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Harlem World's Vado has made a strong come up since he entered the game alongside the "Godfather" Killa Cam back in 2009. Although he rapped before then with his rhyme partner Jae Millz reppin' the Most Hated team, the Boss Of All Bosses mixtape series with DJ Drama gave V a full spotlight. After his short lived stint with Interscope Records, the NYC wordsmith linked up with down south connect DJ Khaled and signed with his We The Best label. Now with the support of YMCMB as well, Vado is poised to show the world his full potential with his latest drop, which is the fourth installment of the Slime Flu collection.
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#775 – Summerson June 1, 2009 at 12:00 am
This was not inspired by real life events. I am not a germaphobe. I do not have mysophobia. That large bottle of hand lotion on my desk has nothing to do with the number of times I wash my hands. Completely unrelated to this, I can't remember the last time I was sick.


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p1b1 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de tema de wordpress y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 17 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
Testing Is Easy
We are an online test prep company, and we sell our own proprietary online video courses that are more focused, targeted, and efficient than other courses out there. Other companies like the complicated approach that takes a long time and makes you feel like you're doing something important, we like the easy way that gets you your best score and lets you get on with your life.
Our company sells online video test prep courses for many standardized tests, from tests that get you into private middle schools and high school, to law school and grad school exams. The courses are heavily video-oriented, and in fact the blog will feature many videos.
Anyone from middle-schoolers and high-schoolers (and their parents) getting ready for standardized tests to college students, grad students, and working adults from people in their 20s to people in their 60s. We want them to come to the site and be impressed by the professional look, but not be intimidated or turned off by something that's too sterile and dry. We want them to feel comfortable with the site and excited to look around for some interesting articles and videos.
I need my Thesis-based test prep blog redesigned (we definitely want to keep thesis, just customize it). I don't think I need any special functionality outside of what thesis and wordpress already offer, I just need my blog to look better. The look I'm going for is professional, corporate, and confidence-inspiring--but with a little bit of personality. I've attached our new logo, and I'd like the color scheme to fit that logo--I'm imagining blues, grays, and white, with maybe a little bit of red or gold (some flexibility there).
I would like the header to feature our logo (which I've attached), along with the tagline 'Higher Scores, Now Playing.'
I would like the categories under the header to use the existing Wordpress menu structure, but I would like the template for that menu to look better, as described above (professional, corporate, a little personality, etc.). In other words, I'd like a better looking menu that I can still change (add or take away categories or pages) without having to have someone make me a new custom button for it.
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Tiger Woods has a new girlfriend – Olympic ski champ Lindsey Vonn.
The divorced golf star announced on his Facebook page that "over the last few months" he and Vonn had become "very close and are now dating."
Vonn also confirmed the relationship on Facebook. "I guess it wasn't a well-kept secret but yes, I am dating Tiger Woods," she wrote.
Besides the statements, the couple shared what appear to be professional photographs of them smiling together. Woods said that they want to "continue our relationship, privately, as an ordinary couple and continue to compete as athletes."
Vonn added that she is very "happy" over the way her relationship has evolved and would like to "keep that part of my life between us, my family and close friends."
The pro athlete pair had been rumored to be an item since they were spotted skiing together in Austria in November, according to Us Weekly.
Last month Woods reportedly flew Vonn home on his private jet after she crashed during the super-G at world championships in Austria. Vonn tore two ligaments in her right knee and broke a bone in her lower leg in that crash, but she has since vowed to compete in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
Vonn is a four-time overall World Cup champion. She is also a two-time world champion gold medalist and notched a gold and a bronze in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Vonn and Thomas Vonn, her former husband of more than four years and former coach, began divorce proceedings in November 2011.
Woods was formerly the world's number one golfer but has struggled on the links in the aftermath of a 2009 cheating scandal that led to his divorce from wife Elin Nordegren the following year.
He has lately been on the upswing, winning five times at PGA Tour events in the last year, more than anyone else, according to The Associated Press.
"I felt that toward the end of last year that I was heading that direction, where things were becoming better," Woods said last week. "That gave me so much confidence heading into the offseason that I was heading in the right direction."
Here is Woods' full Facebook message:
This season has been great so far and I'm happy with my wins at Torrey and Doral. Something nice that's happened off the course was meeting Lindsey Vonn. Lindsey and I have been friends for some time, but over the last few months we have become very close and are now dating. We thank you for your support and for respecting our privacy. We want to continue our relationship, privately, as an ordinary couple and continue to compete as athletes.
Here is Vonn's full Facebook message:
I guess it wasn't a well-kept secret but yes, I am dating Tiger Woods. Our relationship evolved from a friendship into something more over these past few months and it has made me very happy. I don't plan on addressing this further as I would like to keep that part of my life between us, my family and close friends. Thank you for understanding and your continued support! xo LV


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CLEVELAND, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney were tied in the battleground state of Ohio, a newspaper poll released Sunday concluded.
The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer and Ohio Newspaper Poll said both candidates had 49 percent of the vote in the state, which is considered a key swing state with enough electoral votes to be potentially decisive.
The same poll Sept. 23 had Obama with a 5-percentage point lead.
The Plain Dealer said Ohio has been awash in political advertising and campaign workers have been scouring the state to make sure every possible voters makes it to the polls on Election Day.
The small number of undecided voters so late in the game has made rallying likely supporters a major priority for both campaigns.
"Absent any more twists and turns, a remarkable presidential campaign may end with the campaign that executes the best ground game, narrowly delivering Ohio for the next president of the United States," said Eric Rademacher, co-director of the University of Cincinnati Institute for Policy Research.
The poll released Sunday was conducted by telephone Oct. 18-23 among 1,015 likely voters. The margin of error was pegged at 3.1 percentage points.
The Plain Dealer said some of the respondents were contacted before the Oct. 22 presidential debate but it did not appear reaction to the debate influenced the overall poll results.


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Walking the path of magickal discovery and nurturing our own magickal natures is like walking a "winding road". It descends into darkness and travels even to the heavens. The direction you go depends upon the path you choose to walk.
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What is the reason that speed of light is the maximum speed in the universe? Why there is no speed swifter than light? Or is it just we haven't found yet? A similar question is like this: why the light speed in vacuum has to be 299,792,458 m/s? Why couldn't it be faster? Who or what is controlling this speed in vacuum? Who is stopping it from being faster?
Another question confusing me is this, if light from a far away Galaxy travels to us and we see the stars tonight, couldn't it be fully possible that at this time, they actually are already dead? Which means by modern scientific methods, there is absolutely no way to know what is really happening out there, all we know is just what was there, right? So our knowledge is going to be forever limited unless we have something that can travel much faster than light?


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Imagine a kindergarten with 100 students, lavishly supplied with books, crayons and toys.
Yet you gasp: one avaricious little boy is jealously guarding a mountain of toys for himself. A handful of other children are quietly playing with a few toys each, while 90 of the children are looking on forlornly — empty-handed.
The one greedy boy has hoarded more toys than all those 90 children put together!
"What's going on?" you ask. "Let's learn to share! One child shouldn't hog everything for himself!"
The greedy little boy looks at you, indignant. "Do you believe in redistribution?" he asks suspiciously, his lips curling in contempt. "I don't want to share. This is America!"
And then he summons his private security firm and has you dragged off the premises. Well, maybe not, but you get the point.
That kindergarten distribution is precisely what America looks like. Our wealth has become so skewed that the top 1 percent possesses a greater collective worth than the entire bottom 90 percent, according to the Economic Policy Institute in Washington.Continue reading the main story
This inequality is a central challenge for the
The six heirs of Sam Walton, the founder of
In 2010, 93 percent of the gain in national income went to the top 1 percent.
America's Gini coefficient, the classic measure of inequality, set a modern record last month — the highest since
This dismal ground is explored in an important and smart new book, "The Price of Inequality," by Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel laureate who was chairman of the
"We are paying a high price for our inequality — an economic system that is less stable and less efficient, with less growth," Stiglitz warns.
The problem is not that the rich are venal or immoral, and I buy into the Chinese mantra of the reform era: "To get rich is glorious." But today's level of inequality is unusual by American historical and global standards alike, and, as Stiglitz notes, evidence is mounting that inequality at the levels we've reached stifles growth and employment.
As I see it, the best way to create a more equitable society wouldn't be Robin Hood-style redistribution, but a focus on inner-city and rural education — including early childhood programs — and job training. That approach would expand opportunity, even up the starting line, and chip away at cycles of poverty. If the cost means forcing tycoons to pay modestly higher
After all, the United States enjoyed strong growth in the 1950s when we were a more egalitarian country, even though the top income tax rate in that decade was always more than 90 percent.
Indeed, it was only in 1987 that the top income tax rate dropped below 50 percent in the United States. So the 15 percent rate that some tycoons pay because of the carried interest loophole is a recent, er, entitlement.
On this issue, Americans seem by intuition to be flaming lefties. A study published last year by scholars from Harvard Business School and
Perhaps nothing gets done because, in polls, Americans hugely underestimate the level of inequality here. Not only do we aspire to live in Sweden, but we think we already do.
It's also troubling that a considerable share of wealth today comes from the plutocratic version of welfare.
Likewise, the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington estimates that four major tax breaks that encourage excessive corporate pay cost taxpayers $14.4 billion last year. And 26 chief executives received more in pay last year than their companies paid in total federal corporate income taxes.
Often the best route to wealth isn't competing in the marketplace but lobbying Congress for a tax break. That's why there are six lobbyists for every member of Congress from the health care industry alone.
All this inequity would be unconscionable if it unfolded in a kindergarten. It should be more offensive when it defines our nation from womb to tomb.Continue reading the main story


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Evolution is the proposed process by which living things gain entirely new characteristics that were never before present in their genetic make-up, not even in a latent or 'hidden' form.
Very often one finds at the beginning of a scientific article, or at the end, a little word of praise for the wonders that are seen in nature.
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Police: 2 teens dead in Phoenix murder-suicide
PHOENIX (AP) — A teenage boy fatally shot his ex-girlfriend before turning the gun on himself at a north Phoenix home in a murder-suicide, authorities said.
Phoenix police identified the two as 15-year-old Matthew Bolton and 16-year-old Anastasia "Ana" Greer.
Both were sophomores at Sandra Day O'Connor High School in Phoenix, and Greer had recently ended their relationship, investigators said.
The shooting occurred around noon Friday at a home of Greer's friend, police said.
Investigators said Bolton got a ride to the home and met the girl in front of the house.
A neighbor, Jim Friel, told The Arizona Republic (http://bit.ly/MVgruJ ) that he heard a scream and then gunshots and went across the street to the home to see what happened.
Friel said the girl had gunshot wounds to her chest and the boy a gunshot wound to his face.
Police responded to a 911 call and found both teens dead outside the home.
"It appears he shot her in the front yard and then he turned the gun on himself," said Sgt. Tommy Thompson, a Phoenix police spokesman.
Police say Bolton didn't go to school Friday and it was unclear how he got the gun, which was found on a sidewalk near the bodies.
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Gigant cell lesions of the nasal cavity and sinuses
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Giant cell tumours (osteoclastoma) are very uncommon neoplasms in the facial skeleton. Their usual clinical presentation is in the long bones. The differential diagnosis of giant cell tumour (GCT) in the facial skeleton includes giant cell granuloma (GCG), brown tumour, nonossifying fibroma, chondroblastoma and odontogenic cyst. It can be very difficult to differentiate histologically three lesions: giant cell tumour, giant cell granuloma and brown tumour related to hyperparathyroidism
One case of GCT and five cases of GCG are presented. Four men and one woman aged 14–68 years had GCG that occupied the maxillary sinus and nasal cavity. Clinical symptoms included swelling of the cheek, nasal obstruction and facial pain. CT well demonstrated extension of the lesion and erosion of the alveolar process and sinus walls. The lesions were removed using sublabial approach with disease free 4–15 years follow up.
A 16 years old boy presented with unilateral blindness, headache and biopsy result: giant cell tumour. Imaging radiography revealed involvement of the sphenoid sinus, orbit apex and middle cranial cavity bilaterally. We removed the tumour subtotally using subcranial approach. A year later he was operated again in another institution and this resulted with bilateral blindness and temporary haemiplegia.
Concluding, CT and MRI well demonstrate giant cell lesions and the goal of surgical treatment is radical removal. This might not always be possible when the giant cell tumour invades the skull base.


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Zechariah 5-8 New International Version (NIV)
The Flying Scroll
5 I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll.
2 He asked me, "What do you see?"
I answered, "I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.[a]"
3 And he said to me, "This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished. 4 The Lord Almighty declares, 'I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.'"
The Woman in a Basket
5 Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, "Look up and see what is appearing."
6 I asked, "What is it?"
He replied, "It is a basket." And he added, "This is the iniquity[b] of the people throughout the land."
7 Then the cover of lead was raised, and there in the basket sat a woman! 8 He said, "This is wickedness," and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.
9 Then I looked up—and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.
10 "Where are they taking the basket?" I asked the angel who was speaking to me.
11 He replied, "To the country of Babylonia[c] to build a house for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place."
Four Chariots
6 I looked up again, and there before me were four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze. 2 The first chariot had red horses, the second black, 3 the third white, and the fourth dappled—all of them powerful. 4 I asked the angel who was speaking to me, "What are these, my lord?"
5 The angel answered me, "These are the four spirits[d] of heaven, going out from standing in the presence of the Lord of the whole world. 6 The one with the black horses is going toward the north country, the one with the white horses toward the west,[e] and the one with the dappled horses toward the south."
7 When the powerful horses went out, they were straining to go throughout the earth. And he said, "Go throughout the earth!" So they went throughout the earth.
8 Then he called to me, "Look, those going toward the north country have given my Spirit[f] rest in the land of the north."
A Crown for Joshua
9 The word of the Lord came to me: 10 "Take silver and gold from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon. Go the same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. 11 Take the silver and gold and make a crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jozadak.[g] 12 Tell him this is what the Lord Almighty says: 'Here is the man whose name is the Branch, and he will branch out from his place and build the temple of the Lord. 13 It is he who will build the temple of the Lord, and he will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his throne. And he[h] will be a priest on his throne. And there will be harmony between the two.' 14 The crown will be given to Heldai,[i] Tobijah, Jedaiah and Hen[j] son of Zephaniah as a memorial in the temple of the Lord. 15 Those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the Lord, and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the Lord your God."
Justice and Mercy, Not Fasting
7 In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Kislev. 2 The people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melek, together with their men, to entreat the Lord 3 by asking the priests of the house of the Lord Almighty and the prophets, "Should I mourn and fast in the fifth month, as I have done for so many years?"
4 Then the word of the Lord Almighty came to me: 5 "Ask all the people of the land and the priests, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really for me that you fasted? 6 And when you were eating and drinking, were you not just feasting for yourselves? 7 Are these not the words the Lord proclaimed through the earlier prophets when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were at rest and prosperous, and the Negev and the western foothills were settled?'"
8 And the word of the Lord came again to Zechariah: 9 "This is what the Lord Almighty said: 'Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. 10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.'
11 "But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears. 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by his Spirit through the earlier prophets. So the Lord Almighty was very angry.
13 "'When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,' says the Lord Almighty. 14 'I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations, where they were strangers. The land they left behind them was so desolate that no one traveled through it. This is how they made the pleasant land desolate.'"
The Lord Promises to Bless Jerusalem
8 The word of the Lord Almighty came to me.
2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "I am very jealous for Zion; I am burning with jealousy for her."
3 This is what the Lord says: "I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City, and the mountain of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain."
4 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each of them with cane in hand because of their age. 5 The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there."
6 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "It may seem marvelous to the remnant of this people at that time, but will it seem marvelous to me?" declares the Lord Almighty.
7 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "I will save my people from the countries of the east and the west. 8 I will bring them back to live in Jerusalem; they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God."
9 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "Now hear these words, 'Let your hands be strong so that the temple may be built.' This is also what the prophets said who were present when the foundation was laid for the house of the Lord Almighty. 10 Before that time there were no wages for people or hire for animals. No one could go about their business safely because of their enemies, since I had turned everyone against their neighbor. 11 But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as I did in the past," declares the Lord Almighty.
12 "The seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will produce its crops, and the heavens will drop their dew. I will give all these things as an inheritance to the remnant of this people. 13 Just as you, Judah and Israel, have been a curse[k] among the nations, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing.[l] Do not be afraid, but let your hands be strong."
14 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "Just as I had determined to bring disaster on you and showed no pity when your ancestors angered me," says the Lord Almighty, 15 "so now I have determined to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid. 16 These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts; 17 do not plot evil against each other, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this," declares the Lord.
18 The word of the Lord Almighty came to me.
19 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "The fasts of the fourth, fifth, seventh and tenth months will become joyful and glad occasions and happy festivals for Judah. Therefore love truth and peace."
20 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "Many peoples and the inhabitants of many cities will yet come, 21 and the inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, 'Let us go at once to entreat the Lord and seek the Lord Almighty. I myself am going.' 22 And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord Almighty and to entreat him."
23 This is what the Lord Almighty says: "In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, 'Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.'"
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Threefold Hallelujah Over Babylon's Fall
19 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting:
3 And again they shouted:
4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried:
"Amen, Hallelujah!"
5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying:
"Praise our God,
6 Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:
(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God's holy people.)
9 Then the angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!" And he added, "These are the true words of God."
10 At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "Don't do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus."
The Heavenly Warrior Defeats the Beast
11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. 12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. 13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. 14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter."[a] He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:
king of kings and lord of lords.
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, "Come, gather together for the great supper of God, 18 so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small."
19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army. 20 But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. 21 The rest were killed with the sword coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.
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Monday's move had been expected since White House spokesman Jay Carney promised quick action last week to resolve a "disconnect" in the implementation of the law. Technical problems continue to trouble the website that's supposed to be the main enrollment vehicle for people who don't get health care at work.
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Despite recent predictions about the inevitable burst of the Greater Vancouver real-estate bubble, buyers last week were camped out three days before Saturday's presale of a new Burnaby mega-project.
"We expected that people would be camped out on Friday — we weren't expecting them on the Wednesday before," says Macartney Greenfield, Rennie Marketing System's project manager. Brentwood is a 28-acre master-planned community that combines shopping in 350 stores, dining, entertainment and residences in an open-air high street and one-acre public plaza connected to transit.
Of 288 units available in the first tower of the Brentwood development at Lougheed and Willingdon — with occupancy slated for winter 2017 — all were sold on Saturday. Three penthouse units were not yet released, but likely will be in the fall when units for a second 63-storey tower will be made available.
"I think it has a lot to do with the revitalization of Brentwood as a neighbourhood," says Greenfield. One-bedroom units were offered at $299,000, two-bedrooms at $355,000, and a handful of three-bedroom units were sold starting at $928,000. The condo units start on the 33rd floor, with rental units below.
"The buyers have lived in this neighbourhood," says Greenfield. "We definitely saw a lot of people buying for their children, and some are just downsizing. There was a lot of local interest."


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You can access the Practice Management page and Find an Architect Profile with the Employer ID number and password. If you do not know these, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
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A+ member benefits
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Apply for A+ membership
Upgrade to A+ and obtain a significant increase in your member benefits.
Individual staff benefits include:
With all eligible professional staff as members, A+ practices have significantly greater potential to influence the profession and the Institute. A+ practices are better able to elect office-bearers and help determine the Institute's strategic priorities.
It is a requirement of A+ that all eligible professional design staff within your practice become members of the Institute. This gives each staff member access to membership benefits and empowers the Institute to influence the built environment through key advocacy initiatives. A+ is about a commitment to best practice and the future of the architectural profession.
By sharing Institute membership across all professional staff in your practice, the per-member cost of A+ membership can be much lower than the cost for ordinary members.
A+ membership fees can be up to half the normal rate for each individual member within the practice. What's more, a single payment each quarter by the practice simplifies the paperwork and spreads the cost over the year to greatly assist practice cash flow.
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Converting your existing membership to an A+ membership can save you money and will enable you to purchase memberships for your whole team.
We'd like to talk you through A+, so for a quote, please contact the Membership Team at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Congratulations on taking the first step to becoming an A+ practice. Please ensure that you meet the eligibility requirements and are familiar with the A+ membership rates.
To apply, please complete a Member Level 1 Application Form without making payment, then contact the Membership Team. The Membership Team will then provide you with an Employer ID and password which enables you to log in and complete the A+ application online.
If you already have an Employer ID and password, please log in below to complete the A+ application online. If you do not know your Employer ID or need to create one, please contact the Membership Team to reset or create it for you.
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1. How is A + membership different from 'normal' membership?
A+ membership is different in that it provides all of your eligible staff with membership to the Institute whilst also providing them with access to additional services such as Acumen, the Environment Design Guide, Standards Australia and HR+.
A+ is about a whole of workplace commitment to best practice, the Institute and the future of the architectural profession.
2. What is the difference between Practice Membership and A+ Membership?
A+ membership differs from the former Practice Membership in that all professional staff in the practice are required to become members (not just the directors), and members who have been graduated for 11 years or more are subject to mandatory CPD.
A+ Membership also has number of additional benefits including:
3. What are the main obligations of being an A+ practice?
Both the benefits and obligations of A+ membership are aimed at ensuring that A+ practices are best equipped to deliver best practice.
As such, the main obligations of A+ practices are this:
4. What are the eligibility criteria for staff?
Eligible staff includes all architects and any other professional staff with a recognised architectural degree or a degree in a discipline related to architecture, such as planning, interior design, urban design, landscape architecture and the like.
Permanent part-time staff who work 3 days per week or more must be included, but casual staff are not required to be included (but may be). Contractors and students are generally not eligible.
5. What are the eligibility criteria for practices?
To be eligible for A+ membership, a practice must first meet all requirements of the relevant Architects Registration Board for architectural practices (if any).
6. What happens if an employee joins or leaves the practice?
The practice can update its member profile online at any time, here: edit your practice profile. In addition, all A+ practices will be contacted towards the end of each quarter and asked to verify all changes in the number, categories or status of any eligible staff members in the practice.
7. Who pays the individual A+ fees - the practice or the individual?
The practice is responsible for the A+ membership fees. However, the practice can choose to make any arrangement with staff that they choose regarding payment of individual fees. Practices may also choose to include A+ membership as part of the salary package for staff.
8. Will individual members continue to receive current benefits, such as personal copies of Architecture Australia magazine?
Yes, all your current benefits are still included, with the addition of A+ benefits.
9. We have a student member in the office - can they also be part of our A+ membership?
No. Student members are not part of the A+ membership system but students can of course become individual members of the Institute.
10. Can sole practitioners be A+ members?
Sole practitioners, provided they are registered architects, are eligible for A+ membership.
11. Can members in A+ practices still use the post-nominal letters 'RAIA' or 'FRAIA' etc?
Yes, of course. All of the rights and obligations of individual Institute membership remain the same for A+ members.
12. I'm currently a Member Level 2 who is in the process of establishing a sole practice. I would like to upgrade to Member Level 1 membership with A+. Is this possible?
Absolutely yes, you need to be a Level 1 member to take up A+ membership as a sole practitioner, but upgrading to Level 1 and taking up A+ membership can be done at the same time. Simply contact the Membership Team.
13. I am a current Institute member employed by a practice that is not an A+ practice. Can I be an A+ member?
No, unless the practice joins as an A+ member. If you would like to receive the benefits of A+ membership, you should encourage the practice directors to consider upgrading.
14. If I become an Institute member as an employee of an A+ practice, can I transfer my A+ membership to another practice?
Yes, if the new practice is also an A+ practice. If they are not an A+ practice then, no.
15. What if I am part of an architectural 'unit' in a government department or other large commercial organisation - is the unit entitled to A+ membership?
Yes, if the unit or team is operating as a reasonably discrete business unit or cost centre and be primarily focused on architectural activities.
The unit will also need to be under the direction of a registered architect, and must also be capable of fulfilling all the obligations of A+ practices.
16. Can we take up A+ membership if the practice is based outside Australia?
Generally, no. However, the Institute is prepared to consider applications from overseas based offices associated with Australian practices on a case by case basis.
17. Can you tell me more about the CPD requirements?
Those members in an A+ practice who are architects or architecture graduates of 11 years or more are required to undertake a minimum of 20 hours of CPD annually, including a minimum of 10 'formal' hours, across at least two of the four main competency areas (design, documentation, project management, practice management).
Individual CPD activities need to be logged and a small percentage of subject members may be audited each year, to confirm compliance. These individual members in A+ practices may be required to provide a declaration of CPD compliance at the end of each year.
This is the same requirement for architectural registration boards in NSW, WA, Tasmania and Queensland.
Requirements for CPD are set out in the Institute's CPD Policy.
18. What happens if one of our staff fails to meet their annual CPD points requirement - is everyone penalised?
No. Firstly, the Institute will not take a heavy-handed approach to ensuring CPD compliance, but will rely substantially on the honesty and integrity of members. Where there is a legitimate reason for not meeting the modest CPD requirement, opportunity will be provided to 'catch-up' in a subsequent period. However, in the unlikely event that a member still fails to meet their CPD obligation, the penalty will be based on removal of some or all of their member benefits.
19. Is there a minimum requirement for PI insurance for A+ members?
No. There is no specific requirement for the value of PI Insurance to be taken out by A+ practices, but evidence of current PI insurance must be provided.
20. Are there limitations to Australian Standards services?
The Australian Standards service provides read-only access to Australian (AS), joint Australia/New Zealand (AS/NZS) plus Australian and joint Australian/New Zealand adoptions of ISO and IEC Standards (AS/ISO, AS/IEC, AS/NZS/ISO and AS/NZS/IEC).
It is designed essentially as a reference service and not as a replacement for purchasing commonly used Standards, printing of Standards is not possible and sessions will be time-limited. However, part of the service includes a simple online purchase facility, with a special discount of 20% off the normal hard-copy price solely for A+ members. See the SAI Global Fact Sheet for more information.
21. Is there any benefit for A+ practices entering projects in the Awards?
Yes. Fees for Awards entries from A+ practices attract a 10% discount.
22. Does A+ membership cost more or less than other membership options?
This very much depends on the make-up of the particular practice and what current membership options are in place. The cost for individual members in A+ practices can be up to 50% of the rate for individual members who are not in an A+ practice. However, there is also a practice fee payable by the practice (even if the practice is a sole practice). For a fee estimate for your practice, use the A+ rates calculator. Offices with six or more staff may be eligible for further fee discounts depending on the overall number of staff and their categories of membership. Please contact the Membership Team for a detailed quotation.
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23. Is the cost of A+ membership tax deductible?
The GST component of A+ membership fees can generally be claimed by any practice that is registered for GST. Each practice and individual member should obviously seek their own tax advice, based on their specific circumstances.
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MGH faculty were honored June 11 with Harvard Medical School's (HMS) excellence
in mentoring awards. Tayyaba Hasan, PhD, a professor of dermatology at the
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Career Development, was named the recipient of the William Silen Lifetime
Achievement in Mentoring Award honoring mentors who have served for 20 or more
years. Maurizio Fava, MD, vice chair of the Department of Psychiatry, and
Carlos Fernández-del Castillo, MD, director of the Liver, Biliary and Pancreas
Center, was honored with the A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award,
which recognizes those who embody the same commitment to mentorship as the late
A. Clifford Barger, MD, who mentored countless students during his nearly
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Etihad Airways announces option conversions for two Boeing 777 freighters at Dubai Air Show 2015
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, today announced it would take delivery of two Boeing 777 freighter aircraft.
The decision to exercise the options, which were part of Etihad Airways' historic US$67 billion mixed fleet order for 199 aircraft in 2013, was unveiled on the opening day of the Dubai Air Show.
The additional aircraft, valued at US$637 million at list prices, are due for delivery next year. They will be part of Etihad Cargo, the airline's freighter arm, which currently operates three Boeing 777Fs, three Boeing 747s and four Airbus A330s. Etihad Cargo serves 11 freighter-only destinations worldwide from its Abu Dhabi hub and has freighter capacity on Etihad Airways' fleet of 109 passenger aircraft.
James Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways, said: "Etihad Airways is delighted to exercise options for two freighters that will join our fleet next year, demonstrating our confidence and commitment to our partners at Boeing and to the global freight market.
"As we continue growing our freighter fleet and network, together with our partners we are able to provide a comprehensive, extensive and compelling global offering for the benefit of our customers."
"We value our partnership with Etihad Airways and are honoured they continue to place their trust in our products," said Ray Conner, President and CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
"The Boeing 777 Freighter, the world's longest twin-engine freighter, continues to have unmatched efficiency which translates into significant savings for our customers."
Etihad Cargo is an integral part of Etihad Airways' business worth over US$1 billion last year with 568,000 tonnes of freight carried, up 17 per cent on 2013.
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State Senator Gloria Romero, a Democratic lawmaker from East Los Angeles, wants to get rid of experienced teachers, and blames teachers for all the problems in lower performing schools. At least according to a new ad by the California Teacher's Association that calls for Romero, a longtime CTA ally, to pull her support for Senate Bill 955.
What is SB 955? It is a bill that would remove seniority as the primary rule regarding which teachers are laid off and which teachers remain in the classroom during down budget years. The bill would allow school districts the option of taking into consideration teacher performance and subject need in determining which teachers should be kept and which should be laid off.
The state's powerful teachers union is vehemently opposed to these changes and wants the measure killed.
What is interesting is that the CTA has already been successful in killing the bill. The leader of the state Senate, Darrell Steinberg, had the measure sent to the Senate Rules committee -- which is where you send bills to die. It is highly unlikely the bill will ever see the light of day.
So why is the CTA running the ads? it just so happens that Romero is a candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The teachers union leaders want her defeated because of her support for reforms of seniority, her support of charter schools and suggestion that teachers work longer than two years before receiving tenure. They are backing another candidate, whose answer to the crisis in public education is more money.
Gloria Romero is a liberal democrat. For years she was a locked-in vote for the CTA. The problem is that she represents a low income area which has grown tired of its 50% dropout rate -- the norm even when schools were fully funded.
She started seeking accountability for low performing schools. She became a backer of charter schools and on using student performance as a way to measure a teacher's ability. She backs President Obama's Race to the Top education plan. All of that has now put her in the cross-hairs of the nation's largest teachers union.


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This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish.
And I'm Melissa Block. The White House hailed today's jobs report as a sign the economic recovery is gaining traction. U.S. employers added 236,000 jobs in February. That was better than expected, and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent. The celebration in Washington was muted, though. As NPR's Scott Horsley reports, there are concerns that the new automatic budget cuts will weaken job growth in the months to come.
SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: The monthly report from the Labor Department far surpassed analyst expectations. Job gains have now topped 200,000 in three of the last four months. And February also saw gains in workers' hours and wages.
NIGEL GAULT: All around, there does seem to be some momentum gathering in the private sector of the economy.
HORSLEY: Economist Nigel Gault of IHS Global Insights says lots of different kinds of businesses were hiring last month, including manufacturers, retailers and service providers. The construction industry added 48,000 workers, its biggest gain in nearly six years.
GAULT: Housing is recovering, business investment seems to be picking up and consumer spending is holding up pretty well, given the loss of the payroll tax cut and high gasoline prices.
HORSLEY: Unemployment fell by two-tenths of a percentage point in February, although only part of that drop was thanks to people finding new jobs. Some of the decline came from people dropping out of the workforce. Still, this measure of unemployment is now the lowest it's been since President Obama took office, and the overall report was strong enough to earn a presidential fist bump for White House economist Alan Krueger.
ALAN KRUEGER: I think it's important that we build on this progress, that we don't go on a course which sets up speed bumps for the recovery and that slows us down, that we try to build on the growth that we've seen.
HORSLEY: And yet, Global Insights' Gault says Washington interferes with that progress by creating one deliberate fiscal crisis after another.
GAULT: Speed bumps, roadblocks, however you want to describe it, it's like the government seems to be trying to get in the way of what looks like a pretty decent recovery at this point.
HORSLEY: As an employer, government in general is getting smaller. State and local governments continued to shed jobs last month. And with lawmakers and the White House unable to reach agreement on a long-term deficit cutting plan, the federal government began to cut spending across the board last week. White House spokesman Josh Earnest says this so-called sequester is just the latest in a series of Washington's self-inflicted wounds.
JOSH EARNEST: The manufactured obstacle that is the sequester is posing a challenge to our economy in much the same way that the fiscal cliff was, in much the same way that uncertainty around the payroll tax cut was, in much the same way, to a different degree, that the debt ceiling debate was.
HORSLEY: The sequester is widely disliked since it cut some programs favored by both Republicans and Democrats, but does nothing to address the long-term drivers of the government's debt. On the other hand, it's harder to say the sequester is damaging the economy when the stock market is hitting new highs each day and the Labor Department is reporting solid job gains.
White House economist Krueger stressed the jobs report is based on surveys from mid-February, before the spending cuts began. Gault agrees that while, so far, those cuts are largely invisible, stay tuned.
GAULT: The sequester, we know, is only going to have an impact that will build through time. Fears that it would be an immediate big shock to the economy, those really were overblown. But it is going to build in coming months. It will be particularly heavy in the defense sector and particularly hard on all those government workers who are going to be furloughed.
HORSLEY: Gault says the automatic spending cuts are an unnecessary dose of cold water at a time when the economy would otherwise be gathering steam. Scott Horsley, NPR News, the White House.
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The vampire blockbuster is tipped in the Worst Picture, Worst Screen Ensemble, Worst Screenplay and Worst Remake, Rip-Off, or Sequel categories, while Bill Condon is up for Worst Director.
Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Ashley Greene all feature in the acting categories, while the movie is named twice in the Worst Screen Couple list.
Adam Sandler comedy That's My Boy is also a big contender for Razzies, with eight nominations - not enough to rival the funnyman's 2011 flop Jack And Jill, which made history at last year's (12) prizegiving by scooping a massive 10 dishonours.
Pop star Rihanna is also among the nominees - she is tipped in the Worst Supporting Actress category for her appearance in sci-fi movie Battleship, which landed a total of seven nominations.
The 33rd annual Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony will take place on 23 February (13), the day before the Academy Awards.


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In the fall of each year, the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board sponsors the Annual Gilbert W. Beebe Symposium named in honor of the distinguished National Cancer Institute scientist who passed away in 2003. While at the National Academy of Sciences, Gil worked with Seymour Jablon to organize the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission research program on health effects of radiation exposure in Japanese A-bomb survivors. The Beebe Symposium is intended to focus on important issues related to radiation risk assessment.
The Beebe Symposium webcast has been archived and can be viewed here.
Background on Radiation Exposures in Medical, Occupational, and Environmental Settings, Joe Gray
Cellular, William F. Morgan
Systems, Mary Helen Barcellos-Hoff
Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Roy Shore
Low Dose Studies, Ethel Gilbert
Low Dose Risk Estimation, Julian Preston
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23 Kan. App. 2d 524
No. 75,062
MIDWEST PROPERTIES, L.C., Appellee, v. SHERRY HARVEY, Appellant.
1. K.S.A. 60-2103(a) is interpreted and applied.
2. The Mobile Home Parks Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, K.S.A. 58-25,100 et seq., creates a presumption of retaliatory action by a landlord when a tenant does some protected act enumerated in K.S.A. 58-25,125(a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(3).
3. After a court finds landlord retaliation and applies a remedy under the Mobile Home Parks Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, K.S.A. 58-25,125 does not provide for a continuing presumption of retaliation or a continuing burden on the landlord to show good cause before the landlord subsequently terminates a month-to-month tenancy.
Appeal from Shawnee District Court; NANCY E. PARRISH, judge. Opinion filed February 21, 1997. Affirmed.
Pantaleon Florez, Jr., of Florez & Frost, P.A., of Topeka, for appellant.
Bruce W. Beye, of Overland Park, for appellee.
Before PIERRON, P.J., ROGG, S.J., and DAVID PRAGER, Chief Justice Retired, assigned.
ROGG, J.: Sherry Harvey appeals from the district court's decision granting possession of a mobile home lot to Midwest Properties, L.C. (Midwest) in a forcible detainer action.
Sherry Harvey for a number of years rented a mobile home lot from Midwest. Harvey was renting from month to month. On January 3, 1995, Harvey received a notice to vacate on or before March 5, 1995.
Harvey and Midwest have had a long-term dispute because of Harvey's many complaints and Midwest's previous attempts to evict her. At trial, the court took judicial notice of another of its cases, No. 93 LA 7929. In No. 93 LA 7929, the court took evidence on November 30, 1993, and September 30, 1994, and issued a letter opinion on December 7, 1994. In No. 93 LA 7929, the court denied the petition for possession because of failure to follow the notice provisions in K.S.A. 58-25,105. The court also found that the action was a retaliatory eviction based on Harvey's "past action on behalf of mobile home owners" and awarded Harvey one and one-half months' rent. The district court concluded that "the retaliation covered by this letter decision has ceased."
In this case, Harvey claimed that because the eviction notice was given less than 30 days after the decision in No. 93 LA 7929, it amounted to a retaliatory act. Harvey testified that on November 30, 1994, she sent a letter to the Topeka city attorney complaining of the city's placement of individual water meters on the mobile home lots. She contended this was done at the request of Midwest, violating the statutory 60-day notice provision for changes in a rental agreement. Apparently, Harvey refused to pay a $25 deposit the city requested (because she paid her rent, implying that rent included any water charges), and the city turned off her water. Harvey claimed a health and safety risk was then created because she operates a licensed day care at her home.
In its memorandum decision filed July 10, 1995, the district court ruled that because in No. 93 LA 7929 the court specifically found that retaliation had ceased, the time frame to find that Harvey did some protected act should be from September 30, 1994 (the date of the last hearing in case No. 93 LA 7929) until January 3, 1995 (the date Harvey received notice of Midwest's intent to terminate her possession of the lot). The only evidence of a possible protected act under K.S.A. 58-25,125 was the November 30, 1994, letter to the city attorney. The court found Harvey did direct a complaint to a government entity; however, the complaint did not specifically complain of acts by Midwest and did not show that "health and safety" factors were involved. The decision granted Midwest possession as of August 1, 1995.
A preliminary issue is this court's jurisdiction to hear this appeal. The district court filed its memorandum decision on July 10, 1995. An appeal from an action for forcible detainer must be filed within 5 days after entry of judgment. K.S.A. 61-2102(a). Harvey filed a motion for extension of time to file her notice of appeal due to excusable neglect. The district court granted Harvey 30 days from July 15, 1995, within which to file her appeal. Harvey filed her notice of appeal on August 11, 1995.
K.S.A. 60-2103(a) provides, in relevant part, that "upon a showing of excusable neglect based on a failure of a party to learn of the entry of judgment the district court in any action may extend the time for appeal not exceeding 30 days from the expiration of the original time herein prescribed." Midwest claims Harvey had to file by August 9, 1995, contending that the 30-day extension should run from the date of the entry of judgment. Under K.S.A. 60-2103(a), if the district court extends the time for an appeal, the 30 days start from the expiration of the original time within which to file the notice of appeal. In a forcible detainer action, this would be 5 days after entry of judgment. The district court gave 30 days from July 15, 1995. Weekends and holidays are not counted when the time for filing a notice of appeal is 10 days or less. K.S.A. 60-206(a). Therefore, Harvey had 30 days from July 17, 1995, to file her appeal, or until August 16, 1995.
Even if Midwest's interpretation is correct, it failed to consider the 3-day mail rule of K.S.A. 60-206(e). Notice of the filing of the judgment was given by mail. Harvey filed her notice of appeal 32 days after the entry of judgment. The 3-day mail rule would allow a filing up to 33 days. This court has jurisdiction to hear Harvey's appeal.
Harvey claims the district court misapplied the Mobile Home Parks Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, K.S.A. 58-25,100 et seq., to the facts of her case. The issue of whether the district court correctly applied the Act requires interpretation of statutory law. This court's review of questions of law is unlimited. See Todd v. Kelly, 251 Kan. 512, 515, 837 P.2d 381 (1992).
Harvey claims that the Act is remedial law and, therefore, this court must liberally interpret it. "'[R]emedial legislation should be "liberally construed to effectuate the purpose for which it was enacted."'" Smith v. Marshall, 225 Kan. 70, 75, 587 P.2d 320 (1978) (quoting Chief Judge Foth's dissent in Smith v. Marshall, 2 Kan. App. 2d 213, 217, 577 P.2d 362, rev'd 225 Kan. 70, 587 P.2d 320 [1978]). "Remedial laws or statutes" are defined as "[l]egislation providing means or method whereby causes of action may be effectuated, wrongs redressed and relief obtained." Black's Law Dictionary 1293 (6th ed. 1990).
Specifically, Harvey maintains she had a viable defense to Midwest's action for forcible detainer under K.S.A. 58-25,125. K.S.A. 58-25,125 states in relevant part:
"(a) Except as provided in this section, a landlord shall not retaliate by
increasing rent or decreasing services or by failing to renew a rental agreement
after any of the following:
(1) The tenant has complained to a governmental agency charged with responsibility for enforcement of a building or housing code of a violation applicable to the mobile home park materially affecting health and safety;
(2) the tenant has complained to the landlord of a violation under K.S.A. 58-25,111; or
(3) the tenant has organized or become a member of a tenant's union or similar organization."
The legislature enacted K.S.A. 58-25,100 et seq. effective January 1, 1993. K.S.A. 58-25,125 parallels K.S.A. 58-2572 of the Residential Landlord and Tenant Act, K.S.A. 58-2540 et seq. Our courts have not had an opportunity to interpret retaliatory eviction under either statute.
Initially, it should be recognized that Harvey had a month-to-month tenancy or a tenancy at will. K.S.A. 58-25,105(d) provides that a month-to-month tenancy shall be terminated by at least 60 days' written notice given by either party. The parties agree that Midwest's termination notice complied with K.S.A. 58-25,105(d).
Harvey has three lines of argument to support her claim of retaliatory eviction:
(1) Under K.S.A. 58-25,125(a)(1), her complaint to the city about health and safety risks because of the water shutoff was the reason for the eviction and, thus, amounted to a retaliatory eviction. Harvey's argument that the interruption of water services to her day care center materially affected the health and safety of the children is not supported by the record. The complaint to the city attorney concerning installation of individual water meters does not constitute a complaint regarding a housing code violation materially affecting health and safety. There is no evidence in the record as to when her water was turned off. Appellant has the burden of establishing a record on appeal to support her allegations of error. See McCubbin v. Walker, 256 Kan. 276, 295, 886 P.2d 790 (1994).
(2) In the alternative, her complaint was one under K.S.A. 58-25,125(a)(2) and, therefore, a protected act. Harvey claims that Midwest did not give 60 days' notice as provided by K.S.A. 58-25,109(f) for a rent increase. The rent increase is claimed as a result of the new water meter installation. A complaint concerning K.S.A. 58-25,109(f) is not a protected act under K.S.A. 58-25,125(a)(2).
(3) Midwest's attorney's comments that Harvey frequently complained show retaliatory motive, though not contemplated under K.S.A. 58-25,125. Harvey claims that Midwest's attorney's comments at trial contending that Harvey is a "nuisance" because of her numerous unfounded complaints shows in itself a retaliatory motive. We find this claim to be without merit.
Harvey further claims that the real issue before this court is how long she "remains under the umbrella of protection" following engagement in protected conduct. Here, she appears to argue that she is still protected from eviction by the acts in case No. 93 LA 7929. She also argues that the notice terminating the tenancy coming less than 30 days after the judgment in 93 LA 7929 is in itself prima facie evidence of retaliatory eviction.
K.S.A. 58-25,125 does not provide any time frame, after a finding of retaliatory eviction that a landlord must wait before giving a new notice of eviction. The Act further does not provide that after a finding of a retaliatory eviction, a landlord must then prove good cause for a subsequent eviction. Harvey asks the court to provide relief in both of these by providing what the legislature did not.
The district court in this case concluded the effect of the court's determination in No. 93 LA 7929 was that "both the tenant and the owner began anew at the conclusion of the hearing on 93 LA 7929." Harvey argues that the landlord must be required to show good cause for eviction to eliminate the presumed retaliatory motive, consistent with K.S.A. 58-25,125(c). We decline Harvey's request to add to the statute what the legislature has not provided. If the legislature wishes to address this issue, it is the proper body to do so. This is relatively new legislation and best left to the body which adopted it to make any changes to it.


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Longfin Mako
Isurus paucus
Little is known about the life and habits of this slender relative of the shortfin mako and white shark. It has a pointed snout and notched, crescent shaped caudal (tail) fin, and is named for its decidedly long and rounded pectoral fins. It is dark blue-gray above and white below, and its large dorsal fins are also dark above and light below. Because of its poorer quality flesh, it isn't highly sought after by recreational or commercial fishers, but demand for shark meat and shark fins does bring quite a few of these sharks to market.
Order – Lamniformes
Family – Lamnidae
Genus – Isurus
Species – paucus
Common Names
Common names used throughout the world include longfin mako (English), bake-aozame (Japanese), dientuso prieto (Spanish), långfenad mako (Swedish), langfinnet makohaj (Danish), langvin-mako (Afrikaans), langvinmakreelhaai (Dutch), makohai (German), marrajo carite (Spanish), ostronos dlugopletwy (Polish), petite taupe (French), tubarão (Creole, Portuguese), and tubarão- anequim-de-gadanha (Portuguese).
Importance to Humans
The meat of the longfin mako is utilized fresh, frozen, and dried or salted for human consumption, but the meat is of lower quality than that of the shortfin mako. The meat is also used for animal feed and fish meal. Fins are often removed from the rest of the shark at sea, and the carcass is thrown overboard. Valuable shark fins alone drive the commercial shark fishing industry. Shark fins are sought after to make shark fin soup, an Asian delicacy.
Danger to Humans
According to the International Shark Attack File, there have been no reported attacks by this species to humans, however it is potentially dangerous due to its large size and big teeth.
The conservation status of this species is uncertain. Problems for the longfin mako include the rarity of this shark in most places (except perhaps the western Atlantic Ocean); limited knowledge of its biology; large maximum size; apparently lower fecundity than the shortfin mako; and occurrence as a limited but complementary bycatch of high-intensity oceanic fisheries targeting shortfin makos, other sharks, and pelagic scombroid fishes. These problems should arouse the concern of conservation and fisheries organizations, because of increased mortality of an uncommon or rare species due to finning and possibly capture trauma. It is thought to have a very low, minimum population with a doubling time of more than 14 years.
> Check the status of the longfin mako at the IUCN website.
The IUCN is a global union of states, governmental agencies, and non-governmental organizations in a partnership that assesses the conservation status of species.
Geographical Distribution
The longfin mako is a circumtropical pelagic species recorded from the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and western north and eastern Atlantic Ocean. In the western Atlantic Ocean, the species is most common off the coast of Cuba, where it was first described, and in the straits of Florida. There are records of the longfin mako off of Florida, the Gulf Stream off eastern U.S., Cuba, and southern Brazil. In the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the species exists in Spain, Portugal, probably the Mediterranean, Morocco, western Sahara, Canary Islands, Mauritania, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Ghana, and the Cape Verde Islands. It has also been recorded in the western Indian Ocean off of South Africa and Madagascar. In the western Pacific Ocean, the longfin mako has been found in Japan, Taiwan, and Australia. In the central Pacific, it has been recorded northeast of Micronesia, between Solomon and Nauru islands, the area south of Johnston and the Hawaiian islands, near Phoenix Island, and north of the Hawaiian Islands. Finally, in the eastern Pacific, it can be found off the coast of southern California.
The longfin mako is found in numerous localities off the northwestern African coast. The known distribution has been slightly broadening by recording the presence of the species in Iberian waters north of the 30th parallel. The abundance of the species in this area is not significant compared with that of the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrhincus), but the presence of the species cannot be considered as accidental in the zone.
There is little known about the habitat of the longfin mako. It is thought to be an epipelagic shark, residing in both tropical and a warm temperate climates. It is common in the western Atlantic Ocean and possibly in the central Pacific Ocean, but it is rare elsewhere. It is thought to be deep dwelling, but depth data insufficient. The longfin mako is most likely a slow swimming and endothermic shark. As in other Lamnids, the longfin mako has counter current vascular heat exchangers for its body musculature, eyes, brain and viscera. This allows the animal to send heat to certain parts of the body when it is necessary, therefore the species can tolerate lower temperatures, which broadens its natural habitat.
Distinguishing Characteristics
1. Pectoral fins are as long or longer than head
2. Pectoral fins have broad tips
3. Caudal fin is lunate with single keel
4. Eyes are large
5. Teeth protrude from mouth
Distinctive Features
The longfin mako has a slender, spindle-shaped body with a moderately long conical snout and large blade-like teeth without lateral cusplets or serrations. Like other members of the family Lamnidae, the longfin mako has long gill slits for more efficient gas exchange.
The pectoral fins are broad-tipped and as long or longer than the head. The first dorsal fin is large with a light free rear tip. Both the anal fin and the second dorsal fin are quite small. There are strong keels on caudal peduncle and short secondary keels on caudal base. The caudal fin is crescent-shaped. The head of the longfin mako is conical and long in proportion to its total length, while the conical snout can vary from very acute to more or less blunt. The mouth shorter than it is wide with the lower teeth external. The eyes are large, round and lateral. The spiracles are minute and scarcely perceivable. The pectoral fins of the longfin mako are proportionately larger than those on the shortfin mako. The pectoral fins of the longfin mako are wide with a round tip, and they range between 22.5-30.7% of TL (nearly equal to the length of the head). The pelvic fins are short with concave posterior margins. The caudal fin is semilunate, and the upper lobe is not much larger than the lower one. The terminal caudal lobe is not prominent, and the subterminal notch is well distinguished.
Similar species include: the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus), the blue shark (Prionace glauca), the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), and the porbeagle (Lamna nasus). The longfin mako has proportionally longer fins than the shortfin mako and a larger eye. The blue shark lacks a strong caudal keel and a lunate caudal fin that are present in the longfin mako. The white shark has a snout that is less narrow and serrated triangular teeth. The porbeagle has small secondary caudal keels on its caudal fin. Also, the teeth of the porbeagle have lateral cusplets that are not present in the longfin mako.
The dorsolateral coloration is a dark slate-blue or gray-black in life, while the underside of the belly is white. However, the underside of the snout and jaw is dark in adults and large juveniles and it spreads to the origin of the pectoral fins, although not in young. The dark color of the flanks extends ventrally onto abdomen in adults. The top pelvic fins are completely dark, and the underside is white with a prominent dark margin. The first dorsal fin is also dark (as well as the anal fin), except for a white free rear tip and posterior margin. The limit between the blue and white colors on the caudal peduncle does not coincide with the margins of the expansions of the keels, but goes deeply onto the ventral surface. Changes in color are sudden and outlines are more or less irregular. Color is a taxonomic feature that is used but it is not conclusive to distinction between the different species.
The first teeth of the lower jaw are aligned in a continuous row with out remarkable external prominence. Teeth in upper jaw are similar to lower jaw. They have a wide base. They are monocuspid, meaning without secondary cusplets. The cusps are narrow and triangular. Teeth have both smooth and cutting edges, and he first anterior tooth has a complete cutting edge. The first two teeth are wider and straight. Compared to that of the shortfin mako, the third tooth of the longfin mako is more symmetrical and has straight edges. The longfin mako has 12 to 13 teeth on either side of its upper jaw and 11 to 13 teeth on either side of its lower jaw.
Dermal Denticles
The denticles are densely distributed. The posterior margin is slightly "W" shaped. The denticles have 3 – 7 crests, and are ellipse-shaped with a longer vertical than horizontal width.
Size, Age, and Growth
The maximum recorded length of the longfin mako is 13.7 ft. (417 cm); the size at birth is between 3.2 and 3.9 ft (97 and 120 cm). Adult males grow to 8.0 ft. (245 cm), while adult females grow from 8.0 to 13.7 ft (245 to 417 cm) long. A 7.2 foot (218 cm) specimen reportedly weighed 154 lbs (70 kg).
Food Habits
There is not much data on the food habits of the longfin mako, but it presumably feeds on schooling fishes and pelagic cephalopods.
The longfin mako is ovoviviparous. The fetuses of the longfin mako are larger than those of the shortfin mako. A type of intra-uterine cannibalism known as oviphagy (egg eating) may occur. Embryos that have hatched inside the female shark eat successive batches of unfertilized eggs. Therefore, only 1 pup is produced by each of the 2 uteri. Pups measure approximately 39 inches (100cm) in length at birth.
Larger sharks may feed upon juvenile longfin makos. Adult longfin makos likely fall prey only to humans.
There is no biological information available on common parasites of the longfin mako. It most likely shares parasites with other sharks in similar habitats.
The longfin mako was originally described as Isurus paucus in 1966 by Guitart Manday. It has a synonym of Isurus alatus, Garrick, 1967. The genus name, Isurus, is translated from the Greek "isos" meaning equal and "oura" meaning tail.
Prepared by: Trudy Wilson and Travis Ford