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EUGENE, Ore. - Just over 20 people showed up to the Hilyard Community Center Thursday night for Lane County Sheriff Tom Turner's Community Awareness Meeting. The goal? Inform the public about how the Sheriff's Office operates despite its budget issues.
Crime rates, jail beds and volunteer opportunities - nothing seemed off the table for discussion, including questions like how many patrol deputies are on the street at a given time.
"We average 3 on day shift and 3 on night shift," says Captain Byron Trapp, "But night shift doesn't go all night and day shift doesn't start early enough, so there is 8 hours every 24 hours where there is no patrol on duty."
A lack of deputies is certainly a concern, especially for the deputies themselves. Serving an area as large as Lane County can be a challenge for so few bodies on the street.
The Lane County Jail was also a popular topic. Sheriff Turner adressed the issue of why the Springfield jail is not utilized more to make up for a lack of beds. He explained that Springfield only houses misdemeanors and only healthy males.
Despite all the issues the Lane County Sheriff's Office faces, due almost entirely to funding, many who attended the meeting simply wanted to know the Sheriff's stance on Gun Laws.
"I am trying so hard just to keep our agency afloat," says Sheriff Turner. "This is the last issue that I'm concerned about."
The Sheriff stood by the statement he released earlier that said "while I understand the sense of urgency on behalf of citizens, I believe that any reaction, any decision or response to issues that impact the rights of all people should be done so without haste and after careful consideration. Ultimately, it is the Supreme Court, not any individual, that determines the constitutionality of any law."
While he did not avoid anyone's questions about his stance, Sheriff Turner did attempt to keep the focus on the main message of the meeting.
"Without any new revenue source we will simply be gone," explains Sheriff Turner, "And that is unacceptable to me because we need to be able to provide public safety here in Lane County."
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- Embedding a Chained Lin-Kernighan Algorithm into a Distributed Algorithm (2004)
- The Chained Lin-Kernighan algorithm (CLK) is one of the best heuristics to solve Traveling Salesman Problems (TSP). In this paper a distributed algorithm is proposed, were nodes in a network locally optimize TSP instances by using the CLK algorithm. Within an Evolutionary Algorithm (EA) network-based framework the resulting tours are modified and exchanged with neighboring nodes. We show that the distributed variant finds better tours compared to the original CLK given the same amount of computation time. For instance fl3795, the original CLK got stuck in local optima in each of 10 runs, whereas the distributed algorithm found optimal tours in each run requiring less than 10 CPU minutes per node on average in an 8 node setup. For instance sw24978, the distributed algorithm had an average solution quality of 0.050% above the optimum, compared to CLK's average solution of 0.119% above the optimum given the same total CPU time (104 seconds). Considering the best tours of both variants for this instance, the distributed algorithm is 0.033% above the optimum and the CLK algorithm 0.099%.
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- Piezoelectric filters are used in telecommunication to filter electrical signals. This report deals with the problem of calculating passing and damped frequency intervals for a filter with given geometrical configurations and materials. Only periodic filters, which are widely used in practice, were considered. These filters consist of periodically arranged cells. For a small amount of cells a numerical procedure to visualise the wave propagation in the filter was developed. For a big number of cells another model of the filter was obtained. In this model it is assumed that the filter occupies an infinite domain. This leads to a differential equation, with periodic coefficients, that describes propagation of the wave with a given frequency in the filter. To analyse this equation the Spectral Theory for Periodic Operators had to be employed. Different ways -- analytical and numerical -- to apply the theory were proposed and analysed.
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- Finite difference discretizations of 1D poroelasticity equations with discontinuous coefficients are analyzed. A recently suggested FD discretization of poroelasticity equations with constant coefficients on staggered grid, [5], is used as a basis. A careful treatment of the interfaces leads to harmonic averaging of the discontinuous coefficients. Here, convergence for the pressure and for the displacement is proven in certain norms for the scheme with harmonic averaging (HA). Order of convergence 1.5 is proven for arbitrary located interface, and second order convergence is proven for the case when the interface coincides with a grid node. Furthermore, following the ideas from [3], modified HA discretization are suggested for particular cases. The velocity and the stress are approximated with second order on the interface in this case. It is shown that for wide class of problems, the modified discretization provides better accuracy. Second order convergence for modified scheme is proven for the case when the interface coincides with a displacement grid node. Numerical experiments are presented in order to illustrate our considerations.
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- A spectral theory for constituents of macroscopically homogeneous random microstructures modeled as homogeneous random closed sets is developed and provided with a sound mathematical basis, where the spectrum obtained by Fourier methods corresponds to the angular intensity distribution of x-rays scattered by this constituent. It is shown that the fast Fourier transform applied to three-dimensional images of microstructures obtained by micro-tomography is a powerful tool of image processing. The applicability of this technique is is demonstrated in the analysis of images of porous media.
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- No doubt: Mathematics has become a technology in its own right, maybe even a key technology. Technology may be defined as the application of science to the problems of commerce and industry. And science? Science maybe defined as developing, testing and improving models for the prediction of system behavior; the language used to describe these models is mathematics and mathematics provides methods to evaluate these models. Here we are! Why has mathematics become a technology only recently? Since it got a tool, a tool to evaluate complex, "near to reality" models: Computer! The model may be quite old - Navier-Stokes equations describe flow behavior rather well, but to solve these equations for realistic geometry and higher Reynolds numbers with sufficient precision is even for powerful parallel computing a real challenge. Make the models as simple as possible, as complex as necessary - and then evaluate them with the help of efficient and reliable algorithms: These are genuine mathematical tasks.
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- The inverse problem of recovering the Earth's density distribution from data of the first or second derivative of the gravitational potential at satellite orbit height is discussed for a ball-shaped Earth. This problem is exponentially ill-posed. In this paper a multiscale regularization technique using scaling functions and wavelets constructed for the corresponding integro-differential equations is introduced and its numerical applications are discussed. In the numerical part the second radial derivative of the gravitational potential at 200 km orbitheight is calculated on a point grid out of the NASA/GSFC/NIMA Earth Geopotential Model (EGM96). Those simulated derived data out of SGG (satellite gravity gradiometry) satellite measurements are taken for convolutions with the introduced scaling functions yielding a multiresolution analysis of harmonic density variations in the Earth's crust. Moreover, the noise sensitivity of the regularization technique is analyzed numerically.
- On numerical solution of 1-D poroelasticity equations in a multilayered domain (2004)
- In soil mechanics assumption of only vertical subsidence is often invoked and this leads to the one-dimensional model of poroelasticity. The classical model of linear poroelasticity is obtained by Biot [1], detailed derivation can be found e.g., in [2]. This model is applicable also to modelling certain processes in geomechanics, hydrogeology, petroleum engineering (see, e.g., [3, 8], in biomechanics (e.g., [9, 10]), in filtration (e.g., filter cake formation, see [15, 16, 17]), in paper manufacturing (e.g., [11, 12]), in printing (e.g., [13]), etc. Finite element and finite difference methods were applied by many authors for numerical solution of the Biot system of PDEs, see e.g. [3, 4, 5] and references therein. However, as it is wellknown, the standard FEM and FDM methods are subject to numerical instabilities at the first time steps. To avoid this, discretization on staggered grid was suggested in [4, 5]. A single layer deformable porous medium was considered there. This paper can be viewed as extension of [4, 5] to the case of multilayered deformable porous media. A finite volume discretization to the interface problem for the classical one-dimensional Biot model of consolidation process is applied here. Following assumptions are supposed to be valid: each of the porous layers is composed of incompressible solid matrix, it is homogeneous and isotropic. Furthermore, one of two following assumptions is valid: porous medium is not completely saturated and fluid is incompressible or porous medium is completely saturated and fluid is slightly compressible. The reminder of the paper is organised as follows. Next section presents the mathematical model. Third section is devoted to the dicsretization of the continuous problem. Fourth section contains the results from the numerical experiments.
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- In this work the problem of fluid flow in deformable porous media is studied. First, the stationary fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problem is formulated in terms of incompressible Newtonian fluid and a linearized elastic solid. The flow is assumed to be characterized by very low Reynolds number and is described by the Stokes equations. The strains in the solid are small allowing for the solid to be described by the Lame equations, but no restrictions are applied on the magnitude of the displacements leading to strongly coupled, nonlinear fluid-structure problem. The FSI problem is then solved numerically by an iterative procedure which solves sequentially fluid and solid subproblems. Each of the two subproblems is discretized by finite elements and the fluid-structure coupling is reduced to an interface boundary condition. Several numerical examples are presented and the results from the numerical computations are used to perform permeability computations for different geometries.
- Simulating Human Resources in Software Development Processes (2004)
- In this paper, we discuss approaches related to the explicit modeling of human beings in software development processes. While in most older simulation models of software development processes, esp. those of the system dynamics type, humans are only represented as a labor pool, more recent models of the discrete-event simulation type require representations of individual humans. In that case, particularities regarding the person become more relevant. These individual effects are either considered as stochastic variations of productivity, or an explanation is sought based on individual characteristics, such as skills for instance. In this paper, we explore such possibilities by recurring to some basic results in psychology, sociology, and labor science. Various specific models for representing human effects in software process simulation are discussed.
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- Control systems are usually described by differential equations, but their properties of interest are most naturally expressed in terms of the system trajectories, i.e., the set of all solutions to the equations. This is the central idea behind the so-called "behavioral approach" to systems and control theory. On the other hand, the manipulation of linear systems of differential equations can be formalized using algebra, more precisely, module theory and homological methods ("algebraic analysis"). The relationship between modules and systems is very rich, in fact, it is a categorical duality in many cases of practical interest. This leads to algebraic characterizations of structural systems properties such as autonomy, controllability, and observability. The aim of these lecture notes is to investigate this module-system correspondence. Particular emphasis is put on the application areas of one-dimensional rational systems (linear ODE with rational coefficients), and multi-dimensional constant systems (linear PDE with constant coefficients).


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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa: Dysregulated Subtype
- Eating disorder symptoms [ Time Frame: Measured throughout the study ]
- Depression symptoms [ Time Frame: Measured throughout the study ]
- Anxiety symptoms [ Time Frame: Measured throughout the study ]
- Interpersonal relationships [ Time Frame: Measured throughout the study ]
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Active Comparator: CBT-EF
Participants will receive cognitive behavioral therapy - focused
Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy - focused (CBT-EF)
Focused CBT concentrates only on BN symptoms. There will be 20 sessions over the course of 5 months.
Experimental: CBT-EB
Participants will receive cognitive behavioral therapy - broad
Behavioral: Cognitive behavioral therapy - broad (EB)
Broad CBT addresses symptoms of BN, as well as those of the personality disorder. CBT-EB incorporates ED interventions from CBT-EF but also has modules focused on addressing mood intolerance and interpersonal difficulties. There will be 20 sessions over 5 months.
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Bulimia nervosa (BN) is a common eating disorder that is characterized by periods of bingeing and purging. People with the dysregulated subtype of BN experience behavioral impulsivity; disruption of cognitive, affective, behavioral, and neurophysiological processes (dysregulation); interpersonal dysfunction; and poor treatment response. To date, no therapies have been tested for this specific population, and it is unknown whether therapy that directly focuses on treating BN symptoms or one that addresses both eating and personality disorder symptoms is more effective. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which concentrates on modifying patients' behaviors and ways of thinking, has been effective in treating BN. This study will compare the effectiveness of two types of CBT, focused and broad, in treating adult women with the dysregulated subtype of BN.
Participants in this single-blind study will be randomly assigned to receive 20 sessions of either broad (enhanced) or focused CBT. Participants will meet with a therapist once or twice weekly until 20 sessions have occurred. Broad CBT will address symptoms of BN, as well as those of the personality disorder. Focused CBT will concentrate only on BN symptoms. Before treatment begins, participants will complete a set of questionnaires pertaining to their experiences with BN, depression, anxiety, and interpersonal relationships. The questionnaires will be used throughout the study to assess participants' progress. Participants will also attend a clinical interview lasting approximately 3.5 hours. Questions will concern BN, other eating disorder symptoms, depression, anxiety, and interpersonal relationships. Blood samples and vital signs will also be taken at the time of the clinical interview and as needed later in the treatment process.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of bulimia nervosa
- Presence of borderline personality disorder features
- History of one mood or anxiety episode within 2 years prior to study entry
- If taking psychiatric medication, dose has been stable for at least 6 weeks at time of study entry
Exclusion Criteria:
- Substance dependence
- Diagnosis of bipolar I disorder
- Psychosis
- Mental retardation
- Receiving psychosocial treatment
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00494858
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|Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
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|Heather Thompson-Brenner, PhD
|Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University
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|Study First Received:
|June 28, 2007
|Last Updated:
|July 18, 2016
Keywords provided by Boston University:
Bulimia nervosa
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Personality Disorders
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Feeding and Eating Disorders
Bulimia Nervosa
Mental Disorders
Signs and Symptoms, Digestive
Signs and Symptoms
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Photo gallery: Hesperia charter school set to take over Desert Trails Elementary
ADELANTO -- After 21 months of battling their local school district over the future of a failing elementary school, Adelanto parents definitively won Tuesday night, when the board voted to approve a charter school taking over the campus of the school.
The Adelanto Elementary School District voted 4-0 to approve the petition submitted by Debra Tarver, who operates the LaVerne Preparatory Academy in Hesperia.
In October, the Desert Trails Parent Union announced they'd selected Tarver to take over Desert Trails Elementary School, where three-quarters of students are unable to read and write up to standards, according to state testing scores. They used California's "parent-trigger" law, which allows groups who collect signatures from more than 50 percent of parents to imposing sweeping changes on the school, to force the district to relinquish control of the campus after the current school year comes to an end.
LaVerne Preparatory Academy received a 911 out of 1,000 Academic Performance Index score this fall, one of the highest in San Bernardino County, where the schools got an average 767 API. Desert Trails got a 699 this year, down 13 points from the year before.
"I've been through three of these (votes) and this is the only one that brings tears to my eyes," Tarver said after the meeting.
She wasn't alone: Parents and supporters hugged and openly wept after the vote, which took place almost exactly a year after they first turned in the petition indicating they wanted to usurp control over Desert Trails.
"We knew this was going to happen," mother Kathy Duncan, who has three students in the school, said after.
"We knew, we knew," agreed Olivia Zamarripa, mother to two Desert Trails students. "We toured her (Hesperia) school."
Indeed, that seemed to be the deciding factor for the board as well, several of whom spoke at length about their visits to LaVerne Prep.
Board member Debra Jones recounted meeting a wheelchair-bound sixth grader on her visit, who came up to her and introduced himself after she stopped by her classroom.
"Our most vulnerable students need to feel that confidence," Jones said. "I look forward to great things in our district under your leadership."
Board president Christine Turner agreed.
"This has been a long process. A very long process," she said.
If the parent group wanted a charter operator to take over Desert Trails, she wanted them to find the best charter operator they could. She was happy with their choice of Tarver.
"After the cameras are gone, after the newspapers are gone, our kids will still be here," needing a good education, Turner said.
Tarver will begin holding meetings with prospective Desert Trails Preparatory Academy parents next week, she said, and her staff will begin moving into the elementary school campus this summer.
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Sentimental Sunday - 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History: Teachers
The prompt for Week 41 of 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History is Teachers:
Did you have a favorite teacher when you were growing up? What class(es) did this person teach and why did he/she make an impact on your life?
I liked a lot of my teachers, but I'd have to say my favorite growing up was Mrs. Rovello, my English teacher in sixth grade at St. Francis de Sales in Houston, Texas, in 1968-69. St. Francis was unusual in that classes were organized to take advantage of a teacher's subject area expertise. The fifth and sixth grade classes, four total, were paired up, with teachers assigned to a home room (which included teaching religion), and then classes rotated for science, social studies, math, and English. We also had P.E. specialists (boys and girls) daily, and music once a week. Mrs. Rovello had a fifth grade home room (possibly my younger sister's), but taught all the English classes for grades five and six.
Besides being pretty, Mrs. Rovello was my favorite because she encouraged creative writing. This was the year I won a national essay contest and a local poetry contest. We also used the SRA cards reading program, which I loved, and I think SRA had a writing program too. No matter - Mrs. Rovello inspired a love of writing that continues to this day (probably why I love to blog!).
A little bit of searching on Ancestry.com and Google revealed that Lily Ann Rovello is now Lily Ann Cunningham, and probably an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Arts and Humanities at the University of Houston - Downtown, who teaches primarily art history courses.
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Nice. My favorite teacher was the one who first introduced me to reading. Mrs. Wrap - my 5th grade teacher. I was not a reader until Christmas that year, when she gave me a gift - a book titled "The Girl from Johnnycake Hill". That teacher/book sure changed my life!ReplyDelete
I remember and loved SRA, too! It was so much fun trying to race through all of the colors/levels; I think purple was the top level?ReplyDelete
Thanks, Tracy and Greta! From the research done by the other blogger I linked to, I think silver was the top level - but purple/violet was second highest.ReplyDelete
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Hiring Tax Incentives Under the HIRE Act of 2010
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On April 7, 2010, the IRS issued additional guidance, in the form of frequently asked questions (FAQ), on the 2010 payroll tax exemption and the 2011 retention tax credit. You can review these frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the IRS website under HIRE Act: Questions and Answers for Employers. These tax incentives were enacted by the "Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act of 2010" (HIRE Act). On May 18th the IRS also released the revised payroll tax form (941) to report the payroll tax exemption.
This article discusses the HIRE Act tax exemption and hiring credit and highlights some of the key items and planning opportunities discussed in the IRS FAQs.
The HIRE Act was signed into law by President Obama on March 18, 2010. It contains two major hiring tax incentives to encourage businesses to increase their levels of employment and to reduce the national unemployment rate.
Qualified Employers
A qualified employer is generally any employer in the private-sector, including nonprofit organizations. Public-sector jobs are generally not eligible such as a state or local governments, however, public institutions of higher education are eligible.
Qualified Employees
A qualified individual is one who begins employment after February 3, 2010 and before January 1, 2011 and was unemployed or worked 40 hours or less during the 60-day period prior to being hired by that employer. The employee cannot be a replacement for another employee, unless that other employee leaves voluntarily or for cause (which is generally the case) and cannot be related to the qualified employer under the definitions of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC).
There is no minimum weekly number of hours that the new employee must work for the employer to be eligible and there is no maximum on the dollar amount of payroll taxes per employer that may be exempt.
Temporary Employees May Qualify
Temporary agencies hiring employees meeting these aforementioned qualification rules can claim the payroll tax exemption, as well as the $1,000 credit if the employment period lasts a year or more. However, the more likely scenario is that the temporary employee works for the temporary agency for a short period and is then hired by a client of the agency. In this case, the temporary agency may claim the payroll exemption for a period of time, then the client company may begin claiming the payroll exemption if at the time the client hires the employee, the new employee has not worked for any business (including the temporary agency) for more than 40 hours during the 60 days prior to being hired by the client. See IRS FAQs QE11 & QE12.
Additional Qualifications for the Retention Tax Credit
In order to be eligible for the $1,000 tax credit, a qualified individual must remain employed by the qualified employer for no less than 52 consecutive weeks and the employee's wages for such employment during the last 26 weeks of the period must equal at least 80 percent of the wages for the first 26 weeks of the period.
How to Claim the Payroll Tax Exemption
In order to claim the payroll tax exemption, qualified employees are required to sign an affidavit stating that under penalties of perjury he or she has not been employed for more than 40 hours during the 60-day period ending on the date the employment begins. Form W-11 or any equivalent form that includes the same language as Form W-11, must be signed by a qualified employee by the time the qualified employer files an employment tax return (Form 941). The Form W-11 does not need to be filed with any taxing agency, but is merely a recordkeeping procedure for support of the exemption claimed.
However, due to the timing of the law, there is an exception relating to the first quarter Form 941. An employer may claim the portion of the payroll tax exemption relating to qualifying wages paid during the first calendar quarter of 2010 by applying it against the tax imposed for the second calendar quarter of 2010 and does not need to file an amended employment tax return (Form 941-X). For all other filings, if an employee signs the affidavit after the Form 941 has been filed, a Form 941-X must be filed in order to claim the exemption on wages paid during that period.
How to Calculate the Retention Tax Credit
The credit for retaining qualifying new hires for at least 52 consecutive weeks is 6.2 percent of wages paid to the qualified employee over the
52-week period, up to a maximum credit of $1,000. Thus, the credit for a retained worker will be $1,000 if the retained worker's wages during the 52-consecutive-week period are at least $16,129. However, the credit is not available for pay not treated as wages under the Code (e.g., remuneration paid to domestic workers). The credit cannot be claimed until the 2011 tax year and the IRS has yet to issue the tax forms for this credit.
Additional Requirements and Limitations
The payroll tax exemption is exclusively based on when the wages are paid to a qualified employee and not when the wages are actually earned by that employee. As such, only wages paid from March 19, 2010 through December 31, 2010, may qualify for the exemption, regardless of when those wages were actually earned. See IRS FAQ PE7.
An employer cannot double up on hiring tax credits unless the employer elects out of the payroll tax exemption. That means that for qualified employees who would otherwise qualify for WOTC, an employer must select one benefit or the other. Yet, an employer may still claim the retention credit for qualified employees even though they have claimed the WOTC credit on those employees. See IRS FAQ PE11.
How to Elect Out of the Payroll Tax Exemption
Employers may not want to apply the HIRE ACT payroll tax exemption to certain employees who otherwise qualify for the WOTC since the WOTC credit is 25 percent to 50 percent on up to $10,000 of wages vs. 6.2 percent of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) wages under the HIRE Act payroll tax exemption. The employer can choose to apply the tax exemption to all, some or none of their HIRE Act qualified employees. An employer can "elect-out," if it chooses not to have the payroll tax exemption apply. This is done simply by filing the Form 941 and paying the employer portion of the Social Security tax on wages, just as it has done in the past. In addition, employers who have applied the payroll tax exemption can later elect out of the exemption by filing a Form 941-X and pay the employer's share of the Social Security tax for each prior quarter. See IRS FAQs PE8 & PE9.
The payroll tax exemption and retention credit incentive portion of the HIRE act have immediate economic benefits for the employer. A company can save a maximum of $6,621 if it paid a worker at least $106,800 — the maximum amount of wages subject to Social Security taxes — by the end of the year. This payroll tax exemption puts money into a business' cash-flow immediately, since the tax is simply not collected in the first place. In addition, there are no income and few industry limitations on who can claim the exemption and credits. Since these tax invectives are relatively easy to claim, no taxpayer should pass on this lucrative tax-saving opportunity.
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Blake Christian, CPA, MBT is a tax partner in the Long Beach office of Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt LLP, CPAs and is co-founder of National Tax Credit Group, LLC. He can be reached at (562) 216-1800.


text: Humphrey's return has Huggins thinking small By Dave Hickman January 17, 2013 Story Share MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Matt Humphrey finally got back on the floor for West Virginia's basketball team Wednesday. If Bob Huggins does what he promised late that same night, Humphrey might be getting even more chances.The Mountaineers played their third straight game that came down to the final possession and lost for the second time in that span. Iowa State won 69-67 on a layup by Georges Niang with 2.5 seconds to play at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa, and WVU never got off a last shot.Humphrey was part of a long-range shooting exhibition put on by the Mountaineers that enabled them to erase all of an 18-point deficit to tie the game with less than 12 seconds to go. Freshman Eron Harris and sophomore Jabarie Hinds also contributed as WVU, after missing its first 13 3-pointers, made 9 of 11 at the end of the game to make things interesting.It was a comeback forged through shooting and aggressive play by a small lineup, something Huggins vowed later to continue to use - not so much because it was briefly successful, but because his preferred bigger lineup isn't getting the job done at all."We're going with a smaller lineup. I'm not doing that anymore,'' Huggins said a few moments after his team had lost for the third time in four Big 12 Conference games. "I'm done. They've had ample opportunity. They've had over half the season."How could it be worse? We're 1-3. How could it be worse?''Huggins would prefer to stay with a bigger lineup. It's just his style of play. He likes to throw the ball close to the basket and get easy shots and he likes having big bodies protecting the goal at the other end.But try as he might this season, he hasn't been able find a big-man combination that works. He has four of them - seniors Deniz Kilicli and Dominique Rutledge, junior Aaric Murray and redshirt sophomore Kevin Noreen - but for the most part they will rise up for a possession or a half or even a game, but then disappear again.Against Iowa State, Noreen had 10 rebounds. Those other three bigs combined had just nine. The three guards who played most of the game - Hinds, Harris and Juwan Staten - had 15. So what's the advantage of playing a big lineup if three guards are outrebounding three bigs?"We changed lineups, tried to spread them and penetrate and get shots and played with one big,'' Huggins said. "We played with the one big that actually tried to get a rebound.''That would be Noreen, although at game's end it was Murray on the floor. Noreen had just turned the ball over twice to toss away valuable possessions and Murray was needed for his defense. He wound up blocking the shot that gave West Virginia the chance to tie the game with 11.6 seconds to go on a 3-pointer by Hinds.So now comes Huggins' opportunity to simply scrap the big men and go small. The Mountaineers have the perfect opportunity to test it out, facing Purdue on Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette, Ind., in the team's final non-conference game of the season. "You get tired of saying the same things to the same people day after day after day,'' Huggins said. "We're not going to do that anymore.''And so at just past the midpoint of the 31-game regular season, the Mountaineers (8-8, 1-3 Big 12) will essentially start over, at least in terms of emphasis. That means a smaller lineup, probably more shooters on the floor and more chances for a guy like Humphrey. The senior transfer from Boston College had not played since a Dec. 22 game against Radford. With freshman Terry Henderson out with a back problem and the Mountaineers in that 0-for-13 start from 3-point range, Huggins was desperate."I just needed another guy,'' he said.Humphrey was happy to be that guy."I'm a basketball player,'' he said simply after he'd made three of his four 3-point attempts and scored nine points in just 10 minutes. "At the end of the day, I'm always ready to play.''Humphrey arrived this season with great expectations that have just not come to pass. He was expected to add much-needed shooting to a team that had trouble finding the basket, but for a variety of reasons - be they defense, offensive sets, hustle, whatever - he hasn't even been able to find the floor.On his third school and in his fifth season, though, Humphrey didn't have much choice but to ride it out, not that he would have considered giving it up anyway. "Honestly, just because I'm not playing doesn't mean I'm not into the games,'' he said. "I still want to win, whether it's playing or sitting on the bench. But playing's a lot better.''Huggins has choices, of course. He has essentially four true guards and four wing players to choose from, so it's not as if Humphrey will play by default in a smaller lineup. But he's at least on the radar now. "I think sitting over there has given Matt a greater appreciation for being on the floor,'' Huggins said. "And I think he's accepted his role a little bit better.''Reach Dave Hickman at 304-348-1734 or email@example.com or follow him at Twitter.com/dphickman1. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 2 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 3 WVU law professor announces run for Congress 4 St. Albans rallies to beat Riverside, 21-17 5 Richwood mayor on leave amid investigation of purchases WVU rehires Galloway as receivers coach Previous Story It's tough to laugh at Te'o punch lines Next Story


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The surest way to anger investors is to say something remotely bearish about their stock. It matters very little if you're right or presented ample facts.My inbox was filled with hate mail recently following my sell recommendation on BlackBerry ( BBRY) ahead of the company's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report. While BlackBerry has indeed made progress since escaping the grasp of failed leadership, the company's still facing the daunting task of trying to regain its position atop the mobile food chain -- an environment now dominated by Apple ( AAPL), Google ( GOOG) and Samsung -- not exactly small potatoes. Plus, once you throw Microsoft's ( MSFT) Windows Phone into the mix, it's hard to see a "glass half-full" scenario for BlackBerry regardless of any small victories the company may earn along the way. It's just not going to happen. To that end, while fourth-quarter results were impressive, it's just not going to be enough.
Revenue arrived at roughly $2.7 billion, down 36% year over year from $4.2 billion. It's a glaring decline. But when compared to the third quarter, revenue was down only 2%. BlackBerry investors jumped for joy. However, it's a bit premature to believe that this company is back to growth. That said, I'm willing to give management credit for slowing the pace of the decline. When compared to the year-over-year drop of the third quarter, revenue plummeted almost 50%.The company did extremely well selling its new flagship BlackBerry 10 phones, which was unveiled earlier in the quarter -- albeit to some mixed reviews. Consequently, it was tough to make sales projections of the Z10 phones, which began selling in the U.S. last week after having already been on the market globally for almost two months. But sales exceeded expectations -- reaching one million units, or almost 10% higher than Street estimates of 915,000. Again, the company deserves credit for this. But until BlackBerry's first-quarter results are announced, investors won't know how the all-important U.S. market feels about the new phones. But so far the glimpse is positive. Unfortunately, the upbeat numbers couldn't keep three million subscribers from churning out of the company's once-dominant service, which was another mixed signal.


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Round 4: Tigers return to Vandy for Ravenelle
Vanderbilt University has contributed quite a bit to the Tigers' farm system lately, producing prospects from Triple-A Toledo left-hander Drew VerHagen to Double-A Erie first baseman Aaron Westlake to Class A hurler Kevin Ziomek to now-Rays catching prospect Curt Casali. Adam Ravenelle didn't have quite the collegiate career of that group, thanks in no small part to surgery, but his talent wooed the Tigers to take a shot on him with their fourth-round pick.
The right-hander had elbow problems that led to ulnar transposition surgery in 2012, greatly limiting his work his first two college seasons. He came back this spring and took well to the bullpen, though not as a closer, with a mid-90s sinking fastball, a promising breaking ball and the makings of good efficiency. Ravenelle allowed just five earned runs on 17 hits over 34 1/3 innings with 32 strikeouts this season, though he has been hampered by 14 walks. Just four of his hits allowed have gone for extra bases, all doubles.
"Rav has come a long way since he stepped on campus," Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin said in a statement on Ravenelle's online player page. "He has always had very good athleticism and a clean, strong arm. He is now putting all of it together and becoming very skilled. There is a tremendous amount of consistency in his life ... his disposition, his investment level, his academics and now his performance."
The performance vaulted Ravenelle to the 152nd spot on MLB.com's Top 200 Draft prospects list.
The Tigers could face a similar decision with Ravenelle that they will with second-rounder Spencer Turnbull this Draft, and did with Corey Knebel last year. Though Ravenelle has found his success in a relief role, he has the stuff to potentially try a shift to starting pitching.
"Ravenelle we took as a starter," Tigers vice president of amateur scouting David Chadd said. "He has a delivery and arm action to allow him to start. For whatever reason, he's always been in the 'pen at Vanderbilt. We think he can start."
The Draft concludes on Saturday, with exclusive coverage of Rounds 11-40 beginning on MLB.com at 1 p.m. ET.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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TCU was supposed to be preparing for its first season in the Big 12 with an experienced defense, a quarterback who exceeded expectations last season and enough confidence to carry them Year One.
Instead, the Horned Frogs have begun spring practice with a dark cloud hanging over the program — and that's stating it mildly. One of the program's emotional leaders, staring middle linebacker Tanner Brock, was arrested last week in a campus-wide drug bust.
He was one of four football players involved, including fellow starter, defensive tackle D.J. Yendrey. Safety Devin Johnson, who started eight games last season, was also arrested. So much for all of those positive vibes.
With those departures, TCU returns six starters on offense and five on defense. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has identified some of the top position battles with spring practices underway, particularly on defense.
David Johnson moves into the tackle spot replacing Yendrey after starting nine games at nose tackle. Sophomore Chuck Hunter, junior Ray Burns and senior Jeremy Coleman will fight for the nose tackle job.'
There's also a position battle at defensive end where Ross Forrest, with nine starts last season, is the leader. However, sophomores Cliff Murphy and Matt Anderson are expected to challenge Forrest, the Star-Telegram reports.


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Looking back to 151 days ago, National Health Investors, Inc. ( NHI) priced a 4,500,000 share secondary stock offering at $57 per share. Buyers in that offering made a considerable investment into the company, expecting that their investment would go up over the course of time and based on early trading on Monday, the stock is now 6.5% higher than the offering price. It should be noted that investors at the secondary have collected $1.50/share in dividends since the time of their purchase, so they are currently up 9.1% on their purchase from a total return basis.Investors who did not participate in the offering but would be a buyer of NHI at a cheaper price, might benefit from considering selling puts among the alternative strategies at their disposal. One interesting put contract in particular, is the October put at the $55 strike, which has a bid at the time of this writing of 70 cents. That would result in a cost basis of $54.30 per share before broker commissions in the scenario where the contract is exercised. If the contract is never exercised, the put seller would still keep the premium, which represents a 1.3% return against the $55.00 purchase commitment, or a 2.6% annualized rate of return (at Stock Options Channel we call this the YieldBoost).
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A Deep Post-Decline Analysis Part 3
We've got a bunch of stocks that I would describe as "on the precipice" that could go either way. You could argue that I am being wishy-washy even labeling stocks this way, but recall that the Fed Chief does speak Tuesday and these stocks would be ripe to knock over if the testimony leaves you cold.
First up is Bank of America (BAC). The stock of BofA does not look like the regionals. It is a sink or swim moment for the bank and if Bernanke delivers I would buy some. There are a ton of retail companies that report this week, so keep in mind that the following are all at levels that could precipitate a big win or a big loss, notably Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY), which has given you several weak reports of late, Nordstroms (JWN), which, like Toll Brothers, I felt was poorly reported on as it says it will emphasize growth in Nordstrom's lower-priced outlets, which I thought just represented good business sense. Ross Stores (ROST) and Urban Outfitters (URBN) seem hanging on by a thread, yet Ross reported a pretty darned good quarter and Urban reported a stupendous one even as some analysts detected a weakness in the Anthropologie line....538 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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My dad is the eleventh of twelve and I thought it'd be fun to come up with a category each name falls in and pick out an alternate-universe set of names. First and middle in the same category except where noted (If you want you can follow the original family and give all the boys the same middle name and all the girls except kid #10 the same middle name)
DS: http://nameberry.com/list/352/Angel-Names?all=1
DS: http://nameberry.com/list/457/College-Baby-Names?all=1
DD: http://nameberry.com/list/426/Midcen...by-Names?all=1
DD: After you, but different
DD: http://nameberry.com/list/417/Girls-...-Gravity?all=1
DS: http://nameberry.com/list/106/Relaxe...For-Boys?all=1
DD: http://nameberry.com/list/378/Feminizations?all=1 with a boyish nickname
DS: http://nameberry.com/list/447/Disney-Baby-Names?all=1
DS: http://nameberry.com/list/386/One-Sy...for-Boys?all=1
DD: http://nameberry.com/list/11/Nicknam...lizabeth?all=1 as a nickname, full name must match but doesn't need to be Elizabeth. Middle name starts with X.
DS: http://nameberry.com/list/434/Baby-N...ean-Love?all=1
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Rights for Breastfeeding Mothers: Lactation Accommodation and Discrimination
- Maintain a detailed record of all acts of discrimination with the names of all witnesses.
- File a complaint with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (no later than one year after the earliest discriminatory act).
- Be sure to name as defendants all responsible parties. For example: the company, the harassing parties, your supervisor(s), etc.
- Contact an attorney or the Work & Family Helpline to discuss your legal options.
Am I protected from discrimination at my job because I am breastfeeding my baby or pumping at work?
Yes. In California, discrimination because of breastfeeding or lactation is a form of sex-based discrimination and is prohibited by the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). It is illegal for an employer to discriminate on the basis of lactation with respect to hiring, firing, training, compensation, or virtually any other aspect of employment.
Do laws prohibiting discrimination because of lactation apply to all employers?
No. California's sex (or lactation) discrimination laws apply only to workplaces with 5 or more employees, as well as all employment agencies, labor organizations, state licensing boards, and state and local governments.
What steps should I take if I believe I have been discriminated against because of lactation?
Do I have the right to take break time to pump breast milk while I'm at work?
Yes. California law requires employers to provide a reasonable amount of break time for lactating employees to express (pump) milk. Time used to express milk may be used at the same time as other breaks provided. However, employers must provide additional break time if needed, although the additional time may be unpaid. Employers are not required to provide additional breaks if additional break time would constitute a serious disruption to the employers' operations.
Similarly, federal requires that employers provide break time for nursing mothers who are not exempt employees under section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Employees must be completely relieved of their duties during break time used to express milk or it must be compensated. If the employer has fewer than 50 total employees and providing break time would impose an undue hardship, then the employer may not be required to provide additional break time to lactating mothers.
Each employee may require a different amount of time to pump breast milk or may require a different frequency of breaks. There is not a fixed amount of time or particular schedule that an employee is required to follow to have the right to take breaks to express or pump breast milk.
Do I have the right to a private space in which I can pump breast milk at work?
Yes. California law requires that employers make reasonable efforts to provide a private space, other than a bathroom, where breastfeeding mothers may express milk. Similarly, federal law requires that employers provide a space that is private, shielded from view, and free from intrusion for qualifying employees to pump breast milk.
What should I do if I think my right to break time or a private space to pump breast milk has been violated?
Employees can make a complaint to the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), or, if they are covered by section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act, can file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
Failure to provide lactation accommodations is also unlawful under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). Under FEHA, California employees can make a complaint to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). Complaints must be made within one year.
If you have questions about your right to lactation accommodations at work, please visit our Work & Family Program or contact the helpline at (800) 880-8047.
This Fact Sheet is intended to provide accurate, general information regarding legal rights relating to employment in California. Yet because laws and legal procedures are subject to frequent change and differing interpretations, the Legal Aid Society–Employment Law Center cannot ensure the information in this Fact Sheet is current nor be responsible for any use to which it is put. Do not rely on this information without consulting an attorney or the appropriate agency about your rights in your particular situation.


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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
Bravo to the Wizards staff for this gem of a promotion they ran last night:
Wizards doing a good bit here. pic.twitter.com/EeTZXDrzt8— Hoop District (@HoopDistrictDC) January 16, 2014
This ing team.... jesus. We need to add some defenders.
Wizards game
I complain when the other team clears their bench. We call timeout and have a 22 point lead with 3 minutes to play. Watson and Scola are the only bench players out there. Watson, George, Hibbert, Scola, and Lance.
At 2:40 Butler and Copeland come in. At 2:19 then he clears the bench by putting Sloan, Ian, and Johnson in the game.
22 points against a team who couldn't score and cleared their bench is completely different than almost 5 minutes with the other team playing their starters.
Vogel does a lot of great things. He over plays his starters.
But he did really well against the Kings. The starters got a lot of rest, after a long layoff. Monitoring your starters minutes in blowouts against sub-par teams is not a bad thing.
absolutely brilliant.
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Bulls fans seem to think Mike Dunleavy would be a great fit were he traded to a contending team. Am I missing something? He couldn't possibly be the final piece on a contender
Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
I watched it. I felt that the Clippers got every call down the stretch but I do have a soft spot for Nowitzki so I could be biased. It was a very chippy game and the spark was ignited by a Darren Collison 3 followed by a flagrant on Griffin (arguable, imo). The final call on Crawford for the game-winning FTs seemed arguable to me as well but as I said I could be biased.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Any fan that wants to do a Salary Dump will always think that their Player will always be a great fit on a Contending Team.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Kevin Durant drives to the basket makes a contact layup and you clearly hear him say get off me*****
Did anyone just hear Marv Albert during the Rockets-Thunder game, said "Lance Stephenson deserves to be an all-star. He's come such a long way from being a member of the Washington Wizards." Uh Marv, you're thinking of DeShawn.
You think that's bad? Later he said "Paul George has really come a long way since teaming up with John and Ringo"
Wow, 73 point first half, 19 point second half...pretty amazing actually what happens when all those effing threes you shoot don't go in.
Carmelo scored 18 points in 1 quarter, the Rockets score 19 in a half with Harden and Dwight, they both lose in embarrassing fashion.
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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I think they definitely have a purpose and a place but I feel like they "penalize" good teams and "reward" sucky teams. I think it would be a more accurate representation of the quality of your schedule if it disregarded the games you've played against each opponent. I mean, if you look at that chart of course it indicates our schedule has been easier than most of the other teams because we generally dole out a loss for whoever we're playing. Same goes for the crappy teams. Their schedule is going to be skewed towards the harder end of the spectrum because any team they play they are giving a win to.
For example, let's look at our matchups vs Cleveland. They are 14-25 for a .359 winning percentage. We've played them 3 times, all wins for us. If you are specifically looking at the Pacers strength of schedule it would paint a more accurate picture to throw out the 3 games we've played against Cleveland (and the games for every other team we've played). Doing this raises Cleveland's record to 14-22 for a .389 winning percentage. If you went back through and adjusted the record of every team we've played in this fashion it would show that the average winning percentage for the teams we've faced on our schedule is actually harder than this chart would show.
It works both ways. Utah for example has played San Antonio 3 times (all losses for Utah). According to that chart Utah has had the toughest schedule of any team. If you are considering only Utah's strength of schedule and you take away all 3 of San Antonio's wins against them, it drops San Antonio's win percentage from .795 to .778. Do that for every team Utah has played and the average winning percentage of most every team they've faced is gonna go down.
In other words, it keeps each team from inflating or deflating their own strength of schedule due to their own winning (or losing) proficiency. I can't say that I've seen any adjusted strength of schedule statistics like this so I can't say for certain whether or not it would actually reshuffle the teams on that chart a bit or not. I have a feeling it would though.
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It "feels" like it's been adjusted somehow, though not in the way you've mentioned necessarily. Other SOS stats I've seen have had the Pacers creeping up towards the middle of the pack for a while. And though it looks good for the Pacers, some of the teams in the East seem to be headed toward respectability. So even though we have an easy schedule the rest of the way, teams in the east are playing better.
Time for a new sig.
How random from NBA to MBA
Kobe Bryant goes to school
Kobe Bryant has been out since Dec. 17, giving him time to explore post-career options.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant was drafted directly out of high school in 1996, so he never had the opportunity to experience college life first-hand. The injured superstar took the time to rectify that Thursday night. While traveling with the Lakers, who face the Boston Celtics on Friday, Bryant sat in on a class at Boston College. No word yet on Bryant's class participation grade, though he certainly was a hit with his temporary classmates.
Obviously Miami and Indy will have the easiest schedule since they're East teams but don't have to play themselves.
Brooklyn is also starting to come on strong, and has played the Pacers 3 times and the Heat twice I believe. That would be why their SoS is so high atm, but will be crashing down.
Pretty much the same with Toronto as well.
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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Portland plays in San Antonio tonight...should be a good game on a night with alot of games but not alot of good ones....lets hope Portland is able to help us out a bit and continue their success they have had against San Antonio in recent years...
Knicks up 15-9 over Clips


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Pele became famous around the globe at the age of 17, following his spectacular World Cup debut in 1958. He led the Brazilian national team to three World Cup titles ('58,'62,'70), and is the only three-time world champion in soccer. When he joined the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League in 1975, he single-handedly helped make the sport more popular among American sports fans.
AppealFor women who go for athletic types, Pele is considered one of the top athletes of the 20th century; and as a Brazilian, he's got a Latin lover reputation to live up to. During his prime, as a young soccer stud touring the globe, we're pretty sure he encountered his fair share of female admirers, groupies and soccer moms.
SuccessPele's career statistics are astonishing. He led his club, Santos of Sao Paulo, to nine championships, and the Brazilian national team to three World Cup victories, as well as permanent possession of the Jules Rimet Trophy. During his 22-year career, he scored 1,282 goals in 1,363 games, second only to Arthur Friedenreich, another Brazilian, who recorded 1,329 goals.
He scored an average of one goal for every international match he played in, and during his best season (1958), he scored an amazing 139 times. Pele also holds the record for hat tricks (92) and the number of goals scored on the international level (97). His statistics are all the more remarkable when compared to today's top soccer players, who rarely score more than 30 goals per season.
When the 34-year-old came out of retirement to join the New York Cosmos in 1975, he gave the North American League instant credibility and made millions more Americans aware of the sport. His reported $7 million contract with the Cosmos made him the highest-paid athlete of the day. In 1980, Pele was named "Athlete of the Century."
In addition to his athletic accomplishments, Pele has been recognized for his humanitarian efforts in promoting peace throughout the world. He received the International Peace Award for his work with UNICEF in 1978, and an honorary British knighthood in 1997. Pele served as Brazil's special secretariat for sports from 1994-98, and perhaps the highest honor bestowed upon the Latin legend is having a soccer stadium in Mexico named after him.
Pele BiographyPele was born Edson Arantes do Nascimento on October 23, 1940, in Tres Coracoes, a small village in Brazil. His father was a professional soccer player whose career ended early due to a knee injury. Pele began playing futebol at the age of five, and polished shoes to help support his family. With his father's coaching, he began honing his skills, and was discovered by one of Brazil's premier players, Waldemar de Brito, when he was 11 years old.
pele the prodigy
Pele's mother cautioned him about choosing soccer as a profession, due to the drastic change in the family's fortune following his father's injury. When Brito first brought the young player to meet the directors of the Santos Football Club, the professional team in Sao Paulo, he declared, "this boy will be the greatest soccer player in the world." Pele began playing for a local minor-league club shortly thereafter, and made his debut with Santos in 1956, at the age of 16.
Pele would go on to lead Santos F.C. to nine championships. In 1958, he joined Brazil's national team for the World Cup in Sweden. Despite a knee injury, he stunned the world by scoring six goals, including two in the championship game that helped Brazil win its first World Cup title. He may have been just a teenager, but he was quickly becoming a soccer legend around the globe. Several top European clubs attempted to entice the young star with offers of lucrative contracts. To prevent him from being transferred out of the country, Brazilian president Janio Quadros declared him an official national treasure in 1961.
Pele appeared at the 1962 World Cup in Chile, but an injury he suffered in the first game of the tournament prevented him from playing through to the finals. During the 1966 World Cup in England, Pele was severely tackled by Bulgarian and Portuguese defenders, and left the finals injured and in tears. Despite the disappointment, he continued to break records and amaze soccer fans worldwide. In 1967, a two-day ceasefire in the Nigeria-Biafra conflict was declared in honor of Pele's presence in Africa.
a pearl in a sea of talent
He scored his 1,000th career goal in 1969. At the 1970 World Cup finals in Mexico, Pele led what is considered one of the greatest national teams ever to its third World Cup victory. During one of the final matches with Italy, he scored Brazil's 100th World Cup goal, which remains the one goal he remembers most.
The following year, he announced his retirement from the Brazilian national team, but continued to play for Santos. Pele retired from the club in 1974, but made a comeback in 1975 after signing on with the New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League. The $7 million contract made him the league's highest paid player. Apparently, the South American superstar's reason for coming out of retirement was not for the money, but rather, as he put it, "to make soccer truly popular in the United States."
In 1977, his final year with the Cosmos, he composed the soundtrack for the biographical film, Pelé. He had already appeared in several TV series and semi-documentary films in his native Brazil, and written numerous pieces of music. That same year, he wrote the best-seller My Life and the Beautiful Game: The Autobiography of Pelé.
one of the greatest
On October 1, 1977, he played his final match, an exhibition game between the Cosmos and Santos that was sold out six weeks in advance and broadcast in 38 nations. In the locker room before the game, boxing champ Muhammad Ali embraced the soccer star and announced "now there are two of the greatest." In a speech before more than 75,000 fans, dignitaries and celebrities, Pele asked the crowd to shout "Love! Love! Love!" and to pay more attention to the children of the world. During the match, he played the first half for the Cosmos, and the final half for Santos.
After retiring from soccer, Pele became an international ambassador for the sport by promoting peace and understanding through friendly athletic competition, and holding soccer clinics for young players around the world. Through the UNICEF organization, he did extensive work in advancing children's causes. He was awarded the International Peace Award in 1978, and was named "Athlete of the Century" in 1980. He also became a successful businessman with his company, Pele Sports & Marketing Inc.
In 1981, Pele was featured in the John Huston-directed film, Victory, co-starring Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine. He played a World War II POW who is part of an international squad that takes on an elite German national team in a soccer match; he also served as a consultant on the project. Pele followed up this role with parts in other soccer-themed movies, such as A Minor Miracle (1983) and Hotshot (1987).
In 1993, Pele was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. He served as Brazil's special secretariat for sports from 1994-98, and received an honorary British knighthood in 1997. As the 20th century wound to a close, he was named FIFA's "Player of the Century," as well as a hero of the century by Time magazine in 1999. In 2000, Pele came in second in the "Sportsman of the Century" awards, right behind old friend Muhammad Ali.
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Slumping old crop prices undercut corn futures again Friday. The latest weather forecasts remain quite favorable, and continue weighing upon new crop prices as a consequence. However, the growing belief that elevators and users can now bridge the gap to the new crop harvest is depressing country corn and bean prices, which are weighing upon the front end of the futures markets. September corn futures closed 4.0 cents lower at $4.92/bushel Friday, while December dipped 2.75 cents to $4.76.
The soy complex was mixed to lower at Friday's close. More-liquid cash conditions continued undercutting nearby soybean and meal futures Friday, whereas the oil market remained under pressure. However, new crop beans and meal bounced. We suspect traders are thinking meal demand will remain strong into autumn and winter, but they are rather obviously less optimistic about the soyoil outlook. Short-covering probably supported beans and meal as well. August soybean futures fell 5.5 cents to $13.4975/bushel in late Friday trading, while August soyoil sagged 0.23 cents to 43.58 cents/pound, but August soymeal plunged $17.5 to $430.3/ton. November beans surged 8.5 cent to $12.755.
Wheat futures gave back early gains during Friday's pit session. The wheat markets proved quite firm again Thursday night, but prices declined in concert with the corn and bean markets as Friday morning passed. The bearish result of the Wheat Quality Council tour and favorable weather forecasts for the spring wheat region may have undercut prices. September CBOT wheat gained 1.0 cent to $6.5075/bushel at its Friday settlement, while September KCBT wheat slid 0.75 cent to $6.915 and September MGE futures skidded 1.25 cents to $7.365.
Cash market strength boosted cattle futures Friday. CME cattle traders had been anticipating a seasonal cash market advance to begin since late June, and were consistently disappointed. However, wire service reports posted Friday morning indicated that packers had boosted their bids in early trading. That news quickly translated into Chicago gains. August cattle advanced 0.15 cents to 121.80 cents/pound as trading wound down Friday, while December climbed 0.33 cents to 128.65. August feeder futures surged 0.25 cents to 152.60 cents/pound, while November lifted 0.52 cents to 158.92.
Hog futures posted surprising losses to end the week. Despite late-Thursday reports of considerable cash hog and wholesale pork strength, as well as the gains being posted in the cattle pit next door, hog futures turned decidedly lower Friday morning. The dwindling difference between the nearby August futures price and the CME index may have rendered the nearby future vulnerable to selling. Talk of morning cash and wholesale weakness probably added to the pressure. August hog futures settled down 0.80 cents at 97.77 cents/pound Friday afternoon, while December dove 0.75 cents to 81.85.


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Topic: Sister with late diagnosis
Hi Everyone, and thanks for providing a place to learn more and share information and hope.
My sister was diagnosed in November 2012 and will start chemo next week in Chicago at the cancer treatment center. We are from Central PA.
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She is 48.
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