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You have more time than you might think to contribute to your traditional and Roth IRAs. Rather than an end-of-year deadline, you have until you file your taxes to make that contribution. Federal taxes for 2016 will be due on April 17, 2017, so this is the deadline for establishing and contributing to your 2016 IRA. If you file for an extension, however, your IRA deadline will not be extended; don't miss the April contribution deadline.
If you're under age 50 and contributing to your 2016 IRA, the maximum you can contribute to your Traditional and Roth IRAs combined is $5,500. Taxpayers 50 or older can make an additional contribution of $1,000 for 2016 between both types of IRAs for a total of $6,500.
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Contributions to a traditional IRA are tax deductible, but depending on your income and employment situation, the amount that can be deducted from your income varies. Any taxpayer with a filing status of single not covered by a retirement plan from their employer can deduct their traditional IRA contributions in full. In 2016, for those who are covered by a retirement plan at work, when modified adjusted gross income reaches a certain level, the allowed deduction for traditional IRAs begins to decrease to zero. If you're in this situation, you can still contribute to a traditional IRA, but you won't benefit from the tax deduction as much or at all.
Here are the rules for 2016 for those who are offered a retirement plan by their employers:
- Single taxpayers or heads of household can deduct the full amount of their contribution if their modified adjusted gross income is up to $61,000. Between that amount and $71,000, taxpayers can take a partial deduction. At $71,000 and higher, the deduction is completely phased out.
- Married taxpayers filing jointly (and qualified widows and widowers) can take the full deduction up to a modified adjusted gross income to to $98,000. The deduction phases out through $118,000.
- Married individuals filing separately can only take a partial deduction up to $10,000 in income.
If you are not covered by a retirement plan at work, the limits are more favorable.
- Single taxpayers, heads of households, and qualifying widows and widowers can deduct their full Traditional IRA contribution, regardless of income.
- Married taxpayers filing jointly can also deduct their full contribution unless their spouse is covered by a retirement plan at work. If that is the case, with a modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) of $183,000, the deduction phases out until the taxpayers reach an income of $193,000.
- Taxpayers who are married but filing separately can take a partial deduction through a modified adjusted gross income of $10,000, at which point the deduction is completely phased out.
Roth IRA rules
Your income limits your ability to contribute to a Roth IRA up to the maximum. This is different than the traditional IRA, where income affects tax deductions. Here, income limits contributions. You could be penalized by the IRS if you contribute to your Roth IRA beyond your allowable limit.
- Those filing as single, head of household, or married filing separately, can contribute the full $5,500 (or $6,500 if over age 50) to a Roth IRA as long as the MAGI is under $117,000. The limit begins to phase out until the MAGI reaches $132,000.
- Married taxpayers filing jointly (and qualified widows and widowers) can contribute the full amount to a Roth IRA while having a MAGI of under $184,000. The maximum decreases to zero as the MAGI approaches $194,000.
- Taxpayers who are married but filing separately can contribute the full amount with a MAGI of $0, but the contribution maximum phases out to zero as the MAGI approaches $10,000.
Plan for 2016
An IRA is an important piece of a retirement plan, and it should be high on most people's priority lists, right below investing in a 401(k) up to the employer's matching maximum.
If you have a good idea of what your income and tax situation will be in 2016, you can determine how much you can and will contribute to your 2016 IRA throughout the year. A convenient way to contribute is through automatic investments, so you can set it by December 31 and forget about it for the entire year. If you plan to invest in the stock market and don't want to invest in the IRA with your full year's contribution at once, you can take advantage of dollar-cost averaging to reduce your exposure to swings in the market.
Set up an automatic transfer from your checking account to your IRA custodian of choice. I use Vanguard for my retirement funds, for example. Because there is no cost to transfer, I would create a plan that places my investment each week. With 52 weeks in a year and a $5,500 maximum contribution, that's about $105.76 a week or $458.33 a month.
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Several Wolverines reschedule pro day workouts
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Running back Brandon Minor (6-feet 1/8, 218 pounds) and linebacker Brandon Graham were recovering from injuries and did not participate in Michigan's pro day. They will work out April 8 at the school's second pro day.
Defensive back Donovan Warren (5-11 5/8, 193) ran just the 40-yard dash — in 4.62 and 4.68-seconds — but plans to work out fully on April 8.
Punter Zoltan Mesko (6-4 1/4, 240) was weighed and measured, but did not run drills.
Of the 10 players who did go through drills, safety Stevie Brown had a solid workout in front of scouts from 12 teams. Brown (5-11 1/4, 212) ran 4.51 and 4.52 in the 40, had a 34.5-inch vertical leap, 10-foot, 2-inch broad jump, 4.33 short shuttle, 6.92 three-cone drill and completed 23 bench press reps of 225 pounds.
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Roundup: Health Care "Essential" For Pregnant Women, Except When It's "Elective"
That every pregnant woman should have adequate health care and equal health choices should be unarguable. But sadly, we're still arguing anyway.
It's become a given fact that the ability to have access to quality health care is not only necessary for nearly everyone, but, thanks to recent congressional efforts, should be a high priority for our country. And few people are as needy of such access as women who are pregnant, who are responsible for not just their own health, but the health of their future children. So why are pregnant women the part of health care coverage that both agencies and politicians seem to want to provide cuts to or abandon all together?
Market Press Release discusses how important coverage is for maternity care in today's society, calling it an "essential:"
Acquiring Pregnant Women Insurance during this time has become harder as health insurance price hike in the United States. The health association of America evaluates that approximately fourth one million Americans do not have essential health coverage and nearly thirteen percent of pregnant women have no pregnant woman insurance. This is needlessly placing both the mother and the child at risk.
Fetal care is generally extremely costly. In addition to that, maternity care and hospital care can charge in excess ten thousand dollars. The charges may desperately hike if complication emanate, like premature birth or cesarean sections. Analyzing these truths, it is compassionately suggested that all expecting mothers receive some sort of health insurance.
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Sadly, that just isn't a priority in the states, where, when pregnant women are too poor to acquire their own insurance, they have to turn to a government that is more interested in cutting costs than ensuring a woman or baby's health.
In Nebraska, where the governor eliminated a traditional medicaid coverage plan for poor or immigrant women who are pregnant, a restraining order to continue to provide care to these women has been denied. Via News Channel 4:
The Nebraska Appleseed Center says a Lancaster County District judge denied the non-profit's request for a temporary restraining order to restore eligibility for prenatal care to some 1,500 low-income pregnant women.
The request for the restraining order was made as part of a class-action lawsuit filed by the center against Nebraska state government officials this year.
The suit alleges the state acted outside its authority when it ending the two-decade-old program that provided Medicaid coverage for unborn children.
When compared to the Nebraska fight over prenatal care, the Utah debate over removing "elective" procedures like epidurals and some c-sections from Medicaid seems much less harsh. But it's the attitudes of the legislators involved that comes shining through, as you can see from this quote published in KSL.com:
[Liljenquist] thinks officials should look at eliminating Medicaid coverage for what he calls "optional" procedures, such as elective C-sections and epidurals.
"My starting point is, if it's elective, and it's an elective C-section, is that something we should be doing?" Liljenquist said. "When there's higher risks for the baby, and it's twice as expensive, and it's for convenience for the patient to have an elected cesarean."
The attitude that exudes from the quote is that poor people do not deserve "comforts." If you are going to give birth on the "government dime" then at least do it as cheaply as possible, regardless of what extra pain, health issues or inconveniences you may suffer as a result.
No wonder it's become so essential for pregnant women to find healthcare. To be without leaves you in the hands of legislators who will make all of your medical decisions for you, in the name of "saving the state some money."
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- Acquiring Pregnant Women Insurance Essential Now a days – Market Press Release
- Putting the case for sex education – Bradford Telegraph Argus
- South Africa: Eastern Cape Vows to Cut Baby Death Rate – AllAfrica.com
- Alaska voters approve teen abortion notification measure – MiamiHerald.com
- The women's vote: The first 90 years – The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
- Our View: Sex education discussion needs all voices – Wausau Daily Herald
- Denver officials question health-care providers on sensitive issues – Denver Post
- Our View: Cuccinelli plays to voters – Staunton News Leader
- Tougher clinic rules far in future – Roanoke Times
- STD hot line set to offer text services – St. Cloud Times
- Murkowski's stance on Measure 2 cost her, activists say – Anchorage Daily News
- Abortion proponents distort the meaning of personhood – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Op-ed: Full equality still eludes women – FayObserver.com
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- Pastor on Trial for Same-Sex Marriages – The Bay Citizen
- Nebraska officials say they won't appeal ruling from federal bench – WND.com
- Cuccinelli tries yet another anti-abortion approach – Daily Kos
- Neb. Appleseed Center says prenatal motion denied – KTIV
- Editorial: Congress must override Obama on global AIDS fight – Dallas Morning News
- Merrill parents debate over sex ed curriculum – WAOW
- Underinsured Outnumber Uninsured Kids in the United States – Medscape
- Alaska voters OK parental notification – BP News
- New programme empowers Bangladeshi families to make more informed health choices – UNICEF
- Text Message Reminders No More Beneficial for Users of Birth Control – iHealthBeat
- Controversial birth-control pill offers cautionary tale – MinnPost.com
- Rossi Soft on Abortion? Not by the Record – Seattle Weekly
- Florida Voters Back Pro-Life Candidates Rubio, Scott; Set Up Abortion Battles – LifeNews.com
- Innovative Solutions for Young Women's Empowerment – United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
- Sex Education Can Avoid Free Sex Among Youth – Bernama
- Palin's fingers crossed as Joe Miller leads in Alaska GOP primary – Los Angeles Times
- Plea for Guernsey youngsters to seek help with STIs – BBC News
- Voters OK Parental Notification Measure – WNCT
- Johnson takes hard right turn on LGBT issues in GOP primary – Michigan Messenger
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Suicide father 'killed his ex partner and two children'
A father is believed to have killed his former partner and two young children before taking his own life, it emerged yesterday.
The bodies of 24-year-old Joy Small, her three-year-old son Aubarr Aziz and daughter Chanarra, aged two, were found at a flat two miles from the park on Saturday afternoon.
A neighbour of Ms Small in Jersey Road called Aziz an 'abusive monster' who had once poured petrol on his partner and tried to set her alight.
A Leicestershire Police spokeswoman said no causes of death had been established but the deaths of the woman and children were being treated as suspicious. 'Officers are not looking for anyone else at this time,' she added.
Police confirmed there had been previous involvement with the family but would not give details.
They said discussions had been held with the Independent Police Complaints Commission. The IPCC said it had had contact with Leicestershire Police 'but based on the information available at the moment the case does not need to be formally referred'.
Jennie Bland, 27, a close friend of Ms Small, described her as 'a fantastic mum'.
Ms Bland said the couple had split because of their troubled relationship but she had taken him back. Ms Small feared her children would be taken from her if anyone knew they were back together.
'She got back with him after being so strong after he poured petrol on her and tried to set her alight,' said Ms Bland. 'He beat her all the time and he threw a mirror at her son.'
She said she had fallen out with her friend when she got back with Aziz.'I couldn't just sit back and let it happen. I should have just gone on my instincts and told the police and social services,' she said.


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|Pass through a guard gate and cross a moat bridge to access this outlandish $10.9 million Miami home.
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Some properties are so outrageous that the souls who run real estate blogs hope and pray that they will eventually come on the market. This is one of them: the low-lying water world that Miami architect Charles Sieger (known for multi-million-dollar residential high-rises) built for himself smack in a land-locked Miami neighborhood.
Now that moat-surrounded castle is for sale for the first time since its completion in 2007 with a list price of $10.9 million.
As if to reveal the Sieger's deepest personal obsessions, everything about the property is painstakingly symmetrical, from the quite-obviously man-made lake to the diamond-shaped courtyard to the pair of concrete gazebos (accessed by stepping-stone paths) jutting out to either side of the house.
|Contrasting black raiing and white walls create a neo-Gothic mood.
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The eight-bedroom, eight-bathroom, 10,100-square-foot interiors have a bright, airy, double-height living room, but the ornate wrought-iron rail running around the second story creates a moody, almost Gothic feel (as do many of the furnishings). And if Stonehenge and the Roman Forum were to have an extremely modern baby, it would likely resemble that sculpture garden out back.
|The sculpture garden notably strays from the home's obsessive symmetry.
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During his tenure at UVA, he served as Policy Advisor for Regulatory Reform to Governor Charles S. Robb of Virginia (1982-1985), and he was co-chairman in 1985 and chairman in 1986 of the Governor's Conference on Small Business in Virginia. In 1985, he received the Small Business Advocacy Award of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
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Falsely Accused is a gripping account of a travesty of justice. An overzealous prosecutor who was seeking re-election completely ignored the evidence for self-defense and the conclusions of the state's own forensic scientist to pursue a conviction. To make her case, the prosecutor latched onto contradictory statements provided by the victim's boyfriend who did not witness the shooting.
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A great group of young adult bikers known as Spoke Folk will be in Cambridge on Sunday, July 31.
This spirited group will present an exciting, interactive, contemporary music program that includes music, drama and puppets for all ages to enjoy.
The members of this Spoke Folk team represent many states and a few have come a long way. During their 12-day tour, they will bike from their training site to six other communities in the area averaging 40 miles a day. Each evening while "on the road," they share their musical program.
The evening of music and fellowship is open to the public at Cambridge Lutheran Church, 621 Old North Main Street, Cambridge, at 7 p.m. Admission is free. A free will offering will be taken. For further details, contact Andrew Barrett through Cambridge Lutheran Church, 763-689-1211, or Eric Arundel at www.spokefolk.org.


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The Nike LeBron line is one that's not really tended towards reptilian imagery. Most of the times that the sneaker has gone an animal route the whole lion look has been the obvious choice, but such is not the case with this forthcoming LeBron 10 Low. The shoes sports details like an eye on the midsole and some gnarly teeth on the tongue all suggesting a cold-blooded creature as the inspiration. Continue reading to get a full set of shots on the shoes and remember that they should be in stores sometime this month, but you can get them a little early from kicks_hnd on eBay.
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Iris Wright Lunsford, age 81 of Murphy, passed away Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home. Mrs. Lunsford was born June 29, 1933 in Topton, NC. She was a former owner of Iris Gift Shop, loved painting and crafts, she was a member of Peachtree Memorial Baptist Church, she was preceded in death by her loving daddy and mama, Rush and Hassie Wright and beloved daughter, Nancy Cross.
Survivors include: husband of thirty nine years, James Lee Lunsford, loving daughter, Angela Fors, brother, Alvin Wright, nine grandchildren, twenty three great grandchildren, two great great grandchildren, aunt, Stella Mason, special person whom she loved like a grandson, Mike Griggs, care givers, Kay Underwood and Debbie Wood, several nieces and nephews also survive.
Funeral services: Friday, August 15, 2014 at 3:00 pm at the Peachtree Memorial Baptist Church with the Rev. Chester Jones officiating. Interment will follow in church cemetery. Pallbearers, Dennis Curtis, Larry Curtis, Jason Killian, Freddie Carson, Bryan Lunsford and John Uetsuki.
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Those loveable monsters Mike Wazowski and James P. Sullivan are set to return to the screen this summer as Disney-Pixar explore the origins of their relationship in the Monsters, Inc. prequel Monsters University, and the film has just received a new UK poster highlighting the ragtag bunch of misfit monsters set to join the duo on their first adventure together.
Monsters University is directed by Dan Scanlon (Cars) and sees Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally) and John Goodman (Red State) reprising their roles as Mike and Sulley. Steve Buscemi (Boardwalk Empire), Jennifer Tilly (Home on the Range), John Ratzenberger (Toy Story 3) and Frank Oz (The Muppet Movie) also return to the voice cast, and are joined by Helen Mirren (Hitchcock), Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2), Ken Jeong (The Hangover), Charlie Day (Pacific Rim), Rob Riggle (Step Brothers), Joel Murray (God Bless America), Dave Foley (Toy Story 2), Sean Hayes (Will & Grace), Julia Sweeney (The Goode Family) and Peter Sohn (Ratatouille).
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Staunton Woman Wins $1 Million Prize in Lottery Scratch-Off Game
Staunton, VA (AP) - A Staunton woman is the Virginia Lottery's latest $1 million prize winner.
Lottery officials say Sara Kesterson bought the winning ticket for the Casino Royale Scratcher game at a Kangaroo Express in Staunton.
Kesterson claimed her prize at the store last week. She chose the one-time cash option of $575,000 before taxes.
The Virginia Lottery gave the store a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.


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The opposite of an overnight success, Mark Harmon's military crime-solving drama "NCIS" has ascended to the position of television's most popular scripted show in its seventh season on the air.
Both weeks of this new TV season, it was the most-watched program, according to the Nielsen Co. Last week's audience of 21.4 million viewers was its largest ever.
During its first season in 2003-04, "NCIS" was only a moderate success, averaging 11.8 million viewers per week and ranking 26th among all programs. It took off last season, after more viewers were exposed to the series through reruns that began airing on cable's USA.
"NCIS" has even given this season's new spinoff, "NCIS: Los Angeles," a running start. The new series, starring Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J, follows the mother ship on Tuesday night and was the second most popular drama of the week, Nielsen said.
Another new CBS show, Julianne Margulies' "The Good Wife," is starting off strongly. It was No. 14 in last week's rankings.
For troubled NBC, the drama "Law & Order: SVU," at No. 40 was the network's most-watched scripted show of the week, Nielsen said.
Fans might also wish to move fast if they want to check out a handful of other shows that may not be around much longer if their ratings don't improve. Among them: ABC's "Shark Tank," NBC's "Parks and Recreation," ''Community" and "Heroes."
For the week, CBS averaged 11.3 million viewers (7.2 rating, 12 share). ABC had 9.6 million viewers (6.2, 10) and NBC had 7.8 million (4.9, 8). Fox had 7.6 million (4.5, 7), but it managed to win among the advertiser-friendly 18-to-49-year-old demographic. The CW had 2.2 million (1.5, 2) and ION Television had 650,000 (0.4, 1).
Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision led the way with 3.8 million viewers (2.0 rating, 3 share), Telemundo had 1.1 million (0.5, 1), TeleFutura had 830,000 (0.4, 1) and Azteca had 190,000 (0.1, 0).
NBC's "Nightly News" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 8.3 million viewers (5.5, 11). ABC's "World News" was second with 7.7 million (5.2, 11) and the "CBS Evening News" had 5.7 million viewers (4, 8).
A ratings point represents 1,149,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 114.9 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.
For the week of Sept. 28-Oct. 4, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: "NCIS," CBS, 21.37 million; NFL Football: San Diego at Pittsburgh, NBC, 18.42 million; "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 17.4 million; "Dancing With the Stars," 17.03 million; "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 15.94 million; "The Mentalist," CBS, 15.75 million; "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 15.69 million; "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 14.84 million; "House," Fox, 14.71 million; "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 14.64 million.


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Generally LLC is not taxable entity - all income should be passed through to members and should be reported on individual tax returns regardless it was distributed or not. Distributed income is likely self-employment income and 15.3% self-employment tax would be required.
An LLC that has only a single member and is not required to be classified as a corporation will automatically default to the classification of disregarded entity. The disregarded entity files as a sole proprietorship and completes the appropriate schedules as part of the single owners Form 1040.
If the LLC is a sole proprietor for federal tax purposes, it should generally file Form 1040 Schedule C, Profit or Loss from Business (Sole Proprietorship)
Payments to the member are not qualified business expenses (unless payments are classified as wages) and therefore may not be used to reduce the taxable income.
You should not report Guaranteed Payment to the member on the schedule C.
You are correct - Guaranteed Payments is the way for as a member to distribute income from your business - that may help you in having clear books - but has no affect on taxes.
Guaranteed Payments are not deductible business expenses.
For deductible business expenses - please see the IRS publication 535 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p535.pdf
On the other hand - all LLC net income is taxable - regardless if it was distributed to the member or not.
If your profit grow - you may convert your LLC into S-corporation - that will allow to pay yourself wages and distribute the rest as dividends. That will provide some tax saving.


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On Mon, Sep 27, 2004 at 09:19:12PM +0100, Matt Clark wrote: > >Basically you set a default in seconds for the HTML results to be > >cached, and then have triggers set that force the cache to regenerate > >(whenever CRUD happens to the content, for example). > > > >Can't speak for Perl/Python/Ruby/.Net/Java, but Cache_Lite sure made a > >believer out of me! > > > > > > > Nice to have it in a library, but if you want to be that simplistic then > it's easy in any language. What if a process on server B modifies a n > important value that server A has cached though? Coherency (albeit that > the client may choose to not use it) is a must for a general solution. memcached is one solution designed for that situation. Easy to use from most languages. Works. Lets you use memory on systems where you have it, rather than using up valuable database server RAM that's better spent caching disk sectors. Any competently written application where caching results would be a suitable performance boost can already implement application or middleware caching fairly easily, and increase performance much more than putting result caching into the database would. I don't see caching results in the database as much of a win for most well written applications. Toy benchmarks, sure, but for real apps it seems it would add a lot of complexity, and violate the whole point of using an ACID database. (Caching parse trees or query plans, though? It'd be interesting to model what effect that'd have.) Cheers, Steve
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In Marin, we mourn loss
of a kind, giving man
Robin Williams will surely be remembered as a man who has touched more lives than most in this world, always working to help better the lot of those who had less than him.
Just a few of the many causes he raised money for and donated to in his too-short life: Comic Relief, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation For Spinal Cord Research, the USO — traveling to war zones across the world to entertain our troops — UNICEF, the American Foundation for AIDS Research, Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders, the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric AIDS Foundation, International Medical Corps, the Muhammad Ali Parkinson's Center, the Prince's Trust, the Rainforest Project and the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial.
In our community, the loss feels somehow deeper; many of us ran into him in restaurants, on bike trails, at social functions, in markets, and found him to be a sweet, funny, engaging man who always took time to stop and chat, who treated everyone with whom he came into contact with respect and kindness.
And so, in the end, we do not mourn the comedian in him (though we will miss the unbridled brilliance that drove us to laugh till we cried); we do not mourn the actor in him (though we will now watch and rewatch his wonderful, sometimes funny, sometimes poignant performances with a special kind of sadness).
Instead we mourn the man with the untiring spirit who was always willing to lend a hand or help with funding when those who were less fortunate needed it.
We mourn the man who was unceasingly kind to everyone he met. We mourn the father of three children he loved beyond measure. We mourn the man who was in such tremendous, unbearable, crippling pain that the only way he could think to escape was to leave this world.
We mourn the man who died alone, crushed by mental illness, fighting and losing the battle in the end.
— Lisa Woolf, Greenbrae
Planners should worry
about Sonoma growth
I wanted to convey concern and correct some inaccuracies in Richard Rubin's recent Aug. 11 Marin Voice, "Development proposal puts Strawberry on center stage."
Rubin's article states that "Priority Development Areas" are about building affordable housing. What nonsense! PDAs are separate from affordable housing quotas and ABAG's Regional Housing Needs Assessment. PDAs pave the way for market-rate housing.
If they are serious about planning, Marin's supervisors and planners, who seem so focused on growing Marin, should instead be concerned by the much faster growth planned to our north.
Thanks to the SMART train, a project we were promised would alleviate congestion on Highway 101, towns in Sonoma County have planned a whopping 24,010 housing units in the PDAs along the train line — equivalent to a city the size of San Rafael appearing in Sonoma County.
Do Marin's planners really think the 60,000-plus new residents of suburban Sonoma County who work in Marin or employment centers in Oakland or San Francisco will be taking the train? No, they'll be driving down 101.
Do the planners not recognize that they will drink water coming from the same reservoirs that serve Marin? Can Marin County's planning really be a good plan if it effectively ignores the massive growth already planned to our north?
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This class includes the manufacture of miscellaneous electrical equipment other than motors, generators and transformers, batteries and accumulators, wires and wiring devices, lighting equipment or domestic appliances.
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- manufacture of battery chargers, solid-state
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- manufacture of electric bells
- manufacture of ultrasonic cleaning machines (except laboratory and dental)
- manufacture of tanning beds
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- manufacture of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS)
- manufacture of surge suppressors (except for distribution level voltage)
- manufacture of appliance cords, extension cords, and other electrical cord sets with insulated wire and connectors
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- manufacture of particle accelerators
- manufacture of electrical capacitors, resistors, condensers and similar components
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- manufacture of electrical signs
- manufacture of electrical signalling equipment such as traffic lights and pedestrian signalling equipment
- manufacture of electrical insulators (except glass or porcelain)
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Hmmm, to be honest I would rather fall in Ron's trap if it's going to happen anyways. I mean really, if he does eventually pull a 180, atleast I was able to enjoy the good while it lasted. If he doesn't pull some crazy garbage, than it's all good you know? I'm a kings fan so I gotta support Ron while he's here in Sac, atleast until he blows up. If we don't give him a fair chance than we'd be the one who ruined the possibilities, not Ron. I realize he messed up the pacers season really badly, ruined Reggie's last season, basically gave Indiana a ton of negative spotlight(and btw I hope Peja works out here in Indiana, I will still follow him/the pacers, especially because I followed them anyways). He didn't do that to Sacramento though, atleast not yet. If he ends up not doing going pretty crazy and alienating the fans than it was a gamble that paid off big.


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YOU could say this election will be won and lost in western Sydney but it's more accurate to simply say, at this point, it will be lost there.
Labor officials privately predict a loss of five seats in NSW, including at least four in Western Sydney - and even up to 10 - in what is set to become a bloodbath.
Given Julia Gillard looks unlikely to pick up more than two seats across the nation in a best-case scenario, that means western Sydney voters are the most powerful in the nation.
The Labor brand may have been haemorrhaging through the ICAC and HSU scandals but, as one Labor source put it yesterday, "when the carbon tax was introduced we were polling at 26 per cent out there" so the situation was already dire.
You can just about write off Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury's seat of Lindsay and the seats of Greenway, Reid and Parramatta. Werriwa, too, is in doubt. Add to that Banks, which stretches into southwestern Sydney, and probably both Robertson and Dobell on the Central Coast, and you can see that Labor's days are numbered.
They call it the "ring of fire" - the seats around the city where a long commute and struggles for working families really hit home. They are populated with the aspirational class who want a better life for their kids and are being hit hard by the cost of living and stagnant house values.
In these seats it's often anger and/or fear that drive voting patterns.
They have reason to fear. The cost of living goes up, there's no sign of transport infrastructure and they're often left hanging on by their fingernails. In 1998 they were angry about GST. In 2001 (the Tampa election) asylum seekers. In 2004, interest rates. In 2007 they were angry about WorkChoices. In 2010 the cost of living, broken promises and how the prime minister they elected got rolled.
It's more white bread in seats like Lindsay but increasingly it's more ethnic in the other seats. The asylum-seeker issue is big with all of them.
"Tony's trying to reclaim them, he's trying to win over the Howard battlers," a senior Liberal source said.
"No one wants to overplay it but the feeling in those seats is strong.
"(Asylum seekers) was an issue in 2010 which is why she (the PM) talked about (less) immigration. Even in the seats with more migrant population, the older people say 'we came here a certain way, everyone should come here the same way'."
A Labor source said the axing of Kevin Rudd, the carbon tax and cost of living, the economy and asylum seekers were the main issues swinging it in western Sydney.
"What's really going on out there is they had a long period of prosperity in that their housing prices were going up, they were getting pay rises ... they felt really (happy). Because their houses were going up, they were able to take out of their mortgages and buy a boat, buy a new car. Since the global financial crisis, it's been a lot different for them."
Another big factor was the reach of talkback radio in the west.
"No part of the country has the level of authority that comes from 2GB and (Alan) Jones and those guys are just non-stop (against the government) and incredibly effective.
"Even if their audience (seems small) they get to a lot more people ... the grandmother and grandfather listen and tell their kids 'I hate that Gillard, I hate that Gillard'."
Labor knows one of its few chances is to exploit the fact the O'Farrell government is not doing enough to stop gun crime in western Sydney but it will need big initiatives to do that.
The government also believes it has a strength in attacking Tony Abbott. And there is still that inkling that the electorate would like to give Kevin Rudd another go.
But other Labor people talk about returning to Rudd as like going back to an old boyfriend or girlfriend - the first couple of months might seem good, until you realise why you split up with them in the first place and then Labor would suffer an even more catastrophic result.
The Liberal said: "What she's doing here is basically saying what (Paul) Keating said to us in '95 - where's your policies."
It didn't work for Keating, who lost in a landslide in 1996, and it is unlikely to work for Gillard. If - and it's a big if - the PM dips in the polls, there's always the chance a desperate NSW right, seeing a slaughter, will push all its numbers to Rudd in the hope the west can be won.
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Could this be the most troublesome pothole in Maldon?
The crack, located in Mill Road, is so big it not only forces cars to swerve around it but also causes houses to shudder when vehicles drive over it.
Residents living nearby are now calling for action and are urging the council to repair it as soon as possible.
Kenneth Hobbs, 48, of Mill Road, said the vibrations even wake him up at night.
He said: "We have a couple of chimes in the bedroom upstairs and you can hear it shake them.
"It's enough to wake you up.
"It's a very sizeable hole and we get tonnes of cyclists on this road. It's an accident waiting to happen, especially at night."
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Pct. 1 Pontotoc County Commissioner Gary Starns gave it one last try Monday morning in his attempt to stop his two fellow commissioners from rezoning 2.45 acres of property in the Stonecipher Boulevard area from suburban to commercial.
In the end, all went as expected as Ada resident Nathan Dial got the rezoning he's been seeking for almost two years.
"I think after several thousand dollars spent, David slew the Goliaths," Dial said as he accepted a room full of congratulations from well-wishers who showed up to offer support.
The victory could turn out to be short-lived, since the city of Ada has corrected its legal notice which prevented the council from annexing the land — Dial's property included — into the city limits of Ada.
That corrected legal notice has now been posted and the council is set to meet Feb. 19. If it annexes the property as expected, it would be free to return the zoning to A-2 suburban.
If those events were to occur, Dial's new C-2 zoning might go right back to A-2, assuming the city would zone that way, once again preventing him from opening an auto/bus repair for-profit shop on his property.
Then again, nothing is certain in this ongoing drama. Dial's attorney from Seminole, Jack Cadenhead, and his client believe the property would be "grandfathered" in at C-2.
The different sides disagree here, too, and it appears the court will have to make that determination.
At any rate, Dial and his legion of supporters are celebrating at having finally prevailed with the commission.
Starns' last attempt was to quiz District Attorney Chris Ross on what will happen if former citizens who have asked for — and been denied — zoning changes will be able to come back and sue the city. He said one such case has occurred within the last year.
Ross was asked afterward for a detailed copy of his responses to The Ada News.The questions are in bold-face followed by the answers.
If the county commission granted Dial's request, could it result in lawsuits over persons previously denied similar requests for changes in zoning?
"My response is that it could possibly have an effect. The effect on past decisions would depend on how long ago they were made, as a statute of limitations would apply to some previous requests.
However, nothing would prevent those persons who made the previous requests, even those now barred by the statute of limitations, from suing on that past decision, from bringing another request, then being denied, and then filing suit if denied. The effect of the Dial decision would be that any person making a future request will compare his or her situation to that of Mr. Dial."
Starns asked Ross whether or not he could represent the commissioners in the event they acted contrary to his advice.
"First, I clarified that I did not advise them whether to vote yes or no. I advised them on how they should go about that decision, which was to develop standards to use on every change of zoning request, and then every person — whether Mr. Dial or some other individual — would all have their requests considered using the same standards. If the board was to be sued by someone based on the granting of Mr. Dial's request to rezone, I would not be able to represent them as I would have a conflict of interest — that being that I advised them to do something prior to making that decision and they did not.
"However, I also stated this would not prevent me from representing them in every change of zoning case in the future, even if the person seeking it was arguing that approval of Mr. Dial's request would support an approval in that future case."


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A BID to trigger a debate on the future of Malton has been made by one of the town's best known residents, professional painter, Alan Jones.
He has had a leaflet printed and distributed to civic and business leaders urging an appraisal of curren t issues in the town and their potential impact on Malton.
In what he describes as a "tongue in cheek" swipe at decision makers, Mr Jones, said he feared that more extensive new housing schemes would have a detrimental impact including overloading the sewage system, increased traffic in the town centre, over-loading the Derwent Medical Centre, and failing to dredge or drain the River Derwent.
"It is sad that as a town we have so much to offer," said lifelong resident Mr Jones, who has underlined his concern by featuring an array of pictures he has painted of its landmarks.
The river could be used for narrow boats, and he urged more use to be made of local churches to prevent them being converted into restaurants.
York House, said Mr Jones, would make an ideal museum to accommodate Malton's wealth of Roman artefacts as we as focusing on its role as a leading horse racing centre and historic farming industry.
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- Engaging policy makers in road safety research in Malaysia: a theoretical and contextual analysisNhan T Tran
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Health Policy 90:58-65. 2009....
- Reliability of the Marlowe-Crowne social desirability scale in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, and UgandaAlexander Vu
International Emergency and Public Health Fellowship Program, Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
BMC Med Res Methodol 11:162. 2011..This study aimed to apply the MC-SDS nested in an HIV behavioral intervention program and to measure its reliability in four African countries...
- The role of NGOs in child injury prevention: an organizational assessment of one network of NGOsAbdulgafoor M Bachani
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Health Policy 119:74-81. 2015..Global NGOs that address the burden of injuries should start by defining a clear and universal strategic goal, build on local successes, maximize their strengths, and create avenues for stronger country engagement. ..
- Drinking and driving in Vietnam: public knowledge, attitudes, and practicesNhan T Tran
Johns Hopkins International Injury Research Unit, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Traffic Inj Prev 13:37-43. 2012..This study aims to illustrate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices around alcohol use and drinking and driving by age and sex in 3 provinces in Vietnam...
- Integrating ethics, health policy and health systems in low- and middle-income countries: case studies from Malaysia and PakistanAdnan A Hyder
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States of America
Bull World Health Organ 86:606-11. 2008..This paper highlights the need to analyse public-health decision-making from an ethical perspective...
- Analyzing the sources and nature of influence: how the Avahan program used evidence to influence HIV/AIDS prevention policy in IndiaNhan T Tran
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Pokerville sprung up just after Ebenezer Brigham settled near Cave of the Mounds in 1828. During the Blackhawk War in 1832, it's residents scrambled to the hastily built blockhouse at Cave of the Mounds.
Pokerville was on the Lead Mine Trail of the 1830s from the lead mines around New Diggings to Milwaukee. It was soon a thriving town which boasted two inns, several stores, blacksmith, harness maker, and a doctor. Wagons loaded with lead passed by regularly on their way to Milwaukee.
As in most boom and mining towns, gambling was rife. In the language of the day, it was decided to call the town Pokerville. Fortunes were won and lost every night. Liquor flowed freely. Bloodshed and killings were not unknown.
Twenty years later, when the railroad came through a mile east of Pokerville, where the village of Blue Mounds is today, it doomed the little town. After the Civil War, the lead market crashed and the residents scattered. The little hamlet drifted into oblivion. In 1925, there was nothing left of the small little town.
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Abu Dhabi based Al Maabar, a joint venture of Abu Dhabi's leading real estate and investment companies, today unveiled the masterplan for its AED 1,400 billion (US$ 375 million) Al Waha development in Libya.
Al Maabar is implementing the project through its joint venture, Libya for Real Estate Investment and Development, with the Libyan Investment and Development Company (LIDCO) and together they made the announcement at the Skyline Real Estate Exhibition, being held in Tripoli from the 14-16 December.
In developing the masterplan for Al Waha, the project's architects, Atkins Middle East, responsible for some of the most iconic developments across the region, took inspiration from Libya's rich cultural heritage. This masterplan is inspired by three specific elements including: Ghadamis, an ancient oasis town located in West Libya famous for its enchanting multi level architecture, is reflected through the podium level Al Waha Towers;
The outer façade of The Towers is a reflection of one of Libya's intrinsic art forms – the mosaic. This is illustrated through the use of coloured glass pieces positioned to resemble the sophisticated designs often found in the ancient cites. Lastly, a reference to Libya's oases is dramatically recreated in the form of idyllic water features and lush verdant surroundings.
On completion the ambitious development will span over 65,000 sq meters (built up area will be 265,000 sq meters), and include a 31 storey luxurious hotel, 100 serviced apartments, a 28-storey office tower, 11 mid-rise residential buildings, a health club and a shopping mall that will include a supermarket, food court and a five screen cinema.
Mr Yousef Al Nowais, the Managing Director of Al Maabar, said: "Al Waha reflects our ambitions to transcend the mixed-used realty landscape in Tripoli. By announcing this, state-of-the-art project, we hope to meet the capital's growing needs for contemporary housing, business and entertainment areas."
"We have ensured that Al Waha captures the essence of Libya's unique heritage and history in an iconic and modern urban design. The project will follow international standards and guidelines for environmental and architecture practices," he added.
Speaking on the importance of the Libyan real estate market, Mr Al Nowais said, "Libya's unique geography and size, and the rapid modernization the country is now undertaking presents significant opportunities for real estate development. Prior to entering the Libyan market our priority was to establish a local partnership with a company that not only had excellent experience in the local realty market, but also shared our common vision and long-term goals - LIDCO has proven to be an excellent choice. Furthermore, through this partnership, Al Maabar will be able to add real value to its partner country through knowledge transfer, job creation and true collaboration." he added.
Abdul Hameed Al Dabeeba, Chairman and General Manager of LIDCO said, "We are proud to unveil the masterplan for Al Waha, which we hope will help to raise international awareness of Tripoli as a growing real estate market. We commenced work on Al Waha last year, and despite the global economic crisis that has affected the realty and financial sectors, we are progressing on budget and on schedule and are on track to complete the project as planned."
"When the development becomes operational in 2012, approximately 6000 people will work and live in this community", he concluded.
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Apparently June 14-21 is Homeopathy Awareness Week. The more astute among you will have noticed that June 14 is a Tuesday, which suggests that with homeopaths characteristic care and attention to detail they have merely copied the dates from some previous year.
Still, it would be churlish not to contribute to this worthy enterprise. Let us all play our part in increasing awareness of homeopathy.
- Wikipedia has a good, balanced article on [W:homeopathy], of course the homeopaths have tried to make it less accurate and less neutral over time but without much success.
- DEFRA made a statement that animal homeopathy is unethical, which is echoed by papers on the ethics of homeopathy in humans; there's a nice writeup of this in Science Based Medicine.
- [W:Stephen Law] calls out homeopathy in discussion of his book "Believing Bullshit: How not to get sucked into an intellectual black hole". See the New Scientist interview.
- [W:James Randi] explains homeopathy in his usual Amazing style


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WBEZ News
Summer ripened fight over Evanston waste station
It was a smelly summer on the west side of Evanston — so much so that some residents are determined to run the culprit out of town.
This summer, they launched a website and protested outside the Veolia Waste Transfer Station on Church Street to ratchet up pressure on the company. The objectors say Veolia's three-acre lot is too small for what it does, and that the site deters local development. But Veolia officials say the new hostilities are really about the neighborhood's gentrification. They also say new homeowners are scapegoating the company for the drop in home values that the housing bubble created.
"When I first moved here, I don't recall smelling it that frequently," said Kristen White, "but now all of the time when I drive by, I smell it." White has been living in her Evanston home, half a mile away from the transfer station, for eight years. "People have been complaining for decades, but nothing has happened," she said. "Now, I think there is a critical mass of people who are complaining consistently."
The complaints are mostly about the smell, but residents also have other grievances. Everyday, garbage trucks go in and out of the station to dump their waste hauls onto a huge pile of trash in a hangar-like facility, then leave to continue their collections. Veolia then loads that garbage onto larger, enclosed trucks to ship to landfills the same day. Neighbors say all the truck activity is noisy, and that the site has brought rats to the neighborhood.
White herself helped corral the anti-Veolia cohort, and she estimates that there are about ten people consistently involved in the effort. Last year, they started encouraging residents to call Evanston's citizen support hotline at 311 with complaints whenever they smelled a bad odor from the station.
"If there's a certain number of people who call in, then the city sends a health worker out," explained White. "If that person smells it as well, they can issue a citation." White says this will build a history of complaints against the company.
It seems to be working. In November 2010, the Evanston Health Department hired a full-time city inspector simply to handle the volume of complaints about the Veolia station. The inspector visits the site daily, and this summer started issuing citations against the station for "Strong Garbage Odor." Between June and early September the city issued five such citations. Veolia has paid for two of them, for a total of $375, and the others continue to wind their way through the adjudication process.
This summer, Evanston also reaffirmed a "tonnage fee" that it began imposing on Veolia last December. It charges Veolia $2 for each ton of trash that goes into the station, which currently takes in about 500 tons a day. Veolia has passed the cost on to trash hauling companies that bring their waste to the station, but it has notified Evanston that it will sue over this. In addition, Evanston has asked the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for jurisdiction over two site modifications to the station. Veolia wants to widen the driveway that trash trucks pull into, and replace a single large folding door to its trash holding facility with four smaller doors. Ironically, while many neighbors oppose these changes, Veolia says they're intended to improve safety and mitigate odor.
From Veolia's standpoint, Evanston's actions and the surge in neighbors' hostility has felt like a pile-on, says Melanie Williams, Community and Government Relations Manager for Veolia's Central Region.
"We've definitely put money, a great deal of money and time and effort, trying to be responsive to what some of the things were being mentioned," said Williams.
She says the station installed a new misting system and a ceiling charcoal filter in the holding facility to neutralize the odor. "We've done a sound study," added Williams. "It's really to find out what the decibel levels are and what the impacts are." Williams said the company changed some of the equipment to create more white noise at the station. The company has also hired a landscaper to nurture some greenery between the station and the new Church Street Village condominium complex immediately to the east.
Williams attributes most of the tension to the residents of that townhome complex. Veolia's been in the neighborhood since 1984, says Williams. "Nothing's changed over here," she said, "but there's certainly been a very real real estate crisis."
Williams says the new neighbors may be frustrated that they bought their homes for more than they're worth now — and blaming Veolia for the drop in value. "The sale of many of them are still vacant," said Williams. "I understand there are some financial issues with the ones that are remaining, of the condos, and I think that some of the folks probably paid $100,000 more than they could sell them for today."
The neighborhood to the west of the facility looks quite different, with older homes, some empty with boarded-up windows and doors. Residents there say they notice the smell, too, and they agree that it got worse this summer than before. "Like, we had to close the windows," said Floyd Gibert. "It was horrible. Horrible."
Devon Lemond says the station is noisy and smells bad, but he's never complained to city or state authorities. "Everybody talks about it," he said, "but we just live with it." Still, he credits Veolia with regularly sending cleaning people to his street to clean up litter that's blown over.
Many residents west of the station say they wouldn't mind if the station left the neighborhood, but it's not something they're fighting for. In fact, Jasmine Blankman says she didn't know there was a waste transfer station during most of the year that she's lived in her home nearby. She figured it out when summer came, though. "The days it's really, really hot, you can smell it," said Blankman. "I don't understand why they built the condos next to a garbage place," Blankman added, referring to the Church Street Village complex. "If you don't want to smell it, why build there?"
With the passing of summer, the heated debate may simmer down. But Veolia's suiting up for its lawsuit, and Kristen White says her grassroots group has enlisted counsel to explore legal strategies that residents can take to oust the company. In addition, White says they're going to look at whether Northwestern University has been dumping garbage at the station. By the time next summer rolls around, the neighborhood could be in for a much messier fight.


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The value of Ireland's food and drinks exports grew by over 9% in 2013, according to figures published by Bord Bia today.
It brought the value of those exports to just under €10 billion for the year.
While many industries struggled in the past four years, the food and beverage sector continued to go from strength to strength.
The value of food and drink exports has grown by over 40% since 2009.
According to the figures, export values for dairy product and ingredients exceeded €3 billion for the first time.
Export values for meat and livestock came in €3.3 billion, while exports of prepared foods hit €1.65 billion.
Today's figures also show that the UK remains the country's biggest export destination accounting for 42% of food and drink exports. An estimated €4.1 billion of products reached the UK market in 2013.
Exports to China were up over 40% in the year. The value of food and drinks exports to that destination has trebled over the past three years to €390m. That makes it Ireland's sixth largest export market overall with potential for further growth in the years ahead.
"Among the highlights of 2013 have been the double digit growth in dairy and beef export values, the strong recovery in sales to euro zone destinations, and the exceptional performance of the industry in China, now Ireland's second largest dairy and third largest pork market," commented Bord Bia's Chief Executive Aidan Cotter.
"The industry is well positioned to exploit the relentless growth in the global demand for food, underpinned by its grass-based production systems and its ability to build its presence on both new and established markets," he added.


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Offered with NO ONWARD CHAIN located within the popular village of Latchingdon, is this two bedroom staggered-terrace bungalow. Presented very well throughout, the home enjoys a lounge, modern fitted kitchen and bathroom. Externally there is a rear garden measuring approximately 51FT and also allocated parking. In our opinion the property is presented to a very good standard and is ready to move straight into.
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| Radiator, laminate flooring, built in storage cupboard, inset spot-lights. Doors to accommodation.
|14'9" x 10'2". (4.5m x 3.1m.). Double glazed French doors to rear, radiator, inset spot-lights, wood effect laminate flooring.
|9'1" x 9'. (2.77m x 2.74m.). Double glazed window and double glazed door to rear, fitted with a range of base and wall mounted units, rolled edge work surfaces with tiled splashbacks incorporating inset circular shaped stainless steel sink with mixer tap, built in oven and hob with extractor hood over, integrated appliances, wall mounted boiler, inset spot-lights.
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|12'5" x 10'3". (3.78m x 3.12m.). Double glazed window to front, radiator, coving to ceiling.
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|11'7" x 7'11". (3.53m x 2.41m.). Double glazed window to front, radiator, coving to ceiling.
| Fitted with a three piece suite comprising panel enclosed bath, low level w.c. and pedestal wash hand basin, radiator, extractor fan, access to loft space, part tiled walls, tiled floor.
| The rear garden measures approximately 51FT and features a fish pond as well as a shingled area and paved patio with outside water tap, with the remainder being predominantly laid to lawn. The front garden has a small lawned garden area with a pathway leading to the entrance door. There is also an allocated parking space.
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May 23rd, 2012
It's been a crazy Spring here at Assemble with a wedding, soon a honeymoon, two birthdays (we're both 30!), and we'd love to see you all and catch up. With a ton of (stupid) construction going on outside our doors, it feels a tad lonely in here. We're coming down off of a great weekend that we had with Danielle of The Jealous Curator and Tif of Dottie Angel for the Girl Crush Tea Party! Read all about it here on Neatloaf! (and here, and here, and here, and here).
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American authorities and pundits are still trying to work out what could have caused Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his brother to set out on their campaign of pointless bloodshed, and the more that's uncovered about them the less sense it makes.
If you are of the Justin Trudeau camp and feel that an act of brutality such as theirs raises questions about "exclusion" and the role society may have played, the evidence must be particularly perplexing. Far from excluding the Tsarnaevs, the U.S. offered them refuge from the violence and uncertainty they had faced in their homeland. It provided them safety, security and a peaceful life. It gave them the opportunity to begin anew and begin a better future. They received more than $100,000 in public assistance — including cash, food stamps and housing over a ten-year period. It would be hard to be more welcoming than the U.S. was to the Tsarnaev family.
Looking for excuses in society, as if it's always the world's fault that killers become killers, is an exercise in self-flagellation.
Now it appears that if Dzhokhar had a motive at all, it arose from within his family. Until family troubles intervened, writes the New York Times in a weekend profile, he thrived in his new country.
Jahar, as his fellow students called him — the rough pronunciation of his Caucasian name, adopted as his nickname — became a star student, winning a $2,500 scholarship upon his graduation in 2011. He loved literature and world history, particularly studies of his former homelands. In sophomore year, he joined the school's wrestling team as a novice and quickly grew so strong and skillful, one teammate said, that he could take down even coaches. His teammates say they looked up to him as a teacher and motivator. "We'd be running stairs for hours," said another, Zeaed Abu-Rubieh, now 21. "Every time I'd stop, when I was thinking about leaving, he'd push me forward, physically push me. And he was strong. He'd say: 'Go on. Run. You can do it.' He believed in people." His teammates eventually voted him captain. One of the coaches, Peter Payack, said he deserved it. Despite the draining four-hour daily practice and trips at sunrise to weekend meets, he said, Mr. Tsarnaev maintained his academic record and proved a model of good sportsmanship and steady temperament.
He spoke with barely any accent. He had friends and admirers. Girls hit on him. He was excited about becoming a U.S. citizen.
The change came when his parents split up, his father returned to Russia and his mother followed later. Suddenly his friends noticed his drive diminish, his mood darken, his attitude change. Having mainly viewed his older brother's fundamentalism as an annoyance, he became vulnerable to the same sense of resentment, in need of something to blame and lash out at.
Trying to figure out the Tsarnaevs will probably continue, but profiles like these suggest that looking for excuses in society, as if it's always the world's fault that killers become killers, is an exercise in self-flagellation. The world isn't guilty. We don't need to wear hair shirts. When you are welcomed, embraced and assisted by a free and open society, and you turn on it with hatred and violence, it's not that society that needs to be examined.
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With there being only three real contenders in the platform race at this time, stakes are high. Where BlackBerry once ruled, shortly followed by iOS, we now have an empire that is ruled under Android. Just the fact that there has already been three major lead changes of who has the best selling platform in the industry is proof enough that this is an industry that is never a guarantee. That's the cool thing about technology, though; It's always evolving.
But among those three platforms already mentioned, one has pretty much given up and another hadn't even been mentioned. With BlackBerry having one foot out the door (presumbly) at this point given the descent of their popularity, even after the release of BlackBerry 10, we can pretty much assume that at this point in time that BlackBerry is a non-threat. I'm not saying they'll never get back to the top, but I am saying that... well, I'm just not worried about them right now. They've got a lot more on their plate right now.
However, the other platform, Microsoft's Windows Phone, is and has always pretty much been stuck in limbo. That's the best way I can think of to describe it. It hasn't ever been particularly bad (unless we're speaking in terms of Windows Mobile, don't even get me started on that) but aside from the great cameras that the Nokia Lumia line showcases, it hasn't exactly been that exciting either. With a minimalist design (which I actually love) and a lackluster (but slowly growing) app store, it's hard to really pin Windows Phone against giants like Android or iOS. As it currently stands, it's just on a different level. I still consider Windows Phone a "work in progress".
There is one pet peeve that gets me in this industry, or really any industry, and that's a company taking their own shortcomings and blaming it on what's going on with other companies. I first started hating this tactic when coming across political campaigns on TV.
"Hi, I'm Jan Jannenson, and I'm running for a local elected official position. I just want to take a moment out of your day to talk to you about why Sam Sammenson isn't qualified to run for the very same campaign."
Wow, jee, thanks Jan. Now that you've pointed out all of the things that you think Sam does wrong, I can safely say that you're the person I want to vote for. Oh wait, no I can't, because you didn't tell me squat about what you do to help the community. It's a stupid tactic, and it really rustles my jimmies.
So it's pretty much a safe bet that wherever this tactic is applied that it's not going to sit well with me. Why? Because it's not doing anything truly productive, and it makes you look like a whiner. I'm fine with the occasional notation of a competing company or person doing something unruly, but to base an entire campaign by using negativity just doesn't work on me that well. And that's what Microsoft is doing to Google with their "Scroogled" campaign. They got political about it.
Microsoft has now opened a store selling "Scroogled" products, which in a nutshell sells you clothing and accessories that advertise against Google. That's about it. The Scroogled campaign has pretty much been going on all year, I think that by selling this merchandise it's being taken to a very unnecessary level. At first it was kind of a humorous joke, but when you put that much focus on it, to me it looks like a blatant move of desperation. Microsoft has bigger fish to fry when it comes to Windows Phone, and to take a step out of the mobile box for a moment I feel like they could also use more focus in other areas as well. I'm not trying to say there's no room for some humor and taking a couple of shots at other products. It happens all the time. But getting to the point where you're trying to actively make money off of the campaign through apparel? It doesn't fly with me. Make money off of me by proving to me that your product is worth more money.
Maybe I am caught in a tangled web of Googleyness, I can't deny that. I've written several times that I live a pretty Google-centric life. But I wouldn't have a problem switching to Windows Phone if Microsoft stepped it up a bit. That's just my two cents, though.
Readers, what are your thoughts on the new Scroogled campaign? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!


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This standard v-belt pulley from TB Wood's allows you to safely lift or lower ropes, cables, and equipment. Measuring 4.75" in diameter and for multiple v-belt sections (4L, 5L, A, AX, B, BX), this standard v-belt pulley has 2 grooves and a quick detachable bushed bore. This standard v-belt pulley fits shafts with a 1/2" to 1-5/8" diameter and is made of cast iron.


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Michael M Quigley
Affiliation: Naval Medical Center
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- CD52 expression in hairy cell leukemiaMichael M Quigley
Division of Hematopathology, Scripps Clinic Laboratories, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
Am J Hematol 74:227-30. 2003..All cases expressed CD52 antigen in 92-100% of the malignant cells. The demonstration of CD52 antigen expression on HCL cells provides the rationale for the use of alemtuzumab in refractory HCL...
- A unique atrial primary cardiac lymphoma mimicking myxoma presenting with embolic stroke: a case reportMichael M Quigley
Department of Pathology, Division of Cardiology, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92134, USA
Blood 101:4708-10. 2003..While tumor emboli from invasive primary cardiac lymphomas have been reported, this noninvasive fibrin thrombus-associated lymphoma appears to be unique and previously unreported...
- In vivo fluorescence of medullary carcinoma of the thyroid: a technology with potential to improve visualization of malignant tissue at surgical resectionTerence E Johnson
Department of Otolaryngology, Naval Medical Center, 34800 Bob Wilson Dr, San Diego, CA 92134 2200, USA
Ear Nose Throat J 87:E1. 2008..To the best of our knowledge, this is the first experiment of its kind to be reported in the literature...


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WOSTER: Temps offer a reminder of cold-weather sounds from childhood on farm
Back on the farm on below-zero days like the ones we've been experiencing, it was amazing how many sounds were linked to the temperature.
Walking from the barn back toward the house through deep, heavily crusted snow drifts, I could hear the squeak of my boots on the snow. My dad used to tell me the exact temperature based on the pitch of the squeaking of his boots in the snow.
"Listen," he'd say, "That's right at 15 below. If it's up close to zero, the pitch is lower and you don't get as much noise."
As soon as I could get to the thermometer by the back door, I'd check the reading. Sure enough, he was always pretty close to what he described. Of course, he kept as close an eye on the thermometer and the western horizon and as clear an ear to WNAX Radio's weather reports in those days as I do today to sounds and sights on The Weather Channel. He probably looked at the temperature on his way out the door and played it up for his naïve middle child. That's the likely answer now that I'm an adult. Back on the farm, I just believed he listened and understood the temperature he was hearing in the squeak of his boots.
I had a ratty old parka with a hood I snapped tight under my chin. The parka was a heavy old bearcat, as were most of the cold-weather garments in those days. In a corner of the bunkhouse, I found a greasy old winter cap, the kind with ear-flaps that tied across the top of the cap if the weather was decent but that tied under the chin in the bad days. When I had the flaps tied down and the hood snapped, I could hear myself breathing as I walked through the snowdrifts. Ever since those times, deepest winter has been associated with the sharp rasp of my ragged breathing and the squeak of my boots.
Other deep-winter sounds from my childhood are the hollow thwack of an axe as it bit through ice on the stock pond. When I chopped a fresh drinking hole in the stock dam north of the home place, the sound of the axe echoed back from somewhere — the tree belt, maybe, or the side of the barn, although as I picture it now, the barn was a long, long way from the dam. Maybe it just seemed so because I often was sent on foot to cut a hole in the ice. I suppose folks figured if I didn't come back, they knew about where I'd last been seen.
You'd be surprised how audible in that setting was the delicate, rainfall sound of wet chips of ice as they sprayed across my the front of my parka and pant legs and how surprisingly loud was the rustling of cowhide as the thirsty Herefords jostled each other around the open water left by the axe blows. Whenever I think of the rustle of cowhide, I immediately recall the explosive snorts from the nostrils of the cattle and the thick clouds of condensed breath that rose from flared nostrils.
I never think of farm chores in winter without remembering how cold I was by the time the work was finished. I bundled into everything I could find, but I never stayed completely warm. I wasn't freezing or anything, but I was never warm. I suppose it would be easier to stay warm these days, what with the space-age materials that insulate without adding weight.
In those days, if it was designed to be warm, it was made to be heavy. The winter coveralls my dad wore for outdoor chores and sitting in goose pits weighed a ton or so. My parka was about half that heavy. We all must have all been running around like Ralphie in "The Christmas Story."
Looking back, I don't know how I was able to raise and lower my arms enough to swing an axe. I'm not even sure how I was able to move enough to take a step and make the snow squeak. I did, though, because I can still hear the squeak.


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COMMENT: State Autonomy After Garcia: Will the Political Process Protect States' Interests?
July, 1986
71 Iowa L. Rev. 1527
Stephen L. Smith
Judicial interpretation of the commerce clause has had a significant effect on economic and constitutional development in this country. 1 Under the commerce clause, Congress has the power to regulate commerce among the states. 2 The clause functions as a source of congressional authority, 3 and implicitly as a limitation on state legislative power. 4 Some in the legal community have suggested that the Supreme Court's expansion of the commerce clause, an expansion that has given rise to prolific federal legislation, 5 has been at the expense of state autonomy. 6 The Court has at certain times in the past recognized that the tenth amendment may limit federal power under the commerce clause. 7 The tenth amendment provides that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states. 8 The Supreme Court, however, recently abandoned this solicitude for state autonomy in Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 9 which overruled 10 National League of Cities v. Usery. 11 Consequently, Congress has now apparently been given virtually unrestrained power to regulate state activities under the commerce clause. 12 This Comment analyzes the Garcia decision, focusing particularly on the Court's assertion that the political process is the principle limitation on congressional power to legislate under the commerce clause. The analysis begins with a historical overview of the development of the commerce clause, 13 and a factual analysis of National League of Cities 14 and Garcia follows. 15 The Comment then examines ...
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