The 11th grade is the most important school year during your pre-college years. This list will help you to stay on top of the many different things you need to make happen.
Plan to attend at least one college fair. It's a good time to gather information about a lot of colleges and ask questions. Besides, they're fun!
Visit the counseling office often to see when representatives for the colleges you are interested in will be visiting your school. Schedule to meet them. Also check for new incoming information about colleges and scholarships.
Take the SAT I and/or the ACT (American College Test) during the spring semester. Find out which test the colleges you are interested in require. Consult with your counselor or college admissions offices if you're unsure of your score. Should you take the test again?
Start learning about college costs and financial aid. Use financial aid calculators to estimate how much your family will be expected to pay. Set aside money for college from part-time jobs, gifts, or any other source. Saving any amount can make a big difference in what you can afford to pay for college. Continue to check into scholarships. There are books and online searches with scholarship lists.
Plan your summer activities. Consider a career-related summer job, summer courses at a local college, community service, or volunteer work. The summer before your senior year is also a good time to visit your top three college choices.


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Japan wary of feasible U.S. Import restrictions on vehicles, car parts
The Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry expressed an experience of wariness Wednesday over feasible U.S. Import restrictions on vehicles and vehicle elements. The measure "may want to result in managed trade that distorts loose and fair trade," the ministry stated in an annual file on unfair exchange practices. U.S. President Donald Trump's management is thinking about the measure, claiming that imported automobiles and components may also threaten his united states' country-wide protection.
Japan will urge the USA to give up the concept thru bilateral negotiations, the 2019 record said. Automotive imports from Japan make a considerable contribution to U.S. Enterprise and employment, the record stated, warning towards the additional car tariffs that may be delivered.
The ministry additionally confirmed the challenge over protect import regulations invoked with the aid of the European Union and Canada in response to U.S. Extra tariffs on steel imports ultimate 12 months, stressing that such measures go to pot the exchange environment. Regarding China's funding regulations related to next-technology car development, the report said the rules might be used efficaciously to force overseas companies to switch technologies to Chinese partners.
The ministry also announced its policy on the way to address issues noted in the record.
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These days, there's no telling in which any given aftermarket component became made or even who made it. The international elements market is flooded with reasonably-priced, substandard rubbish that does not conform to any time-honored safety and first-class standards, which in realistic terms, is a method that you can be endangering the lives of your circle of relatives by refusing to pay "exorbitant" expenses for safety-critical components on the supplier.
Moreover, if an OEM component fails, you already know who to speak to approximately; that is often not the case with aftermarket elements. The result of that is which you regularly have no recourse, and also, you absolutely have to shop for some other element at a different car parts keep, hoping it may not fail once more within a few days. Thus, by on occasion paying greater for an OEM part, you could keep plenty of money, time, and aggravation in the end.
If you do pick out to go with aftermarket components, no matter the threat of receiving substandard automobile components, you could often recognize good-sized financial savings by way of purchasing round. However, while you do keep around, you must examine prices for the identical brand.
If you do not know your way across the parts jungle, it is simple to fall prey to unscrupulous dealers who no longer have your first-rate pastimes at coronary heart. Reputable car component manufacturers will constantly brand their merchandise, so keep on with brands you recognize and accept as true with auto parts that are available unbranded white bins (or in undeniable plastic baggage) can be reasonably priced. However, you do not know what you are buying.
"Cheap" never interprets into "properly pleasant," which means that by the time you had replaced an OEM car part of unsure provenance for the third time, you have probably spent more money than you would have accomplished had you purchased the element from the supplier inside the first region.
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Top Year-End Tax Tips
December 29, 2020 Uncategorized2020, 2020 taxes, 2021, accountants, accounting, business, California, CARES act, coronavirus, Money, orange county, tax, taxesjennifer
As we're all aware, 2020 has been an extraordinarily complex year — that complexity is reflected in taxpayers' tax situations, whether they're businesses or individuals. While there is plenty of time before this year's tax returns need to be filed, the constantly changing economic situation, the presidential election, and the host of COVID-19 legislative provisions mean that some tax moves will only be effective if they're made before the end of the year.
We've brought together some of our best year-end tax-planning coverage, ranging from reminders of classic strategies to deep dives into rules specific to COVID-19 tax relief. For each article, we've highlighted a strategy or two, but they all offer a host of potential tax savings — for those who act fast.
For businesses and individuals:
In early October, Top 10 Firm Grant Thornton put together a list, a mix of strategies for both companies and individual taxpayers, including:
Making sure to use the above-the-line charitable deduction
Accelerating AMT refunds
Taking advantage of new bonus depreciation rules from the CARES Act
New for the end of the year:
In an interview, Wolters Kluwer's Mark Luscombe dives into some of the most important new year-end planning issues, including:
Employee tax credits and deferrals related to payroll taxes that expire at the end of 2020
Tax provisions that offer retroactive relief
The implementing expiration of the expanded ability to make penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans
Expiring Relief:
With a number of COVID-19 related tax relief provisions, Laura Davison of Bloomberg News talks about how year-end planning has been turbocharged. Here are the provisions set to expire:
The removal of the cap on individuals' business loss deductions
The one-time deduction for charitable gifts for taxpayers taking the standard deduction
Planning around the election:
Tax planners knew that the November election could have a major impact on year-end planning. Particularly, if a Biden win brought in a whole new approach to tax legislation. Accounting Today columnist Mark Luscombe, of Wolters Kluwer, offered strategies for both possible outcomes in Georgia, including:
With a Republic win, focusing more on tax-loss harvesting and less on Roth IRA conversions
With a Democratic win, preparing for the possibility of higher capital gains and income tax rates
Three-quarters of the way there:
In a column just before the election, Wolters Kluwer's Mark Luscombe summarized the year-end planning developments thus far in the year including:
The restoration of NOL carrybacks for up to five years
A number of COVID related corrections and extensions to the Tax Cuts and Job Acts of 2017
COVID-19 sick leave and family leave, and employee retention provisions
Acceleration and declaration:
After a "year like no other" this early December list from AG FinTax's Anil Grandhi included tips on lowering taxes by:
Accelerating business purchases
Adding children or spouses to the payroll
Deferring or accelerating income
From one year to another:
Not everything can be wrapped up by the end of the year. Accounting Today's senior tax editor, Roger Russell, covers the issues from 2020 that will have an impact on 2021:
The tax impacts of remote work
How to handle emergency retirement plan withdrawals under the CARES Act
The taxability of unemployment benefits
In under the wire:
While many of them don't need to be taken up by December 31st, the last-minute COVID relief legislation signed by President Trump included a number of tax provisions including:
Passage of a number of tax extenders
An extension of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit
Improvements to the Employee Retention Credit
December 22, 2020 UncategorizedCA, CA Prop 19, California, children, exclusions, law, proposition, taxesAmanda.Gawron@VerticalAdvisors.com
Scope – What is the purpose/ subject of this memo
The purpose of this memo is to discuss California Proposition 19, which is also referred to as The Home Protection for Seniors, Severely Disabled, Families, and Victims of Wildfire or Natural Disasters Act. This measure was approved by California voters in November 2020. This memo will provide an explanation of the new Proposition and compare it to the existing law. Additionally, the memo contains a list of topics to consider as a result of the passage of this new law.
Analysis – Existing Law (ARTICLE XIII A of the California Constitution)
The existing law is under Proposition 13 which was passed in 1978. Under this law, the following was true:
Property tax is limited to 1% of a home's taxable value, based on when the home was purchased, and thereafter, the appraised value of the property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership occurs, subject to an annual inflation adjustment not to exceed 2%.
For taxpayers 55 years or older or any severely and permanently disabled person residing in the property eligible for the homeowner's exemption, they can transfer the base year value of that property to a replacement dwelling of equal or lesser value located in the same county, or another county that has adopted an ordinance allowing base years value transfers from other counties, as provided. Eligible taxpayers were able to utilize this one time.
The purchase or transfer of the principal residence, and the first $1,000,000 of other real property, of a transferor in the case of a transfer between parents and their children, or between grandparents and their grandchildren if all the parents of those grandchildren are deceased, is not a "purchase" or "change in ownership" for purposes of determining the "full cash value" of the property for taxation. Additionally, there is a restriction on how much that taxable value can go up each year, even if a home's market value increases much more.
Analysis – New Tax Law (Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 11)
Proposition 19 changes the existing law in the following ways:
Homeowners who are 55 or older or who have lost a home in a natural disaster can now transfer their tax assessment from their previous home to a new more expensive home. This can be done up to three times, instead of the previous one-time allowance.
The measure eliminates the exclusion for reassessment when a house transfers to a child or a grandchild. The child or grandchild must actually use the residence as their primary residence to avoid reassessment. Previously, there was no requirement for the inheritor to utilize the house as their primary residence.
Topics to Consider
Who does this help and how?
CA proposition 19 benefits homeowners who are 55 years old or older. When they move to a new and more expensive residence, they can blend the taxable value of their old house with the purchase price of a new, more expensive home, reducing the property tax payment they would otherwise face. This benefit would also extend to disabled taxpayers and taxpayers who have lost their homes in wildfires or other natural disasters.
"For example, a qualifying homeowner who owns a home with a taxable value of $200,000 that is worth $600,000 on the market would pay roughly $2,200 in property taxes now. If the homeowner moves to a $700,000 house, the homeowner will pay $3,300 a year in property taxes under Proposition 19. Without the initiative, the same homeowner would pay $7,700 annually at the new home." (LA Times)
Based on the example provided by the LA Times, a qualifying homeowner who owns a home with a taxable value of $200,000 that is worth $600,000 on the market would pay roughly $2,200 in property taxes now. If they move to a $400,000 house, it would be expected that if the new home is less than the $600,000 market value of the old home, then the property taxes would be unchanged.
Who does this hurt?
The group of people who would be hurt by proposition 19 are the children who will inherit the properties from their families and intend to rent it out or keep it as a second home. If the child or grandchild that inherited the property does not utilize the property as their primary residence, the property tax will be reassessed based on the market value and thus the children or grandchildren would lose the ability to retain the tax basis that was based on the original purchase price.
Are there any exceptions?
As we discussed above, for the children who will inherit the properties from their families and intend to rent it out or keep it as a second home, the properties will be reassessed, and the tax base would go up based on the market value consequently. However, Prop 19 does not change any of the ownership rules for properties owned by legal entities, which generally provide that legal entity interests can be transferred from current owners to new owners without triggering a reassessment, subject only to the change in control rule and cumulative ownership rules. This legal entity rule is sometimes referred to as "The Dell Maneuver" because Michael Dell purchased the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica without triggering a reassessment. It should be noted that there are regular attempts to close off the Dell Maneuver legislatively, but none have succeeded to date. Accordingly, individual owners would therefore have an incentive to transfer their property to a legal entity to avoid future reassessment.
The deadline to transfer real properties without triggering the new reassessment rules under Prop 19 is February 15, 2021.
Generally, your estate attorney or attorney will be able to advise you in these matters. We recommend you speak with your legal counsel if you desire to implement any changes related to Prop 19.
https://www.boe.ca.gov/prop19/
https://www.boe.ca.gov/proptaxes/pdf/lta20061.pdf
Is a new COVID-19 bill coming? The house and the senate have been apparently working on another bill.
December 18, 2020 Uncategorizedact, bill, CARES, covid, fund, government, payroll, relief, stimulus, taxAmanda.Gawron@VerticalAdvisors.com
Here are the highlights from our perspective.
On December 15, 2020, two bipartisan COVID-19 relief bills, the Bipartisan COVID-19 Emergency Relief Act of 2020 and the Bipartisan State and Local Support and Small Business Protection Act of 2020, were introduced that contain payroll-related provisions.
Background. Earlier in 2020, the federal government enacted legislation with COVID-19 relief provisions aimed at helping employers and workers. This included the Families First Coronavirus Relief Act (FFCRA) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Certain provisions in each bill provided aid for employers and workers such as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).
Negotiations for further COVID-19 relief legislation between the White House, Senate and Congress have stalled several times.
A new hope? However, the two bipartisan bills introduced in the Senate on December 15 may make it to the finish line before the end of the year based on the statements made by Senators who introduced the bills. According to Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), who introduced "The Bipartisan COVID-19 Emergency Relief Act of 2020," with other Senators: "We're not going home for Christmas until this gets done."
Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) who, with other Senators, introduced "The Bipartisan State and Local Support and Small Business Protection Act of 2020," noted: "This compromise represents the best path forward for Congress and the Administration to provide much-needed relief for the American people before the end of the year." Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) added: "The Senate should not adjourn until we have passed a new COVID-19 package to provide the relief Americans need." The Bipartisan COVID-19 Emergency Relief Act of 2020. A summary of The Bipartisan COVID-19 Emergency Relief Act of 2020 says it contains the following payroll-related provisions:
PPP and small business support. This bill would provide $300 million to the Small Business Administration (SBA) to allow the hardest hit small businesses to receive a second forgivable PPP loan. Eligibility for these loans would be limited to businesses with 300 or fewer employees that have sustained a 30% revenue loss in any quarter in 2020.
Forgivable expenses would be expanded to include supplier costs and investments in facility modifications and personal protective equipment needed to operate safely. Also, business expenses paid for with the proceeds of PPP loans are specifically tax deductible, "consistent with Congressional intent in the CARES Act," according to the summary.
In addition, the loan forgiveness process would be simplified for borrowers with PPP loans of $150,000 or less.
Unemployment assistance. The bill would also provide for a 16 week extension of all pandemic unemployment insurance programs, including PUA and pandemic emergency unemployment compensation (PEUC). The 16 weeks would run from the end of December 2020. It would also ensure beneficiaries of Railroad Retirement Board received the same benefits as other workers.
In addition, federal supplemental unemployment insurance benefits would be expanded by $300 per week for 16 weeks, from the end of December into April 2021.
Payroll support program extension. The bill would extend the Payroll Support Program (PSP) through March 31, 2021. As in the CARES Act, funds will go directly to frontline aviation workers' wages, salaries, and benefits. The Bipartisan State and Local Support and Small Business Protection Act of 2020. A summary of The Bipartisan State and Local Support and Small Business Protection Act of 2020 says it contains the following payroll-related provisions:
State, local and tribal government relief. This bill would provide for $160 billion for state, local and tribal assistance. And, would extend the deadline for spending CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) aid on COVID-related expenses through December 31, 2021.
Liability protection. This bill would also provide "liability protection" for employers. Employers would not be subject to liability under federal employment law in COVID-19 exposure cases or for changes in working conditions related to COVID-19 if the employer was trying to conform to public health standards and guidance.
The bill would also ensure that an employer's personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements, COVID-19 policies, procedures, or training, workplace testing, or financial assistance to an independent contractor does not create evidence of an employer-employee relationship.
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – State and Local Taxes Update
December 16, 2020 Uncategorizedbusiness, corporation, cut, finance, IRS, memo, Money, partnership, s corp, salt, tax, tax cut, tax cut job act, tax deduction, taxpayer, TCJAAmanda.Gawron@VerticalAdvisors.com
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts (TCJA) limited the individual tax deduction of state and local taxes (SALT) to $10,000 for married filing joint and $5,000 for married fling separate, or single. We feel this limitation was done to offset tax reductions done to spur the US economy. This limitation hurt and increased income taxes for taxpayers that are residents in states with high taxes. Taxpayers and states have been looking for a method of getting around this tax deduction limitation. Various ideas have failed, but the IRS recently issued IRS Notice 2020-75 which provides some hope. In the notice the IRS is explaining that if a state makes a flow through entity (an S Corporation or Partnership) liable for the income tax, rather than the shareholders or partners, and the entity pays it, then that state tax is not limited. Many states have been looking for a way to help their residence, and the IRS has explained a way, but why hasn't more states implemented this change if they really want to help their residence? Currently only seven (7) states have made this change.
The purpose of this memo is to discuss Notice 2020-75 issued by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on November 9, 2020, which allows state and local income taxes imposed on and paid by partnerships or S Corporations in computing its non-separately stated taxable income or loss for the taxable year of payment and are not subject to SALT limitation.
Tax Cuts and Job Acts (TCJA) limits the individual deduction of SALT to $10,000 (or $5,000 for married filing separately) for tax years 2018-2025. Due to this limitation, the notice cited that certain jurisdictions have enacted or contemplating to enact tax laws that impose either a mandatory or elective entity-level income tax on partnerships and S Corporations that do business in the jurisdiction or have income derived from or connected with sources within the jurisdiction. The notice pointed out that "certain jurisdictions provide a corresponding offsetting, owner-level tax benefit, such as full or partial credit, deduction, or exclusion" for taxes deducted at the Pass-Through Entity (PTE) level and that Treasury and IRS are "aware of the uncertainty as to whether entity level-payments made under these laws to jurisdictions described in §164(b)(2) other than U.S. territories must be taken into account in applying the SALT deduction limitation at the owner level".
The notice also announced the IRS's intention to issue a proposed regulation to provide clarity to individual owners of partnerships and S Corporations in calculating their SALT deduction limitations and clarify the Specified Income Tax Payments which are deductible by partnerships and S Corporations in computing their non-separately stated income or loss.
Discussion/Analysis
Reporting of Deduction in the Partnership or S Corporation Tax Return
Based on the notice, SALT does not need to be separately stated. Thus, it would be expected that the deduction will be reported under "Taxes and Licenses" on Form 1065 or 1120S and will flow-through to partners/shareholders as part of Box 1 "ordinary income or loss" on Schedule K-1.
Deductibility of the SALT
As mentioned in the notice, there are "certain jurisdictions" that shifted the individual tax to entity-level tax to "workaround" from the SALT limitation under TCJA and below are the states that imposes entity-level income tax which is referred to as a "Specified Income Tax Payment":
Connecticut – effective January 1, 2018
Louisiana – election to be made
Maryland – imposed to the distributive shares or pro rata shares of resident members of the PTE
New Jersey – effective January 1, 2020, election to be made
Oklahoma – effective January 1, 2019, needs annual election
Rhode Island – effective January 1, 2019, election to be made
Wisconsin – effective January 1, 2019 for person or persons holding more than 50% of capital and profits of a partnership
According to the notice, if a partnership or an S Corporation makes a Specified Income Tax Payment during the taxable year, the partnership or S Corporation is allowed a deduction for the Specified Income Tax Payment in computing its taxable income for the taxable year in which the payment is made.
The impending proposed regulations defined "Specified Income Tax Payments" as any amount paid by a partnership or an S Corporation to a State, a political subdivision of a State or the District of Columbia (Domestic Jurisdiction) to satisfy its liability for income taxes imposed by the Domestic Jurisdiction on the partnership or S Corporation, meaning, it will solely include the state and local taxes paid under Sec. 164(b)(2) but excluding taxes paid or accrued to foreign countries and U.S. territories under Sec. 703(a)(2)(B) and Sec. 1363(b)(2).
Effectivity Date of the Deduction
Based on the notice, the forthcoming Proposed Regulations will apply to payments on or after November 9, 2020, but taxpayers are also permitted to apply the rules to payments made in a partnership or S Corporation tax year ending after December 31, 2017 and before November 9, 2020.
Notes/Comments
This is a taxpayer friendly decision made by IRS. It is expected that other states, particularly those that impose high personal income tax rates on residents that are disproportionately affected by the $10,000 SALT deduction cap may enact similar laws in response to IRS guidance.
Currently, California and many other high tax states have not made this beneficial change. If you live in a state with high income taxes, I suggest you contact them.
Individual states and every individual have unique tax calculations and applications of tax laws, so please contact us if you have questions.
How Technology Can Steer You Through the Fast Lane of the Post-Covid World
December 8, 2020 Uncategorizedcoronavirus, covid, covid-19, Entrepreneurs, Technologyadmin
Now, given the rapid changes in an uncertain economy affected by the virus, knowing how to utilize and navigate technology in the post-COVID world will be even more crucial for entrepreneurs, college graduates, other job seekers, and upwardly mobile professionals, says Tim Mercer, ForbesBooks author of Bootstrapped Millionaire: Defying the Odds of Business.
"Corporate America is undergoing a major transformation," says Mercer, who also is founder of IBOX Global (IBOXG), which provides technology services to government agencies and Fortune 500 corporations.
"Technology is at the center of this seachange. The virus will have a tremendous long-term impact on the workplace, and the influence of technology will loom larger as a result of the lessons we've learned during this unprecedented time.
"Company structures are appearing more tailored to the entrepreneurial mind. The evolving trend is working from home, smaller workplaces, and niche-focused businesses. The work is moving faster, and whether a business owner or freelancer, you must be agile and nimble to compete. All these changes can be good, but only if you are ready."
The Key To Success In The Post-COVID World
Mercer says the key to success in the post-COVID world is understanding these business-related benefits of technology:
The internet is the great equalizer for knowledge and opportunity
"The internet is the driving force behind the access to today's opportunities," Mercer says. "With the global economy, and technology connecting so many of us to it simultaneously, success has more to do with your ability to identify the right opportunities and your desire to go after them." While the internet enables someone to gain knowledge quickly, Mercer says it's also important to be vigilant in discerning the quality of online sources.
Leveraging technology correctly helps businesses run efficiently
You don't need to earn a degree in information technology or become a computer whiz to leverage the benefits of technology, Mercer says. "What's most important is that you know how to use technology to achieve your business goals," he says. "For example, through the power of tools like QuickBooks, I was able to manage the financial aspect of several of my businesses without having to hire a full-time finance team. Leverage the strength of technology to carry more of your workload while increasing your profitability."
Tech certifications can be more powerful than four-year degrees
Many college graduates aren't working in fields related to their majors, and today's employers are increasingly shifting toward skills-based hiring for technology jobs. "With the demand in tech, that means certification programs are on the uptick, often providing a quicker and more cost-effective way of getting hired than does a four-year college degree," Mercer says. "A person's overall earning powers in tech can more than double. Our general educational system often doesn't meet the demands of today's business environment. Typical college grads and most students lack the skills required for today's tech positions."
Freelancing and independent consulting are on the rise
Gigging – taking on multiple freelance jobs – is growing in popularity, largely due to the growth in digital platforms and social media. "This has given rise to a freelancer and consulting boom that has opened the door to a more flexible and creative workforce of contractors to accommodate the heavy workflow of today's companies," Mercer says. "The power of social media and online platforms is making it easier for entrepreneurs to engage a more diverse and global market. You can use your individual skills to bring more value to your business simply by selling those skills and services to others."
"Technology has a hugely important role in enabling us to meet the many economic and business challenges presented by the pandemic," Mercer says, "and to be better prepared for whatever comes next."
5 WAYS TO GIVE BACK ON A BUDGET: GIVING SEASON FOR BUSINESSES
December 1, 2020 Uncategorizedbusiness, charity, referrals, small business, Volunteeradmin
1. Collaborate with a Charity
There are several different ways giving businesses can collaborate with charities. Perhaps the most public way is to donate a portion of sales to a charitable organization. Also, you can prompt buyers to round up to the nearest dollar or make a larger donation at checkout. This puts your partnership with the organization square in front of your customers. This spreads awareness around not only a cause important to the business but sharing the mission of the specific organization.
2. Reward Referrals with Donations
Incorporating donations into a referral program is a great way to encourage engagement among current customers. This is in addition to giving back and boosting sales. For example, small business owners can set up a referral program to support local schools. Customers can pick a local school to receive a donation or new school supplies with every successful referral.
3. Take a Day off to Volunteer Together
There is evidence to support that volunteering lowers stress and helps us live longer. However, finding time to volunteer is difficult no matter how motivated we are.
4. Food and Clothing Drive
An alternative to taking time away from work, that also engages employees, is organizing a food and clothing drive. A good way to bring in more goods is to set up a friendly competition, breaking staff up into multiple teams. A prize for the winning team is letting them pick a charitable organization that the business will make a donation to.
5. Pro-Bono Work
Finally, business owners and their employees can give back to communities by offering their services to local organizations. For example, a small event planning firm can organize a silent auction, or a boutique ad agency can create an advertisement for a local charity. There are a multitude of ways to apply business skills to make an impact.


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This morning we got up at around 8:30am and went for a jog. Jogging is more popular than I would have guessed. (I'm glad Mark insisted we packed running gear.) We see lots of joggers daily in Firenze. Especially on the south side of the Arno, with its shady streets and more residential feel, jogging is actually fun. Anyway, we went for a 10km jog. We could tell it was 10km because today was the day for the "Corri La Vita" (combatti il tumore al seno – walk for breast cancer, I think) and the course was being set up with signs for a 10km and 6km run/walk. Without intending to we ended up doing the 10km loop. We jogged from our apartment right up Costa San Giorgio to Forte Belvedere and through a back entrance into the famous Giardino di Boboli. The man at the entrance thought we were runners in the event (however, we were several hours earlier). We ran through the park and out the back side and made a huge loop back through the south hills of Florence to San Miniato al Monte and then to the Piazzale Michelangelo and then home again. There are hundreds of routes through the hills and this was just one of them. We are hoping to explore more of the routes in the coming months.


It only takes one misstep to ruin an apple-picking trip for everyone. Why not brush up on these apple-picking rules so you don't end up in the Punishment Orchard?
1. Don't climb the trees: Apple trees are for picking, not climbing! Fail to heed this rule and you might just find yourself stuck in the cruel autumn shadow of the Punishment Orchard. Swinging from a tree branch in the regular orchard won't seem worth it once you're lashed to a hayride and dumped in the middle of this sprawling, 100-acre wasteland where the fog never lifts and the apples are all way too hot to pick.
2. Twist, don't pull: Heads up: Pulling an apple can inadvertently knock down other fruit and risks damaging the tree. Better to carefully twist the apple upwards than be consigned to the Punishment Orchard's sea of wet, beige trees with no end in sight. Keep this rule in mind and you will never get trapped in the pitch-black sap oozing out of all the trees, nor will you be driven mad by the winds that constantly whisper a summary of Dale Earnhardt's death.
3. Don't waste fruit: The stench of bleach and pennies will be the surefire sign that your decision to just toss imperfect apples onto the ground of the normal orchard has landed you in the wicked, seething grove of the Punishment Orchard. A chorus of middle-aged men shrouded by crude scarecrow masks will taunt you with their vexing rhyme: "We are the men who have picked before / Your hands are bags, your days no more." Looking down, condemned travelers will realize the infectious verse has replaced their hands with reusable grocery bags and they can no longer remember important birthdays.
4. Don't eat the apples until you've paid: You'll want to pay up-front if you don't want to wake up in the wicker prison at the base of the Tree of Despair, a beige monstrosity whose sprawling tendrils lie directly under the approach path of the regional airport. You must sit in your atonement basket while the depraved, orphaned children of the Punishment Orchard throw scalding apples at your head as part of one of their simple-minded religious rituals.
5. Don't pick outside the designated areas: Follow the clearly posted signs in sunny and cheerful normal orchard and you should be fine! Wanderers will have their names recorded on the Punishment Orchard's Ledger of Bad Deeds, a shameful blight that nearly cost William Rehnquist his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1971. Then they will be given incorrect directions which will only send them deeper into the bowels of the Punishment Orchard, where the Cider Warden bathes himself in bleach and spare change. Even years after a stay in the Punishment Orchard, the smell of either of these items will send you into a vivid Vietnam flashback, regardless of whether or not you fought in Vietnam.


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Dog Fence (Payments and Rates) Amendment Bill
(Continued from 12 April 2016.)
The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS ( 15:53 ): I rise on behalf of Liberal members to support this bill. At the outset, I should highlight the fact that this bill was quite curiously introduced into the House of Assembly on 24 February this year by the Hon. Susan Close, who I think represents the Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation in that chamber. Given that this is the responsibility of the Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, a person with a keen interest in the Dog Fence said to me, 'He is in your house. Why wasn't it introduced in your house?' I said, 'Well, I think it might have been all to do with the management of the parliament at the time,' because at that stage, because of the Attorney-General's driving passion to get us to push through the planning bill, they had no other plans in the other place to actually get on with legislation.
The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS ( 15:21 ): I rise today to speak about the Country Press SA Awards dinner, which was held in the historic Mortlock library in Adelaide last Friday 19 February. The event was hosted by the president of Country Press SA, Mr Andrew Manuel of The Plains Producer newspaper at Balaklava, and also by the vice president, Mr Ian Osterman of The Courier at Mount Barker.
Condolence Motion: Mr J.S. Freebairn
The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS ( 14:23 ): I rise to endorse the remarks made by the Leader of the Government and Leader of the Opposition respectively. I am probably one of the few members of this place who actually knew Mr John Freebairn for a significant period of time. In fact, he and my father were both members of the Liberal and Country League and members of this parliament around the time the Liberal Movement came to the fore as a part of the Liberal and Country League and, of course, then later as it became a separate party. While my father and Mr Freebairn were on different sides of that scenario, they always maintained good relationships, and certainly later in life that continued.
Condolence Motion: Mr B. Hurn
Adjourned debate on motion of Hon. R.L. Brokenshire: That this council—
1. Expresses its deep regret at the pass ing of Mr Brian Hurn OAM, former mayor of the Barossa Council and former president of the Local Government Association; and
2. Places on record its appreciation of his distinguished service to local governmen t and to the broader community.
Natural Resources Committee
The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS (16:52): I rise very briefly to support the remarks of the
Hon. Mr Kandelaars, and certainly I will not at any stage repeat what he is has said, but I think the
Natural Resources Committee remains without a doubt one of the most active in the parliament, if
not the most active, and it certainly deals with a wide range of issues. There is the obvious connection
we have to the NRM boards and the deliverance of their levies, and there is obviously always some
controversy about that.
Kokoda Commemoration Service
The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS (15:39): I rise today to speak about the annual Kokoda
commemoration service which I attended on 2 November this year. The service is organised every
year on that date by the Tea Tree Gully RSL sub-branch, and for many years was passionately
coordinated by the late Ben Martin, a former stockman, builder, drover, police officer and army
servicemen. Ben was a tireless worker in the community and a proud Australian.
The Kokoda Track campaign was arguably Australia's most significant campaign of the
Second World War. The campaign consisted of a series of battles fought on the Kokoda Track,
Papua, from July to November 1942 between the Japanese and Allied (mostly Australian) forces.
After initial losses, Australians were able to push back the Japanese and, while the battle was won,
unfortunately more than 600 Australian soldiers were killed.
Campania Sports and Social Club
The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS ( 21:20 :17 ): I was not on the list, but I want to make a very brief contribution as someone who has spent a fair bit of his parliamentary career working in the seat of Florey and other parts of the north-eastern suburbs and who also worked for a couple of years at the office of senator Nick Minchin, which was situated at Modbury North, very close to the Campania club.
1. Acknowledges the development of the suicide prevention networks around South Australia and encourages the rapid expansion of this successful initiative;
2. Calls on the Weatherill Labor government to enhance its efforts in the field of suicide prevention, both in programs and funding, and as a matter of urgency progress the development of its 2016 ‑ 2020 State Suicide Prevention Strategy;
3. Urges the Weatherill Labor government, in the development of its 2016-2020 State Suicide Prevention Strategy, to note—
(a) the establishment of a Ministerial Suicide Prevention Council by the Western Australian government;
(b) the commitment by the Victorian state government of $4.9 million to suicide prevention programs specifically for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Questioning (LGBTIQ) community;
(c) the establishment of a suicide register by the Queensland state government to enable better research into the causes and prevention of suicide, and the direction of funding to programs which will reduce the rates of suicide in areas discovered as ' hot spots ' ;
(d) the implementation of suicide prevention training programs for front - line police officers and public transport employees by the New South Wales state government; and
(e) the development of a dedicated Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy by the Tasmanian state government.
1. Acknowledges the Centenary of the 1915 Nobel Prize awarded to father and son recipients, William Bragg and Lawrence Bragg; and
2. Recognises, with appreciation, their contribution to science and their connection to the state of South Australia.
Occupational Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Committee: Barossa Valley Visit
The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS ( 16:25 :59 ): I rise to support this motion and to endorse the remarks of the mover and the Hon. John Darley. It was unfortunate that the Hon. Mr Kandelaars was unable to come on the day, although knowing his state of health that day and that the temperature in the Barossa on that May day was predictably reasonably cool, he may well have been wise not to come with us. I would like to briefly put on record my gratitude to the member for Schubert in another place not only for his membership of the committee but also for his ready willingness to host the first regional visit of this committee in his own electorate. It was a widely varying field trip, but one that I think was of great value to all those of us who participated.


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Brandi Schottel
Associate Program Director, National Science Foundation
Brandi Schottel received her Bachelors of Science for both Chemistry and Biological Sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia in May of 2002. In fall of that year, she joined the group of Professor Kim R. Dunbar at Texas A&M University to study anion-π interactions and their influence on the self-assembly of transition metal complexes. After receiving her Ph.D. in Chemistry in May 2007, she started her first postdoctoral appointment with Professor Kenneth Raymond at UC Berkeley to examine the solution thermodynamic stability of gadolinium hydroxypyridonate complexes suitable for use as future MRI contrast agents. Her second postdoctoral appointment with Professor A. Dean Sherry at the University of Texas at Dallas focused on similar compounds for use as potential CEST (chemical exchange saturation transfer) agents for MRI contrast. Following this appointment, she joined the teaching faculty at Ursuline Academy of Dallas, a private high school for advanced girls, in August of 2010. She taught introductory chemistry and a college level course for three years before becoming an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Science Foundation in the Division of Chemical, Bio-engineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET). This transitioned into a program director position in CBET where she is considered and expert on sustainability science that involves the integration of multiple systems. Brandi coordinates the INFEWS (Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems) initiative at NSF, and, more recently, the Signals in the Soil (SitS) program. Her interests include STEM education, nanotechnology, science policy, and communications associated with interdisciplinary science and engineering solutions for sustainability.
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In accordance with the practice of the Court of Justice of the European Union, if uncertainty arises about the interpretation of a Member State's legislation falling within the terms and scope of applying European Union law, that Member State's legislation has to be interpreted on the basis of administrative and judicial interpretation in that Member State. What is the procedure in cases where even the Member State's court proceedings at the last instance establish inconsistent judicial practice in interpreting a piece of legislation of a Member State?
If, on the basis of EU judicial practice, the uncertainties about the interpretation of a Member State's legislation, subject to the application and terms of European Union law, have to be determined on the basis of the Member State's administrative practice and interpretation by the (superior) court, can such interpretation lead to interpretation that is contrary to the letter of that Member State's law if it reduces the rights guaranteed by the legal system of the EU?


Growing income disparities are an undeniable fact, and legal and systemic measures to create and maintain a social safety net are of course essential. However, these respond only to the symptoms, when more fundamental, curative measures are required. To ensure the genuine and lasting effectiveness of our response, a spiritual undergirding--a fundamental reevaluation of our priorities--is necessary.
We need to develop the awareness that the standard of values that judges human worth solely on the basis of economic capacity represents the effective absence of values. We need to ask ourselves why there is such pervasive pessimism and nihilism in advanced industrial societies.
To reach a legally binding agreement to extend negative security assurances--the undertaking not to use nuclear weapons against any of the non-nuclear-weapon states fulfilling their obligations under the NPT.
To initiate negotiation on a treaty codifying the promise not to use nuclear weapons against each other.
Where nuclear-weapon-free zones have yet to be established, and as a bridging measure toward their establishment, to take steps to declare them nuclear non-use regions.
In addition to expanding the frameworks defining the legal obligation not to use nuclear weapons in this way, it is also necessary to further clarify the norm that nuclear weapons are indeed weapons that must never be used. To achieve this, the threat or use of nuclear weapons should be included among the war crimes falling under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The establishment of this norm will clear the way toward the abolition of nuclear weapons--the fervent desire of people the world over.
Article 26 of the UN Charter states that the Security Council has responsibility for formulating plans for regulating armaments in order to promote the maintenance of international peace and security, minimizing the diversion of the world's human and economic resources for armaments. However, to date the Security Council has failed to fulfill this role. It is time that new efforts be made to fully implement Article 26 so that the Security Council fulfills its disarmament obligations, strengthening impetus toward nuclear abolition and the demilitarization of our planet.
None of these proposals will be easy to implement, but all of them build on existing institutional foundations. They are by no means unreachable goals. The NPT Review Conference should initiate movement toward these goals, and such efforts should culminate in a nuclear abolition summit in 2015--held in Hiroshima and Nagasaki--which would effectively signal the end of the era of nuclear weapons.
It is children who are forced to pay the highest price when their societies face a crisis. There are concerns over the increasing numbers of children who are denied access to adequate nutrition and health care or are forced to quit school in order to work. UNICEF has advocated child-friendly schools and the building of classrooms that can withstand earthquakes and storms. Schools should function as a refuge to protect children from various threats--as strongholds of human security--and become a venue for fostering children as protagonists of a new culture of peace.
Finally, girls' education has a crucial impact on all aspects of human development. Empowering a girl through education will lead to a brighter future for herself, her family and her children, eventually permeating society as a whole with the light of hope. We need to establish an internationally administered fund dedicated to realizing a better future for women, in which a portion of developing countries' debts is forgiven and the equivalent amount allocated to girls' education.
In all these efforts, the key is the power of dialogue and engagement to awaken that which is best in each individual. Just as there is no easy path to learning, there is no easy path to the realization of good. We must root ourselves firmly in reality, deliberately taking on difficult challenges, ceaselessly training and forging ourselves in the "smelting furnace" of spiritual struggle and earnest engagement with others.


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5 Reasons Why Facebook Fan Numbers Mean Nothing
posted on 16th Mar 2011
Q. How do you measure the success of your Facebook page? Most of the time all people really care about is the amount of fans a page has. It's incredible really, after all these years it still goes back to who is the most popular in the schoolyard. There's a few reasons why using just the number of fans you have as the measure of your page's...	Gimme More »
Facebook Case Study: Glenisk Tune Challenge
This case study has been updated to include new sales data, you can find the update here. The Client Glenisk are Irelands leading producers of organic dairy products. The business is operated by the Cleary family of Killeigh, Co Offaly and is one of the feel good success stories of the economic recession. In 2010 sales growth hit a peak of...	Gimme More »
5 Great Uses of Facebook Credits
posted on 9th Mar 2011
Facebook Credits is the virtual currency that's been available on the social network since the beginning of 2010. It's been mostly used to purchase virtual goods and for in-game activities - up until now. It's actually a little unfair to call it a virtual currency, it's becoming more and more real each day. Back in September I posted about how...	Gimme More »
Irish Social Media Statistics (Update 3)
posted on 25th Feb 2011
A couple of recent reports by Comscore and Ipsos MRBI into social media usage in Ireland have been recently released (links to sources at the end). They provide the most up to date look at the reach and use of social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Linked In, from an Irish perspective. Update 1 (7/3/11): Facebook section with information...	Gimme More »
How To Get Your Facebook Page Deleted (+ What To Do)
posted on 23rd Feb 2011
Just before Christmas I posted how the French retail outlet Kiabi, had their Facebook page, with 130,000 fans, deleted. Kiabi had breached the promotional guidelines on Facebook. Subsequently the retailer reached an agreement with Facebook, and the page was reinstated.Over the last month several more pages have felt the wrath of Facebook, these...	Gimme More »
10 Blogging Resources
posted on 22nd Feb 2011
Writing a company blog takes a bit of time and effort. First you need to identify suitable topics, then craft a post which speaks to your readers. But there's hundreds of blogs out there covering similar topics to yours, so not only do you have to write the post, but you also have to try and identify something new and different in the subject...	Gimme More »
Social Search: Bing 'V' Google
The turf war between both internet search engines heated up this week as the two companies released the latest updates of two of their search products. The Bing Bar version 7 and an update of Google Social Search aim to integrate the search engines more deeply with social media activities. The amount of time we spend on social media is only...	Gimme More »
We Unlike You Because….
As part of my master's thesis a couple of years ago I conducted research into why people unlike brands on Facebook. The most common reasons given were receiving too many messages from brands (ie. spam), and a second reason I have never seen in other studies since - a brands offline activity affecting how people feel about the brand. This varied...	Gimme More »
Using Youtube Yet? Your Customers Are
It's surprising the amount of brands not using video content to reach out to customers. It's getting easier and easier to produce video, free to host it and easy to distribute through existing online and social channels. Those that are using it successfully, do so to try to engage customers in new ways, viewers want information or entertainment...	Gimme More »
12 Things You Should Know About New Facebook Page Layout
Last night Facebook made some changes to the layout of pages. From first inspection it looks like they have taken the better aspects of the leaked profile layout from last December and thrown in some new features to boot. Here's a quick run through of all the new changes, you can preview any pages you admin from here until March 10th, when all...	Gimme More »
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The Oakeley family's vast fortune derived mainly from their slate quarry in the Ffestiniog area.
The slate industry began in Wales during the C18 to fulfil the high demand for roofing materials as a result of the industrial revolution. By the end of the C19, Wales dominated production.
The Oakeley slate quarry was on Rhiwbryfdir land near Blaenau Ffestiniog. The first William Oakeley began to develop the business and in 1811 the estate was inherited by his son William Griffith.
Samuel Holland, a slate dealer from Liverpool, agreed to lease the Rhiwbryfdir land from William Griffith in 1819 for 3 years, paying rent and one tenth royalty. However, realising Rhiwbryfdir's potential for slate mining, he decided to take out a full lease on the land in 1821.
His son, Samuel Holland, arrived to run the quarry shortly afterwards. Over the next half a century it was transformed from a hole with 'three men working on it' to the largest subterranean quarry in the world producing first class slate.
Royalties increased as the quarry expanded allowing extravagant spending on the estate and the family lifestyle. Between1824 and 1825, he received £25,000 in royalties alone, equivalent to around a million and a half today!
By the time Louisa Jane inherited the estate upon her husband's death, the slate industry had increased considerably. Three quarries had emerged from the original one at Rhiwbryfdir, each being run separately and producing substantial revenues. The opening of the Ffestiniog Railway in 1836 had improved the transport of slate dramatically.
The growing industry generated employment for thousands and led to the creation of the slate town, Blaenau Ffestiniog and the economic development of the whole valley.
Following Louisa Jane's death in 1879, the estate was inherited by William Edward Oakeley.
Oakeley Quarry had at least 29 levels or floors, each about 12 metres (40 feet) deep, with about 70km (43 miles) of connecting tunnels.
William Edward Oakeley's period coincided with the end of the leases on the three quarries. In a desperate attempt to maintain the royalties at an all time high the three tenants, Holland, Rhiwbryfdir Slate Company and the Welsh Slate Company risked safety by trimming structural pillars and enlarging caverns. Their negligence resulted in the collapse of a roof.
Only the Welsh Slate Company renewed their lease due to William Edward's demand for higher royalties. As the Welsh Slate Company continued to neglect safety issues in the quarry, rock falls became more frequent with some pillars showing signs of total collapse.
Meanwhile, William Edward had formed the Oakeley Slate Company as a result of his failure to obtain leases. Becoming directly involved in quarry management cost him dearly however, as he had to borrow approximately £6 million in today's terms to run the quarries. This move resulted in large debts for the family.
While the Oakeleys were experiencing serious financial problems because of the downturn in the slate industry, it has been said that Teddy (Edward de Clifford), the heir, was still spending money like water on betting.
The situation worsened with The Great Fall, which started in the quarry in December 1882 and continued until a major rock collapse in February 1883. Approximately 6 million tons of rock fell during this period and it was expected to take 20 years to clear the site.
A claim was made against the Welsh Slate Company but only resulted in them surrendering the lease as they could not afford to pay the compensation. The Oakeley Slate Quarry Co. Ltd was forced to take over the bottom quarry as well and William Edward ultimately faced financial ruin as the quarries struggled to generate enough income to pay off his substantial loans.
The industry went into decline. Despite a small revival after the Second World War, the Oakeley Slate Company never recovered and finally closed in 1971.
What had once given the Oakeley family power and wealth beyond their wildest dreams had almost led to their destruction.
Slate quarrying has revived in the Ffestiniog Area following the downturn in the industry during the early C20.
The Oakeley Quarry became a tourist attraction for a number of years and the site was acquired by Alfred McAlpine Slate in 1998. Vigorous extraction has recommenced. It is still known as the Oakeley Quarry.
Tourism has been generated in Ffestiniog as a direct result of the slate industry. One of the old quarries, Llechwedd, has been turned into a major tourist attraction.
Visitors come to explore the way the industry has transformed the society, economy and the landscape of this corner of Snowdonia.


Despite being a second year at St Andrews University, today was the first time I took a trip to the Botanical gardens. I was pleasantly surprised to find such a sanctuary so close to town and despite being next to relatively busy roads, the quietness was astounding, all you can hear is the chirping of birds and the sporadic coloured autumn leaves falling from the trees.
Despite it being autumn, the greenhouses and surrounding trees looked beautiful, I am sure it is a place one can visit all year round. If anything I think that different seasons give a different experience at the gardens.
There are about four greenhouses to visit, and they are larger than expected, each room having a different theme, with one room having impressive cacti of all interesting shapes and sizes, another with tropical plants with beautiful blooming flowers with colours to impress and exciting carnivorous plants, and another room with rock plants and lichens. Walking through the place was like a jungle trek, a botanist's paradise.
What struck me was how tidy the greenhouses were, they seemed well looked after and well maintained, despite it not being peak visitor's season. The plants were also arranged stylishly and there was an impressive variety of plants, as well as seating in the greenhouse's which provides a perfect place to simply sit and enjoy one's surroundings. The Botanic Gardens are also a place of education, with a glass making centre and a history of plants, perfect for school trips and tourists.
Surrounding the greenhouses is a woodland walking area with stunning scenery, including a river water feature and rock gardens and plenty of benches to sit and chill. There is also plenty for children, with sculptures of deer made of reeds and giant mushroom chairs, which give a fairytale woodland feel to the place.
In all, the St Andrews Botanic Gardens made for a pleasant trip, with interesting species of plants, great facilities and a pretty woodland walk, making it a good day out and a nice walk, for anyone from toddlers, to students, to pensioners, no matter what time of the year it is.


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I once was deluded enough to think I could be a translator of Japanese into English. I'd studied Japanese in college, lived in Japan for a year, visited many times, and had acquired various sleeping dictionaries in the form of Japanese native speaker boyfriends and husbands. But it was not to be. My feeble attempts at translating technical documents and even a magician's handbook gave me nothing but headaches. And the tedious hours I spent trying to complete this work had me making the equivalent of about twenty-five cents an hour.
Translating dry, technical material was difficult enough, but I could never imagine translating a work of fiction; not only getting down the accuracy of the story, but the unique voice of the writer. Of course I have read all of my favorite Japanese authors—Haruki Murakami, Junichiro Tanizaki, Banana Yoshimoto—in English translation and have been grateful to the wonderful and talented translators who have presented their work so I can access it.
Even more daunting is the translation of poetry, which brings me to a beautiful book of poems translated from Japanese by Shogo Oketani and Leza Lowitz, called America & Other Poems. With their exquisite translations, Oketani and Lowitz have brought the Japanese poet Ayukawa Nobuo, who up until now has not been well known in the U.S., to a whole new audience. Ayukawa was born in Tokyo in 1920. As the son of a man who published a nationalist newspaper, he always had a longing for democracy and a fascination with America. Through his poetry he took the social responsibility of expressing an anti-war sentiment, and believed Japan should accept responsibility for its actions in World War II. Many of his poems reflect the conflict he felt in being sent to Sumatra in 1943 as an unwilling soldier of the Japanese Army.
Along with these moving poems (which are not all about war), in the preface and afterward written by Oketani we learn about Ayukawa's life (he died in 1986 in Tokyo while playing his favorite Super Mario Brothers video game), and the possibility that one reason why Western scholars of Japanese poetry of the past were not attracted to his poems was because Ayukawa's images are concrete, more in a European style, as opposed to subtle and vague, which is more the style of traditional Japanese poetry.
Oketani also describes the painstaking process of translation he employs with partner Lowitz. He first translates the original poem from Japanese to English, then Lowitz reworks this into a more natural English. He writes: "I then explain the nuance of each word I want to change and discuss the words she has decided to change, and we try to find the best word that captures the spirit and sense of the original in the target language, English. I also read each poem aloud in Japanese so that she can hear the rhythm and music of the words. Finally, we edit each sentence of the poem again and again."
America & Other Poems was the winner of the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature. The book can be ordered from your favorite bookstore or purchased on Amazon.
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Wendy Tokunaga is a developmental editor, writing instructor and novelist. She is the author of the novels, "Midori by Moonlight" and "Love in Translation" (both published by St. Martin's Press), the e-book novels, "Falling Uphill," and "His Wife and Daughters." She's also the author of the nonfiction e-book, "Marriage in Translation: Foreign Wife, Japanese Husband." Wendy holds an MFA in Creative Writing from University of San Francisco and teaches for Stanford Continuing Studies' Online Novel Writing Certificate Program. She also does private manuscript consulting for novels and memoirs. Follow her on Twitter at @Wendy_Tokunaga and visit her website at: www.WendyTokunaga.com
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Hospital Officials say that R. McDonald's near death experience occurred just after 3 PM in a crosswalk just outside the famed burger joint. He was in shock but hospitalized from high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high blood sugar and fallen arches. R. McDonald's release is slated for next week some time. Since McDonald was not hit straight on, police are no longer looking for the vehicle which swerved out of his way but ran over Mickey Dee's happy meal. McDonald's lawyers are not happy about this.
6 Portabellos with caps twisted off and cleaned with a damp towel (never run mushrooms under water) Marinate the twisted off caps too.
Preheat oven at 450 degrees. Whisk together olive oil, balsamic and sea salt. Marinate portabellos for about 1/2 hour, unless you are in a super hurry.
Bake 20 min one side; 15 min the other.
Mix ingredients together, slather on kaiser roll, add portabellos and your favorite toppings. I'm partial to slaw. What toppings would make you happy?
Stupid clown! Hope the near death experience taught him about karma and good eating habits.
That burger looks yum!! I like potato cutlets/tofu/avocados in my burgers.
will have to try the sauce.
I know. haha. Stupid stupid stupid. Yeah, I agree Veganosaurus, but I don't think this clown is teachable.
HA! The clown probably has vision problems, too, or he wouldn't walked right in front of the car. Too much beef fat in his eyeballs, maybe. But really, be more careful when you drive. You could hurt some clown. Coleslaw and avocado on the burgers. Maybe tomato and lettuce, too. And shredded raw beets like they do in Australia.
Thank you Andrea. Ewwwww, yes I seem to remember that terible malady called beef fat eyeball. Hahaha.Taking special safety precautions especially out side of fast food joints. I love your choices, shredded beets yum!


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According to early results from a large randomized study, screening for ovarian cancer using CA125 testing and/or transvaginal ultrasound may detect ovarian cancer at an earlier stage. It remains uncertain whether screening will improve survival, however, and whether the benefits will outweigh the risks. The results of this study were published in Lancet Oncology.
Ovarian cancer has the highest mortality rate of all gynecologic cancers. It is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among U.S. women, with a projected 21,650 new cases and 15,520 deaths in the year 2008.
One of the reasons that ovarian cancer tends to be so deadly is that it is often detected at a late stage when it is difficult to treat. An important focus of research, therefore, is the development of effective screening tests that will allow for the earlier detection of ovarian cancer.
When evaluating potential screening tests, it is important to assess not only the benefits of the tests, but also the risks. For example, false-positive test results can lead to anxiety as well as unnecessary and sometimes invasive follow-up testing. Given the risks, it is important to establish that screening actually improves survival.
The United Kingdom Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) is a large clinical trial intended to evaluate the effects on mortality of two potential ovarian cancer screening tests: annual CA125 testing and transvaginal ultrasound. The current analysis focuses on the results from the initial round of screening. Final study results will not be available for some time.
Women assigned to the screening groups had repeat tests if their first test was abnormal. Women with persistently abnormal results underwent further evaluation, which sometimes included surgery.
Among the 50,078 women in the CA125/transvaginal ultrasound group, 4,555 (9.1%) required additional testing and 97 (0.2%) had surgery. Ovarian or tubal cancers were detected in 42 of the women.
Among the 48,230 women in the transvaginal ultrasound alone group, 5,779 (12.0%) required additional testing and 845 (1.8%) had surgery. Ovarian or tubal cancers were detected in 45 of the women.
28 of the ovarian cancers were borderline tumors. Of the 58 invasive cancers, almost half (48%) were Stage I or Stage II.
An estimated 13% of ovarian cancers were missed by screening.
These preliminary results suggest that both approaches to screening were able to detect ovarian cancer, and it's encouraging that almost half of the invasive cancers that were detected were early-stage. Whether use of these screening tests will ultimately improve survival remains to be seen. It's also important to note that there were false-positive test results that led to additional testing and, in some cases, surgery. False-positive results were more common among women screened with transvaginal ultrasound alone. The final results of this study will provide more information about whether the benefits of these screening tests outweigh the risks.
Menon U, Gentry-Maharaj A, Hallett R et al. Sensitivity and specificity of multimodal and ultrasound screening for ovarian cancer, and stage distribution of detected cancers: results of the prevalence screen of the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS). Lancet Oncology [early online publication]. March 11, 2009.


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Q: Ensuring only a single instance of the RxBleClient Maybe I'm not understanding the situation correctly, but we're told it's important to have only one instance of the RxBleClient.
Couldn't this be easily accomplished by making it a static member of the Application class?
class MyApp extends Application {
    static RxBleClient rxBleClient;
    ...
}

Also, I'm having a hard time understanding this code (from your Application class):
   public static RxBleClient getRxBleClient(Context context) {
       RxBleApp application = (RxBleApp) context.getApplicationContext();
       return application.rxBleClient;
   }

Could you help me understand what it's doing, and why? Why couldn't it simply
return rxBleClient;

A: It can be accomplished with taking the static member of the class. Tough it is more elegant to pass it through the instance of RxBleApp which make it more testable (if there were any tests for the sample part).
The RxBleClient is referenced in the RxBleApp which is the android Application. The application context can be retrieved from the Context.

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Why do I need this test? Your healthcare provider will likely also order total and free testosterone blood levels. For women, it can mean polycystic ovary syndrome PCOS. Some evidence suggests that continuous use of oral contraceptives can also increase your SHBG levels.
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Aging Cell. Hirsutism Because SHBG is often low in women with hirsutism, free testosterone is elevated while the total testosterone concentration is normal. However, you are currently at Lab Tests Online. Hyperprolactinemia Modest reductions in SHBG levels may be encountered in individuals with hyperprolactinemia.
This test measures the level of SHBG in the blood and is most often used to help evaluate patients for testosterone deficiency or excess. Alpha globulins serpins : alpha-1 Alpha 1-antichymotrypsinAlpha 1-antitrypsin alpha-2 Alpha 2-antiplasmin Antithrombin Heparin cofactor II.
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A naturally occurring androgenic hormone. Exercise Increase your circulation overall, reduce stress and create balanced blood sugar all at once. Kelly JA, Vankrieeken L. Increased SHBG levels can be seen in anorexia, pregnancy, ageing, growth hormone deficiency, androgen deficiency, hyperthyroidism, liver disease, hyperprolactinaemia, active porphyria and also with oestrogens.
Chemical substances secreted by a variety of body organs that are carried by the bloodstream and usually influence cells some distance from the source of production. Although the definitive cause of this condition is not clearly known, insulin resistance is thought to play an important role in PCOS.
Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin". World Health Organization.
Hormonal birth control like the pill, the implant, and hormonal intrauterine devices affects levels of SHBG, depending on the birth control type. Among combined hormonal birth control users, higher SHBG levels are associated with increased risk of blood clot. Thomas, Clayton L. Updated October This information may be important in your overall evaluation when you have signs and symptoms of a condition related to excess or deficient sex hormone production.
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Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is a glycoprotein which regulates bioavailability of sex steroid hormones. Interest in SHBG has escalated in recent years because of its inverse association with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), obesity, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and Cited by: May 17, · Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is a protein produced in the liver. It binds certain hormones. When SHBG is low, more of these hormones Author: Ann Pietrangelo.
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Essentially SHBG manages the bioavailability of the two main sex hormones, testosterone and oestrogen. Low levels of SHBG result in increased activity of these hormones which can show up as excess body hair, head hair loss and acne. Progesterone, cortisol and other corticosteroids are bound in the same way to a substance called transcortin. Jan 15, · SHBG Production. Sex hormone binding globulin is mainly made in the liver, where its production is stimulated by female sex hormones and thyroid hormones [6, 7].. SHBG can also be made in these organs: Brain []Kidneys []Breasts []Uterus []Placenta []Ovaries []Prostate []Testicles []SHBG is also produced by some types of tumors, such as breast, ovarian, and uterine [16, 17, 18].
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An SHBG blood test is done to find out how much testosterone is available for the body to use. SHBG levels that are too high or too low can be a sign of health problems in men or Excess body and facial hair growth; Deepening of voice; Menstrual PCOS is a common hormone disorder affecting childbearing women. Its amount can vary widely in patients, and if the SHBG is either low or high, the amount of active (bioavailable) testosterone can vary widely. Therefore, it is very.
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SHBG and polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) Sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) is a protein that binds to both testosterone and estradiol. Its amount can vary widely in patients, and if the SHBG is either low or high, the amount of active (bioavailable) testosterone can vary widely. Therefore, it is very important to measure. Dec 01, · A reduction in plasma sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), a transport carrier that binds estrogen and androgens and regulates their biological activities, is often used as an indicator of hyperandrogenism in women with PCOS. Low serum SHBG levels are considered a biomarker of abnormal metabolism and are related to insulin resistance (IR.
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A common feature of PCOS is the finding of low sex hormone binding globulin or SHBG on blood test results. What does SHBG do? The purpose of SHBG is to bind to oestrodiol (a type of oestrogen) and testosterone (particularly dihydrotestosterone or DHT they type of testosterone that binds to receptors in hair follicles causing excess hair and hair loss). In adolescents, low sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) has been reported to be the only significant predictor of MetS. 3. Most girls are menarchal at age 14 (98% of whites, 97% of blacks). 4 Chiazze et al reported that only % of year old girls had average menstrual cycle lengths > 40 days.
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