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|Women living in the worst-off counties in the US have seen their average life expectancy decline in recent years, according to new work published in the Public Library of Science. Two years ago, Majid Ezzati and colleagues described life expectancy in the country as revealing 'eight Americas' defined by race, location, and income. Differences in the predicted life expectancy of the groups could be as much as 18 years. The new research shows that the gaps between the best-off and worst-off groups are widening, with declines in life expectancy among the worst-off populations connected to smoking, high blood pressure, and obesity. We'll talk with Ezzati about the work, and what is causing what the researchers call "increased inequalities in mortality in the United States."


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Note to anyone with a half-finished scrap room of Ikea Expedit products: Ikea has confirmed to various media outlets that it is clearing out the popular shelving system.
Ikea Expedit shelving, which is popular among many scrapbookers for storage of paper and other items, has apparently moved to "get it while it lasts" status. In addition to its popularity with scrapbookers, the news of Expedit's demise has sent panic through record collectors, with whom Expedit has a devoted following.Continue Reading →


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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Treasure Chest Thursday -- My Photo Pedigree
This is indeed a priceless treasure to me. Hopefully someday I can add to it.
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Do frame it so that it it preserved and ensure continuity by passing it to the next generation for them to keep and follow and add to itReplyDelete
How did you do it? Is it scanned or did you photoshop put it together? I love the pictorial family pedigree.ReplyDelete
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Very impressive. You have done an excellent job putting your photo pedigree together. It is an inspiration to me to give it a try, but I don't know if I have the wealth of photos that you have.ReplyDelete
Be sure to frame it. I love what you have done, and will probably steal the idea!ReplyDelete
Love it!!!!ReplyDelete
This is awesome, Leslie Ann! I'm gonna have to steal the idea too--although I think mine will be a lot smaller... about 15 pictures, I think, including me. Still... really cool thing to have!ReplyDeleteReplies
Actually it has been folded up in my genealogy book for about 25 years. I pulled it out and thought to myself, "self -- this needs to be out on display not hiding away somewhere!!!" So I pinned it to the wall and took a picture of it.Delete
I then transferred the picture I took to the computer and copy and pasted over some of the photos that were grainy looking, or had glare spots on them. (I must confess, I did paste a whole different picture of myself over the one that is actually on there because I didn't like it. ;)
I will probably have to put a border around it to make it fit in a frame.
Leslie, thank you for the Happy 101 award! I love your blog!!!!ReplyDelete
It is wonderful! What a great idea. I've created a page such as this within the confines of FamilyTreemaker, but I really like the large one you can create with individual pictures. Great job.ReplyDelete
Love it Leslie! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete


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Daniel Henderson leads training session in Brooklyn
Daniel Henderson, Assistant Professor of Renewal and Church Leadership at Liberty University, led 60 Liberty students on a day of training and prayer in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Tuesday. Students met with Pastor and well-known author Jim Cymbala at his Brooklyn Tabernacle church.
Cymbala spoke to the group throughout the day and called students to the platform during the evening prayer service, asking Brooklyn Tabernacle leaders to come and personally pray for each one of them. The Brooklyn Tabernacle attracts 4,000 people a week and is known for its passionate prayer ministry.
The training seminars were sponsored by Henderson's national ministry, Strategic Renewal, and included pastors and leaders from 19 states and Canada.
Henderson, also pastor of prayer and renewal at Thomas Road Baptist Church, said he wanted to use this trip as practical exposure and experience for his new class on prayer (PLED 497).
"The students were so encouraged by the love of the people of Brooklyn Tabernacle and by the great interest Pastor Cymbala demonstrated in wanting to equip them for a life of prayerful impact," Henderson said.
Henderson said plans are already in place for a similar trip next semester.
"I am so encouraged to see a new generation of leaders who are hungry for intimacy with God and ready to lead the church to a new day of becoming a house of prayer."


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Most people think that the big advantage of being able to test their Coumadin levels at home would be the convenience of not having to get tested at a clinic every month. But in fact the big advantage is the more information and therefore greater control you would get from weekly testing at home.
Few people are getting those levels tested at home yet. Before my wife died four and one-half years ago we tried in vain to get medical insurance coverage for that home testing. She had had to take Coumadin for atrial fibrillation, which was probably one of the complications that she had from her diabetes.
Medicare started covering home testing for people who had mechanical heart valves in 2001. But it wasn't until 2008, a year after Catherine died, that they started covering that testing for chronic atrial fibrillation and deep vein thrombosis.
If you have Medicare the cost is minimal. Medicare covers 80 percent of the cost, and if you have a secondary supplement, it picks up the rest, $26 per month.
The cost is for renting the testing device and buying the test strips. For the weekly testing you need four test strips per month, but you get two extras to use if you have a problem with them.
Now, most private medical insurers are following in Medicare's lead in covering home testing of Coumadin levels. And a handful of companies now make it easier for us to test at home.
"Most insurers will cover home INR testing," says Tim Cady, president of Advanced Cardio Services in Carlsbad, California. "But with Medicare it's more cut and dried. Other insurers haven't yet seen hundreds of thousands of people requesting it. So it takes more time to get the approval to home test."
Almost four million people have atrial fibrillation, deep vein thrombosis, and mechanical heart valves and could qualify for home testing, he says. But only about 100,000 people are home testing right now.
A few people with diabetes have begun home testing in the three years that Medicare has made it more widely available. But many more of us who have one of the three conditions that Medicare covers are eligible for it.
"Conservatively, 15 to 20 percent of people with diabetes of Medicare age also take Coumadin, Tim says. "That's about the proportion I have seen among my customers."
Coumadin therapy is what we commonly call this condition. The generic name is warfarin, and other brand names include Jantoven and Marfarin.
Most people call the testing, whether at a lab or at home, PT/INR. PT is short for ProTime and prothrombin time, while INR is short for international normalized ratio, which measures coagulation of the blood. We use this to determine the clotting tendency of blood to check the correct warfarin dosage, any liver damage, and vitamin K status.
"The reason why people take Coumadin is to control the time that it takes for your blood to clot," Tim explains. "The higher your are on your PT/INR level the slower your blood clots. It's a fine line between too fast and not fast enough."
At a lower level you have a greater risk of stroke. But the higher your level the greater risk of internal bleeding, which can also be extremely serious.
Stroke is the bigger concern of most people. Strokes killed 139,000 people in America in 2007, the most recent year for which definitive numbers are available. This is the third biggest killer of Americans. By comparison, diabetes ranks as number 7.
Among the complications of diabetes stroke is one of the most common and most serious. The National Stroke Associations says that people with diabetes are up to four times as likely to have a stroke as someone who doesn't have the disease.
Tim knows both diabetes and stroke well. He is the president of Advanced Diabetes Supply as well as of Advanced Cardio Services. I've known and worked with him for years, ever since he worked for the company that made the GlucoWatch. Tim told me that he started Advanced Cardio Services because his father had atrial fibrillation and took Coumadin.
Medicare approved Advanced Cardio Services in April. The company provides the leading home PT/INR test machine, the Roche CoaguChek, which has about 60 percent of this market. This is in fact essentially the same machine that most labs use.
The CoaguChek claims to be the most accurate of the three home tests. "At a 95% confidence interval, results from the CoaguChek XS System are precise to within 0.44 INR, while the ITC ProTime Microcoagulation System and HemoSense INRatio System package inserts state that they are precise to within 0.76 INR and 1.20 INR, respectively."
ITC Nexus Dx offers the ProTime system and Alere San Diego now offers the INRatio2 developed by HemoSense. Also Abbott Laboratories markets the CoaguSense PT/INR Monitoring System.
Just as you have choices of coagulation meters for home testing you also have choices among companies that you can work with to obtain insurance coverage. Tim says that he knows of seven or eight firms in his business.
But Tim is almost certainly the only one who knows both diabetes and coagulation testing. He points out that knowledge is power both with diabetes and coagulation.
"You know from blood glucose testing how important it is to test more often to know where you are at," Tim said. "With this it is even more important, because if you are too high or too low you die."


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Working closely with the school music department and specialist technical contractor Mediaspec, ARPL have helped provide a spectacular new facility for music teaching in South Ayrshire with a live room, control room and digital music suite.
The studio comprises a heavy enclosing concrete structure with an acoustically floating timber interior to ensure complete sound separation from the rest of the building. Carefully detailed internal viewing screens and pass doors completes the silent spaces. A technical fit out provides a range of microphones, amplifiers, speakers and mixing desk all linked to a networked range of computers each with state of the art editing software.
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I know you are hurting,
I understand, I do.
You see, we walk together
Because I'm hurting, too.
I don't have all the answers,
Most days I have so few.
I do have blinding fear,
But is the sky still blue?
Some days, I want to escape.
Could I be someone else, don a disguise?
Let me out. I don't like it in here.
At the dawn will the sun still rise?
By the way, how did we get in this fix?
Was it genes, just bad luck, were we stressed?
I don't know either, but tell me
Does the sun still set in the west?
We can't always help it you know,
Feeling the way we do.
The good emotions and bad,
Aren't they all a part of you?
The greatest gift, I think,
Is self-honesty and truth;
Otherwise we'll harvest
Self-delusion and bitter fruit.
To know why, is the question we ask.
Eventually, that has to stop
For we find more strength for the fight,
When we finally say, why not?
Was I promised some sort of exemption?
Does my life mean more than another?
Don't flower strewn paths quickly fade?
We're each a mother, sister, or brother.
We're connected in so many ways,
Walking this path called life.
Why do we think we're alone
When we could be united by strife?
Is it possible our pain
Can form a bond of the heart?
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Aba Omodele-Lucien (pictured) clinched the match with a third set win at the No. 3 singles slot. (photo courtesy of DSPics.com.)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Harvard men's tennis team topped Yale in the 86th installment of the rivalry on the courts in front of a packed house. The Crimson claimed a 4-3 victory over the Bulldogs, Sunday afternoon at the Murr Center Tennis Courts. Harvard ups its season record to 13-10 and moves to 4-2 in the Ivy League. Yale falls to 14-8 overall and 4-2 in the Ancient Eight. The two squads are now tied for third in the conference standings with one match remaining for each team.
The Crimson secured victories at the No. 1 and 2 doubles positions to gain the crucial doubles point. Aba Omodele-Lucien and Christo Schultz cruised to an 8-3 win at the top doubles spot. Alistair Felton and Andy Nguyen wrapped up the doubles point with an 8-6 win at the No. 2 position.
The doubles point proved to be the difference maker in the match as both squads earned three singles wins. Felton put Harvard up 2-0 as he breezed through his match at the No. 6 spot, winning in straight sets. Yale picked up its first point in the match with a win at the No. 5 singles slot. Schultz made the match score 3-1 with a victory at the No. 4 singles position. The first, second and third singles matches all needed a third set to decide the points. Omodele-Lucien clinched the match for the Crimson with a thrilling win at the No. 3 spot. After dropping the first set 6-3, the junior tied the second set score at four games all. He broke Calvin Bennett's serve to take a 5-4 lead in the set. Omodele-Lucien held his own serve with an array of winners to win the second set 6-4. In the third set, Omodele-Lucien rolled with the momentum to prevail 6-3, securing the win for Harvard.
The Crimson hits the courts Wednesday, April 21, to take on Dartmouth to close out the regular season. The match will mark the final time in his career that senior Michael Hayes will play on home turf for Harvard. The team will recognize its captain before the match.
1 Omodele-Lucien/Schultz (H) def. Blumenkranz/Savanha (Y) 8-3
2 Felton/Nguyen (H) def. Bennett/Powers (Y) 8-6
3 Hoffman/Huang (Y) def. McNamee/Tchan (H) 8-3
1 Powers (Y) def. Chijoff-Evans (H) 7-6 (1), 2-6, 6-3
2 Huang (Y) def. Tchan (H) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
3 Omodele-Lucien (H) def. Bennett (Y) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
4 Schultz (H) def. Hoffman (Y) 6-2, 6-3
5 Dawson (Y) def. Nguyen (H) 6-4, 6-4
6 Felton (H) def. Schimmel (Y) 6-1, 6-2


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•Participate or act as regulatory representative on various cross-functional teams, as assigned.
•Monitor supported company's project timelines for FDA submission, and provide recommendations to overcome challenges and reduce program risk.
•Review and evaluate supported company's Quality Program including review of company Quality Manual, Policies, and SOP's
•Participate or lead regulatory interactions with FDA, as assigned.
•Maintain knowledge on the US competitive landscape, regulatory environment, regulations and guidances.
•Assist Project Team and supported companies to develop and manage strategy, protocols and FDA applications for Emergency Use Authorizations
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George Lucas Gossip
George Lucas gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Why isn't George Lucas feeling Star Wars?
The first trailer for New New Star Wars came out a couple weeks ago and is crushing records on its way to being the most viewed trailer of all time. Trailers are still the #1 indicator for a movie's potential audience, and based on the stats for New New Star Wars and Avengers: Age of Ultron, the biggest movie of 2015 is going to be the one in which Mickey Mouse counts all of the money in the world while laughing maniacally Full Story
George Lucas keeps ruining our childhood
Written by Sarah Last year was the 30th anniversary of Empire Strikes Back. I'm not a huge Star Wars nerd, but I'm enough of a Star Wars nerd to be excited about this, especially since the Field Museum hosted a charity screening of Empire, which afterward included a cocktail reception honoring Lucas. Full Story


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I would not have believed it if I hadn't seen this CurrentTV clip, but Al Gore really does think the thin air in 5,000-feet Denver might explain Obama's sorry performance last night. (But Al, I thought our air was getting thicker all the time from greenhouse gas emissions?) You know you're in trouble when Al Gore notes you stink at presidential debates.
But maybe Al is on to something here. Since Obama has been a lighter-than-air politician from the beginning, maybe he only floats at sea level (like Chicago, Columbia University, Cambridge, MA, Washington DC, etc)?


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Thursday 6 December 2007
December 06, 2007
Kadyrov Uses 'Folk Islam' For Political Gain
Chechnya's pro-Moscow leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has been promoting a revival of popular Islam, restoring mosques and issuing edicts on everything from religious education to wedding gowns. But his campaign has a political aim -- advancing a new definition of Chechen national identity.
November 15, 2007
Chechen Leadership In Exile Seeks To Salvage Legitimacy
Doku Umarov proclaimed himself amir in a video sent to RFE/RL (RFE/RL) November 15, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Adducing the Chechen Republic Ichkeria (ChRI ) Constitution adopted in March 1992, the ChRI parliament in exile ruled on November 6 that ChRI President and resistance commander Doku Umarov has effectively relinquished his presidential powers by proclaiming a North Caucasus emirate of which he claims to be the leader. A statement signed by ChRI parliament Chairman Zhaloudi Saralyapov and posted on November 6 on chechenews.com affirmed that the authorities of the president and government chairman now devolve upon the Chechen parliament.
November 01, 2007
Separatist Leader Declares 'Jihad' On West
The remarks by Doku Umarov in a video sent to RFE/RL highlight a split in the Chechen resistance. But some of his fellow separatists say he has fallen prey to a plot by Russia to further smear the Chechen cause in the court of international public opinion.
November 01, 2007
Russia: Is North Caucasus Resistance Still Serious Threat?
Has Doku Umarov's declaration of a North Caucasus emirate split the resistance? (RFE/RL) November 1, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- In the two years since the raids on police and security facilities in Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkaria Republic, the North Caucasus resistance has not launched a single major attack that has made world headlines.


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ZAGREB, Croatia, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Home-country favorite Marin Cilic beat Grega Zemlja in straight sets Thursday in second-round play of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors tennis tournament in Croatia.
Cilic, the top seed for the tournament, has won four of his eight ATP championships in Croatia, including taking the Zagreb event in 2009 and '10. He advanced to this year's quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-3 decision over Zemlja.
Cilic had 11 aces and didn't drop his serve, winning three-quarters of the points when serving. He finished off three of his four break opportunities.
Ivan Dodig edged by Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (7-2), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3 in an all-Croatian match. Dodig managed just two break changes against the hard-serving Karlovic, including a break at love in the sixth game of the third set.
The tournament lost three seeded players, including No. 2 Andreas Seppi, who withdrew before Thursday's play. Robin Haase knocked off fifth-seeded Martin Klizan 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 and Blaz Kavcic ousted No. 6-seeded Marcos Baghdatis 3-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 in second-round upsets.
Fourth-seeded Jurgen Melzer gained the quarterfinals with a 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 win over Somdev Devvarman while Lukas Rosol got by Flavio Cipolla 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 and Philipp Petzschner beat Dino Marcan, inserted in Seppi's slot in the draw, 6-3, 6-4.
Cilic faces Kavcic and No. 3-seeded Mikhail Youzhny goes against Dodig in the draw's top-half quarterfinals. The other matches Friday have Melzer playing Rosol and Haase meeting Petzschner.


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Some of you may know, but maybe many of you don't, that our son, Noah, has sensory processing disorder (SPD). His brain just doesn't receive and integrate information about sound, sight, feel, etc. like ours do. This has been a really hard road for him (and us!). Usually, we find ways to deal with his SPD, but the last 2 days have just about done me in. For Noah, his body is constantly telling him that it needs input. This manifests in several ways. Mostly, it involves a lot of slamming, into the walls, furniture, other people. It is as if he has no regard for his body. He will run full force into the wall, jump off the counter or steps, slam into his sister, beat his head into the furniture all to fulfill this need he has to put pressure on his body. This goes way beyond just being a reckless little boy. There is a major gap is his neuro-receptors that prevents him from being able to accurately assess risk. It causes him to constantly bite his hands, chew his shirts, and rub his nose until it bleeds. He'll run around with his hands over his ears screaming about how bad "it hurts". He'll talk insanely loud all because he needs his voice to be that loud to register the input in his brain. He avoids certain textures of foods, clothing and things to touch at all costs. Sometimes it is just more than we can deal with.
We knew from about 3 weeks after his birth that something was going on with Noah. He just cried all the time. You couldn't hold him like a normal baby. You literally had to squeeze him to death to make him happy. He wouldn't eat (and still doesn't!) He never slept. When I say never slept, I mean he NEVER slept! No sleeping, no eating, only crying. He was delayed on all of the developmental milestones. We couldn't leave the house. Going to the grocery was a nightmare beyond belief that usually ended with ME in tears. I was defeated as a mother for what seemed like forever. We tried everything imaginable to console Noah. Noah had no words, and would only communicate through screaming and crying. When he was 18 months old, our beloved pediatrician said that maybe we needed to start looking at an early intervention program. Lots of signs pointed to autism, and let me tell you, hearing a doctor use your child's name and autism in the same sentence will knock the wind right out of your sails. I remember getting on the phone with my mom after that doctor visit and not being able to stop crying. It's not that it hadn't occured to Kamron or myself, it was just finally hearing it said out loud that somehow got to me. Noah was evaluated right after that by First Steps, our state's early intervention program.
This has been our saving grace for Noah. Autism was promptly ruled out and Noah began receiving therapy right away. We started with speech and, lo and behold, the child got some words! Then he got lots of words! Then he wouldn't shut up!!! But he was still so unhappy. You couldn't put your finger on it, but something was definately still "wrong" with Noah. Enter occupational therapist (aka Crystal, aka most awesome angel in Noah's life!) Crystal put the pieces of the puzzle together for us. We tracked back the erratic behavior to a sensory stimulus and finally it all made sense! We figured out what triggered the meltdowns: noise, feel, light, lack of pressure on the body; then learned ways to deal with them. This is my favorite: Noah has a weighted blanket that he has to sleep under. This thing probably weighs about 30 pounds. Noah only weighs 27 pounds. The mom in me says "wait, don't put that on top of my baby, it will crush him!" but for some crazy reason, it gives him the right kind of input that he needs to help him sleep!!! Noah can't handle noises. At one point it got so bad that we couldn't go outside if someone in a 2 mile radius was cutting the grass. But Crystal has given us so many strategies for helping Noah cope with these everyday obstacles. For so long we were purely in survival mode, but now Noah is thriving with SPD!
While we have figured out how to manage most of Noah's hangups, some days are still insanely hard. Like the past few days. Days where you want to throw your hands up and scream. But then all that little booger has to do is throw his arms around you and tell you "I love you, Mommy" and it's all totally worth it!
Sorry for the off-the-wall post. This blog is a way for me to champion causes near and dear to me. If I can advocate for just one orphan or just one family with special needs or plug an early intervention program, then why not use this space to do it!
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Women can do business with as much success as men can. In fact, in many cases, women are better suited for certain ventures than men are. For example, all businesses that involve much direct contact with partners, clients, and even employees can be fit for women, since they typically tend to be more receptive and patient than men are. Still, not every woman can be a successful business woman – it takes hard work and certain innate qualities.
Finding Your Area
To be a successful business woman you should first find the area or niche that best suits your skills. This is often harder than it sounds, and it may even take a few years. Knowing yourself, as well as being realistic about your skills, is crucial – self-reflection as well as trial and error will be needed. A successful business woman is usually active in an area or niche that she is passionate about, that is to her more than a mere job.
Acquiring the Experience
All successful entrepreneurs have gained at least some experience before they venture into their own business. Most have acquired this experience by working directly in that area, whether they held senior positions or were simple employees. Before you can be a successful business woman you should have worked in a specific area enough to understand how it works. Some business women start ventures that are unlike anything they did before, but these women are generally few.
Working Hard
To be a successful business woman you must work hard. Luckily, most ambitious women are hard workers, so this requirement is no that daunting. It's important though that your efforts are invested in the right area, otherwise success will come so slow that it won't be worth all the sacrifices you have made. Here employees come into place – to be a successful business woman you need to hire the right people, and you need to do it from the start.
Getting Along With Employees
A successful business woman has to be respected by her employees if the business is to work. Hiring the right people is important here. Many issues between employers and employees arise not out of malice or ill will, but simply because the people in question have different personalities and simply cannot get along. Such problems can be avoided if you hire people that you feel you can trust, and especially those who are recommended to you.


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Disney's new wireless wristbands: Convenient or creepy?
In the latest and most high-profile example of travel companies using radio- frequency identification (RFID) technology to track visitors, Disney World parkgoers soon will be able to ditch paper tickets and credit cards in favor of wireless rubber wristbands that monitor where they go and what they spend in the Happiest Place on Earth.
According toTheNew York Times, the new "MyMagic+" program, rolling out over a still-to-be-determined time frame later this year, will let users of a new Web site and app called My Disney Experience preselect three FastPasses before they arrive at the Orlando park for rides or V.I.P. seating for parades, fireworks and character meet-and-greets. Theme park guests also can register for "MagicBands," bracelets that serve as room key, park ticket, FastPass and credit card.
Annual passholders, those staying at Walt Disney World Resort hotels and guests who buy a photography package will receive a band, writes Disney Parks and Resorts chairman Tom Staggs on the company's blog. Visitors who stay at non-Disney hotels "will receive a ticket with features of touch to enter the park, touch to redeem FastPass+ and touch to pay. These guests can participate in My Disney Experience and purchase a MagicBand if they wish," he adds.
SEE ALSO:Disney's New Fantasyland adds whimsical, personal touches
"MagicBands can also be encoded with all sorts of personal details, allowing for more personalized interaction with Disney employees.," notes the Times. "Before, the employee playing Cinderella could say hello only in a general way. Now — if parents opt in — hidden sensors will read MagicBand data, providing information needed for a personalized greeting: 'Hi, Angie,' the character might say without prompting. 'I understand it's your birthday.'"
But, the paper adds, the wristband plan "moves Disney deeper into the hotly debated terrain of personal data collection" and "could be troublesome for a company that some consumers worry is already too controlling."
"Ensuring the security of our guest's information is obviously very important to us and no one is more focused on this than we are," Staggs writes on Disney's blog. "Everything is opt in and guests will have the opportunity to choose what information they share with us. Guests should also know that the band does not store personal information."
Radio-frequency identification aimed at travelers isn't new: A now-closed amusement center near Fort Lauderdale issued RFID wristbands that monitored customer movements in 2004, and Wisconsin-based water park operator Great Wolf Resorts has been using the technology since 2006.
RFID-enabled passes let skiers and snowboarders access resort lifts without fumbling through bulky parkas, while Vail Resorts' EpicMix program tracks guests' progress on the slopes and lets them share the results via social media. In Las Vegas, meanwhile, RFID chips embedded in high-value casino chips render the chips worthless if stolen.
But "when Disney makes a move, it moves the culture," Steve Brown of Lo-Q, a British company that provides line management and ticketing systems for theme parks and zoos, told the Times.
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For the first time ever, two major retailers are going to keep their doors open and never close them this final weekend of the Christmas shopping season.
Macy's was the first to announce it will be open for 48 straight hours this weekend. They made the announcement earlier in the month.
At the time, marketing expert Bernhard Schroeder from San Diego State predicted more retailers would join Macy's and they did.
Now Toys R Us is joining in the marathon and saying they will be open for 88 straight hours.
When the toys store open Friday morning, they will stay open until 10 p.m. Christmas Eve.
"While there is one part of me that says, 'Wow, what is our society heading into?' the marketing side of me says, 'Game on,'" Schroeder said.
The overnight shopping sprees started last year when several retailers opened their doors at the stroke of midnight after Thanksgiving. That continued this year, with some stores opening as early as 8 p.m. Thanksgiving night.
Shoppers gave a mixed response when asked if they would make purchases in the middle of the night.
"No, I'll be asleep at that time," said one Southern California shopper.
Another said she'd take advantage of the unusual time.
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Firstly, thanks very much for taking the time to talk to Beetroot today, leading a spiritual order that has grown into major movement must be as demanding as it is rewarding. How has the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids managed to reach out and resonate with so many people at this time?
Its funny isnt it? The title Order of Bards Ovates & Druids sounds so very old-fashioned, with the word Order evoking images of cloistered monks, Bards Shakespearian figures or medieval troubadors, Druids old bearded fellows, and Ovates sounding plainly mysterious, since I imagine most people dont know what Ovates are. And yet, as you say, what we do and are seems to resonate with many people today. And I reckon this is for at least three reasons:
More and more people are seeking a spirituality that is green, that is Earth-respecting, and that doesnt carry the baggage of the major religions. The fact that our organization is an Order isnt really an issue, and in fact in todays chaotic world the idea of some order can seem quite attractive! Just to clarify this point, the term Order in the way it is used by us comes from the tradition of magical orders not religious orders.
Although the image of the Druid might seem too arcane for some, for many it symbolizes the wisdom of the ancestors, of an ancient tradition that inspires us and that we can try to reclaim.
The Bard symbolizes the singer, the artist, the Creative Self in each of us, and I think more and more people are drawn today to ways that can help them nourish their inner Bard.
So I think the way we combine a love of the Arts with a love of Nature, while being rooted in a spiritual tradition, is the main reason why we are seeing so many people getting involved in our work these days.
Your own introduction to the spiritual path came under the guidance of OBOD founder Ross Nichols. If you had never made his acquaintance, do you believe you would have followed a similar path anyway?
At the time I met him I was also very interested in Buddhism, and so it is possible I would have pursued that way instead if he had never appeared in my life. However, although I feel very drawn to Buddhism (and Jainism), Druidry speaks to a connection to the land and to the traditions and culture of the country I was born into, and I think for that reason I would have made my way towards it even if I had never met him.
In works such as The Druid Mysteries you talk about the benefits of reintegrating our lives back into the natural patterns of the seasons, the cross quarter festivals of the solstices and equinoxes and the larger reality of the natural world. Could you explain the advantages of this approach? Do you think many of the problems of industrial society are due to the severance of our connection from nature?
This one issue the way we have become alienated from the natural world lies at the roots of the dire situation we find ourselves in today. If we were aware of the interconnectedness of all life, and sensitive to it, we would be unable to destroy and pollute the Earth in the ways we have done. Any method or way that we can use to become more aware of our intimate relationship with all of life is of value.
One of the central practices of a Druid today lies in observing the eightfold wheel of the year (the solstices and so on that you mention). This means that every six weeks or so we come together and attune ourselves to the cycle of the Earth and her seasons. We open ourselves to the deeper meaning of Time and Place and their relationship. If you do this, year after year, it forms a sort of living mandala, a warp and weft, that nourishes you spiritually and gives you a sense of being part of a greater life beyond your own individual life.
You also emphasise the positive power of meditation, do you think that anybody can reap benefit from the practice regardless of their spiritual inclinations or daily schedule?
If you change anybody to most people, I think the short answer is yes, but with some qualifications. There are many different forms of meditation, and some methods are more suited to certain types of person and lifestyles than others. We also seem to go through seasons in our life, and daily meditation may be just the thing we need in one season, while at another time perhaps very little will be best.
A good analogy would be with physical exercise. Generally, of course, it is a beneficial activity, but the question then is: What kind of exercise should I do and how often? And as we know there are many different kinds of exercise, and there is no one-size-fits-all.
There are some people who should proceed very cautiously with any kind of exercise, and its the same with meditation.
Meditation can open you to deeper parts of the Self, and depending upon your psychological state this can sometimes be counter-productive.
We offer a very simple exercise which should be safe for anyone to perform and which can act as a preliminary to other deeper kinds of meditation:
Society does seem to be changing as the collective realisation of where we are now increasingly triggers positive action. Are you optimistic that therell be enough momentum to steer us voluntarily towards a more harmonious relationship with each other and Earth? Has the current paradigm run its course?
Im very optimistic and Im very pessimistic about the future. I have spent years trying to decide which of these feelings is the right one, but I have come to the conclusion that there are certain questions that naturally evoke an ambivalent response, and that rather than trying to reject one in favour of the other, I need to accept both.
On the one hand I see the global awakening that is occurring, the thousands of fantastic projects that are being born (Paul Hawken in Blessed Unrest is good on this), and the incredible new inventions that suggest we really can turn things around. And on the other hand I see the mass extinction of species that is occurring, I see war, starvation and the destruction of the Earth continuing unabated, and I can see nothing but a bleak future for our grandchildren.
Somehow I have to hold both those feelings in my mind, for to focus only on the positive seems like naïve denial, and to focus only on the negative is just a recipe for unhappiness and renders me less able to be of any use in the world.
Its in response to this question that I believe a spiritual path can be of real value. We all need inspiration, a sense of meaning, nourishment, connection, and support on our journey through life. If we are to give of our best we need these things, and its the job of a spiritual way, and of spiritual leaders and teachings, to offer these things.
If we are able to plug into this flow of meaning and encouragement, we can ride the waves of hope and despair in relation to the future, and as a result be of more use to ourselves and those around us.
Beetroot Books is committed to planting trees in order put back what had been taken. The order has a tree planting programme too; could you tell us a little about what you wish to achieve with that?
I think thats a fantastic project that you run, and I wish more organizations did this. We started our project (called the Sacred Grove Planting Programme) 25 years ago, and it was founded (a) to replace the trees we were responsible for felling, in all the paper and carbon we were using, and (b) to create a tree-planting project with a difference, that had a historical and spiritual dimension to it, reviving the idea of the Sacred Grove which is a sacred space which can act as a sanctuary, a place of peace and meditation for humans, a nature sanctuary for animals and birds too.
We hear about sacred groves in many different parts of the world: in Greece, in India, in Ireland and Britain its an idea that transcends religious divides and speaks eloquently to our need today for more places that are treated as sacred, and which can answer the needs of all living beings.
So our vision is of temples all over the world, but temples that require no bricks and concrete, and no tree-felling. Next year (2014) will be our Orders 50th anniversary, and we are hoping to plant a number of endangered-species sacred groves using varieties of trees that are at risk of disappearing.
Finally, what brings you the greatest inspiration?
The answer to this has to be the countryside: the natural world all around me. We are lucky enough to live in the South Downs, and every day I try to take a walk down by the stream or up on the hill behind our house. Sometimes the natural world will inspire me directly with an impressive sky or vista, for example but often the inspiration works in a less specific way, and instead creates a feeling, or supports a mood, or somehow nourishes me so that I find myself thinking more clearly, or getting new and utterly unexpected ideas. I lived in the city for 35 years, but I never want to go back this green is too precious to me now.


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An east Antrim man has been praised after rescuing a cat that had became trapped between walls in a home that was under construction.
Carrickfergus man, Campbell Baird, posted a video of the cat being freed from the house on Tuesday, June 13.
Appealing for the owner to contact him, he said: "Anyone on Woodburn Road area know who owns this cat? Just spent the last hour knocking holes in my wall to get it out. It had fallen down between the brick in the new house. Think its front leg is broken. Not looking any damages repaired- just glad to get her out."
The video has gone viral from the time it was uploaded, with over 750 people sharing it since Tuesday evening.
Praising Campbell in a post on Facebook, a spokesperson for Cromlyn House Veterinary Hospital and Clinic said: "You'll be pleased to hear this little one has been reunited with her owner...and what a kind builder! Well done!"


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Will the Rays End Their May 14th Curse?
Ohhhhh, I truly hate this date. Some have called me obsessed, pretty much bordering on insanity when it comes to the Tampa Bay Rays and their games on the date of May 14th. I have scheduled impromptu flights at midnight, fought with TSA and customs officials, and even caught a walk-off Home Run as the Rays Republic sat in awe at home in an extra inning contest. This date holds darkness for me, and I want the Rays star burst to finally shed to some victory light on this day.
It is one of those days I always wished the Tampa Bay Rays would win a game, but in 12 previous contests on this date in their existence, failure has greeted them in the end. I have Tweeted about it, screamed to the high heavens, wrote about each of these past contest in posts, but still the smell of victory has eluded the Rays on May 14th. I have have done all I can as a fan to wish, pray and make a win materialize, but it always has ended up the same…an "L" in the box score.
Even one of the Rays media hounds post about the Rays 0-12 mark on this date in the past, but did he actually know the Rays have been outscored 83-42 on this date? I think not. I wonder if this media guru did any additional background work and found out that in 1998 Russ Springer was the first Rays hurler to throw on this date, with Wade Davis, who is now in the Rays Bullpen, throwing the last 2 losses. Wonder if this same media figurehead knew that during the Rays 12-game losing streak on this date, 6 of those contests have been 1-run losses.
Some might say the Rays inaugural season (1998) 2-10 loss in Kansas City against the Royals or possibly their 2002 3-10 drumming in NYC by the Yankees might be their worst faring on this day, but I disagree totally. To me the worst showing on May 14th came just last season when the Rays got shut out at home by the Baltimore Orioles 6-0 and fell to 23-16 on the season.
How could you have imagined a loss on this date when we even had a pitcher who threw 2 No-Hitter's throwing on this date (Hideo Nomo), plus a clutch hurler known for his Big Game prowess threw twice on this date(James Shields ) and a future Rays sweat-inducing closer (Esteban Yan) could not help this team muster a win. From Springer to Davis, the Rays have turned to 10 different pitchers and still we have been winless on this date.
I have attended all 12 of those losses, but I will not be in Toronto tonight for the lucky 13th try at victory on this date. I was in the stands in Kauffman Stadium for their first May 14th loss, and even caught the Casey Blake Home Run ball in their 10th inning Walk-Off loss back in 2004. It was a sick feeling watching former Rays closer Lance Carter peer up at me as I clutched that ball, but it was hit straight at me on a line…an unfortunate present for the day. Some say I should have dropped the ball, but it seemed like a destined shot, and fulfilled a nice deletion from my baseball Bucket List.
Even the promise of a former Rays First Round Draft pick named Dewon Brazleton could not muster a win on this date, but he did come close as the Rays only lost by a solo run to the Toronto Blue Jays (7-6). And it is a bit ironic the Rays take on these same Jays today. Especially since they hold a 3-0 record against the Rays on this date, it would be extra special for the team to finally put an end to this streak in Canada.
Springer, Kevin Witt, Yan, Travis Harper, Brazelton, Paul Abbott, Nomo, Casey Fossum, Shields and Davis have all gone to the hill wanting victory, but have seen the game's gasp go to the opposition. I hope on this 13th try, when I will not be in attendance for the first time on this date….a win finally comes to this team. It would be a glorious present, and one I would cherish always. Who doesn't want a win posted on their special day.


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Dorice "Dee Dee" Moore convicted of murdering lottery winner in Florida
TAMPA, Fla. A woman was convicted Monday of first-degree murder in the slaying of a lottery winner in central Florida and was sentenced to mandatory life without parole by a judge who called her "cold, calculating and cruel."
Dorice "Dee Dee" Moore showed no emotion as a jury foreman read the verdict. Judge Emmett Battles sentenced her to an additional minimum mandatory 25 years for using a gun in the commission of a felony. Moore has 30 days to appeal.
"I can sleep good at night because I know I had done the very best job," said Defense attorney Byron Hileman. "I feel sad for the victim. I feel sad for their families. I feel sad for the defendant because these types of cases are no-win situations."
Jurors deliberated for more than three hours before finding Moore guilty of the first-degree murder charge prosecutors had lodged against her in the death of Abraham Shakespeare, who won millions in 2006. Shakespeare's mother was in the courtroom, but showed no emotion.
"She got every bit of his money," said Assistant State Attorney Jay Pruner in closing arguments. "He found out about it and threatened to kill her. She killed him first."
Hileman argued that there were other potential suspects whom prosecutors refused to consider.
"There were a lot of people who owed Mr. Shakespeare a lot of money. One guy owed him a million dollars," he said during his closing arguments. "The police focused on Dee Dee Moore and they didn't even consider other people."
Pruner could not be reached for comment immediately.
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Battles instructed the jury that it could convict the 40-year-old Moore of a lesser charge. Following the verdict, he called Moore "the most manipulative person" he had ever seen, describing her as "cold, calculating and cruel."
Prosecutors built much of their case from confidential informant's statements and financial records.
Moore was briefly banned from the Tampa courtroom Monday over concerns that she may have threatened jurors. She was back a short time later for closing arguments, but said she did not want to take the stand in order to protect her family.
At times, the defendant closed her eyes and averted her face from the jury as prosecutors played audio recordings made by an undercover officer posing as a criminal who would take the fall for Shakespeare's murder.
Prosecutors said Moore befriended Shakespeare in late 2008, claiming she was writing a book about how people were taking advantage of him. They claimed Moore later became his financial adviser, eventually controlling every asset he had left, including an expensive home, the debt owed to him and a $1.5 million annuity. She ultimately swindled Shakespeare out of his dwindling fortune, then shot him and buried his body under a concrete slab in her backyard, Pruner said.
In opening statements, Moore's attorney told the jury that his client was trying to help protect Shakespeare's assets from a pending child-support case when he was killed by drug dealers who haven't been caught.
Former inmate Rose Condora, who was locked up with Moore, said she visits her friend every night at the jail.
"She's not what people think she is. She did not kill that man," Condora told reporters during a break in the trial.


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And now, the "fangirl if they're your favourites" voting roundup. If anyone looks happiest about voting it's Mae Whitman, who is so proud and happy you'd think it was her first time. I don't think it is -- she's 24 -- but it's cute as all heck nonetheless… Whereas Hilary Duff looks like this is just a long line of errands she's doing today, don't you think? I guess the white top is ideal for letting the sticker show, and/or the red bra-slash-tank underneath implies patriotism, but don't you think she could dress a little snappier for voting day when she KNEW she'd be photographed? Josh Duhamel went for this "blank canvas with a sticker" look as well, but he looks a little less …oh, I don't know, completely posed? By this logic, Elizabeth Banks is the anti-famewhore, as this charming pic of her boobs and her voting sticker does not include her face. Full Story
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And finally… the best moment of the year. Could there really be another moment to top this? Did we all not stand up and cheer and cackle and get rip roaring drunk on June 8th when Rocky Delgadillo hauled Ebola's diseased ass back to jail? Let's recap the best day ever, shall we? So Paris is in jail. Full Story
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My boyfriend and current #1 on the Freebie Five Rocky Delgadillo, LA City Attorney, is right said pissed about Hollywood Ebola's early release. Rocky released a statement expressing his concern about the Sheriff's Department's decision to send Paris home, and questions – in legalese of course – the validity of her medical claim, insisting that proper procedure was clearly not followed. Full Story
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Paris to prison and Lilo drugging caught on tape… both on the same weekend??? The Gossip Goddess is a generous bitch. More on that later…
Bad news: am traveling this week, first to NYC Sunday night on the red eye, then to Edmonton midweek, will be posting on the fly.
Good news: am on assignment with eTalk covering the Costume Institute Gala on Monday night at the Met!!! The Costume Institute Gala is The.Most.Fashionable event of the year, with the frosty Anna Wintour presiding and the incomparable Cate Blanchett co-chairing… seeing Cate living and breathing twice in the same year? I am overcome.
Other expected attendees include: Salma Hayek's baby daddy which means she could be there clashing with La Lopez and Marc, Kate Hudson, Naomi Watts, my Kiki, John Legend, Liv Tyler, Gisele Bundchen, Scarlett Johansson, Lucy Liu, Julianne Moore (red heaven!), and Lindsay Lohan if she's brave enough to wipe the coke off her face and show up.
Will have all smutty details for you Monday night.
New articles between flights, check back often for fresh updates.
Yours in gossip,
PS. From my girl Kathy in Florida where Christina Aguilera performed on Saturday night: when bantering with the audience, Xtina promised a great show, promised to sing her heart out, and said she would not "pull a Britney on you!" Hee.
PPS. Lime green and pink – was the Queen's hat at the Derby delicious or what?
PPPS. Am a bitch of my word. As you can see, there is movement on the Freebie Five. Rocky Delgadillo is the new #1…


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An array is a contiguous block of memory, nothing more and nothing less. Each array item is at its own address.
What is a Structure?
A Structure is an array on steroids, it is also a contiguous block of memory. Unions are a different beast, memory can overlap.
If you define the variable - szHello BYTE "Hello", 0 it will create an array of 6 bytes (including the null terminator)
Lets say szHello starts at address - 4206719 where will it end? It will end at address - 4206724
If dwHello starts at 4206719, how big is it in memory? Where would it end?
dwHello DWORD 72, 101, 108, 108, 111, 0
Once you understand that arrays are a contiguous block of memory, then it is easy to add to and read from an array.
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This is one way...
.code mov esi, offset szHello xor ecx, ecx @@: xor eax, eax mov eax, [esi + 1 * ecx] ; ASCII code is in al, do something with it here PrintDec al inc ecx cmp ecx, 6 jne @B
Since we don't need the high bytes of eax, we will zero it out at line 4
line 5 - esi is the pointer to the array, 1 is the element size and ecx is the element index
line 6 - increase our element counter
line 7 - the length of our array, did we reach it?
Simple right? Same thing to access a dword array, except we change the element size to 4:
mov esi, offset dwHello xor ecx, ecx @@: xor eax, eax mov eax, [esi + 4 * ecx] ; ASCII code is in al, do something with it here PrintDec al inc ecx cmp ecx, 6 jne @B
If you were using an array of WORDS, the element size would be 2
How would I store numbers in an array then sum up the array?
This comes up a lot, so I will show you:
.data? dwArray dword 4 dup (?) ; store 4 numbers .code mov esi, offset dwArray xor ecx, ecx mov edx, 1 ; store 1 - 5 in array @@: mov [esi + 4 * ecx], edx inc edx inc ecx cmp ecx, 5 jne @B ; Loop through array and sum it up xor ecx, ecx xor eax, eax @@: add eax, [esi + 4 * ecx] inc ecx cmp ecx, 5 jne @B ; eax now contains the sum of the array


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The optional standard mileage rates for business use of a vehicle will drop slightly in 2017, the second consecutive annual decline, the IRS announced. For business use of a car, van, pickup truck, or panel truck, the rate for 2017 will be 53.5 cents per mile, down from 54 cents per mile in 2016. Taxpayers can use the optional standard mileage rates to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile.
Driving for medical or moving purposes may be deducted at 17 cents per mile, which is two cents lower than for 2016. The rate for service to a charitable organization is unchanged, set by statute at 14 cents per mile (Sec. 170(i)).
The portion of the business standard mileage rate that is treated as depreciation will be 25 cents per mile for 2017, one cent higher than for 2016.
To compute the allowance under a fixed and variable rate (FAVR) plan, the maximum standard automobile cost is $27,900 for 2017 (down from $28,000 for 2016) for automobiles (not including trucks and vans) and $31,300 for trucks and vans (an increase of $300 from 2016). Under a FAVR plan, a standard amount is deemed substantiated for an employer's reimbursement to employees for expenses they incur in driving their vehicle in performing services as an employee for the employer.
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If you want to sell your home, you may exclude up to $250,000 of your capital gain from tax or $500,000 for married couples filing jointly. Also, unmarried people who jointly own a home and separately meet the tests described below can each exclude up to $250,000.
The law applies to sales after May 6, 1997. To claim the entire exclusion, you must have owned and lived in your home as your principal residence an aggregate of at least two of the five years before the sale (this is called the ownership and use test). You can claim the exclusion once every two years.
But, even if you don't meet this test, you still may be entitled to a whole or partial tax break in certain circumstances.
First, How Much Is Your Gain?
Many people believe that their gain is simply the profit on the sale ("We bought it for $100,000 and sold it for $650,000, so that's a $550,000 gain, and we're $50,000 over the exclusion, right?"). It's not so simple -- a good thing, since the fine print can work to your benefit in such instances.
Your gain is actually your home's selling price, minus deductible closing costs, selling costs, and your tax basis in the property. (Your basis is the original purchase price, plus purchase expenses, plus the cost of capital improvements, minus any depreciation and minus any casualty losses or insurance payments.)
Deductible closing costs include points or prepaid interest on your mortgage and your share of the prorated property taxes.
Examples of selling costs include real estate broker's commissions, title insurance, legal fees, advertising costs, administrative costs, escrow fees, and inspection fees.
So, for example, if you and your spouse bought a house for $100,000 and sold f
or $650,000, but you'd added $20,000 in home improvements, spent $5,000 fixing the place up for the sale, and paid the real estate brokers at least $25,000, the exclusion plus those costs would mean you'd owe no capital gains tax at all.
If You Don't Meet the Use Test
Now let's say that you still have some c
apital gains that don't seem to fall under the exclusion. Even if you haven't lived in your home a total of two years out of the last five, you're still eligible for a partial exclusion of capital gains if you sold because of a change in your employment, or because your doctor recommended the move for your health, of if you're selling it during a divorce or due to other unforeseen circumstances such as a death in the family or multiple births. ("I changed my mind about living here" won't cut it.) In such a case, you'd get a portion of the exclusion, based on the portion of the two-year period you lived there. To calculate it, take the number of mon
ths you lived there before the sale and divide it by 24.
For example, if an unmarried taxpayer lives in her home for 12 months, and then sells it for a $100,000 profit due to an unforeseen circumstance, the entire amount could be excluded. Because she lived in the house for half of the two-year period, she could claim half of the exclusion, or $125,000. (12/24 x $250,000 = $125,000.) That covers her entire $100,000 gain.
Nursing Home Stays
For people who've moved to a nursing home, the ownership and use test is lowered to one out of five years in your own home before entering the facility. And time spent in the nursing home still counts toward ownership time and use of the residence. For example, if you lived in a house for a year, and then spent the next five in a nursing home before selling the home, the full $250,000 exclusion would be available.
Marriage and Divorce
Married couples filing jointly may exclude up to $500,000 in gain, provided:
· either spouse owned the residence
· both spouses meet the use test, and
· neither spouse has sold a residence within the last two years.
Separate residences.
If each member of a married couple owns and occupies a separate residence and files jointly, each may exclude up to $250,000 in gain when they sell. Also, if it's a new marriage and one spouse sold a residence within two years before the marriage (thereby disqualifying him- or herself from the exclusion), the other spouse may still exclude up to $250,000 in gain on a residence owned before the marriage.
le tax breaks?
A new marriage may also double the tax break in some circumstances. Suppose a single man sold his principal residence on October 1 and gained $500,000 in profits. Let's also say that he and his girlfriend had been living in the house for two years (but her name wasn't on the title), so they both satisfy the use test. If they get married by midnight December 31 of the same year, they can file a joint return for that year and exclude the entire $500,000.
Divorce and the tax break.
Divorced taxpayers may tack on the ownership and use of their residence by their former spouse. For example, say that upon divorce, the wife is allowed to live in the husband's residence until she sells it. He has owned the residence for 18 months. Once the sale occurs, the couple will split the profits 50-50.
If the wife sells the home nine months later, she may tack on her ex-husband's ownership to meet the two-year ownership test. Also, the husband may tack on his ex-wife's continued use of the residence to meet the two-year use test. Each one is entitled to exclude $250,000 of profits from the sale. Widowed taxpayers may also tack on the ownership and use by their deceased spouse.
educed Exclusion for Second Home Also Used as Primary Home
As of January 2009, new tax rules require that, if you sell a home that you sometimes used as a vacation or rental property
and sometimes as your primary residence, you're eligible for only that portion of the capital gains exclusion that corresponds to the amount of time you actually lived there as your primary residence. (The rest of the time is called "non-qualifying use.") Note that the calculation is made over more than a mere five-year period -- it applies right back to January of 2009. What's more, if, during the five years before the sale, you never actually made the home your primary residence, you're likely disqualified from using the exclusion. (You won't be surprised to hear that this new rule was meant to generate additional tax revenue, to offset some other tax cuts.)
Home Offices: A Tax Drawback
he exclusion does not apply to depreciation allowable on residences after May 6, 1997. If you are in a high tax bracket and plan to live in your home for a long time, taking depreciation deductions for a home office is quite valuable right now. But if not, you might want to reconsider using a portion of your home as an office, because all depreciation deductions you take will be taxed at 25% when you sell the house.
: A married couple sells a home with an adjusted basis (purchase price plus capital improvements) of $100,000 for $600,000. Over the years, they had taken $50,000 in depreciation deductions for a home office.
Sales Price: $600,000
Adjusted Basis - $100,000
Taxable gain = $500,000
Of that gain, $450,000 is tax-free; the $50,000 taken as depreciation deductions is subject to 25% capital gains tax.
Splitting Up Big Gains
If you expect huge gains from selling a house -- more than can be excluded from tax -- you should consider ways to divide ownership of the house.
For example, say a couple owns their residence together with their adult son (perhaps because they've given him a share). If he meets the ownership and use tests as to one-third of the property, the son may sell his share for a $250,000 gain without incurring a tax. His parents could simultaneously sell their share for $500,000 without tax, sheltering the entire $750,000 gain.
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