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March has arrived...with a fury and blast of wind and rain. We've returned home, safe and sound from our Moroccan adventure, but brought with us the same upper respiratory crud that's been closing schools and office buildings all over Virginia. And we haven't even been here!
Leslie and I are both sick and it's March 1...which means a new issue of Fiber Femmes is due. We're doing our best but not going to make our, self-imposed, deadline. So be it.
All that to say, an update is in order but so is wellness and health so will download our photos, update the blog and finish Fiber Femmes tomorrow...Inshallah as they say in Morocco or "God willing and the creek don't rise" as I've heard all my life here in Appalachia.
The honor and gift of your prayer is requested.
The photo of my ewes was taken a couple of weeks ago when Jon, Morgan and Linda were here; thanks, Linda...great photo!


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Top leader of Nueva Generación Cartel has been arrested.
By H. Nelson Goodson
January 30, 2014
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico - On Thursday, Rubén Oseguera González, 23, was taken into custody at the municipality of Zapopan during a five hour early morning operation by the Mexican military in the city of Guadalajara, according to Monte Alejandro Rubido García, head of the Mexican Government National Security. González is considered one of the top leaders in charge of the Nueva Generación (New Generation) de Jalisco drug cartel. His father, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, aka, "El Mencho" is considered as one of the founders and main leaders of the La Nueva Generación Cartel along with Erick Valencia Salazar.
González was wanted for running a drug smuggling operation between South America and Mexico, in order to smuggle drugs into the U.S. The military confiscated 13 weapons exclusively used by the military, a grenade and large amounts of money.
González was taken to Mexico City to be processed by the Mexican Federal Attorney General's Special Organized Crime Bureau.

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I woke up in the night and went to the kitchen for a drink of water.
I happend to look out the window and saw a orange color disc over the pine trees to our west. It was about the size of a silver dollar held at arm's length away. Could not tell how far away it was. The color looked orange like the sun when it rising or setting on the horizon but was not as bright.
I woke up my husband and he obsereved the same.
The object after just being still for some time then shot straight up and was gone.
It did not leave any visible trail and we did not see it again. Also the sky was clear and the stars were very bright as they always are in this rural area.


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Posted on September 7, 2016
O'Seun ODEWALE writes about Nigeria's Ministry of Solid Minerals Development and their efforts are improving communication, the work of the ministry and the ministry's key work: "Roadmap for the Growth and Development of the Nigerian Mining Industry – On The Road to Shared Mining Prosperity".
A Critical Review of the European Agenda on Migration for Third Countries and Key Considerations for Africa
Posted on July 21, 2016
With increasing numbers of refugees overwhelming European borders, the EU decided to put in place a strategy to ensure that lives are saved, rates of return to countries of origin are increased and migrants and refugees stay close to home and avoid taking dangerous journeys. Key targets to be achieved in this strategy include working with partners to improve the legislative and institutional framework for migration, assistance in capacity building on border and migration management, encouragement for voluntary return and support for reintegration and stemming of irregular flows while offering legal migration channels. 93/2836 words.
Sierra Leone's New Constitution
Posted on February 18, 2016
the abridged draft report (2016) has been produced to highlight the major recommendations from the CRC, for further consideration and validation by the people. Issues are sequenced into thematic areas that have been looked at during the two years inclusive process
Youth and Civic Engagement: Another Rhetoric, Another IYD
The youth participation rhetoric must stop and real action for and by young people should not need an encouragement – it MUST become the gold standard – the "youth-barometer" for development.
5 Things Sierra Leone and Liberia should Be Doing Post Ebola
While the fight against Ebola is being won, the West African region including the affected countries cannot continue to do things as usual.
Occupy University of Amsterdam
Posted on March 30, 2015
Note: Some students and faculty of the University of Amsterdam have taken on the school on a list of issues. I have personally experienced some of those issues while a student there. Having carefully considered their campaign and hoping that other students (especially those from Africa) will not experience my plight during the academic year […]
Why Sierra Leone Plummeted 10 years after Peace
Posted on March 9, 2015
Short Background In the last 12 months, the world has come hear more about Sierra Leone this time not about war but about Ebola. Between 1991-2002 Sierra Leone was in the for its brutal civil war. Later, it was it's success in coming to peace. Elections were held and some resemblance of stability was recorded. Mr […]
Posted on January 13, 2015
Below is the verbatim protocol arrangement for schools in Liberia as the country plans to reopen schools in in February. The Ministry of Education has therefore released these protocol to provide guidance to teachers and school managers. 1. WHAT ARE THESE PROTOCOLS? The Protocols for Safe School Environments in the Ebola Outbreak in Liberia define […]
EBOLA Corruption Indictments in Sierra Leone
Posted on December 20, 2014
CARL Welcomes Latest Acc Indictments; Urges More Action Against Corruption Friday 19th December 2014: The Center for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) commends the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for its efforts at combating corruption in Sierra Leone. In particular, CARL welcomes the recent indictments by the Commission of some public officials for various acts of […]
Mocking the Next Generation: International Youth Day
Posted on August 12, 2014 2 Comments
On 17 December 1999, in its resolution 54/120, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) that 12 August be declared International Youth Day. The theme of International Youth Day 2014 is "Youth and Mental Health.". The UN Secretary Generals' statement on the […]


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New Delhi February 16: Emphasising the role of children in protection of water resources, Union Minister Sanwar Lal Jat today called upon students, parents and teachers to join hands for creating awareness about water conservation and protection of water resources.
Addressing the gathering on the occasion of the 5th National Level Painting Competition organised by the Central Ground Water Board here, the Minister of State for Water Resources said the beautiful ideas presented by children in their paintings will motivate others for conservation and judicious utilisation of water, a press release here said.
Children are at an age, where we can imbibe them with all good habits, he said adding conservation of water was important to all of us and it has to come in their habit and mind so that they turn into a water conscious human being.
Amarjit Singh, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources emphasised that children are the water ambassador for the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
He told them to carry the message of water conservation to their parts of states. He said that water use efficiency has to be increased in order to assure maximum yield per unit of irrigated area, the release added.


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One of the things I miss most about Singapore, is being able to cycle around the neighbourhood, feeling the cool breeze and enjoying the peace of the night.
On my way home just now, taking a detour to take in more of the neighbourhood sounded like a good idea, and before I knew it, I was back at my old block. So many memories. Of learning to cycle at the void deck. Playing catching after taekwondo class at the nearby block. Pushing through the bushes underneath the overhead bridge, and imagining it to be a secret base of ours. Snacks from the Indian mama shop right behind. The countless times of cycling around the place, every turn and slope was deeply ingrained; I was operating on instincts.
I smiled when I got to this cycling path that used to be a really steep slope (but has been revamped into a gentle one now), because a certain daredevil (or brainless idiot, depending on how you look at it) at the invincible age of 11, decided it would be an absolutely brilliant feat to cycle down that precarious slope at top speed – without hands. Needless to say, I ended up losing control and sprawled in a heap on the floor, fortunately getting out easy with only a scraped knee.
This was home for almost fifteen years, and I still miss it.
Onwards, to the place that held so many cherished memories amidst mindless drudgery: Ngee Ann Secondary School. It's funny how a building can evoke an aching, almost painful yearning in the heart for days that are long past. The basketball court that I spent countless hours at, rain or shine. Walking down the same old path to school five, six days a week. Frantic copying of homework before morning assembly. Magic: The Gathering sessions in the canteen. Spraining my wrist on the same damn court because I tripped on the edge of the court (idiot.)
Remembering the days back then. Swimming training was three days a week, Red Cross took Saturdays away. Between those two ECAs, school and homework, the days just whizzed by. The best part was probably the Swim Camps, when all of us had so much fun. The endless blackjack sessions. The morning training. The insomnia. The barbeque sessions. The Emil Chau songs. The night walk to Changi Airport. The performances. The nights when we would sneak out of school and grab a bite (and Jolly Shandy) at Tampines Mart.
To this day, I still kick myself for some of the juvenile, tactless and supremely stupid things from back then, but the fondness of fun times outweigh the dumb moments of course. If only, there was some way I could revisit some of those days.
If you haven't noticed, I'm a nostalgic who reminiscences about past days too much. There are just too many memories for me here to ever move away from the place. I'm pretty sure if I'd continued to stay in Singapore, I would've eventually just gotten a place right here, rather than follow the inevitable trend of moving to Sengkang/Punggol, as many of my generation have done. Then again, we'll never know, since it hasn't happened. It sounds like an fascinating alternate reality though.
While many people would label me as a planner, it is interesting to note that my personality actually swings in the other direction. Over the years, I've led my life largely on faith and trusted my instincts, going by what I felt was right, much more than pragmatic decision-making like weighing the scales, noting the facts and numbers and coming up with a practical decision.
For example, what kind of flaming idiot would actually quit his job, get a loan, leave the comforts of a wonderfully familiar environment behind and fly to Australia, having only the "plan" (if you could even call it that) to finish a final university semester and then literally wing it and find some way to stay on, simply because it "felt like the right time" to do so? Utterly un-Singaporean-like, if I might say so.
Or for that matter, quitting a stable full-time job to be a domestic dad for nine months? I'm glad V has been supportive on (most of) my decisions, although you could imagine the kind of grousing that went on in her head.
Looking back now, I'm really glad everything worked out, but had I actually paused to contemplate the enormity of that decision to move to Australia back then, it would have probably made next to zero sense. Could it possibly have stopped me in my tracks though? Nah.
Fortune favours the bold, and I like to think it looks kindly on lucky fools like me as well. There's good, and there's lucky; I'd pick lucky over good any day. I've always been a firm believer in the fact that destiny has its plan for me, and that I am walking in the forest of life, sauntering along a path that has been waiting for me all along, and is revealing itself to me, a few steps at a time. All I have to do, is to trust myself and pick the right trail when the crossroads come along.
Keep walking, keep trusting. Happy New Year's Eve, 2013.


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Texas /ˈtɛksəs/ (Spanish: Texas or Tejas [ˈtexas]) is a state in the United States of America. It is the second most populous and second largest state by area in the US. Geographically located in the south central part of the country, Texas shares an international border with Mexico to the south and borders the states of New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, and Louisiana to the east. Texas has an area of 268,820 square miles (696,200 km2) and a growing population of over 27.5 million residents (July 2015).
Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth-largest in the United States, while San Antonio is the second largest in the state and seventh largest in the United States. Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are the fourth and fifth largest United States metropolitan statistical areas, respectively. Other major cities include Austin (the state capital) and El Paso. Texas is nicknamed the Lone Star State to signify Texas as a former independent republic, and as a reminder of the state's struggle for independence from Mexico. The "Lone Star" can be found on the Texan state flag and on the Texan state seal. The origin of the state name, Texas, is from the word, "Tejas", which means 'friends' in the Caddo language.
Western & Atlantic Railroad #49 "Texas" is a 4-4-0 "American" type steam locomotive built in 1856 for the Western & Atlantic Railroad by Danforth, Cooke & Co.. The Texas is widely known for being involved in the Great Locomotive Chase during the American Civil War as the engine that successfully pursued the General locomotive after it was stolen by Union saboteurs in an attempt to ruin the Confederate rail system. The locomotive is currently preserved at the Atlanta Cyclorama building within Grant Park in Atlanta, Georgia, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It will be restored and relocated to the Atlanta History Center in 2016.
The Texas was built in October 1856 for the Western & Atlantic Railroad by locomotive manufacturer Danforth, Cooke and Company in Paterson, New Jersey. It was subsequently shipped from Paterson to the Port of Savannah, traveled the Georgia Rail Road & Banking Company and Macon & Western Railroad, before finally being delivered to the W&A headquarters in Atlanta that same year.
Texas Homecare was a chain of DIY stores in the United Kingdom and Ireland, that operated from 1972 until 1999.
Texas Homecare was established in 1972, by Manny, Sydney and Gerald Fogel, who had previously founded the high street specialist paint and wallpaper chain Home Charm. Taking their lead from America, they revolutionised the United Kingdom DIY market, with the introduction of the 'DIY shed' style outlet. Mervyn Fogel, co-founder and managing director for over 25 years, had a vision of turning the small family business into a DIY retail empire.
Texas specialised in higher volume, lower margin DIY products. The company had been adversely affected, by a recession and depressed housing market.
With its acquisition, Homebase hoped to hold around 10% of the total DIY market in the United Kingdom. In May 1995, it was announced that only 26 Texas stores were to close, with limited redundancies. Sainsbury's found that full conversion to the Homebase format was an investment worth making, and allowed £50 million for the task.
An autotroph ("self-feeding", from the Greek autos "self" and trophe "nourishing") or producer, is an organism that produces complex organic compounds (such as carbohydrates, fats, and proteins) from simple substances present in its surroundings, generally using energy from light (photosynthesis) or inorganic chemical reactions (chemosynthesis). They are the producers in a food chain, such as plants on land or algae in water, in contrast to heterotrophs as consumers of autotrophs. They do not need a living source of energy or organic carbon. Autotrophs can reduce carbon dioxide to make organic compounds for biosynthesis and also create a store of chemical energy. Most autotrophs use water as the reducing agent, but some can use other hydrogen compounds such as hydrogen sulfide. Phototrophs (green plants and algae), a type of autotroph, convert electromagnetic energy from sunlight into chemical energy in the form of reduced carbon.
Autotrophs can be photoautotrophs or chemoautotrophs. Phototrophs use light as an energy source, while chemotrophs utilize electron donors as a source of energy, whether from organic or inorganic sources; however in the case of autotrophs, these electron donors come from inorganic chemical sources. Such chemotrophs are lithotrophs. Lithotrophs use inorganic compounds, such as hydrogen sulfide, elemental sulfur, ammonium and ferrous iron, as reducing agents for biosynthesis and chemical energy storage. Photoautotrophs and lithoautotrophs use a portion of the ATP produced during photosynthesis or the oxidation of inorganic compounds to reduce NADP+ to NADPH to form organic compounds.
Real estate is "property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property; (more generally) buildings or housing in general. Also: the business of real estate; the profession of buying, selling, or renting land, buildings or housing."
It is a legal term used in jurisdictions such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, Australia, and New Zealand.
Residential real estate is a type of property, containing either a single family or multifamily structure, that is available for occupation for non-business purposes.
Residences can be classified by, if, and how they are connected to neighbouring residences and land. Different types of housing tenure can be used for the same physical type. For example, connected residents might be owned by a single entity and leased out, or owned separately with an agreement covering the relationship between units and common areas and concerns.
As of 2012, the real estate industry in Puerto Rico constituted about 14.8% of the gross domestic product of Puerto Rico, about 1% of all of the employee compensation on the island and, together with finance and insurance (FIRE), about 3.7% of all the employment on the jurisdiction.
A number of laws of the United States providing for real estate grants or subsidies extend coverage to Puerto Rico:
Act 77 of 1964 regulates the business of real Estate for companies headquartered inside Puerto Rico, while Act 45 of 1980 regulates those outside of Puerto Rico.
Acceso Controlado (o Control de Acceso).
Ley Número 21 del 20 de mayo de 1987 emmendada principalmente por las leyes Número 156 del 10 de agosto de 1988 y la Número 22 del 16 de julio de 1992. (23 L.P.R.A., Secs. 64 y sig.); Reglamento Número 3843 de Control de Tránsito y uso público de calles locales.
The third season of the American television series Haven premiered September 21, 2012 and consisted a total of 13 episodes. The show stars Emily Rose, Lucas Bryant and Eric Balfour.
* ^ Lund is also credited as a co-star in "Over My Head".
On October 12, 2011, Syfy picked up Haven for a thirteen-episode third season expected to air in 2012, with production beginning on April 18. As the last two seasons ended with a cliffhanger, this season will pick up where season two left off.
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The Sound Collectiv Dallas Up Documentary: 13 Dallas Music Producers came together and collaborated for 7 days and created 10 phenomenal beats to showcase what they could do in just a weeks time. The Producer wave in Dallas is harvesting talented individuals who are collectively making noise for the city and are wanting to be heard world wide. Take an up close look into the producer world and experience the process of this amazing collaboration. Director & Executive Producer: Sikwitit https://www.instagram.com/iamsikwitit/?hl=en Co-Producer & Videographer: Jason Nelson https://www.instagram.com/imsofocusedvisioned/?hl=en Soundtrack Mixed & Mastered: Malex https://www.instagram.com/therealmalex/?hl=en Studio: Legacy Music Group https://www.instagram.com/legacymusicgroup/?hl=en Producers:...
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As oil prices have fallen over the past several months, drilling operations have slowed in some parts of the United States - including Texas, the state that surpasses all others in energy production. The Lone Star State's energy output has been boosted in recent years by development of resources trapped deep below ground in the Eagle Ford shale deposit, which stretches across south central Texas. As VOA's Greg Flakus reports from Karnes City, Texas, the drop in oil prices has created concerns, but so far has had little impact on the region's prosperity. Originally published at - http://www.voanews.com/media/video/2614749.html
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Low Energy, Precision Application, or LEPA, is a center pivot irrigation system that has nozzles lower to the ground, drops closer together, and operating under much lower pressure. More than just hardware, LEPA is an irrigation and tillage management system designed to eliminate nearly all evaporation and deep percolation losses. A properly designed and managed system incorporating all the technology is 98% efficient. This video presents the various aspects of LEPA center pivots for producers to consider to be more informed consumers. Saving water means saving pumping costs which translates into more profit for producers. A joint project of: Water Resources center College of Engineering, Texas Tech University Texas Agricultural Extension Service Texas A&M University System Texas C...
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Champions own Becky Hill sits down with two very successful top producers in the business of real estate in the state of Texas, David Forbes (Amazing Realty) and J. Carter Breed (Broker/owner J. Carter Breed Properties). Topic for the day: How Designations Helped Propel Both a Veteran and a Rookie Real Estate Agent to Success Sign-up for more upcoming free live broadcasts at https://www.championsschool.com/live/ J. Carter Breed J. Carter Breed Properties, Houston, TX After 20 years serving the Houston real estate market, J. Carter Breed formed J. Carter Breed Properties with the goal of providing clients with a concierge real estate experience. J. Carter Breed Properties has grown to go beyond the purchase or marketing of a home by also offering clients residential property management a...
Texas /ˈtɛksəs/ (Spanish: Texas or Tejas [ˈtexas]) is a state in the United States of America. It is the second most populous and second largest state by area in the US. Geographically located in the south central part of the country, Texas shares an international border with Mexico to the south and borders the states of New Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north, Arkansas to the northeast, and Louisiana to the east. Texas has an area of 268,820 square miles (696,200 km2) and a growing population of over 27.5 million residents (July 2015).
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The New Tax Reform Law: Highlights of Provisions Affecting Health Care and NonprofitsCorporate Services Client Alert January 5, 2018
On December 22, 2017, President Trump signed into law tax reform legislation (the "Act"),[1] which contains many substantial changes to the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"). This Client Alert provides a brief description of selected provisions of the Act that may be of interest to health care and nonprofit organizations, in each case qualified by reference to the more complete provisions contained in the Act.
Tax Rate Reductions
Corporate Tax Rate Reduction. The centerpiece of the Act is a reduction in the highest marginal federal income tax rate applicable to "Subchapter C" corporations, from 35 percent to 21 percent. Corporate income will generally continue to be subject to a "double tax"—once at the corporate level and then again when distributed to shareholders. Prior to the Act, the effective tax rate on corporate income received by an individual, after giving effect to the double tax, was about 44 percent. With the rate reduction, it would be about 36.9 percent, which happens to be slightly below the new 37 percent highest marginal income tax rate applicable to individuals.
|Practice Tip: Be aware that this rate reduction may provide planning opportunities making Subchapter C corporations more attractive than "pass-throughs" for certain businesses. For example, if operating as a partnership or Subchapter S corporation, income is taxed when earned at up to 37 percent. If operating as a C corporation, income is taxed initially at 21 percent when earned. The second level of tax would generally not apply until the corporation distributes the income to the shareholders, which might be years after it is earned. If a subsequent sale of the business is contemplated, remaining a pass-through may generally be advisable.
Pass-Through Tax Deduction. A companion to the corporate tax rate reduction is a new deduction for partnerships, Subchapter S corporations, and sole proprietorships (also known as "pass-through businesses") owned by individuals. Currently, "pass-throughs" do not pay tax on their income. The income "passes through" to the owners as earned, who pay tax. The Act reduces the highest marginal individual income tax rate from 39.6 percent to 37 percent. The pass-through deduction provision is complex, but assuming a taxpayer is entitled to the full benefit of the deduction, the highest marginal effective tax rate on pass-through business income to an individual is reduced from 37 percent to 29.6 percent.
Briefly, the Act achieves the effective rate reduction by allowing a tax deduction equal to 20 percent of the taxpayer's "qualified business income." Subject to complex limitations and exceptions, this deduction cannot exceed the lesser of (i) (a) 50 percent of the W-2 wages paid with respect to the qualified trade or business or (b) the sum of 25 percent of the W-2 wages with respect to the qualified trade or business plus 2.5 percent of the unadjusted basis, immediately after acquisition, of all qualified property (generally depreciable property), and (ii) 20 percent of the taxpayer's taxable income. Also, the deduction would be disallowed for individuals engaged in specified service trades or businesses with taxable income in excess of $207,500 for single filers and $415,000 for joint filers. A "specified service trade or business" means any trade or business involving the performance of services in the fields of health, law, consulting, athletics, financial services, brokerage services, or any trade or business where the principal asset of such trade or business is the reputation or skill of one or more of its employees or owners, or which involves the performance of services that consist of investing and investment management trading, or dealing in securities, partnership interests, or commodities.
|Practice Tip: If you utilize a corporation or a professional corporation that has not elected Subchapter S status, perform an analysis to determine whether remaining a Subchapter C corporation, or electing Subchapter S status, is advisable. Subchapter S elections filed on or before March 15, 2018, can be retroactive to January 1, 2018. Also, if you utilize a pass-through entity that has debt outstanding held by individuals, consider converting the debt to a preferred equity, which could allow the holder the pass-through tax deduction.
Individual Tax Rate Reduction. The highest marginal federal income tax rate applicable to individuals is reduced from 39.6 percent (income over $418,400 for single filers, and $470,700 for married couples filing jointly) to 37 percent (income over $500,000 for single filers, and $600,000 for married couples filing jointly).
Expense Limitations
100 Percent Write-Off of Business Assets. The Act allows full expensing of qualified property acquired after September 27, 2017. The provision begins to phase out for property placed in service after December 31, 2022.
Interest Expense Limitation. The Act limits the deduction for net interest expense to 30 percent of adjusted taxable income, computed without regard to depreciation, amortization, or depletion. The limitation would not apply to businesses with gross receipts of $15 million or less. Disallowed interest can be carried forward.
|Practice Tip: In the case of highly leveraged acquisitions, this provision could limit the deductibility of interest. In the event that debt is held by an individual, consideration should be given to converting the debt to a preferred equity, especially if the holder would be entitled to the pass-through tax deduction discussed above.
Section 179 Expense. The Act increases the amount of the Code Section 179 ("Election to expense certain depreciable business assets") expense from $500,000 to $1 million. Also, the phaseout threshold is increased from $2 million to $2.5 million.
Net Operating Loss Deduction. The Act limits net operating loss carryforwards to 80 percent of the taxpayer's taxable income.
Entertainment Expenses. The Act disallows deductions with respect to an activity generally considered to be entertainment, amusement, or recreation; membership dues with respect to any club organized for business, pleasure, recreation, or other social purposes; or a facility or portion thereof used in connection with any of the above items. In addition, the Act disallows a deduction for expenses associated with providing any qualified transportation fringe to employees of the taxpayer, and, except as necessary for ensuring the safety of an employee, any expense incurred for providing transportation (or any payment or reimbursement) for commuting between the employee's residence and place of employment. Taxpayers may still generally deduct 50 percent of the food and beverage expenses associated with operating their trade or business (e.g., meals consumed by employees on work travel).
Amortization of Research and Experimental Expenses. Beginning after December 31, 2021, the Act requires research and experimental expenses to be capitalized and amortized straight-line over five years (15 years if the research is performed outside the United States).
Orphan Drug Credit. The orphan drug credit under Code Section 45C would be reduced from 50 percent to 25 percent of the qualified clinical testing expenses for a tax year.
Disallowance of Deduction for Certain Sexual Harassment Settlements. The Act disallows a deduction for amounts paid or incurred in settlements related to sexual harassment or sexual abuse if the payments are subject to a nondisclosure agreement. This provision is effective upon enactment of the Act.
Employer Credit for Paid Family and Medical Leave. The Act permits certain employers to claim a business credit for 12.5 percent of wages paid to qualifying employees while on family or medical leave if the payment rate is at least 50 percent of normal wages. The credit increases to 25 percent based on the percentage of normal wages paid during the leave. To be eligible, an employer must allow full-time employees at least two weeks annual paid family and medical leave and a pro-rata period for part-time employees.
Disallowance of Deduction for Fines and Penalties. The Act denies a deduction for amounts paid or incurred (whether by suit, agreement, or otherwise) to, or at the direction of, a government or governmental entity in relation to the violation of any law or the investigation or inquiry by such government or entity into the potential violation of any law. An exception can apply to amounts constituting restitution or paid to come into compliance with law.
Limitations on Pass-Through Losses. The Act disallows the deduction of "excess business losses" of taxpayers other than Subchapter C corporations. An "excess business loss" is the business loss plus a threshold amount, $250,000 for single filers or $500,000 for married couples filing jointly. The limitation is applied at the partner or Subchapter S corporation shareholder level.
Carried Interests. For many years, the taxation of "carried interests" has been the subject of substantial controversy. Briefly, a "carried interest" is an interest in a partnership that allows the holder, typically a service provider, a share of capital gains realized by the partnership. The gain is typically taxed as capital gain, long-term if it relates to a capital asset held more than one year, not compensation for services. The Act extends the holding period to three years for long-term capital gain treatment. This provision may also apply to the grant of a "profits interest" in certain partnerships, a common form of equity compensation to service providers.
Denial of Deduction for Excessive Employee Compensation. The Code limits the deduction for compensation with respect to "covered employees" of publicly traded companies. Current exceptions to the provision for commissions and performance- based compensation are repealed. Covered employees would include the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, and the three highest-paid employees. Once a person is a "covered employee," he or she would remain such.
ACA Individual Mandate. The Affordable Care Act individual mandate is repealed.
State and Local Tax Deduction. The Act caps at $10,000 the deduction for state, local, and foreign income, property, and sales taxes. This provision is particularly punitive to high tax states, such as California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York, among others.
Charitable Contributions. The Act increases the adjusted gross income limitation on cash contributions from 50 percent to 60 percent.
Medical Expense Deduction. The Act reduces the medical expense deduction floor from 10 percent to 7.5 percent of adjusted gross income.
Nonprofit Provisions
Unrelated Business Taxable Income. For a nonprofit corporation with more than one unrelated trade or business, the Act requires that unrelated business taxable income first be computed separately with respect to each trade or business. The corporation's unrelated business taxable income for a taxable year is the sum of the amounts (not less than zero) computed for each separate unrelated trade or business. A net operating loss deduction is allowed only with respect to a trade or business from which the loss arose. The result of the provision is that a deduction from one trade or business for a taxable year may not be used to offset income from a different unrelated trade or business for the same taxable year. Also, unrelated business taxable income may now include any expenses paid or incurred by a tax-exempt organization for qualified transportation fringe benefits, a parking facility used in connection with qualified parking, or any on-premises athletic facility.
Excise Tax on Nonprofit's Executive Compensation. The Act imposes a 20 percent excise tax on compensation in excess of $1 million paid to a nonprofit organization's five highest-paid employees.
Excise Tax on Investment Income of Certain Universities. The Act imposes an excise tax on an "applicable educational institution" for each taxable year equal to 1.4 percent of the net investment income of the institution for the taxable year. An "applicable educational institution" is an institution that has at least 500 tuition-paying students during the preceding taxable year, is not a state college or university, and the aggregate fair market value of the assets of which at the end of the preceding taxable year (other than those assets that are used directly in carrying out the institution's exempt purpose) is at least $500,000 per student.
Repeal of Interest Exclusion on Advance Refunding Bonds. Prior to the Act, generally, certain types of tax-exempt bonds were permitted to be issued on a tax-exempt basis to "advance refund" other tax-exempt bonds (where the refunding bond is issued more than 90 days before the refunded bonds will be redeemed). The Act repeals the exclusion from gross income of interest on bonds issued to advance refund another tax-exempt bond.
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For more information about this Client Alert, please contact:
Jeffrey G. Kramer
[email protected]
[1] H.R. 1. the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, is available at https://www.congress.gov/115/crpt/hrpt466/CRPT-115hrpt466.pdf.


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Welcome to the WCTSMA website!
On this page you will find updates and recent posts by the Board of Directors to give you up-to-date reminders. Be sure to check this website often for new updates or changes. Let us know how we can help you!
Questions? Contact Heather Sevier or Larry Howe
Liability Forms that are REQUIRED to be brought with you to any WCTSMA Event: Adult Code of Conduct, Participant Code of Conduct, Medical Release Form
National Qualifiers!/
Late fee of $100 now in effect!/
Thank you to everyone who already paid. There is now a $100 late fee for Team Registrations.
Don't forget to submit names and EPAC by this Friday the 23rd!
Sports State Championship Plaques/
Just a quick heads up about the plaques for State Championship Teams presented to the ATC working the sport. The deserving ATC must be a dues paying Member of the WCTSMA to receive a plaque. If only the instructors are members, but the instructors are not the ATCs, they will not receive a plaque. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Tom Diimmel or Heather Sevier.
Name Submission due Friday the 23rd
EPAC due Friday the 23rd
Registration and Payment Deadlines are THIS WEEK!/
Remember to Register and Pay for your state team by March 16th!
($100 late fee applied after March 16th!)


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Bella Swarthout, Sarah Newlon, and Shay Smiley-Rooney form a three-girl acrobatic gymnastic team that traveled to Nationals in Milwaukee and finished fourth. The trio represented the Central Coast, having one girl from Paso Robles, one from Atascadero and one from San Luis Obispo, and train out of the Legacy Training Center in SLO. The three girls teamed up in July of 2016 and have grown close. Newlon, 24, is the oldest member of the team and makes up the base with Smiley-Rooney, 16. Swarthout, 12, is in seventh grade and is the youngest member of the team and serves as their flyer.
"The three girls shared a unique relationship because of their age difference and past experience with acrobatics," Legacy Acro Gymnastics owner and the girl's coach Audra Gustin said. "Sarah competed in acro for over 10 years as a base, mostly focused on women's pair. Shay had competed for six years going from level seven all the way up to elite as a top and won gold representing the USA internationally in Poland."
Coming into last year, both girls were looking for a new team. Smiley-Rooney used to fly through the air but her bases all graduated high school and relocated and as she continued to get older she grew too tall to stay as a top. Newlon had taken a year off from training in acro but came back and was a perfect fit to base for the group.
Two thirds of the team was set with Newlon and Smiley-Rooney both coming into the season as accomplished, seasoned acrobats, but both too tall to act as the top of a trio. Together they formed a perfect base and just needed one more piece to complete their team.
Swarthout has only been competing in acrobatics for two years and was new to Legacy. Her ability to learn quickly coupled with her fantastic attitude and work ethic, gave Swarthout a shot at becoming the missing piece that the trio needed.
"Last season was only Bella's second year competing acro," Gustin said. "She started in a level eight women's pair and then moved up to the elite level in a very short time. We had other tops who could have fit in the position, but Bella showed the most enthusiasm, hardest work ethic and most improvement by far."
After some deliberation, the trio was formed and the team of Swarthout, Newlon and Smiley-Rooney began practicing five days a week. The dynamic of having three girls who are in distinctly different phases of life could be a troublesome one. Each girl could be worried about different things that each of them are going through, but together the girls formed a supportive, hardworking group that could count on each other.
"Both bases were huge role models for Bella, she was only 11 when she began training with Shay who is 16 years old and Sarah who is 24," Gustin said. "Bella was not only learning from her coaches but also from her partners; while physically growing and mentally developing as a high-level athlete."
As the trio grew closer, their scores began to reflect their cohesion. Acrobatic gymnastics is unique in that attitude and personality matter as much as the technical skills involved. The group will perform a floor routine complete with dancing, throwing girls in the air and seemingly impossible human pyramids. In a setting this intimate a rift between teammates can become a canyon over the course of a routine.
Through the direction of her coaches and teammates, Swarthout began the youngest elite level top in the state of California. As the experience for their youngest member grew, so did the entire team.
The three girls traveled to the state competition earlier this year and finished in fourth place overall. Their fourth place finish qualified them for regionals where the girls finished second in the entire western half of the United States. For their final masterpiece, the trio traveled to Milwaukee to compete in Nationals. All three girls put together a fantastic performance and together they finished fourth overall.
Acro is not yet recognized as an Olympic sport, but is currently in the Junior Olympics and will hopefully make it's way to the big show in the next 8-10 years.
All the acro teams at Legacy Gymnastics have began searching for new partners to form new teams in preparation for next year.


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Smaller companies might not be the first thing one thinks of when it comes to dividend distributions. But don't try telling that to Tom Browne, manager of the Keeley Small Cap Dividend Value Fund Ticker:(KSDVX).
From his perspective, if you're going to invest in small-cap stocks, you might as well take the next step and focus on distributions.
"When you look at the data, small-cap dividend-paying stocks have outperformed small-caps in general for the past 16 years," he said. "They can do it because they tend to get pretty good participation on the upside and they do pretty well on the downside, where you can win by not losing."
According to Mr. Browne's analysis of companies with market capitalizations of between $200 million and $3.5 billion, dividend payers produced an annualized return of 10.8% from 1996 through June of this year.
That compares to 6.9% for non-payers, and 8.9% for the total small-cap universe, including dividend payers.
The performance is even more impressive when you factor in volatility, as measured by standard deviation, over the same 16-year period.
Small-cap dividend payers had an average standard deviation of 17%, which compares to 26.2% for non-payers and 19.3% for the total universe.
"It boils down to better return with less risk," Mr. Browne said. "That fact can address one of biggest challenges that advisers are facing, which is keeping investors on their plan during periods of market volatility."
Mr. Browne has managed the $65 million fund since it was launched in December 2009 by Keeley Asset Management Corp., which manages $4 billion in assets.
Of the more than 2,200 companies in the small-cap range, roughly 900 pay a dividend. "It's not a limited universe," Mr. Browne said.
The portfolio of about 80 stocks tends to track the benchmark Russell 2000 Value Index in terms of sector weights.
The one exception would be an underweight in the technology sector, which makes up 11.5% of the benchmark but less for the fund, because only 5% of tech stocks pay a dividend.
"The propensity to pay dividends is highest in financials, and almost all [real estate investment trust] pay dividends," he said.
One of Mr. Browne's favorites from the REIT space is STAG Industrial Inc. Ticker:(STAG), which specializes in buying industrial properties on the secondary market. The company, which went public last year, has a $425 million market cap and has a 6.4% dividend yield. The stock has gained 54.7% from the start of the year. The industrial REIT category as tracked by Morningstar Inc. gained 21.8% over the same period.
The S&P 500 Index is up 16.6% from the start of the year.
Another stock from the portfolio is Meridian Bioscience Inc. Ticker:(VIVO), which Mr. Browne likes for its potential to generate revenue from new products in development.
Meridian has a market cap of $800 million, and pays a 4% dividend. The stock is up 17.7% from the start of the year.
The Keeley fund is up 12.3% from the start of the year, which compares with an 11.6% average gain for the small-cap-blend category as tracked by Morningstar.
Portfolio Manager Perspectives are regular interviews with some of the most respected and influential fund managers in the investment industry. For more information, please visit InvestmentNews.com/pmperspectives.


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The Mexican novelist and screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga showed in his scripts for Amores Perros, 21 Grams and Babel that he'd engraved on his heart Jean-Luc Godard's celebrated dictum to the effect that a movie should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order. His deliberately fractured screenplays interweave several narratives and jump around in time and space, and only towards the end do they form a coherent, intelligible whole. So far they have worked well enough, though many people I know found Babel unendurable. Now he's made his directorial debut, collaborating with a highly gifted team of actors and technicians on a similar mosaic or jigsaw-puzzle work, but this time it doesn't come off. Linearised (yes, the word does exist), The Burning Plain would tell the straightforward story of an American housewife (Kim Basinger) who has a tragic affair with a married Mexican-American in a border town, her daughter who is filled with guilt over her mother's affair, and a granddaughter whose father, a crop-dusting pilot, has a serious accident in Mexico.
Arriaga takes these three generations and with wilful mystification splits them into supposedly separate stories that appear to be taking place simultaneously in Mexico, New Mexico and Portland, Oregon, and make glib statements about redemption, fate and the ironies of life. Those unacquainted with Arriaga's technique might be led into thinking that the projectionist has put the reels on in the wrong order (that often happened in back street cinemas during my youth), while those familiar with his work will have difficulty in recognising a sustaining narrative logic of the kind that informs say, Christopher Nolan's masterful Memento. A major disappointment.


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Lightwave Fastpack 40 2010
If you were looking for one pack to cover everything from day walks to multi-day trips, you wouldn't go far wrong with the Lightwave Fastpack 40. At just 1160g it's light enough to warrant its name and it has sufficient capacity to swallow overnight gear and let you carry it in comfort. The material used here is lighter than others on test, and although I have put crampon spikes through the snow-lid in the past, the overall feel is sufficiently durable and tough. There are no hip pockets but you do get a deep lid pocket and well-angled mesh pockets at the side so you can stash and access water bottles easily. It has enough flexibility to work on day walks and multiday trips all year round (thanks to the ice axe loops) and it's remarkably comfortable. But Lightwave (like its sister brand Crux) uses long poles to keep shape in the back, which tended to restrict my head movement when scrambling or climbing, especially when wearing a helmet. I have removed these poles from my Crux AK37 and would be inclined to experiment with this pack as well. I needed the chest strap to keep the shoulder straps comfortably in place.
Capacity 40 litres
Fabric 300d mini-ripstop polyester,
420d nylon
Features two 8.5mm 7001-T6 alloy tube frames; prebent, moulded foam back panel; airmesh body-contact fabric; combination welded and taped seams; ice axe loops; lid pocket bungee; welded seams
Weight 1160g
Made in Far East
Stores in the UK 30
Without a doubt the Lightwave Fastpack 40 is one of the packs I would be most happy using. It is light, practical and very comfortable, and it will cover 85 per cent of what I do on the hill. I rated it as 'Best Value' in our test.
Review by Matt Swaine
First published in Trail magazine September 2010


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In Parts of U.S. Northwest, a Changing Face
Monday, June 19, 2006
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Already the whitest major city in America, Portland is rapidly becoming even whiter at its core.
"The heart of the black community is gone," said Charles Ford, 76, a black activist whose neighborhood in Portland has flipped in recent years from majority black to majority white. "There ain't no center anymore."
About 150 miles north in Seattle, the nation's second-whitest major city, the same process of downtown demographic bleaching is accelerating for the same reasons.
An invasion of young, well-educated and mostly white newcomers is buying up and remaking Seattle's Central District, the birthplace of Jimi Hendrix and the once-bluesy home of the young Ray Charles. What had been the largest black-majority community in the Pacific Northwest has become majority white.
"I am concerned and I am frustrated because I don't know what the alternatives are," said Norman Rice, who in the 1990s was Seattle's first and only black mayor. "It clearly isn't racist; it's economics. The real question you have to ask yourself is: Is this good or bad?"
White gentrification is hardly unique to Portland and Seattle. It is changing Harlem, the District of Columbia and many other cities. Demographers say it is especially noticeable in major California cities -- a function of population density, the desire to escape long commutes and the relative housing bargains in black neighborhoods.
But as white gentrification accelerates in Portland and Seattle, where the percentage of black residents was already the lowest among the nation's largest cities, it is erasing the only historically black neighborhoods these cities have ever had.
In many cities with large black populations, gentrification has caused only marginal racial change. In the District, for example, the percentage of white non-Hispanic residents increased 2.7 percent between 1990 and 2004, according to William H. Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution.
Still, Washington remains less than one-third white and about 60 percent black.
In Seattle's Central District, though, racial change is anything but marginal. The non-Hispanic white population in the area jumped from 31 percent in 1990 to 50 percent in 2000, according to the census.
Local demographers say white growth since 2000 has gained momentum, while the percentage of black residents appears to have fallen to less than 40 percent. With real estate prices rollicking upward at about 25 percent a year, the Central District appears to be getting whiter and richer by the month.
As black residents leave the central areas of Portland and Seattle for the suburbs -- either because they have sold their homes or been forced out by higher rents -- their community is being splintered by geographic dispersal and racial integration.


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The downpour of heavy rain has continued across vast swathes of the country, causing further flood risk to those in the south-west of England and some parts of Scotland and adding further travel headaches to many during the festive period.
No trains are running between Bristol Parkway and Swindon due to flooding, as well as Exter St Davids and Taunton, as severe flood warnings remain in place in parts of Devon and Cornwall.
This remarkable footage here released by local police shows a woman being rescued from flood water in Umberleigh, near Barnstaple in Devon, after she clung on to the branches of a tree for 50 minutes.
23 flood warning are also in place for Scotland after heavy rainfall in Aberdeen and Tayside. This footage here shows strong waves lashing Stonehaven harbour in Aberdeenshire, with around 100 properties in the town already evacuated.
UK flooding minister Richard Benyon has said "It's crucial people continue to be vigilant by keeping a close eye on the Environment Agency's flood warnings and allowing the emergency services to do their work."
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TCA panel photos, new interviews & reviews
Tahmoh, Eliza Dushku and the rest of the main cast attended the Dollhouse Fox panel at the 2009 Winter Television Critic's Association Tour on January 13th in Los Angeles:
Update: New high-res panel shot:
Coverage of the Dollhouse TCA panel: Dollverse, IGN, The Live Feed, Wired, Broadcasting & Cable. IGN is the most extensive.
dryope has posted tons of photos from the TCA events and Fox after party:
Pioneer Local has a positive review of the Dollhouse pilot.
Finally, don't forget Battlestar Galactica returns this Friday at 10pm. The premiere will run 3.5 minutes long, so adjust your DVRs accordingly. Here are some cute behind-the-scenes photos to get you excited:


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It is rated as a 4-6 day walk but I was going to try for 3 days .
The walk from Whakapapa village to Waihohonu hut is rated at 5.5 hours but is not all that interesting .
In the distance you can see the lower Tama lake and Ngauruhoe as you head for the hut ...
There is a side track to the historic "Old Waihohonu hut " along the way as well .
I carried on along the track to Rangipo hut rated at another 5 hours walk .


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Great visit to the Ecosynth lab today by Dr. Michael Perring, visiting scholar at SESYNC and postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Richard Hobbs (…Continue
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After more practice this week was able to maneuver the copter through some tight spaces. This becomes increasingly difficult as the battery dies and the copter becomes more sensitive to inputs.
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So for my first week of being an actual intern I spent my time practicing various techniques using the flight simulator such as hovering in one place and flying in different orientations. I feel that I have been improving.
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Kenneth and I have been working on the browser view for point clouds and we got this first version. It contains the basic features as follows:
1. load and unload certain files.
2. navigation on the map with different cameras.
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Educational Technology
Technology is a seamless and integral part of the educational process at RSD. From the youngest child in preschool to a high school senior preparing for life after graduation, RSD is well-equipped technologically to play a vital role in enhancing student learning in all aspects of the curriculum. Since deaf children rely on visual access to learning and instruction, the impact of technology is crucial not only to the educational process, but for the independence and freedom it brings to daily life. Educational technology at RSD includes: • Videophones, available campus-wide, allowing deaf and hard of hearing students and staff to have equal access to information. Visual messaging boards, used as a public address system for announcements, are found in every classroom and public areas. • Digital Technology: To engage students in 21st century learning opportunities, the RSD Information Technology network is state-of-the-art and well-maintained. It provides for SMARTBoard displays in every classroom, computer labs and wireless access across the entire campus. Students who are assigned laptop computers use them to access instructional activities on Wikis provided by RSD teachers. Through iPad and iPod devices, teachers allow children to utilize apps to support instruction within content area classes. A powerful media server supports clear video streaming, blogs, vlogs, and Wikis for class lessons and student presentations. • Video Production Studio: Here students produce news broadcasts, daily school announcements, and videos, using state-of-the-art video technology, captioning, and editing equipment. RSD student videos have been entered into film and video competitions across the country. • Distance Learning Technology: Videoconferencing is utilized by teachers and students alike, to connect them with cultural institutions, other schools in the U.S. and abroad, and individuals who are experts and share their knowledge and excitement of their world with the RSD learning community through a visual medium. • Multi-Sensory Sound Lab: RSD's cutting edge, sound lab enables students to interactively experience sound through visual, tactile and auditory channels. Located in the Early Childhood Center, this room-sized array of instrumentation brings sound to life, making it concrete, real and highly enjoyable.
At the core of our ethical values is a youth ethics initiative called The Six Pillars of Character. These pillars form the foundation all interactions and professional relationships at RSD.
The Pillars include:
These attributes are derived from a Josephson Institute model entitled "Making Ethical Decisions."
Natural Helpers is a peer-helping program used across the United States. At RSD this program can be implemented among our high school students who want to strengthen their communication and helping skills, to provide support to others and service to their school and home communities.
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While browsing through my news feeds, I came across DC's August solicitations and fully intended to throw together a quick Don't Ask -- Just Buy It post but then another item from CBR caught my eye: Justice League International #12 is to be the final issue of the series.
From the article:
"The issue is also the only entry noted for August as the final issue. Considering the most recent Diamond sales estimates have the book far from the least-selling DC title, the ending is most likely story driven"There's some small comfort there that it's not a decision made based on sales, but that still leaves me wondering what's happening with the book. Over the last few issues, several of the starting members have been hospitalised (none of whom appear on the cover above) and Rocket Red's been killed so it seems likely that this incarnation is done with (not a decision I'd be happy about if I'm right, by the way.)
And yet, there's the solicitation of Justice League International Annual #1 also out in August written by Geoff Johns and Dan Didio, two of the head honchos at DC. They're hardly likely to waste time writing a finale for a book that's being cancelled that month, surely, particularly as the OMAC character - whose series was written by Didio - has just joined the team.
Much as I loathe Bleeding Cool, I've heard rumours from that site that DC will be publishing #0 issues in September. If that's true, I foresee either a Justice League International vol 2 launching after the #0 issue or a newly named series featuring some or all of the same characters in a slightly different team.


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Modern humans swept across Europe faster and earlier than paleontologists previously thought, according to a new analysis of fossil jawbone south-west of England, and two teeth in southern Italy.
The study shows that modern humans first arrive in the mainland several thousand years, the Neanderthals already living there.
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The international study, published in the journal Nature, shows that the bones of Kents Cavern in Devon and teeth Grotta del Cavallo in Puglia is between 42,000 and 45,000 years old - the oldest human evidence is not yet discovered in Europe.
According to Professor Chris Stringer is the Museum of Natural History in London, the results suggest that modern humans - Gay sapiens - may have traveled to different parts of Europe Within 1000 years after the entry into the continent, the Middle East and Africa, of all ages benefit from favorable climatic interval ice. At the same time, other groups of modern humans were going in the opposite direction, South-East Asia through Australia.
The bones and teeth were discovered several decades ago (in 1927 and 1964, respectively), but previous researchers have not appreciated its importance.
In Italy teeth had been misidentified as Neanderthal. The new technology of digital scans showed that children were anatomically modern. England mandible previously believed to be about 35000 years, is now a highly sensitive method for the new radiocarbon dating of Oxford is to put back to at least 7000 years.
During the period of cultural elements between 42,000 and 45,000 years, beads and other personal ornaments - called Aurignacian culture - began to appear in the archaeological record of Europe. Some paleontologists believe that Neanderthals, who lived in Europe for over 100,000 years ago and disappeared about 30,000 years, were responsible for sophisticated cultural elements, but researchers say their new analysis casts doubt on this theory.
"We believe [the mouth of the cave of Kent] is the first direct evidence that we modern humans in northwest Europe, in a place outside the outer limits of the initial dispersion of our species," said Dr. Tom Higham of Oxford.
"It confirms the presence of modern humans at the time of the first Aurignacian culture, and tells us much about the speed of our species spread throughout Europe during the last ice age," he said. "It also means that the first humans who have coexisted with Neanderthals in this region, which several researchers have called into question."
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A couple of years ago I was a woman obsessed, when it came to cupcakes. I enjoyed baking them, trying new recipes, and generally sharing them with my work-mates.
For the most part, they all tasted pretty good.
The hard part was making them look good.
No matter how hard I tried, the icing never looked right, and any attempts at creating delicate swirls or fluffy tops fell pretty flat.
So, as part of my 30 Things to do Before 30 Challenge, I wanted to attend a cupcake decorating lesson.
I was pretty stoked when my partner bought me a voucher for my birthday so I could attend said lesson.
I booked myself in for May 10th, and was pleased that I would finally be able to cross this off my list.


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Gluten-free aromatic stir-fried wide rice noodles with apricot & beef
Yield: 4
250 gr wide rice noodles
2 medium Apricot sliced
250 gr Ground Beef or sliced
1 cup fresh greens
4 Green onion or scallions
1 tbsp Sesame oil
1 tbsp Peanut oil
2 cloves garlic
1 tbsp gluten-free soy sauce
salt and white pepper, to taste
Coriander if desired
Sesame seeds
- Cook the rice noodles according to packet instructions. Drain and put apart when ready.
- Meanwhile, cook the apricot slices over a skillet until tender, reserve.
- Mince the garlic and pour into the skillet or wok with the peanut oil at low-medium temperature. Be careful not to burn the garlic.
- When the oil is hot and the garlic is already infused, add the green onion, beef and salt. Stir fry until the beef is browned all over.
- Add the noodles, soy sauce and apricot. Fold gently. Stir fry for about 1 minute more.
- Drizzle the tablespoon of sesame oil all over.
- Serve immediatly.
- Decorate with some coriander and sesame seeds, if desired.
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Onion and feta fritters with sweet chilli soy dipping sauce + Win a cheese hamper
Crisp and golden onion and feta cheese fritters with sweet and spicy chilli soy dipping sauce. This recipe is perfect for a starter or as a snack.
Listen, we're starting this week off with a little bit of indulgence but sometimes on a Monday, that's exactly what you need. Because you guys, why do I still hate Mondays so much?! I mean, I don't have an office job, or a boss, or terrible colleagues. I get to sit in my comfy clothes and fluffy socks with no make-up on and my hair in a bun on top of my head and do my work. Am I just being a brat? (Don't answer that!) I just have never been a fan of Mondays. So to alleviate the suffering, I am indulging in these incredible onion and feta fritters.
I whipped these up a while ago as a light dinner for us and it was an instant hit. The combination of sweet onions and salty feta cheese is a match made in Heaven. I love how the feta doesn't melt but just softens into little nuggets of creaminess. *Swoon* While eating these, Aidan said "Mom, these taste like onion rings, but way better!" and I couldn't agree more. Plus, as a family of onion ring-lovers, that was a pretty big thumbs up for these little fritters. The thing that I love most about food like this is that it is so unbelievably simple to throw together (you literally just throw everything in a bowl) and the end result makes you look like some kind of kitchen goddess/god. They look impressive and taste amazing. What more could you want?
I used Clover plain feta cheese for this because I find it to be just the right amount of salty for the onion's sweetness and the texture when cooked is perfect in these fritters. Clover challenged me to come up with a great way to use feta cheese this winter and I'll be honest with you, it's not really a challenge at all because I use feta cheese on a daily basis.
From crumbling the salty cheese into my scrambled eggs for breakfast to adding it in abundance to salads and other vegetable dishes, it's pretty much a constant in my kitchen. I also love pan-frying it (like you would haloumi) and serving it with a drizzle of honey. Are you drooling yet? So now that I've had my way with feta, it's your turn. I want you to tell me exactly what you would do with Feta cheese this winter and I want you to be as creative as you can.
{GIVEAWAY CLOSED} To enter: Share this post and tell me how you would use Clover Feta cheese on Twitter and Facebook and extra points if you actually take a picture of your dish and send it to me on Instagram using the hashtag #lovecloverfeta. The winner will receive a stunning hamper of glorious Clover cheese to indulge in and enjoy. Competition ends Friday 27 May 2016. (Make sure to tag me in your entry along with #lovecloverfeta so I can track all entries.)
Onion and feta fritters with sweet chilli soy dipping sauce + Win a cheese hamper
- 1½ cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- generous pinch of salt
- pinch of sugar
- pinch of chilli flakes optional
- 1½ cups water
- 4 medium white onions
- 1 cup crumbled Clover plain feta cheese
- canola oil for frying
for the sweet chilli soy dipping sauce
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- dash of fish sauce
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1 red chilli thinly sliced
- 1 garlic clove thinly sliced
- 2 cm piece fresh ginger thinly sliced
- Slice 2 of the onions thinly and chop the other two into fine dice.
- To make the batter, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and chilli flakes. Add the water until you have a smooth batter.
- Stir in the onions and feta cheese.
- Heat approximately 2cm of oil in a large frying pan and fry tablespoons of the batter until crisp and golden on both sides. Remove and allow to drain on kitchen paper. Continue until all the batter has been cooked.
- In the meantime, combine all the ingredients for the dipping sauce in a saucepan and allow to boil for 5-10 minutes or until the sauce is the consistency of maple syrup.
- Serve the onion fritters with the dipping sauce.
This post was sponsored by Clover. All images, words and opinions are my own.
I made these fritters over the weekend for family/friends dinner and they were easy to make and a huge hit with everyone! They all loved the dipping sauce as well.
My husband and I absolutely #lovecloverfeta and use it in an array of dishes from pasta to salads. One of my favourite ways is to incorporate it into my potato bake – it adds extra creaminess and something special. I also love it in cheese muffins – irresistible!! I've entered on FB too and shared there.
I need to try this recipe! They look so crispy and perfect, I hope I can make mine turn out that well 🙂
This looks like such an incredible recipe. First and foremost I am about to go and buy myself a tub of #lovecloverfeta and get my cooking on to produce this delicious recipe! #simplydelicious. I'd like to make a really great beef burger stuff with feta, basil and bacon and make these incredible onion and feta fritters to accompany this meal. Mouthwatering!
Wow Alida, these look wonderful! I LOVE the flavors! Such a creative recipe! Thanks for sharing!
Ordinarily I would be all over this……BUT I hate onions. I eat spring onions, but not normal onions…such a pity! lol. Looks great though if you're an onion lover!
It's because of lunchboxes and school bag checks…I guess even if I was able to work from home in my pj's, that part of Monday just sucks BIG TIME!
Yum, looks good.
And yes, you're a brat.
Excellent idea, on the shopping list it goes 🙂


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Apple MacBook Pro lineup has just been refreshed. The last time this happened was in 2015, when Apple introduced the MacBook Pro with Force Touch Keypad, but the 2016 upgrade brings some crucial new features. For starters, the Apple MacBook Pro is now coming in three variants: the 13-inch version without the new Touch Bar, the 13-inch version with the Touch Bar, and the high-end 15-inch version with a Touch Bar.
The main change to the MacBook Pro is that Apple has gotten rid of the function keys on top, and instead introduced the new OLED Touch Bar which customizes according to the application you're using. So for Final Cut Pro or Email or Safari, the bar will show specific function keys which apply to application rather than a generic set of function keys.
For each application, the Touch Bar dynamically adapts and shows functions needed for it, although users can bring back a standard set of custom function keys as well for controlling brightness, volume etc. So what has Apple changed in the new MacBook Pro series compared to the earlier version? The chart below gives a quick look at how the new MacBook Pro has changed.
Apple MacBook Pro 2015
The older MacBook Pro comes only in the Silver colour option, and is thicker and heavier compared to the new version. It was first announced in May 2016, and has the same 15.4-inch display size as the new version. In case of the old MacBook Pro (2015), the display is LED-backlit Retina display with 2880 by 1800 pixels resolution, and 300 nits brightness and a standard color gamut (sRGB).
The MacBook Pro 2015 comes with quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with clock speeds of 2.2GHz, 2.5GHz, or 2.8GHz and turbo boost up to 4.0GHz. It also has 16GB RAM, but a maximum of 1TB SSD storage. For graphics, this has the Intel Iris Pro but the new series improves on this bit as well.
However, MacBook Pro 2015 has a lot more ports compared to the Type-C USB exclusive new version. Ports on the older MacBook Pro include: Two USB 3 ports, Two Thunderbolt 2 ports and HDMI port and the 3.5mm headphone slot. If you don't wish to buy a bunch of adapters with the new MacBook Pro then it might be a better option to stick with the older one, though on paper the newer version is thinner, lighter and more powerful. Battery life promised on the older MacBook Pro is 9 hours on wireless web.
Also read: Apple's new MacBook Pro 2016: Price, specifications and features
Apple MacBook Pro 2016
The new MacBook Pro 2016 also has a 15.4-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Retina display with 2880 by 1800 pixels resolution. The display is also brighter at 500 nits, and Apple has used the Wide color gamut (P3) seen on the iPhone 7 series in its new laptops as well.
The new MacBook Pro runs the sixth generation quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with clock speeds of 2.6GHz, 2.7GHz, or 2.9GHz and Turbo boost option of 3.8Ghz. Apple is giving the option of Intel HD Graphics 530 or AMD's Radeon Pro 450, 455, or 460 graphics with the new MacBook Pro, which is better than the previous version.
The RAM is 16 GB with upto 2TB SSD storage space options. The company promises 10 hours of battery life, which is not such a big jump.
Apple has completely redesigned the MacBook Pro in this series going for a new all-metal unibody construction. The backlit keyboard has the second-generation butterfly mechanism. Apple's new MacBook Pro also does away with all other ports, and instead has only four type-C USB Thunderbolt 3 ports, which can be used to charge the device as well. Except this also means you'll need to buy a lot of adapters, even if you just want to plug in your iPhone into your MacBook.
Of course the crucial feature about the new MacBook Pro is the Touch Bar, which Apple sees as the game-changer. It also comes with a bigger Force TouchPad as well as support for Touch ID. Now the Apple MacBook Pro supports Apple Pay as well.


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Jupp Heyncke's Bayern Munich team celebrates their 22nd Bundesliga win with a motorcade and a reception on the balcony of the city's town hall.
MUNICH, GERMANY (MAY 11, 2013) (REUTERS) - Record-breaking champions Bayern Munich officially lifted their 22nd Bundesliga trophy on Saturday (May 11) and celebrated their victory with a motorcade through the city centre of the Bavarian capital and a reception on the balcony of the city's town hall.
Thousands of fans waved flags cheered and sang as the squad appeared on the balcony with the trophy.
"This time I won't promise anything. But one thing I can tell you: Together with the coaching team and the technical team, we will try everything to achieve here and on the 25th what we are all being dreaming about," Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes told supporters from the balcony.
After a comfortable 3-0 over Augsburg on Saturday the team now prepares for the all-German Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund in two weeks.
In front of German football bosses, 22 former Bayern greats and Bavarian political royalty, the champions left it late, scoring three goals in the second half throughThomas Mueller, Xherdan Shaqiri and Luiz Gustavo.
It was a 28th win in 33 league games - with one league match left - for sensationalBayern, who weeks ago secured their 23rd German league title and 22nd since the introduction of the Bundesliga half a century ago.
They have broken a string of records, including most points, most away wins and best start, en route to their first silverware of any kind since 2010.
Bayern are chasing an unprecedented treble for a German club with the Champions League and German Cup still in their sights.
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SABC chairwoman Zandile Tshabalala lied about her qualifications
SABC chairwoman Zandile Tshabalala lied to Parliament about her qualifications, according to a report.
The City Press reported on Sunday that in her CV before the parliamentary portfolio committee on communications Tshabalala said she graduated from the University of SA (Unisa) with a BCom and a postgraduate diploma in labour relations.
The claim was repeated in a statement by the presidency announcing her appointment.
However, according to a Promotion of Access to Information Act application sent by the newspaper, Unisa said Tshabalala had neither of the qualifications.
Unisa's executive director of legal services and information, Jan van Wyk wrote in a letter this week: "According to our records, no qualification was awarded to the mentioned individual."
City Press's attempts to get comment from Tshabalala were unsuccessful.
Presidency spokesman Mac Maharaj on Friday said Parliament had recommended candidates for the SABC board and President Jacob Zuma acted on those recommendations.
About Tshabalala's qualifications Maharaj was quoted as saying in City Press: "This is a matter you must take up with her directly... A university degree is no prerequisite for the appointment."


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For over sixty-five years Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince has captured the hearts and minds of its readers. The whimsical story with a fairy tale touch has sold over 80 million copies in 230 languages. This exciting graphic adaptation features beautiful, new artwork by Joann Sfar. Hand-chosen by Saint-Exupéry's French publishers for his literary style and sensitivity to the original, Sfar has endeavored to recreate this beloved story, both honoring the original and stretching it to new heights. A vibrant, visual gift for longtime fans and those experiencing the story for the first time.
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Title: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Publisher: Reprint May 15, 2000 by Harvest Books
Pages: Paperback; 83
Source: Received from NetGalley for review
Why I chose this:
I have never read The Little Prince despite the many amazing things that I have heard about it. Now that I'm older, I decided that it was time to see what all the magic was about. When I saw that there was a graphic novel version, I jumped at the chance to review it!
My Thoughts:
If I'm being completely honest, on my first read through this graphic novel I was utterly confused. Having never read the original version before, I think the pictures threw me off a bit. However, despite being confused, I did see some a glimmer of magic behind it all. That is what inspired me to slow down and give the graphic novel yet another read through. The second read through I took the time to pour over each page. Joann Sfar's illustrations are engrossing, and as I slowly unraveled the storyline I became more and more enamored with each page. It is evident why Joann Sfar was chosen as the illustrator.
Overall, I'd recommend the graphic novel version to mainly adults. Although the illustrations are extremely mesmerizing, I do believe that children would be a little put off by them. They are extremely exaggerated in color and symmetry, and sometimes confusing. This new version is probably better suited to adults who enjoyed the story as a child and are eager for a fresh take on their favorite story!It is difficult to put into words exactly how The Little Prince affected me. I came away with a sense of the inner child that dwells within all of us, and how easy it is to forget that part of us is there. As the prince visits various planets in his travels, he comes upon adults who he finds confusing and frustrating. Each of them are so set about finishing their tasks, that they have no time for him and his whimsical ideas. It made me ponder if we as adults really do come across like this to children. Too busy for them and their nonsense? I certainly hope not, and I believe this inner journey is part of the magic of The Little Prince. Well at least for adults. I'm sure children will come away with something else entirely. This graphic novel has definitely inspired me to seek out an original version to read, as I would love to see where this beauteous story began.
I'll wrap this up by simply saying that I did enjoy the story, and I believe this new version adds another level to the beauty of it all. If you enjoy graphic novels and perhaps loved this story as a child, I would recommend this to you.
Final Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart
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