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Prophylactic Antibiotic Use Effective in Patients Undergoing Chemo
Two new double-blind, randomized clinical trials suggest that the prophylactic use of the antibacterial agent levofloxacin can reduce the risk of fever, bacterial infections, and hospitalizations in patients undergoing chemotherapy who are likely to develop neutropenia, a dangerously low white blood cell count. Both studies were published in the September 8 New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
The studies - one conducted in Italy, the other in the United Kingdom - had slightly different designs. The Italian study randomized 760 patients about to undergo chemotherapy and who were at risk for prolonged neutropenia (7 days or more) to receive levofloxacin or placebo until the neutropenia resolved. Patients in the treatment group were less likely to develop a fever, which was the study's primary endpoint because it is indicative of an infection, than those in the placebo group (65 percent vs. 85 percent). Treatment-group patients were also less likely to have documented cases of bacterial infections than the placebo group. Antibacterial prophylaxis did not improve survival compared with placebo.
The second study involved 1,565 patients scheduled to undergo cyclic chemotherapy who were randomized to a placebo or levofloxacin for 7 days when the risk of neutropenia was highest. In the first chemotherapy cycle, 3.5 percent of patients in the treatment group developed a fever, compared with 7.9 percent of those on placebo. Patients on levofloxacin also had lower hospitalization rates, 15.7 percent vs. 21.6 percent. Again, no difference in survival was documented.
The prophylactic use of antibacterial agents has been controversial, especially because of concerns about increasing the spread of drug-resistant bacteria. Neither study was designed to specifically address the issue of resistance, although one study did show an increase in drug-resistant bacteria in those treated with levofloxacin.
"One way to maintain the benefits described in the two current studies but minimize the risk [of bacterial drug resistance] is to restrict its use to those at highest risk," suggested Dr. Lindsey R. Baden, an NEJM deputy editor, in an accompanying editorial. "Efforts to improve risk stratification will be critical to minimize unnecessary use of antimicrobial agents and simultaneously preserve the benefits described in the two studies."
Survivors of Testicular Cancer at Long-Term Risk for Second Cancers
Men who survive testicular cancer face an increased risk of developing a second cancer for at least 35 years after treatment, and young patients may face increasing levels of risk as they get older, according to the largest study to date of testicular cancer survivors.
Ten-year survivors who had been diagnosed with testicular cancer at age 35 had twice the risk of developing a second cancer as someone in the general population - and this risk remained elevated for 35 years. Patients diagnosed at younger ages faced higher risks than those diagnosed at older ages.
Testicular cancer primarily affects young men and is largely curable, but second cancers arising from the late side effects of treatment - especially radiotherapy - are a leading cause of death among survivors. Cancers of the bladder, colon, lung, pancreas, and stomach accounted for 60 percent of those reported, according to findings in the September 21 Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI).
Dr. Lois B. Travis, of NCI, and her colleagues examined data from more than 40,000 survivors from tumor registries in Europe and North America, and identified a total of 2,285 second solid cancers. They found for the first time significant excesses of malignant mesothelioma and esophageal cancer, likely reflecting the past use of chest radiotherapy.
The researchers note that despite the risks of second cancers, it is clear that "the remarkable gains in survival provided by treatments for testicular cancer far outweigh the risk of this serious late effect." In the July 20 JNCI, Dr. Travis and her colleagues reported that the long-term risk of testicular cancer patients developing a second cancer in the opposite (contralateral) testicle is very low.
Letrozole Study Update Confirms Drug's Benefits
After preliminary data showed improved disease-free survival among women with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer who received letrozole following tamoxifen, results from the MA.17 clinical trial were announced in 2003, a year ahead of schedule, and participants in the placebo group were unblinded and offered the study drug instead. The study team recently released a more detailed analysis of the drug's efficacy and toxicity up to the time of unblinding. Their findings are published in the September 7 JNCI.
The updated data from 5,170 patients show that after 4 years of follow-up, 94.4 percent of women who received letrozole survived without disease recurrence, compared with 89.8 percent of those who received the placebo. In general, women who received letrozole and women who took the placebo saw no difference in overall survival, though the drug did seem to improve overall survival among a subset of women who had positive axillary lymph nodes, as well as those who had taken tamoxifen for more than 5 years. Toxic side effects of concern included those related to bone metabolism and cardiovascular disease, but bone fractures and cardiovascular events occurred equally between the two study groups.
"[Our preliminary findings] have changed clinical practice, but because the median follow-up was short the question of duration of therapy remains unanswered for the time being," the authors conclude, indicating that analysis of data from patients who switched to letrozole after the 2003 unblinding may provide the answer.
Anti-Seizure Drug Reduces Breast Cancer Hot Flashes
Hot flashes are one of the most common symptoms in women receiving treatment for breast cancer, especially hormone treatments such as tamoxifen. In a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 420 breast cancer patients experiencing hot flashes, the anticonvulsant drug gabapentin reduced these symptoms by about half in some women. The multicenter study was based at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York and published in the September 3 Lancet.
Nonhormonal treatments for hot flashes became a priority in 2002 when early results from the National Institutes of Health Women's Health Initiative showed adverse effects related to hormone replacement therapy, including increased breast cancer risk. Drugs such as the antidepressant venlafaxine and the antihypertensive clonidine are currently used to mitigate hot flashes. Lead author Dr. Kishan J. Pandya said in an interview that gabapentin now provides another good alternative, especially for patients already taking antihypertensives. Gabapentin is FDA-approved to treat epilepsy, and is also used for neuropathic pain.
The women in the study took a placebo, 300 mg of gabapentin, or 900 mg of gabapentin each day for 8 weeks and kept a diary to describe their hot flashes. The 900 mg dose produced significantly better results than the 300 mg dose after 8 weeks, reducing the frequency of hot flashes by 44 vs. 30 percent, and the severity by 46 vs. 31 percent. Other menopause symptoms among the three groups were not significantly changed, except for suppressed appetite and decreased pain in the 900 mg group of women.
Erlotinib Approval Recommended for Pancreatic Cancer
A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel last week recommended that the agency approve the targeted agent erlotinib (Tarceva) for use in combination with gemcitabine (Gemzar) to treat patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. The approval was based on the results of a clinical trial announced earlier this year in which the combination offered a small, but statistically significant, improvement in survival compared with gemcitabine plus placebo.
Members of the panel, the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee, struggled with whether a single trial demonstrating a nearly 13-day improvement in median survival - which could be accompanied by severe bouts of diarrhea and rash, as well as lower rates of life-threatening events such as stroke - was enough to justify an approval recommendation.
Despite the lack of options for these patients, several committee members, including the chair, Dr. Silvano Martino from the USC Keck School of Medicine, and Dr. Bruce Cheson from the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University, were not convinced that the data were compelling enough. But most committee members, while acknowledging the minimal benefit provided by adding erlotinib to gemcitabine, felt it represented a first step in the right direction.
"This was a positive study in a tough disease," said committee member Dr. Maha Hussain from the University of Michigan. "I don't think we ought to be the judge on what patients would choose."
The median survival and adverse events data could be misleading, added Dr. Mace Rothenberg, from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Diarrhea and rash could be controlled by decreasing the dose of the drug, he noted, while data on average survival showed that many patients in the erlotinib arm lived 5 weeks or so longer than those in the placebo arm.


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English 1:1 with iPad - provide feedback to students as they write their drafts
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The iPhone has to be the most popular tech gadget that has been released in the past few years. As a telephone a messaging tool or a multimedia device the iPhone serves a purpose for everyone. iPhone wallpapers allows users to bring customization to another level.
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Room for both in my classroom. Schools should let teachers and students have input as to which devices they need.
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great (and concise) article. the pros and cons of each.
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Create, not consume! This approach should apply to all mobile technology in learning, not just iPads.
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Rupert Sheldrake's TEDx talk: Detailing the issues
There's been a lot of heat today about Rupert Sheldrake's TEDx Talk. And in the spirit of radical openness, I'd like to bring the community into our process.
While TED does not vet speakers at independent TEDx events, a TEDx talk can be removed from the TEDx archive if the ideas contained in it are wrong to the point of being unscientific, and that includes misrepresenting the scientific process itself.
Sheldrake is on that line, to some commenters around Twitter and the web. His talk describes a vision of science made up of hard, unexamined constants. It's a philosophical talk that raises general questions about how we view science, and what role we expect it to play.
When my team and I debate whether to take action on a TEDx talk, we think deeply about the implications of our decision -- and aim to provide the TEDx host with as clear-cut and unbiased a view as possible.
You are invited, if you like, to weigh in today and tomorrow with your thoughts on this talk. We'll be gathering the commentary into a couple of categories for discussion:
1. Philosophy. Is the basis of his argument sound -- does science really operate the way Sheldrake suggests it does? Are his conclusions drawn from factual premises?
2. Factual error. (As an example, Sheldrake says that governments do not fund research into complementary medicine. Here are the US figures on NIH investment in complementary and alternative medicine 2009-2010: http://nccam.nih.gov/about/budget/institute-center.htm )
As a note: Please know that whether or not you have time or energy to contribute here, the talk is also under review by the TED team. We're not requiring your volunteer labor -- but we truly welcome your input. And we're grateful to those who've written about this talk in other forums, including but not limited to Jerry Coyne, PZ Myers, Kylie Sturgess and some thoughtful Redditors.
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Ryan PriceMar 9 2013: Removing this talk would be shameful. If person cannot suggest an idea because it may be wrong we would have very few suggestions indeed. Most of science would have a bit of an issue with that. As far as the factual error goes: It is not the main drive of his argument, but rather a misinformed support point. All of us have made mistakes I assume, so that should really not be grounds for removing this talk.
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Find rotation to align two vectors by rotation about two arbitrary axes
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Feb10-12, 02:05 AM
We have a machine with two rotational axes (b,c) attached to each other. By design the B axis is rotating about the Y-axis and the c-axis is attached on top of the b axis.
Ideally the axes are orthogonal but in practice they are not. However we can measure the directions of the axes. Hence we have the axes of rotations described as two vectors.
The target is to align an arbitrary vector that is attached to the c-axis of rotation to a vector that is described in the global coordinates by changing the rotation angle of the b and c axis. We can construct the full rotation matrix but how do we find the angles b and c that aligns the vectors. From CAD we can see that there are multiple solutions.0
We can find numerous examples on how to get one angle and one axis of rotation from a rotation matrix. We can also find a lot of examples on how to split the transform into three Euler angles.
We know that the problem is possible to solve numerically but is there a closed form solution?
Feb10-12, 02:28 AM
Hey Johan L and welcome to the forums.
The best way I see to do this is to use the axis-angle method of rotation.
Basically this works by having an axis of rotation and an angle which you rotate an existing point (or vector depending on your notation) around an axis by a specific angle.
The way to do this mathematically is well known and you can use matrix methods to do this or you can use quaternion methods and then convert the results to a matrix which you then just use matrix multiplication.
Now to get the axis of rotation, what you need to do is take the cross product of the two vectors and normalize the result. This will give you a vector that is perpendicular to both the start vector and the final vector which means you have a vector which to 'rotate around'.
Do get the angle you use the dot product of the two vectors (final and start) and make sure you are working with normalized vectors so that you get the right term (i.e. cos(theta) instead a cos(theta) for some value of a <> 1).
That should do the trick.
Feb10-12, 02:42 AM
Thanks for the answer that would give us one axis of rotation and the corresponding angle. Our hardware constrains us to rotation about b and c and hence we need to find those two angles.
Is there a way to "split" the rotation calculated by the method you suggest into rotations b and c?
Feb10-12, 03:03 AM
Find rotation to align two vectors by rotation about two arbitrary axes
So once you have found your vector above, you now do this in the context of your b-axis and your c-axis. This time however you have got the actual axis of rotation so now you just have to find the angles.
There needs to be some level of orthogonality (i.e. the axis are not linearly dependent) which of course is the case due to the physical nature of the design.
It might actually be a good idea to use composition of matrices and then finding the appropriate inverse to get your final transformation.
How much do you know about composing matrices? Have you ever worked with matrix composition to compose rotations before?
I don't have the solution in front of me right now, but basically what I would do is to create a composition of the rotations that fit the system (so basically what this means is that you have a system Ax = b where A represents the linear system that transforms x to b or start vector to finish vector) and then you decompose A into submatrices that correspond to rotations around b and c axis.
So given Ax = b, and A = BC, then this means you want to find (A^-1) = (BC)^-1 where B represents the rotation information around axis B and C represents the one for axis C.
For these matrices you fill in the appropriate information for matrices B and C based on the axis-angle formulation of the matrix (for this see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotatio..._to_axis-angle)
Then you will get a linear system involving your two angles which you can solve with linear algebra techniques.
If you need any further help I'll do my best to help you.
Feb10-12, 05:03 AM
We have gotten about that far. y=Rb.Rc.x
We can as you say calculate a transformation R with a rotation axis, the cross product between the vectors and find the angle acos(dotproduct)
The problem is to find angles b and c given that.
I guess the question really is how hard this is, we are intermediate skill at best. If this leads to complicated calculations we will just go for a numerical solution straight away.
Feb10-12, 05:10 AM
If you want to know more about the specifics, what you can do is take the system and expand out the algebra to get systems that are in terms of x and y (x being angle for R and y being angle for z).
The thing is that because we are dealing with angles, we are not going to get nice simple equations because we will have cos and sin terms which muck up things.
As long as you have a simple root finding algorithm (of which you can get tonnes of these for free on the internet and have a look at the pseudo-version of the algorithms if you need to write your own code for legal reasons), you will be able to do this. Since you are working with mechanical equipment, I am going to go out on a limb and say that you probably have some kind of code to do numerical routines like this but I would appreciate that you correct me if need be.
So basically the first step is to expand everything out and get a system of equations for cos(x) and cos(y) or sin(x) and sin(y) [You can replace the sins with cos terms using standard trig identities] and once you get the answers then you adjust for the quadrants that the answers are in and you should get the answer.
Feb10-12, 05:15 AM
Also I should have pointed this out above, but didn't.
With the above approach you don't need to do any cross-product operations.
The Matrix RbRc = R contains all the information for rotating x into y. We don't have to do anything else. Once you expand out the equations with your trig functions in terms of angles for b and c, then you will have to use a root finding algorithm to get your angles. After you get a solution and adjust your answers for the right co-ordinate, then you have your complete answer for the angles.
Again, don't worry about the cross-product: that was just the case because it was the simplest answer and it wasn't known that you needed to do it via your mechanical rotations b and c and not just get the simplest solution based on an unconstrained system.
Feb13-12, 02:37 AM
We tried the numerical approach and validated it against the CAD model. it seems to work fine. See below for the Maxima code we used. Thanks for the help.
In each iteration do:
Get the signed angle between the rotatedVect and the targetvector projected on the plane with normal vector rotatdedWorkTableRotationAxis
Rotate rotatedvect by angle about rotatdedWorkTableRotationAxis
Get the signed angle between the rotatedVect and the targetvector projected on the plane with normal vector TiltRotationAxis
Rotate rotatedvect by angle about rotatdedWorkTableRotationAxis
Rotate rotatdedWorkTableRotationAxis by angle about rotatdedWorkTableRotationAxis
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"Tad"....you guys are hilarious! The room is wonderful, too.
The room looks lovely! Can you tell me where you found your crib? I love it!
Oh, it takes my breath away. Lovely but simple. Nice job.
We found our crib on super clearance at Babies R Us - Carter's Casual Convertible Crib. It has a set that allows it to change into a toddler bed and later a full size bed.
I'm a HUGE fan of handmade and most of the textiles in the room were things that I wanted, but not with the price tag. Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, right?
You have a keen eye for decorating. Choosing a lot of visual pieces without over-crowding the room. Well done!
I agree with Willydad, plenty of color and cute bedroom characters. What a lucky child.
You've given me something to think about! I love how you've made it girly but not overly "in-your-face". And I agree with Warnerfan, a lucky child indeed!
I love the room...but it will be so much better when occupied! I can't wait for the little munchkin to get here!
You have such wonderful and fun tastes! Your baby is going to have so much fun in that room and feel safe and cozy. Kudos!
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Housden, Roger.
Adult Nonfiction PN6101 .H66 2001
Summary: This is a dangerous book. Great poetry calls into question not less than everything. It dares us to break free from the safe strategies of the cautious mind. It opens us to pain and joy and delight. It amazes, startles, pierces, and transforms us. It can lead to communion and grace. Through the voices of ten inspiring poets and his own reflections, the author of Sacred America shows how poetry illuminates the eternal feelings and desires that stir the human heart and soul. These poems explore such universal themes as the awakening of wonder, the longing for love, the wisdom of dreams, and the courage required to live an authentic life. In thoughtful commentary on each work, Housden offers glimpses into his personal spiritual journey and invites readers to contemplate the significance of the poet's message in their own lives. In Ten Poems to Change Your Life , Roger Housden shows how these astonishing poems can inspire you to live what you always knew in your bones but never had the words for. "The Journey" by Mary Oliver "Last Night as I Was Sleeping" by Antonio Machado "Song of Myself" by Walt Whitman "Zero Circle" by Rumi "The Time Before Death" by Kabir "Ode to My Socks" by Pablo Neruda "Last Gods" by Galway Kinnell "For the Anniversary of My Death" by W. S. Merwin "Love After Love" by Derek Walcott "The Dark Night" by St. John of the Cross
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Jason Aldean: Most relaxed host ever?( Getty Images )
If Jason Aldean was breaking a sweat over co-hosting the 2013 CMT Music Awards with Kristen Bell, he sure wasn't showing it. Asked on the red carpet how he was doing before the show, the very casually dressed country star joked, "I thought they asked a lot of other people ... and everyone was out of town. I wondered how far down the list I was."
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It shall be the policy of the United States, consistent with the 9/11 Commission's recommendations, to eliminate any obstacles to timely obligating and executing the full amount of any appropriated funds for threat reduction and nonproliferation programs in order to accelerate and strengthen progress on preventing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation and terrorism. Such policy shall be implemented with concrete measures, such as those described in this chapter, including the removal and modification of statutory limits to executing funds, the expansion and strengthening of the Proliferation Security Initiative, the establishment of the Office of the United States Coordinator for the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism under subchapter III, and the establishment of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism under subtitle E. [1] As a result, Congress intends that any funds authorized to be appropriated to programs for preventing WMD proliferation and terrorism under this subchapter will be executed in a timely manner.
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Source(Pub. L. 110–53, title XVIII, § 1831,Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 496.)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Summer Property Tax Schedule and Payment Information
> What is the schedule?
What is the schedule?
By September 14: If taxpayer is eligible, Tax Deferment Request Form must be received by local city or township treasurer.
Not later than September 14 (may be earlier or later depending on township or city charter): Payment must be received.
After September 14 (may be later or earlier depending on the city charter): 1% interest per month will accrue if the payment is late. The taxpayer must include the following late penalty interest fees for late payments.
February 28: Payment must be received by this date or the property tax will be considered delinquent and turned over to the county treasurer on March 1. Additional interest penalty will apply after March 1.
What if I make payment after September 14th?
What if I live in a city which, by charter, requires summer property taxes to be paid before or after September 14th?
How can I confirm the payment was received?
What if I did not receive a tax bill - am I still liable for the tax?
Will the county or local collecting unit impose an administration fee for collecting the tax on behalf of a local unit of government?
General State Education Tax Information
> How is the SET Calculated?
How is the SET Calculated?
Information for Local Treasurers
> Who can keep the $2.50 per billable parcel and what can it be used for?
Who can keep the $2.50 per billable parcel and what can it be used for?
The law is clear that the SET collecting unit shall also collect the county allocated mills as required by MCL 211.44a. As long as a taxing unit is only collecting the SET, county allocated mills, and/or village taxes, the unit is eligible to retain the $2.50 per billable parcel.
The amount may only be used to defray any costs the treasurer's office incurs resulting from the early collection of the SET. Eligible costs include those costs associated with the early collections of the SET such as additional hours worked by local treasurers or related staff, supplies or materials related to the printing and mailing of the tax bills, and the processing of payments received.
Bonus compensation for summer tax collections should not occur unless it is part of the initial salary resolution or authorized within statutory procedures for an increase in salary. Article XI, Section 3 of the Michigan Constitution states, "Neither the legislature nor any political subdivision of this state shall grant or authorize extra compensation to any public officer, agent or contractor after the service has been rendered or the contract entered into."
Who can keep the interest that is earned on State Education Tax payments while those funds are in the possession of the city, township, or county treasurer?
Who can keep the monthly interest and late penalty that is imposed before March 1 on late State Education Tax (SET) payments?
If a school district or intermediate school district adopts a resolution to issue a summer property tax levy - who has to collect the State Education Taxes and County Allocated Mills?
If a school district has elected to issue a summer tax levy, and cannot reach agreement with a township or city to act as the tax collector, can the school district enter into an agreement with the county to only collect the school district summer tax levy?
The State Education Tax Act specifically provides that (MCL 211.905(4)) "(b)eginning in 2003, if a school district or intermediate school district collects taxes in the summer under section 1613 of the revised school district code of 1976, (1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1613), the school district or intermediate school district shall collect the taxes levied under this act in the summer and shall distribute the taxes collected as provided in this act."
As provided by MCL 211.44a(1) - the treasurer that collects the State Education Tax is required to collect the county allocated mills.
If a school district or Intermediate School District elects to impose a summer levy, what is the deadline by which a school district has to determine who will be the summer tax collector?
If a school district reaches agreement with the city, township, or county to collect a school district summer levy, and the tax collector currently retains a $2.50 per billable parcel for the State Education Tax collection, will the agreement jeopardize the $2.50 State Education Tax retaining fee?
What if a local unit is collecting a summer tax levy for a school district and it impacts only a portion of the taxing unit - because the school district does not encompass the whole local unit? How is the $2.50 retaining fee applied?
MCL 211.905b specifically provides that "(t)his section applies only to a city or township, or that portion of a city or township, in which no property taxes, other than" the State Education Tax, county allocated, and/or village taxes are levied.
As more than one school district may be located in a tax collecting unit, and a school district may not encompass the whole taxing unit, for those parcels where school district taxes are being levied in the summer, the $2.50 retaining fee may not be applied, but the $2.50 retaining fee may be applied to the other parcels in the taxing unit where only the State Education Tax, county allocated, and/or village taxes are billed.
Can there be more than one tax roll for a local unit?
This would result in two tax rolls and two tax collectors for the property owners within the boundary of one township:
What if the school district or Intermediate School District elects to eliminate the summer tax levy - will the tax collector then be able to retain the $2.50 per billable parcel fee after the summer school district tax levy is eliminated?
When does district library debt millage have to be collected?
If a district library has voter approval to issue new debt mills, or elects to shift the debt mills to a summer tax collection, this could impact potential revenue for the tax collector. A township, city, or county may be eligible to retain a $2.50 per billable parcel fee related to summer tax collection if collecting only the State Education Tax, county allocated mills, and/or village taxes.
Can a township keep earned interest on county allocated mills tax payments prior to the time of remittance to the county treasurer?
When must a local unit mail property tax bills?
As part of a summer or winter tax bill, is the property tax administration fee applied to special assessments?
No. The law allows for a property tax administration fee of not more than 1% of the total tax bill per parcel to apply to property taxes. The application of the property tax administration fee is specific to summer and/or winter property taxes and does not apply to current special assessment installments. (MCL 211.44(3)).
Michigan case law has long drawn a distinction between ad valorem taxes and traditional special assessments. See, for example, Graham v City of Saginaw, (317 Mich 427; 1947). Further, In Kadzban v City of Grandville, 442 Mich 495; 502 NW2d 299 (1993), the Michigan Court of Appeals concluded that:
Most special assessment laws require that the special assessment installment be due, collected, and returned for nonpayment in the same manner and at the same time as the ad valorem property tax levies of the municipality imposing the special assessment. However, these special assessment laws do not provide general legal authority for a local unit to impose the property tax administration fee to a special assessment installment.
What must be included in a tax statement notice?
A tax statement must show the description of the property against which the tax is levied, the taxable value of the property, and the amount of the tax on the property (MCL 211.44(1)). Further, the Act requires that a tax statement sent to a taxpayer, or the taxpayer's designated agent, must include both property taxes and special assessments. (MCL 211.44(10)(d)) for the current tax year.
Property tax statements and receipts must include the fiscal year of the taxes being collected. (MCL 211.40):
A property tax bill must contain a notice change of wetland inventory. (MCL 324.30322):
A winter tax bill must include information on summer taxes that were deferred. MCL 211.51(6):
Does the local unit treasurer have the authority to impose a property tax administration fee?
Yes. But, only if authorized by resolution or ordinance of the governing body (i.e. township board or city council) of the local unit. If the local collecting unit does not also assess the property within the boundaries of the local unit, then the local unit must impose a property tax administration fee at a rate equal to the rate of the fee imposed for city or township taxes on that parcel unless there is an agreement to the contrary with the assessing unit. MCL 211.44(7):
Does the Property Tax Administration fee apply in total against the property taxes billed?
Yes, in most cases. The law is clear that the property tax administration fee must apply against the total tax bill (MCL 211.44(3)) unless a city or village charter provides separate application of the property tax administration fee. A city or village charter would take precedence on the fees charged on property tax bills. MCL 211.107(1):
Could a local unit only impose the Property Tax Administration Fee on the summer property tax bill and not the winter tax bill?
Yes. The State Education Tax Act provides that the local unit may elect to only apply the property tax administration fee to a summer tax bill even if the fee is not imposed on taxes billed in December (MCL 211.905b(11)). A local unit may also elect to only impose the property tax administration fee against the December tax levy. However, the property tax administration fee cannot be imposed twice against the same tax.
Can a local unit waive the Property Tax Administration Fee?
Yes, if the local unit provides both assessing and tax collection. The local unit governing board (i.e. township board or city council) may waive all or part of the fee for all billable parcels. (MCL 211.44(4)). The local unit may not waive the fee for just some taxpayers or on a case by case basis.
When calculating interest for late summer taxes, should the Property Tax Administration Fee be included in the tax base?
No. As provided by the General Property Tax Act, late interest is to be applied against the tax.. (MCL 211.905b(10), MCL 211.905b(11), and MCL 211.44a(5)). A city or village charter would take precedence on how interest applies to late property tax bills. MCL 211.107(1):
Is the Property Tax Administration Fee to be included in the base tax for delinquent taxes turned over to the county?
Yes. The law (MCL 211.44) provides that interest imposed upon delinquent property taxes under this act shall also be imposed upon the property tax administration fee. However, this only applies after the taxes are returned delinquent on March 1 to the county treasurer.
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Geoducks Preview CCC Champs Course
September 19, 2009
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - Evergreen's Brian Rakestraw (SR, Woodinville HS) finished fourth overall and was the first college runner at today's Northwest Christian Invitational in Eugene. In the eight team meet Evergreen finished seventh.
On the women's side, Concordia scored 48 points to edge past Eastern Oregon, finishing with 50. The Cavalier's Alice Taylor won the race with a course-record time of 17:44 and was followed by EOU"s Karlee Coffey in second at 17:58.
Team scores had Concordia up front with EOU second. Host school Northwest Christian finished in third place with 59 points, Lane Community College took fourth with 112. Warner Pacific was fifth with 123 and was followed by Corban (138) and Oregon Tech (159).
Coach Dickson ran just four runners from the women's team because of recent bumps, bruises and work schedules but will run a full team for the Pete Steilberg Cross Country Classic at home Saturday.
The men's competition was won by Eastern Oregon in a meet that was largely made up of Cascade Conference Schools wishing to preview the November CCC Champs course.
EOU scored 27 points as a team, easily distancing themselves from the 62 tabulation from Concordia University. Warner Pacific took third with 85 points, followed by Corban (100), Northwest Christian (122), Evergreen State (163) and Oregon Tech (170).
The Mountaineer men had four of the top-six individual finishers among the collegiate runners, led by Kody Coxen who scored second-place points with an eighth-place overall finish. The top four runners were all unattached runners and following in fifth with the best time for a CCC athlete being by Rakestraw.
Rakestraw moved into fourth position by mile two of the race and stayed near the front group of four, one of whom eventually fell of the pace to be passed by the hard closing Rakestraw. Rakestraw crossed the line with a time of 25:46, his best early season mark so far in his career at ESC. His performance puts him in high ranking among individuals in the Cascade Conference with only powerhouse Southern Oregon and College of Idaho not attending this meet.
The NCU Invitational served as a defacto preview meet for the Cascade Collegiate Conference championships, which will take place on the same Dorris Ranch course on November 7th.


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3 8-oz pkgs cream cheese, softened
3 8-oz pkgs cream cheese, softened
1 8-oz pkg Fontina cheese
1/2 c mayonnaise
1 10-oz pkg frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
1 10-oz pkg frozen chopped onion, thawed and squeezed dry
1 lb bacon, cooked and crumbled
In a large bowl, beat cheeses and mayonnaise at medium speed with a mixer until combined. Add spinach and onions. Continue mixing until combined. Stir in bacon. Pour mixture into a 2 quart baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes in a 350 degree oven until hot and bubbly. Yield: 12 to 15 servings
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Companies are beginning to step up to help people furloughed by the shutdown of the federal government.
Sam's Club, a national retail wholesale club, is coming to the aid of military personnel and retirees stung by the partial government shutdown.
Mountainside Fitness tweeted to furloughed government employees that they could work out at any of its facilities until 2014. It said it was excluding elected officials, "Because, you know why."
Sam's Club said it will waive membership requirements for the military community and families at its locations near military bases.
The shutdown has closed domestic commissaries on military bases. Families who depend on getting low-cost groceries and products for everyday needs from those marketplaces were suddenly faced with new hardships.
Sam's Club said it wanted to show "appreciation for the service that military personnel provide our members and communities."
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February 09, 2007
In 2006, the union membership rate for government workers (36.2 percent) was nearly five times that of private industry workers (7.4 percent).
Within the public sector, local government workers had the highest union membership rate, 41.9 percent. This group includes several heavily unionized occupations, such as teachers, police officers, and fire fighters.
Among major private industries, transportation and utilities had the highest union membership rate, at 23.2 percent, followed by construction (13.0 percent). The information industry and manufacturing also had double-digit unionization rates in 2006.
These 2006 data on union membership are from the Current Population Survey. Unionization data are for wage and salary workers. Find out more in "Union Members in 2006" (PDF) (TXT), news release USDL 07-0113.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Union membership by industry, 2006 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2007/feb/wk1/art05.htm (visited September 23, 2014).
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Quick Take: Japan's Plan Gets Thumbs Down
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- TheStreet's Debra Borchardt discussed some of the big news and events announced Wednesday and their effect on the stock market.
The market has clearly decided that the economic stimulus plan proposed by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was not what investors wanted. As a result, this will likely add to the extreme volatility that we've seen in the Nikkei over the past several weeks, she said.
Combine that with comments from Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher and Sarah Bloom Raskin, a member of the Fed's Board of Governors, who believe the Federal Reserve should begin to pare back some its own economic stimulus and it will easily explain the early selloff this morning.
This has again renewed fears among investors that at some point Federal Chairman Ben Bernanke will announce the tapering of quantitative easing, Borchardt said.The selling seen in Salesforce.com (CRM) has appeared to slow, as investors mull the company's recent acquistion of ExactTarget (ET). An upgrade from Goldman Sachs is likely helping, but the waves of insider selling and the change in the company's accounting scheme will likely keep many investors worried. It was also announced this morning that Apple (AAPL) will soon be banned from selling the iPad 2 and iPhone 4 in the U.S. The International Trade Commission ruled in favor of Samsung, citing a patent infringement was committed by Apple. It would also appear that Amazon (AMZN) is trying to launch a major rollout of its online grocery segment, although the company has remained relatively mum on the project, Borchardt said. The online retailer has been quietly working on the project for six years now. -- Written by Bret Kenwell in Petoskey, Mich. Follow @traderboy23
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Very reminiscent of District 9 that being said ......pretty good movie! Thought the acting was solid. And the ratio of "duh" moments were pretty low. Intense symbolism of the immigration issues in America, which I enjoyed them displaying.
A lot better than most recent thrillers or apocalyptic themed movies. The special effects are good, and much of the plot and characterization seems realistic, in contrast to most others in this genre.
This allegory reflecting our present congressional impotence regarding serious immigration issues portrays deserved and timely sympathetic concerns for the undocumented. The actors and script were predictable but there were random moments of brilliance to warrant continued viewing. Spoilers follow: Being aged enough to actually have known people who were tattooed by the Nazi nightmares of WWII, old-toto could fully appreciate the modern tattoo techniques applied and implemented in this future world to identify and control people. The Great Southern Wall of America (How well is that multi-billion dollar extravaganza working for us?) mirrors the intent of Elysium. Old_Toto also knows of Mexican field workers with serious injuries or illnesses carried north by their coworkers beyond the border and left knowing that they would receive excellent and humane care at the Yuma Regional Medical Center before being released back to the Border Patrol.
Age-old social, political and economic issues are given a futuristic treatment in "Elysium". A good cast and impressive cinematography make this film worth watching.
This turned out to be much better than i expected it to be overall period.Jodie Foster's performance in this movie is the best i have ever seen from her so far period.Foster's performance is a perfect example showing the political zombies in real life how the selected,not elected,real life politicians and how our elite slave masters really feel about the peasants in real life period.Our selected,not elected illegal alien USA president,Congress,and locally selected,not elected politicians are exactly like the wealthy and Jodie Foster's characters in this movie literally period.I probably would have given this 5 stars if the writer of this film would have explicitly told me how and why the planet Earth in this movie is overpopulated and polluted according to it's opinion.Our elite slave masters are LYING to us peasants about how we are overpopulating and polluting the Earth everyday,making excuses for depopulating us worldwide period.POLITICS OWNS US,BUT YOU DON'T HEAR ME THOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Neill Blomkamp may not be George Lucas or James Cameron but he is heading in that direction. He shows a possible version of the future loaded with haves and have nots. Not everyone is going to be wearing designer latex jumpsuits. Even in the future most of the population will be hating The Man.
Another fine effort. Hope he does a District 9 movie pt. 2.
Very well done movie. A pleasure to watch. I would recommend this movie for all to see. No fast forwarding on this one. No falling asleep on this DVD!!!!!
Okay movie. Not believable but somewhat entertaining. Matt Damon was better in the Bourne Trilogy.
Well done albeit brutal and violent but kudos to the movie makers for seeing to it that not everyone makes it out alive.
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Coarse Language: I think it'd be a good idea for the actors to wash their mouths with really strong soap.
Frightening or Intense Scenes: Take the R rating seriously.
Frightening or Intense Scenes: The whole movie is very intense and probably frightening for kids to watch. Heck, I'm 19 and it was a lot for me.
Violence: Much like District 9, this movie is extremely heavy in the violence department. Although all the action is very well done and the effects are fantastic. This guy knows how to make a serious action movie.
Coarse Language: Probably well over 100 f words and many other smaller swears. It's rated R for a reason.
Coarse Language: some swearing and saying the lords name in vain in one part
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December 12, 2000
The President, His Excellency, Vicente Fox Quesada
Residencia Oficial, De Los Pinos
Puerta Central, #1 E.R., Piso Col.
San Miguel, Chapultepec
11850, Mexico D.F.
President Fox:
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is pleased to congratulate you on becoming President of Mexico. We hope your term will be beneficial for the Mexican people, your nation, you personally, and the advancement of occupational safety and health and environmental management on a worldwide basis. We have read in media statements and other literature that one of your goals is the enhancement of occupational safety and health, and environmental management. ASSE stands ready to assist you, or your representatives, if there is a need for expertise in such matters.
ASSE is the oldest and largest society of safety professionals in the world. Founded in 1911, ASSE represents almost 32,000 dedicated safety professionals. Falling under the ASSE membership are Certified Safety Professionals, Certified Industrial Hygienists, Professional Engineers, Ergonomists, Academicians, Fire Protection Engineers, System Safety Experts, Health Professionals, and an impressive collection of other disciplines, skills, and backgrounds. We pride ourselves on our dedication to excellence, expertise, and commitment to the protection of people, property, and the environment on a worldwide basis. ASSE also has 12 practice specialty divisions consisting of: Construction, Consultants, Engineering, Environmental, Health Care, Industrial Hygiene, International, Management, Public Sector, Risk Management and Insurance, Mining, and Transportation. The ASSE members in these divisions are leaders in their field with the knowledge and expertise needed to move safety and health forward on a global level. They assist in developing national and international safety standards and national regulations based on their experience and knowledge.
As President of Mexico, we call on you to support, and officially celebrate, the second North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week, scheduled for May 6-12, 2001. ASSE is educating industries, corporations, organizations and the public on the significant benefits resulting from effective safety management programs and offering a series of "best practice" examples. The purpose of this multinational awareness week, is to focus the attention of employers, employees, and the general public on the importance of preventing injury and illness in the workplace and that safety is a worthwhile investment which positively impacts the organizational bottom line. ASSE sees NAOSH as a vehicle to encourage employers to survey their workplace safety programs and see if more can be done to utilize the expertise of safety professionals to prevent injuries and fatalities. ASSE is working on these initiatives with the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE), and we would also like to establish an official NAOSH relationship with the government of Mexico.
ASSE has worked with the Mexican government in the past addressing occupational safety and health issues. These activities included the Trinational NAFTA Conference held May 17 - 19, 2000 in Mexico City. The meeting focused on the globalization of safety and health in the workplace; methodologies for the analysis of dangers in the workplace; investment and administration in the application of safety and health; and preventive medical services in the workplace were the main topics. Rixio Enrique Medina, CSP, an ASSE member from Corpus Christi, Texas, with more than 22 years of professional experience in occupational health and safety in the petroleum and petrochemical industries participated in the trinational meeting in Mexico City represented the Society. ASSE's objective was to share business "best practices" with representatives from Mexico, Canada and the U S.
ASSE believes there is great opportunity for mutual benefit if such a partnership can be achieved. The results will be innovative methods to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of occupational safety and health and environmental management. We conclude by congratulating you once more, and look forward to working with you, or your representatives, on future safety, health, and environmental issues. Please feel free to contact ASSE should you have any questions, or suggestions on how we can work together.
Warmest Regards and Congratulations,
Samuel J. Gualardo, CSP
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- Cast: Anna Kendrick, Skylar Astin, Ben Platt, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean, Hana Mae Lee, Kelley Jakle, Wanetah Walmsley, Shelley Regner, Nicole Lovince, Adam DeVine, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Michael Viruet, David Del Rio, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins, Freddie Stroma, Jinhee Joung, Jacob Wysocki, Brock Kelly, Cameron Deane Stewart, Kether Donohue, Karen Gonzalez, Judd Lormand, Christopher Mintz-Plasse
- Director: Jason Moore
- Writers: Kay Cannon, Jeff Roda
- Producers: Elizabeth Banks, Paul Brooks, Max Handelman
- Co Producer: Jeff Levine
- Associate Producer: Siân McArthur
- Executive Producer: Scott Niemeyer
- Art Direction: Jeremy Woolsey
- Castings: Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee
- Costume Design: Salvador Pérez Jr.
- D.O.P.: Julio Macat
- Makeup: Debbie Zoller
- Musics: Christophe Beck, Mark Kilian
- Set Decoration: David Hack
Beca (Anna Kendrick) is that girl who'd rather listen to what's coming out of her headphones than what's coming out of you. Arriving at her new college, she finds herself not right for any clique but somehow is muscled into one that she never would have picked on her own: alongside mean girls, sweet girls and weird girls whose only thing in common is how good they sound when they sing together, in the new out-loud comedy "Pitch Perfect."
When Beca takes this acoustic singing group out of their world of traditional arrangements and perfect harmonies into all-new mash-ups, they fight to climb their way to the top of the cutthroat world of college a cappella. This could wind up either the coolest thing they'll ever do or the most insane, and it will probably be a little of both.
Loaded with new takes on old favorites to hits of right now that are seamlessly mixed together, mashed-up and arranged like you've never heard before, "Pitch Perfect" is directed by Jason Moore, who opened our eyes to the very misbehaved life of puppets in the surprise Broadway sensation "Avenue Q."
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- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Filming Locations: Louisiana, USA
- Production Companies: Brownstone Productions, Gold Circle Films
- Production Schedule: October 2011 - November 2011


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The Jingle Bell Run/Walk is a nationwide fundraising event held in November and December. Across the country the sound of jingle bells will be heard as families, friends, neighbors and all tie jingle bells to their running/walking shoes, don gay apparel and support the Arthritis Foundation's mission to prevent, control and cure arthritis and related diseases. Tis the season, so catch the spirit and join us for fun, food, entertainment, costume contests, prize drawings and more.
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ϟ 95) When Teddy was an infant, his hair turned color to match that of the person he wanted to hold him. This worked well when he wanted his godfather, which was often, but it became incredibly confusing when he sought a Weasley. There were many hasty rounds of pass-the-baby-because-dear-god-stop-the-crying.
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- 1 loaf stale sliced white bread
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter
- 1/2 cup golden raisins
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs, beaten
- 2 cups milk
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease with butter 3-quart casserole dish.
Butter both sides of bread slices, place on tin foil, and put into oven. Toast slices on both sides.
Place raisins in bowl of hot water to plump. Cover, soak for 20 minutes, and drain.
Combine sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla extract, and cinnamon. Mix well.
Break up toasted bread, and put in casserole dish. Add drained raisins. Pour egg mixture over bread, and stir.
Bake 40 minutes. Serve hot or cold.
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Nutrition Informationper serving (6 servings) POWERED BY Edamam
- Calories505
- Carbohydrates80 g (27%)
- Fat15 g (23%)
- Protein13 g (26%)
- Saturated Fat8 g (38%)
- Sodium406 mg (17%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat2 g
- Fiber3 g (14%)
- Monounsaturated Fat4 g
- Cholesterol121 mg (40%)
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The lawsuit, filed in Whatcom County Superior Court on behalf of Blaine Subway owner Dale Schrader and Blaine property owner Tom Bridge, claims the project requires an State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review because the work falls within 200 feet of a section of Cain Creek. The creek, he argued, constitutes a shoreline area and therefore requires DOT to obtain permits to do work there.
Project engineering manager
Jay Drye said the DOT will still install the two roundabouts planned for Peace
Portal Drive near the I-5 overpass but will stop short of making improvements
to a 90-foot section of Marine Drive between the railroad tracks and that
intersection. Those improvements would have included new sidewalks, road
widening, gutters, streetlights and directional signage.
They will also forgo improvements to the I-5 southbound off-ramp such as repaving and signage.
"We're not going to dispute this because we don't think it's substantial enough and it's not worth our time so we're just going to cut that work out without question," Drye said. "We feel like we've made a commitment to the community and the traveling public to get this done in 50 days and we want to follow through with that."
Drye added that the DOT may obtain necessary permits sometime in the future to complete the remaining work. In the meantime, crews have already begun replacing the asphalt they removed.
"We basically patched it back together and put right back what was there before," Drye said.
DOT engineers say the project will help ease traffic flow and is fully funded by the federal government and will complement border crossing improvements made by the General Service Administration.
Drye said the cuts won't
have a significant impact on the project's cost or construction time.
The decision comes after an email sent by Bridge to Blaine planning director Michael Jones. Jones responded in an April 8 email saying Bridge is "quite possibly correct" and that the work on Marine Drive appeared to be within a critical areas buffer. Jones then sent a letter to WSDOT's project manager requesting that DOT either comply or provide the city with information as to why they have not done so. Jones gave him until April 20 to do so.
Barry Wenger, however,
with the Washington state Department of Ecology, disagreed. In an email to
Bridge, Wenger said that because Cain Creek is less than 20 cubic feet per
second, it does not qualify as "shoreline jurisdiction" and therefore the
200-foot shoreline rule would not be measured from it.
Wenger said the 200-foot
shoreline rule is measured horizontally from the ordinary high water mark of
the harbor's shoreline. He added that although the DOE has jurisdiction in
issuing compliance orders, the department's involvement is not likely
"In this circumstance,
there does not appear to be a substantive compliance issue," he said.
Blaine city manager Gary
Tomsic said he was disappointed with the decision as the improvements to Marine
Drive had been a priority project for the city and Port of Bellingham for
several years. He added the improvements would have been fully paid by federal
funds, which would save money from the city's road improvement fund and that
the section will be completed at some future date, the construction for which
will disrupt traffic and access once again, most likely during high traffic
summer times.
The same is true of the road leading from the Peace Arch Customs facilities to D Street, he said.
"Our goal was to get the project finished by the end of May so that we would not disrupt the summer traffic," he said. "If someone can show me how the lawsuit helps the community, I would like to see it."
A preliminary hearing on the injunction has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 23 at Whatcom County Superior Court.


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North Korea local polls to help hereditary power succession - South agency
Friday, Jul 22,2011, 9:59:02 PM
Seoul, 22 July - North Korea is preparing to hold local elections this weekend in what analysts say could give a boost to leader Kim Jong Il's apparent move to hand over his power to his third and youngest son, Kim Jong-un.
North Koreans are set to elect deputies to local people's assemblies on Sunday [24 July] as state media ramped up its propaganda machine to justify the hereditary power succession.
A broadcaster called the election an important task to safeguard the North's socialist system for future generations, in an apparent move to induce people's allegiance to the heir apparent.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has accelerated steps to extend his family dynasty into a third generation since he suffered a stroke in 2008.
He named Jong-un vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of the North's ruling Workers' Party and a four-star general last year in the clearest sign yet to make him the next leader.
The succession would mark communism's second hereditary power transfer. The elder Kim inherited power from his father, the country's founder Kim Il Sung, who died in 1994.
Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul, said the local elections could be linked to cementing Kim Jong-un's eventual rise to power.
He also predicted some old deputies could be replaced by young representatives.
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Carnivores can continue to celebrate in Toronto – there's more restos than ever celebrating meat, especially on the popular West Queen West strip.
The Drake continues to expand its offerings and opened Drake BBQ, just two doors down from the main entrance. Now with the hotel's expansion just announced after seven years on Queen West, the General Store and BBQ will eventually have happy guests residing above.
The BBQ, like its American counterparts, has picked a few things to do well, and make life simple: diners can choose from Carolina pulled pork shoulder or Texas chopped beef brisket sandwich.
And the sides are just as simple – potato chips, pickles, peanuts or cole slaw and for those that need a sweet finish – whoopie pie.
And a rare Toronto offering, Drake BBQ is open until 3am unless the meat runs out.
Drake BBQ, 1142 Queen Street West (Dovercourt) Tuesday-Thursday 4pm-11pm, Friday-Saturday noon-late, Sunday noon-4pm


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Gary Allan 's upcoming album, Set You Free , doesn't feature a title song called "Set You Free." While Gary has used song titles for the name of his albums before, none of the tracks from this new project seemed to work in that capacity.
He says, "You want to do something that captures the flavor of the album and doesn't sound cheesy and says what you want to say, and I think Set You Free did."
So, where did Gary come up with that title? That phrase, "Set you free," shows up in the bridge of his latest hit, "Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)," and Gary thought it was cool to find the album title in the song lyrics.
The album title also sums up where Gary is in his life both personally with his family and professionally with his Nashville-based record label.
"I think it's very symbolic of where we're at right now," Gary says. " Set You Free is the perfect title for us."
Gary's new album, Set You Free , is due out Tuesday, January 22.
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The report came from a home on Applewood Drive in Danbury Township.
Police say Daniel Reep, 63, has been arrested for violating probation. He did not show up for a recent meeting with his probation officer, so police went to his home to find him.
More charges could be pending.
After investigating, the bomb squad decided there was no threat with the safes. They contained costume jewelry and papers. According to police, Reep wrote "explosives" on the safes as a deterrent to thieves.
No evacuations took place, but the Danbury Township Police made calls to residents within one mile of the area. Danbury students that live in the area stayed at school during the investigation.
Residents in the area said this is not normal for their community.
"I think it's insane. It's pretty crazy, [this is] a small community, and just knowing someone lives this close to you is kind of nerve racking," said neighbor Thomas Clifton.
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