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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) � New Hampshire's House is voting this week whether lawmakers should get free ski passes for Cannon Mountain.
The majority of the Legislative Administration Committee is recommending killing a bill Wednesday that would grant the legislative perk. A one day lift ticket is $70 for an adult and the bill allowed unlimited free access.
Opponents say using the perk a half dozen times would be worth twice as much as lawmakers' biennial salary.
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The New York State Bar Association calls it the "perfect storm begging for immediate attention." For homeowners who have been caught in the storm, it is an unmitigated economic disaster. But for the oil and gas industry at the center of it all, it is just the latest potential roadblock threatening to derail its plans to quickly drill up our nation's natural gas reserves before changing laws and growing negative public sentiment permanently alter the prospect for doing so.
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In an underground series of tunnels and chambers known as a sett, usually out in the countryside in areas of woodland and grassland, but occasionally in more unusual places, such as an old drain pipe in a field or under buildings and, more frequently these days, within town boundaries.
What do they eat?
Their favourite food is earthworms, but depending on the season and the availability of worms, they will eat more or less anything from berries, apples and nuts to small mammals such as rabbits, as well as taking any opportunity to scavenge on any larger dead animals they come across. They are regarded as a carnivore but they are in fact a true omnivore.
Are they related to any other British mammals?
Badgers are a member of the Mustelidae family, which includes otters, polecats, ferrets, stoats, weasels, mink and pine martens.
Why do badgers need protection under the law?
Badgers are not an endangered species in terms of population, but they can suffer from loss of habitat due to development. Much more serious is the threat from cruelty. Badger-baiting and badger-digging are on the increase, particularly in certain areas of the country. Badgers are dug out of their setts to be baited by dogs or killed in some other barbaric way. It was the digging and baiting of badgers that brought about the need for the first Badger Protection Act in 1973, and other acts have followed to improve that protection.
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Trumbull alarmed over fines
TRUMBULL -- Dan and Jill Clark have owned an alarm system since they bought their home 13 years ago. In that time, there have only been a handful of false alarms.
So Jill Clark thought it was just an unfortunate event when a contractor working on her furnace triggered the alarm by mistake one day last fall.
"We said, `It has to be our contractor. Please don't call the police,' " Clark said she told the alarm company. "They said, `Too late.' "
Clark thought that was the end of it. But a couple of weeks later she received a $100 fine from the town for not having registered her home alarm. An ordinance that went into effect early last year had made it mandatory.
"But we knew nothing about the ordinance until we received a notice in the mail," Clark said. "It just seems we get robo-called for everything, but on something like that they don't."
Since October, when the ordinance was first enforced, the town has collected roughly $17,500 in fines.
The town law, which went into effect in January, requires residents to register their home alarms or face a $100 penalty each year. And while the first false alarm may alert individuals of their failure to register, every subsequent false alarm carries with it a $50 fine.
There are also higher fines for excessive false alarms -- from $100 for three to $150 for nine -- within a permit year. There is no fee to register an alarm.
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Homeowners face a $100 fine for each year the alarm is not registered with the town.
If an unregistered alarm user is notified of a failure to register, they face an additional $50 fine for each false alarm until it is registered.
Anyone with three to five false alarms will face $100 fines. The sixth through eighth violations will be subject to $125 fines. Those with nine or more false alarms face a $150 fine.
There is no charge to register an alarm.
Source: Trumbull Municipal Code
The town's Police Department responds to thousands of false alarms each year. Each time, two police officers are dispatched to respond to the possible burglary. But in an average year, the majority turn out to be false alarms.
"We standardly have five cars on patrol in the town of Trumbull," said First Selectman Tim Herbst. "That leaves three cars to cover the entire town whenever there is a false alarm."
That means there are two cars that aren't monitoring the schools, monitoring the mall, enforcing the speed limit or responding to 911 calls, he added.
In 2011, the year Herbst first called for an alarm ordinance, the department estimated the time spent on answering these calls equated to about $70,000 a year.
The 563 false alarms that have led to fines so far have cost the town about $8,000 in officer response time, not including clerical work associated with these, according to town officials. Of those 221 were waived and 175 have already been paid.
Another 463 alarms were cancelled before police could be dispatched.
So far, 1,472 residents and 94 business owners have registered their alarms. This is not even half of the estimated 3,000 to 4,000 homeowners with alarms in town, according to Town Council member Vicki Tesoro.
"That's a lot of money and a lot of people," she said. "That's pretty good proof that people don't know."
According to town officials, the ordinance was advertised in the media, on the town's website and in the Town Clerk's newsletter.
But still, new resident Paige Francis, who moved into town in November, said she had no idea home alarms had to be registered until she saw people griping about the fines on Facebook.
"I can say with 100 percent assurance that we received no notification at all to our house," said Francis, chief information officer at Fairfield University. "I'm sure the law makes all kinds of sense but with the (lack of) communication they dropped the ball here."
Because of this, Tesoro decided to submit two resolutions to the Town Council. The first would amend the ordinance so police officers responding to a first false alarm issue a warning and give the homeowner a registration form.
The $100 fine would only be issued if the person fails to register their alarm within 30 days.
The second resolution would refund the fines collected.
"Most people, if they know about it, will do it," Tesoro said. "People are not aware of different ordinances we may pass in this town unless we tell them."
But Herbst points to a legal opinion from the town attorney that says it's not the council's job to decide whether refunds should be given when there is a process set out in the ordinance for fee waivers and appeals.
"When you start providing arbitrary measures for waiving fines, you are establishing a dangerous precedent," Herbst said.
This week the Town Council's Legislation and Administration Committee tabled the resolutions as its members wait for more information.
Clark, who registered her home alarm immediately after receiving the fine, said giving people warning makes sense.
"We fill out permits for anything we've ever done to our house," she said. "We like living here. But this just seems nuts."
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Sore right knee keeps Franklin out of lineup
SEATTLE -- Mariners rookie second baseman Nick Franklin was held out of Thursday's series finale against the Red Sox after a bothersome right knee situation continued to plague the 22-year-old.
Franklin was taken out in the seventh inning of Wednesday's game when the knee flared up, but manager Eric Wedge hopes he can be back in the lineup by Friday when Seattle opens a three-game set with the Angels.
"It just hasn't got any better," Franklin said. "It's been almost the same since we left Cincinnati. It just needs a little time to get better."
Franklin's problems began when he bunted a ball off his leg last Friday against the Reds. Franklin was limited to a pinch-hitting appearance the following day, but he started the ensuing four games before finally getting a rest Thursday.
"It just affected his quad yesterday," Wedge said. "It's still off his knee, but he was having trouble firing his quad yesterday. He's able to fire it today, so I'm hopeful he'll be ready tomorrow. He did it on a play up the middle yesterday, just reirritated it."
Franklin said he felt the knee on a wide throw from shortstop Brad Miller in the sixth, as well as after a fifth-inning strikeout.
"It was just the change of direction off the leg," he said. "And then the strikeout, one of the pitches I swung at, I really rotated on it. But just really the whole day, it's just hard to describe it, but that very last swing on that strikeout there was something not right.
"I'll take it day by day and hopefully it'll get better soon. When you're constantly thinking about how you want to walk, it's not really the ideal situation."
Franklin has hit .275 with six home runs and 19 RBIs in his first 40 Major League games, though he's batted just .216 in nine games in July.


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Thor is the the black puppy. He's kind of opposite of what you would expect from a big puppy named Thor. He likes to hide under stuff, mostly. Sometimes he likes to bite his sister. I picked him.
Darla is the black and white puppy. She's not as wussy as Thor and seems to have the edge on him where intelligence comes in. Unfortunately, Jake picked her.
They are blue healer-labs. We met the mom. She was a nice dog. The dad was from another yard over the fence but he looks like a nice black lab.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Puppy #3 and #4
Thor is the the black puppy. He's kind of opposite of what you would expect from a big puppy named Thor. He likes to hide under stuff, mostly. Sometimes he likes to bite his sister. I picked him.
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Because I love Halloween
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
One more for Grandpa
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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16 ounces softened cream cheese
2/3 cup brown sugar
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1 bag (11 oz.) Heath bits (or any chocolate coated toffee bits)
About 6 apples, cored and sliced
How to Make It:
1. Mix together the cream cheese and brown sugar until well blended.
2. Spread mixture out thinly on serving platter.
3. Spread caramel ice cream topping over the cream cheese layer.
4. Sprinkle toffee bits all over the caramel topping.
5. Surround dip with sliced apples and DIG IN!
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Soak sliced apples in gingerale of lemon-lime soda for 10 minutes. Word on the street is that apples juice works too and won't alter the taste. After they soak you can package them in lunch size portions to send to school!
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Friday, September 09, 2011
Grandpa Stone
My favorite memory of him is a recurring one from my childhood. It was when I would watch out the front window, waiting for visitors, and I would see him and Grandma pull up. I loved that scene from the front window.
His humility made him a hero for our family. His love and service cannot be duplicated. Grandpa had so many interesting life experiences but he preferred to listen to his children and grandchildren share their stories instead. I knew he loved me because of the way he would listen to me and ask me to tell more stories.
As I have lost people I love, it seems like I always want to live more like them. I hope I can share my testimony of the gospel and my love for others more through my daily life, just like Grandpa Stone.
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Monday, September 05, 2011
Someone was an ox and it wasn't me.
We celebrated Jake's birthday at my mom's house last night. Anne and my mom decided to buy Jake a cake for convenience and so I wouldn't "be a basket case" or whatever Anne called it. On Sunday afternoon, I was craving some batter/cake so I decided to make one anyway. I guess you could say my craving doubled as inspiration because look what happened to the store bought cake...
So instead of Thor cake, Jake got Superman (girl) cake. It's Supergirl because I couldn't turn the icing red. I swear the box said it was red.
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WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced it has established regulations that require new Federal buildings to achieve at least 30% greater energy efficiency over prevailing building codes. Mandated by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct), these standards apply to new federal commercial and multi-family high-rise residential buildings, as well as new federal low-rise residential buildings designed for construction that began on or after January 3, 2007. These standards are also 40% more efficient than the current Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and carry out portions of President Bush's Executive Order (EO #13423), announced earlier this year, which directed federal agencies to reduce energy intensity and greenhouse gas emissions; substantially increase use and efficiency of renewable energy technologies; and adopt sustainable design practices.
"Dramatically elevating building efficiency standards to these unprecedented levels substantially transforms the way the federal government manages and uses energy,"" DOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Andy Karsner said. "These standards contribute to sound and stable efficiency policy that will yield real, substantive energy savings and reduction in greenhouse gas emissions." Over the course of the next ten years, these standards are estimated to save taxpayer's $776 million dollars (in 2004 dollars) and more than 40 trillion British thermal units of energy, while reducing emissions by an estimated 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. Specifically, these standards replace existing Federal building energy efficiency standards found in 10 CFR Part 434 (for commercial and high-rise multi-family residential buildings) and 10 CFR Part 435 Subpart C (for low-rise residential buildings).
These new standards are based on the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)/ Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) Standard 90.1-2004 for commercial and high-rise multi-family residential buildings and the 2004 version of the International Code Council (ICC) International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) for low-rise residential buildings.
There are three key features of these new standards that differentiate them from previous Federal building energy efficiency standards. First, new Federal standards are based directly on updated prevailing voluntary sector standards in effort to maximize resources and take advantage of improvements in those voluntary sector standards. Second, new Federal standards seek improvements above and beyond those of the voluntary sector standards through consideration of and entire building's performance, rather than on prescriptive requirements for individual building components and systems. This approach provides the maximum amount of flexibility to Federal agencies and their design teams as they address the requirements of these new standards. Third, new Federal standards require at least 30% energy savings over the prevailing voluntary sector standard. Achieving this level of savings will require Federal agencies and their design teams to use an integrated design approach for new buildings.
The new Federal standards (10 CFR Part 433); 10 CFR Part 435 Subpart C), were issued as an Interim Final Rule in the Federal Register on December 4, 2006. Comments on these standards were accepted and minor changes to the Interim Final Rule were made in preparing the Final Rule that is published in the Federal Register today.
Section 305(a)(1) of the Energy Conservation and Production Act, as amended by EPAct, directed DOE to implement these regulations. Section 109 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 also requires the new standards require the use of cost-effective sustainable design principles and water conservation technologies. The Department is expected to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking on these additional requirements next year.
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the world's oldest tennis championship, is embracing new technology with an iPad app to appeal to a younger audience.
The app allows users to navigate around the grounds via a photographic map, zooming in on specific courts to get updates on the state of play. They can also get alerts telling them how their favorite players are faring.
The All England Club (AELTC), which stages the tournament on the grass courts of suburban London, is in the position of knowing that demand for tickets far outstrips supply.
But with so many people unable to get tickets, the tournament's online presence has brought it closer to fans around the world, AELTC Commercial Director Mick Desmond said.
"If you can't come to Wimbledon, we want to try to make it the next best experience," he told Reuters.
"We try to position Wimbledon as tennis in an English garden but at the same time we want to be at the cutting edge of innovation," he added, speaking before the start of the tournament on Monday.
"It's allowing us to reach a younger audience."
Desmond, a former television executive who joined the AELTC three years ago, said making Wimbledon more accessible online helped to increase its appeal to sponsors and broadcasters.
The launch of the free iPad app follows a push into mobile in 2011 and an overhaul last year of the main Wimbledon website (www.wimbledon.com). The site attracted 17 million users in 2012.
Online features include Live@Wimbledon TV, fronted by former players Annabel Croft and Mats Wilander, which offers seven hours a day of video coverage.
The channel shows individual games but does not provide live streaming of whole matches to avoid undercutting the value of rights sold to broadcasters like the BBC in Britain and ESPN in the United States. It redirects users to the relevant broadcaster if they want full coverage of a particular match.
IBM also offers predictive software to help online fans to gauge the momentum of a match, point by point. For Wimbledon this will be complemented by a monitor of social media sentiment to show who is seen to be gaining the upper hand.
Drones were deployed before the tournament to take videos giving faraway tennis fans a bird's eye-view of the green lawns of Wimbledon, which first staged the tournament in 1877.
Increased revenues have helped Wimbledon to increase prize money this year by 40 percent to 22.6 million pounds ($35 million), with losers in the first round walking away with 23,000 pounds.
Despite the generous prize money, Wimbledon makes a healthy profit. It generated a pre-tax surplus of almost 38 million pounds last year, funds which are reinvested in British tennis. ($1 = 0.6466 British pounds)


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OTTAWA - Two photo banners from an exhibition paying tribute to the Canadian soldiers who took part in the June 1944 Normandy landings have been stolen from in front of the French Embassy in Ottawa.
Embassy spokesman Stephane Schorderet says the banners were taken Tuesday afternoon by two young men and a young woman who drove up in a black pickup truck.
Schorderet says the theft was recorded by the embassy's security cameras and the images have been handed over to the RCMP and Ottawa police.
The two banners were part of a 14-banner display on the embassy's fence made from photographs of Canadian soldiers landing in Normandy on D-Day.
Schorderet says the exhibition was a symbolic initiative meant as an expression of France's friendship and gratitude to Canada.
He says the 12 remaining banners will stay on display on the embassy fence until July 14 despite the theft.
"We hesitate to take off the exhibition because of that ... we thought that it's not a good message," Schorderet said Wednesday.
Schorderet said police have told the embassy that they will investigate.
"The black pickup is an old model so it's very easy to recognize ... it's two young guys and one young girl and we can recognize them on the pictures," he said.
Schorderet said he arrived in Canada in September and had expressed concern when the exhibition went up that someone might steal the banners.
But he said he was assured by his colleagues at the embassy that "it's Canada ... these things don't happen here."


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A group of Salem State University students learning about the place of food in society recently had a chance to put the lessons to work.
The 17 students worked with clients of Lifebridge, a housing facility for the homeless in downtown Salem, to evaluate the agency's dining room and recommend how to make it a better functioning and more welcoming environment for meals.
The findings were the culmination of a semester-long service learning project at Lifebridge that also included 10 hours of volunteer work by each student in the agency's kitchen.
The project was a key component of an interdisciplinary "learning community" — a set of three linked courses exploring common themes — that Salem State offered to freshmen on the historical, cultural, and health aspects of food.
Elizabeth Duclos-Orsello, an associate professor of interdisciplinary studies who taught one of the three courses, said the project was a benefit to both Lifebridge and the university.
"We as a public university have a responsibility to really engage in the broader regional communities we are in. But our students have the immense benefit of learning through service," said Duclos-Orsello, coordinator of Salem State's American Studies program.
Lifebridge maintains 34 beds for people transitioning out of homelessness, and 22 units of permanent housing at its Margin Street facility. The agency also helps its tenants and others through its meals program and services such as a nursing clinic and street outreach.
The learning service project was the second one Salem State has undertaken at Lifebridge. Students enrolled in the same set of food-themed courses in 2011 worked with the shelter clients to develop new meals for the agency's dining program.
The university and Lifebridge have collaborated in other ways. Last semester, Salem State offered a for-credit composition class at Lifebridge for its residents. Several Salem State students have also done internships at the agency, including a sociology major who is spending 15 weeks at the site.
"Anything we do with the university really helps our folks see what the possibilities are out there for them," said Mark Cote, executive director of Lifebridge. He observed, though, that the collaboration was a "two-way street. . . . Their students learn from our people and our people learn from the students."
Salem State began offering learning communities to its freshmen about three years ago as a way of introducing them to interdisciplinary learning. About that time, it also started to incorporate service learning projects in a more formalized way. The two initiatives were brought together with the food-themed learning community.
Entitled "Sow, Reap, Consume: Food, Society, and Culture," last semester's program included a seminar in interdisciplinary studies taught by Duclos-Orsello, a world history course taught by Annette Chapman-Adisho, and a health and wellness course taught by Chris Schoen.
Food themes were incorporated in each of the courses, Duclos-Ostero said, noting for example that her seminar "looks at the way that food functions in the diverse cultures of the United States and . . . the implications of public policy around access to food."
The courses also involved field activities related to the service project.
Joined by three residents from Lifebridge's transitional housing, the students spent a day observing some of the dining halls at Salem State, and made several visits to the Peabody Essex Museum, where they explored the dining habits of various cultural groups by viewing paintings, artifacts, and four historic houses.
The students drew on their classroom learning, the field trips, and their volunteer work at Lifebridge in carrying out their service project. Working in small groups, each joined by one of the Lifebridge participants, the students analyzed the dining area — where about 7,000 meals are served each month — and developed their recommendations for change.
The suggested improvements included switching from round to rectangular tables to make the seating more accessible, adding pictures and brighter paint colors to the walls, and installing softer lighting.
Salem State has pledged to provide Lifebridge with funding to implement some of the recommended changes, according to Cote. He said his agency and the university will meet this spring to discuss specific plans.
Alejandro Martinez, 19, one of the Salem State students, said he enjoyed being able to take part in the service project.
"We were able to go in a hands-on way and connect what we were learning in the class to the experience we were involved in at Lifebridge," said Martinez, who is from Mattapan and plans to major in criminal justice.
Martinez said he once had friends who were homeless and he had been struck by how they "weren't like the stereotypical homeless person you might think. They were people like us, with situations'' that resulted in them losing a place to live. He said that impression was reinforced by his interaction with residents at Lifebridge.
"I thought it was a good experience," he said.
Melissa Genest, 19, who is from Lancaster and plans to major in communications, said, "I loved the class. Just . . . helping out in the kitchen was a really good experience. We got to know some of the clients there," adding that the students also learned a lot by working with the residents on the potential changes.
Perry Robinson, 52, one of the Lifebridge residents who participated in the project, also enjoyed the experience.
"The best part was working with the kids, the whole collaboration. The teachers were great, too. We got to learn about food. It was awesome."


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5.3 The RCE is a compact and relatively inexpensive approach to obtaining varying hydrodynamic conditions in a laboratory apparatus. It allows electrochemical methods of estimating corrosion rates on the specimen and produces a uniform hydrodynamic state across the metal test surface. (2-21)
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An estate plan is a series of documents declaring how a person's assets will be distributed at their death. A person's estate is all the property they own, which might include real estate, bank accounts, investments and other assets, plus property of a more personal nature like clothing, furniture, jewelry or other household items.
Having an estate plan allows a person to determine ahead of time how their assets will be distributed at their death. However, a thorough estate plan can also provide instructions in the case of a person's mental incapacitation, using financial powers of attorney and advance directives like durable powers of attorney for healthcare and living wills. In addition, a good estate plan can minimize taxes imposed on an estate in order to leave as much as possible to beneficiaries. It is also beneficial during the estate planning process to address the growth, preservation, and availability of assets during a person's life.
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A will is a document that gives clear instructions to a personal representative, or executor, about how to distribute assets when a person dies. A will is created during life, but takes effect upon the death of the person who created it, known as the testator. At the testator's death, the will goes through probate. This means it enters into a process wherein a court determines whether the will is valid by reviewing the document and confirming that the testator followed all legal formalities. If the court is satisfied that the will is what it purports to be, an executor distributes the estate to beneficiaries and addresses the payment of debts owed by the estate, among other pre-determined administrative tasks.
There are a number of benefits to establishing a will in addition to a trust. One reason is that a will allows the testator to designate a guardian for minor children. Further, while a person must consciously move assets into a trust, a properly-worded will addresses any property the testator may own at death that was not contemplated when the will was created. A will may also be beneficial when an estate is small enough to qualify for a simplified probate process, which is available in some states under certain circumstances and is generally less costly and quicker than regular probate.
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A trust, like a will, is an instrument used to distribute a person's property according to their wishes. A trust works by transferring property into the care and management of a trustee, who can be either a person or an institution. The assets or income derived from the assets of the trust are then passed on to the trust's beneficiaries, according to the instructions of the creator of the trust (called the settlor).
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The successor trustee is called the successor because in a revocable living trust, the settlor is usually the trustee until the settlor's death. A revocable living trust allows the settlor to retain control of the assets in the trust and to change, add, or revoke the trust at will. Sometimes when a revocable living trust is used, a pour-over will is added, which provides that all assets remaining in the estate on the death of the testator are transferred to the trust.
Testamentary trusts transfer property into a trust upon the death of the settlor through a will that provides for such a transfer. Since the trust wasn't created until the settlor's death, the property is still subject to probate, but a testamentary trust may serve many other useful purposes. For instance, a trust can be used to control how and when a beneficiary will receive funds. This is often a strategy to protect property in the trust from a beneficiary's creditors, while still providing for the support and care of the beneficiary. This can also provide a means to support one beneficiary until death with the income from the trust, while preserving the trust assets for another beneficiary. These are just a few of the ways a trust can be utilized in estate planning.
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Including a plan for incapacitation or inability to care for oneself when drafting an estate plan is a common and wise measure. There are several types of documents that are used for this purpose. A financial power of attorney, sometimes called a durable power of attorney for finances, designates a person called the agent who will control an incapacitated person's finances on their behalf. A financial power of attorney ends on the death of its creator, who is called the principal.
Another common planning tool is an advance health care directive, which is a document that deals with medical plans and decisions. Advance directives should include a durable power of attorney for healthcare, which gives another person called a proxy or health care agent the power to make medical decisions in the event a person is unable to do so themselves.
A living will, another type of advance directive, provides medical instructions in the case a party is incapable of making their wishes known. Some individuals also choose to include a DNR, or Do Not Resuscitate order, which is a request that healthcare personnel do not attempt CPR in the event a person's heart stops or if they stop breathing. Living wills and power of attorney orders are among the many estate planning tools that can offer peace-of-mind to loved ones during difficult times, and allow a person have control over the complex matters of planning for the future.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a job training grant totaling $14.6 million to Bismarck State College, Fort Berthold Community College, Sitting Bull College, Turtle Mountain Community College and Williston State College. The five colleges have formed a consortium, led by BSC, to deliver training and support for participants pursing employment in many high-paying, high-skill jobs available in western North Dakota.
The consortium programs will support workers impacted by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, a Department of Labor program that provides benefits to workers who have lost jobs or earn less due to the impacts of foreign trade. The programs also are available to others interested in obtaining training in certain occupations needed to support the energy industry.
The grant doesn't provide tuition assistance, but will help each college provide flexible and high quality, accelerated training programs with stackable credentials, which will enable participants to enter the workforce quickly. The stackable credentials offer a path for people to advance in their careers – providing steps toward additional accreditation or degrees.
The consortium, titled Training for Regional Energy in North Dakota (TREND), will expand current energy-related programs, enhance career navigation services and create some new training programs. TREND will focus on energy-related occupations, welding, CDL and building and construction trades.
"This grant means that BSC and the other colleges included can do even more with our programs and the initiatives needed to sustain energy development in North Dakota," said Kari Knudson, vice president, BSC National Energy Center of Excellence.
Knudson also said, "By working together, the consortium colleges can share and leverage our pooled resources. That will allow us to better supply the urgent workforce needs in the state."
An array of partners support the consortium grant, including energy companies, state and tribal agencies and other key employers and energy-related associations.
U.S. Senators Kent Conrad and John Hoeven, and U.S. Rep. Rick Berg announced the grant award last week.
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Smokin' songstress Evan Rachel Wood is teaming up with Across The Universe's director Julie Taymor to bring the zillion-dollar Spider-Man musical to Broadway. But what about the masked man himself? She's trying to convince Jim Sturgess (her ATU co-star). "We did the workshop together, but I don't know if he can commit to a whole year." Wood, on the other hand will be singing and dancing for the entire year. [LA Times Blog]
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EDITORIAL: Parents should ensure school attendance
How much effort should our schools put into boosting daily attendance, making sure that the kids show up for school every day?
Not as much as the parents.
But the schools have two reasons to make a strong effort: educating the children and receiving the funds to do so.
Funding for Michigan school districts depends on student counts conducted twice a year. Since each child represents several thousand dollars a year, savvy school districts take pains to ensure that kids come to school on those count days using extra activities as well as ongoing attendance initiatives.
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There's little doubt that absence from class is costly where it counts: learning.
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In Berkeley, Calif., a high school official stages a movie night for the grade with the best attendance.
Other schools hold raffles for laptops or bicycles. In a Sacramento-area district the grand prize, a $20,000 voucher for a new car, was so attractive the rules for entry had to be changed from a month's perfect attendance to five months.
Districts use sticks as well as carrots, sweeping favorite hangouts during school hours, calling in parents to discuss unexcused absences.
Another California district has started alternate-Saturday morning makeup classes.
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The first Strikeforce event since the promotion's purchase by the parent company of the UFC is getting a little last-second shuffling.
Strikeforce officials today announced that injury has forced Conor Heun (8-4 MMA, 0-2 SF) out of Strikeforce Challengers 15, and California native Josh Thornburg (6-2 MMA, 0-1 SF) has agreed to take his place against James Terry (9-2 MMA, 4-1 SF).
Featuring a main event between Justin Wilcox and Rodrigo Damm, "Strikeforce Challengers 15: Wilcox vs. Damm" takes place April 1 in Stockton, Calif. The main card airs on Showtime.
Thornburg made his debut under the Strikeforce banner earlier this month at "Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson," where he suffered a decision loss to Roger Bowling. Thornburg carries a 6-1 mark into the fight, and he's earned all but one of his victories via stoppage.
Despite a commendable effort against Bowling, Thornburg said he was disappointed in his big-show debut.
"There's no such thing as a moral victory, and I was very disappointed I couldn't get it done (against Bowling)," Thornburg said. "Going in, I was super confident. But I appreciate that I'm getting a chance to come right back and fight in my hometown on Showtime.
Meanwhile, Terry quietly makes his sixth straight Strikeforce appearance and looks for his fifth win in the organization. Past victories have come over Zak Bucia (twice), David Marshall and Lucas Gomez, all of which came in "Arena Series" events. His lone loss in the promotion came to standout Tarec Saffiedine in early 2010.
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In Gears of War: The Battle of Aspho Fields, the last human stronghold on Sera braces itself for another onslaught from the Locust Horde, as ghosts come back to haunt Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago. For Marcus -- decorated war hero, convicted traitor -- the return of an old comrade threatens to dredge up an agonizing secret he's sworn to keep. As the beleaguered soldiers of the Coalition of Ordered Governments take a last stand to save humankind from extermination, the harrowing decisions made at Aspho Fields have to be relived and made again. Marcus and Dom can take anything the Locust Horde throws at them -- but will their friendship survive the truth about Dom's brother Carlos?
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Key signatures provide many pieces of information for reading music. The key signature lists the accidentals to be placed on the notes, information that has direct application for instrumentals who then adjust fingerings corresponding to the chromatically adjusted notes. More helpful for singers is that key signatures can be used to determine the tonic for the music to follow. As long as a singer knows the tonic, then can read all diatonic music, that is, music without accidentals on the notes. A more thorough understanding of keys and key signatures is required for reading chromatic music, that is, music with accidentals on the notes. To learn more about key signatures, begin with the lesson key signatures I and proceed through the next several chapters.
Using movable DO solfege, we can determine the major key of a key signature by finding DO. DO names the major key. If DO is A, then the key is A major. Be sure to include any accidental that is on the note when you identify the key. If DO is B and there is a flat on B in the key signature, then the key is Bb major.
Sharps: For a key signature containing sharp, the last sharp is always TI, so the next note up is always DO.
Flats: For a key signature containing flats, the last flat is always FA and the second to last flat is always DO.
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The increasing commercial success and critical accolades for Slumdog Millionaire continue to perplex and baffle me. When I originally saw the film in early December, I gave it a mixed review to be kind. In truth I loathed the film and found it morally repugnant, but with all the awards being showered on it, it made me question whether or not I missed something or totally misinterpreted the message.
For me the film was a simplistic love story wrapped around a contrived "rags-to-riches" plot device with character development done with a hacksaw, headache inducing visuals and editing, and an exploitative view of an exotic third-world locale. Yes, it had some interesting moments, and I certainly can see how on a surface level the colorful slums of Mumbai might appeal to Westerners thinking they were receiving some sort of lesson in Indian culture. The film's cockeyed (and misguided) optimism certainly has struck a cord in these troubling times. But I can't fathom all the undying love people have been proclaiming for Danny Boyle's silly opus. Continue reading


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It's a tough week to be a retailer in search of customers. First, the shares of J.C. Penney (JCP) cratered after the Ron Johnson-led retailer reported abysmal fourth-quarter numbers Wednesday night.
Next up: Sears (SHLD). The iconic retailer can't turn a profit or get customers excited about its merchandise or Kmart's. After reporting yet another quarter of steep losses early Thursday, Sears' stock dropped nearly 5%.
Releasing results so close to JCPenney at least makes Sears look good by comparison. At least by many StockTwits traders.
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Like J.C. Penney, Sears has a major hedge fund manager backing it in Eddie Lampert. Tough day for both Lampert and Pershing Square's Bill Ackman, who's been a fan of J.C. Penney's CEO.
Hedge fund managers don't seem to have an aptitude for investing in (or running) retailers $SHLD $JCP $$
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When Beethoven heard Mauro Giuliani play the guitar, he described it as "a miniature orchestra in itself." Today's acoustic classical and nylon-stringed guitars have evolved somewhat from the instrument Giuliani would have played in the early 19th century, but the description still applies. These guitars have a different sound than their metal-stringed modern cousins, which makes them better-suited to the classical music they're built for. Acoustic classical guitars come in either classic or modern shapes, giving you the choice between a contemporary look and a more period-authentic design. With the modern style, you will also have the option of a cutaway body that allows easier access to the frets closest to the sound hole. In addition to these different variations on the classic guitar, you'll find flamenco guitars in the category as well. No matter what style of nylon-stringed guitar you prefer, there is a perfect fit for your tastes. There's always a great option for beginners, too. It's never too early to begin learning an instrument, but the full-sized classical guitar can be too big for a young student. To solve this problem, there are four scaled-down versions of classical guitar: 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and 7/8. Players can swap up sizes as they get older, effectively allowing their guitar to grow along with them. A 3/4 or 7/8 guitar is also a good option for an adult player if you have a smaller build or hands, when the size of a traditional classical guitar makes it hard to handle. To get more versatility out of the classical guitar, consider choosing an acoustic-electric model. With built-in pickups, these guitars not only sound great on their own, they also pass a clear, distortion-free signal to your amplifier or recording studio equipment when they're plugged in. This adaptability helps to ensure that your guitar sounds just as good no matter where you play it, with or without electronic gear. Based on the shape and size as well as your preferred combination of woods, it's fairly straightforward to narrow down your options when picking out a nylon-stringed guitar. Start by listing instruments that are well-suited to your style of music, then choose from that list based on your skill level and the features you need. With the right guitar in your hands, playing it should feel as natural as breathing.


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Feds: Almost 40,000 Ohioans Picked Health Plans
Nearly 40,000 Ohio residents have successfully picked health insurance plans through the new online marketplace created by President Barack Obama's law.
A report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services details enrollment numbers from Oct. 1 through Dec. 28.
Ohio is among the 36 states relying on the federal website, HealthCare.gov. Monday's figures show a significant spike in sign-ups compared with October, when the troubled website wasn't working properly. Just 1,150 Ohioans had managed to select a plan then, compared with 34,283 last month.
Most Ohioans obtaining coverage are older. The department says 41 percent of those with plans are between ages 55 and 64. Eighty-one percent are getting financial help to pay their monthly premiums. At 56 percent, more women have selected plans than men.


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Posted by Alisa on Monday, November 12, 2012
Peaches Geldof and hubby Tom Cohen expecting baby #2! Peaches is already a mama to son Astala, 7 months.
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ARDUINO 328 Functions Sensors
From ROBOTC API Guide
Functions and Variables → Sensors
For more examples and explanations, head over to CORTEX Sensors Overview page!
For information and examples on using I2C sensors, head over to CORTEX I2C Digital Sensors page!
|The VEX 2.0 Cortex is equipped with 20 sensor ports. There are 8 Analog Sensor Ports and 12 Digital Sensor Ports. Note that unlike the VEX - PIC microcontroller, all Analog sensors must be in Analog ports, while all Digital sensors must be in Digital ports.
There are a variety of functions and variables used for configuring these ports and accessing their values.
Configuring sensors can be complicated. ROBOTC has a built-in wizard that can be used to configure the VEX 2.0 Cortex sensors. The wizard contains a number of PC windows that allow you to set the following fields for the sensor:
|const word SensorBoolean[tSensors sensor]
|(word) This returns a true or false reading from the sensor. (Mostly used by Touch sensors).
|word SensorRaw[tSensors sensor]
|(word) This array value will return the "raw" (un-normalized) value of a sensor. Usually this is the raw A-D converted value, which is an analog value between 0 to 1023.
|TSensorTypes SensorType[tSensors sensor]
|(TSensorTypes) The SensorType array is used to specify what type of sensor is connected to a certain port. Most users should not have to use this functionality and should use the Motors and Sensor Setup instead.
|word SensorValue[tSensors sensor]
|(word) This array value returns the value of the sensor in a normalized fashion. Rather than returning a raw value of 0 to 1023, ROBOTC will interpret the data from the "SensorType" and return a more accurate representation of the sensor's data. An example of this is the Light Sensor, which will return a percentage value from 0 to 100.


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Two Economists on School Reform: We Know (A Few) Things That Work
Conversations about America's public-education system range from confusing to dispiriting.
Charter schools? The best seem fantastic, but is the typical charter school really better than the typical conventional public school?
Teach for America? Is it drawing America's best and brightest into inner-city classrooms where they turn lives around? Or is it a cult of well-intentioned 20-somethings ill-equipped to teach?
No Child Left Behind? Is it imposing sorely needed standards and accountability on K-12 education? Or has it bred a teach-to-the-test-and-only-the-test mentality that discourages teachers from focusing on low-income children?
Into this debate come two economists, Greg J. Duncan of the School of Education at the University of California at Irvine, and Richard J. Murnane of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, with an encouraging message: We do have evidence that a few approaches work.


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Delaware Park's host hotel is the Christiana Hilton conveniently located just minutes from Delaware Park. To obtain the special rate make sure you specify you are coming to Delaware Park.
Christiana Hilton
100 Continental Drive
Newark, DE 19713
For hotel reservations and to obtain a special discounted Delaware Park rate please call 302-454-1500.
Courtyard by Marriott
48 Geoffrey Drive · Newark, Delaware 19713
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Located less than 1 mile from Delaware Park.
Country Inn and Suites, 1024 Churchman's Road, Newark, DE 19713.
Econo Lodge Hotel Newark, Delaware
Special Rate for Delaware Park Customers per night for a standard room. The standard rooms have either 1 queen bed or 2 double beds. Please show Delaware Park Player Rewards Club card and photo ID when registering to qualify for discount.
Conveniently located off Interstate 95 and US Route 273.
Econo Lodge Newark
100 McIntosh Plaza
Newark, DE 19713
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Hampton Inn & Suites Wilmington Christiana has an indoor pool and a fitness center. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available in public areas. The hotel features business amenities including a 24-hour business center and a meeting/conference room. A complimentary breakfast is served each morning. Additional amenities include multilingual staff, gift shops/newsstands, and a grocery/convenience store.
The 136 guestrooms at Hampton Inn & Suites Wilmington Christiana include coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access is provided. Rooms are equipped with flat-screen TVs.
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Centrally located between Newark and Wilmington with easy access to and from I-95 and all major roads. The hotel features 120 rooms and suites (all interior corridors), Ample Free Parking, Fax Services available and Complimentary Local Telephone Calls. All rooms include Coffee Maker, Hair Dryers, Iron/Ironing Board, and Wireless Internet. Our suites offer a Living Area with a Pull-Out Sofa, Wet Bar, Mini-Fridge/Freezer and Microwave. Enjoy our Expanded Continental Breakfast including Hot Selections. Also enjoy our Indoor Pool and Jacuzzi, Fitness Center and Outdoor Patio. The property also offers a Business Center, Suite Shoppe, Same Day Dry Cleaning Service and On-site Self Laundry.
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65 Geoffrey Drive
Newark, Delaware
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Microsoft has always been known as a software company, but the firm has been making hardware for nearly as long as it has been in business. In the early days the company sold an add-in card for the Apple ][ that contained a Zilog Z-80 CPU and allowed the venerable computer to run CP/M programs. In the early 1980s, Microsoft introduced its first mouse, intended to boost sales of Microsoft Word for DOS. Over the years the Microsoft Mouse became a bestseller and the company broadened its hardware line to include keyboards, joysticks, and of course, the Xbox game console.
Now, for the first time, Microsoft is licensing some of its hardware designs to third parties. In a press release, the company announced that it is beginning an intellectual property licensing program that will include some interesting technologies for mice and keyboards.
"Most people think of Microsoft as solely a software company, but we've been a leading hardware innovator and supplier to the desktop peripherals industry for over 20 years," said Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment and Devices Division at Microsoft, in a statement. "The hardware licensing initiative is a first for Microsoft, and we're excited to make our innovations broadly available to others in the industry through licensing."
The licensing program covers three main peripheral technologies: the U2 adapter, the Tilt Wheel, and the Magnifier:
- U2 technology enables a computer peripheral device (such as a mouse or keyboard) to be connected to a computer using either a PS2 or USB interface, and have it automatically sense the type of connection.
- The Tilt Wheel is hardware component of mice and optional keyboard offerings that allows users to tilt the wheel from side to side as well as up and down to scroll both horizontally and vertically.
- The Magnifier is a viewing and editing tool used with input devices such as a mouse. It delivers functionality equivalent to holding a magnifying glass up to a computer screen.
Source: Microsoft.
Of these three technologies, the most interesting is probably the Tilt Wheel, which adds horizontal scrolling functionality in a similar manner to Apple's Mighty Mouse, but with a different hardware arrangement. While horizontal scrolling is not nearly as common as its vertical counterpart, it is still handy to have for certain applications, such as graphics programs.
Will the licensing initiative result in a flood of peripheral manufacturers adopting Microsoft's features? It will probably depend on the terms of the license, including up-front and per-unit fees. The Tilt Wheel license, for example, is set at US$0.30 per unit. The larger question is whether or not the market can support more and more features on mice and keyboards, or whether simple "commodity" peripherals will win the day. Also interesting is the idea that Microsoft is looking to make more money from its IP. According to the pricing page: "The Microsoft tilt wheel license offers limited rights to issued and pending Microsoft patents."


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Blind tennis players keep their ears on the ball
FREMONT, Calif. -- Learning how to play tennis is hard enough. Now try it when you can't see.
That's what students are doing at the California School for the Blind. They're learning a form of tennis adapted for the visually impaired -- and expanding the boundaries of what the blind can do.
The state-supported campus in Fremont is one of three American schools for the blind that recently began teaching adapted tennis, which was invented in Japan in the 1980s. A nonprofit group called Tennis Serves is working to promote the sport throughout the U.S.
"I didn't know someone with no vision could play tennis until I came to this school," said a 16-year-old student from Modesto named Jonathan. The school declined to provide his last name, citing a state law that protects the privacy of students with disabilities.
Blind tennis features a smaller court, lower net and junior tennis rackets with bigger heads and shorter handles. String is taped to the floor so players can feel the boundaries with their feet.
Players use a foam ball filled with metal beads that rattle on impact, allowing them to locate the ball when it hits the ground or racket. Once served, they have to return the ball before it bounces three times.
"The most difficult thing to teach is timing their stroke," said Sejal Vallabh, the 17-year-old founder of Tennis Serves. "Being able to listen to the ball, locate it using their sense of hearing and swing at the precise moment the ball goes by is really difficult to teach."
While experienced players can keep the ball in bounds and stage extended rallies, just hitting the ball over the net can be a challenge for beginners. During a recent visit to the California School for the Blind, students mostly swatted balls into the ground, the net and toward the ceiling and walls. Few balls were returned, but teachers say some are developing that capability.
Blind tennis was created in 1984 by Miyoshi Takei, a blind Japanese high school student who designed the adapted ball and helped the sport gain popularity in Japan and other Asian countries. He dominated blind tennis competitions until he was killed in a train accident last year at age 42.
Vallahb, an avid tennis player who is now a high school senior in Newton, Mass., first encountered blind tennis two years while doing a summer internship in Japan, where her grandmother lives.
"After I saw it there, I knew that I wanted to recreate the sport that I had seen back in the U.S.," she said, so she started Tennis Serves.
Vallabh first began teaching at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Mass. with help from her high school tennis teammates. She then helped start similar programs at Lighthouse International in New York City and the California School for the Blind.
Vallabh is working with engineering students at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif. to design a ball that continuously beeps to make it easier for blind players to track it.
At the California School for the Blind, staff members said they were skeptical when Vallabh first approached them about teaching the adapted sport.
"We were thinking, 'How are we going to teach tennis?" said Mary Alice Ross, who teaches adapted physical education. "My colleague said, 'Tennis is like teaching football. It's not something we really do.'"
The California School for the Blind, which has about 90 students ages 5 to 22, offers many adapted sports activities and sports, including bowling, boating, swimming, hiking, ice-skating and goal-ball.
Tennis is one of the most difficult sports for the visually impaired, but it brings unique rewards, teachers say.
"When it comes to being able to play a sport which is commonly only played by people with good vision, it's a big self-esteem boost." said John Healy, a dorm counselor who teaches adapted tennis.
A 12-year-old student named Sebastian said he was surprised when he first heard about the adapted sport.
"Tennis? How could blind people play tennis?" he said. "But then I was like, blind people can do anything they want. If you set your mind to it, then you can do it."


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In England, hospital is still the most common place for patients with cancer to die but an increase in home and hospice deaths since 2005 suggests that the National End of Life Care Programme (a Programme to promote the rollout of national end-of-life care initiatives) has helped more people to die at their preferred place of death, according to a UK study funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Services and Delivery Research (NIHR HS&DR) Programme, published in this week's PLOS Medicine.
In a large analysis led by Dr Wei Gao and Professor Irene Higginson from King's College London, the authors used death registration data collected by the Office of National Statistics to identify all 2.28 million adult cancer deaths in England between 1993 and 2010.
Throughout the study period, the authors found that hospital was the commonest place of death—48% of cancer deaths—whereas 24.5% deaths of cancer patients occurred at home and 16.4% occurred in hospices.
However, the authors found that the proportion of home deaths increased after 2005 whereas the proportion of hospital deaths declined. The proportion of deaths in hospices also increased over the study period. The National End of Life Care Programme in England was launched in November 2004.
Importantly, the authors also found that being single, widowed or divorced was linked with a higher chance of dying in hospital than being married. Being aged over 75 years was also linked to a higher chance of dying in hospital than in younger age groups although older people were more likely to die at home or in a hospice after 2006 than in earlier periods. Cancer type also played an important role in place of death: for example, patients who died from blood or lung cancer were more likely to die in hospital than patients with colorectal cancer throughout the study period.
The authors say: "This large-scale, population-based study found that hospitals remain the most common place of death for patients with cancer. Following a prolonged period of plateau, there was a steady downward trend in hospital deaths (about 50%) from 2005 onwards. The pattern was mirrored by increasing home deaths."
They continue: "This trend coincides with the launch of a National End of Life Care Programme in November 2004 in England, which was based on research evidence about patient preferences and possible solutions.
The authors conclude: "More efforts are needed to reduce hospital deaths. Healthcare facilities should be improved and enhanced to support the increased home and hospice deaths. "
They add: "People who are single, widowed or divorced should be a focus for end-of-life care improvement, along with known at risk groups such as haematological cancer, lung cancer, older age and deprivation."
More information: Gao W, Ho YK, Verne J, Glickman M, Higginson IJ, et al. (2013) Changing Patterns in Place of Cancer Death in England: A Population-Based Study. PLOS Med 10(3): e1001410. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001410
Journal information: PLoS Medicine
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Newly published scientific evidence is bolstering calls for greater regulation of some of the world's most widely used pesticides and genetically modified crops.
Earlier this year, three independent studies linked agricultural insecticides to colony collapse disorder, a phenomenon that leads honeybees to abandon their hives.
Beekeepers have reported alarming losses in their hives over the last six years. The USDA reports the loss in the United States was about 30 percent in the winter of 2010-2011.
Bees are crucial pollinators in the ecosystem. Their loss also impacts the estimated $15 billion worth of fruit and vegetable crops that are pollinated by bees in the United States.
The studies, conducted in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, all pointed to neonicotinoids, a class of chemicals used widely in U.S. corn production, as likely contributors to colony collapse disorder. The findings challenged the EPA's position—based on studies by Bayer CropScience, a major producer of the neonicotinoid clothianidin—that bees are only exposed to small, benign amounts of these insecticides.
The new studies found that bees are exposed to potentially lethal amounts of neonicotinoids in pollen and in dust churned up by farm equipment. They also found that exposure to neonicotinoids can reduce the number of queen bees and disorient worker bees.
An alliance of beekeepers and environmental groups filed a petition on March 21 asking the EPA to block the use of clothianidin in agricultural fields until the EPA conducts a sound scientific review of the chemicals.
Meanwhile, farm chemicals and the biotech industry have come under fire for the problem of pest resistance. Some weeds and bugs have become less susceptible or immune to the chemicals or biotechnology used to control them.
In March, national experts on corn pests published a letter to the EPA describing how rapidly rootworms are becoming resistant to the larvae-killing gene in Monsanto's genetically engineered "Bt" corn. The letter warns that the EPA should move to regulate Bt corn—by requiring, for example, non-GM buffer zones—with "some sense of urgency."
In a similarly alarming trend, Monsanto's "Roundup Ready" soy and corn, which are genetically modified to tolerate the active ingredient in Roundup, are associated with the creation of "super weeds." The widespread use of these crops has led farmers to vastly increased use of the herbicide, leading to the development of resistant weeds.
The agriculture industry has responded to Roundup's failure by developing new crop varieties resistant to another pesticide/herbicide, 2,4-D. An ingredient of Agent Orange, 2,4-D is linked to birth defects, hormone disruption, and cancer. Last December, Dow AgroSciences LLC asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to approve the new varieties for cultivation.


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