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While the bulk of the 11 criminal charges facing Humboldt Bay Harbor, Recreation and Conservation District Commissioner Aaron Newman stem from a few specific poaching allegations, court documents in the case suggest they may be part of a larger pattern of behavior.
Newman was arrested June 8 and has pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include four felonies. He stands accused of lying and using illegal tags in 2009 and 2012 to circumvent state limitations on abalone and deer harvests.
Manny Daskal, Newman's attorney, declined to comment for this story.
Abalone fishing is tightly regulated under California law, which only allows people to free dive and pull the mollusks off rocks with a tool, known as an abalone iron. To legally harvest abalone in California, one must first acquire a permit -- known as an abalone report card -- that comes with 24 tags. When an abalone is harvested, it must immediately be marked with one of the tags, limiting the abalone a person can catch to two dozen per year.
Two of the felony charges facing Newman stem from allegations that he received an abalone report card in 2009 and used 21 of the tags. Then, he is alleged to have filed a request for a replacement card, in the form of an affidavit, saying he'd lost his original card after using only three of the tags.
According to a declaration in support of a warrant for Newman's arrest authored by Department of Fish and Wildlife Officer Matthew Wells, officers found evidence to support the allegations during a Nov. 26, 2012, search of Newman's home -- specifically, Newman's original 2009 abalone report card and three used abalone tags -- No. 4, 5, and 6 -- from Newman's replacement card.
"I noted that Newman's original 2009 abalone report card had 21 abalone recorded on it and the last date abalone were recorded on it was June 3, 2009," Wells wrote. "On June 4, 2009, Newman signed an affidavit stating, under penalty of perjury, that he lost his 2009 abalone report card and that he had recorded three abalone on it when it was lost."
The Humboldt County District Attorney's Office has charged Newman with knowingly offering a false or forged instrument to be filed with a state office and perjury by declaration. The offenses carry maximum penalties of three and four years in state prison, respectively.
Wells notes in his affidavit that Newman has an extensive history of receiving replacement cards.
"Between the years 2003 and 2012, Newman filed a total of 11 affidavits for lost abalone report cards: He received a total of 21 report cards, and was issued a total of 441 abalone tags," Wells wrote. "Without the use of the abalone replacement affidavits, a person would have only been issued 10 abalone report cards, one per year, and a total of 240 abalone tags, 24 per year. During this time period, Newman was issued 201 more abalone tags than normally would have been issued."
Wells states that the Newman case was spurred by the efforts of Fort Bragg Game Warden Don Powers, who conducted an analysis of all 184 duplicate abalone cards issued in the state between 2002 and 2011. Newman received 10 of those, according to the affidavit, and was the only person in the state to receive more than two duplicate cards during that time period.
"I found it telling that the only licensing items Newman duplicated during this time period were items that are limited in nature and can only be used once, such as abalone report cards and deer tags," Wells wrote. "I know from training and experience that abalone fishermen often keep their fishing license with their abalone report card. ... It stands to reason that a person who lost his abalone report card would have likely lost his fishing license and thus required a duplicate fishing license. Newman did not receive a duplicate fishing license during this time."
According to Wells' affidavit, the search of Newman's home also found evidence that he'd failed to comply with abalone harvesting and tagging requirements by storing an untagged and unshelled abalone in his freezer, and that he'd failed to turn in his 2012 abalone report card to the state, as is required by law.
Wells also notes in his affidavit that he found evidence that some of Newman's abalone was shared with some prominent legislators. The officer noted that, during the search of Newman's home, he found a March 12, 2012, letter from then state Sen. Tom Harman, a power broker in the state Republican Party, thanking him for abalone Newman left at Harman's office. Additionally, Wells states he found a June 8, 2008 letter from then North Coast Congressman Mike Thompson thanking Newman for "...diving for the abalone" and then "...cooking it all up with absolute perfection."
It's unclear if the abalone reportedly given to Harman and Thompson were caught legally and whether they were given as a personal gift or a lobbying effort on behalf of any of the numerous groups Newman is affiliated with. In addition to his seat representing District 1 on the Harbor Commission, Newman is president of the Humboldt Fishermen's Marketing Association, California Salmon Council vice chairman and a California advisor to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, according to the Harbor Commission webpage.
In addition to the abalone-related offenses, prosecutors allege Newman committed perjury and knowingly offered a false or forged instrument to be filed with a state office in order to receive a duplicate deer tag.
According to Wells' affidavit, Newman submitted documents on Sept. 10, 2012, stating that he lost his 2012 B-Zone deer tag before using it and was issued a duplicate. Wells wrote that officers found the original 2012 tag during the search of Newman's home.
"I inspected the tag further and discovered it was the completed report card portion from Newman's original 2012 B-Zone deer tag," Wells wrote. "I noted the report card indicated that Newman killed a 4-point buck on Sept. 2, 2012."
Additionally, Wells wrote that digital photos found on Newman's phone and computer depict him with a dead 4-point buck and are time-stamped Sept. 2 and Sept. 3, 2012. Wells also noted that he found a set of 4-point buck antlers that appeared fresh -- with dried flesh and hair still attached -- in Newman's home.
After Nov. 26, 2012 search, Wells wrote that he attempted to interview Newman but the harbor commissioner told him he'd been advised by an attorney to remain silent.
Newman remains a fully acting member of the commission, according to Paul Brisso, the harbor district's attorney.
Commission President Mike Wilson said in an e-mail to the Times-Standard that Newman's attendance at commission meetings has not seemed out of the ordinary since June 10, and Brisso said district records show he has been present at all meetings since his arrest, with the exceptions of meetings held June 27 and Aug. 12, which he missed for unspecified reasons.
Daskal has filed a motion with the court arguing that the two felony charges related to his client's 2009 abalone report cards should be dismissed because the statute of limitations had run before Newman's arrest. The District Attorney's Office is opposing the motion. Newman's next court date is scheduled for Sept. 18.
Thadeus Greenson can be reached at 441-0509 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @ThadeusGreenson.


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The number of horses sold rose 25.6% from 2008 and the gross revenue increased 11.2% during the opening session of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October yearling sale in England Oct. 12. Meanwhile, the average price fell 11.5% while the median price declined 16.7%.
A Cape Crosscolt was the highest-priced horse sold, bringing 160,000 guineas from Richard O'Gorman, who held off trainer Clive Cox. O'Gorman is a close associate of Sheikh Mohammed's bloodstock manager, John Ferguson. Bobby and Honora Donworth's Round Hill Stud consigned the yearling, which is out of the 12-year-old winning Sadler's Wells mare True Crystal. The mare is a half-brother to Jack The Giant (by Giant's Causeway), who captured the 2006 Stan James Wayward Lad Novices Steeplechase and the 2007 Ladbroke Hurdle in England. True Crystal and Jack The Giant's dam, State Crystal (by High Estate) scored in the 1994 Lancashire Oaks (Eng-III).
The first session results included a gross of 6,715,500 guineas for the 201 yearlings that sold. The average was 33,410 guineas, and the median was 25,000 guineas. In 2008, the 160 horses that sold grossed 6,039,700 guineas and averaged 37,748 guineas. The median was 30,000 guineas.
The buy-back rate was 18.6%, down from 33.3% last year.

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Sony extended the PlayStation Store's Indie Games section onto the Vita this week. The section was introduced to the PS3's Store last month, but with Sony's big push to bring indies to the Vita, it's no surprise to see it come to the portable, too.
SCEA's Don Mesa noted the Vita indie section has 53 games at launch, and that there are more than 50 indie games in development for the system at present. Sitting at the top of the launch pile is Hotline Miami, which rampaged onto both the PS3 and Vita this week.


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This is the final report of a project which studied outstanding arrest warrants relating to DWI [1] (driving while intoxicated) offenses. Arrest warrants are an order directing a law enforcement agency to seize an individual to answer a complaint. While the vast majority of warrants are issued by courts, other agencies such as parole boards and correction departments are authorized in some states to issue arrest warrants. Bench warrants are usually issued by a judge for persons who fail to appear in court. For less serious offenses, summons or wants are sometimes issued instead of arrest warrants. There are other types of warrants (e.g., search warrants, warrants to satisfy judgment) which are outside the scope of this project. For the purposes of clarification, the use of the term warrant in this report will apply to an arrest warrant unless otherwise defined.
The project addressed concerns about the number of individuals arrested for DWI who failed to appear (FTA) in court for adjudication and/or sanctioning, resulting in a warrant action. The study also revealed concerns for those offenders with warrants issued for failing to complete or comply (FTC) with court-ordered sanctions. While warrants are typically issued for FTA and/or FTC, locating these absconders [2] and defaulters [3] has often proved unsuccessful for a variety of reasons, thus creating a significant failure of the Traffic Law System in accomplishing both the specific and general deterrence of impaired driving.
The non-appearances of defendants are sometimes a deliberate attempt by guilty persons to avoid receiving or fulfilling sanctions, but other times they are not intentional, but due only to defendants not receiving or understanding instructions about where and when to appear in court. Clearly, deliberate FTAs and FTCs are of more concern from a traffic safety standpoint, but even if non-deliberate, these are also of concern because they are wasteful of time and resources that could be better spent on other anti-DWI related activities. Nationwide, the relative magnitudes of FTAs and FTCs are not known.
A second knowledge gap relates to the kinds of actions that are taken to deal with FTA and/or FTC behavior in jurisdictions where these problems have been identified. Possible actions may be classified as either preventive or remedial. Preventative countermeasures tend to be aimed at the non-deliberate inactions, those caused by system failures. Most FTA / FTC countermeasures that we know about fall into the remedial category, centering around court actions (for example, issuing an arrest warrant) aimed at catching defendants that have already failed to appear or comply and bringing them back into the system.
This project addresses both of the two major knowledge gaps outlined above. Specifically, the objectives were:
This project included collection of DWI warrant data and information from the sites, identification and investigation of three sites which had programs to deal with outstanding warrants, and the performance of two focus groups with knowledgeable individuals in the anti-DWI field.
Project staff attempted to collect DWI warrant information from over 100 sites in order to locate 25 sites which would participate. No formal site selection process was used to choose the sites in connection with this project because data relative to outstanding DWI warrants proved difficult to locate. For this reason, any site with pertinent data willing to participate was included, even if the data were incomplete. It has become quite apparent that many areas have little knowledge of how many warrants for DWI-related offenses are issued or are outstanding at any given point in time. In some areas, it was not known how many outstanding warrants there were (no data collected), and in some of those instances we attempted to locate arrest and disposition data ourselves to make rough estimates. We also note that while more sites with data on outstanding warrants were identified, permission to gain access to this data and/or permission for the sites to participate in the study were denied or delayed until time ran out for the project.
In the end, 19 sites contributed to this project. For the reasons discussed above, we would like to acknowledge the contributions of all individuals and organizations in those sites which agreed to participate in this study and believe they should be commended for providing data whenever possible, general system information, and views on the subject which have helped to shed light on a disturbing problem.
Three sites with promising strategies to eliminate or minimize outstanding warrants in their communities are described in detail. These programs are:
Each of these programs is described separately in the three appendices to this report. However, data from these communities are presented and discussed under their corresponding state and county headings in Chapter 3 of this report.
Two focus groups were conducted with knowledgeable anti-DWI system personnel (administrators, prosecutors, judges and law enforcement officers) during a regional impaired driving conference held in Madison, Wisconsin. The focus group findings are presented in Chapter 2 of this report.
[1] The acronyms DWI, DUI, OWI and others are used interchangeably throughout this report depending on pertinent state law. All refer to the criminal action of driving a motor vehicle, either 1) while illegal per se or 2) while either impaired, under the influence or while intoxicated by either alcohol or drugs.
[2] An absconder is a person who travels out of the jurisdiction of the court, or conceals him/herself in order to avoid court proceedings.
[3] A defaulter is a person who fails to discharge a duty (e.g., fails to fulfill court-ordered sanctions such as payment of fines) or fails to take procedural steps to prohibit the entry of a judgment against him or her (e.g., failure to appear in court).


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So, I'm planning to make a ton of acoustic guitar covers in the near future, all of which being of songs from Newgrounds.
If you have any ideas of which songs for me to play, I am taking requests! Whichever I feel is the best will be entered in the Tenth Anniversary Contest!
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Ruthless People | 1986
A couple swindeled by a businessman decide to kidnap his wife, not knowing that he is delighted that they did.
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Sam Kessler is a ruthless, wealthy man and his wife Barbara is an obnoxious, spoiled woman. Ken and Sandy Kessler have been cheated by Sam and decide to kidnap Barbara and hold her for ransom to even the score. But Sam is happy to be rid his wife and refuses to pay, and when they threaten to kill her he celebrates. So the Kesslers have to find a different way to get their revenge against Sam.


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I tried to look for a good toaster toaster that can help me maximize my toasting time specially in the morning. When my neighbor recommended me this Cuisinart CPT-140 toaster, I thought I'd give it a try.
Cuisinart CPT-140 toaster is a really good bread toaster. It has 4-slice slot that makes me toast more bread. It has a very stylish design that helps my old-styled kitchen look a bit modern. It is very easy to operate. It has wide bread slot that makes me toast bread with larger slices than the standard slices of bread.
It is very durable too. I have been using it for months now and it never fails to function even once. It comes with a crumb tray so I really don't have to worry about the mess while toasting. Cuisinart CPT-140 toaster has proven to be a very helpful kitchen appliance for me since I am a working mom and always in a hurry.
Cleaning is very easy with this toaster. Its design enables me to place it sideways or facing forward in my kitchen without difficulty in accessing its controls. It is a very affordable bread toaster compared to other toasters in the market today. Its size is smaller than other bread toasters that have 4-slice slot.
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It goes without saying that these are great.
Pretty much everyone loves the Concord Air Jordan 11 Mid, and this Low-cut version, first worn by Michael Jordan during the Chicago Bulls' 1996 Championship parade, is right on time for the summer season.
They'll be releasing nationwide at Jordan accounts next Saturday as a general release, so just how many pairs are you hoping to get your hands on? Will one pair be enough?
Air Jordan 11 Low "Concord"
Style Number: 528895-153
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Last week we brought you news of Saxon's latest project, "Unplugged and Strung Up". Today we got wind of a music video just released in anticipation of the album for the track "Frozen Rainbow". If you're a Saxon fan chances are you've heard this track a few times before but probably not like this.
Living up to the "unplugged" in "Unplugged and Strung Up", here's Saxon performing an acoustic version of "Frozen Rainbow".
"Unplugged and Strung Up" is available here.
Chief Editor and Writer for Metal CallOut. Favorite sub genre of heavy metal includes Black, Death, Folk and Traditional. Josh can be found at Google+.


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Phil Harris was replaced as Jack Benny's bandleader by Bob Crosby, the brother of Phil's good friend Bing Crosby.
Phil Harris was an avid golfer.
Phil Harris had two daughters, Phyllis and Alice.
Jack Benny described Phil Harris' appeal by saying, "Phil Harris is a typical fresh guy found in every town. For some reason or another people seem to love that type of fellow."
Phil Harris' improvised dialogue as Baloo impressed filmmakers so much that The Jungle Book was rewritten to give Baloo more of Harris' personality.
For their performances in The Jungle Book, Phil Harris and Louis Prima improvised all of their own scatting.
Phil Harris voiced singing bears in two animated Walt Disney films. He was Baloo in The Jungle Book (1967) and Little John in Robin Hood (1973).
Phil Harris and Alice Faye joined the big band revue radio show The Fitch Bandwagon, but due to the duo's popularity, the show evolved into their comedy series The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show.
Phil Harris' final film role was Don Bluth's Rock-a-Doodle, in which he voiced the farm dog Patou.
Phil Harris' signature song was "That's What I Like About the South."
Because Phil Harris' show aired immediately after Jack Benny's on NBC, Harris would only appear during the first half of The Jack Benny Program. He would then leave CBS and walk one block to NBC down the street, arriving just in time for the start of his own show.
While many radio comedians followed Jack Benny to CBS in 1949, Phil Harris and Alice Faye kept their show on NBC. Phil Harris continued to appear on Benny's show until 1952.
Phil Harris and his band performed at President Harry S. Truman's inaugural in 1949. It was used as the springboard for an episode of The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, in which Harris fumed over a lack of invitation to the inaugural ball.
While they were starring on their popular radio show, Phil Harris and Alice Faye starred in an episode of Suspense directed by their co-star Elliott Lewis. Titled "Death on My Hands," it starred Harris as a touring bandleader. When a girl came to his dressing room to get an autograph, she reached for a photo in an suitcase, the suitcase fell to the floor and a gun inside discharged, shooting her to death and provoking a local lynch mob. Faye played his former band singer.
During World War II, Phil Harris joined the Merchant Marines from December 1942 to March 1943.
After Bing Crosby died, Phil Harris filled in for his friend, providing color commentary for the broadcast of the annual Bing Crosby Pro-Am Golf Tournament.
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Phil Harris led a band that played in Las Vegas, sometimes on the same bill with swing era legend Harry James.
Phil Harris' recording of the novelty hit "The Thing" was on the Billboard charts for 14 weeks, eventually hitting #1 when it was released in 1950.
In 1936, Phil Harris joined The Jell-O Program as Jack Benny's bandleader. He remained with Benny's show for 15 years, and became an important part of Benny's ensemble cast.
Phil Harris had planned to reprise his role of Baloo in TaleSpin, but due to his age, he was unable to voice the character. He was replaced with actor Ed Gilbert.
Phil Harris: If it hadn't been for radio, I would still be a traveling orchestra leader. For 17 years I played one-night stands, sleeping on buses. I never even voted, because I didn't have any residence.
Phil Harris: I can't die until the government finds a safe place to bury my liver.


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Fletcher Lab Members
Rob Fletcher, Associate Professor and leader of the lab...
I am a member of the Wildlife Ecology & Conservation Department (WEC). I am a big fan of critical thinking and integrating diverse perspectives into ecology, conservation, and management. (Click here for more).
Brian Reichert, Postdoctoral Associate.
Brian received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Florida. For his postdoc, Brian is leading two projects that focus on spatial demography, movement on networks, and population viability across landscapes.
Noah Burrell, Ph.D. Candidate.
Noah received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Humboldt State University. For his dissertation, Noah will be working on large-scale movement behaviors of wading birds in response to climate. Noah is co-advised by Peter Frederick.
Luke McEachron, Ph.D. Candidate.
Luke received his B.S. degree from Colorado State University and his M.S. from the Florida State University. Luke is interested in appling spatial ecology concepts to marine systems and marine conservation planning. He is also a scientist with Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Sarah Dudek, M.S. student.
Sarah is working on nesting ecology and conservation of the Endangered snail kite. She has several years of experience working with raptors and in wetland systems,
Rajeev Pillay, Postdoctoral Associate.
Rajeev received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Calcutta, India. For his dissertation, Rajeev is investigating how habitat loss and fragmentation in the Asian tropics influence community networks.
Ellen Robertson, Ph.D. Candidate.
Ellen received her B.S. degree from Furman University and her M.S. degree from the University of Maine. As part of her dissertation, Ellen is focusing on connectivity, breeding biology, and genetic issues for the endangered Florida Snail Kite.
Rich Stanton, Ph.D. student.
Rich earned his B.S. from SUNY Cobleskill and his M.S. from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Rich is studying how landscape composition influences bird community structure and function in southern Africa. Rich is co-advised by Bob McCleery.
Jessica Hightower, Ph.D. student.
Jessica received her M.S. from the University of Central Florida. She is interested in studying bird community dynamics and habitat fragmentation in Borneo.
Caroline Poli, Ph.D. student.
Caroline received her M.S. from Clemson University . She is interested in studying movement behaviors of the endangered snail kite.
Brian Jeffery, Project Manager.
Brian received his M.S. from the University of Florida. He is managing our research and monitoring on the endangered Everglade Snail Kite.
|Lab Alumni
|Isabel Gottlieb
2013-2016. M.S. student who studied biofuels production and wildlife. Now a field biologist in the Northeast US.
|Mauricio Nunez-Regueiro
2012-2016. Ph.D. student who studied impacts of land-use change on biodiversity. Now teaching at the University of Florida.
|Brad Udell
2014-2016. M.S. student who investigated the risk of boat mortality on the endangered manatee. Now a Ph.D. student at the University of Florida.
|Katie Haase
2012-2016. Ph.D. student who studied landscape complementation in the endangered manatee. Now a postdoctoral associate at the University of Florida.
|Becky Wilcox
2013-2015. M.S. student who studied foraging preferences of a native, endangered bird on an invasive, exotic prey. Now a Ph.D. student at the University of Wyoming.
|Divya Vasudev
2008-2013. Ph.D. student who studied movement behavior and connectivity in western Hoolock gibbons. Now a Senior Research Fellow at the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), India.
|Miguel Acevedo
2008-2013. Ph.D. student who studied the role of dispersal asymmetries for metapopulations and conservation planning. Now an Assistant Professor at the University of Puerto Rico.
|Jennifer Seavey
2010-2012. Postdoctoral Associate who worked on coastal issues in Florida. Now an Executive Eirector of the Shoals Marine Laboratory, University of New Hampshire.
|Kira Taylor-Hoar
2010-2012. Undergraduate student who worked on a project as part of the University Scholar's Program. Kira studied how prey discriminate predator information.
|Kim Jones
2011-2012. Undergraduate student who worked on a project as part of the University Scholar's Program that includes developing a decision support tool for sustainable biofuels production. Now studying environmental law.
|Kyle McCarthy
2009-2010. Postdoctoral Associate who worked on Florida panthers. Now an Assistant Professor at the University of Delaware.
|Jason Evans
2008-2009. Postdoctoral Associate who worked on bioenergy and biodiversity. Now an Assistant Professor at the Stedman University.
|Chris Rota
2007-2009. M.S. student who studied the problem of imperfect detection in distribution models. Now working on postdoctoral associate at the University of Missouri.
|Nate Marcy
2008-2010. M.S. student who studied habitat fragmentation in the cloud forests of Ecuador. Now working on various field projects throughout the country.
|Raya Pruner
2007-2010. M.S. student who investigated the causes and consequences of habitat selection by snowy plovers. Now working with Florida Park Service.
|Emily Williams
2010-2011. Undergraduate student who conducted independent research on habitat fragmentation and matrix efffects.
|Elaine Kuo
2010. High school student that studied predation risk in forest bird communities.
|Erin Murphy
2009-2010. Undergraduate technician that worked on a variety of GIS projects.
|John Andrews
2009. Undergraduate technician that conducted experiments on perceptual ranges and signal detection by insects.
|Ellen Martin
2010. Undergraduate Technician that worked on GIS mapping.
|Will Maxwell
2009. Undergraduate USP scholar who conducted an experiment on social information and perceptual ranges.
|Marlena Wietlisbach
2008. Undergraduate technician who worked with state wildlife action plans and bioenergy.
|Nikie Gentry
2008. Undergraduate technician who helped review wildlife articles and land use effects.


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Disclaimer- Saban owns them, not me! Sue me, and all you'll get is a ton of action figures! This fanfic is rated G by the Motion Picture Association of America. The song "Angel" belongs to Sarah McLauchlan (Spelling?) and is used without permission. Yeah, I know everybody and their Uncle Chuck has done this song... but I LIKED it!
Guardian Angel
Spiritual possession really stinks, Mike Corbett thought to himself. For one thing, it's BORING. The Magna Defender, with his usual iron control, had shoved Mike's mind and spirit down into some dark corner and locked him there. Most of the time, Mike couldn't so much as shift him, although he was aware of everything that went on around him. Only when his "guest" came close to harming Leo could Mike find the strength to interfere, and then only briefly.
It was currently night on Terra Venture, and as usual, the Magna Defender was spending the evening on a Forest Dome hillside, staring up at the stars, and probably plotting vengeance. Mike couldn't read his tenant's thoughts unless they were directed at him, but he could sense emotions, and besides-- if Scorpius had slaughtered his son, (or your little brother, a small voice added,) he would have been doing the same thing.
As Mike sat in the back of what had once been his mind, pondering another evening of stargazing and boredom, he slowly became aware of something tickling at the back of his mind. Reaching out, he recognized it as coming from his link to Leo. Cut off from the rest of his mind by the Magna Defender's occupation, Mike had found that the psychic connection he and his brother shared had amplified several times. Now it seemed to have opened up again, and was- playing music? Without a second thought, Mike dived into the link, following it back. Spending the evening with his brother was infinitely better than another night here, even if Leo were unaware of him.
Spend all your time waiting for that second chance,
For the break that will make it okay.
Hear that? Mike thought to the Magna Defender, knowing that the other was ignoring him. That's YOU. All you live for anymore is revenge. That was something Mike devoutly hoped would never happen to his brother, but he wasn't that worried. The other Rangers would keep an eye on him, and keep him from falling into that pit. Even Kai, as much as the two fought, had given Leo something to latch onto.
Even as he thought this, Mike found himself in the apartment that the three male Power Rangers shared. Kendrix and Kai had had to do a lot of juggling to get the assignments worked out, but it was a lot more convenient for Ranger business. Leo lay sprawled on the couch, obviously exhausted and locked in deep sleep. Mike wasn't surprised- that was when the link between them opened to the fullest extent. What did surprise him was Leo's companion. Kendrix sat at one of the tables, working on something and occasionally breaking off to check on Leo. It was she that had turned on the music that Mike was hearing.
There's always some reason to feel not good enough
And it's hard at the end of the day.
I need some distraction, beautiful release.
Memories seep from my veins.
Now if that didn't describe his little brother, Mike couldn't think of a single thing that did. Ever since Mike had fallen into the chasm, Leo had been punishing himself, for not being the one to fall, for not being capable of taking on Mike's duties-- in short, for not being MIKE. Every day, Leo pushed himself to the edge trying to emulate his brother, and every night, he fell into bed exhausted. As for Rangering- Mike couldn't decide whether Leo threw himself into that to distract himself from the painful memories- or because it was the one area in which he could never be compared to his brother.
Let me be empty, oh, weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight.
In the arms of the angel,
Fly away from here,
From this dark, cold hotel room,
And the endlessness that you fear.
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie.
You're in the arms of the angel,
May you find some comfort there.
Sometimes it seemed that the only peace his little brother found was in sleep- and sometimes not even that. How many nightmares had Mike sensed at the other end of the line, unable to even reach out and shake his brother awake? When the link was open, he could chase the dreams away, to an extent, but sometimes even that wasn't enough. Most of the time, however, Leo's sleep was dark and dreamless, taking him away from a world in which he had nothing left. Funny. I chewed you out about stowing away, for acting without thinking about what you were doing. I was the one guilty of that, though. You're all the family I have, Leo. I guess I didn't realize how much it would hurt you to stay behind on Earth. I never realized that I'd be leaving you alone.
Mike understood now, though. Even with the other Rangers around to support him, Leo's pain was almost unbearable for Mike to watch. More than anything, he wished he could just reach out and let his brother know of his presence, hug him and tell him everything would work out. But he was no more solid than a beam of light, and even that was denied to him.
Sleep tight, little brother. I hope it can heal you better than I can.
So tired of the straight lines and everywhere you turn,
There's vultures and thieves at your back.
A gentle tugging reminded Mike that he'd been gone from his own body for too long. Heading back, he let the music follow him, washing through the link. Poor Leo, he thought, not without amusement. You never did like rules, and you hated authority. Now you ARE authority. He had to wonder, though, how long his brother could hold up under the twin strains of a Ranger's constant danger, and his own conflicts with rules and regulations.
The storm keeps on twisting, keep on building the lies
That you make up for all that you lack.
Don't make no difference; escape one last time.
It's easier to believe
In this sweet madness, this glorious sadness
Brings me to my knees.
Settled back into his own body, Mike's thoughts turned once again to the Magna Defender. He wasn't an evil person-- Mike had figured that out within a few minutes of being taken over. It was just that he'd convinced himself that ANY means was worth it, if he could avenge his son. Nothing mattered, if it meant he could find his peace. That was easier than believing in the codes of honor he had once held.
In the arms of the angel,
Fly away from here,
From this dark, cold hotel room,
And the endlessness that you fear.
You are pulled from the wreckage
Of your silent reverie
You're in the arms of the angel,
May you find some comfort there.
It scared him, sometimes, how much Leo and the Magna Defender had in common. The idea that his laughing, loving little brother could ever turn into a vengeance-driven shell sent chills up and down his non-existent spine. But they WERE alike, down under all the layers of pain, and for that, Mike yearned to reach out and help, to break the dark isolation that seemed eternal. But he was no more successful here than with Leo.
Sleep tight, little brother, Mike called across the link. Your 'guardian angel' is on the job, keeping the nightmares at bay for a while. It wasn't much, but it was all he could do. And for now, it would have to be enough.
You're in the arms of the angel,
May you find some comfort there.
The End


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A key witness in the Crown casino manslaughter case today revealed she had been used as a lip-reader on World War II footage.
Jessica Rees, who is deaf and has been a professional lip reader since 1995 giving evidence in hundreds of court cases in England, told the Melbourne Magistrates Court she had also been asked by the National Museum to look at World War II footage showing soldiers in the trenches to analyse what their last words had been.
Ms Rees said her workload had varied since she moved from England to Perth in 2007 and she was not always involved in police cases.
Homicide Detective Senior Sergeant Ron Iddles had first contacted her about the Crown casino case after Anthony Dunning had died.
Dunning, 40, died four days after being crash-tackled at the casino and allegedly held in a choke-hold on Sunday night, July 3 last year.
Another homicide detective, Senior Constable Paul Rowe, visited Ms Rees at her Perth home in August last year to show her the CCTV footage of the night Dunning and his friends, Olivia Ferguson and Matthew Anderson, were confronted by Crown security staff.
Ms Rees then travelled to Melbourne a month later and spent three days compiling a nine-page transcript of what she believes was said by various people on the night.
She said she was the first witness to give evidence in an Australian court as an expert lip reader. She had given evidence in a Family Court matter in Perth but that was as a witness related to her foster-care role.
Six security guards - Matthew Lawson, 27, Quoc Tran, 34, Benjamin Vigo, 24, Cameron Sanderson, 40, Nicholas Levchenko, 26, and Jacques Fucile, 30 - have been charged after Mr Dunning's death.
Lawson has been charged with manslaughter while the other five face assault charges.
The six barristers acting for the bouncers have indicated they plan to contest the admissibility of Ms Rees' evidence.
The court was told yesterday that the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales had decided in 2005 to no longer use Ms Rees as an expert witness after it was discovered she did not have a degree from Oxford University. Ms Rees said there had been a misunderstanding and she had studied at Oxford but had not completed a degree in English.
Cross-examined by barrister Lachlan Carter, for Tran, Ms Rees said she had been lip reading from the age of four where she relied on facial shapes and lip movement.
Ms Rees said she was an accurate lip reader because she had been born into a hearing family.
She was the only deaf person in the family so there was no sign language which meant she had been brought up to lip-read at all angles, including upside down.
She never realised until she was older how rare it was to lip-read because she had been doing it all her life.
Ms Rees said the advantage of analysing CCTV footage to determine what people were saying was that the footage could be endlessly replayed.
Asked about tests conducted on the accuracy of her lip-reading in England in 1999 which showed that out of 2100 words she had only accurately recorded about 234 words, Ms Rees said two of the speakers had had their backs to the camera so she could not see their lips.
Prosecutor Andrew Tinney, SC, has told the court Ms Rees will give evidence as to what was said on the night because evidence from a number of security staff "will not accord with the evidence of casino patrons and the objective evidence of the CCTV footage".
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Lean Cuisine Sweet & Sour Chicken
Posted by: Gregory Ng: The Frozen Food Master
If a kid was writing this review they would tell you it tastes like someone threw a couple of red hot candies into a vat of Starbursts. A good sweet and sour sauce should have a great balance between the sweet and the sour. Otherwise it would be Sweet chicken with a hint of sour. This Lean Cuisine Sweet & Sour Chicken is a whole lot of sweet and a little spiciness kicked in at the back of your palate. But the sweetness tastes artificial and citrus-sy like an orange Starburst. The added pieces of pineapples didn't add to the desired, more-subtle flavoring. It didn't help that in some cases, the pineapple was the same size as the chicken and when all of it is doused in red sauce, you never know what you are going to get with each bite.
And that basically nails the coffin shut for this review. After all, without the sauce, this ceases to be a "Cafe Classic" (like it says in the box). And the sauce is too artificial to be "cafe" and just plain too sweet to be a "classic".
Oh yeah, the chicken is ok and the rice was plentiful. This is one I'm going to avoid next time. 2 1/2 Stars
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Calories: 300
Calories from Fat: 25
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Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g
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Cholesterol: 30mg
Sodium: 560mg
Potassium: 730mg
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Dietary Fiber: 2g
Sugars: 20g
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Minister of Migration and European Affairs Astrid Thors (Swed. Peoples Party) says that suspicions that the family unification procedure may be used for purposes of human trafficking should be investigated by the Finnish Immigration Service.
Suspicions have been raised by the sudden increase in the number of applications by Somali refugees in Finland for residence permits for foster children living in Somalia. "It is specifically the Immigration Service that can notice characteristics of human trafficking in these cases. If this proves to be true, the cases need to guide our assistance system, Thors said. In Sundays edition of Helsingin Sanomat Thors called for action on the matter by Minority Ombudsman Eva Biaudet. On Monday Biaudet chimed in with Thors. "The Immigration Service handles each foster child case. Now we want to know how they have operated, Biaudet said. The Minority Ombudsman is required to supervise actions taken against human trafficking. At the Immigration Service, Heikki Taskinen, the head of the immigration unit, was slightly surprised that the ball was tossed to them.
"We simply sort out those who come to Finland, and later supervision is for local officials, such as social welfare authorities and municipal authorities dealing with immigration.
"Of course it is good to start from somewhere, but it is extremely rare that we would be in a key position in a situation in which a person is already in Finland. Complicating the issue is that suspicions of abusing the system in the case of Somali foster children came from the Immigration Service.
"Information has filtered to us from various officials. For instance, there have been cases in which foster children do not end up moving to the address of the family.
"There have only been a few such cases, he added. On Monday, Taskinen did not have precise information on whether or not officials had been urged to contact police over suspicion of human trafficking in a single case. Minority Ombudsman Biaudet noted that the situation in Somalia is difficult.
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Well, here we are–the holiday season is upon us. It really came up quickly this year–and there's still so much shopping and baking and preparing to do!
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There's the worry about putting on a few extra pounds, for sure. But for a lot of people, then there's a much bigger reason to worry–type 2 diabetes and blood-sugar management.
And if you're someone for whom managing your blood sugar is a concern, I'm sure this is already on your mind; you didn't need me to remind you.
But what you may not know is that there's a whole new reason to carefully manage your diabetes.
Recently, a study published in the journal Diabetes Care uncovered a frightening link between type 2 diabetes and cognitive impairment. That's right–on top of all the other complications that can come with having diabetes, now you have to worry about your brain, too.
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9:50am Friday 20th June 2014
By SNJ Sport
9:50am Friday 20th June 2014
By SNJ Sport
GLOUCESTER have signed hooker Aleki Lutui from Edinburgh.
The 35-year-old, who spent last season at Edinburgh Rugby, has put pen to paper on a deal that brings him to Kingsholm as the Cherry and Whites continue to build their squad ahead of the 2014-15 season.
Lutui joined Edinburgh in April 2013 following seven seasons and 168 appearances for Worcester Warriors, a club he joined in 2006 from the Chiefs in Super Rugby.
He joins fellow Tongans Sione Kalamafoni and Sila Puafisi in the Gloucester Rugby squad, and the experience gained from representing his country 33 times and playing in two Rugby World Cups will be vital to Gloucester.
The former police officer is a powerful ball carrier known for his work rate and consistency, and will provide essential strength in depth amongst the Gloucester Rugby hookers alongside Darren Dawidiuk and new arrival Richard Hibbard.
Lutui is looking forward to the prospect of joining up with his new team mates when they return for pre-season training in late June, as he told the club website.
"I know a lot about Gloucester having faced them several times in my Worcester days. It's a great club and I always enjoyed playing against them.
"I was also in the Edinburgh side that played Gloucester at Murrayfield last season, and the support that the away fans gave the team made a real impression on me. To have those supporters shouting for me is something I cannot wait for.
"To be representing a club with the history such as Gloucester will be an honour, as will linking up with my fellow countrymen, Sila and Sione.
"I look forward to working with all the front row players, Darren and Richard in particular, and helping to form a strong unit up front. It's going to be an exciting season."
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I agree.
That moment will go down in Survivor history.
That was a one off, they can never pull that stunt again.
It worked like a charm.
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I agree.
That moment will go down in Survivor history.
That was a one off, they can never pull that stunt again.
It worked like a charm.
Survivor 1, in my opinion, had the best moments of any Survivor since. The people for the most part (discounting the final 4 players) seemed to forget they were playing a game, and that led to so many great moments.
The looks of shock when Gretchen gets whacked, a great bit of strategy in eliminating a real contender.
Watching the annoying and arrogant Greg figure out that yes, you are really going to lose to an overwieght, 40 something gay man. That was awesome, his last 2 weeks on that island.
There are, however, 2 moments that spoke the most about the show, the peoples standing with eachother, and the outcome.
First, was the challenge for the night on the boat, which Sean wins. Now he had promised to take somebody else with him (I forget who, one of the girls) and instead he picks Richard. If this were any other season than season 1, Richard would have been gone soon after. But it wasn't, so the alliance held up and in that moment we got to see who was really in charge, and who was really going to win. Plus, watching sean kiss ass to Richards while Richard was busy trying to stuff himself was awesome. A scene like that will never happen again without one or both of the people being next to go.
The second was really when Richard took his hand off that post in the IC. I saw that when it first aired and though that he either made a really bad decision, or that he was going to win the game. In one move, he showed that he thought he could win even without the Immunity Idol, figuring correctly that if Rudy won, he would not vote against his ally, and if the girl (Kelly?) won, she would vote off Rudy knowing she stood no chance against him, not after all the backstabbing she had done.
I know, not the most dramatic moments, but the ones that when I look back dictated how the entire series would run.
If Richard doesn't win, we have a different type of series. Who knows? Maybe if Gretchen or Rudy wins, the show turns into something else. But Richrad won, garunteeing that at some point, the show would have all the backstabbing and annoying people that it has had. Which has kept me watching.
My contender momnet is certainly watching Colby come back with those gifts while Jerry had nothing. Not only did she know that he had scored points, not only did she know he was not interested in her, but it had to hurt knowing that in a night away, he at no moment warned her that he was bringing something back, letting figure it out a little too late. Bye Bye Jerry!
I agree that S1 had some of the very best moments. Two more:
Rudy lets his hand slip in the final immunity challenge and everyone nearly missed it, but not Kelly. That cost Rudy the $1 million as he would have beat Richard in the vote.
And . . . . Richard's sissy little dance after he won the immunity challenge by getting his fire lit first. OMG, that dance, it was Hilarious!!!!
Thanks for the memories Jude.
I can't be the only one who tried to replicate Richard's "Sissy Dance" at the office the next day, can I? :)
S1 was the best.
Actually I saw a website with a Richard Sissy Dance graphic, but I'm sure it's long gone by now Paulie. Now, trying to picture Paulie doing "the dance" and it's not really working. :lol
Oh, it's not gone. :)
OMG Paulie, that's the one. What a flake. Nice dance.
Ahh yes, the fire building challenge. The one time Richard showed his true geek inside of him. I know he was exited, but that was THE MOST horrid celebration ever. Ever.
I had forgotten about that, but when the re-aired the first season, I had 2 friends watch some eps with me and when they say that they refused to believe that Richard was going on to win. Oh man, thank you Richard for providing in Survivor that which makes it a great show: Real emotion.
I felt bad about Rudy slipping too. As much as Richard really desrved to win, I was rooting for Rudy (god that wounds horrid). But in retrospect, again, the show jsut wouldn't be as interesting if the "bad guy" hadn't won.
One thing about season 1 that always bugged me- the Greg and Colleen thing. For like 4 or 5 eps, they are sleeping together, and Greg look like the leader. They spen all their time together. Then we see those vid-clips of peoples families and Greg's "overly loving" mom, and then the "relationship" seems to really fizzle out big time.
No more mention of it in the series after that, and nobody ever really talks about it, but I found it really interesting. Greg looked like a shoe in for a couple weeks there and by the time of the merge he looked just lost. By then he and Colleen no longer sleep alone in the jungle together. Wonder what really happened?
I hated Jeff Probst a lot more in the first season too. Now, like the taste of licorice, he kind of grow on you.
Another one- Sean wins a night of food and drink with Jenna (correct name I hope) and we see the uncomfortable-ness of a guy with wine in his system trying to get some from a girl who isn't going to give him anything at all. Poor Sean. The guy is a doctor and he comes off looking like the biggest schmuck ever. I miss those naive days of season 1, I really do. Now it truly is about strategy.
One more time I postulate- what kind of series would it have been if one of the "nice" people had won? Or one of the pretty people?
Thank god, Mark Burnett and whoever else that Richard won. It mad everything worthwhile on that show and every one since, except Marquesas which I never saw.
The more I read these posts, the more I think Richard wanted Kelly to win and that move even calculated her win.
He kept going on after that Kelly wasn't going to move and blah, blah, blah.. probably trying to psyche out Rudy a bit.
He was good!
Another moment was in the S1 finale when Rich comes out shaved and about 1000lbs thinner. Everyone was like, "Who IS that guy?"
Yeah, I remember Dr. Sean's night with Jenna, and I think Bastin Rahb had a better shot with Kathy during the merge meeting last season. Dr. Sean was a complete joke, Mr. Alphabetical Voting System. He lost me when he took Richard on the boat with him instead of Kelly, whom he's promised if he won.


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Addressing persistent structural and policy barriers to adult immunization will benefit all Americans.
Jan 3, 2017
Medical mistrust such as Ebola conspiracy beliefs may influence health behaviors during infectious disease outbreaks.
Jul 5, 2016
Seniors who live alone are a large, growing population with poorer health outcomes. We examine the little-studied health care experiences and immunizations of older adults who live alone.
Apr 22, 2015
Medical settings are still best at capturing individuals who are not in the habit of getting regular influenza vaccinations.
Dec 23, 2014
With kids working and playing in close contact and sharing supplies and equipment, schools can be hotbeds for infection. Each year, K-12 students miss about 60 million school days due to colds and the flu combined. But these five approaches can help reduce their chance of spreading infections and getting sick.
Aug 25, 2014
This paper provides a consolidated overview of public and healthcare professionals' attitudes towards vaccination in Europe by bringing together for the first time evidence across various vaccines, countries and populations.
Jul 1, 2014
The risk of costly complications and the externalities of contagious diseases lead many countries provide free flu shots to certain populations.
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If it doesn't seem that state laws as currently written can help increase the number of health care workers vaccinated against influenza, then what can? There is evidence that imposing consequences for vaccination refusal, including the requirement to wear a surgical mask, can help.
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Rates of vaccination for seasonal influenza remain sub-optimal among several populations, but groups respond differently to reminders, including healthcare professionals, adults who have close contact with children, and young and middle-aged adults.
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Influenza vaccination decisions may be influenced by perceived risk reduction related to herd immunity.
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California's influenza immunization requirement for health care personnel was too weak to encourage hospitals with low vaccination rates to improve. Hospitals with high vaccination rates were able to comply by simply maintaining current practices.
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Compared to other Medicare beneficiaries, whites have better access to care, assuming no major health conditions. Disparities in receiving timely care and immunizations are smaller among those with greater disease burden. Outreach to minorities with low utilization and few or no major health conditions could help.
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Retail clinics—which provide health care within supermarkets, pharmacies, and stores—are a promising and popular venue for the promotion and administration of vaccinations. However, they could become more viable by reviewing patient histories and providing counsel about vaccination benefits.
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Respondents in a representative sample of the US adult thought combination vaccines were safe and were willing to pay extra to avoid minor side effects and increase vaccination coverage in their communities.
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Researchers present one of the first investigations into the impact of small and moderate disasters on morbidity, physical growth, and immunizations by combining household data on over 80,000 children from rural India.
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The largest-ever assessment of high-deductible health plans finds that while such plans significantly cut health spending, they also prompt patients to cut back on preventive health care.
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Seniors of Hispanic descent are far less likely to become immunized against the flu or pneumonia compared to similar White seniors. Those who prefer speaking Spanish and live in linguistically isolated communities are least likely to be immunized.
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Capital gains tax rules do not make for a particularly thrilling topic.
But… seeing that this is a personal finance blog geared towards young professionals and we should all be investing as early as possible, capital gains (and losses) as they pertain to market investments are something I wanted to do a 101 type overview of. And what better time than tax season?
If you buy and sell investments, you need to know the capital gains basics or you are at risk of significant losses through bad tax planning, an IRS audit if you calculate things wrong, or worse.
This won't be a complete guide to capital gains taxes, but hopefully it gives you a respectable background on the primary things that should be top of mind when it comes to investing and taxes, so that you can do further research when necessary or be more informed on questions you take to a tax professional or the IRS.
Capital Gains Start with Cost Basis
When you purchase an investment asset (i.e. a stock unit that has fully vested or stock in a taxable investment account), what you pay for that investment is your cost basis. So if you buy 1,000 shares of stock "Chatch & Sons Inc." at $10 per share, your cost basis for those shares totals $10,000.
Note: you can also factor in the cost of the sale transaction in to your cost basis (i.e. $10 commission would subtract $10 from your cost basis).
The cost basis is what you use to calculate whether you have a capital gain or capital loss when you sell your asset, and how much those gains or losses are.
Capital Gain Vs. Capital Loss
When you sell a capital asset, you either have a:
- capital gain: when the price at which you sell is more than the price at which you purchased the asset
- capital loss: when the price at which you sell is less than the price at which you purchased the asset
Calculating capital gains and losses is fairly simple, if you don't purchase and sell often.
For example, lets say your 1,000 shares of Chatch & Sons appreciated to $15 (up from $10) per share. Your total proceeds from selling would equal $15,000. Your cost basis was $10,000. So your capital gains would be $5,000 ($15,000 proceeds minus $10,000 cost basis).
If, on the other hand, your Chatch & Sons shares declined to $5 (down from $10) per share, you would be left with only $5,000 if you sold the shares. Since your cost basis was $10,000, you would realize a capital loss of $5,000 ($5,000 proceeds minus $10,000 cost basis).
Cost Basis Methods & Reporting
If you do purchase shares often, the math isn't quite so simple. It used to be that you had to calculate the gains/losses on your own. However, recent legislation now (thankfully) requires brokers to do the calculations for stocks purchased in 2011 or later, and mutual funds and most ETFs purchased in 2012 or later and provide them to you through a 1099B form.
There are a number of different ways that cost basis can be calculated when you have a large number of shares. I won't go in to all of the details here (the Boglehead wiki covers it well), but the industry standard default for stocks and mutual funds typically are:
- Stocks: first in, first out (FIFO) – in this method, the first shares purchased are assumed to be the first shares sold.
- Mutual funds: average cost – in this method, you calculate the average cost of all shares that were purchased that are being sold, and use that as the basis.
Short-Term Vs. Long-Term Capital Gains & Losses
There are two types of capital gains or losses:
- short-term: capital gains or losses are considered "short-term" if the asset was held for less than a year.
- long-term: capital gains or losses are considered to be "long-term" if the asset was held for more than a year.
The difference between the two is SIGNIFICANT when it comes to capital gains. What you ultimately pay in taxes on gains will be influenced by how long you held the asset.
Short-term capital gains are taxed at your ordinary income rate. Long-term capital gains, on the other hand, get preferential tax treatment at levels that are below ordinary tax rates.
An important takeaway is that if you are considering selling an investment that has increased in value, it might make sense to continue holding it until at least the 1-year mark for the capital gain to be considered long term (when your taxes could potentially be lower, depending on what bracket you are in). Consider this as something for you to be aware of and look in to. More on this in a bit.
Capital Gains, Losses, & Taxes
If you have both capital gains and capital losses in the same calendar year, the losses cancel out the gains when calculating taxable capital gains.
For example, if you have $5,000 in capital gains and $3,000 in capital losses, you would only pay taxes on the $2,000 in capital gains you netted.
If your capital losses were greater than your capital gains in the same calendar year, you would actually be able to deduct your capital losses, up to $3,000 per year ($1,500 for a married individual filing separately).
Capital losses exceeding $3,000 can also be carried over into the following year and subtracted from gains for that year (or deducted if left with a net negative). This is called a "capital loss carryover".
Can you Carry a Capital Loss Carryover Beyond 1 Year?
Many people think that you can only carry over 1 year. However, that's not true. You can continue carrying over the capital loss until it is 100% used up or if you make gains in the subsequent years the remaining losses can cancel out the gains.
For example, if you have a capital loss of $21,000 in one year, you could take a deduction of $3,000 in that year and $3,000 each of the next six years (for a total of $21,000 in deductions). If you had a gain of $10,000 in year 2, you would subtract $10,000 in capital losses, and then carry over the remaining capital loss balance to future years until it was depleted.
Netting Out Capital Gains & Losses (Short Vs. Long-Term)
What happens when you have a net gain in the short term category and a net loss in the long term category, or vice versa? You net the two against each other, and the remaining gain or loss is taxed according to its character (short term or long term).
Capital Gains Tax Rates:
Here is the difference between how short and long term capital gains are taxed at each tax bracket:
|Ordinary Tax Rate
|Short-Term Capital Gains Tax Rate (held <1 year)
|Long-Term Capital Gains Tax Rate (held 1+ year)
Capital Gain Tax Forms
Brokerages are now required to send you capital gain and loss reporting via a 1099B form, so that you do not have to calculate everything on your own.
From there, your capital gains and losses will be calculated on IRS Form 8949 and reported on the IRS's 1040, Schedule D form.
That wasn't so bad, was it?
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Caroline Kinsey had been living as a male after undergoing surgery as a toddler, and growing up as 'Carl John Baker.'
She suffered teasing at school, but assumed 'everybody's body looked like hers' until her parents told her she had been born with male AND female sex organs.
Caroline says her parents, Monica and Rudolph Baker, had kept her condition from her 'for as long as possible' on medical advice, and because they 'didn't know any better,' after she was born in Lancashire in 1968.
Two years ago, Caroline, now 44, decided to start dressing as a woman, and now wants to be known as female.
She said: "From being young I have always known I was different. I could never quite put my finger on why. A doctor told my mother they should deny me my first birthright, the chance to be a woman, in favour of my second birthright, being a man,
"The doctor said it would be easier to hide my female genitalia than the male one, so knowing no different that is what they did.
My parents were advised to keep my secret from me and the rest of the world for as long as possible.
Caroline had a hard time at school, never had a girlfriend, and never really fitted in. She lost contact with her family after she and her brother Martin were taken into care in 1970, after their parents left them home alone.
"She told me to sit down and she went and fetched my baby book," Caroline says, "In there were pictures of me as a baby and details of my birth.
"She started to tell me about the day she gave birth to me and the reaction by the nurse.
Everything all of a sudden started to make sense. My whole life people had sensed I was different."
Caroline continued to live her life as a man, but after her failed marriage and spiralling depression, decided to start dressing as a woman.
She said: "I feel happier than ever now. I feel healthy and don't even look back into my past because I don't want to remember it.
I am now looking into having surgery to remove my male genitalia forever. Hopefully, this will enable me to put the past behind me and help me move on and find love.
She is now planning surgery to remove her male genitalia, and hopes that this will enable her to move on and 'find love'.
Campaigners for intersex groups say there are often public misunderstandings about the condition.
"Caroline's case is typical of that of an a intersex child who had no idea about their condition.
"The public often confuse intersex people with those who are transgender because of a lack of understanding.'
"Discrimination against intersex people is often the unreported abuse of a minority, which has for generations been kept a secret by parents and other family members.
"Gay people are now, rightly so, accepted into society and have a right to live as part of the community. Intersex people also deserve these same rights.
"I back Caroline's appeal for people to be more tolerant and hope people realise her condition has been inherited, not chosen."
What a sad story. We hope Caroline does manage to move on and make a new life for herself.


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Are you craving a curvier backside? We figured you were. The Brazilian Butt Lift, which involves injecting fat from your love handles and abdomen into your backside, is an incredibly popular search here at RealSelf.
Read on for a quickie Q & A with plastic surgeon and BBL expert, Dr. Andrew Jimerson.
1. Why would I get a BBL instead of butt implants?The main deciding factor between getting a BBL (which is a fat grafting procedure) or butt implants - is how much fat you have before the procedure. I only consider butt implants for patients that cannot gain weight, and there's no fat on their body.
2. Where will the fat be taken from on my body?That varies. For me, the most important place to take [or liposuction] the fat from is the lower back - because I like to shape the top part of the butt. We also take it from the flanks, the abdomen and the inner thighs -- it really depends on how much fat you have.
3. How much fat is needed for a good result?
A lot of people come into my office and ask, "How many cc's do you think you can fit in my butt?" This procedure, not unlike any other procedure we do in plastic surgery, is an art. You can't decide until you're actually on the operating room table. It's like a sculptor trying to work with clay. You just don't know until you're done.
In general, I'd say, I put an average of 700 to 1,000 cc's in each cheek. And that can vary based on the person's size, how wide they are, how tall they are, etc.
4. What's the deal with gaining weight before the procedure?After talking with the patient, I decide on how big they want their butt - and that determines how much weight you need to gain. For instance, if you're about 130 lbs and 5'5" — and you want a nice butt — you're probably going to have to gain 10 lbs.
And, of course, if someone is 20 lbs over their ideal weight, then you'll have to lose weight -- because I only want people to be 10 to 15 lbs heavier than their goal weight.
5. What if I want a big booty like Kim Kardashian?
There are different types of butts. Kim Kardashian has a very round butt. People might want one shape - but their body [shape] and genetics won't allow that.
I have to see how much fat you have and how your butt is shaped. There's some leeway and different techniques we can use to manipulate that to some degree -- but we have to play within the confinements of your own body.
6. How safe is a Brazilian butt lift?The Brazilian butt lift procedure is very safe and I do several of them a week. The complication rates are relatively low.
The major risks include pulmonary embolism or fat embolism, and those are less than one percent. There's also risk of anemia, [as often], we're moving a lot of fat. If you're already anemic, or starting your menstrual cycle, [this may be an issue].
7. Will I get a scar?
I know people hate scars. I hate scars more than anyone, so I try to minimize scarring. For the BBL, there will be small scars scattered [around] the butt and abdomen area.
I hide as many of them as I can, and I do most of my work in the areas that are hidden. But, I do need to place certain marks. The [areas where the scars are placed] are going to have a major affect on how your butt looks. I change my markings based on the kind of butt I'm trying to create. We customize that [to each] individual patient.
8. How long will my results last?When we inject fat, I expect about 70 percent of it "to take", or stay. 30 percent of it will reabsorb. The fat that "takes" has established a blood supply, and it's not going anywhere. It will, however, shrink over time -- because other parts of the body shrink as well. And if you lose weight, the fat will shrink.
I think this is a very long-lasting procedure. I've had patients out for several years and they still maintain their results.
9. What happens if I gain weight after my Brazilian Butt Lift?
If you gain weight after BBL, you'll also gain weight in the fat cells -- and there's no predicting exactly where [that weight will end up]. I've seen a lot of my patients gain weight in their butt. That's because I've taken fat (from the flanks and inner thighs) that was resistant to diet and exercise -- and I've put that in your butt.
Also, just because I've liposuctioned [certain] areas and removed fat, doesn't mean that you can't [gain weight there again]. [You may also] gain weight in other areas of your body -- like your face, arms and places where you didn't [carry] fat before. What I tell people is, "Maintain your weight, that's the goal."
10. What if I get pregnant after BBL?Different people handle pregnancy differently - and gain weight differently. So, if you get pregnant after a BBL - you're expected to gain weight, that's natural. But, you can moderate how much weight you gain.
Your body changes [again] after pregnancy, so there's no guarantee on how you're going to look. Your butt might get bigger or you may need a touch-up.
11. Will I be able to sit after surgery?
I usually don't want people to sit at all for two weeks. After that, you can sit on a boppy pillow (which has a hollowed out area - so when you sit, you're actually sitting on the back of your thighs and not on your butt). There are also special chairs available - so you can sit without sitting on your butt.
People can go back to work after a BBL in two weeks. Some of my employees who have had BBL [carry around] their boppy pillow for whatever chair they're sitting on. People [at work] will know that you had something done.


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Canadian teen sensation Justin Bieber joined the cast of Saturday Night Live on Saturday serving double-duty as the show's host and musical guest.
"Here we go!!" Bieber tweeted before taking the stage for his opening monologue, which had him handing out Valentine's Day roses while telling — mostly inaccurate and entirely fictional — Black History Month facts.
The 18-year-old singer performed in a handful of skits, including a self-deprecating sketch with about a dozen Bieber look-a-likes — including several females.
"These decoys are never going to work," Bieber, donning a black hoodie, said. He was quickly told by an SNL cast member that it was understood Bieber never said never, referencing his 2011 documentary movie Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.
Bieber also performed two musical numbers. In the first half of the show he sang As Long As You Love Me while accompanied by a guitar. He sang Nothing Like Us with piano in the background near the end of the broadcast.
Scores of fans braved the snow storm in New York City the night before Bieber's performance, hoping to snag tickets to the live show.
"[E]veryone outside be safe. enjoy the pizza," tweeted Bieber, who ordered pizza for his loyal fans.
The young singer recently made headlines when he became the youngest artist to rack up five No. 1 albums earlier this week. Bieber's Believe Acoustic topped the Billboard 200 album chart during its first week of release, according to figures released by Nielsen SoundScan on Wednesday.
In January, Bieber became the most followed person on Twitter, edging out Lady Gaga, who formerly held the title. Bieber has more than 34 million followers, while Gaga is about 56,000 followers short of 34 million.