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The first of the post 21 March 2006 interest in possession and discretionary trusts (known collectively as relevant property trusts) are less than 6 months away from their first 10 year review. What should you consider when looking at this significant advice opportunity with your trust clients?
The UK Finance Act 2006 saw radical changes to the inheritance tax (IHT) treatment of interest in possession trusts created on or after 21 March 2006 and led to many insurers moving their default flexible trusts from power of appointment trusts to discretionary trusts. The first 10 year review for these trusts is less than 6 months away now.
This offers a significant advice opportunity as the trustees will need to calculate any periodic charges that may apply and understand the future impacts for distributions to beneficiaries if a periodic charge is due.
So, what should you consider when meeting with your affected trustee clients?
Once you have the answers to the above questions (and the list above is not exhaustive), you can then consider whether there is a real likelihood that IHT will become payable by the trustees and what options are available to them.
It is the trustees responsibility (in conjunction with their tax adviser), to calculate, report and pay any periodic charge for the trust.
Our article 'Discretionary Trust Taxation' provides an illustrated explanation of how to calculate periodic charges, but I provide a brief summary below:
- the value of the trust fund the day before the ten year review, PLUS
- the 'historic value of any related settlements (other discretionary trusts created on the same day by the same settlor), PLUS
- Value of any addition made to another trust created by the same settlor on the same day as an addition to this trust (same day addition), PLUS
- any previous chargeable transfers in the seven years prior to creating the trust, PLUS
- any distributions that gave rise to an exit charge in the past ten years,
- LESS the current NRB at the time of the review.
Excess = £100,000
£100,000 x 20% = £20,000
£20,000 x 30% = £6,000
If the settlor has trusts created on the same day, then these are likely to be related settlements, therefore only one nil-rate band will be available to calculate the periodic charge based on the combined values of the trusts. This also applies where additions have been made to unrelated settlements on the same day. The additions have the effect of making these settlements related.
To help with the process we have made a 'Discretionary Trust Tax calculator' available. This will prompt you to enter the above data items and calculates the tax charge payable for you.
- If the settlor is alive and UK resident at that time and the amount exceeds the 5% tax deferred withdrawal allowance, then the settlor will be assessed and liable to pay income tax on the chargeable gain at their highest rate of income tax.
- If the settlor is not UK resident, but it is a UK resident trust then the trustees will be liable to pay the income tax at 45% (currently) for any gain in excess of the first £1,000 (which is currently payable at 20%).
- If the settlor is not UK resident, and it is not a UK resident trust, then no UK income tax will be payable, but there may be local taxes payable by the trustees.
- Timing of the encashment may therefore be crucial to maximise income tax allowances.
- If a periodic charge is payable, the Trustees will need to complete an IHT100D form to HM Revenue and Customs and pay the inheritance tax due.
Discretionary trusts written as discounted gift schemes offer the settlor(s) a right to fixed withdrawals throughout their lifetime. As part of the gift is retained the value attached to the gift is discounted by the market value of the right to receive income i.e. what someone might pay for that income stream on the open market. For example:
Gift of £500,000 with income of 5% of the initial premium (£25,000 per annum) might be discounted by £280,000 leaving a discounted gift of £220,000. This would bring the gift under the Nil Rate Band (assuming no other gifts) and avoid an entry charge.
At the 10th (and 20th/30th etc.) anniversary the relevant property within such an arrangement must be valued to establish whether there is a charge to IHT. This is explained within HMRC guidance - Brief 22 Discounted Gift Schemes. The guidance confirms that the value associated to the income stream retained by the settlor(s) must be revalued when a periodic charge calculation is due.
To establish the revised value associated with the right to withdrawals an actuarial calculation is required using the age at commencement (including any additional years for poor health) plus 10 years (or 20/30 etc.). As this calculation is complex trustees should look for guidance from the insurer who issued the scheme and calculated the 'discount' value at commencement.
Once the revised value of the income has been established the calculation described in the previous section can be performed using the trust fund value minus the value associated to the income, the 'discount'.
This is a great opportunity to meet with your clients to ensure they understand their responsibilities in respect of the ten year review and help support them through the upcoming reviews.
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Being the big Florida State Seminoles fan that he is, you would think that Danny Diaz de Villegas wouldn't be all that interested in watching this year's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
But despite the absence of his beloved 'Noles, Diaz de Villegas is one happy man as the winner of the 2013 Local 10 Bracket Challenge and a brand new iPad.
Using the name "nolemandan," Diaz de Villegas beat out 838 other entries and claimed this year's title. Heading into Monday championship game between Louisville and Michigan, Danny was only tied for the lead. It wasn't until after the Cardinals had won that the first tiebreaker was used to declare Diaz de Villegas the winner.
Having picked Louisville as the tournament's overall winner, Danny ended the contest with 85 points. Diaz de Villegas also had Michigan making the Final Four, but failed to have the Wolverines in the championship game.
Among the 20 entries turned in by Local 10 staff members, Sports Director Will Manso finished with the top score, ranking 19th overall followed by Victor Oquendo (59th), Bob Norman (72nd), Glenna Milberg (87th) and Laurie Jennings (88th).
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The first steps to take when a person is in contact with an electrical source are:
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- Unplug the appliance or turn off the main power switch.
- Try to remove the person
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- Standing on a dry surface, such as a rubber doormat or a pile of papers or books. Make sure you are not standing in or near water.
- Using a dry wooden object, such as a broom handle, to push the person away from the electrical source. Do not use anything wet or made of metal.
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I want to make a peg leg for a kitten
I found a kitten at my in the parking lot at my job and one of her front paws doesn't work. She can use her shoulder but her wrist is like a cooked noodle. I took her to the vet and he said he wrist didn't form correctly and that it's permanent. He said it doesn't hurt her and to just leave it alone.She gets around ok and somewhat uses the bad leg but when i bandaged it up( straws and gauze) she seemed to get around better. But the bandaged leg slips on the tiles so I was thinking I'd like to fashion up a little prosthetic "foot" for her. Maybe something that can strap on just above where it goes all floppy with a slip proof tip on it. It would need to fit around/over/beside her paw. Maybe a removable cast that her leg fits into...I don't know. I don't want to spend alot of money because she may not want to use it but i figured it was worth a try. I added some pictures so you can see her paw, might help with design concepts. Any suggestions?
My cat Tripp lost his hind foot at a week old, he has adapted very well.
He runs, jumps and climbs as well as his brother Max, if you seen him play
You would never know his foot is missing.
my suggestion is this, don't do it it could cause serious injury to the kitten and would make it harder for to to walk
the poor thing was probably kicked out because of that wrist...
good luck to your little kitten
As far as the attempted construction, I did order Sugru but I don't seem to have much talent with it, lol. She got around fine without anything, though, so what can you do.
But, the good news is, the kitten went to a nice family home that has a dog with a similar leg ailment. She and the dog are best of friends and she is happy with her new family.
So,all ended well, though it would have been really cool to see her use the peg leg. And sport an eye patch.
Second, cats have this thing about pulling off anything that is attached to them so it will need to be chew proof.
That being said I want to commend you for taking in a orphan. Probably some one else dumped it because they didn't want the hassle of dealing with a defective animal, like we are not all defective in some way ourselves.
There was a cat around here for a while that had gotten injured and his paw was curled under much the same way. He had learned to walk on it sideways as best he could. The problem is that when he used it in the wrong direction of the joint it just rolled rather than giving resistance. The side of his paw was rubbed bare and had developed a callus from where he dragged it. So anything that could stiffen up the joints would probably help, that way it would lie flat and offer some support rather than just curling under. If the kitten gets used to it now as a kitten it might just accept it later on and work with it.
Last fall one of my cats turned up with what looked like a bite on the upper front leg. It hurt her for a while and was pretty swollen. As she started to recover from it she found a way to walk easier that I was amazed by. On the bare floor whee there was no rug she would flip her foot forward and put it out straight and then just scoot it along without picking it up. It was pretty efficient and she got pretty good speed out of it. She did that for about 2 weeks before the swelling went down. So they can be inventive in dealing with problems. With a little help who knows, yours might turn out just fine.
She did the scoot thing with her paw when I bandaged it up. She seem to think it was something to chase, lol.
She does get around fine, I guess I just feel bad that she can't use her paw. I did some online research and it seems cats do not think much of prostheses. It slows them down and gets in the way.
Although I'm still tempted to try it, I won't carry alot of hope that she'll accept it.
Which is a bit of a shame, because the she would look like a pirate kitten,lol. I could tell visitors a crazy tale about how she lost her leg at sea. :)
Yeah, burying will be a bit more difficult. If she doesn't find a good solution, you might want to be extra scrupulous about cleaning the box. (BTW, I've been quite pleased with the Omega Paw semi-self-cleaning litterbox. Nothing fancy, just a clever arrangement of screen and scoop.)
I'll second the thanks others have voiced for your giving her a home. (I think my own two would agree, but they're busy with their early-mid-afternoon nap right now.)
What I did was get a wooden tongue depressor (the the doctors have) and steamed it till it was bendable.
I bent it till is was about the shape the kittens ankle to paw would be while standing. I then strapped it to the kittens lower leg with a small velcro strap. (mine came from our tv cables).
It worked pretty good. for the week we had it. It was later adopted.
Quadrapeds usually learn to manage well enough on three legs, "tripod" being a not-uncommon name for such pets.
There you go then, thanks.
and visit their site http://www.orthopets.com/ - search Google (or whatever) for dog orthopedic braces etc.
I am a genius!!!
The one foot was badly mangled, but she got around on it almost as if she had four good working paws. They sometimes do better if we don't mess with them.
wooo polymers
exactly !
Animals don't stress over what doesn't work. They just focus on leaning how to work with what they've got.


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The Anoka-Ramsey Community College's Cambridge Campus Foundation recently elected four new members to their board of directors: Christine Miller, Juanita Peterson, Naomi Plemon and Mark Ziebarth.
Christine Miller, a Cambridge resident, is an active member of the community serving on the Cambridge Medical Center Foundation and also the Cambridge Medical Center Boards. Miller also serves on the Minnesota Reach out and Read Board. She holds a bachelor of science in Elementary Education degree Minnesota State University – Moorhead and a master's degree in Organizational Leadership from Bethel University. She is married to Stephen and the couple has two children: Jon and Matt.
"I have dedicated most of my life to education, birth through adult education," says Miller. "I welcome the opportunity to continue my commitment and dedication to the importance of education on the Cambridge Campus Foundation board."
Juanita Peterson, a Cambridge resident, is returning to the foundation board, where she has held every position, having served numerous terms since 1992. She worked at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital for 36 years as an anesthetist. She is retired and lives in Cambridge with her husband Chuck.
Naomi Plemon, a Cambridge resident, is a speech language pathologist in practice at Therapy Associates in Isanti. She is a graduate of Northern State University with a bachelor of science in Communication Disorders degree and a master of science in Communication Disorders degree from University of Wisconsin – River Falls. She is a member of the Isanti Chamber of Commerce and the American Speech Language Association. She lives in Cambridge with her husband Jim and two sons, John and Matt and daughter Francie.
"I recognize and acknowledge the value that a college education has had on my own life and I am now in a position where I can help prospective students achieve their own individual educational goals," says Plemon.
Mark Ziebarth, a Cambridge resident, is an elementary school principal in the Cambridge Isanti School District. Ziebarth is a graduate of Minnesota State University–Moorhead and St. Cloud State. He is a member of the Minnesota Elementary School Principals Association and is the Chair of the Church Council at Cambridge United Methodist Church. He lives in Cambridge with his wife Cathy and three children, Mathew, Michelle and Mitchell.
"Education is the key to the future growth and prosperity of our region, and the college's Cambridge Campus plays a major role in that future growth and prosperity," says Ziebarth.
Leaving the board is former foundation board chair Roger Anderson, who has served on the foundation board since 2006. Also leaving the board are vice-chair Brad Larson of Lake State Federal Credit Union and John Carlson of Stanchfield.
Greg Carlson was elected foundation board chair. Other elected officers were Seth Zeltinger, vice chair; Laurie Sykes, secretary; and Clyde Bloyer, treasurer.
To learn more about the Anoka-Ramsey Community College Cambridge Campus Foundation, please contact the foundation's Executive Director Marc Johnson at 763-422-6112 or [email protected]


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The Extreme Primary
Actually, the public running the other way from their choices on Aug. 14 is a very positive sign. As the Republican Party moves further to the extreme right edge of a very flat Earth, its primaries have become awfully embarrassing.
In Wisconsin, the best known candidate, Tommy Thompson, governor for 14 years until 2001, has the same absurd problem as Mitt Romney, only more so.
Now that Republicans officially oppose government doing anything—"That's socialism!"—any Republican candidate who previously held office has to apologize to anti-government crazies for ever accomplishing anything.
That's why Romney can't run on his only major public achievement—the popular health care reform he passed as governor of Massachusetts mandating everyone to buy health insurance, providing subsidies for the poor and preventing insurance companies from refusing to cover people who get sick or have pre-existing conditions.
That pretty much removes everything Romney ever did to benefit anyone other than himself in a life devoted to amassing a quarter of a billion dollars and who knows how much more hidden in Switzerland and the Cayman Islands.
Thompson's Record Repels Conservatives
Thompson has an even bigger problem under the new Republican rules. Even his enemies acknowledge he was an extremely effective governor.
That means Thompson accomplished far more than Romney ever did. And almost all of it is now anathema to Republican extremists.
In 1993, Thompson committed the state to providing two-thirds of the funding for Wisconsin's public schools, a guarantee demolished by the largest cut to education in state history by Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
As chairman of the Amtrak board, Thompson was such an enthusiastic supporter of high-speed rail that one of the first trains was actually named after him. He made Wisconsin a central piece of the high-speed rail system for the upper Midwest to create jobs and expand businesses here.
Walker ran against high-speed rail and foolishly turned down nearly a billion dollars in federal funds, sending those jobs and business expansions to other states.
As President George Bush's Health and Human Services secretary, Thompson protected the University of Wisconsin-Madison's pioneering stem cell research from policies halting new research elsewhere because of nonsensical objections from anti-abortion extremists.
Anti-Government Candidates
It's sad to watch Thompson deny so many of his own positive achievements and even his early support for health care reform to pander to the mean-spirited extremists who now control his party.
Worse than Thompson having to lie about ever doing anything worthwhile in government are all of his opponents who are probably telling the truth when they promise never to support any government program that benefits the public.
Thompson's most dangerous opponent may be the one voters know least about. Most Wisconsinites had never heard of Eric Hovde before he announced his candidacy to be their senator.
Only because of a legally required, but ridiculously unclear financial disclosure statement do we now know Hovde has somewhere between $58 million and $240 million. How's that for a murky response?
Qualifications schmalifications. Hovde's only qualification is the same one that elected another right-wing Republican millionaire no one really knew anything about, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson.
(Buyer beware: Johnson recently said publicly he opposed the government requiring insurance companies to cover cancer patients.)
Like Johnson, Hovde has enough money to run TV commercials morning, noon and night misleading voters into thinking he's somebody important because he's on television.
Mark Neumann is another Republican millionaire with so much money he believes he deserves to be elected to something, anything. That's why he keeps running again and again and again.
Neumann is such a nasty campaigner he should be warmly embraced by today's Republican Party. But Neumann made the fatal mistake of aiming his nastiness against Walker in the 2010 gubernatorial primary. Game over.
The fourth candidate, Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, has the excess baggage of all the unethical and illegal tactics of the Republican Legislature under Walker without any of the governor's fake boyish charm to cover up how foul it all was.
Golly, why wouldn't the public be enthralled about voting for such a line-up of candidates? Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, the Democratic Senate candidate, sure likes the field.
Republicans are already grasping at straws. Neumann's spokesman recently said: "It's good for us because conservatives are the ones who are mostly likely to come out and vote in August."
Why would that be exactly? Light-headed from the heat?
Republicans usually don't take my advice, but here it is in all sincerity: The Republican Party isn't going to get any better candidates until it starts honestly trying to attract some better voters.


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The shootings in a Colorado movie theater aren't stopping moviegoers in the Magnolia State.
"You can't worry about one crazy guy," said Ian Williams of Jackson.
Williams was in line Friday morning at a theater in Pearl getting a ticket for the same Batman movie that was showing at the time of the shootings. Williams says the actions of one person, although inconceivable, shouldn't scare people away.
"I don't know what you could do to stop something like that," said Williams. "You just got to keep your head around you."
"Vigilance is always the best," said Mississippi's Director of Homeland Security, J. W. Ledbetter.
Ledbetter says folks should always trust their gut when they feel something isn't right, because what happened in Colorado could happen anywhere.
"One of the biggest problems our country faces right now and this is anywhere in the country is the lone wolf active shooter type situation," said Ledbetter.
Law enforcement agencies across the state are on high alert as the state's intelligence center examines the shootings in Colorado for links to Mississippi. So far, Ledbetter says there are no connections. Even so, Ledbetter expects increased security measures in and around movie theaters for the time being.
"Right now I'm sure everybody is tense about this. I'm sure there will be added security now. You'll see more police in the parking lots, you'll see more patrols out there and you may see police walking inside the theaters right now," said Ledbetter.
While Ledbetter feels a copycat is unlikely, Mississippi has seen it's share of shooting tragedies in the past. In 1996 a disgruntled firefighter in Jackson walked into the downtown station and opened fire, killing four people. The following year the same scene was at Pearl High School when a student opened fire, killing two classmates.
It's those sudden acts of violence which Ledbetter says law enforcement agencies are trained for and ready to respond to, so movie fans like Ian Williams can enjoy the show.
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Saturday, October 21, 2017 from 6:30 AM to 6:15 PM (EDT)
Ignite your passion for making inspiring photos! The farm offers a wide variety of spectacular subjects to create equally spectacular photos. Marshall Webb and Sebastian Ventrone will guide you throughout the day both technically and creatively, so that you can get the most out of your camera. We will start at 6:30am to capture the dawn and end around 6:15pm after sunset.
Marshall started helping his father with 'chores' at Shelburne Farms at the age of 3. By the age of 8 he was driving tractors and jeeps in support of the summer hay harvest. He attended Wesleyan University and earned a BA in French from UVM in 1972. That same year, he and his siblings started the nonprofit educational organization that now owns and operates the Farm. Over the years, he has held many positions here, from field hand, to milker, to assistant cheesemaker, and Special Projects Coordinator. He has served on the boards of several local non-profits. His wife, Kate, is one of the Shelburne representatives in the State legislature, and they have 4 daughters. Marshall's favorite hobby is photography (especially of the farm!), and his favorite sports are snow and water skiing.
Sebastian Ventrone
Sebastian Ventrone has been a photographer for 40 years, starting his journey with a Nikon FM with guidance from his father (also a part time professional photographer). For the last 12 years, Sebastian has shifted over to the digital realm, loving the control and feedback of the modern SLRs. Sebastian's passion is landscape, macros, and the endless subjects of our natural and manmade world. Sebastian enjoys passing his knowledge to other photographers and sharing in their photography journey.
Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit organization educating for a sustainable future. Our campus is a 1,400-acre working farm, forest, and National Historic Landmark.
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Does anyone know what the writing says on these amulets? http://i.imgur.com/xG7xl.jpg
Also, any info about the symbols and shapes on the back would be great. Anybody know of a good resource for learning about things like this? I haven't been able to find anything useful by myself.
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Reds draft All-Pac 12 pitcher Strahan
On the second day of the 2014 First-Year Player Draft, the Reds certainly demonstrated a pattern. Of their eight picks from Rounds 3 through 10, they took only pitchers and infielders.
"The righties are all hard throwers. The infielders fit in with what we always try to do. These are guys that play multiple positions and do a lot of things," Reds senior director of amateur scouting Chris Buckley said.
All five of the pitchers taken on Friday were from the collegiate ranks. Among them was a right-hander in third-round selection Wyatt Strahan from USC.
Strahan, 21, is listed at 6-foot-3 and 205 pounds and has been a starting pitcher for the Trojans the past two seasons after being a freshman reliever.
"He's a big guy and a hard thrower," Buckley said. "He pitched in a great conference. If we miss and he can't start, we certainly think he can pitch late in the ballgame."
The Reds love their power pitchers and Strahan, who had done his research about the organization, was equally thrilled about being picked by Cincinnati.
"I can't even say how excited I was," Strahan said. "I just know from hearing different stories, from a quality guy like Michael Lorenzen, they're pretty good at progressing their pitchers and developing their pitchers. I'm pretty excited to play for the organization."
Lorenzen, another power pitcher, was the 38th overall pick of the Reds last season out of Cal-State Fullerton, and is currently at Double-A Pensacola as the No. 4 prospect in the organization, according to MLB.com. There is another righty that Strahan is particularly fond of, this one in the big leagues.
"I love watching power pitchers, guys like Homer Bailey of the Reds," Strahan said. "The way those types of guys pitch instead of just throws is fascinating to me."
In 16 games, including 15 starts this season, Strahan was 6-5 with a 3.28 ERA. In 104 1/3 innings, he allowed 91 hits and 41 walks while striking out 89. In one outing vs. Utah, he struck out a career-high 13 batters.
Learning how to deal with adversity was the biggest takeaway for Strahan from his final season with the Trojans.
"There were times during the season where it wasn't going my way," he said. "It was more of how you react more than anything. That was the biggest thing I learned. In my last start of the season in the first inning, I gave up two runs solely because of putting guys on base. After that, I went six scoreless. I said 'that's as much as they're going to get today' and I ended up having a decent start."
According to the MLB.com scouting report, Strahan added velocity that has him touching the mid-90s with his fastball. This year, he earned All-Pac 12 conference honors.
Strahan is the first USC player to be picked by the Reds since pitcher Brad Boxberger was taken in the 2009 supplemental first round. Boxberger has since been traded to the Padres.
The Draft concludes Saturday, with exclusive coverage of Rounds 11-40 beginning on MLB.com at 1 p.m. ET.
Mark Sheldon is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Mark My Word, and follow him on Twitter @m_sheldon. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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SAN JOSE — San Jose State offensive lineman David Quessenberry has accepted an invitation to participate in the Senior Bowl.
Quessenberry is the first San Jose State offensive lineman to play in the Senior Bowl. He will join teammate Ryan Otten, a tight end, to mark the first time since 1974 that the Spartans have sent two players to the Senior Bowl.
The three-year starter at left tackle began his San Jose State career as a walk-on and was one of three finalists for this year's Burlsworth Trophy, which honors the nation's top player who began their career as a non-scholarship player.
The Senior Bowl, considered the top postseason all-star game and a showcase for potential future NFL players, is Jan. 26 in Mobile, Ala.
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Shannon is always whipping us into shape here at Vermont Woods Studios Fine Furniture. In the few months she's been here, she's made several suggestions to help us get greener. For example… do you use paper towels or hand dryers in your restroom? Neither is all that green…so Shannon got Ken to go out and purchase cotton hand towels for each person in the office (color coded, of course). She even has Douglas buying organic half and half for his coffee… who knew?
And now we have organic, shade-grown, bird-friendly coffee in our break room. I had written in January about the importance of buying shade-grown, bird-friendly coffee (we learned this from our friend Roz Renfrew over at the Vermont Center for EcoStudies). Unfortunately we've gotten spolied with our K-cup coffee brewer though and I was feeling bad that I couldn't find K-cups with bird friendly coffee. But Shannon came through as usual and found a company called San Francisco Bay Coffee, whose:
100% Arabica coffee is shade-grown on high altitude farms over 3000 feet elevation. These farms employ a bio-diverse natural cover of shade trees to develop the beans slowly – and give them more character and depth compared to full-sun, "monoculture" coffee farms. This shade grown farming also provides habitat to animals and birds and helps restore the ecosystems including local water supplies. We are committed to organic farming as well, and we've perfected innovative techniques to turn coffee pulp waste into organic fertilizer using vermiculture (worm composting)! We're spreading that technology to organic farms (and even non-organic ones) throughout the world.
I'm happy to report that the coffee tastes great! I did take a picture of Shannon drinking a cup but she deleted it and sent this one over instead. Everyone around here is so camera shy.
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The rating of golf courses is subjective. Some players like old-style parkland courses, some like the links format, others only get excited over target golf. The debate over modern versus traditional designs can go on forever. There are very few perfect golf courses, although we all know the ones that get touted as such by name: Pine Valley, Augusta, Shinnecock, Cypress Point, Pebble Beach, Winged Foot, Seminole and places like Pinehurst No. 2 are just a few of the great ones.
I've been lucky enough to play a lot of great courses in the United States. My playing partners in Casa de Campo last week have been even luckier, playing not only great courses in America but around the world. About the only major resort they haven't played is Bandon Dunes. And, in their mind the combination of Dye Fore and Teeth of the Dog (rated the 34th best course in the world by Golf Magazine) represents two of the best adjacent courses that they have played.
Dye Fore was completed in 2003, and the setting alone is spectacular, flowing down and then back to the Tuscan style hilltop village called Altos de Chavón; The front nine has numerous vistas of the Caribbean Sea to the south of Casa de Campo, and on the back nine, you can peer down 300 feet into the gorge where the Rio Chavón runs.
The front nine begins with a magnificent par 5 slight dogleg left that ends in a sharply elevated green, one of the common defenses of the greens on this Pete Dye design. The next stunning hole is number 4, a long downhill, dogleg left par 4 (495 yards from the gold tees) with a sharp drop into a gully on the left, that reminded one of my partners of the 18th at Kapalua. The second par 5 on the front nine feels like you play up a small gulley with mounds and houses on both sides, and the green is tucked away behind a hill. The back nine presents an entirely different character, an almost pure links feel across a windswept series of bluffs that overlook the river below. Both par 5s, 10 and 18 are challenging with the latter playing downhill for the latter 200 yards, with the green sitting 50 feet above the low point of the fairway at 100 yards. But the truly spectacular holes here are the two par 3s, one 220 from the blue tees, and 235 from the tips, and the other at 190 and 210. By the way, if you're a masochist or simply a scratch golfer, the black tees run out to 7700 yards and bring the rating up to 77/134 slope.
Teeth of the Dog is considered one of Pete Dye's masterpieces, opened in 1971 when Casa de Campo was owned by the Gulf and Western corporation. The course begins benignly, the first four holes playing away from the clubhouse and hotel—two short par 4s, a par 5 made difficult by a small, elevated green and another short par 4. Then, the course announces itself. The fifth par 3 plays 157 yards from the blue tees, but the postage stamp green juts out into the sea; which ever way the wind blows, it's a fight to hit it. Holes 6, 7, and 8 play alongside the sea, two par 4s and another par 3 with a long carry over water; mercifully it does have a small hill that serves as a backstop behind the green. The back nine begins tamely also, but the final two inland holes, the par 3 13, an island style design surrounded by a waste bunker, and the par 5 14, which requires a 200-yard plus carry over water if you're brave enough to go for it in two, are excellent golf holes. Then, it's back to the sea. The two par 3s on the water always require target line adjustments based on the wind, and the fairway and green on the par 4 are bordered on the right by steep drop-offs down to the rocks, the waves and the sea. In short, the seven ocean holes give the course its name, not only for the tooth like promontories that jut into the sea, but for how quickly it can bite you. From the back tees, it now can play more than 7000 yards with a rating of 75.9/145 slope…ouch.
There is a fifth course on the way too. Gilles Gagnon, the director of golf at Casa de Campo, said the final details hadn't been determined yet, but there will be a new nine up top next to Dye Fore, that mostly likely will linked with the back nine for a new 18-hole track. The other 18 will most likely combine the front nine at Dye Fore with a nine-hole addition to the private La Romana Country Club, which was completed last year. The new tracks should be playable by late in 2010, or early 2011.
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joe acosta acosta galena pk , texas, usa, June 1, 2012 3:04pm ET
The one and only Pebble Beach in the world is in cuba.There is no other land like it as americans we use to visit quite often due to its beauty and wonderfull people,there will never be another Perla De las Antillas,not now not ever,if we ever get rid of the pest we might be able to return someday and enjoy life to the maximum as we use to back then.
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tsurezuregusa wrote:Thanks Reflection,
mikenz66 wrote:Like Reflection, I have no direct experience with Ajahn Chah, but I would agree with the above assessment, that Ajahn Chah taught a variety of things to different students. I've heard that related many times by a number of his Western students, including Ajahn Brahm and Ajahn Tiradhammo.
A Western monk at WatBa Pong became frustrated by the difficulties of practice and the detailed and seemingly arbitrary rules of conduct the monks had to follow. He began to criticize other monks for sloppy practice and to doubt the wisdom of Achaan Chah's teaching. At one point, he went to Achaan Chah and complained, noting that even Achaan Chah himself was inconsistent and seemed often to contradict him self in an unenlightened way.
Achaan Chah just laughed and pointed out how much the monk was suffering by trying to judge others around him. Then he explained that his way of teaching is very simple: "It is as though I see people walking down a road I know well. To them the way may be unclear. I look up and see someone about to fall into a ditch on the right-hand side of the road, so I call out to him, 'Go left, go left' Similarly, if I see another person about to fall into a ditch on the left, I call out, 'Go right, go right!' That is the extent of my teaching. Whatever extreme you get caught in, whatever you get attached to, I say, 'Let go of that too.' Let go on the left, let go on the right. Come back to the center, and you will arrive at the true Dharma. "
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reflection wrote:All I can trust upon is written translations of some of his talks. Of course there were a lot of teachings he gave to individual students, but were never recorded. Teachers say different things to groups of lay people than to an individual, for example.
Mr Man wrote:Ajahn Brahm's interest in samatha meditation predates his time with Ajahn Chah.
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Square Enix Recruits FemShep and Tali...
Following their debut at San Diego Comic-Con (read our story HERE), Square Enix provides new photos of their second assortment of Mass Effect 3 Play Arts Kai action figures. Slated for release this December, Series 2 includes Female Commander Shepard (pictured above) packing a Valiant-N7 Sniper Rifle, N7 Hurricane SMG and Omni Blade and Tali Zora (below) armed with M26 Scimitar Shotgun and M-5 Phalanx Pistol.
After finally getting around to completing Mass Effect 3 I have to say I'm now pretty excited about these figures. Well, Series 1 and FemShep at least... Tali passed away during my suicide mission in ME2, so my connection to her is limited (never liked her anyways).
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FLASH SPECIAL: Unforgettable Oscars Performances
Today we are shifting our focus from the stages of Broadway and beyond to the stages of the previous 84 Academy Awards telecasts that have transpired to date, in anticipation of Sunday night's big, big, big show - Hollywood's hugest night. After all, this year's Academy Awards is of particular interest and excitement to theatre fans around the globe, especially because super-producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are behind it - the men responsible for the hit stage-to-screen adaptations of CHICAGO and HAIRSPRAY, as well as the small-screen successes GYPSY, LIFE WITH JUDY GARLAND: ME & MY SHADOWS, ANNIE, and, most recently, NBC's musical series SMASH, to name but a few of their many marvelous musical-friendly credits. They told me themselves earlier this week that this year's telecast would be the most music-packed Academy Awards show to date, and, just judging from the announced tributes, performers and presenters thus far it is clear to see that they were not kidding - reunions of the casts of the film versions of CHICAGO and LES MISERABLES live onstage, singing their films' most famous songs to Jennifer Hudson leading a DREAMGIRLS homage all the way to a James Bond 50th anniversary celebration featuring Adele and Shirley Bassey on some famous Bond themes, as well as EGOT (more on that later) recipient Barbra Streisand herself singing "The Way We Were" in memory of friend and collaborator, three-time Oscar-winner Marvin Hamlisch.
Plus, host Seth MacFarlane - an all-around affable personality well-known for his affection for and adeptness at musical comedy performing - shall be lending dulcet tones to a few tunes, too, including a highly-touted post-Best Picture grand finale duet with Broadway baby Kristin Chenoweth.
2012 was an especially kind year to theatre fans thanks to the worldwide smash hit status of a full-fledged movie musical like LES MISERABLES - lest we forget we also had some other movie musicals like ROCK OF AGES and THE SAPPHIRES fill our screens, as well - so we certainly have a horse to root for in this race for the only time besides 2002 and 2008, when CHICAGO and SWEENEY TODD competed for prizes previously (though only CHICAGO has scored a Best Picture nomination out of all the movie musicals this century so far; and, it won).
Yes, the 2013 Oscars will be all about the music, the stars and the glamour, so today let's take a look back at some of the most marvelous, magical and momentous Academy Awards opening numbers and performances of all time - the triumphs, the thrills, the divas, the disasters, the comedians and everything else - while we anticipate tomorrow's awards ceremony to beat the band on any coast, whether on Broadway, in Hollywood or anywhere else, for that matter.
The 85th Annual Academy Awards airs Sunday, February 24, at 7 PM on ABC.
Also, don't miss my extensive InDepth InterView with 2013 Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, available here.
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Snow White and Rob Lowe to Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway; James Franco and Anne Hathaway (again) to Beyonce, Liza, Diana (Ross), Angela (Lansbury) and Barbra; Bob Hope to Johnny Carson to Whoopi Goldberg to, now, Seth MacFarlane - the heavenly highs and hellish lows showcased on Oscar telecasts over the last several decades, which have had more than their fair share of fine musical fare and fiery bombs, but, no matter what, the Academy Awards are always exciting - sometimes much more. And, they are always the ideal place to witness Hollywood's best on their utmost behavior, no matter what the quality of the show being seen onstage may be. In recent years, we have seen Hugh Jackman soar and James Franco flounder, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin zing and sting with aplomb and Billy Crystal remind us why we love him, while also getting a glimpse of the hosting skills of some celebrated comedians who more or less effortlessly carried the night (Johnny Carson and Bob Hope would be proud of their legacy living on through Chris Rock, Ellen Degeneres, Jon Stewart and some of the very finest among the recent comedian hosts, no doubt). Seth MacFarlane has proven he can do it all in the past - look no further than his voice work on FAMILY GUY and his solo album MUSIC IS BETTER THAN WORDS; to say nothing of his marvelous work at the BBC Proms in the last couple of years - but hosting the Academy Awards is one of the toughest and most thankless jobs in all of show business. Never the less, all eyes will be on the controversial performer Sunday night to not only see if he will push the envelope and warrant the intercession of the almighty censors, but also if he can carry it all off with his trademark cool brow intact. Given his resounding success performing somewhat similar duties on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE in the past, we can certainly hold onto a whole lot of hope for MacFarlane.
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Now, let's turn back the clock and view some of Oscar's proudest and most "Proud Mary"-esque moments to date over the course of his 85 years.
First up, LES MISERABLES stars Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway create a dazzling memory to treasure with their stupendous opening number at the 81st annual awards show.
Broadway/Hollywood crossover star Neil Patrick Harris reminds us all of his fierce triple-threat abilities with his instantly classic Oscar opening number from when he amiably and ably hosted the show in 2010. Wow!
No Academy Awards performance retrospective would be complete without the most bizarre and outright ludicrous opening number to date, the infamous 1989 Snow White-led opening produced by legendary GREASE and LA CAGE AUX FOLLES producer Allan Carr. Merv Griffin singing, Cyd Charisse dancing, Snow White and Rob Lowe covering a John Fogerty anthem, with poor Marvin Hamlisch stuck arranging and conducting it all, this clip goes from weird to ridiculous to jaw-droppingly bad enough times to make one's head spin - with or without an exorcist. It doesn't get any more infamous than this as far as Oscar moments go!
From later on in the same head-scrating show, here is Lucille Ball, Bob Hope and Walter Matthau among those paying tribute to young Hollywood, and the ensuing production number, "I Wanna Be An Oscar Winner", which must be seen to be believed - no, really.
Easily the most far-out Oscar performance to date is Sheena Easton leading one of the most garishly overproduced production numbers you are ever likely to see, featuring the James Bond theme from the 1981 film of the same name, "For Your Eyes Only". 3,2,1... lift off!
Enjoy Whoopi Goldberg reminding us why she is a well-deserved EGOT - Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony-winner, that is - with her "Oscar Is A Host's Best Friend" showstopper kick-off to that year's splendid show.
Angela Lansbury blows the roof off of the auditorium with her stunning rendition of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" at the 1968 Academy Awards. Spectacular, stylish and smart!
Iconic Broadway leading lady Bernadette Peters sings "Putting It Together" from SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE in this specially-penned edition of the famous Stephen Sondheim song used in a montage sequence at the 66th annual Academy Awards.
Living legend Liza Minnelli joins ARTHUR castmate Dudley Moore, along with Richard Pryor and Walter Matthau, for the sparkling, spunky, star-themed opening number of the 1983 Academy Awards. No one does it like Liza!
Music icon Diana Ross sings the most famous movie song of all time, THE WIZARD OF OZ's "Somewhere Over The Rainbow", originally introduced by Liza's mother, the one and only Judy Garland, at the 62nd annual Academy Awards.
Barbra Streisand lends her impeccable instrument to her Academy Award-winning Best Song, "Evergreen" from A STAR IS BORN, in 1977 at the 49th annual show. This Sunday will mark her first performance on the Academy Awards in almost 40 years, making it a surefire must-see moment of many.
Beyonce, Hugh Jackman and more high-wattage names join forces in the eye-popping "The Musical Is Back!" production number envisioned by Baz Luhrmann for the 2009 Oscars.
John Travolta introduces Catherine Zeta-Jones and Queen Latifah joining forces to perform the Kander & Ebb CHICAGO movie add-on, "I Move On". They, too, will be reconvening onstage on Sunday's show! But, what will they sing?
Of special interest to our discussion, Tony Award winner Marc Shaiman discusses his penchant for genius parody writing in this clip discussing his composition of specialty material for Billy Crystal at many Oscar telecasts over the years - as well as the ritzy audience's reaction to them. "A gay boy's dream," indeed!
As a special bonus, let's take some time to pay tribute to some of the finest comedic performers who have hosted the Academy Awards over the years and enjoy their sparkling opening monologues.
Bob Hope - 1955
Johnny Carson - 1980
Billy Crystal - 1990
Chris Rock - 2005
Ellen Degeneres - 2009
As a final bonus, journey back in time all the way to 1954 and view the entire Academy Awards as broadcast back then! My, how times have changed - yet, then as now, this is Hollywood's night of nights and the biggest star in town was, is an always will be Oscar.
So, who has been your personal favorite Oscar host to date? Which showstopper is the Academy Awards production that number you just can't forget? Will Seth MacFarlane manage to make a magical musical memory or two for us all come Sunday night along the lines of the many moments to treasure here - train wrecks included - in today's clip collection? Furthermore, could this year's show be the best show yet given the pedigree of the producers and announced participants, presenters and performers? Well, either way, tune in to ABC at 7 PM on Sunday to see the sights, hear the songs, and, of course, get a gander at those fabulous gowns! Oh, and there will be some awards handed out, too...
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Uno's - Mark Payne
Summary: Bartender Mark Payne (Bobby Moynihan) is obsessed with how sticky the bar countertop is.
Recurring Characters: Mark Payne.
Bobby's pepper character is back to talk about the sticky bar!!!
Tim McGraw ... patron
Fred Armisen ... patron
Abby Elliott ... waitress
Bobby Moynihan ... Mark Payne
Kenan Thompson ... Dan
Unfortunately, no video. We'll keep a look out!!!
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Bobby Moynihan - Is Mark Payne at Uno's (part 2)
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please find it!!
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We'll keep looking. Let us know if you find it!!!
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PITTSBURGH -- An outstanding night took a sudden and unpleasant turn for Wade Miley and the D-backs as the Pirates rallied for a 3-2 win Tuesday night at PNC Park.
Heading into the bottom of the ninth, Miley was working on his first career shutout and the D-backs were up by a pair of runs.
And then the victory the D-backs thought was theirs evaporated amidst a three-run Pittsburgh rally.
"We gave all we could in the game and we don't feel good that we couldn't get this one, because it was taken out of our hands," D-backs outfielder Ender Inciarte said.
More like it was ripped out of their grasp by the Pirates.
Miley was on cruise control entering the ninth having allowed just two hits and striking out 10 through the first eight innings.
"He was in total command of that game," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said.
Two straight hits, though, to lead off the inning prompted Gibson to bring in closer Addison Reed.
"In the ninth, I didn't make good pitches," Miley said. "I'd kind of been making pitches all night, but I didn't make them when I needed to. That's what happens. I felt very strong. I was trying a little too hard to make good pitches. I kind of left them up."
After retiring Josh Harrison, Reed got Starling Marte to wave at a pair of sliders off the outside edge of the plate.
Reed came back with another slider, but this one was down the middle and Marte doubled off the wall in center to score two runs and tie the game. Marte advanced to third when shortstop Nick Ahmed's relay throw got past catcher Miguel Montero.
"Terrible," Reed said of the pitch location. "It was an 0-2 count, missed my spot again. I was trying to get it away. I was trying to duplicate the second pitch, start it out on the black, outside corner and have it go out of the strike zone. And I hung it, left it right out over the middle of the plate and he's a good hitter, you can't do that to a guy like him and he put a good swing on it. The rest went from there."
The D-backs walked Andrew McCutchen to set up a double play and the Pirates sent up Ike Davis to hit for Gaby Sanchez.
After falling behind 1-0, Reed jammed Davis with a fastball, but Davis was able to still bloop the ball to right for a broken-bat game-winning single.
"He threw like a 92 mph cutter in off the plate -- and somehow I hit it," Davis said.
Right from the first inning it was apparent that Miley had his good stuff. The left-hander retired the first 14 batters he faced before Jordy Mercer collected an infield hit.
Miley picked right back up where he left off and retired the next seven batters.
Pirates starter Jeff Locke tossed a gem of his own in his sixth start since coming up from Triple-A.
Locke allowed two hits in each of the first and second innings, but managed to pitch his way out of both without the D-backs breaking through.
It was a two-out rally in the fifth that gave the D-backs the lead.
Paul Goldschmidt started it off with a single to left and proceeded to steal second. Montero followed with a groundball single through the right side before being able to move up to second on the throw to the plate trying to nail Goldschmidt.
That would prove important as it allowed Montero to score when Aaron Hill blooped a single down the first-base line for a 2-0 lead.
The D-backs missed a chance to add to the lead when Harrison threw out Gerardo Parra trying to score from second on Inciarte's single in the ninth.
"You've got to give them some credit on that," Gibson said. "Harrison did a good job of charging that ball."
Steve Gilbert is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Inside the D-backs, and follow him on Twitter @SteveGilbertMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- By both the eye test and advanced statistics, Gregor Blanco is one of the best defensive outfielders in baseball. In terms of WAR (wins above replacement), Blanco was the fourth-most valuable Giant a season ago, when he spent much of the year filling in for an injured Angel Pagan in center field and atop the lineup.
Baseball-Reference.com had Blanco at 2.5 WAR, behind only Buster Posey, Brandon Belt and Hunter Pence. FanGraphs puts Blanco at 2.8 WAR, placing him 37th among all big league outfielders. The catchall stat had Blanco providing more overall value in 2013 than such stars as Carlos Beltran, Giancarlo Stanton and Yoenis Cespedes.
It would be logical then for Blanco to be disappointed that the Giants spent their offseason searching for outfield help and immediately named Michael Morse the everyday left fielder when he signed as a free agent.
"No, I didn't worry about it," Blanco said, shaking his head and smiling. "Since I got here, the opportunity has always come somehow. I think that in the end there will be a lot of playing time."
Manager Bruce Bochy has already made that much clear, saying Blanco will fill in not just for Pagan and Morse, who have long injury histories, but for Pence, too. The right fielder has started 171 consecutive games, but the Giants don't intend to let Pence again go 162 for 162.
"I'm sure it's going to be a battle to give Hunter his days," Bochy said. "But the fourth outfielder here, he gets a lot of playing time."
Just as the numbers show that Blanco has been a surprisingly important contributor the past two seasons, they also explain why he isn't worried about his playing time. Blanco was a journeyman in the spring of 2012 but won a job with a strong March. He ended up making 141 appearances in the regular season and started every postseason game because of the Melky Cabrera suspension. Last year, Blanco was slated to platoon in left with Andres Torres, but Torres was a bust, Pagan had hamstring surgery and Blanco ended up with a career-high 452 at-bats.
As he enters his third spring with the Giants, Blanco is once again penciled into reserve duty. The Giants see him primarily as a late-innings boost, a speedy player capable of spelling Morse defensively, entering on double switches, pinch-hitting and pinch-running.
Most players have trouble staying focused as they wait for a random call from the manager. Blanco, one of the most relaxed players in the clubhouse, is taking a different approach. How do you prepare for just one at-bat, or one spin around the bases?
"You don't," he said. "Just go up there and have fun, trust your instincts. If it's one at-bat to win the game, one bunt, one catch, one stolen base -- I'll be ready."
"It stopped -- it stopped big time, too," Bochy said. "Even though it's spring training, that was one of the worst games we've had in a long time."
Vogelsong said he slightly tweaked his delivery in the offseason, and he got stuck in between the old mechanics and the new ones in his 21/3-inning stint Saturday.
"I wasn't as off as I looked," Vogelsong said. "I've got to pay attention to details better."
Vogelsong didn't even have the worst line on a day when the Giants gave up 18 hits. Javier Lopez allowed three runs in an inning of work, and Sergio Romo didn't record an out before being pulled in the eighth. Romo gave up three hits, walked two and was charged with five earned runs. In four spring appearances, he has given up 11 hits and 11 earned runs.
"He was up, not hitting his spots," Bochy said. "Right now, he's just off."
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.


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It's always important to look at the details in economic data reports. For example, the headline for this morning's Durable Goods report indicated a plunge in new orders of 5.2%. That may sound bad, but bear in mind that this decrease followed a 3.7% December increase ŌĆō and three previous consecutive monthly increases.
The rest of the report contains a few key takeaways. The first is that the weakness was concentrated in two limited areas. Nondefense aircraft orders, an often volatile segment, fell by 34%. When you exclude transportation, new orders actually rose by 1.9%, following gains in prior months.
Then there is defense. Spending in this category fell by 69.5% as future reductions in troops abroad plus the impending sequester led to fewer new orders being placed. How this will ripple through the rest of the economy? Bear in mind that, in the fourth quarter, cutbacks in defense spending fell by 22.4%, subtracting 1.28 percentage points from fourth-quarter GDP. However, outside of the big drop in defense spending in today's report, orders fell by -0.4%, reflecting the aforementioned drop in aircraft orders.
Looking at the category of business investment that excludes both defense and aircraft, orders surged by 6.3%. That means that businesses may likely be more confident that economic conditions might improve, now that we have part of the fiscal cliff debate behind us. (I say "part" because we still have the sequester, which, beginning March 1, will cut federal spending by $85 billion for the remainder of the year.)
Even so, businesses may be planning on stronger growth ahead, particularly given that machinery orders posted a robust 13.5% gain. Other categories weren't as strong this month, including new orders for computers and electronic products, which fell by 5.3%. However, this followed gains in previous months. Motor vehicle new orders were flat, but then again, automakers in the past three months reported the biggest three-month level of sales in five years and some giveback is plausible.
Let's zero in on machinery, with special attention to what that means for businesses' views of the future. Perhaps it means that companies might want to replace people with robots. But it's more likely that this reflects that manufacturers are anticipating better times ahead (outside defense contractors, of course). Machinery is used to make other things, and more new orders here can portend a more positive outlook.
In that regard, listen to what manufacturers are saying about their outlook, instead of looking at their current production. In the New York Fed's Empire State Manufacturing Survey, which includes many tech firms, we see that the general business conditions index rose into positive territory for the first time since July 2012, climbing 18 points to 10. Also, 29% of respondents reported that conditions had improved over the month, while 19% -- a signi'¼ücantly lower percentage than in the January survey -- reported that conditions had worsened. The new orders index also rose sharply, climbing 20 points to 13.3, its highest level since mid-2011. Indices for the six-month outlook were noticeably higher this month. The future business conditions index rose 11 points to 33.1, which marks its highest level in several months.
The Philadelphia Fed's Business Outlook Survey, which includes many automotive and heavy industry firms, printed a negative reading for the headline, but the survey's future indicators suggest that firms expect recent declines to be temporary. The future general activity index increased from a reading of 29.2 to 32.1, its third consecutive monthly increase. The percentage expecting increases in activity over the next six months (47%) exceeded the percentage expecting decreases (15%).
So, aside from defense contractors, other manufacturers aren't seeing pessimism, even with the sequester looming. Of course, some businesses may have based their more optimistic future assessments on a budget deal having been passed by now. But judging from the market's sanguine response to the news that Friday's deadline will unlikely be met with a resolution, maybe businesses don't think a sequester is quite the end of the world that some have portrayed it to be.


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Donnie Walsh might be going to the Knicks...
What's next, Oakly in the Pacers front office? Mason shooting t-shirts into the Conseco crowd?
Ewing on the Pacers bench?
Starks taking Slicks space on the radio????
Gas prices rising might just lead to the first camel franchises in central Indiana.
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Rivalry's shouldn't be friendly.
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Dr Phil secretly wants to be Swedish yodeler.
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And that kind of sucks.
Do you think fainting goats ever scare each other into fainting?
Like, honey, I'm pregnant.
Sam Houston was the first president of Texas.
I thought it was Dan Tanna.
Texas is no state for old men
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I'm not using up any numbers at all man.
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Next Friday is Hawaiian shirt day.
So, uh, if you want to, go ahead and wear a Hawaiian shirt and jeans.
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and Ken
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He had a wife named Angie and a sister-in-law named Hope, who resided in Boston. Harkins tried to pair Reginald Barclay with Hope. Harkins also had a female cousin who owned a beach house in Malaysia.
Harkins, as Barclay's boss, discouraged Barclay's odd theories about contacting the USS Voyager, preferring to concentrate on a plan in partnership with the Vulcans. He refused to allow Barclay to discuss the matter with Admiral Owen Paris. He believed that Barclay was spending too much time in a holo-simulation of Voyager and its crew, and was having a relapse of his holo-addiction.
Harkins ordered Barclay to counseling and removed him from the project. Harkins ordered a security team to arrest Barclay when he broke into the MIDAS array. Barclay later proved his theories were correct and established communications with Voyager. (VOY: "Pathfinder", "Inside Man")


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Several players could be playing their last home game in a Browns uniform on Sunday, none more noteworthy than kicker Phil Dawson and special teams star Joshua Cribbs.
Other players whose contracts are set to expire include cornerback Sheldon Brown, linebacker Scott Fujita (injured reserve), tight end Benjamin Watson, tight end Alex Smith, wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi, linebacker Kaluka Maiava, defensive end Juqua Parker, safety Ray Ventrone, punter Reggie Hodges, running back Brandon Jackson and defensive back Dimitri Patterson.
Dawson wants to return to the Browns for a 15th season, but whether that happens depends on CEO Joe Banner and Dawson's agent, Neil Cornrich, coming to an agreement. Dawson was the Browns' franchise player in 2011 and 2012. He will not be their franchise player in 2013. For that to happen, Dawson would have to be paid the average salary of the top five highest-paid players in the league in 2012 regardless of position. That works out to roughly $14 million.
"I'm fully confident that when the appropriate time of year comes around there'll be discussions," Dawson said. "My mentality is if I play badly these last three games, no one will want me. So my focus truly is doing my job this week. Then I'll start it over next week and get ready for Denver and then start it over again and try to get ready for Pittsburgh."
Because Dawson is the Browns' franchise player, the CBA between the union and the owners prohibits the Browns and Cornrich from negotiating a new contract before the new league year begins approximately March 1.
"We've got a lot to look forward to right now," Dawson said. "This is not the time to be thinking about individual things. That's what the offseason is for. I would enjoy nothing more than seeing this team finish the season the right way. Who knows what doors might open up after that for this team?"
The Browns (5-8) are alive in the playoff hunt. They must win their last three games and get a lot of help from other teams.
Dawson has never played in a Pro Bowl despite posting Pro Bowl numbers throughout his career. He has kicked 302 field goals, something only 24 kickers in NFL history have done. He has made 84.1 percent of his kicks (302 of 359). That is the highest percentage of any kicker in the 300 club.
Dawson has appeared in only one playoff game, and that was a 36-33 loss to the Steelers 10 years ago. There would be irony in the Browns going out and signing a different kicker when they are on the brink of becoming a legitimate contender.
"God knows what He's doing, and His timing always works," Dawson said. "But I've joked through the years. I don't want to be Moses. I don't want to lead the people right to the edge of the Promised Land and not get to go in.
"Whatever happens moving forward, I'm just grateful for the time I've had. It's allowed me many positive benefits for myself and my family. It's been a privilege to be here so long. It's afforded me an opportunity to develop a real close bond with the city and the fans. That's a direct result of being here so long. This is where I raised my kids.
"This isn't a goodbye, but that's truly how I feel about this place whether this is it or I'm here another five years."
Dawson has scored 1,258 points, including the first rushing touchdown of the expansion era when he ran across the goal line off a fake field goal in an 18-17 loss to the Bengals on Oct. 10, 1999.
Dawson is 91 points behind Browns all-time scoring leader Lou Groza (1,349). If he re-signs, the 37-year-old Texan should break the record in November or December of next year. He said breaking the record was a goal he set as a rookie in 1999. Now it is within reach.
Dawson is classy
Anyone who has read these pages over the years should know the respect I have for Dawson. That does not stem only from his success as a kicker but because of the way he conducts himself. I believe any player on any team would have difficulty finding a better teammate.
Here is one example why I believe the Browns would be losing a lot more than a great kicker if they do not re-sign Dawson. He was asked Friday for his fondest memory of games at Cleveland Browns Stadium.
He could have mentioned the game against Buffalo in 2007 when he kicked a 35-yard and a 49-yard field goal in a blizzard with wind gusts of 40 mph in a game the Browns won, 8-0. No one would have disagreed, either.
But no, Dawson did not recall that one. Instead, he mentioned a game when another player was the hero.
"That Atlanta game (in 2002) when William Green broke that long (64-yard touchdown) run," he said. "That's as loud as I've ever heard that place. That was the game that got us in the playoffs that year. That was a pretty special moment, but there have been so many."
It will be a special moment next season if Dawson gets the chance to break the record.
Pinkston returning
Jason Pinkston, who last played on Oct. 14 because doctors discovered blood clots in his lungs five days later, has recovered and plans to play next season.
"It was pretty scary," Pinkston said. "(The doctor) said if I would've stayed in that game versus Cincinnati, if I would've gotten hit or taken a shot or something like that, I could've probably died. So I'm all happy about it that I'm still here."
Pinkston, the starting left guard until hit with his illness, said tests came back negative He said he is playing basketball and working out. He said he has to get an MRI or CT scan before he can begin football activities again, but plans to wait until next year for that. He is on doctor-prescribed blood thinners.
Twelve is enough
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell once again is suggesting expanding the playoffs from 12 teams to 14 or even 16 teams. Adding two playoff teams to each conference would obviously make for more drama in the final weeks of the season, but here's hoping the idea gets shot down again as it has in the past.
The regular season should be used to determine which teams are qualified to play in the postseason. It should not be used to weed out teams too pathetic to finish in the top half of the league.
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U.S. stock futures rose Friday, setting the stage for a fourth-straight day of market gains as investors awaited sentiment data and more comments from Federal Reserve officials.
Futures for the Dow Industrial Average rose 34 points to 14,970, while those for the Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 4.75 points to 1,611.25. And futures for the Nasdaq index rose 7 points to 2,906.5.
Dovish comments from Fed officials, as well as positive economic data helped drive equities markets to a third session of gains on Thursday.
Today, more Fed speakers and data are on the schedule, starting with an 8 a.m. Eastern Time appearance by Fed Gov. Jeremy Stein. Richmond Fed President Jeff Lacker, Cleveland Fed President Sandra Pianalto and San Francisco Fed President John Williams are also due to speak.
As for data, the Chicago purchasing managers index will be released at 9:45 a.m. Eastern, followed 10 minutes later by the University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters consumer sentiment survey.
On Thursday, the Dow Jones Industrial soared 114.35 points to 15,024.49, and the S&P 500 index ended up 9.94 points, or 0.6%, at 1,613.20.
In corporate news:
Shares of BlackBerry (BBRY) tumbled 19% to $11.68 in premarket trading after the handset maker said it swung to a first-quarter loss of 16 cents per share, while sales rose to $3.07 billion.
Athletic footwear and apparel maker Nike (NKE) fell 1% to $61.75. Late Thursday, the company posted fourth-quarter financial results that edged out forecasts.
And pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (PFE) rose 1.3% to $28.54 after announcing late Thursday a new $10 billion share repurchase plan.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Distracted driving is a disturbing trend that affects every driver in Florida, and especially those in Duval County. Now, Gov. Rick Scott is looking into the possibility of a distracted driving law after a spike in the number of traffic fatalities this year.
Duval County is one of seven Florida counties that has seen a huge jump in traffic fatalities, and those deaths could be a result of more people driving while distracted.
It's a statistic Kelli Wantz is unfortunately all too familiar with. Her 20-year-old sister, Chelsea, was killed in a car accident on her scooter earlier this month, and her father was killed in a motorcycle accident back in 2006. Chelsea Wantz was three days away from turning 21.
Death's like hers are an increasing and disturbing trend. According to the Florida Division of Motor Vehicles, accidents on the road have left at least four-percent more families with the heartache Wantz is suffering.
"They resuscitated her on the spot, took her to Flagler then Lifeflight to Shands, and the bleeding in her brain was too much. She passed away at Shands," said Wantz.
The trend is even worse in Duval County, the number of deaths jumped from 69 to 98 last year. That number has spurred Scott to push for a study into whether distracted driving is to blame.
"Absolutely, people aren't paying attention. They're like looking down, or or not paying attention to what they are doing," said driver Brian Esterak.
Florida is one of only six states that doesn't have a ban on texting while driving. The state's study may lead to one, but for both Wantz and Esterak, the correlation is obvious and the need for new laws is even more clear.
"People don't pay attention because they don't think about it, because in a car your safe, but on two wheels you are not," said Wantz.
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Liberated Way awards the Dandelion Award to anaturemom.com
The Dandelion Award was created as my way of thanking all those that nominated Liberated Way for various blogging awards. The Dandelion Award is designed to recognise in the opinion of this writer those blogs that are outstanding in five areas as set out here. The Dandelion Award is different from other blogging awards as it is a hassle free award with no obligations on the part of the winner to do anything, it just provides publicity to one quality blog a week. The winner can display the Dandelion Award image on their blog if they wish to do so.
About anaturemom.com
This blog is created by a mother based in the USA who has a need to get outside in nature for her "physical and emotional health". This is a need reflected in her 4 (?) year-old-son which sets the foundations for her philosophy and blog:
"My name is Linda, and I'm a Bay Area mom who loves to get outside for playtime every day with my son. Our outdoor time may be social, solo, park or nature-based, near or at home, quick or lengthy, but, whatever form it takes, we make a point of getting out every day."
"In this blog, I will share what I've learned, hoping it will help inspire others with children, encouraging families to get out into the outdoors more. I'll write about the places we go, the things we do, the benefits of outdoor play, and tips and tricks that make outside time fun."
The blog appears to have been started in February 2012.
1. The blog is full of practical wisdom that can be used in life by the reader.
anaturemom.com is packed with practical wisdom focused upon the benefits of getting children out in nature with their care givers. Practical wisdom is about the "doing", and the blog is a record of the daily activities of a mother with her son, who actively engages in an activity every day with crafts, nature or experiential visits to events. This is the ideal that all parents should be engaging in with their children, and those children who have the blessing of being part of such activities are lucky people, who will benefit in all areas of their personal development.
Everyone is bound to find something of practical value in this blog, such as how to turn a pizza box into a solar oven.
2. The blog is inspirational, that makes me go "wow".
There is a lot of humanity in this blog, such as the story of the snails. The family are lucky that they also have close encounters with nature in their back yard. This person is an excellent writer, who with a talent for photography creates many "wow" moments in their blog. The blog is a writing inspiration.
3. The blog and its writing is well presented in a creative way.
The blog is well laid out with well written short blogs backed with photos and links. The template is a good choice for one with a healthy mix of image and text. There is limited clutter, and it encourages the visitor to hang around and read more.
4. The blog is updated on a regular basis.
Most of the time the blog is updated with one post a day, sometimes two posts.
5. The blog is developing a close relationship with its readers.
The blog has a healthy following, loads of "likes", and its writer replies to most comments. The blogger finds the time to read other WordPress blogs, "like" and comment on them.