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The Lying Leg Swing is a great way for me to work on my sciatica. I get that pain and tingling primarily when I drive a lot.
Pain in your buttocks? We say these things about bosses, in-laws and annoying sales calls during dinner, but when you've got an actual pain in your butt, it can really impact your quality of life.
This is a real issue for many athletes, and there are a lot of forms of this. I am not talking about the pain in the buttocks that might come from a nagging boss, or similar situation....
Common issues are glute pulls, cramps and sciatica. I can give you a million reasons for these issues. One of the most common reasons can be traced to problems with the piriformis.
I know. I know about this because, like many people who have to be on the road selling, I am frequently in my car and dealing with the vibration and irritation associated with driving. Fortunately, I am a lifter with friends in the medical industry.
Amazingly, some of the best ways of dealing with these problems are the simplest. Essentially, stretching and relaxation of irritated muscles, ligaments, tendons and nerves. I solve my sciatica with the Iron Boot. The Iron Boot is essentially a dumbbell for your foot. Being on the bottom of the foot, instead of having the weight at your ankle, like one of those velcro type ankle weights, allows you to do a common exercise and really get to a small muscle just by changing the position of your foot during an exercise or stretch. Very cool stuff.
You can find iron boots at this link.
This is nothing new.
In fact, it is very old information. It is also cheap. You can do this at home. It is certainly recommended that you get the exact exercise and positioning you need from your doctor. However, here is the basic movement, straight from the Good Brothers. They owned the Good Barbell Company in the 1930s and 40s. This exercise actually comes from their wall chart "Good Advanced Abdominal Course of Progressive Exercises". It is "Exercise 9 Lying leg Swing":
"With the boots attached to the feet, lie flat on the floor on the back with the legs straight, arms extended out to the sides. Begin the exercise swinging the left leg, from the prone position, up and to the right until it reaches the position shown or as close to the finger tips of the right hand as possible. (The arms are positioned straight out to the right and left, flat against the ground.) Return to starting position and swing the right leg in the opposite direction in the same manner. Repeat with left and right. Inhale when swinging the leg out to the side and exhale when moving to lying position. Perform from 6 to 12 times with either leg. Increase the weight slightly at times. For the midsection, hips, buttocks and legs. Do not ben the legs performing the exercise."
I love this exercise. I do it especially before traveling and after traveling. I will occasionally do it at rest stops during long trips, if weather permits.
Some other products that may be helpful:
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A mentor at Coleg Ceredigion has been sentenced for causing the death of a mother of two by careless driving.
Danny Lewis, 41, from Penparc near Cardigan, was sentenced to a 12 month community order with 250 unpaid work on Friday.
He was also banned from driving for 12 months.
Judge Philip Richards told Swansea crown court he took the view that Lewis had moved out of a line of traffic to see if it was safe to overtake and saw Joan Patricia Morris coming towards him at the last moment.
Lewis applied the brakes so fiercely that the front wheels locked and his Ford Focus slid further across the road and into Mrs Morris' 125cc scooter, killing her instantly.
Lewis had denied both charges.
Judge Richards said that while convictions for causing death by driving without due care and attention sometimes led to prison sentences, this was not such a case.
Lewis had been on his way to work at the college's Aberystwyth campus on March 2 last year when the accident happened on the A487 south of Llanon.
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NL Wild Card Game Odds
(TheSpread) – The National League Wild Card game takes place on Tuesday. Here is a look at the odds for this one-game playoff.
The NL Wild Card game features the Pittsburgh Pirates hosting the Cincinnati Reds at 8PM ET (View Matchup). The Reds have Johnny Cueto on the mound to face Francisco Liriano of the Pirates. According to oddsmakers at Bovada.lv, the Pirates are favored at home, as they have odds of -130 to win this game, while the Reds have a money line of +120 to prevail. The over/under total for the game has been set at 6.5 runs.
Pittsburgh went 94-68 this season with a 50-31 record at home. Cincinnati went 90-72 overall and 41-40 on the road. Pittsburgh won its final three meetings with the Reds this year. The road team won six of the last seven in this series as well. The two have hit the under in three of their last five meetings.
For odds and run totals for Tuesday's game, see below.
2013 MLB Playoff Odds & Over/Under Totals for Tuesday, October 1
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Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Chorus of the Danish National Opera, Aarhus Cathedral Choir & Vox Aros, Bo Holten & Thomas Søndergård
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There are still unknown, exciting sides to Denmark's world-famous composer, Carl Nielsen (1865-1931).
On this CD you can hear the premiere recordings of two of his cantatas for choir, soloists and orchestra.
The cantatas were written in 1908-09, when Carl Nielsen was in one of his most productive phases. They have been performed several times since, but it is only in connection with the new collected edition of Nielsen's works that they have appeared in print.
The same is true of his genial Homage to Holberg, written in 1923 to celebrate the great 18th-century dramatist to whom Carl Nielsen also paid homage with his opera Maskarade.
Part I: Vaartid, Vaeksttid, Loftelses Tid! (Chorus, Soprano, Reciter)
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Children know what foods they like and which they don't. At home or at school, it can be a struggle to get your child to eat what you know they need. In UCS cafeterias, students will find food combinations that incorporate quality ingredients and foods they recognize. Meals feature the new stricter federal meal requirements that were in the news recently. These requirements include increased portions of colorful vegetables and fruit, more healthy whole grains and lower fat entrees. Balanced meals filled with vitamins and nutrients that support good health and learning. Visit the Healthy Meals at School page to learn more about meal requirements.
The Food and Nutrition Services Department administers the National School Lunch and Breakfast Program, along with a host of other food-related services for students and staff. For parents there are many services to make purchasing meals easy. Visit the School Meals Computer System page to learn more about Lunchapp.com to fill out free/reduced price lunch application (application is available in multiple languages at this link) and sendmoneytoschool.com to deposit money using Visa, Mastercard and Discover card. If you are paying by cash, checks should be made out to: Utica Community Schools.
On-Line Deposits and Account Management - Every parent will want to consider setting up an on-line account to manage and monitor their student's meal activity through http://sendmoneytoschool.com . Visit the sendmoneytoschool.com website to set up your account. You will need your child's 9-digit ID number to apply. If you do not have the number on hand, contact the school office. Once your sendmoneytoschool.com account is set up, you can access student meal accounts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to view account balances, deposit histories, or your child's meal or snack selections free of charge. You can also make deposits to your child's cafeteria account using Visa, MasterCard or Discover. (A bank service fee of $1.50 will be charged to your credit card.) Online deposits of $50 or more to a single student account will receive a $2 credit to their account.
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Larry Brown is now criticizing Rick Carlisle.
Brown criticizes Carlisle
Detroit coach says Pacers' campaigning on Artest's behalf is not way to win award.
Pacers coach Rick Carlisle (left) called members of the media in support of forward Ron Artest for Defensive Player of the Year, which he won. -- John Harrell / Associated Press
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Pacers bide their time
Pistons' Brown criticizes Pacers' Carlisle
By Mark Montieth
April 29, 2004
Now Rick Carlisle is being double-teamed. But he's not looking for help.
Larry Brown joined in the criticism Wednesday of the Indiana Pacers' coach for his promotion of Ron Artest for Defensive Player of the Year, one day after Gregg Popovich's complaints were reported.
Popovich, speaking with a San Antonio radio station on Monday, accused Carlisle of producing "totally unsubstantiated" statistics to back Artest's candidacy and criticized him for calling some of the NBA media members who vote for the award.
Popovich had a leading candidate for the award in Bruce Bowen, while Brown had one in Ben Wallace -- who won the past two seasons while playing for Carlisle in Detroit.
Brown chimed in on the issue while talking with Detroit writers Wednesday.
"I don't think (campaigning) is right," Brown said. "I don't think there's any place for it.
"I have a lot of pride in what Ben has done, but stats are a bunch of baloney. Most people use toilet paper for that, or wrap dead fish up in it. But I would never take anything away from Ron Artest. He had a great year and Pop felt the same way."
Carlisle has been greatly amused by the fallout from Artest's award and feels no anger toward Popovich or Brown. He appeared Tuesday on the same San Antonio radio station that aired Popovich's original comments.
"It was a hoot," Carlisle said. "I had fun with it."
Carlisle, while not wanting to escalate the verbal jousting, stood behind the defensive statistic that Popovich and Brown ridiculed.
At his request, two members of his video staff, Rob Cleveland and Mike Mannix, reviewed each of Artest's defensive possessions over the course of the season and charted how his opponents fared. After about 100 combined hours of research they found that the players Artest guarded averaged 9.4 shots and 8.3 points per game, figures the NBA included in its news release for the defensive award.
"People throw out these bogus, unsubstantiated stats, so you give them a little static for it," Popovich told San Antonio writers Wednesday.
Carlisle said he doubted the research won the award for Artest, because Artest also was the leading vote-getter among the coaches, who select the all-defensive team.
Bowen and Wallace also were named to the first team.
"I'm glad to hear that both Larry and Pop voted for Ron for first-team all-defense, because I voted for Ben and Bowen first-team," Carlisle said.
Carlisle also defended his effort to call voters to support some of his players for postseason honors, something he also did two years ago while coaching the Pistons, but not last year.
"I'm a guy who knows this is a players' league and I'm going to support my players any way I can if I feel they're deserving," Carlisle said.
"I'm amused that Larry and Pop believe someone like me can have that kind of influence on the media, but I just don't see it."
Artest wanted to let the issue die Wednesday, but he took exception to Popovich's claim that he did not guard the opposing team's best offensive player most nights.
"I'm trying to think of one night I didn't," Artest said.
On Tuesday, Artest had offered to play Bowen one-on-one, with the winner taking the Defensive Player of the Year award. That notion was the subject of more humor.
"Neither one of them would probably score," Popovich said. "They'd probably both beat the hell out of each other. They'd be suspended for the next game."
Ultimately, Popovich's assertions about Artest were viewed as an attempt -- although perhaps belated -- to back his player for the honor.
"I feel like the whole organization was supporting me," Bowen told San Antonio writers. "Whenever you get a coach backing a player, it makes the player feel good to know that. It's sort of like saying I have your back in battle. I appreciate Pop for that. Pop was expressing his opinion, which he's entitled to.
"It just so happened it turned into a little circus, so to speak."
Call Star reporter Mark Montieth at (317) 444-6406.


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We are thrilled to announce the second issue of Show Pony Magazine. Admittedly we're a little biased (we're the fashion editors), but we really love this smart and interesting new publication.
The 2nd installment of Show Pony is, like any good show pony, proud and strong. It's the American-made issue and features a number of our Chicago friends, including the fabulous Sir & Madame Boutique, the unique and awesome Heritage Bicycles General Store, and the delicious Bang Bang Pie Shop.
And of course there's fashion. Arlene took a 100% American-made wardrobe up to Wandawega Lake Resort, another homegrown favorite, for the shoot. Imagined and shot by Rebecca Hill, and starring the luminous Jessica Orr and pieces from some of our our favorite American gals –Rachel Comey, Wendy Nichol, Chrissie Miller, Kathryn Bentley — this is Show Pony's American Beauty.
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• the cutest couple ever (and the lost art of the handwritten letter)
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TV Times (Scans) – TV Times meets the cast of Wolf Hall
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"I think, probably, every actor in England went up for a part in this," jokes Claire Foy, 30 (who starred in Peter Kosminsky's 2011 C4 political drama The Promise). "And the really lucky ones, like me got included."
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"I'm a Fake Fiancée!"
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
Tired of being branded a mid-life singleton, journalist Kate Mulvey got herself a ring and pretended to be engaged to a banker. It changed her life.....
Kate Mulvey is 42 and single and childless, not through choice she points out, but because she hasn't met the right person. She feels that other women see her as competition, as though she's going to steal their husbands, and men assume she's easy. Recently she was despairing of ever finding an intelligent single man. Then a friend told her how, a few years ago when she was engaged, young attractive men flocked round her. She claimed that her engagement ring was the best man magnet on the planet. Kate decided to put this theory to the test.
In April this year, she began wearing a divorced friend's old engagement ring, and pretending that she was engaged to a banker called Seb. Since then, she claims her life has totally changed. She immediately felt sexy confident, and validated by the ring. She felt that it sent out a clear message that another man had chosen her, and so in her own words she transformed from "easy pickings into forbidden fruit". She can flirt without being branded a husband hunter, and wear revealing clothes without being branded a slut.
Has it worked?
In a word, Yes! Kate was invited on a date by a handsome older man. He had seen her at a party surrounded by men the week before he asked her out. The next time he met her, at an art gallery, he asked her out and they have been dating happily since.
More info about Kate:
-Although she has had several long relationships (one lasting 7 years one lasting 10 years) before trying out this experiment Kate had been single for almost a year
-This experiment started off as an April Fool's joke! She then decided to try it as an experiment to gauge people's reactions and attitude.
-She first noticed a change in attitude from a friend of hers called Richard. He seemed to notice her in a different light, and became more affectionate with her, asked her out for dinner etc
-She thinks that this stems from a theory of popularity-if people see a woman standing along they think she is a Norma No Mates and don't want to go over to her. If they see the same woman surrounded by people they are drawn to her and think that she is alluring and interesting.
-She also noticed a change in attitudes from women. Married women had always treated her with suspicion, She thinks that they were afraid that she would 'steal their mate'. Once they thought she was engaged she was viewed as less of a threat, and she found herself getting a lot more invitations to dinner parties etc that she would normally have been excluded from
-When asked why she thinks she became more appealing to men, she says that first and foremost they see her as being loveable now, as though the 'engagement' is a sort of validation. 'If someone else loves her then she must be loveable.' Some men see her as 'forbidden fruit' and view her as a challenge. Finally some other men think that she is safe to talk to, as she is not viewing them as future husband and father of her children!
-If she could give other singletons advice, she would use this as an example of how people's impressions of you can be shaped quickly. Her engagement was an illusion, yet it made her seem more attractive to some people. She would advise other people to be confident, positive, and to surround themselves with good supportive friends. These traits are always attractive
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A professional partnership incorporated their business approx 3 years ago. The 2 partners who had been in partnership for some 20 years became 50% shareholders.
1 of the partners now wishes to retire and withdraw his directors loan account only. He is then happy to cancel his shares or gift to the other shareholder
Does this then create a problem for the other shareholder in terms of being taxed on the value of the shares? He will then own 100% of the company. There is value in the business. Or does anyone believe that this event would be non-taxable?
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Two potential problems
Without going into the details, on a gift shareholder A may have a capital gain (subject to holdover relief).
Shareholder B likely to face an income tax charge.
What they may want to do is, before A retires, have the company buy back his shares for a nominal sum. This ought to avoid the capital gains tax charge - I'll need to consider further whether the income tax charge would be avoided.
stamp duty dependent on the value placed on the repurchase of the shares by the company
Just a thought
I'd agree that a POoS would probably avoid a CGT or IT liability on A. B could face a charge under the employment-related securities rules (increase in value or S.447), is where I think BKD is still uncertain.
If the company repurchases the shares though for less than their value, isn't that also an IHT chargeable lifetime transfer (grossable and payable by the donor)?
Exactly right, George
My uncertaitny lies exactly where you found it.
And good point about the IHT implications of an undervalue buy-back. (Could BPR apply? I assume not, but IHT isn't my area)
BPR might well be available depending what's in the company.
For an increase in B's MV to be chargeable other than under S.447, the MV of the shares when acquired would have needed to have been artificially depressed.
If Dawn Primarolo's comments at ERSM90050 are to be believed, there shouldn't be a charge under S.447.
With a direct transfer from A to B, I'm not sure there would be an income tax liability, as it ought to be possible to contend that the shares aren't being acquired by reason of the employment, as it's an individual disposing of them in the course of his personal dealings, perhaps? See ERSM20220.
Back to undervalued POoS
If CGT treatment applies would that not still be a deemed market value disposal under S.17 TCGA 1992?
So if you were purchasing for a nominal sum, you'd want to force income treatment?
Possibly, but most commentators seem to think that POoS will always be a bargain at arm's length (it is certainly the case that connected party rules cannot apply).
As for the income tax charge on transfer, there is certainly a case to be made, based on the long-standing relationship, that the shares were acquired otherwise by reason of employment.
Yes. I'd got myself confused. It's a gift that's always a disposal otherwise than a bargain at arm's length.
A sale might simply be a bad bargain.


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The consensus opinion, or maybe it should be called the conventional wisdom, among mining industry analysts who follow the ins and outs of the ongoing effort by Toronto's Hudbay Minerals Inc. to take over Augusta Resource Corp., owner of the Rosemont Mine private land, is that Hudbay's offer of last Sunday was too low. Their view is that Augusta could get more when (not much mention of if) the mine is permitted and that other bidders are likely to enter the scene and push up the price.
But one Toronto analyst, Dundee Capital Markets, an investment dealer that follows both companies, argued in its research note this week that Hudbay's offer is fair and that Augusta shareholders should accept it. At the heart of Dundee's argument is the firm's view that the mine is farther off, maybe a lot farther off, from winning its last permits than Augusta says, and that continued delays in permitting could put Augusta in a precarious financial position.
The offer is in Hudbay stock that amounts to the equivalent of $2.96 per share, or 18 percent higher than Augusta's stock was priced at last Friday, Jan. 31st. (That price has since risen as a result of Hudbay's offer; it's at $3.08 per share, higher than Hudbay's offer, this morning).
"We believe that HBM's offer represents a good opportunity for AZC shareholders to reduce their exposure to what we see as significant permitting and liquidity risks for the company," Dundee's note to investors said.
(The initials HBM and AZC are stock market acronyms for the two companies).
Continuing, Dundee analysts Joseph Gallucci and Iain Farmer wrote:
"Our thesis that AZC's permitting timeline remains uncertain in the face of significant environmental and social headwinds remains intact. Further supporting our thesis was Hudbay's acknowledgment (in its press release) that:
"'…based on its extensive due diligence independent of Augusta, Hudbay believes Augusta's management continues to be overly optimistic about the permitting timeline and Augusta's ability to complete the required engineering and raise the necessary financing to construct the Rosemont project.'"
"Unless AZC's permitting solution is resolved soon, which we see as unlikely, we continue to believe that with its current cash balance (we estimate ~13.5M) the company can only survive until Q3/14 at which time it may have to pursue financing from a position of weakness," Dundee said.
The report noted that Hudbay's offer was 62 percent above Augusta's 20-day average stock price.
In a separate note, Dundee said the takeover would be good for Hudbay, allowing it to increase its annual copper production by roughly 85 percent assuming Rosemont is permitted.
"As opposed to Augusta, Hudbay can afford to sit on the project if permitting is delayed. In fact it would probably be better from a cashflow standpoint for (Hudbay)," Dundee analysts David Charles and Patrick Raciot wrote.
The analysts wrote that a big Hudbay copper mine known as Constancia, now under construction in Peru, should start generating significant cashflow by 2016 that could be available to finance Rosemont construction starting in 2017.
Charles and Raciot wrote that the timing of Hudbay's offer was a surprise, since Dundee -- as did many analysts -- believed that Rosemont would have to make more progress in getting final approvals to draw takeover action.
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Carrizo Plain wildflower meadows
Main characteristics
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Great naturalist John Muir wrote in his memoirs: "Go where I would, east or west, north or south, I still plashed and rippled in flower-gems". In 1868 he was privileged to see something what we won't see anymore - the endless sea (400 miles long and 30 miles wide) of spring flowers of Central Valley in California. Nowadays nearly all of this unique grandeur is gone, meadows have been replaced by pastures, roads and buildings.
But don't despair - there exist Carrizo Plain wildflower meadows.
The unfamiliar Californian grandeur
Most Californians and guests strive to visit Yosemite National Park, redwoods, Sonoran desert and other great natural attractions - there is plenty of choice. But there is one natural attraction which is often overlooked - Carrizo Plain.
To say "overlooked" is not entirely correct - plain has been studied extensively by scientists due to its unique geology and biology. But the beauty of this unusual plain is not exactly as touristy as the overwhelming greatness of Yosemite Valley.
For most part of the year enormous treeless plains around the unusual Soda Lake might seem somewhat monotonous and deserted. But it is not a desert - this vast area is the largest remaining natural grassland in California, last remnant of the sarid grasslands once covering the San Joaquin Valley. The unusual landscape is supplemented by San Andreas Fault - nowhere else this giant scar is expressed that well.
If the weather during the winter has been favourable, in March - May the desolate plain is changing. Millions of bright flowers color the endless meadows. Walk between these two seemingly endless planes - the sky above and the bright carpet of flowers below - seems like being in another reality. (But stay in touch with the real world - beware of rattlesnakes, especially later, starting from late March!)
There are several species of wildflowers creating this grandeur: California goldfield (Lasthenia californica DC. ex Lindl.), lacy phacelia (Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth.), California poppies (Eschscholzia californica Cham.), tidy tips (Layia platyglossa ( Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) A.Gray) and numerous other species.
Biological richness of the Carrizo Plain is well illustrated by such find as diamond-petaled California poppy (Eschscholzia rhombipetala Greene). This small poppy was thought to be extinct until a happy discovery of this plant in the northern part of Carrizo Plain in 1992. There are numerous other rare and endemic plants in the plain and new finds are highly possible.
Carrizo Plain is declared a National Monument in 2001 but is continuously endangered by attempts to get the control over the land in order to begin a search of oil.
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- Wildflowers and Sightseeing. Carrizo Plain National Monument, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Accessed on February 25, 2010
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Victoria's Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio and fiance Jamie Mazur have welcome their second child, a baby boy named Noah. The 31-year-old gave birth to the tot on Monday, May 7 in Florianopolis, Brazil.
"Welcome my son, can't wait to show u around this crazy place," Mazur tweeted on Monday. Ambrosio also updated her Facebook, writing "Well, the day just arrived and we couldn't be more happy!!! Noah Phoenix was born yesterday afternoon and already stole our hearts. Anja is a proud big sister now and we are so thankful he is with us..."
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When other people are winding down and getting ready for bed, Rick Comport is just getting started.
The approach of night means gathering up his calls, firearms, lights and other equipment and going predator hunting. Coyotes, foxes and bobcats get his attention. They vary in how difficult they are to hunt, but all are fun.
"I enjoy it. It gives me a lot of extra time afield, which is always a good thing," said Comport, a 52-year-old from Mars who serves as southwestern Pennsylvania director for the Pennsylvania Predator Hunters Association. "And there's never a time that I go out that I don't learn something."
Predator hunting is, with some animals, a growing sport.
Coyote hunting in particular has taken off. Last year, about 67 percent of the 32,202 coyotes harvested in Pennsylvania were taken by hunters, according to Game Commission furbearer biologist Matt Lovallo. The rest were trapped.
When it comes to foxes, though, the story is different. They've been common all across the state for decades.
"They're all over the place, even in people's back yards, and they have been since at least the 1970s," said Terry Lake, of Rochester, who until this year ran a fur buying shop in Beaver County. "But for whatever reason, fox hunting has never really been popular around here."
The numbers bear that out. Only about 19 percent of the 68,214 red foxes and 29 percent of the 19,380 gray foxes taken in 2011-12 were taken by hunters as opposed to trappers. All predators — coyotes, foxes and bobcats and, to an extent, even raccoons — can be hunted using similar techniques and equipment, Comport said.
He hunts them all with a .223-caliber rifle loaded with 55 grain soft points mostly, though he sometimes uses a 12-gauge shotgun with 3.5-inch magnum loads of #4 buckshot in heavy cover. He carries a red handheld spotlight for scanning field edges and has another mounted on his gun for shooting.
He also carries an assortment of single- and double-reed, diaphragm and electronic calls. The trick in using them is to pique a predator's curiosity, he said.
"You've got to play with their minds a little bit," Comport said. "They're predators. You've got to let them hear your calls and then let them hunt it. That's what they do."
His method is to go to a spot he's scouted previously in daylight, one where he's found lots of signs like tracks and scats. Fields bordered by woods and brushy areas likely to hold lots of rabbits and mice are good, especially if they also have water and cover. There, he sets up, factoring in the wind.
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That's also why he likes to hunt with a partner, if possible. It's easier for two people to watch for incoming predators than one, he said. When it comes to calling, he sometimes will try a particular spot for up to an hour.
"I start calling with a bulb squeaker in case there's something close. I don't want to blast them out," he said.
After three or four minutes of that, he sits quietly for an equal amount of time. Next, he uses a rabbit or bird distress call for five minutes or so, followed by 10 minutes of quiet. Five minutes of distress calling with more volume, more quiet, then five minutes of a fox distress call, some coyote howling, then more distress calling, with some quiet times mixed in, wrap a set up. If nothing responds in that time, it's off to the next spot.
Getting predators to respond is one thing; getting them to come within gun range is another. Gray fox are the most likely to come charging in to a call, he said. Red fox and coyote are more finicky and more likely to survey the scene. Do things well enough to pull any of them in the bag, and it's quite the rush, he said.
"Once you call something in close enough to be able to shoot it, you're hooked," Comport said. "It's addicting."
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Maroon 5 has announced the first single off their upcoming fifth studio album, "V". On Tuesday, June 3, the band took to Twitter to reveal that the LP's lead cut would be called "Maps". The track is scheduled to impact radio and iTunes on June 16.
"V" is due out on September 2 via Interscope Records. It was recorded by Adam Levine and his bandmates in Los Angeles over the past year with producers Max Martin, Benny Blanco, Ryan Tedder, Shellback and Sam Martin.
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You might have a pension – a defined-benefit plan indexed to inflation, or a defined-contribution plan tied to financial markets. You might have money coming in from the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security. Then there's your registered retirement savings plan, your tax-free savings account and your investment portfolio. Those whose income is very low will qualify for the Guaranteed Income Supplement.
How to draw on this money most efficiently depends largely on your income tax bracket, both now and in the future, financial planners say.
"The rule of thumb is to pick a path that gives you the least bite from the taxman," says Warren Baldwin, regional vice-president of T.E. Wealth in Toronto. If you are in between careers and planning to ease into early retirement, your income may well be lower or the same as it will be when you begin getting full government benefits at age 65. This presents a planning opportunity.
"It's a balancing act between withdrawing income now at a modest tax rate or keeping the (RRSP) tax deferral going and paying tax at a higher rate later," Mr. Baldwin says.
In most circumstances, the conventional rule still applies, says Ross McShane, director of financial planning services at McLarty & Co. in Ottawa: You draw on your non-registered portfolio first, then your TFSA and finally your RRSP/RRIF. But with more people opting for buyouts, early retirement or second careers – events that lower their tax rate temporarily – opportunities abound for "smoothing" your income over your lifetime to minimize taxes.
Here are some strategies worth considering for people in different tax brackets.
High income
Suppose you have more money in your RRSP than you will spend in your lifetime. When you die, the money will pass tax-free to your spouse if you are married. When your spouse dies, or if you are single, the proceeds of your RRSP will be treated as income in the year you die and taxed at the top marginal rate of 46.4 per cent. To enjoy more of your wealth, you might retire earlier than you otherwise would so you accumulate less money, financial planners say.
"If you see you are going to have a lot of income coming out of your RRSP, maybe you can take some action now to minimize the impact," says Howard Kabot, vice-president for financial planning at RBC Wealth Management. "You could stop working and melt the RRSP account down so that when you started withdrawing the minimum amount of money from your registered retirement income fund (at age 72) your income would not be as highly taxed," Mr. Kabot adds.
If you retire in your mid-50s, for example, you can draw from your investments and savings until your government benefits begin.
The same might apply if you have reason to believe you won't live as long as the actuarial tables indicate. "You could pay a large part [of your RRSP]to tax if you die prematurely," Mr. McShane notes. If you are below the top marginal tax rate, you could avoid a big tax hit on your estate by shifting money gradually from your RRSP to your tax-free savings account or your non-registered portfolio. This way, more would be left for your beneficiaries.
Health issues could also be a reason to begin receiving Canada Pension Plan benefits at age 60 rather than 65 despite the hefty penalty.
Middle income
Suppose you have a work pension as well as an RRSP and government benefits. You want to keep your income below the threshold (about $67,000) at which Old Age Security benefits start to be clawed back through income taxes.
"If you have a couple or an individual in the early stages of retirement, they might want to dip into their RRSPs and pay a bit of tax today knowing their taxable income will be low enough later to preserve the full OAS," Mr. McShane says.
Even before you retire, if you find yourself in a lower tax bracket – perhaps as a result of being laid off, taking a buyout or early retirement – it might be an ideal time to de-register some savings. "The key is understanding how your tax brackets are going to change over time," Mr. McShane says.
Another reason middle-income earners might want to tap into their RRSPs may be lifestyle, Mr. Baldwin says. People are retiring earlier and travelling or embarking on new ventures, so they want to spend more money in the early years. As they get older, they likely will spend less, so their demands on their RRSPs/RRIFs will be lower.
People who don't have company pensions may want to convert a portion of their RRSP to a RRIF ahead of the (age 71) deadline to take advantage of the $2,000 federal pension tax credit, Mr. McShane says. The idea here is to shift enough money from an RRSP to a RRIF to create a tax-free income stream of $2,000 a year for each taxpayer – twice that for a couple.
Low income
The main consideration for low-income earners with no work pensions will be to take advantage of the federal Guaranteed Income Supplement. This can be an issue for low-income people with RRSPs, however modest in size.
Money withdrawn from an RRSP to supplement government benefits could push a person beyond the GIS threshold. Similarly, when the RRSP is converted to a RRIF and mandatory minimum withdrawals begin (at age 72), the income could wipe out part or all of the GIS. This is not the case if the savings are in a TFSA because money withdrawn from a TFSA does not affect income-tested government benefits.
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- Not to be confused with Parvocellular cell.
Parvocellular neurosecretory cells are small neurons within paraventricular nucleus (PVN) of the hypothalamus. The axons of the parvocellular neurosecretory cells of the PVN project to the median eminence, at the base of the brain, where their neurosecretory nerve terminals release peptides into blood vessels in the hypothalamo-pituitary portal system. The blood vessels carry the peptides to the anterior pituitary gland, where they regulate the secretion of hormones into the systemic circulation.[1][2]
The parvocellular neurosecretory cells include those that make:
- Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), which acts as the primary regulator of TSH and a regulator of prolactin[3]
- Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), which acts as the primary regulator of ACTH[4] [5]
- Vasopressin, which acts as a secondary regulator of ACTH secretion acting synergistically with CRH and a regulator of prolactin[5][6][7]
- Oxytocin, which acts as a regulator of prolactin[6][8][7]
- Neurotensin, which acts as a regulator of luteinizing hormone and prolactin[9][5]
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- ↑ Sawchenko, PE (1987 Dec 29). Evidence for differential regulation of corticotropin-releasing factor and vasopressin immunoreactivities in parvocellular neurosecretory and autonomic-related projections of the paraventricular nucleus.. Brain research 437 (2): 253-63.
- ↑ Kovács, KJ, Sawchenko, PE (1996 Jan). Sequence of stress-induced alterations in indices of synaptic and transcriptional activation in parvocellular neurosecretory neurons.. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 16 (1): 262-73.
- ↑ Ghamari-Langroudi, M., Vella, K. R.; Srisai, D.; Sugrue, M. L.; Hollenberg, A. N.; Cone, R. D. (13 October 2010). Regulation of Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone-Expressing Neurons in Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus by Signals of Adiposity. Molecular Endocrinology 24 (12): 2366–2381.
- ↑ Lennard, DE, Eckert, WA; Merchenthaler, I (1993 Apr). Corticotropin-releasing hormone neurons in the paraventricular nucleus project to the external zone of the median eminence: a study combining retrograde labeling with immunocytochemistry.. Journal of neuroendocrinology 5 (2): 175-81.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Sawchenko, PE, Swanson, LW; Vale, WW (1984 Mar). Co-expression of corticotropin-releasing factor and vasopressin immunoreactivity in parvocellular neurosecretory neurons of the adrenalectomized rat.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 81 (6): 1883-7.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Horn, A. M., Robinson, I. C. A. F.; Fink, G. (1 February 1985). Oxytocin and vasopressin in rat hypophysial portal blood: experimental studies in normal and Brattleboro rats. Journal of Endocrinology 104 (2): 211–NP.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Freeman, ME, Kanyicska, B; Lerant, A; Nagy, G (2000 Oct). Prolactin: structure, function, and regulation of secretion.. Physiological reviews 80 (4): 1523-631.
- ↑ Johnston, CA, Negro-Vilar, A (1988 Jan). Role of oxytocin on prolactin secretion during proestrus and in different physiological or pharmacological paradigms.. Endocrinology 122 (1): 341-50.
- ↑ Watanobe, H, Takebe, K (1993 Apr). In vivo release of neurotensin from the median eminence of ovariectomized estrogen-primed rats as estimated by push-pull perfusion: correlation with luteinizing hormone and prolactin surges.. Neuroendocrinology 57 (4): 760-4.


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" Live theatrical show. "
As an Easter treat I decided to buy tickets to the Arena show, Walking with Dinosaurs. The show has just opened for a UK tour in Sheffield, and is about to move to various arenas across the country between now and the end of May.
My children are both rather interested in dinosaurs. They have seen skeletons in the Natural History Museum in London and watching the film Jurassic Park, so I thought they would really enjoy the chance to see the animatronic versions that are featured in this show.
Based upon the BBC show Walking with Dinosaurs, this show provides a stunning visual and audio experience, but also provides an insight into the history of the Jurassic and Crustaceous periods of history in a way that can be appreciated by children and adults alike.
The show has one male actor who acts the role of narrator in the form of a time travelling paleontologist called Huxley. His voice over, alongside the images shown on a large video screen provide the background information you need to appreciate the action being performed by the animatronic dinosaurs.
The set to this show is pretty simple, featuring a series of rocks in the middle of the arena which can be moved to represent the moving of tectonic plates in the Earth's crusts. Around the stage entrance there are huge dinosaur teeth as though the robots are entering through a mouth. As the show progresses, there are inflatable plants around the arena edge which unfold as the story progresses adding a real 'wow' factor when the set is brought to life before your very eyes like watching many years pass by in a matter of seconds.
The show is divided into two acts, covering two different periods in the history of the creatures, with the animals appearing getting larger and more impressive as we go through the herbivores until we reach the carnivores, where we meet animals ranging from the gentle brachiosaurus, a flying pterosaurus, and the piece de resistance, the stunningly terrifying T rex.
From the first sight, the scale of these animals was pretty impressive, but as you watched them moving around the Arena floor, and you could see the realistic movement of the muscles under the skin, and the way that the animals were interacting with each other and Huxley, you forget that you were watching robots and actors wearing costumes, and instead, you feel like you are tranpsorted through time and you really are blown away. Add to that the way the animals are vocalised, and you are moved by the fight for survival in the hostile environment, and how the pack animals work together. There are moments that had the audience fearful, and moments that had all the children laughing.
The show is rather loud at times, and I did find that my younger son found it a bit scary and loud at times. He really did not like the fighting between the dinosaurs and sat with his hands over his ears at this point. My 6 year old however said that the show was really awesome, and he was thrilled to be getting chance to see this. My friends little boy watched this a few days ago, and he was enthusiastically recounting the things that he had seen to me that were strong in his memory.
The show is expensive to produce, so the experience is not particularly cheap. We found a deal through my orange phone deal with Orange Fun Finder where we got the childrens tickets free with our adult tickets, but this was still £80 for a family of four. My friend had paid £56 for two tickets, and had priced it up at nearly £200 for a family of four, which quite frankly is a ridiculous price to pay. The Arena was at least half empty today. It is the first performance I have gone to at Sheffield Arena where we have not had to queue anywhere to get tickets checked or for merchandise or the toilets. It was a bit weird. My friend said it was the same on Friday on opening day. To me this is pretty ridiculous and I think the tickets should be priced more reasonably so the show sells out. It would have made for a better experience if the Arena was full.
Merchandise as always was well over priced with a programme at £12, so we didn't bother buying anything. I saw some of it that someone else was looking through, and it was a glossy book full of photographs, but I think in the current climate, spending so much on a souvenir is not for me.
Photography was allowed in the Arena, but not with flash or with professional cameras with detachable lens, so although we took some photos, the quality was not particularly high. We have something to keep this in our memory however.
All in all, this was a stunning show - it was a once in a lifetime experience to go and see it, and I am glad we did it. I do feel its a shame though that its price will prohibit some families from taking part in the experience
I think this is something that my children will remember for a long time. 4 stars - one knocked off for the price.
I was always attracted to dinosaurs, even as a kid I was always buying dinosaur magazines and books so when I found out that Walking With Dinosaurs live show will be touring Europe, I could not have been happier, well I was even happier when I found out that the show will spot just 30min car drive from my home.
Tickets were a bit expensive coming close to 40Euro (40ish pounds) for a middle "class" ticket but this is not a thing you get to see every day so I can easily say that even if the price was twice that much I would pay it.
The show itself has a great educational as well as entertainment value. You get to know the time in which the dinosaurs walked the earth - divided in 3 periods - jurassic, triassic and cretaceaus with short information and animation on what was happening in each of these eras and with dinosaurs that lived in each era. Runtime of the show is about an hour and a half - I really would not mind if it were longer.
The dinosaurs are very lifelike - models are almost too real, you can see the skin move as it does with live animals as their muscles work, the eyes blink and what is most important the movement of the "animals" is beyond realistic, you do not get the feel that this models are mechanical it all runs so smoothly - might I add that the small child that was sat behind me thought that the dinosaurs were real.
The show is made in a way that dinosaurs interact with each other - battle, eat, communicate and this is just a joy to watch. And as in the TV series there is a person that narrates the story with a pinch of humour and lots of educational facts.
It's easy to say that children did and will enjoy this and get a lot out of this show. It's also easy to say that adults have enjoyed it. It's also easy to say that I have enjoyed it and that honestly I have not seen a show so spectacular in my life and if I get the chance to see it again I will. The feelings you get from this show and the respect to this giants that once walked the Earth are immense.
If you ever get the chance to see this show - go see it!
Back in March whilst looking online for some tickets for a concert I saw there was going to be a walking with dinosaur's arena tour. I have never seen the program and am not a fan based on that, but I love dinosaurs and thought this would be amazing. It was being marketed as, a hands on experience with the creatures that have been extinct for such a long time.
The tickets were £56.00 per adult including taxes and service charges. Although this is pricey we were prepared to pay for it.
We eventually got tickets at Wembley arena rather than the O2 as I found 2nd row centre seats. I was sold and very excited. Wembley is actually more convenient for us too.
I must admit as two adults we didn't mind paying this, especially for seats so close, but children seats were just as expensive and I think this should have been less. Personally I don't think type of thing was really aimed at young children and a few that were seated near us got quite scared and cried, and moaned, sorry but take them out, don't just sit there ruining it for everyone else.
Anyway, in August we went to the event, we got to our seats, were happy with the view and decided it would be great before it had even begun. It started with a man (a palaeontologist) who introduces himself to the audience and explains we'll be going on a journey over the period the dinosaurs were on Earth. We started the furthest away in time, when the Dinosaurs were just evolving themselves.
The models were amazing, and so life like, as we were so close as well we really did get a feel for the size of them and they felt so real, except they weren't eating anyone, which I'm sure real dinosaurs would have.
The whole show was very cleverly done and although the models were all electronic there was very little man power evident, and just the palaeontologist host. We learnt about 9 or 10 different dinosaurs and he explained what they ate, where they came in the period etc. Most the information was available from other sources and both my partner and I had most of the knowledge but the main event was seeing the dinosaurs.
The show lasted about an hour and 45 minutes, with a break mid way through lasting 15-20 minutes.
Where they great? Was it worth it?
This was probably the best show I have ever been too, it was educational and as close to Jurassic Park I'll ever come.
There was one unfortunate disappoint with the show though (apart from the annoying children), which was where we were sat, half way through the first half they inflated some rather large green inflatable's that were demonstrating the greenery and plants of the time period, but they were really quite big and blocked our view, we were already 5 foot off the ground due to the edge of the arena, so we thought we were plenty high enough, but unfortunately we weren't.
I was thoroughly annoyed and so were all of the people around us. We could see most of the dinosaur's heads over the top of them, but that wasn't the point. It completely ruined the experience for me.
At the break half way through the inflatable's went down, I was thankful, if they had stayed up I would have gone and found an attendant and been moved.
However when the show started up again, they inflated them once more, and added more to them, so the whole side of the arena we were sat on was full with inflatable's. It was awful planning on the venue and entertainment companies behalf and I did complain afterwards due to the price of the tickets, if I had known then I would have booked other tickets on the other side of the arena that had a clear view for the entire show.
I think all events should say whether or not tickets have a restricted view or not. These didn't!
Overall the event was good, the dinosaurs were as life like as I could have possibly imaged (except for the sticks they were balanced on) and I even dropped my camera when the T-Rex came over to us and roared. I know it wasn't real but it really did look and sound it.
A total hands on experience with Dinosaurs that not many people get a chance to have. The show is now out of London but touring the world and visiting many countries along the way.
If you want to take a further look the website is: www.dinosaurlive.com