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School Delays/Closures
The following school districts will be CLOSED on Monday, Feb. 10, due to adverse weather conditions:
- Echo
- Athena-Weston
- Helix
- Umatilla
- Hermiston
- Hermiston Early Learning (EI/ECSE)
- Morrow County
- Ione
- Pilot Rock
- Stanfield
- Pendleton
- Hawthorne Early Learning Center (Pendleton; EI/ECSE)
- Nixyaawii Community School
- Lifeways Day Treatment Center
- Milton-Freewater
- Pleasant View Alt. School (Milton-Freewater)
- Eastside Early Learning (Milton-Freewater; EI/ECSE)
Colleges & Universities:
Blue Mountain Comm. College: Closed. Pendleton and Hermiston campuses. Milton-Freewater campus is now also closed for day and evening classes.


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Since sports should really be a respite from the problems and worries of the world, and since in the 21st century it so often is anything but, we think doing sports the right way is worth noting.
In a time and culture when athletics often brings out the worst in people it is refreshing when the people involved compete and conduct themselves with respect and dignity as well as purpose and determination. Being in the Final Four is cool. It's fun to win. But we sure have enjoyed the national media acknowledging that Coach Bo Ryan and his University of Wisconsin basketball players are good people who approach the game with integrity.
By all appearances Bo and his players deserve the praise. But we also appreciate the light they reflect on the University and the city. We're looking forward to a continuation of that in Dallas regardless of the outcome of the games.

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About lung cancer
What should people know about cancer of the lung and bronchus?
The lungs are the organs we use to breathe. The bronchus is one of the two tubes that lead from the windpipe (trachea) to the lung.
Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers among New Yorkers. In New York it is the leading cause of cancer deaths. Each year about 6,800 men and about 6,800 women are diagnosed with lung cancer and almost 4,700 men and almost 4,300 women die from this disease. In New York State, lung cancer death rates among men and women have been declining since 1995, but the decline among women has been slower.
Who gets lung cancer?
Men are more likely than women to get lung cancer because more men than women are current or former smokers. (The numbers of men and women in New York who get lung cancer are about the same because there are more older women than older men, and older people are more likely to get lung cancer.) As women started smoking in numbers similar to men, more women began to get lung cancer.
In men, lung cancer rates are higher among non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Black men, compared to men who are Hispanic, or Asian, or Pacific Islander. Non-Hispanic White women have higher lung cancer rates than women of other racial or ethnic groups. Again, this reflects the smoking patterns of these groups.
What factors increase risk for developing lung cancer?
At this time, all of the causes of lung cancer are not well understood. However, scientists agree that certain factors increase a person's risk of developing this disease. These risk factors include:
- Smoking. Smoking is the most important cause of lung cancer and one that a person can control. Research studies show that exposure to other people's cigarettes (second-hand smoke) also increases a person's risk of getting lung cancer. Scientists believe that smoking is responsible for over 80% of lung cancers.
- Radon gas. Exposure to radon gas has been estimated to be the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. The risk of lung cancer from radon exposure is higher in people who smoke.
- Asbestos in the workplace. People exposed to high levels of asbestos on the job, such as shipbuilders and pipefitters, have an increased risk of lung cancer. This risk is increased even more in workers who smoke.
- Ionizing Radiation. Exposure to high levels of ionizing radiation, such as radiation treatments for other cancers, increases risk for getting lung cancer.
- Personal history. People who have had lung cancer are at increased risk of developing lung cancer again.
- Family history. People with a close relative who had lung cancer may have an increased risk for the disease, even if they do not smoke.
- Other lung diseases. People with a history of certain other diseases of the lung, such as tuberculosis (TB), are at increased risk of developing lung cancer.
- Other workplace exposures. Other chemicals or substances that may be found at high levels in certain workplaces have been identified as risk factors for lung cancer. These include arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, vinyl chloride, nickel compounds, chromium compounds, coal products, tars and soot, chloromethyl ethers and diesel exhaust.
What other risk factors for lung cancer are scientists studying?
Some studies have shown that living in an area with urban air pollution may increase lung cancer risk slightly, but much less than smoking. Studies also suggest that eating a diet low in fruits and vegetables might increase the risk of lung cancer among people who smoke. Additional research is needed to determine the role, if any, these factors may have in the development of lung cancer.
What can I do to reduce my chances of getting lung cancer?
The following may help reduce the risk of developing lung cancer:
- Do not smoke. If you currently smoke, quit. Avoid exposure to second hand smoke. For more information on quitting smoking, visit the NYS Smoker's Quitline at www.nyssmokefree.com or call 1-866-NY-QUITS.
- Have your home tested for radon, especially if you live in a high radon area. If radon levels in your home are high, make the necessary modifications. For more information on radon visit www.health.ny.gov/environmental/radiological/radon/radon.htm or call 1-800-458-1158.
- Be aware of workplace health and safety rules and follow them.
- Discuss the risks and benefits of medical imaging, such as CT scans, with your health care provider to avoid unnecessary exposure to ionizing radiation. This is particularly important for children.
- Be aware of your family history and discuss any concerns with your health care provider.
How else can I reduce my risk of cancer?
- Choose a healthy diet to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. Eat more vegetables, fruits and whole grains and eat less red and processed (e.g., bacon, sausage, luncheon meats, hot dogs) meats. These actions may reduce the risk of developing many types of cancer as well as other diseases.
- Exercise regularly.
- Talk with your health care provider about recommended cancer screenings.


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At Survivor Series, Dolph Ziggler retained his United States Championship against John Morrison.
Morrison hasn't won a PPV match since SummerSlam, in a tag-team contest. In singles matches, Morrison hasn't won since last year's TLC PPV, a ladder match against Sheamus. How times have changed for the former ECW Champion.
Nearing the end of his contract, there are some rumours out there that Morrison is discussing options outside WWE, so coming off the loss to Ziggler, here is what is next for the Shaman of Sexy.


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Do you want to watch 15 games simultaneously while eating Wheat Thins snacks with the Grill Master at the stadium? Absolutely, the Tailgate Techie has you covered. With a portable DirecTV satellite playing 15 games simultaneously – and a mega surround sound system to boot – the Tailgate Techie can even easily help you forget not scoring those last minute tickets.
If you or a friend fit one of these categories, now is the time to get recognition for your team spirit and overall love for tailgating. Head on over to RSVLTS.com/TailgateAwards and enter now!


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Definition of West Nile virus
West Nile virus: The mosquito-borne virus that causes West Nile fever. One of the flaviviruses, a family of viruses also responsible for dengue, yellow fever, and tick-borne encephalitis virus. Like the other flaviviruses, the West Nile virus is a positive-strand RNA virus containing three structural proteins and a host-derived lipid bilayer. The West Nile virus is an icosahedral structure of about 500 angstroms in diameter. The overall structure of the West Nile virus most closely resembles that of dengue fever virus but the surface proteins are slightly different, which may give West Nile virus some of its unique features.
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The tribe Brongniartieae is one of the subdivisions of the plant family Fabaceae.
The following genera are recognized by the USDA:[1]
- Brongniartia Kunth
- Cristonia J. H. Ross[2]
- Cyclolobium Benth.
- Harpalyce DC.
- Hovea Lamprolobium Benth.
- Plagiocarpus Benth.
- Poecilanthe Benth.
- Templetonia R. Br.
- Thinicola J. H. Ross[2]
- ^ United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) (2003): Germplasm Resources Information Network – Brongniartieae. Version of 2003-JAN-17. Retrieved 2010-AUG-04.
- ^ a b NOTE: Possibly synonymous with Templetonia.
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Cecile's Bunny Munchies
Total Time
Prep 2 mins
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A quick and easy treat from a friend!
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1⁄2 cup creamed honey
- 1⁄2 cup cocoa
- 3⁄4 cup dark raisin
- coconut
- Mix all ingredients well.
- Add water if too dry.
- Form into one inch balls.
- Roll in coconut.
- Refrigerate.
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These are perfect for when I need a little energy boost, and my kids are forever grateful. I added 1T extra cocoa, because the "dough" was pretty sticky. I also did not have creamed honey, so I used regular honey and added an equal amount of powdered sugar. They are like decadent little truffles that look elegant enough to bring to a holiday party, are cheap to make, and take 5 minutes to whip up. I love this!


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SEATTLE -- Jose Altuve drove in four runs and hit one of Houston's five homers, and the Astros broke out of their offensive slump with a 16-9 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night. After totaling nine runs during a six-game losing streak, the Astros scored nine in just six outs and won for the first time since opening night. The smallest crowd in Safeco Field history saw the Astros batter Seattle rookie starter Brandon Maurer (0-2) and continued their offensive onslaught against reliever Kameron Loe. By the time Loe was replaced after the third inning, the Astros led 11-0 and had 13 hits.
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(i) and (iii) the ring of quaternions is a first example of a strictly skew field. That means the quaternions are not commutative ring. While R x R x R x R is for a direct product of commutative rings.
(i) and (ii) same idea. Matrix multiplication is not commutative.
(ii) and (iii), well, the ring of matrices are not a strictly skew field. In more basic terms, the ring of matrices is not a division ring (not non-zero everything has a multiplicative inverse) while the quaternions are a division ring (everything non-zero has a multiplicative inverse).


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Although Chicago still has not lined up funding to build the final new runway planned at O'Hare International Airport, the U.S. government offered $3.4 million Monday to design an air-traffic control tower to serve the future airstrip.
The proposed tower, to be located on the south airfield, would be the third control tower at O'Hare. It would serve the planned 7,500-foot runway 10 Right/28 Left, the southern-most runway of six east-west runways envisioned in the $15 billion O'Hare expansion project.


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Posted on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
April is Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Month. We are urging all animal lovers, animal advocates and activists to GO Orange and join us for this month-long celebration of our victories in the fight against animal cruelty.
It's important to push for legislation that would stop inhumane treatment, such as dog fighting for entertainment or long-distance transportation of farm animals loaded on top of each other in searing temperatures, with no food or water on a terrible journey to slaughterhouses.
On a local level, it's also important to be aware of animal cruelty and not be silent if you witness it.
You might see a neighbor tie a dog to a tree all year round without proper food or shelter from the bitter weather, you might see someone dump kittens off along a desolate road, or worse yet, you might witness the torturing of a pet. These animals deserve better, and you can help by talking to these people and encouraging them to consider bringing pets to shelters.
We've compiled some signs to look for when evaluating whether and animal is being abused.
Sometimes we are not able to physically examine an animal thought to be abused; there are environmental signs, such as:
The Ohio SPCA, located in Grove City, Ohio, urges those who suspect animal cruelty to call their local Department of Animal Control.
Have you ever witnessed animal cruelty and stepped up?


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"The roving Scot and buccaneering Dane,A Heroic Fantasy trope. Also found in Hollywood History. As in many historical eras, many fantasy writers divide their humans up into finer ethnic categories than are common nowadays. One of the most common is 'races' that would in the USA, South Africa, and other places all be called 'white' (after their pale-ish skin and the legal names for prior ranks of citizenship) but, in the work, are categorized by their hair color, of which blond and dark are the most common. These hair colors are often depicted as remarkably uniform throughout the different populations. There is a certain amount of Truth in Television here. Before widespread genetic diversity, with people meeting and mixing between different countries or continents, the traits of a single tribe or village or other group of people were often common across the entire population. One group of people, who haven't been mixing with outsiders, will generally share the same general appearance. It's part of why, for instance, there are two main stereotypical depictions of Irish people, the 'black' Irish, like Colin Farrell, and the 'red' Irish, like Colm Meaney (Miles O'Brien from Star Trek). Of course, with black hair and brown eyes being dominant genetic traits a focus on these (admittedly very visible) characteristics isn't very helpful for differentiating between ethnic groups outside of Europe and the Middle East. In all too many works, however, the races are absolutely uniform, living in an ethnic Patchwork Map. Even at the borders, half-breeds are unusual and physically distinctive. Phenotype Stereotype usually prevails: blue eyes for blonds, green eyes for redheads, gray eyes or brown eyes for dark-haired people. Furthermore, the physical appearances are also used as a short hand for Planet of Hats traits. Sometimes two characters sharing a hair color may be a Hair Color Spoiler, especially if their connection is supposed to be revealed later. The prevalence of Medieval European Fantasy makes the subdivisions of European ethnic groups somewhat plausible, but other ethnic subdivisions are known, and, sometimes, a blond race will contrast with a dark-haired race with darker skin. Often, the mere presence of whites and blacks in the same area will not preclude their regarding themselves as more finely divided than that — which is also Truth in Television. And, of course, racism follows the racial divides the cultures use. Compare Fantastic Racism. Not to confuse with You Gotta Have Blue Hair.
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Whose red hair offspring anywhere remain."
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- Fullmetal Alchemist:
- The Ishvalans have grey hair and red eyes, as well as dark skin. Other races in the series tend also to have a common hair and/or eye colour, but not quite to the same extent as the Ishvalans.
- Xingese are all shown to have black hair and black/grey eyes, while those with Xerxes blood have golden hairnote and gold eyes.
- This is averted more in the 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist, where Xingese people do not exist (though a passing mention is made to Eastern countries and both Izumi and Roy seem at least part Asian) and Xerxes is nonexistent. The Ishvalans keep their dark skin and red eyes however black and brown hair are the default hair colors. Lior, where Rose is from, is a desert town (instead of a mountain one as in the manga) and there are a large amount of dark skinned, dark haired inhabitants. There are implications the people of Lior are distantly related to the Ishvalans which makes the Lior massacres even more comparable to the Ishvalan genocide.
- Played with in Kemono no Souja Erin. There is a tribe called the Mist People, with green eyes and green hair. Unfortunately, they are associated with black magic. Interestingly, their unusual hair color is actually never brought up and it is their eyes that function as a stigma. Also Je, the First Shin Oh of Ryoza, and her people were known for their golden eyes and blond hair.
- In Naruto members of the disbanded Uzumaki clan are said to have red hair, including Naruto's mother Kushina, Nagato and Karin, who was revealed to be an Uzumaki due to this. Naruto is the only known Uzumaki with blond hair and blue eyes, which he inherited from his father, Minato Namikaze. His own son, Boruto, is also blond. His daughter, Himawari, takes after her mother, Hinata, who has blue hair.
- In the Macross franchise, humans tend to have hair colors that exist in the real world. Most characters with green/blue/pink/etc hair are at least part-alien (with the exception of a handful of blue/purple-haired humans, which are likely a case of Hair Color Dissonance and Purple Is the New Black).
- In Magi Labyrinth of Magic; members of the Fanalis tribe are immediately recognizable by their reddish pink hair and eyes, the Imuchakk with their blue hair and gold eyes, whilst the people of Heliohapt are a race of Dark Skinned Blonds.
- This can be detected in the Star Wars films, as well as their accompanying Expanded Universe. The Core Worlds were settled many thousands of years ago, before hyperdrive was invented; the settlers either died en route to colonization and had to raise and train their children, grandchildren, etc. to carry on the exploration after they were gone ("generation" ships) or had themselves frozen in carbonite to make themselves temporarily immortal during the many light-years of their journey ("sleeper" ships). As a result, Alderaan, Corellia, and the many other worlds colonized by the Human natives of Coruscant (or "Zhell", to use the anthropological term peculiar to the Star Wars galaxy) were genetically isolated for centuries or even millennia, giving rise to visibly different ethnic types: compare the swarthy appearance of the Corellian Han Solo with the fair hair and skin of most Coruscanti Imperials. Some of these people were isolated for so long that they descended into "barbarism" (the Dantari of Dantooine), became bitter enemies of their long-forgotten ancestors (the Tionese, who forgot that Coruscant and the Core Worlds even existed and treated their peoples as foreigners when they rediscovered them), or were so physically altered by their new planets' environments that they became freakishly inhuman in appearance (the blue-skinned Wroonians, rose-skinned Zeltrons, or tall, thin, rubbery Etti, for example).
- The 1966 film One Million Years B.C., set during a mythical Stone Age, features a dark-haired tribe and a fair-haired one.
- In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, there are often a set of common hair colours among various peoples, although averted as they are not uniform and not without exceptions. Of both Men and Elves, there are tribes who are dark-haired and those who are blond; Hobbits are generally brown-haired, while blond is rare.
- In The Lord of the Rings, the Riders of Rohan from the North tend to be blond, while the people of Gondor were chiefly dark-haired. However Tolkein reverses the typical associations, with the blond-haired Rohirrim being "lesser men" compared to the dark-haired Númenóreans. This may have something to do with analogies to real-life antiquity, with the darker-haired Romans having a superior civilization to the blond-haired Germanics.
- Tolkien went further. The "swarthy" Eastern and Southron races were generally enemies of the "fair" races.
- Except when they weren't, such as the men of Bree, some non-Dúnedain Gondorians, some hobbits, the Woses, even the Wild Men of Dunland (who were antagonists, but weren't portrayed as evil). And some of the most evil villains were white- namely, the Black Númenóreans, who were pretty much Nazis IN ANCIENT EUROPE, wore the Hat of being a bunch of Evil Sorcerers, and produced such notables as the Witch-King and the Mouth of Sauron. Tolkien did use racial stereotyping broadly, but it tended to break down the closer into things you actually looked.
- Helps that Tolkien was totally in love with such tropes as Fallen Hero, Fallen Angel, and The Paragon Always Rebels. Any generally good group, including ethnic groups, have at least one guy who went evil. LotR is the struggle to finally defeat one such rebel/Fallen Angel type, Sauron. And Saruman was pretty much the Paragon of the wizards...
- Tolkien's Orcs are black, twisted, corrupted versions of Elves, according to the Silmarillion.
- In Andre Norton's Witch World, the Old Race of Estcarp (and formerly also of Karsten) are uniformly black-haired and pale skinned; their allies, the sea-going Sulcar, are blond. The people of High Hallack across the sea, whose ancestors came through a Cool Gate, are pale-skinned but usually have brown or blond hair, occasionally with a reddish tint.
- In Joy Chant's Red Moon Black Mountain, the races are divided by appearance, including an entire race of Dumb Blondes.
- Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea series has the race contrast by skin color as well as by hair, but the white race is also chiefly blond.
- Jennifer Robertson's Sword Dancer books have the sun-baked, semi-nomadic Southron race who live in the desert and the blond, fair-skinned Northerners who live in the mountains. Later, she expanded it to include a sort of dark-Caucasian islander race.
- In Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian universe, the barbarians of the north are divided into the Aesir, who are blond, the Vanir, who have red hair, and the Cimmerians, who have dark hair. Howard had a whole essay on the various human races of Hyboria and how they got to be where they are in the story in question, "The Hyborian Age". The racial descriptions given there are characterized by the very best racial science of his day.
- Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time is full of these - notably, the tall strawberry blond Aiel and the short dark haired Cairhirenin. Jordan was effective in differentiating people based on geographical region, through appearance as well as speech patterns, dress, and customs.
- Harry Turtledove:
- War Between The Provinces is a fantasy retelling of the American Civil War in which the original inhabitants of the kingdom, who are blond, play the part of slaves to their dark-haired rulers.
- In his Darkness Series, a fantasy retelling of World War II, the Jewish-analogues are also blonde haired.
- In the Barsoom novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, there are three types of white-skinned Martians, blond haired, bald, and red haired. Justified in that each of them comes from obscure, introverted, and somewhat inbred city states on remote areas of Mars.
- Aaron Allston's Doc Sidhe has three divisions of people on the Fair World: light (blond whites), dark (dark-haired whites), and dusky (blacks, Asians, Native Americans, etc.). That's right; the difference in hair color among whites is considered more significant than the differences in skin color among the duskies.
- David Eddings uses this a lot. The Belgariad and the Elenium have descriptions of people from specific lands who, though of the same race as their neighbors, tend to have characteristics specific to their own nationality.
- Justified in the Belgariad: The gods each picked out the people they liked and (effectively) inbred them. The places where the races mixed (Sendar, Mallorea) have the most sensible people.
- In Oscar Wilde's The Star Child, the eponymous child stands out among his adopted family and village because he is blond while they all have dark hair and eyes. Naturally, he turns out to be royalty.
- The Isles of Glory by Glenda Larke has this. Justified, because the people live on an archipelago with very strict citizenship rules and laws against interbreeding between islands. The main character is discriminated against because, not only does she not have a citizenship tattoo, her colouring makes it very obvious she's of Mixed Ancestry. Green eyes are found exclusively on one island, and they don't go with dark hair and skin.
- The Germanic tribes in Atilla are described as predominantly blonde, in contrast to the dark-haired Romans.
- In Anne Bishop's Black Jewels Trilogy, the races are often very distinct. For example, all people from Glacia have blond hair and blue eyes. All of the long lived races have brown skin, gold eyes, and black hair, with all Eyrien's having straight hair (it's mentioned when an Eyrien child is noticed to have a slight curl to her hair.) Children of half short-lived and half long-lived descent are easy to pick out; ie, Surreal, being half Hayllian half Dea al Mon, has lighter skin than a Hayllian, green-gold eyes, and pointed ears. The Dea al Mon are considered "short lived" with a lifespan of a hundred years or so, and they all have silver hair, light skin, forest blue eyes, and pointed ears (so they're basically elves) and so Surreal's coloring is believable; her hair is black while her skin is a bit of a mix, which is usually how genetics work, and eye colors do sometimes combine. Lucivar, being half Hayllian and half Eyrien, looks pure Eyrien because the only difference between the races is that Eyriens have wings. In fact, until he was born, no one knew his mother was Eyrien, as she was born with no wings (because her bloodline wasn't pure Eyrien in the first place) and passed as either Hayllian or as a Dehmlan witch.
- In the Ravenloft novel Carnival of Fear, the circus freak protagonists eventually flee the city of l'Morai, leaving it to stew in its own Fantastic Racism. Denied genuine human oddities to play All of the Other Reindeer Games with, the inhabitants are implied to have turned on one another: in the epilogue, a boy with black hair is shown being chased and taunted by a gang of blond youths, as if his hair color were a grotesque deformity.
- In Swedish fantasy writer Anders Blixt's novel Spiran och staven (The Quarterstaff and the Sceptre), the Termali of the sophisticated Vidonia region have a Mediterranean look, i.e. tanned skin and brown eyes, whereas the Wealdings (forest barbarians) are pale-skinned and grey-eyed. The Wealdings even use the word "brown-eye-ing" when referring to a Termali person. The protagonist Fox, who is of mixed origins, has brown eyes, pale skin, and reddish hair, hence the nickname.
- In Gene Stratton-Porter's Freckles, the Irish characters are all red-haired.
- In John C. Wright's Count To A Trillion, Blondies. Indeed, when Menelaus is viewing an old SF series and realizing it depicts the future (which didn't happen) as racism-free, a white man kissing a black woman is described as a Blondie kissing a Swarthy — the hair color trumps the skin color for the man.
- In Shannon Hale's The Goose Girl, Princess Anidori is recognised as from the country of Kildenree because of her yellow hair, and is called "the Yellow Lady" by her friends. The country of Bayern, where she was hiding, apparently has no blonde people.
- Most people in The Hunger Games District 12 look like Katniss and Gale, black hair, olive skin, and gray eyes. Mrs Everdeen is from the merchant class so she has blonde hair and blue eyes. Her daughter, Prim, takes after her. Peeta, the baker's son, and Madge, the mayor's daughter, also have blonde hair.
- A major plot point more than once in A Song of Ice and Fire. Several of the Great Houses are distinguished by their hair colour; Baratheons are jet black, Lannisters blonde, Tullys redheaded, Tyrells brunettes and Targaryens, the deposed royal house, a very distinctive platinum-white. These traits are reliable enough that Ned Stark becomes convinced that the Baratheon king's blonde children are not his own, which sets off the entire plot. This has also led to forests of Epileptic Trees that any character with white, light-blonde, or even dyed or shaved hair, is a Hidden Backup Prince poised to retake the throne for the Targaryens.
- In Margo Lanagan's The Brides of Rollrock Island all of the wives on Rollrock Island are selkies, or seal women, who have have black hair and dark eyes. Meanwhile, the natives of the island and the mainlanders have red hair. Generations of breeding only with selkies has led to everyone on the island having black hair, thus making it easy to tell who is not from the island.
- In Poul Anderson's "Time Lag", he plays with it, by making the inhabitants of Vaynamo blond, with blue eyes — that are also slanted.
- A minor example in Protector of the Small. The Tortall Universe is quite diverse (Tortall is a big place and its closest southern neighbor is based on North Africa), but one character near the northern border is rejected because he has blond hair and blue eyes like a Scanran, and Scanra is currently at war with Tortall.
- All the Regalians in The Underland Chronicles have silver/blond hair.
- Played with in The Farsala Trilogy. The upper class deghan and the lower class peasants, which are eventually revealed to be two separate people who migrated to Farsala at the same time, are differentiated between by hairtype. The deghan are marked for having straight black hair while peasants have curly brown hair. A black haired peasant or curly haired deghan is an indicator of an affair between the two groups. Despite living as one kingdom, the two treat one another as entirely separate groups of people, regarding one another with mutual disdain.
- In C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, there are two factions of dwarfs: red and black, distinguished by their hair and beard color. The red dwarfs are generally on the side of good (Aslan the Lion), while the black dwarfs have aligned themselves with the forces of evil (the White Witch). At the beginning of *Prince Caspian*, the two factions are on the same side, represented by the red dwarf Trumpkin and the black dwarf Nikabrik. In the end, Nikabrik just can't help himself, and turns to evil.
- The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson: Different countries have different hair colors. The Alethi have black hair, the Horneaters red (red is also common in Jah Keved because they often mix with the Horneater Peaks), the Iriali gold (not blonde, gold), and so on. The interesting thing is that the color breeds true according to how pure someone's bloodline is. Cross-breeding will result in hair with streaks of several colors. The son of an Alethi man and an Iriali might have golden blond hair with black streaks, for example, or vice versa. This also ironically means that the lowborn castes have purer hair that fits their nation's ideal of beauty; they have less opportunity to meet and marry foreigners.
- In The Death Gate Cycle, the Sartan and Patryns are Witch Species who are also Human Subspecies, and are distinguishable from baseline humans primarily by their hair color - Sartan have Mystical White Hair with dark tipsnote , while Patryns are the opposite, with dark hair that turns white near the tips.
- In Second Apocalypse, the five tribes of man all have very specific physical traits that are rarely, if ever, deviated from: the Norsirai are pale, blond and blue-eyed; the Scylvendi have black hair and blue eyes; the Ketyai have dark hair, skin and eyes; and the Sotyothi are black-skinned and green-eyed,
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- In Doctor Who, the two races on Skaro seem to be defined by hair colour - the warrior-race, Thals, are uniformly blond (mostly straight), and the scientific Kaleds have brown hair (mostly curly). This leads to some problems in "Genesis of the Daleks", where the Doctor (who had dark curly hair in that incarnation) is identified as a Kaled, but no-one knows what to make of his red-haired companion Sarah.
- In The Dominators, the dark-haired Dominators and the blond Dulcians.
- In Angel, Lorne's species (technically known as Deathwoks) all have long red hair to go along with their green scaly skin. Lorne's hairstyle is comparatively shorter than his kinsmen, giving the impression of highlighting his brown roots; it's all-natural, though.
- This was a common trope on Star Trek: The Original Series. In one of many examples, the Cargo Cult tribe in "The Apple" had deep tans and silver/white bouffant hairdos.
- A Vocaloid song series Evillious Chronicles, particularly in The Story of Evil makes several mentions of the Green Country, the people's defining aspect being thick green hair. Became a point of Fantastic Racism in "Daughter of White": the singer is a social outcast due to having white hair instead of green, and survives the Green Country's massacre because the Princess of Evil ordered that everyone with green hair be executed.
- Long-after-the-fact depictions of the Saxons and the Normans after the conquest make the Saxons blond and the Normans dark-haired. Robin Hood is typically blond, when Maid Marian is a Norman, as in The Adventures of Robin Hood, she is dark-haired.
- In Prose Edda, all members of the Niflung clan have "hair as black as ravens".
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- Dungeons & Dragons seems to take yet another cue from Tolkien here. The various elf "subraces" (including the distinct Drow) have hair color and skin tone determined by their elven ethnicity (with a wider range of pigments than humans). Conversely, humans in the D&D universe seem much more integrated and ethnically homogenized.
- The Kingdoms of Kalamar setting had several distinct ethnicities, not all of which looked European.
- The Mystara setting's Dawn of the Empires boxed set explored this trope a good deal, with humans from different regions of imperial Thyatis and Alphatia having distinctive ethnic phenotypes, as well as cultural quirks. Those ancient Alphatians who immigrated from another world included both pale-skinned and copper-skinned ethnic stock, with intolerant subgoups within each of these choosing to remain "pure" and not marry the other; the majority of Alphatians, however, consider ethnic bigotry secondary to anti-Muggle Fantastic Racism.
- Thyatis, and its former territory of Karameikos, subvert this trope by being host to many ethnically-mixed families.
- In the Hollow World, the Spell of Preservation tends to maintain populations' distinct physical traits across the generations. Even though intermarriage goes on, it's implied that descendents of such mixed pairings eventually breed their way back into one or the other parent ethnicity, eventually causing all "foreign" traits to vanish over time.
- Warhammer's Elves fit this trope to a significant extent. All three of the elven "races" are uniformly tall and pale-skinned, but most High Elves tend to have light blond hair, almost all Dark Elves have pure black hair and the Wood Elves have a mixture of blonds, blacks, browns and quite a lot of auburn. These colourations most likely reflect something of the moral characters of the kindreds — the High Elves being noble and good, the Dark Elves vicious and evil, and the Wood Elves capricious and mercurial, tending at times to embody both extremes. It is, of course, possible to paint elf miniatures with whatever hair colours one likes however. In contrast to the Elves, Warhammer's humans tend to be just as varied as their real-world counterparts, and no specific hair colouring predominates.
Video Games
- In The Elder Scrolls, Bretons and Imperials are two apparently completely separate races that both look like white humans. However, it also subverts this trope with the existence of Redguards.
- Final Fantasy:
- In the NES version of Final Fantasy I, each town had its own uniform hair color and clothing color, due to graphical limitations.
- Lunarians in Final Fantasy IV all have white hair... although the 3D version Jossed this by depicting Posthumous Character Kluya as having black hair.
- In Final Fantasy X, the heavily discriminated-against Al Bhed race all possess blond hair and green eyes with spiral pupils. The half-Al Bhed Yuna has mousy brown hair and one green eye (with a round pupil). The only blond non-Al Bhed character we encounter is Tidus, who may get away with it as his hair is obviously dyed.
- In Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers, about half of the members of the Selkie tribe, including all four major characters from that tribe, have red hair. Most of the other Selkies have blond hair. No non-Selkie with red hair exists in the game, so red hair is pretty much a "red flag" alerting you that a character is a Selkie. Blond hair, however, leaves an individual's tribe ambiguous; the protagonist has blond hair and is not a Selkie.
- Similar to Final Fantasy I, this occurred in the first-generation Pokémon games to some extent. Yellow had it so that each town was the color of its name (as all of the towns were named after colors). This also happened to the black-and-white Red and Blue, but only when played on the Super Game Boy and Pokémon Stadium; on colorized handhelds, the entire game was made either red or blue, depending on the version.
- Fire Emblem: The Blazing Sword has redheaded Pheraeans, blonde Etrurians, and green-haired nomadic Sacaens. The former is notable since the the Heroine, Lyndis has bluish-green hair due to her Caelin mother and Sacaen father. May also count as Phenotype Stereotype
- In Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, there is a more realistic version of this: you can tell where most people are from due to their hair color; most people from Jehanna are redheads, and a number of former Grado residents are blonde. However, just as many people are black/blue/green-haired, with varying countries of origin.
- While black hair is not unique to them, the Darcen Space Jews of Valkyria Chronicles all share it and are most commonly identified by that (given the games simple manga style).
- Depending on your interpretation of canon within the Chrono Trigger series, the people of the flying Kingdom of Zeal could qualify. They all have blue/purple hair, while the Earthbound Ones of the same era all have earth tones as their hair colors.
- In OgreBattle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber, the two people. Indigans and Aurics, are differentiated by hair colors. Aurics are primarily blond, while Indigans have Blue, Purple and Black hair.
- In Wake the Sleepers, fair hair marks out a distinctive race.
- In The Meek, the Carissi people uniformly have blond hair, the Pasori have dark hair, and the Santri have a wider range but tend towards brownish-red.
- In No Songs For The Dead, all Lilim have blonde hair, like their mother Lilith.
- In Unsounded Alderode has a caste system that divides people by hair color. People there are strongly suggested to marry within their own caste, preserving the visual distinction. Word of God says that "if the castes are mixed - which is forbidden and hence rare - placement follows a certain formula, always trending towards the Bronze caste."
- Downplayed in Drowtales where almost all drow have naturally white hair that they frequently dye in their clan colors, making this an Invoked Trope, but played straighter with their ancestors the Dark Elves, who often showed clear patterns among the different regions in terms of natural hair color. Purple seems to be most common among those from Sharess' original kingdom, blue for the Sullisin, black for the Phariastans and blue-green for those from Zharbi, who became the Sharen, Sullisin'rune, Beldrobbaen/Balvhakara and Illhar'dro respectively once they moved to the underworld.
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- The Serendipity ethnicity generator works on a similar principle, where the generated ethnicity has one hair color (or a narrow range) and one (or at most two) eye colors, in addition to skin tone and quirks of physique. A milder version of this trope.
Western Animation
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars retcons the Mandalorians into Nordic people, always blonde with blue eyes. Later episodes show a few dark haired people, but in groupshots of the populace everyone is blonde.
Real Life
- In some countries of the world where the majority of the population is light-or at least brown-skinned, like Russia, this trope is actually Truth in Television,. For instance, the Russian word "cherniy" (which means "black"), when used to describe a person, actually refers to black-haired people, especially Caucasians (who, while somewhat tan, are still, well, Caucasian), rather than Sub-Saharan Africans, who are called negry (the word "Negro"/"negr", while somewhat rude, is generally considered to be socially acceptable in Russia), if one wishes to sound more politically correct, afrikantsy ("Africans"). "Light" or "fair" too usually mean "blonde" rather than "white" in Russian.
- Similarly, references to the "Black Irish" refers not to skin color, but to particular sections of the Irish who live mainly in the Western part of the country who have much darker hair than most of the population, with one popular (but at this point mostly debunked) theory suggests the Black Irish are descendants of survivors of the Spanish Armada. Another theory, especially among the people themselves, is that it's an indication of more pure Gaelic ancestry, since light colored hair is generally considered an indication of Viking or Norman ancestry.
- American wigmakers, who historically used real hair (donated by sick or already balding people) in their trade, once placed a premium on blond hair, and as such highly prized hair taken from residents of the Great Lakes states (any state touching Canada or a body of water that touches Canada between Minnesota and Ohio) because of the higher-than-average percentage of German, Dutch or Scandinavian ethnic markers in those regions. Of course, blond hair can now be found just about anywhere in America, especially since (as a result of the Punk Rock subculture especially) hair-dyeing has become so simple to perform and prevalent.


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By Debra Chambers Buchanan, Attorney at Law, member, IRAAA.org (copyright, 2004)
I. Due Diligence:
Many IRA investors elect to use a private Limited Liability Company (LLC) wholly owned by the IRA and managed usually by the IRA owner. The investments are often straightforward, and if the IRA is unsure about a transaction, it is recommended they seek counsel on the prohibited transactions Code and other regulations relevant to their transaction. The IRS Code does not explain what a plan may invest in; it only outlines what a plan may not invest in.
II. Congressional Laws, Agencies and their Relationship:
The substantial legal authority supporting the special purpose IRA LLC, discussed in greater detail below, is derived from separate independent sources of legal authority. In an effort to be concise, we do not explicitly address certain general areas of tax treatment. For example, tax-free rollovers1, have been in common practice for in excess of a decade. Where the terms of the trustee-to-trustee transfer are satisfied and the Custodian of the new IRA is an IRS approved Custodian, the tax free nature of the transfer will generally be respected. In addition, the capital contribution to a newly formed LLC is also tax free2.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the Agency that carries out the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), Title 26 of the United States Code. The Agency also creates regulations as a means of carrying out or interpreting various Code sections. These are called the "Code of Federal Regulations" or "CFRs." Finally, the Agency issues Letter Rulings, Advisory Opinions and other publications that allow taxpayers a more detailed version of the applicability of Regulations and Code Sections. The IRS has carefully outlined in both Code and regulation what a retirement plan may not do. Thus, the IRS has jurisdiction over whether a particular transaction violates the IRC. However, under Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1978, effective December 31, 1978, the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury (IRS) to issue interpretations regarding section 4975 of the Code (prohibited transactions) has been transferred to the Secretary of Labor (DOL) and the Secretary of the Treasury is bound by the interpretations of the Secretary of Labor pursuant to such authority.
The transactions set forth herein warrant detailed discussion. This memorandum will address the following issues related to our products:
(1) Introduction, (2) Prohibited Transactions, (3) Exemptions, (4) Plan Asset Rule,
Individual Retirement Accounts or "IRAs3," are entitled to own various assets subject to certain restrictions. This broad investment selection was made clear in Field Service Advisory 200128011 (April 6, 2001) wherein the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) considered the ability of an IRA owner to invest in a Foreign Sales Corporation (FSC). The quote from the text is in bold:
There is no specific Code provision or regulation prohibiting an IRA from owning the stock of a FSC. The type of investment that may be held in an IRA is limited only with respect to insurance contracts, under section 408(a)(3), and with respect to certain collectibles, under section 408(m)(1).4
This is consistent with IRS Private Letter Ruling 8241079 dated February 25, 1982, concluding in favor of a retirement plan investing in an unregistered bond.5 Finally, investment of IRA funds into a business entity is permitted by interpretive bulletins issued in 1975 and the publication of final regulations following these bulletins that was codified on November 13, 1986.6 While it is conclusive that an IRA can own an LLC interest or a promissory note, this is only the first step of the legal analysis.
The Internal Revenue Code provides a concise statement of law from which to begin our analysis of some additional matters to be considered in order to conclude in favor of the continued tax-deferred environment of the IRA:
By this section, the IRA is lawfully tax exempt with certain exceptions. The references to IRC § 408(e)(2) and (3) are to, respectively, Prohibited Transactions and Improper Borrowing. Section 511 is otherwise known as Unrelated Business Income Tax ("UBIT"). While the other restrictions set forth in this correspondence cause a deemed distribution (and therefore, taxable income) from the IRA, UBIT subjects only certain income to taxation. Because it is probably the most misunderstood and overly dramatized Code section, the Prohibited Transactions code provides an excellent starting point from which to commence the analysis.
IRC § 4975(c)(1) states that a "prohibited transaction" includes any "direct or indirect":
Thus, as long as IRA LLC Strategy does not involve a "disqualified person," no "prohibited transaction" can be triggered. This term generally includes fiduciaries, employers, employees, family members and entities in which equity interests in excess of fifty (50%) percent are owned by the IRA owner (or family members).8 These are detailed below:
The IRA, through the participation of the Registered Trust Company or Self-Directed IRA Custodian, will usually be the sole member of the LLC. The IRA owner will be appointed as the Manager of the LLC by all members, including the IRA (signed by the Custodian). Then, through a specially designed operating agreement, the manager is given authority to choose investments on behalf of the IRA. Any person who exercises authority or control respecting the management or disposition of the underlying assets, and any person who provides investment advice with respect to such assets for a fee (direct or indirect), is a fiduciary of the investing plan.9 Thus, after initial formation and capitalization of the LLC, the IRA Owner will be a "disqualified person" with respect to the plan or the assets of the plan. However, the issue then becomes whether the IRA owner is a disqualified person prior to formation or capitalization of the LLC.
Prior to the formation and capitalization, the LLC is not in existence. The LLC has no members or membership interests. The LLC has no equity interests outstanding. Before its legal formation, the LLC does not fit within the definition of a "disqualified person" under the Code.10 Thus, the initial capital contribution to the LLC by the IRA and otherwise disqualified persons, is not a prohibited transaction. This specific issue was addressed in Swanson v. Commissioner, 106 T.C. 76 (1996). The Tax Court, in holding for the Taxpayer, states the following:
The choice of entity (LLC) does not affect this holding. Rather, it is the fact of the newly issued equity interest in the newly formed entity. The IRS is cognizant of the hazards of litigation presented by pursuing this course as a mode of challenge. In holding the IRS's position "unreasonable," the Tax Court required the Defendant (the IRS) to pay the taxpayer costs and attorney fees. In conclusion, the direction of funds as an initial capitalization from the new IRA to the LLC does not constitute a disqualified person.
This conclusion was also acknowledged by the IRS in Field Service Advisory (FSA) 200128011 (April 6, 2001). In that FSA, the Service states:
Even conceding that the LLC Manager and IRA owner is a fiduciary after the formation of the LLC, the basic IRA LLC Strategy does not envision any transaction between the Manager of the LLC and the plan. Therefore, while the disqualified person would be present, the necessary transaction would not. This can change, however, when the manager chooses to take a fee or employ himself in the investment. These must be dealt with on a case by case basis as facts change.
Upon implementation of the IRA LLC Strategy, the IRA involves neither an employer nor employee. The Swanson case, in footnote 14, arrives at the same conclusion.
Disqualified Person includes a "member of the family" as that term is defined in IRC 4975(e)(6). The family of an individual, or fiduciary, "shall include his spouse, ancestor, lineal descendant, and any spouse of a lineal descendant." Id. Note that the definition does not include brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles or other non-lineal descendants. Again, the interaction between the plan and ANY disqualified person must be reviewed on a case by case basis. IRAAA always works with its clients to determine exactly what the client intends as an investment and whether any prohibited transaction might result.
Section 4975(e)(2) encompasses equity interests in an entity in excess of fifty (50%) percent. Thus, any entity already owned by the IRA owner or fiduciary in which the IRA/LLC might invest must be scrutinized to ensure that a prohibited transaction in sales, services or loans will not occur between the two entities.
As mentioned in the introduction, since 1978 the Secretary of the Department of Labor has had the authority to issue interpretations regarding prohibited transactions and the IRS is bound by those interpretations. Since receiving this authority, the Department of Labor has issued hundreds of exemptions.
Most of the transactions prohibited by ERISA are likewise prohibited under the Internal Revenue Code. The Code also contains exemptive authority similar to that found under ERISA.
The Department of Labor has gained 20 years of experience with the processing of large numbers of applications for exemptions from ERISA's prohibited transaction provisions. Through that experience with a wide variety of transactions, a number of transactions have emerged which have similar characteristics.
ERISA generally provides statutory exemptions for, among other things, loans to participants, the provision of services necessary for the operation of a plan for no more than reasonable compensation, loans to employee stock ownership plans, and deposits in certain financial institutions regulated by other State or federal agencies.
Individual exemption requests must be drafted by certain standards and contain specific information to be considered. The attorneys at Legal Strategies, PC can draft exemption requests for those clients who propose an otherwise prohibited transaction, but the transaction meets the criteria for exemption. Where two or more individual exemptions are granted by the Dept. of Labor, a similar fact pattern can achieve an exemption in an expedited fashion. The time line for a formal opinion depends upon the workload of the Department, but they have indicated to IRAAA that it can take as long as six months, or as little as just a few weeks.
Investment of IRA funds into a business entity is clearly permitted.12 However, the assets of the LLC are assets of the IRA where the plan owns 100% of the LLC.13 This is significant because where the LLC assets are considered "plan assets" any transaction between the LLC and a disqualified person is potentially subject to the prohibited transactions Code.14 This could arise in transactions such as loans between the IRA/LLC and the plan owner, employee or management payments to the plan owner or a lineal descendant, etc.
Under the Code, when a plan owns less than 25% of an entity, equity participation is not "significant" so the assets of the entity are not assets of the plan.17 The issue then, is whether entity assets are considered "assets of the plan" when 25% to less than 100% of the entity is owned by the plan. This is what we refer to as the "gray area" and can only be definitively answered based upon the facts of each case.
Because the law is not completely clear, IRAAA makes the safe assumption that when a plan owns 25%-99% of an entity the IRA involvement may be considered "significant." Therefore, we acknowledge that when a plan owns 25% to 99% of an LLC, the assets of the LLC should be considered assets of the IRA for a prohibited transaction analysis, unless the LLC is considered an "operating company."
Thus, the question becomes, "Is the entity an "operating company," under 29 CFR 2510.3-101?
In other words, if a personal guarantee of a mortgage on property purchased by an LLC (partially owned by an IRA 25-99%) is required, we would want to be certain that our clients fit within the definition of an "operating company."18 Further, we ensure that no other prohibited transactions are taking place in the set up or operation of the entity and its investments. This is what IRAAA provides to its clients in continuing legal support throughout the process. We request that our clients ask questions and provide details of their investment intentions in writing (e.g. E-mail) so that there is no misunderstanding.
5. Unrelated Business Income Tax:
As previously provided above, IRC § 408(e)(1) states:
[An] individual retirement account is exempt from taxation . . .unless such account has ceased to be an individual retirement account by reason of paragraph (2) or (3). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any such account is subject to the taxes imposed by Section 511 (relating to imposition of tax on unrelated business taxable income of charitable, etc., organizations). [Italics added].
To the extent that there is unrelated business taxable income (UBIT) earned by the IRA, it will be currently reportable and taxable by the plan participant. For example, the interest earned by a promissory note is expressly excluded from the definition of UBIT.19
There shall be excluded [from the definition of unrelated business taxable income] all dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans (as defined in section 512(a)(5)), amounts received or accrued as consideration for entering into agreements to make loans, and annuities, and all deductions directly connected with such income.20
There are certain factual patterns in which UBIT might apply. We advise our clients on a case by case basis whether the UBIT might apply to the particular investment.
This Memorandum is designed not to teach the reader how to make non-traditional investments; that minefield is far too immense to attempt this without years of study. Rather, by this we hope to instill confidence in our clients and associates by explaining the underlying platform of the special-purpose LLC, as supported by DOL and IRS Codes and regulations.
1 Codified in 26 USC § 408(d)(3). (Also known as IRC Section 408).
3 Governed by IRC Section 408.
6 See ERISA IB 75-2 and its codification: 29 CFR 2509.75-2.
7 IRC 408(e)(1).
8 Defined in IRC 4975(e)(2).
9 26 USC § 4975(e)(3)(A).
10 26 USC § 4975(e)(2).
11 Id. at 25.
13 29 CFR 2510.3-101 (h) (3) See Also 29 CFR 2510.3-101(a)(2).
14 Department of Labor Opinion Letter 90-23. See Also H.R. Rep 93-1280, 93rd Cong., 2d Session, 308 (1974) and 26 USC § 4975(c)(1)(B).
15 29 CFR 2509.75-2(a).
16 29 CFR 2510.3-101(a)(2).
17 29 CFR 2510.3-101(f).
18 Id. An "operating company" is defined as an entity that is primarily engaged, directly or through a majority owned subsidiary in the production or sale of a product or service other than the investment of capital (Including venture capital companies and real estate operating companies). A real estate operating company is defined by 29 CFR 2510.3-101(e). An entity is a "real estate operating company" if:
19 IRC § 512(b)(1).
20 See also, Treasury Regulation 1.512(b)-1(a)(1).


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For our today's SSD test session we put together a system on an Intel H67 based mainboard. This chipset provides support for two SATA 6 Gbit/s ports, which we use to connect the tested SSDs.
Four different SSDs from Plextor is already a pretty interesting review topic. However, since this is the first time we introduce to you the new P5S and M5 pro drives, which we haven't reviewed before, we decided to increase the number of testing participants for a more in-depth performance analysis. Plextor SSDs will compete against products based on SandForce controller (Intel SSD 520 and Corsair Force GS), new Corsair SSDs on LAMD LM87800 controller (Neutron GTX and Neutron), our irreplaceable OCZ Vertex 4 on Indilinx Everest 2 controller, very impressive proprietary Samsung SSD 830, and Crucial m4 representing the Marvell platform, just like the Plextor solid state drives. Since today we are discussing high-performance and not entry-level products, we chose only SSDs with synchronous flash-memory for our comparison. Corsair Neutron, Crucial m4, Intel SSD 520 and OCZ Vertex 4 use 25 nm memory from IMFT consortium with ONFI-interface. While, Corsair Force GS, Corsair Neutron GTX and Samsung 830 are the drives with Toggle Mode MLC NAND manufactured using 2x-nm process.
Overall our testbed was configured as follows:
- Intel Core i5-2400 (Sandy Bridge, 4 cores, 3.1 GHz, EIST and Turbo Boost turned off);
- Foxconn H67S mainboard (BIOS A41F1P03);
- 2 x 2 GB DDR3-1333 SDRAM DIMM 9-9-9-24-1T;
- Crucial m4 256 GB system disk (CT256M4SSD2);
- Tested SSDs:
- Corsair Force GS Series 240 GB (CSSD-F240GBGS-BK, firmware version 5.03);
- Corsair Neutron GTX 240 GB (CSSD-N240GBGTX-BK, firmware version 2.06);
- Corsair Neutron 240 GB (CSSD-N240GB3-BK, firmware version 2.06);
- Crucial m4 256 GB (CT256M4SSD2, firmware version 010G);
- Intel SSD 520 240 GB (SSDSC2CW240A3K5, firmware version 400i);
- OCZ Vertex 4 256 GB (VTX4-25SAT3-256G, firmware version 1.5);
- Plextor M3 256 GB (PX-256M3S, firmware version 1.05);
- Plextor M3 Pro 256 GB (PX-256M3P, firmware version 1.04);
- Plextor M5S 256 GB (PX-256M5S, firmware version 1.00);
- Plextor M5 Pro 256 GB (PX-256M5P, firmware version 1.01);
- Samsung SSD 830 256 GB (MZ-7PC256D, firmware version CXM03B1Q).
- Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate x64
- Drivers:
- Intel Chipset Driver 188.8.131.529;
- Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver 18.104.22.16822;
- Intel Rapid Storage Technology 220.127.116.116.
Random and Sequential Read/Write
We use CrystalDiskMark 3.0.1 benchmark to test the random- and sequential read and write speed. This benchmark is convenient to work with as it can measure the speed of an SSD with both incompressible random and fully compressible recurring data. This feature is important for testing SSDs based on SF-2281/2282 controller, which tries to compress the data before writing it into the flash-memory. So, there are two numbers in the diagrams below that reflect the maximum and minimum SSD speed. The real-life performance of an SSD is going to be in-between those two numbers depending on how effective the controller data compression is.
Note that the performance tests in this section refer to SSDs in their "Fresh Out-of-Box" state (FOB). No degradation could have taken place yet.
The Plextor SSDs are all birds of a feather. They are very fast, including the older M3 and M3 Pro series, and show the same behavior in different benchmarks. We can only single out the M5 Pro which features Marvell's new controller. It stands out among its cousins as well as competitors and offers a new level of performance indeed. It is among the fastest SSDs in reading and writing with a long request queue, so we have no doubts it is going to make any computer highly responsive and fast in real-life applications.
The M5S series is good, too. Although based on the same hardware components as the Crucial m4, Plextor's affordable drive is substantially faster. Just as we might assume according to the specs, the M5S is indeed close in performance to Plextor's older SSD series, which means that it is a strong mainstream product today.


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Foremost this ATV Mud Tire is dependable. This would not be the top selling ATV replacement ATV Tire if it was not a quality ATV tire. There are guys out there who have put over 8000 miles on a set and are still riding!
Like most ATV Mud Tires the ITP Mud Lite tires hook up well in almost any conditions. They eat mud for lunch and run very smooth for an ATV Mud Tire on hard pack trails. They provide a performance and dependability, along with versatility, as they are great in the rocks, and snow, as well as the mud.
If you factor in the price of these ITP Mud Lite Tires, and compare them to other ATV tires, it makes them look like cheap ATV tires, price wise. You take the performance, and the durability of these ATV Mud Tires, couple that with the very reasonable price it makes for a great value. The ITP Mud Lite Tires would be my choice for my ATV tires for all but the deepest mud.
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The Kenda Executioner ATV Mud Tires are very aggressive for ATV mud tires. What is it that sets these ATV Mud tires apart from the competition of aggressive ATV Mud tires?
The Kenda Executioner ATV Mud Tires were designed very well. Most ATV mud tires that are this aggressive, are very heavy, which saps the power from your ATV. These ATV mud tires are light weight, and they are designed for a smooth ride. The Executioner ATV Mud Tires have very deep lugs that are self cleaning. Unlike a lot of the ATV Mud Tires these will still give you an acceptable ride if you're not in the deep mud. These features add to their versatility, and make them a great choice for a ATV rider who spends most of his time in the mud, but wants a ATV Mud tire that can handle some other chores as well.
The Kenda Executioner ATV Mud Tires are mainly an ATV mud tire, but you can use them in the snow and some trail riding as well. They are best suited for the deep mud, and while they are price as low as a cheap ATV tire, these make for very good ATV Mud tires, which allow you to get theses ATV Tires Cheap! Check out the deals I have found here!
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Maxxis Mudzilla ATV Mud Tires, every seasoned ATV rider knows about these legendary ATV Mud Tires. These ATV tires have been around for a while, and have a proven track record. What sets Mudzilla ATV Mud Tires apart from the pack?
Maxxis Mudzilla ATV Mud Tires are the ATV Mud tires that really got it all started, that would be the ATV tire insanity. This is very much a specialty tire, and is not for riding around the family farm. This tire is designed for one thing and that is to get maximum traction in the mud with its massive tread bars. The step- down treat pattern adds strength to the lugs. It features deep shoulder wrapping tread bars for that extra traction in the ruts that is needed. They are built with using a special compound designed for longer lasting tires and less wear. It's a 6 ply tire and it's very heavy.
You can look long and far but these ATV Mud Tires are as good as they get when it comes to digging in deep mud. Theses are not cheap ATV tires, they are expensive ATV tires, and these are great ATV Mud Tires, maybe the very best for digging around in the mud, at your next Mud fest. You pair this ATV Mud tire with a set of after market ATV Wheels and it will make your ATV look awesome. I have found these ATV tires cheap, click here for details.
ATV Mud Tires Conclusions
We have reviewed three fantastic ATV Tires. All three of these choices are good to outstanding ATV Mud Tires. If you are looking for more of a combo tire, where you are going to run your ATV in more than one trail condition, then in my opinion the ITP Mud Lite would be the ATV Mud tires for you. If you're looking for a ATV Mud tire to run primarily in the Mud, and you are looking for ATV tires cheap, but with value then I think the Kenda Executioner is the ATV Mud Tire for you. It's designed for the mud and will not break your wallet, great value, great performance. If you are headed to a mud fest and moneys is not an issue, you want the very best ATV Mud Tire. Then the Maxxis Mudzilla is that ATV tire, it's the best of the best, in ATV Mud Tires.


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Wednesday, Thursday and Friday saw students across Tucumcari registering for classes at Tucumcari Elementary, Middle and High schools which will begin later in the month.
At each of the schools, administrators and counselors who were in charge of the registration said things went well, if a little chaotic at times.
"But things always are hectic at registration," said high school counselor Susan Reents who was handling the registration at Tucumcari High School.
Despite that craziness, however, she said it was going well and members of her staff said that the numbers even seemed to be up from the end of school in 2004.
"It looks as if we are up by about 11 students from the end of school."
The staffer was quick to point out that the number is an approximation and no official count will be available until well into the first month after school has begun.
At the elementary school, Principal Teresa Salazar said things went very smoothly there also. "It's really an exciting time here," said Salazar about the elementary school registration. "It's still very exciting and new for these children."
At the elementary school an open registration allowed parents with students from kindergarten through fifth grade to register them all at the same time. Salazar said this was initiated because many parents have several children who are students at the school. By letting all of them register at the same time, parents only had to take time away from work or home once as opposed to two or three times which could have been a possibility. "It has definitely seemed to have worked really well," said Salazar.
The elementary registration which was held in the elementary school gymnasium established stations where parents and their students would stop to get information and documents, and then tables for them to fill them out, places to turn them in and a spot to get a photo taken for a student ID. There was even a place for incoming kindergartens to choose a free book provided in conjunction with Altrusa, the Tucumcari Public Library and the elementary school. Students could choose from 15 different books provided by Altrusa.


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A state audit found that a former cashier at the Pickaway County treasurer's office stole an additional $15,640 that had not been accounted for by the time she was convicted of theft in office.
The ex-employee, Gale Fouch, and county Treasurer Ellery Ellick were ordered to repay the money in the audit released yesterday by the office of Ohio Auditor Dave Yost.
Fouch, 53, of Circleville, was ordered to repay restitution of $12,000 based upon "Ellick's best estimate of the missing funds" when she was sentenced to three years in prison in late 2012, the audit said.
Officials continued working to determine the amount stolen, which Fouch pocketed by manipulating software that recorded property-tax payments, and arrived at a final total of $27,640.
Ellick said that he will consult with Prosecutor Judy Wolford to determine how to pursue repayment of the missing funds from Fouch, who remains on probation.
Fouch, who worked at the treasurer's office for seven years before being fired in August 2012 after the thefts were discovered, was granted early release from prison in April after serving about six months.
The audit criticized the treasurer's handling of public funds. "There were not sufficient monitoring controls in place" to help prevent the fraud Fouch committed, the audit said.
Ellick said the office's software has been upgraded to create safeguards, and it now generates additional reports that supervisors review to look for suspicious transactions.
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Going Softly into the Good Night...
I've been trying to find meaning in all of this-the breakup, all the losses, health issues having nothing to do with ME, unable to find housing, difficult financial situation, a dog in end stage liver disease (though she's a fighter and doing pretty well right now), etc...
I can't. I can't find meaning in any of it anymore. It's just a bunch of random events that won't let up. I'm not trying to focus on the negative or create drama. I'm simply dealing with a bunch of life events that suck and are overwhelming.
I have lost all faith in God. I no longer believe there is one. I've lost faith in myself. I have nothing to offer anyone and in fact, feel like mostly what I am is a burden on society. I am considering doing minimal volunteer work so I at least feel like I'm contributing somewhere.
I don't have hope for anything good to occur in my life anymore. After being knocked down again and again its easy to see why I've given up. I no longer have faith in the future.
I'm aware that reading a blog that talks about the dark stuff or isn't all positive can be a drag but try living it-that's even more of a drag. I actually try to not talk about this stuff in my daily life.
My back pain has revved up again. Today I got up from sitting at the kitchen table and had such pain in my back that I could barely lift my left leg. I tried taking 2 steps and had to stop. After a minute I was able to walk with minimal pain. At times both my legs feel weak. The surgeon thought the weakness was neurological but it isn't because I don't have the leg weakness when I'm not having back pain. The spine surgeon has been recommending a spinal fusion since I started seeing him last year. I've been trying to avoid that.
A little while later I had a bad bleeding episode. They are always unnerving because I'm not sure its going to stop. I have an appointment on Monday with my GI doctor. It looks like I'm not able to maintain on a lowered dose of hydrocortisone which means surgery.
A lumbar fusion is an extremely painful surgery. The colon surgery even worse. One person on one forum said its worse than giving birth, or, its the worst pain they've ever experienced. It would be nice if I could have both surgeries at once and then be put in a coma for 3 weeks.
There are times I'm in utter disbelief at what my life has become. Others I'm overwhelmed with grief and sorrow. I keep fighting on but I have to ask myself why fight anymore? What am I even fighting for? A future that holds a life of living in poverty with lousy medical insurance while living in isolation?
Just as I'm having improvements in ME symptoms, other parts of my body are struggling. I've been worried about having any sort of surgery because I don't want to end up bedbound again. I can't do it. I won't do it.
I wish I were stronger but I'm not. I used to consider myself a strong person. I can't turn all of this into a positive.
I've found myself asking the question 'If I could have 2-5 good years and then die would I trade that for another 20 years of suffering with this disease?' I would take the 2-5 good years hands down.
I've downloaded and am filling out my Advanced Healthcare Directive (everyone should have one on file with their MDs'). I used to have one when I was with a large HMO but I need to do another one. I do not want my life to be prolonged in certain instances. I'm also stating that I am a DNR (do not resuscitate) if my heart stops beating or if I'm unable to breath (that also needs an MD's signature).
The only thing left to do is surrender and not fight. I'll see if that shifts anything.
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I'm so sorry you're struggling so much. I think anyone would be struggling under the same circumstances. Does your family realize how serious your situation is? Is there any way they can help you or have you live with them on a long-term basis? Or help financially so you can live relatively comfortably on your own? It doesn't seem possible to do it all on your own when you're so sick and have strong financial limitations. I hope something will turn around for you. Sometimes when things have been really bad for me, something unexpected happened to help things a bit. I hope that will be the case for you too.
- March 16, 2012 at 6:38 PM
- Renee said...
I am so so sorry that you continue to go through so much...it is unreal and unfair and more than challenging. I know you have been having die off of bacteria too? That has to be difficult to add to the other issues.. I am so sorry. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
- March 16, 2012 at 7:37 PM
- Elaine said...
I too am so sorry that these days are so hard. My heart, hope, and prayers are with you. One of my favorite sayings is one my Mom said all the time,"this too shall pass". She had some really hard things in her life too and she knew that continuing to hope was very difficult.
Please hang on and know that indeed, "this too shall pass".
Blessings to you,
- March 16, 2012 at 9:09 PM
- At Home on the Rock... said...
I'm so sorry you're going through all of this. I know you've already been through so much and more just keeps getting added on. I am thinking of you and praying for you my friend. (((hugs)))
- March 17, 2012 at 2:07 PM
- Judy said...
I hear ya, Warrior. Blog it out! It is not going to hurt anyone, and it going to help you to vent, and tell-it-like-it-is in Your Own Blog where you can say whatever the hell you want! Take it from one who knows! The best thing you said was at the end about Surrendering. Surrendering to the suffering, after the venting, of course, is the only way I can consistently find peace and joy deep within again. Judy
- March 18, 2012 at 9:34 AM
- Shelley said...
I continue to hold you in the Light.
- March 19, 2012 at 6:34 AM
- Pris said...
I feel so deeply for you. Always write what you feel. Your honesty is your gift to us all.
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Today, I was on the phone bragging to a friend about losing my virginity last night. When I went downstairs, my 6 year old sister was digging through my purse. She explained that she had overheard my conversation and wanted to help me find my virginity. My mom was in the kitchen with us. FML
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Today, I was approached by the head cheerleader, and she asked for my number. I was so excited that I gave it to her without question. Then she smiled, and walked away. Too bad my girlfriend was right behind me when it happened. FML
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Today, while eating at a restaurant, I commented to the waiter about how large the pizza was. He then writes down his number, pats his crotch fondly, and informs me that "everything" I'm going to find at that restaurant is going to be big. He was serious. FML
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Today, I was at Target with my mom and we finished purchasing our items. We had gotten a fan so I said, "This thing is too big to fit in." First thing my mom yells? "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!" and starts laughing hysterically in front of the entire store. FML
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Today, I went on my honeymoon to Hawaii. My family decided to surprise my new husband and I by joining us on our vacation. FML
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Today, on the way to work, I pulled over at a postbox to post a letter. I walked up to the box with the letter in one hand, car key in the other. Guess which one I posted. FML
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Today, I was telling my mother about my earrings hurting my ears. I had a cut on my ear close to the piercing and she thought that I had mistaken the cut for the opening, and said (as we walked past a car full of men), "Well of course it hurts when you put it in the wrong hole!". FML
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Today, while working my job as a cashier, one of the customers that came to the register was a midget. As part of store policy, I had to ID him, and his driver's license said he was from Florida. So I asked, without catching myself, "How's the weather down there?" FML
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Today, I picked up my passport, as my previous one was damaged in a car crash. As the teller warns me that a pattern of damaged passports will result in longer processing periods, she spills her coffee - all over my new passport. I'm supposed to go overseas in a month. FML
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In a recent interview with Barbara Walters and the ladies of 'The View,' Tyson, 44, revealed without any shame that he is "totally destitute." When asked how he got to such a low point, Mike Tyson responded, "I had a lot of fun. It just happened."
The retired champion admitted it was his excessive and frivolous spending that led to his bank account's demise.However, in a new state of mind he insists the lack of money has not ruined his life."I have an awesome life, I have an awesome wife who cares about me...I don't deserve to have the wife that I have; I don't deserve the kids that I have, but I do, and I'm very grateful."
If Mike Tyson is broke, and Nas is relatively rich enough to pay $87,000 in child support, $10,000 in spousal support, because he earns an alleged $152,000 a month, we're left baffled regarding celebrities and their coin. Who are really some of our richest celebs, and who are the celebrities that are stuntin' and frontin'? According to celebritynetworth.com and forbes.com, here's how much our headlining celebrities this week are estimated to be worth. It just may surprise you:
Recently Bobby Brown used the stage in Jacksonville, FL, to propose to his girlfriend/manager of three years during a performance. Cute, but don't know if we're more surprised that Brown, 41, proposed to the mother of his 11-month old child, or that he actually was booked for a gig. Maybe the gig paid for the ring. Either way the slimmer Celebrity Fit Club star is down the road to marital bliss.
2009 Net Worth: Considering how much Bobby blew on illegal substances, he's still worth an estimated $5 million+.
Usher, is feeling himself as of late. In a recent interview with UK's Daily Star Usher matter-of-factly reminded everyone, "I am one of a kind, a worldwide pop icon," and is well on the way to achieving the iconic stature of MJ. Really Ush? Maybe. His newest single, "OMG" from the album "Raymond vs. Raymond" has reached #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 this week, and his album is currently #2 of Billboards Hip Hop/R&B charts.
2009 Net Worth: Even though Usher may have lost some paper when signing his divorce papers,he's still worth somewhere between $50-77 million+.
Like Oprah, Beyonce is one Black woman that'll probably never go broke. Bey's new video, "Why Don't You Love Me" premiered just last week. There are rumors swirling that she and her long time bestie, Kelly Rowland, who dropped her track "Commander" a few days prior are beefing. Kelly recently went on record to dispel any and all beef, saying she will "Love B to her dying days." 2009 Net Worth: True or not, Beyonce with an estimated a $350 million+, has enough funds to buy a new bestie if she wanted to.
The talented and beautiful Gabrielle Union seems to be caught in her own real-life drama movie. The actress who dates the still-married NBA star Dwayne Wade has recently been sued by Wade's wife, Siohvaughn Wade. In the lawsuit, the mother of Wade's two boys claims Gabby and Dwayne have conducted themselves in such a way around the young children that it has inflicted emotional distress. 2009 Net Worth: Siohvaughn Wade and the boys are seeking more than $50,000 from Union, that's just chump change for Union, who is worth an estimated $12 million+.
Cheadle is currently co-starring in one of the highest grossing films in the last 10 years, "Iron Man 2." The film raked in a total of $133.6 million its first weekend--quite a substantial number for a superhero sequel. 2009 Net Worth: Considered to be of one of Hollywood's most notable rising stars, Cheadle is only worth an estimated $30 million+.
Rapper/actor/designer LL Cool J, also known as James Todd Smith, is doing more than licking his lips nowadays. Smith released his latest fitness book, "Platinum 360 Diet and Lifestyle: A Full-Circle Guide to Developing Your Mind, Body, and Soul," this week, sharing his secrets to his enviable physique. Let's hope his steps to a healthier you are shorter than the title of the book. 2009 Net Worth: When album sales aren't doing it for you anymore, write a book. Smith is worth an estimated $60-100 million+.
CB stays in the headlines. The young star has had enough drama recently to last a lifetime, causing the loss of many possible endorsement deals and retailers refusing to shelf his albums. If Breezy doesn't learn to pump his brakes, he may end up like Tyson, in more ways than one. 2009 Net Worth: The 21-year-old barely has chest hair, but is worth an estimated $12 million+.