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I've developed some serious aversive conditioning to names starting with B, followed by the letter O, and consequently, Justin Long. I really enjoy driving, I need a driving song. I feel sick when I think about uni. For I have doubts. Someone once told me the riveting 9 to 5 life that we shun our humanity to cultivate is not living. My mum always tell me to be normal, act normal and bury that suppressed ego. No, everyone else has deviated and I'm as normal as they come. Why should I change myself to fit other people's obscurities? One day i'll find people who are as normal as I am.


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Public and press eagerly wait outside the League of Nations headquarters in Geneva to get a glimpse of the delegates leaving the Assembly Hall. Among the delegates leaving the hall include Emile Vanderwelde and Louis de Brouckere of Belgium, Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia, Guiseppe Motta of Switzerland, Maharajah of Kapurthala India, Louis Loucheur of France, Aristide Briand, Sir Austen Chamberlain of Great Britain, Victoria Scialoja of Italy, Nintchitch of the Serb-Croat-Slovene State, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood in Great Britain, Loudon of Netherlands, Jean Paul-Boncour of France, Joseph Beck of Luxemberg, Prince Arfa of Persia, Guetatcheou of Ethiopia (Abyssinia), Mr. Schubert of Germany.
Da Costa as President of session and Viscount Ishii delivering opening address at meeting of the League of Nations Council at the Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland. Delegates leaving include Briand and Loucheur & Paul-Bancour (France), Sir (Great Britain), Mr Scialoja first delegate for Italy. In a group Mr Quinones de Leon (Spain) and Mr Benes (Czech) Mr Mello France (Brazil) M Vandervelde (Belgium).
British and French allied forces being pushed back by invading German Army in Belgium during World War 2. Allied soldiers cross river in small boats. Troops fire Howitzers. Buildings on fire in Leuven Belgium. Damaged shops with broken windows. Smoke rising from burning buildings in the city of Leuven. Belgian citizens on the street trying to escape from bombing. Views of city in flames taken from the countryside. Pigs fleeing burning barns. Day and night battle scenes with machine guns and tracer rounds being fired. Refugees flee with few belongings, walking down roads. A woman and child apparently dead on a stretcher beside the road. A family fleeing on foot; a young boy in the family using a crutch as he has one peg leg. German forces advancing on foot into smoldering Belgian cities. German soldiers stopped in the middle of roadways and on the side of roads sleeping, without setting up camps. German armored vehicles drive past on a road. Oil tanks in Antwerp Belgium in flames with black smoke rising, set on fire by Allies during their retreat. Low aerial views of Brussels Belgium streets, spared from destruction, as German soldiers march into Brussels.
Ambassadors from Netherlands and Belgium in the United States. Official from Netherlands speaks about the German attack. He states that Germany has violated all norms. Netherlands is resisting the attack in its full power. Belgium ambassador talks about the German attack and the strategies to defend Belgium made by King Albert I of Belgium.
Subject is the 1926 Ford "National Air Tour for the Edsel B. Ford Reliability Trophy," which started at Ford Field, Dearborn, Michigan, on August 7, 1926. Film opens showing a parked biplane with tandem open cockpits. It has an unusual exhaust gathering container atop its engine and an exhaust pipe extending straight down below the fuselage. Camera shows the same aircraft from the rear, with hangar and terminal building in background. Another parked biplane displays the number "19." It is equipped with small interconnected wing flaps on its upper and lower wings. Next is seen a Woodson Model 2-A Biplane with number 14 on its fuselage and another biplane marked Number 11. Closeup of Henry Ford leaning out of a car, talking with a cinematographer, holding a camera, and reporters. A large group of persons involved in the events pose for a photograph. The camera pans across them as they pose in front of a hangar. Scene shifts to spectators crowding around a Ford-Stout 2-AT aircraft as it begins its takeoff roll. Camera follows the airplane as it continues and becomes airborne.

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OK this is finished now!!! I had some help From a friend (Ziggyz) more so with the amumu just because i don't play him but i know hes a good tank and stun so TY Ziggyz. He helped with annie with the masteries and we agreed on the items veigar was all me.this in mine and ziggyz opinion a good team for twisted tree line beacause its all stun with high AP from veigar and annie and tank amumu so its a good person to take hits while annies stun with tibbers and veigar does massive Ap damge also with AOE.


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Talihina welcomes Savanna for District A-6 showdown Friday night
The Super Bowl isn't until the first Sunday in February. However, for the Talihina Golden Tigers football team, its super bowl will be Friday night.The Golden Tigers (8-0, 4-0 in District A-6) will entertain the Savanna Bulldogs (7-1, 4-0) at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Doc Robinson Stadium in a game which will likely decide the district champion."It's the big one," Talihina coach Kelly Gravitt said. "We've actually been working for this for about a year. We didn't play very well down there last year. One of our goals is to be a district champion, and still be playing football at thanksgiving break. We're going to get all over them. We're wanting to give them some payback [for last year's 33-6 loss] when they came to 'The Pit.'"• • •District A-6 StandingsTeam District Overall +/-Talihina 4-0 8-0 +60Savanna 4-0 7-1 +60Sallisaw-Central 3-1 4-3 +30Canadian 1-3 2-4 -21Gore 1-3 1-7 -25Quinton 1-3 3-5 -44Haileyville 0-4 0-8 -60


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concerning the issue of pleasure whilst having intercourse or playing with ones wife then if the wife and /or the husband find increased pleasure in using words to describe what they are doing to one another in particular by using words that they would not odinarily use in the gatherings of people or otherwise, because the words would be considered vulger and keeping in mind the hadith of the Prophet SAW regarding him SAW disliking vulgar words and never used such words, are these type of slang words which are the names of the private parts eg . a slang word to describe the vagina and similarly a slang word to describe the male counterpart is the use of such words in an intention to exite the patener permissible taking the above mentioned hadith into account .
or does it fall under the catagory of what is haram in the intimate relationship between ones wife is clear from the texts eg . anal intercourse etc . . Therefore because of the rule of where there is no evidence to make such talk impermissible then we should not become pardantic keeping in mind the hadith regarding the one who is pardantic is destroyed . Or does the genral rule of the vulger words override this opinion, and if so then the question is that to name the private parts to ones wife is this impermissible, wheteher using technical words such as vagina or slang / common words?
The Muslim should refrain from obscenity in all his dealings, whether that has to do with words or deeds, but if he cannot reach a permissible objective without mentioning something that people usually feel too shy to mention, then it is acceptable. It says in the hadeeth of Maa'iz that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) mentioned some words that he did not ordinarily use. But if there is no need for that and those words are not haraam, such as swearing and insulting, then it is better not to say them. In that case they are more likely to be makrooh. So in that case there is nothing wrong with saying what was mentioned in the question, so long as the husband and wife do not use the same kind of words in front of their children or anyone else.


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Laura Schroff and Maurice Mazyck (credit: CBS2)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – In 1986, Laura Schroff was on her way to work in Manhattan when she noticed a young homeless boy named Maurice Mazyck panhandling.
At first, she walked by. But then she decided to turn around and buy him a meal.
More than 25 years later, this chance encounter has led to a special friendship and the story is chronicled in the book "An Invisible Thread."
The two of them sat down with CBS2's Cindy Hsu.
Do you have a story about a homeless person you'd like to share? Please feel free to do so in the comments section below.


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An excellent Cure to Dry-Eye is just Blinks Away
Dry eye is the condition when eyes lose their ability to produce enough tears necessary to keep the eye surface (cornea) hydrated and affects millions around the world. The condition is characterized by a burning sensation and eventual damage to the cornea and may even result in loss of eyesight or even blindness in adults.
Why dry eye develops?
Tears are necessary to keep eyes hydrated – they bathe your eyes. Other than this, they are also essential for washing out the dirt and debris from eye's surface.
Tears also contain enzymes capable of neutralizing microorganisms that could colonize the eye and cause damage to it. In short, a good amount of tears in your eyes is necessary for good health of the eyes.
A new study that took feeds from a computer simulation that mapped the direction of flow of tears across the eye, scientists have suggested that the longer we keep our eyes open, larger is the amount of tears that gets drained along the edge of eye. Now if instead of draining out this amount of tear gets circulated throughout the eye, the eye would remain properly hydrated and would not suffer from a dry-eye condition.
Getting into details of this study, the scientists have found out that during the time our eyes are open, tears move from the upper corner of our eyes and get drained at the edges of eyes on the opposite corners through ducts present there.
So, at the egde of our eyes, the layer of tears keeps getting thinner for as much time as the eyes are open. An easy solution to this issue, as many must have already guessed, is to keep the eyes blinking as much as possible – especially while looking at high power sources of light such as your televisions, computer screen or even the screen of your smartphone, if you spend a lot of time watching it.
Though there are many other reasons that cause dry-eye, such as the hormonal changes in women as they approach their menopause, this solution may help the many young people out there who are increasingly falling prey to this eye condition as a result of changing lifestyles, workplaces and a boom of technological advancements in the field of smartphones, tablets and computers.


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Reverse Diabetes Part 1
Diabetes is everywhere, and more and more people are now prediabetic and diabetic than ever before.1
In the last 15 years the prediabetic state has TRIPLED, which means that in future years we will see massive type 2 diabetes in people.
The prediabetic state is diagnosed when a person has a fasting glucose value of 100 – 125 mg/dl.
Having such a high fasting glucose value means you are progressing to becoming more insulin resistant.
Fortunately it can be turned around easily through regular exercise, replacing processed foods with whole foods, and becoming more conscious of your carbohydrate intake.
Most recent research has shown that the rate of diabetes is rising constantly.
An increase of 20 to 30 percent in just the past 15 years is a MATTER OF CONCERN!2
Such an increase cannot be due solely to genetics. It clearly says that what we are doing today is so wrong on many levels, and in order to fight this epidemic we must take necessary steps.
Let me share something MIND-BLOWING with you.
Doctors lack insight into what is causing diabetes. They prescribe insulin for type 2 diabetes, which is actually the WORST THING you can do because it can lead to developing type 1 diabetes!
Doctors see type 2 diabetes as a problem of blood sugar, while the truth is that it is a problem of insulin resistance.3
This misunderstanding of diabetes is what helps it spread through the world even more.
Modern diets that are high in sugar cause your body to produce too much insulin, which is, in the end, not used properly.
Once it is not being used properly by your body, an advanced stage of insulin resistance occurs. The typical American indulges in too many grains and other forms of sugar that keep their body in a constant insulin-producing state and high in blood glucose.
In this stage, blood glucose builds up in your blood because it cannot get to your cells because your cells are insulin resistant. The majority of diabetics fall into this category.
Not using traditional drugs to counter type 2 diabetes is the first step in reversing diabetes. The second step is to change your lifestyle.
Conventional therapeutic drugs can do more harm than good. The best way to treat it is through lifestyle changes.4
The biggest problem is that your local doctor views diabetes as a disease of elevated blood sugar.
They explain diabetes as the body's inability to produce enough insulin.
That's why it is "logical" to them to prescribe insulin so you can counteract the elevated blood glucose.
But diabetes is not a result of insufficient insulin production.
It is actually a result of continuous production of too much insulin due to your BAD DIET.
This chronic continuous production of excess insulin makes your cells resistant to insulin.
You do not need INSULIN because it will make you more insulin resistant! Instead you need to restore your cells to being insulin sensitive again!
That's why doctors are so wrong, and the day will come when they say how right Alex was.
Let me clarify the role of insulin so it sticks in your brain.
Once your blood sugar goes up (after you've ingested a meal), your body releases insulin in order to put that sugar into cells.
Some of it goes to your stores of glycogen, while much of it goes into your fat tissue.
That's how you end up being fat in the first place!
You see, the role of insulin is to store the energy you just ingested so that you can have energy in the future, when you are out of food for example.
A side effect of this energy-storing characteristic of insulin is that blood sugar goes down. Being exposed to too much insulin makes your cells "numb" to this hormone, thus you end up being resistant to it.
This "numbness" gets even worse if you counteract it with your doctor's prescription of insulin injections.
Another key player in understanding diabetes is a hormone called leptin.
Its main function is to regulate your appetite and body weight. It tells you when to eat, when to stop eating, how much to eat, and what to do with the energy you just ate.
Now keep an eye on this paradox: Once insulin is released, most of the energy is stored in fat cells, the same cells that PRODUCE leptin. The more fat cells you have, the more leptin is produced, and it's a never-ending cycle.
Insulin and leptin are like brothers. If you become resistant to insulin you will also become resistant to leptin – your brain becoming numb to leptin's signals, resulting in chronic hunger and overeating.
Proper diet is one key to fixing these two players. Another is to start exercising, and a third is to review your gut flora.
Why is leptin so important? Because recent studies showed that even a low dose of leptin is able to reduce blood sugar in people with diabetes.
Stay tuned for the "Reverse Diabetes Part 2" in which I discuss how to fight diabetes effectively through diet and show you how traditional medical treatment is bad for people with looming diabetes.
Research References :
1. http://www.bbc.com/news/av/health-27783367/risk-of-developing-type-2-diabetes-is-high-if-you-are-overweight-and-not-active
2. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/04/us/study-reveals-sizable-increase-in-diabetes-among-children.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=2
4. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/278956.php


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The production of starch derivatives involves the chemical reaction of hydroxyl groups of raw starches with a variety of functional groups. This helps in transforming the raw starches through the elimination of several deficiencies inherent in them and imparting beneficial properties for a range of applications. Starch derivatives comprise of a number of products with unique characteristics that include stability in fluid paste, gelatinization, outstanding fluid viscosity, chemical resistance and electrical property, among others.
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Recently, I whipped up a delicious brunch that included this uh-may-zing quiche filled with smokey bacon, delicious gruyere cheese and a hint of sweetness from the shallots. Served it alongside a fresh green salad and lots of fruit — it was a pretty epic meal. If you're a lover of quiche, you gotta give this recipe a try.
This quiche is a spin on the classic Quiche Lorraine. I added a few more things to it, so it's no longer a typical Quiche Lorraine, but still damn good. It turned out to be beautifully tender, with the perfect texture and richness. The milk and heavy cream combination truly makes it great. You could use just milk, or milk + half & half, but I cannot promise you'd get the same texture or outcome as the milk + heavy cream duo. The crust was flaky, buttery and extremely easy to make. When I made this quiche, I had to use a Pyrex pie dish without the lip/edge, so my dough sank a little 🙁 Dah well, it still turned out great. I made my pie dough a day ahead, but you can make it the day of — just give it some time to chill in the fridge and tighten up a bit before you roll it out.
As far as the bacon goes, depending on how thick, wide or long your bacon slices are, you may wanna use your best judgement as far as quantity goes. Too much bacon and it will turn out very salty. I used six slices of bacon that was pretty wide and hefty, but not exactly "thick-cut". It gave me the perfect amount of saltiness, but had I used just two more slices, it would have been too salty. I will give you a bit of leeway with the bacon measurement in the recipe below. At the same time, too much cheese can make it too salty too — so tread carefully guys. You can always add salt but you can't take it away.
Pie dough flour mixture should be crumbly like coarse cornmeal, like this.
Transfer the mixture to a bowl and add the water.
Gently fold and press the flour with a rubber spatula until it comes together like this.
Form and shape into a disc and refrigerate for at least a half hour.
Roll your dough out…
Snip it, shape it, tuck it, flute it.
All ready for the freezer and refrigerator.
chopped shallots…about 6 tablespoons
sautee the shallots until they're this color
I don't have fancy pie weights, so I used cheap beans in a foil sling like so. Worked fine, but because my pie dish doesn't have a lip, it will always sink a little 🙁
Here's the custard. Yum.
Layer the bottom w/ the cheese
Then the bacon, shallot + garlic, parsley and then finally pour the custard over all of it — gently.
Time to bake!
She's pretty…
She's creamy…
She's everything…
Sweet Jesus, this was so good. So so soooo good. I'm looking for the nearest excuse to make this again…and again and again.
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling out the dough
- ½ tbsp table salt
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- 4 tbsp cold unsalted butter, cut into ¼-inch pieces
- 3 tbsp vegetable shortening
- 4 - 5 tbsp ice water
- 6 to 8 slices of bacon cut into ½-inch pieces (see note below)
- 6 tbsp shallots, chopped (depends on the size of shallot used)
- 1 small clove garlic, finely chopped
- ½ cup Gruyere cheese, shredded
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 large eggs
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup heavy cream
- ½ tsp ground white or black pepper
- pinch of cayenne pepper
- pinch of fresh grated nutmeg
- In a food processor, pulse the flour, salt, and sugar until combined. Place the butter pieces over the flour mixture and toss to coat. Cut the butter into the flour with about five pulses. Add the shortening and continue pulsing until the flour is pale-yellow and looks like coarse cornmeal, just a few more pulses. The butter bits should be no larger than small peas. Pour the mixture into a medium bowl.
- Evenly sprinkle 4 tablespoons of ice water over the mixture, and fold the dough with a rubber spatula to bring it together. Fold and press down with the spatula until the dough sticks together. Add another tablespoon of ice water if you need to, until it comes together. Work quickly if it's warm in your house so that your butter doesn't get too soft -- which isn't good for pie dough. Shape the dough into a ball until it's cohesive, then flatten it into a 4-inch wide disk. Dust it lightly with flour and wrap securely in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes, or up to 2 days before rolling out.
- When you're ready, remove the dough from the refrigerator and let it stand at room temperature for about 10 minutes to soften slightly, just until its easier to work with. If you kept your dough in the fridge longer than 30 minutes, it may need up to 20 minutes at room temperature to become pliable. A good way to test is to squeeze the dough gently -- if you can do this easily without applying too much pressure, it's ready to roll. Roll the dough on a lightly floured surface into a 12-inch circle, about ⅛-inch thick. Gently transport the dough to a pie pan. An easier way to do this is to gently fold the dough in quarters, then place it in the center of the pie plate, and unfold. Press the dough carefully into the corners of the pan by lifting the edges of the dough with one hand and pressing on the bottom of the pan with the other hand. Trim the edges so that just ½-inch of the dough hangs from the lip of the pie pan. Tuck this ½-inch rim of dough underneath itself so that the folded edge is slightly beyond the lip of the pie pan by about ¼-inch. Flute the edges of the dough however you'd like. Refrigerate the pie shell for 40 minutes and then freeze for an additional 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat your oven to 375 degrees with the oven-rack in the middle. Place a sheet of aluminum foil inside the dough shell and evenly distribute pie weights or dried beans over the foil. Leave the pie weights or dried beans in place and bake the dough until it dries out slighly, about 17 minutes. Carefully remove the foil and weights, and continue baking for about 8-10 more minutes until lightly golden brown. If you'd like a fully baked crust, continue baking for about 15 minutes longer, then let cool. This is called "blind baking". It allows our bottom crust to set up so that it doesn't become soggy during the entire baking process. The beans keep the bottom crust from rising up, which could totally ruin the dish.
- Make sure your oven is still heated to 375 degrees. In a large skillet, fry the bacon over medium heat until crisp and brown. With a slotted spoon, transfer the bacon to a paper towel lined plate to drain. In the same skillet, saute the chopped shallots in about 1 tablespoon of the residual bacon fat until softened and lightly golden brown, about 6 minutes. Add the garlic to the shallots and cook for just 30 seconds. Transfer this mixture to a small bowl.
- In another bowl, whisk the remaining ingredients -- except the cheese. Spread the cheese, shallots, garlic, bacon and chopped parsley evenly over the bottom of the warm pie shell. Set the dish in the oven, then carefully pour the custard mixture into the pie pan leaving about ½-inch of the rim visible. Bake until lightly golden brown or until a knife inserted about an inch from the edge comes out clean -- about 30-35 minutes. The center should be soft like gelatin and will continue to set up after it's baked. Cool the quiche and serve warm or at room temperature.
The center of the quiche will be surprisingly soft when it comes out of the oven, but the filling will continue to set (and sink somewhat) as it cools. If the pie shell has been previously baked and cooled, place it in the preheating oven for about five minutes to warm it, taking care that it does not burn.


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Self-employed income earners may be forced to itemize their actual expenses under the new personal income tax regime
Recent changes to the personal income tax regime which are effective from tax year 2017 onwards, serve to reduce the overall tax burden on individuals and increase personal disposable income by taking into account the current cost of living and economic situation in Thailand. Taxpayers with earned income from self-employment, with some exceptions for certain types of income, may choose between itemizing the expenses incurred during the tax year or taking the standard deduction. While the new law increases a typical wage earner's standard deduction from 40% of total income capped at THB 60,000 to 50% capped at THB 100,000, a self-employed income earner's standard expense deduction has been reduced from between 70% and 85%, depending on the type of assessable income, to a mere 60%. As a result of this reduction, a self-employed income earner may be forced to choose the actual expenses deduction, in order to lessen his or her tax burden, as itemized deductions typically total greater than the standard deduction.
While no limit on self-employed taxpayers' itemized deduction baht amount has been stipulated, you should be aware that the rules and conditions for the computation of net taxable profits for corporate income tax purposes apply in determining the deductible expenses. That is, if you choose to itemize, you must be able to provide supporting evidence which shows that the itemized deductions are in accordance with Sections 65 bis. and 65 ter. of the Thai Revenue Code (TRC). Section 65 bis. of the TRC stipulates the conditions for the computation of net taxable profits, such as the methods for calculation of depreciation and inventory. Section 65 ter. of the TRC lists the items for which a company is not allowed to take a deduction when computing its net taxable profit.
In the event of a tax audit, the tax authorities will require you to furnish evidence to support the expense deductions. If the tax authorities disallow certain expense deductions, causing the itemized deduction total to be less than the standard deduction total, you cannot change back to the standard deduction method and you will be assessed the additional tax plus a 1.5% per month surcharge on the amount of tax due. Thus, before filing your tax return, you should review your expenses and consider whether your itemized expenses fit the definition proscribed by the TRC, which means you have maintained solid evidence, and whether their total is larger than the standard deduction.
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Several hours later, a movie, a few chapters in my book, and we landed in the land of colts with the high hopes of promised glory. We arrived at the convention center where Gen Con was to be held only to realize…That the world of geek was much larger then we realized!
We got our passes and entered into the exhibit hall and squeak with excitement and awe. We were like little Kender running through the hall with every little thing catching our eye and distracting us from our goal. Finally we found our way to the hall booth of Wizards to find the way guards by the dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden and his faithful feline companion.
Within those walls we found ourselves quaking in fear before the mighty Lloth as she toward over us demanding fealty and we quickly begged for our lives!
We fled from Lloth's gave to find ourselves free once more to roam the land and speak to the many others that were within the booth of Wizards. It is hear that we united with a friend and companion from broadcast past, Shelly Mazzanoble! We had our Warrior, Jack of all trades, Diplomat, and part time sorceress. What could go wrong? Computer glitches, hunger, and sore feet!
But we braved it all! We witnessed the many great things to come with D&D Next at the keynote event. We received treasures and accolades from the guardians of the booth of Wizards and we returned home champions. We were tired; the days were long, and the adventure grand! When we arrived at the local high speed transportation facility we found ourselves return home with the bard, Hickman.


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Please find below a selection of links to other websites that you may find interesting.
AJEX – The Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women – has an amazing story to tell, that spans some eighty years.
Its current membership includes over 4,000 individuals who served in the British Armed Forces, either during or after the Second World War.
In the 21st century, AJEX has a very important role, focusing on three main areas:
REMEMBRANCE for the sacrifices of the PAST
HELP for those in need in the PRESENT
EDUCATION for the FUTURE
Our Diary is always busy, remembering and honouring those that fell in service during and after the Second World War. Our own parade honours the Jewish service personnel, and takes place the Sunday after Remembrance Day, each and every November. to see photos from this event and more please click here to view our photo galleries.


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Effects of different magnitudes of whole-body vibration on arm muscular performance
Abstract:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the superimposed effect of vibration on the muscular performance of the upper body. 20 recreationally-active students participated in this study. In both the Low and High magnitude conditions the total number of elbow extension repetitions significantly increased, compared with the control group. Only the High magnitude condition showed a significant increase in average velocity of the whole elbow extension set, compared with the Low magnitude and the control condition.Conclusion:The results of this study indicate that vibration via feet provides superimposed stimuli for the upper body muscular performance. High magnitude vibration generates more neuromuscular facilitation than low magnitude vibration.
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Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Vol. 24(9), pp: 2506-2511. 2010 Authors: Pedro J. Marín, Azael J. Herrero, Nuria Sáinz, Matthew R. Rhea, And David García-López Affiliations: Laboratory of Physiology, European University Miguel de Cervantes, Valladolid, Spain; Research Center on Physical Disability, ASPAYM Castilla y León, Valladolid, Spain; and A.T. Still University, Mesa, Arizona
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Apple has released a new version of its iTunes software, version 10.0.1, and with it further integration of its new Ping social networking music element.
The new update now features a Ping sidebar, similar to that of the Genius offering, and the ability to "like" music a lot easier.
"iTunes 10.0.1 makes it easier to share your favorite music with your friends on Ping", says Apple. "You can now Like or Post about music right from your iTunes library. You can also easily see the recent activity of a selected artist in your library, or of all artists and friends you follow on Ping using the new Ping Sidebar".
As well as the new Ping music features, the release also promises to provide a number of important bug fixes, including:
- Addresses an issue where the picture quality of a video changes depending on whether the on-screen controls are visible.
- Resolves an issue where iTunes may unexpectedly quit while interacting with album artwork viewed in a separate window.
- Fixes a problem that affects the performance of some third-party visualizers.
- Addresses an issue where the iTunes library and playlists appear empty.
- Resolves an issue that created an incompatibility with some third-party shared libraries.
Users are recommended to download the new version which should automatically prompt you next time you turn on iTunes.
The download weighs in at 86.4MB.
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The Most Glorious Failure Ever
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|Bike decal with an old New England flag
Velominati tell tales of a "wry smile" that appears at the opportunity to ride in inclement weather. The weather forecast for the Rapha Festive 500, was rain, thunderstorms, rain, fog, clouds and "partly sunny" (which means mostly rainy). This would be my third consecutive Festive 500, having completed the 2013 and 2014 editions, and I fully intended to complete the challenge this year on my new steel fixie (48/16).
Day 1: The weather was ugly: unseasonably warm, but pouring rain. Knowing 18º C would not qualify me for any "Against All Odds" awards, even for day-after-day riding in the rain, I simply I looked up to Lord Merckx stilling atop Mount Velomis and tried to mirror his smile as I embarked on the first 100K of the challenge. I rode 40K with a small group of hardmen who like to work, another 30K with a man legally permitted to have legs hairier than a gorilla, and a final 30K solo … no food since 1930 the night prior. The rain precluded my willingness to photo-journal the ride, so the only photo I have to show for my efforts in the PVC tubing shoe dryer constructed that afternoon.
Day 2 (Christmas morning): Christmas rides are quiet rides and among my favorite of the year. I donned my gay apparel (an ugly Christmas sweater jersey and a Santa cap) and headed out for 70K of solitude. The roads were quiet and clear. As I pulled out my phone to take some moving pictures it occurred to me, "Don't be a moron." So I put the phone away until I could set up a quality picture of my bike with a Christmas-theme -- the Greek Church would do.
I was now 170K into my Festive 500 attempt, and feeling quite good about the likelihood of completion.
|Maryland's capital, Christmas morning
With five children, Christmas mornings are robust and busy, completely unlike Christmas morning rides. My children tore through presents and before I knew it … there was quiet. I snuck into the garage to clean off my bike, which apparently had a slow leak in the rear tire to which I needed to attend. After removing the wheel from the bike and the tire from the wheel, and hearing nothing demanding my attention in the house, I decided to de-grease the bike while I had it apart. After putting the wheel back on, I cleaned off the chain, then oiled it. Until this moment, I was completely unaware of how dangerous a moving fixed-gear bicycle chain and gear could be. In an instant, my rag got caught in the gear, and my thumb in the rag … not a moment later, both the rag and the thumb passed between 16 teeth and an 8 speed chain. The rag remained intact.
|Hospital shot
Thinking I simply hurt myself, in the spirit of The Christmas Story, I yelled "Fuuuuddddddge." My wife heard the scream but it didn't phase her (that's a subtle suggestion that perhaps I yell "Fudge" far too often when alone in the garage). I strolled to the front of the garage to assess the damage only to learn then I shaved some weight -- less than a gram -- from my hand.
I came into the house and barked, "HOSPITAL, NOW!" Ordinarily, we consult neighbors, "Would you go to the hospital for this?" This time, there was no question. I had lopped off the tip of my thumb.
The hospital was jovial, staffed and otherwise pretty empty. This was the longest period my wife and I had together in quite some time, four hours from the time we left our house until we returned. She remarked in the ER, from now on we'll be able to say, "Remember that Christmas we spent in the hospital?"
|Banana for scale
Once we returned home, I fished the tip of my thumb out of the bike and staged a photography session with the lost part of me:
Day 3: The Day After. It was now 0930 and I couldn't sit still. "Would this be a failed Festive 500 year?"
I recalled there was a "greatest excuse" prize and thought I might qualify. Although the prize was a "mystery gift," I figured I wouldn't qualify for a roundel unless I finished. It was then I decided, if I was going to win the "greatest excuse," it would be only be after passing out on the bike for riding without a full left hand.
|'13 and '14 Festive 500 patches
on team wool jersey
So each day since Thanksgiving, rain or shine, cold or wet, I got up at 0500 to ride about 40K. On December 26th, I sat in my house with pent-up energy looking for release.
After some hemming and hawing with myself, I took a short ride (boring circles around my neighborhood, with an escort) to ensure my braking hand worked and that I wouldn't pass out. After determining I could adequately stop my bike with 2 legs and 7/8s of a thumb, I ventured out for 40K more. I was back on pace … I rode less than planned for December 26, but Festive 500 was again within my reach.
|Photo taken during 2014 Festive 500
Days 4-7 provided no particularly fantastic stories. I road each day, some days further than others. On the 7th day, I took some PRs on a 100K which would clinch my quest to complete 500K in 8 days.
But at the end of the week, I completed the the 2015 Festive 500 in 7/8ths of the time, and with 7/8ths of a thumb.
Dear Rapha Judges: If this Christmas Story isn't enough, please note, I wear Medium and love wool.


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Eureka Entertainment have announced that they are releasing The Olive Tree on dual-format DVD and Blu Ray Disc.
Directed by Iciar Bollain, and starring Anna Castillo, Javier Gutierrez, and Pep Ambros, The Olive Tree follows a wilful and spirited young woman on her journey to retrieve an ancident olive tree that is precious to her ailing grandfather. The screenplay was written by Paul Laverty, who is well-known for his works with Ken Loach, particularly The Wind That Shakes The Barley.


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We haven't seen one of these in a while. Private equity firms Versa Capital Management and Crystal Capital purchased Bob's Stores from TJX for an undisclosed sum.
TJX also raised its full year forecast for fiscal 2009 earnings as a result of the sale.
It said the sale is expected to generate cash proceeds of about $23 million, which primarily represents anticipated tax benefits, as well as the proceeds from the sale, partially offset by fees and expenses related to the transaction.
"Our decision to sell the business reflects our vision to grow TJX as a global, off-price company," TJX Chief Executive Carol Meyrowitz said in a statement on Tuesday.
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Abdeslam was arrested after being shot in the arm and is receiving medical treatment on the scene, Brussels newspaper La Libre reports.
According to BFM TV, police were tipped off by a "human" source that Abdeslam was in search of a hideout after Tuesday's raid in Brussels.
They then tracked several safe houses they believe he had used in the past. RTBF said they had been watching the one in rue des Quatre Vents for the past two days.
"The operation underway is lnked to the Paris attacks," said François Hollande, the French president.
Mr Hollande added: "We must let the Belgian police get on with their job".
According to l'Express, two men, Salah Abdeslam and an identified accomplice have both been wounded and arrested.


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Negotiating a salary is something the majority of companies are willing to do but few employees take advantage of, according to an article by Rebecca Thorman, a financial writer for Yahoo.
After you are offered the job but before you sign the offer is the time to discuss your salary. Thorman suggests researching a fair salary for your experience and occupation. Then, practice asking for a bit more than the salary you want to allow for negotiation.
The conversation may go something like this, according to Thorman's article:
""I'm really excited to work here, and I know that I will bring a lot of value. I appreciate the offer at $58,000, but was really expecting to be in the $65,000 range based on my experience, drive, and performance. Can we look at a salary of $65,000 for this position?"
Expect rejection at first, but don't give up on the conversation.
"So glad to hear you're looking forward to working with us. We're really looking forward to having you. The salary we offered is what we have budgeted for the position and we feel it's a fair compensation."
Follow up the comment by staying respectful but confident in your abilities by saying something like, "I understand where you're coming from, and just want to reiterate my enthusiasm for the position and working with you and the team. I think my skills are perfectly suited for this position, and are worth $65,000."
The employer will probably discuss and then come back with an offer. It might not be what you proposed, but that is why you project a little high. You never know if you don't ask.
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Your average apple doesn't come with an ingredients list, but if it did, you'd need a degree in chemistry to read it. Azinphos-methyl, carbaryl, chlorpyrifos, endosulfan, thiabendazole: these are just a few of the dozens of pesticides detected on red, raw apples by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as part of its ongoing Total Diet Study (TDS). Four times a year the FDA goes shopping, buying multiple samples of 261 different food items from supermarkets, grocery stores and fast-food restaurants in alternating geographic regions. Like foods are combined, prepared for the table, then analyzed for pesticide residues, radionucleotides, industrial chemicals and other toxic elements.
Items range from produce, meats and milk to tacos, tuna casserole and commercial chocolate chip cookies. Not surprisingly, fruits and vegetables rank first as the most chemically treated commodities. Perhaps more unexpected is the fact that DDT is the most frequently detected poison-found in a whopping 22% of the foods tested in 1999 — despite a 25-year ban on its use in the U.S. While this notorious organochlorine is still used by some foreign nations, mainly for mosquito control, FDA and EPA officials attribute the prevalence of DDT and its metabolites in our food largely to the pesticide's resilience. Today's crops continue to absorb the remains of the 1,350,000,000 pounds of DDT dumped on U.S. soil during the past 30 years.
Another banned organochlorine, shows up in about 14% of our food is further proof of the staying power of these persistent organic pollutants.
Rounding out the top-five offender list are endosulfan, one of only three still legal organochlorines (it comes up for review this year), and two organophosphates: chlorpyrifosmethyl and malathion.
In all, 55 pesticides were found in the FDA's 1999 "market baskets," though all were reportedly well below regulatory limits. Current tests can detect residues at 1 part per billion.
Even so, some fruits and veggies stand out for both the variety and sheer number of residues found in their flesh and on their skins. The top ten, in descending order of contamination and based do TDS data for the years 1991 through 1999, are:
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In addition to its Total Diet Study, the FDA also regularly monitors both imported and domestic food items for residue before they enter the market to be sure that producers, both at home and abroad, are complying with pesticide limits set by the EPA. In 1999, the FDA detected pesticide residues on nearly 40% of the domestic foods and 35% of the foreign items tested, though all but about 4% were within EPA safety standards.
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I saw Gil Penalosa in the beginning of my term not knowing that it would inform much of my urban planning ideas.
Gill has an organization called "8 to 80 cities" and simply put, what is good for an 80 year old is often good for an 8 year old.
I think that we can look at our plans for Cobble Hill through a "people friendly" lens instead of one group over another.
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Visual Homes, Image Worlds: Essays from Tasveer Ghar
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Sunday, March 27, 2011
Eid Mubarak: Cross-cultural Image Exchange in Muslim South Asia
The festival of Eid may still be a few months away, but as they say, "May everyday of your life be the day of Eid, and every night, the night of Divali." Happy Eid!
Tasveer Ghar is excited to present a new visual essay about the circulation of images through the Eid greeting cards in India and Pakistan since the early 20th century until now.
"Eid Mubarak: Cross-cultural Image Exchange in Muslim South Asia"
By Yousuf Saeed
While Eid greeting cards have existed in most Muslim societies, this essay looks at the production and use of picture postcards of Eid in South Asia since their early days, to see how they emerged as popular vehicles of iconography across cultures via the postal networks, especially defying many stereotypes about Muslims and Islam as they are prevalent today.
The author, Yousuf Saeed, has been archiving and writing about South Asia's Islamic popular culture since many years.
We hope that you have been enjoying the various visual essays appearing on Tasveer Ghar website so far. Very soon we are bringing out an edited and illustrated volume of selected essays from Tasveer Ghar with contributions from many well known authors from all over the world.
Looking forward to your visits to our website.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
An Illustrated Lecture by Yousuf Saeed: Popular Islam and Urban Spaces
An Illustrated Lecture by Yousuf SaeedJan 22, 2010 06:30 pm 08:00 pm
3, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110001
Yousuf Saeed, member of the HRA project "Satellites of Networks" will give an illustrated talk on "Popular Islam and Urban Spaces: The Nizamuddin Shrine in New Delhi".The talk focuses on how the popular visuality around the shrine has changed over time in response to the changes brought about by urbanization, movement of pilgrims, new technology, and competition from the more orthodox tableeghi and Wahhabi ideologues in the vicinity? This work-in-progress is part of HRA project "Satellites of Networks" a research and documentation project tracing the transcultural flows between Europe and Asia in Muslim popular iconography at the Cluster "Asia and Europe in a Global Context".
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Fabricating New Minarets of Identity
Tasveer Ghar presents an interesting image from Delhi that appeared in an Urdu newspaper, coincidentally the same day the Swiss voted to ban mosque minarets in their country. This image is an advertisement for prefabricated minarets available now in India.See a detailed report about this on Tasveer Ghar:
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Public presentation by Shirley Abraham & Amit Madhesiya: "Tiled gods appear on Mumbai's streets"
Nov 17, 2009 11:45 am 01:00 pm
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Election Campaign 2009: How to woo Indian Muslims to vote for you
Last week, the Lok Sabha elections of 2009 to select India's central
government finally come to an end, and results were out. Some analysts have pointed out that the Muslims of north India were one of the important deciding factors for the success or defeat of the different parties. If one observed the Urdu newspapers in north India, one could easily see how different parties and candidates tried to attract the attention Muslim voters by engaging them on a number of issues from development and employment to terrorism and communalism.
While Congress and its allies have emerged once again to form the government, one can see how they and the other parties didn't leave any stone unturned to present a favourable image of themselves, while painting their opponents as the worst enemies of the Muslims.
Interestingly, many of these advertisements have bylines not of the main parties they represent. Rather, these have been issued by hitherto unknown organizations and NGOs of local Muslims, and in some cases, religious clergy or even the keepers of local Sufi shrines, who have a great following among the Muslims. While this is not the first time that Muslim religious leaders have participated in the campaign for political parties, but they have certainly come out more openly
this time, often using the iconography of their religious authority.
We present a few examples of such campaign advertisements from some newspapers published in Delhi in the last few weeks:
We would be happy to hear your feedback about the various interesting image galleries emerging on Tasveer Ghar.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Of Romantic Couples and Gods on the Streets
Tiled Gods appear on Mumbai's Streets: A visual essay on the roadside tiles that prevent the passers-by from peeing, by Amit Madheshiya and Shirley Abraham:
Monuments, Landscapes and Romance in Indian Popular Imagery: A visual essay by Kajri Jain - http://tasveerghar.net/2009/kajri


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LG has pulled the wrappers off the new G Flex curved phone in its home territory of South Korea. The first LG handset with a flexible display, it's going head-to-head with key rival Samsung's recently revealed Galaxy Round.
Rather than curving from left to right like Sammy's effort, the G Flex uses a flexible display which curves from top to bottom. The idea is that the handset sits more comfortably when taking calls.
Packing a whacking 6-inch screen, the G Flex only manages to squeeze in 720p resolution, a step down from the 1080p devices that are dominating the top-end of the smartphone sector.
It uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM and even has a specially designed "self-healing" back panel. LG says this can fix any hairline scratches within a matter of minutes.
Like Samsung's Galaxy Round, LG's G Flex is only being sold in Korea for now. But if curved devices catch on in the gadget-obsessed nation, expect to see them landing here in 2014.


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3. What Type of "Identifiable Event" Is Necessary?
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5. Regulations Promulgated in Wake of Cottage Savings
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b. Section 183
c. Sections 267 and 707(b)
d. Section 271
e. Section 1091
f. Section 1092: Tax Straddles
g. Section 1211: Limitation on Capital Losses
h. Other Statutory Disallowances
2. Statutory Conversion of Capital Loss into Ordinary Loss
F. Related Party Loss Disallowance and Deferral: 267 and 707(b)
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2. Scope
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b. Basic Requirement: Sale or Exchange of Property
c. Indirect Sales
d. Involuntary Sales
e. "Nonsale" Transactions
f. Corporate Liquidation Exception
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(2) Exceptions to the Exception
3. Effect of 267(a)(1) Disallowance
a. In General
b. "No Netting" Rule
c. Corporate Earnings and Profits
d. Reduction of Transferee's Gain - 267(d)
4. Losses Between Controlled Group Members - Section 267(f)
G. Disallowance Under Case Law Doctrines
1. Sham Transactions
2. Frustration of Public Policy
a. In General
b. Criminal Restitution
3. Intentional or Grossly Negligent Destruction
III. Losses from Business or Transactions Entered Into for Profit
A. Business or Profit Requirement
1. Corporations
2. Individuals
a. Trade or Business
b. Transactions Entered Into for Profit
B. Abandonment or Worthlessness of Property Other than Securities
1. Use of the Asset
2. Required Actions and Intent
3. Acts That Constitute Abandonment
4. Acts That Do Not Constitute Abandonment
5. Section 197 Assets
6. The Amount of the Loss
7. Will the Taxpayer Be Treated as Having Sold or Exchanged the Property
a. Actual or Deemed Consideration
b. Treated as a Sale or Exchange by Statute
8. Worthless in an Earlier Tax Year
C. Retirements and Extraordinary Obsolescence
1. Cost Recovery Property
2. Depreciable Property That Is Not ACRS or MACRS Property
D. Demolition
1. In General
2. Leasehold Improvements
E. Worthless Securities
1. Worthless Securities in General
a. Introduction
b. Security Defined
c. What the Taxpayer Must Prove
(1) Basis of Security
(2) Prior Worth
(3) Current Worthlessness
(a) Balance Sheet Insolvency
(b) Identifiable Event
(i) Examples
(ii) Can Tax Worth Preclude Worthlessness?
(iii) The Extreme Case: Irrevocable Insolvency
(iv) Events Subsequent to Claimed Worthlessness
d. Section 165(g) and S Corporations
e. Consequences of Worthlessness of Stock Under 382
2. Securities of an Affiliate
a. Members of a Consolidated Return Group
b. General - Definitions
c. Stock Ownership
d. Type of Income
3. Abandonment of Stock
F. War and Expropriation Losses
1. Introduction
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a. In General
b. Confiscation Defined
c. When Loss Is Deductible
d. Seizure vs. Bad Debt
e. Recoveries of Foreign Expropriation Losses
f. Special Rules of Prior Law
3. Domestic Confiscation Losses
G. Employee Losses on Repayment of Benefit Payments
1. In General
2. Offset Against Military Disability Pay
3. Repayment of Severance to Restore Employee Benefits
4. Repayment of Sick Leave
5. Overpayment Repaid to Qualified Plan
H. Special Treatment of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Preferred Stock
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IV. Who Is Entitled to Deduct the Loss?
Introductory Material
A. Recognizing an Entity's Existence
1. Corporation
2. Trusts
3. Partnerships
B. Agency
C. Bona Fide Ownership
V. Casualty and Theft Losses
A. Statutory Outline
1. In General
2. Elements of a Casualty Loss
3. Alternative Minimum Tax
B. Ownership
1. In General
2. Partial Estates
a. Life Estates
b. Leasehold Interests
c. Joint Ownership
C. Definition of Casualty
1. Introduction
a. In General
b. Losses Indirectly Resulting from Casualty Conditions
c. Deterioration, Disease, and Old Age
2. Specific Occurrences
a. Accident
(1) Automobile
(2) Household
(3) Other
b. Animals and Insects
(1) In General
(2) Termites
c. Blasting, Explosions, and Bombs
d. Death
e. Disaster
f. Dismissal from Employment
g. Drought
h. Earthquake
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k. Freeze
l. Lightning
m. Lost or Misplaced Property
n. Repossession
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t. Sonic Boom
u. Storage and In Transit
v. Storms
w. Vandalism
x. War and Confiscation Losses
y. Insolvent Financial Institutions
3. Burden of Proof
D. Amount of the Casualty Loss Deduction
1. Introduction
2. Measure of the Loss
a. Trade or Business (Income-Producing) Property
b. Personal-Use Property
c. Multiple Use Property
d. Converted Property
3. Limitations on Deductions
a. $100 Nondeductible Amount
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c. Passive Activity Limitation
d. Potential Insurance Claims on Personal Property Casualties
4. Determining the Amount of the Loss
a. Appraisals
b. Cost to Restore to Original Condition
c. Trade-in or Sale Value
d. Clean-up Expenses
e. Personal Expenses
f. Cost of Recovery
5. Recoveries and Compensation
a. In General
b. Use and Occupancy Insurance
c. Rehabilitation and Disaster Relief Payments
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6. Burden of Proof
a. In General
b. Appraisals
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1. In General
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b. Disaster Loss Election
c. Disaster Loss Deduction for Condemned Residences
2. Burden of Proof
F. Tax Character and Other Consequences of the Casualty Loss Deduction
1. In General
a. Section 1231 - Business or Investment Property Held for More than One Year
b. Business or Investment Property Held for One Year or Less
c. Personal Use Property
d. Relationship to 1033
e. Inventory
f. Estate Tax - Income Tax Election
2. Basis Adjustments
3. Net Operating Loss Deduction
G. Theft Losses
1. In General
2. Proving a Loss Was Caused by Theft
a. Definition of Theft
(1) General Rule
(2) Relationships that May Negate Theft
(a) Family
(b) Joint Ownership
(c) Entities and Their Owners
(3) Public Policy Considerations
b. Theft vs. Bad Debt or Worthless Investment
(1) Inability to Obtain Reimbursement from an Insolvent Thief
(2) Bad Debt or Worthless Investment Due to Theft
(3) Misrepresentations
c. Exceptions Based on the Type of Property Stolen
d. Failure to Pursue Remedies or Report Loss to the Police
3. Amount of the Theft Loss Deduction
a. Introduction
b. Zero Basis Property
c. Proving the Basis and Fair Market Value
(1) In General
(2) Recoveries and Compensation
4. Timing of the Theft Loss Deduction
a. In General
b. Prospect of Recovery
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A. General
B. Definitions
C. Election
1. Time and Manner of Election
2. Consent to Revoke Previous Casualty Loss Election
D. Amount and Recovery of Loss
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3. Winning Wager Received as a Gift
4. Partnership
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1. In General
2. Records
a. In General
b. Unavailability of Records
c. Adequacy of Records
d. Credibility of Records and Supporting Evidence
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Working Papers
Table of Worksheets
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Worksheet 1 Deductible Casualty/Theft Loss Example and Form 4684
Worksheet 2 IRS Publication 544, Sales and Other Dispositions of Assets (Excerpt)
Worksheet 3 IRS Publication 547, Casualties, Disasters, and Thefts (Business and Nonbusiness)
Worksheet 4 IRS Publication 584, Nonbusiness Disasters, Casualty, and Theft Loss Workbook
Worksheet 5 [Reserved]
Worksheet 6 Revenue Procedure 95-27, Safe Harbor Provisions for Certain Structural Modifications to Buildings [ 280B]
Worksheet 7 Reference Guide for Claiming Losses [ 165]
Worksheet 8 Sample Early Disaster Loss Deduction Election Under 165(i)
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WASHINGTON, April 26 (UPI) -- New ethical guidelines for conducting human embryonic stem-cell research issued Tuesday by the National Academy of Sciences may have little impact on scientists, but experts think they will be used by patient groups and other proponents to urge the Bush administration to relax its limitations on federal funding for the research.
The guidelines, developed by a panel convened by the NAS, seek to fill a void left by the federal government, which has not offered any regulations for stem-cell research. Although the consensus of scientists is embryonic stem-cell research has the potential to provide cures and insights about various diseases, the research is controversial because obtaining the cells requires the destruction of human embryos.
"Having the guidelines will be a step toward making Congress more comfortable in putting money into the research and going against the president," Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, told United Press International. Caplan was not involved in developing the guidelines.
The policy supported by President George W. Bush seeks a compromise between the ethical concerns and potential medical benefits. It limits federal research funding to 78 lines of human embryonic stem cells already in existence prior to his decision in August 2001. However, scientists have found most of the lines are not available. There also are concerns all of the lines could be contaminated with animal molecules, because they were grown initially on mouse and fetal-calf cells.
"I suspect you may deliver, even within the White House, enough pressure from patient advocates, bioethicists and scientists saying, 'Look, your (ethical) worries are partially met by these rules,'" Caplan said. "I think this will become a chip that proponents will play."
The Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research in Washington, an organization that advocates embryonic stem-cell research, applauded the guidelines and appeared to be headed in the direction suggested by Caplan.
"This report is 'proof of principle' that expanding the president's stem-cell policy is the correct scientific path," CAMR President Daniel Perry said in a statement. "The strong ethical standards in this timely report should give congressional champions of research even more support to expand the current federal stem-cell policy, and should give those who are still waiting on the sidelines a reason to get in the game."
The White House did not return a phone call from UPI seeking comment.
Groups opposed to the research did not see the guidelines as a positive step.
"From our point of view, embryo stem cell research is unethical to begin with," Gene Tarne, communications director of Do No Harm, a group based in Washington, told UPI. "No amount of rules and regulations is going to make it ethical."
Regarding potential efforts by proponents to use the guidelines to persuade the Bush administration to relax its restrictions, Tarne said, "Frankly, I don't know if that's going to convince anyone who's opposed to this research."
The guidelines are voluntary, but the committee urged scientific journals, research institutions and professional societies to adhere to them to establish a uniform set of standards across the nation.
"A standard set of requirements for deriving, storing, distributing, and using embryonic stem-cell lines -- one to which the entire U.S. scientific community adheres -- is the best way for this research to move forward," committee co-chair Richard Hynes, a cancer researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, said in a statement.
"Heightened oversight is essential to assure the public that stem-cell research is being carried out in an ethical manner," added committee co-chair Jonathan Moreno, a biomedical ethicist and director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
The guidelines, which were developed without the involvement of the federal government, recommend the establishment of a national panel to review stem-cell research periodically and determine if the guidelines should be updated.
The guidelines call for Embryonic Stem Cell Research Oversight committees, or ESCROs, to review embryonic stem cell research proposals, including those that involve therapeutic cloning.
Human embryos should not be grown for longer than 14 days and cloning that is intended to produce another human, also known as reproductive cloning, should not be allowed, the panel advised in the guidelines.
The guidelines also include limitations for mixing human and animal cells, also known as chimeras, which could occur when researchers need to test the therapeutic potential of human stem cells in experimental animals.
The panel recommends required approval by an ESCRO committee before human stem cells are put into animals. Members also recommended no chimeras should be allowed to breed and no human stem cells should be put into non-human primates.
The guidelines are intended to help researchers prepare for the possibility that stem-cell therapies one day will be ready for experiments in humans patients and be subject to approval by the Food and Drug Administration. The panel's recommended requirements for careful documentation of donors, informed consent and confidentiality were partially based on consultation with FDA officials, Hynes said.
Experts said the guidelines should not affect the practices of scientists working in the field very much, because most already adhere to strict policies.
"This is completely consistent with the spirit of how we've been operating all along," said Dr. Robert Lanza, vice-president of medical research at Advanced Cell Technology of Worcester, Mass., which is engaged in stem-cell research.
"We've been following most of these guidelines independently," he told UPI.
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Updated after the jump: Audio of Nikki Finke calling for the resignation of Academy President Tom Sherak!
Worlds more entertaining than the Academy Awards themselves this year were the fang-tastic bloggings of celeb scooper Nikki Finke -- a celebrity in her own right, though she's taken the Banksy route and kept her physical appearance one big fat secret, knowing full well it'll only get her more attention in the end.
(The Daily, that awkward iPad newspaper still looking for its place in society, tried for its first exclusive with a stalker photo of Finke earlier this month, only to have the thing thrown back in its face by a smug blogosphere of insiders who knew it wasn't her, including Finke herself. And so grows the national intrigue.)
Anyway, after releasing a dead-accurate spoiler of the Sunday award show's presenters and sideshows on Saturday, her Deadline Hollywood blog was banned from the event -- and thus (oh, the irony) became the go-to live snark for critics seeking an anti-Oscars Oscars experience. Let's just say Finke got the Academy back tenfold for its stodgy resistance to her Oscarleaks:
Day-of coverage began with a copyright-infringing replay of Anne Hathaway and James Franco's opening "Inception" dream sequence, accompanied by the line: "I think it was more like a nightmare by the time last night's Oscars ended."
The live blog only got nastier from there, with insults like "there are no original ideas in Hollywood anymore" and, of James Franco, "Who isn't getting tired of him?"
Some choice clips, insulting both the broadcast itself and the Academy's taste in general:
"OK, it's been an hour and 15 minutes, and I want to put an end to this crapfest masquerading as an awards show. Why can't anyone ever get this right?
By the way, did you know that Academy President Tom Sherak expected to break the news that ABC's contract to broadcast the Oscars had been extended -- but he couldn't even get that right? High time for this incompetent to step down. You know that Deadline was banned from receiving its backstage press credential to cover the Oscars? All because we revealed a bunch of show spoilers that the Academy gave us. F.U."
"Uh-oh. President Obama just came onscreen. Hear that loud click? Because half the television sets in America just turned off. How dopey can the Academy be? Astoundingly."
"So Anne Hathaway had something like 5 wardrobe changes so far, and she does the shimmy and thinks that'll amuse us. At this point, the only thing that'll amuse me after 2 hours of this tedium is if there's a public hanging onstage of the show's producers."
And on. And on. And on. At a certain point, it devolved from any semblance of commentary into a long, drawn-out, devastatingly sarcastic whinefest priding itself on just how wide it could tear the Academy's new asshole.
For the show's producers, it's a rant that should be hard to tune out -- Finke doesn't release page views, but if the post's 1,000-plus comments are any indication, hers was the go-to online Oscars coverage of the evening. And, to add morning-after insult to injury, Finke went on KNX news radio in the a.m. and ranted a little more to newscasters about the Academy's epic FAIL -- giving an even wider audience to her 83rd Annual roast.
So, joining "really ridiculously old guys, no matter how legendary, don't make good presenters" and "you probably shouldn't let James Franco take that bong-shaped gym bag into his dressing room" on the list of things Oscars officials learned this year, is "don't snub your biggest critic" -- no matter how anonymous.
But yeah... too late. And for the Weekly's own worst-ever commentary, as snarked by film critic Karina Longworth, see "Oscars 2011: The Most Embarrassing Academy Awards Ever?"
Update: KABC Radio Los Angeles interviewed Finke yesterday morning, and -- wonderfully -- Academy President Tom Sherak called in to defend the ban of Deadline Hollywood from the awards.
"She has the right because that's the business that she's in," Sherak says. "But other people who had [the schedule] also wouldn't even think of doing it."
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That's when things get crazy. Finke starts calling out Billy Crystal, Sherak starts comparing the stink of this shit to "Gigli" (ouch) -- and the real clincher:
Finke calls for Sherak's resignation. And then everybody laughs. Really really angrily. Well, except for the show hosts, who are kids in a freaking candy store: Listen for yourself.
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Howie Kendrick isn't superstitious. Or even particularly modest.
But he knows better than to mess with success, so don't bother asking about his hitting.
"I don't want to talk about it," Kendrick says.
Too bad, because there's a lot to talk about. Kendrick's .325 batting average and 92 hits before Saturday ranked fifth in the American League. And though much of that success stems from the fact that 23 of Kendrick's hit have gone to right field, the Angels would like to see him use the whole field more often.
"Sometimes it's too much because at times he'll go the other way so much he'll start maybe dragging his bat or pushing it over there," Manager Mike Scioscia said.
Hitting coach Jim Eppard said that last season and in 2011, Kendrick "went that way a lot, to the point where you're taking inside pitches that you should hit out of the park and . . . you jam yourself into right field. So the goal is to equalize the spray chart out and get him to pull the ball a little bit more."


text: Charlottesville, VA – In the late 60s, young, soon-to-be-soldiers went to the Vietnam War on troopships, a voyage that took three weeks. At night, as many as 5,000 men crammed themselves onto canvas bunk beds. Forty years later, one man has turned those same bunk beds into an art exhibit opening this week in Charlottesville. Reporter Lydia Wilson has more.


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