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Glossary of Health Care Terms
Health insurance is full of terms you may not know. To help you better understand health insurance, here's a list of the most commonly used health care terms and definitions.
Affordable Care Act
A comprehensive law passed in 2010, aimed at reforming America's health care system to improve access and affordability for more Americans.
allowable charge
The maximum amount a health care plan will reimburse a doctor or hospital for a given service.
annual deductible
The amount you are required to pay annually before reimbursement by your health care benefits plan begins.
The deductible requirement does not apply to preventive services.
annual limit
An insurance plan may limit the dollar amount it will pay during one year for a certain treatment or service, or for all benefits provided in a year.
The health care items or services covered by an insurance plan. Your insurance plan may sometimes be referred to as a "benefit package."
catastrophic plan
The health insurance exchange will include a catastrophic plan option. Catastrophic plans have lower premiums, but begin to pay only after you've first paid a certain amount for covered services, or just cover more expensive levels of care, like hospitalizations. Catastrophic plans are an option to consider for young adults and people for whom coverage would otherwise be unaffordable.
claim form
A form you or your doctor fill out and submit to your health care benefits plan for payment.
An itemized bill for services provided to a member.
This stands for Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985. This federal act requires group health care plans to allow employees and covered dependents to continue their group coverage for a stated period of time following a qualifying event that causes the loss of group health coverage. Qualifying events include reduced work hours, termination of employment, a child becoming an over-aged dependent, Medicare eligibility, death or divorce of a covered employee.
The percentage of the costs of a covered health care service or prescription drug you pay after you've paid your deductible. Remember, you pay 100 percent of the full allowed amount until you meet your deductible.
contracting hospital
A hospital that has contracted with a particular health care plan to provide hospital services to members of that plan.
copay (also known as copayment)
The set dollar amount you pay for a covered health care service at the time you receive care or when you pick up a prescription drug.
cost-sharing reduction (CSR)
A discount that lowers the amount you have to pay out-of-pocket for deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments. You can get this discount if your income is below a certain level and you choose an insurance plan from the Silver plan category. If you're a member of a federally recognized tribe, you may qualify for additional cost-sharing benefits.
covered person
The eligible person enrolled in the health care benefits plan and any enrolled eligible family members.
covered service
A service that is covered according to the terms in your health care benefits plan.
The amount you pay for most covered services before your health plan starts to pay. The deductible resets at the beginning of the calendar year or when you enroll in a new plan. Some covered services may have a per-occurrence deductible.
An eligible person, other than the member (generally a spouse or child), who has health care benefits under the member's policy.
drug formulary
A list of preferred drugs chosen by a panel of doctors and pharmacists. Both brand and generic medications are included on the formulary.
effective date of coverage
The date your coverage begins. Please note: The effective date can also represent the date a change in your coverage takes effect. If you have questions, call the number on the back of your ID card.
emergency medical care
Services provided for the initial outpatient treatment of an acute medical condition, usually in a hospital setting. Most health care plans have specific guidelines to define emergency medical care.
employer responsibility
Starting in 2015, if an employer with at least 50 full-time equivalent employees doesn't provide affordable health insurance and an employee uses a tax credit to help pay for insurance through a Health Insurance Marketplace, the employer must pay a fee to help cover the cost of tax credits.
essential health benefits
Some benefits will be included in every insurance plan. Beginning in 2014, most insurance plans you can choose from — whether you buy on the Health Insurance Marketplace or go directly to the insurance company of your choice — will include many benefits that are meant to make sure basic health concerns are covered.
Specific medical conditions or circumstances that are not covered under a health care plan.
Explanation of Benefits (EOB)
An EOB is created after a claim payment has been processed by your health care plan. It explains the actions taken on a claim such as the amount that will be paid, the benefit available, discounts, reasons for denying payment and the claims appeal process. EOBs are available both as a paper copy and online. Understanding Your Explanation of Benefits
family coverage
Health care coverage for a primary policyholder (called a "subscriber") and his or her spouse and any eligible dependents.
Federal Poverty Level (FPL)
A level of income issued annually by the Department of Health and Human Services – used to determine eligibility for certain programs and benefits. FPL will be used to determine the amount of tax credit you qualify for to offset the cost of purchasing health insurance.
generic drug
A prescription drug that is the generic equivalent of a brand name drug listed on your health plan's formulary and costs less than the brand name drug.
generic substitute
A prescription drug which is the generic equivalent of a drug listed on your health plan's formulary.
grandfathered health plan
A health plan that was in place when the new health care law was passed into law. A grandfathered plan is exempt from some requirements of the new law. The grandfather rule enables businesses and families to keep the plan they have, if they wish to.
A group of people covered under the same health care plan and identified by their relation to the same employer or organization.
guaranteed issue
A requirement under the Affordable Care Act that health plans must permit you to enroll in some form of insurance coverage regardless of health status, age, gender or other factors.
Health Insurance Marketplace
The Health Insurance Marketplace, or Health Insurance Exchange, is a federal government website where you can shop, compare and buy plans offered by participating health insurance companies in your area. You can access the Marketplace via healthcare.gov , through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois or by phone.
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
An organization that provides health care coverage to its members through a network of doctors, hospitals and other health care providers.
Health Savings Account
With a Health Savings Account, or HSA, you set aside money before taxes. When you visit a doctor or go to a hospital, you can pay for qualified expenses from your HSA. Only certain plans meet the high deductible amounts needed for you to be able to use your HSA.
High Risk Pool Plan (Illinois)
Plans that provide coverage if you have a serious health condition that prevents you from getting private insurance. The new law established the Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan. Some states also have their own high risk pool plan.
A federal law that outlines the rules and requirements employer-sponsored group insurance plans, insurance companies and managed care organizations must follow to provide health care insurance coverage for individuals and groups.
individual health insurance plan
Health care coverage for an individual with no covered dependents. Also knows as individual coverage.
Services provided by a physician or other health care provider with a contractual agreement with the insurance company and paid at a higher benefit level.
inpatient services
Services provided when a member is registered as a bed patient and is treated as such in a health care facility such as a hospital.
insured person
The person who a contract holder (an employer or insurer) has agreed to provide coverage for, often referred to as a member/subscriber.
lifetime limit
A cap on the total lifetime benefits you may get from your insurance company for certain conditions. A health plan may have a total lifetime dollar limit on benefits (like a $1 million lifetime cap) or limits on specific benefits (like a $200,000 lifetime cap on organ transplants or one gastric bypass per lifetime), or a combination of the two. After a lifetime limit is reached, the insurance plan will no longer pay for covered services. Under the health care law, lifetime limits are no longer allowed on essential health benefits, such as emergency services and hospital stays.
A joint federal and state funded program that provides health care coverage for low-income children and families, and for certain aged and disabled individuals.
medical group
A licensed health care facility, program, agency, doctor or health professional that contracts with a health plan to deliver health care services to plan members.
The federal program established to provide health care coverage for eligible senior citizens and certain eligible disabled persons under age 65.
The person to whom health care coverage has been extended by the policyholder (generally their employer) or any of their covered family members. Sometimes referred to as the insured or insured person.
Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC)
The type of health coverage an individual needs to maintain throughout the year in order to meet the individual responsibility requirement under the Affordable Care Act. Health plans that are considered MEC include individual and family plans bought through the Health Insurance Marketplace; qualified health plans bought directly through an insurance company, such as Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois; job-based coverage; Medicare; Medicaid; and certain other coverage. If you have minimum essential coverage throughout the year, you don't have to pay the tax penalty for being uninsured.
The group of doctors, hospitals and other health care professionals that a managed care plan has contracted with to deliver medical services to its members.
non-contracting hospital
A hospital that has not contracted with a particular health care plan to provide hospital services to members in that plan.
off-exchange health plan
A health insurance plan that meets the minimum essential coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act. These plans are offered through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois or a health insurance agent. These plans are not offered on the Health Insurance Marketplace and are not eligible for the premium tax credit. If you qualify for a premium tax credit and want to use it, you must enroll in an on-exchange plan.
on-exchange health plan
A health insurance plan that meets the minimum essential coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act. On-exchange plans are offered through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois; on Get Covered Illinois, the Official Health Marketplace; or through a health insurance agent. If you qualify for a premium tax credit, you must enroll in an on-exchange plan in order to use it.
open enrollment period
The period of time set up to allow you to choose from available health insurance plans, usually once a year.
Services you receive are considered out of network when you use a doctor or other health care provider that does not have a contract with your health plan. When you go to an out-of-network provider, benefits may not be covered, or may be covered at a lower level. You may be responsible for some or all of the bill from your doctor or hospital when you use out-of-network providers.
out-of-pocket maximum
The most you have to pay for covered services in a plan year. After you spend this amount on deductibles, copays and coinsurance, your health plan pays 100 percent of the costs of covered benefits. The out-of-pocket maximum doesn't include your monthly premium payments or anything you spend for services your plan doesn't cover.
outpatient services
Treatment that is provided to a patient who is able to return home after care without an overnight stay in a hospital or other inpatient facility.
Participating Provider Option (PPO)
A health care plan that supplies services at a higher level of benefits when members use contracted health care providers. PPOs also provide coverage for services rendered by health care providers who are not part of the PPO network, however the plan member generally shares a greater portion of the cost for such services.
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM)
A separate, or third-party, company that handles your health plan's pharmacy benefit. A PBM processes and pays for your prescription drug claims based on the terms of your pharmacy benefit.
The process by which members or their primary care physicians (PCP) notify the health plan in advance of treatment plans, such as a hospital admission or a complex diagnostic test. Also called pre-notification.
pre-existing condition
A condition, disability or illness that you have been treated for before applying for new health coverage.
The process by which a plan member or their doctor notifies the plan, before the member undergoes a course of care, such as a hospital admission or a complex diagnostic test. Also called pre-authorization.
The ongoing amount that must be paid for your health insurance or plan. You and/or your employer usually pay it monthly, quarterly or yearly. The premium may not be the only amount you pay for insurance coverage. Typically, you will also have a co-payment or deductible amount in addition to your premium.
premium tax credit
Based on your family size and income, you may qualify for a tax credit. Unlike tax credits you claim when you file your taxes, these tax credits can be used right away to lower your monthly premium costs. Sometimes called advanced premium tax credit (APTC), or tax credit. Use our premium tax credit estimator to see if you qualify.
prescription drugs
Prescription drugs must be ordered by a doctor and obtained at a pharmacy. They are reviewed and approved through a formal process set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
prescription drug list
A list of commonly prescribed drugs (also known as a drug formulary). Not all drugs listed in a plan's prescription drug list are automatically covered under that plan.
prescription drug payment level tier
A prescription drug list has different levels of payment coverage, called "tiers." These tiers determine how much you will pay out of pocket for your prescription drug, based on the terms of your pharmacy benefit and whether the drug is covered on the drug list. Drugs in a lower tier will often cost less than drugs in a higher tier.
preventive care services
Routine health care that includes screenings, check-ups, and patient counseling to prevent illnesses, disease, or other health problems. See a full list of covered Preventive Services .
primary care physician (PCP)
The physician you choose to be your primary source for medical care. Your PCP coordinates all your medical care, including hospital admissions and referrals to specialists. Not all health plans require a PCP.
A licensed health care facility, program, agency, doctor or health professional that delivers health care services.
qualified health plan
An insurance plan that is certified by the Health Insurance Marketplace, provides essential health benefits, follows established limits on cost-sharing (deductibles, copayments, and out-of-pocket amounts) and meets other requirements.
As applicable to HMO or point of service (POS) coverage, a written authorization from a member's primary care physician (PCP) to receive care from a different contracted doctor, specialist or facility.
A health care professional whose practice is limited to a certain branch of medicine, including specific procedures, age categories of patients, specific body systems or certain types of diseases.
special enrollment period
A time outside of the open enrollment period during which you can sign up for a health insurance plan. You generally qualify for a special enrollment period of 60 days following certain life events that changes your family status (for example, marriage or birth of a child) or loss of other health coverage.
specialty drug
A prescription drug used to treat complex health conditions. These drugs are usually given as a shot, but may be added to the skin or taken by mouth. Also, they may:
- Require following a specific treatment plan
- Have special handling or storage needs
- Not be sold in retail pharmacies
Conditions like hepatitis C, hemophilia, multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis are treated with specialty drugs.
subsidy (also known as premium tax credit)
Based on your family size and income, you may qualify for a subsidy, also known as premium tax credit. Unlike tax credits you claim when you file your taxes, these tax credits can be used right away to lower your monthly premium bill. Use our premium tax credit estimator to see if you qualify.
Utilization Management
The way we review the type and amount of care you're getting. This involves looking at the setting for your care and its medical necessity. Examples may use prior authorization, case management, accompanying reviews or proper discharge planning.


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A prosecutor says he's keeping open the investigation into the murder of a northwestern Pennsylvania man whose headless remains were found in a metal drum, even though the murder suspect has hanged himself in his jail cell.
Crawford County District Attorney Francis Schultz tells the Meadville Tribune he wants to consult with state police investigators to ensure nobody else was involved in 55-year-old Gerald VanDyke's death before closing the case.
Richard Houy, 68, of Cambridge Springs, hanged himself in the county jail last Saturday.
He was the father of VanDyke's longtime girlfriend and was charged with killing VanDyke on Sept. 14 with a hunting arrow then partially dismembering the body.
Schultz says there's nothing to indicate anybody else was involved in killing, but he wants to be sure.
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Taxi Airport Schiphol - Hotel
Taxi´s in Amsterdam is a complicated matter when you did not booked them in advance. Airport Schiphol is one of the most crowded airports in the world. Even though the distance to Amsterdam City Centre is not that far transportation to Amsterdam is necessary. Some take the train and some prefer a taxi. While the train is cheap it also has some disadvantages like overcrowded trains, not being able to sit, too much luggage and it does not take you directly to your hotel (you need to take a taxi or the tram to your hotel).
Therefore taking a taxi can solve your problems. With this Airport Taxi Deluxe offer you will be picked up from the airport with a sign with your name on it, brought to the taxi, your luggage will be stored in the back of the car and you will be brought to your hotel in a easy and relax way.
When you order your taxi online you will save money, you know upfront what you pay and you will not spend time on finding taxi´s that already left with other guests in them.
How does it work?
We offer the Amsterdam Taxi Deluxe Service which will bring you from the Airport Schiphol to your hotel or accommodation 24 hours a day. Make a reservation for the date you will arrive at the airport and after the booking you will get a voucher. On that voucher you will find more information. The driver will be waiting for you and when you call him (you will find the number on the voucher you will get) he will drive to the location and wait for you to arrive for the departure to your hotel.
What are the advantages?
- Because you paid in advance the taxi driver can´t take different routes to charge you extra (we regret to say that these things happen in Holland)
- Schiphol Airport is one of the most busiest airports in the world. Causing it is difficult to find the departure place of taxi´s (with this booking you get directions where to go on your voucher). Next to that many tourists want to go to Amsterdam City Centre and there is a line for the taxi. You don´t have to wait in that line!
IMPORTANT: You can make a reservation up to 2 days in advance.
After the booking process we will ask you to fill in the following information. When you have forgotten please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
- Address of accommodation (hotel name)
- Flight number and arrival time
- Mobile number
Duration: The travel from the Airport to Amsterdam takes 20-25 minutes
Frequency: Departures 24 hours per day
Important to know! The taxi can only transport 3 persons. When you are with more than 3 persons you need to book more taxi´s.
Important to know! The taxi can only transport 3 persons. When you are with more than 3 persons you need to book more taxi´s.


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Classmate street addresses and telephone numbers
Class Creator will no longer show street addresses or telephone numbers in Profiles even if the Classmate has allowed those items to be shared with fellow Classmates.
From now on if a Classmate wants the street address or telephone number of a fellow Classmate he or she will need to contact the Classmate on that classmate's page where it say s 'send a private message to' and ask for that information. These requests can be made through the Class Creator system of course through the administrators -- the information will simply no longer be shown on the Profiles page.
The system will continue to collect street address and telephone numbers for all members but only Administrators will be able to see this information for now on.
Privacy laws have become extremely strict. Class Creator is taking this measure to ensure they are in compliance with current privacy laws and to protect our members from the potential unintended sharing of sensitive personal information.
Although arguably there are cases where it's convenient to share telephone number and street address with fellow Classmates, most Classmates don't opt for this option anyway. Unfortunately there's no way to know 100% for sure that a new registrant is a real classmate. Cases of hijacking and impersonation and so forth do happen.
If a member needs the street address or telephone number of a fellow member it's really not hard to simply ask. You can go to the classmate's profile page and ask in the space provided. If the classmate wants to then offer up that information they can do so on their own volition.
Please understand for legal reasons and in accordance with our continual commitment to protection of privacy this decision is set in stone and we will not be able to accommodate exceptions.
Any time you would like to send someone who is on the class listing an email, you can click on the CLASSMATES PROFILE MENU at the top of the page. It will open up a list of all the classmates. Scroll down to find who you are looking for and click on the name you want to communicate with. It will open up their profile page. On this profile, you will find a place to send them a private email. You will not see their email address as this is due to the security restrictions on the site. The email that you send will include your email address and the individual you send it to will be able to reply to you. IF THEY WISH.
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This post is part of a series that revisits some of our readers' favorite articles from the past that still contain awesome and relevant information that you might find useful. This post was originally published on March 16th, 2011.
We all love our phones, and often try to express ourselves through them. While it's fairly easy to do so via individual backgrounds, creating ringtones isn't quite that simple. Of course, there's GarageBand which can be used for this purpose, but isn't there an easier way?
Indeed there is. Today we will introduce 4 different apps available on the Mac App Store which enable you to quickly and easily create ringtones for your iPhone. Meet Ringtones, Ringer, i Am Ringer and iRingtones!


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Swinging through the rainforests of South-East Asia, far above the forest floor, at speeds of up to 35 mph, you may find a pair of apes singing a remarkable love song. Their chorus can be heard from great distances, and as their relationship grows stronger their songs become more synchronized and even more beautiful. These dueting apes are not humans, but gibbons – Hylobatidae, also known as the lesser ape. They roam the tropical rainforests of South-East Asia, and much like humans they form intense pair-bonds with their mate, often lifelong. They are socially monogamous and engage in a variety of behaviors we would associate with attachment. And if something happens to one of the partners, when the other finds a new mate they will not sing the same duet again – that is, they will not sing the same love song to a new partner. I can't help but think that gibbons are romantic.
Over 90% of bird species will form what biologists call pair-bonds, but less than 3% of mammals do. Humans are unique in so many ways, including our formation of pair-bonds – our drive to find and keep romantic love. In our data from the Single in America Study, we've found a variety of interesting things including that single Americans can be extremely romantic. Indeed, like the lifelong bonds of gibbons, 76% of single Americans believe they could stay married to one person forever; and like the flash courtships of many birds, 41% of singles said they believe in love at first sight.
One condition of pair-bonds is often monogamy. While we know that most animals that pair-bond are socially monogamous, having just one partner, we also know that many individuals from monogamous species will engage in sexual infidelity and attempt extra-pair mating. But, mates will encourage their partner's fidelity (being exclusive), often doing a variety of things to prevent and react to any transgressions. In the Study we found U.S. singles have a similar desire for fidelity. 69% of singles regard fidelity as a "must have". Being exclusive or faithful is still incredibly important to a vast majority of Americans. To many others fidelity is also important and meaningful, even if not a "must" have. In fact, 70% of people believe that divorce is acceptable after one or both partners cheat. And of those who have experienced infidelity, 78% of people have broken up with their partner after the discovery. American's are looking for commitment; we are driven to find someone to mutually love.
In addition to research and teaching on romantic love, I've studied the evolutionary biology of romantic attachment, cross-cultural reactions to infidelity, and my colleagues and I have looked at the genetic and hormonal bases of mating behavior. Our biology never excuses our behaviors, but it does provide an understanding of why we do the things we do. In the case of monogamy, exclusivity is often desired for a variety of reasons. Biologically, lack of fidelity could result in a loss of resources, increase in disease, and can have a negative impact on our fitness. Psychosocially, we often want to know that we are enough for our romantic partners; that we can provide each other with what we cherish, and trust that we can be fulfilling for each other. Trust is important for human romance – and an expectation of fidelity is still the norm in America. Americans value notions of monogamy. This is not too surprising – after all, the desire for romantic love is not only part of our culture, it is in our biology.
About Justin R. Garcia
Justin R. Garcia is an evolutionary biologist and a SUNY Doctoral Fellow in the Laboratory of Evolutionary Anthropology and Health, Departments of Biological Sciences and Anthropology at Binghamton University in New York. He also holds an appointment as Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Health & Wellness Studies and is affiliated with the Institute for Evolutionary Studies (EvoS) at Binghamton University.
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SANTA ROSA BEACH � A new sports complex and recreation area could be coming to South Walton County.
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SANTA ROSA BEACH � A new sports complex and recreation area could be coming to South Walton County.
County officials met with about 40 residents and interested parties on Monday evening to discuss a new facility to serve the southern part of the county.
It was the first public meeting on the prospect and will likely be one of many as officials gauge interest in building and financing the project.
�We have no preconceived notions of what it looks like or where it is or how it is going to be paid for,� said Larry Jones, the county's special projects coordinator, during the meeting. �As we move along, we want to do the things that are important to you and the children of South Walton.�
People who attended the meeting voted for the top three facilities they would like to see built. Multipurpose fields, baseball and softball fields, a skate park and a walking trail with fitness stations were the most popular.
Commissioner Cindy Meadows requested that county officials look into expanding recreational opportunities in South Walton, which she said has been a growing concern as the permanent population in the area has continued to increase.
The county�s youth population has been growing rapidly. Two years after the school district built a new middle school and a year after moving fifth-graders out of elementary schools to accommodate growth, primary schools in the county are again struggling with overcrowding. That struggle seems to have carried over to available recreational fields at Helen McCall Park.
Ron Romano, a children�s sport coach, said the park can�t meet the demand of children�s sports teams and the fields are often overused. He said youth football teams have to wait three weeks after the start of their season this year before they have access to the fields.
Meadows said developer MC Davis has proposed selling a large parcel of land east of County Road 395 and north of U.S. Highway 98 to the county to use for a new recreational facility.
�I think if you go all around the country you cannot find another area even remotely as affluent as this area without a first-class recreational facility,� Davis said after the meeting.
He said he has the parcel available, but whether the county decides to move forward with the project and purchase his land or any other land will depend on public opinion and research into the needs of the community.
The facility could be designed as a tourist draw, or it could be used to serve the needs of locals, Meadows said.
There are companies that can be hired to build a facility that will draw people from out of town to visit, and those companies sometimes even pay the county to run it, said Jim Bagby, director of the county�s Tourist Development Council.
Most people who spoke out at the meeting seemed to agree the facility should serve the needs of locals over those of tourists.
�We�ve got to give something for these people to do south of the bay. It doesn�t need to be something where we are just bringing tourists in here to rent the fields and they rent the fields all the time and then the locals can�t use them,� said Suzanne Harris, who lives in South Walton. �We�re not just trying to bring in tourists but trying to get people to live here permanently, and that�s what this should be for.�
Funding prospects include the county�s budget, ad valorem taxes, a municipal services benefit unit (MSBU) or bed taxes.
Bagby, who helped Jones facilitate the meeting, advised that if bed taxes are used to build the facility there would have to be a significant component designed to draw tourists there because of the restrictions on how bed taxes can be spent.
�As a parent I agree, I want more facilities for my kids, but the issue with using bed tax as a source of revenue is that once you do that, my responsibility is not as a parent, is not as your friend, but as executive director of the TDC to fill that facility every day I can, to recoup the investment that was made with those funds,� he said during the meeting. �If you use the bed tax money, the priority becomes getting visitors into that facility.�
CORRECTION: The position of Larry Jones was incorrect in a previous version of this article. He is the county's special projects coordinator.
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Lauren Sage Reinlie at 850-315-4443 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @LaurenRnwfdn.


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FS#328 - Ascii char '=' in filenames causes command line parsing failure
Opened by Marco Costa (costa.marco) - Wednesday, 04 March 2015, 19:41 GMT
Last edited by William F Pokorny (wfpokorny) - Saturday, 15 October 2016, 17:50 GMT
The following command fails with parsing error:
The following command succeeds:
Any option that gets a filename as parameter will fail if it contains '='.
It is a regression, as it worked fine with 3.6.
- Field changed: Status (Unconfirmed → Tracked on GitHub)
- Field changed: Severity (Critical → Medium)
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What is it about poetry and kids? They hate to read it but they love to write it. What's up with that? In In this podcast, Infopeople's book maven Michael Cart muses about that and other pressing issues relating to that craft and sullen art...
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I have quite a few photos of graves from Section 30, which has some of the oldest burials in the cemetery. Today's offerings are not far from my great-grandfather's grave (Andrew Przybylski) and pre-date 1900.
There is no other identifying information for the grave of E. Okonska other than it is located in Section 30. We can most likely assume that this is a grave for a female due to the form of the last name.
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Jakub Zdawczyk
UR 6 Lip. 1802 (b. 6 November 1820)
UM 22 Paz. 1892 (d. 22 October 1892)
Per Jakub's burial record, he died of railroad injuries.
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Pawel Lozny
Pawel Lozny
UM 23 Marsz 1891 (died 23 March 1891)
32 lata, 1 m. 8 d. (32 years)
Per the burial record from St. Anthony's parish, dated 25 March 1891, "marita superst."–wife survives. No name for wife provided.


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A man with a history of harassing and threatening Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has been arrested after he allegedly sent an email to the FBI and media threatening to decapitate the first-term congresswoman.
Aniruddha Sherbow was apprehended by California police on Wednesday in Tijuana, Mexico. He was then turned over to FBI agents in San Diego where authorities said he would make his first court appearance on Thursday before being returned to Washington.
The alleged threats occurred on Aug. 1 and Aug. 3, according to the FBI and U.S. Capitol Police.
"I, Aniruddha Sherbow, with the Divine as my witness, do hereby solemnly vow to find Tulsi Gabbard, wheresoever she may be, and to sever her head from her body," he wrote to the FBI, according to the Hawaii Reporter, which said it had also received a copy of the email from Sherbow.
The FBI would not confirm the nature of Sherbow's threat, saying only that it was based on a "credible" threat. Sherbow will face charges of transmission of threats in interstate commerce, authorities said.
Gabbard spokeswoman Heather Fluit said she had no comment other than that Gabbard "is grateful for the work of the U.S. Capitol Police, FBI, and all law enforcement officers involved in this investigation."
In their brief statement, authorities made no reference to Sherbow's history with Gabbard. But in 2011, Gabbard, who was then a city councilwoman in Honolulu, sought and received a three-year injunction against Sherbow after a series of abusive telephone calls and text messages.
Gabbard told the Honolulu Star Advertiser in March 2011 that Sherbow had been "calling me numerous times, at strange hours" and sending messages that were "extremely inappropriate, profane, vulgar and sexual in nature."
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"Basically, taking it as far as he could go," Gabbard told the newspaper.
Gabbard said then that she contacted police after Sherbow's messages became more abusive, including one that said if she approached him he would force her to perform a sexual act.
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Gabbard, 32, is an Iraq War veteran and was elected to Congress in 2012.


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Thursday, March 14, 2013
The Generality of the FDA's Recommendations on Zithromax
But we should look closer at the FDA's new Drug Safety Communication on Zithromax which says: "Health care professionals should consider the risk of torsades de pointes and fatal heart rhythms with azithromycin when considering treatment options for patients who are already at risk for cardiovascular events."
Gee, who knew?
If we probe deeper, we find the FDA recommends caution in prescribing antibiotics in patients likely to develop life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias like those with advanced age who are hospitalized, have low potassium or magnesium blood levels, or have slow heart rhythms. The truth be known, each one of these conditions in and of themselves increases the risk of QT prolongation and makes them more susceptable to cardiac arrhythmias irrespective of the drug admininstered.
So how helpful was the FDA's warning on Zithromax to America's doctors?
Not very.
Perhaps we should add that warning to every drug out there, eh?
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The NEJM study in question also chose to compare azithromycin to cipro- and levo-floxacin instead of moxifloxacin, which has a much stronger QT prolongation effect and clearer risk of TdP.
The study would have been much more helpful and informative had the authors compared azithromycin with moxifloxacin, two antibiotics commonly given for community acquired pneumonia, both with known effects on repolarization.
Should we start checking EKG's on all of these patients now before dosing them?
- Thu Mar 14, 08:36:00 AM CDT
- DrWes said...
Certainly the QT interval before dosing is important, but more important is one performed AFTER dosing. Sadly, the FDA's recommendations say nothing regarding the appropriate timing of a follow-up EKG once Azithromycin is prescribed (if use in a potentially high-risk patient.)
- Thu Mar 14, 09:26:00 AM CDT
- Lisa said...
It does not matter. The only doctors concerned with QT prolongation are EP's. Primary care providers consider the Arizona CERT list a nusiance.
- Thu Mar 14, 12:51:00 PM CDT
Since monitoring QT interval is best achieved when ECG tests can be taken on a frequent basis over an extended period of time, I would hope doctors and pharmacists would start recommending the use of portable ecg monitors (such as the Heartcheck pen) when perscribing these medications.
- Fri Mar 15, 07:09:00 AM CDT
- Napitime Gram said...
Thanks for info. I have afib controlled Pradaxa & cardio version to regular rythm. Had flue, cough etc. Instacare MD prescribe Zpak & prednisone and increased albuterol. FDA warning followed & scared me some. Will see my GP in two weeks to check all the areas discussed. At 79 one doesn't know whether to faint or laugh at the news these days.
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Cher still isn't completely used to the fact that daughter Chastity is now son Chaz.
The "Half-Breed" singer accidentally referred to him as a her during a Vanity Fair interview and then confessed that she has trouble keeping up to date.
"Well, she's a very smart girl -- boy! This is where I get into trouble," Cher said. "My pronouns are f***ed. I still don't remember to call her 'him.'"
The legendary singer said she couldn't hack giving up her womanhood.
"If I woke up tomorrow in a guy's body, I would just kick and scream and cry and f****ing rob a bank, because I cannot see myself as anything but who I am -- a girl. I would not take it as well as Chaz has. I couldn't imagine it," she says.
Chasity became Chaz, 41, beginning in 2008. The transition was completed last year, and he is still with partner Jennifer
In the interview, in the December issue, Cher also says she forgives Sonny for being a terrible husband and a control freak, thinks they belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and that rich folks like her should pay more in taxes.
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With an ever-increasing number of companies now buying computing, storage, and networking power as they need it from the cloud, it is hardly surprising that SYS-CON's industry-leading International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo series is going from strength to strength.
Now held three times a year, in New York, Prague, and Silicon Valley, the organizing principle of each International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo remains the same: our aim is to ensure, through an intense and carefully chosen program of technical and strategic breakout sessions, that attending delegates leave each Conference with abundant resources, ideas and examples they can apply immediately to leveraging the Cloud, helping them to maximize performance, minimize cost and improve the scalability of their Enterprise IT endeavors.
The Call for Papers for the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, on November 2- 4, 2009, closed July 15, 2009. The Conference Theme in Santa Clara is "Bringing the Economics of the Web to Enterprise IT Through Cloud Computing."
Our aim with each conference is to showcase breakout sessions from members of every layer of the Cloud ecosystem. The submission process is 100% online and the submissions URL for the next event, in March 2010, is here.
First-rate submissions from Cloud providers and Cloud deployers are welcomed - on any and every aspect of providing or using massively scalable IT-related capabilities as a service using Internet technologies:
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Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, colocated with the International Virtualization Conference & Expo presented the most distinguished faculty of speakers on any technology conference taking place for the past two years. 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Stephen Sondheim's SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE is part of Chicago Shakespeare Theater's upcoming season, currently running through November 11, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
SUNDAY IN THE PARK will be headlined by Jason Danieley (CURTAINS, NEXT TO NORMAL) and Carmen Cusack (WICKED, CARRIE).
The production, which runs September 26–November 4, 2012, will be directed by Gary Griffin. Other casting includes Rachel Cantor, Ora Jones, Linda Stephens, McKinley Carter, Derek Hasenstab, Elizabeth Lanza, Michael Aaron Lindner, William Travis Taylor and Benjamin Magnuson. Musical direction is by Brad Haak.
Sunday in the Park with George opened Off-Broadway in 1983 with Mandy Patinkin and Bernadette Peters in the lead roles. The show soon transferred to Broadway where it earned 10 Tony Award nominations, a New York Drama Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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Video preview of new V12 model on Ferrari.com
Maranello, 23 February – Today the official Ferrari website published the second of a series of three video teasers of the new 12-cylinder car, which will be presented in a World Premiere at the Geneva Car Show on 6 March.
The new video is dedicated to the construction of the new chassis, from the aluminium bar to the chassis construction at the Scaglietti centre of excellence.
In the first video, already online, one can catch a glimpse of the new model with extreme performance, never reached before in a road car in the history of Ferrari.
The third video, which will be published in the coming days, is dedicated to planning and creation of the works in Maranello.


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Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine is a unit of the National Park System and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. This lesson is based on the National Register registration file, "Fort McHenry" (with photographs), on The Star-Spangled Banner: The Making of an American Icon, written by Lonn Taylor, Kathleen M. Kendrick, and Jeffrey L. Brodie, and on materials prepared for Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine. The lesson was written by Marilyn Harper, former Teaching with Historic Places historian, and edited by staff members of the Teaching with Historic Places program and of Fort McHenry.
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'SYTYCD' BEHIND THE SCENES: Lauren Won The Dance Contest…But Not The Secret Food Fight!
Forget beautiful leaps and graceful steps! Finalists Lauren, Robert and Kent tell us they had a food fight in their apartment to celebrate becoming the final three!
Lauren Froderman, Robert Roldan and Kent Boyd, the final three contestants on the seventh season of So You Think You Can Dance, have dazzled us week after week with their gravity-defying lifts and flawless performances — but don't mistake their gracefulness for maturity! When these young dancers step off the dance floor they are anything but refined — in fact, they're down-right childish!
"This is going to sound crazy, but this past week – I can't believe I'm talking about this – Lauren, Kent, and I had a food fight in our apartment," 20-year-old jazz dancer, Robert Roldan, who took third place, told HollywoodLife.com exclusively backstage after the season finale Aug. 12. "We threw eggs at each other, Dr. Pepper, cupcakes. We went crazy because we made the top three and we decided to celebrate with a food fight and that's something I'll never forget, ever. It was the best thing."
Who was crowned winner of this glorious battle?
"I don't know!" Robert admitted, laughing. "I had mustard all over my face and ketchup all over my body, so I don't really know. Kent had cupcakes in his face and Lauren was drenched—her sweatshirt was a different color. She got cranberry juice or something like that all over her. That was funny."
That's not the only incident when these crazy kids stopped pirouetting and spiraled out of control! Host Cat Deeley told us her favorite memory from the season…and it certainly didn't happen onstage.
"My favorite behind-the-scenes moment of this season was when I had my 4th of July barbecue and all the kids went over to my house and we had burgers and hot dogs and cocktails and beers and sodas for those who weren't able," the 33-year-old British beauty said, remembering, "Kent did back flips in my pool. He did one and came out with a bloody nose—it covered half his nose up. Then he did another and came out with exactly the same thing again. I was so told off by my makeup artist. She said, 'Don't ever let him do that again!' He did it once! I thought he had learned his lesson!"
No kidding! These dancers are fearless on and off the stage — which is something that sets them apart from the rest of the competition and ultimately, led audiences to pick their Lauren as their favorite performer, director and choreographer Adam Shankman told us.
"When Lauren was left alone in the center of the two guys, what you saw was that not only was she the most consistent competitor on the show…but she revealed to be a great role model for young women, a hard worker, and a symbol for female empowerment," Adam said. "So I think the young girls' votes that were going to Kent, the cute-boy-vote shifted to the you're-a-hero vote."
Added winner Lauren, an 18-year-old contemporary dancer from Phoenix, Ariz., "I have been the last girl standing for quite some time and to be able to win, it's crazy. I feel like it's a dream and I don't want to wake up."


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What goes into a TED-quality talk, set for 15 April in Cambridge, England, at the Spring Speechwriters and Business Communicators Conference.
This full-day, in-depth session will help speakers, speechwriters, and conference organizers--including those organizing or speaking at TEDx conferences--to learn from my experiences coaching nearly 100 speakers for talks that appeared on the TEDMED stage, at TEDx conferences around the world, and on TED.com. I've given talks about crafting TED talks before, but this workshop will dive deeper, helping you get a head start on an excellent talk whether you're writing, producing, or delivering it.
I'll show you what goes into a presentation that achieves a TED standard, so that your 18-minute-or-less talk can go beyond merely mimicking the style to create your own original and compelling TED talk. You'll discover how to plan for video as well as for the stage, and how to think about delivery as well as structure and preparation. You'll study why and how TED presentations engage, surprise, intrigue, inspire and put forward "ideas worth sharing."
Specifically, you will learn to use the following tools:
- How to get past the obvious and identify the real story that will become your script
- Vulnerability, intrigue and more: the qualities that take TED talks viral
- What to leave out of your talk
- Structures and how much you can get into the shorter formats
- How to decide whether you benefit from props, slides, or a demonstration
- Considerations that will help you plan for the video
- Top delivery tips specific to TED talks, from strong starts to gesture, pace, and vocalizing
This will be a hands-on workshop, so feel free to bring a laptop both for notes and to get started on or refine your TED talk. If you know you'll be speaking at or organizing a TEDx conference in the coming year, this is a focused day to get the coaching you need to shine. If you're writing "TED-like" or "TED-style" talks for your speaker, come find out how to elevate them to TED-quality talks.
The workshop is a pre-conference session, and you can register for both the workshop and the conference, or just the workshop--although I recommend you attend both sessions. This is a joint meeting of the UK Speechwriters Guild and the European Speechwriter Network. We're meeting at Westminster College at the University of Cambridge in England, an easy train ride from London and a beautiful setting for learning about TED-quality talks. You can book accommodations in the college on the registration page.
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I hope you'll join me for this new and useful workshop, but if you're unsure, check out these testimonials from speakers I've coached and from workshop attendees:
"How good is Denise as a speech coach? I would call her a professional's professional. You can be in the business 25 years and still learn a lot from her, in part because she herself is always learning and growing....As an added bonus, she's really fun to work with."
--Marcus Webb, chief storytelling officer, TEDMED
"Denise helped me immensely with my TEDx talk, providing edits to the content and expert coaching on my delivery, stage presence, and tone. She also had lots of very practical advice and tricks-of-the-trade that I'll be able to use for future presentations."
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cooperative movement
cooperative movement, series of organized activities that began in the 19th cent. in Great Britain and later spread to most countries of the world, whereby people organize themselves around a common goal, usually economic. The term usually refers more specifically to the formation of nonprofit economic enterprises for the benefit of those using their services.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Types of Cooperatives
- History
- Bibliography
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Edinson Volquez says he now knows what it's like to win a World Series.
"Really, it was a world series," Volquez said Friday afternoon following his first workout with the Padres after returning from the Dominican Republic's championship run through the World Baseball Classic.
"That was the best experience of my career," the right-handed pitcher said of the Dominican Republic's unprecedented perfect record in the third WBC.
"It was crazy, just a great time. And we had a good team. Everyone was really into winning the championship for the Dominican Republic because we knew it was big back home. There were 12,000 in the ballpark in Santo Domingo to watch the championship game.
"Everybody was crazy. It was just like the Caribbean World Series."
The teams from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic were criticized by members of Team USA for the way they celebrated on the field during victories during the second round – where the Americans were eliminated.
"That's what we do," said Volquez. "We win, we celebrate. We enjoy the game. It doesn't matter who you beat, you celebrate. We didn't mean anything other than to say we were really happy. And we were."
Volquez almost missed the Dominican Republic's final and biggest celebration last Tuesday at AT&T Park in San Francisco. As his teammates were defeating Puerto Rico 2-0 in the championship game of the tournament, the Padres right-hander was sleeping on a couch in the clubhouse.
"I was sick with the flu," he explained. "I woke up in the ninth just in time to get to the dugout for the end of the game. I made it just in time."
Not only did the Dominican Republic win all eight games it played in three rounds of the WBC, it also won two exhibitions against major league teams.
Volquez started the first game in all three rounds and was 1-0 -- allowing five runs on five hits and six walks in 10 1/3 innings while striking out nine.
He was the winning pitcher of the Dominican Republic's 4-1 win over The Netherlands in the semifinal game last Monday in San Francisco. Volquez allowed a run on two hits and two walks with five strikeouts in five innings. The walks were on nine pitches to the first two hitters he faced.
Volquez, who threw 78 pitches in his three WBC starts, threw 29 pitches over two, shutout innings Friday afternoon in a minor league game. He issued a walk and struck out three without allowing a hit.
"Edinson looked OK," said Padres manager Bud Black. "He threw on three days rest. He threw the ball well, using his fastball, curve and change. He's feeling better. He has an ear infection. He will throw a bullpen Sunday."
"Any time there is a WBC, the country can call me," said Volquez. "We lost in the first round last time. That was not fun. Winning was crazy. So good. I'd love to keep doing it."


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New Motor Ferrari – Maserati showroom opens in Bologna
Bologna, 14 November – Tomorrow the new headquarters of Motor S.p.A., the Ferrari and Maserati dealership in Bologna, owned by Andrea Trombini, will open its doors.
The new dealership with a space of over 1,600 square metres can be found in Via Po 2/11, is a logistically perfect location, to improve assistance for Ferrari and Maserati clients.
Apart from the new bi-brand Corporate Identity Ferrari – Maserati the Clients of the two brands can benefit from an ultra-modern showroom of 860 square metres with a reception area, a wide exhibition area, a lounge with Wi-Fi network and an area for personalisation, where two ateliers can be found dedicated to the creation of highly-personalised vehicles with the possibility to see and touch the quality of the materials, leathers and steering wheels and where it will be possible to consult a wide range of personalisation options in the tradition of "tailor-made".
The new dealership offers a service area of over 675 square metres for all kinds of interventions connected to the Sauro Garage with its over 40 years of experience and the highly specialised mechanics, on hand for the Clients. The garage also offers the possibility of restoring historical cars.
The inauguration in Bologna is also an occasion for Maserati and Ferrari to present the two latest models to the Clients of the two brands: the new Maserati GranCabrio Sport, which had its premiere at the Car Show in Geneva, and the Ferrari 458 Spider, which has been presented to the public at the IAA Car Show in Frankfurt.
The Maserati GranCabrio Sport, thanks to specific stylistic and functional interventions, is the expression of a perfect alliance between the elegance, shared by all of the cars with the Trident, as well as improved sportiness and aggressiveness, typical for Sport versions. The black radiator grille is framed by the optical groups, with accents of a black frame on a white reflector, the angular front-splitter and the lateral panels, completely redesigned and planned in the wind tunnel to optimise aerodynamic efficiency, are painted in the car's livery. The car's dynamic style is completed by the 20" Astro Design rims and the two oval exhaust pipes in black.
Meanwhile the GranCabrio Sport's elegant and aggressive interior has been improved as well thanks to completely redesigned seats, the interventions on the gearbox with standard Maserati Active Shifting paddles and the introduction of two new interior colours for the leather upholstery: Bianco Pregiato and Grigio Chrono.
The GranCabrio Sport is fitted with a V8 engine with 4.7 litres, generating 450 bhp (331 kW) at 7,000 rpm, and an automatic ZF gearbox with 6 gear and MC Auto Shift software. The GranCabrio Sport's top speed is 285 km/h. The car's handling has been optimised regarding its speed, also thanks to a sportier set up of the active Skyhook suspension system and the introduction of an even more reactive braking system.
The Ferrari 458 Spider enhances the range of the Prancing Horse with a sporty two-seater with mid-rear engine. For the first time in a model with this specific architecture the car is fitted with a retractable hard top in aluminium. The retractable top's technology offers, compared to traditional soft tops, a weight reduction of 25 kg, while improving the acoustic and thermic comfort in the car with the top closed. The Ferrari 458 Spider, planned to be driven under the open sky, sports, compared to the Coupè version, a different suspension set up, a sturdier engine sound as well as a different set up of the accelerator pedal. A first is also the wind stop in glass, which is controlled electronically and guarantees a cockpit where conversation can be held to up to a speed of 200 km/h.
The 458 Spider is fitted with an 8-cylinder engine with 4499 cm3 and 570 bhp, awarded with the International Engine Award of the Year 2011. The engine, with the F1 double-clutch gearbox accelerates the car from 0 to 100 km/h in less than 3.4 seconds and up to a top speed of 320 km/h.
The 458 Spider's tail is extremely innovative with flying-buttress styling to improve the airflow towards the engine cover and the inlets for the clutch and gearbox oil radiators. The new technical solutions regarding the car's chassis ensure the same structural rigidity with the top open or closed. The result is a car able to offer unique driving emotions, exceptional Ferrari performance and the pleasure of driving an open car.


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Blue Jays stars realize promise
Cooper wins PCL batting crown, d'Arnaud takes home MVP
By Robert Emrich / Special to MLB.com | December 22, 2011 5:00 AM
2011 was a season of realized promise for the Blue Jays. Travis d'Arnaud, originally a first-rounder by the Phillies in 2007, established career highs in nearly every offensive category en route to winning the Eastern League MVP. Former first-rounder David Cooper led the Pacific Coast League with a .364 average.
All told, Toronto's Minor League affiliates tied for the sixth-best composite winning percentage at .515 and saw two of their affiliates (New Hampshire and Vancouver) claim league titles. Another, Bluefield, fell short in the Appalachian League Finals.
Blue Jays Organization All-Stars
Catcher -- Travis d'Arnaud, New Hampshire (114 games): One of three players the Blue Jays acquired from the Phillies for Roy Halladay in December 2009, d'Arnaud sparkled in 2011. The 22-year-old backstop slugged 21 homers, drove in 78 runs and batted .311 for the Fisher Cats, all career highs. However, it is his defensive prowess that draws raves from Toronto manager John Farrell.
"You've got a guy that can control the running game from the way he throws, and he's not afraid to lead a pitching staff," Farrell told MLB.com during Spring Training. "In the early conversations between innings, or conversations early in camp, he shows a presence and is not afraid to speak his mind."
First base -- David Cooper, Las Vegas (120 games), Toronto (27 games): Selected in the first round by Toronto in 2008, Cooper's first exposure to Triple-A was nothing short of a success. The California native led the Pacific Coast League with a .364 average, the fourth player in Las Vegas history to do so, and he topped the club with 96 RBIs. Cooper finished with 51 doubles, three short of a PCL record, and was sixth in the league with 67 walks.
"The last two years, he's hit .257, .258 for whatever reason ... but when you look at the swing you project him to be a guy that's going to hit for some average and hit for some power," Farrell said after Cooper was sent down at the end of Spring Training.
Second base -- Jorge Vega-Rosado, GCL Blue Jays (51 games): Playing in his first pro season, Vega-Rosado was named to the Gulf Coast League Postseason All-Star team after batting .317, fifth in the Toronto organization. Vega-Rosado, who turned 20 on Dec. 5, showed good speed, stealing 22 bases in 26 attempts.
Shortstop -- Chris Woodward, Las Vegas (108 games), Toronto (11 games): The big league veteran provided a big season for the 51s while manning several different positions. Woodward slugged 13 homers, his most since 2002 with Toronto, and finished eighth in the organization with a .296 batting average. The 35-year-old California native provided solid defense, committing 19 errors in 103 games between second base, shortstop and third base.
Third base -- Brett Lawrie, Dunedin (four games), Las Vegas (69 games), Toronto (43 games): Acquired from Milwaukee last offseason, Lawrie made the acquisition look brilliant, batting .347 with a career-high 18 homers in 73 Minor League games. A broken hand suffered in early July held him back a bit, but upon his promotion to Toronto on Aug. 4, the Canadian native kept on hitting, batting .293 while going deep nine times for the Blue Jays.
What really set this season apart for Lawrie was his commitment to defense. After the trade, Lawrie was asked to transition from second base to third. After struggling initially, committing 12 errors through the first two months, Lawrie committed four over his last 17 games in Vegas before his promotion. He only made six in 46 games with Toronto.
"The strides he's made defensively have been amazing," Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos told MLB.com. "He's really come a long way, and he's looked good."
Brad Glenn, Dunedin (111 games): A 23rd-rounder in 2009, Glenn led Blue Jays Minor Leaguers with 26 homers and was fourth with 80 RBIs. Both totals represented career highs for the 24-year-old outfielder, as did his 215 total bases. Overall, Glenn batted .263 while posting a personal-best .833 OPS for the Blue Jays.
Jake Marisnick, Lansing (118 games): Marisnick provided a little of everything for the Lugnuts in 2011. The 20-year-old California native finished second in the Midwest League with a .320 average, slugged 14 homers, drove in 77 runs and scored 68 runs. Marisnick was also third in the organization with 37 stolen bases in 45 attempts.
Adam Loewen, Las Vegas (134 games), Toronto (14 games): Originally drafted by the Orioles as a pitcher in the first round of the 2002 Draft, Loewen has successfully made the transition to the outfield. Since signing with the Blue Jays in October 2008, Loewen has raised his average each of the past three seasons while increasing his home run and RBI totals during that time frame. The 27-year-old Canadian has shown strong plate patience, drawing 61 walks, and showed off his arm in the outfield, notching 11 assists. He got a chance to show off for Toronto late in the season and slugged his first Major League homer on Sept. 11.
Utility -- Anthony Gose, New Hampshire (137 games): Gose showed off many of the tools that have made him one of the Blue Jays' best prospects. The 21-year-old outfielder slugged 16 homers, smacked seven triples, scored 86 runs and stole an Eastern League-leading 70 bases. Gose also drew a career-high 62 walks and cut down on the number of times he was caught stealing, from 32 in 2010 to 15 in 2011.
"He's been doing great," said New Hampshire manager Sal Fasano. "He's learning to compete at this level. I'm happy with the progress he has made. Defensively, he was already a good outfielder."
Left-handed starting pitcher -- Egan Smith, Lansing (24 games): The 22-year-old southpaw finished 7-7 despite a 3.84 ERA, which was good for eighth among Blue Jays Minor League hurlers. Smith fanned 95 batters in 117 innings and tossed the first complete game of his career on July 28 against West Michigan.
Right-handed starting pitcher -- Drew Hutchison, Lansing (14 games), Dunedin (11 games), New Hampshire (three games): A 15th-rounder in 2009, Hutchison put himself on the map with a superb 2011 season, placing second in the organization with a 2.53 ERA. He also tied for the lead with 14 wins while losing just five times, and he paced Toronto with 171 strikeouts. Making the jump to Double-A in late August, Hutchison fired blanks in two of his three starts for the Fisher Cats. In his only playoff appearance, the 21-year-old allowed two hits over six shutout innings against Reading in New Hampshire's 1-0 Game 3 win of the Eastern League semifinals.
Reliever -- Wes Etheridge, Dunedin (46 games), New Hampshire (eight games): After parting ways with the Brewers after the 2008 season, Etheridge spent 2009 as a pastor before returning to baseball in 2010, pitching in the Golden Baseball League. Signed by Toronto last offseason, Etheridge led the organization with 33 saves, posting a 2.40 ERA and limiting Minor League batters to a .226 average in 63 2/3 innings.
"Wes is truly getting a second chance at baseball and he's definitely making the most of it," said Dunedin pitching coach Darold Knowles in June.
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Lodging Tax
Amounts Collected by Local Governments, Calendar Year
Ohio's Revised Code permits local governments to levy a tax
on lodging furnished to transient guests by hotels and motels
within their jurisdiction. Municipalities or townships may
levy a lodging tax of up to 3 percent, plus an additional tax
of up to 3 percent if they are not located (wholly or partly)
in a county that has levied a lodging tax. Counties may levy
a lodging tax of up to 3 percent, but can not initiate such a
tax if any municipality or township located wholly or partly
within the county has levied the additional lodging tax.
During a three month period in 1985 counties were authorized
to enact an additional 3 percent lodging tax for convention
center construction (Lucas County enacted such a tax). During
a six month period in 1988 County Convention Facilities
Authorities were authorized to enact an additional 4 percent
lodging tax for financing a new convention or sports center
(Franklin County CFA enacted such a tax). The cumulative tax
for municipalities and townships is a maximum of 6 percent
provided the county in which they are located has not enacted
the tax. The county maximum rate is 6 percent. The maximum
combined rate for any location is 10 percent.
For most municipalities and townships, revenue from the
lodging tax goes to their general revenue fund. However, for
municipalities or townships who levy the additional tax of up
to 3 percent, the revenues from the additional tax are
divided between the general revenue fund of the municipality
or township and the convention and visitors' bureau (at least
50 percent) operating in the county. Counties are required to
return to municipalities and townships within the county that
do not levy a lodging tax, a uniform percentage (not to
exceed 33 1/3 percent) of the revenue from the county lodging
tax generated within such municipalities or townships. The
remainder of the revenue is deposited in a separate fund to
be used for county convention and visitors' bureau expenses.
Forty counties, 76 townships and 96 municipalities reported
having lodging taxes for calendar year 1990 with rates
ranging from 1.0 percent to 6.0 percent. Approximately 80.2
percent of the lodging taxes reported were at a 3 percent
rate. For jurisdictions that produced revenue, lodging tax
collections for calendar year 1990 ranged from $9 in the City
of Conneaut to $6,549,204 in Franklin County, with a
statewide total of $44,981,805.


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LA riding and other readings
Here's some stuff I've been checking out in the internerd.
Gary, who rode Feel My Legs this year, writes about Priuses and psuedo-environmentalism. There's a cool chart to calculate your MPG's by bike. Remember, it's high, but not infinite. And Joe Linton, who I ran into on the LA River trail on my way back from Echo Mountain the other day, recently wrote about the Not A Cornfield park and potential bikeway connections to the Arroyo-Seco. We are so close here in LA to having an awesome bike city. So close. This stuff gets me excited.
I was also doing some research on diet and climate impact and came across this amazing journal article (Food-Miles and the Relative Climate Impacts of Food Choices in the United States) where the authors conclude that eating a local omnivorous diet has more impact on the environment than a vegetarian diet regardless of distance the food has traveled. It's unfortunate that the majority of localvores still insist on eating meat. It's a lot like driving a prius. Even the United Nations has come around: Livestock a Major Threat to the Environment. The pdf for the report, Livestock's Long Shadow is here (pdf!).
BSNYC/RTMS sums it up succinctly in this post:
The people "going green" these days are the same people who did graffiti or experimented with homosexuality at their liberal arts college--they enjoy flirting with a lifestyle they don't understand in an environment where it's looked upon favorably, but as soon as it becomes difficult, unsafe or embarrassing they conveniently abandon it. Fortunately for them, you don't have to give up your car to "go green." Instead, you just need to buy a new one with marginally better gas mileage.


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Hey, guys. I'm back with another video game character tutorial. This time we're going to draw Big Sister from Bioshock 2. Pretty crazy design on this one. I hope you all enjoy.
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The IRS just released a notice announcing that processing of returns will commence on January 30, 2013 for most individuals. More complex returns will not be accepted by the IRS until late February or even into March, 2013 due to the complex changes to the IRS software system caused by last week's new tax law.
The notice mentioned specifically form 4562 (Depreciation) will not be available until that time period. We know that almost 100% of our farmers have depreciation reported on this form. We are assuming that the March 1 farmer filing due date may get delayed by the IRS, however, they have not specifically mentioned that yet in an announcement.
As we have discussed in numerous other posts, this year may be a perfect time for farmers who normally file by March 1 to simply make their required estimated tax payment (lesser of 100% of 2011 tax or 2/3 or this year's estimated tax liability) on January 15. This allows the farmer to file on April 15 and pay the remaining tax that may be owed then without any additional penalty.
With all of the changes associated with the new law and associated tax planning for 2012 and 2013, the extra 45 days may come in handy.
In yesterday's post on S corporations, I became aware of one typo plus my discussion on installment sales was incorrect. Here is a link to the updated post.


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13 December 2018
Good morning, after being on this site for almost 2 years, meeting people that became great friends however not THE one for ever after.
And then when I least expect it We have found each other!! We knew immediately the same day we met, this is different. How great to experienced that when two people are destined to be, it is so simple. You think alike and do and like the same things. Just enough to be able to do many things together, with enough space for each other to have their own interests as well as friends. His and my friends and children became a very easy OURS with all of them so happy for us!!
We are looking forward to a wonderful life together


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Attending MIGA's seminar today in London on cross-border investment in conflict affected and fragile economies prompted me to think back on my days in the field—not only during my experience with the World Bank in southern Africa, but to two decades as a journalist in the same region.
I traveled in a number of African countries where I reported on fragile economies, on war and political violence, and on post-conflict rebuilding efforts. Some countries, to be sure, were more successful than others. Mozambique has always been singled out as among the miracles and it's understandable. I went to Mozambique for the first time in 1984 to report on the civil war, which had already taken a heavy toll after seven years of intense conflict, and returned a number of times up until 1990.
I next returned in 1994 to report on the country's first multi-party elections following the peace accord. By that stage so much of the country was devastated—and the capital Maputo was riddled with signs of conflict, from bullet-pocked buildings to the destruction of basic infrastructure. When I returned in 2008 what I saw amazed me. To be sure there were still signs of the past conflict—but the capital was vibrant, busy, and working. Yes this was partly due to donor funding and the work of mulitlaterals like the World Bank, but it was also achieved through private sector investment.
Which brings me back to the topic of today's seminar discussion. It coincided with MIGA's just-launched flagship report World Investment and Political Risk—focused on investment in conflict-affected and fragile economies. Anyone who has seen first-hand a country's efforts to rebuild and create new hope for its people understands the value and importance of private sector investment. Delegates at today's session heard an impassioned keynote address from the World Bank's Managing Director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on the topic. She urged the private sector to partner with development institutions and others to invest in countries. Her main message was that such investment gives a positive signal to the people of a country and gives them hope, while the investor can accrue rewards—both financial and in knowing that the investment has done a lot of good.
MIGA's mission, as part of the World Bank Group, is to promote such cross-border private sector investment into developing countries to reduce poverty and improve people's lives. We especially focus on underserved countries, many of which have been conflict-affected or are fragile. Our mission may seem naïve or even trite to some. But I have seen the impact and results of such investment—and they are real.