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ICYMI: Yahoo Music – Fantasia & Anthony Hamilton Livestream!
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ICYMI: Yahoo Music – Fantasia & Anthony Hamilton Livestream!
In case you missed it, check out the Yahoo/Live Nation stream of Anthony Hamilton & Fantasia's Tour live last night in Charlotte, NC!
The HamilTones Sing SoulBounce's Praises
The HamilTones sat down with SoulBounce for an impromptu tune of "Ain't Nothin' But a SoulBounce". The trio's soulful songs have gone viral through social media and are continuing to light up the stage with their hits. Check out the performance here!
The HamilTones Sing SoulBounce's Praises
The HamilTones sat down with SoulBounce for an impromptu tune of "Ain't Nothin' But a SoulBounce". The trio's soulful songs have gone viral through social media and are continuing to light up the stage with their hits. Check out the performance here!
LA Times: Put some 'respeck' on Anthony Hamilton's name because he deserves it
Anthony Hamilton has a history of taking viral pop culture moments and flipping them into something truly special. The LA Times brings us back to all of Hamilton's best moments in their most recent article. Check out them out here!
LA Times: Put some 'respeck' on Anthony Hamilton's name because he deserves it
Anthony Hamilton has a history of taking viral pop culture moments and flipping them into something truly special. The LA Times brings us back to all of Hamilton's best moments in their most recent article.
Check out them out here!
Interview: Anthony Hamilton Talks The State of R&B, Creativity And The Real Meaning Behind "Charlene" With Blavity
Anthony Hamilton Talks The State of R&B, Creativity And The Real Meaning Behind "Charlene" With Blavity Do you have really dope people in your life, like the kind you knew were brilliant and amazing from the moment you met them, and as time passed you became a witness to their brilliance illuminating the lives of […]
Interview: Anthony Hamilton Talks The State of R&B, Creativity And The Real Meaning Behind "Charlene" With Blavity
Anthony Hamilton Talks The State of R&B, Creativity And The
Real Meaning Behind "Charlene" With Blavity
Do you have really dope people in your life, like the kind you knew were brilliant and amazing from the moment you met them, and as time passed you became a witness to their brilliance illuminating the lives of others? Well, I'm blessed to say I have many friends like this. Singer-songwriter extraordinaire Anthony Hamilton is one of them.
His new album, What I'm Feelin', was released March 25th, and is the 9th commercial release of his career. He's a hardworking man with phenomenal talent, a gift to our generation and one of the best expressions of African-American culture and its musical legacy.
Music has the ability to heal and destroy as it is sound, frequency and vibration. It is literally the word, the God force as described in 'Genesis' 1:1, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." Anthony gets it and seeks to heal with his superpower that is sound. He is a Griot of our time, a secular praise singer reminding us all of the value of love, life, passion, and soul.
Blavity: Can you give us some background on your career?
Anthony Hamilton: Well, I'm from Charlotte, North Carolina, a country boy. I had a big dream from [when I was] a baby to make it big in the music industry and then I finally got a chance to go to New York with some guys. Mark Sparks and I landed my first record deal in '93, but it wasn't until 2003 that my first release came out on So So Def/Arista with Jermaine Dupri. Prior to that, I had a few fallen deals, three or four deals that fell through the cracks and um, from there I've just been working — writing and touring. Everything's been working out since 2003.
B: Great! Thank you for that background. One of the reasons why I wanted to interview you is because I see you as one of the few male R&B singers who continues to sing about love and romance. To me, you represent the celebration of black love. What is it that drives your music?
AH: I think passion — being passionate about life, love and people fuels me to write the best things, the truest things… and love. Love itself, whether it's feeling the loss, love loss or feeling love's gain. It's all powerful and contributes to the process.
B: So, how do you feel about the state of R&B now?
AH: I feel like it's interesting I think there's a lot of talent nowadays in R&B. I think it's interesting. There's a lack of passion and dating in the lyrics (chuckling), there's no dating in the lyrics. It's too sexual. I believe it's too sexual. There's nothing left to the imagination when it comes to dating and passion, you know. But that comes with maturity. There's a lot of young cats making music who haven't experienced love. I think the main drive now is popularity, popularity and financial gain as opposed to social and spiritual growth.
Like Earth, Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder. They were giving you some good spiritual food in their music. Nowadays it's just, "Let's meet at the club. Let's get high. Let's have sex and I'll holler at you."
B: I agree! The spiritual aspect is gone from our music. It's almost like the men, the women too in some instances, but it's almost like the men equate love — deep love — with weakness.
AH: Yeah, I do believe that. I think to be vulnerable is not to be weak but it's actually a beautiful thing when you can allow your heart to live free. It takes a real man to not have sex before he knows it's right. Those are the real men, the ones who have strong integrity.
B: Thank you for speaking to that. There has been a lot of social heat brewing within the last, I'll say 10 years since Hurricane Katrina and then followed up with the many killings of black people by the police. You have six children, all boys. How does all of this affect your artistry, if at all?
AH: You want to speak about it. You want to let people know that it's real. It's definitely real. We're living in a time now that I thought we'd be far past. There's still that deep-rooted segregation in our hearts and people still really want a white America, and it's not gon' happen. We've been living too long. There's a lot of injustice with the killing of young blacks and nobody is to be blamed. I mean, we do it to ourselves too, but still… When there are people of authority who take advantage and nobody gets reprimanded then the system is totally against us.
B: Do you feel as an artist that it is your social responsibility to speak to it?
AH: You have a choice. You have freedom of speech. The fact that I have a louder voice than a lot of people, I think morally and spiritually speaking, yeah, I'm supposed to do something and say something, call out and let the people know, "Look, I know we're being blinded with Trump and the buffoonery and the clown fests going on, but what's really happening is they're trying to kill us so be aware."
B: On your new album, your songs, the way that I heard them at least, make a lot of, I don't know if I want to say biblical references, but growing up in the church I'm familiar with a lot of your phrases. Some of the phrases you use to describe your relationships with and how you relate to women are very interesting to me. You know, you say things like, "You cover me, you heal me" and your new song says she got you saying 'Amen,' which is also the title. What's your perspective of women?
AH: I think women are powerful! I think they're natural healers, lovers, resilient. I think women have the ability to bounce back a lot more than men. They have this innate ability just to be strong, to be so strong, so mighty when things are really bad. I think a lot of men would probably crack under pressure. I think women are gifts, they're beautiful. They should be cherished. We all fall short of being our best selves and therefore leave people hurt and mistreated at times, but that's my real feeling about women.
B: Tell our Blavity readers, those who are fans and those just getting to know you and your artistry, what you want them to know about you.
AH: I'm a man who loves people, life, travel and I've been through a lot. I've been adopted. I've been through a series of events and I still remain strong and I still have a passion to heal. I'm a great father. I'm a great barber. I love music, fashion, cooking, travel, walking, and uh, yeah… I'm slightly introverted but I'm very outgoing (chuckles)… Aquarius to the bone, baby!
B: What do you want to be most known for?
AH: As a healer.
B: What is your creative process?
AH: Well, you know from being an artist yourself that things change. Each creative process has its own beginning and ending, the way you approach it is different. It depends on where you are. If you're in a place and the music is already there then you listen to the music and see what the music is saying and then you try to be honest with the music and whatever story it's telling you, you help capture it. So I think that each time I write a song, it's different. There are moments when I'm in a groove and the music and the process is coming along pretty well and I end up with four songs because it's like, okay, I'm in a groove now. Listen to the music, write what you're feeling or state what you're feeling first off. Sometimes I freestyle. I let my spirit just sing so I freestyle the first couple of bars and it's incredible! I be like, "Wow, that's beautiful" and it's exactly, kinda what I wanted to say. But it's beautiful.
B: Okay, so last question. What is the story of "Charlene?" It's your biggest hit, so…
AH: (Laughing) Yeah, yeah… It was a point in my life when music and love were battling for the same space and it was kind of hard to make the choice because you didn't want to lose this person but you didn't want to lose yourself. I'm a musical being. That's who I am from [w[when I was] child, so that moment in my life created "Charlene."
B: I saw NPR's 'Tiny Desk' and you said you needed some E&J after singing that song. Was that real? Does singing Charlene still evoke strong emotion or was that all theatrics?
AH: I didn't drink after that (laughs)! I actually got some food. But yeah, that was for the moment and the people. That song sometimes, yeah… it's been so long now that some days you feel it again, a lot of days you feel it again. Especially when I'm on stage looking out on all these people who had a similar experience and are connecting to the song. But then other days it's like work. It's all beautiful still. I love it all.
Check out Anthony Hamilton's new single, "Amen."
What I'm Feelin
1Save Me
2Ain't No Shame
3What I'm Feelin'
5I Want You
6Never Letting Go
8Walk in My Shoes
9Take You Home
11Ever Seen Heaven
12Love Is an Angry Thing
Home for the Holidays
01It's Christmas4:41
02Spend Christmas with You4:17
03Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto3:04
04Little Drummer Boy (Interlude)1:36
05Little Drummer Boy4:22
06Home for the Holidays (featuring Gavin DeGraw)3:47
07Tis the Season3:38
08What Do the Lonely Do at Christmas4:09
09Coming Home3:20
10Away in a Manger (Interlude)0:40
11Away in a Manger2:47
12Please Come Home for Christmas2:56
13The Christmas Song (featuring Chaka Khan)3:34
14Spirit of Love4:33
Back To Love
01Back to Love3:20
02Writing on the Wall3:28
04Pray for Me4:40
05Best of Me3:46
06Never Let Go3:40
08I'll Wait (To Fall in Love)4:15
09Sucka for You4:19
10Baby Girl3:34
11Who's Loving You3:47
12Life Has a Way4:15
Before Anthony Hamilton laid down the gospel as an R&B singer, the Charlotte, North Carolina native found his calling as a member of the church choir. "It's like that feeling you get hearing somebody else lead that made me start to really pay attention to music, not just sonically but what it did to people," says Hamilton, who began singing at six or seven years old. An introvert raised with his brother and sister by a single mother (his father left when he was nine years old), Hamilton found comfort in a foam-covered speaker while dreaming of stardom. "I was a child who had a very wide imagination and I would become the song. I used to listen to "Ben" by Michael Jackson a lot and I would dream like one day I'm gonna become a famous singer. I said that over and over again for years and I always believed it."
Over two decades worth of label changes later (past deals included Uptown, MCA, Atlantic Records, Soulife Records, Andre Harrell's Harrell Entertainment and Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings), Hamilton has found his happy place on RCA Records. Following up 2011's Grammy-nominated effort Back To Love and his 2014 Christmas offering Home For The Holidays, the R&B cantor maintains his Southern sensibility and poignant songwriting on his fifth studio effort What I'm Feelin.' Its lead single "Amen" — a melodic love note produced by Salaam Remi and James Poyser, praises a special lady's efforts. "'Amen' is just celebrating the beauty that a woman makes you feel, not just physical attributes, but the fact that she works, she goes to church, prays for you, cooks, cleans, just all those things that a woman brings to the table," Hamilton explains.
The 12-track offering is also an emotional cleanse for the musician, who announced his divorce from his wife of nearly 10 years in 2015. "Anytime you spend that much time with someone, there's a long connection that you have and even though it seems like you're moving on, you're still tied to the person," he says who dedicates the reflective track "Walk In My Shoes" to his ex-wife. "I'm tellin my wife like you gotta be me, my past and all the things that shape me, all my fears, and whatever it is I've been through that made me the man that I was and hindered me from being the man that I wanted to be." On other standouts like the melodic "What I'm Feelin'," Hamilton opens up about the struggles of letting go. "We get into these relationships and sabotage them because of a fear of creating the unknown, the beautiful, the peace and a place where you can let go," he says. "Being able to totally let go is something I look forward to doing."
Recording majority of the What I'm Feelin' in Nashville, TN at the iconic Blackbird and House of Blues studios, Hamilton reunited with longtime collaborator, Mark Batson, who produced some of his biggest hits including 2003 Platinum smash, "Charlene" along with his close engineer Bruce Irvine. The celebratory set showcases life's highs more than the lows. In addition, Hamilton recruited guitar heroes Vince Gill for the country-leaning "Never Letting Go" and Grammy Award winner Gary Clark Jr. on the worldly "Ain't No Shame." On the latter, Hamilton belts, "Time waits for no one/ Ain't no shame in playing hard," as a PSA to never settle. "There are people that never experience anything outside their front porches," he says. "Get off the front porch, walk in the yard and I'm sure you'll find something that's beautiful."
Hamilton is known for flipping heartbreak into a blessing as heard on his biggest ballad "Charlene." After a significant relationship had ended, he left his one-bedroom brownstone apartment in Harlem on 146th Street and Convent Avenue and took the train to 33rd Street to meet with producer Batson at a Manhattan recording studio. "My record deal [at the time], I was pretty much trying to get off. I remember I didn't have a lot of money. At that time, I was heartbroken," he reflects. "I just poured my heart out and ["Charlene"] was one of the songs that came out of it." He notes that his soulful formula stays consistent with What I'm Feelin', even on a personal level. "I'm fully capable of taking from a broken place and truly turning it into something amazing," says Hamilton confidently. "I'm truly capable of loving in spite of my situation. I think I still have a fear of letting go to a degree and I think there's preparations I need to do to get there. I'm not done yet."
Hamilton's decorated catalog includes his 2003 debut, Comin' From Where I'm From (which carried the hit title track), 2005's Ain't Nobody Worryin' among other efforts. He has earned several Grammy nominations, like "Po' Folks," the 2002 Nappy Roots collaboration that earned a nod for best rap/sung collaboration, and won his first trophy in 2009 for best traditional R&B vocal performance for his duet with Al Green on "You've Got The Love I Need." He has also lent his vocals to a variety of talent includingNas, Rick Ross, Carlos Santana, Jill Scott, Tupac, and Al Green to name a few. His first album in over five years, What I'm Feelin', will be released via RCA Records on March 25th.


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Connecticut Based Landlord Pays Fine for Failing to Warn Tenants about Lead Paint
Release Date: 02/25/2010
Contact Information: Paula Ballentine, 617-918-1027
(Boston—February 25, 2010) A property management company based in Meriden, CT has agreed to pay a $276,000 penalty for violating federal lead-based paint disclosure requirements. The regulations alleged to have been violated are designed to provide tenants with information to prevent the risk of exposure to lead hazards.
In a recent enforcement action, EPA alleged that Carabetta Management Company violated the federal Lead Disclosure Rule when it failed to disclose information about lead paint to at least twenty tenants who rented their multi-unit residential properties known as Oakland Gardens and Parkside Gardens between 2001 and 2003. Specifically, Carabetta failed to provide records or reports regarding lead hazards, failed to make sure that the lease included a Lead Warning Statement and a statement disclosing the known or unknown presence of lead-based paint, and failed to provide a copy of EPA's lead hazard information pamphlet to its lessees.
In addition to this settlement with Carabetta, EPA's Criminal Investigation Division and the Connecticut U.S. Attorney's Office are concluding a criminal action against an employee of Carabetta for violations of the Disclosure Rule. On December 11, 2009, Sandra Sattler, supervisor of leasing agents for Carabetta, pled guilty to one count of knowingly and willfully failing to provide Lead Disclosure information in violation of TSCA. Sentencing is scheduled for March 4, 2010, in New Haven, CT.
The purpose of the Disclosure Rule is to give tenants adequate information about the risks associated with lead paint so that they can make informed decisions before signing a lease agreement.
Infants and young children are especially vulnerable to lead paint exposure, which can cause developmental impairment, reading and learning disabilities; impaired hearing; reduced attention span, hyperactivity and behavioral problems. Adults with high lead levels can suffer difficulties during pregnancy, high blood pressure, nerve disorders, memory problems and muscle and joint pain.
Federal law requires that property owners, property managers and real estate agents leasing or selling housing built before 1978 provide the following information to tenants and buyers: an EPA-approved lead hazard information pamphlet, called Protect Your Family from Lead in Your Home; a lead warning statement; statements disclosing any known lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards; and copies of all available records or reports regarding lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazards. This information must be provided to tenants and buyers before they enter into leases or purchase and sales agreements. Property owners, property managers and real estate agents equally share responsibility for providing lead disclosure information and must retain copies of records regarding lead disclosures for three years.
More information:
-Lead paint health hazards (epa.gov/ne/eco/ne_lead/index.html)
-Lead-based paint disclosure rule (epa.gov/ne/enforcement/leadpaint/index.html)
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The University email is a service maintained for use by the faculty and staff. The intended use of email is to encourage the efficient and cost effective flow of communication as is inherent in American higher education. Other than for legal purposes, the University does not attempt to control, monitor, or otherwise regulate this medium of communication.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Lipscomb's Jenny Borck had a perfect weekend for the Lady Bisons to secure Atlantic Sun Women's Tennis weekly accolades as announced by the conference on Wednesday.
"Jenny Borck is a solid competitor for us," Lipscomb tennis coach Jamie Aid said. "She is able to use various shots and change up the ball, which gives her opponent difficulty.
"Jenny is one of those girls who will out smart other players. She is a great girl both on and off the court."
Borck, a junior from Chula Vista, Calif., picked up a 6-2, 7-6 decision at the No. 4 singles position vs. UT Martin, while adding another win at the No. 4 singles spot against Belmont.
She teamed with Deahna Welcher as the No. 1 doubles team which also won both matches over the weekend.
"Jenny is one of our captains and is a great leader by example," Aid said. "She and Deahna Welcher have made for a very family-oriented environment. We look forward to the continued rise in play this season."
The Lady Bisons defeat of Belmont marked only the second time in 15 matches that Lipscomb came out on top against the local rival.
The Lady Bisons opened the season with a pair of wins, beating UT-Martin 4-3 and rival Belmont 6-1.
"The entire team has been very dedicated to the process in the off season," Aid said. "We should see a good step up in play from all our girls but especially those who are juniors."
The Lady Bisons play Friday at Tennessee-Chattanooga.


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San Francisco ups total it will lend to homebuyers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will now lend as much as $200,000 to some homebuyers toward a down payment on their first house or condominium.
Mayor Ed Lee's decision to double the previous limit of $100,000 was intended to help middle-class residents who have been hit hard by the housing crunch.
The new loan limit goes into effect this month, The San Francisco Chronicle (http://bit.ly/Nm9Mdg ) reported Monday.
The move came as the medium home price in the city reached $925,000 due to low supply and high demand, especially among the city's influx of well-paid technology workers. The city said the previous loan limit is now too low to do much good.
The increased limit will be available to people who make up to 120 percent of the city's median income, which is currently $116,500 for a family of four.
"Our city's middle class is deeply affected by the housing crunch — they make too much to qualify for our traditional affordable housing, but not enough to afford much of the new market-rate construction," Lee said.
When a borrower sells or refinances, the loan has to be paid off along with a percentage of the property's appreciation. The money is then returned to the loan pool.
The mayor's office said the fund has provided $14.7 million in loans since it was launched in 1998. Some $12 million in loan repayments and appreciation have flowed back into the fund.
Melissa deKelaita, 29, bought a small one-bedroom apartment in 2012 after her real estate agent told her about the program.
"I was able to achieve and do something that I never thought I'd be able to do at this point in my life by myself," deKelaita said.
Information from: San Francisco Chronicle, http://www.sfgate.com
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Hey guys, I have been around with udp flooding from virtual private servers before.
I had two up but then they got banned extremely fast (less than a week), oddly enough one of them I had purchased from before, and it stayed up for a month.
I guess it doesn't help having perl scripts named dos.pl, ddos.pl, and dos1.pl on your vps, even if they are hidden in a bunch of other sub-directories.
Any ideas on how to keep from getting banned off of a VPS and which would one be the best to attack from?
I love learning new things about things I know, and this is good information to have, as you never know when it could come in handy.


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Like all of you, I am at a loss to comprehend what happened last Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The lives of 20 innocent young children and six of their teachers and administrators were extinguished by a madman as they were gathered to learn in a place they believed was safe from harm.
Like all of you, I am at a loss to comprehend what happened last Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The lives of 20 innocent young children and six of their teachers and administrators were extinguished by a madman as they were gathered to learn in a place they believed was safe from harm.
Why did it happen? How do we go forward in the face of such senseless depravity?
These are questions that I cannot answer adequately. But I do know that none of us should take solace in dodging them by attributing what happened to those children as a modern-day version of God exacting punishment on a broken and dark America, just as some believe he did thousands of years ago against his chosen people, the Jews of Ancient Israel. Such a view, wherever proclaimed, attempts to pass the buck of responsibility for murder to God, while simultaneously letting us off the hook as sinners.
What follows has helped me begin to cope with the fury, despair and hopelessness that overwhelmed me as I learned about the massacre of these children. Here are excerpts from comments on the Connecticut tragedy made by Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. Pastor Keller's thoughts get to the heart of a catastrophe like this, especially as Christmas approaches.
"As a minister, of course, I've spent countless hours with people who are struggling and wrestling with the biggest question — the why question in the face of relentless tragedies and injustices.
"First, we have to recognize that the problem of tragedy, injustice and suffering is a problem for everyone no matter what their beliefs are. Now, if you believe in God and for the first time experience or see horrendous evil, you rightly believe that that is a problem for your belief in God, and you're right — and you say, 'How could a good and powerful God allow something like this to happen?'
"But it's a mistake to think that if you abandon your belief in God it somehow is going to make the problem easier to handle. If there is no God or higher divine law and the material universe is all there is, then violence is perfectly natural — the strong eating the weak! And yet, somehow, we still feel this isn't the way things ought to be. Why not? I'm just trying to make the point that the problem of injustice and suffering is a problem for belief in God but it is also a problem for disbelief in God. So abandoning belief in God does not really help in the face of it.
"Second, I believe we need to grasp an empowering hint from the past. When people ask the big question, 'Why would God allow this or that to happen?', there are almost always two answers. The one answer is: Don't question God! He has reasons beyond your finite little mind. And therefore, just accept everything. Don't question. The other answer is: I don't know what God's up to — I have no idea at all about why these things are happening. There's no way to make any sense of it at all. Now I would like to respectfully suggest the first of these answers is too hard and the second is too weak because, though of course we don't have the full answer, we do have an idea, an incredibly powerful idea.
"One of the great themes of Hebrew Scriptures is that God identifies with the suffering. I think the texts are saying God binds up his heart so closely with suffering people that he interprets any move against them as a move against him. Christians believe that in Jesus, God's son, divinity became vulnerable to and involved in — suffering and death.
"But it is on the cross that we see the ultimate wonder. On the cross we sufferers finally see, to our shock, that God now knows, too, what it is to lose a loved one in an unjust attack. We don't know the reason that God allows evil and suffering to continue, but we know what the reason isn't, what it can't be. It can't be that he doesn't love us. It can't be that he doesn't care. God so loved us and hates suffering that he was willing to come down and get involved in it. And therefore the cross is an incredibly empowering hint. OK, it's only a hint, but if you grasp it, it can transform you.
"And lastly, we have to grasp an empowering hope for the future. In John 11 we hear Jesus say: I am the resurrection and the life! Resurrection means the restoration to us of the life we lost.
"Oh, I know what many of you are saying, 'I wish I could believe that.' And guess what? This idea is so potent that you can go forward with that. To even want the resurrection, to love the idea of the resurrection, to long for the promise of the resurrection even though you are unsure of it, is strengthening."
Pastor Keller's thoughts have strengthened me. My prayer is that they will strengthen you, too.


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text: Are you ready for FATCA? IRS notice provides transitional rules, but deadlines remain tight International Tax Compliance Alert Share this 26 Jul 2011 The Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) issued Notice 2011-53 (the Notice) announcing plans to phase in the requirements of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), which enters into force January 1, 2013.1 SUMMARY OF PHASE-IN DATES Activity Date Withholding on: US FDAP income payments Gross proceeds Pass-thru Payments January 1, 2014 January 1, 2015 January 1, 2015 Entering into FFI Agreement By June 30, 2013 to avoid FATCA withholding commencing January 1, 2014. US account ID procedures for pre-existing (including high-risk accounts) and new US accounts Will begin in 2013, as summarized below. Reporting of US accounts Earliest date, September 30, 2014, as summarized below. Time for future published guidance: Proposed Regulations Final Regulations Draft, followed by final versions of, FFI Agreements and reporting forms By December 31, 2011 By summer 2012 By summer 2012 WHY NOTICE WAS ISSUED In response to numerous comments concerning the practical difficulties in implementing FATCA by January 1, 2013, the Notice provides a phase-in for the implementation of FATCA. Commentators had requested transitional relief because of the lack of definitive guidance and the significant lead-time (18 to 24 months) that FFIs require to revise their IT systems once final guidance is issued. The Notice also acknowledges the reality that the effective implementation of FATCA will require coordination with foreign governments to resolve (if possible) the potential conflicts between FATCA and foreign laws. FATCA is a US-centric law that imposes expansive extraterritorial obligations, particularly on FFIs. A number of these US obligations may conflict with local law prohibitions with respect to privacy, data protection, anti-discrimination and withholding "foreign" taxes, generally if the account holder or member does not otherwise consent, thereby exposing FFIs to potential regulatory sanctions, civil lawsuits and possible criminal exposure in their local jurisdiction. PHASE-IN IMPLEMENTATION TIME LINE Background. Under FATCA, effective for payments after December 31, 2012 (subject to a limited transitional rule), Withholdable Payments (defined below) are subject to a new 30 percent US withholding tax (the FATCA Withholding Tax) unless a foreign financial institution (FFI) enters into an agreement with the US Internal Revenue Service (FFI Agreement) under which the FFI must, among other undertakings, determine whether it has US account holders, comply with IRS verification and due diligence procedures with respect to the identification of US accounts, annually report US account information to the IRS, and withhold FATCA Withholding Tax on so-called "pass-thru" payments. An FFI that enters into an FFI Agreement is referred to as a "Participating FFI" and an FFI that is not compliant with FATCA is referred to as a "Non-Participating FFI." A Non-Participating FFI and a "Recalcitrant Account Holder" (i.e., an account holder that fails (i) to comply with reasonable requests for information pursuant to IRS mandated verification and due diligence procedures to identify whether an account is a US account; (ii) to provide a name, address and taxpayer identification number in the case of a direct or indirect US account holder; or (iii) to provide a bank secrecy waiver upon request) are subject to the pass-thru payment rule. A similar but less burdensome rule applies to payments to foreign entities other than FFIs ("NFFEs"). NFFEs are subject to the FATCA Withholding Tax unless the NFFE (or beneficial owner) provides the Withholding Agent with either (i) a certification that the NFFE does not have substantial (more than 10 percent) US owners that are subject to reporting under FATCA or (ii) certain information with respect to its substantial US owners. Withholding A Withholdable Payment is comprised of two categories: US FDAP Income Payment. Interest (including original issue discount) dividends, rents, salaries, wages, premium annuities, compensations, remunerations, emoluments, and other fixed or determinable annual or periodical gains, profits and income, if such payment is from sources within the United States. Gross Proceeds Payment. Any gross proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any property of a type which can produce interest or dividends from US sources (e.g., from the sale of disposition of US stocks or securities). A Withholding Agent is any person, whether US or foreign, having the control, receipt, custody, disposal, or payment of any Withholdable Payment. A Withholding Agent may include a Participating FFI. Withholding Phase-In Withholdable Payments The Notice provides two phase-in dates: 1. For payments on or after January 1, 2014, Withholding Agents will be obligated to withhold only on US FDAP Income Payments. 2. For payments made on or after January 1, 2015, Withholding Agents will be obligated to withhold on all Withholdable Payments. Comments The transitional rule for Gross Proceed Payments should be particularly helpful to Withholding Agents because, by delaying withholding for these payments, Withholding Agents can continue to use their existing withholding systems (for US FDAP Income Payments) for an additional year while they implement systems for the more expansive FATCA Withholding Tax. Note the interaction between the Withholdable Payment rule and the Pass-thru Payment rule (discussed below), particularly because any person is a Withholding Agent for a Withholdable Payment. Examples illustrating this interaction are provided in the comment section of the transitional Pass-thru payment rule below Pass-thru Payments A Pass-thru Payment means any Withholdable Payment or "other" payment to the extent attributable to a Withholdable Payment. The Pass-thru Payment rule does not apply to NFFEs. The Notice provides that, for payments made on or after January 1, 2015, a Participating FFI must withhold the FATCA withholding tax on Pass-thru Payments, particularly "other" Passthru Payments. The Notice provides that the obligations of a Participating FFI with respect to computing and publishing its passthru payment percentage (PPP) 2 will not begin before the first calendar quarter of 2014. The Notice provides that the grandfather rule for obligations in existence on March 18, 2012, will apply to Pass-thru Payments in existence on that date (unless the obligation is treated as equity for US tax purposes, or lacks a definite expiration or term). Comments Participating FFIs will be obligated to withhold on US FDAP Income Payments made on or after January 1, 2014 but will not be required to withhold with respect to "other" Pass-thru Payments made before January 1, 2015. In application, the different phase-in dates applicable to Withholdable Payments and Pass-thru Payments create different effective dates for withholding. For example, assume a Participating FFI holds stock of a US corporation in a custodial account for a Recalcitrant Account Holder and receives a dividend in 2014 from a US corporation. The FFI must treat the dividend, US FDAP Income, as a Withholdable Payment when credited to the account of the Recalcitrant Account Holder and withhold the FATCA Withholding Tax, even though the Notice provides that the Pass-thru Payment rule only applies to pass-thru payments in 2015. Effectively, in this case, the transitional Withholdable Payment rule only applies and not the transitional Pass-thru Payment rule. Contrast the foregoing example with an example in which a Participating FFI holds the stock of a US corporation for its own account and receives a dividend from the US corporation in 2014 and makes a payment to a Recalcitrant Account Holder in 2015. In this case, the payment to the Recalcitrant Account Holder would not be a US FDAP Payment, since the payor is a foreign corporation. The dividend would be foreign source and would constitute an "other" payment for Pass-thru Payment purposes. Thus, under the transitional rule for Pass-thru Payments, there would be no FATCA Withholding Tax imposed in 2014 but there would be a FATCA withholding tax imposed in 2015, based on the PPP of the Participating FFI that is making the payment to the Recalcitrant Account Holder. In view of the phase-in dates for computation of the PPP, FFIs need to be carful as to how they compute their PPP. FFIs may want to consider using the alternative transition method specified in Notice 2011-34 for computing the PPP for 2014.2 Registration of FFIs phase-in The Notice provides that the IRS will begin accepting applications to enter into FFI Agreements no later than January 1, 2013. For FFIs that enter into an FFI Agreement before June 30, 2013, the IRS will treat those FFIs as Participating FFIs, effective on July 1, 2013. Thus, the Withholding Agents will not be required to withhold on these FFIs when the FATCA Withholding Tax takes effect on January 1, 2014. FFIs that enter into FFI Agreements after June 30, 2013, but before January 1, 2014, will be Participating FFIs for 2014 but might not be identified as such in time to prevent withholding beginning on January 1, 2014 because of the time needed to process FFI applications and for US Withholding Agents to verify whether a payee is a Participating FFI. Effective date of FFI agreement The effective date of an FFI Agreement entered into any time before July 1, 2013 will be July 1, 2013. The effective date of an FFI Agreement entered into after June 30, 2013, will be the date the FFI enters into the FFI Agreement. Comment. The effective date of an FFI Agreement is an important date and must be kept in mind for various FATCA implementation purposes, including for the application of the alternative transition method rules relating to FFI due diligence and the determination of the PPP, as discussed above. Participating FFI due diligence New accounts A Participating FFI must put in place account opening procedures to identify US accounts that are opened after the effective date of an FFI Agreement (as described in Notice 2010-60). These procedures must be in place on or after the effective date of the FFI Agreement. Comment. The Notice requires a Participating FFI to have in place the new account opening procedures, as described above, on or after the effective date of the FFI Agreement. Thus, if an FFI decides to enter into an FFI Agreement effective July 1, 2013, it will be necessary that it commence development and implementation of its IT systems prior to the effective date of the FFI Agreement. The IRS's proposed timeline for finalizing Treasury Regulations may not give the FFI much time to develop IT systems. Pre-existing private banking accounts equal to or greater than $500,000 A Participating FFI must put in place account opening procedures (as described in Notice 2011-34) on all Private Banking Accounts opened before the effective date of the FFI Agreement and that have a balance or value of at least $500,000 on the effective date of the FFI Agreement. The Participating FFI must perform a diligent review of paper and electronic files for each such account to determine whether the account reflects indicia of US ownership and follows protocols to make determinations of US status within one year of the effective date of the FFI Agreement. Comment. The Notice, through use of a parenthetical, states that the private banking identification procedures will also apply to entity accounts, which is an expansion on the scope of the private banking procedures contained in Notice 2011-34. Pre-existing private banking accounts less than $500,000 A Participating FFI must put in place account opening procedures (as described in Notice 2011-34) on all Private Banking Accounts opened before the effective date of the FFI Agreement and that have a balance or value less than $500,000 on the effective date of the FFI Agreement. The Participating FFI must perform a diligent review of paper and electronic files for each such account to determine whether the account reflects indicia of US ownership and follow protocols to make determinations of US status by the later of (i) December 31, 2014, or (ii) the date that is one year after the effective date of its FFI Agreement. Comment. The Notice lengthens the Notice 2011-34 (Step 3) one-year time period for performing the private banking account due diligence protocols for private banking accounts with less than $500,000, compared to those for $500,000 or more, which due diligence inquiry must be performed within a one year time period. Due diligence requirements for other pre-existing accounts The Notice provides that, for all accounts other than Private Banking Accounts, the Participating FFI must complete the due diligence procedures specified in Notice 2011-34 (requiring the FFI to determine whether an account reflects indicia of US ownership and procedures for determining US status) within two years of the effective date of the FFI Agreement. Additional due diligence guidance The Notice states that forthcoming regulations will provide further guidance on the scope of the private banking procedures and the associated search of account holder files, as follows: Forthcoming regulations will also provide that, for purposes of the private banking account review procedures set forth in Notice 2011-34, the diligent review of the account files may be completed by any person designated by the Participating FFI. Comment. The Notice permits any person designated by the Participating FFI (no longer limited to the account relationship manager) to perform the diligent review. Accounts subject to due diligence procedures and identified as either US accounts or non-US accounts will not be subject to additional due diligence procedures in subsequent years unless the account undergoes a change of circumstances. Reporting account information New accounts, documented US accounts and private banking accounts The Notice provides that an account for which a participating FFI has received a Form W-9 from the account holder (or, with respect to an account held by a US-owned foreign entity, from a substantial US owner of such entity) by June 30, 2014, must be reported to the IRS as a US account by September 30, 2014. Where an FFI is not able to report the information above for a US account by June 30, 2014, the FFI will be required to identify such account to the IRS as a Recalcitrant Account Holder by September 30, 2014. Comments The Notice provides greater flexibility for FFIs to satisfy the reporting requirements specified in Notice 2011-34 in 2014, but is not intended to change the information that generally must be reported in Notice 2011-34. The Notice provides that the IRS will assess the accuracy of the information reported by the FFI and communicate with the FFI to resolve discrepancies in the information received. Unresolved discrepancies could result in an account being treated as held by a Recalcitrant Account Holder. Significantly, the Notice provides that for each account for which the Participating FFI is not able to report information because, for example, the account holder has not waived any applicable local law reporting restrictions, the FFI will report the account among its Recalcitrant Account Holders with US indicia in accordance with Section IV.F. of Notice 2010-60, which requires a Participating FFI to report the number and aggregate value of financial accounts held by Recalcitrant Account Holders that have US indicia. This means of reporting ostensibly may not violate local law restrictions on data protection or bank secrecy because the report does not disclose individual names or data, but is reported on an aggregate basis. Reporting with respect to Post-2013 Years Reporting with respect to 2014 and subsequent years will be required as contemplated in Notice 2010-60 and Notice 2011-34 and as implemented in future regulations. Timeline for future guidance The Notice announced that the IRS anticipates issuing proposed Treasury Regulations incorporating the contents of the Notice, Notice 2010-60 and Notice 2011-34 by December 31, 2011 and final Treasury Regulations in the summer of 2012. The Notice further announced that the IRS anticipates issuing draft versions (followed by final versions) of the FFI Agreement and reporting forms to be used by Withholding Agents and participating FFIs in the summer of 2012. GENERAL COMMENTS In announcing the transitional rules, the IRS Commissioner stated that "… the IRS recognizes that implementing FATCA is a major undertaking for financial institutions" and "[Notice 2011-53] is a reflection of our serious commitment to implementation of the statute, but also a serious commitment to listen to the implementation challenges of affected financial institutions and make appropriate adjustments to ensure a smooth and timely roll-out." The transitional rules represent a positive step in addressing the financial industry's concerns about implementing FATCA by January 1, 2013, particularly because of the current lack of guidance on a number of issues and the significant lead time required to implement IT system enhancements or changes. Nonetheless, the timing of the phase-ins and the manner in which the Notice refers to the two earlier notices raise additional questions and concerns. Timing. The promulgation of guidance implementing FATCA is a massive and complex undertaking. If the contemplated timeframes for finalizing the Treasury Regulations are delayed beyond the summer of 2012, the dates for phasing in FATCA information reporting and withholding will no longer comport with the projected completion of the project, thereby causing new concerns regarding the time period necessary to understand, evaluate and implement IT systems and protocols. As a number of commentators have suggested, it would have been preferable for the IRS to establish implementation timeframes by reference to dates after the final Treasury Regulations are published. Content. The Notice states that the IRS anticipates proposing regulations incorporating the guidance contained in the notices, as modified and supplemented, and provide further guidance on other issues not previously considered. These statements (as well as other references in the Notice) may indicate that the IRS intends to incorporate the guidance contained in the notices in the regulations without significant modification to reflect recent taxpayer comments. Even if this were the case, stakeholders still would have to the opportunity to comment on the positions taken by the IRS in the proposed regulations. As mentioned in the Notice, the IRS must still issue more guidance on a number of issues. Some of the important issues on which additional guidance should be issued include insurance/reinsurance companies and products, trusts and reclaims and refinement of guidance on such issues as deemed compliant status and retirement plans. Further, the Pass-thru payment provisions are contentious. Notice 2011-34 requested comments on potential exceptions to Pass-thru payments and other portions of the Pass-thru Payment provisions may be the subject of additional consideration. Finally, although beyond the scope of the regulations, it is not clear how or when conflicts between the local laws of foreign jurisdictions and FATCA will be resolved. Thus, at this juncture, stakeholders should evaluate their particular situations by reference to the current guidance and await further developments. For more information about international tax compliance, please read our related Alerts. Mr. Granwell would like to acknowledge the valuable input of Witold Jurewicz, an associate in DLA Piper's Miami office, in the preparation of this article. 1 On July 25, 2011, the IRS announced that it has revised the Notice to clarify that the phase-in dates applicable to the FATCA Withholding Tax will apply to Withholdable Payments made to FFIs and NFFEs. 2 Notice 2011-34 provides that the PPP is determined by reference to the FFI's total gross US assets and other assets, unreduced by liabilities, as of its quarterly testing dates, by dividing the sum of its US assets held on each of the last four quarterly dates by the sum of its total assets held on those dates. Notice 2011-34 provided an alternative transition method for computing the PPP. 3 See Notice 2011-34, Section 5 (which provides that each participating FFI will be required within three months after its quarterly testing date to make available its PPP calculated for that testing date; otherwise, the Participating FFI's PPP will be treated as 100 percent).


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Oscar's Double-Duty Nursery
Name: Oscar (6 months)
Mister Oscar's room came together in a bit of an organic way. Our house is small and old - two bedroom/one bath and 1100 square feet, built in 1894 - so we knew from the beginning that my husband's office would have to take on double-duty as a nursery for as long as they both can stand it.
Our style is a combination of vintage/antique/clean/minimal/bright and on a budget. The Gray Owl paint from Benjamin Moore was selected a couple years ago because of it's flexibility and super calm vibe. Several years ago we found the neat-o vintage school map at a local antique mall and never did anything with it. We dug it out and used it as color-inspiration for the rest of the nursery... it's got amazing greens, yellows and oranges. Our kid may grow up with a cold-war era understanding of Europe, but oh well. I knew I didn't want ANY pastels in the color scheme.
My mom refinished an old dresser they weren't using in a bright yellow I picked out. I made the bird mobile and wall art above the crib (Jenny Lind) and created a picture wall of famous Oscars. A dear friend made the quilt by hand after sneaking a peak at my nursery Pinterest board, and another friend lent us her sweet mod rocker. I sewed the gray chevron curtains using fabric from Tonic Living, and Jon's desk/file cabinet are gray/teal from CB2 that helped pull all the colors together. The lamp was $40 from Lamps Plus. The built-in bookshelf has my husband's "smartypants" academic tomes on the top half and Oscar's books and toys on the lower half. I don't think we spent more than $400 on the whole thing, and it's so bright and cheerful, just like Mister Oscar!
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Easel as Television Stand
Last month Apartment Therapy featured a great roundup of easels as home decor, but this has taken it one step further. Check out this use of an easel as a television stand in what we think is a strange but interesting move...
The home of designer Vicente Wolf is featured in Metropolitan Home in a full home tour. Among an inspiring mix of rustic, traditional and contemporary furniture Vicente has propped up a mid-sized flat screen television on an easel. We love the look and the way that it incorporates an electronic that can easily be a design detriment.
We think the idea of the propping up of television imagery as art is compelling and perhaps a bit tongue-in-cheek. Nevertheless, we love the way that this incorporates the piece into the rest of the home. Check out more images in the home tour here.
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text: Hi again, This is tonight, see you there! ilmari at ilmari.org (Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker) writes: > Hi all, > > The October London.pm Social will be next Thursday, October 4th, at The > Victoria in Paddington. It's a Fullers pub, serving tasty food, foamy > beers and and crisp ciders. We've got the upstairs Theatre Bar reserved > from 18:30 onwards. > > See you there! > > The Victoria > 10a Strathearn Place > London W2 2NH > http://london.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Victoria,_W2_2NH > http://victoriapaddington.co.uk/ > > Standard blurb: > > Social meets are a chance for the various members of the group to meet > up face to face and chat with each other about things - both Perl and > (mostly) non-Perl - and newcomers are more than welcome. The monthly > meets tend to be bigger than the other ad hoc meetings that take place > at other times, and we make sure that they're in easy to get to > locations and the pub serves food (meaning that people can eat in the > bar if they want to). They normally start around 6.30pm (or whenever > people get there after work) and a group tends to be left come closing > time. > > If you're a newcomer or other first timer (even if you've been lurking > on the mailing list or on IRC) then please seek our Glorious Leader Tom > out - we have a tradition that the leader of this motley crew buys the > new people a drink and introduces them to people. -- ilmari "A disappointingly low fraction of the human race is, at any given time, on fire." - Stig Sandbeck Mathisen


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In Memoriam: Charles Yentsch
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution announces with great sorrow the death of retiree Charles Yentsch on September 19. He was 85.
Charlie was born September 13, 1927, in Louisville, KY. He received a BS in Biology from University of Louisville in 1951, an MS in Oceanography from Florida State University in 1953, and attended University of Washington.
Charlie began his career at WHOI in 1956 as a research associate in Marine Biology. In 1963, he became an associate scientist. He left in 1967.
"Charlie made significant contributions in many areas of bio-optical oceanography, including modeling of primary production. He was one of the first to promote the idea that phytoplankton biomass could be measured from satellites and then served on the NASA science team that made this a reality. Charlie was a gracious, kind and good-humored person who will be missed by many," said Jim Yoder.
Charlie founded the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in 1974 with his wife Dr. Clarice Yentsch He was Bigelow Laboratory's executive director from 1974 to 1987.
A distinguished ocean scientist with a career that spanned nearly half a century, he was internationally known for his pioneering work on phytoplankton pigments, which spurred the development and advancement of the field of ocean color remote sensing. Charlie was on the original NASA NIMBUS team, the group responsible for launching the first ocean color sensor into space, the "Coastal Zone Color Scanner." Thereafter, he was directly involved in promoting the use of satellite sensors for ocean research and was an active advocate for space-based oceanography.
Working with equal grace in both scientific and administrative realms, he founded three oceanographic laboratories over his career and published an average of three scientific papers every year. He received numerous awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) in 1999, the prestigious Nils Gunnar Jerlov Award for "advancement of knowledge of the nature and consequences of light in the ocean," and designation as a Fellow of The Oceanography Society in 2010.
At Charlie's request, there will be no public service. Comments are welcome, however, on the Laboratory's facebook page. The Laboratory is accepting gifts to the newly established Yentsch Scholarship Fund. Contributions may be made online or sent to the fund at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, 60 Bigelow Drive, East Boothbay, ME 04544.
Some of the information for this obituary was taken from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences website.
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Lydia Ko, 2013 Season Starts at Australia Amateur Championships. January 14 2013
Lydia Ko / Canadian Open Trophy with Royal Canadian Mounties /cbssports.com Lydia Ko the New Zealand World Number One Amateur player, and winner of last years LPGA Tour Canadian Open, starts her 2013 season off at the Australia Amateur Championships, in Melbourne tomorrow. Lydia is the defending Champion. The 15-year-old New Zealand sportswoman of the year candidate, and world's leading female amateur, has not played a tournament since the Swinging Skirts Ladies World Masters in Taipei early last December. But according to her coach, Guy Wilson, the director of instruction at the New Zealand Institute of Golf, Lydia has been hard at it and not relaxing too much; " The only reason she got a day off on Christmas Day was because the courses were closed. She had New Year's Day off as well, otherwise there's been no real relaxing, it's been eight hours a day, seven days a week." Lydia has received funding from High Performance Sport New Zealand, it amounts to $230,000 NZ over the next two years. This cash injection makes it easier for her to participate in some of the prestigious tournaments in the United States and Europe. Coach Wilson is delighted; "She will play in all the Majors this year." He also stated that Lydia was looking forward to the challenges this year, and remaining the Ladies World Number One Amateur, but importantly continuing her education at her chosen college in the United States; "It's all important for her to continue to be the world No.1 amateur and have really good finishes so when she does turn pro she is as marketable as she is now. The good thing is she's playing in a lot more events with real profile, which should help her as well." Good Luck Lydia, we will be watching you !!!


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Over the last couple of months we have shared several rumors about a couple of Sony flagship devices. We have some codenames for these devices. There is one that is called project "Odin" and another that is a device called the "Yuga." Both devices could be one in the same, although we have heard conflicting reports about specs which would leave one to speculate that they are two devices. It's also possible that there is another unnamed device with insanely high-end specs that we don't have a name for yet.
Trying to piece these rumors together to offer up a coherent picture can be a daunting task, especially if it turns out there are multiple devices. Regardless of the naming and the possibility of multiple devices, today we supposedly have a detailed preview of the Sony "Yuga." This preview confirms several of the oldest rumored specs of this device. Here's the breakdown:
- 5-inch 1080p display
- Quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro chip
- 2 gigs of RAM
- A microSD card slot
- 12MP camera
- Preloaded with Android 4.1 and Sonys custom UI
This phone is supposed to arrive in the first quarter of 2013. It will be interesting to see how well it competes with all of the other products in this category.
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If you "like" Tennis Warehouse on facebook or follow us on Twitter, then you've probably seen the many posts/tweets about the TW exclusive Nike Air Court Ballistec 3.3 shoe leading up to the 11-1-11 launch.
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Marine Cpl. Terry Moore spent Oct. 22, 1983, on night patrol in downtown Beirut, exchanging fire with the enemy. He finally got a chance to grab some shut-eye at the Beirut Library in the early morning hours of the following day.
Marine Cpl. Terry Moore spent Oct. 22, 1983, on night patrol in downtown Beirut, exchanging fire with the enemy. He finally got a chance to grab some shut-eye at the Beirut Library in the early morning hours of the following day.
Rack time for a Marine in Lebanon was often interrupted by bad news of the next mission, but the then-21-year-old Tennessee native never imagined he would awaken to the most devastating experience of his life.
At 6:20 a.m. Oct. 23, 1983, a terrorist drove a truck packed full of explosives into a barracks building at the Lebanon Airport, killing nearly 300 American and French troops, most of them from Camp Lejeune.
Twenty-seven years later, hundreds of veterans, family members and dignitaries gathered Saturday at the Beirut Memorial in the Lejeune Memorial Gardens at the entrance to Camp Johnson to honor the members of the 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment who were attacked. The 1/8 is currently deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
A second, more intimate ceremony was held aboard Camp Geiger later in the day at the spot of the original Beirut Memorial.
Today, Moore said, he doesn�t talk much about what he witnessed in the aftermath of the explosion, but he drives 10 hours from Chattanooga, Tenn., every year so his children can watch the Beirut Memorial Ceremony.
�I want to pay tribute to my fallen comrades,� he said. �I tell my children that the names on this wall are real heroes and we should respect them. That is what Americans do, we remember our fallen.�
Before and after Saturday�s service, several surviving loved ones traced their fingers over names etched into the stone wall at the Beirut Memorial in the Lejeune Memorial Gardens at the entrance to Camp Johnson.
�I told him �don�t come back a hero, got it?�� said Evi Cox, the widow of Marine Sgt. Manny Cox.
She said she had just given birth in a New Jersey hospital when she saw the news that hundreds of Marines were dead in an explosion.
A chaplain and a warrant officer came to speak with her and she knew immediately that she had lost her husband.
�I had just spoken to him early that morning,� she said. �I told them �go away, not him!��
She said doctors gave her a sedative, but the warrant officer was still waiting for her when she regained consciousness.
�I wish I was in Jacksonville when it happened,� she said.
The tragedy of that day and the days following helped solidify a community.
Jacksonville Mayor Sammy Phillips said his city will never forget the Beirut bombing. He said the tragedy brought Jacksonville and Camp Lejeune together in a �durable bond� that has helped both through tough times.
Jacksonville is the most military-friendly city in America, Lt. Gen. Dennis J. Hejlik, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command, told a crowd of several hundred during the memorial service Saturday.
�We didn�t have the family support system we do now,� he said of the days following the bombing. �It was this town that kept the base together.�
Hejlik said that in 1983 he was a captain in a unit training at 29 Palms, Calif., to replace the 1/8 in Lebanon.
�We were stunned,� he said of learning the news.
Hejlik said the Marines who died were doing their jobs, that the real heroes were the family and loved ones left behind.
He asked for a show of hands of family who lost someone in the bombing.
�That�s the heroes right there,� he told the crowd, who responded with a standing ovation.
Hejlik said Marines are the first to help those in need. In recent years, Marines responded the earthquake in Haiti and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
But attack a Marine and the Marine will respond, he said.
�We will never forget the cowards who did this,� he said, adding the Marine Corps was bloodied that day, but it was not defeated.
He said Americans must remember tragedies like the Beirut bombing and renew their resolve in places like Iraq and Afghanistan.
When Hejlik finished his speech, a gentle breeze picked up and leaves swirled around the memorial as the Brewster Middle School Choir sang in tribute.
The gathered crowd fell quiet as Marines placed wreaths at the memorial wall. A 21-gun salute shattered that silence followed by the 2nd Marine Division playing �Taps.�
�We gather today to remember the Marines and sailors who lost their lives that day in Beirut, Lebanon,� E.A. Perry, Sr., pastor at Bethel Word Ministries prayed during the ceremony�s invocation. �We also pray that peace will be established throughout the world to truly honor those we remember today.�
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Two attempts to overturn the Murray-Darling Basin plan in parliament have fallen flat.
The disallowance motions, moved by Nationals MP Michael McCormack and Katter's Australian Party MP Bob Katter, were both defeated in the lower house on Thursday.
Mr McCormack, whose represents the Riverina at the heart of the basin, announced earlier this week he would challenge the plan on behalf of the irrigators in his electorate.
He labelled the plan an "assault" on the 2.1 million people who live in basin communities and produce around 40 per cent of the nation's food.
"They deserve a future, just like all Australians," he told the chamber on Thursday.
"This plan says that my electorate must have hundreds of billions of litres of its lifeblood taken away from it."
Liberal MP Sharman Stone, who seconded the motion, said her electorate of Murray had been looking after the environmental needs of the basin for two centuries.
The implication that farmers in her Victorian district had wasted water for years and knew nothing of sustainability was insulting.
"It's not in our nature in Murray to simply look the other way when governments deliberately or knowingly do us wrong," she said.
"We know that if we don't get the environment right, then we can't continue to be productive."
Mr Katter, whose northern Queensland electorate of Kennedy falls outside the basin, said Mr McCormack and Dr Stone had nobody to blame but themselves for the economic decline of their communities.
Changes during the Howard years to push up the value of the Australian dollar and to allow fruit and fibre imports from abroad had routed small basin towns, not water cutbacks, he argued.
Environment Minister Tony Burke said if parliament "blew up" the plan, they wouldn't have a chance like this again to help the ailing basin environment.
"I implore the parliament to not miss the opportunity before us today," he said.
Mr McCormack's motion was defeated but he did win the support of Dr Stone, Mr Katter, Liberal MP Alby Schultz and Greens MP Adam Bandt.
Mr Katter accepted the fate of his motion and didn't put it to a division.


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Cappadocia's Fairy Chimneys cast a spell on Helen in Monks' Valley Helen Page is looking over Monks' Valley in Pasabag, Cappadocia, envying St. Simeon for living amongst the "Fairy Chimneys" "It's midday and it's really hot up here now. Well, the good thing is that all the tour groups have gone … [Read more...]
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This may be 'more' unconstitutional than it is on money.
It certainly reveals the man behind the curtain with the coins in your pocket.
The motto was first challenged in Aronow v. United States in 1970, but the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled: "It is quite obvious that the national motto and the slogan on coinage and currency 'In God We Trust' has nothing whatsoever to do with the establishment of religion. Its use is of patriotic or ceremonial character and bears no true resemblance to a governmental sponsorship of a religious exercise." The decision was cited in Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow, a 2004 case on the Pledge of Allegiance. These acts of "ceremonial deism" are "protected from Establishment Clause scrutiny chiefly because they have lost through rote repetition any significant religious content."
These coins are not meant to be used as money. From wikipedia:
A challenge coin is a small coin or medallion (usually military), bearing an organization's insignia or emblem and carried by the organization's members. They are given to prove membership when challenged and to enhance morale. In addition, they are also collected by service members.
Notice the Buddhist Wheel? That is the symbol used by the single Buddhist military chaplain, so it makes sense in this limited public forum. But many Buddhists don't believe in any gods whatsoever. I'd argue against referring to them as atheists, as it still is clearly a religion. The religious jargon is very thick here, nearly indecipherable.
However, the chaplaincy itself is in desperate need to embrace all religious preferences equally – including allowing non-religious groups to use their community-building resources (buildings, systems of collecting money, outreach). The Spiritual Fitness testing and training (mandatory for all) even tried to claim that chaplains are advocates for everyone regardless of beliefs. It is our hope that this will become true, but as it stands atheist groups are banned on every post – because of chaplain regulations.The Establishment Clause has repeatedly been upheld to mean this:
Government can't favor one religion over another. Additionally, government can't favor religion over non-religion.
So the slogan "in god we trust" is just as problematic as it is on our money. Atheists also outnumber Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist in the military, and by a large margin. We deserve recognition and a seat at the same table as our religious counter-parts. Atheism is not a religion and nothing can ever make it one. But the government must still give atheists the same level of support as any other group, and right now we are not getting that from the chaplaincy.
I've been specifically denied the right to put out a pamphlet at chapels about our group. I've been denied the right to be represented on a mural outside a hospital on the border of Iraq/Kuwait (pretty much the same symbols on the coin were spray painted on a concrete barrier… just wanted to put an atheist symbol right there next to them.) We're all still denied the right to meaningfully meet on post, or have access to group-sustaining features that all others get.
Promising things have happened recently, and perhaps we'll soon be able to make these smaller corrections. I can't see how rote repetition could possibly cause these coins to lose their religious significance, so we have time. It appears that a constitutional challenge would be an easy win.
"The First Amendment guarantee of freedom of religion does not just apply to the mainstream faith groups. It also applies to atheists, secularists, freethinkers…
A denial of constitutional rights to one threatens the constitutional rights of all." – USAFA Chaplain (Colonel) Robert Bruno
We've got a lot more important work to do before going after these coins. But at least there are members of the chaplaincy that clearly get it. The Constitution is important to all Americans, even religious citizens.


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The commercial/retail spaces at 300 Ivy in Hayes Valley are transforming into bustling bursts of retail activity! Above the 63 homes of 300 Ivy are three retail/commercial spaces. Two of them are already occupied, with the corner location currently empty as of this writing (August 2014).
The restaurant space is home to Monsieur Benjamin by James-Beard-award-winning Chef Corey Lee. The restaurant describes itself as, "a modern restaurant and bar in San Francisco's Hayes Valley that is inspired by the great Parisian bistro culture and traditions of French cooking." As noted by Food and Wine, "Monsieur Benjamin will stay open till 1 a.m., serving the kind of food that a chef rigorously trained in the French system, like Lee, might cook for friends on his night off."
Immediately next door to Monsieur Benjamin is the made-to-measure men's clothing shop of Klein, Epstein, & Parker. The menswear boutique offers, "high-quality made-to-measure fashion items like jackets, pants, suits and shirts. Personalized fashion that looks AND feels great." towards a vision where they "democratize made-to-measure fashion! Liberate men, giving them a chance to wear what they want and look and feel great. Escape the horror of pre-canned, off the rack, over-priced and mass-produced "stuff�?."
What are your thoughts about these two new additions to Hayes Valley? Have you had a chance to eat at Monsieur Benjamin yet or pick yourself up some snazzy threads from Klein, Epstein & Parker (which sounds more like a law firm than a clothing store?!)? We'd love to hear your thoughts, or any scoop you have about the final initial retail tenant. Leave us a comment or get in touch via FaceBook or Twitter.


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International round-up: How did the Premier League's stars get on with their countries?
A HOST of Premier League stars were in action for their countries tonight. Starsport takes a look at how they got on.
Stoke star Marko Arnautovic helped Austria to a 2-1 win over Georgia in Group D.
Former Southampton striker Graziano Pelle was on the score sheet as Italy defeated Israel 3-1 at Haifa International Stadium.
Manchester City maestro David Silva grabbed two as Spain romped to an 8-0 win over Liechtenstein.
Chelsea target man Diego Costa also managed a brace against the minnows.
Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea started between the sticks for Spain but was rarely troubled.
Ex-Tottenham defender Vedran Corluka couldn't secure a clean sheet as Croatia drew 1-1 with Turkey.
Finland managed a 1-1 against Kosovo in Group I.
But Swansea's Gylfi Sigurdsson couldn't inspire Iceland to victory.
The surprise stars of Euro 2016 secured a 1-1 draw with Ukraine.
Andriy Yarmolenko bagged the equaliser for the home side.


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Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is asking U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack help push forward a limited irrigated crop insurance option to help Kansas agricultural producers.
"Conserving the Ogallala aquifer to extend its usable life is critical to sustaining farmers and communities in western Kansas, where the economy is based on agricultural production and related businesses," Brownback said. "Implementing tools to help stakeholders conserve the aquifer to assure current and future generations have a secure water supply is a key initiative of my administration."
Federally backed crop insurance is a key tool for agricultural producers. Currently, farmers can insure their crop as either fully irrigated or dryland, which have significantly different costs and coverage rates. Producers who want to reduce their irrigation and conserve water for the future must now enroll at dryland irrigation rates, which provide much lower financial protection. A plan to address this limitation has been developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA Risk Management Agency, the Kansas Department of Agriculture, Kansas Water Office, Kansas State University and the University of Nebraska. Implementing the plan that has been developed for limited irrigation crop insurance will allow producers to better manage their risk as they look for ways to conserve the Ogallala Aquifer.
"Crop insurance is an important component of an agricultural producer's risk management plan. Without a flexible, workable crop insurance program, droughts like the one impacting all farmers and ranchers would be even more devastating," Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Dale Rodman said. "We encourage Secretary Vilsack to make this commonsense change to improve federal crop insurance."
Recent Kansas water policy legislation has been designed to help Ogallala Stakeholders conserve water. The new state law for Local Enhanced Management Areas (LEMAs) holds great promise for significant water conservation. It provides a process to adopt locally defined water conservation plans that, when approved by the Chief Engineer, can have mandatory water use restrictions and reductions.
"A group of forward thinking producers in Sheridan County who rely on the declining Ogallala water, has submitted a LEMA plan that requires a reduction of nearly 20 percent in the average irrigation levels over the next five years," Kansas Water Office Director Tracy Streeter said. "They want to implement the plan in 2013 and having access to limited irrigation crop insurance is key to reducing their risk as they take this important step."
The Sheridan County producers are targeting the 2013 crop year to implement their Local Enhanced Management Area. It is imperative that limited irrigation crop insurance is in place in 2013 to support this initiative.Governor Brownback also sent a letter to Secretary Vilsack Monday requesting Marshall and Washington counties be declared as federal disaster areas. If approved, agricultural producers in all 105 Kansas counties will be eligible for USDA federal disaster assistance.


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