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Alan McBride a.k.a. mcbirdie
What is your name and oobgolf username?
Alan McBride and my oobgolf username is mcbirdie.
How old are you and what is your occupation?
I just turned 30 last month and am a Project Manager for a contracting company that specializes in exterior finishing on Vancouver Island, up in Canada. It's my job to find projects, bid on them, manage them to completion, and then find more work. It's a great job where every day is different from the last, and I'm lucky to work for a family-owned company that allows me to
have a good work/life balance.
When did you start playing golf and what's your handicap?
I started playing golf in the spring of 2007, but that was mostly just hacking it around at the driving range with my brother. I got into it more seriously in late 2008. Currently I hover around a 10 handicap, but I've been as low as a 7.
How often do you play?
Our season is a bit longer than most other places in Canada, and I try to get out at least once a week from March to October. One year I played well over 50 rounds, but I usually get in about 25-30. I'm lucky because my wife likes golf, but with children in our future, I'm sure we won't be able to get out quite as often.
Tell me about a great shot you've made.
One that will always stick out to me is the first eagle I'd ever made on a par-5. It was on the 7th hole at Glen Meadows, which is a dogleg left playing 488 from the white tees. I hit a pretty solid drive into the right rough, to leave me about 215 out with a good look at the pin. At that time I was about an 18-handicap, so I was just thinking to knock it up towards the green and hit a wedge on. I grabbed my 3-iron and told my playing partners (my dad and two of my good friends) to keep an eye out for my ball because there's no telling what it would do in the air. I picked it clean out of the rough, and it took off straight for the pin. A couple of bounces later, I'm looking at a four-footer for an eagle. My friends still bug me about that every time I ask them to watch my ball for me!
What is your best golf memory?
Any time that I get out on the course with my Dad. As mentioned above, my brother and I started hacking it around together in the spring of 2007. Unfortunately he died in October of that year, and while my Dad and I were cleaning out his house we found his golf clubs. He said, "What am I going to do with these? I don't play golf."
My answer was, "Dad, we're going to go golfing together. Let's go the the range tomorrow."
A man of my word, I dragged him to the range in the morning, and he was struggling to get solid contact. Out of nowhere, he hits a pure iron shot that goes dead straight and pretty far, and he says "Whoa, this is fun." Pretty soon he was addicted to the game, and it's been a great way for us to bond. Seven years of hard work
later, he's consistently shooting in the mid-to-high 80s, a part of his club's inter-club teams, and proud of his 15-handicap. We always have a lot of fun when we get out on the course and
usually have a pretty competitive match between the two of us.
What is your "home" course?
I was a member at Bear Mountain Golf Resort for a year, but I consider my home course Glen Meadows, where my dad is a member. The maintenance has gone downhill a bit over the years and there's talk of them turning it back into a farm, but to me it's one of the best layouts I've ever played.
What ball do you play?
If they're on sale I like the Nike SFT balls. Lately I haven't been as picky though; I tend to buy the bulk refurbished balls and just play whatever I grab out of my bag.
Driver: Callaway RAZR X 9.5°, stock stiff flex shaft
3-Wood: Callaway RAZR X, stock stiff flex shaft
3-Hybrid: Callaway FT-iZ, stock stiff flex shaft
Irons: Titleist AP2, stock stiff flex, steel
Wedges: Titleist Vokey, 52°
Titleist Vokey, 56°
Titleist Vokey, 60°
Putter: Cleveland Classic (I can't bring myself to buy a Scotty yet)
Favorite pro?
It's cliche to say Tiger Woods, but if he's in the field I'm more likely to watch the tourney. Other than that, I like the way Kuchar plays, and I pull for Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth to succeed.
Favorite course you've played?
Myrtle Creek, just north of Grant's Pass, Oregon. My wife and I planned our honeymoon around golf on the West Coast, and we stayed in Grant's Pass, just because it was a logical stopover between Portland and San Francisco. A family friend had recommended we stay at Seven Feathers Casino; Myrtle Creek happened to be the stay & play option with Seven Feathers. We weren't really expecting much from having a look at the website, but it was in amazing condition and each hole had it's own unique character. Add to that the fact that the course has no homes lining the fairways and no freeway noise, we'll definitely be back again!
Dream course you've yet to play?
For most people it's one of three: St. Andrews, Pebble Beach, or Augusta. I'd really love to play Whistling Straits, which will hopefully be a trip that my wife and I take for my 40th birthday.
Best round ever — and on which course?
79 at McCleery. I've broken 80 a bunch of other times, and on much tougher courses, but nothing beats the first time. Also, being an 18 handicap at the time, I think it's the most impressive. Standing on the 17th tee I said to my friend "I need two birdies for a 79." We both laughed, and then laughed again after I sunk two 25-footers in a row.
What is one aspect of your golf game you would like to improve on in the next year?
My scoring on par-3s has been disappointing this year. So, I'd say tee shots with mid-irons and lag putting would both help in improving that.
Tell me a story.
This past weekend, my Dad and I played our regular game at Glen Meadows with his friend Steve. I started out double, birdie (tap-in), triple, then double — and I figure I'm headed for a 90+
round if I don't get my act together. I decide it's time to smarten up and start making some pars. My dad and I both dropped long birdie putts on the 9th, and I'm amazed that I managed to hold it together for a 42 on the front.
I ask my Dad what he shot, as I was paying so much attention to my own game, and he's smiling ear-to-ear as he says, "39." He then proceeds to hit his approach on 10 to within three feet and I start thinking that he's got a chance at breaking 80 for the first time. Now the competitive juices start flowing and I start focusing a bit more, I was on auto-pilot, making par after par, and then a nice two-putt birdie on the 510-yard par-5 16th. He was cruising along nicely as well, making great chips and clutch par putts to keep himself in the game.
Now we find ourselves standing on the 18th tee with him needing a double-bogey or better to break 80 for the first time, and me needing a par for a 79. He hits his driver down the middle, his approach was a bit short of the green, and the nerves got to him a bit on his chip as he left it on the lower level about 30 feet out. I hit a great shot to the top level with an 8-iron and left myself 12 feet for a birdie. He lagged it perfectly to a tap-in, I push mine slightly to the right, and he wins the match 78-79.
I think that's one round that I'll remember forever for a number of reasons.
Thank you, Alan!
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GolfSmith7 says:
Congrats on being Golfer of the Week!
dottomm says:
Dude. Myrtle Creek!! I passed through the area last summer (july 4th) and played there. Might be one of the funnest courses I've played. And the black sand bunkers. Soft like feathers. I've promised myself I would go back. Heck, I've even looked at property near by.
Also, congratulations for being player of the week.
jfurr says:
Thanks for sharing, Alan.
DougE says:
Congrats to you Alan. Nice story.
On another note to OOB, Golfer of the Year is more like it. When was the last golfer of the week? Certainly wasn't a week ago.
Happy to see a GOW story either way. Keep'em coming.
bkuehn1952 says:
Nice story, especially because the old guy won! Congratulations on GOW.
mcbirdie says:
Thanks guys!
bsta93 says:
Thanks for sharing. That's good stuff.
CeeBee says:
Great story. Hail to the old guys.
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It's amazing how easy golf is when you shoot in the 70s, then next week you wonder why it suddenly got so difficult.
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The Tomb Raider reboot, released earlier this year, was met with high critical acclaim. It managed to net a 9.1 from IGN, and an impressive 86% average on metacritic. There were, however, a number of series veterans who were upset about the shift to more action orientated gameplay from the classic puzzle solving the series is known for. This is not the first third person title which has received this sort of criticism. Splinter Cell: Conviction was met with similar complaints when it launched in 2010, with fans complaining that the stealth element of the game had been neglected in favour of blockbuster action movie style sequences. This article is primarily going to be a review of Tomb Raider, which I recently finished, but it will also lead into a second article in which I will discuss changing the core gameplay of a series in order to appeal to the mainstream market. Anyways, on to the review!
When I picked up Tomb Raider for the first time, I hadn't read any reviews on it, I just knew that it was a reboot of the franchise and that the cover art looked awesome. I was expecting a pretty average platforming/puzzle solving game with a bit of action mixed in, based on what I had heard about the previous titles in the series. Man, was I wrong. Tomb Raider starts off with a brief cinematic introduction showing Lara, the player character, on a ship. In typical adventure game fashion, the situation soon goes south and the ship is wrecked off the coast of an island. Lara manages to swim to shore, but is knocked unconscious by a mysterious figure as she tries to call her friends for help.
The game does an excellent job with it's early pacing, with Lara not involved in any direct combat for quite a while to emphasize her innocence at the beginning of the story. When she is eventually forced to kill someone is has a huge impact on her, and I think the development team did a great job in portraying the rather naive side of her first before showing her transition to the typical action heroine as it does add at least a little depth to the character, even if it isn't on the level of character development contained in works like 'The Last of Us'.
The combat system is fairly bland, though I actually enjoyed the way counterattacking is handled, with the player first needing to dodge the enemy's attack and then having to time a second button press well to perform the actual counter attack. Other than that it is pretty standard cover based gun play for the most part, but stealthy gameplay is heavily rewarded. Some areas are almost too easy if you take the stealthy route, but most of the time it takes a decent level of skill to clear an entire level without raising the alarm. Being able to create distractions by shooting arrows into walls and rocks near enemies is a nice touch. There are five weapons in the game, and each is heavily upgradable, though I found the system to be more of a choice of which weapon to upgrade first rather than having to choose between having a really strong bow or a really strong assault rifle. I suppose it's an okay system, but it doesn't really seem to fit the theme of survival and scavenging. Another nice point is that the cover isn't 'sticky cover' like in games such as Gears of War. Rather, Lara will just seamlessly duck into cover as she moves past appropriate terrain, which results in much smoother and realistic movement.
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The Sense of Community Index (SCI) is one of the most commonly used measures of Psychological Sense of Community (PSOC). There is much discussion in the literature as to the validity of the scale as a measure not only of overall PSOC, but of the dimensions (Membership, Influence, Needs Fulfillment and Emotional Connection) theorized by McMillan and Chavis (1986) to underlie the construct. The current paper examines the factor structure of the SCI in a study (N = 219) that examines multiple community memberships, including neighborhood, student and interest group communities. Data was analyzed via confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The results showed that the SCI, in its original factor structure, did not adequately fit the data. The scale was revised, therefore, utilizing CFA indicators, to produce a new four-factor structure based on the same items. This revised model was tested and found to display adequate fit indices to the data in all three communities. The results of the study provide empirical support for retaining measures that encapsulate the four dimensions of PSOC.
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The Queen's Diamond Jubilee rowbarge Gloriana is to take the starring role in a "London Marathon on water" as 37,000 runners take to the city's roads on Sunday.
The £1 million boat will recreate its journey on the opening day of the London Games last summer when it carried the Olympic torch from Hampton Court Palace to the Tower of London.
Gloriana will be rowed by the Queen's watermen, who will attempt to prove themselves in the face of a taunt from the Duke of Edinburgh, who asked them: "Can you chaps really row?"
The rowbarge will take the lead position in a flotilla of more than 20 boats taking part in the Tudor Pull. It will be its first formal outing this year and is in line with the Queen's wishes that it be used to promote activity on the Thames.
Last year Gloriana stole the show at the Thames Diamond Jubilee pageant, watched by thousands lining the riverbanks as the biggest flotilla in 350 years was assembled to mark the Queen's 60 years on the throne.
Former P&O boss Lord Sterling, who built Gloriana for the Queen, said: "There will be Gloriana and quite a number of small vessels rowing behind her. It's doing the London Marathon on water. It's practically 25 miles from Hampton Court Palace to the Tower of London.
"The idea is to row close to the Embankment and for there to be a nice exchange of cheers between those who are doing it on land and those who are doing it on water."
The Tudor Pull began in 1986 in response to Prince Philip doubting the abilities of the Royal Watermen. They proved their rowing skills by taking the shallop Lady Mayoress on the 25-mile trip down the river. The Tudor Pull then became an annual event, with cutters from City of London livery companies forming an escort.
About 35,500 runners are expected to complete the Marathon course on Sunday amid tightened security following the bomb attack in which three people were killed and 170 injured near the finish line of the Boston marathon on Monday.
Home Secretary Theresa May said "some adjustments to policing" had been made to ensure the safety of the runners and expected crowds of about 700,000.
Marathon organisers routinely employ a private security firm and utilise the Army to help with crowd control, and will use "spotters" to identify any suspicious people. The most sensitive sections of the 26.2-mile route are likely to be Tower Bridge, Canary Wharf, Greenwich and the finish in The Mall, which is always a restricted area.
Met commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said there would be increased searches and more police on the streets.
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A large-scale Southern California horse breeder who gave away 40 Thoroughbred broodmares and six stallions in an effort to cull his stock says he never intended for those horses to wind up at a Phoenix, Ariz., ranch awaiting sale at a feedlot and an uncertain future.
"These horses were not intended for that purpose," said Ben Warren, owner of Warren's Thoroughbreds in Hemet, Calif. "I'll take them back right now if that's what people think."
He said he gave the horses to an individual he identified as Dave Quinn, who told him he was taking them to a ranch in Riverside, Calif.
Warren said Quinn told him he wanted the foals of the broodmares, who are pregnant, to prepare them for sale as racehorses, and the stallions for future breeding. Quinn transported the first group of horses by truck July 27 and the rest two days later, Warren said.
"He lied to me, plain and simple," Warren said. "I thought they were going to good homes. And I'll tell you another thing. If those horses went to Arizona, they didn't go legally, because none of them had a Coggins Certificate."
That certificate is a United States Department of Agriculture document required for interstate shipping that proves a horse has been tested negatively for Equine Infectious Anemia.
A Southern California horse retirement facility, Tranquility Farm of Tehachapi, Calif., is trying to buy back the animals privately from Quinn, who has them in a pen at his ranch in Phoenix, before he takes them to auction.
Priscilla Clark, president of Tranquility, wants to purchase the horses before they go to bid. She said those that don't sell will wind up going to Mexico for slaughter.
Clark has been raising money through donations and locating new homes for the horses, and plans to begin purchasing as many as possible Aug. 5. She said Warren's farm manager is putting together identifications on the mares, including to which stallions they are in foal. She plans to post that information on the facility's Web site, www.tranquilityfarmtbs.org.
Warren said he has 525 horses at his farms, including about 140 mares and more than 20 stallions. He doesn't sell his horses, he said, so he tries to give away the ones he doesn't think can make it at the racetrack. Some of those he gives away end up at the racetrack, anyway, while others become jumpers or riding horses, he said. He was referred to Quinn, he noted, by a contact at Santa Anita who knew Warren was trying to cull his herd.
"I've got 115 yearlings, 115 weanlings, and 142 more babies coming," Warren explained. "I can get 30 stalls at Del Mar, 36 at Santa Anita. If you can't get stalls, you can't race them."
By giving many of them away, he at least stands to collect California breeders' awards, he reasoned.
Besides the lack of opportunities to race, Warren said the economic situation is making it increasingly difficult to maintain such a large operation. He said he considered a dispersal sale, but Barrett's, the region's leading horse auction site, told him it would cost $220,000 "just to put them in the ring."
Quinn, who lives in Phoenix, was featured on a local news report Aug. 3 after a horse rescuer there informed the station of the unfolding situation. The footage included shots of many of the mares, who appeared to be well fed and in good condition.
"Anybody that knows me knows that I take good care of my horses," Warren said. "All their shots are up to date, their West Nile, everything. They are in excellent condition. I would never kill a horse. That's all I can tell you."
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Hi and welcome to our site!If you will be working as an independent contractor - there would not be any wages - but as a contractor - you will receive a compensation for services which would be your self-employment income. So you need to be clear 0- if you will be an employee with wages reported on W2 form OR you will be independent contractor with compensation reported on 1099MISC form.That distinction is very important because there would be different tax treatment and different reporting.
As you will be receiving an equity in the business - I assume that the business is a corporation - and you will receive shares of that corporation as a compensation for services - the fair value of these shares must be included into your income. That value will be reported correspondingly on W2 form as wages if you are an employee or on 1099MISC if you are an independent contractor.There might be not a simple to determine the FMV of shares because they are not trading on the open market - but that must be done. That value will be your basis in shares - so when you will sell shares in future that value will be used to calculate your gain or loss at that time.
To give a bit of background, I am working from home for a foreign company with all their business being conducted abroad. The tax situation got really complicated if I went in as an employee, so it's being handled as an independent contractor. However, they will be paying me an annual salary.
While I will be "paying in" for these shares, I do not actually own them for five years. However, I do receive the benefits of them (like dividend payouts and stuff in the future). Is there a better way to structure the agreement to benefit my tax situation?
Thanks for clarification. Yes - you will be an independent contractor - but using the term"salary" is where the confusion started. In case you are an independent contractor - you will receive a compensation for services - not salary.
For federal tax purposes - you will report all business income and expenses - on the schedule C -http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040sc.pdfThe net income (after deductions)will be reported on the form 1040 line 12 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdfIf the business has net income over $400, it may be required to file Schedule SE, Self-Employment Tax and net income is likely self-employment income and 15.3% self-employment tax would be required.Self-employment taxes from schedule SE will go to the form 1040 line 56 - http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040.pdf Also - you will deduct half of self-employment taxes on the line 27. Generally - that all you needs for income tax purposes . Please review all possible deductions - that might help to reduce income tax liability.
But for the equity, is that income now, or is it something in the future since actual ownership does not vest for five years? And does that make sense, or is it more beneficial to restructure it?
Basically, right now I have some options on how to structure the equity payouts, and I want to make sure that I keep it tax adventageous.
Yes - if you receive anything in value as a compensation for your services - that is your income. If the equity you receive is NOT vested - means - you have not constructively received it.
As it's currently set up, I am earning 'x/2' in equity per year, but that equity is not mine until it is paid off in five years. So is that 'x/2' counted as income today, or in five years when the equity actually becomes mine?
And from a tax perspective, which is better?
According to the IRS income is recognized when it is constructively received - means it is available for you.When you are given options which may not be exercised - that means - income is promised but NOT constructively received - and as such is not included into your income.
There is no "better"... all depends on circumstances and not all are under our control.If you receive shares now - and their value is relatively small - you will recognize small income but now.If you expect the value of shares will increase - there will be large taxable income but in five years...
Presumably the stock will increase in value, so that might lead to an untenable situation in five years if I get the stock, but cannot afford to pay the taxes on this "income."
So would it make sense to try to keep the unvested stock as current income through an 83b election?
Of course, if I do that, then I essentially pay taxes on 'x' even though I only get paid 'x/2', so my tax burden for the next five years will be double what it would normally be if I just received money, right?
That is also possible... So as we already mentioned - if share's value is relatively small today - it might be better to have them vested today and include in your income.Or if they are not vested - you may use section 83b election - but that would be more complex tax area.


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Aaron Harang showed his aceness today with his best start of the season in a 4-1 spanking over the Brewers. He gave up just a single run on five hits with three strikeouts in eight solid frames. Francisco Cordero did his thing in the ninth inning and just like that, the Reds had a series win over a former first place team.
Edwin Encarnacion had the big hit of the game with a two run poke that scored Adam Dunn. And this is a great segue into last nights 12-4 pasting. Here's what's messed up. Future Hall of Famer Adam Dunn belted his first homerun of the season while Corey Patterson hit his fourth. The big guy will heat up soon, I just know it.
The Reds head into their three game series with the Pirates at 6-4, which isn't too shabby. Edinson Volquez gets the start tomorrow and Pat Maholm throws for the Bucs.


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Three former managers of the state-owned postal service have been jailed in the country's ongoing struggle with the culture of official graft.
Romania's highest court on Wednesday jailed the former manager of Posta Romana, the postal service, for six years, while two executive managers received five-year prison terms.
Prosecutors said the three enabled the transfer of real estate to the private sector at below-market prices, causing a loss to the state worth about 8 million euro. They were charged with "abuse of the public interest".
In the same case, a former communications minister, Zsolt Nagy, member of an ethnic Hungarian party now in opposition, received a suspended three-year sentence. A former justice minister, Tudor Chiuariu, from the ruling Liberal Party, was acquitted.
Romania is still considered one of the most corrupt states in the European Union and has made only limited progress in fighting graft and organised crime since it joined the EU in 2007.
It has drawn repeated criticism from the European Commission for its failure to tackle the problem.
But in recent months, the number of high-ranking officials sentenced for graft has increased significantly. Eleven top officials were sent to jail since 2010, according to DNA data, including former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and some other ex-ministers.
Twenty-six mayors and prefects, 24 magistrates and 164 policemen have also been sent to jail, official figures show.
By comparison, no member of government or lawmaker was convicted of corruption between 2002 and 2009.
A Dutch appeals court found the Netherlands partially liable for the deaths of around 300 Bosniaks from Srebrenica who were killed after being expelled from a Dutch UN peacekeepers' base in 1995.
With Socialist chief Edi Rama now in a position to govern alone, hard questions await both the opposition Democrats and the LSI.
The old Zemun Synagogue – once home to a rock club and now a traditional Serbian restaurant – will be returned to the Jewish Community of Zemun next year.


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Mumbai: Contrary to reports that the venue of England's tour opener had been shifted due to security reasons, Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) secretary Ratnakar Shetty on Thursday asserted that the match was "always to be held at Wankhede Stadium and not any where else"."The two-day match between England and MCA President's XI was always to be held at the Wankhede Stadium and not at any other venue," Shetty told in Mumbai. "There is no question of holding the match on any ground as it is a tour opener involving a visiting team against MCA," Shetty said.Shetty was reacting to reports that the tour opener was to be held at Bombay Gymkhana on November 18 and 19 but was shifted to Wankhede Stadium where adequate security could be provided to the tourists.Meanwhile, Shetty said there were plans to make this tie a three-day affair, though there was no confirmation as yet from the Board (BCCI). BCCI executive secretary Sharad Diwadkar too confirmed that the match would be held at the Wankhede Stadium and added it would be a two-day affair as the ECB, who wanted a three-day tie, had not got back to him till now. PTI
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awsjman, ransomware attacks do not slow down the internet.
Take your discussion on DU30 to a Topic. And the reporting of his demise is not politics as it does not discuss his policies but actual state. The reason for a Topic request is that there have already been nearly 10 replies to FF's original shout which is worthy of being captured or searched for future discussions.
Is PI at Night down? Been a week or so since I can't get on.
News services are reporting another huge cyberattack -
started in Ukraine and now spreading around the world. I wonder if that's why PA suddenly loading so slow?
Cancel the funeral.. (Again)
President Duterte is on tv right now leading the Eid'l Fitr celebration at Malacañang... He looks pretty good for a dead guy!
Yup, it's the same pic alright, as you said let's wait until tonight and see if he shows up to the scheduled event. We will see how he's doing then, no sense in speculating on all the bad when good things can be happening just as easily...
That exact same picture appeared in the Manila Bulletin on March 5, so that's how old it is.
That's true Chris, but it doesn't mean he wasn't there last Friday either. I don't wish ill will on him or any political leader, if something bad happens we should deal with it AFTER it happens and not wildly speculate on what COULD happen. Aliens could land in AC to scare the girls away and close the bars too, doesn't mean it's likely to happen...
Supposedly he is due to make an appearance in Malacañang this evening. Let's see what happens.
The report is dated June 23, but there's no actual mention of DU30's activities in the story. The picture could have been taken any time in the last few weeks.
Sorry Buddha, I must have misunderstood what PukPuk was saying. So SOME political discussion is allowed then? Speculating if the President is sick or dying, and coup attempts are ok to discuss even if it's not true or if it's something that will not likely happen? I thought the line had already been drawn by the moderators at NO political discussion...
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Think of German cuisine and you probably think of sausages, sauerkraut and beer. But Germany's central location in Europe has made it a melting pot of culinary influences, from Italian pasta to the popular Döner kebab invented by Turkish immigrants.
Where in the U.S. do Americans usually go for their vacations? San Francisco, Disneyworld and New Orleans are prime picks. So where do Germans go for R & R in their own country? Luebeck (or Lubeck), a half-hour's drive from Hamburg, in northern Germany.
Known as the Venice of the North because of the waterways and canals, Luebeck is situated on the Baltic Sea, with historical ties back to Denmark. Consequently, Scandinavian influences and tourists are evident.
Luebeck was home to writer Thomas Mann, and some of its restaurants date back as far as the 17th Century. Imagine eating in a place that may have served your great, great, great, great grandfather! You can even see footsteps of cats and dogs in the masonry of the centuries-old streets.
Origins of foods are often difficult to pinpoint, but Luebeck claims to be the place where marzipan was invented. Marzipan, of course, is the confectionery that is molded into shapes of fruits, animals and ornaments, and colored so as to be almost unmistakable from the real thing. Legend has it that a local baker hit upon the idea during the famine of 1407. Having only four ingredients—sugar, almonds, eggs and rose water—he created the sweet confection known as marzipan. Tourists can get quick training in how to make and shape marzipan at many local bakeries, and the town's tourist office provides a list. The most famous marzipan maker is JG Niederegger, but the Marktplatz displays a fascinating variety of confectioners and their products.
By the way, the more commonly agreed upon origin of marzipan is as a confection of Middle East harems, and it is likely one of the numerous sea captains brought it to Luebeck. But it's not verified and romantically speaking, both origins are sweetly enticing.
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Diana Williamson, of Indiana, spoke to the Indiana Area school board in support of her grandson and identified him as one of the senior high school students who took part in a school board disciplinary hearing Wednesday night.
Although she did not mention the details, her grandson had earlier been reported to be among seven students charged in connection with an underage drinking incident during a school-related trip March 9 in Hershey.
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(CNSNews.com) – "Traditional marriage is a sacred institution and serves as the cornerstone of our society," Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
The panel is considering a bill, the Respect for Marriage Act (S-598), that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and give same-sex couples the same rights and privileges of married couples under federal law. President Barack Obama is among those who support S-598.
One conservative group called Wednesday's Judiciary Committee hearing "a dog and pony show" for the media and for homosexuals, who comprise a "very influential portion" of the Democrats' political base. The Family Research Council also noted that the witness list was "stacked" in favor of those who want the Defense of Marriage Act overturned.
Congress passed DOMA in 1996 and then-President Bill Clinton signed it into law. It defines marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman and says that no state has to recognize homosexual 'marriage' performed in other states. At the time, no state allowed same-sex marriage, but homosexual marriage is now legal in six states and the District of Columbia.
King testified that traditional marriage is a "core building block" of society" and that it takes a traditional marriage to produce children for "the next generation." "We cannot afford to devalue it with legislation like S-598 and we must oppose any effort that would diminish the definition of marriage," he said.
King cited two U.S. Supreme Court decisions that affirm this view of marriage, including one decision dating back to1818 when the court said, "Marriage is the foundation of the family and of society, without which there would be neither civilization nor progress." In 1942 the court stated, "Marriage and procreation are fundamental to the very existence and survival of the race."
King said the government is rightfully interested in protecting the institution of marriage and that DOMA has successfully done so since it became law.
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), on the other hand, compared DOMA to the "bitter fruits of racism and discrimination" he suffered as a child. He called DOMA a "dark stain on our Democracy" and said when the law was passed in 1996, "the taste of that old bitter fruit filled my mouth once again."
Lewis called for "full marriage equality for all citizens" and said the government "should not trample on the rights of our gay brothers and sisters."
Thirty states have laws that mirror DOMA, including Iowa. In fact, King helped draft Iowa's Defense of Marriage Act while serving in the state senate. On Wednesday, he told the Judiciary Committee that when three state judges struck down Iowa's defense of marriage law, the people responded by voting all three out of office last November.
King said that never in the history of Iowa have three judges been voted off the bench in one election cycle.
As for the argument by opponents of DOMA that people can't help who they fall in love with, the congressman speculated whether that same argument would be made for incest or polygamy.
King also argued that marriage is not a right: "A marriage license is offered because that's a permit to do that which is otherwise illegal," King said: "It's not a right to get married; that's why states regulate it by licensing. They want to encourage marriage."


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I once read an article in National Geographic on the ancient Moguls of India. They were an intriguing bunch of people who had a distinct way of living and cooking. One of their specialties was a dish called Roghan Gosht. When I looked it up there were dozens of recipes with long lists of ingredients. I came up with a rendition for grilled burgers.
2 Tbs olive oil
1 medium sized yellow onion, finely diced
1 ½ lb ground lamb
1 ½ tsp salt
½ tsp ground ginger
1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp cumin seed powder
2 Tbs plain yogurt
6 large spinach leaves, washed
6 Tbs diced tomatoes with chiles
6 6â€Â Italian style hard rolls, split
Preheat grill to medium heat. In a skillet with oil sauté onions until lightly browned. Drain and let cool. In a large bowl mix lamb, salt, ginger, black pepper, paprika, cumin powder and yogurt. Blend in onion. Shape lamb mixture into 6 patties. Grill patties 8 minutes on each side until 160 degrees. Heat rolls on grill until lightly browned. Cover the bottom of the rolls with spinach. Place burgers on top of spinach and top with diced tomatoes.


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In recent days I've been fighting a rearguard action against a disaffected Guardian reader in the north of England who keeps telling me he's going to end 35 years of loyal reading. Since he's been complaining that this "man-hating" paper now has "zero interest in male readers" (except for football), he obviously didn't enjoy Amelia Hill's front-page report on Monday, the one whose headline asserts: "Front pages still male-dominated and sexist".
Look on the bright side, I say. At least Matey is still reading because he emailed me before dawn to complain about Amelia's article, one which reports the findings of a splendid organisation called Women in Journalism (WiJ), or "Whinge" as some of my women colleagues call it, the brutes.
My patient response has been to concede Matey some of the other points he makes. Fleet St newspapers are all too London-focused (most retreated from proper Scottish coverage long before Alex Salmond abandoned England) and, I agreed, we were late in addressing inconvenient challenges to climate change orthodoxy.
But on the feminist perspective, I accused Matey of showing signs of his age (he's 48). I wrote: "I agree that the paper is more feminised, but surely that reflects the growing – and welcome – emancipation of women in most societies and in senior positions. Alas, the downside is a bit humourless and po-faced at times. We'll get used to it, as we got used to doing the washing up."
In the hope of making him feel less isolated, I also confessed to counting the reporters' bylines on the home pages the other Saturday. The Saturday paper is the most feminised of the week – that's my impression – and there were so many women's bylines at the front of the paper that I wondered if they'd achieved an historic majority. But no, by my count it was an impressive 12 female to 23 male. Breathe again, boys!
I'm only half-persuaded by the WiJ report, which makes some valid points but also smacks of special pleading and a degree of self-absorption which teeters on the edge of comic. Of course, Angela Merkel is currently portrayed in newspapers as looking distressed. She is the central player in the greatest economic crisis of her generation, even more important than Christine Lagarde of the IMF, who is not a bloke either.
Merkel is right to look distressed and be portrayed as such. Why not rejoice that she and Lagarde are women of power rather than complain that they are portrayed as men would be in the same situation, albeit probably not as cruelly? Residual gallantry persists.
We all know the direction of travel in most parts of the world – it's towards greater economic, political and social power for women, much of it at the expense of disadvantaged men. So it should be, it's one of the crucial tests of modernity. But, as with much else in life, there will be an upside to progress, also a downside.
It's understandable that some women are impatient about the pace of change and about persistently chauvinistic attitudes among men. We see plenty of evidence of that, don't we, though older blokes know that older feminists sometimes give the impression that some of the younger sisters are crybabies who don't know how lucky they are.
But feminist impatience is a manifestation of growing success, a revolution of rising expectations.
Myself, I cheerfully plead guilty to a bubbling trickle of politically incorrect thoughts (it can be such fun, like making jokes about Stalin in the old USSR), though that doesn't make me a loutish Jeremy Clarkson petrolhead, nor put me in the predatory "Uncle Jimmy" Savile camp either. But I wouldn't exclude Margaret Thatcher from my list of high-achieving British women, as Harriet Harman once did in government.
In matters of progress women can – as many ruefully admit – be their own worst enemies. The excellent Helen Pidd's G2 report on the fallout with George Galloway in Bradford West allows me to come out from my bunker and say how impressed I was at the way George cleverly courted the hijabi vote in the March byelection – and how surprised I was that they fell for him.
Never mind. The success of the Daily Mail – one of my regular must-reads – rests in significant measure on the cat-and-mouse game it plays with its many women readers. Build 'em up, knock 'em down. Show them powerful, show them fat. Show them looking gorgeous, then put the same photo next to a post-hangover shot of them at the supermarket in ill-fitting jeans.
It's great sport and it feeds on a certain type of masochistic insecurity. Try the Mail's brilliant Femail pages if you don't believe me (or its health pages), try one of its regular "then the bastard left me for a floozy" interviews. One of the paper's most famous victims was not Princess Di or the Duchess of Cambridge, but clever and successful Cherie Blair: they made her anxious about her appearance, then abused her style adviser, Carole Caplin, whose conman boyfriend (don't ask) shopped Cherie over his phoney role in her flat-buying venture. Who led the pack? The Mail. Go figure that one out.
Yet the WiJ report solemnly reports that the Mail and Express's employment of more women writers on the front page and elsewhere might explain their high female readership levels. Hmmm. As for porn merchant Richard Desmond's Express having a 50% female byline count, there is an economic explanation for that which is so obvious I am not going to spell it out. But Dirty Dick is not a good sister.
Before wishing the WiJ team all the best, I'll make two familiar points. One is that the advance of women to equal status (cries of "superior" from more ardent partisans on both sides) is impeded by profound, unresolved ambiguity about women's attitudes towards motherhood.
My impression – reinforced by conversations with women and the observation of children every day – is that the desire to have and nurture children is not merely a function of social conditioning. However we resolve the allocation of parental responsibilities and duties (still a way to go, I agree), let alone boardroom power (women would be more risk-averse, less macho, which is mostly good), the maternal instinct will often prove stronger than mere testosterone-fuelled ambition. Remember Pepsi's Brenda Barnes, who quit as CEO to raise her kids – she always sounds pretty sane and smart.
My other point is also a familiar one. Delete "women" in the WiJ report's list of the disempowered and substitute "working class" or "black" – or even "white working class" – and you will probably produce a similar impression of exclusion. We can all play that game quite easily. I didn't go to Oxford or Cambridge. Am I aware of it in my working life? Oh yes. Get over it, Mike. Get over it too, David Cameron. It's not your fault you're a toff and thus fair game.
How about "Muslim" (that's an easy one) though Jews often feel ill-used too, particularly in the Guardian (it's an old love-hate thing). Then, there's "Scot" or "Northerner". But why stop there? People who don't live in north London, let alone in Bradford, or don't work in the media, often feel excluded by much of the self-absorbed metropolitan media in 2012.
We should all try harder to be sensitive to the feelings of others. But it's not just about you or me. Modern women have much to celebrate.


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Computer Sciences (NYSE:CSC) is already busy dealing with a multitude of issues, but the company may have to add an activist investor to its list, dealReporter reports.
Over the last few weeks, two industry bankers said they have picked up on chatter that there is mounting interest in the investment community to put pressure on the Falls Church, Virginia-based technology services firm.
The first banker said he heard market rumors that Bill Ackman of Pershing Square Capital Management may be looking to get involved. The same banker said he also heard the activist may be reaching out to top tier financial sponsors, like Blackstone, TPG, KKR and The Carlyle Group, to gauge the leveraged buyout crowd's interest in a potential transaction. Other bankers said they had not heard the Ackman rumor.
A Pershing Square spokesperson declined to comment. A CSC spokesperson said in an emailed statement that it is against company policy to comment on market rumors and speculation. TPG declined comment. Blackstone, KKR and Carlyle were not immediately available for comment.
"Today's chatter is that there are attempts to push the board to consider a broader review of businesses," said the second industry banker last week. This banker did not identify parties behind possible activist action and he said he doubts the firm will pursue such a review.
The second banker said it was his understanding that CSC is being pressured by a few shareholders and board members to consider a strategic review on the back of continuous margin squeeze, an SEC investigation which was disclosed earlier this year, and pressure related to potential Department of Defense budget cuts.
A third industry banker claimed CSC is currently having a variety of internal discussions regarding restructuring. The same banker said no decision had yet been made.
On 9 November, CSC announced its F2Q12 earnings, disclosing that it had just missed quarterly earnings estimates, lowered guidance, and is facing accounting issues. Executives implied on a conference call that it has been advised by its counsel that it cannot buy back stock because of the ongoing SEC investigation. CSC reported USD 978m in cash at the end of September.
Adding to the company's vulnerability, is its lack of a permanent chief. Last month, chairman and CEO, Michael Laphen announced his retirement. Laphen is slated to stay on until no later than 31 October 2012 as the company seeks a replacement alongside search firm, Heidrick & Struggles.
Speaking on the conference call discussing results, Laphen said candidates are being identified and some interviews have taken place. He reiterated, however, that CSC "has expressed desire to remain as an independent party, and we are continuing with that thought process and moving down that path."
The second banker said it is not unusual to receive financial advisor pitches for a broader strategic action at a time when a company is looking for new leadership. But, the same banker said, at this time it does not appear that investor pressure is strong enough for the company to hire an adviser.
One of the bankers and a lender, however, said a few of CSC's close relationship banks might be trying to "engage" the company.
Irrespective of an advisor, CSC's board will not consider sale of the company at the current trading levels, according to two of the bankers. CSC lost a considerable amount of market value this year. In early February the company's stock hit its highest point this year at USD 56.54; it currently hovers at around USD 25.
Between 2006 and 2007 talk of a CSC takeout was rife. The company was reported to have received takeout interest from parties including Blackstone, Cerberus Capital Management, Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT). Late last year, rumors of Oracle's interest resurfaced, but this news service downplayed the enterprise software company's interest on grounds of CSC's low margins.
According to two of the bankers, no single buyer would be likely to take on CSC whole, given its disparate businesses. One of these bankers claimed strategics that have been previously talked about as potential suitors, including Oracle and Lockheed Martin, would not be willing to take the business on in its entirety.
"People have been poking around the company for a while," said a fifth industry banker, noting that strategics and private equity firms alike arrive at the same conclusion that the "numbers do not work." The company does not have sufficient cash flow and the new business areas it has entered have not produced results that potential suitors have found attractive, said the same banker.
Instead, two of the bankers said the company could see interest in its specific pieces if it were broken up. This is a "perfect" activist target, commented one of the bankers, noting that there is a good amount of upside to be had for an activist investor.
CSC is divided into three sectors: North American Public Sector (NPS), Managed Services Sector (MSS), and Business Solutions and Services (BSS). One of the bankers said each of the sectors would be large enough to stand on their own.
According to dealReporter's analysis, based on historical EBITDA margins, calendar year 2012 revenue estimates and comparable trading values, CSC's NPS unit might be worth between USD 2.5bn to USD 3bn. That is based on 11% EBITDA margins, a revenue estimate of USD 5.6bn and a multiple of 4.5x, which is a full turn lower than comparable government service companies.
A similar exercise for the Business Services unit, using an EBITDA margin of 12%, a revenue estimate of USD 4bn and a multiple of 7.5x, would generate somewhere in the neighborhood of USD 3.5bn to USD 4bn in value. CSC's enterprise value has been fluctuating at around USD 6.2bn.
While the buzz is keeping deal makers busy running valuation models, given current market conditions, where access to leverage is virtually absent, the board has every excuse to hunker down and not sell, said the bankers. "Let's see if an activist actually shows up," said one of the bankers, noting that CSC has long been on the radar as a target.
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