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The Importance of the Ahl Al-sunnah
Defense of the Sunnah
The Sunnah Should Be Proof (Dalisl)
In his "11th Flash," Bediuzzaman describes the Prophet's (saas) Sunnah as follows:
"The Most Noble Prophet (saas) said: 'Whoever adheres to my Sunnah when my community is corrupted shall receive the reward of a hundred martyrs.'
It is necessary in religion for Sunnah to be proof. These proofs are of various kinds, and all have been definitively proven and unanimously agreed upon by the scholars among the Ahl al-Sunnah.
Seven articles show that the Sunnah represents proof in Islam:
First proof: `Ismah (the Prophet's [saas] infallibility)
The first proof is that Allah (swt) protected the Prophet (saas) from any imperfection and error. He is free of anything that might have impacted negatively upon communicating the message, and all scholars concur that Allah (swt) did not allow him to fall into error or make a mistake in such matters.
Thus, all reports regarding the message are true and comply with what is in Allah's (swt) sight, and Muslims must abide by them.
The Prophet's (saas) words on rulings have also been protected from falsehood and are items of religious proof.
The following saying of the Prophet (saas) is a proof that he is protected against error:
"O people, I do not command you [to do] anything except what Allah (swt) has commanded you. I do not prohibit to you anything except what Allah (swt) has prohibited to you."
The fact that the Prophet (saas) is free of error in all reports regarding the message is by itself sufficient evidence that all types of Sunnah are proof, because each is, in fact, part of the message. His entire life constitutes Islam's pillars, and his social and family life, Companions, battles, manners of eating and drinking, and everything else are all exemplary forms of behavior that explain Islam to the community.
The Prophet (saas) is also protected against whatever might harm the message. This makes his every action, advice, command, recommendation, and prohibition a clear proof. In other words, there is no need for any further report. Our blessed Prophet (saas) has been protected from error and honored with the status of `ismah.
Second proof: Allah's (swt) approval of the Prophet's (saas) companions' following the Sunnah
Our Prophet (saas) encouraged his community to cling tightly to the Sunnah and told them not to oppose him. Thus, the Companions obeyed his commands and followed his every word, thought, and deed to the best of their ability. They regarded all things emanating from him as matters requiring obedience and regarded his every action as a religious proof.
In the event of worldly matters requiring resolution (ijtihad), they consulted with the Prophet (saas) and asked him how and why this should be done.
Sometimes, when they could not understand a command, they asked the Prophet (saas) about it and tried to grasp its underlying truth and wisdom (hikmah). In addition, when something happened to them they did not seek an explanation only in the Qur'an. As long as the possibility existed, they sought the Prophet's (saas) advice on all matters.
If something happened to a Companion when he was far away, he would first seek a resolution in the Qur'an, then in the Sunnah, and only when the Sunnah provided no answer would he resort toijtihad. When he returned to the Prophet's (saas) side, he would relate the matter to him to learn if his decision had been correct. The Prophet (saas) would either approve of his decision or point out his error so that he would not make the same mistake again.
Allah (swt) has approved of all events that happened at the time of the Prophet (saas) and the Companions, for there is no mention of their having made mistakes in their behavior. Approval of something at the time of the revelation is a strong proof at the same level as revelation.
Third proof: The noble Qur'an
The Qur'an, Allah's (swt) Book of truth, contains numerous verses on how the Sunnah is a proof in itself. These verses have been classified into several groups. Sometimes, a verse may appear in more than one group.
The first group of verses:
These verses show the obligatory nature of belief in the Prophet (saas). Belief in the Prophet (saas) means to recognize and accept his prophethood as well as what he relayed from Allah's (swt) presence, whether or not they are mentioned in the Qur'an. Such verses state that opposing the Prophet (saas) and refusing to recognize his stipulations are incompatible with belief:
So believe in Allah and His Messenger, and in the Light We have sent down. Allah is aware of what you do. (Surat at-Taghabun, 8)
Say: "O humanity, I am the Messenger of Allah to all of you, of Him to Whom the kingdom of the heavens and Earth belongs. There is no deity but Him. He gives life and causes to die." So believe in Allah and His Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, who believes in Allah and His words, and follow him so that, hopefully, you will be guided. (Surat al-A'raf, 158)
Al-Qadi `Iyad (544/1149) said: "Belief in Prophet Muhammad (saas) is specifically obligatory; no belief is complete without it." (Al-Qadi `Iyad, Al-Shifa', 2:1)
Imam al-Shafi`i (204/819) said: "Allah has made the completion of the beginning of belief - to which everything else is subordinate - belief in Allah and then in His Messenger. So if a person believes in Him but not in His Messenger, the designation denoting completion of belief does not apply to him until he believes in Him and His Messenger." (al-Shafi`i, Al-Risalah, p. 75)
Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (751/1350) said: "The verse incorporates, among the requisites of belief, that they do not go anywhere - when they are with him - except with his permission. It is all the more fitting that they do not adopt any position or enter any path of knowledge except after his permission…" (Ibn al-Qayyim, I`lam al-Muwaqqi`in, 1:58)
The second group of verses:
These verses indicate that the Prophet (saas) elucidated and explained the Qur'an in line with Allah's (swt) command and that he taught both the Book (the Qur'an) and wisdom (the Sunnah) to his community. Imam al-Shafi`i and other scholars interpreted wisdom as the Sunnah.
We have only sent down the Book to you so that you can make clear to them the things about which they differ, and as a guidance and a mercy to people who believe. (Surat an-Nahl, 64)
Allah showed great kindness to the believers when He sent a Messenger to them from among themselves to recite His signs to them, and to purify them and teach them the Book and Wisdom, even though before that they were clearly misguided. (Surah Al 'Imran, 164)
Imam al-Shafi`i said:
The third group of verses:
These verses show that absolute compliance with the Prophet's (saas) commands and prohibitions are obligatory, that obeying him is the same as obeying Allah (swt), and that any opposition to him or change in his Sunnah is forbidden.
Obey Allah and the Messenger so that, hopefully, you will gain mercy. (Surah Al 'Imran, 132)
O you who believe, obey Allah and obey the Messenger. Do not make your actions worthless. (Surah Muhammad, 33)
Obey Allah and the Messenger and beware. If you turn your backs, know that Our Messenger is only responsible for clear transmission. (Surat al-Ma'ida, 92)
Ibn al-Qayyim said:
Allah (swt) reveals the importance of obedience to the Messenger:
Any good thing that happens to you comes from Allah. Any bad thing that happens to you comes from yourself. We have sent you to humanity as a Messenger. Allah suffices as a Witness. Whoever obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah. If anyone turns away, We did not send you to them as their keeper. (Surat an-Nisa', 79-80)
The fourth group of verses:
These verses reveal that obeying the Prophet (saas) in all of his words and deeds, as well as adopting him as a role model is necessary in order to be loved by Allah (swt).
Say: "If you love Allah, then follow me and Allah will love you and forgive your wrong actions. Allah is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful." (Surah Al 'Imran, 31)
You have an excellent model in the Messenger of Allah, for all who put their hope in Allah and the Last Day and remember Allah much. (Surat al-Ahzab, 21)
Muhammad ibn `Ali al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi said:
The fourth proof: The Prophet's (saas) Sunnah
Many hadiths and accounts show the Sunnah as proof. These have been classified into three groups:
The first group of hadiths:
The Prophet (saas) is free of falsehood in those matters revealed to him in the Qur'an and in the form of hadiths.
The Prophet's (saas) expounded and stipulated rules were Allah's (swt) expositions and stipulations. They emanated from Allah's (swt) presence; not his.
Acting according to the Sunnah is acting according to the Qur'an.
Allah (swt) commanded the ummah to accept and practice the Prophet's (saas) words, obey his commands, and follow his Sunnah.
Whoever obeys the Prophet (saas) and holds fast to the Sunnah obeys Allah (swt) and attains the true path of guidance.
Faith is complete only if one adheres to all that he brought. He speaks nothing but the truth. The best guidance of all is his guidance.
Anything not brought and approved of by the Prophet (saas), but which people invented according to their whims and desires, is an innovation that must be rejected and avoided.
In his Al-Madkhal, Imam al-Bayhaqi relates that Talha ibn Nudayla narrated:
Narrated from `Abd Allah ibn `Amr by Ibn Hibban (354/966):
The Prophet (saas) said:
Narrated from Ibn `Abbas:
The Prophet (saas) said:
Narrated by al-Bayhaqi:
`Abd Allah ibn `Amr said:
The second group of hadiths:
The common subject matter in this group may be summarized as Muslims finding the truth by adhering to the Sunnah and being prohibited from practicing only what is in the Qur'an and from making do with independent opinions in abandoning the Sunnah.
Ibn Majah narrates from Anas, Thabit, and Aisha (ra) that the Prophet (saas) said:
The third group of hadiths:
These hadiths tell Muslims to heed, memorize, and then transmit the Prophet's (saas) words to those who will come later. They promise a great reward for those who engage in these activities.
These commands of the Messenger of Allah (saas) necessitate that the Sunnah is proof.
Al-Bayhaqi (451/1066) said:
It is narrated from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (saas) said:
The fifth proof: The Qur'an is to be understood with the Sunnah
No one, in the absence of a revelation descending upon oneself, can possibly understand Islam's rulings and details from the Qur'an alone. Therefore, one should look into the Sunnah, which was revealed together with the Qur'an, for the Prophet (saas) inferred this through his own ijtihad and Allah (swt) approved it. There is no other way.
If the Sunnah were not a proof (the source for rulings), then it would be unreliable for any scholar to look into it and draw support from it. In that event, nobody would understand their exact responsibilities, rulings would disappear, and obligations would be cancelled.
It is impossible for scholars (mujtahid) to act alone and according to their personal opinions on this matter, because the Qur'an is at the highest level of miraculous inimitability (i`jaz). Due to its eloquence alone, it contains many secondary meanings, secrets, and treasure troves of knowledge that only Allah (swt) knows.
The Prophet (saas) expounds the Qur'an, and no one can devise rulings based only on it. In fact, explaining the Qur'an is one of his duties. In the Qur'an our Almighty Lord says:
It is not devoutness to turn your faces to the East or to the West. Rather, those with true devoutness are those who have iman in Allah and the Last Day, the Angels, the Book and the prophets, and who, despite their love for it, give away their wealth to their relatives and to orphans and the very poor, and to travelers and beggars and to set slaves free, and who establish salat and pay zakat; those who honor their contracts when they make them, and are steadfast in poverty and illness and in battle. Those are the people who are true. They are the people who have taqwa. (Surat al-Baqara, 177)
This verse shows that praying (salat) and giving zakat are obligatory observances. But how exactly are Muslims supposed to pray, and when? How many rak'ahs (prayer cycles) are called for? Who has to pray? We can find answers to these questions only in the Sunnah, for through it our Prophet (saas) demonstrates the correct way to pray and thus enlightens us. The same is true for zakat and other obligations.
In another verse our Lord reveals:
So [give] glory to Allah when you start the night and when you greet the day. (Surat ar-Rum, 17)
From this verse, it appears that, in essence, the time of glorifying is at the morning, evening and night. But what is meant by "[give] glory" here, we learn this from our Prophet's (saas) Sunnah. Is it the salat commanded in the verse "do salat"? Or is it reciting "Subhan Allah"? Were we not told by the Prophet (saas) we would be unaware that this expression was related to the morning, evening, and night prayers.
As for giving in His way, our Lord tells us: "As for those who hoard up gold and silver and do not spend it in His Way, give them the news of a painful punishment" (Surat at-Tawba, 34). What does "spend" mean in this verse? Giving away all assets, as understood by the Companions at the time of the verse's revelation, or just a part of them? If so, how much?
Hundreds of other matters are only mentioned in the Qur'an and then fully explained in the Sunnah. Our Prophet (saas) elucidates the Muslims' forms of religious observance, what these are and the shape they take, and how they are to be implemented through his own example.
In his Al-Ihkam, Ibn Hazm says: "Where in the Qur'an does it state that: Dhuhr prayer is four rak`ahs? Maghrib is three rak`ahs? Ruku` is done in such-and-such a way? Sujud is done in such-and-such a way? Qur'anic recitation in the prayer is done in such-and-such a way? Salam is given at the conclusion of prayer in such-and-such a way? What one must avoid when fasting? The modality of zakat for gold and silver, sheep, camels, and cattle? The determination of the zakatable capitals and amount of their zakat? The rituals of hajj from the time one stands in `Arafah? The modality of prayer at `Arafah and Muzdalifah? The modality of stoning at the three jimar in Mina? The description of the pilgrim's sacralized state (ihram)? What must be avoided while wearing ihram? Cutting off the thief's hand? What prepared foods are prohibited? The description and definition of butchering and sacrificial slaughter? The modalities of penal rulings (ahkam al-hudud)? The description of enacting divorce? The rulings that pertain to selling? The exposition of usurious transactions (al-riba)? The modalities of juristic verdicts and appeals? Those of solemn oaths, water-dams (al-ahbas), life tenancy resulting in ownership of the tenant's heirs (al-`umra), collection of sadaqah, and all the other topics of the Law?
We find in the Qur'an only comprehensive clauses (jumal). In all of this, the reference is none other than what is transmitted from the Prophet (saas). It is the same with scholarly consensus (al-ijma`) for the latter formed over but a few matters that we all gathered in a single book. ... Therefore, it is indispensable to refer back to the hadith." (Ibn Hazm, Al-Ihkam fi Usul al-Ahkam, 2:79-80)
Other hadiths state that we cannot understand the Qur'an solely with our own reason, and that this is impossible without the Sunnah. The Companions and the Followers narrated countless hadiths about this truth and reached complete agreement on this issue. Some relevant traditions are as follows:
Al-Bayhaqi (in Al-Madkhal) and al-Lalika'i (in Sharh Usul I`tiqad Ahl al-Sunnah) narrated that Umar (ra) said:
Abu Hatim (354/965) reports Ibn Mas'ud as saying:
Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrates that `Imran ibn Husayn (ra) said:
Narrated by Abu Nadra by Ibn al-Mubarak in Al-Zuhd: The people were rehearsing the narrations of hadith, whereupon a man stood and exclaimed:
Similarly, Ibn `Abd al-Barr narrates the following reply: Mutarrif ibn `Abd Allah ibn al-Shikhkhir replied:
Al-Lalika'i narrates (in Sharh Usul) from `Abdus ibn Malik al-`Attar that: Imam Ahmad said:
Jabir ibn `Abd Allah (ra) said:
These verses, hadiths, and narrations show that the Sunnah is a blessing that enables us to understand and apply the Qur'an in our daily lives.
The sixth proof: The Sunnah is also based on revelation
What emanates from the Prophet (saas) is either words or deeds designed to communicate the message of Allah (swt), or other forms of behavior that lie outside that communication.
The first part:
This is a sure and certain revelation. As we know, the Messenger of Allah (saas) was protected against error here. Hanafi scholars refer to this as "manifest or external revelation" (wahy zahir). The revelation in this part is sometimes revealed with a statement showing that it is a Divine revelation and sometimes in another way. That which comes with an accompanying statement to the effect that it is Divine, implies either worship (ta'abbud), miraculous inimitability (i'jaz) or challenge (tahaddi), in other words, the Qur'an.
Revelation without the characteristics of i`jaz and tahaddi is al-hadith al-qudsi. This is also a form of Divine revelation. By using such words as "The Lord of Glory said …" before every hadith, the Prophet (saas) imparted tidings from Allah (swt). Such reports cannot be mistaken or based on deceit. The Prophet's (saas) report shows that it is Allah's (swt) word, just as it shows that the Qur'an is His word. If there is no accompanying statement to show that the report is from Allah (swt), then it is a prophetic hadith (al-hadith an-nabawi). These verses show that the Prophet's (saas) hadiths and practices are of the nature of Divine revelation:
… nor does he speak from whim. It is nothing but Revelation revealed. (Surat an-Najm, 3-4)
"… I follow nothing except what is revealed to me. I fear, were I to disobey my Lord, the punishment of a Dreadful Day." (Surah Yunus, 15)
… Allah has sent down the Book and Wisdom to you and taught you what you did not know before. Allah's favor to you is indeed immense. (Surat an-Nisa', 113)
As stated elsewhere, the "wisdom" referred to here is the Sunnah.
Abu Dawud and al-Bayhaqi identify and establish this report with accompanying statements:
The second part:
This part consists of the Prophet's (saas) words and behavior that are not specifically concerned with communicating the message. These may or may not have been affirmed by Allah (swt).
If Almighty Allah (swt) has approved an action taken by the Prophet (saas), that action is considered a revelation, even if not openly instructed by way of revelation. Such approval shows that the action is true, correct, and acceptable in His sight. In addition, even if each of his actions has not been reported by way of direct Divine revelation, Allah (swt) tells us to abide by each one of the Prophet's (saas) words and deeds. This being the case, someone who follows an action done by the Prophet (saas) that has not been imparted by way of revelation has adhered to Allah's (swt) instruction to obey him. Thus, such matters emanating from him actually enjoy the status of Divine revelation.
This account also supports the subject. The Prophet (saas) said:
Al-Bayhaqi says:
Ibn Mas'ud (ra), like Imam Shafi'i (ra), has also said that anyone abiding by the Sunnah of the Prophet (saas) will thus be living by the command of the Book of Allah (swt). This is because the obligatory nature of following in the path of the Messenger of Allah (saas) is a provision set out in the Qur'an itself. Those provisions based on the ijtihad of the Prophet (saas) and approved of by Allah (swt) form part of this second section. Hanafi scholars refer to this as "non-manifest or internal revelation" (wahy batin).
Seventh proof: Ijma'(consensus):
From the first days of Islam right up to the present we see that no mujtahid imam looking at the subject with knowledge and good conscience has ever rejected this notion, that of adhering tightly to the Sunnah and using it as a source of proof and acting in its light as due. On the contrary, we see that they have adhered closely to the Sunnah, acted in the light of the line drawn by it, encouraged others to act in its light, forbidden any opposition to it and have relied on the rules established by it both for themselves and for others. In addition, we also see that they have fiercely opposed any opposition to or trivialization of the Sunnah; indeed, they have regarded it as complementary to and explanation of the Qur'an, and that in the event any sound hadith disagreeing with an ijtihad which had previously been made on the basis of the Book or some other form of proof came to their attention they would immediately revise their opinions and consider the provision in question. It is not without reason that the beloved wife of the Prophet (saas), Aisha (ra) said: "The Prophet's conduct was nothing but the Qur'an" (Sahih Muslim).
Indeed, the following has come down to us: "If you find any sound hadith, that is my madhhab (school). Put aside any statement of mine disagreeing with it." (Al-Subki, Majmuat al-Rasa'il Muniriyyah, 2, 98) Most other mujtahids have reported words with a similar significance.
For the Ahl al-Hadith, the common view held by mujtahids and Islamic scholars in general is this: the Ahl al-Hadith are the greatest helpers of the religion and the most powerful protectors against the attacks and doubts of the irreligious. The enemies of basic Islamic truths are only the ahl al-bid'ah, fajarah (wicked evil-doers) and kafirun (unbelievers).
There is a wide and overwhelming consensus (ijma') of opinion among Islamic scholars with regard to the subject of the Sunnah constituting proof; they have agreed on a definitive conclusion.


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"Chris represents the agency very well in his water safety enforcement: working to keep the boating public safe through patrols, getting the message to boaters using various media outlets, and in accident reconstruction & presentation to grand juries, when felony charges are warranted," said Texas Game Warden Capt. Larry Hand, supervisor of the Tyler district. "He is a pleasure to work with and I couldn't be happier that he has been recognized in this way."
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If anything defines the good life in Manitoba, it's cottage country.
Maybe not all of us are lucky enough to own a patch of paradise, but a good number of Manitobans do indeed own a cabin -- an asset that for many is priceless.
Still, as a cabin owner, you can't ignore the cottage's cash value. Even if the chance of selling is slim, the Canada Revenue Agency will get its piece of the action one way or another.
"There's no way to avoid taxes," says Aurele Courcelles, director of tax and estate planning at Investors Group in Winnipeg.
The taxes in question are those applicable to capital gains on the growth in value of the cabin between when you took ownership and when it's sold or passed on to someone who's not your spouse.
"But there are ways to lower the tax," he says.
In fact, owners have plenty of options. Yet figuring out which one of these options makes the most financial sense can be a tall order for Joe and Jane Public.
So, just for the sake of argument, let's pretend Joe and Jane own a $500,000 cabin -- a family meeting place since they bought the land and built the cabin in 1967.
And for the purposes of news that readers can use, Joe and Jane's cabin will illustrate the potential tax nuances of passing on the family's jewel by the lakeside.
The taxman cometh...
Joe and Jane bought the land and built the cottage themselves for $30,000 45 years ago. Having held on to the cabin until now, they don't have to pay any taxes on the cabin's growth in value until they sell it, gift it to their children or leave it to them in the will.
"Upon the death of one spouse, if any assets are left to the surviving spouse, it all rolls over to that spouse tax-free," says Courcelles.
That includes real estate.
Before the cottage could pass to their children, for example, the estate would have to pay taxes on the accrued gain -- which one would assume is $470,000 based on the price they paid in 1967, subtracted from the price the cabin would sell for today.
The advantageous part about capital-gains taxes is only half of a capital gain is taxable. So while a large portion of the cabin's gain will most likely be taxed at the highest rate in Manitoba, 46.4 per cent, only half would be taxable. Still, that's possibly a $109,040 tax bill.
But that's highly unlikely, because the gain in value is reduced by additions to its original cost to arrive at what's called the adjusted cost base. This calculation includes not only the price paid for the cabin, but expenses for renovations that improve the property beyond its original state. In this example, Joe and Jane bought the cabin for $30,000. And let's say they did $20,000 more in renovations over the years, such as building a deck and adding running water.
One thing to keep in mind: Repairs are not improvements. So a new roof likely won't count in the calculation, but new steps might if instead of replacing the original wooden steps, they built concrete steps.
In our example, if the adjusted cost base is increased to $50,000, the total capital gain is only $450,000, making the tax bill that much smaller.
But the fun doesn't stop there. It gets more complicated.
Exemptions to the rule...
Most cabin owners also own a home. Another upside of Canadian tax law is that when we sell our home, we don't get taxed on the capital gain. We can pocket the profit, tax-free. That's the principal residence exemption.
But owners with two or more properties also have the opportunity to choose which property they want to be their principal residence.
"As long as you use the cottage regularly -- on weekends or a few times a year -- that's sufficient to be a principal residence," Courcelles says.
In a perfect world, it's just a matter of deciding which property has the largest capital gain and then selecting it as the principal residence while choosing to pay taxes on the other property when it's sold or passed on to family.
In reality, nothing is quite so cut and dried.
Most people sell their home and buy another, using the principal residence exemption, without even knowing it exists. Still, they can choose later on to use the principal residence exemption on their cabin for the years they did not claim it against the home they sold.
In our example, Joe and Jane might have bought a new home after they sold their old home in 2004 for $250,000, profiting $75,000.
At the time, the cabin was worth $350,000. Today, if they decided to sell the cabin, they could declare it as their principal residence for the years after 2004. But they might still have to pay taxes on the gain prior to the date they sold their first house -- not to mention making the gain on their new home taxable.
At first glance, you might think taxable gain on the cabin is $300,000. That's subtracting the adjusted cost base of $50,000 from the gain between 1967 and 2004.
But it's likely to be much less. Canadian tax laws on capital gains have changed several times since 1967. In fact, the family cabin would be eligible for three tax exemptions that would dramatically reduce the tax bill.
The '94 election
This isn't a reference to an election in which you vote. Instead, it's a tax form -- an election to declare as much as $100,000 of capital gains on a property without paying taxes.
"Under the law today, you can declare $750,000 of capital gains, tax-free, on the sale of qualifying small business corporation shares or farm property," Courcelles says.
But up until 1994, Canadians had a $100,000-capital gains exemption on any asset with a capital gain. That changed in 1994, but the government gave Canadians, including cabin owners, a chance to file an election with CRA to use the exemption of $100,000 if they hadn't already used it up in years prior. Two exemptions could be made if a property was jointly owned. (By the way: If you didn't use the exemption in '94, you're out of luck.)
In our example, Joe and Jane both had the foresight to file the election. In 1994, their cabin was worth $320,000 and they could use the full exemption.
The total taxable gain at that time would have been $70,000 -- based on the $30,000 price of the cabin, $20,000 in upgrades and two $100,000 exemptions -- one for Joe and one for Jane -- subtracted from the 1994 market value.
So the adjusted cost base on the cabin would be $250,000, and the capital gain would be $250,000 if Joe and Jane sold it today.
But hold on. Two more exemptions prior to 1994 must be taken into account.
More than just free love...
The 1960s also were free of taxes on capital gains. Capital gains tax laws didn't exist until the 1970s. But once in place, any gains made before 1972 were grandfathered, Courcelles says.
In our example, the cottage appreciated in value from 1967 to 1971 to $80,000. That $50,000 growth from the purchase date would be tax exempt. So, the valuation date in 1971 would be $80,000. To keep things simple, no improvements took place until the mid-'80s, so the adjusted cost base in 1994 would have been the sum of the 1971 valuation date of $80,000, the $20,000 in upgrades and the two $100,000 exemptions. That's $300,000, leaving only $20,000 in gains taxable in 1994. But it doesn't stop there.
2 homes better than one...
After 1971, capital gains applied to cottages that weren't a principal residence. But the rules allowed a married couple to have two principal residences.
This rule changed in 1982. Afterward, a married or common-law couple could own only one principal residence, Courcelles says.
In the case of Joe and Jane, they owned both a home and a cabin up to that point. In 1982, the cabin was worth $120,000. With some proper tax planning to maximize their principal residence exemption claims, going forward that could be the adjusted cost base.
The price is right...
So what are the taxes payable on Joe and Jane's cabin?
Because the cabin could be exempted until 1982, the adjusted cost base to that point would have been $120,000. Add on the upgrades and the cost base is $150,000 in 1994. With the $100,000 exemptions claimed by both Joe and Jane as much as possible (they would have $30,000 between them left over for capital gains on other assets prior to '94), the cost base would be $320,000. And that just so happens to be the cabin's value at that time.
Going forward, Joe's and Jane's adjusted cost base would have been $320,000. When they sold their home in 2004, the cabin was worth $350,000. Because they used the principal residence exemption on the sale of their home, they would have to pay taxes on the gain from 1994 until 2004 on the cabin if they chose afterward to make the cabin their principal residence until today.
Call an expert...
Now Joe and Jane have a decision to make about how best to pass on the cabin to their kids. But even before they get to that stage, Courcelles says they should find out if their kids even want it. If they don't, it might make sense to sell it. They know the gain on the cabin is about $180,000 today, so the tax bill could be as high as $41,760 if they sold it (much less than the $109,040 we assumed at the outset). Or they could make it their principal residence instead and pay taxes eventually on the sale of their home. Yet they'd still have to pay taxes on the cabin's gain from 1994 to 2004 -- only $30,000 -- because they used the principal residence exemption on their home's sale in 2004.
Certainly, they should consider seeking professional advice.
Joe and Jane might not know all the tax rules and miss their chance to reduce their tax bill, Courcelles says.
"And it could be a very expensive mistake."


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(Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, which makes the market-leading multiple sclerosis drug Copaxone, has filed a petition with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that could, if granted, delay entry to the market of a rival drug developed by Biogen Idec Inc.
Teva's petition asks that the FDA not approve any new multiple sclerosis drug until its safety has been evaluated by a panel of outside advisors, and said it had uncovered "troubling information" on a publicly accessible website about the safety of Biogen's drug, BG-12.
Israel-based Teva said the information showed that kidney changes were observed after repeated administration of BG-12 in mice, rats, dogs and monkeys. The company suggested that as a result, "there is a substantial probability the risk is applicable to humans as well."
Biogen spokeswoman Kate Niazi-Sai, echoing comments made by company chief executive, George Scangos, at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference earlier this week, said the company is "confident" in BG-12's safety data.
Niazi-Sai said the incidence of kidney problems was similar between patients taking BG-12 and those taking a placebo, she said. A late-stage clinical trial showed that 21 percent of patients taking the placebo experienced kidney problems, compared with 22 percent of patients taking BG-12 twice a day and 25 percent of patients taking BG-12 three times a day.
Teva asked the FDA not to approve any new MS drug unless or until it has convened a panel of outside advisors and listened to the panel's recommendations. And it said its motives were to protect patients.
"Teva filed the petition, on behalf of the more than 300,000 patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis in the U.S.," Denise Bradley, a spokeswoman for Teva, said in an emailed statement. She said the company wants to "ensure that appropriate safeguards are implemented to maintain an acceptable risk-benefit profile."
So far the agency has not scheduled such a meeting for BG-12, though it could do so at any time. An advisory committee meeting would delay BG-12's entry to the market.
The FDA is scheduled to rule on whether to approve BG-12 by the end of March, three months later than the original decision date. Biogen has said the agency did not require additional information, just more time to review application.
Brian Abrahams, an analyst at Wells Fargo Securities, said he doubts Teva's petition will cause the FDA to delay BG-12's approval, "though one cannot rule out the possibility of a minor process-related delay as FDA necessarily evaluates/responds" to the petition.
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- Nom and For I could go on at great length about how Frosty is pretty much the most active non-admin. About how he is 2nd place in IRC trivia. About how he is active during the lucrative Australian timezone. But you already know all that. So instead, this. -- Brigadier General Sir Zombiebaron 02:47, September 11, 2012 (UTC)
- Boner. Typically when there's admin stuff that needs to be done, Frosty knows it needs to be done before other people know. And then he tells me and then I do it. Opping him will as such severely decrease my ban and deletion totals, but I think it's worth it. -RAHB 03:12, September 11, 2012 (UTC)
- Boner.. Since the untimely death of Bizzeebeever, Frosty's the only clear candidate here in mine eyez. -- TKFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK 06:01, September 11, 2012 (UTC)
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- N & F He makes me hot in all the right places. --ChiefjusticePS2 14:22, September 11, 2012 (UTC)
- Also very much in favor of this, if he decides to un-hibernate any time soon. Consistently one of the most level-headed users on the site for five straight years. -- TKFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK 16:08, September 11, 2012 (UTC)
- Also boner, although in addition to being presently absent, he's also declined this multiple times in the past and has said he'll continue to in the future. If he miraculously rescinds that stance though the choice would be obvious. -RAHB 23:47, September 14, 2012 (UTC)


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BRUNSWICK, Ga. - A baby died after the 13-month-old and his mother were shot multiple times Thursday morning on Brunswick's South End, and police say a search is on for a gunman estimated to be between 13 and 15 years old.
Police say the baby died at the scene. The mother was conscious and talking when she was taken to Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
Brunswick police spokesman Todd Rhodes said the shooting occurred just after 9 a.m. while the mother was pushing the baby in a stroller on London Street near Ellis Street. He said police were looking for a young black male wearing a long sleeve red shirt, 5-feet 7-inches to 5-feet 9-inches tall, with curly hair last seen running east on London Street. Police said he was with a second boy, shorter and wearing a black shirt and who looked to be a couple of years younger.
"That is something we do not know at this time," said Brunswick Police Chief Tobe Green.
Dozens of officers from various agencies are at the scene hunting for the gunman over a 100-block area, aided by a SWAT team, K-9 officer and a helicopter. Glynn Academy was locked down for about 30 minutes, but has since resumed a normal schedule.
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A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.
Brunswick Mayor Bryan Thompson begged the public for help.
"I plead with you, please call the Silent Witness numbers. If you are uncomfortable doing that, call me: 912-270-0632. I guarantee you anonymity," Thompson said.
Neighbors were in disbelief about a baby getting killed, especially at the hands of another child.
"You hear about these places where things like this happen," said Guynel Johnson. "You say it's not going to happen here, but it happens everywhere, sadly."
A prayer service for the victims was scheduled for 6:15 p.m. Thursday at Greater Dimension Christian Fellowship at 5900 Altama Avenue.
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In the 1970s the Veterans Health Administration began planning to meet the challenges the aging World War II Veteran population would present. At the time the field of geriatric medicine was rather small, so to help grow the field and develop the infrastructure necessary to handle the complexities such a large influx of elderly patients would present the Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centers (GRECCs) were developed. GRECCs were meant to attract scientists and health science students to the field of geriatrics in order to help increase the basic knowledge of aging, transmit this knowledge to health care providers, and improve the quality of care delivered to elders.
Each GRECC contains a research component, a education component, and a clinical component. Currently there are 19 GRECCs which compete for research grants to conduct basic laboratory research on the origins of aging and the diseases commonly associated with it as well as research how care is delivered to elders and the effects of rehabilitation. GRECCs help disseminate existing knowledge of geriatrics and new discoveries gained through research by offering regular educational events and products such as national conferences, regional conferences, telephone and video conferences, special fellowship programs to train physicians in geriatric medicine, conducting grand rounds and journal clubs, and producing peer reviewed papers and other materials such as newsletters, CD-ROMs, and web based presentations. The GRECCs also work with clinical staff in VA medical centers to provide care to elderly Veterans and demonstrate new and improved ways for that care to be delivered.
GRECCs are not meant to be large enterprises but centers of excellence with a core staff equaling 12 full time employees. Each year these small research units publish hundreds of peer reviewed articles, provide thousands of person hours in geriatric education, and are awarded millions of dollars in research grants. More significantly they provide care to the aging Veteran population while at the same time training many of the healthcare professional which will provide that care for years to come.


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Sooner or later the dice stops tumbling and it can be determined whether a bet placed was good or bad.
According to several members of the Winnipeg Jets, the time is now, when conclusions can be drawn upon a wager on their worth.
If the high-priced, long-term contracts Kevin Cheveldayoff has showered the core of his Winnipeg Jets with result in a playoff berth, this could be the dawning of a long and prosperous era of pro hockey in these parts.
The opposite is also true. If these Jets don't announce themselves as playoff contenders soon, we could be stuck with a load of duds for some time.
The Jets, depending on who makes the club out of camp, will enter the season with a cap hit around $63 million.
Over and over this summer, the question was asked by hockey people: Did Cheveldayoff pay too much? The answer to that question comes in many forms but if this group reaches the playoffs this year, no one will be questioning the GM's allocation of funds.
Cheveldayoff took some time to evaluate his roster and determined the core was substantial enough to be the foundation for a winner. So he locked them up.
The other path would have been to blow this roster up and start from scratch. Cheveldayoff didn't do that and this summer, in Year 3 of his plan, he spent a lot of money to secure his core.
"They showed a lot of faith in the group of us. We have a lot of guys on long-term contracts. They've done their part. Now it's time for us to show what we can do and reward them. We need to make the playoffs this year," said centre Bryan Little, who was inked to a five-year, $23.5-million contract this summer.
"It started out this city was just happy to have a team back. Now they want us in the playoffs. And they should. That's not unreasonable. It's time to do our part."
It's one thing for coach Claude Noel to spout about the playoffs and another for fans to clamour. But it's something altogether different when the players step forward and state the time is now.
The Jets opened their third training camp since their return and there is one story that rides higher than all others this season.
Have the Jets finally arrived?
They've been a cute story so far. Lots of "glad to be back" stuff. But when the hometown hero comes back after being away, the glory soon fades unless new triumphs are achieved.
The men who run the Jets and the players in the uniforms might pay polite lip service to all the nostalgia storylines but the reality is they are in this business for one reason: To win.
Zach Bogosian takes it one step further, saying titles are the aim.
"Our goal is to win a championship and making the playoffs would be the first step," said Bogosian, who bristled when asked if missing the playoffs this season would represent a failure. "I'm not thinking about not making the playoffs. We have to have a positive outlook that we're going to make it."
Bogosian is driven to be the best at his position. It can be seen every day in the way he approaches his job. He's in elite condition and he loves to compete. Bogosian says a new contract, a seven-year deal worth $36-million, must spur him on to be better and not give him reason to relax.
"We can't just sit back and be comfortable. I can't sit back and say, 'I've got a seven-year contract,' and then just mail it in," said Bogosian. "I need to show that I've earned it and do it every night. I'm confident the entire group will have the same mindset."
The future of the franchise doesn't rest on this season's results. And it may turn out the Jets still have a way to go.
But it's clear the expectations are now higher. From within the organization and without.
Failure to take the next step will, to some degree, be an indictment against the players Cheveldayoff has secured. Reaching the playoffs will be an affirmation of these players and the organization's plan.
Higher and more defined expectations result in clear results. The payout could be bigger this season.
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Reinvented: Deviled Eggs 5 Ways for Mother's Dayby Jill Novatt in Holidays, Recipes, May 9th, 2012
Here in Food Network Kitchens, we love simple, classic recipes. We are also paid to think about food all day. So we've taken classic foods and drinks and reimagined them into three, four or five different ways. No standard recipes here, just the occasional technique and pictures. Think of it as a picture recipe.
To us, deviled eggs are the perfect party food. Not only are the majority of the ingredients already in your refrigerator and pantry, they cook up fast and they're crowd-pleasers.
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Block of IceScience brain teasers require understanding of the physical or biological world and the laws that govern it.
Warbucks and Swig were arguing about the best way to melt ice when Fred walked up.
Warbucks was saying, "That's ridiculous, the best way to melt a block of ice is to put it in the oven."
To which Swig replied, "Nonsense, boiling water is the way to go. You drop the block into a pot of boiling water and it will melt much quicker than in the oven."
"Listen," Warbucks averred, "even an oven set to only 200 degrees Fahrenheit, the block would melt faster than in your boiling water."
Seeing that Fred had approached, and knowing Fred's penchant for all things esoteric, Swig asked him to intervene. Swig told Fred that he thought that the fastest way to melt a block of ice, without breaking it up first, would be to drop it in boiling water. He also told Fred that Warbucks insisted that a warm oven would be the fastest method. He then asked Fred which of them was right.
Fred simply replied, "why, neither of you, of course."
What is the fastest way to melt a block of ice without first breaking it up into smaller pieces?
AnswerFred went on, "the fastest way to melt a solid block of ice is to put it in a bowl in the sink and run hot water into the bowl. It's all to do with convection and thermal transfer. The hot water, being closer to the temperature of the ice than boiling water, will more quickly dispense heat into the block. Couple that with the convection caused by the fact that the water is constantly moving while being replenished and you have ideal conditions for the transfer of heat necessary to melt the block."
Warbucks asked, "but what about the oven and the boiling water?"
"They both suffer from a similar problem," Fred answered. "The boiling water does have a certain amount of convection, but because the water is so hot, the transfer of heat actually works to cool it down more than to heat up the ice. The oven is even worse because of the complete absence of external convection. All the block is doing is keeping your oven cool, which actually makes it the slowest way to melt a block ice short of leaving it in the freezer. Even running cool water over the ice in the bowl will melt it more quickly than using an oven or boiling water."
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Lord of the heavens and the earth and everything between them,the Almighty, the Endlessly Forgiving.' (Surah Sâd: 66)
One of the most amazing distinctions about bees is the hexagonal comb cells they make. Watching a large group of bees building honeycombs, one assumes that the end result must be total confusion. There seems little chance that these insects, which all seem to be acting independently of one another, could ever produce such imposing structures. Contrary to appearances, however, bees work together in building the comb, in total harmony and in an exceedingly ordered manner. In fact, although they start from different points, they all build cells of exactly the same size. The joins where they meet in the middle are invisible, and there is never any error in the angles of their hexagons.
Bees build combs only when there is a need in the hive. They build these for shelter, storing food and raising larvae, and every aspect of the combs is regulated. Each is double-sided, for instance, with cells sharing a common base; and each comb face can have hundreds or even thousands of cells, produced in an ordered manner to be filled with honey, pollen and eggs.
The top of the comb down to the middle is filled with honey. Pollen is stored underneath these, with eggs at the very bottom. The honey stores also continue at the sides of the hive. However, the workers always store a few rows of pollen between the larval chambers and those used for honey.120 This prevents the three contents-honey, larvae and pollen from becoming mixed up in the near-total darkness of the hive. Honey and larvae being kept separate is very definitely most of all to humans' benefit, otherwise bee-keepers would face an irresoluble problem: Seeking to separate one part of the honeycomb in their efforts to extract the honey would inevitably harm the new members of the colony. The presence of larvae in the honey would also make it far less palatable.
Again, conscious behavior permits this separation. In appearance, there is no difference among the cells in the comb for larvae, pollen and honey-they are all identical. But despite this resemblance, as we have already seen, the queen never makes the mistake of laying her eggs in empty cells intended for honey or pollen, but always lays them in the right place. No doubt that this is a discriminating ability given her by God.


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- "Jesus, Take the Wheel': Evangelical Christianity on American Idol." Integrite: A Faith and Learning Journal 12.2 (2013):17-34. Print.
- "When Darcy Is a Dog': How Wishbone Introduces Children to Jane Austen." Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal On-Line 34.1 (2013): n. pag. Web. 16 Dec. 2013.
- "I'm the Worst Mother Ever': Motherhood, Comedy, and the Challenges of Bearing and Raising Children in Friends." Studies in Popular Culture 35.1 (2012): 25-41. Print.
- "But This Is the South': Ambivalent Regionalism in Jan Karon's Mitford Novels." Studies in Popular Culture 32.2 (2010):17-33. Print.
- "The Politics of Adaptation: Teaching R-Rated Films on a Christian Campus." The Word in the English Classroom: Best Practices of Faith Integration. Ed. Jamie Dessart and Brad Gambill. Abilene: Abilene Christian UP, 2009. Print.
- "'Everything Was Contested': Teaching Print and Television Biographies of Willa Cather," in Teaching The Works of Willa Cather, edited by Steven Shively and Virgil Albertini, published by Greentower Press, 2008
- "'The World Hasn't Changed Very Much': Romantic Love in Film and Television Versions of Anne of Green Gables," in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables: A Children's Classic at 100, edited by Holly Blackford, published by Scarecrow Press, 2008
- "Love and Microphones: Romantic Comedy Heroines as Public Speakers," in Journal of Popular Film and Television, 2007
- "A Menace to Human Culture? Teaching Television Films of Willa Cather's Novels," in Teaching Cather, 2005
- "'Tennyson Would Never Approve': Reading and Performance in Kevin Sullivan's Anne of Green Gables," in Canadian Children's Literature, 2002
- "'It's All Mine': The Modern Woman as Writer in Sullivan's Anne of Green Gables Films," in Making Avonlea: L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture, edited by Irene Gammel, published by University of Toronto Press, 2002
- "'Space Is a Frame We Map Ourselves In': The Feminist Geographies of Susan Howe's Frame Structures," in The Greening of Literary Scholarship: Essays on Literature, Theory, and the Environment, edited by Steven Rosendale, published by University of Iowa Press, 2002
- "The Beginning of the Real Story: C. S. Lewis's Depictions of Heaven," in The Lamp-Post of the Southern California C. S. Lewis Society, 2000
- "'It'll Always Be Burma to Me': J. Peterman on Seinfeld," in Studies in Popular Culture, 2000; and reprinted in Seinfeld, Master of Its Domain: Revisiting Television's Greatest Sitcom, edited by David Lavery with Sara Lewis Dunne, published by Continuum, 2006
- "'I am not a Monster': Homophobia, Nostalgia, and Edith Wharton's The Buccaneers," in Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers, 1999
- "Word-Healers and Code-Talkers: Native Americans in The X-Files," in Journal of Popular Film and Television, 1998
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January 2005- I returned from a date with my girlfriend, now my wife, to see a countdown clock on ESPNNews. If the Astros failed to offer Beltran arbitration by midnight, he wouldn't be returning to Houston, and the consensus seemed to be the Mets would swoop in.
My girlfriend sat and watched the clock with me. It was probably for the best that she saw a full reckoning of my baseball-related insanity. Midnight came, we high-fived, and she asked what we'd won. I explained that the Astros wouldn't be getting Carlos Beltran. She was confused as to why we'd celebrate another team simply not getting a player we wanted to see on the Mets.
"You'll see," I said. We awoke to Carlos Beltran finalizing a contract with the Mets. Christmas morning on a January winter day for a couple of Jews used to presents at sundown.
April 2005- the home opener. I'll propose later that week. It's a new era for everybody. The Mets are 1-5, but we all know that doesn't mean much. These are the Pedro Martinez Mets now, and more crucially, the Carlos Beltran Mets. I'm wearing the Carlos Beltran jersey that was my girlfriend's first birthday gift to me. Beltran quietly reaches base three times, nearly hits one out to right field. New York wins 8-4, we celebrate. It feels like the start of something monumental. A day after we get engaged, Beltran collects three hits in a win over Florida.
August 2005- The Mets, with a win, can climb to within a half-game of the Phillies for the wild card. Carlos Beltran hits a home run off of Robinson Tejeda in the first inning. Four plate appearances, three hits and a walk to show for it. His season has been mediocre by Beltran standards, but in the biggest game the Mets played in years, he was brilliant. The Mets win, 6-4. Ramon Castro seals the win with a home run, and I fall off the bed in cheering surprise. My fiancee laughs at me while the cats scatter.
May 2006- This is the year. The Mets storm out to a strong start, and Beltran's OPS is around 1.000 when he steps to the plate in the 16th inning against Ryan Madson. The 2006 Mets don't lose games like this, until the very end of the year. Beltran launches one deep into the right field bullpen. My fiancee is asleep- all sensible people are after midnight on a Tuesday. I make a mock newspaper summary of what she missed, so she can read about it in the morning.
August 2006- Somewhere in the Mediterranean, I manage to get online from my honeymoon, and watch Beltran do the same thing again, this time to the Cardinals. Game-winning home run, halfway across the world. I know I'm returning shortly to married life, and some cold October evenings at the start of it. I can feel Shea's chill through the European sun. I tell my sunbathing wife to remind me to buy a Mets blanket when we get home.
October 2006- We walk out of Shea Stadium. I am disappointed, but my wife is in tears. I assure her rationally, point out that Carlos Beltran is 28, David Wright and Jose Reyes are 24. This is just the beginning, I told her.
July 2007- A Saturday night out. The plan is to watch from the beginning, on delay, when we get home from dinner and a movie. But around 11:30 PM, my phone starts buzzing frantically. We'd just walked in the door, and turn on the game to see something a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ISWZihIMp0″we'd never seen before/a: the greatest catch of my lifetime. Willie Mays may have caught his in the World Series. But he didn't climb a hill to do it.
August-September 2007- My first year covering the Mets, so it is a blur of enduring images. Seeing Carlos Beltran post a .991 OPS, hit 14 homers from August 10 through the end of the season. Seeing the same Beltran, so graceful and brilliant on the field, limping around the clubhouse on knees that would require surgery following the season. Seeing Willie Randolph, tense, express tight-lipped confidence in his faltering team. Explaining to everyone that this slump was not Carlos Beltran's fault, waiting for the slide to end. Seeing the season end instead, way too soon.
2006-the present- Trying to avoid angry words or violence in conversations about Carlos Beltran and how good/clutch/soft he is or isn't.
September 2008- There, but for the limitations of his team's bullpen, Carlos Beltran's two-run homer on the final day of the season could have been the hit that put the New York Mets in the playoffs and forestalled the end of Shea Stadium's tenure. And his home runs in the 2006 NLCS could have made him the series MVP with a little more help, too. My father and I watched the 2008 season finale at home; we'd attended in 2007, with disastrous consequences. Our attendance or lack of attendance didn't turn out to be the reason the Mets fell short. Neither was Carlos Beltran. One of us got blamed, though.
Most of 2009- Waiting for Carlos Beltran to return, less to help the Mets on a playoff run, and more to simply enjoy watching him play again.
Repeatedly, 2010- Explaining to people that no, Angel Pagan is not better than Carlos Beltran. Not now, not ever. My wife gets into an argument at work with a colleague on the same subject. Beltran returns, the Mets sink in the standings. Further discussions, same subject. And yet, if I were to hit someone making this argument, I'm the one committing assault. Some justice system.
Spring, 2011- I am on hand, in Port St. Lucie, to cover Carlos Beltran's first game in the field. He's volunteered to play right, and we watch him on a back field. I see him awkwardly chase a ball in the gap, see him slowly meander to his position each inning. His timing is way off at the plate. I think Beltran's days as an elite performer are gone. I am so very wrong.
May 2011- My one-year-old daughter and I watch Carlos Beltran hit three home runs in a game at Coors Field. I tell her, "It's too bad you weren't born a little sooner, so you could have watched Carlos Beltran play in his prime." She'll understand someday.
July 2011- Rumors everywhere. The prospects tantalize: Domonic Brown? Gary Brown? Zack Wheeler? The trade makes sense. Let it happen. Beltran's final at-bat at Citi Field, he gets some sustained applause. Not enough, it feels like. Go out like Ted Williams! No, a fly out to left. Somewhere, someone is using this as justification to rip Beltran once again. My wife inexplicably loved that Lucas Prada song, a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-e8Mkjnx80″"And We Say… Let's Go Mets!"/a It was dated even when it was new. I'll listen: I'm a sucker for any song that name-checks Chad Bradford. "We don't have one great Carlos, we've got two." Not anymore. Our 15 jerseys join our 21 jerseys, our 45 jerseys. Our 7 jerseys are next.
June 2012- Beltran will be wearing unfamiliar colors. We'll cheer him as we always have. He'll receive a reception that doesn't quite befit him. And then he'll probably do something great on the field that not enough Mets fans will properly see.


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A close examination of poverty reveals that it is about much more than money alone. Poverty results from a number of factors that include political, social, and economic dynamics. For instance, as the country shifts from a manufacturing to a service economy, wages have been dramatically lowered for the average "nonprofessional" worker. In addition, the feminization of poverty has been exacerbated by persistent disparities in salaries for men and women, as well as the disproportionate economic burden that single mothers face in raising children alone.
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During their work together, the social worker was able to develop a plan of action with her client. By following up on leads, the young woman was connected with several sources of tangible help in her community. Over the next few months, she was able to identify subsidized housing, obtain prenatal care, receive treatment for her depression and to enroll in a part-time job training program. Her partner was also able to find employment through a community job bank. By the time her baby was born, the young woman's outlook on life was brighter.
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DAVID Cameron's statement that the UK is a 'Christian country' has been backed by East Lancashire politicians and religious leaders.
Responding to claims that his public comment was 'divisive', MPs Jack Straw and Gordon Birtwistle, Lancashire Council of Mosques chairman Abdul Hamid Qureshi and Archdeacon of Blackburn, John Hawley said it was true.
Writing for the Church Times, the Prime Minister said British people should 'be more confident about our status as a Christian country'.
Fifty prominent individuals including authors, broadcasters, comedians and scientists hit back claiming his view was 'divisive' in 'a largely non-religious society'.
Mr Qureshi said: "It is a largely Christian country in terms of heritage. We have no problem with this or Mr Cameron being a Christian.
"Muslims share many basic value with Christians and we do not think it is divisive."
Blackburn Labour MP Mr Straw, a regular churchgoer, said: "Historically and culturally, this is a Christian country and people who live here need to understand that history and culture.
"It's not people of other faiths who object to this but militant atheists.
"However, I believe it is better for politicians not to wear their Christianity on their sleeves but if they are asked they have to give an honest answer.
"I don't think it will have any effect at all."
Archdeacon Hawley said: "Whether or not it is a cynical political ploy to raise the Christian profile by David Cameron, it is good to hear our Prime Minister speak up for the Christian church when the voices of secularism are constantly trying to undermine and marginalise the voice of the church.
"Certainly, it seems to me that our national heritage is one that has been forged and shaped by a strong attachment to the Christian Faith since the seventh Century and earlier. The Christian voice has a legitimacy to be heard as any other."
Burnley Liberal Democrat MP Mr Birtwistle said: "The Prime Minister is absolutely right to say this is a Christian county and he is a Christian.
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Epsom and St Helier hospitals' A&Es were the best in London at seeing and treating the most urgent patients within four hours last month.
NHS standards state that 95 per cent of people who attend an A&E department should be cared for within a maximum of four hours - the emergency access target.
Figures released by NHS England show that during July, Epsom and St Helier's A&E departments achieved this target for 97.21 per cent of the time when dealing with the most critical cases.
The figures also show that since the start of 2014, the trust has consistently ranked within the top five of all London trusts for overall A&E services.
Jackie Sullivan, the trust's chief operating officer, said: "These encouraging statistics reinforce the reputation of our hospitals as reliable and dependable emergency services in the community.
"This is an incredible achievement and is testament to the hard work of our team.
"I would like to take thank all of our staff working in and around A&E for their outstanding performance and dedication to their roles.
"Our number one priority is always ensuring that adequate care is given to our patients.
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The expression "Don't judge a book by its cover" should never apply to cupcakes. While these mudslide cupcakes are tasty, their cover (a sweet Baileys Irish Cream whipped cream) is the exceptional part. In fact, several tasters said that they would have been happy to eat a big bowl of the whipped cream sans cupcake.
You'll see in the video at the bottom of this post (if you are the video watching type) that Bride and Groom 3.0 found the mudslide cupcakes to be a bit dry. I say that if you have the cupcakes with a big bite of the Baileys whipped cream and perhaps a sip of coffee with some more of the whipped cream on top, you've got yourself a moist and memorable morning treat.
Baileys Irish Cream Whipped Cream Recipe
The Baileys Irish Cream whipped cream frosting is such an important part of this cupcake that I am putting the frosting recipe first!
- 2 C heavy whipping cream
- 2/3 C sugar
- 2 T homemade Baileys Irish Cream (yes, store-bought would work just fine)
- Whip heavy whipping cream until it looks like whipped cream.
- Mix in sugar and Baileys Irish Cream until just combined.
You may find yourself wanting to double the recipe if you like gobs of frosting. I'd suggest stocking up on some extra heavy whipping cream.
Mudslide Cupcake Recipe
- 2/3 C sugar
- 2 C flour
- 1 1/2 t baking powder
- 1/2 t baking soda
- 3 T ground coffee (your favorite kind)
- 3/4 C unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 C melted vanilla ice cream (you could also make this with coffee or mocha ice cream)
- 1/4 C homemade Kahlua (store-bought would work just fine)
- 1/4 C homemade Baileys Irish Cream (store-bought would work just fine)
- A little bit of chocolate for shaving on top (optional)
- 12 chocolate-covered espresso beans (optional)
- Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and coffee in a bowl.
- Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl for 1 minute until light and fluffy.
- Beat eggs, ice cream, Kahlua, and Baileys into the butter/sugar mixture until blended.
- Fold in flour mixture.
- Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full.
- Bake at 350 F for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out of the cupcake clean.
- Top with Baileys Irish Cream whipped cream (see above), shaved chocolate, and a chocolate covered espresso bean.
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Happy 2010!
I want to take a moment at the end of this long post to wish all of my readers a Happy 2010! Did you make resolutions? I'm not big on resolutions, but I've made one that requires no effort on my part:
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Maybe it was the backyard basketball court.
Maybe it was the seven-car heated garage with a loft.
Maybe it was the Assiniboine River as his backlane.
Whatever, Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister plunked down $2 million for a 9,000-square-foot mansion on Wellington Crescent in River Heights.
"I love this location," the Fort Whyte MLA said. "This is really convenient for me. I plan on jogging from there to my office. It's a beautiful neighbourhood. Heck, I could canoe to work."
Pallister said the purchase of the house -- built in 1935 on 1.7 acres of riverfront property -- for his wife and two daughters should be seen as a success story and a lesson of what hard work can accomplish.
"I'm not apologetic for the way I invest my and my family's capital," Pallister said. "I have nothing to apologize for there. I've worked and my wife Esther has worked for over 30 years, honestly and hard, building up a company from nothing, starting out of my car, and we're selling it. This is our investment. We knew we would have this capital and I'm sure not putting it into GICs."
The house was once owned by Graeme Sifton, the great grandson of Clifford Sifton, one of the original owners of the Free Press. It was originally listed in 2007 for $3.3 million. Pallister bought it Oct. 25.
He said the sale of his financial management company, Pallister Financial Group, is still in process.
"That's how we made money and this is how we invest money," he said. "Intelligently."
"To suggest that I can't defend the interests of poor people if I have a nice property, for heaven's sake, look at where I've come from and understand where my sympathies lie. I want a province where people can succeed. Is it bad to succeed? Surely not. I think it's commendable and that's what I would want other people to aspire to. That's where the Aim Higher (the PC Party's slogan under Pallister) has come from. I want a province where people can aim higher."
Shannon Sampert, an associate professor of political science at the University of Winnipeg, said it's disingenuous for Pallister to say success is based on hard work alone.
"For anybody who doesn't own a $2-million home, does that mean they just didn't work hard enough?" Sampert said. "This is sort of a continuation of this neo-liberal idea that if we just really work hard we'll all do well and that's not the case. We all can't become millionaires.
"It all comes down to who you know, who you hob-nob with, that's how you get ahead in the world. It's kind of insulting to everyone else who works hard, but lives in west Winnipeg in a $150,000 house."
Pallister said that's hogwash.
"For somebody to say he really doesn't care about poor people, well, man, that's where I grew up. I didn't have much. I hitchhiked to university. I went to night school for over 20 years."
Pallister also noted the property taxes of his new home ($38,378) should also be a symbol of success.
"If the taxes are high on the property, then is that a bad thing? I'm paying perfectly good dollars to taxes. How do you think we support all these programs?"


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MICHAEL Smith was happy to silence his biggest critic – his own dad – after scoring his first goal since January 28 during Swindon Town's 2-1 home defeat to MK Dons on Saturday.
Though disappointed with the result, Smith was pleased to have found the back of the net with an 18th-minute header – his fourth goal for Town since arriving from Charlton Athletic at the turn of the year.
And he revealed to the Advertiser that during his mini goal drought he had endured the taunts of his nearest and dearest.
"There's always a bit of banter flying about but most of it from my own dad, he's the worst. I'm confident in my own abilities and if I'm in the right positions I'll score," he said.
"My dad, my brother, a few of my mates back home – everyone has been on at us but I just laugh and keep working hard. I'll be straight on the phone to them, don't worry.
"You just keep plugging away, keep working hard in training. I know I can score goals, I know if I get in the right positions I'll put the ball away.
"I'll take them all day. It's been a while without a goal, I'm just glad to be back on the scoresheet."
Wolves visit the County Ground tonight off the back of a run of eight straight victories but Smith is not daunted by the prospect and is relishing the chance to right the wrongs of the weekend so quickly.
"You just want to forget about games like today and move on as quickly as possible, and with the game on Tuesday it's a good opportunity to do so," he said. "We're just trying to focus on us and get better as a team. With the game being on Tuesday and so close it's ideal.
"If we can take something from them it will be a big scalp for us. We'll be ready for it."