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When I would have restored the fortunes of my people,
1when I would have healed Israel,
The guilt of Ephraim was revealed,
the wickedness of Samaria:
They practiced falsehood.
Thieves break in,
bandits roam outside.
2Yet they do not call to mind
that I remember all their wickedness.a
Now their crimes surround them,
present to my sight.b
3With their wickedness they make the king rejoice,
the princes too, with their treacherous deeds.
4They are all adulterers,*
like a blazing oven,
Which the baker quits stoking,
after the dough's kneading until its rising.
5On the day of our king,
they made the princes sick with poisoned wine;
he extended his hand to the scoffers.
6For they draw near in ambush
with their hearts like an oven.
All the night their anger sleeps;
in the morning it flares like a blazing fire.
7They are all heated like ovens,
and consume their rulers.
All their kings have fallen;
none of them calls upon me.
8Ephraim is mixed with the nations,*
Ephraim is an unturned cake.
9Strangers have consumed his strength,
but he does not know it;c
Gray hairs are strewn on his head,
but he takes no notice of it.
10The arrogance of Israel bears witness against him;
yet they do not return to the LORD, their God,
nor seek him, despite all this.d
11Ephraim is like a dove,
silly and senseless;
They call upon Egypt,
they go to Assyria.
12When they go I will spread my net around them,
like birds in the air I will bring them down.e
I will chastise them when I hear of their assembly.
13Woe to them, for they have strayed from me!
Ruin to them, for they have rebelled against me!
Though I wished to redeem them,
they spoke lies against me.
14They have not cried to me from their hearts
when they wailed upon their beds;
For wheat and wine they lacerated themselves;*
they rebelled against me.
15Though I trained and strengthened their arms,
yet they devised evil against me.
16They have again become useless,
they have been like a treacherous bow.f
Their princes shall fall by the sword
because of the insolence of their tongues;
thus they shall be mocked in the land of Egypt.
* [7:3–7] This passage perhaps refers to a conspiracy at the royal court. Between the death of Jeroboam II (743 B.C.) and the fall of Samaria (722/721), nearly all the kings were murdered (2 Kgs 15:10, 14, 25, 30).
* [7:4] Adulterers: the unfaithful nobles who kill the king. Their passion is compared to the fire of the oven. The point of the metaphor is that, like this oven whose fire is always ready to blaze up again, the conspirators are always ready for rebellion.
* [7:8] Is mixed with the nations: the people reject exclusive allegiance to the Lord, and they now try to find their salvation in alliances with foreign nations. An unturned cake: burnt on one side, but not baked at all on the other, and thus worthless.
* [7:14] Lacerated themselves: a ritual to obtain a good harvest from Baal (2:7–10; 1 Kgs 18:28; Jer 16:6; 41:5). This practice was forbidden (Lv 19:28; Dt 14:1).
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WASHINGTON—The Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) welcomed passage in the House of the 'Protect Life Act' (H.R. 358). Sponsored by Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA) and Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) and 144 co-sponsors, the Protect Life Act would apply longstanding federal policies on abortion funding, and conscience rights on abortion, to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) passed in 2010. Late on October 13, the House passed H.R. 358 by a bipartisan vote of 251 to 172.
"By passing the Protect Life Act, the House has taken an important step toward authentic health care reform that respects the dignity of all, from conception onward," Deirdre McQuade, USCCB pro-life spokeswoman, said.
As Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, chairman of the bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said in his October 12 letter to Congress, the Protect Life Act "will bring PPACA into line with policies on abortion and conscience rights that have long prevailed in other federal health programs."
"The Protect Life Act would help protect vulnerable children, their families and doctors in several ways," McQuade said. "It applies the Hyde amendment to PPACA so federal funds will not be used to subsidize elective abortions, bringing this law into line with other federal health programs such as Medicaid and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program."
"The Act also helps ensure that the government will not pressure health professionals to participate in abortion against their medical judgment, moral convictions or religious beliefs," McQuade added.
"Now that the House has acted, it's the Senate's turn to help make health care reform life-affirming," McQuade said.
For the full text of Cardinal DiNardo's October 12 letter to Congress, see: http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/religious-liberty/conscience-protection/upload/protect-life-act-letter-2011-11.pdf
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TV production helicopter crash in Calif described
A helicopter that crashed during a reality TV production this month suddenly pitched down and hit the ground about a minute after taking off in early morning darkness, a preliminary report said.
The National Transportation Safety Board report described the Feb. 10 accident that killed all three people aboard, but it drew no conclusions on what caused the Bell 206B JetRanger to go down on a remote film production ranch in the rugged Acton area of northern Los Angeles County.
The helicopter was being used for scenes in which an actor dropped a backpack to the ground from the hovering aircraft.
The production crew on the ground was not filming at the time, but there was a camera operator aboard and a GoPro camera pointed at an actor in the left front seat, the report said. The recording devices were sent to NTSB headquarters for examination.
"Dark night visual meteorological conditions prevailed," the report said.
The untitled, military-themed TV program was being produced by Eyeworks USA for Discovery Channel, the channel confirmed previously in a statement that said it was cooperating with authorities. The NTSB said Eyeworks contracted with Orbic Air, a helicopter services company, and the pilot filed paperwork with the Federal Aviation Administration under his own company, Crossbow Helicopters.
The report said the pilot and members of the production crew scouted the location a few weeks earlier and discussed maneuvers and what equipment they needed. Two scenes were necessary, with two different actors at two separate locations.
The helicopter left its base at Los Angeles' Van Nuys Airport, about 30 miles southwest of Acton, at 4:45 p.m. Feb. 9, with about 55 gallons of fuel aboard and 10 extra gallons in plastic containers, according to the report. After arriving at the shooting location, the pilot gave a safety briefing to production crew members and removed the fuel containers and left side doors.
The first flights began about 9 p.m. and lasted an hour as the pilot circled numerous times, returned to the landing zone to retrieve the backpack and discuss changes necessary for getting the right shot.
The production crew and the pilot took a meal break at 11 p.m. and the pilot took a 1 1/2- to two-hour sleep break in a trailer.
The second location was a plateau next to a valley, with the bag drop location illuminated by lights on two cranes. The NTSB said the pilot requested an additional smaller light to illuminate an area of sloping terrain and a line of glow sticks along a ridge leading to the drop zone.
The actor in the left front seat was illuminated by a flexible LED light pad, the report noted.
"Witnesses observed the helicopter depart normally and fly toward the plateau from the west," it said. "While maneuvering about 60 mph, the helicopter suddenly pitched down and collided with the terrain below the valley's wall. The production crew had expected the helicopter to perform high passes prior to maneuvering around near the plateau for the action shot and did not have the cameras on the ground set up or filming."
Debris was scattered for 170 feet.
The victims were identified earlier as pilot David Gene Gibbs, 59, of Valencia; cameraman Darren Arthur Rydstrom, 46, of Whittier; and Michael William Donatelli, 45, of Indiana, Pa.


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FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Weekly food rail, this week featuring turkeys daring people to eat them, the number of calories in a Starbucks Eggnog Latte and all you need to know about ratatouille. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/food/x1944248472
PUREED: Does your family snub vegetables? Pureed in soup, you may love 'em. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/food/x1944248495
CRITIC'S CUPBOARD: Two foodies weigh in on Betty Crocker Sweet Potato Mashed Potatoes (NOTE: is part of Food Rail, too). http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/food/x187561785
FRUITCAKE! A collection of fruitcake recipes. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/food/recipes/x540384390
GETAWAY: The Spanish named the area Ocho Rios, which means eight rivers. There are, in fact, several rivers that wind their way down from the mountains, through the jungle and into the Caribbean Sea in and around this Jamaican town. There are waterfalls, too, in a place that is still one of the most luxuriant spots in the entire Caribbean. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/lifestyle/travel/x2031280582
PETER CHIANCA: Memo to mall Santas – Don't say "ho ho ho." And perhaps you could lose some of that jelly in your corpulent belly; we don't need a reminder that we're obese. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/x1908578645
ANNE PALUMBO: Family photos minus the blood, sweat and tears. http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/opinions/columnists/x852316808
DEB GAUTHIER: "Come on over to the garden shop, kids, and tell Santa what you want for Christmas. Then buy it here at WalMart." http://www.gatehousenewsservice.com/regional_news/east/massachusetts/opinions/x1908578611
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Okay, so this happened in China, where maybe privacy isn't as closely held by government employees, but having surveillance footage of people kissing on a subway platform show up on YouTube has got to be the worst possible PR for those pushing cameras as a way of reducing crime. Here's the video. Sorry, couldn't resist. If this happened in the U.S., I'm pretty sure Nancy Grape's head would explode. It would be wise, in general, for security professionals of all stripes to acquaint themselves with privacy laws and best practices. If you can advise your customers in this area, you might find yourself with another piece of RMR, acting as an outsourced chief privacy officer. If you're looking to start down the path of privacy, you can't do better than the IAPP. And, hey, they're in Maine, so they must be smart.
Worst PR ever for surveillance camera installation
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Not too long ago I was deep in the thicket of the internet, in search of I-don't-remember-what, when I came across the fascinating idea of cross stitching on crocheted fabric. I became totally motivated by the idea. I've probably seen too many episodes of Little House on the Prairie, but undeniably, the self-sufficiency of this project deeply appealed to me.
Maybe I'm not quite up to growing a field of flax to harvest, comb, bat, and spin into linen, but I could take a small step toward satisfying my wanna-be pioneer by creating my own cross stitch canvas. Never mind that I didn't know how to cross stitch. Just another task in the life of a frontiers woman!
It was Page's daughter, Coco, who unwittingly gave us the perfect phrase to adorn this pillow. She's six now, but at the ripe age of 4, she would arrive home to her front door, and with an exhausted sigh, pronounce, "Ah, sweet, home, sweet…". Coco's malapropism is especially wonderful because it turns on its head a phrase that is at the very heart of traditional needlecraft. And so "Home Sweet Home" became "Sweet Home Sweet" and a pillow was born!
I was so devoted to the idea of this pillow that I was very careful to choose materials that would be true to my mission of simple, rugged beauty. And, so, I called in the big guns: Louet's classically beautiful Euroflax Linen for the crochet, Koigu's KPM Needlepoint Yarn for the cross stitch, and Mary Flanagan's sumptuous hand dyed Wool Felt for the backing. The result is a pillow with a whole lot of homespun charm, just right for life on the frontier! Okay… maybe just life in Brooklyn…
The Materials
- 2 skeins of Louet's Euroflax Originals, 100% Linen. This color is "Natural".
- Koigu's KPM Needlepoint Yarn, 100% Merino Wool. I used 3 skeins: 2 of color #2229 and 1 of #2227. If you only want to use one color for your cross stitching or if you want to use two colors more equally than I did, you'll only need 2 skeins.
- A size B crochet hook.
- 2 pieces of Mary Flanagan's Felted Wool, 100% Wool. This color is "Smokey Joe".
- A Pillow Form, 14 x 14 inches.
- Cotton Sewing Thread in a neutral color, such as Gutermann's #3260.
The Pattern
6 single crochets = 1 inch
8 rows of single crochet = 1 inch
Finished Size
14 inches x 14 inches
With the Euroflax Linen, chain 86 stitches.
Inserting the hook into 2nd chain from hook, make 1 sc into next 85 chain stitches.
*Turn the work.
Chain 1, make 1 sc into next 85 stitches.
Repeat from * until piece measures 10 1/2 inches from the beginning row.
Turn the work, ch 1, and make 1 sc into next 62 stitches. Place a removable marker (or safety pin or scrap of yarn) on the leg of the 62nd stitch.
Make 1 sc into each stitch to the end of the row.
Continue to make 85 sc into each row until piece measures 14 inches from the beginning.
Cut the yarn and pull the tail through the last stitch. Weave in the ends.
Cross Stitch
The Grid
The crocheted fabric forms the grid on which you will cross stitch. The corners of each "square" (rectangle, actually!) are located on either side of a single crochet, horizontally, and over two rows of single crochet, vertically. In this photo, the red dots illustrate the corners in the grid where you could work your cross stitches.
Cross Stitch Basics
The basic "x" of the cross stitch is made by first bringing your needle up from the back of the work to the front, leaving a 2 or 3 inch tail in the back of the work. (You will work the first several stitches over the tail, checking it often so that you won't have to weave it in at the end! You will have to weave in the end tail by stitching it neatly under a few strands.)
Next, insert the needle into the hole that is diagonal from the starting hole, bringing your needle to the back of the work.
Now bring your needle to the front again through the hole below (or above) the last hole.
Finally, return your needle to the back of the work through the hole diagonal from the last hole and next to the second hole.
Don't pull the thread too tight or leave it too loose. Just stitch with a nice, relaxed hand so your stitches don't distort the fabric and do lie flat.
You can start the "x" in any corner. What's important is that you are consistent. In other words, the first leg of the "x" must either always slant this way, " / " or this way, " ". And the second leg must always slant the other way.
Although some people work the complete "x"s as they go, others work all the first legs in a row and then return back crossing with the second legs. Most people end up using a combination of methods!
Part of the fun of cross stitch is to find your own most efficient course. There is no one right way! For this project, I tended to work the first leg of the "x"s across the top row of a letter, then worked back across the row completing the "x"s. Then I moved down a row and did the same thing. For example, here is how I started the "S":
A few final notes: Avoid stranding your yarn across too far an expanse in the back. I would say the maximum is about 3 or 4 stitches. If you need to go farther, just cut the yarn, weave in its tail and start with a new piece of yarn.
Also, I used mostly the #2229 yarn, but occasionally switched to the #2227. I did this as a nod to the tradition of beginning cross stitch samplers where matching yarns wasn't as important as learning the technique. Feel free to do the same, to take the gesture a step further or to stick with one color. Whatever you decide, have fun!
To begin this cross stitch pattern, bring your yarn up at the marker you left in the crocheted fabric. Work the letters by following this chart, starting with the orange square of the "S". Each square in the chart represents a complete "x".
And here is the completed cross stitch!
Cut each felt piece into a 14 x 10 inch rectangle. Square the fabric to one of the 14-inch sides, cutting the 3 other sides but leaving one 14-inch side uncut.
Lay the crocheted fabric right side up, and put one of the rectangles on top of it. Arrange the felt so that the cut sides are along the edges of the pillow and the uncut 14-inch side is in the middle.
Lay the second rectangle on top of the first so that they overlap each other. Again, make sure the uncut edge is in the middle of the pillow.
Pin all of the edges together.
Sew the four sides of the pillowcase, leaving a 1/4 inch seam allowance.
Turn the pillowcase inside out, and use a blunt tool, like the end of a pencil, to push the corners out.
Finally, stuff your beautiful case with the pillow form, fluff it up, step back, and admire!


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Frequently, I come across the following problem: How to rewrite a complicated partial differential equation in a more clear way? I would like to create some order by collecting terms that are equal.
For example, this rather messy equation $0 = \frac{1}{4} l^4 m^4 y F^{(0,1)}(x,y)-6 l^2 M^2 y F^{(0,1)}(x,y)+\Lambda F^{(0,1)}(x,y)$,
can be written more clear as
$0 = \text{newform} = a_{0001} F^{(0,1)}(x,y)+a_{0101} y F^{(0,1)}(x,y)$
with $a_{0101}=\frac{l^4 m^4}{4}-6 l^2 M^2$ and $a_{0001}=\Lambda$.
My question is how to determine the coefficients from a given PDE? To make it more tangible, suppose I have a partial differential equation of f(x,y) that is quadratic in f and has order 6 derivatives in derivatives. It can be written as
$0 = \sum_{i,j,k,l} a_{i j k l} x^i y^{j}F^{(k,l)}(x,y) + \sum_{i,j,k,l,m,n} b_{i j k l m n} x^i y^{j}F^{(k,l)}(x,y)F^{(m,n)}(x,y)$
I want to use Mathematica to
- Rewrite the PDE into the above form; i.e. replace calculate all the coefficients
- Do not include terms with that have a zero coefficient in this new form
- Create a replacement rule for each coefficient.
- Check that this new form of writing eq is indeed equivalent.
How can I do this? If point 1 - 3 are established, then point 4 is easy: Just check that the following adds up to zero
oldform - newform /. substitutionrule
To give you an idea, these are some of the terms that appear in my PDE. $\small{l^4 m^4 F(x,y) -57 l^4 \Lambda M^2 F(x,y) + l^4 m^4 y F^{(0,1)}(x,y)+ 57 l^4 \Lambda M^2 y F^{(0,1)}(x,y)-24 l^2 M^2 y F^{(0,1)}(x,y)}$ $+ \small{2 M^2 y^8 F^{(0,1)}(x,y) F^{(0,5)}(x,y)-4 M^2 y^8 F^{(2,4)}(x,y)+4 M^2 y^6 F(x,y) F^{(0,4)}(x,y) = 0}$
Here is the
InputForm of this 'toy PDE'
eqn = l^4*m^4*F[x, y] - 57*l^4*Lambda*M^2*F[x, y] + l^4*m^4*y*Derivative[0, 1][F][x, y]
- 24*l^2*M^2*y*Derivative[0, 1][F][x, y]
+ 57*l^4*Lambda*M^2*y*Derivative[0, 1][F][x, y]
+ 4*M^2*y^6*F[x, y]*Derivative[0, 4][F][x, y]
+ 2*M^2*y^8*Derivative[0, 1][F][x, y]*Derivative[0, 5][F][x, y]
- 4*M^2*y^8*Derivative[2, 4][F][x, y]
And more convenient to copy into a notebook is this form
eqn = l^4*m^4*F[x, y] - 57*l^4*Lambda*M^2*F[x, y] + l^4*m^4*y*Derivative[0, 1][F][x, y] - 4*l^2*M^2*y*Derivative[0, 1][F][x, y] + 57*l^4*Lambda*M^2*y*Derivative[0, 1][F][x, y] + 4*M^2*y^6*F[x, y]*Derivative[0, 4][F][x, y] + 2*M^2*y^8*Derivative[0, 1][F][x,y]*Derivative[0, 5][F][x, y] - 4*M^2*y^8*Derivative[2, 4][F][x, y]
Pillsy gave a nice solution that does exactly (1)-(4). To see what kind of powers of x, y, $\partial_x$ and $\partial_y$ are contained in the example PDE I use his code, and I add
Total[coeffRules /. {(a[i_, j_, k_, l_] -> coeff_) :>
Subscript[a, i, j, k, l]*x^i*y^j*
Derivative[k, l][F], (b[i_, j_, k_, l_, m_, n_] -> coeff_) :>
Subscript[b, i, j, k, l, m, n]*x^i*y^j*
Derivative[k, l][F] Derivative[m, n][F]}]
This gives $\small{y^8 a_{0,8,2,4} F^{(2,4)}+3 y a_{0,1,0,1} F^{(0,1)}+2 F a_{0,0,0,0}+y^8 b_{0,8,0,1,0,5} F^{(0,1)} F^{(0,5)}+F y^6 b_{0,6,0,0,0,4} F^{(0,4)}}$
Now it is much easer to see what kind of PDE this is. There is one more thing I would like to ask. How can I avoid the double counting of terms that results for example in the factor 3 in $3 y a_{0,1,0,1} F^{(0,1)}$?
This works, I think
% /. {Times[a_Integer, b_] -> b, Times[b_, a_Integer] -> b}
$\small{y^8 a_{0,8,2,4} F^{(2,4)}+y a_{0,1,0,1} F^{(0,1)}+F a_{0,0,0,0}+y^8 b_{0,8,0,1,0,5} F^{(0,1)} F^{(0,5)}+F y^6 b_{0,6,0,0,0,4} F^{(0,4)}}$


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Howard the hero in Hamels' win, Phils' sweep
Slugger's pinch-hit double in seventh eliminates knot at Citi Field
NEW YORK -- Fresh as a daisy after six long innings of rest he did not appear to need, Ryan Howard came off the bench Sunday to key the Phillies' 5-1 win over the Mets, completing a three-game sweep at Citi Field.
Despite eight RBIs in his last four games and home runs in his last two, the first baseman was out of the starting lineup in the series finale because Monday's off-day afforded Charlie Manuel the opportunity to give his first baseman a mini-vacation.
"He had enough rest," said Manuel after the win.
Thanks in part to John Buck's long run for a two-out, nobody on, foul pop by pinch-hitter Laynce Nix that clanked off Buck's glove in front of the Philadelphia dugout, the seventh turned into a long inning for the Mets.
When the reprieved Nix and Jimmy Rollins followed with hits and Mets manager Terry Collins went to reliever Scott Atchison, Howard doubled on a 2-0 pitch to the last foot of the warning track in center field to score both runners, breaking a 1-1 tie.
Chase Utley chased in Howard with a single to left-center field, John Mayberry Jr. scored Domonic Brown with an eighth-inning double and Antonio Bastardo, Mike Adams and Jonathan Papelbon each pitched a scoreless inning, making Cole Hamels a winner for the first time this season.
Hamels, lifted for Nix after six walks had inflated his pitch count to 111, allowed just two hits over six innings, despite his command issues.
"It wasn't any particular pitch," said Hamels. "I was able to throw them all for both strikes and for balls.
"I wasn't able to get ahead of hitters, so I just tried to plug away, not let the game get out of hand. You would rather give up hits than walk everybody and much rather go deeper into the ballgame. But sometimes you have to shake your head and move on."
The Mets hit only one ball hard -- Ruben Tejada's leadoff double -- regardless. The Phillies, who left the bases loaded in the first, when Brown topped a ball inches in front of the plate, were also struggling against Jon Niese until Freddy Galvis tied the game with a leadoff fifth-inning homer.
"Freddy has gotten bigger and stronger, he can hit the ball out of the yard when he catches it right," said Manuel.
Niese, unshaken, retired eight of the next nine Phillies until the dropped foul popup changed everything.
"I was watching it the whole way, and that was a tough play," said Nix. "It was four or five rows deep and then came back."
Nix drove his second chance into the hole between second and third, and Rollins singled on the ninth pitch of an excellent at-bat. Niese, believed Mets manager Terry Collins, was ready for a rest. But Howard's was over.
"I knew they were going to put Howard in, but I don't care who it is, Atchison's ball is really difficult to hit," said Collins. "The issue is he fell behind and tried to sneak a fastball in."
Six innings had not put any rust on Howard's swing.
"It's not really an off-day," he said. "It's just a day you don't start.
"Even though you don't start a game, you still remain in it. You watch the flow of the game, because you know there is going to be a situation when you can come up and pinch-hit. Usually it's a situation where you can turn the tide of the game."
With Howard's key knock, the Phillies celebrated Carlos Ruiz's return from a 25-game suspension with a ninth win in their last 10 games against the Mets. Ruiz, who had only 14 Minor League at-bats to get ready, doubled and hit two other balls hard. Manuel said he wasn't surprised.
"I expected him to go 4-for-4," the manager said, tongue only partly in cheek. "I expect all our guys to do well every day.
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The trouble with phasing‐in lower tax rates is that it creates an incentive to postpone efforts and investments until later, when tax rates will be lower. Reducing the corporate tax rate by two percentage points a year would create an incentive to repeatedly delay reported profits, year after year, holding back the economy and tax receipts. Sensible tax planners would write‐off expenses soon as possible, including interest expenses, but defer investment until future years when the tax rate would be reduced on any resulting added earnings.
Meanwhile, the widening gap between corporate and noncorporate tax rates (a difference of 13.8 percentage points after five years) would encourage many small businesses, farms and professionals to set up C‐corporations to shelter retained earnings. Owners of closely‐held private corporations can defer double taxation indefinitely by not paying dividends and taking most compensation in the form of tax‐free corporate perks. Many enterprises contemplating the new incentive to shift income from individual to corporate tax forms after five years would postpone expansion plans until after they made that switch, further depressing the economy and tax receipts.
The Republican Party's proclivity for phased‐in tax cuts may have originated with former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan. In his January 25, 2001 testimony before the Senate Budget committee, Chairman Greenspan said, "In recognition of the uncertainties in the economic and budget outlook, it is important that any long‐term tax plan … be phased in." That was the same advice he gave in January 1981 when Greenspan and I served on President Reagan's transition team. Unfortunately, his advice to phase‐in lower tax rates was followed both times, with disastrous results.
During the deep recession from July 1981 to November 1982, Congress opted to postpone most tax relief until the 1983–84 tax years. Individual tax rates were ostensibly reduced by 5 percent in October 1981, but with only three months left in the year that meant just 1.25 percent. Rates were again reduced by 10 percent in July of 1982, but that applied to only half of that year's income. Meanwhile, bracket creep from high inflation kept pushing people into higher tax brackets (until indexing took effect in 1985), negating much of the intended effect. The final 10 percent reduction in July 1983 was not fully effective until calendar year 1984.
Oddly enough, the painful blunder of phasing‐in the Reagan tax cuts after a recession was repeated by the Bush administration in March 2001, three months after the economy slipped into recession. Aside from the fiscal frivolity of adding a 10 percent tax bracket on the first $12,000 of income (cutting taxes $300–600 at all incomes), reductions in the four highest tax rates were originally scheduled to be very gradually phased‐in by 2006. Congress later came to its senses in May 2003 and reduced marginal tax rates. Yet substantial damage was already done. University of Michigan economists Christopher House and Matthew Shapiro found, "The phased‐in nature [of lower tax rates] contributed to the slow recovery from the 2001 recession, while the elimination of the phase‐in helped explain the increase in economic activity in 2003." The harmful impact of the phase‐in was confirmed by Cornell University economist Karel Mertens and Morton Ravin of University College London.
Mertens and Ravin also found that lower corporate tax rates do not reduce U.S. tax revenues, partly because lower tax rates increase domestic investment while reducing tax incentives to take on excess debt. The Camp plan to phase‐in a 25 percent corporate tax rate over many years would be as unnecessary as it would be counterproductive. Most other countries reduced their corporate tax rates to 25 percent or less long ago – creating marginal effective rates on new investment that are commonly less than half the U.S. level — with clearly beneficial effects on their economies and tax receipts.
The important, unlearned lesson of 1981 and 2001 is that phased‐in reductions in marginal tax rates can make things worse before they make things better.
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I have Smart Sending unchecked so that I can get a point every minute, but the app is still appears to be using the Smart Sending algorithm. When the phone is stationary, no data is sent and the phone display shows "Smart Sending OK".
I've tried it several times, restarting the app and power-cycling the phone. Same behavior.
I'm running the 710 build on an i325 IS. I realize this isn't necessary a supported phone, but everything else seems to be working fine.
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CALEA Compliance. Our solution provides a rich suite of communications and workgroup tools. It designates one of the organization's user sign-in identification as the Registrar. By design, this user id cannot participate in any group communications, but when requested by law enforcement agencies it can be used to access the private and encrypted communication data of a member or members of the organization.
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In 1985, Disney would release an animated film based on Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydian. It would get the first PG rating to ever be given to a Walt Disney film and it would fail at the box office. The film was entitled The Black Cauldron and is generally regarded as the darkest and most frightening of Disney's films.
In hindsight, The Black Cauldron seems like it might be Disney's underrated film. Yes, it's a dark children's movie, but in terms of themes it somehow manages to feel less dark than The Hunchback of Notre Dame and manages to feel very cohesive with the tone and world due to be based off of a fantasy series.
The Black Cauldron follows Taran (Grant Bardsley), an assistant pig keeper, who learns from a vision from the pig Hen Wen that The Horned King (John Hurt) is searching for the Black Cauldron to raise an army of undead soldiers, the Cauldron-born. Taran is trusted with taking care of Hen Wen, but due to Taran's day dreams of being a warrior, he loses track of the pig. While searching for Hen Wen, he meets a creature named Gurgi (John Byner). Taran's searching leads him to the Horned King's castle, where the pig is being held captive. The pig escapes and Taran is captured. While in the dungeon, he meets Princess Eilonwy (Susan Sheridan), who has also been captured, grabs an awesome magic sword and helps a bard named Fflewddur Fflam (Nigel Hawthorne) escape. The trio then decides to find Hen Wen and the Black Cauldron, the latter of which they intend to destroy.
This film, directed by Ted Berman and Richard Rich–Rich went on to direct The Swan Princess and its sequels as well as The King and I–looks very much like a classic Disney film in terms of the character design. If someone isn't looking closely, they could mistake Princess Eilonwy for Princess Aurora when she's living in the forest. There's also great coloring in this filming, such as shades of green that highlight areas of the Horned King's castle as Taran approaches the building for the first time.
Although I can't criticize the film in relation to its source material as I've never read that series, I can say that pretty much everything in the film works because it is set in a mystical fantasy world. From the presence of the adorable Fair Folk that are very fairy-like to vision-granting pigs to witches to the very presence of Gurgi, a talking creature that looks like a dog, but also like a small human, this all works because of the world of the film, which is easy to buy into and believe in this film.
Gurgi, meanwhile, serves as this film's Cute Little Animal Sidekick. At first, Gurgi comes across as an annoying character thrown in to make the film cuter for kids, but as the film goes on, it becomes more clear that Gurgi is as important in this film as the Horned King or Taran. More importantly, Gurgi sacrifices himself to save the world, which is something that most Cute Little Animal Sidekicks would not do. And unlike most Cute Little Animal Sidekicks, Gurgi is not obnoxious or wisecracking, he's simply a cute creature that talks in a muffled tone.
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Veteran Julie Weckerlein and her family are shown last weekend in the Washington, D.C. area. She served in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007 with the Air Force. While in Iraq, she was a few yards away from another female service member who was killed by incoming mortar round.
Julie Weckerlein vividly recalls the horrid sounds that filled her base - and her head - after the incoming shell exploded: the radio call summoning the chaplain, the whirling blades of the chopper evacuating the burned remains of the Army sergeant killed in Iraq
Five years later, she still remembers the name of that dead soldier: Trista Morietti.
"Females died over there, too," said Weckerlein, who served in Afghanistan as well. She works today as a full-time federal employee in Washington, D.C. "But there is a cultural disconnect in our society. People don't know: What is a female veteran? What does she look like? What does she bring to the table? What did we do over there?"
Women compose 15 percent of homecoming U.S. troops and 15 percent of the U.S. armed forces, yet many Americans are unsure how to accept or view them, female veterans say. That applies to the job market, fueling a 19.9 percent unemployment rate among post-9/11 female veterans, while some VA hospitals seem unprepared to handle the heavy influx of women returning from war, contends a leading veterans group.
"I'm the first female veteran that a lot of people know personally, and I'm becoming more aware of this lack of understanding of who we are," said Weckerlein, who spent nine years in the Air Force. Now, 31, she is married with three children and, as an Air Force reservist, she also works part-time at the Pentagon. "There is no real example in society of a female veteran. In Hollywood, there's just the 'GI Jane' version – you know, like Demi Moore shaving her head. But that's about it.
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Julie Weckerlein waits for the all-clear in a shelter during a 2007 mortar attack at a U.S. post south of Baghdad. A moment after this photo was snapped, Weckerlein and others heard the radio call go out for a chaplain. A female sergeant was killed in the explosion.
"We are a normal family. My husband is addicted to (the TV series) 'Pawn Stars.' My 9-year-old and I, we struggle with homework. I struggle with DC life and the commute. This is a female veteran."
Last week, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, a nonpartisan and nonprofit group with more than 200,000 members, called on President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney to cast at least some of their attention on the mounting and - as IAVA sees it - unaddressed needs afflicting female veterans. That heightened focus, IAVA said, should begin with how the Department of Veterans Affairs provides health care to female ex-service members.
"There aren't enough female health professionals in the VA system. There aren't enough folks specialized in female health, especially around reproductive health. We've got to push the system to work harder for them," said Paul Rieckhoff, chief executive officer and founder of IAVA
"The bottom line is you need someone who recognizes that female veterans are a critical part of this population and that they have unique needs," added Rieckhoff, who served as a first lieutenant and infantry rifle platoon leader in Iraq during 2003 and 2004. "We've got women on our staff who say that a lot of times, when they walk into the VA, they get treated like a candy striper instead of like a returning warrior. As a country, we've got to go through a huge cultural shift."
VA officials maintain, however, that their agency has launched multiple initiatives to cater to the rising number of female veterans using its hospitals. Last Friday, NBC News asked a VA spokesman to lay out some of those programs. On Wednesday, that spokesman emailed NBC News a series of Internet links describing the strategies, adding: "Nearly all of these programs are new in the past few years (2-4 years), and some have simply been enhanced. Of course, women vets are eligible for VA programs just as males would be too."
For example, the VA's Women Health Services "addresses the health care needs of women Veterans and works to ensure that timely, equitable, high-quality, comprehensive health care services are provided in a sensitive and safe environment at VA health facilities nationwide," says the VA website. "We strive to be a national leader in the provision of health care for women, thereby raising the standard of care for all women."
In 2007, the VA broadened the scope of Women Health Services to include the use of mammography machines, ultrasound and biopsy equipment, the VA reports.
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But Air Force veteran Terri Kaas, 29, said that after being seen at two VA hospitals near her home in Pasco, Wash., for knee problems she said were sustained during overseas service, she felt the staff at those VA facilities "didn't know what do with me." Kaas, who received a 20 percent disability rating after leaving the Air Force, said the VA also recently admitted to her that it had lost her medical records, leaving her pension and disability package pending, and allowing her to use VA facilities to receive only "some care that's service related."
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Terri Kass, an Air Force Veteran who lives in Washington State, has been job hunting for a year since leaving the military. She has more than 100 rejection letters to show for her effort.
When she did go in for treatment, Kaas described the VA visits this way: "Here you have a young woman – who is not old – who mostly likely will have another child or two. But I think they're always amazed to see me. They're like, 'Oh, is your husband here?' I'm like, 'No, it's me. You're seeing me.' I'm used to being the only female in the lobby."
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Kaas, who served for 10 years, spending time in Bahrain and Germany, also has been snared by the second critical pitfall facing one in five post-9/11-female veterans: unemployment. She said she has more than 100 rejection letters to show for her job hunt during the past year. More troubling, she said, numerous hiring managers have asked if she is "service disabled."
"Every job I've applied for that required both my resume and their corporate application asked that question. Are we discriminating against our wounded warriors? Starbucks, Walmart, Macy's, Amazon, Target, and Lockheed Martin are just a few who asked," Kaas posted on Facebook. Amid looking for work, she is attending college with hopes of becoming a math or science teacher.
"That question astounds me - and it's always the follow-up question to: Are you a veteran?" Kaas said in a phone interview. "If Walmart won't hire me at Christmas, when they're advertising, I kind of wonder what the reason is. I'm not trying to dime out Walmart. I've applied for work at many major department stores. But when I can't get work at Walmart, I wonder: Why not? There's other people getting hired there during the holidays."
The disability question, Kaas suspects, is asked because some hiring managers "assume that most veterans have PTSD."
"I don't know if it's legal to ask that but it certainly doesn't seem appropriate," said John E. Pickens III, executive director of VeteransPlus, a nonprofit that has offered financial counseling to more than 150,000 current and former service members. He agrees that such a query by hiring managers "is being driven by mental health concerns."
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Said Walmart spokeswoman Tara Raddohl: "That question is not standard practice or a part of our company interview process. We're looking into this specifically" (at the Walmart store where Kaas applied for a job).
A number of Pickens' female-veteran clients have told him that although they served in war zones, they don't seem to earn the same level of prestige - or employability - as do U.S. male combat veterans, "and they don't carry home that same mantel as a warrior."
'Hey, I'm a female veteran'
Yet many carry home combat tales equally as harrowing as those being told by male veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Just ask Julie Weckerlein.
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Veteran Julie Weckerlein and her husband, Martin. After nine years of active duty in the Air Force, she now works at the Pentagon.
After the insurgent shell detonated at the coalition base in Nasir Lafitah, Iraq, Weckerlein didn't know the name of the casualty - Trista Morietti, 27 - until she returned to her own post in Baghdad and read the incident report. Several U.S. service members were wounded as well when that mortar round landed on a sleeping quarters just a few yards from Weckerlein's position.
"I also spent a lot of time reading up all the hometown articles and blogs her friends wrote about her. Hers was the first death I experienced on my deployment, and that she was also a 20-something female NCO really affected me," Weckerlein said. "I felt so sick for the family members back in the states who had no idea what was going on at that moment. Later, actually seeing those family members and their pain ... it tore out my heart.
"I think of all the awesome women who served alongside me, who are struggling to find work, and it just baffles me because they are so qualified," she added. "It just motivates me to want to go out there and say, 'Hey, I'm a female veteran.' "
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I don't usually think of Christmas and chains as going together, unless I'm reading about the ponderously-chained Ghost of Christmas Past who so terrorized old Ebenezer Scrooge! But I believe this to be true: Christmas is a "chain" which is only as strong as its weakest link.
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If Christmas has to do only with sales and not souls, presents and not His Presence, holiday cheer but not lifelong Joy . . .
If Christmas has to do only with Jingle Bells and nothing to do with "God with us," well, then, Christmas is not up to the task of making a real difference in our lives, and it's just one more momentary diversion for the despairing, one more false hope for people who know no hope, and it certainly won't make much difference in life, or in death, or in anything at all very real or substantial.
But if Christmas, and all that is best about this good season, points to real light and hope, glimmering reflections from the Father of Lights, the Giver of Joy, the Sender of the very best Gift, then the Christ of Christmas can use this time of celebration to point us to light that truly is stronger than darkness, hope that is genuinely stronger than despair, and life that is ultimately and infinitely stronger than death.
Then we discover that the Light of Christmas is real indeed because He is real, and life is far more substantial than death.
Then Christmas means something beautiful and wonderful and real. And Christmas joy can and will last forever.
You're invited to visit my website at http://www.CurtisShelburne.com! Merry Christmas!
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Microsoft has finally released its game-changing operating system, Windows 8. This is the biggest change to the Windows OS since the launch of Windows 95. We've already spent a lot of time using Windows 8, so keep reading to find out what we think of Microsoft's latest operating system in this Windows 8 review - it's the only Windows 8 review you need.
UPDATE: See also our review of the Windows 8.1 Preview
Windows 8 launched on the 26th October and, as usual with Microsoft operating systems - apart from a few exceptions - will be the operating system on all new PCs and laptops. It's also available on tablets, starting with Microsoft's own Surface and, Windows Phone 8 is now available smartphones. In this Windows 8 review we cover everything except Windows Phone 8, which isn't yet available to test.
Windows 8: All change please
You're probably familiar with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 since you use at least one or more of them on a daily basis. Although improvements have been made over the years, they're fundamentally the same as Windows 95. It doesn't take too much effort to switch between any of these versions, even though options have moved around a little.
With Windows 8, things change radically. The desktop, as you know it, is relegated to the side-lines to make way for the new so-called Modern UI (User Interface). This interface is designed to be used with touchscreens as well as with a mouse and keyboard, and requires programs to be written specially for it.
These Windows apps are downloaded via the new Windows Store, or from app developers' websites. The Windows Store is similar to Apple's App Store and Google's Play store. As of the October 26 launch date, there will be relatively few apps there, but the number will grow quickly as more and more people begin using Windows 8. Currently, many are free, and a small number cost a couple of pounds. Again, this is likely to change, so don't expect programs which cost, say £100 now, to be any cheaper when the Windows 8 app is released. See also: Best Windows apps: Windows 8 app group test.
You can still run programs written for older versions of Windows, but this is possible only on PCs and laptops: Windows 8 tablets (at least those which have ARM processors and run Windows 8 RT) won't have the traditional Windows desktop at all.
Windows 8: Upgrading
You don't have a buy a new laptop or PC to get Windows 8, of course. Windows XP, Vista and 7 can be upgraded to Windows 8, although there's a limit to how much you can bring with you.
If your computer runs XP with Service Pack 3, you can transfer your files. Vista users can bring files and settings, while Windows 7 owners can keep programs, settings and files. Any incompatible programs have to be uninstalled before the upgrade, but Windows 8's installer will tell you what action needs to be taken. For a step-by-step guide to the upgrade process, including how to register for the Windows 8 Upgrade Offer, see: How to upgrade to Windows 8.
Windows 8 vs Windows RT
Windows RT, in case you're confused (and we'd understand if you are), is the version of Windows which runs on tablets. It looks the same, and uses the same gestures, but there are some subtle differences.
One is that you can't buy Windows 8 RT, in the same way you can't buy Apple's iOS operating system for the iPad. It comes with the tablet when you buy it.
Windows 8 RT will run apps downloaded via the Windows Store, just like Windows 8. However, RT comes with Microsoft Office pre-installed; Windows 8 doesn't.
Windows RT doesn't have the traditional Windows desktop, and can't run legacy programs, but Windows 8 can. RT also lacks some of the other features of Windows 8 Pro: there's no Windows Media Player, or BitLocker encryption, no domain support and, although there's Remote Desktop, it works only as a client, so you can't remotely connect to a Windows 8 RT tablet. The basic version of Windows 8 also lacks these features: for more see Which version should I choose? later on.
What you will find is the same Internet Explorer 10, Office 2013, Mail, Calendar, Maps, Photos, Music, Videos, Weather, People, News, Travel, Finance and SkyDrive apps. There's also Windows Defender, Exchange ActiveSync and VPN support.
Microsoft has confirmed that IE10 on Windows 8 RT will support Flash, which is used on many websites and for a lot of internet video. Flash is also supported, as you'd expect, in the desktop version of Windows 8.
Windows 8: Modern UI Interface
Windows 8 Lock screen
In Windows 8 your computer boots straight to the lock screen, the same screen you'll see on a Windows 8 RT tablet. You swipe upwards, or click or press a key on your keyboard, to remove it and see the user accounts, as you'd see in previous versions of Windows.
The Lock screen shows the time, date and can also show more detailed information from an app of your choosing, such as Weather or Mail. Many other apps, such as Twitter clients can also show information on the Lock screen.
Windows 8 Start screen
When you've entered your password (there's also the option of a picture password), you're taken to the new Start screen, which Microsoft is now calling the Modern UI (formerly, but no longer, Metro). This is best thought of as a full-screen Start menu, since there's no longer any such menu, even on the traditional desktop.
It's at this point which many people will feel lost, but as with any new interface, it takes only a few minutes to gain your bearings and figure out where things are and how to accomplish tasks.
In fact, the Start screen is well designed and conveys much more information that it first appears. Some of the 'tiles' display live information, so you can see the current weather, for example, without launching the Weather app. Similarly, you can see the latest news headlines, emails and share prices and much more without as much as a single tap or click.
If you'd like things to be arranged differently, just tap (or click) on a tile and drag it to a new position. Everything else will rearrange around it, and some tiles can be shrunk or enlarged, making it easier to find the apps you use most.
As you install apps, new tiles are created, and you can also add tiles as shortcuts to programs already installed, including those that run on the traditional desktop. When there are too many to display on screen, you have to scroll right to see more. Alternatively, you can pinch to zoom out, then scroll and zoom in when you see the tile you want.
Those without a touchscreen can hold Ctrl and roll their mouse wheel to zoom in and out, while laptop owners without a scroll area or gesture support can use the keyboard shortcut, Ctrl, + or Ctrl, -. It's well worth learning the keyboard shortcuts for getting around Windows 8 as this is the only way to be as fast as if you had a touchscreen.
In the zoomed-out view, you can click on a group of tiles to select it and move it to a new position. Right-clicking on it (or dragging down on a touchscreen) gives the option to name it - the name then appears above the group. In the zoomed-in view, you can drag a tile between groups to create a new group.
When using the interface with a standard scroll mouse, the scroll wheel will default to horizontal scrolling until you click on a vertical pane of information, such as a list of emails or on a web page. Then it switches to scrolling vertically. It means you can get around the Modern UI without too much hassle, and without needing to buy any new hardware such as Microsoft's Touch Mouse.
There's no getting away from the fact that, as Microsoft freely admits, touch is a first-class citizen in Windows 8 and it's not as quick or pleasant to use it with a basic mouse and keyboard. Keyboard shortcuts, as we've said, are the next best thing.
Keyboard shortcuts for Windows 8
Windows key + Q: Search. This opens the search charm, set to whichever app you're currently using. You can quickly switch to a files search with Windows+F, or settings with Windows+W.
Windows+C: Open the Charms bar
Windows+H: Share charm
Windows+I: Settings charm
Windows+Z: Displays the app bar. This gives contextual options in each app.
Windows+X: opens the admin menu, which appears where the Start menu used to be.
Windows+D: Shows the traditional desktop. Press again to minimise all desktop windows.
Windows+L: Locks your computer and displays the Lock screen.
Alt+F4: Close current app. Also, you can use your mouse to click at the top of an app and drag it to the bottom of the screen.
Windows 8: Charms bar
The Charms bar is another brand new feature. It appears when you swipe your finger in from the right-hand edge of the screen. Those with a mouse can point the cursor to the top- or bottom-right corner of the screen (these are two of the new 'hot' corners in Windows 8).
From the top, you have Search, Share, Start, Devices and Settings. Search is a replacement for the search box in Windows 7 and Vista, but a more capable version. The Share charm allows you to share things with people, but the options will change depending on which app is running. Extra sharing options will appear when you install apps that can share content, such as Twitter clients.
Start takes you back to the Start screen if you're in another app, or switches to the most recent app if you're on the Start screen.
Click or tap the Devices icon to show relevant connected devices. Printers, speakers, screens and network devices will be shown in a list. You can click on one to change its settings, or use any of its capabilities.
Finally, Settings gives quick access to Wi-Fi settings, volume, screen brightness and notifications options. It also provides a link to the new, streamlined control panel, simply named Settings. Clicking on the Settings charm will also show settings specific to the current app, so you might see common Help and About links for most apps, but an extra Accounts option for Mail, say.
Windows 8: Searching
For a list of all installed apps, swipe up from the bottom, or right-click, to bring up the bottom options bar, then choose All apps. A neat shortcut, if you know what you're looking for, is simply to start typing on the Start screen. This opens the search box, and you can filter results by type: Apps, Settings or Files. You can also apply that search to a particular app (Internet Explorer, for example) by clicking or tapping on it in the search box.
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When you tap or click on an app it opens in full-screen mode. Most apps are designed to work this way, but you can drag down from the top, then drag either left or right to resize the app to occupy a small column at either side. Three-quarters of the screen is then left for a second app (or the desktop, if you like). You can flip apps between these two positions by grabbing the black bar which separates the apps and dragging it left or right.
This 'multitasking' feels a lot more limiting than the traditional desktop where you can have many windows open at once, in whichever positions you like. However, it feels like a revelation on a Windows 8 tablet as it's the first time you can see two apps at once.
It's useful in many situations as you can put an app such as Tweetro or Mail in the small column to the left or right and use the rest of the screen for the app you're actually using. This way you can see new tweets or emails appear. The new Windows 8 notifications can also do this job, but they're shown for only a moment.
There are various ways of switching between apps in the Modern UI. The easiest is to use the Windows, Tab shortcut to bring up the new, vertical apps list. This includes the desktop, but to choose a particular app that's running on the desktop, use Alt, Tab instead, then use the cursor keys to pick the app you want.
On a touchscreen, you drag in from the left, then back to bring up the vertical list of apps, just as you get on an Android tablet. With a mouse, you point the cursor at the top or bottom corner at the left side of the screen (the other two 'hot' corners), then drag down or up to see the list.
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POL 03.00.02 – Criteria and Procedures for Naming Facilities and Programs
Authority: Board of Trustees
History: First Issued: November 18, 1994. Last Revised: April 22, 2011.
Related Policies:
UNC Code Appendix 1 Section VI (Property and Buildings)
UNC Code Appendix 1 Section XVI (Auxiliary Enterprises, Utilities and Miscellaneous Facilities)
Contact Info: Vice Chancellor for University Advancement (919-515-3226)
1.1 This policy sets forth the criteria and procedures for naming North Carolina State University facilities and academic programs.
2.1 The term "facilities" includes buildings, rooms, interior spaces, exterior spaces (gardens, courts, plazas, memorials, markers, etc.) streets, athletic fields, open spaces, forests, and all other tangible and relatively permanent features owned, operated or controlled by North Carolina State University.
2.2 The term "program" includes colleges, departments, institutes, centers, and other units associated with university functions.
3.1 The naming policy shall be reviewed periodically by the Office of University Advancement with all recommended changes requiring approval by the Chancellor and Board of Trustees.
4.1 Board of Trustees
4.1.1 The act of naming a facility or program shall be that of the Board of Trustees, acting after receiving the recommendation of the Chancellor. Benefactors or honorees should be informed throughout the naming discussions that final naming approval for all University facilities and programs rests with the Board of Trustees.
4.2 Chancellor
4.2.1 Subject to the responsibilities of the Board of Trustees, the Chancellor shall have responsibility and authority with respect to, and is an essential participant in, all naming actions.
4.2.2 No facility or program may be named without the early knowledge and prior approval of the Chancellor. The Chancellor shall endeavor to determine that the proposed action is consistent with the interests of the University, to assure that the amount of any contribution warrants the action proposed, and to maintain equity in the relationship of donations for similar naming actions.
4.2.3 The Chancellor may recommend exceptions to any of the following naming policies, subject to approval of the Board of Trustees and after consultation with University leadership when appropriate.
4.3 Special Committee on Donor Namings
4.3.1 The committee shall review proposals requesting the naming of facilities and/or programs to honor donors who have made substantial contributions to the University in accordance with pre-approved naming minimums and within the guidelines for naming of facilities and programs at NC State and make recommendations to the Vice Chancellor for University Advancement.
4.3.2 Membership
126.96.36.199 Associate Vice Chancellor for University Development – Chair
126.96.36.199 Vice Chancellor for University Advancement
188.8.131.52 Secretary of the University
126.96.36.199 Associate Vice Chancellor for University Communications
22.214.171.124 Associate Vice Chancellor for Advancement Services
126.96.36.199 University Architect
184.108.40.206 Director of Donor Relations
184.108.40.206 Two Development Officers appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Advancement
220.127.116.11 Chair of the Board of Trustees Advancement Committee
4.4 Special Committee on Honorary Namings
4.4.1 The Committee shall review proposals for naming facilities and/or programs in recognition of (a) individuals who have attained achievement of extraordinary and lasting distinction or (b) for organizations, events or dates, places or programs pertinent to the university's activities or history and make recommendations to the Vice Chancellor for University Advancement.
4.4.2 Membership
18.104.22.168 Vice Chancellor for University Advancement – Chair
18.104.22.168 Provost
126.96.36.199 Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration
18.104.22.168 Vice Chancellor and Dean for Academic and Student Affairs (DASA)
22.214.171.124 Secretary of the University
188.8.131.52 Chair of the Faculty
220.127.116.11 Chair of the Staff Senate
18.104.22.168 One Department Head/Chair appointed by the Chancellor
220.127.116.11 One Dean appointed by the Chancellor
4.5 Terms
4.5.1 Ex-officio members are permanent members of the committees and serve as long as they hold their positions with NC State University. Appointed members' term of service is at the discretion of the appointing officer.
4.6 Meetings
4.6.1 The Committee shall meet at such times and places as required to efficiently perform its duties. Meetings shall be called by the Chair. A simple majority of the membership of the Committee shall constitute a quorum. No proxy shall be recognized in any meeting of the Committee.
5.1 North Carolina State University will name facilities and programs as follows:
5.1.1 To recognize individuals who have attained achievements of extraordinary and lasting distinction. Generally, these will be individuals who have had direct, substantial, and active association with the University. For individuals who have not had such an association with the University, selection may be based on the individual's record of scholarship, creativity, leadership, humanitarian service or public service.
5.1.2 To recognize organizations, events/dates, places, or programs significant to the life and/or history of the University. Examples: To recognize an organization, such as the Watauga Club, with historical and exceptional ties to the University; an event or date significant in the University's history; a place with significant meaning for or ties to the University; or a program, activity, function, or symbol pertinent to the life of the University.
5.1.3 To recognize benefactors who have made substantial financial contributions to the University. The term "benefactors" includes individuals, corporations and other organizations.
5.2 Efforts to secure private resources arising from a college or departmental unit to honor an individual by recommending the naming an existing facility or definable portion of a existing facility after the individual must be accompanied by a plan for fundraising approved by the Vice Chancellor for University Advancement and the Chancellor, unless an exception is made by the Chancellor. The fundraising goal associated with the facility or portion of the facility should be commensurate with the nature of the space to be named.
6.1 Naming opportunities may include (1) new facilities that are to be constructed or acquired,(2) existing facilities that are undergoing major or minor renovations, or (3) existing facilities that are not undergoing renovations.
6.2 Facilities will not be named for members of the University faculty or staff, members of the Board of Trustees, members of the Board of Governors, the Governor, elected officials, or state employees concerned with the functions, oversight or control of the University, so long as the relationship exists, except in the case of a naming pursuant to section 5.2.
6.3 Selection of facility names should take into account the University's Master Plan that identifies components – e.g., streets, buildings, and open spaces – and organizes these components into a hierarchy. Each facility should be considered in relation to the component of which it is an element and its place in the overall hierarchy. Recommendations of the college/school, department or division that occupies the facility being considered for naming will be considered. Normally, the name should be that of an individual who gained distinction in the areas or areas related to usage of the facility. Exceptions may occur in cases of persons of unusual eminence or singular contributions to the University as a whole.
6.4 "Character areas" such as campus neighborhoods and open areas should be designated by names linking persons, events, places, or activities with appropriate references to location and activities to be conducted on the site or land form.
6.5 Corporate or other organization names may be used to name any University facility. As with individuals honored with facility naming at the University, corporations or organizations proposed for facility naming should have a positive image and demonstrated integrity.
6.5.1 In the instance of corporate or organizational namings of facilities, additional due diligence should be taken to avoid any appearance of commercial influence or conflict of interest.
6.5.2 Signage reflecting a corporate or organizational naming of a facility must conform to all University signage guidelines and may not include the organization logo or other components of branding.
6.6 A gift for naming a facility ordinarily should equal:
6.6.1 At least one-half of the total project cost for constructing or acquiring the new facility; or
6.6.2 At least one-half of the total project cost for renovating an existing facility; or
6.6.3 At least one-half of the portion of the total project cost that is to be raised from the private sector if State or other funds are funding a portion of the project cost for a new or renovated existing facility; or
6.6.4 At least one-half of the replacement cost of an existing facility not undergoing renovation. Typically, but not always, three-fourths of a gift to name an existing facility not undergoing renovation will be in the form of endowment, preferably unrestricted, to the University unit.
6.7 Financial contributions resulting in the naming of a facility may be made to an affiliated foundation but, if the University is constructing or renovating a facility, then funds will be transferred to the University.
7.1 Corporate or other organization names will generally not be used to name a University program.
7.2 A gift for naming a program ordinarily should:
7.2.1 Be in the form of endowment, of which at least three-fourths is unrestricted for the benefit of that program, and
7.2.2 Be determined by the size, operating budget, national ranking, and visibility of the program, as well as naming amounts of peer programs in the discipline or on the University campus when available, and
7.2.3 Be substantial and significant, even transformative in nature, enabling the program to improve its competitiveness or distinction, or perhaps enabling the establishment of a new program within an existing unit.
7.3 Financial contributions resulting in the naming of a program may be made to an affiliated foundation.
8.1 Proposals for naming facilities and programs shall be forwarded to the Vice Chancellor for University Advancement who shall review the proposals and forward them to the appropriate naming committee for committee review and recommendation.
8.2 Proposals for facility namings shall be accompanied by sufficient documentation of the gift, along with a completed facility naming agreement.
8.3 The Vice Chancellor for University Advancement shall receive and review all recommendations prior to forwarding naming proposals to the Chancellor. The Chancellor, as he or she deems appropriate, may make recommendations to the Advancement Committee of the Board of Trustees. The Advancement Committee shall review recommendations from the Chancellor and select those to be recommended to the Board of Trustees for final approval.
9.1 When a facility or program is to be named in consideration of a financial contribution, the gift shall have been received by the University or affiliated foundation, or its future receipt shall be assured through the appropriate signed gift agreement, before a naming action shall be taken, as follows:
9.1.1 Pledges to be paid over a period of time, typically up to five years, are acceptable for current naming of facilities and programs when a signed pledge payment agreement for the total is in hand.
188.8.131.52 If the pledged donation is to name new construction, renovation, or other projects with cash-flow considerations, the timing of the pledge payments should be such that sufficient current dollars are available to cover project costs.
9.1.2 Irrevocable planned gifts may generate current naming of facilities and programs if current cash flow considerations are not an issue for the requesting facility or program. Irrevocable planned gifts will be credited at their face value with particular emphasis being given to the predictability of the long-term value of the irrevocable deferred gift.
9.1.3 Combinations of revocable planned gifts and cash may occasionally generate current naming opportunities under the right circumstances. Each combination request must be explained fully to the Committee and a case made for the appropriateness of the naming given the specifics of a particular gift. Particular emphasis will be given to the cash flow requirements of the requesting facility or program, the predictability of the long-term value of the revocable deferred gift component, and the predictability of its receipt.
10.1 The duration of a benefactor's or honoree's name on any facility or program ordinarily continues for as long as the facility or program is used in the same manner or for the same purpose for which the naming occurred. Upon demolition, replacement, substantial renovation, redesignation of purpose, or similar modification of a named facility or program, the University may deem that the naming period has concluded.
10.1.1 The appropriate University representative will make all reasonable efforts to inform in advance the original benefactors or honorees or their surviving family members when the naming period is deemed to have concluded.
10.1.2 The University may, but is not required to, provide for the appropriate perpetuation of the previous name. Perpetuation of the original name in an equivalent naming is not required. Appropriate perpetuation of previous names may include, for instance, a plaque in or adjacent to new and renovated facilities.
10.2 Renaming
10.2.1 When the benefactor's or honoree's naming period has concluded, the facility or program may be renamed, with the original name removed, in recognition of new gifts, subject to any specific terms and conditions set forth in the original naming agreement.
10.3 Joint or Hyphenated Naming
10.3.1 In exceptional circumstances, additional names may be added to a facility or program in recognition of an additional gift even if the prior benefactor's or honoree's naming period has not concluded, subject to any specific terms and conditions set forth in the original naming agreement. Hyphenation is one method for jointly naming a facility or program.
10.4 Term Naming
10.4.1 In appropriate instances, most often involving a corporate benefactor, a naming may be granted for a pre-determined fixed term. At the end of the term, the name of the facility or program shall expire but may be renewed with the same or a new name. The facility naming agreement should clearly specify the period of time for which the facility or program will be named.
10.5 Benefactor or Honoree Name Changes
10.5.1 If a benefactor or honoree requests a change to the name of a facility or program (e.g., due to divorce or corporate merger), the University will consider the request. If approved, all replacement signage and other related costs shall be at the donor's or honoree's expense.
10.6 Revocation of Naming Approval or Conferral
10.6.1 In certain circumstances, the University reserves the right, on reasonable grounds, to revoke and terminate its obligations regarding a naming, with no financial responsibility for returning any received contributions to the benefactor. These actions, and the circumstances that prompt them, may apply to an approved naming that has not yet been acted upon or to a conferred naming.
10.6.1 If the benefactor's or honoree's reputation changes substantially so that the continued use of that name may compromise the public trust, dishonor the University's standards, or otherwise be contrary to the best interests of the University, the naming may be revoked. However, caution must be taken when, with the passage of time, the standards and achievements deemed to justify a naming action may change and observers of a later age may deem those who conferred a naming honor at an earlier age to have erred. Namings should not be altered simply because later observers would have made different judgments.
10.6.2 If the benefactor fails to maintain payments on a pledge upon which the naming was bestowed, the naming may be revoked after a pro rata period of time that reflects the number of pledge payments made, given the estimated useful life of the building or the term of years covered by the facility naming agreement, as applicable.
10.6.3 If a planned gift upon which the naming was bestowed does not result in the value agreed upon, the naming may be revoked.
10.7 Any proposal to rename a facility or to add a second name in recognition of a gift shall be reviewed by the Vice Chancellor for University Advancement and General Counsel of the University.