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31/10/14….Autumn update
Autumn's here (my favourite season)…time to batten down the hatches, light fires, and drink red wine… but hey, don't stay in watching dodgy TV, live music needs your support!
After a quick break in Scotland (where I'm sure it stopped raining for at least 2 hours while we were there!), I'm fully refreshed and ready to start part two of the "Autumn Before The Winter Tour 2014" (see list of gigs below)…a couple of sold out shows (Processed Pea Folk Club near Beverley, and Liverpool's Lantern Theatre), otherwise some tickets should still available for the other shows (ticket details… Continue reading
01/10/14 update…tour details
Here are all the tour dates for the "Autumn Before The Winter" tour…full details can be found on my Facebook artist page, or here on this website under "gigs"
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3rd Farnham, Surrey – housegig* (SOLD OUT)
4th Worthing – The John Seldon (SOLD OUT)
10th Wollaston – Housegig (CANCELLED DUE TO ORGANIZER'S ILL HEALTH…will try and re-schedule for 2015)
11th Huntingdon – Hartford Village Hall (SOLD OUT)
12th Coventry – housegig (on an allotment!)*
17th Preston – housegig*… Continue reading
22/09/14 update….The Autumn Before the Winter Tour 2014
Time for an update, I feel, (apologies to anyone on my mailing list who might have already received this info)
It's been a crazy year on the road, I think I'll have clocked up nearly 60 gigs by December. Thanks to all of you who have attended a gig, and especially those who've booked me for housegigs; they've been brilliant, and are continuing to come in at an alarming rate (5 already in for next year).
Have to thank my regular partner-in-crime, guitarist Les Glover (aka Loved up Les™), who's helped make the gigs so enjoyable…we are having the… Continue reading
The difficult second album is now available to buy from the usual places.
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Primary endosymbiosis events date to the later Proterozoic with cross-calibrated phylogenetic dating of duplicated ATPase proteins
Monday 9th June: Life Technologies Lunchtime Symposium / Posters 1001 - 1278 - 9th June 13.00 - 15.30
Nicholas Matzke 1 ,2, Patrick Shih3 ,4
1 National Institute of Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA,
2 Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA,
3 Joint Bioenergy Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Emeryville, CA, USA, 4Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
Chloroplasts and mitochondria descended from bacterial ancestors, but the dating of these primary endosymbiosis events remains very uncertain, despite their importance for our understanding of the evolution of both bacteria and eukaryotes. All phylogenetic dating in the Proterozoic and before is difficult: Significant debates surround potential fossil calibration points based on the interpretation of the Precambrian microbial fossil record, and strict molecular clock methods cannot be expected to yield accurate dates over such vast timescales because of strong heterogeneity in rates. Even with more sophisticated relaxed-clock analyses, nodes that are distant from fossil calibrations will have a very high uncertainty in dating. However, endosymbiosis events and gene duplications provide some additional information that has never been exploited in dating; namely, that certain nodes on a gene tree must represent the same events, and thus must have the same or very similar dates, even if the exact date is uncertain. We devised techniques to exploit this information: cross-calibration, in which node date calibrations are reused across a phylogeny, and cross-bracing, in which node date calibrations are formally linked in a hierarchical Bayesian model. We apply these methods to proteins with ancient duplications that have remained associated and originated from plastid and mitochondrial endosymbionts: the α and β subunits of ATP synthase and its relatives, and the EF-Tu. The methods yield reductions in dating uncertainty of 14–26% while only using date calibrations derived from phylogenetically unambiguous Phanerozoic fossils of multicellular plants and animals. Our results suggest that primary plastid endosymbiosis occurred ~900 Mya and mitochondrial endosymbiosis occurred ~1,200 Mya.
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Shih, Patrick M.; Matzke, Nicholas J. (2013). "Primary endosymbiosis events date to the later Proterozoic with cross-calibrated phylogenetic dating of duplicated ATPase proteins." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(30), 12355-12360. (Scholar | DOI | Journal)
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Zhaxybayeva, Olga (2013). "Anciently duplicated genes reduce uncertainty in molecular clock estimates." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(30), 12168–12169. (Scholar | DOI | Journal)
Evolution 2014, Raleigh, NC
Simulation tests of probabilistic models for historical biogeography: DEC and DEC+J
2C_306B Methodology
Date: Sunday, June 22, 2014
Time: 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Location: 306 B
Chair: Mario dos Reis
Nicholas Matzke, NIMBioS, gro.soibmin|ekztam#gro.soibmin|ekztam (Presenter)
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Simulation tests of probabilistic models for historical biogeography: DEC and DEC+J
Several phylogenetic models for historical biogeography are in widespread use, e.g. character mapping, Dispersal-Vicariance Analysis (DIVA), and Dispersal-Extinction-Cladogenesis (DEC). In addition, new models have become available: BayArea, and the variety of models implemented in the R package BioGeoBEARS. These include DEC+J (which adds founder-event speciation to DEC) and DIVALIKE (a likelihood interpretation of DIVA; a DIVALIKE+J model is also available). There has been very little testing of biogeographical models against simulated data in the situation when the true model is substantially different than the assumed inference model. Also, all of the above models assume that the observed tree is the true tree, ignoring possible missing speciation/extinction events, and dependence of speciation/extinction rates on geographic range. These possibilities are taken into account by the GeoSSE and ClaSSE models, but at the cost of many more free parameters, which may strain typically small biogeographic datasets. To test the accuracy of DEC and DEC+J inference on datasets simulated under different biogeographical and SSE models, I jointly simulated phylogenies and geographic range under 6 macroevolutionary models. The first three assumed speciation/extinction were independent of geographic range: (1) Yule process (pure-birth, no extinction); (2) Birth-Death (BD) process with extinction rate 1/3 of the speciation rate; (3) BD process with extinction equal to speciation. The next three assumed an SSE model where the base speciation rate was multiplied by the number of areas occupied, and base extinction rate was divided by the number of areas occupied. This produced (4) SSE with speciation but zero extinction rate; (5) SSE with with the base extinction rate 1/3 of the speciation rate; and (6) SSE with base rates of speciation and extinction equal. For each of the 6 macroevolutionary models, all combinations of low/middle/high values were used for these biogeographic parameters: d (rate of range-expansion), e (rate of range-contraction), and j (relative weight of founder-events versus traditional DEC cladogenesis events at speciation). The datasets (138 parameter combinations, 100 simulations each with 50 living species) were subjected to inference under DEC and DEC+J. DEC and DEC+J were distinguishable under all 6 models, except when j was very small and d very high. DEC artificially raises d and e when DEC+J is the true model, and shows significantly reduced accuracy in inferring ancestral range. These results indicate that the fact that DEC+J is favored over DEC by many empirical datasets is not likely to be an artefact of missing SSE processes.
Non-null effects of a null range: Exploring parameter estimation in the dispersal-extinction-cladogenesis model
Non-null effects of a null range: Exploring parameter estimation in the dispersal-extinction-cladogenesis model
3A_301A Phylogenetic Methods
Date: Monday, June 23, 2014
Time: 8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Location: 301 A
Chair: Elizabeth Wade
Kathryn Massana, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, ude.ktu|anassamk#ude.ktu|anassamk (Presenter)
Jeremy Beaulieu, NIMBios, gro.soibmin|ueiluaebj#gro.soibmin|ueiluaebj
Brian O'Meara, ude.ktu|araemob#ude.ktu|araemob
Nicholas Matzke, NIMBioS, gro.soibmin|ekztam#gro.soibmin|ekztam
Parametric models in historical biogeography that integrate geographic ranges and phylogenies have shown to be extremely informative in understanding the geographic range evolution of taxa. One such approach is the dispersal-extinction-cladogenesis (DEC) model, which has been widely used in empirical analyses of the evolution of geographic range using discrete area states. However, local extinction rates are difficult to estimate well in this model. We explore the cause of this as well as a potential solution.
rexpokit and cladoRcpp: R packages integrating FORTRAN and C++ for faster matrix exponentiation and likelihood calculations in historical biogeography
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Time: 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 402
rexpokit and cladoRcpp: R packages integrating FORTRAN and C++ for faster matrix exponentiation and likelihood calculations in historical biogeography (1219)
Nicholas Matzke, NIMBioS (United States)
Drew Schmidt, University of Tennessee
Drew Schmidt, University of Tennessee, ude.ktu.htam|tdimhcs#ude.ktu.htam|tdimhcs
Nicholas Matzke, NIMBioS, gro.soibmin|ekztam#gro.soibmin|ekztam (Presenter)
iEvoBio Software Demo
rexpokit and cladoRcpp: R packages integrating FORTRAN and C++ for faster matrix exponentiation and likelihood calculations in historical biogeography
Probabilistic models for phylogeny-based inference of historical biogeography face several computational challenges, especially when programmed in R. The first is large state spaces: for example, an analysis using 10 discrete geography areas has 2^10=1024 possible combinations of presence/absence in each region, and a transition matrix that is 1024x1024. Exponentiating this matrix is extremely slow in standard R matrix exponentiation routines. The R package "rexpokit" integrates the FORTRAN EXPOKIT library, making exponentiation of such large matrices feasible, although not rapid. Further speed improvements are made by parallel processing. A second challenge is enumerating and assigning probabilities to different biogeographical events at cladogenesis. Here, a naive implementation would have to examine every possible combination of ancestor state, left descendant state, and right descendant state, which would be 1023^3, or over 1 billion combinations. Here I made great improvements in speed with algorithms that eliminate impossible combinations a priori, and use of Rcpp for all for-loops. This is implemented in the R package cladoRcpp. I will present quick demonstrations of these calculations, the resulting speedups, and suggest that these packages can serve as relatively simple examples for researchers wishing to integrate FORTRAN or C++ into their R programming.
Rexpokit: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rexpokit/index.html CladoRcpp: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/cladoRcpp/index.html Used for historical biogeography by: BioGeoBEARS: BioGeography with Bayesian (and Likelihood) Evolutionary Analysis in R Scripts http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/BioGeoBEARS/index.html Examples, updates, and help listserv are at PhyloWiki: http://phylo.wikidot.com/biogeobears
GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0) http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0
SVP 2014, Berlin: Tip-Dating: Estimating Dated Phylogenies Using Fossils as Terminal Taxa
Note: See the BEASTmasteR code and example scripts!
Tip-Dating: Estimating Dated Phylogenies Using Fossils as Terminal Taxa - FULL
This workshop will introduce participants to new computational methods that allow joint inference of phylogenetic relationships and divergence times. In older dating methods, fossil relationships were estimated with an undated cladistic or Bayesian analysis, and then these fossils were converted, usually subjectively, into prior probability distributions on the dates of certain nodes. These calibrations were then used in molecular clock analyses to date molecular trees. This procedure essentially "threw away" hard-won fossil data (and any living morphology data as well) once the dating calibration was produced.
However, in the last two years, several methods have become available that allow the addition of fossil and living morphology, as well as fossil dates, to dating analyses. In these methods, the phylogenetic relationships of the fossils and living taxa are estimated simultaneously with the dating of the tree. These methods have the potential to revolutionary for paleontologists. First, because character and dating data from fossil specimens are a requirement for the method, paleontologists and morphologists will have an increased role to play in future divergence time analyses, previously the domain of molecular biologists. Second, the joint estimation of fossil relationships and the divergence times of fossil taxa is of intrinsic interest, and many phylogenetic comparative methods can be applied to fossil data once statistically-estimated, time-scaled trees of fossil taxa are available.
The two main methods in use currently are BEAST (Pyron 2011; Wood, Matzke et al. 2013; Alexandrous et al. 2013) and MrBayes 3.3 (Ronquist et al. 2012). Both take more skill and background than traditional phylogeny-estimation and dating methods. Therefore we will guide participants through tutorials and then help them to set up analyses of their own data.
Date: Tuesday, November 4
Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Location: The Leibniz Headquarters (Chausseestr. 111, 150 meters away from the Museum für Naturkunde and next to the UBahn station Naturkundemuseum)
Cost: Free (FULL!)
Minimum Number of Participants: 10
Maximum Number of Participants: 40
Nicholas J. Matzke
National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis
University of Tennessee
April Wright
Univeristy of Texas, Austin
SVP 2014, Berlin: Putting fossils in trees: new methods for combining morphology, time, and molecules to estimate phylogenetic position and divergence times of living and fossil taxa
Note 1: See the Abstracts for "Putting Fossils in Trees Symposium"
Note 2: See the BEASTmasteR code and example scripts!
Putting fossils in trees: new methods for combining morphology, time, and molecules to estimate phylogenetic position and divergence times of living and fossil taxa
Co-Convenors: Nicholas J. Matzke, April Wright, Graeme Lloyd, David W. Bapst
Fossil data are crucial to correct estimation of phylogeny and divergence times. However, most traditional methods artificially separate the analysis of fossil relationships and divergence time analysis. For example, it is common for paleontologists to estimate the topological position of fossils using cladistic or Bayesian methods, either in a morphology-only or "total evidence" analysis. This tree, which is undated, may then be used by molecular biologists to supply calibration distributions for dating a molecules-only tree of living taxa. Such trees form the starting point for various comparative methods which require dated phylogenies, e.g., model-based ancestral state analyses, diversification analyses, or historical biogeography.
Such procedures "throw away" most of the fossil data, treating paleontology as merely a source of calibration points for molecular analyses, and separate the questions of estimating relationships and dating, when in fact they may be linked. However, increasing collaboration between paleontologists, biologists, statisticians and computer scientists has been fruitful in yielding new technologies and techniques that attempt to combine fossil and living morphology, fossil dates, and molecular data in joint analyses. This symposium will be devoted to reviewing, discussing, and critiquing new methods and models for estimating phylogenetic trees and for incorporating fossils in the derivation of divergence times.
The three foci of the symposium are: 1. "Model-based methods: advantages and limitations." This will focus on the assumptions behind the current probabilistic models for morphological and fossil data, the resulting advantages and limitations, and suggestions for improvements. 2. "Fossils as terminal taxa in dating analyses: prospects and challenges." Methods using fossils as terminal taxa in dating analyses are new and mostly unevaluated, so participants will present case studies that give insight into the practical benefits and problems encountered in the use of such methods. 3. "Fossils as dual information sources: morphology and stratigraphy." The stratigraphic range and sampling frequency of clades also gives important information about the timing of clade origins. Stratocladistics was an early attempt to take this information into account, but was not widely adopted. Probabilistic methods, as well as advances in fossil databases, may allow improved approaches. Participants will review and critique recent developments in this area.


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How much do you spend on gifts for your childrens friends?
Started by fran123 , Nov 20 2012 07:55 PM
35 replies to this topic
Posted 20 November 2012 - 07:55 PM
I aim for $20. Sometimes its a bit more or a bit less. What is your budget?
Posted 20 November 2012 - 07:57 PM
$20 for school friends. closer friends maybe $25-$30 depending if I see something I know they would love or really want
Posted 20 November 2012 - 07:59 PM
$20ish for most. $30-$40 for close/best friend.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 08:00 PM
$20 for school friends..
More for their close friends say anywhere between 20-$50 depending on childs interests
Posted 20 November 2012 - 08:02 PM
$20 as a general rule.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 08:03 PM
For 'run of the mill' friends, it's $15-20 (usually it's on sale, so it's actually 'worth' a bit more than I paid), and $20-25 for better friends.
It gets expensive, when you add it all up.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 08:04 PM
Between $15 and $25 depending on how close.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 08:07 PM
Nothing. The kids have loads of friends but Christmas presents between friends are something that we've never encouraged.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 08:09 PM
Same OP- we have a $20 budget. Sometimes it might hit $25 and sometimes $15.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 08:12 PM
Just to specify I meant birthday presents (when they are invited to a birthday party). I don't buy Xmas presents for my childrens friends.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 08:19 PM
Somewhere around $20.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 08:25 PM
Generally around $20..
although I do have a 'stash' of presents that I have bought on sale during the year that we generally grab one from. Most of it is Lego so a safe present to give.. LOL
Posted 20 November 2012 - 08:29 PM
Generally around $20 but that can either be increased or decreased depending on how much I like the kid
Posted 20 November 2012 - 08:31 PM
Me around $20 too. If you don't mind me hijacking a little OP, my daughter is going to a party this weekend which is combined for two of her friends. Still $20+ for each friend, or slightly less each as it is only one party? What does everyone think?
Posted 20 November 2012 - 08:34 PM
$20-$30 for school friends
$50-$60 for family friends kids etc.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 08:42 PM
I spend less than 20.00.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 09:09 PM
Casual friends, as in whole class party, around the $15 mark.
Closer friend, around the $20.
I DO make exceptions for their best friends, and will let them spend a little more, but it's not a case of spend $30 because it is the best friend, more a case of this is a gift that the friend would really like, and it's a little more than my normal limit, ok. But we still aim for around $20 mark.
If you don't mind me hijacking a little OP, my daughter is going to a party this weekend which is combined for two of her friends. Still $20+ for each friend, or slightly less each as it is only one party? What does everyone think?
I'd still aim for my normal value, but might be swayed more to an item on sale (normally $20, but only going to cost me $15)
Posted 20 November 2012 - 09:14 PM
QUOTE (galba @ 20/11/2012, 09:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Nothing. The kids have loads of friends but Christmas presents between friends are something that we've never encouraged.
Same here. We give presents to family only otherwise it would get totally out of hand. Now that DD is working full time she will be doing the friend gift thing herself this year.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 09:21 PM
I aim for never over $20 - more like $15 if I can manage it. And I love to buy things on sale.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 09:22 PM
Around $20. Up to $30 if it is a special friend. Always at a discount so the value is better.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 09:24 PM
Same as most it appears...$15 for class party, $20 for someone a bit more special.
Posted 20 November 2012 - 11:37 PM
Posted 21 November 2012 - 08:59 AM
Usually $20 max. Most of my friends have 2+ kids so it can get expensive throughout the year! I usually try to buy stuff on sale and just put it away for their bday/xmas. For school friends I try to spend a little bit less; with my son being in kindy we have been to over 10 parties this year as most kids will invite the whole class! Lucky Kmart has great gifts for cheap prices!
Posted 21 November 2012 - 09:06 AM
usually $15-20. I did spend a bit more on a couple of friends as they have been friends for years and always insist on including sibling in with the party
Posted 21 November 2012 - 10:14 AM
I don't buy for friends children.
A limit needs to happen somewhere and I have such a huge family and a strict budget.
They might get a candy cane of the tree?
Edited to say for birthdays I spend around 20. Less if I can get away with it.
Edited by Oriental lily, 21 November 2012 - 10:16 AM.
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Did your favorite actors and TV shows score Golden Globe awards tonight? Let's take a look at how things shook out in the TV categories at the 67th Annual Golden Globes.
Mad Men, Best Television Series - Drama. With competition from Big Love, Dexter, House, and True Blood, I'm really glad I wasn't picking the winner here. They're all fantastic. I wouldn't say that True Blood delivered its best episodes last season, so I don't have a problem with that one not winning (though I'm a big fan of the show). Mad Men is definitely deserving (especially the "lawn mower" episode), although Dexter and Big Love both had great seasons.
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"Between a Rock, a Hard Place, and a Humanitarian Crisis"
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By Marisa L. Porges, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20122014
"...While politicians at home and overseas focus on how to help end the war through anything short of direct intervention, it's time for the international community both public and private sectors to focus on long-term strategies to support the growing Syrian refugee population."
March 3, 2014
"No Contest"
Op-Ed, Foreign Policy
By Stephen M. Walt, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Affairs; Faculty Chair, International Security Program
"...[R]ealism tells you major powers care a lot about security and are often ruthless in defending vital interests, especially close to home. It recognizes that great powers ignore international law when it gets in their way (as the United States has done repeatedly), and it sees relations between major powers as a ceaseless struggle for position, even when that struggle is waged for essentially defensive reasons."
January 8, 2014
"Enough of the Handwringing: The Loss of American Influence in the Arab World Is Programmed"
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"Troop presence means influence. And troop presence is something the U.S. doesn't have what it once had in the region. American forces left Iraq in December 2011. The U.S. has just now promised to help the Iraqi government with military supplies in its struggle with al Qaeda elements in Anbar Province. But this means little in terms of influence...."
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"NATO in Afghanistan: Turning Retreat into Victory"
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NATO after Afghanistan is an organization that suffers from a certain fatigue pertaining to future stabilization challenges. NATO will not automatically cease to conduct operations after 2014, but the level of ambition will be lower. The Afghanistan experience and the failures of the light footprint approach calls for a thinking that is less liberalist "in the abstract" and more focused on provision of basic services (security, development, and governance).
December 15, 2013
"Rewind in Syria"
Op-Ed, The Huffington Post
By Charles G. Cogan, Associate, International Security Program
"The notion that if the West had given military aid to the rebels, before the Islamists moved in, we might have had a different Syria today is to my mind absurd. The Islamists would have gained the ascendancy sooner or later, as extremists usually do over the course of such movements."
November 25, 2013
"The Peacemaking Presidency"
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"The Obama Administration is on the way to becoming the peacemaking presidency, after having been handed down two wars (Iraq and Afghanistan) and having been urged to start two others (Syria and Iran). The way the President handled these challenges should ease the way for Hillary Clinton in 2016, should she decide to run."
November 15, 2013
"A Bad Deal on Iran?"
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By Chuck Freilich, Senior Fellow, International Security Program
"The Obama administration maintains that the sanctions relief offered in exchange was limited and would not have undermined the basic sanctions regime, which has had a devastating effect on Iran's oil exports and access to the international financial system. It also argues, correctly, that a negotiated deal is preferable to the alternatives and the best outcome for all parties concerned, Israel and Saudi Arabia included."
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"The French 'Never Again'"
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"The French are the most forward-leaning of Europe's militaries....Former President Nicolas Sarkozy led the charge to get rid of Gaddafi. His successor, François Hollande, intervened rapidly and effectively to save some 6,000 expatriates, mostly French, from being overrun by Islamist fanatics in Bamako, Mali. Earlier this fall, the French were all revved up to join in an air attack on Syria...."
November 1, 2013
"'Ain't Gonna Study War No More'"
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By Charles G. Cogan, Associate, International Security Program
"...Barack Obama's pirouette away from an unfathomable military adventure in Syria has, down deep, been appreciated by the public, despite the torrent of propaganda from the Tea Party, with its undertones of racism and tinges of Confederate symbolism, depicting the president as weak and indecisive."
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"Viewpoint Iran: The Past and Present of the U.S.-Iran Standoff"
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By Annie Tracy Samuel, Former Associate, International Security Program, JulyAugust 2014; Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 20112014; Former Research Fellow, Dubai Initiative, Fall 2011
"While Americans understand relations with Iran in terms of its nuclear program and incendiary anti-Israel homilies, Iranians see the relationship as part of a long and troubling history of foreign intervention and exploitation that reaches back into the nineteenth century. Iranian leaders argue that if interactions between Iran and the United States are to improve, this history will have to be addressed and rectified."


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Ben Ransom's first-half try, together with kicks from Alex Goode and Marcelo Bosch, ensured Mark McCall's men picked up their sixth victory of the campaign.
Rob Baxter's Chiefs countered with three penalties of their own through Gareth Steenson (two) and Phil Dollman, and were twice denied potential tries - through Ian Whitten and Tom Johnson - by TV match official David Sainsbury.
Saracens lost fly-half Charlie Hodgson to a blow to the head early on and it was Exeter who looked to set the early tone in attack. Winger Jack Nowell's first real raid brought an early penalty chance for the home side, but Steenson was unable to land the lengthy kick.
The visitors made the most of that let-off and took the lead when Ransom, on as the replacement for Hodgson, applied the finish following a surging run from Chris Ashton that cut through the heart of the home defence. Goode added the extras to give the Londoners a seven-point advantage.
The Chiefs rallied well and came within a whisker of claiming a swift response through Whitten. After a slick handling move from the hosts, the ball was worked from left to right to Nowell. He in turn fed Whitten, who, despite taking the ball at pace, was adjudged - via the TV match official - to have been felled just short of the line.
Steenson was sent to the sin-bin on 28 minutes for a deliberate knockdown, and it allowed Goode to extend the visitors' lead to 10 points with a routine penalty.
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Although down a man, the Chiefs again responded brightly as they threatened the visiting line once more. Saracens did well to swamp the home attacks, but, when a scrum was dropped by prop Richard Barrington, it allowed Dollman to land Exeter's first points of the day with a 22-metre penalty.
But, no sooner had Rob Baxter's side brought themselves back to within range, they conceded a needless penalty in front of their own posts for pulling back, and up stepped Goode to slot the resultant kick.
With 10 points to make up, the Devon club knew they needed a strong start to the second period - and they got it as Steenson landed an early penalty after the visitors were pulled up for not releasing following strong breaks from Dean Mumm, Nowell and Dave Ewers.
But once again they let Saracens counter through Argentinian centre Bosch, whose penalty from just inside his own half just snuck over via the crossbar.
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The lawsuit was filed in Strafford County Superior Court and names the state of New Hampshire as the defendant. It says the system violates two provision of the New Hampshire Constitution -- one that forbids the use of tax money for religious schools, the other that no person shall be compelled to pay for the support of any religious school.
"A robust respect for the separation of church and state is vital to protecting the religious freedom of all New Hampshire citizens," said Barbara R. Keshen, staff attorney for the New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union. "That's why our state constitution contains several provisions intended to prevent this type of program."
The program, passed by the New Hampshire Legislature last year, took effect Jan. 1. It allows up to $3.4 million in tax credits to be claimed in the first year and $5.1 million during its second year. Keshen said she understands that some families have applied for funding.
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Keshen said the suit was filed in Dover because two of the eight plaintiffs live in Strafford County. Plaintiffs include state Rep. Rebecca Emerson-Brown, D-Portsmouth; the Rev. Homer Goddard, a retired Unitarian-Universalist minister; the Rev. Richard Stuart, a United Church of Christ pastor; and Rabbi Joshua Segal, the rabbi emeritus at Congregation Betenu in Amherst.
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My View: It is important to know about state taxes
Date: September 12, 2012
by: Greg Steube | Guest Columnist
The conventions for the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee have both come to a close, and although both platforms differed greatly, one issue stood out in both — our tax system. I think we can all agree that an easier understandable formula and finding a system that will nurture growth will continue to be at the forefront of this discussion before and after November. Currently, the Federal Office of Management and Budget states that 47.4% of federal revenue comes from individual income tax and 35.5% is made up of payroll taxes. These numbers touch every American's home, family and business. Understanding how you are taxed and where the money goes is paramount when engaging in debate and advocacy.
During the next several months, tax reform will be actively discussed in newspapers, on the radio and vetted in televised debates. As a member of the Florida House of Representatives, I want you to be aware of the federal tax issues, as well as Florida tax information. With that in mind, I want to share with you changes that were made to Florida's tax system during the 2011 and 2012 session.
Understanding Florida's finances is as important as understanding your own finances. The tax dollars spent by the government are your money. Telling your elected officials how that money is used is your right as a voter and citizen of the United States.
Keeping Florida a low-tax, low-cost state is vital to our state's prosperity. During the last two sessions, we passed several pieces of legislation aimed at tax relief for Floridians. Florida is mindful of the importance of growing our existing businesses, and our community is focused on recruiting new opportunities for our area.
Florida tackles the tax fairness issue on two main fronts, sales tax and corporate income. Unlike the federal government, Florida is one of a handful of states that does not have an individual income tax. Coupled with changes made to Florida's corporate income tax, our state wants to keep our money here in our community — not in Tallahassee.
In 2011, the Legislature raised the corporate income tax exemption from $5,000 to $25,000. This created a new interest in our state from abroad, and, locally, our businesses were able to reinvest at home. Due to the response from changes made in 2011, this year Florida doubled the corporate income tax exemption to $50,000. Florida's Revenue Estimating Conference, in conjunction with the Office of Economic and Demographic Research, noted that a total 12,245 businesses have been able to focus funds on generating new growth instead of paying more taxes.
All that being said, you can't just focus on business without addressing community tax relief, too. In November, you will have the opportunity to vote on tax breaks for our low-income seniors, homeowners and our veterans. These amendments to Florida's Constitution would require 60% of the vote in November to be passed into law. Their implementation is up to you, the voter, not the Legislature.
Our community is a great place to live, raise a family and retire. It is up to you to decide if the amendments will aide our families, our community and our neighbors.
During these next few months, conversations will be charged with election and fiscal issues, and I hope that you found this information to be helpful. I encourage you to take the time to review and research information provided by the Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Florida Division of Elections and the Florida Department of Revenue. As always, my office is happy to assist you in getting answers for questions you or your business may have about information included in this article.
State Rep. Greg Steube represents Florida District 67.
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As Freedom Elementary celebrated Veterans Day with its annual "Let Freedom Ring" courtyard ceremony Nov. 12, there was a special treat in the crowd: original Parent-Teacher Organization member Sharri Cagle and two of her three children, Lindsey and Logan.
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