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I am trying to draw a cart on top of a loop. I have a system where a cart rolls down an incline and encounters a loop. I then want to look at cart when it reaches the apex of the loop.
The problem I am having is how to draw it's wheels touching the loop so that they are tangent to the loop.
Here is an image of the bigger picture.
Now here is what I have so far for the just the interaction of the cart and the top of the loop.
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There are numerous findings in the last 100 years that have revolutionized modern science. There is the application of practical solid-state physics that lead to the invention of the microchip, the transistor and the microcomputer. DNA, which may eventually put a terminus on diseases and extend life spans by an unprecedented degree, was discovered in 1953. In 1990 Tim Berners-Lee, a consultant at CERN, the European laboratory for particle physics, along with his colleague Robert Cailliau created software that gave birth of the Internet, which allowed for a complete shift in human society in terms of the availability of information and how we connect.
Nevertheless, one of the most important findings was in the field of physics with the ability to control nuclear fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter, which has lead to both nuclear energy and the atomic bomb. Furthermore, the atomic bomb ushered in "big science," where science could be used for geopolitical and economic gain. Suddenly massive laboratories, machines, and budgets were put forth in order for scientists to test their theories and move into new frontiers—in all fields of science.
More recently in the past few decades, the rise of the microcomputer has enabled stunning progress in many aspects of society. Cell phones and inexpensive computers are beginning to bring the Internet to even rural areas of developing countries, with major implications for distance learning and democratization. As mentioned previously with the discovery of DNA, the emergence of genetic engineering and biotechnology may be the most revolutionary development in the last 50 years. And in its wake come a series of possibilities that link science and ethics more than ever before.

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Lunchbox: Cheese and Pepper in Singapore
Cacio e Pepe, "Cheese and Pepper" in Italian, is an unassuming restaurant tucked away on a Singapore side street.
The decor—rattan chairs, whitewashed walls and a concrete floor—is austere, and the service is somewhat spotty, but the pizzas at this family-owned restaurant are baked in an authentic gas-fired brick oven. Chef Luca di Pietro, recently hired from Italy, brings 15 years of experience.
A wallet-friendly set lunch — 12.90 Singapore dollars (US$9.89)—buys you a pasta dish and a beverage. But the best picks are on the à la carte menu: The deep-fried calamari fritte (S$16) is a succulent prelude to the main pasta dishes, which cost between S$16 and S$28. A popular pasta pick is the spaghetti vongole, a swirling juxtaposition of olive oil, white wine and clams that is prepared al dente. The seafood risotto (S$20) — prawns, mussels and arborio rice — is a chef specialty.
The restaurant has a mediocre collection of wines — the house Prosecco is forgettable — but if you're yearning for a little alcohol, there's always dessert: the lava cake. It comes in two variations: a nonalcoholic rendition for teetotalers (S$13) and a macadamia-and-rum version (S$15).
It's a short ride by taxi from the city's central business district, and there's usually no need for a reseravation. You'll be done within an hour.
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In 2011 Tusk was honored with the James Beard Award for "Best Chef Pacific." Quince Restaurant has been awarded a two Michelin-Star rating and four stars from the San Francisco Chronicle while Cotogna is a popular destination restaurant for rustic California-Italian cuisine.
Chef Tusk will be preparing an exclusive dinner in the open kitchen at the Shakespeare Ranch on Friday, Sept. 5. The evening begins out on the lawn of the Shakespeare Ranch with a wine and cocktail reception followed by the dinner inside the barn. Last year's event was an evening of philanthropic magic. The excitement of the evening is an experience that is limited in space but so unforgettable that guests travel from around the country to attend.
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This beautiful baby is past being out of time. It's urgent that she has rescue commitment by 8 a.m. Friday morning, Facebook: Greenville County Pet Rescue reported.
In fact, it may already be too late, since her last day at the high-kill Greenville, South Carolina shelter was listed as April 22. Since she's still on the urgent list, animal advocates hope Dayna is still alive, and someone will step up for her.
Dayna comes from a bad situation. Her previous owner was arrested, and Dayna ended up on death row.
Listed below is her information
NAME: Dayna
BREED: Retriever/pit mixes
SEX: female
EST. AGE: 1-2 yrs
Est Weight: 40-50 lbs
Health: appear healthy- tan one is hw pos, Black and white Hw neg
Temperament: dog friendly, people friendly
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Since Dayna is fine with other dogs, she can be taken into a home with another pet.
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You can keep up with Dayna on this Facebook thread.
Please share this with friends, especially those in rescue in the Greenville, SC area.


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Over time, inflammation can cause serious damage to joints. RA's inflammation may break down the internal components of the joint, including the synovium, the slippery fluid that lines and lubricates the joints and helps the joint move and function normally. As joints erode, you'll experience increasing pain and stiffness.
If not treated early with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), RA-affected joints could become deformed, making them difficult or impossible to use. For example, if rheumatoid arthritis inflammation damages the finger joints, your fingers might become twisted and gnarled, making opening a jar or buttoning a shirt impossible. If RA affects your hips, bending over to pick up the newspaper might be too painful to do. Sitting at your desk typing could cause stiffness and fatigue.
RA inflammation can cause joints to lose their range of motion, or the normal distance that you move a joint in various directions to perform normal tasks – anything from gripping your car steering wheel to climbing a set of stairs. You feel much less flexible, making it harder to walk, bend, grasp, lift or reach up. In time, you might avoid physical activities as much as possible, becoming sedentary. Doing so would eventually reduce your muscle strength, making daily activities even harder. As a result of the inactivity, you'd likely gain weight.
New inflammation-fighting drugs can help reduce symptoms, but it's important for anyone with RA to engage in regular physical activity. Your daily routine with RA should include joint-friendly cardiovascular activity to rev the heart, such as walking, as well as range-of-motion exercises to keep joints flexible and restore function. Strengthening exercises can also keep muscles fit to help support RA-affected joints like knees or hips, and make affected joints easier to use for gripping, bending, walking and other motions.
A Better Long-Term Outlook
For People With Rheumatoid Arthritis
For years, people with RA not only experienced debilitating pain, stiffness and swelling and overall fatigue, they commonly developed joint deformity. Doctors also noticed that the life span of people with RA was shorter than those without the disease.
In the late 1990s, a new category of DMARDs called biologic response modifiers (biologics) was approved to treat RA. These medications suppress the immune system's production of inflammation-causing agents. With these new drugs on the market, as well as a more thorough understanding of how the disease works and how to address its effects, the long-term outlook for people with RA is much better.
You can and should change certain aspects of your daily routine to improve your life with RA and control your symptoms. Each day, you should incorporate range-of-motion and other exercises to keep your body healthy and joints flexible. Adopt a healthful, balanced diet lower in fat and higher in fresh, nutrient-rich foods. Comply with your doctor's instructions on taking your medications properly. Make enough time for rest to avoid overusing tender joints and to recharge your body. Modify activities when necessary to avoid joint injuries, such as using assistive devices for tasks like opening cans or gardening. If you smoke, you should stop or seek help to do so.
Today, people with RA can lead active, fulfilling lives, staying at their jobs, raising their families, participating in hobbies and activities, and enjoying intimate relationships with their partners. RA symptoms can be controlled with help from your doctor, and a daily commitment from you.


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"Toy Story 3″ Trailer Released
The trailer for "Toy Story 3″ made its way to the Web today. The movie's plot revolves around Andy going off to college, growing up and leaving Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and the rest of his childhood toys behind. With a June release date, the Pixar film will no doubt be a summer hit at the box office, as the last two "Toy Story" movies have been. Watching the trailer, the plot tugged at Speakeasy's heartstrings. We suddenly feel bad about the G.I. Joe action figures collecting dust in our parents' basement. We also want to hear Mr. Pricklepants (Timothy Dalton's character) speak!
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Private Fleet Management: From necessary evil to strategic asset
Taking a holistic, integrated approach to fleet management can make a significant and continuous contribution to higher, company-wide productivity and lower costs. Our team sets out to help managers overcome current fleet-optimization issues and offers ways to create value in private fleet management.
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Private motor carrier fleets comprise 82 percent of the medium- and heavy-duty trucks registered in the United States. According to the National Private Truck Council, private fleets also account for roughly 53 percent of all U.S. miles traveled by medium- and heavy-duty trucks. With slightly more than two million vehicles on the road, private fleets represent the largest single segment of the trucking industry.
But even though private fleets constitute a majority of vehicles and miles traveled, there is still much confusion, misinformation, and disagreement about their value. For example, many operator-owners view fleet management as a consequence of doing business—a cost center, non-core competency, or even a "necessary evil."
Moreover, if you ask a typical fleet manager what his or her total fleet costs are, the answer will be something like "the sum of costs incurred for leasing or acquisitions, maintenance, fuel, insurance, and registration fees." Most organizations accept this approach, despite the fact that it usually—and often significantly—misrepresents the cost and complexity of owning and operating a private fleet.
The fact that many private fleets are considered non-core competencies isn't particularly surprising. With the exception of transportation companies and third party logistics providers (3PL), transportation is seldom deemed a strategic or differentiating asset. However, there is also the common implication that transportation departments are largely insignificant—that they have very little influence on the company's success and a correspondingly small effect on capital budgets.
Other than ordering transportation managers to trim costs, little senior-level attention is usually paid to this aspect of the business. As a consequence, specialized fleets tend to be larger and more costly than they need to be, because this is the easiest way to avoid service failures.
Fortunately, a growing number of companies are recognizing that substantial value can be gleaned from well-managed private or dedicated fleets, and significant improvements in cost, not simply belt tightening, are possible. With so much capital tied up in fleet assets, this is clearly the right way to think. Over the next few pages we'll discuss fleet-optimization problems in more depth and offer ways to understand and create value in private fleet management.
Common trouble spots
Change is not easy, even among companies that are committed to reducing fleet costs while improving performance. One reason is that fleet costs are particularly difficult to identify and analyze. Hidden expenses are everywhere. In addition, many corporate fleets are the product of mergers and acquisitions, the result of which can be a patchwork of dissimilar, barely compatible support systems, decision-making responsibilities, processes, and HR skills.
In situations like these, it isn't uncommon for a company's CFO to manage transportation's financing and capital budgets; the treasurer or controller to oversee allocations of fleet-related capital; and the procurement organization to make purchasing decisions based on input from operational decision makers (e.g., COOs). Adding to the confusion, all these activities may be reflected across balance sheets, income statements, and multiple corporate and departmental budgets.
Further exacerbating the issue, the above functions may not be talking to each other about fleet management. And when they do, there probably won't be a great deal of hard evidence with which to make informed decisions about costs and performance. Even when there is sufficient data the people examining that data often lack the engineering and logistical insights to fully interpret what they're seeing.
Lastly, there are myriad practices that add costs and drag down productivity, including:
Redeployment of capital. Capital fleet budgets are frequently redeployed as capital reserves for other asset groups, thereby reducing maintenance budgets or the number of vehicles that can be purchased. This increases the average age of fleet vehicles, which in turn raises maintenance and operating costs.
It's an easy trap to fall into ("We got through last year without buying new vehicles, so let's try to do it again this year"). Sooner or later, however, this is the path to the "perfect storm"—when an entire fleet requires sweeping overhauls or replacements in a concentrated period.
Poor replacement policies. Inconsistent buying patterns, opportunistic buying, and loosely defined replacement criteria make coordinated fleet management far more difficult. For example, new or evolving capital restrictions often force companies to disregard their own replacement guidelines, so fleet managers end up in the same scenario as noted above—holding on to aging vehicles longer than they should.
Insufficient standards. Without rigorous standards and clear buying criteria, companies end up purchasing vehicle types based on what they want, rather than what they need. A common example is buying vehicles with expensive options—such as 4x4 capabilities—that are rarely used. Another is owning a variety of makes or models, a practice that can dramatically increase maintenance costs and boost spare parts inventories. Owning multiple brands also reduces buying leverage with OEMs.
Waste and abuse. Companies may not be doing enough to curb costly practices such as excess idling, unsafe driving behavior, unreported vehicle use, non-existent or underused pooling programs, and poorly coordinated or managed maintenance and repair programs.
New direction
Transformational change is seldom associated with fleet management. Pragmatic and continuous improvement is more common. Thanks in no small part to rapidly advancing technology, however, continuous improvement is highly achievable.
Regardless of the means (transformation or continuous improvement), the goal should be to give fleet management a new edge by reducing its costs, improving its effectiveness, and ultimately positioning it as a value-added competitive weapon. This is basically a two-part proposition:
1: Use "total cost of ownership" (TCO) principles to reduce operating costs and improve asset management. Understanding, and subsequently reducing, TCO can be represented emblematically by the continuous process diagram shown in the figure "Buy Smart, Operate Smart, Sell Smart"(page 32).
2: Develop a comprehensive "integrated fleet management program" focused on improving strategic and competitive value. The components of this multi-part initiative are illustrated in the second figure.
These two fundamental concepts are interrelated: Building a successful integrated fleet management program requires a deep understanding of your fleet's TCO, and the result of a properly executed integrated fleet management program is a significant reduction in your TCO. Together, these concepts can help unlock a significant amount of unrealized potential.
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Remember, the 6-foot-6 Peek is the guy who left Georgia Tech because new coach Paul Johnson doesn't use any tight ends, and the Peek family rumbled with the NCAA, asking for a hardship waiver to play immediately, rather than sit out a year. That was denied. Now, one of the few guys Saban has called "fantastic" is close to actually being on the field.
But, you ask, why doesn't he have to wait until next season? Here's what I found out:
Peek left Tech in the fall of 2007. Like all transfers, he owed the NCAA one year in residence, which was the spring of 2008 and the fall of 2008. The year in residence ends after exams for the fall of 2008. The bowl game falls after exams conclude, so he can play. He'll be a senior in 2009.
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Trausch, T (2010). Rewriting Baranī? The description of the Delhi Sultanate in the Riḥla of Ibn Baṭṭūṭa/Ibn Djuzayy and the Tārīkh-i Fīrūz Shāhī of Ḍiyā' al-Dīn Baranī. Asiatische Studien / Études Asiatiques, 64(1):139-172.
The Riḥla of the famous Moroccan Ibn Baṭṭūṭa describes his travels, which led him through the whole Islamic world and beyond that to the South Seas and China, in an elaborate and rousing way: different people and their mannerisms, famous metropolises, the flora and fauna of distant territories and, last but not least, his adventures on the road. All this made the Riḥla, besides its being an entertaining and enthralling text, one of the main sources on the relatively poorly documented Islamic World of the 14th century. It retained this status until today. The fact that over the years more and more forgeries and plagiarisms could be proven to Ibn Baṭṭūṭa has not principally altered the approach to regard this text as an authentic travelogue as long as no opposite is definitively proven. This article deals with the issue of what one needs to write a travelogue; this is, besides writing skill and imaginativeness, information. It focuses on the question where this information comes from or, to get to the heart of it, whether one needs to have travelled. The subject of this study is one of the most significant parts of the Riḥla, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa's description of the Delhi Sultanate. If he probably never was in India, how could he have gained his vast amount of information about this distant region? The answer to this question is, as I think, the Tārīkh-i Fīrūz Shāhī of the Indian court scribe Ḍiyā' al-Dīn Baranī.
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At the Summit!
By Terri Wischmann-Oracle on May 04, 2008
At the OpenSolaris Developer Summit in Santa Cruz!! Listening to some very cool stuff!! I am planning on capturing some good videos today with some of the Community Members. I will be traveling to SF later today and will post the videos for all to view!!! Only ONE more day for the Big day at CommunityOne. There are a log of great points that Ben Rockwood and Dan Roberts have made!!


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Archive for the 'Estate Planning' Category
April is Financial Literacy Month
Is it Time to Review Your Estate Plan?
If you already have your estate plan in place, this is a good time to review your plan to make sure it is current? Have there been any big changes in your life? A marriage, divorce, birth or death? If so, it's definitely time to update your estate plan. If there haven't been any big changes, it is always good to make sure you still agree with the decisions that you made when you originally created your plan.
If you don't already have a plan, there is no better time than now to create one!
What is an estate plan?
At its most basic, your "estate" includes the things that you own and the things that you owe. Your "estate plan" is what you want to happen to those things in the event of your death or incapacity.
I like my clients to think of their estate plan as a map of how to take care of the big things in their lives. These things are:
- Family
- who will take care of your children (guardians)
- what money will your family live on? (life insurance)/
- House
- Retirement Assets (401(k), IRA, etc.)
- Finances (bank accounts, bills, etc.)
- Health Care
By working with an estate planning attorney, you can ensure that these "big things" in your life are coordinated and you have systems in place to make sure that in the event of a major issue (illness or death) the big things in your life transition with as little hassle as possible.
Living Trust Infographic
Like many people, I am a visual learner. That is why, during my meetings with estate planning clients, I always draw out a sketch of the different types of assets my clients may own and how they work with a living trust. If find that the graphic representation really helps clients "see" the types of assets are held in their living trust (which I refer to a a "treasure chest" or "toy box"). The sketch I make during our meetings is very rough (made even more so by the fact that I am writing upside down). Here is an infographic version of that sketch:
Top Excuses For Putting Off Estate Planning
We are now a week into 2014. Did you make a resolution to take better care of yourself? One of the best ways to take care of ourselves is to reduce or eliminate stress from our lives. Having a plan in place for who will help you in a crisis is a great way to reduce your stress.
In my opinion, every adult should have an estate plan in place. However, many people that I talk to do not have theirs in place yet. I have heard many excuses for why they haven't yet put a plan into place. Some of the more common ones follow:
"It's too expensive."
Preparing an effective estate plan is not cheap. It is, however, much less expensive than not having a plan in place. If you have no plan in place, probate fees are based on a percentage of the gross value of your estate (in other words, your debts do not reduce the amount to be paid). Many law firms will accept payment plans to ease the cost of an estate plan as well.
"Seeing a lawyer is intimidating."
Lawyers can be intimidating. Plus, as a profession, lawyers do not have the greatest reputation.
Many people also think that the process of preparing an estate plan is complicated. To the contrary, the process can be quite simple. The process frequently begins with a questionnaire (which includes biographical and financial information).
Clients then meet with an attorney for about an hour or two to discuss goals and potential solutions. A short time later, clients will have the opportunity to review drafts, and then will meet with the attorney again to sign the documents.
"I'm not sure who to appoint."
The choice of whom to appoint to raise your children, make financial decisions or make health care decisions can be one of the largest stumbling blocks in making the first appointment to see an Estate Planning Attorney. In fact, my own husband delayed finalizing our estate plan for this very reason.
What I told him (and my clients) is that someone is better than no one. Get something down. If you think of someone better later, you can always revise your documents. If you are really stumped, discuss your options with family, friends, your pastor or your attorney.
"I'm too young."
Accidents can happen at any time. Enough said.
"I don't have enough time."
The process of preparing your Estate Planning documents is simple and fairly streamlined. I have put together an entire estate plan at one dinner party (though I don't recommend it, and would prefer not to do that again).
"I don't have an 'estate'."
Estate plans include much more than just your assets. A revocable trust and/or Last Will and Testament (which relate to your assets) are only two of the documents that make up a complete estate plan. Other very important documents include an Advance Health Care Directive, and a General Durable Power of Attorney. These documents allow you to appoint someone that you trust to make financial decisions and healthcare decisions for you if you are incapacitated or injured and cannot make your own decisions (either temporarily or permanently).
"I don't want to die."
Someone once said, "Talking about babies won't make you pregnant, and talking about death won't make you dead."
You cannot prevent your death, but you can ease your loved ones grief by having a plan in place.
If you are ready to begin the process of putting your estate plan in place (and you live in California) contact The Thatcher Law Group to schedule a complementary initial consultation. Or, feel free to ask questions in the comments.
Wishing you peace.
IRA Inheritance Trust®
Tax deferred accounts such as IRAs and 401(k) often make up the bulk of our retirement planning. Unfortunately, the rules governing distribution to beneficiaries are complicated and our beneficiaries can sometime be stuck with unintended tax burdens when they "inherit" an IRA (or other tax deferred retirement account).
An IRA Inheritance Trust® can be used to maximize the retirement benefits received by your loved ones (beneficiaries) and protect the funds from creditors, poor financial management and even divorce!
What does An IRA Inheritance Trust® do?
The IRA Inheritance Trust® is a stand alone (separate) document from your existing Revocable "Living" Trust. It can be modified during your lifetime to reflect your beneficiaries needs, but upon your death it become irrevocable. This tool allows your beneficiary to take advantage of the "stretch-out" benefits of your IRA – in other words, a properly structured IRA Trust can allow your retirement accounts to grow exponentially (while remaining tax deferred). A $250,000 IRA account can grow to $10 million or significantly more (depending on the age of the designated beneficiaries)!
In my opinion, however, one of the most important benefits of an IRA Inheritance Trust® is the ability to protect the assets for your loved ones. It can be especially useful in these situations:
- Your beneficiary is now or may become disabled and you want to ensure their ability to receive governmental benefits
- You are concerned about your beneficiary's ability to manage their money
- You want to protect your beneficiary from creditors
- You want to ensure that the inherited IRA benefits are not available to a divorcing spouse
Is An IRA Inheritance Trust® Right for YOU?
- Is the combined value of your retirement accounts (including 401(k), Roth IRA, Sep IRA and other tax-deferred plans) for both you and your spouse (or significant other) at least $200,000?
- Are you concerned about protecting the finances for one or more of your designated beneficiaries?
If your answer to either of these questions is yes, then an IRA Inheritance Trust® may be right for you.
To learn more about an IRA Inheritance Trust®, contact The Thatcher Law Group!
Wishing you peace.
Why I Think an Estate Plan is a Wonderful Gift
For his birthday this year, I gave my husband a pedometer. At first he was not thrilled with the gift. But I chose it because I love him and I want to keep him around for a long time – so it is in my best interest to keep him healthy. What could be more romantic?
Giving a loved one the gift of an estate plan is a similarly loving gift – whether you are giving it to your adult child (possibly the parent of your grandchildren) or your spouse. The gift of an estate plan tells your loved one that you care about what happens to them.
Why give an Estate Plan as a gift?
• Most people do not want to pick up the phone and schedule an appointment, often because they think that planning for death is scary, difficult or too expensive.
• The Thatcher Law Group's estate planning process is much more simple than most people think. Preparing Attorney Laura Thatcher makes planning your estate easy and as fun as possible.
• Estate planning is not just for the wealthy. Everyone should have an estate plan, whether you own a home that is heavily mortgaged, only have $100 to your name or nothing but debts, you still need an estate plan. What type of estate plan will vary, but there are many documents that everyone over the age of 18 needs to have.
• With the gift of an estate plan, you remove the biggest hurdle most people have to creating their estate plan: "I cannot afford it right now."
Estate planning with The Thatcher Law Group is fast, simple and easy to do! This holiday season, The Thatcher Law Group is offering special discounts on estate planning packages. This is therefore the perfect time to consider giving an estate plan as a gift for the parents of your grandchildren (also know as your children) or your spouse. Click on this link for our 2013 Holiday Special!
Contact The Thatcher Law Group to find out if the gift of an Estate Plan is the right thing for you and your loved ones.
Wednesday Words: Probate Free Transfers
There are various types of property that transfer without probate.
Right of Survivorship
This type of property can either be held as joint tenants or as community property. Essentially when two people hold title ("own") property together as joint tenant or community property with rights of survivorship, when one owner passes away, the other owns all of the property. No court action is required, although a form must be submitted to the county clerk with a copy of the death certificate.
While both owners are alive, each has an equal (undivided) ownership interest.
Transfer on Death
In a transfer on death account (or property) one person owns the property, but registers an instruction with the account holder to transfer the property to a selected individual upon the owners death.
Bank accounts can be held as transfer on death. Also, in California (as well as other states) vehicles can be registered with a transfer on death clause. The process is explained here.
While the owner is alive, the beneficiary does not "own" the property.
Beneficiary Accounts
There are many different types of beneficiary accounts. Essentially all share a common feature, the owner will designate someone to whom the account is to be transferred on the owners death.
Two examples of beneficiary accounts are life insurance and retirement accounts.
Assets held in trust
The most common type of trust is a revocable "living" trust. A simple analogy for a trust is a toy box in which people keep their stuff. The "toy box" comes with a list if instructions on what should be done with the stuff in the box.
Wednesday Words: Probate
Probate. n. The process of legally establishing the validity of a will before a judicial authority.
Source: YourDictionary.com
In law, the process of proving in a court (probate court) that an instrument is the valid last will and testament of a deceased person. The term also refers broadly to the process of administering an estate. Unless it is contested or shown to contain obvious anomalies, a document purporting to be a will requires little authenticating proof for certification (admission to probate). Probate courts also often supervise the administration of estates by executors and oversee the guardianship of minors and others lacking capacity under the law.
Probate can be a long, tedious process. Not to mention expensive. In California, the probate fees are determined by statute and are based in the GROSS vales of the assets in the deceased's probate estate. Only certain types of property are included in probate, and if an estate is valued at less than $150,000, the fees below do not apply.
Typical fees in California (as of June 1,2013)
Fees paid to the Court $435 to file the Petiton for Probate
Publish Notice of Probate You are required to use only certain newspapers, and their charges will vary. Expect the notice to cost anywhere from $100 to $450.
Attorney Fees. Attorneys fees for probate are set by statute in California. California Probate Code §10810
4% of the first $100,000
3% of the next $100,000
2% of the next $800,000
1% on the next $9,000,000
0.5% on the next $15,000,000
A reasonable fee thereafter
Many of my clients often tell me that the only thing they own is their house, and it has little equity. However, according the California's probate statute, their estate is valued WITHOUT taking the mortgage into account. Thus, the following is a typical example of probate fees: the only asset in an estate is a $500,000 house, and there is a $400,000 mortgage on it. The statutory fee would be $13,000 based on the full $500,000 value:
4% of the first $100k = $4,000
+ 3% of the next $100k = $3,000
+ 2% of the remaining $300,000 = $6,000
Total: $13,000
Fees paid to the executor. The executor is entitled to charge the same fee as the probate lawyer charges, although this fee can be waived by the executor who is frequently a family member.
The good news is, as mentioned above, only certain types of property are included in a probate estate. In addition, there are a number of ways to minimize the transfer of probate though the probate process. Non probate property transfers will be discussed in our next post.
In the coming weeks, we will be reviewing many options in our Wednesday Words series. In the meantime, if you have any questions, or would like to discuss your estate plan, please contact Laura L. Thatcher, or a qualified estate planning attorney in your area.
Wednesday Words: Intestate Succession
Intestate Succession The method by which property is distributed when a person dies without a valid will.
Source: Nolo Plain English Legal Dictionary
Each state's law provides that the property be distributed to the closest surviving relatives. In most states, the surviving spouse or registered domestic partner, children, parents, siblings, nieces and nephews, and next of kin inherit, in that order.
If there is no next of kin, then property will "escheat" or revert to the state.
Only "probate-able" assets (that would have passed through your will) are affected by intestate succession laws.
How your assets are distributed in California depends upon who your closest relatives are when you die. California Probate Code §§6400-6414 determines the order of inheritance. The following some of the more common examples are illustrated here:
Parents and siblings survive you, but you have no spouse or children — Parents receive 100% of all property[1]
Siblings survive you, but you have no spouse or children – Siblings split equally 100% property[2]
Spouse and parents survive you, but you have no children – Spouse receives 100% of community property[3] and 50% of separate property and your parents receive 50% of separate property[4]
Spouse and siblings survive you, but you have no children or parents — Spouse receives 100% of community property and ½ of separate property and your siblings split equally 50% of separate property[5]
Spouse and one child survive you – Your spouse receives 100% of community property and 50% of separate property[6]
Spouse and multiple children survive you – Your spouse receives 100% of community property and 1/3 of separate property AND you children split 2/3 of separate property[7]
Children, but no spouse – Your children split 100% of all property[8]
There are some additional factors that affect intestate inheritance as well,
Survivorship period. To inherit under California's intestate succession statutes, a person must outlive you by 120 hours. So if you and your brother are in a car accident and he dies a few hours after you do, his estate would not receive any of your property.[9]
Half-relatives. "Half" relatives inherit the same as if they were related by whole blood. [10]
Posthumous relatives. Relatives conceived before (but born after) you die inherit as if they had been born while you were alive.[11]
Immigration status. Relatives entitled to an intestate share of your property will inherit whether or not they are citizens or legally in the United States.[12]
There are numerous estate planning options that can be used to change the "default" intestacy rules.
In the coming weeks, we will be reviewing many options in our Wednesday Words series. In the meantime, if you have any questions, or would like to discuss your estate plan, please contact Laura L. Thatcher, or a qualified estate planning attorney in your area.
[3] Community property is generally defined as all property earned by the labor of either spouse during marriage.
Friday Funnies: Pre-Thankgiving Planning
Friday Funnies: Veterans' Day Humor
Sunday is Veterans' Day, so I searched for a military themed joke for this week's Friday Funnies. There are lots of great ones. However, as you might imagine, most of the jokes out there are just a bit raunchier than would be appropriate for this site. After searching many sites, I came across Vetfriends and found the perfect joke – it even has estate planning references!
As unlikely as it seems, a Marine and a Sailor were friends and decided to go on a ski trip.
Along the way, they had car trouble and broke down by a farm on one of the coldest nights of the year. They knocked on the farm house door and a beautiful widow stood before them. The widow told them they were welcome to spend the night in the barn, but she could not allow them to stay in the house for appearance sake.
The night seemed to go uneventfully and the next morning the guys continued and finished their ski trip. Nine months later the Marine was contacted by a lawyer.
The Marine caught up to his Sailor buddy and asked him, "Hey Mack, you remember that beautiful widow we met on our ski trip"?
The Sailor replied rather sheepishly, "Yes."
The Marine said, "You didn't happen to get up in the middle of the night and pay her a visit did you?"
The Sailor again said, "Yes."
The Marine asked, "And by the way did you use my name instead of yours"?
The Sailor again said, rather red faced, "Yeah Buddy. I'm sorry."
The Marine replied, "That's okay, she died and left me a million bucks!"
Wishing you peace!


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May 10, 2000
Los Angeles- UCLA's dual-meet victory over cross-town rival USC on May 6 will be aired on Fox Sports Net West2 this Saturday, May 13 at 5:00 p.m. It will be aired again on Sunday, May 14 at 10:00 a.m. Check your local listings for exact channel listings.
The UCLA men upset the favored Trojans and won for the 22nd consecutive season and the UCLA women defeated USC for the eighth year in a row.
In men's team scoring, UCLA, rated No. 19 (tied) in this week's Trackwire national Top 25, defeated USC 88-75. It was UCLA's 22nd consecutive victory over the Trojans, dating back to 1978 (the 1982 meet was a nonscoring affair). USC, rated No. 4 by Trackwire, leads the series 38-29 but has not won the men's meet since 1977.
In women's team scoring, UCLA, rated as the nation's top outdoor dual meet team and the reigning NCAA Indoor champion, beat USC, 86-68. It was UCLA's eighth consecutive victory over the USC women and the Bruins lead the series 14-3.


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USF Suffers First Loss in Conference Opener
The Cougars dropped to 4-1 (0-1, NSIC), while the Mustangs improved to 4-4 (1-0, NSIC) with the win.
It took the Cougars a few minutes to become acclimated with SMSU's zone defense, but once USF was able to settle in good things happened. A great deal of the Cougars early success could be traced back to Derek Brown, who tallied a game-high 8 points, including two big 3-pointers in the opening period.
Brown's 3-pointer near the 6:00 mark gave USF a seven point lead, their largest of the first half, but the two teams would go back and forth before heading to intermission tied, 25-25.
Brown stayed hot, but as a team USF remained cold in the second half. They shot just 36% in comparison to SMSU, who fired at a 62% rate in the final period.
Half-way through the second period, the Mustangs began made their move. SMSU went on a 15-2 scoring run to secure a 14-point lead with just over 6:00 to play.
Lavione West applied a dagger with 3:06 on the clock, nailing an uncharacteristic 3-pointer to stretch SMSU's lead to 17 points. The Cougars continued to fight, and a step back 3-pointer from Brown cut the home team's lead to eight points, but that is as close as USF would come before suffering a 10-point defeat on the road.
USF won the battle of the benches, outscoring SMSU's bench 41-26. However, the Mustangs owned the paint, where they held a 30-18 scoring advantage for the night.
The Cougars were also outrebounded for just the second time this season. USF finished 12 below their average with just 25 boards, while SMSU tallied 34.
SMSU had three players in double-figures in Jordan Miller, Vinard Birch and West. Miller led the Mustangs with 16 points, including a number of big shots in the second half. Birch and West added 11 point each for the home team.
Brown finished 5-8 from downtown, and 4-4 at the line to post a team-best 23 points tonight. He was the only USF player in double-digit scoring. The next closet player was James Rader. Rader posted seven points on 2-6 shooting from the floor.
USF heads to Wayne State Friday, December 7 before returning to Sioux Falls to face crosstown rival Augustana Saturday, December 8.


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Purchase College senior Liana Thompson was one of 300 students selected from across the world to participate in a Global Governance Forum at the United Nations in April. She was chosen by ATHGO, a non-profit organization of the UN Global Compact that trains budding diplomats and social entrepreneurs across the world.
Ms. Thompson attended the Forum as part of the UN Global initiative to promote youth involvement in international policymaking and economic development in areas of technology, environment and governance for a sustainable future.
"A forum such as 'Global Governance' is a great opportunity for my students to see how the science of the environment is applied through policy in a social context," explained Purchase Environmental Studies Professor George Kraemer.
The Forum examined the use and advancement of technology in global governance, as well as the role of young people in international policymaking and business development, among other topics.
Guest speakers and an "Ambassadors Panel" offered participants an opportunity to explore diplomacy and social entrepreneurial ventures with experts in those fields. Students worked individually and in groups to develop policy considerations and business decisions for possible implementation by ATHGO and its affiliated partners.


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When will GForce be releasing the virtual version?
14-Nov-08 08:42 AM
I can remember seeing one of these or maybe it was the later one (opsonar or whatever it was called) in a bric a brac shop, for 90 quid back in 1991. I thought "who the **** would use that on a record?"...
Brilliant bit of kit, and yet another instrument ripe to be turned into a virtual wonder.
Brilliant bit of kit, and yet another instrument ripe to be turned into a virtual wonder.
14-Nov-08 03:11 PM
Well, I'm sure that Dave wouldnt mind me mentioning that there are quite a few Optigan samples in the M-Tron Pro library
14-Nov-08 03:24 PM
What a truely terrible instrument. Yet i've never seen Dave look so animated...Bless
14-Nov-08 07:22 PM
You obviously have'nt seen him after a few at the old cantina.........;)
You obviously have'nt seen him after a few at the old cantina.........;)
15-Nov-08 12:28 AM
Oh, how I miss the professor...
15-Nov-08 11:21 AM
Cool show! What I am curious about is how the fx buttons triggered those music phrases at the correct time since if I am correct the phrases are continually looping, each one on one track?
15-Nov-08 01:30 PM
Really enjoyed this one. Very funny & very informative.
15-Nov-08 04:28 PM
Aaahh... re-release please! Optigan Voyager...
17-Nov-08 01:09 AM
Brilliant piece of rubbish - wow! The radioactive head... now did that make it glow in the dark and did it also make random noises on its own? I wouldn't be surprised if it picked up some SW echo station HAH!
19-Nov-08 02:35 PM
Marc JX8P: The speed of rotation and the size of the discs insured that all of the graphic samples printed on them (actual visual representations of the waveform... like the audio track on a 16mm film) were in time with each other. There was also a little red dot on the disc which led to a little light hole which blinked in tempo!
08-Jan-09 11:29 PM
It should also be noted that this is the horrible stepchild of Daphne Oram's great Oramics machine. : )
08-Jan-09 11:30 PM
I used to have one of these! I picked it up from a st vicent de paul or salvation army store in about 1999. I later gave it to a good friend as I already had 3 other classic organs and well it was ugly as ****. I recall it being terribly heavy for what it was.
23-Jan-09 05:06 PM
There aren't 'hundreds' of records! Only about 40 different one's
12-Oct-10 01:48 PM
Its ok mucking about on these machines, but wouldn't it be fairer to show them played properly instead of just stupid mickey-taking. Or maybe you have not got anyone who is capable of playing real music on them.... Every technology has to start from somewhere. Interesting, nevertheless.
11-Jan-12 03:56 AM
Don't forget that the tech in this went into the orchestron, which are the choir sounds used by kraftwerk (listen to radioactivity and europe endless)
24-Jan-12 04:23 PM
A truly scaleable synthesizer and sequencing platform
USB DC coupled audio interface in the rack


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In New Jersey, the Cape May Shoreline Ride provides a 46-mile route through the scenic landscapes of Cape May County, including vistas of lighthouses, gorgeous Victorian architectures, bays, beaches, barrier island communities, wetlands and more.
Delaware has abundant trails for bicyclists and has been named the ninth most bicycle friendly state in the nation by the League of American Bicyclists. One reason is the 6-mile-long Junction and Breakwater Trail in Lewes, which connects Lewes and Rehoboth Beach along a former rail line.
Bike Rentals Come To
The Cape May Terminal!
DR Bradley Bikes are now renting beach bikes at hourly and daily rates. Perfect for Ferry passengers taking day trips from DE to enjoy local trails, or local NJ riders who only want a bike for short, local stints.
To Rent a Bike: Stop by the Bicycle Shed by the boardwalk or call either:
609-729-1444 or 609-780-6371.
The Shed is manned on the weekends, and bikes can also be rented via phone during the week or times when there is no attendant on site.


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This company's Cristal doesn't flow into a glass and you certainly don't want to drink it. The National Titanium Dioxide Company, which does business as Cristal, is the world's second-largest producer of titanium dioxide, TiO2. The highly reflective mineral is used in many applications, from paint and coatings to sunscreen, pharmaceuticals, and food coloring; four million tons of it are consumed worldwide annually. Cristal's eight plants in six countries also make carbon dioxide, gypsum, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, and other specialty chemicals. The company was formed in 2007 from the combination of Cristal Arabia and


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August 8, 2008By: Mary Winston Nicklin
10 Year Anniversary Celebration, Plus 3 Nights for the Price of 2, at The Westcliff, Johannesburg
The place to stay in Johannesburg is The Westcliff, situated in the city's most exclusive residential suburb on a hilltop with cascading, sculpted gardens. Part of the Orient-Express collection of worldwide travel experiences, The Westcliff recently opened some new Botanica Spa Suites, for guests to experience the ultimate in pampering and relaxation-- like the Jet-lag Energizer massage. With the "Be Our Guest" package, you can get three nights for the price of two, including a full English breakfast served in La Belle Terrasse restaurant. Priced from R6,850 in a Luxury Room. Plus, as part of the hotel's 10 Year Anniversary Celebration, The Westcliff will be hosting a Classical Garden Tea Concert at the Summer Terrace on September 14, 2008, where string quartet as well as a flautist and harpist will play classical chamber music, from Bach to The Beatles, while guests chow down on a traditional Afternoon Tea with a sumptuous spread of scones, chocolate éclairs, cakes and tasty fruit tarts, filled croissants and delicate finger sandwiches.
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Small baby and EDD and venting
Comments (3)
I wouldn't worry about delivering late, babies come in all different sizes and yours seems to be a good size now, I think 6 pounds is the "average" for 36 weeks, so 5 pounds and 24th percentile isn't bad at all.
I do know how you feel, I'm dealing with issues myself and things seem overwheleming, hang in there!
If you don't mind my honesty here.. the father needs to be a man and step up to the plate. Struggling on dealing with a new baby and not wanting to start over is NO excuse. There is a baby, he helped make it now it's his responsibility to help take care of it whether he likes it or not. There is no reason you should be going through this alone! Not saying this is the answer but for me I'd probably give a big FU to the father but that's because I went through my prior pregnancies and all the house responsibilities alone when I was married to my ex-husband, he did nothing to contribute to either one, hence why we are divorced now, he wasn't worth it at all (he has a son who was 17 at the time my first was born, and he was previously divorced and only had his son on weekends so he had NO idea how to take care of a baby and had the mentality that the mother does that stuff). I struggled big time and it took such a toll on me.
I do wish you the best, I hope it all works out for you!!
Brooke Alexandria 12/22/05
Vince Michael 05/16/07
Blake Logan 2/05/13
My stepdaughter weighed 4 1/2 pounds and was full term & my nephew weighed 5.9 at full term. I think all babies grow at different rates. Don't stress just yet....you still have a little ways to go.
Wendy (35)
5 cylces BFN, 1 MC (4-22-12) & Teddy Born 2-14-13
Definitely doesn't mean you won't deliver for six more weeks, you could deliver a perfectly healthy small baby in two weeks! My sister has huge babies but still has them close to when due, babies come in all different sizes it's lung development ect that matters!


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Kathleen Ann Wittstock, 72, of Medina, passed into the arms of her Savior Tuesday, December 25, 2012, after a brief struggle with cancer. She was born May 13, 1940 in Warren, Ohio, to the late Ivor and Marjorie (Cope) Storry.
Kathleen taught elementary students in the Parma and Westlake School Systems and substituted for the Medina County Achievement Center. She studied organ performance at Baldwin-Wallace College and served as organist at several churches. Kathleen loved the arts, was a talented knitter, sewer and quilter and found great joy in spending time with her family and grandchildren.
She was the beloved wife of Nelson for 45 years; loving mother of Scott (Susan) Wittstock of Columbus and Susan (William) Dalzell of Dayton; grandmother of Caroline, Liam and Owen; sister of Janice (Paul) Diehl of Austin, Texas, and Marti (Michael) Rutkowski of Florence, Kentucky. She is also survived by several cousins, including James Storry, Marilyn Miller and Linda Hunter.
A service in celebration of her life will be held at Waite & Son Funeral Home, 765 N. Court St., Medina, at 11:30 A.M., Thursday, January 3, 2013. Burial will follow at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman. Family will receive friends from 6 to 8:30 P.M., Wednesday, January 2, 2013.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Hospice of Medina, 5075 Windfall Road, Medina, OH 44256.
Online condolences may be left at www.waitefuneralhome.com


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Migrants deported from US arrive in Honduras
RAW VISION: one week before US President Barack Obama meets with Central American leaders, Honduran immigrants are deported back to their home country.PT0M0S 620 349
Tegucigalpa: Central American leaders will ask US President Barack Obama to support a regional development and security plan to stem the tide of illegal child migrants to the United States at a meeting this week, a Honduran minister said.
Presidents of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras will meet with Mr Obama on Friday to look for ways to curb an exodus of Central American children, fleeing to the United States to escape violence and poverty.
Since October, more than 57,000 unaccompanied children have been detained at the US-Mexico border, most of them from Central America, and double last year's count.
Guatemalan children caught in Mexico while trying to migrate into the United States. Photo: AFP
The surge in migration has sparked an intense debate over how to solve the problem.
"We need support for successful reintegration into work and schools and to keep track of these individuals and families so they don't try again to immigrate to the United States," Honduran Foreign Minister Mireya Aguero told local radio on the weekend.
Ms Aguero said she hopes the regional security initiative, which is supported by Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, Guatemala's Otto Perez and El Salvador's Salvador Sanchez Ceren, will be secured at the July 25 meeting.
A young undocumented migrant rests under a map of routes for migrants through Mexico at the La 72 shelter in Tenosique, Mexico. Photo: NY Times/Meridith Kohut
The plan would be accompanied by an effort to better control borders and dismantle networks of "coyotes" who charge thousands of dollars to smuggle Central American migrants even if they are turned back at the US border.
Last week, the United States flew home dozens of Central American children, after Mr Obama pledged to speed up the deportation process.
Mr Obama has asked Congress for $US3.7 billion ($3.9 billion) to pay for more border security, temporary detention centres and additional immigration court judges to process asylum cases and speed up deportations.
A woman holds her daughter's hand after being deported from the US at the international airport in San Pedro Sula, northern Honduras, last week. Photo: Reuters
Central America has seen a wave of violence as Mexican drug cartels have battled for drug routes and extortion rackets through the region.
Thousands of Central American migrants have been streaming into the United States through Mexico and those caught are being held in overcrowded detention facilities.
Honduran President Hernandez on Thursday said Washington should help the region fight gangs with a plan similar to US anti-drug programs in Colombia and Mexico.


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March 9, 2013
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By Gregg Bell
UW Director of Writing
SEATTLE - The seniors went out with a roar. With diving plays and emphatic blocks and another burst of late-season energy.
But not a win.
"We wanted to come in here and finish this season on a winning streak so we gave a lot of effort today," Scott Suggs said. "It was fun.
"I wish we could have given the fans a win."
The fifth-year senior from Missouri made six of 10 shots for 14 points, Aziz N'Diaye from Senegal had 10 rebounds with a monster block and accompanying push up that will be remembered for a while, and Abdul Gaddy from nearby Tacoma added eight points, four assists. All were in their final UW regular-season home games.
But 19 Washington turnovers gave UCLA 29 points. That and two, key 3-point shots that went so far in and then maddeningly back out late by C.J. Wilcox were why the Huskies lost their regular-season finale to the Bruins 61-54 on a frantic Saturday afternoon at Alaska Airlines Arena.
"The thing we talked to the team about after the game was the turnovers," Lorenzo Romar said after UW's first loss in nine home games against the Bruins. "That was the difference in the game."
The Huskies (17-14, 9-9 Pac-12) did win something Saturday: a standings tiebreaker with USC. That got Washington sixth seed for the Pac-12 tournament and a first-round game Wednesday in Las Vegas Wednesday at approximately 8:30 p.m. against 11th-seed Washington State. The Huskies edged the Cougars in both meetings during the regular season.
The winner of the third UW-WSU meeting this season will play third-seeded Oregon Thursday at 8:30 p.m.
"Whoever and whenever they tell us to play, let's play," Romar said of UW's draw.
Romar conceded what's been obvious for weeks: The Huskies need to win four games in four days for the Pac-12 tournament title to make the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2011.
"Yeah, I don't think there's any question we have to do that," the coach said. "But we have to win the first day (first). We have to have a good practice Monday."
Saturday's loss was only the Huskies' third defeat in 11 Senior Day games with Romar as their coach.
"Again, 29 points off our turnovers. Our inability to take care of the basketball was the difference in the game," UW's veteran coach said, tapping the table he was sitting behind for emphasis.
Shawn Kemp Jr. scored eight points to put Washington (17-14, 9-9 Pac-12) ahead by seven early, and finished with 10 points. But the Huskies missed seven consecutive shots with the game on the line, after UW had a four-point lead with 6 minutes left. They scored just two points over the final 5:59, after a lay in off an inbounds play by Gaddy had Washington ahead 52-48.
The ill-timed drought allowed the Bruins (23-8, 13-5) to surge back and win the Pac-12 regular-season title. That was ensured when Oregon lost minutes later at Utah. Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott, in Seattle for the women's Pac-12 tournament downtown at KeyArena, presented the Bruins with the Pac-12 regular-season championship in the loud visitor's locker room after the game.
The Dawgs' consensus after this one: This was an aberration during their late-season burst of energy, better play and three consecutive wins before Saturday. Romar lauded his team for playing "the right way" as far as intensity and defense - just not in securing the basketball.
"I don't think we lost any confidence today, but we know we need to limit our turnovers," Suggs said.
"We had a good roll going on into the (Pac-12) tournament. This is just a minor setback," Wilcox said. "We know how we can play.
"If we get on a roll ..."
If the Huskies come out with as much energy Wednesday in Las Vegas as they did on a sunny Saturday morning in Seattle, they'll be playing games on consecutive days next week.
Kemp attacked the rim for rebounds, put backs and dunks. Jenard Jarreau was spinning and scoring - once on a monster, two-handed dunk on a breakaway. He was jazzed he ran into the basket standard on his landing.
Suggs continued his complete reinvention in the last two weeks from a sleepy, sometimes seemingly disinterested bystander during games to a roaring, intimidating scorer. He enters the Pac-12 tournament with 73 points in his last four games. He had 28 in his four starts before that.
Almost every time he scored over UCLA's Shabazz Muhammad, who finished with a game-high 21 points, Suggs talked trash into the freshman phenom's face. Once he even flexed and roared after a defensive stop, as he did in Thursday's win over USC.
UW led by as many as seven early and through most of the opening half, yielding it only twice (UCLA 2-0 and 26-25). Kemp had eight points and was so strong inside the Bruins were doubling teaming him by half's end. That assuredly wasn't in their game plan.
N'Diaye had a monster hustle play with 5:42 left that produced one of the biggest roars of a noise day inside ol' Hec Ed. UCLA's Jordan Adams drove down the baseline from right to left at the rim. N'Diaye sprinted from the backside, leaped and swatted Adams' shot into the third row past the corner. The 7-footer landed prone on the floor and did a showy push up. That raised to noise to ear-splitting.
"I was just trying to keep our energy going," he said with a shrug afterward.
The Bruins confounded themselves and everyone else Thursday night by losing at last-place WSU, so UW knew UCLA would be loaded for baby bear Saturday. Then they confounded Wilcox with banging defense. He finished 3 for 13 from the field.
Two misses in particular could have changed everything. With 5:15 left, Wilcox was left wide open beyond the top of the key. The shot was headed to the bottom of the net -- then inexplicably spun out. Instead of leading by seven, UW watched UCLA score the next nine points to take a 57-52 lead on two free throws by Jordan Adams with 1:14 remaining.
The same thing happened to Wilcox off the left wing with 2:14 remaining. That in-and-out 3 would have tied the game for eighth time, at 55.
"Yeah, when you feel like you are down - really in there - and they pop out it's very frustrating," Wilcox said.
Then he added with a shrug: "Just have to keep shootin', I guess."
Suggs came out with his arm around his father Ron and one around his mother Cassandra, who came in from Washington, Mo., west of St. Louis when the seniors were introduced before tipoff. Gaddy came out with his parents, Oseye and Abdul Sr., and his extended family that including siblings from Tacoma. He, like Suggs and N'Diaye, triumphantly raised his framed Huskies game jersey about his head as the home crowd cheered.
N'Diaye came out for Senior Day introductions with his mother Aminata, who was here for the first time from their native Senegal, and his brother Alioune, who lives on the U.S. East Coast.
"It was amazing, to have them fly all the way here to support me," N'Diaye said. "It's been an amazing journey, and I'm blessed to be a part of it."
And as far as he's concerned, it's far from over. He feels renewed by the possibilities awaiting the Huskies in this league's wide-open tournament -- even as daunting as four wins in four days may seem.
"This," N'Diaye said, "is now a new season."


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Management Information in Business
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To many, information has become a strategic asset that any organisation should acquire, maintain and use. Information is now seen as a key to corporate growth and sustainability. Therefore, talking about information becomes part of the day to day job of managers at different levels. Important investments are made to automate the management of information, in other words to make information electronic and facilitate its flow, exchange and storage. With information, employees are continuously encouraged to discover and seize opportunities to attract clients, increase sales and maintain a company's strategic position. Nowadays it is also customers who demand to electronic information at the palm of their hands, in their computers, tablets or mobile phones.
The use of information requires careful thinking about how it is providing value to businesses and customers. Many investments can easily become a liability if they are not made with care and sensitivity, and most importantly by considering the possibilities and limitations that information can offer together with the abilities of managers and customers to make strategic use of it in their daily work.
This course therefore seeks to address three issues:
- the great potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to support the management of information and thus contribute to organisational transformation, improvement and sustained success
- the reasons behind the widespread failure of information-based systems and technologies to achieve that potential.
- the possibilities of, and constraints on, closing the gap between what information and technologies offer together and what can actually deliver to organisations.
This course is directed to managers who are responsible for or taking part in projects that bring competitive advantages through the use of information and associated technologies. We will often term them as 'information managers'. Within this group we also include managers who perform activities of strategic planning, information systems design and implementation, contracting of information and technology services from third parties or people who lead projects to develop and implement software applications.
Your materials consist of the course text – eight weekly units of teaching text, designed to introduce, amplify and question the associated readings. These readings are both from textbooks and extracts and articles that are relevant to the particular section you are studying, which are reprinted in the Course Reader. The readings are a mix of case studies and analyses of computerised information systems in public sector organisations from around the world. Through them you will learn about a wide variety of experiences and research on public sector information that you can use in your assignments and exam.
Two textbooks that are supplied with the course:
- E-commerce and E-business Management
- Systems Practice in the Information Society
E-commerce and E-business management is authored by Dave Chaffey, a leading practitioner in the field. It is a practical text which provides an overview of how organisations can enter the 'online' world and make the best of it. Its coverage is extensive and in some chapters too technical or too commercial (marketing oriented). The key message of the book is that organisations should become e-businesses, and in doing so they need to carefully plan their projects or initiatives. We will focus on the strategic aspects of an e-business and how they can help you/ your organisations adequately plan and implement initiatives to use information to your advantage. The book has three main parts: fundamentals, strategy and applications, and implementation. We will cover several chapters in each part. We will leave out material which is too oriented to marketing or electronic commerce or that is too technical. So please bear in mind that we will not cover all the content from the chapters.
Systems Practice in the Information Society is written by José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón (course author). The book provides conceptual foundations on systems thinking for the practice of management in the context of the information society. We will use this book to look at how systems thinking can help you become more aware of the diversity of issues (technical and non-technical) that need to be addressed if IS are to deliver value to your organisation. Using ideas of systems-thinking, the book offers several examples of human-centred information systems planning, design and evaluation. This book aims to complement rather than replace existing knowledge to plan and implement information systems in organisations.
While the unit texts will guide you to the specific pages in each textbook that are relevant to the unit's topic, you are strongly encouraged to read beyond the required pages and explore your textbooks in detail.
Objectives and learning outcomes of the course
Aims & Objectives
The course objectives are to:
- explain latest developments in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and information systems (IS)
- analyse why computerised information systems fail so frequently with reference to the role of information, knowledge, decision making, and types of IS.
- Understand the basic features of different types of software applications and related ICTs that support information systems, as well as their capabilities, benefits and costs (financial and non-financial)
- demonstrate different ways in which information systems and the software applications that compose them can be better planned, developed and maintained
- Offer systems thinking as a way to bring together different issues (technical and non-technical) to be considered in the adequate planning, development and implementation of IS.
In covering these components, the following central messages appear throughout the course units:
- Information can support and enhance corporate strategy if a vision of an organisation as an e –business or networked organisation is continuously informing any technological investment.
- Technology is not enough. Management of information requires an information system (IS), in other words a set of processes, people and technologies which together support organisational activity through the provision of electronic information.
- Introducing a new IS requires a degree of organisational change, which could bring more benefits to the organisation but may also mean an increased risk of system and technology failure.
- Following from the above, not every organisation should undertake radical changes, this depends on a number of aspects that make an organisation what it is and what people (customers included) value about it.
- Therefore, successful management of information and information systems requires continuous alignment between strategies, people who are to manage information systems, and the technologies that allow for the electronic flow and storage of information. Information managers need to be sensitive to organisational, cultural and personal aspects that will inevitably influence how information is used by people.
- Systems thinking can help information managers continuously align their ideas with the possibilities given by ICTs and the organisational requirements to offer value through the provision of electronic information.
Scope and syllabus
Course Units
The course consists of eight 'units' of work, each with its own core text, set readings and questions.
- Unit 1 - An Introduction to Information Systems in Organisations
- Unit 2 - Information and Communication Technologies in the Network Society Era
- Unit 3 - The E-business Environment and E-business Strategies
- Unit 4 - People and Information in Networked Organisations
- Unit 5 - Types of Information Systems
- Unit 6 - Planning Information Systems
- Unit 7 - Information Systems Development
- Unit 8 - E-procurement and Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Method of assessment
Students are individually assigned an academic tutor for the duration of the module, with whom you can discuss academic queries at regular intervals during the study session.
You are required to complete two Assignments for this module, which will be marked by your tutor. Assignments are each worth 15% of your total mark. You will be expected to submit your first assignment by the Tuesday of Week 5, and the second assignment at the end of the module, on the Tuesday after Week 8. Assignments are submitted and feedback given online. In addition, queries and problems can be answered through the Virtual Learning Environment.
You will also sit a three-hour examination on a specified date in October, worth 70% of your total mark. An up-to-date timetable of examinations is published on the website in April each year.


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Lynn Jackson has always loved photography. For years if there was a special event, you could be sure that Lynn would remember to bring a camera. With the advent of digital photography, Lynn started to get serious about taking pictures. Digital photography made taking pictures so easy and more fun. In the last few years Lynn has grown more serious about her photography, and has expanded to include wedding photography, baby & bridal showers, retirement parties, company parties, birthday parties for children and adults and just about any celebration you can imagine. Photographing an event is the most fun you can have with strangers!
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The May 2014 events sanctioned by the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission are highlighted by:
- "Arkansas 1800," a free seminar on American Indians in the Civil War and in Arkansas, will be held May 3 at the Jacksonville Museum of Arkansas Military History; call 501-241-1943 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
- "Civil War Arkansas 1861-1865," the ACWSC traveling exhibit, will be at the Greenbrier City Hall from May 12 to May 25; call 501-733-2409 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
- Grand Prairie Civil War Roundtable will feature Shawn Fisher of Harding University speaking on Civil War body armor at the Lonoke County Museum in Lonoke on May 13; call 501-676-6750 or email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
- Civil War Round Table of Arkansas will feature Brian Brown speaking on the Battle of Shiloh when it meets at Second Presbyterian Church in Little Rock on May 27; email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
- "We Must Stand or Fall Alone," an exhibit of Arkansas Civil War History, will be on display at the Delta Cultural Center in Helena-West Helena throughout May: call 870-338-3450 or email email@example.com for more information.
Visit http://www.arkansascivilwara150.com/events/ for more information on these and other sesquicentennial events.
Suggested Links
- Celebrate U.S. Grant's connections to St. Louis on April 5 and May 3, 2014
- 250th Anniversary of St. Louis to be celebrated thoughout 2014
- Have you been to the Ralph Foster Museum lately?
- College of the Ozarks at Point Lookout, MO, is a special experience
- Classes have begun at the new OTC Table Rock Campus


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No. 432 Squadron
Leaside, Panther
Motto: Saeviter ad lucem (Ferociously towards the light)
Adoption: Town of Leaside, Ontario Ancestry: King George VI, March 1945
No. 432 Squadron formed at Skipton-on-Swale on 1 May 1943 as part of No. 6 Group. Originally equipped with Vickers Wellington Mk Xs, it had become operational with these before the month was out, using the type for night bombing until November, when it was re-equipped with Avro Lancaster Mk IIs at East Moor. This gave the squadron greater capabilities, but in February 1944 this type was withdrawn and No. 432 was given Handley Page Halifax Mk IIIs. With these and Halifax Mk VIIs, which were very similar, the squadron continued to operate in the bomber offensive role throughout 1944 and into 1945, flying increasingly around the clock as the German fighter defences evaporated. Its final operation was on 25 April 1945, and the squadron disbanded 20 days later on 15 May at East Moor.
No. 432 Squadron re-formed as an All-Weather (Fighter) unit at Bagotville, Quebec on 1 October 1954, the squadron flew CF-100 aircraft on North American air defence until disbanded on 15 October 1961.
Battle Honours:
English Channel and North Sea 1943, Fortress Europe 1944-1945, France and Germany 1944-1945, Biscay Ports 1944, Ruhr 1943-1945, Berlin 1943-1944, German Ports 1943-1945, Normandy 1944, Rhine Biscay 1943
Honours & Awards
2 DSO's, 1 bar to DFC, 119 DFC's, 1 CGM, 20 DFM's, 1 Croix de Guerre
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Announcement is made of the forthcoming marriage of Amber Maier and Joshua Gordon. The bride-elect is the daughter of Kimberly and Horace Ponds Jr. of Shallotte. The prospective groom is the son of Angela and Ronald Gordon of Shallotte. A Sept. 26 wedding is planned at Sharon United Methodist Church on Holden Beach Road.
Daniel and Laura Russ of Ocean Isle Beach are the parents of a daughter, Haylea Grace Russ, born at 6:08 a.m. July 5 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
She weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces and measured 21 inches long.
She joins a brother, Joshua, 6.
Maternal grandparents are Ed and Betty Parbst of Supply. Paternal grandparents are James and Connie Russ of Ocean Isle Beach.
Great-grandparent is E.V. Gore of Ocean Isle Beach.
I am so excited! Our granddaughter is coming to visit, a solo act for two weeks, until her family arrives later in the month.
This is a first for all of us, so it comes with eagerness, enthusiasm, and a degree of trepidation.
Papa Jean-O wonders what we will do to entertain a 15-year-old. I caution this is not a vacation but time spent with grandparents whose geographic distance causes them to miss all the events and growth steps.
Remains recovered in January off a rural road in Horry County, S.C., have been positively identified as those of a woman who was abducted and brought to Brunswick County in November 2002 by two Kentucky prison escapees.
The remains—bone fragments and a human skull—have been positively identified as those of Alice Donovan of Galivants Ferry, S.C., Horry County Police Sgt. Robert Kegler said Tuesday.
Those findings were released last Friday following DNA testing at the University of North Texas, Kegler said.
Having completed the dribbling drills at the recent Brunswick Community College basketball camp, the small group of players gathered for a huddle before moving on to the next drill. They gave a weak-hearted, low-spirited cheer and then dispersed.
The coach of those drills called them back. She was dissatisfied with their attitude. So they huddled again. The cheer was louder, but robotic. They tried to disperse again, but the coach made them huddle again. This time, the cheer was enthusiastic, and they moved on to the next drill.
SOUTHPORT—The hopes of the Brunswick 13-year-olds Junior Dixie Boys baseball team going to the World Series ended July 23 at Smithville Park as Hope Mills rallied from a 5-0 deficit for an 11-6 victory.
The victory advanced Hope Mills, a suburb of Fayetteville, to the World Series.
Brunswick pitcher Jacob Shumate had an easy first inning, as he retired the first three batters in order.
Ocean Isle Beach—Senate Bill 832 is stalled in the N.C. House committee, and Debbie Smith, Ocean Isle Beach mayor, went to Raleigh earlier this month to find out why.
Smith, along with several other local mayors and area representatives, met with Joe Hackney, speaker of the house, hoping to find out why Senate Bill 832, which would make terminal groins legal in North Carolina, has been stalled in the committee on environment and natural resources since May.
Getting the news out to the public can be a mix of fun and excitement. Sometimes it's hard; sometimes it's emotional.
And sometimes, it can be down right intimidating.
As a reporter in Kentucky, I was eager to join up with law enforcement one day after receiving a call about an indoor marijuana-growing operation in my hometown. The officers invited me along and told me I was welcome to take pictures of the enterprise, the likes of which hadn't been seen in the area before.
I showed up with two cameras in tow, a notebook and several pens.
A woman was bitten by a shark while in the water at Holden Beach on July 22, according to Holden Beach Police.
Police said a shark bit a 26-year-old woman around 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 22. Witnesses said Julia Anne Mittelberg of Morton, Ill., was in about 3-4 feet of water in the 400 block of Ocean Boulevard West. She reportedly felt something on her left foot in the water. After making her way to shore, she discovered a bite wound on her left foot.
HOLDEN BEACH—Two people have been selected for the town's planning and zoning board—one member and one alternate member—after two votes by town commissioners.
At their monthly meeting July 14, commissioners unanimously voted to appoint Tony Marwitz to a vacant planning and zoning board seat and Nancy Sullivan to the alternate's seat.
But rather than vote vocally, the board voted by ballot.
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Montecito, CA — An Oxnard man holding two knifes to his throat for hours was taken into custody by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Special Enforcement Team ( S.E.T.). The incident lasted nearly four hours as deputies negotiated with the subject in attempts to have him put down the knives.
Shortly after 9:00am on Wednesday, November 07, deputies responded to South Jameson Road near San Ysidro Road, for a man seen holding a knife to his throat. When deputies arrived they found 43 year old Paul Robinette, standing near a parked car holding two knives to his throat. Deputies with the Sheriff's Office quickly secured the area as Officers from the California Highway Patrol closed off surrounding streets and the San Ysidro freeway off-ramp. A reverse 911 call was placed by Sheriff's dispatch to area residents, advising them to stay in their homes.
After repeated attempts to communicate with Robinette failed, the Hostage Negotiation Team along with the S.E.T. arrived and took over the incident. Robinette stood behind a parked car with an open trunk and an open passenger side door. Deputies initially believed Robinette had a gun in the open trunk and did not want to provoke him into using it.
The Sheriff's Bomb Team robot was used to approach Robinette with food and water. Robinette did not take the food and continued to pace back and forth with the knives held tightly to his throat.
The standoff finally ended when S.E.T deployed distraction devices (flash-bangs) and hit Robinette with several less lethal foam rounds, causing him to drop the knives. S.E.T. quickly moved in and safely took Robinette into custody before he could hurt himself. Robinette was transported to the hospital by A.M.R. Paramedics where he will be medically and psychologically evaluated.


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Ottawa RedBlacks sign former OU receiver Cameron Kenney
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(by Tim Baines/QMI) The Ottawa RedBlacks have signed another player with NFL roster experience. The RedBlacks announced Thursday they have added former 24-year-old former Oklahoma Sooners wide receiver Cameron Kenney. Kenney has spent time on NFL rosters in Denver, Seattle and...Read more