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HENLAWSON, W.Va. — Phyllis Jean Canterbury, 69, of Henlawson, entered into Heaven Sunday, December 2, 2012, with her family at her bedside at Logan Regional Medical Center.
Born August 20, 1943, in Earling, she was a daughter of the late Sherman and Nora Dempsey Crosby. Also preceding her in death were four sisters, Nancy King, Robin White, Kathy Shook and Colleen Pittman, and two brothers, Bing Crosby and Ernie McNeely.
Phyllis was a member of the Church of Christ at Yuma and enjoyed spending time with her Pride family, children and grandchildren.
Those left to cherish her memory include her husband, Emil Canterbury; one daughter, Sherry (Frank) Curry; four sons, Michael Canterbury, Patrick (Jackie) Canterbury, Mark (Dawn) Canterbury and Chris (April) Canterbury; Brian Perry who was like a son; one sister, Donna (Eddie) Gross; two brothers, Danny (Sheila) McNeely and David McNeely; eight grandchildren, Jonathan Curry, MaRanda (Chris) Jones, Valarie (Don) Chenier, Blake Canterbury, Jordan Canterbury, Matthew Canterbury, Hailey Canterbury and Noah Canterbury; two great-grandchildren, Kelsie Cohan and Dalton Chenier; her five best friends, Carol Adkins, Nay Perry, Mamie Blevins, Lou Goldrick and Shirley Canterbury; her church family and a host of nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, December 5, at Freeman Funeral Home with Dennie and Cliff Collins officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery at Pecks Mill.
Visitation will be from noon-1 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
Freeman Funeral Home of Chapmanville is in charge of the arrangements.
Miss Me… But Let Me Go…
When I come to the end of the road,
And the sun has set for me.
I want no rites in a gloom filled room.
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little….but not too long,
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared,
Miss me… but let me go.
For this is a journey that we all must take,
And each must go alone.
It's all a part of the Master's plan,
A step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick of heart,
Go to the friends that we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds.
Miss me…but let me go.


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NFL Week 7 Wrap Up: Cousin Vs. Cousin
October 24, 2012 Leave a comment
This past week felt like a week of football that came out how it was supposed to. Mainly because I scored more points than David. Charlie Sheen calls it "winning". I learned some things this week:
– Joe Flacco is the best quarter back in football. I also learned that the interwebs should develop a font for sarcasm. We all know Carson Palmer is hands down the best quarterback in football. See how the font would come in handy? Especially on this site? Flacco v Houston: 48% completion on 147 yds, 1 td and 2 int's doesn't exactly make you the best quarter back in football. It doesn't even make you Tebow. When you play that bad, I'm coining the term "Flac up". Cause you Flacked Up.
– While Cam Newton is doing better than some QB's but getting more attention for being more horrible than most, his pouting is pathetic and needs to stop. I'd be a 1-5 team too if I had to follow Eeyore into battle. Chin up. Be a man. Be a leader. Kids are watching.
– Rex Ryan miraculously wasn't sporting wood after the handshake he had with his mansession (man obsession), Belichik. My hat is off to you, Rex. There is hope for you yet.
– Ndamukong Suh is a master of judo. To call that Cutler take down a clean hit makes me wonder if Suh couldn't haven't gotten at least a bronze in this past summer's Olympics. Judo chop, Mr. Suh. Judo chop. Damn impressive.
– RGIII is pretty decent. Pretty really decent. Really pretty really decent. Really pretty really decent really good decent good really pretty decent. Yeah…
– Being a Seahawks fan is one of the least rewarding things on this planet. And I've worked at a daycare. So when you get slapped in the face by a 200 pound 5th grader and think "at least I still have the Hawks"…you're an idiot. When Russell Wilson finally pulls out a real week of football as a Quarterback and not a hand-off specialist, he is rewarded the next week with a receiving core who seemed to be deathly afraid of the ball. My hot potato days were remembered in vivid detail. And guess what? I'll be tuning in for more of that tasty action this weekend. #Gluttonforpunishment
David came away with 5 points and I take 9. I graciously blew my lead on purpose last week to lure David into a false sense of security. I have successfully regained the lead and undoubtedly shaken my cousin's confidence beyond repair. I might lose on purpose again this week just to really mess with him.
Week 6 totals:
David – 13 points
Jake – 12 points
Overall totals
David – 18 points
Jake – 21 points
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Great boots. There are a number of reviews out there so I'm not going to go into details here. I just want to let people know (mainly fellow online shoppers) that the boots are not true to size. I'm usually US 10.5 or EU 44 or smaller. Got this boots in US10.5 and they are way too small. So get at least a half size bigger then usual or try before buy. otherwise great boots- feel and look great, cannot go wrong for $!
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Southern portion of Keystone moving ahead
By Zain Shauk, Houston Chronicle : May 23, 2013
Photo By Associated Press file photoA wooden stick with a pink ribbon marks the proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline through farmland near Bradshaw, Neb. Construction continues on the pipeline, which will connect Canadian oil sands fields to the Gulf Coast.
The southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline is more than 75 percent complete and its construction is on schedule, according to pipeline owner TransCanada Corp.
"We have some pump stations to build, but we've made great strides on the pipeline itself," said David Dodson, a spokesman for the Canadian pipeline giant.
TransCanada in April pushed back its estimated completion date for the northern segment of the Keystone XL project, which is planned to eventually connect oil sands fields in Canada with the U.S. Gulf Coast. The delay is due to a still-pending decision from the Obama administration on a needed State Department approval
But there has been no change in the timeline for the $2.3 billion southern leg of the pipeline, which is under construction and will bring on line a major new oil line connecting the hub of Cushing, Okla., with the Texas coast, Dodson said. It did not require State Department approval as it doesn't cross a national boundary.
The 485-mile southern leg of Keystone XL will be able to move 700,000 barrels per day of oil when finished. That line is expected eventually to bring crude from Canada's oil sands to Texas.
Crude harvested from oil sands, however, is already being delivered to Gulf Coast refineries in significant quantities.
Despite environmental activists attempting to thwart construction of the southern segment by camping in trees, locking themselves to equipment and demonstrating in the path of working machinery, the project remains on target, Dodson said.
"We're going to be done by the end of the year," he said. "We're on schedule."
TransCanada initially expected the northern leg of Keystone XL, which is expected to cost $5.3 billion, to be completed in 2014. TransCanada expects it to be finished by the second half of 2015.


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Obama's Contraception Plan Just a Cynical Wedge Issue Used by GOP?
The front of ThursdayŌĆÖs National section featured Jennifer SteinhauerŌĆÖs ŌĆ£Birth Control is Covered, And G.O.P. Vows a Fight.ŌĆØ Steinhauer portrayed the fight in cynical political terms, showcasing Republicans as being opportunistic rather than motivated by principled opposition to ObamaŌĆÖs requirement that Catholic universities and charities violate their religious beliefs by offering free birth control via their health insurance plans.
Congressional Republicans, seizing on the type of social issue that motivates and unifies their base, stepped forcefully Wednesday into the battle over an Obama administration rule requiring health insurance plans provided by Catholic universities and charities to offer free birth control to women, vowing to fight back with legislation to unravel the new policy.
ŌĆ£This is not a womenŌĆÖs rights issue,ŌĆØ said Senator Kelly Ayotte, Republican of New Hampshire. ŌĆ£This is a religious liberty issue.ŌĆØ
Racing to defend the administration, five Democratic senators returned from their partyŌĆÖs retreat south of the Capitol to hold a news conference to push back on that notion. ŌĆ£We stand here ready to oppose any attack that is being launched against womenŌĆÖs rights and womenŌĆÖs health,ŌĆØ said Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand of New York.
For House Republicans, who have been hammered in the last few months in the battle over a payroll tax holiday, and whose signature bill for the second session, a transportation measure, is already under fire from the left and the right, the fight over the contraception rule offered a possible way to regain their political footing, particularly with signs that the economy might be improving.
It is potentially a powerful wedge issue that could unite what has been a fractured conference. Further, similar to their efforts in support of the Keystone XL pipeline, the party can attract just enough Democrats to their side to complicate things for the administration.
ŌĆ£Wedge issueŌĆØ is a loaded term. Times Watch counted up nine instances in the past 12 months of Times reporters or sources either stating or implying that a specific political party or political faction was using a topic as a ŌĆ£wedge issue.ŌĆØ Of those nine, eight singled out Republicans as the culprit, while another story said sex education was a wedge issue for both right and left.
To her credit, Steinhauer also captured (deeper into the story) the awkwardness and ŌĆ£downright distasteŌĆØ some Democrats feel for the Obama rule.
The Republican effort to challenge the new rule could present a difficult choice for Democrats who are uneasy about it, which is exactly what Republicans hope. As the controversy spread across Washington, several Democrats from both chambers expressed feelings from skepticism to downright distaste for the Obama rule.
Representative John B. Larson of Connecticut, a member of the House Democratic leadership, sent a letter to Ms. Sebelius that read: ŌĆ£Having worked to pass the Affordable Care Act and being firmly supportive of its implementation, I believe that further flexibility needs to be granted to religiously affiliated organizations in this instance.ŌĆØ
Senator Bob Casey, Democrat of Pennsylvania, put out a statement in opposition to the new rule: ŌĆ£I have strongly supported efforts to provide greater access to contraception,ŌĆØ he said. ŌĆ£I believe, just as strongly, that religiously affiliated organizations like hospitals and universities should not be compelled by our federal government to purchase insurance policies that violate their religious and moral convictions.ŌĆØ


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|Title: Resourceful design (review of Design for a Vulnerable Planet by Frederick Steiner).
|Authors: Wright,James
|Source: Texas Books in Review, Winter/Spring 2012, 31-32 :4-1
|Subjects: Architecture - Environmental aspects (Book review) Steiner Frederick
|Ref ID: 94368
|Title: Managing growth: Protecting economy, environment requires careful approach to regulation
|Authors: Wangrin,Mark
|Source: Texas Rising, Winter 2012, : ,pg 13- 16
|Subjects: Economic development - Law and legislation Environmental protection - Law and legislation
|Ref ID: 94844
|Title: Invisible sustainability
|Authors: Graham,Bess
|Source: The Medallion, Summer 2012, 50 :3
|Subjects: Environmental protection Historic preservation
|Ref ID: 94447
|Title: Novel approach: An outlaw for Mother Earth - Like [Diane Wilson's] previous writings, Diary of an Eco-Outlaw pulls double-duty as a work of literature and a work of politics
|Authors: Leleux,Robert
|Source: Texas Observer, Sep-11, 103 :14 ,pg 37-
|Subjects: Wilson Diane Environmental protection
|Additional Information: Other books by DIane Wilson mentioned: An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas, and Holy Roller: Growing up in the Church of Knock Down, Drag Out; or How I Quit Loving a Blue-Eyed Jesus.
|Ref ID: 92847
|Title: Forrest for the trees: Rivers run through it . . . for now
|Authors: Wilder,Forrest
|Source: Texas Observer, October 2012, 104 :10 ,pg 44-
|Subjects: Lower Rio Grande Valley (Tex.) Environmental protection Rivers - Texas Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
|Ref ID: 95318
|Title: TCEQ chairman plans meeting with new EPA regional chief
|Source: Texas Weekly, October 15, 2012, 29 :39
|Subjects: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Environmental protection
|Ref ID: 94898
|Title: Forrest for the trees: The null set
|Authors: Wilder,Forrest
|Source: Texas Observer, Oct-11, 103 :15 ,pg 44-
|Subjects: Perry Rick Nullification (States' rights) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality White Kathleen Hartnett Water quality - Law and legislation
|Ref ID: 92962
|Title: Letter from Decatur: Here's the drill - An extraction technique known as fracking has unleashed not only a frenzied gas boom across the country but also crucial questions about contamination and regulation. For Barnett Shale residents Tim and Christine Ru
|Authors: Elbein,Saul
|Source: Texas Monthly, Oct-11, 39 :10 ,pg 74+-
|Subjects: Ruggiero Tim RUggiero Christine Hydraulic fracturing Wise County Aruba Petroleum Inc. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Railroad Commission of Texas Petroleum industry and trade - Pollution
|Ref ID: 92820
|Title: Imprinted here
|Authors: Cox,Mike
|Source: Texas Parks and Wildlife, November 2012, 70 :9 ,pg 44- 45-49
|Subjects: Environmental protection - Awards
|Additional Information: Cook's Branch Conservancy; Leopold Conservatoin Award
|Ref ID: 94945
|Title: Political intelligence: Annals of civil disobedience - sittin' in a tree
|Authors: Mosqueda,Priscila
|Source: Texas Observer, November 2012, 104 :11
|Subjects: Political activists Environmentalists Pipelines TransCanada (Corporation)
|Additional Information: Activists against the Keystone XL pipeline tree sitting near Winnsboro (Tex.).
|Ref ID: 95225
|Title: Essentials: Cast iron
|Authors: Ramirez,Kristie
|Source: Texas Monthly, November 2012, 40 :11 ,pg 40-
|Subjects: Decorative cast-ironwork
|Ref ID: 95247
|Title: Lady Bird's legacy
|Authors: Rodriguez,Barbara
|Source: Texas Highways, Mar-12, 59 :3 ,pg 40- 47
|Subjects: Johnson Lady Bird Environmentalists
|Additional Information: A tour of several sites devoted to Lady Bird Johnson and her mission of environmental protection: Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park (Johnson City); LBJ State Park (Stonewall); The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum (Austin); The Lady Bird Joh
|Ref ID: 93306
|Title: Unconquerable soul
|Authors: Kabele,Ron
|Source: Texas Parks and Wildlife, Mar-12, 70 :3 ,pg 50- 51-52
|Subjects: Big Thicket National Preserve Environmental conservation
|Additional Information: Geraldine Watson
|Ref ID: 93170
|Title: Tyrant's foe: Organizing Asarco workers
|Authors: Mosqueda,Priscila
|Source: Texas Observer, Jun-12, 104 :6
|Subjects: Environmental law Asarco Corporation Occupational health and safety
|Ref ID: 94298
|Title: Speaking of Texas: East Texas original
|Authors: Mallory,Randy
|Source: Texas Highways, Jul-12, 59 :7 ,pg 53- 56
|Subjects: Peacock Howard Environmentalists Big Thicket National Preserve
|Ref ID: 94724
|Title: State of the media: Perry's campaign shed light on Texas environment
|Authors: Minutaglio,Bill
|Source: Texas Observer, Feb-12, 104 :2 ,pg 43-
|Subjects: Environmental policy Journalism Perry Rick - Campaign
|Ref ID: 93288
|Title: Nature by design
|Authors: Roe,Russell
|Source: Texas Parks and Wildlife, December 2012, 70 :10 ,pg 38- 39-45
|Subjects: Architecture - Environmental aspects Civilian Conservation Corps Parks
|Ref ID: 94965
|Title: Political intelligence: Dept. of ulterior motives - food for thought
|Authors: Wilder,Forrest
|Source: Texas Observer, December 2012, 104 :12
|Subjects: Perry Rick Environmental protection Environmental Protection Agency
|Additional Information: Rick Perry and several other governors join forces to ask the EPA for a partial waiver from the Renewable Fuels Standard, requiring that ethanol be blended with gasoline.
|Ref ID: 95321
|Title: Up in the air: In the very public fight between Texas and the federal government, no organization has been as vilified as the EPA and its 'job-killing' regulations. That may be good politics, but is it good policy?
|Authors: Blakeslee,Nate
|Source: Texas Monthly, Dec-11, 39 :12 ,pg 148-151+-
|Subjects: Air pollution Perry Rick Coal-fired power plants Luminant Energy Company LLC Fraser Troy Smith Tom "Smitty" Eltife Kevin Abbott Greg Jackson Lisa Shaw Bryan Texas Commission on Environmental Quality United States Environmental Protection Agency Geo
|Additional Information: Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) of the EPA. People mentioned: Troy Fraser, David Campbell (CEO of Luminant), Tom "Smitty" Smith (Public Citizen), Kevin Eltife, Phil Wilson, John Wilder (CEO of TXU), Al Almendariz, Laura Miller, Trammell Crow, Rober
|Ref ID: 92777
|Title: The brains behind the curtain: The intellectual force behind Rick Perry's most controversial ideas is a little-known think tank with ambitious goals
|Authors: Wilder,Forrest;Rapoport,Abby
|Source: Texas Observer, Dec-11, 103 :17 ,pg 10-15-
|Subjects: Texas Public Policy Foundation Perry Rick Leininger James Hasting Melinda Wheatley Rollins Brooke Education - Finance Texas Commission on Environmental Quality University of Texas at Austin (Austin Tex.) Trans-Texas Corridor Toll roads
|Additional Information: People mentioned: Phil Gramm, Wendy Gramm, Fritz Steiger, Josh Trevino, George W. Bush, George W., Kathleen Hartnett White, Mary Katherine Stout, Jeff Sandefer, Rick O'Donnell.
|Ref ID: 92971
|Title: Heavy metal
|Authors: Wilder,Forrest
|Source: Texas Observer, Aug-12, 104 :8 ,pg 22- 27
|Subjects: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical Corporation Pollution - Law and legislation Pollution - Physiological aspects Freeport (Tex.) - Pollution
|Additional Information: A profile and history of Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical Corporation, a company called the most brazen polluter in Texas and the legal battle to get them to clean up their act.
|Ref ID: 94864
|Title: Crane man
|Authors: Berryhill,Michael
|Source: Texas Monthly, Aug-12, 40 :8 ,pg 52+-
|Subjects: Stehn Tom Whooping crane - - Trials litigation etc. Endangered species - - Trials litigation etc. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority Water conservation - Trials litigation etc. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Jack Janis Blackburn Jim Corpus Christi (Tex.) - - Trials litigation etc. O'Connor Family
|Additional Information: Tom Stehn testifies at the Corpus Christi (Tex.) trial of a lawsuit brought by environmentalists and the O'Connor family of Victoria (Tex.) against the State of Texas and the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority over the failure of the GBRA to release fresh water into San Antonio Bay. The suit alleges this failure accelerated the deaths of several members of the Whooping Crane population, already stressed by the drought of 2008 and 2009.
|Ref ID: 94595
|Title: Cash for conservation
|Authors: Gilliland,Charles// Sarah Whitmore
|Source: Tierra Grande, Apr-11, 18 :2 ,pg Online-
|Subjects: Environmental conservation
|Additional Information: ID: 103; Environmental Quality Incentives Program; Natural Resource Conservation Service; Graph: EQIP funding schedule.
|Ref ID: 91513
|Title: Cash for conservation
|Authors: Gilliland,Charles// Sarah Whitmore
|Source: Tierra Grande, Apr-11, 18 :2 ,pg Online-
|Subjects: Environmental conservation
|Additional Information: Environmental Quality Incentives Program; Natural Resource Conservation Service; Graph: EQIP funding schedule.
|Ref ID: 91589
|Title: Political intelligence: Dept. of water departments - Goodbye to a river?
|Authors: Wilder,Forrest
|Source: Texas Observer, 7-Jan-11, 102 :23
|Subjects: Trinity River Texs Commission for Environmental Quality Hess Myron Water-supply
|Additional Information: Should be v.103, no.1.
|Ref ID: 90746
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A dependent care assistance program (DCAP) is a tax-favored arrangement by which the employer reimburses employees for dependent care expenses, makes payments to third parties for care of employees' dependents, or provides a dependent care facility for employees. The employer can deduct amounts paid or incurred under a qualified DCAP. Employees can exclude employer payments from income (subject to certain limitations) if the expenses would be employment-related for child care credit purposes if they were paid by the employee (Secs. 129(a)(1) and (e)(1)). While this column assumes that the employer makes a payment or reimbursement to the employees, if the employer maintains a dependent care assistance facility, employees can exclude amounts based on their use of the facility and the value of the services provided. Regardless, employees cannot claim the Sec. 21 dependent care credit for amounts excluded from income (Sec. 129(e)(7)).
Dependent care assistance includes employer payments or reimbursements for dependent care services necessary for the employee's gainful employment, including (1) expenses for household services incurred to provide care to qualifying persons and (2) expenses incurred to provide care to a qualifying person (Secs. 21(b)(2) and 129(e)(1)). The expenses must be primarily for the well-being and protection of the qualifying person.
To be a DCAP, a plan must meet the eligibility requirements of Sec. 129(d). If the plan does not meet the requirements to be a DCAP, it will still be treated as a DCAP in the case of employees who are not highly compensated employees. A highly compensated employee for dependent care purposes is an employee who (1) was a more-than-5% owner (directly or indirectly through family attribution (i.e., spouse, children, grandchildren, or parents) under Sec. 318) at any time during the current or preceding year or (2) for the preceding year, had compensation greater than $115,000 (for 2013 and 2014, as adjusted for inflation) and if the employer so elects, was in the top 20% of employees (based on compensation) for the preceding year.
Highly compensated employees who receive dependent care assistance under a plan that does not qualify as a DCAP under Sec. 129(d) cannot exclude the assistance from income (Sec. 129(d)(1)). Instead, the payments or reimbursements are subject to employment taxation and are reported as wages on the employee's Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement. However, non-highly compensated employees can exclude benefits (up to the maximum exclusion amounts) from a plan that does not qualify as a DCAP under Sec. 129(d) from income.
The amount that can be excluded from income is limited to the smallest of (1) the employee's earned income or the earned income of the lower-earning spouse if the employee is married, (2) dependent care benefits received, or (3) $5,000 ($2,500 if married filing separately). Expenses paid to dependents of the employee or the employee's spouse, or to children of the employee under age 19, are not excludable (Sec. 129(c)). Excess assistance is included in income in the year the dependent care services are provided, even if the reimbursement or payment is made in a later tax year (Sec. 129(a)(2)(B)).
A qualified program must be documented in a separate written plan that can be part of a larger plan providing a choice of taxable or nontaxable benefits (a Sec. 125 cafeteria benefit plan). While the program need not be funded, it must meet the following requirements of Sec. 129(d):
Certain employees can be excluded when applying these tests (Sec. 129(d)(9)). If a plan does not meet these requirements, highly compensated employees (as previously defined) must include the benefits in gross income (Sec. 129(d)(1)).
DCAPs can be (and often are) included as part of a Sec. 125 cafeteria benefit plan, which allows employees to choose between dependent care and other nontaxable benefits, or cash. (In fact, a cafeteria plan that satisfies the written plan requirements for plan benefits in Prop. Regs. Sec. 1.125-1(c)(1) also satisfies the Sec. 129 written plan requirements—see Prop. Regs. Sec. 1.125-1(c)(2).) However, for highly compensated employees to exclude dependent care assistance from income, the program must meet the Sec. 129(d) requirements previously listed, and the cafeteria plan must meet the applicable nondiscrimination rules of Sec. 125. Neither the status of the program as a DCAP nor the discriminatory status of the cafeteria plan affects other (non-highly compensated) employees.
A dependent care flexible spending account (FSA) is a benefit program under which dependent care reimbursement accounts are established for participating employees. The participants make elective (pretax) contributions to fund their individual reimbursement accounts. (These amounts are withheld periodically during the year.) The balances in the reimbursement accounts are then used to reimburse specific dependent care expenses incurred by the employee during the year—subject, however, to reimbursement maximums and other reasonable conditions.
A participant in the dependent care FSA is entitled to reimbursement solely for dependent care expenses (i.e., the participant cannot be entitled to receive reimbursements in the form of cash or any other taxable or nontaxable benefit). A dependent care FSA can be offered alone or as a part of a larger Sec. 125 cafeteria benefit plan. Dependent care FSA contributions are limited to $5,000 per year ($2,500 for married individuals filing separately).
The IRS views a dependent care FSA as a DCAP. Thus, the dependent care FSA must generally comply with the requirements normally applicable to an employer-provided DCAP. Unlike health care FSAs, dependent care FSAs do not have to provide uniform coverage throughout the coverage period (Prop. Regs. Sec. 1.125-5(d)(5)). This means the amount available currently to an employee for reimbursement of dependent care expenses under the program is limited to the amount of employee contributions made at that point, reduced for any prior reimbursements.
Example: L, a married employee who cares for her disabled mother, joins her employer's dependent care FSA. Upon enrollment, she requests that the maximum of $5,000 be taken out of her $70,000 gross salary. The company deducts $416.67 from her monthly paycheck and deposits this amount into her dependent care FSA. At the end of the first quarter, L's FSA contains $1,250. During the quarter, she incurred $5,000 in dependent care expenses, and she submits these expenses for reimbursement. The maximum amount of the reimbursement L will receive at the end of the first quarter is $1,250, the amount in her FSA at the time of her request.
Employees forfeit any amount remaining in their dependent care FSA at the end of the plan year unless the plan provides a qualifying grace period. A grace period of up to 2½ months immediately following the end of each plan year is allowed (Prop. Regs. Sec. 1.125-1(e); Notice 2005-42). Expenses for qualified benefits incurred during the grace period may be paid or reimbursed from benefits or contributions that remain at the end of the immediately preceding plan year. The employee forfeits any balance still remaining at the end of the grace period.
This case study has been adapted from PPC's Tax Planning Guide—Closely Held Corporations, 26th Edition, by Albert L. Grasso, R. Barry Johnson, Lewis A. Siegel, Richard Burris, Mary C. Danylak, James A. Keller, and Brian Martin, published by Practitioners Publishing Co., Fort Worth, Texas, 2013 (800-323-8724; ppc.thomson.com).
Albert Ellentuck is of counsel with King & Nordlinger LLP in Arlington, Va.


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Bridge to NRC named for Museum Director Betsy Bennett
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In a surprise ceremony at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh, former Governor Jim Hunt today announced that the bridge that will connect the Museum to its new wing, the Nature Research Center, has been named in honor of Museum Director Betsy M. Bennett. More than 150 people attended the ceremony, including Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Dee Freeman, Co-founder and Executive Vice President of SAS John Sall, Bennett's husband and children, community leaders, members of the Museum's Advisory and Friends boards, and Museum staff.
The 80,000-square-foot wing, slated to open in early 2012, will connect everyday people to research and show them how science affects their daily lives. The bridge, which will extend from the Museum's 2nd and 3rd floors across Salisbury Street into the NRC, will have one enclosed and one open-air level, both of which will contain educational exhibits. Construction of the bridge, which begins in February, is made possible by a generous grant from SAS and other private donors in the community. "We are honored to be a part of this dedication," said Sall. "As a technology company driven by innovation, we recognize the profound significance and impact of scientific discovery. We look forward to the grand opening of the Nature Research Center in 2012 and the inspiration and creativity it will spark among those pursuing a lifelong career in science."
When the new facility for the NC Museum of Natural Sciences opened its doors in April 2000, Bennett had just entered her 10th year as Museum director. During her tenure, she revitalized an old and grand institution into a multifaceted research museum. "No one has done more for science awareness or science education in North Carolina than Betsy Bennett," said Tom Earnhardt, President of the Friends of the Museum. "In just 20 years, Betsy's spirit and enthusiasm has literally changed the face of Jones St. with the addition of two iconic buildings and state-of-the-art exhibits which she has championed. Betsy Bennett richly deserves to be recognized for educating both adults and children about the natural wonders of North Carolina and why they are critical to our state's economic prosperity."
Now, as the largest facility of its kind in the Southeast, the Museum attracts more than 700,000 visitors per year on average and is one of North Carolina's top field trip destinations. Bennett expects the addition of the new wing to attract an additional 200,000 people per year.
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh documents and interprets the natural history of the state of North Carolina through exhibits, research, collections, publications and educational programming. Hours: Mon–Sat., 9 am–5 pm, and Sun, noon–5 pm. Admission is free. Visit the Museum on the Web at www.naturalsciences.org. The Museum is an agency of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Dee Freeman., Secretary.


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St. Philip's plans annual culinary challenge
By Edmund Tijerina : November 8, 2012 : Updated: November 9, 2012 11:37pm
Watch some of the city's future culinary talent on on Wednesday at Central Market, and sample some of their creations.
It's the annual culinary competition featuring students from an advanced culinary arts class at St. Philip's College.
This year, attendees will get a chance to ask questions of the students while they try their dishes. The event is free to attend and it takes place in the café area at Central Market, 4821 Broadway. Judging begins at 11:30 a.m. Get there a few minutes early to be in place for samples.
New name in groceries
Look for Arlan's Markets in the local grocery market coming soon. The Houston-area chain has purchased six Handy Andy stores in San Antonio, New Braunfels, Schertz and Seguin and will convert them to Arlan's over the next few weeks, company representatives said.
Arlan's also purchased the three City Markets in Austin.


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ArtWalk Business of Art Scholarship Project now showing at The Frame MakerMay 20, 2009 – 12:38 am
Along with the Artists' Proof show now at The Frame Maker through June 2, we are also proud to have "Business of Art" Scholarship winner Jessica Siemens' work in our Artist Services' Room as well.
If you missed Jessica at ArtWalk in Little Italy back in April, her booth and presentation was the product of a new scholarship program sponsored by ArtWalk and The Frame Maker, and lead by John Hiemstra of the San Diego Finishing School.
In the program, a student artist form SDSU is awarded with a mentoring sequence in the "Business of Art" built around the two day exhibition ArtWalk exhibition.
We've written some about the ArtWalk experience for us as 2009 Event Sponsors, and its fun to see both shows serenely installed now in The Frame Maker showroom after two frantic days at ArtWalk.
Here are a few pictures of Jessica installation in the Artists' Services room, we'll post more about this particular project from our point of view soon.


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In support legs intended for mobile cranes and comprising telescopically displaceable jib sections, an arrangement permitting maximum jib length while retaining complete stability of the crane, said arrangement including a support arm extending in the direction of the displacement of said jib sections and supported at one end by the crane base and abutting at its opposite end against the inner jib section, said support arm additionally provided with means to limit the degree of extension of said inner jib section.
1. An improvement in support legs intended for mobile cranes, said cranes including a vehicle chassis and a base supported by the vehicle chassis, said support legs comprising inner and outer jib sections arranged for telescopic displacement into each other and for movement into opposite ends of a crane base in a direction transverse to the vehicle chassis said inner and outer jib sections each having inner ends located within the base, said sections having an extended position in which said ends lie spaced within the base and a retracted position in which said sections are telescopically received within said base with said inner jib section telescopically received in said outer jib section, the improvement comprising a support arm, said inner jib section being displaceable into the base telescopically to receive said support arm, one end of said arm being supported adjacent to and by that side of said crane base where said support leg incorporating said outer jib section is positioned, the opposite end of said support arm abutting against the interior of the inner jib section, and said support arm supporting at some point intermediate its two ends, that end of said inner jib section which is positioned inside said crane base.
2. An improvement in support legs as claimed in claim 1, said jib sections being in the form of box beams, the improvement comprising a bracket formed in said crane base, one end of said support arm mounted on said bracket, and a longitudinally extending slit formed in said outer jib section, said bracket arranged so as to penetrate through said longitudinal slit.
3. An improvement in support legs as claimed in claim 2, comprising an upstanding shoulder formed on said support arm, the interior of said inner jib section adjacent the end thereof which is positioned inside said crane base abutting against said shoulder when said support leg is in its extended position.
4. An improvement in support legs as claimed in claim 3, comprising a downwardly directed shoulder on said inner end of said outer jib section, said crane base being in the form of a hollow cross beam supporting said crane, a second shoulder formed on said cross beam, said downwardly directed shoulder, upon extended position of said jib section, abutting against said second shoulder on said cross beam.
5. In a mobile crane assembly which includes a vehicle chassis having a rigid base structure extending transversely thereof, a pair of vertical support legs adapted to be moved between a retracted position in which they lie closely adjacent said base structure at the opposite sides of said chassis and an extended position in which they are positioned in outrigger fashion with respect to the vehicle chassis, an outer jib section having an outer end fixed to one support leg and an inner jib section having an outer end fixed to the other support leg, each jib section being of a length substantially equal to the transverse dimension of said chassis defined by said base structure and said inner jib section being telescopically received in said outer jib section when said support legs are in said retracted position and said jib sections having inner ends which are separated from each other when said support legs are in said extended position, said base structure defining a transverse, horizontal channel slidably receiving said jib sections whereby when said jib sections are in extended position, longitudinally spaced points of a length of the inner end of said outer jib section are engaged by said base structure rigidly to cantilever said outer jib section from said base structure whereas only an intermediate portion of said inner jib section is engaged by said base structure leaving said inner end thereof unsupported by said base structure, and support arm means carried by said base structure for engaging the unsupported inner end of said inner jib section when it is extended to cooperate with said base structure and rigidly cantilever said inner jib section from said base structure, said support arm means comprising an elongate arm telescopically slidable within said inner jib section.
6. In a mobile crane assembly as defined in claim 5 wherein said base structure includes a bracket pivotally mounting one end of said support arm.
7. In a vehicle crane assembly as defined in claim 6 wherein said outer jib section is of hollow form, said bracket projecting into said outer jib section and said outer jib section having a longitudinal slot allowing the outer jib section to slide relative to said bracket.
8. In a mobile crane assembly as defined in claim 7 wherein said bracket is located adjacent that side of the chassis from which said outer jib section is extensible and said support arm extends therefrom substantially to the opposite side of the support structure.
Mobile cranes, i.e. cranes supported on vehicles, must be provided with support legs preventing the vehicle from tipping over during the crane loading operations. In constructing support legs and the jibs therefor it is necessary to consider
A. the maximum vehicle width permissible
B. that when the support leg jib is fully extracted a not unimportant portion of its total length must rest in the crane base cross beam in order that the stress on the load-bearing parts remain at the permitted values, and
C. that when the jib sections are formed so as to be telescopically displaceable relative to one another it is normally necessary that the inner jib beam is formed with a support shoulder against which the outer jib beam abuts whereby its displacement into the crane base is interrupted, for which reason this latter jib beam cannot be made as long as the crane base cross beam would otherwise permit, could its entire length have been utilized.
The present invention is based on the above-mentioned knowledge and concerns an improvement of the support leg construction in that it permits elimination of the obstructive support shoulder in the crane base cross beam and thus permits the provision of considerably longer jib beams as well as further extraction of the latter without exceeding the permissible values of the loading stress. More precisely, the invention concerns mobile crane support legs of the kind which are provided with jib sections which are arranged for telescopic displacement into one another and are movable inside the crane base in a direction transverse to the vehicle chassis. It is characteristic of the invention that the inner jib section is displaceable above and in the longitudinal direction of a support arm one end of which is supported close to and by that side of the crane base where the support leg incorporating the outer jib section is positioned and the opposite end of which abuts against the inner jib section, preferably inside the latter, and that at some point intermediate its ends the arm supports that end of the inner jib section which is positioned inside the crane base.
The invention will be described more in detail in the following with reference to the accompanying, partly diagrammatical drawings, wherein
FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view through a mobile crane, the support legs being in their inner, retracted position,
FIG. 2 is a similar cross-sectional view showing the support legs in operative position;
FIG. 3 illustrates on an enlarged scale a vertical section along line III--III of FIG. 1, and
FIG. 4 shows a similar sectional view along line IV--IV of FIG. 2.
In the base 2 of the crane 3 supported by the vehicle chassis 1 jib sections 4, 5 are telescopically displaceable into one another in a direction transverse to the vehicle chassis, support legs 6, 7 being mounted at the outer ends of these jib sections. The jib sections 4, 5 are displaceable in one, 8, of the cross beams of the crane base. Through the jib sections which are in the form of square beams are arranged to pass guides 9, 10 provided at the ends of the cross beam 8.
Inside the cross beam 8 is arranged a support arm 11 through one end of which passes a bolt 12 so as to rest in a fork-shaped bracket 13 in the interior of the cross beam 8 at the end thereof adjacent the support leg 7. The bracket 13 passes through a longitudinally extending slit 14 formed in the lower wall 15 of the outer jib section 5. This jib section 5 is provided at its inner end with a stop shoulder 16 which cooperates with a second stop shoulder 16' formed in the interior of the cross beam 8 to limit the outwards displacement of the jib section. The opposite end of the support arm 11 support a shoulder 17 by means of which the arm abuts against the lower wall 18 of the inner jib section 4. Between the bolt 12 and the shoulder 17 the support arm 11 presents an upright shoulder 19. That end 20 of the inner jib section 4, which is positioned inside the cross beam 8, is arranged to abut against the shoulder 19 when the jib section is fully extended. Also the inner jib section 4 is provided with a stop shoulder or similar means arranged to limit the jib section extension to the outer position (operative position).
As clearly appears from FIG. 2, in comparison with FIG. 1, the support legs 6, 7 may, together with their jib sections 4, 5, be extended from a compact, retracted and inoperative position into a widely separated, extracted position wherein the momentum arms 21 and 22 nevertheless achieve considerable length which means that the stress on the load-bearing parts may be kept within permissible values.
The embodiment as illustrated and described is to be regarded as an example only and particularly the arrangement of the support arm 11 may be altered in various ways within the scope of the invention. The mounting of the support arm 11 thus may be effected in other ways than by means of a through-bolt 12. In the drawings, the support arm 11 is illustrated in a position inside the inner jib section 4 but in accordance with another embodiment it may be formed as a fork with its two legs extending one at either side of the inner jib section and cooperating with slide rails provided on the external jib face.
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Three Quarter Day Introduction to Rock Climbing and Abseiling (Adult)
Locations: Grampians National Park, Melbourne
A bit longer and more adventurous than the Half-day session, this includes climbs from various cliff aspects, and some spectacular ...
A bit longer and more adventurous than the Half-day session, this includes climbs from various cliff aspects, and some spectacular abseiling to give you a taste of the vertical world!
This is a fantastic introductory experience to give you a taste of abseiling and rock-climbing, all in the one session. This session covers both rock-climbing and abseiling tailored to suit your ability or skill level. Even if you are a nervous beginner, do not worry! During this session you will enjoy climbs from various cliff aspects and some spectacular abseiling as you are guided along by your instructor.
You will be provided with all the required equipment and a qualified instructor to guide you through the session.
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Mark Eric Patterson
Mark Eric Patterson, 55, of Bramble Rd, S.W., Carrollton, died unexpectedly in his home Dec. 4, 2009.
Born July 31, 1954, in Dennison, he was a son of Margaret Sherrick Patterson of Scio and the late Elva Patterson.
He was a retired heavy equipment mechanic with the Operating Engineers Union Akron-Canton Local.
He is survived by his mother, a daughter, Rachel Patterson of Scio; a brother, Paul Patterson of Peoria, AZ; and three sisters, Judy Reimold of Northfield, Janet Wiggins of Worthington and Peggy Smith of Austin, TX.
At Mark's request, no public funeral services will be held. Sweeney-Dodds Funeral Home of Carrollton was in charge of local arrangements.
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Today is X for X marks the spot in Rena Traxel's AtoZ Poetry Challenge. Two more days left to go, we'll be lost without it. Thanks so much Rena for all your hard work. Today we are asked to write a found poem of sorts using key words we can pick out from source text. Please pop over to Rena's blog to read all about the Found Poetry Project and read the source text where I got my words. I'll underline the words I chose for my poem. The picture below shows you the rules if you ever wish to try one.
125,000 for the honeymoon,
relationship rocky,
Wolf Valley a better choice,
no cash left for groceries,
no champagne to sip on the veranda.
Dodge the Becketts
Stomp to the common beat
of monotony, monogamy
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bareMinerals High Shine Eye Color Review, Photos, Swatches
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Bare Escentuals High Shine Eye Color ($16.00 for 0.05 oz.) are kind of amazing. If you're looking for intensely pigmented, smooth as silk, and bright, metallic-like eyeshadows, Bare Escentuals has you covered. There are six shades available: Frost (silver), Moonshine (deep plum), Patina (gilded khaki), Electric (deep teal), Bronzed (bronze brown), and Glisten (golden sand).
These apply so smoothly–as if they were creams or liquids, but they're very much a loose powder. The powder seems incredibly finely milled, which helps give it that silky texture and intensifies the color as it holds together impeccably. Though I find these shades rather high-shine to wear alone, I love them as bases or mixed with other shadows. I did try wearing Glisten on its lonesome to test for creasing, and it wore well–no creasing six hours later.
- Frost is a bright metallic silver. This is easily the most dupeable shade, as most silvers tend to be on the metallic side in finish (if it's not, then it's more of a gray, is it not?)
- Moonshine is a softened mauve-tinged plum. This shade seemed the least metallic of the bunch.
- Patina is a gilded olive green with gold shimmer-sheen. This one is gorgeous if you're a green fiend!
- Electric is a softened blue that pulls just slightly teal. It's really not teal to me, though–maybe a dusty teal?
- Bronzed is a warm bronze with a metallic sheen. This also felt a bit dupeable; it's just one of those warm bronzes you see often. It doesn't make it bad, just not necessarily the one to get.
- Glisten is a tarnished gold with a metallic sheen. This was my other favorite, along with Patina, but I'm a total sucker for antique golds…
These are beautiful from first swatch to application, but there is a major drawback to this product line. The applicator/tube is a total no-go! However they managed it, when you pull the applicator out of the tube (which is a large sponge-tipped applicator), it also pulls a ton of product onto the edges. In essence, it pulls out far too much product on the applicator itself as well as leaves a lot along the rim of the tube (which just falls on your floor, lap, or wherever!).
I would recommend dumping the color into a jar or else cutting the applicator off — because it seems like the larger sponge-tip does pull much of the excess to the rim, so if you just snipped it off entirely (and used a separate brush to apply), you could leave it in the tube. (Ironically, they tout the applicator as a "convenient, quick-draw wand [that] allows for easy, on-the-go application.")
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First, let me point out that this is not gourmet food - you will not find a sprig of locally harvested parsley over your gluten-free spelt pasta here. It's Brooklyn Italian food, and very good comfort food, if you get my drift. The pizza is meh, but the chicken cutlet parm, meatballs, shrimp cocktail, baked clams, lasagna, and baked ziti are all very good. The prices are reasonable, and it's certainly good eats.
Posted by anonymous on 09/20/2011
Contrary to other patrons reviews, that the food wasnt up to par I decided it was tuesday and i would give them a chance. well, listen to the people, it had to be the most disappointing pizza i have every tasted. my father who eats anything, couldnt finish a slice. i would have been better off paying full price somewhere else. i asked for it to be extra crispy, well it was blacken, but was as chewy as rubber with no taste. sorry about this review, but i will never go there again!
Posted by JJ from BK on 09/04/2011
Used to be my go to place for a pie in Marine Park. However, their quality is a notch below from say, five years ago. Decent, but their are better options in the area. Their Tuesday specials are still worth it. Pick up only, 7 or 8 bucks for a pie (I forget) tough to beat. Their pizza is decent, just not the best out there. Their Italian plates are under seasoned. Stick to the pizza and the baked clams.
Posted by Anonymous on 04/30/2010
Lenny and John's is a neighborhood staple. I think you have to consider a few things to set your expectations accordingly: if you are looking for fine dining this is not the spot. The restaurant is very much like a neighborhood pizza spot and the pizza is a little lackluster (mainly if you catch the Tuesday pie special, which is a great value but so many of them go out that they don't give it the extra love). The rest of the food is VERY good. I've been a customer for over 10 years and here's some facts: 1) the shrimp cocktail is always fresh and a great value. 2) baked ziti with meatballs, spaghetti and meatballs parmesan, baked clams, broccoli rolls, and chicken cutlet are always great. 3) they have an easy set up for repeat delivery customers where they have your address by looking up your telephone number (great service) 4) when they say 45 minutes, they mean 45 minutes (very rarely earlier or later) 5) they are open late. Keep it up guys!
Posted by anonymous on 03/01/2010
Lenny&John's was recommended to me and when i went there I was impressed. I have had the baked ziti which was fantastic and it was a reasonable amount. I have also had the pizza; the plain slice and the "white" slice and they were both delicious. The cheese is great and the crust is baked to the tee. The service is good and the employees are very friendly. Also the prices are good.The atmosphere is good, it is a typical NYC fast food restaurant. I recommend it to everyone.
Posted by Neighborhood Pizza Lover on 10/07/2009
I have had my share of pizza throughout the country, but this store does not live up to its hype. I was recommended by my friend who's a critic to try their pizza, but was sadly disappointed. The cheese was somewhat pasty and had a congealed affect, and their crust was pretty flimsy so the cheese practically slid off. I hope that is not how they make all their pizza because it brought to mind the question of how they could fit anything besides cheese and sauce on that crust? The atmosphere was to be expected since the space was not large enough to hold parties or large groups. It can get pretty loud in there so a quiet meal is out of the question. During peak hours there is standing room only which proves they can get pretty busy. Their prices were not bad, but for the quality of the food it does not seem to add up. I guess it all depends on how you like your food since all I tried was their, but I was not impressed. I judge a pizzeria by their pizza which should usually draw the customers in. I can personally say that I will not be making any more trips over there for pizza.


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Last month, the National Academy of Sciences issued a "weird life" report cautioning NASA not to be so focused on water. It told the space agency that "as the search for life in the solar system expands, it is important to know what exactly to search for."
That same report urged NASA to avoid being "fixated on carbon" when it looks for life even though carbon is often called the backbone of life on Earth.
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Ray Kurzweil, a renowned futurist who advises people such as Bill Gates, believes that by 2029 a machine will pass a prime test of artificial intelligence, offering the same kind of answers as a human.
"The key issue as to whether or not a non-biological entity deserves rights really comes down to whether or not it's conscious," Kurzweil said. "Does it have feelings?"
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While the scene wasn't an uncommon setting for police, many students believed they witnessed a handgun being apprehended from the man — but Columbia City Police Chief Tim Longenbaugh said the threat wasn't what it seemed.
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Longenbaugh said Miller was not on school property, but on Whitley Street — near the school grounds. Though the BB gun wasn't a threat, police also found stolen property in Miller's possession.
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Bristol Zoo Gardens is holding its annual fireworks display, a sparkly event without the loud bangs to frighten little ones or animals. Hot drinks and wintry treats will also be available.The display starts at 5.30pm. Tickets are adult £6, child £4.50 and family £18. Children under two go free but need tickets.
Also on Friday is the Downend Firework Show which takes place at King George V Playing Fields, at 7.30pm. This year's chosen charity is Macmillan Cancer Support. There's also a children's display which starts at 6.30pm. Advance tickets are £3.50 and available at various outlets in and around Downend. On-the-gate prices are £4 for a child (child in arms/pram free), £5 for an adult.
A night of fireworks fun is being promised at Portishead Town Football Club. The display is at the club ground at Bristol Road and gates open at 6pm with a bar and barbecue on site. Tickets are £4 each in advance or £10 for a family ticket or £5 at the gate and are available from the football club, committee members, the Sports Shop and Mark's Barbers.Only disabled parking will be available on site.
Whitehall RFC Fireworks and Live Music – in Foundry Lane from 6.30pm. Family £6 (2+2), adults £2, kids £1.50.
Bristol Round Table and Clifton Rotary Club are hosting a Fireworks Fiesta in Canford Park, Westbury-on-Trym. Gates open at 6pm for a 7pm start. It is a family friendly display that supports local charities. Bristol journalist and TV presenter Susan Osman will be announcing the countdown to the start of the fireworks. Tickets are available from local schools or local St Peter's Hospice shops. Tickets bought in advance are £4, with a £5 gate price on the night (under threes free). For every ticket bought through a school or a St Peter's Hospice shop, 50p will be returned as a commission. For more information visit www.fireworks fiesta.co.uk
Clevedon and District Round Table is holding its annual bonfire and firework fantasia at the Clevedon Cricket Club, Dial Hill. Organisers say: "As well as the bonfire and a magical firework display, there will be a spectacular fire-eating show. A variety of hot snacks and drinks will also be available in addition to funfair rides for the children."
The event raises money for the local community. Tickets in advance cost £3 or £4 on the gate. Gates open at 6pm for funfair rides, the bonfire is lit at 7pm and fireworks at 7.30pm.
On the same night, DoubleTree by Hilton, Cadbury House will hold its fifth annual night of fireworks. The grounds around the health club and hotel will be transformed, complete with fairground rides and stalls. The event will begin at 4.30pm. There will be a children's entertainment show at 5pm. The firework display will end the evening at 6.30pm and there will also be face painting, a children's entertainer, popcorn, candyfloss a BBQ and a drinks tent.
Tickets cost £5 for members and £7.50 for non-members. Children's tickets cost £3 for members and £4 for non-members with children under threes going free.
1st Winterbourne Scouts group's famous community firework display is being held at Sunnyside Farm, off Cloisters Road, Winterbourne. Budget friendly prices – a family of four can enjoy a night's entertainment for £10.
Gates open at 5.30pm with a Bring a Guy competition, and the main display starts at 7pm with traditional BBQ fare on offer. All proceeds in aid of the Scouts.
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Bristol Zoo Gardens is holding another night of its fireworks display, a sparkly event without the loud bangs to frighten little ones or animals. Hot drinks and wintery treats will also be available to buy. The display starts at 5.30pm. Tickets are adult £6, child £4.50 and family £18. Under twos go free but need tickets.
Thornbury Round Table will be holding a fireworks display from 5pm to 9pm at Mundy Playing Fields, Thornbury. Tickets: adults £5, children £3 on the gate. Discounted tickets available from local shops at £4 for adults and £2 for children.
Bishop Road Primary School in Bishopston – gates open 5pm, fireworks display at 6.45pm.
Tickets bought in advance are £3.50 for adults and £3 for children, or £5 for adults and £3 for children on the door. Free entry for under threes. Tickets from Bishop Road School PTFA, Lashings Coffee House (260 Gloucester Road), Oddsox Shoes (204 Gloucester Road), Iota (167 Gloucester Road) and Sweet Pea (127 Coldharbour Road).
Gloucestershire Cricket Club will be holding its fireworks display at the County Ground in Nevil Road from 5pm. The children's display will be at 6.45pm and the main display at 7.15pm. Tickets: Adults £5, Under 16s £3. Free car parking.
Knowle Cricket Club will be hosting its annual firework display at its grounds located adjacent to Broadwalk shopping centre.
The gates will open at 5pm with the display commencing at 7.45pm.
Tickets are adult £5, child £3, family of two adults and two children £12.
The Bristol Telephones RFC annual firework display and BBQ is taking place in Stockwood Lane. Tickets £4 for adults, £2 for adults, £10 for a family.
The Bradley Stoke firework display is on Sunday, November 4. Gates open at 4.30pm, hot food is being served from 4.45pm, firework display starts at 6pm.
It's happening at the Jubilee Centre, Savages Wood Road, Bradley Stoke. There will be a charitable collection on the gates.
Thousands of spectators are expected at the Crown Field ground on Bristol Road for the annual Keynsham Rugby Club display and fun fair. Gates open at 6pm and the display is due to get under way at 7pm. Tickets will be available on the gate.
The annual bonfire night celebration will take place in Victoria Park near the junction of Nutgrove and Hill Avenues.
The bonfire will be lit at 6pm but organisers will be setting up from 4pm. The site should be cleared by 10pm.
As usual anyone is welcome to bring any wood to burn on the bonfire.
The Grand Pier in Weston-super- Mare is holding an evening of fireworks and fun.
The best views will be from the pier and entry is ticket only. Entry onto the Grand Pier and unlimited rides for the evening is £5 and entry, unlimited rides and a hot dog or burger is £7.50.
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HOUSTON - Nationally-ranked University of Houston handed the Lamar women's tennis team a 5-1 loss on Sunday afternoon, as the Lady Cardinals wrapped up their regular season against the Cougars at John E. Hoff Tennis Courts.
The loss dropped Lamar to 14-10 on the year, while 70th-ranked Houston finished its season with a 15-8 overall record. The Lady Cardinals will now prepare for the six-team Southland Conference tournament which is slated to begin on Fri., Apr. 22 in San Antonio.
Sunday's match at UH featured only singles play, as a result of the Cougars playing Sam Houston State in a full match earlier in the day. With no doubles action, both teams were fighting to reach the four-point mark to clinch the match.
Lamar sophomore Andrea Martinez did her best to help the Lady Cardinals, as the Durango, Mexico native won her seventh straight singles match with a strong straight-set win over Houston's Biljana Dimovska at the No. 1 position. Martinez improved to 18-6 on the year with a 6-4, 6-4 win. Unfortunately, that was the only victory LU could muster against its nationally-ranked foe.
Senior Hayley Bakker and freshman Marion Brument both lost hard-fought, three-set contests at the No. 3 and No. 5 spots, despite putting forth solid efforts. Bakker saw her three-match win streak come to an end at the No. 3, as Houston's Brianna Bateup won the first and third set by 6-3 scores. Brument opened her No. 5 match with a 6-2 first-set win, but the Cougar's Tiffany McLoughlin bounced back to take the match, 6-3 and 6-1.
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So last night was the Barcamp Singapore 2 event. It was hits and miss.
The first item for the night was a presentation by Google. Initially I thought it was boring. But, it wasn't boring because it was bad. Everything related to maps was covered by Andrew the Product Manager from Google and covered well. It was just that I would have thought that most of the people in the crowd would have known about Google and its offerings to make what Andrew said redundant.
I guess it is about expectations. I was hoping that Google would have surprised us by announcing something like Street View for Singapore. Or some initiative unique to Singapore and South-east asia to get more mapping data.
However, after the session, Bernard from Singapore Entrepreneurs tempered, what was on hindsight, my pretty unreasonable expectations. The ubiquity of Google in my life made me not realize that this was actually the first time Google was doing anything to reach out to the local developer community in Singapore and because it was the first time, no assumptions were made and proper introductions (apparently they practiced the presentation) were done.
You know, if I ever meet Jessica Alba in real life, and instead of allowing me to shake her hand and introducing herself and allowing me to introduce myself before I prostrate at her feet, she had gone, "You should know who I am, I am after all Jessica Alba", I would have been pretty put off, although still thankful to God for letting me see the ultimate gift to man in real life.
But, the point is this, if I don't expect and even like people to expect familiarity and demand recognition without proper introductions, why should I do any different with a company and its representatives.
The second item was a presentation by Bak2u. Ok, this one was a total unredeemable miss. The presenter talked to us like all of us have never owned a phone before. I mean, seriously, the first couple of slides, if not the majority of them, could have been cut. Losing phone bad. We know that. Data important. We know that. The most interesting and dare I say important part of the presentation like the technology/products of the company and how it helps us mobile phone owners were not covered enough. The presenter should have jumped straight into the meat. More demo!
What was worse is that a competitor (or at least I think they are one) tenCube did a pretty good job in showcasing their WaveSecure product. Now, I know jackshit about assessing which is a better mobile security offering but Bak2u's presentation didn't make it any easier. Actually, wait, it did. Because Bak2u didn't seem to offer a credible alternative in its presentation.
Now, I guess Bak2u might not have wanted to seem to be doing a sales pitch, and I can appreciate that. But it does seem pretty unfair to me if one presenter constrains himself when a competitor is going to be speaking next.
Ok. I just want to say that Harish showcased a webapp he built in 4 hours. Total hit. Simple, usable app. Awesome.
Widgeo.us to me was the star of the mobile track. I don't think I can do justice by trying to explain what they are doing so please go check their site out and maybe contact uzyn or ridz directly.
Just want to say one thing – I wish I could use it to communicate with people not using their platform.
I heard they did videos for the night, so wait for them to come out to see the rest of the presentations.
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Firstly, Wikipedia didn't really excite me when I first discovered it. I thought it was cool that there was an online resource I could use for information but having grown up with my World Book encyclopedia set since Primary School and having a really good library in school which I knew how to search effectively, Wikipedia didn't strike me as a particularly breakthrough piece of work.
However, now, as I come to understand it more than just an online resource of information but an artifact of social interactions unique to this period in human history, I have come to appreciate it more. And actually go whoa when i think about it but it didn't have that effect on me in the beginning.
Maybe Powerset is going to be another Wikipedia to me. Maybe. For now, I can't seem to get excited about it. I like the way they have represented the data from Wikipedia and the user interface to discover and learn more information but that is about it. Using Google or using the Wikipedia page of any topic of interest as a starting point works just as well or rather it works just as well for me.
To borrow a bit from Seth Godin, the problem, at least to me, why I can't seem to get excited about Powerset is that it doesn't tell the kind of story that Google did when I first used it. Google told a really simple yet effective story when they put this short message at the right of search results:
Results 1 – 10 of about 1,240,000,000 for friends. (0.22 seconds)
The story was simple. There is too much information out there. Google is able to tell you which is the top ten places to get the information for a particular query. And they did it in less than 1 second. Of course, time was spent indexing the web. That's not factored in. Time was spent developing the algorithm. That's not factored it either. But the consumer doesn't care about all that. The consumer cared about the simple story of how fast Google managed to produce the right sort of results after the query was made. That simple message at the upper right of results became the base for people to share about Google.
Powerset has nothing like that. Looking at the way the data is presented, I can't find a story to tell. Sure, the algorithm is able to understand the indexed content and query. Sure, the information returned is supposedly more relevant to my query. Sure, the techies are all getting excited about the technology powering the service. Sure, there is the story the people responsible for the service are telling at conferences and investor meetings.
But where is the story told on the site. There isn't one. Yet.
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There is already one similarity between the search engine which will win A*STAR's competition to find a next-generation multimedia search engine. Their first funding will be of the same amount – USD$100,000.
From Google's corporate information page:
Andy Bechtolsheim, one of the founders of Sun Microsystems, was used to taking the long view. One look at their demo and he knew Google had potential – a lot of potential. But though his interest had been piqued, he was pressed for time. As Sergey tells it, "We met him very early one morning on the porch of a Stanford faculty member's home in Palo Alto. We gave him a quick demo. He had to run off somewhere, so he said, 'Instead of us discussing all the details, why don't I just write you a check?' It was made out to Google Inc. and was for $100,000."
I think this is where the similarities end.
I'm a strong believer that the nature of the beginning of any endeavor will have a strong influence on, if not determine, the outcome of that endeavor.
While Gandhi was probably not referring to the endeavors of science or business when he made this quote, I find it apt with regards to what A*STAR is trying to do. Gandhi's quote:
The means may be likened to a seed, the end to a tree; and there is just the same inviolable connection between the means and the end as there is between the seed and the tree.
I believe that starting a business and developing a technology are two different things and their beginnings thus should not be the same and their paths should not be combined as one.
When starting a business, there are some things you should or rather could do. You identify a market. You understand the current market and its limitations. You spot a potential gap between demand and the supply to meet the demand. You plan on how to fill the gap. You start a business to address the gap.
This approach is an objective-oriented approach to starting a business – you decide on where you want to be and then work backwards planning on how to get there.
Reading A*STAR's press release on the competition, this is what I understand. The current search engines have limited capabilities in searching multimedia material online. They rely on metadata associated with video and audio to provide relevant search results. So, there is additional work that needs to be done in the supplying of metadata. There is potential for disruption in this area of search if there is a search engine that can understand the multimedia material themselves. This competition is to spur the development of such technology.
As usual, this is the objective-oriented approach that Singapore is famous for.
Then, there is the Google way. Reading about their history on Wikipedia, we learn that Google began as a research project to explore the World Wide Web and understand its link structure as a huge graph. Google didn't begin as a company to create disruptive technology. It started as a company to understand something already in existence. From that research to understand came the theories which led to the disruptive technology in search that made Google the business it is.
I won't be presumptuous to suggest that there is only one way that disruptive technology can come about. What I would like to question is the effectiveness of making finding disruptive technology an objective.
Like someone once said, there is no happiness in forcing something to happen.
Two things before I go. There is already a company that is involved in video search and making waves with their technology. It is Blinkx and this is the New York Times coverage of that company.
The last thing is to highlight another disruptive technology called 'tagging' which basically changed the way we looked at how information can be organized online. Technology Review (published by MIT) has an article on how Joshua Schachter founded del.icio.us – by starting with writing an application just to help himself manage his own bookmarked links.
I've also been thinking about how we as Singaporeans react to the news generated by our organizations such as A*STAR. It is one thing to go 'WTF were they thinking' and laugh at them and then stop. It's another thing to go on and try to understand how things could be different and hopefully better. And then it's another thing to actually make it better.
For the past two weeks, I was in camp having my reservist training. Managed to follow some of the tech news via Techmeme. Learned that Bebo established their own platform that was similar to Facebook's to embrace Facebook application. Today, I managed to log into Facebook and I saw this post. Whoa! Ever since Google launched OpenSocial, there has been speculation if Facebook would open up and join Google's initiative or even be allowed to join. Well, I guess Facebook just decided to start their own club. OpenSocial is a work in progress and Facebook already has all those developers and applications, so would it be Facebook that makes Social Open? Well, Facebook might be in a better position to ensure that applications for social networks can be written once to run anywhere (i.e. standardization) but would the resulting social network landscape really be open especially since it seems social networks would have to license the Facebook Platform methods and tags.
It would seem that Facebook's strategy is to control the other social networks' platform efforts to ensure their Platform's relevance while Google is trying to create the environment for collaboration between social networks to establish a standard for applications on social networks.
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