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On January 24th, the IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2014-16 detailing the automatic consent procedures for accounting method changes required or permitted by the final tangible property regulations issued last September (see our Federal Tax Alert, Updated Tangible Property Rules Expand Safe Harbors, Disposition Rules). The final tangible property regulations generally apply to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, but can be applied to the 2012 or 2013 tax years. Rev. Proc. 2014-16 supersedes Rev. Proc. 2012-19.
While a taxpayer is required to apply the final tangible property regulations to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, a taxpayer may apply the final regulations or the temporary regulations (or neither) to tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, and before January 1, 2014. Rev. Proc. 2014-16 addresses accounting method changes under both the final and the temporary regulations. Although some accounting methods under the final regulations are virtually the same as those under the temporary regulations, Rev. Proc. 2014-16 provides new automatic change numbers for all method changes under the final regulations.
The more common accounting method changes provided for under Rev. Proc. 2014-16 include (not an all-inclusive list):
- A change to deducting as repairs and maintenance amounts that were typically capitalized;
- A change to deducting under the routine maintenance safe harbor amounts that were typically capitalized;
- A change to capitalizing and depreciating amounts typically deducted as repairs and maintenance;
- A change to deducting amounts paid for nonincidental materials and supplies in the year they are used; and
- A change to deducting amounts paid for incidental materials and supplies in the year paid or incurred.
Because of the expansive scope of the tangible property regulations and the accounting method changes required therefrom, Rev. Proc. 2014-16 includes several elements to encourage and facilitate compliance:
Waiver of Scope Limitations – Automatic accounting method change procedures generally are inapplicable in certain situations, such as when a taxpayer is under examination or has changed its accounting method on the same item within the last 5 years. These scope limitations are waived for accounting method changes under Rev. Proc. 2014-16, but only for taxpayers who make the change(s) for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2015.
Simplified Filing Requirements for Small Taxpayers – Taxpayers with average annual gross receipts of $10 million or less are not required to complete certain sections of Form 3115, Application for Change in Accounting Method.
Interaction with 263A Capitalization Rules – The ability to make many automatic accounting method changes, including several of those provided for under now superseded Rev. Proc. 2012-19, is predicated on the taxpayer being in full compliance with the Section 263A uniform capitalization rules. This compliance is not required to make the accounting method changes under Rev. Proc. 2014-16. Rev. Proc. 2014-16 also allows taxpayers in conjunction with changes related to tangible property to change from one of the specific 263A capitalization methods to a reasonable method.
481(a) Adjustment Flexibility – When a taxpayer makes an accounting method change, typically the taxpayer must calculate the cumulative impact of the change on taxable income as of the beginning of the tax year and recognize that change, the 481(a) adjustment, as income or a deduction. Positive 481(a) adjustments (income) must be recognized over four years while negative 481(a) adjustments (deductions) can be recognized in the year of change. Rev. Proc. 2014-16 provides that taxpayers are not required to net positive and negative 481(a) adjustments related to an identified unit of property, thereby allowing the taxpayer the benefit of the negative adjustment in the year of change while the income from the positive adjustment is spread over four years. Rev. Proc. 2014-16 also gives taxpayers flexibility by allowing them to apply the accounting method changes prospectively rather than calculating 481(a) adjustments.
When the final tangible property regulations were issued last fall, several important provisions which were accounting methods under the temporary regulations became annual elections under the final rules. Therefore, they are not impacted by Rev. Proc. 2014-16. Those provisions include elections to:
- Apply the de minimis safe harbor;
- Apply the small taxpayer safe harbor;
- Capitalize repair and maintenance costs;
- Capitalize materials and supplies; and
- Capitalize employee compensation and overhead on self-constructed assets.
Rev. Proc. 2014-16 also does not apply to the partial disposition election under the proposed regulations which allows a taxpayer to claim a loss on the remaining cost basis of a retired component of an asset, such as a replaced roof on a building. While IRS officials have intimated that a mechanism will be provided that enables taxpayers to make a late partial disposition election on disposals in earlier years, the IRS and the Treasury Department still have not issued final regulations on dispositions of tangible property nor updated implementation guidance based on the proposed regulations issued last September. Fortunately, taxpayers may still adopt accounting method changes related to dispositions of tangible property under Rev. Proc. 2012-20, including the accounting method allowing taxpayers to deduct a loss on building components that were disposed of in prior years (see our April 2012 InTouch article, New Tangible Property Regulations Impact Tax Accounting for Buildings).
The tangible property regulations impact virtually every business taxpayer with tangible assets. Taxpayers must work closely with their advisors to determine which accounting method changes or elections are required, how to calculate their impact and in which year to make the change. Contact your local CBIZ MHM tax advisor to discuss how to apply these new regulations and implementation procedures to your business.
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Monday, September 3, 2012
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ATLANTA — The Braves say their spring training decision to have Kris Medlen start the season in the bullpen was based on the right-hander's innings limit in his return from elbow surgery.
That decision has allowed Medlen to emerge as the most dominant starter on the staff in the most important part of the season.
Medlen struck out a career-high 12 to win his sixth straight decision and lead Atlanta to a 6-1 win over the Colorado Rockies on Monday.
Medlen (7-1) allowed five hits without a walk in his second complete game of the season.
Manager Fredi Gonzalez said Medlen had the same innings limit as Washington's Stephen Strasburg.
Strasburg has thrown 156 1-3 innings and has only two more starts. Medlen has thrown only 104 innings and will be available if the Braves, the NL wild-card leader, make the playoffs.
"It was all limits to innings," Gonzalez said Monday when asked about the decision on Medlen's role. "It was basically the number that Strasburg is facing right now, 160 to 170, because they both were coming off the Tommy John surgery.
"Where do we want that 160 to 170 to end? Do we want it to end in October or do we want it to end in August?"
Medlen extended his streak of scoreless innings to 34 2-3 — the Braves' longest since Greg Maddux in 2000 — before the Rockies scored an unearned run in the seventh. He threw 111 pitches, including 85 strikes.
"He was terrific," said Colorado manager Jim Tracy. "And he's been terrific for a while.
"He had three pitches for strikes whenever he wanted them. Unfortunately, with the way he's been throwing the ball, we pretty much put him in a rocking chair right from the outset."
Medlen appeared in 38 games in relief before moving into the rotation on July 31. He is 6-0 with a 0.54 ERA in seven starts. He spent most of 2011 on the disabled list recovering from elbow ligament-replacement surgery on Aug. 18. 2010.
Medlen was 5-0 as a starter in 2010. The Braves have won his last 18 starts.
Medlen said adding a curveball as a starter has been "huge."
"You can just attack guys so differently with an extra pitch, an effective pitch, too," he said. "I got a couple strikeouts with it."
Medlen said he is glad he doesn't have to worry about an innings limit, but he noted pitching in relief "was not easy on your arm."
"You're not throwing as many innings, but you're getting up and warming up just as much as anybody," he said. "I love the starting part because you can get four days to prepare your arm."
David Ross hit a two-run double in Atlanta's four-run third inning.
Rockies starter Tyler Chatwood (4-4) gave up six runs, five earned, in only three innings. Chatwood allowed only three hits but was hurt by five walks, matching his career high.
Chatwood loaded the bases with three walks in the third. Martin Prado drove in Michael Bourn with a flyball to centerfield. Juan Francisco's single drove in Jose Constanza. Ross added a two-run double for a 6-0 lead.
Two walks and a wild pitch by Chatwood and two errors on one play by first baseman Jordan Pacheco helped the Braves score two runs in the first. After walks to Bourn and Freddie Freeman, Bourn scored from third on a wild pitch. Prado hit a sharp grounder off Chatwood's left leg. Pacheco couldn't handle Chatwood's throw to first base, and Pacheco then made a wild throw to third base for another error, allowing Freeman to score.
Prado was awarded a hit on the play in a scoring change after the game.
A throwing error by shortstop Paul Janish helped the Rockies score an unearned run in the seventh inning, the first run allowed by Medlen since Aug. 11.
Carlos Gonzalez singled and scored from first when Janish dove for Pacheco's grounder and threw wild to second base for an error. Pacheco advanced to third on his single and Janish's error, but Medlen struck out Tyler Colvin and Chris Nelson to end the inning.
Medlen's streak of scoreless innings was the longest for a Braves pitcher since Maddux did not allow a run in 39 1-3 consecutive innings from Sept. 2-28, 2000.
Prado made his second straight start at second base. Gonzalez has benched All-Star Dan Uggla, who is hitting only .208.
NOTES: Pacheco has a 12-game hitting streak. … Medlen's previous career high was nine strikeouts. … RHP Randall Delgado, recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett, will pitch out of the Braves' bullpen. The Braves announced after the game RHPs Julio Teheran and Cory Gearrin will join the team on Tuesday. … C Brian McCann, who had a cortisone shot in his right shoulder after Saturday's game, missed his second straight start. … Rockies SS Troy Tulowitzki, on the 15-day DL with a groin injury, played as a DH on Monday with Triple-A Colorado Springs and is scheduled to play shortstop with Double-A Tulsa Wednesday and Thursday. … Braves RHP Tommy Hanson will try for his 13th win against Colorado LHP Drew Pomeranz (1-8) on Tuesday night.
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Steelers' Worilds signs transition tag
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Jason Worilds' future with the Steelers is secure, if only for one more season. LaMarr Woodley's future became even more uncertain with the start of NFL free agency less than a week away.
A day after the Steelers surprisingly put a transition tag on Worilds, who had a breakthrough half-season in 2013, the outside linebacker made a similarly unexpected move Tuesday by agreeing to the $9.754 million offer, according to sources close to the situation.
Worilds was projected to be the most coveted pass-rushing linebacker once the free agent signing period begins next Tuesday — an estimated six to eight teams were believed to be interested, including the Eagles and Titans.
But Worilds passed up free agency to lock up the guaranteed $9.754 million. That salary, if not renegotiated, would make him the NFL's second-highest paid outside linebacker next season to Washington's Brian Orakpo ($11.455 million). Woodley is third at $8 million.
By signing the transition offer, Worilds immediately put pressure on the Steelers to sign him to a multiyear contract because the team has no intention of absorbing such a big cap hit in 2014.
Worilds also might believe his free-agent market value was diminished when the Steelers tendered him. Franchises often are reluctant to engage in extended contract talks that, in effect, set the market value for the team that has the right to match the offer, as the Steelers did.
Worilds' deal at least temporarily put the Steelers an estimated $15 million over the $133 million cap — and they're currently the only team over the cap, according to Spotrac. They must come into compliance by Tuesday, the official start of the 2014 NFL year.
To achieve that, they are expected to cut offensive tackle Levi Brown and his $6.5 million cap hit and rework the contracts of multiple players, including tight end Heath Miller and safety Troy Polamalu. Miller is currently one of a NFL-high eight Steelers players with cap charges above $8 million.
The Steelers could create a minimal amount of 2014 cap space — about $580,000 — by releasing Woodley, the former Pro Bowl linebacker who is coming off three injury-interrupted seasons in which he missed all or part of 20 games.
The downside to releasing Woodley, who turns 30 in November, is that the Steelers would benefit only marginally cap-wise because of his $14.17 million in accumulated dead money, which counts against the cap whether he is on the team or not. They would save $16.5 million in salary — $8 million this year and $8.5 million in 2015 — by cutting him.
Releasing Woodley, who is one of the NFL's best rushers when he is healthy, would leave the Steelers thin at a position where neither projected starter, Worilds nor 2013 first-rounder Jarvis Jones, has produced for a full season.
Worilds produced only marginally for 3 1⁄2 seasons until getting seven sacks in the final eight games last season.
Because of the Steelers' cap situation, cornerback Ike Taylor — coming off his worst season — also faces an uncertain future. He is set to make $7 million in 2014, but recent restructurings, including one in October, bumped his cap hit to an unwieldy $11.94 million and his dead money to $4.94 million.
"Hopefully I am back as a Steeler in 2014," Taylor said Tuesday on his TribLive Radio show. "Time will tell. We will see. When you get around 33, 34, they always try to find a reason not to play you. ... I am in a situation where you can say my cap is high for a veteran guy."
Taylor, who will be 34 in May, allowed 71 catches last season, the second-highest total in the league according to Pro Football Focus.
Sources with knowledge of Taylor's contract situation said the Steelers and the cornerback have yet to open negotiations.
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Last week, FELLT Industry mentioned that the Queensland University of Technology incubator Creative Enterprise Australia was about to announce the first fashion recipient of its Creative Enterprise Fund. That's a A$1.2million fund offering equity injections of up to $25,000 for pre-seed funding for emerging businesses and up to A$150,000 for those with high growth potential which are targeting global markets.
We can now reveal who that recipient is – Sydney-based Nyree Corby and her Fame & Partners venture, a vertically-integrated, personalised eCommerce destination for special occasion dresses, with a special emphasis on the school formal and prom market, which in the US alone is estimated to be worth at least US$6billion.
"Digital disruption is changing many markets and the fashion industry is undergoing significant change with new brands targeting niche client verticals as well as moving from bricks-and-mortar to clicks-and-mortar" said Anna Rooke, CEO of Creative Enterprise Australia. "Fame & Partners have spotted a great opportunity in a high-transaction-spend niche market and are using customised manufacture and digital technology to their advantage to provide a distinctly different offering in an internationally competitive market."
Using a proprietary algorithm to track the latest trends in event wear and then match them to customers, Fame & Partners then enables customers to customise their dress designs and also provides free styling advice to complete the look.
Corby declined to reveal the exact size of the CEA investment, but confirmed it was at least six figures.
According to Corby, this is in fact the third cash injection the company has received from an Australian-based consortium of friends & family and angel investors since Fame & Partners' February 2013 launch, with the website finally going live in August.
Corby also declined to mention sales figures and site traffic, other than to report that Fame & Partners is experiencing on average 80percent month-on-month growth – with the last month growing 100percent on the previous month.
Within a month of the site's soft launch into the US market in March, to tap the 2014 prom season, US sales accounted for 50percent of revenue, she said.
Corby, now 34, is no stranger to the startup space – or its challenges.
A former advertising copywriter, she launched her first company at 21, a digital marketing consultancy called The Topia Project. In 2004 that company morphed into a new entity called Topia, which would eventually boast a client roster including Sensis, Village Roadshow, Dyson, Centrebet, RM Williams, Speedo, Dyson and Canada Tourism Commission - and A$4million in annual billings at its peak according to her LinkedIn.
In November 2008 Corby was named Telstra Young Businesswoman of The Year.
Four months later, Corby's business collapsed under debts of A$1.4million.
"We had a Global Financial Crisis, one of my biggest clients got into a lot of trouble and owed us a lot of money, I was young, optimistic and we didn't account for that type of thing happening, so it forced our company into a difficult spot" said Corby, who eventually entered into a deed of arrangement with her 45 creditors and sold the company name and office equipment.
"The Creative Enterprise Fund committee is aware of the challenges Nyree faced during the GFC" Rooke told FELLT Industry. "One of the most important learning experiences in business is failing and learning from that. We are confident in Nyree's abilities and the potential for Fame & Partners to grow and succeed."
Corby spent the next four years working as a business strategist and consultant for companies such as SapientNitro, Air Arena, Crescendo Partners Capital and Spark Capital, honing her skills and making valuable connections in the early stage tech scene in Australia.
"So I was well poised to be assessing where the big opportunities and trends were. That's where I stumbled across the prom and formal market in eCommerce" said Corby.
"One of the things I say is technology is really my career, but fashion is my hobby, so I'm thrilled to be merging my two passions" she added. "Creative Enterprise's money is about fuelling further growth. It is about expanding our reach into the Australian market for formals. It's about being able to deliver an even better product to our customers and it's about investing in technology into areas such as our trend-tracking algorithm, so that we can improve just how on trend we are".


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I have a lot of degeneration, osteophytes, bulging disc at CC3-4 impinging on nerve root, several foraminal stenosis, central canal stenosis, and facet degeneration. My question is can this obviously bad neck cause pain in the occipital and temporal areas of face and head? I was involved in a stressful driving situation today, and by the time I made it home my pain level was an 11. I took a dose of pain meds, and more again two hrs later. It has eased off some, but if I push at the base of the skull, or to the side of my eyes at the temples, it is a sharp, ice-pick pain. The explainations for occipatal and temporal neuralgia didn't quite cover my symptoms.
I also have another problem........please bear with me, and keep reading! When I'm at my computer, I have to tilt my head back a little bit to see the monitor. I also do this while driving, as I am a fairly short person. After a time of this, when I go to straighten out my head, my neck feels like it is locked into position. I have to force my head down, and then hear a loud popping sound. It is quite audible. Is this bone spurs or discs impinging on one another? It scares me, as I worry about it getting stuck looking up, or breaking something when I force it down.
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Cell Division and Multicellular Life Cycles.
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Typically we learn that meiosis is for producing gametes and mitosis for producing cells for growth repair and asexual reproduction. In truth the situation is more complex even among many very familiar kind of organisms. First of all, many one celled organisms spend much of their lives as haploid, rarely or never producing diploid cells and undergoing meiosis. Here I show you three basic multicellular life cycles that illustrate how mitosis and meiosis fit in to the life cycles of different major groups of organisms.
In the animal life cycle the only multicellular stage is typically diploid. For example, humans have 46 chromosomes in their diploid cells. We produce gametes from specialized diploid cells called germ cells and the gametes, being haploid are produced by meiosis. Two gametes fuse to form the diploid zygote which then undergoes mitosis to produce daughter cells which also differentiate into different cell types.
Even within the animals there are a number of biologically interesting wrinkles. For instance in bees ants and wasps the male is haploid and the females diploid. Thus the male gametes are produced by mitosis(actually a highly modified form of meiosis) and the female gametes by regular meiosis!
Eventually an immature animal is produced and this in turn develops into an adult animal.
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Plants have a radically different life cycle called alternation of generations. The mature fern plant for example is a diploid multicellular stage called a sporophyte. Special structures in the sporophyte(in the fern these are called Sori) have cells that undergo mitosis to produce haploid spores.
The spores are not gametes because they are carried away by the wind, land in a moist area and germinate. By mitosis the resulting cell develops into a multicellular gametophyte. Special structures in the gametophyte produce gametes by mitosis. One gamete is smaller and capable of swimming(at least in ferns) and swims to the other gamete to form a zygote. The zygote undergoes mitosis and development to form a new diploid sporophyte.
In flowering plants the same basic alternation of generations happens but it is highly modified. For instance the flowers and trees you see every day are sporophytes. The sore production and the female gametophyte are hidden from view inside the plant. The only obvious hint of a gametophyte is pollen, which is believed to correspond to a male gametophyte.
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Fungi can have very complicated life cycles but the standard fungus life cycle includes a multicellular or colonial haploid stage. This stage is in the form of a fibrous mass called a mycelium and each of the fibers is called a hypha.
Fungus life cycles also include the presence of genetically different mating strains. These look alike but the cells of the hypha. can tell them apart. What's critical for mating is that unlike mating strains (- and+) get together and their nuclei fuse to form the diploid zygote.
The zygote often develops into a resistant thick walled structure often called a zygospore. When conditions are ripe the cell in the zygospore produces sexual sores by meiosis. These are haploid and are dispersed through the air. When they land in a suitable spot such as bread in your bread box, the spores germinated and develop into new hyphae.
Also, the hyphae. will develop specialized structures that produce asexual spores by mitosis.
The key thing is that there is no true diploid multicellular stage in fungi. Even in mushrooms, the fruiting body that we see above ground is not diploid. The mushroom forms when hyphae. of different mating strains fuse to form a special type of cell with two separate nuclei one from each of the original mating strains. These cells are called not diploid by dikaryotic since the nuclei don't fuse.
Mushroom spores are produced by specialized dikaryotic cell in which the nuclei now fuse, produce a standard diploid zygote which then undergoes meiosis to produce spores.
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Kate Fischer: Why I went into hiding
The "missing" model exclusively tells Jade Watkins why she has turned her back on Australia, converted to Judaism and is looking for a hunky Israeli soldier.
With her hair tied back to reveal a face devoid of make-up, and with silver braces on her teeth, former Aussie actress and TV personality Kate Fischer is barely recognisable.
But her shock physical transformation is the least of the changes she has made in her life. She's converted to Judaism, is now a US citizen and is on the hunt for an Israeli soldier to marry. She has thrown out her sexy party frocks and adopted a much more modest wardrobe, covering up her famous cleavage.
Kate has even changed her name to T'ziporah Malka bat Israel. It's a huge lifestyle change for the former model with the big hair and plunging necklines, who proudly stripped alongside Elle Macpherson in the risquè 1993 film Sirens.
"I'm a bit older now and learnt the hard way that it's better to dress more modestly and speak more modestly," she says.
For the time being, Kate, 36, who was once famously engaged to billionaire James Packer, is embracing her curvier figure, after decades of riding a weight-loss roller-coaster. "I am wearing braces and I figured, you know, I am going to get fat and wear braces," she laughs.
Fears were raised for Kate earlier this year after she dropped off the celebrity radar, losing touch with friends and family. Even her agents here and in LA conceded they weren't sure where she was or what she was doing.


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CA: Brutal Arrest Blinds Woman
Enoch Clark, 38, is on trial on four felony counts of assault by a police officer and causing great bodily injury.
Clark attempted to arrest Monique Hernandez, 34, Feb. 21, 2012, on suspicion of drunken driving as she was pulling away from her Beaumont home. After she resisted Clark's attempts to handcuff her, Clark used his department-issued JPX gunpowder-propelled pepper spray weapon and fired it less than a foot away from her face.
The blast of pepper spray gel sliced her right eye in half, fractured her right orbital bone and severed the optic nerve in her left eye.
More at the link. At least in this case he's being prosecuted. That doesn't happen often with bad cops (and almost never, here in Vermont).
5 Responses to "CA: Brutal Arrest Blinds Woman"
on 19 May 2014 at 7:54 am # Mike V
Gunpowder propelled pepper spray?!??? WTF?!???
on 19 May 2014 at 8:40 am # comatus
Well here I am after all, standing up for a rowdy rogue cop. I am suspicious of the department's training regime. In fact I'm suspicious of any training regime for…gunpowder-propelled pepper spray. A lethal non-lethal weapon? It's like issuing square circles.
We're going to keep finding these cases and raising hell, until town/county/state police forces get abolished and replaced by a centrally-administered highly-trained federal civilian force. Like the one in Clockwork Orange. Hell, it was a campaign promise.
on 19 May 2014 at 12:29 pm # Sigivald
Resisting arrest does call for the use of force.
But … not that level of force; there's no way that long-range pepper delivery system is appropriate for use at that range except in immediate self-defense against grievous harm or death.
He ought to be prosecuted, and probably have qualified immunity stripped. And if the department's training didn't make it clear that that is not how to use that tool, the department should be civilly liable, at least.
on 19 May 2014 at 1:47 pm # Mike V
Their website says the spray is "launched" at 405mph with a range of 23 feet. Common sense, much less training should tell anyone that using this in close is an invitation to disaster.
on 19 May 2014 at 1:49 pm # Mike V
In fact their own literature say not to aim at the face inside 5 feet!
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The Journal Sentinel reported Sunday that the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office has revised its ruling on the death of Derek Williams, who died in Milwaukee police custody in July 2011, from natural to homicide, according to the district attorney's office. The decision came after the Journal Sentinel alerted an assistant medical examiner to newly released records.
If Williams had gotten immediate medical attention, he would not have died in the backseat of a squad car while Milwaukee police officers ignored his pleas for help, James Hall, president of the local chapter of the NAACP, said Sunday.
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This 100-acre, all-inclusive, luxurious private-island retreat is a well-kept secret off the coast of the Bahamas' Andros Island, home to a mere dozen classic-yet-stylish units that dot a sprawling cay laced with white-sand beaches and coconut palms. Adorable, airy yellow and pink cottages and one- to four-bedroom villas line the beach, spaced generously apart, each with sitting areas, soaking tubs, private terraces, and plush furnishings. Units are enveloped in French doors and windows so they always feel bright and warm. Flamingo pink accessories are a common theme throughout the property: Pink Adirondacks, golf carts, and bicycles are standard with each room. Meals and cocktails are served in the veranda-wrapped, plantation-style great house, which is adorned with oversize furniture and antiques. Guests feast on eclectic breakfast items, homemade breads and soups, and innovative seafood dishes, complemented by excellent wines. The waters surrounding the cay are exceptionally clear
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Why racial profiling is sometimes justified, particularly when it comes to the Islamo-Fascists.
Sometimes, you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs. That is the case when it comes to racial profiling, especially when it comes to racial profiling of Muslims. At this day and age, the majority of terrorists are radical Muslims.
The problem that we're [that is America and the west] dealing with is political correctness, which is a weapon used by the left to gain more control. Thanks to political correctness, airport security acts like everyone is equally a suspect. That's not so. Who is a bigger suspect? A little girl with a stuffed animal. An old lady with medical pills. Or a young Muslim guy carrying a Koran. The answer is the third one. Yet airport security wants to act like everyone is equally a suspect.
To be clear, the young Muslim guy carrying a Koran is not, beyond a shadow of a doubt, a terrorist. But he is a bigger suspect. Profiling is not the same thing as a court of law. In a court of law, you're innocent till proven guilty. However, with racial profiling, whoever looks more suspicious is profiled more. That's how it works.
Also, Muslim immigration needs to be profiled. Members of the Muslim Brotherhood should be denied access to America and the European countries. The 1991 Muslim Brotherhood memo says:
The process of settlement is a "Civilization-Jihadist Proecess" with all the word means. The Ikhwan must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and "sabotaging" its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God's religion is made victorious over all other religions. Without this level of understanding, we are not up to this challenge and have not prepared ourselves for Jihad yet. It is a Muslim's destiny to perform Jihad and work wherever he is and wherever he lands until the final hour comes, and there is no escape from that destiny except for those who chose to slack. But, would the slackers and the Mujahedeen be equal.
So therefore, Muslim immigration needs to be profiled and watched. Any Islamo-Fascist should be denied access, period. That is true about America and is even more urgently true about the European countries. Look at Sweden. As a result of an increase of Muslim immigration [since many of the Muslim immigrants are radical Muslims], violent anti-Semitic attacks on Jews have increased. That's particularly true in Malmo, Swedan. As a result, Jews are leaving. But the mayor of Malmo Ilmar Reepalu unfairly blames the anti-Semitic attacks on Israeli policy toward the "Palestinians", even though Israel is merely defending herself and is begging for peace. The European countries are in a worse stage, considering how radical Muslims infiltrated and are being aided by their cultural Marxist enablers. So Muslim immigration needs to be watched so no radical Muslim comes through.
So the bottom line is that, sometimes, racial profiling is justified. For you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs.


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Perfection is rare in sports, but the Whitman-Hanson Regional High girls soccer team has been flawless so far this season.
Perfection is rare in sports, but the Whitman-Hanson Regional High girls soccer team has been flawless so far this season.
The Panthers stayed unbeaten on Thursday with a 2-0 win at rival Hingham to clinch a spot in the South Sectional tournament.
Goalkeeper Lauren Clark's sensational season continued as she recorded her eighth shutout in nine games for the Panthers (9-0).
Alyssa Eaton scored in the first half for the visitors off an assist from Casey Corr and Lindsay Andersen one-timed a pass from Yasmin Civan for a goal 15 minutes into the second half.
The Panthers got strong defensive games from Nicole Galewski, Lily Higgins, Haley Bukow and Eaton. Kelsey Gilbert, Nina Zappi and Alexis Fruzzetti also played well in the win.
Cardinal Spellman 5, Matignon 0: The Cardinals (9-0) received two goals and an assist from Hannah Boucher. Kristina Schneider added a goal and an assist while Adriana Forcucci and Brianna Steeves each netted a goal, putting Cardinal Spellman a win away from clinching a tourney spot.
Abington 4, Cohasset 1: Amy Hackett scored twice at home for the Green Wave (5-5). Marianna Porcello and Mackenzie Gillis each found the back of the net once.
West Bridgewater 2, Westport 1: The Wildcats (8-1-1) got the winning goal from Lena Gee with 20 minutes remaining in their home win. Ashley Congdon scored the other goal for West Bridgewater on an assist from Emma Kincaid.
Olivia Thom, Ally Mills and Gee played strong games on defense as the Wildcats moved within a point of clinching a tournament berth.
East Bridgewater 3, Carver 0: Stephanie Shaughnessy scored her first varsity goal as the Vikings (7-1-1) earned the road win. Sarah Stetler and Sam Cardinal also scored.
East Bridgewater 5, Carver 0: Alex Carey notched two goals and two assists in the home victory. The Vikings (10-1) also got two goals from Jared Burns and one from Ethan Forrest.
Hingham 3, Whitman-Hanson 0: The Panthers lost their Patriot League Keenan Division battle at home.
East Bridgewater 4, Hanover 1: Sophomore Maddie Vlachos had two goals to lead the Vikings (4-4-1) to victory. Lizzy LeBlanc tallied a goal and an assist with teammate Mikayla Kingman also adding a goal. Sharon Sears and Sophia Cacciactore had assists.
New Bedford 5, Bridgewater-Raynham 3: Nicole Kemmit scored and chipped in an assist in the road loss for the Trojans (3-8-1). Kelly Aliberti and Jackie Kern also notched goals while Kelsey Donahue had two assists. Goalkeeper Ally Chappell stopped nine shots.
East Bridgewater 29, Mashpee 25: The Vikings (4-9) were led by Paul Patnaude's 1-over 35 at Cohasset Country Club. Freshman Ryan Hickey won his match 5 1/2-3.
Page 2 of 2 - Abington 35.5, Carver 18.5: Joe Marella shot a 1-over 31 at Squirrel Run Golf Club in Plymouth to win the Medalist for the Green Wave (9-4). Pat Reynolds and Rachel Clarke were also winners for Abington.
Mike Costa and Brandon Walsh were winners for the Crusaders (6-8).
Bridgewater-Raynham 31.5, Bristol-Plymouth 22.5: The Trojans (4-4) were led by Avery Benvisutto's 1-over par 36 at Olde Scotland Links. Andy Pryles and Austin Bickford each finished with a 39 while Jess Newberg shot a 38.
For the Craftsmen, Cara Bernier shot a 1-under 35. Brian Cain carded a 36 and Brendan Greene finished with a 38.
Oliver Ames 151, Milford 154: The Tigers (6-4) were led by Brendan Flynn's 36 at Hopedale Country Club. James Shalhoup was next for Oliver Ames with a 37. Nick Carter, Steve Tasho and Sam Minsky all finished at 39.
West Bridgewater 4, Old Colony 0: Reed Crowley notched his first two goals of the season on the road for the Wildcats (7-2). Troy Caisey and Andrew Crawford each scored once and Jared Sharkey had two assists. Goalkeeper Michael Ames recorded his sixth shutout of the season.
Bridgewater-Raynham 15, Dartmouth 48: The Trojans took 10 of the top 11 spots, led by Alicia Porter in first on Wednesday, followed by Kayla Porter, Carly Rettig and Emily Bumpus.
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Firebrand and New York Daily News scribe, Stanley Crouch, is a man who isn't afraid of speaking his mind or voicing his opinion about anything. Check out his profile here and make sure you tune in Friday, March 5th, 7 PM, right here for what is sure to be a highly contested debate: "Precious" – Inspiring Or Stereotypical?
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Music is ubiquitous and confusing. Twice a month, Eric Spitznagel stares into the bottomless chasm of new (and old) songs, albums and musicians that permeate our lives, and tries to pretend he has any idea what it all means.
"Not sure if you're aware, but Christmas is just around the corner," my beloved MTV Hive editor Mike Ayers reminded me in an email. "Any way your last Spitz Take of 2011 could be about your favorite Christmas songs?" In theory at least, it was an excellent suggestion. I have a lot of strong opinions and emotions wrapped up in holiday music. But as it turns out, after doing just a modicum of research, not a single one of my strong opinions or emotions is in any way unique. The Internet is literally clogged with stories about the best, worst, saddest, happiest, weirdest, funniest, phoniest, most played, most obscure, most rockin', most religious, most nostalgic, most unintentionally stupid Christmas songs of the year/ decade/ century/ all time. I honestly did try to write something pithy and original about Christmas music, but my every observation just seemed painfully redundant, every half-hearted gag sounded like something from a hackneyed stand-up act. "Have you ever really listened to the lyrics to 'Jingle Bells'? There's that line 'We ran into a drifted bank and there we got upsot.' What the fuckity-fuck does 'upsot' mean anyway? Who's with me?" No, I can't be that guy.
I begged Mike to let me skip the column this week. Let's just agree that there's a lot of Christmas music in the world, and you've probably heard all of it by now. You know what you like, you know what you don't, and that's the end of the discussion. But Mike insisted I try anyway.
Okay, fine.
Here's my definitive list of the five greatest Christmas songs ever recorded in human history, based on very specific memories from my childhood that have nothing whatsoever to do with you, unless you also knew a guy named Chad who played the Little Drummer Boy at your church and committed suicide when you were a kid. Maybe you did? That would be weird.
1. Andy Williams, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
Growing up in a small town in northern Michigan, this song was always playing on constant repeat in our house. My father couldn't get enough of it, but even at a young age I found it profoundly depressing. Williams is just a little too insistent about it being "the hap-happiest season of all." Nobody that happy on the outside is nearly as happy on the inside. I imagined that Williams' breathe probably smelled like bourbon and regret, and he hadn't spoken to his children since the last time he told them what a disappointment they were. But even with that sad mental image, I still feel instantly nostalgic for the song every time I hear it.
The last time my brother and I visited our home town, we knocked on the front door of our house — our parents sold it decades ago — and asked to take a peek inside. Walking those familiar hallways, I could almost hear Andy Williams aggressively optimistic singing. "You're happy! You're fucking happy! Be happy, motherfucker! Smile, smile, smile!" But it was July, so there was no Christmas music. And nothing else in our former home looked even remotely familiar. I guess we just assumed it'd stay exactly as we remembered it, preserved forever as a historical landmark, like Lincoln's log cabin.
We scoured the house for evidence of Us, and discovered a tiny scratch on one of the bedroom doors that had somehow escaped the revisionist history of paint. We huddled around it, ignoring the not-so-subtle hints from the new owners that we'd overstayed our welcome. We debated every possible explanation for the scratch, coming up with hundreds of potential origin tales, giving its backstory far greater weight than it probably deserved.
"There'll be scary ghost stories," we both hummed without realizing it, "and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago."
2. Vince Guaraldi, "O Tannenbaum"
When I was 23, my dad gave me a basketball for Christmas. Almost immediately after I opened it, he asked if I wanted to "shoot some hoops." I would've been as surprised if he'd asked if I wanted to do Jägerbombs and hit on Puerto Rican chicks.
We were not, in any discernible way, an athletic family. I'd dribbled a basketball only once in my life, and even that's open to speculation. And my dad, well, my brother once described his basketball skills as "a retard with an oily baby." We both watched a lot of NBA games and were fluent in basic basketball terminology. We could say things like "free throw" and "point guard" and "full court press" and actually know what we were talking about. That was our entire experience with basketball, which made us roughly as qualified to play the sport as practice criminology or perform circumcisions.
But my parents had a basketball hoop in their driveway, and for any American male between the ages of six months and 95-years-old, a basketball hoop is like uncut heroin to a junkie. We couldn't not use it. We had dreams of jumping into the air and wagging our tongues and hanging from the rafters and doing chest high-fives — or at the very least, landing a few baskets without experiencing shortness of breath.
"Every time I hear Vince Guaraldi's mournful piano, I feel like getting an afternoon buzz and not being active. It's in my DNA"
We changed into less formal clothing and met out on the driveway. I stretched my glutes and cracked my knuckles and made obscene "feel the burn" expressions, which I hoped conveyed my competitive ferocity. He threw the ball at me, I caught it (just barely) and threw it towards the pavement in what I hoped resembled a dribble. But it didn't bounce back. Instead, it imploded. The air hissed out of its wound at a staggering rate, and within seconds it was just a lifeless orange blob.
"What happened?" I asked.
"Not sure," he said, lightly toeing the rubber carcass. "Must've gotten a leak."
We just stared at it, dumbfounded. It didn't seem like there was anything left to do but say a few prayers and dig a shallow grave. There was probably a simple fix, but it would've involved getting in a car and driving to a place where men in dirty overalls looked at us with condescending smirks. And we didn't need that kind of sarcasm on Christmas. So we left the deflated basketball on the driveway and went inside and ate cold waffles and drank warm beer and watched a Charlie Brown Christmas.
Every time I hear Vince Guaraldi's mournful piano, I feel like getting an afternoon buzz and not being active. It's in my DNA.


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Investigators say it appears nine recent fires in Middlesboro were set on purpose. All of the fires happened at vacant homes.
Now a reward is being offered for information that leads to the suspects.
A burned shell is left of the house at the corner of 23rd and Rochester streets. It burned this past weekend.
Bobbie Warf lives across the street. She said, "Scared me to death. I'd hate to lose my home."
The house was empty at the time of the fire. Neighbors say no one has lived there for years. Investigators say it had no electricity hooked up and appears to be arson.
"I hope they don't come back because that's dangerous," Warf said.
Middlesboro Fire Chief Tim Wilder say the fire was the ninth arson fire in Middlesboro since June. All were vacant houses.
"I think there's too many empty houses getting burnt here for such a small town. Them being empty, no electricity, somebody needs to see what is going on," said Renee Warren who lives near the latest vacant fire.
Police and firefighters are investigating all of the fires. Right now there are no leads.
Investigators are asking for help to find out who is setting the homes on fire. A $1,000 reward is available for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.
Meanwhile, some property owners like James C. Smith are concerned. Smith's rental homes are occupied but he is still worried for the future.
"I'm afraid if he does vacate it, they'll burn it down and the one next to it," Smith said.
Neighbors are now watching for anything suspicious around vacant houses.
Anyone with information on the fires can call the Middlesboro Fire Department at 606-242-2332 or the Middlesboro Police Department at 606-248-3636. You can also call the state's Arson Hotline at 1-800-27-ARSON.


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A father supports and celebrates killing his child | Denny Burk.
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Maybe that baby he and his girlfriend murdered may have been the greatest leader, Doctor, teacher or just a beautiful child.
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Yes, I wouldn't wonder that part of God's judgment would be to introduce the product to the producer.
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That would be wonderful to see. God bless you and your family.
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And you as well Muse!
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Attributed to Kano Takanobu (Japanese, 15711618)
Two six–panel folding screens: ink, color, and gold on gilt paper (2006.42.1,.2)
This stunning pair of folding screens illustrates the legendary meeting between Emperor Wen of ancient China's Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050256 B.C.) and an impoverished fisherman named Lü Shang. On the right screen, the emperor, full of pomp and splendor, approaches with his retinue, while on the left, separated by a vast void, the lone fisherman awaits his destiny. Although the screens bear neither the seal nor the signature of the artist, several stylistic features point to the painter Kano Takanobu, second son of Eitoku and father of Tan'yu, the two giants of the successful Kano school. His signature is apparent in the gold ink highlights on the tree trunks and rocks and in the bamboo and flowering plants on the right screen and the tall trees with withering leaves on the left, which provide lyrical relief to the otherwise austere composition. Most important, the figures' rather unusual fish-shaped eyes are shared by the figures in Hotei, a painting with Takanobu's seal and signature that is also in the Museum's collection. These screens and the signed work will serve as benchmarks for the attribution and analysis of Takanobu's works.


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Editor nursery school teacher worked with opera on CapeYARMOUTHPORT � Janet M. (Rath) Childs, 85, of Yarmouthport, died July 17 in Cape Cod Hospital.
She was the wife of the late David C. Childs, who died in May.
Mrs. Childs was born and raised in Upper Montclair, N.J., and was a graduate of Hood College in Maryland. She worked for a time as an editor and as nursery school teacher.
Mrs. Childs retired to Centerville in 1977 and moved to Heatherwood in Yarmouthport in 1992.
Mrs. Childs was a past president of Opera New England of Cape Cod.
She is survived by a son, Jonathan C. Childs of Manchester, Conn. and a brother, Paul S. Rath of West Hartford, Conn.
A memorial service will be held at — p..m. Saturday in the Federated Church, 320 Main St., Hyannis.
Burial will be private.
Memorial donations may be made to Opera New England of Cape Cod, 1047 Falmouth Road, Hyannis, MA 02601.
Michael J. Addesa, 85 East Sandwich resident born
in Boston former milkmanEAST SANDWICH - Michael John Addesa, 85, of East Sandwich, died Saturday at Vencour Kindred Hospital in Brighton.
He was the husband of Irene M. Addesa.
Mr. Addesa was born in Boston and was formerly employed as a milkman.
In addition to his wife, he leaves a son, Michael J. Addesa Jr. of Wakefield, N.H. a daughter, Mary Lemieux of Sandwich and a sister, Irene Ferrante of Dedham.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at noon today at Corpus Christi Parish Center in Sandwich.
This obituary is reprinted from yesterday's edition of the Times to correct an error.
Margaret M. Faulkner, 68 Worked for UPS avid reader moved to Dennis in 1993DENNIS - Margaret M. (Wilmot) Faulkner, 68, of Dennis, died unexpectedly at her home Monday.
She was the wife of Joseph E. Faulkner.
Mrs. Faulkner was born in Detroit, Mich., and raised and educated in Belmont. She attended Mount Auburn School of Nursing in Cambridge. She worked at Faulkner's Wall Paper World from 1970 to 1980. From 1980 to 1992, she worked for United Parcel Service in Watertown in the accounts receivable department and the personnel department.
She moved to Dennis in 1993. She and her family had been summer residents since 1962. Mrs. Faulkner was an avid reader and enjoyed going to the beach.
Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, Teresa Tinelli of South Yarmouth and Sheila Marie Bandini of Waltham , two sons, Joseph E. Faulkner Jr. of Bristol, R.I., and David Charles Faulkner of Watertown a sister, Sheila Wynott of Belmont five grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
A funeral from Doane, Beal Ames will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow andwill be followed by a Mass of Christian burial in Our Lady of the Cape Church, Brewster. Burial will be in Holyhood Cemetery in Brookline at 1:30 p.m. Monday.
Visiting hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the Doane,
Beal Ames Funeral Home, 729 Route 134, South Dennis.
Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Disease Association, 3055 Main St., PO Box 953, Barnstable, MA 02630.
Joan Freed Sobol, 93 Corsetiere taught Hebrew leaves niece in YarmouthportHARWICH, MA- Joan Freed Sobol, 93, of Harwich, formerly of New York City, died yesterday in Rosewood Manor.
She was the wife of David Sobol of New York City, who died in 1984.
Mrs. Sobol was born in Lithuania and moved to the United States in 1937. She was a corsetiere and teacher of Hebrew for many years in New York, and moved to Boston in 1995 and to Cape Cod in 1997.
She leaves three nieces, Vivienne Sokoloff of Yarmouthport, Marian Perl of Dallas, and Anita Ettelson of Waiteville, W. Va several grandnieces and grandnephews and a childhood friend, Eva Bergson of Montreal, Canada.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Cape Cod Synagogue. Burial will be in Iselin, N.J.
The family will observe Shiva at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Sokoloff residence, 126 Kate's Path. Yarmouthport.
Memorial donations may be made to Hospice Foundation of Cape Cod, 923 Route 6A, Yarmouthport, MA 02675-9984.
Albert E. Anderson, 80 Developed plastics products
active in philanthropy activitiesHYANNISPORT - Albert E. Anderson, 80, of Hyannisport, died Sunday in Hyannis from complications following a stroke.
He was the husband of Dorothy (Burns) Anderson of Hyannisport.
Mr. Anderson was born in Brockton. He graduated from Barnstable High School in 1938 and from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1942.
He lived many years in Norwich, Conn., and the surrounding areas, and moved to Hyannisport in 1983.
Mr. Anderson was senior executive of Pevel Industries, Inc. and Bemis Corp. During his career, he was responsible for the development of new products, and for nationally recognized inventions in the field of plastics.
He was a member of the Harvard Alumni Association, the Harvard Chemistry Association, the Hyannisport Golf Club, the Hyannisport West Beach Club and the Hyannisport Civic Association. He was also active in many philanthropic activities.
In addition to his wife, he leaves two sons, Gregg A. Anderson of Old Field, N.Y., and Glenn W. Anderson of Fort Worth, Texas a daughter, Sybil Maiers of Atlanta, Ga. a brother, Robert A. Anderson of Hyannisport two sisters, Ruth Berr Maia Brogan, both of Hyannisport and six grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Federated Church, 320 Main St. in Hyannis.
Visiting hours are 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the Doane, Beal Ames Funeral Home, 160 W. Main St., Hyannis.
Donald F. Munyan, 79 Publisher worked for Hearst consultant for Business WeekNORTH FALMOUTH - Donald F. Munyan, 79, of North Falmouth, and Oldsmar, Fla., died Monday in the JML Care Center in Falmouth after a short illness.
He was born in Springfield, and graduated from Technical High School in Springfield. He attended Bryant College in Rhode Island.
He was an Army veteran of World War II.
He lived in West Brookfield, Manhattan and Rochelle, N.Y., until retiring to Falmouth and Oldsmar.
Mr. Munyan worked in the publishing industry, for Curtis Publishing, Fawcett Publications and McGraw Hill. He was a division manager for Hearst Corporation in New York City for 15 years, retiring in 1987. Following his retirement, he worked as a consultant for Business Week until December 2000.
Mr. Munyan was a communicant of Saint Elizabeth Seton Church in North Falmouth, and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Moose and the Elks.
He is survived by a daughter, Patricia A. Fairbanks of North Falmouth two sisters, Virginia Collins of East Longmeadow and Marilyn Hatch of West Springfield a granddaughter a grandson and four nieces and a nephew.
A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Saint Elizabeth Seton Church, Quaker Road, North Falmouth. Burial will be private.
Memorial donations may be made to Hospice Palliative Care of Cape Cod, 923 Route 6A, Yarmouthport, MA 02675.
Kenneth H. Studley, 78 Formerly active in Yarmouth restaurant co-owner veteranJACKSON, N.H. - Kenneth H. Studley, 78, a native Cape Codder and former longtime Yarmouth resident, died Thursday at Merriman House in North Conway after a long illness with Alzheimer's disease.
He was the husband of Sarah (Brownlie) Studley for 56 years.
Mr. Studley was born in Hyannis and graduated from Yarmouth High School in 1943. He attended Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vt.
He was a Marine Corps fighter pilot during World War II and then was recalled as a major for the Korean War, flying 83 missions in a F9F Panther jet.
He lived in Yarmouth for many years, where he was active in business and civic life. He was a co-owner of the Pancake Man restaurants in South Yarmouth, Dennisport and Falmouth.
Mr. Studley was a volunteer call fireman in South Yarmouth and helped build the South Yarmouth Fire Station. He served for many years on the Yarmouth Board of Appeals and was a member of the Yarmouth School Board, a director of the Hyannis Cooperative Bank and on the building committees for two Cape schools.
After moving to Jackson in 1981, he became a trustee of Green Mountain College and a director of Atitash Ski Lift Corp. and the Jackson Ski Touring Foundation.
His passion was skiing with his famil friends for more than 20 years at Atitash.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by three daughters, Laurie Renaud of Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Denise Studley of Bartlett, N.H., and Miriam Studley of Sausalito, Calif. five granddaughters, four great-grandchildren a niece a nephew and a cousin.
A celebration of his life will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Jackson Community Church, Jackson.
Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association of New Hampshire, 10 Ferry St., Suite 419, Concord, NH 03301 or to the Yarmouth High School Class of 1943 Scholarship Fund, c/o Dana Whittemore, 40 Conservation Drive, Yarmouthport, MA 02675.
Warren 'Whitey' Witzell, 78 Navy veteran worked as researcher at Woods HoleFALMOUTH - Warren "Whitey" Witzell, 78, of Falmouth, died Saturday after a long battle with cancer.
He was the husband of Grace Witzell of Falmouth.
He was born in Wildwood, N.J., and graduated from Wildwood High School in 1941. Following graduation, he was employed by the Glen Martin Aircraft Co. in Bainbridge, Md. In late 1941, he was accepted in the steam turbine training program at Westinghouse Electric in Philadelphia.
In 1943, he enlisted in the Nav was stationed at the Naval Air Station at Quonset Point, R.I., assigned to an air/sea rescue boat based in Quonset and berthed in Woods Hole. He served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945.
He remained in Woods Hole after he was discharged, and worked for a time as a culturist and stationary engineer for the Bureau of Fisheries.
He later joined the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, first as second engineer on the Research Vessel Mentor, later as a research assistant technician.
In his capacity as research associate at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, he was involved in the design and development of oceanographic instruments, including the Precision Graphic Recorder, an echosounder used to search for the lost submarine USS Thresher. He was trained to handle and detonate explosives used for seismic research.
In 1974, he was promoted to research specialist in charge of the Geolog Geophysics Department's Electromechanical Shop, and traveled extensively throughout the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, Eastern Europe, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. During his 38 years at WHOI he acquired four patents and was the author or co-author of numerous technical reports and scientific publications.
He was a member of the Woods Hole Golf Club since 1957, in recent years an active player in "The Bandits." He was also a member of the Falmouth Masonic Marine Lodge for more than 50 years.
In addition to his wife, he leaves two sons, Nick Witzell of Falmouth and Wayne Witzell of Miami a sister, Helen Hewitt of Cape May Courthouse, N.J. and a brother, Ross Witzell of Levittown, Pa.
Services are at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the John Wesley Methodist Church, Falmouth.
Memorial donations may be made to the charity of one's choice.
Anthony P. Almeida, 86 Served in Merchant Marine truck driver raised in FalmouthFALMOUTH - Anthony P. Almeida, 86, of Falmouth, who was known to his friends as "Pluggy" or "Tony," died yesterday in the Royal Nursing Alzheimer's Center in Falmouth from complications of Alzheimer's Disease.
He was the husband of Emma (Raye) Almeida. They were married 50 years.
Mr. Almeida was born and raised in Falmouth and attended Falmouth schools. He lived for a time in Holden and Shrewsbury.
He was a retired truck driver, and a longtime member of the Teamster's Union.
During World War II he served in the Merchant Marine.
In addition to his wife he leaves a stepdaughter, Bonnie Valade of Pocasset a sister, Rose Cabral of Hyannis five grandchildren two nieces, and 13 nephews.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Patrick's Church, Main Street, Falmouth. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. in Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton.
Visiting hours are 5 to 8 p.m. tomorrow in the Chapman. Cole Gleason Funeral Home, 475 Main St., Falmouth.
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Caprese salad (Italian: Insalata Caprese [insaˈlaːta kaˈpreːze], meaning "Salad of Capri")[1] is a simple Italian salad, made of sliced fresh mozzarella, tomatoes and basil, seasoned with salt, and olive oil.[2][3] It was made to resemble the colors of the Italian flag: red, white, and green. In Italy, it is usually served as an antipasto (starter), not a contorno (side dish) unlike most salads.
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So much fun! I was really nervous as I had never segwayed before but our guide Jason was just so easy going he made me feel relaxed and once I had the hang of it it was a breeze. So nice to Segway past the beach and up to the lookout. My husband and I loved this tour.
We loved this tour! The Segways were easy to learn and fun. We had a super guide! A really unique way to explore a new place!
Again I was the only one booked but they provided me with another guide and did not cancel on me. I didn't write this guys name down but he took great care of me. I got to go all the way around the back side of Diamond Head and see parts of Honolulu that I would never have seen otherwise. Again this tour is not to be missed.
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One of the highlights of my three week stay in Hawaii. Thank you Sammy for our awesome tour, my boyfriend and I had so much fun on the Segway once we got the hang of it. You see so much more zipping around on these cool things and as we chose a morning tour we had the rest of the day to go out and around Waikiki
This tour was awesome..! we got to see a lot and our guide Mike was very knowledgeable.
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Washington (AP) The phrase "mission accomplished" may have haunted the Bush administration for the past half a decade, but as the banner's anniversary approaches, the White House is trying to clear away the controversy.
Five years ago Thursday, President Bush stood in the shadow of the banner that has become a symbol of U.S. misjudgments in Iraq on an aircraft carrier.
The President proclaimed that, "major combat operations in Iraq have ended," and added that "the battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September 11th, 2001, and still goes on."
White House Press Secretary Dana Perino says the President recognizes that "the banner should have been much more specific."
Perino claims the "mission accomplished" referred to the sailors who were on the "ship on their mission." she says the White House has "certainly paid a price for not being more specific on that banner."
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|High rate of O2 consumption in exercising foxes: large PO2 difference drives diffusion across the lung.
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|PMID: 2781165 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|The fox has one of the highest mass specific rates of maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max/Mb) that has been measured, yet its specific pulmonary diffusing capacity (DLO2/Mb, measured morphometrically) is similar to that of most mammalian species. It achieves a high O2 flux per unit DLO2 with a large partial pressure difference driving O2 diffusion from alveolar gas to capillary blood (PAO2-PbO2). This paper explores the mechanisms that the fox utilizes to achieve this large pressure difference and the extent to which it exploits its structural diffusing capacity. Foxes were exercised on a treadmill at maximal rates of O2 uptake. The following parameters were measured or calculated: arterial and mixed venous PO2, PCO2, pH and O2 concentration of the blood, cardiac output, hemoglobin concentration and O2 equilibrium curve of the blood, and morphometric estimates of pulmonary capillary volume and pulmonary diffusing capacity for O2. These data were used to calculate pulmonary capillary transit time and the time course of the change in O2 concentration and PO2 of the blood as it transits the lung. The fox has a morphometric pulmonary diffusing capacity of 0.098 ml O2.sec-1.mm Hg-1.kg-1. At VO2 max (3.6 ml O2.sec-1.kg-1) the fox hyperventilates, resulting in a high PAO2 (124 mm Hg); it also maintains a low PbO2 (88 mm Hg) by having a short transit time (0.13 sec) due to a high specific cardiac output (25 ml.sec-1.kg-1). Our calculations indicate that at VO2max the fox uses almost all of the pulmonary capillary transit time for O2 equilibration, in contrast to other species.
|K E Longworth; J H Jones; J E Bicudo; C R Taylor; E R Weibel
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LAS CRUCES — Gov. Bill Richardson on Monday announced two state appointees to a spaceport district board that will oversee tax dollars from two counties.
Richardson said the appointees are Las Cruces City Councilor Dolores Connor and New Mexico Public Regulation Commissioner Sandy Jones, a Sierra County resident.
The Senate must confirm the appointees.
They'll join four other appointees: Doña Ana County Commission Chairwoman Leticia Duarte-Benavidez, Doña Ana County Commissioner Scott Krahling, Sierra County Commissioner Walter Armijo and Sierra County Commissioner Alvin Campbell.
The district will oversee the use of spaceport tax dollars from Sierra and Doña Ana counties to repay bonds for the spaceport's construction. Both counties have authorized 1/4 of 1 percent sales taxes for the project.
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|Shock outcome prediction before and after CPR: a comparative study of manual and automated active compression-decompression CPR.
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|We report on a study designed to compare the relative efficacy of manual CPR (M-CPR) and automated mechanical CPR (ACD-CPR) provided by an active compression-decompression (ACD) device. The ECG signals of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients of cardiac aetiology were analysed just prior to, and immediately after, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to assess the likelihood of successful defibrillation at these time points. The cardioversion outcome prediction (COP) measure previously developed by our group was used to quantify the probability of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after counter-shock and was used as a measure of the efficacy of CPR. An initial validation study using COP to predict shock outcome from the patient data set resulted in a performance of 60% specificity achieved at 100% sensitivity on a blind test of the data. This is comparable with previous studies and provided confidence in the robustness of the technique across hardware platforms. Significantly, the COP marker also displayed an ability to stratify according to outcomes: asystole, ventricular fibrillation (VF), pulseless electrical activity (PEA), normal sinus rhythm (NSR). We then used the validated COP marker to analyse the ECG data record just prior to and immediately after the chest compression segments. This was initially performed for 87 CPR segments where VF was both the pre- and post-CPR waveform. An increase in the mean COP values was found for both CPR types. A signed rank sum test found the increase due to manual CPR not to be significant (p>0.05) whereas the automated CPR was found to be significant (p<0.05). This increase was larger for the automated CPR (1.26, p=0.024) than for the manual CPR (0.99, p=0.124). These results indicate that the application of CPR does indeed provide beneficial preparation of the heart prior to defibrillation therapy whether manual or automated CPR is applied. The COP marker shows promise as a definitive, quantitative determinant of the immediate positive effect of both types of CPR regardless of the details of use. In work of a more exploratory nature we then used the validated COP marker to analyse the ECG pre- and post-CPR for all rhythm types (212 traces). We show a significant increase in the COP measure (p<0.001 in both cases) as indicated by a shift in the median COP marker distribution values. This increase was more pronounced for automated ACD-CPR than for manual CPR. However, a detailed statistical analysis carried out between the groups adjusted for pre-CPR value showed no significant difference between the two methods of CPR (p=0.20). Similarly, adjusting for length of CPR showed no significant difference between the groups. Secondary, subgroup analysis of the ECG according to the length of time for which CPR was performed showed that both types of CPR led to an increase in the likelihood of successful defibrillation after increasing durations of CPR, however results were less reliable after longer periods of continuous CPR.
|M S Box; J N Watson; P S Addison; G R Clegg; C E Robertson
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Saturday was homecoming day for American Idol's top three.
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Beautiful Bandra Reclamation is at Suburb location of Mumbai and is a very neatly developed and maintained. Reclamation is a very special spot for hangout sightseeing with nice cool breeze ta sea side. It has nice sitting arrangements and of course the roof is always there to seat if the seats are full. With beautiful flowers and plants around one surely will like to spend some quality time with there beloveds and families here at Bandra. Reclamation has lovely sunset spot and a nice view towards developing Bandra Worli Sea link project.
From beautiful flyover of reclamation one can enjoy complete sea view (See Picture Below). Famous places near Bandra Reclamation are Taj hotel, Lilavati Hospital one can see by standing on the bridge. College groups and Couples are always to be seen for this kind of romantic place and a lovers point of Mumbai with less disturbance.
Monsoon at Reclamation is to be seen and enjoyed with flowing water hitting the sea rocks at the shore jumping over you, where you can sit. Parking at Reclamation flyovers and sea shore front is not allowed.
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This is the worst car crash story ever
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The people have spoken, spoken in voodoo, and their collective voices cursed and then crushed the living shit out of the Mazdasaurus Wrecks. First of all, a tip of the NFC North Champ Green Bay Packers cap to the artist they got to work the excavator. Amazing. He actually yanked the engine out like it was a still… »
After day one wrapped up Murilee and I went team to team and took an informal, anonymous survey of which car they were most afraid of. A few cars, like the Rockford Pile and the Size Matters Fury got a vote here and a vote there. But it soon became a statistical impossibility for any car other than the Mazdasaurus to… »
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Ken Lewis of East Sandwich shot a 4-under-par 68 in the first round of the NGA Tour winter series tournament Tuesday at Grand Cypress in Orlando, Fla., his best performance in three events on the Florida minitour.
Lewis, 31, recently left his position as an assistant pro at the Cummaquid Golf Club to return to competition in a bid to resurrect his career.
The former Dennis-Yarmouth High and Vanderbilt star missed the cut in the first two NGA tourneys and yesterday's round was his first under par.
He had three birdies, an eagle and a par.
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National Cancer Institute Director John Niederhuber, M.D., described the institute's plans and priorities for the $1.3 billion it will receive over two years from President Obama's stimulus plan and for a 3 percent increase in its baseline budget. He addressed the American Association for Cancer Research 100th Annual Meeting 2009. A text copy is available.
Higher RO1 Grant Payline
Using the budget increase for FY 2009, the payline for RO1 grants will rise from last year's 12th percentile (grant must score in top 12 percent to be funded) to the 16th percentile. Coordinated but separate use of stimulus and budget funds will raise it to the 25th percentile.
The payline for young investigators will rise concurrently.
Start-Up Grants
NCI is planning to fund early stage start-up packages to help young faculty members establish their labs. Physician-scientists and Ph.D.s who are committed to translational research will receive the grants.
Three Signature Initiatives
Niederhuber discussed three central projects: expansion of The Cancer Genome Atlas, establishment of a personalized cancer care platform to better move "from data, to function, to target, to therapy," and start up of a network of Physical Sciences-Oncology Centers to explore new approaches by better connecting physical sciences to cancer biology.
A webcast of speech will be posted around 2 p.m. CDT (after the speech).