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schools can register now for the 2019 Winter program
The First Tee of Tulsa would love to come to your PE class for a day to introduce your students to the game of golf and it's inherent values. Any school interested in this free of charge opportunity please contact Austin Quinten by phone 918-591-4168 or email aquinten@thefirstteetulsa.org to get more information or to set up a date. Our winter program is available during January and February. Contact us ASAP because days and times and filling up quickly.
Tee Up In Gym Class
In elementary schools in our community and across the United States, many students are teeing off for the first time thanks to The First Tee National School Program, bringing our curriculum to your child's gym during physical education class. By teaching elementary students The First Tee's Nine Core Values and Nine Healthy Habits, we're putting them on the course to a healthy and active lifestyle.
The First Tee of Tulsa is proud to welcome Oaks Mission School in Oaks. Oklahoma and Horace Mann Elementary in Hominy, Oklahoma to our National School Program. Their addition will bring the grand total to 12 NSP Schools sponsored by The First Tee of Tulsa supporters and corporate sponsors. Also, there are 10 schools in the Tulsa area that are enrolled in the National Schools Program with The Fist Tee of Tulsa: Sequoyah Elementary, McAuliff Elementary, Lanier Elementary, Robertson Elementary, Park Elementary, Jackson Elementary, Walt Whitman Elementary, Academy Central Elementary, Emerson Elementary, Carver Middle School, Marshall Elementary, and Jenks East Elementary.
If any school in Northeastern Oklahoma would like to apply for the National School Program please contact Janice Gibson at jgibson@thefirstteetulsa.org or call 918-591-4168.
The First Tee National School Program gives gym teachers and physical educators the tools to get started. We provide the training, junior golf lesson plans, and equipment.
Create a safe introduction to golf for today's students and teachers.
Ensure that golf education meets the same national standards developed by the Society for Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE).
Help students build character and confidence through the positive personal and social values associated with the game.
Show students that golf can be a great part of a healthy and active lifestyle.
Make the positive values of golf a part of the classroom and students' everyday lives.
If you are interested in signing up your school for our National School program, please fill out our inquiry form.
In between January 9th and February 14th, The First Tee of Tulsa traveled to 28 schools around Tulsa and the surrounding areas. In doing so, we positively impacted the lives of 4,564 students by bringing our character-development program into their school during their gym class.
In the winter months of 2017 (January and February), The First Tee of Tulsa traveled to 21 schools around the Tulsa and Northeastern Oklahoma areas, and positively impacted the lives of 3,665 students by bringing our character-development program into their schools.
In the winter of 2016, The First Tee of Tulsa positively impacted the lives of 2,612 students by bringing golf and life skills to 18 local and surrounding area schools.


The arrival of crunchy orange leaves and pumpkin spice everything usually signals the beginning of the best part of the year for me. In the summer, once I have run of out of things to do, I start feeling lethargic and unproductive. But, with the reestablishment of routine with school and work, I begin to feel more like myself again. I think that this shift is best expressed in my clothes!
Something else I love to do in autumn is to make a list of different things I want to do in these short, cooler months. I thought I'd share that here, as this blog post welcomes fall!


We're happy to get out the word about The Veterans Writing Project's Veterans Day Reading on Monday, November 12 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. It takes place at The United States Navy Memorial, in The Presidents Room, 701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. The program is free, open to the public, and extremely Metro accessible, at the Archives Metro station on the Green Line. For more information on The Veterans Writing Project visit their Web site, VeteransWriting.org, or see their Facebook page.
Dario DiBattista is an Iraq war combat veteran and outstanding graduate of the M.A. in Creative Writing Program at The Johns Hopkins University. His work has appeared in The Washingtonian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Connecticut Review, Three Quarter Review, World Hum, and he's been featured in The New York Times, Urbanite Magazine, and on The Marc Steiner Radio Show. He blogs for many websites, most notably, www.notalone.com, which is a resource website for returning veterans. And he teaches writing at The George Washington University and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda for The Veterans Writing Project, and as an adjunct professor at the Community College of Baltimore County.
Frederick Foote is retired from the U.S. Navy. His 29 years of service, as a Corpsman and physician, included 6 years at sea and deployments to Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm and OIF/OEF. Fred's poems have appeared in Commonweal, The Progressive, and many other journals. He is the Director of the Warrior Poetry Project at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda.
Kate Hoit is known throughout the military blogosphere as "GI Kate." Born and raised in Albany, New York, she joined the U.S. Army Reserve at 17 and served for eight years—including time as an Army photojournalist in Balad, Iraq from 2004 – 2005 with the 301st Area Support Group out of Queens. In addition to maintaining the blog GIKate.com, her work has appeared in the New York Times (at The Caucus: The Politics and Government Blog of The Times), Time's Battleland, The Huffington Post, and VetVoice. She has appeared in the History Channel documentary special Band of Bloggers and has worked on a documentary film about women in the military. Kate currently studies Nonfiction Writing at Johns Hopkins University, and she is a Pat Tillman Military Scholar.
James Mathews is the author of Last Known Position, a short story collection published by the University of North Texas Press and winner of the 2008 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction. He is also a Chief Master Sergeant in the District of Columbia Air National Guard with over 25 years of military service. Since 9/11, he has been activated and deployed numerous times including two tours in Iraq, in 2003 and 2006.
Grady Smith attended Infantry Officer Candidate School and Ranger and Airborne training at Fort Benning. He commanded an infantry company in the Vietnam Delta and served in the Army for 20 years. His final assignment was Executive Office of the U.S. Army Center of Military History. He is a produced playwright, and his novel about combat trauma, Blood Chit, was published in August.


Minami obtains fish from sustainable managed waters and is the only fish oil in the world to receive EMAS (Eco-Management and Audit Scheme) status – a very stringent European standard.
Minami fish oils are processed in unique energy-efficient facilities that recycle organic waste materials to convert them into energy to power the factory and community.
Minami Omega-3 is a premium supplement that delivers 850 mg of Omega-3 nutrition in once convenient softgel with a clean, orange flavor and no fishy aftertaste.
Advanced Omega-3 research suggests a high concentration of EPA, along with DHA, can support mood, cognitive function and cardiovascular health.
Deep-sea fish oil (anchovy, sardine and mackerel), fish gelatin, vegetable glycerin, natural orange flavor, rosemary extract, natural non-GMO mixed tocopherols (antioxidant). Contains soy.
1Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.


Humans' growth spurts stop by late adolescence, but trees accelerate their growth and get bigger as they age. According to a global study by 38 international researchers published in Nature, these findings could have implications for how the world's forests are managed to contain the ill-effects of climate change.
With their miraculous, ever-increasing growth rate, older trees are then better at adding weight faster than younger ones. The Guardian writes that an older trees can add up to 600 kilograms of weight each year. These older, faster-growing trees, account for a "disproportionately important role in forest growth." For example, "trees of 100 centimeters in diameter in old-growth western U.S. forests comprised just 6 percent of trees, yet contributed 33 percent of the annual forest mass growth." This is because older trees continue to add girth as well as branches and leaves. More leaves mean more carbon absorption.
However, as USGS noted, it's important to not lose sight of the forest for the aged trees. The accelerated rate of carbon absorption by some older, larger trees doesn't mean "a net increase in carbon storage for an entire forest." As living systems, forests are constantly in a state of flux — and that's a good thing. A mix of older and younger trees in a forest may help limit the amount of carbon returning the atmosphere at any given time from the death of older trees.
One key take-away for local officials, planners, and design professionals: Do as much as you can to keep those old trees in place. It will be much harder to accomplish the same positive climate impact with younger trees.


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Q: Is it possible to design our own algorithm to create unique GUIDs? GUID are generated by the combination of numbers and characters with a hyphen.
eg) {7B156C47-05BC-4eb9-900E-89966AD1430D}
In Visual studio, we have the 'Create GUID' tool to create it. I hope the same can be created programmatically through window APIs.
How GUIDs are made to be unique? Why they don't use any special characters like #,^ etc...
Also Is it possible to design our own algorithm to create unique GUIDs?

A: Yes, it is possible, however you shouldn't try to reinvent the wheel without a good reason to do so. GUIDs are made unique by including elements which (statistically speaking) are very unlikely to be the same in two distinct cases, such as:

*

*Current timestamp

*The update of the system

*The MAC address of the system

*A random number

*...

Also, consider the privacy implications of GUIDs if you implement it from zero, because they contain the above data which some people deem sensitive.

A: UUIDs are defined e.g. in http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc4122.html. One problem with using your own algorithm to generate something like a UUID is that you could collide with other people's UUIDs. So you should definitely use somebody else's implementation if at all possible and, if not, write your own implementation of one of the standard algorithms.

A: Just to answer this: Why they don't use any special characters like #,^ etc..
It is supposed to be a 128bit Integer. So the common representation is simple 32 Hexadecimals.
You can create also use 128 characters of 1's and 0's etc.
As for the rest of the question, wiki has good answers.

A: You should create new GUID's by calling the API designed for it. In native windows land it is
CoCreateGUID; in .NET land it is System.Guid.NewGuid();

A: Yes although easier to make use of someone else's e.g. Boost uuid

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I plan on doing the drift socks until I get a kicker set up. I had issues in the past on another boat with carbon buildup on the big engine from trolling all day for a few days straight. I also have a happy troller on the big engine but it is sometimes a pain as it wont engage or sometimes you just forget and bend it when taking off. I use the bow mount when its calm but still think if you troll a lot a kicker is not a bad option.
Wondering...how many of you troll with a 2 stroke, either main motor or kicker? Do you steer with the TM? Anyone else have issues with carbon build-up and if not, what have you done to avoid it? Thanks.
Those are big electric trollers........dang.


Well, not exactly but I'm extremely pleased and excited to announce that WISP, my first book to be published is nearly at the release stage. The edits have been done and done. The front cover is ready and beautiful it is. So, without further ado, I present the cover release of WISP.
Edra, a world where magic keeps dark secrets. Secrets which can get you killed.
The body of an elf is discovered in a treacherous area of the city. Wisp, a young Law Enforcer is assigned the case. It will turn out to be a case that changes his life forever.
Wisp tugs loose a thread in a tapestry woven from lies, secrets, corruption, and evil. His world as he knew it begins to change and when friendship turns to love: he has more to lose.
November marks the third installment of the three post package the Story Reading Ape offered. So far we've talked about short form fiction, and paranormal. I also write science fiction and fantasy.
Since these shouldn't be just promotional, let's discuss something few authors discuss. What shouldn't we be writing?
All authors have strengths and weaknesses. Many times we don't learn what they are until we write something out. It's a tough lesson to learn with 120,000 words of fantasy. This is where short forms are so helpful to an author. If it doesn't work out, you've lost a weekend. With a novel, you may have lost a year.
It looks like Chris decided to allow me back after my last post. I'm honored to be here, and this is the second of four posts he offered.
October is my favorite month of the year. I was born in October, so maybe that's part of it. I like the changing leaves, the dropping temperatures, and the hint of mischief in the air, Halloween is coming you know. One of the things I have planned this year is to be everywhere during October. This post is part of that effort.
My own blog is called Entertaining Stories and it's basically Craig central. It feeds into my Facebook Page and Twitter, but the madness happens on the blog.
Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror writers have a few things in common, but I want to address just one: Non-human characters. Whether your character is an elf, an alien or the creature from the black lagoon, we, as humans, have a tendency to anthropomorphise these non-humans and that can rob them of their unique attributes that make them interesting characters for your story.
To make an interesting non-human, the writer has to break away from assumptions and values that would be applied to human characters. Aspects of a non-human character's behaviour would be determined by environment, back story and level of development.


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Josip Markov (16. stoljeće.), hrvatski graditelj i klesar.

Josip Markov pripadnik je glasovite korčulanske graditeljske i klesarske obitelji Andrijić ( Andrija Marković, Marko Andrijić, Petar Andrijić, Nikola Blažev).

Djelovao je tijekom 16. stoljeća. Za Dubrovačku Republiku podiže brojne javne objekte- gradsku žitnicu, obnavlja Knežev dvor, sudjeluje na gradnji Divone i utvrda na Pločama.

Literatura
 Cvito Fisković: Naši graditelji i kipari XV i XVI stoljeća u Dubrovniku, Zagreb, 1947.
 Cvito Fisković: Prvi poznati dubrovački graditelji, JAZU, Dubrovnik, 1955.
 Vinko Foretić: Podrijetlo porodice korčulanskih kamenara Andrijića, Peristil, Br. 3, Zagreb, 1960.
 Hrvatska renesansa, katalog izložbe, Galerija Klovićevi dvori, Zagreb, 2004.

nije prezime, već ime oca
Arhitekti i graditelji u Hrvatskoj
Josip Markov

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use PhpSpec\ObjectBehavior;

use PhpSpec\Locator\ResourceLocatorInterface;
use PhpSpec\Locator\ResourceInterface;

class ResourceManagerSpec extends ObjectBehavior
{
    function let(ResourceLocatorInterface $locator1, ResourceLocatorInterface $locator2)
    {
        $locator1->getPriority()->willReturn(5);
        $locator2->getPriority()->willReturn(10);
    }

    function it_locates_resources_using_all_registered_locators($locator1, $locator2,
        ResourceInterface $resource1, ResourceInterface $resource2, ResourceInterface $resource3
    )
    {
        $this->registerLocator($locator1);
        $this->registerLocator($locator2);

        $locator1->supportsQuery('s:query')->willReturn(true);
        $locator1->findResources('s:query')->willReturn(array($resource3, $resource2));
        $locator2->supportsQuery('s:query')->willReturn(true);
        $locator2->findResources('s:query')->willReturn(array($resource1));

        $this->locateResources('s:query')->shouldReturn(array($resource1, $resource3, $resource2));
    }

    function it_locates_all_locators_resources_if_query_string_is_empty($locator1, $locator2,
        ResourceInterface $resource1, ResourceInterface $resource2, ResourceInterface $resource3
    )
    {
        $this->registerLocator($locator1);
        $this->registerLocator($locator2);

        $locator1->getAllResources()->willReturn(array($resource3, $resource2));
        $locator2->getAllResources()->willReturn(array($resource1));

        $this->locateResources('')->shouldReturn(array($resource1, $resource3, $resource2));
    }

    function it_returns_empty_array_if_registered_locators_do_not_support_query($locator1)
    {
        $this->registerLocator($locator1);

        $locator1->supportsQuery('s:query')->willReturn(false);
        $locator1->findResources('s:query')->shouldNotBeCalled();

        $this->locateResources('s:query')->shouldReturn(array());
    }

    function it_creates_resource_from_classname_using_locator_with_highest_priority(
        $locator1, $locator2, ResourceInterface $resource1, ResourceInterface $resource2
    )
    {
        $this->registerLocator($locator1);
        $this->registerLocator($locator2);

        $locator1->supportsClass('Some\Class')->willReturn(true);
        $locator1->createResource('Some\Class')->willReturn($resource1);
        $locator2->supportsClass('Some\Class')->willReturn(true);
        $locator2->createResource('Some\Class')->willReturn($resource2);

        $this->createResource('Some\Class')->shouldReturn($resource2);
    }

    function it_throws_an_exception_if_locators_do_not_support_classname($locator1)
    {
        $this->registerLocator($locator1);

        $locator1->supportsClass('Some\Class')->willReturn(false);

        $this->shouldThrow('RuntimeException')->duringCreateResource('Some\Class');
    }
}

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At last year's Autodesk University, we previewed Autodesk BIM 360 Docs, the long-awaited answer to our construction customers' collective call for a single source of project truth – bringing together all plans, models and documents into a single app – connecting the office and the job site, and keeping the whole project team building from the same, accurate information.
BIM 360 Docs learned to walk at Autodesk University last year – and this year, our baby is one year old and off and running.
BIM 360 Docs will be available on the Android platform. Android is the second most popular platform used in construction and we made it a goal – based on our customers' feedback – to give this cross-platform functionality to BIM 360 Docs.
Request for Information (RFI) functionality is coming to BIM 360 Docs. Project teams will be able to receive and resolve issues even faster. RFIs can drive a lot of conflict in projects so the quicker that issues can be resolved, the quicker a project can get back on track, changes can be implemented and things can move forward within the current budget and schedule.
Manage submittals on BIM 360 Docs. BIM 360 Docs is gearing up to handle submittals, an important part of your construction administration/construction management tools.
These are just a few of the new capabilities coming to BIM 360 Docs in addition to the more than 50 new features since BIM 360 Docs' official launch in 2015. Again, check out BIM 360 Docs to learn more about Docs and make sure to subscribe to the BIM 360 Docs blog to stay ahead of the game for updates on product availability.
In the 1990s, television viewers got to know "Star Trek: The Next Generation" character Lt. Commander Data. Smart and knowledgeable about all things, "Data" was always on the ready to provide insight into whatever challenges he was called on to solve.
Now picture yourself as a construction professional and imagine having your own helpful assistant – like Lt. Commander Data – who every morning could point you in the direction of the highest potential risks for the day. What if that assistant could sift through the thousands of issues on all of your sites and prioritize, automatically, the top 20 risks to your project?
BIM 360 Project IQ provides that intelligent assistance by mining construction project data and applying machine learning and analytics. The IQ system is continuously learning from expert feedback. This human-machine collaboration makes the assistant smarter every day.
BIM 360 Project IQ is already proving its value with customers who have been collaborating with us throughout the development process. We've transformed their project data into actionable, reliable, and prioritized information which will help to reduce risk on project sites.
It seems that there's an app for just about everything – and construction is no exception. Autodesk itself has a host of BIM 360 apps.
The proliferation of business apps means lots of sharing, moving files around, translating, opening/closing, emailing to someone, exporting/importing, etc. throughout the design, build and operate lifecycle.
Imagine instead a connected experience that puts your project in the center and lets you and your teammates move seamlessly from one work context to another. From one tool to another with no interoperability issues.
Autodesk expects to bring to market a BIM 360 solution that puts everyone on your extended team and everything you need to know about your project in one place.
Let's break this big news down a bit further.
BIM 360 is built on the Autodesk Forge platform, with BIM 360 Docs as the common data environment.
With everything in one place, you will be able to create, store, and use data across a project or multiple projects.
You can work on the device of your choosing – desktop, web or mobile devices with equal fluidity. There is no single platform, just a single experience.
The data is instantly accessible to the people whom you authorize to work with you.
Think about the power project teams will soon have at their fingertips with all data and cross-project data analytics in one BIM 360 solution.
With the advent of the cloud, the old physical and digital barriers to success, which have traditionally separated our ideas, designs, and most importantly, our teams, are becoming blurred and largely meaningless because of the era of connection in which we live.
At Autodesk, our role is to build the tools that help you capitalize on the opportunities before us all – and to build cloud-enabled bridges among your teams whether or not they are in the same city, country, or even the same company. The goal is seamless collaboration and your clients expect no less.
Now is the time for you to adapt to the changes occurring in the AEC industry – or be overtaken by those competitors who are embracing the tech evolution. Sounds somewhat Darwinian, but it's true.
Autodesk is uniquely positioned to be your partner and to guide you through the changes happening now and those to come.


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Antelliq
www.antelliq.com
Sector: Healthcare
Investment Year: 2013
Transaction Value: €1,070m
Realised
BCEC IX acquired Allflex in July 2013 from the long-term owner of the business (since renamed Antelliq).
Initially a pure provider of identification devices to farmers, since its original acquisition, BC Partners supported management in transforming Antelliq into the worldwide leader in animal intelligence, providing solutions for the management of livestock, pets and fish.
Antelliq is now the world's leading animal intelligence group, providing world-class devices for animal identification, monitoring, and traceability. Its pioneering monitoring solutions deliver smart data products and services for the management and wellbeing of livestock, fish and pets. These solutions help veterinarians, farmers and pet owners gather critical data to improve management, health and well-being of livestock and pets and use digital technology to help respond to the growing demand for protein, food traceability and food safety.
In June 2016, BCEC IX syndicated part of its equity to Limited Partner, largely de-risking the investment and returning capital to investors.
As a truly innovative market leader with a clear vision and dynamic team, Antelliq has significant potential to continue leading the industry, as the use of intelligence, data and technology play an increasingly important role in animal health and care and on the back of strong trading, in December 2018, the Fund entered into an agreement with Merck to sell the company, which completed in March 2019.
Investment Thesis
The investment thesis BC Partners underwrote for Antelliq was that there looked to be:
Attractive Growth Driven by Long Term Secular Trends
Fragmented Market with Strong Competitive Position
Robust Barriers to Entry
Strong Financial Performance
Significant Potential Upsides
Exit Optionality
Seasoned Management Team
Post acquisition, BC Partners supported management in transforming Antelliq into the world's leading animal intelligence group, mainly through four key pillars:
Strategic M&A and New Verticals: Expanding into strategically compelling adjacencies through acquisitions which enabled Antelliq to enter the highly attractive animal monitoring space and positioned the company to become the global leader in animal intelligence solutions. Continued investment in research and development expanding into new monitoring verticals such as dairy calf, cow-calf, feedlot beef and companion animals. Leveraging access to data from c.5m cows to develop smart data solutions.
Organisation: Recruitment of new CEO who was instrumental in orienting the group vision towards animal intelligence and smart data solutions; setting up a HQ and a new organization; and rebranding of the former Allflex into Antelliq in February 2018, reflecting the successful repositioning of the company into Animal Intelligence and further increasing its visibility in the Animal Health community.
Operational Improvements: Achievement of significant operational improvements and the implementation of a new reporting system with a global cloud based consolidation tool and global cash management system.
Commercial Strategy: Development of a strong and diverse commercial and go-to-market strategy for monitoring products across various channels and partnerships, and covering all stakeholders in the ecosystem, to spur adoption and increase penetration in a nascent market.
Merck Completes Acquisition of Antelliq Corporation to Become Leader in Emerging Digital Technology for Livestock and Companion Animals
Merck [NYSE:MRK], known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Antelliq Corporation from funds advised by BC Partners.
Team Involved
Michael Chang
Cédric Dubourdieu
Fouad Jaidi
Jérôme Losson
Partner, Head of Operations Team
Christian Mogge
Blanca Ruiz Prada
Matthias Sander
Managing Director, Operations Team
Pauline Spire
Jean-Baptiste Wautier
Partner, Chairman of the Investment Committee, Member of the Executive Committee
The case studies are presented herein for illustrative purposes only and should not be relied upon for investment decision making. This information is being furnished for the sole purpose of providing information about BC Partners. The specific investments identified are not representative of all of the companies purchased, sold or recommended for BC Partners' private equity funds, and it should not be assumed that investments identified were or will be profitable or are representative of investments that will be made by BC Partners in the future. Unless otherwise indicated, information with respect to the investments included herein has been obtained from the relevant portfolio company. Past performance of any BC Partners-sponsored fund, vehicle, account, or investment is not indicative of future performance. There can be no assurance that BC Partners will make comparable or equally successful investments in the future. For a list of all investments made by the private equity funds managed by BC Partners since its inception, please click here.

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2. It takes 45 to 60 business days for cash back process.
3. Cashback will go into your original payment method.
4. This promotion can be terminated without notice.
5. Every member who signed up is qualified if it is their first dress purchase.
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Sorry to read of the loss of Keat. Wishing you and his friends and family the best.
Very best wishes to Pamela and you for a fabulous 2018.
I hope you are getting used to not living the full time van life.


I had the BEST time taking a two-day shawl design class with Bristol Ivy at Harrisville Designs in Harrisville, New Hampshire. It was EXHAUSTING, but fun!
Then we had lunch at Paul and Elizabeth's (yes, that is the name of the restaurant!!!!) and then made our way to meet Lynn at Harrisville. The six of us stayed in their boarding house which was on the third floor of one of the old buildings in town. Several rooms, bathrooms to share, a full kitchen and a great, comfy living room to knit in.
I made this really yummy (if I do say so myself – but others did too!) tomato focaccia to share at our appetizer-y dinner that night.
It is a Martha recipe and she rarely disappoints me. I will definitely make this again.
The next day was Shawl Design with Bristol Ivy at Harrisville Designs, just across the road from the boarding house.
Yes there is only 7 there. Somehow I didn't get the pi shawl in there.
Homework was to choose the shawl shape we wanted to design the next day. It is a hard decision!
It's a lot of work!!
Others got a little further but most only had a little bit.
….where I had a cheddar sandwich with maple caramelized onions and apples. OMG. I had it both days because it was so good. I also had their famous kale salad which was so delicious. Here is a link to their recipe: Harrisville Kale Salad. So good for you too! I'm making it this weekend.
At the end of the second day, Paul picked me up and we went on to spend the night in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. We stopped at the Portsmouth Brewery and I had my most favorite ever in the world sandwich, their fried eggplant sandwich. So. Good.
Then we had breakfast at our most favorite (aside from Jordan's Pond House in Acadia) popover place, Popovers on the Square.
Paul: What's in there to steal?
We made a stop at our former favorite ice cream place from when we lived in Vermont, Ice Cream Fore You (at a driving range)….
They had my favorite flavor: Campfire S'mores!
And had to make a stop at King Arthur Flour (man, I love that place)…..
Then, on the way home I regretted not buying the Nordic Ware Harvest Bounty Loaf pan when we were there so I ordered one from Amazon in the car!
And made a pumpkin cream cheese swirl bread from the recipe on the pan label….
And then I saw they have a mini version…. Nordic Ware Harvest Mini Loaf Pan, Bronze and I'm a little bit trying not to order that one too.
WHEW! A great few days.
Posted in Uncategorized and tagged 21 color slouch hat, bristol ivy, harrisville designs, harrisville general store, kale salad, martha steward, shawl design, tomato focaccia, webs, yarn on October 17, 2017 by lizytish.
That conversation about locking the car could have happened at my house a few weeks ago. My husband cleaned out my car and took it to be washed, then emptied every single thing from the car and the trunk, declaring, "Nothing returns to the car until it has been vetted as necessary." Of course, the first thing I returned to the car was my "car knitting bag" full of cotton yarn for making dishcloths while we travel.
The next morning I went out to get into the car and noticed that bag thrown on the driver's seat and all of the yarn strewn over the cabin. Hmmmmm….all I could think was how disappointed the would-be thief was when he discovered the only thing in the car was…yarn!
Point proven! Yes, disappointed indeed – thank goodness you didn't have anything in there the thief wanted!
Liz, I just LOVE reading your blog! Thanks for the chuckle (unlocked car story)!
Thanks Cindy! I'm so glad you enjoy it!


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How to Protect Yourself from High-Profile Cyberattacks
Managing Versus Leading
Patrick MacLeamy
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Wounded: The Other Ongoing Global Pandemic
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Influencer Marketing in a World of E-Commerce
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Michael Kelly: Channeling the Spirit of Dorothy Buffum Chandler to Catalyze Change in Los Angeles
Philanthropist and arts activist Dorothy Buffum Chandler graced Time's cover in December 1964. The article stated that she embodied "perhaps the most impressive display of virtuoso money-raising and civic citizenship in the history of U.S. womanhood." The beneficiary of her efforts was Los Angeles, which at the time was struggling to transform itself from a […]
Philanthropist and arts activist Dorothy Buffum Chandler graced Time's cover in December 1964. The article stated that she embodied "perhaps the most impressive display of virtuoso money-raising and civic citizenship in the history of U.S. womanhood." The beneficiary of her efforts was Los Angeles, which at the time was struggling to transform itself from a large community into a metropolitan city. Mrs. Chandler believed investing in the arts would bring prestige to the city and serve as the catalyst needed to reshape Los Angeles' civic identity.
Mrs. Chandler's role as a civic fundraiser began in earnest in 1950, when she undertook a successful drive to save the Hollywood Bowl. A few years later, she raised $37mm from private and public resources to build The Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles. Today, the Center is home to concert halls, a theatre, forum, pavilion, and grand outdoor public plaza, making it one of the premiere performing arts centers in the world.
Mrs. Chandler was a catalyst in her own right, opining in a 1964 interview that "there are so many people with good ideas and good intentions; they doubtless know more about the arts than I do. But I pull them together. That's my job.'' At the time that was no easy task.
Starting in the 1920s, Los Angeles' population was growing rapidly, as millions of people came for the region's good jobs, affordable housing, and welcoming climate. Though industrious, newer residents remained largely indifferent to local politics, which allowed a handful of incompetent, occasionally corrupt politicians to fill the void. That was bad for business, and a prominent group of insurance and finance executives, department store and oil magnates, and land barons decided to take action. They met regularly for lunch at Perino's on Wilshire Boulevard to discuss the issues of the day and, if necessary, use their financial resources and political contacts to take action. This informal group became known as "the Committee of Twenty-Five."
Their agenda was focused and limited to law and order and business-friendly city ordinances. Two of their initiatives helped reshape the City's image—securing the appointment of Police Chief William Parker to professionalize and modernize the Los Angeles Police Department and supporting the building of a baseball stadium to persuade Walter Francis O'Malley to move his Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles. Their third initiative—the Music Center—was largely shaped by Mrs. Chandler.
"Mrs. Chandler's role as a civic fundraiser began in earnest in 1950, when she undertook a successful drive to save the Hollywood Bowl. A few years later, she raised $37mm from private and public resources to build The Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles."
One weakness of the Committee was its collective tendency to focus solely on its business agenda. It ignored long-term and expensive infrastructure investments, such as paving city streets, building parks, and improving public transportation. A second weakness was its practice of excluding other influential residents because of their religion, neighborhood, and industry.
Mrs. Chandler's strategy was to bridge this divide by nurturing a détente between the Committee, the Hollywood community, and the City's growing affluent population further west. Entertainment titan Lew Wasserman, one of Mrs. Chandler's favorite Angelenos, was the first to step forward, joining the Committee as its only Jewish member. (Wasserman's involvement was contingent upon the Committee not meeting at the California Club, due to its exclusionary policies and a deal was brokered, with the help of Mrs. Chandler, to move their meetings to Perino's.) This collaboration was the catalyst Mrs. Chandler needed to begin to raise the level of funds needed to build the Music Center.
Today the spirit of Mrs. Chandler lives on in Los Angeles' civic community. The biggest difference from the past is that Los Angeles is now a mosaic of organizations that use inclusiveness and collaboration to advance initiatives for the "common good." The Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & Jobs, the Annenberg Foundation's LA n Sync, the Southern California Grantmakers, the Home for Good Funders Collaborative, the CSU5, and the LA River Revitalization Corporation—to name a few—all bring together a diverse mix of leaders from business, academia, labor, and nonprofits to advance and implement initiatives that benefit those who live, work, and visit the Los Angeles region. A few examples stand out—the modernization of Los Angeles International Airport, new LA Metro rail and bus lines, more educational and healthcare opportunities for low-income residents, and a developing vision to transform the underutilized Los Angeles River into 51 miles of "continuous experience" that will include a waterway, new parks, residential neighborhoods, and urban centers.
Where are the new opportunities to reshape the civic image of Los Angeles?
Every day approximately 50,000 Los Angeles city employees report to work to support a vast network of public officials, boards, commissions, and approximately 42 departments and bureaus. Their intended goal is to provide efficient, reliable, and fair goods and service delivery to the residents, businesses, and neighborhoods throughout the City. Their challenge—budget cuts throughout the past five years—have greatly impacted City budgets, personnel, investment in technology, and programs.
Hilary Pennington of the Ford Foundation recently suggested that more attention should be paid by nonprofits, foundations, the public, and individual social entrepreneurs to the opportunities that exist in government to effect positive change. The Los Angeles Coalition for the Economy & Jobs agrees and that is why we are supporting a unique initiative with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles called the "Operations Innovation Team."
This collaborative partnership brings together skilled talent from the private and public sectors to identify and execute improvements to the City's least efficient business systems: the City's $3B real estate portfolio, $7B procurement and contracting system, and workplace safety and wellness programs. These three initiatives, though challenging, show enormous opportunities for producing cost mitigation, revenue generation, and operational efficiencies. The development of two of these initiatives—real estate and procurement—will also help further economic development opportunities for the local region.
It is now up to Los Angeles' collaborative forces to channel the spirit of Mrs. Chandler and seek out opportunities that will strengthen two of the region's greatest resources – city government and its relationship with Los Angeles' broad and diverse business and civic communities. After all, Mrs. Chandler showed us just how far you can go with some vision, collaboration, and personal/political will.
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Pačir (v srbské cyrilici Пачир, maďarsky Pacsér) je vesnice v severní části Srbska, v autonomní oblasti Vojvodina. Administrativně je součástí opštiny Bačka Topola

V roce 2011 měla podle sčítání lidu celkem 2580 obyvatel. Zhruba 60 % z nich byli Maďaři, 30 % Srbové a zastoupeny jsou i další národnosti.

První písemná zmínka o obci pochází z roku 1409. Po stažení Turků z Uher byla vesnice vysídlá a teprve až v 18. století se sem dosídlili Maďaři z okolí obce Kisújszállás.

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Scientists investigate the taxonomy and evolution of pipeworts
Ashvita Anand
Bengaluru Jan 7, 2020, (Research Matters):
Rice, millets, bamboo, pineapple, bell reed and other economically essential and regularly consumed crops have a thing in common — taxonomically, they all belong to the order Poales of the plant kingdom. Although it has five groups, studies on the evolution of plants under Poales have mostly focused on the Graminids, which includes grasses like maize, wheat, and barley.
In a recent study, researchers from Pune's Agharkar Research Institute and Savitribai Phule University, and China's Zhejiang University have turned their attention towards Xyrids to gain a holistic understanding of the evolution of Poales. This group includes plants like yellow-eyed grass and pipeworts. The study, published in the journal PLOS One, was funded by the Agharkar Research Institute, the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
The researchers collected leaf samples of Eriocaulon decemflorum, a type of pipewort, from Mt. Dayang in Zhejiang Province, China. While this species is endemic to China, almost one fourth of the species belonging to genus Eriocaulon are found in India, with many being endemic. The researchers studied the genetic sequence of E. decemflorum for the first time and compared it with representatives from the other groups under Poales—Graminids, Bromeliads, Restiids, and Cyprids.
"Many of the Eriocaulon species are known to possess medicinal properties. E. burgerianum is a known neuro-protectant and E. cinereum is known to possess some anti-cancer properties. Moreover, some species are used in the traditional medicinal systems of China to cure various ailments," says Dr Ritesh Choudhary, a researcher associated with Agharkar Research Institute and Savitribai Phule University, and an author of the study.
Eriocaulon decemflorum. Credits - Mr Difei Wu
The researchers then studied the genetic material within a cell's cytoplasmic organelles, known as the plastome, and compared it with the genetic material from three other groups of Poales — Bromeliads, Graminids and Cyprids. These genomes haven't changed much during evolution and hence are ideal for genomic studies. They found two genes — ycf1 and ycf2 — in E. decemflorum that has been lost in Graminids and partially degraded in Bromeliads. These genes are necessary for the plant's survival as they produce crucial proteins. The fact that these two genes are lost sheds light on the evolution of plants belonging to the order Poales through comparison across the constituent groups instead of focusing on one.
While previous studies have looked at the plastomes in Eriocauloideae and Paepalanthoideae, which belong to subfamilies of Xyrids, no research till date has focused on the plastomes of the Eriocaulaceae family to study their genetic evolution and structural content of the plastomes.
"The relationship between Xyridaceae, Mayacaceae and Eriocaulaceae is still not well understood. With the inclusion of more plastome data, our understanding of the evolution of this group will be enhanced," says Ms. Ashwini Darshetkar, a Ph.D. student of ARI working on this project.
The study found that the accD gene, which is vital for photosynthesis and affects leaf development, was lost in Poales after the split between Eriocaulaceae and Xyridaceae. This finding corroborates the findings from another study from 2012. Scientists previously thought that the gene was lost in monocots either before the divergence of the orders Poales and Commelinales or after the split between Cyprids and Xyrids. A functional copy of accD gene was found in the plastome of pipeworts.
Photo credits - Mr Difei Wu
Further, the study looked into two introns—parts of DNA that do not code for any proteins. One such intron was rpoC1, which is necessary for the production of the enzyme RNA polymerase. The other was the introns of clpP, which is a protein-coding gene that assists in chloroplast development. It found that the E. decemflorum plastome contains these introns. In the evolutionary history within Poales, Bromeliads still have the introns and the Graminids have lost them. Functional benefits of presence or absence of these introns in the plastomes of Poales are yet to be explored.
The study results indicate a high degree of similarity between the plastomes of the Eriocaulon and the Bromeliad group. Previous studies on the evolution of the Xyrid group considered the family Eriocaulaceae as a sister of the Xyridaceae family, with little or no connection with the Mayacaceae family. However, the phylogenomic analyses in the present study posit the family Eriocaulaceae as the sister of the Mayacaceae family, a finding that has been supported by other recent studies.
Speaking about the next steps in the team's research, Dr. Choudhary emphasises the need to study the relationship with the Xyrids, specifically between Xyridaceae, Mayacaceae and Eriocaulaceae, to better understand the evolution within the Poales order.
This article has been run past the researchers, whose work is covered, to ensure accuracy.
Understanding evolution in Poales: Insights from Eriocaulaceae plastome
Pipeworts
ARI Pune


Air Force Academy grad Ben Garland made a strong impression in his first preseason game with the Denver Broncos Sunday night, logging five tackles while playing on the defensive line.
Garland has still not publicly announced if he will accept his pilot slot that is waiting for him at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, after he completes training camp. His performance Sunday probably didn't make the decision any easier. If he accepts the pilot slot, his NFL career is likely over. A five-year academy service commitment likely extends to more than a decade if he enters the pilot training pipeline.
Bronco's coach Josh McDaniels said Garland has impressed during practice and earned the time he received in Sunday's game. Denver invited Garland to camp knowing he will not be able to join their active roster for at least a minimum of two years. However, the Broncos have seen enough potential to keep him around. Unless Garland accepts his pilot slot, he will likely follow in the footsteps of fellow Air Force Academy alum Chad Hall and serve two years active duty before applying for early release and serving the rest of his commitment as a reservist allowing him to play in the NFL.
Hall has sat out two years and is now turning a lot of heads at Philadelphia Eagles camp, especially after a stand out performance in their first preseason game against Jacksonville.


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The Verena Gorge Hermitage is a hermitage located in the Verena Gorge, to the north of the city of Solothurn, Switzerland.

History
The name of the hermitage alludes to Saint Verena of Zurzach. She is said to have passed near the area, and lived in a cave near Solothurn.

The hermitage has been in existence since the 17th century. The site features stations of the cross dating from 1613 that were restored around 1990 by the Society of St. Verena Hermitage. The society was founded in 1810 and disbanded in 1813. A similar gesellschaft corporation was established in the late 20th century dedicated to restoration and maintenance work on the buildings and monuments of the Hermitage and its surroundings. It organizes cultural events such as guided tours, lectures and exhibitions in the Verena gorge, also offering meditations in the hermitage.

The site is situated along a 2 km hiking trail, with a 40 m gradient.

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Notes and references

External links

 Official site of the Gesellschaft der Einsiedelei St. Verena (in German)

Monuments and memorials in Switzerland
Christian hermitages in Switzerland
Solothurn


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Japan on a student budget: tips, tricks and tasty treats
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Author: Emma Cooke
Think you can't afford to go on holiday to Japan? Think again...
When you think of student travel, the first things that comes to mind are bleak hostels (more on those here) and the holy trinity of the Gap Yah: Thailand, Vietnam and anywhere that you can get a beer for less than 20p.
While we all love a 20p beer, the idea that only 'cheap destinations' are viable holidays for students is a bit of a con. Anywhere can be cheap, if you know how to do it – even Denmark if you're prepared to live off hot dogs and make a nest out of striped fisherman jumpers.
The holy grail of 'expensive' holidays though, is Japan in cherry blossom season. The kind of trip everyone talks misty-eyed about doing someday, when they've invented the next Google, or discovered they're secret Genovian royalty.
But friends, I am here to tell you I went to Japan during cherry blossom season this year and I am neither a surprise princess nor Steve Jobs-reborn.I'm just a journalist with a near-obsessive love of travel research.
So, here's how to do Japan in its most peak of peak times, without spending a million pounds. Or even over a grand.
Ignore the expensive restaurants
If there's one thing I want to pass on about Japan, it's this: you don't need to pay for the expensive restaurants to eat well.
I suspect everyone goes and pays for the £300-a-head stuff because they feel like they have to, and then goes home and raves about how the pricey food in Japan was LIFE-CHANGING and SO MUCH BETTER THAN EVERYTHING HERE because, well, if it wasn't life-changing, you've just spunked £300 on a meal for nothing.
But one of the most wonderful things about Japan is that even at the lowest pay-grade, their food is exceptional. You can get brilliant ramen for 800yen a head, which is about £5.30 – try Ippudo in Kyoto or Fu-unji in Tokyo.
Most vending machine ramen joints (where you buy a ticket from a machine then sit down and wait for your order) are cheap but super tasty. The best sushi we had was at the 100yen (67p!!) a pop sushi plate conveyor belts, a move that was delicious but has ruined all Yo Sushis for us forevermore. And forget everything you thought you knew about convenience store food and chains: they're treasure troves of katsu sandwiches and rice balls.
Then there's the izakayas – Japanese pubs that have someone in the corner grilling 100 to 200yen meat skewers (yakitori), in a stroke of genius that makes you wonder what all the other countries are doing with their lives. The UK scrolls through Japan's Instagram at 2am in the morning then unfollows because it's getting unhealthy.
Also, don't bother queuing for anything (there's too many good places without queues), unless it's Nakajima, the cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant in the city. They do four sardine dishes available in 800yen lunch sets, and I never thought I'd be out here saying sardines are worth an hour queue, but fuck me, they are.
Viewing cherry blossoms is free
If you're going in cherry blossom season, don't worry about seeing the major sights. I know they're on all the iconic pictures of flower filled Japan and this seems like madness, but honestly, the cherry blossoms are everywhere – and in spring, that peaceful looking temple turns into Oxford Street at Christmas but worse.
A shuffling zombie queue walk slalom of selfie sticks and oh god, is that a couple in bridal wear? Are they doing a photoshoot in this? Yes. Yes they are, and you paid money to look slightly disgruntled in the background of it. Trust me, save your money and do the most famous spots in an off-peak trip.
Instead, hit up the free parks like Ueno in Tokyo and Maruyama Park in Kyoto. They're crowded, but they're "hamami" crowds, which is the Japanese art of picnicking under the sakura trees.
Think lots of bonhomie, cheap food stalls and booze, and no entrance fees. Naka-Meguro canal in Tokyo is also glorious – it seems painfully crowded at first, but walk (or apologetically shuffle) away from the main spots near the train station and there's loads of blossoms and way more breathing space. You can find a list of free cherry blossom spots here.
If you do want to pay for anything, make it a boat ride on the various park lakes. They're surprisingly reasonable and if you're willing to go in a row boat rather than the giant swan pedal boats, you'll barely have to queue.
Get all the passes
Transport in Japan is expensive. But, you just need to think of it like the UK. Rock up on the day to a train station here, and your ticket from York to London is £150, but book in advance and it's £30.
Fly to Japan and just buy all your tickets, and your holiday budget will be gone in the first few days. Get passes in advance instead. There's literally one for everything. The big one is the JR rail pass: it's £191 for 7 days of unlimited travel on the JR cross-country trains. That's £27 a day, for trains to every major station, as well as the main lines in Tokyo.
A good trick is to spend your first week of holiday in Tokyo (or the city you've flown in to) just using subway passes, then activate the 7-day pass for the last week. Or reverse the order. You can also get passes for most of the major tourist destinations, like the Hakone Free-Pass.
Or, if you're up for trying some slow travelling, the buses are a cheap alternative to trains – and if you're able to sleep on them, you can get an overnight journey, which will save you a night's stay.
Airbnb is your friend
Keeping accommodation costs down in Japan is hard – it's pretty normal to spend 70-80% of your budget before you've even landed on flights and hotels. One thing you can do is ditch the hotels, where you'll pay £100 a night for the most basic of business hotels, and go for airbnbs instead.
You can get a studio flat in prime locations like Shinjuku for £30 a night. There won't be enough room to swing a cat, but it's private, very #authentic and better than a single mattress in a hostel.
Ryokans (traditional japanese inns) can also be really purse-friendly. We stayed in Kyoto at the historic Yadoya Hiraiwa for £30 a head at peak cherry blossom season, and it was delightful.
Book in advance. Like, six months to a year in advance. People don't dick about when it comes to sakura season, and neither should you. Plus, the further you book in advance, the cheaper it is, especially when it comes to flights. Right now, you can fly to Tokyo in March / April 2019 for less than £500 return, which is a steal.
The best bit of our trip was when we got out of the cities. Tokyo and Kyoto are thrilling and definitely worth visiting, but in peak season they're kind of soul-destroyingly crowded.
On a cross-country train journey up to Takayama, we saw hundreds of tiny, peaceful towns and villages positively dripping with cherry blossoms and blissfully tourist-free. My advice would be to do the cities for max three days, then get on a train to somewhere, anywhere, two to three hours outside the city. This tactic is cheap too. Up in the mountains, we had Hida beef dishes – which blows kobe, wagyu and all the other fancy beefs out the water – for less than a fiver.
The reasonably priced guest houses we stayed in were beautiful too, and inevitably owned by an 80-year old Japanese person who'd insist on carrying our suitcases upstairs while we hovered behind terrified, amazed and desperately trying to google the Japanese for both, "no really, we can take them ourselves" and "what's your workout regimen?".
It was like staying with your grandparents: they've got a "computer room" (yes, a room featuring one computer with a dial-up connection), will wait up for you to make sure you get back before the 10pm curfew, and get very concerned if you're not having a bath both morning and night. And that kind of nostalgia is priceless folks.
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Public opinion is more and more often facing new information about the Golden Blitz clan, guided by the very President of Romania Traian Basescu. Elena Udrea, wife of Mr. Cocos and formerly a friend and adviser of Traian Basescu, is in the center of this clan. The information people get to learn concerns corruption at the highest level possible, just as in the case of the third note, which ZIUA unmasked yesterday.
Basescu committed traffic of influence and he is to be under criminal investigations. It is sensational that the most recent story depicts Elena Udrea in tandem with Traian Basescu, both of them very active in accusing others of complicity related to illegitimate groups of interests. After all, what was their reason? As far as politics is concerned, isn't their aggressive action suicide, since they themselves prove to be guilty of committing what they accuse the others of having committed? Or has this been a failing precautionary operation of the 'attack and you won't be attacked' kind?
The connection of Elena Udrea, Cocos, the whole Golden Blitz clan and the Art Constructii '92 Company that Dumitru Bucsaru owns is not of recent date. As far as the ZIUA investigative journalists are concerned, it is true that after reaching the document signed by Basescu it was the first time they had to get details faster than ever. Until yesterday we had no occasion to report on the businessman now in the center of a scandal regarding the head of state. In the spring of 2005, shortly after reaching Cotroceni Palace, Basescu became the official to recuperate some debts.
It is absolutely amazing that when you google Bucsaru and the three names of his company, whose identity he tried to hide, details start to come out. Lots of publications, even some attached to Cotroceni Palace such as 'Evenimentul Zilei' daily, and some opposing Basescu overtly have unveiled information in the course of time. They have expressed warnings generally related to the 'successful combinations' Bucsaru achieved with the Ministry of Transport before reaching TOP 300. He did it under the guidance of Basescu, of the PSD (Social-Democrat Party) and of Basescu again. The latest episode that ZIUA has unveiled took place when the very cautious Gheorghe Dobre was a minister of transport due to Basescu. Dobre's main task was not to settle transport matters and build highways, but to catch Mitrea red handed. For months on end all that Dobre did was search the archive belonging to the Ministry of Transport for clues because of which the PSD leader could get to the Prosecutor's Office. He met Bucsaru's claim to get back 110 billion ROL and thus help Traian Basescu's specific solicitation. It was one of the few ministry documents Dobre settled.
After ZIUA disclosed the information yesterday there have followed embarrassing attempts to defend Basescu's stained image. It is most embarrassing that Presidency, a public institution, claims its staff has got to reply to absolutely all solicitations and send replies hand-written by the President himself. This is sheer lie. The President wrote notes only when doing favors, when Theodor Stolojan, Elena Udrea and other "advisers" kindly asked him for it. Or he did it on his own to pay his electoral debts. It is now proved that his offensive against corruption and illegitimate groups of interests has been just a failing precautionary operation. As for Elena Udrea's insults against me uttered on TV, they are worthy of no comment at all.
Sorin ROSCA STANESCU


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El siguiente plan de salud está diseñado para mejorar las cataratas y la salud general de los ojos. Cuando se combina con un estilo de vida saludable y si el régimen de suplementos se sigue de manera constante, es posible ver mejoras significativas en las cataratas y la salud en general, en tan solo unas pocas semanas.


Dropbox is a cloud storage provider, but over the past couple of years, the company has tried to expand into something more. For some folks, it's also an email client. For others, it was a place not just to store photos, but to interact with them in a cool way.
That's because on April 9th, 2014, Dropbox released an email client called Mailbox and a photo gallery app known as Carousel. Now Dropbox is stepping away from both and intends to close each service early next year.
Dropbox's Mailbox email client has always been relatively simple and stylish, but the latest version of the app pushes it further in both directions. For the big 2.0, Mailbox is going material.
The side navigation menu slides out over the action bar, and a floating action button hovers in the bottom right corner. Excess lines have been stripped from various areas of the app, leaving more whitespace and, well, lots of white in general.
Some non-visual additions have made the changelog as well. You can have signatures appear at the bottom of your message as you're writing, reassurance that they will actually be included when you hit send.
The Mailbox email app belongs to Dropbox, but it began life as an independent app on iOS. That being the case, it's not really surprising that when Dropbox bought the developers and made the app multi-platform, it wasn't initially optimized for Android tablets. It was a little odd when that status quo continued for the better part of a year. With version 1.6.2, that considerable oversight has been addressed.
Well, kinda. While the app at least works with tablets now, it's not exactly optimized - the interface is essentially a gigantic version of the smartphone app, offering no real advantage on the larger screen.
The ability to mark unwanted email as spam and check the junk folder for potentially mislabeled messages is a core feature for any email client, but until now, Dropbox's stylish Mailbox app has lacked it. With version 1.1, that changes. The app now places the spam folder inside the sidebar with its other pre-existing categories, and tucked away inside each email's menu we now find the new option to "mark as spam."
This isn't all the developers have been up to. Mailbox now lets users swipe and hold messages to create automatic patterns (i.e., filters) of what to do with future messages sent to or from a particular email address.
The first notable update for the new Android version of Mailbox adds a spiffy, time-saving feature: action buttons in the app's email notifications. Users should now see a "Reply" button on the expanded Mailbox notification, as well as "Archive" and "Snooze" buttons, which are activated via swipes while in the app itself. These should help achieve the app's stated goal of making email organization faster and easier for time-strapped mobile users.
The notification buttons are pretty similar to the ones for Gmail, though the icons have been adjusted (and Gmail doesn't have a snooze function). Aside from the new notifications and the usual "bug fixes and UI improvements," there doesn't seem to be any other substantial additions to Dropbox's email app in version 1.0.1.
Mailbox launched on iOS last year, and users were impressed with its ability to efficiently manage a flood of email. The response was so good, Dropbox bought the company. Now an updated version of Mailbox is on Android for you to try with your Gmail or iCloud account.


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Le Savant et le Chimpanzé je francouzský němý film z roku 1900. Režisérem je Georges Méliès (1861–1938). Film trvá zhruba jednu minutu.

Dvoupatrová scéna byla později ve stejném roce použita ve snímku La Maison tranquille. Taktéž postava opice se později objevila v mnoha Mélièsových filmech včetně snímku Les Quatre Cents Farces du diable.

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Doktor (Georges Méliès) opouští svou laboratoř. Toho využije opice (neznámý herec), která se svépomocí dostane z klece a začne dělat v laboratoři chaos. Doktor se vrátí a chytne opici za ocas. Ocas se od opice oddělí a přichytí se za nos doktora. Zatímco se opice dostane do pokoje o patro výš, kde také způsobí nepořádek, dole přichází na pomoc doktorovi služebná (neznámá herečka), která z něj sundá ocas. V tom okamžiku se opice propadne skrz podlaží a strhne ze služebné sukni. Doktor a služebná jí však utečou.

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Imposing FIVE bedroom SEMI detached family home overlooking LOVES WOOD with a driveway for up to FOUR cars being sold CHAIN FREE.
This property is a fantastic family home and benefits from: Lounge, kitchen/breakfast room, dining room, music room, downstairs cloakroom, master bedroom with dressing area and en-suite, 2 further double bedrooms, 2 single bedrooms and a family bathroom. A summer house in the rear garden is also a fantastic additional space.
Loves Wood is located in south Stevenage and is a perfect location for access to the A1m and A602. Various bus routes including the SB4,5,6 will take you directly into Stevenage town centre and Mainline train station. Within walking distance, this property benefits from lots of local amenities including shops, doctors and schools for both primary and secondary.
Downstairs cloakroom with low level WC and hand basin. Radiator.


It is an anxious time when you introduce new fish into an aquaponics system, and it pays to get them off to the best possible start. Here are tips for making the introduction less stressful for you and your fish.
Having just arrived home with your batch of new fish it is important that you get them into your aquaponics system as soon as possible. However rushing this process will stress your fish at a time when they are already stressed, due to the actions of catching and transporting.
Most people are familiar with acclimatising goldfish to a new aquarium. Floating a plastic bag filled with water and oxygen is a good way to equalise temperatures, however it does nothing to prepare the fish for the differences in water ph, hardness, and other water elements. Lucky goldfish are tough!
You need to take more care with more sensitive species.
OK, so you will have your fish in the transport container with water from the fish tank that the fish were taken.
Next, equalise the water in the transport container with the water in your fish tank by tipping an ice-cream container's worth of water from the fish tank into the transport container. Do this every 2-3 minutes for 10 minutes.
Your fish are now ready to be added into your fish tank, however the transport container has likely become too heavy to lift. To prevent injury or potentially spilling your fish outside of the fish tank, take out several containers worth of water from the transport container. Now just tip the fish into the fish tank.
After the fish have been introduced into your system, it is worth spending the next few minutes observing their behaviour.
Check that the fish aren't sluggish, swimming on the surface, or swimming in strange patterns such as swimming around in a tight circular pattern.
Once you are satisfied that all seems ok, give them some time to become familiar with their surroundings. Put the lid over the fish tank if you have one and just generally avoid them for the next few hours.
Check on them after a few hours and observe that they are behaving as expected.
Don't bother feeding the fish.
After the stressful events of the day your fish are very unlikely to want to feed the same day they were introduced (unless they are trout who are always up for a feed!).
My advice is to give it a day before attempting to feed.
After a few days it is worth throwing in a pellet or two every time you approach the fish tank. This should help train the fish to identify your presence with a food source. If they look hungry then throw a handful of feed into the water.
TIP: You can test the water in the transport container to give you an idea on the water conditions the fish were living in. This is good practice especially if you have problems after your fish have been introduced i.e. you can compare the water test results from the original water to the water in your fish tank.


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Bolitoglossa paraensis é uma espécie de anfíbio caudado pertencente à família Plethodontidae, sub-família Plethodontinae.
Pertence ao único gênero da Ordem Caudata presente no Brasil.

Ver também
 anfíbios caudados

Ligações externas

Bolitoglossa
Anfíbios do Brasil
Anfíbios descritos em 1930


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<?php

namespace Kunstmaan\SeoBundle\Form;

use Symfony\Component\Form\FormBuilderInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Form\AbstractType;
use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolver;
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/**
 * SocialType. Uses the same SEO entity as the SeoType in order to prevent dataloss because there
 * is no easy way to expose a Migration from the bundles.
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class SocialType extends AbstractType
{
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     * @param FormBuilderInterface $builder
     * @param array                $options
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    public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
    {
        // OPEN GRAPH
        $builder->add('id', 'hidden')
            ->add('ogTitle', 'text', array(
                'label'     => 'seo.form.og.title',
                'required'  => false,
                'attr'      => array(
                    'info_text'     => "Open Graph (OG) is a standard way of representing online objects. It's used, as example, by Facebook or other social media to build share links."
                )
            ))
            ->add('ogDescription', 'textarea', array(
                'label' => 'seo.form.og.description',
                'required'  => false,
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            ->add('ogUrl', 'urlchooser', array(
                'label' => 'seo.form.og.url',
                'required'  => false,
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            ->add('ogType', 'choice', array(
                'label'     => 'seo.form.og.type',
                'required'  => false,
                'choices'   => array(
                    "website"       => "Website",
                    "article"       => "Article",
                    "profile"       => "Profile",
                    "book"          => "Book",
                    "video.other"   => "Video",
                    "music.song"    => "Music"
                )
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            ->add('ogArticlePublisher', 'text',
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                    'label' => 'OG Article Section',
                    'required' => false
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            'label' => 'seo.form.twitter.title',
            'required'  => false,
            'attr'      => array(
                'info_text'     => "The title of your twitter card. Falls back to SEO Meta title"
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                    'info_text'     => "The description of your twitter card. Falls back to SEO Meta description"
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                'label' => 'seo.form.twitter.sitehandle',
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                'attr'      => array(
                    'info_text'     => "Twitter handle of your website organisation. This value is required for twitter cards to work."
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Sold as a set of three, our solid copper Oblong Planters put a new spin on the idea of the traditional window box. Roomy enough for a wide variety of plants or herbs, these planters look spectacular both inside your home and out.
Medium: 29"x 9" x 6"


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A Poetic Pas de Deux from Taylor Mali and Marie-Elizabeth Mali
Taylor Mali (photo by Seth Rogovoy)
TRIPLEX CINEMA/NEW STAGE
Taylor Mali
Open Heart Perjury
by Seth Rogovoy
(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – At one point during his terrific, aptly titled one-man show, Open Heart Perjury, at the Triplex Cinema, spoken-word artist Taylor Mali riffed on the fact that a namesake of his in the Berkshires performs an annual gig in his hometown.
"This is my Tanglewood," said Mali, referring of course to James Taylor's yearly performances in Lenox.
Mali's annual performance at the Triplex has indeed become a tradition that many look forward to, judging on the mad rush to get seats in the upstairs theater. The show was sold out, which is more than you can say for a lot of movies, plays and concerts in the region. And this, my friends, was a poetry reading.
A sold-out poetry reading. What a concept.
Bono as The Fly? No, Taylor Mali in onion-slicing eyewear (photo by Seth Rogovoy)
Of course, a Taylor Mali performance isn't like your typical poetry reading. There is nothing precious or austere or academic about a Mali show – and indeed, it is a show, and this one-time aspiring actor would certainly acknowledge, indeed, as his poetry itself acknowledges. "Truth is more important than facts," or something like that, is one of Mali's mottos, and Mali is nothing if not loyal to the truth of the situation, which includes being entertaining in addition to being "poetic," whatever that means.
Of course, poetry is supposed to be entertaining – it certainly was at its genesis, and often has been and still can be. Perhaps not in the academy, and maybe not even in the pages of the New Yorker, but living, breathing poetry of the sort Mali writes and recites is full of vitality, wit, surprise, suggestion, provocation, and humor. It's full of recognizable situations – dirty dishes lying around the kitchen, a grumpy lover, a scary father – and utterly surprising ones – beating bats to death with tennis rackets, beautiful female seatmates in an airplane suddenly transformed into fat, stinky gun-toting fat guys. It's full of spontaneity, improvisation, audience give-and-take, local references, and even props and a little vaudeville shtick. Mali may never have made it as an actor in "legitimate" theater, but he's anything if not an illegitimately entertaining poet.
Mali is perhaps known best as a National Poetry Slam Champion, which he is, but this wasn't a poetry slam, but rather a tautly focused, hour-plus evening more along the lines of a one-man show, or an evening with. Mali's poems about love, family, the specialty kitchen store on Railroad Street, and his wife, and his stories about his childhood (to which we were treated an extra dose, with a couple of his siblings in the house) and his driveway, were more like chapters of a monologue – Mali is as much a Spalding Gray as he is a Tony Hoagland.
Marie-Elizabeth Mali (photo by Seth Rogovoy)
We were also given a special treat in the person of Mrs Taylor Mali, better known as Marie-Elizabeth Mali, herself a poet and a kind of partner-in-crime. Marie-Elizabeth took the stage to read a half-dozen poems of her own, and if they shared some of the same concerns as her husband's – marriage, love, domesticity, family – they are utterly different stylistically, a lovely contrast to Mali's – a little more imagistic, metaphorical, ethereal, where his tend towards the bluntly narrative, firmly grounded, well … more masculine to her feminine. In their hands, vive la difference.
The two even duetted in a choreographed recitation of a poem, I'm going to say, by Pablo Neruda (if my memory serves me well, which it may not, and for that the New York Times says today I can blame the Interwebs). They so lived and breathed this poem between themselves it's hard to believe they didn't write it together; watching them perform it, bilingually (Marie-Elizabeth is a fluent Spanish speaker), was nothing less than like watching a pas-de-deux of poetry.
James Taylor used to perform once a summer at Tanglewood. In more recent years, he's up to three or four appearances per summer. Judging by the audience response last night at the Triplex, in a show presented by the New Stage Performing Arts Center in Pittsfield, Mass., the annual Taylor Mali summer residency may need to expand beyond the single sold-out show we've come to love and expect to come our way every summer.
Tags:marie-elizabeth mali poetry poetry reading slam poetry Taylor Mali
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Stone Ridge junior, Olympic gold medalist and four-time world champion Katie Ledecky orally committed Thursday to swim for Stanford .
Ledecky ended any debate whether she would keep her amateur status leading up to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro or turn professional. She posted a picture on Twitter of herself with a big smile, pulling on a Stanford hat while sporting a Cardinal red sweatshirt Thursday morning.
The earliest Ledecky can sign a national letter-of-intent is Nov. 13.
Ledecky, 17, burst onto the international scene in 2012 when she won the 800-meter freestyle at the London Olympic Games. She followed up her international debut with world records in the 800 and 1,500 at the world championships in Barcelona the next summer on her way to four world titles. She holds five American records, six national age group records and two national high school records.
Ledecky opted to follow a similar path as fellow 2012 Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin in foregoing opportunities as a professional swimmer to participate in college swimming. Franklin helped California to a third-place finish at the NCAAs and set the NCAA record in the 200 freestyle in March.
However, the two Olympians will most likely never meet in the collegiate pool. Franklin has stated since her own commitment that she will only swim two years at the college level before turning pro ahead of the Rio Olympic Games.
Ledecky said she has not decided when she will enroll at Stanford. With one year left at Stone Ridge, she could defer enrollment for a year to remain in the area during her training for the 2016 Olympics. Once at Stanford, Ledecky said she plans to use her full four years of eligibility in the college pool.
There was speculation Ledecky would follow Franklin to Berkeley to train with her U.S. teammate under her former coach, Yuri Suguiyama, and Cal Coach Teri McKeever, who was the head coach of the U.S. women's team in London. Suguiyama left Nation's Capital to become a men's assistant coach at Cal in 2012.
Stanford, which finished second at this year's NCAA Division I championship meet behind Georgia, was already poised to make a run at the NCAA title in the immediate future. At Stanford, Meehan has added a wealth of talent in his first two seasons, including U.S. national team member Simone Manuel and Oakton's Janet Hu, the 2011-12 All-Met Swimmer of the Year. Manuel is the American record holder in the 100-yard freestyle and the national record holder in the 50 and 100 freestyle in the 15-16 and 17-18 age groups. Hu, whose record Manuel broke in the 17-18 50 free, was an eight-time Virginia state champion and 27-time all-American for Oakton. Sarah Haase, the 2010-11 All-Met Swimmer of the Year, is finishing her sophomore year at Stanford.
Lia Neal, Ledecky's roommate during the London Olympics, is already a freshman at Stanford.
American distance swimming legend Janet Evans also attended Stanford from 1989 to 1991 after winning three gold medals at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul as a 17-year-old high school senior. Ledecky won her first gold following her freshman year at Stone Ridge at age 15.


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Bright memories of the outstanding aviator
These days are the first anniversary of the death of a wise leader, a caring mentor, a good host, a highly qualified aviation specialist Mykola Pavlovich Shmatko.
An important figure, not only for the capital's main airport, but also for the aviation industry of Ukraine. It was under his leadership that Boryspil Airport reached the level of European capital airports. During this period there were the main objects of the airport infrastructure were built and reconstructed: terminals A, B, C, the first flight area (ShZPS 1), the central airport, and others.
In total, he worked at Boryspil Airport for almost 15 years, of which 11 years he was the head of State Enterprise Boryspil International Airport. He became a real leader of the labor team, a patriot of aviation, which he was awarded with State awards and honors.
He was awarded the orders "For Merit" II and I degrees, "Honored Worker of Transport of Ukraine", badge "Honored Worker of Aviation Transport of Ukraine" Bright and eternal memory of Mykola Pavlovich - will remain in history and in memory of those who were lucky enough to work with him, communicate with him, solve urgent issues.
Our eternal memory and respect to Mykola Pavlovich!
Board of Veterans of Boryspil Airport.


Officially called the Republic of Korea, it is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. The country shares one of the world's most heavily militarized borders with North Korea. South Korea is equally known for its green, hilly countryside dotted with cherry trees and centuries-old Buddhist temples. The country's coastal fishing villages, tropical islands, and high-tech cities such as Seoul are high points visitors can look forward to.
Apart from those few, there are quite a number of amazing facts about South Korea that many would-be visitors need to know. For instance, did you know that South Korea, and not a western country, is first in many technological advancements? Did you know that the Korean word kibun has many meanings? What is the meaning of Nunchi and why do South Koreans value it so much?
The answers to these and more are in the following 12 amazing facts about South Korea. Enjoy!
Here are the twelve amazing facts about South Korea you should know….
In 2005, South Korea became the first country in the world to fully transition to high-speed Internet and start the world's first mobile TV broadcast with 97% of cell phones already having Internet access. Is that amazing or what?! South Korea also has the world's fastest Internet speed and highest Smartphone ownership, ranking first in ICT Development, e-government, and 4G LTE coverage.
The family is the most important part of Korean life. In line with Confucian tradition, the father is the head of the family and it is his responsibility to provide food, clothing, and shelter. It is also his responsibility and privilege to approve the marriages of family members.
To South Koreans, family welfare is much more important than the needs of the individual. This is because members of the family are tied to each other, the actions of one family member reflecting on the rest of the family. In fact, in many cases, it is amazing to find that the family register can trace a family's history, through male ancestors, for over 500 years.
Children are raised to believe they can never repay their debt to their parents. That is why ancestor worship is so popular. Ancestral worship ceremonies are held for the previous three generations (parents, grandparents, and great grandparents) several times a year.
Kibun is a word with no literal English translation. The closest terms for kibun are pride, face, mood, feelings, or state of mind. Isn't that amazing?! Hurting someone's kibun means hurting their pride, causing them to lose dignity, and lose face. Korean interpersonal relationships operate on the principle of harmony which the kibun concept protects. It is important to maintain a peaceful, comfortable atmosphere at all times, even if it means telling a "white lie".
Nunchi is the ability to determine another person's kibun by using the eye. Since South Korea is a culture where social harmony is crucial, being able to judge another person's state of mind is critical to maintain the person's kibun. Nunchi is accomplished by watching body language and listening to the tone of voice as well as what is said.
Wait to be introduced at a social gathering. When being introduced, remember to follow amazing strict rules of greeting protocol. And when the social gathering is over and you are leaving, say good-bye and bow to each person individually.
It is inconsiderate to give someone a gift they cannot afford to reciprocate accordingly. Instead, bring fruit or good quality chocolates or flowers if invited to a Korean's home. Gifts should be wrapped nicely. One amazing fact is that number 4 is considered unlucky, so gifts should not be given in multiples of 4.
Giving 7 of an item is considered lucky. Have gifts wrapped in red or yellow paper. These are royal colours. Alternatively, you could use yellow or pink paper since they denote happiness. It is amazing however, that you cannot wrap gifts in green, white, or black paper; and do not sign a card in red ink.
When honoring an invitation, remove your shoes before entering the house. The host pours drinks for the guests in their presence. The hosts usually accompany guests to the gate or to their car because they believe it is insulting to wish guests farewell indoors. Send a thank you note the following day after being invited to dinner.
During the meal, wait to be told where to sit. Never point your chopsticks. Do not pierce your food with chopsticks. Drop chopsticks on the table after every few bites and when you drink or stop to speak. Do not cross your chopsticks when putting them on the chopstick rest. Do not pick up food with your hands.


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Did Warren Buffett pay a lower rate of income tax than his secretary?
Within the past few months, Warren Buffett has been quoted as saying he only paid 15% income tax while his secretary paid much more (I think the number is 35%, but I could be wrong). This "fact" has been used as an argument for raising taxes on the wealthy.
Without having her tax return I know we can only speculate, but are there any clues that can point us to a true or false assumption? The way the US tax code works is on tax brackets, so having an overall tax rate of 35% seems, well, rather foolish (or you need a better CPA)
For bonus points, was Buffet talking about his income as most Americans have (ie, a pay check from some company) or was he including capital gains?
according to this article,
Bosanek [his secretary] pays a tax rate of 35.8 percent of income, while Buffett pays a rate at 17.4 percent.
Did Ms Bosanek have an effective tax rate of 35.8%?
united-states taxes
Andrew Grimm
The question turns out to be hard to answer without a lot of detail about their respective incomes, but will almost certainly turn on what taxes you include. Buffett presumably pays mostly capital gains, while the secretary pays mostly the package of (income tax + social security + medicare) and those last two can add up to a lot (especially if you do the right thing and include the "employer's contribution"). At which point the argument essentially becomes "social security and medicare are highly regressive", but a lot of people don't want to go there. – dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten Apr 16 '12 at 17:17
@dmckee I know it can be a hard one to answer, but I am hoping someone can dig up some kind of information. On my tax return, it said my effective tax rate less than 19% - married, two kids, no house, standard deduction, 6 figure salary. I don't think it was taking into count the part of SS/MC my employer paid either. I just find it hard to believe her rate was so high. Especially since numbers can get twisted to help push an agenda. – user6204 Apr 16 '12 at 17:24
Wow - if I could get my effective rate of tax below 40+% I would be delighted. (That's what you get for being in the UK) – Rory Alsop Apr 16 '12 at 20:22
Warren Buffet says here that he asked the 18 people in his office to do a voluntary tax survey, 15 cooperated. Out of those 15 employees, his tax rate was 17.7% while the average for the office was 32.9%. Hat tip to @Borror0 for the video. – Sam I Am Apr 16 '12 at 21:36
@RoryAlsop you guys might have more taxes, but at least you get free healthcare. I pay a pretty significant amount in healthcare co-pays, that is with insurance. – Sam I Am Apr 16 '12 at 21:40
According to (at least the start of) this WSJ article in October 2011
he made almost $63 million last year, yet paid less than $7 million in federal income tax
though it is well known that his salary as chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is $100,000 and has been for many years.
The secretary tax rate issue (taking account of federal income tax and payroll taxes for Social Security and Medicare) has also been running since at least this NYT column in 2006 which pointed out that
Mr. Buffett, with immense income from dividends and capital gains, paid far, far less as a fraction of his income than the secretaries or the clerks or anyone else in his office. Further, in conversation it came up that Mr. Buffett doesn't use any tax planning at all.
So it looks like a combination of different income tax treatment of different types of incomes and gains, together with non-progressive Social Security contributions.
My guess is that given Warren Buffett's charitable donations (e.g. he is giving over $1 billion a year over 20 years to the Gates Foundation), a modest amount of tax planning could reduce his tax rate to almost nothing.
HenryHenry
@Joe: If you mean just federal income tax the secretary would have to be very well paid and have relatively low deductions, if you simply look at things subtracted from his/her wages (so include only the "employee" half of SS and Medicare) it's not hard to get that high. Count in the half of SS and Medicare that the employer pays (i.e. it doesn't appear on the pay stub but the employer factored it into the pay decision) it's really easy to get that high. Which version do you care for? Which version was Buffett using? Have we all read How to Lie With Statistics? – dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten Apr 16 '12 at 22:52
@Chad: even so, Social Security is capped (last year at about $120,000 income), so at 6.2% * 120k = $8.4k appx., adding that to $7MM isn't going to change his effective rate meaningfully. That capping is what makes SS an effectively regressive tax. – RBarryYoung Apr 17 '12 at 17:34
BTW. socialist love to use weasel phrases like "far less as a fraction of his income", to obfuscate fact, that he paid much more taxes in absolute numbers. – vartec Apr 18 '12 at 13:14
@vartec: "far less as a fraction of his income" comes from an article by Ben Stein, former speechwriter for Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford – Henry Apr 18 '12 at 13:28
@vartec 1) Your fallacious arguments don't belong here - this is a place for logical, fact-based discussion 2) Adam Smith proposed the first progressive tax in Wealth of Nations. – dtanders Apr 18 '12 at 15:41
Do rich Americans pay a lower portion of their income in federal taxes than the middle class?
Do rich companies pay little/no corporate income taxes in the United States?
Do US companies pay significantly less taxes than European ones (based on tax rates)?
Does 20% of the population pay 80% of Federal income tax in the US?
Was the 16th Amendment (income tax) improperly ratified?
Did Swedish tax rate ever exceed 100%?
Has income tax been found unconstitutional by a court?
Earned income tax credit 25% fraud?
Are US workers legally required to pay income taxes?