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This year marks the fourth annual COCAP conference. The theme this year is Building The We Economy. The conference will examine strategies for building a local regenerative economy that creates equity and well being for all. It will highlight community wealth building innovations that are working toward leveling the playing field. Along with learning what we need to do, to create a fair and inclusive economy, the conference will discuss who we need to be to truly build the "We Economy".
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Meet the thought leaders, activists, farmers, food entrepreneurs, and investors who are leading the charge around the country. Soil 2o17 be exploring everything from soil biology to human health to investing in local food systems. Two full days of speaker presentations and discussions, including a special evening program: a talk by Winona LaDuke, and a showing of the new documentary on Wendell Berry's life.
This four-day conference aims to generate visions of a future in which land, wealth and power are equitably distributed. MMMC is a confidential space that uses workshops, storytelling and skill building to create a space for young people with class privilege and wealth to explore questions of identity and responsibility in a supportive environment. MMMC programming is dynamic and specific to young people with wealth who are interested in social justice. If you are just starting to think about identity and social change MMMC is a great space for you! It's also a great conference to attend if you have been grappling with these issues for some time, and want to do that work in community. We'll explore a range of topics from creating a giving plan for distributing resources to the dynamics of being in cross-class relationships and communities.
BALLE will be convening our 2nd Leadership Summit in 2017, gathering the local economy leaders from our communities of practice at this invitational event. The work to change our economic system is complex and in this time of uncertainty, BALLE knows that the path to creating healthy, equitable economies starts with weaving the right relationships needed to build effective solutions. The Leadership Summit is designed to do just that – harness the wisdom, resources, and knowledge of this movement to create solutions that work.
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The Ecological Farming Association (EcoFarm) presents the 38th annual EcoFarm Conference January 24 – 27, 2018 in Pacific Grove, CA – Featuring over 70 workshops, intensives, keynote speakers, an exhibitor marketplace, seed swap, awards banquet, live entertainment, mixers, and organic culinary fare. Workshops cover practical and cutting edge information on crop production, livestock, soil health, marketing, distribution, and farming and food system issues. As the oldest and largest organic farming conference in the West, EcoFarm is a prime networking and educational hub for farmers, ranchers, distributors, retailers, activists, researchers, and educators.

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In contemporary ecumenical dialogues, today's second reading is used most frequently to set forth the ideal of the visible oneness for which we long. How do peoples who are separated become united? Today's readings emphasize the role of compassionate leaders in the work of reconciliation. In the New Testament texts the focus is on the person of Christ as the one who accomplishes oneness.
The first reading is an indictment of Israel's leaders, who allowed the people to be "scattered" and "driven away" into exile. The contrast is great between their lack of care for the "flock" and God's complete provision for the people expressed in Psalm 23. The Divine Shepherd leads the "flock" with endless overflowing goodness and kindness to plentiful pasture, abundant food and rest from worry, and accompanies them even in the most frightening times. In the Gospel we see this same tender care embodied in Jesus. He attends to the disciples' need to be replenished after their first missionary journey. At the same time he also attends to the needs of the vast crowd, for whom he has heartfelt compassion.
In a culture where many ministers fall prey to the pressure of responding to nonstop demands 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it may seem that the returning Apostles in today's Gospel are longing for an overdue rest. The Gospel context offers another possible interpretation.
The Apostles have just returned from their first attempts at teaching and expelling evil spirits, and it is likely that their report to Jesus is an enthusiastic retelling of all the marvels they found themselves able to do. Jesus invites them to a deserted place, the kind of place where he would customarily go apart to pray (Mk 1:35) and where one meets face to face both one's temptations and the divine assistance (Mk 1:12-13). Perhaps the disciples were in danger of becoming a bit too enamored of their own abilities to perform wonders. The deserted place will help them experience more deeply the divine compassion that calls them into mission and that is the source of all they are able to do. From their ability to receive divine compassion in their own neediness, they become able to be the compassion of God toward others. Just so, in any work of reconciliation, the ability to experience compassion, that is, to "feel with" the other from the other's point of view, is crucial to moving toward oneness.
The author of Ephesians elaborates how "the dividing wall of enmity" between Jewish Christians ("those who were near") and Gentile Christians (those "who once were far off") is broken down. Christ himself is that peace which brings unity (v. 14). He makes peace by the costly giving of himself that puts enmity to death (v. 15), and finally, he preached peace (v. 16).
For creating unity in our own day, we can emulate this same pattern. We start with contemplative dwelling with the source of our peace, allowing ourselves to be transformed into the very peace we desire. Second, making peace is costly; it demands crossing over dividing walls to listen deeply and with empathy to the "other," and being willing to engage in long processes of dialogue, clarifying where we have common ground and where we yet differ, and praying for the guidance of the Spirit to find the way through the impasses.
One thing that should not be misunderstood in v. 15 is that Jesus never "abolished" the Law. In Mt 5:17, Jesus insists he has not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill it. Similarly, Paul, when wrestling with questions concerning Jewish believers and Gentile believers in his Letter to the Romans, says, "Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law" (3:31).
Eph 2:15 is speaking about the difficult negotiations in which the first Christians engaged in order to find common ground that could lead to unity between Gentile Christians and Law-observant Jewish Christians. The final prong of the process is preaching peace, that is sharing with others the good news of Christ's gift of reconciliation both through our words and actions. Ephesians gives us hope that through arduous work and prayer for unity, we can become one people, created as "one new person" in Christ, reconciled "in one body," having access in one Spirit to the one God.


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This movie has adventure, animal-human communications, heroism and is at times both funny and sad.
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Point of View, Talking with God: Religion as a Therapeutic Experience
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Point of View
Talking With God
Religion as a therapeutic experience
By Ryan Howes
Can a connection with God offer the kind of support and affirmation that a relationship with a therapist can? New research by Stanford University anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann indicates that it can, at least for some American evangelical Christians.
Many therapists are wary of the therapeutic value of prayer or the role of religion in clients' lives. But people have been turning to religion for comfort, healing, and understanding for far longer than they've been making appointments with therapists. Perhaps it's because, as Luhrmann points out in her new book, When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God, people with a certain psychological makeup can create a "real" experience with God. Rather than feel God in an esoteric way, they audibly hear God addressing them personally, sometimes from across the breakfast table or in the produce aisle of their grocery store. Reports of this type might raise alarm bells for some therapists, but for some churches, this type of connection isn't cause for concern--it's encouraged.
In this interview, Luhrmann explains how she came to spend time in the evangelical church to study the ways members communicate with God, and how this communication can be therapeutic, particularly when people tap into their imagination and hear God talk back.
RH: What led you to study evangelicals?
LUHRMANN: I actually started with researching magicians and how magical tricks can become quite real for some of the people watching them. I was interested in how ordinary people could come to experience the world as if magic actually worked, even when it seemed to violate the rules of everyday reality. I found there were certain heuristics and narratives that, with a little suggestion, allowed some people to enter a frame of mind that would enable them to experience the "reality" of magic.
RH: Not so different from religious experience.
LUHRMANN: Right. This led to my getting interested in the mental state of "absorption"--the capacity to shift your attention from the external, everyday, instrumental dimension of life to become immersed in your own mental imagery. That shift seems to be central to the experience of religion.
Religion requires us to take what's usually experienced internally and both imagine it as having an external reality and see a quality of goodness as real and palpable out in the world. In the evangelical churches where I spent my time researching my latest book, it was important to be able to experience God as both very loving and absolutely real. At the same time, it was recognized that some people were going to be better at it than others, and that it was something you had to learn and practice.
RH: Do you mean better at engaging in public prayer or better at feeling an internal connection with God?
LUHRMANN: Among the evangelicals I spent time with, many people would talk about hearing directly from God, but others found that difficult or impossible. Many reported talking with God and going for a walk with God as an everyday experience. It was easy for them: they weren't embarrassed about it, and didn't find that it was difficult to carve out time for it. And they insisted that it was a two-way interaction. But the church clearly identified them as different from people who have a really tough time hearing God.
RH: I've heard the term prayer warriors used for folks who are seriously committed to prayer.
LUHRMANN: Yes, exactly. I was really interested in finding out more about what was happening for them psychologically. I found that they scored high on the absorption scale, which predicted which members of a church were more likely to report that they had a back-and-forth experience with God, that God addressed them like a person, and that they could feel God's love directly. …


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Pets, Pets, Pets
This weeks "Pets, Pets, Pets" includes two news briefs, a Babylon Shelter wish-list and a pet plea as the final "Pets" column of 2011:
** Both "Dana" and "Bindi" the West Virginia dogs featured here last week were taken in by Last Hope Animal Rescue in Wantagh and adopted by loving families before Christmas. Starved Dana had been abandoned in the Appalachians and then tied outdoors to a tiny wooden box that provided no shelter from the frigid temperatures, while Bindi was a discarded puppy added to the rescue transport at the last moment when her tentative adoptive home in Virginia fell through. This Christmas miracle couldn't have happened without the local WV animal welfare groups that take these dogs out of harm's way in poor rural areas and the many volunteer drivers of the multi-leg transports that deliver these desperate dogs to rescues as far north as Massachusetts.
** Almost Home Animal Rescue which operates an outreach program striving to improve the quality of life for chained Pit Bulls in Wyandanch invites you to a Model Train Show fundraiser on Sat. Jan. 15, 2012 from 12 to 4 p.m. Admission is free. However, donations to Almost Home will be accepted. TMB Train Club's exhibit of O gauge model railroad is at 1110A Rt. 109, Lindenhurst, behind the Inter-County Bakers building, and next to Cablevision. Almost Home (almosthomeli.org) will have foster dogs and cats on display at the event.
** Kind folks often ask what items they can donate to animal shelters. Besides donations of canned pet food, treats, blankets and towels, Babylon Town Shelter (51 Lamar St. W. Babylon) has a special request for two "furniture" gifts. The shelter dogs love to sleep on Kuranda beds that are comfy, washable and elevated off the concrete floor. The dog cots come in various sizes ranging from $52 to $92 in price, and can be purchased and shipped directly to the shelter via Petfinder. Babylon Shelter is "Petfinder NY275." Information about ordering a Kuranda bed is at the bottom of the Babylon Shelter homepage.
** The second furniture gift is for the feral cat colonies that Babylon Shelter (631-643-9270) helps oversee. More outdoor cat shelters are needed. Styrofoam coolers can be converted into winter refuges. All About Spay/Neuter in Massapequa (www.allaboutspayneuter.com/shelters. html) has a display of cat shelters that can be homemade or purchased, and then donated to Babylon Shelter.
** The last pet plea of the year is for a crippled Babylon Shelter Lhasa Apso mix named " Timothy" as in " Tiny Tim" of Dickens' fame. Right now everything is in the thinking out loud stage because we are still gathering information from orthopedic specialists about what can be done for him. Not sure yet whether we are looking for a permanent or foster home; temporary fix or a series of operations; a fundraiser, the generosity of a pet special needs foundation or even a local philanthropist.
Supposedly a Good Samaritan found Timothy on Sunrise Highway in Lindenhurst and took him to the emergency hospital. This Lhasa boy is peppy and hairy, so at first you don't notice his leg. Although his left hind leg is rotated completely around, Timothy runs and plays vigorously. He uses his leg like a crutch. The skin is abraded off his foot which will ulcerate and remain vulnerable to infections, if ignored.
So far, Timothy has had x-rays at two hospitals. He has old leg and pelvis fractures that healed by themselves in a crooked way. "Old" can mean several months old, and this would preclude Timothy's injuries from being hit by a car before being rescued off Sunrise. The muscles have atrophied, and the twisted leg may also have neurological damage. One option is to amputate the leg. Orthopedic surgeons tend to use that as a last resort. Moreover, Lhasas have elongated backs so the lack of rear support minus one limb may bring problems as he ages.
Right now Timothy, who is only between one and two years old, is wearing a bandagetype splint and an E collar to protect the raw skin on his twisted foot. He may be able to manage this way short term or indefinitely. Meanwhile we are waiting for a cost estimate from the specialist. Orthopedic surgery like this is beyond the budget of a Town shelter. Timothy may need to be adopted by a private rescue where perhaps a designated fund, a Chip In account or a special benefit can help finance his recovery. When Last Hope took a Chihuahua from the Babylon Shelter that needed complex leg/hip surgery, we held "Pesos for Paco" at a Mexican restaurant. But Timothy is a Lhasa, and his breed originates from Tibet. What do we do this time? Do we ask the Dalai Lama for advice about Timothy? Please contact me at the paper with any suggestions you might have to help this little fellow. Happy New Year!


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RIAA Doesn't Apologize For Year-Long Blog Censorship; Just Stands By Its Claim That The Site Broke The Law
from the well,-look-at-that dept
News.com now has a story about the whole mess as well, with a quote from the RIAA that ignores the lack of due process, the lack of probable cause, and just sorta shrugs its shoulders with a "well, we thought it was infringing."
For a year and a half, we monitored the site, identifying instances where its operators had uploaded music to unauthorized file-sharing services where the recordings could be freely downloaded -- music that artists had created with the expectation that they would have a chance to sell before it was leaked. Dajaz1 profited from its reputation for providing links to pre-release copies, and during that time nearly 2300 recordings linked to the site were removed from various file-sharing services. We are unaware of a single instance where the site operator objected by saying that the distribution was somehow authorized.I'm not even entirely sure what that means. Considering that the music was sent by representatives of the label itself for the express purpose of having it promoted, it's unclear how or why the RIAA believes Dajaz1 was infringing. And whether or not Dajaz1 objected to the RIAA throwing around DMCA notices really has nothing to do with what happened to the site. If there really was such evidence, wouldn't the government have actually used it in court, rather than stalling for a year and finally admitting that there was no probable cause?
Either way, this response from the RIAA appears to ignore the horror that they helped allow the US government to flat out censor a web site that was used to promote their works. You'd think they'd be a little more careful and at least apologize. Either way, the RIAA might want to reconsider claiming that freedom of speech is a core RIAA value. Its "statement" here certainly suggests otherwise.


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OAKLAND — Behind the on-demand smile on Bob Myers' face was a man grappling with the moment. The Warriors general manager was in unfamiliar territory, a co-star instead of a supporting performer.
He was not obscured by the cocksure disposition of his boss, Warriors CEO Joe Lacob, not in the shadows behind fervently passionate presence of coach Mark Jackson. Not even Jerry West was around to soak up the spotlight simply by being his legendary self.
As it should be for Myers, at least this once, for no one in this resurrected organization has been more effective in such a brief period. In only 14 months, he has cooled what customarily was among the hottest seats in the Bay Area sports.
The GM on Thursday shared the stage with tangible proof of his latest parlor trick, turning two players at the end of the bench and a third recovering from devastating injury into All-Star forward Andre Iguodala.
"I was fully prepared for it not to happen, expecting it not to happen," Myers said with a sigh. "But hoping it would."
Even those unfamiliar with the ghastly salary obligations to Richard Jefferson ($11 million) and Andris Biedrins ($9 mil) might concede this is more impressive than pulling a thoroughbred out of a hat.
As Myers and Iguodala chatted with media and posed for pictures, the GM appeared totally comfortable with his stealth status. He kept turning the focus to the player, kept lauding the efforts of Lacob and Jackson and co-managing partner Peter Guber, who made a perfunctory appearance after the news conference.
No question the Warriors front office operates as a team, with Lacob's boundless drive setting the tone. But Myers clearly is more than a cog in the wheel of the franchise he followed as a kid in the East Bay, playing hoops at Monte Vista High in Danville.
Six weeks before his promotion last April, the then-assistant GM was the architect behind the trade that brought Andrew Bogut to the Warriors. Two months after being promoted, Myers drafted three players who not only made the team but actually were key contributor to a turnaround season.
The odds of getting three players in one draft are about the same as hitting three jackpots on Vegas slots.
Myers won his only trade last summer, moving forward Dorell Wright for guard Jarrett Jack, and then succeeded with his only free agent, forward Carl Landry.
All of which resulted in the Warriors' deepest postseason run in two generations, making Myers 1-for-1 in playoff seasons.
I asked Myers if there was a time when he might have visualized such a phenomenal start as an NBA executive.
"No. I couldn't. I didn't," he said. "I still have moments where I think this is not really that real."
Understand, now, Myers still is growing into his role. After 14 years on the other side — he was a player agent from 1997 to 2011 — he's carefully navigating his way, trying to capture the nuance and balance required of the position.
But the endless maneuvers that delivered Iguodala were, for Myers, a difficult test of executive skill. He aced it.
"The hours that you put in are extremely expensive," he said. "You're really working a lot. And this (effort) actually consummated in a player. A lot of times, this doesn't happen. This easily could have not happened and we'd have nothing to show for it — except for effort."
Instead, triumph. Iguodala was the best player on a Denver team that won 58 games before being bounced by the Warriors in the first round of the playoffs.
Moreover, Iggy is a Warrior because he was impressed by the franchise. That a star would discount himself for the Warriors is real progress.
Like Lacob, Myers is getting things done at a pace previously unknown to the organization.
Like Jackson, Myers is proceeding with faith and absolute conviction.
All three are collaborating to wipe away decades of scorn and stigma. Lacob walked in and immediately promised a new day. Jackson introduced himself by vowing that "things be changing" with this franchise.
Upon moving into the seat that had been occupied by veteran executive Larry Riley, Myers made no such grand proclamations. He said 14 months ago that he thought the Warriors would better in 2012-13 than they were in 2011-12.
He was more prophetic than he could have imagined, with no sign of slowing down.
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The Site Unscene is one of only a handful of new businesses radically changing the landscape of the art world for the better. JB Jones and Wil Atkinson, who founded The Site Unscene [TSUS], are two of the greatest people around – so it's no wonder that artists as diverse as Gregory Siff and XVALA treat them like family and often drop in to their headquarters from time to time just to say hello. However, one of the most unique aspects to their HQ, besides the art and artists themselves, is that TSUS have a massive garage space where the artists they represent, as well as their friends, are able to come in and paint for however long they need to – which is crucially important, especially to those who work with spray paint and don't have the space to do so where they live. They even have lockers for all the artists to store their supplies in! I guess you're wondering what exactly TSUS does and the only way I can explain it is to repeat their mantra of "We help make art happen" – since they really do it all, from putting on pop-up shows to helping an artists realize an ambitious project. In fact, I love TSUS so much that I frequently ask JB and Wil if I can do many of my interviews with artists at their space because everyone instantly feels right at home with the vibe they've set up for it. In the future I hope that we will begin to see the downfall of snooty gallerists who are rude to young collectors and the rise of organizations like The Site Unscene who open their arms welcomely to anyone who loves art – whether or not they have a Phd or a zillion bucks.
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CRESTVIEW � The Crestview Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, is offering free basic CERT training course starting on Saturday, Aug. 3.
CRESTVIEW � The Crestview Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, is offering free basic CERT training course starting on Saturday, Aug. 3.
The basic training course will discuss fire safety, disaster preparedness and rescue operations among other topics.
This will be the first time that CERT has offered the course, Mark Brown, team chief for Crestview CERT, said.
Click here to get an application for the CERT course >>
"The program consists of 20 hours of training and emphasizes hands-on practice," Brown said in an email. "Classes are taught by trained emergency personnel, including firefighters and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel."
The free training courses continue 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10 and 24. The final exercise and graduation is 1-3 p.m. Aug. 25.
The training is projected to take place at the Crestview Community Center, 1446 Commerce Drive. Should the location change participants will be notified by event organizers.
After successful completion of the course, participants will receive a Federal Emergency Management Agency certificate, endorsed by FEMA, the state of Florida, and the Okaloosa County Emergency Management.
In addition the to the certificate, participants will be also receive a free emergency response kit. The kit will include a first aid kit, protective gear, emergency tools and batteries.
Those interested in attending must complete a training application form, which is required for a mandatory background check.
Applications can be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com, or completed paper applications can be given to Wendell Beattie, by calling 758-2863.
The deadline to apply has been extended to Aug. 1.
Participants ages 16 and 17 are asked to have written consent from a parent or legal guardian, in order to attend.
For more information on the training course, contact Crestview CERT at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Where: The Crestview Community Center at 1446 Commerce Drive
Cost: Free
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The following piece of analysis on the potential penalty for a violation of the "cap-floor" was written by Beantown Canuck, a Canucks fan who is supposedly a lawyer. Beantown Canuck likes to bug people about the Canucks and hockey on twitter when he's not busy bugging people about the Canucks and hockey at Nucksmisconduct, which is what he does when he's not busy at work. Originally from Vancouver, he later lived in Boston but moved to New York a few years ago and as far as he's concerned Boston ceased to exist as of June.
By Beantown Canuck
So a funny thing happened in the NHL on October 12th. The Dallas Stars, along with every other team in the NHL, opted to forego the opportunity to grab Eric Nystrom from the Minnesota Wild on re-entry waivers. Had they done so, Dallas would have only been on the hook for half of Nystrom's salary and half of his salary cap hit for the remainder of his contract, meaning they would have only had to pay him $700,000 a season for the next two seasons. And yet later that very same day, Dallas traded the always coveted "future considerations" to Minnesota to acquire the very same Eric Nystrom, and as a result will be taking on 100% of his $1,400,000 per season salary and cap hit. Wait… what?
Ok, now you're thinking this is clear evidence that no NHL team should hire players from before the Rule 49 era (e.g. Joe Nieuwendyk) as managers because all of them oldtimers' heads have obviously turned to mush. (Too soon?) But no! This is another case of Collective Bargaining Agreement Fun! For you see, Dallas was in a unique predicament that to my knowledge has never before occurred under the current CBA—they were facing the very real possibility of falling below the "cap floor" (i.e. the minimum aggregate salary cap hit of the roster, which this year is set at $48,300,000).
The reason why they were at risk is complicated, but it has to do with the Rangers assigning Sean Avery to the AHL and certain Dallas players on injury reserve becoming healthy and necessitating other Dallas players being waived or sent down to the minors once they do. Therefore, to avoid the possibility of going below the floor, Nystrom was more valuable to Dallas with a $1,400,000 cap hit than a $700,000 cap hit.
But, but, but… what would have happened if Dallas DID sink below the cap floor? I've yet to see anyone provide an answer to this very important question (important in the realm of NHL CBA nerdery, that is). I saw some people asking around about this on the Twitter machine, and thought I would investigate. Below is what I've managed to come up with after about a moderate amount of research.
- This would fall under the CBA's general concept of violation of the CBA referred to as a "Circumvention", in this case a Circumvention by a Club or Club Actor. (Note: the CBA doesn't actually use the terms "salary cap" or "cap floor" anywhere (I imagine because it's a dirty, dirty, naughty expression as far as the NHLPA is concerned), but instead uses the terms "Team Payroll Range" to describe the range between what we lay folk would call the "cap floor" and the "cap ceiling", and then calls the cap floor the "Lower Limit" of the "Team Payroll Range" and the salary cap ceiling the "Upper Limit" of the "Team Payroll Range". (For regulars at Nucksmisconduct, you'd be aware that such dry legalese language like this tends to give me a lawyer-boner)).
- Anyway, Section 26.3 of the CBA states that No Club or Club Actor may take or fail to take any action whatsoever if doing so (or failing to do so) has the effect of defeating or Circumventing the provisions of the CBA, and specifically mentions that matters concerning the Team Payroll Range (i.e. salary cap floor) are included.
- The Commissioner of the NHL (the right honourable Gary Bettman, full of grace) and the Executive Director of the NHLPA (Donald Fehr) each have the authority to investigate any possible instances of Circumvention of the CBA.
- If the NHL side and the NHLPA side agree to a resolution to the Circumvention investigation, well then it is so resolved (and it may never be made public that an investigation has occurred).
- If there is no agreement on a resolution, then an independent arbitrator (or, as the CBA calls him/her, the "System Arbitrator") is assigned to determine if in fact a Circumvention has occurred.
- If the arbitrator declares that a Circumvention has occurred as a result of a team falling below the cap floor, then Gary Bettman, king of kings, gets to don his best black leather mask and/or ass-less chaps and grab his favourite whip or whips and divvy out some delicious punishment. Potential punishment options include:
- a. A fine of at least $1 million and no more than $5 million dollars, with an equal amount of reduction in cap ceiling for the team the next season. This punishment is mandatory for violations of the Team Payroll Range (i.e. cap floor), the only type of Circumvention that has a mandatory punishment.
- b.Forfeiture of draft picks (Gary can decide how many, from what rounds, and in what draft years).
- c. Suspension of Club employees ("you've been a naughty little GM, Joey N!")
- d. Spanking.
- I won't bore you with how the independent arbitrator is selected, but suffice it to say, it gave me a nice sustained lawyerboner.
Anyway, that's the long and short of it. If my analysis is correct, If Dallas hadn't gone through the craziness of turning down Nystrom at $0.7 mill in order to trade for him at $1.4 mill, they could have been at risk of a minimum penalty of $1 million dollars and likely more if Gary B was in an excitable mood. Also, spanking was a joke. No spanking.
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*I am lucky enough to know people overseas that send me things. I also have friends and family that travel, so I
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My BFF brought me back this Skinfood "Lettuce & Cucumber Water Drop Essence" from Korea. This brand has been around since 1957 with their natural line of products based on fruits and vegetables, basically. It didn't seem that odd to me, as I had used the Burt's Bees Wild Lettuce Complexion Soap a few years ago, before it was discontinued. (*shakes fist impotently).
Anyway, this essence isn't heavy enough to be a moisturizer, nor light enough to be a serum. It kind of reminds me of a primer, really. It's good for really dry skin days, or after too much sun. It just seems to put more fluid in your skin to rehydrate, than to regularly moisturize, in my opinion. It has a really light scent and I keep it in the fridge so I get a cool shot of it when I apply it after a day outside.
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"Women, land, labour and survival: getting some basic facts straight"
In the context of the current food crisis confronting most sub-Saharan African economies the need to unmask the identities of rural producers from a gender perspective is reinforced. This article focuses on three major issues which have tended towards ambiguity in analyses of rural political economy. First, the question of women's differential land use rights is analysed in terms of the impact agricultural modernisation has had on traditional status. Second, the complexity in household form and composition is drawn out. Finally, the support systems women rely on in times of impending disaster to ward off economic crises are examined.
Allison, Caroline
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Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir is enjoying super success in Iberia. Since launching on Disney Channel in Spain and Portugal in February 2016, the CG superhero adventure has constantly hit above-average ratings — sometimes doubling them. Read here
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There is a growing consensus that the top executives of our corporations appear to be overly compensated and that something needs to be done about this. The Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan, has spoken about infectious greed in American corporate leadership.Business Weekhas pointed out that while rank-and-file wages increased over the last decade by just 36 percent, pay for chief executive officers climbed 340 percent. The magazine commented, When C.E.O.'s can clear $1 billion during their tenures, executive pay is clearly too high. A commission appointed by the business-oriented Conference Board has similarly noted the public's anger over excessive executive compensation. It argued that limits must be instituted in order to restore the confidence that the American public has lost in corporations.
Executive compensation is often criticized as too highsometimes even called obscene. But is it immoral or sinful? While I am not prepared to label it sinful, I believe that Catholic social teaching offers insights into how we should look at, evaluate and even limit executive compensation.
Two Asides
Before turning to the basic issue, there are two matters that should be mentioned. First, regardless of whether high salaries are in themselves sinful, it seems clear that they can present a temptationan occasion of sin, as we used to say. The biggest corporate scandals of the last few years resulted from situations in which corporate managers reaped immense rewards when it appeared that their companies would continue to be profitable. Managers yielded to this temptation by cheating in ways that made the business appear more profitable. This temptation to inflate the apparent profitability of a company should in itself be a reason to consider limits on executive compensation.
Second, executive compensation should be reported and accounted for properly. It appears that even Jack Welch (no relation), often cited as a paragon of corporate leadership, was not properly reporting all the perks he received as C.E.O. of General Electric. Further, tax laws do not currently require that corporations record stock options as expenses. When the Financial Accounting Standards Board recommended a few years ago that this be changed, business interests in Congress exerted pressure to prevent such a change. Any discussion of executive compensation must start with the assumption that compensation will be reported accurately and accounted for properly.
Principles of Social Justice
Jesus taught us that we will be judged by how we treat the least of our brothers and sisters. Catholic social teaching emphasizes such values as solidarity and the common good. The U.S. bishops have told us that we should judge an institution by how it treats the least of its members. Applying these principles to compensation suggests that executive salaries should be judged by how they compare to the lowest salaries in the same companies. To begin, however, I would suggest that we first look at the average salaries (rather than the lowest ) in a corporation and limit executive compensation to some multiple of that average.
Estimates indicate the C.E.O.'s of large American corporations make 400 to 500 times the compensation of average workers. This is up from about 42 times the average compensation in 1980 and 15 to 20 times the average compensation in Japan and Germany today. Business Week quotes both Plato, who suggested that no one in a community should earn more than five times the income of an ordinary worker, and Peter Drucker, who in the 1980's argued that no leader should make more than 20 times the lowest-paid employee.
Let's assume that we would limit the compensation of American C.E.O.'s to, say, 100 times the compensation of the average worker in their companies. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics suggest that for the manufacturing industry this would give C.E.O.'s a salary of roughly $5 million per year. In finance, this figure would be close to $6 million and in retail trade closer to $2.4 million. While this would be a big reduction for some people, certainly it is not a bad living. Most C.E.O.'s would be able, at that rate, to provide for themselves and their families and save something for retirement and to pass on to family heirs as well.
If we applied the same limits to all American companies, we would have no need to worry about competing for the best people, because everyone would be working under the same limits. As the data above suggests, we would also not need to worry about competition from abroad, since these limits would bring us back in line with the rest of the world.
Limits would create an incentive for executives to move companies in directions that would ultimately benefit both those who work there and those who contribute to their success. To take one example, it would reward executives for building companies with a solid long-term future. And this would not diminish executives' responsibility to shareholders; they would still have to satisfy the shareholders or risk losing their jobs. C.E.O.'s would also continue to feel an incentive to help their business make money. The more money the business makes, the more opportunity there will be for C.E.O.'s to increase their earnings. This would, however, require C.E.O.'s to share the success of the company with all the employees. The better they all do, the more the executives can be paid.
We Can Do It
Can we really do this? Could we put such a cap on what corporations are allowed to pay their executives? Yes. There is no legal reason why we could not. But while the impediments are purely political, they are also serious. It is the very people who earn these colossal salaries who give large amounts of money to politicians in both parties. They would undoubtedly resist limits in every way possible. It would therefore take a consensus of an overwhelming majority of Americans to change the current system. Still, since almost all Americans would benefit by such an arrangement, it should be possible.
While an absolute cap would be the best approach, there are other alternatives to which we could turn as a beginning. Tax incentives are one approach that have been used in similar situations. Such incentives limit the extent to which certain expenses can be declared as deductions for income tax purposes. In fact, tax law now limits to $1 million the amount of an executive's salary that a corporation can deduct as an expense for tax purposes. Thus, while a corporation can pay an executive $1.5 million, it can deduct only $1 million of this when calculating its income tax liability. (Deductions are an incentive because they reduce the taxes that companies pay.)
The problem with the current limit is that it excludes stock options. This is one reason companies have relied on them so heavily. We could, of course, amend the tax law and require that stock options be included under the $1 million limit. But what I am suggesting is more modest. All compensation would be treated the same, and the total could not exceed 100 times the pay of the average worker in the company. Any amount in excess would not be tax deductible. This falls short of an absolute limit but nevertheless creates a strong incentive, allowing companies to exceed the limit when they think it necessary but forcing them to think long and hard before doing so.
At the very least we should require corporations in their annual reports not only to publish the total compensation paid to executives but also to show how these figures compare with the average compensation of all employees. Investors, employees, unions and customers could then judge for themselves whether companies were behaving appropriately. Also, charitable organizations, churches and pension plans and investment funds that strive to invest in socially responsible companies could use this information as an investment criterion.
Principles in Practice
Christian principles and the more specific teachings of the Catholic Church give us a beautiful description of the kind of social justice for which we should aim. But such principles are useless unless we put them into practice in our social, political and economic lives. If we take these principles seriously, we should look to them to guide our society in dealing with social and economic issues.
In this particular case, Catholic social teaching may offer a solution to a problem that bedevils many parts of our society. The business community is trying to regain the public's confidence after an embarrassing series of bank scandals. And politicians are being hounded to do something in response to the corporate scandals. One of the most basic teachings of Christ is that we will be judged by how we treat the least among us. Why not start by evaluating business leaders by what they do for everyoneinvolvedin their enterprise?


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California Dreams
Rose Brand, Orange Crate Print, David King
Date and TimeSaturday, January 11, 2014
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Thornapple Gallery, Russell M. Kirkhof Center
In 1870, Los Angeles was a dusty, southern California ranch town of 5,000 inhabitants on the meandering Porcincula River. By 1876, the Southern Pacific Railroad reached the town and made it possible to ship a new, locally cultivated variety of orange to the big, eastern and midwestern markets. The big, sweet and seedless Navel orange variety was a huge success "back East". Demand for the newly available fruit was unprecedented.
Orange groves rapidly proliferated and it soon became necessary for individual growers to brand and indemnify their fruit. The orange crate label was born. This unique marketing form lasted only about 70 years—from 1880 to 1950—when wooden crates were replaced by cheaper cardboard boxes—but provides a fascinating and colorful history of the region and of this uniquely California industry.
California Dreams is an exhibition of orange crate labels from the collection of David King, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, Grand Valley State University.
Free and open to the public. The Thornapple Gallery is located on the lower level of the Russell M. Kirkhof Center on the Allendale Campus. For more information call the GVSU Art Gallery at (616) 331-2563 or visit: www.gvsu.edu/artgallery/
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The validity of the polygraph as a lie-detection device has been under fire for years. In 2003, the National Academy of Sciences issued a report identifying major deficiencies in polygraph technology.[1] The report and other analyses led to the research and development of potential alternatives to the polygraph; one technology that emerged is voice stress analysis (VSA).
The National Institute of Justice funded a study to evaluate two of the most popular VSA software programs in a real-world (that is, nonlaboratory) setting in which jeopardy—the threat of penalty—was present.
The study found that the average accuracy rate of these programs in detecting deception regarding drug use was approximately 50 percent—about as accurate as flipping a coin. But the research also found that subjects may be deterred from lying if they think their responses can be "proven" false.
It remains to be seen, however, if any deterrence factor dissipates as word spreads about the accuracy rate of VSA software programs. Prospective users of VSA should weigh all these factors, including that there may be an investigative, even if there is no evidentiary, use for this technology.
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[note 1] Committee to Review the Scientific Evidence on the Polygraph, National Research Council,
The Polygraph and Lie Detection, Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2003.
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text: N.T. Wright explores the context and manner in which Scripture is authoritative. He does so by questioning the meaning of an authoritative book as well as the application of such authority. Wright encourages us to flee from the controlling "list" mentalities that belittle the richness of God's Word, and rather to understand it as a narrative inspired by God and recorded by ancient persons. Ultimately, God "organizes" his people through his Son Jesus and by the Holy Spirit, and not through extracted rules from the Bible.


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- Anonymous10 January 2011 at 19:45
As someone who is now on full DLA because of my Arthritis, I can read this and fully understand your frustrations. What really annoys me about the whole process is that DLA is proven to have the lowest fraud rate of any out there. But, I also cannot understand how people believe we want to be on DLA. My civil partner can not work, because I need constant care *while always trying to do as much as is possible every single day* - But they even had to open a pack of crisps for me the other day. Pittance is paid for being the full time carer as well, yet the law demands they work at least 35 hours a week.ReplyDelete
If we both worked as we wanted to *I've also worked and paid in to this system*, we'd be so much better off it's unbelievable. We don't want these handouts, but our condition means we have to go for them, otherwise we would be out on the street!
I also object to the way the whole process is currently assessed. Those who know how to work the system will continue to do so - whereas many of us won't even know we're entitled to these benefits (I didn't for years). I was told in no uncertain terms by an independent benefits advisor who helped me, that I had to "play" the system, otherwise I wouldn't get anything.... In other words, I needed their help to make sure the right key words were used, and that even if I was having a better day on assessment - I exaggerated it. Fortunately, when I had my last medical assessment, I was on a total off day, with obvious signs of swelling and heat around some joints. But to feel I was advised to do this sits very uncomfortably with me. I'm not sure I could if I had to.
I also hope your fundraising efforts are successful - and good luck with your benefit application/appeals.


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Gramene is a curated, open-source, integrated data resource for comparative functional genomics in crops and model plant species. Our goal is to facilitate the study of cross-species comparisons using information generated from projects supported by public funds. Gramene currently hosts annotated whole genomes in over two dozen plant species and partial assemblies for almost a dozen wild rice species in the Ensembl browser, genetic and physical maps with genes, ESTs and QTLs locations, genetic diversity data sets, structure-function analysis of proteins, plant pathways databases (BioCyc and Plant Reactome platforms), and descriptions of phenotypic traits and mutations.
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Biking in the snow is exhilarating. Fat snowflakes fall, slow and lazy. Cars rumble past gently and carefully. Snowflakes emanate from a central point like the stars do when the Enterprise goes to warp speed, only slowly. The pace of the world is closer to that of the cyclist. If you are dressed properly, the snowflakes landing on your face are invigorating, not uncomfortably cold. Chances are you've dressed too warm, and you welcome the chill. If there is enough snow on the ground, you slip and fall into the soft drifts and, laughing, get up and back on your bike, over and over. But today, the streets are already clear and only a little extra caution needed.
I do not get to enjoy snow biking today, even though the studded tires are on my bike just for this occasion. After a series of back injuries, brought on initially by shoveling snow and swimming and exacerbated by ridiculously mundane activities like standing and walking, I gave up all exercise until I heal. I don't consider biking to work "exercise" but it's so difficult to get on and off the bike that I gave that up too, until I've recovered.
Feeling sad that I can't bike in the snow today, I joined the cat watching the snow fall outside the window. I remembered an early spring snow 6 years ago, my first bike ride in the snow. I was biking to my Traffic Skills 101 class where I would learn how to bike with traffic. It was a 9-hour class with classroom time, parking lot drills, road rides, and a test. It was an important and exhausting day, and the memory of that early morning snow fall is still vivid.
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Duck Sauce throw another barber shop party with a 'Short Cuts' video made for their infectious new single "It's You'" – a live remix crafted by 2009 DMC World champion DJ Shiftee.
In the fifth episode of 'Short Cuts', A-Trak's YouTube series, DJ Shiftee takes control of his highly-coveted all-gold Technics to drop a perfect chop-up of "It's You".
The official video for "It's You" has amassed over 3 million views on YouTube and been nominated for Best Visual Effects at the MTV Awards 2013.
Duck Sauce, the Grammy-nominated duo consisting of Fool's Gold boss A-Trak and house legend Armand Van Helden, burst onto this summer's music scene with their catchy single "It's You" and a hair-raising video by acclaimed director Philip Andelman. Their debut studio album, Quack looks set to push the boundaries of house music and sampling to create an absurdly visual listening experience, interwoven with skits, scratching and irresistible loops.
Expect nothing but more mayhem from this pair of New York prankster pioneers.
Download your copy of "It's You" here.
Wednesday 26th June 2013
"It's You" the brand new video from A-track and Armand Van Helden's Duck Sauce just landed.
The two hook up in a barbershop for the film which was directed by Philip Andelman. Watch him bring the hair to life.


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Lawmakers, educators debate Common Core
HARTFORD -- New, tougher academic standards introduced into public school classrooms around the state were on the hot seat Wednesday at the state Capitol at a public hearing forced by Republican lawmakers.
Two bills are under consideration. One calls for a moratorium on the implementation of the Common Core State Standards while the state Department of Education investigates their impact. The second would put into law new guidelines that would exclude the new Common Core testing from teacher evaluations.
The hearing drew so many people that some were sent to two overflow rooms at the Capitol. More than 120 people signed up to speak.
Part of a national effort to increase academic rigor in the classroom, the new system this year is accompanied by a computer-based test that will be given starting next week. Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor kicked things off Wednesday by telling the Legislature's Education Committee that Common Core was about moving forward, not backward.
"Do we in Connecticut want to be left behind?" Pryor asked. "We risk harming our students if we hold them back."
He was pressed during the hearing by state Sen. Toni Boucher, R-Wilton, who favors a phasing in of the new system. She asked why there was a rush to put students in front of a test before the new standards had been fully integrated into the classroom.
Pryor described the test stakes as "deliberately low" and said, "The problem is our youngsters don't get a second shot at this."
State Rep. Gail Lavielle, R-Wilton, also pressed Pryor about the consequences parents would face if they kept their students from taking the tests associated with the new standards. Pryor said the only clear consequence would be to districts that do not have at least 95 percent of students participate in the testing.
Asked the same question by Sen. John McKinney, R-Fairfield, state Board of Education Chairman Allan Taylor conceded that there appears to be no law against not taking the tests.
"We won't be reaching down and sanctioning parents," he said.
House Minority Leader Larry Cafero, R-Norwalk, who led the charge to hold the hearing, said he is all for higher standards. But he said he has heard story after story about how the rollout of Common Core is causing anxiety.
"Before we work out the kinks, we should not force this down anyone's throats," Cafero said.
Lawmakers also heard from Sandra Stotsky, a professor emeritus at the University of Arkansas. A leading Common Core critic, Stotsky sat on the committee that validated the standards and was among a handful of members who voted against them. Stotsky said the state should use the moratorium to rewrite standards, not slow them down, citing several flaws she said exist, particularly in the math standards.
The hearing was preceded by a news conference by school superintendents and others who support the Common Core State Standards, which they say are essential to improving education for all students. Joseph Cirasuolo, executive director of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents, said there is wide support among educators for Common Core.
A moratorium, he told the education committee, would have the exact opposite of its intended effect.
"It would cause confusion, not clarification, and deprive districts of support," Cirasuolo said. "You should be looking for ways to encourage the process."
The Education Committee also received written testimony from more than 250 individuals and groups, in preparation for the hearing. Among them were several from area teachers.
Barbara Dennis, a Stamford teacher, asked the committee not to stop Common Core, but to slow it down until teachers are trained properly. She also said the frequency of testing has to stop.
"As it's presently being implemented, (the new standards are) hurting our children's education in immeasurable ways," wrote Carmen Andrews, a science specialist at Six to Six Magnet School in Bridgeport.
Andrews called the new teacher evaluation system a "one-size-fits-all draconian mess."


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There has been a sudden explosion in the indie world as of late. Image owns the charts on trades thanks to The Walking Dead. Dark Horse is waving its flag high with its own brand of digital publishing and giving free books generously in an effort to entice new readers. From Top Cow, we had a brilliant Kickstarter marketing gamble, in which they were able to give away physical copies of the first story arc of Cyber Force for free. The smaller guys are in the ring, and they are swinging hard for that big K.O. through innovation and a genuine interest in their fan base.
None, as of late, seem to be trying as hard as the folks at Valiant when it comes to curve ball approaches to snagging new fans. They have the resurrected gold issue plan, where fans are rewarded for going out and being vocal fans of the company and documenting the actions. They organized a unique variant cover for every fan who pulls their issues monthly. They sucker punched us in the nostalgia with 8-bit covers, and in a unique opening blow, they invented the QR covers as their flagship titles debuted. These covers give us a unique experience in which we can be serenaded by the burly angry voices of some of Valiant's leading men. All you need is a smart phone.
Now, now we have the 8-bit, QR hybrid cover, and I feel all foaming at the mouth Golem-like crazy over here. The cover presents us with a full 8-bit back story to help the new fans understand the upcoming comic event, Unity. It is a move that plays on video game levels, the current owners well aware that Valiant drew in a large crowd during the 90's, at the height of the 8-bit game market. And it doubles back, giving new readers a chance to step into a story, and have the plot played out before their eyes in a unique and inviting way.
My only fear is this innovative bit of bait will be cast into the depths, buried beneath the classic "one out of fifty ordered" gimmick, that basically prevents its brilliance from reaching smaller shops and many new prying eyes.
The QR video can be seen below:


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Selecting your vehicle's make, model, and year allows us to display only parts and items specific to your car's model and year.
Part# CH26676
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OPGI Price: $68.99
Part Type: (R) = Authentic reproduction of the original GM product
Years: 1968-1972
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Manufactured to factory specifications, these interior door handle mechanisms bolt to the inner door structure just like the originals. They are a quality replacement for worn-out, broken or missing factory parts. The splines, where the handles mount, are the same dimensions as the originals and will provide years of service. Sold in pairs.


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The FAFSA uses asset information in its calculation to determine aid eligibility. Listed below are items that are asked for on the FAFSA. If you have been requested to have additional assets reported you can complete the Asset Worksheet.
Net worth means current value minus debt. If net worth is negative, enter 0.
Investments include:
- real estate (do not include the home you live in)
- trust funds
- UGMA and UTMA accounts
- money market funds
- mutual funds
- certificates of deposit
- stocks
- stock options
- bonds
- other securities
- installment and land sale contracts (including mortgages held)
- commodities
- qualified educational benefits or education savings accounts (e.g., Coverdell savings accounts, 529 college savings plans and the refund value of 529 prepaid tuition plans).
For a student who does not report parental information:
The accounts owned by the student (and/or the student's spouse) are reported as student investments in question 41.
For a student who must report parental information:
The accounts are reported as parental investments in question 89, including all accounts owned by the student and all accounts owned by the parents for any member of the household.
Investments do not include:
- the home you live in
- the value of life insurance
- retirement plans (401[k] plans,pension funds, annuities, non-education IRAs, Keogh plans, etc.) or cash
- savings and checking accounts already reported in questions 40 and 88
- UGMA and UTMA accounts for which you are the custodian, but not the owner.
Investment value means the current balance or market value of these investments as of today. Investment debt means only those debts that are related to the investments.
Business and/or investment farm value includes:
- the market value of land
- buildings
- machinery
- equipment
- inventory, etc.
Business and/or investment farm debt means only those debts for which the business or investment farm was used as collateral.
Business value does not include:
- the value of a small business if your family owns and controls more than 50 percent of the business and the business has 100 or fewer full-time or full-time equivalent employees.
For small business value, your family includes:
- persons directly related to you, such as a parent, sister or cousin, or
- persons who are or were related to you by marriage, such as a spouse, stepparent or sister-in-law.
Investment farm value does not include the value of a family farm that you (your spouse and/or your parents) live on and operate.


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As Kotaku previously posted, Ezio Auditore da Firenze's Assassin's Creed outfit is coming to role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII-2 as downloadable content.
Here are some screenshots that show Noel Kreiss, Final Fantasy XIII-2's male protagonist, decked out in AC gear. Collaborations like this are neat and all, but they also seem off putting. Like, why is Noel Kreiss dressed like Ezio? Does he know about AC? Is this just cosplay? Worlds colliding!
This DLC pack will be available in Japan on April 10 for ¥300 (PS3) or 240 Microsoft Points (Xbox 360).
「FF XIII-2」,4月10日に配信されるコスチュームと,コロシアムバトル第5弾,第6弾のスクリーンショットを追加公開 [4Gamer]


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The Lady Bisons traveled to the University of Memphis on Friday, Jan. 30, losing 7-0 in a non-conference match.
Memphis got a quick start by winning doubles, but the Lady Bisons rallied in the singles matches while still falling short of a win.
Danielle Hansen had a close singles match, losing to Dara Toulch 7-6 (5), 3-6, 12-10. Claire Landry fell short to Robyn Jones, losing 6-2, 6-3.
"We have a lot of things to work on before we go into conference matches. Memphis got out to quick start against us in doubles, but we were ready to play singles," said coach Kristin Lusk.
The Lady Bisons play at Austin Peay Saturday.
Marjorie Ondeck (MU) def. Raphaela Jann (LU) 6-1, 6-3
Ashley Murdock (MU) def. Kara Jackson (LU) 6-2, 6-0
Sarah Irvin (MU) def. Elizabeth Keevil (LU) 6-2, 6-2
Dara Toulch (MU) def. Danielle Hansen (LU) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 12-10
Robyn Jones (MU) def. Claire Landry (LU) 6-2, 6-3
Amanda Brown (MU) def. Olivia Ellis (LU) 6-3, 6-1
Ondeck/Jones (MU) def. Jackson/Hansen 8-3 (LU)
Murdock/Irvin (MU def. Ellis/Keevil 8-3 (LU)
Kristin Chamberlin/Brown (MU) def. Landry/Jann 8-4 (LU)
This story was written by Caroline Price, a student assistant in the athletics media relations department.


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I am excited to announce that we will again be holding a BlackBerry® Developer Day at Mobile World Congress 2011 in Barcelona, Spain. This one-day event will take place on Tuesday February 15th as part of the MWC App Planet Application Developer Conferences.
We will be holding general sessions in our main auditorium to get you up to speed on the latest and greatest information on the BlackBerry development platform with special focus on how to best monetize your apps on BlackBerry App World™ and integrate with the BBM Social Platform. We will also be hosting a number of hands-on-labs covering BlackBerry® WebWorks™ and Adobe® AIR® development on the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet. You can attend sessions either in the morning or afternoon – and don't forget to bring your laptops to get the most out of the bootcamp sessions!