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Ask the Herbalist: Is Turmeric Really a Miracle Spice?
The question of the moment appears to be, "What's so hot about turmeric?" Well, turmeric actually is hot — both literally and figuratively. Turmeric is a warming spice that gives curry its yellow color and from which curcumin, turmeric's main active constituent, is derived. Although turmeric has been used for centuries in Eastern cultures, curcumin has recently gained immense popularity in the West due to its many health benefits, most notably its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant actions.
Curcumin's ability to inhibit several inflammatory mediators is one of the reasons why many are using it to decrease joint pain associated with rheumatoid and osteoarthritis1. In addition to its anti-inflammatory properties, this yellow-orange pigment also boasts antioxidant benefits, which are actually directly related to its anti-inflammatory action. Research has shown that curcumin provides potential protection against Alzheimer's and other diseases often deemed to be age-related2.
Like garlic, I consider turmeric a "wonder herb" because of how it promotes whole body health. Herbalists often recommend that their clients take turmeric for its hepatoprotective, choleretic, carminative and depurative properties, in addition to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory actions. Put simply, turmeric has been shown to protect the liver and aid it in eliminating toxins, protect against gastric ulceration, decrease flatulence and aid digestion.
If the aforementioned benefits still don't impress you, how about this? You can use turmeric to fight infection. Turmeric has been used topically for centuries as a remedy for insect bites, wounds, ringworm and other skin diseases. Dabbing some of the dry, powdered herb on a cut or insect bite protects against microbial infection. Yes, turmeric is antimicrobial as well.3 With all that turmeric is able to do, it makes sense to eat the spice or take a curcumin supplement, particularly because there are no known side effects. Turmeric is an herb worth keeping both in your spice cupboard and in your medicine cabinet.
Not a fan of spicy curry dishes? Well, no need to fret. There are plenty of other ways to consume turmeric! You can make an invigorating tea (use the whole root, available from some Asian and natural food stores), add it to rice, hummus or try it out in my recipe for Raw Kale Salad with Mango.
Jean Carper often wrote about the benefits of adding turmeric to your food, and this recipe once appeared as part of her EatSmart column in USA WEEKEND Magazine.
"Tumeric Cocktail"
1/2 c. fruit juice such as apple or pineapple
1 heaping T. of turmeric
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper (optional)
1 T. apple cider vinegar
1 T. fresh lemon juice.
- Stir all together. Drink once or twice a day.
- Bone, K. (2003). A Clinical Guide to Blending Liquid Herbs. London: Churchill Livingstone
- Pari, L., Tewas, D., and Eckel, J. (2008). Role of curcumin in health and disease. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry, 114(2):127-49
- Queen, B.L. and Tollefsbol, T.O. (2010). Polyphenols and ageing. Current Aging Science, 3(1):34-42
Lissa's passion for educating people about the healing powers of herbs led her to obtain a Masters of Science in Herbal Medicine from the Tai Sophia School of the Healing Arts. She has also studied nutrition and women's health extensively, and has trained as a doula.
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A feast for the eyes! Detailed photo gallery of Suzuki Boulevard M109R
This is a feast for the eyes of every bike lover. This photo gallery has every angle imaginable. The full frame image from the side displays the Suzuki Boulevard in its complete glory. The close ups are equally appealing. They give out the sense of joy.
You cannot be a bike lover if you do not watch these repeatedly. Only way to describe this: beautiful picture of a beautiful bike.
But on second thoughts, when has Suzuki ever disappointed? The bikes are up to the expectations and so is this detailed photo gallery!

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Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ( ARNA ) recently announced the submission of a marketing application for its obesity treatment, Belviq, in Canada. Arena Pharma's partner, Eisai Inc.'s subsidiary, Eisai Limited, submitted a New Drug Submission (NDS) for Belviq to the Canadian regulatory body, Health Canada.
Arena Pharma and Eisai are looking to get Belviq approved in Canada for chronic weight management in addition to a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity in adult patients who are obese (initial body mass index (BMI) of ≥ 30 kg per square meter) or overweight patients (BMI ≥ 27 kg per square meter). The patients should have atleast one additional cardiovascular risk factor like hypertension, type II diabetes, dyslipidemia or other such diseases. Arena Pharma is entitled to receive $500,000 from Eisai for the Canada NDS as a milestone payment.
Arena Pharma and Eisai's collaboration for Belviq was initially signed in Jul 2010. Under the marketing and supply collaboration, Eisai gained commercialization rights to Belviq in the US and its territories. In 2012, the agreement was amended and Eisai received commercialization rights in most areas of North and South America.
The obesity market represents huge commercial potential. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the worldwide obese population has almost doubled since 1980. Furthermore, 1.5 billion people around the globe are overweight with 500 million falling under the obese category.
Earlier this month, Arena Pharma launched Belviq in the US and received a milestone payment of $65 million from Eisai. However, the company has faced some hurdles in gaining approval for Belviq in the EU. In May, Arena Pharma announced that it has withdrawn its application in the EU. However, the company plans to file the application again.
Currently approved therapies for obesity include VIVUS Inc.'s ( VVUS ) Qsymia, which was launched in Sep 2012. Qsymia's sales are yet to pick up - first quarter 2013 sales were $4.1 million.
Arena Pharma currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). At present, companies like Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company ( JAZZ ) and Santarus, Inc. ( SNTS ) look well positioned with a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy).
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Research in the rapidly emerging field of stem cells is playing a pivotal role in regenerative medicine. The first 3 chapters of this volume deal with mesenchymal stem cell research. In chapter 1, Wei Seong Toh presents the emerging role of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) secretome as a new paradigm in treating cartilage regeneration. The study of MSC secretome allows a better mechanistic understanding of the role of MSCs in tissue repair and disease treatment.
Mauricio et al. describe a promising strategy for the optimization of hybrid systems through the association of biomaterials to dental pulp stem cells, in chapter 2. Dental pulp stem cells can be easily isolated from deciduous and definitive teeth. In chapter 3, Kan et al. describe the recent progress and the opportunities as well as challenges in MSC research.
Arteta et al., in chapter 4, discuss current studies that underline the importance of liver progenitor cells (LPCs) for constructing bioartificial livers and as the source of cells for transplantation.
In the next chapter, Ward et al. present new exciting developments in cardiogenesis from bench-to-bedside. They review the heart development in different organisms, supplemented with insights from stem cell biology and clinical studies, which will throw light on the development of effective stem cell treatments for myocardial infarction and other cardiac diseases. Yue et al., in their chapter 6, present an overview of different Ca2+ signalling events in the differentiation of embryonic stem cells into cardiomyocytes.
The last two chapters deal with neurodegenerative diseases. Zareen Amtul, in Chapter 7, highlights the regenerative cell-based therapies that can be used to combat neurodegenerative disorders. In the last chapter, García-Montes and Drucker-Colín discuss in detail about the central role of stem cell transplantation to cure Parkinson´s Disease. They discuss the current challenges in optimizing stem cell therapy for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
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Hi ladies!
Not a question but I've been having trouble with extra hair growth and acne on my face, neck and chest.
My doctor has prescribed me Duac and after a fortnight my acne has almost completely gone!
Highly recommended for anyone else suffering. My GP's really good and he doesn't trust the pills because it's trying to manipulate your hormones even more.
Now if only I could get over my pains.
Small victories!


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Mark Wignall | In Jamaica, bhuttu behaviour rules
It matters not much to me when the coined word 'bhuttu' was first used to describe an excess of social misbehaviour. What matters is that we know what the word means.
It means the man who comes home at 9 p.m. with rum on his breath and beats up his woman because she did not prepare any vegetables with the nice dinner she cooked for him from 4 p.m.
Bhuttu is visiting the RGD and being told that you cannot enter wearing a sleeveless blouse, then after exiting, bending over, pulling down your clothes and pointing your wrong end to the right part of the RGD office.
Bhuttu behaviour is encased forever in amber in our parliamentary debates. Whenever the egos of political representatives are bruised, they know that there is one certain place in Jamaica where they can openly practise their bhuttu behaviour, and that place is Gordon House, where the law protects their scandalous outbursts.
Any one politician can raise himself up from his calcified knees in Parliament and accuse someone on 'the other side' of stealing his mother's pet pig. And the only response that is likely to come from the politician so accused is to say, "Your whole family inna di hog pen long time."
The video going the rounds at this time is the one at Braemar, in a gated community, where a resident is in what Jamaicans would call a 'bummy' mood. That mood and stance signal leave me alone, don't talk back to me, and I am explosive.
That supposed resident, whether he was embarrassed by something or not, had choices. He could have risen above his testosterone peak and adrenaline rush, but he needed to have been 50-plus years old to appreciate the usefulness of walking away.
It spun out of control to the point where one man, said to be a security guard out of uniform, rushed the noisy and very animated resident, punched him, then, knowing that the man had a licensed firearm on him, engaged in a floor wrestle with the man, during which the security guard was shot.
In Jamaica, no one backs down. To do so is to be inviting weakness and irrelevance into your life. In the inner city, the man who backs down gets the women after the kings and princes have had their pick.
In uptown heaven, the man who backs down sleeps in the doghouse, and, at times, his best friends may want to visit and stay overtime just outside the doghouse.
The late Professor Rex Nettleford perfectly captured the reality of bhuttu behaviour by saying that a bhuttu in a Benz is still a bhuttu. Some years ago, I was on the north coast driving behind, of all cars, a Benz. From my vantage point, the rear seats of the car had three people - one 'dread' and two white-skinned women.
All were eating sugar cane, and from both sides of the car, the animals were discarding cane trash in the criss tourist resort. Truly, bhuttu at its best.
Security guards vs Petrojam workers
I do not work at Petrojam, so any information that I have ever got out of it has to be subjected to second-hand logic. That logic is, the person is lying to me, the person is playing games with me to direct me to wrongs and to lead me away from the truth and, the truth is being told, but for the moment, it is not palatable, so, another story has to be concocted.
I have never worked inside a security firm as a security guard. I say all of this to open commentary on Petrojam workers demonstrating last Thursday by wearing black, holding placards, and declaring that they were not depressed, only unmotivated.
Something tells me that with the JLP administration under extreme pressure over matters taking place at Petrojam, there are external pressure points being directed by the PNP. And, I ask, why not?
For sure, the PNP, in its long run from February 1989 to September 2007, must have cemented in place the working and broken bits of Petrojam and made them inseparable, to the point that it would be difficult to say where the fork in one smooth bit of road was and where the precipice began.
In 2016, when Andrew Holness took the reins of power and promised perfect peace, accountability, and transparency, security guards must have yawned, belched, and hoped for an extra shift the next week.
How glorious it is to see workers at Petrojam earning significantly more than, say, a security guard who told me recently, "I earned $35,000 for the shifts and was only given in my envelope $21,000 and an IOU for $14,000. The next week I was paid the $14,000, but the point is, I honestly was afraid to question di boss."
Petrojam workers can exercise their constitutional rights by protesting outside the gates of the company that pays them multiple millions per year. I do not envy them for meriting these wage levels, but something tells me that in a country where so many are just barely scraping by, this faux move by Petrojam workers probably, just probably has more to do with matters external to Petrojam than key matters inside the executive Jamaican agency.
Security guards have few rights, and as I have said in this space before, the number of security guard companies that treat their staff with respect can be counted on the fingers of one hand. No batch of workers at any security guard company could dare go on strike. Unions are absent and benefits are purely those attached to short-period contract work. Zilch.
Can the PM bear the pressure?
It is my understanding that the prime minister has not been in the best of moods. "Information is leaking faster than a bad spigot, and a lot of it is spiked by PNP Kool-Aid," said a JLP insider who operates outside of the Cabinet.
In 2007 when a Golding-led JLP barely won and took charge of government, the biggest criticism of PM Golding one year after was that he had "refused to clean shop", meaning that he retained in the various ministries of his administration many of the people who were placed there by the 18 1/2-year PNP government and whose first loyalty was to the PNP.
The JLP has never enjoyed any long run of government to clean out the PNP devils from key positions in the civil service and replace them with JLP gremlins. As soon as the JLP wins, those lodged in the woodwork like termites begin to weaken the JLP government about a year in. By then, the JLP is so weakened that it can barely make it to the next election.
One suspects that that operation is on in full earnest now. How much of the foolish stubbornness of Seaga is there in Holness?" I asked, knowing that it was Seaga who 'made' Andrew Holness.
The JLP insider said, 'The big difference is, Holness knows that he has to actively seek out alliances unlike in Seaga's time when his imperious approach expected blocs and alliances to seek him out. I saw where you wrote that Holness has to be in it for the long haul, but politics is not that simple. The long haul is a million pieces of short term stitched together. You have to live in both universes if you want to survive,' he said.
So far, it is quite obvious to Prime Minister Holness that winning an election by a whisker means that structuring his proximate governance team, his Cabinet, means that any mistakes that are made only allows him a whisker's worth of explanation, excuses, and procrastinated dance moves.
- Mark Wignall is a public- and political-affairs commentator. Email feedback to firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com.


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Editor's Note: Babble is a part of The Walt Disney Company.
One creative dad is lighting up Instagram this week, with the wildly fun Disney-inspired costumes he creates for his son — and we honestly can't get enough.
Tucker Bohman (AKA @ToyStoryDad on Instagram) tells Babble that he's always been a huge Disney fan, despite never having visited the famous parks as a kid. In fact, he even themed his son's gender reveal party after his favorite Disney movie: Toy Story.
But he didn't stop there. Just two days after his son Beckham was born, Tucker and his wife Rachel started posting photos of the little guy dressed up as beloved Disney characters.
"I took a picture of [Beckham] in a Woody bodysuit that his grandma gave him where he was surrounded by some of my Toy Story characters," Tucker shares. "I never really used Instagram, but I figured I was a new dad with a love for Toy Story, so I changed my username to @ToyStoryDad."
Not too long after that, the family of three from Salt Lake City, Utah went to Disneyland, with little Beckham (who goes by "Hamm") dressed up as Woody. What happened next inspired the family to start their now-viral Instagram project.
"We had crowds around us everywhere we went," Bohman shares. "People were asking to take his picture and talking about him throughout the park. We then had someone approach us and say, 'Hey it's Toy Story Dad'," Tucker explains to Babble. "I couldn't believe that someone actually recognized us. The combination of those two things led me to believe that this could really be something."
And it certainly has turned into something — something pretty incredible.
Despite not knowing how to sew and being totally new to Instagram, the Bohmans quickly found their groove.
"We decided to start creating costumes ourselves because there weren't a ton of boy options available," says Tucker. "We definitely have to get creative. It is pretty labor intensive between making the costumes, taking the pictures, and editing, but it's such a fun family project."
Perhaps most impressive of all, is the DIY Slinky costume the Bohmans recently made and shared in a now-viral video that has to be seen to be believed:
The fun isn't just reserved for the Bohmans, though; they've got over 32,000 fans who are loving it, too.
"I honestly never expected this account to grow into something so big," Tucker tells Babble. "It is amazing that we have followers all over the world who find value in our content. My favorite responses are when we get random messages from followers letting us know that we have brightened their day. That is why we put in the work to bring these fun photos to life. If we can help one person smile on a bad day, then our mission is accomplished."
The family has no plans to slow down or retire their adorable project any time soon. Especially since little Hamm, who turned 1 in August, is clearly having a blast with it, too.
"He seriously knows that he is cute and 'Hamms it up' as we like to say," Tucker shares, adding that he has "lots" of ideas for the future. "We will just keep working hard, making people smile and see where this path takes us."
If you're having a rough day, or are just looking for a pick-me-up, consider scrolling through @ToyStoryDad's Instagram feed for a dose of Disney-inspired cuteness. I promise, it'll make you smile.More On


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Right-wing forces will sweep the Italian elections tomorrow, Gaetano Salvemini, Lauro de Bosis Lecturer on the History of Italian Civilization, predicted last night.
Salvemini gave 30 percent of the vote to the Communists, 40 percent to the Christian Democrats, and 30 percent to remaining smaller parties. This means, he said, that the Democrats will form a coalition government and perhaps poll enough to seize the majority.
Passage of the European Relief Program swung only 5 percent of the votes, the nationally-known historian claimed. "The Italians are looking for action, not words."
On the other hand, Pope Plus' denunciation of the Communists probably helped the Red cause, he said. "The Pope has never before interfered in politics," Salvemini explained, "and the people don't like it now."
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We have been there several times with some of our friends and here are some of our impressions:
- though is has 20 bowling lanes, it seems pretty crowded on Saturday evenings, when we usually go. Thus, it is strongly recommended that you make reservations in advance
- playing is rather expensive: EUR 6 per person per game during the peak hours of Saturday evening. They have a price list on their website, but our guess is that it is not up-to-date
- drinks are cheap for Luxembourg:
- Bofferding 50 ml beer: EUR 3.5
- coffee / tea: EUR 2.0
- 40 ml whisky / gin / vodka / Campari / Bailey's: EUR 4.0
- you can also have some snacks: hotdog / cheeseburger / small pizza: EUR 3.4
- poor ventilation system: after 2 hours and a half spent there, our clothes were full of cigarette smoke
- the music is played too loud and you have to yell to talk to the persons next to you.
As a conclusion: we are not very happy with the place, but we did not try another bowling alley yet. Hopefully, there are others in Luxembourg better than this one.


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Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer.
The Hollywood Reporter published an article on Dec. 21 called, "The Most Destructive Man of 'The Last Jedi,'" and while it focused on a character called Poe Dameron, it also covered how the film treats masculinity in general.
Like Luke, Poe makes a sudden and unconsidered decision with disastrous consequences, not so much for him but for everyone around him. Luke and Poe both survive the mistakes that they make, too. It's others who end up paying for them. (It may or may not be intended that the men in The Last Jedi routinely make choices that get other people killed while the women advocate for pragmatism. Either way, that sub-theme feels like an indictment of ignorant macho bluster at a time when our culture needs it most.)
And on Dec. 22, The Los Angeles Times published, "'The Last Jedi's' Laura Dern on answering to 'Space Dern' and getting LGBTQ characters into the 'Star Wars' universe." As the title suggests, the article/interview spends time emphasizing the importance of sodomy.
And while she embraces the queer back story written into Holdo's history outside of the film, she emphasizes the importance of seeing LGBTQ identities fully portrayed on screen in the "Star Wars" universe: "I look forward to a character being deeply represented in terms of their sexuality."
The perspectives on masculinity and sodomy are not unique to Star Wars: The Last Jedi. And you will see much more of them in the future. Yet some people don't care for this trend (and other trends). If you are one of these people, now is a great time to start reading my fiction if you haven't already done so.
My stories have themes and perspectives entirely different than what you will find in The Last Jedi—different than any other stories that I know of as well. And if enough people read and support what I write, then my current tales just might be the dawn of many more stories yet to come.


text: Symbion honours suppliers June 14, 2013 A GLITTERING awards ceremony last night saw Symbion recognise a range of industry suppliers, with the inaugural Symbion Engage Awards taking place in Melbourne. About 150 people attended the event which included awards in 11 categories. "We've developed these awards to inspire our suppliers to foster relationships that go beyond the traditional supply and demand," said Symbion general manager Pharmacy, Brett Barons. Alysia Halloway, head of Established Brands at AstraZeneca is pictured above receiving the Supplier of the Year award from Terry Hayes, National Manager, Supply Chain, Symbion (left) and Brett Barons, Symbion's general manager, Pharmacy.


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Tuesday, July 28, 2015
206/365 Heroines
What a joy and treasure it was to attend the Memorial Service for Elisabeth Elliot, whose words shaped the life of so many including mine and my mothers. And to listen to Joni Erickson Tada and hug her? Might have been the highlight of my (life?? too dramatic...) year, summer, etc.
203/365 poor thing
...and I do mean her, though for a moment I was thinking of how exhausting it is for me too.
And then there was that time that she wasn't fast enough and it landed in my hair.
202/365 sickies
Two down for the count. Laid up on this beautiful day. Stomach bugs are the worst, but let's get them now and not while we're traveling, thank you very much.
201/365 Hosta Sap
Today was one of those come down days. Unpacking. But gearing up for the big Return to China pack. Hot and a little humid and yard work, and missing that lake weather and all it's eye candy.
I tackled a bunch of sewing projects, and not being a real accomplished seamstress, that was a dicey move that had a few casualties. But I have big hopes set on my old Dutch machine waiting for me back at home. Home... feeling restless and anxious, sad and frustrated, and thus overall confused, but also reminiscent that this is pretty much what I always feel like that last week in the States. And so today was a quiet day for the camera and my 365 project, except for thsi prehistoric hosta in my parents yard that seemed to say, "I've been growing here a long time and I'll be here when you get back." What a sap.
Saturday, July 18, 2015
197/365 the fifth day
| big |
...and the baddest lookin size of a bass anyone has caught here, at the hands of this young man. He was proud and shy and i was too late to get the fish and the boy together.
| fireside |
...on this blustery day, where even the texture of birch logs stacked merrily together amidst pinecones strewn like candy delights me. All of nature is the best art.
| killing me softly |
... with all the good stuff of berries on berries and such...
| reminders |
...less than two weeks left in the country and I can get a little fearful thinking about heading back into the fray...the pollution and pace of our work and the limitations. I often feel this way before we go back and it's always a bit of a battle. I don't feel ready.
But last night as I started reading an old favorite, The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom, the wise words of her father came to me like they were straight from God.
"When you and I go to Amsterdam-- when do I give you your ticket?
"Why, just before I get on the train."
"Exactly. And our wise Father in heaven knows when we're going to need things too. Don't run out ahead of Him, Corrie. When the time comes... you will look into your heart and find the strength you need just in time."
He was talking about more weighty things like death and she was in the context of circumstances like a nazi concentration camp, which pales my life to a small pebble of problems. But her God is my God and He is working here just the same.
195/365 the third day
| flower crown |
...but she said this one smelled like bird throw up and then promptly threw it on the ground and ran off to shoot with the boys.
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The God of gods-- speaks out, shouts "Earth!"
welcomes the sun in the east
farewells the disappearing sun in the west.
Psalm 50 (MSG)
| present |
...for all that an image desires to show, to speak there is a reality that no picture can capture. So often as a lover of light, I am struck by how luminous a moment is, the sky in a wash of wonder, and no image can tell of it fully. And this luminous wonder is the presence of Glory, and that cannot be caged or entombed. And I would rather have the glory than a thousand perfect pictures.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
194/365 the second day
There was evening, and there was morning, the second day.
There was homemade ice cream, and the lake like a giant bathtub.
193/365 twilight
192/365 the old
One of our favorite spots to visit in this small little farming community is an old homestead museum, complete with original farmhouse, barn, hospital, general store, schoolhouse, and an old train. It's full of all sorts of interesting history, and pulls at my heart strings for quilts and window light and wood floors and antiques not a little.
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If I've learned anything in my history of employment, it is this: To be employed is to be sexually harassed. It doesn't matter how much money they pour into work trainings and seminars, you're going to spend 40 hours of your week hearing about who banged who in the back of a patrol car or sitting in meetings with a guy who claims to know the various shades of South American hookers' tatas.
I can't take any of this seriously because the lawsuits would never end. I think my favorite was the guy who told me he hoped I'd learned my lesson after my abusive ex sent my scandalous photos to our coworkers. Of course— if my ex had been my boss then I probably would have gotten a promotion, just like the woman who was sleeping with our chief legal counsel.
But a few days ago I had an experience that creeped me out in the weirdest of ways. It's not nearly as dramatic or overt as the others but for some reason I just can't let it go. Is this sexual harassment?
I'm sitting in my office when a new investigator from Internal Affairs darkens my doorway. I'm tight with that department due to previously mentioned naked photos but this was his second week, so I didn't really know him. He was there to interview employees about any manner of horrendous behavior and was using the conference room across from my office. Only problem was that instead of taking the routine 45 minutes per interview, he was keeping it to a sparse 11 minutes. What this meant was that he spent the rest of the time in my office.
I'll be real here—I have a couch, a chair, a fridge, and a microwave in my office. The only thing that's really missing is a sleeping bag and a wet bar, but a stiff from Internal Affairs is not my ideal waste-the-day-away companion. Plus, he didn't even sit down. He just stood there, towering over my desk.
For three and a half hours. Talking.
We weren't engrossed in conversation. I sat there with my arms crossed, occasionally getting up to pee while he continued to tell me the names and ages of his children, where they vacation, how much his truck costs, how big their travel trailer is, what all his neighbors do for a living, and every job he's had in the last 35 years. There would be long stretches of silence until he found something new to bring up or ask me about.
The Goat Man sat at his desk across the hall laughing his arse off, staring at me and shaking his head. All I could do was stare back with a silent scream.
On its own, this would have put the investigator on my very long list of insufferable colleagues. My problem was that in between showering me with random personal information he had a very favorite topic: Sexual assault. He managed to bring it up—out of nowhere—on six separate occasions.
I don't think I'm an overly sensitive person. Part of my job involves working with the coroner to track deaths in our community and I've spent plenty of time reviewing people's trauma histories, but this guy seemed to get off on it. Why does a grown ass professional need to tower over me and spontaneously bring up a variety of rape stories?
He'd mix them in—a story about his dog and then BOOM a story about a father assaulting his daughter. A camping story and then BOOM something about a correctional officer and an inmate. A recounting of his Christmas with family and then BOOM a story about a woman who was never believed. Over and over.
He then randomly asked me about traveling. I'd been featured in a work article the week before and it included mention of my travels. I gave him a short answer and he nearly interrupted me to respond.
"I'm surprised that you didn't get abducted or held for ransom, because of your looks. I think people would pay a lot for you."
I just stared at him, so he went on to elaborate exactly what he meant.
I'm not saying it's a bizarre line of thought—plenty of people ask if I was ever scared to travel alone or if people stared at the giant pale redhead. But something about the way he asked made me feel like he had a sound proof cellar hidden behind an outhouse in hillbilly country.
I really want to know—does anyone else find this creepy? I know this probably seems to pale in comparison to the guy who wanted to put me in pantyhose, or the guy who gave me the white buffalo photo but there was something about the entire encounter that gave me the heebie jeebies.
Have you ever had an uncomfortable conversation you couldn't get out of? Do you see a lot of sexual harassment in YOUR workplace? What would you do in this situation?
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Section 150: Excluded services: help in connection with business matters
679.Schedule 2 to the Access to Justice Act 1999 lists those legal services which may not be funded as part of the CLS.
680.Paragraph 1(h) of Schedule 2 currently excludes services consisting of the provision of help in relation to matters arising out of the carrying on of a business. Business cases were excluded from the scope of civil funding as they are low priority cases and alternative forms of funding are available. In addition, only individuals may make applications or be funded as part of the CLS.
681.Subsection (2) of section 150 omits paragraph 1(h) and subsection (3) replaces it with a new paragraph 1A. The new paragraph clarifies that as well as cases arising out of the carrying on of a business, which can be any activity carried out by an individual with a view to profit, cases which relate to an individual planning or proposing to set up a business, or cases which relate to the transfer or termination of a business, are also excluded from the CLS. Examples are disputes that arise out of the carrying on of a business that is no longer trading and disputes arising out of the preliminary steps of establishing a business regardless of whether the business exists at the time of the application.


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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — City Hall in Jersey City was evacuated Monday, after a letter to Mayor Steven Fulop containing white powder and a picture of Tim Tebow was discovered, according to a published report.
The letter was addressed to "Steven Fulop, family and friends," and white powder fell out when a mayoral aide opened it at 2:15 p.m., Jersey City Public Safety Director James Shea told the Jersey Journal.
There was also a letter inside, which sources told the newspaper contained "spiritual stuff; heaven stuff," along with the picture of the former Jets quarterback. But the exact contents of the letter were not revealed to the newspaper pending investigation.
Tebow has thrown 17 touchdowns and nine interceptions in three NFL seasons as a member of the Denver Broncos and the Jets, but he was cut after one tumultuous season with the Jets and is not currently on any NFL team. He is known for his deep religious convictions.
Police, fire crews, the city bomb squad, the hazardous materials unit, and ambulances were dispatched to the scene, the newspaper reported. Those in the room where the letter was opened were sequestered, and everyone else in at City Hall was evacuated, the paper reported.
It turned out that the powder was harmless, but police continued to investigate and believe that the letter was deliberately made to look suspicious, the newspaper reported. The return address on the letter turned out to be fake, the paper reported.
Fulop was not at City Hall when the letter was opened, the paper reported.
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Psalm 86 1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications.7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me.8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.13 For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.17 Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
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Turn Strategic Priorities into a Road Map for Your Vision
This area is probably the most widely debated part of strategic planning. Having goals, objectives, and strategies are great, but knowing how they all work together (if in fact they do) and if you need them all is another story. Ignore the semantics and focus on establishing a time frame. What matters is having a combination of long-term and short-term markers to keep your organization moving in the right direction.
Think of the following hierarchy to demystify the terms of your priorities:
Core values: Your guiding principles that rarely change and that you stick to no matter what vision you're pursuing
Mission: The underlying purpose why you're in business in the first place
Vision: The big, hairy, bold goal you're headed for, and the concept that everything your company does is focused on
Strategy: The guiding statement that explains how you get to your vision
Three-year strategic objectives: Intermediate goals that are broad and continuous, that you achieve on the way to your vision, and that explain the activities you need to be in to achieve your vision
One-year SMART goals: One-year markers that support your long-term strategic objectives
Action items: Items that explain the who and the when
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted people on the start of the holy month of Ramadan. He said Ramadan stood for virtues like harmony, kindness and charity which were highlighted by Prophet Mohammad.
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For the second consecutive year, DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers (P & IP) will serve as a title sponsor for PACK gives BACK at Pack Expo Las Vegas and Pharma Expo 2015, reports the show organizer PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
The annual fundraiser will feature recording artists Chicago, and a portion of ticket proceeds will support Fisher House Foundation and Nevada's first Fisher House comfort home, which the Nevada Military Support Alliance is building in North Las Vegas.
"DuPont P& IP is extremely proud to once again support PACK gives BACK. In addition to the opportunity and forum for packaging leaders to network, attendees can show their support of our nations' veterans for their unwavering commitment and dedication to this country," said DeMond Chapman, North America Packaging Business Manager, P& IP.
Fisher House Foundation operates a network of 65 "comfort homes" around the world – lodging, provided free-of-charge, to families of service members and veterans in treatment at nearby military and VA hospital facilities. Construction on the Nevada Fisher House, located on the grounds of the Veterans Administration's (VA) Southern Nevada Healthcare System campus, began in March.
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MILAN — When she began creating her Tribute collection, an ode to the work of her brother, Gianni Versace, that would become her spring women's wear show, Donatella Versace knew what people were going to think. Not of the clothes; of the rationale behind the clothes.
She knew the rumors that have been roiling the fashion world since January. "Rumors," she said, sitting on a dark, squashy sofa in an opulent reception room in the Versace Palazzo on Via Gesù a few days before the show, rolling eyes rimmed in dark shadow and making exaggerated quote marks with her fingers. "Oh: rumors."
She knew people had been saying that she was going to step aside as designer and name a successor. First it was Riccardo Tisci (that was after he resigned from his job at Givenchy); then Virgil Abloh; and, as of this week, during the London shows, Kim Jones, men's wear designer at Louis Vuitton. The front row had been abuzz with the whispers.
She knew the risks: that a show premised on nostalgia would be seen as a farewell, a sign that, at 62, her era was over. That it would fuel the addictive speculation that has become the new normal in the fashion world, where designers come and go from brands so often that a month without some gossip about creative musical chairs has started to feel like a month gone cold turkey.
But she decided to do it anyway. Not as a goodbye. As a statement about what's next. And yes, there are multiple interpretations attached to that phrase. This is, after all, a brand that has specialized in the peekaboo dress.
It has been 20 years since Mr. Versace was shot and killed on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion, and the world has been busy mining his narrative in time for the anniversary: FX's "American Crime Story" has a Versace series in the works starring Penélope Cruz as Donatella and Edgar Ramirez as Gianni, set to air early next year; starting next month FarFetch is selling a selection of 500 Gianni-era Versace pieces curated by William Vintage.
Why should Mr. Versace's younger sister — who has been creative head of the house her brother built a year longer, in fact, than he ever was; who has overcome drug addiction, industry skepticism and her own platinum Barbie cartoon of an image; who, along with her older brother, Santo, has transformed her company from family-run house to professionally managed brand with private equity investment and a maybe-possible-future-IPO — why should she cede that territory to others? Instead, she decided to own it.
"Over the years I've seen so many homages to Gianni Versace and direct reference to Gianni Versace," she said. "But I didn't have the courage to do it myself. I was always afraid to touch the work of Gianni. I thought I would be criticized: 'She isn't Gianni.' I thought I was going to fail. I mean, I did fail for a while! But then I realized: I was there for all of it. And the younger girls — Kendall, Gigi — kept asking what it was all about. Because you know, he died before there was social media."
So she went into the archives: a 10,760-square-foot storage facility in Novara, Italy, a town west of Milan, which houses 13,000 pieces by Mr. Versace. And she came out with a collection that would be a celebration of 12 classic prints her brother created between 1991 and 1997, including the "Warhol" (a primary-colored riot of Marilyn and James Dean portraits), the animalière (leopard) and the baroque (ornate gold squiggles). And while she remade a few pieces in their entirety, most she decided to reclaim via her own specifications: more day wear, sharper shoulders, fewer slits.
What would her brother say about the result? Ms. Versace laughed. "Bitch!" Then she added, "No, he'd love it."
"The difference between my brother and me is I also love women and think clothes are a good weapon to show 'here I am, look at me,' " she said, "But for me, it's not 'look at me, I am so gorgeous,' but 'look at me, I have something to say.' When I first started, I was doing 12 or more pieces of evening wear a collection. Now it's like two."
The result, on the Friday show schedule, was Versace past through the eyes of Versace present, with a riot of in-your-face prints given the platform to speak very loudly indeed, unrestrained by overcomplicated cut or concept. Every garment will come complete with a label that notes the collection and the year, so consumers will know the moment of origin.
And then, to top it all off, Ms. Versace invited some of her brother's favorite models, the ones who had been most associated with his glamazon ideal — Cindy Crawford, Claudia Schiffer, Helena Christensen, Naomi Campbell and Carla Bruni (or Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, as she is now) — to create a finale tableau for the show that mimicked a 1994 ad campaign shot by Richard Avedon of many of the same models in gowns of gold chain mail.
In the original they were draped over or dominating the prone figures of naked men but Ms. Versace thought she would skip that part of the re-creation. It's 2017, after all. Besides, as an affirmation of the continued relevance of Mr. Versace to the fashion world, the grouping would be pretty convincing. How many brands could get the former first lady of France to return to their runways, after all?
"She said yes immediately," Ms. Versace said. "For me, this is a celebration of my brother, an opportunity to do something lively and fun, that creates joy. We need it these days."
Indeed, the effect may be almost distracting enough to overwhelm the rumors — except for the fact that invited to sit in the front row were a host of other designers: Pierpaolo Piccioli of Valentino and Alessandro Michele of Gucci; Anthony Vaccarello of YSL, one of the designers who worked with Ms. Versace in the past on her second line, Versus; and Mr. Jones.
Wait — what? Just imagine the freakout. Presumably they did, because he decided not to come.
Still, it was as if Ms. Versace, who has never flatly denied the talking-to-other-designers rumors was teasing the Kremlinologists of fashion, dropping bread crumbs to see who would follow. (She usually plays coy and falls back on phrases like "at this moment" and "nothing is changing for the time being" — the kind of things brands say when change may be coming but the legal issues have not been resolved, so who knows, it could all fall through at the last minute, which it occasionally does.) As if she had decided to make the gossip into a meta game.
'Maybe I'll pick among all of them," she said archly, referring to her peers.
"This is not my last show, I'm not leaving the company," she had announced back in Via Gesù — which does not mean, of course, that she is not redefining her role.
But then she added, in reference to her work with Versus: "I have always opened the doors of the house for others to come in. It's very interesting to bring people in to show Versace through their eyes. We learn from each other. And companies need to change. Gianni always took risks, and he taught me that."
Having done her take on her brother's work, having said that the experience of making the Tribute collection had liberated her to move on, that the result gave her closure, or as much closure as she can have — "I'll never get over what happened, it was too brutal, but this helped me get through it some more" — it's easy to see her considering the possibilities of someone else's (Mr. Jones's?) take on the brand.
"To replace me completely? No!" she said. "Where would they get a platinum blonde like me? I'm irreplaceable." But to work with her, or nearby? "I've never been afraid to confront myself."


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Obamacare shock unquestionably helped Republicans in 2014. Why assume it won't last?
I have already posted on how the media attempts to pretend that the Republicans did not sweep the nation because of the unpopularity of Obamacare are simply not credible.
And the hits just keep on coming. Here's the latest from the local CBS affiliate in Washington DC: "'People Are Going To Be In For A Shock': Penalty For Uninsured Not Signing Up For Obamacare To More Than Triple."
Americans will see their bank accounts shrink if they don't sign up for Obamacare in its second enrollment season.
Uninsured Americans who decide not to enroll will face a penalty of $325 per person, more than tripling the $95 penalty those who did not enroll had to pay the first time around.
Children under the age of 18 will be fined $162.50. The maximum amount an uninsured family will be penalized is $975 under the flat-rate method.
"The penalty is meant to incentivize people to get coverage," Laura Adams, senior analyst of InsuranceQuotes.com, told CBS News. "This year, I think a lot of people are going to be in for a shock."
Obviously, if they are failing to sign up for Obamacare, the penalty is not working as an incentive. When Adams admits "a lot of people" will be shocked, she has virtually admitted that they are not incentivized. And if there could be any doubt, Bob Allen has informed us that Obamacare sign-ups are significantly below CBO projections.
Why should the fine be an incentive? The maximum fine for a family is trivial compared to the annual price of a Bronze plan.
The CBS story continues:
CBS News reports that many Obamacare plans will be charging more as a 27-year-old earning 250 percent of the poverty rate will now have to pay an average of 7 percent more for the lowest-cost bronze plan. The analysis from Investor's Business Daily found that the lowest-cost silver plan will rise 9 percent and the lowest-priced catastrophic policy will go up by 18 percent.
But that leaves out a huge part of the cost. Bronze plans make the patient pay so much out of pocket that they are forgoing medical treatment because they can't afford it. So why pay so much money for a benefit you will never receive? Just pay the fine.
All of this leads back to my original question. Why should anti-Obamacare rage die out in two years? We are still not done experiencing nasty shocks regarding the Affordable Care Act. The Democrats convinced themselves that Obamacare would be a benefit to their party. If they were wrong for 2014, why would it be different for 2016?
Basically, they have shown that they had no idea what they were doing. We can hope and pray (and work!) for another great victory in 2016.


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Our excellent driver Rosario relied on his GPS throughout our trip. Unfortunately, the route it gave him on this leg of the journey led us onto very narrow and steep roads that were not at all suited for a large bus. Oncoming cars had to back up quite a way to let us pass and we were barely avoiding the walls of houses and the protruding balconies.
The situation was stressful and it looked like we might even get stuck. At that point, I asked the group to pray and our priest, Father Gary, began to lead the rosary. Almost miraculously, with each prayer the streets began to widen! Eventually, we arrived at a much better road and were able to continue safely on to Pollone. The streets there are also narrow and impassable by bus, so our driver let us out in front of the entrance gates.
Pier Giorgio's niece Wanda was there to greet us and get everyone situated in their rooms. It was a special gift of the Frassati family to allow us to stay at the villa. What a privilege to be in the house where Pier Giorgio and his family spent so much time. We walked through his beloved flower gardens behind the house and then went for a little walk through Pollone.
Our first stop was the cemetery and the original tomb of Pier Giorgio. Pope John Paul II visited this spot in 1989, prior to the beatification of Pier Giorgio. He prayed in the crypt for 20 minutes, along with Pier Giorgio's sister Luciana. In 1990, after the beatification, Pier Giorgio's body was moved to the cathedral in
After a good lunch at the local restaurant, we walked toward the
Back at the villa, Wanda showed us all the newspaper from the nearest town. It had a nice article about our arrival and our pilgrimage itinerary. Quite surreal! Shortly afterward, we had one of the most beautiful Masses of our trip – in the room where Pier Giorgio died. Another of Pier Giorgio's nieces (Nella) was present and Father gave a nice reflection on the Beatitudes.
Following Mass, we had our first home-cooked meal in days! It was delicious and a lot of fun spending time with Nella at our table. After dinner, we sat outside under one of the huge trees on the grounds. It was really a special time for our group and, again, I could sense Pier Giorgio's joy at that moment. Here we were, a group of strangers united only by our common love for him, enjoying a wonderful day of faith and fellowship with members of his own family. I don't know how much more special a day could be. However, we will try to surpass it on our last day of the trip in the only way possible -- an ambitious climb to the top of


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Suggest that the way to end recidivism is to reform the prison system, and you might be accused of caring more about criminals than the crimes they commit. It's happened to me. Often when I write or give a talk about my work with minors in adult prison, I describe the deplorable conditions in which inmates live, and advocate for reform of those conditions. Inevitably someone comments (and not always politely) that I'm "soft on crime," that I don't care about victims. But this is how I see it.
Given our present prison system with its emphasis on punishment and retribution, everybody suffers. Inmates, correctional officers, victims, the average citizen and taxpayer.
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What You Need To Know About The Heartbleed Bug
Is the Heartbleed bug causing some online heartache for you? Do you even know what Heartbleed is?
Unless you're a dyed-in-the-wool techie, it's understandable if you don't completely understand what's going on with the Internet's latest security scare. Here, we explain what Heartbleed is, what damage it can cause and what you can do about it.
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What's next for Heartbleed?
Just because websites are installing patches to guard against Heartbleed doesn't mean that the bug is disappearing.
"Heartbleed is only in its infancy," said Tommy Montgomery, principal consultant and security expert at IT consulting firm SWC Technology Partners.
"In the coming weeks and months, there is no doubt that attackers will continue to find creative ways to exploit vulnerable systems that are left unpatched," Montgomery said. "Unpatched systems run the risk of leaking usernames, passwords, encryption keys, credit card data, health care data and much more sensitive information."
This article, "What You Need to Know About the Heartbleed Bug" originally appeared online at The Storage Facilitator's Self Storage blog.
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Sen. Hillary Clinton will be one of four speakers on Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention.
The convention keynote speaker, who will also be speaking Tuesday, has just been announced. It's former Governor Mark Warner.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama's rival during the Democratic presidential primaries, is also scheduled to speak that night, Aug. 26. But Warner is being given the plum position, according to an e-mail that Obama campaign adviser Mike Henry sent to Virginia supporters late Tuesday.
Other newly announced speakers: Michelle Obama's brother will introduce her on Monday night. Nancy Pelosi, Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, will also speak Monday.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden greeting Sen. Kamala Harris of California on the stage of the historic Fox Theater in Detroit.
Biden was referring to Harris' attack in their first meet-up when she challenged his lack of support for busing. Biden insisted he did not oppose busing, only that ordered by the Department of Education. Harris recalled that during her childhood, "there was a little girl in California who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bused to school every day. And that little girl was me."
The opening statements of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey were interrupted by chants of "Fire Pantaleo." The protesters were referring to Daniel Pantaleo, the New York Police Department officer who apparently put Eric Garner in a chokehold five years ago, but escaped federal civil rights charges earlier this month.
Garner, whose death sparked protests, was heard in a video saying repeatedly "I can't breathe." Garner's family has called on de Blasio to fire Pantaleo, and when asked why the police officer was still on the force, de Blasio said only, "They are going to get justice." Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York called the answer inadequate; Kamala Harris and Julián Castro were also critical.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden later faced other protesters chanting "3 million deportations," apparently in reference to the number of people deported during the Obama administration.
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Sen. Kamala Harris said to former Vice President Joe Biden as they and others sparred over whose health insurance plan was superior.
Harris' plan would phase in over 10 years a version of "Medicare for All," but unlike the proposal from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, would also allow private insurers to continue to offer coverage.
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Biden, who would instead expand the Affordable Care Act, criticized Harris and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio over the cost to taxpayers. He cited estimates of about $30 trillion over a decade and said he did not "know what math you do in New York." His plan would cost $750 billion a year, not $30 trillion, he said.
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Harris cited other numbers: $72 billion in profits for pharmaceutical and insurance companies, a figure she understated, and one in four diabetics who cannot afford their insulin. She also claimed millions of seniors go into the Medicare system each day, when the actual figure is about 10,000 people.
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The Democrats went at each other as often as they attacked President Donald Trump. One colorful dig against the president came from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
"The first thing that I'm going to do when I'm president is I'm going to Clorox the Oval Office," she joked as she answered a question on climate change.
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Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey and former Vice President Joe Biden clashed over criminal justice — with Booker criticizing crime bills Biden had supported in the past and Biden insisting they failed to represent his current focus on reform. Biden turned to Booker's record as mayor of Newark, when the ACLU of New Jersey gave him a "D" for police practices in 2009. Booker responded that it was no secret that he had inherited a troubled police department — and a city struggling with violent crime. "There's a saying in my community," he told Biden. "You're dipping into the Kool-Aid and you don't even know the flavor."
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"It looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past, and one of us hasn't."
That was Julián Castro, former Housing and Urban Development secretary in the Obama administration, to former Vice President Joe Biden, referring to deportations during the Obama administration. The men have disagreed over how to approach illegal crossings over the U.S.-Mexico border, with Castro calling for civil penalties.
Biden said he had never heard Castro "talk about any of this while he was secretary."
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Former Housing Secretary Julián Castro called for pursuing impeachment of President Donald Trump. If the House fails to act, he predicted that Trump would say that Democrats did not move against him because he had done nothing wrong.
Conversely, he said, if the House impeaches Trump and the Senate fails to convict, Democrats can say, "Moscow Mitch let him off the hook." It was a reference to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has been dubbed "Moscow Mitch" by MSNBC's Joe Scarborough for blocking legislation to safeguard elections.
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The deadline for filing the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts for 2013 is June 30, 2014. Paper filings are no longer permitted because filers must now e-file FBARs using the BSA E-Filing System.
The deadline for filing the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FinCen Form 114, otherwise known as "the FBAR") for calendar year 2013 is June 30, 2014. Paper filings of the former FBAR form (Form TD F 90-22.1) are no longer permitted because filers must now e-file their FBARs using the BSA E-Filing System (http://bsaefiling.fincen.treas.gov/main.html).1
Individuals who are covered by the FBAR rules and responsible for their own e-filing of the FBAR should be aware of the rules and processes.
It is important to note this year's new filing procedures as compared with last year. There is no more paper filing of FBARs. Calendar year 2013 FBAR filings must be submitted electronically by June 30, 2014.
Failure to comply on a timely basis may subject the individual to civil penalties. The penalties for non-willful failure can generally range from $500 to $10,000 per account, depending on the severity of the failure. Harsher penalties can be imposed for willful reporting failures. If willfulness is found, the penalty is the greater of $100,000 or 50 percent of the amount in the account at the time of the violation.
There are no extensions for the June 30 deadline.
A U.S. person must file an FBAR if he or she has a financial interest in or signature authority over any financial account(s) outside of the United States and the aggregate maximum value of the account(s) exceeds $10,000 at any time during the calendar year. A U.S. person includes a U.S. citizen or resident of the United States.
After the FBAR is submitted using the BSA E-Filing System, an immediate confirmation page is displayed and an e-mail confirmation is also sent. Within two business days, an additional e-mail is sent listing the BSA Identifier assigned to the filed FBAR. This BSA Identifier should be used to amend or correct, if necessary, the FBAR filing. As in the past, filers must ensure that their FBAR is received by the Department of Treasury by the June 30 due date (i.e., filers should maintain the electronic confirmation of filing dated on or before June 30).
An important change from prior years is that individuals with signature or other authority over their employer's foreign financial accounts can report such accounts separately from any personal accounts the individual is required to report. Although FinCEN did not highlight this change in an announcement, the modified rule is explained in a list of "frequently asked questions" ("FAQs") on the BSA E-filing System Web site.2 Thus, more than one FBAR can be filed on behalf of individuals or entities based on their taxpayer identification numbers (TINs).3
The IRS has recently posted to its Web site an FBAR Reference Guide.4
In addition, the IRS is offering a free Webinar on FBAR filing on June 4, 2014, "Reporting of Foreign Financial Accounts on the Electronic FBAR," from 2:00 pm (EDT; GMT -5) (Contact: SB/SE Webinars; E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com). The Webinar is offered for all tax professionals and FBAR filers. If you wish to register, please visit the following Web site: http://www.visualwebcaster.com/IRS/99033/reg.asp?id=99033 . According to the IRS announcement, this event will be archived on the IRS Video Portal for later viewing approximately three weeks after the date of the event.
KPMG LLP (U.S.) has produced a video entitled "2014 FBAR Filing Update," (approx. 7 minutes), which you may view at: http://www.kpmginstitutes.com/taxwatch/insights/2014/2014-fbar-filing-update.aspx .
1 When reporting their own accounts, individuals are not required to register and log-in before downloading, completing, and submitting the report into the system.
2 See: http://bsaefiling.fincen.treas.gov/docs/FBAR_EFILING_FAQ.pdf (PDF 242 KB).
3 For an in-depth article on FBAR filing, see: S. Friedman and T. McCormally, "The FBAR Revisited: Gone Electric," in KPMG LLP's What's News in Tax (April 14, 2014) at: http://usportal.us.kworld.kpmg.com/us/Functions/tax/wnt/WNiT/041414-FBAR.pdf.
4 See: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/IRS_FBAR_Reference_Guide.pdf.
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The Kamaroi campus is situated in Belrose on Sydney's beautiful Northern Beaches, nestled on the edge of Garigal National Park. Our campus facilities are designed to sit comfortably alongside nature, and we are often visited by wildlife, including water dragons and swamp wallabies. Our buildings are both colourful and beautiful, thereby encouraging children to develop aesthetic sensitivities along with an understanding of the natural world. Careful siting has allowed most of the native trees to be retained and by following the contours disruption to the landscape is minimised and the indoor outdoor connection is supported.
Our play spaces have been consciously designed to be age appropriate. Plants have been chosen for their educational qualities, alongside their aesthetic value. Alongside all weather sports facilities, we also have a much-loved vegetable garden.
We recently unveiled our beautiful Nanga Mai Hall, designed by Baxter Jacobson Architects and built by Northern Building and B-mac constructions. The project included a new parents' association room, school kitchen, music practice room, staff room and washroom facilities. Nanga Mai, which means 'listen and dream', is both beautiful and versatile. Primarily an event and performance facility, it has also played host to a number of community gatherings since it was opened in early 2011.
The hall itself is a cultural heart for the school whilst its sinuous and active deck with school kitchen below defines and embraces a piazza, a social space where the community gathers.
Architect Mark Baxter said,
"The hall is the culmination of a building program that started in 1992 with the kindergarten. The buildings not only harmonise with the landscape but bring to expression its organic language of form, gesture and colour. There is another dimension however that we might call the inner landscape of the child's unfolding soul life. The classrooms are age development appropriate and subtlely and artistically support the imaginations within the teaching process . They transition from the more rounded, embracing and warmly coloured class 1 to class 6 which is more grounded, angular and cooler with its green hues."
We have also recently completed an indoor-outdoor craft room, the interior of which was designed by Emma Neville.
Kamaroi also boasts a cosy and well-stocked library, performance practice room, music and remedial rooms and a multipurpose language and ICT classroom.
Kamaroi School purchased a new, adjacent site in 2012 (pictured below) where the children enjoy a variety of outdoor activities including environmental programs, nature walks, sport and outdoor play.


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Rabbi Oury Cherki sent a video message to the QCHU Noahide community during Pesach of 5775 for their General Noahide Assembly, in Cebu, Philistinnes. Summary: The redemption from Egypt was not complete in that it should have encompassed all of the world but it only included the Children of Israel. Shavuot, the holiday of receiving the Torah, is separated from ... Read More »
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Everything is filling in.
We've been eating a ton of lettuce, quite a few snap peas, although they're lookin' like they're done with the heat, basil, mint, and chives.
Miss Daisy, the tortoise, has eaten all the broccoli, so far.
The rest is comin' along.
I even have baby green tomatoes and a squash flower opened today.
The new barrels are planted and thriving.
The raspberry that I put in the ground, after being in a pot for several years, died all the way back.
I have no clue why.
But it's comin' back from the base.
The taters seem to be happy.
I need to get some more dirt up around them.
The green beans are blooming, the Sage is threatening to take over the trough, and I've got Sunflowers and volunteer Cosmos filling in the gaps.
OH, and look at the elephant garlic I harvested!
Pretty flippin' exciting.
On the other side of the driveway, the Hydrangea is starting to bloom.
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"Red Velvet Cake is always a crowd pleaser perfect for special occasions and birthdays. For those who are not familiar with red velvet the cake is very moist, a luscious red colour with a hint of chocolate – all topped off with fluffy cream cheese icing."
- 1 1/2 cups Caster Sugar
- 3/4 cup Butter, softened
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 eggs, large
- 2 1/2 cups Self Raising Flour
- 2 tbs Cocoa Powder
- 1 cup Buttermilk*
- 1 tbs Vinegar, White
- 1 tbs Red Food Colouring
- 1 tsp Bicarb Soda
- Light and Fluffy Cream Cheese Icing Ingredients
1. Line and grease two 23cm round cake tins (preferably spring form). Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2. In a large bowl beat caster sugar, butter and vanilla until light and creamy. Add eggs on at a time.
3. Fold though in alternate batches cocoa powder, flour and buttermilk until well combined. Finally, stir to combine the remainder of the ingredients (bicarb, vinegar and food colouring).
4. Divide mixture evenly amongst the two pans (I weighed each pan to ensure for accuracy). Spread mixture to the edge of the pans and smooth the surface.
5. Bake for 25 minutes or until a baking skewer inserted in the centre comes our clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes until transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
6. In the mean time, prepare Light and Fluffy Cream Cheese Icing (only half of the recipe will be needed for this cake).
7. Place one cake on a serving plate and spread 1/3 of icing evenly on top of the cake. Place second cake on top of icing ensuring it sits evenly. Spread remaining icing mixture on top of cake. Alternatively, you could use additional icing and spread on sides for a more traditional look. Dust with cocoa powder or fresh berries and serve!
- A common error with Red Velvet Cakes is overcooking which results in a dry, flavourless cake.
- Recipe can also be converted into 24 cupcakes.
- Use high quality cocoa for the best results.
- Cake is freezable before icing
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Featured School Green Team: Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences
Posted Dec. 29, 2016
At the Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences (TABS), students in the Green Stuff Club are ambitious when it comes to keeping Fort Worth beautiful.
Students recycled 4,000 pounds of material in the 2015-2016 school year, and are setting a goal to nearly double last year's totals by collecting at least 3,000 pounds during the fall semester.
Robin Miner, the school's nurse and a master composter, leads the Green Stuff Club and is constantly seeking opportunities for her students to be involved with "green happenings" in the community. Miner led a group of over 30 students for the 2016 Cowtown Great American Cleanup, and students also participated in the Trinity River Trash Bash.
Beyond just collecting litter and recyclables, Miner's students maintain a garden on campus. Her vision is to plant fruit trees and berry bushes on underutilized portions of the school's campus, and to keep bees on school grounds to help to pollinate the club's and area plants.
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