text: Manage Risk in a Grain Price Run-Up March 10, 2014 07:00 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Nate Birt Top Producer Managing Editor Email While unrest in Ukraine might appear to be the primary factor pushing grain prices higher, experts tell the U.S. Farm Report Market Roundtable it's one of several contributors. What's more, producers should be protecting their bottom line even as a bullish tone prevails. "I think there are other factors," says Chip Nellinger, Blue Reef Agri-Marketing, Inc. "We started this rally ahead of problems developing in Ukraine. That was kind of the final dose of diesel fuel on the fire. We got undervalued in the place of corn, we started doing a lot of export business. So fundamentally we were undervalued, and that stimulated demand. The funds, also, huge change of ownership. They went from short 150,000 contracts of corn to now long 150,000 contracts of corn in less than two months." Click here for complete coverage of the March 10 USDA reports. The swing in prices shows how much marketing has changed over the years, adds Tommy Grisafi, Trade the Farm. "In the old days when there was a pit, you would see someone who was representing a fund come in and see them bid for 1,000 or 2,000. Now on the screen, it's hard to keep track, it all happens so fast, and a lot of it happens at night or over a Sunday," Grisafi notes. He continues: "In the rest of the world, our Sunday is Monday. I think we did record volume last Sunday on the Ukraine news, and my heart goes out to anyone who doesn't have access to a real platform in the markets. But the things to watch, from a speculator's view of protecting my own risk, at some point when we get a run-up like we have, even as a professional trader, I couldn't react fast enough for how vicious these moves were, especially in oats and corn and everything else." Looking ahead, the spreads are signaling what might lie ahead for prices – and are serving as an indicator that producers should be thinking about ways to protect their bottom line. "The spreads are tightening in corn," Nellinger explains. "It's a bullish scenario for corn, yet the cash basis levels have dropped off dramatically in most areas of the Corn Belt. So that's telling you, or at least telling me, that we're probably getting a little overvalued now on corn futures. Beans are a little different story. You've got such a dynamic there with old crop-new crop, but even the bean spreads, and what oil and meal spreads have done, are still hinting to me—although this week didn't show much of a side of this—that we may be in the process of trying to top this bean market and the meal market." In any case, have a plan and be comfortable with your decision, Grisafi adds. "Hedging and futures and derivatives overall, it's a great concept, but the exit strategy is so difficult," he explains. "There's so many ways to protect this. But what's most important for the person watching is that they're comfortable with the risk they're taking. Even though they have the physical product, they sell the futures or buy the puts or do any combination of a derivative, there's so much risk and they're locking in a profit. But they start to see the money and unlimited opportunities. In the end, you have to be comfortable with those opportunities." Click the play button below to watch the complete U.S. Farm Report Market Roundtable: Back to news


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to make a long story short i tried to find a crack for an old school game that i wanted to sample for another 60 minutes or so more after the trial ran out and ended up getting some crap on my computer. it wasnt worth it.
- startup of Firefox/IE i get IE popups for a couple stupid companies and those annoying spyware removal tools (the hoax ones you know?)
- in safe mode when i run a virus scan or use the internet internet conks out, iget one use of firefox and after a while it dies anyway (like not just web pages, like everything, vnc, ssh, just outbound connections in general)
- scanners and forensics continue to come up with stuff, but im not sure when it's all said and done
- vstools toolbar in IE
what i did:
booted in safe mode
used adaware scanner (just the free no protection mode) and got a lot of crap off
used avast scanner and got nothing off
internet conked out halfway through avast scan and rebooted normally to see results
still had popups
rebooted in a tuneup backup
no popups this time but did notice vstools toolbar in IE (didnt install it), oops i lied, while writing this message i got one, nice (sarcasm)
used hijackthis and uninstalled
hijackthis had some interesting logs
went through Program files and deleted some some stuff in Common Files that was obvious junk
what im planning on doing :
cleaning up the rest of Program Files
getting feedback from you guys and cleaning up what ever u think i should
doing an online scan in safe mode if i have ninernet (housecall, pandascan, etc.)
never downloading game cracks again/allowing stuff through virus protection and noscript, most retarded thing ive done all year
would u look at this hijackthis log and tell me what u think (attached to bottom)
any other ideas or suggestions u guys might have?
how do i know when im clean?
another thing that might help, a lil while back i got a rootkit from someone through aim, people only generally talk to me if they are from school, but apparently someone on the internet (a forum like this one i presume, only place where i give my sn) got my sn and sent me a link. they had a female sn and asked if i would look at a picture and tell them if it was ok if they could put it on their blog, so of course i opened link, software installed and i immediately started crying knowing exactly what had happened, lol. rebooted using a partition wizard i had a few weeks later when stuff started breaking (media player, email, word, etc.) and deleted the new partition under my windows one, and while i was at it reformatted and reinstalled windows. anyway i could still have issues from this episode. i only bring it up cause it up cause it was only a month ago. sigh, no more looking for cracks ever again, and no tlaking to strange people


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VICTORY: The Ward Family & Occupy Birmingham Stop a Bank of America Foreclosure
Great news from Birmingham, Alabama. After months of organizing and fighting to keep their home, the Ward family has won! Bank of America has stopped their foreclosure sale and has worked out a deal with the family that will keep them in their home. Left in Alabama reports:
The Ward family always made their payments on time. They were the victim of fraud on the part of their real estate agent, but B of A was going to take their house anyway. It's called wrongful foreclosure — the homeowners hold up their end of the bargain but someone else in the long financial instrument chain drops the ball.
Last winter Occupy Birmingham stepped in, raised the profile of this case and now B of A has worked out a deal with the Wards. The paperwork is being cleared up and Maurita and Steven Ward are thrilled to be able to make mortgage payments on their home.
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As we draw ever closer to the end of the year, speculation grows as to how Congress and the president will address the problem of the "fiscal cliff"—the year-end deadline for large spending cuts and the expiration of tax cuts.
As I've noted before, this combination of tax increases and spending cuts threatens to cast us back into recessionary territory following 13 straight quarters of expansion since the "Great Recession."
There is no easy solution to this crisis, which has been brought upon us by several decades of profligate spending and government commitments beyond its ability to deliver on those commitments. The day of reckoning is upon us. (Read More: Obama: Ending Tax Cuts for Rich Resolves Half of 'Cliff.')
This week, thanks to the hard work of the people at the Congressional Budget Office, we put some numbers to the fiscal cliff. Recent studies by the CBO suggest that the failure to avert the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts before year-end will indeed result in an economic recession in 2013.
By CBO's estimate, gross domestic product would contract 0.5 percent from the fourth quarter of 2012 to the fourth quarter of 2013 if nothing were to be done.
On the other hand, if Congress were able to reach an agreement whereby all the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts could be put off (again), the CBO believes that the economy could potentially grow as much as 2.4 percent next year. This growth rate assumes that ALL the negative effects of the fiscal cliff are deferred. Nobody believes this will happen. (Read More: Why Postponing 'Fiscal Cliff' Is a Bad Idea: Geithner.)
A more likely scenario, according to most pundits, is that Congress may allow some elements of the fiscal cliff to go ahead as scheduled, such as the expiration of payroll tax cuts and emergency employment benefits.
Any Congressional agreement would involve the other elements of the fiscal cliff, including the Bush-era tax cuts, an Alternative Minimum Tax patch, and the automatic spending cuts established by the Budget Control Act of 2011. Under such an agreement, the CBO projects that GDP will grow 1.7 percent next year and that the unemployment rate will be 8.0 percent at the end of 2013—nothing to celebrate, but a heck of a lot better than another recession.
Given that stocks drop greater than 25 percent on average in a recession (and sometime far greater), it is easy to see that this exercise is not a trivial one for investors. If you were highly confident that a deal will not get done to avert any of the elements of the fiscal cliff, you would probably sell all your stocks now and avoid the usual weakness associated with recessions.
However, we do not believe it is so simple. If we go off the fiscal cliff and end up in recession, there will undoubtedly be longer-term positives as well as the short-term negatives associated with this course of action. (Read More: How Will 'Cliff' Hurt You? Depends What You Earn.)
One of the market's biggest concerns in recent years has been the U.S. government's failure to address its long-term structural deficits, which are largely the result of an explosion in entitlement spending on baby boomers. If the country's long-term fiscal situation is suddenly put on firmer ground, this might actually be a positive for our longer-term growth prospects and therefore stocks as well.
It is also important to note that the CBO's economic projections are completely focused on the U.S. Given that over 40 percent of S&P 500 earnings are derived outside the U.S. (estimates vary and fluctuate), an astute investor must consider the growth outlook in Europe, Japan, China and other emerging markets as well.
As it now stands, Europe is a mess, Japan isn't too much better, and growth prospects in China ebb and flow based largely on government intervention. Is a plunge off the fiscal cliff in the US likely to change the outlook in any of these regions? Can a case be made that more rapid deleveraging across the globe is actually good for longer-term global growth prospects?
Nobody knows for sure what will happen. Nobody knows if we will go over the fiscal cliff, to what extent, and how the plunge will affect the global economy and stocks over both the short and long term. (Read More: Who Ultimately Wins From the 'Fiscal Cliff'?)
Therefore, our advice is to stay the course and remain invested. It is exceedingly difficult to predict short-term market moves with any degree of consistency or precision. Valuations for high quality and defensive blue chip stocks are very reasonable, especially relative to the yields available on bonds.
In the words of Joe Rosenberg, Chief Investment Strategist at Loews, "You can have cheap equity prices or good news, but you can't have both at the same time." So let the roller coaster take its turns and try not to obsess about what could go wrong.
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If the weather co-operates with me next week, I am going to try to get at least one round-trip bicycle commute day in, without using the bus or any other motorized transportation. If I can keep it up, I will try to go all week without using the bus. That said, I'd love to see some other people -- who think they live too far from work to bicycle all the way -- to ride their bicycles to the bus for bike to work week!
Really, though, our existing mass transit system offers many benefits. These benefits will be similar for every major metro area that has buses or trains for commuters to use. You'll see why I have been and will continue to use Johnson County Transit's system.
Fossil Fuels
Using fossil fuels presents many, many problems. For those concerned with the environment, cars use a lot of gasoline and produce a lot of pollution. This damage is two-fold, both reducing our supply of natural resources as well as damaging our atmosphere. For those concerned with the source of our oil, cars increase our dependence on foreign oil from abroad, including the middle east. Some people believe oil sales in the U.S. directly bankroll terrorism. Finally some are concerned about the ballooning oil industry. Despite record prices for crude oil, petroleum companies are making record profits to match. Oil tycoons don't feel threatened; Cars are here to stay, and higher costs for raw materials just means that their already exorbitant mark-up nets them even more cash. They laugh all the way to the bank when they see oil prices on the rise.
So, ignore all those "gasoline boycott" e-mails you've been getting. Don't shift what day you pay the piper. Reduce your gasoline usage!
According to numbers I got from Cris at Johnson County Transit (a.k.a. The JO), the Olathe, KS express bus route carries an average of 35 people per trip over 6 trips. Some trips are longer than others, but my guess is the average round-trip route (including the trip back to the bus barn) is around 45-50 miles. It looks like 3.5 miles per gallon is about average for non-hybrid buses that burn diesel. In this case, each bus will burn about 12.8 gallons of fuel in order to deliver those 35 commuters to their ultimate destination. How does that stack up against using a car? Well, each person's share is about 1/3 gallon per trip, or 2/3 gallon per day. My 24 MPG car (actual consumption when used only for getting to and from work) would use about 2 gallons of fuel per day.
To use less, you'd need a car that actually gets 67 MPG or you could car pool with a co-worker in a car that actually gets 34 MPG. I'm not talking about EPA ratings. Very few cars actually get 34 MPG in rush-hour traffic. More realistically, you could car pool with two other co-workers while getting 22 MPG.
Reducing the amount of fuel used is the only way to "stick it to the man" or reduce consumption and pollution. Using car pools, mass transit, walking or riding a bike are all viable ways of making it happen.
Congestion and Traffic
Buses are pretty big, but when you consider the fact that sometimes one bus is keeping more than 30 cars off the road and out of the already crowded parking lots downtown, they don't seem so big any more. Using the Olathe bus route as an example, all the trips combined are keeping about 200 cars back here in Olathe instead of on the road and in parking spaces.
Saving Money
Let me do some math for you, using my commute as an example. It's about 22 miles from the bus stop to my office, and at $3.50 per day ($1.75 per trip), it's equivalent to the cost about 1.2 gallons of gasoline. Just to break even on fuel costs alone, you'd have to own a car that actually gets 36 miles per gallon (again, not EPA Rated, but 36 MPG in traffic). Once you count the costs of parking downtown and the wear on your car from about 900 miles driven each month, it's easy to see that there are tangible financial benefits to leaving your car at home or at a park and ride location, or better yet, riding your bike or walking to the bus if it's close enough!
Looking back at April, I saved almost $200 by riding my bicycle and bus to get to work. I also rode 250 miles more than the bare minimum to get to and from work, which works out to about $30 in gasoline. Many of those miles came from combining errands and shopping trips with my commute home. I would ultimately get off of the bus further from home, but it would position me to easily make 3 or 4 stops on my way home, so I wouldn't need to use my car.
Other Benefits to mass transit
There are many other benefits to using mass transit. In the early morning, you can usually catch a half-hour cat nap on your way to work. You could also review those reports one last time before getting dragged into that meeting first thing in the morning. If you'd rather check out the sports page or latest stock prices, you can. Feel like touching up your eye liner? Go for it. Instead of being stressed out in your car, you can relax, play sudoku, listen to your morning radio show, or whatever else you feel like doing. The time is yours, and it's liberating.
While waiting around for a bus doesn't seem like the most convenient thing in the world, it really isn't that bad. The more popular bus routes have pick-ups every 15-30 minutes. It can take a little bit of adjustment, but it works really well. If your work schedule doesn't often demand late nights, the bus will probably work great for you!
Riding your bicycle
(or, you are not too fat, old, out-of-shape, or clumsy to ride a bicycle)
The percentage of people who simply cannot -- for physical reasons -- ride a bicycle at least one mile is nearly infinitesimal. For those with mobility and/or balance problems, there are recumbent bicycles, adult tricycles, recumbent adult tricycles and even so-called "tadpoles" with two wheels in front (for steering) and one in the rear (for power). These solutions allow the rider to sit on a more comfortable seat, as opposed to a saddle. The three-wheeled cycles don't fall over as easily, and all of them allow the rider to comfortably rest their feet on the ground when stopped. The downside is that most trikes, and certain kinds of recumbent bicycles won't fit on the bicycle racks supplied on the bus.
Enough with the bizarre bicycles. Most people reading this could probably ride a comfortable hybrid bike. High-quality hybrid and commuter bikes can be purchased for under $400 at any bicycle shop. Hybrids offer more road comfort than a racing-style road bicycle with curvy handlebars, but they offer better efficiency and less rolling resistance than mountain bikes. This makes them good for most tasks involving a bicycle. A genuine bicycle shop (that is, one whose primary business is bicycles, not a sporting goods store or heaven forbid a store with a toy aisle) will be able to find the right bicycle for you. Not just one that you can stand over and ride, but one that fits both your budget and your body. They'll also make sure it's assembled properly, and adjusted for the best possible riding position. $400 might sound like a lot of money to drop on a bicycle when there are bike-shaped toys at discount stores that can be purchased for under $100 but you really do get what you pay for.
If you can ride one mile, then the battle has been won. The first week or two are the hardest, because your body has to get used to riding. Bicycle saddles are not like the seat in your car or office and they require some getting used to. Once your body has built up some muscle around your "sit bones" where you rub on the saddle, you will find that most bikes are not that uncomfortable to ride. In fact, it's easy to get hooked!
If you live within 5 miles of your job or a bus stop, then you should just trust me when I say that you can probably ride a bicycle 5 miles once you've gotten used to it. Your legs are fully capable of it. Back in September, I bought a bike that was just about the most inefficient thing I could buy. It had cheap front and rear suspension which made it difficult to pedal and It had wide, low-pressure knobby tires with a lot of rolling resistance. The engine -- my own body -- hadn't gotten a genuine work out in over ten years. I was 100 pounds heavier than I was when I graduated high school. I had bad knees, sore feet and ankles every morning when I woke up. As heavy and out of shape as I was, and as horribly inefficient as the bike was, I was still able to ride it 5 miles in a single sitting. If you don't believe me that all you have to do is start riding, check out the inspiring story of The Amazing Shrinking Man as he went from 581 pounds to 241 pounds in a little over a year with the help of a bicycle and other lifestyle changes.
Challenges to cycling or walking
Sure, riding your bike or walking to work does present its own set of challenges. What if your hair gets messed up? What if you get sweaty? How are you going to carry your briefcase to work? How will you get home if it starts storming in the middle of the day?
I'm not saying that a bike can replace a car all the time, and my family still owns two motor vehicles: a fuel-efficient compact car and a modest-sized SUV with a flexible-fuel V6 engine that can accept a blend of Ethanol and Gasoline up to E85.
Here are some hurdles I had to conquer.
Getting Sweaty
My first few days of commuting by bike, I got really, really sweaty. Fortunately, I had a half hour to cool down on the bus before getting to work, but I still had damp work clothes on. I solved the problem by riding in shorts (or jeans if it's cool enough) and a t-shirt, while gently rolling my dress clothes and placing them in a backpack. I may switch to using panniers (saddle bags that hang next to the rear wheel on either side) as the summer gets closer and my back gets sweatier from carrying a backpack. Now that I'm in better shape, I pace myself as well so that I don't sweat much while I ride in the morning.
Carrying stuff
Not only do I usually carry my business casual attire to work, but I also carry a laptop, occasionally carry my lunch, and sometimes use my bicycle for other errands such as light grocery shopping. Both of my commuting bicycles (a hybrid and a road bike) have racks on the back, with bungees to hold things down to them as needed.
Being Prepared
I'm not the type to worry excessively about bad things, but I like to be prepared. On both of my commuting bikes, I carry at least one spare inner tube, some tire patches, and a way to inflate the tire. For my hybrid, I just use a hand-held miniature air pump that fits easily in my bookbag. The tubes and tire changing tools sit inside a little pack under the seats. For my road bike, I use an inflater that takes cheap CO2 containers (for pellet guns) which fits nicely inside the under-seat pack with the inner tubes.
Cleaning up a bit at the office
When I get to the office, I still might be a little sweaty, so while I change clothes, I slap on another layer of deoderant, sometimes use a bit of foot powder, and/or use a refreshing wipe (like the Old Spice Cool Contact wipes) on my brow, arms and legs. This cools me off a bit and wipes off any road dust or grime. I usually run a comb through my hair as well; My helmet usually gives my hair an interesting look.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Clean Commute - Inspiration for bike to work week
If the weather co-operates with me next week, I am going to try to get at least one round-trip bicycle commute day in, without using the bus or any other motorized transportation. If I can keep it up, I will try to go all week without using the bus. That said, I'd love to see some other people -- who think they live too far from work to bicycle all the way -- to ride their bicycles to the bus for bike to work week!
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- Frogman said...
I don't have time to go through the whole post, but I must take issue with your example of oil company profits. They are large. That's true. But, as a percentage of their gross revenue, their profits are on the order of 7-11%. That's fairly low ROI. Most health care and pharmaceutical companies make 30%+. The huge numbers made by oil companies don't show how much they screw the consumer, but rather just how huge the amount of fuel is actually sold. I don't have the links with me right now, but I found the numbers and figured it out for '05 or '06 for another friend several months ago. Profits as a function of capital invested is actually fairly low for the entire industry.
- May 09, 2007 6:32 PM
- Noah said...
Tell me you didn't just break out the healthcare industry card, Jon!
Anyone who knows me should know my opinion of that entire industry. In my not-so-humble opinion, healthcare, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies make oil tycoons, drug lords, and casino big-wigs look like saints.
I'm an odd one. I'm not an environmentalist, nor do I really have anyone I want to "stick it to", including terrorists. The oil comes from the Earth. Our Earth. Not the Saudi's Earth, China's Earth, Chile's Earth. Ours. It belongs to everyone. Oh, and I'm not one of those "mother earth" people either.
I realize that what I'm doing is helping the environment, reducing our foreign oil dependence, and reducing the clutter of downtown just a little, tiny bit. It's not why I do it, but I acknowledge these facts and I never have to worry when someone asks what I'm doing to make the world a little better place (a la the Applefritter discussion)
I'm ultimately doing this because it personally saves me money, it's getting/keeping me in shape, and I enjoy it. If any of those things stops being true, I'm giving it up.
- May 09, 2007 6:59 PM
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Lung Transplant for COPD
Topic Overview
Although uncommon, lung transplants are sometimes used in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). During a lung transplant, you are given a lung from a donor who has recently died. A single-lung transplant (receiving one lung) is done more often than a double-lung transplant (receiving two lungs). Improvement in the ability to exercise is nearly as good in people who have a single-lung transplant as it is in those who have a double-lung transplant.
Lung transplant surgery has been found to help people with COPD for at least 3 to 4 years after surgery. A transplant can improve breathing and quality of life. But the long-term benefit of lung transplant for people with COPD is not yet known.
Criteria have not been firmly established for selecting people with COPD to have a lung transplant. Lung transplant for people with COPD may be considered for those who:
- Have severe lung disease.
- Are younger than age 65.
- Have stopped smoking.
- Have family and friends who will help and encourage them during and after the surgery.
- Do not currently have a drug or alcohol abuse problem.
Other things to think about for lung transplant include the following:
- It can take a long time to find a donor whose blood and tissue types match yours.
- You will have to take medicine for the rest of your life to prevent rejection of the new lung. Even then, there is a chance that rejection will occur.
- The medicines you must take suppress your immune system. This results in an increased risk for severe and life-threatening infections.
If you are interested in lung transplants, you may be referred to a transplant centre, where you will have extensive physical and psychological testing to see whether you are a good candidate for a lung transplant. The testing includes exercise tests, lung function tests, heart function tests, numerous blood tests, psychological profiles, and other specialized testing. In addition, you need to demonstrate mental stability and the commitment that is needed to follow up with the medical demands after the transplant.
If you become a candidate for a transplant, you are placed on a waiting list. Depending on where the transplant centre is located, the wait for a lung transplant can be from 1 year to over 2 years.
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It stung, at least for a while. "I always thought I was my daddy's 'real' little girl. I guess I was afraid that might change."
But it didn't. Not even for a moment.
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
Bloggers and Wannabes, Listen Up!
So you have a blog. Or you want to start one. Let me let you in on a little secret. I am always surprised at how many people don't know this. So here's my own Public Service Announcement.
Geneabloggers. It's a place just for you. And when you start your blog you can announce it there. Over two thousand people could potentially learn about your blog.
I realized recently that I announced two of my blogs - Roots & Rambles and The Symbolic Past - but I forgot to announce my third blog, The New England House Historian. So I need to head over there myself.
Each week, Thomas MacEntee, who runs the blog, posts a list of all the new genealogy blogs submitted to him. This week's list has 21 new blogs that are being announced. No matter how unknown or well-known you are or with a major organization or not or an author or not, you will all get equal billing in the New Genealogy Blogs annoucement.
I was happy to see this week that I had discovered some blogs recently before they got announced. Makes me feel like a bit of a talent scout! I had already discovered In Black and White: Cross-Cultural Genealogy and The Journey Takers. But the rest of them, including Daily Genealogist by the New England Historic Genealogical Society were new to me.
Once you've announced your blog on the site you can return time and again for blogging help. If you get stuck on what to write you can visit the Geneabloggers section on Daily Blogging Prompts. And when you get more advanced and you want to keep up with how to protect your content you can visit the Copyright section.
So if you are thinking about blogging or need encouragement with your blogging head over to Geneabloggers!
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Thanks Marian for the shout out! As someone recently said as to my helping to get the word out on genealogy blogs: "Telephone, telegraph, tell Thomas"!ReplyDelete
And I've just listed The New England House Historian at GeneaBloggers! w00t!
Yes! It's a great resource. There's a LinkedIn group for Geneabloggers members too.ReplyDelete
It was a great way to get the word out on my blog...but more than that, it was a great way to meet really nice people and become involved in the online genealogical community.
I didn't know that there was a LinkedIn group for Geneabloggers. I am not very active on LinkedIn but you never know when it may prove helpful.ReplyDelete
You can find Geneabloggers on Facebook too: http://www.facebook.com/#!/GeneabloggersReplyDelete
I just reconnected with Geneabloggers - in fact, that's how I discovered your blog, and I'm so glad I did. I really like the writing prompts over there, too. Just what I needed!ReplyDelete


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LAPORTE — Larimer County officials said late Saturday they were worried that an 8,000-acre wildfire 15 miles west of Fort Collins was burning away from wilderness and toward more homes and Poudre Canyon.
The High Park fire, first reported as a 2-acre blaze Saturday morning in the Paradise Park area, exploded Saturday afternoon. Hundreds of emergency notices were sent urging residents to flee, but officials fear that some people never got the warning.
"This is the fire we always worried we might have," said Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith at a news conference Saturday night.
The fire had burned at least 10 structures, but because they had been viewed only from the air, officials weren't sure whether the structures were homes or outbuildings.
There was no containment Saturday evening. Helicopters and air tankers joined a ground crew of about 200 in the fight. Federal fire teams are expected to take charge of the fight today, officials said, when the blaze will be designated Type One — the highest firefighting priority.
The fire had jumped Stove Prairie Road in three spots and was burning to the east of Rist Canyon and moving fast. Smith said authorities expected the blaze to reach Poudre Canyon today.
Evacuation notices were sent to 733 phones in numerous areas, but some of those people could not be reached. Deputies went door to door to some residences. One deputy was forced back by flames in an area where residents were believed to be at home.
"I'm very concerned with some of the reports we got," Smith said.
High temperatures and winds gusting up to 30 mph in Larimer County on Saturday afternoon fanned the flames and made fighting the blaze difficult.
Nick Christensen, executive officer for the Larimer County Sheriff's Office, said, "Obviously, the conditions today were very tough, very hot, windy conditions, steep conditions."
One firefighter was sidelined because of heat exhaustion. No other injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire was undetermined.
The U.S. Forest Service said Saturday evening the uncontrolled blaze was burning in the crowns of trees and that its growth potential was high.
Resident Jim Key said he took his motorcycle out Saturday afternoon to look at the fire that was sending a plume of smoke over his Stratton Park subdivision. When he returned, he found sheriff's deputies evacuating his neighborhood.
Though he and his wife have lived at their home for about two years, he said, this was their first wildfire evacuation.
"I think it's precautionary more than anything," he said hopefully. "But it's been really erratic wind."
Key and his wife said they planned to stay with friends Saturday night, but they checked in at the Red Cross evacuation shelter in LaPorte on Saturday hoping to learn more about the fire. As of late Saturday afternoon, no update had arrived. Key said he wished he had more information but understood that emergency officials were busy.
"A lot of things would have to line up on the bad side" for him to lose his house, Key said. "But then I don't know all the information."
Residents on Paradise Park Road, Moose Horn Lane, Magic Lane, Spencer Mountain Road, Old Flowers Road and Stove Prairie Road, north to Rist Canyon Road, were the first to be evacuated.
Later in the day, the entire Rist Canyon area, Wilderness Ridge Way, Rist Creek Road, Spring Valley Road and County Road 41, including all of the roads that run off of it, were added to the evacuation area.
According to the North Forty News, at about 3 p.m., flames were approaching the turnoff to Sky Corral Ranch, a historic dude ranch west of Bellvue that has been operating since the 1950s.
The flames were also just west of Stove Prairie Ranch, another historic ranch, along Old Flowers Road, the North Forty News reported.
In early evening, about 30 families had checked in at the Red Cross shelter, which was prepared to house 50 families if necessary, said American Red Cross of Northern Colorado executive director Erin Mounsey.
Mounsey, though, said most families who checked in were expected to spend the night with friends or family.
Ed Brown has lived in the area since 1997 and was given a pre-evacuation notice Saturday.
He evacuated during the 2001 Bobcat Gulch fire and last year's Crystal fire, recalling, "When we were driving out, we had fireballs flying by us."
"We've had a lot of fires this spring, and we're not done," he said.
Staff writer Joey Bunch contributed to this report.
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Other Colorado wildfires
• Ute Trail fire: Delta County residents who were evacuated during a 60-acre fire near Cedaredge were able to return around 9 p.m. Friday as fire crews finished mopping up hot spots. A barn was destroyed.
• Eagle: A wildfire triggered when a shed in Eagle caught fire scorched 3 acres and threatened multiple mobile homes Friday night before it was extinguished. Later, another 3-acre fire Saturday evening briefly closed eastbound Interstate 70 a mile east of Wolcott.
• Little Sand fire: A wildfire burning near Pagosa Springs since May 13 covers about 7,200 acres and is still smoldering and creeping. Archuleta County Emergency Management director Drew Peterson has told residents to expect smoke in the Upper Piedra area until the fire stops burning on its own.


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Those of us who have played Counter-Strike, or have watched the Pwned.nl movie understand how annoying [myg0t] members can be. They hack, they ruin your fun, and are just plain aggrivating. For this reason, I've being scripting an admin mod plugin for a server I play at. Because this is the only forum I know of that would probably be able to help without flaming me down. Those of you who have programmed in C will find Small rather familiar in terms of syntax.
Here's the code so far:
If someone could read through it, and point at any mistakes(minus the pseudocode at the end), I would be very thankful.Code:/****************************** This plugin is made to kick and give 1 hour minute bans to people wearing the myg0t tag. I am not responsible for anything that may happen by using this plugin. Please distrubute plugin source code with the .amx file, so server owners may customize it as they wish. This plugin is written for the =D|2= Digital Riot Clan Server. Special thanks to Infected2506 for helping me write this *******************************/ /*The #include's for the plugin*/ #include <core> #include <console> #include <string> #include <plugin> #include <admin> #include <adminlib> /*some constants and crap*/ new g_Version[]="1.0" /* the plugin version number... obviously */ new str_[]("[myg0t]") /*some events*/ public plugin_init() { plugin_registerinfo("Plugin to scan playernames for the infamous [myg0t] tag, and ban them for a full hour"); return PLUGIN_CONTINUE; } /* Handling the strings for the names(thanks Infected for your help */ public plugin_connect(HLUserName, HLIP, UserIndex) { new strName[MAX_NAME_LENGTH]; convert_string(HLUserName, strName, MAX_NAME_LENGTH); } /* the following's some pseudo code that is soon to be converted to Small. If anyone has a knowledgeable understanding here, that would be great */ strsr "HLUserName" if(mygot == HLUserName) then(admin_ban HLUserName 60)


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The Pink Ribbon
Do you know what it feels like, to get up one morning and stare at your all-too-perfect life, beaming at the safety and security it represents, drinking in the glee of your anticipated victories… and then, to discover that a loved one has been living with a dreaded disease? Something that slowly gnaws at one's being itself, until it has eaten up every fiber of it, leaving it's victim listless and shaken
What bothers more? The fact that someone you love so much is suffering and the road is a one way with no return path… Or that you, for all the closeness you shared, somehow did not inspire in them, the confidence to open up and let you in?
To me, it was neither. (Well, actually both. But they struck with the force of a tornado only when the emergency had dulled a little).The reality of the moment was too grave to digest without philosophizing it (my favorite occupation!) but the timing was too incorrect for philosophy. So I plunged into action. But like all urgent actions that have been ignored long since, this too didn't give me an actual solution, only temporary relief.
Okay, now… what are we talking about? The title "The Pink Ribbon" doesn't seem to make much sense? It does. Ribbons are internationally used for causes. Red ones, say, are for AIDS awareness. Pink is the hue doused on women. Do you recall something?
The Pink Ribbon. Breast Cancer.
Breast Cancer… The beast I could cheerfully kill for invading a lovely home, shocking people into mute submission, not giving a chance to think, plan, talk, and just DO something! Except for suffer both actively and passively while the will to fight it out still envelops even though the strength fails, sometimes.
If it has taken my usual loquacious self an unbelievable one year to get to the point where I can talk about it, imagine how badly it could shake someone. From being someone who always gave hugs and sent smilie-infected personal messages (SMS), I turned into someone who wouldn't hug as she feared that her pain would somehow carve itself into another's heart when the chests came into contact while hugging. I gave up smilies hoping my abstinence towards smiling would be the much needed sacrifice that would somehow make her alright.
I would lie awake in bed through the dead of the night, praying hard. I re-established my relationship with God by talking to him everyday. My life and that of my whole family came to revolve around a single point: Watch over, pray, stay connected, love deeply and show it out more often. Though I am not a shy person, I had never indulged in public display of affection with so much intensity before. And I didn't feel even a tinge of awkwardness while I did so. Despite all this, the doctor's tone of inevitability would ring loud in my ears while I tried to shut it out with the power of prayers.
He had said, "If only you had brought her in a little earlier… In such cases, even a month makes a surprising amount of difference"
A month. One irrefutable, precious month. If only we could go back… If only mom had told me or anyone about it when she first suspected something (And she did suspect something!)
What happened after that was a complete blur in terms of the absolute. The doctor's reluctance to try mastectomy given the condition of cancer, painful chemotherapy sessions, the nausea, loss of appetite, you name it. From being such a cheerful, witty, talkative person, my mother turned into a weak puddle of mouth ulcers that prevented her from not only talking but also basics like eating; tired and dazed but still, wanting and fighting to live…
To live with the realization that you are too late for something is the worst kind of regret. Anything else, you might affix a sense of not being in your destiny to it. But this, to know that everything would have been ok if only you had acted upon it earlier; if you had known about this earlier! Awareness is the word
Today, while I see that healthcare is growing into a major industry, my thought goes out for women like my mother, who, for some obscure reason, don't go out to address or even acknowledge a problem. Is it the fear of emotional abandonment? Pa is the most loving, devoted husband I've ever seen; always extending his touching care and unstinted support to her. I'm a fairly ok daughter (Modesty prevents me from saying much over here!)
And even if a certain unfortunate woman has a callous husband, that's still no reason for not addressing the needs and cries of her body. It's about HER
Is it the lack of finances? That can be arranged. Trust me.
Really, how far can we plan issues like women's health, which is even more an issue in developing countries than their developed counterparts? Unless these "Veiled Rebeccas" of the world come together to make a commitment for personal health and hygiene, not much can be achieved by medical advancement alone.
Doctors say that most cancers can be completely cured if detected early. And breast cancer has some "obvious" symptoms. So the issue is just with the awareness! As I said, awareness is the word.
I cannot even try to explain the trauma cancer causes. When the seconds counted, I was clueless about what was happening in my own home. Now, I live in the daily horror of, "Is it too late, as they say?". In a matter of days, our lives turned completely topsy-turvy.
I share this very personal experience with the sole need to reach out to those women who have ignored personal health, with a message,
"If you see anything wrong or out of order with your system, however obscure that may be, please do attend to it. First acknowledge it. It is NOT shameful or derogatory to you or your loved ones. It is a privilege to attend to you. Lets kill the monster: Breast Cancer.
Health is the most important aspect of living; A woman, the most beautiful aspect of homes and lives"
And if this message touches even one single life, I am thankful for my literacy and ability to articulate :-)
PS: The image attached to this post has been taken from www.pinkribbonshop.com
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The 11th Street Pilot Project recently brought downtown St. Louis an urban rain garden, the market's first design-build project of its kind. Built with the proprietary Freno Modular Rain Garden System, the precast concrete rain garden is a shallow depression filled with water-prone plants in a prescribed profile of soil, sand, and aggregates. The structure uses the technique of bio-retention to help manage stormwater by capturing runoff, storing it briefly, and filtering out pollutants through natural processes.
Midwest Products Group fabricated the system at a wet cast plant it opened in early 2010, adjacent to its Jefferson City, Mo., headquarters operation. Midwest Products is the U.S. licensor of Freno and distributes the system through St. Louis-based Midwest Block & Brick and other producers in the Concrete Products Group LLC network.
The Freno allows rapid placement of rain gardens in urban settings. Rain gardens, bioswales and bio-retention cells—designed to intercept and reduce runoff, filter pollutants, replenish groundwater, and enhance the surrounding street-scape— are relatively inexpensive and require minimal excavation, labor, and material. Thanks to performance characteristics and aesthetic appeal, notes Midwest Products, rain gardens have become a popular Low Impact Development technique for urban streetscapes, where they are typically paired with concrete enclosures or planters.
The Freno Modular Rain Garden System was developed as an alternative to traditional cast-in-place methods, providing Midwest Products engineers note is a higher level of quality and durability at a lower cost, and with less construction time. The 11th Street Pilot Project system offered a cost-effective, modular method of building an urban rain garden for the City of St. Louis.
Freno is made up of a set of three precast concrete pieces – called the T, the N and the S Modules, based on their shapes. They link together and can be arranged in a nearly limitless number of configurations. Other accessories under development have the potential to serve as benches, bike racks, or decorative fencing.
"Freno is an innovative system designed to reduce stormwater runoff, improve water quality and promote groundwater recharge, while creating landscape enhancements in urban settings. It was conceived to provide high-quality green infrastructure with a reduced installed cost due to the speed and convenience of modular construction," says Midwest Products Sales Engineer David Mudd. "Freno is simply a tool to make it easier and faster to build bio-retention systems with predictable quality, and offers the same design options that any bio-retention system has."
The system works in all soil types, from sands to clays, and can adapt to local engineering, soil and planting requirements. In the case of the 11th Street Pilot Project, the system was specifically designed to exfiltrate and was installed without an underdrain. In impervious soils, the Freno system can accommodate an underdrain, and be designed as a filtration system, much like any bio-retention structure. The cost is competitive with existing methods, Midwest Products notes, while offering superior speed of construction, and quality consistency.
System benefits include maximum flexibility, simple constructability, superior durability, enhanced aesthetics and the advantage of pre-cast manufacture. "With Freno, landscape architects, civil engineers and people involved in those functions within municipalities will find they can specify a high-quality, durable recycled-content product with a beautiful architectural finish," notes Mudd. "The components can be specified and used again and again over time with certainty, regardless of the unknown factors of location, season or installer. Freno eliminates the need for specialty labor required with cast in place systems.
"Freno is an eco-friendly site amenity, and a simple yet effective solution for city environments. The system could totally change the way that these rain gardens can be built in urban cores." — Bill Dawson, Concrete Products Group, 800/789-0872 [email protected]


text: Today the White House released the Obamas' new family portrait, the first since 2009, and proved that a family can be so sweet and attractive that it almost makes you angry. No one in this picture is giving her sister a dirty look, sprouting a gnarly zit, or wearing an ill-fitting and hideous dress. Suddenly all of our own favorite family portraits seem much less adorable.


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Rhymefest (Feat. Phonte) - Say Wassup 3-D
Official music for "Say Whassup" featuring Phonte of Little Brother off of the upcoming album, El Che, dropping on June 8th.
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Green with Envy: Adding Chartreuse to Kids' Rooms
Bold color in nurseries and kids' rooms can be a powerful style choice. While tangerine tango has been all the rage this year, we also love bright chartreuse as either a main color or an accent. Check out this roundup of kids' rooms that use this bright green beautifully.
Although chartreuse might seem like a difficult color to work with, we've seen it paired with many different colors to great effect. Whether it's navy, turquoise, gray, pink, or white, you can find a color scheme that will fit lots of different decor styles.
1. Chartreuse and Navy Nursery by Lee Kleinhelter on Simply Seleta
2. Sadie's Grey, Chartreuse & Pink Charmer
3. Mike & Sami's Nursery at HGTV Canada
4. Bedroom for a 5-year old by Eric Ross Interiors
5. Modern Nursery by Tewes Design at Houzz
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• Color Combo: Chartreuse and Turquoise
• Inspiration: Chartreuse Doors


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The Natural Science and Engineering Research Laboratory (NSERL) stands without peer on the UT Dallas campus. The four-story, 192,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility cost $85 million to build and will be used, in part, to help draw scientists from across the world and from all disciplines to the labs. About one-third of the research laboratory's space is being reserved for that purpose.
The four-story, 192,000 square-foot facility was completed in December 2006, and officials filled the building with as many as 350 faculty, graduate students and post-doctoral researchers.
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Anyway, my initial goal for this entry was to look at two cartoons that are overlooked. Someone once requested that I do this and choose one from the golden age that should get more attention, and one later stinker that should remain overlooked. For reasons unknown, Dailymotion didn't mind the latter. But You will!
So, here's my take on "The Music Mice-Tro". -Gulp.-
"The Music Mice-Tro" (1967) Commentary
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Update: Guess video site "Zoopy" didn't care. Here's one of the best Robert McKimson Looney Tunes of the early 50's, "Plop Goes the Weasel". This is a great, overlooked gem starring Foghorn Leghorn, and I hope you'll see why!


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Six fun, quirky pieces all containing pizzicato strings alongside a variety of other instruments. These pieces are perfect for animations, light-hearted corporate videos and any other productions where a pizzicato playfulness would add an extra dimension.
1) Quirky (1:01)
2) A Magical Land (1:41)
3) Creeping About (1:01)
4) Dance of the Toys (1:01)
5) The Frog (0:27)
6) Fooling Around (1:03)
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Oct. 18, 2004
WPI Sports Information
Worcester, Mass. - Propelled by a goal and an assist by Jose-Ramon Torradas, the MIT men's soccer team defeated Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2-1, Saturday at WPI's Alumni Field in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference contest.
With the win, MIT raises its record to 7-2-1 overall, and 3-1 in the NEWMAC, while WPI suffers another tough-luck loss and falls to 3-9-0 overall, and 0-5 in the NEWMAC.
The game's first goal was scored by Torradas just 10:08 into the game. Torradas was able to skip one by WPI Matthew Cichon from about 25 yards out. WPI tied matters with just 13:50 remaining in the game, when Andy Soumelidis converted a header on a nice cross from Matt Douville. But MIT's Torradas similarly put a nice cross in front of the goalmouth with just 8:09 left, and James Zorich beat Cichon, who had no chance for the winning effort.
Despite the score, WPI outshot MIT, 11-9, in this evenly-played game. Both squads totaled two corner kicks. MIT goalkeeper Morgan Mills had nine saves while Cichon had seven.
MIT will host Johnson & Wales University in a non-conference game on Wednesday, Oct. 20 at 3:30 p.m.


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Because i'm mature
when april joke?
Tommorow because then its 1 april. #DidYouSeeWhatIDidThere
and when may joke?
Frenk best retard
Is this a compliment
First when I looked at that picture in a minimized mode I thought it was some Minecraft characters.
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In Defense of Liberty
Ladies and gentlemen, I'll be brief. The issue here is not whether Nationals Manager Manny Acta is stoic and unresponsive to the point of narcolepsy - he is. But you can't hold a manger responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted umpires. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole umpiring system? And if the whole umpiring system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of Major League Baseball in general? I put it to you - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to Manny, but I for one am not going to stand here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America!
(With profuse apologies to National Lampoon's Animal House.)
Seriously though, what's the point here? Yes, the team is losing. Yes, theoretically someone ought to be held accountable. (Let's leave aside for the moment the idea that Jim Bowden was preemptively held accountable for this fiasco.) Does Manny bear some responsibility for the current mess? Absolutely. Should he be fired for it? Well, that depends on your definition of "should".
Step back from the situation. The Nats awful record is built on two faulty pillars. Lousy defense and abyssmal relief pitching. Sure the starting pitching has been bad, and the bats have picked a few inopportune times to take a night off; but by and large the starters have been good enough to keep the team in the game and the offense has held up its end. So what can Manny do about the defense and the relievers?
On defense he's been hamstrung by that perennial Nats weakness: they don't have a starting centerfielder worthy of the title. Lastings Milledge wasn't, isn't and won't be it. Elijah Dukes has the bat, but not the glove, Justin Maxwell just the opposite. Willie Harris is probably the best man for the job, but inserting him into the starting lineup exposes the other problem: too many leftfielders. Adam Dunn and even Josh Willingham are outfielders only in the sense that that's where they stand when not batting. Dukes is best suited to a corner spot as well. Austin Kearns has the glove to play anywhere, and the bat to play in AAA.
Here's Manny Acta's dilemma: max out the offense with Willingham, Dukes and Dunn and just hope nothing gets hit out of the infield, or get better defensively with Harris and Kearns in CF and RF, respectively, sacrificing offense while still trotting out a defensive liability (Dunn) in left. Behind Door #3 is a rotation of all 5 of these guys that changes the offensive and defensive profile of your team from night to night. So what's the "right" answer?
Down in the bullpen, Manny's even more constrained. He doesn't sign the relievers, he doesn't coach them, and though I'm sure he has input, he doesn't get to move guys on and off the 25-man roster on a whim. That's GM territory. So if you have an historically bad bullpen, what can you do? Throw everything you've got against the wall and see what sticks. Manny has been criticized in the past for being a "roles" guy, "Saul is my 7th inning pitcher, Beimel's my 8th inning guy, Hinckley's the LOOGY and Joel is the closer." Well, where are they now? Hanrahan, Beimel, Rivera, Julian Tavarez, Kip Wells, Garrett Mock, Jason Bergmann, Logan Kensing, Ron Villone... they've all gotten opportunities, sometimes multiple stints. There's been some improvement of late, but only after sifting through a lot of junk.
The sad truth is, this team can only expect so much improvement given the personnel on hand. Would Manny Acta barking at the umps in Citifield improve Josh Willingham's glove, or Joel Hanrahan's control? For that matter, would it have moved the officials to change either of their ultimate decisions? (If you say yes, you have to show your work.)
If not, then what is all this fuss about? There was no bait-and-switch here. Acta's always been very clear on his philosophy, arguing doesn't help. For a long time, he was lauded for that calmer, more professional, more analytic approach. Except that apparently, when all about you are losing their heads, the correct managerial posture is to lose yours too.
Maybe Manny's not the right manager for this team. But ask yourself: is that Manny's fault, or the team's?


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Social Democrats Struggle to Overcome Merkel
The Social Democrats' leader, Peer Steinbruck, has struggled to dent the popularity of Chancellor Angela Merkel, not least because of his occasional media gaffes. Harriet Torry looks at where the party's best strategy lies.
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Always fun, occasionally annoying and even educational, the Kennedy Center Honors (9 p.m. on CBS) return for the 35th time. As they do every year, they pay tribute to artists whose works have enriched America's popular culture and fine arts. The list always contains a name unfamiliar to many, as well as folks so famous that you have to wonder if this national honor is simply the icing on their celebrity cake.
Always fun, occasionally annoying and even educational, the Kennedy Center Honors (9 p.m. on CBS) return for the 35th time. As they do every year, they pay tribute to artists whose works have enriched America's popular culture and fine arts. The list always contains a name unfamiliar to many, as well as folks so famous that you have to wonder if this national honor is simply the icing on their celebrity cake.
To be honest, I don't know anything about prima ballerina Natalia Makarova. So I'm glad I'll get to learn about her fabled career with the Kirov Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and other companies.
I've heard of Buddy Guy and know he's a blues guitarist, but again, I'm willing to learn more.
This leaves us with the final three choices, all so famous that they have lived out their careers earning superlatives — or at least hearing them. Dustin Hoffman has been considered one of the greatest actors of his generation ever since his alienated character was seduced by Anne Bancroft's Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate" in 1967.
Led Zeppelin has been the subject of bombastic tributes since "Led Zeppelin II" blew out a million stereo speakers way back in 1969.
And then there's David Letterman. Comics of a certain generation never tire of expressing their debt and allegiance to him. Letterman fans don't only like "Dave," they are heavily invested in their fandom. They don't laugh at his jokes; they whoop. There's a difference. Almost cultlike in their devotion, such fans get a bit testy when you suggest that Letterman hasn't been all that funny or innovative since he moved to CBS 20 years ago.
Do Letterman, Hoffman and Led Zeppelin deserve this award? Probably. But will we really learn anything new about them, or hear the same chorus of adulation we've been hearing for a generation? It's almost pointless to gild their lilies at this point. In the band's prime, Led Zeppelin probably sold more albums in an afternoon than Buddy Guy did in his entire career. So tonight, at least, I hope the Kennedy Center Honors spend a little more time with him than with the already super-famous.
The surviving members of Led Zeppelin (Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones) also appear on a repeat of "Late Show With David Letterman" (11:35 on CBS), along with John Krasinski and Paloma Faith.
— While it might seem like a travesty to go to a Burger King while you're in Paris or Rome, some people just can't help themselves. "Fast Foods Gone Global" (10 on Travel, TV-PG) doesn't exactly encourage vacationers to rely on familiar franchises while abroad. Instead, it shows how the restaurants themselves bend to local tastes. We visit a Pizza Hut in Istanbul, where there's Turkish sausage on the menu, a Moscow McDonald's serving Beef a la Russe, a Paris KFC that offers fried fish and a Subway in Stockholm specializing in fish eggs and shrimp. What would Jared think?
— China White appears on "Arrow" (8 p.m., The CW, r, TV-14).
— A new rape case reopens a cold one on "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (9 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).
— Luke pulls rejection out of his hat on "Modern Family" (9 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).
— A "NOVA" (9 p.m., WGBH, r) from 2010 ponders the men who built the great cathedrals of Europe.
— A source's murder intimidates Bel, but leaves Freddie more determined than ever on "The Hour" (9 p.m., BBC America, TV-14).
— Rayna discovers the extent of her family's debt on "Nashville" (10 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).
Young talents (Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell and Kiefer Sutherland) shine as boys unsettled by a remarkable discovery in the 1986 drama "Stand By Me" (8 p.m., VH1 Classic), adapted from a Stephen King short story.
A familiar face on "Criminal Minds" (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) ... Creative accounting on "Whitney" (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) ... On four episodes of "Ben and Kate" (Fox, r, TV-14): rattled by a reunion (8 p.m.), scavenging (8:30 p.m.), an overdue celebration (9 p.m.), a Halloween makeover (9:30 p.m.).
Giving thanks on "The Middle" (8 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) ... New means of persuasion on "Guys With Kids" (8:30 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14) ... Strangers to the mall on "The Neighbors" (8:30 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG).
Sam and Dean meet after a year apart on "Supernatural" (9 p.m., The CW, r, TV-14) ... Lisa feels guilty on "Suburgatory" (9:30 p.m., ABC, r, TV-PG) ... One darn thing after another on "Chicago Fire" (10 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14).
Lisa Kudrow, Vince Gilligan and Grouplove appear on "Conan" (11 p.m., TBS, r) ... Dita Von Teese, Michael Yo, Jen Kirkman and Josh Wolf are booked on "Chelsea Lately" (11 p.m., E!).
Leslie Mann and Sarah Jaffe appear on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (midnight, ABC, r) ... Craig Ferguson hosts Jim Parsons and Dispatch on "The Late Late Show" (12:35 a.m., CBS, r).
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There has been a significant amount of negative press recently concerning tax rulings and advance pricing agreements (APAs); negativity that has been fuelled by the European Commission's state aid investigations, Lux leaks and reports by various public interest groups. In light of this there have been numerous articles in the tax media indicating that appeal of APAs is in decline, for example: "Appeal of APAs Fades in Light of EU State Aid Rulings", BNA, 30 August 2016.
Such articles, however, do not always draw the important distinction between unilateral and bilateral APAs.
Why is this distinction important?
Unilateral APAs involve a multinational enterprise group (MNE group) reaching (advance) agreement on their transfer pricing policy with the tax administration in a single tax jurisdiction. In contrast, bilateral APAs involve the MNE group seeking agreement from the governments of two tax jurisdictions as to the transfer pricing policy applicable to transactions between the MNE group taxpayers located in those countries. The legal basis for governments to negotiate and reach agreement in such cases is the Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) Article of an applicable tax treaty.
Bilateral APAs on the rise
Recently, bilateral APAs have become the preferred route for businesses seeking certainty as to their transfer pricing policies. There are various reasons for this and we look at some of these here.
In contrast to unilateral APAs, to date there have been no bilateral APAs that have been the subject of state aid investigations, nor have any bilateral APAs faced any criticism in the press. This is not expected to change, particularly when taking into account the recent recommendations of the OECD/G20 concerning bilateral APAs, draft positions put forward by the European Commission, and updates to the United States Revenue Procedure on APAs:
- Best practice #4 of the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Action Item 14 Final Report ("Making Dispute Resolution More Effective") recommends that "Countries should implement bilateral APA programmes".[1]
- The European Commission's working paper on tax rulings[2] notes that when a two-sided approach to an APA is adopted, which is inherently the approach taken in a bilateral APA, there is less room to deviate from a market outcome as under this approach both companies that are party to the intra-group transaction are analysed.
- United States Revenue Procedure 2015-41 also states in Section 2.02(4)(d) that the IRS will have a strong preference for bilateral APAs when a treaty makes it possible (and practical) to do so.[3]
The appeal of bilateral APAs today
It's not just governments and international organizations calling for greater use of bilateral APAs, in many countries taxpayer applications have increased due to the formalisation of APA programmes and increased risk in the current environment.
According to Séverine Grüber, a member of the Swiss Competent Authority, in the last few years there has been an increase in both bilateral APA applications overall as well as APAs with an increasing number of treaty partners. In addition, Monica Todose, head of the transfer pricing unit within the Romanian tax administration, confirms that bilateral APA applications have now surpassed unilateral applications in Romania.
Increased interactions between Competent Authorities (who ultimately negotiate bilateral APAs on behalf their governments) as a result of BEPS meetings and conferences have helped foster new and enhanced relationships between them, and have provided an additional opportunity for government representatives to meet and resolve bilateral APA cases.
On top of this, increasing use of technology (such as videoconferencing and encrypted email) has helped remove some of the administrative hurdles historically encountered in the bilateral APA process, and with a proactive presence from the taxpayer side, can vastly improve processing times.
Given these developments, bilateral APAs are an increasingly attractive option. That being said, the analysis of when and where a bilateral APA is the appropriate course of action requires a country-by-country, taxpayer-by-taxpayer, and transaction-by-transaction analysis. For example, certain countries are currently known to be subjecting applicants to quasi-audits upon application, while others are actively promoting their bilateral APA programs as a way of proactively managing cases and building experience. In addition, the cost / benefit of seeking bilateral APAs on certain transactions simply may not warrant an investment in the process. On the other hand, in many cases the absence of certainty can mean prolonged and contentious fact-based audits from tax authorities who may not be experts in transfer pricing.
In addition to protection from penalties and potential double taxation, there are a number of additional benefits to having a bilateral APA. For instance, APAs alleviate the need to discuss or ultimately book provisions in financial statements. APAs also allow companies to better resource plan their tax departments, effectively help manage their overall tax rate, as well as realize compliance cost savings in the long run.
There can be considerable reputational benefits as well. Aside from the future transfer pricing related benefits, being part of a governments' bilateral APA program can help provide for smoother access to MAP if challenges to previous years arise, and also has the advantage of familiarising the Competent Authority with the business operations should other tax treaty issues arise. In addition, the potential role of bilateral APAs in managing the interface of customs valuation and transfer pricing can further add to the appeal for business' involved in the trade of physical goods.[4]
What next?
As a result of BEPS and related developments, transfer pricing and related issues such as permanent establishments are in the crosshairs of most tax authorities (and the media). MNE groups are facing increasing levels of transparency (eg European Union tax ruling sharing) and disclosure (eg Country by Country Reporting and the new OECD Master File / Local File transfer pricing documentation requirements).
While disclosure of such information has historically been a reason to avoid seeking an APA, the new requirements have neutralized one of the key reasons a company may want to avoid the APA process. In such an environment it therefore makes sense for MNE groups to assess on a global level where it might make sense to seek certainty on transfer pricing arrangements in a proactive and cooperative manner through a bilateral APA. Given this, in the authors' view, the appeal of bilateral APAs will continue to fuel interest in APAs for some time to come.


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Mad Windsurfing is a project about windsurfing and everything that has to do with the best sport in the world. We try to give info about all the aspects of this sport. Currently my focus is on GPS Speedsurfing. This is a really technical in depth topic with loads of tweaks and possibilities. That is also what we love about it: you can keep learning new stuff and improve your windsurfing skills.
Our website really needs a design update. The logo is the first step.
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2013 NFL Draft Preview (For Experts)
Do you follow the NFL religiously? Are you as excited about 7th Round draft picks as 1st Round picks? Then check out this 2013 NFL Draft preview for experts from WSJ Sports.
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CCEMC Corporation and Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions Support Project to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Linked to Agricultural Fertilizer Use
January 29, 2013 (Source: Marketwire) Edmonton, Alberta — The CCEMC is providing nearly $200,000 in financial support for a project that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions linked to fertilizer use. The project, led by the Canadian Fertilizer Institute, will give farmers access to science-based information about how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions when they apply fertilizer or other crop nutrients on their fields.
"The CCEMC knows that there is tremendous potential to reduce emissions from biological sources," said CCEMC Chair Eric Newell. "We're pleased to support Farming 4R Land, a project that has the potential to not only help Alberta farmers reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but also improve their profitability."
"The first project funded under the Biological Greenhouse Gas Management program, Farming 4R Land, is in an area of prime importance to agricultural producers around the world," said Dr. Stan Blade, Chief Executive Officer of Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions. "Optimal use of fertilizer in farming is good for the environment and good for farmers because of decreased production costs and addition of a new revenue source."
In the first phase of the Farming 4R Land project, farmers from different regions within Alberta who grow potatoes, pulses [peas, beans or lentils], canola, cereals [wheat, barley, oats], and bioenergy crops (such as Carinata) will be invited to participate in the program. Farming 4R Land will provide the information and resources they need to adopt the Alberta government approved Nitrous Oxide Emissions Reduction Protocol (NERP). The development of the protocol led by CFI is intended to reduce on-farm emissions of nitrous oxide in a way that would allow farmers to earn carbon offset credits.
In the second phase of the project, Farming 4R Land will focus on supporting on-farm activities for the implementation of both the NERP and the 4R Nutrient Stewardship system. The system provides an assessment framework to help farmers use the right source, at the right rate, right time, and right place for optimal crop growth. In the process, farmers can improve both yields and profitability while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The science-based Best Management Practices promoted through the 4R Nutrient Stewardship system enhance nutrient use efficiency in growing crops, mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, minimize nitrogen and phosphorus losses from both surface and ground water and position Albertan producers for global recognition of their sustainability practices.
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"There are many advantages for farmers to adopt the 4Rs into their cropping systems," said Mr. Norm Beug, Chair of the Canadian Fertilizer Institute. "The 4Rs offer a framework to farmers as they implement BMPs [Best Management Practices] to optimize fertilizer efficiency, which minimizes nutrient loss into the environment. The 4R approach maximizes farmer returns for every tonne of fertilizer used and allows farmers to quantify their practices to receive credits for ecological goods and services."
Other partners involved in the Farming 4R Land project include Agri-INNOVATIONS. The project draws on the work of the Agriculture Canada Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Program and NSERC.
This is the first project funded through the Biological GHG Management Program, administered by Alberta Innovates Bio Solutions (AIBIO) with funding from the CCEMC. Launched in May 2012, the program offers financial support for projects that will discover, develop and deploy technologies and strategies and demonstrate cost-effective ways for the agriculture, forestry and waste management sectors to help meet Alberta's climate change strategy goals. Funded projects support the CCEMC mandate to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the AIBIO mandate to grow and develop Alberta's bio-industries through science and innovation.
Funding for CCEMC is collected from industry. Since 2007, Alberta companies that annually produce more than 100,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over a baseline are legally required to reduce their greenhouse gas intensity by 12 per cent. Companies have three options to meet their reduction target: improve the efficiency of their operations, buy carbon credits in the Alberta-based offset system or pay $15 into the Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund for every tonne over the reduction limit. The CCEMC invests the money collected in clean technology.
The Canadian Fertilizer Institute is an industry association representing manufacturers, wholesale and retail distributors of nitrogen, phosphate, potash and sulphur fertilizers. Our mission is to be the unified voice of the Canadian fertilizer industry by promoting the responsible, sustainable and safe production, distribution and use of fertilizers. Our industry employs 12,000 Canadians and contributes $12 billion annually to Canada's economy. Our products contribute to the supply of safe, nutritious food in Canada and around the world.
The project goals are to:
- Develop implementation strategies for farmer adoption of the 4R Nutrient Stewardship system and NERP that will generate quantifiable and verifiable GHG reductions
- Recognize and advocate for farmers within their community and watershed stakeholders
- Identify and evaluate the ecological goods and services as well as the social and economic impacts for the 4R Nutrient Stewardship system
To achieve these goals the project will:
- Develop criteria for project participation and use criteria to select farmers;
- Build a community of practice and engagement for all stakeholders;
- Provide the tools and resources for evaluation of 4R and NERP activities at the field level;
- Measure the social, economic and environmental impact of the best management practice adoption; and,
- Promote the successes of the participating farmers for recognition and advocacy in their community, within the regional watershed, amongst their peers and within the crop supply chain.
The Nitrous Oxide Emission Reduction Protocol (NERP) is intended to reduce on-farm emissions of nitrous oxide in a quantifiable, credible and verifiable way that would allow farmers to earn carbon credits.
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Lone Star College-Montgomery invites the community to Climate Café, a conversation about the Earth's climate with Matt Varvir, an educator with the Alliance for Climate Education (ACE), on Tuesday, January 29, from 10-11 a.m., in the college's General Academic Center (Bldg. G), Room 102.
Varvir will talk specifically about climate change and solutions, covering elements of ecology, fossil fuels, and energy use. Conservation, efficiency, and sustainability will be emphasized.
"Anyone interested in environmental science, biology, geology, geography, or even natural resources will enjoy listening to this presentation," said Michael Devoley, psychology professor at LSC-Montgomery and advisor to the college's Environmentally Conscious Organization of Students (ECOS) group.
The ECOS group, which is a co-sponsor of the event, raises awareness of environmental issues on campus and in the community; encourages reducing, reusing, and recycling campus resources; and inspires recreation and beautification of the campus and community.
Other sponsors of Climate Café include USDA Forest Service; National Forest & Grasslands in Texas; Friends of Forest & Grasslands in Texas (Latino Legacy); Texas A&M Forest Service (NatureLIVE! Children's Forest in Texas), and Stephen F. Austin State University (Arthur Temple College of Forestry and Agriculture, Masters of Science in Resource Interpretation).
ACE is national leader in climate science education, providing free assembly on climate change science and solutions. Through a focus on multimedia and leadership, ACE is encouraging youth to make sustainability the norm in their lives, schools, and communities.
For more information, contact Michael Devoley at email@example.com.
LSC-Montgomery is located at 3200 College Park Drive, one-half mile west of Interstate 45, between Conroe and The Woodlands. For more information about the college, call 936.273.7000, or visit www.LoneStar.edu/montgomery.
With 78,000 students in credit classes, and a total enrollment of more than 90,000, Lone Star College System is the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area and the fastest-growing community college system in the nation. Dr. Richard Carpenter is the chancellor of LSCS, which consists of six colleges including LSC-CyFair, LSC-Kingwood, LSC-Montgomery, LSC-North Harris, LSC-Tomball and LSC-University Park, five centers, LSC-University Center at Montgomery, LSC-University Center at University Park, Lone Star Corporate College, and LSC-Online. To learn more visit LoneStar.edu.


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