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Financial Managerial Cost Auditing Tax COST MANAGERIAL FINANCIAL AUDITING TAX The Role of Accounting : Fall 2008 Mugan 3/ 45 The Role of Accounting Application of Managerial Accounting : Fall 2008 Mugan 4/ 45 Application of Managerial Accounting Applies to all types of business - Service, Merchandising, and Manufacturing Applies to all forms of business organizations – Proprietorships, Partnerships, and Corporations Applies to not-for-profit as well as profit-oriented companies Accounting and Accountability : Fall 2008 Mugan 5/ 45 Accounting and Accountability Process of identifying, measuring, and communicating economic information to permit informed judgements and decisions by the users of the information (American Accounting Association, 1966) Stewardship function:usually owners and managers are separate Increase shareholders' wealth Financial Accounting Differences and Similarities : Fall 2008 Mugan 6/ 45 Differences and Similarities Both deal with the same accounting data Both managerial and financial accounting deal with economic events of a business Both require that economic events be quantified and communicated to interested parties Financial – external Managerial- internal Determining unit cost - managerial accounting, Reporting Cost of Goods Sold -financial accounting Managerial or Management Accounting : Fall 2008 Mugan 7/ 45 Managerial or Management Accounting Industrial Revolution – more complex production process Cost became important Cost accounting (forerunner of managerial accounting) Cost of an object – product, segment, division First book 1897 – Garcke and Fell – Factory Accounting 20th century – multinationals, and large companies Performance evaluation Budgeting Management accounting term used after Second World War Management or Managerial Accounting : Fall 2008 Mugan 8/ 45 Management or Managerial Accounting Assist managerial decisions Provide timely and accurate information to control costs and to measure and improve productivity; and devise improved production process Accurate costs important for Pricing decisions New product Response to rival products Main activities : Fall 2008 Mugan 9/ 45 Main activities Planning- strategic and operational budgeting Implementing/Directing Generate, analyze and report relevant information Controlling Actual vs budget comparison Analysis and interpretation Feedback Managerial Accounting : Fall 2008 Mugan 10/ 45 Managerial Accounting Process of Identifying Measuring Analyzing Interpreting Communicating information in pursuit of a company's goals Managerial accountants – business partners/consultants in companies Provides information to managers Technology and Managerial Accounting : Fall 2008 Mugan 11/ 45 Technology and Managerial Accounting New techniques created new roles for management accountants New technologies demanded new control techniques Emerging service organizations Teams with people from production, marketing, engineering, etc. More flexible approaches to effective cost controls Managerial Accounting Objectives : Fall 2008 Mugan 12/ 45 Managerial Accounting Objectives Provide information for planning and decision making – be a part of it Assist managers in daily control of operations Motivate the managers and other employees towards the company goals-goal congruence Performance measurement of managers Strategic planning – determine competitive position and long-run success of the company Characteristics : Fall 2008 Mugan 13/ 45 Characteristics Internal – manager oriented Future looking – planning Involves estimates More timely and relevant data necessary Adaptive to changing business environment Cross-functional – brings together production, marketing, managerial accountants and other key personnel Planning : Fall 2008 Mugan 14/ 45 Planning Objectives should be inline with the overall objective of increasing shareholders' wealth E.g. increase sales by 10% in Central Anatolia – objective Planning : Fall 2008 Mugan 15/ 45 Planning Identifyalternatives. Directing : Fall 2008 Mugan 16/ 45 Directing Coordinate diverse activities and human resources Implement planned objectives Provide incentives to motivate employees Hire and train employees including executives, managers, and supervisors Produce smooth-running operation Controlling : Fall 2008 Mugan 17/ 45 Controlling Process of keeping activities on track Determine whether goals are met Decide changes needed to get back on track May use an informal or formal system of evaluations Employee job assignments Routine problem solving Conflict resolution Effective communications Decision making is not a separate management function, but the outcome of the exercise of good judgment in planning, directing, and controlling. Feedback in the form of performance reportsthat compare actual results with the budgetare an essential part of the control function Management Control : Fall 2008 Mugan 18/ 45 Management Control Assure that resources are obtained and used effectively and efficiently in the accomplishment of the organization's objective Has financial and non financial performance measurement Concerned with the implementation of strategies and Task control Planning and Control Cycle : Fall 2008 Mugan 19/ 45 Planning and Control Cycle DecisionMaking Formulating long-and short-term plans (Planning) Measuringperformance (Controlling) Implementing plans (Directing and Motivating) Comparing actualto planned performance (Controlling) Begin Exh. 1-1 Slide 20: Fall 2008 Mugan 20/ 45 Management accounting system : Fall 2008 Mugan 21/ 45 Management accounting system To control costs To measure and improve productivity To devise improved production process To decide on new products To decide on obsolete products To decide on prices To respond to rival products (Johnson and Kaplan, 1987) Cost Management Perspective : Fall 2008 Mugan 22/ 45 Cost Management Perspective Provide highest quality service/goods with lowest possible cost Objectives: Determine cost of resources consumed in company's activities Eliminate non-value added activities as much as possible Determine efficiency and effectiveness of all major activities Identify and evaluate new activities that can improve the performance of the company Comparison : Fall 2008 Mugan 23/ 45 Comparison Strategic Cost Management : Fall 2008 Mugan 24/ 45 Strategic Cost Management Value chain Get raw materials and other resources Research and development – including quality assessment Product design Production Marketing Distribution Customer service Should understand the value chain Cost drivers in activities Managing the cost relationships to a company's advantage – strategic cost management Making Planning Decisions : Fall 2008 Mugan 25/ 45 Making Planning Decisions What customers should we target? What products or services should we provide? How should we finance our operations? What price should we charge? Which projects should we choose? Cost – Benefit Analysis : Fall 2008 Mugan 26/ 45 Cost – Benefit Analysis Cost- using resources to achieve a benefit Benefits- aspects of a decision that help the organization Analysis: the process of analyzing alternative decisions to determine which decision has the greatest benefit relative to its cost Discussion Question : Fall 2008 Mugan 27/ 45 Discussion Question A finance professor and a marketing professor were recently comparing notes on their perceptions of corporations. The finance professor claimed that the goal of a corporation should be to maximize the value to the shareholders. The marketing professor claimed that the goal of a corporation should be to satisfy customers. What are the similarities and differences in these goals? Zimmerman, 2003; p.24 The Changing Business Environment : Fall 2008 Mugan 28/ 45 Just-in-time production Total quality management Process reengineering Theory of constraints International competition E-commerce Business environment changes in the past twenty years The Changing Business Environment Just-in-Time (JIT) Systems : Fall 2008 Mugan 29/ 45 Complete productsjust in time toship customers. Complete partsjust in time forassembly into products. Scheduleproduction. Receive materialsjust in time forproduction. Receivecustomerorders. Just-in-Time (JIT) Systems JIT Consequences : Fall 2008 Mugan 30/ 45 Flexibleworkforce Reducedsetup time Zero productiondefects JIT Consequences Improvedplant layout JIT purchasing Fewer, but more ultrareliable suppliers. Frequent JIT deliveries in small lots. Defect-free supplier deliveries. Benefits of a JIT System : Fall 2008 Mugan 31/ 45 More rapidresponse tocustomer orders Freed-up funds Reducedinventorycosts Greatercustomersatisfaction Benefits of a JIT System Slide 32: Fall 2008 Mugan 32/ 45 Slide 33: Fall 2008 Mugan 33/ 45 Total Quality Management (TQM) : Fall 2008 Mugan 34/ 45 Total Quality Management (TQM) TQM improves productivity by encouraging the use of fact and analysis for decision making and if properly implemented, avoids counter-productive organizational infighting. Process Reengineering : Fall 2008 Mugan 35/ 45 Process Reengineering The process is redesignedto eliminate allnon-value-added activities Every step inthe businessprocess mustbe justified. A business processis diagrammedin detail. Anticipated results: Process is simplified. Process is completed in less time. Costs are reduced. Opportunities for errors are reduced. Process Reengineering versus TQM : Fall 2008 Mugan 36/ 45 Process Reengineering versus TQM Process Reengineering Radically overhauls existing processes. Likely to be imposed from above and to use outside consultants. Total Quality Management Tweaks existing processes to realize gradual improvements. Uses a team approach involving people who work directly in the process. Theory of Constraints : Fall 2008 Mugan 37/ 45 A constraint (also called a bottleneck) is anything that prevents you from getting more of what you want. The constraint in a system is determinedby the step that has the smallest capacity. Theory of Constraints Theory of Constraints : Fall 2008 Mugan 38/ 45 4. Recognize that the weakest linkis no longer so. 1. Identify the weakest link. 2. Allow the weakest link to set the tempo. 3. Focus on improving the weakest link. Only actions that strengthen the weakest link in the "chain" improve the process. Theory of Constraints Slide 39: Fall 2008 Mugan 39/ 45 International Competition : Fall 2008 Mugan 40/ 45 International Competition Competition has become worldwide in most industries. Slide 41: Fall 2008 Mugan 41/ 45 E-Commerce : Fall 2008 Mugan 42/ 45 E-Commerce In recent years, many dot.com businesses failed that might have benefited from the application of managerial accounting tools: Cost concepts Cost estimation Cost-volume-profit Activity-based costing Budgeting Decision-making Capital budgeting Code of Conduct forManagement Accountants : Fall 2008 Mugan 43/ 45 Code of Conduct forManagement Accountants The Institute of Management Accountant's (IMA) Standards of Ethical Conduct for Practitionersof Management Accounting and Financial Management have two major parts offering guidelines for: ? Ethical behavior. ? Resolution for an ethical conflict. Codes of Conduct onthe International Level : Fall 2008 Mugan 44/ 45 Codes of Conduct onthe International Level In addition to competence, objectivity, independence,and confidentiality, the IFAC's code deals withthe accountant's ethical responsibilities in: Taxes Fees and commissions Advertising and solicitation Handling of monies Cross-border activities. The Guidelines on Ethics for ProfessionalAccountants, issued by the InternationalFederation of Accountants (IFAC), govern the activities of professional accountants worldwide.


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Analysis of current and historical surface water monitoring programs and activities in the Athabasca oil sands area, to 2011 (PDF; 9.2 MB*) (2013)
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Rachel was off on Tuesday while she (we hope) recovered from a hoarse throat.
Since it's getting close to Election Day, let's look at Rachel's report from last year's election and the new poll tax.
This year's elections will probably produce much lower numbers, so it probably won't be a worry. Why do I have the feeling nobody will worry about it until the next big election is underway?


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The rise of a prodigy
Glenn Gould was born in Toronto in 1932 and died there shortly after his fiftieth birthday of a heart attack. He was a considerable child prodigy, and had a big native reputation by his middle teens. He began a career as a travelling virtuoso, but abandoned it for a life of reclusiveness and recordings in 1964, when he was only 31. His mannerisms on the stage during his brief international career were notorious. A dedicated lifelong hypochondriac, he wore an overcoat on the stage under most circumstances, and mittens. He sat at an incredibly low stool, so that his head was just about on a level with the keyboard; and he always had a glass of water on the piano, from which he frequently sipped. Most vexingly, for the home listener, he was an incorrigible hummer-cum-singer, so that, despite his recording engineers' best efforts, nearly all his records are enhanced or disfigured, according to taste, by quite noisy vocalising, bearing no recognisable relation to the music being played.
Why the cult?
He is perhaps the object of a more intense cult than any other post-war musician. Certainly he assiduously exploited all those parts of his personality and talents which were most likely to lead to frenzied discipleship. There is even a novel by the great American writer Thomas Bernhard, The Loser, about a character who commits suicide because he can't play as well as Glenn, whom he refers to with intimate reverence.
Reputation verdict
Gould had a passion for contrapuntal music, above all that of Bach, and a phenomenal capacity to make each voice sound separately so that his fingers seem wholly independent of one another. His most famous recording is of Bach's Goldberg Variations, recorded in 1955. He re-recorded it in 1981, and there are several live performances available too. They command fanatical devotion or revulsion; certainly they are highly interesting, whatever else. He loathed Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Chopin and fortunately didn't play them apart from Mozart, in a way calculated to spread his dislike. He was keen on some difficult modern music, and his Schoenberg and Hindemith are well worth listening to. He often ignored completely directions as to volume and tempo, and there is a famous concert (privately recorded) in which he plays Brahms's First Piano Concerto, preceded by the conductor, Leonard Bernstein, dissociating himself from the pianist's chosen speeds. It is hard to know how wilful he was, and how much was genuine eccentricity. Whatever the proportions, I find him, except in Bach and some modern music, too unpredictable and often perverse to listen to.
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together we have it all :)
Last year Christmas, our theme = brown santa's deer ^^
my very sweet princess, she loves brown color a lot~
we have our own language since young,
no one else can ever understand it especially our parents,
they try hard to guess but they can never get it haha!!!
she is so cute and lovely right??
I always love her cute smiles!!
she purposely choose this one with a pair of ears for me~ as she thinks it suits me alot, what u think?
mummy don't worry, u look cute, ur students gonna think so too when they see these pics :P
santa santa i behave like a good deer but why u never give me present…
with the two women i love the most in this world~
Crispy Pork Knuckle with Streaky Bacon, Roast Potatoes,
served with JR's piquant cream dip and a prune & apple compote.
Baby Pork Ribs, served with black pepper sauce and 2 dips too.
these are the yummy foods that I ordered from Jarrod & Rawlins and took home for last christmas,
no turkey this time because daddy & mummy don't want~
and mummy's fav chocolate brownie too!! (from Secret Recipe) Merry Christmas to my beloved family~
princess is so busy playing with my hair..
well its Christmas so just let her do whatever she wants la ^^
i love her so much, she is taller & smarter than me d but she is still the little princess in my heart~
when i old d, u take care of me ya princess~
i love u forever.
No photo of daddy taken last christmas, he was very sick :(
we tried hard to make him happy, he became a deer too and he didn't wanna take any photo…
he didn't eat much during dinner too :(
and here comes the first day of 2012, January 1.
many of the foods were bought home by me,
daddy was still sick and mummy no time to cook.
we were smiling and we were feeling sad deep inside,
we didnt take any photos of ourselves.
and then the night before cny, the reunion dinner.
daddy is finally getting better.
still, we didn't take any photo of ourselves yet as he still weak.
i love mummy's cooking~
especially when my everyday lunch also = drive through mc D.
First day of CNY! Princess studies so hard until her eyebags more serious than me so kesian,
but she still very pretty right!! somemore didn't put on make up lehh!!
and she tired and pale till become cyan color, i like sun tanning and become sepia color d~
we have steamboat again this time, with chicken soup boiled by mummy~
daddy is getting better and looking good again!!!
and willing to take photos with us again after so long!!!! ^^^^^^
together we make the circle stronger :)
Happy CNY to everyone again!!!


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According to RGGI, Inc., 37,835,405 CO2 allowances were sold at a clearing price of $2.80, generating $105.9 million for reinvestment by the RGGI states in a variety of consumer-benefitting initiatives, including energy efficiency, renewable energy, direct bill assistance, greenhouse gas abatement, and climate change adaptation. The next RGGI auction is scheduled for June 5, 2013.
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The Southern University men's basketball team will hold its annual end-of-the-season banquet April 25 at the Belle of Baton Rouge Atrium. The banquet tips off at 7 p.m.
A limited number of tables that seat eight are available for $600. Individual seats may be purchased for $75.
For ticket information, contact James E. "Rooney" Campbell at (225) 603-5417, Duane Jordan at (225) 775-9834, or the Southern University basketball office at (225) 771-5609.
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Are some of the symptoms of ADHD—inattention, distractibility, and procrastination—getting in the way of your getting things done? There are entire books with suggestions on how to be more productive. Here are a few tips.
Make two lists—one of everything you need to do and one of just three tasks to accomplish.
Sometimes we can get overwhelmed by all of our "to-dos" or think we can get the whole list done in the short time we actually have. By making one master list, we get it all on paper and can better choose two or three tasks that we can get done in the time we have—whether it is a day, a week or a month.
Don't multitask. You'll end up wasting time.
The human brain is made to focus on one task at a time. Task-switching, what some call "multitasking," causes your brain to get overwhelmed. You won't accomplish as much or do it as well. The temptation to become distracted increases with task-switching. Dedicate your energy to one task, and when you feel it's done, go to the next.
Minimize your distractions.
Constant interruptions send us back to "start" each time. Turn off sounds on your computer, close windows, and schedule time to check your email. Some apps for computers will even shut off social media for a preprogrammed amount of time to help prevent distraction.
Make a plan and use a planner.
Calendars and day planners are great for breaking big tasks into smaller ones. When you write your short list, plan how much time each piece will take and schedule it. Block the time you think you need for the task—and then pad it with a little extra time, such as 15 minutes or an extra day.
Give yourself a break and make it a dance break.
Set aside some time to get up, move, stretch, or boogey around the room to your favorite music. If you don't dance, go for a walk or a jog. Exercise that gets your heart rate up and breaks a light sweat helps to promote focus and attention when you return to your work.
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Many have argued that the Internet renders strategy obsolete. In reality, the opposite is true. Because the Internet tends to weaken industry profitability without providing proprietary operational advantages, it is more important than ever for companies to distinguish themselves through strategy. The winners will be those that view the Internet as a complement to, not a cannibal of, traditional ways of competing.
This is another group presentation we did on Corporate IT Strategy class. The presentation will walk you through a paper called The Strategic Potential of The Internet, Strategy and the Internet by Michael E. Porter published by Harvard Business Review or the HBR. Since all HBR paper is a looooong one, you might find this helpful.
Still though, read the whole paper to get in touch with the very inspirational minds of Mr. Porter. You can find the paper here:
This paper talked how people especially business so eager to jump into the intenet and made a big deal out of it. Not to mention to be the first mover myth. Remember the big dot com falls? But by doing so they had forgotten their strategy and just hoping everything will be settled after they used the internet.
Instead of doing so, Mr. Porter suggest that we use the internet as a complement and that the internet hype (and so called the new economy) is making its way to the end. And that every thing with an "e" must be merged into the business strategy. Eventually the "e" factor will become business as usual. It is not that we shouldn't be using it. We ought to, but in the right way.
You can put it this way. Imagine internet as phones, televisions, and radio in their first days, but much moooore cooler 😛 I never thought it that way until my lecturer gave the analogy.
I have read it and find it difficult to understand because it doesn't tell us the structure of the paper. So, this might help you.
Structure of the paper:
- Distorted Market Signals
- A Return to Fundamentals
- The Internet and Industry Structure
- The Myth of The First Mover
- The Future of Internet Competition
- The Internet and Competitive Advantage
The Six Principles of Strategic Positioning
- Operational Effectiveness
- Strategic Positioning
- The Absence of Strategy
- The Internet as Complement
Words for The Unwise: The Internet's Destructive Lexicon
The Internet and The Value Chain
Strategic Imperatives for Dot-coms and Established Companies
- The End of The New Economy


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Album Rating: 5.0thank you, spare!
Album Rating: 2.0yeah, "curiously listenable" is a good way to describe this album
Album Rating: 2.0nah he's got solid points are a good reason for disliking this album, or at least the rhetoric around it. at least he's being level-headed an logical about it, unlike most of the other dissenters.
i feel like you have to be the opposite of lightened up to enjoy this really
Digging: Vansire - Angel Youth
LoL, is this album worth listening to for 'teh lulz'?
Album Rating: 5.0klap thats not nice
Album Rating: 5.0*sadface*
i seriously think this is the greatest review i've ever read
oh right
Album Rating: 5.0people are going to look back at this album after she kills herself and it will be heralded as the new Joy Division and people will gather everywhere in forums and circlejerk to this masterpiece
Album Rating: 5.0That is a good question
Album Rating: 5.0My prophesy is a bit slim on the details.....
Album Rating: 5.0The whole visionary experience thing was pretty confusing it'll take a while to analyze
this is extremely well written (obvie), but the whole conversation surrounding this album just reeks so much of pseudo-intellectual wankery/people trying to one-up each other with what this SAYS about music (like it says anything) that it's so incestuous to me.
klap's got it.
Album Rating: 5.0album rules aside from all pseudo intellectual wankery.
lets analyze music by criticizing it for personified notions that cant possibly exist within a non-organic entity
Album Rating: 5.0no comments for like 15 minutes.
i reiterate.
album is hella trve.
Album Rating: 2.0I like the first song and also one other one but yeah this is pretty hard to listen to all the way through. It's not awful I mean I seriously don't understand all the 1s, but anything over a 3.5 is almost as ridiculous.
Album Rating: 5.0if the summary for this was death grips of pop it would have a bunch of fives welcome to sputnik
Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Offi love how an album by an MTV teen mom has spawned 7 pages of discussion. brillant
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|The Whole Truth: How History can Inform Our Understanding of Ageing Workforces
|Colley, Linda
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|Business and Labour History Group, The University of Sydney
|History in Australian and New Zealand Business Schools: The Proceedings of the First AAHANZBS Conference, The University of Sydney, 14-15 December 2009 / edited by Greg Patmore
|The ageing of Australian workforces is a universally accepted truth. In recent years the increasing rate of retirements has been a significant contributor to tight labour markets and skills shortages. The ageing workforce is generally linked to the ageing population, and explained in demographic terms – declining fertility/birth-rates and increasing longevity have changed the population profile, and the number of labour market entrants is only just keeping pace with labour market exits. Policy solutions are then developed from this limited demographic explanation. I argue that these demographic explanations are overly simplistic and ignore the historical context, particularly in the public sector environment. Since the 1970s, there have been extensive reforms as public sectors have embraced managerial and contractual philosophies, and radically altered both public management and public sector employment relations. These reforms have led to a double-whammy of reduced employment of younger employee cohorts and increased retention of older employee cohorts. This paper focuses on one part of the reform process related to merit and recruitment policies, in the period up until the late 1980s. I argue that the likely ageing of the workforce as a result of these policies could have been predicted beforehand, or at least identified as they occurred in the 1980s and 1990s, if public services had kept better workforce data and undertaken forecasting of workforce trends. Without understanding these historical explanations, policy solutions will be limited in scope, success and sustainability.
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It's that time of year again when we in the South put up our flip flops and our Northern friends tune up the snow blowers. As winter officially begins and those nor'easters begin to bear down on us, it's important to be familiar with how Emergency Bulletins work with the ON Products to keep your school up-to-date on the latest delays or closings. So, how exactly do those Emergency Bulletins work?
Platform Managers can publish Emergency Bulletins to specific personas and roles in the application. Within the bulletin they can enter a title and message as well as a URL to link users to additional information. Platform Managers can also enter publish and expire dates and times. These bulletins appear as a banner within the app and as a banner and/or lightbox on your website. Users can close the banner once they have read the bulletin to keep it from cluttering the page.
To add an emergency bulletin:
- Go to Core > Communication > Emergency Bulletin
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- Enter the Bulletin title and Emergency message
Other optional information you can add:
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Luis Jimenez was delighted with his scoring performance against Fenerbahce and ruled out leaving Inter Milan in January.
The midfielder declared: "I do not want to leave in January, I hope to stay a long time and have many other opportunities to show my ability.
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Season 11 | Episode 6 | "Don't Let's Start" | Aired Nov 6, 2014
Oh, how I've missed you GREY'S, how I've missed you. After a week of absence this week's episode was a biggie. For starters, April's (Sarah Drew) mom was in town and went shopping with Jackson (Jesse Williams) for the baby's nursery. April got into a fight with her mom about controlling everything about the baby and Jackson took over and ran the errands with her mom, and surprisingly enjoyed it.
Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) is now living at the hospital since her split from Callie. (Sarah Ramirez) She worked with Dr. Herman (Geena Davis) on a surgery and she terrorized Arizona the entire time. She made her nervous and confused, later explaining to her that the reason she is so hard on her is because she has an inoperable brain tumor and has six months to live. She is so hard on her because she wants Arizona to be her when she's gone.
Jo's (Camilla Luddington) case hit home this week. Her patient lived in her car and when she was robbed didn't just lose her car, she lost everything. Alex (Justin Chambers) sees that this case was tough for her, she expresses how she doesn't want to lose her bed, prompting him to say, "I'm not going anywhere I swear to God, except home with you."
Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) and Maggie (Kelly McCreary) don't hate each other, which is good. Sure, they still refer to each other as "Doctor Grey and Doctor Pierce, but at least they aren't gunning for each other. They chatted about Ellis' (Kate Burton) journals and Meredith even invited her over for dinner. Of course Maggie didn't make it to dinner though because her and Webber had an awkward encounter outside of Derek and Meredith's house. Maggie told Webber that she didn't want him to be her father, she already ahs one. She wanted Webber to be honest with her and he wasn't.
Most obnoxious character of the season: Derek Shepherd. First he tortures Meredith about how she convinced him not to take the job for the white house and how he has to give up his dream for her. In next week's episode it seems as though he is sabotaging his sisters (Caterina Scorsone) job at the hospital. Can't he just give it a rest? He is great with Maggie; I'll give him that.
Best line: "And Zola needs more black people in the family because I'm running out of ways to braid her hair and Bailey won't show me any more." – Derek Shepherd
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One of the more disappointing legacies of former President Barack Obama's tenure in office was what became known as the "Ferguson effect," a pulling-back of law enforcement officials in various parts of the country due to concerns that the officers could be accused of racism or the use of excessive force in their normal efforts at upholding the law.
Following the election of President Donald Trump, who has made his full support of law enforcement well known, it has been surmised by some that there may be a resultant "Trump effect" among law enforcement agencies, as they now feel that someone is watching their back.
According to Fox News, that mindset could very well have been on display in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday, as an anti-Trump protest that blocked mass transit in the middle of the city was shut down rapidly and with force, all to a round of applause from bystanders grown wary of the protesters' antics.
The protest, one of many across the country in response to executive orders on immigration signed by Trump, set up shop in a major intersection and blocked passage for at least one bus and metro train, as well as regular traffic.
It didn't take long before the regular folks attempting to go about their business became irate and let the protesters know, using some rather colorful language in the process.
TRENDING: Teacher Scolds Black Student for Supporting Trump. Turns Out He's Not Black.
A reporter for KPTV happened to be on the scene and posted several short videos to social media, showing how the protest progressed, and of course capturing the applause-inducing finale when the police arrived to clear the road with much-appreciated gusto.
You can see two of those below (WARNING: explicit language):
https://twitter.com/KelseyWattsKPTV/status/824399234761756672 ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Onlookers noticed the squad of cops in riot gear approaching in quick-step from a block away behind the blocked bus and pointed in the direction of the protesters to guide officers the rest of the way to their targets.
To shouts and cheers and plenty of clapping, the police came flying around the corner of the bus and literally tackled several of the protesters, sending the rest of the disruptive group scrambling to parts unknown.
One voice rose above the rest and shouted, "Thanks for doing your job, guys," a sentiment obviously shared by most of the rest of the bystanders.
https://twitter.com/KelseyWattsKPTV/status/824401193355010048 ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
In all, 14 protesters were arrested Wednesday in Portland, six of them at that intersection. All were charged with disorderly conduct in the second degree, while a few were also hit with a charge for interfering with public transportation and at least one person was discovered to be in violation of his parole (shocking, we know).
While many of the bystanders were sympathetic to the concerns of the protesters, they vehemently disagreed with the tactics they were using, as obstructing innocent individuals from going about their unrelated business tends to make those people upset.
The tide has turned in America, and it no longer appears as though the government or police forces will continued to kowtow to the demands of arrogant and disruptive protesters, who will now instead be thrown to the ground, placed in cuffs and thrown in jail if they persist in unlawfully blocking traffic — as they should be.
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With so much to worry about in times of increasing austerity, how is it possible to just 'switch off' like so many lifestyle magazines demand we do?
Of course, there's always the pub – that cosy haven for drowning sorrows and lowering inhibitions but, as blissful as that Friday night pint is after a particularly heavy week – the government wouldn't approve and we all know alcohol causes more problems than it solves.
Yoga is another favourite, especially with 'new-age' mums and fitness fanatic corporates, but sometimes the idea of squeezing yourself into a pair of leggings and surrounding yourself with outrageously stretchy people can cause more panic than it's worth.
According to the BBC, you only need to reserve 20 minutes every day to dramatically reduce your stress and anxiety levels – and it doesn't even have to involve alcohol or leggings.
Step One – choose a quiet place where you know you won't be interrupted. If this means dragging an armchair in front of the door in the living room, so be it.
Step Two – do a few gentle stretches to relax your muscles. Don't worry too much about the kind of stretch, just keep it simple and don't strain too much. Next, make yourself comfortable by either sitting or lying down.
Step Three – start breathing slowly and deeply, concentrating on your lungs filling up and emptying. While you are doing this, gently tense and relax each part of your body, starting with your toes and gradually working your way up to your face. As you focus on each area, think of warmth, heaviness and relaxation.
Step Four – if any distracting thoughts start to amble their way back into the forefront of your mind, envision them floating away.
Step Five – imagine a calm, beautiful place such as a tranquil beach or a warm meadow.
Step Six – stay like this for 20 minutes or so, then take some deep breaths, open your eyes and think about getting up (but don't rush!)
If you practise this routine regularly, you will find it increasingly easier to 'switch off' and deal with your stresses. The calmer you are, the easier you will find it to tackle life's problems.
If you would like professional help relaxing and dealing with your problems, you might find hypnotherapy useful. hypnotherapy can be used to treat a wide range of physical and mental conditions. To find out more, visit Hypnotherapy Areas.
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You have a largish lump sum to invest. Let's say it's R100 000, which you came into through an inheritance, earning a generous year-end bonus, selling an asset such as a car or Ming vase, or winning the Lotto.
Of course, you could spend it – on material things, which depreciate in value, or on an unforgettable life experience, such as an overseas trip. But you've decided to put it away, either for a rainy day or for some future need, such as your child's tertiary education or to boost your retirement savings.
Your main reason for investing the money is to let it work for you by earning a return. To score in real terms, the return must be above the inflation rate: about 6.6 percent (Consumer Price Index, or CPI, to November 2016).
So where to from here? There is a wide range of investment vehicles open to you. To determine an appropriate one, you need to answer the following questions:
• Do you want instant access to your money, or are you prepared to lock it into an investment for a fixed period, or have access to it only after a stipulated notice period? This is not the same as investing for the long or short term. You may decide to put away your R100 000 for 10 years, for example, but still want instant access to it if need be. (What are the benefits of not having instant access to your money? Bank interest rates are higher, and there are certain benefits to endowment-type investments, mentioned below. Also, the temptation to access it is removed – if you don't trust yourself.)
• Do you want to invest your money for five years or more, or is it for a shorter-term goal?
• If the answer to the previous question is "five years or more", are you prepared to take on more investment risk to earn potentially higher returns?
These are the main questions. The other issues are costs and tax, which will be dealt with as we look at the various mainstream options, which are categorised according to how you would have answered the three big questions.
This article assumes that, on a fixed-term investment, you will opt to be paid your interest on maturity. And if you are a senior citizen (aged 55 or 60, depending on the bank), you will receive an extra 0.5 percent a year or so on certain investments.
You are limited to interest-bearing investments that provide the lowest returns – from well below the inflation rate to only just above it. The rates fluctuate in line with the prevailing interest rates. (Remember that you pay income tax on the total interest you earn a year from all your investments on anything above R23 800 if you're below 65 years of age and above R34 500 if you are 65 or over.)
• Banks offer a variety of accounts, from everyday savings accounts, which don't earn much more than four percent a year, to call accounts and money market accounts, which offer higher rates (about in line with inflation) but require higher initial investment amounts. There are no costs on these accounts, as long as you don't use them for daily transactions.
• Unit trust money market funds are flexible in that you can withdraw your money at any time (unit trust funds typically pay out within 48 hours). They require minimum investment amounts of between R10 000 and R50 000, depending on the asset manager. Yields, which fluctuate daily, are between 6.75 percent and 8.12 percent (at the end of December 2016). There are investment charges on these funds: about 0.3 percent of your investment a year.
If you want to put away your money for less than five years, and are prepared not to have immediate access to it, banks offer a range of notice deposits (whereby you can invest for any period, but your withdrawal is subject to a notice period of, say, 32 days) and shorter-term fixed deposits for as short as a month. The rates depend on both the term/notice period and the investment amount. You currently earn about 6.75 percent on a 32-day notice deposit of R100 000.
Fixed deposits lock in not only your money, but also the interest rate. So you get the rate over the investment term even if prevailing interest rates rise or fall. Current rates on an investment of R100 000 are between 5.7 and 6.95 percent on a one-month fixed deposit (on this type of shorter-term fixed deposit, you could simply renew it each time it expires) and between 7.7 and nine percent on a 24-month one, depending on the bank.
The banks also now offer more flexible fixed deposits whereby you have immediate access to a portion of your money – up to 40 or 50 percent. The more you can access, the lower the interest rate.
Another fixed-deposit-type option is RSA Retail Bonds offered by National Treasury. The shorter-term options of these are the two- and three-year fixed-rate bonds (8.5 and 8.75 percent respectively) and the three-year inflation-linked bond (CPI plus 1.75 percent). These bonds have no costs.
For accessible, longer-term investments (five years or more), you would be well advised to go the unit trust route. These invariably come with higher investment risk than bank deposits, but if you are investing for the long term, the risk of losing money declines over time.
Low-risk unit trusts do not invest in higher-risk equity or listed-property investments, or these constitute only a small proportion of assets. The underlying assets are mainly money-market instruments and bonds.
You can choose from unit trust funds in the South African interest-bearing sub-category, or, for slightly higher risk and commensurately higher returns, in the South African multi-asset low equity and income sub-categories. (Multi-asset income funds are designed to provide a steady income at low risk, but they can also be used as a low-risk investment in which returns are reinvested.)
Multi-asset funds attract relatively high annual costs compared with other funds – about one to as much as three percent or more.
Such investments are a good choice for an emergency fund, if that is your purpose.
For an accessible, long-term investment in which you are prepared to take on higher risk to increase your chances of high returns, your only real choice within the scope of this article is a collective investment in the form of a unit trust or an exchange traded fund (ETF) that is exclusively invested in, or that includes a high proportion of, growth assets, such as equities and listed-property investments. These include funds in the South African equity and real estate categories and, for slightly lower risk, the South African multi-asset flexible and multi-asset high- and medium-equity sub-categories.
An ETF is a fund listed on the stock exchange that tracks an index such as the FTSE/JSE Top 40 – in other words, it includes in its portfolio the same shares as the index, in the same proportions. Many passive unit trust funds (tracker funds) operate in the same way.
For heightened risk, you can invest in an ETF that tracks the price of a commodity, such as gold, or a unit trust fund that invests solely in a certain sector of the JSE, such as financials, commodities, industrials or property. Beware: be prepared for high volatility or long periods of under-performance.
Investment costs on equity funds are lower than on multi-asset funds (they average about 1.5 percent, but a few are more than three percent), and the lowest of all are the index-trackers and ETFs (mostly about 0.75 percent).
Besides tax on interest, higher-risk unit trusts also attract dividends tax (15 percent, taxed within the fund) and, when you cash in your investment, capital gains tax.
For a low-risk investment in which to tie up your money for at least five years, you have a number of choices:
• Five-year fixed deposit with a bank: five years is the maximum term at most banks. Of all fixed deposits, these offer the highest rates – between 8.2 and 10.25 percent (more than 3.5 percentage points above the inflation rate). • Longer-term RSA Retail Bonds: the five-year fixed-rate bond offers nine percent, while the five- and 10-year inflation-linked bonds offer CPI plus two percent and 2.25 percent respectively.
• Guaranteed or smoothed-bonus endowment policy. These policies, offered by the life assurance companies, are for a minimum of five years, and can be for any term longer than that. You can choose the underlying investment/s, and for a low-risk investment you can choose low-risk unit trust funds or the life assurer's guaranteed or smoothed-bonus funds. The former guarantee you at least your capital on maturity; the latter "smooth" returns to counteract market volatility. There are penalties if you withdraw your money early, and the returns are taxed within the portfolio at 30 percent, so such a product makes sense only if your marginal income tax rate is above that and you are likely to earn interest that exceeds the annual tax exemption of R23 800 (R34 500 for pensioners). Another positive feature of endowment policies is that they pay out immediately to your nominated beneficiaries on your death, unlike most other investments, which become liquid only once your estate has been wound up. Watch out: the costs on these products can be relatively high (as much as four percent or more on five-year investments; reducing on longer-term ones).
• Retirement annuity (RA): if your sole purpose with your lump sum is to boost your retirement savings, and you are prepared to wait until you turn 55 to access it, an RA is a wise choice. Some or all of your investment will be tax-deductible (depending on how much you and your employer have contributed to your retirement savings in the current tax year), and the returns within the RA are tax-free. Both life assurers and unit trust managers offer RAs for lump sums. In many cases, like an endowment policy, you can choose the underlying investments, which may be low risk. Costs again are fairly high, because there are fees on the underlying investments, as well as possibly a platform fee.
Finally, there are the investments that require you to lock away your money for a long period and take on higher risk. Here you are looking at either a life assurance endowment policy or, if you're boosting your retirement savings, an RA, in which you choose underlying investments in equities and/or listed property.
Other investments
Other investments that you may want to consider are shares in a listed company (R100 000 is probably the minimum amount that would be viable once brokerage costs are taken into account), tax-free savings accounts (not included because the limit is R30 000 a year, but you could stagger your R100 000 over four years), and offshore or worldwide funds. The last of these would fall into the accessible/long-term/high-risk category, because they are subject to currency exchange rates, which are notoriously volatile.
When putting a lump sum into a collective investment, such as an equity fund, for the long term, many investors "phase in" their investments by depositing smaller amounts over a number of months. For example, you invest R25 000 a month over four months. The proponents of this practice argue that, particularly when the stock market is highly volatile, it is a good strategy for hedging against volatility risk. However, recent research by a local asset manager shows that the strategy may not always work.
Last year, in a Nedgroup Investments "Insights" newsletter, investment analyst Anil Jugmohan reported on research that he and his colleagues had conducted to test the effectiveness of phasing in investments, taking 661 one-year investment periods since 1960. They used a simple set of investment choices where one phased in from cash into the domestic equity market. Their research showed that your chances of out-performing a simple buy-and-hold strategy is only about one in three, and, the longer the phase-in period, the lower the chances of success tend to be.
"Being well aware of the rise in popularity of multi-asset funds in recent years, it is worth noting that similar results would be achieved when testing investments in a multi-asset fund," Jugmohan said.


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Free the Postcode
I'm starting to provide some help to the Free The Postcode project. My description of the project is at http://www.kirit.com/Free the Postcode.
I'm maintaining a mirror of the database and providing forums on the postcodes for filing bug reports. I'm also generating maps of the locations and integrating these into Google Earth.
- Example postcode page: http://www.kirit.com/Postcode/UK:/EC1V 1NQ
If this works out then it can be integrated into the main Free The Postcode web site at a later stage.


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Report: Kevin Nash injured at TLC
WWE.com is reporting…
"With the impact of the sledgehammer, Kevin sustained multiple contusions over his body," Dr. Amann said. "Of most significance was a nasal fracture he sustained when he was struck in the face by the implement."
Based on diagnoses made at a Baltimore medical facility Nash was rushed to following the match, the former WWE Champion will require at least six weeks without contact. During that time, he will likely be required to wear a brace to protect his nose while it heals.
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US stocks open sharply higher
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is opening sharply higher after a pair of multibillion-dollar deals and signs of strength in U.S. manufacturing.
The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 164 points to 15,920 shortly after the market opened Monday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 13 points to 1,789. The Nasdaq rose 29 points to 4,030.
LSI Corp. rose $3.04, or 38 percent, to $10.94 after chipmaker Avago Technologies said it was buying the company for $6.6 billion.
AIG was up $1.10, or 2 percent, to $50.84, after it announced the sale of its aircraft leasing business for about $5.4 billion.
U.S. factories increased output in November for the fourth straight month, led by a surge in auto production. The gains show manufacturing is strengthening and could help boost economic growth.


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Past Week - Future Begins - Free Electro Pop ep available
I'd like to introduce the first 4-track recording of the glorious electro pop messengers from Finland. Past Week.
These 4 songs, freely downloadable from soundcloud, present out first offering of beautiful melodies, hard hitting beats and overdriven guitars.
As we are currently locked ourselves into studio making our first full length album, I decided to share these 4 future classics to a wider audience.
Please enjoy and post comments regarding the music and feel of the songs


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I have had numerous calls about corn looking ugly and stunted in areas of the field.
In many cases the culprit was nematodes and the corn has been slow to grow out of it. The unusually warm winter and spring has enabled nematodes to get started earlier and higher populations have damaged corn.
Most of the corn has grown out of the nematode damage, but there will probably be some yield reductions associated with the early nematode damage.
We are probably going to see more pressure in cotton with southern root-knot (Meloidogyne incognita) nematodes.
We are fortunate as I have not documented peanut root-knot (Meloidogyne arenaria) nematodes in Coffee County. Peanuts are not a host for southern root-knot nematodes and cotton is a non-host to peanut root-knot nematodes.
Corn is a host for both, but past experience with both root-knot nematodes as county agent in Decatur County in the southwest corner of the state indicates that southern root-knot nematode populations build up and sustain higher levels in corn than peanut root-knot nematodes.
Cotton planted behind corn may be susceptible to these high southern root-knot populations.
Many farmers may be familiar with the galling associated with root-knot nematodes, but other species of nematodes that attack corn, such as stubby root and sting, may not produce any galling. Corn is also a host for Columbia lance.
Field corn is not a host for reniform nematode that also causes damage in cotton.
Once corn is planted and nematodes are a problem, keep the corn from stressing. Irrigation or timely rainfall is critical in these fields.
Chemical nematode control options need to be made before corn is planted. Products currently labeled for management of nematodes affecting corn include:
Telone II(3 gallons per acre) Excellent control.
Counter 20G (highest labeled rate is 6.5 pounds per acre) Fair-to-good control. (There may still be some Counter 15G on-farm and its rate is 7 pounds per acre)
AVICTA Complete Corn(seed treatment) still being evaluated; has provided fair-to-good control in some trials.
PONCHO VOTiVO(seed treatment) still under evaluation
A word to the wise. A good management tool would be to take nematode samples later in the year (June-early July) to determine which species of nematodes are present and at what populations so you can make good decisions on nematode control in future crops.
See more at http://on-the-farm.com/2012/05/01/nematodes-jumping-on-corn/.


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Mon, 6 October 2014
Now that it's October (Or ROCK-tober, as Chris likes to call it), we are well into Sam's favorite season: autumn. With Halloween in sight, the Geek Out gang has decided to dedicate the entire month's commentaries to horror movies with each Geek Out guy picking a favorite leading up to a double feature of sorts the week of Halloween. Sam, the lifelong zombie aficionado, has picked something that both qualifies as a horror film but with that comedic sensibility that he loves so much; you know we're talking about SHAUN OF THE DEAD. After the rough month of notoriously shoddy films, Halloween Horror Month kicks off with a hell of a palate cleanser in this British romantic zombie comedy.
Direct download: ShaunOfTheDead.mp3
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Pembroke Mariner Editor Steve Annear talks to Peter Chamberlain about making honey in Pembroke, Mass. The recommendation to use local honey to treat allergies coves at the end of the video.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Video: Local Honey Recommended for Allergies
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Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini was pleased to win on debut after their 2-0 victory over Stoke City.
Mancini was indebted to two brilliant saves from Shay Given, the first to deny Tuncay when the game was still scoreless, the second from a ferocious James Beattie effort as Stoke were enjoying one of their better spells.
It meant first-half goals from Martin Petrov, his first in two months, and Carlos Tevez, who finished neatly after Gareth Barry had cushioned a header into his path, were enough to secure maximum points at the end of a turbulent week.
For Mancini it was the perfect ending, having been delighted to hear the applause ringing around Eastlands when he made his introduction just before kick-off.
"The atmosphere was brilliant," said Mancini, who didn't do his popularity any harm by wearing a blue and white City club scarf that he still had not removed 45 minutes after the final whistle.
"It was a great experience. And I was happy the fans gave me a good reception.
"Mark Hughes was very popular. I am not popular here, just in Italy. But I can answer the fans with my work."
Stoke boss Tony Pulis has had his own Christmas troubles following the well-publicised spat with Beattie, who again started on the bench and seems certain to leave at some point during the transfer window.
"The first goal was going to be important today," he reflected.
"If we had scored first it would have been interesting.
"Had Tuncay's chance gone in, the reaction would have been interesting, not just from the City players but the supporters as well."


text: Californian-born, New York-based designer Ali Grace is the designer behind this eye-catching collection, drawing inspiration from her childhood growing up in Newport Beach. She offers up a line of Alice Grace jewellery rings, bracelets, necklaces and earrings that brim with natural, organic silhouettes and textures, aiming to recall the surf, sand and sun of her childhood. Alice Grace jewellery rings take on the shape of rocks, pebbles and bones, with textured sandalwood and glass beads as well as glittering accents of diamond, moonstone and coral. These pieces channel a romantic, slightly bohemian aesthetic that will transform any ensemble.


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2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV: Hatchback Utility? Check.
June 21, 2012
I'm moving to a new place very soon (and solely for the purposes of having more to blog about), so I've been scavenging boxes wherever I can find them. Yesterday, this 40-inch-long box turned up at the office and I had to have it. Then, I remembered I had our long-term 2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV for the night, and that gave me pause. But it turns out the i MiEV is as useful as any other small hatchback, so long as you're fine with its somewhat higher floor.
It has 50/50-split rear seats, and they go nice and flat. Now you can see here that the head restraints are pressed up into the front seat-backs. I didn't remove them, so I did end up having to skooch the front seats up a bit to drop the rear seats (and then move the front seats back into position).
However, if you are less lazy than I (and who isn't, really...), the rear head restraints are easy to remove (I realized this later), and as you can see, if the head restraints were removed, there would be no clearance issue and the rear seats would fold no matter how you had the front seats adjusted.
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An Iranian military transport aircraft carrying 302 people has crashed in the south of the country, killing all those on board.
The plane was on a flight between the town of Zahedan, near the border with Pakistan, and the central city of Kerman when it lost contact with air traffic control at about 1730 local time (1400 GMT).
The cause of the crash is not yet known, but air traffic controllers at Kerman airport said the pilot had radioed bad weather and strong winds before losing contact, the Iranian news agency IRNA reports. There has been heavy snow in the region.
Rescue workers have reached the scene of the crash and have begun sifting through the wreckage.
Iranian television said there were no survivors among the 284 elite Revolutionary Guards and 18 crew aboard the Russian-made Ilyushin plane.
The Guard, which was formed soon after the overthrow of the Shah and the creation of the Islamic republic more than 20 years ago, is seen as a staunch defender of Iran's Islamic regime.
IRNA said that some of the dead were believed to be senior security officials.
String of accidents
According to a local official in Zahedan, quoted by the Associated Press news agency, the Guards had been in the city to prepare for a visit by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The Iranian cabinet, in a statement,
has offered condolences to the nation and bereaved families over the "tragic event in which a group of IRGC [Revolutionary Guards] brothers" were killed.
There has been a series of disasters in Iran involving mainly Russian-built planes.
Up to half of Iran's transport aircraft are believed to be of Russian design, and correspondents say they have a poor safety record.
US sanctions have left Iran increasingly dependant on an ageing fleet, acquired from the former Soviet Union.
Three of them have crashed in the past two years, killing an estimated 200 people.
The most recent disaster was in December when a new Ukrainian plane flew into a mountain, killing more than 40 scientists on board, as it was preparing to land in Isfahan, about 400 kilometres (250 miles) south of the capital Tehran.


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Valentine's Day Craft for Kids: Heart-Shaped Crayon
If you're already thinking ahead of Valentine's Day Crafts to do with your kids – you might want to start collecting old crayons! I don't know about you – but I am ALWAYS finding stray crayon pieces around our house, in the van, under the couch cushions – I think this is the perfect Valentine's Day Craft for us!
Basically, you just melt old crayons in a heart-shaped mold and pop them out, voila! Heart-Shaped Crayons! They'd be great to give out to classmates – or if you're a teacher, a great gift for your kiddos!
Here's how to make them – and some nice deals on Heart-Shaped baking molds as well:
Heart-Shaped Crayon Instructions:
- Remove wrappers from crayons and break into small pieces *Optional – Add glitter!
- Fill silicon mold and put in 300 degree oven for 15 minutes or until melted
- Let cool and Pop out (Scroll down for classroom gifting ideas)
Snag a Heart-Shaped mold on Amazon today and have it arrive before the weekend so you can craft with the kiddos!
How cute is this Wilton Ruffled Hearts Mold *Shown above
Or this Wilton Stacked Hearts Mold! This would make for some super-cool crayons if you could place different colors into the heart cavities. 🙂
Wilton Petite Heart Silicon Mold
I went on Amazon – because I am definitely doing these this year – and found a GREAT deal on a silicone heart mold – turns out, most of the reviews are about making heart-shaped crayons and how perfectly it worked! YAY! If you want to make big heart crayons, check out the Wilton 6-Cavity Heart Mold instead.
I purchased this small heart pan for a craft project in my classroom. We crushed old crayolas, mixed the colors as desired in the pan cups and melted the crayolas in a toaster oven. When cooled the colored hearts popped out easily and were a hit for Valentine's Day. The pan cleaned up beautifully.
Valentine Quotes for Crayon Notes:
If you plan to give these out to your child's class for Valentine's Day, you can stick a small piece of foam tape on the back of the crayon and stick to a 3″ piece of cardstock or posterboard, cut out in a circle or heart shape. Write a cute little Valentine quote on the paper, here are some suggestions:
- You color my world
- You're as pretty as a picture!
- Valentine, You make my heart melt
- Happy Valentine's Day, for "Crayon" out loud!
- You make me "wax" romantic, Valentine