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Understanding of the links between coral reef ecosystems, the goods and services they provide to people, and the wellbeing of human societies.
Examining the multi-scale dynamics of reefs, from population dynamics to macroevolution
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I'm not new to baking. Far from, really. I've blogged on my own site, BakingandMistaking.com, for 2 ½ years, and I've been a food columnist for The Jewish Week for almost a year. But after beginning the semester at the Jerusalem Culinary Institute – as a Patisserie student – several weeks ago, I've had to forget just about everything I already knew.
Forget about scooping some flour up with a measuring cup and scraping the rest off, forget grabbing a handful of chocolate chips and saying… 'hmm, looks about right' and definitely forget contemplating swapping the recipe ingredients for those you happen to have lying around the kitchen. In the professional pastry kitchen, everything is about precision. Every ingredient is weighed exactly, everything is mixed in the right order and everything is timed to the last minute.
The course is 6 months long, covering everything from cookies to danishes, tarts, chocolate and even wedding cakes. The first three weeks was spent on bread instruction, and after that it has become clear that timing truly is everything. In the kitchen, inaction is as important as action. This means that the waiting and resting periods of making challah are crucial to its development. If you try to speed this process up, the finished product will suffer
There are two other important things to keep in mind for making the best challah. The first is ingredient choice. I use bread flour here, as opposed to all purpose, which has a higher gluten content. In addition, instant dry yeast, and never active dry yeast, is used. It is a much more reliable product for bread use. If you truly can't find it, you can use active dry yeast in the same quantities but it must be dissolved in the water first and left for 5 to 10 minute to develop bubbles.
The last thing you do to ensure perfect challah is the shaping. Never rip apart your challah pieces by hand, this will tear the gluten strands you've worked so hard to develop. Instead use a sharp knife or bench scraper to divide the pieces before forming the shape. After all this effort, you will be rewarded with a mouth-watering challah for your Shabbat table!
320g/11 ounces water
80g/3 ounces sugar
12g/0.5 ounces salt
60g/2 ounces oil
100g/3.5 ounces eggs (approximately 2 large eggs)
800g/28 ounces bread flour
12g/0.5 ounces instant dry yeast
Egg, for brushing
Sesame seeds (optional)
Add the water, sugar, salt, oil and eggs to a large bowl. Top with the flour and yeast. Mix well, in a mixer with a dough hook attachment or with a wooden spoon. Mix on low to moisten all the ingredients, then on medium for about 8 minutes until the dough has completely gathered together and is worked well. By hand, it should take 10 to 12 minutes of kneading, and the dough should spring back when poked.
Remove the dough from the bowl or mixer, on to a lightly floured surface. Dust with flour, cover with a cloth or plastic wrap, and let rest for 30 to 45 minutes (if your kitchen is very warm, the lesser time should be enough). When you poke the dough now, it should hold the indentation.
Using a knife or bench scraper (do not rip by hand), and working on a floured surface, divide the dough in to 3 equal pieces. Take one of those pieces, then cut in to 4 equal pieces.
Working with one piece at a time, flatten it out in to a rectangle, then roll up tightly, pressing to seal, in to a cylinder. Roll out in to a long thing rope. Continue with the remaining pieces.
Press the 4 ropes together at the top to seal, then braid in the following pattern: 4 over 2, 1 over 3, 2 over 3, repeat. The numbers reset after every turn, so there is no keeping track of which piece is which.
After braiding, brush with the egg wash (reserve what is left) and let rise for an additional 30 to 45 minutes. Brush again with the egg, top with sesame seeds if using, then bake on 160 C/320 F for 30 to 40 minutes. Let cool.
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Great tips. I always heard you shouldn't work the dough so much (rolling into a cylinder). Will have to try it.

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Last week Rick Perry questioned the prevailing orthodoxy on global warming. There was, as is easy to imagine, no shortage of warmists waiting to pounce. Remarkably, one of the first questions later put to Governor Perry was whether he accepted the correctness of evolution as if the science behind global warming was supported by even a tenth as much evidence as we have for evolution. What is troubling, however, is that some of the other candidates for the Republican nomination still accept the theory of man-made warming. Worse, they are apparently prepared to act on their beliefs if elected president.


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Role play suits Julian Edelman just fine
FOXBOROUGH — With Wes Welker on pace for another Wes Welker kind of season, the teammate who may end up being Welker's replacement someday is looking for his own role on the Patriots.
Ever since being drafted by the Patriots in the seventh round in 2009 and making the conversion from quarterback (the Patriots were pretty set there), Julian Edelman has returned punts, and earned some snaps as a receiver. Late last season, he even played a little in the secondary.
After having a solid training camp, Edelman was rewarded with more playing time at receiver, especially in the home-opening loss to the Cardinals, when he started in place of Welker and was on the field for 73 of the Patriots' 80 offensive plays.
He was headed for a similar ratio the following week at Baltimore, but hurt his hand late in the first half and did not return. The injury cost him the next three games and he finally returned in the 29-26 overtime win over the Jets Oct. 21.
The injury interrupted the momentum Edelman had built over the summer and the first 2½ games of the season. Now that he's back on the field, will the same role be there for him?
"I really don't have the decision on that,'' Edelman said after Thursday's practice. "I come in to work, I look at the game plan, I look where they have me at, and I go in and study it as hard as I can, then execute it to the best of my ability.
"Coach [Bill Belichick] brought me here, and so I respect that, and whatever he does — I mean, he's a mastermind — and we're winning games, any way I can help this team, that's why I'm here.''
Edelman found himself in the middle of a delicate situation early in the season, at least in the eyes of many Patriots fans, when it appeared he was taking playing time away from Welker, who led the league in receptions last season and is the club's all-time receptions leader. Both are short slot receivers, and with Edelman's snap counts increasing, Welker's were decreasing.
That changed when Edelman and tight end Aaron Hernandez missed games because of injuries. Welker's four highest snap-count percentages this season came when Edelman wasn't available, for all or some of the game: Baltimore (89 percent), Buffalo (96 percent), Denver (89 percent), and Seattle (88 percent). Since Edelman has returned, Welker's snap counts have dipped again, to 80 percent against the Jets and 68 percent in the blowout win in London over the Rams.
Now, as then, Edelman chooses not to insert himself into any playing-time controversy. With Welker once again among the league leaders (60 receptions, 736 yards), perhaps there isn't one.
Edelman then (after the loss to Arizona): "You know, we just all come in here and, speaking for myself, do what the coaches tell us to do. I'm here to contribute to the team, and if that's getting snaps, if that's playing special teams, it's whatever they say. All I'm going to do is take the coaching and try to contribute to this team.''
Edelman now: "Finding a role? I'm just doing what the coaches ask me to do. You know how the Patriots are, the coaches come up with something every week, and whatever my role is that week, I'm going to do whatever I can to do my best at what they want from me. Like I keep on saying, I'm here to help contribute to the team, and whatever that is, that is.''
This much is certain when the Patriots welcome the Bills to Gillette Stadium for a 1 p.m. game on Sunday. Edelman will return some punts (he is the franchise's career leader in punt return average, at 11.9), and he'll have a chance to catch some passes from Tom Brady.
Edelman's receiving numbers for the season resemble a good game by Welker standards: 13 catches, 100 yards, 1 touchdown. There is a discrepancy in their production, and an even bigger one in salary: Welker is playing this season under the franchise tag, and is making $9.5 million. Edelman is in the final year of the four-year, $1.8 million contract he signed as a rookie out of Kent State. He's earning $615,000 this season. Both Edelman and Welker are scheduled to be free agents after the season.
What role either might have with the Patriots going forward will be decided at another time. Knowing their roles now can help win games.
"They want us to be open, catch the ball, and make plays,'' said receiver Brandon Lloyd. "It's pretty clear. Obviously, Wes is going to catch most of his balls inside, [Rob Gronkowski] is going to catch most of his balls over the middle, and I'm going to catch the majority of mine outside.''
Where does that leave Edelman? Besides returning punts, that is, and he even shares that duty with Welker, who has 108 return yards to Edelman's 80 and a higher average of 13.5 yards to Edelman's 8.8 despite one fewer return (eight).
"I would like for us to win,'' Edelman said, somewhat deflecting the question. "We're thinking about the Bills, not my role. I'm thinking about getting open on all these guys out there and how to make plays.''


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The Richmond Times-Dispatch called it a "political earthquake." It was the "upset of the century," added Fredericksburg's Free Lance-Star. A powerful, veteran member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia had fallen in a primary to a political upstart.
No, these are not the words used to describe House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's primary loss Tuesday night to Dave Brat, an obscure economics professor at Randolph-Macon College. They are from 48 years ago, when Rep. Howard Smith, the chairman of the House's mighty Rules Committee, fell in the Democratic primary to George Rawlings, a member of the Virginia House of Delegates.
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There is a fairly easy explanation for what happened in 1966: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 had vastly expanded black suffrage, and a new influx of African-American voters shook up the Democratic Party a year later, contributing not only to the defeat of Smith but also Sen. Willis Robertson, a Democrat and the father of televangelist Pat Robertson, in the Senate primary. The southern Democratic parties had been struggling to reconcile their national and local identities for decades, and, at least in Virginia, this change in the electorate helped destroy the old order, leading to a more traditional Democratic-versus-Republican system.
Perhaps five decades from now, Cantor's loss will be easier to explain within the context of larger events. Maybe it is indeed a harbinger of a coming " populist revolution" or a sign that the Republican Civil War is once again at full tilt. But as of right now, the best explanation seems to be a combination of factors that have more to do with Cantor and his position than with larger forces in American life.
Although a primary loss by the House majority leader is a shock—and also unprecedented in American history since the creation of the position in 1899—it does not come as part of a clear and larger anti-incumbent wave. So far this year, 26 states have held their primaries to determine the nominees for 257 House seats (including the advancing candidates in California's top-two system)—59 percent of the national total. Of the 229 incumbents running again, only two have lost: Cantor and Rep. Ralph Hall, a 91-year-old Republican who would have been renominated if Texas did not have a runoff system requiring winners to get over 50 percent (just 11 states have some form of runoff system, and nearly all of them are in the South).
Even with the rise of the Tea Party, just the latest outbreak of a strain of anti-D.C. Republican conservatism that goes back at least to Barry Goldwater, there has not been a steady rise in the number of primary defeats. Since the end of World War II, just 2 percent of the House members and 5 percent of the Senate members seeking renomination have been defeated. In 2010, the year of the Tea Party, 397 members of the House ran for renomination, and just four were denied it (1 percent). In 2012, 391 members of the House ran for renomination: 13 lost (3 percent), but eightof those lost to other members of Congress in redistricting-induced member vs. member battles.
So yes, House members lose primaries every year, but typically only a few. Oftentimes, they come as surprises, like last cycle's losses by Reps. Cliff Stearns, a Florida Republican, and John Sullivan, an Oklahoma Republican. In both cases, the incumbents were largely caught flat-footed and, generally speaking, the conventional wisdom prior to Cantor's ouster was that when Republicans take primaries seriously, they win. But now there's a sense that Cantor might have actually taken this one too seriously.
Fresh-faced candidates often struggle to get their names out to the electorate, to the point that negative advertising by the other side might actually help. One freshman House member recently told me that he thanked the leader of the other party when he got to Capitol Hill for all the negative ads in his race. It's an anecdotal theory, but Cantor's heavy, negative attacks on Brat might have just served to elevate his standing with voters, a point Brat made himself in post-race interviews. Consider that Brat only raised about $200,000 while Cantor had more than $5 million to work with. Support from conservative radio talkers like Laura Ingraham was probably also helpful to raising Brat's profile.
With Virginia's open primary system, Democrats could attempt to influence the outcome of the race—and it appears that they may have tried to some degree. Virginia has no party registration, so voters can easily vote in a Republican primary one year and a Democratic primary the next.
A precinct-level look at Henrico County (which partially surrounds Richmond), where a little less than a third of the contest's votes came from, shows some evidence of increased turnout in heavily Democratic districts. Although overall turnout in the Henrico precincts of the Seventh District was up 45 percent compared with Cantor's 2012 primary win, nine of the 10 precincts where President Obama won 60 percent or more of the vote in 2012 had at least a 50 percent increase in primary turnout; six had at least a 66 percent increase. This is not to say that Democrats won Brat the election. After all, he won by an 11-point margin, and even with an open system, most primary voters are committed partisans (in this case, Republicans). As such, it's a stretch to classify this as anything other than a defeat inflicted by Republicans on a Republican. Still, there are indications that Brat was reaching out to Democrats for support, and some may have answered his call. Overall, turnout was up dramatically from the 2012 primary, going from about 47,000 to 65,000.


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We all make requests every day—asking our friends to join us for lunch, asking our coworkers to switch a shift, asking our housemates not to leave their dirty dishes in the sink. In these everyday encounters, it's easy to tell if people are agreeing readily, agreeing reluctantly, or refusing.
Does this sound painfully obvious? Good, because it is. The ability to read people's signals of agreement and refusal is a skill set we develop very early in life. When we ask people to do things, most of us are very good at reading their response and determining whether they are agreeing or refusing. If the signals are mixed or confusing—that is, if the response is ambiguous—it's easy to spot that as well. "Interpreting cues can take a bit more effort when people are impaired (for example, by exhaustion, intoxication, or anxiety)," says Dr. Melanie Boyd, who runs programming designed to create a more positive sexual and romantic culture at Yale University. "But those deeply ingrained skills don't desert us even then."
Verbal signs
- Brief, direct answers, such as "Sure!"
- Concrete planning (e.g., "I'd love to! When?")
Body language
- Direct eye contact
- A step toward you
- Nodding and smiling
Verbal signs
- Long, indirect answers with pauses, such as "Oh, I'd love to…but I actually have to finish a paper…"
Body language
- Avoiding eye contact
- Looking closed off
- Leaning away
Consent: Critical, but not complicated
Sometimes, people act as if consent around sex is totally different from consenting to nonsexual things in life, as if we need some special training to interpret signals of agreement and refusal in romantic or sexual contexts. This simply isn't true. Research shows we use the same everyday signals—both verbal and nonverbal—to communicate interest in sexual situations as we do in everyday life. For example, study participants reported easily being able to understand their partner's subtle, nonverbal forms of agreement and refusal during casual sexual encounters, according to a 2010 study of 21 young adults published in Culture, Health, and Sexuality.
Some people have genuine difficulty interpreting nonverbal language and social cues. This has implications for establishing mutual sexual consent.
What to say to your partner if understanding body language is hard for you
"I don't always pick up on body language, so if I misunderstand you, it's not intentional. Please tell me directly what you want and what you don't want."
What to say to your partner if understanding body language is hard for them
"Let's be direct so we're sure to understand each other. I'll tell you what I want and what I don't want. What do you want?"
How misunderstandings can happen
"This is mainly about the ability to read other people's intentions and thoughts," says Dr. Isabelle Hénault, a sexologist and psychologist based in Quebec. "Especially with individuals with Asperger syndrome or other autism conditions, they rarely act out with a negative intention. Any problems are most likely about misreading situations."
So what exactly is consent?
Consent is a clear, voluntary, and ongoing agreement to engage in a sexual encounter. Spotting agreement is obvious, and anything less is not consent.
This doesn't make us mind readers; we can't know someone's innermost desires or what they will want in the future. But we can tell if someone is actively engaged in an encounter or if they are anything less than engaged.
Raising the bar above consent
Consent is necessary. If you choose to engage in sexual or romantic encounters, it's critical to pay attention to and respect your partner's signals of agreement, and you should expect your partner to do the same.
However, we—as individuals and as communities—want encounters that are more than just consensual. "The ideal is a genuinely mutual, engaged, connected encounter that's working for both people," says Dr. Boyd. This means holding out for encounters that are not just consensual but also enthusiastic. We aren't just looking for the "yes" of consent—we're looking for the "YES!" of enthusiasm.
Why enthusiasm is the goal
Enthusiastic encounters are better for our community, and they're a lot more pleasurable. "By making absolutely sure that your partner wants to be involved in what you're doing sexually, you're…going to have a [better] time. You'll know what they want, in their own words. You can gauge from the way their eyelids flutter (or close), the way their breathing gets heavier, the way their body squirms as they answer your questions. And being on the receiving end of those questions (even if it makes you blush!) is pretty sexy," writes Rachel Kramer Bussel, a journalist and blogger, in the anthology Yes Means Yes: Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World Without Rape (Seal Press, 2008).
Ensuring enthusiasm
Enthusiasm in a sexual or romantic encounter looks a lot like enthusiasm in everyday contexts. "I've always found it really clear if both parties are engaged and interested," says Katie R.*, a third-year student at the University of Victoria, Canada in a recent Student Health 101 survey. "You both smile, there's electricity, it's exciting. [There's a] super-stark difference when someone is not interested. They won't make eye contact, their shoulders are clenched, very tense, they're quiet."
How can you make sure that your encounters are as enthusiastic as you'd like them to be? "Furthering the conversation in a positive way is fun," Twanna A. Hines, the sex writer behind the Funky Brown Chick blog and Twitter account, told Student Health 101. Try questions like these, she says: "What are you into? What's the hottest thing you've ever tried?"
Here are some in-the-moment strategies from our student readers
Students recommend saying...
"Tell me something that excites you."
—Sophia T.*, first-year graduate student, University of New Brunswick, Canada
"What really turns you on? How do you like to be touched? Is this too much? Too little?"
—James Z.*, first-year graduate student, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
"Do you like when I touch you here?"
—Marvin B.*, third-year student, San Bernardino Valley College, California
Students recommend saying...
"Something seems a little off tonight. Should we save this for another time?"
—Sydney R.*, third-year graduate student, University of Victoria, Canada
"Maybe we should take a break. Snacks, water, chill out a bit?"
—Aiden P.*, fourth-year graduate student, University of Delaware
"We don't have to force anything. Let's cool it down and just enjoy being together."
—Andrea L.*, first-year graduate student, Utah State University
"Do you want to put on a movie instead?"
—Logan N.*, second-year graduate student, Portland State University, Oregon
Students recommend saying...
"I have a busy day tomorrow."
—Amanda T.*, third-year graduate student, Montclair State University, New Jersey
"I kinda just told them I wasn't into it, but told them it wasn't because of them."
—Russell E.*, fifth-year student, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
"I explained I wasn't comfortable, and after we stopped, I explained why. He didn't press me to go further and it was fine."
—Megan V.*, second-year graduate student, University of Arkansas
"Simply say 'no.' You don't need further justification after that."
—Leo F.*, second-year online student, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, British Columbia, Canada
Handling unwanted pressure
Most importantly, don't tolerate even low levels of sexual pressure. If you feel like you sent clear signals of refusal, you probably did. It's never OK for someone to push at your sexual boundaries. To do so is a form of disregard: to act as if the other persons' wishes don't matter. This type of disregard can escalate into sexual assault, but it's a problem even when it doesn't. Pressured sexual encounters—even when they are consensual—are often deeply uncomfortable.
If you ever do encounter sexual pressure, you can look around for intervention and support. In the moment, seek out authority figures such as party hosts or bouncers who can help you if you need it. If you're looking for an excuse to leave an uncomfortable situation, try texting a friend and asking them to call you, or simply get up and leave. If you do experience pressured sex—if someone pushes your boundaries or crosses them—you may find that talking about it is helpful. Reach out to friends, family members, and school resources such as counseling services, health services, a dean or advisor, or call/chat the National Sexual Assault hotline: 1-800-656-4673.
The mindset: Holding out for ideal sexual encounters
Reflect on what you want from intimacy, romance, and sex. When we do this, we all benefit. For example, our sexual encounters will be more engaged and pleasurable; we can feel confident that our decisions to have sex or not will be respected; and we can all feel more comfortable checking in with our partners to find the practices that work best for us. Working together, we can build communities where enthusiastic encounters are the norm.
*Student names have been changed for privacy
Sexual empowerment webinars & info: Amy Jo Goddard
What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl's Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety: Jaclyn Friedman (Seal Press, 2011)
Communication and Consent Educators: Yale University
Support with consent skills (contact Adult Services): Asperger/Autism Network [AANE]
National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673
Article sources
Melanie Boyd, PhD, assistant dean in student affairs; lecturer in women's, gender, and sexuality studies, Yale University, Connecticut.
Isabelle Hénault, PhD, director, Clinique Autisme et Asperger de Montréal, Quebec.
Twanna A. Hines, sexuality writer at https://funkybrownchick.com/.
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The San Francisco SPCA Veterinary Hospitals have two locations, one in Pacific Heights at 2343 Fillmore Street and one in the Mission at 201 Alabama Street. We are working hard to integrate the systems of the two hospitals, but in the mean time, the information from each hospital is accessed via a different link.
If your pet's records are at our Pacific Heights campus, click here
If your pet's records are at our Mission campus, click here
In the future, you may want to bookmark the direct page for your Pet Portal login. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to merge our systems fully.


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Dick Morris distorted facts on campaign finance to support his claim that "disaster is lurking" for Edwards
On July 7, Dick Morris wrote, in a New York Post column titled "Disaster is lurking," that Senator John Edwards's (D-NC) "massive" contributions from lawyers would haunt the Kerry-Edwards '04 ticket -- while Morris ignored that fact that President George W. Bush has taken just as much money from lawyers as has Edwards. Morris also made an unsubstantiated claim that contributions to Edwards from the spouses of his lawyer-donors may be illegal -- despite the Federal Election Commission's (FEC) statement that such contributions are permissible. Finally, Morris cited a Slate.com article reporting contributions from a Little Rock, AR, law firm to Edwards that "appear to have been illegal" -- while failing to note that the same article noted both that Edwards returned those donations and that there was no evidence of wrongdoing on the part of Edwards or his campaign.
Morris wrote, "During his run for the top job, John Edwards relied heavily on leading trial lawyers. Twenty-two of his top 25 donors were trial attorneys. And those donations likely cloak a multitude of sins and violations of the campaign-finance laws." If Edwards's $9.3 million in contributions from lawyers "likely" cloak a "multitude of sins and violations of the campaign finance laws," what lies behind President Bush's $9.2 million in contributions from lawyers? How about Bush's $6.9 million from the securities and investment industry -- more than twice as much as Kerry '04's and Edwards '04's combined?
Morris went on to suggest other illegalities in addition to the allegedly illegal Little Rock law firm contributions: "For example, $1 million of Edwards' funds came from trial lawyers' wives -- identified merely as " homemakers" in the campaign-finance filings. If the money came from their husbands, there could be a violation of law." If there's something wrong with taking money from homemakers, one wonders why Morris didn't mention how much money Bush has taken from them. A search in the Center for Responsive Politics' campaign-finance database for "homemakers" who have given to Bush's presidential campaign returns more than 1,000 results.
Not that there's anything wrong with that: The Federal Election Commission's Supporting Federal Candidates brochure specifically states: "A husband and wife each have separate contribution limits, even if only one spouse has an income."
Morris also noted that an August 2003 Slate.com article by chief political correspondent William Saletan and intern Ben Jacobs reported that contributions from employees at Little Rock lawyer Tab Turner's firm to Edwards's presidential campaign "appear to have been illegal." What Morris neglected to note was that, in the same Slate.com article, Saletan and Jacobs also reported that Edwards's presidential campaign "returned the $10,000 it had received from Turner employees" and that "no evidence had been produced to show that the Edwards campaign knew any of the contributions were illegal." In addition, the same Slate.com article noted that The Washington Post, which investigated employees who had donated to Edwards's campaign from other law firms, "found no indication that these donors had been reimbursed." Further, as Saletan and Jacobs noted, the Los Angeles Times reported the following on April 25, 2003: "There has been no suggestion that the Edwards campaign, or Edwards himself, did anything wrong." Nevertheless, Morris asked: "How many more stories like Turner's are there buried in Edwards' filings?"
So what is Dick Morris talking about? Why is Edwards's $9.3 million from lawyers and law firms a liability but Bush's $9.2 million is not? How did Morris come up with his figure of "$1 million" in contributions to Edwards from "homemakers" ? How much has Bush taken from "homemakers" ? And why does it matter, given that the FEC specifically sanctions contributions from both spouses, even if only one has an income? Morris provides his readers no answers to these questions; instead, he simply hints darkly of "trial-lawyer donations blow[ing] up in Edwards' face."
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Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 5:26 pm
Post subject: Wetsuit-back zip v chest zip
Is the "full back zipper" wetsuit easier to get on/off than the "chest zipper"?
I have narrowed my search to 3 wetsuits and would also appreciate your views/experiences with any of them. All are available with back or chest zippers. The prices are from Wetsuit Wearhouse.
1. O'Neil, Quicksilver SYNCRO, sealed full wetsuit, 3/2; $145
2. O'Neil, EPIC-2 CT full wetsuit, 3/2; $150
3. Rip Curl, DAWN PATROL, full wetsuit, 3/2; $160
Thanks for any help you can give me.
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:00 pm
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I've owned dozens of neoprene fullluits, all but two with backzips. The worst chestzip suit zipped more easily than the best backzip, simply because it's right there in front of me. I suppose that if I wore a bra more often, I'd be used to fastening and unfastening crap behind my own back.
As for getting the suit on and off, not counting zipping it, all I recall was that the front zip access more than made up for any difference in getting in and out of the suit. Maybe I noticed no significant difference in just getting in and out because I far prefer a generous fit with lots of excess shoulder and chest and breathing room.
I asked Promotion why they don't offer frontzip suits.
"Because most people feel they offer too much resistance to reaching forward."
Then who carries their board down to the water's edge for them, and where do they find the strength to uphaul?
But since frontzips are so hard to find, especially at 20-40 cents on the list price dollar, I just use a
* to zip them up. Makes life easy, especially when the only other person on the beach says, "Zip up your own damn suit", as one guy was told.
* a 30" piece of broomstick with a hook on one end. Hook it, lay the other/handle end over your shoulder facing forward, pull down on it to zip. Now the zipper strap is being pulled up and away from your back, so the zipper flap and any shirt or rash guard beneath it stays clear of the zipper. Works very well.
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:27 pm
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How about a suit with no zip? I have an O'Neil Mutant, which is super streachy, very warm and easy to get on and off. Much easier than my old O'Neil Oasis drysuit with the back zipper. I just tied a piece of line to the zipper on the Oasis, and tied the other end to my roof rack to zip, very easy.
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Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:00 pm
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most of the major surf lines have gone to chest zip so that you don't get
"The Flush"
Most of the suits are so stretchy now that you don't need a windsurf specific suit anymore....there was a time when ProMotion made a lot of sense.
Less expensive suits= less stretch
been zippin chest for 5 plus years....not going back
I don't mind the back zip for warmer days....sometimes a little flush is ok, and you are looking at 3/2's so probably no big dea;
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:55 am
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Needing a new suit, I've recently tried both, front & back zip-- really wanted the front zip too work- but frankly- if you've got any muscle/girth on your torso / shoulders- the chest zip may be just way too tight & trouble too get on & off- for me - the O'niel 5/4 back zip worked so much better... As far as 'the flush'..well - that's just the price you pay for a suit that's comfortable to wear and you don't need to wrestle on & off every seasion... Try before you buy might be your best course of action....
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 8:47 am
Post subject: Re: Wetsuit-back zip v chest zip
RichardMueller wrote:
Is the "full back zipper" wetsuit easier to get on/off than the "chest zipper"?
I have narrowed my search to 3 wetsuits and would also appreciate your views/experiences with any of them. All are available with back or chest zippers. The prices are from Wetsuit Wearhouse.
1. O'Neil, Quicksilver SYNCRO, sealed full wetsuit, 3/2; $145
2. O'Neil, EPIC-2 CT full wetsuit, 3/2; $150
3. Rip Curl, DAWN PATROL, full wetsuit, 3/2; $160
Thanks for any help you can give me.
FYI I have a Brand New Synco 3/2 for sale I ordered the worng size still has tags on it will let it go for $70
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:47 pm
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KBack, you sure got my attention with the $70 price for an excellent new wetsuit!
However, I would have the same problem you had. The L size will be too small for me. My waist is 36+ and neck is 16.5+. The Quicksilver Size Chart indicates I would take a XLS.
Since reading responses I am also considering the ProMotion 3m Vision Convertible + arms. The issue that sold me is that it is a specialty windsurfing wetsuit, using a Neoprene covering product that minimizes wind-chill.
All the wetsuits I am considering use Neoprene type with 100% stretch but only the ProMotion Vision focused on the wind-chill issue. The suit costs $270. That is more than a $100 above the price of my other choices. Maybe the wind-chill product is just horsefeathers.
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:51 pm
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jordanwd wrote:
if you've got any muscle/girth on your torso / shoulders- the chest zip may be just way too tight & trouble too get on & off.
Or not, depending on whether that is taken into consideration when buying the suit. I'm all chest and shoulders, so I buy my suits to fit them generously and the rest of the suit comes along for the ride. I absolutely HATE restrictive suits, as they feel claustrophobic, especially when I'm heaving for air after a hard anaerobic reach or three.
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RichardMueller wrote:
The Quicksilver Size Chart indicates I would take a XLS.
only the ProMotion Vision focused on the wind-chill issue.. Maybe the wind-chill product is just horsefeathers.
Wind chill is a very important matter IF sailing in a dry climate. The more humidity, the less it matters. But I doubt a special coating matters much, as long as a suit is Nylon I, which has fabric only on the inside. All other factors constant, a slick exterior suit would be warmest, a cloth exterior suit coolest, and a textured but non-absorbent neoprene exterior in between, closest to the slick skin. Whether a slick suit simply has the slick side of the neoprene on the outside, or has a special coating to achieve the same effect, shouldn't make that much difference.
HOWEVER, maybe PM is using an exterior material which repels water better than slick neoprene. Maybe their neoprene material's raw surface is inherently more fragile or less water-repellent than most and benefits more from their coating. They say their ADV Windskin provides greater durability, so I'm guessing that's its primary goal. But every brand of WSing suit has varying degrees and patterns of slick vs cloth panels, and I doubt Windskin is inherently superior to any or every other slickskin material. My PMs still get nicks and cuts, which I just repair in minutes with neoprene cement and promptly forget about.
I bought a pair of (obviously) cheap 3/2 full suits for $35 each from Walmart and Ace Hardware. The one with the greater amount of slickskin is slightly but noticeably warmer on a dry day in the eastern Gorge desert, so I choose between them based on how much warmth I need that day. A high-quality Promotion 3/2 shorty is warmer yet due to better materials and water exclusion, but I use the cheap suits when suitable to save wear and tear on my more expensive ones.
Regarding sizing, Promotion's size charts are generally regarded as accurate. I
, though, to buy a size or two larger because I don't like my suits as tight as others wear. The chart says I would use a Large Short or possibly an XL Short, but I buy an XL Short wetsuit and an XXL Short dry suit for much easier on and off and easier breathing and moving.
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Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:34 pm
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Thanks All
Just returned from REI, Tempe, AZ. They had a O'Neil Quicksilver 3/2 SYNCRO, XL, in stock so I tried it on. It was the only full suit they had.
IT FIT, and it was even easy for me to get on. Plus it was on sale. Almost too good to be true.
I looked closely for flaws. Found a small hole in mid back - So that's why it was on sale? On closer examination I determined the "hole" was the drain for the zipper gasket.
I bought it for $115. It is not the best windsurfing wetsuit on market but it will do the job for a reasonable price.
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text: 09 Sep 2014 12:00 More than 300 Serbians work at Etihad Airways and the employment opportunities are creating career paths for more young Serbians. More than 300 Serbians work at Etihad Airways and the employment opportunities are creating career paths for more young Serbians. Nearly 200 cabin crew, four pilots, 30 guest service agents and more than 70 others work in corporate roles in departments across Etihad Airways. President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways, James Hogan, said: "Following the partnership with Air Serbia more Serbians are approaching us because of the opportunities we can offer as a global airline and an employer of choice. "We respect Serbian nationals as committed and skilled members of our team and look forward to more joining the business over time. "I also hope that at some point in their careers, some of the talented people who have worked with Etihad Airways will consider taking their skills back to Serbia, thereby increasing the depth of talent in the workforce. "In recognition of our partnership with Air Serbia, we have established a graduate management program in Abu Dhabi for young Serbians. I am proud that we are making this significant contribution to the development of future leaders of Air Serbia with exposure to every aspect of our business." Nine young Serbian graduates are currently participating in the graduate program with Etihad Airways and will, upon successful completion, join operating divisions across Air Serbia. The graduate manager program involves three months of intensive classroom-based training at Etihad Airways' world-class training facilities, designed to prepare graduates for careers in the airline industry. This formal training enables graduate managers to understand all aspects of the aviation business, including customer service, sales and marketing, reservations, pricing and ticketing, network and schedule planning, finance and human resources. This component is followed by work placements with departments at Etihad Airways in areas aligned to their career plans. In the final three months of the 12 month program, each graduate dedicates their time to researching and delivering a major business-based project. Jovan Djukic, who is part of the Sales Graduate Program, said: "A year of life changing experience! Being part of the fastest growing airline in the world has taught me what international airline corporations are all about - passionately pursuing a vision and reaching ambitious, bold goals by working in a highly multicultural environment." Milica Marjanovic, who was selected for the Revenue Management Program, said: "This has been an incredible experience for me. I had a chance to develop both my business and leaderships skills by going through rotations within the revenue Management department. I have met people from different parts of the world which helped me understand different cultures. Most importantly I got another family in my fellow Graduate Programme Serbian peers." Iva Karadzic, who is participating in the HR Graduate Program, said: "The Etihad Graduate Management Program is definitely a crucial point in my career! I really cherish that I am continuously encouraged to develop new perspectives and give my own contribution to the departments where I am working." Mr Hogan said he wanted to encourage young Serbians to apply for roles at Etihad Airways. "We have always been impressed with the quality of candidates from Serbia and I want to make it clear our doors are open. We offer the unique combination of a challenging career and the opportunity to travel and see some of the world," he said. Contact met Etihad Als wereldwijd opererende luchtvaartmaatschappij hebben wij natuurlijk overal ter wereld vestigingen. Lees hoe u contact kunt opnemen met uw dichtstbijzijnde Etihad-kantoor. Bekijk onze contactgegevens Feedback Als u een opmerking, compliment of klacht wilt doorgeven, of een vraag wilt stellen, klik dan hier Vind ons leuk Bezoek onze Facebookpagina! Bekijk ons Bekijk ons YouTube-kanaal! Volg ons Etihad Airways | Etihad Aanbiedingen | Etihad Help | Etihad Rewards


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November 9, 2002, Section B, Page 4Buy Reprints
The voices, captured on a tape of Fire Department radio transmissions, betray no fear. The words are matter-of-fact.
Two hose lines are needed, Chief Orio Palmer says from an upper floor of the badly damaged south tower at the World Trade Center. Just two hose lines to attack two isolated pockets of fire. ''We should be able to knock it down with two lines,'' he tells the firefighters of Ladder Company 15 who were following him up the stairs of the doomed tower.
Lt. Joseph G. Leavey is heard responding: ''Orio, we're on 78, but we're in the B stairway. Trapped in here. We got to put some fire out to get to you.''
Ladder 15 had finally found the fire after an arduous climb to the 78th floor, according to the tape. They were in the B stairwell. On the other side of the fire were hundreds of people, blocked from fleeing by smoke and flame on the stairs. Chief Palmer was facing similar fires in the A stairwell, across the floor.
''We're gonna knock down some fire here in the B Stair,'' Lieutenant Leavey is heard telling one of his firefighters. ''We'll meet up with you. You get over to the A Stair and help out Chief Palmer.''
The time was 9:56 a.m. The firefighters had just arrived at a place where, 54 minutes earlier, many people had been waiting for elevators when the second plane came crashing through the building. Now Chief Palmer and Ladder 15 were surrounded by the wounded whom they hoped to evacuate.
Like the cockpit voice recorder from a downed jetliner, this tape, discovered in an adjacent building several weeks after Sept. 11, is providing a glimpse into unseen corners of the tragedy and the resolute advance of firefighters as they encountered the largest catastrophe of their lives.
The 78-minute tape, which was found in a room at 5 World Trade Center where radio transmissions were monitored, is the only known audiotape of firefighters at the scene. In recent months, officials of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which maintained the recording system, have allowed fire officials and family members to listen to it. It was not publicly released, however, until this week. The release came after federal prosecutors, responding to a court motion by The New York Times, said that making it public would not interfere with the prosecution of terrorists.
Officials from the Port Authority and the Fire Department are still debating what the tape tells them about the breakdowns in radio communication that day. There are several long stretches of silence on the tape. Transmissions from only a few of the companies that operated in the south tower are recorded. A few additional snippets of conversation can be heard from firefighters in the north tower, where radios using the same frequency were also monitored.
But sections of the tape provide vivid images of the firefighters: the breathless voice of Chief Palmer, a marathon runner, after dashing up dozens of flights; the assurances from firefighters to him that they are coming on his heels; the effort to create a medical staging area for the wounded on the 40th floor.
At several points in the tape, fire commanders can be heard speaking with urgency. A commander alerts a colleague that he needs more companies to handle what he is facing in the south tower. The chiefs discuss the need to get more elevators into service, to carry firefighters up and to transport the injured back down.
But nowhere on the tape is there any indication that firefighters had the slightest indication that the tower had become unstable or that it could fall.
''Chief, I'm going to stop on 44,'' Stephen Belson, an aide to Chief Palmer, tells him at 9:25 as he ascends.
''Take your time,'' the chief responds.
A half-hour later, the tape reveals, firefighters from Ladder 15 had loaded 10 injured people into an elevator and begun a descent to the lobby. Down below, fire commanders were waiting, hoping to use that elevator, the only working one in the building, to ferry additional firefighters back up to the heavily damaged floors. But suddenly the elevator stopped, according to the tape.
''You're going to have to get a different elevator,'' a firefighter from Ladder 15 says over the radio. ''We're chopping through the wall to get out.''
A few seconds later, at 9:58 a.m., Chief Palmer tries to raise someone from the ladder company. ''Battalion 7 to Ladder 15,'' he calls.
But the tape remains silent.


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The AWA Experience
Guiding Principles for Alaska Wildland Adventures and Kenai Backcountry Lodge
AWA Belief #1: There's no substitute for experience.
Alaska is our home, and we've been committed to providing the highest quality trips from the beginning - over 40 years ago. We were among the first to offer raft explorations of the Kenai River into the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, and we pioneered small-group explorations from the protected areas of the Kenai Peninsula to Denali National Park and Preserve. We know all the areas we visit intimately.
AWA Belief #2: Our guides are more than guides; they're our most important asset.
Our guides love what they do and many return to work with us year after year. Trained under the most extensive program of any company we know, they are specialists in Alaska's natural history, are wonderful people to travel with and get to know and they will inspire you with their enthusiasm. Indeed, they'll guide your way to great adventuring.
AWA Belief #3: No need to sacrifice comfort.
Our goal is to share Alaska's wilderness without compromising comfortable accommodations. We pride ourselves on the quality of our food, menus and customer service, having honed our approaches, from our systems to our recipes, over many years. We constantly listen to the feedback of our guests to better our trips and lodges each year. The quality of your trip is our unwavering focus.
AWA Belief #4: Smaller groups mean a bigger experience.
At Alaska Wildland Adventures and Kenai Backcountry Lodge, we pride ourselves in maintaining the "smaller is better" philosophy in sharing with you the wonders of Alaska's backcountry. If you are seeking rich experiences in this expansive place we call Alaska, think small. Small groups, small boats, small buses. Your rewards for taking the path less traveled? More wildlife. More hospitality. More insight. More authenticity. More friends. More memories. And many, many more smiles.


text: Alyssa Milano has a babysitter to thank for her celebrity because that's who took the then 8 year old to an Annie audition without her parents' consent. Cast as one of the orphans, she spent 18 months on the road. In 1984, she booked Who's The Boss? Milano played Tony Danza's outspoken daughter Samantha for eight seasons. She put out several pop albums, played Arnold Schwarzenneger's kid in Commando and then tried to shake her teen -queen vibe by taking more risqué roles in Poison Ivy II and Melrose Place. She returned to TV all grown up from 1998 to 2006 as a Charmed sister witch. She had a recurring role on My Name Is Earl and will next be see in ABC's summer soap Mistresses. She avoided many of the common child-star pitfalls although it took a few tries to find wedded bliss. An engagement to Scott Wolf ended after a year in 1994 and her 1999 marriage to Remy Zero frontman Cinjun Tate fell apart after a year. It appears the third time is a charm as she wed her longtime friend David Bugliari in 2009 and gave birth to son Milo in 2011. She has also kept idle hands busy as a UNICEF national ambassador and as the head of a clothing and jewelry line called TOUCH, which sated the baseball junkie's hunger to design stylish merch for female sports fans. She has deals with MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL and the NCAA.


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Can you please clarify the capital gains tax aspects of the following situation? My wife and I separated in 2012. She lives in one of our two properties, I in the other. Both titles are as joint tenants. One property, purchased in 2001, was operated as a bed and breakfast until 2008. The other was purchased in 1999 as the marital home. We are both nearing 80, so need to consider the implications of selling one property when one of us dies. The survivor could live in either. Any thoughts you have on this would be appreciated. P.O.
Being the marital home, the 1999 property will be fully exempt from CGT until 2012 when one of you moved out. If we assume that it is you who continue to live into it, then your 50 per cent remains exempt.
If your wife now claims the other property as her main residence, then her share of the original home became subject to CGT since 2012. She should try to obtain the market value of the home at that time. Market value is used to establish a cost base when you lose your entitlement to an exemption for the main residence. However, if her 50 per cent share can be passed to you as part of a court order or a financial agreement under the Family Law Act, it can be rolled over into one name without any CGT liability. I understand that married couples need to apply to the Family Court for a property adjustment within 12 months of a divorce becoming final, but I'm not a lawyer.
The 2001 property was fully liable for CGT until 2012 when one of you, let's assume your wife, moved in. Since it became her main residence, her 50 per cent share became CGT exempt. When a property is first rented and then you move in, the capital gain must be apportioned by time of ownership.
Again, if full title is moved to her as part of a court-ordered settlement, then the period from 2012 on should become CGT exempt, but there will still be a CGT liability created while the property was used as an investment. In each case, I am assuming no capital losses.
You and your wife can choose to talk to a lawyer or you approach the Family Court directly and even jointly file for divorce online. Google "Family Court How Do I apply for a divorce".
My wife and I are both 50 with one child (13). My annual salary is $120,000 gross plus fully maintained car and salary continuance insurance and my wife is self-employed earning approximately $3000 a year. We have a mortgage on our home of $150,000 at 4.55 per cent with $210,000 in our offset account and monthly repayments of $1800. Current value of the property is about $550,000. We have $35,000 in bank savings. My super is currently $200,000, with regular after-tax annual contributions, and my wife's is $40,000. She is not considering full-time employment at the moment. We are considering a few options in the near future: retain the current property as an investment and upgrade to a bigger home, or increase wife's super with after-tax contributions, or invest funds now in a savings account in shares through a high-growth managed fund, or set up a savings plan for the child's tertiary education. I understand that some of our objectives may not be appropriate from the tax benefit perspective but we simply do not understand the full tax impact and how to manage our plan. I hope that you may be able to suggest changes or how to prioritise our strategy, as we hope to have at least another 10 years before considering any retirement plan. V.J.
I suggest you have a short-term objective, which is to enlarge your living space, and two important long-term objectives, which are to retire debt free and have enough money in super to support your lifestyle in retirement.
If more space is a necessity, your choices would be to either sell and upsize, or knock down and rebuild your home, or put on a second storey to your existing home. Living in a capital city, you are unlikely to be able to buy a larger, second home and have it paid off by retirement, even if you work to 65 or 70.
The last option would probably be the least cost and you might be able to cover it using your savings, including the money in the offset account.
Looking at the remaining $150,000 mortgage, it should easily be payable over 10 years as your $1800 monthly repayments would even cover an average interest rate of 7.7 per cent.
Then, to build up your super from the current $240,000 to a minimum of, say, $1 million, over 10 years, would require you to make the maximum deductible contribution in your name, starting at $25,000 this year, plus a $3000 spouse contribution into your wife's super fund (allowing you to reduce your tax with a $540 tax offset) plus a further $17,000 non-concessional contributions. That third contribution will probably be impossible but if you can make the first two contributions, your combined super will add up to around $750,000-$800,000 in 10 years, assuming a 5 per cent return on funds. So you will probably decide to work through to age 65 or even later. By then, the age pension age will be 70.
I am 68 and during the year ended 30 June 2017, I received a gross annual pension of $68,590 and my transfer balance credit has been calculated at $1,097,440. In addition to my pension I worked for 40 hours to satisfy the work test and for this work I received a gross amount of $885. As I satisfied the work test I made a contribution of $33,000 to my accumulation account prior to 30 June 2017. After completing my income tax return, but before lodgement, I notified the fund that I would be claiming a tax deduction in the amount of $30,500 and this has now been processed by the fund. I have two pension accounts with AustralianSuper and at 30 June, the sum of these was $466,714. I also have an accumulation account that had a balance of $39,529 at 30 June. The three pension accounts come to $1,565,154 and as such I have assumed that I fall within the $1.6 million maximum, however I am now unsure. My questions are as follows: 1. Am I correct in assuming that I fall under the $1.6 million limit or do I need to include the amount of $39,529 that I had in the accumulation account? 2. If I need to include the funds held in the accumulation account then the total becomes $1,604,683 and what are the ramifications of exceeding the limit? 3. What are the implications going forward of the $885 I received for doing my 40 hours work during the 2017 income tax year? 4. If I satisfy the work test for the year ended 30 June 2018, will I be able to make a $25,000 contribution to my accumulation account and claim it as a tax deduction? I have been having sleepless nights worrying about my situation and even though I have phoned AustralianSuper for advice they were not able to answer my questions. B.L.
The $1.6 million transfer balance cap or TBC only refers to super funds "in the retirement phase" as it is now quaintly put. It sounds as though your $68,590 annual pension is a defined benefit fund and that, multiplied by 16, gives a debit to your transfer balance account of $1,097,440.
As you say, your two allocated pension accounts with AustralianSuper take the total that counts towards your TBC to $1,565,154, which is within your $1.6 million cap and therefore you have nothing to worry about. You could, in fact, create another pension holding $34,840 from your accumulation account if you wish, but you cannot add more than that without running into problems with the ATO.
You can continue to make concessional, i.e. deductible, contributions each financial year that you meet the work test, such as the maximum $25,000 contribution in 2017-18 and the amount you earn is irrelevant. If you are paying more than 15 per cent tax on income from your work and defined benefit pension, then leave the accumulation account in existence, just don't convert it into an allocated pension. Rather, take out lump sums as you need to spend it.
There is another account of which you need to take note and that is your "total superannuation balance" or TSB. Simply put, this is the sum of all your retirement phase pensions and accumulation accounts, (the latter includes transition to retirement pensions, now taxed since last July). Since your TSB is now over $1.6 million, a number of restrictions come into play, not all of which affect you. Those that do may include:
1.You cannot make any further non-concessional contributions or NCCs (which also means that you can no longer claim the government co-contribution of up to $500 for an NCC of up to $1000 nor, if you were under 65, could you use the "three year bring forward option").
2. You will not be able to use the "unused concessional contributions cap carry-forward option that comes into force from next July. In fact, to be able to carry forward, and use in a later year, up to five years of your unused concessional contributions cap, from July 1, 2019, your TSB must be under $500,000 as at June 30 of the previous financial year.
Those restrictions that do not, or are unlikely to, apply to you include:
1. If your spouse's TSB is greater than $1.6 million at the end of June 30 of the previous financial year, or if he or she has exceeded their $100,000 NCC cap in the financial year, then you are no longer able to claim a tax offset for a spouse contribution.
2. If you were the trustee of an SMSF or small APRA fund, you could not use the segregated assets method for determining the taxfree income.
3. For a person who wants to use the "three year bring forward rule" for non-concessional contribution in 2017-18 and later years, then:
(a) you will only be able to bring forward the full $300,000 NCC over 3 years if your TSB at June 30 is less than $1.4 million (a figure that will be indexed up in future years); and
(b) if your benefits total between $1.4 million and $1.5 million, the maximum bring forward amount will be $200,000 over two years, and
(c ) If your balance lies between $1.5 million and $1.6 million, your NCC cap will be $100,000 alone.
We have recently sold a home unit, an investment property. We now have some $300,000 to invest and would like to know the best option for maximising a return? Our financial assets include combined allocated pensions totalling $622,000, a super fund of some $16,000, and some $20,000 in term deposits. We currently draw a combined pension from our allocated pensions totalling $31,460. We own our home and have two cars and a caravan. We previously received a small Centrelink aged pension of $3564 combined which was not insignificant and formed part of our budget. This was withdrawn when the government moved the goalposts last year. We need the interest on this investment of $300,000 to form part of our budget, as we did previously; the rental income netted us about $7600 annually. Can you advise the best way to invest this $300,000? We have checked out term deposits but the return is not enough to generate sufficient income. What other secure alternatives are there? What do you think of annuities for such an investment? What are the rules re adding capital to superannuation? This might be a possibility for one of us as one partner is still working, be it only one day, casually, a week. Are there any other alternatives which do not involve risking the capital investment? R.H.
If your working partner can manage 40 hours in 30 days (it might require working two days in one of the four weeks), then he or she can make a $100,000 non-concessional contribution into a super fund each financial year.
Term annuities, notably from Challenger, can offer somewhat higher rates than bank term deposits. If you want a guaranteed capital return and also want frequent access to some capital, my preferred strategy is to invest one third of the money ($100,000) into each of three annuities, at first for 1, 2 and 3 years, Then, when one matures, roll it over into a three-year term so that, after two years, you have trio of term annuities, each with a three-year term, one of which matures every year. Last time I checked, Challenger was offering 2.52, 3.11 and 3.27 per cent respectively, which would initially give you some $8895 in the first year and thus more than you were getting from rent. Lifetime annuities exist, but lock you into historically low rates.
If you are able to cope with investment fluctuations, my preference would be to place the money into a selection of, say, five or six "multi-sector" i.e. balanced and diversified funds in, say, the Colonial First State Investment fund which allows you to stipulate what monthly payment you need, e.g. $650, thus receiving a mix of capital and interest in some months. Other funds exist, of course, such as wrap accounts, while the current fad is for listed platforms such as Hub24 or Netwealth although, in many cases, they require an adviser to be attached to the account.
Such multi-sector accounts have earned between 5 and 8 per cent compound a year over the past three years, far exceeding term deposit or annuity rates.
If you have a question for George Cochrane, send it to Personal Investment, PO Box 3001, Tamarama, NSW, 2026. Help lines: Financial Ombudsman, 1800 367 287; pensions, 13 23 00.
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While driving home last night, I had a chance to listen to the Padre broadcast on the radio. Right after Adrian Gonzalez hit into a rally-killing double play in the fifth, Padre play-by-play guy Andy Mazur made the following comments (paraphrased):
Did you know the Pirates lead the NL in fielding?
With all the changes they've made this year? I did not know that. That's amazing.
They have made the fewest errors in the NL with 63.
And with that double play they are now tied with St Louis for the most double plays turned, with 154.
So you've based your argument on a statistic that has been widely discredited as an accurate metric of defensive ability, that Webster uses to define 'subjective', and tried to bolster your argument with statistic that is only made possible because there are tons of runners on base. That's your analysis. If you'd taken the time to look up team defense and, oh, let's say UZR, you'd see this is not the case. With all the advances in defensive metrics, why anyone would still be quoting errors as a measure of defensive prowess is beyond me.
No, Andy Mazur, You Are Wrong.
Postscript: Jerry Coleman followed up that AM comment by saying "well that means there's been a lot of guys on base to turn that many double plays." Way to point to what should have been obvioius to Mazur, Jerry. You gotta love him.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
No, Andy Mazur, You Are Wrong
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Back on the itinerary and went 34 miles. Good to get the mileage back to where it needs to be after a few days of "healing". My shin continues to be problematic and is slowing me down, but I'm still heading north. Rough day with rain most of the afternoon -- just enough to make the rocks that much more treacherous. I was impressed by the beauty of New Jersey. Had some great views and saw two bears today. The pic below was taken by Kadra on the 11-mile section that she ran with me. The bear was within 20 yards and made no attempt to move and was totally unimpressed by me banging my poles together. Kadra thought it was cool. I'm glad we got to share the experience. Half-way done with NJ and looking forward to coming close to the NY line by the end of tomorrow!
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'How we let her future die' – a Rio+20 song
Preface: This song was written in the space of 24 hours during the pre-conference negotiations after the PrepComm. Both logistically and substantively, negotiations were very much bogged down, creating a palpable air of frustration and hopelessness at RioCentro. These words were an attempt to channel and capture that negative emotion. Now, at the end of the summit itself, with the widespread disappointment in the final outcome document, these words once again express the disappointment that many participants feel.
N.B. an annotated version may eventually be available.
Cover Image (C) United Artist Records.
"How we let her future die"
[Adapted from Don McLean's "American Pie" by Tse Yang Lim]
Long, long time ago,
I can still remember
When Rio used to make me smile
And I knew if we acted fast
That we could make development last
And maybe we'd be happy for a while (a long, long while)
But RioCentro made me shiver
With every statement they delivered
Bad news on the outcome
A backward step, and then some
I can't remember if I cried
As our hopes and dreams were tossed aside
But something hurt me deep inside
When Rio +20 died.
Bye, sus-tainable development bye,
You brought hope but we couldn't cope
And so we didn't really try
I don't know how I'll look a child in the eye
And tell her how we let her future die,
[And tell her] how we let her future die.
Did you read the zero draft
And do you believe that we can craft
A statement of The Future We Want
Nineteen going two hundred and four
Brackets and red lines, more and more
Different versions, each with their own slant
So I knew as we gathered in Brazil
We'd need a lot more political will
As facilitators confessed
That they could make no progress
And as negotiators ran amok
And negotiations got totally stuck
I knew we were out of luck
When Rio +20 died.
I started singing…
It was twenty long years ago
At the last Earth Summit here in Rio
That sustainable development came to be
When our leaders gathered and agreed
To give us all the Future We Need
And a voice that comes from you and me
But now that voice is being opposed
And meeting doors are being closed
Transparency is spurned
No answers are returned
Out the door our hopes were tossed
As nations counted up the cost
And we mourned for the chances lost
When Rio +20 died.
We were singing…
SCP, LDCs, SIDS, SDGs,
(Forgive me if you don't speak UN-ese)
Figuring an ecosystem's worth
Poverty, energy, education,
Cities, water and the oceans,
These are problems we must solve to save the earth
The spirit in the rooms was good
We tried to solve all that we could
We wanted to advance,
Oh! but we never got the chance
For MoIs one side appealed
The other side refused to yield
And so the summit's fate was sealed
And Rio +20 died.
It was singing…
And there we were all in one place
A generation of disgrace
With no time left to start again
So come on Mr President, you sound good
But you don't act as a president should
With the courage to do the right thing/ in the end
And as I watched them on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
The world could not agree
On sustainability
The talks dragged on into the night
With no successful end in sight
All were wrong and none were right
When Rio +20 died.
They were singing…
I met a girl who asked for news
I tried to mutter some excuse
But I just didn't know what to say
As the bus ride back went on and on
With the summit over, come and gone
And we all knew that we'd thrown our chance away
The outcome declaration weak
The future now extremely bleak
And not a word was spoken
Our spirits were all broken
The negotiators all burned out
And earth's survival now in doubt
But we know that it came about
When Rio +20 died.
And so we're singing…
[Chorus x 2]