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Anthony Davidson is relishing his return to motor racing as he stands on the brink of completing his comeback from a broken back.
Davidson finally stepped back into the cockpit of a sportscar earlier this month, seven months after a frightening accident in the Le Mans 24 Hours in which he suffered a compression of two vertebrae in his middle back.
It resulted in the 33-year-old Englishman spending six weeks in a solid brace, followed by another month and a half in a soft-shell casing.
It was only after encouragement from his doctors and physiotherapists that Davidson got behind the wheel of a go-kart three months ago.
Now Davidson is poised to compete in Daytona 24 on January 26-27 after coming through a test session at the Daytona International Speedway 10 days ago.
Davidson said: "It was a long road to recovery. Seven months without any driving was pretty hard to deal with.
"Stepping back into the driving seat and carrying an injury, you felt vulnerable, especially as it was a new track and new car combination.
"The best push I had was when the physio said it was time for me to drive a kart again.
"Mentally, I was up for it, but questioned what it was going to be like and how much pain I'd be in. Thankfully there was zero pain.
"When I trundled out of the pit lane I forgot all about it, and the feeling of driving was brilliant, thinking about lap time, where to place all four wheels on the track, it was mega.
"A huge hurdle was overcome, which was a good sign, so I followed up with a kart event late last year at Rye House, a real crash-and-bash circuit.
"I could feel it a bit, but it wasn't bad, so that gave me confidence for when I did jump in a car that it was going to be okay."
Davidson will drive for 8Star Motorsports at Daytona alongside Pedro Lamy, Stephane Sarrazin, Nicolas Minassian and Enzo Potolicchio, who owns and runs the team.
Approaching the test, though, there was understandable "apprehension" as he added: "That was because at that point I'd not driven anything with g-force, being under braking, and with the banking at the track.
"But because there were so many sensations of new car, new track and new environment, I forgot about it all when I went out there.
"It was only after a couple of laps I thought to myself 'Hang on, I've no pain whatsoever. This is awesome'.
"There was this elation of driving again and realising it didn't hurt. Something I'll never forget."
Davidson will follow Daytona with two test sessions with Toyota next month ahead of attempting Le Mans again with the Japanese marque in June.
Naturally, Davidson sees his debut at Daytona as the ideal way in which to blow away the cobwebs.
"It's good because after seven months away you do get rusty," added Davidson, who will again combine his driving duties this year with his presenting role on Sky Sports F1.
"So I'm glad I'll be doing the race. It's given me a chance to realise my back is now fit for the job.
"With Daytona, although I'm going there to win, I'm sure I'm going to be improving all week whilst I'm there, and during the race itself.
"Beyond that the rehabilitation will continue, and I don't know if it (his back) will ever be perfect in a way.
"At the end of the day there is a 30 per cent compression on two of my vertebrae, so it is never going to be the same again.
"Whether the pain level completely goes away in every manoeuvre you used to be able to do pain-free, I don't know.
"But it's improving, and that's a good thing, and the driving again is exciting. I'm loving being a racing driver again."

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Friday, 15 February 2013 00:00 |
The third weekend in February means it's time for the annual Pecan, Wine and Antique Festival. This year marks the 13th year of the festival, and organizer Steve Goetting said that he's working with 13 separate wineries from around the region to showcase their wares in downtown Camp Verde. "We've got even more wineries than last year," Goetting said. Goetting runs Verde Entertainments, the group that has been running the Pecan, Wine and Antique Festival for a few years now and also hosts the annual "Kingdom of the Spiders" celebration each October. For the full story, see the Wednesday, Feb. 13, edition of The Camp Verde Journal or the Cottonwood Journal Extra.


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Hello dear~ these are absolutely adorable c:
There was a person who "reported errors" on these adopts, which bugged me a bit for someone to do that when it likely wasn't requested by yourself.
fav.me/d6xpx9r is the link (I hope it works, otherwise it is Problems With Art #15 by fortifiedchicken. They blocked me for commenting that it was rude.)
Oh good to hear that they were, people like that.. just ugh. As an artist myself it just irks me when critique like that is given without being requested by the artist themselves. Especially when its rude criticism.
And you are welcome dear! I honestly didn't know where to find you tbh but I was looking on whats hot under adoptables, saw yours, and I thought I'd come and tell you just in case you hadn't been told already haha
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Mar 21, 2013 4:56 PM by Ellina Abovian, KSBY News
A group of Central Coast kids are getting a lot of attention on YouTube.
Gabe and Daniel are nine-years old and the creators of Kidz Reelz. Along with their friends, they create public service announcement videos. The videos are intended to spread positive messages of anti-bullying and child abuse.
"It is made by kids for kids," said Gabe.
They were originally inspired by a Disney channel show, "Friends for Change," so they set out to make a change in their own community.
Their first video is a montage of photos taken in their backyard. They contacted the singing group, A-ha to use their song "Did Anyone Approach You?" They are learning now to shoot video and will be making more videos soon.
Gabe's mother, Monique, monitors the creative process. She ensures that the kids ask permission for videos, songs and get parent consent before appearing in the videos.
"Everyone should monitor their kid's online activity," said Monique.
The kids hope their videos will inspire more kids to create positive videos.
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Meliora Havanese
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Heartland Havanese
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Pure Breed Havanese
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Carlita's Havanese
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Namaste Havanese
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Patron Sponsorship Program
Each year the Lincoln Arts Council offers the Patron Sponsorship Program as a great way to buy art at the Lincoln Arts Festival, and support the Lincoln Arts Council in its efforts to keep the arts a vital and visible benefit to Lincoln. The Patron Sponsorship Program is a huge hit with our artists because it launches our festival with a group of people who know and love art and are there to buy.
With just a $125 advance donation you're on your way to falling for the arts as a Patron Sponsor. In return you will receive:
- $100 worth of Art Money to spend at the festival. This is treated like cash by the artists, and they love it.
- An invitation to the Patron Sponsor breakfast held September 24th at 9:30 am. This exclusive event comes complete with a delightful breakfast, enchanting live music, door prizes from artists showing at the festival, and socializing with some of Lincoln's best-known art lovers!
- A Thank You from us! $25 of your donation benefits the Lincoln Arts Council, supporting not only the Arts Festival but many other art projects, artist support programs and education.
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NEW YORK — Former FDNY firefighter and current "Boardwalk Empire" star Steve Buscemi recorded this public safety announcement for firefighters who have been affected Hurricane Sandy.
The PSA supports Friends of Firefighters, an organization created after 9/11 that is currently raising money for Sandy relief.
Buscemi has been seen out in the hardest hit NYC neighborhoods helping those affected by Sandy.
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When a group of Dutch teens allegedly conducted cyberattacks against Mastercard and Visa, then the Dutch National Prosecutors website in early December they got more than they bargained for. In fact, two of them got nabbed by police in late afternoon raids on their homes and have future court dates to look forward to.
Dutch police arrested a 16-year-old boy from the Hague for participating in the web attacks as part of a grassroots push to support WikiLeaks, and another Dutch man, 19, from a different city, was arrested for admitting to flooding the website of the Dutch prosecutor.
The 19-year-old teen, Martijn Gonlag, recently spoke to TechEye about his ordeal, emphasising that while he has learned his lesson, at the same time, if he was ever in the same position again, he'd do it again "as I stand by my point."
"While I want to keep working for the things I believe in, I will of course do it now, as always, in legal ways," Gonlag told TechEye in an email interview.
"I'll have to appear in court, most likely, but there's also the possibility that they will drop charges," Gonlag added. "I'm currently at home and a free man. I was released on a Sunday afternoon after about 24 hours of being under arrest. The police confiscated my computer and my mobile phone, which they still have, and I might not get them back for a couple of months."
The arrest came as a bit of a surprise, "but not a complete surprise," Gonlag said: "The police came in to my home around 5PM with a eight-man team, while I was sleeping, yelling 'police! police!' and I woke up thinking it was some kind of practical joke by some friends until they actually stormed into my room.
"But to be honest, the police were quite kind and nice to me as soon as we left the house, and they took me to Utrecht, a place about two hours away from where I live. I was interrogated for a couple of hours on my first day in detention, and then a bit more on the next day, and then I was released and sent home."
After he was arrested at his home, the police allowed Gonlag to brush his teeth and go to the toilet, grab a few things to take with him. They did not handcuff him, either, he told TechEye.
According to Dutch police, both arrests were relatively easy to make, since both boys used LOIC (Low Orbit Ion Cannon) - a tool that doesn't offer security services such as anonymisation.
The university has warned that some Dutch hacktivists may not be aware that international data retention laws require that commercial internet providers store data regarding usage for at least six months.
This means hacktivists can still be easily traced after the attacks are over, according to reports.


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Group to test power grid preparedness
Sunday, November 10, 2013
DOVER — Will you be ready if the world goes dark?
GridEx II is the second emergency response exercise of its kind conducted by the NERC and is intended to task power system companies across North America with reviewing their security and plans for crisis response. This exercise will also allow participants to discover areas of the industry that need improvement if such a severe emergency were to occur, and how government-made decisions impact such plans.
Seventy-five organizations from both the United States and Canada participated in the 2011 drill, including the Burlington Electric Department in Vermont and the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company. Government organizations such as from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Energy were also participants in the first GridEx.
"Entities possess effective cyber incident response plans, but updates to protocols and guidelines and additional training could enhance preparedness," reads one of the findings identified in the After Action Report.
Following the conclusion of the exercise, participants made it clear they considered GridEx to be a beneficial training event. They also expressed a strong interest in serving as participants in future GridEx activities. |


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As research, development, manufacturing, and clinical studies are increasingly outsourced, whats left for big pharma to do? Angelo DePalma reports
According to the 2010 Pharmaceutical R&D Factbook from CMR International, just 7% of drug industry sales comes from medicines launched in the past five years, and the number of compounds failing in late-stage human trials has doubled.
The quality and variety of third-party R&D, moreover, makes externalization of small molecule R&D a real option with highly attractive economics, according to the Factbook.
Reallocating small molecule research spend to licensing could triple the number of new drugs reaching the market every year, and would increase net present value by an average of [about 19%] for large cap pharma, on our estimates.
In early 2010, Morgan Stanleys European subsidiary even urged the pharmaceutical industry to exit research activities entirely.
Recent events suggest this trend may already be under way.
But if research, development, manufacturing, and clinical studies become increasingly outsourced, will big pharmas end up being just marketing distribution firms?
Reallocating capital
In a 2008 cost-cutting move, Eli Lilly entered a 10-year, $1.6-billion lab services deal with testing company Covance.
The agreement called for Covance to take over some toxicology, pharmacology, and quality control services that Lilly previously conducted in-house.
As part of the deal, Covance acquired a 600,000 sq ft testing facility from the drug giant for $50 million.
This followed a 2007 move by Amgen to divest itself of its clinical field staff; here the beneficiary was Quintiles Transnational.
More recently, GlaxoSmithKline spun off its Verona, Italy research operations to Aptuit, a move viewed as part of a growing trend among larger companies to divest themselves of unprofitable activities, in this case GSKs 500-person neuroscience research group.
Aptuit will provide R&D services for existing GSK programs at the facility and conduct drug development work for other clients.
In its study, Morgan Stanley said it expected material cuts to internal small molecule research spend in 2010/11 and a reallocation of capital to in-licensing and other non-pharma assets.
The investment bank cited statistics indicating that the industrys current economic model is unsustainable:
Pharma challenges
The problems facing the worldwide drugs industry are familiar: patent expirations, the rise of generics, an innovation gap reflected in the dearth of new medicine approvals, and cost pressures from every direction.
Mergers, acquisitions, and their inevitable consequencelayoffshave been legendary as even skilled positions in medicinal chemistry are increasingly filled overseas.
The pharmaceutical industry cut more than 100,000 jobs during 2008 and 2009.
Sam Isaly, managing partner at healthcare investment firm OrbiMed Advisors, believes that top-tier drugs firms will shed 200,000 more jobs over the next five years20% of their workforce.
Losses will occur in R&D but also in sales and administrative positions.
Recent initiatives in personalized medicine, comparative effectiveness, and post-approval safety monitoring threaten to fragment the large disease or indication franchises and further provide payers with reasons not to reimburse at premium prices, even for drugs that today are considered safe and effective. (For more on comparative effectiveness, see Health data and comparative effectiveness and Why comparative effectiveness research is a market opportunity.)
The patent story is particularly dire.
Ninety drugs, with combined 2008 sales of $157 billion, will lose patent protection between 2010 and 2015, according to a report from HDFC Securities.
These include Mercks Singulair asthma drug and Pfizers Lipitor cholesterol-lowering blockbuster.
Innovator firms can expect to lose 80% of sales almost overnight when generics hit the market.
Nor can big pharma continue to count on ever-growing revenues.
Writing in Health Affairs, Murray Aitken noted that growth in prescription drug spending averaged 9.9 percent during 19972007 but slowed to 1.6 percent in 2007.
Aiken attributes the slackening to patent expirations, generics, and the decline in new drug approvals.
Increased payer scrutiny of drug costsaided by the global recessionhave no doubt contributed as well. (For more on payers, see Marketing with patients, payers, and providers in mind and Market access: The importance of understanding payers .)
While all this has been going on, the cost of bringing a new drug to market has risen steadily, to the $1.5 to $2 billion range.
Disappointed with results of in-house innovation efforts, drug companies have gone on a shopping spree for third-party drugs.
Yet even these include some notable failures, for example, Pfizers Tru-015 (Trubion Pharmaceuticals), Roche/BiogenIdecs ocrelizumab for rheumatoid arthritis, and Mercks vicriviroc antiretroviral (Schering).
Aggressive outsourcing
Despite calls for a complete overhaul of operations, experts warn against moving too quickly, pointing out that competencies within big pharmaceutical organizations are difficult to duplicate.
Big pharma still excels, says Bill Cooney, CEO of MedPoint Communications, on major aspects of drug development, including late-stage clinical trials, regulatory submissions and management, post-approval risk-management programs, manufacturing and distribution, health economic analysis, medical affairs support, and various other scientific services.
Expertise in these areas, Cooney says, is still lacking in smaller firms: Plus, the global reach of big pharma assures it will always have a place in drug development and global marketing.
Yet one wonders if big pharma itself believes this.
According to financial writer Stephen Simpson, the more than 1,000 contract research organizations worldwide now capture about 20% of the pharmaceutical industrys R&D budget.
Cooney admits this level of outsourcing suggests a shift, and that traditional core activities like basic research may not be immune.
R&D productivity has been remarkably bad, he says.
Some companieslike Novartis, Roche, and GlaxoSmithKlinehavent done bad, but otherslike Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and SanofiAventishave spent tens of billions on failures from their own pipelines.
You can site example after example of this kind of aggressive outsourcing of specific activities, Cooney says.
But he believes big pharma still retains a unique big-picture feel for commercializing new medicines that smaller firms lack.
Drug development, according to Cooney, is a multi-faced endeavor, and big pharma are the only companies with the resources to fully develop innovative molecules, particularly across multiple jurisdictions.
The role of smaller companies
The reason for this, says Daniel Chain, Ph.D., CEO of Intellect Neurosciences, is that larger companies lack the translational skills needed to bridge the gap between discovery and the clinic.
The role of smaller biotechnology or biopharmaceutical companies is nowhere more apparent than in [Intellects specialty] Alzheimers disease research, a field in which the pharmaceutical industry relies heavily on smaller companies to discover new treatment strategies, and bring them to the point where they become developable.
Yet, according to Chain, the idea that big pharma can sustain itself solely on drugs developed internally is outdated, if it was ever the case.
Rather than eliminating these groups, though, he suggests the emphasis should be on transforming them to focus on translational activities and to continue focusing on an organic approach to clinical development.
Large companies, he says, bring an enormous amount of expertise in the conduct of clinical trials, despite the fact that they outsource those activities.
One wonders, however, if this is just wishful thinking.
To mitigate risk, molecules are being in-licensed at later and later stages, after many important decisions and investments have already been made.
Only big pharma has the resources to proceed through phase III and beyond.
But one could imagine large contract research organizations taking over late-stage development and regulatory activitiesas they already do in some cases on behalf of sponsorsperhaps in return for a piece of the action or funded by investors.
In such a virtual development world, risk would be spread among a panoply of stakeholders: academic labs, small discovery/development companies, CROs and CMOs, and investors.
Such a scenario would resemble todays virtual biotech model, except it would be much broader and reach much more deeply into the nuts and bolts of the spectrum of delivery-through-commercialization.
This idea begs two questions. Could enough efficiencies be wrung from the development process to offset threats from dangerously short exclusivity times, patent expiries, cost pressures, and the fragmenting effects of comparative effectiveness and personalized medicine?
Where would that leave big pharma?
Engines of creativity
Cutting the size of internal discovery groups may be necessary, as may be the acquisition of late-stage in-licensed molecules.
Intellects Chain believes big pharma is in danger of adopting the right tactics but the wrong strategy.
Drug discovery talent adds value to the process, but their focus must be to switch from finding new drugs to taking those molecules forward through pipelines, he says.
Similarly, by simply acquiring smaller companies the industry is devouring its engines of creativity, particularly with respect to important drug discovery tools.
Despite calls for abandoning traditional core activities like drug discovery and early-stage R&D, this is not likely to occur any time soon.
The main reason: money.
Almost every small company today is cash-starved, which increases the difficulty of organic growth, Chain says.
Eventually, they run out of money. There are many, many biotechs out there doing great science and generating new, enabling technologies.
Whats missing, according to Chain, is a way to support these activities.
The venture capital model doesnt fit this type of development well, and big companies are not investing sufficiently.
Sounds like an opportunity for big pharma
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On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, at least 18 Colorado National Guard members were conducting official business in our nation's capitol.
At the Pentagon, one Soldier lost seven comrades and narrowly escaped himself, and at least one former Colorado Guardsman was killed, when terrorists crashed a civilian passenger jet into the building.
Here in Colorado, Army and Air National Guardsmen were immediately mobilized in response.
By the day's end, the roar of F-16s patrolling overhead broke the otherwise deafening silence in the sky, and troops across the state were charged with keeping watch on the ground.
By Christmas, our Soldiers were at war in Afghanistan.
In the decade since, many of our brave men and women have made the ultimate sacrifice, while countless others are scarred by both evident and imperceptible wounds.
As of today, the 10th anniversary of that infamous day, Colorado Citizen-Soldiers and -Airmen have mobilized more than 6,000 times and every deployable unit in Colorado has been mobilized – some more than once – in support of the Global War on Terror, all while maintaining state emergency response capabilities and supporting homeland defense missions to thwart terrorist threats at home.
Now a decade beyond that horrifying day, we take a look back through the eyes of the men and women who saw the tragedy unfold before them, and others who were ordered to respond in kind. Here are just a handful of their stories.
If you are a current or former Colorado National Guardsman or Guard family member and have a 9/11 story you'd like to share, please send it to us.
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Maj. Wallace "Cole" Hogan, Jr., a former member of Company B, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, was killed when American Airlines flight 77 hit the Pentagon.
"Colorado 14"
The "Colorado 14" were in the nation's capitol on Sept. 11, 2001, and the following day, were among only a handful of troops allowed to fly back home.
Lt. Col. Mark Schoenrock
"I'll still wake up sometimes in the middle of the night and I can smell that jet fuel burning."
Chaplain (Maj.)Andy Meverden
"We spent the next three hours assisting the exiting Pentagon employees, cleaning scrapes, attempting to make calls and occasionally, praying for a distraught soul."
Brig. Gen. Ronald G. Crowder
"War has come to America."
Col. Larry Ciancio
"That evening, most of the group came up to my room and we watched the Pentagon burn."
Chief Warrant Officer 4Brian Robinson
"Communication between aircraft and the controllers is almost a constant background noise, but not on that day."
Lt. Col. Thomas Duffy
"I will never forget that image."
Col. Madonna M. Nuce
"It was still burning, 12 hours later."
Lt. Col. Chris R. Ryan
"The scene reminded me of a post-nuclear holocaust science-fiction movie."
Lt. Col. Ken Sanchez
"The events of this day ... will redefine our perceptions of our safety as a nation, our humanity, and will impact our lives for the rest of our lives."
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Sundance signs CHEC to design port
PUBLISHED: 14 Sep 2010 11:48:44 | UPDATED: 14 Sep 2010 11:48:44PRINT EDITION: 14 Sep 2010
Iron ore miner Sundance Resources Ltd says it will work with China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) to design a bulk materials port at Lolabe in the Republic of Cameroon.
WA-based Sundance says it will work with CHEC to establish the scope, cost and delivery of the Port, which will support a planned output of 35 megatonne per annum of iron ore from mines in Cameroon and the Congo.
Sundance chairman George Jones said the deal was another "big step forward" for the Mbalam Project.
"The Lolabe Port development is the gateway to export of our planned tonnages from West Africa," he said in a statement on Tuesday.
"CHEC is world renowned in the field of port construction with extensive experience of working in Africa."
Shares in Sundance gained three cents, or 12 per cent, to 28 cents by 1132 AEST, the highest in over two years.
The agreement follows a memorandum signed with CRCC China-Africa Ltd to work on the Mbalam Rail Project, he said.
"We now have in place MOUs with two of China's leading infrastructure providers.
"These agreements will fix the delivery requirements for our logistics infrastructure from Mine to ship."
Sundance and CHEC have not agreed to enter into a delivery contract for the port project.
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I think it is time for me to get back to posting more frugal dinners for Frugal Fridays. I have been cooking a lot of unexpensive dinners lately, but either the pictures didn't turn out good, the batteries were dead or I just kept forgetting to take pictures. But now I won't be able to use the bad pictures excuse. Well, at least the bad lighting excuse. This week I received a new toy I found on eBay. For only 20 some bucks plus shipping costs I got these two very helpful guys:
It is so hard to get good natural light in the winter in this house so I decided to get the extra little help. They really make a difference and the best part is that they were really not that expensive and are very versatile. I really recommend the investment if you are looking for ways to get better food pics. It's all about lighting!
Anyway, for this edition of Frugal Fridays I made a very simple yet delicious Mexican dish, Flautas de papa or fried potato tacos. It is frugal because all you need for them is corn tortillas, mashed potatoes for the filling, some cheese (grated queso fresco works great), sour cream, shredded lettuce (I added some cabbage, too) and avocado.
The preparation is not at all complicated. First, you have to prepare your mashed potatoes. I boiled some potatoes and garlic cloves togeter with salt. Mashed them, added butter, ground pepper and a little bit of milk. It needs to remain somehow dry.
Before stuffing and rolling the corn tortillas make sure they are warm. If they are cold they will break making it impossible to roll them. I don't like warming them up in the microwave because the become mushy, but if you do it that way, make sure to wrap them in a kitchen cloth. Once they are warm just stuffed them with the mashed potatoes and fry them. Then top them with the lettuce, grated queso fresco, cream and avocado. That's it. You've got a tasty, frugal dinner.
Remember that Frugal Fridays is all about cooking a dinner for 4 with around $10 US dollars. Right now that the economy is in the verge of collapse we all can use some frugality.
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Elaina was a founding member of the Tabakov Studio Theatre in Moscow, where she worked for many years before starting a teaching career at the Moscow Art Theatre School (MATS). Many of her students achieved national and international acclaim in Theatre, TV and Movie industries. She moved to the United States and joined Butler University Faculty in 2005.
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The Roger Room, a dimly lit, cocktail-focused pub where the mixologists wear suspenders and fastidiously mix gourmet drinks, has become a cozy hot spot for Hollywood starlets. Behind an unmarked door in the thick of the La Cienega gridlock, this sliver of space (formerly the dingy Coronet Pub) underwent a thorough gutting and now has a yesteryear feel complete with Art Deco–style furnishings, circus-themed murals, and opaque stained-glass windows. Sure, you might spot a celeb or two, but the focus here is on the drinks—smooth, retro-feeling cocktails like the Thug (Maker's Mark, honey liqueur, lemon, and a dash of habañero-infused bitters) or the Grifter (a mojito spiked with Mata Hari absinthe). When the place first opened in 2009, sans signage, its goal was to be one of those cool underground bars that keep those in the know in, and everyone else out. But show up early enough (before 9), and the friendly bartenders will take the time to make a nobody feel like a somebody.—Audrey Davidow
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Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin [4] has so many jaw-dropping moments of visual splendor that it takes a while to realize that there's really nothing much of interest here except the jaw-dropping visual splendor.
Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin [4] has so many jaw-dropping moments of visual splendor that it takes a while to realize that there's really nothing much of interest here except the jaw-dropping visual splendor.
If Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol [7] feels like a live-action version of a cartoon, it only stands to reason. The man behind the camera is animator Brad Bird, who gave us some of the smartest and most ambitious animated features of recent years.
Steven Spielberg's War Horse [10] is big and gorgeous in ways that reminds of Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago. But while it often delighted my eye, it felt empty. Not even a deep cast of British actors could bring it to emotional life.
By now we should be thoroughly inured to Meryl Streep's transformational abilities. Even so, her Oscar-nabbing performance as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady [13] comes as a shock.
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New online platform for unlisted funds
PUBLISHED: 25 Sep 2012 16:01:00 | UPDATED: 27 Nov 2012 03:56:45PUBLISHED: 26 Sep 2012 PRINT EDITION: 26 Sep 2012John Wasiliev
In what could be a very innovative development in Australian securities trading, the ASX is in the home stretch of a plan to offer investors an online market in unlisted managed funds. The plan, which ultimately could more than double the number of securities being offered online through the ASX, is now going through the regulatory clearance process with industry regulator the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
The head of customer and business development at ASX, Ian Irvine, says that as soon as ASIC approval is received, the ASX will be ready to go with its unlisted managed funds trading market.
The investments will be offered through the ASX under the AQUA rules that now apply to exchange traded funds.
Irvine says the ASX's managed funds service is an important initiative that should make it a lot easier for unlisted managed fund investors to apply for and dispose of units in these investments as well as include them in their portfolios through the same CHESS (Clearing House Electronic Sub register System) transaction settlement system as shares.
CHESS's major features are its streamlined settlement that centres on transferring the title or ownership of investments within usually three business days of a trade. It also incorporates the transfer of money between buyer and seller through their respective banks under obligations that can't be revoked. The AQUA rules will allow unlisted managed funds to be quoted, transacted, cleared and settled through the ASX.
Chief executive of managed fund researcher Morningstar, Anthony Serhan, says the development introduces another platform through which investors can access unlisted managed funds, and the new platform comes with features that make it different from others.
One capability is introducing unlisted managed funds to dyed-in-the-wool share investors who probably have not given them much thought. For established unlisted fund investors the decision will be whether it offers a superior way of making transactions, from a cost and convenience aspect, than the current system.
Serhan says he likes the ASX service as a way of taking managed funds to a new market, although its success will depend on the cost to promoters of offering their funds through the market, as well as what it will cost investors. How investors will be made aware of what's on offer is another issue to consider.
In addition, he says the selection of funds that are offered will be important, noting that the ETF market has picked up significant momentum as the number of funds and promoters and the diversity of funds into areas such as fixed interest has grown. Being able to build an entire portfolio, that is now possible with ETFs, will also be relevant for managed funds.
Although Frank Casarotti, head of distribution at boutique fund manager Magellan Asset Management, will not be among the first to offer its products (headed by the top-performing $1.5 billion Magellan Global Fund) through the ASX service when it begins, he will be closely watching how it goes.
Casarotti says he will be guided by who the participants are on both the fund side and the advice side. He describes the service as an idea that deserves a watching brief, and says that while it may take some time to get started, it does appear to offer a handy technology solution to investing in managed funds.
Magellan offers its funds through its website and a number of platforms that target financial planners. But if self-managed super funds decide they want to access managed funds through the ASX because it is a more convenient way to invest, Casarotti says it will win his support.
Irvine says the ASX has held discussions with leading fund managers about the service and about 20 have indicated a strong interest in quoting three or four of their funds. While it may not start with a large number of funds, the ASX expects it will develop substantially in 2013.
As far as the practical side of the new market is concerned, Irvine says the rules for trading unlisted funds will be different to normal ASX listing rules that apply to shares in companies.
Whereas shares involve taking an equity position in a company, under the AQUA framework investors take a position in an investment rather than buying a stake in a company.
Share investors have ownership rights associated with their investments as well as expectations of disclosure of information but there are no such obligations with ETFs and unlisted managed funds.
The AQUA rules, says Irvine, recognise that the investments they apply to are different to normal listed shares. While they are mainly rules about how investments should be quoted they also have similarities to shares when it comes to how orders to buy or sell are placed and transacted. With shares, buyer and seller quotes are matched against each other.
The significant difference between ETFs and listed shares is that ETF prices are determined by market makers. If market makers see opportunities where prices are drifting on either side of the fair value of ETFs, they can move to take advantage of this and bring the price back to net asset value.
Irvine says the quotation of traditional unlisted managed funds will be different again. If investors were to buy managed fund units today they would most likely have an adviser who might help them with the product disclosure statement and completing the application form. The next step is attaching a cheque or making a Bpay order for the purchase price, which is often unknown as it won't be quoted until valuations are performed after the close of trading.
The completed form is sent to the fund promoter who in due time will issue units to the order value.
The ASX's managed fund service, says Irvine, will replicate this process in an automated way that is similar to the way orders are placed for shares.
The differences will be that unlike shares it won't be real time pricing where a market maker helps determine prices around net tangible asset value. The prices for unlisted managed funds will be set by promoters after markets close or when they normally set them, which could be daily, weekly or even monthly. The idea is that when promoters set their application and redemption prices, these will be shown online as soon as they are available.
Today such prices are normally displayed through the manager's website or through information research services such as Morningstar and Bloomberg.
Irvine emphasises that while investors can place orders to buy or sell unlisted managed funds through the new ASX service, the transaction will remain between the investor and the fund promoters and their unit registry. There will not be any secondary market trading between investors.
The ASX service, says Irvine, will aim to offer fund promoters and their unit registry in particular a painless application and redemption process compared to the current system that involves mail, faxes, cheques and bank transfers. They should therefore be able to offer them cost savings.
Like shares and ETFs and other market-traded investments, trades must happen through brokers who will need to know their customers so they can create holder identification numbers and deal with anti-money laundering rules.
For investors and their advisers, especially independent advisers who provide fee for service, the appealing features are expected to be the fact that managed funds can be included with other investments in CHESS holdings that can then be monitored online in a group and updated whenever prices change.
While the prices of managed funds will tend to be more static, Irvine says they should update whenever promoters perform their valuations.
The Australian Financial Review
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IFC Films and the Writers Guild of America, East
invite you to a screening of BOYHOOD Followed by a Q&A with Richard Linklater
As a courtesy to Mr. Linklater, please do not RSVP to this event unless you are available to stay for the Q&A
Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater's BOYHOOD is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (a breakthrough performance by Ellar Coltrane), who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as Mason's parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister Samantha, BOYHOOD charts the rocky terrain of childhood like no other film has before. Snapshots of adolescence from road trips and family dinners to birthdays and graduations and all the moments in between become transcendent, set to a soundtrack spanning the years from Coldplay's Yellow to Arcade Fire's Deep Blue. BOYHOOD is both a nostalgic time capsule of the recent past and an ode to growing up and parenting. It's impossible not to watch Mason and his family without thinking about our own journey.


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Washington, October 2, 2009 (PAHO) — The Pan American Health Organization's Director, Dr. Mirta Roses, today offered to make available an experienced regional response team to assist the region affected by the tsunami and earthquake that struck Samoa and Sumatra.
During PAHO's Directing Council meeting this week, member states reiterated the importance of hospital safety and construction to avoid hospital collapse in natural disasters.
Although there have been many successes, much remains to be done to ensure that at least new hospitals are designed to remain functional in case of disasters, said Dr. Jean-Luc Poncelet, who heads PAHO's Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief area. "This region has several examples proving that even in less economically advanced countries, hospitals can resist hurricanes or earthquakes."
Typhoon Ketsana killed at least 422 people across Southeast Asia in recent days, and a tsunami that hit Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga killed at least 169 people, news reports said. A 7.6-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia left at least 715 dead, according to Indonesia's Health Ministry, with as many as nearly 3,000 people still trapped under collapsed buildings, including hospitals.
PAHO launched a safe hospitals initiative in 1990 that has already started to give results, Poncelet noted. The World Bank, the Organization of American States, the Inter-American Development Bank and the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction are among the entities that support the safe hospital initiative. The International Hospital Federation, which is also involved, has organized a session at its 36th World Hospital Congress in Rio de Janeiro November 12 to explore the issue of hospitals safe from disasters, along with PAHO and the World Health Organization.
WHO and its South-East Asia Regional Office are partnering with the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) and the World Bank on the 2008-09 World Disaster Reduction Campaign, whose theme is Hospitals Safe from Disaster. Economic, health and social cases have been developed to support the need for action.
The Hospital Safety Index was developed through a lengthy process of dialogue, testing and revision, over a period of two years, initially by the Pan American Health Organization's Disaster Mitigation Advisory Group (DiMAG) and later with input from other specialists in Latin America and the Caribbean. It helps health facilities assess their safety and avoid becoming a casualty of disasters.
The Pan American Health Organization, founded in 1902, works with all the countries of the Americas to improve the health and quality of life of their peoples. It serves as the Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO).


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Samsung Electronics has launched the S9110, a watchphone featuring a full touchscreen.
The S9110 is 11.98mm thick thanks to the company's advanced surface mounting technology, said Samsung. Featuring a 1.76-inch full touchscreen customized for the wrist-watch form factor, the S9110 aims to attract handset users who want a fashion item, the company said. The device also enables the users to check their e-mail through Outlook.
In 1999, Samsung introduced its first watchphone, the SPH-WP10.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
- Greater China touch panel shipment forecast through 2015
This Special Report provides forecasts through 2015 for Greater China touch panel shipments with breakdowns based on technology (glass, film, resistive), application (smartphone, NB and tablet) and by firm.
- 2014 global tablet demand forecast
This report analyzes the main players, their strategies and shipments forecasts for 2014, as well as other factors contributing to either growth or decline in various segments within the tablet market, with a particular focus on Apple, Google, Samsung, and Microsoft, along with whitebox vendors.


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Undergraduate Graduation Requirements
To be certified for graduation, a student is required to complete all course requirements and to meet all of the following conditions:
- Complete a minimum of 120 degree hours and have a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or above in your major, minor, certificate, and related hours.
- Complete his or her final 30 hours at Saint Louis University: Of the 30 required residency hours, especially for transfer students, a minimum of 9 hours of work must be taken with the Major department. Also, a minimum of 6 hours of work must be taken at Saint Louis University within the remaining hours component of the degree.
- Complete all Arts & Sciences core requirements, along with major, minor, certificate and related hour requirements. In order to graduate with honors (Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, Summa Cum Laude) from Saint Louis University a student must complete a minimum of 54 degree hours at Saint Louis University.
- Students completing a double degree must have a minimum of 150 degree hours, cumulative GPA of 2.00 in major, minor, certificate, related hours, and if receiving degrees from two schools or colleges, e.g., Arts & Sciences and Business & Administration all requirements of both schools/colleges must be completed.
Are you on track to graduate?
Averages for graduation honors are computed only on the basis of coursework taken at Saint Louis University. To be eligible for honors, transfer students must take a minimum of 54 hours at Saint Louis University. Grade point averages are not rounded up.
Summa Cum Laude 3.9 - 4.0
Magna Cum Laude 3.7 - 3.899
Cum Laude 3.5 - 3.699
The Spring University Commencement Ceremony is held in May to honor graduates from the past year. Prospective August candidates are welcome at this ceremony, but their names will not appear until the following year in the Commencement booklet. The College of Arts & Sciences holds a Pre-Commencement Ceremony to honor its graduates on Friday preceding the University ceremony. Academic attire is required at both the Commencement and Pre-Commencement ceremonies.
A Mid-Year Commencement Ceremony is held in December to honor all students receiving their degree in January.
Registrar's Graduation Page
Diplomas list the degree the student has earned (e.g. Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science) and academic honors (Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, Summa Cum Laude), if any.
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Dundonald Nurseries is a family run nursery growing quality plants for the people of Northern Ireland.
We can refill your own hanging baskets, tubs and window boxes for just £1 plus plants and compost. If your are interested in seeing how its done you can come along and our staff will show you.


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Frequently asked questions - market volatility
- Whats happened in the markets?
- What does this mean for Australia and Global investments?
- How is this different to what happened with the GFC?
- Will this volatility continue?
- What strategy should I take?
1. Whats happened in the markets?
We've seen a lot of volatility in financial markets in recent weeks because of a number of factors:
- The speed of global economic recovery has been sluggish.
- Global policymakers in the US and Europe have been slow to make decisions to restore confidence in their markets.
- Concerns about the ongoing debt situation in Europe.
- The US government has been slow to increase the debt ceiling, and the ratings agency Standard & Poor's downgraded the credit rating of the US last weekend.
- The extreme swings of the past few days in global share markets were a result of all these factors building up, not just one single event.
2. What does this mean for Australia and Global investments?
Global investments, mostly shares, have fallen sharply as investor confidence continues to fall. Until there is some level of certainty in the markets, shares will continue to be volatile. This uncertainty will also flow into other parts of the economy, affecting consumer confidence, housing prices and jobs growth.
The Australian share market is not immune to these macro (global) issues and is expected to be volatile in the short term as we react to US and European markets rather than stock specific issues.
However the Australian market is somewhat more insulated from the global issues because:
- Our market is more reliant on emerging markets, which are less affected by current global market falls.
- The large amount of investment in the resources sector is likely to continue, providing a solid base for earnings for next year for many companies.
3. How is this different to what happened with the GFC?
The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2008/2009 resulted in a global recession that was driven by a liquidity crisis across a significant number of global financial institutions. The situation of the past week is partially due to how investors are feeling rather than directly related to problems in the financial system or the economy. Panic amongst investors can cause extreme levels of market movements, like what happened in the US and Australia over the past week.
4. Will this volatility continue?
We expect that financial market volatility could continue for some time due to the general lack of confidence among investors, combined with worries about the health of the global economy. But Australia is in a relatively strong financial position compared to the rest of the world. We have:
- Low levels of debt
- A stable employment market
- A strong regulatory and governance framework
- Sound financial institutions
Some other positives for Australia are:
- Australia doesn't have a huge government debt burden compared to the US.
- Australia is also able to use monetary policy to cut interest rates if necessary.
- Stock market fundamentals for the market are still strong.
5. What strategy should I take?
Keeping calm is key. Talk to your financial planner if you're concerned about whether your investments are still appropriate to meet both your short-term and long-term investment and lifestyle goals. And remember, you will realise a loss only if you sell now.
Focus on your long-term investment horizon. Despite global downturns in markets over the past 100 years, history shows that if you had invested for any 10-year period over the last 50 years, you'd always have made a profit – on average, of around 12% per year1.
Financial market volatility is not a new phenomenon. It's important for investors – especially during times like this – to take a deep breath, step back and look at where the value is.
Markets move up and down but there is value represented in the marketplace currently.
Australian companies are still paying high dividends to investors. Income investors should focus on this.
History says there will always be a bounce back. And, the long-term direction of the share market has always been up.
If you have any questions or concerns please contact your financial adviser.
1Source: Shares index is ASX Accumulation Index-All Ordinaries to April 2000 and S&P/ASX 300 Index thereafter. 'Year' is calculated on a calendar year with annualised returns (capital growth and income reinvested). 12.7% is the average of the 10 year rolling compound returns between 1961 and 2010. Consider your personal objectives, financial situation and needs before acting on this information. Past returns are no guarantee of future performance.


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Indiana Governor Mike Pence
Pence Hopeful Court Will Uphold Indiana's Same-Sex Marriage Ban
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Wednesday he remains hopeful that the Hoosier State's ban on same-sex marriages will remain intact, despite blistering questions by the three-judge panel from the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Police Gathering Evidence In Murder Of Gary Cop
Sources tell CBS 2 investigators are talking to people who were in contact with the suspected shooter the day officer Westerfield was killed.
Environmental Groups Sue To Stop Illiana Tollway
Chicago environmental groups filed a lawsuit Thursday to stop the proposed $1.3 billion Illiana Tollway linking northern Illinois and northwestern Indiana, claiming the Illinois Department of Transportation doesn't have authority to develop it.
Indiana, Illinois Governors Endorse Illiana Expressway
The governors of Indiana and Illinois have given their endorsement to a planned 47-mile expressway aimed at relieving traffic congestion in the Chicago area and creating jobs in both states.


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Rep. Mike Coffman
Signs of GOP's Latino Evolution
Recent moves by Republicans are showing that there is a potential evolution in the party built to attract Latino voters.
Gloves Come Off in Congressional District 6 Debate
CBS 4 and CPT12 hosted the first televised debate for the 6th Congressional District on Tuesday. It was clear from the very beginning that these two candidates were ready for a fight.
Congressional Races Heating Up
With no competition for ad space from statewide campaigns, the Congressional races in Colorado are heating up the airwaves with tough, and sometimes personal, attack ads.
Is It Time To Reduce U.S. Forces In Europe?
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Bad News Barrett
Stuart Alexander Bennett- Birthdate: 08/10/1980 (age 34)
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-- As noted earlier here on the website, WWE has apparently approached several historians and made significant offers for memorabilia for a potential physical WWE Hall of Fame. While Vince McMahon has never been keen on the idea, Triple H is high on the idea and long-term plans are being discussed.
-- The Mirror reports that Bad News Barrett has recorded a video in which he gives "bad news" to any team facing England in the World Cup.
He said: "I'm afraid I've got some bad news for all the countries competing against England in the World Cup. This is the year of the Three Lions - and I fully expect my boys to be victorious in Brazil."
He also wrote about it on Twitter:
Bad pitch, too hot, teams nervous to attack. I'm going with a slow 0-0. "@pattidirnt: @WadeBarrett England vs. Italy. What's your guess?"
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How to Use Plastic Wood to Repair a Rotted Wood Door Frame
Posted By Ethan On October 19, 2011 @ 7:00 am In Paint | 7 Comments
The saga of our front door continues! I mentioned yesterday that our storm door was in our sites for repainting. Well another problem we faced was the old storm door closer had broken. As you'll see in the pictures, where it was anchored to the door jamb was in poor shape so it came as no surprise when the metal bracket broke. For this project, I tried something new. Since I was skeptical about the condition of the door jamb, I picked up some DAP Plastic Wood. It worked well, but I hit one snag along the way. Maybe you'll see the problem before I point it out.
DAP Plastic Wood is a wood filler that acts like real wood after it hardens. It can be sanded, stained, cut, drilled, and painted just like real wood. Most importantly, it can hold screws like real wood too.
Our door closer is mounted at the top of our door, and I'm actually surprised it held on for as long as it did. Check out these pictures to see why.
Not all the screws are visible in this picture but I counted 11 all together (securing the metal plate and the closer bracket). For that reason I wasn't sure what to expect when I pulled the metal plate off.
Using my Dremel MultiMax [1], I cut away some of the questionable wood. The surface layer sort of flaked. Fortunately, I quickly found solid wood underneath.
Next, I borrowed a tip [2] from Peter over at Dover Projects and put in a few screws hoping they'd provide the wood filler with some extra grip. Has anybody else done this?
The instructions for DAP Plastic Wood state that you should apply it in thin layers, and let each layer dry before adding another. I didn't think my door jamb needed that much so I smeared a big glob in place.
I was wrong. I've learned that if you apply too much filler at one time, it will take days to dry. Even after I thought it had hardened and attempted to mount the door closer, I quickly realized the error of my ways (because the bracket started sinking into the filler!). I gave it some more time and cut out the small, damaged section. Here we are on attempt numero dos after drying and sanding.
After some painting, I installed the new door closer. You might notice that the storm door has some fresh paint too. More on that tomorrow.
I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. I still need to perfect my wood filler technique, but that's mostly because I can be a bit of a perfectionist.
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Frozen Strawberry Treat
This low-fat frozen strawberry treat is absolutely delicious and absolutely easy to make!
Serves: 2 servings
- 1 cup frozen unsweetened strawberries
- 1 cup low-fat plain yogurt or buttermilk
- Combine ingredients in blender and blend until smooth. (If using buttermilk, you may want to add 2 teaspoons sugar to mixture.)
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While it's true that the Internal Revenue Service usually taxes every last cent we make, not every penny is taxed the same.
When it comes to ordinary wage or salary income, the U.S. tax system is progressive, with individual tax amounts currently spread over six income brackets. The tax rates begins at 10 percent and go as high as 35 percent. In between are the 15 percent, 25 percent, 28 percent and 33 percent brackets.
By stair-stepping tax brackets, our progressive taxation system means that all levels of income aren't taxed at the same rate. The first portion of your earnings is taxed at the lowest, 10-percent, rate. The subsequent rates start applying when your income hits a set level for your filing status.
This means that your income is then taxed at the applicable rate for each portion of your earnings that falls into a particular range. Each bracket also takes into account a taxpayer's filing status, such as single or married filing a joint return.
In addition, the tax bracket amounts are adjusted each year to reflect inflation. Here are the 2007 brackets, which you'll use when filing your 2007 return next year, and the 2008 tax brackets, which will give you an idea of your 2008 tax bill.