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The University of Georgia has been the site of a string of sexual harassment cases this past academic year. The UG student newspaper has been diligent in reporting on said cases in detail. Now the RED & BLACK reports that that the UG administration has been dealing with the sexually harassing accused faculty in such a way as to minimize the pain for these faculty of being separated/terminated by the University of Georgia.
In at least four cases, the violator of the sexual harassment policy was not fired but instead allowed to receive the remaining money owed to them on their contract before leaving the University.
UG golf coach Todd McCorkle is set to make $100,944 in total following the day of his resignation through the end of his contract in June.
William Bender, a tenured professor in the college of education, faced sexual harassment complaints reaching as far back as two decades. He issued his resignation in September, but it does not become effective until May.
Bender is teaching online courses.
He will earn $40,448.40 between his resignation and the end of his contract.
Then there is Mark Jensen, assistant professor of genetics and epidemiology, who issued his resignation in March.
He was found in violation of the policy for sending frequent flirtatious e-mails and being "touchy" with students, documents show. Jensen will make $8,246 in the period following his resignation.
And there is Stephen M. Shellman, an assistant professor in the School of Public and International Affairs, who admitted having a problem with alcohol and resigned March 7.
He was under investigation for two incidents involving alcohol and inappropriate contact with students. Shellman will have made $8,615.54 post resignation when his contract expires April 28.
But it is the golf coach that the UG student newspapers feels that the University of Georgia has mismanaged in the sense of making McCorkle's "departure" too pain free. The student paper reports the following as having occurred.
On May 7, 2007, McCorkle resigned from his post as women's golf head coach, amid a sexual harassment case initiated by his players.
Allegations were made that he repeatedly directed sexual comments and jokes at players, such as making jabs about their underwear.
The golfers also said he showed them the Paris Hilton sex tape, according to documents obtained from the Office of Legal Affairs.
One unnamed player claimed, "He is randomly rubbing your back or flipping hair, or a pat on the butt — and otherwise not thinking anything about it."
The records indicate McCorkle admitted explaining the definition of "blue balls" to his players and calling one player "sexy" on the way to an SEC Tournament banquet.
Due to these admissions, he was found in violation of the Non-Discrimination Anti-Harassment Policy.
However, Steven Shewmaker, executive director of Legal Affairs, did not recommend that McCorkle be fired.
Instead, Shewmaker proposed McCorkle undergo extensive sexual harassment training and go without pay for the month of July.
McCorkle resigned three days later - three days before the NCAA tournament was set to begin.
At the time, Athletic Director Damon Evans said McCorkle would be reassigned within the athletic department.
"We are appreciative of Todd's contributions to our golf program," Evans said in a 2007 news release after the resignation. "We look forward to continuing to work with him within our organization."
McCorkle now has a new title, administrative specialist-managerial.
He even has an office phone number listed on the University Web site. The problem is the number routes to current women's golf coach Kelley Hester.
Nobody in the athletic department could provide The Red & Black with even a semblance of McCorkle's job duties.
They didn't know…
Associate Athletic Director Claude Felton took his best stab at explaining the former coach's new title.
"I don't know where he is," Felton said. "He's not physically here anymore. Since he's under contract, he could still be asked to perform some function within the department."
When asked of the likelihood of McCorkle returning, Felton said, "I would not foresee him being involved in the future."
Felton said McCorkle's case was not out of the ordinary. He referenced former basketball coach Jim Harrick and former football coach Ray Goff, whose contracts were honored after they left.
While Harrick endured a scandal of his own, neither had a sexual harassment case swirling around their terminations.
Evans did not return phone calls, inquiring into the nature of McCorkle's reassignment.
And Felton said he did not know how the evolution of McCorkle's new role was determined.
"I think that probably the Athletic Association would decline to comment on matters such as this," he said.
McCorkle still is being paid as the head women's golf coach even though he is 360 miles from campus.
He teaches golf to the general public, as an instructor at The Golf Club at North Hampton in Fernandina Beach, Fla.
McCorkle spoke to The Red & Black Wednesday afternoon, right before conducting a clinic at the country club.
"There really is a good story there, but I'm at a point in my life where I'm content with each of us going our separate ways," he said of his dealings with the athletic department.
McCorkle's contract with the University expires at the end of June, when he will no longer be paid by the University.
For now, he receives paychecks from the University and North Hampton.
But now comes the zinger and what on the surface might appear to be a non sequitur. In response to this sexual harassment outbreak at the University of Georgia a number of UG faculty are protesting the scheduling of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as the commencement speaker for the upcoming June graduation. The Associated Press reports -"Some University of Georgia faculty are concerned having U.S Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as the institution's graduation speaker sends the wrong message after a year of sexual harassment scandals on campus."
"What a slap in the face this is to everyone who has been working to bring to light the realities of sexual harassment, and to establish appropriate methods and offices for addressing this significant problem on our campus," Chris Cuomo, director of UGA's Institute for Women's Studies, told The Red & Black student newspaper.
UGA spokesman Tom Jackson said Thomas has a close relationship with the UGA School of Law and has visited campus several times to give lectures.
"We're honored to have an associate justice of the Supreme Court bringing our commencement address," Jackson said.
Some faculty members told The Associated Press they planned to speak on the issue during the University Council meeting Tuesday afternoon. Associate professor Janet Frick said she was using her two psychology lectures Monday to educate students about the history of Thomas' appointment to the Supreme Court.
I trust that the protesting faculty will point out that the almost all of the UG faculty resigned from UG rather than face sexual harassment charges and such comes to represent an admission of guilt. In contrast to these faculty, Thomas has never resigned from any position regarding sexual harassment. When faced with a charge of sexual harassment by Anita Hill, Thomas protested the validity of her testimony and was open to being fully interrogated.
The fact that many people believe he harassed Anita Hill is not the point. The point here is that these protesting faculty presume Thomas to be guilty. Will these faculty make such a distinction clear to their students? If such not be the case, then it is the concept of civil and fair discourse that is "receiving a slap in the face."
And talking about the consequences of sexual harassment charges, I trust that these faculty protesting against Clarence Thomas appearing as the UG commencement speaker would be just as adamant in their protests if Bill Clinton was the commencement speaker. Such should be the case since Bill was charged with sexual harassment by Paula Jones and many believe that Paula's charges were true even given that such charges have never been proven in court. Of course, the Paula Jones case ultimately led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton, a rather severe penalty to say the least. And as in the case of Clarence Thomas, Bill Clinton protested his innocence and was "exonerated" by the US Senate just as Clarence Thomas was exonerated by the US Senate.
Politics do make strange bedfellows or putting it in more direct terms, sexual harassment charges do create strange bedfellows.
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Whoa. Hang on there a minute. That is an awful lot of harassing going on! Is this really the male culture or could it be the female culture. The sad fact is that most people who suffer from sexual harassment, are the ones that never report the offense. In my years as a human resource professional, I have witnessed this time and time again. Just as sad, is that a number of reported sexual harassment incidents are actually people trying to get back at a boss that they do not like or resent for some reason. Sometimes the reason is as simple as envy. I detail these situations and offer solutions in my book, Wingtips with Spurs: Lessons From the Ranch. In fact, I devote an entire chapter to these issues. Until we learn deep, moral lessons, there will be prey on both sides of the coin. Michael L. Gooch, SPHR http://www.michaellgooch.com
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My birth father was part of the great migration from Oklahoma to the western states during the Depression era years, the 1930s. When I went looking for books to read, I came across Southern Diaspora: How the Great Migrations of Black and White Southerners Transformed America, a companion website to the book authored by James M. Gregory, a University of Washington faculty member.
Gregory wrote:
The Southern Diaspora may have been the most momentous American population movement of the twentieth century. Between 1900 and 1980 more than 20 million southerners left their home region looking for jobs in the cities, suburbs, and farms of the North and West. Most visible were the African American southerners whose migration transformed urban America and set the stage for important changes in racial understandings and the rights of people of color. White southern migrants outnumbered black migrants and in some settings were almost as controversial. Called "hillbillies" in the North and "Okies" out West, the whites faced challengesdifferent than most Americans who move across state lines.
The website contains oodles of starting points for further research: photos, tables, other links, and my favorite, the bibliography. With Gregory's help, you can easily go beyond Grapes of Wrath in understanding your Depression era relations, and find a plausible reason for your great granddad ending up in Detroit after leaving the old family home in Yazoo City (Gateway to the Delta).


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Et tu, Phil?
Count Phil Jackson among those who think Miami Heat star LeBron James can surpass Michael Jordan for the title of greatest ever someday. Barkley's comments made news last Friday, and during Jackson's appearance on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" the same day, he all but legitimized 'Sir Charles.'
"He's got all the physical attributes. I think we all question the prepping that went into LeBron. His defense was shaky when he was a younger player and finding his way through that direction. He is a player that can play four positions. Except for perhaps the center spot, which he hasn't given a shot at yet, he can play those other four positions quite well. This is unique; Michael could play three and was very good at all three of those. But as a power player that LeBron can become, I think he has an opportunity to explore and advance some of the status that he has already gained.
"Winning six championships is an elusive thing out there, and they haven't won two yet. But he's kinda got the smell of it and even the Olympic experience this summer, he was the granted leader of that team and was the critical player when they needed something to happen in the final games. I think he's there. I think he's at that position. He's got good things ahead of him, and a lot of it depends upon if he's gonna be healthy for the remainder of his career," he said.
Well, at least Phil didn't enter in LeBron's stats as evidence.
We all know that James is a physical anomaly. A player with the size and strength of Karl Malone, and the speed and quickness of someone seven inches shorter and 100 pounds lighter. But at the end of the day, great players are judged by championships and the ring is the thing.
Simply stated, LeBron has to win more championships to even be in the discussion.
Could LeBron James be better than Michael Jordan? He could. At only 27 years old, he has a lot of years left in his career which gives him plenty of time to do some special things on the court.
But will LeBron James be better than Michael Jordan? That, of course, remains to be seen.


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The BBC has the story, and the results, here. The CGD website is here.
Bush supporters have been attempting to exploit the U.K. terrorist plot to bolster support for an array of extremist and lawless Bush policies -- from warrantless eavesdropping to torture -- even though there is not a shred of evidence that any of those policies played any role whatsoever, either in the U.S. or England, in impeding this plot.
The important point is that the British were able to stop this plot while complying with the law and obtaining warrants -- and, more importantly, American investigators were able to eavesdrop on suspected terrorists, including those communicating with U.S. persons, within the FISA framework.
NBC News has learned that U.S. and British authorities had a significant disagreement over when to move in on the suspects in the alleged plot to bring down trans-Atlantic airliners bound for the United States.
Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said on Saturday that his organization would abide by the United Nations resolution calling for a cease-fire although he was not completely satisfied with its text.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced a backlash on Friday over a U.N. proposal to end the war in Lebanon, with army officers saying they were held back and right-wing rivals calling for new elections.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday that calls for a halt to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and authorizes the deployment of 15,000 foreign troops to help the Lebanese army take control of southern Lebanon.
The resolution calls on Israel to begin withdrawing all its forces from Lebanon "in parallel" with the deployment of U.N. peacekeepers and 15,000 additional Lebanese troops. It gives the international force the mandate to use firepower but no explicit role in disarming Hezbollah, leaving the fate of the Lebanese militia to a future political settlement.
Israel and Lebanon agreed to accept the terms of the U.N. cease-fire, according to U.S. and U.N. diplomats. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will ask his cabinet to approve the resolution when it meets Sunday, according to Israeli officials. The Lebanese cabinet is scheduled to vote on it Saturday.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the cease-fire will not go into effect immediately. She said U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan will consult with Israel and Lebanon in the coming days to set a date for the cessation of hostilities.
Ehud Olmert's office said late Friday that the expanded incursion into Lebanon would continue "for the time being," despite agreeing to a cease-fire resolution drafted by the United Nations Security Council.
Israel will press ahead with its military offensive in south Lebanon until Israel's Cabinet approves an emerging Mideast cease-fire deal...
Senior Israel Defense Forces officers said that the IDF is "continuing forward at full power," and that all forces slated to take part in the expanded incursion have already assumed forward positions in the field.
Olmert will ask his cabinet on Sunday to accept the resolution, but will press the military offensive against Hezbollah until then, a political source said.
Lebanon on Thursday raised objections to a U.S.- and French-backed draft resolution aimed at ending the fighting between Hezbollah and Israel because it does not call for an immediate cease-fire and because the proposed new international force would have a broad mandate to use military firepower.
A total of 24 individuals were arrested in Britain overnight and, says one senior U.S. official who was briefed on the plot, five still remain at large. Their plan was to smuggle the peroxide-based liquid explosive TATP and detonators onto nine different planes from four carriers — British Airways, Continental, United and American — that fly direct routes between the U.K and the U.S. and blow them up mid-air. Intelligence officials estimate that about 2,700 people would have perished, according to the official.
Britain's MI-5 intelligence service and Scotland Yard had been tracking the plot for several months, but only in the past two weeks had the plotters' planning begun to crystallize, senior U.S. officials tell TIME. In the two or three days before the arrests, the cell was going operational, and authorities were pressed into action. MI5 and Scotland Yard agents tracked the plotters from the ground, while a knowledgeable American official says U.S. intelligence provided London authorities with intercepts of the group's communications. Most of the suspects are second or third generation British citizens of Pakistani descent whose families hailed from war-torn Kashmir. U.S. officials believe the 29 members were divided into multiple cells and planned to break into small groups to board the nine planes.
Figures compiled by the city morgue indicated Wednesday that the number of killings in the Iraqi capital reached a new high last month, and the U.S. military said a new effort to bring security to Baghdad will succeed only if Iraqis "want it to work."
The Baghdad morgue took in 1,815 bodies during July, news services quoted the facility's assistant manager, Abdul Razzaq al-Obeidi, as saying. The previous month's tally was 1,595. Obeidi estimated that as many as 90 percent of the total died violent deaths.
The parties involved in diplomatic negotiations for a UN-brokered cease-fire resolution aimed at ending the fighting in Lebanon made a breakthrough Thursday, raising hopes that a truce deal would pave the way for the stationing of international troops in Lebanon as part of a package that would end the month-long confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah.
The UN Security Council will convene Friday to discuss the new proposal, which has been agreed to by the United States as well as France.
The breakthrough is based on the inclusion in the call for a cessation of hostilities for a progressive Israeli withdrawal from Lebanese territory to go simultaneously with the deployment of the Lebanese army backed by reinforced UN peacekeepers.
British authorities said Thursday they have disrupted a sophisticated and well-advanced terrorist plot to blow up U.S.-bound airliners using liquid explosives, arresting 24 people who police said had planned to commit mass murder over the Atlantic Ocean.
Police said they were confident they had the "main players" in custody, but authorities in London and Washington ordered a full-scale security clampdown at U.S. and British airports out of concern that other plotters may still be at large. A number of transatlantic flights from Britain were canceled, others were delayed, and new security procedures caused major tie-ups at U.S. airports as authorities enforced a ban on bringing liquids aboard planes in carry-on luggage.
In the United States, the Homeland Security Department raised the terrorist threat level to "Code Red," the highest alert stage, for U.S.-bound flights originating in the United Kingdom and to "Code Orange," the second-highest level, for all other commercial flights operating in or destined for the United States.
According to a U.S. intelligence official, the plotters were "days away" from going through with their plan...
Thousands of holidaymakers in the Mediterranean have been stung by jellyfish as huge swarms of the creatures invade coastal waters.
A series of bombings and shootings killed at least 31 people Tuesday, most in the Baghdad area, as more U.S. troops were seen in the capital as part of a campaign to reduce Sunni-Shiite violence that threatens civil war.
Lebanon will deploy its army in the south of the country after the Israel Defense Forces' withdrawal from the area, the Lebanese cabinet agreed Monday night, in a decision supported by all the ministers present, including the five Shi'ite ministers who represent Hezbollah and Amal.
The decision marks the first time since 1982 that the Lebanese government has decided to impose its sovereignty in the south of the country.
Lebanese officials are hoping that in the wake of the night's decision, the United Nations Security Council will agree to the amended U.S.-French draft resolution that calls for the withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces from the country.
Google has started warning users if they are about to visit a webpage that could harm their computer.
The warning will pop up if users click on a link to a page known to host spyware or other malicious programs.
The initiative comes out of a larger project cataloguing programs that plague people with unwanted ads, spy on web habits or steal personal data.
Google is one of several companies trying to act as an "in-flight adviser" to ensure people stay safe online.
At minimum, the problem could produce disruptions leading to outages and power surges at the Fort Meade headquarters, hampering the work of intelligence analysts and damaging equipment, they said. At worst, it could force a virtual shutdown of the agency, paralyzing the intelligence operation, erasing crucial intelligence data and causing irreparable damage to computer systems -- all detrimental to the fight against terrorism.
Virginia state legislators passed a law two years ago that prohibits "civil unions, partnership contracts or other arrangements between persons of the same sex purporting to bestow the privileges or obligations of marriage." A proposed constitutional amendment, which will go to voters in November, excludes any "unmarried individuals" from "union, partnership or other legal status similar to marriage."
Many gay people in Virginia and some family-law attorneys say they worry that the state law and proposed amendment are more far-reaching than simple bans on gay marriage -- that the measures could threaten the legal viability of the contracts used by gay couples to share ownership of property and businesses.
The exact effects are unclear, and the 2004 law remains untested, but some gays say they fear the laws could affect their ability to own homes together; to draft powers of attorney, adoption papers or wills; or to arrange for hospital visitation or health surrogacy.
If Lieberman loses, it will not even be because he supported the war.
Nor will he lose because he opposes withdrawing troops from Iraq this year.
Nor, finally, is it because he has been too chummy with President Bush. Lieberman has offered his share of criticism of the administration's handling of the Iraq war and of many other administration policies.
No, Lieberman's sin is of a different order. Lieberman stands condemned today because he didn't recant. He didn't say he was wrong. He didn't turn on his former allies and condemn them. He didn't claim to be the victim of a hoax. He didn't try to pretend that he never supported the war in the first place. He didn't claim to be led into support for the war by a group of writers and intellectuals whom he can now denounce. He didn't go through a public show of agonizing and phony soul-baring and apologizing in the hopes of resuscitating his reputation, as have some noted "public intellectuals."
The only thing that doesn't pay is honesty. If Joe Lieberman loses, it will not be because he supported the war or even because he still supports it. It will be because he refused to choose one of the many dishonorable paths open to him to salvage his political career.
He is the last honest man, and he may pay the price for it. At least he will be able to sleep at night. And he can take some solace in knowing that history, at least an honest history, will be kinder to him than was his own party.
Hezbollah must immediately stop firing rockets into civilian areas in Israel, Human Rights Watch said today. Entering the fourth week of attacks, such rockets have claimed 30 civilian lives, including six children, and wounded hundreds more...
Hezbollah claims that some of its attacks are aimed at military bases inside Israel, which are legitimate targets. But most of the attacks appear to have been directed at civilian areas and have hit pedestrians, hospitals, schools, homes and businesses...
As of August 4, Hezbollah had launched a reported 2,500 rockets into predominantly civilian areas in northern Israel...
Iran is seeking to import large consignments of bomb-making uranium from the African mining area that produced the Hiroshima bomb, an investigation has revealed.
A United Nations report, dated July 18, said there was "no doubt" that a huge shipment of smuggled uranium 238, uncovered by customs officials in Tanzania, was transported from the Lubumbashi mines in the Congo.


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NEH Start-Up Grant White Papers (Part I)
Numerous ODH programs (and some programs in other NEH divisions and offices) require the grantee to submit a "white paper" at the conclusion of the grant. In ODH, we publish these white papers in our Funded Project Query Form. In the white paper, the grantee provides a summary of the grant activities, what they learned, recommended best practices, and even what they might have done differently. By making these white papers freely available, members of the public -- including other prospective applicants -- can learn from what has already been done and build upon it.
In a series of posts, I'll be highlighting some of the white papers we have recently added to the library.
Update: Part II of this series is now available.
In each case below, just click the title and then scroll down to find the "download" button to access the full report:
Approaches to Managing and Collecting Born-Digital Literary Materials for Scholarly Use
University of Maryland, College Park
Project Director: Matthew Kirschenbaum
This project is about developing archival tools and best practices for preserving born-digital documents produced by contemporary authors. Traditionally, humanists have found great scholarly value in studying the papers, correspondence, and first drafts of authors, politicians, and other historical figures. In this white paper, the project director notes that contemporary figures compose almost all of their materials on a computer. What challenges will this present to humanists, archivists, and librarians in the future? This very readable paper explores many of these issues with specific case studies involving a number of leading libraries and archives.
InPhO: the Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project
Indiana University, Bloomington
Project Director: Colin Allen
This project is about the development of machine learning software to automate searching, navigating, and representing the relations among philosophical ideas, scholars, and works. The project is using the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy as a testbed. The Stanford Encyclopedia is a very well-regarded web-based encyclopedia that includes lengthy entries written by academic philosophers from around the world. The InPhO project is creating software which analyzes the text of the encyclopedia to create new metadata describing each article -- a "dynamic ontology." What is remarkable is that this metadata actually includes dynamically generated information about the ideas expressed in each article. Hence, this new ontology can allow the reader to find related ideas in articles across the encyclopedia. The potential is for a new paradigm for searching that doesn't depend on simply looking for particular words in a body of text. In the white paper, the project director and his co-authors provide a very thorough discussion of the project, including how they are using expert input from philosophers to help train the software to provide better results.


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A sitemap should give a listing of all of the pages of a website in a list format. The reason for having a sitemap is enable users to find pages that may be buried under a series of links. It also helps users who have found a page previously on the website, but somehow have "lost" the page in subsequent visits. Here is a screeshot of the current FamilySearch.org sitemap:
There are a few pages that need highlighting. These are pages that users should know about, but have previously been rather difficult to find or navigate to. I would highlight the following pages:
- Product Support
- Partner Products
- Research Wiki
- Family History Centers
- International Genealogy (really the IGI)
Nice improvement. Of course, there are still those orphan pages out there that haven't been included in the site map because they are seemingly unconnected to FamilySearch.org. For example, the Consultants training page that is on LDS.org. See this screenshot:


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UPDATE (6/28/2008): The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has recently published its draft Revenue Regulation for the implementation of Republic Act 9504 (RA 9504). It is also conducting a public hearing July 1, 2008 (Tuesday), 8:00 to 12:00 Noon at the BIR National Training Center Auditorium, BIR National Office Compound, Quezon City.
You can download the draft here (via RapidShare). Source: BIR
UPDATE (7/10/2008): Full text of RA 9504 is now posted here.
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IT'S NOW A LAW–President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo shows off a copy of the Tax Relief for Minimum WageEarners Act after she signed it into law Tuesday (June 17, 2008 ) at Malacanang's Reception Hall. With the President in photo are (standing, first row, from left) Senator Manuel Mar Roxas, Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, and Francis Escudero, Reps. Ma. Amelita Villarosa, Edcel Lagman, and Mary Anne Susano, House Speaker Prospero Nograles, and Rep. Exequiel Javier and other legislators. (Rey Baniquet/OPS-NIB Photo)
Photo from the Office of the Press Secretary
President Gloria Arroyo has signed Republic Act 9504. Its official title is, An Act Amending Sections 22, 24, 34, 35, 51 And 79 of Republic Act 8424, As Amended, Otherwise Known As The National Internal Revenue Code Of 1987." This new law will exempt minimum wage earners from paying income tax, increasing tax exemption for all earners and additional exemptions for individuals with dependents/children.
This means that anyone earning at least the minimum wage in his/her region will not pay income tax. The exemption extends to overtime pay, holiday pay, night shift differential and hazard pay of minimum wage earners only. Below is an quote from the law's text:
All individuals will have a maximum of P50,000 annual income tax exemption. This simply means that a person earning a gross annual salary of P180,000 (excluding the mandatory 13th month pay, which is tax free) per year will only pay income tax on the P130,000. The new exemption is for all persons whether single, married or head of the family. In the old tax code, RA 8284 it gave single individuals only a P20,000 exception, head of families P25,000 and married individuals P32,000.
For married couples, the new law increase the additional exemptions based on the number of their children. In the old law, each couple is allowed an exemption of P8,000 per child up to 4 children. The new law increases the exception to P25,000 per child up to 4 children. Therefore, a family with four children will have a maximum exemption of P200,000. It is a substantial increase from the previous P96,000 per family with four children. In theory, a family with four children earning exactly or below P200,000 per year will not be subject to income tax.
The law simply means more take home or net pay for minimum wage earners and lower taxes for the middle class. This is a much welcomed relief from the higher cost of living.
The government, however, estimates a revenue loss of about P14 billion per year. With the increased spending due to higher net pay VAT collections may offset the loss in revenue.
[The new act also changes how professionals or non employees pay their tax. I personally don't have knowledge on this particular item so I won't attempt to discuss it.]
The new law will benefit income earners from this year (2008 ) onwards. To be more specific, RA9504 Section 9 states that, "This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation."
Please contact your respective employers on how they will adjust your withholding tax payment for 2008.
Below is an illustration on how it affects take home/net pay:
(1) The illustration will not apply to everybody's case. Please consult a licensed accountant, tax advisor or your human resources department to know how the new law will affect you specifically.
(2) The SSS, Pag-IBIG Fund and Philhealth contributions are based on a monthly salary of P15,000 per month.
(3) Statutory Exemption: In RA 8424 single income earners get only a P20,000 personal tax exemptions. RA 9504 grants a P50,000 tax exemption regardless of status.
(4) This is how the income tax is computed for single person as per RA8424 Chapter 3 Section 24 (see below):
Then: P22,500 + ((P150,550 – P140,000) x 25%)
Now: P8,500 + ((120,550 – P70,000) x 20%)
RA8424 Chapter 3 Section 24:
"The tax shall be computed in accordance with and at the rates established in the following schedule:
"Not over P10,000 –> 5%
"Over P10,000 but not over P30,000 –> P500+10% of the excess over P10,000
"Over P30,000 but not over P70,000 –> P2,500+15% of the excess over P30,000
"Over P70,000 but not over P140,000 –> P8,500+20% of the excess over P70,000
"Over P140,000 but not over P250,000 –> P22,500+25% of the excess over P140,000
"Over P250,000 but not over P500,000 –> P50,000+30% of the excess over P250,000
"Over P500,000 –> P125,000+34% of the excess over P500,000 in 1998
Please see the text of Senate Bill 2293 which has been signed into law and has become Republic Act 9504. Download/Read it here. Please check the Senate, House and Bureau of Internal Revenue(BIR) websites from time to time for the official text of the law.
Read the press release from the Office of the President here.
UPDATE (6/28/2008): The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has recently published its draft Revenue Regulation for the implementation of Republic Act 9504 (RA 9504). It is also conducting a public hearing July 1, 2008 (Tuesday), 8:00 to 12:00 Noon at the BIR National Training Center Auditorium, BIR National Office Compound, Quezon City.
You can download the draft here (via RapidShare). Source: BIR
UPDATE (7/10/2008): Full text of RA 9504 is now posted here.
Media Coverage:
Arroyo signs tax exemption measure for minimum wage earners (1:43 p.m.)
By Sun Star Network Online | June 17, 2008
Minimum wage earners get tax relief
By Michael Lim Ubac – Philippine Daily Inquirer | 06/18/2008
Tax relief package favors middle class, says Monsod
By Doris Dumlao – Philippine Daily Inquirer | 6/18/2008
GMA signs tax-exemption bill into law
By Mia M. Gonzales – Business Mirror | 6/18/2008
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On Saturday evening me and 3 other people set out to reach the highest point in New York State, Mount Marcy. It's elevation of 5,343 feet didn't scare us one bit. Getting there wasn't easy and we made some mistakes that we can now learn from. For one we left at night, that meant leaving from Brooklyn we would get there at about 5:45 am. We only slept for about an hour before getting up again to prepare for our hike. Leaving at night also made it hard to find the Adirondack Lodge (LOJ) that we were supposed to park at for the night and the hike. At 8:45 am we began our ascent, the first two miles was easy and a good warm up. After that things started getting wet and snowy. The more we went the deeper the snow got, until we reached a point where the path was thinning and the snow was just getting deeper. We stopped about a mile after the point where you have a choice to turn off the path for Mount Phelps. That's where at 4.5 miles we decided to take a rest.
A nice amount of hikers were coming back down, we always found this to be the best time for questions. They told us that if we kept going we would be in a fog soon where we wouldn't be able to see a foot in front of us. We found out that if we did actually get to the top, the view would be non-existent. All we would see is nothing. So we decided to start walking back and climb Mount Phelps. We walked a mile back to that fork in the trail. We sat down and rested a bit, that's when we met some people coming back from the top of Phelps. They all told us the same, no view and it's cold. At this point one of our guys told us his feet were starting to freeze. Without the right boots on this trail with all it's water and snow/ice you can really get wet and cold. So that was pretty much the point where we decided this has been a great adventure that we will never forget.
How can we forget step after step in mud, ice, snow. Slipping on rocks. Practically walking the trail which turned into a stream. Once in a while a pile of snow falls down from the trees because of the wind, these blocks of snow fall on your head without warning. At the same time that you are freezing because of the cold, you find yourself taking off your gloves and jacket because you are sweating from all the climbing. Now it's true that we were not very well prepared and that this was pretty new to us but the snow was really making it too difficult for people who had no sleep and too many layers.
I've learned that you need to come with light but warm clothing. Don't drive all night and expect to climb 5,343 feet with no sleep. After we came back we decided to start driving around. I got some nice shots of the Adirondack scenery. That's pretty much it for this adventure. We hope to tackle this mountain again around summer time. Climbing/Hiking is something I do enjoy and would like to continue learning.


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Virginia Contractors Plead Guilty to Kickback Scheme
WASHINGTON – Two Virginia contractors pleaded guilty today to participating in a scheme to steer contracts for repair and maintenance work at healthcare and nursing home facilities owned by Medical Facilities of America Inc. (MFA) to their now defunct plumbing business, the Department of Justice announced.
Donald R. Holland, a resident of Hardy, Va., and Larry R. Sumpter, a resident of Roanoke, Va., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Roanoke to conspiring with another individual to steer contracts for repair and maintenance at MFA healthcare and nursing home facilities. According to a one-count felony charge filed today, from about June 1998 until at least December 2006, Holland and Sumpter, former co-owners of Virginia-based Hardy Plumbing & Heating Corp., conspired with an MFA employee who oversaw the bidding process for repair and maintenance contracts at MFA facilities in North Carolina and Virginia. The department said that the MFA employee steered contracts to Hardy Plumbing in return for kickbacks.
According to the court documents, Holland, Sumpter and the MFA employee created fictitious competitor bids that were higher than the quotes submitted by Hardy Plumbing to create the appearance of competition. The MFA employee also specified the amount Hardy Plumbing should quote to MFA as well as the amount of the kickback on each of the contracts. As a result of the kickback scheme, Holland and Sumpter paid more than $250,000 to the MFA employee and received gross revenues totaling more than $3 million in connection with MFA contracts that were subject to the scheme to defraud. The department said that as a result of the kickback scheme, MFA was deprived of competitive pricing to its financial detriment. According to the plea agreements, Holland and Sumpter have agreed to cooperate with the department's ongoing investigation.
Holland and Sumpter are charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud for the kickback scheme, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 criminal fine. The maximum fines may be increased to twice the gain derived from the crime or twice the loss suffered by the victims of the crime, if either of those amounts is greater than the statutory maximum.
The pleas are the second and third to arise out of the department's ongoing fraud investigation into the award of repair and maintenance contracts at facilities owned by MFA. On April 4, 2011, Edward T. Fodrey, a contractor and resident of Norfolk, Va., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Norfolk to conspiring with others to steer contracts for repair, maintenance and renovation at MFA healthcare and nursing home facilities.
The investigation is being conducted by the Antitrust Division's Philadelphia Field Office, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia, the FBI in Roanoke and the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation in Roanoke. Anyone with information concerning fraudulent behavior relating to the award of contracts by MFA should contact the Antitrust Division's Philadelphia Field Office at 215-597-7405 or visit www.justice.gov/atr/contact/newcase.htm.


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Sprint has upped its offer for Clearwire, outbidding Dish and signing a deal which requires Clearwire to cough up $115m if the acquisition fails for any reason – outmanoeuvring Dish yet again.
The Clearwire board had voted in favour of the Dish offer, which at $4.40 per share was a dollar up on Sprint's original bid.
But this time Sprint has 45 per cent of the existing shareholders on side, with an offer of $5 a share. That was enough to get Clearwire signed up to a $155m lock-in clause, along with an agreement to hold a vote as soon as practical; all for an offer which values Clearwire at a shade over $14bn.
Sprint is already Clearwire's majority shareholder, but this deal will give the operator complete control of Clearwire and unrestricted access to its radio spectrum.
Dish really wanted that spectrum, a vital component in its bid to build a new national phone network across America. It wanted Sprint, too, gaining infrastructure for that network, but was outbid and outmaneuvered by SoftBank which now looks almost certain to take control of Sprint.
That leaves Dish holding a whole pile of borrowed money, and few ways to turn it into telephony gold. Just like LightSquared before it, Dish has found that getting into the mobile telephone business is much harder than it looks. ®


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Penn State has named Linda Caldwell, professor of recreation, park, and tourism management and of human development and family studies; and Peter Molenaar, professor of human development and family studies and of psychology; distinguished professors for their records of research, teaching and service. The honor -- which recognizes exceptional teaching, research, creativity and service to the University community -- is awarded by the Office of the President of Penn State based on the recommendations of colleagues and the dean.
Linda Caldwell
Linda Caldwell's research primarily focuses on programs and interventions that develop youth competencies, promote healthy lifestyles and reduce risky behavior such as substance misuse and sexual risk in and through leisure. She is the co-developer of two interventions that focus on preventing adolescent risk behavior through positive use of free time -- "Time Wise: Taking Charge of Leisure Time" and "HealthWise South Africa: Life Skills for Young Adults." Her primary funding comes from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Although Caldwell has conducted studies in Pennsylvania, the scope of her research involves close work with international colleagues, primarily in South Africa, where she has been a principal investigator or co-principal investigator on funded research since 2000. Her other international efforts have included working with colleagues in Germany and Colombia to translate the TimeWise program into German and Spanish.
"Dr. Caldwell has consistently been a leader not only in the field of recreation and leisure studies but also in adolescent development and prevention science," said Garry Chick, head of the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management. "Her research contributions, her use of them in her teaching, and their translation into important and practically applicable programs have been extraordinary and, I believe, unmatched in the field of recreation and leisure studies. I believe that she is richly deserving of appointment as a distinguished professor."
Caldwell has published over 100 refereed research articles and book chapters and is a co-author of the book, titled "Recreation and Youth Development," which has been translated into Mandarin Chinese. She is currently the secretary of the Children and Youth Commission of the World Leisure Association, the past-president of the Academy of Leisure Sciences and an elected member of the American Academy of Park and Recreation Administration. In 2007, she was a recipient of the National Recreation and Park Association's Franklin D. and Theodore Roosevelt Excellence in Recreation and Park Research Award and the Society for Prevention Research's International Collaborative Prevention Science Award. She received the College of Health and Human Development's Leadership in Outreach Award in 2009, and the Penn State Spirit of Internationalization Award in 2012.
Caldwell currently is serving as a guest editor for a special issue of Loisir et Société/Society & Leisure on e-leisure and has served in many editorial capacities over the years, mainly as associate editor for the Therapeutic Recreation Journal, the Journal of Leisure Research and Leisure/Loisir. She is an active reviewer for numerous leisure, prevention and developmental psychology journals. In 2010, Caldwell was appointed to serve as Penn State's faculty athletics representative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and also selected as the inaugural director of the College of Health and Human Development Global Leadership, a post she continues to hold.
Prior to joining the faculty at Penn State in 1995, Caldwell was an assistant professor at the University of Waterloo from 1986 to 1989 and an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro from 1989 to 1993. From 1993 to 1995, she was a part-time professor at the University of Georgia while also conducting research for the USDA Forest Service.
Caldwell received a bachelor's degree in recreation and parks in 1976 from Penn State, a master's degree in recreation resources administration from North Carolina State University in 1982 and a doctoral degree in recreation from the University of Maryland in 1986.
Peter Molenaar
Peter Molenaar's research focuses on the application of mathematical theories to solve substantive psychological issues. An important aim of the field of psychology is to describe, explain and guide processes occurring at the level of individual subjects. Molenaar has shown that the appropriate methodology required for realizing this aim has to be based on person-specific analyses of intra-individual variation; for example, time series analysis. He is applying his new person-specific methodology to a variety of psychological processes, including mother-child interaction, personality development and cognitive aging. He also is working on additional applications to individual psycho-therapeutic processes and brain imaging. A recent breakthrough concerns the development of innovative genetic time-series models to estimate subject-specific heritabilities.
In addition, Molenaar is using his person-specific methodology as a way to apply state-of-the-art engineering techniques, in particular computational control theory, to optimally guide learning and developmental processes as well as disease processes. He currently is working on applying control theory to patient-specific optimal treatment of diabetes type I and asthma patients.
Finally, Molenaar is studying additional applications of mathematical theories to solve substantive psychological issues, including the use of artificial neural networks to investigate nonlinear epigenetic processes, the use of innovative structural equation modeling techniques to analyze longitudinal data and the use of nonlinear dynamical models of developmental stage transitions.
"Through his work, Dr. Molenaar has revolutionized how people think about and approach work on human development," said Zarit. "For the past 100 years, most developmental research has relied on comparisons between people. Dr. Molenaar has demonstrated the importance of within-person analysis, showing that individual patterns of development often differ considerably from the expectations set from traditional between-person comparisons. He also is an outstanding teacher, whose classes are filled not just with graduate students but with other faculty members who want to learn about the cutting-edge methods that he knows. He has helped build Penn State into the foremost place in the world for studying human development from a within-person perspective."
Molenaar is the recipient of the 2010 Aston-Gottesman award from the University of Virginia and the 2011 Pauline Schmitt Russell Distinguished Research Career Award from Penn State. He is a member of the American Psychological Society, the Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology and the Center for Neural Engineering at Penn State University.
Prior to joining the Penn State faculty in 2005, Molenaar was a professor of mathematical and developmental psychology and head of the Department of Psychological Methodology at the University of Amsterdam. He also served as head of the Department of Cognitive Developmental Psychology at the University of Amsterdam. From 1993 to 1996, he was a visiting professor at Penn State.
Molenaar earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1972, master's degrees in mathematical psychology and psychophysiology in 1976, and a doctoral degree in social sciences in 1981, all from the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands.
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Chester County Unemployment Inches Down
Monday, January 28th 2013
Chester County Unemployment Inches Down
From the DailyLocal.com
Chester County's unemployment rate was headed down at the end of 2012, dropping 0.1 percent in November to 5.9 percent and even with the rate in November 2011.
The number of unemployed in Chester County dropped in November to 15,800 from 16,200 in October.
The statistics were compiled by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, which reported the biggest gains in November employment were in retail along with leisure and hospitality.
Though Chester County's unemployment inched to a lower level, "I don't want to make too much out of one month," said Ryan Sweet, senior economist at Moody's Analytics in West Chester.
Retail had a decent holiday in sales and hiring, Sweet said. One boost came from the calendar: Thanksgiving was the fourth Thursday in a month that had five Thursdays, giving shoppers an extra week of retail between Black Friday and Christmas.
Also on the plus side, Sweet pointed out, Chester County dodged the devastation of Hurricane Sandy that shut down businesses, disrupted hiring and caused temporary layoffs in some New Jersey shore communities.
But there is still the uncertainty of the national economy, Sweet continued.
"It was touch and go as businesses adjusted to the 'fiscal cliff,'" Sweet said.
Though there was a sigh of relief that the "fiscal cliff" was averted at the 11th hour, the measures taken to avoid the cliff were stopgaps, not solutions.
Sweet said while the nation waits, count on businesses to stay in scaled back modes as Washington addresses the debt ceiling, spending cuts and the Congressional budget.
"Until there is fiscal clarity, companies will be reluctant to hire," Sweet said. "2013 will be off to a slow start."
Kicking the can down the road, the way the federal government has done, means companies will put hiring plans on "the back burner," Sweet said.
This will "not be a booming year" though it is going in the right direction, Sweet said. Don't look for much until 2014.
Though unemployment dropped, other employment numbers were mixed.
Chester County's labor force dropped to 269,100 workers in November from 269,900 in October.
Stanley Schuck, program director of Hire One in Uwchlan, explained that "people fall off the map" as they run out of unemployment benefits and there are also people who have ceased looking for work.
The economic troubles for the county, like the nation, began in 2008 and 2009 in the early days of the recession, Schuck said. Back then, companies in Chester County started laying off middle-level management in information technology, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and health care, all key industries to the region.
Those employees left on the job took on more work, Schuck continued. "But after a while, people get tired and productivity falls off."
As a result, Schuck believes some companies will want to turn around that trend and start hiring middle management to "offset the load" carried by current employees.
While the program director does not think the number of those jobs will ramp back up to pre-recession levels, he does see an uptick in hiring in middle management in communications, web construction and change management this year. The last, change management, is generally a consultant brought in to guide a company into a new corporate culture after an acquisition or through management changes.
Schuck has a bit of a brighter prediction for 2013 than Moody's Sweet.
Judging by internet job boards in the region, "in 2013 (companies) will start to hire back," Schuck said, noting that while there are national economic issues yet to be addressed, a growing number of companies feel they are at a place where they have to make a decision.
The five-county Philadelphia market had an 8.3 percent unemployment rate in November, down 0.2 percent from the month before, with Chester County holding the lowest unemployment rate.
Philadelphia had the highest rate at 10.4 percent, followed by Delaware County at 8.0 percent, Bucks County at 7.3 percent and Montgomery County at 6.6 percent.
Across the state, the unemployment rate fell 0.3 percent to 7.8 percent while the national rate was down 0.2 percent to 7.7 percent.
Unemployment across the commonwealth's 67 counties ranged from a low of 5.7 percent in Centre County, located in central Pennsylvania, to a high of 11.1 percent in Cameron County, located in north-central Pennsylvania.


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If you're the kind of person that cranks up the Christmas music the minute Thanksgiving has wrapped, then you've probably already gone digging through your closets for the holiday decorations. We've all got our stash of lights, ornaments, and reindeer decor (some more than others), but this year, instead of pulling out those old string lights that — more likely than not — have a bulb or two missing, we've been on the hunt for some kickass new Christmas lights.
Whether you prefer pretty colors or twinkling bright whites, we've found the best strands to freshen up a space — and get your holiday season started right. And hey, don't worry about taking these down come December 26. We've got a feeling these sparklers will have some serious staying power in your abode all year long.


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Palm Springs Community Television (PSCTV) is the City's cable television station, Channel 17, which broadcasts City Council meetings as well as various Board and Commission meetings. We also provide video production services to City departments for special events.
Citizens can watch City Council meetings live at 6 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday's of the month on Channel 17. Meetings are rebroadcast on Tuesdays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. In addition, Council meetings can be viewed online.
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While surffing craigs list recently I found an add for a horazontal mill. After looking at the pictures it was an old line shaft mill that had been converted to electric drive. The seller said it powered up and worked so I stopped by last nite and took a look at it while out on a rare date with Mrs Moleman. Who says I don't know how to show a lady a good time. It was a turn of the century E.E. Garvin & Co. No.3 horizontal mill with a 8"x36" table, power feed, a vise, and about 20 cutters. It seemed to work although it is very dirty and grimey. The best thing was the price....$100:woot: And the Mrs said I should get it so it doesn't get sold for scrap.
SOOOO, today I got a trailer and some tools and gave a shot a moving it. I used a 2 ton engine hoist to remove the electric motor and transmission mounted on top of the mill first, Then lifted the mill and sat it on the hoist legs while moving it to the trailer. At the trailer we pushed it in as far as it would go and rolled it on pipes (which ViperDude reminded me to take and I would of been S.O.L. without) until it was in position. I had it sitting on a sheet of plywood that was screwed to the trailer deck, and had boards screwed around the base of the mill to keep it from sliding. Then I put eight or nine ratchet straps all around the mill to stablize it. I have no idea what the mill weighs, but the minivan didn't like towing it and I was "that idiot" driving 45-50mph down the expressway today. Back home removed it the opposite of putting it in. I'll need to go through it, clean it up and put it back together and eventually paint it, but for $100 with tooling I figured I couldn't go wrong.


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text: Has anyone noticed that the people that say, people are nuts for investing in satellite radio, that we are speculating to much, and it has no future. Yet they are the first ones to jumb on the band wagan about how internet radio will replace satellite radio. Excuse me, but is internet radio even exist as a viable business yet. If I recall most of them were saying the new royalty increases would make it impossible for them to stay in busuness. That is the first problem they are dealing with now. Not to mention how to keep a signal in a moving car. I mean wouldn't it be wise to at least figure out these basic problems before they start to use it as a reasonable replacement, to satellite radio. At least then the big question can be looked at which is who pays for the cost to put internet into cars. Hell they cant even find companies anymore to replace the ones that pulled out of the original deals, to help cities pay for WiFi being put all over the big cities (their excuses were that the cost was to great for the return). Now I am not saying that internet radio in cars will not happen on a wide scale. What I am saying is it is still way to early to be saying it will replace anything at this point.


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John Farrell waited for the American League to take the field in the top of the fourth inning so he could remove Jeter from the game and give the crowd a proper chance to send off Jeter. It was a nice moment, Jeter tipped his cap (face) to the crowd, the players, and the coaches. He then went into the dugout and fist bumped the AL squad and popped out for another tip of the cap to the crowd.
Jeter left the game 2-2 with a single and a double, the double coming in the first inning off Adam Wainwright. As is typical in these kinds of events, Farrell was not the only one working to put on a good show. Wainwright pitched in, as well.
Goodbye, Jeets. You are in the running for All-Star MVP because it is your last, but you will nevertheless be missed, if for nothing else than giving us this GIF of Bud Selig realizing he was on television while you exited and should probably start clapping.


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Ample Hills' PB&J Ice Cream
Peanut butter and jelly is a classic combination, but it's the way these flavors come together in this ice cream that makes it great. First, a fat scoop of PB is stirred into a sweet cream ice cream base, then, just before serving, spoonfuls of jelly are folded into the finished product. It keeps the flavors separate, letting them, quite literally, melt in your mouth.
Excerpted from Ample Hills Creamery: Secrets and Stories from Brooklyn's Favorite Ice Cream Shop by Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna with Lauren Kaelin (Stewart, Tabori & Chang). Copyright © 2014. Photographs by Lucy Schaeffer.
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- Yield:serves 4
- Active time: 1 hour
- Total time:several hours, for churning and freezing
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- 1 cup Concord grape jelly
- Peanut Butter Ice Cream
- 1/2 cup all-natural peanut butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 recipe Walt's Dream Sweet Cream Ice Cream (ingredients below)
- 3/4 cup organic cane sugar
- 1/2 cup skim milk powder
- 1 2/3 cups whole milk
- 1 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 3 egg yolks
Prepare an ice bath in your sink or in a large heatproof bowl.
In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, skim milk powder, and milk. Stir with a hand mixer or whisk until smooth. Make sure the skim milk powder is wholly dissolved into the mixture and that no lumps remain (any remaining sugar granules will dissolve over the heat). Stir in the cream.
Clip a candy thermometer to the saucepan and set the pan over medium heat. Cook, stirring often with a rubber spatula and scraping the bottom of the pan to prevent sticking and burning, until the mixture reaches 110ºF, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat.
Place the egg yolks in a medium bowl. While whisking, slowly pour in ½ cup of the hot milk mixture to temper the egg yolks. Continue to whisk slowly until the mixture is an even color and consistency, then whisk the egg-yolk mixture back into the remaining milk mixture.
Return the pan to the stovetop over medium heat and continue cooking the mixture, stirring often, until it reaches 165ºF, 5 to 10 minutes more. Add the peanut butter and vanilla and whisk vigorously to combine.
Transfer the pan to the prepared ice bath and let cool for 15 to 20 minutes. Pour the ice cream base through a wire-mesh strainer into a storage container and place in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 hours, or until completely cool.
Now you're ready to make ice cream! Transfer the cooled base to an ice cream maker and churn it according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Transfer the ice cream to a storage container, gently folding in heaping spoonfuls of the grape jelly as you do, softly lifting and spinning it throughout the ice cream. Be careful not to overmix. Serve immediately or harden in your freezer for 8 to 12 hours for a more scoopable ice cream.
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Warfare and Arms of the Early Iron Age Steppe Nomads
Oleksandr Symonenko
At the turn of Bronze and Early Iron Ages, the nomads of the Eurasian steppe brought about a new and progressive phenomenon in world military history: cavalry warfare. Spanning the vast distance from the Danube in the West to the Hwang Ho in the Far East, among nomadic peoples including the Cimmerians, Scythians, Sakas, Sarmatians, Xiongnu, and Xianbei, a universal mode of warfare, more or less similar in tactics, battle, arms and armor, and horse harness, dominated.
The chronological frames of the Early Iron Age are differently determined in various historiographical traditions, but for the history of steppe Eurasia the frame is customarily considered to begin in the 10th century
The light-armed cavalry was a basic military force of the nomads. Each nomadic man was an armed and skillful warrior. Judging from archaeological material and narrative sources, the nomadic light cavalryman was armed by bow and arrows, light javelin and/or lance, and probably lasso. The light cavalry consisted of the common nomads. Since the 7th c.
The tactical principles and fighting methods of nomads were conditioned by the composition of their army, with light cavalry prevailing. One of the main methods was raids, which varied in duration, range, and composition of personnel involved. The battle tactics of nomadic troops developed due to a need to overcome a resistance of deep infantry formation. Since the long spears of infantry inhibited close combat, nomadic horsemen first covered the adversary with a massive and dense, although undirected, torrent of arrows. After that, light horsemen approached and threw spears and javelins from shorter distances, thus causing confusion in the ranks of the infantry. Then heavy cavalry rushed into the breach for fighting with close-combat weapons, spears, and battleaxes.


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A better alternative is to set up a timer that calls you back from time to time. Cocoa offers the
NSTimer class for this. It offers a wealth of methods to set up the timer and insert it into the RunLoop. The timer will then send from time to time a message to a method of your app that does the job.
It is actually easy to create the job. First you need to decide which method will be notified. In our example here it is
- (void) runIt (with no arguments).
The code to set up the timer could then look like this:
NSTimer *timer;
timer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:10.0
selector: @selector(runIt)
repeats: YES];
So this one schedules the execution of the runIt method of the same class the timer is created in, to repeat every 10 seconds.
To cancel the timer again, one just has to send it an invalidate method:
[timer invalidate]
I was first experimenting with
scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:invocation:repeats: but for whatever reason it did not work, even if the timer said it is valid. But the above works well for me and is even easier.


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Welcome to the TomKat team, Toni!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Please Welcome....Toni Chase to The TomKat Studio!
Welcome to the TomKat team, Toni!
18 comments:
- Toni said...
I'm so excited Kim!!! Like I've told you a gazillion times....this is my DREAM JOB! We are going to make beautiful music together. LOL
- June 8, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- Save the Date for Cupcakes said...
Aww~ yay for you! You NEED the help! Your so lucky to find local help! It must make life that much eaiser for you;o)
- June 8, 2010 at 3:30 PM
- Destiny said...
OMGoodness...I just love this story...it reminds me just how lovley this world is and what special connections and friendships can happen all because of the internet! Congrats Toni and TomKat:0)
- June 8, 2010 at 3:30 PM
- Toni said...
Oh...by the way....I also love my family too. Thankfully, my husband is very understanding of my deep love for Andre, NYC, and parties!
- June 8, 2010 at 3:32 PM
- Aaron [air] said...
Kim! You are SO luck to find help so wonderful & LOCAL!!! amazing!!! I look forward to seeing how everything grows! :)
- June 8, 2010 at 4:15 PM
- Molly said...
Toni IS amazing! You are lucky to have found eachother and I know how much passion she will put into this job. Good luck to both of you!
- June 8, 2010 at 4:30 PM
- Kustom Kreations by Elisha Akram said...
Congrats to the both of you! A great fit for both "Parties" involved!
- June 8, 2010 at 5:29 PM
- Double the Giggles said...
Congrats on expanding TomKat Studio and congrats to Toni! I'm super jealous! This is definitely a dream job!
- June 8, 2010 at 6:03 PM
- Alexis said...
It is quite an empire you are growing...look out Martha!! Can't wait to read more about Toni...i loved that NY party.
- June 8, 2010 at 6:56 PM
- hendywow said...
Hooray! Toni is going to be terrific, she is a very talented girl! I love her picture of her Jumping in Central Park, it expresses exactly how she feels about her new job.
- June 8, 2010 at 7:24 PM
- Brittney said...
Congrats on expanding the business and welcome to Toni!
- June 8, 2010 at 7:30 PM
- Ashley @ The Sweet Life Studio said...
Toni, you are a lucky girl! Have fun, you two!
- June 8, 2010 at 8:09 PM
- Mommy said...
CONGRATS Toni! How fun to work with the wonderful Kim! :) I'm jealous in a good way! All the BEST to you all!
- June 8, 2010 at 9:39 PM
- becki said...
Congratulations! I hear all great things about Toni. I need me some Toni too, my etsy inbox is out of control! I promise not to steal her away.
- June 8, 2010 at 9:45 PM
- Andrea said...
Toni, you have already made a huge difference at TomKat and I can't wait to meet you in person this weekend! I'm thrilled to have you on board and I feel just as blessed as you do to be able to work with our lovely Kim! We do indeed have dream jobs, don't we? :) Hugs!
- June 8, 2010 at 10:02 PM
- Toni said...
I'm feelin' the love people!!! It has been an amazing two weeks. I'm the luckiest girl in the whole world!!!
- June 8, 2010 at 10:11 PM
- Emily said...
Welcome, Toni!! Cant wait to get to know YOU, too!!! <3
Emily @ Tiny Belles Boutique
- June 8, 2010 at 10:24 PM
- Heather @ Glitter and Gloss said...
Congrats, Toni!
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So, despite my lack of blogging, I have been doing a bit of sewing lately. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I can't share much of it with you yet. However, I can share a cool new quilt top that I recently finished up.
I was excited to be asked by Kimberly, Chelsea, and the team at the Fat Quarter Shop to help celebrate the launch of their newest free quilt pattern, Layer Cake Lemonade. This pattern is part of the FQS' Shortcut Quilts series, featuring patterns for quilts that are quick to piece and make good use of fabric pre-cuts. You can find the free quilt pattern here.
For my version of the Layer Cake Lemonade quilt, I decided to use the recent reprint of two of my favorite fabric lines -- Lush Uptown by Erin Michael for Moda. I knew it would be a great collection to showcase its beautiful large focal prints.
The pattern was well-written and a breeze to put together. In fact, I both cut and pieced this quilt top in just one afternoon. A Shortcut Quilt indeed!
Once again, here is the link to the free quilt pattern.
Also, in honor of the release of the Layer Cake Lemonade pattern, the Fat Quarter Shop is offering 20% off of all layer cakes this week only for all of you that want to make your own version. Happy shopping!
Thanks again to Kimberly and the entire team over at the Fat Quarter Shop for inviting me to be part of the celebration!


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|Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang's Regular Press Conference on November 1, 2018
Q: According to reports, China recently commenced the operations of a maritime observation center, a meteorological observatory and a national environmental and air quality monitoring station on reefs of the Nansha Islands. Do you have more details?
A: Recently, China has begun operating a maritime observation center, a meteorological observatory and a national environmental and air quality monitoring station on reefs of the Nansha Islands. These projects are designed to observe the maritime, hydrological, meteorological conditions and air qualities and provide such services as maritime warning and forecast, tsunami alert, weather forecast, air quality forecast and disaster prevention and relief.
At the end of July, China's rescue ship Nanhai Jiu 115 was stationed in the relevant reefs of the South China Sea, which has effectively strengthened the search and rescue forces in the central and southern parts of the South China Sea and provided effective safeguards to navigation security in the South China Sea. It has carried out several search and rescue operations and played an important role.
As we have stressed many times, China's constructions on the reefs and islands of the Nansha Islands aim to improve civil services and provide public goods and services to countries in this region. This is what we primarily wanted to achieve when we started these works on the islands and reefs in the South China Sea, and it is also a solemn pledge China has made to countries in the region and to the international community.
The projects kicked off this time will provide more public services to countries in the region and more effectively safeguard the security of navigation in the South China Sea and the production and life of the people of littoral countries. As a responsible major country, China will continue to fulfill its obligations and commitments with concrete actions and make due contributions to the security of the South China Sea and for the benefits of people in this region.
Q: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in an interview that, the recent measures, including charges of commercial espionage and banning of technology-selling to Chinese chipmakers, are part of the US government's strategic effort to push back against China, in a bid to convince China to "behave like a normal nation on commerce and with respect to the rules of international law". What's your reaction to that?
A: We noted relevant reports. What is a "normal" nation is dependent on how you define it.
Regarding China-US relations, like we said many times, China and the US are the two biggest economies in the world and the permanent members of the UN Security Council. Sustaining the sound and steady development of China-US relations, is good news not only to the two countries and peoples, but also to the maintenance of world peace and development.
As to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's remarks, like we said many times, only when China and the US continuously expand cooperation, effectively manage differences, and ensure the sustained, sound and steady development of bilateral relations on the basis of non-conflict and non-confrontation, mutual respect and win-win cooperation, can we bring more benefits to the two peoples. The surveys by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Pew Research Center also showed that the public in the US doesn't view China as a main threat in general. If you take a look around those states in the US, you will find that the mainstream of the Americans still believe China and the US should maintain sound cooperative relations. We hope the relevant individual in the US will awaken to this point.
Q: UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt told the Upper House of the Parliament earlier this week that British diplomats who visited Xinjiang in August have confirmed reports that large numbers of Muslims are being held in "reeducation camps", and the British government expressed concerns over this. What's your reaction to that?
A: We noted relevant reports. The Chinese side firmly opposes the UK in using the so-called Xinjiang-related issues to achieve certain political goals.
Regarding the specific measures China has taken in Xinjiang to fight terrorism and eliminate extremism in a bid to prevent and stop violent terrorist activities, the chairman of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has given an interview to the media and briefed them on the situation in a detailed way. I advise you and the relevant individuals in the UK to read it carefully.
Q: The World Bank elevated China from 78th to 46th place in the global rankings in terms of the environment for doing business in its latest report released on October 31. Its official also said that the speed and achievements of China's reform and opening up are breathtaking. What's your comment?
A: We noted that the World Bank issued its Doing Business 2019 report yesterday, which raised China from 78th to 46th place in the global rankings, up by 32 spots. We welcome that.
The World Bank said in its report that China has taken a record number of reform measures in improving its business climate for small and medium-sized enterprises in the past year. The World Bank official said that China has made huge strides in optimizing its business environment, which signals the high value its government places on nurturing entrepreneurship and private enterprises.
The Chinese side believes that the evaluation by the World Bank is objective and fair, which also reflects China's unswerving commitment and effective measures to deepen reform, expand opening up and continuously improve the environment for doing business. This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up. The Chinese side will continue to advance a new round of reform and opening up, improve business environment, and make China a preferred destination of investment for more and more foreign businesses. We welcome more foreign enterprises to operate here and share opportunities brought by China's development.
Q: Firstly, US National Security Adviser John Bolton yesterday said that China is most likely stealing Russian intellectual property in order to sell copycat weapon systems for lower price. I wonder if you have any comment? Secondly, Norwegian Ambassador to China Geir Pedersen has been appointed as the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Syria. I wonder if you have any comment on that?
A: Regarding your first question, I know that some people in the US are worrying themselves over this and have been warning Russia to mind this or that when dealing with China. I just want to advise these people in the US not to underestimate ability of the Russian people to judge for themselves.
As to your second question, China welcomes the appointment of Mr. Geir Pedersen as the new Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. Mr. Geir Pedersen is an experienced diplomat and we believe his assumption of the post will inject new impetus into the Syrian political process. The Chinese side will as always support the Secretary-General and his Special Envoy in stepping up mediation efforts and play a constructive role in promoting the political settlement process of the Syria issue.
Hereby, I would also like to make some comments on Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria Staffan de Mistura. During his tenure of office as the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura has made tremendous efforts to vigorously promote the political settlement of the Syria issue. China regrets Mr. Staffan de Mistura's departure from the post and fully commends and recognizes what he has done.
Q: Freedom House in the US has released its annual report saying that China's restrictive Internet policies and digital surveillance have spread worldwide and the Chinese government is promoting similar measures in other emerging market countries. What is China's comment?
A: Like we have said many times, cyber security is a global issue. Cyberspace is a complicated virtual world where the interests of all parties are intertwined. Its maintenance calls for the constructive efforts from the international community, including from governments, relevant industries, think tanks and media.
This organization you mentioned has long been making false remarks on China-related issues. Its accusations are purely fictional, unprofessional and irresponsible. They are obviously out of ulterior motives.
Q: The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has released a report on Xinjiang's reeducation centers that shows an expansion in the size of these centers since 2016. Based on satellite image analysis, the Institute found that the most expansion took place in the most recent quarter. Has the number of extremists and criminals in Xinjiang expanded in the past two years, with a faster growth rate this year?
A: First of all, I wonder on what objective foundations this institution based its report and what standards this so-called satellite image analysis used? I would refer you to the relevant institution to get answers.
As for the current counter-terrorism situation in Xinjiang, Shohrat Zakir, chairman of the Government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, already gave a detailed briefing to the media. With the strong support of the Central Government, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has taken firm measures. Now Xinjiang is generally stable, with the situation improving. In the past 21 months, no violent terrorist attacks have occurred, including those endangering the property and lives of innocent people. This specific figure does say a lot about the current situation.
Q: According to reports, India has lodged a solemn protest over a bus service project under the framework of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Reports say that this project runs through the Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, a region disputed by India and Pakistan. What is your comment?
A: First, I have no information on what you said about the bus service project.
Second, China's principled position on the Kashmir issue is clear. We have said many times that the CPEC is an economic cooperation initiative which targets no third country. It has nothing to do with territorial sovereignty disputes and will not affect China's principled position on the Kashmir issue.
Q: We have learnt that Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is supposed to come here on Friday, but we are just hearing the reports that he is leaving for China today. Has his visit been advanced?
A: We have released information on Prime Minister Imran Khan's visit. At present, everything is proceeding in accordance with the plan set out by the two sides.
Q: Australian Prime Minister has confirmed that the Australian government plans to help Papua New Guinea (PNG) build a new joint navy base. As China expands its influence in the Pacific, would China offer help to PNG to develop its navy force? How does China feel about the push-back from Canberra?
A: When pursuing wide-ranging friendly and cooperative ties with the Pacific Island countries, China always follows the approach of upholding justice while pursuing shared interests and the principles of sincerity, real results, affinity and good faith. Our goal is to help the Pacific Island countries realize peace, stability and prosperity. This is mutually beneficial cooperation between developing countries under the South-South Cooperation framework which targets no third party. The Pacific Island countries are no "sphere of influence" for any country.
We hope that the relevant parties could discard the outdated mindsets of Cold War mentality and zero-sum game, objectively and correctly view China's relations with the Pacific Island countries, and make more concrete efforts to help them realize development.
Q: Norway's Ambassador to China Geir Pedersen just took office last year. Now he is leaving here soon to be the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Syria. How do you comment on Ambassador Geir Pedersen's work in China? What is your expectation for the new Norway Ambassador to China?
A: On your first question, I just expressed my good wishes to Ambassador Geir Pedersen on his appointment as the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Syria. We believe that he will make his contributions to the political settlement of the Syria issue during his tenure as the Special Envoy.
On your second question, China-Norway relations achieved a turn-around in 2016. Since then, bilateral ties have made great headways and bilateral cooperation in various fields has reaped fruitful outcomes, bringing tangible benefits to the two peoples. I believe you also noted that his Majesty King Harald V and Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway paid a very successful visit to China not long ago. President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders held very good talks with King Harald V. The two sides agreed to deepen cooperation including under the Belt and Road framework and enhance communication and coordination on international and regional affairs on the basis of mutual respect.
We speak highly of what Ambassador Geir Pedersen has done to move forward China-Norway relations. We wish him new success in his new post.