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I'd have thought the first 6 names on the batting lineup were pretty solid. It's the bowling lineup and the WK that needs some work.Originally Posted by Matt79
Originally Posted by Nnanden
Even Gillespie went better last year.
But seriously though, what is the point of Giles being in the team? I mean, they say that he can bat, but he was out for a duck today. They say that Monty's a bad fielder, but Giles dropped Ponting on 35, which cost England 107 runs. And then Monty can actually take wickets.
Nevertheless Fletcher even *after* the match was talking in present tense about Giles being a better choice for his abilities at 8...
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Are you serious?Originally Posted by Steulen
-My beliefs summarized in words much more eloquent than I could come up with
How the Universe came from nothing
Yeah, I found that quite perplexing as well.
Rest In Peace Craigos
I can't believe one match got 103 pages of replies. Now that's crowded.
That's astonishing. Surely they can't name an unchanged lineup for Perth can they?Originally Posted by Steulen
I think this Test really might have destroyed England. To get outplayed completely and lose in Brisbane was one thing, but to dominate for much of this game, and to compete more than evenly for most of the rest of it and STILL lose is another thing entirely.
2nd Ashes test in a row that it's been 100+ pages.Originally Posted by Dravid
I doubt the world cup will beat the number of posts the Ashes has.Originally Posted by Matteh
What a tool. Who are the likely candidates for replacing him as coach once England go down 5-0, as they will he continues with the current selection policies?
GOOD OLD COLLINGWOOD - PREMIERS IN 2010Originally Posted by Irfan
Is Cam White, Is Good.
There was a big story in the Sunday Mail about Darren Lehmann being the next England coach.Originally Posted by Matt79
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I'm a member of Club KerryOriginally Posted by Richard
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But he hasn't even retired from FC cricket yet...
Un-freaking-believable. Blames his batters for everything.Originally Posted by pasag
"We need to bat down to 8." What the hell is with this fascination? You need 20 wickets Dunc.
I honestly don`t know where to start. I feel so sorry for the English supporters.
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Vice President Hu Jintao said Thursday that China will continue its efforts along with the international community for the complete lift of sanctions imposed on Libya, the Chinese People's daily reported Saturday.
Hu made the remarks in his meeting with Abdel Rahman Mohamed Shalgham, Libyan Secretary for External Relations and International Cooperation this afternoon at the Great Hall of the People.
Hu described Libya "an important nation" in the African and Arab world. "China highly values its friendly ties with Libya and is willing to further strengthen future cooperation with Libya on the basis of sincere friendship, mutual respect, equality, and mutual benefits," Hu said.
Hu said that for the past 22 years since the two countries forged diplomatic ties, bilateral ties and cooperation in political, economic, trade and other areas have grown steadily. He particularly extended gratitude and expressed appreciation for Libya's adherence to the One-China policy and its support of China human rights and reunification.
Hu also reiterated the consistent stand adopted by the Chinese government on the Lockerbie issue.
Shalgham extended greetings from Libyan President Mouammer Kadhafi to Chinese President Jiang Zemin and other Chinese leaders. He told Hu that the president attaches high importance to Libya's relations with China and is ready to further promote and develop bilateral cooperation in all fields, including international affairs – Albawaba.com
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THQ has announced that its free DLC for Dawn of War II, The Last Stand, is now available worldwide. In it, there's an all-new cooperative survival mode which provides control of individual hero units and drops a small multiplayer team into a battle. Players can choose between a Space Marine Captain, Eldar Farseer or Ork […]
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ChristineNTS necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 75 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
Our product is the hosted delivery tool for our Learning Management System (a web-based training software system). We develop, market and support FlexTraining, a Learning Management System (online training software). We want a logo that will differentiate Login & Go (the hosting service) from FlexTraining (the actual software product).
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Sever Joint Tenancy to Tenancy in Common Benson
What is the difference between joint tenants and tenants in common?
Simply put, the basic difference between two owners of a property being joint tenants and tenants in common is that the first arrangement does not allow someone to leave their share of the property to someone else when they die, even 'though their will may stipulate this is to happen; upon death, the other owner of the property automatically inherits the deceased's share, whether or not their will states it should go to someone else.
The second arrangement, tenants in common, does allow for someone to leave their share of a property to whomsoever they may wish to. This is why, when you make a will, it is important for you to consider what you want to happen to your share of any property you may jointly own. So how does it work?
If you buy a house or other property with someone else you are not what the law describes as a sole tenant, and are therefore either a joint tenant or a tenant in common.
It does not matter whether you buy the property with a mortgage or pay cash for it in total straight away. When the legal process of transferring the property to your name and that of the other owner takes place, the conveyancing process will register you and the other owner in the Land Registry.
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A severance of tenancy needs to be carried out. This is also known as a deed of severance. This is usually completed by a solicitor and does not change who owns the property. The deed of severance is then sent to the Land Registry who record the tenancy in common.
If for some reason your property is not registered with the Land Registry then the Deed of Severance needs to be kept with the deeds to the property, thus ensuring that a proper record is kept of the fact. Your will can then stipulate to whom you want to leave your share upon your death.


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The move toward American Theocracy by the empowered evangelical 'elite' in the US has made it almost impossible for an atheist or non-christian to be elected to office. Schools are having their curriculum undermined by creationist who wish to revise history, remove evolution from science, and prevent teaching sexual health and pregnancy prevention. Atheist fear reprisals for not being christian and are often discriminated against at work, socially, and most especially in the military. American as a "Christian Nation" is not a free nation or an ethical one.
Please- What ideas do you have on combating this most dangerous decline in American intellectual and social standards? I'm especially interested in ideas from outside the US. Whatever you wish to add.
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We do need to vote, but it doesn't have to only be a choice between evils. I plan on voting as I always do. For the first time I'm going to try sending a message with my vote. In the next presidential election, I will vote democratic, except for president. I will either leave that choice blank or write in a name.
Obama hasn't been their for me in so many ways. He doesn't even consult within the party. As conservative as he is, he might as well be a republican. He had my vote last time, but not now. He has betrayed many of his supporters. I think he needs the message that this isn't acceptable.
The Christian right wing is dummying down the country, this dummying down will not take long to be reflected in the American economy, its standing across the international board is already in decline I believe. Reason will not reach these people, only when it hits their standard of living will these people become somewhat enlighten. By that time they will eating the dust of other nations on many levels, as they try to make up for lost ground.
Evolution education has been cloistered for 150 years within university classrooms and laboratories and this has relegated the public to a lagging-behind status, on both basic comprehension and new discoveries in the field. This has produced a relative vacuum of information about geologic and human origins that has been filled de facto by popular religious opinions about the origins of creation. In the wake of these largely inaccurate Genesis fairytales, the National Center for Science Education, helmed by the estimable Dr. Eugenie Scott, has done much to promote the admirable mission of defending Darwin and deploying the facts. Moreover,the wave of new literature by authors like Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins are responding to this need to provide real facts to a skeptical but curious public which, given the right information, will potentially reform its opinions.
Yeah, but unfortunately, the American education system isn't getting a lot better ... and it won't, until we get the economy under control and have more money to throw at it. We need all of those optional extra programs that conservatives are quick to strip from the budget, at the first sign of a crunch (or a threat to their upper-class tax cuts). We were in great shape at the end of Clinton's presidency, and then W. completely trashed the whole place.
We also simply need a cultural climate shift. Knowledge needs to be given a better image, in the media. Jersey Shore and the like aren't helping in that respect.
I think what you say must be mostly so, but there is something about the path of least resistance, the path of least effort. It is better to be a creationist then an evolutionist, because one does not have to read all them hard books. I suspect that this struggle has the element also, not often considered, as a struggle between the intellectually inclined and those not intellectually inclined. Did Europe in the past do such a great job of introducing evolutionary biology to the public and that is what makes the glaring difference between the two populations? Perhaps we should look at the processes of different countries to find out by what means they effected said enlightenment.
I also see the roaring anti intellectualism as part and parcel of the decline in America's standing and the rise of theocracy. It's like the book "Escape from Freedom" people are looking for a way out of the rigors of being their own person. They want someone to tell them what to do or think. After all it takes and effort to be informed and educated. We are all so fat and happy in this country that it's easy to just lie back, btch, and let things happen. 'Entertainment' tv a la Fox new works because it at least wakes people up and puts a little excitement in their lives. I once talked to a Korean war vet. I told him I could't so what he did in the war. He replied that people only do what they have to or what they think they have to. If people do only what they need to do and seek short cuts in the cults of personality kind of explains how the rabble rousing works to entertain most, incite some, and contribute to the 'what can I do?" supine attitude of may of the rest.
Europe had really really horrible blood baths onver religion. They have a cultural aversion to hard line religion. Most of their schools are better than ours and so centrally controlled that this school board diddling with curriculum isn't done. I think we need more central government in schools- not less. Right now school are local political tools and bases of power for Unions, School Boards, some Federal requirements, and local administrators. How the hell can we have good schools with this four way pull. Poor and black kids end up with a useless education, athletes get a pass, and rich neighborhoods have all they need or want. We need national standards. With all this going on eventually the concept of getting an education becomes watered down. After all- atheletes don't need a real education, rich kids get educated while poor and middleclass kids don't- education must be elitist, and schools are most efficient as basis of power for local pols and tosses about with bs rhetoric and used as a platoform for social-political statements. Kids don't vote and parents only seem to vote for their pocketbook. Kids see athletes, actors, musicians being paid so much much more than scientist and teachers. Becoming a scientist takes forever and then they make crap compared to MD's- If they survive the politics, mind games, putting off having a life, and starvation wages/stipends. Science doesn't pay and education doesn't pay. Just go to church and pray, don't go out and do anything. We have essentially guided our society into this mindset by who gets rewarded and for what. Financial chicanery is going to continue because it pays very well and no one goes to jail (bernie maddoff excepted- then again he robbed from other money guys- they punish their own).
Why think? You have tv, church, and a big larder. You don't need to do anything. It's not like you will starve or your cable will be turned off. (i watch a lot of useless tv- guilty- not Jersey Shore)
And even with all this I still cannot believe that SNOOKY is paid 13 Episodes a year- now she gets $100,000 an episode= 1,300,000 Over One and a Quarter million. Starting teachers make $20,000 a year with the average at $45,000. What is WRONG with this picture.
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Know why Sourav Ganguly bared his chest by taking T-shirt off after India defeated England in the 2002 NatWest Trophy final at Lord's?
That was a quick and immediate victory reaction.
According to a new research, an athlete's first reaction - which is instinctive and spontaneous - post-winning is an expression of dominance over his or her opponent.
"Such body language is known as a 'dominance threat display' or 'triumph'. It stems from an evolutionary need to establish order and hierarchy in society," said David Matsumoto, professor of psychology at San Francisco State University.
In a study co-authored by Hyisung Hwang, an adjunct faculty member in psychology at SF State, Matsumoto found that an athlete's culture affects the intensity with which he or she displays this body language.
"Cultures that are more status oriented have individuals who produce these behaviours more than individuals who come from cultures that are more egalitarian," said Matsumoto.
They compared the intensity of an athlete's expressions of triumph with his or her culture's 'power distance' (PD).
PD represents the degree to which a culture encourages or discourages power, status and hierarchical differences among groups.
They found that athletes from cultures with high PD produced such body language more than those from cultures with low PD.
Countries with high PD include India, Russia, China, Malaysia and several Arabic speaking countries.
While countries with low PD include Japan, Australia, Israel, and Canada.
The US and Britain fall in the middle of the PD spectrum, along with countries such as Hungary, Iran and Italy.
It is a very quick and immediate expression that is produced by many different people, in many cultures, immediately after winning their combat.
Many animals seem to have a dominant threat display that involves making their body look larger, said the study published in the journal Motivation and Emotion.
"Countries that place a greater emphasis on hierarchy have a greater need for body language that helps establish power and status," Matsumo added.


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Here wrap is the natural sense of covering the surface area of the cylinder completely,
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What is the smallest square that suffices for a given $h$ and $r$?
For example, a rectangle of dimensions $(h+2r) \times (2 \pi r)$ suffices
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In this $h=3$ and $r=1$ case, the rectangle has dimensions $5 \times 6.28$, and so a square of side $2 \pi$ suffices. But is that optimal?
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Want to set a tee time? No problem. Want to track your Loyalty Points? No sweat. It's right in the palm of your hand.
It wasn't so long ago that when a golf course wanted to communicate with its patrons, it would post the information on its website. More recently, golf course managers started using social media to relay timely information. But technology changes quickly. Today, everyone's mobile, and to reach mobile users, you need an app. Cranberry Highlands is about to be one of the first public golf courses in the region to have one.
"We're using this new technology to reach our golfers," Cranberry Highlands Golf Operations Manager Craig Walker explained. "The website used to be king. But the next generation has to be mobile responsive. It's Cranberry Highlands on your phone, and it's at your service."
For example: Is there a frost delay? Is the golf course open? What are course conditions like? Is there an outing today? What tee times are available? Is it cart path only? And what's the weather outlook? Answers to all of these questions and more can be pushed out and made immediately available to anyone with the phone app.
"It's an efficient way of communicating with our customers," he said. "The customer's experience is our main priority, and providing new technology will enhance that experience."
A first
Phone apps are already available for certain private country clubs. But, until now, not for public golf courses, at least not in Western Pennsylvania.
The app is actually a project of Stabertson Technologies – a small Ross Township software company founded by Microsoft veteran Tom Anderson – which has already developed apps for private country clubs. The app for Cranberry Highlands was created as a prototype for municipal golf courses, and it is being developed at no cost to the Township.
"We're working with the developer on what would be advantageous to the golfer from an app perspective." Walker said. "Pushing immediate notifications to our golfers is huge. Our website is excellent in presenting useful information about our golf course or banquet facility, but having an app as a shortcut will be a tremendous benefit for our customers."
Instant information
Information displayed through the app can be immediately updated by the golf course administrative staff, reflecting hour-by-hour changes in conditions and player traffic. "Golfers will be able to hit a simple button and retrieve course information, or they can continue to call the pro shop and speak personally with an employee." Either way works; it's simply a matter of personal preference.
Downloads of the app, identified as Cranberry Highlands Golf Course, are available free of charge from the iPhone and Android app stores.


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Sony Blogs – Two blogs divided by a common brandPosted by Mark White, Blog Consultant in Business Blog Review , Corporate Blogging , Uncat
Well the last time I looked at a Sony blog, it was with mouth open wide in disbelief as the ill conceived and executed 'All I want for Xmas is a PSP' fake blog hit the blogosphere and was in turn hit by it.
Things have moved on and, over the past two months, Sony has launched two new blogs for different parts of their business:
- one is the Sony Playstation blog aimed fairly and squarely at game players and developers of the Playstation product range;
- the second is the Sony Electronics blog from that arm of the company which intends to focus on "Electronics-related activities, products and customers in the U.S.".
Sony Playstation Blog
The Sony Playstation Blog is run by Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) and is a highly stylised blog built on a WordPress platform which is being written by a host of authors across a range of different departments within the PlayStation division. Development was carried out externally by Josh Hallett together with marketing firm Clark/Nikdel/Powell according to The Ledger.
Posting is both regular and frequent as you would expect with the number of authors (though that takes a real level of organisation, I can assure you), but that is no more than the readers would expect in this market sector. The content is generally good with a mix of games information, firmware details and a more strategic view in some posts from "the top". Good use of imagery and linking as well.
The blogs colour scheme uses a black / dark grey background with the white text and the colours from the Playstation logo featuring on top. Altogether, very slick and supports the overall branding really well – though a slight concern that the colour scheme might prove difficult on mobile devices due to the smaller screen size, something that might be relevant considering the blog's target audience.
Even in its structure, the blog has been nicely put together with friendly permalinks, judicious use of categories and emphasis in the sidebar highlighting the comments that the posts are attracting a nice way to both encourage and emphasise them.
Sony Electronics Blog
The Sony Electronic Blog has a totally different feel to it, not only in look (obviously!) but in the way that it is put together and presented. This would be fine it has a totally different target audience after all but there are aspects which struggle in its current state.
Like the Playstation blog, this is also built on WordPress and while visually clean, the overall look and feel is relatively standard and uninspiring. It also gives the feeling of not yet being finished with:
- the URL as part of news.sel.sony.com rather than its own domain;
- calling it the "SEL External News Blog" in the Title Tag rather than using any specific Sony branding;
- no link back to the blog homepage on the blog itself;
- and, indeed no real homepage but instead going directly into the latest posts.
In this start up period, there is a single writer who is Rick Clancy, the head of Corporate Communications for Sony Electronics. While clearly someone skilled in writing and who has both the ability and the authority to speak openly all good characteristics for a corporate blogger he is currently writing alone and the resulting weekly post is probably not sufficient for the sort of blog that this is trying to be.
In short there needs to be more content though the quality of what is there looks to be good and certainly has managed to elicit responses and indeed readers leaving detailed comments, appraisals and criticisms. It's difficult to know whether there is a follow up which is going on off blog to answer the comments but that would probably be sensible – perhaps some additional resource required? In any case, they are certainly throwing up topics which warrant posts focusing on the areas being asked about, thereby allowing Sony to put their side of the story.
I should start by saying that it's great to see Sony using blogging to communicate with its customers and developers – for a company which is not known for its openness, this is a great move and one that I hope we will see others following.
However, in looking at the two blogs, you will have no doubt gathered that, as they stand, I consider that the Sony Playstation Blog to be an excellent example of a well constructed blog while the Sony Electronics blog has had a less auspicious launch.
And yet, which has the greatest potential? Well, this time my vote goes to the Sony Electronics blog and not just because of the relative position it is starting from. Its Playstation neighbour is vibrant but may find it difficult to create a real central personality because of the large number of authors and the nature of the gaming industry.
Conversely, I get the feeling that the SE Blog has a potentially important role to play in the Electronics side of Sony's business and presents a huge opportunity. The type of comments coming in show the areas which are most of interest to the readership and are giving Sony the chance to address these concerns for a whole raft of their customer base – what an opportunity and the ideal mouthpiece to achieve it through at their disposal! Let's hope they grab this opportunity with both hands!
As it stands: Sony Playstation Blog, a straight A grade. Sony Electronics blog, a C but with signs of real future potential if handled correctly.
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It seems like September will be the month of press events. We already had the Samsung event, which launched the Galaxy Note 2, and later today we will have the Motorola event, where we might finally see the Droid RAZR HD. Now it looks like HTC is getting in on the act. They just issued out their invitations to a press event being held on September 19th. Could this be where they launch the new rumored HTC 5-inch phablet device? Perhaps something more? In fact, they also issued the invitation to several Windows Phone based sites as well, so they apparently are going to be launching a Windows phone at the same time. We will follow the event and share any of the goods as soon as we know them.
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AG Kilmartin Reports on National Mortgage Settlement Progress
WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 22, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin today reported on the progress made by the five mortgage service providers (Ally/GMAC, Bank of America, Citi, JPMorganChase, and Wells Fargo) at the center of the National Mortgage Settlement. According to the information reported by the five mortgage service providers, for the 4th quarter (October 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012), 810 Rhode Island homeowners have received financial relief, valued at $58,646,875. In addition, another 450 Rhode Island homeowners are in the process of receiving financial relief, including first lien modifications and refinancing.
Since the settlement took effect (for the period from March 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012), mortgage service providers have reported that 1,832 Rhode Island homeowners have been granted relief, valued at $131,077,950.
The information was provided as part of the formal report issued by the National Mortgage Settlement Monitor Joseph P. Smith. Read full report here: http://www.riag.ri.gov/documents/NationalMortgageSettlementReportThroughDecember2012.pdf
Among the highlights in the report, Rhode Island homeowners saw the following in relief for the period of October 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012:
159 homeowners received first lien modifications and principal reductions, with a total relief value of $20,022,596, or an average of $125,928.
Nine homeowners have received second lien modification forgiveness, with a total value of $198,565 and an average savings of $22,063 per homeowner.
280 homeowners completed second lien extinguishments, with a total savings of $14,987,721, for an average savings per homeowner of $53,528.
148 homeowners have completed shorts sales, with deficiencies forgiven, for $15,714,266 in relief, or $106,177 in relief per homeowner.
36 homeowners have received enhanced borrower transitional funds by the mortgage service providers, valued at $275,786, or $7,661 per homeowner.
66 homeowners have received deficiency waivers from the mortgage service providers, valued at $2,380,853, or $36,074 per homeowner.
83 homeowners have completed refinances, with the average interest rate reduction of 2.41 percent, valued at $3,679,704, or $44,334 per homeowner.
"Clearly, it is in the best interest of the mortgage service providers, homeowners and our neighborhoods to find solutions to keep people in their homes," said Attorney General Kilmartin. "For the most part, the mortgage service providers have been very responsive to homeowners in need of assistance in restructuring their mortgages. We will continue to monitor the practices of the mortgage service providers to ensure they comply with the settlement and do not revert to the past bad practices that pushed the housing market to the brink."
According to the report, Rhode Island homeowners saw the following in relief for the total program to date, for the period from March 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012:
250 homeowners received first lien modifications, principal reductions, with a total relief value of $30,840,733, or an average of $123,363.
498 homeowners completed second lien extinguishments, with a total savings of $24,964,236, for an average savings per homeowner of $50,129.
439 homeowners have completed short sales, with total deficiencies forgiven of $47,033,940, or an average of $107, 139 in relief per homeowner.
101 homeowners have received enhanced borrower transitional funds by the mortgage service providers, valued at $1,012,615, or $10,026 per homeowner.
168 homeowners have completed refinances, with the average interest rate reduction of 2.41 percent, valued at $6,863,170, or $40,852 per homeowner.
The $25 billion national settlement required the five mortgage service providers to provide relief to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure, brought badly needed reform to the mortgage servicing industry, ensured that foreclosures are lawfully conducted and penalized the banks for past misconduct.
"In addition to providing financial relief, the mortgage service providers must comply with a long list of customer service standards that guide the way they work with their customers. While the information is encouraging, I urge homeowners to continue to hold their mortgage service providers to the highest standards, and if anyone feels they are being mistreated, to contact our office immediately," continued Attorney General Kilmartin.
Rhode Island homeowners' estimated share of the settlement is:
$152 .6 million in benefits from loan term modifications, including principal reduction and other relief.
$3.1 million in cash payments to borrowers who lost their home to foreclosure and suffered servicing abuse from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2011.
$7.3 million in refinance loans for homeowners under water.
$8.5 million direct payment to the Department of Attorney General to help fund consumer protection and homeowner foreclosure services.
To date, Attorney General Kilmartin has awarded grants to community organizations to fund mortgage foreclosure assistance and community outreach including:
$1.57 million grant to Rhode Island Legal Services for the Foreclosure Prevention Project to assist low and middle income families facing foreclosure;
$375,000 grant to the Housing Network of Rhode Island to support three key areas: homeowner counseling, homebuyer education and outreach;
$155,000 grant to Progreso Latino to expand the agency's Better Living Project; and
$60,000 grant to HousingWorks RI to research and report on foreclosures and foreclosure prevention programs over the next three years.
The Progress Report from the Monitor of the National Mortgage Settlement can be found at www.mortgageoversight.com.
Please Note: The information contained in the report is self-reported and unaudited. Further, it represents gross dollar amounts and cannot be used to evaluate progress toward the banks' $20 billion obligation.
For more information on the national mortgage settlement or to file a complaint, please contact the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Unit at 401-274-4400 or visit www.riag.ri.gov.


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ALBION – A pair of turnovers on the opponents' end of the field proved costly as Albion College completed the football season with a 28-20 setback to Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association rival Hope College.
Trailing 7-3 early in the second quarter, Albion had the ball first-and-goal from the Hope 9. Clinton Orr had running room in the middle of the field, but fumbled and Mark Karam recovered for Hope in the end zone for a touchback.
Hope took full advantage of the break, covering the 80 yards in 11 plays. Reggie Duncan went the final four yards as the Flying Dutchmen took a 14-3 lead. Hope faced only one third down on the drive, and quarterback Michael Atwell connected with Taylor Brynaert for nine yards and a first down.
Albion moved the ball into Hope territory on its next two offensive possessions. The first drive bogged down at the Hope 39 on a holding penalty, and Karam returned an interception 75 yards for a score on the second possession.
Albion recovered quickly after the Karam interception as Spencer Krauss connected with Tyler White for a 15-yard gain and another 15 yards were tacked on due to a penalty. Krauss covered the final 30 yards with two passes to Brian Spencer and Albion trailed 21-10 at halftime.
Albion took the second half kickoff and marched to the Hope 3, but Orr was stuffed on consecutive plays and Krauss' third down pass fell incomplete. The Britons settled for a 20-yard field goal by Jimmy Nieman to cut the deficit to 21-13.
The defense forced a three-and-out on Hope's next possession, giving the offense good field position near midfield. Albion had a first down at the Hope 29, but Orr was thrown for a 5-yard loss and Krauss misfired on the next two downs forcing a punt.
Hope again traveled 80 yards for the score. Shawn Jackson manufactured a 35-yard touchdown run as he cut to the left when he appeared to be hemmed in by the Briton defense.
Krauss, a senior playing in his final game at the collegiate level, was knocked out of the game when he was hurried to pass on third down early in the fourth quarter. Dominic Bona came off the bench to throw a 10-yard strike to Spencer on fourth down as Albion maintained possession. Bona found Spencer in the back of the end zone for an 11-yard scoring play later in the possession and Albion trailed 28-20 with 11 ½ minutes to play.
On its final possession, Bona threw a short pass to Cody Crawford who ran for a 66-yard gain to the Hope 21. Bona's next two passes fell incomplete and he rushed for six yards on third down to set up fourth down from the Hope 15. Adam Drooger intercepted the fourth down pass to extinguish the Albion scoring threat.
Spencer finished with a school-record 16 receptions for 213 yards. Crawford contributed a career-best 104 receiving yards, and Orr completed his Albion career with 129 rushing yards.
Jackson produced 113 rushing yards for Hope.


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Icon of the Mother of God "Neamts"
The Neamts Icon of the Mother of God was given as a gift by the Byzantine emperor Andronicus Paleologos to the Moldavian ruler Alexander the Voevod in 1399, and then placed into the Moldavian Neamts Ascension monastery.
One of the Moldavian princes gave a copy of the icon to a Russian landowner by the name of Chertkov. One of Chertkov's descendants presented this copy to his village church in 1846. An inscription on the icon says that this is a faithful copy of the icon sent by the Byzantine Emperor Andronicus. However, the Emperor in 1399 was Manuel II Paleologos. One of his sons was named Andronicus, and perhaps he sent the icon to Moldavia.
At this place, many ascetics of the Russian Church became saints under the holy Elder, schema-archimandrite Paisius Velichkovsky (November 15), and also through the guidance of the Mother of God.


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Driving slick, icy roads in winter can definitely be dangerous, as evidenced by this Pontiac Vibe sitting squarely upon a rock. How did it get there? And what went wrong?
Reader Jason, who sent this in, saw the crash site:
This was taken today at 3:45 pm or so on a small dirt road in Putnam County just an hour north of the NYC. From the skid marks in the snow covered road, it looked like the driver simply lost control and ended up on the rock. Clearly, the Pontiac Vibe is a well balanced car.
Sorry for the bad photo, I didn't want to upset the state troopers or the driver.
Now, is it completely and totally plausible this is entirely a case of winter driving gone wrong?
But that's boring. Can anybody make up a better story of how it ended up there? Deposited by an alien craft? Bird-spotting gone wrong? Impromptu rally special stage?
Tell us your best story in the comments below!
The grand prize for the most entertaining yarn is that I will be very polite and might even say "thank you."
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Something funny happened on the way to chemotherapy
Cancer isn't inherently funny. Yet somehow 50/50 maintains a Mel Brooksian level of levity in the face of tragedy without cheapening the struggles of those battling cancer.
Not bad for a Seth Rogen movie.
Twenty-seven-year-old Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Inception) has been having back pain for months. When it starts to effect his jogging, he goes to a doctor. There, Adam gets his diagnosis: He's got a rare form of spinal cancer that will require immediate chemotherapy and surgery.
So Adam does what any reasonable person would do in this situation: He hits up Web MD for a real answer. Turns out, even with treatment, Adam's odds are only — you saw this coming — 50/50.
The worst part of cancer for Adam turns out to be informing his friends and family. Best bud Kyle (Seth Rogen: Kung Fu Panda 2) decides that Adam will be just fine and spends his time scheming of ways to use a cancer diagnosis to get himself and Adam laid. Because, you know, it worked for Lance Armstrong.
Girlfriend Rachel (Bryce Dallas Howard: The Help), volunteers to look after Adam but refuses to spend time with him, enter the hospital with him or help him when he's sick. You can see where that one's going.
Worst of all, mother (Anjelica Huston: When in Rome), already primary caregiver for Adam's Alzheimer's-ridden father, decides that smothering her baby boy with attention is the best way to cure a tumor.
Adam concludes that it isn't so much cancer that sucks but the people around him. Still, in spite of the constant pain and nausea that come with his treatment, Adam insists he's fine.
His only solace are his sessions with his pretty doctoral candidate therapist (Anna Kendrick: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) — who he vents to, rages at and flirts with — and his friends from chemotherapy, who peer-pressure him into eating pot-laced macaroons.
Despite familial and personal chaos, Adam can't ignore his cancer for too long. The film finds its heart when Adam begins to accept that there's a good chance he'll die.
50/50 is a film that puts you through your emotional paces. Director Jonathan Levine (The Wackness) never lets you rest on one emotion for long, expertly mixing heart-wrenching hospital scenes with daffy comedy. In the most inspired sequence in the film, a stoned Adam leaves chemotherapy as giddy as, well, a stoner, and skips down a hall where he passes a body bag, a grieving family and a woman clearly in the late stages of cancer. He frowns for a moment at all these images harshing his buzz, then cracks up. It's his possible future, but for now, he's too high to care.
The real power of 50/50 is its feeling of truth. Scribe Will Reiser (Da Ali G Show) can tell Adam's story with such heart-rending, laugh-out-loud accuracy because he lived it. Gordon-Levitt gives a wonderfully human performance as a man living with the possible end of his life, at times infuriating, but always sympathetic. As a best friend who's desperate to distract himself and his bud from the diagnosis, Rogen excels because he's repeating his behavior with his pal Reiser.
The genius in 50/50 is its simplicity. It doesn't need a dramatic score or long speeches to manipulate you into caring. It just tells the story of Adam and his odd trip thru cancer treatment. It also doesn't need the romance between Gordon-Levitt and Kendrick, but that's a small misstep in a great story.
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Howard Edges Delaware State
Delaware State fell short in their championship run in a stunning upset at the hands of Howard 20-17 at Greene Stadium. The Hornets most likely will end their 2006 campaign at 8-3 and 6-2 in the MEAC.
(Bison quarterback Brian Johnson racked up 247 yards of total offense).
For the 23rd ranked Delaware State Hornets, a win over Howard meant a share of the MEAC title with Hampton and a possible at-large berth in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision.Â
It would have meant for the first time since 1991 the Hornets would have at least had a share of the MEAC title. That's what it would have meant. Delaware State fell short in their championship run in a stunning upset at the hands of Howard 20-17 at Greene Stadium. The Hornets most likely will end their 2006 campaign at 8-3 and 6-2 in the MEAC.Â
Meanwhile the Bison finish on a positive note winning four of its last five to finish 5-6 and 4-4 in the MEAC and possibly saving the job of head coach Rayford Petty who has been under fire all season. "It was a great feeling; we finally won on Senior Day," said Howard senior middle linebacker Timothy Lockett. "We were highly motivated for this game. As seniors, we wanted to go out with something to build on for next year. There are a lot of players returning next year, so it was important that we beat a quality football team like Delaware State."
It was an unusual afternoon of missed opportunities for the Hornets as they were in scoring position three times in the first half and once in the second, each ending on missed field goals. Josh Brite, who had been consistent all season, missed from 29, 42 and 33 yards. He did connect from 37 yards out with 7:15 left in the first half, giving the Hornets a 10-7 halftime lead.
The Hornets threatened to pull away at the start the second half. Following a Bison turnover, the Hornets went 80 yards in a little under two minutes as senior running back Emmanuel Marc (21 carries, 165 yards 1 TD) scored on a beautiful 29-yard touchdown as he eluded two would-be Howard tacklers and hurdled a third before scoring standing up, giving his team a 17-7 lead at the 9:58 mark.
But the Bison was not done as quarterback Brian Johnson put together a six-play 64-yard drive capped off by a 25-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Arlandus Hood out to pull the Bison to within 17-14. The two teams exchanged  turnovers until the fourth quarter when, under the leadership of Johnson, the Bison went 86 yards on eight plays culminating with an 18-yard strike to wide receiver Larry Duncan that gave the Bison the 20-17 lead, which they would not relinquish.
"We wanted to test them with the run," explained Johnson, who rushed for 120 yards and passed for 127 and two TDs.Â
"When they stepped up to stop us, we went to the pass. We were able to have the success we did because the line did an outstanding job of blocking up front."Â Johnson was not sacked all day.
There was still plenty of time for the Hornets to get either a go-ahead TD or a game-tying field goal. The Bison however, was not to be denied. Said Coach Petty: "The guys stepped up and it had nothing to do with coaching. It was all on the players. When one guy went down, everybody else stepped up."
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's opening bid on Thursday in negotiations to avert a year-end fiscal crunch included a demand for new stimulus spending and authority to unilaterally raise the U.S. borrowing ceiling, a Republican congressional aide said.
The proposal, made by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to congressional Republican leaders on Capitol Hill, was seen as offering little the Republicans could agree to and was greeted with laughter, the aide said.
"We can't move any closer to them because they're not even on our planet," the aide said. "It was not a serious proposal."
Obama and congressional Republicans are returning to the bargaining table to prevent across-the board tax increases and deep spending cuts, the so-called fiscal cliff, from taking effect next year.
The president wants Bush-era tax breaks to be extended for all but the wealthiest earners, but Republicans have balked at tax hikes of any kind.
In the maiden bargaining session, Geithner, the president's lead negotiator, proposed raising tax revenues by $1.6 trillion, congressional aides confirmed. That figure is in line with what Obama has said is necessary to achieve long-term deficit reduction of $4 trillion over 10 years.
The administration also sought at least $50 billion in new economic stimulus spending.
Obama's negotiators also sought the ability to raise the nation's borrowing limit unilaterally. Currently, Congress must approve an increase in the debt ceiling, and it was an impasse over that issue that brought the country perilously close to default in 2011.
The administration's proposal would put off across-the-board spending cuts for a year.
In exchange the administration agreed to make $400 billion in spending cuts to entitlement programs, an aide confirmed.
The White House had no comment on the details of the offer.
"The only thing preventing us from reaching a deal that averts the fiscal cliff and avoids a tax hike on 98 percent of Americans is the refusal of congressional Republicans to ask the very wealthiest individuals to pay higher tax rates," a White House official said.
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Leaching nitrogen from residential households remains the single biggest threat to the water quality of Lagoon Pond, according to a recently completed water quality study. In a report delivered to the Lagoon Pond Association, its author found significant increases in nitrates entering the pond. The report is based on a series of water samplings conducted last summer.
Bruce Poole of SP Engineering Inc. and Vineyard Environmental Protection, the author, said yesterday: "The greatest threat to the water quality of the Lagoon Pond and its tributaries is an increase in housing and domestic residences." Mr. Poole's report offers suggestions for any future new or upgraded septic system construction.
His report comes at a time of growing concern about the future of the Lagoon Pond watershed, at a time when one developer is proposing either a luxury 18-hole golf course or a housing development in the pond watershed.
Mr. Poole began studying Lagoon Pond in 1983. His earliest studies of the Lagoon Pond identified serious pollution problems, many of which have since been resolved. His latest study warns that nutrient loading continues to increase despite the best efforts of Tisbury and Oak Bluffs town boards to manage growth.
He wrote in his report: "The summer was very dry so there were few rain events to transport nutrients and bacteria, therefore the water quality was good. The average nitrogen values for the tributaries and pond stations were all higher than the 1986 values, but the only significantly elevated nitrogen was the nitrates in Mud Creek, four hours after a one-inch rain event."
Mr. Poole said levels of nitrogen are on the increase elsewhere. "We conducted an abbreviated sampling schedule and analyzed the waters for fecal bacteria and nutrients. This included two periods of tributary sampling, one beach sampling and one groundwater sampling of three monitoring wells at the head of the Lagoon."
He wrote: "Homeowners within 200 feet of the shoreline have been made increasingly aware that their domestic wastewater must be adequately treated to protect the pond environment and that with advanced treatment each homeowner could remove 30 to 40 pounds of nitrogen from entering Lagoon Pond."
Mr. Poole said yesterday the rise in house construction is a big issue. "Visually you can note some of the houses on Weaver Lane or on Barnes Road. There is a rise in huge houses, guest houses and family houses," he said. "Even though they are not operated all year round, they are more of a threat to the pond because they put a large amount of nutrients in a very short time into the pond. It happens in the summer when the environment is much more susceptible to degradation."
Raising public awareness about the potential impact human waste can have on the pond is nothing new to Mr. Poole. In the early 1980s, Mr. Poole's studies of the pond were used by town boards to cut down on the number of failed septic systems emptying into the pond. Twenty years ago the Lagoon was considered a seriously troubled pond. Shellfish fisheries had collapsed and algae blooms were a problem.
Mr. Poole wrote: "Many old failed septic systems were found on Hines Point, Brush Pond and Upper Lagoon Pond. Untreated runoff was entering Mud Creek and creating a green algae mat. The Martha's Vineyard Hospital system was overloaded and washed out partially treated effluent during rain events and high tides."
In those years, residents were concerned about water quality and whether it was safe to go swimming in the pond. Mr. Poole said there were beach closings, and there was evidence of the die off of young shellfish at the head of the Lagoon. "It was all pointing to a rapid decline of the resource for humans and shellfish," he said.
Through the efforts of town boards, many failed septic systems were either repaired or upgraded. Mr. Poole said that from 1988 to 1994 the pond was basically productive. Mr. Poole said: "There weren't any major biological upsets."
But the issue of nutrient loading in the pond remains a serious concern. Among his recommendations to the Lagoon Pond Association, Mr. Poole said yesterday he thinks the monitoring wells he used in 1986 should be used again to track changes in the nitrogen loading all around the pond, especially in two areas. "We have seen two areas of Barnes Road and the Oklahoma Heights area that have shown increases in nitrogen loading in the last 20 years. We feel it is important to sample them annually to evaluate how housing construction is affecting Lagoon Pond water quality. At some point it may be necessary to impose regulations." That oversight would impact any new construction or expansion of existing homes. He said there is new technology available to homeowners that would cut down on nutrients.
Mr. Poole is promoting one nitrogen removal system that was installed off Barnes Road. This technology and others can be used to reduce the nutrients reaching the pond. He said if this new technology is used in the future for homes, the decline in water quality can be reversed.
William Wilcox, a water specialist with the Martha's Vineyard Commission, said he welcomes the report for the attention it draws to nutrient loading. "Any time you can draw public attention to the issues of nitrogen loading of our fragile coastal ponds, that is a good thing. I think it is good to upgrade septic systems around the Lagoon Pond or require new ones to use denitrification technology."
Mr. Wilcox said efforts by the town of Tisbury to put in a new wastewater treatment facility will help clean up the West Arm, where the readings are particularly high. He said, "Jo-ann Taylor [coastal planner for the commission] and her nitrogen analysis found that the Lagoon is being loaded at a rate close to its limit. That limit leads to algae blooms and declining eel grass beds. We've seen the symptoms in the system, and it is expected. Some summers are worse than others."
Richard Karney is director of the Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group solar hatchery, which operates on the edge of Lagoon Pond. Mr. Karney said yesterday: "It doesn't surprise me that the nutrient enrichment of the pond is getting worse, and it is a problem."
Without referring specifically to the Down-Island Golf Club, for which he has worked as a consultant, Mr. Poole said he is in favor of golf courses in general. "I am in favor of open space. It can be recreational, it can be camp ground or golf, or farmland or open space for hiking. Domestic residences are a continuous source of nitrogen. The cumulative effect over time, I feel, is a great detriment. We have golf courses everywhere in my area of the state. They overlook salt marshes and lakes. I would see open space rather than 200 townhouses draining septage into a pristine surface water body."
Mr. Poole wrote: "The technical experts, aquaculturists and fishermen agree that Lagoon Pond is nitrogen sensitive and that excessive nitrogen loading, especially during the summer, can cause algal blooms and shellfish mortality. Since the pond does not need more nitrogen from any source, new projects in the DCPC should remove more nitrogen than they contribute." Mr. Poole noted: "The current nitrogen budget for Lagoon Pond does not take into account maximum build out, commercial business and school expansion. The nitrogen credit program should be an ongoing effort all around the ponds with homeowners and business doing their part to protect the water quality."


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I need to install Microsoft Office 2003 for some reasons related to compatibility with Luddites.
I can buy an Office 2007 "open license" at the university where I am a faculty member, and I have seen the Microsoft downgrade chart which states that I have downgrade rights.
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They might be perceived as boring, but spreadsheets are incredibly useful and versatile, and their success can be largely put down to the existence of Microsoft Excel. It's long been considered one of the strongest elements in the Microsoft Office canon, which might explain why the 2010 version doesn't really add an awful lot to the feature list.
There are some additional tools to help with data comparison: Sparklines allow you to view tiny charts that fit within a cell alongside your data, while "Slicer" functionality is designed to help you filter large amounts of information quickly. There's also a Search Filter option when analysing tables, PivotTables and PivotCharts, which claims to allow you to quickly find the information you're looking for from up to a million items. Need help manipulating large data sets? There's a new free add-in for that, called PivotTable for Excel 2010.
Other new features are common to other Office 2010 apps too: Excel replaces the Office button with a new File option on the ribbon: click this and you're taken to the Office Backstage view, which is where you'll find all the options normally associated with the File menu. It provides a centralised view for all your file management tasks, although it feels more intrusive than the old Office button was. However, when you consider that Office Backstage contains document recovery options such as recovering unsaved changes to files you accidentally closed, we can just about forgive this oversight.
The rest of the ribbon appears much as it does in Office 2007, although it can now be tweaked and customised more easily to your personal needs. The collaborative tools have also been overhauled, and you can now work simultaneously on a document through your browser. The changes may not be revolutionary, but they help maintain Excel's position as the world's best spreadsheet.
This is the version for professional users. Home and educational users should take a look at Excel Home and Student 2010 instead.
Note that there's no trial version of Excel 2010. You can try the Office 2010 suite.
A decent upgrade for those using Excel 2003 or earlier, but it's difficult to wholeheartedly recommend this to Excel 2007 users.


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With the exception of what we're hearing from a few people like Jonathan Cohn, the rapidly congealing conventional wisdom of the Washington pundit class is that health care reform is a non-starter next year. The assumption taking hold is that Barack Obama simply can't afford to tackle it; he can't afford the money, and he can't afford the political capital. The way things generally work in Washington, the longer that idea stays out there, the more likely it is to become a reality.
That would be unfortunate, if recent history is any guide. In 1993, Bill Clinton decided to put off health care reform until his second year, focusing instead on putting some points on the board with his deficit-reduction plan and NAFTA. The hope was that these victories would add momentum that would aid the health care effort. The reality turned out to be the opposite: By the time Clinton finally got around to health care in 1994, his political capital had been drained and spent. Will Obama make the same calculation? As Hillary Clinton told me in an interview shortly before Election Day this year: "It's important to move simultaneously on several fronts, and I know how difficult that is. But a new president has a honeymoon period. … I hope that we're going to really make progress on health care, right off the bat, with a new Congress. … I think the bottom line is that Americans are voting for change, and by that they mean they want to see a better life for themselves and their families and their country—and we're going to have to produce that."
That's why the 87-page health care white paper that Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus released today–to much acclaim by unions and other groups interested in health care reform–could be so important. The policy details are not all that significant; the only real difference from Barack Obama's plan is that Baucus would put in a so-called "individual mandate," which is a requirement that individuals who do not get coverage from their employers buy it on the open market. Obama would make that decision voluntary, though his plan, like Baucus's, would strive to make it easier for people to afford it. The key thing is that this is a signal from the chairman of the Finance Committee–one of the biggest hurdles for any effort–that he is intent on moving forward. What remains to be seen is whether Congress and the new administration see health care reform as a priority that is secondary to an economic recovery, or one that is crucial making that recovery happen.


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Utah wildfire destroys 13 homes, 20 outbuildings, vehicles and boats
WANSHIP, Utah – A lightning-sparked wildfire has destroyed 13 homes and threatens hundreds of others near a Utah resort town.
The blaze near Park City was among several in the West, where fires have devoured dry grass and brush and burned to the edges of small communities in several states.
Shifting winds in Utah pushed the fire toward homes in the Lake Rockport Estates subdivision about 10 miles outside Park City. It destroyed a dozen homes on Tuesday, plus another home overnight. Fire officials say it also burned 20 outbuildings and several vehicles and boats.
The fire has grown to more than 1,200 acres, or nearly 2 square miles. It is 5 percent contained. Two Black Hawk helicopters will be used to fight the fire Wednesday.


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What falling off the "fiscal cliff" means for you
News Analysis
(MoneyWatch) Negotiations to steer the country away from the "fiscal cliff" drag on - President Obama is expected to meet with key congressional leaders from both parties Friday afternoon and House Republicans have been told to prepare for a possible session Sunday. But the prospects for a deal remain far from certain and barring an agreement, a combination of tax increases and spending cuts will take effect in January that experts warn will harm the economy.}
Although that would not immediately trigger another recession -- the spending cuts are structured to phase in over a decade, while the tax hikes could be reversed legislatively in Washington -- the measures would likely slow economic growth, with millions of Americans feeling the pinch. Here's a look at what people can expect:
How much would falling off the fiscal cliff cost individuals in taxes? According to the Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan research group, going off the cliff would affect 88 percent of U.S. taxpayers, with their taxes rising by an average of $3,500 a year. The reason is that Bush-era tax cuts are set to expire, which will bring the tax system back to 2001 levels. Also set to lapse are a 2 percent payroll tax cut and a series of other temporary tax cuts for businesses that Mr. Obama enacted. These include the enhanced dependent care credit, enhanced child credit, enhanced adoption credit, enhanced earned-income credit, repeal of personal exemption phase-out, repeal of limit on itemized deductions, enhanced student loan interest deduction, and an exemption for mortgage debt forgiveness.
- House to return Sunday on eve of "cliff" deadline
- Consumer confidence falls on "fiscal cliff" fears
- The "fiscal cliff": What to expect if there's no deal
Unemployed workers. Unless lawmakers agree to an extension, federal long-term jobless benefits would expire for millions of unemployed Americans. During the recession caused by the 2008 housing crash, Congress passed a temporary supplement to state-based unemployment insurance programs, which usually pay benefits for six months. If the measure is not extended into 2013, more than 40 percent of the nearly 5 million Americans who have been unemployed for more than six months will lose benefits at year's end.}
Low- to middle-income earners. People at these income levels would lose the Earned Income Tax Credit, along with a temporary cut in payroll taxes. For the past two tax years, employee contributions to the Social Security program was 4.2 percent, down from the usual rate of 6.2 percent (this comes on the FICA line item of a paystub) on earnings of up to $110,100 in 2012 and up to $113,700 in 2013. That 2 percent rise in payroll taxes would result in 160 million American wage earners seeing their tax bills increase by an average of $1,000.
The Internal Revenue Service has delayed releasing income tax withholding tables for 2013. That suggests employers are planning to withhold income taxes at the 2012 rates, at least for the first couple of pay periods of the new year. If Washington leaders fail to arrange a deal by the middle of January, employers will have to increase withholding to make up the difference.
- Annual income of $20,000 to $30,000: $1,064 average tax increase
- Annual income of $40,000 to $50,000: $1,729 average tax increase
Upper middle-income earners. People earning more than $50,000 would face an increase in the tax rate on capital gains to 20 percent, from 15 percent. Dividends, which are currently taxed at a 15 percent rate, would also be taxed as ordinary income, with the top rate rising to 39.6 percent.
- Annual income of $50,000 to $75,000: $2,399 average tax increase
- Annual income of $75,000 to $100,000: $3,688 average tax increase
- Annual income of $100,000 to $200,000: $6,662 average tax increase
High-income earners. Singles who make over $200,000 and married couples who earn over $250,000 would see their tax brackets rise from 33 percent and 35 percent to 36 percent and 39.6 percent, respectively. In addition to the capital gain and dividend rates, the Affordable Care Act applies a new surtax of 3.8 percent on capital gains for wealthy Americans, pushing the top capital gains rate up to 23.8 percent. Finally, the estate tax exemption is set to drop back to $1 million dollars, with the rate increasing from 35 to 55 percent.
- Annual income of $200,000 to $500,000: $14,643 average tax increase
- Annual income of $500,000 to $1 million: $38,969 average tax increase
- Annual income of more than $1 million: $254,637 average tax increase
None of these numbers include the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), which was created in 1969 to ensure that wealthy taxpayers pay a minimum amount of federal income tax, regardless of deductions, credits or exemptions. In essence, it is a flat tax with two brackets, 26 percent and 28 percent.
The problem with the AMT is that it now ensnares not only the wealthiest Americans, but 4 million to 5 million taxpayers with annual incomes between $200,000 and $1 million. Congress has yet to approve a new inflation "patch" that would allow millions to escape AMT (the last patch expired in December). If a new one is not enacted, the AMT will hit 31 million taxpayers this year, reaching into the middle class.}
What government programs would be affected by spending cuts? About $1.2 trillion in federal spending cuts are scheduled to kick in next year, or roughly $110 billion a year for 10 years. Those reductions would be divided equally between the Pentagon and "discretionary" programs, or those that don't have earmarked funds. That means that there could be cuts in everything from infrastructure to schools, to public health and homeland security.
Will Medicare be cut? The government-run health care program for seniors would face a 2 percent cut in Medicare payments to providers and insurance plans, which amounts to a reduction of $11 billion next year.
What programs would not be cut? Social Security, Medicaid, supplemental security income, refundable tax credits, the children's health insurance program, the food stamp program and veterans' benefits are excluded from the cuts scheduled under the cliff. The White House has also said that military personnel would be exempt from the cuts.


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Sens. Bernie Sanders and Barbara Boxer released today a pair of bills meant to increase the price of carbon in the United States. (Bill summary; carbon tax bill; fuel subsidies bill)
The "Climate Protection Act of 2013" would impose a fee of $20 per ton (carbon or methane equivalent) on coal, petroleum, natural gas and other fossil fuels. In other words, it would impose the fee on upstream producers (coal mines, oil refineries, etc.). The fee would increase 5.6% per year for 10 years and then remain in place indefinitely.
The Act attempts to equalize treatment of imports and domestic goods. It charges the fee on all imported fuels. It also imposes a "carbon equivalency fee" on all carbon-intensive goods. This fee is set at the cost that domestic producers of comparable goods incur as a result of the carbon fee or other carbon equivalency fees. This is meant to prevent cheaper, untaxed imported carbon-intensive goods from flooding the domestic market. If the importing country has a similar carbon fee, then those imports would not be "double-taxed."
It would be interesting to see what the World Trade Organization thinks of the carbon equivalency import tariff. I am definitely not an expert, however, on international trade tariffs, so if anyone has thoughts on this, please feel free to share in the comments.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, this carbon tax would reach 85% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by covering 2869 fossil fuel companies. It would raise $1.2 trillion over 10 years and reduce emissions by approximately 20% from 2005 levels by 2025. Remember, however, that a carbon tax does not guarantee any level of emission reduction.
Revenues from the carbon tax would go to several areas. Three-fifths would be given back to U.S. residents in the form of monthly rebates. Weatherizing homes, ARPA-E energy research, renewables investment financing, energy efficiency and worker training are the other major projects to be funded by this bill.
Sen. Sanders also introduced a companion bill, the "Sustainable Energy Act." This bill basically walks through the U.S. Code, eliminating a variety of fossil fuel subsidies. The bill itself is an interesting look at the breadth of fossil fuel subsidies in the U.S. I would guess that such a bill has almost no chance of passage, but parts of it could be used in a broader tax reform agreement.


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Summarized below are estimates of the relative valuations of some public companies that have significant hosting operations. Please be aware that a number of these companies have other businesses that also affect their valuations. (All data was taken from publicly available financial information and please see this post for how we calculate Enterprise Value.) If you wish to get a sense for changes to valuations over time, here is a link to some of our past valuation summaries.
As has been the case for some time, companies with higher organic growth rates have higher valuation multiples.
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