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The African Painted Dog - An Example of a Monotypic Species
Where Do African Wild Dogs Live?
African hunting dog facts
The African painted dog is the only living species of the genus Lycaon although there are five recognised subspecies. It is therefore a monotypic species.
There are a great number of these species which are now the only living representative of their genera. The pronghorn, black rhino, numbat and edible dormouse are others.
African painted dog conservation is very important if the African hunting dog aka African painted dog is to survive.
The African Painted dog has the scientific name of Lycaon pictus (sometimes Canis pictus). 'Lycaon' derives from the Greek word for 'wolf' and the Latin for 'painted'. Its other common names include African wild dog, African hunting dog, Cape hunting dog, spotted dog, or ornate wolf.Credit: Wikimedia - Author TBjornstad
Where do African Wild Dogs Live?
The breed is found only in Africa. Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia have the most viable populations.
It frequents savannahs and lightly wooded areas. Some packs are found in tropical rainforest areas. Packs have very large territories with low population densities.
The painted dog is tall and lean, weighing between 18 and 36 kilograms and measuring about 75 centimetres at the shoulder. It has a total length of 105 to 186cm of which 30 to 45cm is tail. Those animals found in eastern or western Africa are typically smaller than those in southern Africa. Males are slightly larger than females.
The ears are very large and rounded and the animal has highly developed senses of sight, small and hearing.Credit: Wikimedia
The coat is irregularly mottled with red, brown, white, black and yellow fur. Each individual has unique markings but the muzzles are black and the tail white.
The premolars are relatively large and it is able to consume large quantities of bone, sharing this trait with the hyena. After the Tasmanian devil, a marsupial carnivore, the African painted dog has the highest bite force quotient of any mammal of the Carnivora order. The bite force quotient (BFQ) measures the strength of the bite relative to the mass of the animal.
They are the only dog with four toes on the front feet. The front feet are devoid of dewclaws. The African painted dog can travel up to 6 kilometres maintaining a speed of up to 60 kph. For short bursts it can reach 70 kph. The lifespan is believed to be about 9 years.
Packs of 100 animals used to be common but nowadays packs vary between 10 and 20 dogs. Less than six and the group is not viable.
Packs separate into male and female hierarchies. Dominance is generally established by submission rather than fighting. The loss, even if temporary, of a group member through injury could leave the group in danger of being unable to provide food for all the members.
The dogs rarely drink, gaining most of their water from their prey. They are good swimmers and will scavenge if the opportunity arises. They are most active early morning and late evening. Social interaction is common either by touch, actions or vocalisations.
African painted dogs hunt in organised packs, pursuing its prey in a long, open chase. Ninety percent of these hunts end in a kill whereas the success rate of lions is only 30%. Large prey are often killed by disembowelling. Pack movements are coordinated by bird-like chirpings and squeakings. After a successful hunt, meat is regurgitated back at the den for those who stayed behind. Sick, weak or injured animals remain at the den and protect any pups which may have born.
The main prey varies but medium to large sized ungulates are most favoured. Impala, gazelle, reedbuck, kudu and springbok are common prey and wildebeest calves may form a large part of the diet, which varies from region to region depending on what is available and plentiful.
A particularly successful pack will tackle zebras and warthogs. The group will stampede the herd with one dog attempting to grab the tail of the victim. Another goes for the muzzle while the rest attempt to disembowel the victim. It will occasionally hunt large birds such as ostriches. It sometimes loses its kill to other larger predators such as lions. Although hyenas are larger and stronger than painted dogs, a large group will intimidate a small group of hyenas because of their superior tactical coordination.
The African painted dog reproduces throughout the year with peaks during the second half of the rainy season (March to June). The copulatory tie common in most canids is very brief or absent in this animal, possibly because of the danger of predators. Around ten pups is the most common litter size but can range from 2 to 19. Gestation appears to last about 70 days with one litter a year unless all the pups die in which case another litter may be born within six months.
Dens abandoned by other animals are often used for by painted dogs. At ten weeks, the young are weaned and they begin to run with the pack at three months. They will be 12 to 14 months before they are proficient hunters. Sexual maturity is reached between 12 and 18 months.
Contrary to most social mammals, males stay with their family pack and females leave at 14 to 30 months to join other packs. Typically males outnumber females by two to one and only the dominant female is likely to raise a litter. Females compete for males and both help raise the pups. Another uncommon practice is that of leaving some adults behind to protect the pups while the others go off to hunt.
Threats include predators such as lions and hyenas, introduced diseases such as distemper, parvovirus and rabies, habitat loss and road deaths. The small size of most groups makes them vulnerable to local extinction if a disease gets hold in a group.
The Painted Dog Conservation (PDC) effort is based in Hwange National Park in western Zimbabwe and works with local communities in an attempt to conserve the African painted dog and its habitat.
Taronga Western Plains Zoo has a family of African painted dogs as does San Diego, Philadelphia, Houston, Hamilton Zoo, New Zealand, and others.
Very recently, Perth Zoo, Western Australia, welcomed another nine African Painted pups into its population. The four male and five female pups were born to seven-year-old Mara who is part of an Australasian breeding program for endangered species. This is the third and largest litter to be born at the zoo since 2005. With an estimated less than 3000 African Painted Dogs left in the wild, this latest litter is a great bonus for the species.
This species is obviously on the endangered list but at least they are reproducing well in captivity.


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Unwanted erosion can be a big problem. There are various ways to control and prevent erosion. This blog will discuss using plants as part of the solution and resources you can use to find out which plants are suitable for your situation. Left unchecked you could end up with your house in your garden, your garden in your house, or both at the bottom of a hill! Planting Options for Erosion Prevention In order to know what to plant to prevent slope or bank erosion, you need to first assess your site. Depending on your project this may require the involvement of suitable engineers or consultants. For smaller, less critical situations you may be able to do this yourself. The type of ground, gradient, aspect and exposure will all have to be considered as part … [Read more...]
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Outside the hunting lodge, the brother pack their things. Sam tells Dean he's been thinking and then wonders aloud, "Why would this demon, or whatever it was, kill Mom, and Jessica, and Max's mom. What does it want?" Sam, surprisingly enough, thinks the demon was after Max and him. He explains, "Either telekinesis or premonitions, we both have abilities. Maybe it was after us for some reason." Dean misapprehends Sam's point as being somehow motivated by guilt rather than extreme narcissism, and reassures him, "If it wanted you, it would've taken you. This is not your fault. It's not about you. It's about that thing that did this to our family."
Sam keeps prancing to the beat of his own drum, though, confessing that he was able to move the china cabinet with his mind. Dean pauses, "Oh…right…" and then grabs a spoon and tells him to bend it. Sam tells him that he can't turn the power on and off and Dean rather simplistically demands, "Well, how'd you do it?" Sam doesn't know, but says that when he saw Dean die, "It just came out of me like a punch. You know, like a freak adrenaline thing." Dean goes back to packing, obviously rattled, but insisting that "it won't happen again." Even though I think Sam is a whiner, this scene is pretty good, with both brothers trying to deal with Sam's new freak status the only way they know how: Dean by clenching and denying, Sam by whinging and complaining. Sam asks Dean why he isn't worried that he'll end up like Max, but Dean continues rolling his clothes to pack in his duffel like a true traveller, and reminds Sam that he has "one advantage that Max didn't have." Sam asks, "Dad? Dad's not here, Dean," delivering that line the same way he always does. Close-up of Dean. "No" -- smirk -- "me. As long as I'm around, nothing bad is going to happen to you." Close-up of Sam looking slightly relieved, and very young. Awww. Dean lightens the mood by approaching Sam: "I know what we need to do about your premonitions. I know where we have to go. Vegas." Grin. Guitar licks of brotherly exasperation. Sam heads out to the car in front of Dean while Dean keeps quipping about cleaning up at the craps table. But as Dean shuts the door behind him, we get a close-up of his face, which belies the mirth in his voice. He's worried about little Sammy.


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Austin is the ideal place to enjoy a long weekend. If you're wondering how to spend 3 days in Austin, Texas, you'll find that there's way too much to see and do, from shopping on funky South Congress Avenue to stand-up paddleboarding on Lady Bird Lake and seeing live music in one of the many clubs around town. Get ready for three jam-packed days of fun!
Here are some of the best things to do in Austin this weekend.
Sunset Bat Cruises on Lady Bird Lake, credit Geoff Duncan.
Explore downtown with a Walking Tour from the Austin Visitor Center. Pick your own starting time and place – your guide will tailor a tour to suit your interests – or join a guided tour. For the ultimate Austin music tour, visit Austin City Limits (ACL) Live and get a behind-the-scenes look at The Moody Theater, where the famed Austin City Limits television show is taped. Or join in the Austin Live Music Crawl with Austin Detours, led by a local musician who will take you off the beaten tourist path. Discover hidden gem music venues tucked into neighborhoods and see 2-3 shows in a three-hour tour span.
Grab a quick lunch at the food trucks in east Austin. Local favorites here include Northern Thai street food from DEE DEE, savory smoked meats from Micklethwait or flavorful vegan fare from Arlo's at The Grackle.
Allens Boots. Courtesy Contiki.
Next, take a shopping stroll along South Congress Avenue, known for its funky stores and chic boutiques. Check out the kicks at Allens Boots, one-of-a-kind jewelry and clothing by local artisans at Parts & Labour, bulk penny candies at Big Top Candy Shop and wild costumes at Lucy in Disguise With Diamonds.
Keep caffeinated with an iced Turbo from Jo's Coffee and snap a souvenir selfie with the "I love you so much" mural painted on the coffee bar's wall. Other weird and wonderful murals that make great photo ops include the iconic "Greetings from Austin" mural in the South Austin neighborhood and the silly "You're My Butter Half" in East Austin.
Or head out for a craft cocktail at The Hightower, which offers a daily happy hour. In the West Sixth area, toast the man in black at the divey Mean Eyed Cat, a Johnny Cash-themed bar that has a happy hour Mon.-Fri.
Once the sun begins to set, line up on the Congress Avenue Bridge to witness a staggering 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats fly into the night sky from beneath the bridge, which takes place nightly from spring through fall. Grab a spot among the crowds on the bridge's sidewalk or take to the water with Lone Star Cruises or Capital Cruises, which will put you right in the middle of the action on Lady Bird Lake for an unbeatable view of Austin's unofficial mascots.
Guero's Taco Bar. Credit Richard Casteel.
For dinner, circle back to South Congress for homemade Mexican dishes (with made-from-scratch tortillas and mole) and icy hand-shaken margaritas at Güero's Taco Bar. Its Oak Garden features live music Wed.-Sun. nights.
Start your day with brunch, but make it an all-afternoon affair at the new location of Easy Tiger Bake Shop & Beer Garden at The Linc. Pair your corned beef-and-potato hash with a mimosa in the sprawling 150-seat beer garden sporting an outdoor stage, then take a swing at one of the ping-pong tables after your meal. Or, nab a patio seat at the chic Launderette, serving an eclectic brunch menu that includes everything from Tandoori chicken salad to a fried egg BLT with avocado and pimento cheese. Don't miss the pastry of the day from acclaimed Executive Pastry Chef Laura Sawicki.
Texas State Capitol. Courtesy of the Texas State Preservation Board.
Explore the Texas State Capitol Complex at the Texas Capitol Visitors Center. Housed in the renovated 1857 General Land Office Building that was originally used to store state land records, the Center features fascinating exhibits on the history of Texas and offers free guided tours of the Texas State Capitol.
Within the East Sixth Street National Register Historic District, you'll find the Brush Square Museums, a trio of free must-see museums. The Susanna Dickinson Museum is the stone home of the only Anglo adult survivor of the Battle of the Alamo; the O. Henry Museum is the quaint, Victorian-style former residence of the famed short story writer; and the Austin Fire Museum is housed in the still active Fire Station #1, built in 1939.
For lunch, the LeRoy and Lewis food truck offers a creative take on barbecue, with meats sliced to order and sides like the yummy pumpkin gooey butter cake. Need a caffeine pick-me-up? Grab an espresso at the neighboring Cosmic Coffee.
LBJ Presidential Library. Credit Jay Godwin.
The University of Texas at Austin is home to an impressive collection of museums. The Blanton Museum of Art is one of the country's leading university art museums, with works by Mark Rothko and Thomas Hart Benton; the Harry Ransom Center houses cultural archives that include the Watergate papers; and the LBJ Presidential Library features inspiring exhibits on President Lyndon Baines Johnson and his beloved wife, Lady Bird Johnson.
Spring is prime time for patio dining. For dinner, sample the Italian specialties beneath an ancient oak tree on Olive & June's patio. Or throw back some freshly shucked oysters al fresco at Perla's Seafood and Oyster Bar.
After dinner, do some two-stepping at Broken Spoke, an old-fashioned honky-tonk that's been known as one of the best dancehalls in Texas since opening in 1964. Pull on your boots and join in one of the dance lessons offered Wed.-Sat. nights. Or get in on the boot-scootin' at The White Horse, Austin's legendary honky-tonk boasting live country jams and some of the best two-steppers around.
The Mohawk. Credit Dave Mead.
Head to the Red River Cultural District to hear live music and hang in eclectic bars. See a live show or join in a themed dance party at Cheer Up Charlies, a lesbian-owned bar and music venue that showcases a diverse range of acts. Sip a Kombucha served on tap in the charming backyard sheltered by a pink parachute canopy. Or catch famous up-and-coming bands at Mohawk and Empire Control Room & Garage.
Start the day at the Veracruz All Natural food truck parked at the popular Radio Coffee & Beer. Veracruz is famous for its migas stuffed with eggs, tortilla chips, avocado, pico de gallo and Monterey jack cheese.
Take a jog on the leafy 10-mile Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail at Lady Bird Lake, which winds along shimmering waters and has picturesque views of Austin's skyline. Rent a kayak or stand-up paddleboard at Congress Avenue Kayaks, SUP ATX or Zilker Park Boat Rentals to explore the glittering waters of Lady Bird Lake, all while getting a body-toning workout.
Get a java jolt at Houndstooth Coffee downtown, where the baristas push boundaries with exclusive concoctions like the frozen Japanese iced coffee.
Barton Springs Pool.
Next, check out Zilker Park, a 360-acre oasis in the heart of downtown that's the site of festivals and free music at Zilker Hillside Theater, plus it's home to Zilker Botanical Garden, Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum and Barton Springs Pool, a spring-fed swimming spot with grassy hills for sunbathing.
Make it a boozy afternoon and pull up a chair in the taproom of urban winery Infinite Monkey Theorem for a flight of Texas-made wine. Or head to Duchman Family Winery in Driftwood (just a half-hour drive out of Austin), where you can take a tour and sample wines in a lovely Italianate villa, including Duchman's award-winning Vermentino. Stop in the North Austin warehouse and taproom of Austin Beerworks, where weekend tastings feel more like a backyard barbecue, with live music and bites from local food trucks. Whiskey lovers will want to check out Still Austin Whiskey Co., a true grain-to-glass distillery where everything from mashing to barreling and bottling is done in-house. Take a 30-minute tour to see how Still Austin's whiskey is made, then enjoy it straight up or in a cocktail best sipped in the whiskey garden.
Rainey Street bars. Credit Geoff Duncan.
Have dinner and drinks on Rainey Street, a charming block of residential bungalows transformed into trendy eateries and bars. Sample the small plates at the award-winning Emmer & Rye, and stop in for an expertly made martini at Clive Bar. Be sure to check out Anthem, which bills itself as a Tex-Asian pub (with tiki drinks!). And stop in to Banger's Sausage House & Beer Garden, which is home to a huge outdoor tap wall, a lively beer garden and a smokehouse equipped for whole hog barbecues.
View more itinerary ideas and plan your perfect Austin stay today.


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I was cycling in this morning, as you do, when this big limosine turns up flanked by police motorcycles. They stopped right in front of me and made me stop as well. So, I knocked on the window to tell the person inside what I thought of this and he wound down the window.
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I thought I'd give him a piece of my mind so I said to him, "Jaques", well we're on first name terms you see, I said "Jaques, what do you think you're doing holding me up in the morning? You world leaders are all the bloody same, going around causing traffic jams without a thought for anyone else."
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Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2000: Economic and financial monitoring and surveillance
The world economy exhibited several welcome developments in 1999, including continued strong growth in the United States, tentative recovery in Japan, some increase in activity in the European Union and a robust recovery in the Asian economies hit by the recent crisis. These developments combined to raise global growth estimates by almost one percentage point more than the pace forecast at the beginning of 1999.
Led by the strong recovery in the crisis economies, the developing economies of the ESCAP region achieved growth of 5.5 per cent in 1999 in sharp contrast to nearly zero per cent in 1998. Growth at over 6 per cent is projected for 2000. The improved performance was shared by all the subregions with the exception of South and South-West Asia. Fourteen out of 25 developing economies in the region achieved higher growth in 1999 than in 1998.
The two principal contributory factors were fiscal stimulus and a much stronger export performance. Overall, 16 developing economies recorded higher growth in merchandise exports in 1999 than in 1998. Fiscal stimulus and larger exports helped to increase capacity utilization and contained the rise in unemployment. Business and household confidence were also boosted. This was reflected in rising stock markets, stable exchange rates and moderate recovery of external capital inflows.
The crisis in the region in 1997 exposed the inadequacies in providing vulnerable sections of society with social protection against contingencies such as involuntary unemployment. Large sections of the population of developing countries in the region, especially in the unorganized sector, remain virtually excluded from any form of social security. The expansion of appropriately designed and financially viable social security and safety net schemes, involving both the state and the private sector, deserves urgent consideration.
The contagion phenomenon which became apparent during the crisis and the associated economic and social costs have heightened the need for regional and subregional surveillance mechanism to provide early warning of impending crises for all countries in the region. There is considerable scope for enhanced regional cooperation in this crucial area.


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Ryerson University partners its science, engineering strengths with research and clinical expertise at St. Michael's Hospital's to develop innovative health-care solutions
Toronto, January 26, 2016
By Leslie Shepherd
- Is that an ear growing in your lab?
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"Matching Ryerson University's engineering and science strengths with St. Mike's biomedical research and clinical expertise is an exciting partnership. This kind of collaborative spirit makes Ontario stand out in a highly competitive global economy. I know new ideas and discoveries at iBEST and the Biomedical Zone will turn into remarkable health-care products that will lead to better treatments for people in this province and around the globe."
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The Hon. Reza Moridi joined us today to celebrate the formal opening of two arms of a partnership between Ryerson...Posted by St. Michael's Hospital on Tuesday, January 26, 2016
The partnership brings together Ryerson's engineering and science strengths with St. Michael's research and clinical expertise in a new 22,000-square foot state-of-the-art laboratory known as iBEST (the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Science and Technology) where they will test practical ideas that can be brought to the patient bedside quickly.
Adjacent to iBEST is the Biomedical Zone, a 2,000-square-foot "incubator" that specializes in the development and commercialization of biomechanical products and technologies, including software, information technology, wearables, sensors, and medical devices, to care for and treat patients. The Biomedical Zone is built on the model of Ryerson's successful DMZ (formerly the Digital Media Zone), the No. 3 ranked business incubator in North America.
Perched atop the hospital's Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, both iBest and the Biomedical Zone were designed as open-concept work spaces, to facilitate brainstorming and sharing of ideas among people from different fields.
"Proximity breeds collaboration," said Dr. Ori Rotstein, surgeon-in-chief at St. Michael's and a co-director of iBEST. "When you put scientists, clinicians and engineers in a room, you can come up with new approaches that will allow us to make advances in technology that we can bring to the patient bedside and improve patient care."
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- Biomedical imaging at the cellular and tissue level aimed at obtaining rapid diagnosis, providing real-time feedback during surgery and permitting targeted therapies for specific diseases.
- Using and creating tools that improve our understanding of massive amounts of health-care data.
"Partnerships with outstanding institutions such as St. Michael's Hospital demonstrate Ryerson's commitment to engaging with the city, creating exceptional experiences for our students and researchers, and fostering an innovation ecosystem," said Mohamed Lachemi, interim president of Ryerson University. "Through initiatives like iBEST and the Biomedical Zone, Ryerson is building a new path for post-secondary education that is creating jobs, enabling social change and generating long-term economic growth."
The Biomedical Zone is an incubator for early stage health-care companies. Dr. Linda Maxwell, the zone's founding and managing director, said it would support entrepreneurs, students, clinicians and other innovative thinkers as they develop products and solutions to today's global health-care challenges, taking them from inception to the seed funding stage..
"The ethos of the Biomedical Zone is to cultivate enterprises developing innovation that will help the patients who really need it, while addressing reduction of healthcare costs and delivery of high quality care," said Dr. Maxwell, an ear, nose and throat surgeon, who did some of her training at St. Michael's.
Unlike other incubators, the Biomedical Zone provides a combination of business and clinical development and support, tailored to the needs of the inventors and entrepreneurs. The other differentiator, Dr. Maxwell said, is its location on a hospital campus and true equal partnership between Ryerson, a university with a strong reputation for technology and engineering, and St. Michael's Hospital, an acute care, downtown urban hospital – two very different, but synergistic partners.
Some of the current ventures in the Biomedical Zone include companies exploring assistive devices for the mobility impaired, improved sanitization for portable healthcare electronics, advanced sensors that allows the medical team to control their operating room computers while scrubbed for surgery using simple hand gestures and high-fidelity procedure-specific surgical simulators that allow trainees to practice surgical procedures before operating on live patients.
About St. Michael's Hospital
St. Michael's Hospital provides compassionate care to all who enter its doors. The hospital also provides outstanding medical education to future health care professionals in 27 academic disciplines. Critical care and trauma, heart disease, neurosurgery, diabetes, cancer care, care of the homeless and global health are among the hospital's recognized areas of expertise. Through the Keenan Research Centre and the Li Ka Shing International Healthcare Education Centre, which make up the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, research and education at St. Michael's Hospital are recognized and make an impact around the world. Founded in 1892, the hospital is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto.
About Ryerson University
Ryerson University is Canada's leader in innovative, career-oriented education and a university clearly on the move. With a mission to serve societal need, and a long-standing commitment to engaging its community, Ryerson offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs. Distinctly urban, culturally diverse and inclusive, the university is home to more than 28,000 students, including 2,300 master's and PhD students, nearly 2,700 faculty and staff, and 140,000 alumni worldwide. Research at Ryerson is on a trajectory of success and growth: externally funded research has doubled in the past five years. The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education is Canada's leading provider of university-based adult education. For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca
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The IRS has released on its website a number of draft tax forms and instructions for the 2017 tax year, including Form 1040 and its related schedules.
This article highlights key changes made on the 2017 return, specifically to the draft Form 1040 itself. A follow-up article will cover related draft forms and schedules.
Form 1040—Items that are not specific to specific lines on the form
Due date: The Form 1040's due date is Apr. 17, 2018.
Mailing address: Residents of Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and West Virginia who mail their return will need to mail it to a different address this year. Mailing addresses are listed at "Where Do You File?" in the Form 1040 instructions.
Form 1040—Gross Income
Line 21. Other income: The exclusion from gross income where "qualified principal residence indebtedness" is discharged only applies to discharges that took place before Jan. 1, 2017 or were subject to an arrangement that was entered into and evidenced in writing before Jan. 1, 2017. As a result, unless Congress extends this provision, most discharge of "qualified principal residence indebtedness" in 2017 will not be excluded from gross income.
Form 1040—Adjusted Gross Income
Line 26. Moving expenses: The 2017 standard mileage rate for moving expenses is 17 cents per mile.
Line 32. IRA deduction: In general, an individual who isn't an active participant in certain employer-sponsored retirement plans, and whose spouse isn't an active participant, may make an annual deductible cash contribution to an IRA up to the lesser of:
1. A statutory dollar limit, or
2. 100 percent of the compensation that's includible in his gross income for that year.
For 2017, the statutory dollar limit is $5,500, plus an additional $1,000 for those ages 50 or older. If an individual (or their spouse) is an active plan participant, the deduction phases out over a specified dollar range of modified AGI (MAGI). For 2017, a taxpayer may be able to take an IRA deduction if he was covered by a retirement plan and his 2017 MAGI is less than $72,000 ($119,000 if married filing jointly or qualifying widow(er)). If the taxpayer's spouse was covered by a retirement plan, but the taxpayer was not, he or she may be able to take an IRA deduction if 2017 MAGI is less than $196,000.
Line 34. Reserved for future use: In prior years, line 34 was called "Tuition and fees." Unless Congress acts to extend it, the tuition and fees deduction has expired. Line 34 is now shown as "Reserved for future use" in case Congress extends the tuition and fees deduction for 2017.
Line 35. Domestic production activities deduction: The domestic production activities deduction (DPAD) is allowed for various trade or business activities conducted in the U.S. Unless Congress acts to extend it, the rule that allowed Puerto Rico to be considered part of the U.S. for purposes of the DPAD expired effective Dec. 31, 2016.
Form 1040—Tax and Credits
Line 40. Itemized deductions or standard deduction: For 2017, the standard deduction is $6,350 for single filers and for married persons filing separately, $12,700 for joint filers and qualifying widow(er)s, and $9,350 for heads of household.
Line 42. Exemptions: The amount for each exemption for 2017 is $4,050. Exemptions are reduced for taxpayers with AGIs in excess of the "applicable amount" ($313,800 for joint filers or a surviving spouse, $287,650 for a head of household, $261,500 for a single individual who isn't a surviving spouse, and $156,900 for marrieds filing separately).
Line 45. Alternative minimum tax: Under Code Sec. 55(d), the alternative minimum tax exemption amount for 2017 is $54,300 ($84,500 if married filing jointly or a qualifying widow(er); $42,250 if married filing separately). The AMT exemption amount is reduced if alternative minimum taxable income is above statutorily-defined amounts that depend upon filing status.
Line 50. Education credits from Form 8863: In order to claim the American Opportunity Tax Credit, a taxpayer must provide the educational institution's employer identification number on Form 8863. A taxpayer should be able to obtain this information from Form 1098-T (Tuition Statement) or the educational institution.
Line 53. Residential energy credit: As of the time this article was written, the residential energy credit had expired and thus, unless legislation is enacted to extend the credit, no entry should be made on this line.
Line 54. Other credits: For 2017, the maximum adoption credit is $13,570 per eligible child for both non-special needs adoptions and special needs adoptions. The amount begins to phase out if modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) is in excess of $203,540 and is completely phased out if MAGI is $243,540 or more.
A large series of energy credits expired at the end of 2016 and thus are not available for 2017 unless Congress takes action. Included among those credits are the credit for certain nonbusiness energy property under Code Sec. 25C(g); the qualified fuel cell motor vehicle credit under Code Sec. 30B(k)(1); and the alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit under Code Sec. 30C(g).
Form 1040—Other Taxes
Line 57. Self-employment tax: The maximum amount of self-employment income subject to FICA tax is $127,200; there is no ceiling on Medicare wage base.
Individuals may use the farm optional method only if
a. Their gross farm income was not more than $7,560 or
b. Their net farm profits were less than $5,631.
Using this method, farm self-employment earnings equals the smaller of
1. Two-thirds of gross farm income, or
2. $5,200.
Individuals may use the nonfarm optional method only if
a. Their net nonfarm profits were less than $5,631 and also less than 72.189 percent of their gross nonfarm income and
b. They had net earnings from self-employment of at least $400 in two of the prior three years.
Individuals may compute their self-employment earnings as the smaller of two-thirds of gross nonfarm income or $5,200.
A self-employed individual with both farm and nonfarm incomes is allowed to use both optional computation methods if the farm income qualifies for the farm optional method and the nonfarm income qualifies for the nonfarm optional method. If both optional methods are used to compute net earnings from self-employment, the maximum combined total net earnings from self-employment for any tax year can't be more than $5,200.
Line 61. Health care, individual responsibility: As was the case in 2016, taxpayers must either:
• Indicate on line 61 that they, their spouse (if filing jointly) and their dependents had health care coverage throughout 2017;
• Claim an exemption from the health care coverage requirement for some or all of 2017 and attach Form 8965; or
• Make a "shared responsibility payment" if, for any month in 2017, they, their spouse (if filing jointly) or their dependents did not have coverage and do not qualify for a coverage exemption.
And, the monthly shared responsibility payment amount is also the same as it was for 2016. For 2017, it is lesser of
i. The sum of the monthly penalty amounts for months in the tax year during which one or more failures occurs, or
ii. The sum of the monthly national average bronze plan premiums for the plan.
The monthly penalty amount is equal to 1/12 of the greater of $695 per family member (up to a ceiling of $2,085) or 2.5% of the amount by which the taxpayer's household income exceeds the filing threshold.
Form 1040—Payments and Refunds
Line 66. Earned income credit: A taxpayer who has a qualifying child for the EIC, where that child is claimed as a qualifying child by another taxpayer, may be able to qualify for the EIC under the rules for taxpayers without a qualifying child.
Line 71. Excess social security and RRTA tax withheld: The maximum Social Security (OASDI) tax for 2017 is $7,886.40 (computed on the first $127,200 of wages) for purposes of this credit for excess tax withheld.
Line 73. Credits: Line 73, box b is labeled as "Reserved". The draft instructions contain no information on this box. The final version of 2016 Form 1040 also had this box labeled as "Reserved."


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This powerfully affecting self-initiated animated project from 2veinte pays tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide.
"In this special year 2015, we did this 3 minute animation for the centenary of the Armenian Genocide. The Turkish government denies to the date that the genocide took place. It has passed a hundred years, today April 24th, and we`ll keep on fighting till recognition. This is a small tribute to the 1,500,000 victims." - Pablo Gostanian 2veinte Dir.


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Call of Duty: World at War was a great game, even though it tread where so many other FPSs had gone before. The finest part of this title, though, was arguably the unlockable co-op "Nazi Zombies" mode that pit players against, well, Nazi zombies. Now, we get to take the best part of World at War on the go with us, but the game is a bit too pricey for the amount of content it contains.
Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies puts players in extremely familiar territory: you have to defend a bunker against the undead hordes trying to invade. The bunker defense is based on the "Nacht der Untoten" map and uses the standard controls for an iPhone action/shooter game (a virtual thumbstick controls movement, the camera is tweaked by dragging the finger across the screen, and firing/zooming in is handled with some virtual buttons), so anyone who's looking for a brand new zombie-killing experience isn't going to be too amazed. That said, the gameplay mechanics are solid and easy to get the hang of, and running around the map to kill zombies and repair/place barriers over entrances will keep you busy.
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That's the main problem with the game: it doesn't offer anything new, and what it does offer isn't much. There's only one level, which is pretty cramped. Needless to say, it gets a bit boring after a while, in spite of the fast-paced nature of the game. However, things get much more enjoyable if you engage in an online multiplayer game, so long as there's access to a WiFi internet connection; Zombies gives players the option to either join or host a private match, or you can utilize the game's matchmaking system to enter into a quick online session with up to four players. A couple of quick online matches were certainly fun, but the problem is still that there aren't any other maps to play through.
The other major strength with Zombies is that it has some stunning production values. The 3D graphics look great, particularly the zombies, and the framerate never slowed down dramatically when I was playing. Meanwhile, the audio is also excellent; if you use headphones, the sounds are extremely unsettling and creepy. The problem with this, though, is that it's just a lot of gravy that doesn't do a good job of hiding the miniscule amount of meat underneath.
Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies could have been a fantastic game for its price if it had been released with a few more maps to play through. Heck, it could still be a ton of fun if some free content is released in the near future. Unfortunately, though, an in-game screen reveals that more content will be available for purchase. This is a mildly bitter pill to swallow since this game already costs $9.99 for some rather anemic content. In spite of the strong gameplay and excellent production values, there just isn't enough here yet to recommend buying it unless you happen to be absolutely addicted to killing zombies whenever you can.


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Cohort, Period, and Aging Effects A Qualitative Study of Older Women's Reasons for Remaining in Abusive Relationships
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To understand women's reasons for continuing long-term abusive relationships, inter-views were conducted with 36 women who were over the age of 55. These women matured during times of sweeping social changes with the feminist, battered women's, and elder abuse movements. Reasons for remaining were organized into three categories: cohort, period, and aging effects. Cohort effects included reasons similar to those of younger women such as lacking education or job skills. Period effects related to efforts to seek help early in the abusive relationship and receiving little assistance from society's social institutions. Finally, aging effects dealt with how the health challenges of physical age limited options.
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Zink, T. M.,
Regan, S. L.,
Jacobson, C. J.,
& Pabst, S.
(2003). Cohort, Period, and Aging Effects A Qualitative Study of Older Women's Reasons for Remaining in Abusive Relationships. Violence Against Women, 9 (12), 1429-1441.


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Something weird is happening inside the offices of representatives Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D-Sitka) and Zack Fields (D-Anchorage), and no one, so far, has a good idea where it's coming from.
On April 1, Gov. Mike Dunleavy tweeted, "Where is the AK House on the crime bills and constitutional amendments? Nothing more important to all Alaskans than the crime bills and the constitutional amendments. Why aren't these key pieces of legislation moving ? The people are watching. Elections matter."
Dunleavy was referencing a package of crime reform bills and three proposed constitutional amendments; the latter dealing with the Permanent Fund Dividend, a spending cap, and a requirement that any future changes in taxation be approved by a vote of the people.
The crime bills are currently awaiting action in Senate Finance.
The proposed amendments are winding their way through both chambers of the legislature. In the Senate, all three have joined the crime bills in Senate Finance after clearing both the Judiciary and State Affairs committees.
Their companion bills — House Joint Resolutions 5, 6, and 7 — are in the House State Affairs Committee.
Beginning at roughly the same time as the April 1 tweet, calls started coming in to Fields's and Kreiss-Tomkins's offices.
A staffer from Fields's office, who spoke to AKLedger on condition of anonymity, said about 20 calls overall trickled in at a pace of one or two per hour over the next few days. The callers had been contacted by a woman identifying herself as an employee in the governor's office who urged them to tell members of the House State Affairs committee to hold hearings on the constitutional amendments. They were then held on the line while she transferred the call — which she initiated — to the legislative offices.
"They would be called from someone who said they worked for the office of the governor, they got a quick sales pitch, and then they were transferred to our office line," Fields's staffer said. "And it was a lot of senior citizens. What was very notable was they weren't supportive of the governor's position on PFDs. They were confused. They weren't necessarily people who supported the governor. A lot of them were in support of the House budget as long as it meant no severe budget cuts."
About a third of the callers barely knew what the amendments were addressing or what they were supposed to talk about once someone in the legislators' offices picked up.
"Whatever list they've been calling from is not targeted at all," Fields's staffer added. "They were being transferred directly."
Matt Shuckerow, Dunleavy's press secretary, did not respond to inquiry.
The calls petered out after a few days, but picked up again this week. This time, the referrals came from a named source: Americans for Prosperity-Alaska, the state chapter of the libertarian/conservative public advocacy group created and funded by the Koch brothers.
AFP is one of the most influential conservative groups in the United States – one of 15 groups that accounted for a full three-quarters of all anonymous money dumped into political campaigns since the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United (2010).
Dunleavy partnered with AFP in March when he traveled the state to promote his proposed budget. One of the requirements to gain entry to the "roadshow" events was registration with AFP.
The focus of the new round of calls has, again, centered around urging the House State Affairs Committee to hold hearings on Dunleavy's proposed constitutional amendments. This time, none of the callers were transferred directly and appear to be responding to text messages.
One reader sent an example:
The number is a Dallas, Texas area code. When dialed Thursday evening, it was no longer a working number.
Its existence in the first place is an interesting juxtaposition with Dunleavy's dismissal of protests outside of his roadshow events, where he dismissed the presence of thousands of people across the state as "folks that are associated with special interests, that that's their job, they're going to tell you what their group wants."
"The text messages are new. Again, they're very confused," Fields's staffer told AKLedger. "It's not a phone bank, where you'd think you'd have five or six people on the other end. They're literally just coming in in ones and twos at most. We might get five an hour and then they're done for the day. It doesn't seem to be targeted or planned very well."
In other words, the calls have been conspicuously sporadic and not congruous with public comment offered on controversial topics in previous years.
The House State Affairs Committee has also been inundated by over 300 voicemail-via-email messages this week; .mp3 files embedded in emails with attached partial transcriptions. Lawmakers are still trying to figure out how to incorporate those into the public record.
But AFP's scattershot approach to data collecting has been a double-edged sword, just as the calls that claimed to be coming from within the governor's office.
"I just started laughing, because we have had people call and say, 'You know, I got this call and I told them I opposed these amendments and I will call Rep. Kreiss-Tomkins and tell him to keep up the good work,'" Fields's staffer said. "So, they are calling people who are completely opposed to the governor's agenda and urging them to call into us. We've had folks who aren't even our constituents calling in and then asking us to oppose the amendments."
"Most of these voicemails I'm getting are not from my district. If you all would like 150 voicemails from people from Washington and California, I'm sure there are Outside groups that can arrange that. So, I hope this message is taken back to the governor's office," Kreiss-Tomkins said before he closed out the House State Affairs hearing on HJR7. "You also might be interested to know a good portion of them – perhaps half of them – are asking for an income tax. So, whatever is at work is not very effective, so I hope that message is delivered."
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Minecraft an open-world game that promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving in an immersive environment where the only limit is your imagination.
Mods are add-ons allow changes Minecraft's game content from what it originally was. With Mods you can make your own world within Minecraft by programming a whole new set of rules and situations!
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The Liquipack mod adds a backpack to Minecraft that holds either water or lava right on your back. It comes in 3 different tiers from small to large that contain 10000mb, 20000mb, or 30000mb of liquid. It's a great way to carry a great amount of liquid without taking up a significant amount of inventory space.
After you craft a Liquipack you'll need to craft the Liquipack Workbench to add tanks to the pack. It can hold up to 4 tanks and you can vary the sizes stored in the pack.
There are a few ways to add liquid to the pack. You can hit the 'L' key to open up the pack's GUI to manually add water or lava via bucket. Just select which tank you want and load a full bucket in the left slot to add liquid. You can add an empty bucket in the same slot to remove liquid as well.
Another option is to create the Liquipack bucket. It will either empty or fill your tank(s) depending on how you set it. Shift+right-click while holding the bucket and you can select either to drain or fill and which tank to do so from. Then you can right-click the bucket where you want to add water/lava or on whatever liquid you want added to the selected tank.
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- Install the version of Forge that corresponds with the mod (http://files.minecraftforge.net/ Choose the installer version of Forge)
- Download the Mod
- Drop the entire zipped file into your mods folder (Search %appdata% on your PC then go into .minecraft, then mods(create this folder if it is not there))
- Open Minecraft and make sure your profile is set to Forge
- Play!
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Created for professionals who require a robust, yet highly mobile computing solution, the Sahara Slate PC® i400 series of Tablet PCs combine power, mobile convenience and operational flexibility into a sleek, lightweight, "carry-everywhere" design.
Picking up where our previous generation of the Sahara Slate PC Tablet PCs left off, the three models in the Sahara Slate PC i400 series are made for highly demanding vertical markets which place an emphasis on productivity and speed - such as retail, hospitality (including hotels, restaurants, and casino operations), warehousing, control systems and healthcare.
Unlike most other computer companies' Tablet PC offerings, Tablet PCs from TabletKiosk are true slate style tablets, meaning they don't add the bulk or weight of a seperate monitor casing and the traditionally cramped laptop keyboard. Our Tablet PC systems are designed from the ground up to function the way people on-the-move are used to working: with a pen, fingers and even their voice.
The Sahara Slate PC i412T is the entry level touch screen model running with an ultra-low voltage and lower cost Intel® Celeron® M ULV processor. Featuring a wide-angle view, passive resistive touch screen, the Sahara Slate PC i412T is perfect for users interested in running applications that will work with either a pen-like stylus or their fingers. You're not limited to only using your bare fingers like some of our competiters' offerings. The Sahara Slate PC i412T is the cost effective mobile solution that won't limit your options.
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"Day after to-morrow--day after to-morrow," said Old Man Shaw, rubbing his long slender hands together gleefully. "I have to keep saying it over and over, so as to really believe it. It seems far too good to be true that I'm to have Blossom again. And everything is ready. Yes, I think everything is ready, except a bit of cooking. And won't this orchard be a surprise to her! I'm just going to bring her out here as soon as I can, never saying a word. I'll fetch her through the spruce lane, and when we come to the end of the path I'll step back casual-like, and let her go out from under the trees alone, never suspecting. It'll be worth ten times the trouble to see her big, brown eyes open wide and hear her say, 'Oh, daddy! Why, daddy!'"
He rubbed his hands again and laughed softly to himself. He was a tall, bent old man, whose hair was snow white, but whose face was fresh and rosy. His eyes were a boy's eyes, large, blue and merry, and his mouth had never got over a youthful trick of smiling at any provocation--and, oft-times, at no provocation at all.
To be sure, White Sands people would not have given you the most favourable opinion in the world of Old Man Shaw. First and foremost, they would have told you that he was "shiftless," and had let his bit of a farm run out while he pottered with flowers and bugs, or rambled aimlessly about in the woods, or read books along the shore. Perhaps it was true; but the old farm yielded him a living, and further than that Old Man Shaw had no ambition. He was as blithe as a pilgrim on a pathway climbing to the west. He had learned the rare secret that you must take happiness when you find it--that there is no use in marking the place and coming back to it at a more convenient season, because it will not be there then. And it is very easy to be happy if you know, as Old Man Shaw most thoroughly knew, how to find pleasure in little things. He enjoyed life, he had always enjoyed life and helped others to enjoy it; consequently his life was a success, whatever White Sands people might think of it. What if he had not "improved" his farm? There are some people to whom life will never be anything more than a kitchen garden; and there are others to whom it will always be a royal palace with domes and minarets of rainbow fancy.
The orchard of which he was so proud was as yet little more than the substance of things hoped for--a flourishing plantation of young trees which would amount to something later on. Old Man Shaw's house was on the crest of a bare, sunny hill, with a few staunch old firs and spruces behind it--the only trees that could resist the full sweep of the winds that blew bitterly up from the sea at times. Fruit trees would never grow near it, and this had been a great grief to Sara.
"Oh, daddy, if we could just have an orchard!" she had been wont to say wistfully, when other farmhouses in White Sands were smothered whitely in apple bloom. And when she had gone away, and her father had nothing to look forward to save her return, he was determined she should find an orchard when she came back.
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I've misplaced my motivation somewhere between the soft pillows and biweekly Timmies runs.
You gasp and sit up. The alarm on your phone is blaring its obnoxious wake up call, urging you to move your butt out of bed, from beneath the warm, comfortable, soft…..zzzzz…. ARGH, HUH, WHAT???! For a moment, you can't remember why on earth your eyes are open, or what day it is.
Then you remember. It's Monday. You're getting up to exercise. You're supposed to be leaving your haven of blissful dreaming to get changed, go out in the cool air and run/bike/drive to the gym.
You think about the cold side of the pillow (colder than your ex's heart), lay your head down, and promise yourself you're just going to close your eyes for a moment. Just close them to wake them up.
You're startled awake by your alarm. For work (or school, or a coffee date, or some other appointment). Not exercise, because you fell asleep. Again. Ah well, looking on the bright side, there's always tomorrow to start.
Yeah, tomorrow, it'll be different.
Is this you? Is this a struggle you've battled and lost multiple times? (Insert infomercial background music here).
No, sadly, life and exercise cannot be solved by an infomercial. Chris wrote an excellent article (read here) on motivation, pain, athletes, and finding what matters to you and using this as your driving force to live stronger, fitter and as an absolute goal crusher. This is a follow up post.
On that note, most of us, in regard to exercise, fall into one of these categories:
- You've battled the motivation and rocked it. You have this exercise thing figured out, and have no trouble getting out to run/bike/gym/team practice/gallop your horse into the sunrise.
- You have yourself convinced you love exercise, but whenever you start on a health kick, the excitement and determination starts to fade around day 16 and a half. Pick your reason: kids, school, work, the game where teamA beats teamB, that project you promised your significant other you'd start a few months ago, the Martians still needing an update on their water status…
- Or number 3: You don't even know where to start. You hated PE class, and are terrified of the thought of gyms, weights, and fit people in Lululemon attire. You're sure you've read somewhere physical exercise is somehow good for you, but it's so overwhelming you can't think where to begin.
Like Chris said in his article, once you can answer the question of motivation and keep it within view at all times, it becomes easier to get yourself out there.
The second, crucial part of getting yourself out of the starting gate and into the race (towards your fantastically healthy body), is deceivingly simple.
You've probably heard this word. But the people who know things (like Dr. Henk Aarts and colleagues1), define a habit as:
"A form of automaticity in responding, which develops as a person repeats a particular behaviour in stable circumstances."
In other words, when you have a certain environment, and have repeated a specific behaviour over and over and over, the response to the environment becomes automatic.
When you park your car and start to walk away, you press the remote to lock the car. You've done this so many times, that you may catch yourself a few paces later, not being able to remember whether you locked it or not. That's because the behaviour became automatic through repetition.
Back to the morning and pillows.
When you've repeated the behaviour of getting up, changing and heading to the gym enough times, it will become automatic.
It will become easier.
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Hang in there, and check our next blog post about what on earth habit loops are, and what both a man who cannot retain memories for longer than 5 minutes and a chimpanzee can teach us.
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Check out this AWESOME article written by our very own Chris Collins, on how to Plan to Fail.
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1 Aarts, H & Dijksterhuis, A. (2000) Habits as knowledge structures: Automaticity in goal-directed behaviour. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78 (2000), pp. 53-63.


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SM Entertainment To Debut New NCT Unit In Chinese Market
SM Entertainment has big plans for the Chinese market as the new year approaches.
With a new company established in Beijing last December and shareholders in the city, as well as in Shanghai, SMTOWN Beijing has many surprises in store for fans! They currently have 30 trainees working hard in preparation for the Chinese market. NCT unit trainees in particular have recently been seen working on a new show, filming in Shanghai.
The new NCT unit in China is scheduled for debut in early 2017 and will consist of only Chinese members. With restrictions on Korean idols promoting in China, SM Entertainment has been promoting their Chinese-born entertainers, such as Zhou Mi of Super Junior-M and Lay of EXO, to avoid legal problems with the country.
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164 Massachusetts Public Schools Test High For Lead In Water
A large amount of media attention has been given to the drinking water conditions in Flint, Michigan and the high levels of lead found in the municipally-supplied water to residences in that city. In response to the Flint, Michigan story, many cities and states have quietly begun testing their own drinking water supplies for lead levels. Massachusetts was one such state that recently tested for lead levels – specifically, in water supplied to public schools in the state. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts recently reported the findings of their study of 300 public schools, which showed that 164 public schools had drinking water or water used in food preparation with lead levels above permissible regulatory limits of 15 parts per billion.
Since the 1970s, considerable attention has been given to concerns over elevated blood lead levels in children, especially those under the age of six. As a result, the federal government and states enacted regulations regarding the permissible level of lead in drinking water. As the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' recent findings show, though, the potential for exposure to lead particles at higher than permissible levels continues to this day, nearly four decades after significant legislation regarding lead was promulgated.
The most notable target of federal and state regulations regarding lead involved the lead paint industry. Prior to 1978, lead was used as one ingredient in the manufacturing process of paint in the United States. Homes built prior to 1978 likely utilized paint products that contained lead. Over time, the paint products peel, chip, or flake, creating a risk of lead paint ingestion for children. Given that rooms in homes are typically repainted when normal renovations or maintenance is performed, lead paint used in millions of homes built prior to 1978 remained there for decades. As these homes age and the paint naturally wears away, the potential for children to ingest paint chips containing lead increases.
Whenever a child's blood lead levels show elevated lead in the blood, the easiest target for plaintiffs' attorneys are homeowners, property managers, and landlords. This is due in large part to strict laws in many states that hold homeowners and landlords liable for elevated blood lead levels in children (whether the child shows any signs of developmental delay or not) if the child resided in the home and there was lead present in the paint in the home. In Massachusetts alone, there were 3,700 reported cases of elevated blood lead levels in 2015. As the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' recent findings show, looking only to lead paint as the possible cause of elevated blood lead levels is unfair to homeowners and landlords given the number of other potential sources for exposure to lead that a child might have.
Lead particles can be found in numerous other items, including drinking water, soil and sand contaminated from leaded gasoline emissions, toys manufactured overseas, certain candies manufactured in Mexico, crayons, cathode tubes in old televisions and computer monitors, and cosmetics, just to name a few. Lead particles can be ingested by children from all of these potential sources, which can result in elevated blood lead levels. The myth portrayed, however, is that lead paint is the only cause of elevated blood lead levels in children.
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Naomi Campbell was called to testify at the war crimes trial of ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor for getting blood diamonds from him. According to her, she was could care less about a couple of dirty azz stones in a pouch and felt the trial was an "inconvenience" to her. Inconvenience? Tell that to all the people who died for those "dirty stones."
In her testimony during the trial of Charles Taylor, Ms Campbell said she was given two or three stones after a celebrity dinner in South Africa, hosted by former South African President Nelson Mandela and attended by US actress Mia Farrow and others.
She said she was sleeping in her room when there was a knock at the door.
"Two men were there and gave me a pouch and said: 'A gift for you'," she said.
The men did not introduce themselves. She said she put the pouch next to her bed without looking inside it, and went back to sleep.
"I opened the pouch the next morning when I woke up… I saw a few stones in there, they were very small dirty-looking stones," she told the court. There was no explanation and no note, she said.
"The next morning at breakfast I told Ms Farrow and [her former agent Carol White] what had happened and one of the two said 'That's obviously Charles Taylor', and I said 'I guess that was'."
The prosecutor said Ms Campbell was answering questions before they were finished, and asked her if she was nervous.
"No, well, I didn't really want to be here. I was made to be here," she answered.
"So obviously I'm just like wanting to get this over with and get on with my life. This is a big inconvenience for me."
She said she had previously denied having the stones as she feared for her family because Mr Taylor was "someone I read on the internet has killed thousands of people, supposedly".
Mr Taylor, 62, is suspected of selling diamonds to buy weapons for Sierra Leone's RUF rebels, who were notorious for hacking off the hands and legs of civilians during the 1991-2001 civil war.
Well, Blood Diamond Naomi, we bet all of the civilians who got those "dirty stones" for you would applaud your valiant testimony, except… they don't have any d*mn hands! She should call herself the Teflon Don because none of her negative publicity seems to stick.
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Overnight Storms Ending
Gradual clearing this morning
Overnight storms ending with gradual clearing this morning. No severe weather the past several hours but, a number of reports of small hail.
A warm front across IL will make it to the IL/WI border this evening. Winds will be gusty and southeast today allowing temperatures to climb to 56 lakeside and low to mid 60s inland. Skies become partly sunny today.
The warm front will be well into Wisconsin tomorrow. South winds and morning sun will get highs to 80 for most locations. A cool front approaches for Thursday afternoon and triggers a chance for rain and storms mid to late afternoon. The best chances for stronger storms appear to be to our west tomorrow afternoon and evening. We'll look at showers and storms later tomorrow afternoon and night.
Showers will linger into Friday morning with breezy west winds and highs near 70. Clearing skies for Friday morning. For now, Mother's Day weekend looks dry and comfortable. Highs in the low 60s Saturday and mid 60s Sunday. A slight chance for showers later Sunday night.
Looks like we stay in the 60s for highs for most of next week. Send us your weather pics! Ulocal on wisn.com, my Twitter @seversonsally or our Wisconsin Weather Updates Facebook page.