PLEASE, don't forget to email us with pics of your foals by THE MIDAS TOUCH KID. We'd love to post your photo.
Ooooh la la!!! It's a PALOMINO FILLY at the Ammerman's !!! And WHAT a filly she is!!! Just look at that elegant neck, shoulder, short tight back, & the makings of a big hip with very pretty hocks.
Her Dam is an amazing mare: Imagine Me Dancing ( 72 AQHA Halter pts) x Image of Kid.
~ A huge CONGRATS Stan, Brenda and Brooke!
She's got a BIG Future ahead of her!! Watch for her at the Futurities and Palomino shows!!!
Congratulations to Pete Reinhart on the birth of a GORGEOUS Palomino filly out of his Kids Second Clu/Obvious Prophet mare!!
We are THRILLED for you!!!!
Congratulations Mark and Deb Iserman on your NEW Golden addition!!! A Palomino Colt out of a daughter of their stallion, Poise N Tuff!!!
Deb said she's very impressed and that the colt has THE most beautiful little refined head you could imagine.
We can hardly wait to see pics!!!!
It's a Baby Buckskin for Kim & Heath Larson!!
A Big, tall "Classy" Buckskin colt!! Sired by The Midas Touch Kid and out of a daughter of Zhip x Zips Chocolate Chip.
This guy is going to have the build and the sweeeeeeet moves!!
And it's easy to see why...She's EXQUISITE!!!...baby doll headed, loooong elegant neck, deep V'd muscular chest and forearms, short, tight back, big ol' hip and pretty hocks.
She is Sired The Midas Touch Kid and out of a phenomenal producing daughter of Poise N Tuff ( Superior Halter/Perf, Supreme, All-Around and Mega Futurity Champion Sire x Impressive Poise ( World Champion Halter) What a PEDIGREE!! When she's done being shown, she has a STRONG, PROVEN broodmare line top and bottom.
This is a Show Filly Extraordinaire!!! Classy, muscled with lots n lots of "pretty", balanced and the bonus is, she's a beautiful mover..so there are NO LIMITS on what this filly could do!!! Hypp NN.
A MN and Iowa BREEDERS entry. Watch for her Futurities!!!
And now the moment we've been waiting for....the arrival of "Belle"!!! An extraoridinary Palomino APHA filly with the most beautiful refined head, a long elegant neck, short tight back long hip & the makings of a powerful chest, & very pretty hocks.
And not only is "Belle" pretty to look at, but she's got the pedigree power behind her. Sired by THE MIDAS TOUCH KID and out of the Prestigious Iowa Paint Horse 3 year award winner~ Amazing Poisen (Poise N Tuff x daughter of Mr Fancy Bonanza, APHA Reserve World Champion Halter, Superior Halter and Superior Pleasure with 211 Halter pts, 116 Perf pts. Lifetime Leading Sire).
Here's a filly with infinite potential! No spots ( that we can see so far), but Palomino ...and a filly so 2 outa 3 aint bad...:-) Show both APHA and Palomino. With her incredibile conformation, Golden color and soft, sweepy movement....She should be a powerful force in the halter pen and the performance arena. Hypp NN.
MN Paint Horse Open Futurity nominated.
Here she is!!! The filly that has existed in my dreams for years!!! AQHA Smokey Grulla ( also carries the creme gene) filly. She is sired by The Midas Touch Kid and out of a 16.1 1/2h Grulla mare, Ima Cool Kinda Lady (Multiple IBHA/ABRA WORLD CHAMPION Mare and a MULTIPLE IBHA WORLD and CONGRESS CHAMPION Producer).
Her Dam is one of my most CHERISHED broodmares and this filly is a newborn version of her. Cute face, long pretty neck, short, tight back, deep V'd chest, Big Ol' HUGE hip and pretty hocks. And, just like her MANY Champion siblings, she should be heavily muscled with LOTS of "pretty"!
We call her "Faith" for many reasons, but mostly because she is living proof of what happens when "you keep the Faith".
Obviously, we will be keeping her to Show and eventually add to our breeding program. Incentive Fund, MN and Iowa Quarter horse eligible.


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'Visionary' fashion designer Virgil Abloh dies of cancer at 41
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Abloh founded streetwear label Off-White and served as Kanye West's longtime creative director before becoming first black artistic director of Louis Vuitton, the world's biggest luxury brand
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American designer Virgil Abloh arrives to his exhibition at Doha Fire Station in Qatar's capital Doha, on Nov. 4, 2021. Photo by AMMAR ABD RABBO /Qatar Museums/AFP via Getty Imag
Louis Vuitton's former artistic director, Virgil Abloh, has lost his secret battle with cancer.
The 41 year old passed away on Sunday.
A post on his Instagram page confirmed the sad news, explaining he had been battling a rare, aggressive form of cancer for more than two years.
"He chose to endure his battle privately since his diagnosis in 2019, undergoing numerous challenging treatments, all while helming several significant institutions that span fashion, art, and culture," the statement reads.
"Through it all, his work ethic, infinite curiosity, and optimism never wavered. Virgil was driven by his dedication to his craft and to his mission to open doors for others and create pathways for greater equality in art and design. He often said, 'Everything I do is for the 17-year-old version of myself', believing deeply in the power of art to inspire future generations."
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Abloh founded streetwear label Off-White and served as Kanye West's longtime creative director before becoming Louis Vuitton's first black artistic director in 2018.
"Virgil was not only a genius designer, a visionary, he was also a man with a beautiful soul and great wisdom," LVMH's billionaire boss Bernard Arnault said in a statement.
His arrival at LVMH marked the marriage between streetwear and high-end fashion, mixing sneakers and camouflage pants with tailored suits and evening gowns. His influences included graffiti art, hip hop and skateboard culture.
The style was embraced by the group as it sought to breathe new life into some labels and attract younger customers.
In July this year, LVMH expanded his role, giving him a mandate to launch new brands and partner with existing ones in a variety of sectors beyond fashion.
Abloh is survived by his wife, Shannon, and their children, Lowe and Grey, as well as his sister, Edwina, and their parents, Nee and Eunice.
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is breast surgery right for you
There's no denying the popularity of breast surgery – in fact, it's the most commonly undertaken Cosmetic Surgical procedure, with Breast Enlargement numbers rising by 13 per cent in 2013. But how much do you really know about it?
Is Breast Surgery Right For You?
There's no denying the popularity of breast surgery – in fact, it's the most commonly undertaken Cosmetic Surgical procedure, with Breast Enlargement numbers rising by 13 per cent in 2013. But how much do you really know about it? It's all too easy to stereotype breast surgery patients. They're not just models looking for their next big break though – women from all walks of life seek breast surgery, from celebrities and models through to housewives and new mums. Our OnePoll survey results reflect this. So let's delve deeper so you can answer the question once and for all: is breast surgery right for you?
Is breast surgery just another word for boob job?
In short, no. Breast surgery actually encompasses several different procedures but the main three are:
Breast Enlargement. A Cosmetic Surgical procedure generally undertaken by women with asymmetrical breasts, small breasts or breasts that have lost volume through pregnancy or weight loss. A Breast Enlargement takes approximately one to two hours, and involves inserting an implant behind the breast tissue, above or below the muscle, to give it a natural-looking, enhanced shape.
Breast Reduction. Commonly undertaken by women suffering physical discomfort on account of the size of their breasts, Breast Reduction surgery helps to alleviate strain and pressure on the patient's neck and back, allowing them to move freely and enjoy a wider range of well-fitting clothes. The procedure requires an overnight stay in hospital and patients are required to take up to two weeks off work to recover.
Breast Uplift. Often undertaken in conjunction with Breast Enlargement surgery, a Breast Uplift gives the patient fuller-looking breasts, replacing volume lost through childbirth, age or significant weight loss. The procedure takes around two hours to complete (or slightly longer if combined with Breast Enlargement) and requires an overnight stay in hospital and two weeks off work afterwards to recover fully.
Boob jobs on the other hand have become synonymous with Breast Enlargement, and the term tends to be used with a negative connotation. At The Harley Medical Group, we see a wide variety of patients looking to enhance or reduce the size of their breasts, for reasons unique to each patient.
Reasons for having breast surgery
While every patient is different, there are some common trends in what women hope to gain from having breast surgery:
Increased confidence – from our survey, 40 per cent of women felt more confident following Cosmetic Surgery and 27 per cent felt much happier about the way they looked in the mirror.
Wider choice of clothes – from swimwear to sportswear to everyday wear, having breasts which are more in proportion to your figure increases your choice of clothes.
Feel more feminine – every woman has the right to feel feminine and happy in her own body.
Who's having breast surgery?
17 per cent of our female survey respondents said they worried about the size of their breasts – so you're not alone. Age-wise, typical breast surgery patients fall in the 18-24 and the 25-34 year old categories, with 30 per cent of the former considering breast surgery.
Out of all three breast surgery procedures, Breast Enlargement still remains the most popular, with 22 per cent of 18-24 years olds having had the procedure. In the 25-34 year old bracket, Breast Reduction and Breast Uplift surgery were equally as popular, with 12 per cent of women having undertaken them.
That doesn't mean women older than 34 don't have breast surgery. On the contrary, 11 per cent of 35-54 year olds have had Breast Enlargement surgery, with a further 11 per cent of those aged 45-54 having had Breast Reduction. For the over 55s, Breast Reduction proved to be the most popular out of the three procedures.
Where is breast surgery most commonly undertaken?
Interestingly, the nation is divided when it comes to breast surgery. Ladies of the north tend to be the most concerned about breast size: 13 per cent in the North East and 12 per cent in the Yorkshire and the Humber region.
When it comes to considering breast surgery however, women from Yorkshire and the Humber take the lead at 20 per cent, followed by Welsh ladies at 19 per cent.
It's intriguing then to learn that the West Midlands is where the majority of breast surgery takes place, with 21 per cent having undertaken Breast Enlargement surgery, 15 per cent Breast Uplift, and 14 per cent Breast Reduction.
As we've mentioned, there are many reasons why you may be considering breast surgery. Whether your confidence levels have been affected by the shape and size of your breasts, or you're experiencing a lot of physical pain, or you simply want to feel better in your clothes. Whatever the reason The Harley Medical Group is on hand to help you find the right solution for your needs. Get in touch today to book your FREE consultation with one of our experts.
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'Rectify' review: Stay with it
Adelaide Clemens, left, and Aden Young in a scene from the drama series "Rectify." Credit: AP
By VERNE GAY verne.gay@newsday.com Updated April 19, 2013 4:43 PM
THE SHOW "Rectify"
WHEN | WHERE Two-hour premiere Monday night at 9 on Sundance Channel. Subsequent episodes air Mondays at 10 p.m.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT After serving 19 years on Georgia's death row, Daniel Holden (Aden Young) is released pending a new trial -- thanks in part to the efforts of his sister, Amantha (Abigail Spencer) and his lawyer, Jon Stern (Luke Kirby). Years earlier, Holden had confessed to the brutal rape and murder of a teen girl who lived in his hometown, but recent DNA evidence appears to exonerate him. A lot of people in town want him back in the hole, though -- including a state senator, Roland Foulkes (Michael O'Neill) -- while Holden's original attorney, Rutherford Gaines (Hal Holbrook) can't do anything for him now.
This six-part series -- created and written by Ray McKinnon -- takes place over the first seven days of Daniel's release; it's also Sundance's first scripted series.
MY SAY "Rectify" isn't for everybody -- as a friendly reminder, this is on the Sundance Channel and not CBS, so that's perfectly OK. The pace can be glacial, the tone at times sullen, the storytelling spare and even the Georgia heat oppressive. (Think "The Walking Dead" without the walkers.) In the first couple of episodes, "Rectify" also extends the slow drip . . . drip . . . drip of prison time to the outside world, where Daniel suddenly and abruptly finds himself.
On death row, he contemplated "the time in between the seconds . . ." -- and "Rectify" seems to want viewers to as well. But the story picks up, and something rich, powerful and emotionally engaging slowly begins to emerge with it. There's real beauty here, too, but it's often a strange elusive beauty, just off-screen -- out there, out of reach and waiting to assume its rightful place in Daniel's life. Will it? You assume so, hope so, but there's also that nagging question of his innocence. The title certainly indicates a wrong will be set right at the end of six episodes, though McKinnon smartly keeps that final answer just off-screen, too. This animates the core mystery of who really committed the crime and why Daniel confessed in the first place. Believe me, you'll want to know. At least I do.
BOTTOM LINE Takes time to get into, but once in, you're in.
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GRADE B+
No spoilers from 'Rectify' creator
"Rectify" creator Ray McKinnon, who is also an actor (he played Lincoln "Linc" Potter on "Sons of Anarchy"), refuses to say whether his show will eventually reveal whether its central character, former prisoner Daniel Holden, was guilty of the crime he was convicted of, although his response to a question on the matter hinted at an answer.
"Why do we wrongly convict people? A lot of times, we want order over justice or the illusion of order, and that was one of the things that intrigued me about this story," McKinnon said during a January news conference for TV critics in Pasadena, Calif. "We want to have closure as human beings, and in our storytelling, we want to have closure. I'm not so sure I want to abide by those conventions.
"The more interesting part of the story was not who did it, but how does a man re-acclimate himself back to this world when he's been in a box for 19 years, more than half of his life?" he continued. "How does a family reinvent themselves when this person literally or figuratively comes back from the dead? A lot of this story is about the human dynamics between the family and Daniel and between (the family and) the town, as opposed to a whodunit."
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I really enjoy working on Annual Report designs. They incorporate a good amount of layout design as well as a creative aspect. They are meant to tell a story about the past year and it's nice to be able to assist in designing that story….
I recently had the opportunity to design the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra 2012/2013 brochure and rack card. We updated the look from last year and are excited about this season! Make sure you purchase tickets for an upcoming show.
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This week I sat down for a chat with Murat, who left a career in design to grow his app prototyping platform, Marvel. Marvel began as a side project, but gained enough traction since launch to rapidly grow into a full-scale business.
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Marvel is a prototyping app that greatly simplifies the process of getting app ideas turned into functional UX prototypes in lightning speed, with user interaction, animations and even user testing. Announced to the world around 2 years ago in a Designer News thread, Marvel, at least in the beginning, was a side project which solved a problem Murat faced with his work: How can I use the design mockups already in my Dropbox folder, to quickly put together a prototype that "feels" real? It seems many other designers, entrepreneurs and product people had the same needs too – Marvel is now a full-scale business, with paid subscriptions offering additional features for businesses.
In many ways, Murat is one of the few trailblazers of the designer-founder background, having spent much of his career focused on agency-based design projects (yet always working on the next big side project in parallel). This combination leads to a founder who is aggressively product-focused (and who is likely to remain so) compared to many other founders in the SaaS space.
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By davidrpaige, May 27, 2016 in Concepts
User9113 43
These all look great! Except with the Stars, I don't know about another team with a blue-red color scheme. IMO it's over used.
See: Nationals, Twins, Red Sox, Rangers, Indians, Cubs, Braves, Angels.
Flames1fan 199
7 hours ago, davidrpaige said:
Small update. The more I looked at the uniforms the more I wanted Indy to emphasis on the white. There is no team that focuses on white as their main color, much like yellow is not a primary color. So I simplified the trim and put a small detail on the "Stars" script. The road reverses the color of the "Indianapolis" script to again focus on white as the primary.
How about that?
Should been called Indianapolis Checkers with there strong racing history
coco1997 2,725
Finally saw the Stars tweaks. Good work!
davidrpaige 257
Location:D.C.
So next I wanted to look at my team, the Washington Nationals. I'm a big Nats fan having adopted them when they moved down from Montreal in '05. The process of getting them here, and DC politicians almost sinking the ship, was like giving birth. My wife, a native of the DMV, now finally had a team that she could claim as her hometown team. So the Nats are pretty special to our family.
While I love the Nats, I do feel they kinda missed some opportunities. DC baseball had a huge history of the color blue as the main color. It really wasn't till the last 4-5 years of the second incarnation of the Senators that they switched over to all red. When the Expos came to Washington, I was a little disappointed that they didn't keep more blue and the pinstripes of the team. The Senators also had a long history of pinstripes, so keeping them would have fit.
I also felt that, while I like the current uniforms, I had to ask "Where is the Patriotism?" This is the Nationals after all! If any team can get away with being overly patriotic, it is this team. I had used this image as an inspiration for going about tweaking the Nationals:
The home uniform sprung out of the flag (red and white in stripe patterns with blocks of blue):
The road pushed more of the blue but having white and red trim, so that I can have USA colors.
Then there are the road and home alternates. I kept with the curly W on the chest and trying to do a balance of red, white, and blue.
Then my over the top patriotic uniform, which you have to have in DC!
Outside of the patriotic set, I am only using one hat style in these uniforms. I could have done a switch between red and blue, but for some reason I wanted to stick with one look. I used this Washington Senators hat style as the basis for my choice.
Anyways, that is how I would tweak the Washington Nationals. C+C?
ScoffingYayap 59
Very Senators-y. Love it.
The Nasty Nats look great! I always felt that they would look good in pinstripes, a la the Senators, as ScoffingYayap pointed out. My only concern is that red pinstripes might make them look too similar to their rival Phillies. However, your Phillies are in maroon, so it would work.
I hope to see your take on the Brewers! They're one of the few remaining teams that need a real makeover.
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20 hours ago, davidrpaige said:
I'm not really feeling the white-on-grey, it doesn't contrast enough for me. The first blue-on-grey worked better IMO. Loving the Nats though!
you might want to rethink the stars logo, looks to close to this
DarkKnight 11
Location:Kansas City
Nat's look great!
worcat 547
1996 Global Cup Champions
Location:St. Louis, MO
I've loved every concept except the Stars. Logo reminds me too much of the Texaco logo (see above) and too close the the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros. I know everything from the Star and the colors are ripped straight out of the state flag but man, it's rough.
I would go with maybe something involving the history of racing? Indianapolis Racers/Speed/Flash/Oilers etc I dunno. Amateurs? I mean one of their nicknames is after all, "Amateur Sports Capital of the World"
You could have some fun incorporating a checker pattern from a racing flag. Or maybe fading black on the sides of the pants that resemble burn out skid marks. Maybe a brick pattern for the brickyard 400?
I dunno, just not a fan of the stars at all. But GREAT work on everything else.
Well, I have to disagree. Does it have similarities to the Texaco logo? Sure. Does it have a similarity to Houston? Yeah, it does. Texas? That is a bit of a stretch since they don't focus on star symbolism (unlike the 1994-2002 era) anymore, but fine, it has a similar vein. Is the Indy Stars my strongest concept? Not by a long shot. I took a gamble on putting white as the primary color. I do stand by my choices for the star off the flag and utilizing blue and white. I think it is something that could have great resonance to potential fans of an Indianapolis team.
The thing is, a resident/native of the Indianapolis area is going to recognize and identify with that star as their flag, rather then Texaco or some vague link to Houston. The city flag has more sway and meaning to the citizens then someone from...anywhere else. So does it matter if someone from Houston thinks "Hey, that looks like my Astros!" That person is not going to be a fan of the fictitious Indy Stars. What matters is the fan base the Stars would pull from and their first thought is not going to be "Hey, that is the Texaco symbol...minus the T...but it is the Texaco symbol outside of that!"
This is the same argument people throw out there with the Washington Nationals. Every once in a while I listen to someone who says they have to change their look because the curly W is too similar to Walgreens. I won't go into detail on what my exact thoughts are on that person, but they need to let it go and comprehend that it is NOT Walgreens and they are standing on a baseball diamond.
1 minute ago, davidrpaige said:
For what it's worth, I think the Stars logo looks fine as is.
17 minutes ago, davidrpaige said:
yea but coming up with name that has something to do with racing is better then naming the team the stars
Will you be doing uniform presentations for the other teams you've already finished, like Arizona, Tampa Bay, Cleveland and Washington?
Ok, before this goes off the rails about the Texaco Baseball Club and its merits, I want everyone to break out the polka music! It is time to take a bite out of a knockwurst and look at the Milwaukee Brewers!
I think the biggest problem with the current set is the late-90s "drop shadow the f*(& out of everything!" design style. The script style they use is pretty nice, although the M on Milwaukee does have the kinda odd thin flare off of it. That is a small detail I can set aside. So really all they need to do is simplify. Which is what I did. I went back to their original colors, a dark blue that is still lighter and more primary then the blue they use currently, and a nice vivid yellow. I'm also using the powder blue a little here and there. Oh, and back to pinstripes for the brew crew.
For an arm patch I was looking to their past yet again. I couldn't decide on one existing one, so I merged my two favorite into a new, retro style logo. Here is the Wisconsin Barrel Man!
Now the home. Back to the pinstripes and 1970 color set, when they first relocated from Seattle to Milwaukee. And yes, the famous MB baseball glove logo is the main logo again. Your welcome.
Home alt using the powder blue.
Road uniform will once again display Milwaukee proudly, which they should.
Here is a road alt that pumps the blue.
And for fun, I created a German Heritage jersey. I'm also working on the Polish, Italian, and Spanish heritage jerseys too, I just haven't finished them. So many colors....
Ok, so that is my take on the Milwaukee Brewers. What do you think?
12 minutes ago, Flames1fan said:
I feel that it is not. I don't think baseball has to be subservient to another sport. If you feel that it is better, create something.
Sweet Jesus, the Brewers need to be wearing that set right now. It's a perfect combination of everything right about their retro and modern day looks. The powder blue alt is probably my favorite (the ball-in-glove as a monogram logo is genius) but that German heritage set is no slouch, either!
The only thing I'd change would be to lose the horizontal sleeve striping on the home primary.
Bump for some more comments on this awesome Brewers set!
TVIXX 239
Location:Wisconsin
I think it's a little too busy with the pinstripes on the home jersey and how about adding a little bit more dark blue to the light blue jersey
vicfurth 375
Blake! Where's a bloody violin?!
Location:Wembley Stadium
I would re-look at a lot of the teams you have pinstripes on. The busier scripts (Washington, Arizona) get really lost in the pinstripes.


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8/1/15 (Part One): Watching the Watcher
Austin Wintory, automatic writing, best friends, cinema, Dark Summer, dramas, film reviews, films, flashbacks, Grace, Grace Phipps, hackers, horror, horror films, house arrest, Keir Gilchrist, Maestro Harrell, Mike Le, Movies, obsession, online stalking, Paul Solet, Peter Stormare, possession, seance, spells, stalkers, Stella Maeve, suicide, supernatural, teenagers, unrequited love, Zoran Popovic
David (Keir Gilchrist), a scrawny, unassuming 17-year-old, is under house arrest for the entire summer, a sentence eagerly enforced by ruthlessly eagle-eyed cop Stokes (Peter Stormare). His crime? Well, it seems that young David is much better at hacking online accounts than he is at talking to girls: as such, he's been relentlessly stalking classmate Mona Wilson (Grace Phipps), harassment which has ended him up on the wrong side of the law.
Prohibited from using any computers or going online, drinking alcohol or hanging out with minors, David ends up in a prison that's truly of his own making. Good thing his best buddies, Kevin (Maestro Harrell) and Abby (Stella Maeve), have as little regards for the rules as he does. Determined to keep their friend company, they bring over some booze, a little weed and, most importantly, a laptop.
Seems that the one thing Kevin couldn't hack was Mona's Cloud account, something that the unrepentant hacker still considers to be at the top of his "must-do" list. As David continues to try for complete access to Mona's online life, he's suddenly contacted by her via Skype: while David watches, in stunned silence, Mona kills herself, leaving him with the chilling statement that he will "feel what she feels." As increasingly creepy things begin to happen around David, he can't shake the feeling that the tables have turned: the watcher is now being watched…possibly from beyond the grave!
Paul Solet's Dark Summer (2015) takes several disparate horror subgenres/themes (dead teens, social media, cyber-bullying, stalking, obsession, possession, haunted house films, ghosts, shut-ins, disbelieving authority figures) and manages to whip them into an effective, if fairly familiar, little chiller. While I won't pretend to have my finger on the pulse of young horror fans, I could easily see the film striking a chord with them in the same way that something like It Follows (2014) or Unfriended (2014) might: think of Dark Summer as the iPod mash-up version of old "chestnuts" like Halloween (1978) or Black Christmas (1974).
As befits the filmmaker behind the visually-appealing undead baby drama Grace (2009), Dark Summer is endlessly stylish. Zoran Popovic, who also shot the aforementioned Grace, fills the screen with luxurious long takes and vibrant colors, making the most of a red and amber color palette that accentuates the deep shadows in the background of virtually every shot. There's an inherent sense of claustrophobia to the film that's only heightened by Popovic's camerawork: it's obvious that the pair make a good team.
The film is also full of solid acting, which becomes quite important given the extremely small cast and confined nature of the proceedings: for the most part, the entire film consists of Gilchrist, Harrell and Maeve hanging out, with Stormare and Phipps popping up to add spice to the dish, as needed. The scenes between the three friends have an easy sense of reality, similar to the aforementioned It Follows, and we get enough sense of Abby's crush on David, organically, to avoid that plot point from seeming too contrived. For his part, Stormare is always a blast and adds both gravitas and a little smidgen of cynical cool to the proceedings.
For the most part, Dark Summer does everything it's supposed to, hitting the required beats with efficiency, if something decidedly less than pure innovation. There are the requisite creep figures passing in front of the camera and behind the protagonists…the scene where the heroes uncover a creepy hidden room, full of occult weirdness (extra points for making the scene an homage to Hitchcock's immortal Rear Window (1954) when it would have been much easier to just reference [REC] (2007))…the attempt to contact the offended spirit, via occult ceremony, that doesn't turn out quite as expected…any and all of these beats can be found in any number of similar modern genre offerings, even though Solet does manage to incorporate all of them extremely smoothly.
If I have any real issues with Dark Summer, they come with the film's ultimate resolution, a denouement that manages to completely absolve David of any wrongdoing, while turning Mona into the de facto villain. Suffice to say that some spoilers will follow, so discerning readers, please take note. It's hard to deny that David, at least as portrayed by the extremely likable Gilchrist, is a very charismatic character: he's soft-spoken, smart, sensitive, driven, inquisitive…pretty much the guy you want on your side, especially when supernatural shit starts to go down. Despite his inherent likability, however, we can't forget that David is actually a stalker who may very well have been responsible for causing the object of his obsession to take her own life. No matter how you slice it, that's a real shit cake, friends and neighbors, and certainly not something most of us would want a piece of.
Solet and writer Mike Le mitigate this unpleasantness by means of a late revelation that not only proves David is a "nice guy" but that Mona is mentally disturbed, dangerous and, quite possibly, a witch. Even before this twist, Kevin and Abby are firmly on David's side (as does the film seem to be, as well), telling him that Mona was "weird" and a loner, implying that she kind of got what she deserved. While I'm not sure that Dark Summer necessarily qualifies as "victim-shaming," there does seem to be a conscious effort to iron out any and all of David's faults: by the final image, he's not only the unmitigated hero but a tragic one, at that, which seems to increase the nature of Mona's evil exponentially.
I can't help but feel that removing any of David's culpability also removes much of the film's inherent power and any gut-punch that it might possess. A conflicted, tortured, far-from-perfect hero is a literary trope as old and reliable as the hills but there's a reason for that: split the audience's sympathies and it makes the drama stick in their craws that much more. By swinging David from "super creepy nice guy" to "total nice guy," Solet automatically takes all of that potential conflict, drama and power off the table. Man Bites Dog (1992) is such a complete kick in the face because Ben is both a charismatic, effortlessly cool dude AND a terrifying, psychopathic serial killer: remove either one and the character just doesn't have the same impact. The same, obviously, applies to David, even if he never gets so much as a foot on the bottom rung of the fetid ladder that Ben vaults up like a champion.
All in all, however, I enjoyed Dark Summer, even if I had issues with the ultimate presentation of Mona and David's characters. The film always looked good, despite its obviously low-budget and minimal production, and there was a nice, measured pace that allowed chills to unspool as something more than amusement park jump scares: this is another film that handily earns its invitation to the New Wave of Atmospheric Horror (NWoAH) brunch, along with the rest of the usual suspects. The acting was always solid and Gilchrist, who was also prominently featured in It Follows, is rapidly turning into a modern genre star: he's consistently good here. If the film is, ultimately, not quite the equal of its predecessor, well…that's to be expected: it's kind of hard to trump a dead, vampiric baby, after all. I have a feeling that Paul Solet will keep trying, however, which is really all that horror fans can ask for.
10/18/14 (Part Three): It Always Feels Like…Someone Is Watching Me
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Just about the time that it seems as if all found-footage/1st-person POV horror films will consist of riffs on The Blair Witch Project (1999) ad infinitum, along comes Zachary Donohue's fairly original and rather disturbing feature-film debut, The Den (2013). Functioning as a cautionary tale, of sorts, about the ways in which our increasingly inter-connected world can end up connecting us to some pretty terrible shit, The Den expands the traditional notion of the 1st-person POV film to include instant messages, email, Google searches, website visits, video chats: in essence, we find ourselves interacting with the same sort of computer desktop interface that most audience members will probably be all to familiar with. Life as art? For our sake, let's hope the parallels end there.
Our plucky young protagonist, Elizabeth (Melanie Papalia), is a college student who has just received a plum grant in order to study the online socialization habits of our modern world, focusing on the users of a social chatting site known as The Den. As part of her research, Elizabeth is determined to spend as much time on the site as possible and vows to accept any video-chat request she receives. As one can imagine, this leads to the usual variety of bored/horny/strange/naked encounters that one might have on something like ChatRoulette (is that even still around?), along with something a bit more unsettling: while hanging out with her best friend, Jenni (Katija Pevec), Elizabeth happens to stumble upon the user "PyaGrl16," who's chat screen consists of nothing more than a smiling still photo of a young woman. After a short, odd conversation, Elizabeth continues about her exploration, thinking nothing more about it.
Over the next few days, Elizabeth continues to have short, strange conversations with PyaGrl16, conversations which seem to vacillate between childlike curiosity and sinister bullying. The situation reaches a frightening, new level when the website appears to develop a mind of its own: Elizabeth's laptop powers up on its own and PyaGrl16's smiling avatar becomes an omnipresent force. One night, while Elizabeth is paid a visit by her randy boyfriend, Damien (David Schlachtenhaufen), the website powers up and appears to record their romp through the sheets, a video of which is later emailed to the faculty members responsible for her grant. Soon, Elizabeth finds herself needing to defend her character, all while PyaGrl16 becomes more and more aggressive. When Damien appears to be abducted from his vehicle while chatting with her, however, Elizabeth realizes that the situation may be more dire than she originally thought. She's right, of course, as we soon see when everything spirals into a hideous web of abduction, torture, deceit and the cruelest of all forms of entertainment. As Elizabeth will come to learn, the dead eye of the webcam never really sleeps and we all might be horrified to realize just who's hanging out on the other end.
Right off the bat, The Den's structure and format ends up working wonders, breathing a fresh bit of air into a decidedly stagnant subgenre. The film clips along at a pretty breakneck pace, aided immeasurably by the constant flow of new information on the screen: while the various computer screens, instant messages, pictures-within-pictures, etc…start to feel overwhelming, at times, the narrative never feels clogged or unnecessarily convoluted. While I'm probably one of the least technologically savvy folks out there, I never felt lost in all of the discussions of social networking apps, catch-phrases, etc…it's all integrated in a pretty seamless fashion and hooked me fairly easily.
One of the single most important aspects of a horror film, of course, should be the ability of said film to induce fear and it's here that The Den finds its greatest strength: the film is genuinely scary, particularly for anyone who spends an inordinate amount of time online. There's something inherently creepy about that eternally smiling picture of the young girl and Donohue uses it in a similar fashion to the creepy doll from the Saw series, as a harbinger of ill things to come. While parts of the film tend to devolve rather quickly into torture-porn nastiness, much of it is still more concerned with developing a claustrophobic sense of paranoia than forcing viewers to play chicken with the images on the screen: one of the most heart-stopping moments is the one where Elizabeth's laptop suddenly turns on, right to that damn, smiling picture. It's a great, subtle moment, one which, thankfully, isn't a one-time occurence.
In fact, one of the single greatest strengths of The Den is the way in which its format effectively pulls the viewer into the film. In an era when more and more people are watching feature films on computer screens, The Den is one of the first films that practically demands to be seen this way: watch the movie on a laptop, in the dark, and see how often you end up looking over your shoulder. It's a film that, like the best and most prevalent urban legends, preys on all of our worst fears and assumptions regarding the Internet: despite what we're "told" we all "know" that there's an army of faceless, anonymous predatory monsters just lurking on the other side of our computer monitors, waiting to drag us away into the shadows.
While the acting varies in effectiveness, ranging from pleasingly underplayed to obviously amateurish, Melanie Papalia is consistently likable as our inquisitive heroine, so much so that her inevitable fate feels more impactful than similar plot devices in similar films. Elizabeth never comes across as overbearing or obnoxious, character traits which can certainly be attributed to other found-footage protagonists: suffice to say that she's a much better person to be lost in the woods with than Heather Donahue and we'll leave it at that.
While The Den has a lot going for it, it's also exceedingly unpleasant and, as mentioned above, more than a little torture-porny. The atmosphere is consistently grim and oppressive but it can almost be a bit too much, at times: there really isn't anything here to lighten the mood (unless one counts Elizabeth's silly, throw-away encounter with one of those "Nigerian prince" scammers, that is). That being said, this particular aspect is also what makes the film so effective as a horror movie: it's utterly relentless, especially once the ground rules are established, and plunges at breakneck pace towards its effective (if slightly familiar) twist ending.
In a day and age when most found-footage/1st-person POV horror films seem content to take the lowest road possible, The Den bucks the trend and goes for something a little more ambitious. While the film probably won't be considered a modern classic (it's ultimately just a little too narrow-focused to be as effective as it could be), it's a thoroughly effective, chilling and thought-provoking film and one that certainly bodes well for Donohue and co-writer Lauren Thompson's future projects. If nothing else, The Den will surely give viewers something to think about the next time they get a friend request from some anonymous person and wonder just who might be on the other end of the ones and zeroes.


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By doing so, these media are missing the opportunity to explore and educate their readers on an investment in medical science and healthcare practice that may prove to be a national engine for the kind of systemic change that former Institute for Healthcare Improvement co-founder and CMS administrator Donald Berwick, MD has recommended as necessary righting of the damaging and destructive present course of the US medical industry.
Should media listen to these or those who call their evidence-based guidance "quackademic"?
Joint Commission in a 2015 revision of its pain standard recommends multiple non-pharmacologic, integrative strategies including acupuncture, massage, chiropractic and relaxation therapies.
Mayo Clinical Proceedings published an "Evidence-Based Evaluation of Complementary Health Approaches for Pain Management," based only on research from the United States, offering scientific evidence for multiple integrative modalities and practices.
So what story might these media yet tell? A major challenge in this new direction in elevating non-pharmacologic, integrative practices and practitioners - and a health focus in general - is that neither academic medicine nor the service delivery infrastructure in the US medical industry yet respects much of this science. Nor does it knows, as former American Hospital Association chair Jonathan Perlin, MD, PhD has put it, "the recipe" for moving "from sick care to health care." The Samuelis' investment at UC Irvine is precisely the kind of multi-disciplinary and interprofessional approach that can help guide us out of the damaging, drug-first, drug-dependent stupor that afflicts treatment not only pain but a myriad of other chronic conditions.
Must journalists be reminded of the urgency in transforming a medical industry that has been estimated to be the nation's #3 leading cause of death at 251,000 per year?
Medical deaths are just one reason to empower explorations of systemic solutions such as the Samuelis' investment will make possible.
Research. Over 700 peer-reviewed publications that have helped, among other things, to create the evidence base behind these calls for non-pharmacologic solutions for pain treatment.
Military Medicine. The Institute's research work with the military, in partnership with former US Army Surgeon General Eric Schoomaker, MD, PhD and others, helped shape an environment in which Department of Defense and Veterans Administration facilities throughout the US are presently promoting whole person, integrative strategies.
Prevention, Health Promotion. Their Wellness Initiative for the Nation (WIN), originally engaged in a collaboration with former US Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, proved instrumental in creating what is arguably the nation's most significant whole system approach to health and wellness. This is the Affordable Care Act's National Prevention, Health Promotion and Public Health Council. Notably, this Council's charge formally recommends the "integrative health" approach the Samueli investment at UC Irvine would be exploring.
Systemic Changes in Medical Delivery. The Institute's Optimal Healing Environments work with the nations' medical delivery organizations, including a partnership with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), offers examples of systemic solutions such as, as noted above, former CMS administrator Donald Berwick has urged and the Samuelis' investment would promote.
In fact Berwick, the IHI co-founder, champion of the Triple Aim and arguably the guiding voice for progressive, value-based transformation of the US medical industry, deeply acknowledges a way that the Samuelis' past investment has, effectively, shaped the very vision for the future of US medicine that he is advocating with his peers. In a speech referenced in this March 2017 article on the Samuelis closure of the Institute's - a prelude to their UC Irvine investment — this proponent of sweeping systemic solutions urged IHI's hospital-based attendees on a 30-year journey toward what he calls a "salutogenic" or "health-creating" approach. Berwick named to his audience his mentors in his thinking.The list was dominated by integrative health leaders and capped "above all" by the individual the Samueli's had empowered to run the Institute, Wayne Jonas, MD.
Thus far the media portrayal of the Samuelis remarkable $200-million investment has been shamefully dominated by a tweetish, Trumpish, side-show. There is still time to explore the exciting, substantial value that we the people may have to gain from the investment of this remarkable pair - an engineer and a mathematician. Their twin love of advancing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), a second major area of their philanthropy, provides the perfect, energetic combination for the multidisciplinary work needed to re-engineer the failing US medical industry toward health.


Opposition party, UK's Labour party, questions the coalition governments move to cut the solar feed-in tariffs for installations over 50 kW.
In a motion early in the day Labour has asked that the proposed changes to the UK's solar feed-in tariffs not be approved by parliament. The EDM 2016 was signed by Huw Irranca-Davies, Shadow energy minister, Ed Miliband, Secretary for Energy and Climate Change, Luciana Berger, Meg Aillier and Rosie Winterton.
"Minister Greg Barker's decision that the government is to go ahead on the proposed Feed-in Tariffs for schools, hospitals and community" said Irranca-Davies, is a big blow to the industry as it portrays the government's promise of being the 'greenest government'.
He continued that many thousands of jobs will be at risk just when the industry is beginning to flourish, he further said that it shows that the government has no coherent plan to help communities produce green energy.
Irranca-Davies felt that a decision such as this will fundamentally alter the future of uk's solar industry, and felt that the issue deserved a 'real debate' where MP's would be able to question the minister on this Ill thought-out and rash decision. He felt that it should not be "pushed through commons too quickly".


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FBI Claims OKC Bombing Tapes Not Edited
Written by	Steven J. DuBord
The Federal Bureau of Investigation claims that surveillance tapes of the Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995 have not been edited, despite the fact that all of the more than two dozen tapes released fail mysteriously to show the moments just before the truck bomb exploded.
Memo Warned ACORN of Problems
Written by	R. Cort Kirkwood
ACORN's attorney warned the group last year that it needed to get its fiscal and managerial houses in order, reports Matthew Vadum at The American Specator Blog. That warning came in the form of a 15-page memo, Vadum reports, that is the "Holy Grail of ACORN researchers."
OKC Bombing Tapes Were Tampered With
Before 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995 was the worst terrorist act on American soil. It still ranks as one of the most suspicious, thanks to recently released surveillance videotapes obtained by Salt Lake City attorney Jesse Trentadue that show evidence of tampering.
No Change in Obama Administration Links with Terrorism
Written by	Rebecca Terrell
A former FBI translator is blowing the whistle on a vast criminal conspiracy linking high-ranking U.S. government officials to Eurasian and Middle Eastern espionage activity in the United States. Sibel Edmonds, founder of the National Security Whistleblower's Coalition, recently testified in a case before the Ohio Elections Commission and in an interview with the American Conservative, revealing shocking details involving both Bush and Obama administrations.
Harsh Sentence for Ex-NFL's Burress
Written by	Ann Shibler
Plaxico Burress, the super bowl champion and now ex-New York Giant has gone to jail. He will serve two years, with a minimum of 20 months, for a weapons charge.
Torture Probe Limited to Unauthorized Torture?
Written by	Thomas R. Eddlem
"The Justice Department's review of detainee abuse by the CIA will focus on a very small number of cases," the September 19 Washington Post reported. Prosecutor John H. Durham is tasked with investiging a mere half-dozen cases of torture, the Post reported, but not torture officially sanctioned by the top levels of the Bush administration.
KGB/FSB: The "Game" Remains the Same
Written by	William F. Jasper
As the Ford Taurus slowly approached the signal site, hidden FBI agents readied for a possible arrest. For weeks they had been staking out a path in Foxstone Park in Vienna, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C. Their elusive quarry was a Soviet mole in the FBI, codenamed "Ramon Garcia."
Stimulus Money: An Offer the Mob Can't Refuse
Written by	Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.
Law enforcement officials believe that the Mafia (and other similar organized crime groups) is attempting to garner billions of federal "stimulus" dollars through contracts with state and local governments with bags of grant money to distribute. The money, of course, comes from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA or "the stimulus package").
American Sex Tourists Caught in Cambodia
Three American sex tourists to Cambodia have been arrested and are being returned to the United States for trial, Fox News reported on August 31.
Anger Over Terrorist's Release Confuses Gadhafi
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of the longtime Libyan dictator, Moammar Gadhafi, is confused as to why families on both sides of the Atlantic are outraged over the recent decision of Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to release the only man convicted in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
Fed's Bernanke a Victim of ID Theft
While the Fed fights efforts to air its dirty laundry, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has had his own personal bank account information compromised by an identity-theft ring, AP wrote on August 27. Watch the video below for the story in brief:


I really don't hear much difference from different eqs and comps, maybe im listening for the wrong things. Could you please tell me what to listen for? Might be a stupid question But I bought an UAD card which I wanted cus of some of the plugs (Plate 140 for example) but there was many comps and eq's with it that i want to learn where and how to use and why... Now i only use Ableton comps and eq.
Time and experience will be your best answer.
As much as learning what different FREQUENCIES do, so goes with hearing the differences tween two differing EQs adjusting the same frequency.
Many use the term "color" to describe the difference... and not everyone hears exactly the same way either. One EQ might seem bright or harsh or thin, where as another EQ set on the same frequencies may seem full or live or deep or dark. It will be very subjective and many will not even notice any difference. And there is nothing wrong with that as long as you get things to the point you want them to be.
Maybe an ok example might be tween two reverbs: they are BOTH reverb but maybe one is a very sad free plugin that sounds metallic or ringy, where as some expensive hardware reverb similarly set may sound broad, deep, full, warm or something.
Many differences come down to the physical audio output amps sound comes out of.... your portable radio never seems to sound as good as your $4000 home theater... same deal, quality matters.
PERSONALLY, I'm to the point of not caring about the oh so minor differences tween this or that, as long as it doesn't sound like crap in the final mix. I could care less about a side by side comparo where this EQ sounds 2% better than that EQ in a sterile, soloed environment... how does it sound in the mix? In the end EITHER EQ is simply a different "color" and maybe I choose the bad sounding one for it's color. When everyone uses teh best sounding one, and everything sounds the same, and mine stands out due to using the bad one and everyone loves it, it is no longer a "bad" one. See how that works?
far as actual testing and listening goes, I tend to use a soloed SNARE drum, or strings, or vocal or something alone and see what the EQ or whatever subtracts or adds to it. try a variety of plugs or gear, maybe even load of a frequency graph and watch it too. play it over and over and over, trying different settings and listening to the results.
to find RANGES of various not so well marked EQs, I'll load up some PINK noise and a live freq graph and play and watch.
Thank you very much for your answer I guess I'll have to do some testing with my EQ's and comp's then Do you know if someone have done it before which I can listen to maybe?
URS Comps OR Hardware Comps?


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PLUS X AWARD celebrates Day of the Brand!
Day of the Brand 2019 focussed again on the most innovative brands
Innovation was again the motto of this year's PLUS X AWARD Day of the Brand on 10 July 2019. Dictionaries simply define innovation as "a new idea or method". But Donat Brandt, founder and president of PLUS X AWARD, brought this brief definition to life in his discussions with industry personalities and representatives of the most innovative brands. PLUS X AWARD also presented, for the seventh time in its history, the Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof. Dr. Bodo Lambertz of X-Bionic.
Those brands which fully convinced the PLUS X AWARD panel of jurors with their power of innovation were given an impressive Forum: PLUS X AWARD produced the "Brands in Focus" TV program in the historic building of the former German Parliament in Bonn.
In six interviews, Donat Brandt talks with those top decision makers of brands, who know exactly what to do when it comes to innovation. What does our future look like? Which areas of our lives will digitalisation and artificial intelligence soon become an integral part of? Which technologies will make our lives easier? Which challenges do we have to overcome yet? How can we lead sustainable lives? All these are highly topical issues which not only brands and enterprises face these days, but which also concern today's consumers. From 24 Jul 2019, these business talks will be broadcast on ANIXE HD, the free European TV channel, on Wednesdays at 8.45 pm.
Tomorrow, today's trends will be yesterday's trends. That's why, in our business talks, top decision makers, representatives of the most innovative brands and I will be looking at the bigger picture and we will be looking into the future together. Experts from a variety of industries, such as, for example, automotive, sports and lifestyle or smart homes, will be making tomorrow's world more accessible to our viewers and will give them an insight into future trends. Also, environmental protection and sustainability are no longer future concerns, but they are very real and of immediate relevance to all of us. In our talks we will therefore also touch on sustainability as a criterion for consumers when selecting a product and expand on the theme as we are talking. All these are highly interesting subjects both for our viewers and for me as the host of these talks.
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Montana Administrative Register Notice 42-2-986 No. 19 10/13/2017
BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
OF THE STATE OF MONTANA
In the matter of the adoption of New Rules I through III pertaining to apportionment and allocation of income for financial institutions
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED ADOPTION
TO: All Concerned Persons
1. On November 2, 2017, at 9 a.m., the Department of Revenue will hold a public hearing in the Third Floor Reception Conference Room of the Sam W. Mitchell Building, located at 125 North Roberts, Helena, Montana, to consider the proposed adoption of the above-stated rules. The hearing room is most readily accessed by entering through the east doors of the building facing Sanders Street.
2. The Department of Revenue will make reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities who wish to participate in this public hearing or need an alternative accessible format of this notice. If you require an accommodation, contact the department no later than 5 p.m. on October 23, 2017, to advise us of the nature of the accommodation you need. Please contact Laurie Logan, Department of Revenue, Director's Office, P.O. Box 7701, Helena, Montana 59604-7701; telephone (406) 444-7905; fax (406) 444-3696; or e-mail lalogan@mt.gov.
3. The rules as proposed to be adopted provide as follows:
NEW RULE I DEFINITIONS The following definitions apply to terms used in this subchapter.
(1) "Billing address" means the location indicated in the books and records of the taxpayer on the first day of the taxable year, or on such later date in the taxable year when the customer relationship began, as the address where any notice, statement, and/or bill relating to a customer's account is mailed.
(2) "Borrower or credit card holder located in this state" means:
(a) a borrower, other than a credit card holder, that is engaged in a trade or business which maintains its commercial domicile in Montana; or
(b) a borrower that is not engaged in a trade or business or a credit card holder whose billing address is in Montana.
(3) "Card issuer's reimbursement fee" means the fee a taxpayer receives from a merchant's bank because one of the persons to whom the taxpayer has issued a credit, debit, or similar type of card has charged merchandise or services to the card.
(4) "Commercial domicile" means:
(a) the headquarters of the trade or business, that is, the place from which the trade or business is principally managed and directed; or
(b) if a taxpayer is organized under the laws of a foreign country, or of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States, such taxpayer's commercial domicile shall be deemed for the purposes of the rules in ARM Title 42, chapter 26, [subchapter 13] to be the state of the United States or the District of Columbia from which such taxpayer's trade or business in the United States is principally managed and directed. It shall be presumed, subject to rebuttal, that the location from which the taxpayer's trade or business is principally managed and directed is the state of the United States or the District of Columbia to which the greatest number of employees are regularly connected or out of which they are working, irrespective of where the services of such employees are performed, as of the last day of the taxable year.
(5) "Credit card" means a card, or other means of providing information, that entitles the holder to charge the cost of purchases, or a cash advance, against a line of credit.
(6) "Debit card" means a card, or other means of providing information, that enables the holder to charge the cost of purchases, or a cash withdrawal, against the holder's bank account or a remaining balance on the card.
(7) "Employee" means, with respect to a particular taxpayer, any individual who, under the usual common-law rules applicable in determining the employer-employee relationship, has the status of an employee of that taxpayer.
(8) "Financial institution" means:
(a) any corporation or other business entity registered under state law as a bank holding company or registered under the Federal Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, or registered as a savings and loan holding company under the Federal National Housing Act, as amended;
(b) a national bank organized and existing as a national bank association pursuant to the provisions of the National Bank Act, 12 U.S.C. sections 21 et seq.;
(c) a savings association or federal savings bank as defined in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 12 U.S.C. section 1813(b)(1);
(d) any bank or thrift institution incorporated or organized under the laws of any state;
(e) any corporation organized under the provisions of 12 U.S.C. sections 611 through 631;
(f) any agency or branch of a foreign depository as defined in 12 U.S.C. section 3101;
(g) a state credit union the loan assets of which exceed $50,000,000 as of the first day of its taxable year;
(h) a production credit association organized under the Federal Farm Credit Act of 1933, all of whose stock held by the Federal Production Credit Corporation has been retired;
(i) any corporation whose voting stock is more than fifty percent owned, directly or indirectly, by any person or business entity described in subsections (a) through (h) above other than an insurance company;
(j) a corporation or other business entity that derives more than fifty percent of its total gross income for financial accounting purposes from finance leases. For purposes of the rules in ARM Title 42, chapter 26, [subchapter 13], a "finance lease" shall mean any lease transaction which is the functional equivalent of an extension of credit and that transfers substantially all of the benefits and risks incident to the ownership of property. The phrase shall include any "direct financing lease" or "leverage lease" that meets the criteria of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 13, "Accounting for Leases," or any other lease that is accounted for as a financing by a lessor under generally accepted accounting principles. For this classification to apply:
(i) the average of the gross income in the current tax year and immediately preceding two tax years must satisfy the more than fifty percent requirement; and
(ii) gross income from incidental or occasional transactions shall be disregarded; or
(k) any other person or business entity, other than an insurance company, a real estate broker, or a securities dealer which derives more than fifty percent of its gross income from activities that a person described in (b) and (h) through (j) above.
(9) "Loan" means any extension of credit resulting from direct negotiations between the taxpayer and its customers, and/or the purchase, in whole or in part, of such extension of credit from another. Loans include participations, syndications, and leases treated as loans for federal income tax purposes. Loans shall not include: futures or forward contracts; options; notional principal contracts such as swaps; credit card receivables, including purchased credit card relationships; non-interest bearing balances due from depository institutions; cash items in the process of collection; federal funds sold; securities purchased under agreements to resell; assets held in a trading account; securities; interests in a REMIC, or other mortgage backed or asset backed security; and other similar items.
(10) "Loan secured by real property" means that fifty percent or more of the aggregate value of the collateral used to secure a loan or other obligation, when valued at fair market value as of the time the original loan or obligation was incurred, was real property.
(11) "Merchant discount" means the fee (or negotiated discount) charged to a merchant by the taxpayer for the privilege of participating in a program whereby a credit, debit, or similar type of card is accepted in payment for merchandise or services sold to the card holder, net of any card holder charge-back and unreduced by any interchange transaction or issuer reimbursement fee paid to another for charges or purchases made by its card holder.
(12) "Participation" means an extension of credit in which an undivided ownership interest is held on a pro rata basis in a single loan or pool of loans and related collateral. In a loan participation, the credit originator initially makes the loan and then subsequently resells all or a portion of it to other lenders. The participation may or may not be known to the borrower.
(13) "Person" means an individual, estate, trust, partnership, corporation, or any other business entity.
(14) "Principal base of operation" with respect to transportation property means the place of more or less permanent nature from which said property is regularly directed or controlled. With respect to an employee, the "principal base of operations" means the place of more or less permanent nature from which the employee regularly starts his or her work and to which he or she customarily returns in order to receive instructions from his or her employer; or communicates with his or her customers or other persons; or performs any other functions necessary to the exercise of his or her trade or profession at some other point or points.
(15) "Regular place of business" means an office at which the taxpayer carries on its business in a regular and systematic manner and which is continuously maintained, occupied, and used by employees of the taxpayer.
(16) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any territory or possession of the United States, or any foreign country.
(17) "Syndication" means an extension of credit in which two or more persons fund and each person is at risk only up to a specified percentage of the total extension of credit or up to a specified dollar amount.
(18) "Transportation property" means vehicles and vessels capable of moving under their own power, such as aircraft, trains, water vessels, and motor vehicles, as well as any equipment or containers attached to such property, such as rolling stock, barges, trailers, or the like.
AUTH: 15-1-201, 15-1-313, MCA
IMP: 15-1-601, 15-31-301, 15-31-302, 15-31-303, 15-31-304, 15-31-305, 15-31-306, 15-31-307, 15-31-308, 15-31-309, 15-31-310, 15-31-311, 15-31-312, MCA
REASON: The department proposes adopting New Rule I to define terms that are used in New Rule III, which is also proposed for adoption in this same notice. The three rules being proposed in this notice will be placed in a new subchapter 13 of ARM Title 42, chapter 26, "Corporate Multistate Activities." As proposed, this new definition rule will aid taxpayers in the application of New Rule III, "Receipts Factor."
New Rule I and the other two rules being proposed for adoption in this notice are modeled after regulations adopted by the Multistate Tax Commission. The proposed new rules are intended to more fairly apportion the receipts of financial institutions to states in which they do business.
NEW RULE II APPORTIONMENT AND ALLOCATION (1) Except as specifically modified by the administrative rules in this subchapter, a financial institution whose business activity is taxable both within and without Montana shall allocate and apportion its net income as provided in Title 15, chapter 31, part 3, MCA, and the supporting administrative rules located in ARM Title 42, chapter 26.
REASON: The department proposes adopting New Rule II to provide specific direction to financial institutions for including specific types of receipts in the numerator of the receipts apportionment factor. As proposed, New Rule II directs taxpayers to Title 15, chapter 31, part 3, MCA, and the supporting administrative rules in ARM Title 42, chapter 26, for apportionment and allocation issues not specifically addressed in this subchapter.
New Rule II and the other two rules being proposed for adoption in this notice are modeled after regulations adopted by the Multistate Tax Commission. The proposed new rules are intended to more fairly apportion the receipts of financial institutions to states in which they do business.
NEW RULE III RECEIPTS FACTOR (1) The receipts factor is a fraction, the numerator of which is the receipts of the taxpayer in Montana during the taxable year and the denominator of which is the receipts of the taxpayer within and without Montana during the taxable year. The method of calculating receipts for purposes of the denominator is the same as the method used in determining receipts for purposes of the numerator. The receipts factor shall include only those receipts described herein which constitute apportionable income and are included in the computation of the apportionable income base for the taxable year.
(2) Interest, fees, and penalties imposed in connection with loans secured by real property.
(a) The numerator of the receipts factor includes interest, fees, and penalties imposed in connection with loans secured by real property if the property is located within Montana. If the property is located both within Montana and one or more other states, the receipts described in this subsection are included in the numerator of the receipts factor if more than fifty percent of the fair market value of the real property is located within Montana. If more than fifty percent of the fair market value of the real property is not located within any one state, then the receipts described in this subsection shall be included in the numerator of the receipts factor if the borrower is located in Montana.
(b) The determination of whether the real property securing a loan is located within Montana shall be made as of the time the original agreement was made and any and all subsequent substitutions of collateral shall be disregarded.
(3) Interest, fees, and penalties imposed in connection with loans not secured by real property. The numerator of the receipts factor includes interest, fees, and penalties imposed in connection with loans not secured by real property if the borrower is located in Montana.
(4) Net gains from the sale of loans. The numerator of the receipts factor includes net gains from the sale of loans. Net gains from the sale of loans includes income recorded under the coupon stripping rules of Section 1286 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(a) The amount of net gains (but not less than zero) from the sale of loans secured by real property included in the numerator is determined by multiplying such net gains by a fraction the numerator of which is the amount included in the numerator of the receipts factor pursuant to (2) above, and the denominator of which is the total amount of interest and fees or penalties in the nature of interest from loans secured by real property.
(b) The amount of net gains (but not less than zero) from the sale of loans not secured by real property included in the numerator is determined by multiplying such net gains by a fraction the numerator of which is the amount included in the numerator of the receipts factor pursuant to (5) below, and the denominator of which is the total amount of interest and fees or penalties in the nature of interest from loans not secured by real property.
(5) Receipts from fees, interest, and penalties charged to card holders. The numerator of the receipts factor includes fees, interest, and penalties charged to credit, debit, or similar card holders, including but not limited to annual fees and overdraft fees, if the billing address of the card holder is in Montana.
(6) Net gains from the sale of credit card receivables. The numerator of the receipts factor includes net gains (but not less than zero) from the sale of credit card receivables multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount included in the numerator of the receipts factor pursuant to (5) above, and the denominator of which is the taxpayer's total amount of interest and fees or penalties in the nature of interest from credit card receivables and fees charged to card holders.
(7) Card issuer's reimbursement fees. The numerator of the receipts factor includes:
(a) All credit card issuer's reimbursement fees multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of fees, interest, and penalties charged to credit card holders included in the numerator of the receipts factor pursuant to (5) above, and the denominator of which is the taxpayer's total amount of fees, interest, and penalties charged to credit card holders.
(b) All debit card issuer's reimbursement fees multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of fees, interest, and penalties charged to debit card holders included in the numerator of the receipts factor pursuant to (5) above, and the denominator of which is the taxpayer's total amount of fees, interest, and penalties charged to debit card holders.
(c) All other card issuer's reimbursement fees multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of fees, interest, and penalties charged to all other card holders included in the numerator of the receipts factor pursuant to (5) above, and the denominator of which is the taxpayer's total amount of fees, interest, and penalties charged to all other card holders.
(8) Receipts from merchant discount.
(a) If the taxpayer can readily determine the location of the merchant and if the merchant is in Montana, the numerator of the receipts factor includes receipts from the merchant discount.
(b) If the taxpayer cannot readily determine the location of the merchant, the numerator of the receipts factor includes such receipts from the merchant discount multiplied by a fraction:
(i) in the case of a merchant discount related to the use of a credit card, the numerator of which is the amount of fees, interest, and penalties charged to credit card holders that is included in the numerator of the receipts factor pursuant to (5) above, and the denominator of which is the taxpayer's total amount of fees, interest, and penalties charged to credit card holders; and
(ii) in the case of a merchant discount related to the use of a debit card, the numerator of which is the amount of fees, interest, and penalties charged to debit card holders that is included in the numerator of the receipts factor pursuant to (5) above, and the denominator of which is the taxpayer's total amount of fees, interest, and penalties charged to debit card holders.
(c) The taxpayer's method for sourcing each receipt from a merchant discount must be consistently applied to such receipt in all states that have adopted sourcing methods substantially similar to (a) and (b) above, and must be used on all subsequent return for sourcing receipts from such merchant unless the department permits or requires application of the alternative method.
(9) Receipts from ATM fees. The receipts factor includes all ATM fees that are not forwarded directly to another bank.
(a) The numerator of the receipts factor includes fees charged to a card holder for the use at an ATM of a card issued by the taxpayer if the card holder's billing address is in Montana.
(b) The numerator of the receipts factor includes fees charged to a card holder, other than the taxpayer's card holder, for the use of such card at an ATM owned or rented by the taxpayer, if the ATM is in Montana.
(10) Loan servicing fees.
(a) The numerator of the receipts factor includes loan servicing fees derived from loans secured by real property multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the amount included in the numerator of the receipts factor pursuant to (2) above, and the denominator of which is the total amount of interest and fees or penalties in the nature of interest from loans secured by real property.
(b) The numerator of the receipts factor includes loan servicing fees derived from loans not secured by real property multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the amount included in the numerator of the receipts factor pursuant to (3) above, and the denominator of which is the total amount of interest and fees or penalties in the nature of interest from loans not secured by real property.
(c) In circumstances in which the taxpayer receives loan servicing fees for servicing either the secured or the unsecured loans of another, the numerator of the receipts factor shall include such fees if the borrower is located in Montana.
(11) Receipts from the financial institution's investment assets and activity and trading assets and activity.
(a) Interest, dividends, net gains (but not less than zero), and other income from investment assets and activities and from trading assets and activities that are reported on the taxpayer's financial statements, call reports, or similar reports shall be included in the receipts factor. Investment assets and activities and trading assets and activities include but are not limited to: investment securities; trading account assets; federal funds; securities purchased and sold under agreements to resell or repurchase; options; futures contracts; forward contracts; notional principal contracts such as swaps; equities; and foreign currency transactions. With respect to the investment and trading assets and activities described in (i) and (ii) below, the receipts factor shall include the amounts described.
(i) The receipts factor shall include the amount by which interest from federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements exceeds interest expense on federal funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements.
(ii) The receipts factor shall include the amount by which interest, dividends, gains, and other income from trading assets and activities, including but not limited to assets and activities in the matched book, in the arbitrage book, and foreign currency transactions, exceed amounts paid in lieu of interest, amounts paid in lieu of dividends, and losses from such assets and activities.
(b) The numerator of the receipts factor includes interest, dividends, net gains (but not less than zero), and other income from investment assets and activities and from trading assets and activities described in (a) above, that are attributable to Montana.
(i) The amount of interest, dividends, net gains (but not less than zero), and other income from investment assets and activities in the investment account to be attributed to Montana and included in the numerator is determined by multiplying all such income from such assets and activities by a fraction, the numerator of which is the average value of such assets which are properly assigned to a regular place of business of the taxpayer within Montana, and the denominator of which is the average value of all such assets.
(ii) The amount of interest from federal funds sold and purchased and from securities purchased under resale agreements and securities sold under repurchase agreements attributable to Montana and included in the numerator is determined by multiplying the amount described in (a)(i) above, from such funds and such securities by a fraction, the numerator of which is the average value of federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell which are properly assigned to a regular place of business of the taxpayer within Montana and the denominator of which is the average value of all such funds and such securities.
(iii) The amount of interest, dividends, gains, and other income from trading assets and activities, including but not limited to assets and activities in the matched book, in the arbitrage book, and foreign currency transactions (but excluding amounts described in (i) and (ii) above, attributable to Montana and included in the numerator is determined by multiplying the amount described in (a)(ii) above, by a fraction, the numerator of which is the average value of such trading assets which are properly assigned to a regular place of business of the taxpayer within Montana and the denominator of which is the average value of all such assets.
(iv) For purposes of this section, average value shall be determined using the rules for determining the average value of tangible personal property set forth in 15-31-307, MCA.
(c) In lieu of using the method set forth in (b) above, the taxpayer may elect, or the department may require in order to fairly represent the business activity of the taxpayer in Montana, the use of the method set forth in this subsection.
(i) The amount of interest, dividends, net gains (but not less than zero), and other income from investment assets and activities in the investment account to be attributed to Montana and included in the numerator is determined by multiplying all such income from such assets and activities by a fraction, the numerator of which is the gross income from such assets and activities which are properly assigned to a regular place of business of the taxpayer within Montana and denominator of which is the gross income from all such assets and activities.
(ii) The amount of interest from federal funds sold and purchased and from securities purchased under resale agreements and securities sold under repurchase agreements attributable to Montana and included in the numerator is determined by multiplying the amount described in (a)(i) above, from such funds and such securities by a fraction, the numerator of which is the gross income from such funds and such securities which are properly assigned to a regular place of business of the taxpayer within Montana and denominator of which is the gross income from all such funds and such securities.
(iii) The amount of interest, dividends, gains, and other income from trading assets and activities, including but not limited to assets and activities in the matched book, in the arbitrage book, and foreign currency transactions (but excluding amounts described in (c)(i) and (c)(ii) above), attributable to Montana and included in the numerator is determined by multiplying the amount described in (a)(ii) by a fraction, the numerator of which is the gross income from such trading assets and activities which are properly assigned to a regular place of business of the taxpayer within Montana and the denominator of which is the gross income from all such assets and activities.
(d) If the taxpayer elects or is required by the department to use the method set forth in subsection (c) above, it shall use this method on all subsequent returns unless the taxpayer receives prior permission from the department to use, or the department requires, a different method.
(e) The taxpayer shall have the burden of proving that an investment asset or activity or trading asset activity was properly assigned to a regular place of business outside of Montana by demonstrating that the day-to-day decisions regarding the asset or activity occurred at a regular place of business outside Montana. Where the day-to-day decisions regarding an investment asset or activity or trading asset or activity occur at more than one regular place of business and one such regular place of business is in Montana and one such regular place of business is outside Montana, such asset or activity shall be considered to be located at the regular place of business of the taxpayer where the investment or trading policies or guidelines with respect to the asset or activity are established. Unless the taxpayer demonstrates to the contrary, such policies and guidelines shall be presumed to be established at the commercial domicile of the taxpayer.
(12) Attribution of certain receipts to commercial domicile. All receipts which would be assigned under this rule to a state in which the taxpayer is not taxable shall be included in the numerator of the receipts factor, if the taxpayer's commercial domicile is in Montana.
IMP: 15-1-601, 15-31-301, 15-31-302, 15-31-303, 15-31-304, 15-31-305, 15-31-310, 15-31-311, 15-31-312, MCA
REASON: The department proposes adopting New Rule III to provide specific direction to financial institutions for including specific types of receipts in the numerator of the receipts apportionment factor. As proposed, New Rule III addresses specific types of receipts and how those receipts are assigned to the Montana receipts factor numerator for financial institutions.
New Rule III and the other two rules being proposed for adoption in this notice are modeled after regulations adopted by the Multistate Tax Commission. The proposed new rules are intended to more fairly apportion the receipts of financial institutions to states in which they do business.
4. Concerned persons may submit their data, views, or arguments, either orally or in writing, at the hearing. Written data, views, or arguments may also be submitted to: Laurie Logan, Department of Revenue, Director's Office, P.O. Box 7701, Helena, Montana 59604-7701; telephone (406) 444-7905; fax (406) 444-3696; or e-mail lalogan@mt.gov and must be received no later than November 13, 2017.
5. Laurie Logan, Department of Revenue, Director's Office, has been designated to preside over and conduct this hearing.
6. The Department of Revenue maintains a list of interested persons who wish to receive notices of rulemaking actions proposed by this agency. Persons who wish to have their name added to the list shall make a written request that includes the name and e-mail or mailing address of the person to receive notices and specifies that the person wishes to receive notice regarding a particular subject matter or matters. Notices will be sent by e-mail unless a mailing preference is noted in the request. A written request may be mailed or delivered to the person in 4 above or faxed to the office at (406) 444-3696, or may be made by completing a request form at any rules hearing held by the Department of Revenue.
7. An electronic copy of this notice is available on the department's web site at revenue.mt.gov/rules, or through the Secretary of State's web site at sos.mt.gov/ARM/register.
8. The bill sponsor contact requirements of 2-4-302, MCA, do not apply.
9. With regard to the requirements of 2-4-111, MCA, the department has determined that the adoption of the above-referenced rules will not significantly and directly impact small businesses. Documentation of the department's determination is available at revenue.mt.gov/rules or upon request from the person in 4.
/s/ Laurie Logan /s/ Mike Kadas
Laurie Logan Mike Kadas
Rule Reviewer Director of Revenue
Certified to the Secretary of State October 2, 2017.
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Гаральд Берґстедт (уродж. Гаральд Альфред Петерсен, 10 серпня 1877, Кеге — 19 вересень 1965, Копенгаген) — данський письменник.

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Автор побутових і сатиричних віршів (збірки «Пісні провінції», 1913–1921, «Широкі крила», 1919, «Пісні для всіх вітрів», 1927).

Його соціальний роман «Александерсен» (1918, переклад на російську — 1923) — сатира на буржуазну культуру.

Антикатолицька сатирична повість «Фабрика святих» (1919, переклад на російську — 1924) була екранізована в СРСР в 1930 Яковом Протазановим під назвою «Свято Святого Йоргена».

До Другої світової війни був соціал-демократом. У 1946 році за співпрацю з німецькими окупантами був засуджений до тюремного ув'язнення на 2 роки.

У 1948 році опублікував збірку віршів «Пісні за ґратами», що містить роздуми про власне життя і творчість.

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 Бергстедт, Харальд // Большая советская энциклопедия: [в 30 т.] / гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров. — 3-е изд. — М. : Советская энциклопедия, 1969—1978.

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