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Effect of Different Source of Energy on Urea Molasses Mineral Block Intake, Nutrient Utilization, Rumen Fermentation Pattern and Blood Profile in Murrah Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)
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Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
Volume 16, Issue 6,
2003, pp.818-822
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Effect of Different Source of Energy on Urea Molasses Mineral Block Intake, Nutrient Utilization, Rumen Fermentation Pattern and Blood Profile in Murrah Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)
Hosamani, S.V.; Mehra, U.R.; Dass, R.S.;
In order to investigate the effect of different sources of energy on intake and nutrient utilization from urea molasses mineral block (UMMB), rumen fermentation pattern and blood biochemical constituents, 18 intact and 9 rumen fistulated male Murrah buffaloes aged about 3 years and average weight 310.8 kg were randomly allocated into three groups of 9 animals in each, thus each group having 6 intact and three rumen fistulated buffaloes. All animals were fed individually for 90 days. All buffaloes were offered wheat straw as basal roughage and urea molasses mineral block for free choice of licking. Three different energy sources viz., barley grain, (group I), maize grain (group II) and jowar green (group III) were offered to meet their nutrient requirement as per Kearl (1982). At the end of feeding trial, a metabolism trial of 7 days duration was carried out on intact animals to determine the digestibility of nutrients. Rumen fermentation studies were carried out on rumen fistulated animals. After the metabolism trial blood was collected from intact animals to estimate the nitrogen constituents in blood serum of animals fed on different sources of energy. Results revealed no significant difference in the intake of UMMB in three groups. Similarly, the intake of DM (kg), DCP (g) and TDN (kg) per day was similar in three groups statistically. The apparent digestibility of dry matter (DM), organic matter (OM), ether extract (EE) and nitrogen free extract (NFE) was significantly (p<0.05) more in group II than group III, whereas the digestibility of DM, OM and NFE was similar in group I and II. The digestibility of crude fiber (CF) and all the fiber fractions i.e. NDF, ADF, cellulose and hemicellulose was alike in 3 groups. Nitrogen balance (g/d) was significantly (p<0.05) more in group III as compared to group I and II, which were alike statistically, though the N intake (g/d) was similar in 3 groups but N balance (g/d) was significantly (p<0.05) less in group III as compared to other 2 groups. Significantly (p<0.05) higher concentration of total volatile fatty acids (TVFA), total nitrogen (TN) and its fractions were observed in group I and II as compared to group III. There was no effect on rumen pH, rumen volume and digesta flow rate due to different sources of energy in 3 groups. Similarly the blood serum biochemical parameters (NH3-N, urea-N and total protein) were statistically identical in 3 groups.
Urea Molasses Mineral Block;Nutrient Utilization;Rumen Fermentation Pattern;Blood Profile;Murrah Buffaloes;
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1983 GEORGIAN Auxiliary Cutter
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- Year:
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The ROI of Employees Is Just As Important
Are you stopping your own growth by preventing your staff from living up to their potential within your company?
Are you stopping your own growth by preventing your staff from living up to their potential within your company?
We are working for a company that wants us to better understand if their customer experience is "working" for them, and if they are sufficiently closing the loop on customer service by actually enacting changes in their business based on customer feedback. This is all in an effort to achieve the maximum return on investment (ROI) they can from their customers and their customer support.
However, something we observed in this company really stands out, and is a much larger problem for them. To put it bluntly, they treat their employees like crap. It is astounding to me that a company that has so much care for its customers (and understanding how customers feel about their brand) is not taking its own medicine and applying this logic in-house.
Let's start with some old adages we keep hearing them bounce around in boardrooms:
That's all well and good, and nothing we don't already know. But this company takes the exact opposite approach when it comes to their staff. From our observations, it seems to be the owners' attitudes that:
What a way to run a business, right? I am astounded by this behavior. To be fair, this is not a Fortune 500 e-commerce company (the mainstay of my company's client base). This is a smallish mom and pop store that we offered to help out due to some personal connections to the company. Do these behaviors happen with the big guys? Yes, of course, but usually in a less transparent or egregious way. Most companies that grew up in the dot-com era were built on the principals of treating your staff as your best asset, and encouraging them to enjoy their life at the company.
That's the world I grew up in, and the companies I've worked for have certainly understood that. The company in question, however, doesn't have the same pedigree, and it is eye opening for me. It does make me wonder how many of the smaller companies (that I simply don't come into contact with as often) have these kinds of problems.
In our report for this company (helping them understand where they are losing on their bottom line) we are going to put in a large section about this issue. Like any company, their bottom line is obviously affected by how much money they are bringing in. But it is also affected by their expenses, and their efficiency.
Because they have created a hostile/toxic work environment, they have employees who aren't interested in making the company successful any longer, and aren't willing to put their necks out with new ideas that could help the company. Having witnessed this firsthand, I can tell you this is not the fault of the employees, who universally seem to have had the joy sucked out of them at this company. There have been three staff replacements in the five weeks since we've been on site. Clearly this costs the company a lot of money. Some of the issues were in the vetting process, and some were in the training process. Either way, these new staff members were destined to fail from the beginning, and the company tends to take a "one strike and you're out" policy, which shoots them in the foot as much as anything else.
In the report we file, we will talk about "employee churn," "employee lifetime value," and other terms we'd normally associate with customers. It is our hope that they will realize that their best chance of growing the business is to actually let their employees grow and prosper instead of treating them like cattle.
ROI comes in many shapes and sizes. And while we're constantly looking at customers to figure out how to make more money, sometimes it's required for us to look inside the walls of our cubicles and understand how we're stopping our own growth by preventing our staff from living up to their potential within our companies.
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Geet Sriram Sethi was born on 17th April 1961 in Delhi. He attended St. Xavier's High School and St. Xavier's College in Ahmadabad. He did his Masters in Business Administration from B.K. School of Business Administration. He became passionate about the game of billiards when he was just a kid though he was not allowed to play the game. He laid his hands upon a billiards table at Ahmadabad. Observing his extra ordinary talent, the Managing Committee of the Gujarat Sports Club allowed him to play the game at the members' table. He took important tips from Satish Menon, an important billiards player of his time.
Geet Sethi is a six-time winner of the professional-level and a three-time winner of the amateur World Championships. He is also the holder of two world records in English billiards. He won his first major English billiards event in 1982 which was the Indian National Billiards Championship.
Geet Sethi also took the Indian National Snooker Championships four times back to back in the same period of 1985 to1988. He is featured in the Guinness Book of World Records as the first amateur in the world to compile the maximum 147 break in snooker.
In the 1992 World Professional Billiards Championship, Geet Sethi constructed a world-record English billiards break of 1276 under the three-pot rule which also stands as the highest break in five decades and won first place. He went on to win the title again in 1993, 1995, 1998, and 2006.
Geet Sethi is regarded as a major sports hero in India. He is a recipient of India's highest sporting award, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 1992–1993. He also received the Padma Shri and the Arjuna Award in 1986 and the K.K. Birla Award in1993.
Geet Sethi lives in Ahmadabad, with his wife Kiran and their two children, Jazz and Raag. In addition to billiards competitions, Sethi also runs a private travel agency in Ahmadabad and Mumbai called Raag Travels. In 2005, he wrote an autobiographical motivational book called `Success vs. Joy'.
Presently, he is promoting a venture called Olympic Gold Quest along with Prakash Padukone which is committed to supporting sports persons with Olympic medal-winning potential.


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Living with Alzheimer's: 'I'm Still Me'
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When Charles Jackson was 13, he learned that his mother's side of the family has a particular gene that can cause early-onset Alzheimer's. His mother started showing symptoms of the disease in her early 40s. He remembers the day he found out what was going on.
"My brother Stanley and I came home from school and Mom told us that our aunt wanted to talk to us," Jackson says. "So we went out and got in the old pickup and drove over there. And my aunt started telling us that Mom had this disease that my Aunt Pearl had had and my Uncle Fred and so forth down the line.
"It's the first day I heard the word Alzheimer's. When we got back [home], it was dark and Mom and Dad were in a fight. Dad had gotten home from work and wanted to know where we were at and she had forgotten where we had gone. They were yelling and screaming at each other and it was a horrible night for all of us."
Barely a teenager, Jackson became his mother's caregiver. By the time he was a high school senior, he says, "Mom was sitting in the rocking chair with a blanket wrapped around her and all the blinds pulled down.
"That year she asked me if I could help her die and I told her I couldn't. And after that she started trying to run away. Any chance she thought she could sneak out of the house, she would leave and I'd have to go find her."
Jackson was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2004, at the age of 50.
A friend of his e-mailed him after his diagnosis.
"This is terrible and this isn't fair and it's a horrible thing," she wrote.
"Well, it's not that bad," Jackson replied. "It's not like you're in pain all the time."
But Jackson says it takes a toll on his family.
"I know that when they see my failing, they get really sad and they don't like to see that," he says. "I wish they would try to understand that I may be a little different. There's a time there where I will forget everybody's name, but inside I'm still here. I'm still me.
"And though my speech may be poor, inside I'm thinking how much fun I'm having with them. And I, as much as possible, would like to be treated as [I] had been treated before."
Charles Jackson's interview was recorded as a part of the StoryCorps Memory Loss Initiative. Produced for Morning Edition by Katie Simon. The senior producer for StoryCorps is Michael Garofalo.


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Actually, the Studio version of this Song is Great and probably Better than the live acoustic one.
As is often the case with music or any other type of art, you may have to wait Several years to see whether it is ephemeral or will Stand the test of time.
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Another great LOTR post: Sometimes Good Things Come To Those Who Wait.
Musings at the Gray Havens: The Riddles of Aragorn # 3: Estel the Lover: Aragorn and Arwen in Lothlorien The Lord of the Rings is one of those odd books in which romance, love-triangles, explicit sex-scenes ...
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I love red lipstick, but it doesn't love me. It's odd, because in theory, I'm the perfect partner for red. I'm brunette, have pale yet olive skin and dark eyes, but the crimson lip just makes me look too try hard. And coupled with my regular eyeliner, I look like a reject burlesque act. I've tried dropping the eyeliner and I end up looking tired or like I've woken up in last night's makeup.
Red hates me: Yes, the face doesn't help - I look like Hatchet-face from Cry Baby in Givenchy no less.
But lo and behold I made a surprise discovery. A friend who works at Revlon sent me a glossy orange lipstick out of the blue. I tried it on and it was a revelation. Who would have thought orange could look so great? It never occurred to me to try it before. Pinks I can do, browns make me look dead, but orange? Blow me down.
And so began my mission to find the perfect orange lipstick, and yes ladies, I do believe I've discovered the holy grail of the tangerine dream.
It's NARS' velvet matt lip pencil in Red Square(£17.50, asos.com). It might look red, but once applied it goes on a smooth intense deep orange. The general rule is if you have a small mouth, stick to glossy shades, but this dense matt colour does wonders for my titchy lips.
Red Square: Me doing my best Blue Steel. I frickin' love this stuff.
And it's also because of my stupid wee mouth, I think this only adds to red's problem with me. It shrinks my mouth into a cat's arse.
See what I mean – the very reason no man has thankfully ever said to me "you've got blow job lips". Thankful for small mercies, eh?
Some other rocking oranges I've come across which are definitely not to be missed include Clinique's limited edition Runway Coral (£16.50, selfridges.com) – if you're tan and blonde, this stuff was made for you but it seems to work on most skin tones. And if you fancy going down the '80s neon route, try L'Oréal's Color Riche Magnetic Coral (£8.19, boots.com). This lippy smells exactly how I imagine Alexis Carrington would have. That and Giorgio Beverly Hills perfume.
L'Oreal coral - metallic, bright and easy to pull this bad boy off
Runway Coral: a great shade – amazing on blondes.
Honourable mentions also go to Clinique's Chubby Stick in Two Ton Tomato (£16, boots.com) for a super moisturising, sheer wash of colour – perfect for daytime wear.
If you're interested in some of my red failings, they go to Givenchy Shopping Red and the classic Laura Mercier Sexy Lips which is supposed to suit everyone, but just makes me look blah.
This is Laura Mercier's Sexy Lips which apparently anyone can wear. I bought it, cause it was 'must have'. It does nothing for me.
So, I'm leaving red behind for the time being, and coveting my super intense NARS lip pencil. It's my new best friend. You know, it could be yours too.
What can I say, she asked me if she could wear the L'Oréal, I said sure.
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INTRODUCTION [3] ALL THE NUMBERS MATCHED! [4] WHAT DO I DO NOW? Contacting the Idaho Lottery [5] Visiting the Idaho Lottery [5] Ticket Validation [6] Getting the Check [6] Visiting the Bank [7] Annuity versus Cash Payouts [8] Death Beneficiaries [9] Splitting Big Jackpots [9] Group Tax Liability [10] Winning Players from Outside Idaho [10] Resident Players from Outside the United States [11] Professional Advisors [11] WINNER AWARENESS Winning a Prize is a Matter of Public Record [12] Winner Awareness Program [13] The Press Conference [13] Future Publicity [14] DREAMS TO REALITY – WAKING UP IN WONDERLAND [15 - 16] Advice from Previous Winners [17] MARTHA GIBBONS, POWERBALL 1992 [18] WALLACE CAGGLE, TRI-WEST 1994 [19] PAM HIATT, POWERBALL 1995 [20] KEN COVERT, WILD CARD 2007 [21] BRAD DUKE, POWERBALL 2005 [22]
On behalf of the Idaho Lottery, let me be one of the first to congratulate you on your good fortune and being a Lottery winner. I sincerely hope the excitement of winning your prize will help you to achieve some of your dreams. Winning the Lottery can have profound and lasting effects on your life. As a service to our winners, and to help you with your overall planning and transition, the All the Numbers Matched – Winner's Guidebook includes information about what to expect in working with the Lottery to claim your prize, basic tax information, our winner awareness program, as well as insight and advice from some of the Lottery's previous jackpot winners. This Guidebook is published for informational purposes only and the Lottery makes no guarantees as to its current accuracy. Please do not rely on any of the information in the Guidebook without first consulting your attorney, accountant, and/or financial advisor. As you begin evaluating the options on how to handle your prize, we recommend you consult with professional advisors who are used to working with situations like yours and understand your priorities, interests, dreams and personal financial security. Celebrate and enjoy the moment: you're an Idaho Lottery winner!
Jeff Anderson Idaho Lottery Director
You stare at the winning ticket in your hands, checking the numbers again and again. Disbelief. Puzzlement. All the numbers matched, but this certainly is not right. "No, there must be a mistake," you say to yourself. You check your ticket five more times. All the numbers still match. You doubt what your eyes are telling you. "This certainly can not be true." Then, a moment of realization settles in. "People do win, so why not me?" Disbelief slowly turns to shock as the magnitude of your win registers. Euphoria ensues. CONGRATULATIONS! You just won the jackpot in the Idaho Lottery!! Winning the Idaho Lottery, or even a substantial Powerball jackpot or top prize in a Scratch™ game, is an exhilarating and lifechanging experience. Most people who play the Idaho Lottery do so because they dream of winning big, fully understanding the odds of actually winning are against them. No doubt, once the reality of winning sets in, the magnitude of the unexpected windfall is certain to create a wide variety of emotions. Relax. Take several deep breaths. Look around your surroundings and enjoy the moment. Celebrate! A new opportunity in your life is about to begin! This Winner's Guidebook will assist you with your newfound daily experiences, walk you through the important and necessary steps to secure your prize, and provide you the tools and information to handle your unexpected financial windfall.
Contacting the Idaho Lottery The very first thing you need to do once you discover you have a winning ticket is to sign and fill out the back of the ticket. It is a good idea to make a copy of the ticket, front and back, for your records and safe keeping. Next, you will need to have the winning ticket verified by Idaho Lottery officials. If you have not already contacted the Idaho Lottery office, do so immediately. They can be reached at 208-3342600 Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mountain Time, excluding all Holidays. Visiting the Idaho Lottery Winning tickets over $600 must be claimed at Idaho Lottery offices in Boise within 180 days of the draw date or end of a Scratch™ game. After 180 days, the winning ticket becomes void and by law, the Idaho Lottery can no longer pay your claim. Idaho Lottery Customer Service offices are open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mountain Time, excluding all Holidays, and are conveniently located in downtown Boise at: 1199 Shoreline Lane, Suite 100 Boise, ID 83702 Once you arrive at Lottery headquarters, you will need to present your ticket for payment and validation to the Customer Service Department. Most likely, you should expect to meet Lottery officials including a Security Detective and the Public Information Specialist.
Ticket Validation When you present your ticket for payment and validation, you will be asked to complete a "Winners Claim Form" and the attached "Addendum". A copy of this form can be viewed at: http://www.idaholottery.com/Forms/winclaim.pdf All winners are required to provide their Social Security number and a government issued photo identification to claim their winning prize. Photo identification, typically includes a valid driver's license, but may also be a United States Passport. At this time, if you have not already done so, you must complete and and sign the back of your winning ticket. Once you have completed the Winner's Claim Form and Addendum, provided government issued photo identification, and signed and turned in your winning ticket, the Idaho Lottery can complete your ticket validation process. This process may take one hour or longer, depending on the amount of your winnings. Getting the Check Once the validation process is complete, the Idaho Lottery will issue your winning check. As required by Idaho law, the Lottery automatically deducts Federal and State income taxes from your winnings of prizes over $5,000. The Federal tax rate is 24% and the State of Idaho tax rate is 6.925%. When you receive your check, you will also receive three copies of your W-2 G forms detailing your taxed amount. You should keep these tax records safe until the following year when you will be required to use them. One copy is for your Federal taxes, one copy is for your State of Idaho taxes, and one copy is for your personal records. For specific tax information, the Idaho Lottery suggests all winners consult a professional tax accountant, attorney or advisor.
Visiting the Bank When you receive your winning check from the Idaho Lottery, in addition to your W-2 G forms, you will also receive two other documents, a copy of your Winner's Claim Form and information about the Idaho Lottery's check fraud protection program. The Idaho Lottery does not complete direct deposit transactions for players. The Idaho Lottery issues you a check for the winning amount, after taxes are appropriately withheld. As a final security measure, the Idaho Lottery has instituted a check fraud protection program. You may not exchange your check for cash for at least two (2) hours after your winning check has been issued. You may however, deposit the check into your bank account at any time. Most local banks are not too accustomed to cashing or depositing large checks with more than five-figures. Most bank tellers have a preauthorized dollar amount for checks they can accept for deposit and clear without managerial approval. Depending on the size of your win and how much your check is worth, a branch manager or a senior level banking executive may need to authorize the deposit. Large banking chains with smaller, satellite branches in less populated areas may need to contact a senior executive at the regional bank to obtain authorization to accept a significantly large deposit amount. The process for approval on this type of transaction may take several hours or days to complete. Depending on your bank, savings and loan, or credit union, once you deposit your check it may take a few working days to clear the bank system. During this time, you may not be able to access these funds. For large sum withdrawals, smaller branches or independent operations may not have a large enough cash reserve to handle a substantial outlay. We recommend you discuss these situations with a senior branch representative. For substantial prize winners, having an accountant or your attorney make contact with banking officials prior to your arrival with the winning check can help expedite the depositing and cashing process. 7
Annuity versus Cash Payouts Since February 28, 2000, players of Powerball in Idaho no longer have to decide to take the cash payment or the annuity option (thirty year payment) at the time they purchase their ticket. This is the result of a change in the IRS code which allows players to make the cash versus annuity decisions after winning the jackpot. The Idaho Lottery's policy allows jackpot winners to defer their selection of taking the annuity or the single cash payment for sixty days following the presentation of the winning ticket. Once the decision is made, it is legally binding and can not be changed without specific approval of the Idaho Lottery Commission. Advertised jackpot amounts are based on graduated annuities: thirty years for Powerball and twenty-five years for Hot Lotto. The one-time cash amount on both is equal to the amount of cash available at the time of the draw. A graduated annuity is divided into payments over the life of the annuity, but calculated to increase over time. Each payment is increased each subsequent year to adjust for inflation and variations in interest rates. This adjustment is made automatically. All of the interest earned is paid to the winner for the annuity. In addition, taking this option means you will receive the entire amount of the announced jackpot value over the life of the annuity. The Idaho Lottery encourages all of its jackpot winners to make this decision carefully and consult tax and financial advisors as they weigh their options between the one-time cash payout and the annuity options.
Death Beneficiaries One the most frequently asked questions from Powerball players is if they win and select the thirty year annuity, what happens to the payments should the winner die before receiving all the prize payments? In this set of unfortunate circumstances, the remaining prize money is issued to the winner's estate. The annuity continues to pay to the winner's named beneficiary until the annuity runs its course. The Multi-State Lottery (MUSL) which runs Powerball and Hot Lotto does make provisions, through written petition, for beneficiaries to cash in the annuity in the event there is a tax liability associated with the estate. In the event a beneficiary should choose this course, the Idaho Lottery would encourage the beneficiary to meet with the Idaho Lottery Director and a tax advisor to determine an appropriate course of action to pursue. Splitting Big Jackpots It is becoming increasingly popular for players to join groups and pool their financial resources to purchase Idaho Lottery tickets, especially for large Powerball jackpots. Claiming a large jackpot with a group of friends, co-workers, or family members is simple, and follows the same procedures already outlined in this section. Usually, the winning group selects one person to be the group leader. This person must sign and fill out the back of the winning ticket for presentation and payment. When the ticket is presented, all the claimants must complete and turn in a "Winners Claim Form" and Addendum as well as present their driver's license or legal photo identification. Once these steps are complete, the ticket validation process begins and the prize money is then distributed equally between all the claimants who filed their "Winners Claim Form." The Idaho Lottery can accommodate splitting prizes for prizes over $599. Splitting winning tickets multiple ways may take the staff of the Customer Service Department at the Idaho Lottery longer to process your claims.
Group Tax Liability When large groups of players claim a large or jackpot prize, each player shares in the tax liability equally. Taxes are removed at a rate of 24% Federal and 6.925% Idaho tax. Each claimant receives their W-2 G forms which detail their tax liability along with a check for their portion of the remaining money. If a group selects an annuity, taxes are removed each year based upon current tax laws before preparing the winners' annual checks. The Idaho Lottery must pre-pay taxes on winning amounts consistent with current Federal and State tax laws. Winning Players from Outside Idaho Any person, 18 years of age or older, who legitimately purchases a lottery ticket in Idaho and wins, may claim the top jackpot prize. You do not have to be an Idaho resident or a citizen of the USA to play and win. The only difference between these players and Idaho residents is how you claim your winning prize and handle your tax liabilities. Non-Idaho residents claim their winnings as a non-resident United States citizen. You must present photo identification that establishes your location of legal residency. During the following year in April, you will need to file an income tax return for all monies earned (winnings included) in the State of Idaho. United States citizens may also receive a credit on their state of residence income tax return for the monies you have paid to the State of Idaho. You will want to confer with your tax advisor on whether you owe any additional taxes on this income in your resident state.
Resident Players from Outside the United States Jackpot or large-tier winners who live in countries other than the United States of America are considered non-resident aliens. Upon presentation of your winning ticket, you must also demonstrate with legal photo identification documentation of your country of residence. Non-resident aliens have a slightly higher tax rate withheld from their winnings at the Federal level – 30% as apposed to 24% for United States citizens. The Idaho withholding rate remains unchanged at 6.925%. Non-resident aliens of the United States of America who earn money in the United States (including lottery winnings) are required to file a nonresident United States tax return and to file a non-resident Idaho tax return. You will want to consult a tax advisor in your resident country and one in Idaho to ensure that your taxes have been paid or credited appropriately. Professional Advisors The Idaho Lottery Commission advises and encourages all large jackpot winners to do the following: • • •
seek tax and accounting advice; to retain their own private attorney if necessary; and to consult with their financial advisor when making their decisions about claiming large jackpot prizes.
The Idaho Lottery does not recommend or endorse any providers of these services to winners, but does recommend winners consider their options carefully with advice and consultation of trained professionals in each discipline.
Winning a Prize is a Matter of Public Record Everyone loves a winner and each year the Idaho Lottery has many people who claim big prizes. By claiming a winning lottery ticket over $600, winners become subject to Idaho's Public Records Law. This means your "win" becomes an official Idaho public record. Your full name, the town where you live, the game you won, the amount you won (before and after taxes), the name of the retailer where you bought the ticket, and the amount the retailer receives for selling the ticket are all a matter of public record. The higher the amount you win, the more likely the media may be interested in meeting you. Routinely, six-figure winners and higher receive media coverage by the print, radio and electronic media in Idaho, and possibly surrounding states. Although there may be a desire for anonymity after winning a significant prize, information requests by the members of the press are subject to Idaho Public Records Law. The Lottery, when prompted, is bound by Idaho law to comply with their request and release this information. Since your name, prize amount and town of residence is public information, the Idaho Lottery will release this information to anyone who requests it; not just the press. After claiming your prize, the Idaho Lottery will issue a press release and list your name on the Lottery's website to notify the public that a significant lottery prize has been claimed. The Idaho Lottery will not release all the information you supply on the Winner's Claim Form or the Addendum. This is considered personal information and not subject to open records laws. Personal information includes items such as your social security number, home address and phone number, or annual household income. The Winners Claim Form states that "Pursuant to IDAPA 52.01.01 Section .035, Sub-section 17, the Idaho Lottery may use the name, city, and photograph of winners in any Idaho Lottery promotional campaign. Any exceptions to this rule must be submitted to the Idaho Lottery Director in writing for approval." Players may submit a letter to the Idaho Lottery Director requesting to have no publicity on their win. In doing so, players are encouraged to list their rationale for requesting no publicity.
Winner Awareness Program The purpose of the Lottery's Winner Awareness Program is to maintain public confidence that the games are run fairly and with integrity, that "real" people win the Lottery, and to promote the Lottery. The Idaho Lottery uses tools like the Lottery Gazette, Lottery Link, their website, and live-read radio to announce winners. For wins that are significant in size or if your win has a newsworthy story behind it, the Idaho Lottery may request your attendance at a press conference or news media event. The Press Conference EVERYONE LOVES A WINNER! The Idaho Lottery has a team of trained professionals skilled in handling the media and hosting press conferences. You will not be alone during this press event. The Idaho Lottery believes it is better to make yourself available at a prearranged time to meet with all interested news media members than trying to handle an influx of calls or media requests on your own. Usually, the Idaho Lottery will host the press conference at the retail location where you purchased your winning ticket. At the same time, we use this as an opportunity to honor the retail outlet with their commission check and a "Big Winner Sold Here" banner. The Idaho Lottery will present you with an oversized, souvenir check for your win as well. Most press events last less than 30 minutes. When handling a press conference, Idaho Lottery media professionals are the primary point of contact, not the winner. All requests for interviews prior to the event and after the press conference are handled by the Idaho Lottery. By conducting a press conference, the media will have their opportunity to obtain their story, and you only have to make yourself formally available this one time. If you select to do additional media interviews, those may be conducted at your discretion, however, Idaho Lottery officials will not be involved. For those not used to being in the spotlight, a press conference can feel intimidating. This is a chance for you to enjoy the attention that comes with being a Lottery winner. The Idaho Lottery staff and Public Information Specialist will help you prepare in advance for this
event. The Idaho Lottery will host a press conference depending upon the size of the jackpot that is won and the number of media outlets who express an interest in learning more about the winner and their winning prize. We encourage you to enjoy the spotlight. When interacting with the members of the press, keep this in mind: They want to know your story and will be patient to hear it during the press conference. They may ask you a lot of questions – everything from where you bought the ticket to how you felt when you found out you'd won to what you might do with the money. Some may ask for one-onone interviews which are more time consuming, but may also be preferable and more comfortable for you. Future Publicity There is no denying it, having a large jackpot winner in the state is good for Idaho and good for the Idaho Lottery. Participation in future Idaho Lottery events is wholly up to your discretion. The Idaho Lottery may choose to promote you and your winnings to help further our mission of benefiting public schools and buildings. During Fiscal Year 2008, the Idaho Lottery had 22 players win more than $100,000 including three millionaires. Over the years, the Idaho Lottery has returned more than $402 million to Idaho's public schools and buildings. It is winner awareness that sparks sales and continues to help the Idaho Lottery reach record setting goals, making more dollars available for Idaho schools and buildings.
DREAMS TO REALITY - WAKING UP IN WONDERLAND The following discussion is provided to players for informational purposes only. It is the compilation of anecdotal stories provided by previous Idaho Lottery winners through interviews and research for this document and does not constitute a formal policy opinion of the Idaho Lottery. Almost everyone who plays the lottery dreams of what it would be like to hit the big jackpot, what they would do with all the money, retiring from their day-to-day job, and where they might travel in the world. The reality of actually winning, though, is more like landing on the moon, Alice landing in Wonderland, or Dorothy flying over the rainbow from her black and white world and landing in a Technicolor Oz. The surprise of unexpectedly winning generally creates a feeling of shock combined with euphoria. This is a new, fun, and exciting event in your life with potentially dramatic changes for you. It can be easy to get wrapped in the whirlwinds of the hoopla. But suddenly falling into wealth is an event many people may not be prepared to handle, either logistically or emotionally. The simple life of filling out an EZ 1040 form once a year just became a little more complicated. Life may now require accountants, lawyers, financial planners and counselors – a world you may or may not be used to, comfortable with, or prepared to handle. When the shock wears off and the hoopla surrounding your sudden windfall begins to fade, the reality of this life-changing event, and the emotional challenges it presents, can be complex. In addition to the celebrations of winning, the details of this newfound reality can be exhausting, emotionally draining, and at times, overwhelming. Many large, jackpot winners grapple with legitimizing their windfall. Self-searching questions like "Why me?", "Am I truly deserving of this?", or "Why did I win this and not someone else?" are common. You may even feel a sense of loss surrounding the displacement of your former, more manageable life. 15
The tumultuousness that may now surround your days is short-term and will dissipate over time. When it passes, a new normalcy will find its way into your daily routine. The best advice we have heard is to treat yourself to something nice at first and put the rest of your winnings in a safe place for six to twelve months until you get your feet back on the ground. Try not to commit to anything new or out of the ordinary from your daily life. Next, develop a sense of community by looking for and hiring people who can be good guides for you. Remember, you are interviewing people to help you manage your future. Do your homework when selecting an attorney, financial planner, accountants and counselors. Surround yourself with people you feel comfortable with, people who are accustomed to handling the unique situation you find yourself in, and that are trustworthy with your interests, ambitions, goals, dreams and personal financial security. Seek out those people who understand the emotional challenges of wealth and sudden new wealth. After winning the jackpot, it is best to realize there will be an adjustment period for you, your family, and your friends. There is no need to rush into anything right away. Many winners continue doing daily things (even going to work) that are familiar to them as they make their lifestyle adjustments. Take the opportunity to make choices that are important to you, not based on impulse, but rather on the values you have for your future. Seek out individuals who will stand by you, assist you, and have your best interests at heart as you make this transition. And keep in mind, even the astronauts who landed on the moon eventually landed back on earth – safely. Alice returned from Wonderland, and Dorothy eventually left Oz and returned back to her farm.
Regardless of the size of your jackpot, being a Lottery winner may become a defining characteristic of who you are in your community. There may be a myriad of socially difficult situations large jackpot winners could face if not handled appropriately. Diplomacy and tact are often the best courses of action to pursue when faced with these tough decisions. Your world may be changing, but you can only change at your pace, not anyone else's. And best of all, the phrase "not at this time" is a perfectly acceptable reply to any unwelcome requests. Make decisions, financially and socially, that are good for you and your family members - decisions that are valuable, important, and meaningful. With nearly 20 years of experience operating the Lottery in Idaho, we have heard a lot of advice from our winners. As a new jackpot winner, you have the benefit of learning from others who have faced your similar situations, who have shared your experiences, and who have overcome the challenges you may be facing today. What follows below is the advice from Idaho's past winners.
MARTHA GIBBONS, POWERBALL 1992 Martha Gibbons still continues to volunteer at the Meridian Chamber of Commerce Visitor's Center just like she did nearly 16 years ago when she won $22.1 million on Powerball. The most extravagant purchase she made the first year was to buy a new car. Otherwise, on the fear of over spending by taking the one-time payout, she took the annuity and put the money in the bank and listened to her advisors carefully. Here is her advice: "Don't change anything today. Go to work, do what you do normally. Don't change anything about your daily life for at least six months until you feel comfortable with the money. Do what you do normally. Hand your money to your accountant, lawyer, and financial advisor to invest and have them teach you how to manage it. I was afraid of overspending, because once the money is gone, its gone. I budgeted every penny so that I could not overspend. Take the annuity. You will get more money and you will get a check every year. Do not take the one-time payout. If one year you overspend there is always another check next year. It's much harder to overspend. If you take the one-time payout and you spend the money, it's gone and you do not get it back."
WALLACE CAGLE, TRI-WEST 1994 Fourteen years after winning $3.1 million on Tri-West, the game that evolved into today's Wild Card, Wallace Cagle still remembers the day he won like it was yesterday. "I didn't believe it," he recalled. Cagle self-admittedly wasn't overwhelmed with his winnings and continued to live modestly with his wife. "My folks were part of the depression era," he explained. "We just wanted a better home for ourselves." After careful consideration, Cagle elected to take the annuity option for his winnings. He has worked very hard to invest his winnings wisely. Outside of buying a home for his daughter and helping with the grandchildren's college funds, Cagle has been able to live comfortably and pursue his own interests. "I would definitely recommend working with private bankers, tax accountants, and lawyers," suggested Cagle. "Working with a quality bank can make your accounting much more manageable." Cagle told the Lottery he was never really bothered by people asking for loans or money, but did say one of the first things he did was to change and un-list his home telephone number. His final piece of advice for future winners: "I urge with all caution, as fast as it was to have the money come in, it can go out just as quickly. If you are not familiar with handling money, find people to help you."
PAM HIATT, POWERBALL 1995 In early June of 1995, Pam Hiatt became the largest and one of the most well-known, Lottery winners in Idaho when she claimed a Powerball ticket worth $87.5 million. Hiatt elected to take the 30-year, graduated annuity. Although it has been 13 years since she won, Hiatt still receives the occasional inquiry for comment or public appearance which she politely declines. Her philosophy on winning though is simple, "I heard this from Oprah, but money is an enhancer of who you are," she explained. "If you were a good person before you won you will most likely continue to be a good person – only with more money." KEN COVERT, WILD CARD 2007 When Ken Covert won $2.78 million on Wild Card in the summer of 2007, it took 37 days before he finally came forward to claim his winnings. Despite a massive media search for the winner, true to his name Covert managed to keep a low profile while quietly taking care of his affairs until coming forward to claim his winning ticket. In early July, Covert had just returned from a river trip on the Payette when he heard the news that someone had won the Wild Card jackpot from the Pocatello area. "It was Monday morning about 9 a.m. when I checked my ticket. When I saw all the numbers, and then that ace of spades, my heart beat went up a little," admitted Covert. He then treated himself to a little self-meditating under a shade tree at his house to contemplate what to do next. "I knew there were some details I needed to take care of," explained Covert, a long time resident of Pocatello. "I spent time meeting with my financial planner to get a few matters organized and then taking care of some details with my work." Careful deliberation on his long-term options for the future led to investing a large majority of winnings. And, a year after winning, Covert was still employed by the same company he worked for when he won. 20
BRAD DUKE, POWERBALL 2005 "We live on hope. Most of us do not have a lot of background or structure to prepare for the big win," said Brad Duke, the most prominent winner in Idaho Lottery history. "I didn't want to squander my winnings. I really saw it as a beginning, not an end, and full of personal growth potential for me as an individual." On May 28, 2005, Brad Duke experienced what every lottery player hopes some day will befall them – winning a mega-jackpot, $220.3 million to be exact. Even more improbable, Duke won his megajackpot from the exact same store, almost 10 years to the day, that Pam Hiatt won her jackpot in 1995. At the time he won, Duke was the sixth largest Powerball winner in the history of the game. The former regional department director for Gold's Gym in the Treasure Valley plays the Lottery as a hobby, never as a solution. Once the magnitude of his win registered, Duke said being prepared to make your win public was paramount. Part of this process included picking a team to support and advise his decisions. This group included hiring an attorney, a real-estate broker (although he still lives in the same house), a tax attorney, an accountant, and a public relations firm. Duke hired each on his own terms, setting up a month-to-month fee, with no retainers and no contracts. One of the biggest decisions he faced was taking the annuity or the one-time, cash option. In the end, Duke did choose the lump sum. Guiding his decision-making process was self-introspection, asking the question "what do I want to do with the money?" and working backwards from that point. Going public can also pose challenges for relationships you have with your friends and family members. "If you have close family, anticipate their adjustment to your win, with you, and to your friends," advised Duke. He also encouraged those close to you be
a part of your going public process and to have a lot of fun with the win. Today, Duke will only do publicity if he thinks it will be fun. One other important element he created was the Duke Family Foundation, to reduce the interest in requests for monetary support from outsiders. Taking personal responsibility for his own actions and having the patience to work on self-actualization has helped create stability for Duke and how he has successfully managed his winnings. He has not gone crazy with purchases, although he did buy an Aston Martin – the James Bond car – in 2007. Other than a trip with family and friends to Tahiti, Duke has managed and invested his winnings wisely. "The draw of having something you can't have is better than actually having it," said Duke on his philosophy. "You need to give yourself sustenance to reach your goals first. It is about a journey of personal growth, about the enjoyment of life."
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Bayern set the pace on Saturday afternoon with a 5-2 win against Werder Bremen and Real Madrid followed suit in the evening. With three days to go before the decisive Champions League semi-final second leg the Madrid side produced a convincing performance in La Liga, as Carlo Ancelotti's team coasted past relegation-threatened Osasuna at the Bernabéu. The match ended in a 4-0 win for the hosts even with a number of key players being rested.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring on six minutes with a fine long-range effort. The World Player of the Year doubled his tally on 52 minutes with his 30th goal of the season before Sergio Ramos (60) and former Bayer Leverkusen defender Daniel Carvajal (83) also found the back of the net. Real were impressive for long periods in the game but the lowly visitors offered little meaningful resistance.
"It was a great game for us. It wasn't very intense, none of the team got injured and I was able to rest a few players," said Ancelotti at the post-match press conference. Gareth Bale, who only came off the bench against Bayern after recovering from a bout of flu, was not even in the squad against Osasuna. Fábio Coentrão, Pepe and Karim Benzema were also rested and midfield dynamo Xabi Alonso came on as a sub late in the game.
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I am frequently mistaken for a priest. People confess things to me. I don't ask them to tell me their secrets, but I must have a non-judgemental face because in under five minutes flat the gentleman in seat 2C on my flight from Denver to L.A. confessed he had a Catholic wife, two sons in Brea, California and a mistress in Schenectady:
I blame it all on the tornado. If it hadn't been for the damned tornado, my seat mate might not've confessed.
Let me set the scene:
I was sitting in a wine and cheese bar at Denver International airport when a booming voice shouted over the P.A. "There's a fucking tornado coming this way! Everyone get to the shitter!" (Or something very similar to that.)
Instead, me and some other blonde woman with four kids back in Kansas got mildly tanked and ate enough Meunster to empty Wisconsin. Apparently the tornado missed the airport, so I was able to weave my way onto my flight a mere hour and a half late.
Just after boarding, as my airplane was taxi-ing to the runway under the onslaught of what appeared to be hailing locusts preceding the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the same scary booming voice came on over the P.A. in the plane. It was like this guy was the omniscient God from the Old Testament, all pissed off, vengeful and everywhere.
"Denver International Airport is now shut down!" he bellowed. Why? I wondered. Did the tornado still have us in its crosshairs? Was this to be my last day on earth?
This is when I struck up a conversation with the gentleman seated on my right, cheating death by ignoring it.
The gentleman, whom we will henceforth refer to as Francois, looked just like my Uncle Teddy, tanned, a balding pate and a Cheshire cat grin, which made me immediately distrust him. (My uncle Teddy had done a little time in a British gaol due to some questionable import/exporting.)
But as Francois and I chatted, I was impressed to discover his expertise in his field, which I'm not at liberty to discuss as he might have to kill me. Then he asked what I do for a living.
"I'm a blogger," I said, feeling under-qualified for this conversation considering his high-level security clearance (which I can't talk about, unless I want to wake up being smothered with my own pillow by a Ninja).
"What do you write about?" Francois asked.
"Mostly about parenting, but also about body image, beauty and, strangely, married sex."
Suddenly his eyes took on a mischievous glint, I believe brought on by our imminent tornado-related deaths and my married sex column, and he blurted, "I have a girlfriend."
I glanced at the gold wedding band on his finger, momentarily befuddled, because this admission happened so abruptly lacking, what seemed to me, any discernible foreshadowing.
As is common with me, my anthropological curiosity got the better of me. "And you're still married?" I asked.
Francois grinned with naughty delight, and just like that, I was complicit in this perfect stranger's duplicitous life.
We were briefly distracted as pilot informed us we were clear for take-off.
As our plane climbed through the cataclysmic clouds it might've been a good idea for me to dive into some Martha Beck advice in my May copy of O Magazine, instead I ordered another glass of red wine from the stewardess, turned to my companion and asked, "Are you in love with your mistress?"
Initially Francois denied being in love with his mistress, whom we shall henceforth (and for obvious reasons) refer to as Emmanuelle, and told me that if the affair threatened to destroy his marriage (to a wife who cut him off sexually years ago), hence the well-being of his two children, then he would end the affair.
But very quickly, I smelled a rat.
Francois relished telling me the details of meeting Emmanuelle in a bar in Dubai and, after their affair began, of dining at the next table while she dined with her grown daughter in New York. His enjoyment of their forbidden passion was palpable.
He regaled me with the details of their arrangement. How often they see each other. The excuses they make to their spouses (she lives separate from hers, according to Francois) and the time they hired a "professional" for a menage e trois, "the most fun three people have ever had in their lives."
At one point I tried to steer the conversation in a different direction because, in listening to this couple's sexual exploits, I began to feel like I was passively participating.
It seemed like Francois wasn't just getting off on having an affair, but was also getting off on sharing it with me. I was beginning to feel like the "professional" in a mental menage a trois.
We talked about politics and war, but somehow all roads led back to Emmanuelle.
Francois showed me his jawbone. Not the one on his face, but the black, Jawbone bracelet he wears that tracks all his activity during the day, and his sleep patterns at night.
He pulled out his iPhone and showed me the data he downloads into it from his Jawbone, so he can track his progress. Then he showed me a second set of data cozied right on top of his.
"This is Emmanuelle's data. We're linked so our data downloads onto each other's phones."
Emmanuelle's data was represented in a fluorescent purple, Francois's data an electric blue.
"See, she slept four point two hours last night, and I slept four point eight," he pointed out. "We each had only two periods of R.E.M. She walked nine thousand steps yesterday and I walked ten thousand five hundred ..."
Francois's eyes seemed to caress Emmanuelle's data. His face softening at the thought of her.
At the age of 60 he feels the weight of his mortality upon him. And Emmanuelle, being a cancer survivor, has the same prescient sense that time is limited and if she isn't going to live now, then when?
As we landed at LAX Francois' phone came alive with a ping and a text from Emmanuelle, checking in as her own airplane touched down. He showed me their texts.
"When my friend or I travel," Francois said, "we always let each other know when we are taking off and send a text, OTO-OL (one take-off, one landing), as a reminder to fly safe and keep the number of take-offs and landings equal. When we land, we send a note, 'cheated death again' as a reminder that it really isn 't natural for us to be at 35,000 feet."
The glint in his eye now seemed less mischievous and more ecstatic. Ecstatic that he'd found this woman.
"You lied to me," I said.
"What do you mean I lied to you? I just told you more about me than the closest people to me know."
"You lied when you said you weren't in love with your mistress."
He smiled, caught out. Then looked tenderly down at his phone, the inanimate object standing in for the flesh-and-blood woman who brought him back to life and the, perhaps, illusory dream that he can have it all.
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But bragging about a number of disgusting pranks on Twitter led to the suspension of 38 students at Stadium High School in Tacoma.
More than a dozen cars near the Tacoma school were vandalized earlier this month, Tacoma Public School spokeswoman Elle Warmuth said, when students covered them with Silly String, shaving cream and water balloons.
School officials said some students also jumped on some of the cars and painted them with shoe polish, allegedly causing permanent damage to the vehicles
But in the most egregious stunt, some of the students also urinated and defecated on the cars, students and officials said.
When school officials investigated who perpetrated the pranks, they uncovered the names of some Stadium High School juniors who bragged about their exploits on Twitter. School officials compiled a list of students who talked about the pranks on Twitter, and 38 students were suspended from school Thursday and Friday, the last two days of school.
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