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The author is the dairy development manager for Vita Plus of Madison, Wis. He is a member of the board of directors with Citizens State Bank of Loyal, Wis.
As farm equipment needs replacing, comparing leasing versus conventional financing generally becomes part of the purchasing decision. Determining the best financing option is not a simple matter.
The first step in the decision process is determining what is your dairy's financial situation? A discussion with your accountant will help answer this initial question. They will know what will make the most sense regarding expense deductions, depreciation, and taxes.
Making a regular interest and principal payment may fit your situation. You will get the depreciation and interest as an expense, but the principal is not deductible on your taxes. When you use conventional financing, you own the equipment, and after the last payment is made it is all yours. In this situation, you can finance with your present lender, or machinery dealers generally will have a list of lenders where they can send a credit application to complete the purchase. You also may be offered a financing package by a major manufacturer with very low interest or even 0 percent interest. Let's be real about this type of an offer. There is "no free lunch," and the interest will be buried in the price or in the steel. Nothing wrong about this . . . car and truck makers do this all the time.
Choosing a lease
A lease is a set payment over a predetermined period of time. Sometimes a payment is due at the beginning of the lease. The payments remain the same with a residual or buyout amount when the lease has come to an end.
The lease legally will have no interest buried in the payments, but remember there is a cost of money, and that will be buried somewhere in the payments. The entire lease payment is stated as an expense on your Schedule F. Therefore, the entire payment is deductible, but you should have positive earnings to fully take advantage of the expense deduction.
The negative side of the lease is you cannot take a depreciation deduction because you do not own the equipment; you are leasing it. The leasing company actually takes depreciation on their end. You cannot list this piece of equipment on your balance sheet either. Again, you do not own it; you are leasing it.
At the end of the lease, you will have a decision to make. Do you want to buy out the remaining residual value of the lease or let it go back to the lessor? Make sure you read the fine print of the lease regarding maintenance, warranties, and hour limits in the case of equipment with engines.
Compare the options
Example A: Conventional financing, new 180 HP tractor, valued at $120,000, 4 percent interest, 48-month payments of $2,709.49 a month. Total amount paid in 48 months is $130,055.35, interest paid is $10,055.35, and principal of $120,000. You cannot just take $120,000 x 4 percent to calculate interest because you pay more interest in the beginning with a higher principal balance and less at the end with a lower principal balance.
Example B: (rounded to the nearest dollar): Lease, New 180 HP tractor, $120,000, 48 month payments, $1,263 a month, with a $64,800 residual payment at the end of the lease to buy the tractor. In 48 months you paid $1,263 each month or $60,624 and you still owe $64,800 for a total of $125,424.
The two examples show a $4,631.35 higher cost with conventional financing, but now by leasing, you may need to borrow $64,800 for the buyout if you want to buy out the lease. If you finance that amount for another 48 months at 4 percent, your payments would be $1,463.12 a month for a total of $70,229.89 (interest of $5,429.89 and principal of $64,800). Now, adding the $60,624 already paid on the lease plus the additional $70,229.89 that is financed, you paid a total of $130,853.89 for the tractor. There is now a higher cost of $798.54 for the lease with additional financing. The lease will allow you to drive newer equipment every 48 months. You and your account need to determine the affordability.
Be sure to ask questions
My goal is not to make one option look better than the other. There are many options, so make sure you ask questions and do your math.
What is the bottom line?
1. What works best for you? Ask your accountant.
2. Each lease and conventional financing package will look different. Do the math before signing.
3. Do you earn enough to take the lease payment as an expense?
4. Read the fine print on the lease.
5. Can you afford to turn equipment back in after a lease and lease again? You will be working with newer equipment. Can you afford it?
6. Can you give up the depreciation in exchange for the leasing expense? Talk to your accountant about the IRS bonus depreciation now available. Does that fit into your tax plan?
7. Do the lower lease payments work for you with a buyout at the end?
8. Are you comfortable not having this equipment on your balance sheet and not owning it?
This article appears in the March 25, 2011 issue of Hoard's Dairyman on page 227.


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SYDNEY, Australia — Indicted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom launched a new file-sharing website that promises users greater privacy and defies the U.S. prosecutors who accuse him of facilitating massive online piracy.
The colorful entrepreneur unveiled the "Mega" site ahead of a lavish gala and news conference at his New Zealand mansion on Sunday night, the anniversary of his arrest on racketeering charges related to his now-shuttered Megaupload file-sharing site. The site Dotcom started in 2005 was one of the most popular sites on the Web until U.S. prosecutors shut it down and accused him and several company officials of facilitating millions of illegal downloads.
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In Dotcom's typical grandiose style, the launch party featured a tongue-in-cheek re-enactment of the dramatic raid on his home a year earlier, when New Zealand police swooped down in helicopters onto the mansion grounds and nabbed him in a safe room where he was hiding.
"Mega is going to be huge, and nothing will stop Mega — whoo!" a gleeful Dotcom bellowed from a giant stage set up in his yard, seconds before a helicopter roared overhead and faux police agents rappelled down the side of his mansion. Dotcom eventually ordered everyone to "stop this madness!" before breaking out into a dance alongside miniskirt-clad "guards" as music boomed.
Bravado aside, interest in the site was certainly high. Dotcom said half a million users registered for Mega in its first 14 hours.
U.S. authorities are trying to extradite the German-born Internet tycoon from New Zealand, where he is free on bail. Prosecutors say Dotcom made tens of millions of dollars while filmmakers and songwriters lost around US$500-million in copyright revenue.
U.S. prosecutors declined to comment on the new site, referring only to a court document that cites several promises Dotcom made while seeking bail that he would not — and could not — start a Megaupload-style business until the criminal case was resolved.
Mega is going to be huge, and nothing will stop Mega — whoo!
"I can assure the Court that I have no intention and there is no risk of my reactivating the Megaupload.com website or establishing a similar Internet-based business during the period until the resolution of the extradition proceedings," Dotcom said in a Feb. 15, 2012, affidavit.
Dotcom argues that he can't be held responsible for copyright infringement committed by others and insists Megaupload complied with copyrights by removing links to pirated material when asked.
"Our company and assets were taken away from us without a hearing," Dotcom said. "The privacy of our users was intruded on, communications were taken offline and free speech was attacked. Let me be clear to those who use copyright law as a weapon to drown innovation and stifle competition: You will be left on the side of the road of history."
Mega, like Megaupload, allows users to store and share large files. It offers 50 gigabytes of free storage, much more than similar sites such as Dropbox and Google Drive, and features a drag-and-drop upload tool.
The key difference is an encryption and decryption feature for data transfers that Dotcom says will protect him from the legal drama that has entangled Megaupload and threatened to put him behind bars.
The decryption keys for uploaded files are held by the users, not Mega, which means the company can't see what's in the files being shared. Dotcom argues that Mega — which bills itself as "the privacy company" — therefore can't be held liable for content it cannot see.
"What he's trying to do is give himself a second-string argument: 'Even if I was wrong before, this one's all right because how can I control something if I don't know that it's there?"' said Sydney attorney Charles Alexander, who specializes in intellectual property law. "I can understand the argument; whether it would be successful or not is another matter."
To Dotcom, the concept is very simple.
"If someone sends something illegal in an envelope through your postal service," he says, "you don't shut down the post office."
The Motion Picture Association of America, which filed complaints about alleged copyright infringement by Megaupload, was not impressed.
"We are still reviewing how this new project will operate, but we do know that Kim Dotcom has built his career and his fortune on stealing creative works," the MPAA said in a statement. "We'll reserve final judgment until we have a chance to take a closer look, but given Kim Dotcom's history of damaging the consumer experience by pushing stolen, illegitimate content into the marketplace, count us as skeptical."
Still, as much as Dotcom's new venture might enrage prosecutors and entertainment executives, it shouldn't have any impact on the Megaupload case.
"All it might do is annoy them enough to say, 'We're going to redouble our efforts in prosecuting them'," said Alexander, the attorney. "But I don't think it makes any practical difference to the outcome."
Dotcom denied the new site was designed to provoke authorities, but got in plenty of digs at their expense, saying that their campaign to shutter Megaupload simply forced him to create a new and improved site.
"Sometimes good things come out of terrible events," Dotcom said. "For example, if it wasn't for a giant comet hitting earth, we would still be surrounded by angry dinosaurs — hungry, too. If it wasn't for that iceberg, we wouldn't have a great Titanic movie which makes me cry every time I see it. And if it wasn't for the raid, we wouldn't have Mega."
Mega's launch starts the next chapter of the Dotcom narrative, dotted with previous cyber crime-related arrests and whose twists and turns have been scrutinised by all facets of the entertainment industry, from film studios and record labels to internet service companies and teenage gamers.
The copyright infringement case, billed as the largest to date given that Megaupload in its heyday commanded around four percent of global online traffic, could set a precedent for internet liability laws and depending on its outcome, may force entertainment companies to rethink their distribution methods.
Sometimes good things come out of terrible events
A year on, the extradition hearing has been delayed until August, complicated by illegal arrest warrants and the New Zealand government's admission that it had illegally spied on Dotcom, who has residency status in the country.
Last January, New Zealand's elite special tactics forces landed by helicopter at dawn in the grounds of Dotcom's mansion, worth roughly NZ$30 million (US$25.05-million) and featuring a servants' wing, hedge maze and life-size statues of giraffes and a rhinoceros, to arrest him and his colleagues at the request of the FBI.
Police armed with semi-automatic weapons found Dotcom cowering alone in a panic room in the attic, while outside, a convoy of police cars and vans pulled up in the driveway. Around 70 officers took part in the raid.
They left with computers, files and some of Dotcom's fleet of Rolls-Royces, Mercedes and a vintage pink Cadillac tricked with personalised licence plates screaming "HACKER", "EVIL", and "MAFIA".
The Associated Press, with files from Reuters

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MARYSVILLE — A Honda automobile dealership is scheduled to open in north Marysville in the next year.
Honda awarded the franchise to O'Brien Auto Group, the largest auto dealer in the Pacific Northwest with eight new-car dealerships in King County, four in Pierce County and three in Salem, Ore. Construction on Honda of Marysville will begin in March , and it's scheduled to open for business in the fall of 2013.
"Honda took a lot of care in awarding this franchise, and we are honored to be viewed as the best fit to serve this important market," O'Brien Auto Group owner Michael O'Brien said in a news release. "Our goal is to create a best-in-market reputation for sales and service that attracts consumers and businesses from Everett to Bellingham."
O'Brien said Honda identified and bought the north Snohomish County site for the new dealership, which sits about 17 miles north of Klein Honda in Everett and 30 miles south of Sims Honda in Burlington. The manufacturer then spent six months interviewing 50 prospective franchisees before picking O'Brien and his group, which then bought the property from Honda.
"We think the market there will be phenomenal," O'Brien said.
The full-service, state-of-the-art dealership will be east of I-5 and north of the new 156th Street NE overpass. Once completed, it will feature a 20,000-square-foot showroom, 20 service bays, an extensive parts department and a fleet of service loaner cars. O'Brien said he's looking at options to make the new building certified for energy savings and green-building techniques by Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
Honda of Marysville will become the third Honda dealership in Snohomish County, joining Klein Honda and Lynnwood Honda in Edmonds. O'Brien said he expects to employ 75 to 100 workers once Honda of Marysville is up and running.
The announcement comes at a time when auto sales are quickly approaching pre-recession levels.
"After a tough four years, auto sales across the country are finally rebounding to levels we saw back in 2008," O'Brien said in the news release. "Honda is major driver of that growth and, as a result, should provide a nice boost to the Marysville-Everett economy."
City officials welcomed the news.
"O'Brien Auto Group has a tremendous reputation for doing right by its customers and taking an active role in the communities they serve," Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring said in the news release. "We are equally impressed by their commitment to employees and creating new jobs for residents in the areas surrounding each of their dealerships."
O'Brien Auto Group is involved in the communities its dealerships serve and donates time and money to charities, including Mercer Island Boys &Girls Club, Seattle Children's hospital and the Overlake Service League in Bellevue.
Founded in 1986, the O'Brien Auto Group is a privately held company that employs more than 600 people. Reported annual sales exceeded $500 million in 2011. Its other dealerships represent Toyota, Scion, Lexus, BMW, Volkswagen, Acura, Land Rover, Jaguar, Volvo, Fiat and Fisker.


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Amazon Kindle 4 Wi-Fi emitted radiation level
Hello guys.
Here is my humble donation for your community, so I will not feel like reading here for free )
I made short video about levels of electromagnetic radiation that Kindle 4 emits while connected to Wi-Fi network.
About readings of my measurement gadget - guys, who made this gadget, recommend levels of 1-10 uW/m2 (micro watts per square meter) for sleeping area.
I think that if you take something to read, then you do it in your not working time, when you want to rest, so such radiation level is preferable.
Conclusion is - set your wi-fi off and don't use it )
Wireless router will give you readings like 2000-5000 uW/m2, so its really unhealthy to have wireless router in your apartment. Same to DECT phones.
Well, all written above is my opinion and I don't want to discuss it here.
Everyone who wants to know more about the radiation problem invited to see site www.bioinitiative.org and read BioInitiative Report.
Bottom line: Kindle 4 gives low levels of radiation (relatively to smartphones).
Here is a video:
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In your video, your measuring device is too close to the kindle. It also has a directional antenna that is not pointing at the kindle, making the measurement less accurate. RF radiation drops off rapidly as distance increases. Unless you use your kindle as a pillow, it should not be a problem. Whereas cellphones ARE held close to your head and subject your brain to much more radiation due to very close proximity, and at a much higher power level to reach a distant cellphone tower.
I would not worry about the kindle wifi. It is mostly "receive only" with only very short transmit bursts. Radiation damage is cumulative, and I would worry about talking on a cellphone next to your head for extended periods much more than using kindle wifi at arm's length with only occasional web page refreshes or other wifi activity.
To measure the kindle wifi transmit power EXPOSURE accurately, place the kindle where you store it at night, and place the meter on your pillow with the antenna pointed at your kindle. Then measure it. And remember that it is the AVERAGE power over time (not the PEAK power) that counts (except in extreme cases like over-the-horizon radar transmitters).
2.4 GHz energy is used to heat water molecules (in a microwave oven), which is why it is available for wifi devices. The most damage it could do is cause cataracts if your eyes get heated too much, and it would take strong microwave radiation to do that (like from a microwave oven, not from a battery powered kindle). In the olden days, military radar operators would stand in front of the microwave radar dish to warm up, and a melted chocolate bar in a pocket was the inspiration for microwave ovens. It is not as dangerous as ionizing radiation from nuclear decay. It is only a problem if sensitive organs get overheated (especially the corneas of the eyes). On the other hand, low frequency electromagnetic energy (such as under power lines) can have biological effects. It can promote bone healing, and it can make crops under it grow faster. Perhaps it can cause cancer from uncontrolled stimulation of growth (especially in children). But microwave energy is generally safe at low levels like wifi uses.
It is also interesting that the bioinitiative.org domain name is owned by somebody who works for a WIRED communications provider. Using a "non-profit" website to spread FUD against the competition (wireless communications providers) perhaps?
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I work for money, measuring levels of radiation in work places and private places )
First of all I want to say that I divide radiation from all applications into three big categories:
1) Low frequency Magnetic field (from 1 to 100 000 hz) power lines, wiring inside houses, motors. Measured in mili Gauss or nano Tesla.
2) Low frequency Electric field (dirty electricity) - wiring inside houses, many many other applications (from 1 to 500 000 hz) Measured in Volts per meter.
3) High frequency radiation that comes from All wireless applications, cellphones, radars, radio, etc.
1,2 kinds vanish fast with distance, but third kind is not vanishing. Its so called filling radiation - it reflects many times from walls, metals, ets. The only thing that can catch it in modern cities is human body. OK, some plants, water too )
Kindle's Wi-Fi emits third kind of radiation. Surprisingly very low level!
I made this video for just evaluation what Kindle 4 gives.
I don't have any other device with smaller antenna to measure exact signal, but there is no need in it. Its roughly measured stuff.
I agree the values that I will measure at 5 meters from Kindle will be lower, but if we will talk about Wi-Fi from laptop, then level that we will measure near to it will be very high and in 5 meters from it it will be high )
Anyways 1000 is very high for me and 100 is high. But for government of Israel the upper limit is 400 000, so I have to think for myself alone.
There are many people (even people I know) that have serious problems with health from radiation. You can think about it as about allergy or something like that. That's why any even weak source of radiation is bad for them.
The real problem of this radiation is how it affects cells in the body. Many systems in cells just stop to work properly and if person is 24/7 in low levels radiation polluted environment, then nothing happens to him, but his body makes a lot of work that not needed. You can think about it as person having huge amount alcohol in blood, but he is not drunk. Weak, sleepy all the time. And body makes a lot of work to get rid of alcohol and other related poisons. This takes huge amount of resources that could be spent on having fun and feeling good.
People used to think about damage of radiation as about heating damage. And this is wrong way to walk on.
Take a look on this video:
Its interesting.
EDIT: Here is one more interesting video:
Tumors is something that happens because of real abuse of cellphones.
But we should look on wider picture that shows that many many people are suffering (a little), and even don't know about it.
So less exposure you have, better you feel. And this is right for ALL people.
You must irradiate yourself very hard to start to feel the difference immediately - such people called EHS - EMF Hyper Sensitives.
Give me any healthy person. Only using all legal technologies like Wi-Fi, DECT, 3G, etc I will make him EHS within one year.
Any person become sick with time. And this is what I know from my experience.
Yes, you are right, talking on cellphone is muchmuchmuch worse then downloading books to Kindle.
But kind of radiation is not cumulative as you used to think about it.
This is not x-rays radiation or gamma, or betta.
I don't know about bioinitiative.org, but this report they have is very very big source of works to see. And if you spend enough time on it, you will change your mind from "oh, forget about it, its all jokes" to "well, this is one of things we should think about very very good" ) I changed my mind not by reading and understanding, but by losing part of my health in the past. And this is way that 99.99% of people will go to get understanding of this topic.
I am agree that EMF can be used in many fields very effectively, but such use must be done in safe way. And this is not the picture today.
I am convinced already, that many things like sugar in blood, depressions, insomnia, etc are caused by such "not harmful" radiation. And I think its only matter of time when all this stuff will be proven. Remember how it was with cigarettes? Same here now with wireless, but much much wider problem.
I met many people who work constantly in offices where they have repeaters (cell phone signal boosters?) installed above their heads. All of them look similar, you don't have to be a specialist to see that they ALL are red skinned with eyes very red, with black marks under their eyes, with skin problems, with hair problems - and this is what I see only visually, without asking them any questions. They are young - 30-40 years old. They sit there for last 5-10 years and I don't know what will happen to them in observable future.
Sure, I don't talk to all of them about the matter. Only to those who pay me, who want to know stuff, to see what my gear shows )
OK, I hope I made my point here.
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According to this guide "RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARD, Maximum Exposure Levels to Radiofrequency Fields — 3 kHz to 300 GHz":
"For frequencies between 100 kHz and 10 GHz, Seq, E² and H² must be averaged over any 6 minute period."
Assuming that a body cross-section of 1 square meter is exposed to a plane wave at 2.4GHz, the standard of exposure is 1W for professional exposure and 10W for consumer exposure (except in Russia, where it is only 0.01W). Apparently that means that you should not have a 100mW device in your pocket next to your skin in Russia, but 10mW is okay).
Anyway, most studies that talk about cancer concerns from RF exposure have to do with ELF (essentially power-line frequencies).
But people are free to believe whatever they choose in most countries, at least until mind-reading machines are perfected. Some people are willing to spend thousands of dollars on an E-Meter (a glorified ohm-meter) from the Church of Scientology.
Current state of the art mind-reading machines:
But this one is only for Scientologists:
And now that the neural code has been cracked, we will have direct neural interfaces where machines can inject sensory signals directly into our brains, including vision (to correct blindness). I can hardly wait, but some people will certainly not want electric fields injected directly into their bodies INTENTIONALLY. Oh well...
I have been waiting for my direct neural interface most of my life. Electromagnetic fields do not scare me (I have an amateur radio license, and I have designed antennas and transmitters and I understand RF radiation patterns).
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Correlation does not equal causation.
Someone working in an office environment has many factors at play. Overhead fluorescent lights on magnetic ballasts flickering at 60 hz. Flicker plus audible hum is not all that comfortable for most. Then the overhead lights have glare.. this is why I wear my visor in the office environment so the glare isn't always shining into my eyes. Then another factor at play is old buildings have poor HVAC systems.. perhaps the ventilation is substandard and some mold is at play.. or even colleagues who have very kindly agreed to drench themselves in highly fragranced cheap dollar store perfume, and then added aerosol units to the washrooms to really make sure that you inhale as much as possible. So take all of those people, and then have them do what the average person does which is doesn't eat right, doesn't sleep right, doesn't exercise, etc. etc.
It's misleading to blame it all on wifi radiation.
Microwave radiation is on the spectrum that is below infrared. Infrared is heat.. microwaves are even colder than that.
You go on to state that you believe that sugar in the blood, depression, insomnia, etc. are all results of this. Yet, there are many reasons for that to occur.. blood sugar is dietary, perhaps they're eating too much high-fructose corn syrup all day long, insomnia because they're in lit environments or staring at screens late at night which prevents the production of the "go to sleep" hormone (destroyed by blue light), depression is so many factors including the above two, etc.
Try to remember that we all evolved in a radiation polluted environment due to the unshielded nuclear reactor in the sky blasting out full spectrum radiation nonstop. You will never escape it. What needs to be understood is miniscule levels of what is for all intents and purposes non-ionizing heat, is meaningless.
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The bigger problem is ionizing radiation from the sun (especially near the poles to where the protective magnetic field redirects most of the earth exposure). And where I live we have a lot of granite. It has been estimated that living in a granite building can take years off of your life (statistically speaking). And here we also have radon leaking out of the ground. It has a tendency to stick to the dust that coats the surface of televisions and computer displays (especially the CRT kind). And X-rays from CRTs (which is why they have all that lead in the glass, so do not lick your CRT computer monitor to clean it). Even worse is storing alcohol in leaded crystal decanters, where it can leach out to be consumed. And acidic food on pewter plates, which is what made people think that tomatoes were poisonous in the western world in the past (really just lead poisoning).
And all the chemicals that leach out into the air from plastic furniture and carpeting (especially in modern hermetically-sealed "energy efficient" homes), and all that "generally recognized as safe" food coloring and artificial flavoring, and the air we breathe. And yes, all that darned corn syrup in just about EVERYTHING because it is so cheap when it is government subsidized (as in the good old USA).
Anyway, life is a terminal disease, so get over it. I want my Radio Frequency toys.
Living in a stressful relationship can take more years off your life than exposure to EMF. Bad vibes and negative karma are much more devastating.
And do not forget, back before there even WAS man-made EMF, the average human lifespan was only half as long as it is today. Even with all these scary things trying to kill us, we must be doing something right. Just be kind and helpful to others, and we can all live longer and be happier.
Actually, statistics have shown that people who live in areas with HIGH background radiation actually live LONGER. The current theory is that your immune system needs EXERCISE to be able to keep you healthy, and periodic small exposures to pathogens AND IONIZING RADIATION both contribute to long term well-being (much like immunization). Too much of anything is bad for our health, but so it too little...
No need to scare people, unless that is how you make a living.
But there is certainly no need to be afraid of wifi. Just do not use your kindle as a pillow and you should be fine. It is your fear that will eventually take a toll on your health more than the scary technology.
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Well, yes, people are free to believe whatever they want. And I use this freedom )
Calculations you bring here are OK, but levels are VERY high, but still LEGAL)
1 W per square meter is 1 000 000 uW/m2.
My gadget upper limit is 2000 uW/m2.
There is small town in Israel. It is located near to place where I live.
Here is a article about it:
I also had nice PDF work with map of cancer cases and death cases, but I can't find it now for some reason.
What they had there were levels beneath 100 000 uW/m2 in houses.
And still they got sick and dead. Very fast.
Whole town was afraid of going to doctor, because everyone who went to him was diagnosed cancer (many different types). I talked to people from there, and understood that it was nightmare.
So 10mW/m2 = 10 000 uW/m2 sounds much much better.
But still, for me personally such signal means disaster.
I was in many places and measured many levels and all of them made up in such way that signals from big antennas will not above 20 000 uW/m2. Guys who set up these antennas know, that higher signal will rise problems very fast, so they don't go crazy installing antennas with still legal signal like 300 000 or 400 000 uW/m2.
Guys who make cellphones are not stupid and they write in their instructions that user should not hold device close to your body (but what about head? OMG we put cellphones to our head while talking!) :-)
Why they do this? Because they are smart guys who make money and they don't want to lose it in the future when people will try to sue them) And this is not a precautionary principle (nobody will mark his product as hell dangerous just because "maybe" there is a risk). So risk is on the table, we just must read cellphones manuals and understand what is written there.
I know that there are many skeptic people (naturally, without any relation to communications companies, not interested) and I was one of them, by the way.
I respect people who need to have facts.
For all such people I suppose to do one small test , because own experience is better then 100 facts from other people.
1) Find place with level of 15 000 uW/m2. It maybe some roof of building in city. Found higher level? Better for experiment!
2) Try to live there 24/7 for several days (maybe week) and write what you feel.
3) Come home and read and compare to your regular life.
This is very good test, but not many people accomplished it for clear reason: "Am I stupid to live whole week on some roof?"
When I try to make safe room I try to build it in such way that it will meet three criteria:
1) 0.5 mG of 50 hz magnetic field
2) 1 uW/m2 in all room
3) 0 V/m fo Dirty Electricity electric field.
I live in such safe room.
Funny thing, but when I make call from iphone4 from my room, it gives me signal of 30-40 uW/m2!
In such room already sick person can get rid of headaches, insomnia, depression and I have seen enough cases like that.
If I open my window, I have electromagnetic storm outside: many cell phone antennas opened and hidden are located near to my building, radars from military boats hit very high power pulses (my equipment can't measure them good enough). Previous owner of this apartment sold it and went to other (country!) place because of problems with health.
If you look on all this with open mind, even without background, you start to think: "is this normal? is this good for me or my children? how did we get here? where is the way out?".
But most people don't have open minds and just don't think. They just use and abuse.
I am not Scientologist, I am engineer, I love my numbers that I see on my measuring devices and follow them to get results.
OK) I wrote too much for someone who doesn't like to discuss))
Carpe diem, c'est la vie.
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If I am destined to die of corn syrup and bacon poisoning, this is my choice:
But I have already outlived most of my ancestors, and I am surrounded by wifi and I seriously doubt that it will kill me or cause diabetes. However, corn syrup in everything (even the bacon ice cream) surely will...
And I will get my wifi implant as soon as they perfect a bio-powered computer implant with direct neural interface. EMF? Bah humbug! IMHO, of course.
In your case, feel free to wear one of these Faraday suits to bed if that makes you happy:
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But I am sure radiation factor is not the last one (if not the first).
Problem is that if you want to clarify even smallest fact, then you will have to invest a lot of time and money. I try to look on people carefully. Maybe I find what I am looking for, but this is the only way I can make my own research )
So I am asking - Why to rush with this technology??
They are gone completely crazy here in Israel.
They want to put in all schools WI-Fi classes (20-40 computers + router per room) and let to kids be there for 6-7 hours per day. Isn't that overshoot?
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My biggest fear of technology is how it will be misused by tyrants against us. That and all the corn syrup and other corn-derived food ingredients in my diet, which is nearly unavoidable where I live. I am much more afraid of my food than EMF, as I mentioned before. You need to establish priorities for your fears. And you need to do a cost/benefit analysis. If it does more good than harm, it will be here for a long time, unless it is harmful to the acquisition of power for those who control us.
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Okay, here is a video to support your cause:
For some very strange reason, amazon is selling USED copies of this book for many times more than new from the publisher: http://www.amazon.com/Electromagneti.../dp/0934274053
But then, I still prefer scientific evidence gathered from large statistical sample double-blind experiments with third-party verified repeatable results. I just cannot envision myself sitting alone on a roof for a week to prove something to myself about physical and mental health effects of EMF exposure in any manner that I would find convincing. I would think that the experience alone would affect the outcome, with or without the EMF. But that is just me...
P.P.S. According to my research (back in the day), it is the EM waveform/repetition/decay rate that determines biological effects. According to some studies (as documented in the EM Brain Blaster book and elsewhere), it is aperiodic repetitions that are the most harmful, because your body is unsuccessful at adapting to an "almost periodic" (syncopated) signal. Although syncopation in music adds interest, it also causes stress. This is why TENS machines (which reduce pain with electrical stimulation of nerves) have regulations controlling what waveforms/repetition/decay rates are allowed.
Besides ELF exposure having been repeatedly proven to be more unhealthy than microwave exposure, typical ELF signals are measured in MEGAwatts, while wifi signals are measured in MILLIwatts (with a signal strength that decays as the square of the distance). High frequencies have a penetration depth relative to their wavelength. High frequencies like microwave exhibit a "skin effect" and do not penetrate very deeply. And 2.4GHz in particular is absorbed by water, so most of the energy would be dissipated at or near the surface of the skin.
Even your referenced bioinitiative book (http://www.bioinitiative.org/freeacc...ocs/report.pdf) keeps saying "we don't know" and tries to use ELF studies to prove its cause while lumping ELF and RF together as "EM", which is not really particularly honest, in my opinion. And creating fear of the "we don't know" is just FUD. An author listed in the book is also the contact person (owner) of the domain name, so the entire website is a bit self-serving. And like I said, that person is also an employee of a WIRED communications company, which adds to the self-serving implications.
Despite all of the tax money devoted to studying this issue, there will always be doubters, but there is no need to scare legislators into taking away my technotoys without REAL evidence.
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Radiation, tin-foil hats, and Bacon Bacon ice cream.
I'd say this qualifies as one of the best threads ever.
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It was discovered just before I got a kindle, so I don't blame it on that, but what's crazy is that my docs have seen me do it when I'm in the hospital, and no one has ever said a word about it.
Is it safe if I keep wireless off and use airplane mode on iPhone?
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Woman with umbrella posing in front of a mural of Mt Fuji
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Title / Supplied: Woman with umbrella posing in front of a mural of Mt Fuji
- Wolcott, Katherine
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Date Created: 1909
A women dressed in a very formal kimono, is depicted holding an umbrella in her left hand. In the background is a mural of Mt Fuji and the Japanese countryside. The woman, a symbol for Japanese urban life, stands as a stark contrast to the background of nature imagery. Her kimono is hand colored in the image, as well as the flora surrounding her.
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Census of Population and Housing, 1980 [United States]: Master Area Reference File (MARF) 3 (ICPSR 8405)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
Master Area Reference Files (MARFs) link geographic areas with their respective numeric codes. This data collection is a school district equivalency file created for the 1980 Census of Population and Housing. The data contain geographic items from Summary Tape Files 1A and 3A as well as total population and housing unit counts. In addition to providing the standard MARF geographic data, the collection associates school district identification numbers with the lowest available levels of census geography. Flags are provided where a geographic area is split between districts. The data are contained in 51 hierarchical files, one for each state and for the District of Columbia.
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The idea of a ONE RUN is to capture the everyday riding of people, what and where they normally ride, how they like to ride, and a way for people to showcase their own creativity and riding style. It is also always fun to watch how people snowboard when they snowboard just to snowboard.
Nitro is creating an on-line contest called ONE RUN in collaboration with their up coming film; Hyped! The idea is to get people (you) to go out and capture your favorite type of snowboarding, through your favorite part of the park, top to bottom run, or anything else. Be it a run through rails in the streets, park jumps, powder-runs, bombing hills, pipe runs or whatever. The important thing is that this type of riding is what makes you want to snowboard. We have gotten all of our guys to go out and film a ONE RUN of their favorite type of boarding. These videos will be released once every week.
We encourage kids to go out and film their own ONE RUN, and submit it for a chance to get there run in our upcoming movie Hyped! along with other prizes. The idea is to show how diverse everyone´s riding is. No one snowboards the same and that is what makes snowboarding so special!
Our team of riders (Eero Ettala, Jon Kooley, Austin Smith, Bryan Fox, Justin Bennee, Markus Keller, Gjermund Braaten, etc) will pick out the top three runs they think are the most inspiring, creative and showcase the persons true passion for snowboarding.
1st place will have a quest appearance in the Nitro Hyped! video + Nitro Limited edition HYPED! Snowboard + Hyped! gear
2nd place will win a free Nitro snowboard + Hyped! gear
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West Yorkshire Fire Service has appointed its first female leader.
Greenhead Councillor Judith Hughes has replaced Coun Mehboob Khabeen as leader of the country's fourth largest metropolitan fire and rescue authority.
Meanwhile, Calderdale Councillor Bryan Smith has been appointed chair of the finance and resources committee.
She said: "I am proud to be elected as Chair of West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority, and I hope to continue the good work of the previous Chair, Coun Mehboob Khan.
"The organisation works cross-party for the benefit of local communities throughout West Yorkshire and is one the highest performing authorities across the country.
"West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has been innovative and progressive over the last few years, in spite of the budget constraints, and I am particularly eager to continue to work with as well as forge new partnerships with other public bodies and the voluntary and community sector.
"The next few years will be challenging for the authority as we continue to operate in times of austerity, while keeping the public of West Yorkshire safe.
"It is also a sensitive time with the current national firefighters' industrial action. We as an authority understand the impact of the pension changes for some of the firefighters and encourage the government through the Local Government Association to seek a way to settle the national pension dispute."
Since being elected to Kirklees Council in 2011, and subsequently the fire authority the same year, Coun Hughes has served as vice chair of the authority, chair of the finance and resources committee and vice chair of the executive committee.
Coun Hughes has a background in personal finance and was a GMB union representative for six years prior to being elected to Kirklees Council.
Coun Hughes was officially appointed Chair of West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority at today's (Wednesday) AGM.
Key committee posts were also announced as follows:
Executive Committee
CHAIR – Coun Judith Hughes
VICE CHAIR – Coun Tracey Austin
Finance and Resources
CHAIR – Coun Bryan Smith (Lab, Calderdale)
VICE CHAIR – Coun Arif Hussain (Lab, Leeds)
Human Resources
CHAIR – Coun Gill Thornton (Lab, Bradford)
VICE CHAIR – Coun Ronald Grahame (Lab, Leeds)
CHAIR – Coun Judith Cummins (Lab, Leeds)
VICE CHAIR – Coun Amanda Stubley (Lab, Kirklees)
Community Safety
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As you may know, we have a weekly feature, Team Oracle, whereby each Friday we open questions of a personal nature to all of you to answer too. Then, the following Friday, I post a selection of the best answers, alongside my own reply.
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The holidays are just coming up, and lately, I have really been having some issues. My mom left me when I was really little, and hasn't been around since. I actually haven't seen or heard from her in many years- like 7. I have to go through all of her holiday decorations and it hurts. I feel like nobody else gets what I'm going through. The holidays have never hurt like this before. I can't really talk about her and the pain she caused to me without crying. I have no desire to talk to her, because the last time I did, she forgot my birthday. I guess I just need some help getting through the holidays. Thanks.
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US and European companies recognised a decade ago that if they wanted to expand into overseas markets such as China or Brazil, then recruiting US or European-educated MBA graduates from those countries paid dividends.
Now Chinese companies are learning the same lesson. They are recruiting international MBA students from China's top business schools to work in China for a period and then spearhead the company's overseas expansion plans. Big Chinese brands such as Lenovo, the computer manufacturer, as well as the Chinese investment banks, are all converts.
However, as yet few companies are hiring non-Chinese graduates from Chinese business schools systematically, says Maximilian Johnson, vice-president of the British Chamber of Commerce in China.
As the first British student on the Tsinghua University MBA in 2007, Mr Johnson says more international managers are "having an international career with China as part of it". However the immediate pay-off enjoyed by MBA graduates from top US schools is harder to achieve in Asia. The value comes elsewhere, he says.
"People look at my resumé and say 'There is something different'." There are benefits that are more difficult to quantify, he adds. "The working challenges are fascinating and you have to do them in a different language and in a different culture."
Joo-Ohk Yi (South Korea). Ceibs, MBA 2010. Team manager, strategy and planning, Tencent Korea.
When Joo-Ohk Yi joined Ceibs in 2008, she had one goal. "I focused on networking with my Chinese classmates. I wanted to check out what it would be like to work in China."
She was recruited by Tencent, the internet messaging and games company. After a matter of months working in China, she was relocated to Seoul to help mastermind the growing online games business.
Educated largely in the US, Ms Yi found a Chinese MBA an exciting experience. "It was the China environment, the China cases ... it was just the exposure to Chinese professors."
Elijah Degen(US). Tsinghua, IMBA 2008. WW digital marketing operations director, Lenovo.
For Elijah Degen, studying for an MBA in China was all about gaining some experience outside the US.
After graduating, he worked with Chinese start-ups before joining Lenovo at its Beijing headquarters, where he was the only non-Chinese member of a Chinese team. "I brought in a different perspective."
Today he works for Lenovo in Raleigh, North Carolina, but believes that he will always have some perspective on emerging markets.
Studying for an MBA in China should be part of a long-term strategy, he says.
"What I realised was that it was not going to be an immediate pay-off. It was a life choice. It is really about what are your goals, who are you and what are your levels of curiosity and tenacity?"


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Jane Lynch is ready to move on.
The Glee star and her wife, Lara Embry, are calling it quits after three years of marriage, Lynch confirms to People.
"Lara and I have decided to end our marriage," the 52-year-old actress tells the magazine. "This has been a difficult decision for us as we care very deeply about one another. We ask for privacy as we deal with this family matter."
PHOTOS: Friendly celebrity exes
Lynch — who is currently performing as Miss Hannigan in the Broadway revival of Annie — and Embry, 44, tied the knot at an intimate ceremony in Sunderland, Mass., on May 31, 2010, a year after the two met a fund-raiser in San Francisco.
Reportedly, 21 guests were in attendance for the 20-minute ceremony, and a live jazz band played afterward.
Three months later, Lynch would publicly give props to Embry while accepting her Emmy for Oustanding Supporing Actress in a Comedy Series, as she thanked both her wife and Embry's daughter, Haden, with whom Lynch had reportedly become close.


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This is a very sad story!
Verse 17. Here he is tormented, hereafter he is tormented; the evil-doer is tormented in both existences. He is tormented, and he laments: "Evil have I done," He is even more tormented when he is reborn in one of the lower worlds (apaya).
Sex Life Of The Ancient Buddhist Nun Isidasi
[Wisdom Quarterly edit from Kevin Rielly, Readings in World Civilizations]
In the city of Pataliputta, treasured
on earth for its glorious flowers,
there were two mendicant nuns of the Buddha's own Sakya clan.
One was Isidasi, the other was Bodhi,
both of them morally pure, skilled in meditation, wise,
and freed from painful vices.
They begged alms, ate their food,
washed their bowls,
and found a secret place to rest and share their stories.
"You're still beautiful, Isidasi.
Your youth hasn't faded.
What vision of evil drove you
to renounce the world?"
In that secret place she told her tale to teach the truth of Buddha's way.
Isidasi said to Bodhi,
"Hear why I am a mendicant nun:
In the great city of Ujjeni
my father was a merchant of high repute.
I was his only daughter,
deeply loved and pampered.
A wealthy merchant sent noblemen
from the city of Saketa
to arrange a marriage, and my father
gave me to be his son's wife.
Day and night I humbled myself
to honor my in-laws-
my training made me bow
my head down at their feet.
When I saw my husband's
sisters and brothers
I cringed and crept away
to free my seat for them.
I kept fresh-cooked food and drink
and spiced pickles ready
to serve their demands.
I woke early every morning
to scrub my hands and feet
before I crossed the threshold
to beg my husband's blessing.
Like a slave girl,
I too combs and scented oils
and my mirror to groom him.
I cooked his rice gruel,
I washed his bowl,
I waited on this husband
like a mother dotting on her son.
Though I was diligent and humble,
meticulous and virtuous
in serving him,
my husband despised me.
He begged his parents,
'Give me your leave.
I must go away. I will not stay
in this house with Isidasi!'
'Don't speak this way, son!
Isidasi! Is intelligent and wise,
diligent, meticulous.
Doesn't she please you, son!'
She does me no harm,
but I will not stay with Isidasi.
I detest her! Enough!
Give me leave, I must go away!
My husband's parents
heard his words and questioned me,
'How did you offend him?
Confide what really happened.'
'I committed no offense or harm
or ever answered his cruel words.
I don't know what I did
to make this husband hate me.'
They took me back
to my father's house.
'To keep our precious son
we sacrifice this goddess.'
Then my father married me
into another wealthy house. The second merchant took me
for half the first bride price.
I lived in that house
for barely a month,
serving him like a slave until he sent me back.
Then my father snared an ascetic
begging for alms; he said,
'Be my daughter's husband!
Throw away your robe and pot!'
He stayed for two weeks
before he told my father,
'Give me my robe and pot and cup!
I'll beg for alms again.'
My parents and my family
beseeched him,
'What have we neglected?
Quickly, name your every want!'
He answered, 'I only want enough to feed myself.
I will not stay in this house
with Isidasi!'
They dismissed him and he left.
I brooded in my solitude:
'I'll tell them I'm going to die
unless I become a mendicant nun.'
And the great nun jinadatta
came begging alms
at my father's house-she was
disciplined, wise, morally pure.
I rose when I saw her
and gave her my seat,
bowed at her feet
and offered her a meal.
I served her fresh-cooked food
and drink and spiced pickles.
When she had eaten, I said,
'Lady, I want to be a nun.'
My father argued, 'My child,
you may follow the Buddha's way
by giving food and drink to holy men and brahmin priests.'
I pleaded in tears, begging his blessing,
'I must destroy
the evil I have done!'
When I was sixteen
the son of this merchant
noticed my maiden youth
and took me.
He had another wife
who was moral and virtuous,
in love with her husband.
I sowed discord with her.
The fruit of seven former lives
made three husbands scorn me,
though I served them like a slave-
I have ended all this now.
Note: [Prior to that, according to the Buddhist nun and modern Abhidharma scholar Sayalay Susila, Isidasi was born as a man, a charming goldsmith who seduced and took delight in seducing many men's wives. Without realizing it, he hurt husbands and broke up families. As a result, he was reborn in the niraya (hellish planes of existence where he suffered horribly in ways too terrible for most modern readers to believe). After a very long time -- suffering exponentially more than the suffering he had caused -- he was reborn in the animal realm as an infant male monkey. When brought before the alpha male, that monkey leader immediately bit off the infant's genitals as if sensing and wishing to prevent future rivalry. Thereafter, he was reborn as a hermaphrodite, then again as a female, all stemming from making a habit of sexual misconduct in that former life. The story of past lives relating to her present misery continues in a former life as a female.]
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text: Canon tells us that photon torpedoes are essentially projectile weapons, fast-moving missiles that can move at warp speed or very high sublight speed and then explode when they hit a target. This has been basically the case for photon torpedoes since we first saw the torpedo room in Wrath of Khan and it's been more or less consistent ever since. But I've spent a couple of years grappling with how torpedoes are ACTUALLY USED: how they're targeted, how they're launched, the kinds of things that go wrong with them, the kinds of things they can be programmed to do. More and more, I am convinced that photon torpedoes simply do not make sense as projectile weapons. That, inevitably, leaves me with the question I now put it to my fellow tech heads: given everything we've seen, if photon torpedoes aren't physical "missiles," then what else COULD they be?


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Date: November 08 2012
Australia's unemployment rate was steady at 5.4 per cent in October, official figures show.
Total employment rose 10,700 to 11.523 million in October, according to the seasonally adjusted figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday.
The forecast was for total employment to rise by 5,000 in October with the unemployment rate at 5.5 per cent, according to the median of 16 market economists surveyed by AAP.
Full-time employment rose by 18,700 to 8.13 million in October and part-time employment was down 8,000 to 3.393 million.
The October participation rate was 65.1 per cent, compared with 65.2 per cent in September.
The October participation rate was forecast to be 65.2 per cent.
The ABS report also showed aggregate hours worked by employed people in Australia fell 0.3 per cent in October, seasonally adjusted, after a rise of 0.5 per cent in September.
Aggregate hours worked in October were 1.2 per cent lower than a year earlier in October 2011, after a rise of 1.9 per cent between October 2010 and October 2011, and an increase of 4.2 per cent in the 12 months before that.
The ABS figures also show the trend measure of hours worked flattened out in September and October after falling for each of the preceding three months.
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'Art Takes Seoul' Bridges Cultural Divide
African-American artist Mira Gandy and Korean-American playwright Ahrum Claiborne journeyed from different cultures but found commonality when their paths intersected last year, leading to a collaborative exhibition called "Art Takes Seoul," featured at the Knox Gallery in Harlem.
Claiborne had written a one-woman play, "Seoul for Sale in NYC," about her experiences when she came to America with her family as an adolescent. In the play, in which she performs seven characters, the playwright chronicles her journey from South Korea to Indianapolis to New York City, where at age 11 she and her elderly mother sold fake 14-carat gold earrings at the Bronx and peddled flowers in front of Macy's.


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An inquest will be held today into the death of a schoolgirl killed when a huge tree toppled on to her caravan as she slept in a storm.
Bethany Freeman, 17, was crushed when a 30ft (9m) tree fell down in high winds in Lydens Lane in Hever, near Edenbridge, Kent, last October.
Neighbours told how some came forward with chainsaws to try to help free the trapped sports fan, but she was declared dead.
Bethany and her family were living in mobile homes while renovation work was taking place at their home nearby, according to local people.
Bethany was among four people killed around that time as the St Jude storm battered England and Wales, leaving a trail of destruction.
Winds of up to 100mph swept through parts of Britain, uprooting trees, knocking out power supplies and crippling transport networks.
Bethany's mother Tess Peirce said at the time: "We are all absolutely devastated at the loss of my daughter. I would like to thank the emergency services for their tremendous efforts in attempting to save her."
Bethany was a "universally respected" upper sixth-form pupil at Tunbridge Wells Grammar School who "had everything to look forward to", the school's website said.
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NEW YORK - Dolphins great Dan Marino acknowledged having an affair with a former co-worker and fathering a love child, according to a report in The New York Post.
The Post broke the story early Thursday morning.
WPLG-TV reports Marino met production assistant, Donna Savattere, at CBS Sports' Manhattan studio in 2003. The former Miami Dolphin is affiliated with CBS as a pregame analyst.
In 2005, Savattere gave birth to their daughter, a girl named Chloe, according to the Post.
At the time, Marino and his wife, Claire, had been married for 20 years. They have six children.
"This is a personal and private matter. I take full responsibility both personally and financially for my actions now as I did then," Marino reportedly said in a written statement to The New York Post. "We mutually agreed to keep our arrangement private to protect all parties involved. My wife and I have been married for almost 30 years and have six children together. And we continue to be a strong and loving family."
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Creamy Chicken Pot Pie
Hello, hello, hello! How was your Thanksgiving?! Mine was full of the three f's: food, family, and football! All of my holiday food favorites were in customary attendance: roasted turkey, green bean casserole (a favorite of mine since I was little), homemade stuffing, mashed potatoes, and of course- pumpkin pie! Does your family have any must-have holiday dishes? Of course, it's not all about the food. It was wonderful spending time with my family, catching up on fun times new and old. Per family tradition, a roaring game of Monopoly was played with a zealous competitiveness to shame most professional sporting competitions. This too is a family tradition dating back before I can remember. All of this nostalgia had me thinking about some of my other childhood favorites. Playing Checkers with my dad (he did not let me win, I'll have you know), chasing my older brothers around the backyard, baking Chocolate Chip Cookies with my mom, and tasty homemade meals like Tater Tot Hot Dish, Baked Chicken and Rice, and Chicken Pot Pie! Chicken Pot Pie will always have a soft spot in my heart as a warm, comfort food dish often served on chilly winter nights. Tender bites of chicken, carrots, celery, and onion are smothered with a light cream sauce baked underneath puffy biscuits! Can food even get better?! I think not. Nonfat evaporated milk keeps things lighter while adding a succulent creaminess that is hard to beat. Sautéed carrots, onion, and celery (often found at the heart of many of my favorite dishes) add layers of flavor while boosting the nutrition of the meal. And of course, tender bites of chicken (or leftover turkey for those of you holding out with your leftovers!) round out the rest of the filling. Finally, Bisquick® Heart Smart® Biscuits puff up on top of the filling, giving you a tasty dinner within ten minutes! To start off, preheat your oven to 450⁰F and lightly coat a baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Now that our housekeeping details are complete, let's get cookin'! Heat 2 Tbsp. canola oil over medium-high heat in a large skillet; add carrots, celery, and onion. Let cook until crisp-tender, about three minutes. Lightly sprinkle the vegetables with the flour, salt, and poultry seasoning, cooking for about one minute. This step allows the flour to cook, which will thicken our sauce (a roux of sorts). Now, stir in the chicken broth and evaporated milk. Let simmer for about 5-8 minutes or until the sauce is thick enough to coat the backside of a spoon; stirring often. When your sauce has thickened, stir in the frozen peas and chopped, cooked chicken (or turkey). Heat through and pour mixture into prepared baking dish. Stir together 1 ½ cups Bisquick and ½ cup skim milk until batter is combined (it will be lumpy). Dollop batter into 6 "biscuits" on top of creamy chicken mixture. Bake uncovered for 7-8 minutes or until biscuits are puffy and golden brown. Serve immediately! This dish is so light yet comforting, perfect for any night of the week. You can also use any variety of frozen vegetable or fresh; it's completely customizable! What are your favorite childhood dishes? Do you have any tricks to lighten them up? Tell me about it here!
Creamy Chicken Pot Pie
- 2 Tbsp. Canola Oil
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- 1 cup carrots, chopped
- 1 cup celery (2 stalks), chopped
- 3 Tbsp. flour
- 1 tsp. poultry seasoning
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 1 cup reduced sodium chicken broth
- 1 can (12 oz.) fat-free evaporated milk
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1 lb. cooked chicken (or turkey), chopped (2 cups)
- 1 ½ cups Heart Smart® Bisquick® Original Pancake and Baking Mix
- ½ cup skim milk
- Preheat the oven to 450⁰F and lightly coat an 8 ½ x 11 baking dish with nonstick spray.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, sauté onion, carrot, and celery in canola oil until crisp-tender (about 3 minutes). Sprinkle the vegetables with flour, poultry seasoning, and salt, stirring until well combined. Let cook for 1 minute.
- Stir in chicken broth and evaporated milk. Simmer until thickened, about ten minutes. Sauce should coat the back of a spoon.
- Add the frozen peas and cooked chicken, stirring to combine well. Add to prepared baking dish.
- Meanwhile, combine Bisquick and skim milk, stirring until just mixed (batter will be lumpy). Dollop six balls of dough onto vegetable and chicken mixture. Bake uncovered for 7-10 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown.
Yield: 6 servings Per Serving*: Calories 350, Total Fat 10g (Saturated 1.5g, Trans 0g), Cholesterol 45mg, Sodium 700mg, Total Carbohydrate 40g (Dietary Fiber 3g, Sugars 14g), Protein 24g, Vitamin A 90%, Vitamin C 15%, Calcium 40%, Iron 15% *Nutritional values are an approximation. Actual nutritional values may vary due to preparation techniques, variations related to suppliers, regional and seasonal differences, or rounding.
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Ex-IW Bosses Open New Studio, Announce Deal With EA
The Activision/Infinity Ward blowup isn't about to go away anytime soon but that hasn't stopped the two ex-IW leads from moving on with their lives.
Today, as reported by GameSpot, EA has announced a deal with Vince Zampella and Jason West; the publisher will be the sole distributor for any games the duo's new studio pumps out. That's right, a new studio: called Respawn Entertainment (get it?), the new development team, headed by the embattled duo, will be "in the same part of Los Angeles as Infinity Ward," which contributed greatly to the $3 billion Call of Duty franchise (Modern Warfare 2 alone generated $1 billion). "For a cut of the sales proceeds," EA Partners often teams up with talented studios, including Valve Software (Left 4 Dead 2), Crytek (Crysis 2), and Epic Games (Gears of War, Bulletstorm). All of this within days of Activision filing a countersuit against Zampella and West, accusing them of "breach of contract and insubordination" and of being "self-serving schemers." You may also remember that the publisher said the two had embarked on a "secret trip" to Northern California...well, EA's HQ is in San Francisco and now we have this deal, here. Therefore, in an update, Activision responded quickly to this turn of events by saying:
"This agreement comes as no surprise to Activision given the myriad of improper activities detailed in the cross-complaint filed on Friday against Jason West and Vince Zampella. We look forward to continuing to work with Infinity Ward's deep bench of proven talent on exciting new projects."
Not surprisingly, given the current struggle, Respawn Entertainment emphasized that they will retain "full control of all intellectual properties it creates." Of course, that's part of the whole battle with Activision; Zampella and West have claimed that the publisher promised them control of the Modern Warfare brand before unceremoniously firing them. The former IW bosses also seek some $36 million in damages from (apparently) unpaid royalties. And by the way, Respawn made it abundantly clear that they're currently hiring, and EA has promised to help them assemble "a world-class team of designers, artists and engineers."
And so, the saga continues. Who wants to bet that the first game from Respawn Entertainment will feature some little Easter Egg that that involves a not-so-subtle jab at Activision...?
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What are your favorite LOCALLY-OWNED eateries. Those of us planning spring/summer/autumn rides for 2012 would appreciate your update.
Here are some of mine:
What are your favorite LOCALLY-OWNED eateries. Those of us planning spring/summer/autumn rides for 2012 would appreciate your update.
Here are some of mine:
Thurman Cafe, Columbus Ohio
Los Tortugas Deli Mexicana, Memphis TN
I see you're in NorCal, Jax! Have you visited The Woolgrowers in Los Banos? Yum!
--Darryl Richman, forum liaison
For Huntington Beach California heres my recommendations.
Ohana Breadcrumb. Beach and Garfield. Lunch also
Sugar shack. Main st. Breakfast and lunch
Mexican. Las Barcas. Beach Atlanta lunch dinner
Johns Philly grill. Beach blvd.
Harbor House. Coast Highway open 24/7
Cappies west Newport breakfast lunch
All are locally owned, friendly staff and great food
None of these are on the open road. I seldom travel via highways.
Blowing Rock, NC: Woodland's BBQ
Damascus, VA: Old Mill Inn & Restaurant
Asheville, NC: Moose Cafe at the Western NC Farmer's Market
New Bern, NC: Capt'n Ratty's Seafood
- Owen
Great blog! I noticed you hit Sonora... A bit south is Mariposa. a few great restaurants there. Savoury is fine dining, Charles Street Dinner House is steak, Pony Expresso is local coffee with local pastries, plus, for a sandwich to take into Yosemite, try Deli Garden Cafe at the River Rock Inn. They also do dinners some times. Just don't go to Pizza Plus for pizza... They have great breakfast & burgers, but the pizza stinks compared to Pizza Express...
Joe's Giant Orange, Exit 684, Shasta Lake.
Some other favorites:
Woodstock Station Brewery, Woodstock, New Hampshire
Durham's Best BBQ, Elkton, MD
Black Hog BBQ, Frederick, MD
Hank's Place, Chadds Ford, PA
There are some websites dedicated to non-chain restaurants:
I can't vouch for their choices, but it's a good place to start.
'06 Triumph Scrambler (Trans-Labrador veteran)
the concept of eating well (IE: NOT "fast food") on the road has been kicked around here and there. this is certainly a valid point for discussion at any time!
i love small mom-&-pop joints. any number of- or type of, vehicles parked outside such a place is sure enough an indication of good eatin within. the only other sure thing is that good food will rarely be found at an exit off a freeway or interstate highway- you really do have to go into town- and it is most always worth it to do so.
Bube's Brewery- Mt Joy PA
10th Avenue Steaks- 10th & Oregon, South Philly PA
Baker's Diner- US 15 Dillsburg PA
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By Staff Writer | February 27, 2014
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, has completed AW609 tiltrotor flight envelope expansion trials in December 2013, allowing the certification testing phase to commence as it makes progress toward FAA certification in 2017.
This was achieved with the first two test aircraft, which have now together flown almost 1,000 hours, with over a third in the last two years since the FAA type certification program was transferred to AgustaWestland Tilt-Rotor Company. The test activities were completed with extensive collaboration between the program's main site in Arlington, Texas and support from the AgustaWestland Cascina Costa facility in Italy. With further investment and commitment by AgustaWestland the flying rate will increase again in 2014.
AW609. Photo courtesy of AgustaWestland
Other trials completed with the AW609 in 2013 included slope landings, run-on landings, aeroelastic stability testing and high altitude stability testing.
The third prototype, now being assembled at AgustaWestland's Vergiate facility, will join the flight test program in 2014 in support of this certification flight testing. A fourth prototype will join the certification program at a later date to allow the new avionics suite to be flight tested, and enable type certification to be achieved as planned in 2017.
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What new project could Square Enix be working on?
It appears that Square Enix is currently hard at work on a brand new title that isn't a new Final Fantasy adventure, remake of a current game, or anything familiar for that matter. Kotaku has brought a recent supposed Famitsu article link to our attention (via CS Blog) in which Square Enix president Yosuke Matsuda […]
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Titanfall bags 35/40 in latest issue of Famitsu, all scores here
Titanfall has bagged a 35/40 in this week's issue of Famitsu, marking a solid start for the western shooter in Japan.
GTA 5 lands on Famitsu's annual best-seller list in Japan
Grand Theft Auto 5 was one of the best-selling games in Japan between April 1, 2013 and April 3, 2014 according to Famitsu.
Famitsu review round-up: Dark Souls 2 bags 37/40
Famitsu has published its weekly reviews, and as always we've collected them here for your convenience.
Nintendo game sales dominate the Japanese holiday period
Nintendo scored big in the Japanese software market over the holiday break, with several high-profile entries shifting a not-insignificant amount of units.
Famitsu reveals Japan's 100 best-selling games of the century
Japanese gaming mag Famitsu has published a list of the nation's top-100 best-selling games from the 21st Century.
Famitsu reviews: Call of Duty Ghosts fares well, Daigassou! Band Brothers & God Eater 2 score big
Famitsu has published its weekly reviews and as ever, we've collated all the juicy numbers here for your convenience. Call of Duty: Ghosts, Daigassou! Band Brothers and God Eater 2 scored best.
Famitsu reviews: Rocksmith 2014 receives highest score this week
Famitsu's weekly review scores have been published online, and Ubisoft's guitar-trainer Rocksmith 2014 has walked off stage with the highest score of the week.
Sonic: Lost World scores big in Famitsu, this week's scores revealed inside
Sonic: Lost World has received a glowing review on Wii U among the pages of this week's Famitsu, with the 3DS edition trailing behind slightly. Get the scores here.
Final Fantasy Agito/Type-0 coming to iOS and Android
Final Fantasy Type-0 is notorious in certain circles for being an amazing PSP entry in the series that never made it out to the west. The kind that garners scores like 39/40 from Famitsu. Well speaking of the devil, scans of the new issue of Famitsu reveal that the beloved game is making its way […]
Japanese console market expanded by 1.2% in 2012, publishers down but not out
Famitsu has collated all of the financial reports of Japan's biggest games industry players to give an overview of the past financial year. The report found that the Japanese games market grew by 1.2%, and that Nintendo is facing a tough time with Wii U and a lack of big hits overseas.
Drakengard 3 apostle companions revealed in Famitsu
Drakengard 3 star Zero won't just be fighting enemies alongside her dragon Mikhail, as she can also summon two apostle characters to back her up in the field. Famitsu has run down a selection of these buddies in its latest issue.
Mind Zero Famitsu scans show off new characters
Mind Zero developer Acquire is up next in this week's issue of Famitsu. The mag has published some chunky character art and one – count them – gameplay screen. The characters seem new though so that's something to get excited about if you're keen on the game.
Soul Sacrifice review scores big in Famitsu, info blast inside
Soul Sacrifice has received its first review, courtesy of Japanese gaming rag Famitsu. It's a high-scoring review full of information, so we've dissected it all.
PS Vita is Japan's most-desired console, says Famitsu poll
Japan is going ape for PS Vita, according to a reader's survey carried out by Japanese gaming rag Famitsu. Make of the below results what you will.
Nintendo 3DS lifetime sales in Japan surpass 10 million units
Enterbrain has announced via its latest issue of Famitsu, that Nintendo 3DS sold 10,068,192 units in Japan as of January 6, 2013. The handheld has been available in the region for 98 weeks, and is the top-seller on the Media Create and Enterbrain hardware charts every week. You can look over the handheld's sales progress […]
Wii U region locked, Nintendo confirms restrictions
Wii U will be region locked, Nintendo has confirmed to Famitsu, which is bad news for import fans. Prepared to get miffed and then read on.
Monster Hunter 4 scans escape Famitsu, show new screens & art
Monster Hunter 4 has received big coverage in this week's edition of Famitsu. We've got the scans here, complete with new gameplay screens and character art. Check them out below.
Dragon Quest X sells 420,000 copies in first week
Dragon Quest X, the first MMO entry to the popular RPG series has shifted 420,00 copies in its first week on sale in Japan, Famitsu reports.
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Ron Kaplan, chief executive of Trex Co., tackles his toughest work challenges in a gun-filled sanctuary of his Stephens City, Va., home.
Working late one night from his residential office, Mr. Kaplan solved a mess involving labor costs for certain warranty claims that threatened the survival of the maker of backyard decks. He celebrated by...