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Time variation and asymmetry in systematic risk: evidence from the Finnish stock exchange
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The Global Legal Standards Report
The IUC Independent Policy Report was drafted by the "IUC Legal Standards Research Group," organized by a Steering Committee chaired by Ugo Mattei (International University College of Turin), coordinated by Edoardo Reviglio (International University College of Turin) and Giuseppe Mastruzzo (International University College of Turin), and composed by Franco Bassanini (University of Rome "La Sapienza"), Guido Calabresi (Yale University), Antoine Garapon (Institut des Hautes Etudes sur la Justice, Paris), and Tibor Varady (Central European University, Budapest). Contributors include Eugenio Barcellona (Eastern Piedmont University), Mauro Bussani (University of Trieste), Giuliano G. Castellano (Ecole Polytechnique, Preg/CRG), Moussa Djiré (Bamako University), Liu Guanghua (Lanzhou University), Golnoosh Hakimdavar (University of Turin), John Haskell (SOAS), Jedidiah J. Kroncke (Yale Law School), Andrea Lollini (Bologna University), Alberto Lucarelli (Federico II University), Boris N. Mamlyuk, (University of Turin), Alberto Monti (Bocconi University), Sergio Ariel Muro (Torquato di Tella University), Domenico Nicolò (Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria), and Nicola Sartori (University of Michigan).
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Research Triangle Park, NC (May 17, 2010) — Implus brands Yaktrax and Granger's are pleased to announce today they have signed a two-year agreement with the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) and the American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI). The official supplier sponsorship demonstrates Implus' commitment to the snowsports industries and to building solid relationships with PSIA AASI members.
Implus recently acquired outdoor electronics brand Highgear, who has been an official supplier of PSIA and AASI for the last four years. It was a natural fit for Implus brands Yaktrax and Granger's to dovetail onto the already existing program with Highgear. Next season Yaktrax is introducing its new SkiTrax traction device for ski boots, which will prove to be a valuable tool for patrollers and instructors when not in ski bindings. Granger's supplies environmentally friendly cleaners and waterproofers that are ideal for technical ski and snowboard gear.
"We're excited to add Yaktrax and Granger's to the PSIA AASI Official Supplier family. This partnership builds upon an already solid long-term relationship with Highgear, which has proven to offer great opportunities for our members," said Andy Hawk, Marketing Director for PSIA AASI. "The new SkiTrax traction device is a natural fit for our members, and offers product leadership in the category."
"Highgear has had a highly successful relationship with PSIA AASI over the last several years and with the addition of Yaktrax and Granger's we plan to take it to a new level," said Todd Vore, President of Implus. "Implus has always focused on a grassroots approach to brand building, and this is a perfect way to get our new products out to winter enthusiasts, the patrollers and instructors, who are out on the snow daily during winter months and beyond."
About Implus Footcare, LLC
Headquartered in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, Implus has evolved to become an innovative leader in footcare and outdoor accessories. Implus' brand family includes Sof Sole, Yaktrax, apara, Airplus, Sneaker Balls, Sof Comfort, Little Hotties and Highgear. From insoles, socks, shoecare and apparel care to navigational tools and seasonal accessories, Implus proudly distributes in over 75,000 retail outlets across North America and in 65 countries worldwide. For more information, please call (800) 446-7587 or visit www.implus.com.
About PSIA and AASI
PSIA and AASI are educational organizations of the nonprofit American Snowsports Education Association (ASEA), with a combined membership of more than 29,000 men and women who are dedicated to promoting snowsports through instruction. The organizations establish certification standards for ski and snowboard instructors and develop education materials to be used as the core components of most ski and snowboard school training. PSIA and AASI support the membership through research and development of instructional programs in alpine and nordic skiing, snowboarding, adaptive skiing and riding, and children's skiing and riding. Visit www.TheSnowPros.org.


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This property has been removed by the agent. It may be sold or temporarily removed from the market
5 bedroom detached house for saleSouth, Main Road
Guide Price £630,000
Property Description
Key features
Full description
Executive property in one of the most sought after locations in Old Martlesham, yet only a very short distance to the highly regarded Market town of Woodbridge,sitting in a commanding position overlooking Martlesham Creek. Offering five bedrooms, separate studio apartment, finished to the highest standard. Call us at haart woodbridge to arrange a viewing 01394 382244
Double glazed door to porch
Entrance Porch
Door to Hall
Entrance Hall
Stairs to first floor
Double glazed window to side, vanity wash hand basin, low flush WC, double storage cupboard, radiator
Lounge 30'8 into bay x 15'7 (9.35m x 4.75m)
Double glazed bay window to rear, window to side, wood burner with mantle surround, double radiator
Playroom 17'11 x 16' (5.46m x 4.88m)
Two double glazed windows to side, window to front, spacious airing cupboard, two double radiators
Garden Room 15' x 21'1 (4.57m x 6.43m)
Double glazed windows and doors, double glazed french doors to rear, wall lights, double radiator
Kitchen/Dining Room/Sitting Room 33' x 17'7
(10.06m x 5.36m)
Double glazed window to rear, two double glazed windows to side, double glazed french doors to rear. Double butler sink, Rangemaster cooker, range of matching base and eye level units, tiled splashbacks, centre island with worksurface, drawers and cupboards, sitting area, inset gas fire
Utility Room 9'3 x 8' (2.82m x 2.44m)
Double glazed door and window to side, fitted wall and base units
First Floor Landing
Two double glazed windows to front, airing cupboard
Master Bedroom 15'7 x15' (4.75m x 4.57m)
Double glazed window to rear, walk in dressing room, radiator and door to en suite
En Suite
Double glazed window to side, double enclosed shower cubicle, pedestal wash hand basin, low level flush WC, radiator
Bedroom Two 14'10 x 7'5 (4.52m x 2.26m)
Double glazed window to front, radiator
Bedroom Three 11'9 x 8'1 (3.58m x 2.46m)
Double glazed window to front, radiator
Bedroom Four 11'8 x 10' (3.56m x 3.05m)
Double glazed window to rear, radiator
Bedroom Five 11'7 x 10'5 (3.53m x 3.18m)
Double glazed window to rear, fitted wardrobe, radiator and door to en suite
En Suite
Double glazed window to rear, wash hand basin, low level flush WC, tiled shower enclosure
Family Bathroom
Double glazed window to side, low level flush WC, pedestal wash hand basin, enclosed panel bath, tiled floor, radiator
Spacious frontage providing ample parking, cartlodge style garage, access to side leading to rear garden, separate staircase access to studio apartment
Rear Garden
Spacious garden mainly laid to lawn with mature borders and a selection of shrubs, plants and trees
Studio Apartment
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Pain Management
Whole Body Pain
Dear Doctor, I have not felt well for quite some time now, pain started in mid back and hip some three years ago. Recently, I have gone downhill so fast(4 months), very scary and have no life. almost everything hurts, always tired and just ended up in the hosp for 3 days for kidney inflammation. A month ago I was told I have a low titer positive for lupus, but then when he redid the blood said my numbers look good.All I know is I can`t even do the simplest things anymore and I've tried Motrin 800, and Darvocet, neither of which even remotely touched the pain, can no longer do anything but lay on the couch, can't even play with my kids anymore, have no choice but to work and when I do I come home crying.Please if you have any idea help and if not could you tell me who could, Dr. said I need a rheumatologist, who I can`t see until November 20 first avail appointment, and urologist, 3 weeks first avail appt.,
From the description that you just gave, you may have whole body pain (myofascial pain syndrome) and depression.
The best advice to you at this time is to:
- Get involved in an aqua therapy and swimming program
- Stay away from narcotics as they make your condition worse
- Contact your Primary Care Physician to discuss with him/her the possibility of you having myofascial pain syndrome and depression, as well as how to treat these conditions.
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SunFlowers is a gardening game for people who can't garden
If you're like me and enjoy gardening, but are limited by things like living in an apartment, or just not being good at gardening, than you may be interested in The Game Atelier's new PlayStation Vita title, SunFlowers.
Just announced on the PlayStation Blog, SunFlowers is all about growing flowers using chain-reactions. In the game, you control the Sun and have the power to grow flowers by shooting rays of sunlight through passing clouds. The sunlight, in turn, becomes water, which in turn causes the plants to grow. If a sun ray touches a seed or a flower, it starts to burn in which case you need a drop of water to put it out.
Once the flower matures, two new seeds pop out on both sides of the it. If one of them lands in an empty space it will be planted, but if there's already another flower seed it will bounce until it reaches a clear shot — which is how you make combos.
The world will be split into seasons, each with specific weather. You'll need to use the Vita's various features to get rid of the obstacles that arise with each season. For instance, in autumn some leaves may cover your flowers, in which case you'll need to lightly shake your Vita to brush them away.
In addition to the fast-paced gameplay, each flower grown goes directly into your virtual garden meaning people like me, who somehow manage to kill even the most basic tomato plants, can have their own digital garden. You can trade these flowers to friends or "near" players to eventually collect them all.
With three different game modes SunFlowers is appropriate for everything from casual to core gamers, but the most unique flowers are found in "Normal" and "Hard" modes.
SunFlowers offers 330 flowers, all based on real ones, to collect along with leaderboards to brag about high scores. It is set to release on PlayStation Vita this fall.


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Microïds has announced a new comic adventure game, Dream Chamber, set in the 1930's, and starring a Thin Man-esque rich amateur detective named Charlie who enjoys solving mysteries on his free time.
However, things get serious when a jewel heist involves his girlfriend. "Although he is a non-professional investigator, Charlie has the major advantage of being able to revisit the scenes in his dreams to find clues anchored in his subconscious mind," states Microïds .
Dream Chamber is due to be released on PC, Mac OS and iPad localized in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish on the 24th October 2013.
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text: I'm thinking about taking out a contract with orange for 24 months but I've tried out a payg sim and I'm only getting 2-3 bars in my house whereas im getting 4 on tmobile. I live In a built up city area in case that's relevant. If I force my phone to connect to the orange-tmobile network instead of orange then I get full bars as expected since I'm now on tmobile. So... Does anyone know if your allowed to force your phone to tmobile while on an orange contract? And by doing this will I affect any other services eg voicemail etc Thanks for your help


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The Wildcats seemed to enjoy their time at Rupp taking in the sights and sounds of College GameDay. They laughed at Julius and his dancing, pointed out signs to one another and gave shooting tips and encouragement to a young guy trying to sink the half court shot.
Willie even got a few words of wisdom from Digger. Any guess what he had to say? Leave it in the comments section!
Here's a photo gallery of the Cats at GameDay.
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Local Fashion Designers Set To Compete At Project Expressway
Fans of television's "Project Runway" won't want to miss Project Expressway, a hip, new event for Atlanta, where guests can watch as three local fashion designers vie to rule the AE runway.
The designers, all Bauder College fashion graduates, will compete before celebrity judges at the benefit staged at Atlanta's newest event space, La Fais do-do, on Saturday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m.
Hosted by Actor's Express Artistic Director Freddie Ashley, in the role of Tim Gunn, and local actress Park Krausen, as co-host Heid Klum, the event will be culmination of months of work from designers Tian Justman, Sharrod Woods and Shenelle Evans, as each designs three garments for the event. Video highlights will recap the creative process and the designers personal journey to the runway, much like the television show.
Celebrity judges will include actor and restaurateur Mitchell Anderson and Holly Firfer, television and radio host. Stylist to the stars Richie Arpino will provide hairstyles for the nine models slated to take the runway.
The evening also includes cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and live and silent auctions. All funds raised at the event will directly support the dynamic, adventurous work of Actor's Express.
More details, including video interviews with the designers, a Project Expressway trailer, and tickets are available online at actors-express.com/pe. Tickets are $125 per person, $250 for a couple, and a limited number of VIP tables for 10 are available. Tickets also may be purchased by phone at 404-607-7469.
Actor's Express, now in its 22nd season, has a tradition of hosting exciting annual gala events to raise funds to support the general operating expenses of the theatre. Project Expressway promises to be one of the most entertaining and exciting events to date.
Project Expressway
a fashionable event for Actor's Express Theatre
March 6, 2010, at 7:30 p.m.
Single Tickets - $125
Two Tickets - $250
VIP Tables for 10 - $1,000
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One of my students—I'll call her Suzelle—was older. A matronly continuing ed student, she looked ready for a suburban PTA meeting. The other students looked like college freshmen—because they were. They wrote about a variety of subjects, many of which I recognized from other undergraduate poetry workshops: pets and grandparents, both dead. Also, something they liked to call "loss of innocence."
But Suzelle had one thing on her mind—S-E-X—and wrote about it every week. She'd pass out a new one and read the slurping and foreskin and labial petals out loud, interrupting herself to look up with flashing eyes and confess, "I love sex."
The other students were having a hard time with this. The poems came at us, over and over. The details she did not include—there were not many—we furnished for her in our minds: the litter box and latch-hook rugs, the Barcaloungers, the bottle of Korbel sweating on the Ping-Pong table.
I am politically against dissuading any woman from expressing sexual delight, but I was concerned that a startled, flummoxed young person might eventually say something that would hurt Suzelle's feelings. Suzelle's sexy-time poems helped me realize that the students really struggled with what to write about. My giving them freedom wasn't working, and it wasn't something I really understood, either, as a writer. Expanding a diary entry into a poem, students can trip over chronology and facts, as well as the Ping-Pong table and the dog. Here's something I hate to hear: "but it really happened like that!" It shuts students down, makes them unable to think clearly about revision. Starting from a fresher place can free them up, let them make more surprising connections and write more interesting poems. So I started making changes in the way I teach poetry workshops.
There are a lot of ways student writers struggle with this issue; often it's because they are trying to figure out what poems are supposed to be about.
Here's what they think they know about poetry:
1. They are supposed to "write what they know," but
1a. they often don't know much yet.
2. Imagination is for fiction. Fiction can be funny and made-up, but
2a. poems have to be serious and true.
I have no idea why students think those things. But as a poet and as a teacher, I feel that, like Suzelle's basement, these are not fertile grounds for strong, exciting writing.
Caveat: the best writers can write well about anything. These students were not the best writers—yet. They needed a boost. And all I felt I was offering was praise of their effective description of vomiting in the dorm bathroom, or a reminder to be more concrete in their examples of how Nana was always there for them. And this workshop was for college credit, not a self-esteem badge, right? Right. So I gave them a different kind of boost. I gave them the kind of assignment I give myself when I'm writing poems.
When I'm writing, I don't wait for the muse to strike. I don't have time for that. I look at crazy inspiring things like people on the subway, other poems, museums, newspapers.
So I decided to give my students things that I want to write about. Over time, this has evolved into a five-part exercise that I use to get students out of their own heads, wherever they are stuck. This semester I brought it into the first day of class.
Part 1: Reading poems they love out loud
I don't know how students got the idea that poetry is about sharing your sad feelings about loss and flowering trees, but this reminds them, early on, that poetry can do a lot more than that. I start by giving them fantastic poems, poems I love. You can find thousands right here, in the Poetry Foundation's extraordinary collection. Here are two I gave my students: Tyehimba Jess's "martha promise receives leadbelly, 1935"and "Shirt" by Robert Pinsky.
First I read them aloud, and I talk about why I picked them: why I love these poems, how moved I am by their imagination and history and power. How I have been reading them for years, and how they change for me, or, more likely, I change around them.
For example, sometimes I read Jess's lines "pennies in his pocket / and prayer fresh on his lips," and I just think it's hopeless, anybody fresh out of prison. How much can pennies and prayer help? Other times I'm struck by Martha Promise's generosity, and feel the tenderness in those lines.
Sometimes I am completely distracted by the pleasure of Pinsky's litanies—"The presser, the cutter, / The wringer, the mangle"—and all I want to do is listen to how they sound in my mouth. But other times I am able to admire how these useful objects of industry become sentient, become people, people's job titles, in "The docker, the navvy. The planter, the picker, the sorter/ Sweating at her machine in a litter of cotton." So that this poem about process, about industry, is about the people who make process and industry happen—not just as a whole, but in its lines, in its words and in those gorgeous lists. I love a list!
Then I ask my students what they think. And maybe because I admit to lots of different feelings and interpretations, because I model containing multitudes, we can talk about these poems not just as students, not even just as readers, but as writers, as poets. As people who love poems. We talk about how they work, and how they work for us. And we reverse-engineer them.
Part 2: Reverse-engineering an assignment
I ask the students what Pinsky might have wanted this poem to contain and accomplish, while he was writing it. I write what they say on the board, coming up with a list like this one:
- Literary allusion
- Pleasure in language: alliteration, meter
- Historical facts
- How-to: names of machines and parts that make a shirt possible
- Connections between his shirt/shirts from the past
- Thinking about different industries that make a shirt possible
- List/catalogue/litany
Then, looking at what they have written, I work with them to come up with this reverse-engineered assignment on the board:
"Write a poem that takes pleasure in language while making connections between the shirt on my back and shirts, shirtmakers, and clothing makers from the past. Use litany, literary allusion, historical facts, and specificity about processes."
Now that we have seen a connection between a poem and a poet's possible ambition for that poem, I pass out the primary sources.
Part 3: Primary sources
I keep a file on my desktop of promising stuff I collect: photographs of colonial gibbets, broadsides from hangings, frontispieces from books with titles such as Narrative of Henry Box Brown, Who Escaped from Slavery, Enclosed in a Box 3 Feet Long and 2 Wide. I look online at the Library of Congress and Digital History. Poking around looking for treasures, treasures for my own writing and for my students, I try things like googling random search terms. Don't you want to read the articles that pop up between 1830 and 1930 when you look for "lipstick" in historical Boston newspapers? I do.
Here's one from the Boston Daily Globe, October 1, 1922: "BROOKLYN FLAPPER REVEALED AS RUNAWAY DORCHESTER BOY Harold Harrington Proves Too Alluring in His Sister's Clothes and He Has to Use Fists."
I print out useful articles and search results. Every student gets a different one; they seem to like it when I pick out something special for each of them.
They have a little time to read over their particular articles, and then we do some freewriting.
Part 4: Freewriting
Here's how I do freewriting: three minutes or so, based on whatever is at hand—a daffodil, this article, their weekend, whatever. At the end of three minutes I have them count their words, and somebody gets his or her name on the board underneath this honorific: "MOST PROLIFIC." This is to remind them that when you are getting started, it doesn't matter how good it is. It matters that there's a lot of it, that you are building what Seamus Heaney calls a "word-hoard" that you can draw from later.
Then they read their freewrites out loud, and I write down whatever I've heard and liked, whatever seems promising for another freewrite. Shaun Steele, one of my undergraduate students, has agreed to let me share his work as part of this essay: he was given the "BROOKLYN FLAPPER" article, and his first freewrite contained, among other things, "What do we owe to delinquency charges if not plumed hat." Which I thought was great! I didn't understand it, but I didn't need to: it was part of his word-hoard now, and it seemed promising.
So I picked that from his first freewrite, and gave it to him to use as the prompt for a second freewrite. I pick something from each student; I pay attention, I listen, I take notes, and I direct them. They have new faith in the power of the stuff they wrotebecause I am the teacher and I picked it, which doesn't hurt when they are trying to build the confidence they need to write terrific poems. Also, I happen to pick the best parts.
Students surprise me and themselves with terrific freewriting, and then I tell them, "Look over your article and your freewrites and develop an assignment for yourself, for your next poem." They can look up at the board and see how we reverse-engineered the Pinsky assignment, and they go to it. For less sophisticated students, I provide more help, but this is something I think is an important part of being a writer; they need to be able to give themselves assignments and deadlines. So I have them do it, from the beginning of the course. They get very good at it in no time at all.
Part 5: Writing their own poems based on their primary source, freewriting, and assignment
So that's the kind of assignment I started giving my students, lo these many Suzelles ago. They leave the classroom with their primary source, a series of linked freewritings that add up to a promising word-hoard, and an assignment for themselves, something they are excited to work on. And now I will share with you Shaun Steele's poem, based on the assignment he developed on the first day of class.
"Brooklyn flapper revealed as runaway Dorchester boy" Oct. 1, 1922
by Shaun Steele
The boy was "too alluring"
the assailants "too familiar."
These are the phrases sexual assaults
warrant, when silk pumps
and close cropped hair are present.
What do we owe to delinquency
charges if not plumed hat? What do
we owe to acquittals if not
false presumptions? Could this
have happened without rayon
stockings? Unlikely.
For a boy to embrace jazz
and Charleston is questionable; to wear
chiffon and Black Bottom, inexcusable.
Some liberation is gender specific.
Fourteen year old males have never been
Marshall Field's target demographic,
and Gimbel's cannot mass market
cloche hats and horn rimmed
glasses to both genders, no matter
how free they feel. To do so
would bastardize a movement.
When you don your sister's clothes
and run away, your absence is not reported.
All that can be said is that you "used
to entertain us so well," and a lingering
undercurrent of shame.
Abandon your femininity, Harold,
adopt and accept a "two fisted masculine
Now imagine that Shaun's classroom is full of students who remember Shaun's primary source, and are thinking about how his poem addresses the assignment he came up with in class. And then imagine that Suzelle's classroom is full of uncomfortable silences about three-ways and lost innocence.
If you are trying to let the students run the discussion, and you should, Shaun's class is more likely to get into other archaic gender markers that Shaun could have used, and how T.S. Eliot deals with quotation versus how Jorie Graham does it in "Spoken from the Hedgerows." The talk will be rich and varied and useful to the students and interesting to you.
If you love terrific poems, and you are teaching writing, you already have a lot of power. Use that power for good, but feel free to do yourself some good, too. Come on over to Shaun's classroom. The company is better, and the grading is a lot more fun.
Jill McDonough is the author of the full collections Habeas Corpus (2008), Where You Live (2012), Reaper (2017), and multiple chapbooks, including Oh, James! (2012). Her editing projects include An Invitation to Poetry: A Classroom Guide for Instructors (2006), which she edited with Maggie Dietz and Robert Pinsky, and Forgotten Eyes:...


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The AESOP Parsley Seed Mask is a an 'anti-oxidant clarifying masque' and the three main ingredients are parsley seed, evening primrose and rosehip seed. It feels like a clay mask when you apply it, but thinner and more watery than others I have. You apply a thin layer all over your face after cleansing which feels really cooling and then leave it on for 15 minutes. The mask slowly hardens and dries in funny patches. I also find that when the mask is dry it clearly shows the problem areas on your skin which for me is the dehydration around my nose and OMG can you see the holes all over my nose?! GROSS.
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South Korea and Iran sign economic MoU
South Korea's Minister of Trade and Iran's Minister of Industry and Mines recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for following up on economic agreements signed earlier between the two nations, reported IRNA.
According to the MoU, South Korea and Iran will enhance bilateral investment, avoid double taxation and promote cooperation in the customs, commerce, cargo and passenger shipping. The agreement will also boost banking cooperation between the two states by turning a branch of Bank Mellat in Seoul into a joint venture.
Turkey has traditionally maintained good relations with countries in the Far East, however, it has no diplomatic relations with Taiwan and only established diplomatic ties with North Korea in July 2001. — (menareport.com)
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Danish researchers said on Tuesday that they had been able to activate hidden HIV infected cells using a cancer drug, making it easier to then kill the virus in the body.
The findings, made in a clinical trial by scientists at Aarhus University in Denmark, were announced at the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, which began on Sunday.
Ole Sogaard, Senior Researcher said HIV was known to hibernate in so-called "reservoirs" in the body, and re-emerge to infect patients.
He said Romidepsin, a drug used to treat rare lymphomas, was administered to six HIV-positive outpatients on antiretroviral therapy at the university hospital.
"We have now shown that we can activate a hibernating virus with Romidepsin and that the activated virus moves into the bloodstream in large amounts, "he said.
Sogaard said the team found a significant release of viral cells in five of the six patients after administering the drug.
"The data is enough to say it was successful to kick the virus out of the cells," he said.
Steven Deeks, a leading HIV researcher at the University of California said their work in pinning down the reservoirs was part of a larger study into the possibilities of combining the activation of the virus and a vaccine to strengthen the immune system of patients.
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Somerset, PA, United States, 2006/11/20 - Written for day traders, active traders and investors. A review of the market activity for the day, economic data plus, world news.
The markets were in a combo mode today; partially whipotile and partial tight trading ranges with minimal action. Ahead of the Thanksgiving Day holiday, which makes for a shortened trading week, traders are expected to begin heading out for the weekend, creating potentially difficult trading action for day traders and investors. At the closing bell today, here is how the major indices rapped up the session: the DOW (Dow Jones Industrial Average) fell 26.02 points to end the day at 12316.54; the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange) gave up 13 points to close at 8884.17 on the day; the NASDAQ moved higher by 6.86 points to end at 2452.72 on the session; the S&P 500 (Standard & Poors 500 Index) fell by 0.70 points to close at 1400.50 and the RUSSELL 2000 moved higher by 2.15 points to close at 790.62. The FTSE All-World Index ex-US (top Large/Mid Cap aggregate from over 2,700 stocks from the FTSE Global Equity Index Series (GEIS) which covers 90% of the worlds investable market capitalization) moved higher by 0.07 to close at 230.54 and the FTSE RAFI 1000 moved lower by 5.27 points to close at 5816.19.
Economic data released for the day:
Leading Indicators: Ten economic indicators are compiled by the Conference Board that should lead overall economic activity. In the past 30 years the data has been revised many times especially when it has not done a good job of predicting turning points in the economy. Month over month change for Leading Indicators came in at 0.2% compared to consensus of 0.3%.
On the commodities markets, the trend was mixed again across the board today: Light crude remained at $55.81 a barrel; Brent Crude remained at $59.46 a barrel; Heating Oil closed with no change at $1.72 a gallon; Natural Gas ended the day lower by $0.10 to end the day at $8.42 per million BTU and Unleaded Gas closed at $1.54 a gallon with a gain of $0.01.
Metals ended the session mixed as well, across the board today: Gold moved lower by $0.40 to close at $622.10 an ounce; Silver closed lower by $0.06 at $12.74 an ounce; Platinum made a big time rally by moving higher by $42.20 to close at $1,234.30 an ounce and Copper ended the day lower by $0.01 to close at $3.08 per pound.
On the Livestock and Meat markets, the trend was mixed across the board again today: Lean Hogs moved higher by 1.03 to close at 65.95; Pork Bellies closed higher by 0.75 to end the day at 93.38; Live Cattle moved higher by 0.40 to end the day at 90.63 and Feeder Cattle ended the day lower by 0.70 to close at 97.68.
Other Commodities: Corn moved higher by 4.50 again today to close at 375.00 and Soybeans moved higher by 7.00 to close at 667.50.
Bonds were mixed across the board today: 2 year Bond closed with a loss of 1/32 at 100 5/32; 5 year bond with no change at 100 6/32; 10 year bond moved higher by 1/32 to end the day at 100 6/32 and the 30 year bond closed higher by 5/32 at 97 4/32.
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New York Stock Exchange movers for the day: Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings (CME) moved higher on the day by 6.60 to close at $541.60; United States Steel Corporation (X) moved higher by 2.18 points to close at $72.75 on the day; Intercontinental Exchange Incorporated (ICE) fell by 3.52 points to end the day at $97.68; Mentor Corporation (MNT) moved higher by 5.20 points to end the day at $52.78 and Allergan Incorporation (AGN) rallied higher by 8.82 points to close at $121.32 for the session.
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PLoS ONE 7:e45375. 2012..Together with additional findings that suggest an impact of musical training on CI users' AEPs, our findings support the view that impaired timbre perception in CI users is at partly due to altered sound onset feature detection...
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Neuropsychologia 51:2976-87. 2013..The findings are discussed in terms of basal ganglia dysfunction induced by PD which results primarily either in executive function deficits or in aberrant habit formation. ..
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The McGhee sextuplets are the focus of OWN's newest docuseries Six Little McGhees premiering Saturday, Dec. 15 at 10pm ET. High-school sweethearts Mia and Rozonno McGhee wanted one thing in life — a family. After trying to conceive on their own, they turned to fertility treatments that blessed them with sextuplets. Cameras invade their busy, busy Ohio home, capturing what it's like caring for six babies now approaching their terrible twos.
"It is a shocker that I'm doing this every day, especially after seeing a glimpse of the recording to see how busy my life really is," Mia tells us. "I just do it every day. I don't really have time to think about anything."
The six babies are so unique in personality, as their parents describe them: Olivia, the drama queen; Madison, the jokester; Rozonno Jr., a chip off the old block; Josiah, clever and sneaky; Elijah, the biggest of the six and he knows it; and Isaac, a bit bossy.
"I grew up with four boys in the house — there were no girls — and to see these girls, they just know how to manipulate," Rozonno (Roz) says. "They know when they got you wrapped. They look at me with those puppy dog eyes and stick their lips out and cry, and I can't help but hold them and kiss them, and I know they did wrong. I'm so confused. The kids took over. It's good to see their personalities, they're all so different — they are smart, vibrant, healthy. We're truly blessed, we really are."
When asked if familiar with John & Kate and the potential backlash of exposing their lives and business to a reality show, Roz laughs, remembering his first reaction to the Gosselin family. "When I saw the show I thought to myself 'man that guy's really got it bad.' He was really like yelling and screaming, I couldn't believe it. It was too much for me. When I found out we were having sextuplets I thought to myself, 'Lord, I hope Mia don't change. I hope Mia don't get mean and start yelling at me.'"
Even with Roz and Mia being together 24/7 — they both work at the carpet cleaning service they own, McGhee Carpet Cleaning — I don't think he's got much to worry. The couple is committed to their family and not to fame.Their endearing personalities and positive outlook on life make them a fun family to follow.
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Humboldt State University announced last week that its Department of Sociology's Master's Degree in Public Sociology, Ecological Justice and Action -- one of only two such programs nationwide -- has been reaccredited until 2017 as a "very innovative and successful" curriculum.
The Commission on Accreditation of Programs in Applied and Clinical Social awarded the degree full accreditation by a unanimous vote. The panel is headquartered at the University of Connecticut, and lauded the HSU Sociology faculty's professionalism and activism, the program's graduate students and community involvement, its creation of an integral 20-member community advisory board "that is very helpful to students as well as community members" and its high-quality computer laboratory.
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Guadeloupe. It really rolls off the tongue. It sounds like a type of fruit placed atop some sort of green garnish at a diner. According to Wikipedia Guadeloupe is one of the 27 regions of France and his home to roughly 400,000 inhabitants.
Guadeloupe's soccer team, which is not even World Cup eligible due to the fact it is part of France, somehow stands between the USMNT and the knockout phase of the Gold Cup (9PM/Fox Soccer). Yes, our national soccer team needs to earn a result tonight against Guadeloupe to advance in a tournament, played on home soil, which they were favored to win.
How has it come to this? Well, Saturday's 2-1 loss to Panama set the stage for this potentially disastrous match-up. This was supposed to be the game where US coach Bob Bradley rested his key starters in preparation for the next round.
Instead, unlike the other CONCACAF teams who have already clinched a spot in the knockout phase, the US is forced to play their starters. Even if they do advance the possibility exists, depending on the way things shake out in the other group games, that the US could face Mexico in the quarterfinals.
What does the US need to do to win tonight? Not conceding the first goal would go a long way towards helping their chances. Also, I wouldn't mind seeing either Sacha Kljestan or Alejandro Bedoya inserted into the lineup in place of Jermaine Jones.
Also, Tim Ream, who showed just how shaky he can be against the Union , was brutal against Panama en route to conceding a penalty kick. Finally, despite scoring in the opener against Canada Jozy Altidore has been less than threatening up top.
It's hard to believe that the trio of Altidore, Juan Agudelo, and Chris Wondolowski could be less threatening than the World Cup forward group of Altidore, Edson Buddle, Robbie Findley, and Herculez Gomez, but that's been the case.
Lord knows the US Soccer cognoscenti is demanding a dominating performance from the US side. The speculation has already started that Bradley could be fired if they fail to advance. While I doubt US Soccer would make such a move so soon after re-upping him for another Wold Cup cycle the fact remains that they need to win this game.
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Really enjoyed Diana Gabaldon's first three books in the 'Outlander' series. My interest began to wane with each new release. Far too much outer detail, not enough story. I heard she started hiring a lot of researchers. Probably not a good idea as it appears the research began to overwhelm her writing.The latest book of the series came out in 2009 'An Echo In the Bone'. 1200 pages of teeny tiny print that waffled endlessly. I couldn't get through the first fifty pages. Now, I've read Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina', so believe me, I can get through anything if it's written well. But 'Echo In the Bone'. Aside from the detailed descriptions of absolutely everything, except what was happening amongst the characters, my major complaint... what the hell happened to the word 'said'. Honestly, three word dialogue tags after every sentence is just plain annoying.Sorry Diana. I feel bad, but I just couldn't do it.
At some point most of us 'erotic romance' writers have pried our fingers away from the keyboard, lifted a glass of wine to our lips, shooed the cat off our mouse (for the thousandth time), kicked back in our less than ideal computer chair and asked ourselves. "Who actually reads this stuff? Who exactly is my target audience?"Now, I'm not suggesting anyone should write specifically for a target audience, any more than one should consider selling their soul. Authors are artists first, booksellers second, or last, or never, depending on the latest trends. I know I started writing for my own enjoyment. The fact that anyone bothers to read the stories that tumble out of my head is icing on the proverbial cake.But who does actually read this stuff? My experience has been that readership of gay erotica, gay erotic romance and M/M fiction is split pretty much 50/50 between gay/bi men and hetero women.Why do you think that is? Why do hetero women make up such a large percentage of the 'gay erotic' readership base?
gay porn .... VERY erotic in my books! I love gay erotica literature. I just LOVE the male body so much .... it's wonderful to watch. So true, personal assistant. One of my friends asked me recently why, as a woman, I write gay erotic romance. I told her either I'm seriously twisted (which is a possibility), or I really love men. The male body in the throws of passion is amazing to watch, and there's an exchange of power between two men that is so revealing of their raw and urgent sexual nature. Each assuming a role that is sometimes unexpected. And like I always say, what's better than one hot guy... two.
Typically an 80 page book takes me two weeks to write and edit. But on the other end of the spectrum, I have a 650 page book that I'm still tossing around after almost two years. Really depends on the writing level as well. Anything written at university english lit level is going to be brutal to edit. I've heard of some people taking 10 years.
Writing erotica is an emotional release for me, especially when I'm in full out editing or marketing mode for my other stuff. For me anyways, the erotica stories tend to be shorter; thus easier to manage and pick up intermittently when I need a break from the other stuff, because if I don't engage the creative part of my brain at least once a day... I get a little cranky!
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Nanotechnology is a hot sector plagued by a gaping divide between promising research and commercial products.
Bridging that commercialization gap is critical to bringing nanotechnology mainstream, according to a panel
of experts assembled by the Executive Master's in Technology Management (EMTM) program at the University
of Pennsylvania.
The panel, moderated by David Hsu, an assistant professor of management at Wharton, was held October 26.
The panel featured experts ranging from those who fund nanotechnology companies to patent experts and
entrepreneurs. Nanotechnology is the understanding and control of matter at dimensions of roughly 1 to
100 nanometers, and also includes imaging, measuring, modeling, and manipulating matter at this small
scale. It has a broad range of applications that range from sunscreen to drug delivery to energy transmission.
"What strikes me is the diverse range of knowledge physics, biochemistry and electronics needed in
nanotechnology," said Hsu. "There's a vast array of corporate applications."
However, there are hurdles to making those corporate applications a reality. Anthony Green, Ph.D. vice president
of the technology commercialization group, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, and Ben Franklin Director of the
Nanotechnology Institute (NTI), summed up the overarching question facing the nanotechnology industry: "How do you
get a product out the door?"
It's a tricky question, said Green, whose group specializes in negotiating technology transfer between academic
institutions and the private sector. "There are challenges to (transferring technology). Institutions are seen
as greedy, overprotective and obstructionist by industry, and industry is seen as stingy, overprotective and
obstructionist by the institutions," he quipped.
If these two parties can come together, nanotechnology-based products may become commonplace. For now, the road
to commercialization is unclear. "There's a tremendous amount of activity in research, but the commercialization
has been limited," said Erli Chen, director of nanotechnology licensing at the Center for Technology Transfer at
the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the NTI's NanoCommercialization Group.
The challenges for the commercialization of nanotechnology abound. In some cases, many products need approval from
the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and even the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Technology from researchers
in academic settings also needs to be transferred to the private sector. Intellectual property needs to be protected.
And nanotechnology is a long-term investment that may take years to pay off.
Green's group is funded by the state of Pennsylvania to offer seed funding to grow new companies and technologies.
The primary focus is on capital, mentoring and commercializing intellectual property. Indeed, the NTI is a necessary
intermediary because the intellectual property transfer process is inefficient in nanotechnology.
Even developing a prototype product based on nanotechnology is difficult. Why? "Frankly, the tools haven't been
developed yet to manufacture nanotechnology nor have the tools to analyze these products," said Green. "We're
going to have to create new models to figure new ways to get this technology out the door."
For instance, Chen and Cynthia Kuper, president and chief of research at Versilant Nanotechnologies and an adjunct
professor at Temple's Fox School of Business, noted that there is no controlled scalable way to manufacture a carbon
nanotube on a large scale. Kuper said that mass production of carbon nanotubes isn't scientifically possible yet.
As a result, carbon nanotubes will be used in niche applications only.
Building blocks in place
Despite the commercialization challenges facing the various sectors that are using nanotechnology medical, energy and
information technology there are some solid building blocks in place for future growth. Chen noted that the European
Union, Japan and the United States are all investing heavily in nanotechnology as funding has ballooned to $4.68 billion
from $430 million in the last decade.
Chen looks at the commercialization gap and sees opportunity. If companies can overcome challenges in product development
and clear a bevy of hurdles one of the biggest ones being the FDA the rewards can be great. "This is a no-man's
land; the technology is immature, the manufacturing incompatible, the market reluctant, and there's high risk and unclear
government regulations," acknowledged Chen. "But this no-man's land can be a gold mine."
Chen is most optimistic about nanotechnology's effect on new materials and biomedicine. At first, niche applications such
as burn and wound care, dental bonding and sun screen will be common. These applications will expand, said Chen. "In the
near future, the FDA will realize there's more potential for new drugs, cell level sensors and probes for early diagnosis
and targeted drug delivery."
Kuper agreed and noted that resources for entrepreneurs abound. And Kuper should know she is a nanotechnology
pioneer. In 1999, Kuper was finishing up her PhD at Temple and pitched her research to Richard E. Smalley, Nobel Laureate
and founder of carbon nanotechnology at Rice University. She wound up working with Smalley and helped develop some of the
nanotechnology building blocks. "This was an historic time when nanotechnology was pioneered into the lay environment,"
said Kuper.
With the nanotechnology infrastructure in place today, entrepreneurs can take their research and find more willing
business partners. "The venture capital community has become much more aware of nanotechnology," said Kuper. "It's
not this subset of people delivering tinker toys anymore; we're talking about drug delivery, new semiconductors and
memory. You're in a great place at a great time and you have a lot of resources available to you."
A long term investment
Daryl Boudreaux, a partner in NanoHoldings LLC, is one of those resources. Boudreaux's firm invests in nanotechnology
companies when they have just a germ of an idea. He outlined the investment landscape for nanotechnology and how patience
is critical. "We invest in technologies at an extremely early stage. We know about them before these developments are
ever reported to the technology transfer office," he said.
According to Boudreaux, NanoHoldings invests in promising nanotechnologies before there's a management team in place,
development work and even market information. "We visit universities and ferret out ideas that have market potential,"
he said. "We look at a technology to see if it has the legs to be commercial."
Boudreaux said NanoHoldings made its first investment in 2004 and now has 11 companies in its stable. NanoHoldings
supplies the cash management resources to launch these startups. The investment focus thus far has been primarily
on energy. For instance, one technology from Wake Forest represents a new form of lighting that uses nanotechnology
included in a thin polymer film. "That's something we think has a lot of legs," said Boudreaux.
The message to EMTM students: Boudreaux is looking for leaders. "We want a tech team where the leader will not accept
no and take a ball and run with it. It's not hard to find these types of people at universities," he said.
Kuper added that researchers and engineers should also promote their big ideas. After all, there may be a business
waiting to be developed. "Don't be afraid to pitch your idea," she said, referring to her experience in the early days
of nanotechnology. "I don't think we were conscious then of the fact that nanotechnology could be a business. I didn't
think about an IPO, taking an applied science and building a business out of it. Today it can be done. I hope you can
take what inspires you and match it with management resources."
Top of Page
Panel of Nanotechnology Business Opportunities
Small Science, Big Business
Friday, October 26, 2007, 6pm
Wu and Chen Auditorium
Levine Hall
Professor David Hsu
Department of Management, Wharton School
Daryl Boudreaux, PhD
Partner, NanoHoldings LLC
Erli Chen, Ph.D.
Director of Nanotechnology Licensing
University of Pennsylvania
Anthony P. Green, Ph.D.
Vice President, Technology Commercialization Group: Life Sciences
Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/SEP) and Ben Franklin Director of The Nanotechnology Institute (NTI).
Cynthia Kuper, Ph.D.
President and Chief Scientist
Despite the commercialization challenges facing the various sectors that are using nanotechnology medical, energy and information technology there are some solid building blocks in place for future growth.
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- Risperidone effects in the presence/absence of psychostimulant medicine in children with ADHD, other disruptive behavior disorders, and subaverage IQMichael G Aman
The Nisonger Center, Ohio State University, 1581 Dodd Drive, Columbus, OH 43210 1257, USA
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- Aggression and disruptive behavior disorders in children and adolescentsAtilla Turgay
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Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Michael Stein
There are two additional barriers to eliminating the exemption for municipal bonds that you fail to note, plus potential offsetting revenue, growth, and employment effects. The first is the issue of grandfathering existing bonds. These bonds were offered at a lower-than-normal nominal interest rate with the understanding that the interest would be free of federal tax. A 28% haircut on the interest would lead to a fall in the market price of the bonds to align the new after-tax interest rate with the higher after-tax interest rate of bonds issued after this change in the law. To the extent that these bonds are sold before maturity, there would be some capital losses generated. However, if existing bonds are grandfathered, as I believe will almost certainly happen, the increase in federal revenue will be trivial at first, since the vast majority of the interest income will be from grandfathered bonds.
The other barrier to this change in the law is opposition from state and local governments that will face approximately 1/3 higher debt service costs on all newly-issued bonds. This will lead to some combination of higher state and local taxes (partially offsetting the federal tax cuts) and reduction in government employment (offsetting some of the hoped-for employment gains from growth effects of the federal tax reform).
I have to ask: if Romney is really so willing to have a courageous discussion of hard truths, why isn't he doing it right now? All he needs to do is say out loud that he will definitely propose complete (no grandfathering) elimination of the municipal bond interest exclusion. If Congress listents to the lobbyists and keeps the exclusion or at least enacts grandfathering anyway, he can credibly shift the blame there.
Lew Brown
Michael Stein is correct with his comments and the effect on market pricing of bonds and municipalities cost of funding.
I ask you this, what will Romney's first goal be 1) cutting taxes, or 2) eliminating cherished tax breaks to pay for tax cuts?
My guess is answer (2), if elected with a mandate from the people first extend all the Bush tax cuts forever, then make permanent his 15% rate for capital gains and dividends and eliminate the AMT and the death tax.
The politicians will fall over themselves to pass these long sought tax cuts.
Romney will have cut taxes more than any American human living or dead and whether the expenditure cuts ever get done won't really matter much to him or the rest of the 1%.
The 2-4-8 Tax Blend is a tax reform plan that combines sales, wealth and income tax bases in ways that would not have been feasible just a decade ago. Mr. Romney's tax reform outline supports a tax cut of at least 20% and low capital gains rates, but all options are on the table. In the past he has demonstrated the vision and guts to radically innovate by joining divergent ideas and ideologies (see Bain Capital, Romney Care, Salt Lake City). Perhaps it is just a coincidence that his most important primary endorsement came from net wealth tax supporter, Donald Trump ("The America We Deserve", 2000) and his most important decision to date has been the selection of VAT supporter, Paul Ryan ("Roadmap for America's Future" 2010). Unlike Mr. Obama, Mr. Romney seems to be the kind of man that will treat job creation and our economy with the determination of the 1939 Manhattan Project (and likely with the same level of secrecy). He spent enough years in France to learn the shortcomings of how its tax blend has been implemented. France imposes a net wealth tax on top of a progressive income tax ("soak the reach" method) rather than using the wealth tax to reduce the income tax rates ("coerce productive investment" method).
A 2% net wealth tax (with exemption for $15,000 cash and retirement funds) could easily replace the job killing payroll taxes and enable the reduction of the income tax rate to 8% (and elimination of capital gains and estate taxes). A 4% VAT tax on business would also permit the corporate income tax rate to be reduced to 8%. Unlike the French, this new American Tax Blend would reflect a new tax code tax code with profound economic and incentives which resolve a dozen critical problems (i.e. job creation, wealth gap, long term Social Security funding, corporate tax reform, etc.) not considered by other tax reforms – all without increasing total tax revenue or government spending.
The implementation of the 2-4-8 Tax Blend has no significant transition issues and is doable from a technical and administrative point of view. Politically the Tax Blend has much to offer both Democrats and Republicans. The wealth tax represents an ideal tax for the left while a low flat income tax represents an ideal tax for the right. Both taxes are needed to make the low rates work and this is fuel for political compromise and the elimination of all tax expenditures. The fact that rich and poor would pay the same low tax rates makes the issue of tax fairness difficult to argue by either side. Creating jobs and saving the economy may also motivate some in Washington to take a serious look.
This is not the place to elaborate further upon the details of the 2-4-8 Tax Blend but they can be found in an article I wrote yesterday at the invitation of Forbes tax communist, Peter J. Reilly, titled "Creating New Wealth by Taxing Net Wealth". All of this is mentioned for the benefit of Washington think tanks that all too often wildly extrapolate from tax outlines as if they were intended to be full tax reform plans while pretending to be non-partisan scholars. It is also offensive when economists act as if they are also experts in politics, psychology and law. They hurt their own credibility when they opine that the only way to accomplish something is for example, to reduce benefits, increase government spending, etc. There are many ways to solve our problems and the best is yet to come.
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This isn't an "update," and the glee Mr. Jensen is taking with Hubbard's shell game is getting a little tired. ALL of these ideas have been floated at one time or another for DECADES. It's old stuff. Each one has a consequence, politically or financially, that most people will not want to face.
The joke of all of this- and it shows how hollow Mr. Hubbard's finagling is- that in order to preserve the illusion of cutting taxes, Mr. Hubbard will simply impose them where they never were before to pay for them.
It is very difficult for me to take this seriously. As it is, reducing marginal rates can be somewhat illusory. When a marginal rate is reduced, so too are the deductibility of mortgage interest (another shell being moved by Hubbard) local state and property taxes, and other deductions.
We now have a situation in certain states where it is possible to pay more to the State and the County than one remits to the Federal government- this, without standing armies to maintain.
The second part of Hubbard's joke is that this plan of his is supposed to unlock the presenty barred door to new vistas of economic prosperity. Unfortunately, since there is no empirical evidence to back that up, this is nothing more than a rather silly exercise.
The easiest thing to do is to simply RAISE the marginal rates, which effectively CUTS local taxes at the same time, and will restore the equilibrium we once had between the taxing authorities. Since it is the States and Localities who are living in a world of hurt, this is the most sensible venue.
But it's too easy and its too sensible, and it violates the Norquist Pledge, which is what all Hubbard's shilly shallying is designed to do.
Cutting a deduction is the same thing as raising a tax. Money is money.
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