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Beatrice Cobb, newspaper editor and publisher and Democratic party leader, was born in Morganton, the eldest of six daughters of Theodore Gettys and Martha Kincaid Cobb. Educated first in the local schools, she enrolled at Asheville Normal School in 1907 and was graduated in 1909. She taught school in Hickory from 1909 to 1913, when she returned to Morganton to begin a newspaper career on the News-Herald , becoming owner and publisher at the time of her father's death in 1916. She also established the Valdese News in 1938.
One of the pioneer women leaders in the North Carolina Press Association, she served as its secretary-treasurer from 1922 until her death. From 1934 until 1952 she held the office of Democratic national committee-woman from North Carolina. She gained distinction in national Democratic circles and was the only southerner on the five-member committee to advise President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 on a successor to James A. Farley, party chairman. Beginning in 1928, she was a delegate to several Democratic National Conventions.
The University of North Carolina awarded her an honorary LL.D. in 1949. She was a Methodist and an honorary member of the Morganton Kiwanis Club. Many of her writings dealt with her world travel experiences; after she became ill with acute leukemia she took a month's trip to Europe, from which she returned to enter Duke Hospital in Durham, where she died.
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Agenda for CIC meeting on December 12, 2012
Comprehensive Plan Update – Community Involvement Committee (CIC)
Date and time: December 12, 2012
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Location:1900 SW 4th Avenue,Portland, Conference Room 7A
Welcome (8:00 a.m.)
Discussion Leader: Howard Shapiro, Chair
Description: Review today's agenda and approve the 07/18/12, 9/19/12 and 10/17/12 meeting notes
Announcements (8:05 a.m.)
- See CIC meeting dates for 2013 and upcoming PEG meetings on the back of the agenda.
CIC decisions and follow up actions (8:15 a.m.)
Discussion Leader: Howard Shapiro and Stan Penkin, Executive Subcommittee
Desired Outcomes:
- Report on the Executive Subcommittee proposal for meeting schedule and structure for 2013.
- Check-in on possible subcommittee work for February meeting or before.
Comp Plan Update - process update (8:30 a.m.)
Presenter: Sandra Wood, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Desired Outcomes:
- Report on the Comp Plan Update process.
Community Involvement Plan (8:50 a.m.)
Discussion Leader: Diane Hale, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Desired Outcomes:
- Discuss and provide feedback on the draft Community Involvement Plan.
"Workshop" the workshop questions for the public (9:05 a.m.)
Discussion Leader: Marty Stockton and Alex Howard, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Desired Outcomes:
- Overview of workshop format.
- Craft and revise the draft workshop questions for the public.
- Criteria to consider:
- Accessible language and meaning?
- Engaging?
- Use in an online survey or not?
- Criteria to consider:
Workshop schedule (9:40 a.m.)
Presenter: Marty Stockton, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Desired Outcomes:
- Report on Feb/March Workshop schedule.
Public comment (9:45 a.m.)
Next steps (9:55 p.m.)
Discussion Leader: Howard Shapiro, Chair
- Next CIC meeting will be Wednesday, January 23, 2013 from 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m.
For more information, please contact Marty Stockton, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability at 503-823-2041 or email@example.com.
Upcoming Meetings and Events
- Comp Plan Update briefing, Tuesday, December 12th, 12:30p.m.; 1900 SW 4th Avenue, 2nd Floor, Conference Room 2500
Policy Expert Groups and Working Groups –December/January Meetings
- Industrial Land & Watershed Health Working Group meeting, Wednesday, December 12th, 10:00a.m - 12:00p.m.; 1900 SW 4th Avenue, 7thFloor, Conference Room 7A
- Residential Development and Compatibility PEG meeting, Thursday, December 13th, 4:00-6:00p.m., Conference Room 7A
- Education and Youth Success PEG meeting, Monday, December 17th, 4:00-6:00p.m.; 1900 SW 4th Avenue, 7thFloor, Conference Room 7A
- Economic Development PEG meeting, Wednesday, December 19th, 11:30a.m. to 1:30p.m.; 1900 SW 4th Avenue, 7thFloor, Conference Room 7A
- Neighborhood Centers PEG meeting, Thursday, December 20th, 8:00-10:00a.m.; 1900 SW 4th Avenue, 7thFloor, Conference Room 7A
- Network PEG meeting, Tuesday, December 18th, 1:00-3:00p.m.; 1900 SW 4th Avenue, 4thFloor, Conference Room 4A
- Community Involvement PEG meeting, Thursday, December 20th, 6:00-8:00p.m.; City Hall, 1221 SW 4thAvenue, Pettygrove Conference Room
- Infrastructure Equity PEG meeting, Tuesday, January 8th, 1:00-2:00p.m.; 1900 SW 4th Avenue, 2ndFloor, Conference Room 2500A
CIC – Meetings in 2013
- Wednesday, January 23rd*
- Wednesday, February 27th
- Wednesday, March 27th*
- Wednesday, April 24th
- Wednesday, May 22nd*
- Wednesday, June 26th
- Wednesday, July 24th*
- Wednesday, August 28th
- Wednesday, September 25th*
- Wednesday, October 23rd
- Wednesday, November 27th*
All meetings will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in 2500A on the 2ndFloor unless otherwise noted. A light lunch will be served.
The bold/asteriskdenotes the dates for the formal committee meetings. Every other month will be reserved for subcommittee work. While everyone is expected to attend the formal committee meetings, we want as many of the CIC members to attend the every other month subcommittee meetings to broaden input into subcommittee work.


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Corn Rootworm Resistance Management with Bt Corn
ENTFACT-147: Corn Rootworm Resistance Management with Bt Corn | Download PDF
by Ric Bessin, Extension Entomologist
University of Kentucky College of Agriculture
The potential for the development of resistance to Bt-rootworm corn is considered to be so high that all growers who use the technology must follow an approved, resistance management plan. EPA approval for Bt-rootworm corn requires all growers who purchase seed to sign contracts stating that they will comply. Currently there are three different types of approved resistance management plans based on the type of Bt corn being grown. These are the 20% structured refuge, a reduced 5% structured refuge, and refuge in the bag strategy. A refuge refers to corn that does not contain the Bt-toxin and allows the pest to complete its development. Resistance management for rootworms is similar to one in place for corn borer (Entfacts 128 and 140) but has some distinct differences in the locations of refuges.
20% structured refuge:
- The creation of a non-Bt-rootworm corn refuge with the planting of any acreage of Bt-rootworm corn.
- The refuge must be at least equal to 20% of the acreage of the Bt-rootworm corn.
- The refuge must be in blocks adjacent to the Bt-rootworm corn or planted as in-field strips.
- If an adjacent field is used, then the refuge field should have a similar rotational history as the Bt-rootworm field.
- When planting the refuge as in-field strips, the strips must be at least 6 rows wide, preferably 12 consecutive rows wide.
- The grower may apply insecticide treatments for control of corn rootworm larvae with the refuge corn.
- Applications of insecticides to control the adult corn rootworm beetles are NOT permitted in the refuge unless the Bt-rootworm corn is treated in a similar manner.
5% structured refuge (SmartStax only):
- Same as the 20% refuge except that this only requires 5% refuge corn.
- Can only be used with SmartStax Bt corn.
Refuge in the Bag(AcreMax 1 and AcreMax RW only)
- With refuge in the bag (RIB), a small amount of non-Bt seed (10%) is preblended with the Bt seed. With AcreMax RW, no additional refuge is needed. With Acremax 1, a 20% structured refuge for corn borers is still needed, the AcreMax RW can serve as the corn borer refuge for AcreMax 1 fields.
With EPA-approved plans, non‑Bt-rootworm corn acreage on each farm serves as a refuge, allowing corn rootworms to survive without exposure to Bt corn. If a rare resistant corn rootworm were able to survive on a Bt‑corn plant, it would most likely mate with a susceptible corn rootworm. Corn rootworms produced from this mating would only be partially resistant, and should not be able to survive if they feed on Bt-rootworm corn. This strategy tries to prevent mating between resistant corn rootworm beetles. If mating occurs between resistant beetles, then rootworms produced may be fully resistant to the Bt-rootworm corn.
Corn Borer and Rootworm Refuges
While corn borer and corn rootworm structured refuges are similar in size, the maximum distance that they may be planted from the Bt corn is different. This accounts for differences in the biology of the insects. Corn borer moths move considerably farther than rootworm beetles before mating. So a refuge planted 1/4 of a mile from the Bt-corn borer corn is close enough to ensure >random= mating of the moths. Corn rootworm beetles mate soon after leaving the soil, so the Bt-rootworm refuge must be either within or adjacent to the Bt-rootworm corn.
Stacked Hybrids
Additionally, most Bt-rootworm corn hybrids may have stacked genes for both corn borer control and rootworm control (e.g. YieldGard Plus, Herculex Xtra, Agrisure RW/CB, etc). Growers using these hybrids are required to comply with resistance management for both corn borers and corn rootworms. There must be a refuge for both groups of pests adjacent to or within the Bt-corn field. The most common option is to use a common refuge for both corn borers and corn rootworms. This minimum 20% refuge (5% for SmartStax) would be either within or adjacent to the Bt-corn field. The corn planted in the refuge would not have either the Bt-corn borer or Bt-rootworm traits.
Resistance and Corn Rootworms
This responsibility must not be taken lightly. Development of resistance by corn rootworms to this type of corn is a real threat. The Western and Northern corn rootworms have demonstrated the ability to develop resistance to some insecticides and adapt to various crop rotation practices. In the Western corn belt, Western corn rootworm has developed resistance to several insecticides. In parts of Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, the Western corn rootworm developed a soybean biotype that leaves corn fields to lay its eggs in other crops, rendering crop rotation ineffective. In parts of Iowa and South Dakota, the Northern corn rootworm has developed delayed diapause, a condition where only a portion of its eggs hatch the following year. The remaining eggs hatch two, three, four, and even five years later. In these later examples, first-year corn can sustain severe corn rootworm injury. Fortunately for Kentucky corn growers, we do not have the soybean biotype of the Western corn rootworm or delayed diapause with the Northern corn rootworm.
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About Michael Wigle
The best I could find with a quick google was a link to a book called Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent found here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1594032556/reasonmagazineA/ . It was an estimate made by the author. It doesn't sound like a study that would hold up to peer review was done to make the point. It sounds like his main focus is Internet-related felonies due to the mass of new internet-based laws.
I think you misunderstood the meaning due to poor sentence structure. It looks to me like the commenter meant to say that it is important to ensure the population has a minimum base pay that would permit both enough food to eat and to be able to afford basic health care.
It doesn't look to me like they were implying that doctor's were not getting paid enough.
I believe they can. It would be similar to requiring you to provide keys to a suitcase. Of course, if you refuse, my understanding is that you not only get in trouble but they'll just take the laptop off-site to be worked on more thoroughly.
Best solution is probably a hidden True Crypt drive. I highly doubt most of these folks could find one and if what is visible is mundane there would be no reason to look hard. Of course, that's assuming you are not actually smuggling something illegal on the laptop and just want to keep your personal or coporate data private.
If you are smuggling illegal content across a border on a laptop, well, you're just not very smart.


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Empire: Total War Release Date, Min. Specs Arrive; Uses Steam for DRM
Initially expected on February 3, the PC game will require owners to install Valve's digital distribution platform Steam in order to activate both retail and downloaded copies. North American customers will see the Steam release of Empire: Total War arrive on March 4, with buyers able to pre-load the game roughly 48 hours before.
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Watching W. Virginia
It could be the little contest tells the big tale.
Nevermind tonight's West Virginia primary reporting, the real story may have been foreshadowed in Mississippi. MSNBC got a no-spin assessment from former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee to that effect. The result in Mississippi tonight–Democrat Travis Childers won a House seat in a strongly Republican district–is "not a good sign" for the GOP, Huckabee said. "The Republican brand is badly damaged."
Even Tim Russert seemed impressed, like he was hearing the truth on the air for the first time: that "candid analysis," he said, was one high-ranking members of the GOP have given him privately for months. Now it's out in the open.
The drumbeat is "time for a change," Russert said. Russert, dean of the political media, took tonight's Mississippi result as a sign of "the wave of change we're sensing in the country."
This is when political junkies really appreciate the pros: they direct us to the telling details.


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Fisk, Tiant to collaborate on first pitch
BOSTON -- On Wednesday night, Fenway Park will finally host another Game 6 of a World Series.
The last one, played between the Red Sox and Reds on Oct. 21, 1975, was such a classic that there have been books written about it, not to mention countless retrospective documentaries.
Before the Red Sox and Cardinals take the field for Game 6 on Wednesday, there will be a flavor of 1975.
Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk and right-hander Luis Tiant, Boston's battery for Game 6 in 1975, will collaborate in the first-pitch ceremony.
Everyone remembers Fisk hitting the home run -- and seemingly waving it off the left-field foul pole -- to beat the Reds in the bottom of the 12th. There was also a three-run, pinch-hit homer by Bernie Carbo in the eighth that tied the game. And a sensational catch by Dwight Evans in the right-field corner against Joe Morgan that prevented the Reds from taking the lead.
On Wednesday, the Red Sox can win the World Series with a win. Back in 1975, they needed Game 6 to stay alive, which they did, before losing by a run in Game 7.
"With Carlton, you know, it's an iconic video and a highlight that is shown repeatedly, and one of the more memorable swings that probably has taken place in this ballpark," said manager John Farrell. "But hopefully there's somebody tomorrow night that can wave their arms just the same."


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Welsh hope Jones will face Ireland in Six Nations opener
INJURIES have overshadowed the build-up to Wales' Six Nations title defence, but Wales' interim head coach Rob Howley is hopeful former Test captain Ryan Jones will face Ireland in their opener.
Rhys Priestland, Aaron Jarvis and Luke Charteris are ruled out of the entire tournament, while players like Alun-Wyn Jones, Bradley Davies and Dan Lydiate are also currently unavailable.
Howley though, delivered a positive update surrounding Jones today after he suffered a dislocated thumb playing for the Ospreys against Heineken Cup opponents Leicester 10 days ago.
"With Ryan it is just the healing process," Howley said. "Thankfully, scans and x-rays showed there was no fracture.
"We are confident he will be available for selection for the Ireland game."
Jones (shoulder) and Lydiate (ankle) remain on course to possibly play a part later in the tournament, which Wales kick off against Ireland on Saturday week before facing France in Paris seven days later.
"Dan is looking to be probably available at the latter end of the championship," added Howley. "He is ahead in terms of his recuperation at the moment.
"He is ahead of schedule, but we are obviously mindful of workload. We will take that decision as, and when, we need to.
"Player welfare is so important, and we need to look after Dan and just not put him in for the sake of putting him in.
"If he's right, both physically and mentally, and he is available then he comes into our selection."
A huge fitness boost for Wales, though, will be the return of star prop Adam Jones, whom missed this season's entire autumn series that produced successive defeats against Argentina, Samoa, New Zealand and Australia.
"We certainly missed Adam in the autumn series," Howley said.
"When you look at his influence in the world game, he is probably one of the best tightheads in world rugby. I am sure he will have a huge influence.
"The competition in our front-row and the experience we've got there, it can be a focal part of this Six Nations campaign."


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Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Innovance LLC Introduces New Coffee Cherry Herbal Tea
Innovance LLC Introduces New Coffee Cherry Herbal Tea, Double the Antioxidants, Healthier Than Green Tea
(from a press release)
Innovance LLC has launched New Kona Coffee Cherry Herbal Tea, The company indicates that it adds a unique new fruity cherry herbal aroma and taste option to the tea market.
Innovance indicates that it is rich in antioxidants. Columbia Phyto Technology, LLC test results prove that its ORAC value is twice that of Green Tea.
According to studies of animals and human blood at the Agricultural Research Service's Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts in Boston high ORAC foods possess the power to slow down or prevent detrimental changes to the body and brain caused by aging and illness.
They indicate that Coffee Fruit has an extraordinary high level of polyphenols (anti-oxidants) with protective benefits to help consumers prevent disease, resist sun damage and delay aging (by neutralizing free radicals).
To create their New Kona Coffee Cherry Herbal Tea, Innovance utilizes the Coffee Tree Fruit and separates it from the coffee beans inside. Their natural process enables them to capture all the special aroma, flavor, and healthful benefits of the Kona Coffee Cherries. They say it is suitable for iced or hot herbal tea beverages.
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As part of ThinkAdvisor's Special Report, 21 Days of Tax Planning Advice for 2014, throughout the month of March, we are partnering with our Summit Professional Networks sister service, Tax Facts Online, to take a deeper dive into certain tax planning issues in a convenient Q&A format.
How are funds accumulated in a Health Savings Account (HSA) taxed prior to distribution?
An HSA generally is exempt from income tax unless it ceases to be an HSA.
In addition, rules similar to those applicable to individual retirement arrangements (IRAs) regarding the loss of the income tax exemption for an account where an employee engages in a prohibited transaction and those regarding the effect of pledging an account as security apply to HSAs. Any amounts treated as distributed under these rules will be treated as not used to pay qualified medical expenses.
How are amounts distributed from a Health Savings Account (HSA) taxed?
A distribution from an HSA used exclusively to pay qualified medical expenses of an account holder is not includable in gross income. Any distribution from an HSA that is not used exclusively to pay qualified medical expenses of an account holder must be included in the account holder's gross income.
Any distribution that is includable in income because it was not used to pay qualified medical expenses is also subject to a penalty tax. The penalty tax is 10 percent of includable income for a distribution from an HSA. For distributions made after December 31, 2010, the additional tax on nonqualified distributions from HSAs is increased to 20 percent of includable income.
Includable distributions received after an HSA holder becomes disabled within the meaning of IRC Section 72(m)(7), dies, or reaches the age of Medicare eligibility are not subject to the penalty tax.
Qualified medical expenses are amounts paid by the account holder for medical care for the individual, his or her spouse, and any dependent to the extent that expenses are not compensated by insurance or otherwise. For tax years beginning after December 31, 2010, medicines constituting qualified medical expenses will be limited to doctor-prescribed drugs and insulin. Consequently, over-the counter medicines will no longer be qualified expenses unlessprescribed by a doctor after 2010.
With several exceptions, the payment of insurance premiums is not a qualified medical expense. The exceptions include any expense for coverage under a health plan during a period of COBRA continuation coverage, a qualified long-term care insurance contract or a health plan paid for during a period in which the individual is receiving unemployment compensation.
An account holder may pay qualified long-term care insurance premiums with distributions from an HSA even if contributions to the HSA were made by salary reduction through an IRC Section 125 cafeteria plan. Amounts of qualified long-term care insurance premiums that constitute qualified medical expenses are limited to the age-based limits found in IRC Section 213(d)(10) as adjusted annually.
An HSA account holder may make tax-free distributions to reimburse qualified medical expenses from prior tax years as long as the expenses were incurred after the HSA was established. There is no time limit on when a distribution must occur.
HSA trustees, custodians, and employers need not determine whether a distribution is used for qualified medical expenses. This responsibility falls on individual account holders.
When may an account owner transfer or rollover funds into an HSA?
Funds may be transferred or rolled over from one HSA to another HSA or from an Archer MSA to an HSA provided that an account holder effects the transfer within sixty days of receiving the distribution.
An HSA rollover may take place only once a year. The year is not a calendar year, but a rolling twelve month period beginning on the day when an account holder receives a distribution to be rolled over. Transfers of HSA amounts directly from one HSA trustee to another HSA trustee, known as a trustee-to-trustee transfer, are not subject to the limits under IRC Section 223(f)(5). There is no limit on the number of trustee-to-trustee transfers allowed during a year.
A participant in a health reimbursement arrangement ("HRA") or a health flexible spending arrangement ("Health FSA") may make a qualified HSA distribution on a one time per arrangement basis. A qualified HSA distribution is a transfer directly from an employer to an HSA of an employee to the extent the distribution does not exceed the lesser of the balance in the arrangement on September 21, 2006, or the date of distribution. A qualified HSA distribution shall be treated as a rollover contribution under IRC Section 223(f)(5), that is, it does not count toward the annual HSA contribution limit.
If an employee fails to be an eligible individual at any time during a taxable year following a qualified HSA distribution, the employee must include in his or her gross income the aggregate amount of all qualified HSA distributions. The amount includable in gross income is also subject to a 10 percent penalty tax.
General purpose health FSA coverage during a grace period, after the end of a plan year, will be disregarded in determining an individual's eligibility to contribute to an HSA if the individual makes a qualified HSA distribution of the entire balance. Health FSA coverage during a plan year is not disregarded, even if a health FSA balance is reduced to zero. An individual who begins HDHP coverage after the first day of the month is not an eligible individual until the first day of the following month.
The timing of qualified HSA distributions therefore is critical for employees covered by general-purpose, that is, non-high-deductible, health FSAs or HRAs:
(1) An employee only should make a qualified HSA distribution if he or she has been covered by an HDHP since the first day of the month;
(2) An employee must rollover general purpose health FSA balances during the grace period after the end of the plan year, not during the plan year, and, of course, he or she must not be covered by a general purpose health FSA during the new year; and
(3) An employee must rollover the entire balance in an HRA or a health FSA to an HSA. If a balance remains in an HRA at the end of a plan year or in a health FSA at the end of the grace period, the employee will not be an HSA-eligible individual.
Beginning in 2007, a taxpayer may, once in his or her lifetime, make a qualified HSA funding distribution. A qualified HSA funding distribution is a trustee-to-trustee transfer from an IRA to an HSA in an amount that does not exceed the annual HSA contribution limitation for the taxpayer. If a taxpayer has self-only coverage under an HDHP at the time of the transfer, but at a later date during the same taxable year obtains family coverage under an HDHP, the taxpayer may make an additional qualified HSA funding distribution in an amount not exceeding the additional annual contribution for which the taxpayer has become eligible.
If a taxpayer fails to be an eligible individual at any time during a taxable year following a qualified HSA funding distribution, the taxpayer must include in his or her gross income the aggregate amount of all qualified HSA funding distributions. The amount includable in gross income also is subject to a 10 percent penalty tax.
Can an individual's interest in a Health Savings Account (HSA) be transferred as part of a divorce or separation?
An individual's interest in an HSA may be transferred without income taxation from one spouse to another or from a spouse to a former spouse if the transfer is made under a divorce or separation instrument. Following this kind of transfer, an interest in an HSA is treated as an interest of a transferee spouse.
What happens to a Health Savings Account (HSA) on the death of an account holder? May a surviving spouse continue an account?
The disposition of an HSA at the death of an account holder depends on who is the designated beneficiary. If an account holder's surviving spouse is a designated beneficiary, then, when an account holder dies, the surviving spouse is treated as the account holder.
If an account holder's estate is a designated beneficiary, the fair market value of the assets in the HSA must be included in such beneficiary's gross income for the estate's last taxable year. A deduction for any federal estate taxes paid is allowed to any person other than a decedent or a decedent's spouse under IRC Section 691(c) with respect to amounts included in gross income by that person.
If anyone other than a surviving spouse or an account holder's estate is a designated beneficiary, the account ceases to be an HSA as of the date of the account holder's death and the fair market value of the assets in the account must be included in the designated beneficiary's gross income for the year including the date of death. The amount that must be included in gross income by any person other than the estate is reduced by the amount of qualified medical expenses that were incurred by the decedent account holder before his or her death and paid by the designated beneficiary within one year after the date of death.
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I think one of the major issues for those who are new to Gor, BDSM, RP, or even the Internet in general is protecting themselves. Please post tips you can offer to keep those who may not know any better safe.
1. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION TO ANYONE ONLINE! You should NEVER feel forced, pressured, or blackmailed into giving out your personal information. This includes the following:
Your real name
Where you live
What you look like (real life pictures)
What you are doing
What you are wearing in real life
Where you work
Where you go to school (As well as what classes you are taking, etc)
Sexual orientation
Even what sex you actually are
2. Trust with your head, not your heart.
In other words, anyone can get online and wax poetic, the person can be the most wonderful man or woman on the planet, the best slave..best companion, best friend you ever had. They could be a fantastic rper, and amazing writer...but they could also be the opposite sex you think they are, and even if you hear them on skype, they could still be lieing about their entire life. That is the hardest thing about being online...you simply Do Not Know, as much as you want to think you do...you don't.
Short Story: Had a friend in HTML, wonderful girl, had been with her Master for years, talked to him on the phone, was madly in love and arranged to meet him. Against my advice, she sent money ahead for her lodging. When she got there, he forced her to babysit his kids while he went out and spent all of her money on his real girlfriend.
TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS! If something just doesn't seem right, if things don't add up, if you have doubts...then go with your gut because you are probably right.
3. If you do decide to meet someone in real life take the following steps.
1. TELL PEOPLE where you are going, and who you are going to be meeting.
2. Arrange to call a friend/family member around a certain time each night to make sure you are alright.
3. Arrange a safe word to give the friend/family member on the phone if something has gone wrong and you can't outright tell them so they can call for help.
4. Stay in a Hotel and do NOT tell the person you are going to meet what hotel, just in case things go wrong. NEVER stay with the person.
5. NEVER send money ahead. If they ask for money to set you up...tell them you have taken care of it.
6. Meet the person in a place with a lot of other people. A mall, a restaurant, etc. Don't meet the person at their home, don't go home with them. Even if it goes well, if they truly care about you, they will understand your need to protect yourself and be patient enough to wait for you to be ready.
In Game
1. EVERYONE has equal rights ooc. Even if you are a slave. You do not have to take ooc abuse EVER. IF someone is trying to guilt you, harass you, stalk you, you do NOT have to take it.
2. If a scene is making you really uncomfortable then IM the person/people involved and tell them your issue and ask for a compromise of some sort. Be polite when you do it, and if the person is an ass in return then feel free to tp out.
(Please feel free to add to this list!)


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Actor John Travolta credits the Church of Scientology with helping him cope with the tragic death of his 16-year-old son Jett.
"We work hard every day with our church on healing," Travolta said from the red carpet while promoting his latest film, "From Paris with Love," Thursday in New York City with his wife, Kelly Preston, The Associated Press reports. "And Kelly and I and [daughter] Ella have all been working very hard and they've been helping us."
Asked what gave him the strength to return to his movie career following Jett's death last year after a seizure at the family's vacation home, Travolta told the AP: "Once you get yourself stable, then you're able to reach out again, you know, and I think this whole year every day we've been working on stabilizing ourselves and it's been successful so far."
While the Travoltas did not reference Scientology by name, they are well-know adherents of the faith.
Earlier this week, Travolta piloted a jet carrying relief supplies, doctors and Scientology ministers to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to assist earthquake survivors.
Travolta said he plans to bring more aid to Haiti. He also did not rule out additional flights to the beleaguered nation.
Meanwhile, the Bahamas judicial system is getting set to retry two suspects accused of attempting to extort $25 million from the Travoltas over Jett's death. The first attempt ended in a mistrial after a lawmaker suggested the still-deliberating jury had acquitted one of the suspects.


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Home - List of Cities • Credits: Misaskim List
We found 23 fruit trees within 10 miles of Great Neck, NY
Street View may not accurately depict the exact address.
The image displayed by Street View may be the wrong angle, the wrong side of the street or several lots away from the exact address.
Use Street View to get familiar with the general location.
Do not rely on Street View to determine the appearance of the exact address.


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Understanding What Employers Want in a Cover Letter
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) conducted the SHRM Survey on Cover Letters and Resumes. The survey was faxed to randomly selected members of the Employment Management Association (EMA); 582 human resource professionals responded.
Starting with the highlights, the following SHRM survey data details concerning cover letters were written by SHRM's Allison Branick and are reproduced here by permission of the Society for Human Resource Management.
- Most resumes are accompanied by cover letters.
- Cover letters are typically read in less than one minute.
- HR professionals are split on cover letter quality.
- Typos can kill candidates' chances.
- HR professionals favor personalized cover letters.
- Most resumes (and cover letters) come via postal mail or fax . . . but e-mail is preferred.
- Importance of cover letters versus resumes: Respondents are split.
Most resumes are accompanied by cover letters
On average, two out of three resumes (67 percent) received by human resource departments today are accompanied by cover letters, according to survey respondents. One out of every three resumes arrives as a stand-alone document.
According to 70 percent of respondents, the unaccompanied resumes are always considered for vacant positions, suggesting that missing cover letters are not an issue. However, 28 percent of respondents say they consider resumes only sometimes if they arrive without cover letters, and 2 percent of respondents never consider resumes that come alone.
Cover letters are typically read in less than one minute
According to survey results, 83 percent of respondents report that the average length of time they or a member of their staff spend reading a cover letter sent by a job applicant is one minute or less. About 15 percent of respondents spend more than one minute reading each cover letter.
Survey data shows that the larger the organization is, the less time the HR professionals tend to spend reading the cover letters. For example, respondents from larger organizations (52 percent), or those with 250 or more employees, are more likely to spend between 1 and 30 seconds reading the cover letters they receive than are respondents from smaller organizations (39 percent), or those with fewer than 250 employees. Conversely, HR professionals from smaller organizations (42 percent) are slightly more likely than those from larger employers (34 percent) to spend between 31 and 60 seconds reading cover letters.
HR professionals split on cover letter quality
When asked to rate in general terms the overall quality of the cover letters they receive today, nearly half (48 percent) of the survey respondents rate the quality as good, while the same percentage (48 percent) of respondents rate the quality as fair.
Six out of ten respondents (61 percent) report that over the past three years the quality of the cover letters their organizations have received has stayed about the same. Nearly one out of five respondents (18 percent) feel the quality has decreased, while approximately one out of ten (9 percent) feel cover letter quality has increased in recent years. The remaining respondents are unsure.
More than three out of four HR professionals (77 percent) report that when they receive a cover letter of poor quality, they read the resume, but still keep in mind that the cover letter was of poor quality. Fourteen percent of survey respondents say that when they receive a cover letter of poor quality, the candidate is eliminated as a possibility for the position to which they have applied. Only 8 percent of the survey respondents say they read the resume and disregard the fact that it was accompanied by a cover letter of poor quality. Thus, most HR professionals take into consideration the quality of a cover letter — in some cases it could actually make or break a candidate's chances.
Typos can kill candidates' chances
More than three out of four survey respondents (76 percent) say that typos or grammatical errors found in cover letters would cause them to remove the applicant from the pool of possible candidates. Six out of ten respondents (61 percent) say the same thing about cover letters addressed to the wrong company.
Letters that are too long (more than one page) cause applicants to be removed from consideration at 23 percent of respondents' organizations. Omitting salary requirements in the letter when they are specifically requested in the job listing is detrimental to an application at 20 percent of respondents' organizations. Fifteen percent of respondents report that addressing the cover letter to the wrong person will eliminate the application from the pool of possible candidates.
HR professionals favor personalized cover letters
Nearly seven out of ten respondents (69 percent) view personalized cover letters positively, and approximately three out of ten (29 percent) view them neutrally. Personalized cover letters are viewed negatively by only 1 percent of HR professionals, according to survey results.
Importance of cover letters versus resumes: Respondents are split
More than half of the survey respondents (54 percent) believe that cover letters are less important than resumes. However, more than four out of ten respondents (43 percent) believe cover letters are just as important as resumes. In addition, cover letters are deemed more important than resumes by 3 percent of respondents.
Even though many of the survey respondents report that cover letters are not as important as resumes, ninety-five percent report that their organizations keep the letters on file. Five percent of responding organizations, on the other hand, do not.
E-mail is preferred
Although survey results show that fewer than one in five resumes are submitted via e-mail, one-third of HR professionals (34 percent) prefer to receive them via e-mail. Approximately three out of ten respondents (31 percent) choose regular mail as their delivery method of preference. Fax is favored by 25 percent of respondents, particularly those from smaller organizations, 7 percent favor Web-based delivery formats (HTML resumes), and 2 percent like hand-delivered resumes.


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Maine woman realizes cat she rescued is bobcat
The Associated Press
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Police in the Maine city of Bangor are warning people to be careful handling injured animals after a woman tried to rescue a cat that she had hit with her vehicle that turned out to be a bobcat.
Police say the female driver believed the cat was seriously injured or dead and placed it in her van just after midnight on Wednesday morning.
But while she was driving the cat became alert and she realized it was a bobcat.
The woman got out of the vehicle and the bobcat went under the van.
Police used a catch pole to secure the animal until a game warden arrived. The game warden said the animal's injuries were so severe that it had to be euthanized.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.


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Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
It is not necessary for you to have completed the sequence, but I assume a lot of information covered, or introduced, in it.
This is a first draft towards creating a complete WPF Application.
The application built works but doesn't include the features, and good practices, that I am aiming towards. However, it does provide a basic, and working, framework that can be added-to. Oddly, I will start by listing what is not included:
Not Yet Included:
- Code is not fully separated. In particular, there is some code-behind.
- It doesn't fully follow the MVVM pattern, although I'm using 'Models' and 'Views' namespaces to help work towards this goal.
- Doesn't use Commands (or ICommand).
- Data Validation.
- ControlTemplates or DataTemplates, and related features.
- Data Conversion.
I had intended to include a number of these features from the outset (particularly Commands) but decided to prioritise getting an application up-and-running. It would simply be too frustrating (for you and for me) to type a mountain of code before being able to, eventually, run the application.
There is some code-behind (in ToDo.xaml.cs) that responds to Button clicks. This should be moved to a Command, or Commanding, set-up, preferably one that fits in with the MVVM pattern. Commanding Overview :MSDN. (This is a sacrifice I made in order to get the Application up-and-running at an early stage.)
Useful Links:
Data Binding Overview :MSDN
Basic WPF Databinding :DIC
How to: Create and Bind to an ObservableCollection :MSDN
About Commands, RelayCommands and/or MVVM:
Exploring a Model-View-ViewModel Application
Implementation of the ICommand interface for reuse
WPF Apps With The Model-View-ViewModel Design Pattern
Extending the ObservableCollection to add navigation methods
Start a new WPF Application named ToDoApplication.
I have carried across Styles, the Grid Structure, and a few other features from the earlier tutorial but, essentially, I first reduced it to a bare-bones structure. For example, I wanted to keep the Menu, ToolBar and StatusBar, but I've reduced them to just simple place-holder text.
You don't need any code from the earlier tutorial as all the necessary code is included here.
Here is the final folder-structure for reference:
Open the Solution Explorer, right-click the ToDoApplication Project and choose Add then New Folder. Create two folders named Models and Views.
Open App.xaml and change (or copy to) the following:
This is essentially the final set of Styles from the earlier tutorial, although I changed a couple of Menu/MenuItem settings.
You can close this file as we won't need it for the rest of the tutorial.
Change Mainwindow.xaml to this:
<Window x:Class="ToDoApplication.MainWindow" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:local="clr-namespace:ToDoApplication" xmlns:views="clr-namespace:ToDoApplication.Views" Title="ToDo Application" SizeToContent="WidthAndHeight" Style="{StaticResource styWindow}"> <window.Resources> </window.Resources> <DockPanel> <Menu DockPanel.Dock="Top"> <MenuItem Header="_FILE"> <MenuItem Header="Place Holder" /> </MenuItem> <MenuItem Header="_EDIT"> <MenuItem Header="Place Holder" /> </MenuItem> </Menu> <ToolBarTray DockPanel.Dock="Top"> <ToolBar> <Button Content="Place Holder" /> </ToolBar> </ToolBarTray> <views:ToDo x:Name="vwToDo" DockPanel.Dock="Top" /> <StatusBar DockPanel.Dock="Bottom"> <TextBlock>Place Holder</TextBlock> </StatusBar> </DockPanel> </Window>
The most significant difference from the earlier version is the complete removal of the Grid. This will be created as a UserControl and is then inserted into the main Window at this line:
<views:ToDo x:Name="vwToDo" DockPanel.Dock="Top" />
Notice that views (and local) are added as namespace-references near the top of this file.
We will still need to explicitly define the namespace ToDoApplication.Views but it will correspond to the 'Views' folder within our application.
Now we will create our ToDo Class. Right-click the Models folder and choose Add, then Class..
using System; using System.ComponentModel; namespace ToDoApplication.Models { public class ToDo : INotifyPropertyChanged { public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged; private string _title; private DateTime? _startDate; private DateTime? _dueDate; private DateTime? _completedDate; private bool _completed; private Priorities _priority; public ToDo() { } public ToDo(string title) { this.Title = title; } public string Title { get { return _title; } set { if (_title == value) return; _title = value; RaisePropertyChanged("Title"); } } public DateTime? StartDate { get { return _startDate; } set { if (_startDate == value) return; _startDate = value; RaisePropertyChanged("StartDate"); } } public DateTime? DueDate { get { return _dueDate; } set { if (_dueDate == value) return; _dueDate = value; RaisePropertyChanged("DueDate"); } } public DateTime? CompletedDate { get { return _completedDate; } set { if (_completedDate == value) return; _completedDate = value; RaisePropertyChanged("CompletedDate"); } } public bool Completed { get { return _completed; } set { if (_completed == value) return; _completed = value; RaisePropertyChanged("Completed"); } } public Priorities Priority { get { return _priority; } set { if (_priority == value) return; _priority = value; RaisePropertyChanged("Priority"); } } private void RaisePropertyChanged(string propertyName) { if (PropertyChanged != null) { PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName)); } } } public enum Priorities { Medium, High, Low } }
Notice that this is within the namespace ToDoApplication.Models.
We are using a simple enumeration for Priority; it is defined at the bottom, but still within the namespace.
Right-click the Models folder again and create the class MyObservableCollection:
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Collections.ObjectModel; namespace ToDoApplication.Models { public class MyObservableCollection<T> : ObservableCollection<T> { // http://elegantcode.com/2009/09/25/extending-the-observablecollection-to-add-navigation-methods-such-as-movefirst-movenext-movelast-and-moveprevious/ public MyObservableCollection() : base() { } public MyObservableCollection(List<T> list) : base(list) { } public MyObservableCollection(IEnumerable<T> collection) : base(collection) { } private System.ComponentModel.ICollectionView GetDefaultView() { return System.Windows.Data.CollectionViewSource.GetDefaultView(this); } public int CurrentPosition { get { return this.GetDefaultView().CurrentPosition; } } public void MoveFirst() { this.GetDefaultView().MoveCurrentToFirst(); } public void MovePrevious() { this.GetDefaultView().MoveCurrentToPrevious(); } public void MoveNext() { this.GetDefaultView().MoveCurrentToNext(); } public void MoveLast() { this.GetDefaultView().MoveCurrentToLast(); } public bool CanMoveBack() { return this.CurrentPosition > 0; } public bool CanMoveForward() { return (this.Count > 0) && (this.CurrentPosition < this.Count - 1); } } }
I have adapted this from this tutorial.
I like this idea: creating our own, re-usable/generic, collection class. Unfortunately, I think the tutorial is incomplete, as it doesn't give enough information about how to connect this to a Commanding structure. Rather than pursue this at this stage, perhaps over-complicating the tutorial, I decided just to use a little code-behind. (Besides, there is more than one way to set-up a Commanding structure.)
An ObservableCollection has a DefaultView. It is possible to create, and manipulate, more than one View of this collection.
Changing the View's CurrentPosition will change which item (which ToDo item) we are looking at in the window.
As you can see, the DefaultView already has methods of MoveCurrentToFirst(), MoveCurrentToNext(), etc., so we are essentially building a helper-class.
We can now sub-class our collection-class. Right-click Models again and create ToDoList.cs:
using System; namespace ToDoApplication.Models { public class ToDoList : MyObservableCollection<ToDo> { public ToDoList() : base() { this.Add(new ToDo("Your Title Here")); } public ToDoList(string title) : base() { this.Add(new ToDo(title)); } } }
You might chose to remove "Your Title Here" as it is annoying to have to replace this text for the first ToDo item. (I included this at an early stage, to be able to show that my model was working.)
I investigated setting up place-holder text instead, which would disappear when clicking into the TextBox. This is not as straight-forward as it could be: DIC discussion.
[I also attempted using Focus() and SelectAll() so that, at least, typing would replace this default text. It didn't work for me straight-off and I decided it wasn't important for this tutorial.]
Now let's create the Grid. Right-click the Views folder and create a UserControl named ToDo.xaml:
<UserControl x:Class="ToDoApplication.Views.ToDo" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:models="clr-namespace:ToDoApplication.Models" xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" mc:Ignorable="d"> <Grid> <Grid.RowDefinitions> <RowDefinition Height="50" /> <RowDefinition Height="50" /> <RowDefinition Height="50" /> <RowDefinition Height="50" /> <RowDefinition Height="50" /> <RowDefinition Height="50" /> </Grid.RowDefinitions> <Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <ColumnDefinition Width="100" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="100" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="100" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="100" /> <ColumnDefinition Width="100" /> </Grid.ColumnDefinitions> <Label Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0" Content="Title" /> <TextBox Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="3" x:Name="txtTitle" > <Binding Path="/Title" Mode="TwoWay" /> </TextBox> <Label Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="0" Content="Start Date" /> <DatePicker Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" x:Name="dpStartDate"> <DatePicker.SelectedDate> <Binding Path="/StartDate" Mode="TwoWay" /> </DatePicker.SelectedDate> </DatePicker> <Label Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="0" Content="Due Date" /> <DatePicker Grid.Row="2" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" x:Name="dpDueDate"> <DatePicker.SelectedDate> <Binding Path="/DueDate" Mode="TwoWay" /> </DatePicker.SelectedDate> </DatePicker> <Label Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="0" Content="Completed" /> <DatePicker Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" x:Name="dpCompletedDate"> <DatePicker.SelectedDate> <Binding Path="/CompletedDate" Mode="TwoWay" /> </DatePicker.SelectedDate> </DatePicker> <CheckBox Grid.Row="3" Grid.Column="3" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" x:Name="ckbCompleted" IsChecked="{Binding Path=/Completed, Mode=TwoWay}"> Completed? </CheckBox> <Label Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="0" Content="Priority" /> <ComboBox Grid.Row="4" Grid.Column="1" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" x:Name="cboPriority" SelectedValue="{Binding Path=/Priority, Mode=TwoWay}"> <models:Priorities>Medium</models:Priorities> <models:Priorities>High</models:Priorities> <models:Priorities>Low</models:Priorities> </ComboBox> <StackPanel Grid.Row="5" Grid.Column="0" Grid.ColumnSpan="5" Orientation="Horizontal" HorizontalAlignment="Center" Button.Click="CommonNavHandler"> <Button Content="First" Name="btnFirst" /> <Button Content="Previous" Name="btnPrevious" /> <Button Content="Next" Name="btnNext" /> <Button Content="Last" Name="btnLast" /> <Button Content="New" Name="btnNew" /> </StackPanel> </Grid> </UserControl>
At the top we've added a namespace-reference for Models. (This is only needed because of the way we specify the enumeration-values.)
This Grid is already inserted (by reference) in the main window. In Mainwindow.xaml.cs we will set the Grid's DataContext to a new ToDoList().
Once the DataContext is set the slash "/" will refer to the current item of the view. (That is, of our ObservableCollection's DefaultView.) Then Path="/Title" binds to the Title property of the current ToDo item.
<models:Priorities>Medium</models:Priorities> <models:Priorities>High</models:Priorities> <models:Priorities>Low</models:Priorities>
This repeats the enumerated values. This repetition shouldn't be necessary, although it may require switching from an enum to a collection (or maybe a Class). An enum will suffice for the purpose of this tutorial.
Create the code behind our view, in ToDo.xaml.cs:
using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Controls; using System.Windows.Data; using System.Windows.Documents; using System.Windows.Input; using System.Windows.Media; using System.Windows.Media.Imaging; using System.Windows.Navigation; using System.Windows.Shapes; using ToDoApplication.Models; namespace ToDoApplication.Views { /// <summary> /// Interaction logic for ToDo.xaml /// </summary> public partial class ToDo : UserControl { private ToDoList _todoList; public ToDo() { InitializeComponent(); } private void CommonNavHandler(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { FrameworkElement feSource = e.Source as FrameworkElement; if (_todoList == null) { _todoList = (ToDoList)this.DataContext; } switch (feSource.Name) { case "btnFirst": if (this._todoList.CanMoveBack()) this._todoList.MoveFirst(); break; case "btnPrevious": if (this._todoList.CanMoveBack()) this._todoList.MovePrevious(); break; case "btnNext": if (this._todoList.CanMoveForward()) this._todoList.MoveNext(); break; case "btnLast": if (this._todoList.CanMoveForward()) this._todoList.MoveLast(); break; case "btnNew": this._todoList.Add(new ToDoApplication.Models.ToDo()); if (this._todoList.CanMoveForward()) this._todoList.MoveLast(); break; default: break; } } } }
There isn't too much of this code but, ideally, we want to move it out into a Commanding structure.
This common navigation-handler (CommonNavHandler) was discussed in part 3 of my 'Build a Window' tutorial.
if (_todoList == null) { _todoList = (ToDoList)this.DataContext; }
The DataContext is assigned in the main Window's code, so isn't immediately available to assign to _todoList in this view. I would prefer to make this assignment once and get rid of the if-statement. This should become possible as we pursue the MVVM pattern. [This could be achieved by using code to not just set the DataContext but to also instantiate and insert the Grid into the window.]
Finally, we need to modify Mainwindow.xaml.cs, simply to provide the DataContext for the Grid:
// I've omitted the default using statements here using ToDoApplication.Models; namespace ToDoApplication { /// <summary> /// Interaction logic for Mainwindow.xaml /// </summary> public partial class MainWindow : Window { public MainWindow() { InitializeComponent(); Loaded += MainWindowLoaded; } private void MainWindowLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { vwToDo.DataContext = new ToDoList(); } } }
You can run the application and you will be able to add ToDo items, and navigate back and forwards through them. The list won't be persisted, although serializing and de-serializing the list could be considered.
As I stated at the outset, and I want to emphasize, I am not proposing this as a complete Application. It does, however, provide a framework to study and add other features - Commands, Data Validation (see the list at the beginning) - and to modify to follow the MVVM Pattern.
This post has been edited by andrewsw: 12 May 2014 - 05:50 PM


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The Knicks will let Jeremy Lin leave for Houston, Howard Beck of the New York Times reports.
New York has until midnight tonight to match the three year, $25.1 million offer that the Rockets made for Lin.
According to Beck, the Knicks made their decision this afternoon, and it's final.
We can only speculate that the Knicks were deterred by the $14.8 million they would have had to pay Lin in 2014-15.
That would have contributed to an already massive payroll, and resulted in a massive luxury tax bill that could have gone as high as $68 million.
They will go forward with Raymond Felton and Jason Kidd at point guard.
Just like that, the thrilling Jeremy Lin era in New York is over.
Here's what Beck wrote about the decision:
The decision was ultimately financial, not emotional. The contract with Houston includes a third-year balloon payment of $14.9 million, which would have cost the Knicks another $35 million or more in luxury-tax penalties had they matched the deal. The so-called poison pill was designed to dissuade the Knicks.
Beck also said there's an "incredibly small" chance it could be reversed. So there's that.
The Rockets have not been informed of an official decision yet, Al Iannazzone of Newsday reports.