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45% of US households paid no federal tax
Congress may be ready to talk tax reform, but are Americans ready to talk about ending tax breaks that save them money?
Most of America's taxpayers finished up their federal tax returns April 18.
But a Washington, D.C., tax think tank says that for tax year 2010 almost half of us don't owe the federal government any income taxes.
Around 45% of U.S. households, or about 69 million, will end up in this envious tax position, say Tax Policy Center researchers. Some of those folks will even get money back from Uncle Sam.
Percentage points-wise, that's slightly fewer folks who don't owe the IRS than in 2009. That year, the Tax Policy Center estimated that around 47% didn't owe income taxes.
Still, a 2% shift won't make much difference to your tax disposition if you looked at line 60 of your Form 1040 (or line 37 of 1040A or line 11 of 1040EZ) and saw what you owed.
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But before you head off ranting about the huge number of folks freeloading while you're handing over your hard-earned dollars, take a breath.
We're talking only income tax.
Most of the no-tax households paid other taxes, such as state and local income taxes, along with property and sales taxes.
At the federal level, they also forked over FICA payroll taxes to pay for Social Security and Medicare.
Is it really time for tax reform?
So why am I mentioning the non-tax folks now? Because their existence can be useful in talking about comprehensive tax reform.
Congress says it's really, finally ready to have this tough discussion.
But are we taxpayers?
The main reason that so many folks don't owe the IRS or get money back is because they are recipients of the current tax system's welfare -- and I use that term in the broadest possible sense -- structure.
Yes, many in the non-tax group are lower income earners, but many middle-class taxpayers also benefit under our tax code. Maybe we don't end up zeroing out our tax bill, but we definitely use the system to trim our taxes as much as possible.
Another tax policy group, the Tax Foundation, also has looked at who pays -- and gets back -- what amount of taxes from the federal government.
"Over the past two decades, lawmakers have increasingly asked the tax code to direct all manner of social and economic objectives, such as encouraging people to buy hybrid vehicles, turn corn into gasoline, save more for retirement, purchase health insurance, buy a home, replace the home's windows, adopt children, put them in daycare, take care of Grandma, buy bonds, spend more on research, purchase school supplies, go to college, invest in historic buildings, and the list goes on," says Scott Hodge, president of the Tax Foundation in the group's spring newsletter.
"Thanks to the generosity of credits and deductions in the code a record 52 million, or 36% of all filers, pay no income taxes and are off the tax rolls," continues Hodge. "They have no 'skin in the game.' Many Americans today look to the IRS as a source of income thanks to the $100 billion in refundable tax credits paid out each year."
And he also notes that it's not just us individual taxpayers. "Sadly, many companies and industries are now looking to the IRS as a source of income, too," says Hodge, referencing General Electric's ability to get a $3.2 billion corporate tax refund for 2010.
Hodge discussed some of the tax credits that can produce a refund even when the taxpayer has no IRS bill in testimony back in March before the Senate Budget Committee hearing on Distribution and Efficiency of Spending in the Tax Code.
Tax breaks for all
Two popular tax breaks that pay back people who don't owe are the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the refundable portion of the Child Tax Credit. Each has grown in recent years. (See chart.)
But these aren't the only tax expenditures that benefit many of us to the detriment of the the U.S. Treasury's bottom line. (See chart.)
And that brings me back to my earlier question: Are we taxpayers willing to talk seriously about tax reform?
We all say we want to pay fewer taxes, which usually means we want lower tax rates.
And we also want a system we view as fair, which typically means that everyone, individual and corporate, pays their share.
But to get those lower rates and revamped tax system and still keep the government running in some form, most of us will likely have to give up a current tax break or two that we really, really like.
Even with the recent Tax Day damage still fresh in our minds, I'm not sure we're ready to do that just yet.
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5% for individuals/couples filing jointly
10% for corporations.
This way everyone pays something and cannot use loopholes to get themselves to 0, if they do they still pay 5 or 10%
STOP Tax deducations after two babies: and no more EARNED INCOME CREDIT!
How can this society via the greedy deceptive pathetically inept Bureaucratic Government on all levels hint at any environmental issues while NUMBERS USA make pollution and kill Planet Earth...while simultaneously rewarding Heathen Breeding via sperm donor exponentials from womb to tomb on the backs of diminishing working US Citizens of Generations as taxpayers?
Paradox of degredation in action...taking us down and out...
WELFARE wouldn't exist for whores if they knew they were not going to get public extortion for breeding--and the males would have to pay or be castrated!
Plus, the whores coming across from Mexico which is 2/3
'along the US population increase would have no reason to enter the USA because they wouldn't be rewarded.
Our society is taking a dive because there are more births from heathen breeders via sperm donor exponentials than committed adults as husband and wife with something to give not just DNA sperm sampling around...like the Duggars of Tennessee who should have been sterilized after No.2! and many more like Sullemon; Kate n John; on and on.
Kansas have 350 of one male and female who came to the USA illegally and has never paid for any of their births and keep getting rewarded on the backs of responsible others.
H E L L is filling up with selfish, ignorant greedy two-leggeds!
Everyone who uses the services such as libraries, streets, police officers, fire fighters, schools,parks, and etc need to pay their fair share. This means everyone. No free ride.
If the government changed the way taxes are paid taking a 10% cut right off the top of
everyone's earnings, then there would be no more 45% not paying but instead 100% participation of each and every American citizen. Gee whiz think of it Everyone rightfully
becoming a true and contributing member of this big country of ours!!!!!
Everyone who uses the services such as libraries, streets, police officers, fire fighters, schools,parks, and etc need to pay their fair share. This means everyone. No free ride. If the government changed the way taxes are paid taking a 10% cut right off the top of everyone's earnings, then there would be no more 45% not paying but instead 100% participation of each and every American citizen. Gee whiz think of it Everyone rightfully
becoming a true and contributing member of this big country of ours!!!!!
People are voting this comment up. *SERIOUSLY*
It's a good thing the federal government doesn't pay for libraries, streets, police, firefighters, schools, parks.
45% have a net federal *income* tax of 0. Your *STATE and LOCAL and PROPERTY* taxes pay for all the things you are talking about.
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Calling All Map Lovers: Ward Maps
Store Profile
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Website: wardmaps.com
Store History
- Founded: 2004
- Founded by: Brian Beaucher, Steven Beaucher, and Julie Richmond
- Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts
In 2004, WardMaps was founded by brothers Brian Beaucher and Steven Beaucher along with Julie Richmond. WardMaps was created as an outgrowth of their mutual interests in historic urban cartography, digital graphics and online business. Today, WardMaps is the largest online reseller of authentic antique 19th and early 20th century cadastral (often called real estate or plat) maps.
Throughout history, maps have shown us the routes of our travels, the cities that we love, and the lands where we live. Each mapmaker, a.k.a. cartographer, has brought a unique style to documenting our world, and because of this, there are troves of beautiful maps out there for us to admire.
To tap into our seemingly inherent interest in maps, one must visit an incredible map store out of Cambridge, Massachusetts called Ward Maps.
Ward Maps is located on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, in between the Harvard and Porter MBTA stops. The store specializes in real estate maps, but they carry a variety of styles and cities. Their selection of maps is so great that one visit will most likely not give you enough time to check it all out.
Ward Maps scan all of their acquired maps and makes exquisitely professional prints in a number of sizes. On my second to last trip, I purchased two vintage reprints of hyper localities in Jamaica Plain, Boston. During this last time around, my friend bought a vintage reprint of Chicago in 1893. Incredible!
If you don't live in the Massachusetts area, don't you worry; Ward Maps carries every single one of their maps on their online shop. Go on their site right now, and see if they've got the map you've always wanted. Fair warning - you will want more than just one.
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I'm a designer and I used Wardmaps recently for a large project I was working on in Brookline, MA. We purchased eight large, antique reproduction maps of Brookline and had them framed by the store. They have a really great selection of maps and did a great job with the framing. I believe that I worked with the owner of the store, Dan, and his customer service was great! I highly recommend them if you are looking for an awesome selection of antique and repro maps!
In New York, I've been going to Pageant Books in the East Village for years. Amazing prints but not as thorough as Ward.
Thank you, AT (and Nick Siemaska). THANK YOU.
How did I not know this existed? As a cartographer by trade I am embarrassed at my lack of knowledge of this place. Thanks for sharing!
So excited to see Ward Maps shared with so many readers! They are an excellent resource.
Ooooo. Pretty.
I love this store! They deserve all the attention they can get. :)
Love Ward Maps!

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Amazon Yesterday Shipping
by Mez on Dec.27, 2012, under Personal
So, it seems that I've managed to have something delivered 2 weeks before it was ordered.
I had a chat with the Amazon agent – transcribe follows
You are now connected to Aiyswarya from Amazon.co.uk.
Me: Tracking info says that package was delivered 2 weeks before I ordered it.
Aiyswarya: Thank you for contacting Amazon.co.uk. My name is Aiyswarya. May I know your name, please?
Me: my name is Martin (as should be given on account)
Aiyswarya: Hello, Martin.
Due to an error the tracking information of the City Link is given as delivered.
In this case, I will contact City Link to deliver your parcel as soon as possible.
Me: tracking information is given the wrong tracking number. Therefore I cannot track the package.
Can you please have the information updated with the correct tracking information
or provide the correct tracking information to me.
Aiyswarya: I've checked the tracking information of your order and it states that your parcel is still in transit.
In this case, I will contact City Link to deliver your parcel as soon as possible.
As soon as we hear back from them we will update you via email.
Me: To check the tracking, you must have the tracking id?
Aiyswarya: Your tracking ID is <redacted>
Me: using that tracking information – that syas the parcel was delivered on the 12th December. to London
that was 2 weeks before I placed the order.
Aiyswarya: 27/12/12 18:38 Details of the consignment have been received from the consignor, but the collection Depot has yet to scan any goods.
12/12/12 16:59 These goods have been successfully delivered.
Me: So, my package has travelled in time?
Aiyswarya: Yes
You will receive your parcel on the estimated delivery date.
Me: but it says It was delivered on the 12th – I didn't receive it.
You've just confirmed that it's a time travelling package
Amazon Yesterday shipping
Aiyswarya: Yes you are correct.
I understand your concern that the tracking states it was delivered on December 12, 2012.
Due to an error the City Link information was incorrect.
Now the issue has been resolved.
The current tracking information states that your parcel is still in transit.
I hope that you will receive your order on estimated delivery date, that is December 28, 2012.
Is there anything else I can help you with?
So, it seems that I've had something delivered by Amazon Yesterday Shipping
Adventures with the Galaxy SII
by Mez on Oct.17, 2011, under Personal
Good morning all!
It feels like forever since I last blogged…. Which is extremely bad of me *slaps own wrist*. However, I'm been horrendously stupidly busy. As some of you may know, I'm very much an Android fan. Recently, I've gotten myself a shiny Galaxy SII.
Given the fact that alongside my day job of being a Web Developer for an Online Retailer, I'm also a Voluntary Ambulance Person I thought it'd be useful to ask my current workplace if they'd provide me a mobile phone cover for my new phone. Of course, work were more than happy to provide me with a shiny Samsung Galaxy S2 case (I actually went for the Case-Mate Barely There in brushed aluminium).
Being a voluntary Ambulance Person, I regularly have to go to random places to pick up an ambulance/attend an event. Because of that – I rely quite heavily on Google Maps and it's navigation features (Free Sat Nav – in my opinion, the killer feature of Android).
Having only had my phone a week, I started to find that there were a few problems with the GPS. Whereas previously, I'd been able to lock on almost instantly, It'd now take me about half an hour (literally) to get a lock on anything. I tried Googling, I tried everything I could think of, but to no avail. I downloaded GPS Test, and it was showing that while it was picking up a couple of sattelites, it wasn't picking up enough to get a decent lock
The image above is a screenshot of the GPS test from directly outside my front door, taken after it had settled down.
As you can imagine, I wasn't happy – and was ready to send the phone back.
Then, for some reason, a brainwave hit me (It doesn't happen often). What changed from when it was working to now? I know! The Case
*takes case off, tries GPS test again*
It can be amazing what happens when you realise that shiny case you have is mainly made of aluminium. Guess what works well at deflecting radio signals and the like… You got it, aluminium.
So now I need to decide whether to get another case or whether to just take the case off when I need to do sensible things.
Other than the case problem, I'm finding that the Samsung Galaxy SII is a great phone (as soon as I got rid of Touchwiz). I'm not a fan of the OEM Samsung crap that's been bolted onto the phone, and will, as soon as there's a decent release, be putting a copy of CyanogenMod on the phone (I've already made most of the tweaks – I just want rid of SNS)
In other news – I've started more and more gaming again. If you're interested in a couple of rounds of TF2 or some SC2 (or some Portal 2 Co-Op) then give me a shout with your Steam ID / Battle.net ID and I'll see what I can do. I'm thinking of starting doing some "Let's Play" Videos, as my Youtube Channel is looking a bit sparse!
I'm going to try and start blogging a bit more aswell – so if there's anything you want to see me blog about – pop a post in the comments below!
Till next time..
Japan Disaster
by Mez on Mar.21, 2011, under Personal
It seems that once again, the squirrel has it right:-
For those of you reading this via a planet, or similar, please click on the title of this post to see the video I've embedded above. (Please note, may contain language that offends some)
20 Easy steps to cook your Christmas Turkey
by Mez on Dec.24, 2010, under Personal
- Go and buy a turkey.
- Take a drink of whisky (scotch or bourbon).
- Put turkey in the oven.
- Take another two drinks of whisky.
- Set the degree at 180 ovens.
- Take three more whiskies of drink.
- Turn oven the on.
- Take four whisks of drinky.
- Turk the bastey.
- Whisky another bottle of get.
- Stick a turkey in the thermometer.
- Glass yourself a pour of whisky.
- Bake the whisky for four hours.
- Take the oven out of the turkey.
- Take the oven out of the turkey
- Floor the turkey up off the pick.
- Turk the carvey.
- Get yourself another scottle of botch.
- Tet the sable and pour yourself a glass of turkey.
- Bless the saying, pass and eat out.
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Why Google Apps might not be right for your Enterprise
by Mez on Dec.21, 2010, under Geeky, Rants
A few months ago, my company made the decision to switch from our previous mail provider, to use Google Apps. It was a no-brainer really, most of the company were using it already, for the calendars, and Documents, and well – we were a bit fed up with our previous mail provider.
So we made the move. As an online retailer, we obviously get a lot of Financial related emails, and our Accountancy Department has an email address setup as a group, where the group sends to all the members in the Accounts Team. A pretty simple setup.
However, for the last 2 months, I've been fighting an uphill battle to get this to work properly. When an email gets delivered to a Google Group, it stops there, and then Google re-sends the email to the people in the group. Somehow, this triggers the receiving account to believe that it's originated from the Google Groups servers, rather than the actual originating server.
Google Apps emails have a pretty nifty spam filtering service. For those well-known services on the web, it'll check whether it actually came from them (I think through some combination of DKIM and SPF), and bounce it if not.
Can you see where I'm going yet?
Google Groups has a nifty feature to stop it attempting to send emails to addresses that don't exist. If an email address bounces at a certain rate, it'll flag it as undeliverable. If all the emails in a group are flagged as undeliverable, it'll bounce that email to the original party, so that they know no-one received it.
The Accounts team are setup to receive information regarding Paypal Payments, Disputes, etc etc.
A couple of days in, I had our Financial controller tell us that the Accounts team had stopped receiving emails. Well, being who I am – I sent a test email out – guess what I got back?
Hello <redacted>,
Your message could not be delivered because of previous failures during delivery attempts to this mailing list. Please update the list with valid addresses.
This is an example of some of the bounces we received:
Recipient: pa.......@mobilefun.co.uk
550 550 5.7.1 Unauthenticated email is not accepted from this domain. u22si29486554yba.55 (state 18).
Recipient: ni........@mobilefun.co.uk
550 550 5.7.1 Unauthenticated email is not accepted from this domain. u22si29486554yba.55 (state 18).
Recipient: lu..........@mobilefun.co.uk
550 550 5.7.1 Unauthenticated email is not accepted from this domain. u22si29486554yba.55 (state 18).
*sigh* – time to play with the group. I change the members of the group to use one of our alias domains instead of the @mobilefun.co.uk – this gets emails working again.
2 days later…. our Financial Controller comes to me and complains that clients are complaining that they're receiving bounce emails when sending to his team… I check, and once again, get the same message.
Time to open a support ticket.
That was in October… since then – we've tried everything… Changing to user-defined groups and switching off the spam filters, whitelisting the groups, setting up DKIM on our domain, changing the spam levels, clearing bounce statuses… all to no avail… I've been back and forthing with Google Enterprise Support for 2 months – and have still not found a suitable solution … *sigh*. I must say however, that the person dealing with the case at Google (Josephine H) – has been professional and helpful all the way along, even with my rising frustration at the issue.
Today I ended up calling their service unusable number, after having tried a couple of times to change the groups so that the Accounts Team could receive emails again… and finding that none of my previous tricks worked. While on hold, I found that I could use a local part extension to an email address, and the group would recognise it as a new email address – and therefore have no bounce status. I've now made a script using the Provisioning APIs, and a bit of python-fu that will generate a local part extension based on the current date/time, and replace the users in the group for the Accounts team with those. Say for example, the primary email address for a user was email@example.com – it'd add a user of email@example.com.
This is set to run each day – so it's pretty much the same as "resetting the bounce status" (which fixes things for a short while) on a daily basis.
According to my latest email from Google Enterprise support:-
At the moment there is an incentive going on to fix this outright as messages from Paypal etc have been causing bounce's for other domains. This fix is supposedly due very early in the New Year and will solve this problem indefinitely.
I wait with baited breath – but for now, I'm happy with my hack.
New VPS & Shameless Plug
by Mez on Nov.28, 2010, under Personal
Due to the fact that my previous VPS was well out of date (Ubuntu Intrepid!!!) – I'm currently in the process of moving everything to a new server.
I've had lots of fun re-setting up my email – and it's now very shiny and easy for me to use (I'll be writing a tutorial at some point in the near future)
Other than that – I'd like to give a quick shameless plug to my VPS provider, Bitfolk. They're awesome, and have a great policy for Migrating to a new VPS.
How bad tech support makes me feel
by Mez on Nov.17, 2010, under Personal3 Comments :punch, stabby, tech support more...
Freedom in Creativity
by Mez on Sep.15, 2010, under Linux
One of the things that I love about our Local LUG is the people. At our LUG, we have our resident geek artist, Antonio Roberts (aka hellocatfood) who, on the odd occasion, gets harassed into doing a talk for us. His talks are always fairly awesome. His previous talk about FLOSS + Art is the video with the highest views on our video archive, and tomorrow night, Thursday 16th September, at 19:30pm BST, he'll be delivering his next talk about his experience in the FLOSS community as an artist to us.
In his own words:-
This talk extends greatly on what was said and goes into issues of copyright and what experiences I've had as an artist in the open source world
His previous talk was a bit of an eye-opener to me, as a pure geek with barely a trace of artistry in me, and it's always good to see the FLOSS world from the eyes of someone who doesn't exactly fit the stereotype of what you'd normally expect to see.
The video will be available after the event, at some point, but for those who're interested in gaining an insight into artistry and FLOSS, we'll be broadcasting the talk live over the interwebs.
Mini Rant: Emails
by Mez on Sep.09, 2010, under Rants
Please, those of you who send me emails, remember the following:-
- An email has a subject line – use it
- If you put a proper description in your subject line, it's easier for me to find the email again
- The subject line is that – what the email is about. It's NOT meant for the entire content of your message, no matter how brief
- If you send me an email entitled "FYI" – Don't bitch at me when I don't reply.
- If you ask a question, and it's a vague one, don't get annoyed at me when I ask for clarification


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Samarium-neodymium dating
Samarium-neodymium dating is useful for determining the age relationships of rocks and meteorites, based on decay of a long-lived samarium (Sm) isotope to a radiogenic neodymium (Nd) isotope. Nd isotope ratios are used to provide information on the source of igneous melts as well as to provide age data. The various reservoirs within the solid earth will have different values of initial 143Nd/144Nd ratios, especially with reference to the mantle.
The usefulness of Sm-Nd dating is the fact that these two elements are rare earths. They are thus, theoretically, not particularly susceptible to partitioning during melting of silicate rocks. The fractionation effects of crystallisation of felsic minerals (see above) changes the Sm/Nd ratio of the resultant materials. This, in turn, influences the 143Nd/144Nd ratios with ingrowth of radiogenic 143Nd.
The mantle is assumed to have undergone chondritic evolution, and thus deviations in initial 143Nd/144Nd ratios can provide information as to when a particular rock or reservoir was separated from the mantle within the Earth's past.
In many cases, Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr isotope data are used together.
Sm-Nd radiometric dating[edit]
Samarium has five naturally occurring isotopes and neodymium has seven.
The two elements are joined in a parent-daughter relationship by the alpha-decay of 147Sm to 143Nd with a half life of 1.06×1011 years.
146Sm is an almost-extinct nuclide which decays via alpha emission to produce 142Nd, with a half-life of 1.08×108 years.
146Sm is itself produced by the decay of 150Gd via alpha-decay with a half-life of 1.79×106 years.
An isochron is calculated normally. As with Rb-Sr and Pb-Pb isotope geochemistry, the initial 143Nd/144Nd ratio of the isotope system provides important information on crustal formation and the isotopic evolution of the solar system.
Sm and Nd geochemistry[edit]
The concentration of Sm and Nd in silicate minerals increase with the order in which they crystallise from a magma according to Bowen's reaction series. Samarium is accommodated more easily into mafic minerals, so a mafic rock which crystallises mafic minerals will concentrate neodymium in the melt phase faster relative to samarium. Thus, as a melt undergoes fractional crystallization from a mafic to a more felsic composition, the abundance of Sm and Nd changes, as does the ratio between Sm and Nd.
Thus, ultramafic rocks have low Sm and Nd and high Sm/Nd ratios. Felsic rocks have high concentrations of Sm and Nd but low Sm/Nd ratios (komatiite has 1.14 parts per million (ppm) Sm and 3.59 ppm Nd versus 4.65 ppm Sm and 21.6 ppm Nd in rhyolite).
The importance of this process is apparent in modeling the age of continental crust formation.
The CHUR model[edit]
Through the analysis of isotopic compositions of neodymium, DePaolo and Wasserburg [1] discovered that terrestrial igneous rocks closely followed the Chondritic Uniform Reservoir (CHUR) line.
Chondritic meteorites are thought to represent the earliest (unsorted) material that formed in the solar system before planets formed. They have relatively homogeneous trace element signatures and therefore their isotopic evolution can model the evolution of the whole solar system and of the 'Bulk Earth'.
After plotting the ages and initial 143Nd/144Nd ratios of terrestrial igneous rocks on a Nd evolution vs. time diagram, DePaolo and Wasserburg determined that Archean rocks had initial Nd isotope ratios very similar to that defined by the CHUR evolution line.
Epsilon notation[edit]
Since 143Nd/144Nd departures from the CHUR evolution line are very small, DePaolo and Wasserburg argued that it would be useful to create a form of notation that described 143Nd/144Nd in terms of their deviations from the CHUR evolution line. This is called the epsilon notation whereby one epsilon unit represents a one part per 10,000 deviation from the CHUR composition.[2] Algebraically, epsilon units can be defined by the equation:
Since epsilon units are larger and therefore a more tangible representation of the initial Nd isotope ratio, by using these instead of the initial isotopic ratios, it is easier to comprehend and therefore compare initial ratios of crust with different ages. In addition, epsilon units will normalize the initial ratios to CHUR, thus eliminating any effects caused by various analytical mass fractionation correction methods applied.[2]
Nd Model Ages[edit]
Since CHUR defines initial ratios of continental rocks through time, it was deduced that measurements of 143Nd/144Nd and 147Sm/144Nd, with the use of CHUR, could produce model ages for the segregation from the mantle of the melt which formed any crustal rock. This has been termed 't-CHUR'.[3] In order for a TCHUR age to be calculated, fractionation between Nd/Sm would have to have occurred during magma extraction from the mantle to produce a continental rock. This fractionation would then cause a deviation between the crustal and mantle isotopic evolution lines. The intersection between these two evolution lines then indicates the crustal formation age. The TCHUR age is defined by the following equation:
The TCHUR age of a rock, can yield a formation age for the crust as a whole if the sample has not suffered disturbance after its formation. Since Sm/Nd are rare-earth elements (REE), their characteristic immobility enables their ratios to resist partitioning during metamorphism and melting of silicate rocks. This therefore allows for crustal formation ages to be calculated, despite any metamorphism the sample has undergone.
- ^ Depaolo, D. J.; Wasserburg, G. J. (1976). "Nd isotopic variations and petrogenetic models". Geophysical Research Letters 3 (5): 249. Bibcode:1976GeoRL...3..249D. doi:10.1029/GL003i005p00249.
- ^ a b Dickin, A.P., 2005. Radiogenic Isotope Geology, 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-82316-1 pp. 76–77
- ^ McCulloch, M. T.; Wasserburg, G. J. (1978). "Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr Chronology of Continental Crust Formation". Science 200 (4345): 1003–11. Bibcode:1978Sci...200.1003M. doi:10.1126/science.200.4345.1003. PMID 17740673.


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I have read a number of posts with regards to the IOPS and read/write rate for HHDs vs SSDS.
Would replacing 12 HDDs with 4 SSDs be benificial? I know in most cases it will be "it depends", but I really looking for a guiding light on this one (SSD link below)
Currently I have a 1u server that will allow upto 10 HDD's. The plan was to have 2 disks for the OS, 4 (raid 10) for SQL data, 4 for SQL Logs and 2 for SQL TempDB.
This is intially for a small database (20Gb, growing about 2gb per year) with on average 100 trans per minute. This SSDS would be setup as Radi 10.
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Dec 15, 2009 at 05:22 AM Håkan Winther
Once the h/w is installed I will run some IO test and feedback to SSC.Thanks all for your posts! As always it is much appreciated!
Dec 15, 2009 at 06:01 AM sp_lock
+1 for a great question. I would be interested on how they compare to SAN storage too - please post your I/O test results. Combine this with data compression, and you could have one screaming SQL Server! :-)
Jan 07, 2010 at 06:13 AM Mark Allison
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Based on your growth numbers, it seems to me that you will be doing a lot more reading from this DB than writing to it, which is an environment that suits SSDs well.
However, a word of warning: that link to the document you posted states that the expected life of the drive is only expected to last for the life of the server under 'constrained workloads'. Effectively, an SSD will only wear out on write cycles, but it still irks me that the HP data sheet says 'constrained workloads'. Also, it's worth asking yourself why they have downed the warranty on their 'Gen2' SSDs to 1 year...
Another thing to watch with SSDs is the controller - which you're not going to be able to tell from the HP datasheet. Rough rule of thumb - Intel/Indilinx = Good, JMicron = Not so good.
One other word of warning: SSDs slow down over time. This is due to wear-levelling. If your SSD has TRIM (basically garbage collection for SSDs) support, then that can help, but it's still a factor. The HP sheet makes no mention of TRIM afaics.
The bottom line? They're probably not ready for the 'prime time' in terms of enterprise class reliability - but, if you have understood and mitigated the risks, then they can really boost performance in random read-intensive scenarios.
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Matt, thanks for your answer... We are also looking at the Intel X25-e which is similar to the HP but £300 cheaper.
I see what you are saying on the reliability side and will take this into consideration.. Its just with the constraints of rack space and the amount of disks possible to configure and reliable SQL solution I seem to fighting a all too commmon problemBuy... Configure... Setup.... Go Live.... YESTERDAY!
Dec 14, 2009 at 02:30 PM sp_lock
The X25-E drives are certainly good - their performance is up there with the best of breed... Good luck & let us know how it goes :)
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I have not yet personally evaluated SSDs, but from everything I have read they have overall faster read and write speeds and the read speeds are vastly faster. Based on that alone, switching to SSDs would be beneficial for performance.
That is probably not the interesting question though. The two interesting questions are:
The answer to both of those are very much, "it depends" but as a general rule, the answer to number 1 at least will be no. I would currently only seriously consider an SSD at their price point for a database if performance was truly vital and I had already taken every other practical step (including maxing out the amount of RAM in the system) to improve performance first. That is likely to change quickly in the near future as the price point drops, but currently the price difference is enormous, especially if you need to store a large amount of data.
One "in between" or compromise option to look at if performance is truly vital is to use SSDs only for the indexes and store everything else on conventional hard drives. Again, I have not tested it personally but I have heard anecdotal stories of good results that way.
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Thanks for the respose.
The SSD in my article above is around £500 for a 60gb device. With that in mind it would be sufficient space for the db over the next 18-24 month (easily). The high end SAS drives are £400.
The RAM of the server will be 16Gb on a x64 system (both windows and sql 2008 ent).I a tempted to look @ the 160Gb intel x25 (times 4) to service the whole data, log and tempdb (240Mb write - 130Mb read). Would you advise this even with SSDs?
Dec 14, 2009 at 10:37 AM sp_lock
With those additional details, if speed is very important to you it might be worth using SSDs. But that is very much dependent on the databases not growing faster than you expect. I have often seen even the best estimates be very wrong as data usage suddenly spikes.Also, be sure to read Matt's answer. He makes some very good additional points. One in particular is that this is still relatively new technology and many do not consider it ready for enterprise use.
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You could get much better performance if you saved the money that you would have spent on the new SSDs by sending your Developers to a decent programming school so they can write more effecient code faster and send the Managers/PM's to school to learn how to properly estimate project duration and resources. ;-)
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True and good point. Of course, if you have the money, do both (after maxing out the RAM, which is generally the best price/performance ratio you will find with SQL Server in most instances).
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An average transaction is 40 bytes only?
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Not sure I understand your question Peso..?
Dec 14, 2009 at 10:33 AM sp_lock
Peso is suggesting that 100 trans per min = 52,560,000 per year, and if you grow by 2Gb per year (2,147,483,648 bytes) then that equates to 40 bytes per transaction.
Dec 14, 2009 at 12:59 PM Kev Riley ♦♦
Now i see... Yeah we have a archieve routine that moves records older that 3 months to a different server. Therefore the database only grows as we increase our volumes.Database only contains 10 tables to handle call data from a telephoney system but only 2 table are handling the tranactional data.
Dec 14, 2009 at 01:16 PM sp_lock
Bump since what the heck, I am researching SSDs right now:
I would use an SSD for the system pagefile, attached to a built-in SATA connection if possible (most RAID controllers do not support TRIM). Then a RAID 1 SSD for any database temp files. I don't know much about SQL but I believe this would improve performance.
You probably finished the project already, how did it turn out?
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The state fair is mostly self-sufficient, but does receive close to $500,000 in public funding, and there were calls Sunday on social media to cut that funding out.
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"We hold them accountable, and we certainly hold this person accountable for their actions. He will not be out here again, I promise you that," Wolfe said.
Beam, who grew up attending the state fair and attends the fair just about every year, said he has never seen anything like the Obama mask display, which he felt was inappropriate for a state-sanctioned event that receives state funding.
"This isn't the Republican Missouri State Fair," Beam said. "It was cruel. It was disturbing. I'm still sick to my stomach over it. I'm standing here with a mixed-race family. My wife's from Taiwan, and so was the student (his family was hosting). I've never seen anything so blatantly racist in my life."
"If an old country boy picks up on something like that, imagine what a person of color would think," he added.
Albert Watkins, an attorney for the Boonville superintendent, said his client is receiving hate mail because he has been wrongfully associated with comments that he did not make. He said his client tried to make the best of an unfortunate situation.
"My client wasn't a part of this, didn't know about it, had no advance notice of it, did all that he could as an amateur trying to be as professional as he could to talk through this thing without having it become worse than it was," Watkins said.
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I've got my favorite characters in suits and armors, why not capes?
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Names Only0
Heroes that don't wear costumes and don't use codenames. I'm starting with the WSU because they have a bunch.
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Characters I think give Majestic a good fight. Did one for Midnighter (basically) so I figured I should do this too.
M Team0
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B Team0
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Red L.A.M.P.: Favorite Videos
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All volumes & issues of X-Factor that I need to complete my collection, in order of publication.
Currently Reading1
Here's what I'm reading now, or comics I think you should read regardless of if they are new or not.
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It's been tricky getting back issues of this series. Very few people want to sell the later issues, or at least very few people want to sell them for reasonable prices.
Want List: Cable 0
I just keep forgetting which issues I need.
Want List: Generation X0
There's absolutely no hurry to get these. Thing is, I used to own the whole series. But for the sake of room, money & bad stories I decided to part with many issues. So this is just for the sake of being a collector, rather then a desire to see c...
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100% Solid Brick0
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9 Spice-Inspired Baby Names
Looking for a girl or boy name with lots of flavor? Check out these 9 spice-inspired options.
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For a warm-sounding name, it's hard to beat Cinnamon, the spice that evokes apple pie and other straight-from-the-oven baked goods. Variants of this fragrant name include Cassia (male form: Cassius), a specific type of cinnamon tree. Love French names? Cannelle is the French word for cinnamon and a popular girl name among French-speaking parents.
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Whether you're a lover of pesto or just cool and uncommon boy names, consider adding Basil to your list. The spice name means "royal" or "kingly" in Greek. Famous Basils in history? Look no further than Saint Basil, who helped formed the Eastern Orthodox Church, and actor Basil Rathbone, famous for playing Sherlock Holmes in 14 films during the 1940s.
Saffron is the rare and delicate spice extracted from saffron crocus flower. It's used to flavor food and is recognized as the most expensive spice in the world. It's also used as a fabric dye—the spice's distinct orange-red hue is the color of robes worn by Buddhist monks. In the world of cool and unusual names for girls, Saffron is high on the list, especially since it comes with the cute nickname of Saffy!
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The fragrant savory herb and classic girl name Rosemary means "dew of the sea." Variants and alternate spellings include Romy, Rosemaree and Rozmary.
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The citrusy-pine flavor of Juniper berries are what give many dishes and drinks their distinctive taste, including gin. The word "gin" is actually short for the Dutch word genever, which means juniper. Mainly used as a girl's name, Juniper comes with some cool built-in nicknames, including Joon (June) and Juno. The Welsh form of Juniper is the classic name, Guinevere. Who knew?
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Sage is a popular savory spice, but it's also a word that means "wise" and "prophet." Traditionally used as both a boy and girl name, today it's a popular pick among earthy parents.
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With its hint of licorice flavor, star anise is most famous as an ingredient in traditional Italian biscotti and German pfefferneuse cookies (yum!). If you like it spicy and sweet when it comes to girl names, add Anise to the list. Annissa and Anais are two lovely spelling variants.
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When it comes to baby names, some like it hot! Pepper might be a little too out there for some, but for other parents searching for a nontraditional girl name, it's the only thing on the menu. Need inspiration? Gwyneth Paltrow (herself a fan of unusual baby names) plays the character Pepper Potts in the "Iron Man" movies.
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While it's technically a unisex name, spicy Ginger has become considered more of a girl's name over the years thanks to classic film star Ginger Rogers. It's also a nickname for Virginia and yes, a nickname for people with red hair.
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7 U.S. Code § 2905 - Certification of organizations to nominate
(a) Eligibility of State organization certified by Secretary; eligibility criteria
The eligibility of any State organization to represent producers and to participate in the making of nominations under section 2904 (1) of this title shall be certified by the Secretary. The Secretary shall certify any State organization that the Secretary determines meets the eligibility criteria established under subsection (b) of this section and such determination as to eligibility shall be final.
(b) State cattle association or State general farm organization
A State cattle association or State general farm organization may be certified as described in subsection (a) of this section if such association or organization meets all of the following eligibility criteria:
(1) The association or organization's total paid membership is comprised of at least a majority of cattle producers or the association or organization's total paid membership represents at least a majority of the cattle producers in the State.
(2) The association or organization represents a substantial number of producers that produce a substantial number of cattle in the State.
(c) Factual report basis for certification of State cattle association and State general farm association
Certification of State cattle associations and State general farm organizations shall be based on a factual report submitted by the association or organization involved.
(d) Certification of more than one State organization; caucus
Source(Pub. L. 94–294, § 6,May 28, 1976, 90 Stat. 531; Pub. L. 99–198, title XVI, § 1601(b),Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1603.)
1985—Pub. L. 99–198amended section generally, substituting provisions relating to certification of organizations to nominate for provisions relating to findings and issuance of orders.
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Mark Belcher
Gender: Male
City: grimsby
Stand: Bullens Road
Country: United Kingdom
About Mark
Everton Mad
First Game
Everton vs Norwich 1990
Favourite Everton Moment
FA Cup Final 1995
Favourite Current Player
Tim Cahill. Everything that is Everton
Favourite Manager
David Moyes. Sir David Moyes building a club not just ateam the peoples Manager
Favourite Game
Everton vs Wimbeldon 1994
Favourite Goal
Graham Sharpe Everton Liverpool at Anfeild
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|Native Tetrazygia bicolor.
Enjoying the heat of summer is Tetrazygia bicolor or West Indian lilac. Its white flowers with bold yellow stamens appear crisp and undeterred by the wilting heat. This native shrub loves our limestone soils and yet it appreciates some organic content. The shrub is in the Melastomaceae, a wide-ranging tropical family, and it has characteristic melastome leaves with distinctive veins. In southern Florida, it grows on the edges of hammocks to garner sun and produce flowers. It is on the state's threatened list, but grows in the West Indies as well as South Florida. Not a fast-growing plant, Tetrazygia bicolor may be hampered if planted too deep. About as wide as it is tall, which may be up to 20 feet, the shrub may be made more compact by pinching new growth to encourage fullness. Berries produced in the fall are purple and are eaten by cardinals, blue jays and mocking birds.
|A happy bee on white milkweed vine, Sarcostemma clausum
Pollinator Week begins June 17. As we witness the significant decline in honeybees, bumble bees, wild bees, butterflies and birds, let's take this week to plant wildflowers to help out the pollinators remaining. On Saturday, Steve Woodmansee is having a native plant sale at Silent Native Nursery, 16265 SW 210 Terrace, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Go to PlantRealFlorida.org and find specific plants and what nurseries carry them. Look for yellow top, golden rod, native wild petunia, salvia, Indian blanket, asters, Lantana involucrata, Bahama manjack, Cordia globosa, pineland or smooth strongbark, Mexican alvaradora, Passiflora pallens, Passiflora suberosa, coontie…the list is long and the time is right.
And be sure to go to the Pollinator Partnership website (http://pollinator.org/beestory.htm) and watch Isabella Rosselini's three short films about honeybees, which may be the most charming shorts you'll ever see.
|Warszewiczia coccinea.
Blooming beautifully in the Conservatory is Warszewiczia coccinea, a small tree in the coffee family with fire engine red sepals that offset small yellow flowers. The name, a tongue twister, remembers Josef Warszewicz, a 19th Century botanist who found an enormous number of orchids and sent them to England to be described. Warszewicz was of Polish descent, born in 1812, but as a young man had to leave his homeland because of a revolution. He worked at the Botanical Garden at Berlin for four years, and then in 1845 answered an advertisement to hunt for plants in Guatemala. Yellow fever sent him back to Europe in 1850, but after a few years, he was restless to hunt again for plants and headed to Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. He discovered Cattleya dowiana, Cattleya warscewiczii, Cynoches warscewiczii, Sobralia warscewiczii and many other orchids bearing his name. Another bout of yellow fever in 1853 sent him back to Europe, where he became supervisor of the Cracow Botanic Garden. He died in 1866.
The first time I saw Warszewiczia coccinea was in Costa Rica at La Selva Biological Station run by the Organization for Tropical Studies. The late ornithologist Alexander Skutch, who wrote more than 40 books and was a world expert on Central American birds, described the Warszewiczia in his book A Naturalist in Costa Rica. "The glowing color is provided by a single lobe on each calyx, which becomes two or three inches long." He initially suspected the flowers would attract hummingbirds and honeycreepers, "but I watched for hours without seeing a single feathered visitor. Butterflies of many colors, along with smaller insects, seemed to be the chief pollinators."
Sometimes called a wild poinsettia, the Warszewiczia grows in seasonally wet/dry forests throughout Central America to Peru and Bolivia as well as the West Indies. It likes well-drained soil.


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UK Hoops Postgame NotesMemorial Coliseum
Lexington, Ky.
Nov. 17, 2012
Final Score: No. 6/7 Kentucky 80 – High Point 46
Team Records and Series Notes
First Half Notes
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Team/Game Notes
· Kentucky recorded a season-high 19 steals and equaled a season-best with 32 forced turnovers.
· UK is 39-2 when scoring 80 or more points under Mitchell.
· The Wildcats hit six three-pointers, extending their streak of consecutive games with a triple to 295.
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