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Congratulations to Steve Kass and Lay Chew. Steve won first prize of $100 for the best solution to the September Reader Challenge, "Fixing a Faulty Lookup Query." Lay won second prize of $50. Here's a recap of the problem and the solution to the September Reader Challenge.
Jeff is a database developer who needs to develop an application that keeps track of Unicode strings in a database table. The Unicode strings are 40 characters long and include trailing blanks, which are significant for comparison purposes when looking up specific values in the table. Jeff uses the pubs sample database and creates the test table and data by using the following T-SQL batches:
USE pubs GO SELECT identity(int) AS id, CAST(au_lname AS nvarchar(40)) AS name1, CAST(au_fname AS nvarchar(20)) AS name2 INTO _a FROM dbo.authors GO CREATE CLUSTERED INDEX idx__a_name ON _a(name1) GO INSERT INTO _a VALUES(N'Test Name 1 ', N'Test Name 1') INSERT INTO _a VALUES(N'Test Name 1', N'Test Name 1') INSERT INTO _a SELECT a1.name1, a1.name2 FROM _a a1, _a a2 GO
To test how he can look up specific items using the name1 column from the table, Jeff writes the following simple query:
DECLARE @n nvarchar(40) SET @n = N'Test Name 1 ' SELECT *, datalength(name1) FROM _a WHERE name1 = @n GO
But the query doesn't give the results he expected; Jeff gets the entries with and without trailing blanks. For the sample data shown, the query returns rows that have name1 as Test Name 1 without a trailing blank and Test Name 1 with a trailing blank. However, Jeff expects the equality operator to perform an exact match thereby returning only the row with name1 as Test Name 1.
What is the flaw in the query? Why doesn't the equality operator consider the blanks significant? And how can Jeff modify the query so that he gets the expected results efficiently?
Jeff realizes that comparison operators such as =, >=, and
DECLARE @n nvarchar(40) SET @n = N'Test Name 1 ' SELECT *, datalength(name1) FROM _a WHERE name1 LIKE @n GO
However, if Jeff uses LIKE to perform the equality search, the search can be slow depending on the number of rows in the table and the execution plan. Alternatively, Jeff can add the predicate that uses LIKE as an additional search condition, as the following example query shows:
DECLARE @n nvarchar(40) SET @n = N'Test Name 1 ' SELECT *, datalength(name1) FROM _a WHERE name1 = @n AND name1 LIKE @n GO
This query rewrite will efficiently use the index on the name1 column to look up the rows that match the searched name and using LIKE in the additional search condition ensures that the search will filter out values that don't contain trailing blanks.
Alternatively, Jeff can also rewrite the query using one of the approaches below:
DECLARE @n NVARCHAR(40) SET @n = N'Test Name 1 ' SELECT *, DATALENGTH(name1) FROM _a WHERE name1 = @n AND DATALENGTH(name1) = DATALENGTH(@n) GO
DECLARE @n NVARCHAR(40) SET @n = N'Test Name 1 ' SELECT *, DATALENGTH(name1) FROM _a WHERE name1 = @n AND name1 + N'*' = @n + N'*' GO
The first query checks the length in bytes of the column using DATALENGTH built-in function and the search value in addition to the equality predicate. The second query correctly concatenates a non-blank character at the end of the column & search value to eliminate the values that differ only in trailing blanks.
Now, test your SQL Server savvy in the October Reader Challenge, "Enforcing Uniqueness Without the Unique Constraint " (below). Submit your solution in an email message to [email protected] by September 21. Umachandar Jayachandran, a SQL Server Magazine technical editor, will evaluate the responses. We'll announce the winner in an upcoming SQL Server Magazine UPDATE. The first-place winner will receive $100, and the second-place winner will receive $50.
Paul is a database architect in a company that provides Web-based message services. He must design a schema to store and retrieve forum messages from the database, and he plans to use SQL Server 2000 as the database server. Among the tables that contain the messages is a table that has a unique-per-message identifier column. The table's schema is shown in the following code:
CREATE TABLE messages ( msg_id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, msg_hdr VARCHAR(1024) NOT NULL )
Paul wants to enforce uniqueness on the msg_hdr column and tries to define a unique constraint on the column by using the following script:
ALTER TABLE messages ADD CONSTRAINT uq_messages_id UNIQUE(msg_hdr)
The ALTER TABLE statement produces the following warning message:
Warning! The maximum key length is 900 bytes. The index 'uq_messages_id' has maximum length of 1024 bytes. For some combination of large values, the insert/update operation will fail.
Using generated sample data for the table, Paul performs tests that reveal that the msg_hdr value might exceed 900 bytes, so he can't use the unique constraint approach. (A unique index in SQL Server enforces a unique constraint, and, as the warning message says, index keys are restricted to a maximum of 900 bytes.)
Help Paul to efficiently enforce uniqueness on the msg_hdr column in the Messages table without the unique constraint.


text: On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Rolando Espinoza La Fuente wrote: > Hi :) > > (my english isn't very good...) > > I'll build a basic beowulf cluster for numerical "research" (i hope), > what do you think about using python and lush for programming on the > cluster? > > Anybody has comments about lush? > > Better way (language... than C/Fortran) for programming (numerical > apps) on the cluster? Boy, you don't know the risks you run asking for advice on languages on this list. Folks have, um, "strong" is too weak a word -- opinions. As a general rule, though, if you are serious enough about numerical research to build a cluster in the first place to speed up the computations, you will USUALLY be better off using a proper compiled language such as C, C++, or Fortran than using any sort of interpreted language. I will avoid endorsing any one of these three at the expense of the other two, but well-written code in any of them will generally blow away equally well written code in an interpreted language (with a few possible exceptions). You'd have to run tests to get some idea of the difference, but at a guess an interpreter will be around an order of magnitude slower. This means you'd need some ten nodes running in efficient parallel just to break even. Additionally, "real" parallel numerical programming requires library support that is generally not available for anything but real compiled languages. To use e.g. MPI or PVM to write a distributed program, you'll pretty much need one of these three. Some of the advanced commercial compilers have a certain amount of built-in support for parallel programs as well. Numerical libraries, e.g. the GSL, are only likely to be available for and run efficiently within compiled code, although I've heard rumors of ports into some interpreted languages as well. > Thanks in advance. > > PD: If you don't know about lush: > > Lush is an object-oriented programming language designed for > researchers, experimenters, and engineers interested in large-scale > numerical and graphic applications. > Lush's main features includes: > * A very clean, simple, and easy to learn Lisp-like syntax. > * A compiler that produces very efficient C code and relies > on the C compiler to produce efficient native code > (no inefficient bytecode or virtual machine) > . .... > more info: http://lush.sourceforge.net/ You already know more about lush than I do, obviously. Here I cannot help you. Perhaps this is a possible solution, but as a generally cynical person about translation engines I doubt it. In particular, I'd want to see those claims demonstrated in real benchmark code. Getting maximal performance out of a system often requires some fairly subtle tricks, tricks that translators are unlikely to be able to figure out and implement safely. My experiences with tools "like" this (e.g. f2c) are that they perform a sort of linear translation of the language elements into e.g. C code fragments and assemble them into something that is logically identical but often impossible to read (on the translated side) and not terribly efficiently translated. Now fortran is of course an upper-level compiled language not THAT dissimilar to C, and yet f2c produces illegible code with all sorts of wrapper-enclosed subroutine calls to do the translation of various fortran functions into something that can be called in C, with automatically generated variables, with goto statements and crude loop structure. f2c is (was) a fairly mature product and has been around a long time. This is the basis of my cynicism. Would a translator of a "lisp like" upper level language that is very DISsimilar to C be capable of doing a decent job of producing legible C code that isn't heavily instrumented with black box calls and perverse loop and conditional constructs? What does it do for arrays and pointers? Is it likely to do better than the ugly job done by f2c, when fortran actually CAN be translated to legible C pretty easily by humans but not, apparently, by computers? If you decide to forge on ahead with lush, report back in a few months and tell us how things are going -- I for one am very curious as to how you'll do. If possible, run some comparative benchmarks in native C and in lush-based C. See if you can make lush create PVM or MPI-based parallel applications. rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf

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Blackberry Forensics
From ForensicsWiki
Acquiring BlackBerry Backup File (.ipd)
1. Plug in BlackBerry via USB (drivers available from [1]).
2. Run the BlackBerry Desktop Manager, available from [2].
3. Click Backup and Restore.
4. Click Backup.
Opening Blackberry Backup Files (.IPD)
1. Purchase Amber BlackBerry Converter from [3]
Download Trial Version
2. Use File | Open and point the program to the BlackBerry backup file (.IPD).
3. Navigate to the appropriate content by using the navigator icons on the left.
Blackberry Simulator
This is a step by step guide to downloading and using a Blackberry simulator. For this example I downloaded version 4.0.2 in order to simulate the 9230 series.
1. Select a simulator to download from the drop-down list on the [4]Blackberry website. Click Next.
2. Look through the list and download BlackBerry Handheld Simulator v126.96.36.199.


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Monday, 02 June 2014 09:30 AM
As the Russian president plots his next move on Ukraine, investors are giving his inner circle pause for thought. Since Putin annexed Crimea in March in the teeth of international outrage, Russian stocks have become the most volatile since 2009. Swings in the ruble against the euro are now the most extreme on record while expectations for fluctuations in the currency against its emerging-market peers are at the highest in two years.
That's making investors more reluctant to gamble on a country that is already close to a recession and dependent on natural resources to lead economic growth. While Putin is motivated more by the desire to assert his nation's power in the world, invading eastern Ukraine would have provoked harsher international sanctions and risked accelerating the flow of money out of Russia.
"We got to the point where the market speaks and politicians are forced to listen and adjust," Mansur Mammadov, a money manager at Kazimir Partners Ltd. in Moscow, which oversees $300 million in emerging-market equities, said by phone on May 29. "The volatility was like a tsunami and it would be just logical to assume that it made the politicians realize the cost of Russian expansion in Ukraine was too much for the slowing economy."
Volatility Jumps
A gauge of price swings in Russian stocks jumped to a more than four-year high compared to shares of developing nations. Historical volatility for the benchmark Micex index in Moscow reached 29.7 percent on May 30, almost three times the level of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index and up from 12.7 percent at the end of February, based on three-month data compiled by Bloomberg.
Moves in the ruble also amplified after the U.S. and European Union imposed sanctions including travel bans and asset freezes on Putin allies in Russia and Ukraine. The currency's three-month historical volatility rose to 11.3 percent from 7 percent at the end of 2013, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That compares with 4.4 percent for the euro as the gap between the two gauges reached 6.92 percentage points on May 30, the widest since Europe's common currency was introduced in 1999.
A gauge of expected swings in the currency against the dollar was at the highest since October 2012 on April 25 compared with developing-country currencies such as the Turkish lira and the Chinese yuan, according to three-month implied volatility data compiled by Bloomberg and JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Gas Deal
The Micex gained 2.4 percent to 1,466.12 by 3:54 p.m. in Moscow as Ukraine made its first payment in months to OAO Gazprom and Russia's natural-gas export monopoly gave the former Soviet republic an extra week to pay in advance for this month's supplies. Ukraine may still avoid the move to prepayment and win a lower price by settling its debt for previous gas supplies by the new deadline of June 9, Gazprom Chief Executive Officer Alexey Miller said in e-mailed statements.
The increased volatility threatens to intensify the slide in the economy. Russia faces stagnation this year, Herman Gref, OAO Sberbank's chief executive officer and a former economy minister, said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on May 22. The probability of a recession in the next 12 months is 50 percent, according to a survey of 15 economists by Bloomberg.
Slowing Growth
Gross domestic product grew 0.9 percent in the first quarter from the same period of 2013, the slowest pace in a year, the Federal State Statistics Service said May 15.
Fixed-capital investment slumped for a fourth month in April while inflation jumped to an 11-month high of 7.3 percent as the ruble's slide drove up the cost of imports. The country posted capital outflows of about $55 billion in the first four months of the year, approaching the $63 billion lost in all of 2013, according to comments by central bank Chairman Elvira Nabiullina on May 23.
With the economy reeling and the threat of further sanctions looming, Putin toned down the rhetoric in the immediate aftermath of billionaire Petro Poroshenko's victory in Ukraine's May 25 presidential election.
Russia said it respects the outcome and is ready to negotiate with the new leader. A pullback of troops from the Ukrainian border continued, with the U.S. reporting that the majority of forces had been withdrawn as of May 29.
'No Benefit'
"Putin very clearly got the signal that sanctions had sent," Vadim Bit-Avragim, who helps oversee about $4.1 billion at Kapital Asset Management LLC in Moscow, said by phone last week. "He realized that it's better not to aggravate the rest of the world and turn the country into a pariah and lead it to isolation. This won't benefit him at all."
With Putin softening his stance, the U.S. will refrain from escalating punitive measures, according to 66 percent of respondents in a survey of 32 economists, compared with 28 percent in April. The EU will hold off on sanctions according to 84 percent, it showed.
The reduced threat of tougher sanctions has helped Russian assets rebound to levels seen before Putin's incursion into Crimea. The Micex stock index had its best month since 2011, gaining 9.6 percent in May and leaving it 0.9 percent below its Feb. 28 level. The ruble advanced 2.2 percent against the dollar in the period after plunging 7.8 percent in the first four months of the year. It has advanced 2.8 percent since the end of February.
Foreign Reserves
Russia's financial and energy resources have helped contain losses during the crisis. The country's $468 billion of international reserves are the fifth highest in the world. The country sought to strengthen its status as the world's largest energy exporter by signing a long-term gas-supply deal with China last month that will reduce its dependence on buyers in the EU.
In what Putin called an "epochal event" capping more than a decade of negotiations, state-run energy exporter Gazprom signed the agreement on May 21 to supply fuel to China for 30 years.
At the same time, Putin is more reliant on global markets than his Soviet predecessors ever were.
Russia has been turning to international debt markets since its default on domestic debt in 1998. Companies raised $42.5 billion through foreign-currency bond sales last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The Ukraine conflict halted that borrowing. Not a single Russian company has sold foreign-currency bonds since March, leaving offerings this year at just $6.4 billion.
'Expensive Idea'
Currency traders and analysts are showing no confidence in the ruble's rebound. The currency will slump about 3.9 percent versus the dollar by September, according to strategists surveyed by Bloomberg. Among major currencies, only the Argentine peso is forecast to slide more during that time. Option contracts show traders see a 68 percent chance that by year-end the ruble will slide back to the record-low levels it reached in March.
"Eastern Ukraine became an expensive idea and it seems Russia doesn't want it anymore," Ilya Kravets, the New York-based director of investment research at Daniloff Capital LLC, said in a May 30 phone interview. "There would be serious sanctions if Russia were to annex more territories from Ukraine, and the market reaction to that would be even more severe."
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - David and Walter - FULL CONTACT
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David Koral and Walter Uwe are two really good looking guys. We brought them in for a duo. We find them in just their underwear, with David relaxing on the couch and Walter laying on the floor. David reaches down and begins to run a hand all over Walter's body. The hand rubs and squeezes Walter's groin, feeling his cock. He then leans over and begins to kiss his friend. Releasing Walter's cock from his shorts David begins to wank it. Then Walter moves onto the couch, next to David who immediately begins to suck on his cock. With the underwear removed Walter's cock is easily accessible and soon gets nice and hard under David's sucking. With Walter's big, heavy balls hanging down and his cock enclosed by David's mouth it is a great sight. Then David sits back up and Walter goes down on his cock. His mouth works all over the cock and he licks on David's balls. David moves onto his knees, his cock poking out nicely for Walter to suck on it. He grabs David's head and starts to fuck his face. Then Walter moves up and kisses David again. With both those cocks hard David takes hold of them together and wanks them. David turns around and present his ass to Walter who happily gets down and begins to rim that hot, hairy hole. His tongue laps up and down the ass crack, all over the hole. Then Walter slides his big, hard cock into the waiting ass. Holding onto David's hips he thrusts himself in and out, with nice long strokes. David's cock is rock hard as he feels it. He reaches up with a hard around Walter's neck, lifting himself so that his ass is spread so well, and Walter deep fucking his hole. Then Walter sits on the sofa and David climbs on, sitting his ass right down on that stiff dick. He rides it up and down, as he wanks his cock. It's not long before Walter is ready to cum, so David kneels in front of him and takes a massive creamy load all over his face. Then he sucks and licks that big spent dick clean to end a wonderful scene.
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Just Angelo and Adam Rupert have just finished a very hard fought wrestling match, where Just was victorious. They stand and Adam raises Just's hand to signal the victory. Then as the look each other over something is happening to their cocks. Just is, quickly, very hard indeed and he reaches out for Adam, pushing him to his knees. Adam complies and takes Just's big, hard cock in his mouth. He sucks, lovingly, on that hard cock, wrapping his lips tight around the head as he looks up into Just's eyes. His mouth really works on that cock, keeping it throbbing in his mouth. He is also very hard himself and, in time, they change positions, with Just on his knees sucking Adam. He also does a great job with the sucking, Adam's cock responding very well to the feeling of those hot lips on it. Next Just lays on the wrestling mats and Adam positions himself so that they can 69. Adam quickly takes Just's big cock in his mouth again and sucks on it. Just reaches over and does the same to Adam. They suck like that for a while before Adam goes up on his knees, wanking Just as his own cock is sucked. Then it is back to 69ing before Adam sits his ass over Just's face, so his hole can be rimmed. Just's tongue reaches out and laps at that hot hole, getting it nice and wet. Adam then moves and sits his tight hole down on Just's big cock. With that big cock deep in his ass Adam wanks himself as Just fucks him. Standing up, Just behind Adam the fucking continues. Adam is on one leg, the other held up by Just as his dick is working in and out of that eager ass. That big dick really stretches Adam's hole as he wanks himself. Adam's cock needs to hole action too and he lays on the mat so that Just can sit on his hard cock. Just does just that and slides his tight hole right over Adam's dick. He wanks his own throbbing cock as Adam fucks him nice and deep. Soon Just is shooting his cream over Adam's leg as he continues to take that big cock in his ass. Adam needs to cream too and stands in front of the kneeling Just and dumps his load over his face. Having both shot their loads Adam kneels on the mat and leans over to kiss Just to bring the scene to a perfect end.
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After a rainy start, another beautiful day in Prague. Yesterday, I took Jackie, the Jack Daniels dog, to Kampa Park for her first lesson on a full sized skateboard. She'd gone as far as possible on the kinder skateboard I bought her at Tescos. I watched several tutorials and learned I should buy here a skateboarder a little wider and longer than she is. I found several that ranged from $150.00 to $250.00. Mine Gott in Hemmel, she's not going out for an international competition, just yet. So, I bought one for about $50.00 that's a bit too large in both length and width. I must say she took to it like a pro. And there were lots of distractions, including two puppies who wanted to play with her and Aida. She'd play, run, and come back for more lessons. I got lots of pushing with two feet on the skateboard (which the tutorials say is the hardest part, but we'd mastered that on the kinder skateboard.) And she did two fairly long rides with all fours on the tethered skateboarded pulled by me. That's supposed to take months to teach. Then disaster struck, she ran over to the owners of the two puppies and one of the girls gave Jackie a piece of chicken meat to eat (fortunately no bones). Now, Jackie has a very sensitive stomach. Something told me, 'this is going to be hell to pay.' Sure enough, this morning I got bawled out by Luci Jackie's owner because Jackie threw up several times over night. Today, in the office she made great progress on the full sized skateboard. But we only have a very short runway there. Knowing discretion is the better part of valor, I didn't ask to take Jackie out for a lesson again today. I'm going to carry a sign in Czech, 'please don't feed me, I have a sensitive stomach.' Hopefully, I can intervene in time next lesson. It would be a shame to see a world class career nipped in the bud.
This afternoon, we're shooting a CzechUp, so I'll rush up so I can head over.
A very good scene with David Koral and Walter Uwe is first up today. That is followed by wrestling with Just Angelo and Adam Rupert. Then we have Robin Borec's erotic video and, lastly, Petr Maier's sessions stills.
Our castings today are also very good indeed. We have Rene Korzar, Prokop Velky, Lukas Pancek and Milan Bartos. That is a great selection of guys, making a choice very difficult, but my pick of the day is Prokop Velky.
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The rich and vigorous stream of E.J. Moeran's music rose from two main springs - his heritage and the natural surroundings of his own country. He had always been a keen collector and arranger of folk music. The composer's frank avowal that his symphony 'may be said to owe its inspiration to the natural surroundings in which it was written' shows how markedly the English and Irish landscapes swayed his musical thought.In July 1945 he married Peers Coetmore, the well-known cellist, for whom he wrote his Cello Concerto; from 1934 onwards he made southern Ireland his second home.It was the folk-song that liberated the lyrical part of Moeran's young mind, and he never lost that lyrical power of song which showed itself as early as the beginning of the 1920's in the slow movement of his String Quartet No 1. Here already we come across that new use of the diatonic scale, with suspensions and secondary sevenths, of which Moeran was a master. Yet, though he has amply covered the field of orchestral music, chamber music, concertos, and smaller vocal works, one would not describe Moeran's as a thinly-spread talent. He keeps to his centre, which is a purely musical one.
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Replacement Ingredients Ease Concerns of Worried Consumers
For every ingredient challenged by consumers, ingredient suppliers have an alternative.
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Today, many shoppers carry with them a "hit list" of ingredients they target on food labels. Hit list ingredients are deal breakers. If they're present in any significant quantity, the consumer is likely to leave that product on the shelf.
Of course, health-minded consumers are by no means a monolithic block, and so the hit list varies from person to person. And it's complicated by individual concerns over substances in foods that are likely to stimulate an allergic response and whatever general media report that consumer most recently read or heard. But the hit list is there, nonetheless, a consumer first line of defense against the unknowns in processed foods, and manufacturers should consider healthy alternatives when formulating new products.
But the list of alternatives also is there. Ingredient suppliers have come up with alternatives for every objectionable ingredient we could think up.
The No. 1 item on most hit lists is trans fat. Consumers may not know exactly what the term means, but many are aware of trans fat's association with hydrogenated oils and, ultimately, heart disease. So they look for "clean" fats on the label.
Food processors have gone to great lengths to replace trans fat-rich oils with healthier substitutes and to announce that effort on the package to assure consumers that one of the most risky ingredients is no longer part of the formulation. But there are more items on the hit lists.
Jones Soda in April 2007 converted its entire full-sugar soda line, both bottles and cans, from high-fructose corn syrup to cane sugar, calling the latter more natural.
ICL Performance Products says keep the sodium from salt in your formulations and eliminate it elsewhere – like replacing leavening agent sodium acid pyrophosphate with potassium and calcium phosphates.
Dairy Management Inc. and other dairy promotion groups suggest removing the fat from dairy products and replacing the texture and mouthfeel with whey protein concentrate or milk protein concentrate -- which also boost the nutrition in products such as smoothies.
Botanicals as simple and natural as rosemary are being substituted as powerful preservatives in processed foods.
Mystery formulations
Hit list ingredients often appear to consumers as mysterious formulations that sound like they belong on a chemistry quiz; ingredients used to preserve flavor, taste and appearance of foods. Processors are looking for simple alternative ways to maintain the integrity of products.
One example of a solution may come from the humble herb rosemary, known for its powerful antioxidant properties. Recently, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) proclaimed rosemary extract safe for use as an antioxidant in food. Oxidation is something meat and poultry processors struggle to avoid, as it affects product color and can impart changes in aroma or taste.
"Because of increasing consumer demand for safe products and due to concerns over chemically derived synthetic preservatives, Naturex has developed a patented line of rosemary extracts called StabilEnhance and Oxy'Less, formulated for the food industry and soluble in oil and water with very little taste," says Antoine Dauby, group marketing manager for Naturex, South Hackensack, N.J.
"We have started this year a partnership with a fully equipped meat pilot plant, test kitchen and food application laboratory, allowing the formulation of custom-made ingredients," he continues. Naturex has developed more than 100 different extracts from rosemary that work well for a broad range of food applications.
Consumers also are looking for natural color alternatives, although the designation of "natural" color is not always clear. Beet or red cabbage juice may be natural, but not in pink lemonade. Here again, rosemary may be of help. "The main concern for manufacturers with natural colorants is color loss due to product exposure to heat, light, or alkaline conditions," continues Dauby. ColorEnhance, a water-soluble rosemary extract, allows increased stability and enhanced color in products containing anthocyanins. ColorEnhance deepens the hue of natural color through copigmentation, a loose molecular association of colored anthocyanin pigments with nearly colorless molecules that produces an intensified and enhanced color. This reaction happens in nature for fruits, vegetables and flowers containing anthocyanin pigments.
Other rosemary applications include, StabilEnhance OSR, a rosemary extract offering a natural and effective way to preserve the quality and flavor of food products that contain fats and oils; and StabilEnhance WSR, which contains the hydrophilic antioxidant rosmarinic acid, a natural phenol, all of which can control flavor-deteriorating oxidation in beverage products.
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Update: Professor Peter Jeffreys and a group of Suffolk students were on hand for the Oct. 5, 2014, unveiling of the Poe statue and discussed Poe's influence with a New York Times reporter. See "Edgar Allan Poe's Feud With Boston? Nevermore"
No doubt his mother would have sighed at Edgar Allan Poe's constant derision of his hometown, but all has been forgiven since the 19th century writer lambasted eminences such as Emerson and Longfellow.
Suffolk University professors are eager to memorialize a native son, joining in an effort to bring Poe Returning to Boston, a statue designed by sculptor Stefanie Rocknak, to Poe Square near the Boston Common.
"There's never been a proper commemoration of Poe in Boston," says English Professor Peter Jeffreys, who includes Poe in his American Gothic course and has students take the "Raven's Trail" walking tour of Poe-related Boston sites.
The bronze statue depicts the poet in full stride, icons of his work – a raven, the telltale heart -- spilling out of a carrying case. The Edgar Allan Poe Foundation of Boston aims to install the statue near the corner of Boylston and Charles streets, steps away from the place where Poe was born to two itinerant actors, both of whom had died by the time he turned 3.
His mother left him her watercolor sketch of Boston Harbor, on the back of which she inscribed: "For my little son Edgar, who should ever love Boston, the place of his birth, and where his mother found her best, and most sympathetic friends."
Yet the poet, critic and inventor of the detective story "had a love-hate relationship with the city," according to Jeffreys. "In a famous lecture he gave here at the Lyceum, he insulted the whole literary establishment by reading a poem he had written when an adolescent. He accused both Longfellow and Lowell of plagiarism."
Poe resisted the attempt to foster an optimistic national literature as he lambasted the Boston "Frogpondians," according to Professor Robert Allison, chair of the History Department, who discusses Poe in his course on the history of Boston.
"Poe had a skepticism about our human condition and life's perfectability," says Allison. "He comes up in American Studies as a voice against the currents of American thought at the time."
This is part of what attracts today's students – most of whom have read Poe in middle and high school – to an author who is more popular today than he was in his lifetime, according to Jeffreys.
And even though Poe led a troubled life, marked by alcoholism and a death shrouded in mystery, students are intrigued "by the messy life of an artist."
"He's not the American dream; he's the American nightmare," says Jeffreys. "We're dealing with the collapse of the American Dream today – with uncertainty, violence, joblessness -- and that's a reality for our students."
Allison notes that "the Poe statue will be located in a place our students walk by every day," and it's only right that the city reclaim "probably the most important writer born in Boston."
"All he did in Baltimore was die, and yet the football team is named for his most famous poem, 'The Raven'," he says.
In support of the Poe monument initiative, Suffolk University will host a panel discussion on "The Poe Statue Project: Public Art, Creativity, Politics, and the Law" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, at the C. Walsh Theatre, 55 Temple St., Boston.


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Aki Mahjong Solitaire for Mac OS X elegantly blends the ancient Chinese game of Mahjong with an enchanting journey across Japan. It's a modern fusion of two ancient Asian cultures, and is as much an experience as it is a game. Aki Mahjong Solitaire is easy to learn even if you still haven't mastered chopsticks, so don't hesitate to dive right in. We think you'll soon find yourself captivated.
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Bare-throated Tiger Heron
(Tigrisoma mexicanum)
Facts about this animal
With a length of 80 cm and a body-weight of 1.2 kg, this is the largest tiger-heron. It has yellow-green facial skin and orange iris, and differs from other species of the genus by its bare yellow throat.
Bare-throated tiger-herons use to stay motionless for long periods of time at water's edge, with the neck outstretched diagnonally, waiting for prey, including fish, frogs, crabs, and insects. The bare-throated tiger heron usually nests solitarily. 2 to 3 eggs are laid, which are dull white tinged with green and eventually with not very distinct brown spots.
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that Bare-throated Tiger Herons display an interestimg courting behaviour? According to observations in the wild the courting birds face each other with necks and bodies horizontal and feathers fluffed up, like gamecocks spoiling for a fight, one of them then advances a few steps, at the same time raising bill and neck vertically and emitting some hoarse roars, beofre retreating to its first position. The second bird remains motionless but mimicks the other's body movements and calls as if hypnotized.
|Name (Scientific)
|Tigrisoma mexicanum
|Name (English)
|Bare-throated Tiger Heron
|Name (French)
|Onoré fu Mexique
|Name (German)
|Name (Spanish)
|Hocó cuellinudo, Garza tigre, Avetigre mejicana
|CITES Status
|Not listed
|CMS Status
|Not listed
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Luboš Mráz
|Coasts of western and eastern Mexico through Central America to north-western Colombia.
|Normally coastal zones of salt or brackish water, especially mangroves, but also inland, in marshes, swamps, and on freshwater streams and wooded rivers in the upland.
|Wild population
|Seems not to be threatened, but no information available on population size. Widespread and fairly common in Honduras in 1960, supposedly common in Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
|Zoo population
|None reported to ISIS (2007)
In the Zoo
How this animal should be transported
For air transport, Container Note 17 of the IATA Live Animals Regulations should be followed.
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Why do zoos keep this animal
The bare-throated tiger heron is not a threatened species, and zoos do not maintain coordinated breeding programmes. It may be kept for educational purposes and for promoting wetland conservation.


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Take A Peek At The Official Pics Of Drake's OVO Jordan Collection
Last month, Drake revealed that he was a part of the Jordan brand la familia by sharing a few Instagram flicks of his new sneaker collection.
See Also: 5 Reasons Not To Hate On Drake's New Jordan Brand Partnership
The Drake x OVO Air Jordans (the 11s and 12s, specifically) will come in clean, all-white and all-black color ways with flecks of gold. More information is to come, but in the meanwhile, flip through for official pics of the footwear collection.
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- What is Swans Lotto?
- How do I bet at Swans lotto?
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- What happens when I win?
- How does a subscription work?
- What are free lotto bets?
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Swans Lotto gives you the chance to bet on a non-UK lottery and win life-changing prizes twice a week whilst also supporting the SCFC Community Trust, a not-for-profit organisation backed by the Professional Footballers' Association.
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When can I bet at Swans Lotto?
Lotto draws are held on Wednesday evening (around 6pm) and Saturday evening (between 7pm and 10pm). The deadline for betting on the next draw is indicated by the countdown timer on the betting panel. Please note, if you start to place a lotto bet before the deadline but do not submit it successfully before the deadline has passed, your lotto bet will not be accepted for that draw.
Where can I find results?
Results are published as soon as they become available on the Results page, where you can also search for the results and winnings breakdown of previous draws.
How long until the results are known?
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Winnings will not be paid until the results have been published on Swans Lotto website.
What happens if I lose my connection while betting?
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Hello? Over here ...
No, further out here. Yeah, you see this big void over here where a starting cornerback should be getting ready to line up for the Miami Dolphins? This is what folks in the NFL call a major honkin' draft need.
I have covered the Dolphins for a good many years. I've covered Tim McKyer, who Don Shula hated. I've covered Vestee Jackson and J.B. Brown. I've also covered Troy Vincent and Patrick Surtain, the two best cornerbacks in team history.
So I think I know when the spot is well-manned. And when it is not.
The Dolphins cornerback spot opposite Will Allen is not well-manned today. Not even close. Of course, general manager Jeff Ireland isn't that blunt about the enormous gap at starting cornerback he must see when he looks at a current depth chart.
But even the word-cautious Ireland admits the spot needs addressing in the coming draft.
"We have three undrafted free agent corners there so it is a position we are going to have look at like every other position," Ireland said during his pre-draft press conference last week. "When you have three UFAs going into a position, you have to look at the draft and free agency. We have Eric [Green] and we didn't get some of the other guys we looked at.
"There is Joey Thomas who I think has tremendous ability. Will Allen is here. He is a terrific player for us. Nate Jones did a terrific job for us. Jason Allen is going to have a chance to compete again. It is kind of like the receiver position. There are some young players there that have to come out of their shell a little bit. They need do show what they can do."
I say Ireland needs to show what he can do relative to the gaping hole at this spot. He must, absolutely must, draft a cornerback or two in the coming draft. And that isn't all. Ireland and Bill Parcells must identify and select a cornerback they have confidence can compete for a starting job as a rookie.
That doesn't mean the rookie must start immediately. But he has to be a factor immediately because at least that makes other players at the position better as a result of the competition.
You see, just filling the spot with bodies that might develop in a year or so isn't good enough when the Dolphins are facing a 2009 schedule that threatens Terrell Owens twice, Lee Evans twice, Randy Moss twice, Andre Johnson, Hines Ward, Reggie Wayne, Steve Smith, Wes Welker twice, Antonio Bryant, and Roddy White. All those players, without exception, have played at a Pro Bowl level at some point in their careers.
The Dolphins need to draft a cornerback or two that will serve as an answer to the problem those players pose.
So, you ask, who is available and interesting?
The Dolphins, as you read here a month or so ago, have shown consistent interest in Utah cornerback Sean Smith, who is likely a second-round type of player.
The team on Friday will host University of Connecticut corner Darius Butler, who is a local player and will be among the two dozen or so locals visiting the Miami facility.
Everyone is enthusiastic about Illinois corner Vontae Davis (in the video) as a potential first-rounder. He has elite size, an excellent closing burst and very good ball skills. The guy rocks, which is one reason the Dolphins have spent countless hours studying him and meeting with him and working him out last week.
But ... well, he's not a sure-fire guy. And the Dolphins often pick sure-fire guys ahead of more talented players that aren't as safe.
This is what Scouts Inc. says in part about Davis: "Illinois head coach Ron Zook did not start him versus Iowa in 2008 because [the coach] reportedly felt [the player] wasn't playing as well as he could. Lack of visible improvement from sophomore to junior year is a concern. We've been told by multiple sources that he lacks proper respect for coaches and he only works hard when he's in the mood to do so. Vontae's brother is 49er TE Vernon Davis, who is currently underachieving in the NFL."
There are other cornerbacks the Dolphins have shown varying degrees of interest in so their names deserve mention: Jairus Byrd of Oregon, Mike Mickens of Cincinnati, Alphonso Smith of Wake Forest, Morgan Trent of Michigan and Jerraud Powers of Auburn.
Byrd is interesting. He's the son of former NFLer Gil Byrd. He also has elite ball skills and knows how to be a professional. But he lacks top-end speed.
Trent is lanky at 6-1 and 193 but the Dolphins always believe they can make players stronger in their workout programs. He's a second-day possibility.
Mickens had good production, which is always something the Dolphins study, but his left knee caused him to trouble at the end of the season and required arthroscopic surgery. That's a red flag.
Ohio State's Malcolm Jenkins is expected to be gone by the time the Dolphins draft at No. 25 in the first round.
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A double-wide mobile home is a total loss after a Wednesday night fire on Brushy Drive, and a neighbor suspects arson may be the cause.
REEDS | A double-wide mobile home is a total loss after a Wednesday night fire on Brushy Drive, and a neighbor suspects arson may be the cause.
Firefighters with the Reeds Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to the mobile home fire at 8:17 p.m. The Reeds VFD was on the scene assisting the Davidson County Fire Marshal and State Bureau of Investigation agents with their investigation late Thursday morning.
Reeds Chief Jeremy Hanes said firefighters arrived to find heavy fire coming from throughout the home. The chief said the mobile home was rental property and not occupied. Hanes said the fire was contained within 30 minutes upon arrival of firefighters.
Hanes was unsure of the cause of the fire. Reeds firefighters turned over their oversight of the scene to the SBI and county fire marshal's office to conduct their investigation, the chief said.
"The way it was damaged, it was a total loss," Hanes said. "It's going to take some time to go throughout and find out the cause."
Hanes said there wasn't a lot of property inside of the residence.
"(The) fire marshal told me the people had just recently moved out," he said. "There really wasn't anything in there except of what the property owner had."
Hanes said Danny Ward, Davidson County's deputy fire marshal, was trying to reach the property owner Thursday for more details. Ward was not available for comment on the scene of the fire late Thursday morning as he was conducting his investigation.
Neighbors of the residence in the 200 block of Brushy Drive said the occupants of the mobile home moved out this week.
"It's apparent that it was arson," said Adam Roberts, a resident of Brushy Drive.
Roberts noticed the house completely engulfed about 10 minutes after an unfamiliar truck left the house. The truck, the neighbor said, was at the residence for about 20 minutes, but Roberts did not see anyone go in the house. Roberts was interviewed by fire investigators. He confirmed the people who lived at the residence rented the mobile home.
"As fast as it went up, my guess would be gasoline," he said.
Ronnie Hill Sr. and his wife, Brenda, were at their Brushy Drive residence Thursday as the agencies conducted their investigation. Brenda Hill said four to six people lived at the mobile home.
The Hills were alerted concerning the mobile home fire adjacent to their house by a neighbor. The Hills said the occupants of the house moved out Monday and Wednesday.
"Flames were shooting out near the dining area when we first came out to see it, and the roof started going in," Brenda Hill said.
The Hills' son, Ronnie Hill Jr., used a water hose to keep the fire from spreading to his parents' residence.
Reeds firefighters were assisted by West Lexington and Linwood volunteer fire departments, as well as Davidson County EMS and Davidson County Emergency Management, on the scene. No injuries were reported.
Darrick Ignasiak can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 217, or at email@example.com.


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IT Management Slideshow: Six Decisions IT Employees Should Never Make
How much empowerment is too much for your IT employees? As reluctant as you may be to micromanage your teams, there are certain decisions that you simply can't leave to the troops. For Harvard Business Review, authors Jeanne W. Ross and Peter Weill have come up with the six IT decisions that your tech employees should never make. These six decisions will serve as part of a book, "Harvard Business Review on Aligning Technology with Strategy," due in April 2011. The book launches a series of 17 paperbacks all themed with the "Harvard Business Review on ..." tagline. Weill is a senior research scientist and chair of the Center for Information Systems Research at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Ross is a principal research scientist with the Sloan School. Here's a preview of their work:


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Unrepeatable Line 6 offers
The Spider II range has become one of the most popular amps of the last few years. Featuring cutting edge amp modelling, superb onboard F/X and the ability to save your 4 favourite sounds, these amps are amongst the most versatile on the market.
The Guitar Shop has managed to secure a limited number at a great price.
Spider II 15 £99
Spider II 30 £129
Spider II 112 £179
Spider II 212 £249
They wont last long at these prices so come along and get your now.


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EuroGamer: "The game is a cliché, its thrills limited, its time-stretching ploys clear. It's infused with the character of Call of Duty, but stripped of the spectacle it reveals the underlying game to be wholly plain and an uninteresting use of your time."
Okay that's it scratching of the possibility of me buying the game until it becomes 30$. Getting NFS MW now.
They fooled us with the idea this would ever be a good game.
Vita has a few great games but big name crap like this will bury it.
I have a feenling you guys haven't even played the game but yet judge it. Pay attention to some user reviews and see what they have to say, it's been alright comments so far.
No its not. It is from "gamers" who are really enjoying the game and see it for what is is, not what thr console version is. Its all perspective. This is a hamdheld game and should be reviewed as such. In fact it has way less problems than the ps3 game but that version gets a pass.
Maybe if you guys try it instead of just blindly listening to strangers who get paid to do reviews you would know that it is a fun game. It s flawed and is too expensive but if you can get it for 40 or less and you like cod or fps then get it.
There you go another guy who doesnt own his own vita or game with all the criticism. Just cirious what does you little brother think about the game. Also please elaborate why you think its pure garbage. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I would respect you if it wasnt just I played it on my little brothers vita and its garbage. How long did you play it for? Was the I nline not working? Are tthe controls bad? All these details would help other gamers understand your opinion more.


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Preseason practice for spring sports teams got underway this week. One of the spring teams with an especially heavy dose of preseason optimism is Kaneland softball, which returns six starters and also welcomes highly regarded pitcher Angie Morrow, a Burlington Central transfer.
In this week's Weekend Chit-chat, Knights softball coach Brian Willis talks to Chronicle sports editor Jay Schwab about the effect the brutal winter could have on the start of the season, his approach to tryouts and the arrival of Morrow.
The following is an edited transcript:
What are the biggest things you look for in tryouts?
The biggest thing in tryouts is effort and willingness to want to be part of our program. We try to build more than just a softball team, we try to build a program, so we want kids who want to be part of a program, to give effort and commitment to what we're trying to do.
How many girls do you generally like to keep on varsity?
[Around 15] … I kept a little more the last couple years because I had some kids who weren't going to play but were great for the team and great for the program. We're going to go with a few girls less this year, so 15 is going to be my magic number.
What's your basic philosophy on underclassmen coming up with the varsity? What kind of threshold do you have for freshmen and sophomores making a varsity team?
Well you know, sticking with that number of 15, just trying to find what I believe are the 15 most talented girls. Doesn't matter what year they are to me. I'm just trying to find the best roster I can put together, and if a freshman is better than a senior, then at this level, and with the competitive nature of all the schools out there that we play, that's how I select [players]. So the age doesn't matter. It's more about talent and commitment to the program and the enthusiasm for softball.
What kind of bearing do you think this winter is going to have on the start of the spring season?
Oh, it'll be terrible. Nobody is going to get outside. I guess teams that have access to larger facilities have a slight advantage over the rest of us but I still don't think you can completely simulate anything indoors unless you're out at Rosemont or something like that. … It's going to take everyone a little while to get going. We probably won't see everyone's best effort until the end of April, beginning of May, sometime halfway through their conference schedule.
Is there a certain part of the game in particular that suffers in a scenario like that?
I really think hitting suffers most because you can't do live hitting. You can do [batting machines] all day long but that doesn't simulate game situations. I can hit a ground ball in a hallway, in the gymnasium, but I really can't go into the hallway and have a girl throw live to somebody else, so I think hitting and timing and those kind of things really suffer for not being able to get live looks.
I'm sure we'll talk in more detail about the team in the coming weeks, but with Angie coming aboard and the girls you have returning, does it feel as if this can be special group?
So far, I think so. Angie, I haven't seen her play yet. I know she comes in with a lot of hype and a lot of expectations from everyone outside Kaneland, 'Oh, boy, Kaneland has Angie Morrow,' but she still has to go out there and prove herself, and she's willing to do that. She's demonstrated so far she's committed to our program. I haven't seen any jealousy [on the team] or anything. … We have the majority of our starters back, and the past couple of seasons, we've played well, so I don't anticipate much of a drop-off. I'd hope we actually elevate our game with the people we have returning and the addition of Angie.


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In the News
May 20, 2014
Walmart plans to hire hundreds for big expansion of digital operations in SunnyvaleSan Jose Mercury News
SUNNYVALE -- Walmart's Global eCommerce unit intends to hire hundreds of tech workers in a big expansion of its operations in Sunnyvale.
The retail giant's eCommerce unit has struck a deal to lease about 107,000 square feet on West California Avenue near the corner of Central Expressway and Mathilda Avenue.
"We are planning to expand to about 1,000 employees in Sunnyvale," said Bao Nguyen, a spokesman with Walmart Global eCommerce, whose operations are headquartered in San Bruno.
At present, the eCommerce unit has about 550 employees in Sunnyvale at 600 W. California, Nguyen said.
"There is such a large concentration of engineers and technologies in Santa Clara County," Nguyen said. "They can be found all over the Bay Area, but there is a huge density of that talent pool in the South Bay. Sunnyvale and the South Bay are very important to us for recruitment."
Both of the Walmart eCommerce sites in Sunnyvale are within walking distance of an array of public transit, retail and restaurants.
"This is a very attractive location, given its proximity to Sunnyvale's downtown and the Caltrain station," said Jennifer Garnett, a spokeswoman for the city of Sunnyvale. Raytheon and Twitter are other businesses in the same office park where Walmart intends to expand.
Tenant improvements are underway in the offices to prepare the building for Walmart, which expects to move in sometimes this year. The lease was arranged through commercial realty brokerage Colliers International.
Sunnyvale has become a hot spot for tech expansion: Google, LinkedIn and Apple have leased large spaces over the past year or two that represent their first office operations in Sunnyvale. The Twitter lease represented the social network's initial outpost in the Bay Area beyond San Francisco, where the company has its headquarters.
"Large corporations are really interested in moving into Sunnyvale," said Chad Leiker, a broker with commercial realty firm Kidder Mathews. "That is putting a lot of pressure on rents and available space."
Brokers predicted more large office transactions would land in Sunnyvale in the coming weeks and months.
Walmart's digital operations in Sunnyvale and San Bruno are helping build the company's global e-commerce platform, its video-on-demand service and its mobile shopping services, Nguyen said.


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Filing tax returns annually may be a daunting task for anyone, but seniors especially should keep a few items in mind as they prepare their returns this year.
Filing tax returns annually may be a daunting task for anyone, but seniors especially should keep a few items in mind as they prepare their returns this year.
Property tax, rent rebates
Depending on their income level, some seniors will qualify for state property tax and rent rebates.
"They have to take into account half the Social Security amount and the rest of their income," said Tom Marshall, CPA, of Marshall & Marshall CPAs in Stroudsburg. "As long as it's not more than $35,000 (for a joint filer), they qualify for the property tax rebate."
This year, homeowners will receive a $650 rebate for an income of $0 to $8,000; a $500 rebate for income of $8,001 to $15,000; a $300 rebate for income of $15,001 to $18,000; and $250 for income of $18,001 to $35,000.
In turn, renters, who are capped at $15,000, will receive $650 for income of $0 to $8,000 and $500 for income of $8,001 to $15,000.
In addition, seniors paying more than 15 percent of their income in property taxes will have their property tax rebate increased by an additional 50 percent if their income is less than $30,000.
Social Security
Social Security is another issue that may impact seniors' taxes, Marshall said. He warns that certain actions — such as taking additional funds out of a retirement account — could make Social Security taxable.
"Many seniors will take out money from an IRA, want to buy a new car, not realizing they have to have tax taken out," Marshall said. "Many times, the standard 20 percent tax, depending on what other income they have — pensions, interest, etc. — can make Social Security taxable. It could be that 20 percent is not enough."
Frank Cefali, CPA, of Felver, Cefali & Associates LLC in Tannersville, notes that up to half of Social Security could become taxable.
"You have to take into account all other income, including tax-exempt interest," he said. "If you take that income and add half of the Social Security benefits, and if the income is $32,000 and you're married and file jointly, then Social Security can become taxable."
Who has to file
In regards to seniors, one Pennsylvania tax requirement that surprises Marshall is that anyone earning more than $33 in income has to file a tax return — even if they qualify for tax forgiveness.
"In New Jersey, it's $5,000 for a single filer and $10,000 for a married filer," he said. "It's surprising considering the geriatric population of Pennsylvania. Some seniors are earning hundreds of thousands; many will qualify for tax forgiveness with smaller amounts."
Free tax assistance
Aside from keeping up with tax rules and requirements, seniors should keep in mind programs that provide free tax assistance, witDvudh special attention paid to the elderly.
IRS-certified volunteers for The Tax Counseling for the Elderly program, for instance, offer assistance to people who are 60 years of age and older, specializing in questions about pensions and retirement issues unique to seniors.
The AARP Foundation's Tax-Aide Program, which began in 1968, operates a majority of TCE sites, which provide assistance with federal, state and local taxes, as well as property and rent rebates.
Monroe County has four TCE sites.
George Vanderbilt, AARP Monroe County district coordinator, said that most of the people who take advantage of the free tax help "are very low income and really can't afford to go to a paid preparer. Some, you wonder how they live because their income is so low."
Allan Hild, AARP Carbon County district coordinator who oversees the Gilbert site, said that "it's our discretion for the cutoff of income. A person that makes a decent salary is going to be going to a paid preparer. And it someone has a large portfolio, it's too time-consuming."
When going to a tax-assistance site, seniors should bring six pre-printed return address labels, six business-size envelopes to be used for tax returns, and their 2011 tax returns, as well as all necessary documents to file 2012 returns.
Early filers
With roughly a month and a half left to file taxes, seniors often try to get them over and done as soon as possible, according to Marshall.
"Most seniors are getting taxes done much earlier than the younger crowd," he said. "We also find that there's more respect for the power or fear of the IRS, compared to the younger crowd. They're much more concerned."
While some seniors get their taxes done early, "some drag it out until the very end," Cefali said. "It depends on the individual. Unless their tax returns are very simple and basic, they should seek the advice of a tax expert. Tax code is extremely complicated and can be overwhelming. Any little issues can be big concerns."
If seniors have questions about the tax-filing process and credits/rebates for which they may be eligible, Cefali suggests they peruse Publication 554, Tax Guide For Seniors. Seniors may request a physical copy by calling 800-829-1040, or they may access the publication at irs.gov.