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So I'm finding out that a lot of courses force mid range anhyzer shots. What's your guys advice on how to play these holes... I use a buzz and I can make it anhyzer... But there are understand mid ranges out there... Such as the meteor.
So here's my question ... Should I just get better at anhyzer shots with my buzz or should I go buy an understable midrange? And if it is better to use an under stable midrange what would you suggest?


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Now that we've been covering sleep medicine and examining what action you need to take to sleep better (while being challenged to sleep at least 7 hours every night!), it's time to look at what else in your life affects your sleep schedule.
I mentioned last week that nothing in health exists in a vacuum - one aspect of your health invariably affects, to different degrees, all other aspects of your well-being. Sleep health is no different, and the other things you do - namely, your eating schedule - can have a big effect on your sleep patterns.
First, eat light in the evenings. It is best to avoid heavy foods (like, say, spaghetti and meatballs) and sugar - both can cause indigestion and heartburn, and make it difficult to settle down at night time for bed. When you're eating, regardless of the focus on sleep afterwards, concentrate on eating healthy, balanced meals at regular times daily. If you feel like you do need one bigger meal, make it breakfast, and start your morning off with calories to push you through the day.
Furthermore (and it goes without saying for readers with small children at home), avoid liquids late at night and right before bed. Water's great to drink during the day, but even with the bed-wetting concern aside, too much water can keep you awake and alert late at night when you should be shutting down for the day and finding that restful sleep.
While there's no magic time to cut off the food and drink at night, it's probably wise to generally shoot for a few hours before your bed time; if you typically go to sleep at 10 pm, stop eating and drinking at 7:30 or 8 pm in order to give your body time to slowly relax and prepare for sleep. A side benefit of that schedule is you will most likely always wake up somewhat hungry - making it easier to eat that all-important breakfast in the morning.
Finally, it goes without saying, but it's important to avoid stimulants. Both caffeine and nicotine keep the body working and are not advisable to consume near bed time; even alcohol can cause frequent awakening during the night, and can harm a normal and restful sleep pattern.
Wondering about specific foods that may or may not be advisable when taking into account your sleep pattern? The National Sleep Foundation has a great list of foods that can affect sleep.
In the meantime, keep sleeping! Maybe not at work, or school, but at least seven hours every night - make it a priority in your daily routine and watch yourself focus better, lose more weight, carry a better attitude through the day, and have more energy over time!
About the author:Bobby DeMuro is the Founder of No Fizz America, a non-profit dedicated to health and fitness. He is also the founder FusionSouth, a sports conditioning firm. You can follow him on Twitter and Facebook .
You can listen to Bobby on his weekly radio show on Radio Exiles.
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Evaluation of the Digestive and Metabolic Utilisation of Dietary Protein in Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis
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The objective is to evaluate the dietary nitrogen assimilation and metabolic utilisation capability of patients with chronic pancreatitis.
|Chronic Pancreatitis
|Drug: Creon
|Phase 4
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Evaluation of the Digestive and Metabolic Utilisation of Dietary Protein in Patients With Chronic Pancreatitis
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: hereditary pancreatitis
MedlinePlus related topics: Dietary Proteins PancreatitisU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Hospital Avicenne:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To measure digestive and metabolic assimilation of dietary proteins in patients with chronic pancreatitis
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- To determine the efficacy of enzyme therapy
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|April 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2005
|Primary Completion Date:
|August 2005 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
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Inclusion Criteria:
- subjects with chronic pancreatitis and taking enzyme replacement therapy
Exclusion Criteria:
- patients with hepatic impairment
- patients allergic to dairy proteins
- urinary incontinence affecting the measurement of nitrogen metabolism
- digestive disorder affecting the absorption of nutrients
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chronic pancreatitis
exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
enzyme therapy
patients with chronic pancreatitis and exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
taking enzyme replacement therapy
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pancreatitis, Chronic
Pancreatic Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
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Salt Lake City -- The world's highest-resolution LED screen is on display in Las Vegas. The enormous screen, approximately 310 ft. wide by 60 ft. tall and populated with close to 11 million pixels, is the feature attraction of the Harmon Corner Retail Center, on the northeast corner of the Las Vegas Boulevard. The three-level center is anchored by Walgreens.
In addition to providing an attention-getting canvas to support the variety of brands housed within the retail development, the screen also devotes four hours of each day to custom programming ranging from "mind-blowing" content illusions to supporting artistic animations and interactive special events all designed and created to cause viewers to stop, snap, post and tweet.
The LED screen utilizes Yesco Electronics' surface mount diode technology. The technology was selected due to its high brightness and contrast capabilities, along with the fact that the compact size of the individual modules could achieve the smooth radius required for the screen to 'skin' the architecture seamlessly.


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Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Muffins Recipe
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup applesauce
- 1 cup rolled oats
- 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg. Combine dry ingredients; add alternately with applesauce to the creamed mixture. Stir in oats and chips. Fill paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes. Yield: 12 muffins.
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"These were ok but not the best. Stuck horribly in muffin tin even though I sprayed well. We just were not very impressed with overall flavor and texture. They fell apart when we cut them to put butter on them. Will stick with my brown sugar muffin recipe."
"Delicious! Kids love them. I added about 3/4 cup of dried cranberries and used unsweetened cinnamon applesauce. It's like a really soft granola bar."
"We just thought these were okay"
"These are great fresh out of the oven and still warm."
"Awesome so moist!!! my family love these"
"Fabulous! I used a mix of peanut butter and chocolate chips. I did not use muffin liners but should have. They came out of the pan better after they were cool (but I ran a knife around the edge right after they came out of the oven)."
"These were so yummy! They were very moist, sweet, yet had a little crunch to them. I used unsweet applesauce and blended it with the oats while mixing the rest of the ingredients. I also used 1/2 white whole wheat and 1/2 all-purpose flour. I also only did 1/2 the amount of mini chocolate chips. I baked them in my non-stick muffin pan sprayed with Bakers Joy. They took 34 minutes to bake. ty"
"I doubled the recipe for a pot luck and they are so incredibly yummy. I have never made muffins with applesauce and they are so moist. The only trouble I had was the fact I did not use muffin cup liners and I had trouble getting them out of the muffin pan. They came out in a mess! So the second round I used liners."
"I love oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and was excited to try this recipe too. It was a huge hit in the household with my two teens. One had 2 of them right away and one had 3! I like how easy the recipe was and will definitely make them again! I think they are just a little crumbly so next time I might add just a little less flour. I used mini chips but love the ideas in the reviews to try other mix-ins and also to throw in some flax seed."


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The Joint Commission recently certified Massachusetts General Hospital as an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center. This certification is designed to recognize the specific capabilities of hospitals that can treat the most complex stroke case. Mass General is the first hospital in Massachusetts to receive this certification.
To celebrate May as Stroke Awareness Month, the MGH Neurology Department will launch a #30x30StopStroke challenge with a goal of getting as many staff as possible to exercise 30 minutes a day for 30 days.
Massachusetts General Hospital has received two awards from the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
About 7:15 AM on Jan. 7, now 54-year-old Jang-Ho Cha, MD, PhD, translational medicine head for Neuroscience at Novartis, was going through his morning routine. Cha walked downstairs in his Boston home, made a pot of coffee, took a shower and put his contact lenses in. It was when he began brushing his teeth that he noticed something was wrong.
It has been about 140 days since Lee Schwamm, MD, executive vice chairman of the Department of Neurology and director of Stroke Services, began exercising every single day for at least 30 minutes per day.
December marked five years since the launch of the Robert Leffert, MD, Memorial Lecture: Living Well in the Face of Serious Illness.
As the momentum of TeleStroke grows, MGH doctors are supporting ways to expand this treatment to more patients - including testifying before the U.S. Senate in support of the Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine (FAST) Act.
Lee H. Schwamm, MD, executive vice chairman of Neurology and director of the Mass General Stroke Service, shares information about strokes, warning signs and advances in stroke care.
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers joined hospitals from around the country to demonstrate the effectiveness of a treatment for ischemic stroke and create a set of standards to expedite treatment delivery.
When it comes to treating stroke patients, every second counts.
Massachusetts General Hospital is the recipient of the 2014 Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award and the Target: Stroke Honor Roll. These awards, sponsored by the American Stroke Association and the American Heart Association, recognize hospitals that provide the highest quality stroke care.
Linda Keir was flying over the Atlantic Ocean when she felt her heart begin to beat abnormally.
Use of the "clot-busting" drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to treat patients with strokes caused by a blockage of blood flow nearly doubled between 2003 and 2011, but not all eligible patients are receiving the potentially life-saving therapy.
Through the TeleStroke network, 30 emergency departments across the northeast have real-time access to stroke experts 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has received a top honor from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) for its commitment to improving its quality of care to stroke patients. The "2013 Stroke Collaborative Reaching for Excellence (SCORE) Defect-Free Care Award" recognizes the MGH for providing defect-free care to more than 80 percent of patients admitted with stroke over the course of a year
Emergency room doctors face a quandary when a patient rolls in with a stroke: is it due to a clot blocking the brain's blood supply (ischemic) or to a burst blood vessel (hemorrhagic)?
The second annual Robert Leffert, MD, Palliative Care Memorial Lecture took place Nov. 27 in the O'Keeffe Auditorium, featuring Christine Ritchie, MD, Harris Fishbon Distinguished Professor for Clinical and Translational Research in Aging in the Division of Geriatrics at the University of California San Francisco.
To care for Robert Leffert, MD, as he faced a terminal cancer diagnosis, Vicki Jackson, MD, MPH, chief of the MGH Palliative Care Service, had to learn about all aspects of who he was – not only an MGH physician and Harvard professor, but also a decorated veteran and kid who grew up in Brooklyn.
The Partners Strategic Initiative is an ongoing effort to improve care and increase efficiency across all Partners institutions, including the MGH.
MGH Hotline 02.04.11 TIME IS BRAIN when it comes to treating stroke.
Blacks hospitalized with the most common type of stroke are less likely than white or Hispanic patients to receive evidence-based stroke care, according to a new study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
MGH Hotline 07.31.09 Massachusetts General Hospital has struck gold once again with the 2009 Get With The Guidelines (GWTG)-Stroke Gold Performance Achievement Award, sponsored by the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.
Massachusetts General Hospital neurologist Dr. Lee Schwamm leads a national policy endorsing telestroke as an effective means of stroke evaluation.
High-quality videoconferencing can increase patient access to stroke specialists; and a transient ischemic attack, once known as a "mini" or "warning" stroke, should be treated with the same urgency as a full-blown stroke, according to two separate statements published today in Stroke.
One year ago, a team of intensive care experts at Massachusetts General Hospital collaborated to save Karla Leavenworth's life.
A young stroke victim experiences a dramatic recovery from a life threatening basilar artery occlusion with the help of the Acute Stroke Team and Dr. Aneesh Singhal. Also featuring Dr. Lee Schwamm.
Neurology Bicentennial Celebration, October 13, 2011. Past History of MGH Neurology; Overview of MGH Neurology; Telestroke and Acute Stroke Service; Neurodegenerative Disorders; Pediatric Neurology.
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So Ibiza has been in the news this week as a number of b-list celebrities jet out for some richly deserved look at me-time.
After I'd got over the envy of the perfect tans (I may be catching the sun on maternity leave, but my bright-white-foot-wide-nursing-bra-strap-marks make my arms look like they've been designated laybys by the Highways Agency), I was also forced to face the realisation that now I'm a mum I WILL NEVER GO RAVING AGAIN.
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Rock Hall Announces 2012 Nominees
Rock Hall Announces 2012 Nominees
Beastie Boys, Guns N' Roses, Heart, Freddie King, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Donna Summer are among the nominated acts for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2012. Other nominees are the Cure, Donovan, Eric B. & Rakim, Joan Jett And The Blackhearts, Laura Nyro, Rufus with Chaka Khan, the Small Faces/the Faces, the Spinners, and War. Inductees will be announced in November and honored at a ceremony on April 14, 2012, in Cleveland. (9/27)
Report: Android Gains Popularity Over IPhone
According to a recent survey of U.S. smart phone users by Nielsen, 43 percent of all smart phone users own a device that runs on Google's Android platform, with 56 percent reporting they purchased an Android device over the last three months. Apple's iPhone came in second, making up 28 percent of the smart phone market, followed by Research In Motion's BlackBerry (18 percent). Devices operating on all other systems accounted for 11 percent of the U.S. market. (9/27)
Jessy Dixon Dies
GRAMMY-nominated gospel singer/songwriter Jessy Dixon died Sept. 26 in Chicago. A cause of death was not provided. He was 73. With a career that spanned more than 50 years, Dixon wrote songs for several artists, including Cher, Randy Crawford, Natalie Cole, Amy Grant, and Diana Ross. Dixon also performed with several artists, including Earth, Wind & Fire and Paul Simon. His first GRAMMY nomination came in 1970 for Best Soul Gospel Performance for "Hello Sunshine." He went on to receive six additional nominations, his last in 1987 for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male, for The Winning Side. One of his last releases, 2006's Touch Me, Lord Jesus, peaked at No. 9 on Billboard's Gospel Albums chart. (9/27)
Spotify Adds Radio Feature In U.S.
Online music streaming service Spotify, which launched in the United States earlier this summer, has added a radio feature that was previously only available to European users. The feature includes 27 buttons that can be activated to create a customized playlist of songs from 24 genres and three decades, including the '60s, '70s and '80s. However, Spotify does not currently allow for personalized stations as do other Internet radio services such as Pandora. (9/27)
MTV O Music Awards 2 Nominees Announced
MTV announced nominations for the O Music Awards 2 with GRAMMY-nominated artists Justin Bieber and Katy Perry, and GRAMMY winners Lady Gaga and Sinéad O'Connor garnering two nods each, including Best Artist with a Cameraphone, Best Lyrics Video, Must Follow Artist on Twitter, and Best Vintage Viral Video, respectively. Additional artists garnering nominations include Demi Lovato, Joe Jonas, Marilyn Manson, Tyler, The Creator, and the Weeknd, among others. The O Music Awards will honor online creativity and winners will be determined by fan voting. The awards will be streamed online on Oct. 31. (9/27)


text: Did you watch the game?? Rubio shot to much. He shoots 35% for a reason. It really sucks if he could shoot at all he would be an all star level player. It is just heartbreaking watching him he has no confidence. I am afraid I was wrong about him. I though his jumper was fixable. His jumper was beyond repair.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote


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This may or may not seem odd being post on a forum primarily about web design and development but a good half of our workload at my firm has grown to include Marketing and Promotion.
We've been slowly climbing the ladder and have been getting opportunities to pitch to bigger and better clients.
The problem is that a number of times a lucrative opportunity is thrown on the table and the potential client says "bring me some ideas". My issue is that we spend 10 or 15 hours brainstorming and working through the financials and logistics (everything short of writing an entire strategy). At this point I don't have the clout to require a retainer for the pitch phase which is afforded by some of my much bigger competition.
How do I step into a meeting and present these ideas and keep the client from making notes and taking them back to their in-house staff (which has happened at least twice now). Some of our ideas are easily reproduced but amazingly the clients fail to discover them on their own but still if we bring it to the table and it gets used we should get compensated to some extent.
I'd like to hear from anyone with agency experience in how they dealt with this problem.
Thank You!
How big a problem is this for you? How many times has a prospect taken your ideas for free (never to come back) compared to to the number of times this type of pitch has been profitable?
If it's just a small percentage, you could consider it a cost of doing business. If on the other hand it's becoming a regular occurrence and it's really denting your profit, I can only suggest you start charging for your time and work on a good way of 'selling' the reasoning behind this to all your prospects.
I mean let's face it, most of what you are being hired for is the 'idea' rather than the donkey work involved in the execution, so it seems unwise to give these guys those ideas for free. If you sell solutions to problems, and you end up solving those problems as part of your free sales pitch, it's inevitable that a lot of people will take the free advice and run.
I don't personally know of any consultant who 'gives the game away' as part of his sales pitch. I'm not saying this can't work, I'm sure some prospects appreciate it, but it doesn't sit well with me personally.
You could give tasters, general advice, point to previous work in a similar field, testimonials etc, but if they want specifics, I'd be asking for some money upfront.
We've been slowly climbing the ladder and have been getting opportunities to pitch to bigger and better clients.
TBH in my experience, bigger clients are least likely to expect your time for free in the first place. And for me, 'better' clients are the ones who truly value your time and expertise and are of course, willing to pay for it. One other solution to this problem is to revisit your initial qualification processes and work out a better way to 'weed out' the freeloaders and time wasters and instead concentrate on the truly 'better' prospects.
I guess you sort of answered my question. I think we'll start testing the waters with some kind of consulting fee.
Thanks for your insight.
If you are climbing the ladder, just keep climbing and don't look back. People will steal your ideas from time to time at all levels, but if you are moving fast and are good enough, it's just the cost of doing business. Keep going!
Be careful though, as both I and Sagewing said, if it's only an infrequent problem, it's just a cost of doing business. If you do 10 pitches, and 2 steal ideas, 6 go elsewhere and 2 sign up with you, I'd concentrate on the 6 that got away, not the 2 who freeloaded.
I guess it's a bit like software piracy - you could spend you life pointlessly worrying about the filesharers taking your products for free, or you could instead concentrate on ways of attracting more paying customers/making more from your existing customers etc.
Yea I agree with that and also your previous remark about weeding out the tyre kickers in the first place.
In fact, I have found that one of the great things about dealing with more experienced/mature clients is that they don't really expect you to 'pitch' them as much unless you are talking about advertising. If I decide to invest some time or money into winning new business (for me that is usually plane fare and my time) then I've already decided that the client relationship is worth investing to.
I've also decided that this isn't the kind of client that will be a non-payer, an idea stealer, or any other such nonsense. So, I think it's a great thing to try and learn to quality and engage great clients and learn to recognize the bad ones and avoid them. But, trying to figure out how to prevent bad clients from doing bad things seems like waste of time. Just move on.
Well, from my job before, my boss had let the possible clients signed an agreement that all the ideas shared by the company employees in the meetings would be properties of the company. As they were there no deals or contracts made yet, it is still company property.
The problem I see with that is that it's quite aggressive for a sales pitch, plus tricky to enforce and can lead to complications. For example, what if you were to propose something during that meeting that another company had also proposed previously? What if the client went on to pursue that idea - which party would claim 'ownership' of that idea? How would that be enforced?
Sounds messy.
That was a potential problem but usually the clients go to us first before trying the other ones. We had an aggressive sales team.
And if the clients went to another company before us and had the some same ideas as our design team, we always tell the potential clients that these ideas came from our own but we will present them with more new ideas after that presentation. Those ideas then are place inside the virtual bin. A month or so, those ideas in the bin are rehashed, improved or disassembled to form a new ideas.


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Commissioner Goodell Faces Saints Fans In Reddit AMA
Things went south quickly today for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell as he attempted to answer fan questions during an 'AMA' (Ask Me Anything) session on social news website Reddit. The 'AMA' session was a chance for fans to directly ask the commissioner questions regarding league safety, controversial fines, and of course the 'bountygate' scandal.
Goodell logged on to the popular question and answer forum and asked Reddit users to ask him anything as a promotion for the upcoming Super Bowl in New Orleans.
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Hi. It's NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. To kick off Super Bowl Week, I want you to Ask Me Anything.
I tweeted my verification in case you need confirmation: [1] @NFLCommish
I hope you are all looking forward to Super Bowl XLVII this Sunday. We're working hard to bring our fans closer to the game and all events in New Orleans that lead up to it. I'm excited to get down there later this week. If you can't join us in New Orleans, our friends at NFL Media will be covering everything Super Bowl which you can follow here: [2] www.nfl.com/video, [3] www.superbowl.com, [4] www.Facebook.com/NFL.
I look forward to your questions. Let's get started.
Users responded with over 5,000 questions and comments, but the commish only responded to a handful of the more serious topics.
The Q&A session started out fairly tame. Goodell addressed a question that's been on Saints fans' minds since Sean Payton was reinstated.
The commissioner was asked to comment on the bountygate scandal…
And of course player safety…
Unfortunately for the Commish, the vast majority of the questions and comments submitted were fans airing their frustrations…
It's safe to say Mr. Goodell won't be doing any other AMAs anytime soon.


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Q: I'm a motorcycle enthusiast and love to ride with a few of my close friends. Is it legal for us to ride side-by-side in one lane?
A: When riding in groups, do not pair up. Riding next to each other gives a person no place to go to avoid a hazard on the road. For safety in groups, the best formation to use is the staggered formation. This keeps ranks close yet maintains an adequate space cushion.
The leader rides in the left portion of the lane while the second rider stays one second behind in the right portion of the lane. A third rider rides in the left portion of the lane two seconds behind the first rider. The fourth rider keeps a two-second distance behind the second rider, and so on. You can see a diagram of the formation in the California Motorcycle handbook online at www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/dl655/dl665mcycle.pdf. It's located on page 33 of the PDF copy.
Q: I'm thinking about buying a new car and would like to know beforehand just how much it will cost me to register the various models I'm considering, so I can budget for the new purchase. Is there a way I can calculate this online?
A: Yes, the DMV Web site has a vehicle registration fee calculator that allows current and new residents of California to calculate an estimate of their vehicle registration fees, determine vehicle license fees for tax purposes and calculate fees for registration renewal for new and used vehicle purchases. It is available at https://mv.dmv.ca.gov/FeeCalculatorWeb/index.jsp.
Q: Are all DMV offices able to administer the commercial driving test, or do I have to go to a specific one?
A: Not all DMV offices are equipped to handle the commercial behind-the-wheel driving test. For a list of those that are, visit www.dmv.ca.gov/fo/offices/toc_cdl.htm. Driving test appointments for noncommercial class C and motorcycles are available online at www.dmv.ca.gov, but for all other driving test appointments, call (800) 777-0133.
Q: The car I have to take the behind-the-wheel test in is pretty beat up, but it's the car my parents gave me, and the one I'll have to drive when I get my license. Are there certain requirements my car must fulfill for me to use it for my test?
A: The vehicle you use for your driving test must be safe to drive. Before the test, the examiner checks for a number of things, including tires with no bald spots, a windshield that allows a full unobstructed field of vision and driver and front passenger doors that open from both the inside and outside.
For a complete checklist and other advice on passing the behind-the-wheel test, visit www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffdl22.htm.
Q: What am I supposed to do during a traffic-signal blackout?
A: If a traffic signal is not working, proceed as if the intersection is controlled by a stop sign in all directions. This means that you must make a full stop and proceed when it is safe. Always observe your right-of-way rules. For more information, visit www.dmv.ca.gov or consult page 58 of the 2008 California Driver Handbook at http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/dl600.pdf.
Q: A friend of mine got a DUI approximately six years ago. He insists that a recent law makes that DUI stay on his record for 10 years. He said that he called and someone told him that all DUIs become retroactive. Could you clarify this for me?
A: Your friend is correct – his DUI violation will stay in his record for a total of 10 years. The most recent record reporting law was passed by the Legislature and signed into law effective Jan. 1, 2007; as such, the DMV is mandated to enforce it. For complete information on the law, visit the DMV Web site at www.dmv.ca.gov. Look for "New DUI Reportability Requirements."
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed George Valverde California Department of Motor Vehicles director in March 2006. Valverde has been in public service for more than 30 years, focusing on operations and budget issues. Prior to his DMV appointment, he served as Undersecretary of the State and Consumer Services Agency (2004-2005) and Deputy Secretary for Fiscal Operations (1995-2003).


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Reminds you of a (stylish) snowman, doesn't it? Toasted hazelnut torte with chai latte–truffle filling enrobed in sugar-dusted white-chocolate fondant atop pulled-sugar twigs and sugar "pepper berries." Serves 45, $450, from Collette Foley Specialty Baking, 646-246-6402. Cake stand, the baker's own. Hemstitched napkins, $7.50 each, from Crate & Barrel, crateandbarrel.com. Ribbon from Hyman Hendler, hymanhendler.com.
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A "rogue trader" who caused a Swiss bank losses of £1.4 billion was at risk of causing a hole of nearly £7.4 billion, a court has heard.
Kweku Adoboli, 32, is accused of gambling away the money by carrying out high-risk trades in a bid to boost his bonus and job prospects.
He worked as a trader for UBS and thought he had "the magic touch" but in fact caused "chaos and disaster", Southwark Crown Court heard.
He is accused of two counts of fraud and two counts of false accounting while working for UBS. The charges relate to the period between October 2008 and last September.
Prosecuting, Sasha Wass QC said: "He is on trial because he lost his bank 2.3 billion US dollars (£1.4 billion). He fraudulently gambled it away. He also in doing so wiped around 10% or about 4.5 billion US dollars (£2.8 billion) off the bank's share price.
"He did all of this by exceeding his trading limits, by inventing fictitious deals to conceal this and then he lied to his bosses. Mr Adoboli's motive for this behaviour was to increase his bonus, his status within the bank, his job prospects and of course his ego.
"Like most gamblers, he believed he had the magic touch. Like most gamblers, when he lost, he caused chaos and disaster to himself and all of those around him."
Adoboli worked for UBS's global synthetic equities division, buying and selling exchange traded funds (ETFs), which track different types of stocks, bonds or commodities such as metals.
The bank set a daily trading limit for the ETF desk of 100 billion US dollars (£61.5 billion), and also used hedging to reduce risk - for example buying one type of investment and simultaneously selling a similar one to mitigate any loss. Prosecutors claim Adoboli failed to hedge several of his investments in order to make a bigger profit for the bank and larger bonus for himself.
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Oroville >> A 64-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to eight years, eight months state prison for two cases, including the August robbery of a Chico liquor store.
Butte County Superior Court Judge James Reilley handed down the middle-term sentence on defendant Douglas Ray Friedrich for felony counts of second-degree commercial robbery, attempted second-degree robbery and, in a separate case, abuse of an elder or dependant adult.
The sentence also includes four years for the special allegation Friedrich was armed during the robbery.
Chico Police arrested Friedrich following the Aug. 10 incident where he sought to rob Sierra Market & Liquor on Park Avenue. According to reports at the time, the defendant wore a surgical mask when he approached clerk Mike Mawas at the cash register to display a handgun and provide a note demanding money.
Friedrich lowered the gun and Mawas pushed him away. Another clerk, Dennis Nieto, held the defendant against an ice cream machine while the clerks disarmed him.
On arrival, officers found the clerks holding Friedrich on the ground. At the time, police said Friedrich might have been involved in two other incidents in Chico and Oroville.
When Friedrich pleaded no contest to charges on March 5, an additional second-degree robbery count was dismissed.
During Wednesday's sentencing, Judge Reilley said the Probation Department recommended that Friedrich serve the upper-term sentence of 16 years, eight months due to the severity of the defendant's conduct. However, the judge said a middle-term sentence may be appropriate given the defendant's age and lack of prior felony convictions.
Defense attorney Mark Stapleton had sought the middle-term sentence. He said the robberies were perplexing because Friedrich engaged in a series of acts that was in vivid conflict to the defendant's prior, law-abiding life.
Stapleton said both he and Friedrich understood the acts were dangerous and not acceptable.
During sentencing, the judge cited aggravating factors including the threat of great bodily harm and indications Friedrich's acts involved planning. In mitigation, Reilley said Friedrich had no prior felonies and older, relatively minor misdemeanors. The defendant also acknowledged responsibility early.
Friedrich was given 303 days of custody credits. Due to the serious nature of his offense, the defendant must serve 85 percent of his sentence before becoming eligible for release in December 2020.
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The Gametel gaming accessory for Android and iOS devices can work with an iOS or Android device over Bluetooth to play games.
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- J.D. Emory University '96
- M.Div. Yale University '93
- B.A. Southwestern University '80
Associate Professor Julia Belian, although less than a century old herself, finds deep satisfaction in learning and teaching the ancient roots and contemporary twists of Property Law and Estates & Trusts, which are also her primary areas of scholarship. Before joining Detroit Mercy Law in the fall of 2008, Belian served as a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City from 2006-2008, where she was given the Tiera Farrow Faculty Award by the Association of Women Law Students and was also named Most Outstanding Professor by the Graduating Class of 2008. From 2002 to 2006, Belian was on the faculty at Creighton University School of Law in Omaha, Nebraska.
Belian's higher education began in her native Texas, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy cum laude in 1980 from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas. She worked as an editor at a mid-sized daily newspaper for nearly ten years before earning a Master of Divinity degree at Yale University in 1993 and her J.D., with distinction, at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1996. At Emory, Belian served as Editor-in-Chief of the Emory International Law Review, received the Clark Boardman Callaghan Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Law School, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. She has practiced in both Minnesota (Faegre & Benson, LLP) and California (Morrison & Foerster, LLP), with most of her experience in the fields of estate planning and exempt organization law.
Selected Publications:
Law on the Front Lines: Pushing the Boundaries of "Marriage," St. John's Law School, J. Civil Rights & Ec. Dev. (Fall 2012).
Saving Us From Ourselves: Reforming the Fiduciary Duty of Loyalty, review of Melanie B. Leslie, The Wisdom of Crowds? Groupthink and Nonprofit Governance, on Jotwell: Trusts & Estates, available at trustest.jotwell.com/saving-us-from-ourselves-reforming-the-fiduciary-duty-of-loyalty/ (March 30, 2010).
State Implementation of the Optional Provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act, 9 MARQUETTE ELDER'S ADVISOR 63 (2007).
Simon Ockley, in Eighteenth-Century British Historians,336 DICTIONARY OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY (E.J. Jenkins, ed., Gale Press 2007).
ELDER LAW: READINGS, CASES, AND MATERIALS (3d ed., Lexis-Nexis 2007). With A. Kimberley Dayton and Molly Wood.
ELDER LAW: STATUTES AND REGULATIONS (3d ed., Lexis-Nexis 2007). With Dayton and Wood.
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Orioles manager Buck Showalter said after Wednesday's game that Zach Britton will receive a PRP injection in his knee on Thursday.
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Chris Sale blanked the Orioles for eight innings and reached 300 strikeouts in Boston's 9-0 victory Wednesday.
Matt Moore threw six scoreless innings against Colorado in a 4-0 win on Wednesday.
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Didi Gregorius hit his 25th home run of the season Wednesday in the Yankees' 11-3 rout of the Twins.
Daniel Mengden fired seven scoreless innings Wednesday in the Athletics' 3-2 win over the Tigers.
Jimmy Nelson underwent successful surgery on his right shoulder and is expected to miss a "chunk" of the 2018 season, according to Brewers general manager David Stearns.
Giancarlo Stanton went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Marlins' 9-2 defeat of the Mets on Wednesday.
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The Collapse has ransacked the economy, making work almost impossible to find and forcing Amy from college hopeful to sole provider for her terminally-ill grandmother and rebellious younger sister. To make ends meet, Amy auditions for a slot on a new reality TV show, which promises both a hefty salary and full medical benefits for her entire family. Somehow, she gets chosen, and she leaps to sign a contract despite her misgivings.
The show in which shell take part has an irresistible premise: audience members can win millions by predicting the behavior of each member of the cast in a crisis. But the producers are willing to do anything to maintain ratings, including using blatant setups, 24/7 surveillance, and even state-of-the-art holographic technology to simulate danger. But soon, the danger becomes all too real, and Amyon and off the cameramust fight for her life
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"Amy, 16; her sister; and their sick grandmother are just barely making ends meet since the "Collapse." Amy works a low-paying job to cover the rent on their rundown apartment. When she stumbles into a job interview at a television station, shes offered a spot on a new show called Who Knows People, Baby-You?-complete with a cash advance and full medical benefits for her family. In this new reality show, viewers vote on what they think the six participants from vastly different backgrounds will do in each new situation presented. The voters can win large sums of money for being good judges of human nature. But for the teens on the show, waiting for the next surprise scenario to unfold becomes extremely stressful. As interest in the show reaches a fever pitch, producers will stop at nothing to get the ratings they need, even putting the contestants in grave danger. This is a high-interest book, but the high page count will scare off reluctant readers. However, for those who get hooked, it is a real page-turner. Several of the teens on the show are true individuals, easy to remember and realistic in their responses to the scenarios. With the moral dilemmas it poses, both in interactions among the teens and on the part of the stations adults, this would be an excellent novel to prompt discussions about reality TV and ethics."-SLJ
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Four Letter Fun!Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Each group of words has one four letter prefix that fits in front of them to form another word or phrase. Can you figure out which word it is for each group?
1. Nail, man, out, ten
2. Sick, work, room, plate
3. Do, up, shift, believe
4. Range, shot, horn, bow
5. Back, baked, way, hour
6. Dress, band, ache, rest
7. Chair, jump, light, rise
8. Note, print, ball, step
9. Arm, fly, works, sale
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5. Half
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This radio has been in my family since the early 1930's. My grandmother who was born in approximately 1890 was married to her second husband at that time and he brought it from his home. I remember it playing the morning radio shows when I was going to elementary school in the early 1950's. I don't use it now but it has been a piece of furniture in our home over the years. If anyone has any further information on the this radio, I would be interested.


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One of the joys of the long Thanksgiving weekend is the beautiful fall weather. Cool crisp air, the smell of smoke drifting out from fireplaces and the last leaves falling from the trees. Among the maples and other hardwoods that have been lit up with color for the last month, one of my favorite trees is the decision tree. As all of us pundits debate the fiscal cliff, I have been studying the decision tree of outcomes, looking for insight into how to position my portfolio for protection against most of the projections.
Outcome 1: President Obama and Congress at an impasse, and the Budget Control Act measures go into effect. This is the best outcome for the country long-term, although of course it will cause a recession in 2013. Many say "we can't let this happen" – but neither could we let the fed funds rate go to 20% in 1981. After that economic shock stopped inflation dead in its tracks, the U.S. economy went on a 20-year boom that rivaled any of our best expansions. Right now, I am carrying a high cash balance and avoiding cyclicals to position for this outcome.
Outcome 2: A deal is put in place to raise tax rates and cut some expenditures. This is the most likely outcome, but it will not be more than a budgetary Band-Aid. The deficit is running over $1 trillion, and the tax revenue increase will be at best $80 billion to $100 billion. So, after all the Sturm und Drang, we will still have a trillion dollar deficit to grapple with. The Federal Reserve has been funding the deficit, so it will by necessity continue to do so. Years of prospective debt monetization means inflation will accelerate sooner or later. To protect against this probability, I own a fair amount of gold via SPDR Gold Shares (GLD), and my equity holdings are skewed toward inflation-resistant businesses. Consumer staples with pricing power are the best inflation hedges, and real estate is usually a good bet, too.
Sadly, the fiscal cliff negotiation is distracting us from the larger issue that will remain unresolved come Jan. 1. Roger Arnold made the point eloquently in his column, The Fiscal Cliff and the Fiscal Multiplier, that the U.S. is rapidly approaching the point of no return on our federal debt burden. Since the U.S. will never formally default, the most likely long-term outcome seems to be a period of currency devaluation. The balance of this decade appears to be shaping up to play out similarly to the second half of the 1970s. Studying what worked then could provide insight into what will work in the years ahead.


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Police: Oregon man dies in officer involved shooting
HILLSBORO, Ore. - A woman who knew the man fatally shot by Hillsboro police Friday night said he told her he would shoot at police if they ever stopped him.
"He said if he ever gets stopped by the cops, he'd defend himself," said the woman, who spoke with KATU on the condition that we not use her name. "He'd shoot at the police officers. I never thought he'd do it. Never."
The woman said she's lived in the community for 15 years. She is a former co-worker of the man who was shot.
"I've known him for seven years. Ever since I've known him, he's always said this," she said. "I just know he never wanted to go to jail."
The man's name has not been released. Police said Saturday they were still searching for his family to notify them of his death.
The incident started when police pulled over a car at Southeast 13th and Maple at about 9:30 p.m.
Lt. Mike Rouches said drug dogs were called to the traffic stop and alerted police that something might be in the green Honda Accord.
When police asked the four people to get out of the car they say the front passenger, a man in his late 20s, opened fire at one of the officers with a handgun. The officer fell to the ground to avoid the gunfire and was not hit. Her partner returned fire, Rouches said.
The suspect was taken to the hospital but died.
The three other people in the car were taken into custody for questioning. Police said they were released Saturday morning. They do not face charges at this time.
Police said they will not release the names of the officers involved in the shooting until after they have been interviewed by detectives on Monday.
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The young missionaries organized in teams to rebuild a part of Saint Elisabeth Institute
From July 12th to 19th, a group from Youth for
the Third Millennium at Budapest participated in a mission of
work and evangelization in Mukachevo, Ukraine.The young missionaries visited
families house to house, sharing the message of the Gospel
and inviting them to parish activities. They also helped remodel
Saint Elisabet Institute, which serves the needy of Mukachevko. Leading
up to the mission, the young missionaries planned the activities
and collected food, soap and clothing for the needy who
are helped by St. Elisabet Institute.Bishop Antal Majnek of the
Mukachevo Diocese visited the missionaries and encouraged them to repeat
the same mission the following year.This mission made a wonderful
spiritual and humanitariancontribution to the Mukachevo community and sent the
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A new Reason Foundation study argues that U.S. passenger airports could support themselves and fund capacity improvements with user fees and long-term financing, eliminating the need for government grants from the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). The study by the libertarian research organization also proposes spinning off the FAA's Air Traffic Organization (ATO) into a separate federal entity that charges users for ATC services.
The study, titled "Funding Important Transportation Infrastructure in a Fiscally Constrained Environment," aims to promote solutions that would distance the U.S. transportation system from ongoing budget and debt-limit crises in Congress, according to the foundation. "If you look at our outdated air traffic control system or our aging Interstate highways, you'll see Congress has long struggled to provide reliable funding streams for infrastructure projects," study author Robert Poole said in a release. "Fortunately, there are numerous practical changes we can implement to rebuild and reinvigorate our infrastructure within the current economic climate."
A 2011 survey by Airports Council International-North America estimated that annual capital investment needs at U.S. airports total $16 billion for runways, taxiways, terminals and other projects through 2015. AIP grants, generated by passenger ticket taxes, fuel taxes and other fees, account for just 22 percent of airports' capital funding sources, the Reason study notes. Revenue bonds backed by airport operating revenues, including local passenger facility charges (PFCs), now federally capped at $4.50 per enplaned passenger, provide more than half of capital funding.
The AIP also "cross subsidizes" airports, according to the Reason study. Larger, hub airports that host 70 percent of passengers receive just 17 percent of AIP grants; the balance gets distributed among smaller hubs, non-hubs and general aviation airports. "Rather than battling with general aviation interests over how to split up the AIP pie, a better solution would be to liberate passenger airports from AIP altogether, allowing them to self-fund via PFCs and all their other user-derived revenue sources without a federal limit," states the study.
The idea of recasting the ATC system as a self-supporting operation dates back to at least 1985, the study notes. It recommends separating the ATO from the FAA and making it a user-funded entity, analogous to the air navigation service providers of Canada, Australia, the UK and other countries. The new entity could issue long-term revenue bonds to finance the technology and facility improvements needed for the NextGen ATC modernization effort, expected to cost the government and airspace users $50 billion.
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Jerry S (not verified)
January 22, 2013 - 9:19am
It has never made sense to any rational human being (which necessarily excludes NATCA representatives) to have the same organization operating ATC that regulates it. Organizations such as NATS and NAVCanada have demonstrated that it is not necessary to have ATC operations run as a strictly governmental organization, and the 'old chestnut' that the the US ATC system somehow holds a unique position in the world simply no longer holds true. Expect NATCA to fight this tooth and nail, as they will want to continue their present system so as to insure over-inflated salaries, over-staffed facilities and protected incompetent controllers.
Mike (not verified)
January 23, 2013 - 12:54pm
^^^You have no idea what you are talking about. The vast majority of control facilities around the country are woefully understaffed, many to the point of being categorized as being at a "Critical staffing level"; the lack of budget allotted the FAA means less new controllers are being brought in to replace those that are retiring or are lost during the training process due to attrition.
And as for your "over-inflated" salary comment, I think controllers make fairly decent money for working such a safety-critical position...or should we include budget cutbacks for controllers and pilots, too, so you can play a guessing-game as to which barely-high-school-graduate will be flying you to LAX today?
Mike (not verified)
January 23, 2013 - 12:58pm
User fees are a great idea! Let's also import the idea of user fees into our highway system, so that only the people who use the roads have to pay for them.
We'll start by including tolls at every highway and road at the state line, so we can be sure each state is getting its fair share. Let's take it a step further, we wouldn't want those counties to lose money, now would we? We can set up tolls at the entrances to every municipality in the country to ensure that only the people who use those roads have to pay for them!
User fees are so great!
pilot (not verified)
February 20, 2013 - 9:28am
First off, there has never been a dedicated fund system that has been used as intended. User fees would not be placed where they are supposed to go anyway. The government would collect a tax from the airport system intended for runway projects and then the money would go to fund some subsidized housing project or get transferred and thrown into the general fund of some city or county budget. If each airport kept the money collected what happens when the airport has been improved. Do they then lower the fees to an airport maintenance level or do we keep the fees coming in for projects that are then pointless such as huge, grand, cathedral ceilings, in well oversized buildings that are at 10 percent capacity. Look at the highway system, we already have user fees, it is called road tax on fuel. Where does this tax go? I bet 50% of the tax does not make it back to the highway system. The US average fuel tax is 49 cents per gallon. Our roads should be in great shape.
If we want airports to keep their own fees collected then there needs to be a controlling system that only allows the funds to be spent on improving the airport. I am fine having the people who use the system pay for the system. However, it has to be assured that the system will be managed correctly.
matt (not verified)
February 21, 2013 - 4:22am
Canada does not have the General Aviation that is in the US. Neither does anywhere else in the world. The US does have a fuel tax that does not require a new or separate entity to collect and distribute user fees and works just fine. If user fees were implemented, what is still left of GA would go away. Keep in mind where the rest of the world gets its airline pilots trained. That is because GA elsewhere is taxed nearly out of existance. The ATC system that is now in place in the US was set up for the airlines. GA in the US gets whatever is leftover for IFR flights, and in most GA flights ATC is not even needed. In one airport there are no GA flights at all except for government flights (DCA), and there are still departure and arrival delays. If funding were reduced to GA airports then those flights would have to go to the major airports that most GA operators prefer to avoid, increasing the already overloaded airline schedule at the larger airports (LGA, JFK, ORD). User fees are just a bad idea, period. Anyone who thinks taking ATC away from the FAA is such a great idea need to remember how well the transition went for Flight Service Stations. That is why Duats and other computer flight service providers are so popular. Most professional pilots avoid the privatized FSS like the plague due to the issues involved in dealing with them.


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Doublets 3Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.
Some words can be used as both nouns and adjectives. In this teaser, you will be given a definition. That definition can be replaced by a single word that is used twice, once as an adjective, the other as a noun.
For example: "a 12 inch podiatrist specialty" is a "foot foot".
Given the following four definitions, what are the corresponding doublets?
1) a current gift
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3) a short formal statement
4) a fragile supply ship
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529 Plans vs. Coverdell Education Savings Accounts
|529 Plan
|Coverdell ESA
|What is the maximum contribution limit?
|Varies by state. Lifetime contributions are typically over $300,000.
|$2,000 per year1
|Is your ability to contribute based on your adjusted gross income (AGI)?
Single filers can make a full contribution if modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) is $95,000 or less (a partial contribution is allowed if MAGI is between $95,000 and $110,000).
Joint filers can make a full contribution if MAGI is $190,000 or less (a partial contribution is allowed if MAGI is between $190,000 and $220,000).
|Can the account stay open indefinitely?
|Varies by state and type of 529 plan. Prepaid tuition plans usually have a limit; most college savings plans don't.
|No, cannot exist for any beneficiary 30 or older, unless the beneficiary is a special needs child. Also, contributions aren't allowed after the beneficiary turns 18, unless the beneficiary has special needs.
|Do you get a federal income tax deduction for contributions?
|Are qualified withdrawals (those used for the beneficiary's education expenses) exempt from federal income tax?
|Yes. Qualified education expenses also include elementary and secondary school expenses.
|Are withdrawals subject to federal income tax and penalty if not used for qualified education expenses?
|Yes (earnings portion only)2
|Yes (earnings portion only)2
|Do contributions have federal gift tax consequences?
|No, for contributions up to the annual gift tax exclusion.3 Additional gifts made to the beneficiary outside the 529 plan may trigger gift tax.
|No, maximum contribution allowed per year is less than the annual gift tax exclusion. However, additional gifts made to the beneficiary outside the Coverdell ESA may trigger gift tax.
|Are you free to change the beneficiary?
|Yes, if you are the account owner. No penalty applies if the new beneficiary is a qualified member of the prior beneficiary's family.4
|Depends on trustee's policies, but generally yes. No penalty applies if the new beneficiary is a qualified member of the prior beneficiary's family and is not over age 30 when the change is made.
|Can you choose your own investments?
|Varies by state and type of 529 plan. Prepaid tuition plans generally don't let you choose your investments; college savings plans may give you limited chances to choose from several pre-established portfolios.
|Yes, choices are virtually unlimited.
|Can you roll over your account to a new one?
|A penalty-free "same-beneficiary" rollover to a different 529 plan is allowed once every 12 months. You may also do a rollover anytime the beneficiary is changed. Any rollover must be done within 60 days to avoid tax and penalty.
|Unlimited trustee-to-trustee transfers allowed. For distributions received, one rollover allowed every 12 months to a different Coverdell ESA (must be done within 60 days to avoid tax and penalty).
|What is the federal financial aid impact?
|A 529 plan is considered a parental asset if the parent is the account owner, and assessed at 5.6% per year. Distributions from a 529 plan are not counted as parent or student income and thus do not affect aid award.
|Same treatment as 529 plans. A Coverdell ESA is considered a parental asset if the parent is the account owner, and assessed at 5.6% per year. Distributions from a Coverdell ESA are not counted as parent or student income and thus do not affect aid award.
1 The provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 that raised the annual contribution limit for Coverdell ESAs to $2,000 will expire on December 31, 2010. Unless Congress extends the law, after December 31, 2010 the annual contribution limit for Coverdell ESAs will revert to $500, the limit in effect prior to January 1, 2002.
2 A 10% federal penalty is assessed on the earnings portion of all nonqualified withdrawals from a 529 plan and a Coverdell ESA. The penalty generally doesn't apply to nonqualified withdrawals made due to the beneficiary's death, disability, or receipt of a tax-free scholarship (to the extent of the scholarship's value).
3 The annual gift tax exclusion is currently $13,000. However, you may contribute up to $65,000 to a 529 plan in one year (for the same beneficiary) and not owe gift tax if you elect to spread the gift over a five-year period and you make no additional gifts to the beneficiary during that period.
4 Qualified family members include children and their descendants, stepchildren, siblings, stepsiblings, parents, stepparents, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, first cousins, and in-laws of the original beneficiary.
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses associated with 529 plans carefully before investing. More information about 529 plans is available in the issuer's official statement, which should be read carefully before investing. Also, before investing, consider whether your state offers a 529 plan that provides residents with favorable state tax benefits.
The availability of the tax or other benefits mentioned above may be conditioned on meeting certain requirements.


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A young Vallejo man died and two Fairfield teens were injured in a one-car crash northeast of Napa on Sunday afternoon, a California Highway Patrol officer said Monday.
Adam Luzzi, 18, of Fairfield, was driving a 1984 Honda Civic south on Monticello Road, part of state Highway 121, about a mile south of Circle Oaks Drive, when the car went off the road and down an embankment around 1:30 p.m., CHP Officer Garrett Ray said.
The Honda overturned and landed on its roof in a creek, trapping Luzzi and passengers Antonio Del Castillo, 17, of Fairfield, and Cody Dalen, 19, of Vallejo, Ray said.
Dalen's Facebook page indicated his place of residence is Cordelia.
A CHP sergeant on patrol in the area came upon people who had been caravaning with the Honda, and who had stopped at the crash scene, Ray said.
The sergeant climbed down the embankment before fire and emergency medical personnel arrived, Ray said.
Dalen was pronounced dead at the scene, and Luzzi suffered major injuries, Ray said. He was taken to Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa and was in stable condition Monday morning, hospital spokeswoman Vanessa De Gier said.
Del Castillo suffered moderate injuries and also was taken to Queen of the Valley, but was not in the hospital Monday morning, De Gier said.
Ray said there is no indication alcohol was a factor in the crash, and that it was not immediately known if speed was a factor pending investigations.


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It is unfortunate that plans for the Monterey Downs project are being processed in an election year. It will make it that much harder for the public to get a clear understanding of what it actually amounts to.
When all the various planning documents are stamped with words like proposed, preliminary and draft, the politicians can't be pinned down on their positions. Saying "I haven't seen the final plans yet" can buy a candidate a lot of time. So it could be quite awhile, and certainly well after November, before we know whether this is a full-blown race track that happens to have other horse-related features thrown in for public relations reasons, or if it's simply a large, horse-themed development that only might have a racing component way down the road.
It would be best for most parties, if not necessarily the developers, if that question was cleared up sooner rather than later. Shouldn't we have the philosophical and political discussion now, before commitments are made, instead of later, after we've been told that a partially completed project would have to be scrapped unless gambling is allowed?
The latest incarnation of the Monterey Downs website — "Balancing nature with everyday living" — describes the overall project as a "multi-discipline equestrian park designed to promote the training of equestrians and competitions in all eight Federation Equestre Internationale disciplines as well as cutting, team penning and hunter/jumper, both at the regional and national level," and as the home of "new homes, retail and hospitality facilities," featuring a 6,500-seat indoor sports and entertainment arena and a swim and tennis center.
And by the way, it continues after lots of nice photos of barrel racing and equestrian competition, "it also provides a possible venue for future horse racing."
At least equal to the gambling issue is the location, of course, and it is not hard to see why the developers chose it. It is a lovely spot, nicely treed and with a fine view of the Salinas Valley. Based on what we know so far, however, we don't understand why a previously disturbed site somewhere else on the sprawl of Fort Ord might not be much better.
A horse racing complex here could be the best idea to ever hit the Peninsula, or it could be a step toward the end of civilization as we know it. That's for the community to decide. The point is, the community should decide the question at the start of the process, not the end.
Already, various organizations involved with horses are expressing enthusiastic support based on their understanding that the project will nurture all things equine. It likely will not be long, as the plans wind through the Seaside planning process, that anyone expressing reservations will be dismissed as "anti-horse." Similarly, because the developer has pledged to help bring about a veterans cemetery nearby, we can expect those opposed to the overall project to be labeled anti-veteran.
In the very early stages, the project was about equestrian competition and San Francisco's bid to be an Olympics host. Now, however, some of the principals have deep roots in horse racing, and racing interests from around the state are supporting political candidates who support the plans, sketchy as they are.
If the backers of Monterey Downs want informed consent from the community, they should put their plans on the table for everyone to see. If they want a long and drawn out political battle, likely ending in expensive litigation, they should stay on their current path.


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Navarro day to day with potential to pinch-hit
PITTSBURGH -- Blue Jays catcher Dioner Navarro remains day to day with a sore right quadriceps muscle.
Navarro was available to pinch-hit on Friday and then again on Saturday, but the club would prefer to avoid using him behind the plate. The hope is that he will be ready to play on either Monday or Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
"He's getting a little bit better," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "Hopefully in the next couple of days he'll be good. He was going to pinch-hit last night, and we were going to pinch-run for him. He was available to do that."
Navarro sustained the injury while running the bases during Thursday night's game in Kansas City. The injury is not considered serious and will not require a stint on the disabled list, but he does need some additional time to heal.
Veteran backup Josh Thole has assumed the primary responsibilities behind the plate during Navarro's absence. Thole has been a surprise contributor this year, getting off to a hot start with the bat. He entered play on Saturday night hitting .393 with a double and two RBIs in 12 games.
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Our thinking about this year�s AFKFest had become so uptight--we needed a change of perspective. We needed... a violent bolt of inspiration. The wheels somewhere in Rob�s head were turning... slowly at first, but picking up speed..... Then, it happened. Kaboom. Back to our roots, back to the community; something exciting, something.... of the community, by the community, and for the community.
A Hackathon.
We were immediately worked up into a fervor about the idea. With the level of expertise in this community, and poised on the brink of a revolution in mobile apps, car computing, and software/hardware design, we were pretty amped. Once we settled down a bit, Rob tapped this more tempered description on his keyboard while the idea was still in its infancy:
"Hey everyone. We're doing a hackathon on the Sunday after AFKFest to create some amazing software and/or hardware using existing SDKs. The day will be devoted to collaboration between software/hardware engineers, project managers, and designers. We're interested in knowing what SDKs you all would like to work with. Any ideas? What companies are you the most interested in working with right now? And they don't need to be necessarily associated with car computing.
We know Centrafuse (and other companies) will be there with their SDK."
What can we accomplish in a short period of time, fueled by collaboration, CARisma and coffee? The sky�s the limit, but one thing is for sure: this thing will live or die based on your input and participation. Let�s see what kind of amazing concepts and ?????? we can come up with. I can barely sit still. To get started, let�s hear what you think. Post a comment, ask a question, let�s get this conversation started.
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MIAMI - Police in Miami said a passenger in a car that hit and severely injured a man last week and fled the scene led investigators to arrest the suspected driver.
Miami police said Monday that they arrested 23-year-old Andres Romero in connection with the hit-and-run that injured Theodore Hill.
Hill, 51, was in a coma with massive head injuries and broken bones after the incident.
Police said Hill was walking home from his job at a South Beach bar when a vehicle hit him in the 1400 block of Northeast Second Avenue. He was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he was put on life support.
Investigators said the vehicle that hit Hill fled the scene.
Surveillance cameras near the crash scene showed an SUV seen leaving the area. Police called it a "vehicle of interest."
Police said a woman contacted them and told them she and Romero were at a bar drinking on the night of the incident. The woman said she was in the SUV when Romero hit the man and decided to flee rather than call for help, police said.
Romero appeared in bond court Monday, and a judge set his bond at $5,000.
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The following were compiled from reports prepared by the Ukiah Police Department. To anonymously report crime information, call 463-6205.
DUI ARREST -- Police stopped Gerardo Rodriguez Torres, 26, of Windsor, at 1:40 a.m. Saturday in the 600 block of South State Street and arrested him on suspicion of driving under the influence.
SHOTS HEARD -- A caller in the 700 block of Sidnie Court reported at 3:01 a.m. Saturday hearing four "large-caliber" shots fired in the area. Police checked the area and didn't find the source.
DOMESTIC FIGHT -- A caller in the 600 block of North State Street reported at 5:05 a.m. Saturday that a man with a knife was threatening to kill himself, and that he had been choking her. Police arrested a 28-year-old Ukiah woman and a 29-year-old Redwood Valley man for domestic battery.
THEFT FROM VEHICLE -- A caller in the 1100 block of South Dora Street reported at 8:06 a.m. Saturday that a computer was taken from a locked vehicle with the window down sometime the night before.
SUSPICIOUS CAPED MAN -- A caller in the 500 block of Perkins Street reported at 2:22 p.m. Saturday that a man with glasses and a Superman cape and lots of layered clothing was acting suspicious and walking in and out of businesses. Police advised the man.
HIT-AND-RUN -- A caller in the 100 block of Perry Street reported at 5:20 p.m. Saturday that a black van headed toward Talmage damaged a chain link fence. The information was given to the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office and California Highway Patrol.
DUI, DOMESTIC ARREST -- A caller in the 700 block of El Rio Street reported a domestic fight at 11:38 p.m. Saturday, and said the female half of the couple was leaving. Police arrested Tamika Minnifield, no age or residence given, on suspicion of driving under the influence and domestic battery.
The following were compiled from reports prepared by the Ukiah Police Department regarding calls handled by the Fort Bragg Police Department.
WINDOWS BROKEN -- A caller in the 300 block of North Harrison Street reported at 8:14 a.m. Saturday that two windows were broken at the location.
FLOWER STOLEN -- A caller in the 200 block of East Laurel Street reported at 2:07 p.m. Saturday that a 50-year-old woman in a light blue jacket stole a flower from the caller's front yard.
Those arrested by law enforcement officers are innocent until proven guilty. People reported as having been arrested may contact the Daily Journal once their case has been concluded so the results can be reported. Those who feel the information is in error should contact the appropriate agency. In the case of those arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant: all DUI cases reported by law enforcement agencies are reported by the newspaper. The Daily Journal makes no exceptions.
The Ukiah Daily Journal reserves this space to correct errors or make clarifications to news articles. Errors may be reported to the editor, 468-3526.


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Correction: The aircraft carrier Nimitz will return to San Diego for a brief stop after its final training exercise and before deploying later this month. The Princeton will not.
Original story:
The Navy aircraft carrier Nimitz entered San Diego Bay on Tuesday morning, increasing the city's population of active-duty flattops to three -- for a day or so, at least.
The Washington state-based carrier isn't staying. The Nimitz is picking up the cruiser Princeton for deployment.
The two ships will leave this week for a delayed deployment originally scheduled for January. A dodgy cooling pump in the Nimitz's propulsion system forced the carrier into the maintenance yard late last year.
Now the Nimitz and the Princeton will head out for a final training run off Southern California before deploying for at least six months to the Western Pacific and Arabian Sea.
The ships will not return to San Diego between the training and the departure.
The Princeton is scheduled to leave San Diego Naval Base on Wednesday morning.
The Nimitz is also picking up two North Island Naval Air Station helicopter squadrons, HSM-75 and HSC-6, and a group of C-2 Greyhound carrier onboard delivery planes from VRC-30.
Three San Diego destroyers that left home on schedule in January – the Stockdale, Higgins and William P. Lawrence -- will likely join up with the Nimitz once it is in the Arabian Sea.
The Nimitz is the last West Coast-based carrier group that will deploy before the effects of sweeping federal budget cuts are felt.
The Navy has said it will cut training hours and even ground carrier air wings because of the budgetary belt tightening known as sequestration.
Three carriers at the North Island piers are an unusual sight these days. At one point in 2010, the Nimitz, the Ronald Reagan and the Carl Vinson were all assigned to San Diego Bay.
Then the Nimitz moved to Washington state, making San Diego a two-carrier town with parking space for three.


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A BONE test is being conducted to confirm the age of a young suspect in custody in the fatal assault and gang rape of a woman on a bus in India's capital, while prosecutors will seek the death penalty for five other men arrested with him, police said.
The six will be formally charged in court on Thursday on accusations that they kidnapped, gang raped and murdered the 23-year-old woman in New Delhi on December 16, police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said.
Media reports say some 30 witnesses have been gathered, and the charges have been detailed in a document running more than 1000 pages.
Outraged Indians have been demanding the death penalty for the six men, holding demonstrations almost every day since the rape. Murder is punishable by death and rape by life imprisonment. But juveniles - those below 18 years of age - cannot be prosecuted for murder.
Another police officer said a bone test is being conducted to determine if the youngest suspect is indeed a juvenile. If the test determines he is 18 years or older he will be treated as an adult, said the officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to disclose sensitive information.
Doctors can confirm a person's age by evaluating X-rays and determining the maturity of the person's bones.
The brutality of the case has made Indians confront the reality that sexual violence is deeply entrenched in the society. Women face daily harassment, from catcalls on streets and groping in buses to rapes.
Often police refuse to accept complaints by female victims and even accuse them of inviting unwanted male attention by dressing provocatively. Families also dissuade victims from coming forward in the belief that it will ruin their reputations.
As the backlash continued, police arrested a man as he tried to plant a crude bomb near the home of one of the suspects.
A chart-topping Indian rapper known for his sexually explicit lyrics also became embroiled in a growing campaign against sexism and misogyny in Indian society.
Yo Yo Honey Singh, whose hits include My home my village, saw his New Year's Eve concert in New Delhi cancelled following an online campaign which highlighted lyrics allegedly inciting abuse of women.
His 2007 track Prostitute refers to him having violent sex with a woman after he forces her to "dance naked" and includes the line: "You will scream and run but where can you go... I will take your life".
The furore over the rap star comes as the country comes to terms with the December 16 gang-rape in which a 23-year-old medical student was repeatedly assaulted and violated with an iron bar while being driven around in a bus for 40 minutes.
She died from internal injuries in a Singapore hospital at the weekend and her ashes were today immersed in the holy Ganges river by her family near their native village in northern Uttar Pradesh state.
The unnamed girl, whose parents had sold land to fund her studies, had been out to the cinema with her boyfriend when she was lured onto the bus by a gang of reportedly drunk joyriders.
Sexual violence and gang-rapes are commonplace in India, but the case has brought simmering anger - particularly among young urban women - to the boil and led to protests in the capital and calls for the death penalty for rapists.
Police said they had arrested a 37-year-old man in the narrow by-lanes of a slum in southwest Delhi after he allegedly tried to plant a crude bomb near the house of one of six suspects detained by police for the Delhi rape.
The low-grade device was filled with explosives usually used in firecrackers, a police official said.
Protests in India, which continued on Monday and on New Year's Eve, have also spilled to other parts of the world with people taking to the streets in Hong Kong, Islamabad, London and Kathmandu.
On Tuesday, about 30 women's rights activists protested outside the Indian consulate in Hong Kong, urging authorities to enact tougher laws to punish sex crimes.
The government, which has faced a wave of anger, has set up a panel headed by a former chief justice to recommend changes to the criminal law dealing with sexual crimes.
The panel, which was set up last week, had already received more than 17,000 suggestions until Monday, The Indian Express newspaper reported.
Also on Tuesday, the Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said the six suspects for the gang-rape risked the death penalty if found guilty and the case against them appeared very strong.
"We have a solid case with very good evidence... a magistrate has recorded the victim's dying declaration and we have a prime witness, the girl's friend, who has identified the rapists," Mr Shinde told The Economic Times newspaper.
The victim's boyfriend, whom friends said she intended to marry, tried to prevent the rape and is likely to give crucial evidence during what is expected to be a fast-tracked trial.
Police are to file charges and present their evidence against the suspects - five men and a minor - on Thursday.
Delhi police have said their probe is almost complete, pending the arrival of an autopsy report from doctors in Singapore and the conclusions of forensic experts.


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You can't say Ozzie doesn't take the game seriously...
Report: Rookie to be demoted for missing Blalock
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White Sox rookie pitcher Sean Tracey got into hot water with his manager Ozzie Guillen -- for getting an out.
Tracey was summoned to start the seventh inning and got Hank Blalock to ground out, but getting an out might not have been the reason Tracey was brought into the game. White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski was hit by two pitches in the game and a source told the Chicago Sun-Times that Tracey was told to hit Blalock as retaliation. Tracey threw two inside pitches to Blalock before getting him to ground out.
After getting the out, Tracey was removed from the game. Guillen slammed a water bottle to the ground when Blalock grounded out and the manager then brought Agustin Montero in to pitch. Guillen was then seen in the dugout barking at Tracey, who pulled the collar of his jersey over his head.
Guillen didn't address why he screamed at Tracey and had a different explanation why he took the rookie out of the game.
"I tried to get Montero ready [to face Blalock] and wasn't able to. It was a little late," Guillen explained. "It was my mistake. I didn't get him up quick enough. I didn't want Tracey in that situation."
Tracey refused comment.
A source told the Sun-Times that Tracey was informed he was being demoted to Triple-A after the game. "Ozzie went nuts,'' one source told the newspaper.
Pierzynski was hit by pitches his first two at-bats, prompting home plate umpire Phil Cuzzi to issue warnings to both benches in the fourth.
"I don't know what the deal was. He had pretty good control and then he runs two first pitches in on me," Pierzynski said. `Why did he do it? You're going to have to ask him. I faced him maybe two times in the National League."
Vicente Padilla didn't comment after the game.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.