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Ginger: I'm cleaning. I thought that looked obvious.
Ruby: Actually, it looks like you're reading a notebook from your high school chemistry class.
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Ruby: You took notes in chemistry?
Ginger: Yeah – this page is about a murder mystery story I came up with where the killer uses a series of gasses to slowly poison the victim over the course of a week.
Ruby: Those are the kind of notes I expected you to take.
Ginger: Ooh! I can't throw this away – it's a superhero trio I made! Gamma, Beta and Alpha! Look at how well thought out those costumes were…not bad for a 15 year old.
Ruby: Why does the tag line say "You can't stop the most dangerous"?
Ginger: …oh, right. They weren't superheroes. They were supervillains.
Ruby: Who were the superheroes?
Ginger: …there doesn't seem to be…a page…for them… I guess I got distracted and forgot to create some.
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Ginger: A ransom note written entirely in the elements' alphabetical symbols.
Ruby: That explains…nothing…and yet, everything.
Ginger: My creative writing teacher gave me an A on it…and also asked if I had seen anyone professional yet.
Ruby: You know he meant 'professional' in the 'psychotherapy' meaning, right?
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Torino, Italy: Porto di Savona Ristorante
We reached Torino, or Turin, as some might say, after a fourteen hour bus drive from Budapest. There was little to do besides consider a meal or settle in for the night. I found myself doing a quick set at the gym, before heading out with the usual suspects for an authentic Italian dinner. Adam took the initiative and sourced, Porto di Savona Ristorante, the most well respected and popular trattoria in town. Near the city center, it was just a quick ten minute taxi ride from the hotel. Savona is a charming and very non-pretentious, family-style restaurant, just seconds away from the cities main square. It was exactly what we were hoping for something familiar and easy.
I presume that the hotel was generous with their suggestion of Porto di Savona, because two other parties from our extended group were already seated and seemingly enjoying their food.
We waited briefly before being escorted to our table towards the back of the fully packed small informal dining room where we were then presented with menus written in Italian. We opted for the more familiar English version. The cuisine was traditional Northern Italian, offering brothy and hearty dishes, rich risottos, gnocchi, soups and lean meats--veal, pork, beef and lamb, and fewer tomato based pastas. For an appetizer, I chose the goat cheese medallions topped with pesto, and for an entree, a very fresh and flavorful, homemade veal stuffed ravioli in a gravy reduction. Together, we chose a lovely Chianti and sparkling water for the table to help wash it down. Dinner was spectacular and truly delicious, rich with color and flavor and lightly spiced. We sat full bellied and savored the moment before deciding on dessert, choosing to cruise the streets in search of a Gelateria, as to not prolong our visit at Savona. We didn't have to look far, walking only a few short blocks, before we eye spied a plethora of pastel colored iced cream through a window that seemed to be calling our names. By now, I was craving straciatella (chocolate chip) and pistachio, two of my long time favorites. Yum! It was like reconnecting with old friends.
Our brief evening ended much as it started, at a taxi stand in Piazza Vittorio Veneto, waiting for a return trip to the hotel. Though I can't actually say that I saw much of Torino this visit, I'd like to think that my time in town was well spent.
As they say, "when in Italy, do as the Italians,.....EAT, DRINK and be merry." Well, it's really, "when in Rome,.....", but hey, what the heck.
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So, here is the deal, my husband makes the most amazing pancakes ever. I love them so. When I was in college the campus used to shut down every Thursday for chapel, and being the good Christian girl that I am I used to skip chapel and go have homemade pancakes with the soon to be husband instead. 13 years later they still might be one of my favorite meals. When he makes them it is enough to feed an army, and we almost always ended up throwing some out or giving the leftovers to the dogs. Well that changed this summer, when I was casually talking with a friend and she informed me that she saves her pancakes and re-heats them in the toaster, and sometimes she even freezes them. This information was life changing for me. We save our extra pancakes and pop them in the toaster for the next day...honestly they taste soooooooo good and have a nice little crisp which I enjoy.
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Health authorities claimed that clustering of typhoid fever cases were reported in the different parts of the region so health workers have been mobilized to closely monitor the areas where the clustering of cases were noted by the agency.
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She urged individuals suffering from the said illness not to self-medicate so that proper medication will be provided them instead of wrongly diagnosing themselves.
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In this Monday, April 9, 2018, file photo, actor Daniel Craig attends The Opportunity Network's 11th Annual Night of Opportunity Gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. After more than a decade at Sony Pictures, James Bond has a few new homes. In a joint announcement with their new partners Thursday, May 24, 2018, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said Universal Pictures will release the 25th installment of the superspy franchise internationally while MGM will release the film in the U.S. Craig will be reprising his role as 007 in the film and Oscar-winner Danny Boyle will direct. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Dude! Do Me – Hidden Object GameMonday, September 23rd, 2013
I went out for happy hour Friday night, and by happy hour I mean an all night event and ended up playing the adult hidden objects game at this local dive bar. Pissed off that the only version they had was the penthouse branded one, I set out this morning to create a more gay friendly version.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
What Happens Between Naps?
So it has come to this... my wife makes the money and I watch the girls. To be honest I've grown quite fond of my position in this family. The advantages are easy to list: Play-doh, parks, cartoons, cookies and naps. The disadvantages are: Accidentally mistaking Play-doh for candy and cookies, being attacked by day dwelling rats at the playground, being forced to watch the same cartoon (and by "same" I mean the exact same. Not just Smurfs, but I mean Smurfs episode 1 season 1 everyday for the past 9 months. The show in question that has brain-washed my child is Hi-Five, I hate it, and I want it to die), and the fury that ensues when naps are not taken. But perhaps the biggest disadvantage is the lack of adult contact and conversation.
I spend a shade less that 12 hours a day watching over the girls. We play, cook, clean, launder, loiter (twice), shop, sleep and just about everything you can think of that will occupy a motivated 3 year old and her increasingly irritable little sister. Sadly, the one thing we never do is discuss current events, politics, music sung by non-animated creatures, sports and the government's ability to stare the American public right in the eye and deny the existence of extraterrestrial life on this planet. Damn it, open the doors to Area 51 and prove to us that there are no aliens or at the least a super mutant Sasquatch army (I've heard things). All of these thoughts, events and mishaps have brought me to this point, this "big" idea. With this blog, I can share these things with adults. I can and will have my say! The problem is on most days I only get an hour and a half of free time, but that's all I'll need. I'm not chronicling every single second of my life. Nope, I don't have time for that. This is strictly limited to the things, thoughts, events, the "life" if you will, that happens between naps.
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adding this to my weekly list of "To-read blogs"ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Okay, based on your writing ability and humor, it's time to focus on both. Your "teacher" has spoken!!!ReplyDelete
Make sure any pictures of the girls are small, did you hear about the woman from missouri who's family christmas photo from her blog ended up in a supermarket ad in europe somewhere-but then she did get her five minutes of fame...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 12, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Great start! LOVE the picture it would look great as a cover to a book:) Can't wait to read more.ReplyDelete
Your sister:)
- AnonymousJuly 13, 2009 at 10:50 AM
When does this become a book?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 14, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Love this blog..keep it up (would by the 'book' in a heartbeat)! :)ReplyDelete
- Darcy Rombach LeszinskeAugust 24, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Jim, what a great thing you are doing for people that feel so alone sometimes. I'm so afraid of losing my 5-year old to kindergarden this year. I will miss him so much!ReplyDelete


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Some brave souls prefer to construct their itinerary individually, but here are five reasons, among many, that booking a golf package is the sure-fire way to go.
This makes the process much more efficient. Try calling four golf courses and check price and availability for a group of 12 beginning with the 8:04 a.m. tee time? It makes my head hurt just thinking about. Your golf packager has all of the Myrtle Beach area tee sheets and prices in front of him (or her), so use this to your advantage. You'll get a customized plan that can be easily shared with, and divided by the members of your group.
Management companies pair courses and accommodations, maximizing value for players and, often times, making the area's best layouts that much more accessible.
The vast majority of golf packages allow players to choose their itinerary from up to 20+ courses without a variation in price. In fact, the most popular golf package booked in Myrtle Beach isn't a pre-made plan, it's "the Custom golf package." The broad cross section of courses allows group leaders to tailor trips and guarantee a great golf lineup.
Unlike other destinations, Myrtle Beach golf Stay & Play Experts live in this area. The're not a faceless voice in an international call center. The courses you're talking about? They've played them many times. They have their finger on the pulse of the local golf and entertainment scene and can make recommendations based on exactly what you're looking for. If you have questions while you're in town or need directions, having a golf director can be a huge benefit.
Hey, we know a golf trip isn't a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing – unless we're talking about Scotland! If your group takes a trip every few years, every few months, or every few weeks, it's nice to work with a company who has your history of where you've played, where you've stayed, and your group dynamics. Those of us that go on golf trips with regular freqency know it's a chore to start from scratch every time you want to get the guys together.
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THE Dress (on a model who looks suspiciously like Rory Gilmore). Image Via Zeleb
ome years ago, about a year before prom, I started thinking about prom dresses. I looked around a little bit and saw THE dress. I just knew I was supposed to wear it–I had a gut feeling. Plus, it would look fabulous on me, and every guy I had ever liked in high school would drool over me in it. So I saved the link to that bad gyal, saved the pictures, and began thinking about my grand entrance to prom.
And do you know what I did after that? I decided to keep looking. It was still early, and what if there was something even better out there? It couldn't hurt. I ended up spending months obsessing over dresses, trying to find the most statement-making piece until finally, a close friend pulled me aside and told me how tacky my dress choices had become. Oops.
In the end, I didn't get the dress I originally wanted, or even the dress that prompted an intervention. In fact, I didn't even go to prom at all, partly because of how much I stressed over the thing. This is what perfectionism does to me–it blows things up to epic proportions and gives reasonably ordinary things massive weight, causing an inability to move on with life or make decisions.
*Raises hand* My name is C and I'm a recovering perfectionist.
That being said, I've been going through some changes lately. Since I wrote "On Feeling Intimidated by My Own Dreams" I've revisited it a few times to motivate myself. I touched on the notion of building the life I want for myself now, even though every aspect of my life (namely, my career) isn't where I want it to be.
My original plan was to go to school, become 9.76 times more attractive, have a great career that I love & that helped people, become successful at a young age, and then see about the rest of my life. After I was in place financially, physically, and career-wise, I could start seeing about things like friendships, romantic relationships, hobbies, and personal finance.
For the past 5ish years, I've largely lived out my life on the premise that I had to have what I deemed as my perfect career and a relatively perfect appearance before anything else worked out. So imagine my surprise when (1) I felt compelled to give up makeup for a year (and a few months later, fancy clothes and pretty hairstyles) and (2) got rejected from professional school (again). Even though I was warned years ago about how unbalanced my life was becoming, it wasn't until the past year or so that it started to register with me. I'd neglected my faith, my friendships, my family, my community, my hobbies, the dating world, and social life in order to try to achieve my goals. Not that I never paid attention to these things, but I became so absorbed by my career & beauty goals that I'm having to rebuild important relationships I neglected and relearn who I am without a perfect career ahead of me and a pretty face.
Maybe I need to stop trying to control life so much. And maybe I need to stop trying to decorate a house before I build a foundation, so to speak.
In the meantime, I've been thinking about what I need to have the life I want, and how I can start getting those things even though I'm not perfectly in place to make all the moves I want to. I spent some time thinking about the "categories" of my life that I wanted to work on in order for me to have a happy & fulfilling life:
- Faith
- Relationships (friends, family & dating)
- Community & Social Life
- Personal Finance
- Career
- Beauty & Style
- Health
I think I'll try writing about how I'm progressing and what I'm learning in each of these categories from time to time. I hope you'll join me in reading & writing along!
Also, if you're reading this and hemming and hawing over a prom dress, just remember they're all beautiful dresses, and you'll look beautiful in all of them. So pick something, make it work, and have an awesome night!


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A £10 million health and fitness club is set to open in 2016 next to Rouken Glen Park.
David Lloyd Leisure say 75 jobs will be created when the new gym — the group's third premises in Glasgow — opens its doors in August.
The centre will include five tennis courts (three indoor and two outdoor), three indoor exercise studios, an 18 hole golf course and driving range, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, an indoor spa and spa garden and a children's zone.
Willie Dunne, who previously headed up the team at David Lloyd Renfrew, takes the role of Rouken Glen's general manager.
He said: "We have been lucky enough to have secured a stunning location on the edge of Rouken Glen Park and it will provide the area with a fantastic club offering unrivalled facilities and expertise for members to achieve their health and fitness goals.
"We are also very proud to be supporting the area's economy by creating more than 75 full and part time jobs, and we're already recruiting for sales consultants and department heads.
"I very much look forward to continuing to develop our community relationships over the coming months."
A spokeswoman for East Renfrewshire Council confirmed that the facility will not encroach on park land, and will instead replace the clubhouse and driving range at Deaconsbank Golf Course.
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We are proudly confirmed to support the dutch Death/Thrashers Legion of the Damned on a weekender in Graz (Explosiv) and Vienna (Viper Room)
We are proudly confirmed to support the dutch Death/Thrashers Legion of the Damned on a weekender in Graz (Explosiv) and Vienna (Viper Room)
A couple of great shows are coming up and if you wanna support Enclave by coming to our shows and go crazy, don't hesitate to contact us for tickets!
They are available from now on.
Great news!
We have been confirmed as part of the line-up for the 3rd edition of Vienna Metal Meeting in 2019. Tickets will be available soon via our homepage, just drop us a line!
In April we're gonna Co-headline the first edition of Show No Mercy @ Vienna together with Vulture, Septagon, Titan Killer and Harbringer.
Make sure to join the party since Vulture and Septagon are going to make their debuts in our beautiful city. You can also support this great event and drop us a line for tickets. Facebookevent
Hey there!
In March we will give our comeback in Slovenija invading Ljubljana at the Thrash Attack together with Lintver. Will be one hell of a time and we're really looking forward to meet all of our slovenijan brothers and sisters again! Facebookevent
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Thanks Kaltenbach Maniacs for your early support even though most of you guys must have been tired and fucked up from partying all night. All hail to you!
Moreover Cheers & Beers to the Organizers for having us & many great bands.
We will return to Styria on 2.10.15 @club wakuum together with our bros Bloodliner & Insanity Alert
We got a bunch full of news for you guys.
First of all this friday we're gonna play at the Kaltenbach Open Air, supporting Extreme Metal heroes Krisiun and Marduk. Our stage time is 12:50-13:20. Tickets are still available till Wednesday!
Furthermore we have been confirmed for several gigs in fall including this years edition of The Gates of Hell festival (25.9.2015) together with our bros parentaladvisorydeathmetal, an insane weekend cooperation with Insanity Alert at the When in Sodom Show in Graz/Wakuum on 2.10.2015 and a support show for German thrashcore veterans S.D.I. at the Escape Metalcorner on 3.10.2015 feat. Insanity Alert and Fleshstorm
Last but def. not least we'll stop our live activities after the announced gigs for some time to record the yet nameless successor of our debut United Desperation.
The album will be recorded and refined by Norbert Leitner and probably released in fall 2016. Thrash Assault is to be expected!
That's all folks,
See you at Kaltenbach!
Save the date cuz now it's official! We are supporting one of our all time faves and heroes EXODUS in the Szene Wien. Also on the billing our brothers from Mortal Strike. Tickets are available via our social media channels.
So stay tuned and call your local Enclave-guy!
Hell yeah what a concert! Commanded to Thrash was a big success.
Thx to our homies from Bloodliner for the invitation. The crowd was amazingly enthusiastic, the beer cold, the gig awesome and the Area 52 fantastic. Last but not least all bands did their best and played top notch gigs!
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Streakers and Solo's enjoy breezy conditions at Yeadon
Yeadon Sailing Club hosted Streaker and Solo open meetings on Saturday 14th October and competitors were greeted with sunshine, warmth and a brisk South Westerly breeze which unusually for Yeadon stayed remarkably consistent throughout the days racing.
After the usual welcome and briefing the fleet were soon on the water for race 1 and it was Alan Gillard who set the pace closely followed by Neil Dwyer and Peter Tyremen and despite Neil dropping down to 6th due perhaps to "navigational errors" in the early stages he fought back well to finish back in second place to Alan who had held a comfortable lead throughout.
After an excellent Yeadon lunch, the fleets were back on the water for race two. In the Streaker fleet, racing at the front was incredibly tight with Alan being pushed hard by John Southall then Neil and Peter however by the end John had slipped to fourth leaving the same three to take up the top three places as in race one.
After cake and a cuppa the Solo fleet of two decided not to race. The Streaker fleet, keen as ever, were out for the start and raring to go! Alan was once again first at the first mark but was always being pushed hard initially by Lucy Priest and John Southall before John dropped back and Neil Dwyer pulled through from fifth position in lap two whilst John dropped to sixth. A tight race ensued with Neil managing to get passed Lucy to take another second place with Lucy finishing in third.
Overall a day of close racing which was good for competitors and spectators alike with plenty of shifts, changing places and even an odd swim or two.
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Bold patterns, bright colors and a daring sense of style—Lauren and Jason's West Seattle home is an inspiring mix of elements. But it's also proof that taking design chances can pay off big! Inside: the shopping resources to get the look.
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Before delving into the finer details of Employee Stock Options (ESOs), it is crucial to have an understanding of basic option terms. Here's a brief description of 10 key option terms you should know.
Call Option: Also known simply as a "Call," a call option gives the buyer the right but not the obligation to buy the underlying security or asset at a certain price within a defined period of time. The call buyer thus benefits when the underlying security or asset increases in price.
(Option) Exercise: For a call buyer, option exercise means executing the right to buy the underlying security at the exercise price or strike price. For a put buyer, option exercise means executing the right to sell the underlying security at the exercise price or strike price.
Exercise Price or Strike Price: The price at which the underlying asset can be purchased (for a call option) or sold (for a put option); the exercise price or strike price is determined at the time of formation of the option contract.
Expiration Date: The last day of validity for an options contract, after which it expires worthless. The time left to expiration is a key determinant of the price of an option; in general terms, the longer the time to expiration, the higher the option price.
In the money (ITM): A term that indicates the option has intrinsic value, i.e. for a call option, the market price of the underlying security is higher than the exercise price, and for a put option, the market price is lower than a put option. Conversely, an option is said to be "out of the money" (OTM) if the market price of the underlying is lower than the exercise price for a call option, or the market price is higher than the exercise price for a put option. An option is said to be "at the money" (ATM) if the market price of the underlying is equal to the exercise price for a call option, as well as for a put option.
Intrinsic Value: A call has intrinsic value if the market price of the underlying asset is higher than the exercise price. A put has intrinsic value if the market price of the underlying asset is lower than the exercise price.
Option Premium: The price paid by an option buyer to the option seller or "writer," generally quoted on a per-share basis. The premium is paid up front by the buyer at the time of option purchase and is not refundable.
Spread: The difference between the market price of the underlying security and the exercise price of the option, at the time of exercise.
Time Value: One of the two components – along with intrinsic value – of an option's price or premium, time value is any premium in excess of an option's intrinsic value. For an option with zero intrinsic value, the full premium is attributable to time value.
Underlying (Asset): The financial asset or security on which an option's price is based, and which must be delivered to the option buyer upon exercise.
Now let's look specifically at ESOs, and begin with the participants – the grantee (employee) and grantor (employer). The grantee – also known as the optionee – can be an executive or an employee, while the grantor is the company that employs the grantee. The grantee is given equity compensation in the form of ESOs, usually with certain restrictions, one of the most important of which is the vesting period.
The vesting period is the length of time that an employee must wait in order to be able to exercise his or her ESOs. Why does the employee need to wait? Because it gives the employee an incentive to perform well and stay with the company. Vesting follows a pre-determined schedule that is set up by the company at the time of the option grant.
ESOs are considered vested when the employee is allowed to exercise the options and purchase the company's stock. Note that the stock may not be fully vested in certain cases, despite exercise of the stock options, as the company may not want to run the risk of employees making a quick gain (by exercising their options and immediately selling their shares) and subsequently leaving the company.
If you are in line for an options grant, you must carefully go through your company's stock options plan, as well as the options agreement, to determine the rights available and restrictions applied to employees. The stock options plan is drafted by the company's Board of Directors and contains details of the grantee's rights. The options agreement will provide the key details of your option grant such as the vesting schedule, how the ESOs will vest, shares represented by the grant, and the exercise or strike price. If you are a key employee or executive, it may be possible to negotiate certain aspects of the options agreement, such as a vesting schedule where the shares vest faster, or a lower exercise price. It may also be worthwhile to discuss the options agreement with your financial planner or wealth manager before you sign on the dotted line.
ESOs typically vest in chunks over time at pre-determined dates, as set out in the vesting schedule. For example, you may be granted the right to buy 1,000 shares, with the options vesting 25% per year over four years with a term of 10 years. So 25% of the ESOs, conferring the right to buy 250 shares would vest in one year from the option grant date, another 25% would vest two years from the grant date, and so on.
If you don't exercise your 25% vested ESOs after year one, you would have a cumulative increase in exercisable options; thus after year two, you would now have 50% vested ESOs. If you do not exercise any of ESOs options in the first four years, you would have 100% of the ESOs vested after that period, which you can then exercise in full or in part. As mentioned earlier, we had assumed that the ESOs have a term of 10 years. This means that after 10 years, you would no longer have the right to buy shares; therefore, the ESOs must be exercised before the 10-year period (counting from the date of the option grant) is up.
Paying for the Stock
Continuing with the above example, let's say you exercise 25% of the ESOs when they vest after one year. This means you would get 250 shares of the company's stock at the strike price.
It should be emphasized that the price you have to pay for the shares is the exercise price or strike price specified in the options agreement, regardless of the actual market price of the stock. Withholding tax and other related state and federal income taxes are deducted at this time by the employer, and the purchase price will typically include these taxes in the stock price purchase cost.
You would need to come up with the cash to pay for the stock. This is a nice problem to have, especially if the market price is significantly higher than the exercise price, but it does mean that you may have a cash-flow issue in the short term.
Cash exercise – wherein payment has to be made in cash for shares purchased by exercise of an ESO – is the only route for option exercise allowed by some employers. However, other employers now allow cashless exercise, which involves an arrangement made with a broker or other financial institution to finance the option exercise on a very short-term basis, and then have the loan paid off with the immediate sale of all or part of the acquired stock.
The ESO Spread and Taxation
We now arrive at the ESO Spread. Since the acquired stock can be immediately sold in the market at the prevailing price, the higher the market price is from the exercise price, the larger the "spread" and hence the compensation (not the "gain") earned by the employee. As will be seen later, this triggers a tax event whereby ordinary income tax is applied to the spread.
The following points need to be borne in mind with regard to ESO taxation (see Get The Most Out Of Employee Stock Options):
- The option grant itself is not a taxable event. The grantee or optionee is not faced with an immediate tax liability when the options are granted by the company. Note that usually (but not always), the exercise price of the ESOs is set at the market price of the company's stock on the day of the option grant.
- Taxation begins at the time of exercise. The spread (between the exercise price and the market price) is also known as the bargain element in tax parlance, and is taxed at ordinary income tax rates because the IRS considers it as part of the employee's compensation.
- The sale of the acquired stock triggers another taxable event. If the employee sells the acquired shares for less than or up to one year after exercise, the transaction would be treated as a short-term capital gain and would be taxed at ordinary income tax rates. If the acquired shares are sold more than one year after exercise, it would qualify for the lower capital gains tax rate.
Let's demonstrate this with an example. Let's say you have ESOs with an exercise price of $25, and with the market price of the stock at $55, wish to exercise 25% of the 1,000 shares granted to you as per your ESOs.
You would therefore need to pay $6,250 (ignoring taxes for the moment) for the shares ($25 x 250 shares). Since the market value of the shares is $13,750, if you promptly sell the acquired shares, you would net pre-tax earnings of $7,500. This spread is taxed as ordinary income in your hands in the year of exercise, even if you do not sell the shares. This aspect can give rise to the risk of a huge tax liability, if you continue to hold the stock and it plummets in value, as thousands of workers in the technology sector discovered in the aftermath of the 2000-02 "tech wreck" (see "Tech workers stock options turn into tax nightmares'').
Let's recap an important point – why are you taxed at the time of ESO exercise? The ability to buy shares at a significant discount to the current market price (a bargain price, in other words) is viewed by the IRS as part of the total compensation package provided to you by your employer, and is therefore taxed at your income tax rate. Thus, even if you do not sell the shares acquired pursuant to your ESP exercise, you trigger a tax liability at the time of exercise.
Table 1: Example of ESO Spread and Taxation
Intrinsic Value vs. Time Value for ESOs
The value of an option consists of intrinsic value and time value. Time value depends on the amount of time remaining until expiration (the date when the ESOs expire) and several other variables. Given that most ESOs have a stated expiration date of up to 10 years from the date of option grant, their time value can be quite significant. While time value can be easily calculated for exchange-traded options, it is more challenging to calculate time value for non-traded options like ESOs, since a market price is not available for them.
To calculate the time value for your ESOs, you would have to use a theoretical pricing model like the well-known Black-Scholes option pricing model (see ESOs: Using the Black-Scholes Model) to compute the fair value of your ESOs. You will need to plug inputs such as the exercise price, time remaining, stock price, risk-free interest rate, and volatility into the Model in order to get an estimate of the fair value of the ESO. From there, it is a simple exercise to calculate time value, as can be seen in Table 2. Remember that intrinsic value – which can never be negative – is zero when an option is "at the money" (ATM) or "out of the money" (OTM); for these options, their entire value therefore consists only of time value.
The exercise of an ESO will capture intrinsic value but usually gives up time value (assuming there is any left), resulting in a potentially large hidden opportunity cost. Assume that the calculated fair value of your ESOs is $40, as shown in Table 2. Subtracting intrinsic value of $30 gives your ESOs a time value of $10. If you exercise your ESOs in this situation, you would be giving up time value of $10 per share, or a total of $2,500 based on 250 shares.
Table 2: Example of Intrinsic Value and Time Value (In the Money ESO)
The value of your ESOs is not static, but will fluctuate over time based on movements in key inputs such as the price of the underlying stock, time to expiration, and above all, volatility. Consider a situation where your ESOs are out of the money, i.e. the market price of the stock is now below the ESOs exercise price (Table 3).
Table 3: Example of Intrinsic Value and Time Value (Out of the Money ESO)
It would be illogical to exercise your ESOs in this scenario for two reasons. Firstly, it is cheaper to buy the stock in the open market at $20, compared with the exercise price of $25. Secondly, by exercising your ESOs, you would be relinquishing $15 of time value per share. If you think the stock has bottomed out and wish to acquire it, it would be much more preferable to simply buy it at $25 and retain your ESOs, giving you larger upside potential (with some additional risk, since you now own the shares as well).
Employee Stock Options: Comparisons To Listed Options
Expensing Employee Stock Options: Is There A Better Way?In 2009, Senators Carl Levin and John McCain introduced a bill to stop the excessive deductions for ESOs. But is there another solution?
Employee Stock Options (ESO)Employee stock options are a form of equity compensation granted by companies to their employees and executives.
Should an Investor Hold or Exercise an Option?There are times when a trader or investor shouldn't exercise an option. Find out when to hold and why you shouldn't exercise an option.
Take Advantage of Employee Stock OptionsIf your employer offers stock options, they can contribute to your long-term financial success. Here's how.
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Why Women Should Consider Employee Stock OptionsEmployee stock options can be an extraordinary way to build wealth but make sure to understand the risks and tax implications.
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Understanding Your Employee Stock OptionsThe real value of a stock option lies in the percentage the stock options represent in the company and how quickly they vest.
How to Navigate Stock Options Offer At a New JobThis is what you need to keep in mind when evaluating a stock options offer from a new employer.


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By David Parsley2018-05-15T10:08:00
Investec Structured Property Finance has provided Floreat's real estate team with a £19.3m five-year loan to support its acquisition of a 99,990 sq ft office building at The Old Vinyl Factory development in West London.
Floreat, the independent and privately-owned investment group, has bought the Shipping Building in Hayes, which sits within a regeneration schemes and the Crossrail route.
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Preparing to Install a Paver Sidewalk
A paver sidewalk is one of those additions you can do to the home in order to make it look stunning and to add a touch of class to it. You can pay someone thousands of dollars to install a paver sidewalk or you can do it yourself for a few hundred dollars. Installing a paver sidewalk is not an easy job to do on your own but it is possible. All you will need is a little time and effort. Planning a paver sidewalk installation is the right step to getting the best finished project. The following article will show you how to plan a paver installation as well as how to prepare a site for the installation.
Step 1 - Planning
Having a strong plan is the first step to creating a great paver sidewalk. Use your pen and paper to plan out the look of the paver sidewalk. Include ideas for how you will lay out the stones so you can purchase the correct sizes. Once your rough draft is completed you can pick out the right area to place the sidewalk. Use the measuring tape to determine the width and length of the paver sidewalk. Place stakes around the perimeter and tie string between the stakes to mark off the area.
Step 2 - Excavation
Use the shovel and begin digging out the area where the pavers will be placed. Only excavate within the stake boundaries you placed. You want to make the hole around 2 1/2 inches deep. Use the measuring tape to determine the depth. Remove any rocks or roots you may uncover. Use the tamper to press down the earth and then use the level to make sure it is level. Continue removing dirt, tamping it down and using the level until you reach the desired depth.
Step 3 - Prepare the Hole
Now that the hole is at depth and clear of all stone and roots you can start readying the hole for the pavers. Place the landscaper's fabric in the excavated hole. It should cover the entire bottom of the hole and come up the sides at least half of the way. The fabric should be very flat. The fabric prevents weeds and other plant life from growing between the pavers.
After the fabric has been placed down you can move on to the sand. The sand creates a base for the pavers to sit and create an airtight seal. The sand also creates a softer step as there is a little bit of movement to the pavers. Dump the sand directly on top of the landscaper's fabric. Rake the sand around the hole so that it is evenly spread out. Tamp it down and make certain it is level. Add more sand and continue spreading it out and tamping it down until you have about two inches of sand.
Step 4 - Finishing Up
Now that the sand is placed inside the hole you can begin to place the pavers to form the sidewalk.


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Mud, dropped food, children, pets, spilled milk. These are just a few of the things that make the interior of your car look awful and smell terrible. Here at rutherford Collision we make sure for your car is odorless and free from the unwanted stuff.
We will treat the car with shampp and extract if necessary to make sure you and your car fells the best. We use the most up to date cleaning materials and products that are safe for your vehicle. Buffing and hand wax polishing, fabric protection and deodorization for the interior.


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Alumna Takes Over Goodyear Gallery for Exhibit
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Alumna and 2017-18 Art & Art History Post- Baccalaureate Artist Talia Amorosano '17 will be exhibiting her work in the Goodyear Gallery, beginning with an opening reception on Wednesday, March 7. The exhibit is titled Once Removed and will feature her original work.
According to her website, Amorosano is "a multimedia artist." She says that "If there's a single guiding theme present across my stylistically inharmonious body of work, it's the concept of change." She relates this lack of style harmony to being "someone who tends to resist change in most facets of my life," and finds "catharsis by embracing it within the private pages of a sketchbook or the controlled environment of a studio. In these spaces, I use an ever-expanding list of processes, mediums, and methods to reflect on past experiences and explore hypothetical scenarios, to throw ideas at the wall and occasionally tape them there."
Though this process "may sound like escapism," for her, "it's the opposite. It is from within this conceptual space that I engage most freely with unclear and troubling ideas that affect my personal life."
While at Dickinson, Amorosano was a Dean's List student and graduated Cum Laude. Her artwork has also won the of Colorama Family Vacation Photo Contest in 2016 and, more recently, was a Finalist in Fotofoto Gallery's Third International Phone-ograph Competition in 2017.
Amorosano writes that her work "usually begins with introspection, it ends with extrospection." She uses the word "extrospection" because of how she will "display or post my work in places where it might reach a sizeable public viewership (like Instagram) and I actively seek feedback from others. Often, a finished piece will take many forms (prints, greeting cards, t-shirts) and appear in different contexts (galleries, classrooms, social media feeds)."
"Through extensive manipulation of color, material, and context, an eye for found objects and an ear for bizarre conversations, I have arrived at a body of work that operates in the narrow space between thought and action and highlights the interconnectedness of private and public life," writes Amorosano.
Chair of the Art & Art History Department Todd Arsenault says of Amorosano's work that "Conceptually, [it] addresses and questions various facets of everyday life and culture in smart and often amusing ways." He continues to comment that Amorosano "has a great way of recognizing mundane and trivial aspects of our culture as a potential starting point for making art. The resulting pieces go beyond simple observation and strive for the bigger goal of creating something engaging and transformative."
The opening reception of Amorosano's exhibit is scheduled for Wednesday, March 7 at 5:30 p.m. Amorosano will speak at 6 p.m. The exhibit will run through Tuesday, March 27.
More of Amorosano's work can be found on Instragram: @talia_amorosano, and in her ongoing web comic: SELF HELP (@self_help_comic).


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Bring along a bit of extra cash of the Super Raffle.
Bring along some show and tell. I'll have my new bills (see later for details.)
Note: This was originally announced for April, but we didn't get the tickets for the March meeting. So now it will have to be in May.Return to Contents
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President Doug Nelson called the 482nd meeting of the Elgin Coin Club to order at 7:45pm at VFW Post 1308.
The minutes were accepted as published.
The membership accepted the Steve Hardman family as members. Steve and Alysia were present. Welcome, Steve, Alysia, and Jason.
The membership also accepted David Jones, who has returned to the fold after a four-year absence. Welcome back, David.
The membership also heard the first reading of Joe Miller. Welcome, Joe. We should be accepting you next month.
Don gave us the numbers in the box and you accepted them after discussion. The numbers in the box do not reflect the $480 we paid the VFW that night for use of the meeting room for the rest of the year.
Doug reported that the annual show will be on the last Sunday in October this year, October 25.
Marty K. asked whether I had sent the letter to the ANA. Yes. And whether we had received any answer. No. [Since the meeting, I received the answer that the items have been placed in a time capsule to be opened in 2092. I'll have the answer with me at the next meeting.]
Roger Bear, Clayton Hagemann, and Bill Shepard held a grading seminar. Before they started, Roger started five coins around the room for us to grade while the discussions progressed. During his talk, Clayton passed around sets of Indian and Lincoln cents and Buffalo nickels in the whole range of grades from good to the high MS range.
In the end Roger told us the grades of the coins he passed around. We didn't have the opportunity to question those grades.
We all enjoyed the evening. Everyone went away knowing a bit more about our hobby. Thanks Roger, Clay, and Bill.
Frank S. showed us several beautiful calendar medals with animals.
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|David J., Don E., Dennis K., Jim D., Bill S.
After a break to sell tickets, we drew the winners listed in the box. By then it was 8:50. Doug closed the meeting.
Submitted by Mike MetrasReturn to Contents
We agreed to have the Super Raffle in April and set the prizes as listed earlier in this Newsletter. Mike Cerny will be making the tickets.
We also tentatively decided on the annual show raffle prizes: $10, $5, $2.50 gold and a couple Prestige proof sets. As last year, we will have a "gold or cash" clause so you can sell tickets to your non-collecting friends, telling them they can win cash instead of the gold coins.
We talked about the advertisers at the end of the Newsletter and on the internet. I will be sending all who advertise here a letter in the near future as an official recognition of their contribution.
We also talked about a possible club library, a way to have books available to members. The consensus was that it would demand too much work for someone, to say nothing of a place. See Book Sharing below for the alternative that we came up with.
Finally, we set prizes for March.Return to Contents
Everyone of us has several books we do not have to have available all the time. We're proposing that we share these with each other. How could we do this?
I'm sure each one of us has something that someone else in the club would love to borrow for a while. And I think most of us would like to share many of our books. Just think, you can get a fellow member hooked on some of the same things you're hooked on. Let's at least talk about it.Return to Contents
Please notice that we have two new advertisers this month: Sonny Henry's Auction Service of Mendota, IL, and Pioneer Coins of South Elgin.Return to Contents
One more piece of business. If you are one of the few who have not paid your 1998 dues, this is your last Newsletter.Return to Contents
The Chicago Coin Club (CCC) will hold its March meeting during the Chicago International Coin Fair (CICF) on Saturday, Mar 14, at 1 PM. Jane Guyer will talk on Primitive Money in 19th Century Equatorial Africa. The CCC will give out a genuine manila, brass ring money used in West Africa. Everyone is welcome to attend. If you are taking in the show Saturday, please stop in and join them. CICF is at the Merchandise Mart downtown Chicago from March 13 to 15.Return to Contents
Click here to see a map of Eritrea.
Eritrea's capital, Asmara, a long time trading crossroad, sits at 7,600 feet on the northern end of the Ethiopian Highlands. It enjoys 70 to 80 degree F temperatures year round while the Red Sea Port of Massawa just 35 air miles away scorches in 100+ temperatures in the cool season.
Eritreans are about equally divided between Moslim and Christian. They speak several languages, the dominant being Tigrinya and Arabic. Many also speak English, as you can see on their money. There is no official language.
The area was once part of the great ancient kingdom of Axum. You can find ruins all over from that time. This route between the Red Sea, the Nile River, and the African interior has seen much turmoil. Among others, the Ottoman Turks in the 16th century and the Egyptians and Italians in the 19th century took their turns stirring up things. Finally in 1899, Italy moved in and established the permanent colony of Eritrea. In 1936 after acting as a base for invading Ethiopia, Eritrea became a province of Italian East Africa. When England drove out the Italians in 1942, Eritrea became a United Nations Mandate under joint Ethiopian and British control. In 1952 England handed external control over to Ethiopia of a still-internally independent Eritrea. But in 1962 Ethiopia annexed Eritrea and the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) was born to begin a 30-year fight for independence.
Over the years several groups joined in the fight for independence. They sometimes fought each other. In the end independence came on May 24, 1993, after the final fall of Mengistu Haile Mariam and his Marxist military government.
I was one of many American soldiers at a communications station in Asmara in the late 1960s. In our off time we wandered the highlands and lowlands of Eritrea, down many roads we were not supposed to be on. We were stopped many times by the ELF. I know of no one who was harmed by them nor had anything stolen. But I do admit it is hard to say no to a "request" for binoculars or some food when looking down the barrel of an AK-47.
After four years of getting back on their feet, reestablishing basic services, they have finally issued their first series of coins and paper money as an independent nation. Until this January they had been using Ethiopia's money.
Their new unit, the Nakfa, is named after the northern city of that name that was their base of operations during the 30- year war. The Nakfa is divided into 100 cents with coins of 1, 5, 10, 25, and 50 cents and one Nakfa (more on them later).
Click here to see the note.
The 110 x 70mm (5-1/2 by 2-3/4 in.) notes come in 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 Nakfa denominations. The front of each is in multi-color intaglio (raised) printing. Each has a group of three distinctively different young Eritreans as the central portrait. Soldiers plant the Eritrean flag on the left and a camel stands below a camel-head watermark on the right. All denominations above 1 Nakfa have a silver hologram on the right side with multi-colored camels that appear and disappear as you move the bill around in the light.
The reverse is uniformly green on all notes though the design varies from denomination to denomination as follows:
All words are in English. Only the denomination is written along the edge in the local Tigrinian alphabet. It is also written in Arabic.Return to Contents
As many of you know, I do not make collecting notes and their vaguerities a habit. I have only a few special ones. When I bought this most necessary set, I looked at them closely and found several intriguing details. Many of these details may not be unusual to modern bill collectors, but they are to me. Each is keyed to the 10 Nakfa note here.
Look at the Elgin Coin Club Home Page for more information.
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Despite the fact that the Giants possess one of the most dynamic collections of skill players in the league, the offense ranks in the bottom-five in scoring heading into Sunday's Week 3 showdown between 0-2 teams in Houston against the Texans.
Saquon Barkley set a franchise record against the Dallas Cowboys with 14 receptions, but only managed 80 yards as a majority of those targets came as last-resort dump-offs by quarterback Eli Manning to avoid a sack with the ball arriving just in time for the rookie running back to take on contact at or behind the line of scrimmage.
As a runner, Barkley was stood up for 28 rushing yards, as he struggled to shake away from contact behind the line of scrimmage against the Cowboys.
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After dropping their first two games of the 2018 season, the Giants find themselves in a desperate predicament and on the road against a talented Houston Texans team that is also searching for their first victory while appearing to be built to exploit the Giants' weaknesses.
Meanwhile, Odell Beckham Jr. was a virtual non-factor in Week two with just four receptions for 51 yards on only nine targets.
Even as the Giants' offensive line has struggled mightily to keep Manning upright, the offense has struggled to involve its weapons quick enough in space for them to potentially break off a big play.
"We had some plays that were available to us last week," Shurmur said. "We have to do a little bit of a better job of blocking up front, so the ball gets down there."
The Giants' offensive line is among the league's worst through two weeks, ranking No. 23 in the NFL, according to Pro Football Focus.
If the Giants' offense is ever going to reach its full potential, it is going to require Manning to connect on some deep passes to Beckham, to draw bracket coverage to his side of the field and free up the middle for Engram and Barkley to operate.
To date, that hasn't happened.
"We had some shots, but we just didn't connect on them," Beckham said Wednesday. "It's all happening so fast, these first two games. Get the jitters out of the way, and get the season going."
Shurmur says that it has been a point of emphasis this week to try and get the playmakers involved early on Sunday.
"We're all aware of the fact that it's important [Odell] touches the ball early, and often," Shurmur said.
Despite the pair of losses, and an offense that is averaging just 14.0 points and a meager 289.5 yards of total offense per game, Barkley is optimistic that things will turn around.
"I'm a little surprised," Barkley said this week. "Because if you just look at the talent around us and the coaching staff, we should be producing, but that's football. It's going to take us some time to figure it out. Hopefully we can get back to practice this week and continue to get better from this week. I think once we get clicking, all the rest of the noise will be put in the past."
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At least once before, Tony Blair came close to breaking up the empires of the Foreign Office and Home Office. He never previously got as far as announcing it.
This morning the Foreign Office was split in two. There were two cabinent ministers. Geoff Hoon became Secretary of State for Europe. There was to be another Secretary of State responsible for the rest of the world. It was not not clear who was to have the rest of the world job, but it would not be Jack Straw. Charles Clarke had been offered the job, but turned it down.
By this afternoon Geoff Hoon was no longer in the cabinet. Downing Street had 'clarified' its previous announcemnents. Hoon was to be a Minister of State, attending cabinet when required. Later still it was announced that Margaret Beckett was to be Foreign Secretary.
We can only presume that Beckett too was offerered the rest of the world job and also turned it down, accepting it only if it was the old Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
How on Earth did Blair get as far as announcing the demise of a department, only to restore it later the same day? He hasn't done that since the Welsh Office was briefly abolished, in one of his previous botched reshuffle. Oh dear!


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Advocates Lobby for NY Food Allergy Bills
The Allergy Advocacy Association and FARE received some nice publicity from AllergicLiving.com after our recent advocacy event in Albany on May 16. Read all about the various bills in front of the New York State legislature that we are hoping to pass in the very near future. Two proposals are in memory of children who have died as a result of food allergies.
Advocates Lobby for NY Food Allergy Bills
From Preschool Allergy Policies to Auto-Injector Access
By: Allergic Living
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May 16, 2018
Advocates, including parents who have lost children to anaphylaxis, were in Albany, NY on May 16 to raise support to several food allergy related bills that are proposed for the New York Assembly and Senate in relation to food allergies.
The non-profit Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE) and the New York State group the Allergy Advocacy Association organized the day.
The following is adapted from FARE's press release:
The advocates joining FARE included children with food allergies, their parents, as well as siblings and grandparents, and adults with food allergies. FARE is working with the Allergy Advocacy Association, a Rochester-based group, on this effort.
The legislative measures for which FARE seeks support include:
- "Elijah's Law" (A10031), named in memory of Elijah Silvera, a 3-year-old boy who died last November at a New York City daycare due to exposure to milk, to which he was allergic. The bill would establish an anaphylactic policy for all child day care centers, including a procedure and treatment plan. Elijah's parents, Thomas and Dina Silvera, were with FARE in Albany.
- "Gio's Law" (A08760/S08671), named in memory of Giovanni Cipriano, who passed away in 2013 at the age of 14 due to accidental exposure to peanuts. The bill would establish a requirement for first responders to be trained on how to use epinephrine auto injectors, retrain every two years, and report utilization of anaphylaxis treatment.
- Restaurant safety legislation A00329 and A00537/S06425, which requires food allergy training and food allergen notification posters in restaurants, respectively.
- A07219/S02489: This bill would address the situation where a patient is prescribed a brand name epinephrine auto-injector (EAI), a pharmacist may substitute an alternate epinephrine auto-injector containing the same active ingredients, dosage form and strength as the brand name product prescribed.
Allergic Living will be following the progress of these bills.