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One would think that the Occupy movement and San Francisco were made for each other. Perhaps at one time they were, but a new Survey USA poll shows that even the City by the Bay has its limits. The poll of 500 adults in the San Francisco area — surely the most progressive-friendly poll sample ever taken — shows that almost half of those who supported the Occupy movement in general now have changed their minds.
The topline results break down thusly:
- Supported/Still do: 32%
- Supported/Now oppose: 26%
- Opposed/Now support: 3%
- Opposed/Still do: 31%
- Not sure: 8%
According to this poll, Occupy support in the Bay area would have been 58/34 at one point. Now it's 35/57, which is a flip of 46 points in the gap. Combining support and opposition numbers, Democrat support for Occupy is now 40/56, and even among self-professed liberals, where 27% have switched to opposition, it's only 52/35. Among San Francisco adults. Note too that the movement has not gained converts in anything like the numbers they are alienating, which means that the longer they go, the weaker they are getting politically.
In San Francisco. Nancy Pelosi's home turf. The city that banned Happy Meals because parents were being held hostage by their children. The mind boggles.
The notion of "occupying" vacant buildings for their operations as some form of social justice also doesn't go over as well as one might expect in the area. Only 21% support the idea, eleven points lower than the movement's remaining support, while 71% oppose it. Even the youngest demographic, which still has a very narrow plurality supporting the movement (43/41) opposes this idea by a wide majority, 32/59.
But the best is yet to come. No one in this area is ever happy with the police. Eric Burdon once hailed the city in "San Francisco Nights," praising the Hells Angels while warbling, "Cop's face is filled with hate; heavens above, he's on a street called Love." (Needless to say, the entire song is dreck.) They're not happy with the police in this instance, though, because the police haven't been harsh enough with the occupiers. Twenty-eight percent say the police have been too harsh, while 35% say they've been "just about right" … and 33% say they need to get harsher.
When the Great Progressive Event has a third of adults in San Francisco looking for a police crackdown, I'd call that nuking the fridge.


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11-4-04 – Voters in Oklahoma approved the education lottery during the general election by a 65% majority. However, there is a question of whether Oklahomans will stop driving to Texas for lotto tickets.
Wednesday, Governor Brad Henry publicly thanked voters for approving the measure; saying it was the only way to save Oklahoma education. Forty five percent of revenue from the lottery will go to the payouts and after two years, 35% will go toward education.
Some Texas shop owners say they are not worried about the economic impact south of the Red River.
Dave's Ski and Tackle shop in Denison is the first stop for lotto players crossing the border into Texas. They are one of the top sellers of lottery tickets in north Texas. Last year, the store told more than a million tickets; making them the 14th largest seller in the entire state.
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I was in Indo to go on a SCUBA diving trip and had to stop over in Jakarta to do some banking at the Bank of America. I love almost all Indo cooking hmmmmmmmmmmm I like cooking Ayam Kukus Segar, Ayam Goreng Bumbg, and Dendeng Ragi. And Nasi Kebuli.
I don't know much about reincarnation but I would be happy to discuss it with you.
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Hi 101, I'm new here too. I have been to Jakarta and enjoyed it very much. I also love Indo cooking and I'm not to bad at cooking some Indo meals. Well good luck, I hope you enjoy your visit on this site.
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After allegations of decades-old sexual improprieties first surfaced last week, it looked as if Kavanaugh would easily surmount this obstacle. But we have to give the Democrats credit: They have lined up their dominoes perfectly. And on Sunday, they set their plan in motion when the Washington Post published an in-depth interview with Kavanaugh's accuser, Christine Blasey Ford. The story detailed a blow-by-blow accounting of Ford's allegations, as well as her explanation for why she neglected to share her experience until decades later. Tellingly, the story also noted that Democrats have been sitting on the story since July, and that Ford only decided to out herself after some unscrupulous members of the Judiciary Committee shared her identity with the press – or at least that's what California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's office alleges. While the allegations are relatively tame by #MeToo era standards (the incident allegedly unfolded when Kavanaugh was 17), it has apparently been enough for Democrats and a handful of turncoat moderate Republicans to successfully shut down a planned Thursday vote of the Judiciary Committee. Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake effectively shut down the vote last night when he revealed that he wanted to hear more from Ford before voting. Without Flake, the Republicans' 11-10 majority on the Judiciary Committee shifts to a 10-11 vote in favor of the Democrats. While Committee Chairman Charles Grassley has said he'd like the vote to proceed as scheduled, media reports say he is quietly working to organize a private call involving Ford and curious Senators in an effort to help mitigate their concerns. But looking further ahead, Republican leaders might have more difficulty as Tennessee Republican Bob Corker – who is not a member of the Judiciary Committee but could still hold up the final confirmation vote – said Sunday that he'd also like to see Thursday's committee vote delayed. Here's more from Bloomberg: "I've made it clear that I'm not comfortable moving ahead with the vote on Thursday if we have not heard her side of the story or explored this further," said Flake, who has the power to stall consideration if all Democrats on the panel join him since Republicans only hold an 11-10 majority on the committee. Flake's office didn't respond to requests for comment. Corker of Tennessee, who isn't a member of the panel but whose vote is critical to confirmation, also doesn't want the committee to vote on Kavanaugh's confirmation until Ford's allegations can be heard, said his spokeswoman, Micah Johnson. The senator wants the allegations to be heard promptly, she said. The backlash intensified late Sunday when Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski told CNN that Thursday's hearing should be delayed. "Well, I think that might be something they might have to consider, at least having that discussion," Murkowski. […] "This is not something that came up during the hearings. The hearings are now over. And if there is real substance to this it demands a response." However, at least one of the Senate's reputed moderates has stood up to the Democrats in an interview with the New York Times, castigating them for withholding this information until so late in the process (remember: Feinstein justified this decision by saying she had referred Ford's allegations to the FBI, who reportedly added them to his background check file). "What is puzzling to me is the Democrats, by not bringing this out earlier, after having had this information for more than six weeks, have managed to cast a cloud of doubt on both the professor and the judge," Collins told The New York Times. Collins asked if Democrats believed Ford, "why didn't they surface this information earlier," and if they didn't believe Ford, "why did they decide at the 11th hour to release it?" "It is really not fair to either of them the way it is was handled," Collins said. Collins comments come after Ford spoke publicly about the alleged incident for the first time during an interview with The Washington Post that was published on Sunday. On Monday, in the latest sign that Ford could appear at an embarrassing public hearing, Ford's attorney, Debra Katz, told "Today" that her client would be willing to testify publicly before the Senate Judiciary Committee. "She's a credible person. These are serious allegations. And they should be addressed." "She has taken a polygraph. She is a credible person. These are serious allegations, and these should be addressed." Watch @savannahguthrie's full interview with Debra Katz, attorney for Kavanaugh accuser pic.twitter.com/AIplgPpgqi — TODAY (@TODAYshow) September 17, 2018 The White House, for its part, is standing by Kavanaugh, and allowing the Senate to sort things out. According to Bloomberg, Kellyanne Conway said Ford should not be "insulted and ignored" in what appears to be an attempt to beat the Democrats at their own virtue-signaling game. Still, according to a White House spokesperson, Trump isn't giving an inch. Washington Post reporter Seung Min Kim, citing WH spokesperson Kerri Kupec, reported that Judge Kavanaugh "categorically and unequivocally" denied this allegation: "This has not changed. Judge Kavanaugh and the White House both stand by that statement,"she said. In fact, as Axios reports, Senate Republicans could "play hardball" by calling on Ford to testify before Thursday's scheduled vote. 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The University of Maryland at College Park announced Friday a new diversity support group to create a "safe space" for white students to discuss their feelings about "interactions with racial and ethnic minorities." The support group, called "White Awake," will help white students who may "sometimes feel uncomfortable and confused before, during, or after interactions with racial and ethnic minorities." "This group offers a safe space for White students to explore their experiences, questions, reactions, and feelings," the description explains. "Members will support and share feedback with each other as they learn more about themselves and how they can fit into a diverse world." The description asks students if they want to "improve [their] ability to relate to and connect with people different from [themselves]" or if they want to become a better "ally." The new group is now one of four in the university's "Diversity Issues" program series.The group is being led by Noah Collins, who works for the UMD Counseling Center, and will be held once a week. Collins specializes in group therapy and is interested "especially in the areas of racial and cultural awareness," according to his faculty bio.The safe space has been met with harsh criticism from students on social media. "I am ashamed over the execution of white awake nor do I fully understand its clause. 'How they can fit into a diverse world'? Why do they need to attend therapy sessions on how to be a decent human being in society?" a UMD student wrote on Twitter. "Why do they need to have these sessions to learn how to coexist?" "Just like classes. You can't take one class and feel like you have all understanding over a certain subject," the student added. 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Harvard education professor Natasha Warikoo draws on interviews with 98 white, native-born students at Harvard, Brown University, and the University of Oxford in "What Meritocracy Means to its Winners: Admissions, Race, and Inequality," published in the journal Social Sciences. During interviews Warikoo conducted between 2009 and 2011, these students were asked to sound-off on whether they felt their school had meritocratic admissions and if they supported affirmative action. Many answered the second question affirmatively and hailed the benefits of a diverse student body. But Warikoo seems concerned with students' responses. Analyzing data from these interviews years later, Warikoo points out that students' approaches to diversity suggest that they've "internalized" the tokenistic rhetoric of the school admissions office, even if they had disagreed with policies like athletic recruitment or legacy admissions before coming to campus. "Unlike in other campus domains in which there is a history of social protest among college students, in the realm of admissions, students seem to agree quite strongly with their universities, and come to even more agreement rather than critique upon arriving to campus," she writes. "They suggest that most actors in elite institutions espouse views that reproduce their elite status, rather than engaging in symbolic politics or protest." According to Warikoo, "US students espouse a collective understanding of merit," but only "value collective merit for its impact on themselves, not for social justice, or for the collective good of society." "They are not espousing, for example, a vision of multiculturalism that emphasizes group identities and the need to support ethnic and racial groups in society, as many scholars define multicultural state policies," she elaborates. Notably, Warikoo addressed the same issue in her 2016 book The Diversity Bargain, which criticizes white students for understanding "the value of diversity abstractly, but [ignoring] the real problems that racial inequality causes." White students "stand in fear of being labeled a racist, but they are quick to call foul should a diversity program appear at all to hamper their own chances for advancement," Warikoo claims in that book, asserting for instance that white students "reluctantly agree with affirmative action as long as it benefits them." Her new study, too, criticizes white students for believing in meritocracy and supporting affirmative action, suggesting that white students only support affirmative action for selfish reasons. One white student, Naomi, was criticized for saying "diversity is really how you learn here," as Warikoo suggested that Naomi only valued diversity because it added to the "collective merit" of her cohort of students. Warikoo also reports that "some students used the collective merit framework to express support for legacy admissions…even while lamenting the inequality legacy admissions engenders." She bemoans that, ultimately, the students she interviewed were more motivated by "self-interest" than a commitment to social justice. "They value collective merit for its impact on themselves, not for social justice, or for the collective good of society," she writes. "They are not espousing, for example, a vision of multiculturalism that emphasizes group identities and the need to support ethnic and racial groups." According to Warikoo's interviews, students who attended elite high schools "no longer see a large number of their peers gaining admission to the likes of Harvard, Brown, and Oxford," which they interpret "as evidence that the system is fair, even while ignoring the fact that students like them and their peers are vastly overrepresented at elite universities." 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The earliest record discovered was this death record for George Gaphardt, my 3rd great-grandfather. His surname is recorded as "Gephardt". George died July 10, 1879 in Baltimore, Maryland. His residence is listed as "revised" 256 Caroline Avenue.
Last year I started using Google Drive spreadsheets for research. Could this tool help unravel the Gaphardt mess?
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In this spreadsheet I entered information found on the Maryland State Archives death index. Death date, age, document number, length of time in residence, address, marital status and place of burial. Goodness, look at the different possibilities!
Working through the records ... shouts of genealogy joy! What caused my heart to leap? I recognized an address. Catherine Gebhardt, last residence was 256 Caroline Avenue.
Could this be George's wife? Address matches. Age matches. Time residing in this country matches. I believe we may have found my 3rd great-grandmother's date of death. Need to plan a trip to the archives!
With this method I hope to:
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are inching higher in midday trading on Wall Street.
Apple rose 2 percent a day after taking its worst fall in four years. In separate interviews, CEO Tim Cook said Apple will produce one of its existing lines of Mac computers in the United States next year and will spend $100 million to shift production of the line from China.
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i had a boyfriend, i'm not sure if i can call him a boyfriend cause we met online and we shared our vids, photos etc but never had the chance to meet in real life. it may sound ridicilous to some of you, the idea of loving someone you couldn't touch or look in the eye but it was for real. we were together for 5 months, talking everyday and sharing every feeling we got. one day he told me that he had a confession. he said that kissed a girl cause i wasn't around, it happened suddenly, it was hard to stay still for 5 months without even holding my hand, bla bla bla. a week after breaking up that girl and him started to date. that's the time i started crying. until then i wasn't feeling any pain, maybe it was because i could never kiss him, eventually i didn't feel like he cheated on me. but when i realized he could actually like or love someone else.. my heart began to hurt. it's been a year since we broke up, their relation lasted for 2 months, now he texts me everyday and says that he loves me, he always did. i know it's bullshit. i know i can't give my heart to him again. it still hurts. it's still recovering.
of course i knew the song but i watched the video for the first time. i feel like i'm gonna faint. we used to imagine each other near us before going to sleep, last night he said "i'm on the left, just sleep on the right side and think like i'm holding you, good night baby, i love you." i watched the video for 5 times, just to see the girl at the end. just to see how i look when i'm reaching out to my left like i'm going to find him.
why is love so difficult? why can't we be like animals, why does it have to end somehow? why can love take you soo much higher and at the same time bring you down when there's nobody to catch you?
sorry guys, i wrote a lot of irrelevant stuff but i couldn't keep myself from writing.
0Hello @dimple444
5 years after you wrote your experiences relating to JamesBlunt's "Goodbye my lover", I am reading them.
Isn't the internet incredible!
I love this song , and how sad it makes me feel, and what you wrote was so raw and beautiful too. I hope you found the person who can truly feel what you are feeling.
If you have not, I would love to try!
Gareth0@dimple444 i hope u feel better now


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Alabama Legislature looks at changing the state's deer season, adding February dates
By Alan Clemons, Managing Editor
Alabama's hunting season dates have ended on Jan. 31 for years and scores of hunters in the southern part of the state have clamored for an extension into February in order to enjoy the peak of the rut.
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources officials have continually rebuffed any efforts to have the season dates modified or extended. Even when legislative rumblings have mounted – and those have intensified in the last 10 years – the DCNR brass has been able to keep them at bay, to the dismay of hunters.
A legislative committee held a hearing about the issue and could vote on it this week. The Eufaula Tribune had a report on the situation this week. Click here to read Eufaula is located in southeast Alabama about 90 minutes east of Montgomery.
Many hunters from Montgomery south, and especially along the southernmost counties, want the season extended into Feburary. A lot of them have said they'd trade two weeks off the front end in sweltering October for two weeks in February during the peak rut. Alabama's bow season opens Oct. 15 and the gun season opens, usually, about Nov. 20. All deer seasons end Jan. 31, and have for years.
Two of Alabama's border states have February seasons. Florida's Zone D, in the Panhandle directly south of Alabama, runs through the final week of February. A southeastern zone in Mississippi runs for two weeks into February.
Some proponents some say it would be an economic boon for Alabama counties to have February dates. Although economics and money shouldn't take precedent over biology, the reality is that it does, has and will in wildlife situations throughout the nation. The biology and what's best for the whitetails – not someone's wallet – should take precedence in this case, too.
(Alan Clemons is a native and lifelong resident of Alabama.)
What do you think about hunting in February or shifting longtime, traditional hunting dates? Good for the resource and hunters? Financial motives at stake? Both, possibly? Let us know with your comments.


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President Trump is warning that hurricane relief for Puerto Rico has an end date even as federal officials acknowledge a massive food shortage on the island three weeks after Hurricane Maria.
"We cannot keep FEMA, the Military & the First Responders, who have been amazing (under the most difficult circumstances) in P.R. forever!" Trump tweeted Thursday, per NBC News, adding "electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes."
He said it would be up to Congress "to decide how much to spend." The comments are in stark contrast to Mike Pence's message to Puerto Ricans last week that the government "will be with you every single day until Puerto Rico is restored bigger and better than ever before," per the Washington Post.
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Should We End the Tax Deduction for Charitable Donations?
Washington is desperate for new revenue. And the charity deduction looks like a very tempting target these days.
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- Yes: It doesn't increase giving, says Daniel J. Mitchell.
- No: Nonprofits are in dire need of funds, says Diana Aviv.
- Readers weigh in on the charitable deduction.
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Politicians and pundits across the political spectrum have been calling for cutting back the tax break that people get for making donations to charities. With the country's finances in such a mess, they say, we simply can't afford to be so generous about rewarding charitable giving—especially when it's mostly the very rich who claim the deduction. Even though trimming or eliminating the deduction won't solve our fiscal problems, they say, the contribution will certainly help get us closer to making ends meet.
Opponents of cutting back argue that things aren't that simple. The deduction, they say, is a critical incentive that keeps much-needed cash flowing to charities. And donations have already fallen in recent years—at a time when the need for services is soaring.
Yes: It Doesn't Increase Giving
By Daniel J. Mitchell
The charitable deduction can go.
For all the praise it gets, there's just no evidence that the tax break leads people to increase their giving—but it does lead them to make bad choices about giving. What's more, it favors a segment of the public, the very wealthy, that can afford to give without a break. And cutting the deduction does a lot less economic harm than other ways of raising tax revenue.
To be clear, I feel strongly that the best way to help charities is to boost economic growth, which leaves people with more money to donate. And I think the best way to do that is to replace our current system with a simple and fair flat tax. But even without that radical change, I don't think there's a compelling argument for the charitable deduction.
No Big Incentive
Let's start with the most basic point: It doesn't do what it promises—that is, to boost charitable giving.
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Over the decades, there have been major changes in tax rates and thus major changes in the tax treatment of charitable contributions. At some points, there has been a big tax advantage to giving, at others much less. Yet charitable giving tends to hover around 2% of U.S. gross domestic product, no matter what the incentive.
So, trying to influence people's decisions by giving them a tax break is pointless. Efforts to spur more giving—such as extending the deadline to claim deductions, so people can help out victims of a tragedy—may be well intentioned but amounts to little more than grandstanding. Year in and year out, that 2% stays roughly the same. At most, it affects when people give, not the amount.
Another reason to drop the deduction is that it's exclusive—and it gives a break to people who really don't need one. Upper-income households are the biggest beneficiaries of the deduction, with those making more than $100,000 per year taking 81% of the deduction even though they account for just 13.5% of all U.S. tax returns.
The data are even more skewed for households with more than $200,000 of income. They account for fewer than 3% of all tax returns, yet they take 55% of all charitable deductions.
Pressure to Write Checks
These are people who can not only afford to give up the tax break, they would very likely give to charity without the deduction. They would still face tremendous cultural pressure to write charitable checks, as well as the prompting of their own conscience. Besides, many of them would still get nice perks for doing good—like seats at the opera or buildings named after them.
Sure, there are surveys that say wealthy people will cut back on giving if the deduction is limited or eliminated. But, again, history shows that whatever the incentives, total giving has stayed about the same, year in and year out. Why would the wealthy stop writing checks now?
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What's more, the case for the deduction is weak even if you look at those people who do write their checks with tax in mind.
By focusing on getting a break, donors get sloppy, and they don't carefully monitor nonprofits to make sure their money is being used wisely. If it costs you just 65 cents to give a dollar to charity after taxes are figured in, you're less likely to pay attention to where you put that dollar, or how every cent is being used. The deduction becomes the tail that wags the charitable dog.
Charities, meanwhile, get fatter and lazier because of that dynamic. Think of all the exposés in recent years about charities that devote an overwhelming share of their budgets to administrative costs and marketing expenses. No system will create perfect nonprofit groups, but cutting back or cutting out the deduction would break the cycle of inefficiency that now exists.
Finally, ditching the deduction is one of the better options for raising tax revenue here and now. To be clear, I don't want to give more revenue to Washington. That's like putting blood in the water with hungry sharks around.
But if politicians are going to extract more money from the private sector anyway, reducing or eliminating the deduction is much less damaging to growth than imposing higher marginal tax rates.
Mr. Mitchell is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. He can be reached at email@example.com.
No: Nonprofits Are in Dire Need of Funds
By Diana Aviv
Limiting the charitable deduction would be a tremendous mistake with potentially catastrophic consequences for groups that do good.
This bit of tax law is a crucial incentive that gets people to give, and give deeper than they otherwise would. Limiting it—or worse yet ending it—would rob funds from nonprofits at a time when charities are already struggling to meet increased demand for programs and services. It would also curtail one of the few government policies that encourages people to be generous with their money instead of using it for their own gain.
A Vital Motive
Proponents of limiting the charitable deduction—which I call the charitable incentive, since it does so much to spur giving—argue the tax break does little to encourage giving.
I couldn't disagree more. It's true that Americans give to charitable causes for many reasons. It's also true that millions of taxpayers who do not itemize their returns give without the benefit of receiving a deduction. Yet more than 80% of those who itemized their tax returns in 2009 claimed the charitable deduction and were responsible for more than 76% of all individual contributions to charitable organizations.
Donors have also said it's a vital incentive. According to a 2010 Indiana University survey, more than two-thirds of high-net-worth donors said they would decrease their giving if they did not receive a deduction for donations. In fact, experts estimate that limiting the deduction could reduce available funding by as much as $7 billion next year. If there were no deduction at all, some experts predict giving would decrease by as much as $78 billion per year. For comparison, individual charitable giving was about $218 billion last year.
The power of the incentive can also be seen in the timing of charitable giving. More than 22% of online charitable donations are made on Dec. 30 and 31 each year, underscoring the extent to which tax considerations influence behavior. Congress clearly thinks the deduction has an impact, since it has at times adjusted the deduction to boost giving. After the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, for example, taxpayers could claim a 2009 deduction for donations to Haiti-relief efforts through March 1, 2010.
Critics of the deduction also note that donation levels have been steady over time, even as incentives have changed. Therefore, they argue, it won't change if the deduction is pulled back. But since the 1970s, when charitable giving was first tracked, the value of the deduction has always been equal to a taxpayer's marginal tax rate. Now there are proposals to decouple the deduction from a donor's tax rate. Experts contend this will reduce the incentive effect and cause a decline in giving.
Another common argument in favor of limiting the deduction is that it asks a sacrifice from those who can most easily afford it. Again, wrong. The sacrifice will come from those with the greatest need for a helping hand. The deduction is not about who benefits from giving, it is about who benefits from support—charities and people who rely on their services.
To those who claim that a charitable deduction makes donors lazy about monitoring charities: There is no evidence that correlates responsible giving practices with having an incentive to give more money.
Then there's the claim that cutting back the deduction will make charities operate more efficiently. That suggests that charities are bloated. But the Nonprofit Finance Fund, a community development financial agency, found that in 2011, 56% of organizations either operated in a deficit or at break-even.
Charities are among the most effective institutions in the country and are getting better. They operate lean and mean because they have to. They are monitored by bureaucracies, donors, their own volunteers and the communities they serve.
Finally, there's another important consideration. The charitable deduction is unique in that it's a government incentive to sacrifice on behalf of the commonweal. Unlike incentives to save for retirement or buy a home, it encourages behavior for which a taxpayer gets no direct, personal, tangible benefit.
It's this kind of behavior that we should encourage and reward. Rather than limiting that incentive, Congress and the president should explore opportunities to expand the giving that allows charitable organizations to improve lives every day.
Ms. Aviv is president and CEO of Independent Sector in Washington, D.C. She can be reached at email@example.com.
Readers Weigh In on the Charitable Deduction
Should we end the tax deduction for charitable donations?
Here's a sampling of reader comments from an online poll.
I am in favor of getting rid of everything but the standard deduction, but if we're talking piecemeal then this is one of the deductions that actually deserves to stay.
— Randy Ribarchak
The Democrats will push the removal of this "loophole." They want to replace God, community, religion, freedom and liberty with government/state control.
The Democratic party is morphing into the Communist party.
— Frank Mostek
Lower tax rates and get rid of the mortgage deduction and the charitable deduction, get rid of farm subsidies while they are at it and all the other giveaways to various interests.
This has to be done in conjunction with lowering rates, not raising them like the left-wing ideologues would like.
— Daniel Rittereiser
I do not believe that doing away with the deduction would significantly impact charitable contributions.
People give for all sorts of reasons—a tax deduction is way down the list.
— Norman Blanton


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Kane County raises lawsuit dismissed for lack of evidence
Citing a lack of evidence, a Kane County judge Tuesday issued a judgment dismissing a lawsuit that accused Kane County Board Chairman Karen McConnaughay of improperly giving raises to 14 employees.
The suit, brought by Elburn resident James MacRunnels, was filed in 2010, dismissed in spring 2011 and then reinstated by an appellate court panel earlier this year.
Judge Thomas Mueller said MacRunnels' attorney, Joseph King, had insufficient evidence that raises were issued at all.
"(McConnaughay) did nothing violative of the county's own ordinances," Mueller said. "You don't file a complaint saying maybe you'll find evidence down the road. You have to have something to start with."
Mueller also noted that McConnaughay's attorney, Claudette Miller, had provided sworn statements from two previous county board chairmen that salaries and raises were part of the annual budget process and part of the county board's custom and practice.
McConnaughay issued a statement, saying the dismissal was vindication for her and the county board. She decried the suit was a case of "sour grapes" and said taxpayers had to pay the bill for a "meritless" lawsuit.
"But validating what we were already doing is scarcely worth clogging up our legal system and the unnecessary cost to taxpayers. And when such abuses are perpetuated by self-appointed 'good-government' advocates, the hypocrisy is astounding," McConnaughay said.
In court documents in support of the motion for summary judgment, Miller argued that four employees received raises -- one because of a promotion and three non-department heads that were given small, one-time raises by their department heads, none of whom were McConnaughay.
"The process for setting salaries and raises is part of the overall budget and appropriation process governed by the State Constitution and State Counties Code," Miller wrote.
In court papers, King argued questioned that if the raises were legal, why did McConnaughay have the county board sign off on the raises twice this year. "We're alleging that the defendant gave out these raises and placed the raises into the budget process for board approval without addressing these specific raises with the executive committee as required by ordinance," King argued.
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Tuilaepa expresses deep gratitude to Togiola for assistance and support
Speaking at yesterday's closing of the 2012 Flag Day ceremony, Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi described the celebration as a success. He said the siva and pese entertainment was beautiful, and he appreciated the many gifts and traditional sua presented to him and to other dignitaries.
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Tuilaepa also said that the governor has guided American Samoa through some tough times and rough seas such as the 2009 tsunami that killed more than 100 people and destroyed property in American Samoa and Samoa. He also mentioned the world financial crisis as well as the difficulties faced with economic development.
He acknowledged that under Togiola's leadership, American Samoa has now joined the Pacific Islands Forum — which is made up of groups of Pacific leaders — and the Polynesian Leadership Group.
Heading into the future, Tuilaepa says the economies of the two Samoas will continue to move forward together because the two Samoas are close neighbors. He said that whatever happens in the territory will also affect Samoa, giving the taro blight as an example of one place affecting the other.
He reminded everyone that the two Samoas are the same people, despite their differences in political status and form of government.
The Prime Minister acknowledged that Samoa has long standing relationships with other foreign nations such as China, New Zealand and the U.S. — and these countries believed in Samoa's ability as a developing nation. He cited the fact that Samoa is now a member of the World Trade Organization.
However, he said Samoa almost got a TKO due to its ban on "turkey tails" imports, which are mainly from the United States. He said the decision made later, was that Samoa will allow the entire turkey, including the tails, to be imported into Samoa and this was agreed to by the U.S.
Tuilaepa acknowledged part of Togiola's Flag Day address that the sovereign nation of Samoa didn't agree to be divided but it was done by the three major powers in 1899 — the U.S., Germany and Great Britain.
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LONDON (AP) — Lawyers for Kenyans tortured during a rebellion against colonial rule in the 1950s said Monday that they are negotiating with the British government over a possible settlement.
An agreement to pay compensation could have broad implications for thousands of people who say they were abused by authorities in Britain's former colonies.
Law firm Leigh Day, which represents three elderly Kenyans seeking compensation, confirmed talks were taking place, but gave no other details, "due to the nature of the negotiations."
The Foreign Office declined to comment on an ongoing legal case.
The case involves Kenyans who say they were beaten and sexually assaulted by officers acting for the British administration trying to suppress the "Mau Mau" rebellion, in which groups of Kenyans attacked British officials and white farmers who had settled in some of Kenya's most fertile lands.
In 1952, then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared a state of emergency in the country and sent British and African soldiers to help colonial administrators capture the fighters and send them to detention camps.
Thousands of Kenyans were detained, including U.S. President Barack Obama's grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama.
In October, Britain's High Court ruled that three Kenyans — Wambugu Wa Nyingi, Paulo Muoka Nzili and Jane Muthoni Mara — could pursue claims for compensation.
The government had sought to have the case dismissed, saying it could not be held legally responsible for long-ago abuses. It argued that the liabilities of the colonial administration passed to the Kenyan government when the country gained independence from Britain in 1963.
The government launched an appeal against the October ruling, although it did not dispute "that each of the claimants in this case suffered torture and other ill treatment at the hands of the colonial administration."
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Ian Clark's Pop Culture Club: There's something for everyone at TempleConBy IAN CLARK
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 26. 2013 7:23PM
One of the best conventions in New England is less than a week away.
TempleCon 2013 takes place in Warwick, R.I. It starts Friday and continues into Sunday at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick. The three-day convention (established in 2006) has all sorts of cool stuff for you to check out, especially if you like board, card and miniatures games.
But there's so much more than games at TempleCon. The theme is "retro-futurism," sometimes called "steampunk." (Imagine the Victorian era crossed with science fiction, where steam-powered gadgets, such as ray guns, exist.)
That theme means there will be lots of folks dressed in cool handmade costumes, complete with brass goggles and whirling gears. But if that's not your thing, there are plenty of other options to do all weekend.
Personally, I go to play games with my friends. We stay up late, have some drinks, play a lot of games and generally just enjoy a weekend away from responsibility. And there is a game library with thousands of games that can be borrowed, so you don't even have to haul your own stuff down there.
There are also numerous tournaments, if you want to enjoy a more competitive weekend. Miniatures tournaments are offered for popular games, such as Warmachine, Hordes, Malifaux, Flames of War, Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer Fantasy, Heavy Gear and Battletech, to name a few.
For card game tournaments you can get in on, there's Magic: The Gathering, and Vampire: The Eternal Struggle events running all weekend.
If role-playing games are your thing, there are tons of events where you can just show up and play.
They will include Pathfinder and Dungeons and Dragons fourth edition, Shadowrun, Marvel Superheroes, as well as older games like earlier editions of D&D and Gamma World.
There is also a video game room and demonstrations set up so you can learn a new board game or minis game. Vendors will also be there selling games and other goodies.
TempleCon has a large variety of events and seminars all weekend. There are artists and entertainers performing, as well as "liquor appreciation" events where you can learn more about wines, whiskeys and rums. The convention also has numerous authors and other guests.
A three-day pass is $55, and there are also options to purchase passes for single days. The Crowne Plaza itself is sold out for lodging, but there are other hotels nearby. For more information, go to templecon.org.
I hope to see you there.
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How to Make Homemade Granola Bars
The best thing about a long trip is the snacks, am I right?! They serve a dual purpose of tiding us over when regular mealtimes get interrupted and feeling like a special treat during a vacation. A big batch of granola bars will definitely keep everyone happy all the way to the beach. Try our 4-Ingredient Banana Oat Bars for something a little different or bring along a few Spiced Lentil, Sweet Potato, and Kale Whole Wheat Pockets for a more substantive nosh.
Of course you'll need a few sweet treats to get you through a long day of travel! I'm a big fan of homemade marshmallows — light to carry and fun to eat. Vegan vanilla almond sandies and cracker jacks are also excellent choices for satisfying a sweet tooth.
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Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy offers players a unique combination of action-packed fighting game elements and RPG-based character development. Get ready for a new round of all-out brawling with some of the most memorable characters in the gaming world!
The divine conflict between harmony and discord rages on, the fate of the world its promised prize. Fighting to secure it are brave souls summoned for that solitary purpose. These warriors, relying on what fragments of their shattered memories remain, fight to end the conflict - and for a chance to return home, to the worlds they each once knew.
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- The battle between good and evil continues: The action-packed world of Dissidia Final Fantasy is back in full-force, now with new game modes, story missions, items, alternate costumes and combat features. Soar through expansive environments and participate in gripping combat, all while enjoying RPG-based character development that adds a rich layer of depth to the story behind the clashing forces.
- New characters revealed: Kain (Final Fantasy IV) and Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII) are revealed as playable characters - the first of many new faces to step up in this ultimate battle between good and evil.
- New features and scenarios: New to Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy are an Assist feature that enables players to enlist characters as back-up in combat, as well as a playable Chaos storyline that further enhances the robust gameplay experience. Additional details will be revealed in the coming months.
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Leslie A. Smith, 80, of West Olive, MI, passed away on December 14, 2015, after a long battle with cancer.
Mr. Richard L. Bertucci, age 74, of Norton Shores passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2015, at Leila and Cyrus Poppen Residence.
Mrs. Norma J. Brazda, age 93, of Grand Haven passed away Sunday, December 13, 2015.


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LAS VEGAS (CBS Las Vegas) — Justin Bieber is no longer welcome at an attraction near the Las Vegas Strip.
E! News reports the pop star has been banned for life from Las Vegas Indoor Skydiving, after refusing to pay up on Sunday.
The 19-year-old Bieber had the choice of forking over $1600, or posting a photo of himself in mid-flight on the Internet.
Sources say Bieber and his group messed up the bathroom, and the singer himself seemed "very disconnected from reality."
The incident is the latest in a string of troubles for the teen star. He was reportedly involved in a collision that left a paparazzo injured in Los Angeles last week. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, a traffic collision occurred outside of the Laugh Factory at the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Crescent Heights in Hollywood. As the singer was trying to leave the comedy club, he reportedly pinned a paparazzo between his Ferrari and a parked car.
The photographer involved in the crash was treated at a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries to his left leg.
Bieber was questioned by police and cleared.
Bieber is also under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for allegedly driving his Ferrari recklessly through his exclusive Calabasas community over Memorial Day weekend.
According to authorities, Bieber was driving at freeway speeds in a community with a 25 mph speed limit.
No injuries were reported in the incident, but the singer was allegedly confronted by fellow Oaks resident Keyshawn Johnson, who was driving with his child in a Prius, TMZ reported.
A paparazzo was fatally struck by a car after taking photos of Bieber's same white Ferrari during a traffic stop in Los Angeles on Jan. 1 of this year.
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Chris Rock has locked in a Broadway run in "The Motherfucker with the Hat," a new play by Stephen Adly Guirgis set to open at the Schoenfeld Theater in April.
Anna D. Shapiro ("August: Osage County") directs a cast that also includes Bobby Canavale, Annabella Sciorra, Yul Vazquez and Elizabeth Rodriguez.
Scott Rudin, the Public Theater, Labyrinth Theater Company and Stuart Thompson produce. Play was originally announced as part of the Public Theater season and had been assumed to be headed for one of the Public's Off Broadway stages.
"Hat" will mark Chris Rock's Broadway debut. Performer had been discussed as a casting possibility for "A Behanding in Spokane," the Martin McDonagh play that appeared on the Rialto last season, but that project ended up moving ahead with Anthony Mackie in a cast that included Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell and Zoe Kazan.
"Hat" joins a slate of Rudin-produced, star-driven play productions that also includes a spring staging of "The House of Blue Leaves" toplined by Ben Stiller and Edie Falco and a fall revival of "Sweet Bird of Youth" starring Nicole Kidman. Rudin also produces spring offering "The Book of Mormon," the tuner by the creators of "South Park."
The Off Broadway, nonprofit Public Theater also has recently become a regular presence on the Main Stem, with this season's offerings "The Merchant of Venice" and "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" following in the footsteps of the company's 2009 Broadway transfer of "Hair."
Guirgis ("Our Lady of 121st Street," "The Little Flower of East Orange") is currently co-a.d. of Labyrinth, the troupe co-founded by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Labyrinth and the Public were previously aligned in a partnership that saw Lab stagings hosted at Public venues, but that arranged was deemed too pricey earlier this year.
Vazquez and the costume designer of "Hat," Mimi O'Donnell, also are co-artistic directors of Labyrinth. Design team of the production also includes Todd Rosenthal (sets) and Donald Holder (lights).
Schoenfeld Theater is currently occupied by "A Life in the Theater," the David Mamet revival that ends its limited run Jan. 2.
"Hat" begins previews March 22 ahead of an April 11 opening. Show is set to run 14 weeks.


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In their last game of the 2012-13 regular season, the Blast defeated the Milwaukee Wave, 10-6. Rookie Lucas Roque led the way with two goals and Jamie Darvill scored his first goal of the season to give the Blast an early 2-0 lead. The Blast will return to 1st Mariner Arena on Saturday, March 9 for a home playoff game against an opponent still to be determined.
Darvill started the scoring, just three minutes into the match, to give the Blast a 2-0 lead and Adauto Neto added a power play goal late in the quarter to extend Baltimore's lead to 4-0. The Wave got on the scoreboard in the final seconds of the quarter when Luan Oliveira cut Baltimore's lead to 4-2.
Roque's first goal put the Blast on top 6-4 early in the second quarter, five minutes before Bryan Perez scored for the Wave to cut it to 6-4.
Milwaukee's Ian Bennett tied the game at 6-6 in the sixth minute of the third quarter but Roque scored his second goal, with just three seconds left in the third quarter, to put the Blast back on top, 8-6.
Lucio Gonzaga added to the Blast lead with a goal just 51 seconds into the final quarter to seal Baltimore's 21st victory of the season.
The Blast ended the 2012-13 regular season the way they ended the last two MISL seasons, with a match against the Milwaukee Wave. The are no strangers to fierce battles and important games – they've played each other for more than 20 years and have met in the last two MISL Championships.
Blast vs. Wave
Like the Blast, the Wave have secured a spot in the 2013 postseason and are awaiting their playoff seeding and opponent. Unlike the Blast, who finish the regular season Saturday, the Wave have five more games to go.
Dating back to the 1992-93 season, the Blast vs. Wave rivalry is the fiercest and longest-standing rivalry in indoor soccer. The Blast is 32-48 all-time against the Wave in the regular season while holding a 9-6 edge in postseason play. Since the 2003 postseason, the Blast and Wave have played each other six times in the playoffs with Baltimore winning the Championship matchups in 2003 and 2004 and Milwaukee beating the Blast for the title in 2011 and 2012. The Blast defeated the Wave, 15-4, in Baltimore on November 16 but the Wave earned a 6-5 win on December and a 10-8 overtime win on January 12, both in Milwaukee.
Keeping the Winning Alive in Baltimore
On the heels of the successful Orioles season and the Ravens' Super Bowl win, the Blast will begin the 2013 postseason in early March. Though their opponent is yet to be determined, the Blast will host a Semifinal home game on Saturday, March 9. Tickets will go on sale tomorrow.
Celebrity Game
The annual media/celebrity game ended in a 1-1 tie. Joel Greenwaldt scored early for the red team and Nick DiMarco tied it up in the final seconds.
Every MISL game this season can be seen live on the Internet at www.MISLNation.com.
Tickets to all home Blast games, regular season and postseason, are available by calling 410-73-BLAST or going to www.TicketMaster.com. Tickets for the March 9 playoff are on sale now.


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Ukraine: Corruption Blamed for AIDS Non-Treatment
July 5, 2012
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Advocates in Ukraine say state corruption is depriving thousands of HIV patients of antiretroviral drugs, with AIDS deaths up by 20 percent since last year. One percent of the adult population is infected with HIV, and the World Health Organization (WHO) says 40,000 people there who urgently need antiretroviral therapy cannot access it.
Activists say the government has the money to treat all AIDS patients, but that Health Ministry officials are embezzling it. A complicated drug procurement system allows the government to buy drugs at up to five times their market price, said Dr. Igor Pokanevych, head of WHO's country office in Ukraine. Had it paid a fair price, the government could have treated the 40,000 people going without HIV medicines today, he said.
"If a patient is not receiving vital drugs, in the end he dies," said Dmytro Sherembey, of the All-Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV. "Corruption is a bulldozer that is destroying Ukrainians." He said his group recently purchased a package of antiretroviral drugs for 3.5 hryvna (US $0.43) per tablet, while the government had paid 7.8 hryvna (US $0.96) in an order totaling $1.8 million. Health Ministry officials, he said, are pocketing millions of dollars in kickbacks.
Health Ministry officials were not available to comment, but previously have denied allegations of corruption. They also have said Sherembey's purchase was paid for by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, which gets a better price.
Sherembey is campaigning to have the government allocate $50 million for AIDS treatment and prevention next year, and he questions why Ukraine spent $6.4 billion hosting the Euro 2012 championship at a time when tens of thousands of AIDS patients may die without treatment. "I also love football; I love many things; but I love life more," he said.
Associated Press
06.29.2012; Maria Danilova
Advocacy Groups Say Corruption Leaving Millions of HIV-Positive Ukrainians Without Treatment, AP Reports
This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. – There will be some welcome relief on Friday from the bitter cold that gripped Westchester County, but it won't be long before wintry weather is likely to return.
There will be a mix of sun and clouds Friday with a high between 41 and 43 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. With winds gusting 10 to 20 miles miles per hour, it will feel more like the mid 30s.
There is a chance of showers Saturday morning between 4 a.m. and 10 a.m. The rest of the day should be mostly sunny with a high in the lower 50s.
Sunday will be partly sunny with highs between 32 and 34.
Then comes the next winter storm threat.
There is now a 60-percent likelihood of snow overnight Sunday into Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
The snow is likely to start after 5 a.m. Monday and could continue during the day on St. Patrick's Day. Monday's high is expected to be between 22 and 24 degrees.
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Review: 'Longest Week' is a pale Allen imitation
Review: 'Longest Week' is a pale Allen imitation
Sep. 04, 2014
In "The Longest Week," Jason Bateman plays a privileged, pampered, narcissistic New Yorker whose sole effort at productivity in life is his meandering work on a novel called "The Directionless Generation."
This may be a winking reference to the character himself, who clearly lacks direction, but alas, it's an even more prescient reference to the movie as a whole. There are moments here and there to be enjoyed, mainly for the slick visuals (and wonderfully hip New York apartments), but basically it feels like a directionless enterprise. And though the film is only 86 minutes long, it tends to feel bloated and even a bit tedious by the end — perhaps not an entire generation long, but too long nonetheless.
It also feels derivative of other filmmaking styles. Writer-director Peter Glanz, making his debut feature, is clearly a Woody Allen fan; he uses the same jazzy-type music to accompany his dreamily appealing views of New York City, and he likes psychoanalysis scenes, too. Heck, the first scene has our main character, Conrad, venting to his analyst about his troubles with women, and the analyst is none other than Allen favorite Tony Roberts. Conrad even refers to himself as "Jungian."
Bateman's no stranger to unlikable characters —remember his memorable misanthrope in the recent "Bad Words," who mercilessly stole spelling-bee trophies from innocent kids? But at least that character had an important justification for his ugly behavior, albeit one we didn't learn 'til the end. Here, Bateman's Conrad doesn't have a redeeming secret. He's just rich and self-centered and duplicitous.
Conrad has lived his entire life in the sumptuous Valmont hotel, owned by his parents, but soon after we meet him, he falls on unfortunate circumstances. His parents, who've spent years traveling the world, are getting divorced, and neither wants to foot Conrad's hotel bill anymore. So he's out on the streets. He escapes to the apartment of his well-to-do friend Dylan (Billy Crudup), who's also a rather pretentious elitist but at least has a modicum of moral sense.
Which Conrad does not. He repays Dylan's hospitality by making a move on the lovely Beatrice (Olivia Wilde), a model and literature lover whom Dylan covets. And he lies to both of them about his financial situation, insisting his temporary homelessness has been necessitated by a hotel renovation.
Nevertheless, Beatrice falls for Conrad — one could ask why, but Allen's characters always got the girls, too. Beatrice, we're told by the omnipresent narrator, loves the precise way Conrad makes a Tom Collins, or ties a perfect Windsor knot in his necktie. The two share a few blissful days together — kissing by the river, for example, as the Manhattan lights glow (another Allen specialty) before things get really messy.
Conrad, it seems, is not destined to be happy. Nor is he destined to grow up.
Or is he? The movie's epilogue seeks to impart a little meaning to Conrad's journey. But by then, we've pretty much stopped caring. Through no fault of the talented Bateman, the movie never really gives us a reason to root for Conrad. And so whatever epiphany may be in store for this annoying character is — sorry, old chap — rather too little, and too late.
"The Longest Week" is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "sexual content and smoking." Running time: 86 minutes. Two stars out of four.
MPAA definition of PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.


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Broadoaks Country House Hotel - an experience you'll never forget. From dramatic helicopter arrivals and lavish party celebrations to secluded romantic breaks and activity weekends, Broadoaks Country House Hotel is the perfect venue to make your visit the most memorable and exciting experience ever for you and your guests. Whether you are organising your parents' special anniversary, want to celebrate a birthday milestone in style, or simply escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life, then you'll find that Broadoaks not only ticks all the boxes for outstanding beauty, fine dining, beautiful furnishings, total relaxation, but you'll find the staff friendly, helpful and able to make your stay an experience to remember for ever.
During your stay, you can relax and simply enjoy the beautiful surroundings of Windermere or fill your time with a whole host of activities we can organise for you. At Broadoaks we have an on-site event management team that can work with you to create the ultimate adventure. From Clay Pigeon Shooting to 4x4 off road driving let us know what you'd like to book and we can arrange everything in advance.
For those wanting a bit of well-deserved pampering, we have special links with a local spa enabling our guests to use their fabulous facilities. Take a dip in the warm waters of their 20 metre pool with views over Lake Windermere, before luxuriating in the thermal suite. Or choose from the many indulgent treatments in the hands of their skilled spa therapists. Perfect for honeymoons and birthdays.
For celebrating in style, let us take care of all the organising. You can enjoy exclusive private dining or we can sort house parties for up to 62 guests. For numbers larger than this, then we can arrange an on site marquee. If you want to finish off the night with a spectacular firework display, you can be assured that your party at Broadoaks Hotel will go with a bang!
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A longtime Los Angeles music agent who represented such artists as Whitney Houston, the Eagles, Tom Petty and Journey has died.
The William Morris Agency says its global head of music, Peter Grosslight, died Thursday of pancreatic cancer. He was 68.
Grosslight worked at William Morris since 1992, when the agency acquired the company he had founded 20 years earlier. He specialized in international bookings of contemporary artists and worked with Joan Baez, Carly Simon, Luis Miguel and Brian Setzer, among others.
William Morris chiefs Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell said Grosslight expanded the agency's international operations, and they called him a "valuable mentor."
The Los Angeles native is survived by his wife, Carolyn, and their two children.


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