Lost Vegas is a 5-reel, 243-pay line 'all ways pay' slot from Microgaming. Zombies have already taken over aspects of the online gaming world, with titles such as 'Plants vs Zombies' from Blueprint Gaming, and Zombie Rush from 'Spin Genie'. Now the undead have invaded Microgaming, or more specifically, Las Vegas. The gaming tables and slots lie abandoned, as those who arrived at the 'Adult Playground' recently are now just happy to escape with their lives. Happily, judging by the look of this slot, there were plenty of guns and baseball bats (and even golf clubs) around to help our heroes get away with both their heads and casino chips intact.
In a nice twist, you can either play as the survivors or the zombies in this game. You get different symbols on the reels and slightly different features depending on whose side you choose to be on. Joining the living and the (un)dead on the reels are playing card symbols ten through to ace in the typical Microgaming style.
All possible 243 lines are in play in this game, and you pay a fee of thirty coins in order to play all of them. You can select how many coins you want to risk per spin from one to fifteen, and the size of your coin from 0.01 to 0.10. Your final fee is your coin size multiplied by the number of coins mutliplied by thirty. When you're ready to munch on some brains/rampage through the zombie hordes, hit the spin button.
The lowest payout in this game is two coins, which is for three tens. The jackpot in normal play is secured by landing five 'radio active' scatter symbols. This wins 1,500 coins.
Survivors: Any playing card symbols that land are removed from the reels, and each symbol that's removed adds to your stash. Winning combos pay again after the symbols are stashed, and a prize is awarded at the end of free spins. Spins continue until all royals have been stashed.
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A 'blackout' bonus may strike randomly in the base game on any non-winning spin. All non-playing card symbols award cash prizes, and only one single scatter is required to trigger free spins.
The Lost Vegas logo acts as the wild symbol here. It substitutes for all other symbols aside from the scatter symbol.
The 'Zombie Fist of Cash' feature can arise at any time in the base game. A zombie hand rips through the reels and awards you a random cash prize.
With plenty of varied features, this game is extremely entertaining. The 'choose the way you play' feature is not original (we've seen it in "Grease' for example) but it's always a fun option, especially if you get decent bonus features.
We all know that the genuine zombie apocalypse is probably just around the corner. Until then, why not enjoy several spins on 'Lost Vegas' while you still can?


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Siachen base camp. The toughest training ground in the world.
This is eleventh part of our Ladakh series. This time we go to Siachen base camp.
Our driver, Nowang had warned us that we need to leave very early in the morning so that we can go to Siachen base camp and return to Leh by evening. We were game for it. A lovely chai served at 4 AM by army mess staff – nowhere can you get this kind of hospitality – got us ready to leave the officers mess by 5 AM.
Nowang was there dot at 5 and we bid god bye to the staff in darkness. it was cold in the morning and we quickly got into the car and started driving towards Siachen base camp.
Siachen is the highest battle field in the world. Indian Army captured it in 1984 through Operation Meghdoot.
We always dreamt of going to the base camp. To see for ourselves how the Indian army gets their soldiers prepared for a gruelling tenure at the high altitude. Fortunately we were able to get the required permissions in time to go there.
The sun was still behind the mountains when we left Patarpur. Sun rises early in Ladakh and soon we were greeted with first glimpse of mountains with their looming shadows.
We traced back the route through Hunder we had taken on the previous day. With no tourists around, the dunes presented a pretty sight early in the morning. Soon, we were back on the highway and crossed Shyok river and headed towards Siachen base camp.
The road to the camp goes all along Shyok and Nubra river. We don't climb much and the road is winding only in some stretches. What stuns you is the might of mountains. Here you see what the Himalayas are made of. Sheer granite. One towering over the other.
It is a pity that there wasn't any snow on the mountains. But still we could see through our binoculars lovely peaks and glaciers. Driving in the Shyok valley early in the morning meant that we drove in the shadows while the mountains on the right bank were lit up beautifully.
Let us start telling the tale through the pictures. Please click on them to see them in original size.
We leave at dusk. The dunes of Hunder are quiet, devoid of tourists.
We drove in darkness even as the sun was coming up slowly over the mountains in the east.
Sunrise over the mountains as we head towards the base camp.
You can see the shadow play here. We are driving in the shade where as the early morning sunlight beautifully lights up the mountains along the Shyok river.
The beauty of this drive is unlike the others in Ladakh. The enormously wide Nubra river flanked by mighty peaks humbles you.
First glimpse of the glacier as the road circumvent the mountains. We are still miles away from base camp. But the excitement increases!
First check at the Transport Check Point -TCP- at Sasoma. The boys served us excellent cup of tea which was god sent on a chilly morning.
Just look at these gigantic outcrops of granite!! It blows you away. The hidden valleys of snow in the background provides a lovely backdrop.
There was this peak popping out of barren cluster! Notice the sharp contours of the peaks! Thanks to 70-300 zoom lens.
Glimpses of snow on the mountains. This year, the summer was very sever in Ladakh which meant lack of snow on the mountains.
We move closer to the base camp and get a better view of the glacier.
The zoomed up view of the glacier…..
Siachen glacier is one of the lovely glaciers of Karakoram range. Another view of it. The beauty of the glacier can be savoured through a good pair of binoculars.
We are at 12,000 feet. Welcome to the base camp which trains the brave-hearts to fight on the highest battlefield in the world!
As we come closer, we are treated to a panoramic view of the glacier and the mountains.
The saviours of Siachen. The helicopters are the saviours of Siachen. The pilots work in extreme weather condition to maintain supply chain, evacuate injured, provide emergency medical assistance, operational reconnaissance support…… Hats off to them!
Soldiers of assembling for morning briefing. Talking to these young men who were waiting their turn to go to glacier made us understand their sacrifice to keep us all safe. A big salute to them.
Poorna with his fellow brethren in uniform.
Can you believe that we had a breakfast of Masala dosa, Pongal and vada at 12,000 feet in Himalayas? Yes, only Indian Army can make it happen!! Madras regiment had an excellent canteen and it was a sumptuous south indian breakfast for us. With us is Sachin and our driver, Nowang.
The panoramic foreground landscape of War memorial.
Our next stop was the shrine of OP Baba. In the late 1980s, Om Prakash, an artillery soldier was sent on a patrol on Malaun Post in Bila Complex in Northen Glacier, where he single-handedly beat back the enemy, but never returned back after that. No one saw him or his body, but troops were forewarned in their dreams about impending dangers on the Glacier, after which the faith in OP Baba increased and temple was built in his name. Reports of missions are regularly given to him before and after. OP Baba not only protects the personnel on the Glacier from the enemy, but also from the hostile nature and terrain. Troops talk about getting dreams whenever a warning is to be issued from the Baba. Troops give up tobacco, alcohol and non-vegetarian food during their three-month tenure on the Glacier.
Inner hall of the shrine which has images from all faiths.
As we came out of the shrine, we saw these guns on display with glacier in the background.
A group of commandos training in mountain climbing in high altitude.
On our way back – crossing the Nubra river for the last time.
Final glimpses of Siachen glacier as we start returning back to Leh.
If we thought the return journey would not be spectacular, we were in for a surprise. On the way back, the mountains which were dark while coming lit up with afternoon light and we saw the spectacular landscape.
There were some spectacular formations like this one….
The road was flanked by mighty mountains on one side and river on the other! Look at the next two pictures too.
Finally, Brinda shot this pan shot on her iPhone which summarises this spectacular drive!
We surprisingly found this lovely patch of green with mules grazing on it. A lovely contrast to simmering rocks.
A group of workers from Boarder roads Organisation having lunch. Hats off to these tough guys who keep the roads in good condition in harsh weather.
Finally we enter Hunder again with sand dunes alongside the road…..
By the time we returned to Hunder, it was afternoon. It was a spectacular drive. A fulfilling one of visiting the soldiers getting ready to fight in the highest battle field in the world.
A humbling experience. A big salute to the "Snow warriors". Thanks to these guys who give their today for our tomorrows!
a) You need to take a permission from Army authorities either in Leh or in Patarpur for visiting the base camp. It is not easily available.
b) Visitors are not allowed to take pictures inside the base camp and surroundings.
b) Ideally it can be done as a day trip from Hunder/Diskit. Make sure you leave early and return early. The weather in this region is very unpredictable. In fact, the soldiers in the base camp were saying that we were very lucky to have a bright sunshine.
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Macau has 74,000 inbound tourists in July, up 2.3 times from the previous month
Among them, the number of same-day visitors and overnight visitors were 50,200 and 23,800 respectively.
The reporter learned from the Statistics and Census Bureau of the Macau Special Administrative Region Government on the 20th that with the adjustment of entry-exit quarantine regulations, the number of visitors to Macau in July increased by 2.3 times month-on-month, but still fell by more than 90% year-on-year.
Statistics and Census Bureau data show that in July there were 74,000 inbound tourists from Macau, of which 50,200 single-night and overnight tourists were 50,200 and 23,800 respectively. The average stay of tourists was 1.3 days, a year-on-year increase of 0.1 day; the average stay of overnight visitors was 4.7 days, an increase of 2.5 days, and the same-day visitors were 0.1 day, a decrease of 0.1 day.
Analyzed by source, mainland tourists decreased by 97.4% year-on-year to 66,500, of which 43,900 were from nine cities in the Greater Bay Area and 29,500 were from Zhuhai. Visitors from Hong Kong and Taiwan have 6,240 and 1,271 respectively.
According to the statistics of entry channels, 73,600 passengers entered by land, of which 88.1% entered the border gate; 402 entered by air.
In the first seven months of this year, Macau had a total of 3.3429 million inbound tourists, a year-on-year decrease of 86.0%. However, overnight visitors and overnight visitors fell by 85.9% and 86.0%, respectively, to 1,773,400 and 1,569,500. The average stay of tourists was 1.4 days, an increase of 0.3 days compared to the same period last year; the average stay of overnight visitors was 2.8 days, an increase of 0.6 days compared to the same period last year, and the same period of last year was 0.2 days.
In the first seven months of this year, inbound tourists from the Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan all recorded a year-on-year decrease of more than 80%, which were 2.461 million, 658,800 and 82,900 respectively.
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Q: Visual Studio Appears to be ignoring my IF function I've been trying to practice small parts of my coding for an impending assignment but for the life of me I can't get visual studio to recognise that there's an if function, it just completely skips over it. The window closes as soon as I press enter.
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int a, b;
    cout << "Enter first number.";
    cin >> a;

    cout << "Enter second number.";
    cin >> b;
    if( a > b)

    {
        cout << "Variable a is greater than variable b." << endl;
        cout << "Value of a is " << a << " value of b is " << b << endl;

    }

    return 0;

}

A: Not portable but, as you're using Visual Studio, you're on Windows, so it'll work. When you works in Debug mode, with Visual Studio, you don't need to add system("pause"), or something else, to your program. So I guess you're working in Release mode.
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int a, b;
    cout << "Enter first number.";
    cin >> a;

    cout << "Enter second number.";
    cin >> b;
    if( a > b)

    {
        cout << "Variable a is greater than variable b." << endl;
        cout << "Value of a is " << a << " value of b is " << b << endl;

    }

    system("pause");
    return 0;

}

EDIT :
You shouldn't use std::endl for a new line, or at least not each time you need a new line. You should just write << "\n"; std::endl insert a new line character + flushes the buffer. That's important to understand the difference between << std::endl; and << "\n";

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I began to listen to it sometime around 1993 or '94, at a time when I was desperately homesick. There was something about the way it alluded to a number of different West African styles that I found captivating. The arrangements, the sequencing, the singing, the writing: it was as far from pastiche as it is possible for such projects to be. It really becomes its own thing, as though Paul Simon had been taken over by the Black Atlantic, rather than the other way around.
While a song such as 'The Obvious Child' might simply have grafted Paul Simon's sensibility on to Bahian drums, songs such as 'Spirit Voices' achieve a kind of purified intensity. "We walk/ To the brujo's door/ Along a path of river stone/ Women with their nursing children/ Seated on the floor/ We join the fevers/ And the broken bones..." Simon was the lesser singer in his duo with Art Garfunkel, but the better musician. And once he found his own sweet tone, he was golden.
The scene-setting and word-painting in The Rhythm Of The Saints is superlative throughout. The writing here can just about stand up by itself as poetry. (It's no surprise that Simon cites, in the liner notes, Derek Walcott as an influence.) Does this mean we must now forgive Paul Simon for his breaking of the apartheid embargo when he went down to South Africa to make Graceland? No. That remains a highly fucked up and selfish move. But the album that resulted was a great, though it wasn't as tight or mysterious in its achievement as The Rhythm Of The Saints.


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Add tamarind, mix and cook for 4-5 minutes.
In a blender, add the mixture, add salt, add red chilli powder, add roasted methi seeds and mustard seeds powder.
Blend the tomato mixture into a smooth paste.
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#include<climits>

const int SIZE_LIMIT=250;

int main(){
	int size,subSize,queryNum;
	scanf("%d%d%d",&size,&subSize,&queryNum);
	int elevation[SIZE_LIMIT][SIZE_LIMIT];
	for(int row=0;row<size;row++)
		for(int col=0;col<size;col++)
			scanf("%d",elevation[row]+col);
	while(queryNum--){
		int rowBegin,colBegin;
		scanf("%d%d",&rowBegin,&colBegin);
		rowBegin--;
		colBegin--;
		int max=0,min=INT_MAX;
		for(int row=rowBegin;row<rowBegin+subSize;row++)
			for(int col=colBegin;col<colBegin+subSize;col++){
				if(max<elevation[row][col])
					max=elevation[row][col];
				if(min>elevation[row][col])
					min=elevation[row][col];
			}
		printf("%d\n",max-min);
	}
	return 0;
}

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/*
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 *  20150408-3 Assignment.c
 *
 *
 *  Created by Sam Niemoeller on 4/8/15.
 *
 *  Chapter 5, Problem 51
 *
 * Write a function called parkingCharge that, given a type
 * of vehicle and the hours a vehicle spent in the parking lot,
 * returns the parking charge based on the rates shown below:
 *
 * c = car = $2/hr
 * b = bus = $3/hr
 * t = truck = $4/hr
 *
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define RATE_CAR   2;
#define RATE_BUS   3;
#define RATE_TRUCK 4;

char vehicleAndHrs (float *hrs);
float parkingCharge (char type, float hrs);
int getRate (char type);
void printType (char type);

int main ()
{
    //Local Definitions
    char type = 'x';
    float hrs;
    float totalOwed;
    int rate;

    //Statements
    type = vehicleAndHrs (&hrs);
    totalOwed = parkingCharge (type, hrs);
    rate = getRate(type);

    printf ("\n\nYou parked a ");
    printType(type);
    printf (" for %4.2f hrs at $%d/hr", hrs, rate);
    printf ("\nand owe $%1.2f.\n\n", totalOwed);

    return 0;
}

//======This function asks the user for the vehicle type and hours
//      the vehicle was parked.====
char vehicleAndHrs (float *hrs)
{
    //Local Definitions
    char type = 'x';

    //Statements
    printf("\n\nMenu Options:");
    printf(  "\nc = car");
    printf(  "\nb = bus");
    printf(  "\nt = truck");
    printf("\n\nEnter c, b, or t to choose a vehicle type: ");
    scanf("%c", &type);

    if (type != 'c' || type != 'b' || type != 't')
    {
        printf ("\n\nInvalid vehicle type entered. Please start over!\n");
        exit (1);
    }

    printf("\nEnter number of hours parked: ");
    scanf ("%f", hrs);

    if (*hrs < 0)
    {
        printf ("\n\nNumber of hours must be positive. Please start over!\n");
        exit (1);
    }

    return type;
}

//===This function takes the car type and amount of time and
//   returns the dollar amount owed.===
float parkingCharge (char type, float hrs)
{
    return hrs * getRate(type);
}

//===This function takes the vehicle type and returns the rate
//   for that vehicle type.===
int getRate (char type)
{
    if (type == 'c')
    {
        return RATE_CAR;
    }
    else if (type == 'b')
    {
        return RATE_BUS;
    }
    else
    {
        return RATE_TRUCK;
    }
}

void printType (char type)
{
    if (type == 'c')
    {
        printf ("car");
    }
    else if (type == 'b')
    {
        printf ("bus");
    }
    else
    {
        printf ("truck");
    }

    return;
}


"There was a place called Bethany...the house of the afflicted," begins Rachel May, pastor of Boulevard United Methodist Church in Richmond, Virginia. In John 12:1-8, Jesus is at the house of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. May continues, "The good news is embedded in the setting. At the beginning of Holy Week, we find Jesus in a household where there is devotion and dissent, Sabbath rest and ministry imagining, active service and relaxed fellowship, a celebration of life and preparations for the grave. All of this, in one house." This is where we find ourselves as the people of God at the beginning of Holy Week. The closer we come to this story the more we see: This is us.


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It's Museums Advocacy Day!
Today and tomorrow are Museums Advocacy Day, an event sponsored by the American Association of Museums and designed to advocate for policy and funding issues that affect museums in the United States. Today and tomorrow there will be events on Capitol Hill that you can watch here. However, if, like me, you're not able to make it out to D.C. to make an impact in person, there are other things you can do.
AAM's E-Advocacy page is mostly for museums, but no one's going to stop you from also writing to your representatives and making a fuss about it via Twitter (#museumsadvocacy) or Facebook or whatever. The point is, do something. If you're reading this blog, you probably already know (either consciously or at least deep down) that museums are the safe guards and celebrations of our shared heritage, both material and intangible. As Americans, we have a particular responsibility to make the protection and preservation of our museums a priority because of the vast number of cultural memories and identities they serve. So jot off a quick letter to your state representatives! For reference, here's what I wrote to Senator John Kerry (with some help from the letter guides provided by AAM):
Dear Senator Kerry,
As a constituent, I know that you are pulled in many, many directions and must make difficult decisions every day about how to meet the needs of people like me and our community. I recently learned, through the American Association of Museums, how important it is that I take a moment to express to you why museums are so special to me.
There was recently an article in the BBC about how lack of funding in Bosnia has affected museums. During wartimes, the museum workers dodged bullets and bombs to protect the material manifestations of their cultural heritage and shared history. Now during hard economic times, Bosnian museum workers have not been paid for six months and are taking on part-time jobs to support themselves while they continue to work for their country's museums. During World War II, museum workers at the Hermitage in Russia barricaded themselves in the museum's basement tunnels and died of starvation and cold protecting their collections from the violence of war. And just a few years ago in 2003, Donny George risked his life during the American invasion of Iraq in an attempt to protect the Iraq National Museum from looters.
Museums are the safe guards and celebrations of our shared heritage, both material and intangible. When our way of life is threatened, we look to museums to remind us who we are and to keep our identities alive. As Americans, our museums contain a vast number of cultural stories and memories, giving us a great responsibility to make the protection and preservation of our many cultural identities a priority. We need to support our museums now so that we may not have to sacrifice so much for the protection of our histories in the future.
Essentially, I grew up in museums. As an adult, I continue to grow up in museums as I graduate from college this year and dedicate my life to museums; to figuring out how they work, how to make them work better, and how to continue to protect the world's history in ethical and educational ways.
As a representative of our great state of Massachusetts, I hope you will remember how important museums are to me and provide support for museums in your future work.
meg.d.lambert@gmail.com
mlambert@bennington.edu
www.thingsyoucanttakeback.com
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Spike TV's new show, American Diggers, promotes commercial exploitation of historical sites
This spring, Spike TV intends to air a new show called American Diggers, which will follow a team "led by former professional wrestler-turned-modern-day relic hunter Ric Savage as they scour...battlefields and historic sites, in hopes of striking it rich by unearthing and selling rare pieces of American history."
Let me break it down for you: THIS IS BAD because shows like this perpetuate the idea already put forth by pop culture icons like Indiana Jones that cultural property is "treasure": old things with great economic value. This is not responsible archaeology, and it needs to be shut down. Sign this petition on Change.org to urge Spike TV to cancel the show before they can continue to poison the minds of America with the idea that looting is fun and stuff.
Ancient Olympia Museum robbed and Geroulanos a coward for resigning?
Gold ring seal, Antheia, Messinia. Date: 14th or 13th century.
It's been all over the news: last week two armed robbers broke into the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, tied up on the only on-site guard, smashed and made off with 77 artifacts dating back more than 3,000 years. It was the second devastating blow to Greece's cultural heritage in the midst of their economic crisis after paintings from the National Museum were stolen last month. Due to extreme budget cuts, funds for security have been halved in the last few years, leaving Greece's cultural institutions incredibly vulnerable to theft and looting. So, far the case at Olympia remains at a dead end, made even more complicated by the fact that it appears the police and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism are releasing differing information about their understanding of the heist.
However, the most concerning aspect of this case for me is that due to the embarrassment of the break-in, culture minister Pavlos Geroulanos submitted his resignation to prime minister Lucas Papademos. Papademos rejected it yesterday, which could be both a good and bad thing. The entire situation is giving me flashbacks to around this time last year when Zahi Hawass resigned as from the antiquities department in Egypt after the many cases of break-ins and looting through the revolution and limited resources to deal with it. At the time, Hawass blamed the lack of resources and security for his inability to prevent chaos. He said, "I cannot stay in Egypt and see antiquities being stolen when I cannot do anything to stop it! This situation is not for me!" The problem is that there very probably were things he could have done to better prevent mass looting of archaeological sites and the looting at the national museum, including reaching out to international organizations and mobilizing the kinds of youth who locked arms in front of the museum. With Greece currently in a similar situation, it might have been wise for Geroulanos to learn from Egypt's tragedies and mistakes and do what he could to deal more creative and proactively. For some perspective, this situation compared with how Bosnia is dealing with their current funding issues is particularly embarrassing: while museum workers in Bosnia have historically dodged bullets to save their artifacts, have not been paid for six months, and are taking on part-time jobs to support themselves while supporting their museums, Greece's culture minister has thrown up his hands after two high-profile (and therefore easier to track down) museum thefts.
I personally see these resignations as cowardly and ineffective. (Though, in the case of Hawass, it was time to get rid of him anyway.) Maybe I'm just young and naive, but to me Geroulanos's resignation was essentially an admission that he was unwilling to support his country throughout this difficult time in any way his government position may allow. Geroulanos is still minister for now, but I hope that a much stronger replacement can be found as soon as it is financially or politically possible.
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Glasgow University Team gets £1m grant to study illicit antiquities trade
A looted archaeological site in Iraq from the air in 2003. Copyright: Italian Carabinieri
In case you somehow haven't heard or just aren't paying attention, researchers at Glasgow University were recently awarded a £1 million grant from the European Research Council to study the illicit trade in antiquities. For those of you who are new to studying these issues, this is what is what the more arcane academics like to call "a big freaking deal." Over the next four years, a team led by archaeologist Dr. Neil Brodie and criminologist Dr. Simon Mackenzie will gather and analyze data on the movements and motives of traffickers, the activities involved (such as illegal excavation/looting), and pricing structures. The goal of this grant, as described by the Guardian, is to "develop new approaches to regulate the international trade of cultural goods and help policymakers better define laws to fight criminal activities."
This is incredible for a number of reasons. First, to my knowledge there has never been such a generous amount of funding directed towards the study of the illicit antiquities trade until now. So much of what we know about illegal artifact trafficking is cobbled together from various international busts and trials, some hard-won insider information, investigative journalism on very particular controversies, and years of accumulated blog posts chronicling the changing nature of collecting. It is often incredibly difficult to get solid statistics from those kinds of patchwork sources. This study will be the first of its kind on the illicit antiquities trade, and will undoubtedly be groundbreaking in deepening our understanding of how illegal artifact trafficking operates. Second, Dr. Brodie and Dr. Mackenzie are already well-known in this field for their groundbreaking research on the illicit antiquities trade. Considering what they have already achieved on what one can assume is a fairly average budget, it is astonishing to think what they will accomplish with such a large sum over a relatively short amount of time. Third, can you imagine the kind of research opportunities this one study will inevitably open up to our generation of academics? This is the perfect time for ambitious grad students and bold undergrads to make a good case for focusing on the illegal antiquities trade and demand funding for its study. The findings from this research will undoubtedly give us twice as many questions as they will answers, and here's hoping those questions will require more studies that young, lively bloggers like me may soon be a part of.
For more information, here's a rather brilliant piece on Prof. Mackenzie contrasting his work with Indiana Jones' tomb robbing. (When will that stereotype die, already?)
Congratulations to Dr. Brodie, Dr. Mackenzie and their team at Glasgow University!
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Robert Hecht, famous antiquities dealer, dead at age 92
On Wednesday, notorious antiquities dealer Robert E. Hecht, Jr. died at age 92 at his home in Paris. Just a little less than three weeks ago, his criminal trial in Rome ended with no verdict after judges found the time allotted for trial had expired. Hecht had been the focus of a long-term investigation into an international network of antiquities smugglers, dealers and private collectors, along with former Getty curator Marion True and Italian dealer Giacomo Medici. Hecht was a key player in the illicit trade and, after the scandal at the Getty and the discovery of Medici's warehouse in Switzerland, a legendary figure who boasted that he never knew the origins of the pieces he sold. A charming and likable man, even his enemies in law enforcement could not help respecting him as a worthy adversary.
Which has made it that much more difficult to process his death. The few who have acknowledged his passing in the press or in social media seem to be struggling with how to remember or commemorate a man who, though charming and respected as a skilled criminal, made terrible contributions to the destruction of history through looting. Cultural Security even went so far as to wonder whether Hecht's activities have had "an inadvertently positive effect on art and antiquities." They point out that the notoriety surrounding the trials of Hecht, True, and Medici have led museums around the world to alter their acquisitions policies and repatriate unprovenanced objects, while the media attention on Hecht brought the trade to the forefront for private collectors and galleries, not just the museum community. I'm reluctant to agree entirely, because Hecht's contribution to the publicity surrounding artifact trafficking was only one of many made by a number of individuals on both sides of the controversy. But his old-world glamour and enigmatic appeal certainly did not hurt the popularity of the case. There is something very bittersweet about Hecht's passing for the communities on either side the illicit antiquities trade, and I'm not sure we'll ever know how to definitively approach his legacy. Condolences to his wife and daughters.
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Check me out on ARCA's blog!
Recently, I was honored to be asked to guest blog for the Association for Research Into Crimes Against Art. Now, in addition to blogging here and for Bennington's admissions blog, you can also find me writing occasionally for the ARCA blog! My first post (a real winner, in my opinion) is up now.
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Chasing Aphrodite at the National Press Club and art museums as neutral ground?
Me and Jason Felch,
one half of the authors of Chasing Aphrodite
Last Tuesday I was lucky enough to attend the panel discussion at the National Press Club for Chasing Aphrodite authors Jason Felch (who looks like Clark Kent up close) and Ralph Frammolino (who phoned in from Bangladesh), as well as former Getty curator Arthur Houghton and Walters Art Museum Director Gary Vikan. The event was moderated by Washington Post reporter James Grimaldi. To summarize, it was magical, in a way only these things can be. Tanya Lervik wrote a great summary of the event for the ARCA blog and really captured all the best points (except for when Houghton and Vikan passed each other notes and nodded diligently as Jason looked on in mild befuddlement and amusement).
However, I was particularly struck by a few aspects of the discussion that aren't super polite to mention in an official summary of an official event on a more official blog than this. First, it was apparent that although every single one of the men on the panel has the utmost respect for one another, there was a definite rift in opinion over the role that museums can and should play in addressing the ethics behind the objects in their collections. While Arthur Houghton played a huge role in providing much of the information in Chasing Aphrodite and was for all intensive purposes a lone, sorta ethical voice during his time there, much of his contribution to the panel discussion was a defense of museums, particularly the Getty, and their role in the legality versus the ethicality of the events that took place. Two particular statements by each Vikan and Houghton bookended the discussion with the museological perspective: at the beginning of the conversation, Vikan stated, "Do we own these things? No. We take care of them.", while near the end, Houghton expressed that the real question that needs to be asked is the degree to which Americans want to find themselves subject to foreign laws. Both seemed to agree that it is not museums or collectors that fuel the illicit art market, but the lack of stringent laws in source countries.
With all due respect, haha.
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Q: windows command prompt substring in a for loop I have to say before I describe my problem that I am new in performing command line prompts  (Windows 10).
I have a directory with txt files (among other files). I need to perform a command line executable (txt2las) where the txt files are read and a .las file is written. This is what I have so far as a command prompt for /R %f in (.\*.txt) do txt2las  -i %f -o %f.laz
However, this creates files like name.txt.laz. What I want is name.laz, therefore somehow take the substring from beginning till the last four characters. Can someone help me how to do that?
I tried the substring "function" but does not write anything.

A: ... do txt2las  -i %f -o %~nf.laz

The documentation can be read by executing for /? from the prompt.

A: You can extract the just the name of the file (without the extension) by using the ~n modifier:
for /R %f in (.\*.txt) do txt2las -i %f -o "%~dpnf.laz"

You can read more about the modifiers in the FOR /? help docs.

Edit per comments:
To ensure it is placed in the same directory as the source, add the ~dp modifiers in addition to ~n. This will extract the drive and path in addition to the file name. Also, you will likely want to wrap this entire output in quotes in the event the path has spaces in it.


"The world hath no better marksmen with their bows and arrows than they be."
"We consider ourselves much happier than you in that we are very content with the little we have ... and while feeling compassion for you ... we wonder at the anxieties and cares which you give yourselves night and day in order to acquire material possessions ... now tell me this, if thou hast any sense, which of these two is the wisest and happiest? : he who labors without ceasing and only obtains with great trouble enough to live on, or he who rests in comfort and finds all that he needs in the pleasure of fishing and the hunt? ... learn now my brother, once and for all, because I must open my heart to thee: there is not one Indian who does not consider himself infinitely more happy, freer and more powerful than (you)."
"I suppose the world hath no better marksmen with their bows and arrows than they be."
"Our young men are disposed to live like savages, frequent their company and be forever unruly and lawless like them. I cannot tell you monsieur how attractive this Indian life is to our youth. It consists of doing nothing, caring for nothing, following every inclination and getting out of the way of all correction."
"But what also helps them to keep in health is the harmony that prevails among them. They have no lawsuits and take little pains to acquire the goods of this life, for which we Christians torment ourselves so much, and for our excessive and insatiable greed in acquiring them, we are justly and with reason reproved by their quiet life and tranquil disposition."
"They appear to be fulfilling the scriptures beyond those who profess to believe them. In that of taking no thought of tomorrow and also in living in love and peace and friendship together without disputes. In this respect they shame those who profess Christianity."
"Perhaps we should admire in them that moderation which has learned how to content itself with little, making them laugh ... at the thought that (we) .... undertake works destined to last centuries (yet leave ourselves) no time to live."
"Not he who has little, but he who wants more is poor."


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Over the past ten years as president of United Leasing & Finance, Ahlers has focused on innovation and process improvements within the company, streamlining workflow and ease of use for customers. Proud of her team's accomplishments, she hopes part of her legacy at United will include her influence with customers and concentration on growth and innovation.
"Along with her peer group of outstanding executives, Martha consistently delivers business results while demonstrating leadership, integrity and work ethic. Where she is in a class by herself is her ability to fully engage customers from all walks of life. By her own behaviors, Martha is the ultimate role model which has ensured customer relationships are the focal point of the ULF culture," says Dick Lynch, chief people officer, United Companies. "Under her leadership, the ULF workforce has become family. Both long standing and new employees know they can count on Martha to mentor and develop them, and the result is a culture of trust and engagement."
Ahlers has spent the past nine years on the ELFA board of directors, where she is currently serving as chair. She has also served on several nonprofit boards, but at present finds it more rewarding to make a deeper, personal connection within those agencies. She is proud to give back by talking with abused women about finding the strength to move forward, serving lunch at a local daycare or volunteering to mentor young women both within and outside United.
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Blend Content Creation & Curation to Create Your Brand's Unique Voice
By Matt Cooper | Jul 21, 2016
CHANNEL: Content Marketing
PHOTO: Jason Rosewell
When it comes to content marketing, is it best to create or curate? That's a question that plagues many marketers, and opinions are often strong on both sides of the equation.
Although marketers today might argue passionately for one approach over another, in reality, the very question of creation versus curation is a flawed one. When it comes to content marketing, wise marketers acknowledge that it's not about them but about the wants and needs of their audiences.
Blend Expertise With General Interest
When it comes to content creation, marketers face a number of challenges. The Content Marketing Institute's annual survey of B2C content marketers found that top-ranked content challenges for marketers in 2016 range from creating engaging content to getting creative on low budgets.
In the face of these challenges, having a properly crafted content approach enables companies to position themselves as experts on appropriate topics, while bringing in other voices to fill the gaps on issues of interest to their target consumers. Let's take a look at the factors that need to be taken into account when striking this balance.
The Case for Content Creation
There is great value to be found in positioning a brand as a subject matter expert on focused topics. Carving out an authoritative voice on the matters that tie most closely to your product or service just makes sense. Content creation isn't easy, and it isn't cheap so it's best applied to those instances in which your brand truly has something unique to say.
Do people want to hear what H&R Block has to say when it comes to new tax regulations and how they can be tapped for a bigger annual refund? You bet they do. But do they want H&R Block giving them a rundown of the hottest spring break destinations? Probably not. It's just not an area where the company wields credibility.
But that doesn't mean that it would be inappropriate for H&R Block to share Travel + Leisure's recommendations for beach getaways, with the suggestion that a trip might be a nice way to spend that federal tax refund. In other words, write — or create — what you know. Then look outside your brand to fill in the gaps.
The Case for Content Curation
For most brands, it would be logistically impossible to create every piece of content needed to support a robust marketing program. But even when a brand's resources are ample, curation still plays a vital role within the content mix.
In fact, the best content curation achieves a halo effect by leveraging other voices to add value. After all, your brand can't be an expert on everything. Curated content can fill in expertise gaps for your brand and lend a variety of opinions and voices to your content.
Curation is often wrongly viewed as a lazy approach to content marketing but if done correctly, it's far from that. That's because curation lets you stay in front of your audience on a regular basis without burning out your resources or their attention spans.
There's nothing wrong with seeking out valuable content from other outlets and queuing it up for your audience. The key lies in making it clear to your audience why they should care — and why your brand is choosing to share a particular piece of content with them. That way, every piece of curated content actually has a bit of creation behind it, even if it's only a brief comment in your brand's voice.
Striking the Right Content Balance
Even though content marketing has a great deal of art to it, it's not a process devoid of science. Some have endeavored to answer the creation versus curation question with analyses of the effectiveness of branded content in social media. For example, an analysis of 150 thousand tweets and status posts by the now-defunct Argyle Social suggested that the optimal balance is linking to your own content about 40 percent of the time.
Of course, it would be nice if deciding between content creation and curation were that easy and formulaic, but it's not. There's no single magic creation-to-curation ratio for marketers to follow. Indeed, the best content marketing strategies today are those that strike a balance between the two — a balance that's different for every brand.
Follow the Data
That's why marketers need to take a data-driven approach to finding the right mix of creation and curation for their brands' specific needs. Relying on guesswork when it comes to the content needs of your audience just won't cut it.
You need to tap into quantifiable tactics for understanding the types of content and — most important when it comes to curation — the influencers that your audience trusts. Only by moving past your own assumptions and leveraging data-driven insights about audience needs can you hope to find your own brand's own "magic number" when it comes to creation versus curation.
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Matt Cooper is SVP of corporate development for ScribbleLive. Matt joined ScribbleLive through its acquisition of Visually in January 2016.
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I'm blogging about this one early because I was told tickets are selling like hotcakes and I want to make sure that those of you who want to go have the opportunity to do so.
This year marks the 32nd year that the New England Film & Video Festival has been going on. Anything that's been going on longer than I've been alive is pretty impressive. The festival will run from 10/4-10/8 at the Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline.
There's going to be so much going on: movie screenings, workshops, musical showcases. Click (here) for the official website and details on all the different events that are going on. More importantly, watch the trailers there to see which films you want to see and then go (here) to buy tickets.
Opening Night is October 4th and the entire festival runs through the weekend, including Monday, Columbus Day , as the last day of festivities. Special guests, including filmmakers and members of the Boston Red Sox are expected to attend. This year the festival also will include panels and workshops held at the Marriott Courtyard in Coolidge Corner as an extension of the weekend activities. For the first time ever the State Film Office Directors will gather for a panel and discuss recent tax incentives in their states and what their state has to offer for filmmakers.
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Norway 'retarded cousin who won the lottery'
NTB/The Local - [email protected] • 5 Mar, 2015 Updated Thu 5 Mar 2015 13:01 CEST
An upcoming Swedish film is likely to ruffle some feathers when it is released in Norway later this year, given a Swedish character's description of Norway as "a retarded cousin who has won the lottery".
Svenskjävel, released in English as 'Underdog', was a runner-up for the best Nordic film of 2015 at the Gothenburg Film Festival.
It tells the story of Dino, a 19-year-old Swede, who like hundreds of thousands of her compatriots, is lured to Oslo by the high salaries, and ends up having an affair with the father in the family which employs her as a housekeeper.
Dino's attack on Norwegians (which is actually close to what many Swedes actually think), does not come unprovoked.
"I think it's karma," a family friend of her employer argues, as he swills his whisky. "During the war the Swedes were just standing there bowing to the Germans like prostitutes.
"My life is so much better now when I get my coffee served to me in the morning by a Swede. And when I take a shit, I know there's a Swede to clean it up for me."
Another friend then asks what the Swede in the room thinks.
"Sweden likes Norway," Dino says. "We just see you as mentally disabled cousins who have won the lottery. We don't begrudge you that."
The film, which was shot in Oslo in 2013, is scheduled to premiere in Sweden at the end of this month.
The film stars Bianca Kronlöf as Dino, and the Norwegian Henrik Rafaelsen as her Norwegian employer.
NTB/The Local 2015/03/05 13:01


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Re-enactors from the Sturbridge Militiamen line up on the Town Common Saturday for the annual muster commemorating the town's participation in the skirmishes with British regulars at Lexington in 1775. Shawn Kelley. (click for larger version)
STURBRIDGE — On April 19, 1775, a call went out to militiamen all across Massachusetts to rally in Lexington to halt British soldiers headed to confiscate Patriot weapons stores in Concord. It would become one of the most famous battles in American history and igniting the Revolutionary War.
Though only 77 militiamen made it to Lexington, by the time the English had advanced to Concord, approximately 3,500 local minutemen were waiting.
Among those responding to the call of duty was a contingent of men from Sturbridge, who departed from the Town Common, then known as the "Training Grounds," and regrouped in Worcester before making their way to Boston.
For more than 15 years, re-enactors the Sturbridge Militiamen have been following in — some of — those same footsteps in an annual muster, or drill exercise, like the one held on the Town Common this past Saturday.
See Tuesday's Southbridge Evening News for complete coverage.


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Amazon bans book outlining 'health hazards of homosexuality'
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By Brandon Showalter, Christian Post Reporter | Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Amazon.com's logo is seen at Amazon Japan's office building in Tokyo, Japan, August 8, 2016. | Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Retail giant Amazon has removed a book outlining the medical and psychological dangers associated with same-sex sexual acts from its website. Some say it is further evidence of a larger censorship trend.
The book, Health Hazards of Homosexuality: What the Medical and Psychological Research Reveals, a 600-page book assembled by activist organization Mass Resistance, had been allowed to be sold on the platform for approximately three and a half years with no issue until recently when the online retailer notified the group that it would no longer be allowed to be sold or printed on its site. The company also reportedly blocked Mass Resistance from accessing its account records.
The book compiles data taken from major medical professional groups, the Centers for Disease Control, and other sources, including LGBT medical and advocacy organizations, and makes the case that the normalization of specific sexual activities has come at great cost to society and the acts are proven to be harmful to the human body and psyche.
"On July 17, we were notified that they have determined that the book violates their 'content guidelines' and they have thus taken it down completely. They closed our account and will not allow us to open another account," Mass Resistance explained in a Saturday blog post.
The group reportedly inquired how it had specifically violated Amazon's content guidelines since it was a compilation of medical information from mainstream sources. The retail giant said in reply that the book contains "content that is considered offensive" and did not offer any further explanation as to why it was removed.
Mass Resistance went on to note that the retailer has a near-total monopoly on book-selling online yet seems to have no issue with other books sold on the site, which include pornographic titles that involve sexual violence and accessories like sex toys and compression binders for young women who identify as the opposite sex.
The book is among the latest titles from a particular perspective that Amazon has disallowed from being sold on its platform.
In August of last year, at the apparent behest of a gay activist, Amazon discontinued selling the books of a few authors who once identified as gay or lesbian and told their stories of leaving that life in exchange for following Christ.
Among the titles that were removed was Joe Dallas' Desires in Conflict, Anne Paulk's Restoring Sexual Identity, and Catholic attorney David A. Robinson's Orientation and Choice: One Man's Sexual Journey.
As recently happened with the Mass Resistance compilation book, when Robinson asked Amazon why his book was taken down, a company representative informed him it was in "violation of our content guidelines" but did not specifically explain what warranted the removal.
Earlier this summer, journalist Abigail Shrier's publisher, Regnery Publishing, was disallowed by Amazon from purchasing ads to promote her book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, an investigative work that scrutinizes the steep rise in young women and teenaged girls who now identify as transgender, many of whom have taken testosterone and undergone radical surgeries in order to appear more male.
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MEDFORD - Five Tufts University relievers combined to allow just three hits and no runs in 8.2 innings as the #7 Jumbo baseball team finished with a 14-2 non-conference win over Roger Williams University on Tuesday at Huskins Field.
Tufts led just 3-2 through six innings, but scored twice in the seventh and nine times in the eighth to break it open. The Jumbos, led offensively by junior 3B Tommy O'Hara at 2 for 4 with three runs and two rbis, improved to 16-2.
Sophomore catcher Chris Bosco had two hits to lead Roger Williams, who fell to 9-16.
The Hawks scored both of their runs in the top of the first to take a 2-0 lead. Sophomore RF Tyler Brett drew a one-out walk, stole second, took third on a wild pitch and scored on Bosco's single up the middle. Bosco would advance to third with the help of a Tufts error and scored unearned on a sacrifice fly by sophomore CF Eli Camner.
The Jumbos scored three times in the bottom of the first to wrestle the lead away. Senior RF Oscar Kutch was hit by a pitch and scored from first on O'Hara's double to the fence in left-center. Junior 1B Nick Falkson singled O'Hara to third, then sophomore CF Casey Santos-Ocampo tied the game with a sacrifice fly. Junior DH Malcolm Nachmanoff hit a single to plate Falkson with the go-ahead run.
Jumbo pitching took over from there. Senior Matt Rothstein, who had entered with one out in the first, allowed just two hits and no runs over 3.2 innings of work. He would earn the decision to improve to 3-0. Junior Kevin Galasso pitched two perfect innings, freshman Brad Marchetti hurled a scoreless seventh, senior Rory Ziomek added a 1-2-3 eighth and junior Ian Kinney finshed it off with a scoreless ninth. The Hawks finished with just three hits.
RWU senior starter George Lund settled down after the first. The Jumbos loaded the bases on him with no outs in the fifth, but he got a 1-2-3 double-play ball and a fly out to kill the threat. He left in the sixth and freshman Justin Garcia came on to get the next two outs keeping the Jumbo lead at 3-2.
The wheels fell off for the Hawks in the seventh and eighth. In the Tufts seventh O'Hara singled to score senior 2B Tom Petry, who had led off with a single and took second on a bunt. A walk and two hit-by-pitches scored Tufts' second run of the inning. Then in the bottom of the eighth, Tufts scored its nine runs on just two hits. Hawk pitchers walked seven batters in the inning and the fielders added three errors.
Petry finished 2 for 5 with three runs atop the Tufts order. Kutch was 1 for 2 with two rbis and two runs and Falkson went 2 for 5 with two runs and an rbi. Senior LF Harry Brown had two rbis and sophomore SS Will Shackelford scored twice.
With the 14 runs, Tufts now has 189 in its 18 games for a 10.5 per game average.
Lund went 5.1 innings for RWU giving up six hits and three runs (two earned) while taking the loss.
The Jumbos finish a six-game homestand on Thursday against MIT with a 3:30 p.m. first pitch. Roger Williams is back in action tomorrow at home against Mass.-Boston at 3:30 p.m.


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i personally have appreciated your posts. even if i seldom commented. it has also helped me to view my things in a different light. we are always admonished to simplify your life, but sometimes sentimentality gets in the way. i am sure there are many things my children will toss. unless it was theirs, and then they might have said, i wish you would have saved such and such. it would be valuable now. so little is valuable because it was well used or well loved. thank you for your efforts. fortunately, my brother inherited my parents things and i don't have to deal with them! i am grateful, esp. after reading your posts!
Thanks, Sallie. I'm planning to leave the existing posts up, but not add any more.
A company my sister and I opened about 5 years ago assists people who are downsizing or moving to retirement. Your 'chapters' have been very valuable to our clients when the many questions of dispersal develop.
Thanks very much for all the great information we've collected from your blog for almost two years.
Glad to have been helpful! Your clients might find my book, STUFF AFTER DEATH, helpful as well. It's much the same as the blog. There are numerous services like yours around the country and I thought they would be a basis for an active blog, but it seems not to be. Wonder why.
So sorry to hear you are shutting down when I just found you this spring!! Will there be an archive available?
Thanks, Valerie. I'm planning to leave up the posts that are there, just not to add any more. Hope you find them helpful. Or there's STUFF AFTER DEATH, which compiles much of the blog into one volume.
Thank you, Mary. The blog won't go away; I just won't be adding to it. Maybe it will help people downsizing or trying to deal with their parents' STUFF. I hate sending things to the landfill so hope we can recycle items wherever possible. Cheers!
I am sure that you have thought about the next step you could take. I have an idea . It would not be for everyone. But, you could form a consulting service – a real company – which, given the overall demographics, could grow and become quite successful. And, I mean financially as well as professionally. You would need to hire people and all that. I think the set of skills (and thus the service contracted with clients) would be the ability and discipline to work with the elderly before the dying process to get rid of all the 'stuff' (which I say tenderly) and help sort out the processes for distributing the remaining 'tangible personal property' in a happy, understood, manner with the heirs. I think the consulting firm – if developed well and professionally – would find as much business as it could handle by working through reputable estate and trust lawyers.
It's just a thought. I am an entrepreneur by nature and experience.
Whatever you decide to do, I wish you well and G odspeed. Soldier On!
Thank you, Karl. That's the nicest compliment I've had in a long time!


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Paediatrics: A wicked problem?
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Tougher baby food regulations needed to improve child health, say experts
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RCPCH statement following the review of maternity services at the former Cwm Taf University Health Board
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Want proof taxes can actually go down? In the last three years, nine states have eliminated or lowered their estate taxes, mostly by raising exemptions.
And more reductions are coming. Minnesota lawmakers recently raised the state's estate-tax exemption to $2.1 million retroactive to January, and the exemption will rise to $2.4 million next year. Maryland will raise its $3 million exemption to $4 million next year. New Jersey's exemption, which used to rank last at $675,000 per person, rose to $2 million per person this year.
"States are under pressure to keep pace with both the federal estate-tax exemption and exemptions in neighboring states," says Bruno Graziano, a senior analyst with information services firm Wolters Kluwer.
Two holdouts remain: Massachusetts and Oregon. These two have estate-tax exemptions of $1 million or below, compared with nine that did in 2009.
The tax bite is set to grow in each because neither adjusts its break for inflation.
In Massachusetts, some lawmakers are worried about losing residents to other states because of its estate tax, which brought in $400 million last year. They hope to raise the exemption to half the federal level and perhaps exclude the value of a residence as well.
These measures stand a good chance of passage even as lawmakers are considering raising income taxes on millionaires, says Kenneth Brier, an estate lawyer with Brier & Ganz in Needham, Mass., who tracks the issue for the Massachusetts Bar Assocation. State officials "are worried about a silent leak of people down to Florida, or even New Hampshire," he adds.
The outlook is different in Oregon, according to Mark McMullen, the state's chief economist. No efforts to raise the exemption have gotten traction in the legislature, although estate-tax revenue of more than $200 million for the two-year cycle ending June 30 is 50% higher than forecast, helped by strong housing and financial markets.
"We don't see a lot of folks migrating out to avoid the estate tax," says Mr. McMullen.
While most recent changes have been to state estate taxes, some states with inheritance taxes are feeling pressure as well. Six states have these levies, which are payable by the person who inherits assets rather than the estate of the person who died. States can have either one of the taxes, or both.
Inheritance tax rates and exemptions often vary according to the heir's relation to the decedent. In Nebraska, for example, there is no tax on assets left to a spouse, a top rate of 1% on assets left to lineal relatives or siblings, and a top rate of 18% on assets left to non-relatives.
Last year lawmakers changed Pennsylvania's inheritance tax, which brought in $962 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, so that family farms and businesses are exempt. The provisions were retroactive to 2012 for farm owners and 2013 for businesses owners.
In Kentucky, Gov. Matt Bevin has called for repeal of the state's inheritance tax, which has rates up to 16%, while remaining open to other revenue increases.
Two states, New Jersey and Maryland, have both estate and inheritance taxes. Although both have scaled back their estate tax, neither has cut the inheritance tax, according to Mr. Graziano.
In New Jersey, the inheritance tax is typically far less important than the estate tax because it exempts lineal descendants, says Samuel Weiner, an attorney with Cole Schotz in Hackensack, N.J. Although the rate on amounts left to unrelated heirs is as high as 16%, "People are just happy they're getting bequests," he adds. Maryland has generous exemptions to its inheritance tax as well.


I actually don't work remotely on a daily basis, but do not believe the product should be limited to just those whole solely work remotely. There are tons of people who just want to find a good spot on a weeknight or a Saturday morning. Professionals, students,… Lots!
San Francisco. There are so many great places to work from in this city (and surrounding area), we just need to get the word out!
Just by chance, I think? Google search I believe. I love that it isn't just a repository of coffee shops (i.e. a Yelp clone). Features such as WiFi speeds, outlet availability, etc. make it so much more than that!
Already answered this in the previous question, but another feature I saw that looked pretty neat is the real-time availability–would love to see that kind of partnership with some of the cafés and coffee shops in SF!


What Did You Hope to Gain From Working with Barbara Kite?
I hoped to find an alternative approach for my staff to get out of their heads, think on their feet, and grow as better public speakers so they can get our message across. I was attracted to her approach of using acting skills to improve speaking because it tackles the real barriers that block us from being effective speakers – overcoming the fear and phobia around being fully present with the people you are speaking with. Ideally people will do less fussing over the exact words on the page, and figure out what it is they really know and what their core message is, so they have the confidence to share that in the best way they can…but it takes a lot of help to get there!
What Were Your Immediate Results?
A greater consciousness and feeling more energized when I'm speaking in front of people.
What Were Any Long-term Results?
It's great to get Barbara's monthly newsletters because they validate what I think is a great approach. It helps refresh the skills I learned and cements her philosophy.
Did Barbara Kite Help You Achieve Your Goals?
Yes, my staff came back really excited and wanted to do more. They really liked her style.
Would You Recommend Barbara Kite to Colleagues?
Yes – it takes a small act of bravery to jump in there – but I think a lot of people need to be gently pulled out of their comfort zone.
Barbara is a really unique resource, and we are really lucky to have someone like her in Portland.