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An Open Letter to Donald Sterling, owner of LA Clippers and, allegedly, racist views
Dear Mr. Sterling:
I read and heard the nasty, vile racist comments that were allegedly spoken by you to your mistress. Despite you changing your name from the Jewish-sounding Tokowitz to the more Anglo-Saxon-sounding Sterling, it turns out that you were born to Jewish parents and are thus Jewish. It is therefore as a rabbi and fellow Jew that I write you this letter.
Frankly, Mr. Sterling, the fact that an educated person can talk this way is as mind boggling as it is disturbing. If this is in fact your voice in the tape, make no mistake about it, you are a simple bigot.
I would, however, like to assure you that the Jewish religion sees no difference between black or white Jews. In fact, our Torah mandates us to treat all people with the same level of love and respect no matter what the color of their skin is. Our Torah teaches us that all humans were created in the image of the Divine. It is the bigotry in the recordings attributed to you, Mr. Sterling, that brings degradation to the Divine image. Furthermore, I would like to bring to your attention the fact that the law mentioned more times than any other in the Torah is the obligation to treat the "stranger" with equal respect and dignity to how one treats one's own kind.
Furthermore, the suggestion, contained in the recording, that society somehow sees black people as being lesser than white people is deeply offensive. While the people you keep company with might feel this way, I assure you that most of society does not share those bigoted beliefs and views. The people I spend time with do not see a difference, not do they judge others, based on the color of skin. If that is you in the recording (and it seems that it is), it is offensive in the extreme to suggest that society at large is in your image.
But it does not stop there, in the recording attributed to you, you allegedly malign the people I am most proud to be associated with, Jews, and a country I love and care about deeply, Israel. The fact that one can mischaracterize Israeli society as treating black Jews "like dogs" is stunning. While it is deeply regrettable that there are some racists in Israel who share your nauseatingly repugnant sentiments, most Israelis are certainly not racist and I am pleased to inform you that black and white Jews in Israel are given equal opportunities and treated with equal respect by the society as a whole.
Is it not ironic, Mr. Sterling, that you were embarrassed of your Jewish-sounding last name and now the tables are turned, and we Jews are embarrassed of you.
It is my hope that this will lead to some real soul searching on your part so that you recognize that the problem is not with society but within you. I pray that you are able to fully repent for the deep offense that you have caused to the society around you, the African American community and to the Jewish people both here in the U.S. and in Israel. Meanwhile, I am left with no choice but to call upon my fellow Jews and Jewish establishments to condemn you and your vile comments. I hope we will hear a chores of voices doing so.
In anticipation of a full and sincere apology,
Rabbi Levi Brackman


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Having already delivered an outstanding first couple of seasons at the big league level, Ted Williams' 1941 season was even better. This .406 average in 1941 was the last time a major league player has hit over .400 for a season and when Williams passed away in 2002, the Red Sox renamed Fenway Park's 600 Club to the .406 Club in honor of the slugger and his historic 1941 season.
Record: 84-70, 2nd in American League
Manager: Joseph E. Cronin
Attendance: 718,497
Ted Williams' performance in 1941 guaranteed that the hitter's name would forever be remembered in New England and throughout baseball. In spring training, Williams suffered a slight fracture of his ankle while sliding into second base but he played on it all year long. It was said that the injury actually improved his batting because he favored the ankle, perhaps subconsciously, and held back a fraction of a second giving him a little longer to see each pitch.
On July 8, Williams came to the plate in his second All-Star Game with the American League down by one run, 5-4, with two men on base but with two outs in the ninth inning. He clouted a dramatic game-winning home run, and galloped and leapt around the bases at Detroit's Briggs Stadium. He always said it was his greatest thrill in baseball.
Throughout the 1941 season, Williams flirted with a .400 average but on September 28, he entered the final day just beneath the mark at .3996. Some insisted that his average would be rounded up to .400 and advised Williams to sit out but the Splendid Splinter knew that .3996 wasn't quite .400. That day, in a doubleheader at Philadelphia, Williams went 6-for-8 to lift his average all the way to .406. Since then, no one in Major League Baseball has ever hit above .400 for the season. Williams' 1941 on-base percentage of .553 was the best single-season mark ever achieved until Barry Bonds surpassed it in 2002.
On July 25, 1941, another Red Sox player reached a milestone when Lefty Grove won his 300th game. Grove also carried a streak of consecutive victories at Fenway Park from the 1940 season into 1941, reaching 21 consecutive home wins early in the 1941 campaign.
Williams drove in 120 runs and scored 135, while Jimmie Foxx (105 RBIs) and Dom DiMaggio (117 runs) were offensive standouts as well. The team ERA improved by almost three-quarters of a run (4.19), as Dick Newsome won 19 games and Charlie Wagner went 12-8 with a 3.05 ERA. The Red Sox climbed back to second place (84-70) but finished 17 games behind the Yankees.
On June 27, 1941, Fenway Park hosted two amateur baseball games including one between Massachusetts State Officials and Boston City Officials. Boston Mayor Maurice Tobin pitched for Boston while Massachusetts Governor Leverett Saltonstall played first base for the winning team that represented the Commonwealth.
|1941 Non-Red Sox Baseball At Fenway Park
|June 11
|Norwood High 11, Chelmsford High 7
|June 11
|Braintree High 2, Brockton High 1
|June 12
|Somerville High 13, Reading High 3
|June 12
|Haverhill High 12, Wakefield High 4
|June 27
|Boston Park League All-Stars 2, Army Base 0
|June 27
|Massachusetts State Officials 6, Boston City Officials 3
The Chicago Bears came to Fenway Park in September 1941 to play in the annual College All-Star game to benefit the local American Legion. A month later, Boston College, coming off their undefeated 1940 season, returned to Fenway Park.
|1941 Non-Baseball Events At Fenway Park
|May 25
|War Memorial Service*
|September 11
|Chicago Bears 26, College All-Stars 3
|October 11
|Clemson 26, Boston College 13 (Football)
|October 18
|Boston College 26, Manhattan 13 (Football)
|October 25
|Boston College 14, Georgetown 6 (Football)
|November 1
|Boston College 31, Temple 0 (Football)
|November 8
|Boston College 26, Wake Forest 6 (Football)
|November 15
|University of Tennessee 14, Boston College 7 (Football)
|November 22
|Boston College 19, Boston University 7 (Football)
|November 29
|Boston College 14, Holy Cross 13 (Football)
*Started in the 1910s, a late May memorial service coinciding with the Memorial Day weekend was often held at Fenway Park through the mid-20th Century.
On the day that former Boston College coach Frank Leahy was named "Coach of the Year" by the New York World-Telegram for his revitalization of Notre Dame, 40,000 filled every corner of Fenway Park to watch his former team play Holy Cross. Despite being outclassed by Holy Cross for much of the afternoon, heavily-favored Boston College managed to tie the game on a last-minute, 22-yard touchdown run by fullback Ted Williams, who earned cheers from the Fenway crowd usually reserved for his Red Sox namesake, who had an historic 1941 baseball season. Frank Maznicki, who had blocked a crucial kick a little while earlier, then added the game winning point-after, sending the Eagles to a 14-13 victory.


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Morning MarketBeat: Fed Seen Keeping Stimulus Spigots Wide Open
Pre-Market Brief:
MARKET SNAP: At 5:39 a.m. ET, S&P 500 futures flat. Treasury yields higher. Nymex down at $97.53; gold up 0.2% at $1,667.30. In Europe, FTSE 100 up 0.2%, DAX down 0.1% and CAC 40 flat. In Asia, Nikkei 225 up 2.3% and Hang Seng up 0.7%.
Overnight action: Spanish contraction deepens in fourth quarter; Euro hits 13-month high against dollar; Canon posts earnings slip, forecasts jump ahead.
Watch for: January ADP Jobs Survey (8:15): seen rising 165,000, after rising 215,000 a month ago. Fourth-quarter Real GDP (first read) (8:30): seen rising 1.0%, after rising 3.1% in the third quarter. Fed statement expected at 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time.
Earnings: Ameriprise, Boeing, Citrix Systems, ConocoPhillips, Electronic Arts, Evercore Partners, Facebook, Hess, JDS Uniphase, L-3 Communications, Manpower, Marathon Petroleum, Murphy Oil, Northrop Grumman, Piper Jaffray amd Qualcomm are among companies scheduled to report quarterly results.
For more MarketBeat and other streaming markets coverage from The Wall Street Journal, point your mobile browser to wsj.com/marketspulse.
The Breakfast Briefing
The Fed caused a bit of a stir when the minutes of last year's final meeting were released earlier this month.
Ben Bernanke & Co. may not let the same thing happen twice in a row.
Following the conclusion of the Fed's two-day meeting Wednesday afternoon, investors are expected to be reassured that the central bank will keep the stimulus spigots open and interest rates low for the foreseeable future.
"In the eyes of the voting majority of the Fed, the December minutes created undesirable uncertainty about the future path of the Fed's balance sheet," Bank of America Merrill Lynch economists wrote in a research note Tuesday. "Look for the more dovish members to favor some way to better communicate their views."
Some market participants were spooked a few weeks ago by the notion that some Fed officials wanted QE3 to end well before the end of the year. Discussions at the Fed's previous meeting showed some debate about what the central bank should do next.
Since then, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has said the Fed will maintain its monthly $85 billion bond-buying program while keeping ultra-low interest rates in place until labor markets start picking up and the economy shows real momentum. A rate hike isn't expected until 2015.
Economists don't have much reason to think differently. BofA sees several reasons to be skeptical that the Fed will pull back on stimulus anytime soon. For one, FOMC voters this year are even more pro-stimulus than they were in 2012, the firm says, meaning the Fed may be even less likely to radically change its monetary policies anytime soon.
In addition, the meeting should "provide more clarity on the future path of the balance sheet, which should be a dovish revelation for the markets in our view," BofA says.
Considering the Fed has been a major underpinning of the market's big rally in recent years, the results from Wednesday's meeting could be the final catalyst that pushes stocks back to all-time highs. The Dow has risen in seven of the last eight trading days, sits 45 points away from 14000 and is a little more than 200 points away from record high.
Another heavy dose of earnings and economic data are on tap Wednesday. ADP's January jobs survey and fourth-quarter GDP figures are scheduled to be released later this morning, while Boeing, Facebook and Qualcomm headline some of the companies reporting quarterly results.
But the Fed could yet again be the primary indicator that sways the market one way or another.
Morning MarketBeat Daily Factoid: On this day in 1969, the Beatles held an impromptu concert on the rooftop of their Apple Records headquarters in London. The 45-minue performance was their last public gig.
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Stocks to Watch
Facebook is expected to report fourth-quarter earnings of 15 cents a share, according to a consensus survey by FactSet.
Boeing is forecast to report fourth-quarter earnings of $1.19 a share.
ConocoPhillips is projected to turn in fourth-quarter earnings of $1.42 a share.
Must Reads
Individual Investors Help Drive Stock Surge: "Small investors are jumping back into the stock market after abandoning it during the financial crisis."
Ahead of the Tape: Fed's Long-Running Show Goes On and On: "The Fed's meeting concluding Wednesday normally would be a doozy. There is just one problem: Investors won't get much insight into its thinking this time around."
Amazon's Margins Improve: "Amazon.com Inc. posted a 45% drop in net income in the fourth quarter, but some other measures of the online retailer's profitability came as a positive surprise."
Eric Gleacher Leaving Gleacher: "Eric J. Gleacher, the 1980s Wall Street rainmaker, has resigned as chairman of his advisory boutique, Gleacher & Co. and will leave the company as it continues to explore strategic options, including a possible merger with another company."
Server Problems Snarl NYSE Market Data: "Server problems briefly interrupted the New York Stock Exchange's delivery of trading data on hundreds of securities Tuesday, following similar problems a day earlier."
A $19 Million Payday for Jefferies CEO: "Jefferies Group Inc. awarded Chairman and Chief Executive Richard Handler $19 million in annual compensation for 2012, up 36% from a year ago, a sharp raise that pushed him ahead of some top executives at larger Wall Street rivals."
Microsoft's Role a Sticking Point in Dell Buyout Talks: "The role Microsoft Corp. would play in a privately-owned Dell Inc. is one of several issues being hashed out ahead of a final buyout agreement for the computer maker, people familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday."
Hostess Nears Twinkie Deal: "Hostess Brands Inc. is nearing a deal to sell its Twinkie brand and other cakes to private-equity firms Apollo Global Management and C. Dean Metropoulos & Co. for more than $400 million, said people familiar with the discussions."
Facebook Gains on Apple in Wall Street Rating Race: "If Wall Street had a tech-stock popularity contest, Facebook Inc. would be closing in on Apple Inc."
Fund Outflows? Blame the 'Cliff': "Mutual-fund investors spooked by the fiscal-cliff saga in Washington turned their backs on money managers T. Rowe Price Group Inc. and Waddell & Reed Financial Inc. in the fourth quarter."


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Having a homebirth is not a common choice in Australia. Less than one per cent of babies are born at home. This low statistic is indicative of the lack of support and services for women birthing at home. There is no government rebate for women who choose this option. Costs for a homebirth are paid out of pocket. Though some health funds are now providing some rebate for homebirth or midwifery services.
Women who plan a homebirth find that friends, relatives and even strangers react strongly to the choice of birthing at home. Negative responses include: You're brave! Is homebirth safe? What if something goes wrong? Is homebirth legal? The general population poorly understands homebirth as an option. A planned homebirth is as safe, if not safer, than giving birth in a hospital for most women. Women who are healthy and are considered low risk are the ideal candidates for a homebirth. Women planning a homebirth need to live within a reasonable distance of a hospital, in case a transfer is required. Having the skills of an experienced midwife in attendance is very important.
Showing evidence of safety to family members or friends who feel uncomfortable about homebirth can be helpful. Though women who plan a homebirth may need to stand up for their right to choose the place of birth. Women who successful give birth at home usually have a strong commitment to their choice and trust in their own ability to give birth. Women who plan to give birth at home often take time and energy finding the right healthcare practitioner and research their options during pregnancy and the birth. Choosing where to give birth is a very personal choice. While homebirth is not every ones choice, it certainly is a responsible and safe choice.
Some women find that having their baby in the comfort of their own home provides a very supportive environment and consequently they have an easier birth. Other women choose a homebirth, as they believe in their body's ability to give birth and wish to decrease the chance of needing intervention in their labour. A number of different research studies have looked into the safety of homebirth – all found that for women of low-risk, homebirth is a safe option. The following is a list of reasons why women choose a homebirth:
Every woman has the right to choose a homebirth. However women who are considered high risk are encouraged to give birth to their baby in hospital. The following is a list of some of the circumstances where a hospital birth is recommended:
You do not need to gain permission from a doctor to have a homebirth. Midwives are the specialists in normal pregnancy and birth. If any problem arises during the pregnancy, birth or the postnatal period the midwife will refer you to the appropriate service eg hospital or obstetrician. Midwives are educated to deal with complication should they arise. Currently in Australia midwives are not able to order standard blood or other tests during pregnancy – so a visit with the local hospital or doctor may be required if you need any tests.
Depending on where you live you can contact one of the following organisations to find your nearest homebirth midwife:
Community Midwifery WA Inc.
Shop 8, 147 Canning Highway, East Fremantle
PO Box 1336, FREMANTLE WA 6959
Phone: (08) 9339 0021
Fax: (08) 9438 1283
Email: email@example.com
Darwin Homebirth Group Inc.
PO Box 41252
Casuarina NT 0811
Phone (08) 8948 2373, (08) 8981 5841
Homebirth Access Sydney
PO Box 66
Broadway NSW 2007
Homebirth Australia
PO Box 625
Scone NSW 2337
Homebirth Canberra
PO Box 3244
Weston ACT 2611
Phone (02) 6287 2330
Homebirth Network of S.A. (Inc)
PO Box 223
Blackwood SA 5051
Website: http://homebirthsa.org.au
Home Midwifery Association (QLD) Inc.
PO Box 655
Springhill QLD 4000
Phone (07) 3839 5883
Illawarra Homebirth Support Group
Website: www.illawarra.birthchoices.info
Once you have found the homebirth practitioners in your area – you can contact them by telephone. Women often interview a number of different midwives to see whom they feel the most comfortable with.
The midwife will inform you of what you need to have a homebirth – most items are available in your own home. Items include: plastic sheeting, old sheets, towels, heat packs, nappies, baby's clothes, baby's wraps, sanitary napkins, cotton buds, drinks, food, cloth nappies, breast pads, lip balm, camera and ice cream container (for the placenta). This list is by no means exhaustive. The midwife provides the necessary medical equipment for the birth.
To find out more about homebirth see the following websites:
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The America's Cup is one of the world's largest sporting events, and it might cost San Francisco taxpayers nearly $20M
Why Larry Ellison? Mr. Ellison is owner of the reigning America's Cup champion boat and worked relentlessly to bring the sailboat race to San Francisco. He lobbied, fundraised, interviewed, and helped roll out a campaign to sell the idea of this race being held in San Francisco. This is his event, and we need him to ensure that the event helps the city more than it hurts the city. Mr. Ellison…
Here is a nice piece in the ny times that describes the current situation.
Larry Ellison's race cost San Francisco $5.5 million dollars!
He can't even play by the rules. Here is a $250,000 fine for cheating that could have gone into fixing up our roads or schools in San…Read More
Seriously? The guy is FILTHY F'ing RICH, with more money than he knows what to so with, & he expects the taxpayers to foot the bill? He must be a Republican! I'm SURE that if he wins the cup, he'll pay back the people who contributed, right? He's a douchebag.
People with this much wealth, should step up to the plate. No reason he can't donate to this cause. Only reason that I could think of, is pure greed for more money! When is enough, enough? Makes me sick!


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functions. I'm going to make an attempt here at DIC to clear up some of
this confusion in this short series of tutorials.
Functions allow you to break your code up into individual logical
constructs which make your code easier to read, maintain, and debug.
A function ideally will perform a single action.
Function Declaration
A function must be declared before it can be called within your
code. This is done by the use of a prototype, which must appear in your
code before its use (because the compiler starts from the top of the
code file and proceeds through the file). The prototype should appear
outside of all other functions.
A function is declared as follows:
return-type function-name (arguments-to-function)
The return-type is the data type which this function will be returning
to the caller. If the function will not be returning anything to the
caller, for example if it's a function that simply prints some data,
then the return-type will be void, meaning it returns nothing.
The function-name must be a unique name and is
the name you will be using to run the function. For maximum readability
you should name your functions for the action it performs.
The arguments to the function are the data on which the function will
operate. These arguments are in the format of data-type
variable-name. Note that C and C++ pass all arguments by value, which
is important and will be explained later in this tutorial.
Here is a very simple example function declaration which takes no
arguments and returns nothing to the caller:
void printUsage(void);
Here is a simple function declaration which takes two integer arguments
and returns an int to the caller:
int multiplyIntegers(int x, int y);
Function Definition
Once you've declared to your compiler that you are going to create a
function, before you use it you must define the function. You define the
function by creating in code a function which exactly matches
the prototype you provided previously. If the function definition does
not match exactly, you will receive linker errors (undefined
external symbol, for example) during the linking phase of the build
Let's define the second example above, multiplyIntegers():
int multiplyIntegers(int x, int y) { int result; result = x * y; return result; }
Pretty simple function, but let's dive a little deeper into exactly
what's happening here.
int multiplyIntegers(int x, int y)
This is the function signature, matching the prototype previously
declared. The values passed from the caller are copied into new
variables named x and y which exist only for the
duration of the function. C and C++, as noted before, uses
pass-by-value semantics. This means that when the function
is called, the variables being passed are copied prior to being
passed to the function. This means that anything you do to these variables
within the function does not affect the variable in the calling routine.
More on this forthcoming in the next tutorial.
Starts the scope of the function. Note that the use of brackets --
{ and } -- introduces a new scope. When you create a
scope with {, any variables you declare and use exist only for
the duration of the scope, i.e. when the matching end bracket } is found.
int result = 0;
This line declares a new integer variable, result which is
local to the multiplyIntegers() function. This will, as you
might imagine, hold the result of the multiplication.
result = x * y;
Multiplies the variables x and y and assigns the
variable to the local variable result.
return result;
Passes the value of result back to the caller of the
function. Remember when I said earlier that all variables created within
a scope are local to the scope in which they were created? Well, because
we want the caller to receive the value we calculated in the function we
must get that value back to the caller. Using return
accomplishes that by making a copy of the local variable and providing
that copy to the caller.
Ends the scope of the function.
Calling the Function
Now that we've declared the function, and defined the function, we can
call it from our main code. You accomplish this with the following
general syntax:
So in order to call our function from our main routine, we would write:
multiplyIntegers(a, b);
This will call our function with the variables a and
b, which would be declared and initialized within the main
function. Note that the datatype of the arguments is NOT part of the
function call itself!
There's a problem though, isn't there? Where does the result end up?
Well, the function itself returns the result, so we must assign that
value to a variable in the calling routine, like so:
int multiplicationResult = multiplyIntegers(a, b);
This will take the result variable from the function and assign
it to the local variable multiplicationResult. You may then use
that variable however you see fit.
Here's how it all fits together:
#include <stdio.h> /* Our function prototype */ int multiplyIntegers(int x, int y); /* Our main routine */ int main(void) { /* Our multiplication operands */ int a = 3; int b = 4; /* Call our function */ int multiplicationResult = multiplyIntegers(a, b); /* Print the result */ printf("%d x %d = %d\n", a, b, multiplicationResult); /* main is a function too, and it returns an int to the caller, which in this case is the operating system. Returning 0 from main indicates success */ return 0; } /* Our function declaration */ int multiplyIntegers(int x, int y) { int result; result = x * y; return result; }
The next tutorial will cover more advanced topics, such as getting around
pass-by-value to alter the variables passed and return multiple values from
the function, arrays and pointers.
Part II: Functions in C and C++: Pass-By-Value vs. Pass-By-Pointer and Arrays


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QUEBEC - A 29-year-old man has been arrested after his infant son was found wandering alone in a Quebec City neighbourhood in the middle of the night.
The man, who Quebec City police say was picked up outside his home in a state of severe intoxication, will appear in court on Nov. 19.
He was released from police custody under strict conditions.
Quebec City police say that the five-year-old boy woke up alone in his father's house late Sunday night and then left the home in his underwear, looking for his dad.
The boy was found by police a little before 1 a.m. on a sidewalk.
Police later released the child to his mother.
The father was arrested when he returned home.
The man is forbidden from seeing his son except with the permission of youth protection authorities. He is also not permitted to consume alcohol or drugs.


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5:04 a.m., Father's Day, 1991.
An alarm sounds in the hallway of the subbasement at the United Bank building — now Wells Fargo — at 17th Avenue and Lincoln Street in Denver.
Something or someone in a storage room on the subbasement level triggered the alarm.
A light appears on a board in a monitor room on the Concourse level, one floor below street level.
William Rogers McCullom Jr., 33, or Phillip Lee Mankoff, 41, presumably turns the alarm off, almost immediately. The alarm was never turned back on.
At 7:30 a.m., guards from Wells Fargo and Loomis Armored Inc. arrive at United Bank to make weekend deposits from stores, bars and restaurants. Because of holiday gift buying the bags of money are heavier than most weeks.
Then at 9:14 a.m., a man standing at a door where freight is delivered into the building buzzes the guards.


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BeforeBigs.com Podcast Episode 6 by Beforebigs.com on MixcloudBefore the Bigs music podcast episode 6 is out and while there weren't any guests co-hosting the show with me, I still had a great time reviewing 3 shows I saw in the past two weeks in Aloe Blacc at The Nice Guy, Magic Giant and Gavin Turek at The Troubadour and Scavenger Hunt, WATERBED and Kid Cadaver at The Bootleg Theater. They were all truly great shows which I talk and play music from those artists on the podcast. Other artists covered include Miami Horror which released their lead single for their upcoming album out April 21st, Royal Tongues have a new song, newcomer DJ Hunter Siegel with a future house banger. Also stream that new new from Life In Film, Nick D' and the Believers, Kid Astray and Young Buffalo. 15 songs played in the podcast, stream the whole podcast above and below stream the songs played on episode 6 on Soundcloud and most of the songs played on the podcast history on Spotify.
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Master limited partnerships are attractive total-return vehicles for investors, but their tax treatment can be intimidating.
ThinkAdvisor spoke with Abby Woodham, a fund analyst with Morningstar's Passive Fund Research group in Chicago, about what issues investors should keep in mind when mulling MLP purchases and sales.
Can you briefly summarize the rather complex issue of MLP taxation?
Individual MLPs, which are partnerships and are not seen as separate from their owners, pass their tax liability onto unitholders, so you—the investor—would owe taxes on your portion of an MLP's taxable income, which is stated on a K-1 tax form.
If your MLP investment generates high enough income in a state other than your own, you could have to file a tax return in that state. Luckily, some states (Texas, for instance) do not levy a state income tax.
This can be a bit of a pain for some people.
Can you explain what makes MLP taxation complicated?
The distributions you receive are treated as return of capital, and reduce your cost basis. You only pay tax on these distributions when you sell your MLPs units. This is effectively tax-differed distribution. Plus, you only pay taxes on the taxable part of a distribution, which often can be zero.
MLPs can use depreciation to reduce their reported net income lower than the level of cash they are distributing to unitholders.
If, for example, you had $100 of shares and sold them for $105 at the end of the year. The MLP paid you a $5 distribution, but only $1 is taxable income because of depreciation. The remaining $4 is treated as return of capital. You are not liable for a tax on it today, but it gets deducted from your cost basis. So, you owe taxes on the $1 at your ordinary income rate.
If you hold the MLPs, you would just pay your ordinary income tax rate on the $1 and wait to pay any tax on the $4. When you finally sell your shares, you pay your ordinary income rate on the $4 because it's recapture of past depreciation deductions. You get the benefit of tax deferment. As the years go on, it can be attractive.
On the flipside, if you own an MLP for just a year, you're paying the ordinary rate on your distributions. That's less attractive that the rate you'd pay on qualified dividend income from stocks.
The longer you own an MLP, the more tax deferment becomes an attractive proposition.
How else can investors hold MLPs?
Exchange-traded notes' taxation is fairly straightforward. The ETN does not hold any securities, but pays out the return of the index less fees, so you get a distribution as if you owned the securities. Again, there is no MLP ownership, so the distribution is taxed at the ordinary income rate. If you sell the ETN shares, you'll pay capital gains tax on any price appreciation.
It's straightforward, but there is no tax deferred distribution. For those looking for this deferment, ETNs may not be best.
ETFs are more complicated, since ETFs hold the securities in an index. They have actual MLP ownership, and most have to be structured as C corporations—like the Alerian MLP ETF (AMLP).
The "bummer" part is that the ETF must accrue for the future tax liability of unrealized gains in its portfolio. That amount is deducted from the fund's NAV daily.
This means a typical investor has to give up 37-38% of total return to the accrued deferred corporate income tax liability. Investors receive a 1099, not a K-1. The fund company handles the K-1s.
As of late January, AMLP was up 11% vs. the 18% for the index. The gap reflects the corporate tax liability, which is a function of its structure. That's a big bite out of your performance, especially when MLPs are going great.
There's a new second-generation of MLP ETFs, which are made of MLPs (25%) and MLP affiliates and related utilities (75%). This concept is interesting but young, so it's hard to say much about its tax implications yet.
What's the best way to compare these investments?
Owning MLPs can be a bit of a nightmare, since there is no perfect way to own them, but investors do have a few options–ETNs, ETF, closed-end funds and straight-up ownership of individual MLPs.
The general rule is that if you are interested in total returns but don't need the tax deferral on distributions, look at ETNs. If you're only interested in income and not price returns, then it might be worth looking at ETFs for their tax treatment of distributions. If you only own a handful of individual MLPs, it's easier to file a K-1 than in the past. For example, you can report the K-1 information using TurboTax.
Also, you could own five or 10 MLPs like an index does, if you're not bothered by the K-1.
It all depends on the individual investor.
Related ThinkAdvisor story: 8 Costly Tax Blunders to Avoid in 1031 Exchanges
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Guest blogger Scott Burditt, an agribusiness marketing communications consultant, shares some of his thoughts on generational change.
You hear a lot about change and the speed of change. Farms today are not only managed differently from previous generations, you can almost watch management evolve before your eyes.
Some transformations aren't so obvious. Generational changes, for example, evolve over time and create shifts in thinking and expectations that impact all of agriculture.
The average age of farmers in the United States is 55, putting them in the Baby Boom generation. Generally speaking, they see farming as a way of life. They're emotionally attached to the land and passionate about their crops and equipment. This is generational change in the making.
Generation Y, people aged 19 to 32, have different ideas. They're the largest generation of young people, not quite as big as Boomers but nearly double Gen X, the generation ahead of them. Gen Y is already demonstrating significant impact on the economy and will be the next dominant generation in America.
That they think and act differently has ramifications for the farm. In a presentation to Wisconsin agricultural lenders earlier this year, Aleta Norris, cofounder of Impact Consulting Group, told her audience that Gen Y farmers see themselves differently. They may not believe they can grow a better crop, but they do believe they can make more money per acre than their dads, she said.
When it comes to marketing, Gen Y farmers say they tend to be more proactive. They expect more from their lenders and prefer to work with a team of advisors.
Farming for them is both a way of life and a business. Many Gen Y farmers are more passionate about number crunching than crops and equipment. They want to grow the farm and manage it, instead of carrying the operation on their backs. Additionally, they're looking for ways to have more time with their families.
Farming has been and always will be a bottom-line intensive business. Gen Y just views the business differently.
Boomer farmers planning to hand their operations off to Gen Y have seen what generational change means. Kids who do intend to carry on the business have their own style, intentions and expectations.
Gen Y has a different work ethic than Boomers, who have been characterized as nothing if not ambitious (although that go-getter attitude is cooling as Boomers, dogged by economic upheaval, get closer to retirement).
And, Gen Y takes a much different approach to work than the parents of Boomers, after whom Tom Brokaw titled his book "The Greatest Generation." Those of the World War II era typically went through hard times before prospering, made and kept commitments, and enjoyed one career until retirement.
Perhaps the biggest generational change of all will manifest through Gen Y farm kids who have other career plans.
Gen Yers are the multi-taskers, comfortable doing many things at once and not content with a single lifelong work path. It sounds like this generation will hasten the continuing consolidation of farms.
Actually, it's already in the cards. While the average age of farmers is 55 and the number of farmers 65 and older keeps growing, the number of farm owners age 35 and under continues to decline (source: USDA 2002 Census).
Gen Y, with its own goals and ideals, is a giant, transformational wave created, ironically, by Boomers.
Scott Stewart is president and CEO of Stewart-Peterson, a commodity marketing consulting firm based in West Bend, Wis. You may reach Scott at 800-334-9779, email him at [email protected].
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Global leader in high-quality family entertainment agrees to acquire world-renowned Lucasfilm Ltd, including legendary "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones" franchises.
Acquisition continues Disney's strategic focus on creating and monetizing the world's best branded content, innovative technology and global growth to drive long-term shareholder value.
Lucasfilm to join company's global portfolio of world class brands including Disney, ESPN, Pixar, Marvel and ABC.
"Star Wars: Episode VII" feature film targeted for release in 2015; more features to follow
Continuing its strategy of delivering exceptional creative content to audiences around the world, The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction. Lucasfilm is 100 percent owned by Lucasfilm Chairman and Founder George Lucas.
Under the terms of the agreement and based on the closing price of Disney stock on Oct. 26, 2012, the transaction value is $4.05 billion, with Disney paying approximately half of the consideration in cash and issuing approximately 40 million shares at closing. The final consideration will be subject to customary post-closing balance sheet adjustments.
"Lucasfilm reflects the extraordinary passion, vision, and storytelling of its founder, George Lucas," said Robert A. Iger, chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company. "This transaction combines a world-class portfolio of content including 'Star Wars,' one of the greatest family entertainment franchises of all time, with Disney's unique and unparalleled creativity across multiple platforms, businesses, and markets to generate sustained growth and drive significant long-term value."
"For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see 'Star Wars' passed from one generation to the next," Lucas said. "It's now time for me to pass 'Star Wars' on to a new generation of filmmakers. I've always believed that 'Star Wars' could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime. I'm confident that with Lucasfilm under the leadership of Kathleen Kennedy, and having a new home within the Disney organization, 'Star Wars' will certainly live on and flourish for many generations to come. Disney's reach and experience give Lucasfilm the opportunity to blaze new trails in film, television, interactive media, theme parks, live entertainment and consumer products."
Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of Lucasfilm, a leader in entertainment, innovation and technology, including its massively popular and "evergreen" "Star Wars" franchise and its operating businesses in live action film production, consumer products, animation, visual effects and audio post production. Disney will also acquire the substantial portfolio of cutting-edge entertainment technologies that have kept audiences enthralled for many years. Lucasfilm, headquartered in San Francisco, operates under the names Lucasfilm Ltd., LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, and Skywalker Sound, and the present intent is for Lucasfilm employees to remain in their current locations.
Kennedy, current co-chairman of Lucasfilm, will become president of Lucasfilm, reporting to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn. Additionally she will serve as the brand manager for "Star Wars," working directly with Disney's global lines of business to build, further integrate, and maximize the value of this global franchise. Kennedy will serve as executive producer on new"Star Wars"feature films, with Lucas serving as creative consultant. "Star Wars: Episode VII" is targeted for release in 2015, with more feature films expected to continue the "Star Wars" saga and grow the franchise well into the future.
The acquisition combines two highly compatible family entertainment brands, and strengthens the long-standing beneficial relationship between them that already includes successful integration of "Star Wars" content into Disney theme parks in Anaheim, Orlando, Paris and Tokyo.
Driven by a tremendously talented creative team, Lucasfilm's legendary"Star Wars" franchise has flourished for more than 35 years, and offers a virtually limitless universe of characters and stories to drive continued feature film releases and franchise growth over the long term. "Star Wars" resonates with consumers around the world and creates extensive opportunities for Disney to deliver the content across its diverse portfolio of businesses including movies, television, consumer products, games and theme parks. "Star Wars" feature films have earned a total of $4.4 billion in global box to date, and continued global demand has made "Star Wars" one of the world's top product brands, and Lucasfilm a leading product licensor in the U.S. in 2011. The franchise provides a sustainable source of high quality, branded content with global appeal and is well suited for new business models including digital platforms, putting the acquisition in strong alignment with Disney's strategic priorities for continued long-term growth.
The Lucasfilm acquisition follows Disney's very successful acquisitions of Pixar and Marvel, which demonstrated the company's unique ability to fully develop and expand the financial potential of high quality creative content with compelling characters and storytelling through the application of innovative technology and multiplatform distribution on a truly global basis to create maximum value. Adding Lucasfilm to Disney's portfolio of world-class brands significantly enhances the company's ability to serve consumers with a broad variety of the world's highest-quality content and to create additional long-term value for our shareholders.
The boards of directors of Disney and Lucasfilm have approved the transaction, which is subject to clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, certain non-U.S. merger control regulations, and other customary closing conditions. The agreement has been approved by the sole shareholder of Lucasfilm.
Robert A. Iger, chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company
Remarks for analysts regarding Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm LTD:
"As we just announced, The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm and its world class portfolio of creative content - including the legendary 'Star Wars' franchise - along with all of its operating businesses, including Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound.
"George Lucas is a visionary, an innovator and an epic storyteller - and he's built a company at the intersection of entertainment and technology to bring some of the world's most unforgettable characters and stories to screens across the galaxy. He's entertained, inspired, and defined filmmaking for almost four decades and we're incredibly honored that he has entrusted the future of that legacy to Disney.
"Disney has had a great relationship with George that goes back a long way - with 'Star Wars' theme attractions in our parks in Anaheim, Orlando, Paris and Tokyo. This acquisition builds on that foundation and combines two of the strongest family entertainment brands in the world. It makes sense, not just because of our brand compatibility and previous success together, but because Disney respects and understands - better than just about anyone else - the importance of iconic characters and what it takes to protect and leverage them effectively to drive growth and create value.
"Lucasfilm fits perfectly with Disney's strategic priorities. It is a sustainable source of branded, high quality creative content with tremendous global appeal that will benefit all of Disney's business units and is incredibly well suited for new business models, including digital platforms. Adding the Lucasfilm IP to our existing Disney, Pixar and Marvel IP clearly enhances our ability to serve consumers, strengthening our competitive position - and we are confident we can earn a return on invested capital well in excess of our cost of capital.
" 'Star Wars' in particular is a strong global brand, and one of the greatest family entertainment franchises of all time, with hundreds of millions of fans around the globe. Its universe of more than 17,000 characters inhabiting several thousand planets spanning 20,000 years offers infinite inspiration and opportunities - and we're already moving forward with plans to continue the epic 'Star Wars' saga.
"The last 'Star Wars' movie release was 2005's 'Revenge of the Sith' - and we believe there's substantial pent up demand. In 2015, we're planning to release 'Star Wars: Episode 7' - the first feature film under the 'Disney-Lucasfilm' brand. That will be followed by Episodes 8 and 9 - and our long-term plan is to release a new 'Star Wars' feature film every two to three years. We're very happy that George Lucas will be creative consultant on our new 'Star Wars' films and that Kathleen Kennedy, the current co-chair of Lucasfilm, will executive produce. George handpicked Kathy earlier this year to lead Lucasfilm into the future. She'll join Disney as president of Lucasfilm, reporting into Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn and integrating and building the 'Star Wars' franchise across our company.
"Our successful acquisitions of Pixar and Marvel prove Disney's unique ability to grow brands and expand high-quality creative content to its fullest franchise potential and maximum value.
"We've leveraged Pixar's terrific characters and stories into franchises across our company - from feature films to consumer products online games, major attractions in our theme parks, and more.
"The 2006 Pixar acquisition delivered more than great Pixar content - it also delivered the means to energize and revitalize the creative engine at Walt Disney Animation - which was crucial to our long-term success. Animation is the heart and soul of Disney and our successful creative resurgence will be on full display this weekend when 'Wreck-It-Ralph' opens in theaters across the country.
"Our acquisition of Marvel three years later combined Marvel's strong global brand and world-renowned library of characters with Disney's creative skills, unparalleled global portfolio of entertainment properties, and an integrated business structure that maximizes the value of creative content across multiple platforms and territories. Our first two Marvel films - 'Thor' and 'Captain America,' grossed a total of more than $800 million at the box office. This year, 'Marvel's The Avengers' grossed more than $1.5 billion to become the world's third-highest grossing movie of all time - and an important and lucrative franchise for us.
"We're looking forward to a robust slate of new Marvel movies - starting with 'Iron Man 3' and 'Thor: The Dark World' next year, followed by 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' in 2014. And, as we announced previously, Joss Whedon is writing and directing 'Avengers 2' and developing a Marvel-based series for ABC.
"Pixar and Marvel both fit our criteria for strategic acquisitions - they add great IP that benefits multiple Disney businesses for years to come, and continue to create value well in excess of their purchase price. The acquisition of Lucasfilm is in keeping with this proven strategy for success and we expect it to create similar opportunity for Disney to drive long-term value for our shareholders.
"We're clearly excited about this move forward. We believe we can do great things with these amazing assets. ... We have a proven track record of maximizing the value of our strategic acquisitions. ... And we're poised to do the same with this one."


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A Good Gay Maintains His Brows
Tom Ford popped in for a plucking today at Anastasia. But of course. Anastasia is said to be the best eyebrow stylist, like, ever. Would expect nothing less for this hot piece who seems to be spending more and more time in LA these days.
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OCC Bulletin 2012-8| February 27, 2012
Community Reinvestment Act Consideration for Gulf Coast Disaster Area Activities: Extension of Deadline
Chief Executive Officers and Compliance Officers of All National Banks and Federal Savings Associations, Department and Division Heads, All Examining Personnel, and Other Interested Parties
This bulletin communicates guidance that extends the time period for consideration of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) activities that support the revitalization and recovery of the areas that hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated.
Under the CRA regulations, institutions may receive consideration for activities that meet the definition of "community development."1 This definition includes loans, investments, and services that help to revitalize or stabilize designated disaster areas. The "Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment" ("Questions and Answers") further explains that banks may receive consideration for qualified activities in a major disaster area for 36 months following the date of designation by the federal government. When there is a demonstrable community need to extend the period for recognizing revitalization or stabilization activities in a particular disaster area to assist in long-term recovery efforts, federal banking agencies (agencies) may extend this 36-month time period.2
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) originally declared parts of the Gulf Coast major disaster areas following hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.3 The agencies began providing CRA consideration for activities in these disaster areas for a period of 36 months from the dates of the major disaster designations. When the initial 36-month time frames expired in 2008, the agencies determined there was ongoing, demonstrable community need as a result of the unprecedented damage the hurricanes caused in 2005 to housing, business, and public infrastructure in the Gulf Coast area. This need warranted an extension of CRA consideration of community development activities to assist long-term recovery efforts in the affected areas. The extension was supported by FEMA's continued designation of areas that hurricanes Katrina and Rita affected as active disaster areas.
The agencies have determined that ongoing, demonstrable community need as a result of the damage the hurricanes caused remains in the designated areas. This ongoing need is supported by FEMA's continued designation of the affected areas as active disaster areas.3 As a result, consistent with the "Questions and Answers," the agencies are extending for approximately three years the period during which banks can receive consideration as part of CRA evaluations for disaster recovery-related revitalization or stabilization activities in the affected Gulf Coast areas.
The OCC will continue to provide CRA consideration for community development loans, investments, and services that revitalize or stabilize those areas through December 31, 2014. The purpose of this action is to encourage continued support for disaster recovery activities in the areas that hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated.4 Consistent with the 2005 and 2008 guidance, significant weight will be given to activities that benefit low- and moderate-income individuals or areas, including activities aimed at benefiting displaced individuals across the country.
Given the magnitude of these disasters and their impact on the country, banks may receive CRA consideration for community development activities that help to revitalize or stabilize the designated disaster areas, even if these activities are outside their assessment area, or the broader statewide or regional areas. The banks, however, must have otherwise adequately met the CRA-related needs of their local communities.
Grovetta N. Gardineer
Deputy Comptroller for Compliance Policy
2 "Interagency Questions and Answers Regarding Community Reinvestment," 75 FR 11647, March 11, 2010, §ll.12(g)(4)(ii)—1.
3 www.fema.gov/news/disasters.fema?year=2005.
4 The OCC recognizes that because of recent severe storms FEMA has declared areas of the Gulf Coast and elsewhere to be major disaster areas. This guidance only addresses the extension of CRA consideration for the Gulf Coast areas that hurricanes Katrina and Rita affected. Disaster areas receive CRA consideration as provided in the CRA regulations and "Questions and Answers" and may be reviewed on a case-by-case basis upon expiration of their initial 36-month designations to determine if further extensions are appropriate.


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Late Friday night, Chestnut Hill College President Carol Jean Vale released a statement explaining the college's decision to fire Father Jim St. George. The openly gay priest who has taught theology courses at the school since January 2010 learned he was fired late last week. See our story here.
In her statement, Vale confirms that the St. George's sexual orientation was the reason he was terminated. It was, she writes, incompatible with the college's Roman Catholic principles. She also states that the decision to fire St. George was not the result of pressure from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia or a letter from attorney James Pepper, but rather revelatory statements made by St. George on his personal blog.
According to Vale, the college did not know when it hired St. George anything about his sexual orientation or that he belonged to St. Miriam Church in Blue Bell, a church affiliated with the Old Catholic Apostolic Church of America, which allows its priests to be gay, straight, celibate or married.
Vale's complete statement:
"As president of Chestnut Hill College, a private Catholic institution, it is imperative that I clarify the conditions of our College's decision not to issue a new part-time teaching contract to Jim St. George. St. George served as adjunct instructor in our School of Continuing and Professional Studies from January 2010 to February of this year teaching a variety of courses in religion and scripture.
"At the time St. George joined our faculty, he presented himself as Father St. George and openly wore a traditional Catholic priest's collar. While St. George appears to be an ordained pastor-he leads St. Miriam, an independent and self-described reformed Antioch-rite Catholic house of worship located in Blue Bell, Pa.–his church allows priests the option to engage in same-sex partnerships. This is contrary to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church.
"It was with great disappointment when we learned through St. George's public statements of his involvement in a gay relationship with another man for the past 15 years. It is important to note that this information came to our attention only after St. George chose to make his private life public information on his blog.
"While we welcome diversity, it is expected that all members of our College community, regardless of their personal beliefs, respect and uphold our Roman Catholic mission, character and values both in the classroom and in public statements that identify them with our school. For this reason, we chose not to offer an additional teaching contract to St. George."


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Minhat, M., Abdullah, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (in press). Regulatory Arbitrage in Relation to International Human Rights. Journal of Human Rights, 18(5), 579-596. https://doi.org/10.1080/14754835.2019.1647097
The adoption of the United Nations (UN) Charter in 1945 marked the legalization of international human rights. Despite the legalized status of human rights, their violation by...
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Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2017). Corporate governance in the Islamic finance industry. Islamic Finance News, 14(49),
Al-Own, B., Minhat, M., & Gao, S. (2018). Stock Options and Credit Default Swaps in Risk Management. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 53, 200-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2017.09.021
The use of stock options and credit default swaps (CDS) in banks is not uncommon. Stock options can induce risk-taking incentives, while CDS can be used to hedge against credi...
Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2017). Which firms use Islamic financing?. Economics Letters, 150, 15-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2016.10.036
This study explores to what extent the Islamic financing instruments are used by non-financial firms and whether profitability influences such financing choice. Based on a pan...
Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2016). Islamic corporate financing: does it promote profit and loss sharing?: Islamic corporate financing: does it promote profit and loss sharing?. Business Ethics: A European Review, 25(4), 482-497. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12120
Islamic financing instruments can be categorised into profit and loss/risk sharing and non-participatory instruments. Although profit and loss sharing instruments such as mush...
Minhat, M., & Abdullah, M. (2016). Bankers' stock options, risk-taking and the financial crisis. Journal of Financial Stability, 22, 121-128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfs.2016.01.008
This study investigates the relationship between the use of stock options and bank risk in the context of the 2007-2008 financial crisis for banks that are authorised to accep...
Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2015). Islamic finance: is it about how fast to get there?. Islamic Finance Review, 5(4), 64-67
In this article, we call for the sincerity and honesty of Islamic finance academics in disseminating knowledge about the real state of the Islamic finance industry. Uncomforta...
Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2016). Is executive compensation a substitute governance mechanism to debt financing and leasing?. Applied Economics, 48(14), 1293-1302. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2015.1100247
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Minhat, M., & Dzolkarnaini, N. (2015). Creating big interest in non-interest Islamic finance. Islamic Finance Review, 5(2), 40-43
At the first glance, the interest in Islamic finance seems growing at an impressive scale. The statistics reported in the media and academic literature are encouraging. Howeve...
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Visitors are invited to dine in Café 95, the Hospital cafeteria located on the main floor of the West Pavilion. The cafeteria provides full food service. Café 95 is open every day, providing self-serve items from 6:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. as well as food and beverage vending machines. Free wi-fi also is available in the dining area.
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Can people with latex allergies sleep on natural latex mattresses and toppers?Wednesday, October 5th, 2011
From: Patty McNabb
Date: July 21, 2012 12:16:45 PM PDT
To: "RockyMountainMattress.com"
Subject: Re: RockyMountainMattress.com
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Just thought you might like to read what another happy Rocky Mountain Mattress customer has to say about our Latex Toppers.
Here is some more information on Latex Toppers:
Can people who suffer from "latex allergies" sleep on latex mattresses or the natural latex mattress topper?
Pure natural latex is derived from the rubber tree. Most latex mattresses and pillows are made from 100% natural latex, but can be made from a blend of natural and synthetic latex.
Latex allergies first became noted in the 1990s. Proteins in the latex are the source of the allergic reactions, which can include: nasal congestion, runny nose, shortness of breath, wheezing and in the extreme case, anaphylactic shock. These particular proteins also occur in many common items such as tomatoes, bananas and milkweed. Most of the early cases of latex allergies stemmed from the health care community in persons regularly exposed to latex materials such as latex gloves. These types of latex products are manufactured by the dipped vulcanization process which is a closed cell process; this process does not allow for the proteins to be washed out during or at the completion of production. Moreover, to facilitate their wear, latex gloves are coated with a powder, which in turn allows for the latex proteins to be carried into the air and increases the likelihood of exposure.
Latex foam used in the manufacture of latex foam mattresses is made with an entirely different process called an open celled process. This process allows for thorough post-production washing. Most latex foam bedding is put through at least 5 washing or flushing cycles to ensure that almost all of the protein is removed from the latex. All latex foam bedding products are subsequently covered with non-latex products so there is never skin contact with the latex.
The FDA monitors complaints for allergic reaction to natural latex rubber. The largest manufacturer of natural latex products in the United States has reported that in their 28 years in the industry, there has never been a single complaint generated from the natural rubber found in latex pillows or mattresses.
As a precaution, severe latex allergy sufferers should obtain a mattress materials sample to be taken to their physician or allergy specialist for evaluation and recommendation.
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Pioneer Record Book: Needs 33 points to become the schools all-time leading scorer, passing Jon Yackmack (`93-'97), 133 points...Needs 13 goals to pass Aaron Foust (`93-'97) for first on the career goals scored list. ... Named 2002-2003 MAAC Preseason Co-Player of the Year. 2001-02: Led the Pioneers in scoring for the third straight season with 16 goals and 35 points...Was voted to the ITECH All-MAAC Second Team...named ITECH MAAC Player-of-the-Week on January 7, 2002. 2000-01: One of three Pioneers tied for most points scored with 26 . . . Led the team in goals for the second year in a row with 15 . . . Was voted to the Pre-Season All-MAAC Second Team. . . Named ITECH MAAC Co-Player of the Week on Jan. 29, 2001. 1999-00: Paquet played in all 34 games and led the team in scoring . . . Set a SHU record for goals scored and total points in a season . . . Named MAAC Offensive Rookie of the Year, All-MAAC Second Team, MAAC All-Rookie Team, Sacred Heart Rookie of the Year and to the All-Tournament Team for the UConn/SNET Classic.


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Starting February 17—it's on. Portland State students living on campus will compete in a national conservation challenge against peers from colleges and universities across the country.
The challenge: Reduce the amount of water and electricity consumed in campus residence halls over a three-week period. Students in six residence halls at PSU—Ondine, Broadway, Blumell, Montgomery, St. Helens, and Stephen Epler—will compete against each other on campus, and they will collectively go up against buildings at more than 150 other campuses throughout the U.S. and Canada.
The competition, Campus Conservation Nationals, isn't new to PSU, but twice as many PSU buildings are participating this year—six buildings up from three in last year's competition. Estimated utility bill savings from PSU's water and energy reductions during the 2013 competition totaled more than $2,700.
Weekly progress of each building will be tracked by PSU's utilities manager and logged on an interactive dashboard linked from the Campus Conservation Nationals website.
"The numbers are great," said Kristen Purdy, EcoReps coordinator for the Sustainability Leadership Center, "but there's more to the competition than that. Students get to see how sustainability plays into their everyday lives. They learn how to compost, turn out the lights when they leave, take a refillable water bottle with them—a lot of little things that everyone can do to make a difference."
PSU EcoReps are leading the charge to raise awareness about the competition and encourage their neighbors to reduce their consumption as much as possible.
Check out the great lineup of events the EcoReps have planned, and come on out to join them:
Candlelight Dinner
Feb. 13, 5-8 p.m. at Victor's in Ondine
Join the PSU EcoReps at Victor's for an environmentally friendly candlelight dinner. To show your support, take the sustainability pledge and earn a prize!
Conservation Conversation
Feb. 18, 5-7 p.m. in Ondine lobby
Interested in sustainability? Want to learn how to conserve resources? Want to know more about the upcoming Campus Conservation Nationals? Stop by to discuss conversation with the EcoReps, and maybe you'll even earn a prize!
Fortified: True Stories of Climate Action
Feb. 20, 5-7 p.m. at the Smith Student Union Ballroom | FREE with RSVP
Join the PSU Institute for Sustainable Solutions and partners including the city of Portland, Climate Solutions, Ecotrust, Oregon Environmental Council, Renewable Northwest Project, and the VOIS Alliance for an evening of live storytelling performed by everyday heroes taking on climate change. Free food will be provided! Please RSVP here.
Logical Laundry: Soap Making Workshop
Feb. 21, 5-7 p.m. in Ondine lobby
This hand-on activity shows you just how easy it is to make laundry detergent. All supplies will be included, and you can take home what you make! Along with making soap, you can learn about more sustainable ways to do your laundry.
Pedal for Power
Feb. 26, 7-10 a.m. in Victors at Ondine
Hop on an energy-generating bike at Victor's and find out just how much energy it takes to make your morning smoothie.
Blackout Game Night
March 7, 7-9 p.m. in the lobbies of all participating residence halls
Unplug and connect with your residence hall mates for a night of board game fun. There will be games provided, but you can always bring your own!


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Maine DEP officials say the fuel has been coming into Maine via rail since early this year, bound for a refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick.
A training session for responders is being held over the next couple of days in Portland on how to deal with spills of the fuel called oil sands, also known as tar sands.
Among the topics to be covered are the chemical composition of oil sands, how oil sands behave when spilled in a marine environment and how spills are being dealt with.
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is participating in the conference. DEP spokesperson Samantha DePoy Warren says oils sands fuel has been coming into Maine via rail since early this year, when the conference was scheduled.
"My understanding is that there have been test runs running through from western Canada to a refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick, and that rail route does pass through the state of Maine," DePoy Warren says.
The sessions are being organized by the University of New Hampshire's Coastal Response Research Center.
This story was written and reported by Ed Morin.


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Slackjawed Amazement
I think of this place as a rather quiet corner of the internet. I enjoy (most of) the comments that come in – more often than not learning something in the process. But I've rarely got hundreds of posts with which to cope. And despite being a theorycraft kind of guy, I almost never check my stats – I'm writing for whomever finds me and reads, really. Myself, first, but far from always.
On a whim, I checked. And I'm a bit staggered. See, I moved from Blogger to here in July of last year. On Blogger, with almost a year of off-and-on posting, I'd had a whopping 250 or so visits. I got here and did a little more frequent writing, and knew I was getting something. Heck, I knew I'd been mentioned a time or two by WowInsider and that had a bit of flurry, but…
As of the moment I wrote this – Feb 27, 2008 at about 7 pm local time, I have had 109,727 visits. Dear, Freaking, Goo. My ego is buffed and buffed again, and I thank you. I'll try to sustain your interest.
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You and Ego are the two Priest blogs I read. You two offer a nice mix of mutually exclusive topics. Keep up the good work.
Sounds like a big ding! Gratz:-) and thanks for running an awesome blog.
Wow this is a blog….I use it on a daily basis to dig deeper into the mechanics of the game. Bless you for this endeavor. What has taken you tyhousands of hours to compile has given me hundreds of hours of enjoyment. Please continue……
The funny thing about me reading this blog is that I haven't rolled a priest with any intention of ever leveling it. I have a level 5 troll priest (boblloblaw), but my one and only 70 toon is a elem/resto shaman.
That being said I still really love reading this blog. I check it every day. The reason I keep coming back is the analytical approach to the game, and the learning that it provides me (even reading about priest stuff is very enjoyable for me). I have been motivated to hit the BG's for the first time due to the content of this blog. While I don't have a priest, I have found much of the stuff greatly principle oriented and thus applicable across the board. I wish everyone worked as hard about improving their play as you do.
Keep up the good work! Gotta love it!


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The objective of surgery is to completely remove the cancer and a margin of tumor-free tissue; or, if the tumor cannot be totally removed or a clear margin achieved, to eliminate as much of it as possible, so that subsequent measures such as chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy might be more effective.
External-beam radiation therapy destroys tumor cells using a narrow beam of high-energy X rays from a special machine.
The word chemotherapy literally means "drug therapy," but it has become synonymous with cancer treatment. Surgery and radiation therapy treat cancer locally; chemotherapy is usually a systemic therapy. Ingested orally or injected, the chemicals hunt down vagrant tumor cells anywhere in the body and stop them from proliferating. Your youngster may be prescribed a single medication, but more likely she'll receive combination chemotherapy of two, three, perhaps more drugs. One regimen used for advanced lymphoblastic lymphoma consists of no fewer than ten drugs.
Anti-cancer agents owe their effectiveness to the fact that they zero in on rapidly dividing cells. While malignant cells sustain the most damage, normal cells in the lining of the digestive tract, the white blood cells and the hair also happen to be highly active, and they too incur the wrath of the chemo agents. Consequently, symptoms such as nausea, lowered resistance against infection, mouth sores, diarrhea and hair loss may accompany treatments. Radiation also targets rapidly dividing cells, but the adverse effects tend to be confined to the treatment area, or field.
If defined loosely, chemotherapy can be said to include hormonal drugs and immunologic agents. This latter group, long regarded in some quarters as the future of cancer treatment, has been slow in fulfilling its promise. The principle behind immunotherapy is to beef up the body's immune system against the intruders, or to direct antibodies (with or without a drug attached) to the surface of cancer cells. For the time being, immunologics have yet to assume their place as front-line treatments.
Bone-marrow transplantation has two roles in cancer treatment. In leukemia, it may be curative therapy, replacing the diseased marrow with new marrow withdrawn from the hip bone of a family member or a matched unrelated donor, then infused into the patient's bloodstream.
In other pediatric cancers, BMT makes it possible for youngsters to receive higher-than-normal doses of chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. The increased amounts of drugs wipe out more cancer cells but also destroy the bone marrow, which then must be replenished with healthy marrow cells—often the patient's own. You may hear this procedure referred to as high-dose chemotherapy with stem-cell support. Stem cells are the undeveloped cells in the marrow that mature into blood cells. They are also found, in lesser numbers, in the bloodstream. Half the transplants performed in the United States now use peripheral-blood stem cells (PBSCs) in place of bone marrow.
There are two main types of bone-marrow transplants: allogeneic and autologous. In an allogeneic transplant, the stem cells are harvested from another person with genetically compatible cells. A perfect match improves the chances that the body will accept the transplanted marrow, or graft, and that the graft will take to its new home. The most-likely matched donor is a brother or sister, followed by a parent. However, two in three BMT candidates do not have an immediate family member with matching cells. In that event, the patient's doctor might arrange for him to be registered with the National Marrow Donor Program, which attempts to match patients with volunteer donors from its ever-expanding data base.
In autologous stem-cell transplantation, the patient's own marrow is aspirated through a needle during a period of remission, frozen, then given back to him later. (If the person never enters remission, the marrow can be treated with chemotherapy in the laboratory until it tests negative for cancer cells.) This technique, which has been used in relapsed Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, and experimentally for several other resistant pediatric cancers, is less dangerous and less costly. It is now the front-line treatment for neuroblastoma. Since the patient is receiving his own stem cells, there is no chance of the body rejecting the graft and avoids the chance that the graft will mistake its old haunt for a foreign invader and go on the attack. Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), as this is called, is a common and potentially serious side effect of allogeneic BMT and is a particularly severe problem when unrelated donors are used.
If your child should require chemotherapy, radiation therapy and/or bone-marrow transplantation, and so on, her oncologist will undoubtedly discuss with you the possible side effects that may occur during treatment. While it is important to be aware of the possibilities, don't jump to conclusions that your child is going to be racked with nausea and diarrhea and lose all of her hair. There is no way to predict how a patient's body will respond to the drugs or the radioactive rays. Some youngsters sail through their treatments, barely missing a day of school.
It is hoped that will be your son's or daughter's story too. But it's wise to be aware of potential problems. One of the first questions to ask the doctor in the wake of a cancer diagnosis is, "What steps can be taken to relieve any symptoms and side effects?" You and your child will probably be heartened by his answer, for some of the most striking progress in cancer care has come in the area of symptom management. For instance, we now have such effective antinausea drugs that many chemotherapy patients never spend a day feeling sick to their stomachs. The key to success is to have the doctor prescribe them prophylactically, to be taken just prior to treatments. This is a point to take up with the pediatric oncologist.