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By the numbers: Emergency services volunteers
Dozens of Princeton University students, faculty, staff and alumni supply thousands of hours of volunteer support to the Princeton Fire Department and Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad each year.
Princeton Fire Department Associate Member Program:
• Number of University employees who volunteer in the associate member program: 30
• Number of hours the associate members have trained in the past 12 months: 648
• Number of calls that the associate members have responded to in the past 12 months: 250
• Number of volunteer hours by associate members in the past 12 months: 1,146
• Number of associate members who also volunteer in their hometowns: 22
Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad (PFARS):
• Of the 102 riding members of PFARS, half have University ties; 34 are current students and 17 are alumni or University employees.
• Of the 13 members on PFARS's executive committee, six are Princeton students and three are University alumni or staff.
• Of PFARS's top 10 ambulance call responders in 2012, six are Princeton University students.
• Of the 12 squad members who have responded to the more than 100 ambulance calls in 2012, eight are students at the University. As of Sept. 1, those eight students had gone on a combined 1,132 calls.
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More than four months after two children told police that they were raped at a Cortez motel, the mother of one of the children is wondering why the case remains in limbo.
The Cortez Police Department investigated the case and forwarded its findings to the district attorney's office.
District Attorney Will Furse on Friday said his office has received the case and decisions will be made based on the investigation.
The end result could be that the DA's office will not proceed with charges or prosecution. Furse said all cases go through the natural progression of being investigated with decisions on possible charges and prosecution to follow.
The mother of the 13-year-old girl said her daughter was raped at the National 9 Inn Sand Canyon Motel at Main and Linden streets in the second week of October. The mother has since moved with her daughter to Las Vegas, Nev. after concerns that the prime suspect remained free and was harassing her daughter.
Police were told that the man also raped a 10-year-old girl in the same motel room that was rented by another man. The mother is frustrated that the case is still in limbo and believes that her Native American race may have been a factor on why nothing has been decided in more than four months.
When police were notified of the alleged rape on the day it occurred, the mother said no one was even arrested.
"The two suspects are still free," she said.
Before moving to Nevada from Towaoc, the mother said that the suspect continued to harass her daughter but told his family the daughter was the one who was harassing him.
"We moved to get away from him," she said. "I have been trying to wait for calls (from the DA's office)."
The police department, she said, told her information has been sent to the DA's office for its review, but she has not been contacted.
The DA's office, citing an ongoing investigation, has refused to release the police report of the incident.
The mother said her daughter, who is now enrolled in a private school in Nevada, had a flashback a few days ago to the incident and cried the entire day.
"It's hard for her and me to deal with this," she said.
The mother's sister and aunt to the teen, who still lives in the county, said she is also frustrated and does not understand why nothing has been done.
"My sister wants justice, but she's not getting it," she said. "It seems like the (authorities) aren't doing anything, They already have all the evidence they need."
The sister said police took photographs of the alleged crime scene and confiscated bed sheets from the hotel room.
Furse didn't say when a possible decision would be made on the case.

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Johannesburg, 08 July 2012 – South African Airways today symbolically fired the starter's gun for its partnership with South Africa's national Olympics and Paralympics Teams as work got underway on a spectacular special paint design for the aircraft which will fly athletes and officials to London.
The long haul Airbus A340-300 is set to cause a splash at airports internationally with its bold images of South African swimmers, runners, soccer players, and other sports stars. The design for the aircraft emerged from a public competition run by SAA which close to 400 entries and was won by Stellenbosch University student Adrie Le Roux.
Together with SAA Chairperson Cheryl Carolus and CEO Siza Mzimela, Le Roux today participated in a ceremony at SAA Technical's Hangar 07 at OR Tambo International airport in Ekurhuleni during which the first paint was applied to the aircraft, registration ZS-XRD. The completed plane is due to roll out of the paint shop in mid-July and will carry participants to the London Olympics on July 19th.
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"As South Africa's national airline, we are proud and happy to be able to support our athletes in this manner," said SAA chairperson Cheryl Carolus. "And just as our ground crews, pilots, and cabin staff are geared to give their very best to the Olympic participants and to all of our passengers at all times, we look forward to South Africa's athletes achieving personal peak performances in London."
SAA's competition for the design of the Olympic aircraft inspired South Africans from many walks of life to actively support Team South Africa with ideas, colours, and creativity for its official air transport. Over three hundred entries were received from across the country by post and online.
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By Bobby Abplanalp
Journal Sports Editor
It's many kids' dream to go hunting with their dad.
Father and son bagging a big bull elk or mule deer buck.
In this case, it's father and daughter.
Or, maybe daughter and father.
Kelly Cook, 14, has accomplished what many rifle hunters can't in their lifetime.
The Cortez Middle School eight-grader has hunted twice and fired a total of three shots with her Ruger .243.
With those three shots, Cook has killed 6-by-6 and 5-by-6 bull elk.
Considering the lesser powered .243 rifle Cook uses and bringing down the massive 6-by-6 elk from 390 yards away, shot placement is a must.
"I was so nervous. I did not think I was going to shoot it," Cook said.
Remembering the picture of an elk on her phone that her dad drew, Cook aimed and fired.
"When I shot, I did not think I would hit. That was my first time shooting an animal," she said.
Cook delivered near Lone Mesa State Park last fall with her father, Dr. Terry Cook, a local podiatrist.
"It was awesome," Kelly said. "When my dad went over to get it, he started screaming and yelling (in excitement)."
This hunting season, father and daughter were back near Lone Mesa. Kelly Cook was only able to hunt one day in October. When a 5-by-6 bull elk walked onto the horizon with a herd of cow elk, the marksman had just one chance. Patiently waiting for her chance, and patiently waiting, her father's nerves were on edge.
Kelly Cook's patience paid off.
"You could hear a loud 'Thud,'" said Terry Cook about the shot connecting with the elk. "She goes, 'I think I got it, dad.' I heard a death growl. I said, 'You got another one.'"
One shot from 200-plus yards was all it took.
Perhaps it's no surprise what a magnificent shot Kelly Cook is. Before her first hunt last year, she took the required hunter safety course and excelled in the shooting test with ease.
"She put three shots on (the target) bull right on top of each other. (It was her) first time shooting a rifle," Terry Cook said.
The 6-by-6 took two shots to bring down in the wind. Kelly Cook still was on target from 390 yards against the weather elements.
"I love that gun," she said with excitement.
Why has Kelly Cook quickly mastered elk hunting?
Elk hunting is an activity that people do for years and come away empty.
Is it love for her rifle? Love for the kill?
It's actually something different.
"I never really knew what hunting was. My dad and brother would always talk about it," she said. "They'd be like, 'OK, we're going hunting tomorrow.' I'd be like, 'I want to go!'"
Big game hunting is a father-son ritual that's lasted centuries. It's something Terry Cook and his son, Hayden, bond over.
Now Terry Cook and both his children bond together elk hunting.
Kelly Cook, who is a also a drum major and dancer, wanted to add hunting to her repertoire of activities.
At just 14, Kelly Cook has stories to tell for a lifetime. And, in the halls of CMS, friends refer to as one of America's sharpshooting legends.
"I guess I'm the new Annie Oakley," said a laughing Kelly Cook.
Maybe Kelly Cook won't go that far, as to make a career of her precise shooting skill like the late Annie Oakley did. But in Terry and Jacque Cook's household, their daughter is known as Kelly "Sure Shot."
As long as she gets to go hunting with her dad and brother, more stories of Kelly "Sure Shot" Cook will be told.


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No point in asking where the irrational approval of the abject disregard of existing federal statute law violated by a ballot issue that legalizes marijuana as some kind of monumental achievement by (Colorado Gov. John) Hickenlooper and the "new" Democrat pioneers' establishment of delinquency instead of existing federal law.
Is this the example of Democratic common sense? Political corruption? What, then, can be expected from (President Barack) Obama, (Vice President Joe) Biden, (New York Rep. Carolyn) McCarthy, (Colorado 1st District Congressional Rep. Diana) DeGette, (Colorado state Rep. Rhonda) Fields and the rest of the common-sense Democrats on gun control?
From the Democratic political aspect of common sense, the purpose is to force the political idea upon each individual to influence or preempt any freedom of thought, to then lead to further political exploitation. This idea of simple behavior control is nothing new, nor is it common sense.
What, then, can be expected from Democrats and the Democratic debate on common-sense gun control?
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Like Rox's rotation, Pomeranz a work in progress
By Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The would-be future face of the Colorado Rockies' rotation was laboring under the Arizona sun the other day at Salt River Fields. His delivery was inconsistent, his curveball flat, and he left a few fastballs up in the zone.
But Drew Pomeranz wasn't sweating his 5.54 Cactus League ERA or his ongoing battle for the fifth starting slot.
"I'm more worried about me feeling right than dominating Spring Training," he said. "I want to feel like I know what I'm doing. Not feeling lost like I did last year at times."
That might as well be a slogan for this starting staff as a whole. Last year was rough, even by Rockies standards, as the staff amassed a jaw-dropping 5.81 ERA. Not even the most humid of humidors could save them. And while getting a healthy Troy Tulowitzki back in the lineup is a great start for what could be an elite National League offense, the fate of first-time skipper Walt Weiss' club completely hinges on the starting staff developing a new identity -- and quickly.
Pomeranz, then, is a compelling case study. The Rockies didn't target high-profile pitching in the free-agent or trade markets this winter. Their rotation, at present, consists of Jeff Francis, Jhoulys Chacin, Jorge De La Rosa, Juan Nicasio and either Pomeranz or Tyler Chatwood, but we can't rule out the possibility of a late-spring waiver claim.
What we do know is that if the Rockies are going to return to relevancy, they have to learn how to develop premier pitching at the place where premier pitching goes to die -- Coors Field.
And for pitching coach Jim Wright, that means establishing a new mentality.
"I want to see unafraid pitchers who attack the zone, pitch inside and learn how to pitch," Wright said. "The beginning of that is low command and inside command. And learn how to keep the ball down. Pitch to the catcher, don't pitch to the hitter."
The first thing that catches your eye if you glance at the big bulletin board just inside the main entrance to Colorado's spring clubhouse is the chart detailing each pitcher's ground-ball percentage in Cactus play. And if you stroll the back fields, you'll note the parallel lines of string extending across home plate in the bullpen areas -- the top string at knee level, and the bottom string six inches lower.
If the Rockies have their way, their pitchers will live below the zone in this and coming seasons. They want a staff that gets by on ground balls and outpitches the park effects and doesn't feel any psychological hurdles in that building.
"We want the pitchers that come to face us to feel that way, if they're struggling at Coors Field," Wright said. "And I want the other team to know our pitchers are tough. We look at this as our home-field advantage, and we have to look at it that way. Because we know if we can keep the ball on the ground and do the things that are our absolutes and identity as a staff, then we're going to be successful."
Pomeranz, to date, has not made a successful transition to Colorado. Acquired in the July 2011 swap that sent Ubaldo Jimenez to Cleveland, the left-handed Pomeranz was touted as a can't-miss kid with a killer curve who could break bats and get the inning-ending grounders. But with a fastball often maxing out in the upper 80s last season, Pomeranz looked lost on the big league stage. The Rockies, as a unit, looked pretty lost, too, experimenting with a four-man rotation based on 75-pitch limits that caused general confusion inside and outside the clubhouse.
Wright, who went from bullpen coach to co-pitching coach in the middle of 2012, knows the setup was mocked, but he did see some benefits.
"In some ways, it was [worthwhile]," he said, "because we had three starters who probably didn't belong there yet and it gave them an opportunity to pitch, and two of those guys now have the opportunity to make the rotation again. So they have that experience under their belt. And it gave us an idea of who can pitch in the middle. It gave guys like Adam Ottavino and Josh Roenicke the ability to pitch multiple innings at the Major League level."
The Rockies are no longer trying to reinvent the wheel. They just want ground balls, and plenty of them. And the first step in that goal is getting these guys to trust their stuff down in the zone.
For the 24-year-old Pomeranz, in particular, trust in his stuff and his self was an issue last year.
"I think in years past, I've been good at making pitches when I need to in tough spots," he said. "But if you're not confident in the way you're feeling or your mechanics, it's hard to do that. This year, I feel like I can catch my breath and lock in and make a pitch."
Pomeranz is still making his pitch for a spot in the Opening Day rotation. But no matter when he settles back into the big leagues, he knows the mechanical tweak he's made in camp -- getting more length in his left arm as he brings the ball out of the glove -- has to be in place.
He's more focused on the mechanics than the conditions at Coors.
"I think if you're feeling good, feeling confident, feeling strong out there on the mound," he said, "it doesn't matter where you're at or what the conditions are."
The Rockies don't yet have the luxury of feeling particularly strong in the rotation, Pomeranz included. But they are hoping that confidence builds this season, one ground ball at a time.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Another great day and a good day to ask all NB users for their opinion. For some time now, there are others who believes that Minato can't do Kage Bunshin. While I personally believe he can due to some hints given by Kishi, other's do not. So, I would like everyone's opinion about this.
First of, we can't say that a person can't do this because we haven't seen him do when there is an evidence that can back it up and make us conclude that he can. Let's talk about the other powerful nins that did not demonstrate their ability but we know they can because of the hints given by the manga
1. Hashirama: We haven't seen him using the wood techniques that Madara was diplaying but we know that it was the original tech from the 1st because wood techniques can only be performed by him that's why Madara stole that ability.
Question: Even if we know that the techniques Madara showed us comes from the 1st but we did not see the 1st doing it, can we say that he cannot do it because we haven't seen him doing it? Or we can just use our common sense that he can do it because it was hinted that the technique Madara uses comes from the 1st? Which is which? Eyes or brain?
2. Hiruzen: It was said that he know all Konoha techniques thus given the name professor but we haven't seen him perfoming those techs. He showed us only few.
Question: Even if it was said on the manga that he knows all Konoha techniques, can we say that he can ONLY do those techniques he showed us so far? If we'll count it, it won't reach 10. Do we believe in what we see or we can use the hint given by the manga that he knows a hundred or thousands of jutsu? Again eyes or brain?
3. Kakashi: It was said that because of the sharingan, Kakashi was able to copy a thousand jutsu thus giving him the nickname copy ninja. We have not seen him doing a 1000 jutsu so can we say that he can't perform it because we have not seen it? or do we take into consideration what the manga told us. Eyes or Brain?
Enough of our examples. Let's go to the main topic. Can Minato do Kage Bunshin?
In part 1, we know that to be able to graduate one must perform bunshin no jutsu.
Later in part one, Naruto stole the scroll and the 1st technique listed was a bunshin no jutsu which he is bad at
It was mentioned by Hiruzen that the scroll was forbidden by the previous Hokage.
If my memory serves me well, at this point of time, Hiruzen was the Hokage and he took this position back after Minato died which we all know was the Hokage before Hiruzen took the position back. So, since this is part 1 and Hiruzen was the Hokage for the 2nd time, who was the previous Hokage he's referring to?
Don't anybody think that a Hokage has the position to know what was written in the scroll? If they have this oppurtunity, do you think that they don't find time reading what was written on it?
Kage Bunshin is not a special tech, bloodline or a clans technique that is only limited to a few person or a selected one. It's a B rank tech which anybody can learn. From what the manga hinted us so far, I would like to know everyone's opinion by voting on the poll. Is Minato capable of doing Kage Bunshin?
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Naruto chapter 595 is yet awaited but Naruto Movie 9 Special Chapter has been out for a while. Since threads about it keep being posted it is being stickied.
This speical issue is not in continuation with the manga. It is set in an alternate universe and is more like a teaser for the new movie that is being released next week.
Enjoy it till the new regular chapter is released.
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Since the whole ordeal of HDCP compliancy started, add-in
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How about a savory pie?
From the recipe archives- a tasty dish you may have missed... A certain individual living by the mesa has some news. Can you guess? We sold the house. We're moving lock, stock and barrel (in reality, more like Macs, books and UGGS) to Los Angeles, packing up the Honda Fit again to head West and start our new life as Los Angelenos.
From the recipe archives- a tasty dish you may have missed... A certain individual living by the mesa has some news. Can you guess? We sold the house. We're moving lock, stock and barrel (in reality, more like Macs, books and UGGS) to Los Angeles, packing up the Honda Fit again to head West and start our new life as Los Angelenos.
I am almost too wired to write.
The quasi-plan is to rent a furnished place for a month. In mid October. Once we're out there, we'll begin our search in earnest for a longer lease- a space we can call our own, not too far from the ocean, I hope. A place with a workable kitchen. Windows. Light. Simple criteria.
As I sort through art books to sell (all the impressionist/landscape books I once mooned over- like a school girl- no longer tug at my attention) I am imagining the new again. I am fueled by the scent of possibility and change and consumed with the urge for going. Three and a half years in the desert have inked their big sky imprint upon me.
I feel as if I sport an invisible tattoo.
Time and distance will reveal the wisdom gained here (if any is to be found). Time and distance will temper the losses. No doubt memory itself will soften the sharp hungers of the everyday isolation and doubt.
Time and distance will reveal the wisdom gained here (if any is to be found). Time and distance will temper the losses. No doubt memory itself will soften the sharp hungers of the everyday isolation and doubt.
Some readers have asked me, What lesson did you need to learn? implying that there is a silver lining to every prickly, dark experience and that if we only embrace The Lesson, we'll be free.
Well, I can answer that.
I have learned I am not a stoic at heart. Days invested in simply enduring feel like lost days to me. I have learned that loneliness is not a virtue. Or a weakness. It's just a feeling. I have learned that the stark isolation of the desert s not my muse. I miss people watching. I miss chance encounters. I miss the smells of coffee shops and bookstores.
So forgive me if I reprise an archived recipe today. I am distracted beyond the usual- and hungry for comfort food I can make ahead and forget. I'm craving simple soups and casseroles and slow cooked stews. Which explains this new shepherd's pie I threw together.
With sweet potatoes.
Technically? It's a rancher's pie. Or what some might dub a cottage pie. Though traditional cottage pie recipes favor the combo of peas and carrots. I changed it up with Mediterranean flavors. Does that mean this is a Mediterranean ranch pie?
I'm just digging myself into a deeper and deeper hole, aren't I?
Karina's Sweet Potato Cottage Pie RecipeNot exactly a typical cottage pie. And shepherd implies a lamb. My recipe uses Black Angus beef. Perhaps I should have called this a rancher's pie. Obviously. What was I thinking? Wait. Do rancher's grow zucchini and artichokes?
For the topping:
3 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
Sea salt and ground pepper, to taste
A dash of nutmeg
A drizzle of fruity olive oil, to taste
Plain non-dairy milk (or moo cow milk, if you like), as needed
For the filling:
1.5 pounds ground Black Angus beef (or ground organic turkey)
1 onion, diced
4 cloves of garlic, chopped
2 small to medium zucchini, trimmed, cut into pieces
1 cup artichoke hearts, cut up
1 14-oz can Muir Glen fire roasted tomatoes with green chiles
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1-2 teaspoons raw organic agave nectar
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried parsley or cilantro
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Sea salt and ground pepper, to taste
Preheat the oven to 350ºF.
Place the sweet potatoes in a pot of fresh salted water and bring to a boil. Cook until under fork tender and mashable.
Meanwhile...back at the ranch:
Saute the ground Angus beef in a large hot skillet till lightly browned; pour off the fat; return the skillet to the stove. Add in the onions and garlic; stir and cook for five minutes or until the onions are soft.
Add in the zucchini; stir and cook for a couple of minutes. Add in the artichokes and tomatoes. Stir in the balsamic vinegar, agave, dried herbs and cinnamon. Season to taste with sea salt and pepper. Cover and bring to a simmer. Cook until the liquid is reduced a bit. Remove from heat.
Back to the sweet potatoes:
Drain the cooked sweet potatoes and mash them lightly. Season with sea salt, ground pepper and nutmeg. Drizzle with a little fruity olive oil. Add a couple of tablespoons of hemp milk and stir until smooth and fluffy.
Layer the beef and veggie mixture in a casserole or baking dish (or four individual gratin dishes, like I did).
Top with the mashed sweet potatoes.
Bake in the center of a preheated oven until bubbling and hot- about 25 minutes.
Serves 4.
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Team USA plays an exhibition game Thursday night against the Rockies and then begins World Baseball Classic competition in Pool D on Friday night against Mexico at Chase Field without Mark Teixeira, who will not participate because of a strained right wrist. Count the White Sox as one group which believes Team USA has a pretty good chance for success in the Classic.
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Im just going to quote my last thread, i cbf typing it again, ill edit as i get plausible ideas
"Im kinda new to the narutobase, but i thought about it and i came up with this theory.
I dont literally mean Kurama is the SO6P, but the SO6P's soul is inside Kurama or something like that. when Naruto took control of the foxes chakra, he realised a very unique chakra shroud. the tomoes around narutos neck resembled the SO6P's necklace. The theory began to spread that Naruto was the SO6P reincarnated. The best theory is that he placed his soul inside Kurama before he died.
Naruto also used a jutsu when he took control of the nine tails chakra which apparently, was similar or was one of the SO6P's jutsu. The better Naruto becomes at controlling the power of the Kyuubi, the more it looks like Kurama itself is the SO6P.
The unique Kyuubi and Bijuu mode is not just a coinsedence. And saying each tailed beast have different chakra shrouds is incorrect, the jinchuurki that tobi controlled all have the same type of chakra shroud when they asume level 1 and 2 chakra shrouds. And when they form into their bijuu none of them have strange markings.
Another theory is that maybe instead of Kurama actually having the SO6P's soul, before the sage died he placed his chakra inside the fox. It might turn out like Minato and Kushina. When Kurama is on the brink of death the Sage will appear inside Naruto's consience. Tobi could try to absorb Kurama with his Gedo Mazo and it could clash with the SO6P's Chakra and awaken it, similar to how when the old frogs tried to merge with Naruto for SM, Kurama's chakra prevented them from doing so."
I feel this is a very good theory and i didnt get enough feedback in my last thread. Also please leave insults and flame out of it. This is an opinion, nothing more. Dont get your panties in a twist.
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Secretary General Ronald K. Noble said the cooperation between INTERPOL and EAPCCO provided a strong platform for building initiatives to address the many issues facing law enforcement across the region and to assist in protecting the communities they serve.
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Bringing together Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, and supported by the UNODC, UNEP, CITES, IOM, the Lusaka Agreement Task Force and the Kenya Wildlife Service, the three-day operation (13 – 15 September) involved more than 2,000 officers, saw more than 100 suspects identified or arrested, some USD 115,000 of illicit environmental products confiscated, 6,000kg of cannabis and 12kg of heroin and cocaine seized and more than 100 hectares of cannabis cultivation destroyed.
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Apple is accused of hording money and dodging taxes.
Corporate tax-dodging: not just a U.S. problem
In America Fortune 500 corporations pay 12.1 percent in taxes, on average, on their profits [
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The crippling inequality was highlighted in 2011 when General Electric Corp. (
) pocketed $14B USD in profit,
a "generous" $3B USD tax refund
from the federal government. GE was a key donor to U.S. President Barack Obama and was repaid by its
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I. Apple Pays Virtually No Taxes in Britain, While it Makes Billions
However, it's important to remember the U.S. isn't the only country struggling with the increasingly parasitic nature of politically active corporations. Britain is currently grappling with similar issues.
American and domestic companies in Britain and other European Union states have been cleverly positioning their regional headquarters in the handful of member states with the lowest corporate tax rates.
For example Apple, Inc. (
) made an estimated £6B ($9.50B USD) in Britain last year, but paid only £10M ($15.8M USD) in taxes. That astounding figure, which has many British natives grumbling, comes thanks to the British tax code's rule that largely exempts companies based in Ireland from paying British taxes.
Apple has installed its regional headquarters in Cork, Republic of Ireland. Thus it enjoys the low Irish 12.5 percent tax rate (which the British newspapers consider "ultra-low", but is ironically in line with the aforementioned current effective American rate for Fortune 500 firms), versus the 24 percent it would pay in Britain.
The Irish branch of Apple -- a subsidiary itself -- runs a series of shell companies that log British sales in "tax haven" regions like Ireland or the British Virgin Islands despite the fact that the physical point of sales is in Britain. Apple Retail UK Ltd -- one of these shell companies -- made a reported £500M ($791.8M USD) in 2010, but only paid £3.79M ($6.0M USD) in taxes.
Experts cited in
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Apple's loyal legion dutifully lines up for the iPad launch in London. Apple is estimated to have to have only paid $15M USD in UK taxes, despite earning almost $10B USD from the island nation. [Image Source: Tim Ferguson/silicon.com]
This figure is hinted at in Apple's U.S. tax filings. While Apple pays well above the current hyper-evasive rate of the Fortune 500, it only paid an effective rate of 25.3 percent -- below the supposed tax rate of 35 percent. Apple credits this good fortune to "undistributed foreign earnings", which it plans to hold "indefinitely". Such commentary might draw greater scrutiny by auditors in the U.S., except that Apple wisely based its U.S. financial operations in Nevada -- a state known for a lax approach to tax enforcement.
Apple, which recently announced a
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The situation for Apple could soon be changing -- the
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
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Britain's HM Revenue & Customs
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While Apple draws the brunt of the scrutiny given that as the world's largest and most valuable corporation it is a beacon of corporatism, other American companies are following in a similar line.
Amazon.com, Inc. (
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) -- makers of the world's most used smartphone operating system and the world's most used search engine -- based itself in Ireland and has subsidiaries in the Caribbean and Luxembourg for more tax dodging gains.
Google told
The Daily Mail
that this scheme -- which many would call "tax dodging" -- is necessary in today's corporate atmosphere, as responsibility to shareholders. States a Google spokesperson, "We have an obligation to our shareholders to set up a tax-efficient structure, and our present structure is compliant with the tax rules in all the countries where we operate."
Google also successfully dodged British taxes. [Image Source: Main Device]
In the U.S., Britain, and other wealthy nation states, change over such inequity is slow coming. After all, increasingly corporations are responsible of paying federal candidates' way into office -- regardless of their political affiliation. In office, these candidates inevitably look to serve their masters -- not the populous, but the corporations.
A recent
University of Kansas
School of Business
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Familial Responses to Financial Instability, Doubling Up When Times Are Tough: Obligations to Share a Home in Response to Economic Hardship, 2009 [United States] (ICPSR 26543)
Principal Investigator(s): National Center for Family and Marriage Research; Seltzer, Judith A., University of California-Los Angeles; Bianchi, Suzanne M., University of California-Los Angeles
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I was really excited about the appearance because I think Greg and Rosanna are a hoot and you never know what is going to happen on that set. I was also excited because I knew that the group, Take 6 was supposed to be on the show that day, too, and I LOVE them and was hoping to meet them.
But mostly I was excited because I heard Fox has really good snacks in the green room.
Not that I'm shallow or anything.
In case you don't know Take 6, they are a phenomenal acapella singing group. I have a special place in my heart for them because back when I was in labor with my son, we played my favorite Take 6 album in the delivery room.
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One of the members stopped and said, "You don't look like my mother."
I regained my composure, explained about the delivery room, and then gave them all hugs, because I'm friendly like that.
Then we sang together and took a picture.
Now that we were such good friends, I asked them if I could be part of the group and go on tour with them. They apologized and said that if I joined them they would have to change their name to Take 7 and all of their stuff already said Take 6 on it. I said I understood and it was fine because I had to finish my book tour anyway.
Anyway, after that, I did the appearance with Greg and Rosanna and it was a lot of fun. You can watch it here!
After the interview, I did a quick change, got into some comfy plane clothes and headed to Los Angeles!
The party in LA was at a fabulous place called Blow Angels in Santa Monica. We had some incredible sponsors for this event, including a hot new LA cookie company called Love Bites, a new line of Pure Natural Botanical Perfumes from the Pure Natural Diva, Tania Reuben, and wines from boutique vinyards in Napa courtesy of The Wine Sisterhood.
Our tour sponsors Theraderm and Living Fresh were also on hand with samples and door prizes for two lucky guests.
Sarah Auerswald from MomsLA won a gorgeous sheet set and lotions from Living Fresh and Elizabeth Peterson from the blog Traded My BMW For a Minivan won a three month supply of Theraderm skin care products. They also both got great blowouts! Not a bad way for a mom to spend a night!
Did I mention we also served Cool Mom Margaritas, had chocolate mousse shot glass desserts, gave out all natural sunscreen samples from KINeSYS Performance Sunscreen, gift cards from Ann Taylor, and, of course, gave everyone a free copy of my book, "Lost in Suburbia: A Momoir. How I Got Pregnant, Lost Myself, and Got My Cool Back in the New Jersey Suburbs." It was so much fun to celebrate with my LA friends!
The party ended with a bang, or more accurately, a large shredding sound, when I sat down and ripped the inside of my dress from my hip to my thigh. Fortunately it was the lining and no one noticed, but I realized I was definitely going to need to cut down on muffins in the green room for the rest of the tour.
Thanks so much to everyone who came and to my sponsors for helping make this such a wonderful event!
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Listen To Your Mother!
Tomorrow at 5pm I'll be reading an essay from my book as part of a one day, off-broadway show called, Listen To Your Mother.
Showcasing moving, socially relevant and humorous stories about a range of modern mothering experiences, the Listen To Your Mother Reading Series is a unique national event taking place this May in 24 cities across the United States. My castmates include former Editor in Chief of Redbook Magazine Stacy Morrison (now Editor in Chief of BlogHer.com), comedian Jaime Fernandez, the fabulously funny NYC blogger, Marinka, actors Laura Pruden and Elizabeth Robinson, and many other incredible women. The show is directed by Amy Wilson (When Did I Get Like This) and Shari Simpson (Dusty Earth Mother) and produced by Varda Steinhardt (The Squashed Bologna) and my book tour partner (!), Holly Rosen Fink (Culture Mom Media).
As Holly says, "Their stories will make you laugh, make you cry and make you reflect on the institution of motherhood. Whether you are a mother or a daughter, you will experience a deep connection to our show."
Do something nice for yourself this Mother's Day and come see the show! It's TOMORROW, Mother's Day, Sunday, 5/12 at 5pm at Peter Norton Symphony Space (2537 Broadway at 95th Street). Tickets are $25 (advance), $30 (at the door) and can be purchased in advance online HERE.


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Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (8th- and 10th-Grade Surveys), 2000 (ICPSR 3183)
Alternate Title: MTF 2000 (8th/10th Grade)
Principal Investigator(s): Johnston, Lloyd D., University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center; Bachman, Jerald G., University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center; O'Malley, Patrick M., University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center; Schulenberg, John, University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research. Survey Research Center
These surveys of 8th- and 10th-grade students are part of a series that explores changes in important values, behaviors, and lifestyle orientations of contemporary American youth. Students in each grade are randomly assigned to complete one of four questionnaires, each with a different subset of topical questions but containing a set of "core" questions on demographics and drug use. There are about 300 variables across the questionnaires. Drugs covered by this survey include amphetamines (stimulants), barbiturates (tranquilizers), other prescription drugs, tobacco, alcohol, inhalants, steroids, marijuana, hashish, LSD, hallucinogens, cocaine, crack, and injection drugs such as heroin.
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Johnston, Lloyd D., Jerald G. Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, and John Schulenberg. Monitoring the Future: A Continuing Study of American Youth (8th- and 10th-Grade Surveys), 2000. ICPSR03183-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2001. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03183.v1
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Shawn Lee Nelson, former vice president of lending for the $519 million Members Choice Credit Union in Houston, faces a jury trial in Texas Federal Court in May over allegations that he embezzled more than $340,000 from three member accounts.
According to court documents, Nelson has pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of embezzlement. Federal prosecutors allege the fraud was discovered in 2011.
Federal prosecutors allege the former credit union executive used the funds to pay credit card debt, taxes and other personal expenses.
Nelson is free on $100,000 bond. His trial is scheduled for May 13.


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It's luxury tax time regardless, if they want to win games in the playoffs. Its about time they pay the price of being the contending product they claim to want. Fans have been spending a lot of money in support that goal after all.
It's luxury tax time regardless, if they want to win games in the playoffs. Its about time they pay the price of being the contending product they claim to want. Fans have been spending a lot of money in support that goal after all.
I will not do it if it only involves Hedo. Why should we trade one bad contract to just get another bad one which is almost twice as large !! It just does not make sense. Gilbert is not a locker room guy, he is not a good influence on our young players , is very unstable and self destructive had alot of injuries and ....
The only way I do this:
Wizzard: Gilbert + a 1st Round Draft pick ( of course not their number 1)
Raptors: Jose and Hedo
Why Wizzard will do this :
Because they need to move Gilbert and I don't think anyone wants to pay that guy that much money while he is waving a gun in the locker room and they will get a SF who may get back into a shape and a descent PG who can distribute the ball well.
Why Raptors will do this:
Because I don't think we can off load both Hedo and Jose this summer and the draft pick will help us in our rebuilding process
The Wiz have the 1st and last pick in the first round. Something tells me to remove Gil they would be willing to trade #30. They also have #35 by the way.
Definitely do this trade. The suspension really was a bonus - it gave his knee what was essentially another season to recuperate. Arenas will only come out stronger and more thirsty to prove himself - particularly to prove to himself not just that he can be an elite scorer but as well to others that he can be a good teammate - if he ends up with a new team in a new city. I can see him in TO, and thriving in TO.
I would though like to see if TO could also get Washington's 30th pick (or try to buy a slightly higher pick - perhaps from Memphis or OKC)
As well, I would prefer to trade Jack over Calderon. Calderon is the perfect backup PG (forget about his contract. Luxury tax and championship intent or bust!)
Derozan/Weems/Belli (Stanley Robinson?)
IF there is any cred to the idea that the Wizards may be open to a Turk/Jack/Evans for Arenas/Thornton swap, it makes it sweeter, as we could then use the later pick (if we can get one) to grab a defensive C.
Bargnani/Defensive C/Rasho
I completely disagree that this is a swing for the fences deal. It's not. It's an attempt to remain mediocre and convince fans that the Raptors have a chance at being competitive, which they don't. If Bosh leaves, they don't need to replace his scoring, they need to rebuild and figure out what kind of team they need to become, and trading for Arenas won't help that.
On top of that, Arenas has never been a good locker room guy and is definitely not the type of influence you want around the young Raptor players.
This would simply be an attempt to make it look like you're trying to do something when in fact you're just hurting the team. The shots Arenas would take would take shots away from the younger players who should be taking them.
And one big contract is far more difficult to deal with than two smaller deals, so financially, it would hurt the team, not because they would under the cap, but because they would lack flexibility. This trade would put the team back 3 or 4 years.
Gilbert is a poison that Wizzard wants to have nothing to do with while Hedo and Jose are both serviceable, good locker room ( well at least Jose) guys who are over paid.
I changed my mind on that deal, if we want a gimp guard who hasn't accomplished much, we can go after McGrady. I rather get a good defensive 3.
1. We have no idea what Arenas is going to bring to the table - knee injuries, legal issues, etc.
2. Is contract is absolutely crippling - if he doesn't work out it will be next to impossible to move his contract. Yes, Hedo and Jose have bad contracts, but moving $10 million contracts is easier than moving $17 or $18 million dollar contracts. If you want to take on a big contract I would way rather have Kirilenko. Or if you really want a scorer how about trying to pick up Magette (who at this point is better than Arenas... in my opinion) for $10 mil a year.
3. Is Arenas an upgrade on defense? Maybe Agent 0 from three years ago is, but not Arenas post three knee surgeries.
4. Why bring in another guy with a bad attitude?
5. I know BC can get a lot better value for Hedo and Jose... at least I hope he can.
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1. His legal issues have been sorted. The Raptors have doctors to study Arenas thoroughly. If the doctors say no, then don't pull the trigger.
2. If #1 passes the test then #2 is a non-issue. Four years left to his contract and if he even makes it through two of those without a injury his deal begins to become more marketable to teams looking to do a rebuild in the near future or teams looking to cut costs in the near future. Jermaine O'Neal has a worse track record with injuries, an equally massive contract yet he was able to be moved twice before his contract expired. The first time it netted the team moving him a 1st rounder and PG who had decent value(at the time) and the second time it netted the team landing him an expiring contract.
3. Arenas is a far better on D than anyone the Raptors had manning the point who doesn't go by the name Alvin Williams. Arenas has swag, he plays with pride, guts and determination.
4. He doesn't have a big attitude other than on the court. Was he known for being a bully or something in the dressing room?
5. BC is only going to get someone else's problem for his own. It's a matter of turning somebody else's problems into something useful and manageable. If Arenas is now healthy then he's just that.
Right now I think I'd rather BC swing for the gutter and build up from there, rather than end up with a single or double that never has a chance to score.
What is all this bad attitude talk coming from? I seem to remember reading he was a good locker room guy and that he has tremendous work ethic. I think you make this deal and you make it before the draft. I haven't hear of another idea where we trade two of our terrible contracts for an all star.
"Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival."
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Arenas has always had a bit of an eccentric personality, and while I don't think he was a bully in the locker room, he's also not the least bit of a leader, which is what you'd want from a guy coming in like Arenas. At this point, you need to be careful who you bring into the locker room. The Raptors have a lot of young guys and you need to make sure they have good, stable veterans to learn from.
I do think it might prove difficult to try and trade Turkoglu, but Arenas should be the last option. His contract is awful, plain and simple, and in a league that isn't throwing money around anymore and may change after the new CBA, a headcase with a $17 million contract and four years left, a history of injuries and a felony on his record is probably not someone you want to bring in.
As I said, there's just simply not enough upside to trade for him. Trading him for Curry and then waiving him would be far, far preferable. Hell, even trading for Vince would mean shortening the length of the contract.
and you guys say no. um, ok if we don't bring artenas here than you can say by to bosh and we'll be in an even bigger hole than if we bring agent 0 here.
plus, i am seeing a lot of you suggesting to bring brand here just so we can get that #2 pick and draft turner. that is an even more brutal plan then bringing gil here.
agent 0 can still put up 20 points a game for you if you need him to. Brand simplay can't play anymore. he's more injury ridden then gill there fore it's a worse contract.
plus, if we bring gil here and he actually plays well, we might be able to trade ihm to a team because he'll have 1 less year on his contract and will be playing better.
you bring brand here and even if you draft turner, he won't be able to carry the team, we'll do poorly and there is no trading brand because nobody will ever want him because he can't play and get's paid way too much to be a bench warmer.
end of story.
nevermind changing our names to the huskies. we should start a petition to bring agent 0 here.
If Your Uncle Jack Helped You Off An Elephant, Would You Help Your Uncle Jack Off An Elephant?
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There have been numerous scenarios involving trading Turkolgu mentioned that don't involve bringing in a bigger and probably more immovable contract for a player with knee problems who could become a major distraction.
And I'm not even sure trading for Arenas would be an attraction for Bosh. After bringing in Jermaine O'Neal and Turkoglu backfired, I would think Bosh is looking for less of a gamble to stay.
And if Bosh ends up leaving, Arenas' contract could end up being more of an albatross around the Raptors neck than Turkoglu's would.
As for trading for Brand, I'm not sure you understand. The point is not to trade for Brand but to get Evan Turner, who could end up being a very special player and someone the franchise can build around. Brand is simply the price you pay to get him. If Brand regains his form, all the better, but at the very least, he's going to be a good locker room guy who has a year less on his contract than Arenas.
Obviously it depends on how good you think Turner will be. I think he will end up being a special player who can be the future of the franchise. If Bosh leaves, the team is going to lose anyway, even with Arenas. Why not make the future a little brighter by getting a guy you can build around like Turner?
Trading for Arenas would only be a success if a) he regains his form, b) isn't a distraction c) doesn't take shots away from the younger players like DeRozan and b) Bosh stays. That's far to many variables to have for a deal that could backfire so badly. It's all about risk vs reward, and the reward isn't big enough to outweigh the risk.
Arenas is selfish, hes too risky, ball hog, not a team player, etc etc. People forget this guy turned down sixteen million dollars from Washington when they offered him the max so the Wiz could have financial flexibility down the line. This guy has gotten a bad rap for obvious reasons but the dude flat out has passion and can still ball. Whos the last guy in the raptors who had the same passion as Gilbert and the skill set to back it up? This team is in dire need of a player who can fire up his teamates and motivate this lackluster group who could be (and has been) out played by d leaguers. Gilbert has that swagger about him and maybe we would see guys like Andrea get fired up instd of that mopey open mouth retarded look he gives everytime he makes a shot.
Anyways the point is it is about risk and reward, but realistically the guy is 30 in 2 years if im not mistaken, only makes like 7 mill on average more than turkoglu, and his upside could potentially be franchise changing. Even Doug Smith said he would personally do this trade during his chat blog thing, and if theres ever been someone close to being the Jesus Christ of raptor coverage, its gotta be him.
Doug Smith is a pretty good journalist, but I couldn't give a crap what he thinks. This is also the same guy who didn't think Amir Johnson was athletic. I've agreed with him just as much as I've disagreed with him. I'm also not Christian, so if he's the Jesus Christ of anything, it doesn't mean anything to me.
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The second half of the Platts Cellulosic Ethanol and Biofuels Conference, last Thursday, brought some more interesting revelations. The hottest news from the morning perhaps, was the revelation that GM was working on an ethanol-ready Volt. Also intriguing was the introduction of butanol as an ethanol alternative.
The second half of the afternoon opened with Coskata, GM's first major ethanol partner. While DailyTech will offer an exclusive inside look at Coskata later, for now a short overview is sufficient. Coskata goals are nothing short of incredible -- producing ethanol for less than $1/gallon, while using only 1 gallon of water, and delivering 7.77 times the well (tree) to pump energy input. In terms of price, and its process which is free of messy enzymes and pretreatments, Coskata really threw down the gauntlet to other fuel cell companies.
Ironically, the company to follow Coskata was Novozymes. After Coskata had blasted enzyme methods as expensive and inefficient, Novozymes did its best to restore and air of confidence to the field. Novozymes' Senior Marketing Manager for Biomass, Christopher Veit pointed out that his company offers enzymes to 30 industries, including the biofuels business. His company was the largest supplier of enzymes last year, with 13 percent of world sales.
His company has recent developed 80 new enzymes, largely derived from fungal cellulases. These new enzymes, he said, had a six-fold efficiency increase. He said that with the recent success, his company had partnerships with ethanol producers POET, ICM, and the KL Process and Design Group in the U.S. His company is also working with COFCO, the largest ethanol producer in China and CTC, one of Brazil's leading ethanol firms.
Through a $12.3M DOE contract and the expert use of direct evolution, Novozymes is tackling one very tricky problem -- hemicellulose breakdown. Hemicellulose is a special kind of cellulose found in plants such as corn, which is even more difficult to break down than normal cellulose. This new research was definitely one of the highlights of the afternoon, as few companies expressed confidence in being able to tackle the breakdown of this pesky chemical. With a new $100M USD production and research facility in Blair, NE, Novozymes is hoping to crack the challenge of hemicellulose and other tough problems.
After Novozymes, SunOpta BioProcess gave a presentation on pretreatment, continuing the irony of Coskata's earlier statement blasting pretreatment and enzymes. SunOpta bemoaned the typically high costs due to acid neutralizers, ammonia recovery, acid resistant materials, and other chemicals. Still, the company says it is making great bounds in making pretreatment available. SunOpta is designing the pretreatment system on a BCYL, Spain which will begin Q1 2009, and designed the systems for a COFCO plant in China, online since 2006. One key advantage SunOpta has is that it has been in the ethanol business for a couple decades, originally founded in 1973.
Next a panel of industry experts, including Donald Pierce, President of the Advanced Biofuels Group of Greenfield Ethanol took various questions. One audience member asked what would happen if conservatives in Congress succeed in removing the Renewable Fuel Standards, as some in Washington have proposed. RangeFuels' Senior Vice President Bill Schaefer gave an emphatic response, stating, "Removal of a renewable fuel standard would be extremely damaging. It would send a pretty strong signal that the government does not support biofuels."
DailyTech posed probably the toughest question of the afternoon to the panel, when we asked the panel to comment on U.N. comments that biofuels were a "crime against humanity". Mr. Pierce thanked us for the question and responded rather vehemently to the U.N.'s indictment against the feedstock ethanol industry. He said, "A lot of the discussion this morning seem to acknowledge that there is a real problem (with corn ethanol). I don't think it's a real issue."
He went on to site a U.N. Geneva report that showed ethanol to have a positive impact. He characterized the previous U.N. statement as the work of a rogue operator. Further, he argued that food prices were rising due to transportation costs and rising demand and had virtually nothing to do with ethanol demand, contrary to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's official stance on the topic. He accuses special interests of spreading a campaign of lies about ethanol.
Following that interesting interchange, Valri Lightner, a lead engineer with the U.S. Department of Energy, and William Hagy III, a Deputy Administrator at the DOE discussed various feedstocks for ethanol production. Wood and switchgrass were both discussed along with various agricultural aspects.
After that Gary Luce, CEO of Terrabon LLC brought a really interesting presentation to the stage. Mr. Luce's company is seeking make nothing less than cheap gasoline-grade fuel. Their process uses microbial fermentation in an acidic lake to produce acetic acid, which is used as a building block for long chain hydrocarbons. His company is building its first demonstration plant in Bryan, Texas, which will be online this fall. They claim that they can deliver $1.25 to $1.50/gallon gasoline and will produce 6 million gallons a year in the near future. DailyTech inquired what grade the gasoline product would be, and Mr. Luce responded that their current production is around 96 octane. If true, this means that with a bit of down-mixing their claim of synthetic gasoline is certainly possible.
The afternoon closed with a presentation by Daniel Webster on various regulatory and investment issues. In all, Terrabon's big claims, Mr. Pierce's comments on corn ethanol's reputation, and lastly Novozyme's work on hemicellulose breakdown. Still, all these highlights paled in comparison to Coskata's tech which seems the closest to being market-ready -- no doubt the reason GM invested in them.


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What's better than being laid off by Microsoft, overpaid on your severance, and then being told you had to pay that overage back? Finding out that you can keep the extra cash, of course.
Microsoft appears to have doubled back on its request to get the extra money back from the laid-off workers it sent larger-than-supposed-to-be severance checks to, after the company realized it was heading straight into a PR hurricane of bad press.
"I thought it didn't make sense for us to continue on the path we were on," said Microsoft senior VP for human resources Lisa Brummel in an interview with CNET. "I have called now 22 out of the 25 impacted employees, only because I haven't had time to get to the three but I will after we hang up."
Microsoft overpaid 25 workers, said Brummel, for an amount of money that averages about $4,000 to $5,000. The accounting error worked both ways, however. An additional 20 workers were instead underpaid on their severance, and Microsoft has since mailed out an additional check to cover the difference.
An additional statement from an unnamed Microsoft spokesperson noted that the whole ordeal was "a mistake on our part."
"We should have handled this situation in a more thoughtful manner. We are reaching out to those impacted to relay that we will not seek any payment from those individuals," it read.
Brummel says it makes sense for a company to attempt to recover some of its losses resulting from an accounting error. She related a similar story of her own: when the company overpaid her some time ago, she promptly returned the extra cash in the form of a check.
Indeed, asking for the money back is the normal course of action for Microsoft. "Occasionally, we have clerical errors," Brummel told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "We rectify that by paying them (more) if they were underpaid and asking them to pay back the money if they were overpaid."
The ask-nicely policy was untested for layoffs, however, as the 5,000 jobs it cut were Microsoft's first ever – resulting in a "unique population" for HR to handle.
New checks have been put in place to deter accounting errors in the future, said Brummel. "My hope is that no one makes a clerical error again, but that's silly to think it will never happen."