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Emmy-award winning journalist Erika Tarantal joined WCVB Channel 5 as an anchor and reporter for NewsCenter 5 in February 2014.
Tarantal plays a significant role on the EyeOpener newscast and took over the anchor desk for the Midday news at noon when longtime anchor Susan Wornick retired at the end of February 2014.
Tarantal came to WCVB from News 4 New York, NBC's flagship station in New York City, where she anchored the weekend newscast and also was a primary fill-in co-anchor for WNBC's weekday morning newscast, "Today in New York."
She has reported on major stories ranging from the death of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict to hours of coverage during Superstorm Sandy and the tragic shootings in Newtown, Conn.
Tarantal joined News 4 New York as a general assignment reporter in December 2007.
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Prior to that, Tarantal rose through the ranks at News 12 in the Bronx where she started as a general assignment reporter before being promoted to anchor of the station's weekday morning newscast.
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Why Intel, Apple Need to team Up
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK: Intel's next CEO is likely to shepherd the top chipmaker into a growing contract-manufacturing business, a strategic shift that could lead to a deal with Apple Inc and give it a fighting chance to make inroads in the mobile arena.
Manufacturing chips on behalf of other companies is a major departure for Intel, which for decades has based its business on using its manufacturing prowess to offer its own PC chips superior to rival products. As PC sales contract and Intel's fabrication plants operate at less than full capacity, the chipmaker sees an opportunity to fill idle production lines while earning new revenue.
Such a move may also offer a backdoor of sorts into large-scale production of chips for mobile devices, where Intel has made little headway after underestimating the impact of the iPhone and iPad and falling behind more nimble rivals.
Intel said last week it will open up its prized manufacturing technology to make chips designed by fellow chipmaker Altera -- snagging its first sizeable customer in a contract manufacturing, or "foundry", business expected to grow.
That has spurred talk of an Apple deal. A source close to one of the companies says Intel and Apple executives have discussed the issue in the past year but no agreement has been reached.
"If you can have a strategic relationship where you're making chips for one of the largest mobile players, you should definitely consider that. And for Apple, that gets them a big advantage." said Pat Becker Jr, of Becker Capital Management, which owned about $39 million worth of Intel shares at the end of last year.
Intel's plan entails heavy capital spending, even as it struggles in its core market and has yet to find enough new demand to fill future fabrication plants. It would also mean getting into a foundry sector that, because it depends on volume to drive business, is highly vulnerable to economic swings and could compress Intel's industry-leading margins.
But it is a bet that analysts say is necessary if Intel wants to remain a top player. The company believes that taking on more contract manufacturing business will not only help fill an upcoming generation of production lines, but help pay for the cost of research to upgrade them.

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The four individuals, who were traveling in a Chevrolet Malibu that collided with a Honda Odyssey Tuesday, March 26, are Travis Gross, Courtney Ruppel, Mollie Ruppel, and Katelyn Martin, the Saginaw County Sheriff's Office confirmed.
The ages of the four individuals are between 16 and 20, according to a press release from the sheriff's office. The release also stated that the driver of the Malibu "lost control of the vehicle and spun around."
The sheriff's office said two of the vehicle's occupants are still suffering from "serious injuries," while two other passengers suffered "non-life threatening injuries."
Two females traveling in the Honda Odyssey suffered non-life threatening injuries, as well, and have been identified only as 63-year-olds from Grands Rapids and Allendale.
Two of the females who were traveling in the Malibu have attended Hemlock Public Schools, according to Hemlock High School Principal Mike Vondette. Molly Ruppel currently attends Hemlock Alternative High School, Vondette said, while Katelyn Martin was a student at the school district "a few years back."
Vondette said Molly Ruppel had attended Hemlock High School, as well, and has been a student within the district "on and off for the past couple of years." He said she was previously a student at the nearby Merrill Community School District.
Officials from the Merrill School District did not immediately return calls from MLive.
According to Vondette, a few students reached out to a counselor at the school Wednesday, March 27, to talk about the crash, which injured their classmate.
According to the sheriff's office, the four passengers lived in Hemlock, Merrill, and Grayling.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing, the press release stated.


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Introduce your child to place value, carrying, and complex addition with this adorable worksheet! Ask your child to re-write each equation vertically and then solve using regrouping. He can start by adding up the right column, and then move the remainder over to the left column.


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Young Willie Miner first arrived at his aunt Huldah and uncle John's homestead farm in Chazy from Juneau, Wis. in 1873, after his father died leaving him orphaned. He set out to find his way in the world in 1880, taking a job as a machine shop apprentice with the Wabash Railway Company.
He invented the tandem spring draft rigging, the first truly reliable shock protection mechanism for refrigerated railway cars, and was granted a patent for his invention in 1891.That same year in Chicago, he started the W.H. Miner Company.
The Miner Company filled its first order, for draft rigging on 10 cars for the Chicago, New York and Boston Refrigerator Company in 1894. Four years later, his Miner Tandem Draft Rigging was in use by 16 railroads on 15,000 railcars and William H. Miner was well on his way to becoming one of the wealthiest men in the nation.
After his Uncle John died and willed the 144-acre homestead to him, in 1903, he returned to Chazy, a multi-millionaire, with his wife, Alice Trainer, also an orphan, who he'd married, in 1895. In time, he and Alice would come to own more than 15,000 acres.
William Miner's vision for the farm combined rural life, agricultural science and occasional eccentricity. He quickly began to develop the homestead, which he called Heart's Delight Farm, into a state-of-the-art dairy farm, bringing electricity to the site in 1908 and installing one of the first vacuum milking systems in North America. In a very short time, more than 300 buildings were erected or renovated, including barns, stables, homes for his farm managers, and bunkhouses for the laborers. He also built a 46 room summer home, called Hearts Delight Cottage, for Alice and himself, and Harmony Hall, a four-story building with 20 guest rooms and an auditorium, where businessmen, politicians and royalty from around the world stayed when visiting the farm. Eventually, Heart's Delight Farm and all of its many operations would grow to employ 800 people, selling meat, eggs, dairy, fruit and vegetables to a who's who list of customers that included New York City's Waldorf Astoria Hotel and the Palmer House in Chicago.
Miner also built a number of dams and power houses in and around Chazy, bringing electricity to Heart's Delight Farm and to the village of Chazy. Among them is the Chazy Lake Dam. Also among them, however, was a failed hydroelectric project constructed between 1910 and 1913. The Miner Dam, a project of nearly incomprehensible magnitude at the time, spans an area nearly 2300 feet long and is more than 32 feet tall at its maximum height. It was expected to hold one billion gallons of water and was intended to harness the energy of the Little Chazy River. After its completion in 1913, it took nearly another two years to fill the reservoir to capacity.
Unfortunately, seepage through Cobblestone Hill, on the northern boundary of the reservoir, jeopardized and eventually doomed the project, even after a thick layer of concrete and poured grout was used to try to alleviate the problem. The dam worked, but never to expectations, and the project was abandoned in 1922, after just seven years in operation.
Among William Miner's lasting contributions to the local community was the oversight of a merger of 11 small area schools into Chazy Central (Rural) School, which he had built in 1916. It was the first central school established in the United States. In 1926, he built the 212 room Physicians Hospital, known today as Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital (CVPH), in Plattsburgh. He also purchased the Kent-Delord House in Plattsburgh to be founded as a museum. Kent-Delord House received its provisional charter from the New York State Board of Regents in 1928 and its final charter 10 years later.
Miner purchased another building in Chazy to house Alice's ever-increasing colonial arts collection and, in 1924 the Alice T. Miner Colonial Collection was made available to the public in a renovated 1824 stone building. Often called the Alice T. Miner Colonial Revival Museum, it houses and, according to the museum's mission statement, (preserve(s) in perpetuity the collection, buildings, and grounds and interpret(s) their meaning and significance to a diverse audience.) The Museum houses several period rooms including an authentic colonial kitchen. A special endowment created by the Miners still funds the Alice T. Miner Colonial Collection today.
In 1923, Miner established the William H. Miner Foundation, which funds the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute, more commonly known as Miner Institute, which was chartered by the Board of Regents of the State of New York in 1951 'for the operation and maintenance of an experimental farm, for training young men and women in practical and theoretical farming.' Miner Institute remains an acknowledged leader in agricultural education, research and demonstration. The Foundation also continues to provide support for Chazy Central School and CVPH Medical Center.
William H. Miner died in 1930, bizarrely enough, as a result of complications from a tonsillectomy performed at Physicians Hospital. His philanthropic legacy lives on.


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At the February garden shows I managed to resist buying anything on my must-have/must-replace list. Instead, I bought plants that weren't on my list. I swear I tried not to, but I can't seem to pass by cactus and succulents -- the weirder the better.
Fortunately, the 4-inch pots are relatively inexpensive, $4-$5 apiece. For the price of one plant, I can get six bizarre cactuses. And it doesn't matter that they're small. I don't want them to get big.
My collection is growing. I didn't count, but I'd say two dozen at least. Problem is I have to bring them in for the winter and my sunny breakfast room is becoming a dangerous place. Just ask my new kitty, Annie.
I've collected a lot of things over the years: Barbies, toy horses, perfume bottles, crosses, bracelets. But I have to say, this one is the weirdest. Oh, well, I'll stop when I stop -- or when I can't fit any more in the house. Maybe next, I'll collect carnivorous plants ...
If you want to see more weirdness, check out this photo gallery of crested forms of cactus, as well as at excellent northern California nursery San Marcos Growers.


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GRAND RAPIDS -- Funeral arrangements were set today for four members of the same family who were shot and killed Thursday in the rampage by Rodrick Dantzler.
Jennifer Heeren, 29; her parents, Thomas Heeren, 51, and Rebecca Heeren, 52; and the daughter Jennifer Heeren had with Dantzler, 12-year-old Kamrie Heeren Dantzler, all were shot in Grand Rapids's worst killing spree.
Dantzler also killed former girlfriend, Kimberlee Emkens, 23; her sister, Amanda Emkens, 27; and Amanda's daughter, Marissa Emkens, 10.
Visitation for the Heerens is 12-3 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at Sunshine Community Church, 3300 E. Beltline.
The funeral is 1 p.m. Friday at the church.
Services for the Emkens family are 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Jude Catholic Church, 1120 Four Mile Road. Visitation is 2-8 p.m. Tuesday at Reyers North Valley Chapel, 2815 Fuller Ave. NE.
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MIDLAND, MI — Gregg Grobbel of Essexville joined the Great Lakes Safety Training Center as a safety specialist. Grobbel teaches Hazwoper, CPR/AED/First Aid, Construction Maintenance and other.
Grobbel is a City of Midland firefighter with over 25 years of firefighting experience. He's certified in Hazwoper, Confined Space, Technical Rescue and as an American Red Cross Lay Responder Instructor. He also teaches for the Fire Fighter Training Council. Gobble earned a degree in landscape design and construction from Michigan State University.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With the Fourth of July just three weeks away, cops arrested two Long Island men yesterday allegedly entering the borough with illegal fireworks from Maryland, underscoring their annual drive to seize the contraband as it crosses into New York.
Erik Keesler, 32, and Keith Meier, 23, were pulled over on the Staten Island Expressway and Richmond Avenue around 6:20 p.m., said court papers.
NYPD Intelligence Division officers followed the Mastic residents from Maryland after they bought $2,000 worth of mortars, Roman candles and other assorted fireworks in the Old Line State, said a law enforcement source.
The suspects were each charged with a misdemeanor count of unlawfully dealing with fireworks, said a spokesman for District Attorney Daniel Donovan.


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Michigan was the only state in the nation to lose population consistently over the past decade.
In particular, many young, educated adults pulled up stakes and headed elsewhere for jobs.
The brain drain trend must end.
It's that simple. And that challenging.
As a recent follow-up on the whereabouts of Heritage High School's Class of 2000 shows, Saginaw County and the rest of the Great Lakes Bay Region are no exception.
Ten years later, a survey of 229 classmates found that only 26 percent of them had stayed in Saginaw County. The higher their level of education, the more likely they were to have left the county or the state.
None of those surveyed who had earned master's degrees or doctorates remained in their hometown.
Tina Choudri, for instance, who is a medical resident in Washington, D.C., said she believed it was expected that graduates would leave the area to attend college and pursue careers. She has no plans to move back at this point.
As she put it: "Family would be the biggest draw to come back, but there are just more jobs, more opportunities elsewhere."
That is the mindset our community and our state must change, but that will only happen if we have the jobs and the quality of life here to back it up.
Long gone are the days when the automobile industry steered our future. But our region is home to an emerging industry: alternative energy.
It's going to need workers in the coming years. The Great Lake Bay Region, as well as the rest of the state, would be foolish to ignore this fledgling industry's future needs.
As it puts down roots and continues to grow in what is being called the Solar Valley, a.k.a., the Saginaw Valley, it will need a skilled and educated work force at the ready.
In turn, those workers will demand amenities and services, health care options, etc. All of this will spawn more jobs and opportunities for graduates in our community.
Given the state and the region's high unemployment, which continue to outpace the national rate, we need to be sure that we have the workers to fill those jobs, which likely will be the sort to support families and offer our region the kind of economic stability it hasn't enjoyed in recent years.
We're lucky to have area leaders and educators who have been paying attention and recognized the opportunities that will exist here. With that in mind, they are mapping out an appropriate course for students today.
For instance, in response to a need for chemical process operators in the Saginaw Bay solar industry, Delta College began a Fast Track program in 2008 to quickly train people with prior experience — such as laid-off autoworkers — to work as operators at Hemlock Semiconductor, Dow Chemical Co. and Dow Corning Corp.
Anything solar involves a chemical process, so the demand in that area shows no signs of slowing, as new solar companies, such as Evergreen Solar in Midland, and Suniva and GlobalWatt in Saginaw County, arrive.
But we're not just talking about the college level. We're talking about high school students who wisely will be steered into the sciences and groomed for future careers in alternative energy.
The Saginaw Intermediate School District is overseeing the new Great Lakes Bay Early College program, for which the state Department of Education has earmarked $400,000. Among the partners of the early college program are some of the industry's key players, including Dow Corning, Hemlock Semiconductor Group, Dow Chemical and Merrill Technology Group.
Students in the program will attend high school for five years, but the final two years will be spent exclusively at Delta College, Saginaw Valley State University and Davenport University, where their course work will focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
The program fully integrates these high school juniors and seniors into college courses for as many as 60 credit hours.
We'd argue the education at all levels should be geared toward helping tomorrow's adults eventually transition into careers that will be in demand, especially in our community. That's what will keep students here for their education's, what will keep graduates here for jobs, and what ultimately will bring more businesses here to relocate or expand.
The first batch of students — 80 from Saginaw County, 40 from Bay County and 40 from Midland County — is scheduled to start the program in the fall.
That can't come soon enough. The earlier the Great Lakes Bay Region can establish itself as a key player in this new industry, the better. Maybe then more students from future graduating classes will have incentives to stay.


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After weeks of speculation, it appears the NFL schedule is finally set to be released in the next couple days.
When it finally does come out, one thing seems like a safe bet -- expect the Eagles and head coach Chip Kelly to make plenty of prime-time appearances.
Last season, the Eagles were scheduled to have just two prime-time games -- a Monday Night Football matchup with the Washington Redskins, and a Thursday night game against their former coach, Andy Reid. By the time the season was over, however, the Eagles had added two Sunday night games thanks to the flex scheduling. This season, the flex probably won't be needed, as the NFL will make sure Kelly, Nick Foles, LeSean McCoy and the Eagles see plenty of time under the lights.
Here are the five games most likely to be listed as prime-time matchups when the schedule comes out. The week numbers are purely speculative.
Redskins at Eagles, Monday Night Football, Week 1
History likes to repeat itself, and with DeSean Jackson now on the Washington Redskins, it very well could in Week 1. This time, however, the Eagles will get to open the season at home as NFC East champions -- and with Philly fans waiting for the return of Jackson.
Eagles at Cardinals, Monday Night Football, Week 5
Last season, the Eagles and Cardinals met with plenty of playoff implications on the line. With both teams once again expected to be in postseason contention, it makes sense to pit them against each other in prime-time. Getting the Cardinals on ESPN early makes sense for the NFL, just in case they take a step back in 2014.
Eagles at Cowboys, Sunday Night Football, Week 12
The Eagles and the Cowboys always face off on Sunday night, and it always seems to be in Dallas. The Cowboys have some major question marks heading into next season, with both head coach Jason Garrett and quarterback Tony Romo seemingly on the hot seat. The Cowboys might not be in the race for the NFC East, so giving the Eagles the chance to finish the Cowboys and their playoff hopes in Week 12 is a safe move by the NFL -- because if it is much later, the game might not mean anything.
Eagles at Packers, Saturday Night Football, Week 15
The NFL is heading back to Saturday night this year, and all we know is the games will be late in the season. The NFL is taking a chance by doing this, and if there is one team to take a bet on to draw ratings, it is the Eagles. It might not hold the meaning of a Sunday night game, but people will tune in to see Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers take on Kelly's offense -- which is all the NFL cares about.
Giants at Eagles, Sunday Night Football, Week 17
Despite having a down season, the New York Giants seem to have "bounce back" team written all over them. The NFL doesn't schedule a Week 17 prime-time game, but if the Eagles and Giants are fighting for the NFC East title, we could be seeing the rivals on Sunday Night Football to decide a division champ. Week 17 has basically become known as the NFC East championship game, as the last three seasons have been decided in the final week's prime-time slot.
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Though invasive species and arid weather stifled agriculture significantly over the summer, a handful of volunteers were able to produce more than 3,000 pounds of vegetables for the St. Susan Soup Kitchen.
The Giving Gardens Program, an initiative led by Creating Healthy Places to Live Work and Play, asked local residents to grow a garden over the summer and donate the produce it yielded to St. Susan's. Though the program was in its first year, an unexpectedly large number of people participated. As a means of saying "thank you," Creating Healthy Places hosted a dinner for participants to attend Wednesday.
"We wanted to have this dinner tonight just to say 'thank you' to everyone and to get some ideas on what we could do better for next year," said Kerry Mihalko, healthy foods consultant for Creating Healthy Places. "Next year we would like to start a little bit earlier so we could have some spring crops too. So we're getting some ideas about what worked an what would be better."
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Creating Healthy Places hosted a dinner for Giving Gardens Program participants Wednesday.
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Volunteers who attended the dinner went on to discuss what they felt was successful about this year's program and what they believed would help to make the program better in the future.
"I think everything with the program worked out really well this year," said Christina Farnham. "There was no pressure as to when everything needed to be delivered to St. Susan's. I was able to bring the produce when I had business in Jamestown. The program provided cages to keep the gardens enclosed. The only thing I wish I could have done was grown more for the program, because I'm pretty sure I have extra space."
Farnham continued by commenting on how much she appreciated that the Giving Gardens program providing the seeds for the garden and that growing a garden for the program provided another opportunity to spend time with her family.
"The best advice that can be given to someone who would like to participate in the program next year is to laugh at your mistakes," said Frank Knapp. "This year I planted a pumpkin only a few inches away from a tomato plant thinking everything would be fine. Everyone will make a few mistakes, but the point of the gardens is to help feed those who have trouble feeding themselves, which the gardens achieve. It's nice that, on the side, it helps you learn how to become a better gardener through trial and error."
Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work, and Play is a NYS initiative to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent obesity and type 2 diabetes.
This initiative works to improve the health and physical activity status for New York communities by:
Increasing the availability and accessibility of places to be physically active.
Creating and maintaining community landscapes conducive to physical activity, such as playgrounds and walking trails.
Increasing the availability and accessibility of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Increasing the healthful quality of foods offered for sale at local restaurants and corner stores.
Those who are interested in how Creating Healthy Places is impacting Chautauqua County or how to help can find more information at www.cchn.net/home/tabid/123/Default.aspx.


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Musicians - you probably spend a lot of money supporting your craft every year, paying for instruments and amps, photos and photocopies, practice room space and van rentals. Wouldn't it be nice to deduct some of lose expenses on your income taxes? Maybe you can.
Business or Hobby?
First you need to figure out if making music is your hobby or your business.That is, do you do it for pleasure, or to make a living? If it's a business, you can probably deduct the cost of your equipment and other expenses and fees on your tax return. If it's a hobby, you can only deduct only up to the amount of income you earned from the hobby. Intuit offers expert advice on their website, with several sections dealing with common questions about the hobby/business differentiation.
Sections include "What you need to know about turning a hobby into a business," "How do I convince the IRS that I'm serious about my business?"
"What can I do if my business is audited?" and "What if my business really is a hobby? Can I write off my expenses?"
What if it's more than a hobby, but you're not in it for a profit (and haven't made a profit)? See this page from the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, particularly the section about 3/4 the way down the page, entitled ACTIVITIES NOT ENGAGED IN FOR PROFIT. (Keep in mind that this site was created for people who are accountants, not for those of us that need accountants.)
Play the Part
If you have decided that yes, your music is indeed a business venture, you need to know that the IRS says "The music business... present(s) unique problems in an income tax audit." Translation: tread carefully. While you are entitled to deduct expenses from your business, you have to make sure to learn what you can and cannot claim, ensure that you report all your earnings from music and document everything.
Solid Business Advice
Make sure you are operating like a business.
Keep good books and accurate records.
Get business cards.
Get a business license or separate taxpayer ID number (TIN).
Incorporate your band. Open a P.O. Box.
Join Musicians' organizations and/or unions.
Copyright your work. Register your songs with a performing rights organization (such as ASCAP, BMI or SECAC).
How You File
To deduct business expenses, fill out a Schedule C and file it with your Federal Form 1040. If you're self-employed, you will probably have to also file a Schedule SE. (According to IRS Publication 533, you must pay self-employment taxes if your net earnings from self-employment activities were over $400.)
On Schedule C, Line A, you'll need to know your principal business code.
It's listed in TurboTax under "Services: Personal, Professional & Business,"
then under "Amusement & Recreational Services." (So that's what the IRS thinks musicians are!) Code 9811 is for musicians - as well as theatrical performers, agents, producers and those in related fields.
Having a hard time getting the forms you need? Try the IRS' Tax Fax
Services or download them over the Internet. Many of these forms are in PDF format, which requires you also download the free Adobe Acrobat reader.
What can you deduct?
If you spent money to run your music business, you should be able to deduct it from your income taxes. The IRS says in Publication 535: "To be deductible, a business expense must be both ordinary and necessary. An ordinary expense is one that is common and accepted in your trade or business. A necessary expense is one that is helpful and appropriate for your trade or business."
Here are some categories to think about (while keeping in mind that you'll have to separate business use from personal/pleasure use, at least in the eyes of the IRS):
Equipment/gear & accessories (amps, pedals, effects, straps, carrying cases) Consumable supplies (such as drum skins & sticks, guitar strings & picks) Music business books, record company directories, venue directories Subscriptions to trade magazines (such as Billboard and CMJ)) Sheet music and "How-To" books and manuals
Promotional: CD/tape duplication (for demos), photos, bios Office supplies: paper, envelopes, photocopies, stamps Fees related to maintaining your website and e-mail access for your music-related activities Rent for storing your gear and for your practice space Membership in professional organizations, associations & unions Professional fees (attorney, manager, agent, accountant) Copyright and registration fees Lessons & instruction Travel expenses Losses by theft
Some of these expenses can be deducted in full, while others must be depreciated. See IRS Publication 946 ("How To Depreciate Property") for more information.
Can you deduct for a home office?
If you're a performing artist, Certified Public Accountants tell us that no, you can't take a home office deduction: For musicians, the principal place of employment is where the performance occurs, not the home practice area."
If you run a studio out of your home, or your principal business is not to perform but to record or sell your music otherwise (such as by the sale of CDs or tapes, or if you operate principally as a songwriter/jinglewriter), that rule may not apply.
Be Prepared
I remember hearing that self-employed people are at more of a risk for an audit, and I can believe it. Add into that equation that you're an artist (which may make the business side of things a little harder to substantiate) I'd suggest that your expenses may well exceed your profits, and you're live bait. That's not to say it's not worth claiming legitimate expenses because you run the risk of an audit, just that you need to be accurate and be prepared.
You need to also be ready to answer questions like these below, culled from an IRS audit guide. This document was secured by AIM's Tax Center from the Internal Revenue Service through the Freedom of Information Act. (As it is part of a government document, I'm reproducing this list here.)
Important Questions that the IRS might be concerned about:
Explain all the different roles you play in the music industry. (Such as performer, songwriter, studio musician, recording artist, etc.) What form of organization have you designed to be involved in these ventures? (Such as sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, etc.) Are you self-employed for any of your activities? (File Schedule "C" and "SE").
From what sources do you receive income?
How are these sources of income reported to you? (Form W-2, Form 1099, statement, settlement sheet, contractual agreement, partnership Schedule K-1, etc.) Who keeps up with all your records and where are the records currently located?
What type of expenses do you incur?
Who keeps up with your expenses and where are the supporting records located?
What contractual agreements do you have through your business? Furnish copies.
Have you been examined [audited] previously? If so, what were the results?
What assets have you purchased that you use in your business?
How have these assets been handled for tax purposes?
Have you ever made or received any "payoffs" to obtain or maintain a position in the music industry?
Do you ever receive cash payments? If so, what is done with the money? (Used to pay bills, deposited into a bank account, etc.) More of the document is on the AIM website, and is well worth reading, at least to get an idea of what the gameplan might be in case of an audit.
Proving It
So now you know - if you didn't already - that the IRS are absolute sticklers for detail. Document everything! I suggest you make a copy just for your tax file of pretty much anything related to your music, such as:
Every letter and every press release you sent Responses from record companies, radio stations - anyone - to verify that you have been active in the pursuit of your music Gig fliers/postcards (even the postmarked "return to sender" ones are helpful for this) A copy of your mailing list All press mentions - and if you have none (or very few), keep the ad or newspaper listing from any shows you play All receipts and invoices for everything you pay out or earn that's band-related. Make sure everything has a date and any other supporting information written down on it somewhere.
If you haven't already kept detailed records, start now - and do your best to reconstruct everything up to this point NOW, rather than some random point in the future when you might get audited. Really put some effort into keeping this up - if you don't, and you get audited with a poor end result, you could owe back taxes and penalties otherwise, and any future music-related deductions will be closely scrutinized.
When in doubt, ask a professional or don't deduct it. (I recommend that you keep those "questionable but not deducted" receipts, though - if you ever get audited, they might be helpful.) Keep all of your tax-related records for at least seven years.
Is It Worth It?
You definitely should take whatever deductions are allowed - we don't get many tax breaks in the country... well, not unless you're rich. ;-)
While I'm not a tax professional, these tips represent some of what I've learned when filing several IRS Schedule C's over the years. When all is said and done, and especially if you have earned a lot or are deducting a lot of money, you might be better off doing what the guys Hyperreal suggest: get yourself a tax attorney and/or have her or him advise you. This is particularly true if you're not used to filling out tax forms.
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Elizabeth A. Hancock (nee Kneile) of New Providence, passed away at Overlook Medical Center in Summit on Friday, April 12, 2013, at the age of 89.
Private funeral services are under the direction of Paul Ippolito Summit Memorial, 7 Summit Ave., Summit. For more information or to send condolences, visit ippolitofuneralhomes.com.
Elizabeth was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. and had resided in New Providence, since 1958. She worked in the insurance industry for many years before her retirement 25 years ago.
Elizabeth was a member of the New Providence Senior Citizens. She enjoyed bowling, playing bridge and bingo, and trips to Atlantic City.
She was the beloved wife of the late Robert J. Hancock. Loving mother of Betty Anne Wood of New Providence and Barbara Hancock of Morris Plains. Dear sister of Irene Smith, formerly of Califon. Cherished grandmother of Erin Peterman and her husband, Michael, of New Providence.
In lieu of flowers, make donations in her memory to New Providence EMS, 7 Academy St., New Providence, NJ 07974.


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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Most of you should be familiar with actress Jade Seah, who first appeared on TV for Miss Singapore Universe 2006! However, most of you probably don't know she has an online store - maryjulian.com
maryjulian.com by Jade Seah was created out of a desire to design flattering, quality garments that make women both feel & look beautiful wearing them. maryjulian.com is especially close to Jade's heart, named after her grandparents - Mary & Julian - whose love survived a tumultuous journey before marriage.
Her grandfather passed away 3 years ago. Their love is what inspired Jade to create the label, influenced by her grandmother's meticulous eye for detail & looking polished. Jade personally tries on each & every single sample piece before considering it for sale & often alters every slightest detail for a better finish.
I'm glad I can showcase a few pieces here!
For full item specifics & other designs, visit maryjulian.com :)
The pretty pastel purple-green maryjulian tags!
#1 Multi-knit Pullover in Light Candy
This colourful piece is easy to match & very comfortable!
It's knitted but is not too thick & is still suitable for Singapore's weather :) Comes in Dark Candy too!
#2 Bonnie Bow Back in Blue
I love the bow-back design of this cute piece! It is also light & airy, made of quality chiffon.
Comes in Black too if you prefer a more formal look!
P.S. The top was not pulled down properly here (T_T) I didn't notice!
#3 Pastel Floral Slit Shorts in Pink
Floral shorts! Love or what? Comes in Green too!
It comes with a side-zip for easy wear & fit me snugly!
Shorts with a good cut are always difficult to find so I was pleasantly surprised by this pair!
#4 Misner Flapback Dress in Cyan
I love this dress!!! <3
Two features I love: high-low skirt & waist cut-outs
And this colour is really refreshing too, but they also have it in Yellow, Blue & Black!
Definitely my favourite from this collection because it's so pretty!
#5 Tania Summer Dress in Sunshine
Super cute & comfortable dress for a casual day out!
This dress will great for the summer & we're just in time for that!
Comes in Moss (blue-green) as well :)
"My dream is for every woman to wear a maryjulian & feel the same way they do when in love; not only look gorgeous, but to truly feel & believe that she is. I hope ladies will fall in love with the way a maryjulian piece makes them feel & of course, to fall in love with maryjulian originals in general!"
- Jade Seah -
maryjulian.com pieces are of a great quality & come in a wide range of designs that suit different tastes!
I think they're especially suitable for summer trends now, which are a lot about strong colours!
And in the 5 pieces I featured above there's already a range of casual to formal, depending on what colours you pick & how you match them :) So it's up to you!
I can't get her grandparents' romantic story out of my head after learning the meaning behind maryjulian.com! Wishing eternal love & happiness to each & every one of you, fall in love with a maryjulian.com piece :)
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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania -- Scribbles in my Browns notebook as they prepare to end the season in Pittsburgh:
1. The Browns have five players named to the Pro Bowl team, but they have only four victories this season -- and are very likely to finish 4-12. What does that mean?
2. Four of the Pro Bowlers are on offense. Think about that … four. And the Browns offense ranks 27th in points scored. Yes, overall they rank 15th in yards gained, but the key is getting the ball in the end zone.
3. The four Pro Bowlers on offense are Joe Thomas (left guard), Alex Mack (center), Josh Gordon (receiver) and Jordan Cameron (tight end). The good news for this coaching staff is that Gordon and Cameron have emerged as legitimate impact players. Both had potential after last season -- this year, they produced.
4. But four players and still an inept offense? Not only does it show the need for a better quarterback, but how about a running back? The Browns rank 27th in rushing. They have only four rushing touchdowns this season -- dead last. The next team has six.
5. I received an email pointing out that the Browns are averaging more yards per rushing attempt (4.0) than AFC North rivals Baltimore (3.1), Pittsburgh (3.5) and Cincinnati (3.6). Furthermore, at No. 27, the Browns still rank ahead of Baltimore (32) and Pittsburgh (29) in rushing.
6. All of that is true. Here's what it tells me: All those teams need to improve their running game. The Bengals do have 13 rushing touchdowns. Remember, the ultimate goal is the get the ball in the end zone.
7. The Browns would be foolish to fail to sign Mack. The approach to free agency by this front office is to sign players coming off their rookie contracts, players in their late 20s. Mack is 28, and fits the profile.
8. My guess is a player such as Mack is not truly appreciated until you have to replace him.
9. T.J. Ward was selected as an alternate. He also will be a free agent. He also is coming off his rookie contract. He turned 27 on Dec. 12. He seems like another obvious keeper.
10. With Gordon and Cameron signed for next season -- and the Browns actually rank 12th in passing yardage in 2013 -- it hints the team could have an excellent passing attack in 2014 with just above average quarterback play.
11. Joe Haden made his first Pro Bowl. The issue will be finding someone to play the other cornerback. Leon McFadden has been very iffy. The third-rounder from 2013 needs a lot of work. Buster Skrine started well, but he's probably just OK.
12. For what it's worth, an NFL executive told me that only about 25 percent of all third-rounders end up being legitimate starters. On the Browns, Shawn Lauvao is the only third-rounder who starts. He is a free agent at the end of the season.
13. The only other third-rounder on the roster is John Hughes, picked up in 2012. He is a backup defensive linemen but the coaches believe he does have a chance to eventually become a starter.
14. Here's why I want the Browns to keep Mack and Ward -- the team has so many holes at other positions to fill, why create more holes? And this team has the most salary cap room in the NFL, so that should not be an issue.
15. If the Browns lose to Pittsburgh, that means the team has a 3-17 record after Dec. 1 since 2010. And December usually is when you learn a lot about your team.


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ALLDAFFER, Lindsay M. and Robert M., of Jackson, a son, William Scott, born May 5, 8 pounds at Allegiance Health. Grandparents are Cyndi and Mike Alldaffer of Jackson, and Amy and Scott Stephens of Grass Lake. Great-grandparents are Jacque and Robert Alldaffer of Spring Arbor, Kaylene and Robert Myers of Jackson, Norma Stephens of Ocala, Fla., and Peggy and Robert Richardson of Jackson.
ANDERSON, Crystal L., of Jackson, a son, Juel, born May 8, 6 pounds, 12 ounces at Allegiance Health. Grandmother is Regina Anderson of Flint.
CARSON, Mary and William, of Stockbridge, a daughter, Anaclaire Francesca, born May 9, 8 pounds, 9 ounces at Allegiance Health. Grandparents are Bobbi Farley of Mineral Point, Mo., Timothy Farley Sr. of Potosi, Mo., and Elizabeth and William Carson III of St. Clair Shores. Great-grandparents are Edward and Doris Vick Sr. of Mineral Point, Mo., Polly Dickenson of Jonesboro, Tenn., and Dorothy Carson of Eastpoint.
HOOVER, Rachel N., and FOSTER, Jerome L. Jr., of Jackson, a son, Graysen Matthew Foster, born May 3, 6 pounds, 2 ounces at Allegiance Health. Grandparents are Brenda and Gary Hoover of Stockbridge, and Denise and Kevin Coolbaugh of Jerome. Great-grandparents are Judith and Bob Varga of Cement City.
GIBBS, Heather N., of Jackson, a daughter, Amiyah Lynn, born May 5, 6 pounds, 9 ounces at Allegiance Health. Grandparents are Melody Gibbs of Jackson, Mary and William Gibbs of Jackson, and Charles Tappan of Canton. Great-grandparents are Virginia and Walter Gibson of Jackson, Edith Tappan of Jackson, and Nina Gibbs of Jackson.
GILBERT, Jennifer L. and Thomas P., of Spring Arbor, a son, Kayden Thomas, born May 8, 7 pounds, 5 ounces at Allegiance Health. Grandparents are Sheri and Brian Giordan of Jackson, Laurie and Jerry Walters of Jackson, and Barb and Paul Gilbert of Jackson. Great-grandparents are Phillip Giordan of Jackson, June and Fred North of Jackson, Barb and Gary Hancock of Spring Arbor, and Larry Butler of Jackson.
GILLETT, Kathryn A. and Clive D II, of Jackson, a daughter, Allison Kay, born May 7, 7 pounds, 10 ounces at Allegiance Health. Grandparents are Clive Gillett of Jackson, and Bonita and Danny Tatar of Jackson.
HART, Casei L., and MEYERS, Eric A., of Jackson, a son, Jonathan James Meyers, born May 8, 7 pounds, 7 ounces at Allegiance Health. Grandparents are Patty and Jamie Hart of Grass Lake, and Kristy Meyers of Grass Lake. Great-grandparents are Sandy and Danny Hart of Grass Lake, Larry Johnston of Brooklyn, and Joyce and Dewight Hultgren of Marion.
JOHNSON, Olivia R. and Matthew P., of Brooklyn, a daughter, Penelope Rose, born May 10, 6 pounds, 1 ounce at Allegiance Health. Grandparents are Susan Ronen of Brooklyn, John Ponagai of Brooklyn, and Patricia and Ronald Johnson of Brooklyn. Great-grandparents are Germaine Ponagai of Dearborn, and Gloria Haughian of Jackson. Grandparents are Sherry and John Lemmon of Jackson, Colleen Fischer of Jackson, and Ed Sickmiller of Jackson. Great-grandparents are Edwina and Harold Burgett of Jackson, Maxine Fischer of Kinde, and Barnie Sickmiller of Leesburg, Fla.
LEMMON, Diana L. and David J., of Jackson, a daughter, Rosalyn Grace, born May 5, 10 pounds at Allegiance Health.
LUSBY, Jennifer M., and VALENZUELA, Gonzalo R., of Jackson, a daughter, Shy Ann Mae, born May 8, 6 pounds, 8 ounces at Allegiance Health. Grandparents are Carol Valenzuela of Jackson, Mary Inman and Stan Grimes of Albion, Sherre and David Lusby of Ariz., and Magdelena and Gonzalo Delarosa of Rives Junction. Great-grandmother is Ester Pizano of Jackson.
MANTHEI, Danielle M. and James M., of Jackson, a son, Lyrick James, born May 3, 5 pounds, 13 ounces at Allegiance Health. Grandparents are Wanda Manthei of Albion, James Manthei of Montevallo, Al., Susan Brown of Jackson, and Danny Campa of Evansville, Ind. Great-grandparents are Jean Brown of Michigan Center, and Elizabeth Campa of Albion.
PERKINS, Kathryn M. and Bradley D Jr., of Jackson, a daughter, Samantha Jeanne, born May 8, 7 pounds, 2 ounces at Allegiance Health. Grandparents are Nancy and Rod Sullivan of Jackson, and Margi and Brad Perkins of Jackson. Great-grandmother is Alice Sullivan of Jackson.
REYNOLDS, Ashley R., and PICKERING, Alexander C., of Michigan Center, a daughter, Marleigh Rae, born May 6, 5 pounds, 2 ounces at Allegiance Health. Grandparents are David Reynolds of Hillsdale, Sherry Sturtz of Marshall, Texas, Robin Boughton of Jackson, and Ernest Pickering Jr. of Jackson. Great-grandparents are Kathleen and Mary Reynolds of Hillsdale, Sharon and Alva Curtis of Jackson, Robin Boughton of Jackson, and Linda and Ernest Pickering of Jackson.
RUTZ, Ashley M., and MOSES, Dustin J., of Jackson, a son, Leighlon Joseph Moses, born May 8, 8 pounds, 1 ounce at Allegiance Health. Grandparents are Sheryl and Marc Rutz of Marshall, Cheryl and Bill Weston of Albion, and Curt Moses of Concord. Great-grandparents are Mary and Allan Vanderhoof of Whitney, Texas, Joyce and Jim Chorba of Jackson, and Wonnetta Godfrey of Brooklyn.
TRUMAN, Brandi D. and Jonathan C., of Jackson, a daughter, Lily Marie, born May 8, 6 pounds, 15 ounces at Allegiance Health. Grandparents are Sue and Randy Rosendaul of Jackson, and Kathy and Rob Truman of Horton. Great-grandparents are Phyllis and Carl Mannor of Jackson, Wanda Cole of Jackson, and Jan and Elwood Rosendaul of Jackson.
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RICKER, Jennifer A. and Bryan J., of Goodyear, Ariz., a daughter, Mikaela Rae, born March 28, 6 pounds, 12 ounces at Banner Estrella Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz. Grandparents are Jean Snider of Jackson, Mo Dedrick Ricker Piper of Jackson, and Pam and Jeff Kennedy-Ricker of Clark Lake. Great-grandparents are Richard Dedrick of Jackson, and Kitty and Robert Ricker of Sebewaing.
GENNUSO, Erin M. and Peter M., of Schaumburg, Ill., a son, Ryan Peter, born April 12, 7 pounds, 2 ounces at St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Grandparents are Mary Lou and Craig Bush of Jackson, and Sally and Peter Gennuso of Schaumburg, Ill.


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A Bit on Community Needs Analysis
As I read more about needs assessment and analysis, 3 themes started to develop in the articles and book chapters. While I have much more to sift through (about 50 more articles and a bunch of books), here's what I have so far:
1) Get out from behind that desk – To me, this is a no-brainer. How can one effectively ascertain what the community needs and what types of populations to serve if the librarian stays in the library all day. Get out into the community and take part in meetings, serve on civic boards, and be a community citizen and leader. Waiting for patrons to come into the library and ascertaining their needs is only half the picture. There may be an entire piece of the population that never uses the library. It's easier to reach patrons that walk in the door, but they already know about the library, right? There's probably a reason why non-library users are non-library users. Figure out why.
2) Talk to the BMOCs – These are the leaders in your community. The machers, the ones who know everything that goes on within a 20 mile radius of the center of town. These are also the heads of civic organizations, book clubs, knitting clubs, mahjong groups, theatre groups, etc. These leaders are not hard to find. Everyone you ask will lead you to the same people.
3) Community needs analysis is a study in and of itself. Instead of guessing what your community needs, use the methodology already established in the literature. I will be writing more about this in the final chapter. My point is, though, make it point to study the literature on needs analysis.
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Kathleen de la Pena McCook, 15. July 2006, 10:24
Margaret E. Monroe (Professor emerita, UW-Madison) was one of the founding mothers of community analyis. When she was honored by ALA last year with a memorial resolution this was included:
WHEREAS, Margaret was on the forefront of the movement to develop library services for persons and groups with special needs (especially the disadvantaged, institutionalized, and aged) based on community analysis and a collaboration between professionals and representatives of the groups to be served; and…read entire memorial here:
Kathleen de la Pena McCook, 15. July 2006, 11:43
I for got to suggest this.
Ruth Warncke, Analyzing Your Community: Basis for Building Library Service. ERIC ED 105881. 1974.
John Tropea, 17. July 2006, 22:38
ALIA 2006 Biennial Conference called Click06 happening in September 2006 has a presentation called:
Libraries building communities – the next steps, leaps and bounds for a ground breaking project.
Here is the abstract:
Chrystie, 19. July 2006, 21:13
Hey John, thanks for the tip! I didn't know about the "Libraries Building Communities" reports (2005, Victoria Public Libraries) – so this was a fantastic lead! Appreciate it…
Kathleen, as always, thanks for the reminder that we're always reinventing…


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December 12, 2011
Convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal—easily the world's most famous death-row prisoner—has finally been demoted from death row. Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams announced last Wednesday that his office would no longer challenge a 2001 federal court decision overturning Abu-Jamal's 1982 death sentence. Barring a retrial, the murder conviction will stand and Abu-Jamal will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Last Friday marked thirty years since the early morning murder of Philadelphia police officer Danny Faulkner, shot in the face as he lay on a downtown sidewalk after being shot in the back from close range. But Faulkner remains unknown while Abu-Jamal has achieved international celebrity and an iconic near-sainthood status among progressives, what with their limitlessly bad judgment in selecting black heroes.
Since his murder conviction, Mumia has become a countercultural rock star, a marketing franchise, and an unlikely (if predictable) political hero. He's been praised by Chomsky, Derrida, Tutu, Mandela, Wiesel, and nearly every person on Earth who ever thought Trotsky was a really cool dude. Via recordings, he has served as commencement speaker for two different American colleges. He has been made an honorary citizen of an estimated two dozen cities worldwide. The French love him to pieces. A street in suburban Paris is named after him. When Paris made him an honorary citizen, it was the first time they'd bequeathed anyone that distinction since doing it to Picasso in 1971. Danielle Mitterand, former first lady of France, even trekked all the way out to rural Pennsylvania to console Mumia on death row.
The entertainment industry blithely stampedes over Danny Faulkner's carcass in their rush to embrace Mumia. Oliver Stone, Sting, Ed Asner, Alec Baldwin, Mike Farrell, Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen, and countless others insist their puppy-eyed dreadlocked hero is merely a "prisoner of conscience," a crusading activist reporter targeted by fascist stormtroopers for bravely opening his hairy yap one too many times about their evildoing.
The narrative they've carefully molded and maintained over the years is that Mumia was framed by racist pigs merely for writing about racist pigs and that he really didn't exchange gunfire with that racist pig who shot him, even though that racist pig still wound up dead. To them, the pig's grieving widow is merely an attention-seeking racist bitch. They're focused solely on Mumia and his suffering.
And although they probably wouldn't care if Mumia actually did it—after all, don't all racist capitalist imperialist pigs deserve to be shot in the face?—they insist he didn't.
So what's the truth? Or at least, what's the most plausible theory about what happened on that cold December morning on a street near City Hall known to swarm with hookers and cops? (If you feel bold enough to dive into the JFK-assassination level of conflicting details and theories, here's an exhaustive overview from the Free Mumia crowd and one from the Fry Mumia bunch.)
At Mumia's trial, the prosecution presented its theory as to what happened, as did the defense. Mumia's brother William Cook kept schtum for twenty years until he finally coughed up an alternate theory regarding another shooter. I'll review the problems with all those theories and then present my own theory—which, as an ex-Philly cabdriver, makes perfect sense to me.
While Mumia Abu-Jamal sat in his cab in a parking lot near the intersection of 13th & Locust, officer Daniel Faulkner made a routine traffic stop of Abu-Jamal's brother William Cook for going the wrong way down Locust, a one-way street. Cook assaulted Faulkner first—a crime Cook never disputed and to which he actually pled guilty in 1982. Faulkner retaliated by bashing Cook with his flashlight. Hearing the scuffle, Abu-Jamal exited his cab, ran across the street, and shot Faulkner in the back. Faulkner returned fire as he fell to the ground, striking Abu-Jamal in the abdomen. Abu-Jamal then stood over Faulkner and planted a bullet in his brain, killing him instantly. When additional police arrived within one or two minutes after the shooting, Abu-Jamal was sitting wounded on the curb. Within his reach sat a .38 revolver that no one contests was legally registered to him. It had been removed from the shoulder holster he was wearing. Inside its chamber were five spent cartridges. When police tried apprehending him, Abu-Jamal reached for the gun, only to be kicked in the throat and subdued.
The problem: As damning as all that is, the police and prosecutors bungled numerous items. They never ran ballistics tests on the gun nor on Abu-Jamal's hands to detect traces of gunpowder. Eyewitnesses, mostly consisting of the sort of needle-marked urchins you'd expect to be slithering around downtown Philly at 4AM, wildly contradicted one another and themselves with their statements. And regarding Mumia's famous alleged hospital-bed confession—"I shot the motherfucker, and I hope the motherfucker dies"—the very fact that it took nine weeks for two police officers to come forward and say they suddenly "remembered" it makes their claims highly suspect. So it's not as if the prosecution's theory was necessarily flawed, it's that the police fumbled the ball enough times to create reasonable doubt.
Mumia Abu-Jamal is a man of peace who did not shoot Daniel Faulkner and was instead framed by a famously racist, corrupt, and violent Philadelphia Police Department. He was framed because in his writings and his work as a local radio reporter, he spoke against oppression and racism. He was targeted due to his years of political activism, which included membership in the Black Panthers and a close affiliation with the notoriously skeevy MOVE organization. It was unfair of the prosecutor to note during trial that Mumia had once approvingly quoted Mao about how "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun," just as it was a low blow for reporters to point out that in 1970 he'd written, "I for one feel like putting down my pen. Let's write epitaphs for Pigs!"
The problem: The idea that he was framed because of his beliefs is demolished by one simple uncontested fact—he was arrested at the crime scene less than five minutes after the shooting, and thus the arresting officers had no clue of his identity when they cuffed him. He was arrested because he was sitting next to a warm gun a few feet away from a murder victim. The fact that he was a vocal critic of the police may have later intensified the vigor of his prosecution, but it had zero bearing on his initial arrest.
"I didn't have nothing to do with this," blurted out Mumia's brother, William Cook, when police arrived at the murder scene. But apart from pleading guilty to sucker-punching Faulkner, Cook kept silent for nearly twenty years about the case until he finally claimed that a passenger in his car that morning, William Freeman, had been the shooter.
The problem: By the time Cook finally made this claim—nearly two decades after the murder—Freeman was conveniently deceased. And it strains belief to think that two blood brothers could have kept quiet for twenty years about someone else's guilt while one of the brothers was facing a lethal injection for a crime both brothers knew he didn't commit.
I grew up about ten miles from where Mumia did, and I spent the first quarter-century of my life in the Filthadelphia area. As someone who has been to all 50 states and lived in all four corners of this country, I submit to the jury that the City of Brotherly Love has both the angriest cops and the angriest black radicals in the USA. I wouldn't trust either group as far as I could sneeze. So I approached this case highly suspicious of both sides.
Like Mumia, I drove a cab in Philly and know every square inch of that magnificently ugly town. When I heard the murder happened at 13th & Locust, I was able to visualize that precise corner, along with the parking lot where Mumia had been sitting in his cab.
After surveying all the evidence, the question came to me like lightning: "Wait a minute—his brother?" Isn't it extravagantly curious that in the middle of the night and far away from their homes, this rabidly vocal anti-cop activist accidentally happened to witness his own brother being victimized by police brutality on a public street in a huge city directly across from where he was parked? Why, that almost sounds staged.
No one contests the fact that Mumia Abu-Jamal and his brother wound up on the same block of a 135-square-mile city at 4 in the morning. To my knowledge, neither Abu-Jamal nor his brother have ever stated that they had planned to meet up—yet somehow, they both found themselves there by happenstance. Given the city's size and the time of day, such a coincidence seems almost mathematically impossible to me.
To me, the evidence suggests the murder was an orchestrated ambush. Abu-Jamal and his brother may have conspired to lure a policeman into making a routine traffic stop by purposely going the wrong way down a one-way street. Then, with the policeman distracted, Mumia would walk up from behind and blow out the racist pig's brains.
Mumia and his brother know who did it—just as, for a split second, Daniel Faulkner knew.
"They don't just want my death, they want my silence," Mumia once wrote, sidestepping the thorny fact that he's done countless interviews and has published several books and hundreds of articles while the imaginary gulag was supposedly muting him.
You have it all wrong, Mumia. Your silence is the problem. After thirty years and millions of words, you haven't made a peep about who killed the cop that was magically murdered right before your eyes.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia mother has been convicted of third-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in the death of her 1-year-old twins.
Prosecutors alleged that 42-year-old Stacey Newkirk poisoned Adam and Eve in a rage in May 2012 after finding out that her husband was having an affair.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that prosecutors said at Monday's bench trial that Newkirk left notes detailing the crimes near the children's bodies and told police she gave the infants sleeping pills and then drowned one and smothered the other.
Defense attorneys who said their client was "extraordinarily remorseful" didn't contest the evidence but sought a conviction of third-degree rather than first-degree murder.
Newkirk, who cried quietly after she was sentenced, was acquitted of trying to kill her 4-year-old daughter.


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After bracing for record winds and rainfall during Tropical Storm Irene's path over New York City, the region's transit agencies began a slow process of getting public transportation back online in time for the Monday morning commute.
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By Martha Frost: Quay County Sun
In August 1940 Tucumcari and cities all over New Mexico were celebrating the journey of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado through New Mexico and the Southwest.
The Spanish explorer expected to find streets paved with gold and houses studded with turquoise, but the only gold Coronado and his men found were the sunflowers that dotted the land. In the pueblos, they found not riches but a simple agricultural people.
"As the catus country became rougher and more difficult, the shining armor and expensive luggage were scattered along the way. The spring turned to a blazing hot summer, rains fell, and the barren country turned green," a July 29 article from the Tucumcari Daily News reported.
Although Coronado felt his expedition had been a failure since he found no riches, his expedition brought livestock, which is today one of Tucumcari's chief industries.
Coronado's journey was so momentous, the U.S. government appropriated a hefty $200,000 for Entradas to be performed in New Mexico, West Texas, Arizona and Oklahoma.
Tucumcari's $100,000 pageant of the exploration of New Mexico in 1540, "The Entrada de Coronado — History 400 Years in the Making," was set to be staged three nights in a row beginning Aug. 1 at the City Stadium after a rain-drenched dress rehearsal the night before.
More than 500 Tucumcarians made up the cast that filled the 300-foot stage. In addition to the fanfare surrounding the performance, disaster struck when the horse ridden by Coronado, played by City Clerk Jim Stark, stumbled and fell. Stark broke his wrist in the fall; few in the audience knew it was a mistake.
Overall, the play was considered an artistic success. Financially, it was a bust, netting a measly $150, with $40 of it going to repair damage to the stadium when a short-circuited wire started a fire.
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1940 pageant by the numbers:
• 3 – number of days pageant ran at Tucumcari Stadium
• 20 – number of horses used
• 1,000 – number of historically accurate costumes
• 18,000 – dollar amount of the costumes used
• 5 tons – weight of lighting equipment used
Source: Tucumcari Daily News


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At a time when the stock market is near record highs and top hedge fund managers like Carl Icahn are advising caution, Goldman Sachs' top stock guru is upping his return projections for 2014.
With the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index already trading above his year-end price target of 1900, Goldman's David Kostin has raised his target to 2050. While 2050 may sound like a big, bullish upgrade, it amounts to just a 3.5% bump from the index's current level. The S&P 500 was up 10 points to 1978 in midday trading today.
Kostin, however, isn't wildly bullish longer-term. He expects the closely watched market gauge to rise to 2075 12 months from now, which equates to a gain of about 5% from today's levels and 6% higher than Friday's close, when he upped his market projection.
Indeed, while Kostin is getting a tad more bullish for the balance of 2014, he didn't nudge his price targets higher for 2015 (target stays at 2100, or roughly 6% higher than current levels) or 2016 (target stays at 2200, or 10% higher.)
Why the smaller gains going forward, after a 40% plus gain for the broad market index over the past 18 months?
"The stellar return borrowed heavily from the future," Kostin told clients in a research note. "Stocks will climb further but the trajectory will be shallow."
Kostin's thesis for more muted gains in coming years has to do with the likely path of interest rates, which are expected to trend higher as the Federal Reserve looks to raise short-term rates from current record-low levels. The Fed is expected to start hiking short-term rates, now pegged at 0% to 0.25%, sometime in 2015 to reflect an improving economy.
Kostin's work shows that once the Fed starts to push borrowing rates higher, investors become less willing to pay up for stocks relative to their earnings prospects, causing S&P 500 to deliver more modest returns.
"Our forecast 6% return for the next 12 months is similar to the historical example leading up to previous first hikes" from the Fed, he told clients.


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Most of his fellow sailors on Ford Island at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii were taking it easy on what was usually a day of rest.
"Then we saw the planes coming in below us," Pouyadou said, describing the 360-degree view from his third-floor barracks. "At first we thought it was some sort of a training mission. When they passed below us, we could see the insignia of the Japanese military."
At the airfield about a block away, Japanese pilots pounded U.S. fighter planes, dropping bombs that wrecked them on the ground. Fires broke out. Heavy oil from stricken ships poured into the water.
The destroyer USS Shaw, in dry dock , became a bull's-eye.
"It lit up the whole Pearl Harbor when it went up," Pouyadou said.
"There were pieces of steel as big as car engines flying around."
Pouyadou, retired and living in Mobile, and a small number of other survivors of that infamous day will be recognized Sunday aboard the Battleship USS Alabama.
The Pearl Harbor Remembrance event -- hosted by the USS Alabama Commission and the American Legion Post 340 Riders -- will start at 1 p.m. and is open to the public.
During the attack, Pouyadou said, sailors ran from the barracks, not sure if it was a target.
With debris flying, flames shooting and smoke billowing, Pouyadou and another sailor picked up a stretcher and started helping the injured.
"A lot of people were suffering and helpless, and they had to be picked up," he said.
"Most were choking on the oil," he said. "The people were trying to clean them up and get the oil out of their system so they could live."
The two men continued picking up causalities and taking them to the medical dispensary. Pouyadou recalled that he had placed his hand on the front door when he heard the whistle.
The whistling grew louder as the bomb approached. It landed at the door where Pouyadou stood.
The bomb didn't explode, but the impact threw Pouyadou several feet, covering him with debris.
When he regained consciousness, the dispensary was empty. He wandered around for a few minutes before discovering that the wounded were being taken to a galley area. He went there, he said, found another sailor with a stretcher and began picking up the wounded again.
"You didn't have time to worry about whether you were going to get killed or not. It just didn't happen," he said. "Your mind concentrated on the people, and you wanted to do as much as you could."
Pouyadou, who eventually retired from the Navy after 20 years, remained in Pearl Harbor for 3½ years.
During the summer of 1945, he was sent to Baltimore for training, but didn't get to use any of the lessons he learned in the expected invasion of Japan.
"They dropped the atomic bomb," he said. "It was one of the greatest days for all of us. All of us had worked so hard during the war."
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…I am feeling really lonely today. And not because my husband is away for another night. Truly its because it is sinking in that my friends are officially back at work. I have many friends and family who are teachers or who work in an educational setting. I can no longer just text them and expect an answer back, or call on a whim when I think of something I need to talk about. Yesterday was hard, but today seems worse. Reality is setting in… the school year has begun without me… again.
…I am exhausted. Brian was up and ready to leave by 5:30 this morning and Collin must've heard him because he woke up then as well, and never fell back asleep. Brian's away again, just for one night this time, and I've got Collin all to myself. Despite our early start and the incessant yawning I was doing, I had planned to take Collin to the beach this morning, so that's what we did. As soon as he was done eating his breakfast out the door we went. Its really hot here, like 90′s hot, and there is a fierce rip-tide along the beach we went to – which is being caused by the hurricane coming up the coast. There were plenty of people there anyway, though. I packed a lunch for us, all of Collin's buckets, and we had a great time. We got our feet wet, threw rocks in the water, and had a picnic. I love that boy and am so thankful that I've got him to keep me company.
…I am really, really missing my grandfather. Yesterday was the 5 year anniversary of his passing. I am sort-of feeling bad for not acknowledging it on here yesterday, but I was trying not to think of it. I miss him so much. He died of leukemia and it was the most awful thing I've ever been through. His disease was under control for a really long time, but he started having stomach pains at one point, so his doctor took him off some medications and once he did that the cancer took no time at all wreaking havoc. It was heart wrenching. Five years ago today I was torturing myself with the guilt of not driving down to Mass. General one last time to see him again. Five years ago, minus a couple days, I had to get up and leave the table at Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse while we were out celebrating my sister-in-law's birthday because my mother called to tell me it was "bad." Five years ago I lost an incredible man, who's goal in life was to make sure his number one granddaughter was always happy, or so it seemed. I can still hear his little whistle to get my attention and I can still see his arm hanging out the window of his car, ready to wave at anyone and everyone. He was so loved.
…I am blessed to know someone with the heart of this lady… Kate. She just gave me this award.
I haven't really been doing the award thing lately but I wanted to say thank you to Kate because she is just so sweet to me, and so kind. What she had to say over at her blog about my writing really made me feel as though I'm doing something right. She said "It's easy to blog about the good stuff that goes on, but these two ladies share their struggles and hurts and disappointments in such an authentic and endearing way." Now, I do realize that I've been writing about what is hurting me a lot lately, and I promise I will get over it (don't I always?), but just having someone acknowledge that my posts and my words are coming from the heart is a great feeling. So, thank you Kate. I really, truly appreciate it. You've lifted my spirits today!


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DETROIT- Simply put, Detroit is in severe financial turmoil.
That is pretty much the overall summary of a 41-page report from state-appointed Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr.
"The City of Detroit continues to incur expenditures in excess of revenues despite cost reductions and proceeds from long term debt issuances. In other words, Detroit spends more than it takes in – it is clearly insolvent on a cash flow basis," reads the report to the state Department of Treasury that was posted online Sunday by the Detroit Free Press.
According to the report, which is mandated by the state after an emergency manager's first 45 days in office, if it weren't for payment deferrals for city obligations and borrowing money, the city would be out of cash.
Costs plaguing the city include General Fund debt of $1.1 billion; enterprise fund debt of $6 billion; retiree medical costs currently estimated at approximately $5.7 billion as of June 30, 2012; and a handful of other pension-related and benefit costs.
Pension-related costs and other post-employment benefit obligations make up about $7.5 billion of the city's at least $15 billion long-term debt.
"The calculation of the City's total debt obligations as set forth herein may be marginally greater than the amounts previously addressed publicly," reads the report.
Orr said Detroit's $326.6 million deficit is expected to grow by $60 million before the fiscal year ends June 30.
The report says the EM and state treasurer will regularly re-examine the data, which is based on "numerous projections and assumptions concerning future uncertain events."
The emergency manager was appointed by the Local Emergency Financial Assistance Loan Board as the emergency financial manager under Public Act 72 of 1990 on March 14, 2013.
Orr, a Washington, D.C., bankruptcy lawyer, was appointed by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on March 25.
Here's a look at some other interesting findings in the report:
- Blight is one of the city's most pervasive and pressing problems. It is both a public safety and a public health issue for the city. In its 139 square miles, the city includes at least 60,000 parcels of vacant land (constituting approximately 15 percent of all parcels in the city) and approximately 78,000 vacant structures, of which 38,000 are estimated to be in potentially dangerous condition.
- Detroit had negative cash flows of $115.5 million in fiscal year 2012 (year ended June 30, 2012) and borrowed a total of $80 million from Bank of America in March 2012 (of which $50 million was drawn by the General Fund) to avoid running out of cash.
- The Detroit Police Department ("DPD") currently has approximately 2,970 employees (2,540 sworn members and 430 civilian members).
- The Detroit Fire Department currently has approximately 1,173 employees, including 812 in the Fire Fighting Division and 249 in the EMS Division. DFD maintains and operates 52 facilities throughout the city. Due to current staffing and equipment constraints, up to 12 facilities could be largely inoperational on any given day.
- The city estimates that a $250 million to $500 million capital improvements program would be required to modernize the lighting system – funds that the city simply does not have and cannot generate.
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EWING — It was an opportunity that Kani Upshur wasn't going to let bypass him.
After his Ewing Post 314 baseball team failed to knock in the go-ahead or game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth, seventh and eighth innings, Upshur inside-outed an RBI single to score Evan Patrick as Post 314 outlasted Hopewell Post 339, 4-3, Monday night at Moody Park.
"I was just trying to keep my hands back," Upshur said. "(Reliever Ryan Fanning) is a good pitcher, and he throws a lot of breaking balls, so I had a feeling he was coming with one. I just kept my hands back and was able to drive it to the right side."
Both Fanning (0-1) and Hopewell starter Ian Livernoche pitched well enough to get the win but fell victim to a struggling offense that stranded 17 runners, leaving the bases loaded in the first and fourth innings and two runners on in the second, third, fifth and ninth.
Justin Dempsey (1-0) pitched the final inning of relief for Post 314, working out of a two-on, one-out jam in the ninth by getting a strikeout and an inning-ending groundout.
"That was big for Justin to get out of that situation there in the ninth," Post 314's Paul Sparano said. "He didn't pitch all that much for us this spring during high school, so that was big for him to come out here and work out of that jam."
Sparano fired three innings of scoreless relief for Post 314, yielding just one hit and two walks while striking out seven.
"My fastball was off today because of the landing spot," Sparano, a Times' first-team All-Colonial Valley Conference selection, said. "I was coming down on an angle on the clay and was slipping, but I guess it helped with my curveball. I think all of my strikeouts came on curveballs."
Hopewell (1-5) got an RBI single from John deDufour in the third inning and went ahead 3-1 in the fourth when Harry Giordano laced an RBI single and deDufour was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
Upshur worked a leadoff walk to start the sixth, moved to second on Sparano's single and scored on Dempsey's hit. Drew Kownacky knotted the game at 3-all with an RBI single.
Fanning came on in relief and induced an inning-ending double play. The right-hander allowed three hits and one earned run in three innings.
"I knew we were going to pull through," Upshur said. "They're a tough team, but we're a tough team, too. Tonight we were able to get it done."
Brodie Catherina went 2-for-5, and Giordano went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI for defending champions Post 339. Luis Madrigan doubled twice, and Sparano went 2-for-3 to help lift Ewing (1-3) to its first win.
"We just have to come out with the same intensity that we did tonight," Upshur said. "We have to keep the bats rolling and keep limiting the errors, and I think we can keep the streak going. We're a good team."
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2B— E: Luis Madrigal 2. RBI— H: John deDufour 2, Harry Giordano; E: Kani Upshur, Justin Dempsey, Drew Kownacky, Moses Vigo.
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It's fun to flex your craft muscles every time a holiday rolls around, which is just about every month if we're keeping track, but who does that? Craft at your own pace, people! With Easter up next, I thought it my civic duty to provide an assortment of my favorite Easter crafts should you find yourself in the mood. I'm partial to the wheat grass tutorial, but you might like the egg piñatas best.
The gallery below has a little something for everyone!
Grow Your Own Wheat Grass 1 of 19
My favorite spring-y thing to do! You can even grow it in your Easter basket for your real Easter grass.
Details on this at Design Mom
Easter Egg Pinatas 2 of 19
Aren't these the best? I want to make a million!
Details here at Oh Happy Day
Bunny Ear Bags 3 of 19
Stuff them with treats and pass out to all your favorite people. Bunny ear bags! You need to make these stat!
Details here from Oh Happy Day
Paper Egg Pedestals 4 of 19
Now that you've done all your egg decorating, you need a fancy way to display those eggs (until you eat them all of course), these faceted pedestals are just the thing!
Details here at Oh Happy Day
Bunny Finger Puppets 5 of 19
The adorable finger puppets would be the perfect handmade addition to your Easter baskets this year. The tutorial looks easy enough, aren't they the cutest?
DIY here from The Purl Bee
Bunny Jar Toppers 6 of 19
Here's an Easter take on those cute animal jar toppers I've featured before. These would make a darling place to stack a few Easter treats.
DIY here from Torie Jayne
Moss Covered Eggs 7 of 19
Cover some plastic eggs with a layer of moss and some twine for these. Those little grapevine wreaths make the perfect nest, too. Might be fun to use as placecard holders at a spring dinner party.
Details here from Love Grows Wild
Fabric Covered Bunny Ears 8 of 19
So sweet! Make a few sets of these for your little Easter bunnies.
Tutorial here from Merry Thought
Bunny Garland 9 of 19
If you're lucky enough to have a digital cutter (like a Cricut), this garland would come together in a snap. If not, I imagine a simple bunny template would be easy enough to construct.
Details here from Crate Paper
Bright And Colorful Egg Wreath 10 of 19
Digging this egg wreath for inspiration when it comes to making my own. Aren't the colors so bright and happy?
Inspiration via Creative Decorations
Bunny Paper Plate Purse 11 of 19
Here's a great little craft to get your kids in on, a simple bunny purse made from paper plates. So fun!
Tutorial here from Mer Mag
Easter Tree 12 of 19
I've seen tons of versions of Easter trees floating around, but I'm partial to this colorful one. The green on the branches might be my favorite part.
Inspiration via Froken Nos Roderier
Bunny Candy Pouch 13 of 19
Make the sweetest felt bunny pouches and stuff with some trinkets or treats. So easy you'll want to make a whole bunch and use them for an egg hunt or in Easter baskets.
Tutorial here from Mer Mag
Egg Votives 14 of 19
Carefully crack some eggs and save to make these amazing eggshell votives. These would look amazing on your Easter table!
Tutorial here from Martha Stewart
Mini Bunny Basket Pillows 15 of 19
Only basic sewing skills required with this free download and iron on transfer, these mini bunny pillows have a surprise pocket for stuffing!
Details here at Design Mom
Burlap Bunny Table Runner 16 of 19
Use the free template and make a few white poms for this Easter table runner.
Tutorial here from Eclectically Vintage
Egg Crate Chicks 17 of 19
Another fun craft to involve your kids, little chicks made from egg cartons!
Tutorial here from Paper, Plate and Plane
Floral Egg Garland 18 of 19
If you want to get really fancy you could use blown out eggs for this, but sturdy craft store eggs would also suit the project just fine! Pair with some silk flowers and you've got a gorgeous Easter garland to hang and reuse.
Tutorial here from Paper & Stitch
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Sew up a few of these as an Easter basket alternative. They're so delightful!
Tutorial here from The Purl Bee
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