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Public Employee Labor Relations Board
No. 2002-670
(New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board)
Argued: September 17, 2003
Opinion Issued: January 30, 2004
Fitzgerald, Sessler & Nichols, P.A., of Laconia (Paul T. Fitzgerald on the brief and orally), for the petitioner.
Steven R. Sacks, of Concord, staff attorney, NEA-New Hampshire, by brief and orally, for the respondent.
BROCK, C.J., retired, specially assigned under RSA 490:3. The petitioner, the Laconia School District (district), appeals a decision of the public employee labor relations board (PELRB) that the PELRB lacked jurisdiction to review an arbitrators award. We affirm.
In 2000, the district reassigned a middle school teacher, Robert Gunther, to an elementary school teaching position. Believing that the reassignment was disciplinary in nature based on the teachers union activity, the respondent, the Laconia Education Association (association), filed a grievance alleging two violations of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the district and the association. After the district denied the grievance, the association filed a demand for arbitration pursuant to the grievance procedure set forth in the agreement. The association also filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the PELRB. The substance of the demand and the complaint, and the requested remedy in the demand and the complaint, were identical.
The district then moved to dismiss the unfair labor practice complaint, arguing that the parties CBA called for binding arbitration. The PELRB subsequently ordered the association and the district to proceed to arbitration. The order stated that the matter "shall be dismissed from the PELRBs docket of cases if neither party shall request an additional hearing within the . . . thirty day period following the date of the arbitrators decision."
Following a hearing, the arbitrator upheld the grievance and directed the district to reassign the teacher to his prior position. The following month, the district filed a request for a de novo hearing with the PELRB to determine whether the arbitrator made errors of material fact that precluded a fair consideration of the issues and whether the findings were consistent with the parties agreement. Following a hearing, the PELRB ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to review the arbitrators award. This appeal followed.
On appeal, the district argues that the PELRB erred when it ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to review a binding arbitration award where: (1) the district alleged misapplication of law and mistaken facts in the arbitrators decision that precluded fair consideration of the issues; and (2) the PELRB retained jurisdiction over the underlying unfair labor practice complaint. When reviewing a decision of the PELRB, we defer to its findings of fact, and, absent an erroneous ruling of law, we will not set aside its decision unless the appealing party demonstrates by a clear preponderance of the evidence that the order is unjust or unreasonable. Appeal of City of Manchester, 149 N.H. 283, 285 (2003).
In Board of Trustees of the University System of New Hampshire v. Keene State College Education Association, 126 N.H. 339 (1985), the Board of Trustees of the University System of New Hampshire and the Keene State College Education Association submitted to arbitration a dispute between them over the failure to promote five faculty members. Id. at 341. Following arbitration, the Education Association filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the PELRB alleging that the University had not implemented the arbitration award. Id. Addressing the issue whether the PELRB had jurisdiction to review the arbitration award, this court recognized that in the context of an unfair labor practice proceeding, the PELRB has jurisdiction to determine whether the arbitration award is consistent with the terms of the governing CBA. Id. at 342. The PELRB need exercise this authority, however, only in two narrow areas: first, where the collective bargaining agreement either restricts the arbitrators discretion or provides for administrative or judicial review, id.; and second, where "in the case of an unrestricted submission to arbitration, an allegation is made that the arbiters either expressly intended that the case be decided according to principles of law and were mistaken in their application thereof, or were so mistaken on the facts as to preclude a fair consideration of the issues." Id. (citations omitted).
The district argues that this case falls within the second area, where an arbitrators mistaken factual findings precluded a fair consideration of the issues. Specifically, the district argues that because the PELRB retained jurisdiction over the unfair labor practice complaint while arbitration occurred and offered an opportunity for further hearing, the PELRB was obligated to exercise its jurisdiction to "at least allow the District to present argument and evidence that the arbitrator was mistaken." We do not agree.
As Keene State makes clear, it is in conjunction with a subsequent unfair labor practice complaint alleging that the arbitrators award has not been implemented that the PELRB has jurisdiction to review the arbitrators award. In the case before us, however, the district is attempting to establish PELRB jurisdiction on the original unfair labor practice complaint filed by the association and never dismissed by the PELRB. Although the record shows that the PELRB granted the districts motion to hold in abeyance the original unfair labor practice complaint, once the arbitration was concluded, the PELRB lacked jurisdiction to review the arbitrators decision absent the filing of a subsequent unfair labor practice complaint by the association alleging the districts failure to implement the arbitrators award.
BRODERICK, C.J., and NADEAU, DALIANIS and DUGGAN, JJ., concurred.


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Employee misconduct investigations, often involving workers accessing pornography from their government computers, grew sixfold last year inside the taxpayer-funded foundation that doles out billions of dollars of scientific research grants, according to budget documents and other records obtained by The Washington Times.
The problems at the National Science Foundation (NSF) were so pervasive they swamped the agency's inspector general and forced the internal watchdog to cut back on its primary mission of investigating grant fraud and recovering misspent tax dollars.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) and Family Giving Tree will host "STEM in the Schoolyard" at Downtown College Prep (DCP) on Friday, July 27. The event kicks off the school year for 130 incoming, low-income DCP freshmen and their families and will include inspiring presentations by elected officials, hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities, as well as a welcoming reception for the new ninth grade students. Each student, the first in their family to go to college, will be outfitted for the new school year with a supply-filled backpack gathered by the Family Giving Tree and TI-30XS MultiView™ scientific calculators donated by TI.
San Jose City Councilmember Sam Liccardo (District 3), Santa Clara County Office of Education Superintendent Xavier De La Torre, as well as leaders from the participating organizations, will discuss the importance of collaboration between government, business, community and education to engage students in STEM education and provide all students the tools they need to succeed.
"We all agree that education plays a significant role in breaking the cycle of poverty in our communities," said Steve Hunt, vice president and business unit manager for power products at TI Silicon Valley Analog. "We are committed to STEM education and helping ensure that under-represented students have the resources and support to achieve in STEM subjects. TI and its employees are excited and pleased to support the Family Giving Tree Back to School Drive and Downtown College Prep."
The new ninth grade DCP students who recently completed the three-week Summer Bridge program will experience hands-on STEM activities, such as building a roller coaster to study energy conversion and using chromatography to design bandanas, facilitated by scientists from Schmahl Science Workshops. Each will be welcomed and provided with new backpacks filled with the learning tools they will need to succeed in the new school year.
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TI, which acquired National Semiconductor last September, continues its partnership with Family Giving Tree that Santa Clara site employees have been involved with for more than 20 years. This year, in addition to being the presenting sponsor of the Family Giving Tree Back to School Drive, the company donated 400 TI scientific calculators for all DCP students and is also matching $10,000 in employee donations through the TI Community Fund.
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Based in the Midlands she currently teaches Costume Design and Construction within the Production Department of a specialist Performing Arts Academy in Birmingham. Previously she has taught Fashion Design and Construction in Further Education where her students gained Higher Education places and are currently studying in the top Universities throughout England. Her previous students are completing courses in a variety of Fashion and Textile disciplines. To keep her knowledge current she frequently visits exhibitions throughout England and in Europe where she studies historic and contemporary dress design and construction.
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Anyway, challenge the sixth time will be a two parter! Well I guess three including this.
So Part One: THE QUESTIONS!
Well, let's go back to pre-part one: THE EXPLANATION!
What we are going to do is a buddy version of the Newlywed Game. I am going to ask a few questions and Crystal will answer based on how she thinks I would answer about myself. Make sense? Does anything I say? Okay, further explanation needed, say I ask "I would describe my height as..." then Crystal would answer "Short" and I would then later reveal my answer as "Short" and then she gets a point. If she gets it wrong, no point. If she gets enough points then something will happen. I haven't decided what yet. And to make it very fair I will write down my answers as I make up the questions so that I don't change them based on her answers. And if you still don't trust me I can email them to Sandy so she can verify them as honest if need be.
So are we ready to question Crystal about her knowledge of me!? (PS: To be completely honest I would be so bad at this game if I had to answer the questions about anyone else, Crystal will probably kill it.)
First, lets introduce our host, Ginger Blazerfield!
Ginger, please begin.
Alright Tanya! Welcome to our new (not so original) game that we will call "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID"! Here are the questions for Crystal to answer based on how she believes Tanya would answer! Crystal should provide a small insight into her reasoning for the answers with each decision. Let's begin,
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- If Tanya could bring back any pet from the dead and have it live for the rest of her life as a healthy age (not old and broken) which past pet would she bring back?
- Which celebrity would Tanya trade lives with for one year?
- If Tanya was told she could only play one video game for the rest of her life, which would she pick (any system)?
- If Tanya won $5000 and was forced to buy something instead of paying bills, what would she buy?
- If Tanya could have one wild animal as a pet (size can be modified to better fit in a house) what would she get?
- If Tanya could go back in time and tell herself one thing, what age would she go to and what would she tell herself?
- What irritating habit does Tanya have that she wants to stop?
- If Tanya could change one non-physical-appearancey thing about herself, what would she change?
- If Tanya could change one thing about Crystal, what would she change?
Crystal, please answer all questions on Monday with your reasoning. Remember, answer the questions how you think Tanya would answer, not how you would answer. Tanya has asked me to remind you that you still owe us a challenge regarding the marriageability of a superhero. Until next time, I am Ginger Blazerfield and this was That's What She Said.
Thank you Ginger, that was great. Anyway, that is our new game. Feel free to play along in the comments! Although, don't answer for how you think I would answer because then you are giving hints to Crystal, you can take these questions and play yourself with a partner if you like! Good luck Crystal!


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Too many programs like cubase Fl sonar reason and more.
But if I don't have a midi input, like keyboard or synth tool, which program is good for me to plugin?
There are lot of choices available. Like pro tools, vegas, nuendo cubase etc. All have different capacities and values. For detailed description http://techguide4u.com/10-best-music-production-software/
FL Studio it is...
audacity is really good
Vegas does have nice filters, but just make sure your not running your file through too many softwares.
Ableton Live, my friend. I have been using it for 4 years before I finally got a synth.
Also check out Magix.
Sound Forge and Vegas by Sony are also good for non-liner editing, but these cost a lot of money.
Check this comparison out, maybe this may be able to help you decice . http://audio-production-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
I would recommend you to try audacity (audacity.sourceforge.net). It's easy, it's open-source.
Audacity is awesome considering its free.
I think FL Studio is a good one! Just try it!
How about Audacity?
We use Reason quite a bit at our studio. Also, sometimes that is combined w/ Logic or Protools.
I use reason and Abelton for making dubstep but i hear that vegas has some nice filters
I've only used Fruity Loops... it's good for a nice beat or something...
Here's a Song Remix created from Fruity Loops demo alone.... the full program can create pretty good music... (just found the song on google, not by me)
Have you tried Audacity?
It would be worth checking out. It's Free (donate if you want) and should cover a lot of your needs.
Too be honest and makes things easier. When it comes to software, it is all boiled down to based on user preference. I would advice you to try them all out and figure out what best works for you as a user need. I would try downloading the latest copy of a demo version of FL Studio, demo version of Propellerheads Reason, trial version of Albleton Live, demo version of PreSonus Studio etc. Try each demo or trial see which on best works and meets your needs and taste. There is no such thing as one product being the best or better than the other. Every product has its pros and cons. "No product is perfect".
How ever, I would say FL Studio would be better suited for none midi keyboard as it has the ability to make music with a mouse. But like i said before its all based on user preference. Try them all out and see what you think. Another alternative is if you have a local music store like Guitar Center for an example i would go in there and try out some music production software on their computers as they usually of mac or pc computers out in the open to test out software.
Hope this helps:)
Why are you not plugging your own "so called" product Emanuel ? I smell a rat............
I use Reason and now it has Record with it.....not really a DAW per say but its pretty awesome for music production. It also has a demo so you can test it out. Admittedly it works better with a midi controller but it has the option to use a typing keyboard to emulate a piano keyboard.
PreSonus Studio One is awesome. They also have a free version available on their website.
Referring to FREE copy of Studio is not correct for anyone. As this is misleading some people. As an owner of Presonus Studio, Presonus only grants free copies of StudioOne to Educators only, You have to be an educator at an educational institute, with proof of academic status and documents to use a free license of StudioOne software.
Check their website. It is free to anyone who want it. This is directly from their website:"Intended for beginners who don't yet need the advanced features in Studio One™ Artist, Producer, and Professional, Studio One Free provides all of the recording and editing features needed for basic music production—and as its name implies, it's free.
To use Studio One Free, download the Studio One installer by clicking on the link for your operating system below, install, and then click on Run the Free Version when the activation dialog comes up. You can then immediately use Studio One Free, no Internet connection or user account is required, no product key is involved, and Studio One Free will not time out.
It is also possible to start the 30-day Studio One Professional demo at any point and then return to running Studio One Free once the demo expires."
Strange that an "owner" (Emmanuel) didnt know that Bruce. Like you it read to me that there was a free version.
I actually use it. I don't have their Artist, Producer, or Professional editions since I don't need the additional functionality that those versions have (additional effects plug-ins and virtual instruments, ReWire & VST plug-ins, .mp3 import and export, etc).
i would say sony vegas or fl studio though they cost a bit.
I haven't looked much into DAW software myself but from the little I played with FL Studio I believe it's nice for the beginner and freelancers especially if you don't use inputs.
If you want to get into the industry I suggest you simply ask your local peers what they use or suggest to look into it.
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Why Try Hypnotherapy ?
So what is hypnosis? Hypnosis is nothing new, what it is, is a name given to a naturally occuring phenomenon which people noticed has great benefits. It was used long ago, as far back as the sleep temples of ancient Egypt. It is just as safe as being in a day dream- ie you cant get stuck in a hypnotic trance, you cant be made to do anything against your will and there is no question of mind control- you are always fully aware and in control in a hypnosis session. The mind can achieve great things when the trance state is used to full effect. For example, we have often seen an athlete collapse after running a gruelling race, they talk about being in 'the zone' for a race and as soon as the race is done they come back to a sense of normality and the body might then feel the exhaustion it has put off until the end of the race and they might fall to the floor –unable to run any further. 'The zone' is just another state of mind the runner has put themselves in and that is just like a hypnotic state- not harmful at all –in fact quite the opposite.
People often say that there is no such thing as hypnosis, but we should look at it more in terms of it not being a question of whether hypnosis exists or not but whether or not people can realise that we are not necessarily the omnipotent beings we think we are. Whatever we call it, there is an ability within us to achieve more than we previously thought possible. The best example I can give of this is when seeing pain relief using hypnosis - this was commonplace before the invention of chemical anaesthesia.
Of course, a much more well known use of the trance state is hypnotherapy to quit smoking. The body may also be chemically addicted to nicotine, but it is the subconscious mind that can control these types of cravings. Also there is, according to the majority of my clients a feeling of something missing when they try and stop smoking, which if not correctly addressed will just lead them back to the cigarettes – usually after 2 weeks or so. Only hypnosis actively utilises the subconscious mind, which is why it so effective for smoking cessation.
Stress management is another example of where a hypnotherapy can really shine. Stress causes probably more problems for us than any other symptom experienced as human beings. Stress can manifest itself as anything from a bad back to unexplained aches or pains. Our bodies are built to experience stress as in the past it would have helped us be better huntsmen and focus more when it was needed – such as hunting prey.
What we are not designed for is to experience continual stress, such as work stress or money worries. A burst of adrenaline can have some benefits in the short term, but cortisol –the 'stress' hormone can cause other problems when it is not used up from the bloodstream, a feeling of burnout can leave us struggling to be coping with stress.
Weight loss hypnosis is being used more and more by people who are fed up of diets, who always put weight back on no matter how hard they try to keep it off. I have found, that for around 65% of my clients, emotional issues can be the major stumbling block for losing weight and keeping it off. We often use our weight as 'armour' to protect us from the knocks that life can bring. Diet pills are no good as like most tablets, they are man made and therefore have side effects, the worst of which we will probably see in years to come when it will be too late.
Panic attacks are becoming more and more common, there are so many worries to life today that people are becoming more and more susceptible to anxiety disorders such as OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). Anxiety can often be a contributing factor in more serious conditions like depression, and also stress. Symptoms of anxiety can range from sleeplessness, obtrusive and repetitive thoughts, a feeling of being on edge constantly, feeling over nervous and also negative ruminating thoughts.
Hypnosis can be the thing that many people have been looking for for all or a large part of their lives. But it is not all about negativity, there are many positive uses that we can use trance states for –learning new skills quicker, helping us to relax so we can think more clearly, studying for exams, helping to conceive, the list is endless.
The list of conditions that can be treated is too big to list here but includes:
- IBS treatment, and other gut conditions
- helping cope with dementia
- painful conditions such as fibromyalgia
- blushing
- confidence management
- phobias and fears
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By approving the espionage activity of the NSA, Obama has clearly shown that the rights of the individual aren't of top priority. Despite the american constitution, aswell as the declaration of human rights by the UN, both find the privacy of the individual a greater freedom than the national security, Obama has continued the expansion of NSA, breaking one of the promises he made during the election campaign.Not keeping your promises as a politician is the greatest threat to democracy and in turn.
Reforming america towards the wellfare state model on the other hand is probably the most positive change he has caused during his term. Social welfare is a cornerstone of the freedom of a nation.
If "freedom" means healthcare and healthy food only for the rich, then I want no part of it!
Obama's view of justice seems to be a liberal one whereby everyone ought to have a basic minimum so that whilst some may be starting the race further forward, none are starting the race further back than a certain point. This is seen in the way that he wants to introduce a national health service.
America has freedoms that our founding fathers put in place because of what they went through and didn't want future generations to go through the same. We are slowly having our rights of free speech, have and bear arms and forced into a welfare state. We need less government and more positive change on working together.
1. He wants to grow the size of the federal government.
2. He supports even MORE progressive taxation.
3. He opposes free trade.
4. He opposes drug use, while he did it in high school.
Barack H. Obama is an extreme communist-socialist who is unwilling to compromise on anything and limits freedoms, not expand them.
I don't feel that Obama is limiting American's freedoms anymore than any other presidents have. For that matter, Obama has increased some American's freedoms in certain areas. This concern arises with each new presidency. What happens over the next 4 years may tell a different story but for now, I can't see that we have been limited.
Any governing body, be it the President, congress, state legislators, or even just a school board, work to make a group of people work peacefully and well together. Most of this type of work is done by limiting the things that individuals can and cannot do. While this may be "limiting freedoms" it is also the type of thing that keeps peacefully together.
They own all the important land, they own all the important corporations and they own you too. Whoever is president at any given time has absolutely no affect on your so called freedoms which are just a false sense of security, so keep on buying things you don't need with money you don't have so my stocks keep paying for my living.
Obama governed his first term predominantly from the center-right. I have seen a video where Obama & Reagan are both talking about making the rich pay more in taxes than someone from the middle class. For all of the GOP harping about Obamacare, you would almost forget that the Heritage Foundation along with almost all of the big wheels in the GOP wanted George HW Bush to institute an individual health insurance mandate, except for any regulations on the insurance companies. Obama hasn't limited our freedoms, today's Republican party has decided that it's more important to denigrate the President than to share governing responsibility.
There are a couple of areas in which people might think Obama is out to limit our freedom, one is the gun control issue and the other is the religious freedom of an employer to deny health coverage over things such as insurance paid birth control. I believe the gun control issue is one he feels strongly about, but not in any sense of taking away our right to bear arms, but in the sense of removing guns that can cause the most harm. For the rest of his agenda, he is like a breath of fresh air in opening up discussions about all sorts of issues that need to be addressed in our society. I do believe he inspires us to become a better country, and certainly not a less free one.
President Obama is not limiting freedoms in this country. He is actually doing the exact opposite. During his inaugural speech, he showed the type of commitment He had to expanding opportunities and freedoms in this country. He showed it throughout his first term as well. Saying he's limiting freedoms sound ridiculous.


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The Supreme Court's Alice decision has introduced a dimension of uncertainty associated with the validity of many of the software patents held by operating companies today. There seems to be a consensus among some of the leading academic and judiciary experts supporting that conclusion, as seen in recent comments made by Stanford Law School's Prof. Mark Lemley, as well as in recent comments by former Federal Circuit Chief Judge Michel. From a valuation and financial reporting perspective, there needs to be a serious examination of the post-Alice landscape implications on the value of patents as corporate assets. The results of such examination may lead to further action – which could range anywhere from additional disclosure requirements by regulators, all the way to actual corporate asset write-offs. This article highlights some of the key issues that need to be addressed by companies and regulators.
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Crowdfunding is expected to become a leading source of financing in the early stage, on both rewards and equity platforms. It is likely to add more transparency to startup valuations and, at the same time, contribute to an upward trend in valuations. However, the lack of attention to IP protection or infringement during the campaign can have negative implications on the valuation of your startup. The topic of IP protection should therefore be top of mind for entrepreneurs engaged in crowdfunding, as it is critical to their survival and success long after the campaign has ended.
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What do solar energy and personal communications have in common? While energy and communications seem unrelated industries, they have significant similarities if one considers the role of business model innovation as a precursor to success in bringing new intellectual property to market. Take, for example, two companies:
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Located in Costa Rica, Central America, the Big Bamboo is in Uvita, on the Southern Pacific coast about 10 miles south of Dominical.
Costa Rica long ago ceased to be a secret. U.S. retirees have flocked to this country for its benign climate and stable government as well as the welcoming attitude of the Costa Ricans (the Ticos).
However, the Southern Pacific coast beyond Quepos and Manuel Antonio had remained in relative obscurity in part due to the bad condition of the roads.
Recently improved roads now make it possible to reach the region by car in three-and-a-half hours through majestic scenery, placing this region on the brink of a development explosion.
Uvita is a small community but it has an unusual amount of amenities:
- Four banks
- Three supermarkets
- Dental and health clinics
- Bakery
- Gas station
- Internet café
- Gym
- Tilapia farm
- An extensive veterinarian facility
- Construction companies
- Several restaurants
- Ample lodging opportunities
- Several furniture stores
In addition, Uvita has multiple outfitters capable of arranging excursions in surrounding national parks, natural waterfalls and reefs.
Nearby, Ojochal is famous for its upscale French style restaurants and Dominical has extensive entertainment and is a well-regarded location for the surfing circuit.
When traveling South on the Costanera road towards Panama, around kilometer marker 161 you will see a gas station on your right. Turn left onto a small road and we will be on the right.
De la Costanera primera entrada a Uvita frente a la Gasolinera, 400 metros Este (150 metros de Villas Don Memo) Uvita, Osa, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Centroamerica.
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Law no. 208 of December 28, 2015 (the so-called "2016 Stability Law") introduced some relevant tax news; the most important are the following tax changes:
Reduction of the IRES tax rate
2016 Stability Law modified article 77, paragraph 1, of the Italian Tax Code (hereafter "ITC") reducing:
the corporate income tax rate ("IRES") from 27,5% to 24% and
the Withholding Tax rate from 1,375% to 1,20% on dividends paid by Italian entities to European Union, Norwegian and Icelandic entities.
These amendments will be effective from January 1st, 2017.
A super-depreciation regime has been introduced providing the possibility, for a taxpayer that invests in certain tangible assets, to benefit from a 40% increase of the acquisition cost.
For example:
Click here to view table.
The super-depreciation regime can apply to:
- individuals running business, artistic and professional activities;
- companies.
The super-depreciation regime is not applicable in case of intangibles, pre-used assets and real estate. Taxpayers can benefit from the super-depreciation for tangible assets purchased starting from October 15, 2015 up to December 31, 2016.
Black list costs
The Black list costs regime has been abrogated, amending article 110, paragraph 10, 11, 12 and 12 bis, of ITC.
Up to 2015, expenses and other negative items deriving from operations enacted with companies resident in Black List Countries were not deductible, unless the Italian taxpayer provides evidence that:
- the non-resident companies carry out a de facto business activities, or, alternatively,
- the operations enacted by means of the non-resident companies correspond to a de facto business interest, which have, in actual fact, been executed.
From January 1st, 2016, black list costs are subject to the same rules as the costs deriving from transactions with white-list companies and, therefore, no particular restrictions about their deductibility are now in place. Moreover, the black list costs will no longer be shown separately in the tax return.
Controlled foreign company regime
2016 Stability Law also modified Controlled foreign company regime (hereafter "CFC"), as provided for by article 167 of ITC.
In particular, the requirements to include that a foreign subsidiary is subject to the CFC rules have been amended:
- up to now, the CFC was applicable automatically if the foreign company was based in black list countries (unless contrary proof was rendered);
- starting from January 1st, 2016, the CFC applies only if the foreign subsidiary is subject, in the foreign country, to a tax rate lower than 50% of the rate applicable in Italy.
Country by country reporting
It is mandatory for Italian multinational holding companies, having a group turnover higher than Euro 750 million to prepare a Country by Country report, showing, inter alia, the group structure, the income, and the tax paid in each Country where the group companies carry out the business activity. Under certain conditions, the Country by Country report is mandatory also for resident companies belonging to multinational group, which are in turn controlled by a foreign company.
Reduction of period for the amortization of trademarks and goodwill
The period for the amortization of trademarks and goodwill in certain circumstances has been reduced inform 10 to 5 financial years. This amendment is effective from January 1st, 2016.
Banks and financial institutions
Interest expenses incurred by banks and financial institutions are now totally deductible (before they were deductible up to the 96%). An IRES surcharge equal to 3.5% has also been introduced for banks and financial institutions.
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3/24 at 1:18 p.m. Garrett J. Durham, 20, of Pleasant Hill Road, Brunswick, was arrested on Bow Street by Officer Brandon Paxton on an outstanding warrant from another agency.
3/27 at 4:15 p.m. Robert A. Urquhart, 26, of Katie Lane, was arrested on Katie Lane by Officer Matthew Moorhouse on an outstanding warrant from another agency.
3/29 at 5:38 p.m. Shane R. Brady, 19, of Allen Road, Pownal, was arrested on Murch Road by Officer Jason Bartlett on a charge of exceeding the posted speed limit by 30 mph or more.
3/29 at 6:07 p.m. Christopher M. Pappas, 36, of Mitchell Drive, was arrested on Durham Road by Officer Jerod Verrill on a charge of operating under the influence.
No summonses were reported from March 24 to April 1.
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3/26 at 1:48 a.m. Fire alarm on Bibber Parkway.
3/26 at 3:03 p.m. Power lines down with fire on West Street.
3/27 at 3:06 p.m. Fire alarm on Flying Point Road.
3/27 at 5:04 p.m. Fire alarm on Elm Street.
3/27 at 7:40 p.m. Fire alarm on Bristol Road.
3/28 at 7:19 p.m. Carbon monoxide alarm on Somerset.
3/28 at 10:53 p.m. Water problem on Main Street.
3/29 at 8:58 a.m. Power line down with fire on Webster Road.
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3/29 at 4:18 p.m. Hazardous materials on Lanes Island Way.
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European watchdogs are today due to present a report on the Vatican Bank which assesses whether the Pope's troubled financial institution has cleaned up its act or is still a carriage for money laundering and other questionable transactions.
The preliminary report to the Council of Europe by money-laundering experts is reported to contain serious misgivings about whether the bank has put sufficient precautions in place to end its reputation as a channel for Mafia profits of crime, arms deals and even the financing of terrorism.
The secretive bank, whose official name is the Institute for Works of Religion (its Italian acronym is IOR), has come under scrutiny as Pope Benedict XVI attempts to counter its awful reputation and history by opening it up – somewhat – for inspection.An impetus for the IOR to get itself on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's "white list" of banks not involved in money laundering or the financing of terrorism was the Vatican's adoption of the euro as its currency in 2000.
But it was only three years ago that the Pope made serious moves to clean up the bank. This was after evidence emerged that the head of the IOR since 1990, Monsignor Angelo Caloia, had expanded money laundering and keeping secret accounts for favoured politicians for which the bank became notorious in the 1970s and 1980s.
But it appears that not everyone in the Vatican Curia, the Roman Catholic Church's offices in the Italian capital which form an independent nation state, supports the Pope's policy of transparency for the IOR.
Some of the resistance among senior Vatican officials to the Pope's policy of bank transparency is based on defending the sovereignty of the Holy See, which is under almost constant pressure from Italian authorities.
But others appear to have less principled reasons for wanting to defend the secrecy of the IOR's 35,000 accounts, $7.5 billion in assets and the $55 million a year the banking business produces for the church.
That is indicated by the fate of the professional banker, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, who was brought in after Caloia's departure.
Amid reports of disputes with the Vatican's foreign minister, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Tedeschi was fired in May by the IOR's lay board of financiers, saying he had become an obstacle to transparency.
That does not seem to be the view of Italy's national police, the Carabinieri, who detained Tedeschi in June as part of a corruption investigation, but who discovered when they searched the banker's home and office a dossier comprising many files and ring binders of information about the Vatican Bank.
The trove of information gathered by Tedeschi is said to refer to anonymous numbered accounts and messages indicating how IOR officials got around European regulations aimed at combating money laundering.
The professed purpose of the IOR, which was set up in 1942, is to finance works of charity among the church's 1.2 billion followers worldwide. But it is not a bank in the traditional sense and relies on commercial banks in Italy and in other countries to handle its transactions.
Thus in 2009 IOR set up an account with the Milan branch of the American bank JPMorgan Chase. Tens of millions of euros are reported to have flowed through the Milan account to another IOR account set up at the JPMorgan branch in Frankfurt, Germany.
When Italian investigators, working on another case, stumbled on the Milan account and started asking questions, JPMorgan, which had done business with IOR for 35 years, became nervous.
JPMorgan executives asked Vatican officials for information about where the money going through the Milan account originated. When the American bank didn't get satisfactory answers it closed the IOR Milan account, saying anti-money laundering regulations did not permit its continued operation.
From its founding in 1942 the activities of the bank were controversial and the target of allegations of questionable movements of money and gold during and after the Second World War.
But the Vatican Bank's culture as a criminal enterprise took off in 1969 when lawyer, banker and Mafia don Michele "The Shark" Sindona was given the job of running it by his old friend Pope Paul VI.
Sindona used the bank to launder the Gambino Mafia family's profits from heroin trafficking. By the late 1970s Sindona and his banks were the subject of investigations by Italian judges, prosecutors and politicians, several of whom were murdered.
In 1986 Sindona, serving a 25-year sentence for murder, was poisoned in his cell by cyanide in his coffee.
The culture of illegality at the IOR was well established when Archbishop Paul Marcinkus took over its running. In 1982 he was indicted as an accessory in the $3.5-billion collapse of the IOR's associated Banco Ambrosiano, which was used to launder Mafia drug money. Marcinkus avoided trial because of diplomatic immunity.
But the head of the Banco Ambrosiano, Roberto Calvi, was found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge in London in 1982.
Source: vancouversun.com
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- JPMorgan Complicit In Vatican Bank Money-Laundering ~ Jamie Dimon Seeks Time Alone With Pope To "Confess" (shiftfrequency.com)


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Underaged interns were found working in a Foxconn manufacturing facility, the company admitted after conducting an internal audit. An undisclosed number of workers, aged 14 to 16, worked on site for about three weeks before management took action, according to statements made by Foxconn to Bloomberg News.
Labor rights organization China Labor Watch initially reported the issue on Monday, stating that the students, sent by their schools as "interns" were not properly identified by Foxconn management. "The schools involved in this incident should take primary responsible, but Foxconn is also culpable for not confirming the ages of their workers," the organization said in its press release.
Faced with the report's allegations, Foxconn's own investigation confirmed the existence of a "small number" of underaged intern workers.
While the facility in question does not manufacture products for Apple, both Apple and Foxconn are highly sensitive to any accusations of improper employment procedures following heightened scrutiny of the Cupertino company's supplier workforce over the past year.
Another labor issue was recently publicized when several thousand Foxconn employees walked off the job in early October in protest of allegedly unrealistic quality control demands in the production of the iPhone 5.
Foxconn claims that it will address the lapses in procedures that allowed the underaged interns to work: "Any Foxconn employee found, through our investigation, to be responsible for these violations will have their employment immediately terminated. We recognize that full responsibility for these violations rests with our company and we have apologized to each of the students for our role in this action," Foxconn told Bloomberg in an emailed statement.
For its part, Apple has taken public strides to address worldwide concern over unfair and unsafe labor practices. Since it began publicly disclosing its "Supplier Responsibility" metrics, Apple has noted measurable improvements in working hour and safety compliance. The company has also taken a hard stance against underage labor:
Apple does not tolerate the use of underage labor. When we discover suppliers with underage workers or find out about historical cases — where workers had either left or reached legal working age by the time of the audit — we demand immediate corrective action.
We require suppliers to return underage workers to school and pay educational expenses, living stipends, and lost wages for six months or until the worker reaches the age of 16, whichever is longer. We also ensure that students have the support they need to succeed in school. We help students contact their families, identify educational options, and enroll in school — and we follow up on their progress. If underage workers have already left the facility, we try to locate them and offer the same support for their education.
Apple's relatively newly publicized supplier requirements and international pressure on employers like Foxconn have resulted in improvements, according to a Fair Labor Association report in August, although all parties involved recognize and acknowledge that continuing steps need to be taken.
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2. No. of units : 10ea
3. Ingredients : Red Ginseng powder (Ginsenoside Rg1+Rb1+Rg3=12.73mg/g, Korean) 13% (Mixing Ratio : Red ginseng roots 75%, Red Ginseng tail roots 25%), Honey(Korean), Deer antlers (Russian), Angelica(Korean), Cornelian cherry(Korean), Aloeswood(Indonesian)
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① Used the patented (Patent No. 10-1413111) JangsaengRedGinseng as a main ingredient. (Ginsenoside of the Red Ginseng powder Rg1+Rb1+Rg3=12.73mg/g)
②Remove the head of the Red Ginseng, where the buds grow.
③Used strictly selected ingredients.
④Maximized the effect of Deer antlers, angelica, and cornelian cherry with the Traditional Chinese Medicine regulations.
⑤Used filtered native honey.


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Help Me With Worry
Scripture References: Matthew 6:25-34
From Series: "So Help Me God"
Where does your help come from? In times of doubt, worry. When you are tempted? In this short teaching series, Pastor James Merritt explores the Bible's answer to certain help for our troubles. Learn to move beyond fear and to face each day confident that God Himself is helping you along the way.


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As you pose this question on a human made site to other humans, what other answer can there be? I would be willing to bet that if any of the yahoos on the con side were in a wreck with myself and my dog and I could save them or my dog, they would think there life was more valuable and more worthy of saving. Sure if you ask a shark to save me or it's baby, it would.... Oh wait.. You can't ask a shark anything. I am not saying it doesn't have a valuable place in the ecosystem but I am not going to value its life over another human being's. A lot of people want to get on a high horse and get preachy about we are animals and yada yada animals rights blah blah. That is fine and dandy and while maybe we should be of equal worth, we are not. Not while you are asking human beings and not while you are asking the shark(if you could). It all comes down to who you are asking and you would get a different response per species.
Put a newborn human baby next to any other newborn baby species and tell one of these people on the con side to choose which one lives. Better yet, put their newborn child and another species newborn up and let me choose which one lives. I would be willing to make another bet that they would appreciate me on the PRO side of this argument.
As humans, I would hope you have more compassion for your own kind than you do some animal. Sure, if your sympathetic to an animals plight, by all means, save the animal, as long as doing so does not put a human in jeopardy. Hypothetically, if a whale is beached and you and some of your friends want to try to get it back in the water, that's fine, but if you are put in position to where you have to choose between the life of an animal and the life of a human, I would hope you pick the human to save.
I think it is funny how some people don't see the value of human life. They tend to act like we are all inherently evil. What makes this funny is that for them to think that, they must consider themselves evil as well. That being the case, they probably assume all people are just as evil as they are. This means that if anyone's life is worth less than an animals, it's theirs. The rest of us see the value of being a human over being an animal. Because the rest of us know our lives are worth more than an animals means that we are more compassionate about our fellow man.
Don't get me wrong, I do not think the people on the NO side should be seen as being worth less than the animals, I don't have to, they already feel that way themselves. If they are put in a place where they have to choose between their own life or an animals and choose the life of the animals, that's fine with me, stupid but fine as long as it does not risk the life of another human.
There are some people who I would rather die than an animal. Hypothetically if I had to choose between the life of an animal or a known child molester, I would save the animal. I might kill and eat the animal later but ...
Personally, I don't get the whole vegan thing. Humans are designed to eat both meat and vegetation. Killing other animals has allowed us to not only survive but thrive. Most of the animals we eat, cows, pigs, chickens etc.. Are breed for us to eat them. Their ancestral traits that their species had to survive in the wild are long gone. We breed them out so that we could harvest their flesh. If they were born or even left in the wild, they would quickly fall prey to predators. For instance, the ancestors of the domesticated pig were wild boars. Wild boars had the inherited skill and weapons to defend themselves in the wild. Over generations of breeding them to become the domestic pig, we breed out those instincts and weaponry. If left in the wild, they would die.
As humans we should always first consider the lives of fellow humans before that of other animals. Human lives are worth more because we ourselves are humans and therefore should apply higher importance to our species. In addition our species has brought more progress and advancement then any other species. Other animals simply act as a place holder in there ecosystem. Humans bring something to the world that no other animal can currently provide. Which would be the intelligence to unlock the secrets of the world
Animals can not contemplate life and its meaning, that is why animals never killed themselves or killed other animals for sport. Humans are afraid of death, they have a higher purpose, and I believe that they have been given dominion over all other species. Animals do not care if they die, It is true if they are in a death situation they will try all they can to defend their selves, but that is how their brain works, it is not because they love life or even remotely think about its meaning. If you argue with this, you have no evidence of their car of life.
I think it depends. When I get to choose between to safe an animal or a human being, I will originally choose a human being. But if it's a very bad person, I will choose the animal. Even when human lives are more worth in my opinion, that doesn't mean we should misuse animals. We still have responsibilities as human beings toward the whole world, so including the animals. So when human being don't take responsibilities and make a mess of this world, the animals are in my eyes even more worth.
I think as long as animals do not know how to communicate in human language, and are still unable to construct ideas as a whole. And unable to invent things that will make there life's easy. And are unable to hunt down humans and come to the top of the food chain. Unable to a civilization across the world. Unable to invent written, or learn different languages, invent medical drugs to save there own life's, creat technology. Humans will always and should always be consider first before any animals. We Human are truly in our own categories of existence, animals our there to sustain and support our existence. I'm not saying we should mistreat animals, but to consider them ahead of another human is just unacceptable.
For all those people out there saying no, wait until you are a parent and your view on this topic will change. Granted we are animals our selves but this does not change that to us animals are less important than us. I personally don't believe our sentience, intelligence has any role in this discussion, it's simply counter intuitive to claim otherwise. I would like the see what choice those who said no would make, if they had to kill either a dog/cat or a person.
We are humans, it is only logical that we would value our own race over animals. I mean, I love animals, but if I had to choose between a stranger and a random animal, I would choose the stranger. Now if it were my dog and a stranger, I'm saving my dog. If I had one.
Of course, this is a very subjective question. There are so many twists and conditions that would make me re-evaluate my decision. But overall, I'm interpreting this question as "is the average human life worth more than the average animal life?" And the answer is an overwhelming yes.
There is an estimated 8.7 million species of animals in the world. In each of those species, anywhere from a hundred to a billion individuals make up the population. Guess how many species of humans? One. So, in the big scheme of things, one human life is undoubtedly more important than an animal's.
Now let's think of things from an evolutionary perspective. Natural selection is the process by which organisms, animals, and humans change over time to better adapt to their environment. They take on heritable traits from their ancestors that help them to survive. The human species has mastered evolution in this sense. We have developed brains capable of more intellectual thought and more emotional capacity than any other living species on the Earth. Granted, there are sociopaths and other types of deviants, but I'm talking about the vast majority of humans who are capable of emotion, opinion, and individuality. Natural selection has led to the human species dominating the world, its resources, and its ultimate outcome. That right there is nature's argument that humans are more important than any other living organism in the world.
Finally, we have to take into account the nature of those answering this question. I'm willing to bet that the majority of those reading this right now are human. When considering the life of one human versus the life of one animal, we are obligated to place more value upon the life of a fellow human than an animal.
It is silly to believe that an animal is more important than a human, when there are billions and billions more animals than humans; when humans have evolved to be the dominant species on the Earth, and when we ourselves are humans assessing the importance of each others lives.
Since we are part of the human species, we should do what we can to keep our species alive and prospering. By the circle of life, this means that we will have to take some animal lives for food (just as any other carnivorous animal does). However, this does not mean we should just abuse animals. Humans do not have so much more worth over animals that we should abuse animals for our circus entertainment, and we should not be out hunting just for the sport of hit (for food is a different story). We should also be aware of how much meat we waste. Lions do not waste one bite of meat when they capture their prey, so we should not waste one bite of meat if a steak is put on our plate. To sum up, humans will always be at the top of the food chain and need to value themselves over animal lives to keep the species alive, but animals' lives still have value and deserve some respect.
People desire a form of meaning in their lives. They naturally want to believe that their purpose is more important than that of other species, which most deem to be lesser beings. In reality, there's nothing making human life intrinsically more valuable, it's all a matter of perspective.
Now watch this turn into a religious debate...
I don't know why this was even brought up as a topic. Of course, humans have spurred on development on Earth, but everything was great before we came along. Now, there's all sorts of problems with the environment: global warming, extinction, etc. The instigator here said that we should look out for our fellow man, but think about it this way. If you are peacefully walking along, and you see your dog lying on the ground dying, are you going to keep walking and do nothing? No! Now, what if you're reading the newspaper and you see that a terrorist has died from a suicide bombing. Which is more depressing: The dog or the terrorist? The dog. The notion that if something isn't just like you then you shouldn't care, which Jayden-Gray, the instigator here said, is ridiculous! That is what brought on racism, sexism, ageism and pretty much every other ism. The "intelligence to unlock the secrets of the world" is what? Intelligence, remember, is different than curiosity. Curiosity is what brought us here, into this environmental crisis. It's not a bad thing, but keep in mind curiosity brings on research, which in turn brings intelligence. However, as we can see, curiosity is not always a good thing. Let's use the example of the dodo bird. Oh, hey, what's that thing. Hmm, it runs away when I come near it. I wonder why. Hey, I know! I'll shoot it! If it weren't for this mindset of extreme curiosity and trial and error, maybe the dodo bird wouldn't be extinct today.
It depends whose perspective we look at and their values. Humans value technology and advancement, and therefore we would see humans as more useful than animals because we have invented and discovered so much. If you look at an animal's perspective, you'll find that they don't value technology like we do. They might value a clean environment. They then won't see us as useful as humans have destroyed their environment. No one really knows whose values are correct (environment or technology) therefore no one is worth more.
If the topic was "Should humans value other human lives over animal lives", I would say yes. However, that is not the topic at hand here. Human lives are not somehow more valuable than animal lives, for after all, we are animals too. Besides, the role of animals in nature is extremely under-appreciated, simply because we humans are too arrogant to understand it, and instead, we make assertions like these.
Animals play a vital role in the maintenance of the ecosystems they live in, either by keeping the population of a certain species, plant or animal, in check, fertilizing the environment by pooping, or breaking down and cleaning up organic waste. Are a number of cycles in nature that require other cycles to function such as the Calvin Cycle, Krebs Cycle, Nitrogen Cycle, etc., but I will not go into them unless someone really wants me to.
Humans, on the other hand, do not maintain the environment they live in, but instead destroy it. 14 billion pounds of garbage are dumped into the ocean every year. Most of it is plastic. Over 1 million seabirds and 100,000 sea mammals are killed by pollution every year. The Mississippi River carries an estimated 1.5 million metric tons of nitrogen pollution into the Gulf of Mexico each year, creating a "dead zone" in the Gulf each summer about the size of New Jersey. Approximately 40% of the lakes in America are too polluted for fishing, aquatic life, or swimming. Each year 1.2 trillion gallons of untreated sewage, stormwater, and industrial waste are dumped into US water.
Have we made massive leaps and bounds technologically and intellectually? Sure we have. But those have had and still have a cost, and someone, or something, has to pay for that cost. To say that human lives are more valuable than animal lives simply because we made life more convenient and less ignorant for ourselves is not only arrogant but also quite simply ridiculous.
The thing is animals aren't as worthy as humans, actually, it is more like humans are as unworthy as animals. A lion would rather protect itself than anyone else, except maybe its babies. That is natural and logical; each creature fights for its rights. Therefore, its natural that a human will save a human baby instead of of a puppy. But even though humans are in the top of evolution so far, we mustn't assume that we have the right to destroy animals and their habitats. Eating them? Fine. After all, we are naturally carnivorous, and animals don't hesitate eating other animals. But killing them for a little bit of money, making them suffer, and leading them into extinction? That is unacceptable.
I dont! With an all powerful god we serve no true purpose. If there was nothing before god then there is nothing that needs to be done. What god did if he created us is make a mess for us to clean up. He created our nerves and brains and decided we would go through great pain from inevitable evil but only some of us so that others can save and prevent. Thats like me being your boss and spilling things and breaking things so that you have something to clean or fix. Its stupid. Without us god would clean up his own messes in two seconds so we arent important at all. And neither are animals. There is nothing we are doing here that will. Surve a purpose in the afterlife. The houses we build... The jobs we work... None of it is going to help you in the afterlife as you cant take anything you have worked for with you. If you argue that we have a purpose then i would ask what that purpose is. If you dont know... And at least most dont because they contradict each other then chances are you dont have a purpose because how can you serve your purpose if you dont know what it is? So no we are no more important than animals.
We like to think about ourselves as bigger beings that are more than other species of the animal kingdom. But the thing is, it's very selfish, at least in my oppinion. Just because an animal doesn't seem to be inteligent or that we don't understand what they are trying to say, doesn't put them into a role that is lower than humans. And don't go on me with a question: "If a puppy and a human baby would be in danger, who would you save." i would either save non of them, or the one i know more, if i had a dog that i loved my entire life and spent great times with it and was about to be hit by a car and at the same time, some granny would be too, i would save my dog, because firt, i don't know the women and second i think she had plenty of her time spent and lived a good life.
What or who exactly are they supposed to worth to? The human race? The world? The ecosystem? Ridiculous, how can you have such a debate without knowing this first. You all could be thinking either from the worlds perspective or humans. I believe that such a question is referring to this whole world rather than the human race, otherwise that's just confirming we are more important than animals, yes? Deciding we are the only thing that matters in this world for a question like this, nonsense.
When thinking through the worlds perspectives, we are just like any other organism on this world, however we have been less of use to it than the animals, I believe the animals are greater than humans. Actually being able to not cause as much destruction as we, considering their beneficence to the world, they are without a doubt the greater.
It really does depend on this, because without animals we wouldn't get the food we really need. We need protein, which is part of our life. Yes, we could get protein from other things like nuts, but it really wouldn't be the same. Also, we could live like vegetarians, but that still wouldn't really fit. We get most of our food from animals, anyway.
We evolved from apes and gorillas. Without animals, we might not even be here. Another point is that WE ARE ANIMALS. This only shows that humans are not more important than animals, since
a) we are animals and
b) we evolved from animals.
We are in debt to the animals.


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Oh holy butter. I find myself thinking that a lot in class. It's in everything! When a recipe doesn't call for butter, I actually get confused. Maybe I wrote the ingredients down wrong? Maybe I missed a step? Maybe we'll add it at the end? A recipe without butter is beginning to feel like an anomaly.
I stay pretty healthy when I cook for myself at home. I keep to all the "lows" of a health-conscious woman in her mid-twenties...low salt, low carb, low fat. It's a constant effort to stick to these "lows" in class, and not indulge in all the decadent amazing-ness we make. Yet, despite my efforts, I have never consumed this much butter in my life. A taste here and a taste there, to make sure my food is up to par, really adds up.
Video: Compound butter: A gourmet garnish
As much as I hate to admit it, it really does make everything taste better. The sky's the limit with what you can do with butter. My favorite usage so far, surprisingly, was as a flavorful garnish: compound butter.
Take any flavor combinations you like, throw it in some room-temperature butter, and you've got an delectable addition to any red meat dish...or just on toast, which I did daily for almost a week before I was forced to toss it from butter-overload. It's hard to resist.
To learn how to fancy-up your steak dinners with compound butter, watch the video above.
Apply your knowledge to the following recipes. Enjoy!
Roasted Garlic Butter
Adapted from The International Culinary Center
- 1 head of garlic
- Olive oil, as needed
- 1 cup butter (2 sticks), room temperature
- 2 tablespoons Nicoise olives, pitted and finely chopped
- 1 sprig rosemary, leaves removed and finely chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
1. Remove the top third of the head of garlic. Rub with olive oil and wrap in aluminum foil. Place in a 350F oven and cook until the garlic is tender, approximately 45 minutes.
2. When the garlic is tender, squeeze the cloves out. Puree, or leave whole (if you like little pieces of garlic in your butter like I do)
3. Mix the roasted garlic with the rest of the ingredients in the room-temperature butter. Roll into a cylinder using plastic wrap (see video above). Refrigerate until firm.
Horseradish Butter (Beurre Raifort)
Adapted from The International Culinary Center
- 4 tablespoons butter (half a stick)
- 1 tablespoon horseradish
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon parsley, finely chopped
- Salt and pepper, to taste
1. Mix the horseradish, lemon juice and parsley into the room-temperature butter.
2. Season, taste and roll into a cylinder using plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm.
Butter with Shallots (Beurre d'echalote)
Adapted from The International Culinary Center
- 4 tablespoons butter (half a stick), room temperature
- 1 teaspoon shallots, finely diced
- 1 teaspoon garlic, finely diced
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon parsley, finely chopped
- Salt and pepper, to taste
1. Mix the shallots, garlic, lemon juice and parsley into the room-temperature butter.
2. Season, taste, and roll into a cylinder using plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm.


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At least one heist was caught on surveillance video. It happened earlier this week at a smoke shop on FM 1960. On the video, you can see a blonde guy in the red jacket flashing the pistol.
Now business owners and neighbors are wondering if he's the same thief behind a recent string of robberies in the area.
"I think it's sad that people are robbing each other," concerned neighbor D'Andra Sweeney said.
So far this week, armed robbers have already targeted a Jack in the Box off Bammel and shot a woman outside a nearby 24-Hour Fitness when she refused to hang over her gym bag.
"You hear about those things, and you become concerned," concerned neighbor Mark Cruz said.
And thieves have also been targeting cars at a post office on Walters. They burgarlized them, according to deputies, as the victims were doing business inside.
Customers are now noticing warning signs outside the post office that are reminding them to lock, take and hide valuables.
"I think it's really sad. There's not a lot of places that you can be safe around, and you should at least be safe to go to the post office and check your mail and things like that," Sweeney said.
According to Harris County Sheriff's Office records, deputies have responded to at least 11 robberies and theft crimes off FM 1960 between Walters Road and Veterans Memorial in the past two weeks.
"It makes you wonder about the people that live around here. Because I'm not so sure that it's the people that live around here that are actually committing the crimes," Cruz said.
For now, business owners are hoping someone recognizes the gun-toting thief before he strikes again.
The business owner who shared that surveillance video with us says the thief has an accomplice and they were riding in a blue Volkswagen Jetta.
Crime Stoppers will pay up to $5,000 for any information called in to the 713-222-TIPS (8477) or submitted online at www.crime-stoppers.org that leads to the filing of felony charges or arrest of the suspect(s) in this case. Tips can also be sent by text message. Text TIP610 plus your tip to CRIMES (274637). All tipsters remain anonymous.
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three beautiful videos on Rio de Janeiro
Today we are delighted to present on a single blog post three spectacular videos with a common theme: Rio de Janeiro. They have been quite popular over the travel blogosphere over the last few months.
1. Rio, a miniature
A beautiful video of Rio de Janeiro combining the time-lapse technique with extensive use of the tilt-shift technique turning Rio into a miniature we can all play with. A joy to watch. It has a lengthy section on the Rio carnival that is absolutely fantastic.
2. Helicopter flight
It might not be the real thing but it certainly comes cheaper. Embark yourself on a high-resolution spectacular helicopter flight over Rio de Janeiro.
Barra da Tijuca is the starting point and the rest of the flight path, well, the rest of Rio de Janeiro sights you'll probably recognize easily.
3. Rio for adrenaline junkies
Jetman takes to the skies of Rio.
Rio de Janeiro
48 hours in Rio de Janeiro – what to do, where to go
hotels in Rio de Janeiro
budget accommodation in Rio de Janeiro
the Rio de Janeiro subway
map of Rio de Janeiro
a new Rio pass is launched
the new official Rio Guide
1746: Rio de Janeiro's tourist information phone line. In English too!
Rio de Janeiro's Michelin guide for free
hang-gliding in Rio de Janeiro
Rio bus station: Terminal Novo Rio
double-decker hop on-hop off tourist bus for Rio de Janeiro
Category: Destination: Rio, Videos


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Cyclone 'Nilofar' to bring heavy rain along coastal areas
The Tropical cyclone 'Nilofar' will hit Pakistan, India and Oman. During the storm, winds of severe intensity, around 175-200 nautical miles expected to be witnessed.
According to Pakistan Meteorological Department of Pakistan, the cyclone is likely to move initially northwestwards direction during next 24/36 hours and then it may recurve northeastwards.
It further added that thundershowers accompanied by strong gusty winds with isolated heavy falls are expected in Lower Sindh including Karachi and Coastal Areas of Balochistan during Wednesday to Friday.
The sea conditions along Pakistan coast may be rough to very rough from Wednesday evening to Friday.
Therefore, the fishermen of Sindh and Balochistan are advised not to venture in open sea from Wednesday to Friday. The fishermen who are in the open sea are advised to return to coastal areas before Wednesday evening.


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Graphic Pullover
Today's outfit is a first for me: this is the first time I have ever styled a graphic pullover! While graphic pullovers are insanely popular, this trend was not something I had yet added to my closet. As you can imagine, I was excited to receive this adorable "bonjour" sweater as a Christmas gift from one of my longtime friends and fellow bloggers (Sheila of She Is Lovely). Sheila and I studied French together in high school, and this sweater is a fun reminder of our shared love for France. For my first styling, I layered this sweater over a denim shirt and red pants. I promise I was not intentionally styling an outfit in the same color scheme as the French flag--I realized it after the fact when I was looking at these photos! You may recognize this tote from its first featured post back in October, this time it is reversed to show the tan/camel side out that is perfect for spring. Leopard pumps and red lips finish the look. I also took a few photos with a lighter pair of pumps and bag as another styling option. Please scroll through for more photos, links, and more of my picks for graphic pullovers to style your own ensemble.
Sweater: no longer available
Pants: exact here (on sale!)
Tan Tote c/o Uncommon Goods: exact here
Leopard Pumps: old, currently loving this pair (on sale!)
White Tote: exact color larger size here
Nude Bow Pumps: old, check out this pair
Scroll through the widget below to see more witty graphic pullovers to create your own personal layered look. My picks are priced for a range of budgets at $78 or less:
How would you style a graphic pullover this winter? Thank you for visiting my blog today, and I hope you have a great rest of your week!
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