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A Bit on the Sideby William Trevor
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William Trevor is truly a Chekhov for our age, and a new collection of stories from him is always a cause for celebration. In these twelve stories, a waiter divulges his shocking life of crime to his ex-wife; a woman repeats the story of her parents' unstable marriage after a horrible tragedy; a schoolgirl regrets gossiping about the cuckolded man who tutors her; and, in the volume's title story, a middle-aged accountant offers his reasons for ending a love affair.
At the heart of this stunning collection is Trevor's characteristic tenderness and unflinching eye for both the humanizing and dehumanizing aspects of modern urban and rural life.
"The protagonists of this haunting, emotionally bleak collection of stories — a new widow confessing to two surprised Legion of Mary sisters the secrets of her marriage to a hateful man in 'Sitting with the Dead'; a woman stalked by her lonely, possibly violent ex-husband in 'On the Streets'; an heiress who compulsively recounts her tragic life story to total strangers in 'Solitude'; and a couple who exploit each other on a blind date in 'An Evening Out' — are generally 50-ish, usually childless and almost always burdened by regret over relationships decayed or forgone. They live in the aftermath of irremediable mistakes, ruefully cognizant that hope and romance are often delusory covers for self-interest and survival. Even the young — an 18-year-old girl who weeps with regret over future betrayals, an Irish woman who calls off her wedding after realizing she loves the dream of America more than her intended — are melancholy and introspective. Trevor reveals his native Ireland as a world sandwiched between modernity and its accompanying wealth, secularism and vulgarity, and a past that was more soulful and pious but also more restrictive. The much-lauded Trevor (Felicia's Journey; The Story of Lucy Gault; etc.) explores the many sources and shadings of regret with his usual delicate but brilliant psychological nuance, brightened occasionally by nostalgia for the lost love that once impelled his characters forward. Agent, Peter Matson at Sterling Lord Literistic." Publishers Weekly (Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"[A] dozen wise and beautifully crafted pieces from a master....There's nothing mechanical about the simple humility and compassion that make the best of Trevor's stories so moving." Kirkus Reviews
"The dozen stories in the latest collection by beloved, critically esteemed Irish writer Trevor typify his best traits....In these stories, as always in his fiction, Trevor adds to our understanding of human nature." Booklist (Starred Review)
"[Trevor] manages to carry the reader so surely into the inner world of his troubled characters that one cannot help emerging with a broader moral compass, a more complicated view of the human condition." Lynn Freed, The New York Times Book Review
"Every story here is a model example of just how much a great writer can reveal in a short space." Newsweek
"A Bit on the Side is a wonderful book....William Trevor really is the best short story writer alive." Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
"Perpetual award winner Trevor offers 12 stories sure to sparkle." Library Journal
From the bestselling author of The Story of Lucy Gault, Death in Summer, After Rain, and Felicia's Journey comes a collection of short fiction.
William Trevor's stunning new collection of stories displays this renowned craftsman at the peak of his powers. A middle-aged couple meet in a theatre bar for a squalid blind date; a disappointed priest fears an innocent young girl may run away from home; two self-certain sisters visit a newly widowed local woman. From these slender moments Trevor creates whole lives, conjuring up characters marked by bitterness and loss. William Trevor's graceful prose is a wonder in itself, and as convincing when inhabiting the mind of a school lunchmaid, an adulterous Irish country librarian or a murderer on the London streets. And as is always the case with William Trevor, venom and tragedy are never far from the still surface of the stories.
These stories, many of which first appeared in "The New Yorker, are small masterpieces of observation from one of the most highly acclaimed and beloved writers of the century.
"From the Hardcover edition.
William Trevor is truly a Chekhov for our age, and a new collection of stories from him is always a cause for celebration. In these twelve stories, a waiter divulges a shocking life of crime to his ex-wife; a woman repeats the story of her parents' unstable marriage after a horrible tragedy; a schoolgirl regrets gossiping about the cuckolded man who tutors her; and, in the volume's title story, a middle-aged accountant offers his reasons for ending a love affair. At the heart of this stunning collection is Trevor's characteristic tenderness and unflinching eye for both the humanizing and dehumanizing aspects of modern urban and rural life.
From the bestselling author of "The Story of Lucy Gault, Death in Summer, After Rain," and "Felicia's Journey" comes a collection of short fiction. Trevor is a regular contributor to "The New Yorker" magazine.
About the Author
William Trevor is the author of twenty-nine books, including Felicia's Journey, which won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and was made into a motion picture. In 1996 he was the recipient of the Lannan Award for Fiction. In 2001, he won the Irish Times Literature Prize for fiction. Two of his books were chosen by the New York Times as best books of the year, and his short stories appear regularly in the New Yorker. In 1997, he was named Honorary Commander of the British Empire. He lives in Devon, England.
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As a tune up for elementary and secondary school teachers before the 2014-'15 school year, the King's College Education Department will host a "Best Practices" Conference from 9 a.m. to noon on Thursday, August 14th. The presenters will be a combination of King's Education Department faculty and educators from local schools districts and intermediate units.
Dr. David Kyle Johnson, associate professor of philosophy at King's College, has developed a course, titled "Exploring Metaphysics," for The Teaching Company's "The Great Courses" series, the nation's leading educational media for lifelong learning and personal enrichment.
Twenty King's College student tutors met requirements to be certified by the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA). The students were recognized recently at an on-campus ceremony. All student tutors were presented with CRLA certificates and pins, distinguishing their level of certification.
Shantal Pelaez and Dhalia Espinoza have been selected as the 2014 McGowan Hispanic Scholarship recipients. The scholarship was initiated in 2008 with generous support from the McGowan Charitable Fund. The recipients will receive full tuition and room and board expenses for their four years at King's College. McGowan Hispanic Scholarship recipients are expected to maintain a 3.2 grade point average and to contribute five hours of community service each week.
Dr. Fevzi Akinci, associate dean of the William G. McGowan School of Business and director of the Graduate Health Care Administration (HCA) Program at King's College, recently participated in a panel presentation, titled "Internationalization of Universities," at the 2014 Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association Conference held at the University of Maryland, College Park.


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PH team tops int'l youth math competition in India
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines' 15-member team has emerged overall champion of the just-concluded 2012 International Youth Mathematicians Convention Olympiad in India, the head of the delegation announced Wednesday.
The competition was held Dec. 1 to 4 in India.
The Filipino numbers aces, mostly high school students from Metro Manila, won a total of 22 medals—15 golds, three silvers and four bronzes—in the 15-nation competition held Dec. 1-4 in Lucknow, capital of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about 515 kilometers southeast of New Delhi.
The news was relayed to the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Wednesday by Dr. Simon Chua, president of the Mathematics Trainers' Guild Philippines (MTG) and head of the Philippine delegation to the contest, and team leader Renard Chua.
In an e-mail, Dr. Chua said host India placed second with seven golds, 28 silvers and 28 bronzes. Thailand came in third with four golds, six silvers and one bronze.
Taiwan was fourth with four golds and four silvers while Indonesia took fifth place with five medals, including two golds.
Other countries which participated in the contest were Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Russia, South Africa, Nepal, Qatar, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Iran, and Bhutan.
The Filipinos' individual gold medals came courtesy of Andrea Jessica Jaba from St. Jude Catholic School; Himig Marcos and Jervis Chua, both from the Philippine Cultural College; Jose Alfonso Mirabueno from Philippine Science High School-Southern Mindanao; Lorenzo Magnaye from PSHS-Main Campus (in Quezon City); Dielle Tio from St. Stephen's High School; Jason Carlo Caranceja from Grace Christian College; Ethan Riley Chan and Shawn Gabrielle Cabanes, both from Zamboanga Chong Hua High School; John Aries Ceazar Hingan from San Beda College-Alabang; Raenelle Ean Ngo from Chiang Kai Shek College; and Gen Mark Tanno from Southville International School.
The team's three other gold medals were won in the group competition and Junior Math Relay contest.
The individual silver medal was bagged by Jezariah Garcia from the Valenzuela City Science High School while bronze medals were won by Claire Klemaine dela Cruz from Integrated Montessori Center-Taguig and John Gedric Tudio from Marist School-Marikina City.
The team also won silver medals in the group competition and junior relay contest as well as two more bronzes in the group competition and the Junior Math Quiz .
The medalists were trained by the MTG, a non-stock, non-profit group that aims to promote excellence in math education and training in the Philippines.
Dr. Chua commended the young Filipino math wizards for a job well done, noting "it's mission accomplished, just like their 14-medal haul during last year's Wizards at Math International Competition," or WIZMIC.
Both the WIZMIC and the International Youth Mathematics Olympiad are hosted by the Lucknow-based City Montessori School (student pop.: 37,000), founded in 1959 by educators Jagdish Gandhi and wife Dr. Bharti Gandhi.
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Kyocera focus is on smart phones
Former smart phone leader ceded niche to others, now re-enters with Android phone on Cricket Wireless and Sprint networks
"The lower end of the smart phone market has been ignored," he said. "If you go to operators, they will tell you that's where they need some pickup. They would like to have a slice at the lower end of devices that they're not going to have to subsidize for $200."
But analysts point out that there is nothing stopping competitors from co-opting Kyocera's Zio strategy. And Kyocera doesn't have the volume production — even with the purchase of Sanyo — to get discounts from suppliers that larger competitors like Samsung or LG have, said John Jackson, vice president of research for CCS Insight.
"They know what they're up against," he said.
Stofega, the IDC analyst, added that many phone makers want to see what works in U.S. and then will try to export that formula to other countries.
"North America, particularly in the U.S., is a place where the competition is cutthroat," he said. "But a lot of vendors want to get into this market. You have to play here for anyone to take you seriously. So for me, I think it is important for them to play in the U.S. But it's not necessarily the end game."
Toriyama, the Kyocera Communications president, said the company is looking to develop content for its Android smart phones that will set it apart from competitors in the U.S. and Japanese markets, where it sells the bulk of its handsets.
In addition, Kyocera thinks smart phones will eventually expand beyond the expensive models that now dominate the U.S. market to several price categories.
"The U.S. has been the driver thus far for smart phone growth," said Stofega of IDC. "That's going to start to change. When you look out to 2014, it's going to be Asia Pacific and countries there. You're going to have the high-end guys there. But there's going to be demand for entry-level smart phones."
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Debts surpassing $50 million topple small gaming center
Santa Ysabel The Santa Ysabel Casino, which has been struggling financially for years and has debts of more than $50 million, has shut its doors.
Santa Ysabel Tribal Chairman Virgil Perez confirmed the closure early Monday morning but declined to answer further questions. He issued a news release in which he said all 115 casino employees had just been informed of the shutdown.
"This very difficult decision for the tribe was made after considered and careful consideration of the current economic climate in gaming in this region, and insurmountable challenges which have plagued the enterprise from the outset of operations," Perez said in the written statement.
The Santa Ysabel Casino — the smallest Indian gaming center in San Diego County, with 349 slot machines — opened in April 2007 in North County, atop a hill a few miles south of the intersection of state Routes 76 and 79.
Its remote location far from population centers, coupled with the existence of several much larger Indian casinos in the area, appeared to have doomed the venture from the beginning.
When the Great Recession hit in 2008 and gaming revenues plummeted throughout the region, Santa Ysabel found itself in dire straits. Court documents show that in its first three years, the casino lost $24 million.
The casino tried to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2012 but was denied by the court. The tribe's many creditors include the County of San Diego, which struck an agreement with Santa Ysabel in 2005 that allowed the casino to open as long as it gave money to the county to pay for off-site improvements and services such as an additional deputy sheriffs.
The tribe made very few payments and still owes the county more than $3 million, Senior Deputy County Counsel Thomas Bunton said Monday.
Bunton said he was not surprised the casino has gone out of business.
The statement released by the tribe appears to blame the county in part for the casino's shutdown.
"The casino never fully realized its full potential, and confronted by an intransigent county government unwilling to renegotiate its financial agreement with the tribe in the face of economic hardship, was forced to seek bankruptcy protection," Perez said in the news release. "The bankruptcy request was denied by the court, and the casino did what it could to remain solvent."
County Supervisor Dianne Jacob, whose District 2 includes Santa Ysabel, scoffed at the idea that the county played a role in the casino's failure.
"The claim by tribal leaders that county government was a factor in the casino closure is absurd," she said in a statement released Monday afternoon. "We simply asked them to live up to their financial obligations and honor the agreement they struck with the county in 2005. Taxpayers deserve nothing less."
The tribe also owes the Yavapai Apache nation of Arizona tens of millions of dollars in loans.
The casino was funded with a $26 million primary loan from JP Morgan and a secondary loan of $7 million from the Apache nation. In 2009, the Apaches purchased the JP Morgan note.


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Xigmatek isn't a company that's been around too long, three years in fact, but with the products they've released so far, they've earned the reputation of a company that produces worthwhile products. Their Thor's Hammer CPU cooler, for example, costs half as much as Thermalright's Ultra-120, but is claimed to perform just one degree worse. That's what I like to see.
At Computex, the company was showing off their first-ever chassis, the Midgard, which is set to compete with the likes of the Cooler Master 690 (which we reviewed here). It features a pure-black paint scheme (100% internally as well) with orange on some of the components. Plus, from what I see, it also features a mostly tool-less installation – a big plus.
Though it may just be a mid-tower, it has room for seven 120mm fans for the ultimate in cooling-ability, and includes two with the stock chassis. Even cooler (at least to me), is that the included fans feature orange blades and white LEDS, the latter of which we don't see often enough. I assume that once the chassis is made available, you can purchase additional copies of the same fan, although I'd expect them to me more expensive than typical models.
The best part of the chassis might be the fact that it's going to retail for around $75. That's rather incredible given the robust design and great color scheme. It's not often that the inside of a chassis has so much attention to detail, even on some higher-end models. The Midgard should become available within the next month or two, and we'll be sure to get one in to put it through its paces.
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Aren´t the 4 Celestial world bosses out on patch day? (5.4 sha/galleon/nalak)
il probably have to log in and out a bunch of times to make sure the addons are working.
My weekly podcast can be downloaded here this week should Australia execute Johnny Depps dogs for breaching Quarantine
Get to work on finishing Wrathion's silliness.
Staring at the login queue all day. Such is life on Outland.
On the offchance I do get in I'll go PvP for a bit on Timeless Isle.
farm timeless tokens
If it's not an elf, leave it on the shelf.
Night Elf Liberation Front N.E.L.F.
Something mean about trolls.
Legenday cape and not coming back to the isle in a month
to all haters
Sit in the login queue, enable all addons, enter world, be surprised at all the broken addons even though i shouldn't be, logout, update addons, fix UI, and repeat until it's all working flawlessly.
Then probably hit up the proving grounds or LFR.
Blow the dust off of my rogue and hunter.
nothing but empty space here bro. move along now.
Get gold in DPS/Healing proving grounds, then check out the timeless isle before raiding SoO that night.
"This one last bullet you mention is my one last shot at redemption, because I know to live you must give your life away."
Your friendly neighborhood white lion.
Man i love Iron Maiden. i'm going to que up a bunch of 80s metal i.e. Judas Priest, Ronnie james dio, iron maiden, some classics from black sabbath and then just do timeless isle, dump my wares on the AH, and probably wipe with my scrub infested guild in flex or normal SoO. they're nice people though, when they're not talking in mumble.


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Good Points
Big Screen, Good Directions, Good accessories, easy to use with post codes.
Bad Points
Never set it to take you on the shortest route or you will be plowing farmers fields.
General Comments
The Tom Tom One is good provided that you set it to take the quickest route not the shortest. I downloaded 50 voices from the internet onto it and they work fine. I am very pleased with my Tom Tom and with the website support that comes with it.
It would help if you could put ordinary batteries into it as an emergency, as I don't have a lighter socket in my smoke free car and this will probably apply to every car that they make soon, so you have to rely on about three hours charge from the internal battery, which is ok on short journeys only. It doesn't pick up every speed camera or every no entry sign, so don't rely on it 100% treat it as a co-pilot, not as a pilot.
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When it comes to healthy oral care habits among children it can be, well, challenging. Just ask any parent.
According to a survey released earlier this year by the American Podiatric Medical Association, foot health ranks near the bottom on the list of body parts/functions that Americans make a concentrated effort to "take care of."
The external analgesic ingredient arnica and baby care are two categories that are moving the needle across the homeopathic landscape.
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The generic drug industry — and by extension, patients across the United States — is being adversely impacted by what some are calling branded drug makers' abuse of risk evaluation and mitigation strategies, or REMS.
Food and drug retailers may need to modify their approaches to get the most from their general merchandise outside of the big fourth-quarter holidays, according to a new whitepaper from the Global Marketing Development Center. The report is the second part of GMDC's "Seasonal Best Practices for the New World of Shopping" series.
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With shaman blessings, hot springs, jungle safaris, volcano trekking, ancient pyramids, yoga retreats & more.
Although Costa Rica covers only 0.03 percent of the planet, its biodiversity accounts for 5 percent of our plant and animal species. During a tour of Costa Rica, travelers have the luxury of being able to see a myriad of wildlife within a short distance so that they can spend more time enjoying nature and less time in transit.
Starting at the shore
With nearly 800 miles of coastline, Costa Rica has countless bays, beaches and coves for you to explore during a luxury tour. Shores vary as you travel up and down the coast, and whether you're looking for stunning cliffs or white sand beaches, this beautiful country has your desires covered.
Along Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, migratory populations of endangered green sea turtles arrive in droves from July through October to lay their eggs. Swimmers on Costa Rica tours can also enjoy a trip along the shore, where illustrious coral reefs are just begging to be explored.
Heading up the mountains to cloud forests
Similar to rainforests, cloud jungles are perpetually wet and thus yield a rich and dense wilderness where thousands of varieties of birds, insects and mammals live throughout the year.
At the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve, travelers can see any number of the 2,500 plant species, 400 varieties of birds and 100 different kinds of mammals, including monkeys and numerous jungle felines. As the nation's most-visited cloud forest reserve, Monteverde covers nearly 10,000 acres of stunning scenery. If you're a bit of a daredevil, you can test your wits by taking a zipline tour or take a walk along a suspended bridge.
Getting hot on a volcano
Costa Rica contains three volcanic mountain ranges - Guanacaste, Central and Tilaran - and as a member of the Pacific Ring of Fire, much of this rugged terrain is still active today.
Poas Volcano, the nation's most-visited national park, is located in the Cordillera Volcanica central mountain range and has three massive craters that, although are currently inactive, are simply stunning. At the viewing deck, visitors can enjoy panoramic views of the largest of the three before heading back to a trail to take a leisurely walk around the rest of the park.
Costa Rica
(San José, Arenal, Manuel Antonio)
Experience the exotic as a family, as you climb waterfalls, explore cloud forests, swim in waterfalls and try your hand at tortilla making. With the support of a private guide and driver, this is sure to be a memorable and relaxing trip of a lifetime.
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With the perfect blend of city, coast, culture, beach and natural highland beauty, this trip has it all!
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UK Life Expectancies On The Rise
According to new figures released this week, and based on data produced by the Office for National Statistics, more than 25 percent of British children 16 and under can expect to live to 100 years old.
Just 30 years ago, more than a quarter of newborn boys were expected to die by their 65th birthday. Ministers said the rapid rise in longevity will have huge implications for public policy in a wide range of areas such as health and transportation, leaving taxpayers to pick up the tab on the ageing population.
The statistics, published by the Department for Work and Pensions, show that more than 11 million people alive today — roughly 17.6 percent of the population of Britain — can expect to live to more than 100 years old. This is 200,000 more than last year's estimates.
For men, who have lagged behind women in life expectancy more than not, last year saw their longevity increase faster than women — by 46 days on average.
Pensions minister Steve Webb said the state pension system had to be made "fair and sustainable for future generations" if people were going to spend more than a third of their life in retirement. But others believe a much more radical approach is needed.
While the increase in life expectancy was "a huge societal success," it will come at a price, said David Sinclair, head of policy and research at the International Longevity Center.
"If the projections are true, then the impact on service provision is huge and as a society we are heading towards huge fiscal service pressures," he told The Telegraph.
Millions of workers relying on the state pension will see their retirement pushed back to age 66 by 2020 and 68 by 2046. Linking the state pension age to longevity could further increase the pension age to 70 by mid-century, announced George Osborne in last month's Budget.
"What is striking is that while we all know people are living longer, we haven't grasped how fast it is going. The speed of change is astonishing. There are big issues for us as a society in all sorts of policy areas, such as social care, employment and pensions, but also in terms of our attitudes to older people," said Webb.
As well as the state pension, Webb warned that employees with private pensions should plan to save more for their retirement. Ten thousand people will celebrate their 100th birthday this year. That figure is expected to rise to 500,000 by 2026.
Activists argue that increasing the retirement age has a lopsided impact on women who planned on retiring at 60, and men in low income areas, where longevity is often lower.
"Living longer does not equate to being able to dig a road for longer, or even to being willing and able to do a job like teaching into your late sixties," Neil Duncan-Jordan, of the National Pensioners Convention, told The Guardian.
"The Government keeps pushing these figures that we are living longer as a means of trying to force us to work for longer "" but they need to move on from this obsession with longevity and view the issue in a less black and white way," said Duncan.
"Average life expectancy figures hide the fact that in many places, predominantly poorer areas, life expectancy is much slower. Before the Government further looks to raise the state pension age it must first tackle health inequalities to ensure that those who have had harder lives do not again lose out through a shorter retirement," said Michelle Mitchell of Age UK.
"The pressures on local authorities and central government will have a very, very significant impact – as will the knock-on impact on other ages and other generations. If the older population demands more and more resources, then it has to come from their own wealth and assets – or from someone else," Sinclair told The Guardian.
That could form the root of the problem, said Sinclair. While the increased number of active centenarians might help change and improve our attitudes to older people, their ever-presence could give rise to antipathy.
"The pessimistic side is that there is a very real risk that it could generate even more intergenerational tensions if you end up with a clash for resources between young and old – and that is what we really need to avoid," said Sinclair.
One of the challenges would be deciding when to work and when to have children, said Professor Jane Falkingham, head of the school of social sciences at Southampton University and director of the ESRC Centre for Population Change.
"Although medical advances are pushing up the age at which women can bear children, the most fertile period is and is likely to remain the 20s and 30s," said Falkingham. "One question is whether it makes sense to juggle work and family life, or whether we in future will invest in parenthood and then invest in work – and work into our 70s."
"If people are going to restructure their lives and have their children first and then have work, they're going to have to have something to live on when they're having the children before they pay it all back through the world of work," she said. "So it's thinking about how the welfare state can operate across the life course, as well as how individuals restructure their lives."
Danny Dorling, professor of human geography at the University of Sheffield, said the ONS projections should not be taken for granted.
"Britain currently has the lowest life expectancy of almost any western European country and we need to ask why," he said. "Japan has the largest number of old people in the world; Japan also has lowest income and probably the lowest wealth inequalities in the rich world."
Prof Sir Michael Marmot, who led a government-ordered review into Britain's widening health inequalities, last year said that the projections would illustrate how variable outcomes could be for different people.
"We'll have some people working all their lives and not having nearly as much time to enjoy their pensions, and other people working all their lives and having decades to enjoy their pensions because their life expectancy is much longer," said Marmot.
"Unless we're going to take the kind of steps that my health and equality review called for – unless we're going to take the steps to reduce that – these new projections will mean much longer, healthier lives for some but not for others. It won't be uniform by any means," he added.
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Effective December 31, 2013, a parent can transfer residential real estate located in Michigan to his or her child without uncapping the taxable value of the property if the child continues to use the property for residential purposes. Subject to several exemptions, the Michigan General Property Tax Act provides that upon a transfer of ownership of real property, the property's taxable value is increased to the property's state equalized value, causing the new owner's property taxes to increase. Historically, this included transfers of residential real estate from parent to child. This often created a hardship for children inheriting a family residence, including a family cottage that had been owned by the family for decades, because the property's real estate taxes could increase dramatically upon the transfer. As a result, the Michigan Legislature recently created a new exemption from the definition of "transfer of ownership" to exclude "a transfer of residential real property if the transferee is related to the transferor by blood or affinity to the first degree and the use of the residential real property does not change following the transfer." MCL 211.27a(7)(s). Accordingly, a child can now receive residential real property from his parent, by gift or inheritance, without fear that the real estate taxes will increase meaningfully.
While this change to the statute will be good news for many families who wish to keep vacation or other residential property in the family for generations, the statute, as currently drafted, is not as flexible as some families may desire. The statutory language makes it clear that the property must pass from parent to child. Property held in a parent's trust is not included.1 Because this will create planning problems for many families, the probate bar is currently pressing the Legislature to broaden the statute to include transfers from a trust. In addition, the Michigan Department of Treasury may create regulations that will establish that a transfer from a trust would fall within the exemption.
Families wishing to take advantage of this new law should be mindful of the statutory language as it currently exists and as it may be modified in the future to make sure that any proposed transfer falls within the exemption. In addition to the limitation on transfers from trust, the exemption only applies to a transfer if the transferee is related to the transferor by blood or affinity "to the first degree." As a result, a transfer to the transferor's grandchild would not fall within the exemption. Because of these traps for the unwary, families may wish to seek guidance from counsel prior to transferring residential real estate within the family.
1Indeed, the statutory language can even be read to imply that a transfer from a parent's estate would not qualify, though this would surely defeat the purpose of the statute.
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I believe that if anyone wants to do anything on a virtuosic level, they must first study out of books from the classical tradition, and St. Paul taught, "Study to show yourselves workers approved to God." For me, three books stand above all others: The Bible, The Divine Comedy and the work being reviewed here, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. To me, these are the three greatest books ever written, and to my way of thinking, these will never be surpassed in all of human history. These are essential to all true understanding.Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
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Visual Studio 2010, Windows Forms Application, Oracle Database
I am trying to use a parameter in a DataSet.xsd DataTable.
The query and parameter work fine in Query Builder but gives an error if I try "Preview Data" or use in my application.
Error: An unhandled exception of type 'System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException' occurred in System.Data.dll
Additional information: ORA-01008: not all variables bound
For full details on the application setup / my troubleshooting so far see here:
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Feb 26, 2012 10:44 PM|Prashant Kumar|LINK
It seems you are using OleDb provider for Oracle. The bind variable should be a question mark "?".
The bind variable :DEPTCODE would be valid for System.Data.OracleClient.
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Works beautifully all I had to do is change :DEPTCODE to ?
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If you're like a large population of the gaming world, you're currently barely able to keep yourself on the edge of your seat as you await BioShock: Infinite's March 26 release date. After enduring controversy, delays and cover-art pushback, the game's big day is finally on the horizon.
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Brendon McCullum and Brad Hodge power the chase
CENTURION: Captain Brendon McCullum made an explosive 81 (48b, 11x4, 3x6) and Brad Hodge scored a marvellously-paced, unbeaten 71 (44b, 4x4, 4x6), as Kolkata Knight Riders clinched a seven-wicket win off the last ball against Chennai Super Kings on Monday. Kolkata successfully chased Chennai's score of 188 for only its second win in 13 matches this season.
McCullum, who had begun by edging Albie Morkel over slip for four, batted beautifully thereafter, hitting on the up over cover and pulling with skill. Sourav Ganguly looked in wretched form, swishing and missing often. He was put out of his misery by Muttiah Muralitharan, who cramped the left-hander into chopping on.
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McCullum struck Sudeep Tyagi for four fours and six in the sixth over, each stroke going exactly where he intended it. He played Muralitharan with care, but that didn't prevent him for guiding a doosra to the third-man fence and leaning back to flat-bat a short delivery through cover for four.
McCullum's blitz helped Kolkata score 83 for one in ten overs before the strategic timeout. But after reducing the deficit between runs needed and balls remaining, McCullum departed in bizarre circumstances: he attempted to heave left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati and missed. Dhoni disturbed the stumps and appealed. Replays showed that the ball had brushed the stumps, dislodging the bails — therefore bowling the batsman — before Dhoni touched the stumps. Replays also showed that Dhoni was aware of exactly what had happened.
Hodge and Wriddhiman Saha didn't give up, finding the boundary and scurrying between wickets. Hodge, who held his nerve admirably, hit L. Balaji for two sixes in the 19th over, and Saha struck the same bowler for four to reduce the equation to six from the final over. Suresh Raina bowled the last over, but couldn't contain Hodge and Saha.
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Electing to bat, Chennai didn't appear to miss Matthew Hayden, who was rested because of a thigh niggle. George Bailey and Parthiv Patel set a rapid pace, scoring at nearly ten an over while raising 59 for the first wicket. After Ashok Dinda conceded just five in the first over, Parthiv struck Anureet Singh for two fours to kick-start the innings. Bailey then hit consecutive fours off Dinda, the first a particularly meaty pull stroke, as the charge got underway.
Although both openers were run out, Suresh Raina and M.S. Dhoni had no trouble maintaining the brisk rate of scoring. Dhoni clubbed David Hussey for Chennai's first six, and followed it up by nearly decapitating Ajit Agarkar, who had just enough time in his follow through to get out of the way of a ferocious straight hit. Agarkar responded with a sharp bouncer, which Dhoni couldn't control, but Kartik, at mid wicket, spilled the chance. Dhoni was on 16 at that stage.
Dinda bowled a magnificent 15th over, giving away only two singles. But Raina swung the momentum by striking Ajantha Mendis for two sixes, the second featuring splendid skill, for it was no more than a flick of the wrists. Mendis's over cost 17. Raina smashed Dinda for six to bring up his half-century, but fell next ball, mis-hitting a full toss to be caught at point. Dinda finished with figures of one for 29 from four overs.
Morkel struck Agarkar for consecutive sixes in the 20th over, as Chennai finished strongly.
Chennai Super Kings: Parthiv (run out) 25 (19b, 4x4), G. Bailey (run out) 30 (26b, 4x4), S. Raina c Shukla b Dinda 52 (37b, 3x4, 3x6), M.S. Dhoni (not out) 40 (28b, 4x4, 1x6), A. Morkel (not out) 21 (10b, 1x4, 2x6); Extras (b-4, lb-3, w-13) 20. Total (for three wkts. in 20 overs): 188.
Fall of wickets: 1-59, 2-78, 3-152.
Kolkata Knight Riders bowling: Dinda 4-0-29-1, Anureet 1-0-12-0, Agarkar 4-0-45-0, Kartik 3-0-27-0, Hodge 2-0-12-0, Mendis 4-0-38-0, Hussey 2-0-18-0.
Kolkata Knight Riders: B. McCullum b Jakati 81 (48b, 11x4, 3x6), S. Ganguly b Muralitharan 4 (14b), B. Hodge (not out) 71 (44b, 4x4, 4x6), D. Hussey run out 3 (2b), W. Saha (not out) 25 (13b, 2x4, 1x6), Extras (lb-4, nb-1): 5; Total (for three wickets in 20 overs): 189.
Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-124, 3-133.
Chennai Super Kings bowling: Morkel 3-0-39-0, Tyagi 3-0-29-0, Muralitharan 4-0-16-1, Jakati 4-0-36-1, Raina 3-0-25-0, Balaji 3-0-40-0.


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South Korea's coast guard found the body of one of nine fishermen whose boat disappeared after helping search for debris and possible survivors from a navy ship that sank a week ago, an official said on Saturday.
The body of one South Korean fisherman was found after contact was lost with the boat late Friday, said coast guard official Lee Kyo—min. The search was continuing for six other South Korean and two Indonesian crew members of the fishing boat.
It was sailing towards fishing grounds after assisting in the search for debris and possible survivors from the 1,200—ton navy ship Cheonan, which sank following an explosion on March 26 during a routine patrol. Fifty-eight crew members, including the captain, were rescued.
No major progress has been made in locating the Cheonan's 46 missing sailors.
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The UK's second-biggest travel firm Thomas Cook saw its share price slide more than 3% today after it revealed its turnaround plan had pushed it to a wider full-year loss.
The tour operator saw its shares slide 0.9p to 23.1p after it revealed a £590 million bottom line pre-tax loss for the year to September 30, compared to a £518 million loss last year.
Meanwhile, the FTSE 100 Index came under pressure, sliding 23.7 points 5775.9 as doubts over a bailout deal for Greece took hold.
Eurozone finance ministers agreed the deal late on Monday, which will see Greek debt cut by 40 billion euros (£32 billion), paving the way for around 44 billion euros (£36 billion) of bail out cash to be released.
Michael Hewson, senior market analyst at CMC Markets, said there was a lack of enthusiasm among investors over the deal due to "sketchy" details.
Britain's banks came under pressure with Lloyds Banking Group dropping 0.5p to 45.9p and Barclays falling 1.1p to 242.6p.
Packaging giant Bunzl sank to the bottom of the index after Citigroup cut its share-price target as it expects the group's underlying growth rate to slow due to a weaker US market. Shares dropped 39p to 1035p.
United Utilities the biggest riser in the top flight, adding 9.5p to 678.5p, after it unveiled pre-tax profits in the six months to September 30 of £135.6 million, up from £124.4 in the same period last year.


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Very enjoyable and informative! The tour guide was competent and very friendly and courteous. The ride we did with the steam train to Victor Harbor was a delightful experience passing through several picturesque villages and the coastline, all breathtaking. Once again, Viator didn't disappoint us and we'll book again with your agency our forthcoming tours when it's again time for another family day... Thanks!
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A very enjoyable trip to Philip island as well as Churchill island. Recommended for those like me who has previously been to Melbourne and is familiar with the way to the islands. Naturally, this tour will require for you to have your own self-drived car! It is economical than paying for a wholeday guided tour which will cost at least 4x as much! This pass enables you to have free access to all the important sights and admission to the amazing penguin parade which is the highlight of this trip is included too!
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Unfortunately despite the tour being paid in full, I failed to join my family for I became ill on that day and was too weak to join them. However, nothing much missed though for I have been to Abu Dhabi already a few times before. More important for me was for my family to see the majestic sights of this impressive city and they were not disappointed! They had a lovely time with the company of other tourists and was assisted competently by their local guide who didn't fail to give them as much information as possible. Kudos!
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Notorious Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger has spoken out from prison once more in a bitter, angry letter exclusively obtained by RadarOnline.com.
Trapped between the walls of his solitary confinement cell, Bulger now recounts for the first time the chain of events that led to the brutal murder of Debra Davis in 1981.
Insisting, "I never killed a woman in my life!" Bulger blames Davis' boyfriend, his former henchman Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi, for the woman's massacre — and rips apart her family for cashing in after her death.
"Debbie was young kind of cute, or pretty is a better adjective, with a nice smile," Bulger remembers of meeting the young brunette at a Brookline, Mass., jewelry shop. "Very young, I thought 15 or so, when her and Stevie started going out."
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Soon after hooking up with the notorious Winter Hill Gang hit man, Davis changed from a sweet teen "into a material girl," Bulger claims.
"Soon Debbie is driving a Corvette car, hair streaked with blonde, lots of flashy stylish clothes," he remembers. "She was very thin, pretty and changed."
Before long, Bulger claims, Flemmi discovered some disturbing news about his teen girlfriend. "Found out she would be on speed," Bulger writes. "And friend in mafia let slip she would be at coke parties! Told him 'Don't tell Steve.'"
Davis also quit her job at the jewelry store, "so Stevie would send Debbie and her mother on vacation to keep her busy and happy," Bulger says.
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"Plus constant gifts of expensive clothes, jewels … She and her mother went to Acapulco, Mexico, nice place in the winter, first class Hyatt Regency, etc."
"She and her mother were there for 2 weeks, soon her mother comes home, alone!" the inmate remembers. "No word from Debbie, no phone calls, Stevie is going nuts!! She comes home with long story. Changed, demands he marry her, buy land, put up 2 houses."
Meanwhile, Flemmi grew suspicious that she was not being faithful and bugged her phone, only to discover, Bulger says, that she was secretly hooking up with another mafioso named Gustav.
"The whole Davis family is in on this and Stevie knows it and slowly goes insane," Bulger claims. "He winds up killing Debbie."
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In his recent trial, Bulger was charged with the murder of Davis but the jury served up a "no finding" verdict.
In the new letter, he insists that he's innocent and the Davis family knew it from the beginning.
"In court, FBI agent named Cronin [discussed] how the mother contacts him and tells Stevie must have killed Debbie, Bugler writes. "Agent Cronin [said it] and it's on the court record, but media self-censorship doesn't report it."
Indeed, the Davis family very publicly blamed Bulger for the young girl's murder during the 2013 trial. Her brother, Steve, told reporters that while he did not believe Bulger "hands-on" killed his sister, he was involved in a "conspiracy" to have her murdered.
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"Davis brother [was] always outside court with stories, lies, making accusations," Bulger complains.
Apparently still bitter about having to sit quietly while the family got their say after 30 years, Bulger goes on to rip them as a bunch of "low lifes" who were well aware that Debbie was running with a dangerous crowd, but now have made a living off of her death by playing innocent victims.
In September, 2009, a judge ordered Bulger and Flemmi to pay the Davis family $33.5 million in damages after a wrongful death lawsuit. That has proven difficult to collect, but they later got $1,000,000 from the federal government.
"A F***ING RIP OFF OF THE TAX PAYERS MONEY!! UNREAL …" Bulger complains.
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"I would bet my life … if [the Davis family] was offered that Debbie could come back [to life if they] would return the money," he writes, "it would NEVER HAPPEN!!!!"
RadarOnline.com was the first to expose the legendary mobster's intimate prison thoughts with the publishing of his first jailhouse letter back in August.
For more from Bulger's latest prison letter, including what he plans to do when he faces the Davis family in court again in November, stay tuned to RadarOnline.com!


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OPM takes 'lessons-learned' approach on new snow policy
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The new emergency dismissal policy from the Office of Personnel Management gives OPM — and all agencies — more flexibility in responding to bad weather this winter, and even in situations like this summer's earthquake.
The new policy includes a tier of new options, included staggered departure times and the addition of a "shelter-in-place" option. Under this scenario, OPM would require agencies to keep employees at work if they didn't leave earlier.
Dean Hunter, the deputy director of facilities, security and contracting at OPM, said the new policy has earned plaudits from state and local emergency officials.
"I think the feedback we're getting is pretty positive," Hunter, who joined In Depth with Francis Rose, said, citing complimentary testimony from local officials in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Lessons-learned approach
OPM takes a lessons-learned approach for updating nearly every policy, Hunter said. For example, following 2010's "Snowmaggeddon" blizzards, OPM broadened its unscheduled-telework policies.
And Hunter said the more recent snowstorm last January served as a "catalyst" for the new changes. During that storm, OPM released federal workers two hours early, leading to gridlock on roadways and hours-long commutes, especially for employees who waited to leave.
The shelter-in-place option, which would go into effect only after a "final departure time," would allow transportation and public-safety officials to more easily to clear roads because more federal workers would hunker down at the office instead of heading out on the roads.
For agency managers and human resources officials, whom employees will likely turn to in coming days for more information about the new policies, Hunter said individual agencies should do a better job of informing employees about dismissal options and telework.
Social media components of new plan
"Social media is ... one of multiple platforms that we use at OPM," Hunter said, citing Facebook and Twitter. Once a decision about the federal government operating status has been made — which typically happens late at night or early the next morning — OPM updates its website, notifies the media and, increasingly in a Web 2.0 world, disseminates the message via social media.
Social media offers benefits by being able to get the message to the public out quickly, Hunter said, and then the public can share that official information with others.
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Roberts has the right stuff for Padres
Black won 121 games in 15 major-league seasons. A crafty lefty, we'll call him. His players revere him now for his consistency, knowledge and empathy.
Roberts has the same qualities, in part because he has some similar qualifications.
The Rancho Buena Vista High alum collected 721 hits and 243 stolen bases for five major-league teams, surviving and thriving as much for his knowledge and passion as any talent possessed in his entire 5-feet-and-maybe-10 inches.
"I knew what kind of players I was," Roberts said.
Those type of guys often make the best coaches. Roberts is entering just his fourth year on a major-league coaching staff, but he was in training for this even before he knew he was in training.
"He wouldn't have succeeded in the league the way he did if he didn't have a lot of great qualities," Black said. ". . . He does have a good baseball knowledge. He sees the game now from a player's side and as a coach."
Roberts acknowledged the challenge of his new role. Being a bench coach involves more involvement in strategy, as Roberts will serve as Black's sounding board/advisor and also call the defensive running game.
Roberts credits not only Black and the current coaches on the major-league staff but also Padres VP of Player Development Randy Smith and others in the front office who have helped him learn the entirety of baseball operations.
"That was fascinating to me to realize how hard those guys work and how much time they put in, because as a player you think they just show up and look at numbers," Roberts said of those in player personnel. "But these guys put in so much time and have so much care for the players."
That's a theme for Roberts that serves him well as a coach.
"As a player, sometimes you feel it's your performance, your numbers, so the coaches are there and they get down on you if you don't do well, and if you do well they're happy," Roberts said.
But what I've learned is coaches care so much that they want so much for the players to do well. We as a staff understand our time is past. We are here to do anything for those players."
Yes, in Roberts there are these unmistakably innate faculties that have brought him this far. There is a knowledge driven by desire that borders on need.
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A Real Person at Absolute Communication Answers These Calls
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In a world of leave-a-message voice mail, Absolute Communication Center Inc. offers live operators 24/7 to help clients, especially small businesses, make sure they don't miss customers' calls.
"We've got live operators that are connected to multiple telephone lines," says owner Tom Cook. "We purchase 100 numbers at a time. We give them a phone number. They use call forwarding when they're not in their office"
The forwarded phone number activates the system to show the operator necessary information about the customer.
"It comes up on a computer system with all their information," he says. "The live operator can take a message," then call or fax information to the client as desired. "We do alphanumeric paging for people who still have pagers."
The service means customers will always have a chance to be in touch with clients' businesses.
"It works great for small businesses that can't afford to have someone answer the phone all the time," Cook says. "A lot of people don't leave messages. You depend on that to get a customer.
"We have a lot of plumbers, heating and air conditioning people. We do quite a bit in the medical field, too."
Operators, including many longtime employees, can screen the calls, alerting customers in emergencies and holding others for the ordinary business day.
"There's a lot of filtering," he says. "It depends on what the client wants to have done."
Absolute Communication also provides alarm monitoring and residential service.
"Along with doing the messaging, we can answer for alarm systems," Cook says. "We've got the personnel here 24/7. We notify the proper authorities and call the contact list the customer has provided."
Cook started an alarm business, T.C. Security Co. Inc, 27 years ago and opened Absolute Communication five or six years ago to support TC Security and add more services. "We used different monitoring services," he says. "Eventually, we just started our own."
By that time, the industry, once dependent on handwritten, pigeonholed notes, had become automated. Absolute Communicalion,which has 12 employees, has backup generators to guarantee that the service is uninterrupted.
"There's always two or three operators on, depending on the call volume," he says. "Certain holidays are really busy," such as Christmas Eve when workers leave early and forward the phone calls.
For more information on Absolute Communication Center Inc. call (574) 282-4920 or see the company's Web site at www.absolutecci.com.
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