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It's just so gorgeous outside I can hardly stand it. I had last Friday off and that morning, waiting for the sun to rise, I was almost quivering like a dog waiting for the ball to fly. So much to do, and so lovely to be able to do it.
The best thing about working outside is being able to see immediate results. It just puts a smile on your face and keeps it there. The spud planting went well, but I'll have lots more to do as the days move closer to summer.
Family is one thing over which we have zero control.
Some of us are born into horrible situations and wish to escape as soon as we can. Some of us, however, are born into situations that, although less than perfect, we wouldn't change even if God gave us the option.
I'm thankful that I fall into the latter category.
Column as I see 'em ...
Remember the sexual harassment lawsuit filed last year by a fired county employee who alleges she had a sex toy left on her desk and was shown pornography on a coworker's computer?
Like the weather, that lawsuit is heating up and is likely headed for trial within the next several months.
What a Dumpster fire that's going to be.
Wow. March is over? I swear, the closer we get to summer, the more time speeds up. Good Friday is almost upon us and I have the day off. I'll be planting my spuds. The moon is waning, which is perfect for below ground crops, and the weather forecast is good. That almost never happens for me and I'm thrilled.
Challenge to health care reform should continue
To the editor:
As most people are aware, opponents to the health care reform legislation have been a growing majority in America.
On the one hand, there are many good things about the reform: more people in need will be covered under government aid similar to Medicaid. People will not lose coverage just because they have changed jobs. And those with preexisting conditions will have access to health insurance.
A very good friend of mine recently stopped smoking only to turn around and start again six months later.
"I quit for six months, so I know, if I need to, I can quit again," she said. "I have to have a vice, Shannon."
I love her reasoning (please, sense the sarcasm), because to me, that says, "I quit, but realized six months later, I still needed a cigarette."
I only pester her because I love her and because I want her to be around as long as possible.
It's impossible to even begin doubting state Rep. Kent Stevens' sincerity when he discusses his passion for doing what's right for Kentucky's students.
Stevens claims that his vote to overturn a long-standing law that requires school boards to evaluate superintendents in public is for the "betterment of students," but on that count we disagree.
Instead, allowing school board members to discuss their thoughts about a superintendent in private does nothing to serve students, their parents or the taxpayers who keep schools afloat.
Deputies thank Burkhead for ad, support Young for sheriff
In response to a political ad that was addressed to "Anderson County Residents and Sheriff's Deputies" in The Anderson News, March 17 edition, we, the undersigned deputies of your Anderson County Sheriff's Office, would like to share the following with the people of Anderson County, our fellow citizens:
Spring is here — it's finally official, and it's finally time to switch out our sweaters and boots for T-shirts and sandals.
OK, so I did this several weeks ago, but I didn't get around to bringing out the summer clothes and cleaning out my closet until this past weekend.
My closet is full — too full, if you ask my husband. For every article of clothing he has hanging up, I probably have five.
Guest columnist Joan Burke opined several weeks ago that the growing opposition to Barack Obama is based primarily on racism.
Instead of casting racial slurs against those whose dissention is based in philosophical and constitutional belief, I propose we instead examine a topic that is essentially racist to its core: the ongoing census.
Outrageous, you say? Not at all, particularly when one looks beyond the notion that the census is a benevolent attempt to simply count noses.
Wherever you stand on health care reform, even if you don't stand anywhere, this past Sunday's vote to change our health care system was historic.
It is no less than the bill that enacted Medicare, and all Americans should be paying attention to what is happening right now in Congress.
Aren't these longer days wonderful?
The birds are happy. Each morning, as the dogs and I hit the porch, they serenade us. We all watch the day come to life and thank our lucky starts that we are here to enjoy it.
Then the workday begins
Saturday produced a very stressful night of sleep — and not because the time changed.
In fact, I was happy to take an hour cut in the time allotted to worry about waking up to see my parents' house on fire. Let me explain.
My husband and I drove back to Pineville on Saturday morning for a visit with my parents for the first time since Christmas. Overall, it was a great trip. We ate pizza, watched the Cats work their way to a Southeastern Conference championship and got to visit with our church (and biological) family members.
An ongoing scam is being perpetrated on the people of Anderson County and most people aren't even aware of it.
Until now, that is.
Unlike most scams, this one doesn't leave women, children and the elderly among the most vulnerable. Instead, its primary victims are builders, developers and industrialists bent on bring jobs, prosperity and a better life to the people of Anderson County.
How could one little missing hour mess with my head so much?
I woke up totally confused Sunday. My body felt like someone threw me off a cliff. I lurched from room to room; I had no energy. Since my body clock was being screwed up, so was my food clock. So, I ate all day long. (Excuses, excuses.)
Caleb's family grateful for support
Once again, our community has opened its heart and wallets to support a family in crisis. I am amazed by the outpouring of support and encouragement Caleb Pack and his family have received from Anderson County citizens and from numerous other communities. Caleb is one of our precious students at Robert B. Turner Elementary School who has been in critical condition due to very serious medical conditions since Jan. 13. He remains at Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville.
Do you know your family's health history? Or is it like a secret no one wants to talk about? Many health conditions, including Type 2 diabetes, run in families.
Many people who get Type 2 diabetes have one or more family members with the disease.
Knowing the health history of your siblings, parents and blood relatives is important because it gives you and your health care team information about your risk for developing health problems, such as Type 2 diabetes.
The birds are singing. The sun is shining. I'm coming out of hibernation. I have spring fever, bad.
I got the bug the other day and went outside to play in the dirt. I didn't stay long — it was 35 degrees. Soon those morning temps will be rising and I can't wait.
Stop being wasteful and recycle
We all hear and say things about going green. Why are we not doing our part?
I would love to be able to recycle my garbage that can be recycled. I hate the thought of throwing all the things that could be reused into the garbage. We could save so much land if we would just invest, as the new garbage company has invested in the new trucks and containers, in a program that maybe could provide for recyclables pick-up.
We arrived in Lawrenceburg in January 1996 and literally drove up to a house I hadn't seen since I was a child and had little memory about it.
Mike and the kids had only seen pictures. We had followed a bad snowstorm cross-country from California. It was a less than joyous trip fraught with mishaps, making for cranky children.
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- "Scandal" returns for season 2 on Thursday
- Kerry Washington says there will be plenty of mystery and surprises
- She says she grew up with an interest in politics
- Her next project is the Tarantino film "Django Unchained"
(CNN) -- Kerry Washington knows you have been waiting.
The star of the hit ABC series "Scandal" is fully aware that there is a legion of "gladiators in suits" (as fans call themselves) eagerly awaiting the return of the series. She, too, is pretty excited to be back playing Washington, D.C. insider and crisis management expert Olivia Pope. Pope is a "fixer" who formerly worked for her lover, Republican President Fitzgerald Grant.
When told that there are many women who try to emulate both Pope's sense of fashion and take-charge personality, Washington laughs.
"I do, too," she said.
The series ended its first season with the revelation that the character Quinn Perkins, an employee of Pope's (and played by Katie Lowes), was not actually Quinn Perkins.
Perkins calls Pope after she is jailed for the murder of her boyfriend, a reporter who was digging into the secrets of President Grant's administration.
Did we mention that said president also happens to be in love with Pope?
Season 2 answers the "Who is Quinn" question in the first episode, but Washington said there will be plenty of other surprises and mystery this season that even she isn't sure about.
"Every week is a surprise," she said. "It's kind of ridiculous because we don't get an outline of the season, so the same way when [fans] watch it week to week and we live tweet with them and they are shocked, we feel that way when we read [the scripts] week to week. It's shocker after shocker and it's great."
While last season focused more on "realizing no one is who you think they are," Washington said the new season will be more about "how those secrets complicate other people's lives."
"It's about how those secrets impact those around them, either because they know or they don't know," she said. "Things get very complicated."
Not that Washington can be called on to unravel too much before the show's premiere Thursday night. The actress said there is no way she is trying to run afoul of series creator Shonda Rhimes by revealing plot lines.
Washington is more comfortable talking about the other star of "Scandal," Olivia Pope's stylish wardrobe. The actress said it's exciting that fans have gotten so into Pope's pantsuits and handbags, because she and costume designer Lyn Paolo have worked really diligently on Pope's look.
"We've always been on the same page in terms of her style," Washington said. "A big part of that was this is a woman who used to work for the establishment, but now she works for herself. We wanted the clothes to be really elegant, smart and tailored in a D.C. aesthetic, but we also wanted to be more fashion forward and use more European designers, because she does work for herself and she has global clientele."
Fall TV fashion: Outfitting 'Scandal'
Washington said Pope also doesn't shy away from her femininity and certainly not her sexuality, which has resulted in some steamy scenes with President Grant. The actress said she is loving the fact that not many eyebrows have been raised by the fact that a black female character on a television show is involved in a torrid romance with a white male character.
"I think the big deal is that it's not a big deal, and I think that's cool," Washington said. "What I love is that the conversation is not 'Oh this is such a big deal,' but 'Oh how interesting that this is part of the full picture of who they are.'"
The actress said that it's fun for her to play "inside the Beltway" in a series that is not at all like the current political landscape. Washington is herself very politically aware, and spoke at the recent Democratic National Convention. Her interest in politics stems, she said, from her parents - especially her mother, a retired professor whose dinner parties exposed a young Washington to activism early on.
"As a kid, there would be dinners where her colleagues would be talking about a woman's right to choose, affirmative action and redistricting," Washington recalled. "I grew up talking about these issues and knowing that politics were not separate from us as people."
Washington's next big project is the eagerly awaited Quentin Tarantino film "Django Unchained." The movie is set before the Civil War and Washington plays a slave whose husband (played by Jamie Foxx) seeks to rescue her from a brutal master on a Mississippi plantation.
The project not only reunited Washington and Foxx, who appeared together in the Ray Charles bio-pic "Ray," but it also gave the actress an opportunity to delve into a role that she said was challenging artistically and emotionally taxing. It was a part Washington said she's not sure she would have been able to portray were it not for having the balance of the Olivia Pope role on "Scandal."
"There would be days that would be so hard for me that Jamie Foxx would turn to me and say, 'How are you doing, Olivia," she said. "It was to remind me that [the role as Broomhilda the slave] was not just it. I feel very blessed that at this point in my career I am able to play both of these women, because we have a full range of experience and identity and history. It's exciting to not just be defined by one section as to who we are as women and people of color."

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IRS Audits of Tax-Exempt Organizations: Policies, Practices, and Procedures
IRS Audits of Tax-Exempt Organizations: Policies, Practices, and Procedures
ISBN: 978-0-470-27848-2 July 2008 432 Pages
DescriptionWritten by Bruce Hopkins, the foremost expert on nonprofit law, this is your complete analysis of the procedures and practices of the IRS in its audits of tax-exempt organizations. Practical in presentation, this book offers advice on undergoing audits, details today's exempt organizations' issues, and authoritatively examines detailed documentation and citations, as well as numerous case studies, tips, forms, and checklists.
1. IRS Audits of Tax-Exempt Organizations – Fundamentals.
§ 1.1 Introduction to IRS Exempt Organizations Audit Procedures.
§ 1.2 Reasons for IRS Audits.
§ 1.3 IRS Audit Issues – Introduction.
§ 1.4 IRS Audit Procedures in General.
§ 1.5 Tax-Exempt Organizations' Rights.
§ 1.6 Types of IRS Examinations.
(a) Field Examinations.
(b) Office and Correspondence Examinations.
(c) Team Examinations.
(d) Compliance Check Projects.
§ 1.7 IRS Audit Controversy.
§ 1.8 IRS Summons Authority.
§ 1.9 Technical Advice.
(a) General Procedures in Exempt Organizations Context.
(b) Pre-Submission Conferences.
(c) Contents of TAM Requests.
(d) Handling of TAM Requests.
(e) Appeals of Decisions to Not Seek Advice.
(f) Withdrawal of TAM Requests.
(g) Conference Scheduling.
(h) IRS Use of TAMs.
(i) Effect of TAM.
(j) Limited Retroactive Effect of TAM.
(k) Future Use of TAMs.
§ 1.10 Closing Agreements.
(a) Overall Purpose of Closing Agreements.
(b) Authority and Function.
(c) Scope.
(d) Finality.
(e) Closing Agreements in Exempt Organizations Context.
§ 1.11 Freedom of Information Act.
§ 1.12 Expansion of IRS Exempt Organizations Audit Activity.
§ 1.13 Current and Future Focus of IRS Exempt Organizations Audits.
2. Organization of IRS.
§ 2.1 Structure of Department of Treasury.
(a) Treasury Department in General.
(b) Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.
§ 2.2 IRS in General.
§ 2.3 Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division.
(a) Overall Organization.
(b) Customer Profile.
(c) Operations.
(d) Enforcement Function.
§ 2.4 Headquarters Mission.
(a) Senior Technical Advisor.
(b) Planning.
(c) Finance.
(d) Communications and Liaison.
(e) Business Systems Planning.
(f) Research and Analysis.
§ 2.5 Examinations Office.
§ 2.6 Customer Education and Outreach.
§ 2.7 Rulings and Agreements.
§ 2.8 Program Management.
§ 2.9 Customer Accounts Services.
§ 2.10 IRS Administrative Functions.
§ 2.11 Appeals.
(a) Organization, Priorities, and Mission.
(b) Appeals Function and Tax-Exempt Organizations.
§ 2.12 Office of National Taxpayer Advocate.
(a) Mission Fulfillment.
(b) Organization.
(c) General Rules.
(d) Systemic Advocacy.
(e) TAS and Tax-Exempt Organizations.
§ 2.13 Practice Before IRS.
3. Managing Tax-Exempt Organizations IRS Audits.
§ 3.1 Pre-Audit Precautions.
(a) Review Governing Instruments.
(b) Review Operations.
(c) Review Books and Records.
(d) Review Publications.
(e) Review Correspondence.
(f) Review Minutes.
(g) Review Federal Returns.
(h) Review Contracts.
(i) Conflict-of-Interest Policy.
(j) Other Documents.
(k) Review Web Site.
(l) Employment Taxes.
(m) Media Coverage.
(n) Testaments.
(o) Governance.
(p) Legal Audit.
§ 3.2 Winning Audit Lottery: Initial Steps and Reactions.
(a) Telephone Call.
(b) Notice of Examination.
(c) Documents Requested.
(d) Get Organized.
(e) Contact Person.
(f) Communications Strategy.
(g) Know the Cast.
(h) Office Facilities for IRS.
(i) Initial and Other Interviews.
(j) First Impressions.
§ 3.3 Audit Unfolds: Ongoing Steps.
(a) Documents.
(b) Stay Calm, Things Take Time.
(c) Audit Outcomes.
(d) Perspective.
§ 3.4 Power of Attorney.
§ 3.5 Interacting with IRS Examiners.
(a) Coping with Examiners.
(b) Tours.
(c) Point Person.
(d) Documents.
§ 3.6 Documents Likely to be Requested.
§ 3.7 Qualified Amended Returns.
§ 3.8 Issue Elevation.
(a) Definition of Elevation.
(b) Definition of Issue.
(c) Why Issues Are Elevated.
(d) Elevation to Inform Managers or Executives.
(e) Elevation to Obtain Decision.
(f) Issues That Are Candidates for Elevation.
(g)Referral to or Consultation with Counsel.
§ 3.9 Appeals.
(a) IRS District Office Action.
(b) Regional Office Appeal.
(c) Proposed Additional Tax.
§ 3.10 Parade of IRS Forms.
§ 3.11 Statute of Limitations.
§ 3.12 An Unwanted Outcome.
§ 3.13 Litigation.
(a) General Rules.
(b) Declaratory Judgment Rules.
(c) Other Approaches.
4. IRS Compliance Check Projects,
§ 4.1 Compliance Check Projects Programs.
§ 4.2 Concept of Market Segment Study.
§ 4.3 Executive Compensation Compliance Initiative.
(a) Law Backdrop.
(b) Background.
(c) Methodology.
(d) Examination Phase.
(e) Findings.
(f) Conclusions.
(g) Lessons Learned and Recommendations.
§ 4.4 Political Activities Compliance Initiative.
(a) Law Backdrop.
(b) 2004 Election Initiatives.
(c) 2006 Election Initiatives.
(d) 2007 Update.
§ 4.5 Hospital Compliance Project.
(a) Law Backdrop.
(b) Methodology and Process.
(c) TIGTA Review.
(d) Interim Report.
(e) Future Developments.
§ 4.6 Intermediate Sanctions Compliance Reporting.
(a) Law Backdrop.
(b) Compliance Project.
§ 4.7 Fundraising Costs Reporting.
(a) Law Backdrop.
(b) Compliance Project.
§ 4.8 Tax-Exempt Bonds Recordkeeping Compliance.
(a) Law Backdrop.
(b) Compliance Project.
5. IRS Tax-Exempt Organizations Examination Procedures.
§ 5.1 Director, Exempt Organizations Examinations.
§ 5.2 Planning, Classifying, and Selecting Returns; Processing Claims.
(a) Inventory and Classification System.
(b) Examination Process.
(c) Claims Processing.
(d) Joint Committee Claim Cases.
§ 5.3 Information Items.
(a) Definitions and Sources.
(b) General Procedures.
(c) Classification Procedures.
(d) Referral Committee.
§ 5.4 Other IRS Pre-Examination Processes.
(a) Record-Keeping System.
(b) Case Assignment Guide.
(c) Pre-Examination Guidelines.
(d) Examination Objectives.
(e) Beginning of Examination Process.
(f) Group Manager Involvement.
(g) Statute of Limitations.
§ 5.5 Examination Cycle.
§ 5.6 Conflicts of Interest.
§ 5.7 Prohibition on Executive Branch Influence.
§ 5.8 Consecutive Examinations.
§ 5.9 Repetitive Examinations.
§ 5.10 Return Surveys.
§ 5.11 Pre-Examination Procedures – Overview.
§ 5.12 Review of Return.
§ 5.13 Review of Accompanying IRS Documents.
§ 5.14 Determination File.
§ 5.15 Research and Assistance.
§ 5.16 Case Chronology Record.
§ 5.17 Workpaper Summary.
§ 5.18 Commencement of Examination.
(a) Initial Taxpayer Contact.
(b) On-Site Examinations.
(c) Limited Scope Examinations.
(d) Evaluation of Internal Controls.
(e) Examiner Workpapers.
(f) Examination Techniques.
(g) Initial Interview.
(h) Third-Party Contacts.
(i) Taxpayer Confidentiality Privilege.
(j) Place of Examination.
§ 5.19 Examination Unfolds.
(a) Tour of Facilities.
(b) Examination of Documents.
(c) Sampling Techniques.
(d) Income Analysis.
(e) Disbursement Analysis.
(f) Filing Requirements.
(g) Expense Allocations.
(h) Balance Sheet Analysis.
(i) Tax Liabilities.
(j) Accuracy of Return.
(k) Penalties.
(l) Issue Development.
(m) Exempt Organization-Caused Delays.
(n) Developing and Documenting Facts.
(o) Collecting and Recording Facts.
(p) Preparation and Issuance of Summons.
(q) Sharing of Issues.
§ 5.20 Burden of Proof.
§ 5.21 Revocation of Tax Exemption.
§ 5.22 Effective Date of Revocation or Modification.
§ 5.23 Technical Advice.
§ 5.24 Terminations.
§ 5.25 Inadequate Records.
§ 5.26 Revocation Due to Inadequate Records or Failure to Provide Requested Information.
§ 5.27 Issues Subject to Declaratory Judgment.
§ 5.28 IRS Inability to Locate Organization.
§ 5.29 Technical Advisor Issues.
§ 5.30 Suspended Issues.
§ 5.31 Law Research by Examiners.
§ 5.32 Closing Letters; Examination Reports.
(a) Terminology.
(b) Examination Report Forms.
§ 5.33 Examination Outcomes.
(a) No-Change Examinations.
(b) No-Change with Written Advisory Examinations.
(c) Change Cases.
(d) Presentation of Issues in Examination Reports.
(e) Revocation of Exempt Status.
(f) Modification of Exempt Status.
(g) Reclassification of Public Charity, Foundation Status.
(h) Modification of Operating Foundation Status.
(i) Unrelated Business Issues.
(j) Private Foundation Excise Taxes.
(k)Non-Private Foundation Excise Taxes.
(l) Non-Exempt Charitable Trusts Examinations.
§ 5.34 Claims.
§ 5.35 Basic IRS Examination Forms.
(a) Explanation of Items.
(b) Internal Transmittal Letter.
(c) Report of Examination (Tax Changes).
(d) Report of Examination (Status Changes).
(e) Excise Tax Audit Changes.
6. Church Audits.
§ 6.1 Constitutional Law Background.
§ 6.2 Statutory Law Background.
§ 6.3 Statutory Law Overview.
§ 6.4 Inapplicability of Church Audit Procedures.
§ 6.5 Church Records.
§ 6.6 Church Tax Inquiries.
(a) Reasonable Belief Standard.
(b) Written Notice to Church.
§ 6.7 Church Tax Examinations.
(a) Notice of Examination.
(b) Scope of Examination.
(c) Examination Outcomes.
§ 6.8 Summons Enforcement.
§ 6.9 Prototype Scenario.
(a) IRS Becomes Suspicious.
(b) Notice of Church Tax Inquiry.
(c) Notice of Church Tax Examination.
(d) Conference.
§ 6.10 Two-Year Completion Rule.
§ 6.11 Ninety-Day Completion Rule.
§ 6.12 Special Limitation Periods.
§ 6.13 Limitations on Additional Inquiries and Examinations.
§ 6.14 Limited Remedy for IRS Violation of Procedures.
§ 6.15 Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Rule.
§ 6.16 Interplay with Intermediate Sanctions Rules.
7. Tax-Exempt Organization Examination Issues.
§ 7.1 Categories of Tax-Exempt Organizations.
(a) Single-Parent Title-Holding Companies.
(b) Charitable, Educational, and Like Organizations – General Rules.
(c) Religious Organizations.
(d) Private Schools.
(e) Public Interest Law Firms.
(f) Educational Organizations.
(g) Scientific Organizations.
(h) Amateur Athletic Sports Organizations.
(i) Social Welfare Organizations.
(j) Local Associations of Employees.
(k) Labor Organizations.
(l) Agricultural and Horticultural Organizations.
(m) Business Leagues.
(n) Social and Recreational Clubs.
(o) Fraternal Societies.
(p) Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Associations.
(q) Teachers' Retirement Fund Associations.
(r) Mutual and Cooperative Organizations.
(s) Cemetery Companies.
(t) Credit Unions.
(u) Small Insurance Companies.
(v) Crop Financing Organizations.
(w) Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Trusts.
(x) Veterans' Organizations.
(y) Black Lung Benefit Trusts.
(z) Multi-Parent Title-Holding Organizations.
(aa) Apostolic Organizations.
(bb) Political Organizations.
(cc) Health Maintenance Organizations.
§ 7.2 Public Charity and Private Foundation Status.
(a) Donative Publicly Supported Organizations Issues.
(b) Facts-and-Circumstances Test.
(c) Service Provider Publicly Supported Organizations Issues.
(d) Supporting Organizations Issues.
(e) Public Safety Organizations.
(f) Workpaper Documentation.
(g) Private Foundations.
(h)Other Issues.
§ 7.3 Nonexempt Charitable Trusts and Split-Interest Trusts.
(a) Nonexempt Charitable Trusts.
(b) Split-Interest Trusts.
(c) Abusive Trusts.
§ 7.4 Unrelated Business Activities.
§ 7.5 Reporting Requirements.
§ 7.6 Fundraising.
(a) Advertisements of Fundraising Activities.
(b) Disclosure of Nondeductible Contributions.
(c) Disclosure of Quid Pro Quo Contributions.
(d) Unrelated Business Rules.
(e) Non-Cash Charitable Contributions.
(f) Internet Fundraising.
(g) Annual Reporting.
§ 7.7 Gaming.
(a) Pre-Examination Analysis.
(b) Initial Contact Overview.
(c) Analysis of Bingo Activity.
(d) Analysis of Pull-Tab Activity.
(e) Unrelated Business Activities.
(f) Qualification for Exempt Status.
(g) Public Charity Status.
(h) Related Activities.
(i) Other Matters.
A. Sources of the Law.
B. IRS's Good Governance Principles (draft).
C. Summary of the Law.
Table of Cases.
Table of IRS Revenue Rulings.
Table of IRS Revenue Procedures.


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I wrote an essay on Thoreau and his journals for The Atlantic.
The Invention of Nature. Alexander von Humboldt's New World (published in the UK and the US in 2015 and in 21 other countries in 2016/17).
click here for The Invention of Nature reviews
Chasing Venus. The Race to Measure the Heavens (2012 published in the UK, US, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Japan and Brazil.
click here for Chasing Venus reviews
The Founding Gardeners. The Revolutionary Generation and the Shaping of the American Nation (2011, published by Knopf and William Heinemann)
Click here for Founding Gardeners reviews
The Brother Gardeners. Botany, Empire and the Birth of an Obsession
UK paperback February 2009
Winner of American Horticultural Society 2010 Book Award
Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
US edition 30 March 2009
This Other Eden Seven Great Gardens and Three Hundred Years of English History
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2008: Missed the 2008 season due to injury.
2007: Emerged as a regular in the lineup, playing in 35 games and making nine starts...Recorded 69 kills and 42 blocks...Led the Bulldogs in hitting percentage (.286) and blocks per game (1.20)...Hit .333 in conference matches, good for third in the Ivy League...Led the Ivy League with 1.34 blocks per game in conference play...Made first career start against Cornell on Oct. 19, smashing seven kills on .600 hitting and adding eight blocks...Posted a career-high 13 kills in Yale's five-game win over Dartmouth (Oct. 27)...Tallied at least seven kills in six consecutive matches...Had a career-high 10 blocks in the rematch with Cornell in Ithaca on Nov. 3.
2006: Played in four games...Tallied three kills and one block...Slammed two kills and recorded a block assist against Dartmouth on Nov. 10...Also saw action against Cal (Sept. 16) and Harvard (Nov. 11).
2005: Appeared in two games, making her debut on Sept. 17 against St. Francis (N.Y.)...Picked up three blocks, two kills, two digs and an assist in that match.
Before Yale: Earned a total of 11 letters in volleyball, basketball and tennis at Colorado Academy...Named Metro League Senior of the Year, Colorado Coaches of Girls Sports and Colorado High School Coaches Association All-State and team MVP...A two-time all-state pick by the Rocky Mountain News and Denver Post in both volleyball and basketball...A National Merit finalist.


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Welcome to Financial Aid!
About Us
Welcome to Mt. San Antonio College Financial Aid Web page. Mt. SAC offers a full array of financial aid programs, grants, work study, loans and scholarships to full-time and part-time students. Most financial aid resources are intended to supplement, not replace, the financial resources of the family. We have financial aid available to help you with the cost of education, which includes fees, books, supplies, food, housing, transportation and childcare.
Bienvenidos a la página web en Español de la Oficina de Ayuda Financiera de Mt. San Antonio College. Mt. SAC ofrece una gran cantidad de programas de ayuda financiera, subsidios, trabajo-estudio, préstamos y becas para estudiantes de medio tiempo y de tiempo completo. La mayoría de la asistencia de ayuda financiera sirve como suplemento a la contribución familiar, no como un reemplazo. Contamos con ayuda económica disponible para ayudarle con los costos de su educación, que incluyen la cuota de matriculación, compra de libros, material didáctico, alimentos, vivienda, transportación y cuidado infantil.
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Financial Aid is intended to help students who might not otherwise be able to attend college. Although the primary responsibility for meeting college costs rests with the student and his/her family, it is recognized that many families have limited resources and are unable to meet the cost of a college education. Financial Aid programs have been established to provide assistance for students with documented financial need. In achieving this goal, the aid office must evaluate the family's financial ability to pay for educational costs in order to distribute limited resources in a fair and equitable manner.
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The Capta mount is an all in one stand, cable management and tripod mount designed for the iPhone and other smartphones. It has just received Kickstarter funding with double the pledges required and there are still seven days to go.
Designed by two freelance designers, Bojan Smiljanic and Adewale Adelusi-Adeluyi they set about originally creating a simple and elegant tripod mount. That has now expanded and the Capta can be used for many more things. The Capta is made from airplane grade aluminium and has a adhesive pad that can hold an iPhone securely. There is also a groove for cable management as well as threaded hole for a tripod attachment.
According to Smiljanic, "With the form factor and technology of smartphones always changing we designed Capta to be the hybrid accessory that could keep up with those changes. For example for iPhone users regardless of generation, Capta replaces the iPhone tripod mount, iPhone stand and iPhone cable management with one simple device. Capta has exceeded our original expectations and when paired with a suction cup or tripod mount the uses increase exponentially. We are humbled by how versatile Capta truly is."
If you want to be an early adopter, you can still head over to the Kickstarter page and make a pledge; $20 will get you a silver version. If you are really impressed, you could pledge the maximum $265 and get two exclusive black Capta's as well as a lot of extras too.
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Vancouver Canucks blogger Richard Hodges Love Em Hate Em Canucks hockey blog. He recaps and rewinds the loss on Tuesday night against the Nashville Predators. Alex Burrows played in his 500th game, a big milestone. Roberto Luongo had a highlight save but Sami Salo did not help the cause in the Canucks heartbreaking loss.
Canucks vs. Nashville Predators blog: Love 'em & Hate 'em
February 21, 2012 By Richard Hodges
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Scream Bloody Murder tells us the story of the hapless Matthew, whom we first see out in the fields with his pa, who is trying to get a tractor running. Matthew, being the inquisitive sort, and harboring an obvious bias against authority figures, hops on the idling tractor and proceeds to run over his father, who screams at the slow plodding tractor, at the blinding speed of 2mph. Realizing his crime, young Matthew makes a break for it by jumping off the still-moving tractor only to somehow land and fall, allowing his hand to be crushed by said machinery. Matthew is quickly thrust into the care of some helpful nuns, who promise to raise Matthew in the grace of the Lord.
Fast forward to the next scene and Matthew is all grown, looks to be about 17 or so I'd say, and is sporting a nice, clasp-like hook that so many amputees affect. Matthew has received correspondence from his mother in which she informs him of her helpful man-friend, without whom she just wouldn't have been able to make it all these years. This drives Matthew into a blinding rage and brings forth the single longest paper crumple shot in the history of cinema. If the overdrawn, methodical way Matt crumples his mother's letter is any indication of how he'll be as a homicidal maniac, we are in for a treat my friends!
After the 5 minute paper crumple we are off with Matthew as he returns home, sack of clothes in hand, all eager to see his mother, who unfortunately isn't home upon his return. Pretty soon a car drives up and out hops his mother… with her new groom! Seems she went off and got herself married, much to Matt's chagrin. He lets each of them know his displeasure with a tantrum that would make an infant proud. Next we have Matt's mother and her new beau taking a nighttime stroll through the woods where we get a mild crotch-rub but not much else (thankfully!). Begging off so as to "check on the cows", the new man leaves his bride only to be stalked by Matthew.
Whimpering like a 5 year old girl, Matt's step dad repeatedly entreats his pursuer to show themselves, which Matthew finally does… by swinging an axe into his step father's chest! After hacking him up good, Matthew is quietly contemplating what to do with the body when his mother walks up. Despite her horror he repeatedly assures her that this is for the best before finally slaying his own mother as well, the murder being done by forcibly throwing her down so as to crush her head on a rock.
This begins Matthew's life on the run, mainly on the run from the ghostly visages of his mother and step father, presented to the viewer as blurry, haunting images in which his mother and others repeatedly taunt him. During his travels he slays a newlywed couple by first smashing the groom's head in with a large rock and then drowning the bride, and he also befriends a prostitute. This friendship proves pivotal in Matthew's life as he quickly becomes obsessed with her, but not in a sexual way. In fact, he murders the next person to sleep with her by slicing their face and throat up with an artist's spade-like instrument. Did I mention the whore paints? Yeah. Ok.
Anyhoo, as anyone knows, to impress a wh0re you need a fancy mansion and vintage car, so Matthew takes off and finds a suitable house. Feigning the need to use the phone, he uses a cleaver on the black housekeeper after gaining entry and then proceeds upstairs, where he finds the old lady of the mansion. The next scene has to be seen to be believed: The old lady rushes at him and attacks poor Matthew while dual-wielding canes! Seriously, this old lady looks like a martial arts master whipping these two canes around, but alas she gets snuffed with the ol' pillow-over-the-face trick. Great stuff! The old lady's dog is sitting nearby, quietly watching all of this. Matt turns to it and says "Come on, boy. You're next" and picks the dog up, takes it downstairs to the kitchen, lays it on the table, and uses the cleaver to chop its head off! Thankfully we are spared the sight of this.
Driving his newly acquired vintage auto, Matt picks up his woman and brings her back. Unfortunately for her, Matthew's plan involves tying her up and forcing her to live with him, to paint for him and generally be his companion. She finally gets a bold idea and asks him to untie her so she can disrobe and bathe, all the while Matthew is trying not to look. Unfortunately for the viewer, we get zero nudity here, and it is a shame because the hooker is a redhead with a nice rack. Matthew also tries to impress his new woman by getting her stuff, which brings about the most laughable scene in the movie as we get one quick cut after another of Matthew ripping off various stores and performing purse snatchings.
Anyhoo, this allows the redhead to attempt escape after being untied for her bath. She first heads to the kitchen where she attempts dialing a rotary phone… with her tongue! This failed attempt brings about the single most mind-blowing scene yet after Matt catches her: The whore hits Matt in the back of the head, knocking him loopy, as they are sitting on a bed in an upstairs bedroom. She then rushes out of the bedroom, down a small hallway, down a long flight of stairs, across a spacious foyer and then opens the front door…. Where Matthew is standing easy as you please waiting for her on the other side, whereupon he rips her throat out with his hook hand. WTF?! Wasn't he JUST upstairs? Yes, he was. The only explanation I can come up with is that he's capable of teleportation.
Distraught over his final act, Matthew runs away, steals a car, and makes his way to a church. Haunted by ghastly visions, he seeks refuge, only to be confronted by the most shrill organ music known to man, as well as the ghosts that were haunting him. There's a long shot of the ghosts, clad all in black, surrounding Matthew, in perfect focus this time, and it's simply awesome; really, the only part in the whole movie that made me shiver a bit. Matthew then commits ritualistic seppuku by ripping himself from groin to sternum, diagonally, with his own hook hand.
In the end I give SCB 1.5 thumbs up. It wasn't the best movie by any means, but honestly I was never bored. Once the first murder happens, the others come in quick succession. I look forward to you giving it a go.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Scream Bloody Murder (1973), Or You Got A Hook In My Throat, Baby!
Posted by The Duke of DVD at 3:24 PM
Labels: '70s, 1-2 Thumbs, 50 Chilling Classics, Mill Creek, Psycho Killer
2 comments:
- The Vicar of VHS said...
Ah, my dear Duke, I recall first reading your review of SBM more than a year ago, when we were still finding our feet in this obscure-movie paradise. I watched it some time after you did, you recall, and by then my rabid desire for anything cheesy, weird, and fun in horror cinema was nigh insatiable. So when I saw SBM, I devoured every morsel, and would give it a somewhat higher score than you did initially. 2 to 2.5, I would say, trending higher for those with tastes like unto our own.
And I'm entirely serious when I say I would place Matthew (Fred Holbert, in what was sadly his ONLY screen appearance) turns in a truly phenomenal performance. No kidding--I would easily put him in my top 5 movie psychos of ALL TIME. Dude has PROBLEMS. And Holbert's performance is an act that simply must be experienced.
Something you didn't mention was that the nature of Matthew's problems are entirely Oedipal. He kills his mother's husband, then her new husband--most tellingly, when he finally murders his own mother, we see him crying tears of blood, for absolutely no reason--no reason, that is, other than to tie it EXPLICITLY to the Oedipus Rex myth (King Oedipus famously gouged out his own eyes, you recall). This scene alone tells me that the filmmakers were trying to make a serious artful film--and indeed in some ways succeeded. (I'm thinking of the psychadelic freakouts with Matthew's victims, prefiguring similar scenes in the well-reviewed The Ugly (1997) by decades.) And most importantly, the actress playing the whore is the same actress who portrayed Matthew's mother. Subtle, no?
In short, another winner from the 50 Chilling Classics pack, and one any fan of bizarro b-cheese should seek out at once. Surprising venom, hilarious quotable lines, a few genuine freaky moments--what's not to love?
And that's to say nothing of the blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo by a young, uncredited ANGUS SCRIMM! ;)
- August 20, 2007 at 4:05 PM
- The Duke of DVD said...
Too true on all accounts, Vicar. The mere fact that Angus Scrimm graces this movie with his scowling visage is enough to vault it into the upper echelons of cinema, never mind the fact that it is beyond awesome anyway.
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Drafting anyone is "mostly a waste of a draft pick."Reefer2 wrote:Drafting college or university kids are mostly a waste of a draft pick.
If you are not in the AHL by 21ish you will not make the NHL as any sort of impact player.
Of course there are exceptions but I would say majority never make the NHL unless they quit school early.
Picking a kid heading to the NCAA in no way precludes that player from turning pro if they are good enough for the NHL like say Ryan Kesler or Chris Higgins did.. even if they are not that good that early they can still pan out a la Kevin Bieksa or Jason Garrison.
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Breakdown of 10 Gators at this year's NFL Combine
The NFL Combine officially begins today in Indianapolis, and 10 Gators were invited. Let's take a look at each Gator who will be participating. At the bottom is a breakdown of the combine schedule, detailing when each position group will arrive and what they will undergo during the process. Sharrif Floyd, DT Unlike the rest of his Gator teammates, Floyd is a sure-fire first-round selection. Some draft analysts even have Floyd going as the second or third overall selection in… Read More »


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So, recently when I was parsing zillions of rows of data and aggregating related data into partial CSV files and then aggregating the bits of partial of data to reports I thought - Aha! MapReduce.
For a whole bunch of good design decisions I was using Apache Camel - a neat pipelining tool which with a bit of help from ActiveMQ provides the sort of long running stability that I needed. Camel however does not do Map/Reduce, but it does have the Aggregator Integration pattern, which you can use to so a similar thing.
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Now, imagine you empty your jar of loose change into one of those coin counting machines in the Mall. Internally all the coins are sorted by falling through a hole which is either nickle, dime or quarter shaped and as they emerge from the other side they are counted*. That's aggregation Camel style.
I did hit a bit of a snag. I couldn't work out how to tell the Aggregator Integration pattern that there were no more files to come... Stop... Woaa-there... Desist!
It turns out that hidden away (in the middle of the docs) the File endpoint rather usefully sets a flag in the headers called CamelBatchComplete which is just what I was looking for:
Good luck fellow travelers.
* I have no idea how a coin counting machine works.


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Q. Can the periodic reevaluation requirement be satisfied by the physical therapist assistant having a conference or discussion with the physical therapist about the patient's condition?
The practice act requires reevaluation of the patient on every eighth treatment day or every sixty calendar days, whichever comes first, when care is provided by the physical therapist assistant. The physical therapist has the authority and obligation to reassess and modify the plan of care and associated physical therapy interventions as appropriate on each visit (whereas a physical therapist assistant does not). The Board considers the reevaluation standard to be satisfied when the physical therapist sees the patient and performs some type of evaluation (as limited or detailed as the physical therapist feels is necessary dependent on the patient's condition). A conference or discussion about the patient will not satisfy the reevaluation standard.
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The care and treatment of wounds has been performed by physical therapists in South Carolina and the United States for many years. The physical therapy treatment has included, but has not been limited to, whirlpool or other forms of hydration, debridement of a sharp or blunt nature or by use of other mechanical or chemical agents (specifically prescribed by a physician when appropriate), and dressing changes. Educational support for these procedures in many cases are provided in the physical therapy schools and in multiple forms via continuing education. There are no statutory limits in place regarding physical therapy intervention with wound care services (including debridement) or on the setting in which any such treatment may occur. To date, there have been no complaints received and no disciplinary actions taken against any physical therapy licensees regarding the performance of any wound care activity. The Board has taken no steps to limit the practice of physical therapy in this area.
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Calculating the Lie Derivative
It's all well and good to define the Lie derivative, but it's not exactly straightforward to calculate it from the definition. For one thing, it requires knowing the flow of the vector field , which requires solving a differential equation that might be difficult in practice. Luckily, there's an easier way.
But first, a lemma: if is an interval containing , is an open set, and is a differentiable function with for all , then there is another differentiable function such that
This is basically just like a lemma we proved for functions on star-shaped neighborhoods. Indeed, it suffices to set
Now let , , and is the local flow of a vector field on a region containing . Consider the function , which satisfies the condition of the above lemma. We can thus write
for some . Or if we write we can write
We also can see that . And so we can write
So now we calculate
Last time we wrote the action of on a smooth function as
which pattern we can recognize in our formula. We thus continue
That is, for any two vector fields the Lie derivative is actually the same as the bracket .


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Looking back at the Tour de France, images of Chris Froome looking like he'd rather be anyplace else than on a bike are inescapable. I've never met him so I don't know if he normally just looks like that, always a bit ill-at-ease. I can relate to that. On the other hand, the only time I feel comfortable is when I am on my bike. Physically and socially comfortable. It's just hard to believe this guy won the Tour de France.
Yes, you have to suffer to win, but guys like Merckx and Lance and Contador… they look like they're ready to rip an arm off if it would get them up the hill faster. They look like they're using pain as fuel. The only time I saw him look to be in his element was during the second time trial.


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We are a small group of companies, each specializing in different markets, providing professional, outstanding service to our clients. RGB Productions provides audio visual solutions to the corporate world for conferences and meetings, travelling internationally; PRS Productions provides DJ and VJ Services and Equipment Rentals to the local market; Coast-to-Coast Display Services installs trade show booths across Canada. RGB Productions is the parent company, and the name is derived from the old style video projectors which had a red, green, and blue lens.
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China's Slowing Inflation Is Good News for Asia
China's consumer price index rose just 2.1% in March. The WSJ's Jake Lee tells Michael Arnold why slower inflation is a good sign for the economies of China and the region as a whole.
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I ... the the ... China's inflation eases in March meeting the government's base to pursue an easier policy for Asia Today this is Michael Arnold joining me is Jake Lee ... Wall Street Journal Asia Markets Editor ... Jake ... the inflation figures coming off a very high figure in February I'm wondering what is today's policy mean for the government for China's economy is awful ... was reading is good news is a ghastly had high inflation if every above three percent it's come right down to two percent to four months in a mosque ... says redid musically an essential By as resigning quite Whole coach was taking money out of the banking system who seem to keep a close eye on this high inflation ... and that'll means bad news for bank lending and the Congress in general ... the now that we have inflation come down to just get their head of the government and more important central bank a bit more in the mood of so much frequency ... and that should be a beast a great ... this is one of the more closely watched data points not just in China but ... in all of Asia its Underwood is today is that I mean for Asia as a whole show was good the good news is well for the rest of Asia is still so reliant on China and if things are happening that's good news in China's can mean good news for the rest the Weld what these trading ties it should mean more trade ... and of course just the current seasonal is those things we've seen and just pick up I'd Australian dollar ... it's a Austria's relying on China can use that ... is crystal says and I'm saying here in Hong Kong ... and of course China shows as well to read the market that is a breeding and a mini sigh of relief and is in this is good news the great thing for China ... of course is that a comes as China's in the midst of a transition moving away from a heavily government finance the investment drive towards more consumption ... never new leadership in China has also just taken the ticket office recently ... that is today's data fit into their plans for the coming ... will they be dealing with a set of mini had a wee seen summits grocery come off from the Cepheid double digit numbers down to around seven percent ... they say this is what they want they wanted trying Colgrove to get back to court secret ... and yet she right ... away from the so the export dependent clauses of the government spending pushed ever seen on these GIMP structure projects ... that I get more consumer spending guy ... and inflation come down as probably couldn't be good news a more stable commonly on them at a track could be good news for consumer spending which that desperate to see a lot higher on which the whole world is to support the good news on that ... note Peugeot the crevices in State ... of the margins kidneys I say ... Jake Lee Asia Markets Editor for The Wall Street Journal thanks for joining us


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Leavenworth County, Kansas
Leavenworth county was organized on September 17, 1855, as one of the original 33 counties organized by the Territorial Legislature. Its founders were Robert Wilson; John A. Halderman; Joseph M. Hall; and Mathew Walker, and it contains the cities of Tonganoxie, Lansing, Easton, Basehor, Leavenworth and Linwood. The county is named for Colonel Henry Leavenworth, founder of the fort.
The establishment of Fort Leavenworth in 1827, as a cantonment, and the founding of a Methodist Mission in 1833 assisted in establishing settlement in the county.
The Leavenworth Methodist Church, established in 1855, and the Leavenworth Catholic Church, organized the same year, are the oldest churches in the county. The first county fair was held in Leavenworth on October 6-9, 1863. The first school was established in 1855, but as regular school system did not begin until 1858.
Colonel D. R. Anthony, a native of Leavenworth county and editor of the Leavenworth Conservative newspaper (founded 1861) was an influential editor, politician and spokesman for the state of Kansas. Four generations of this family have been associated with either the newspaper, the practice of law, and/or as elected officials and representatives.
The north "Esplanade" district of Leavenworth is an historic district on the National Register. A complete listing can be obtained from the Leavenworth County Historical Society, or from the Chamber of Commerce.
- See our Kansas Counties database for statistics in the county.
- Search our Register database for historic sites in the county.
- Search Kansas Memory for historic items from the county.
For more information see the Leavenworth County website.The Leavenworth County Historical Society has a large archives, manuscripts collections, and other primary and secondary source materials available for research.
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|Faux leather where it belongs! (In a Return of the Jedi waste paper basket from Phin's youth.)
My faux leather muslin was a big waste of time.The faux leather was so stiff and unforgiving that none of the seams would press open or lay flat. Instead they fought to stand up like a spine, pushing the jacket away from my body and distorting the fit. The only good thing was...was... um... Scratch that: there was nothing good about this muslin.
Lessons learned: I hate faux leather with a burning itch. Or at least I hate cheap/bad faux leather. And it smells, too, which is also bad and itch-inducing. It's been a week and the Craft Lounge still smells like faux-ness, if you know what I mean.
Honestly, I could not tell a single thing about all my fitting changes in this fabric. It was like wearing stiff paper. So, by the time I was boarding a plane for Montreal, jacket pieces were re-cut from the remains of the heinous denim that I used for muslin 1.0. I'm feeling much less hostile toward this homely floral/camo denim these days. Nothing like a really bad fabric to give you a new perspective.
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As you probably already know from this post about data efficiency, BlackBerry® smartphones are designed to be data efficient. But did you know that BlackBerry smartphones can give you more of what you love (including more emails, more web browsing and more social networking) for the same amount of data as other leading smartphones? We call this DataSmart™ technology and it's only available with BlackBerry smartphones.
What is DataSmart technology? Well, the simplest way to think about it is to compare it to zipping large files on your computer. When you use data on a BlackBerry smartphone, it's almost as if the data is zipped up before it's sent or received, so it's smaller and uses up less of your data plan.
In fact, according to a new study by Rysavy Research*, only BlackBerry smartphones with DataSmart technology enable up to 2x more web browsing, 4x more email and 2x more social networking than other leading smartphones within your fixed data plan. According to Peter Rysavy, benefits of BlackBerry smartphones with DataSmart technology could include lower monthly service plans, faster application operation and increased battery life.
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This set of three candles, hand-painted by South African artisans, arrives in a recycled cardboard box. Each candle is 9 inches tall by 0.75 inches in diameter.
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This unique expedition takes you to three North Eastern states – Assam, Arunachal and Meghalaya. Starting from Guwahatti, the expedition enters Arunachal and reaches the monastery town of Tawang via Dirang. Kaziranga with its single-honed Rhino is another good reason to do this expedition. On the last leg the drive reaches Shillong where you are treated to a visit to Chirapunjee. A live band will ensure that you get a slice of the cultural heritage too. Must do, if North East was always in your to-do list.
Entry Fee:
1. The entry fee is Rs. 2,00,000, inclusive of taxes. This fee is applicable for a team of 2. The entry fee payable towards kids will be accepted either through Cheque/DD in favour of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Payable at Mumbai .
2. For additional person fee is Rs.75,000/- per person. For kids above 10 years and below 18 years the entry fee is Rs.20,000 per person.
3. Easy payment through EMI option available. Please check the details in the registration page.
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- All Mahindra Adventure expedition involves lot of long distance driving and may not be a typical sightseeing trip. Though we ensure there is ample time and opportunity for photography and leisure, it can still get tiring for amateur drivers.
- The vehicle for the expedition will be provided by Mahindra Adventure. These vehicles are expedition ready Mahindra SUVs which, primarily are Scorpio's or XUV 500's.
- The vehicles will be handed over to the participants during the flag-off ceremony, with full tank of fuel. And any subsequent refuelling that may be required enroute has to be taken care by the respective participants.
- Allotment of vehicles will be on the basis of a lucky draw. Though we give preferential allotment to the early bird entries.
- Maximum 4 people are allowed per car. Please refer the entry fee details for the additional person charges.
- Mahindra Adventure will take care of all the accommodation, food, permits and the maintenance of the vehicles
- Accommodation is on twin sharing basis only. If participants need a single supplement, please contact the organizers.
- The additional person fee listed in the website is on the basis of twin sharing. If single travellers or teams having odd number of participants who wish to share accommodations, then the additional person will be on a triple occupancy with his respective team. Every effort will be made to match them with a roommate and if a suitable roommate is not available until the time of expedition and if the participant doesn't wish to be in a triple occupancy, then a single supplement fee will be applicable. Single supplements guarantee single accommodations in all hotels. Contact Mahindra Adventure for more details.
- Expenses like tolls, fuel, flight tickets, airport transfers and any other unforeseen circumstances like ill health and situations arising due to act of god has to be borne by the participant.
- Atleast one participant per team should have a valid driving license. And a valid passport is a must for trans-border expeditions.
- We recommend all participants to take personal insurance pertaining to such kind of road trips.
- Mahindra Adventure Management Team reserves the right to change or cancel the expedition without prior notice.
- Dates and entry fee are subject to change.
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|Judge Teresa Hawthorne
Prosecutors, with the help of a judge appointed by Rick Perry, may have been successful today in forcing Judge Hawthorne to recuse herself (just as other prosecutors were successful in shutting down the 2010 hearing in Judge Charlie Baird's court on the Todd Willingham case), but as we said in an earlier post "these type of rulings are likely to continue as more and more judges reach the same conclusion. One day, we expect it will be the U.S. Supreme Court that will rule the death penalty unconstitutional, but until then we are happy to see lower level courts build momentum towards the day when the death penalty will be rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court."
From the Dallas Observer:
Teresa Hawthorne, the Dallas County judge who ruled that the state's death penalty statute was unconstitutional, must recuse herself from a capital murder case, a judge ruled today.and
Assistant District Attorney David Alex argued that Hawthorne's bias against the death penalty was clear from statements she made during a December 19 pre-trial hearing. He quoted, in bits and pieces, things the judge said in open court that day, such as: "I remember when women and blacks could not vote. I remember when so-called witches were burned. I remember when gays had to hide to be in the military." Hawthorne said then she wasn't trying to engage in judicial activism; she insisted last month that she was not trying to "buck the system or stir the waters." Alex vehemently disagreed.
"The judge analogized the death penalty to some very heinous times in our American history," Alex told the court. It's obvious, he said, that she has "very strong emotional, personal feelings against the death penalty. ... But none of these things have anything to do with legal precedent."
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The Road Back to Burning Man
Globe-trotting travel writer Alexandra Baackes finds herself back in the Silver State and headed to Black Rock City for the week-long Burning Man Festival, and couldnt be more psyched to get back "home"
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The spirit of Burning Man can be found year-round in northern Nevada. This route will take you on the same path as the annual pilgrimage burners make every August for Burning Man out to the Black Rock Desert and beyond.
205 miles/330 kilometers
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In Reno, Burners are keeping the Burning Man magic alive all over the city. Take a day to explore burner boutiques, art from the playa, and the creative corners of the Biggest Little City where Reno-based burners thrive.
Reno is home to many local businesses that have a little extra burner flair. Pop into these shops while exploring MidTown, Reno's hippest neighborhood.
The Generator is an inclusive art space for anyone who wants to make art and be a part of a creative community. This collaborative art space operates under the same creative community ethic outlined in Burning Man's Ten Principles. The Generator is best known for the large projects they create for display (and participation) at Burning Man. The best part: you don't have to be an artist to browse through the working gallery of things being built here. The Generator is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.
The Morris Burner Hostel is part hostel - part art gallery. It is open to everyone, but you must become a member to rest your head here. An annual membership is $50, and monthly membership is $20. If you've made other hotel arrangements, this place is still worth checking out. They give free guided tours and no reservation is required. Just stop by and they'll be happy to show you around and answer any questions you may have. For 2017's Burning Man, Morris Burner Hostel is an official ride share location. If you're searching for a ride out to the playa, swing by to see if you can jump in with another attendee.
While in the area, check out the new craft breweries along Fourth Street as well as the Reno Bike Project, a community bike shop that fixes up old bikes for Burning Man.
Some of the art from Burning Man finds a permanent home in Reno. You'll find sculptures from the playa, but also murals and other creative pieces while strolling along the Reno RiverWalk, the Reno Playa Art Park, and at the plaza outside of the Nevada Museum of Art.
Described as a Burner's bar, Jub Jub's Thirst Parlor is a perfect place to wet your whistle while getting in the Burning Man spirit. The owners are burners themselves and they have a Jub Jub's theme camp at Burning Man. You'll meet some characters in this dive bar that will leave you with some pretty great stories to tell.
The drive to Pyramid Lake is one of the most underrated scenic routes in the state. This vast sapphire jewel nestled in the desert mountains is completely different from the Tahoe experience and a must-see while experiencing the Burner Byway.
Many people drive out to Pyramid Lake to peacefully soak in the amazing views, desert colors and even the remarkable silence. State Route 445 leads directly to a magnificent viewpoint. Get out of the car and don't forget the camera. From this spot the Earth's most spectacular tufa deposits are visible. This is also a great spot to observe the lake's namesake. Explorer John C. Fremont (1845) named the lake after the pyramidal-shaped island that lies along the eastern shore. The Paiute name for the island is Wono, meaning cone-shaped basket.
The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Museum and Visitor Center features exhibits on the Pyramid Lake Paiute tribe's history and culture so it's a great place to continue an adventure. Here visitors can learn how the Paiute people hold this entire area very sacred to their culture. Visitors can purchase camping, boating and fishing permits at the center. Hours of operation are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and during the summer, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturdays.
The Pyramid Lake Fisheries near Sutcliffe on Nevada state Route 445 is a great place to learn about fish husbandry. Spawning season can run from March through May. To schedule a tour, call the administration office at (775) 476-0500.
The town's slogan is "Where the pavement ends, and the west begins," and we think that couldn't be more fitting. Gerlach is the last place to get gas before heading into the Black Rock Desert, but there are a few other reasons to hang around Main Street.
Stop at Bruno's Country Club for the famous ravioli. The restaurant also has homemade pies and an ice cream machine, which makes for a perfect treat on hot days. Bruno's has a bar and mini-casino, and this is where you'll find the locals. The staff is very friendly and is a great resource on things to see and do in the area.
The Friends of Black Rock/High Rock office is the place to learn about the area and pick up last-minute supplies. The staff can provide tips to exploring the Black Rock High Rock Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, plus it's a great place to stop and check out a detailed map of Guru Road.
No trip to Gerlach is complete without a visit to Guru Road. Built by DeWayne "Doobie" Williams in the late '70s through the early '90s, this mile-long dirt road corridor can be found just 2 miles north of Gerlach and is easily accessible by any vehicle. Using local stone and other found objects, Doobie crafted tributes to family, friends and local residents. Words of wisdom line the road and there are several large pieces including a weather station, a tribute to Elvis, Aphrodite and the Desert Broadcast System. Guru Road is accessible year-round and is just north of town on Highway 34 (on the left).
Planet X started with just the remnants of an old homestead on the Emigrant Trail. Today, it is a working pottery studio and has four show galleries, along with an outdoor bar and picnic area. It's 28 miles from Gerlach, but trust us - it's worth the drive.
Burning Man has made the Playa at the Black Rock Desert an international icon, but much more happens in this area beyond Burning Man. Wagon ruts, historic inscriptions and a wilderness landscape largely unchanged since the days of the pioneers are found in the Black Rock-High Rock Region of northwestern Nevada.
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Globe-trotting travel writer Alexandra Baackes finds herself back in the Silver State and headed to Black Rock City for the week-long Burning Man Festival, and couldnt be more psyched to get back "home"
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