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The nation's ability to detect and forecast tsunamis has improved since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, but current efforts are still not sufficient to meet challenges posed by tsunamis generated near land that leave little time for warning, says a new congressionally requested report from the National Research Council.
The report calls for a comprehensive national assessment of tsunami risk and improved communication and coordination among the two federal Tsunami Warning Centers, emergency managers, media, and the public.
"For a tsunami warning system to be effective, it must operate flawlessly, and emergency officials must coordinate seamlessly and communicate clearly," said John Orcutt, chair of the committee that wrote the report and a professor at the Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif.
"However, if a large earthquake near shore triggers a tsunami, it could reach the coast within minutes, allowing hardly any time to disseminate warnings and for the public to react. Education and preparation are necessary to ensure that people know how to recognize natural cues - such as earthquake tremors or receding of the water line - and take appropriate action, even if they do not receive an official warning."
At the request of Congress for a review of the nation's tsunami efforts, the report finds many enhancements have been made since 2004, including an increase in the amount and quality of hazard and evacuations maps and the expansion of the Deep-Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) sensor network that indicates the size of tsunamis.
There have also been improvements in coastal sea-level stations and the Global Seismic Network operated and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Science Foundation. Moreover, various states have evaluated select tsunami-prone communities and initiated several tsunami education and awareness efforts. However, improvements to the DART network's reliability, station coverage, and operations are needed.
In addition to expanding detection and forecasting, an ideal and comprehensive tsunami program will require risk assessments, public education, and a well-coordinated response, the committee concluded. Persistent progress in these areas will be needed.
To gauge how to prioritize efforts, the report recommends first completing a comprehensive risk assessment that characterizes the hazards, inventories the threatened populations and assets, measures the preparedness and ability of individuals and communities to successfully evacuate, and estimates expected losses.
Tsunami education and preparation could also be improved by undertaking periodic and comprehensive vulnerability assessments, establishing a review strategy and leadership chain for post-tsunami events, and creating new tsunami detection techniques and analyses.
Improving Warning Messages and Coordination
Operating under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service, the TWCs monitor seismic activity and sea levels to detect tsunamis and warn emergency managers in their respective regional "areas of responsibility." However, even though the TWCs issue the warning messages, they cannot order evacuations because they are part of the federal government.
Rather, local officials are responsible for transmitting alerts throughout their respective jurisdictions, issuing evacuation orders, managing evacuations, and declaring all-clears.
Therefore, close coordination between the TWCs, states, and local jurisdictions is needed to ensure that the public receives consistent information about the threat and proper protective action.
Although multiple, consistent tsunami warning messages increase public responsiveness, the organizational model of two TWCs is problematic because the two sets of warnings often conflict, causing confusion among the media, some local officials, and the public.
For example, in June 2005, media outlets in the Pacific Northwest received messages from both TWCs that seemingly contradicted each other because their respective areas of responsibility were not understood. The committee recommended that the message content be improved or that the two TWCs release one message that includes information for all areas under their responsibility.
The TWCs are also designed to be backups for each other, but they do not operate as such, creating an illusion of redundancy that could prove dangerous and costly, the report says. Significant changes need to occur in the management, operations, software and hardware architecture, and organizational culture for the two to become functionally redundant.
Additionally, the committee recommended that as part of the long-range planning efforts, the TWC organizational structure should be evaluated - including deciding whether multiple TWCs should issue a single message or a single, centrally managed center should be created, such as the Hurricane Center.
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The Lord Is My Shepherd
A Psalm of David.
23 The Lord is my dshepherd; I shall not ewant.
2 He makes me lie down in green fpastures.
He leads me beside still waters.1
3 He grestores my soul.
He hleads me in ipaths of righteousness2
for his jname's sake.
4 Even though I kwalk through the valley of lthe shadow of death,3
I will mfear no evil,
for nyou are with me;
your orod and your staff,
they comfort me.
5 You pprepare a table before me
in qthe presence of my enemies;
you ranoint my head with oil;
my scup overflows.
6 Surely4 goodness and mercy5 shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall tdwell6 in the house of the Lord
My Refuge and My Fortress
91 He who dwells in athe shelter of the Most High
will abide in bthe shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say1 to the Lord, "My crefuge and my dfortress,
my God, in whom I etrust."
3 For he will deliver you from fthe snare of the fowler
and from the deadly pestilence.
4 He will gcover you with his pinions,
and under his hwings you will ifind refuge;
his jfaithfulness is ka shield and buckler.
5 lYou will not fear mthe terror of the night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
6 nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,
nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.
7 A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
8 You will only look with your eyes
and nsee the recompense of the wicked.
9 Because you have made the Lord your odwelling place—
the Most High, who is my crefuge2—
10 pno evil shall be allowed to befall you,
qno plague come near your tent.
11 rFor he will command his sangels concerning you
to tguard you in all your ways.
12 On their hands they will bear you up,
lest you ustrike your foot against a stone.
13 You will tread on vthe lion and the wadder;
the young lion and xthe serpent you will ytrample underfoot.
14 "Because he zholds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;
I will protect him, because he aknows my name.
15 When he bcalls to me, I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will rescue him and chonor him.
16 With dlong life I will satisfy him
and eshow him my salvation."
Bless the Lord, O My Soul
Of David.
103 yBless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
2 yBless the Lord, O my soul,
and zforget not all his benefits,
3 who aforgives all your iniquity,
who bheals all your diseases,
4 who credeems your life from the pit,
who dcrowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who esatisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like fthe eagle's.
6 The Lord works grighteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his hways to Moses,
his iacts to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is jmerciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 kHe will not always chide,
nor will he lkeep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us maccording to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For nas high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his osteadfast love toward pthose who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he qremove our transgressions from us.
13 As ra father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion pto those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame;1
he sremembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like tgrass;
he flourishes like ua flower of the field;
16 for vthe wind passes over it, and wit is gone,
and xits place knows it no more.
17 But ythe steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on pthose who fear him,
and his righteousness to zchildren's children,
18 to those who akeep his covenant
and bremember to do his commandments.
19 The Lord has cestablished his throne in the heavens,
and his dkingdom rules over all.
20 Bless the Lord, O you ehis angels,
you fmighty ones who gdo his word,
obeying the voice of his word!
21 Bless the Lord, all his hhosts,
his iministers, who do his will!
22 jBless the Lord, all his works,
in all places of his dominion.
kBless the Lord, O my soul!

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A contrite-sounding Bo Pelini apologized Monday for his sideline behavior in Nebraska's loss Saturday to Texas A&M and reiterated that quarterback Taylor Martinez is still on the team, refuting rumors that he had quit.
"I don't agree with every call that's made, and I probably get too animated," Pelini said on the weekly Big 12 coaches teleconference.in response to a question about penalties called on the Cornhuskers. "I regret that and apologize for it."
Pelini was also caught on television angrily dressing down Martinez after the quarterback was sidelined with an ankle injury. That led to rumors and internet reports Sunday that Martinez had quit the team, which the coach said is not the case.
"There's no truth to any of those reports," he said, "There's no issue with him on the football team. I'm not sure where any of that stuff came from."
Pelini said his issues Saturday with Martinez had nothing to do with the injury. "It was something different," he said. "I regret that it was caught on national TV. It was something that needed to be addressed, and I addressed it."
He would not discuss specifics of what was discussed, saying that would remain "in-house." "It was dealt with, and we move forward. It's not an issue."
Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman said Sunday that Pelini's sideline behavior would be addressed, and the coach said he understands why Perlman was concerned. "I have a lot of respect for the job the chancellor has to do. I could have done a lot better the other night," he said.
Pelini said he hopes Martinez will be available to play this week against Colorado, but said he was probably "day-to-day" right now and it's too early to determine if he will be ready.
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At this time last year, we were predicting that Toronto would experience the same sales volumes as 2010 with price increases averaging 5%. We were wrong! Sales increased by 5% and prices were up by 7%. We also forecast that rental rates would increase by $100 per month and we were right. Everyone else, from the Bank of Canada to The Economist Magazine, was forecasting lower sales and lower prices. Those who heeded the experts, in an attempt to 'time the market' were the big losers once again. Timing the market is the absolute worst strategy! If you sit on the sidelines and the market keeps rising, you lose significantly. If you are in the market and prices go flat or fall, then all real estate declines (more expensive properties tend to fall further in absolute terms), and it becomes even cheaper for those people in the market who want to upgrade to a more expensive property over time. Too many experts - read economists - try to make residential real estate far more complicated than it needs to be. Residential real estate is all about having a roof over one's head. You either own the roof or someone else owns the roof and you are a renter. The challenge with this year's Forecast is to look at both the Pre-construction and Resale Condo Markets and to understand their interdependency.
- Interest rates are not going anywhere. Fear mongers keep talking about a rise in interest rates which could lead to problems. What you need to know is that if rates rise, it means the economy is stronger and we have higher inflation. That translates into higher personal income too, which will act as an offset. For those old enough to remember, inflation has always been a friend to real estate.
- While the so-called experts worry about the supply of new condos coming to market, they seem unwilling to forecast future demand. For condos, the impact of 'baby boomers' moving to condos is still just a trickle. In five years, it will be significant. The next biggest demographic group is the 'echo' generation - the children of baby boomers. They are just now entering the real estate market and this segment is focused on condos. Finally immigration to Toronto is not going to slow (80,000 per year) and many of these people will be living down town too.
- For the Pre-Construction Market, almost 100% of sales are to investors. No one buys a property to live in that won't be ready for four or five years. Investors buy condo units either to rent them out (about 40% of the units) or to sell them as 'Assignments' (during the occupancy phase and before the units are registered) to end users to live in. So investors look at rental rates and try to anticipate future price appreciation. Currently our market is dominated by investors from Asia, the Middle East, and East Asia looking for capital preservation. American and European investors who are rate of return driven show less interest in our market. Canada will remain a safe haven for the foreseeable future.
- There are no new apartment buildings in Toronto. The rental market is being served through new condo construction. The `echo' generation or Gen X and Y are also the primary renters in this market, and again, they only will rent new - read hardwood floors, granite counters, stainless steel appliances found in condos.
- For the Toronto resale market we expect sales to remain at the 90,000 level (unlike most other forecasters). Remember that the all time sales record was achieved in 2007 and Toronto is a much bigger market, in terms of people and incomes than five years ago. So why would sales drop? With a lack of new detached housing, prices in this sector - particularly in Central Toronto will continue to appreciate.
- For the Resale Condo Market, sales will be 10% higher than for 2011. We have 18,000 condo units that were completed in 2011 and half of them will be added to the resale market. This extra supply will mean that prices will be flat in 2012, staying in the $500-550 per sf range.
- For the Pre-Construction Market, we expect a number of projects that were announced will not be built. By the end of 2011, pre-construction sales downtown were averaging $800 per sf which we believe is unsustainable. The price gap between the resale and pre-construction markets is too big and fewer investors believe that resale prices will rise that fast over the next four years to overcome this difference. Look for prices to fall by $50-75 per sf over the year. Projects selling at over $1,000 per sf (with the exception of Yorkville) will run into severe price problems in 2012.
- Bigger sized condo units in the pre-construction market now sell for more per sf than smaller units. This trend will spill over into the resale market. We previously predicted that this would happen. This price differential will only increase as our market matures - just like New York.
- Rental rates will increase by another $75 per month. That means the basic one bedroom without parking will increase to $1600 per month. Vacancy rates will remain below 1%.


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Use of 'pop-out' paradigm to test graph comprehension in a three-dimensional scatter plot
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The emerging field of visual analytics applies abstract data visualisations to analyse complex, multivariate data. Data visualisations comprise a full spectrum of pictorial and symbolic elements; thus, juxtaposing theories of visual perception and reading comprehension, graph comprehension can be linked to high-level perceptual organisation of the visual scene. The latter can be quantitatively assessed, eg, by the 'pop-out' paradigm: constant response times with increasing stimulus array size. We assessed detection of an outlier (defined by kinetic depth) in slowly rotating 3-D scatter plots, exploring comprehension of simple information--'an odd one out'. Results indicate that in larger stimulus arrays response times were longer while accuracy decreased, consistent with processes of visual search and not 'pop-out'. In line with previous research, these results suggest that 3-D charts, while visually impressive, are not efficient enough for data analysis and decision-making. Using 'pop-out' paradigm allows probing of high-level processes of graph comprehension with psychophysical methods, making it a viable approach to assessing data visualisation efficiency.
Shovman, M., et al. 2008. Use of 'pop-out' paradigm to test graph comprehension in a three-dimensional scatter plot. Perception. 37(ECVP Abstract Supplement): p.79. Available from http://www.perceptionweb.com/abstract.cgi?id=v080284.


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Iconic singer David Crosby hit a jogger on Sunday while driving in California.
Iconic singer David Crosby hit a jogger on Sunday while driving in California.
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SPRINGFIELD — A former top state transportation employee has been fined $4,000 in connection with a summer job hiring scandal at the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Danny Clayton, who was removed from his $102,000 post as assistant regional engineer in the agency's District 9 Carbondale office nearly two years ago, was found by the state's executive ethics commission to have violated state ethics law.
He could not be immediately reached for comment Monday.
At issue were allegations that Clayton tampered with tests used to grade potential employees of a 2009 summer jobs program. Investigators suggested Clayton may have altered scores or asked applicants to take tests a second time to boost their results.
Clayton also was found to have attempted to convince a co-worker to lie about the scandal to investigators.
That employee, Michael Bigler, blew the whistle on Clayton and told investigators he was being pressured by Clayton to cover up the tampering.
Bigler had no comment Monday.
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EverFocus mobile networking DVR selected for Singapore SBS Transit Bus project
SBS Transit is Singapore's largest public bus transport operator with a fleet of more than 2,700 buses(90% of the market). They wanted to find a surveillance solution could; prevent crime on bus, collect evidence when accidents occured, stop private cars that infringe bus lane and help the management team understand the health status of each bus and position easily.
Several transportation authorities have chosen CCTV to improve safety and security. In their transit systems, or to view and share real-time information on traffic and road
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The transit authority in Singapore selected EverFocus mobile networking DVR EDR810M, security digital cameras ED300 and EM300E, 5.6" LCD monitor (EN200) for complete video and audio surveillance
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How the great cook-off ended in a food fight
A simmering row over the results of a cookery contest this week boiled over into a full-blown broiges.
Leading Jewish chefs competed in a public cook-off at June's Gefiltefest, held at LJCC.
The event was flagged as Sephardi v Ashkenazi based on the recipes and cooking styles involved.
The winner was Denise Phillips, an Ashkenazi author who prides herself on kosher "designer recipes". The loser was Nadia Benaim, well known in foodie circles for the Delicious Diva cookery classes she runs at her Hampstead home.
Insiders reveal that Ms Benaim was visibly upset when the result was announced. She is said to have later made a complaint, claiming that Ms Phillips broke the rules by using an assistant and pre-cooked ingredients.
One source said that the competition was supposed to have been fun, but that the cooks had taken it too seriously.
But Ms Benaim insisted: "The rules were not adhered to by Denise. She had an assistant and I wasn't told I was allowed one.
"I wasn't allowed any of the equipment I wanted. I didn't even have a knife, but Denise had s**t loads of equipment. Also, I had an hour to prepare. Denise did preparation with her assistant so that's really two hours.
"I was so stressed. It was so rotten. It was meant to be fun. I almost quit. The atmosphere at our cook-off was really unfriendly.
To compound everything, the audience tasted the food, and on a show of hands I won their vote. It was announced - Denise won the judges' vote, and I won the audience vote.
"But in her newsletter, she claimed she won the audience vote."
Ms Phillips said: "I am amazed to hear the allegations. I followed the rules exactly as told to us by the festival.
"They made it very clear what we could or could not do and if the judges had a problem they would have said.
"I did use an assistant but the guidelines said 'each chef will have one runner to help put things in the oven.' If Nadia didn't have one that's not my fault.
"I think it's been blown out of all proportion, I didn't even win a medal."
But Ms Benaim was unrepentant: "I want Denise to acknowledge that I won the audience vote and Gefiltefest should apologise to me for not letting me have equipment and an assistant.
"I only wanted an even playing field."
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Bob and Be have been practicing yoga for over 20 years, 5 years of Astanga Vinyasa yoga with Derek and Radha, both in London and in Crete, and a further 8 years spent studying the Iyengar approach, during which time they worked on the the Iyengar teacher training course with Ruth White.
After being encouraged by Antonia Boyle to find their own route within a yoga practice, Bob and Be completed the British Wheel of Yoga teacher training course, and later qualified with Phillip Xerri in the Gitananda approach to Pranayama, and with Marten Vermaase and his Tibeten Buddhist approach to meditation.
Bob has qualified as a Diploma Course Tutor with the BWY, and has completed the Certificate in Education with Greenwich University. From this course he has developed a deep interest in the professional approach to teaching and learning and how it can be applied to teaching yoga. Recently he completed a mentoring course with Sheffield College to enable him to better understand the teaching learning relationship between tutor and learner.
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On The Corner, Ramesh Ponnuru counters two myths that former New York Times reporter Linda Greenhouse continues to spread about Roe v. Wade—namely, (1) that abortion supposedly was not a crime at the nation's founding, and (2) that "as many as two million illegal abortions a year" (in the reporter's paraphrase) occurred in this country just before Roe.
Greenhouse made her comments in a speech at Radcliffe—the same venue, incidentally, as her notorious rant four years ago that resulted in her first public scolding from NYT's public editor. One might have hoped that a Radcliffe audience would have been sharp enough to question the implicit proposition that Roe somehow led to an immediate sharp reduction in the number of abortions. But it's a safe bet that most of the audience had its ideological blinders on.


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The staff was very friendly and exceedingly helpful, which made our stay very pleasant. However, the hotel itself was closer to a 2/3-star in terms of quality of finishings, amenities and comfort, and you would certainly expect more for the price paid. Maintenance could also be improved - the room safe was not working, the air condition in the shuttle bus was not functioning, the chair in the verandah was broken and the mosquito net was torn in some parts. The location was pretty far from the main activities area so be prepared to spend more for shuttle services.
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We loved every moment of our stay at the Thorn Tree. Our 3 nights were sufficient, but a few more nights would have been great too. The staff is super accomodating, and the welcome was the warmest we'd ever received. Food was fine, the grounds were immaculate, and the room was like something in a dream. We were thrilled that there was no TV or phone in the rooms-no chatter to distract from the sound of the river and hippos. Pay attention to the season of your trip: the evenings were quite chilly and some lodges have no heat.
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Man, woman arrested in Harrison heroin bust
A drug investigation started in Harrison resulted in the arrests of two people early Tuesday for having more than 800 packets of heroin in Brackenridge.
Jose Antonio Molina, 31, and Anna Mazzetti, 30, both of 756 McKinley Ave., in the Harwick section of Springdale Township, were arrested by state attorney general drug agents and local police officers during a raid about 7:30 a.m.
Police said heroin generally sells across the Alle-Kiski Valley for about $10 for each packet, known on the streets as a stamp bag.
That puts the value of the haul at more than $8,000.
Brackenridge District Judge Carolyn Bengel ordered Molina, who is also known as Josea Molina-Delgado, sent to the Allegheny County Jail in lieu of $25,000 cash bond for multiple drug possession and delivery charges as well as conspiracy to sell drugs.
She ordered Mazzetti sent to the jail in lieu of $20,000 cash bond for alleged conspiracy to sell drugs and two other drug offenses. Molina and Mazzetti are scheduled to have their preliminary hearings next month.
Police said the investigation started in Harrison by Harrison police Detective Joseph Signorella.
He said they found 811 stamp bags inside the apartment, an undisclosed amount of money in several locations inside the apartment and about $900 at Mazzetti's father's house in Tarentum.
"They hit the jackpot this morning," Harrison police Chief Mike Klein said of Tuesday's raid.
"The AGs told us this was a sizable and significant bust," he said.
The alleged drug conspiracy was "moving large amounts of heroin throughout the Valley on a weekly basis," Klein said. The chief declined to give details of the drug operation.
Klein said that during the raid, Harrison, Tarentum, Brackenridge and Vandergrift officers assisted state agents in an entry team that wore black body armor and carried military-style rifles. Klein said no one resisted.
According to an affidavit, the heroin packets are blue with a Mickey Mouse imprint. Police said Molina recently lived at Franklin Road, Pittsburgh but before that he had lived a number of years in Harwick.On Nov. 2, 2007, he started to serve a state prison sentence of three to six years for aggravated assault with serious bodily injury and burglary in another Allegheny County case. He was sent to the Alle-Kiski Pavilion halfway house in Arnold in March 2010 and was paroled from there about 13 months ago.
On April 12, 2012 Molina was sent back to state prison for a parole violation. He was again paroled to the halfway house on March 18.
State records show that in 2005 he was sentenced to six months of probation for selling drugs in New Ken-sington.
In March, Mazzetti waived to court three Arnold drug charges. She was scheduled to go to trial on that case on Wednesday at the Westmoreland County Court House in Greensburg.
On April 21, Pittsburgh police charged Mazzetti with selling drugs in the city.
No one could say if the arrests are connected to recent arrests elsewhere by state drug agents.
Attorney General's spokesman Dennis Fisher, in Harrisburg, said he couldn't comment about the arrests or say if the arrests are linked to others.Last week, agents filed additional drugs and weapons charges against Michael T. "Magic" Scott, 37, of 1610 Fourth Ave., Arnold, formerly of Cleveland.
When he was arrested last month, Scott was accused of possessing about 100 packets of heroin, about a quarter-ounce of cocaine, a digital scale, drug-packaging materials and two pistols at his residence.
Since then, he is also accused of delivering almost 3 ounces of cocaine to informants between last Nov. 7 and Feb. 22.
He is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing on Thursday in New Kensington.
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MIKRON Travelling theatre group will be at Aymestrey Parish Hall on Friday September 5 with Till the Cown Come Home.
Harvey Granelli is fed up working for Thistledale Council. He followed his miserable mother into local government, but he has more in common with his Italian father – part-time playboy and one-time ice-cream maker, Romeo.
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Abandoned Oil Platforms Reborn as Hotels?
File this under wacky, weird, and true. You've got a steel oil rig surrounded by water sunk into the ocean floor. What to do with this piece of real estate once it retires? Word is that designers are plotting to recycle old oil platforms and turn them into vacation rentals- maybe even luxury hotels. And what a praise-worthy project it is. The io9 blog quotes two Malaysian design students thoughts on it:
"This design explores the possibility of living on the oil rig, above and below the ocean level. The general population can live above the water while specialized researchers such as marine biologists will work in underwater labs. The in-between zone will be used for housing and recreational areas. The existing structures could be strengthen with the use of peripheral steel beams that allow for high velocity wind to filter through the platform without obstructions."
Back in 2009, Gadling also reported that a oil rig-cum-hotel project was underway by Morris Architects, "a design firm with offices in Houston, Los Angeles and Orlando who won an international hospitality award with the concept."


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Ichiro Suzuki's 12-year run of excellence with the Seattle Mariners ended abruptly today with a trade to the New York Yankees.
Suzuki contacted the Mariners several weeks ago through agent Tony Attansio to explore trade possibilities as the team rebuilds and the 38-year-old Suzuki nears the end of his career.
"Going from a team with the most losses to the team with the most wins, it's hard to contain my excitement," Suzuki said through an interpreter at a press conference at Safeco Field.
Tonight he will face his old team but will not ask to wear his familiar uniform number 51, last worn with the Yankees by Bernie Williams. He took 31 instead.
Seattle receives right-handed pitching prospects D.J. Mitchell and Danny Farquhar for a player in the final year of his contract. The Mariners also will send cash to the Yankees to help pay the remainder of Suzuki's $17 million salary this season.
FANTASY: Ichiro takes turn in potent Yanks offense
The Yankees have been looking for more speed in the lineup, preferably in the outfield, since learning left fielder Brett Gardner is not likely to return this season from a elbow injury. Also, right fielder Nick Swisher could miss a few games this week because of a hip flexor strain.
"This is a big day for us," said Yankees manager Joe Girardi, who plans to use Suzuki in left field most of the time and leave Swisher in right. "We feel he brings the speed element, a tremendous hitter."
Girardi said his current left field combination of Raul Ibanez and Andruw Jones would shift to designated hitter. With Swisher still out, Suzuki will play right field tonight.
Suzuki, who had to approve the trade because he has been in the major leagues at least 10 years and five with his current team, has become a Seattle icon since coming to the USA from Japan in 2001. He was AL MVP and Rookie of the Year that season, his first of 10 as an All-Star.
He also broke the single-season hits record with 262 in 2004, when he hit .372 and won the second of his two batting titles. Suzuki has a .322 career batting average in the USA but is at a career-low .261 this season. He had 2,533 hits for the Mariners after 1,278 in Japan.
By joining Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez, he makes the Yankees the first team since the 1928 Philadelphia Athletics with three players with more than 2,500 career hits.
Suzuki led off for most of his career with the Mariners but moved down in the order this year. He's unlikely to supplant Derek Jeter as the Yankees leadoff hitter. Suzuki is batting eighth tonight.
"He deserves a chance to play for a contending team before the end of his career," said Mariners CEO Howard Lincoln, who said he did not try to dissuade Suzuki from the trade request. "He will go down in history as one of the greatest players to wear a Seattle Mariners uniform."
Mitchell, 25, is the stronger prospect of the two players Seattle received. He's a groundball specialist who is in his second season in the rotation for Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Pa.). He has a 5.04 ERA after 3.18 last season. He's never had an ERA over 4.00 in any of his previous three seasons.
Farquhar, a 25-year-old reliever, is in his fourth organization this season. Toronto traded him to Oakland in April for pitcher David Purcey and the Yankees later claimed him on waivers from Oakland. The Yankees then designated him for assignment but he cleared waivers and was sent to the minors. He has a combined 3.33 ERA this year with 54 strikeouts and 40 hits allowed in 51 innings.
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Aulus Didius Gallus
Aulus Didius Gallus was a Roman general and politician of the 1st century AD. He was governor of Britain between 52 and 57 AD.
The career of Aulus Didius Gallus up to 51 can be partly reconstructed from an inscription from Olympia (CIL III, 7247 + CIL III, 12278. He was quaestor under Tiberius, probably in 19. He served as a legate of the proconsul of Asia, as prefect of cavalry, and as proconsul of Sicily, although the dates of these appointments are unknown. He was curator aquarum (superintendent of aqueducts) from 38 to 49, consul in 39, and a member of the XVviri. He received triumphal regalia as an imperial legate under Claudius, probably in Bosporus: Tacitus records that he commanded forces there that were withdrawn in 49. After this he appears to have taken up another proconsular appointment, possibly in Asia or Africa.
His later career is described by Tacitus. In 52 he was made governor of Britain, following the death in office of Ostorius Scapula, at a time when the situation was deteriorating as a result of a string of rebellions. The south-east was securely held, but despite the defeat of Caratacus the previous year, the tribes of what is now Wales, particularly the Silures, continued to hold out. Venutius' first insurrection against Queen Cartimandua of the Brigantes occurred during Didius' rule and he despatched troops under Caesius Nasica to aid her.
Didius acted to quell the rebels rather than enlarge the empire during his rule, which lasted until AD 57. Although criticised by Tacitus as being reactive and defensive, he was probably acting on instructions from Claudius who did not consider the benefits of further conquest in difficult terrain to be great enough to warrant the risk. Instead, Didius built roads and forts at the borders such as those at Usk to contain the native population. After five years in the post, covering the last two years of the reign of Claudius and the first three of Nero, Didius was replaced by Quintus Veranius.
Quintilian tells us that, after several years of campaigning for a provincial governorship, Didius complained at the province he was offered, although whether this refers to Sicily or Britain is unknown. The orator Domitius Afer sarcastically advised him to think of his country. The next governor of Britain, Quintus Veranius, says on his tombstone that he took the job "although he did not seek it", which has been interpreted as a barbed comment on Didius.
Aulus Didius Gallus Fabricius Veiento, who was praetor in 62, may have been his son or grandson.
Primary sources[edit]
- Frontinus, On the Water Supply of Rome 2:102
- Tacitus, Agricola 14; Annals 12:15, 12:40, 14:29
- Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria Book 6, 3:68
Secondary sources[edit]
- Smith, William (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 2. p. 227. [1]
- Birley, Anthony R. (1981). The Fasti of Roman Britain. pp. 44–49.
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Redlands Mayor Pete Aguilar, a candidate for Congress in California's 31st Congressional District, has received the official endorsement of the California Democratic Party.
Aguilar received the support of 74 percent of the party delegates versus 18 percent for Eloise Reyes.
Aguilar is running in a newly open seat where Democrats hold a seven point registration advantage over Republicans, and where President Obama won by a 15 percent margin in 2012.
Aguilar's backing by the state party follows several key endorsements in recent weeks, including U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, 15 members of Congress from California, as well as the Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO) of San Bernardino and Riverside counties and the California League of Conservation Voters.


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Chain Link Crochet Necklace
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This necklace is simple, pretty & even practical, yep, it's baby proof!
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90m (100yds) DK weight cotton (approx)
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Never mind that he played college basketball instead and recently worked for an equity firm.
While Brown has impressed his Dolphins' teammates and coaches by making it to training camp, that's not good enough for the tight end.
''Every day I wake up and I thank the Lord for this opportunity,'' Brown said. ''But at the end of the day, I've got to be out here and I can't look at it as some big dream. I'm here, I have to work hard and play hard.''
The Dolphins (No. 27 in the AP Pro32) signed Brown in April after he took part in the Pro Day at Brigham Young University, where two of his brothers play football.
He trained in Hawaii along with 11 other NFL hopefuls and wowed scouts with a performance that included a 4.43 in the 40-yard dash, an impressive speed for someone listed at 6-foot-4, 245 pounds.
The trick is turning that athletic ability into production on the field.
''This is kind of a brave new world for him,'' Dolphins coach Joe Philbin said. ''You could probably watch a couple of plays and say, `Boy this guy doesn't fit in.' Conversely, you could watch a couple of plays and think he's a five-year veteran. So I think there's a little bit of both.''
Clearly, Brown is a longshot to make the Dolphins' 53-man roster.
He was listed fifth among the five tight ends on the team's first depth chart, behind veteran Anthony Fasano, Charles Clay, Jeron Mastrud and rookie third-round pick Michael Egnew.
But Brown isn't conceding anything.
''I give myself a shot,'' Brown said. ''To get to this point, no one believed in me. Maybe family and close friends thought I had a shot. But I'm going to keep doing what I did to get here and that's work hard and believe in myself.
''I don't have control over the decisions the coaches make, but I'm going to bring my `A' game every day, work hard, stay after practice and work on the little things, and hopefully they'll notice that and give me a shot.''
Brown last played football seven years ago when he was a high school senior in Utah. He played basketball at nearby NAIA Westminster College.
''These guys aren't going to take it easy on me because I'm a basketball player or I was an accountant or whatever,'' he said. ''Every day I've got to strap it up just like my teammates and play hard.''
Brown wouldn't be the first former basketball player without college football experience to play in the NFL. Eight-time Pro Bowl selection Antonio Gates and second-year Denver tight end Julius Thomas accomplished the feat.
Nor would Brown be the first player to make it to the NFL after working at a regular job. Dolphins teammate Cameron Wake worked as a personal trainer and mortgage broker before he got a shot in the CFL in 2007 that led to his NFL career.
Coming out of high school, Brown was more highly recruited in football than basketball. He said Brigham Young, Oregon, Washington State and Colorado State were interested in him as a football player, while it was mostly Ivy League schools that wanted him to play basketball.
''Honestly, I never really saw myself pursuing professional athletics,'' Brown said. ''I was always more into school. I played sports and I had a fun time. I always thought that I'd be some big-time businessman working on Wall Street.
''The place I went to school is a great private school, great education, so I just figured I'd go there and get my degree in finance and then just kind of move on with my life and be able to play basketball at the same time, but be able to focus on academics first and foremost.''
Fittingly, Fasano has given Brown the nickname of ''Gekko'' after the Michael Douglas character in the movie ''Wall Street.''
Brown spent two years working for Huntsman Gay Global Capital, but he said he was far from being Gordon Gekko. Instead, he said he was doing odd jobs.
At some point, Brown figured he should give professional sports a shot.
''My wheels were spinning a little bit,'' Brown said. ''I always kind of wondered, `what if?' ''
Brown is raw when it comes to football fundamentals, but that's offset by athletic ability and a willingness to learn.
''He has come a long way since spring,'' said quarterback Matt Moore. ''That's a crazy story, and the guy obviously is extremely talented physically.
''He knows he's here to work hard and do those things, but like anybody else he has never blocked a guy like Cam Wake or something like that, which is difficult for a seasoned vet. So for a guy that was doing whatever he was doing last year to come in and at least attempt to do it is a huge thing.''


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US Masters golf club under fire
The great and the very great in US golf, from Tiger Woods on down, are now being asked to boycott the country's most famous tournament at the country's most famous club: The Masters at Augusta.
Famous and exclusive, there are just 300 members and none are women.
It was only 10 years ago that the first African-American was asked to join and there is now a growing row in the United States over its men-only status.
'It's going to have to change'
This particular ball was first hit by Martha Burk, the Chair of the highly-respected National Council of Women's Organisations.
She wrote a letter earlier this year calling on the club to allow women to become members. Augusta was targeted because it hosts the Master's tournament.
Its formidable chairman, Hootie Johnson, issued a sharp statement saying he would not be bullied and so a war of attrition has begun.
Martha Burk says: "It is now past the point where they can just bully their way through it. It is going to have to change.
"The Masters tournament and the Augusta National are now identified with sex-discrimination as much as they're identified with golf," she added.
It's a recipe for trouble that's got the great and the good of Georgia up in arms.
More important issues
Vera Stewart's catering firm, Very Vera, depends on big business from the Masters.
Bookings are down and she thinks Martha Burk might be to blame.
"It's never occurred to me that a woman would be a member of the national," she says, arguing most women across America agree with her.
"There are too many other battles that are much more concern to women".
Augusta National is not doing any interviews.
Its members are not allowed to speak to the press. Two have resigned amid claims there are more who are also unhappy about the club's policy.
Many of the remaining members are senior officers in companies that have sex-discrimination policies.
Firms like Coca-cola, Motorola, JP Morgan Chase and American Express will not welcome the negative publicity.
Green Burkha
But as Augusta National refuses to meet with its critics so they have next year's tournament in their sights.
One woman's group even plans to don green burkhas in protest.
Green was chosen because that is the colour of the famous blazer worn by Augusta members and Master's champions, and the burkha for obvious reasons.
This has the feel of a row that is not going to go away. The "gentlemanly" world of golf may never be quite the same again.
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President Obama is committed to opening the doors of the White House and truly making it the People's House. Normally reserved for senior level White House Staff, Cabinet Members, and selected guests, the White House Mess is now open to the general public one weekend per month. Advance reservations are required.
The White House Mess consists of three small dining rooms located in the basement of the White House next door to the Situation
Room. This exclusive dining facility is run by the US Navy.
The Mess is decorated with
handsome wood paneling, nautical trim, and ship paintings.
The largest of the three dining rooms seats about 50 people at a dozen tables adorned with elegant table linens, fresh flowers, and official White House china.
During the work week, the White House Mess is widely used by senior staff. Breakfast and lunch are served in the Mess dining room; dinner is available for take-out orders only. Happy Hours are on Fridays.
Breakfast will be served at 9:00 AM. The menu includes fresh fruits, cereal, a selection of pastries, and grilled-to-order breakfast items. Beverages include coffee, tea, milk, and juice. Below is the standard White House Mess breakfast menu.
Lunch will be served at 11:45 AM. The four-page menu varies and includes a selection of salads, sandwiches, and entree items. The lunch menu also includes a Soup of the Day which can be a traditional favorite such as Navy Bean or the recently-introduced Chilled Cucumber. In addition, Chicken Noodle soup is served daily. Beverages include soft drinks, milk, iced tea, and juice. Below is a sample four-page White House Mess lunch menu.
Western omelet
Harvest fresh vegetable platter
The West Wing chimichangas
Grilled shrimp
Veggie burger
All guests will be required to go through a security screening process. The following items are prohibited:
The interesting history of the White House Mess is printed on the back of every menu.
"It has been recorded as far back as 1880 aboard the Presidential Yacht Despatch, while President Rutherford B. Hayes was in office, that Navy Stewards were first utilized to provide food service to the Commander in Chief. Since that time, the Navy has assigned their best Culinary Specialists to the Presidential Food Service to prepare the finest foods and provide outstanding service for the President throughout the world.
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Presidential Retreat tucked away in the Catoctin Mountains and named it "Shangri-La" (Renamed Camp David by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 in honor of his grandson David). President Roosevelt directed the Navy to provide messing services at "Shangri-La" and that Navy Stewards from his yacht USS Potomac operate the facility. This established the precedent for Navy Personnel to serve the President and his staff ashore.
In 1951 while President Harry S. Truman was in Office, Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison, Naval Aide to the President, recommended a Commissioned Officers Mess be established at the White House. On June 11, 1951 the Presidential Food Service was established under the guidance of Lieutenant Commander Leo W. Roberts, SC, USN; Presidential Mess Officer aboard USS Williamsburg. Following several decades of naval tradition and pride in direct support to our nations's President, the Presidential Food Service functions much the same way it did in its earlier years.
During its prestigious history, the Presidential Food Service has received seven Joint Meritorious Unit Awards, the Navy Unit Commendation and the Meritorious Unit Commendation for continuous outstanding performance in direct support to the President of the United States."


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Last night's New York Mets game had to be frustrating for manager Terry Collins. His team scored two runs in both the eighth and ninth innings of a game against the Atlanta Braves -- the latter pair off of closer Craig Kimbrel -- and yet, they still lost because their own closer, Jose Valverde gave up a three-run blast to Justin Upton in the top of the ninth.
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The Village Democracy Survey is a retrospective survey on the history of electoral reforms in over 200 villages in 29 provinces in China. The sample villages are chosen to match the Ministry of Agriculture's National Fixed Point (NFS) Panel Survey. They were drawn using a stratified random sample approach in the mid 1980s to be nationally representative at the time. Our sample excludes Chongqing and Tibet. Several focus group studies followed where we explored the details of power and fiscal arrangements between the village government and upper levels of government. Focus group participants were former village leaders, accountants and other notable village figures. The goal of the survey is to document political and economic structures in villages and the history of the implementation of electoral (and other major) reforms.
Wave I (2006): The survey includes questions regarding the date and implementation of the first election for village chairman, public goods expenditures, and the signature rights of village leaders. The survey also includes the implementation of other policies such as Household Responsibility, family planning, the Tax and Fee Reform, as well as upper government land expropriation. The years 1982-2005 are covered. These data will be released to the public at the beginning of 2014.
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Wave II (2011): The goal of this survey is to follow up the first survey and to collect detailed data on the social structure of villages. The survey follows up on election dates, codes demographic data of village leaders, includes questions regarding the financing and construction of ancestral temples and village temple that we use to measure social capital, and collect data on the surnames of village households from village rosters.
These surveys are collected in collaboration with Gerard Padro-i-Miquel and Yang Yao, and with Peking University and the RCRE of the Ministry of Agriculture in China. This project acknowledges funding from the National Science Foundation Grant 0922087 and the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013)/ERC Starting Grant Agreement No. 283837.


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Michelle Pfeiffer on New Catwoman Anne Hathaway: I Have a Desire to Beat Her Up (VIDEO)
Michelle Pfeiffer slipped into the infamous Catwoman suit in 1992's Batman Returns, but this summer, a new Catwoman, played by Anne Hathaway, 29, will meow her way to the big screen in The Dark Knight Rises, but does Pfeiffer think the actress has what it takes to fill her paws?
"I have a desire to beat her up," Pfeiffer, 54, joked while on Wednesday's The View. "Just kidding, Anne! She's going to be great!"
She spoke further about the role, admitting people still ask if she wears the infamous black catsuit. "People ask me all the time. I didn't keep the suit," she said.
The People Like Us actress has been very vocal about Hathaway as the sexy character.
Celebuzz spoke with Pfeiffer back in May, and she had nothing but kind words for the Dark Knight Rises actress.
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Encouraging everyone to remain kids at heart, and to thereby enable him to continue making movies, Steven Spielberg spoke to his fans at last week's Comic-Con 2011 in San Diego upon receiving the convention's Inkpot Award.
Spielberg used Comic-Con to inform fans of a fourth "Jurassic Park" movie. Interestingly, although the first movie in the franchise grossed in excess of $900 million worldwide in 1993, each subsequent installment saw a substantial box-office drop, constituted by a $600+ million haul for "The Lost World," and $300+ million for "Jurassic Park III."
Still, Spielberg is on a roll, racking up 2011 credits as both producer and director on a range of television and film products. He was also at Comic-Con to talk about his collaboration with "The Lord of the Rings" franchise-helmer Peter Jackson on "The Adventures of Tintin," which stars Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg, Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Nick Frost, Toby Jones, Car Elwes and Gad Elmaleh. Check out their video below:
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Each week, two million radio listeners test their knowledge against some of the best and brightest in the news and entertainment world: They try to figure out "Who's Carl This Time?" They race against the clock on "Lightning Fill in the Blank." On the "Not My Job!" segment of the show, they listen to a celebrity guest answer questions on a topic totally outside his or her area of expertise. The results have delighted legions of listeners for ten years and made Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! a fan favorite with an ever expanding audience and a 2007 Peabody Award for excellence in radio broadcasting.
Host Peter Sagal, scorekeeper (and veteran NPR newscaster) Carl Kasell and a weekly dream team of panelists keep the live studio audience on the edge of their seats—and in stitches. The laughs are fast-paced, irreverent, and informative, courtesy of author and humorist Roy Blount Jr., writer and performer Adam Felber, Boston Globe writer Charlie Pierce, comedian Paula Poundstone, Washington Post columnist Roxanne Roberts, and television funnyman Mo Rocca. Featuring "Not My Job" guests Ted Koppel, Michael Moore, and Drew Carey—plus an unforgettable program outtake available only on this collection.
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Decian Chaisson, a 44-year-old resident of Mainland facing charges related to child pornography from Operation Snapshot II, will be back in court Sept. 29 to enter a plea.
He faces three charges, including: possessing child pornography, distributing or selling child pornography and accessing child pornography. He had legal counsel appear on his behalf in Stephenville Provincial Court on Tuesday.
Chaisson was one of 22 people from across Atlantic Canada arrested in late June 2013 through investigations that targeted child predators who collect, possess and distribute child exploitation material online.
At the time, 64 charges were laid or pending.
The RCMP's Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children and Behavioural Sciences Branch announced the completion of the joint police Operation Snapshot II in Atlantic Canada on June 26, 2013.
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary was the partner in the investigation that led to the charges against Chaisson and the Bay St. George RCMP provided assistance.
Operation Snapshot II, which began in April of 2013, was focused on two key priorities: first, to identify and rescue children who were victims of sexual exploitation, and second, to identify and charge high-risk offenders who collect, possess and/or distribute child sexual exploitation material online.
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The current Berkeley Eye Center facility at 9191 Pinecroft Drive, Suite 125 and 225 will close after business August 24.
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3rd Grade, Research and Inquiry Activities
2. Read and follow the instructions, clicking on each building in the community to learn more.
3. On a blank sheet of paper, create a drawing of your own community. Include the buildings and the people that you see in your community.
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We are now in the sweet spot of the tax year. We are done with extended 1040s, and it's too early to get most people to do year-end tax planning. That's why this is the continuing education season for most of us.
The Iowa State University Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation Farm and Urban Tax Schools begin next week. I will be speaking on the Day 1 program for all schools, starting October 28 in Waterloo, Iowa. Tour stops also include Maquoketa, Sheldon, Red Oak, Ottumwa, Mason City, Denison and Ames. Who said public accounting lacks glamour?
Now to get those slides prepared…
Government is just a word for things we do together. Like subsidizing big corporations. Using information from Good Jobs First, Veronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Institute provides a chart of the biggest known recipients of state subsidies:
Meanwhile, everyone else pays a little higher tax rate to grease Boeing's landing gear. I believe that the damage caused to the taxpayers who don't get these subsidies makes losers out of the states that win tax incentive bidding wars.
Kay Bell, 2014 tax planning starts with your tax bracket
Annette Nellen, Premium Tax Credit Problems, "This is a big deal because the PTC serves to help make health insurance affordable to individuals with income between 100% and 400% of the federal poverty line."
TaxGrrrl, Apple Seeds Perk Wars, Adds Egg Freezing As Employee Benefit. Is that a tax-free benefit? It makes me wonder about their work-life balance.
Peter Reilly, UnFair: Exposing The IRS – Does Not Make Strong Case Or Decent Documentary. Peter watched the movie so you don't have to.
Tax Trials, Tax Court Preserves Taxpayer Protections against Arbitrary and Capricious Appeals Rulings
Russ Fox, Copying Steven Martinez's Idea Is Not a Good Choice. If you think you need to murder nine witnesses to stay out of jail, you probably won't stay out of jail.
The Tax Prof reports that Linda Beale will resume tax blogging after going off the air as a result of the death of her husband. My condolences to Linda and her family.
Jim Maule, Putting the Brakes on Tax Breaks. "Never do indirectly through taxes what can and should be done directly."
Andrew Lundeen, Most Common Jobs by Income Bracket (Tax Policy Blog). The professions do well.
Richard Auxier, Ahead of the Midterms, State Economic Trends Present Mixed Signals (TaxVox). "A September Pew Research poll found that while Americans' assessment of job opportunities had improved, 56 percent reported their family's income was falling behind the cost of living."
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Quotable. Tax Analysts David Brunori on a proposed film credit for the music industry in New York ($link):
Like their film equivalents, tax breaks for musicians are bad tax policy. Even if music producers were swayed by taxes, those breaks would be bad policy. Why musicians? Why not cab drivers? Orthodontists? Flamenco dancers? New York lawmakers, many of whom wanted to be Billy Joel growing up, will probably say yes to this terrible idea.
While I have a rooting interest in the music industry, the tax credit idea is awful.
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