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New Cholesterol Guidelines
On November 15, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association released an updated guideline for the use of statins to prevent and treat atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). The full report is available online. It has already generated a lot of controversy. The news media have characterized it as a "huge departure" from previous practice and have trumpeted that it will lead doctors to prescribe statins to millions more people. As usual, the truth is much more nuanced. There are some problems with the guidelines, but on the whole they represent an improved, more rational approach to prescribing statins.
Statins have always been a source of controversy: people seem to either love them or hate them, and discussions about them generate a lot of emotion. The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics denies that cholesterol has anything to do with cardiovascular disease. An article on HuffPo calls statins "an unsafe, unnecessary product that will now be recommended to healthy people to make them sicker." Mercola says they can actually make heart disease worse and cause premature aging, and no one should take them unless they have the genetic defect of familial hypercholesterolemia. A website collects patient self-reports of adverse effects; but like the vaccine reports on VAERS, these are only anecdotal reports of correlation, not evidence for causation.
At one time the evidence only supported using statins for secondary prevention and for men. We now have better evidence showing that they are effective for both primary and secondary prevention in patients of both sexes and all ages, and that they are more effective for those with higher risk factors. (more…)
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15 NCAA Div. III individual championships
ST. LOUIS—Central College track and field standout Felicia Coleman (senior, Houston, Texas, J. Frank Dobie HS) won three events Saturday at the Washington University (Mo.) Select Meet. The women's squad won four events overall and racked up 108 points to take third in the nine-team field while the men's team scored 136 points to finish second in the eight-team field with three victories.
Coleman started her day with a convincing win in the 100 meters, easily pacing the field with a finishing time of 12.14 seconds. She doubled back in the 200 meters, crossing the line in 22.74 seconds. Both marks narrowly missed her school records of 12.11 and 24.68 respectively.
"It's great to see Felicia continuing the success she had during the indoor season," said coach Joe Dunham. "She's got big goals for the rest of the year and she is right on track."
Meanwhile, the women's 4x100-meter relay team of Coleman, Melanie Nielsen (freshman, Atlantic), Katie Sunderman (freshman, Pella) and Taylor Beckman (sophomore, Panora, Panorama HS) took first, crossing the line in 49.17 seconds. Mel McDermott sealed a fourth victory for the women's squad in the 3,000 meters, taking the win with a time of 10:38.76.
Other notable performances include runner-up finishes for the Elin Phipps (freshman, Boone) in the 800 meters (2:16.74), Alyssa Eaves (sophomore, Johnston) in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (12:03.77), and McKenna Zimmermann (sophomore, Urbandale) in the 100 hurdles (15.86). Hilary Hotz (sophomore, Fort Dodge, St. Edmond HS) was second in the high jump with a mark of five feet, one inch, with Tess Ory (freshman, Earlham) close behind in third (4-9). The 4x400-meter relay team of Nielsen, Beckman, Phipps, and Camie Kibbee (sophomore, Mason City) took third (4:05.27).
"We had a lot of good things happen with the women's program today," said Dunham. "Elin looked good in the 800 and Monica (Ruiz) had a great day. That team is really coming together."
Balanced effort for men's squad—The Dutch men produced three victories in the running events. Drew Jackson (sophomore, Johnston) and Drake Hickok (freshman, Cedar Rapids, Washington HS) scored wins in their collegiate debuts in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (9:56.46) and 400-meter hurdles (57.55) respectively while Ben Schornack added a first-place finish in the 800 meters (1:58.63).
"It was fun to see everyone get after some of these outdoor events," said Dunham. "I think our squad will be stronger in the outdoor season."
Two Central relays took second place, with the 4x100-meter team of Mitch Wagoner (junior, Iowa Falls, Iowa Falls-Alden HS), Logan Danko (senior, Centerville), Dan Roemerman (freshman, Iowa City, City HS), and Mason Zimmerman (sophomore, Urbandale) finishing in 43.01 and the 4x400-meter squad of Austin Roberts (freshman, Bloomfield, Davis County HS), Hickok, Tyler Westphal (senior, Le Mars) and Phil Heisterkamp (senior, Jefferson, Jefferson-Scranton HS) crossing the line in 3:24.06. Roemerman and Hickok contributed a 2-3 finish in the 110-meter hurdles in 15.25 and 15.72 respectively. Westphal was third in the 400 meters (50.65), Danko was third in the 200 meters (22.12), and Josh Fleming (senior, Caseyville, Collinsville HS) recorded a runner-up finish in the discus throw (156-8).
"We're definitely moving in the right direction," said Dunham. "We had a lot of throwers get personal bests today and it was just a good overall effort."
While Dunham was encouraged by the performances, he noted that marks were affected by the conditions.
"Considering how windy it was I thought we performed well," said Dunham. "It helped some of the short sprints but really slowed down everything else."
The Dutch will return to action next Friday and Saturday at the Jim Duncan Classic at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.
"We always look forward to competing at Drake Stadium," said Dunham. "It has some of the best college and high school competition from the area. It's just a fun atmosphere."

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Roundup: Miami ekes out 20th in rowTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS | March 14,2013PHILADELPHIA LeBron James scored 27 points and the Miami Heat became the fourth team to win at least 20 consecutive games in a season, rallying to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 98-94 on Wednesday night.
Dwyane Wade added 21 as the Heat needed big baskets over the final 2 minutes to top the Sixers for the milestone win.
Only three teams have won at least 20 consecutive games in the same season: the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers (33), the 2007-08 Houston Rockets (22) and the 1970-71 Milwaukee Bucks (20). The Washington Capitols also won 20 straight, spanning the end of the 1947-48 season and the start of the 1948-49 campaign.
Thaddeus Young had 24 points and 15 rebounds for the Sixers.
James and the Heat have started to acknowledge just how special this winning streak is in a season that has them running away with the Eastern Conference.
They opened a five-game road trip as 8½-point favorites over the slumping Sixers, a team theyve defeated three times during the streak. They beat Atlanta on Tuesday for streak win No. 19, then made the flight to Philadelphia that put them in just before dawn.
You get sleep when you can and do your job, center Chris Bosh said before the game.
Maybe fatigue played a bit of a role in Miamis inability to truly put away the Sixers. Led by Young, the Sixers opened the third quarter on a 16-8 run that helped slice the lead to four. Miami led 71-66 at the end of the quarter.
The Sixers hung around in the fourth, too. Dorell Wright hit a 3-pointer to make it a six-point game and he followed with a steal and fast-break dunk to cut it 82-78. Sixers fans coming to see a slice of history were suddenly rooting for history denied. Philadelphias fans started going wild to the make some noise sign on the video board and started singing the catchy anthem, 1-2-3-4-5-Sixers!
Jrue Holiday brought them back with a 3-pointer for an 83-82 lead with 5:26 left and had fans chanting, Beat the Heat!
Ray Allen silenced them with a big 3 in front of the Sixers bench for an 89-86 lead. Bosh scored to make it 91-89.
It wasnt enough, at least not yet. Holiday, the All-Star point guard, showed no fear of the moment when he dunked on James for the tying bucket.
James came right back made one of two free throws for a 92-91 lead. Holiday dribbled the ball into Boshs leg, then off his own foot, leading to Wades tip after James missed twice at the rim.
The Heat escaped with a scare and No. 20.
Celts win, Garnett,
Pierce hit milestones
BOSTON Kevin Garnett scored 12 points, passing Jerry West for 15th on the NBAs career scoring list, and Paul Pierce joined him among the top 20 scorers in league history with 15 points as the Boston Celtics beat the Toronto Raptors 112-88 on Wednesday night.
Garnett needed four points to pass West (25,192 points) and Pierce entered the game nine points shy of tying Charles Barkley (23,757) for 20th.
Garnett hit a bank shot with 10:03 left in the second quarter and received a standing ovation when his milestone was announced during a stoppage a few minutes later. Boston fans returned to their feet again in the third to recognize Pierce, who responded with a salute back to the crowd.
Pacers 107, T-Wolves 91
INDIANAPOLIS Roy Hibbert had a season-high 27 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 107-91 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.
Paul George had 17 points and George Hill added 16 points with six assists to help the Pacers get their second win in three games.
Ricky Rubio had 21 points and 10 assists and Luke Ridnour scored 17 points for the Timberwolves, who have lost nine of their last 11 games.
The Pacers went on an 8-0 run at the end of the first half to take a 62-54 lead at halftime. They stretched the advantage to 16 late in the third quarter when George hit a fadeaway jumper and then a 3-pointer.
Wizards 106, Bucks 93
WASHINGTON John Wall had 23 points and 10 assists, and the Washington Wizards beat the Milwaukee Bucks 106-93 Wednesday night.
]Wall and Wizards coach Randy Wittman appeared to exchange unpleasant words during a timeout late in the third quarter, but Wall rallied with eight fourth-quarter points to hold off the Bucks comeback.
It was Walls seventh double-double of the season. He also added six rebounds and four steals.
The Wizards (21-42) have won three straight home games and eight of 11 in Washington.
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Insurer says it has no duty to defend ex-Sheriff Shirley
MARTINSBURG – An attorney representing the insurance pool for West Virginia county governments filed a motion Thursday requesting that a federal judge intervene and find that it has no obligation to defend former Jefferson County Sheriff Robert E. "Bobby" Shirley at a civil trial related to the beating of a bank robbery suspect.
Shirley resigned earlier this month, just days before pleading guilty to a federal civil rights violation in Martinsburg's U.S. District Court in connection with the Dec. 27, 2010, beating of bank robbery suspect Mark Daniel Haines, of Harpers Ferry.
Haines filed a federal civil rights lawsuit last year against the former sheriff and several police officers in connection with the incident, and a civil trial is currently scheduled to take place in November in Martinsburg's U.S. District Court.
Attorney James C. Stebbins filed a motion Thursday on behalf of the West Virginia Counties Group Self-Insurance Risk Pool seeking to disown itself from defending or insuring Shirley.
The "motion for leave to intervene to assert declaratory judgment complaint" asks the court to find that it owes no duty to defend Shirley or insure him for punitive damages. The motion also asks the court to find the insurer only has a limited duty to to make compensation for Jefferson County sheriff's deputies Joseph Forman and Terry Palmer, who were also named in the civil suit filed by Haines.
On Dec. 27, 2010, records show Haines attempted to rob the drive-through window of the City National Bank in the Potomac Marketplace shopping center in Jefferson County. Haines fled the scene in a white Dodge pickup truck and was pursued by Shirley and other offices. The chase ended when Haines drove the truck into a field located off Files Cross Road in Berkeley County.
Haines' suit alleges Shirley kicked him repeatedly in the head and that Shirley stomped on his face while he was in custody. The civil suit also alleges Forman and Palmer, among others, pushed Haines' body partially over the bed of the truck and began punching him repeatedly.
Haines seeks compensatory damages and punitive damages, as well as attorneys' fees from each of the officers named in the suit. Shirley, Forman and Palmer have each sought a defense and compensation protection from the W.Va. County Risk Pool, which has been providing a defense for each of the officers under a coverage contract entered into between the insurer and the Jefferson County Commission.
On Jan. 14, Shirley pleaded guilty to deprivation of rights under the color of law, admitting that he kicked and assaulted Haines. Shirley was accused of kicking and stomping Haines in the head at least five times, breaking his nose and fracturing the bank robbery suspect's orbital bone. An additional count of a federal indictment charging Shirley with destruction, alteration or falsification of records in a federal investigation was dismissed as part of the plea agreement.
The former sheriff faces a maximum of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. No sentencing date has been scheduled yet in the criminal case, and Shirley remains on monitored home confinement while awaiting sentencing.
The motion filed Thursday says that the coverage contract with the Jefferson County Commission specifically excludes coverage for, among other things, expected or intended injury, fraud and dishonesty and punitive damages in connection with the civil suit filed against Shirley.
"The WV County Risk Pool disputes that the claims against Mr. Shirley are covered or that it owes Mr. Shirley a duty to defend him in this matter," the motion reads.
The W.Va. County Risk Pool disputes that it owes any duty to insure Forman and Palmer for punitive damages, since the coverage contract specifically excludes coverage for punitive damages.
"At this time, the WV County Risk Pool is not seeking to establish that it owes no duty to defend Defendants Forman and Palmer. Rather, the intervenor simply seeks a declaration that punitive damages are not covered and reserves the right to propose special interrogatories at trial and to assert any policy defenses with respect to any verdict that might be rendered by a the jury in this matter," the motion reads.
– Staff writer Edward Marshall can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 182, or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Tom Cruise has enjoyed a successful career. As his latest movie, "Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation" hits theaters, take a look back at some of the other movies the Hollywood star has appeared in.
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AP, service awards presented
Posted on April 30, 2013
Doug Wentworth received the Achievement Award at the annual Administrative/Professional luncheon held April 25 in the Kirkhof Center.
Wentworth is the director of auxiliary services and has been instrumental in developing and implementing changes to the Campus Dining program and developing the new Laker Marketplace concept for the new University Bookstore.
Other awards that were presented are listed below.
• Service to Community: Santiago Zapata (posthumously) and Arnie Smithalexander, director of TRiO Upward Bound;
• Outstanding Academic Advising and Student Services Award: Amanda Cuevas, director of Meijer Office of Fellowships;
• Commitment to Diversity: Cindy Bartman, standard patient coordinator;
• Commitment to Students: James Krikke, lab supervisor for chemistry;
• Innovation Award: Brian Van Doeselaar, associate controller;
• Outstanding Team Project: Laker for a Lifetime "I'm on a Boat" Video; Tim Nott, Michelle Burke, Jill Dooley, Bob Brown, Leah Twilley, Fred Mooney, Jarrett Martus, Courtney Zudweg and Chris Barbee.
Medallions were presented to staff members with 25 years of service: Jacqueline Cuppy, John Koches, Ed Lindeman, Tom Norman, Pam Potter, Joy Seeley and Michael Walenta.


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Abrahm Louw
Representing: NAM
Gender: Male
Athlete Place of Birth: Otjiwarongo, Namibia
Athlete Weight: 72kg
Athlete Height: 184cm
Athlete Lives: Potchefstroom South Africa
Website: http://abrahmlouw.com
WTS Ranking: No Ranking
ITU Points List:: No Ranking
Athlete Biography
I grew up in a small town in Namibia called Tsumeb. My parents - dad Leon, mom Annemarie, worked in different towns, and it was kind of hard traveling every weekend. At the age of nine I started with swimming lessons, and began to like the sport, and when I was 10, started competing in South Africa. When I turned 12, my father bought a business and moved to our town. The public pool in our town closed the same year, and shortly after he moved, my father built a 25 meter, three-lane indoor pool behind his business.
I got my Namibian colours at the age of 14, when I took part in the All African Swimming Champs in Mauritius. Although I was only 14, I came in the top five in the U17 category. I became bored with swimming every day without friends to train with, only my brothers and training programmes from the Internet, so I decided to do something different and more exciting. My mom convinced me to do a triathlon as I am a good swimmer, and from that day on I started to take part in mini-triathlons and so became addicted to the sport.
My parents soon realized that my brother and I had some potential and needed professional help. We moved to RSA-Potchefstroom when I turned 15. During the same year I took part in the All African Champs in Mauritius and placed first in the U15 category.
After returning from the Africa Camp, I decided to ask Libby Burrell of ITU if she would be able to coach me, and from that day on I have only improved, and have realized that I can reach great heights in this sport.
My oldest brother went to the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, my youngest brother is swimming for the RSA Junior team; my whole family was/is good in sport.
I currently train in Potchefstroom, RSA, and during a typical training week, I swim 7.5 hours, bike 7.5 hours, and run 5 hours. My personal best swim time (1500m) is 16:37, bike (20km) 28 minutes, and run (5km) 15:37.My favorite ITU race so far has been the 2008 Vancouver World Championships. The venue, organization and training were the best I've ever experienced. Being a junior, and having turned 18 only recently, I haven't participated in a sport development project yet, but I aspire to do so in the future.
The biggest obstacle I have overcome is bouncing back from severe over-training, which was extremely challenging. The people who have had the most influence on my sporting career are my coach, Libby Burrell, and my entire family. They are the foundation upon which my success is built, and without whom my achievements would not have been possible.
Something the triathlon world doesn't know about me is that I don't have a cell phone.
Athlete Sponsors: Team ITU, Specialized, BSG (www.bsgmultisport.co.za), Soygro
Athlete Language: Afrikaans, English
Athlete Tri Entry Year: 2006
Athlete Hobbies: Reading, Movies, Being outdoors.
Athlete Proudest Moment: My sport is my pride; all of my proud moments are connected to triathlon...
Athlete Injuries: Had ITB release/reconstruction surgery on both knees 2 years apart.


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Let's watch some good baseball. Oh, and win. That too.
In the world of baseball, the Red Sox and the Mets share a lot in common. Mainly, a certain (healthy?) aversion to a certain other team. An aversion that prompts me to vote Red Sox on the American League All -Star ballot. But also, we Mets and Red Sox fans understand that every winning team goes through peaks and valleys. Some long, deep valleys. But we stick around. Because we're awesome.
Basically, we all want the Red Sox to win their division, right? Because otherwise, it's those other buggers, right? So it will be odd tonight, rooting against them. I'm torn between excitement over watching two strong, leading teams in head-to-head battle and nerves over how my beloved team will fare on Red Sox turf.
Sure, I think they can sweep. I always think the Mets can sweep. We rock. But what if, say, we don't? What if we do not perform as well in Boston as we should? I wonder what kind of mental effect that will have on the team. The chemistry of our boys, their confidence and strut–isn't this part of their success? What kind of a blow would it be if the Mets (for whatever reason) take a bad hit? Especially when Pedro's pitching? But you know what? I'm thinking our boys won't let us find out.
Another thing I'm looking forward to over the next couple days? Julio Franco. Odds are he'll DH at least once, don'tcha think? And good lordy heavens, the man's a miracle! How the heck can he still get it done when he turns 48 in August!? I've watched the man warm up, and he's definitely more flexible than I'll ever be. He hits! He steals bases! He makes jumping, contortionist catches at first! And when he was first signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies? I was 2 years old. I could barely string a sentence together, and Julio Franco was at the start of a nearly 30 year career.
I like how Red Sox Chick put it: "New York is a fine old place, the YANKEES are hated, NOT the city." Okay, sure I hope we win. But I'm also hoping (by way of another team's losses) that Boston stays on top of their division!
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Hey hey hey now! No dissing of my yanks😀. And i was just about to check out your book! Ha ha, j/k…i'll still check it out.
Welcome to mlblogs Ms Rice =)
– Lo
Thanks, Zoe! I'm glad Mets fans get it. No way do most Red Sox fans 'hate' the Mets at all.
I hope your team does well all season long – except for these next three games!
"I could barely string a sentence together"
…am still laughing at that one and not sure why!
I believe that the Sox fans don't hate the mets but i do know my brother will hate the mets just because if the mets win, Its going to be a good week well season because we have 500 dollars riding on the series lol, I have mets, He has Sox.
Zoe, Your my new fav columnist on here other than myself.
Nope. Don't hate Mets fans (except in '86). Thought that was a great series with a lousy ending. And for me, it's not so much the Yankees as it is any team that thinks if they buy all the best talent, they should win.


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Category: Massachusetts
Massachusetts Subtractions From Income
Adoption Fees
If you paid adoption fees to a licensed adoption agency during 2013, you are eligible for an exemption of the total amount of the fees paid during the year. Fees paid during 2013 to an agency licensed to place children for adoption on account of the adoption process of a minor child regardless of whether an adoption actually took place during 2013 should also be included for this exemption.
Income Excludible under MGL Ch. 41, Sec. 111F
Massachusetts allows an exclusion from income of amounts received by a firefighter or police officer incapacitated in the line of duty, per MGL Ch. 41, sec. 111F.
U.S. Tax Treaty
Massachusetts allows an exclusion from income of amounts received by qualifying students and taxpayers exempt under a U.S. tax treaty.
Claim of Right Deduction
Taxpayers who have paid Massachusetts personal income taxes in a prior year on income attributed to them under a "claim of right" may deduct the amount of that income from their gross income if it later develops that they were not in fact entitled to the income, and have repaid the amounts in question. The deduction is allowed in the year of repayment, provided that the repayment is not otherwise deductible in determining Massachusetts income taxable under M.G.L. ch. 62. Some examples in which the claim of right may be applied for are:
* Stock under claim of ownership. Gains from sales of stock under a claim of ownership must be included, regardless of whether the taxpayer actually owned it;
* Employment contracts. Amounts in settlement of employment contracts must be included notwithstanding the prospect of eventual repayment to the employer of an amount equivalent to or greater than the amount received;
* Dividends. Where a taxpayer receives a dividend that must be repaid in a later year (e.g., because it impaired corporate capital), the dividend must be included in the year of receipt;
* Corporate notes. Where a taxpayer receives a distribution with respect to holding of notes, the income must be included regardless of whether it could be challenged by senior creditors;
* Mistake in validity of claim. The claim of right doctrine applies where a taxpayer merely mistakes the validity of his claim; or
* Advanced insurance commissions. If you are entitled to claim this deduction, enter the amount claimed in Schedule Y, line 14. For more information, see TIR 06-4.
Commuter Deduction
A deduction is allowed for certain amounts paid by an individual for tolls paid for through a FastLane account or for weekly or monthly transit commuter passes for MBTA transit, bus, commuter rail or commuter boat, not including amounts reimbursed or otherwise deductible.
In the case of a single person or a married person filing a separate return or a head of household, this deduction applies only to the portion of such expended amount that exceeds $150, and the total amount deducted cannot exceed $750. In the case of a married couple filing a joint return, this deduction applies only to the portion of such amount expended by each individual that exceeds $150, and the total amount deducted cannot exceed $750 for each individual. Also, one spouse cannot transfer his or her excess deduction to the other spouse.
The deduction is allowed where an individual purchases an MBTA pass for a dependent who is claimed on that individual's tax return, provided the dependent does not also claim the deduction. However, the total amount deducted cannot exceed $750 for each individual taxpayer who is filing a return. In the case of married taxpayers filing a joint return, the total amount deducted cannot exceed $750 per taxpayer; thus, the maximum deduction for a joint return is $1,500.
Retirement Deduction
Massachusetts allows a deduction for contributory pension income received from another state or one of its political subdivisions which does not tax such income from Massachusetts or its political subdivisions.
Undergraduate Student Loan Interest Deduction
A deduction is allowed for interest paid on a qualified undergraduate student loan. To be eligible for the deduction, the "education debt" must be a loan that is administered by the financial aid office of a two-year or four-year college at which you, or a qualified dependent, were enrolled as an undergraduate student. Additionally, the loan must have been secured through a state student loan program, a federal student loan program, or a commercial lender, and must have been spent solely for the purposes of paying tuition and other expenses directly related to the school enrollment.
Note: This deduction is only allowed if not claiming the same expenses in line 10 of Schedule Y, Student Loan Interest Deduction.
Child under Age 13, or Disabled Dependent/Spouse Care Expenses
Massachusetts allows taxpayers to exceed the federal limit on employment-related expenses for the care of a qualified child under the age of 13, a disabled dependent or a disabled spouse. The maximum deduction is $4,800 for one qualifying individual, and $9,600 for two or more qualifying individuals.
Note: You cannot claim this deduction if married filing a separate U.S. 1040 or 1040A return. If you are filing a joint U.S. 1040 or 1040A return but are married filing separately for Massachusetts purposes, either spouse may claim the deduction for expenses he or she incurred, but their combined deduction cannot exceed $4,800 for one qualifying individual or $9,600 for two or more qualifying individuals.
**This is automatically calculated based on the dependents and Federal Form 2441. If you also have an entry for "Dependent Member(s) of Household under Age 12, or Dependents Age 65 or Over (not you or your spouse), or a Disabled Dependent" our program will calculate both and use the better of the two. (see below)**
Dependent Member(s) of Household Under Age 12, or Dependents Age 65 or Over (not you or your spouse), or Disabled Dependent
You may deduct $3,600 for a dependent member of household, or $7,200 for two or more dependents, under age 12, or dependent age 65 or over (not you or spouse) as of December 31, 2013, or disabled dependent.
Note: You cannot claim this deduction if married filing a separate return.
**To enter information for the deduction for dependents under age 12, Disabled or Age 65 or Older, complete the information in the program. Our program will calculate both the "Child under age 13" deduction as well as this deduction, and then use the better of the two entries automatically.**
Rental Deduction
You may be entitled to a rental deduction equal to one-half (50%) of the rent you paid during 2013 (up to a maximum of $3,000 per return) for your principal residence in Massachusetts. Enter the total amount of qualified rent paid by you during 2013 in line 14a. Divide line 14a by 2 and enter the result, or $3,000 ($1,500 if married filing a separate return) — whichever is smaller — in line 14.
Note: This deduction amount does not apply to your U.S. tax return.
What Qualifies for the Rental Deduction - The deduction must be for rent you paid to a landlord for the rental or lease of your principal residence in Massachusetts. If two or more persons jointly rent a unit, each occupant using it as his/her principal residence is entitled to a deduction based on the amount of rent that each person paid.
If the rent is paid by a third party (such as a parent) who maintains a principal residence elsewhere, no 50% rental deduction is allowed for either party.
A principal residence does not include any residence for vacation, an apartment for a person on a temporary assignment or a student or faculty member who has a principal residence elsewhere. It also does not include any apartment or house in Massachusetts of a nonresident who has a legal residence in another state or country.
Payment for occupying a hotel, motel or rooming house is not considered rent unless a rental agreement exists. All separately stated charges such as utilities, furnishings or parking cannot be included in rent for purposes of this deduction. Also, rent does not include any advance payments (such as security deposit, last month's rent, etc.) until actually applied as rent.
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NRA should detail home protection
On Dec. 29 it was reported in the Tribune that a Girard man was assaulted by two individuals posing as snow shovelers. They proceeded to ransack his home and steal his guns and cell phone.
I would like an explanation from the NRA detailing how this could happen. They have told us all along that if we all own guns this type of thing cannot happen.
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Soooo...2 days ago (LO is 10 weeks old now) my midwife and IBCLC determined that I most likely have Raynaud's in the nipple - it would explain everything: mastitis 4 times, cracked nipples since the first week - never healing, the spasms that I experience between feedings and the change in nipple color I sometimes observe in between feedings. Anyway - they started me on a med for it and I was SO hopeful that this would be our last battle. I made it through 10 weeks without ever supplementing once - despite how much extreme pain I've been in during and in between feedings. I was so proud of myself - and had decided that if in 2 weeks the meds for Raynaud's weren't working, then I would reassess our situation.
BUT, then this morning LO for the first time ever spit up a decent amount of blood. He spits up about 2-4 times between each feeding, but never blood. I called the on-call nurse, and she called my ped. and they said if he does it again today to bring him straight to the ER. But if he doesn't, they will just see him tomorrow. But then they also told me NOT to give him any of my breast milk until then. They told me to continue pumping, but not to give it to him in order to rule out anything that might be in my milk. I asked them why, if I could pump and see if there was blood, then why I couldn't give it to him and the nurse just told me "doctor's orders".
I am SO bummed out, I started bawling. I only have enough frozen milk (which they said b/c it predates the incident it is OK to give him) to get through about 7 feedings (if he's not super hungry today) - so I am going to HAVE to give him formula. If I had been prepared to have to supplement, I am so anal, I would have researched formulas for days...now I am going to end up just using one of the samples sent to me. I always said "as long as LO is thriving and doing well on the breast, there is no need to stop"...and then this.
To top it all of, DH is gone until Jan 29, and family is 3,000 miles away. I do have wonderful friends, but they all have children of their own and can't drop everything to come sit with me.
I just needed to get it off my chest...I have been working so hard to be able to breastfeed, and never once went to the sample of formula in the 10 weeks of pain...and now just like that I have to stop. I know it's not the end of the world, and I know I can start him on the breast hopefully tomorrow...so I'm probably being melodramatic...but I needed to vent.
TIA for "listening".


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Muslim Brotherhood Shura council members gather to be photographed outside their new headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Apr. 30, 2011. The once outlawed Muslim Brotherhood says it will contest half of the seats in Egypt's parliamentary elections.
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"God's Partisans Are Back"
Op-Ed, The Chronicle of Higher Education
April 17, 2011
Authors: Monica Duffy Toft, Former Associate Professor of Public Policy; Former Board Member, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Former Director, Initiative on Religion and International Affairs., Daniel Philpott, Timothy Samuel Shah
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: International Security; Religion in International Affairs
"That the true intentions of a religious organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, would become the most hotly debated issue surrounding the overthrow of Egypt's president, Hosni Mubarak, would have garnered guffaws among Western intellectuals only four decades ago. At that time, virtually all of themall of uswere in the grip of secularization theory: the belief that religion was a dying supernova, enjoying its final glow before disappearing from history.
America's foreign-policy establishment is still under the theory's spell. On February 10, the director of national intelligence, James R. Clapper, told a Congressional committee that the Brotherhood is a "largely secular" organization. With equal glibness, other analysts have declared the Brotherhood an extremist sect intent on establishing a violent theocracy. When David Ignatius, of The Washington Post, was in Tahrir Square for a "Victory March," he found the sight of Egyptians staging mass prayers "unnerving." Such is the subtlety of our secularist outlooks. We regard religious people as either not truly religious or as irrational, violent, and scary.
But if American foreign-policy makers want to promote democracy and stability, they must come to realize that secularism is a poor analytical tool. The great surprise of the past generation has been the resurgence of religion's influence. Despite a powerful array of secularizing regimes, ideologies, and social trends, religion has not only outlasted its most ferocious 20th-century rivals, but in many cases, it also appears poised to supplant them. The Brotherhood is a perfect example: An organization that survived decades of harsh repression is now in a position to wield considerable influence in Egypt...."
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Stewart Looking Forward to a Return to Normalcy at Phoenix
Posted: 22 Feb 2011 01:46 PM PST
KANNAPOLIS, N.C., – From the hallowed grounds of Daytona (Fla.) International Speedway to the foot of Monument Hill, which way back in 1864 was the geographical starting point for what became the State of Arizona in 1912, Tony Stewart and his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series brethren are oh-so-ready to settle into a bit of racing normalcy.
The season-opening Speedweeks at Daytona may offer stock car's ultimate prize in the form of the Daytona 500's Harley J. Earl Trophy, but it's also nine solid days and nights of full-throttle activity on and off the racetrack that makes three-day events such as this weekend's Subway Fresh Fit 500k at Phoenix International Raceway a breath of fresh air.
For Stewart, driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing, every trip to the legendary facility west of Phoenix is a welcome part of the schedule. This one, however, comes for the first time on the heels of the Daytona 500 after being moved from the original April date it assumed when Phoenix was awarded a second event to go with its traditional November spot on the NASCAR calendar. And, it will be the last one before the track undergoes a $15 million facelift – including repaving and slightly reconfiguring its quirky mile oval – immediately following Sunday's 312-lap race.
The 47-year-old racetrack, with the 150-foot Monument Hill standing majestically to the east just outside turns three and four, will be repaved for the first time since 1990 and renovated for the first time since 2003, when the familiar Goodyear Bridge over turn four was replaced by an access tunnel. The new, high-tech racing surface will be variably banked in all four turns, as well as in its unique backstretch dogleg, and the dogleg will be moved outward 95 feet and will have its radius tightened from 800 to 500 feet. It's all in the name of side-by-side racing, the kind sister track Homestead-Miami Speedway became known for after a similar repaving project.
Monument Hill, by the way, is a historic place by its own right that was designated by the U.S. Geological Survey as an anchor point for what was then the Territory of Arizona a full century before Phoenix International Raceway came to be. Located at the south side of the Gila River and the mouth of the Salt River, Monument Hill is surrounded by some of Arizona's most fertile farmland, and it was declared the starting point for all Arizona survey efforts in 1864, as declared by a brass and aluminum marker at its summit. Today, its western slope is a popular viewing spot during race weekends.
Stewart's history at the foot of Monument Hill is a rich one, as well. He was victorious at Phoenix during his rookie Sprint Cup season of 1999, and he has a win, seven top-fives, nine top-10s and has led a total of 327 laps in his 18 career Sprint Cup starts there. His average Sprint Cup finish at Phoenix is 12th, and he has a lap completion rate of 99.8 percent.
On top of all that, there is perhaps no driver who has logged more laps at Phoenix than Stewart. He's competed at the mile oval in Sprint Cup cars, NASCAR Nationwide Series cars, Indy cars, Supermodifieds and USAC Midget and Silver Crown cars. Add up Stewart's laps spent testing at the desert mile, and Stewart is in a league of his own.
So, after enduring the rigors of these most recent Speedweeks at Daytona, there's nothing like hitting the familiar surroundings this weekend at stock car racing's "Jewel of the Desert" in Arizona.
TONY STEWART, Driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Impala for Stewart-Haas Racing:
After spending so much time in Daytona for Speedweeks, how much of a relief is it to get back to a normal three-day race weekend?
"I think everybody's pretty worn out after being in Daytona for so long. Phoenix means a normal routine and a chance for the crew guys to get back to their families for a couple of days before heading to another racetrack."
Is too much emphasis placed on Daytona in terms of how teams are going to perform for the rest of the season?
"I think so. Daytona is a restrictor-plate race and, unlike Daytona, two guys can't get in a line at Phoenix and go to the front. Daytona and Talladega (Ala.) have always just been two different forms of racing. With the draft being so important at those two tracks, it's more of a team deal than an individual deal. What happens at Phoenix and the races after that has to be done on your own. You can't help each other at Phoenix. You just have to go race."
How long have you been racing at Phoenix?
"I started racing there in '93 when I ran a USAC Silver Crown car. And since then, I've run USAC Midgets, Indy cars, Supermodifieds, Nationwide Series cars and, of course, Sprint Cup. So, I've logged a bunch of laps there. To think that it all kind of started at Phoenix, I guess you could say it's the place where my career came full-circle."
Did you take an immediate liking to Phoenix in 1993 when you ran there in USAC?
"When we ran the USAC cars out there, it was pretty cool because I had never gone that fast before. It's just one of those tracks where, to run a Midget and a Silver Crown car there, it definitely got your attention. It was pretty fast."
Did you get a pretty good paycheck that day?
"At that time, yeah, absolutely. When I was thinking about the $5 hours I was working at a machine shop, $3,500 was a pretty good payday."
Is it safe to say you have Phoenix figured out?
"I've definitely spent a lot of time there. Myself and Arie Luyendyk were the two lead test drivers for Firestone when we were in the IndyCar Series. We spent a lot of time in Phoenix because the weather is so good out there all year long. We would spend three days out there tire testing and we had two or three of those sessions through the winter. I got to spend a lot of time running around Phoenix. I probably know every line around the track that's ever been run and why it's been run. It helps when you get in the stock cars or anything you get in when you're out there. I pretty much know how to get around there."
How did you transition from one type of racing to another?
"It's more fear than anything that I'm going to have to get a real job if I'm not successful. That's the great thing about running USAC and being in Indiana, where not only did we have winged Sprint cars and non-winged Sprint cars, Midgets, Silver Crown cars, we ran on dirt tracks one night and pavement the next. We ran Modifieds and Late Models. There were just so many things to drive around there that you learned how to adapt, and you learned how not to have a preconceived notion about how a racecar is supposed to feel and drive. You learned to read what the car was telling you as far as what it liked and disliked, and learned how to change your driving style accordingly. Especially at Phoenix, every car we've driven there, even though the track's the same, they all drove differently. You just had to adapt to it and learn to read the racecar instead of thinking this is what the car I ran last night felt like and it's supposed to feel like this today. It doesn't work that way."
Can you explain how Phoenix differs in the way the car handles in turns one and two as opposed to turns three and four?
"Every type of car I've driven there – from USAC Midgets and Silver Crown cars to Supermodifieds to Indy cars to Nationwide cars and now the Sprint Cup cars – running all those different divisions, the one common variable is the two ends of the track are unique and different from each other. It's always been a situation where, if your car is really good in (turns) three and four, you're normally a little bit tight in (turns) one and two, and if you get one and two really good, you're normally a little bit too loose in three and four. You do have to weigh the options and try to find that balance of which end of the track is more important to you. You know you're not going to be perfect in both ends, and you'll have to pick one end or the other to get your car really good. I do have a preference, but I don't tell everybody else that. That's what having all these years and these laps of experience there does for me. It's the one secret variable that I try to use to my advantage."
When you return to Phoenix in November, it will be a very different racetrack – new pavement and an altered layout. What do you think of the changes?
"If it makes the racing better for everybody, then it's a positive thing. But, I'm an old-school guy. I didn't like it when they changed the dogleg. I hated it when they took the Goodyear bridge down – the cross-over bridge over turn four. Those were things about Phoenix that made it unique and made it special. That side has already been changed. Changes now really aren't going to be different. It's already lost its original look, to me, but if it makes it better and it makes it better for the fans, how can you not be excited about it?"
Since you have logged so many laps at Phoenix, did track management seek your opinion on the changes?
"No. Like I said, I'm still not happy about the original changes that were made. I've always just been that old-school guy and a lot of people in society are the same way. A lot of people don't like change. You see places we've lost. We've lost Rockingham, (North) Wilkesboro, some of those places. As competitors, we didn't like those changes, but it was better for the sport. Just because it's different doesn't mean it's always going to be better or worse. We just have to wait and see. At least they're trying to do something they think is going to be better for the sport."
Year Event Start Finish Status/Laps Laps Led Earnings
2010 ×Subway Fresh Fit 600k 11 23 Running, 378/378 15 $114,098
Kobalt Tools 500k 7 13 Running, 312/312 6 $119,881
2009 Subway Fresh Fit 500k 6 2 Running, 312/312 19 $183,223
Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 k 8 25 Running, 310/312 0 $86,423
2008 Subway Fresh Fit 500k 12 14 Running, 311/312 0 $117,611
×Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500k 29 22 Running, 312/313 0 $115,436
2007 Subway Fresh Fit 500k 9 2 Running, 312/312 132 $209,411
Checker Auto Parts 500k 21 4 Running, 312/312 0 $156,211
2006 Subway Fresh 500k 3 2 Running, 312/312 6 $211,536
Checker Auto Parts 500k 23 14 Running, 312/312 0 $91,550
2005 Subway Fresh 500k 6 33 Running, 305/312 0 $109,561
Checker Auto Parts 500k 9 4 Running, 312/312 0 $153,171
2004 ×Checker Auto Parts 500k 6 8 Running, 315/315 0 $112,028
2003 Checker Auto Parts 500k 6 18 Running, 312/312 0 $102,128
2002 Checker Auto Parts 500k 16 8 Running, 312/312 0 $101,178
2001 Checker Auto Parts 500k 22 5 Running, 312/312 0 $96,675
2000 Checker/Dura Lube 500k 37 14 Running, 312/312 1 $62,500
1999 Checker/Dura Lube 500k 11 1 Running, 312/312 154 $168,485
× Race length extended due to green-white-checker finish.


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2014: Louis Zamperini, a World War II veteran and POW and a member of the 1936 U.S. Olympic track and field team, dies of pneumonia at age 97 in Los Angeles, California. Zamperini wrote two memoirs about his life experiences and was the subject of Laura Hillenbrand's best selling 2010 biography "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption," which was adapated into a 2014 movie directed by Angelina Jolie.
2005: MTV and VH1 air the eight hours of the Live 8 concerts. The performances, featuring U2, Coldplay, Madonna, Dave Matthews Band and a reunited Pink Floyd among many others, were held in eight cities to raise awareness of poverty in Africa.
2002: Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.
1999: Author Mario Puzo, known for his novels about the Mafia, including "The Godfather," which he later co-adapted into the film by Francis Ford Coppola, dies of heart failure at the age of 78 in West Bay Shore, New York.
1997: Actor James Stewart, best known for movies such as "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "The Philadelphia Story," "It's a Wonderful Life," "Rear Window" and "Vertigo," dies of a blood clot in his lung at age 89 in Beverly Hills, California. Stewart won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in "The Philadelphia Story" and was nominated for another four Oscars. He also was a World War II and Cold War veteran, rising to the rank of brigadier general in the United States Air Force Reserve.
1997: "Men in Black," starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith, is released. The movie topped box office charts for three straight weekends, opening with a $51 million box office in the U.S. and eventually grossing $326 million worldwide.
1993: Actor Fred Gwynne, best known for his roles in the 1960s sitcoms "Car 54, Where Are You?" and "The Munsters," dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 66 in Taneytown, Maryland. He was also known for his later roles in the movies "Pet Sematary," "Cotton Club" and "My Cousin Vinny" (pictured).
1991: Actress Lee Remick, best known for movies such as "Anatomy of a Murder," "Days of Wine and Roses" and "The Omen," dies of kidney and liver cancer at the age of 55 in Los Angeles, California. Remick earned an Oscar nomination for her role in "Days of Wine and Roses."
1991: Axl Rose sparks a riot during a Guns N' Roses concert outside of St. Louis when he jumps off the stage, attacks a fan videotaping the concert and then storms off stage. The resulting riot left 60 injured.
1989: American film director Franklin Schaffner, best known for such films as "Planet of the Apes," "Patton," "Papillon" and "The Boys from Brazil," dies of lung cancer at age 69 in Santa Monica, California. He won an Academy Award for Best Director for "Patton" in 1971. He's seen here in 1977 outside Franklin and Marshall College after accepting an honorary degree.
1986: Actress and singer Lindsay Lohan is born in New York City. She rose to fame as a child actress thanks to her roles in the Disney remakes "The Parent Trap" and "Freaky Friday" and has gone on to star in other movies such as "Mean Girls," "Herbie: Fully Loaded" and "A Prairie Home Companion."
1986: The Prince movie "Under The Cherry Moon" is released. It was the musician's second movie, following 1984's "Purple Rain."
1985: Actress and singer Ashley Tisdale, who rose to fame in Disney's "High School Musical" film series, is born in Deal, New Jersey. Tisdale is also known for the TV series "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" and "Hellcats" and movies like "Bring It On: In It to Win It" and "Scary Movie 5."
1984: Epic Records sets a record by shipping two million copies of the Jacksons' "Victory" album to stores. It was the first time that such a large initial shipment had been made.
1984: Figure skater Johnny Weir, a three-time U.S. national champion from 2004 to 2006, is born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. Weir, who also is the 2008 World bronze medalist and a two-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, has also worked as a broadcaster, fashion commentator and had his own reality TV series "Be Good Johnny Weir."
1983: Singer-songwriter Michelle Branch is born in Phoenix, Arizona. She is best known for the Grammy-winning 2002 song "The Game of Love," a collaboration with Santana. Some of her other best known songs include "Everywhere," "All You Wanted" and "Are You Happy Now?"
1980: The spoof comedy "Airplane!" opens in theaters. The movie, a parody of the disaster film genre, would prove to be a box office success, earning $83 million in North America alone against a budget of $3.5 million.
1979: The U.S. Mint officially releases the Susan B. Anthony coin in Rochester, New York.
1977: Russian writer Vladimir Nabokov, known for the novels "Lolita" and "Pale Fire" and the memoir "Speak, Memory," dies of a viral infection at age 78 in Montreux, Switzerland.
1973: Actress Betty Grable, who was as famous for her legs, once insured by her studio for $1 million with Lloyds of London, as for her movies, dies of lung cancer at the age of 56 in Santa Monica, California. Some of her best-known movies include "Down Argentine Way," "Moon Over Miami," "Mother Wore Tights" and "How to Marry a Millionaire."
1971: The blaxploitation film "Shaft," starring Richard Roundtree in the title role, is released.
1964: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
1964: Former major-leage baseball player Jose Canseco is born José Canseco Capas Jr. in Havana, Cuba. Canseco hit 462 career home runs over 17 seasons, but has been a controversial figure in sports who admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs during his career while claiming the vast majority of MLB players did the same.
1962: The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas.
1961: Author Ernest Hemingway dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at age 61 in Ketchum, Idaho.
1956: Elvis Presley records "Hound Dog" and "Don't Be Cruel."
1956: Buddy Holly's first single, "Love Me," is released.
1955: "The Lawrence Welk Show" premieres. The show would end up running for 1,065 episodes over nearly 27 years before ending on April 17, 1982.
1947: An object crashes near Roswell, New Mexico. The U.S. Army Air Force insisted it was a weather balloon, but eyewitness accounts led to speculation that it might have been an alien spacecraft.
1947: "Seinfeld" co-creator and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star Larry David is born in Brooklyn, New York.
1939: President Theodore Roosevelt's face is dedicated at Mount Rushmore.
1937: Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
1937: NASCAR driver and seven-time Daytona 500 champion Richard Petty is born in Level Cross, North Carolina.
1929: Imelda Marcos, Filipino first lady and wife of Ferdinand Marcos, is born Imelda Remedios Visitación in Manila, Philippines.
1925: Civil rights leader Medgar Evers is born in Decatur, Mississippi. Evers, who was involved in efforts to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi, was murdered on June 12, 1963, in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi, by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith. In 1994, 30 years after two previous trials had failed to reach a verdict, De La Beckwith was brought to trial based on new evidence, convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
1908: Thurgood Marshall, who became the first black justice on the United States Supreme Court in 1967, is born in Baltimore, Maryland. Marshall served on the court for 24 years, compiling a liberal record that included strong support for Constitutional protection of individual rights, especially the rights of criminal suspects against the government. He died of heart failure at the age of 84 on Jan. 24, 1993.
1897: Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
1881: Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James Garfield at a train station in Washington, D.C. Garfield would eventually die from infection on Sept. 19, 1881, and Guiteau was executed on June 30, 1882.
1877: Author and poet Hermann Hesse, the Nobel Prize laureate writer whose works include "Steppenwolf," "Siddhartha" and "The Glass Bead Game," is born in Calw, Württemberg, German Empire.
1778: Swiss philosopher, writer and composer Jean-Jacques Rousseau, whose work influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political, sociological and educational thought, dies from a hemorrhage at age 66 in Ermenonville, France. His best known works include "Discourse on the Origin of Inequality" and "On the Social Contract," both of which are now considered cornerstones in modern political and social thought.
1776: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain, although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence wouldn't be approved until July 4.
1698: Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
1679: Europeans first reach the headwaters of the Mississippi River in what today is Minnesota in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.
1566: Nostradamus, the French apothecary and reputed seer who published collections of prophecies that have since become famous worldwide, dies of complications from gout at age 62 in Salon-de-Provence, Provence, France.
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Beginning Saturday, March 23, the choir will present its annual dinner and talent show with the evening beginning with a 4:45 p.m. dinner in the Student Union Building on the CBC campus. The talent show will start at 5:30 p.m. in the Gertrude R. Jones Fine Arts Auditorium.
On Saturday, April 13, the choir will present a concert at the Dobie Theater in George West at 7:30 p.m., and on Saturday, April 20, the choir will perform its annual spring concert at 7:30 p.m. in the historical mission located in the Goliad State Park.
The last concert for the season will be Tuesday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the college auditorium.
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Brinkman Partners expanding Boulder contracting activities
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Brinkman has been selected as the general contractor for Baseline Crossing, a commercial infill development to be located at 2900 Baseline Drive. The development will consist of two buildings totaling 17,000 square feet.
Amante Coffee will occupy 1,800 square feet and Cafe Mexicali, a Fort Collins-based Mexican restaurant, will open a location in 4,000 square feet. Both spaces will include rooftop decks.
Brinkman is also working with Del Mar Interests and the Woodbury Corporation to construct Plaza on Broadway, a 159-bed student housing project in 98,208 square feet. The project will redevelop two existing fraternity houses directly across from the University of Colorado campus at 955 Broadway.
The project will also include 82 underground parking spaces and rentable underground storage. It will also be the first Green Globe certified multi-family project in Boulder. Move-in will begin in fall 2013.
Brinkman is also working with Boulder Hospitality, a local development firm, on a Hampton Inn & Suites located at 6333 Lookout Road. The hotel will encompass 69,100 square feet and Brinkman will also work to lease three pad sites directly adjacent to the hotel.
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As it uses the webservice, it's HTTP. Or HTTPS if you have a certificate on your website.
I hope I am posting in the right place, but I've been googling a bit and google is not as good as it used to be - what transfer protocol is used at PLoader?
I am asking since I would like 2 users (Windows, Kubuntu) to connect to server form a different apartment and would need to use some secure protocol like sFTP or similar. I planned to do "automatic" transfer via sFTP and then maybe do a rescan of folders, but looks like pLoader would make it all a bit easier. I am just wondering about the protocol used during transfer.
dutchguru wrote:
Is pLoader only usable for webmanager and administrator, so a simple user cannot send by pLoader and/or some Android client ?
PLoader is usable by any user. The same for the Android app.
Sandor wrote:
Hey there
I've got an problem with ploader, anytime I start it an klick on connect it crashes.
It just shut down and nothing else happen.
I've tried wit download it new and start with admin rights, but every time the same happen.
I hope someone can help me
Greets Sandor
P.S. Sorry for my bad english
See my last post about which folder to delete...
I have taken the Linux source and created a new windows version with a fix for https.
Unzip the file and run the pLoader.bat to launch pLoader.
The .bat file sets some environment variables needed for the newer version of ImageMagick to work.
You can use urls with either "http://" or "https://". If neither is included, it will assume http://
If you have used the previous version, you will probably have to delete the settings (.pLoader) folder because it has saved information in a format not compatible with the newer version of perl/Wx.
on xp: "C:\Documents and Settings\**USERNAME**\Local Settings\Application Data\.pLoader"
on win7: "C:\Users\**USERNAME**\AppData\Local\.pLoader"
If you have problems, you can run pLoader.debug.console.bat which will print error messages in a window which can be posted here and I can try to help resolve the problem.
If you use a self-signed certificate for your website, replace "web_server.cer" with your certificate file - using the same name. (Or edit the pLoader.bat file to set the correct location/name for your certificate with "HTTPS_CA_FILE=path\????.cer"
I have made a small change from the above posted fix to allow "http://" to be entered also...
I also changed the version to 1.6s
--- wxApp.pm.orig 2010-05-07 19:46:58.000000000 +0200 +++ wxApp.pm 2015-05-04 16:10:46.962768300 +0200 @@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ use Wx::Locale qw/:default/; use utf8; +use Net::SSL; +use Crypt::SSLeay; + + $|=1; __PACKAGE__->mk_accessors( @@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ ); $self->version( - '1.6' + '1.6s' ); # to check if we can use stored cache @@ -678,7 +682,8 @@ $self->_init_branding; - if ($self->site_url !~ /^http:/){ +# if ($self->site_url !~ /^http:/){ + if ( ($self->site_url !~ /^http:/) && ($self->site_url !~ /^https:/) ){ $self->site_url( sprintf( "http://%s",
Included in the zip is the src folder and the build folder with the settings I used to create it.
Also included is a modules folder which contains libraries for ImageMagick. Probably not all are needed, but they are not so big.
https://mega.co.nz/#!PJ4DzDqK!-2CoxFt_j … d3L6lNErDc
Is pLoader only usable for webmanager and administrator, so a simple user cannot send by pLoader and/or some Android client ?
Hey there
I've got an problem with ploader, anytime I start it an klick on connect it crashes.
It just shut down and nothing else happen.
I've tried wit download it new and start with admin rights, but every time the same happen.
I hope someone can help me
Greets Sandor
P.S. Sorry for my bad english
Same problem here as GG
I like pLoader tool and if I chose Piwigo it is also for this capability to upload a whole directory (and even a tree of directories) easily.
Since this week-end, I try to upload a directory.
- I launched the tool
- I added a new album
- I added some pics to be sent
- Application crashed
Now, if I try to open it again, I can fill the login form but I cannot reach the upload form (the one in which one choose photos to be sent). The login form disappears, as usually, but the main application does not appears... The Windows tasks managers show that there is no pLoader process running.
My brother was able to send pics without troubles.
Does this errors sounds familiar to someone?
Maybe should I clean some working/temp files? Or install it again in another directory?
I confirm pLoader doesn't work over HTTPS :-/
I have made a tiny change in src/Uploader/GUI/wxApp.pm :
$ svn diff src/Uploader/GUI/wxApp.pm Index: src/Uploader/GUI/wxApp.pm =================================================================== --- src/Uploader/GUI/wxApp.pm (revision 12803) +++ src/Uploader/GUI/wxApp.pm (working copy) @@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ $self->_init_branding; - if ($self->site_url !~ /^http:/){ + if ($self->site_url !~ /^https?:/){ $self->site_url( sprintf( "http://%s",
(juste added "s?" in the if condition)
and it works fine!
Now the problem is that it's perfect for Linux because you run pLoader from sources but on Windows/Mac you run pLoader from a build. I don't know how to create this build :-/ If you know how to do, let me know and I would be happy to publish a new version of pLoader.
I have my private Piwigo site with allowed only HTTPS and Basic HTTP authentication enabled. I was expecting that the following URL provided to pLoader 1.6 would manage to connect me to my albums, but I noticed an issue.
URL example: https://Username:firstname.lastname@example.com/albums/
Unfortunately I got the following error:
Can't connect to https::80 (Bad hostname 'https:')
Connection to http://https://Username:firstname.lastname@example.com/albums/ failed.
It seems like that pLoader automatically adds http:// in front of what I have written in the "Piwigo url" field.
I tried also following format, but without success:
Do you know if this kind of access is supported or at least if this can be fixed easily? Should I open BUG for that with some details? Note that I also tried this URL from Shotwell in Linux and it worked, but I need Windows client too. :)
no limit
that's exactly the purpose of the software... it does nothing else
why don't you give a try ?
By using Ploader can we upload any number of files on single click??
Upto how many MB of files can be uploaded at once?
can we direclty upload images from computer to piwigo...??
sry about that, but we advise people to use the Administration page to upload picture, since pLoader is no more in developpment just updated in case of bugs.
Would love to be able to use this, but it does not work for us because our server requires a URL beginning https:// and pLoader will not allow this -- it requires http://.


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Imagine you're sitting on the top deck of a houseboat looking out at the beautiful scenery of Utah's gorgeous Lake Powell while you're eating a wonderful dinner featuring this Grilled Halibut with Cumin and Lime. That's the memory I had when I sat on my deck eating this a few days ago. The marinade is perfect for halibut, but you can use any kind of mild white fish that's firm enough to stay together on the grill. And the leftover fish is perfect for making fish tacos (if you have any leftovers!)
Grilled Halibut with Cumin and Lime
(Makes enough marinade for 3-4 halibut pieces; I made this recipe for years at Lake Powell but I can't remember if I created the recipe or found it in a cookbook somewhere.)
3-4 halibut steaks or filets
Marinade Ingredients:
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
1/4 cup oil of your choice
2 T Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp. onion powder or 2 T grated fresh onion
1 tsp. garlic puree or minced fresh garlic
1-2 tsp. ground cumin (I used 2 tsp. but if you don't love cumin you might want less)
zest from one small lime (at least 1 tsp. grated lime rind)
1/2 tsp. coarse ground black pepper
fresh cut limes for squeezing on cooked fish (optional)
I've made this mostly with halibut but any kind of mild white fish which is substantial enough to hold up on the grill would work here.
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All-American chocolate chunk cookies
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- kcal381
- fat24g
- saturates10g
- carbs36g
- sugars27g
- fibre2g
- protein7g
- salt0.42g
- 300g plain chocolate (about 55% cocoa solids)
- 100g bar milk chocolate
- 100g light muscovado sugar
- 85g butter, at room temperature
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- 100g self-raising flour
- 100g large salted roasted peanuts
Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4/fan 160C.Gather together and weigh all the ingredients.
Chop 200g/7oz of the plain chocolate into rough, irregular chunks. Chop the milk chocolate in the same way, but keep separate.
Break the remaining plain chocolate into a large heatproof mixing bowl. Melt in the microwave on medium for about 11⁄2 minutes (or over a pan of simmering water).
Stir the chocolate until melted, then tip in the sugar, butter, peanut butter, egg and vanilla and beat with a wooden spoon until well mixed. Stir in the flour, all the milk chocolate chunks, the nuts (no need to chop) and half the plain chocolate chunks. The mixture will feel quite soft, and drop easily from the spoon if you shake it.
Drop big spoonfuls in 12 piles on to 2 or 3 baking sheets, leaving room for them to spread (you may need to bake in batches). Stick the remaining chunks into the cookies (2-3 pieces in each).
Bake for 10-12 minutes until they are tinged very slightly darker around the edges. The smell will let you know they are ready. They will be soft in the middle, but will crisp up as they cool. (Cook for longer and you'll have crisper cookies.) Let them cool and firm up for a few minutes on the baking sheet (they'll break if you move them while still hot), then lift off with a wide spatula on to a cooling rack. They will keep crisp in an airtight tin for 3-4 days.
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I just tried this recipe for a cookie taste test challenge I've set myself, and they are definitely up there with the best. I love the addition of the peanut butter to a cookie recipe!
See how mine came out on my blog! http://leavemorethanjustfootprints.wordpress.com/2014/12/03/the-taste-te...
I love these cookies! Tried this recipe for the first time long time ago and they are my favorite chocolate cookies. :-)
The peanut butter makes a good combination with the dark chocolate. I've just published this recipe on my bakery blog. Here's the link to my recipe: http://www.cinnamongirldelights.blogspot.com.es/2013/02/all-american-cho...
Hope you guys like it!
Yummy cookies, very sweet which means that one really is enough, which is probably for the best! I am an improvisational store cupboard cook, so I used a mix of dark muscovado and golden caster sugar. I also used Nutella instead of the melted chocolate and omitted the peanuts. They worked really well, and the peanut butter was delicious. They do break easily, but I don't think this detracts. I will definitely make them again
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I must admit I was a bit nervous. Despite having met with many customers over the years to happily describe or extol the virtues of parks programs and services, I've never found myself in a situation quite like this nearly two years ago.
Let me explain.
Gayle, a local resident, indicated that she was interested in honoring a deceased loved one by purchasing a memorial bench from us and having us install it in one of our parks. Many of you are familiar with these types of programs. The donor purchases a bench to honor a loved one and the community gets a great amenity at no cost to the agency. We've sold many of these over the years. It's a classic win/win for everyone involved.
However, my meeting with Gayle nearly 2 years ago at American Legion Park marked the start of something different for us. I had a unique option to present to her that day. She could purchase and have a bench installed overlooking beautiful Port Gardner Bay or purchase a bench and have us install it across the street near the playground of the same park.
The big difference? The bench overlooking the bay would cost her $1,000 more than the one near the playground. We "differentiated" the price due to one major factor: the view. It was the same style of bench mind you, but the differentiation provided us the opportunity to charge a higher rate.
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Pricing differentiation is essentially charging a different price (for the same product) based upon some unique characteristic. In our case, in this instance, the view was the unique characteristic.
Are there other opportunities in the parks and recreation industry to engage in pricing differentiation? Absolutely!
What did Gayle decide? After I explained the two options and the pricing difference she thought it over for about 10 seconds and enthusiastically said, "Oh, I'll definitely take this location with this wonderful view!"
The result was a very satisfied customer, a new park amenity for the community, and the start of a significant boost in revenue to our agency. What opportunities are available to you? Let's brainstorm together on August 22. See you then!
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Allow me to present another view.
The example you used is an interesting one for those of us in California where Proposition 26 (2010) defines (generally) the appropriate guidelines for setting and charging a fee for a service or a product such as a recreation program, classes, rental or admission.
In general, a fee or charge that is not "imposed by a local government" is not covered by the 2010 tax limitation Proposition. 26. Consequently, payments that are made pursuant to a voluntary contract or other agreement, and that are not otherwise "imposed" by a government's power to coerce as a government monopoly, are not taxes and therefore are exempt from Proposition 26 requirements, which my include voter approval. This would seem to be the argument for your scenic bench example. Since the bench agreement is a voluntary contract it would not be restricted by provisions of Proposition 26 and therefore the agency may be legally clear to charge whatever it wants.
Proposition 26 is aimed at a particular class of fees imposed by state and local governments commonly referred to as "regulatory fees. There are seven classes of fees that are exempt, and most of the traditional fees provided by park and recreation departments fall under one of the exemptions. However there are some nuances to Proposition 26, which may have a chilling impact on government decision makers setting of those more traditional park and recreation fees even though they are exempted.
In California the rule of thumb is that a fee is exempt and can be imposed for specific benefits, privileges, services and/or products provided to a participant, which is not provided to those not charged as long as the fee does not exceed the reasonable costs of what is provided. In addition, although not directly applicable to traditional park and recreation fees and charges, policy makers and public officials may interpret the spirit of another tax limitation measure, Proposition 218, by refraining from establishing fees and charges to cover the costs of products or services provided to some at no cost from fees imposed on others for the same product or service. Thinking about discounts (youth, low income, senior, etc.) may be similarly impacted as long as the costs of the service are not funded by higher fees charged to participants ineligible for the discount, but are instead funded from other sources, such the general fund or donations.
So in the playground versus view bench example had the donor been from an urban environment and possessed a love of the joy for young children on playgrounds, would there be a rational to adjust the fee for the playground bench upward to a threshold consistent with the donor's fiscal and emotional tolerance because of the value placed on the playground bench. Or would it perhaps be more appropriate to charge a fee which is reasonable based the actual cost of bench, installation and perhaps maintenance and not an ad valorem type fee, for which the value of the environment, or experience, may vary based upon donor inclinations and the proclivities of those setting the fee. Is it not enough to be able to add a new asset to our park inventory for others to enjoy without having to attempt to monetize each nuance and attribute? And who is going to be the arbiter and defender of such subtly?
Experience, like beauty is in the engagement of the beholder and I think park and recreation professionals should be in the practice of providing the highest quality experience at the least / actual (and most reasonable) cost and not attempting to valuate each experience as a means to maximize revenue.
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First of all sorry this is a really long rant but its taken me a months to find the energy to actually post anything! Here goes.......
My 12 month old is what i guess would be described as not a great sleeper. I BF him exclusively to 6 months and then started to introduce solids, broadly using the principles of BLW. He feeds frequently through the night, the best it ever gets is 3 or 4 times but more likely 6 - 8 times or more. When I have a night only feeding him 3 or 4 times I wake feeling like a new woman with boundless energy! Otherwise I am completely exhausted. I often feel like I am constantly on the edge of my ability to cope with anything beyond the day to day demands of life and so when anything out of the ordinary crops up it's seriously too much!!
We have tried NCSS and we have seen some improvements but in reality when I did the initial ten day log it turned out to coincide with his first tooth cutting through the gum so it's hard to say......
Anyway we barely seem able to have a couple weeks pass by without some kind of illness/ teething so its been hard to get any good length of time using the ideas in the book. For instance, since the beginning of January we have had a whole week of cold/ flu type illness for me and baby, one of his top teeth cut through, then OH had Nora virus…. a week of vomiting and diarrhoea, then me and DS got it, then we had two big family weekends away, the latest of which included me getting ill with a bug for 2 days! ...and barely a day has gone by without baby having congestion/ snotty nose since September!!!
DS has slept always slept in our room and has spent almost the whole night in our bed for many months...prob since the summer when his waking increased and it got too tiresome taking him in and out of the cot. He also has never settled himself to sleep, he had reflux as a tiny baby and we did a lot of rocking, walking, nursing to sleep until it got too hard to carry him around; he has been exclusively nursed to sleep for many months now, starting the night by being nursed to sleep on our bed and then I transfer him to the cot which is in the same room. Once I come to bed he spends the rest of the night in the bed with us.
As I am writing I am realising some of the things that have improved in the last couple of months... he sleeps from bedtime (7) til 10/ 10.30 much more consistently; we went through a long period when he would wake hourly after going to bed. And ....when he has finished feeding he will often come off the nipple, roll over and go to sleep. BUT ..I still feel like we are miles and miles (well months and months) away from reducing the night awakenings and from getting him to go to sleep at the beginning of the night by himself. Never mind ten days or twenty or thirty or whatever it says in the book!!!
So I just don't know what to do....I really feel we have left it too long to try anything involving crying...I imagine he would just cry and cry until he made himself sick and there would be no improvement in sleep and anyway I just don't think I could do it. Also my husband is really really not up for anything involving crying though he says he will support me whatever I decide. In fact OH is extremely child centred and runs around the house trying to keep everything tick to make life easier for me so I can keep BF. He is a strong believer in exclusive BF. I am not quite as hardcore about it and prob would have introduced some formula to make things a bit easier but in the end I never did….Anyway that is kind of irrelevant as we are now dealing with a little toddler who is used to having breast milk though the night and whenever he asks for it in the day.
I know I should prob feel very grateful to my husband for all that he does around the house but often this irritates me…he is busy busy running around and I want him to stop. I often feel incompetent that I am at home all the time and not managing to take care of the home myself, and I have visions of my sleep deprivation as some kind of stupor that BF is keeping me immersed in….also OH is endlessly cheerful and positive and gets fed up with me moaning, says I am not nice enough to him…. prob true but I AM SO EXHAUSTED I CAN'T THINK STRAIGHT!!!!!!!
Am I just being unrealistic to expect things to improve dramatically? My husband has done lots and lots of reading about BF and sleep and cosleeping and it seems to be that there's very little research about older babies in this area…Lots of people say that frequent night waking is natural and will improve as child grows up… but there doesn't seem to be any evidence of this and I just have all these images in my head of those kids from super nanny who never go to bed and who just keep on keep on getting up…. How do I know I am not heading for this nightmare and the nightmare of having to do controlled crying with a walking, talking, screaming 4 year old???? Also can I manage sleep deprivation for an unknown amount of time until whenever things improve or am I going to drive OH away with my moodiness…and anyway if other people manage it why can't I?
I am really stuck as to what to do, just feel I need to improve my sleep situation.. any advice really really gratefully received, don't know any other BF mums/ anyone with sympathetic ears!!