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Practice as Cost Accountant
A Cost Accountant may build up his own practice by obtaining a licence from the Institute which would enable him to practice as a Cost Accountant, either individually or in partnership with one or more members of the Institute in practice. His clientele include private and public companies, large, medium and small scale undertakings, partnership and proprietary concerns, industrial, commercial and service undertakings etc. The types of service a cost accountant may offer his clients are varied. Some of these are listed below:
Maintenance of Cost Records
Vide G.S.R. 429(E) dated 3rd June, 2011 the Central Government has notified Uniform Cost Accounting Records Rules, 2011 and also notified on 7th December, 2011 Industry Specific Cost Accounting Records Rules 2011 as per following details:
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Industry Specific Cost Accounting Records Rules notified on 7th December 2011:
The above, Uniform Cost Accounting Records Rules and Industry Specific Cost Accounting Records Rules shall apply to every company, including a foreign company as defined under section 591 of the Companies Act, 1956 which is engaged in the production, processing, manufacturing, or mining activities and wherein:
Also, every company to which these rules apply, including all units and branches thereof are required to keep cost records in respect of each of its financial year. These Rules also provide for the Compliance Report to be certified by a cost accountant. As per definition provided under these Rules, Cost Accountant means a Cost Accountant as defined in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 (23 of 1959) and who is a permanent employee of the company in which he/she is working or holds a valid certificate of practice under subsection (1) of section 6 and who is deemed to be in practice under subsection (2) of section 2 of that Act and includes a firm of cost accountants. The Cost Accountants may assist such companies in keeping the requisite cost records and alsocertify Compliance Report as prescribed in the said rules.
Cost Audit
Where in the opinion of the Central Government it is necessary so to do in relation to any company required under clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 209 to include in its books of account the particulars referred to therein, the Central Government may, by order direct that an audit of cost records of the company shall be conducted in such manner as may be specified in the order by a cost accountant.
Under section 233B of the Companies Act, 1956, orders are issued for conducting audit of cost accounting records in accordance with the prevailing Cost Audit Report Rules. Prior to issuance of Cost Audit Orders, individual cost audit orders were being issued by the Cost Audit Branch to the respective companies for each product covered. However, Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide F. No. 52/26/CAB-2010 dated 2ndMay 2011, 3rdMay, 2011, 30th June 2011 and 24th January, 2012 has issued industry specific Cost Audit Orders subject to certain conditions of Net Worth/ Turnover of companies to which any of the Uniform or Industry Specific Cost Accounting Records Rules apply. No individual Cost Audit Orders are being issued hence forth. The Cost Accountants may be appointed as Cost Auditor for conducting the audit of cost records by the companies covered by cost audit orders issued under section 233B of the Companies Act, 1956. To download click on the respective files below:
Audit and other Work
Cost Accountants in Employment: There has been increasing awareness amongst the business entrepreneurs of the most vital contribution made by cost and management accountancy services in the business houses to the attainment of business objectives. This has accentuated the demand for cost and management accounting services in all the sectors of economy. Many members of the Institute are holding top management positions, viz., Managing Director, Finance Director, Financial Controller, Chief Accountant, Cost Controller, Marketing Manager, Chief Internal Auditor, CEO, CFO etc. Those managing their own businesses have found in themselves a Manager and an Accountant to control and flourish their business. No wonder a Cost Accountant can attain the highest ladder of professional career. Cost Accountants in Government Department: Realising the importance of the profession of the Cost and Management Accountancy in the economic development of the nation, the Central Government has constituted an all-India cadre known as Indian Cost Accounts Service (ICoAS) at par with other Class-I services such as IAS, IFS etc. to advise the government in cost pricing and in framing the appropriate fiscal and tax policies. Cost Accountants in Education:University Grants Commission (UGC) has notified "UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers and Other Academic Staff in Universities and Colleges and Measures for the Maintenance of Standards in Higher Education, 2010 vide its Circular No. F.3-1/2009 dated 30th June 2010. The Regulations prescribe the minimum qualification for appointment of teaching faculty in universities and colleges in the area of Management/ Business Administration. The qualifications specified for appointment of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor in the above area and Principal/Director/Head of the Institution include First Class Graduate and professionally qualified Cost Accountant among other qualifications and subject to other requirements including qualifying NET/SLET/SET as the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professors.


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COLUMBIA, SC — South Carolina's primary isn't just the presumed last stand for the candidates who hope to stop Mitt Romney. It could also be the last stand for the Tea Party movement that was created to stop a candidate like Mitt Romney from ever getting the nomination in the first place.
A week out from votes being cast, the Tea Party shows no signs of coming together to stop Romney, who after all is the very architect of the type of health care law that helped bring tens of thousands out in protest in 2009.
Like they were in Iowa, Tea Partiers here are split among the several candidates vying for the title of anti-Romney and that means Romney has a path to victory right around them. And if the Tea Party fails to stop Romney, it will prove that the movement has failed to convert its electoral power in any real way beyond electing the 112th Congress (aka, The 9%).
A House Divided
At the back of Newt Gingrich's first event following the New Hampshire primary in Rock Hill Wednesday, the Tea Party split that could be his undoing in South Carolina was on full display.
Gingrich has reached out to Palmetto State Tea Party groups, touting their support as a big part of the South Carolina firewall strategy he's said has been at the center of his campaign plan all along.
But now that all eyes are finally on the state, few expect the Tea Party to win it for Gingrich — or anyone else, for that matter. Why? The insurgent movement that was the story of 2010 is split, deeply divided among Gingrich, Rick Santorum and to some extent even Romney. Not even Tea Partiers themselves expect their vote to push one candidate over the top.
In Rock Hill, near the North Carolina border, it was clear why. At the back of Gingrich's big event stood Swain Sheppard and Paul Anderko, two leaders of GPS Conservatives For Action PAC, a Tea Party-leaning conservative activist group in Rock Hill. Both men were wearing Newt 2012 stickers, but Anderko is really on the fence (though leaning Romney). Sheppard likes Gingrich.
Though the pair agreed on politics enough to start an activist group together, their disagreements on the 2012 race are indicative of the wider conservative split in South Carolina.
On those nasty Bain Capital attacks, for example, Anderko said Gingrich should stop the rhetoric that Rush Limbaugh called anti-capitalist.
"I kind of agree with Rush," Sheppard said. "As conservatives, our goal is to beat Obama…he is a socialist, period."
Sheppard added that Perry's "vulture capitalism shit" means "that's it, he's done."
But Sheppard, who leans Gingrich, said the attacks are fair game.
"I think he should [be attacking on Bain]," Sheppard said. "If Romney gets the nomination, you don't think Obama's going to do the same stuff?…Romney is just now getting vetted. He needs to get vetted."
Both men agreed that their fellow conservatives are not likely to line up behind one candidate, diluting the power of a movement many thought would hold sway in the primary race. But, like in Iowa, where the Tea Partiers never found The One, a conservative movement fixated on which anti-Romney to back rather than on Romney is helping pushing him toward the nomination.
That's frustrating for Sheppard — who's firmly in the anybody-but-Romney crowd — but he's at a loss as to how to fix the problem.
"We're so undecided…[the Tea Party] wants anybody but Romney at this point," he said. "I don't think they can beat Romney unless the coalesce together, Perry, Santorum and Newt."
What are the chances of that?
"I don't know, they'd have to go get in a huddle and flip a coin, I guess," Sheppard said. He doesn't see that happening. "Romney's going to slide in there," he said.
All Aboard The Electability Train
And when it comes down to that slide, as Sheppard and many establishment observers here think will happen, Sheppard said the Tea Party will coalesce behind the eventual GOP nominee. The best things the Bain attacks are doing at this point, Sheppard said, is testing the argument that Romney has the electability Republicans need.
That word — electability — appears to be swaying more than a few Tea Partiers and conservatives to Romney's side. And that's also frustrating to supporters of other candidates, who want the Tea Party to be in the anti-Romney camp with them.
At a Santorum event in Columbia Tuesday night, Heather Lackey, a conservative voter from the area stood up at the end of the event and asked Santorum to articulate why conservatives should support him over someone else. Santorum went into a long, exasperated answer: He's got the consistent conservatism no one else in the race does. But he also suggested Romney is less electable than his rivals, pointing to Romney's unsuccessful bid for the US Senate in 1994 and unsuccessful bid for the GOP nomination in 2008. In between that was the one election Romney's won, his single term as governor of Massachusetts.
"He's the most electable?" a clearly annoyed Santorum said to a full house. "Says who? Where's he ever proven that?"
Lackey likes Santorum, though she said Gingrich may articulate his policy points a little better. She's not a member of the Tea Party, but stands with them on most things. Right now she's frustrated with some of her fellow South Carolina conservatives she sees falling into the electability trap.
"Every time I hear that phrase, 'electability'? It makes me want to vomit," she said.
Resistance Is Futile
So: if the Tea Party is too fractured to stop Romney or too mesmerized by the electability argument to get in his way, what is it good for? Does it even have any influence? I asked the state Republican Party chair Chad Connelly to weigh in on the effects the movement will have on the primary in the end.
"I think they're mimicking the party," he said, adding that there are Tea Partiers in "every camp."
"I don't think it's atypical at all," Connelly said. The divide in the movement is "an indication that the Tea Parties are out there, they're involved in the grassroots, they're integrated into this whole process."
Should the polls bear that out, with Romney taking the Carolina crown, it may turn out that the Tea Party was involved in a way no one expected: securing the frontrunner's victory in what's probably the last place one of his rivals can stop him.
One Last Chance
There's a (slim) possibility the storyline could change for the Tea Party before all is said and done. Leaders of South Carolina Tea Party groups will gather this weekend for a convention in Myrtle Beach that could put an end to the some of the divides and unite the movement behind a single candidate.
And the Tea Party Express, whose endorsement helped to propel the likes of Sharron Angle and Christine O'Donnell into Republican nominations no one in the establishment wanted them to have, has promised to endorse before the primary date. That could shift things a bit, too.
But for now, the Tea Party in South Carolina — and therefore the movement nationally — appears to be facing a sort of existential crisis. Does it go down swinging, divided up among Santorum, Gingrich and Ron Paul? Or does it give in to Mittmentum and sign onto the electability train, despite what that may say about party principles.


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When I was invited to do a guest-post here, I just about swooned! It's a real honor – thank you Mariel and Jessica! So, anyone want to learn to make some soothing foot soak? Let's get to it!
My goal when designing this recipe, was to limit the ingredients to what we could find in an average supermarket. It's just amazing how many lovely homemade skincare items we can put together with a simple supermarket shopping list!
Let's get started.
Here's what you will need to make your handmade foot soak:
- 1 cup sea salt (a great alternative would be Kosher salt)
- 1 cup Epsom salt (usually found in the personal care/pharmacy aisle)
- 2 Tbsp peppermint tea (Be careful not to confuse this with "peppermint flavored" tea: the tea should be 100% peppermint leaves. Tip: if you can't find it in bulk, buy a box of tea-bags, cut them open and measure!)
- 4 tsp pure peppermint extract
- 3 tsp pure lemon extract
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- measuring cups and spoons
- mixing bowl and spoon
Almost done! Now add the final ingredient – the peppermint leaves. (I add this last, because I've found that adding them early in the process causes the leaves to bruise and give off their green color to the salt.) Stir the leaves in until they are fully blended with the salt mixture. Go ahead and take a deep breath while you're at it – it should have a very refreshing scent!
At this point, if you're planning on keeping the foot soak for yourself, store it in an air-tight container so it stays fresh. If the container is not air-tight, the beautiful aroma of the extracts and the peppermint leaves will fade. (The soak will still be useful, just not as charming!)
If you're planning on giving it away as a gift, try spooning it into an ordinary Mason jar. Be creative. Ribbons, tags, whatever you want to add to give the soak a loving, handmade touch.
And how to go about soothing those tired tootsies? Fill a small basin with warm water and stir in ¼ to ½ cup of foot soak. Stir it to dissolve the salts, and soak your feet for 10-15 minutes. Ahhhh…
So what are some of the benefits of this handmade foot soak, you ask? In my opinion, the best part is that it's all-natural! No chemical fragrances or artificial colors and preservatives (remember ladies, whatever you put ON your skin absorbs INTO your skin!) Secondly, it's very effecting at relaxing sore muscles (thanks in part to the magnesium-rich Epsom salts.) It's also refreshing (peppermint tea!) and softening (olive oil!) and aromatic. Being the all-natural skincare fanatic that I am, I've found this recipe to be a real winner, and I hope you do too!
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SA following on, 6/103 in the 2nd dig. Conditions have been pretty rank in general, good for bowling in terms of swing but wouldn't be much fun to bowl in otherwise so they can't pin it on that. Awful cricket from SA.
Hughes Cordon Watch - 2nd slip. That's 4/4 in the cordon. Some relevant statistics; - 50% of those catches were snaffled by Rick Ponting. - 75% off bowlers who bowl lame seam-up meds - 100% of Phil Hughes suddenly hearts Arrested Development. Also, Cal Ferguson needs to give himself an uppercut for getting a start in both digs and not getting to or past 50.
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Without being privy to them, team dynamics. Playing for a team which sucks as hard as SA is likely wear on him. Especially since he has the added pressure of having to fight his way back into Test contention and basically being the only guy in the side likely to get anywhere near 800 runs this season. Anyway, I've said it before but, for mine, moving to SA was basically the exact opposite of what his Test career needed.
It's a different thing that if, for example, you're an incumbent Test bat and you just need a place to keep the miles in the legs when you're not playing for OZ. Last edited by Top_Cat; 11-10-2012 at 04:03 AM. |
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that might be true, but I've always seen Hughes as someone who paves his own way more or less, and I'm not sure he'd be one to let the effects of a mediocre team wear down his own form. It really depends on how you look at it anyway - on one hand, yeah, they aren't a great side and there will be added pressure on him to recover the team from poor situations a lot of the time, but on the other hand it also means if he can embrace that role he'll really stand out a lot more than if he if was in one of the better sides.
I think a lot of this stuff is over-analysis anyway. The most important thing for his own confidence, and to impress the selectors, is that he needs to get lots of runs. Whether they come from playing for SA, or NSW or whatever, I'm not sure it matters a whole deal. |
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Indians can't bowl - Where has the rumour come from as I myself and many indian friends arwe competent fast bowlers ? With the English bid I said: Let us be brief. If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote. They then became sad and left |
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I can see where TC is coming from, but I'm not sure it will make too much difference to Hughes. One stat that TC has failed to note is that in 3/4 innings Hughes has played for SA he has been their top scorer (75%). I think that more than anything will be a good thing for him. I get the feeling he'd like to be 'da man' and he's not facing much competition at Adelaide. If just being the best in SA is enough to get his test spot back is very debatable, but it would be something to build from.
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The SACA organisational malady will get him, you'll see. You'll ALL see. Matter of time before his spirit is so crushed he'll be talked into rolling his arm over and batting 6-9 because the team needs guys who can 'contribute'.
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well that was a spineless performance from SA, abysmal. can focus on watching Wade now.
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The head of the SACA will be the next great Bond villain. Seriously though I do agree. There is something seriously cancerous going on down there. I was thinking if Hughes was to leave Vic or Qld were the places to go. My fingers are crossed that he is immune to the SA disease. |
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I think SA's batting will improve once they show better aptitude in OD matches - a format that particularly the middle order are miles better at.
They've had a few positives in the two outright loses: 1) Hughes at the Gabba 2) Ludeman showing some fight 3) Some lower order runs from Mennie at the Gabba and Sayers in Perth. BTW, what's everyone's thoughts on Punter saying the batting order is set in stone for the SA Tests? Personally I think he's giving his state team mate Ed Cowan some assurance/confidence. |
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Study: Private Prison Growth Can Impede Local Job Growth
Washington State University researchers examine impact of prison privatization on rural counties
Bruce Poinsette Of The Skanner News
February 06, 2013
Researchers at Washington State University are challenging the widespread belief that private prisons can help job growth in rural counties.In a new paper, "Prisons, Jobs and Privatization: The Impact of Prisons on Employment Growth in Rural U.S. Counties, 1997-2004," they say that privatization of prisons, in fact, often has a negative impact on their host counties.
"What we found is that when a new prison opens in a rural county, they tend to have fewer jobs instead of more," says Gregory Hooks, a WSU sociology professor. "There is no evidence of private prisons being statistically significant in terms of job growth but we did find that states embracing privatization went the other way."
Hooks, along with co-authors Shaun Genter and Clayton Mosher, used Bureau of Justice data to compare rural counties in states pursuing privatization to those that aren't. Over the last 20-30 years, there has been a disproportionate number of prisons built in rural counties, he says.
According to Hooks, proponents of private prisons often tout efficiency and potential job growth as reasons to embrace these institutions.
"When a state government rapidly chooses to build new prisons and has them run privately or turns over the management of current public prisons to private prisons, that sets in the motion the race to the bottom in terms of employment patterns, salaries, total staffing ratios, corrections personnel vs. prisoners and so forth," he says. "Remaining publically managed prisons have to look like private ones or else they're at risk to become privatized. That's very much one of the selling points of private prisons. That's very much a selling point of politicians that endorse privatization. They think that it will discipline and make efficient the public bureaucracy."
Hooks says that there are sharp differences between private and public prisons in terms of salary, benefits and the turnover rate.
The study says that, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, the median annual wage for correctional officers employed by the federal government was $50,830. Officers employed by state governments earned $38,850 and those employed by local governments earned $37,510. In comparison, officers employed in private prisons earned a median salary of $28,790.
The number of jobs per 100 prisoners is also lower for private prisons and states that pursue privatization.
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Although the private prison industry has grown rapidly over the last couple of decades, the violent crime rate has actually gone down, says Hooks. Specifically, he notes that the murder rate has declined significantly.
"While that number has been declining, the number of people being locked up is through the roof," says Hooks. "I'm be in favor of less violent crime but it's not clear that's what's going on with incarceration. The United States is the most incarcerated place on earth. There are more people locked up in the United States than all of China."
Hooks points to the War on Drugs as a major contributing factor. Between 1980 and 2000, the incarceration rate nearly tripled, despite the homicide rate declining by nearly 50 percent. There are around two million people currently incarcerated and around five million on probation or parole. Most are serving time for nonviolent offenses, many of which are drug related.
Ironically, Hooks says resources used to fund prison growth were diverted from education. In a previous study, he and another WSU doctoral student found that community colleges helped local employment growth in host counties most years between 1976 and 1997.
Besides educating students for future careers, a community college also has the "spillover effect" of creating jobs for staff and faculty and increasing consumption of goods from local vendors, says Hooks.
He notes that community college can be a rite of passage for many and without it, institutions like prisons can fill that role.
"Most people commit most their crimes between the ages of 16-24," says Hooks. "That's also when you might go to college. Community college is one way for people to transition to adulthood and so is the prison."
According to his research, the number of 18-24 year olds grew steadily between 1967 and 1980. However, the U.S. still made investments in education to meet this demand.
The war on drugs, he says, reversed this course. During this period, the number of 18-24 year olds declined. In addition, the cost of education has gone up because of lack of public funding, making it even harder for young people to receive an education. According to Hooks, it can cost a state from five to ten times as much money to lock someone up as it would to support him/her through community college.
"The imagery is so vivid of a country that is making it easier for your transition to adulthood to come with a felony conviction and the stigma that goes with it and a bit harder for you to transition to adulthood with an education credential."


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New York Knicks vs Boston Celtics
When: Thursday, Jan. 24, 8:00 p.m.
Where: TD Garden
Amare Stoudemire has played in nine games for the Knicks this season, and they have lost five of them. It's not time to panic in New York, but they should be very concerned with the outcome in recent games. Stoudemire averages 3.4 rebounds per game. The lack of production is not going to get it done for the Knicks at all. If the Knicks want Amare to be part of this team, he needs to be ferocious on the boards. A player doesn't need rhythm to attack the glass and make an impact. With Amare in the lineup, the New York offense seems to bog down, and lose fluidity. It is not all Amare's fault, but he takes the minutes of one of the shooters that spread the floor. Besides the rebounding, Amare's biggest flaw is his ability to catch the ball cleanly. There are numerous times throughout the game where Amare should have an easy finish, but he's not able to get the ball above his shoulders.
The Knicks last five losses have come against potential playoff teams. They've only beaten one team (San Antonio) in the last 10 games that has a chance to make waves during the postseason.
There's going to be a huge buzz surrounding the game with the rematch of Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Garnett, but the issue appears to be dead for now. Both players need to be careful early on with the extracurricular activities. The officials will be watching closely to make sure the game doesn't get out of hand. Still, it's not likely to curtail Garnett from talking.
While the Knicks remain in first place in the Atlantic, Boston is currently one game under 500. In recent weeks, the Boston Celtics have been very streaky. They have had two stints of four losses in a row. Between those streaks, Boston has won six in a row. The Celtics beat the Knicks in the middle of the winning streak, and they'll look to get back on track against New York.
This is a game where Amare has to play big. He needs to forget about scoring and getting touches. He needs to concentrate on the other facets of the game to make this team successful.
Tyson Chandler has been playing at an All-Star level, and he should be named to the East team before the start of the game. Tyson Chandler must improve his shot block defense for New York. Although he displays tough interior defense, Chandler needs to be more intimidating in the paint. He only averages one block per game.
Rajon Rondo is a great penetrator and likes to finish over the top of defenders. The Knicks need to discourage him from applying that offensive pressure. Rondo averages a double-double and he is always close to notching a triple double nightly.
J.R. Smith has provided great energy for New York all season. While he probably won't be added to the All-Star team, Smith is a very valuable piece for the New York Knicks. Smith must provide scoring punch off the bench against the Celtics. He averages five rebounds and three assists per game to accompany his 16.7 points per game.
Paul Pierce has been a Knick killer with clutch shots, and he hit the biggest shot against New York in the first game. Peirce is still formidable at 18.9 points per game, but he won't make the All-Star team this year.
The Knicks will win if Steve Novak finds good minutes in the game. Novak is a great barometer for how the Knicks are playing. If he is getting open shots and the ball is moving, they are one of the best teams in the league.
Boston has to find a balance and consistency. Both teams need the victory for different reasons. Boston must start winning more games, while the Knicks need to beat a division foe. The game should come down to the last few possessions.
Boston 95
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Here's our look at which prospects put together memorable weekends around the minors.
Peter Bourjos, cf, Angels: While the Angels were swinging a significant deal at the major league level to pick up Dan Haren, one of their best prospects in the minors was going on a tear for Triple-A Salt Lake. Bourjos went 10-for-14 this weekend with four doubles and two home runs. Bourjos is hitting .485/.519/.792 this month with 16 extra-base hits and seven stolen bases.
Eric Hosmer, 1b, Royals: Something's in the air in Springdale, Ark. First Mike Moustakas' put up Bondsian numbers there, now Hosmer has already hit five home runs in 11 games with Double-A Northwest Arkansas after hitting seven home runs in 87 games in high Class A Wilmington. Hosmer, Moustakas, Clint Robinson and Derrick Robinson have all had excellent seasons, but their numbers have been inflated by the Naturals' home park. As a team, Northwest Arkansas is hitting .316/.397/.506 at home. On the road, they are a much more normal .269/.343/.400. It's pretty similar for the Naturals' pitching staff. They have a 4.60 ERA at home and 3.36 ERA on the road.
Springfield was at home this weekend, and Hosmer was taking advantage. The first baseman hit a pair of home runs and a double and is now slugging .762 since his promotion.
Michael Pineda, rhp, Mariners: Pineda has been one of the best pop-up prospects of the 2010 season, but he's gotten better and better as the season has gone along. On Friday Pineda struck out 11 while allowing only one hit (and one run) in five innings for Triple-A Tacoma. As impressive as his stats were, his stuff may have been even more impressive–he was clocked up to 98 mph on Friday.
"What didn't you see? Throwing the ball 100 miles per hour and any pitch at any time for a strike," rehabbing big leaguer Mike Sweeney said. "The last time I faced a guy like that was Pedro Martinez, a guy who could throw that hard, that kind of command and the sequence of pitches. He is good, really good."
Adrian Salcedo, rhp, Twins: In Salcedo's past two starts for Rookie-level Elizabethton, he's recorded 42 outs. Half of them have been by strikeouts. Salcedo overmatched the Burlington Royals lineup on Friday, allowing four hits and one run in six innings while striking out 10. As you would expect, Salcedo didn't walk anyone. He now has four walks and 52 strikeouts in 47 innings.
Jeremy Hellickson, rhp, Rays: Hellickson is still dominating, but his control has wavered in recent starts. Hellickson walked four or more batters for the third consecutive start on Saturday. It wasn't a bad start, as Hellickson struck out nine while allowing only three hits and one run in 5 2/3 innings for Triple-A Durham. This may end up being a tune-up for a spot in the Rays' bullpen, as Rays manager Joe Maddon suggested that Hellickson could serve a similar role to what David Price did in a late-season 2008 call-up.
Robbie Erlin, lhp, Rangers: The Rangers moved Erlin to the low Class A Hickory starting rotation in mid May. Since then, he's made 12 starts. In 10 of them, he's allowed one run or less. Friday was more of the same–Erlin gave up one run in five innings (and five hits) while striking out eight.
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Statement of Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith Full Committee Hearing on Constitutional Limitations on States' Authority to Collect Sales Taxes in E-Commerce
Statement of Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith Full Committee Hearing on Constitutional Limitations on States' Authority to Collect Sales Taxes in E-Commerce
Chairman Smith: Black Friday marks the unofficial beginning of the holiday shopping season. But over the past few years, many Americans have begun to wait until the Monday after Thanksgiving to shop.
On "Cyber Monday," online merchants offer deals similar to the promotions shoppers find in brick-and-mortar stores on Black Friday with one exception—online merchants usually do not collect a sales tax.
The Constitution grants Congress the exclusive power to regulate interstate commerce. By negative inference, a state may not unduly burden interstate commerce—a constitutional principle commonly referred to as the "dormant commerce clause."
As applied to state tax policy, the dormant commerce clause prohibits a state from taxing a person with whom it lacks a "substantial nexus." In tax terminology, "nexus" refers to the relationship between the taxing authority and the taxpayer.
In its 1992 decision in Quill Corporation vs. North Dakota, 19 years ago, the Supreme Court held that, at least for purposes of collecting sales tax, a state lacks substantial nexus over a taxpayer that has no physical presence in the state. The Quill court thus established a bright-line physical presence rule for sales tax nexus.
In the Quill Decision, the Supreme Court was concerned with burdens to America's small businesses. It reasoned that without a bright-line physical presence rule for nexus, thousands of state and local taxing jurisdictions across America—each with their own unique tax bases and rates—would use vague concepts like "economic nexus" to impose sales tax collection requirements on businesses.
In the courts view, uncertainty about what jurisdiction has power to tax, as well as compliance with numerous and difficult tax policies, would place an undue burden on interstate commerce.
Today we will hear testimony from online retailers, brick-and-mortar retailers, and state governments about the impact of Quill on their operations.
This hearing will explore two issues: First, whether Congress should exercise its Commerce Clause power to enact sales tax reform legislation. And second, if Congress should act, how we can do so in a manner that does not increase administrative and compliance burdens on America's small businesses.
Some in the online retail community believe that physical presence is a fine rule for sales tax nexus. Online retailers typically maintain physical presence in only a handful of states and rely on common carriers to transport purchased goods to customers. Most states therefore cannot require those online retailers to collect and remit sales tax. Some argue that shielding businesses from the complex patchwork of sales tax laws was precisely the benefit of Quill and that Congress should take no action.
But it is precisely this reality that frustrates brick-and-mortar retailers, who claim to suffer a competitive disadvantage compared to their online counterparts.
State revenues are also affected by the Quill rule. Forty-five states and the District of Columbia have a sales tax. Those jurisdictions also have a "use" tax, equal to the sales tax rate, which residents must pay for the usage, consumption or storage of goods purchased in a non-resident state and brought into the resident state.
For example, a shopper in Austin, Texas who buys goods online from a retailer that lacks a physical presence in Texas is responsible to pay Texas use tax even though he pays no sales tax on his transaction.
But states rely on taxpayers to self-report their purchases in other states, and states lack the resources and means to effectively police use tax avoidance. So online purchases usually escape taxation altogether.
Some believe that Congress should not come to the states' assistance—if a state chooses to impose a use tax, it should also find a way to enforce it. Others would like to see Congress help states collect sales taxes on all transactions, thereby eliminating the need for use taxes.
I am aware of three legislative proposals that could give states nexus over online and other remote sellers.
Ranking Member Conyers has re-introduced the Main Street Fairness Act this Congress.
Representatives Steve Womack and Jackie Speier have introduced the Marketplace Equity Act. And most recently, Senators Enzi and Durbin introduced the Marketplace Fairness Act. Although this is an oversight hearing, I invite our witnesses to comment on any of these three bills.


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Sails- 124 raised,117 hooked, 90 released
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Craig, Steve,John,Nolan and Steven were my last charter aboard the Relentless for 2007. After a short run of 8 miles the lines were set and the fleet started to spread out in serch of the big bite, as luck would have it I found my self a little further West of the fleet picking up some fresh lunch from under a log, with three 12 lb Dorados ready for the grill, we headed a little futher offshore were another boat was having a few bites. Things just went from good to excellent as it does here in Guatemala. The rest of the day went in a blurr of shouts and the call of right teaser left teaser and don't bother they are every where; out of the five anglers aboard three were novices, not for long after a few burned thumbs and a little ribbing we ended the day with 78 fish raised, 69 Bites with 41 releases, not to mention a little Blue that woke us up and refused to bite. A happy crew left the boat with hopes of trying the fly on the following day.
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The Gang was back all excited for there final day on the water, after the previous day what could we expect, you guessed it nothing, the fish had moved and though, after dragging teasers around all morning in hopes of getting one on the fly, hopes began to dwindle. Could this be due to the party from the night before? Or the fishing? But the story does not end there, after finally releasing one on the fly we all decided to switch back to conventional tackle, hoo boy and here they came, we ened up raising 43 fish getting 35 bites and releasing 27 and one on the Fly. BOOM Total on the Relentless for two days fishing was 69 Sails Released for 104 bites and an incredible 130 Sails behind the boat,
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Three-hundred forty-three members of the New York City Fire Department lost their lives responding to the World Trade Center on 9/11. Now a tradition retracing the final steps of one is coming to Central New York.
The Syracuse Firefighters Association announced plans for the city's first Tunnel to Towers Run in front of their living memorial in Firefighter Park. The original run was founded by the family of firefighter Stephen Siller. Siller ran through the closed Brooklyn Battery Tunnel with 75 pounds of gear strapped to his back to try to meet up with his crew on the day of the attacks. Half of the proceeds from the Syracuse race will benefit those injured in fires.
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So off to Port Canaveral we went. Check in at the port was a breeze. Everyone was friendly and smiling. Parking at the port was a flat $60.00. I was expecting the standard $15.00 per day, but hey, you walk across the street and you are at the ship.
Instead of going with everyone to the Windjammer cafe for lunch after boarding, we ate early and went immediately to the Viking Crown lounge. For those who don't know, one of the amenities I love most about RCCL is that at the top of their ships, they have a beautiful bar/lounge with a 360 degree view. We always go sit up there and watch departure from port. It was beautiful and it was basically empty. As we had an inside cabin, this is a great place to start. Plus. I am a smoker, and this is a huge lounge. one side is smoking, one side non-smoking. I didn't even bother the non-smokers. What a beautiful place to start the cruise.
Dining- this is where I really think RCCL could improve this ship. We ate the first night in Vincent's dining room on deck 3. It was actually quite convenient as this was the same floor our cabin was on. I had never had a cabin on the same deck as the dining room, and it turned out to be very convenient. The elevators are always busiest around those times, so we just walked to our state room. Waited a few minutes and then headed back out after the crowd cleared. I had the prime rib. It was just OK, a little thin maybe 1/4 inch thick. Because it was so thin, it really wasn't very juicy at all, but it was OK.
On Saturday we ate breakfast and lunch in the Windjammer. It is buffet and I can usually find something to eat. At lunch the served a sliced beef at the meat station that was inedible. I mean really, the guy cutting it should have known. In the trash that went. I did find some of the best honey dew melon I ever ate at breakfast. So after that dinner, we immediately made reservations at the specialty restaurant Jade. Dinner the second night in the MDR was better.
Jade- We had eaten on the Navigator of the Seas at their specialty restaurant Chops Grille. When I left there, I felt like I just left a 5 star restaurant in Manhattan !! Fabulous !! Jade, unfortunately wasn't quite that experience. You see Jade is a concept restaurant. They basically bring you a hot rock in a ceramic plate and you cook your own food. WOW. Who thought that was good idea? Not only that, but they butterflied a perfectly good 8 oz. fillet mignon. Of course, we both overcooked our steaks, and there was simply not enough room to cook the veggies and shrimp at the same time. It really was awful. Plus they price the food in Jade individually, unlike the other specialty restaurants where you just pay an up charge. The chocolate dessert was very good. I figure RCCL knows that their Jade concept is not a good one, but I just want them to know that when cruisers go looking for great food, and don't mind paying a little extra, we would probably prefer that a chef cooks it.
I also understand that we only paid $200 per person for this cruise and I expected an up charge for Fillet and Lobster, but when I pay it, I would at least like a great meal.
I do not want anyone think this is a bad ship or a bad cruise. The crew was friendly. RCCL always keeps their ships in great condition. They are beautiful. The waiters, stewards and crew members are always polite and cordial. I still had a wonderful time and I will be cruising again on RCCL very soon. We actually pre-booked our next cruise on the ship because you get an extra $100.00 off for doing it there. We didn't even have to know when our next cruise was or on which ship. We can decide that later. I thought that was really a nice feature.
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Orlowski mis-reports it again
You have to wonder about any publication that employs a fact challenged guy like Andrew Orlowski. Have a look at the latest article he has, which made it to Digg today. In a discussion about supposedly bad search results from Google (I hadn't noticed, and this is the first I've seen anyone talk about it), he says this:
Recently, we featured a software tool that can create 100 Blogger weblogs in 24 minutes, called Blog Mass Installer. A subterranean industry of sites providing "private label articles," or PLAs exists to flesh out "content" for these freshly minted sites. And as a result, legitimate sites are often caught in the cross fire.
But the new algorithms may not be solely to blame. Google's chief executive Eric Schmidt has hinted at another reason for the recent chaos. In Google's earnings conference call last month, Schmidt was frank about the extent of the problem.
"Those machines are full," he said. "We have a huge machine crisis."
And there's at least some anecdotal evidence to support the theory that hardware limitations are to blame.
That's a fairly nasty bit of selective quoting. Orlowski leaves the impression that "full" machines are causing search problems. Follow the link though - that comment came in reference to the huge capital infrastructure spending that Google is engaged in:
Google continued to make substantial capital investments, mainly in computer servers, networking equipment and its data centers. It spent $345 million on such items in the first quarter, more than double the level of last year. Yahoo, its closest rival, spent $142 million on capital expenses in the first quarter.
Referring to the sheer volume of Web site information, video and e-mail that Google's servers hold, Schmidt said: "Those machines are full. We have a huge machine crisis."
Jordan Rohan of RBC Capital Markets called Google's capital spending "unfathomably high," noting that it spent the same percentage of its revenue on equipment as a wire-line phone company.
Boy, it sure sounds different when you actually put it in context, doesn't it? This seems to be Orlowski's stock in trade though - pulling stuff out of context and making wild assumptions - sometimes he just makes crap up.
The stupid thing is, you could write a worried sounding article about Google and their capital spending from the source he links to - heck, one paragraph down from what I quoted above, Rohan says the following:
"If Google's market share continues to increase, and its position as the central hub of the Internet is reinforced, an extra $1 billion is a worthwhile investment," Rohan said. "The day market share peaks, we have a problem."
Now there's potential grist for a story. Orlowski seems to be blind to actual stories though, even when he links right to them.
Huzzah for the open forum!
I thank my lucky stars every day that we have a news reporting medium where people who are spewing bullshit are swiftly called out on it.
google getting faster
If anything, google's services seem to be running faster lately. The response times from their search and web service API's are amazingly fast. I've also noticed an increase in the frequency of their crawling and indexing. There isn't a google dance anymore, where it was a big deal when the whole search was indexed and reloaded.. now it seems to just happen continually. While future capacity might be an issue with their growth, they seem to be managing well at the moment on the technology and infratructure front.
Ooh, you made Digg's front page. Hopefully a few people will be interested in Smalltalk.
It sounds worse when you put it in context.
Your attempt to straighten things out actually makes them seem worse and more plausible. The chance that spam blogs are filling up google's computers too rapidly is a little light standing alone. Add your info about video and audio to the fact that google spent more than twice as much as the nearest competitor on infrastructure upgrades and ... bingo, sound like Orlowski was right on the money.
Wire-line telephone company
Spending at the level of the wire-line phone companies, wow. The wire line phone company has made so much money over the years, I would say that is a prudent move. If google can make at much money at AT+T has then they would have good return on their stock. Google is to AT+T and 1998 is to 1920, Andrew
I thank my lucky stars every day that we have a news reporting medium where people who are spewing bullshit are swiftly called out on it.
Well, allow me to call you out on it. The context of the quote doesn't change anything. We know that yahoo actually indexes more pages than google, and that yahoo has more mail users, and more ancillary sites and services than google, so why is google spending more than double on infrastructure?
Anyone bothering to ask that question? OR are you simply assuming that google plans to do something "great" with it.
There's so much cheerleading of this company its ridiculous. Just tell us up front if you own stock in google so we can have full disclosure, sheesh.
Google investment vs Yahoo's
Doesn't Google serve more a lot more search queries than Yahoo? It seems to have more than 2x Yahoo's search market share. Assuming the indexes are comparable in size wouldn't that mean they need 2x the machines?
[It's true there's a lot of hype on this stock - but James' post doesn't seem so to me.]
not much diference
How does it sound any different in "context"? It sounds the same.
I see no discrepancy
It sounds essentially the same to me in both contexts. Perhaps the problem is your own understanding/interpretation?
The Reg in general
Anyone who has paid much attention to The Reg knows there is tons of spin and bias in almost every story. That's part of the draw. If people wanted the objectivity of every other news organization, they would probably get their news elsewhere.
I have noticed big changes in the rankings.
You say that you haven't noticed any change in the rankings but i can tell you it is true. Our site www.licenseprofessor.com has been the number 1 ranking for all my keywords such are real estate license and real estate exam, etc and then January came by and we couldn't even be found. We are not a spam site nor are we using nepharious SEO tactics yet our bottom line has been completely affected by this change.
Different Infrastructure Approaches
I wonder if the seemingly large discrepancy in infrastructure spending has anything to do with the different approaches Yahoo! and Google take. As I understand it, Yahoo! has large consolidated storage whereas Google went with incredibly decentralized (redundant) servers.
Could it be that at a certain level of information handling the decentralized approach was superior, but that the information reached a critical mass where the decentralized servers and their meshing introduces a level of complexity that makes it much more expensive?
should we Google for an answer?
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I compared your web page to several of the top pages listed by google.
Your web page is even uglier then the top scoring web pages.
You have 233 HTML errors on your page compared to aboute 40 HTML errors on each of the top scoring pages.
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Hey license professor dude.
I compared your web page to several of the top pages listed by google.
Your web page is even uglier then the top scoring web pages.
You have 233 HTML errors on your page compared to aboute 40 HTML errors on each of the top scoring pages.
Fix your HTML so Google's robots can read the damn thing.
Learn how to use an HTML validator.
RE: Well, allow me to call you out on it
There's so much cheerleading of this company its ridiculous. Just tell us up front if you own stock in google so we can have full disclosure, sheesh.
Yeah, Sheesh! You are in big, big trouble mister.
I think James is like me: Sick of hearing how Google is now a turd. Yeah they are the Wall Street Darlings du ans. It has to be somebody.
I think they are good. The searches don't try hard enough sometimes I think. They have got their algorithms right for the lowest common denominator. Reality show fans have invaded the internet, Gawd help us all. Google understands Americans better than the IRS, that is for sure. I wonder how it feels to have Joe America as your market? Welcome to being the CBS of the internet.
So their searches are getting more frustrating for me, there is no longer tons of space for holding lots of technical elite material. The net is starting to represent our population better. As it should.
Nice comment editor by the way, although I had to crank up my CPU speed to use it...
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How do we *know* that yahoo indexes more data?
huh? or should it be... duh?
Are you seriously saying that you read an article from the register and took it as something other than comedy and/or satire?
Wait, is this satire?
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Here is a detailed article on the behavior of the various search engine bots. It appears that Yahoo is most aggressive in searching, which again makes you wonder about which search engine should be investing more in hardware.


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25 May 2007
Grants for primary health care research announced
The Commonwealth Government has announced more than $10 million in grants for primary health care research.
25 May 2007
Burden of Disease report
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's report, The Burden of Disease and Injury in Australia 2003, shows that an estimated 32 per cent of disease is due to poor lifestyle choices.
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New Darwin radiation clinic: tenders open
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New grants and schools competition to tackle obesity
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Report finds 'positive outcomes' for Indigenous Australians
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ADHD Review
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Some have said that the journey is more important than the destination.
To be honest, I think that I last saw that expression on a coffee mug or some random item that takes a cliché that actually has some meaning to it, and places it on something that is an accessory to a mundane routine, like waking us up with enough organic coffee beans to get to work without causing a four car pileup.
I think that it is a tremendous analogy for adult life.
If children are the dreamers of this world, and have that 'when you wish upon a star' mentality that believes that their families are perfect cohesive units, they will grow up to be firefighters, and that with a Tiny-Tim like plea, God will 'bless us everyone', then adults have evolved into the Ebenezer Scrooge's that are so quick to spout out a 'Bah Humbug.'
We take the slices of life, and turn them into the discarded garnishes that lay in or on the rim of the glass of our mind-numbing booze drinks.
This is the 100th column that I have written for this little publication by the sea, and though I would never expect a ticker tape parade or anything remotely close to that, I mention the century mark because in looking back, I wonder if I've had any epiphanies in writing this column, as much as I wonder if anyone was actually enlightened or entertained in reading it. Maybe in some way, you hope that writing down the thoughts in your head will not only be therapeutic to your own disheveled mess of a consciousness but you also hope that it gave some folks a different point of view to dissect or (probably in most cases) totally disregard.
At least they had a different option to mull over than which happy hour to attend.
I admit that I don't have this world figured out any more that any of you, or anymore than when I started using this pen name almost 10 years and four publications ago. Sometimes looking back gives you a nice look at where you've been and where you've come.
Yet regardless of how often you look back with the greatest of hindsight's 20/20 clarity, and regardless of how much of a death grip you have on reality, we are all equally clueless to where we are going, and that is truly what we all are wondering isn't it? That's why freaky old ladies with tarot cards can make a living, or in the Ocean City version, Russian girls with a penchant for the dramatic and the Boardwalk lifestyle.
My grandparents came for a visit this past weekend, and brought with them about a half a dozen plastic bins filled with what could essentially be described as my childhood. My parents moved out west after I had already left home and all of my things, from baseball and hockey card collections to my old trophies had been neatly cataloged into six blue bins that were undoubtedly purchased from Wal-Mart for a few dollars apiece, and placed under a tarp in the middle of the garage of my grandparent's farmhouse.
My grandmother said something to me, knowing that my house is already scattered with boxes from my recent move. She said, 'some rainy day you can go through those and have a good laugh.'
As I basically skimmed over the top of a few of these boxes and after finding all sorts of things that I had decided to save and treasure, I realized that you can get so caught up in the struggle for right and wrong that you don't necessarily see with clarity what you are fighting for. You can get so caught up in black and white that you no longer see colors, and you can get so caught up in trying to be understood, that you don't even understand what it is that you are trying to say.
I guess seeing your 10th grade yearbook photo can show you a lot of things: just how cool you weren't, how cool you still aren't, and how at the root of it, we just really want to be liked and have someone that we look up to tell us that it is going to be okay. Or, it can just make you realize that you didn't heed the advice of your 12th grade lab partner's parting wish to 'stay cool forever' and 'follow your dreams' like it was inscribed in your yearbook.
Seriously, did anyone really plan to be where they are?
Over the course of 100 columns, I've gotten quite political, and anyone that's read this, including my Dubbya-loving banker buddy in his Cheney-like cubicle/bunker, will tell you, I'm 'left' cause I would hate myself to actually be 'right.' Yet, politics is crap. It's essentially a big cockfight of suits and lobbyists engaged in a very eloquent game of 'Yo Momma' on the steps of the Capitol. I wonder sometimes why I even bother with it.
I exhaust myself with this notion of somehow wanting things to be fair, and just, in an imperfect world, where finding the meaning in the madness is about as easy as understanding the game of cricket. Yet, I realize that in these heavy times where even eight year olds have a cell phone and a pharmacist, I find myself looking back and being drawn to things that I thought were too simple to be considered of value. Things like old houses, the farmer's almanac and how older folks handle life's curveballs with a very understated sense of grace.
It's like you rush through your whole life to get to a certain place like adulthood, college, Prague, or the upper middle class; and then when you get there, all you want to do is go back.
I've heard people say that Ocean City is the 'land of misfit toys.' That doesn't sound like a place that goes through old pictures very often. It sounds like we were all running from something, and at some point, found our selves in this 'Endless Summer.'
If dreams are just the things that we haven't done yet, then memories are the things that our minds won't let us forget.
Maybe we should head down to the basement where we keep our childhood in neat storage bins.
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