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text: By: Jason Kristufek, Staff WriterApril 03, 2004 A federal judge says two Story County Animal Control officers may be taken to court for a decision to seize 23 horses from a rural Maxwell farm nearly three years ago. Judge James E. Gritzner ruled recently that a jury can decide if Sue McCaskey and Brenda Rogers went beyond the scope of a search warrant when they ordered the removal of all the horses from Cyndi McClendon's farm. "It is a small victory," McClendon's attorney Victoria Herring said. "We stay in court, and now it is rather focused as to what the case is about." The case will move into negotiations for a potential settlement between McClendon and Story County's insurance provider, according to a court document. Trial is still scheduled for June 14. Gritzner also removed all liability from the sheriff's office, the animal control department, Sheriff Paul Fitzgerald and five deputies. full story: http://www.amestrib.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2035&dept_id=238095&newsid=11236924& PAG=461&rfi=9 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/ar-news/attachments/20040403/947b76c0/attachment.html


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Recruiting: 2017s to UNC, Virginia, Bucknell; 2016's to 'Cuse, Michigan, Maryland, G'town; Several 2015 Verbals
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Huge recruiting roundup today with commits from all over the country, including two new freshmen commits. We'll have another edition early next week with anybody we missed.
If you have a confirmed Division I verbal - if you're the recruit, parent or club/HS coach - email email@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com to have your commitment posted. Please include your stats/honors, events attended in the summer and fall of 2013 (plus club teams, All-Star Games) and schools strongly considered. Also feel free to instead follow the model of all of our commitment writeups instead, including a highlight video if possible, and anything else you may find important. If you sent us a commitment e-mail and we missed it, let me know.
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Class of 2017 - freshmen
Class of 2016 - sophomores
Class of 2015 - juniors
Alex Trippi, A, Bullis (Md.) has verbally committed to North Carolina. Since the summer, he attended Jake Reed's Blue Chip, Crabfeast, Philly Invitational and NHSLS, earning Fab 40 All-Star honors at the Philly Freshman Showcase Invitational. Trippi's summer highlight reel with MadLax and Bullis can be seen here. Also plays football and basketball for the Bulldogs. He strongly considered Virginia, Hopkins, Maryland and Ohio State.
Griffin Harris, A, The Governor's Academy (Mass.) has verbally committed to Virginia. A multi-sport athlete, he also plays football and basketball at The Governor's Academy. Griffin is member of 3d New England and the 3d 2017 National Team. In 2013, Harris attended 3d Blue Chip, Nike Blue Chip and was an All-Star at the Denver Shoot-Out playing with the 2016s. He plays midget-level box lacrosse for the St. Catharines Athletics in Ontario. Harris set the single-season scoring record at Cardigan Mountain School before moving to Governor's. He also considered Brown and UNC.
Tyler Senerchia, LSM/D, St. Anthony's (N.Y.) has verbally committed to Bucknell. A member of Long Island Express, he attended Yale Bulldog 120, Jake Reed's Nike Blue Chip and Bison Brawl, where he was an All-Star. This fall, he was a Fab 40 All-Star at Philly Freshman Showcase and Terrapin Classic. Senerchia also considered Penn State, Air Force, Ohio State, Colgate and Michigan.
Nick DiPietro, D, Half Hollow Hills East (N.Y.) has verbally committed to Syracuse. The 6-foot-1, 195-pound Long Island Express recruit was an All-Star at Philly Showcase and Hotbeds, also attending Maverik Showtime and Nike Blue Chip. As a freshman, he racked up 47 GB's and 29 CT's in his second year on varsity.
Viper Scheele, G, Jupiter (Fla.) has verbally committed to Bryant. As a freshman starter with 368 saves and a 4.9 GAA to his credit, Scheele won a district championship while earning 2nd team All-Region and 1st team All-District honors. Playing summer ball with Team Florida, Florida Sun and the Road Warriors, he attended Jake Reed's Nike Blue Chip, Under Armour Uncommitted Game, LB3 Summer Jam (All-Star) and Under Armour Shootout. He also considered High Point and Jacksonville.
Eric Simon, G, Martin County (Fla.) has verbally committed to Delaware. A member of Blue Devil Elite, the 6-foot-1, 170-pound keeper attended UPLax, Under Armour Shootout and Philly Showcase. In the spring, Simon started as a freshman, picking up honorable mention All-Region and second team All-District recognition saving 60 percent of shots. Also plays basketball. He strongly considered Fairfield and Rutgers.
Tre Leclaire, A, Elgin Park Secondary (B.C.) has verbally committed to Delaware. A member of West Coast Starz and Seattle Starz, the 6-foot-2, 185-pound righty notched 76 goals this past box season while earning league MVP and helping lead his team to the provincial championship. This fall, he competed at the Terrapin Classic and UPLax. He strongly considered Marquette, Stony Brook, Towson and Denver.
Avery Myers, M, Gonzaga (D.C.) has verbally committed to Michigan. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound middie plays for Blackwolf and was a member of the Purple Eagles' varsity in the spring. This summer, he attended Jake Reed's Nike Blue Chip, Under Armour Shootout and NHSLS. He strongly considered Maryland, Ohio State and Cornell, among others.
Nick Prunier, A, Bishop Guertin (N.H.) has verbally committed to Holy Cross. A member of BG's state championship squad, Prunier scored two goals in the final. Playing club with the NH Tomahawks, he attended NSCLA, Adrenaline Black Card, King of the Hill, UMass Midsummer Classic, Philly Invitational and Stowe. Prunier also considered Dartmouth and Army.
Drew Harrison, M, Mt. St. Joe (Md.) has verbally committed to Maryland. A member of the Chesapeake Rock, the 5-foot-9, 160-pound recruit played varsity as a freshman. Harrison was named an All-Star at MVP. He strongly considered Towson and Navy.
Alex Bean, F/O, MICDS (Mo.) has verbally committed to Georgetown. A member of the West Coast Starz, Titanium Elite, Redshirts LC and Project Missouri, he attended UPLax, 3D Blue Chip and Terrapin Classic, among others. He also considered North Carolina, Denver, Boston University, Providence and John Carroll.
Kyle Richbourg, M, Centreville (Va.) has verbally committed to Air Force. The 5-foot-10, 165-pound righty started as a freshman, putting up 21 points and earning 2nd Team All-District honors. Playing for MadLax, he attended National Invitational 175, Jake Reed's Nike Blue Chip, Adrenaline Black Card, Philly Invitational and NSCLA. Also plays varsity football.
Tyler Hersh, G, Oak Ridge (Calif.) has verbally committed to Boston University. Playing for the Alcatraz Outlaws and 3D, the 5-foot-8, 140-pound recruit attended Adrenaline Challenge, Denver Shootout, FLG in 3D and U-15 National Championships. Was a Fab 40 All-Star at Philly Showcase, with his highlight reel from the weekend viewable here. Hersh strongly considered Villanova, Marquette, Fairfield, Bryant and Rutgers.
Connor Mullen, G, St. Mark's (Tex.) has verbally committed to Colgate. A member of Iron Horse and C2C Lacrosse Club, the 5-foot-9 netminder attended Jake Reed's Blue Chip, King of the Hill and the Under Armour Uncommitted Game, turning in All-Star appearances at Spotlight Showcase and Philly Summer Invitational. In the spring, Mullen helped the Lions to the Texas Division I State Championship. He strongly considered Dartmouth, Princeton, Yale and Georgetown.
Paul Cundiff, G, Seneca Valley (Pa.) has verbally committed to Delaware. Playing club for Low and Away Pittsburgh, he attended Gait Cup and Baltimore Summer Kickoff in the summer (before an injury cut it short), as well as MVP, Cottle Fall Shootout and UPLax. His highlight reel can be seen here.
Matt Sovero, A/M, Saints Peter & Paul (Md.) has verbally committed to Towson. Playing for Chesapeake Rock, he was an All-Star at Baltimore Summer Kickoff, also attending the Brine National Classic, Tri-State, Under Armour Shootout and Crab City Challenge.
John Duffy, M, Lincoln (Ore.) has verbally committed to Loyola. A member of the West Coast Starz, he attended NSCLA, Adrenaline Black Card, Adrenaline Showcase and Terrapin Classic, picking up Adrenaline Shootout and High Rollers All-Star honors. He strongly considered Notre Dame, Georgetown, Navy, Drexel, Rutgers and Fairfield.
Garrett Michaeli, LSM/D, Alta (Ut.) has verbally committed to Rutgers. Playing club for the West Coast Starz and Utah Blackhawks, he attended NSCLA, Legacy Cup, Adrenaline Challenge, Terrapin Classic, Adrenaline Showcase and was an All-Star at Adrenaline Shootout and High Rollers events. He also considered Drexel, Jacksonville and Denver.
Sammy Edwards, M, Beverly Hills (Calif.) has verbally committed to Loyola. Paying for the West Coast Starz and L.A. Lazers, he was an All-Star at Adrenaline Showcase, Adrenaline Shootout and Adrenaline High Rollers, also attending NSCLA and Terrapin Classic. The 5-foot-10, 160-pound athlete has highlight reels available here and here. Edwards strongly considered Syracuse, Denver, Bucknell and Furman, among others.
William Hudson, G, Westminster (Ga.) has verbally committed to Holy Cross. Hudson started every game as a sophomore helping lead the Wildcats to the 5A Georgia State Championship, saving 66% of shots and allowing an average of 4.8 goals per game. A member of Thunder Lacrosse, the 6-foot-2, 195-pound keeper participated in Adrenaline Black Card, Jake Reed's Nike Blue Chip, Maverik Showtime, NSCLA, Crab City Challenge and Best of the Best - his highlight reel can be seen here. Hudson strongly considered Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, Middlebury and Amherst.
Jack Pollard, M, St. Paul's (Md.) has verbally committed to Navy. Pollard, standing 6-1 and 200 pounds, ran second midfield for the Crusaders last spring and is also a two-year starter at DE/LB for the back-to-back champions in football. Playing with the Baltimore Crabs, he was an All-Star at at King of the Hill, also attending Adrenaline Black Card, NSCLA, Nike Blue Chip, Under Armour Shootout and NHSLS and the Maryland Freestate Games. Pollard also considered Army, Richmond, Fairfield, High Point and Michigan.
Nick Gray, G, Chaminade (N.Y.) has verbally committed to Providence. He has played summer ball with FLG, Long Island Express, FCa and the Long Island Snipers, attending Jake Reed's Blue Chip, National 175, Syracuse Shootout and the Dick's Tournament of Champions. The 5-10, 190-pound Garden City native's highlight reel can be seen here. He also considered Villanova, Holy Cross and Colgate.
McKay Sheahan, A, Johns Creek (Ga.) has verbally committed to Fairfield. A member of LB3 ATL, he attended Syracuse Shootout, Philly Invitational, Midsummer Classic, LB3 Summer Jam, Philly Showcase and LB3 Southeast Showcase. He was named to the Fab 40 at Philly Showcase and has twice been an All-Star at Southeast Showcase. Also strongly considered UMBC.
Jake Foster, M, Westboro (Mass.) has committed to Hartford. The 6' 3", 187 pound midfielder is a member of the Top Gun Fighting Clams. He competed this past summer at the Under Armour Shootout and Hotbeds. Foster also considered Sacred Heart, Albany and High Point.
Casey Vock contributed to this report.


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Telekom Austria has been trialling a copper-based broadband technology from Alcatel-Lucent that can support download speeds of more than 1Gbps.
The innovation could be hugely significant, allowing operators to avoid making costly investments in fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks in order to provide superfast services.
The product from Alcatel-Lucent (Paris, France) combines VDSL2 and vectoring – are already in commercial use – with a new transmission technology called G.fast, which uses a wide frequency band to boost connection speeds on copper lines over short distances.
Most operators looking to improve their broadband offers have been digging up roads to replace those copper lines with fiber, but the civil-engineering work is extremely costly.
To make a real difference, G.fast needs to be used in conjunction with vectoring, which boosts connection speeds by reducing so-called 'cross-talk' between the copper lines that serve neighboring homes.
Alcatel-Lucent says initial trials of G.fast with Telekom Austria (Vienna) achieved maximum speeds of 1.1Gbps over a distance of 70 meters and 800Mbps over 100 meters.
Trials on older unshielded cables – typical in Austria – resulted in speeds of 500Mbps over 100 meters, but when a second line was introduced without vectoring the speed dropped to just 60Mbps.
Vectoring brought the speed back up to 500Mbps, claims Alcatel-Lucent.
Unfortunately, it seems that G.fast will not be commercially available for several years, but Alcatel-Lucent describes the technology as a natural evolution of VDSL2 that – with vectoring – could provide a substitute for costly investments in FTTH infrastructure.
Another issue may be the reluctance of telecoms regulators to give the go-ahead for vectoring.
The technology is incompatible with sub-loop unbundling (SLU), a type of wholesale access that European authorities have traditionally favored as a means of fomenting broadband competition.
Nevertheless, SLU has failed to catch on because of its questionable economics, and authorities in several European countries – including Austria – have now introduced rules allowing operators to deploy vectoring in preference to SLU.
Alcatel-Lucent already claims to have established something of a lead in the VDSL2-with-vectoring market, having shipped one million lines so far, and is trying to reposition itself as a specialist in IP networks and ultra-fast broadband access.
European regulatory moves are clearly working to the company's advantage, although many operators may prefer to invest in fiber than wait several years for G.fast to become commercially available.


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Western senators (all Dems) want refineries probed over high gasoline prices
Posted on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Western senators want refineries probed over high gasoline prices
By Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON Six U.S. senators from West Coast states urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to conduct a refinery-by-refinery probe to determine the causes of punishing gasoline price spikes earlier this year.
We are requesting a Department of Justice investigation of possible market manipulation and false reporting by oil refineries, which may have created a perception of a supply shortage, when in fact the refineries were still producing, said the letter sent to Attorney General Eric Holder.
Signing the petition were Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein of California, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of Oregon, and Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray of Washington, all Democrats.
Their letter followed a mid-November report presented to a California state legislative committee by McCullough Research that used environmental data to show that refineries were making gasoline in May, during a period in which news reports said they were offline.
The McCullough findings, first reported by McClatchy, provoked controversy in West Coast states, where motorists were paying at least 50 cents more per gallon in May and October than motorists in the rest of the nation were. The McCullough report alleges there was production in May but stops short of the same accusation for October, the other spike period, as environmental data wasnt yet made public.
West Coast motorists were led to believe that the price spikes were tied to outages and production problems, but McCullough showed that inventories were building at a time when there were news reports, which refiners didnt dispute at the time, of possible supply shortages. That all happened as the price of crude oil, the key component needed to make gasoline, was falling.
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By Ed Weiser, motorolasolutions.com/mobilePOS
On a recent trip to an electronics store, I found myself contemplating the art of the sale – or more accurately, the digital technology that really drives the sale. While browsing, I overheard a woman discussing the features and benefits of several digital cameras with a sales associate. The exchange seemed pleasant enough and the associate helped her select a camera that best fit her needs.
Having found what I came for, I headed toward the register only to be greeted with long lines. The lady with the camera was in the one next to me. She looked anxious – maybe irritated – with the length of the line and was tapping energetically on the screen of her smartphone. She put the camera box down and walked out of the store. I wondered if she had been looking for a better price or was sending out a tweet for advice on the brand she selected. Obviously, I could only guess, but the sale was lost nonetheless.
How could that sale have been saved? Perhaps if an associate armed with a mobile computer and the right application checked her out as soon as she received her merchandise. In this digital, all access age, we expect more; it's leading to a steady revolution of the retail shopping experience. Building a stronger, more personal relationship with this new class of customer will ultimately drive sales and loyalty, but it takes the right strategy and investments. To stay in the game, you need to step up your digital toolkit and mobile point-of-sale solutions (mPOS) can help.
POS is not a "point" anymore
POS solutions have been a mainstay of retailers' strategy for years. New, more advanced technology has transformed the capabilities of traditional POS systems, improving the shopping experience by speeding up transaction times and providing immediate access to product information and additional savings. Their impact on retailers' business operations remains equally impressive, increasing customer satisfaction and intelligence, cutting labor costs, improving inventory management and adding to the bottom line. Making POS mobile has the potential to redefine this concept and deliver even greater benefits for the retailer and their customers.
A recent Motorola Solutions mPOS study found that 75% of retailers currently using fixed computers for customer-facing applications expect they'll be using handheld computers, smartphones and tablets for this purpose in the near future. And while only 23% of respondents indicated they are currently using mPOS solutions they anticipate replacing more than 36% of their fixed POS systems with mPOS by the end of 2013.
While there are numerous reasons to implement mobile POS, strengthening customer service is a big one. According to our 2011 Holiday Shopper Study, 71% of retailers agree that improving customer service is their most important goal. With greater access to information from a variety of sources, today's shoppers walk through your door with a wealth of information at their fingertips – competitive pricing, social network reviews and more. Eighty-three percent of the associates surveyed indicated that "shoppers can easily find a better deal, so customer service is more important than ever." And having access to mobile solutions gives them an important advantage by keeping them in the store.
A more personal, profitable touch
Every square foot of space in the retail environment has a dollar amount associated with it. Taking advantage of mPOS technologies allows retailers to minimize the use of fixed POS solutions, freeing up valuable space for more merchandise and allowing greater interaction with customers.
Current mPOS solutions come in a variety of forms and with several options. The latest combine scanning, signature capture and payment technology, empowering sales associates to engage directly with customers and meet their increasing demands. A growing number of retailers, like Home Depot, are taking advantage of this new tool, arming sales associates with handheld devices to provide increased coverage, line busting, and full mPOS with payment on the store floor.
The new level of responsiveness these solutions deliver makes the shopping experience more personal and interactive – two important elements in building brand loyalty. By eliminating the walk to the register, mPOS solutions can save sales. According to our 2011 Holiday Shopping Survey, 33% of store visits ended in shoppers leaving without purchasing everything they wanted. This resulted in an average loss of $125 per customer walk-out. Allowing an associate to stay by a customer's side and answer questions, order out-of-stock merchandise for direct delivery and reinforce their purchasing decision increases the likelihood of closing that sale. And closing the sale on the spot seals the deal.
Mobile POS solutions provide greater operational flexibility. Associates can handle more tasks, manage purchase transactions from anywhere in the store and allow you to better understand customer wants and needs and how to meet them more effectively.
Important considerations
Implementing mPOS solutions does require some planning. To start, you will need to thoroughly evaluate your existing wireless infrastructure capabilities to determine if additional coverage and bandwidth are needed to support the solution. Having the proper security measures in place to protect financial and customer data and manage all deployed devices is also a critical consideration. Others include:
- Managing compliance with all PCI requirements;
- Having a POS application that supports, suspends, and resumes functionality and contains an optimized mobile user interface. Scan, beep, total, tender is easy. Make sure your solution handles exceptions and error conditions seamlessly;
- Determining the right type and number of devices to be deployed – single users or shared devices?;
- Determining what types of applications need to coexist on devices;
- Managing those devices. Break-fix service, software updates, implementing plans to mitigate lost or stolen devices, monitoring battery life and allowing for real-time battery change;
- Facilitating convenient customer checkout in-store, including things like cash, security tags, and bags;
- Type of payment technologies needed -- MSR, chip and pin, PIN, debit – secure, private – separate keypad?
- Managing cash purchases – how to handle accountability issues with associates sharing devices; and
- Identifying the right number of associates needed on the floor and what level of access they require.
Delighting connected customers
The art of closing the sale. Today, it demands more – mobile technology, service and engagement. New mPOS applications coupled with devices, like Motorola's ET1 enterprise tablet, can empower associates to control a sale from beginning to end, allowing them to connect with customers in powerful new ways. Those retailers that do it best will ultimately end up on top. And while IT investments must be weighed carefully, business growth depends on the ability to close sales. The good news is the latest mPOS solutions allow you to do that for less.
Ed Weiser is principal, retail solutions at Motorola Solutions.
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EDITORIAL>> Sen. Pryor in the breach
But we have one other reaction. Dont waste your principles or your capital foolishly. Trying to find a middle ground between the White House and congressional Republican leadership on the one hand and his own party leadership on the other will not save the gentle Pryor from the savaging that will surely follow if the Republicans do not win 100 percent. Better at least to have your principles intact.
The Senate has confirmed more than 200 court appointments by Bush and the Democrats have blocked 10, seven of whom the president is putting up again. The president and the majority leader say it is unfair, unprecedented and maybe even unconstitutional that Democrats would use the filibuster to block a judicial nominee of the president.
But Republicans tried the filibuster, too, in an effort to block six nominees of Bill Clinton and they used other parliamentary maneuvers to prevent 69 Clinton judicial nominees from even receiving a hearing and a vote in committee. Altogether, more than 100 were denied seats on the bench. So the question is neither evenhandedness nor precedent.
Bushs lone judicial nominee for Arkansas, although he had uttered the sort of extreme remarks about abortion and the subordinate role of women in the home and society that are supposed to be at the heart of this culture war over the courts, was confirmed handily last year.
The judge was endorsed by both Democratic senators from Arkansas, but his confirmation was blocked for more than a year not by Democrats but by a Republican senator who put a hold on his nomination because of his concern about the mans strange beliefs. Pryor and Sen. Blanche Lincoln urged his confirmation because in his extensive litigation experience as a trial lawyer he impressed those on both sides with his fairness and adherence to established law.
President Bushs immediate nominee, Priscilla Owen of Texas, whose confirmation will trigger the nuclear option, as they call it, carries no such credentials. Even her ultra-conservative colleagues on the Texas Supreme Court have criticized her for diverging from the precepts of established law to reach a philosophical end that she only shares with a few financial backers.
Do your best, Senator Pryor, to bring about some comity in the Senate and avoid the Armageddon that others seek, but do not surrender principle.


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Seems like a good day to say that I bought this on the cheap a week ago and I'm amazed how wonderful it is. It's quickly become my favourite arcade racer of this gen, it just seems designed to give me everything I've ever wanted from the genre. It's sublime.
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"Solid: Una Nuova Collezione di Oggetti per la Casa" (A New Collection of Objects for The Home) is a unique grouping of extraordinary postmodern designers by Italian designer Michele de Lucchi, whose iconic works for Memphis, Alchimia, Artemide, and Olivetti are synonymous with the height of Italian post-modern expression in 1980's Italy, for the occasion of an exhibition, collection and publication in 1987. This richly illustrated book, edited by Michele de Lucchi, presents this collection of new household objects by the "Solid" avant-garde design group consisting of Mathilde Bretillot, Angelo Micheli, Feruccio Laviani, James Irvine, Geert Koster, Nicholas Bewick, Christian Hartmann, and Simon Morgan through photography of all of the objects (glassware, ceramics, tableware, flatware, etc.), drawings and texts.
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the IRS can assess failure to file penalties and they will charge interest on any unpaid tax debt arising from those past year returns. In addition, there is only a 3 year window of opportunity from the due date of your return to still be able to file for and receive any refund that may be due you, so for the returns that are older than the 3 years, even if you had been due a refund, you will no longer receive it.
IRS offers various ways to pay any balance due them from unpaid taxes, such as installment agreements, etc Please see below for more in depth information:
Filing Late and/or Paying Late
You mentioned that your employer paid you in cash and did not withhold any taxes from you pay. Normally, this would mean that you are self employed, and you would need to file all of your income and any expenses you had on Form 1040 (Schedule C)Profit or Loss From Business. This would make you responsible for paying 100% of your social security tax, which is 15.3% of your net income after any expenses, along with your Federal tax liability of course, and state tax if applicable.
However, you mentioned that your employer is currently being audited, and although you didn't mention the reason for the audit, my guess is that the way he/she pays his help may very well be involved. Since employers who issues their employees W2's at the end of the year pay 1/2 of that employee's social security and medicare tax, along with sending the employee's Federal and state withholding to the propery authorities, IRS takes a dim view of business owners who should be paying the people who work for them as employees but choose to pay them as subcontract/self employed help in order to avoid paying their portion of employee taxes.
Whether someone who works for you is self employed or your employee is not a matter of choice, but of law. The IRS has set up the following criteria in order to help determine how a person should be paid:
If a person falls into the above categories, then they are an employee and must be paid as such. I have linked you to the website for more in depth information: Just on the suface, based on your duties, it sounds like you should probably have been an employee, but you will need to go to the website and determine your status using all of the information provided.
Independent Contractor (Self-Employed) or Employee?
Whether or not you should have received a W2 or a 1099 does not change the fact that you should have filed your returns timely and paid any tax due. if its found that you should have been paid as an employee though, it will lessen the tax liability considerably for the years in question.
I hope this helps.


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Photos: Saturday's Collaboration Fest brought craft-beer lovers together
Danielle Lirette
Dozens of breweries and hundreds of craft-beer fans came together Saturday for the first-ever Collaboration Fest, hosted by Imbibe Denver and the Colorado Brewers Guild. The event, at the Curtis Hotel, included nearly fifty collaborative beers from breweries all over the state, as well as a few in other states and even a foreign country (Sweden).
The fest was the kickoff for Colorado Craft Beer Week, which continues with tap takeovers, beer dinners, meet-and-greets and other events through next weekend (you can find some details in our Beer Calendar and the rest at coloradocraftbeerweek.com).
See also: The beers at Collaboration Fest, March 22, will taste sweeter for the brewers who made them
Danielle Lirette
The collaboration included everything from an all-female cast of Colorado Springs brewers to a roundup of several current and former brewers for the Mountain Sun and Vine Street Pub breweries, to a pairing between the Epic and Elevation breweries.
Westword photographer Danielle Lirette was there. Keeping reading to see a few of her photos, and then go to our full Collaboration Fest slide show for the rest.
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Dear Dissonance,
The week or so long flush of relief your patient now feels from breaking off a relationship that made her unhappy will soon be replaced by anxiety and even better, bitterness.
Trust me. With the right prompts, she will be yours again in a matter of weeks. For years she was told that marriage was just another lifestyle choice, and if she wanted it, the right man would magically appear like a personal fulfillment genie, which, of course, is not the case. If she doesn't meet someone – the someone – quickly, it will be back to the love-the-one-you're-with repeat cycle that she hasn't been able to turn off in a quest to drown out the sneaking suspicion she wasted more than a decade on the sideline of her own love life.
The funny thing is there are so many women now in her same position, but it is as if they have doubled down on the proposition that they don't need men. Even raising the suggestion that marrying early – and well, like one of those old WASPs or Jewish mothers and grandmothers – puts one into the intellectual outhouse. Remember what happened last year to Susan Patton, the Princeton graduate who wrote to her alumni magazine that female students should look for a husband before they graduate?
Pure excoriation. I could almost see the spittle on the blog posts and opinion pieces by angry feminists dissecting her argument as if she had decreed women must wear girdles and put on fresh dresses for their husband's arrival home each evening from work. (Maybe that's not the best analogy because women spend more now on the euphemistically named "shapewear" than they ever did in the last century.) But it seemed as if no one could even imagine the possibility that Ms. Patton had students' well-being in mind. As a side note, that is what I love about political discussions these days. It's as if opposing sides see one another as aliens from outer space and can't understand why the other person might think as they do, even if they disagree with them. It's a communication art form invented by Our Father!
He, BTW, doesn't really care when people get married, or if they do — just about their state of mind. Marriage used to be a less favorable arrangement for us than it is now because self-fulfillment ranked lower than raising a family, which by default requires the ugly virtue of self-sacrifice. Even a waft of it makes me have an asthma attack. Today, however, fewer and fewer married couples are having children and for America's wealthy it is about finding an equally educated spouse to accessorize one's prestigious academic degrees and million-dollar-plus annual earning potential. That's why I say marriage is on neutral ground with other marital states, because when a spouse ceases to fulfill his or her raison d'être – making his or her partner a fully realized individual, the marriage can easily be dissolved.
But, on the other hand, we don't want people to enjoy the kind of love –early or ever – that points to a greater love that the Enemy tried to relate at the Cross that sometimes arises through marriage. To be frank, I don't get why anyone would ever want to contractually obligate themselves to another person for a lifetime. Even the thought of having to negotiate with another being over what to eat for dinner, share my bank account or Our Father forbid, change a Depends, makes me gag. But some humans still insist on such anti-human nature project.
Perhaps that's why we tempters fail to prevent so many happy marriages that do exist out there. We just don't get them.
But the key here is to make her angry that what she was taught was not true and to remind her of the years she will not get back. It will make her feel powerless, even if that is not actually the case. It's really annoying that so much of our work hinges on deception. It would be nice to be out of the closet, so to speak. But that tactic hasn't been a very effective recruitment tool.
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Friday, January 29, 1999 Published at 19:21 GMT
University applications down
There could be more spare places this year
The overall number of applications for entry to British universities next autumn has fallen by 1.8%.
Applications from mature students, for basic teacher training and language studies are down by about 10% - but computer-related courses are soaring in popularity.
Although most universities will consider applications after the deadline of mid-December, these figures cover the bulk of this year's applications - 326,311 in total.
About half of the fall is accounted for by a decline in overseas applications, particularly from the Far East, for economic reasons, and from the Republic of Ireland, which has just abolished tuition fees.
The introduction of fees of up to Ł1,000 ($1,650) a year in the UK could explain the sharper fall in applications to Scottish universities, where degree courses are typically one year longer.
Scottish students are exempt from paying the final year's fees - the so-called Scottish anomaly - and applications from north of the border show a much smaller decline. But it means courses there have become more expensive for many students from outside Scotland and applications from England, Wales and Northern Ireland are down significantly.
Applications from those aged under 21 were slightly up, at 260,725 compared with 259,574 last year. The big fall is in applications from mature students: down 10%. In an effort to counter this, the government has announced that part-time students at university are to be entitled to means-tested loans
The Conservative Party's Education Spokesman, Damien Green, said the UCAS figures for mature students showed a "worrying trend".
"The government claims to be concerned about widening access to education and lifelong learning, but its policies of abolishing maintenance grants and imposing tuition fees are clearly damaging both these objectives," he said.
The UCAS figures show significant increases in applications for courses in computer science (up 20.6%) and software engineering (22.3%) and also in sports science (8.9%), design studies (14%), marketing (8.2%), cinematics (22.9%), as well as combined business and administration (10.9%).
Applications to degree courses in nursing were also up a little (2.9%), as were those for geography (2.6%), maths (1.3%), economics (5.6%), music (1.5%) and drama (2.7%).
There were fewer applications to study languages (down 11.6%), medicine (6.9%), physics (10.3%) and teacher training (9.8%).
It is not possible to read too much into the raw applications data. A small variation in the total number might be caused by individual students applying to more or fewer universities, as UCAS counts applications, not individual applicants.
Each person can submit an application for up to six courses, so those who decide to apply to less than the maximum will cause a decrease in the applications total.
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World Air Traffic
This video shows all the large aircraft flights in the world, over a 24 hour period. Each aircraft is shown as a little yellow dot. The video has been speeded up, so that 24 hours takes only 2 minutes on your computer screen!
You can see that it is summer in the northern hemisphere from the sun's footprint over the planet. You can see that the sun did not quite set at the north pole, and did not rise at all at the south pole.
At the start of the video, you can see all the air traffic heading overnight from the US to Europe. Later on, as it becomes light in the US, you can see all the planes from Europe heading west towards the US.
It was originally created by the Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (ZHAW) in collaboration with the Swiss Technorama Science Centre in Winterthur, Switzerland. You can see the original here - http://radar.zhaw.ch/
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Bexar Democrats 'Denounce' Democrat Congressman
The Bexar County Democratic Party today will take a page from the Tea Party's handbook, Newsradio 1200 WOAI reports.
For years, Tea Party groups have 'denounced' Republicans for being insufficiently conservative. Today, Bexar County Democratic Party Chairman Manuel Medina will denounce U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo), one of the most popular Democratic politicians in Texas, for being insufficiently liberal.
"Our own Congressman, Henry Cuellar, is not representing our values," Medina said.
Cuellar's sin? Sponsoring Legislation that would speed the deportations of Central American immigrants who have no right to remain in the U.S.
Medina calls that 'inhumane.'
"The human thing to do is treat them with a little decency," Medina said. "If they made it this far and their parents are already here, why not let them stay?"
The Democratic Party leaders will also make another push to have San Antonio declare itself to be a 'Sanctuary City,' where officials are not allowed to inquire about the immigration status of people they encounter, and where undocumented immigrants are welcomed.
The Bexar County Democrats appear to be bucking public opinion on this issue. In a new Vox Populi poll, 62% of Americans, including a majority of Democrats and Hispanics, believe that already lax immigration policies, incluidng the President's 'Deferred Action' program, led to the current crisis, and 52% disagree with President Obama's claim that inaction by Republicans on approving immigration reform is responsible for the immigrant influx.


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Dr. Finley came to Lake Superior State University to head up the newly-established College of Business & Engineering in January 2012. He brought with him a unique blend of business and engineering from 11 years at Trine University in Angola, Ind. where he was vice president of Academic Affairs. His tenure also included serving as dean of the Allen School of Engineering and Technology and interim dean for the Ketner School of Business and Jannen School of Arts and Sciences.
One of his research interests lies in entrepreneurship which allows for the transition between engineering and business that encompasses the School of Engineering & Technology's Product Development Center (PDC) and the School of Business' entrepreneurship and marketing degrees. The College and the PDC also have ties with the Sault SmartZone which is a collaborative effort with the local and state EDC agencies. Dr. Finley is also a member of the Rotary Club of Sault Ste. Marie.
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G.A. Wright Marketing, Inc., a direct agency specializing in gaming and hospitality, releases Gaming Trends 08. The report, compiled from numerous national sources related to gaming, is a comprehensive overview of the industry and offers insight on a wide range of topics, including the industry's growth in emerging markets, racinos and the value of building a marketing database.
"This study, our second annual Trends report, covers a wide variety of critically important topics for the gaming industry," says senior vice president of marketing Jack Breslin. "As an in-depth look at these vital topics, we feel Gaming Trends '08 is a valuable resource for operators and marketers of all type of casinos throughout the country."
The 31-page report addresses a variety of issues, including, emerging markets, advances in mobile marketing, new trends in entertainment and direct marketing.
The report also summarizes the overall status of the gaming industry and how properties are responding to economic issues. "It's certainly been a year of challenges and opportunities and our report thoroughly covers how the industry is responding," adds Breslin.


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Head of retail and business banking
He said
Westpac had been ahead even since the NAB's "break-up" campaign – from mid-February to the end of April – winning $132 million of refinanced loans from NAB compared with $120 million going the other way.
"The Westpac brand is one the three banks they're breaking up with and it's not having an impact on us," Mr Coombe said.
He added that NAB's ultra-aggressive UBank offer – a refinance mortgage rate of 6.59 per cent – was not creating pressure for Westpac, with customers turned off by its limited facilities, such as the absence of an offset account.
"Frankly, we're not finding any pressure from our customers around the UBank offer. I don't think it's going to change the dynamic."
Westpac and NAB are at opposite ends of the pricing range for mortgages, with diametrically opposed strategies on how to build their profits.
Westpac offers home loans at an effective rate of 7.16 per cent, or 7.06 per cent if the customer borrows more than $500,000. NAB will lend money at 6.97 per cent provided the customer has a deposit of at least 10 per cent. People with an existing mortgage who own at least 20 per cent of the value of their house can refinance through NAB's online bank, UBank, and pay just 6.59 per cent.
Data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority shows NAB grew its share of the home loan market from 14 per cent to 15.2 per cent in the 12 months to April while Westpac's share fell slightly from 26.4 per cent to 26.2 per cent.
Mr Coombe conceded there had been a decline in the market share of Westpac Group – which includes St George, BankSA and mortgages acquired from RAMS – while NAB's had grown. But he said NAB's heavy reliance on brokers to sell its mortgages was unsustainable.
NAB retail boss
Broker-sold mortgages are less profitable because the banks have to pay commissions to the broker.
CLSA analyst Brian Johnson said splitting NAB's mortgage book into broker and branch showed market share growth in the broker channel was three times the growth achieved through branches.
"When you look at it, the really valuable stuff you originate is through the branch channel," he said.
"That's not where NAB is getting the big wins."
While NAB was picking up new loans mostly through brokers, Westpac was mostly losing broker loans, he said. As a result, Westpac's home loan book was comparatively more profitable.
But he said NAB was still able to boost its return on equity through focusing on brokers because the margins on home loans were so high.
"[NAB's strategy] is sensible but I would be more impressed if they were doing it through the branch channel," he said.
A NAB spokeswoman rejected Mr Coombe's analysis, saying the only real comparison was between NAB and Westpac's entire businesses. On that basis NAB was boosting market share while Westpac was losing.
"Our data shows that through our branch network alone we have gained more than $400 million in mortgages from Westpac than we have lost. This does not include our other brands or broker channel," the NAB spokeswoman said.
Mr Coombe said Westpac did not need to match NAB's rates to attract customers.
"It's about more than price. It's about product, brand, whether people like dealing with you," he said.
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The N.C. Agromedicine Institute has set a Jan. 7 deadline for letters of intent — built around short abstracts of less than 150 words — for inter-institutional research projects that will promote the health and safety of individuals and communities involved in farming, fishing or forestry. The N.C. Agromedicine Institute is operated jointly by East Carolina, N.C. State and A&T, and because a primarily objective for this funding is to promote inter-institutional research collaborations, proposals must have at least two of the three institutions on board for significant involvement. The preliminary projection is that two awards for $30,000 each will be granted under auspices of this initiative.
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Inclusion body hepatitis in kestrels (Falco sparverius)
Wildlife Disease Association Conference Proceedings
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- L. Sileo, J.C. Franson, D.L. Graham, C.H. Domermuth, B.A. Rattner, and O.H. Pattee
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AbstractInclusion body disease of suspected adenovirus etiology was the apparent cause of death of 9 captive kestrels (Falco sparverius). Cloacal hemorrhage was the only prominent gross lesion; disseminated hepatocellular necrosis and intranuclear inclusion bodies were evident microscopically. Attempts to reproduce the disease, and to propagate and serologically characterize the agent were unsuccessful.
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Dave Reynolds. (Phote by Bob Bumpas.)
"Some years ago," says UCAR controller Dave Reynolds, "I taught accounting and commercial law at Parks Junior College [in Denver]. I did that in the evenings and loved it. We'd have mock trials and find out where your rights really begin and end. With the introduction of Bi-Tech [the new administrative computing system] and the new cost-accounting system, my work week went to 60 hours and I had to give it up."
For Dave Reynolds, a genuine people person, the chance to return to the classroom is one of the perks of early retirement. Dave leaves on 31 July after 24 years in NCAR Budget and Planning and UCAR Finance and Administration, the last 11 of those as UCAR controller.
Dave began the transition from spreadsheet to blackboard this summer as he taught an informal introductory accounting course for staff. It wasn't too different from the instruction he envisions doing later on. "I enjoy teaching at community college, where the students tend to be older and a little more serious," says Dave. "Most of them are good students if the instructor treats them as adults and makes it worthwhile for them."
When Dave entered the college classroom as a student himself, his attention was drawn more to first downs than to debits and credits. He went from a successful high-school football career in Iowa to Central Missouri College, where he was a running back ("Can you believe that?" he grins) until he suffered knee damage. "I realized I wasn't going to be a great player and I figured I needed an honest profession, so I transferred to the University of Iowa and majored in accounting."
Dave began his career in Denver at the accounting firm of Haskins & Sells (now Deloitte & Touche). After a switch to Great Western United Corporation in 1969, Dave ended up joining former Haskins & Sells colleague Wray Freiboth at UCAR in June 1971.
"My greatest joy here has been the satisfaction of being able to provide whatever support I can," says Dave. "I think we're still blessed with great people who care for the organization, even though there's more stress these days. The people are still marvelous, but the tight budgets and the increased requests for cost accounting have made it more difficult for everyone. Because of the increased interest by Congress [in indirect costs and cost-accounting practices associated with government awards], we're all under the microscope."
Things were indeed different in the days before electronic fund transfers. For instance, there's the time in the early 1970s when the Global Atmospheric Research Program's Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE) in western Africa narrowly avoided a calamity. "We'd reserve cars and hotel rooms months in advance, but it was pretty common then for companies to say, `The money didn't arrive.' They might actually invest it for a month or two and then say, `Oh, it just got here.' One day during GATE I got a call from [project manager] Stan Ruttenberg. He said, `If the hotel doesn't get their money in 24 hours they're going to throw everybody out.'
"In the space of four hours, Wray and I called the NSF, the U.S. State Department, and the U.S. Customs Service; went to Boulder Army Surplus; got a money belt; put in a sizable amount of cash; and gave it to a courier from NCAR. He flew over to Africa, passed it over to somebody from GATE at the airport, and got back on the next plane to the States." After a deep breath, he adds, "I felt good that we kept things going."
Dave's plans for the fall are considerably less hectic. He and his wife, who is retiring from the Boulder Valley School District, are preparing to move to the Phoenix, Arizona, area, where he will investigate teaching possibilities. Before then, he plans to look at the changing aspen-something he rarely got to enjoy while working at UCAR. "I have always wanted to have time to see the state in the fall, and it's always been impossible because of year-end closing of the books." •BH
Dave`s retirement party will be on Friday, 28 July, at 3:00 p.m. in the FL cafeteria.


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Tommy is a true New Yorker with over 20 years of color and styling industry experience. As a second generation man behind the chair, this has been his passion for as long he can remember. It is no wonder Tommy Cole has had such a loyal following for so long.
Through his fashion forward styling techniques and expert use of color, Tommy is truly exceptional at applying his craft. He understands how to make a woman feel like her most beautiful, confident self. As a master barber he knows how to shape a mans hair into an effortless, yet eye catching extension of his personality.
Tommy is firm in his belief that a stylist must constantly evolve through education. Because of his expertise, he was picked to become an educator for two of the world's most prestigious brands; Aloxxi hair color based out of California and Davines products based out of Italy.
Tommy believes that the art of modern hair color and styling can seem effortless and inspiring. He will continue to show this in his clients and teach this to his students throughout his career.


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Ski racers Jon Olsson,
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Megan McJames and Chelsea Marshall,
teammates on the hill, have also teamed up off
the hill for Sister Sweet Tooth, a baking company in Park City. The treats they specialize in
range from mini margarita cupcakes to banana
bread and apple pie. Alas, the piping-hot treats
are a warm-weather deal. "We are off for the
winter to pursue our ski dreams and gather
baking ideas at the ski towns we visit all over
the world," says McJames. "But we hope to be
baking more next summer."


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Gran Sasso-South Dakota-Princeton Physics Summer School
The GranSasso National Laboratories in Italy, South Dakota Department of Education / South Dakota Governor's Office/ South Dakota Science and Technology Authority, and Princeton University in New Jersey, USA, are co-sponsors of the Gran Sasso-South Dakota-Princeton Physics Summer School.
This summer outreach program stems initially in 2004 from the scientific collaboration between the physics department at Princeton and the Laboratorio Nazionale del GranSasso (LNGS) in Italy, where Princeton scientists conduct research on neutrinos and dark matter. The outreach vision and efforts for the South Dakota students fits well with the mission of the state-of -the-art Sanford Science and Education Complex in South Dakota, planned for construction on the campus of the Homestake Mine in South Dakota to be used to teach students from all over the world about science and engineering.
The Gran Sasso-South Dakota-Princeton program is open to students enrolled in the fourth and fifth year of high schools located in the Abruzzo Region of Italy specifically, selected on a competitive basis giving preference to fourth year students, and to South Dakota students, recipients of the Davis-Bahcall Scholarships, provided by 3M, which cover tuition, room and board, and travel for the summer-study program.
The activities for the Gran Sasso students in Princeton includes English language courses, physics courses in the fields of physics and astrophysics that the Gran Sasso Laboratories are involved with and laboratory activities, to be taught in Italian by representative scientists from LNGS and University of L'Aquila. The South Dakota students attend physics classes in English to be taught by faculty members of the Princeton University Physics Department.
Both groups live together in a campus dormitory, joining in social outings and activities while in Princeton.


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March 12, 2006
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Jeff Horner scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half and added 10 assists as No. 20 Iowa beat No. 7 Ohio State 67-60 Sunday in the Big Ten tournament championship game.
Adam Haluska added 15 points and eight rebounds for the Hawkeyes (25-8), who won their first conference tournament since 2001.
Jamar Butler had 19 points and J.J. Sullinger added 15 for the top-seeded Buckeyes (25-5), who fell short in their quest to win both the regular season and tournament titles.
Iowa extended its winning streak to five games and ended Ohio State's winning streak at seven.
Ohio State's Terence Dials, the conference player of the year, had 10 points and nine rebounds despite playing only 22 minutes because of foul trouble.
Dials went out with his fourth foul with 5:24 left and Ohio State leading 57-55. The Buckeyes led the entire second half until Greg Brunner scored after rebounding two of his misses to tie the game at 57. The Hawkeyes took the lead on a layup by Horner, then Alex Thompson hit a 3-pointer with 2:56 left to give Iowa a 62-57 lead.
Horner scored on a short jumper with 2:02 left to give Iowa a 64-57 lead. Ohio State scored only one more basket, a three-point play by Dials.
Dials picked up his second foul with 12:17 left in the first half and Ohio State leading 14-12. Two 3-pointers by Je'Kel Foster helped the Buckeyes extend their lead to 22-15. Iowa responded with a 10-5 run that included seven points by Brunner.
Butler scored six points in a 7-0 run that gave the Buckeyes a 34-25 lead and forced an Iowa timeout. Iowa bounced back with a 6-0 run to cut its deficit to 34-31 with 2:13 left in the half.
Horner, who averaged 20 points in his first two tournament games, didn't score until he hit a runner with 4 seconds left in the first half that cut Ohio State's lead to 37-34.
The Buckeyes made four 3-pointers in the first half, allowing coach Thad Matta to keep Dials on the bench until the start of the second half. Dials played only eight minutes in the first half.
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|Overview - Ecclesiastes 3
|By the necessary change of times, vanity is added to human travail.
|There is an excellency in God's works.
|But as for man, God shall judge his works hereafter, though here he be like a beast.
Ecclesiastes 3:12 (King James Version)
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.


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