to Holmes himself. (Although that is likely to happen soon.)
For folks who are obsessed with PBS' far superior "Sherlock," "Elementary" will be quite disappointing. Miller is infinitely watchable as the twitchy detective, and I'm sure Liu will bring more to Watson if she's given the chance. (Making Watson a gal could be another compelling decision.)
My biggest problem with the opener is the crime they are asked to solve: It's rather, well, elementary. I figure pretty much any cop could have solved it.
CBS knows how to do the procedural. Heck, that's pretty much all the network airs. And it works. So I have little doubt "Elementary" will succeed. But if the network wants to keep Holmes purists happy, it'll need to make future cases worthier of the sleuth's attention.
Other Sept. 27 premieres: "Last Resort," 7 p.m. ABC; "The Big Bang Theory," 7 p.m. CBS; "Two and a Half Men," 7:30 p.m. CBS; "Person of Interest," 8 p.m. CBS; "Grey's Anatomy," 8 p.m. ABC; "Scandal," 9 p.m. ABC
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The Southern South America map was published in March 1958 with the article "Argentina: Young Giant of the Far South." This map features insets of the three most prominent capitals in the region: Buenos Aires, Santiago, and Montevideo. A fine companion to the Eastern South America map of 1955.
Coverage Area: Argentina, Chile, Uraguay, Paraguay, Falkland Islands, southern Brazil, southern Bolivia


text: My Clean Break column today takes a look at the importance of bats when it comes to agriculture and how bat populations, under threat by white nose syndrome and wind turbines, are getting some help by the Electric Power Research Institute. EPRI researchers have designed a system that can detect a bat's echolocation call and adjust the operation of a wind turbine to reduce its potential for harm. The researchers have run the models and done preliminary ground tests, and are close to demonstrating the system on the nacelle of a GE wind turbine. The ultimate goal is to have the detection system a common, build-in feature of wind turbines, completely integrated into the turbine's control system. It's just the latest example of how innovative thinking is addressing some of the problems associated with wind energy. Siemens and Vestas are watching the research closely.


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Glee has promoted Melissa Benoist, Jacob Artist and Becca Tobin to series regulars along with Glee Project alums Blake Jenner and Alex Newell, The Hollywood Reporter reports.
Newell, a runner-up on the first season of The Glee Project, first appeared on Glee in Season 3. Glee Project Season 2 winner Jenner, as well as Benoist, Artist and Tobin, all debuted last season as new members of the New Directions.
The decision comes shortly after it was announced that Heather Morris, Mark Salling, Amber Riley and Harry Shum, Jr. will no longer appear as series regulars. News broke last spring that Morris was pregnant with her first child, which would have made it challenging to continue her portrayal of bimbo cheerleader Brittany full-time. Much like Dianna Agron and Jayma Mays last season, the foursome will most likely return for guest appearances.
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Despite new on Saturday that she is joining the new CBS comedy The Millers as Will Arnett's sister, Mays is expected to make several appearances on Glee next season. Her character, Emma, wed Mr. Schue (Matthew Morrison) in the Season 4 finale. Mays replaces It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Mary Elizabeth Ellis on The Millers, which co-stars Beau Bridges and Margo Martindale.
Glee returns for its fifth season on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 9/8c on Fox and has already been renewed for Season 6.


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4 Quick Ways to Make Your Eyes Appear Larger
Whether you're in a constant battle with your eye shape or just trying to look more alert without that third cup of coffee, larger, wider eyes can be yours. Even if you weren't blessed with eyes like Zooey Deschanel, there are a few easy tricks you can pull out to make your peepers pop. Embrace your makeup, brush up on your colors, and look more alert with these simple steps:
- Try white eyeliner: Lining your water line with a white eyeliner, like Shu Uemura Eye Light Pencil in White ($19), will make the whites of your eyes appear larger. This illusion will actually make your eyes appear larger, too.
- Curl your lashes: This may seem like an unnecessary step, but curling your lashes opens up your eyes. Add two coats of a volume-boosting mascara, like Rimmel London Lash Accelerator ($10), for an extra pop.
- Ease up on black liner: If you have especially small eyes, make sure to not use a heavy hand when applying your liner to your upper lid. Instead, lightly line close to your lash line. The smaller line will help accentuate your lashes, which make your eyes appear wider, while a heavy line will only weigh down your lids.
- Use lighter colors: Darker colors may draw more attention to your eyes, but they can also make your eyes look smaller. If you're trying to appear more awake and alert, opt for colors like taupe, pink, or sand. These will attract light to your eyes instead of losing them.


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If you grew up in or around New York City, chances are you've been to the museum for a hay ride in the summer or pumpkin picking in the fall. Perhaps you've even taken photos of your kids holding the biggest pumpkins they could find in the patch.
But take a closer look and you'll see a robust, one-and-a-half acre vineyard, nestled in a 200-year-old farm, that has been a fairly well-kept secret - until now.
Since 2004, museum staffers have been quietly toiling away on the tiny vineyard, planting, coaxing, pruning and harvesting Merlot, Chardonnay and Cabernet grapes. Perched on his tractor, operations manager and overseer of the vineyard, Gary Mitchell, said all their hard work is just now being rewarded.
"We planted the vineyard with limited expectations and as part of our mission to promote New York and Long Island agriculture," Mitchell said. "With a lot of hard work and the labor of dedicated people, it finally took off.
"The first wines produced from those grapes, the 2006 and 2007 vintages, include grapes from our own vineyard and also grown for us on Long Island," Mitchell said. The wine is made at Premium Wine Group in Mattituck, New York, with the help of the award-winning winemaking consultant, Russell Hearn.
The entire venture was a gamble. According to Mitchell, the vineyard was planted in 2004 as an "experiment" suggested by the farm museum's president of the board, James Trent, who wanted to expand the Farm's visitors to adults.
"We serve school children and families very well, but we wanted to develop adult programming," Mitchell said. At an upcoming auction and wine-tasting festival, the museum will be offering the first 30 collectible and historic bottles of its finest homegrown wines.
Making their debut at the festival will be a 2006 Adriance Blend, a premium red wine (named for the Dutch family who first farmed here); a fruity, ruby-red 2006 Merlot; and a rich and distinct, yet delicate, 2007 Chardonnay. The wine labels bear a simple drawing of a vineyard with the Manhattan skyline in the background.
Because it is tolerant of cold temperature the Chardonnay grape is particularly well-suited for New York State. Not only can it endure the cold winters, but the varietal buds late, reducing the risk of spring frosts.
"Grape growing in the Northeast is a particular challenge, especially since we practice sustainable and organic principles on the farm," said Mitchell, who also credits Alice Wise of the Cornell Cooperative Extension and an expert grape grower, Steve Mudd, for help with the project.
Indeed, the green trend has been popular here for a long time. The Queens County Farm Museum is dedicated to sustainable livestock, produce and environmental education. The museum aims to educate people about sustainable and organically grown local foods, and its farmers are passionate about the local food movement.
A throwback to a simpler era, the museum's 18th century barn seems out of place in the city. Still it remains a comforting sight at the museum, which traces its roots to 1697. The farm itself is the longest continuously farmed site in the state.
But please don't call it old-fashioned. With the vineyard the museum, only a stone's throw from Manhattan, joins the wave of new urban wineries which have been popping up all over the country.
Of course, the Farm Museum's diminutive vineyard can't rival the vast sun-drenched vineyards of California's Napa Valley, but amazingly, New York's sun and soil have managed to produce a tasty variety of grapes and a bountiful harvest.
"We look forward to the public's response, as we introduce our wines in the small wine shop" at the farm, said Mitchell.
Whether you're a true wine connoisseur, or not, plan to bid, or just watch, the upcoming auction and wine-tasting event on May 18 at the Queens County Farm Museum promises to be a unique experience. Visitors can enjoy some cool jazz music in the barn, and sample scrumptious hors d'oeuvres.
If you can't make it to the auction, the quaint barnyard gift shop (in the corner of the greenhouse), will be selling their tasty vintage collection starting May 19, and through the fall. Prices will range from about $21 to $26.
For more information about the farm, which is located at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, visit www.queensfarm.org or call (718) 347-3276. Tickets for the auction can be found at www.brownpapertickets.com.


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Martin Shenkman of Shenkman Law in Paramus, N.J. doesn't hesitate to tell it like it is about tax planning in 2012: "This is not a normal year," he says. However, that's no excuse for what he sees as two huge mistakes that advisors and their clients often make as they quiver with uncertainty over what Congress may or may not do this year regarding taxes.
Those two mistakes? Acting like an ostrich and looking for a magic bullet to fix everything.
Mistake No. 1: Doing Nothing in 2012
Many investors, he says, are so freaked out by the fact that it's not a normal year that they're mimicking ostriches and burying their head in the sand, afraid to do anything at all. "The ostrich approach is not very effective unless you're an ostrich," he warns. Those who mimic the big bird are waiting to see what, if anything, gets decided out of a myriad of possibilities with the tax code as the Bush-era tax cuts approach their sunset at year's end.
However, Shenkman (left) warns that "wait and see will become wait and pay" if they continue to do nothing. He suggests protecting assets, particularly through gifting and trusts, as well as consider transferring some dividend-paying equities into an IRA where taxes will not become an issue.
The $5 million gift tax exemption could become a thing of the past if laws change–President Barack Obama, he says, is talking about reducing it to $3 million, and he reminds us that "for a long time we had a $1 million gift exemption. There's no guarantee that won't come back" if the government needs to raise funds–and while many people don't think they're anywhere near that in assets, they could be in for an unpleasant surprise.
He points out that even many clients who are not ultra-wealthy could find themselves in a bind if there are changes reducing that $5 million–particularly unmarried partners, who will find it more difficult to transfer assets back and forth. "Evaluate [ownership of] assets now," he advocates, and make any changes "while it's still easy to do."
Another category of clients who should consider trusts and estate planning, in light of possible tax code changes, is anyone who could be subject to a lawsuit or malpractice claim. That, he adds, "includes everybody." Not only doctors but also members of boards of directors, owners of businesses or real estate that could be beset with hazardous waste claims–such clients of yours, he warns, need to look at asset protection.
"With a $5 million exemption," explains Shenkman, "you shift assets to a trust and you're done. If [the amount is reduced to] $1 million, you have to use much more costly and complicated and risky techniques to shoehorn wealth into a trust like that."
He adds that more than 20 states have "decoupled from the federal estate tax system" so the need to place assets into a trust to shelter them can be even more important, because individuals can be beneficiaries of the trust should they need money, get the assets out of the estate, and save a significant amount of estate tax in the process.
Individuals can also use the current $5 million exemption to equalize giving–say, for a couple with two grown, married children. Shenkman provides an example: If one child has five children and the other has only one, and the parents have been gifting the annual limit, the family with one child has received considerably less money than the family with five children. The $5 million exemption will allow the parents to even that out–to "equalize those prior gifts."
Mistake No. 2: Taking the Wrong Steps in 2012
Some clients might go to the other extreme and seek a magic bullet, making simplistic decisions on what are complex matters. Some are deciding to sell assets now to avoid an increase in capital gains tax, without thinking things through. "Why realize a capital gain today, when you could harvest losses to eliminate that gain?" he asks. "It's not clear that capital gains will increase." He also suggests that advisors and their clients look at the whole picture: "If you have a rental property, why would you sell something to realize a capital gain?"
Instead, he suggests, take a multidimensional approach rather than "letting the tax tail wag the investment dog." That way, even if one purpose of a tax planninng strategy becomes moot because a tax increase or other eventuality does not come to pass, it will still serve other ends–such as an insurance policy purchased to pay estate taxes, but with other needs in mind as well. That way, even if the estate tax does go away, the purchase will still serve a purpose.
Even if capital gains rates and dividend rates rise, he warns, it doesn't make sense to make decisions based only on taxes. "Don't go for investment allocation that doesn't make sense just because you're anticipating a change in the tax law," he warns.
Estate planning could change, too; Shenkman mentions the "green book" tax proposals in Obama's budget. "He will hammer very hard on almost every technique that the wealthy use in estate planning," warns Shenkman. "If people who can benefit from it don't take advantage of it soon, it may be gone by the end of the year."
In fact, Shenkman's office is not booking annual reviews for clients in November and December, anticipating that people will suddenly decide to shelter whatever assets they can at the last minute. "Everyone will call at the last minute," he says, pointing out that "even if you can turn documents around quickly, you still have to open bank accounts and get trust companies to accept trusts; it doesn't happen overnight. Assets still have to be transferred."
Add to that the fact that your clients rushing at the last minute of 2012 may not have thought through all the implications of such a move, there is the chance that they may be "missing the point of what's relevant to them, and at year end they may have to rush through and not do things the way they really want."
A Sit-Down After Tax Season
Shenkman also suggests that clients consider booking time with advisors–all their advisors–after the rush of tax season is over, and asking advice rather than telling advisors what they want. Much of the time, he says, clients will tell advisors what they want and that's what advisors will give them.
However, he recommends to clients that they "sit down with your accountant once a year, after April 15, and say, 'Tell me what you think may be of interest and use to me.' Somebody independent, not selling, who has the review of your financial life and you can't spend an hour of money to hear what they have to say? Especially with all this uncertainty."
Better yet, he adds, is to sit down with the whole planning team–CPA, estate planning attorney, and investment advisor–and discuss everything from insurance to tax returns, perhaps on a conference call. "We do web conferences," he says; "they're incredibly efficient. It's fascinating what a meeting of minds does to come up with ideas for clients," he adds. "No one advisor has a lock on all the right ideas."
One last thing: even if tax rates go up, it will not be a catastrophe, since even the new proposed rates being bandied about by President Obama are not egregious by historic standards. "People don't need to panic over them; they just need to plan."
See AdvisorOne's Special Report, 22 Days of Tax Planning Advice for 2012, throughout the month of March.
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UCONN WOMEN: Huskies get by St. John's without Stefanie Dolson
JAMAICA, N.Y. >> Walking that line between recording a hard-fought victory and being on the wrong side of a head-scratching road loss, it was put up or shut up time for the third-ranked UConn women's basketball team.
With starting center Stefanie Dolson missing her first career game due to flu-like symptoms and none of her teammates able to find an offensive comfort zone, the Huskies were in danger of falling to unranked St. John's for the second successive February.
With 4½ minutes remaining the Huskies were tied with a fired-up Red Storm team eager to etch their way into national prominence in what has been an otherwise frustratingly mediocre season.
That was when UConn coach Geno Auriemma decided to put the game into the hands of sophomore forward Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis. However, it wasn't the sweet-shooting Californian's long-range delivery that carried the Huskies to a 71-65 win before a crowd of 2,158 at Carnesecca Arena Saturday afternoon.
Without St. John's needing to account for Dolson and the duo of Kelly Faris and Bria Hartley struggling to score, the Red Storm was able to shadow Mosqueda-Lewis. She attempted just two second-half shots up to that point when the Huskies decided it was time to make a change.
UConn got the ball to Mosqueda-Lewis in the lane three times in the next five possessions. She had a three-point play on the first, drew fouls and went 4 for 4 from the line in the other two. With the Red Storm needing to try to keep her from getting the ball in the low post, they allowed Kelly Faris to make and take an uncontested 3-pointer as the Huskies finally put away pesky St. John's.
"Coach (Geno Auriemma) just said that he didn't think I was getting enough shots so he kind of mentioned it to the team that we wanted to get some more shots," said Mosqueda-Lewis, who led the Huskies with 19 points and 10 rebounds. "When I went in there he drew up a play and we tried to execute it. My teammates did a good job of finding me wherever I was cutting."
The ability to execute down the stretch allowed the Huskies to leave with positive feelings following what could have been one of the worst losses in recent memory.
"You are always searching for what is going to work, what is our best option on this possession what do we really need," Auriemma said. "You've got Kiah Stokes and Morgan Tuck in the game, it is not automatic that look we are going to run when we have Stef (Dolson) and let's get one of these two guys in the lane, boom, boom, boom you are going to score and get fouled. It is not there yet so you are looking for other ways to get the same things accomplished. It falls on Kelly and Kaleena. Bria is really struggling and that is an understatement probably and that is one less thing we have to work with. You have to keep searching with what is working that night."
Tied with the Huskies at halftime, St. John's scored 10 of the first 14 points including back-to-back baskets by Aliyyah Handford to take a 45-39 lead.
The Huskies answered with seven straight points, four by Hartley and the others coming on a Kelly Faris 3-pointer to take a 46-45 advantage.
Baskets by Amber Thompson, Shenneika Smith and Briana Brown put the Red Storm back in front by five. UConn pulled back within a point on a pair of occasions before Faris hit another 3-pointer, the 100th of her career, and scored again to put the Huskies up by four. However, Smith followed with consecutive baskets to tie the game at 57.
Faris finished with 17 points for the Huskies.
While UConn (20-1, 7-1 in the Big East) recorded its 20th straight 20-win season, it could have been a costly win.
With 10:02 to go in the first half sophomore guard Brianna Banks injured her right knee on a drive to the basket. Banks, who was called for an offensive foul on the play, had to be helped off the court. She returned to the bench late in the first half but did not return. The official diagnosis for Banks is a knee sprain.
Auriemma was not sure of the severity of Banks' injury.
"I thought it was her hip when she first slammed into that kid," Auriemma said. "(UConn athletic trainer) Rosemary and Doc (Tom Trojian) told me that she kind of landed on her knee wrong and somebody hit it at the same time so we probably won't know too much until later on tonight or first thing tomorrow."
Smith led St. John's (10-10, 4-4) with 21 points, Handford had 17 and Brown, a Norwalk native, added 16.


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Season 5, Ep. 6
Fun Modern Cakes
Test cook Julia Collin Davison shows host Christopher Kimball how to make the perfect Strawberry Dream Cake. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried reveals his top picks for cake lifters. Then, tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges Chris to a tasting of milk chocolate. And finally, test cook Bridget Lancaster reveals the secrets to making the best Chocolate Éclair Cake.


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I have been a slave to my hair since puberty; I would wind a gauze bandage around my blow dried ...long... thick... curly hair and slept with what felt like a furry rod . The next morning and upon the unravelling; my hair was controlled and lush...my neck on the other hand needed a brace BUT! off to school I went not looking like Diana Ross who had been dragged through brambles but a happy teen with lovely hair.
Fast forward many years of bi-weekly blow dries/blow-outs:burnt ears and scalp to all the latest fads to get my hair under submission and control.
Yuko: done....Ramrod straight hair after 5 back and ass debilitating hours with Manolo my then Spanish hairdresser whose accent was as thick as molasses and kept calling me "Ren"...
"It's Reem"...
"I know..Ren"!!
It cost a fortune and looked like crap when my hair started growing out.
To cut a long....long...agonising story short: I did it all....
And now I simply get it relaxed at Junior Green's in Knightsbridge... With a yearly Brazilian thrown in for good measure before summer... I spend less time at the hairdresser and get out by lunch time for a glass of Pinot as opposed to twilight and a handful of Nurofen.
Now there is a new kid in town :The Japanese Diamond system available at Eleven Hair Salon which uses a new technique for our unruly tresses : ultrasound.
Apparently this only takes an hour while the ultrasound pushes healthy ingredients such as: argan, jojoba and rose oils into the hairs' cortex thereby smoothing the cuticles into a glass like shine. Then you are free to push healthy doses of Prosecco into your system followed by a delightful lunch.
It costs £85 and results last about 2 months....cheap as chips compared to the rest!
Get thee to Eleven Hair: 11 Blenheim Street, London W1 ( 020 7491 2390)...minutes away from Bond street station.
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I walked by the Chanel boutique in Brompton Cross, London with my dear friend Omar the other day....after a nice lunch at Aubaine might I add(BTW the soup the jour is more like the soup du month...delicious as it is).
...and what caught my attention ? Not the Boy bag on everyone's arm,nor any particular item for that matter... just the cacophony of colours,flimsey fabrics and some seriously hideous "baboush" like shoes on the mannequins.
This apparently is the Resort collection..more like last resort... judging by what we saw in the window. It didn't look good,it didn't look chic and it didn't look like Chanel!
Then I came across this fashion spread from Marie Claire and thanked God for stylists! Because there is cohesion here,not a collection of "expensive rags" as well as some pretty lovely shoes that don't look they come from The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.
Have a look for yourselves:
My personal favourite by far is the "keffiyeh" print silk lace jumpsuit worn under the tweed jumpsuit...(lotta jumpsuits at once, I give you that...)
Pray to God you don't have a hangnail as you ease the silk jumpsuit on...at £4,480 there is no going back.
So what did I learn from this? That sometimes window displays just don't convey that intended look?.....or that the said "look" was simply not working as intended and Chanel need to rethink their display.
Moving on....


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SUNNYVALE, CA and YOKNEAM, ISRAEL – October 9, 2013 – Mellanox® Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX), a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage systems, today announced that it will host its annual Analyst Day on Friday, October 24, 2014, in New York City from 8:30 a.m. until approximately 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time. Members of the Mellanox executive team will provide an overview of the company's vision, strategy, business initiatives, partnerships, products and financial goals.
The event will be available to the public via a live webcast at http://ir.mellanox.com. To listen to the live event and view the corresponding presentations, please go to the Web site at least 15 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software. A replay of the event, including presentation materials, will be available within 24 hours after the event.
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Mellanox Technologies is a leading supplier of end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet interconnect solutions and services for servers and storage. Mellanox interconnect solutions increase data center efficiency by providing the highest throughput and lowest latency, delivering data faster to applications and unlocking system performance capability. Mellanox offers a choice of fast interconnect products: adapters, switches, software, cables and silicon that accelerate application runtime and maximize business results for a wide range of markets including high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, Web 2.0, cloud, storage and financial services. More information is available at www.mellanox.com.
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