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|Cryptosporidium muris oocysts found in human feces.
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Cryptosporidium andersoni
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Cryptosporidium muris
Cryptosporidiosis, also known as crypto,[1] is a parasitic disease caused by Cryptosporidium, a protozoan parasite in the phylum Apicomplexa. It affects the intestines of mammals and is typically an acute short-term infection. It is spread through the fecal-oral route, often through contaminated water;[1] the main symptom is self-limiting diarrhea in people with intact immune systems. In immunocompromised individuals, such as AIDS patients, the symptoms are particularly severe and often fatal. Cryptosporidium is the organism most commonly isolated in HIV positive patients presenting with diarrhea. Treatment is symptomatic, with fluid rehydration, electrolyte correction and management of any pain. Despite not being identified until 1976, it is one of the most common waterborne diseases and is found worldwide. The parasite is transmitted by environmentally hardy microbial cysts (oocysts) that, once ingested, exist in the small intestine and result in an infection of intestinal epithelial tissue.
Cryptosporidium is a protozoan pathogen of the Phylum Apicomplexa and causes a diarrheal illness called cryptosporidiosis. Other apicomplexan pathogens include the malaria parasite Plasmodium, and Toxoplasma, the causative agent of toxoplasmosis. Unlike Plasmodium, which transmits via a mosquito vector, Cryptosporidium does not utilize an insect vector and is capable of completing its life cycle within a single host, resulting in microbial cyst stages which are excreted in feces and are capable of transmission to a new host.
A number of Cryptosporidium infect mammals. In humans, the main causes of disease are C. parvum and C. hominis (previously C. parvum genotype 1). C. canis, C. felis, C. meleagridis, and C. muris can also cause disease in humans.
Cryptosporidiosis is typically an acute short-term infection but can become severe and non-resolving in children and immunocompromised individuals. In humans, it remains in the lower intestine and may remain for up to five weeks.[citation needed] The parasite is transmitted by environmentally hardy microbial cysts (oocysts) that, once ingested, excyst in the small intestine and result in an infection of intestinal epithelial tissue.
The genome of Cryptosporidium parvum was sequenced in 2004 and was found to be unusual amongst Eukaryotes in that the mitochondria seem not to contain DNA [2]. A closely-related species, C. hominis, also has its genome sequence available [3]. CryptoDB.org is a NIH-funded database that provides access to the Cryptosporidium genomics data sets.
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|Clostridium botulinum
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Infection is through contaminated material such as earth, water, uncooked or cross-contaminated food that has been in contact with the feces of an infected individual or animal. Contact must then be transferred to the mouth and swallowed. It is especially prevalent amongst those in regular contact with bodies of fresh water including recreational water such as swimming pools. Other potential sources include insufficiently treated water supplies, contaminated food, or exposure to feces.[1] The high resistance of Cryptosporidium oocysts to disinfectants such as chlorine bleach enables them to survive for long periods and still remain infective .[4] Some outbreaks have happened in day care related to diaper changes.[citation needed]
Symptoms appear from two to ten days after infection, with an average of 7 days [1] , and last for up to two weeks, or in some cases, up to one month [1]. There are 3 possible forms of the illness in immunocompetent people. The disease can be asymptomatic or cause acute diarrhea or persistent diarrhea that can last for a few weeks. Diarrhea is usually watery with mucus. It is very rare to find blood or leukocytes in the diarrhea [5]. As well as watery diarrhea, there is often stomach pains or cramps and a low fever. Other symptoms include nausea, vomiting [6], malabsorption [7] and dehydration.[8] Anorexia can occur, as can weight loss.[9] The individuals who are asymptomatic (have no symptoms) are nevertheless infective, and thus can pass on the infection to others. Even after symptoms have finally subsided an individual is still infective for some weeks.
Severe diseases, including pancreatitis, can occur.[10]
Immunocompromised people, as well as very young or very old people, can develop a more severe form of cryptosporidiosis.[11] There are 4 clinical presentations for patients with AIDS. 4% have no symptoms, 29% have a transient infection, 60% have chronic diarrhea, and 8% have a severe, cholera-like infection. With transient infections diarrhea ends within 2 months and Cryptosporidium is no longer found in the feces. Chronic diarrhea is diarrhea that lasts for 2 or more months. The most severe form results in the patients excreting at least 2 liters of watery diarrhea per day.[5] They can lose up to 25 liters per day.[9] AIDS patients can have up to 10 stools per day. They experience severe malabsorption and can have 10% weight loss. Many of them never completely eliminate Cryptosporidium from their bodies.[5]
When Cryptosporidium spreads beyond the intestine, as it can predominantly in patients with AIDS, it can reach the lungs, middle ear, pancreas, and stomach. Thus, one symptom is pain in the right upper quadrant.[12] The parasite can infect the biliary tract, causing biliary cryptosporidiosis. This can result in cholecystitis and cholangitis.[9]
Cryptosporidium has a spore phase (oocyst) and in this state it can survive for lengthy periods outside a host. It can also resist many common disinfectants, notably chlorine-based disinfectants.[13]
The life cycle of Cryptosporidium parvum consists of an asexual stage and a sexual stage.[1] After being ingested the oocysts excyst in the small intestine. They release sporozoites that attach to the microvilli of the epithelial cells of the small intestine. From there they become trophozoites that reproduce asexually by multiple fission, a process known as schizogony. The trophozoites develop into Type 1 meronts[1] that contain 8 daughter cells.[9] These daughter cells are Type 1 merozoites, which get released by the meronts. Some of these merozoites can cause autoinfection by attaching to epithelial cells. Others of these merozoites become Type II meronts [12], which contain 4 Type II merozoites.[9] These merozoites get released and they attach to the epithelial cells. From there they become either macrogamonts or microgamonts.[12] These are the female and male sexual forms, respectively.[9] This stage, when sexual forms arise, is called gametogony.[14] Zygotes are formed by microgametes from the microgamont penetrating the macrogamonts. The zygotes develop into oocysts of two types.[12] 20% of oocysts have thin walls and so can reinfect the host by rupturing and releasing sporozoites that start the process over again.[9] The thick-walled oocysts are excreted into the environment.[12] The oocysts are mature and infective upon being excreted.[9] They can survive in the environment for months.[15]
The oocysts are ovoid or spherical and measure 5 to 6 micrometers across. When in flotation preparations they appear highly refractile. The oocysts contains up to 4 sporozoites that are bow-shaped.[7]
As few as 2 to 10 oocysts can initiate an infection.[12] The parasite is located in the brush border of the epithelial cells of the small intestine.[11] They are mainly located in the jejunum. When the sporozoites attach the epithelial cells' membrane envelops them. Thus, they are "intracellular but extracytoplasmic".[9] The parasite can cause damage to the microvilli where it attaches.[7] The infected human excretes the most oocysts during the first week.[9] Oocysts can be excreted for weeks after the diarrhea subsides.[1]
The immune system reduces the formation of Type 1 merozoites as well as the number of thin-walled oocysts.[9] This helps prevent autoinfection. B cells do not help with the initial response or the fight to eliminate the parasite.[12]
There are many diagnostic tests for Cryptosporidium. They include microscopy, staining, and detection of antibodies. Microscopy [1] can help identify oocysts in fecal matter.[11] To increase the chance of finding the oocysts the diagnostician should inspect at least 3 stool samples.[14] There are several techniques to concentrate either the stool sample or the oocysts. The modified formalin-ethyl acetate (FEA) concentration method concentrates the stool.[7] Both the modified zinc sulfate centrifugal flotation technique and the Sheather's sugar flotation procedure can concentrate the oocysts by causing them to float.[14] Another form of microscopy is fluorescent microscopy done by staining with auramine.[11]
Other staining techniques include acid-fast staining[12], which will stain the oocysts red.[7] One type of acid-fast stain is the Kinyoun technique.[15] Giemsa staining can also be performed.[9] Part of the small intestine can be stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H & E), which will show oocysts attached to the epithelial cells.[7]
Detecting antigens is yet another way to diagnose the disease. This can be done with direct fluorescent antibody (DFA).[1] It can also be achieved through indirect immunofluorescence assay.[14] Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA) also detects antigens.[11]
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is another way to diagnose cryptosporidiosis. It can even identify the specific species of Cryptosporidium.[1] If the patient is thought to have biliary cryptosporidiosis then an appropriate diagnostic technique is ultrasonography. If that returns normal results the next step would be to perform endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.[12]
There is no reliable treatment for cryptosporidium enteritis; certain agents such as paromomycin, atovaquone, nitazoxanide,[16] and azithromycin are sometimes used, but they usually have only temporary effects.[citation needed]
Treatment is primarily supportive. Fluids need to be replaced orally. A lactose-free diet should be taken as tolerated[citation needed]. In rare situations, intravenous fluids may be required. Antibiotics are not usually helpful, and are primarily reserved for persons with severe disease and a weak immune system. Sometimes relapses happen.
The majority of immuno-competent individuals suffer a short (less than 2 weeks) self-limiting course that requires supportive care with re-hydration and occasionally anti-diarrhoeal medication and ends with spontaneous recovery. Nitazoxanide is one drug that the US FDA has approved for use in immunocompetent people to combat diarrhea.[1] Spiramycin can help shorten the amount of time oocysts are passed as well as the duration of diarrhea in children.[12]
In immunocompromised individuals—such as AIDS patients—cryptosporidiosis resolves slowly or not at all, and frequently causes a particularly severe and permanent form of watery diarrhea coupled with a greatly decreased ability to absorb key nutrients through the intestinal tract. The result is progressively severe dehydration, electrolyte imbalances, malnutrition, wasting, and eventual death. Spiramycin can help treat diarrhea in patients who are in the early stages of AIDS.[14] The mortality rate for infected AIDS patients is generally based on CD4+ marker counts; patients with CD4+ counts over 180 cells/mm³ generally recover with supportive hospital care and medication, but in patients with CD4+ counts below 50 cells/mm³, the effects are usually fatal within three to six months. During the Milwaukee cryptosporidiosis epidemic (the largest of its kind), 73% of AIDS patients with CD4 counts lower than 50 cells/mm³ and 36% of those with counts between 50 and 200 cells/mm³ died within the first year of contracting the infection.[17]. In one AIDS patient from Iran, who had pulmonary cryptosporidiosis in addition to intestinal cryptosporidiosis, azithromycin and paromomycin helped to clear the infection [18].
Currently, the best approach is to improve the immune status in immunodeficient individuals. The probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii sold over the counter in pharmacies and health shops (Brand name Florastor in US and DiarSafe in UK) has been found to be a helpful natural treatment in managing diarrhoea of various infectious origins including cryptosporidium.[19] Parenteral octreotide acetate can help decrease the number of stools passed.[9] A treatment for patients with biliary cryptosporidiosis who have cholangitis in addition to papillary stenosis is endoscopic sphincterotomy.[12]
Currently research is being done in molecular-based immunotherapy. For example, synthetic isoflavone derivates have been shown to fight off Cryptosporidium parvum in vitro and in a gerbil. Derivates of nitazoxanide, which are synthetic nitro- or non nitro- thiazolide compounds, have also shown promising results in vitro.[20]
Many treatment plants that take raw water from rivers, lakes, and reservoirs for public drinking water production use conventional filtration technologies. This involves a series of processes including coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, and filtration. Direct filtration, which is typically used to treat water with low particulate levels, includes coagulation and filtration but not sedimentation. Other common filtration processes including slow sand filters, diatomaceous earth filter and membranes will remove 99% of Cryptosporidium.[21] Membranes and bag and cartridge filters remove Cryptosporidium product-specifically.
While Cryptosporidium is highly resistant to chlorine disinfection,[22] with high enough concentrations and contact time Cryptosporidium will be inactivated by chlorine dioxide and ozone treatment. The required levels of chlorine generally preclude the use of chlorine disinfection as a reliable method to control Cryptosporidium in drinking water. Ultraviolet light treatment at relatively low doses will inactivate Cryptosporidium. Water Research Foundation-funded research originally discovered UV's efficacy in inactivating Cryptosporidium.[23][24]
One of the largest challenges in identifying outbreaks is the ability to identify Cryptosporidium in the laboratory. Real-time monitoring technology is now able to detect Cryptosporidium with online systems, unlike the spot and batch testing methods used in the past.
The most reliable way to decontaminate drinking water which may be contaminated by Cryptosporidium is to boil it.[25][26]
The most important zoonotic reservoirs are cattle, sheep and goats. Additionally, in recent years, cryptosporidiosis has plagued many commercial Leopard gecko breeders. Several species of the Cryptosporidium family (C. serpentes and others) are involved, and outside of geckos it has been found in monitor lizards, iguanas and tortoises, as well as several snake species. Cryptosporidiosis has no vectors.[15]
Cryptosporidiosis is found worldwide. It causes 50.8% of water-borne diseases that are attributed to parasites.[15] In developing countries 8-19% of diarrheal diseases can be attributed to Cryptosporidium.[27] 10% of the population in developing countries excretes oocysts. In developed countries the number is lower at 1-3%. The age group most affected is children from 1 to 9 years old.[12]
The following groups have an elevated risk of being exposed to Cryptosporidium:[citation needed]
Cases of cryptosporidiosis can occur in a city that does not have a contaminated water supply. In a city with clean water, it may be that cases of cryptosporidiosis have different origins. Testing of water, as well as epidemiological study, are necessary to determine the sources of specific infections. Note that Cryptosporidium typically does not cause serious illness in healthy people. It may chronically sicken some children, as well as adults who are exposed and immunocompromised. A subset of the immunocompromised population is people with AIDS. Some sexual behaviours can transmit the parasite directly.
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In the US the law requires doctors and labs to report cases of cryptosporidiosis to local or state health departments. These departments then report to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.[1] The best way to prevent getting and spreading cryptosporidiosis is to have good hygiene and sanitation.[14] An example would be hand-washing.[1] Prevention is through washing hands carefully after going to the bathroom or contacting stool, and before eating. People should avoid contact with animal feces.[11] They should also avoid possibly contaminated food and water.[1] Additionally, people should refrain from engaging in sexual activities that can expose them to feces.[14]
Standard water filtration may not be enough to eliminate Cryptosporidium; boiling for at least 1 minute (3 minutes above 6,500 feet (2,000 m) of altitude) will decontaminate it. Heating milk at 71.7 °C for 15 seconds pasteurizes it and can destroy the oocysts' ability to infect.[28] Water can also be made safe by filtering with a filter with pore size not greater than 1 micrometre, or by filters that have been approved for "cyst removal" by the US National Science Foundation (NSF).[1] Bottled drinking water is less likely to contain Cryptosporidium, especially if the water is from an underground source.[28]
People who have cryptosporidiosis should not swim in communal areas because Cryptosporidium can reside in the anal and genital areas and be washed off. They should wait until at least two weeks after diarrhea stops before entering public water sources since oocysts can still be shed for a while. Also, they should stay away from immunosuppressed people.[1] Immunocompromised people should take care to protect themselves from water in lakes and streams.[12] They should also stay away from animal stools and wash their hands after touching animals. To be safe they should boil or filter their water. They should also wash and cook their vegetables.[1]


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In pursuing McCann, Yanks draw from Boss' playbook
NEW YORK -- A man who seldom apologized for words he spoke, George Steinbrenner uncharacteristically tried to suck a word back in so as not to offend. He innocently had uttered the word blitzkrieg, a term he had borrowed from the Nazi glossary. Even with political correctness not yet in existence, he instantly recognized a man of German descent probably shouldn't have said such a thing.
He switched to "blitz," as any quick-thinking former football coach would, and he continued speaking with pride of how the Yankees' accelerated pursuit of talent had "blitzed" the competition.
NEW YORK -- A man who seldom apologized for words he spoke, George Steinbrenner uncharacteristically tried to suck a word back in so as not to offend. He innocently had uttered the word blitzkrieg, a term he had borrowed from the Nazi glossary. Even with political correctness not yet in existence, he instantly recognized a man of German descent probably shouldn't have said such a thing.
He switched to "blitz," as any quick-thinking former football coach would, and he continued speaking with pride of how the Yankees' accelerated pursuit of talent had "blitzed" the competition.
This was Nov. 8, 1979, before the phrase "You snooze, you lose" had come into vogue. But Steinbrenner was making the same point, though less poetically. The Yankees just had signed free agents Bob Watson and Rudy May one week after trading for Rick Cerone and Tom Underwood. The Winter Meetings were a month away, and the Yankees already had addressed two of their primary needs following a failed season.
After three straight seasons with championships, two of them of the World Series variety, they had lost their captain and finished a season in fourth place and in need of run production, a catcher and starting pitching.
Sound familiar?
Now it's Hal Steinbrenner and his staff doing the Yankees' bidding in the aftermath of an unsatisfactory season that produced a fourth-place finish and underscored the need for offense, a catcher and starting pitching. The loss of the Captain Jeter in 2013 was merely demoralizing, nothing so tragic as the loss of Captain Munson 34 summers earlier. But not all parallels are perfect.
The Yankees' plan came together quickly once the process of their elimination became complete in September -- strike quickly, blitz the enemy and let's see what shakes out with these guys McCann and Ellsbury.
Money was -- and is -- a consideration. But there's so much more of it in the Bronx treasury. And this $189 million stuff may be a ceiling made of glass or something else more fragile than Jeter's ankle.
The quick-sell-and-sign pursuits that have brought the two free agents to the Bronx surprised Joe Girardi as much as they delighted him. "Usually things don't get going until the Winter Meetings," he said Thursday at the Stadium. "Even then it might be quiet. But we've gone out and made improvements so quickly. ... Yeah, it makes you feel good."
The Yankees' policymakers and check-writers smell blood. They're not nearly so bold as Hal's old man. Their words are sucked back in before they can be heard. But they certainly give the impression they believe their winter makeover will put the team's magic number closer to zero on Opening Day than it ever was realistically last season.
It should be noted here the 1979-80 makeover produced a Yankees team that won 103 games and, for the third time in four years, the American League East. One-0-three probably would get it done in 2014 even without use of the Wild Card safety net.
Brian McCann was at his new place of employment Thursday afternoon saying all the right things -- Yankees tradition, the feel of the pinstripes, the wonder of it all and why an $85 million catcher has chosen to wear a uniform number -- 34 -- made inconspicuous by such luminaries as Sean Henn, Jaret Wright, Chris Bootcheck, Jerry Nielsen and Pascual Perez.
And he said something else the Yankees wish he would have sucked back in -- unwittingly confirming the club's pending-a-physical agreement with Jacoby Ellsbury. But that cat's been out of the bag long enough to have a litter.
Neither McCann nor he and the new center fielder constitute the entire solution Brian Cashman has in mind. But their presence certainly reinforces the Yankees' middle. And McCann's presence behind the plate, in the middle of the batting order and on the mound for all conversations clearly makes the Yankees a more formidable foe. And the relative proximity of the right-field stands to home plate at the Stadium will have opposing managers thinking longer any time a game is tight.
The signing of McCann is likely to provide the Yankees more the left-handed power and effective receiving. McCann is a man with resumé and influence. Once Chipper Jones was something less than an everyday player for the Braves, McCann subtly slid into the role Jones was vacating. He became the player who provided a sense of on-field security for teammates.
"No doubt Mac [McCann] would be one to fill that role," Jones said Thursday night by telephone. "He comes by that naturally. He does make the players around him feel more secure. They sense his strength. That's what makes this a really good signing by the New York Yankees. He could very well could become the segue between the Jeter era and the next era. He might be the next era.
It isn't difficult to imagine him gradually assuming that role with the Yankees even next season if Jeter is something less than a regular. Even on teams with position player stars, catchers can't help but become a source of security.
Even if Jeter plays five days a week, his influence will begin to diminish if his performance wanes. Even he can't lead from the dugout any more than Mariano Rivera could lead from the bullpen.
A void in the Yankees' on-field hierarchy began developing last summer when Jeter was a fulltime resident of Florida.
McCann is enough of a player to have impact in the clubhouse based solely on performance. Cashman suggested Hall of Fame induction would be in the catcher's future if he performs at the levels he established with the Braves and the Yankees resume playing regularly in October. But there is more to McCann's game than boxscores tell us.
"He's in that [Jason] Varitek-Munson mold," Jones said. "Varitek was the heart and soul of the Red Sox, and from what I know, Munson was that for those Yankees teams.
"Mac brings it every day. He's a different dude when he pulls that mask down. The Yankees knew what they were doing. They want out fast and got what they wanted."
Marty Noble is a reporter for MLB.com.


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TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's president underscored his moderate policies and outreach to the West in a speech Friday during a military parade on the country's National Army Day.
Referring to the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the world powers over Tehran's controversial nuclear program, President Hassan Rouhani said Iran has shown it has no hostile intentions toward anyone in the world, including the United States, which has long been considered an enemy.
"During the talks, we announced to the world and we say so again ... we are not after war, we are after logic, we are after talks," Rouhani said.
He touted Iran's diplomatic outreach and said the backing of the military and the nation was crucial. "Support by the armed forces and support by our brave people have empowered the officials in charge of the talks on the diplomatic front."
The Iranian president made no mention of archfoe Israel but said Iran "will not invade any country," although it would "resist any invasion."
Rouhani also assured neighboring countries that Iran seeks better ties with them, saying that "neighbors should know that our army supports peace and stability."
The remarks were a stark contrast to Rouhani's belligerent predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Since he was elected last June, Rouhani has pledged to resolve the nuclear dispute with the West and end painful economic sanctions imposed over Tehran's controversial nuclear program, which the West fears could result in the making of a nuclear weapon.
Tehran denies the charge, saying its nuclear activities -- mainly those surrounding its uranium enrichment, which is a possible pathway to nuclear arms -- are meant for peaceful purposes only, such as power generation and cancer treatment. Iran also asserts it has a right to enrich uranium under international law.
Iran and six world powers -- the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany -- reached an interim deal in November that put limits on Tehran's enrichment levels in exchange for an easing of some sanctions.
Talks are ongoing for a final deal that would remove all possibilities that the Islamic Republic could use its capabilities to build a nuclear weapon.
In Friday's parade, Iran showcased its air defense systems, including the S-200 Russian-made, medium to high altitude surface-to-air missile system designed primarily to track, target, and destroy aircraft and cruise missiles.
On display were also fighter jets such as U.S.-made F-4 and F-14, Russian-made MIG-29 and Sukhoi-24, as well as Iran's indigenous fighter plane, Saegheh. The parade also showed off a newer version of the short range, surface-to-surface Fajr-5, Nazeat and Zelzal missiles.
Iran has tried to achieve military self-sufficiency since 1992 and has also produced light submarines and torpedoes.


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OSCON Day 3: All Over Except the Crying
(Just to be clear, there's no crying at OSCON!)
As is usual, the last day of the show is a short one, with only one pair of session-tracks. I skipped the first one as I was deep in conversation with Andy Lester about designing plug-ins for ack. On a side-note, if you're a developer and you aren't using ack, you aren't getting the most you could out of file searching, period. We talked at length about just where and when in the flow hooks should be made, things like that. It's still quite early, and to be honest I don't think we'll have a truly definitive scheme of things until a few plug-ins that are inherently diverse have been written, each contributing their unique needs to the design.
The second set of sessions was a no-brainer: I went to "The Damien Channel" to see what Damien Conway has been up to lately. And what has he been? How about blending regular expressions and recursive-descent grammars into one combined entity. In a more general sense, the talk was about duality in expression and purpose, and in this the new module he introduced succeeds amazingly. As I said in my Twitter stream, I didn't even TRY to take notes for fear I'd miss something important while looking at the keyboard. I don't even know yet how I'd actually use this in anything, but I'm dying to try it out just to get a feel for it. It does require that you are running the 5.10.0 version of Perl, though. Not a problem personally, as my desktop and laptop both are based off of the most-current Ubuntu. However, none of my CPAN modules are utilizing 5.10.0 features because I'm not ready to force my users to move up. But that's a topic for a later post.
As I've said more than a few times, I was just glad to be back at OSCON after a long absence. Regardless of where it's held next year, I hope it doesn't take me another 6 years to make it again.


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LONDON, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- British doctors say drinkers should avoid alcohol three days a week to avoid binge drinking cycles and liver disease.
The Royal College of Physicians says the government's current stance on healthy drinking limits is misleading, saying it implies it is safe for people to consume alcohol every day of the week, The Daily Telegraph reported Saturday.
"People should have two to three alcohol-free days every week to reduce the risks of long-term damage from binge drinking, including liver disease," a spokesman for the RCP said.
"After a day of drinking there is a need for a time to recover and that is why we need rest days in between our alcohol consumption."
Sir Ian Gilmore, special adviser on alcohol at the RCP, said Britain's binge drinking culture is putting people in hospitals across the country.
"Given the burden of harm that we've got, it's vital that levels are not increased at this point," Gilmore said.
"We recommend a safe limit of 0 to 21 units a week for men and 0 to 14 units a week for women, provided the total amount is not drunk in one or two bouts and that there are two or three alcohol-free days a week. At these levels, most individuals are unlikely to come to harm."


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Patrick receives resignation of state prison chief
Resignation comes after alleged physical abuse against mental health patient
Gov. Deval Patrick has received the resignation of State Prison Chief Luis Spencer.
The Boston Globe reported Thursday that Patrick had asked for the resignation after Spencer delayed an internal investigation into the alleged physical abuse of a mental health patient at Bridgewater State Hospital.
The prison was already under fire for lapses while investigating another patient's death.
According to the Globe, Public Safety Secretary Andrea Cabral said the decision to seek Spencer's resignation was based in part because he slowed down the internal affairs probe.
Cabral said that underscored questions about Spencer's "critical thinking and judgment" during his three-year tenure.
Earlier this year, Patrick reprimanded Spencer for inaction in the wake of the 2009 death of another Bridgewater patient, Joshua Messier, which was ruled a homicide.


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An interview with Ian Sage, director for marine operations, NATO Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation, La Spezia, Italy.NATO's 3,100-ton, 305-foot research vessel NRV Alliance has been a leading platform for underwater acoustics research to the benefit of NATO navies. The ship operated with a civilian crew under the German flag for many years for the NATO SACLANT Center, later renamed the NATO Undersea Research Center, and now known as the NATO Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation. Now Alliance flies a new flag, and has a broader mission.
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For the past 50 years, "Albano's Nutcracker" has brought the gift of ballet to Christmastime.
While "The Nutcracker" is a holiday tradition for dance companies and their audiences throughout the world, Connecticut's own Joseph Albano believes his version is simply the best.
"This is Christmas on stage," said Albano, founder and artistic director of the Hartford-based Albano Ballet Company. "This is the authentic, traditional Nutcracker. And the fifth one in the United States."
With its theatrical scenery, lavish costumes, classic score performed by a live orchestra and cast of more than 100 dancers, Albano will bring his production of the ballet to Mohegan Sun for the 12th year on Dec. 13 and 14.
"I think it's a wonderful way to welcome in the holidays," said Albano Ballet Company's associate director, Julia Frederick. "It's very, very positive. It's very beautiful. It's something little children will go to sleep dreaming about. It's a beautiful way to celebrate."
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Albano and his team comb the globe to find the world's most talented dancers, he said.
"Well over 100 dancers are in the show, with dancers from Italy, Japan, France, Croatia, Holland, plus the Americans," the 75-year-old said. "I use top-notch dancers."
And that includes performers from Eastern Connecticut, with a Norwich-based dance school sending their youngest ballerinas into the spotlight.
Frederick, who also teaches at All the Right Moves, a dance school on West Main Street in Norwich, has recruited about 30 little girls from the school, who are about 6 to 8 years old, to play bon bons in "The Nutcracker."
"Most of them are from the Norwich area," she said. "It's nice to give them that chance and they're so excited to be on stage.
"We give them their own little costumes to wear. And people just go crazy because they can't believe that these little ones can actually remember their steps. We work very hard."
Returning performers
Frederick said many of the dancers that started out as small children end up staying with the company and are still performing in the show.
Those returning year after year include Albano and Frederick themselves, who have both been starring in the show in various capacities for some five decades, and said they plan to continue doing so.
Once upon a time, Frederick, 69, played the Sugar Plum Fairy, one of the lead roles, but has moved on to a more mature role.
"I play Clara's mother," she said, a role that Albano, her former husband, convinced her to do. "And I love it."
Still performing at 75, each year Albano reprises the role of Drosselmeyer, who he said is the Santa Claus figure.
"I have been synonymous with it since I'm 21," he said. "I plan to continue doing it until I can no longer walk."
Casino connection
The New London native says it's the partnership with Mohegan Sun that makes his production so special.
"(Mohegan Sun) has the money to own the latest technology in moveable lights that are used when the famous bands come in," he said. "They have the light boards, the dimmers. This technology adds dimensions to 'The Nutcracker' that turns it into a complexity of entertainment that's magnificent."
All performances — including one Friday at the Middletown Performing Arts Center and two on Dec. 7 and 8 at Central Connecticut State University — are sponsored by the Mohegan Tribe, he said.
"They are fostering the art of dance, not only with 'The Nutcracker,' but also come March, April and May, they sponsor in the school system a program to develop audiences of school children. That's how we grow an interest in the cultural art of ballet."
Albano credits Frederick with the idea of teaming with the casino.
"Julia said, 'Why not bring the ballet to the casino?' Which had never been done before.
"This is a very important situation. Julia Frederick danced in the casino of Monte Carlo, which was home of the original The Ballet Russe. She danced for Princess Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier."
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Premier League: Chelsea captain John Terry out for weeks and not months
Chelsea captain John Terry has avoided serious injury and has only been ruled out for a number of weeks.
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The centre-back was stretchered off in Sunday's 1-1 draw with Liverpool after a collision with Luis Suarez and it was feared he had suffered season-ending damage to his knee.
But after further assessment, it has been announced Terry will only be sidelined on a short-term basis.
An announcement on Chelsea's official twitter account read: "MRI Scans reveal no significant damage to John Terry's cruciate ligaments.
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Terry had scored the opener in the 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge but then had to leave the field in the 39th minute after lengthy treatment.
The collision with Terry was accidental on the behalf of Suarez, who scored Liverpool's equaliser in the second half.
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Recap: Military Spouse JD Network "Making the Right Moves" Event
The Military Spouse JD Network (MSJDN) hosted a professional development event for military spouse attorneys yesterday in Washington D.C. called Making the Right Moves: Celebration and Education for Military Spouse Attorneys. This event featured educational breakout sessions focusing on career advancement, networking, legislative updates, how to overcome employment barriers, and how to enhance career portability. It was an event that boasted fellowship and intertwined tools for career success.
I was thrilled to represent the National Military Family Association on a panel to discuss hot topics regarding federal and state legislative initiatives affecting military families (and more specifically spouses). As an Association, one of our top priorities is to ensure that military spouses are able to pursue and continue their professional career as they support their service member in this highly mobile lifestyle.
A few legislative highlights from the panel included:
- State legislation: Four states have passed a rule accommodating military spouse attorneys. These include Arizona, North Carolina, Texas, and Idaho. We look forward to being a force multiplier through our advocacy efforts with MSJDN in other states.
- Federal legislation: The Military Spouse Job Continuity Act (S.759 and H.R.1620), if passed, will provide military spouses a tax credit to offset the cost of obtaining a new state-specific license or certificate when the family is ordered to move.
After the forum, several military spouses approached me and asked how they could get involved with our advocacy efforts. One way is to join our Association's Volunteer Corps. With your voice and personal experience from your local community, we can identify needs and are able to advocate for military families. Another way is to simply stay in touch with us online and on social media. By sharing the victories and shortcomings when it comes to spouse employment, you help us show how important this issue is to our community.
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Three faculty members in the UO chemistry department have been awarded a grant for $25,785 from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Special Grant Program in the Chemical Sciences for their work on a science education outreach program for middle school and high school students. The Furlough Friday Science Days program brings Springfield students into the laboratory for hands-on learning opportunities on no-school days.
"This award assures that the program will be sustainable," said Michael Pluth, an assistant professor of chemistry who helped launch the program. "This program is about increasing the appreciation for science and showing kids that they can do this if they want. It's about showing them that science can be challenging, but it is within their reach."
The award is handed out annually by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation to recognize projects that advance the chemical sciences at all levels. Pluth and fellow UO chemistry faculty members, Shannon Boettcher and George Nazin, began Furlough Fridays to combat the problem of reduced middle school science education due to budget cuts. Now in its second year, the program has been focused primarily on Springfield's Hamlin Middle School. Seventh and eighth graders from the school travel to the UO on no-school days by bus for hands-on science labs, lunch, mentoring and tours of UO science facilities. Springfield High School science students provide mentoring and conduct their own advanced chemistry experiments in UO labs.
"I think getting people excited about science at a young age is important," Pluth said. "The program also serves to increase people's basic understanding of science — how it's done, what it means and the fact that what we understand about the world is the product of hundreds of years of scientific exploration."
Last year featured 10 Furlough Friday sessions with a total of 142 visits by 50 middle school students, 15 high school student mentors and 24 high school AP chemistry students. Some of the topics that were covered included solar energy, the chemistry of color and acid-base chemistry. UO graduate students have been actively involved in the sessions and the program has provided them with opportunities to sharpen their teaching skills, Pluth says.
Now that the program has been funded with a grant, one goal will be to expand Furlough Fridays to other schools. Organizers hope to increase enrollment each year, in the hopes of reaching a cumulative goal of 375 students in three years — a total of 4,000 additional hours of science education for local students.
"This invaluable program has brought research, education and community service together, and we are proud of the chemistry faculty members who took the initiative to create learning opportunities for local students who have lost classroom time to budget cuts," said Kimberly Andrews Espy, vice president for research and innovation and dean of the graduate school. "The program will have a lasting impact on the scientists of tomorrow and this grant will allow even more students to take advantage of Furlough Fridays."
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Caitlin and Timothy's sunny Palo Alto wedding has us dreaming of summer time all over again. With lots of golden yellow details and an elegant outdoor reception, it's warm and inviting and oh so romantic. Caitlin and Timm started out by sending guests these Heartland save the date cards. And who says you have to keep with the same card? They switched things up with a custom icon in our Big Day invitation suite.
We customized the invitation with a mason jar holding two yellow California poppies. The theme carries out throughout their wedding day, even into their homemade favors!
The gorgeous florals were done by Amy Burke Designs, and we love the darker orange pops of color.
It was love at first sight with this ceremony venue. The Stanford Memorial Church just glowed among the guests.
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It was only four songs into his set at the Saddledome Saturday night when Keith Urban appeared to veer wildly off script to bring some locals celebrating a bachelorette party onto the stage. The women, who had a wonderfully orchestrated campaign to get his attention using a series of signs that outlined their checklist that day (i.e. Take a Shot, check; Pet a cow, check; Get on stage with you ... ), made it to the stage in front of more than 13,000 fans as Urban lobbed gentle jokes and took photos.
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It was only four songs into his set at the Saddledome Saturday night when Keith Urban appeared to veer wildly off script to bring some locals celebrating a bachelorette party onto the stage.
The women, who had a wonderfully orchestrated campaign to get his attention using a series of signs that outlined their checklist that day (i.e. Take a Shot, check; Pet a cow, check; Get on stage with you … ), made it to the stage in front of more than 13,000 fans as Urban lobbed gentle jokes and took photos.
It's a testament to Urban's professional sheen and high-energy that a lengthy interruption so early in the proceedings did nothing to disrupt the flow and pace of Saturday's often remarkable show. But it also points to the amiable Aussie's nice-guy appeal, something that goes far beyond his popularity and considerable gifts as a live performer. Who knows, maybe he does something similar in every town he visits. But it sure seemed impromptu: one of many ways Urban broke down the performer-audience barrier on Saturday and made a convincing case that, no matter how many times he trots out the same songs night after night, he is there just for you.
Urban's fiery return to the Saddledome for a Stampede concert Saturday was his second stop this year to promote 2013s Fuse and further proof that he has easily matured into one the genre's most reliably exciting concert draws over the past decade, heads and shoulders above most of his cowboy hat/baseball cap-wearing brethren that dominate the charts. Why is that? Presumably, his career is powered by the same New-Country machinery as his peers; he has the same army of producers and song-polishers sharpening those hooks for country radio; his tunes, mostly good-time anthems or sweet-sour love songs, aim for the same emotional buttons as virtually everything else getting airplay.
But there's something refreshingly real and authentic about an Urban concert. Far beyond the sparkle of Nashville pageantry, he just has a rare ability to deeply connect in a stadium setting, a talent that evades so many of his peers. The fact that he has a built up a formidable supply of stadium-built country rockers doesn't hurt, either. Leaning heavily on Fuse, he has found the perfect opener with Love's Poster Child, a swampy, banjo-fuelled stomper that bursts into a chant-along chorus. It was a formula he followed for much of the night. The stage setup, while flashy enough to remind us we were watching a major stadium show, was never distracting. The focus was on the energy and hooks, which he offered in spades with breathless runs through regular-guy anthems such as Somewhere In My Car, Long Hot Summer, Kiss a Girl, Who Wouldn't Want to Be Me and I Want to Put You In a Song. Of course, one of the more potent secrets the 46-year-old performer has up his sleeves is that he is also a phenomenal guitar player. He doesn't leave the heavy-lifting to his backup band. Throughout the night, Urban proved himself as adept at languid, slow-burn blues as he is metallic power-chording and scorching, rapid-fire solos. His astonishing prowess on the instrument certainly pushes songs such as Even the Stars Fall 4 You, with its ferocious riff-heavy intro, and the almost punky Used to the Pain, far beyond their radio-baiting origins. Like all great live performers, Urban knows how to balance these multiple crescendos with moodier material — including a particularly gripping take on his anguished mid-tempo ballad Shame — without losing intensity.
But the intensity is tempered by that good-guy camaraderie. It was there when he travelled out into a small second stage in the middle the audience to perform the endearingly goofy You Look Good in My Shirt (Where he appeared to sign and give away his guitar … Did we mention he's a nice guy?). It was there when he invited a couple on stage to perform some staggering country-swing dance moves during the acoustic-led encore performance of Better Life. It was there when he invited Calgary's rising-star country act Lindsay Ell on stage to fill in for Miranda Lambert on the duet We Were Us.
Say what you will about Urban's recorded material. There's no denying that he has followed a certain formula when it comes to songwriting and recording. But that takes nothing away from his abilities on stage as one of modern music's most effective communicators. Presumably, Calgary's enthusiastic audience — who were on their feet for most of the night — left the Saddledome exhausted and fulfilled.
So where does that leave opener Jesse Labelle? First of all, kudos to the Canuck country singer for his ability to win over the crowd with just two voices, two guitars and a toothy grin. It's hard enough being the opening act in a stadium setting, even for a friendly Stampede crowd, without having to do it in stripped-down unplugged mode. So the fact he was able to connect without a full band was nothing short of remarkable. The 32-year-old is early on in his bid to gain traction in the crowded good-guy singer-songwriter mode, so we'll forgive him for material such as The Good Drug, one of those tiresome and sanctimonious good-ole-days laments that could have been written by Rush Limbaugh. You gotta do what you gotta do in country music, I guess. The rest of the material was tender and far less pandering and Labelle shows great promise as a performer.
Keith Urban performed at the Saddledome Saturday night.
Attendance: 13,000


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By ODU Athletics
Oct. 3, 2010
NORFOLK--Old Dominion University inducted five into its 2010 Sports Hall of Fame on Oct. 2nd at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. This year's class includes: Jim Jarrett (former athletic director), Marina DiGiacomo (field hockey), Anne Windover (women's lacrosse), Mery Andrade (women's basketball) and Skip Noble (men's basketball).
Jim Jarrett served as the athletic director at ODU for 40 years until the end of June. As one of the youngest athletic directors in the nation when in 1970, Jarrett quickly began to make a name for himself and ODU. In 1974, Jarrett became the first athletic director in the Commonwealth of Virginia to award scholarships to women student-athletes. Under his leadership ODU intercollegiate teams won 28 team national championships, hosted the first two NCAA Women's Basketball" Final Fours" at the Norfolk Scope and athletic venues tripled. Jarrett was given the Lifetime Achievement awards from NACDA, VaSID, the Collegiate Director's Award from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, and named the Norfolk Sports Club man of the Year. Jarrett served as a member of the NCAA Women's Basketball Committee, and is a past president of the CAA and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Hampton Roads Sports Hall of Fame in October 2009. He and wife Sugie reside in Norfolk.
Anne Windover starred for the Lady Monarchs from 1993-96. She led ODU in scoring four straight years. She poured in 44 points with 38 goals and six assists as a senior in 1996. Windover completed her career at ODU with 165 goals, 39 assists and 204 career points. Her point total ranks second all-time at ODU. In 1995, she scored 30 goals to help Lead the Lady Monarchs to their first CAA Championship. She was named honorable mention All-American in 1993, and a second team All-American by the ILWCA in 1994. She was a three-time All-CAA and four-time All-South Region selection. The native from Ajax, Ontario in Canada ranks among ODU's top three in career goals. Windover graduated with a degree in health and physical education in May of 1997. Last year, Windover was named to the CAA 25th anniversary women's lacrosse squad. She now resides in Niagara on the Lakes, Ontario.
George "Skip" Noble completed his career at Old Dominion with 1,193 points for a 13.4 point per game Average. As a senior in 1970-71, the St. Albans, W.VA. native scored 549 points for a 20.3 per game average which helped the Monarchs reach the NCAA Division II finals. Noble scored 36 points and hauled down 24 rebounds at the national tournament which earned him All-Tournament honors. He was also named to the 1971 South Atlantic Regionals after scoring 26 points and 17 rebounds in the regional finals against Norfolk State. Noble earned honorable mention Little All-American honors in 1971 and was selected in the 10th round of the NBA draft by the Milwaukee Bucks. Skip graduated with a degree in physical education, and now resides in Orange Beach, Ala.
Marina DiGiacomo was a two-time All-American and the 2000 Honda Award winner. A four- time CAA Player of the Year and CAA Tournament MVP, DeGiacomo led ODU to national championships in 1998 and 2000. She is still the NCAA all-time leader in points with 414 and second in NCAA history in goals scored with 167. In the 2008 Olympic games, she helped her native Argentina win the bronze medal in field hockey. Last year, DiGiacomo was named to the CAA's 25th Anniversary All-Time field hockey squad, then capped it off by being selected to the CAA's Silver Star team as one of the CAA's 25 greatest athletes in any sport. Now a U.S. citizen, she is married with one child and currently lives in Brea, CA. Janis K. Smith of the ODU English department accepted for DiGiacomo.
Mery Andrade was the heart and soul of Lady Monarch teams from 1995-99. The Lisbon, Portugal native was the CAA co-Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in 1998-99. She ranks fourth all-time in CAA history with 382 career steals. Andrade was also a three-time All-CAA selection and three-time CAA All-Defensive team selection. The Lady Monarchs reached the NCAA round of 16 three times and in 1997 advanced to the National Championship game. Mery played five years in the WNBA mostly with Cleveland, and is currently playing professionally in Italy. She graduated from ODU in 1998. ODU head coach Wendy Larry accepted for Andrade.


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In his plans for helping France's economy turn around, new President Francois Hollande has pledged to increase the rate of income tax to 75% for those residents making more than 1 million euros a year.
The plan is back in the spotlight in Hollande's recent visit with UK Prime Minister David Cameron. Cameron has said the tax hike would drive businesses to Britian - which he joked he'd welcome with open arms - but the French leader denied such an effect.
How does a 75% top rate of tax compare with other leading economies?
• In Great Britain next year, tax on earnings over $230,000 will be cut from 50 to 45 percent in an effort for some stimulus there, according to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
• In the United States, the top rate of federal income tax is 35%. Do remember, though, state income taxes could add up to 11% on top of that.
• In Germany, taxpayers have a top rate of 45%.
• In Japan, including local taxes, the top rate is 50%.
How will higher taxes in France help or hurt its economy? Peter Morici is a professor of international business at the University of Maryland, and previously, he served as Director of Economics at the U.S. International Trade Commission. He talked to CNN recently about what to expect in the following edited version:
CNN: Hollande is looking to cut about $10 billion off the budget deficit. There's only about 3,000 households who earn over a million euros in France. Does this really matter? Is this a bad thing or a good thing, do you think?
MORICI: If it drives those households to Britain, it is a bad thing for France, and it sends a terrible message abroad that France is not very hospitable to profits and to people who are entrepreneurs and so forth.
It won't have a positive effect. This is not, for example, Sweden, where there's a consensus for high taxes and where people have confidence the government is run well. In France, they're doing this because the government isn't run well.
CNN: Somebody has got to pay for these economies to get themselves out of the messes that they're in, and in France, Hollande says that should be those who are earning over a million dollars plus. If you go back to Economics 101 and the The Laffer Curve theory, isn't there a point at which it's just exiles looking to jump from the country? That there is a point at which theory tells us that you can tax people too much?
MORICI: Absolutely. In America, the taxes are much higher than you even describe, because we have an enormous estate tax. So, older Americans, like myself - I pay 50 cents on the dollar with estate tax on everything I earn, and then I put it in the bank. I'm not going to use it.
Now, I'll die in a few years, maybe 10, 15 years, and my son and daughter will inherit it, and they'll pay another 55 percent if the Bush tax cuts expire. So, for every dollar I earn, in the end, my heirs get 25 cents? It discourages a lot of older people from investing and taking risk, and they're the ones with the capital to do it.
CNN: Where do you see Europe headed going forward? Are we going to see a sort of tax-and-spend initiative? The sort of pump priming these economies in a sort of old-style Keynesian way? Or will we be looking for a much leaner way of doing this, do you think?
MORICI: In the near term, I think that France is going to be in the lead. There's a sense that austerity has gone too far. But I want to be careful not to put Europe all in one basket. Britain is not inside the eurozone and so forth.
However, the debt inside the eurozone is really burdensome. Long term, I don't see how the Mediterranean economies, the four big Mediterranean economies, can become viable without about a 50 percent write-down on their debt.
Romulan posted "Ok, so let's not assume anything. But your math is terrible so it's going to get really complicated. Do you know the tax rate of people making less than 1 million euros in France? We need that information. Right now we can onlly assume there is a huge difference in tax rate for those making 1 million and over, and those making 999,999 and below. Usually with the extreme tax rate out to squeeze a group of rich, there is a sweet spot. I'm pretty sure if you make 1.1 million euros you will end up with less take home money than people making 0.9 million euros. Again, without the tax rate below 1 million we don't know exactly how much."
Actually, you both aren't too bright.. Look up progressive tax system. Every euro under 1M would be taxed at the same rate. For every euro above 1M however, it would be taxed at President Francois Hollande's proposed 75% tax rate.. I'm so tired of retards posting comments like this. I see both democrats and republicans doing it. Honestly, keep your mouth shut if you don't know what you're talking about..
I think you are talking about the characteristic of taxes to be teared and applied as they income increases equally to the poing that 1 comparative income might be higher
for example
tier 1 40k @ 5% 2k taxes paid
tier 2 60k @10% 6k taxes paid
tier 3 80k @ 20% 16k taxes paid
total income 180k total taxes paid 24k
Now these are just made up numbers but if you apply taxes to a millionaire and to someone only making 180k for these 3 tiers they will pay the same taxes on that first 180k. Their are too many people who fail to understand the math behind taxes before they assume how they will be impacted.
Stupid chew pay no taxes. The communities are stand by all over the countries. One must have trustees and know how to steal. It is in the gene.
180K = 20% or 10%
160K = ?%. Or let the stealing much the Maths.
I am a self employed Canadian. I make a good living that allows me to own a small home and take some holidays with my family. I am not rich by any means. I have no employees, but I support several small businesses and large businesses by using their services. I believe jobs are created by motivated business owners large or small. It's not a rich thing, middle class thing, or a poor thing. If you start a business and depend on it to feed your family you will do your very best to 'make it'. As a result, services and products are needed which is what creates jobs. Governments need to do a better job of supporting small business around the world. I don't know if it is tax breaks, but we certainly need programs to help motivated people succeed.
What kind of question is that? Who's money is it anyway? If the government in France takes all the money and allows each citizen a monthly allowance to live on, just imagine how simple their problems will be.
The estate tax argument in this article is based on some pretty tenuous and biased assumptions. Pretty bogus from a University Professor:
1) Even "if" the Bush Tax cuts expire entirely the estate tax would still only affect estates greater than $1M – not including creative loopholes like combining incomes or gifting ahead of death. And even then, the tax is only on the dollars after that $1M plus amount.
2) Most estates above $1M are only paying 25% in income taxes, according to the National Economic Council.
Claiming that one's heirs only get 25% of the money their parents make is miles off from correct.
jay crandall
Well said and I wish we could do that. Unfortunately, that would require the idiots we call Congress to make those decisions. I say we do that through an internet vote by the people!!
Either the writer of this article is ignorant or disingenuous. Nobody pays 35% Federal tax and then 11% State tax. First of all, State tax can be deducted on your Federal Tax form. Secondly there are so many deductions and loopholes that nobody pays the full 35%. Mitt Romney isn't the only rich person in America paying around 15%.
The man interviewed vastly overstated his tax burden. First of all if he's making so much money that he has to worry about the Estate Tax, his real tax rate is probably about twenty cents for every dollar he makes, not fifty. That's just a flat out lie. Secondly, the Estate Tax is for inheritance that is over $5,000,000 and is at a 35% rate (again, not 50 like he tries to muddy things with), at least this year. it's scheduled to be lowered to 1,000,000 next year but there's a good chance the current rates will be extended.
You are correct...if you are rich and paying 46% of your wealth to the IRS, you aren't very smart and a fool and his money are soon parted. Not one of the .1% pay anywhere even close to 46%...That is the top possible rate, but no one pays it.
Let me get this straight - 47% of the Americans who pay zero income tax are paying their fair share but the 1% who pay on average closer to 46% (35% federal plus up to 11% state/local) are not paying their fair share. Unbelievable!
Well here is a solution - How about stopping emergency Medicaid to illegals? What am I missing; Illegal as in breaking the law and getting emergency Medicaid that amounts in the tens of billions of dollars!
Dream the big American Dream then let the government crush it. That's the New American Way
There are a lot of ways to make sure your fortune isn't taxed to death. One is insurance. The 1st $4M isn't taxable in the estate and that figure is rising, so it may be higher iin 2012. The 2nd way is setting up trusts, as long as they are set up over 8 years prioir to death, they aren't taxable in the estate. The 3rd is moving money ot off shore accounts, untaxable in the US. The 4th is to ex-patriate, which is shameful and cowardly, but is an option. I am no expert, but there are many ways to avoid the tax man.
I am shocked. I agree that the wealthier should pay higher taxes, but there seems to be something inherently unethical in taking more than 50% of a person's lawful earnings, to say nothing of 75%. This is madness.
stop with all this job creators bs. people do not create jobs. noone is sitting there thinking "ohh i have an extra 50k sitting here i think i will create a job". Need creates jobs. demand creates jobs. the business owners will hire exactly the number of people it takes to run there business. no more. maybe a few less if they can find some dedicated people that will work free overtime. the point is cutting taxes to the wealthy will not create jobs. increased demand for products and services creates jobs.
Demand does create jobs, but what creates demand? Innovation and investment creates demand. There was absolutely no demand for an iPhone before Apple invested and created it, like all advances and technologies and great ideas and services, the product creates demand. So, to create demand, we should have a positive environment where people can invest and create. However, we don't do that here, it's become extremely difficult in many areas of the country to open a factory, add onto your business or bring overseas profits back home to be invested domestically.
Creating demand is possible, but innovators need to be able to innovate here, as long as that is more advantageous in China, India or Taiwan, that's where it will be done.
If a country can't run itself on just taxing 20% of every working man woman LLC or Corporation...then something is definitely wrong. The GDP of America is north of $16 trillion dollars, but IRS only took in $1.7 trillion last year. It should have taken in $3.2 trillion if every man woman and corporation were taxed at 20% federal tax !!!! what is wrong with this pricture? 45% pay no federal tax after their standard deduction. I know I know – they still pay sales tax and whatever tax, but the wealthy pay many many times more than that in sales tax so what's your point?
The tax code is 2,000 pages. WHY? i'm for a flat federal tax of 20% on every working man woman and corporation. $3.2 trillion in revenue would cut the annual deficit (borrrowing) from $1.6 trillion to $200 billion. That alone would solve many problems and think of the extra revenue for companies that create jobs! it would create many jobs. I'll bet that states will be able to lower than income tax rates to single digits when the economy improves and people are off welfare and medicaid and food stamps and housing assistance and social service programs and homeless shelters and unemployment benefits that the fed can reduce if a flat 20% tax is taken. You could even be nice and say it's a 10% flat tax if you make less than $50K (most of those 45%) but in 5 years everyone goes to the 20% flat tax.
Wish they would do a 50% write down on my debt!
The rich don't create jobs huh??? How many poor people have you worked for in your life?
sman1234 You seem to get so caught up in conservative bilge that you forget the obvious: (1) The rich create jobs when they have no other choice; (2) the tax rate does not affect their creation of business jobs negatively. In fact, since these are deductible expenses, taxes are just as likely to promote more hiring.(3) taxes that are collected are paid out to create jobs. You simple minded conservatives never learn that aristocracies take care of aristocracies. If you had to rely on the wealthy creating jobs, then why haven't the super rich in third world countries created a vibrent middle class? You haven't a clue as to what created a middle class in this country.
Your comments are the purest form of penis envy. Get over that and you start to be happy with your earnings instead of trying to drag down those that worked hard and produced something of value.
The above comment was intended for StevenR's comment at the top of this thread.
If anyone thinks that increasing taxes EVER puts money in the pockets those less fortunate, you need to have you head examined.
when the "rich" are no longer around to tax the daylights out of .. where do you think those "bleeding heart" politicians will come to next for their dose of tax revenue ?? LOL.. keep electing these dumb@#$ and you'll find out. Don't come whine on my shoulder..
Sure the rich should pay more. Just because they achieve a certain level of financial success, doesn't exempt them from paying on those earnings as a individual in the same way that everyone else does.
Look at it this way:
The members of the local football team are handpicked by their charismatic team captain. At each game he leads them onto the field and they play hard, game after game. By the end of the season, they find themselves in the championships. They win the championship and as a reward they win the cup, a 1 million dollar prize, and a bunch of guest appearances on TV. Because he is the team captain, part of his job is to split the winnings with the rest of his team mates.
But the captain is greedy. He decides to put the cup in his rec room, to keep $900,000 for himself, and split the remaining $100,000 with the other ten players on the team. They each get $10,000. The captain treats himself to a new car and a world cruise. He then goes on TV and tells the world that it is because of his talents that the team won the championship.
The other team members complain about their unfair cut of the winnings, and that they played just as hard as the captain, but their accomplishments were never mentioned in the TV spots. They believe that they are just as responsible for the success of the team and should share in the profits and accolades. With the meager amount they made, they can barely feed their families, while the captain is driving around in his new car and jetsetting around the globe. The captain tells those players that they should be happy with what they got and he subsequently fires them and hires replacements that are so broke that they will settle for the lopsided payscale just to have a job.
So who is in the right? The rich captain who only had his own interests in mind, and found success on the backs of others, or the rest of the team who thought that they were just as integral to the team's success and should receive equal compensation.
Here's a hint. Put the captain out on the field by himself against the opposing team, and what do you get? Roadkill.
I don't care how rich a person is, it takes a special kind of ah@le to think you deserve 75% of his money.
The scandal continues.
People who have a high income are not rich. They could be, given enough time and if they save, but they arent rich.
Super rich people dont need an income, and dont work in a traditional sense.
So France will tax the snot out of productive people trying to work hard and get rich.
And super rich old-wealth people will pay no extra tax since they dont need to work.
Specifically, this should be called "Tax the productive high-value worker, and dont tax the rich or those on welfare".
I own a successful roofing business. I'm considered a small business with 110 or so employees depending on who shows up for work today. These guys work like animals but are well paid. I started the business 20 years ago with a tool belt and a used pickup truck. Believe me, I have not been on top of a roof in 10 years and live the good life now as a 1%'er. If we had a top tax rate like the 75% they are proposing in France I would shut that business down in a heartbeat and put those 110 out of work while I decide which golf course to play. Heck, I think I'll fire 20 guys when the Bush tax cuts expire and then fire everyone if the rates go any higher than that.
...mostly BS here....Congress makes the rules that business has to play by....if it benefits a business to off-shore jobs, that is what they will do....especially a publicly-owned corporation, who has to answer to their share-holders....if a competing business shows better profits by off-shoring jobs, I have to off-shore as well, or face the wrath of my share-holders, and possible law suits for not running my business well enough...
I'd love to see the numbers on US taxes INCLUDING payroll taxes
interesting conversation going on. the people who think we will go the way of greece, don't understand the workings of either govt. greece CANNOT print its own money because it is part of the euro. the US CAN print its own money - lead to inflation, but what the heck.
yes, bush cut taxes twice in hopes of boosting the economy (and make it easier for business to hire) - he totally forgot about the two wars he got us into and having to pay for those. his tax cuts didn't work either because by the time he left office there were 8 million people unemployed. seems like those businesses are not so much interesting in hiring people as they are saving their profits for the top guns (salaries, bonuses, separation packages). this, to me, is evil. businesses go offshore because it is cheaper to have indians, pakistanis or other underdeveloped societies do the work cheaper (it is called BUSINESS after all). americans tend to want more salary and more benefits.
re France: Hollande is a socialist, and he lives in a socialilst country and the french expect to receive benefits for the taxes they pay (clean streets, ability to get healthcare when needed - by the way, recent studies show that the french health care system ranks above the US - and it is cheaper even for foreigners who have to use it; but more bureacracy as well). anyway, do you honestly believe that any government in the US would be able to get away with a 75% tax rate? scary if you do.
someone mentioned including state taxes - uh, there are states that do not have state taxes, if you don't want to pay state taxes, then move to one of those states which does not have it.
Romney vs. Frankenstein (Obama)
Put simply, better the devil you don't know. Vote Romney.
We see frequently these days' people getting upset with high tax rates, but it is need to help the country grow. We have seen a common trend, when tax rates are high, countries seem to prosper. I think it's fair to tax someone, who is making millions, because they have more money than they know what to do with. In this day and age, people seem to care less about helping out, then increasing their bank account. The people being taxed are also running large companies that lay off thousands of people a year, but then think it's unfair that they have to pay more money to the government to take care of the people the company just laid off. The more and more time people spend arguing over who should pay down the deficit, the more and more the deficit is going to increase. It's only fair that the ultra-rich pay a high tax, so that countries can start to prosper again.