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Question: "I'm really starting to get into couponing and enjoying it! But I can't help but feel I would do better if I had more of the same coupons. One of my friends is a big couponer and picks up an extra newspaper or two if the coupons are really good. What are your thoughts on this? How many newspapers do you get each week just for the coupons?"
Answer: One of the most common question I hear from new couponers is "How do you get so many coupons?" The answer is simple, really. I get multiple copies of the same newspaper every week. And yet, some new coupon shoppers seem reluctant to do this.
An argument I often hear is, "I don't want to pay for another newspaper." I would counter that by saying that every newspaper you buy has the potential to eventually unlock hundreds of dollars worth of savings.
Here's an example. On an average week, the total value of coupon inserts may range from $100 to $300 or more. Imagine that inserts for the current week contain $200 worth of coupons and that the newspaper costs $2.49. If I use two $1 coupons and a 50-cent coupon from that newspaper, I break even. Any other coupons I use beyond that deliver me a profit.
For the same inserts, let's imagine that I had $1 coupons for salad dressing, boxed pasta, bar soap and toothpaste. At some point, all of these products will go on sale for a dollar, and I will get all four free when I use the coupons from that newspaper.
Now, if I happened to purchase another newspaper the same week, I'd take home two of each item. Eight free is better than four free! And if I purchased three newspapers -- well, you get the idea.
This is how couponers stock up on products, too. More copies of the newspaper equal more free and bargain-priced items in the weeks to come. Some couponers go to the extreme and buy thirty or more newspapers every week. When those coupons line up to a good sale at the store, they take home thirty identical items with the coupons from those newspapers.
So how many newspapers do I personally get? When I first became a coupon enthusiast, I quickly realized that getting two newspapers was better than one for several reasons. The first is exactly what's outlined above: You take home double the products when you use those coupons because you have twice as many. Another advantage is this: Any time a Buy One, Get One Free sale comes around, it's nice to have a coupon to use on each item in the sale. This does depend on your store's policy, but some stores allow shoppers to use a coupon on each item in a BOGO sale. So, if a multi-pack of yogurt is on sale for $2, Buy One Get One Free, and I have two $1 coupons, I can use one on each item, taking two dollars off and making both products free.
When my newspaper offered a multiple-subscription special specifically aimed at couponers, I took advantage of it. I receive four copies for the same price I had paid for two. With the popularity of newspaper coupons on the rise, you may wish to see if your local paper offers a similar promotion.
For me, four is a great number of identical newspapers to receive. There are five people in our family, and purchasing four of every item during a sale ensures that I always have a healthy stockpile of our most-used staples on hand. And, if you've ever read the fine print on a manufacturer coupon, you may have noticed that some of them state "Limit 4 Like Coupons Per Transaction." Getting four sets of coupon inserts allows me to buy up to that limit in the same trip.
Jill Cataldo, a coupon workshop instructor, writer and mother of three, never passes up a good deal. Learn more about couponing at her website,
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Visually Impaired - This is for athletes who are legally blind, 20/200 with best-corrected vision, requiring a guide throughout the race. If a guide is needed, they may use a tandem bike and may be tethered during the swim and the run.
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20. Are there Lottery slots for Handcycle athletes?
Hand-Cycle (HC) athletes are not eligible to register for the PC Lottery but are eligible for the General Lottery. Athletes competing in the HC division can qualify for either world championships at the following three official events: IRONMAN Cairns (one male/one female), IRONMAN 70.3 Luxembourg (one male/one female), and IRONMAN 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake (two male/one female). HC athletes must be paraplegic, quadriplegic or double above-the-knee amputees, and race using a hand-cranked cycle on the bike segment and a racing chair for the run segment
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Shires Byway will tie into local marketing effortsBy Patrick McArdle
STAFF WRITER | September 06,2013BENNINGTON With the signs for the Shires of Vermont Scenic Byway in place, the committee behind the project is moving to the next step, the creation of information kiosks located across Bennington County which will allow local businesses to promote themselves at an affordable cost.
The byway runs north to south, primarily along Route 7A, from Manchester through Bennington and ending in Pownal.
Informational panels will be put up outside in the Northshire where the byway meets the Stone Valley Byway in Manchester and in the Southshire near the juncture with the Molly Stark Byway in Bennington. The Manchester panel will be by the Northshire Bookstore and the Bennington panel will be at the Four Corners.
The Shires byway gets its name, in part, from a long-standing marketing effort to promote Bennington County using the term, The Shires of Vermont. Because Bennington County has two county seats, Manchester in the north and Bennington in the south, it is divided into two shires within its county borders.
The final piece of the Shires byway project will place 50 different informational kiosks throughout the county, 30 of them being wire brochure racks but another 20 of them having brochures as well as interpretive information.
Jonah Spivak, co-chairman of the volunteer Shires byway committee, said that information will include highlights of the byway, a map of the byway and location-specific information for each site.
The idea is this: When visitors come to our area and go into a high-traffic location or a business or a welcome center, theyll see one of these information kiosks and it will give them information about the region as a whole but also site-specific information about where theyre standing. (It will be) something interesting that happened where they are, whether its about the Batten Kill, its about Orvis or something about Manchester, he said.
But the key component, according to Spivak, will be the local brochures. Spivak said he had a personal gripe with the brochure racks hes seen in Bennington County that advertise for historic sites, attractions or businesses outside of the area.
After weve done all this work and marketing and spent all this time and effort as a community and a region to bring people to our region, (visitors) look at these brochure racks and its like were telling them to go away. Thats what it feels like, he said.
The cost for including a brochure in some of the existing racks is probably too expensive for a local business, said Spivak, who owns a local business in Bennington. While the cost for the proposed information kiosks hasnt been finalized, Spivak said he hopes it will be as low as $99 a month for those who make a yearlong commitment.
The primary goal of having a Shires informational network out there is that local businesses will be able to afford to be represented in those racks, he said.
Spivak is now recruiting around Bennington County for the 50 sites that will serve as homes for the kiosks. He hopes the kiosks will be ready and in place by the spring.
Preferential placement will be given to local businesses although Spivak said he didnt believe that other customers in the general area would be turned away if there are available spaces.
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On a confetti-covered stage atop a hallowed field, Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio managed to sum up a quarter-century of frustration, a stellar season and a tenacious bowl victory in one word."Completion," he said.With a 24-20 victory over Stanford on Wednesday night, the Spartans reached the goal set by Dantonio seven years ago. They're champions of the Rose Bowl, rulers of the Big Ten -- and nobody's little brother anymore.Connor Cook passed for a career-high 332 yards and hit Tony Lippett with a tiebreaking 25-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter, and No. 4 Michigan State held off the fifth-ranked Cardinal in the 100th Rose Bowl.
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KENOSHA COUNTY, WI (WTAQ) - A Madison area woman was killed when the mini-van she was in rear ended a semi truck that was stopped on a freeway.
It happened around 11 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 94 in Kenosha County, where traffic was halted due to a merging from three lanes to two as part of the I-94 reconstruction project there.
A 34-year-old Sun Prairie man drove the minivan. He was taken to a Milwaukee area hospital for treatment of severe head injuries.
The 33-year-old woman who was killed was the driver's wife.
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Espinoza got off easy with only seven days
Santa Anita stewards wasted no time in slapping Victor Espinoza with a seven-day suspension for his ride on Sky Kingdom in the Awesome Again in which the regular rider of California Chrome's sole purpose seemed to be to get Shared Belief beaten. Espinoza's defenders say he was only race riding but the fact that he has chosen not to appeal is revealing.
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Shared Belief steals the show on a day of stars
Shared Belief was awesome again in the Awesome Again. Overcoming a nightmare trip, he was more awesome than ever in gutting out his seventh straight win. In spite of Tonalist 's facile score in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, Shared Belief heads toward the Breeders' Cup one of the biggest favorites on racing's biggest day.
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Marc Lawrence College and Pro Upsets, Oct. 1--Oct. 6
UTAH STATE over BYU by 1
The first of seven non-conference tilts takes us out to Mormon country where this bitter 92-year-old rivalry finds the victors taking home the Old Wagon Wheel and the losers making wives jokes. And while BYU has garnered the 'Wheel' in 29 of the last 33 meetings, it's been the Aggies that have grabbed the cash (5-1 ATS last six) and the punch lines ("your wives are so ugly they use them in prisons to cure sex offenders"). Well, we have a feeling the Old Wheel is heading back to Logan as Utah State is 9-0 ATS as dogs of 5 or more points, 4-0 ATS with rest and 5-1-1 ATS with non-conference revenge. Meanwhile, the Cougars are 0-3 ATS with rest over the past two seasons and a far-too-hospitable 1-9 ATS in a third straight home game. So whether it's Chuckie Keeton under center or accomplished back-up Darell Garretson (6-1 as starter in 2013), we feel the Heisman buzz surrounding BYU signal-caller Taysom Hill may just turn into another Dangerfield joke. At least that's what our INCREDIBLE STAT on page 3 thinks as it provides The Clincher: BYU is 0-12 ATS at home off back-to-back home games after scoring 14 or more points in its last game.
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Arkansas over Texas AM by 1
Remember the old Monkees' hit, 'I'm a Believer'? Well, we didn't see too many Arkansas faces under their helmets but we're certainly believers after seeing them go hog wild against Northern Illinois last week. In fact, there's 'not a trace of doubt in our mind' (well, maybe a little) that they're going to snap a nasty 13-game SEC losing skein. Yes, the Aggies shocked the Gamecocks in the season opener and have since sliced and diced Lamar, Rice and SMU, but they best not get caught looking ahead (Mississippi State, Ole Miss and Alabama on the October slate) as Arky can run the ball. And if there's one thing that these Agriculturalists don't like is an overland attack as they are an ugly 7-30 ATS as chalk of 20 or less points in games where they allow 150 or more rushing yards, including 2-18 ATS when the rushing total reaches 230 or more yards. And remember – this game is taking place at Jerry's World and it just so happens that Jerry Jones is an Arkansas grad. Now while we're not implying that Mr. Jones may have a little influence on the outcome, we should point out that A&M is 0-4 ATS at neutral sites of late, 0-5-1 ATS in Game Five of the season and 1-8 ATS in this series since 1988. So while the novice handicapper may think that laying points is 'more or less a givin' thing', we say
the more we gave, the less we got. Thus the points become the play tonight in Arlington and it's confirmed by The Clincher: Razorbacks' head coach Bret Bielema is 42-11 SU in his career in games off a win of more than 7 points, with only 2 of the 11 losses by more than 10 points... making him 51-2 ATS to this opening number.
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Smarty's Belmont Controversy: The Aftermath, Part V
Smarty Jones' bid at the Triple Crown ended just a length short. Years later, the memory remains, and so too does Smarty's resonant effect on the world of horse racing.
Four years later Big Brown was a live threat to win the Triple Crown. The memory of Smarty's run was still fresh in everyone's mind. He was the last horse that had a chance to do it.
Pat Forde, an ESPN.com senior writer then, wrote a piece titled "Ganging up on favorite isn't unimaginable at Belmont."
The idea is sinister. It's sporting sacrilege. But it's a question that needs to be asked.
Would someone actually enter the Belmont Stakes with the intention of making massive favorite Big Brown lose the Triple Crown rather than with the intention of seeing his own horse win?
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Belmont Day: Smarty Jones & Racing History, Part IV
Smarty Jones had delivered in the first two legs of the Triple Crown. The Smarty Party was in full force and there was just one race to go. The weight of history and the Triple Crown lay before Smarty Jones if he could just hold on—and hold off—any late charges.
The 1 ½ miles of the Belmont Stakes was all that stood between Smarty Jones and immortality. It promised to be the toughest challenge of his career. If he could just hold onto his winning form for one more race…
For months, all the Chapmans heard was that Smarty didn't have the pedigree, that he'd run into a wall sooner or later. Yet here they were—a win away from being the racing's 12th Triple Crown winner.
Deep down, Roy thought that someday, somewhere, he's going to get beat. He only had to wait three more weeks now to wait.
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What's the Better Bet: Horses or Sports?
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY, September 12, 2014---Our friends next door in the Garden State New have been making wagering news of late.
What with New Jersey's fiscal crisis and recent credit downgrade, Governor Chris Christie, coincidentally or not, has decided to roll the dice—those that remain—on sports betting.
Legalizing marijuana would have been far more profitable and probably would have a better chance to be ignored when it comes to the enforcement of federal law.
But the sports leagues lobby is very strong and they are against legalized gambling. The leagues cite the "integrity of the competition" and they correctly figure that the courts will favor the power of corporations over the power to the people.
"Ignoring federal law, rather than working to reform federal standards, is counter to our democratic traditions and inconsistent with the Constitutional values," Christie wrote when he vetoed proposed sports gambling legislation.
Of course, he's really no different from most pols. Doesn't it always work like this? You're for something until you're against it but now you're for it again.
We're sure legislators from all over the U.S. are shocked to learn there's gambling going on in the sports world. The hypocrisy from all levels of government to the leagues themselves is as astounding as it is predictable.
For about a month, my local radio sports station, WOFX-980 AM, has been running ads about fantasy football, to the effect that "you don't have to wait until season's end to see if you won because there's a new cash contest every week."
I guess the authorities figure it's just like betting on the horses, only with people.
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We're Not Guests, We're Customers
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY, September 8, 2014--I'm a Bill Shanklin fan and have been for some time. A creative Lexington-based marketer, some of the more inventive ideas I have encountered in this business seems to have originated with him.
This time, however, I think he missed the mark. Oh, he's correct when he posits that racing needs to cultivate the horseplayer but, if takeout is the issue, his focus is on the wrong type of player.
His idea of the ideal target, the whale, has no incentive to see takeout lowered since the high rates in place ultimately fuel his rebates.
If takeouts were lowered across the board, increased participation would affect the nigh-volume bettor in a more meaningful way because "square money" would be back in play.
Fresh betting capital would allow the deep-pocketed player to make up for smaller rebates because his expertise and bankroll leverage could buy more big-payout pools, especially fueled by carryovers.
Lower takeout, in addition to keeping active players liquid longer, would give way to marketing campaigns that attract new bettors who don't mind mixing a little intellect with their action.
But until the current customer base is maintained and new ones are created, added liquidity won't happen, and whales will begin to cannibalize each other, a process already underway.
As this trend continues and grows, when the whale's perceived edge becomes smaller and smaller, they'll move on to the next big gambling scheme.
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Cavorting and Condo Commando to meet in G1 Frizette
ELMONT, N.Y. - Cavorting and Condo Commando, winners of the Grade 2 Adirondack and Grade 1 Spinaway, respectively, are set to square off on Saturday at Belmont Park in the Grade 1, $500,000 Frizette for 2-year-old fillies.
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Holywell Well-Respected for Saturday's $350,000 My Dear Girl
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – When Jose and Tracy Pinchin were in the market to buy a broodmare, an unraced daughter of Gold Case caught their attention. The Pinchins had enjoyed success while campaigning her half-sister, Golden Mystery, a few years earlier, so they went ahead and added All Saint's Day…
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Twotwentyfive A Leads Gold Quartet in Saturday's $350,000 In Reality
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Undefeated Twotwentyfive A will have plenty of back-up in Saturday's $350,000 In Reality Division of the $1.4 million Florida Sire Stakes Series at Gulfstream Park.
Oct 2 | Categories: Gulfstream, |
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Two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan Faces Seven Rivals
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Stakes is first seven-figure race in Keeneland history
LEXINGTON, KY (Oct. 1, 2014) – Morton Fink's reigning two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan, who is based at Keeneland,…
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Gulfstream West Undergoes Renovations for Upcoming Fall Turf Festival
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL - In preparation for the upcoming Gulfstream Park Fall Turf Festival, the facilities at Gulfstream Park West, formerly Calder Race Course, have undergone extensive renovations.
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Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) Quotes
Christophe Clement, winning trainer of Tonalist (No. 8): "I probably should have removed the blinkers before the Travers. He, obviously, was a bit too aggressive in the Travers. Even so, he didn't quit. I love the way that, even when he got beat in the Travers he went on to the wire."
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Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) Quotes
H. Graham Motion, winning trainer of Main Sequence (No. 5): "What a cool horse. Ironically, I thought he ran his most professional race today and then you had the bump right before the wire."
Sep 28 | Categories: Belmont Park, |
Flower Bowl (G1) Quotes
Chad Brown, winning trainer of Stephanie's Kitten (No. 9): "She got a beautiful trip, and I'm really proud of this filly; she deserved to get a good, clean trip. That's the third race in a row for us that I felt she ran terrific. She was a little unlucky in the Beverly D. and Diana, and this time [jockey]…
Sep 28 | Categories: Belmont Park, |
Beldame (G1) Quotes
Rudy Rodriguez, winning trainer of Belle Gallantey (No. 7): "It's very, very special. We're working very hard with these kinds of horses and thank God they did it. I don't know what to tell you. I'm speechless."
Sep 28 | Categories: Belmont Park, |
Kelso Handicap (G2) Quotes
Rudy Rodriguez, winning trainer of Vyjack (No. 3): "Today, the key was coming out of the gate. Today, he broke good. I was very pleased with the way he was working in the morning, and I was happy to see him win because he'd been training very, very well in the mornings. Going a mile, he doesn't have…
Sep 28 | Categories: Belmont Park, |
Churchill Downs Stakes Recap
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014) - Cigar Street, owned by Jake Ballis and NBA star Rashard Lewis, was eager to run early but waited until midway around the far turn before taking command and turning back…
Sep 28 | Categories: Churchill Downs, |
MIKE SMITH, SHARED BELIEF, WINNER: "They tried to use some tactics on me which made the win today even sweeter. They just kept taking me wide, taking me wide, and I believe if you want to press the pace or take me out a little bit, OK. But doing it at all costs just to get…
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Attacks on Haiti's press dropped significantly, even as its streets were ravaged by violence—but journalists said the decline was attributable to widespread self-censorship. Haiti's media continued to operate in a polarized environment, which both skewed and limited coverage of the government and street gangs.
René Préval, an agronomist who served as president of Haiti between 1996 and 2001, became the first democratically elected leader since Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted in February 2004. Despite Préval's appeals for peace, scores of people were kidnapped at gunpoint on the streets of Port-au-Prince. More than 100 abductions were reported in the first six months of the year alone, The Miami Herald reported.


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As a part of Moore College of Art & Design's 160th Anniversary celebration, Moore Alumnae present Moore Footsteps, a city-wide exhibition. The scale (six foot boots) provided a broad canvas for alumnae to express who they are as artists and to honor women in art and design.
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Omitting the entire human figure from the images, she freed herself to find more different solutions and metaphors for each card. Her vivid dreams act as the catalyst; breathing under water, living in other people's skin, sleeping next to animals, and the ability to fly in a multicolored sky. Gretchen illustrates her dreamworld with curiosity and a joy for pure beauty.
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Source: BrandX - The Black Apples, the Echo Park-residing version of the rock band brothers Andrew and Campbell Scarborough, now joined by Nick Murray and Dameon Lee Waggoner, started in Colorado in 2006.
The sound: After two years of raucous live shows at local venues like Spaceland, the Echo and Echo Curio (R.I.P.), among others, the Apples have honed their psychedelic garage rock sound to an edge. A rock-steady rhythm section provides a launching pad for fiery surf-inflected guitar leads and plaintive vocal harmonies, with the occasional acid freak-out for good measure.
The random: The Scarborough brothers were born to rock, having been raised by a professional session guitarist father. However, it's percussion that's the band's calling card: they put on thunderous dual-drummer live shows.
The details: The band's self-titled debut album will be released November 29, when you can get it at the last show of their Monday night residency at the Echo. It will also be available at Origami Vinyl and online at www.albinocrowmusic.com.


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Summary: With his sublime parting words, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done..." Sidney Carton joins that exhalted group of Dickensian characters who have earned a permanent place in the popular literary imagination. His dramatic story, set against the volcanic fury of the French Revolution and pervaded by the ominous rumble of the death carts trundling toward the guillotine, is the heart-stirring tale of a heroic soul in an age gone mad. A masterful pageant of idealism, love, and adventure -- in a Paris bursting with revolutionary frenzy, and a London alive with anxious anticipation -- A Tale of Two Cities is one of Dickens's most energetic and exciting works.
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Is capitalism sustainable?
Bono stated in his TED2013 talk that the numbers show that we can eradicate all poverty worldwide by 2030. While I really hope that is true, it begs the question: Is capitalism sustainable? Is it possible to have a rich and middle class without a poor class? The sad reality of capitalism is that if there is an exponentially small number of people with exponentially large wealth, there has to be an exponentially long tail of much poorer people who are each contributing to that wealth. Not that we necessarily need an exponentially small number of people with exponentially large wealth, but would the world keep running without capitalistic incentives that increase the separation between rich and poor? Can we eradicate all poverty without the rich sharing their riches? What happens to civilization when nobody is willing to work in the factories and orchards, or build roads?
(Please don't take this question the wrong way! Personally I wish that nobody had to work menial jobs. I just don't understand how we can eradicate poverty when so many jobs will always translate into low-paid labor.)
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Mar 19 2013: Capitalism is a tool. It has been around since the beginning of social development, even before money was invented. If a community was willing to feed and house creative people, those inventive types could produce better tools to improve the lives of those around them. Capitalism can be of great benefit if used wisely; see micro-loan organizations like Kiva. Or, Capitalism can do great social harm, such as by Manufacturers growing their profits by pulling out of advanced economies to take advantage of serf societies. Look at the decline of America, living on credit instead of goods produced.
Mar 19 2013: Capitalism as they like to call it , resembles a new form of what I call "Communist Capitalism" . I say this because we are led to believe that the Communist system is the state owns the business and the state profits . Where as the Western form of Capitalism the state does not own the business, but instead the state (taxpayer) is expected to finance a failing or start-up business and all the profit goes to the business.
Thus leaving the state (taxpayer) footing the investment as a forgiveable loan.So what we have here is "Communist Capitalism". Add on top of the state financing , taxbreaks and companies set up offshore bank accounts....we have a form of robbery by legislation. In the end it will always be the 99% who carry the burden .
Mar 19 2013: Yes that would be correct...& this is where we are at . We might not be at Fascism, but we are surely headed in that direction. When you see democracies like Cyprus , being taken over by the IMF and the world bank, one can conclude , government by political parties and business have set that tone.
Mar 19 2013: Wayne, I think you are sugar coating it. Communism is when the government owns the business, the capitalism we currently practice is when the businesses own the government. Period. Does DepAg work for people or companies? 90% of AMericans want GMO labelling, but Dep Ag and FDA are fighting it tooth and nail. Why? Because SecAg VIlsack is so in bed with Monsanto they should probably just get married already. The food industry doesn't want it, people do, and who does the government support?
We just fought a war to destabilize the world's second largest oil reserve, thereby the whole market driving up prices. WHat do we think is gonna happen when we elect the grandchild of Standard Oil's founder, and make the key shareholder in Halliburton his VP? The Banana Wars at the turn of the century, any number of dictators along the way... why does Iran hate us so? Because we upset a popularly elected leader with a coup by a CIA backed dictator, who then tortured and repressed the same religious leaders that are there today. And all at the behest of the oil companies, who didn't want their fields nationalized.
Officially Ken, I believe we need a dictator to meet the dictionary definition of Fascism; don't think we have a name for yet ,when it is corporate oligarchy masquerading as democracy... but the end results are the same, right?
Mar 22 2013: Scott,
A dictatorship need not have one dictator. We have the interesting phenomenon of having a system whereby we alternate dictators. At least we appear to do so and that seems to satisfy the sheeple that they are "choosing" their dictator.
In reality, of course, it is the oligarchy who is the real dictator. And yes, fascism is indeed alive and well in the world of today. I see little mention of who the "behind the scenes" true dictator of dictators is but a careful look at things reveals that it is the big banks. Same old story - follow the bucks to see what's really going on.
Mar 20 2013: Capitalism has many expressions...social, political, cultural etc. But in essence(and this is the classic marxist/hegelian view on production) capitalism is about goods, commodity chains and particularly about entitlements along the chain.
Someone cuts a tree and gives it to a factory. In it hundreds of people slave all day to make a pencil. The pencil is then sold in the market. In our current system those who add most value to the piece of wood, i.e the hundreds of workers who labor in factories to create the product....receive the least share of profit from the final sale of the pencil basically because they are the most dispensable group in the whole value addition process. Factory owners have the machines, they also supply marketeers who package the product and give it a unique identity. There are fewer factory owners and marketeers.
With respect to entitlements communist regimes are essentially the same. Although the state owned everything and there was less variance in salaries in factories and produce was pretty much free, workers were fundamentally isolated from perks and power that the state controlled.
That being said, I believe that intrinsic disparity in entitlements of the many and the few will hold true across all systems and at all times. So call it what you may.
I guess while I am in agreement with scott I find it appropriate to add that in the current system corporations own more than the government. They own our thoughts, plagued by false stories of hope inseminated in our brains by a biased media and countless never ending ads etc. We live in an age where people have no trouble believing that something as important and invaluable as time is worth money. I think this sometimes means that money is the best thing you can get out of your time.
IDiocy, blasphemy, zombiness.
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The OnTheAir site is temporarily off air, thanks to Yahoo acquiring it yesterday. OnTheAir
Anyone paying attention won't be surprised that Yahoo yesterday acquired streaming video platform OnTheAir.
The team of four Stanford grads (yes, in an age when it's almost cooler to be a Stanford dropout, these guys actually earned degrees) and a Johns Hopkins graduate comes from jobs at Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Meebo, and Cooliris. With less than a $1 million funding, they gathered advisors that include Lean Startup author Eric Ries, and About.Me co-founder Ryan Freitas, among a dozen others.
"When we first met with the team at Yahoo!, it was clear that everybody there is committed to making mobile products the backbone for the world's daily habits," said the team—Abel Allison, Daniel Hopkins, Erik Goldman, Josh Schwarzapel, and Mike Kerzhner—in a statement on the site. "There are big things to be done and great products to be built, and we're thrilled to be a part of it.'
Unlike platforms like Ustream, which are essentially one-way avenues with trickle-through communication via messaging, San Francisco-based OnTheAir is a platform for massive broadcasts with video-chat participation similar to radio call-ins.
In March, when the site was still in beta, TechCrunch described the product:
Viewers can text chat with each other and the host, or click a "Call In" button to alert the host that they want to join them "on stage." The viewer is intelligently walked through an equipment check to turn on their webcam and mic, and shown a preview so they can check their hair. Meanwhile the host can look at the previews of anyone asking to call in, and select who to bring on stage with them for simultaneous, sync'd up video streaming to the audience.
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Are you a target for the alternative minimum tax?
Beware of the 7 factors outlined below that can raise your AMT risk.
Will I or won't I? Now that it's January, let the annual AMT guessing game begin.
Even if you've been paying the reviled alternative minimum tax known as the AMT for years, your status can change. It all hinges on how much you make, where your money comes from and the deductions you can claim.
"I love to describe the AMT as one of those big roulette-type wheels that goes round and round, and where it stops nobody knows," said Pete Lang, president of Lang Capital, a Hilton Head, S.C.–based private wealth manager.
This may come as a surprise, but it's not the rich who have the most to worry about. Some 3.9 million taxpayers -- 4.2 percent of the nation's total -- are expected to get hit with the AMT for 2013, according to experts from the Tax Policy Center. The average tab for individuals: $6,600.
"Unfortunately, AMT is really targeted at the middle market," said Dave McKelvey, partner in Friedman LLP, a New York City accounting and advising firm. "If you make a lot of money, your regular tax is going to be high enough that AMT is not going to be an issue, and if you make an income that's low enough, AMT is not going to be an issue."
Determining your risk factor
Under the dual tax system, taxpayers must pay whichever is higher—regular income tax or AMT -- a rule established in 1969 to make sure no one escaped tax entirely. The AMT does not permit many of the deductions available for the regular return, such as personal exemptions, standard deductions and deductions for state and local taxes paid.
So how do you know if you'll face AMT this year? Past experience may be a better guide this January than it's been in the past.
That's because the compromise that ended the "fiscal cliff" showdown early in 2013 ended the annual uncertainty about the income levels exempt from AMT. Now the thresholds are automatically adjusted each year for inflation. The full exemption applies to an adjusted gross income of $80,800 for a couple filing a joint return, $51,900 for singles. The exemption phases out as income rises.
"We shouldn't have the threat of huge numbers of additional people being caught by the AMT going forward," said Mark Luscombe, principal federal tax analyst for CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business that studies tax issues.
The fiscal cliff deal also raised tax rates for higher-income earners. Couples making more than $450,000 a year and singles earning $400,000 or more now face a "marginal rate" of 39.6 percent rather than 35 percent on income above those levels. Because the maximum AMT rate is 28 percent, these well-to-do taxpayers will typically be charged more on their regular returns so they won't face the AMT.
Taxpayers with small incomes fall within the AMT exemption limits. That leaves the upper middle class to face the tax, especially those with incomes between $200,000 and $500,000, Luscombe said.
Certain factors raise the AMT risk. The seven triggers are:
- Living where there are high state and local taxes, which produce big deductions on the regular return
- Exercising stock options
- Reporting large investment options
- Having lots of children
- Using a home-equity loan for something other than home improvement
- Having a pile of miscellaneous deductions
- Claiming business depreciation
Smart money moves for 2014
There's not much to do now to reduce your AMT risk for 2013, but experts say taxpayers at risk have lots of moves available for the 2014 tax year. "If you've been close or have paid the AMT in the past, you're likely to pay the AMT in the future," Lang said, adding, "If you want to get out of the AMT," he said, "you really want to push earnings into the future."
Taxpayers can also reduce current income with moves like maximizing tax-deductible contributions to IRAs and 401ks, he added. And they can offset capital gains by selling money-losing investments.
Luscombe said taxpayers should start by looking at the reasons they faced the AMT in 2013. If a home-equity loan hurt you, for example, think about paying it off. A taxpayer who lives in a state with high state and local taxes like New York might even, as an extreme move, consider changing the primary residence to a state like Florida, which has no income tax, he said.
McKelvey said much AMT strategy involves smart timing of matters, like when to take income or prepay taxes. A number of his clients who own construction companies, for instance, can time their billings to receive income in the current tax year or to wait until the next, allowing them to book income in the year they'll face the lowest tax rate, he explained.
Similarly, clients with stock options can sometimes minimize the overall tax by exercising the option in one year, triggering AMT, and then waiting until a subsequent year to sell the shares. That way, they get a credit on regular tax for the AMT paid earlier.
"That's a timing difference," he explained. "We do models on how that would treat them."
Because the new higher tax rates for regular taxes will eliminate AMT for many who have paid it in the past, these taxpayers should reexamine past strategies, said Paul Gevertzman, partner, Anchin, Block & Anchin, a New York City accounting firm. He said that one of his clients, an engineer with a mid-six-figure income, has for years declined to claim a deduction for research and development because he was always subject to AMT, which does not allow this deduction. But with the higher income tax rates, this client will now pay the regular income tax, which does allow that deduction.
So if you're exposed to AMT for 2013, sorry, you may be stuck. To ease the pain of an ugly surprise, do your return as early as possible, and be sure to have some cash on hand to pay a tax bill if it comes to that.
Then follow the experts' advice: Start this year's AMT planning sooner rather than later.
More from CNBC.com:
- Tech tools for a less-taxing tax filing
- Common (and costly) tax mistakes to avoid
- Why IRS customer service is awful (and may get worse)
Why I can't catch up
Every time I make a little money the government steals 20-30% of it away from me to give away to other countries, lazy Americans and illegals. If my wife and I work longer or work extra the government hits us with the marriage penalty. If my wife and I work longer or work extra the government penalizes me for saving in a Roth. If I do well in the market, the government hits me with the AMT. My income is nowhere near $250,000. The only hope for this Republic is true Libertarianism.
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PALMER, MA (WSHM) - Mohegan Sun Massachusetts teamed up with Town Manager Charlie Blanchard for signing ceremony for its host community agreement with the town of Palmer Thursday morning.
The ceremony took place at the Palmer Town Library.
Once the agreement is signed, it will need to be approved by the Town Council. Members of the council will review the agreement on Tuesday, Sept. 3. They will then take a formal vote and set a timetable for a local referendum election.
According to Mohegan officials, the $15.2 million annual payment will nearly double what Palmer takes in for taxes each year.
During a press briefing that was held after the ceremony, officials said the next step in the process is to negotiate the agreements with neighboring towns.
Officials said the resort will feature two hotels, a 70,000 square foot adventure-themed water park, 300,000 square feet of top notch entertainment, dining and fashion retail options and premier gaming and resort amenities.
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Genomics & Health Impact Update
Published by the Office of Public Health Genomics (OPHG), the Update offers links to genomics news and publications relevant to population health and health care. The Update highlights family health history and genomic tests, along with relevant data, policy, and legislation. Please send your comments to: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thursday, March 8, 2012 Volume 28 Number 10
Highlights of the week
CDC-Authored Genomics Publications
Highlights of the Week:
New Blog Post: Can Sudden Cardiac Death of the Young be Prevented?
- March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, CDC Feature
- NIH's GTR: Genetic Testing Registry
provides a central location for voluntary submission of genetic test information by providers.
- US health Institute launches genetic test database, Bio News, March 5
- Confused by genetic tests? NIH's new online tool may help, NIH News, February 29
- New NIH database brings clarity to genetic tests, Science Insider, February 29
- Blog Post: Emerging Evidence for the Benefits of Systematic Collection of Family History in Primary Care
Selected Items
- Personalized medicine hits a bump
- Intratumor Heterogeneity and Branched Evolution Revealed by Multiregion Sequencing
Gerlinger M, Rowan A, Horswell S, et al. N Engl J Med 2012;366:883-892
- Tumor Heterogeneity and Personalized Medicine
Dan L. Longo, M.D. N Engl J Med 2012; 366:956-957 2012 Mar
- Intratumor Heterogeneity and Branched Evolution Revealed by Multiregion Sequencing
- Impact of screening for sickle cell disease among athletes
- A policy impact analysis of the mandatory NCAA sickle cell trait screening program
Tarini BA, et al. Health Serv Res 2012 Feb;47(1 Pt 2):446-61
- A policy impact analysis of the mandatory NCAA sickle cell trait screening program
- Using genetic information in women's annual GYN exams
- Genetic Considerations for a Woman's Annual Gynaecological Examination
Wilson RD & Langlois S J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2012 Mar;34(3):276-84
- Genetic Considerations for a Woman's Annual Gynaecological Examination
- Impact of genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer on psychological well being
- What factors may influence psychological well being at three months and one year post BRCA genetic result disclosure?
Bosch N, et al. Breast 2012 Feb
- What factors may influence psychological well being at three months and one year post BRCA genetic result disclosure?
- Factors associated with sharing breast cancer genetic testing results with employers
- Spontaneous disclosure of BRCA1/2 genetic test results to employers: a French prospective study.
Eisinger F, Fabre R, Lasset C, et al. Eur J Hum Genet. 2012 Feb 29.
- Spontaneous disclosure of BRCA1/2 genetic test results to employers: a French prospective study.
Genomic Tests
Clinical utility gene card for: Abetalipoproteinaemia
Burnett JR, et al. Eur J Hum Genet 2012 Feb
Clinical utility gene card for: Biotinidase deficiency
Kury S, et al. Eur J Hum Genet 2012 Feb
Clinical utility of pharmacogenetic biomarkers in cardiovascular therapeutics: a challenge for clinical implementation
Ong FS, et al. Pharmacogenomics 2012 Mar;13(4):465-75
Recommendations for Genetic Testing of Inherited Eye Diseases
American Academy of Ophthalmology Feb 2012
Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing: a systematic review of position statements, policies and recommendations.
Skirton H, Goldsmith L, Jackson L, et al. Clin Genet. 2012 Feb 28.
USPSTF posts Draft Research Plan on BRCA Mutation Risk Assessment and Testing for public comment
For more information on genomic applications in practice and prevention, please visit the GAPP Finder in the GAPP Knowledge Base and PLoS Currents Evidence on Genomic Tests.
Family Health History
Adequacy of family history taking in ovarian cancer patients: a population-based study
van Altena AM, et al. Fam Cancer 2012 Mar
Three sisters face breast cancer together, Health Today, March 3
Practice and Programs
How has genetic testing changed treatment approaches for patients with lung cancer?
Tyson LB ONS Connect 2012 Feb;27(2):15
Information-Sharing to Promote Informed Choice in Prenatal Screening in the Spirit of the SOGC Clinical Practice Guideline: A Proposal for an Alternative Model
Vanstone M, et al. J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2012 Mar;34(3):269-75
Translation of pharmacogenetics to clinical practice: what will it take?
Slaughter RL Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol 2012 Mar;5(2):101-3
Do Physicians Understand Cancer Screening Statistics? A National Survey of Primary Care Physicians in the United States
Wegwarth O, Schwartz L, Woloshin S, et al Annals of Internal Medicine 2012; 156(5);340-349
What We Don't Know Can Hurt Our Patients: Physician Innumeracy and Overuse of Screening Tests
Moyer V Annals of Internal Medicine 2012; 156(5);392-393
Cancer screening data often misunderstood by doctors, Medscape, March 5
THE PHG Foundation launches Health Needs Assessment Toolkit for Congenital Disorders
Public Health Science
Intratumor Heterogeneity and Branched Evolution Revealed by Multiregion Sequencing
Gerlinger M, Rowan A, Horswell S, et al. N Engl J Med 2012;366:883-892
Tumor Heterogeneity and Personalized Medicine
Dan L. Longo, M.D. N Engl J Med 2012; 366:956-957 2012 Mar
Genetic Influences on Developmental Smoking Trajectories
Lessov-Schlaggar CN, et al. Addiction 2012 Mar
The development and validation of a clinical prediction model to determine the probability of MODY in patients with young-onset diabetes
Shields BM, et al. Diabetologia 2012 Mar
To test, or not to test: time for a MODY calculator?
Njolstad PR & Molven A Diabetologia 2012 Mar
A more rapid approach to systematically assessing published associations of genetic polymorphisms and disease risk: type 2 diabetes as a test case
Cho AH, Jiang X, Mann DM, Kawamoto K, Robinson TJ, Wang N, McCarthy JJ, Woodward M, Ginsburg GS, Comparative Effectiveness Research, January 2012;2:1 – 20
Acute Exercise Remodels Promoter Methylation in Human Skeletal Muscle
Barrès R, Yan J, Egan B, et al. Cell Metabolism 2012, 15(3);405-411
Exercise changes your DNA, Medical Press, March 6
Common Variants in the CD36 Gene Are Associated With Oral Fat Perception, Fat Preferences, and Obesity in African Americans.
Keller KL, Liang LC, Sakimura J, et al. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 Jan 12.
Perception and preference may have genetic link to obesity, Science Daily, March 5
73 human genome epidemiology articles have recently been added, please visit the HuGE Literature Finder in the HuGE Navigator.
CDC-Authored Genomics Publications
CDC authors are indicated in bold
A distinct lineage of influenza A virus from bats
Tong S, Li Y, Rivailler P, Conrardy C, Castillo DA, Chen LM, Recuenco S, Ellison JA, Davis CT, York IA, Turmelle AS, Moran D, Rogers S, Shi M, Tao Y, Weil MR, Tang K, Rowe LA, Sammons S, Xu X, Frace M, Lindblade KA, Cox NJ, Anderson LJ, Rupprecht CE, Donis RO.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Feb 27.
Matern Child Health J. 2012 Feb;16(2):486-94.
A real-time PCR assay for HPV52 detection and viral load quantification
Onyekwuluje JM, Steinau M, Swan DC, Unger ER.
Clin Lab. 2012 ;58(1-2):61-6.
Atypical Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b strains harboring a lineage II-specific gene cassette
Lee S, Ward TJ, Graves LM, Wolf LA, Sperry K, Siletzky RM, Kathariou S.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Feb;78(3):660-7.
Development of a novel genus-specific real-time PCR assay for detection and differentiation of Bartonella species and genotypes
Diaz MH, Bai Y, Malania L, Winchell JM, Kosoy MY.
J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Feb 29.
Novel genetic variation identified at fixed loci in ORF62 of the Oka varicella vaccine and in a case of vaccine-associated herpes zoster
Quinlivan ML, Jensen NJ, Radford KW, Schmid DS.
J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Feb 29.
View previous CDC-authored publications
Let's Go Surfing
Market watch: Industry perspectives on personalized medicine
Zuckerman R & Milne CP Nat Rev Drug Discov 2012;11(3):178
Putting genome analysis to good use: Lessons from C-reactive protein and cardiovascular disease
Manace LC & Babyatsky MW Cleve Clin J Med 2012 Mar;79(3):182-91.
What do our patients think personalized medicine means? The answer may surprise you
Wujcik DM ONS Connect 2012 Feb;27(2):7
The great beyond
Nature. 2012 Feb 29;483(7387):5-6.
Rare diseases: Genomics, plain and simple, Nature News, February 29
Who should hold the keys to your DNA? CMAJ News, March 6
Will PCORI's patient-centered comparative effectiveness research track with personalized Rx? Genome Web, March 2
Combing the cancer genome, The Scientist, March 1
Events and Training
The Conference of the Global Sickle Cell Disease Network
March 15 ~ Atlanta, GA
Genomics Research 2012
April 19-20 ~ Boston, MA
NMBIST 2012- New Mexico BioInformatics, Science and Technology Symposium: Functional Genomics
March 22-23 ~ Santa Fe, NM
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So besides chocolates and roses that are selling like hot cakes, there are many other seductive goodies that are getting popular this Valentine's Day. In fact, e-commerce portals are doing everything they can to sell seductive lingerie, erotic books and even condoms! And no surprises there, sales for these are really soaring! "Valentine's Day has to be fun-filled and there could be nothing more exciting than surprising your partner with a pack of condoms," says Sandeep Komaravelly, head (marketing) at Snapdeal.com. The portal will sell Durex condoms online for Rs 1 today as a special offer. "The one-day-campaign revolves around celebrating the Valentine's day not only with surprise gifts, beautiful dinner, red roses but also about 'Playing it safe!'," he says.
Apart from this, sales of bags, perfumes, fashion accessories, etc have also gone up, reports IndiaTimes.com, which is the Internet arm of The Times Group. "The sales are more than twice the sales witnessed in the last season," says Gautam Sinha, who heads e-commerce and director technology at Indiatimes. The website has also introduced chocolates, designer jewelry, books and apparel for Valentine's Day today.
Some may think that offering condoms online on V-Day may be a "disgusting idea" but others feel that it's a good way for a brand to connect with the youth. "Valentine's Day is a benchmark for a young boy or a girl who is keen to take the plunge... I believe that selling condoms online is a great idea for a brand to connect to the youth," says a young executive.
"The response has been so good we are setting up a separate gifting section with pre-packaged packs once the Valentine's sales are done," says Supam Maheshwari , CEO of Goodlife.
One can safely say now that Valentine's Day has got hotter in India.


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