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Custodial Accounts and Section 529 Plans
Custodial AccountsUsing a Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA) or Uniform Transfer to Minor Act (UTMA) account is an easy and legal way to transfer the ownership of assets to a child. With a UGMA or UTMA account, the parent creates a custodial account on behalf of the minor child. Assets are transferred into the account and the custodian, usually a parent, manages the account until the child reaches legal age. At that point, the child can do whatever he or she wishes with the assets.
Transfers to these accounts are irrevocable. You cannot change your mind later and take the assets back. Your child becomes the owner when you make the transfer an on reaching the age of majority (18 or 21 in most states) the child can do whatever they wish with the money.
Transfers into a custodial account are just like any other gift. For 2009, you can make annual gifts up to $13,000 in cash, securities or other property to anyone without owing any federal gift tax and without filing a gift tax return. If you are married, gifts can be considered to be half from you and half from your spouse. This enables transfers up to $26,000 to be made. However, a simple gift tax return may be required if you use this gift-splitting technique. The annual $13,000 exclusion applies to each person receiving the gift.
When the assets become the child's, any income the assets produce is taxed to the child. There are special tax rules that apply to children under the age of 18, 18 year olds with earned income less than half of their support, and 19 to 23 year old students with earned income less than half of their support. These rules are commonly called the "Kiddie" tax.
The tax laws provide that the first $950 in 2009 of investment income from assets held in the child's name is tax free. The next $950 is taxed at the child's tax rate (usually the lowest rate of 10%). Investment income greater than $1900 in 2009 , is taxed at the parent's rate until the child is no longer subject to the Kiddie tax.
The Kiddie tax rules were changed in 2007 and you may want to consult a tax advisor to determine how the rules may apply in your situation.
Qualified Tuition (Section 529) PlansThese college savings plans are now offered by over 40 states and were also enhanced by the 2001 tax law. While the plans are offered by the state, there is no restriction on where the child may attend college. It is expected that many universities will soon start offering these plans. One potential drawback is that there are usually limited investment options. It makes sense to look at several states' programs to find one that offers the investment choices you desire.
With a Section 529 Plan, there are no income limits on the donors and contributions of up to $13,000 per year can be made. In addition, there are special provisions to allow a "front-end loading" of up to five years of contributions to be made without gift taxes.
The big change made by the new tax law is that beginning in 2002 withdrawals used for qualified educational purposes are excluded from federal income taxation. The law also loosened what institutions qualify, but there are still some limitations.
SummaryCustodial accounts offer the greatest flexibility in terms of how the money is ultimately used. However, they lack the tax benefits of the other programs.
Section 529 Plans offer the highest contribution limits without income limits on the donors. However, in many cases the investment options may be limited.
As with most financial decisions, you must consider what you are trying to accomplish. Be mindful of the tax implications and choose the one (or combination) that best fits your situation.
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McMansions: The Ultimate Symbol of American Inequality
In this fascinating post for Salon, Thomas Frank holds nothing back on the topic of so-called "McMansions". Charting their history from the 1980s to today, he reveals the economics and government policies which made them possible, concluding that they are not just a symptom of the inequality in modern US society, but the very cause of it: "Everything we do seems designed to make this thing possible… This stupendous, staring banality is the final outcome for which we have sacrificed everything else." You can read the full article here.
Conference: Cities for Tomorrow
Building resilient and sustainable urban centers. That's going to be the main issue that over 30 speakers will be addressing at the Cities for Tomorrow Conference next Tuesday, April 22 at TheTimesCenter, NY. The event, hosted by NY Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman, will feature Shigeru Ban's first public appearance since winning the Pritzker Architecture Prize. His presentation will be on the eve of the conference, on Monday, April 21. Although the reception is invitation-only, we will be live-tweeting the presentation.
Speakers for Tuesday's conference include Vishaan Chakrabati, Shaun Donovan, and Rick Fedrizzi. For more information on the conference, including a complete list of speakers, please click here.
Title: Conference: Cities for Tomorrow
Website: http://www.nytcitiesfortomorrow.com/
Organizers: The New York Times
From: Mon, 21 Apr 2014
Until: Tue, 22 Apr 2014
Venue: TheTimesCenter
Address: 242 West 41st Street, New York, NY 10036, USA
Christoph Gielen's "Ciphers": Aerial Views of American Sprawl
From the Publisher. Christoph Gielen's aerial views offer a look at America's most aberrant and unusual sprawl forms in ways we usually don't get to see them: from far above the ground—a vantage point that reveals both the intricate geometry as well as the idiosyncratic allure of these developments. Here, encountering sprawl becomes an aesthetic experience that at the same time leaves us with a sense of foreboding, of seeing the "writing on the wall". At once fascinating and profoundly unsettling, these photographs detail the potential ramifications of unchecked urbanization. When these settlements were developed, neither distance from work place nor gasoline prices much mattered in determining the locations of new constructions. These places are relics from an era that was entirely defined by a belief in unlimited growth, of bigger is better. The startling extent of those practices, and their inherent wastefulness, come to light in Gielen's pictures—as if looking at a microcosm of non-sustainability through a giant magnifier.
Contributing essays by Johann Frederik Hartle, Galina Tachieva, Srdjan Jovanic Weiss, Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris contextualize Gielen's work by focusing on a range of aspects, from aesthetics to climate change and futurology. They also examine why taking a closer look at these places is particularly crucial at this juncture, when we are faced with a new wave of building booms in developing nations such as in China.
Lecture: 'What Mammals Want', by Jeanne Gang
Jeanne Gang, founder of Studio Gang, will be hosting a public lecture at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts on Monday, April 28, 2014. The lecture, named 'What Mammals Want', will start at 5:15pm and seating is first-come, first-served.
Title: Lecture: 'What Mammals Want', by Jeanne Gang
From: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:15
Until: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 18:30
Venue: Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
Address: 915 East 60th Street, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
Exhibition: Bowlarama: California Bowling Architecture, 1954-1964
Text by Isaac Wilhelm:
"Patrons of the A+D Architecture and Design Museum Los Angeles may want to consider wearing comfortable socks to view the new exhibit Bowlarama: California Bowling Architecture 1954-1964, on display from April 11, 2014, through May 11, 2014. Providing a deeper appreciation for the family heirloom bowling trophy on the fire mantle, the exhibit showcases the architecture of bowling in the 1950s. The retro design style and obsession with the sport of bowling at this time generated a desire for architecturally intriguing bowling centers.
Commonly open 24 hours a day in the 1950s, bowling centers incorporated features such as fine restaurants, cocktail lounges, and live entertainment. The projects of this exhibit are not about the sport of bowling or the centers, but rather the culture that emerged. Do not contemplate how many lanes are in the exhibit's bowling centers, but instead imagine the blonde beauty sitting at the cocktail bar sipping on a martini during the local men's league championship tournament."
Title: Exhibition: Bowlarama: California Bowling Architecture, 1954-1964
Website: https://aplusd.org/exhibitions-future/bowlarama
From: Fri, 11 Apr 2014
Until: Sun, 11 May 2014
Venue: Architecture and Design Museum
Address: 6032 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036, USA
Launch: PROJECT's Latest Issue
The editors of PROJECT invite you to celebrate the release of Issue Three at common room, 465 Grand St., New York, NY, this Wednesday, April 9 from 7pm to 9pm. PROJECT investigates the possibilities for developing a a critical position in contemporary architecture. Publishing both visual and written work, the goal of PROJECT is to provide a platform for disseminating ideas.
Issue Three of PROJECT features contributions from common room & Kim Förster, Reinier de Graaf (OMA/AMO), Neil Denari, Edward Eigen, Formless Finder, Adam Fure, John May, Magnus Nilsson, Valerio Olgiati Architect, Pezo von Ellrichshausen, Lola Sheppard (Lateral Office), Jill Stoner, Tom Wiscombe and more. Refreshments will be served, and issues of PROJECT will be available for sale.
Title: Launch: PROJECT's Latest Issue
Website: http://projectjournal.org/
From: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 19:00
Until: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 21:00
Address: 465 Grand Street, New York, NY 10002, USA
Exhibition: Urban Enactments, the Work of Andrés Jaque
Starting this week,The Princeton University School of Architecture will hold until May 14 a retrospective exhibition on the work of Andrés Jaque and his architectural practice Office for Poitical Innovation. It includes their production since 2000, including several projects we've published in the past like the Plasencia Clergy House, Sweet Parliament Home, Escaravox and the Never Never Land House.
In the last 10 years the Office for Political Innovation has explored the question: 'What happens to architectural practices when common notions of the urban (as something confined in cities) are replaced by others in which the urban is contained in urban enactments (ordinary interactions in which politics are produced)?'
More after the break.
Definitions Series: Risk, at the Storefront for Art and Architecture
Thom Mayne, Eric Owen Moss, Stephen Phillips and Eva Franch i Gilabert will be discussing on the "institutionalization" of "experimentation" and cultural politics and power of taking risks.
The event will take place at the Storefront for Art and Architecture April 8, at 7pm. This event is open to all. If you are a Storefront member and would like to reserve a seat, please email firstname.lastname@example.com. If you would like to reserve a seat by becoming a Storefront member, click here.
This event will be streamed live at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/storefront-tv.
Title: Definitions Series: Risk, at the Storefront for Art and Architecture
From: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:00
Until: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 21:00
Venue: Storefront for Art and Architecture
Address: 97 Kenmare Street, New York, NY 10012, USA
ACADIA 2014 Call for Submissions
UPDATE: Deadline for submissions extended to April 14, 2014!
Submissions are invited for the 2014 ACADIA 'DESIGN AGENCY' conference at University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California on October 20-25, 2014. Architects, designers, fabricators, engineers, media artists, technologists, software developers, hackers, researchers, students and educators and others in related fields of inquiry are invited to submit proposals.
The conference theme is intended to highlight experimental research and projects that exhibit and explore new paradigms of computing in architecture. The theme is a purposeful instigation of work that looks at re-defining the term "Agency" through the lens of computational design strategies such as simulation, fabrication, robotics, and novel integrations from science and the media arts.
For more information, including the specific themes and topics, please go to the event's official website.
Symposium: Interpretations / Critical Shifts
Critical Shifts is a one-day, student-organized symposium dedicated to exploring the ongoing transformations of critical practice in architecture. The event brings together a diverse group of practitioners in order to investigate how their work (which often combines the activities and approaches of curation, editing, writing, design, teaching, and research) can begin to trace a nuanced map of the field's current critical terrain.
Critical Shifts will be held at Studio-X NYC in downtown Manhattan on Saturday, April 5th, 2014 from 1-6pm and confirmed guests include Aaron Levy, Adam Bandler, Cynthia Davidson, Felicity D. Scott, Justin McGuirk, Ligia Nobre, Marina Otero Verzier, Mark Wasiuta, Mark Wigley, Matteo Ghidoni, and Tina Di Carlo.
More information can be found here.
Title: Symposium: Interpretations / Critical Shifts
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/234124760109047/
Organizers: Columbia University GSAPP
From: Sat, 05 Apr 2014
Until: Sat, 05 Apr 2014
Venue: Studio-X New York
Address: 180 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014, USA
Construction Begins on the Vast Platform for New York's Hudson Yards
The construction of Hudson Yards, the biggest private real estate development in the history of the United States and currently the largest development in New York City since the Rockefeller Center, is gaining momentum. The vast infrastructural project in the heart of the city is set to enclose an active rail yard with an expansive platform, paving the way for 28 acres (and 17 million square feet) of commercial and residential space. Housing over 100 commercial units, 5000 residences, 14 acres of open public space, an enormous school and luxury hotel all on top of a working train depot, the project will directly connect to a new subway station and meet with the High Line.
Earthquakes – How Well Are We Prepared?
In a symposium at the AIA New York Chapter, seismologists, earthquake engineers, seismic code experts, emergency response managers, and architects conversant in seismic design will assemble for a conversation on available technologies and testing capabilities that, surprisingly, are located in New York State. They will "clarify the evolving role of design professionals, the building industry, and municipal and federal agencies in safeguarding our local communities", as well as "educate the audience about the earthquakes, subsurface conditions, and construction approaches."
Richard Meier Model Museum Opens at Mana Contemporary
UPDATE: We've updated this post with newly released images.
Mana Contemporary is the new home to the museum of one of the most celebrated architects of our time. The Richard Meier Model Museum opened to the public on Sunday, January 12.
The new space at Mana Contemporary replaces Richard Meier's 3,600-square-foot model museum in Long Island City with a 15,000-square-foot suite on the art center's 2nd floor. The grand space will feature The Richard Meier Model Museum, as well as the architect's personal studio and research library. A gallery will rotate exhibitions of his art, such as prints, sketches, renderings, photographs, and sculptures.
AA Visiting School Los Angeles
The AA Visiting School is a satellite programme of the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, and will be taking place in Los Angeles for the first time, from June 16 to June 27. The programme is broken up into research clusters that will be led by individual tutors based on the theme of "Machining Adaptive Living."
Confirmed design instructors include Marc Fornes, Jenny Wu, Adam Marcus, David Freeland, Kevin Patrick McClellan and Alvin Huang. Guest lectures include Neil Denari, Heather Roberge and Tom Wiscombe. For more information, including registration please click here.
Title: AA Visiting School Los Angeles
Website: http://losangeles.aaschool.ac.uk/
Organizers: Architectural Association
From: Mon, 16 Jun 2014
Until: Fri, 27 Jun 2014
Venue: University of Southern California (USC)
Address: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Exhibition / Maggie's Centres: A Blueprint for Cancer Care
Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres are for anyone affected by cancer. Built on the grounds of cancer hospitals, they are designed to be warm, welcoming places that provide practical, emotional, and social support. Conceived by the late Maggie Keswick Jencks, along with her husband Charles Jencks, as a direct response to her own experience with cancer, the first Maggie's Centre in Edinburgh opened its doors to the public in 1996. Since then, Maggie's has grown to 17 centers across the United Kingdom and beyond, with many more to follow.
This exhibition will focus in depth on five centers: Maggie's Dundee, designed by Frank Gehry; Maggie's Gartnavel, designed by Rem Koolhaas; Maggie's Nottingham, designed by Piers Gough with interiors designed by Paul Smith; Maggie's West London, designed by Richard Rogers; and Maggie's Barts, designed by Steven Holl (not yet realized). In exploring the unique architectural elements of each center, from the undulating roofs of Gehry's Dundee to Holl's musically inspired space at the future Maggie's Barts, the exhibition illustrates the importance of user-focused design in creating an environment of help and healing. By design, Maggie's combines aspects of healthcare and treatment that are often separate in to a single hybrid building type; a space that is part-hospital, part-church, part-museum, and part-home.
Title: Exhibition / Maggie's Centres: A Blueprint for Cancer Care
Website: http://www.nysid.edu/news-events/exhibitions/maggies-centres-a-blueprint-for-cancer-care
Organizers: NYSID
From: Fri, 07 Mar 2014
Until: Fri, 25 Apr 2014
Venue: NYSID Gallery
Address: 161 East 69th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
Foster + Partners' New York Public Library Redesign in State of Limbo
Foster + Partner's controversial renovation plans for the New York Public Library (NYPL) are currently in a state of limbo while the city decides their course of action. Foster's proposal for the 20th century Carrère and Hastings "masterpiece" on 5th Avenue is a response to the cultural shift from traditional stacks to online resources, as the library has experienced a 41% decrease in the use of collections over the last 15 years.
Symposium: Cities and Citizenship
Architects, Sociologists and Environmentalists explore the intersection between design and the social sciences at large by explicating the concept of "city" and "citizen" in parallel.
Cities and Citizenship is a three-day symposium, consisting of a conference series and workshops, that explores how the design of cities can promote a more engaged citizenry.
The event will engage leading designers, architects, landscape architects, planners, urbanists, historians, and scientists. Cities and Citizenship is co-sponsored by the Goethe-Institut New York, Parsons The New School for Design, NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study and Global Design NYU.
Title: Symposium: Cities and Citizenship
Website: http://www.gdnyu.com/events.html
From: Thu, 13 Mar 2014
Until: Sat, 15 Mar 2014
Venue: Goethe-Institut, Wyoming Building / New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Address: 5 East 3rd Street, New York, NY 10003, USA
Exhibition / Brazil: Night & Day, by Photographer Andrew Prokos
Among last year's winners of the International Photography Awards Competition, were some fantastic night photographs of Oscar Niemeyer's Brasilia taken by architectural photographer Andrew Prokos. The awarded photos, and more photographs taken by Andrew in Brazil, will be exhibited in "Brazil: Night & Day", at Banco do Brasil, 11 W 42nd St., New York.
Sponsored by Banco do Brasil and the Year of Brazil at Queens College, CUNY, the exhibition will include photographs from Niemeyer's Brasilia, panoramic cityscapes of Rio de Janeiro at night, landscapes from Rio's Botanical Gardens, and Rio street scenes. It will be on display from April 3 to April 25.


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By James Slater - It was an incredibly exciting night for world boxing last night; with no less than at least four big fights taking place. We saw super-middleweights Carl Froch and Andre Ward come out on top over excellent opposition in excellent style - Froch shutting out Arthur Abraham and Ward also winning a wide decision over Sakio Bika. While in Las Vegas, superb fighters Juan Manuel Marquez and Andre Berto were in action.
Berto, the unbeaten WBC welterweight king and a possible star of the future, looked sensational in taking out the previously unstopped Freddy Hernandez inside a single round. The Mexican, beaten only once previously, was utterly destroyed by Berto, being stopped with barely two minutes gone.. Bertos sizzling right hand may now take him to victory in some much bigger fights. A Berto-Manny Pacquiao showdown, anyone?
Well, the man who topped last nights bill in Vegas, lightweight king Juan Manuel Marquez, will have something to say about that. Having got off the floor in the 3rd round from a Katsidis knockdown, Dinamita regained control over the gutsy Aussie, finally stopping him in the 9th-round, when referee Kenny Bayless waved the bout over at 2-mins and 14-seconds.
Yet another exciting, quality fight involving the ageless Mexican wonder, last nights victory will, Marquez hopes, have paved the way for a third clash between he and Pac-Man.
We know Pacquiao is avoiding us, Marquez said post-fight. A third fights what the public wants.
But is it? Sure, the first two fights between the Mexican and the Filipino were sensational, but they took place at 126 and 130-pounds respectively. Pacquiaos next fight is almost certain to take place at welterweight: can Marquez be persuaded to go up to 147? Pac-Man is not going to come down below that weight, that much looks certain. But can a third fight between the two be competitive up at 147? Will the paying public take a chance on shelling out for the pay-per-view in the hope that it will?
Maybe, for the first time, fans may scream for a Pacquiao-Berto showdown. For Pac-Man the fight would offer him the chance to win the WBC 147-pound crown, and for Berto the fight would offer him a shot at superstardom. And going by Bertos quick and impressive win last night, youd have to give the 27-year-old a real chance of upsetting Pacquiao. Certainly, the Haitian-born warrior would not be weight weakened and drained in the fight.
As hes the best as well as being the number-one attraction in the entire sport, Pac-Man will call the shots and decides who he faces next year, in the early summer most likely. If Floyd Mayweather is unavailable, it will probably be Marquez III or a bout against the unbeaten Berto. Both fights are attractive, but which one will Pac-Man go for?
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Unique polymer soaks up CO2
By Ben Coxworth
August 11, 2014
Hydrogen may hold promise as an alternative to fossil fuels, but there's still a huge petrol-producing infrastructure in place, and not many service stations offer hydrogen refills yet. That's why some scientists are exploring a bridging technology known as the integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) process, for converting fossil fuels into hydrogen. Along with hydrogen, though, carbon dioxide is also a byproduct of the IGCC process, which must be dealt with. Fortunately, scientists from the University of Liverpool have developed a polymer that soaks up that CO2 for use in other applications.
The adsorbent organic polymer is described as being brown and sand-like, and consists of a linked network of carbon-based molecules. Its creation was inspired by polystyrene, which is able to adsorb small amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere. The new polymer likewise adsorbs CO2 but does so much more effectively, swelling up to contain the carbon dioxide in "micropores" between its molecules.
This swelling/adsorbing action takes place when the material is exposed to high-pressure environments, such as would be experienced in the IGCC process. When the pressure subsequently drops to normal levels, however, the polymer releases the CO2. The gas could then be harvested for use in carbon-based chemical products.
Along with its application in IGCC, the polymer could conceivably also be used to help "scrub" carbon dioxide from smokestack emissions. While other materials are already used for this purpose, the polymer should be particularly well-suited to it. This is largely because unlike some of those other materials, it doesn't adsorb water vapor. Doing so would clog its pores, thus making it less effective.
It's also said to be relatively inexpensive to produce, plus it's very robust – it's reportedly able to retain its functionality after being "boiled in acid."
The researchers' findings were presented today in San Francisco, at the 248th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society.
Source: ACS
I can see the value in it if it is a cheaper way to capture C02 for use. But it is not going to do anything about global warming because it is not caused buy C02.Slowburn
No, it is indeed not caused by C02, but by CO2. :)
If you want to see the greenhouse effect in action, look at Venus or Mars (or the lack of for the latter).Fretting Freddy the Ferret pressing the Fret
test in China, Mexico City & LA CA alone AwesomeStephen Russell
now if they could trap Methane in this fashion...Michiel Mitchell
And I've not heard or read of even ONE actual experiment being done to try to replicate what supposedly happens to CFCs in the upper atmosphere either!. No one that I have hear of has built a small test chamber and put some R12 in it, and then made the gas dissociate by exposing it to UV light. From what I know, it's ALL conjecture and suppositions that Chlorine gas interferes with the formation of Ozone. I read one report where some gal made a HUGE jump from one or two facts to an unconnected conclusion! Talk about a kangaroo court! We need real science being done on these subjects, not a bunch of voodoo incantations and piercing screams. And has anyone put a radiometer or some other kind of IR detector in a test cell to see if CO2 actually blocks IR radiation? If I didn't have to be so concerned with putting food on our table, I'd buy some hardware and make some tests on my own!
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@ Fretting Freddy I've dated myself I learned to type on a typewriter and use the zero key for the uppercase oh. Venus, Mars, and lets add Jupiter as all three showed warming from the late 1970s to the late 1990s like it was caused by the sun especially sense as far as we can tell the heating was exactly proportional to the Earths warming.
@ Expanded Viewpoint C02 does absorb some frequencies of infrared light but the first 200ppm in the atmosphere absorb over 90% of all the energy that C02 can absorb making the energy absorbed by the increased C02 levels statistically meaningless.Slowburn
@Slowburn Yes, heating is caused by the sun, but the earth usually reflected a lot of that heat back into the universe. Unfortunately mankind has now pumped so many greenhouse gasses, Co2 being one of them, out into the atmosphere, that it now traps a great deal of the reflected heat. This is the reason for the name Greenhouse gas, this is how climate change has been made by mankind, and this is what the scientists used to call global warming, until nabtards like the right wing US politicians, the coal industry and Fox networks retarded that word... And muddled the whole subject.
Atmospheric Co2 is a cause for heat retention of the earth, and mankind is the reason for an incredible increase in atmospheric Co2.
I'm saying this, because you seem to suggest that climate change is caused solely by the sun, and I do hope you realize that saying that, is a talking point of said right wingers, and it's only about 3% of the worlds scientists that do agree to this, so no contention in the world of academia, since those 3% are largely payed by the coal industry. Besides their data has been proven wrong.Foiled
CO2 before the 20th century was a trace gas making up less than a percentage of a percent of the total air composition. After the 20th century CO2 is a trace gas making up less than a percentage of a percent of the total air composition. In other words, it was insignificant before and it is still insignificant today.
Man made CO2 has increased exponentially in the last 17 years while during that same time global warming has paused and actually decreased a bit. If you plot CO2 against the global temperature variation, its a very very poor correlation. What does correlate very well with global temp variation is solar fluctuations of activity. People who study the Sun and not CO2, they are predicting a good chance of global cooling such as a mini ice age.
As far as "extreme weather", droughts, flooding, hurricanes, etc? All of those are actually statistically in decline.Rann Xeroxx
@ Foiled If it is added green house gasses causing the heating why do Venus, Mars, and Jupiter show heating proportionally identical to earth.
That 97% of scientists number you referred to is a lie as well.Slowburn
An excellent resource for evaluating claims about Climate Change and Global Warming is http://skepticalscience.com They address and keep current reasoned, science based responses to specific denialist claims (like the Venus comparison, the sun's impact or historical correlations) and provide references to key papers. Spending an hour or two reading up on just some of those should convince most anyone not bound by ideology that the evidence for man made climate change is simply overwhelming. One manifestation of that is that denialists have almost no scientific papers to back up their positions. The other side has massive data and analyses from many different sources, disciplines, and countries that essentially come to the same global conclusions.moreover
@ moreover 31,000 American scientists including 9,000 with PhDs have signed a petition that states: We urge the united States government to reject the global warming agreement that was written in Kyoto, Japan in December, 1997, and any other similar proposals. The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advancement of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind.
There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other Greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in Atmospheric Carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth. http://www.petitionproject.org/Slowburn
@Slowburn anyone can add their name to that site and just check off that they have PhD. So you still have that pesky mountain of scientific evidence and scientist (with real degrees) that says AGW is real versus a bunch of people who say they have a PhD with studies they refuse to release for peer review.LordInsidious


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The Star Maker SchoolRead MoreStar Maker School boasts a staff full of professionals as well as alumni from all over the entertainment industry, including professional, tour, and major recording artist dancers; Broadway performers; commercial and voice-over actors. For nearly 40 years, its instructors have helped kids aged 2.5?18 accomplish transformations into these fields with positive reinforcement and confidence-building methods in dance, acting, and singing. Their philosophy prizes healthy self-image above all else, and they also help parents make educated decisions regarding breaking into showbiz.295 State Hwy 202/31Flemington, NJ US
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$620—$848 1—3 bed 1450 Spicetree Cir, Fairborn OH, 45324
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The rent at Peppertree Villas Apartments ranges from $620 for a one bedroom to a $848 three bedroom. Apartments in this building are about 14% less expensive than the Fairborn average.
This apartment is in Fairborn. Nearby parks include Grangeview Park, Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park and Wright Brothers Memorial.
Peppertree Villas Apartments has a Walk Score of 19 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so almost all errands require a car.
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I moved here last fall. Needless to say l will be moving to another apartment next fall. The apartments themselves are not awful, but the people that run it spend more time trying to get out of doing their job than if they would just do it. Maintanence........whats that??? If it is needed plan on calling several times if you really need it fixed. Then it may or may not still be fixed. We lived on second floor and half of one our steps fell off.....gone missing. Their fix was an orange pilon placed on the broken step to remind you that the other half was missing. Has been missing all winter into spring now. Your bills can be paid convieniently online but if it gets screwed up in any way do not plan on having it easily looked at and fixed with a simple phone call. It will require an "in person" stop to clarify the problem because they are burdened with it so you are going to get the a burden too. Even then after an in person stop it may still be screwed up and you can not simply call to say hey we discussed this "in person" once before and you were to fix it........no it requires another stop "in person" to the office to get the issue corrected. It is like they are on some kind of freak out power trip and like the power of making it as inconvenient for you as possible since it is requiring them to do something. My frustration is beyond with the running of this place. They must also be in cohoots with the towing company because one minute after the time allowed to be parked in the lot wihout a permit your vehicle will be towed pronto. .....nice lilttle money maker huh? Glad to be moving out and on from this shadetree operation.
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I hate this place, very low quality building and equipment. Very high electric bills. And the a/c not distributed good: one room cold and the other have very low air flow. Not recommended at all. :-(
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Rent and Deposits vary from Tennent to Tennent, Apartment to Apartment. Nickle and Dime you During and After you leave. Thieves and Liars. Run by women, unfortunately, they make us all look bad. Go to vHELLv all of them. DO NOT SIGN ANYTHING. YOU WILL REGRET IT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!
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Agree 100% what klbc said below...nickel and diming left and right. For example, had a routine maintenance call and I get a letter the next day saying I've been charged for pet fees. I don't have a pet and never have!!! I had to send these retards a certified letter demanding reversal! Also our neighbor got a rental increase, she disputed it and won. That same neighbor also got a letter demanding her to quit talking negatively to other tenants regarding the property....really? Violating our first amendment rights! This property is a joke...too bad I signed a two year lease :(
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Many people tend to see the world in a Manichean way. You've got the good guys and the bad guys. That's as true within the environmental movement as anywhere else. So it is perhaps surprising to see that many environmentalists work together with unusual allies. For example, when it comes to car CO2 standards environmentalists and car drivers have the same interest; cleaner, more efficient cars are good for drivers' pockets and for the climate. That makes the case for them almost irresistible.
The Danish government has asked EU leaders to consider including transport in the emissions trading system (ETS) when they discuss climate and energy targets at a European Council later this month. Campaigners say such a move would actually be counterproductive to reducing emissions in the sector and do nothing to strengthen the ETS.
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Hurricane Sandy brought chaos to America's east coast on Monday night, causing devastating flooding, the shutdown of several major cities and leaving almost 700,000 homes without power.
The gigantic weather system, which threatens to be the largest storm ever to hit the US mainland, strengthened on Monday as it brought 90mph winds and sent a massive storm surge crashing into coastal towns and cities.
Much of Atlantic City in the state of New Jersey was under water well before Sandy even made landfall. Sea water rose over the bonnets of parked cars and the resort's famous boardwalk was repeatedly smashed, with one 80ft stretch destroyed by pounding surf.
On Long Beach Island, to the north, 25ft swells surged into the streets and water spilled through the doors of local businesses.
In New York, a crane dangled precariously from the top of a 90-storey apartment block after partially collapsing in high winds. It was hanging off a high-rise building which is under construction and will include a penthouse costing $90?million (pounds 55?million).
Officials ordered the evacuation of the upper floors of nearby buildings. Trees were blown over on to passing cars in Manhattan. In Maryland, the storm caused significant damage to a large fishing pier in the resort of Ocean City. Governor Martin O'Malley said the pier was "half-gone". He said of the situation: "There will undoubtedly be some deaths."
The chaos caused by the hurricane last night included:
- More than 700,000 customers being without power in seven states, including 92,000 in New Jersey;
- A total of 284,000 homes, worth $87 billion, being in Sandy's path;
- New York City on lock down with 375,000 people evacuated from low-lying areas, with the city fearing a storm surge of as much as 11ft of water;
- There was travel disruption along the east coast with 11,000 flights grounded, stranding passengers from Hong Kong to Europe;
- Around 1,400 members of the National Guard were deployed, with around 60,000 and 140 rescue helicopters, on standby;
- A replica of HMS Bounty, which featured in Hollywood film, sank off North Carolina with two of the 16 crew missing at sea;
- Extra inspectors were dispatched to nuclear power plants in the path of the storm.
Forecasters predicted the storm surge would be worse than Hurricane Irene last year, which caused $15 billion of damage. President Barack Obama on Monday abandoned the campaign trail to head response efforts, and declared emergencies in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Speaking from the White House, he urged people to evacuate to avoid "potentially fatal consequences".
"Please listen to what your state and local officials are saying. When they tell you to evacuate, you need to evacuate," Obama said. "Do not delay, don't pause, don't question the instructions that are being given."
Obama said he was "not worried" about the impact on the Nov 6 presidential election. "I'm worried about the impact on families and I'm worried about the impact on our first responders," he said. "I'm worried about the impact on our economy and on transportation. Right now our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives."
As the hurricane closed in on land, it strengthened and stayed on a predicted path toward New York, Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia.
Its wind field was 900 miles wide and the storm was moving north-west at 28mph. Hurricane force winds extended an extraordinary 175 miles from its centre.
New York City was on lock down with hundreds of thousands of people evacuated, the subway closed, along with the United Nations and the New York Stock Exchange.
As water began splashing over the seawalls at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned: "Leave immediately. Conditions are deteriorating very rapidly, and the window for you getting out safely is closing. This is a storm that can easily kill you."
New York Harbor and the Long Island Sound were expected to see a surge of an 11ft wall of water.
In Maryland, the storm caused significant damage to a large fishing pier in the beach resort of Ocean City. Governor Martin O'Malley said the fishing pier was "half-gone." He added: "There will undoubtedly be some deaths."
Despite the dire warnings, some refused to budge. Jonas Clark, 73, of Manchester Township, New Jersey, right in Sandy's projected path, stood outside a shop sipping a coffee and accused others of getting into a "tizzy." He said: "I've seen a lot of major storms in my time.


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Alastair Campbell served as press secretary, official spokesman, and confidant to former Prime Minister Tony Blair. He joins us to reveal the inner workings of 10 Downing Street during Blair's rule. Then, a sportswriter recounts his year on the road with an iconic Negro Leagues baseball player and manager, sportswriter and author Frank Deford discusses his most recent novel, and The Ethics Guy explains how to apologize and fields calls from listeners.
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The Blair Years
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|Born in 1510 in the royal free city of Bartfeld (Bardejov, Bartfa) in the kingdom of Hungary, Leonard Stöckel was an influential reformer in Upper Hungary during his life. A student and confidant of Philipp Melanchthon, Stöckel aided in organizing the Lutheran movement in the five royal free cities of Upper Hungary. He wrote the first confession of faith on the territory of the modern Slovak Republic. In addition, Stöckel published the first known school play in the region and the school rules that he developed for his school in Bartfeld are the earliest known such regulations on the territory of the modern Slovak Republic. This study examines the influences of Erasmus of Rotterdam, Philipp Melanchthon and Leonard Cox on the pedagogical reform program that Stöckel initiated at the city Latin school in Bartfeld. His theological and homiletic writings are also examined and compared to similar works by Melanchthon and Luther. Stöckel's pedagogical and religious writings have the common goal of developing learned piety while placing it in the service of Lutheran religious reform. His pedagogical reforms and religious work were influential for generations after his own death in 1560.
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MANILA (AFP) - The Philippines said on Wednesday it was confident a peace deal with the country's largest Muslim rebel group would hold despite fresh clashes that left four of its members dead.
The fighting took place just two weeks after the 10,000-member Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) signed a peace deal to end their decades-old rebellion that had claimed tens of thousands of lives.
MILF fighters helped a group of Islamic extremists fighting government forces on Friday, but did so without their top leadership's permission, President Benigno Aquino's top peace adviser Teresita Deles said.
Two soldiers and 18 gunmen were slain in the clashes on the remote southern island of Basilan, the military said, while the MILF acknowledged four of its members were among those killed.
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Graham reckons Laudrup's instructions about conserving his energy could help him make the most of that opportunity.
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"My role hasn't really changed, but the gaffer says to me to make sure I'm in between the two centre-halves.
"When there's a chance to close them down, close them down, but not run around so much because maybe in one sense, I worked a bit too hard last year.
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New York Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith anticipates another training camp competition for the starting job next summer.
The struggling Smith acknowledges Monday that he hasn't lived up to his own expectations during a mostly rocky first NFL season in which the Jets have gone 6-8.
The second-round draft pick, who has 10 touchdowns and 21 interceptions, says he expects to be in ''full competition with myself and every other guy who's in camp.''
Smith was in a close competition with Mark Sanchez this preseason, but became the Jets' starter after Sanchez suffered a season-ending shoulder injury.
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The "Les Éclaireurs" Headlight
This is one of the sights of Ushuaia, and is located on one of the many promontories that jut out into the Beagle Channel. It forms the furthermost destination of most of the boat trips that take tourists on an exploration of the Channel. The tower is painted in red and white stripes, is 11 meters tall, and is equipped with a solar energy based lighting device.
This lighthouse is claimed by Argentina to be the most southerly in the world, though Chile has one about which a similar claim is made. I don't know which is the real "southernmost lighthouse", nor do I care especially – perhaps they are level with each other :)
It is apparently also, though mistakenly, called the Headlight of the End of the World, the name that Julius Verne used for the San Juan de Salvamento headlight, at Isla de los Estados. Maybe that is a mistake, but the name describes it very well as it certainly has to be one of the most remote spots for a lighthouse.
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Ushuaia - industry
Ushuaia bay and the industry
Maybe the most southern trading point in the world, anyway a gate to the east or west, but not that important anymore since the construction of the Panama Canal.
Good for the environment and the Tierra del Fuego, because TDF is really a topic whenever visiting Ushuaia
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Antartic expeditions
Ushuaia is the departure point for ships going to Antartica.
There are Antartic expedition that do 8-11 day trips.
If you don't have to have luxury you might get on this Russian ship.
There are also last minute bookings to Antartica for as low as $1600. You have to be very flexible to luck out with one of these.
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The lighthouse, Les Eclareurs, is seen on the tours from Ushuaia bay.
It.marks the entrance of Ushuaia's bay for the ships cruising the Beagle channel.
The lighthouse was build after the wrecking of the luxury cruising ship Monte Cervantes on the Ilet in 1930.
Following the old nautical tradition, the captain sank with the ship. He was the only victim among the 1200 souls on board. Today, the ship lie at the bottom of the channel 500 meters east from the islet.
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Anyone interested in the history of the islands Indian inhabitants and their extinction will want to visit Estancia Harberton, 85 km east of Ushuaia. It can be reached by land or by sea.
It was established in 1887 by Thomas and Mary Bridges, the first white missionaries to settle there.
You are taken on a tour of the building and the English gardens ending at the tea shop for snacks.
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Tierra del Fuego National Park
Lots of trails taking you through amazing colours that you would not expect to see at the end of the world. This is where the Andes mountains actually enter the sea to form part of the sub Antarctic forest.
It was very windy when we were there so jackets and gloves were necessary. The bleekness adds to the experience of walking around the end of the world !
To get to Tierra del Fuego National Park take National Route #3. It is located about 9 km (5.6 mi) from the city of Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world.
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GYPSY COVE in the Falkland Islands is one of the 2 Coves offered to "cruisers" for penguins watching. I only saw Megallenic penguins here & the distance is not too close either.
If you are offered a choice & want to view the King penguins, I suggest you take the Lagoon Bluff Cove tour which is more expensive but more worthwhile. You'll have a very close encounter with the "Kings" on this 4W drive tour!
Falkland Islands
STANLEY is the Falkland Islands' capital. It has a population of 1989 of the Islands' total of 2913.
Stanley also has an airport which was opened by HRH Prince Andrew in 1985.
The airport is about 35 miles from Stanley.
It's the operational base for 1500 British military personnel.
Stanley has almost anything you can find in a British city except ATMs!
Tierra del Fuego National Park
Within the national park, which is about 40 mins west of Ushuaia, one can enjoy the wildlife unique to this part of the world.
Magellanic woodpeckers, foxers, dense forests of verdant beech, glaciers & mountains are said to be found here.
Be very careful though...
Claudio actually told me about a couple from Germany who was here a few years ago went hiking on their own but never did returned to their hotel! & they had never been found either. They were lost in this huge national park!
I was told to get an expert guide who's familiar with this terrain should I decide to explore the park.
The End of the World Train!
From Ushuaia, you can embark on a single journey lasting 50 mins to the Tierra Del Fuego National Park. B4 that, you've to get a taxi to the Estacion del Fin del Mundo (the End of the World station) which is about 8 km from the city center of Ushuaia. It's relatively cheap to get there. I can't remember the exact amount but it's less than US$5.
The round trip will last 1 hour 40 mins.
Southern Fueguean Railway (Ferrocarril Austral Fueguino) is the company that runs the same route as the old Convict Train did 80 years ago.
Ushuaia's history is related to the "Prison for Relapsed Felons" from year 1902 - 1947.
The Yamana Museum
A small and simple museum commemorates the Yamana people who lived in this region, and gave the town it's name. Ushuaia simply meant "bay penetrating westwards" or "bay towards the end " in Yamana native's language.
When the first Europeans arrived, they found an archipelago inhabited by about 10.000 natives who belonged to different groups: selk'nam and manek'enk (pedestrian nomad) and yamana and alakaluf (canoeist nomad). Fifty years later there were just 350 of them.
The reasons of their disappearance are probably the combination of few reasons
-the overexploitation of marine mammals, that deprived them of their main source of feeding.
-the contagion of plagues and diseases brought by white man.
-their confinement in closed communities.
-the expropriation of their lands due to the introduction of sheep.
In my opinion, it's important to visit this museum, in honor of those distinct tribes.
At the museum, they?ll stamp your passport with the ?DIN DEL MUNDO? stamp.
Cape Horn
55.56' south and 67.19' west, Cape Horn was named after Hoorn, a small calm town of the Netherlands, not far from Amsterdam, where Willem Corneliszoon Schouten was born. He was the captain of the ship "Unitie" on which he sailed in search of an alternative passage to the Magellan's Strait and to the Cape of Good Hope, to reach the Far East.
On January 29th of the year 1616, after a long crossing together with a school of whales and many albatrosses, he discovered a high pointed promontory that he called Hoorn, later called Horn by the English. The fog that surrounded the ship deceived the whole crew: everyone thought it was the extreme southern tip of the continent and not an island as it really is.
Many vessels have rounded the cape, but many others have failed to conqueredthe sea that were unpredictably violent
This is definitely "off the beaten path" tour. The Mare Australis is a beautiful new small ship (less then 150 passengers), sailing between Ushuaia, in Argentina, and Punta Arenas in Chile, via beagle cannel, Cape horn and the Magellan straight. The round trip takes one week, but you can do the leg of Ushuaia - Punta Arenas, which takes 3 nights or vice versa, for 4 nights. The route back and forth is not exactly the same. Every day there is disembarkation from the ship to the shore, with catamarans, to places you can't reach otherwise. During the day there are lectures on board concerning the history, geography, fauna and flora, as well as a lecture about local drinks aso.
The trip is veeeery expensive, but if you can afford it, it worth every penny.
In the picture, the Mare Australis is the small ship in front of the big one behind it :-))
Stroll the small streets
If you get up early in the morning, before the city wakes up, you can enjoy a peaceful stroll, and see the variety of houses and styles.
Go through the old part of the city, watch the typical fuegian architecture with old wooden houses and steep metal sheet roofs to avoid snow accumulation. As you walk 3 or 4 blocks out of the center you find streets are not paved, and the houses are newer, with more recent architecture. It's obvious that the city growing rapidly.
The ranch at the end of the world
Estancia Harberton
Located in the extreme South of Argentina, just above the Beagle Channel, on the smooth slopes of the fields, the Harberton ranch was built in 1886 by the first non aboriginal settler of Tierra del Fuego.
If you like nature, at this place you can see more than 500 varieties of birds, other animals (including penguins) and flowers... In the nearby mountains theres a very dense vegetation, with a great variety of fern and "fueguinas" orchid by the trees.
There are historical pictures and theres a very peaceful place to have some tea with cake.
its a nice option to spend the afternoon...
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Andrew Luck faked out the defense, ran untouched into the end zone for a 6-yard touchdown and emphatically threw down the ball with a little extra oomph.
Even he thought it might be a career-best spike.
''It was nice to score,'' he said matter-of-factly of the moment.
Jim Harbaugh's former quarterback sure outplayed his current one, and it wasn't even close.
Luck passed for 164 yards while facing his college coach for the first time, and the Indianapolis Colts defeated the San Francisco 49ers 27-7 on Sunday.
Trent Richardson scored a 1-yard touchdown on his first carry in his Colts debut after being acquired on Wednesday from the Browns. He was drafted two spots behind top-pick Luck last year.
Ahmad Bradshaw added a 1-yard TD run in the final minutes, and Adam Vinatieri kicked a pair of field goals.
Luck kept coming through again to give Indianapolis (2-1) more opportunities.
''I know he's grinning from ear to ear,'' Colts coach Chuck Pagano said. ''I've never seen him smile the way he was smiling after this one.''
This marked Colin Kaepernick's his first home loss at Candlestick Park as a starter.
Frank Gore ran for 82 yards after going for 60 total in his first two games, but there were few bright spots for Kaepernick as San Francisco (1-2) struggled to establish a passing game with tight end Vernon Davis sidelined by a hamstring injury. The defense committed numerous costly penalties for the third straight week.
Luck completed his initial six passes and spoiled the home team's reunion day between coaches on both sides who know each other's tendencies dating to their days at Stanford.
The Colts sure appeared to be better prepared.
Luck sent third-year coach Harbaugh to consecutive losses for the first time. He was happier about the fact his two sisters who attend Stanford got to see him play.
''I wasn't caught up in, `Oh my gosh, I'm going up against Coach Harbaugh, (Greg) Roman and (Vic) Fangio,'' Luck said. ''I figured any time you play this sport, coaches and players come and go so much that you always end up going against someone that you played for or played with or had a good relationship with.''
Before Sunday, Harbaugh was 7-0 following a defeat - and Harbaugh faced criticism for playing and starting Aldon Smith two days after the linebacker was arrested and jailed on suspicion of driving under the influence and marijuana possession.
49ers CEO Jed York said after the game Smith would seek treatment and miss Thursday's game at St. Louis and perhaps be away from the team longer. Smith apologized to ''everybody I let down'' while acknowledging he has a problem and will fix it.
Kaepernick had been 4-0 on his home field since becoming a starter last November. This time, his 49ers were 10 1/2-point favorites, but looked nothing like the better team in getting thoroughly outplayed.
He completed 2 of his 8 first-half passes and wound up just 13 for 27 for 150 yards with an interception and three sacks.
''There's no one thing, we just didn't execute this offense,'' Kaepernick said.
The 49ers had six penalties for 48 yards and didn't look much better than they did in their five-turnover, 29-3 loss at division rival Seattle last week.
Kendall Hunter ran for a 13-yard score late in the first quarter, but San Francisco has scored 10 total points the past two games.
Richardson carried 13 times for 35 yards, giving the Colts quite the 1-2 punch with Bradshaw's 19 rushes for 95 yards.
Luck took advantage of a pair of penalties by San Francisco to open Indianapolis' seven-play, 80-yard scoring drive over the opening 3:40 for a 7-0 lead.
On the Colts' first play from scrimmage, safety Donte Whitner received a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty when he led with his helmet on a hit against Bradshaw after a 3-yard catch. Tarell Brown was flagged for pass interference on the next play.
Another penalty on Brown, for holding, gave the Colts a first down at the 23 midway through the second quarter and set up Vinatieri's 43-yard field goal. He kicked a 41-yarder in the third quarter.
Brown was penalized yet again for pass interference midway through the fourth.
Luck kept drives going with clutch plays as the Colts won the third straight meeting with San Francisco.
On third-and-9 and throwing from near his end zone late in the third, Luck hit Reggie Wayne for a 25-yard gain in which Wayne broke through several tackle attempts.
All-Pro linebacker Patrick Willis went down on the play and was helped off the field moments later with a groin injury that sidelined him for the rest of the game.
The Colts busted through San Francisco's defensive line, which lost nose tackle Ian Williams to a season-ending ankle injury last week.
''It's one of those games you look back on down the road and say, `This was a signature win, maybe one that helped you to do great things, that helped you accomplish the program you built,'' Pagano said.
Notes: 49ers special teams standout Bubba Ventrone left after the first quarter with a concussion. ... San Francisco TE Vernon Davis' streak of 98 straight games played was snapped. ... The 49ers had their regular-season winning streak vs. AFC opponents end at five. ... Gore has 2,687 career yards receiving, moving into second place in franchise history for a RB behind Roger Craig (4,442).
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