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Bruce Willis might sue Apple: his girls can't inherit his iTunes collection
0. phoneArena 03 Sep 2012, 07:08 posted on
Hollywood superstar Bruce Willis, the one you've seen in Die Hard and Pulp Fiction, might just launch his own legal war against Apple and its iTunes store…
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1. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
Lol. Yep, that's Apple. xP
You don't wanna mess with Bruce Willis. Yippie-ki-yay.
15. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
If Bruce files suit, it will be an interesting case. On another, related matter, what if Bruce were to transfer his Apple ID to the trust? The trust would go forward and purchase iDevices (and iTunes downloads) and so on for each of the trust beneficiaries. Is Apple saying that scenario can't occur?
17. JeffdaBeat (unregistered)
I'm a bit confused. I have no problem sharing my music with anyone I want. I thought that was the point of them getting rid of the DRM. Or is this in the case that he dies and they want to re-download the songs under their Apple ID?
If it's the second case, I'm more on Apple's side of this. How do they verify that someone has indeed passed away and that this second person is now able to download all iTunes content? I'm not saying it isn't wrong...but I feel like unless there is some way to verify death, A LOT of people would take advantage of something like this.
19. doubleD (Posts: 78; Member since: 13 Dec 2010)
Yeah, I'm also confused. When you purchase a song from iTunes, does it not d/l the song to your computer in which you could then just transfer that file and use on any device?
31. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
Not sure which scenario is in play. If it is the proof-of-death issue, a simple solution is for the heir(s) to provide a death certificate and a probate ruling to support their assertion. If there is a clause in the iTunes contract that prohibits the transfer, that is where it gets interesting. In the U.S., there is a general principle (especially in California) that you can't circumvent laws and court rulings through contract terms. There is a whole body of trust law and court rulings establishing the validity of the trust law, so if Apple wants to go Mano-e-Mano with Bruce, it will be on the losing side of that issue.
32. Victor.H (Posts: 658; Member since: 27 May 2011)
Right, but figuring a way for this to work should be Apple's problem, and one solved before the service launched, not the user's problem, don't you think?
33. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
I think its more of passing it all to another account.
And how do they verify? The same way reps have to verify death in store.. with a death certificate.
Also, if you have had your account for a while, its going to be filled with DRM. Dont you have to pay extra per song to be DRM free? A lot of people probably dont realize that and go for the cheaper DRM filled version. Either way DRM is BS. If I buy a song digitally, I should have the same access to it as if i bought the CD. I'm doing the world by making one less piece of trash (the CD), so I shouldnt be punished for it. All music and media should be DRM free. Just like those moronic "digital copies" of movies you buy.. that work on so few devices that its pointless.
I hope Willis uses his fame, muscle, and money to take Apple to task. Maybe he will help push for the end of DRM. What a dream that would be. I'd totally watch every movie he put out no matter how bad as a thank you.
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41. Droid_X_Doug (Posts: 5993; Member since: 22 Dec 2010)
It ultimately is Apple's issue to sort out. I suspect there will be a revised iTunes agreement plus some in-store procedure established (at least in the U.S.).
64. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
Why are you an Apple fanboy? You seem to be a smart and articulate person, but your logic here is very flawed.
Willis paid for his music, it should be his to keep and divvy out to someone else if he passes away or decides to go crazy and give his stuff away.
Hopefully he will no longer utilize Itunes for his music purchases and will go with a true DRM free solution like Google Music instead.
89. Forsaken77 (Posts: 553; Member since: 09 Jun 2011)
You would have to present them with a death certificate, much the same way any inheritance works.
23. phitch (Posts: 214; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
If you purchased tracks prior to them becoming DRM free you need to repay, otherwise they are still DRM. The other thing is while you purchase the music and it contains no DRM legally speaking you can't simply give a copy of those songs away. You can only use them on devices you own. Under this agreement Bruce can't just give his mp3 collection to his daughters like he could if he had just purchased a physical copy. The lesson here: always buy a physical copy.
68. juanyunis (Posts: 73; Member since: 31 Aug 2012)
i don't agree with buying physical copies because if you just like or love 1 song of an album, that maybe cost you about $0.99 instead of the whole set for $10 or more, why paid for the others songs? and besides in this age everything is moving digitally.
70. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
if you have already bought the copy, why should you have to buy it again to be DRM free from the same service you bought it from the first time. Thats stupid.
Also, if you can put it on anything you own, then he only needs to will him the hard drive/ ipod/whatever that has the music on, and your legal issue is solved. However, with DRM its still coded to just his account, which is the part he has an issue with.
If I willed you a CD, you would not need to know my account and password to play it. Digital music needs to be the same.
78. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
This I agree with.
2. prototype (Posts: 23; Member since: 06 Jul 2012)
Yes Bruse Yippie-Ki-Yay M F Apple ! Sue this Evil company
27. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13035; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
Bullcrap. It's the written rules. He agreed to them when he signed for an account. Sounds like Willis is just trying to get attention.
39. iami67 (Posts: 318; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
ya cause bruce willis is having a hard time getting attention lol
42. phoenix225 (Posts: 2; Member since: 03 Sep 2012)
Your serious? He agreed to them when he signed? He's just looking for attention? Are you dumb? Bruce Willis doesn't look for attention nor does he have any reason to. Take whatever vendetta you have against the man and post it someplace else. I'll bet a lot of people didn't read the terms of agreement when they started their account. But I bet you did. So you mean to tell me the songs are basicly rented the songs til your dead? Thats another bunch of crap and way for Apple to try and make money. This is why I tell a lot of people that android and google is much better. Apple cost you so much money. Its sad really. Apple is horrible for this economy right now. The applecare+ is crap. I have to pay for the full version of apps if I want them. I can't customize it the way i want. You have to by everything for it. And the supposed iPhone 5 thats coming out is gonna have a new charging port? So now if I want that I have to get new chargers and cases. No. Apple became as bad as Xbox with that. Their as bad as the government with gas prices.
57. 305Bucko (Posts: 506; Member since: 07 Aug 2011)
Im sure everyone reads the Terms and Conditions window before clicking "I agree" button.
3. frydaexiii (Posts: 1443; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
Sigh, Apple, where everything you pay for don't really belong to you.
8. jove39 (Posts: 1858; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Wonder...if all of Apple gear is actually evil Decepticons!!!
13. mariosraptor (Posts: 125; Member since: 15 Mar 2012)
yeah. and they eat the brains of their users.
that is why you can't say Apple is brain-washing people.
they have none anymore.
43. shandesilva (Posts: 79; Member since: 28 Mar 2012)
yeah..the tiny skinny type with large eyes, orange or purple coloured hair and multiple instruments...:)
28. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 13035; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
It's not Apple's fault. It's DMCA copyright. The music industry is at fault here.
36. frydaexiii (Posts: 1443; Member since: 01 Dec 2011)
Yes, when Apple sues everyone for generic stuff, it's the patents office fault, not the fact that Apple is abusing it.
When Apple is not giving their customers what they pay for it's the music industry's fault, not Apple's for abusing it again.
61. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
This is one of the few times I will agree with you....lol.
And folks talking about Amazon and Google...they both have the similar terms....maybe the same terms...
69. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
you obviously have not ever used google music to speak such nonsense.
When you buy a song off of google music, not only is it in a MUCH MUCH higher quality bit rate, its also 100% DRM free with no limits on usage. You OWN it free and clear.
76. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Here are the ToS for Google Play and Amazon:
Read under 6. Rights and Restrictions
Read 2. Music Content, down to 2.2
Isnt that the same thing Bruce Willis wants to do?
DRM free and being able to whatever you want with it is 2 different things. DRM free means you can do whatever you want with it...for yourself. Passing on to others....unless you burn a physical disc.....I dont think its that clear cut with Google and Amazon.
I really dont think the music industry woulda gave their blessing to Google and Amazon for music downloads if we could just do what Bruce wants to do.
79. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
your misunderstanding some things
rule 6 is a general Google Play statement, meant for apps and such. Google music, books, and movies all have their own section. There is nothing under the google music section that says they retain rights on music purchased at all.
DRM free MEANS Digital Rights Management free.. aka, no restrictions on use. Their generic warnings are the same ones you will find in a CD cover. Not a big deal, and not what Apple's DRM enhanced itunes library says.
What Bruce is arguing is that he should be able to will his DRM locked music to his kids when he dies. Apparently there is no stipulations for transfering from one account to another upon death.
With google music, I can easily just email you an MP3 from my list at any time without issue.. its DRM free.
81. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
"Sale, Distribution or Assignment to Third Parties.
You may not sell, rent, lease, redistribute, broadcast, transmit, communicate, modify, sublicense or transfer or assign your rights to Products to any third party without authorization, including with regard to any downloads of Products that you may obtain through Google Play. Use of any tool or feature provided as an authorized part of Google Play (for example, "Social Recommendations") shall not violate this provision so long as you use the tool as specifically permitted and only in the exact manner specified and enabled by Google."
That to me says Bruce cant just legally give his download to his daughters....without permission.
Under Music...it has nothing about this..none of ther other section really do..and IMO it doesnt need it with what is stated above.
87. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
Ok, now.. without DRM to tell you who paid what to who's account, how would you EVER go about enforcing that? hmm? No DRM = no account ties. You gonna sue everyone who says they didnt keep a receipt for a CD purchase but has the same song?
Thats my point. There is no DRM. That means there is no control DL from Google music has all the same non-protections as simply burning the CD yourself. There is no account tracking/tying software embedded in it like there is in DRM. Its JUST the MP3 file.
Google Play DOES have DRM in other sections such as apps and movie rentals. THAT is what they are talking about. You can not transfer DRM protected content. There is zero way to stop the transfer of non DRM content like google music because there is no way to prove it was ever transferred to begin with.
94. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Imma try this again: I will separate what I wanna emphasize.
"You may not sell, rent, lease, redistribute, broadcast, transmit, communicate, modify, sublicense or transfer or assign your rights to Products to any third party without authorization,
including with regard to ......any downloads of Products that you may obtain through Google Play."
Any downloads includes everything. Thats why its not specific in the other sections.
Read the Google Play ToS link again...about music files having meta data in em. DRM free and just giving your stuff to someone is not the same thing. DRM free makes it easy for you to view stuff you bought.
Here is another good read...from gasp Macworld...lol:
Read this section: Does the lack of DRM mean that it's okay to give copies of the songs I buy to my friends?
Some key points:
(And it's fair to note that iTunes does embed your iTunes ID in every iTunes plus file you download, so it's easy to see who bought the file originally.)
Google Play does the same thing....but it says it may contain embedded data. Under 7. Music on Google Play.
Best bet in these cases is make a disc and let the daughters go from there.
83. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
True, although I do suspect that Google doesnt like me accessing Google Music from my Blackberry playbook. Its perfectly capable of Flash and HTML5, but I cant play my Google Music tune from my playbook. I can play my Amazon music though from the browser.
Anyway, I guess the point Im getting at is, Google is one of the companies backing HTML5, and I had an idea that HTML5 means being able to run websites and web software without platform limitations, something that Google appears to be forcing on me. That in itself can be considered a DRM. Sure, I can access my google music from my phone through an app or my PC through the browser just fine, why cant I on my tablet with a fully functioning browser?
86. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
This is what I'm getting at.
88. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
your getting at nothing. You can play google music through a frikkin iphone browser, that's old news. And Safari is a very limited browser. The dude just obviously does not know how to use the tablet, or its missing something.
I have never had a single issue ever with playing music from google music on any browser that supports the features.
74. TheRetroReplay (Posts: 254; Member since: 20 Mar 2012)
That's the smartest thing I've ever seen you say
90. luxzy801 (Posts: 140; Member since: 16 Jun 2010)
Bullcrap fanboy!!!!
Copyright laws do not say anything about willingly transfering ownership of a song (as long as you dont make any profit on it and it is not a reproduction of the original product)
This is what DMCA is about:
imposes rules prohibiting the circumvention of technological protection measures
sets limitations on copyright infringement liability for online service providers (OSPs)
expands an existing exemption for making copies of computer programs
provides a significant updating of the rules and procedures regarding archival preservation
mandates a study of distance education activities in networked environments
mandates a study of the effects of anti-circumvention protection rules on the "first sale" doctrine
Before you bring your fanboyism into the game, make sure you got your facts straight.
Under the term "Fair Use", I can transfer my music to anybody as long as I do not infringe on the copyrights of stated music (ie, reproduction, resale for personal gain, transfer of ownership for personal gain and so forth)
This is what we call communism people.
You pay for it but we still own it, welcome to the new world!!!!!
58. 305Bucko (Posts: 506; Member since: 07 Aug 2011)
APPLE: All your music are belong to us
4. mariosraptor (Posts: 125; Member since: 15 Mar 2012)
yes yes.
the sky is blue, water is wet and apple is Evil.
glad that people start to notice.
boycott all of the products they make if they Will(is) change their policies.
5. Nikolas.Oliver (banned) (Posts: 1574; Member since: 01 Jul 2012)
apple is trying to be a DICTATOR
24. disneydad (Posts: 114; Member since: 26 Mar 2012)
Do or do not...there is no try.
6. jove39 (Posts: 1858; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Apple - You didn't bought music, you borrowed it for a while.
Bruce - Borrowed...huh...Kiss my @$$ Apple!
Me - wondering how Bruce Willies plan to destroy Apple, drill cupertino...Armageddon style?
7. GoBears (Posts: 449; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
Once Chuck Norris finds out, Apple is done for.
84. downphoenix (Posts: 3165; Member since: 19 Jun 2010)
Chuck Norris is able to get his content transferred to another account. I think Bruce Willis just wants to do the same.
9. whysoserious (Posts: 318; Member since: 20 Jul 2012)
Lol! Apple is so damn stupid for giving out that lame reason to a very powerful man on the Hollywood industry. They could've made a quiet exemption, but instead, they made a fool out of Bruce like he was just one ordinary i-she3p that they can treat like idiot like everybody else.
Nobody messes up with John McClane.
21. joey_sfb (Posts: 5747; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
'Borrow' what an interested way to put it. I think i will just stick to my CD and ripped them for my portable player. Its a 2 minutes task.
26. disneydad (Posts: 114; Member since: 26 Mar 2012)
Oppa Gangnam Style FTW!
10. e.wvu (unregistered)
How does Apple even know if other iTunes users who have passed away haven't already inherited the passers account? Does Apple have a team that searches every newspaper's obituaries?
Apple needs to change the terms of iTunes. They're so freaking greedy!
40. iami67 (Posts: 318; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Im sure if bruce willis died apple would knwo its not liek me or you dyin.
11. Hafiz (Posts: 78; Member since: 20 Dec 2011)
Ah....now u r in trouble apple.
Just do what he says if you dont wanna die hard! =D
30. IamYourFather6657 (Posts: 321; Member since: 01 Jul 2012)
In my opinion , he can sue if he want to but i dont think it will be sucessful . Here's the reason why , before you use iTunes you must agree with the terms and condition before he can continue and he did so this lawsuit is pointless from the beggining
34. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
T&C can not ignore written law though. If there is a law on the books that says any property must be allowed to be transferrable to whomever you wish apon death, then Apple cant actually stop that, no matter what they put in their T&C.. not even the Human CentiPad
14. GoBears (Posts: 449; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
All jokes aside, this is one of the big reasons people illegally download their content. Once you have it, you can do whatever you want with it.
16. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
The general Internet going public has recognized DRM on iTunes and other services as an issue for years. If you're paying about the same price for music on iTunes that you would for a CD there is absolutely no f**king reason in the world why it can't be treated as your permanent property.
I really suspect the record companies are the culprit behind this one, though I'm sure that Apple, with its infinite desire for control, had no problem including these terms for users.
35. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
its both. media companies dont want to give up their draconian controls. DRM was a way for them to feel "safe" about digital downloads in an era where Napster and its clones were still a big thing.
However, I completely agree. If I purchase it legally, then I should be able to do whatever the heck I feel like with it. Just like a CD. Its mine, dont tell me how I can use it. That goes double for "digital copies" that come with movies I buy. Piece of junk those things are.
45. GoBears (Posts: 449; Member since: 27 Apr 2012)
Not only are you paying about the same price per song BUT you are getting a compressed version of the real material. I don't care how good Apple says their codec is, it's still not near as good as vinyl or cd.
46. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
That's one thing Google music has over iTunes in spades. A much much higher bitrate and no DRM.
18. PhoneBug (Posts: 14; Member since: 29 May 2012)
Chuck Norris would just roundhouse kick Apple
20. No_Nonsense (Posts: 826; Member since: 17 Aug 2012)
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"It gets to be tough because now your pitching's drastically affected along with your pitching down the line a little bit," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "But it is what it is.
"I certainly understand the thought process. I understood the thought process yesterday, but when you're scheduled to play in these seven days in the two towns we're in, you've got a chance to run into some bad weather this time of year and we have. And we just adjust."
Dillon Gee was set to pitch Monday in the opener of a four-game series. Instead, he will take the mound in the first game Tuesday. Collins said either Aaron Laffey or Jeremy Hefner will start the nightcap. Juan Nicasio is scheduled to start the first game for the Rockies. Jeff Francis is slated to pitch the second game.
That is if it's played; snow is expected Tuesday night. Frigid temperatures are in the forecast for Wednesday, which may also put that game in jeopardy. The series finale is Thursday.
Collins said the team was to hit in the indoor batting cages adjacent to the visitors' clubhouse here at Coors Field on Monday, but only Jon Niese was expected to throw a bullpen session on the indoor mound.
"There really isn't a place for them to throw indoors so we're going to try to do something," Collins said of his pitchers. "I hate to take them outside when they can't see or they're sliding around in the snow, I don't need them to blow a groin out because they're trying to play catch. But we've got to get them throwing a little bit somewhere."


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Government science advisor rejects evolution
The Chief scientific adviser of the Israeli Education Ministry may be forced to resign after he rejected evolution and the connection between human activity and global warming.
Doctor Gabi Avital, an expert in rocket science from the Technion and a veteran Likud Party member, was posted to the education ministry three months ago. Accusations of political cronyism soon followed as in the past the post was held by experts in the field of education.
The adviser's responsibilities include reviewing the national science school curriculum.
It has now emerged that in an interview with the religious right-wing weekly BeSheva last November, Dr Avital said that "if they continue to write in the school books that the earth is heating up because of carbon emissions, I will insist that changes".
He accused scientists of "waging a worldwide 'green crusade'" which said was politically motivated, and equated them with the supporters of evolutionary theory, which he said was based on "shaky science" and "non-believing elements, in other words, the absence of God".
Dr Avital promised to act on this too, saying: "If school books specifically say that man originates from monkeys, I will want the students to be exposed to other challenging views. There are many people who think that evolution is wrong."
Following the outcry from the Israeli scientific community and environmentalist groups, Education Minister Gideon Saar has been forced to publicly disassociate himself and the ministry from the scientific adviser he appointed. He has promised to discuss the matter with Dr Avital, and senior sources in the ministry are predicting that his replacement is inevitable.


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This has been an incredibly dramatic week in Canadian politics, with way more theatre than most of us get in an average year. A tangled set of conflicting narratives is in play in Ottawa, as the Senate confronts its own history and spending practises, many of them bad. But here at home one political party is actively imploding. Through a series of missteps and bad counter movements, the Newfoundland and Labrador NDP is effectively undermining its own integrity, credibility, and sensibility. It's a train wreck, all right, one squarely engineered by its own members.
I don't want to spend my blog space judging those particular members or hammering another nail in their coffin. I do want to muse about lessons learned, however, and what the whole sordid and embarrassing episode teaches us about communications—a subject any dean or person in a leadership position must master.
It all began when four people who comprise a party caucus, four elected members of the Legislature, agreed to sign on to a letter addressed to their leader. The letter, in plain and unambiguous English, requested a leadership convention—in other words, a request that the current leader be replaced. They drafted and agreed to the content and pressed send. An email, no less. Not a registered letter or hand-delivered letter: an email.
Lesson One: if you have something unpleasant to say, say it to her face. Have we not all learned just how treacherous emails can be? Emails take down dynasties. They have become the DNA of criminal cases. They are evidence, paradoxically hard evidence, since most of us consider them to be so ephemeral, fleeting, and often trivial. Could there be anything more insulting than an email attachment informing you that your services are no longer required? Could there be anything more dumb than using the one medium capable not only of offending but also of being traced, of serving as proof of communication, and in turn being easily reproduced and disseminated? Can it get more impersonal?
And so the leader herself, after receiving the aforementioned email, agreed to go on the public broadcaster, during prime time news, and reveal the contents of the email, while openly displaying her sense of betrayal and victimization. Ouch. You could practically hear the saliva forming in the mouths of newsroom reporters. There hasn't been anything this juicy in these parts since Premier Danny Williams told the Prime Minister where to shove his federal agenda. Didn't your mother always tell you not to act in anger? To wait it out and reply to slights and offense when you were in a reasonable state of mind? But, no, in this case, the leader, in no mood for patience and rationality, decided to air all the dirty linen in public, fighting dirt with dirt. It was an extraordinary spectacle, at once embarrassing and sad.
Lesson Two: avoid the media at all costs when you are angry. Do not under any circumstances go public with news that will damage your cause. The media is a large maw, hungry and keen to expose and devour the weak.
Things have not ended there. At least two members of the caucus started back pedaling furiously, in one case apologizing publically and in the other openly weeping in self-abnegation, all while pointing a finger at an alleged instigator among them. So it is that the alleged instigator was compelled to defend his own integrity and call into question the very intelligence, not to mention the will, of the others who were now saying that really did not mean what the email attachment said.
Lesson Three: in the face of hard evidence, do not back track, do not point fingers, do not blame the other for your own mistakes. It looks and smells insincere, even cowardly. Adults must take responsibility for their actions, not claim ignorance or weakness.
And so, finally, after only two days of very public finger pointing, recrimination, revisionist history, and other forms of truthiness, the caucus and leader have decided not to talk to the media at all. Too late, children. You have violated just about every fundamental law of communications, ignored all the best practices manuals and all the 101 lit on press relations, and you have displayed a tragic lack of judgment. The winners in all this: the media, surely. The spectacle was hand delivered to them, ready-made. The governing party is probably feeling pretty triumphant, too. The losers: clearly the NDP itself, and all of those who have supported them through the years.
The success of any political party or organization depends on the successful control of their own stories—that's communications. Woe to those who act in haste and in anger. Woe to those who fail to understand how all things are mediated. Woe to those who press send.
Dr. Faye Murrin is Dean pro tempore of the School of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor in the Department of Biology. She completed her B.Sc. (Hons.) at Memorial University, her M.Sc. at Acadia University, and her Ph.D. at Queen's University. Her research interests have always been focused on fungi, in particular the cell biology of insect pathogenic fungi and, more recently, the ecology of mycorrhizal mushrooms in the boreal forest. Dr. Murrin has served in a number of positions on the Council of the Mycological Society of America and was awarded the title of MSA Fellow for her contributions. She was awarded the Women in Science and Engineering Lifetime Membership Award as founding co-director of the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Summer Program. Dr. Murrin participates in public lectures and workshops, and is a Director on the board of Newfoundland Foray, Inc.


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Centerfire Rugers any good?
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> Centerfire Rugers any good?
September 20, 2004, 08:01 AM
How do Ruger centerfire autoloaders stack up against the competition? The price is right for me, but how's the quality/reliability?
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September 20, 2004, 08:31 AM
Don't judge them by my experience alone. All manufactures will send out a few pistols that have problems. But I bought one of the new P345's a few months ago after reading a glowing review in a gun magazine. Disassembled and cleaned it and took it to the range. It felt fine, shot fine, and fed both hardball and swc without a hitch. Brought it home, cleaned it again - and it broke. Beats me. Had to go back to Ruger ($45 or so dollars for shipping for which I wasn't reimbursed). They replaced parts in the safety and in the mag release safety. But I got rid of the gun because I no longer trusted it. It appeared to me that Ruger went with some new, unique design features with this gun and and ended up with an overly complex design with too many parts. Others, however, swear by the older Ruger designs. I traded mine in on a Sig and much prefer what I believe to be the simpler Sig design. For me, it was a case of trying to save a few bucks with the Ruger and it ended up costing me much more in the end. Live and learn.
September 20, 2004, 08:48 AM
I've shot and been around some of the P8X's and some of the P9X's owned by friends and ranges for rentals. They have been in my experience dead reliable, even the range rentals that were beyond filthy. Accuracy has been about average for service type pistols. Ergonomics for me are pretty poor, but some people love them. I don't know a thing about the newest models but the older models are pretty solid.
September 20, 2004, 08:53 AM
Well, I got a P90 that I've been trying out against other .45 caliber full size autos. The list includes H&K USP-45, Sig 220, Glock 21, a S&W SW99, an EAA Witness steel frame, a Springfield 1911 USGI and an Auto Ordnance 1911 with a few carry upgrades in addition to the Ruger. They work and are built like a tank but they are VERY bulky and ergonomics aren't the best in the world either. Replacing the grips with Hoages helps you still have a fairly short distance between the bottom of the trigger guard to the bottom of the frame. Matter of fact, the P90 is the only full size handgun I used that has ever pinched my pinkey between the magazine base and frame while doing a speed reload. :scrutiny: No, I guess I see the Ruger autos as the AK-47 of the handgun word. Rugged, reliable and cheap. It's also about as ergonomic as a brick, just like the AK.
Now if you are on a budget, have you ever looked at the EAA Witness? They ar a CZ-75 design and can be had for as low a price as the Rugers if not cheaper in some places. The ergonomics are a lot better, they have a higher magazine capacity (10 versus 8 in the full size .45s), have a lower bore axis, the trigger is a lot nicer as well as the ability to be carried cocked-and-locked if you prefer. My Witness has been just as reliable as my Ruger as well as the other handguns I own. Kind of hard to say "handgun X is more reliable than handgun Y" when all have been 100% reliable. No, if I was loking for a budget priced .45, I would definately check out the Witness.
September 20, 2004, 08:57 AM
I have a P89 and P95 and both are rock solid shooters. they may not be the most pretty guns but IMO they are built like a brick somthing house. I have put alot of 9mm through them and can count the misfires on 1 hand (all mag related to a usa mag and a triple K mag)
September 20, 2004, 09:41 AM
Ruger autoloaders have excellent durability and reliability.
The average Ruger autoloader will do everything the HK, Glock, Sig etc. will do (function reliably and shoot with decent accuracy) and do it far cheaper. So, if you are thinking about buying one, the only things left to consider are whether or not you like the looks of it and whether or not you like the ergonomics of it. Calling them the AK47 of handguns is probably a good analogy.
I own several 9mm autoloaders made by various companies. For me, I think the Ruger would be the one I would pick if I could only own one.
September 20, 2004, 04:16 PM
If its for home defense. Buy the Ruger P90 If its a carry gun, Look somewhere else....
It a great reliable gun that is what others have said, built like a tank...
Clunky when you shoot it, but shoots very accurate...
I've got many guns. but the Ruger is the first gun I would pick up for home defense.....drf
September 20, 2004, 08:52 PM
I have never had a trouble with any Ruger P series I have ever had. Currently have a stainless P94 in 9mm and a stainless P97 in 45. The ergonomics for my specific hand are good for me. I am one of those very few that likes the way they look. I actually consistently shoot the P94 more accurately than I shoot my Beretta 92FS...that is just me though..others shooting these at the range for comparison get tighter groups with my Beretta. I keep the P94 on the nightstand.
September 20, 2004, 09:30 PM
i have a p-90 its a good gun i prefer to carry my hk becuse its lighter but thats the only reason
September 21, 2004, 10:56 AM
I've shot the P85, 89, 90, 93, 94, 95... and handled the 97.
They're very solidly built, decently accurate, and worth the money. But they're built like tanks. Not a bad thing for a range gun or a home gun or a duty pistol in a security holster, but not for CCW (even the P95/97 which are supposed to be for that).
I would trust my life to one, they're just heavy and not overly ergonomic. The P95/97 and P345 have been catching up on the ergonomics and weight score though.
September 25, 2004, 02:47 AM
I have a P94 and like it very well.I've also shot a P89 and it felt about the same though personally I don't like the looks of the P89.Never shot a P95 but I my Uncle has one that I have held and I like the way the metal frame of my P94 feels better than the plastic of his P95.This is all just personal opinion as I don't have much experiance with autoloaders.
Dave Markowitz
September 26, 2004, 02:10 PM
Ruger autoloaders are among the most reliable you will find. I've shot the P89 and P97 belonging to RON in PA (AKA "Dad") and they are quite accurate and reliable. If I had to trust my life to an autoloading pistol straight from the box, it would be a Ruger.
Now that the AWB has sunset, you can pick up formerly-LEO 15 round factory mags for the P89s pretty cheaply. CDNN has them.
FYI, the Ruger PC9 and PC4 carbines uses the same mags as their 9mm and .40 S&W pistols, respectively.
September 26, 2004, 03:40 PM
Not tack drivers by any means, but they can certainly lay claim to be built like Mac trucks and go bang every time they are asked to!!!
I have two.
P95 (9mm) and P97 (.45acp) :D
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PFCollege: Always Keep Your Resume Updated
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If you're like me, you probably will have a handful of jobs during your college undergraduate career ranging in length from a real summer internship all the way to a simply work-study at the college bookstore during the semester. No matter what it is, it's important that you keep your resume up to date every semester because you never know when 1) you'll need a copy of your resume 2) how much of your work experience you'll actually remember.
Recently, I was trying to recall all the jobs I held during my college career and while I remembered most of my "real" jobs, I completely forgot about the semester I was a teaching assistant and the one where I was a work-study in some department's IT group. Honestly, those two jobs aren't truly resume worthy, I had meaty enough internships to take up the space, but had I needed them I didn't remember enough to even try to make them resume worthy. That's why you need to write your work as you do it (or soon thereafter) so that you accurately capture what you did.
This was a suggestion I mentioned in a prior post (update your resume every 3 months) but I felt it was an important enough tip to bring up again.
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At long, long, dear-God-in-heaven last, we stagger to the finish line of a torturous, excruciating, maddening, nauseatingly partisan, mind-numbing, harmony-shattering, cooperation- wrecking, catatonia-inducing presidential campaign.
I'm talking about the bickering, charges and counter-charges, recriminations, lies, half-truths, spins, flip flips, debates, irrelevant factoids, pseudo-stances, policy pirouettes, saliva-spewing vituperation, diatribes, tirades, jeremiads, maledictions, harangues, defamation and outright slander.
And that's just within my own family.
At the time of this writing, the presidential race is a dead heat, so it's anyone guess who will be president-elect Wednesday morning. One thing is certain: it will all come to a crashing halt, and a winner will be announced.
I'm almost to the point of not caring who wins, as long as this thing is finally over, and we can get back to being a community and nation without viewing each other with suspicion based on yard signs, bumper stickers and casual dinnertime remarks.
It's probably too much to ask, but I'll ask anyway: Let's designate Wednesday as National Day of Gloating, whoever wins. Your side gets to brag for 24 hours, and I'm watching the clock.
Then Thursday will be official It's Over, Let's Get Back to Work Day, when we agree to get serious about solutions to the problems our nation faces, regardless of who's president. Either party has the power to propose realistic solutions and reach across the aisle, just as either party can decide to play ball or not.
If Mitt Romney wins, it won't be the End of Civilization as We Know It, as some of my friends think. Romney was a perfectly normal guy when this whole thing began. I said so in this column during the Republican primaries, when Romney towered above others in his field of candidates in terms of suitability for office.
There was so much bile against Romney within his own party. Republicans hated him for reasons I never understood. Was it his Mormon religion? His track record as a moderate?
Whatever — once he got the nod, he started to morph from a decent guy into a protean shape-shifter, convinced by his handlers he'd have to bend himself into grotesque knots to please constituents.
I predict that if Romney wins, we'll see a gradual loosening of the knots and a return of the normal guy, a moderate Republican who will attempt to work with Democrats if Democrats will meet him halfway, and if extreme elements in his party don't block his every move.
Likewise, I doubt another win by President Barack Obama will usher in Armageddon, as some of my friends think. With Obama, we know what we're getting. Pollsters keep saying the race will be tipped by a few undecided voters in a handful of swing states, but how in the ever- expanding cosmos can anyone be undecided at this late stage of the game? We've been watching Obama for four years. If our mind isn't made up by now, what magic elixir are we waiting for?
Obama has been far from perfect as a president. He's failed to keep some of his campaign promises (big surprise!) — such as closing Guantanamo, which was within his power, and lowering unemployment, which wasn't. The economy seems stuck in first gear, creeping along. If I hear him say, "four years ago I inherited the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression" one more time, I'm gonna scream.
If Obama wins, at least the people who have dedicated their lives to making sure he isn't re-elected will find something else to do, people like Rush "I Hope Obama Fails" Limbaugh, my Southeast Missouri cousin. Limbaugh will have to admit he failed and get on with life.
The rest of us can pull up the yard signs, peel off the bumper stickers and unblock certain people on Facebook.
Let there be life after Tuesday, world without end, amen, amen.
David Horsley teaches English at West Texas A&M University and is a freelance writer. He can be reached at dhorsley@wtamu .edu.


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The venue represents the consolidation of various nations and cultures and thus epitomized one of the key principles of volunteerism in the country.
The festival began with a press briefing, informing the media about IVD's agenda. It was followed by the opening of a job fair.
Over 30 organizations participated in the volunteer job fair and attracted students from the Institute of International Professions and Kazakh-American University. The exhibition was to display non-governmental organizations' (NGOs) projects where prospective volunteers could find vacancies in a range of professions, including social workers, lawyers, journalists and guides for art galleries.
Having practical experience is invaluable when starting out in professional employment and what better way to showcase your skills then through volunteer work. As Zukhra Turganbay, Director Crisis Centre Zabota pointed out, "For young and for future specialists, having practical of working with real people, solving real problems is probably better than knowing only theory".
The job fair also gave volunteers the chance to share their experiences of working with NGOs. Dinara Kiyalova works for Red Crescent distributing humanitarian aid, clothes and even cooking for charity lunches. Although she earns no money for her hard work, Dinara told of how she enjoyed helping people and how much satisfaction she gained from it.
Dinara was later recognized for her work with Red Crescent at a special award ceremony to congratulate volunteers. Almaty-based NGOs also nominated 77 of there most active volunteers and awarded them with Certificates of Appreciation on behalf of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Volunteer (UNV) programme and diplomas for Red Crescent representatives.
Distinguished companies were also awarded with Certificates of Appreciation. These went to Volunteer House Soros Kazakhstan, Charity Fund "Kus zholi" and International Academy of Information. UNV recognized these companies for their support of the development of volunteerism and commitment to charity in Kazakhstan.
Volunteers at the awards ceremony showed that you can do it at any age, with the youngest volunteer at 15 and the oldest more than 80 years old. The ceremony closed with entertainment from the Turkish Cultural Centre.
The day concluded with an exclusive presentation of the "Volunteers of Kazakhstan" website by the Volunteer House Soros Kazakhstan.
This was followed by lectures on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) led by NGO representatives. The Women Crisis Centre "Podrugi", for example, presented "Volunteerism and Gender Equity"; the Resource Centre Eco-Forum presented "Ecology and Volunteerism"; PSI central Asia presented "Prevention of HIV / AIDS and Development of Volunteerism"; and the Volunteer House Soros Kazakhstan presented "Features of working with volunteers".
The IVD celebrations in Almaty were organized by UNV, Volunteers House Soros-Kazakhstan, Zhalgas Counterpart, NGOs' Council of Almaty city, International Academy of Information, Peace Core, PSI Central Asia, Cooperation Centre "Meridian", in collaboration with UNDP, Kazakhstan's Nations' Assembly and "ARGO" Association.
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May 2011: The Secretariat of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has called for parties to provide input on draft advocacy policy frameworks on gender and on the integration of land and soil issues into the intergovernmental process on climate change. Comments are also requested on the draft version of "Global Drylands: A United Nations System-wide Response," which was was developed by the Environment Management Group (EMG).
The draft on gender was developed in response to a decision at the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9), in which parties requested the Secretariat to: generate advocacy policy frameworks on thematic issues in order to address the adverse impacts of desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD), keeping in mind gender sensitive approaches; and regularly inform affected countries and other key stakeholders on such proceedings that may be useful in the implementation of action programmes.
The "Study on the integration of land and soil issues into the intergovernmental process on climate change" aims to provide relevant information to parties and the UNCCD Secretariat to facilitate the mainstreaming of DLDD issues into the climate change negotiation and implementation processes. It develops key messages on adaptation, nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs), reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD), and finance, technology development and transfer and capacity building.
The documents are scheduled to be discussed at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD, which will convene in October 2011. Comments are requested by 15 June 2011. [UNCCD Gender Policy Framework for the UNCCD and its Secretariat] [Study on the Integration of Land and Soil Issues into the Intergovernmental Process on Climate Change] [Global Drylands: A United Nations System-wide Response] [Climate Change Policy & Practice post regarding progress report on Global Drylands: A United Nations System-wide Response]


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An Altoona teenager faces robbery and assault charges after allegedly beating and mugging a man on Broad Avenue.
Michael E. Mitchell, 18, of 2319 Maple Ave. allegedly called the man a "snitch" before striking him in the face several times about 10:20 p.m. Thursday on the 2800 block of Broad Avenue., according to Altoona police.
Mitchell knew the man, police said, and had asked him to walk down Broad Avenue with him and another man when the conversation turned as Mitchell accused the victim of being a police informant.
"I heard things about you," Mitchell allegedly told the man, police said.
After hitting the man and knocking him down on the front lawn of a home on Broad Avenue, Mitchell allegedly "mounted [the alleged victim] in an MMA-style maneuver," police noted in Mitchell's arrest papers. Police said Mitchell rummaged through the man's pockets and took a cellphone before the victim was able to break free from Mitchell's hold and flee.
The victim was taken to UPMC Altoona, and Mitchell was charged with felony strong-arm robbery along with misdemeanor counts of simple assault, theft and receiving stolen property, plus a summary harassment charge.
Mitchell was arrested Thursday by Altoona police and arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Steven Jackson. Mitchell posted 10 percent of $20,000 that same day and is due to appear at Central Court on Wednesday for a preliminary hearing.


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You tell um!
As a vegan this crap was heard all the time, pun intended. The imfamous story of John Wayne and Elvis Presely having to have 40-50 lbs of "impacted fecal matter" removed postmortum was a cautionary tale for those of us tempted to indulge in meat. Here is an interesing thing I found today:
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"Advocates of colonic irrigation products of dubious benefit use scarelore like the examples quoted above to indict the American "goo and glue" diet and validate their claim that the practice is a safe and effective means of curing a variety of ailments by purging the body of all sorts of sludge and toxins. Vegetarian groups employ this horror story to demonstrate that a meat-based diet is both unnatural and unhealthy for human beings. Hence stories circulate about alleged post-mortem discoveries that celebrities (such as John Wayne and Elvis Presley) who epitomized the "meat and potatoes" diet, gluttony, or other negative eating habits had some tremendous amount (40, 60, or even 80 pounds) of "impacted fecal matter" or "impacted feces" lodged in their
intestines. "
Anecdotes such as these are, in a word, crap.
It is possible for fecal matter to become impacted and lodge in the digestive system. In most cases, the colon tissues eventually stretch so that stool can push its way around the impacted matter and be evacuated. If this condition continues too long, however, the colon can stretch to the point that its nerves are no longer capable of receiving signals effectively, and the afflicted person loses voluntary control over the contraction of his bowel muscles and becomes incontinent.
Now, think about how long a person would have to suffer with a serious and painful affliction such as this one to accumulate 80 pounds (or 60 pounds or 40 pounds) of "impacted fecal matter." In 1994, an Israeli man sought medical attention because he was suffering from severe constipation two days after having eaten a large quantity of pomegranates. He refused to allow doctors to adminster an enema, fled the hospital, and returned a week later in severe pain and bleeding from his rectum. This time the doctors operated to remove the impacted feces. How much fecal matter did they remove? Half a kilogram, or a little over a pound. Just one pound of impacted feces was causing extreme pain and rectal bleeding in this patient, but we're to believe that people can accumulate up to 80 pounds of the stuff without even being aware of it?
No matter what the medical possibilities might be, the prototypical John Wayne example is still a demonstrable lie: No autopsy was performed on John Wayne when he succumbed to cancer in 1979. The medical examiner's office had no reason to hold an autopsy since Wayne had obviously died from natural causes, and hospital pathologists had little to learn by requesting the autopsy of a cancer patient who had already undergone several major surgeries (and Wayne's family would have denied such a request in any case). In fact, Wayne's relatives were so intent on fending off a crush of media and fan attention after his death that they hired a security guard to block access to his hospital room, had his body quickly and secretly transferred to a mortuary, held a funeral service attended only by family and a few friends at 5:45 in the morning, and had him interred in a plot without a headstone. Nobody had the chance to perform an autopsy on John Wayne, much less to "run his gut" and weigh the amount of fecal material found within. (Wayne did undergo surgery for an intestinal blockage about a month before his death, but that blockage was caused by the spread of the cancer that was killing him, not by an accumulation of waste products.)
"This account makes it sound like Elvis was a prime example of the hazards of the "goo and glue" diet, but his poor eating habits (greasy, cholesterol-laden foods such as cheeseburgers, french fries, bacon, fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches, ice cream) were far less responsible for the condition of his colon than other factors, such as his congenitally twisted ganglionic fold, his overuse of laxatives, and, primarily, his prolonged drug abuse. As one of the autopsy doctors described, "When you take downer-type drugs, depressants, narcotics, a lot of them, most of them, have the concomitant effect of slowing down the digestive system. In other words, the locomotive action of the bowel quits working, so it gets packed with food, and then it gets packed with more food. And it sits there distended and full of food, and that causes the colon to stretch." In other words, it was drugs, not meat, that caused the severely impacted condition of Elvis' colon. "
You tell um!
"I know what my body needs and what it can handle. There's no better way to achieve my goal than what im doing now. If my regimen leads to my death, be it in six days or six months...I will die fullfiled. The outcome is irrelavent so long as i steer towards my fate. If death is to be my prize, i welcome it with open arms."
"A pound of meat a day keeps the doctor away"
Meat clogs your colon!?
Then you're doing it wrong!
It's funny, I never heard the Elvis story until I came to this form. What a ridiculous story.
I poop just fine, and eat plenty of meat, thank you very much.
If meat was as bad as those vegans make it out to be, I should have dropped over dead from heart disease long ago. Silly...
Remember, you are unique just like everybody else.
I just think this colonic thing is sooo silly!
What do you do if your dog swallows your marbles or your child eats your dimes?
My dear hubby says this all the time. Sigh. But, he's slowly coming over to the primal side
Heather and the hounds - Make a Fast Friend, Adopt a Greyhound!
"nice! where would the men be without us????? "
With his buddies blowing stuff up or some other such sillyness.
"I know what my body needs and what it can handle. There's no better way to achieve my goal than what im doing now. If my regimen leads to my death, be it in six days or six months...I will die fullfiled. The outcome is irrelavent so long as i steer towards my fate. If death is to be my prize, i welcome it with open arms."
"A pound of meat a day keeps the doctor away"


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Efficient Simulation of the Double Heston Model
Pierre Gauthier
Daiwa Capital Markets Europe
Dylan Possamai
Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
January 11, 2010
Stochastic volatility models have replaced Black-Scholes model since they are able to generate a volatility smile. However, standard models fail to capture the smile slope and level movements. The Double-Heston model provides a more flexible approach to model the stochastic variance. In this paper, we focus on numerical implementation of this model. First, following the works of Lord and Kahl, we correct the analytical call option price formula given by Christoffersen et al. Then, we compare numerically the discretization schemes of Andersen, Zhu and Alfonsi to the Euler scheme.
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Keywords: double Heston model, stochastic volatility, equity options, characteristic function, discretization scheme
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The official 2011 income tax brackets [3] have been released.
We talked about how capital gains taxes will increase in 2011 [4] (and how dividends will be taxed as ordinary income in 2011 too), but we haven't talked much about the tax brackets themselves. Normally, in the fall, we go through the exercise of calculating the tax brackets once we know the inflation figures. This year it'll be a little different as the Bush-era tax cuts will expire this year.
As you may remember, in 2001 and 2003, President Bush signed two tax bills that adjusted and then accelerated the adjustments to our tax brackets. Most notably, they added a 10% and 25% tax brackets and lowered the top tiers from 39.6% and 36% to 35% and 33%, respectively. The reason why the cuts were considered "for the rich" was because the top two tiers were lowered and because capital gains taxes were slashed. They were cut for everyone but 4.6% from the highest tier counts for more than at the lower brackets.
So where will taxes go in 2011? President Obama's 2011 budget [5] seeks to expire the tax cuts in 2011, letting the top two tiers rise back to where they were before the cuts but has promised to leave tax rates the same for those making less than $250,000 (married) and $200,000 (single). This would mean that we would keep the 10% and 25% brackets, but replace the 35% with $39.6% and the 33% with the 35% brackets. It would look something like this:
2011 IRS Tax Brackets Prediction
Assuming only changes to the top two brackets but accounting for inflation over the 2010 tax brackets [3] (2% for the 12 months through May 2010 according to the BLS [6]), we get:
|Tax Bracket
|Married Filing Jointly
|10% Bracket
|$0 – $8,543
|$0 – $17,085
|15% Bracket
|$8,543 – $34,680
|$17,085 – $69,360
|25% Bracket
|$34,680 – $84,048
|$69,360 – $140,046
|28% Bracket
|$84,048 – $175,287
|$140,046 – $213,435
|35% Bracket
|$175,287 – $381,123
|$213,435 – $381,123
|39.6% Bracket
Some other notable changes from the 2011 budget proposal:
- Limit itemized deductions to the 28% rate, meaning high income households would see the value of their deductions limited. Before the 3% itemized deduction rule [7] phased out this year, high earners were already seeing their deductions phased out.
- Keep the estate tax with a $3.5 million exemption level per person and a top rate of 45%, current law gives a $1 million exemption and a 55% top rate.
- Make permanent the tax cuts in the 2001 and 2003 laws for those making less than $200,000 (single) and $250,000 (married).
- You can read more from CNN Money [8] (these are unrelated to the actual brackets themselves).
What do you think of the new brackets?


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Muslims perform Friday prayers at a mosque near Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It included a special prayer for the passengers of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia said yesterday it was dramatically expanding the vast scope of its search for a missing passenger plane, admitting it was no closer to solving the agonising aviation mystery a week after the jet vanished.
"The aircraft is still missing, and the search area is expanding," said Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.
"Together with our international partners, we are pushing further east into the South China Sea and further into the Indian Ocean."
Hishammuddin said he could offer no new information on the fate of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which disappeared from radar screens over Southeast Asia last Saturday, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board.
"A normal investigation becomes narrower with time, as new information focuses the search," said Hishammuddin.
"But this is not a normal investigation," he said, lamenting that the lack of success in the search so far "forces us to look further and further afield."
Fifty-seven ships and 48 aircraft from 13 countries are now deployed across the entire search zone, he added.
The Indian Ocean is the world's third largest with an average depth of nearly 12,800 feet. It is like going "from a chessboard to a football field", Commander William Marks of the US 7th Fleet told CNN.
Hishammuddin refused to comment on the host of theories swirling around the plane's fate.
"Anything is possible" he said, stressing that he would confirm only what could be verified.
China kept up the pressure, with foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei urging Malaysia to release any information they might have "in an accurate and timely fashion."
Gerry Soejatman, an independent aviation analyst based in Jakarta, was sceptical that the plane could have flown undetected to the Indian Ocean given the number of military radars operated in the region by Malaysia, India, Thailand and Indonesia.
ABC news said US investigators believe the aircraft's data reporting system and its transponder -- which reports its position in flight to ground-based radar -- shut down separately.
The 14-minute interval suggests they may have been deliberately disabled or at any rate did not fail as a result of a sudden catastrophic airframe incident, the US network said.
Coupled with radar data that Malaysia said indicates a "possibility" that the plane may have inexplicably started to turn back, the sequential shutdown could lend credence to the theory of a cockpit takeover.
But Soejatman said the time lag could have been the result of a fire, "and then the systems go down one by one". "It doesn't necessarily have to be deliberate," he said. The plane lost radar contact at around 1:30 am, less than an hour after takeoff, according to Malaysian officials.
Inmarsat, the satellite operator cited in US media reports, said: "Routine, automated signals were registered on the Inmarsat network from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 during its flight from Kuala Lumpur."
The information had been relayed to the airline, the British company said, refusing to comment further.
Meanwhile, a US naval ship and surveillance plane left for the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to search for the airliner .
A P-8 Poseidon aircraft and a guided missile destroyer, the USS Kidd, are to aid the international hunt for the jet as the search effort extended further west, Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steven Warren said.
"At Malaysia's request, the USS Kidd is north of the Strait of Malacca in what we're calling the western search area," he said.
"The P-8 will search a larger area.. the southern portion of the Bay of Bengal and the northern portion of the Indian Ocean," he said, adding that final orders had yet to be issued.
India's navy said it had nearly doubled the number of ships and planes deployed to search the Andaman Sea.
Authorities also said Malaysia had asked India to extend its search further west to the Bay of Bengal, which forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean.
The navy said six ships and five aircraft were scouring for any sign of the plane in the Andaman Sea, which surrounds India's remote Andaman and Nicobar group of islands that lie far to the country's southeast.
"We want to cover the area and it should be strictly done," Indian naval spokesman D K Sharma said. The Indian ships and aircraft are looking in an area "designated" by the Malaysian navy in the southern region of the Andaman Sea, he added.


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Milwaukee police are investigating a fatal overnight shooting.
Officers were called just after midnight Wednesday to an area near 102nd Street and Fond du Lac Avenue.
Investigators say the man was shot in the head.
Police said that while the investigation continues,officials said the shooting "was not a random act."
The victim's name has not been released.


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The Food Depository's 2010-2015 Strategic Plan
This strategic plan guides our work during a time of record need in our community. In recent years, the unemployment rate has increased and along with it the number of people who need emergency and supplemental food assistance. Each month has brought new individuals to pantries and soup kitchens in every corner of our county. Against this sobering backdrop, the senior staff and volunteer leadership of the Greater Chicago Food Depository embarked on an effort to create a new plan to guide the organization during the next five years.
The Greater Chicago Food Depository has developed a five-year strategic plan, covering 2010-2015. The planning process was conducted in three phases:
+ Phase I: An in-depth assessment that included research into the field of hunger relief, including long-range planning efforts, interviews with a broad range of stakeholders, and analyses based on these data. This resulted in a report on the Food Depository's programs, mission and critical issues for the future.
+ Phase II: Participatory planning activities, based on the assessment that led to a set of goals, strategies, objectives and metrics.
+ Phase III: Consultations with Food Depository leaders for the completion and adoption of the new strategic plan.
For more information, or to request a copy of the Strategic Plan, call 773-247-3663. You can also download a PDF copy of the strategic plan: Growing the Field.


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KILLARNEY was developed as a resort on the doorstep of Ireland's finest lakeland scenery in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and has steadily grown as a tourist town since, busy, lively and easily accessible, with hundreds of places to stay in all price ranges. Backpackers are particularly well catered for, with an appealing selection of hostels and all manner of land- and water-borne tours available for those without their own transport. The town's kiss-me-quick hedonism and souvenir shops are not to everyone's taste, but the attraction of the place is still the same as three hundred years ago: beginning in the very heart of town, Killarney National Park encompasses three beautiful lakes, beyond which rise the splendid Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Ireland's highest mountain range. The only building of architectural interest in the town is Pugin's elegant cathedral, but the national park shelters three diverse and very well preserved monuments, Ross Castle, Muckross Friary and Muckross House.
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Killarney National Park now protects the glaciated limestone valleys around the three lakes, Leane (or Lower), Muckross (or Middle) and Upper. The lakeshores are covered with virgin forest that features oak, yew and such Mediterranean plants as the arbutus, or strawberry tree – so termed because of its red, but non-edible, fruit. Among the park's notable mammals are red deer, otter, pine marten, red squirrels and Irish hare, while its 140 bird species include the peregrine falcon and the hen harrier. Running roughly parallel to the park's western border is the dramatic glacial breach known as the Gap of Dunloe. The National Park Visitor Centre at Muckross House provides information about all aspects of the park, including a twenty-minute audiovisual on the landscape, flora and fauna. It stocks a useful free map of the park, while the Ordnance Survey of Ireland produces a more detailed (1:25,000) map.


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SOUTHINGTON - Joseph F. Szczurek, 90, passed away at 8:15 p.m. Monday, March 4, 2013, at home with his family at his side.
Joseph was born Dec. 31, 1922, in Chicago, the son of Leon and Mary Kathryn Ziemba Szczurek.
He served in the U.S. Marines during World War II and then the Army Reserves. Following that, Joseph took a commission as a second lieutenant in the Ohio National Guard and retired as a major.
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Joseph retired from Packard Electric Company in 1983. He was a member of the Southington American Legion and Marine Corps Legion. Joseph was a Boy Scouts of America volunteer and enjoyed traveling to various military bases.
Joseph leaves his loving family, his dear wife, Beulah M. Baughman Szczurek, whom he married Dec. 23, 1944; three sons, Michael J. (Carol) Szczurek, Richard J. Szczurek and David J. (Lenett) Szczurek of Newton Falls; three daughters, Mary K. (Mark) Pawcio of Champion, Patricia A. (Bud) Szczurek of Newton Falls and Elizabeth M. (Randy) Raub of Waseca, Minn.; 13 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, Joseph was preceded in death by a daughter, Dr. Judy Szczurek Bourne; four brothers, Stanley, John, Frank and Bruno Szczurek; and a grandson, David Michael Szczurek.
Calling hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Sinchak and Sons Funeral Home.
A military honor guard service will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, conducted by the American Legion Trumbull County Honor Guard Team.
Material contributions may be made to the Southington American Legion, the Marine Corps League, the Disabled American Veterans or the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
You may visit www.sin-chakandsons.com to submit online condolences.
Arrangements were entrusted to Sinchak and Sons Funeral Home.
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To the Editor:
Charles Pacer presents some gross mischaracterizations of the Catholic Church in his Wednesday letter. It reminds me of the "anti-papist" demagoguery from the Know-Nothing Party of the 1850s. One cannot refute all of Pacer's hyperbolic accusations in a single letter; hence, I will only address one contention: "Your church's proof on whether life begins at conception or birth is feeble at best, and definitely devoid of anything concrete."
In 1981, a U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee held hearings on a bill involving the protection of human life. During the hearings, geneticist Jerome LeJeune stated, "To accept the fact that after fertilization has taken place a new human has come into being is no longer a matter of taste or opinion. The human nature of the human being from conception to old age is not a metaphysical contention, it is plain experimental evidence." The subcommittee reported multiple similar testimonies and wrote that "no witness raised any evidence to refute the biological fact from the moment of conception there exists a distinct individual being that is alive and is of the human species."
I cite this hearing from 30 years ago to show that we have unquestionably known for quite some time that an unborn child is a human being. What is in question is whether the laws of homicide should be suspended for this class of people. The Catholic Church, using science and reason, advocates for the lives of these defenseless little humans. Seems to me like a rational position.
Richard J. Lowery Jr.
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So the Rams, right?
I don't know if Sam Bradford is the sole reason the Rams are 3-3, but he's a big reason. I've gone from cautiously optimistic about this dude to full on man-crush in a matter of 6 weeks. This Rams offense isn't much different from the Rams offense in 2008 or 2009. And in fact, you could make a strong case that the receivers are worse than those years.
But instead of languishing at 0-6 or 1-5, the Rams are 3-3 and probably should be 4-2 or even 5-1. Why?
That dude oozes winning. Some guys have it, most guys don't. And so the Rams are probably going to end up at 6-10 or maybe 7-9 at the end of the season. But that's a whole shit ton more wins than we've seen around here for a long time. And regardless, 2011 is going to be something to look forward to in a real way.
Plus, you want to see why drafting a QB is good for the NFL in STL?
That's why.
Also, I was going to do a whole bit about Pujols jerseys and Bradford jerseys and a little side by side comparison, but I couldn't find any good pics of people all wearing #5.
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American College of Physicians.
—The American College of Physicians will hold its twenty-seventh annual session in Philadelphia, April 13 to 16, inclusive, 1943. In the interest of conserving time and money for members, the program will be condensed into four days, Tuesday through Friday, instead of extending over the usual five days. Dr. James E. Paullin, Atlanta, Ga., president, will have charge of the general sessions and lectures; Dr. George Morris Piersol, Philadelphia, general chairman, will be responsible for the hospital clinics, panel discussions, local arrangements and entertainment, and the general management of the session and the technical exhibits will be handled by the executive secretary, Mr. E. R. Loveland, 4200 Pine St., Philadelphia.Other medical societies are urged to avoid conflicting dates for mutual benefit.
American Association for the Advancement of Oral Diagnosis.
—The ninth annual congress of the American Association for the Advancement of Oral Diagnosis will be
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