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text: Named for Texas oilman Sidney Williams Richardson, Sid stands 14 stories tall and offers a great view of Houston's skyline. Sid is known for its 7-story parties (the 14 "floors" are split level and each elevator stop serves 2 levels). On any given Friday at 3 p.m., from any point on campus, you might hear the Sidizens' anthem, "Back in Black" by AC/DC, blasting from the "Tower of Power.


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Some of you might remember that I served Illinois as a Republican in Congress and then in 1980 I ran for president as an independent. It was one of the greatest experiences of my life, traveling around the nation speaking with voters of every stripe and color--from labor unions to business owners, single mothers to local Rotaries.
Today candidates for the presidency may feel that they crisscross the nation, but a careful study of their actual schedules reveals a much smaller itinerary. In the last five weeks of the 2004 election, 33 states were left without a visit from any of the major party presidential and vice presidential candidates. Nor did they run television ads for every voter to see; more was spent on ads in Florida alone than in 45 states and the District of Columbia combined.
A recent study by the organization I chair, FairVote, quantified the presidential campaign. In terms of campaign visits by the candidates on the national ticket and dollars spent in television markets for campaign ads, Illinois tied with Texas for dead last with a zero for both measures.
This means that the 12 million people in Illinois were not important enough to warrant any significant effort from presidential candidates and the votes of Illinois were simply written off.
Safe states like Illinois are literally left off the political map as the candidates battled in only a few lucky states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida and New Hampshire.
The system is so skewed that Matthew Dowd, a campaign strategist for President Bush, admitted they only polled in 18 states for the two years leading up to the 2004 presidential election.
The opinions and concerns of Americans in 32 states simply were not considered by the president's campaign team.
What if the upcoming gubernatorial campaign in Illinois occurred in just 10 counties--if the people in the other 92 counties, including most of the biggest, never saw a candidate, received a single piece of campaign literature in the mail or had a knock on the door from a campaign volunteer?
If the campaign worked that way, I think most of us would agree the system was broken and in need of serious improvement.
So why do we elect the president of the United States this way?
A presidential election should leave every voter with a sense of our nationhood--i.e. we are not voting as states each with its own parochial interest but expressing the fact that in electing a president we are speaking with one voice as a nation.
When I was in Congress, I was proud to be joined by Democrats and Republicans alike, including Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter, in calling for presidential elections under the golden principle of one-person, one-vote that dictates every election but one in this country. My Illinois colleagues were particularly strong in making this case for a national presidential election. I trust my home state again can lead the way on this vital reform to our republic.
John B. Anderson was a Republican representative in Congress from Rockford from 1961 to 1981. In 1980 he ran for president as an independent and currently chairs the board of FairVote--a non-partisan, non-profit election reform group based in Takoma Park, Md.


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For Arkansas' cotton crop it's been a spring of wild mood swings. Hopefully it isn't a preamble to a winter of discontent.
"It's hard to catch your balance out here. So far this growing season, we've had the coldest temperatures (several nights, temperatures dipped to 39), and we've had very high temperatures," said veteran east Arkansas consultant Bob Griffin, in early June. "I recorded a 97 a couple of weeks ago. Then, in early May, we had extreme rains around Marianna. It may not have been the wettest ever, but it was wet enough to keep us out of the fields. And now, for this time in June, it's drier than I ever recall. So we've seen major extremes in the last few weeks."
Crawling along
The cotton crop has yet to find its sea legs. As it crawled towards first bloom, Griffin wasn't the only one concerned.
"We've slowed down on node production, and that's a major concern," said Bill Robertson, Arkansas Extension cotton specialist. "For a while, we were hanging in with a node produced every four to four and a half days. But over the (first week of June), that's slowed down, especially on our early-May-planted cotton. If we don't get a rain over the next couple of days, we'll have to start irrigating in earnest."
Most years, as long as the crop puts on nodes close to the normal rate, Robertson doesn't fret.
"I like to see a new node every 55 to 60 heat units. If it dips below that a little, it's no big deal. When it's moist and warm, it's not uncommon to see two nodes every five days. Lately, we've been seeing two nodes every nine days or so. In some fields over the last week, it's been hard to see where plants have put on a new node."
Griffin, who works large cotton acreage in Lee and Phillips counties, is "very worried" about cotton near squaring. "It takes 25 days from the time a square develops until bloom. If cotton is progressing as it should, it'll add a node every 2.75 days. Well, we were doing that until a couple of weeks ago. Now, we're putting on a node every four to five days. We all know how important it is to have as many nodes above white flower (NAWF) as possible when bloom hits. That's our crop's potential.
"If you divide 25 by 2.5, you'll have 10 NAWF at first bloom. If you divide 25 by 4, you're looking at six NAWF. We definitely don't want just six nodes at bloom, but that's what we're looking at."
As is Robertson, Griffin is advising his clients to irrigate. "This is two weeks earlier than we've ever watered. We're already running pivots and will start furrow irrigating in the next couple of days. If we don't, we're heading for a crash, and our crop yield could be cut in half. We need a rain badly."
Much of the state's early-May-planted cotton should be squaring the second week of June. If it isn't, producers need to irrigate. And if it is squaring, "we need to water anyway because we don't want to let squaring cotton stress," said Robertson. "Yield-wise, we still have time. But with the pre-square cotton, we're losing days on the front end that we'll never get back."
Because of staggered planting and cold temperatures, cotton maturity is inconsistent. "It's all over the place," said Robertson. "I've tried to estimate when we'll hit pinhead square. I think we'll be a solid week or 10 days later than normal."
Thin stands
Griffin began this year just like the last couple: planting in mid-April. For the first few days, he saw ideal planting conditions. Most of the crop grew to a decent stand although the populations were thinner than normal.
"That's true across the board," said Griffin. "Normally, I like to shoot for 2.5 to 2.75 plants per foot (37,000 plants per acre). This year, we ended up averaging about 25,000 to 30,000 plants per acre. Some fields have two plants per foot and some 1.5 plants per foot (17,000 to 20,000 plants per acre)."
Little pest, big numbers
With cotton growing slowly, pests are a problem. Normally at this time of year, cotton has outgrown the thrips threat.
At first, the thin stands Griffin saw didn't worry him too much because the plants were healthy. But then thrips arrived mid-May.
"It's kind of strange. Last fall, some of my growers asked, 'Thinking ahead, what do you think we'll see out of the thrips?' I said, 'There's no wheat, so thrips shouldn't be too bad.' Well, we've found out thrips come from places besides wheat fields. The weeds drying down due to lack of rain has put them on our crops big time. We've got as bad a — if not a worse — problem as I've ever seen."
Griffin is responsible for fields planted in treated seed. Some of those fields were sprayed for thrips 10 to 14 days after planting.
"That's very unusual. Most of the fields I'm seeing this on have maybe 20 to 30 percent of the field needing protection. That leads me to believe — and I may get calls and grief over this, but the truth is the truth — there are some gaps in our seed treatments. In other words, for 70 to 80 percent of the plants there'll be no blemishes on the leaves and no thrips. But that other 20 percent of the plants are being hammered, crinkling leaves. The only difference we can come up with is a lack of treatment on the seed."
Griffin first saw this on cotton less than a month old.
"You expect for the seed treatments to last only three to four weeks anyway. But now I'm seeing thrips on one-leaf and two-leaf cotton on almost every plant."
Robertson backs Griffin's assertions, saying he's received calls from producers with the same observations. "I've talked with consultants who report they're seeing more variability in fields with seed treatments. Some plants are exhibiting solid thrips control and others are covered up with them.
"There's a question about whether there's uniform treatments on the seed. I can tell you there are a lot of questions relating to that. I'm hearing more and more complaints about it."
Both men suspect there are several variables at play. "It's extremely dry, so the treatment material isn't being activated like it normally is," said Griffin. "It also seems we've got extremely high thrips numbers. Yesterday, using a box, I shook one plant and counted 126 thrips. I've never seen anything close to that number on one plant. The most I've seen before is 15 or 20 thrips. On the average, that field had 25 to 30 thrips per plant. This is a field of treated seed, so I was amazed. It seems the further we get into the season, the worse the thrips get. Thrips will delay maturity of our cotton, no doubt. I hope that doesn't put us behind the eight ball."
Plant bugs and an admonition
Griffin has been advocating an automatic Centric application for several years. "In the week of pinhead square, I think you should automatically make a Centric application (1.25 ounces broadcast, usually with a hood) for plant bugs. That also keeps us from having to treat for aphids so much."
With just several squares on the plant, it's difficult to reach treatment level for plant bugs.
"I agree there are some fields that don't need treatment. But if you don't spray, you can be caught with your pants down and lose early fruit. Since I've been doing it, I haven't had to treat a single field for aphids. We spray the week of pinhead square and farmers come back a week to 10 days later with a second application. From then on, we spray as needed based on shake sheets."
In closing, Robertson insisted producers not wait until the 10th cotton node before watering. "As slow as it's growing, if we wait until the 10th node we may not be far from cut-out at first bloom. If fields continue dry, that's the truth. On eight-node cotton, we don't want to let the crop stress. So much of this could be solved with a good rain. We need one badly."
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The ability to use this team as a source for feedback on rules, plans, events and ideas will help us continue to shape the Enduro World Series into a truly sport focused community.
We are honoured to have the support of our advisors. Together, we are looking forward to an exciting year of enduro racing in 2016.
As the Race Programme Manager at FOX Racing Shox, Mark is a very well known face in the mountain bike industry. Having built the Fox race programme, Mark knows the sport inside and out.
As the founder and president of Santa Cruz bikes, Rob Roskopp is a man that needs little introduction. The pro skater turned bike rider has built up Santa Cruz to become one of the most recognisable and respected mountain bike brands in the world in less than two decades. With some of the sport's best athletes on his books, Rob brings a wealth of experience from all aspects of the sport to the table.
Sven is one of the most respected mountain bike photographers and journalists on the planet. With a strong sporting background, Sven has competed at the highest levels of skateboarding as well as in numerous mountain bike world cups and enduro events. These days his passion lies behind the lens, and his story telling work has been featured across numerous publications across the world.
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Do You Feel Lucky? New report says America's richest are getting richer
A new report shows Americans dominate the membership rolls of the world's most exclusive club.
The newest Global Wealth Report by Credit Suisse shows that despite the continued recovery from the Great Recession, the United States has more millionaires than any other country. In fact, Credit Suisse reports the United States got 962,000 new millionaires since 2011. Japan added 460,000 new millionaires. But that's it. No other countries saw much of an increase.
By contrast, the report shows Europe lost almost 1.8 million millionaires. Ouch.
Here's another way to look at it: The United States is home to 39 percent of the globe's millionaires, according to Credit Suisse.
But where do you stack up against the world's population?
Unless you're among the 0.6 percent of the world's population at the top, your wealth has actually dropped. Even the folks in that second tier (7.5 percent) range are in pretty elite company, claiming above $100,000 USD in total wealth. Almost 70 percent of the world's population falls in the bottom tier of the pyramid.
The report also indicates that the United States' millionaires will stay on top of the wealthiest list for years to come. The prospects for China are even better. China could double the number of its millionaires by 2017.
Here's the bottom line: The Global Wealth Report gives us a taste for just how wealthy Americans are, in comparison with the rest of the world. But unless you became one of those new millionaires last year, the report also reveals the vast difference in wealth between the top tiers of the pyramid and the rest of us.
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The former A's pitcher allowed one run in six innings, scattering six walks to go with three hits as he danced in and out of trouble. It was just the third quality start by a Giants pitcher in the past 16 games, a stat Zito said the staff doesn't need anyone to remind them of.
"We're all professionals here," he said. "We know we've got to go out there and be better on the starting side. We're just kind of in a little funk here as a staff. We've got the tools and the talent, so we've just got to trust ourselves."
For the fourth time in four games against the A's, the Giants fell behind early when a Coco Crisp single drove in a run in the second inning, though Zito settled down afterward long enough to give his offense a chance to fight back.
A's starter A.J. Griffin kept the fight out of the Giants' bats early, allowing just two baserunners through the first five innings, but his third time through the lineup, the Giants broke through.
With one out in the sixth, San Francisco took its first lead of the series on a two-run single by Pablo Sandoval that made it 2-1. Following a single by Hunter Pence, Brandon Belt knocked a line drive into the gap in left center that scored Sandoval and Pence, giving the Giants the padding they needed.
"Sometimes things just aren't going to go your way," Belt said. "But you've got to keep grinding it out until it does. That's what we did today. We did just enough to win the ballgame."
The Giants have now gone 7-0 in Zito's starts at AT&T Park this season, and gained an important positive step as they now enter a stretch with 12 of their next 14 games on the road, including visits to the current first-place teams in each of the National League's three divisions in the St. Louis Cardinals, Arizona Diamondbacks and Atlanta Braves.
Bochy said there was some pride on the line against the A's as well.
"The last thing you want to do is get swept in here in this Bay series," he said. "We haven't played very well. We needed something to get us going, get the confidence going, hopefully some swagger going too."


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Are you a collector of movie posters and art, and love to have these cool images draped around your house or apartment. There has been a recent surge in the hunt for 1950's sci-fi unique movie posters and art and I can only suggest this is due to the usual Hollywood remakes of these classics, and the fact also that they are quite amazing pictures of cult movies.
In 2013, one of my favourite classic sci-fi movies is been remade and this is the one and only Creature From The Black Lagoon. Now personally, I am not a fan of remakes at all and can not fathom nor comprehend what will be done to this brilliant movie (of course over the top 3D and CGI) but as the argument goes, these movies need to be remade for the new generation who have never heard nor seen this classic.
The upside to remakes of movies in this genre is it produces some cool Halloween or fancy dress costumes for the monster involved, brings new toys and video games, books and DVD's, but most importantly, amazing posters and Art works, especially for collectors who love these movies of a certain era.
Because of the history of this movie (one of the first 3D movies) and the way the monster looked and was portrayed, and also the story behind the movie, countless art works and posters have come about with some amazing and cool looking drawings or framed pictures that poster and art hunters go crazy for.
The Creature From The Black Lagoon, as I have seen, has some crazy art and posters depicting the famous scene of the monster holding the woman in its arms or of the monster slowly coming out of the water with its arms out, my favourite scene and such a classic scene it is too.
Of course, in today's terms of horror, it is not scary at all but still to myself and to many other fans of 1950's sci-fi, you just can not beat the brilliance of a movie like this and the classic scenes that set the mark for movies like Jaws, Predator and Alien, hence the reason why art and poster of the 50's sci-fi are high in demand.
I'm sure after the remake it's popularity will explode (depending on the quality of the remake yikes!) and again the demand for the art and posters as well as the monster costume will be huge. After the remakes of Journey To The Center Of The Earth, The Day The Earth Stood Still and War Of The Worlds (All amazing Classics) I fear for this monster and what sort of updated look it will receive.
The best thing about remakes are, if they are horrifyingly bad, people tend to turn back to the original with love and open arms and gladly be thankful of the original and the gorgeous costumes, art and posters it helped developed. For this movie you can see what types of art or posters are available at The Creature From The Black Lagoon Site and hopefully pray the remake does some homage to this classic black and white monster.
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No. 95-664
Jeffrey R. Howard, attorney general (Suzan M. Lehmann, assistant attorney general, on the brief and orally), for the plaintiff.
Sakellarios & Associates, of Manchester (Jean-Claude Sakellarios on the brief and orally), for defendant Ralph R. Allard.
Mammoth Nursing Home, Inc. filed no brief.
BRODERICK, J. Defendant Ralph R. Allard appeals the Superior Court's (McGuire, J.) ruling which granted summary judgment to the plaintiff, the New Hampshire Division of Human Services, while denying Allard's cross-motion for summary judgment. The trial court ruled that the plaintiff was entitled to recapture Medicaid depreciation payments made to defendant Mammoth Nursing Home, Inc. (Mammoth) between 1976 and 1985. We affirm.
From 1971 to 1985, Allard, along with his wife and sister-in-law, owned and operated Mammoth, a fifty-five bed nursing home in Manchester. In 1976, Mammoth became a full-time Medicaid provider. As a program participant Mammoth received depreciation payments from the plaintiff totalling $79,052. These payments were designed to reflect the progressive exhaustion of the nursing home's facility and equipment in the course of caring for Medicaid patients. See Hoodkroft Convalescent Ctr. v. State of N.H., DHS, 879 F.2d 968, 969 (1st Cir. 1989), cert. denied, 493 U.S. 1020 (1990); cf. M. Chirelstein, Federal Income Taxation 141-42 (7th ed. 1994).
In June 1985, Mammoth and its three shareholders executed a purchase and sale agreement with Richard G. Courville and Associates (Courville), a limited partnership. Courville agreed to acquire Mammoth's real estate and personal property. On September 20, 1985, the shareholders signed a series of documents that transferred their interests in Mammoth to Courville. The shareholders executed a bill of sale which conveyed all of Mammoth's equipment, fixtures, moveable property, supplies, and inventory to Courville. In addition, Allard's wife, as president of Mammoth, signed a warranty deed conveying Mammoth's land and physical plant to Courville. The shareholders also signed a bill of sale for "all the authorized and issued shares of stock" of Mammoth along with a separate indemnity and "hold harmless" agreement shielding Courville from all debts existing "prior to the date of conveyance as specified in the Purchase and Sale Agreement for the sale of Mammoth Nursing Home, Inc. . . . as well as any recapture or attempt to recapture by the State of New Hampshire." The transaction was capped by two promissory notes that Courville endorsed in favor of the shareholders. Following this prodigious exchange of paperwork, Courville leased the assets it had acquired back to Mammoth. The warranty deed, transferring the real property and physical plant, was ultimately recorded on December 19, 1985.
After the 1985 sale, the plaintiff conducted an audit and concluded that the sale to Courville had resulted in a gain of $335,937. The plaintiff sought to recapture the depreciation payments it had previously paid to Mammoth. See N.H. Med. Asst. Manual 9999.7(b)(4). The defendants refused to pay and requested administrative review. In 1989, after a hearing, the division's director ruled that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the full value of the depreciation payments made to Mammoth in the years prior to the sale. The ruling was not appealed, although the defendants failed to repay the depreciation. The superior court dismissed the plaintiff's initial attempt to enforce the administrative award on the grounds that the applicable statute of limitations had expired. On appeal to this court, the trial court's dismissal was reversed and the case remanded for further proceedings. N.H. Div. of Human Services v. Allard, 138 N.H. 604, 607, 644 A.2d 70, 72 (1994). On remand each party moved for summary judgment.
The trial court ruled for the plaintiff. It rejected Allard's argument that the underlying transaction was a stock sale followed by a reorganization and transfer of assets from Mammoth to Courville. Allard asserted that this two-step transaction precluded recapture of depreciation payments because there had been no sale of assets. Applying the analysis in Chateau Gardens, Inc. v. Harris, 497 F. Supp. 133 (E.D. Mich. 1980), the court concluded that the parties intended the transaction to be an asset sale from the outset, despite their attempts to later characterize it as a stock sale. This appeal followed.
Allard asserts that the trial court erred in treating the two-step stock sale and asset transfer as a single transaction, when, he argues, it consisted of two distinct phases. For its part the plaintiff argues that the trial court was correct in ruling that "the transfer of assets was not separate from the stock transfer; rather, it was one transfer conducted in two parts." The plaintiff also argues that collateral estoppel bars the relitigation of issues that were determined in the prior administrative hearing. Although the plaintiff's writ and other pleadings specifically referred to the unappealed administrative determination as a matter of historical fact, the plaintiff never argued before the trial court that the defendants were collaterally estopped by the administrative decision. Accordingly, we decline to consider this argument on appeal. See State v. Chick, 141 N.H. ___, 688 A.2d 553 (1996). The dispositive issue in this appeal, therefore, is whether the transfer, as described, is more appropriately labeled an asset sale or a stock sale.
In reviewing a grant of summary judgment, we consider the affidavits, and all reasonable inferences drawn from them, in the light most favorable to the non-moving party. See Dwire v. Sullivan, 138 N.H. 428, 430, 642 A.2d 1359, 1360 (1994). To the extent that the non-moving party either ignores or does not dispute facts set forth in the moving party's affidavits, they are deemed admitted for purposes of the motion. See Arsenault v. Willis, 117 N.H. 980, 983, 380 A.2d 264, 266 (1977).
Under both the Federal Medicare and Medicaid programs, States that receive program funds must reimburse providers for the costs of caring for qualified patients. See 42 U.S.C.
1396a(a)(13)(A) (1994) (Medicaid); see also Hoodkroft, 879 F.2d at 969-70 (noting the similarity between the Medicare and Medicaid regulations on depreciation). Depreciation is a reimbursable expense under both programs. See N.H. Med. Asst. Manual 9999.7(b)(1) (Medicaid); see also 42 C.F.R. 413.134(a) (1996) (Medicare). Depreciation payments, such as those at issue in this case, are designed to reflect the declining value of a nursing home's assets over time. Conversely, depreciation is not paid on assets that retain their usefulness indefinitely, such as stock and land. Cf. Chirelstein, supra at 142-43. When depreciation is allowed, the payments are necessarily inexact; therefore, when an item is sold at a gain, this gain, up to the amount of depreciation paid, is "recaptured" by the government as excess depreciation. See Creighton Omaha Regional Health Care v. Sullivan, 950 F.2d 563, 565 (8th Cir. 1991).
Under both federal programs, a pure stock sale is not subject to recapture, as the sale does not involve the transfer of depreciable assets from one party to another. See Humana, Inc. v. Heckler, 758 F.2d 696, 703 (D.C. Cir. 1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1055 (1986); Chateau Gardens, 497 F. Supp. at 135; Manor Health Care v. Dept. of P. Welfare, 551 A.2d 628, 631 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1988), appeal denied, 562 A.2d 829 (Pa. 1989). On the other hand, it is also well settled that once a depreciated asset is sold for a gain, it is subject to recapture. Hoodkroft, 879 F.2d at 969-70. Thus, the characterization of this transaction as either an asset sale or a stock sale is of vital significance to the parties. Cf. Humana, 758 F.2d at 705-06.
In evaluating the transaction in this case, we adhere to the recognized principle that the substance of the transaction, and not its form, will control the analysis of transfers under the federal programs. See, e.g., Humana, 758 F.2d at 705; Pacific Coast Medical Enterprises v. Harris, 633 F.2d 123, 132-33 (9th Cir. 1980); Chateau Gardens, 497 F. Supp. at 135-36; Manor Health Care, 551 A.2d at 631. In the leading case on this subject, Pacific Coast Medical, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals noted that in the corporate sphere a stock sale that is quickly followed by a transfer of assets is considered to be the same as an asset sale. Pacific Coast Medical, 633 F.2d at 132. The court also observed that authorities such as the Internal Revenue Service, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the California Commissioner of Corporations routinely deem stock sales which are followed by reorganizations to be the functional equivalent of straight asset sales. Id.
Consequently, when the parties intend an asset sale, the parties' use of certain legal terminology, that might otherwise suggest a stock sale, will not thwart the application of the Medicaid/Medicare reimbursement system. Id. at 132-33; cf. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. v. G.W. Thomas Drayage & R. Co., 442 P.2d 641, 644 (Cal. 1968) (warning against the elevation of certain "magic words" at the expense of the parties' intent). As one court has stated, Pacific Coast Medical "establishes that where it can be shown that the intent of a transaction was an acquisition of assets -- even though it occurs through a series of steps -- it may be treated as an acquisition of assets." Manor Health Care, 551 A.2d at 631. Similarly, the transfer of stock or assets, standing alone, is not decisive evidence of the parties' intent to achieve either type of transaction. See Lodi Community Hosp. v. Shalala, 94 F.3d 1251, 1254-55 (9th Cir. 1996).
In the present case, the trial court held that Courville "not only intended but agreed, even before the transfer of [the nursing home] stock, to purchase the nursing home assets." This conclusion is bolstered by the parties' original written agreement which structured the transaction as an asset sale. While the transaction was later divided into smaller segments, the contracts governing each element of the transaction were executed on the same day. This suggests that the stock sale was an integrated part of a much larger transaction. Cf. Kilroe v. Troast, 117 N.H. 598, 601, 376 A.2d 131, 133 (1977).
The evidence, taken as a whole, establishes Courville's initial and continued intent, even after the transaction was allegedly restructured, to acquire the assets of the nursing home. We agree with the trial court that Allard's reliance on the purported legal significance of the two-part structure of the transaction is insufficient to demonstrate that the parties did not intend an asset sale. As in Chateau Gardens:
The transaction here was not solely the sale of stock. Rather, [the buyer] had the intent throughout of acquiring the assets as a whole and using them to provide health care services to the residents. The provision of those services is the very purpose of the [Medicaid] reimbursement scheme.
Chateau Gardens, 497 F. Supp. at 135-36.
Finally, we do not find merit in Allard's assertion that the continued survival of the nursing home's corporate identity undermines the trial court's determination of intent. The survival of the original provider is one factor, to be considered in conjunction with the other evidence of the parties' intent. See American Medicorp, Inc. v. Schweiker, 714 F.2d 68, 70 (9th Cir. 1983) (survival of provider corporation does not preclude application of Pacific Coast Medical standard). When, as in this case, the other evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that the parties intended to sell the assets of the provider, the transaction is appropriately classified as an asset sale, notwithstanding the status of the provider. Cf. Lodi Community Hosp., 94 F.3d at 1255. If we were to adopt Allard's argument, we would be condoning the perpetuation of assetless corporate shells for the sole purpose of Medicare/Medicaid business planning. As we have just instructed that form should not be allowed to prevail over substance in this area of the law, we decline to substitute one artifice for another.
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KATRA TURANA, one of avantgarde rock outfits in Japan in the 1980s, is known neither all around the world nor only in Japan. As we Japanese know, in those days almost all of anti-establishment or anti-mainstream artists should be immersed underground, and today some of them can see the light - namely, the other cannot be discharged from the underground. KATRA TURANA is one of the outfits still underground and almost unrealized on this ground. A singer, a performer, and the frontman Atsushi HIROIKE always disguised himself as a beautiful woman, performed like a crazy lady, and sang with mischievous feminine voices on stage. Surely your first listening to his voices can deceive you into realizing him as a female singer. And yep, this album itself is exactly a theatre, and lots of instruments are the casts on stage - of course, Atsushi's beautiful and weird vocal is the heroine.
In the first track Yorokobashiki Ichinichi (One day with pleasure), a plaintive violin solo and "her" graceful voices can open the theatre curtain. Well the Katra Theatre gets started. And Ensuikei Table (Conical table) is an absolutely dreamy drama! A musical chime solo is inevitably comfortable and streaming violin sounds following this are more graceful and dramatic. Atsushi's voices are mischievously cute but solemnly quiet, without any weirdness in this song. In the middle part, even warped and twisted piano and percussion cannot break the fantasia - some avantgarde spice added, though. However don't be cheated please - after ... -> show full review


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Fionnuala Hunt has an international career as soloist, Music Director of the Irish Chamber Orchestra, and guest leader of the LSO and a range of other orchestras from Moscow to Melbourne. Just why a Viennese-trained Irish violinist should choose to dedicate three years to researching, arranging and recording the music of the tango is unclear, but we can be glad she did.
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Resolving a circuit court split, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, 7-1, that because part of the "matter alleged to be discriminatory" in a Title VII constructive discharge claim includes the employee's resignation, the statute of limitations begins to run only after the date the employee resigns. Green v. Brennan, No. 14-613 (May 23, 2016). In so holding, the Court vacated the decision of the Tenth Circuit, which held that the statute of limitations in a constructive discharge claim, starts running at the time of the employer's last alleged act of discrimination that forces the employee to resign his or her employment.
The dispute originated after U.S. Postal Service employee, Marvin Green, complained to his employer that he was denied a promotion because he is black. Shortly thereafter, his supervisors accused him of intentionally delaying the mail. The parties reached a settlement agreement dated December 16, 2009, wherein the Postal Service agreed not to pursue criminal charges, and Green agreed either to retire or to accept another position in a remote location with a reduced salary. Green chose to retire and submitted his resignation paperwork on February 9, 2010. On March 22 – 41 days after submitting his resignation paperwork, but 96 days after signing the settlement agreement – Green contacted an Equal Employment Opportunity counselor to report an unlawful constructive discharge. Green subsequently filed suit in federal district court, which the court dismissed as untimely. The Tenth Circuit affirmed, holding that the limitations period began to run from the time of the employer's alleged "last discriminatory act," and not from the resignation itself.
Before a federal civil servant may sue his employer for violating Title VII, he must, among other things, "initiate contact" with an Equal Employment Opportunity counselor at his agency "within 45-days of the date of the matter alleged to be discriminatory." In Green, the Court addressed the specific question of when the 45-day federal civil servant limitations period begins to run for an employee who resigns in the face of intolerable discrimination—a constructive discharge.
The Court, in a decision written by Justice Sotomayor, determined the most helpful canon in this context was the "standard rule," which provides that a limitations period ordinarily begins to run "when the plaintiff has a complete and present cause of action." Applying the standard rule, the Court held that the "matter alleged to be discriminatory" includes the employee's resignation, and that the 45-day clock for a constructive discharge begins running only after the employee resigns.
First, the Court found that an employee's resignation is part of the "complete and present cause of action" in a constructive discharge claim. The Court determined that a constructive discharge claim includes (1) the underlying discriminatory conduct such that a reasonable em-ployee would have felt compelled to resign, and (2) the actual resignation. Because no "complete and present cause of action" for constructive discharge exists until the employee resigns, under the standard rule, the second basic requirement – resignation – is required to trigger the running of the limitations period.
Second, the Court found that nothing in Title VII's regulations, which create the limitations period, clearly indicated an intent to displace the standard rule. Finally, the Court determined that practical considerations supported application of the standard rule. The Court found that it was impractical to suggest a two-step process, in which an employee would have to file a complaint after an employer's discriminatory conduct, only to be forced to amend that complaint to allege constructive discharge after resigning. In addition, the Court found that requiring a complaint be filed before resignation occurs would also ignore that an employee may not be in a position to leave his job immediately.
The Supreme Court reversed and remanded the matter to the Tenth Circuit to determine the date notice of resignation was provided.
Notably, in a footnote, the Court majority pointed out that the Title VII regulation at issue in Green applies only to federal employees, however, the regulation does have a statutory analog for private-sector Title VII plaintiffs requiring them to file charges with the EEOC within 180 or 300 days "after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred." Although the language is different, the EEOC Compliance Manual treats the federal and private-sector employee limitations periods as identical in operation. Therefore, it is likely that the holding in Green will be applied to similar private sector statute of limitations questions.
In dissent, Justice Thomas asserted that the majority holding inappropriately expanded the constructive discharge doctrine by transforming constructive discharge into a claim focused on the employee's conduct, rather than on the employer's conduct. Justice Thomas wrote that "[b]y ignoring the date on which an employer's discriminatory act occurred and instead focusing only on an employee's subjective response to that discriminatory act, the majority dispenses with the function of an employer's conduct." Justice Thomas further argued that only an employer's actions should constitute a 'matter alleged to be discriminatory.'"


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New Australia coach Darren Lehmann would welcome Shane Warne into the Australia set-up.
Lehmann, who on Monday was unveiled as the successor to the sacked Micky Arthur, will take up the reins immediately and lead his side into an Ashes series against England. Lehmann won the urn twice as a player with Warne and spent four years alongside him in the Victoria dressing room.
"We would love him [Warne] in the room. The past legends is what we are about," said Lehmann.
"Having guys involved in our current structure and having some sort of input. You don't have a guy take 700 Test wickets and not use him if he is around the place. He is always welcome as is anyone who has represented Australia in our dressing room. I will be after the past players to use their knowledge and guidance along the way.
"If he (Warne) is around, and I know he is commentating with Sky all the time, then we will certainly use him. I have had some great messages. They (past players) are an important part of what we are trying to create."
Victories have been hard to come by for the Australians recently with a 4-0 whitewash at the hands of India a major factor in Arthur's dismissal.
"We will get everything right on and off the field," said Lehmann. "It is important to talk about the game whether it be with a beer or a diet coke in your hand. I don't care. It is about learning the game and improving our skills on and off the field and that is what we are about.
"This journey over the next two months during the Ashes we will learn about ourselves as cricketers and people which is really important and performing at the level everyone would expect us to back home. That is where that comes into it. Learning about where we can do things differently.
"Yes definitely we can still win the Ashes. The team is going to play in a certain way. We are going to play an aggressive brand of cricket that entertains people and fans and gets the job done on and off the field.
"I am excited by the challenge. I am looking forward to working with Michael [Clarke] closely and the other team members and look forward to them having success throughout this tour."
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 22, 2009 – James F. Cordes, former executive vice president of The Coastal Corp., has been elected to American Electric Power's (NYSE: AEP) board of directors, according to Lester A. Hudson Jr., presiding director of AEP's board of directors.
With the election of Cordes, AEP's board includes 13 directors, 12 of whom are outside directors. The only inside director is Michael G. Morris, AEP chairman, president and chief executive officer.
"Jim Cordes brings to our board more than 30 years of success in the interstate natural gas pipeline business facing issues similar to those we are experiencing today as we grow our electric transmission business. Our board also will benefit from the insights Jim has gained about the electric utility industry," Hudson said.
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I felt it necessary to email my local MP, Stephen Metcalfe (Con), of Basildon and Billericay. It went as follows:
I'm a local of yours, I live in Rectory Park Drive in Pitsea, I hope that if you are voting tomorrow afternoon on fee changes for students that you'll vote no. The levels of debt that face students after their degree are beginning to get disturbing – I'm not sure I would've gone to university were I given such a bill (and already I am in £12,000 debt, for goodness knows how long). It's not a party political debate in my opinion, some of the progressive Conservative literature I have seen promotes a savings culture for all, so as we all can become recapitalised and not generationally indebted to lenders. A vote against fee rises ensures that a savings culture begins, and the debt culture ends.
As knowledge work becomes the dominating force in this country, and GDP relies on it all the more, degrees in their many forms – arts, humanities, sciences – will be vital; to want to help enrich this country in times where growth is an issue, prospective students should not be fined for their efforts but rewarded. As my experience has shown, a degree in itself does not guarantee a person a job, and even if you are lucky enough to find one, the chances of reaching the average graduate wage packet are questionable (which is higher than £21K). What has been absent from many discussions on fee change is how much social capital degrees have. On this basis alone, I'd appeal to your heartstrings, and ask you vote no. Plus, abstaining is for liberals.
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Although our chromosomes are relatively stable within our lifetimes, the genetic material found in our mitochondria is highly variable across individuals and may impact upon human health, say researchers at the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital. Genomes are changing, not just from generation to generation, but even and in fact within our individual cells. The researchers are the first to identify the extent to which the editing processes of RNA code can vary across a large number of individuals. "Mitochondria are the power stations of our cells, and the more power a cell needs, such as a muscle cell, the more mitochondria it has. Mitochondria are organelles in our cells with their own genetic code, separate from the DNA in our chromosomes, and the many mitochondria in the same individual can have different genetic mutations," explained Alan Hodgkinson, who is first author of the study. "The many mitochondria in the same cell can have different genetic mutations. Our research helps us to understand how variable mitochondrial RNA processing can be and what the possible consequences of that might be on health." By way of example, the researchers have found an association between the level of modification of RNA and our basal metabolic rate - the rate at which we are able to convert food into energy to power our bodies. The findings add extra layers of complexity to our understanding of how genetics influence our health.
The study was made possible thanks to the participation of nearly 40,000 Quebecers in the CARTaGENE initiative. CARTaGENE is one of the world's most comprehensive banks of genetic information: in addition to genetic information, participants share their health history, residential information, ethnicity, languages spoken and their family history of disease. Philip Awadalla is Director of the CARTaGENE initiative and lead author of the study. "The people of Quebec want to take part in science," he said. "This program is unique in the world. Other initiatives are taking place, but they aren't as comprehensive. Elsewhere, researchers are able to recruit 5% of the people they invite. Quebecers' collaboration rate is five times that." CARTaGENE's data and samples are available to the local and international research community.
The researchers looked specifically at mutations in the RNA of the mitochondria. If DNA is the printing press that determines the functions of a living organism, RNA is the print that it leaves behind. And just like with a printing press, sometimes the print (known as transcription) is slightly different from the press. "We looked at the variation within and across individuals in the mitochondrial RNA. This is the first survey of mitochondria-wide RNA variation at a population level," Hodgkinson explained. "We used the data of 1,000 participants in the CARTaGENE initiative, making this the largest RNA sequencing in the world to date. With this kind of depth of information, we've identified a vast array of fine-scaled differences not just between individuals but also within individuals - and that's the power of the data. But within that, we focused on one specific signature that we found really interesting - the signature in the sequencing data that represents the modification of RNA at important sites." "The other world first here is an unprecedented level of resolution - we're not only capturing change happening at the DNA level, now we're capturing "epiphenomena" happening at the RNA level. We can compare across individuals to see how variable different individuals are within themselves," Awadalla added.
Many other factors are at play in determining the variation in the transcription of mitochondrial RNA. "Your DNA is mostly found in the nucleus of each cell, and there is interaction between products from the genome of the nucleus and the genome of the mitochondria to create cellular energy - they're not completely separate," Hodgkinson explained. "We find an association between variation in a nuclear gene - the DNA that's from your chromosomes - with the level of modification in the mitochondrial RNA. The resulting modifications may impact cellular energy production, but there is much more work to be done to confirm and fully understand these processes".
While the mechanisms at work in our body may offer couch potatoes a handy excuse, the actual outcomes in terms of our health may not be deterministic. "It makes sense that we would see an association between mitochondria and metabolism rates, because mitochondria are the power packs of each cell. We have determined that our genome's ability to modify itself is partly hard-wired - the open question is how does our genome react to exposures in the environment?" Awadalla said.
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Alan Hodgkinson, Youssef Idaghdour, Elias Gbeha, Jean-Christophe Grenier, Elodie Hip-Ki, Vanessa Bruat, Jean-Philippe Goulet, Thibault de Malliard, and Philip Awadalla published "High Resolution Genomic Analysis of Human Mitochondrial RNA Sequence Variation" in Science on April 25, 2014. All researchers are affiliated with the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Montreal and Centre hospitalier Sainte-Justine Research Centre. The University of Montreal is officially known as Université de Montréal. Youssef Idaghdour is also affiliated with the Department of Biology at New York University Abu Dhabi. This study was funded by Genome Quebec, the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Quebec's Network of Applied Medical Genetics, the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé, the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Nature et technologies, the Banting and FRSQ Fellowship Programs and used equipment funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation.


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"This is a big day for fundamental rights and American values and I'm very proud of it and proud that we played a small role here in 2004," Newsom added.


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I am new to this book. I heard about it from the Secret Cabal Gaming podcast about a week ago and was very intrigued. I think it's a really cool idea and looking forward to it.
I have a few friends who would be interested in this too. I am wondering if it's possible to go through this book without marking it or folding any pages so that i could give it to somebody afterwards. Or is that simply not possible?
Ill be taking this to my classrooms to spread the word around and hopefully get more and more people interested in this. Hopefully some of them will go out and buy it. Another reason i ask if it can be replayed is if i decide to buy it for some fellow teachers... Could this be a book they can include in their classroom so several kids can enjoy it? (Im talking kids as in grade 6 to grade 9 or 10 range).
Replayability of this book?
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Yes is possible to replay it if you don't write on the book
Best age is 14+ ( younger can play with help)
Yes is possible to replay it if you don't write on the book
Best age is 14+ ( younger can play with help)
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I was thinking about replayability too. Do you have any suggestions on what's the best way of doing this without writing on the book, Puzzlers? I love the book, by the way.
Re: Replayability of this book?
My wife and I just finished the book without writing in it. We used post-it notes to write the keys on for each puzzle and made copies of the pages that we thought would need to be folded, drawn on, cut, etc. It worked out pretty well and we're happy we can now lend out the book or save it for the kids when they're a bit older.
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DEERFIELD BEACH -- Water rates could decrease or the city could have more money to use in cleaning up two contaminated wells if the City Commission succeeds in refinancing water and sewer bonds.
The city has been studying the refinancing plan, hoping it would produce between $200,000 and $300,000 in savings. Under the plan, the city would refund 1984 water and sewer bonds and issue $10 million in new bonds to be repaid with water and sewer revenue.
Commissioners have said they would like to use the money to reduce water rates. City Manager J. Eldon Mariott has recommended the savings, which will go into the city`s utility fund, should be spent on cleaning up the wells.
Regardless of how the money is spent, the city learned last week that conditions have changed in the bond market since the city first looked into refinancing, reducing the possible savings the city can expect.
Commissioners agreed to authorize the bond issue if conditions change, hoping to beat a Sept. 1 deadline for such transactions.


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11 November 1999
This section enables the Secretary of State to postpone, or to modify or disapply in certain cases, a reduction of 50% in the amount of additional pension under the State Earnings-Related Pension Scheme ("SERPS") which a widow or widower can "inherit" from a spouse who dies after 5th April 2000.
Currently, widows and, in certain circumstances, widowers may receive the full amount of their deceased spouse's SERPS. However, as a result of changes originally enacted in the Social Security Act 1986 (but now consolidated in the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992), where a married person dies after 5th April 2000 the surviving spouse will be able to receive only 50% of the deceased's SERPS.
This change was not fully publicised, and some people were incorrectly told that they or their widower could expect to "inherit" the full amount of SERPS.
This section enables the Secretary of State to make regulations, subject to the affirmative resolution procedure, to do one or more of the following:
to provide for specified categories of widows and widowers to receive more than 50% of their spouse's SERPS;
to postpone the 50% reduction from 6th April 2000 to a later year;
to set up a scheme to determine who has been misled by incorrect or incomplete information about the 50% reduction, so as to ensure that the reduction is not applied in their, or their widow(er)'s, case.
Until provision for one of these options is in force, widow(er)s will continue to "inherit" the full amount of their spouse's SERPS.
An earlier version of this provision was first added to the Bill at Lords Report stage (11th October 1999; Hansard Vol 605, col 26) and this section was substituted at Commons consideration of Lords Amendments (3rd November 1999; Handard Vol 337, col 363).
The three options for provision in regulations are set out in subsection (2), subsection (3) and subsections (4) to (6) respectively.
Subsection (2) enables regulations to increase above 50% the proportion of SERPS "inherited" by specified categories of widow(er)s.
Subsection (3) enables regulations to provide for the postponement of the reduction to some year later than the year 2000.
Subsections (4) and (5) enable regulations to provide for a scheme, to be in operation for a specified period, under which claims would be made by people who, in reliance on incorrect or incomplete information provided by a government department about the SERPS reduction, have not safeguarded their own or their spouse's financial position in the event of widowhood after 5th April 2000. Those, or the spouses of those, who claimed successfully under the scheme would not, in the event of their being widowed after 5th April 2000, be affected by the reduction in SERPS payable as part of Widow's Benefit, Bereavement Benefits or Category B Retirement Pension.
Subsection (6) enables those regulations to provide also for procedural and other matters regarding the scheme, such as the time and manner in which claims must be made, the information to be provided, the conditions for success, the decision-making process, and appeals.
Subsection (7) prevents the reduction in SERPS from taking effect until regulations are in force to provide for at least one of the three options described above.
Subsection (8) requires a draft of any regulations under this section to be approved by each House of Parliament before the regulations can be made.
In the 1999 Budget, the Chancellor announced a reform of Maternity Allowance so that women earning below the lower earnings limit for NI contributions, and at least £30 a week, would be entitled to the benefit for the first time. Section 53, which was added to the Bill at Commons Report (Hansard vol. 331, col. 643), makes the necessary changes to the legislation.
There are two maternity benefits for pregnant working women. Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) is administered and paid by employers; Maternity Allowance (MA) is paid by the DSS.
Statutory Maternity Pay is paid to employees who satisfy two basic tests. A woman must have been employed continuously by her employer for at least 26 weeks by the 15th week before her baby is expected; and she must earn on average at or above the Lower Earnings Limit (LEL: the starting point for paying National Insurance contributions, currently £66 a week).
Maternity Allowance is paid to women who do not qualify for Statutory Maternity Pay, to the self-employed, and to recently employed women. To qualify, they must have worked and paid National Insurance contributions for at least 26 of the 66 weeks ending with the week before the expected week of childbirth.
Both SMP and MA provide a basic weekly benefit for employees of £59.55 (the same as Statutory Sick Pay) for up to 18 weeks. SMP beneficiaries, however, receive 90% of their average earnings for the first 6 weeks, if this is higher. The self-employed and recently employed receive a lower rate of Maternity Allowance of £51.70.
Section 53 extends Maternity Allowance to women who earn below the LEL. The changes:
allow women who earn at least £30 a week, but below the LEL, to get Maternity Allowance worth 90% of their average weekly earnings;
allow women with several low paid jobs to add together their earnings, and get MA for the first time;
allow self-employed women who hold a Small Earnings Exception from paying National Insurance contributions to get Maternity Allowance of £27 a week (90% of £30);
remove the lower rate of MA, so that the self-employed and recently employed receive the same basic rate of benefit as employed women.
The section gives the power to set out the details (e.g. how average weekly earnings should be calculated) in regulations.
The section amends section 35 of the Contributions and Benefits Act which contains the rules for Maternity Allowance, and adds a new section 35A.
Subsection (1) replaces section 35(1) of the Act, which sets out the qualifying conditions for Maternity Allowance.
The only substantial change here is in the inserted subsection (1)(c). Currently subsection (1)(c) says that a woman must meet National Insurance contribution conditions to qualify for MA. The new subsection says instead that she must earn above the "Maternity Allowance threshold" (defined in new section 35A(6) – described below – as £30).
There is a minor change in the inserted subsection (1)(b). This makes clear that if a woman works for part of a week, this counts as a whole week for the test of recent employment.
Subsection (2) makes some consequential amendments.
Subsection (3) adds a new section 35A to the Contributions and Benefits Act. This sets out the rates at which Maternity Allowance will be paid, and gives the power to make the detailed arrangements of the earning test through regulations.
Any woman who earns on average at or above the Lower Earnings Limit will get the standard rate of MA (i.e. £59.55 a week) – inserted subsection (2). There is no distinction between employed and self-employed women: self-employed and recently employed women will no longer get a lower rate of benefit.
Any woman whose average earnings are at least equal to the qualifying Maternity Allowance threshold (to be set at £30), but less than the LEL, will get a rate of MA equal to 90% of her average earnings – inserted subsection (3).
The inserted subsections (4) and (5) of new section 35A contain powers to make regulations. It is intended to use the regulations to:
define "earnings".
For employed earners, the same definition will be used as for Statutory Maternity Pay (i.e. gross earnings of a type that would qualify for National Insurance contributions).
For the self-employed, it is intended to base the calculation on notional earnings. For every week that a woman pays a Class 2 contribution, she will be treated as having earnings equal to the LEL in force for that week. To help the low paid self-employed, a self-employed woman who holds a certificate of Small Earnings Exception will be treated as having earnings equal to the Maternity Allowance Threshold applicable in that week (subsections 4(b) and 5(c)).
define the period and the method to be used for calculating earnings.
The exact period has yet to be decided, but it is intended to take an average of at least 13 and at most 26 weeks' earnings from the 66 week period used in the employment test. Women will be able to take account of their best weeks' earnings when choosing which weeks to use (subsection (5)(a) and (b)).
provide that the total earnings in any one week may come from a number of different jobs and/or self-employed earnings.
The aim is to ensure, for example, that a woman with three jobs earning £20 a week can add those earnings together to make total weekly earnings of £60. Or, a self-employed woman with a small earnings exception, who is also employed at £20 a week, could add together her notional earnings from self-employment (£30) to the £20 she earns as an employee. This would give her total earnings for that week of £50 (subsection (5)(d)).
Subsection (6) of new section 35A provides that the "Maternity Allowance threshold" is to be £30. Subsections (7) and (8) provide that the Secretary of State may increase this amount for any tax year after 1999/2000 by order.
The amendment made by paragraph 32 of Schedule 8 to the Act makes such orders would be subject to affirmative resolution: i.e. approval in draft by both Houses of Parliament. This is in line with the current procedure for uprating benefits.
Subsection (4) of section 53 provides that the new arrangements for Maternity Allowance will apply to woman whose expected date of confinement begins on or after 20 August 2000, with the first payments possible under the new rules being payable from April 2000.
Maternity Allowance, like Statutory Maternity Pay, may be paid from the 11th week before the week in which the baby is due. It is also payable where the baby is born prematurely. This can be as early as 19 weeks before the expected week of birth. So, women expecting a baby during the week commencing 20 August 2000 could receive Maternity Allowance as early as April 2000 if their baby arrives prematurely.
Schedule 8 Part VI contains some minor consequential amendments, and Schedule 13 some consequential repeals.
These sections replace the benefits currently paid to widows with a new set of bereavement benefits, which may be paid to both men and women. A consultation document, A new contract for welfare: SUPPORT IN BEREAVEMENT (Cm 4104), was published in November 1998 setting out the Government's proposals. Those proposals have subsequently been carried forward into the new legislation, although some elements of these reforms are due to be introduced through secondary legislation.


text: Every vacation closet needs be filled with Fendi's beachwear. The label's bold bikinis are approved for sunny beach days, while silk kaftans and crochet maxi dresses come in handy during cool evenings. Don't pass up on Fendi's swimsuits either. With an expert finish courtesy of skilled Italian artisans, these form-fitting styles are versatile favourites you'll take to the pool as well as the streets. Just throw on your favourite jeans after a swim and you're good to go.


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March 24, 2014
Diplomacy with Iran Through a European Lens
By Nazia Khan
Schaake noted that although EU's approach on engagement with Iran may differ from that of the United States, "in order to achieve the best results, we must be working together in a complimentary way [and] an independent way."
Schaake, a member of the European Parliament for the Dutch Democratic Party, visited Iran last December as part of an official European Parliament delegation. She serves on European Parliament's Committee of Foreign Affairs with a focus on freedom of expression, digital, and press freedom, and Iran.
"I sensed hope and optimism in the streets of Tehran," Schaake said, noting the new, more moderate government of President Hassan Rouhani. However, she warned that hardliners "still hold a very strong voice and often use this to disrupt efforts." Understanding this internal battle is important in both the EU's and the United States' negotiations with Iran. Hardliners have tightly held onto laws restricting digital freedom in Iran, though many reformist leaders in government actively and effectively use banned social media platforms to spread their messages. "It's unsustainable if these leaders go on these platforms to not allow the population, one day or another, [to use social media]," Schaake argued.
Another human rights concern under the shadow of the hardliners' influence is Iran's use of the death penalty, a particularly contentious issue between the European Union and Iran. Schaake's conversations suggested a rethinking among moderate Iranian leaders on abolishing the death penalty in drug-related offenses, the leading charge in death penalty cases. Leaving Iran, the European Parliament delegation identified this as a tangible opportunity for changing Iran's use of the death penalty as a well as to start a broader dialogue on human rights. "It is upon those of us who believe that reforms will benefit the Iranian people to try to do everything we can to make that happen, very well realizing those who seek reform are not the only ones in power in Iran," Schaake said.


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Saturday, November 3, 2007
Late Night Motel
Andrew Crane
Thirty dollars a night
no air conditioning
I lay half naked on the bed--
single bed in the middle under
the single hanging light bulb,
towels underneath me,
I dare not to touch the covers.
I scatter my clothes on the floor,
they're dirty anyway
I remind myself, shake them free
of whatever is crawling through them
turn the light off, so I don't have to see
walls painted grey
paint flaking here, there,
collecting on the bare floorboards
where my clothes collect dust mites
I can start to feel them crawl
possibly, underneath my skin.
I scratch and scratch with out relief
what is happening to me?
My skin is pink and raw
pain, the only relief from the itching.
I can hear the sounds through the walls
snoring, coughing, crying.
the low murmurs of people making love,
or are they just fucking their way into happiness,
with a stranger that they met,
on the street corner,
across from the motel,
Road House singing outside,
a fight in the parking lot.
An airplane soaring overhead,
landing in the nearby airport,
passengers oblivious of the degenerate nature of this city.
You are sleeping on top of the covers?
But I can't sleep.
The cockroaches are scratching down the walls,
pulling down the remainder of the paint.
It falls to the floor as they scatter.
The sun is finally starting to come up.
Bio: Andrew Craner resides in the small village of Greyabbey, Northern Ireland; he is originally fron Ontario, Canada, but moved to Ireland 11 years ago to be with partner Julie. He has been recently been published in 'A Hudson View Poetry Digest' and 'SpingingS... intense tales of life.' and in the up coming Christmas edition of 'Delivered'. He is also member of the writing group 'Ards Writers'. He has a number of poems and short stories posted on http://Writing.Com/authors/cranemillican.
Editorial Comments: Here is a real to life poem that
takes us to many places in our young lives some of which
we wished we could have avoided-but this poem adds craft
to the unsettling surrounds.
Crab Apples
By Amber Rothrock
Ankles twist,
tripping over
fallen crab apples
rotting in the heat,
infested with flies.
The apples that is.
Sitting on the bench
the lack of broken bones.
No reason
to stay home from school.
Mother's only advice
is to pick up your feet.
But it would be
more feasible
to cut down the damn tree.
eats crab apples anyway.
Bio: Amber Rothrock is a talented lady and editor of
Illogical Muse: http://www.geocities.com/illogicalmuse/
soon to go to print as well as online.
Editorial Comment: I love poems like this one, you can feel your toes
squeeze between the crap apples. The scent, the aggravation, the fall ritual,
the loveliness of southwestern Michigan. The poem is just real.
By Shirley Dunn Perry
Merton rarely speaks
except with his fingers
on the guitar, accordion
and church organ on Sunday mornings.
Merton doesn't chat
about weather, politics, or poems
because his words are marbled
a mumble of muffled sounds.
He was born with his top lip and palate cracked open by God or bad luck
only his family could understand him some of the time.
Merton, stooped by wordlessness
soul drawn tight into concentric circles like tree rings
harnesses Bess, the old mare
and heads down the logging road.
It's spring
wild cherry blossoms
white in flight fall on the road
a cloud of mosquitoes
buzzing and biting
each bite reminding him
that he belongs on the farm
the one to stay
tending parents, gardens, and animals.
Merton stops to listen
to the White-throated Sparrow--
sun warm on his shoulders
one hand on the reins
the other in his pocket
fingering a newspaper clipping
with the name and address
of an oral surgeon in Halifax.
First published in Oregon East, Volume XXXVII, 2006
Bio: Shirley Dunn Perry has had a few poems published and
presently lives in Tucson Arizona. When she is not writing
she is a nurse.
Editorial Comment: I love poems like this, my only regret
is I didn't write it. They follow a pattern similar to my own writings
with a story, rich in with imagery that touches the heart and imagination.
I look foward to more poem by Shirley in the near future.
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The Woods 59101R 120-Volt, SPST, 40-Amp, 24 Hour Mechanical Time Switch, turns heavy-duty appliances on and off at set times. Set multiple on/off settings for your indoor and outdoor lighting, air conditioning, fans, blowers, pumps, and other commercial, industrial and residential applications. Features a 40-amp contact switch with robust motor and heavy-duty gear train that is enclosed in an outdoor rated, NEMA 3R, industrial-grade lockable box for safety and durability. Has up to 24 on/off settings per day for flexible programming, with segment pins that are permanently attached so they won't get lost. Programming can be set in 30 minute intervals for multiple on/off events, which maximizes energy savings and controls electricity costs by only using power when it's needed. Also includes a manual override lever which temporarily suspends switch operation without affecting the set schedule. The Single Pole, Single Throw (SPST) indicates the mechanical timer can control one circuit (like one set of lights). The Woods 59101 120-Volt, SPST, 40-Amp, 24 Hour Mechanical Time Switch is CSA Certified for quality assurance and meets UL standard 917. Rated for most loads up to 2-horsepower (24FLA), 40 amps resistive, general use, and tungsten from 120-volts providing direct 24 hour time switch control. The Woods brand of timers and home controls bring simplicity to your life, by maximizing convenience, security and energy savings.
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text: Recently moved to Pacific Northwest. My neighbor heard about my hunt for Geoduck and dropped off a bag of them when I was not home. My husband put them in the freezer shell and all because he did not know what to do with them. Can they be unthawed and salvaged for me to try to cook? Any ideas on recipes for a first time Geoduck chef?


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From careeralley.com
Generally speaking, while all company-posted positions found on the job boards will be found on a company's career site, not all opportunities on company career sites will be found on job boards. For that reason, you need to review company career sites as a regular part of your job search plan. First up is another resource for researching and creating your company list, followed by some company career sites.
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Dr Noha M. Elassy
Current affiliation: Suez Canal University
Subject: Education
Primary location: Egypt
A model of student involvement in the quality assurance system at institutional level
Published in:Quality Assurance in Education
Publication date:2013-04-19What's it about?
the model presented in this paper shows how university students can participate in their higher education institutions
Student involvement in the Egyptian quality assurance system
Published in:Quality Assurance in Education
Publication date:2015-04-07Why is it important?
The paper is important as it is an implementation of the suggested model of student involvement that I created in another paper that published in 2013
quality assurance and quality enhancement
Published in:Quality Assurance in Education
Publication date:2015-07-06Why is it important?
Specifying the meaning of the terms that you use is helping you in your research and it helps you to choose which tool of measurement you can use. ...