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It's a huge boat for a tiny tax-and-secrecy haven. The new $33 million yacht sported by David Copley, owner of Copley Press and
The Union-Tribune, is registered in Majuro, capital of the Marshall Islands, a republic halfway between Indonesia and Hawaii, with a population of only 60,000.
The yacht, called Happy Days, had a prestigious front-row berth last summer in Monaco, according to people in the La Jolla social swim. Copley and friends have been cruising on the craft recently. (The glitzy Monaco is also a tax-and-secrecy haven, called "tax haven to the stars." Monaco is home to Richard Cramer, formerly of La Jolla and the Copley Press board, now an expatriate because of a tax lien from the Internal Revenue Service. Copley dined with Cramer and his wife in Paris last spring.)
Less than two years ago, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a research organization promoting the global economy, said that it classified only five of the world's tax-and-secrecy havens as uncooperative. One was the Marshall Islands. Another was Monaco. Both claim to be opening up.
Happy Days is the largest composite yacht ever made in the Americas, according to press materials sent out by the builder, Delta Marine Industries of Seattle. (A composite yacht is one made of space-age materials rather than the conventional steel or aluminum.) The craft is 164 feet long. It has 7500 square feet of living area, a master suite with lounge and dining area on the upper deck, and six large staterooms on the main deck. An elevator travels through all four decks. It requires a crew of 12.
The yacht's official owner is KABOOM L.L.C. (limited liability company) of Majuro. The little nation brags that "Marshall Islands law statutorily exempts non-resident yacht-owning corporations from taxes." Secrecy is guaranteed: there are "no publicly accessible records" and no requirements for annual filings.
It takes only a day to set up a company online at a cost of $450. "According to our correspondent, The Trust Company of the Marshall Islands, Inc., an entity by the name of KABOOM L.L.C. was formed in May of 2005," says Melissa A. Hurst, general counsel for International Registries, Inc., the maritime and corporate administrator of the Marshall Islands. Under the secrecy laws, she could not reveal the name of KABOOM's beneficial owner. However, on May 20, 2005, an entity called KABOOM II L.L.C., with David Copley as registered agent, was filed with the California secretary of state.
KABOOM, owner of the yacht, was set up under the no-tax rules in the Marshalls. "The tax benefit is the fact that the Marshall Islands is a zero-tax jurisdiction," says Hurst. The Marshalls boast of other financial benefits. For example, the islands have a reciprocal agreement with the United States: Marshalls-registered pleasure yachts are exempt from U.S. Customs formal entry and clearance procedures.
"If you're traveling to Europe and other places, there could be taxes incurred in every port of call," says Jonathan Ives, executive director of the Washington-based Northwest Yacht Brokers Association. "So they register in the Marshall Islands in order that they won't be taxed when they enter these ports." The close relationship between the United States and Marshall Islands helps facilitate such arrangements. The Marshalls are among the five leading ship registries today, along with Panama, Liberia, the Bahamas, and Greece. The island republic expects to supplant Liberia in second place within four years.
"When a boat is being run all over the world, it is not unusual to have yachts registered in the name of an L.L.C. in a tax haven," says a San Diego yacht salesman. Under a state law recently extended through June 30 of this year, the yacht owner can only avoid a sales or use tax if the craft is out of the state for at least a year from the date of its purchase. Delta was to deliver the craft to Copley in the first quarter of 2006. Thus, his first year is almost over. If the vessel was exclusively used outside of California in the year since its purchase, it is exempt from a sales or use tax. (A use tax is imposed in place of a sales tax when a product is purchased out of a state. Copley would be subject to a use tax but almost certainly won't have to pay it because the craft has been cruising European waters, far from California.) Just three years ago, a yacht had to be out of state for only 90 days to avoid the sales or use tax. "When they changed it, more and more registered in foreign jurisdictions. It's kind of unpatriotic to some extent."
Says the Offshore Yacht Registry Newsletter, "Registering offshore allows for a vessel to be purchased while paying no sales tax." Throw in the avoidance of property taxes, and the savings could be almost 10 percent, says the publication. A few plutocrat-obsequious states such as Delaware exempt yachts from sales and use taxes, but by registering offshore, "The identity of the true owner of the yacht will be protected" from most government agencies, lawsuits, and foreign courts, the publication claims.
A major reason a yacht owner registers under a foreign flag "is the ability to hire a foreign crew," says Cris Wenthur, San Diego attorney specializing in maritime and tax law. "You're not subject to minimum-wage requirements. You don't have state withholding for employment taxes." By registering the yacht offshore, the owner is spared all kinds of employment-related paperwork and costs.
"We assess yachts [for property tax] if they are physically here most of the time, and we don't care where they are registered," says Greg Smith, county assessor/recorder/clerk. That tax is 1.1 percent of total valuation each year.
After searching her database, Vickie Wittmayer, property assessment specialist in Smith's office, says, "We have nothing under either KABOOM or David Copley." Thus far, the craft has avoided the property tax in San Diego, probably because it hasn't been anchored here.
As a nonresident of Washington, Copley would "trigger no tax liability" in that state unless he spent half a year there, according to Mike Gowrylow, spokesman for the Washington Department of Revenue. But would Copley moor in gloomy Seattle when he loves to romp with the jet set in sunny Monaco?
Copley would have to pay the use tax in California (8 percent of $33 million) unless the vessel was gone for a full year, according to John Hrabe, communications director for Board of Equalization member Michelle Steel. In any case, the Board of Equalization will not reveal use-tax records of individual Californians.
Copley's new yacht is not even registered with the U.S. Coast Guard, according to the Dona Jenkins Maritime Document Service, based in San Diego. Maybe Copley does not intend to bring his yacht into U.S. waters. That doesn't mean he will take a permanent vacation from his company. He could park the yacht and fly back at any time. Or do some work electronically, as many executives do.
Copley Press did not return calls for comment. Delta Marine refused to say anything beyond its press releases, which discussed the vessel's opulence but did not identify its owner.
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- Take a spin in David Copley's former yacht — Oct. 18, 2013
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All In The Family... Another Trip Down Memory Lane... Life in The Nebraska Sandhills...
I was much surprised a few days ago to read in the news about a tiny rural school where I taught in the early 1970's. In an AP article titled, "Small schools fading away with rural populations", the following was reported:
BASSETT, Neb. (AP) -- Twenty-five miles off the main highway, deep in a cradle of sand dunes bound together by prairie grass, a one-lane ribbon of asphalt southeast of town ends abruptly at a barbed-wire fence.As Nebraska's rural population has dropped over the last few decades, the number and size of rural schools have decreased proportionately. Pony Lake School's enrollment has dropped from 23 students in 1988 to only 5 today. Still, Nebraska is exceeded only by Montana in the number of country schools still serving rural families today.
Cattle roam on one side, and on the other sits a school that's in danger of becoming a relic in this wide-open, north-central Nebraska region that is among the most sparsely populated in the country...
... [F]ive children comprise the total student body at the 120-year-old Pony Lake School.
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The AP article includes the following statistics for the United States: "About 24,000 one-room schools existed in 1959; 840 in 1984. [Neenah] Ellis estimates 300 remain." ( Neenah Ellis is an independent documentary producer, writer and editor who previously worked for NPR's "All Things Considered" for ten years. She has spent a year researching country schools.)
I'm sorry to hear that Pony Lake School may have reached the final chapter of its history. However, in the article, the superintendent of the Rock County schools sounds committed to keeping Pony Lake School open as long as there are two or more students in the district. I hope his commitment does not waver, because it would be a hardship for the families of Pony Lake if their community school closed.
When I came to Pony Lake School, it had recently consolidated with the Sybrant School, an even more remote district, and built a new two-room schoolhouse. My first year there (1971-72 school year) was the first year in the new facility. I had about 10 students in my room during the two years that I taught grades K-4. During my third year there, I taught grades 5-8, and because of a dip in enrollment, I had 6 or 7 students.
We had several families with children who were landowners (permanent residents) in the district, but the enrollment fluctuated as hired hands came and went at nearby ranches. If the hired hands had families, they went to school at Pony Lake School. If they didn't have school age children, our enrollment dropped.
Pony Lake School sits in the middle of a broad expanse of hay meadows at the end of the "one-lane ribbon of asphalt" mentioned in the quotation above. That asphalt road is known in Rock County as the "WPA Road" because it was built by Depression-era work crews. (Note the haystacks in the background of the photos below.)
I drove about 25 miles out in the country and 25 miles back each day when I taught there. I had an apartment in Bassett, the county seat. In the winter, we had school on many days when the roads were terrible, but we were always mindful of the weather and if it seemed that wind-driven snow or new snow might make the roads truly impassable, we dismissed school and went home. No one wanted to be snowed in at the schoolhouse, even though we did keep cans of soup there for such an emergency.
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Ghosts of Christmas Past (11) in which I write a little about Christmas programs at Pony Lake School from the perspective of the teacher.
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His book about the Obama campaign, entitled Renegade: The Making of a President, was published by Crown in June 2009 in the United States. It became an instant New York Times bestseller.
It was published by Virgin Books in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa; and Law Press in China. Wolffe appears frequently on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann and Hardball. On NBC, he has been featured as a political commentator on Meet The Press and TODAY.
He is featured prominently in the forthcoming HBO documentary on the Obama campaign, By the People, and played a leading role in the HBO documentary of the 2000 Bush campaign, Journeys with George.
In April 2009, he joined Public Strategies as Senior Strategist at the communications and business advisory firm. He left the firm in December 2009 to work on his next book.
Wolffe began writing about American politics as a senior journalist at the Financial Times, serving as its deputy bureau chief and U.S. diplomatic correspondent in Washington D.C. In that capacity, he managed coverage of business and political affairs in the nation's capital, and reported on U.S. foreign policy at the State Department and National Security Council.
He first started reporting on George W. Bush and his Texas team in 1999, at the start of the presidential campaign. He travelled with then-Governor Bush for more than a year, through the extraordinary election of 2000.
His earlier work for the Financial Times included extensive coverage of the Microsoft antitrust trial and the Clinton administration's plans to break up the company. His work on regulatory and business issues in Washington included covering the Treasury Department, the Federal Trade Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Wolffe spent eight years with the Financial Times including four years in the United Kingdom. His business work there included financial reporting in the City of London, investment management and financial advisory firms, and the manufacturing sector in the British heartland. In politics, he reported on the tumultuous period leading to Tony Blair's landslide victory in 1997.
He joined Newsweek magazine in November 2002 as diplomatic correspondent, covering foreign policy and international affairs. In the 2004 presidential election, he covered the chaotic Howard Dean campaign before switching to John Kerry's campaign.
As Newsweek's senior White House correspondent, his cover stories included What He Believes (on Obama's faith) Black & White (about Obama and racial politics), Bush In The Bubble (about the president after Hurricane Katrina) and Weight of the World (the behind-the-scenes story of how Bush handled the Lebanon war).
Wolffe is the co-author of The Victim's Fortune, (HarperCollins, 2002), which reveals the behind-the-scenes deals that led to billions of dollars in compensation to the Nazis' victims in the late 1990s. His reporting for the book covered major European companies such as Deutsche Bank, Daimler and Société Générale. It also encompassed government officials across Europe and the United States, and several high-profile class action lawyers.
His next book was in an entirely different field: he is co-author of a Spanish cookbook, Tapas: A Taste of Spain in America, published in 2005 by Clarkson Potter in the US and Planeta in Spain. He co-wrote a follow-up book Made in Spain, published by Clarkson Potter in 2008, and wrote a 26-part TV show of the same name for PBS television. He has also written for food magazines such as Food Arts and Food and Wine.
Born in Birmingham, England, Wolffe graduated from Oxford University with first-class honors in English and French. He lives with his wife and their three children in Washington, D.C.
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Elon Musk's private spaceflight program, SpaceX, just announced that NASA and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station approved a May 7 launch date for its COTS 2 mission.
The mission is a demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, where SpaceX plans to blast a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon capsule into space. The capsule will (hopefully!) rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.
The launch had been previously scheduled for April 30, but then Musk announced that the launch was delayed so the company could do more testing of the docking code. Mark your calendars, it's going to be an exciting day.


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When my niece, Sarah, was little, she returned from a long trip to Europe with her parents and announced she never wanted to set foot in another museum. Children who travel abroad are lucky, but on another level you have to pity the poor kids dragged through ancient ruins, art galleries, cathedrals and castles, until they're ready to drop, when all they really want is a Game Boy and a hot dog.
But in the Burgundy region of France, there's a castle that fascinates children — and it isn't another Euro Disney. It's Guédelon, about 100 miles southeast of Paris, where history is in the remaking at a medieval stronghold being built with only 13th century materials and techniques. The idea comes right out of one of those marvelously illustrated children's books by David Macaulay — "Cathedral," "Castle," "City," "Pyramid" — that explains how great historic monuments took shape. Only Guédelon is real.
The project was the brainchild of architectural historian and conservationist Michel Guyot, owner of a 17th century château, also open to visitors, in the nearby village of St.-Fargeau. While restoring the complex, Guyot discovered remnants of a medieval stronghold. Et voilà: the seed from which Guédelon was born.
The idea was considered crazy at first, but Guyot and co-owner Maryline Martin persevered, raising money, getting permits, buying a site and finally breaking ground in 1997. With the castle half-finished and attracting 300,000 visitors a year, it no longer seems like a harebrained scheme. Now it answers the question visitors inevitably ask at marvels such as Nôtre Dame de Paris and Chartres: How did medieval workmen do this without cranes, bulldozers, power saws and drills?
Not quickly, to begin with. Guédelon, conceived as the modest stronghold of a low-ranking feudal baron, won't be completed until 2023, if all goes well. That would make it 26 years from start to finish, about 10 years longer than it would have taken to build in the early 13th century. The relatively slow pace of contemporary construction is due to the size of the team — about 50 workers — and the winter hiatus.
This season it's hoped that the cross-ribbed vault of the lord's chamber and the roof of the great hall will be completed, requiring the fabrication of 50,000 clay tiles fired in an on-site kiln. Most of the materials used at Guédelon come from the property, chosen because it has such assets as a natural water source, sandstone quarry and oak forest.
Tours begin in a clearing where models illustrate the evolution of castles, from the fortification of farmhouses around the 9th century to the Guédelon-style strongholds with moats, towers, curtain walls and courtyards. They helped secure territories added by conquest to the Kingdom of France.
The castle is set in a hollowed-out dish of earth adjacent to the quarry where stone is excavated and dressed by masons. A fixed bridge leads across a dry moat to a two-story dwelling with a kitchen, storeroom, great hall and lord's chamber. In the woods nearby an entire medieval village has taken shape, complete with a blacksmith, rope and basket-making shop, tile factory and stables for horses used to haul materials.
Visitors are allowed to walk through the construction site. Along the way artisans stop and explain how they quarry and cut stone, build and level walls, raise roof beams, make vaulted ceilings and lift heavy weights using hand winches, pulley and treadmill-driven cranes known as squirrel cages. Kids can also take hands-on workshops to learn the stone-carving and geometric techniques of 13th century builders.
Construction at Guédelon is based on studies of medieval stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, financial records and castles such as nearby Ratilly, dating from the same period. An advisory committee made up of archaeologists and art historians routinely inspects the site to assess authenticity and learn from the work in progress.
There have been some concessions to the 21st century. Workers sometimes wear safety glasses, hard hats and steel-tipped boots. The parking lot is big enough to accommodate school buses. There are modern toilets, a restaurant and a shop. But on the threshold of the castle nothing else jars. Its fixed bridge leads directly to the Middle Ages.


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Off-day Stanley Cup quotes
I'm not at the Cup Finals anymore, but thought I'd post some off-day quotes from the coaches. Peter Laviolette was a little snippy last night after his team lost 7-4 in Game 5, and he's still snippy on the question of whether he'll start Michael Leighton or not in Game 6.
Incidentally, ratings for last night's game on NBC were up 54-percent over last year's Game 5 between Detroit and Pittsburgh (it got a 4.0 rating overall last night). Denver, as usual, was in the top-10 of all U.S. markets in the ratings.
Not much new on the Avs front today.
Coach Laviolette:
Q. Peter, are you sticking with Michael in goal?
COACH LAVIOLETTE: I don't comment on lineups.
Q. I'm wondering what you remember of Game 5, the Pittsburgh-Detroit series last year, as a partial observer? What you thought at the end of that game in that maybe what happened in those two games? What surprised you?
COACH LAVIOLETTE: Let me go back on that first question. As far as that one, I think you're always familiar with things that you've lived more than you've watched. For me, I lived it in 2006. We [Carolina] went up to Edmonton in Game 6 and really got outplayed.
It was a similar game to last night. They were quicker than us and had more opportunities at the net. I think what it does is it makes you remember that there's just one game — they're just one game parts of a series. And you really have to remember that, whether it's good or bad. When things are good, you win a couple of games.
You want to try and separate that, so you don't feel too good about things, you don't get too high. Because there's a good chance the other team just got more desperate. They got a little bit more desperate and things didn't go our way last night.
But, again, you have to make sure that you are ready for the next game, that you put this one behind you. Because they're all separate. Just from my experience in 2006, we had a lousy game in 6. We had probably the best game of the year in Game 7. Read more…


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Alumni Feature: Glen Tojoy: Fashioning a New Career on Savile Row
London's Savile Row is famous for its traditional men's bespoke tailoring where customers such as Prince Charles and actor Jude Law have suits custom made by hand. That's also where you'll find Glenn Tojoy, a graduate of Cañada's fashion design program.
Tojoy is studying at the prestigious Savile Row Academy where he is learning the art of bespoke tailoring. "The courses are designed to prepare us to become a ready-to-work tailor," he said. "We learn practical handcraft skills and other core training. The curriculum prepares us to work in cutting and tailoring rooms anywhere in the world and gives us the foundation we need to open our own business."
Tojoy emigrated from the Philippines to San Mateo County 15 years ago. He enrolled at Cañada in 2010 with an interest in fashion design. "I chose Cañada because it offers a whole range of classes that are similar to the highly-marketed fashion institutes around the nation," Tojoy said. "The difference is, Cañada is more affordable and the instructors are very experienced."
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Tahoe's storm drain pipes catch League's attention
Raising the level of discussion about dozens of storm drain pipes entering Lake Tahoe is one of the goals of a volunteer program recently established by the League to Save Lake Tahoe.
Nine volunteers with the League's Pipe Keepers program have been monitoring eight outlets since October to determine the cloudiness of the water they carry to the lake.
The goal of the program is to gather information on the water entering the lake through the pipes, as well as foster a dialogue about additional ways to protect Lake Tahoe, said Nicole Gergans, a natural resources manager with the League.
Exactly how many storm drain pipes drain into Lake Tahoe isn't clear. The League is aware of about 50 of the pipes, but has been unable to locate a comprehensive catalog of the outlets, Gergans said.
Data from the volunteers' findings are posted on the League's website and the clarity of the water leaving the pipes varies significantly from site to site. The program hopes to advance discussion about what contributions storm drain pipes make to the lake's clarity loss, Gergans said.
The League will host two meetings next week to provide additional information.
"The presentation and discussion will focus on storm drain pipes in Tahoe, information learned during this pilot season, and opportunities to become involved," according to an announcement from the League.
Volunteers should be able to monitor a pipe, or provide a substitute volunteer, during storms, when the pipes are most active, Gergans said.


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State lawmakers would like to see a plant that is biologically similar to marijuana once again grow tall in Kentucky fields.
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Meanwhile, Kentucky's two Republican U.S. Senators, Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell, along with Oregon Democratic Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, introduced legislation to allow American farmers to cultivate and profit from industrial hemp.
Their bill would remove federal restrictions on the domestic cultivation of industrial hemp, which is currently is a Schedule I controlled substance.
Hemp used to be a major crop in Kentucky. Famed statesman Henry Clay was a major producer and seller of the plant, which can be used to manufacture paper, composite materials and oils for a variety of products and uses.
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To upgrade your 753 or 754 to the latest firmware, follow these simple instructions:
- Download firmware version 1.05 or 1.15 depending on which firmware your calibrator is currently using, and save the firmware upgrade file.
- For calibrators currently running firmware versions 1.00, 1.01, 1.02, 1.03 or 1.04 download firmware V1.05 (.exe)
- For calibrators currently running firmware versions 1.10, 1.11, 1.13 or 1.14 download firmware V1.15 (.exe)
- Ensure that your calibrator is connected to a Windows PC via USB cable and using the battery charger for power. Run the file and follow the instructions for the update. Do not turn off the PC or calibrator while the update is in progress. Once the update is complete, cycle the calibrator off and on and verify that the version number has been updated). It is NOT necessary to recalibrate your unit after the firmware update has been completed.
- Optional information is available for download regarding licensing for the open−source software that is included.
- Open-source software licensing information V1.05 (.iso) for firmware version 1.05
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Adds HART sensor trim support (Fluke 754) for the following transmitters:
- Rosemount 3051C – Revisions 5.9 and 7.10
- Rosemount 3051S "C"– Revision 5.7
- Rosemount 3051S Diag – Revisions 5.3 and 7.4
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- Rosemount 2090 – Revisions 5.9 and 7.10
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Monday, August 22, 2011
Amanuensis Monday- John Burnham's Will 1708
In the name of God, Amen. I John Burnam, Senr of Chebaco, in Ipswich In the County of Esix In the province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, Yeoman, being att this present time through Gods Goodness of Good understanding and firm and sound in memory and of a Disposing mind tho very weak and infirm of Body, not knowing how soon it may please God to call me hence to my long home.
I Do here by these presents make this to be My last will and Testament. I Committ My Imortall Soull into the mercyfull hand of that Gracious God who gave it and my Body to the Grave and to a Descent Buriall in hopes of a Glorious Ressurection thro Jesus Christ who i trust hath Redeemed my Soul from Death. And as to what Outward of this World God in the Way of his Good providence Bestowed upon me, I give and Bequeath as hereafter followeth.
1. I Do hereby Give & Bequeath as hereafter followeth. John Burnam & Thomas Burnam all my housing & upland & Marsh & Meadow Ground that i do now posess & Enjoy to be Equally Divided Between them Both for Quantity and Quality only my Son John Burnam Shall have my Dwelling house & homestead with the outhouses adjacent which i now inhabit and half of all my Land Lying most Convenient to it as aforesaid & my said son Thomas Burnam Shall have the Dwelling house that lyeth abut Southwest from my now Dwelling house & his half of the said Land to be to him as may be most convenent adjoining thereunto.
2. Also I Give my said two sons all my Quick Stock to be Equally Divid Between them & also my Carpenters tools & untensills husbandry all to be Divid as they Shall agree, or as judicious men Chosen Between them Both Shall Determine. They Equally paying the Legacies & performing the Severall Dutys that be hereafter Mentioned & they Equally to pay all Debts that my be Due from the Estate & Equally to receve all that my be Due to the Estate & my two Said sons John & Thomas Burnam to have their Equall Share of all my Common Rights.
3. I do hereby Give & bequeath unto my well Beloved wife Sarah Burnam all my household Goods & furniteur of Every Room in my House to be att her Dispose among her Chilldren as se may See cause or for her own use. also two Cow & then Sheep, ewes to be provided by my said two Sons Equally and from time to time to be Equally Maintained Both winter & sumer by them for her own proper use Behoff and Benefit also my Said wife shall have the use of one end of my now Dwelling house which She Shall Chuse & what priviledg She may have Occasion for In the Cillar & so as to the Ovens, well & other necessaries & convenenices that she may stand in need of; My said two sons shall Equally provide and maintain a good able horse Sutable for thir mother's use and also to pay her yearly Equally Between them the full sum of Seven pounds In money or in other species as money also they Equally are and shall provide firewood for one fire-room Drawn home and ready cutte fitt for her use and all these severall perticulars shall be continued and performed By my said two sons to my said wife Sarah so long as she remains my widdow.
4. I Give to my Eldest Daughter Sarrah wife of Jacob Brown what she hath allready had which is her portion also i give her ten shillings in, or as money as a token of my Love to be payd Equally by my two sons above named in one year after my Decese.
5. I give and Bequeath to my youngest sons jonathan Burnam & Robert Burnam forty pounds apice In money or other specie as money to be paid to them when they arrive successivley at the age of twenty and one years By my said two sons John & Thomas Burnam Each of them their Equall part which is forty pounds apice.
6. I hereby Give and Bequeath to my three youngest Daughters viz. mary Burnam Elizabeth Burnam & Hannah Burnam Each of them thirty pounds apice in money or other speces as money to be paid to each of them succesfully upon marrage or when they arrive succesfully att the full age of twenty and one years the three said Legacies which amount In the whole to Ninety pounds to be equally paid as abovesaid by my two sons John Burnam & Thomas Burnam.
7. I Do hereby constitute & appoint by trusty and well Beloved freinds Mr. William Thompson & Leutt John Cogswell to be overseers of this my Last will and testament & they to be satisfied for what trouble they are att in sevin herein & in witness that this is my last will and testament I the said John Burnam have thereto Set my hand and seal this seventeenth Day of December Anno Dom one thousand seven hundred & Eight.
JOHN BURNAM Senr.
Signed Sealed as the Last will & testament of the sd Jno Burnam Senior In presents of us three witnesses.
William Thomson
John Cogswell, Junr.
Mathe Rust Sen.
Copia Vera as on record
Attest Daniel Rogers, Regstr.
The Burnham Genealogy:
Generation 1: Thomas Burnham, born 1623 in England, died 19 June 1694 in the Chebacco Parish of Ipswich, Massachusetts; married abt 1643 in Ipswich to Mary Lawrence, daughter of Thomas Lawrence and Joan Antrobus, died on 27 March 1715 in Ipswich. Fifteen children. He erected a saw mill on the Chebacco river near the falls, and participated in the Pequot Expedition in 1636 and 1637.
Generation 2: John Burnham, born about 1648, died on 12 January 1704 in the Chebacco Parish; married on 6 June 1668 to Elizabeth Wells, daughter of Thomas Wells and Abigail Warner, born on 31 July 1646 in Ipswich, died on 9 June 1731. Nine children. He was the proprietor of a grist mill.
Generation 3: John Burnham, born on 8 April 1671 in Ipswich, died in October 1708 in Ipswich; married on 13 April 1693 in Ipswich to Sarah Choate, daughter of John Choate and Ann Unknown, born about 1672, died in June 1746. Eleven children including those named in the will above.
See this link http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2011/05/two-joan-antrobuses.html for more about Thomas Lawrence and Joan Antrobus
Copyright 2011, Heather Wilkinson Rojo
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I'm a Burnham descendant as well and Thomas is not the son of Robert Burnham and Mary Andrews. See the Great Migration Sketch of Robert Andrews (GM 1634-35, I:54).ReplyDelete
Thomas Burnham married Mary Lawrence not Tuttle. See Mary Walton Ferris, "Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines" vol. 1 (1943) and vol. 2 (1931)
The Genealogist 10 (1989):3-30 and the Great Migration 1634-35, IV:258-59.
Mary (Lawrence) Burnham is of royal descent see: The Genealogist 10 (1989):3-30 and other royal line compendia such as RD600.
I descend from both Thomas Burnham (Sr.) and his brother Robert Burnham.
Sadly, no one has done the definitive Burnham genealogy and sorted out the Ipswich Burnhams correctly. There is John-1, John1-2, John2 Thomas-1 etc., not to mention the Thomases.
Thanks, Martin, I spent all night straightening out this line. I had Mary Lawrence, but under the wrong parents - thus Tuttle. I also see the Burnham mixup here, with all the Johns and Thomases- wow... Question, who are the parents of William Burnham who married Elizabeth Loomis?ReplyDelete
There was another entire Burnham family in Hartford, CT. I would guess that with a connecticut name like Loomis, this Burnham is from that family and not our Burnhams.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 12, 2012 at 11:21 AM
My maiden name is Burnham, and the info I have is that Robert and Mary Andrews did have 5 sons, one of which was Thomas who married Mary Lawrence,whose stepfather was John Tuttle. See the site below, also added an interesting blurb I found.ReplyDelete
Benjamin Burnham (born in 1621), also a son of Robert Burnham, did not
make the trip to America and eventually went to Madras, India where he
lived from 1660-1684. He amassed a great fortune in real estate,
including 150 acres which included a part of Burnham Road [which is
now Regent Street, London], Burnham Beach Cottage and Burnham Wood.
When Benjamin died in London, England about 1691, his will of June 8,
1685 stated that everything would go to his 3 brothers in America.[Robert,John,&Thomas] The
oldest brother, Edward, who had stayed in England, was quite upset and
fought the will in courts. After a long battle in courts of England,
the British Crown confiscated the entire estate, as they were noted
for such practice in those days, and the Burnhams never regained the
estate. Over the next 100 to 200 years, several Burnhams in America
would make the long journey to England to contest the taking over of
the estate, but were not successful. In 1860, Benjamin's total estate
consisting of real and personal property was valued at $65,200,000
giving an annual income of $2,392,000. We can only imagine what it
would be worth today.
Per Ipswich Vital Records (vol. II, p. 504), the John Burnam [sic] who died on 11 Jan 1708/9 was 59 years old, placing his birth circa. 1650. The John Burnham to whom you attribute this will was born in 1671. All of the secondary sources I have discovered have attributed the authorship of this will to John Burnham, son of John Burnham the brother of Thomas Burnham.ReplyDelete
I am not pleased with this, as it cuts me out of the royal lineage accorded to Mary Lawrence, wife of Thomas Burnham, but cannot find evidence dispositive one way or another. Both John (John) and John (John, Thomas) married women named Sarah (unknown but suggested Graves, and Choate respectively).
If you have any evidence disproving these arrangements or otherwise demonstrating that this will was in fact that of John (John, Thomas) I would be very interested in them.
This will was proved 17 Dec 1708. Usually wills are proved after all affairs are settled, with a few years after a death. The John Burnham you named died AFTER the will was proved. Wouldn't that be impossible? I may be wrong, but that was my working theory.Delete
I'm going to be at the NEHGS library all day tomorrow to work on this further. I REALLY want your attribution to be correct. At best, the primary records are ambiguous (pending my searching through a crap load of early Ipswich records on microfilm tomorrow).ReplyDelete
I'll be sure to double check all dates. Given that the two dates are so close, and as memory serves there are no other JBs dying thereabouts, I'd usually chalk that up to bad record keeping. We shall see. If this is an issue you're invested in I'd be happy to exchange emails so we can work on it further.
Andrew, my email is in the right hand column or firstname.lastname@example.com Good luck at NEHGS. Martin will be interested, too, since he is also a Burnham descendant.Delete


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The key to the Patriots' success may not be Tom Brady
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. >> Early in the third quarter of their AFC divisional playoff game against Indianapolis Saturday night , the New England Patriots held a scant six-point lead and had the ball at their own 12-yard line. Tom Brady, the quarterback in these parts for 14 seasons and three Super Bowl titles, took the snap and held out the football to his right, where running back Stevan Ridley approached.
The Patriots, to that point, had run 16 first-down plays. Thirteen of them had been on the ground. Why would this one be different?
"It was a pretty hard-sell run that we ran there," Brady said later. And it showed why these Patriots - who play at Denver in the AFC championship game Sunday - are a wholly different kind of dangerous than they have been in almost every other playoff run they have made with Brady under center and Coach Bill Belichick on the sideline.
Since the Patriots won the last of their three Super Bowls following the 2004 season, they have established a well-earned reputation as one of the most pass-happy franchises in the NFL. In the nine seasons since, Brady's offense has ranked in the top four in passing yards five times. During that span, wide receivers Wes Welker and Randy Moss and tight end Rob Gronkowski became all-pros, holding seven of New England's most productive receiving seasons of all-time.
"You're always going to think Tom Brady when you think New England," Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount said.
It will be no different Sunday in a matchup that will be largely hyped as Brady vs. Peyton Manning, two of the best to ever play quarterback. But from the Patriots' standpoint, that perceived rivalry can't define the game, because Brady simply doesn't have the weapons he once did. Moss didn't play in the league this year. Welker signed with, of all teams, Denver in the offseason. Gronkowski is injured and out for the season. Fellow tight end Aaron Hernandez is in prison. Even running back Danny Woodhead, who caught 40 passes last year, went elsewhere, signing with San Diego.
The result: New England enters the AFC title game without its top five pass catchers from 2012. So the Patriots had to remake themselves, a process that took the better part of the season. What has emerged - and was cemented in what became a 43-22 victory over the Colts - is something shocking: A run-first team with Brady, so often in the shotgun in the past, squarely under center, frequently checking into run plays if the defense seems to be looking for the pass.
"Me personally, I believe that our team is the best when we are running the ball like that," veteran guard Logan Mankins said after the Indianapolis game. "The more runs we get, I think the better we are and the better chance we have to win."
The totals from the victory over the Colts: six rushing touchdowns, a franchise record for any game, with four from Blount. The Patriots' 234 yards on the ground were the second-most in the team's 43 playoff games, the most since 1985. And lest anyone think this was a one-game fluke, that the Colts simply chose to lay back and defend Brady rather than stuffing the run, check out the Patriots over the past 10 games, when they averaged 32.1 rushing attempts per game, carries that at various times have gone to Blount, to Ridley - who added two touchdowns and 52 yards against Indianapolis - and to Shane Vereen.
"It's really been a strength of ours all season, the way our running backs have played and the way our offensive line performs," Brady said. ". . . To have that running game be as efficient as we've been, to get big play after big play, has been great."
The key, at the moment, is Blount, a fourth-year back from Oregon who, before this season, was likely best known for punching a player from Boise State, leading to a suspension that cost him most of his senior year. But last spring, when Belichick was considering pursuing a trade with Tampa Bay to acquire Blount, he called Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib, a former Buccaneer, to inquire about Blount's attitude.
"I just was honest with him," Talib said, and he said he told Belichick: "He's a perfect locker room guy. You won't have not one problem out of him in the locker room, and you'll get a bunch of explosive plays out of him."
Yet after averaging just eight carries through the first 15 games of the season, Blount has only now exploded. He said at some point during the season, Belichick told him he had to lower his pads, that as a six-foot, 250-pound back, running upright wasn't allowing him to use his power. The result: In the past three games, including his 166-yard performance against the Colts, Blount has averaged 21.3 carries and 143.7 yards with eight touchdowns.
"I think he's got a good set of skills to run the ball," Belichick said. "He's got that combination of size, power and quickness and speed. He's not a fullback. He's more than that. He's not a scat back, either. He's got power. He can run hard. He can make guys miss and he can go the distance."
And he is like so many players across the Patriots lineup: New. New England played in its most recent Super Bowl, a loss to the New York Giants, less than two years ago. Yet the starting offense against Indianapolis featured only three players who started against the Giants back in February 2012 - Brady, Mankins and tackle Nate Solder. The injury-ravaged defense is even harder to recognize, with linebacker Rob Ninkovich and safety Devin McCourty the only starters back from the Super Bowl - and McCourty was a cornerback back then.
Yet somehow, the Patriots won at least 10 games for the 11th straight season. Somehow, they are back in the AFC title game for the third straight year. The quarterback, the coach, the uniforms - that's about all that remains from most of those teams. Even the offensive approach is different.
Back to that play in the third quarter against the Colts, when the game was still tight. Brady took those steps to his right, and Ridley ran to take the ball. Except he didn't.
"Because we were running the ball so well," Brady said, "maybe that got a little reaction."
It did indeed, and suddenly, there was wide receiver Danny Amendola behind the defense. Brady hit him in stride, and 53 yards later, the Patriots had a huge play - a pass based on their ability to run. They scored their fourth touchdown - this on a Ridley run - eight plays after that.
"It's just: What is the strength of your offense?" Mankins said. "At times, we're a better passing team than a running team. Right now, I don't know if we're a better running team than a passing team, but the running is working. So why go away from something that's working?"


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study of Indians who migrated from rural to urban areas finds that the longer they live in a city, the worse they score on measures of heart health and diabetes risk, compared to those who remained in rural areas.
Body fat, blood pressure and fasting insulin levels (a marker of diabetes risk) all increased within a decade of moving to a city, and for decades blood pressure and insulin continued to rise above the levels of their rural counterparts. The findings raise public health concerns as the global population progressively becomes more urban.
According to the United Nations, the growth change in India's urban population is 1.1 percent each year, while the change in the proportion of people in rural areas is declining by 0.37 percent.
The proportion of Indians who live in cities is still much smaller than in the United States. Just 30 percent of Indians live in urban areas, while 82 percent of Americans live in urban areas.
That number is expected to rise as the proportion of people who live in rural areas in the United States declines by 1.6 percent each year.
The researchers, led by Dr. Sanjay Kinra of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, compared rural Indians to their siblings who moved to one of four cities in India: Lucknow, Nagpur, Hyderabad and Bangalore. Siblings who lived in a city the longest had the highest average blood pressures.
For instance, men who lived in a city for more than 30 years had an average systolic blood pressure - the top number in a reading — of 126. Men who lived in a city 10-20 years had an average of 124, and those who stayed in rural areas had an average of 123. A systolic blood pressure above 140 is considered high.
The change in body fat was most evident in the first 10 years after moving to a city, and then it leveled off. Men who stayed in rural areas had 21 percent body fat on average, while those who moved within the past ten years had 24 percent, on average. The recommended body fat percentage from the National Institutes of Health is 13 to 17 percent.
The study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, did not pinpoint the cause of these differences between the siblings who moved and those who stayed behind. Nor did it tease out whether the increased levels of body fat, blood pressure and insulin resulted in more disease.
Though other studies of rural-to-urban migration within developing countries have also found negative health effects related to moving to cities, city dwellers in the United States tend to be healthier than those who live rural areas and even in the suburbs.
According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Americans who live in rural areas are more likely to have fair or poor health, develop chronic diseases, and die from heart disease.
One study of suburbanites across several countries found that people who lived in cities were more likely to be active and to walk places. People in cities also tend to be closer to doctors and hospitals.
The authors write that the changes among the Indian city-dwellers might be explained by rapid weight gain once people move to a city, spurred by a less healthy diet and a less active lifestyle.
"Programs focused on preventing obesity in new migrants to urban areas and tailored to the needs of those in lower socioeconomic positions could deliver long-term health benefits," the authors wrote.
SOURCE: American Journal of Epidemiology, online May 27, 2011.


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The Energy Star certification criterion for pot and pan washers has recently been updated.
In general, pot and pan washers are more efficient systems in terms of water usage when compared to traditional warewashers. These units recirculate wash water that's in the tank and only use fresh water for final rinses, unlike dump and fill dishwashers.
The Environmental Protection Agency's limited idle energy data suggests that pot and pan washers use more energy overall than standard door type machines. As a result, effective Feb. 1, 2012, EPA revised its required idle levels for these units to be similar to standard door type designs. High-temp machines should have idle energy rates less than or equal to 1.20 kW and water consumption less than or equal to 0.58 gallons per square foot of rack space. For low-temp pot and pan washers, idle energy rates should be less than or equal to 1 kW and water consumption less than or equal to .58 gallons per square foot of rack space.


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Last Saturday I met up with Jobst Riders from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s to have a first look at digitized slides of the earliest (1959 and on) legendary Alps tours led by Jobst Brandt. As a special tribute, two friends who accompanied this indomitable rider in 1960 traveled some considerable distance for the occasion.
Rick Bronson and Steve Smith were pioneers, joining Jobst on a new kind of touring. Lightly equipped with no more than a Carradice saddle bag, they rode long and hard all day and into the early evening, ticking off the grand passes one by one as they rolled through Switzerland, France, and northern Italy. They spent the night in hotels, consuming a healthy meal and plenty of lager for a peaceful night's rest before the next day's journey. A tourist's Tour de France you might call it.
On their 1960 tour (captured here)they saw the last of the dirt roads. A post WW II Europe bent on putting those nightmare years behind it found the perfect remedy: packing the family into the car and driving into the mountains for holiday. And so the roads were paved.
You had to believe these were some wistful and at times painful private moments for Rick and Steve as they looked back at the days of their youth…and Dan Jones. A tall, strong rider, Dan died in a car wreck during a blinding thunderstorm outside Albuquerque while driving his vintage VW bug — hit from behind and pushed down a ravine. "I warned him to get larger tail lights, but he wouldn't listen," Steve recalled.
All in attendance who accompanied Jobst on his 50 tours of the Alps from one decade to the next were struck by the scenery and the poses of the riders. It all looked so familiar, the choice places to take photos unchanged over 50 years.
There was more — Jobst on a frozen Zurich lake riding his bike in sub-zero weather, Jobst riding over the Stelvio in early spring's snow walls, the Cinelli factory when it actually made bikes — the bikes these intrepid riders owned and rode through the Alps on wooden rims. They would settle for nothing less. And Eddy Merckx battling demons in perhaps his first race in the Giro 'd Italia. He looked none too happy.
It was a great day for reminiscing with Jobst and friends, reliving the days of our youth.
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Job Title: Store Manager
At Jos. A. Bank, our Store Manager's primary responsibility is to profitably operate their stores by maintaining standards and motivating their staff to maximum performance to achieve store goals. Jos. A. Bank is a sales-driven, upscale men's retail clothing company; and our associates are energetic, outgoing and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment.
In their manner and appearance, Store Managers keep a positive work environment and are exemplary role models to their staff, their customers and their community. They are effective communicators and interact professionally whether they are assisting customers with issue resolution, coaching associates on selling techniques, responding to directives from corporate headquarters or training associates on the newest Jos. A. Bank products.
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– Leading customers through the sales process of selecting, coordinating and purchasing traditional business and casual clothing and accessory options designed for the upscale professional man.
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Embassy Suites gets new name, renovations
After more than 20 years at the South Shore, Embassy Suites Lake Tahoe – Hotel & Ski Resort is getting a new name.
Starting next month the hotel will operate as an independent property, according to a Monday statement from Weidinger Public Relations.
"As of April 1, we will become the Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel," John Steinbach, the new general manager of the property, said during a Thursday phone interview. "We'll continue to operate pretty much the same as we have been."
Steinbach held the same position at the hotel, which opened in 1991, from 2004 to 2010.
PHR Management, an affiliate of Ken Corporation, the Japan-based owners of the property, will assume management of the hotel, according to the Monday statement. The company will retain the hotel's 220 employees, according to Max Saito, vice president of PHR.
The owners of the hotel decided to terminate its management agreement with the property's current operator, Hilton Worldwide, effective March 31, according to an email from Hilton spokesman David Trumble.
"This decision was made solely by the property's ownership group, with whom Hilton Worldwide has had a productive relationship over the past 12 years," Trumble said. "The resort will continue its day to day operations without disruption of service under the terms of the management agreement with Hilton Worldwide until March 31 or a date to be determined by the owner."
The statement listed confidence in the hotel, its employees and the long-term prospects of Lake Tahoe as a destination as the driving forces for the change.
Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel will focus on integrating the guest with Tahoe's environment, said Bill Cottrill, director of sales and marketing at the hotel, in the statement.
"As an independent hotel we can plan and respond to exactly what our customers want in their Tahoe visit," Cottrill said. "We'll utilize our local partners to enhance the guests' experience. The hotel has four doors and each leads to a unique Tahoe amenity — the beach, skiing, the forest, and entertainment. We'll connect our guests to all the Tahoe lifestyles and all they have to offer."
Ken Corporation is also planning to invest $5 million to $7 million in property renovations. The investment in the hotel will go toward renovating all of the hotels 400 guest rooms, adding flat screen TVs to suite bedrooms and improving the hotel's public areas, including the addition of new carpet, Steinbach said. The renovations are expected to take place this summer.
"It will have a nice new look to it," Steinbach said.
Temporary signs will cover the Embassy Suites logos in April as permanent signs are completed, Steinbach said. Environmentally friendly initiatives the hotel has been recognized for are expected to continue.


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Cornerback Yuri Wright gets props from Colorado's MacIntyre
BOULDER — Following Tuesday's practice, Colorado coach Mike MacIntyre praised the improvement being shown by sophomore cornerback Yuri Wright.
Wright, a former four-star recruit from New Jersey power Don Bosco Prep, played in eight games as a freshman in 2012 with six starts. He was redshirted in 2013 after suffering a concussion during August camp.
"Yuri has improved, the last few days he's improved," MacIntyre said. "He is starting to understand the coverages a little bit better, the feel of where to be on the field, leverages and other things. I have seen a jump in Yuri the last few days, I really have."


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MLB trade rumors: Yankees have inquired about Brandon Phillips
The New York Yankees remain the favorites to re-sign free agent Robinson Cano, but the the team apparently is keeping its options open in case things don't work out with the veteran second baseman.
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New York has asked the Cincinnati Reds about the availability of Brandon Phillips, CBSSports.com reports. The Reds reportedly are looking to move the three-time All-Star because they view him as as troublesome presence in the clubhouse and because of negative comments he made about the team's front office.
Phillips, 32, hit .261/.310/.396 with 24 home runs and 103 RBIs in 2013. He is owed about $50 million over the next four seasons.
The Yankees also have checked on free agent second baseman Omar Infante of the Detroit Tigers and could view Howie Kendrick of the Los Angeles Angels and Dan Uggla of the Atlanta Braves as possible trade targets if Cano signs elsewhere. The five-time All-Star who has played his entire nine-year career in New York.


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Surveying the Existing Business Organization
in Connection With Effective Machine Methods
of Processing Data (Non-electronic)
By GORDON L . MURRAY
Presented before the National Association of Cost Accountants,
Fall Seminar Meeting, St. Louis Chapter — October 1956
I have been asked to discuss the subject of effective machine
methods of processing data in terms of the methods study which provides
the basis for any sound decision regarding mechanical data processing.
In one sense my part in this seminar represents the less
glamorous phase of the subject. Our colleagues who will cover the
later subjects in this forum are free to talk about the many machines,
devices, gadgets, and other marvelous paraphernalia comprising the
tools of the modern-day accountant. The variety of kinds, sizes, types,
and pedigrees of hardware has become so great that it has given rise
to a new industry representing the various services now on the market.
For a price, one now can subscribe to services which offer 10 to
15 pounds of pictures, descriptions, and specifications of available —
or soon to be available--equipment as well as a steady stream of new
releases a la Prentice-Hall and Commerce Clearing House.
A browse through such a catalog is a rather invigorating experience.
Those responsible for accounting and other data-processing activities
in an organization can visualize easy solutions to a wide range
of problems. The risk of permitting company presidents and other
members of top-management, not directly concerned with paper- and
clerical-work, to see such a catalog is that they might well conclude
their controllers and accountants have been missing the boat. Their
reasoning might be that it is no longer necessary to put up with rising
clerical costs, delays in reports, errors in statistics, and other such
problems. Instead, they might reason, "Let us get our name on a purchase
order and get a set of equipment delivered as soon as possible."
Unfortunately, complex problems are not solved that easily.
The flood of new equipment which we have all seen, particularly
since World War II, is truly wonderful. But because the flood is so
great and there is such an increasing variety of equipment, confusion
can easily result. The problem of selecting equipment is more diffi-


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Two landmark ADHD studies by the Mayo Clinic have shown for the first time that the illness negatively impacts long-term school performance and that treatment with stimulant medication can improve academic success. The importance of the new research is that children were studied over an 18-year period on average. It is all too easy either to assume that short-term studies will be predictive of long-term outcomes, or to dismiss their results as being inadequate. Long-term studies such as these are invaluable in proving that ADHD has long-term implications on school performance that children don't "grow out of," and that intervention with medication is effective.
The studies found that girls and boys with untreated ADHD were equally likely to have poor performance at school. Moreover, girls may be at risk for being underdiagnosed with ADHD and therefore inadequately treated. The studies also found that ADHD had negative impacts on reading, school attendance (higher absenteeism) and grade progression (higher chance of having to repeat a grade, called grade retention). In addition, treatment with stimulants resulted in improvements in all three categories (improved reading scores, decreased absenteeism and decreased grade retention).
ADHD is real. It has real long-term consequences, including poor performance in school. Effective treatments for ADHD are available and have now been shown to be effective in improving long-term academic achievement. It is important that children with ADHD receive appropriate long-term medical treatment. Stimulant medications have been shown in countless studies to be both safe and effective. Their use should not be undervalued.
Reference articles:
Long-Term School Outcomes for Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Population-Based Perspective
Modifiers of Long-Term School Outcomes for Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Does Treatment with Stimulant Medication Make a Difference? Results from a Population-Based Study


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Risk and Uncertainty in Financial Reporting and the Auditor's Role
D. R. Carmichael*
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Grant's Is Going Out of Business
Just as the newspaper, radio and TV ads say, this is an honest-to-goodness closeout sale. W. T. Grant Company, one of the nation's major retailers, has filed for bankruptcy.
Predictably—and it's one of the few accurate predictions possible when a company declares bankruptcy—everyone involved in the issuance of the financial statements, including the independent auditors, has been named in a class action suit alleging past financial statements were false and misleading. Such events raise a critical question: What is the auditor's obligation to warn investors of impending trouble?
A Look at the 1974 Annual Report
The untutored eye of the ordinary investor only had to be open to see W. T. Grant was in trouble. In his opening message to stockholders, James G. Kendrick, Chairman of the Board and President, outlined ". . . the three most serious problems
facing the Company:
• A serious merchandise imbalance.
• The severe burden posed by the accelerated store expansion program.
• The excessive build-up of credit receivables, financed at high interest rates and administered through an exceedingly expensive credit program."
For the year ended January 30, 1975, sales dropped slightly, but $24 million was charged for store closing expense, net credit expense went from approximately $6 million to $161 million, and earnings showed a loss of nearly $177 million, after having declined to $11 million for the year before. Short-term debt had increased
steadily over the last five years to $600 million. The current ratio dropped from a range of 1.5 to 1.7 in past years to 1.2. Dividends per share of common stock were cut from $1.50 in prior years to 30¢.
All that information was spelled out in detail for investors. Anyone who continued
through the annual report to the notes to financial statements found more
* This paper presents the author's personal views and is not necessarily representative of the
views of any AICPA Committee, the Commission on Auditors' Responsibilities, or other AICPA
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Salazar, LaHood to make Colo. trails announcement
COMMERCE CITY – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood are visiting the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge outside Denver.
Salazar and LaHood plan to make an announcement there Monday afternoon about a proposed trail and open space network that will connect hundreds of miles of trails in the metro area. The Rocky Mountain Greenway will provide trail access between three wildlife refuges – Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Rocky Flats and Two Ponds – as well as Rocky Mountain National Park and community trail systems.
LaHood is coming to Colorado after a planned visit to Glacier National Park in Montana in the morning.
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I know that the very nature of trauma and attachment disorders ebbs and flows. That while today we are on top of the mountain, we could be back in the valley in a matter of minutes. But 4 months ago when Miles had surgery for the first time, there was none of the mountaintop experience. He had zero trust for me. Just the fact that he wanted me and trusted that I would be there for him shows me that he is making progress and that the 6 hours of therapy we put our life on hold for every week with him is worth every precious minute.
I see healing in his face. I feel healing in his kisses. It is not always easy. Sometimes I can see in his eyes when our attachment therapist has him hug me that it hurts him. That he does not want to give up the control he has in the relationship. He doesn't always want that intimacy. It is intense for him. But then there are days like today, and I know that the boy is healing. He is working through the big feelings. He is struggling to get there, but I know that he can do it.
Just having that hope, makes my reaction to his "issues" so much different. I find that I have more patience with Miles. I am getting better at understanding his needs and reacting appropriately. I am learning which battles to fight with him and which ones to let go. My reaction is directly feeding his. Does this mean that I don't get frustrated and yell and scream and pout and throw a fit and whine about why things can't just be natural and easy? Hell to the no! I get an A+ in fit throwing! But I am doing it less and less as we've gotten some help from some great professionals. And the more videos I watch about theraputic parenting the easier it gets. And the more I read about ways to help my son thrive inspite of what he's been through instead of fighting to change what he's been through, the more we connect. Knowledge is power in attachment therapy. The more we understand our children, the better equipped we are to help them. If I have learned anything about theraputic parenting it is that it goes against every instinct you have. With my other (biological) children I worked so hard to help them acheive independence. With Miles it is just the opposite- trying to teach him to be dependent and trust that others can meet his needs- that it is okay to love. That is no easy task.
I found a video on my camera the other day and I have watched it over and over again. I think it speaks volumes to the growth that is happening in our family. If you watch it, you'll probably think that it is very normal: kids are playing in the back yard, dog is running around, nice fall night. But it was not that long ago that normal at any level could not be found in our home. It was not that long ago when all of our children couldn't play together without Miles bullying the others. It wasn't that long ago that just hearing a dog bark sent Miles into a panic attack. It wasn't that long ago that the little boy climbing a ladder all by himself was too weak with malnutrition to pick himself up off the ground if he fell down. Millions of miles to go, but millions of miles we've already trudged through. Progress. It is a beautiful thing. (Someone remind me of this next time we are at the bottom of the pit!)
P.S. Miles' surgery was very successful! No problems at all and he is expected to regain all the hearing he has lost as a result of potentially 2 1/2 years of chronic ear infections. YAY! Plus- he just looks super cute in his teeny tiny hospital gown. :-)
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U.S. President Barack Obama will urge business leaders next week to keep jobs at home rather than outsourcing their industries abroad.
Obama announced in his weekly address that he will host a forum at the White House Wednesday. He will meet with business leaders who are setting an example of "insourcing" jobs. The president says he wants to help other businesses follow their lead.
"After losing more than eight million jobs in the recession, we've added more than three million private-sector jobs over the past 22 months," Obama said. "And we're starting 2012 with manufacturing on the rise and the American auto industry on the mend. We're heading in the right direction. And we're not going to let up."
Obama says he will do whatever it takes to move the economy forward, calling it his New Year's resolution.
The push for creating jobs in the U.S. falls in line with Obama's pledge to rebuild and stabilize the American middle class. The middle class could play a key role in whether he gets re-elected this year.
Republican presidential candidates have harshly criticized the president for not doing enough to jump-start the economy.
In the weekly Republican address Saturday, Representative Nan Hayworth of New York criticized the Obama administration for the country's high unemployment rate. She said unemployment has been above eight percent for 35 months. She called it "the longest such stretch since the Great Depression."
She said leaders in Washington should have "no higher priority" this year than creating jobs and called on the Democratic-led Senate to pass jobs bills already approved by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. She said the proposals will address excessive regulations, encourage entrepreneurship and make Washington live within its means.
Despite criticism of the administration, last month's employment numbers marked an improvement on the jobs front. The government announced Friday that the economy had a net gain of 200,000 jobs in December.
The Labor Department report said the jobless rate dropped to 8.5 percent, the lowest level since early 2009.
All the job gains were in the private sector, particularly transportation, retail, manufacturing and health care. Employment continued falling in state and local governments, which cut another 12,000 jobs.
This is the sixth month in a row that the economy has gained at least 100,000 jobs, but those gains have not yet made up for the eight million jobs lost during the recession.
President Obama welcomed the improved job picture, saying 2011 saw more employment gains than any year since 2005. But he also said millions of Americans are still out of work, and many families and small businesses "are hurting." In a Washington speech Friday, Obama said "we still have work to do."
Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.