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While nearly everyone that visits San Francisco makes sure to visit the Golden Gate bridge, they often miss the other scenic areas of Golden Gate national Recreation Area that they certainly would want to see if they were a little better informaed and knew were just a few miles away. One of these is the Point Bonita lighthouse and hike.
While the main goal of doing the short hike to make your way to Point Bonita Lighthouse and the new Point Bonita lighthouse bridge, you should certainly slow down a bit and not make a beeline for the lighthouse. Taking your time will allow you to take advantage of the beautiful sights along the way. There are plenty of gorgeous views of the California coastline at the Marin Headlands, along with an abundance of wonderful plant life and trees which make for some incredible photographic opportunities:
This includes some beautiful views of the Golden Gate Bridge that many visitors to San Francisco never see:
The trail definitely is not flat with a hill that you descend (and thus must climb back up on the way out), bit it is paved and is wheelchair accessible:
In addition to the beautiful views, there is also the opportunity to see wildlife such as harbor seals basking on the rocks just offshore below the cliffs:
Toward the end of the trail you reach a tunnel that you must go through to reach Bonita lighthouse. When the lighthouse is open to the public (Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM), the tunnel is open. When the lighthouse is closed, there is a steel door that blocks you from entering which also means that you can't see the lighthouse even from a distance:
Once you make it through the tunnel, you emerge to see this breathtaking sight:
If you have the opportunity to visit San Francisco, make sure that you give yourself at least a full day to explore some of the lesser known areas of Golden Gate National Recreation Area…


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Verizon Online Expands High-Speed Internet Access in Southeastern Wisconsin
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SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. - Verizon Online is raising the speed limit in 19 southeastern Wisconsin communities with the introduction of its super-fast digital subscriber line (DSL) Internet access service for consumers and businesses.
Verizon Online's DSL service is now available to more than 38,000 lines in Belgium, Brillion, Bristol, Chilton, Elkhart Lake, Hustisford, Kewaskum, Kiel, Lake Mills, Mishicot, New Holstein, Oostburg, Plymouth, Slinger, Twin Lakes, Two Rivers, Walworth, Waterloo and Waubeka.
Expanding the availability of Verizon Online's DSL service is part of a 14-state initiative to bring the service to an additional 1.2 million telephone lines. Verizon Online now offers DSL service in 26 states and the District of Columbia.
This month, Verizon Online enhanced its DSL service by extending its lowest prices to customers who subscribe to an annual DSL plan, and including a free combination modem and "home gateway" router with the service. The home gateway enables DSL customers to share their DSL connection among multiple computers in their home.
"Verizon Online offers an unbeatable combination -- affordable high-speed Internet access, compelling content, great services and MSN Premium," said Paul Fuglie, Verizon's vice president - regulatory and governmental affairs for Wisconsin. "Our customers can really experience the Internet fast lane to listen to music, play games, watch streaming baseball, shop, work from home and a million other things. We're pleased to bring the benefits of Verizon Online DSL with MSN Premium to additional communities in Wisconsin."
Verizon Online DSL with MSN Premium Consumer Offer
Qualifying new Verizon Online DSL customers can receive DSL service with a maximum connection speed of 1.5 Mbps (megabits per second) downstream and 384 Kbps (kilobits per second) upstream for just $29.95 when subscribing to an annual service plan or when purchasing the service as part of a package of Verizon local and long-distance services. Other customers will pay $34.95 a month for this service.
The gateway is included at no additional charge with Verizon Online's annual service plan and costs $49.95 for qualifying customers who purchase DSL as part of a Verizon calling package. The gateway is $99.95 for customers who do not purchase DSL with a calling package or select an annual service plan.
Verizon Online DSL with MSN Premium service includes:
- Round-the-clock technical support
- MSN Premium software ($99 annual value) that provides
- A firewall, virus protection, and pop-up ad guards
- MLB.com all-access pass to streaming baseball games and other inside baseball information ($99 annual value)
- 9 e-mail accounts
- 10 MB (megabytes) of Web space
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Customers can be billed for DSL on their monthly Verizon telephone bill or a credit card. Local Verizon telephone customers who want to order DSL service or get more information can go online at www.verizon.net or call Verizon at 1-800-PICK-DSL.
Variety of DSL Packages Available for Businesses
Businesses can choose from a variety of DSL speeds and services tailored specifically for small and medium-sized businesses. In June, Verizon reduced the cost of its 1.5Mbps/384Kbps dynamic IP (Internet protocol) DSL for businesses to $59.95 from $89.95 and its static IP DSL to $79.95 from $119.95. Verizon Online DSL for businesses includes:
- 20 MB (megabytes) of Web space that can be used to create an online storefront
- Unlimited dial-up access
- Business-grade e-mail for employees (firstname.lastname@example.com)
- Business-grade technical support available round-the-clock
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- On-time guarantee
Business customers can receive a 20 percent discount on their DSL service if they combine high-speed Internet access with other Verizon services. Additional plans and pricing information are available at http://biz.verizon.net/pands/dsl/. Customers who sign up online receive one month of free service.
Technical Definitions
DSL service generally is available to homes and offices located within approximately three miles of Verizon's local switching center or "central office." Some technical limitations may interfere with the ability of individual telephone lines to get DSL, even when the lines are within three miles of a DSL-equipped central office.
Downstream and upstream speeds describing Verizon Online's DSL services are maximum connection speeds between the customer's computer and Verizon's DSL equipment. Actual connection speeds may vary from the maximum speeds and may be lower than the advertised line rate. Throughput (download and upload) speeds will be lower than connection speeds and vary based on the telephone line's condition and distance from Verizon's central office, home or office wiring and the server or router speed of sites visited on the Internet, among other factors.
Verizon Communications
A Dow 30 company, Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) is one of the world's leading providers of communications services, with approximately $68 billion in annual revenues. Verizon companies are the largest providers of wireline and wireless communications in the United States. Verizon is also the largest directory publisher in the world, as measured by directory titles and circulation. Verizon's international presence includes wireline and wireless communications operations and investments, primarily in the Americas and Europe. For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

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But what's a birthday party without a party clown? Unfortunately -- and here's where the bad news comes in -- I didn't plan ahead, and all the major names in the business -- Koko, from the Out of the Inkwell shorts; Bobo from those psychological experiments of the early Sixties in which children were manipulated into beating up Shmoos; and, of course, Pennywise from It -- were booked. Sadly, all we could get was Logos, the Logical Positivism Clown.
But maybe that's all for the best, because even when we're eating birthday cake, ogling cheesecake, and opening presents, serious stuff is still going on. For instance, racism has become a crippling problem in this country -- and by "country," I mean "remakes of animated movies" -- and our only hope is to call in a semi-professional philosopher and part-time party clown to straighten things out. Fortunately, Logos is played by Jeremy Egerer of American Thinker, and Jeremy, according to his bio, "is the editor of the philosophical websites Letters to Hannah and American Clarity. American Clarity welcomes friend requests on Facebook." Letters to Hannah, on the other hand, would prefer you just send letters, even though it's a website and can't actually receive or open mail, but anything else would leave them vulnerable to charges of false advertising. Letters to Hannah regrets the inconvenience, and admits it didn't really think this whole thing through.
King Louie: The Greatest Racist of Them All?I dunno, which King Louie are we talking about? There were like 18 of them...
One thing that's come into fashion lately has been people's tendency to mock Disney characters for being "racist."Jeremy definitely has his finger on the pulse of today's Hot Topic shopper, and if there's anything she loves more than leather bucket bags and gunmetal ear cuffs, it's lampooning the racism of Disney characters.
Nobody questions whether the crows in Dumbo might have been modeled after real musicians of the era, and nobody questions whether there really were (at some point in a bygone era) Indians like the ones in Peter Pan.As we all know, Peter Pan was basically a documentary, and Disney animators consulted ethnographers and anthropologists, who assured them that Native Americans were in the habit of breaking into elaborate musical numbers to explain why their skin was red (they were cursed with a hereditary blush after one of their ancestors sexually harassed a pre-Colombian woman).
Now, I freely admit that I never majored in Philosophy, and therefore am wholly unequipped to deal with the brutal and naked Logic of the following paragraph, which I suspect would leave even Bertrand Russell in a cleft stick. But maybe you'll have better luck with it:
Apparently nobody has ever ridden the Washington State ferry system and seen old pictures of actual Indians. It's almost enough to make you wonder what Millennials think when they go to an Americanized Chinese restaurant. Is it more racist to call Chinese what they aren't actually, or more racist to call them what they are? Or is it racist to pretend that Chinese people have certain kinds of food at all? Maybe someday we'll live in a world where all the different races act completely the same way, so that everyone can pretend be more diverse without any stereotypes. But I don't see how this could help us find good food.So, taking a ferry in Washington State will make you believe in Peter Pan, and therefore, peanut butter, while ordering from a Chinese restaurant will turn you into a racist unless you pretend you're at Cracker Barrel, but it's easy to slip up and give the whole game away by carelessly requesting extra duck sauce.
Maybe if we were more sensible, we would realize that it is the stereotypes themselves that make racial diversity actually diverse.If it weren't for the clarifying power of watermelon-based humor, we might never even notice that black people exist, and instead go through life thinking all of humanity was kind of a stonewashed taupe.
Without ethnic differences, there would never have been any need to promote racial harmony – because there would never have been any reason to be anything other than harmonious.A quick glance at European history might seem to contradict you, Jeremy, but why trouble your beautiful mind with white peoples' unpleasant penchant for making war on each other.
We would have already been the same.It takes a philosopher to realize that the actual goal of "diversity" is "sameness."
The king of all anti-racist Disney complaints, though, concerns a king himself – a king named Louie, to be exact. Louie is a monkey, which is fine in and of itself; the fact that he's taken as a devious black monkey is the point of contention.tl;dr - There was a touch of racism in Kipling's story, which was obvious even in 1967, so maybe a live action version made for a global audience in 2014 ought to filter some of that out. Also, "King Louie" was a character invented by Disney and shoehorned into the narrative, because say what you want about Kipling, he at least knew orangutans aren't native to India.
The fact that he's voiced by a white jazz musician is maybe the most interesting thing about the complaint.And the fact that underneath the burnt cork is a white actor is probably the most interesting thing about blackface.
Had monkey never been a racial slur in the first place, and jazz musicians not been historically black, perhaps nobody would have noticed.Exactly! And if bigots had never uttered the N-word, then you could use it today and no one would even know you were a racist! The joke would totally be on them! (I have to admit, this critique of pure reason is a lot more exhilarating than I expected.)
That everyone believes that the monkey was black, when he's being played by a white man who spent a lifetime aping the black men of his day, makes the accusation extremely ironic.I think most people, particularly in 1967, knew that Louis Prima was Sicilian, but speaking of irony, I'd say Jeremy deserves full marks for attempting to disprove the existence of racism through use of the words "aping the black men."
If we really believe that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then King Louie's existence is less of an insult and more of a compliment.That's why black people objected to minstrel shows -- they just can't take a compliment.
However ugly the beginning of last century was, if there's any badge that doesn't fit the English these days, it's the imperialist. Yet it's the badge he was given in The Jungle Book, and the badge that everyone refuses to notice.I can't speak for the UK but that's not really a problem in this country, since if you fail to notice a badge you'll probably be shot two seconds later, so the genetic trait of badge-blindness tends not to get passed on to subsequent generations.
The Indian of Peter Pan has outgrown a teepee, which was a symbol of his indigence; the Englishman has outgrown his safari hat, which was a symbol of his violence.The American Thinker has outgrown his diapers, which was the symbol of his incontinence, and is now ready for pull-ups. Also another box of crayons so he can finish his monograph, On Overcoming Racist Archetypes By Upgrading Your Camping Gear and Hat Collection.
If there are any two things we can take from this, it would be first, that our ideological upbringing is an ideological upbringing"If he pulls an ad populum, you pull an ad hominem! If he sends one of yours an ideological upbringing, you send one of his a tautology! That's the Chicago School way!"
Anyway, white men have been polite long enough, and their philosophical brain trust has decided that the hill they should die on is the question of whether the live action remake of a 47 year old Disney cartoon will or will not include a jazzy orangutan.
[W]e should learn from this the incredible patience of all white men in general, who've been not only willing to admit to the sins that only their grandparents committed, but have been willing to turn the other cheek when those accusations are misdirected toward those currently living. It speaks of a certain magnanimity of heart, an innocence and softness in a world where everyone else is angry (for good reasons or bad).Speaking as a white man, I'd just like to say how happy and relieved I am that my naiveté and downy softness is finally getting the respect it deserves.
It's the kind of thing that – believe it or not – keeps black racists in business, and instead of throwing a fit and suing when it's unfairly portrayed, asks, How should I then behave? The common Englishman is willing to call everyone innocent except himself.To be fair, in addition to "innocent" he might also call you "twat," but that rarely, and only when he's drunk and trying to stomp your head in at a football match, because he's hard on himself that way.
When the rest of the world is passionately arguing against the white stereotypes entirely unfounded and outdated, and allows white men to make the same racial observations everyone else does for business and pleasure, then we'll have reached a state of racial harmony. For magnanimity of heart, if any relationship is to last, must be multilateral: there is no friendship without a common generosity. Voltaire said that you always know your masters when you find you can't criticize them. When two men can take a jab for the quirks and sins of their families, then we'll be dealing not with "minorities" and the "privileged," but with social equals.A box of Twizzlers to the first person who can explain to me what the hell this guy is talking about.
So, here's hoping Jacquie has a very happy birthday, full of attractive actresses and a minimum amount of unfounded and outdated white stereotypes. Also:
Sexy Birthday Lizard! And this one combines both an attractive actress and reptiles, as Jean Harlow judges the 1931 Horned Toad Races.
Happy birthday, Jacquie!
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Solar Credit
Home Backup Electric Storage Battery Credit
Home Energy Improvement Credit
Research Credit
Clean Energy Vehicles (New and Used) Credits
Standard Deduction Increase
Increased Retirement Plan Contributions
Other Tax-Related Inflation Adjustments
With the holiday celebrations coming to an end, now is the time to take a look at the changes that will impact your 2023 tax return when you file it in 2024.
Keeping up with the constantly changing tax laws can help you get the most benefit out of the laws and minimize your taxes. Many tax parameters, such as the standard deduction, contributions to retirement plans, and tax rates, are annually inflation adjusted, while some tax changes are delayed and take effect in future years. On top of all that, we have Congress considering the retroactive extension of some tax provisions that expired after 2021 or will expire at the end of 2022, as well as proposing new tax legislation. Here are some changes that might affect your 2023 tax return:
Solar Credit Gets New Life – The solar credit is a percentage of the cost of a solar electric system installed on a taxpayer's first or second residence located in the U.S. Before the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act the solar credit was being phased out by slowly reducing the credit percentage from 30% to 22% over several years, and the credit was scheduled to end after 2023. The Inflation Reduction Act give the credit new life by extending the credit through 2032 at 30% before phasing it out in years 2033 and 2034.
Here are some of the issues about the credit you need to be aware of:
Non-Refundable Credit - The credit is nonrefundable, meaning it can only reduce your tax liability to zero. However, the portion of credit that is not allowed because of this limitation may be carried to the next tax year and added to the credit allowable for that year.
Maximum Credit – There is no specific maximum, however, and since it is not a refundable credit, the benefit may be spread over several years, and if not utilized by the time the credit is phased out, you may not get the benefit of the entire credit.
Qualifying Property – Both a taxpayer's main and secondary residence qualify for this credit.
Who Gets the Credit? – It may come as a surprise, but you need not own the residence where the solar property is installed to qualify for the credit; you need only be a "resident" of the home. The tax code does not specify that an individual must own the home, only that it is their residence.
When is the Credit Available? – The credit may be claimed on the tax return of the year during which the installation is completed.
Leased Installations – When a solar installation is leased, the lessor gets the credit, not the home's resident.
As you can see, there is a lot to consider, and these are not all the issues that should be taken into account before making the final decision to install a solar system. Is it worth it, and is it the right financial move for you? Please call for a consultation before signing any contract to make sure a solar system is appropriate for you tax wise.
Home Backup Electric Storage Battery - Emergency power outages imposed by utilities in fire prone areas during periods of high winds and low humidity, as well as in other disaster areas, can be a major inconvenience, especially for those that work from home, resulting in many taxpayers asking if storage batteries added to a solar installation would qualify for the credit.
The tax code had been silent on whether storage batteries were eligible for the credit, although the IRS had issued a private ruling indicating that they would be allowed. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 amended the code by adding and defining the term "qualified battery storage technology expenditure." Thus clarifying that for expenditures made after December 31, 2022, battery storage technology which meets the following requirements will qualify for the credit:
(A) It is installed in connection with a dwelling unit in the United States that is used as a residence by the taxpayer, and
(B) It has a capacity of not less than 3 kilowatt hours.
Homeowners who already have a solar installation can add a storage battery and qualify for the solar credit for the cost of the battery.
Home Energy Improvement Credit Is Enhanced - With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 the Home Energy Improvement Credit once again becomes a meaningful incentive for taxpayers to make energy-saving improvements to their homes. The new legislation did away with the minimal $500 lifetime limit by replacing it with a $1,200 annual limit and increased the credit rate from 10% to 30%.
As before, under prior law, there are certain credit limits that apply to the various types of energy-saving improvements. Although not a complete list, the following are credit limits that apply to various energy-efficient improvements under the new law:
$600 for credits with respect to residential energy property expenditures, windows, and skylights.
$250 for any exterior door ($500 total for all exterior doors).
$300 for residential qualified energy property expenses
Notwithstanding these limitations, a $2,000 annual limit applies with respect to amounts paid or incurred for specified heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, and biomass stoves and boilers.
The $1,200 credit amount is increased by up to $150 for the cost of a home energy audit.
The new law adds Air Sealing Insulation as a creditable expense.
However, the new law eliminates treatments of roofs as creditable after 2022.
This credit is a nonrefundable personal tax credit and there are no credit carryover provisions, so if the credit is not fully utilized in the year of the home energy improvements it is lost. You may wish to consult with this office prior to making any energy-saving improvements to your home to ensure you will benefit from the tax credit.
Research Credit – The Inflation Reduction Act enhanced the Research Credit for new businesses (generally, those that have been in business for 5 years or fewer) that have less than $5 million in gross receipts and that qualify for the research tax credit. These businesses can elect to use the credit to pay the employer's share of its employees' FICA withholding requirement (the 6.2% payroll tax).
The research credit is equal to 20% of qualified research expenditures more than the established base amount. If using the simplified method, the research credit is equal to 14% of qualified research expenditures that total more than 50% of the company's average research expenditures in the prior three years.
Clean Vehicle Credit
After 2022 and through 2032, this credit replaces the plug-in electric vehicle credit and makes significant changes as follows.
Credit Amount – Is based upon two amounts (certified by the qualified manufacturer):
Critical Minerals – Up to $3,750.
Battery Components – Up to $3,750.
Final Assembly Requirement - The final assembly of the vehicle must occur in North America.
Not all Vehicles Will Qualify – Because of the critical mineral, battery, and final assembly requirements, only some vehicles will qualify for the credit. Noticeably missing are Toyota, Nissan, and Hyundai.
Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price Limitation - No credit is allowed for a vehicle with a manufacturer's suggested retail price more than $80,000 for vans, sport utility vehicles, and pickups and $55,000 for other vehicles.
MAGI Limit – The credit is not allowed for high income taxpayers. No credit is allowed for any tax year if the lesser of the modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) of the taxpayer for the current tax year and the preceding tax year exceeds $300,000 for married individuals filing jointly and those qualifying as surviving spouse; $225,000 for head of household filers; and $150,000 for others.
New Clean Vehicle Definition – Must have a minimum battery capacity of 7 kilowatt-hours, up from 4 kilowatt-hours under prior law. The dealer that sells the vehicle will furnish a report to both the buyer and IRS that the vehicle qualifies for the credit and the vehicle identification number (VIN) of the vehicle.
Credit For Previously Owned Clean Vehicles
A qualified buyer who acquires and places in service a previously owned clean vehicle after 2022 and before 2032 is allowed an income tax credit equal to the lesser of $4,000 or 30% of the vehicle's sale price.
MAGI limit – The credit is not allowed for high income taxpayers. No credit is allowed for any tax year if the lesser of the modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) of the taxpayer for the current tax year and the preceding tax year exceeds $150,000 for married individuals filing jointly and those qualifying as surviving spouse; $112,500 head of household filers; and $75,000 for others.
Previously Owned Clean Vehicle - A previously owned clean vehicle is defined as a motor vehicle:
With a model year that is at least two years earlier than the calendar year in which the taxpayer acquires it.
Original use of which starts with a person other than the taxpayer,
Acquired in a qualified sale from a dealer for a price of $25,000 or less, and
Which is the first transfer since the Inflation Reduction Act's enactment to a qualified buyer other than the original buyer of the vehicle.
Qualified Buyer. A qualified buyer is an individual who:
Purchases the vehicle for use and not for resale,
Is not a dependent of another taxpayer, and
Has not been allowed a credit for a previously owned clean vehicle during the three-year period ending on the sale date.
Credit For Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicles
After 2022 and through 2032, credit is available for qualified vehicles acquired and placed in service after December 31, 2022, and before 2033.
Credit Amount - The per vehicle credit is the lesser of 15% of the vehicle's basis (30% for vehicles not powered by a gasoline or diesel engine) or the "incremental cost" of the vehicle over the cost of a comparable vehicle powered solely by a gasoline or diesel engine.
Maximum Credit - The maximum credit per vehicle is $7,500 for vehicles with gross vehicle weight ratings of less than 14,000 pounds, or $40,000 for heavier vehicles.
Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicle Requirements – Must:
Be acquired for use or lease by the taxpayer, and not for resale.
Be manufactured for use on public streets, roads, and highways, or be "mobile machinery."
Have a battery capacity of not less than 15-kilowatt hours (7-kilowatt hours for vehicles weighing less than 14,000 pounds) that is charged by an external electricity source.
Be depreciable property.
Be made by qualified manufacturers that have written agreements with and provide periodic reports to the Treasury.
Qualified commercial fuel cell vehicles are also eligible for the credit.
Inflation Adjustments
Standard Deduction – The standard deduction, which is used by taxpayers who do not have enough deductions to itemize them, is inflation adjusted annually. The standard deductions for 2023 are as follows:
Single & Married Filing Separately: $13,850 (up from $12,950 in 2022)
Married filing jointly: $27,700 (up from $25,900 in 2022)
Head of household: $20,800 (up from $19,400 in 2022)
Dependents: A dependent filing their own return uses the greater of the base amount, or their earned income plus an additional amount, but the total cannot exceed the regular standard deduction for the dependent's filing status. For 2023 the base amount is $1,250 up from $1,150 in 2022 and the additional amount is $400 for both years.
Individuals who are blind and/or age 65 or over are allowed standard deduction add-ons. These add-ons are for the taxpayer and spouse but not for dependents. The add-on amounts are $1,500 for those filing jointly and surviving spouse (up from $1,400 in 2022) and $1,850 for all others (up from $1,750 in 2022).
Retirement Contributions – IRA and retirement contributions are periodically subject to inflation adjustment. However, the inflation adjustments for 2023 are substantial and increased all the retirement limits for 2023, giving all eligible taxpayers the opportunity to increase their retirement savings beginning in 2023.
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) – For both traditional and Roth IRAs, the maximum contribution for 2023 has been increased to $6,500 (up from $6,000 in 2022). The additional amount taxpayers aged 50 and over can contribute remains unchanged at $1,000.
Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) Plans – The maximum amount for 2023 is $66,000 (up from $61,000 in 2022).
401(k) Plans – The maximum employee contribution for 2023 is $22,500 (up from $20,500 in 2022). The additional amount for taxpayers who've reached age 50 is $7,500 for 2023, up from $6,500 in 2022.
Simple Plans – The maximum elective contribution for 2023 is $15,500 (up from $14,000 in 2022). The additional 2023 amount for taxpayers aged 50 and over is $3,500 (up from $3,000 in 2022).
Tax Sheltered Annuities – The elective deferral limits for 2023 are $22,500 (up from $20,500 in 2022) and $30,000 for individuals aged 50 and over (up from $27,000 in 2022).
Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) – Although meant to be a way for individuals covered by a high-deductible health plan to save money for future medical expenses, these plans can also be used as a supplemental retirement plan. Contributions are deductible, earnings accumulate tax-free, and if distributions are used for qualified medical expenses, they are tax-free. However, when used as a supplemental retirement plan, the distributions would be taxable. The following are the contribution limits:
o Self-only coverage: $3,850 for 2023 (up from $3,650 in 2022)
o Family coverage: $7,750 for 2023 (up from $7,300 in 2022)
Other Inflation Adjusted Amounts
For tax year 2023, the monthly limitation for the qualified transportation fringe benefit and the monthly limitation for qualified parking increases to $300 (up $20 from 2022).
For tax year 2023, the foreign earned income exclusion is $120,000 (up from $112,000 in 2022).
Estates of decedents who die during 2023 have a basic exclusion amount of $12,920,000, up from a total of $12,060,000 for estates of decedents who died in 2022.
The annual gift tax exclusion for gifts made in 2023 increases to $17,000 (up from $16,000 for 2022).
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- Damn the data, full speed ahead. Just like drug companies that sink a great deal of money into disappointing clinical trials that they then attempt to spin into medical break-throughs, analyst firms like Forrester won't sell many copies of a Web 2.0 report that concludes Web 2.0 ain't happening in the enterprise anytime soon. Thus there is a strong incentive for the report authors to refute their own data in the survey summary.
- Web 2.0 is being pulled into the enterprise, not pushed. Since the PC, all client-side technologies have been pulled into the enterprise by business users, not pushed into the enterprise by central IT. The main themes of Web 2.0 – rich interface, collaboration and user-driven content – have more to do with how users interact with their computers than with computer infrastructure.
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John A. Gregg
A.M.E. Bishop, educator. Born: February 18, 1877, Eureka, Kansas. Married: Celia Ann Nelson, 1900. Melberta McFarland, 1945. Died: February 17, 1953, Jacksonville, Florida.
Born February 18, 1877, in Eureka, Kansas, to Alexander and Eliza F. Gregg, John Andrew Gregg grew up in the Lawrence area.
During the Spanish-American War, Gregg served with the 23rd Kansas Volunteers and within six months was promoted from the rank of sergeant to that of lieutenant, one of few African Americans to reach that rank at that time. In 1898 he entered both the ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the University of Kansas.
Shortly after receiving his bachelor's degree, he applied for the A.M.E.'s overseas service. He was sent to South Africa as a teacher and administrator. He returned in 1906 and served congregations in Leavenworth and St. Joseph, Missouri, before assuming the presidency of Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1913. He served as the president of Wilberforce University from 1920 to 1924 when he was elected bishop of the A.M.E. Church.
He again served in South Africa, returning in 1928 and assuming responsibility for several episcopal districts. In the early 1940s the A.M.E. church, along with the C.M.E. church and National Baptist Convention, formed the Fraternal Council of Negro Churches. As the representative of the Fraternal Council of Negro Churches, Gregg visited all war fronts under the appointment of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. His visits were intended to boost morale of African American soldiers and promote racial harmony. As a result of his visits, he was awarded the Army's Award of Merit.
Bishop Gregg died in Jacksonville, Florida on February 17, 1953.
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Editorial: diving into the depths, prescribing on the Sea archetype
by Carolyn Burdet
As homeopaths, our curiosity is aroused for the unexplored stream of similimum remedies in the natural world. Plunging into the depths of the sea, delving into the unknown realms of the underworld, overcoming the elements to surf the waves or defying extreme pressure and our own oxygen metabolism to explore the reef, is an exhilarating prospect, but the prospect of huge breakers crashing overhead, and being dragged down by the undertow currents is overwhelming. These are the Sensations, Fears and Delusions of the sea remedies.
The sea is the habitat of 230,000 known species, yet it is estimated that only 5% of the ocean has been explored, and biologists suggest over two million marine species may exist in those depths. A handful well-known remedies from the sea are cornerstones of homeopathy, yet there are 100 potentised sea remedies in our pharmacies, available to prescribe.
This newer portfolio of sea remedies is vividly described in two well-researched books:
"Survival: the Mollusc" by Rajan Sankaran and Sudhir Baldota simplifies key words and themes of the molluscs for Sensation case taking.
"Sea Remedies: Evolution of the Senses" by Jo Evans covers a wider range of species, exploring the sea creatures' sensory chemoreception, behaviour, and extraordinary biology (to regenerate limbs, detect or filter bacteria, or effect on immunity), linking medical research to autoimmune or neuropathology.
Italian homeopath and author Massimo Mangliavori was lecturing on sea remedies several years ago, and UK homeopath Gordon Adam has been immersed in researching new sea remedies for ten years, compiling a repertory of sea remedy themes and rubrics. Geoff Johnson, a lecturer of Sensation homeopathy, pioneers new remedies into pharmacy as he discovers them through reaching the 'source' in sensation case taking. Anne Schadde, Jenni Tree, Marion Cattley, and Melissa Assilem have also explored these newer sea remedies in their cases and provings.
From this material we learn to recognise the sea realm in our patients, a case that is reminiscent of Natrium muriaticum, or Sepia but not quite, or Calcium Carb with a difference. Careful case-taking reveals the exact source, as the patient describes his or her experience and sensation and the behaviour of the creature involved becomes evident. In this issue, Geoff Johnson's Limpet case describes "hammering" pains, and psychologically, the tenacity and the sheer overwhelming struggle to survive while being battered by waves crashing on the rocks.
For people who need a sea remedy, their environment can be overwhelming, as we see in Gordon Adam's lovely case of Pearl in this issue. Vulnerability and sense of intrusion is heightened. Their response is to go inside and try to shut out frightening impressions.
Gordon Adam has initiated a collaboration between homeopaths, The Sea Remedies Project, which has conducted several provings of new sea remedies including: a trituration proving of Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris), and short meditative provings of Moon Jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), Pearl (Pearl immersion), Seahorse (Hippocampus kuda), and Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys oliveacea ovum). He teaches workshops 'Sea Remedies – Healing from the Depths', each seminar a pearl of wisdom for discovering more about a particular class of sea species.
Delving deeper into psyche and soma, in her book on Sea Remedies, Jo Evans links the remedies to the mythology of their Latin names (Medusa, and Chiron the wounded healer), illuminating the connection to the archetype of the human collective unconscious. She points out how sea creatures sense and respond via their whole body, and expands our perceptions as homeopaths, enabling us to recognise the features of sea animals in our patients' behaviour and complaints. The wealth of information that she provides makes it easy for us to cross reference the neurotoxins of other remedies, such as snakes and spiders.
Experiencing emotions and impressions as they wash through all the senses, is one of the identifying themes of a sea remedy, as is 'secrecy', and 'undiscovered depths'. A trawl of the internet dredges very few publicly available sea cases. Is this an indication of the patient's request for privacy or do homeopaths clam up tightly when asked to share their sea cases? Up to the surface rose a beautiful case from Karen Leadbeater, whose clarity resisted being submerged by the confusing sea mists! She mentions fossils in the case; Nautilus is related to ammonites. The patient is an architect. Nautilus grows its spiral shell in perfect proportion to the golden mean, adding new chambers, exquisitely decorating the interior.
As I was compiling cases for this issue of Interhomeopathy, someone presented with an autoimmune condition, in a Sepia-like state, spent from giving out. She expanded to describe a feeling of having no boundaries, "transparent" from exhaustion "with blue rings under the eyes" (this was not Sepia language). She described a sense of predators lurking in the depths, "sea monsters with tentacles that sting you to death." She has been stung by jellyfish all over the world, and has great sensitivity to stinging comments. She was invoking materia medica of Chironex – whose name is derived from Chiron the wounded healer.
Her previous homeopath, hearing her image of a multi-headed hydra, prescribed a substance with venom, a neurotoxin capable of causing autoimmune dysfunction. In the absence of 'snake themes', other than a visionary quality in the patient, they prescribed a 'shy snake'. Chironex, the Box Jellyfish, has the same neurotoxic venom. It also has clairvoyance, and Cnidarian sea creatures – a group that includes stinging sea anemones, coral and jellyfish – have a mythic connection to Medusa and the Hydra.
How can a patient siphon all this in their case giving? It is as if they tune in to the collective unconscious, their archetype floats into their subconscious. Our hope as homeopaths is that if we can reach a person at this level of depth, the remedy and potency will resonate so deeply that the shadows can be integrated into awareness, bringing acceptance, calm and inner strength, rekindling the capacity to restore them to health.
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JULIA FURLAN, BYLINE: One of the scariest things a person could ever say to me is, hey, can I give you a little feedback? Maybe that gives you an icy sick feeling in the pit of your stomach, too.
SHANITA WILLIAMS: So oftentimes we sit in these conversations and we're just like, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up. We don't say anything.
FURLAN: Grin and bear it, just like sort of like silent. Don't even breathe.
WILLIAMS: Yep. I'm going to take it. Take it. Take it. OK, I'm taking it in.
FURLAN: That's Shanita Williams, who's a feedback coach, a professor and the author of a book called the "Feedback Mentality." And she's here to make the scary stuff less scary today. Williams's advice is all about learning to filter the feedback that you get so that you only incorporate the stuff that's actually worthwhile. And I love it because it's super easy to remember. In order to make sure the feedback that you're receiving is worth taking in, Williams says you have to SIFT it. That's S-I-F-T. S stands for source.
WILLIAMS: Who is this coming from? Is this from somebody I trust, or is it coming from a complete stranger? If it is somebody I trust, I put more weight in that.
FURLAN: And the next letter in the acronym is I, which stands for impact.
WILLIAMS: Is this something that is life-changing, or is it just simply changing the color of my shoes?
FURLAN: When you're considering the impact, it's a question of scale. Is this going to shift the entire axis of your work life, or is this just something small? The next one is frequency. When you're receiving feedback, think about how often you're hearing it.
WILLIAMS: Is this just I heard it once in a lifetime or I'm hearing this every week? It helps you start to see the urgency with which this behavior is showing up in your life.
FURLAN: If you're getting feedback and it's happening over and over again, maybe do a long think before discarding it.
WILLIAMS: And that's why I like to call feedback information, because I say, like, what do we do with the rest of the information? You know, we use it as a data point. And you get to decide what you want to do.
FURLAN: And just a side note, feedback that is racist or sexist or biased in any way isn't feedback. So our final stop on the acronym express is T, which stands for trends.
WILLIAMS: Is this showing up just at work, or is it at home or school? Is it right in the community? Where else are you hearing that?
FURLAN: Trends helps you put the feedback in a larger context. You can control what to do with it, of course. But if you're hearing that you're late to every single work meeting and your best friend gave you a big speech about how you were late to her birthday party, that might be a trend worth listening to. So the next time you're getting ready for that annual review or your boss asks you to close the door when you have a meeting, try not to freeze and remember to SIFT. Consider the source, the impact, the frequency and the trends.
WILLIAMS: And if you can pull all of that insight together, it's not a foolproof process, but it helps you be more intentional about thinking about, should I hold on to this, or is this something I can simply let go?
FURLAN: For NPR News, I'm Julia Furlan.
MARTIN: There is more advice about feedback from Life Kit, including how to give better feedback. Just head to npr.org/lifekit. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Late last week, T-Mobile emailed an offer targeting BlackBerry users on its network asking them to switch their BlackBerry devices to a competitor's smartphone. As we were never told of their plans in advance, I can only guess that T-Mobile thought its "great offer for BlackBerry customers" would be well received. T-Mobile could not have been more wrong.
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Nexavar® (sorafenib): Applications Submitted in US and Europe for Approval; Clinical Trial Shows Positive Results on RAI-Resistant Papillary/Follicular Cancer
06/2013Update: July 1, 2013 - Applications Submitted in U.S. and Europe for Nexavar® (sorafenib) for Treatment of Radioactive Iodine-Refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
July 1, 2013 — Bayer HealthCare and Onyx Pharmaceuticals have submitted applications to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency for approval of Nexavar® (sorafenib) for treating differentiated thyroid cancer (papillary, follicular, variants) that is locally advanced or metastatic and does not respond to radioactive iodine.
June 3, 2013 — At a plenary session at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, positive results were presented from a Phase 3 Clinical Trial on the use of Nexavar® (sorafenib) tablets in thyroid cancer patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (papillary, follicular, variants) that had spread and did not respond to radioactive iodine.The results will lead to regulatory submissions from the manufacturer to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and to regulatory agencies globally.
The Phase 3 DECISION trial included 417 patients with locally advanced or metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer that did not respond to radioactive iodine. The trial was an international, multicenter, placebo-controlled study. The primary endpoint of the study was progression-free survival. Progression-free survival was evaluated by an independent radiological review committee, using Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST).
Sorafenib significantly extended progression-free survival (PFS). The median PFS was 10.8 months among patients treated with sorafenib, compared to 5.8 months among patients receiving placebo. At the time of progression, patients had the option to cross over to open-label sorafenib at the discretion of the investigator. Median overall survival, a secondary endpoint of the trial, has not yet been reached in either arm of the study.
"While most patients with differentiated thyroid cancer are cured, there is a major treatment gap for patients whose cancer no longer responds to standard therapies," said Marcia Brose, M.D., Ph.D., principal investigator of the DECISION trial, Assistant Professor in the Abramson Cancer Center and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and a Medical Advisor of ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association.
"The DECISION results demonstrate sorafenib's ability to extend progression-free survival compared to placebo in these patients, potentially providing a new treatment option for these patients," she added.
The drug's manufacturer, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals and Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. reported that these results mean that a supplementary New Drug Application for sorafenib for the treatment of RAI-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer will be submitted in mid-2013 to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, with additional submissions to follow globally. Sorafenib is currently approved in the U.S. for the treatment of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma and for the treatment of patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma. It is also approved in 100 countries.
"In the past 30 years, there have been no new treatment options approved for patients with radioactive iodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer," said Pablo J. Cagnoni, M.D., Onyx Pharmaceuticals Executive Vice President, Global Research & Development and Technical Operations, "We are pleased with the results of the DECISION study, which demonstrate sorafenib's activity in patients who have no other treatment options."
Thyroid cancer has become the fastest-increasing cancer in the world in recent years and is the sixth most common cancer in women. There are more than 213,000 new cases of thyroid cancer annually worldwide. While the majority of differentiated thyroid cancers are treatable, RAI-refractory locally advanced or metastatic disease is more difficult to treat and is associated with a lower patient survival rate.


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An Edmonton judge has denied former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr's request for relaxed bail conditions and a Canadian passport.
Justice June Ross says there's no evidence of hardship or that the conditions are needlessly onerous.
She says nothing has really changed since the last time Khadr asked for changes to his bail conditions and the restrictions he faces are reasonable.
Ross says her decision is not etched in stone and conditions could change in the future.
Khadr's lawyer had argued that it wasn't fair that his client's life remains restricted by a stalled U.S. court process with no end in sight.
READ MORE: Omar Khadr 'a model of compliance,' wants changes to bail conditions, lawyer says
Khadr, 32, has been on bail since May 2015 pending his appeal of his conviction by a U.S. military commission on alleged war crimes. The appeal has stalled and Khadr has no idea of how long his bail conditions will last.
Khadr wanted to be able to travel to Toronto without the approval of his bail supervisor to visit his family more easily and to make court appearances related to a civil lawsuit filed by the family of an American soldier killed in the Afghanistan firefight in which Khadr was captured
He also wanted unsupervised conversations with his sister, who lives in the country of Georgia, and a Canadian passport so that he could make a pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The Islamic religious pilgrimage, or hajj, is considered obligatory for practising Muslims.
Currently, he must contact his bail supervisor if he wants to leave Alberta. He can only talk under supervision to his sister Zaynab, who has spoken in favour of al-Qaida and was investigated in Canada more than a decade ago for helping the terrorist network.
"In Canada, appeals move quickly," Whitling had argued. "This is pending a foreign appeal, which has never happened before and this foreign appeal is extraordinarily slow."
He said his client has lived quietly for years, is happily married, follows bail conditions to the letter and poses no threat. Khadr's affidavit says he has been to Toronto eight times without issue since the conditions were imposed.
It's the latest of several attempts for relaxed bail conditions. In 2017, a judge denied most of his requests.
Khadr was sent to the notorious U.S. military holding facility at Guantanamo Bay in 2002 after he was captured and accused of throwing a grenade that killed a U.S. soldier in 2002.
He was 15 at the time and says he can't remember killing the soldier. He says he only confessed to the crime to get out of Guantanamo and into the Canadian justice system.
In 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that Khadr's rights were violated while he was in captivity in the U.S. and that the Canadian government had contributed to that. Khadr settled a lawsuit against Ottawa in 2017 with a $10.5-million payout.
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BIBS Colour is the original pacifier with a round shield and a cherry shaped nipple. The cherry shaped nipple and matte lightweight shield is designed to imitate the shape of a mother's breast.
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- Includes a pacifier with a round latex nipple
- Recommended by midwives to support natural breastfeeding
- The shield is made of 100% food-safe material
- Designed by BIBS and manufactured in Denmark / EU
PLEASE NOTE: Pacifiers are made with natural rubber and may expand with use.
Size 1 (Nipple Measures): 29mm | Size 2 (Nipple Measures): 32mm
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Blue Space Paladin
Location: Dreadspace Replicator - Dread Space (Location)
- Merge the following:
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Note: Also see List of all Paladin Armors.
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OSHA certified a "continuing pattern of retaliatory treatment" at Kemper "clean" Coal after an employee alerted Southern Company of alleged fraud: SO fired him, refused to hire him back and now he's suing. Plant "new nukes" Vogtle also had impossible projections from the start and is even later and more overbudget, while anybody from GA-PSC to Georgia EMCs to the Florida PSC or even PowerSouth in Alabama could bring it down. Somebody put Plant Vogtle out of its misery so we can get on with solar power in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and everywhere else.
Two new cooling towers and construction cranes mark the work sites for nuclear reactors 3 and 4 at Plant Vogtle in east Georgia. The project is currently $3.6 billion over budget and almost four years behind the original schedule. JOHNNY EDWARDS / firstname.lastname@example.com, in
Plant Vogtle: Georgia's nuclear 'renaissance' now a financial quagmire by Russell Grantham and Johnny Edwards, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 19 May 2017.
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These wonderfully simple yet ruggedly durable tractors have endured for 58 years, far and away past their designed life expectancy Cubs have actually existed for 60 years - the first pre-production Cub was built in 1945 and production Cubs first hit the retail market in 1947. The last production Cub was manufactured in 1979. 34 years is a heck of a run by any standard and I believe that no other model has been in production for as many years as the Cub. Many people are amazed when they first learn that Cubs that which have been out of production for 26 years now, are still the most highly prized and sought after tractor for a small acreage or country home.
These tractors are more than what generally meets the eye, , and they have proven to be one of the most durable, economical and timeless examples of North American industrial ingenuity The fact that there were almost 254,000 Cubs as well as almost 26,000 Cub Lo-Boys manufactured, has contributed to the continued survival of this marque. Many examples of these tractors that became no longer useable, have acted as donors to keep the rest of our Cubs running. The vast majority of these surviving Cubs are working tractors and are not simply Trailer Queens that make the rounds of Tractor Shows. These Cubs are actually still out in the fields of our homes and farms earning their keep. Of the dozen or so Cubs that I know of within say 20 kms or 12 miles of my home, only one Cub leads a life of relative ease and it is part of a very special collection.
Surprisingly parts either New Parts, NOS Parts or Used Parts for our Cubs are not as difficult to find as one might think on first glance. I have found that parts for my 1947 and 1948 are easier to find than parts for a 10-20 year old push mower, or even a ride on such as an MTD or House Brand Ride-on Lawn Tractor. Course, I really don't think that a House Brand Lawn Tractor will still be around 50 years after it was produced either.
I am beginning to believe that it is the age of the Cubs, which instills the fear that a parts hunt will become a daunting experience and one fraught with frustration and expense. Nothing really could be further from the truth and the search for special parts can actually be a source of enjoyment instead of frustration
Whether it is one of the first 1947 models or one of the last 1979 models, finding parts for your Cub really should start with knowing exactly what you want/need and knowing the exact nomenclature for it and the requisite part number. This is very simple to ascertain, but it does require that you are armed with specific types of information.
As has been mentioned in many threads usually in a Welcome to the Forum post by many of the Team Cub Moderators including yours truly, and in New Members and Visitors, Please READ there are plenty of resources available to new members and existing members to help find those so called elusive parts.
Manuals and Parts Catalogs
Here is a good a spot as any to insert some comments on the Manuals that are on-line. If it was not for the generosity of many of our Cubber friends on this particular Forum, there would not be as many of the Manuals on the Server as there are. We all have limitations, and I have them as well. I could not have afforded to purchase all of these Manuals, even if I could have found them, taking for granted I would know what I was looking for. So, I just want to make sure that I thank everybody for their generosity in sending me scans, photocopies or their actual Manuals for me to scan and put up on the server. You all know who you are, and you all have my heartfelt thanks. Without you, the server would not be what it is.
I know that I keep mentioning this, and I really do dislike belabouring the point, but it is one that must be consistently made. I feel as this is a very basic and very important tool to have in your tool chest as a Cub Owner. The correct information is crucial in the acquisition of the correct parts for your Cub.
Many of us who have been Maintaining or Repairing our own Cubs, would strongly recommend that you visit Binder Books and purchase the three most important Manuals you can own for Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding your Cub. These are the Owner's Manual, the GSS-1411 Service Manual and the TC-37F Parts Manual. Although they are available on the Cub Manual Server, it is better is you also have your own paper copy. Binder Books is the only Authorized IH Publication Reprint House and they have the best quality manuals available. Most other's are not of the same quality. Just a personal thought here, the I&T Shop Manuals, although helpful in some areas, really are not sufficient for the job. If you wish though, they are good additional reference works, as are the CD-Rom compilations that are everywhere on eBay.
The TC-37F Parts Manual is probably the most useful resource for identifying the correct nomenclature for your Cub and by being able to know and understand the language will make your search for parts much simpler. Whether you will source your parts through a CaseIH Dealer, an after-market vendor or through a Used Parts dealer, having the correct name, part number, page number and item number of the part you are looking for will make everybody's experience much easier.
New Parts Suppliers - Locating a CaseIH Dealer
The most overlooked first source always is your local CaseIH dealer Even those newer dealerships who have joined the CaseIH Worlwide family in the last few years can find these parts for you as long as the Counter or Parts Person is willing to learn and to try. Some dealers are blessed with top flight Parts Personnel, people who not only love their jobs, but are proud of what they do and I think really enjoy tractors. If however, you are on the receiving end of a 9-5er who is there strictly for a paycheque, then you might have a tougher time of it.
CaseIH North America maintains a Dealer Locator search engine which will locate any dealer in North America, be they in the United States or Canada.
CaseIH Europe maintains a Dealer Locator search engine that focuses on Europe, Africa and Asia. For example, in Patrick's case, he would be looking to find a dealer in Bretagne and by clicking on Bretagne in the drop down box he would be taken to the Bretagne Dealer Location Page, which lists all of the CaseIH dealers in his Province of France.
New Parts Suppliers - Determining if a Part is Still Available
Once you have located all the pertinent information for the part that you need, the next step is to determine whether New of Used will satisfy your needs. If a New Part is what you wish to have then you can proceed to determine if the part you are looking for is actually available new. There are a couple of on-line resources that can be accessed to determine availability that I use a lot. One is the On-Line Tractor Parts search engine at CaseTractorParts.com, where many Cub parts can be sourced/ordered and delivered in one transaction.
Personally, I use this resource to check for availability and cost. I then contact my local CaseIH dealer and order the new part through them. Gotta support your local dealer otherwise we who have dealers could end up without one If you do not have a local dealer, then I would recommend that you might consider ordering through Carter & Grunewald who are a CaseIH Dealer and are my other favourite on-line resource. "Bermuda" Ken Updike - yes he is the author of Farmall Cub & Cub Cadet, and is a very knowledgeable person and genuinely a pleasure to deal with. If Ken can't find it, it probably isn't available...
Used Part Suppliers
As was mentioned previously, it is because of the fact that the Cubs which were no longer candidates for continued service or were not adopted by a loving collector for restoration, that we actually have original parts available for our Cubs. It is because of Cub enthusiasts who are also business persons that we have salvage yards. There are untold thousands of salvage yards across North America who salvage old iron. Finding a Cub though would probably be quite daunting if it wasn't for a few Specialized Salvage yards.
JP Tractor Salvage and TM Tractor Parts, who are also sponsors of this wonderful site, do exactly that They specialize in Cubs, Lo-Boys, Numbered Cubs and Cub Cadets. John and Jamie, Tom and Lynn really make buying parts enjoyable. They are knowledgeable, friendly, honest folk who work very hard at making our Part Hunt enjoyable and as frustration free as possible.
Both also offer great OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) aftermarket parts as well as accessories and other complimentary equipment. Please check with them often in your parts searches, as inventories are always changing.
After-Market Part Suppliers
If you cannot find the new part you are looking for, then an after-market part might be right for you. In addition to the really excellent OEM Parts offered by TM Tractor Parts and JP Tractor Salvage, there are several reputable after-market companies that can provide a variety of replacement parts. OEM and Steiner Tractor Parts come to mind.
Specialty Service and Specialty Part Suppliers
I have seen many threads over the past two years or so asking about where to find Decals, Magneto's, where to get your seat recovered or your Generator rebuilt. So I conciously decided that I would create a sub page on the Cub Manual Server that would provide contact information for those hard to get parts or services. Specialty Services I hope will be the definitive source for information on where to get those hard to find parts/services provided by businesses that YOU have come to trust. In order to accomplish this goal, I will need input from my fellow Cubbers who have discovered enterprising individuals that offer superior products and businesses that offer superior services. Please forward your favourite Specialty Services provider contact information to email@example.com with the message title of Specialty Services Info.
For Sale/Wanted Forum or Classifieds
FarmallCub.com maintains as you know a number of different user Forums. One of the more useful places I have found ti find specific parts that have been ellusive is the For Sale / Wanted Forum.
By simply posting a request including the following types of information, can significantly improve your chances of finding difficult to locate parts or implements etc.
- Part Description - ie. Name of the part
- Part Number - from the TC-37F Parts Manual
- Quantity required
- Your Location
- Willingness to travel/pay shipping
- Indicate distances acceptable for item #5
Utilizing these simple steps can quicken your response time. Also, it helps when fellow Cubbers have time on their hands and do searches for that part you want, as some do.
Also, there are many other tractor forums on the net, and many of us belong to them as well. Most of them also have Classified sections where you can search for items for sale or list your own want ad. However, as most of the other forums cater to specific brands such as CaseIH/Farmall, it is more tedious to wade through the reams of items listed. Unlike this Forum which is dedicated to us Cub-a-holics
Another useful, although it can get exceedingly expensive, resource to locate parts is eBay US and eBay Canada. eBay also maintains portals in many major areas of the world including Europe, Africa and Asia. Check at the bottom of either the US or Canadian page for the country of your choice.
Be aware that eBay is an auction site and items are listed for a specific number of days and may have reserve price minimums and the prices can get wildly out of hand. It is not uncommon to see items that are available at your local CaseIH dealer, sell on eBay for 2 and 3 times it's actual value. Also, be aware that shipping and handling charges apply and these can be substantial.
Last But Not Least
Don't forget local avenues as well. Your local Newspaper's Classified Section, the Penny-Saver USA on line or print versions or equivalent in your area, local Farm Auctions and your local Tractor Clubs. These may all be avenues where a special gem can be found and for a reasonable cost.
Google is also a good on-line resource, whether it be to just to locate the local Penny Saver in your area, or to check on auctions in your State/Province, it can be a useful tool in your Parts Hunt Aresenal.
I do hope that this How To article has been of some assistance to you. If you have any ideas for additions to the article please let me know. Also, if you find any broken links, errors including spelling, please let me know as well.
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Transition Assistance Program (TAP):
The Transition Assistance Program (TAP) was established to meet the needs of separating service members during their period of transition into civilian life by offering job-search assistance and related services.
Recently, the DOD and VA have led the efforts of the Veterans Employment Initiative Task Force interagency partners and the White House Economic and Domestic Policy Council staffs in redesigning the Desert Storm-era Transition Assistance Program to better prepare service members for these challenges as they leave the military and become veterans.
The redesigned TAP provides training that will build skills to enable transitioning service members to meet career readiness standards established by DOD. The training, known as Transition GPS (goals, plans, success), is comprised of interlinked curriculum, services, and processes conducted by numerous partners — DOD, the military services, VA, DOL, SBA, and OPM.
Transition GPS includes a mandatory five-day workshop with additional days of optional training depending upon the path that service members select. Transitioning service members participating in the program will be able to select a path, depending upon if they plan to pursue education after the military, search for a job, or start their own business. This individual transition plan is used for each service member to meet "career readiness standards" set forth by the partnership entities.
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- Three days of the program will be spent on a Department of Labor employment workshop, involving resume writing, practice job interviews, job search practice, and how to use social media
The last two days are optional focusing on three different tracks:
- College-bound: financial aid, classroom adjustments
- Working: career technical training, certification information
- Entrepreneurs: small business startup instructions
- The Services have a life-long commitment to service members and are redesigning programs to ensure the life-long success of service members. Transition will no longer be an end-of-service event. For example, the Army will counsel new soldiers pertaining to their education and career goals within 30 days of reporting to a new duty station. New soldiers will also be required to prepare an individual development plan that will be used throughout their military career and then can be morphed into a transition plan.
- By 2014, the military Services will migrate to an integrated life-cycle model where transition assistance will begin "not at the end of career," but at the beginning.
- TAP has evolved over the past year and phase four will begin in November, 2014 when service members will receive pre-separation counseling a year before they leave the military. Phase five will include a number of new courses; a pilot will begin in 2013 and conclude no later than October 2014 in financial planning and individual transition planning. Phase six will be full conversion to the military life-cycle transition and it will also be implemented in 2014.
DTAP — The Disabled Transition Assistance Program (DTAP) is an integral component of the Transition Assistance Program that involves intervention on behalf of Soldiers who may be released because of a disability or who believe they have a disability qualifying them for the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program (VR&E). The goal of DTAP is to encourage and assist potentially eligible Service members in making an informed decision about VA's Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program