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Stanley Edward Gautz was born in Monroe on March 29, 1938. He was one of three children born from the union of the late Henry and Ethel (Havekost) Gautz. Stanley attended Monroe Schools graduating with the Class of 1955.
On December 3, 1960, he married the love of his life the former, Mary Lou Brown at Zion Lutheran Church in Monroe. From their marriage came the birth of three sons. Stanley?s highest priority was providing for his family, and he supported their needs in several capacities. He owned and operated his own water business for thirteen years, drove truck, farmed, and worked as a bus driver for Jefferson Schools.
What Stanley cherished the most was the time he spent with family. The Gautz family worshiped at Zion where, Stanley served as an usher, and participated in the dart ball league for many years. He had such an easy going personality and could talk to anyone.
Stanley had many varied interests as well. He served his community as a volunteer firefighter for the Frenchtown Fire Department for twenty-nine years. He belonged to car clubs, tractor clubs of South East Michigan, and the Frenchtown Senior Center. In his free time, Stanley enjoyed going to tractor pulls, antique shows, and auctions.
Stanley Edward Gautz, age 75 of Monroe, passed away on Thursday, March 27, 2014 at Foundation Park Alzheimer?s Care Center in Toledo. In addition to his parents, his passing was preceded by an infant brother.
To cherish his memory, Stanley leaves his wife of fifty-three years: Mary Lou; three sons: Terry (Kathryn) Gautz, Tom (Alesia) Gautz and Tim Gautz; a sister: Arnette (Orin) Gahlau; five grandsons: Jason (Kelsi) Gautz, Shaun (Margaret) Gautz, Michael Gautz, Thomas Gautz and Kyle Gautz; one great- grandson: Joshua Gautz
Friends may gather from 2:00pm ? 8:00pm on Monday March 31, 2014 at Merkle Funeral Service; 2442 North Monroe Street (734) 384-5185. He will Lie in State from 10:00am until a Funeral Service at 11:00am on Tuesday April 1, 2014 at Zion Lutheran Church, 186 Cole Road with Pastors Ross Ulrich and Pastor Gary Tryggestad co-officiating. Procession will follow to Roselawn Memorial Park in LaSalle for burial.
Memorial donations for those who desire are suggested to Zion Lutheran Church or to the charity of donor?s choice. Online guests may leave words of inspiration and comfort, share a photo, or make a donation by visiting www.merklefs.com; Online Tributes page.


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Bay Reflections
June 20-26, 2002
Return of the Jellyfish
The Trouble with Mother Nature
by Aloysia C. Hamalainen
It seems that Mother Nature is a bit out of sorts of late. Youve seen it. Shes been running hot, then cold. A few days of peace and serenity, then wham! She blows up. What is her problem?
I think I have a clue, perhaps a little insight into all these histrionics. Looking at it in a purely geo-scientific and analytical way, using my extensive background and years of experience, I conclude that Mom Nature is starting to go through her M-word (has meno in it) phase. I completely understand and even feel her pain.
What, you dont think I know what I am talking about? You want the date, the proof?
Here it is. Youll see that Im right and I dont like your attitude one bit.
At many, many, many millions of years old even billions, but that is not polite, and she really is holding up well Mother is good and ready for her middle age. She works very hard, making baby islands with nasty hot lava, or glaciers and that is cold work. Just maintenance on all those oceans with all that livestock is a days work, I tell you. She does this day in and day out, starting early and probably just grabbing a hot dog or something for lunch. She is not on expense account.
She comes home, and sometimes the commute is a real drag with all those cars with only one person choking up the asphalt rivers and pathways.
She schleps the groceries she picked up on her way home into her kitchen, which she had left neat and tidy just that morning. What the blazes? It is a mess with hazardous wastes and spills all over the counters, and the sinks are overflowing with dirty stuff.
That is not all. Where are her little helpers? Well, if Mother is middle-aged, that makes her offspring in the teen-to-20 age group. They are no longer the sweet-smelling innocents that were so happy and eager to see her. Sure, they made little messes with their blocks and tracked some mud in the house when they played outside. But now they are bigger, louder and more demanding.
If they meet her at the door with a smile, these days, her kids usually want something from her and are in a hurry to get it. Hi, mom, cmon, I need the car keys, I need some money, I need to drill for oil, I need to chop down a forest, yada, yada, yada
Or, if she goes to their bedroom to ask for a little help, she gets her ears blasted out by a cacophony of metallic sounds and unintelligible ranting (probably best kept unintelligible) made possible by gifts she gave, like the sub woofer for a birthday, or shoot, that day she showed them how to split the atom to make all that nice energy.
If she is able to open the door and look past her snarling offspring, she could probably just have a stroke right there. Just where do they get all this stuff? So much of everything, just lying all around. Much more than they could ever use rationally. So much waste. And all the lovely gifts shes given strewn about, not taken care of. She certainly has a right to say something about that!
So, using purely geo-scientific terms, she stamps her feet and has a tantrum. Maybe a mudslide, or a flood will work, just to get their attention. Look out if she has to get that vacuum cleaner, because shes just going to clean up that mess no matter what is in the way.
I also think she has been unfairly maligned in the temperature department. Sure, she gets a few warm days, and they make her uncomfortable, but its those kids messing with the thermostat with all their chemicals that have upset her ozone layer. How many times does she have to say, Just leave it alone!
Thankfully, her kids are not always that bad, and she will always love them. It makes her so happy when they make an effort and clean up after themselves, and maybe they are learning how to take care of things better when they see the damage their negligence does. They can recite in their sleep what shes told them since they were little: If you open it, close it. If you spill it, clean it up. If you break it, fix it or tell me about it. Maybe they finally get it.
I know that all she does is worry. After all, what will happen to them when they move out and go to another planet or even solar system. They have to know how to take care of things and be respectful. They may not be able to come back, and she may not even be there, as she keeps telling them.
I would like to share this scientific data with NOAA, or whatever important government agency is interested in helping Mother cope. She certainly is not getting much help at home, as Father Time spends a lot of that in his recliner in front of the television, watching one game after another. Hes a big part of her problem, too, if you know what I mean. Hell help out when he can, but he has his own eons to do, and so much of the local stuff falls on Mother and her kids.
Frankly, I am getting more and more put out over what I just told you. There is a limit to her patience, and Im not sure where it is but it just makes me so mad I think Ill go and have a tornado.
Copyright 2002
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Bernie Ecclestone has branded Formula One's fuel rules "a joke" after Red Bull were kicked out of the Australian Grand Prix , writes Byron Young in Melbourne.
And the 83-year-old billionaire said the world champions had every right to appeal Daniel Ricciardo's disqualification.
The Aussie was stripped of second place in his home race after allegedly breaching new fuel consumption rules, despite two FIA warnings.
"The whole regulation, to me, seems a bit of a joke," said Ecclestone.
"We are not running for endurance. If something is controlling the amount of fuel you are using during a race, there is no need to say how much fuel you can have at the start.
"If you use too much you are going to run out of fuel. It seems to be that simple and if it isn't, it should be."
The sport's most powerful man also slammed the decision to switch to the V6 1.6 litre formula.
"The right way to go about it is not to have this engine in the first place. It's the non- endurance championship – there is something called Le Mans for that," he added.
"We are in the entertainment business.
"Many of the public haven't got the slightest idea about the engines.
"If you went into a grandstand last year and asked how many cylinders the cars have, how many people would have known?
"They don't know and don't care.
"They want to see a race, not a technical achievement.
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A taxi driver was jailed for 10 years today for his part in the killing of two men who were battered to death because one of them was having an affair with a married woman.
A jury found Sabir Hussain, 40, guilty yesterday of the manslaughter of Afghan electrician Ahmedin Sayed Khyel, 35, and his friend, labourer Imran Khan, also from Afghanistan, in Bradford, West Yorkshire, last May.
He was cleared of the men's murder.
The victims were killed by at least three men, including the ringleader, taxi driver Muhammed Zubair, who fled to Pakistan and has not been captured, Bradford Crown Court heard.
Mr Khyel had been having an affair with Zubair's wife Kainaat Bibi.
The court heard how the two victims were found dead, with terrible head injuries, in a lane near the village of Tong, between Bradford and Leeds.
But the killings took place at Zubair's home in Heath Terrace, Barkerend, Bradford.
Father-of-three Hussain, of Wensleydale Road, Bradford, told police that his friend Zubair attacked the two men with a hammer and, at one point, got the weapon stuck in Mr Khan's skull.
"The ferocity of the violence inflicted on the victims was such that the blood stains projected around the wall and on the ceilings of the room," the jury was told.
The defendant told detectives he only used a dumbell bar to push the victims, saying he was only involved in subduing and restraining the men.
The jury of eight men and four women heard how the affair between Mr Khyel and Bibi was an "undisputed fact".
It had gone on for some years despite Mr Khyel living in the East Ham area of London and being married with seven children.
The two would have sex at Bibi's house when her husband and mother were out.
But Zubair eventually found the secret mobile phone the pair used to communicate.
The jury heard how Mr Khyel travelled to Bradford on May 10 last year and began hanging around the house in Heath Terrace, where he was spotted by Zubair.
The jury heard how Zubair, Hussain and another man were waiting when Mr Khyel and his friend Imran Khan arrived at the house in the evening.
Bibi was also jailed today along with Zubair's mother Arab Sultana.
Both women pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice at a previous hearing.
Sultana, 64, of Heath Terrace, was given a sentence of three years and nine months.
Using a walking stick, she was led from the dock after the judge, Mr Justice King, heard how she bought the plane ticket which allowed her son to escape justice by flying to Pakistan after the attack.
The judge said her case was an extremely serious case of perverting the course of justice as it meant a man responsible for a double murder may well never face justice.
He said: "The sole reason the police have never arrested Mohammed Zubair and the sole reason why he's never been brought to justice is that he was able to escape to Pakistan."
He added: "In full knowledge of what your son had done, you provided the means by which he was able to flee the jurisdiction and escape apprehension and prosecution for the two murders."
The judge said: "Family loyalty and maternal love cannot justify what you did."
The court heard Sultana has a variety of health problems and uses a stairlift at her home.
Bibi, 27, of Heath Terrace, was jailed for 20 months.
She told detectives a series of lies, including that her husband was on a pilgrimage to Morocco.
Speaking after the sentencing hearing, Detective Superintendent Dick Nuttall, of West Yorkshire police, said: "This was a brutal killing of two men who were lured to a house and subject to a sustained assault receiving fatal head injuries.
"Their bodies were then callously dumped in a country lane.
"Today's sentences reflect the part played by those individuals involved in the deaths or assisting an outstanding suspect to flee the country."
The detective said he hoped the sentences would bring some comfort to the victims' families.
He added: "However, our work continues to locate an oustanding suspect."


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Take a look at some of Thursday's midday movers:
Bon-Ton Stores - The department store operator rose after reporting a bigger-than-expected first-quarter miss, as the company blamed bad weather for a 5.8 percent drop in comparable store sales.
Children's Place - The kids clothing retailer gained after posting better-than-expected first-quarter earnings. It also announced a deal with retailing company Grupo David to open franchised stores in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Dow Jones Transportation Average - The index rose to a record. Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and Alaska Air Group are the top performers this year.


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Willis T. Stewart, of whom our Lodge is named after, was a prominent businessman in Louisville, Kentucky, and also was one of the members of the old Texan Emigration & Land Company organized in the early 1850's to make extensive purchases of land and establish colonies in Texas. It was the successor of the Peters Colony, well known to old pioneers, which was proprietor of a large tract of land in western Texas. It was also in the 1850's that Willis T. Stewart acquired as his interest in the company the large body of land in Jack County, deeded him by the state of Texas.
(Peters') colony was the name commonly applied to a North Texas
empresario grant made in 1841 by the Republic of Texas to twenty
American and English investors led by William S. Peters, an English
musician and businessman who immigrated to the United States in 1827
and settled in Blairsville and then Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Peters
viewed the colony primarily as a business venture. But, influenced
by his studies of the philanthropic ideas of William Godwin and
Thomas Paine, he may also have envisioned the colony as providing
new opportunities for the English industrial middle class. Half of
the investors were residents of England, and the other half were
residents of the United States. Of the Americans six were probably
related to Peters-three sons and three sons-in-law. All of the
original investors, except possibly one or two, were native
Englishmen. The headquarters of the Peters colony was in Louisville,
Kentucky, where Peters's son William C. operated a successful music
store. From this music store W. S. Peters and Samuel Browning,
Peters's son-in-law, departed in June 1839 to seek English support
for the colony. This was the first of several trips Peters made to
England and France on behalf of the colony. He returned from England
in July 1841 with news from the London investors, and in Austin on
August 30, 1841, Browning signed the first of four contracts with
the Republic of Texas.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Seymour V. Connor, The Peters Colony of Texas: A History and Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers (Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1959). Hans Peter Nielsen Gammel, comp., Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 (10 vols., Austin: Gammel, 1898). William G. Hale Papers, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin. Peters Colony File, Texas State Archives, Austin. Peters Colony Scrapbook, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin. Jules Jean Prudhommeaux, Icarie et son fondateur, Étienne Cabet (Paris: Cornély, 1907; rpt., Philadelphia: Porcupine, 1972). Vertical Files, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin (William S. Peters, Peters Colony).
Harry E. Wade
Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "PETERS COLONY," http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/PP/uep2.html


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I don't buy it
Despite the two competing and contradictory opinion pieces on El Reg today — claiming variously that Apple is finished or that Google wasted their money on irrelevant IP from a loss-making phone manufacturer — I think this is largely a sideshow.
The iPod showed that Apple can hold a direct-to-consumer market against a thousand competitors even when they organise under a common banner. They managed to create an aura of quality while being sufficiently competitive on price.
I think they're having a much harder time in mobile because selling to the consumer through networks is a lot more difficult when they don't want to give the networks any control. In that environment it's not surprising that manufacturers who are more willing to balance consumer experience against network demands have been able to sell in a lot more volume. Those volumes also become a benefit for all Android users, creating more interest in the top tier, unencumbered handsets.
That said, while the article is right that it's disingenuous to say that Apple are really winning the war with Android because they suck up so much of the profit in the handset arena, the fact that Google and others are also reaping significant funds doesn't seem to put Apple in a precarious position from where I'm sitting. Two segmented areas of profit are even less of a zero-sum game than most of the markets that the tech press likes to report as such.
I have to admit to still being uncertain exactly why Google have bought Motorola, given their unwillingness to get engaged in legal proceedings against their licensees to date, but I seriously doubt this spells doom for the iPhone. My expectation remains the same: that Apple will end up in more of a Mac situation than an iPod situation, profitably reaping a high-value niche.


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WASHINGTON, June 8 — Vice President Dick Cheney issued a pointed reply on Thursday to the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who in an extraordinary display of internal party tensions has accused Mr. Cheney of going behind his back to thwart committee oversight of the administration's domestic eavesdropping program.
"These communications are not unusual — they are the government at work," Mr. Cheney told the chairman, Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, in a letter explaining why the vice president discussed the eavesdropping issue with all the committee members except Mr. Specter.
Mr. Specter was not mollified.
"He does not face head on; he does not deal with his not having taken it up with the chairman," the senator said in an interview. "This isn't me personally; this is institutional. This is not the way government works, to deal with a committee without going through the chairman."
The unusually public Republican flap exposed a conflict bubbling under the surface for months over legislation, proposed by Mr. Specter, to require a special surveillance court to determine if the eavesdropping programs are constitutional.
Mr. Specter had been considering issuing subpoenas to compel telephone company executives to testify. When Joshua B. Bolten, the White House chief of staff, failed to dissuade the senator, Mr. Cheney stepped in by engaging the other Republicans in talks without Mr. Specter's knowledge. That prompted Mr. Specter to send a curt letter to the vice president on Wednesday.Continue reading the main story
In his reply, Mr. Cheney said the administration "will listen to the ideas of legislators," and promised that Justice Department officials would call Mr. Specter. The vice president later phoned the senator himself, aides said.
Mr. Specter called the letter "a short first step toward getting some oversight and some judicial review."
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"Mona Lisa Smile" star Julia Roberts and "Last Samurai" actor Tom Cruise are the latest Hollywood heavyweights set to be presenters at the Oscars on Feb. 29, a spokesperson for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Thursday.
The pair join a list that already includes Renee Zellweger, Charlize Theron, Julianne Moore and Jack Black, among others. Roberts, 36, won an Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in 2001's "Erin Brockovich." She also was nominated for her roles in "Pretty Woman" and "Steel Magnolias."
Fan-favorite Cruise, 41, has yet to win an Academy Award, although he has been nominated three times, most recently for Best Supporting Actor for his role in 1999's "Magnolia."
Cruise, Roberts and the other presenters will be recipients of the Academy's gift bags, which the stars receive instead of payment for their roles in the show. But film fans looking for the inside scoop on these bags — which have become a hot topic in recent years — were left in the cold.
"We do not talk about gift bags," a spokesperson for the Academy told Reuters. The Academy reportedly sent an e-mail threatening to fire anyone who revealed the contents of the bags prior to Feb. 23.
In the past few years, the contents of these bags have grown to mammoth proportions, including such things as vacations, jewelry, clothing and electronic goods, Reuters reports, and each bag may be valued at close to $25,000.
Of course, the real question (aside from, "What is everyone wearing?") is "Who will win?" For a hint of what might happen on Oscar night, two other industry award shows this weekend could give some clues: the Screen Actors Guild awards on Sunday and the Writers Guild of America honors on Saturday.
Meanwhile, in other last-minute business in the final weekend before the 76th annual awards show, news organization AFP reports that the Oscar statuettes have safely landed in Hollywood after departing Chicago, where they were cast.


text: Newbie here who just joined. Trying to find some answers. I have a Linksys BEFSR41 wired router. I have 3 PCs hooked up to the router. I have a DSL service that gives me the standard 384Kb/s download speed. 2 of the PCs are running WinXP. 1 is running Win98. I'm having Internet access speed problems from the Win98 *if* I go thru the router. The other problem is that if I want to copy/move large files from a WinXP to the Win98 thru Microsoft's Network Neighborhood, I time out. Not surprisingly, I can copy/move large files if I'm copying/moving from the Win98 to one of the WinXPs without any problem. I did some troubleshooting. I accessed the website www.speakeasy.net/speedtest to test my Internet access speed. From a WinXP thru the router (to Dallas), I get 323Kb/s download & 316Kb/s upload speed. From a WinXP directly thru the DSL modem (without going thru the router), I get 327Kb/s & 316Kb/s respectively. From the Win98 directly thru the DSL modem, 321Kb/s and 312Kb/s. From the Win98 thru the router, the speedtest times out. If I visit websites on the WinXP, I have no problems whether they go thru the router or not. If I visit websites on the Win98 and it's on the router, the download times out. I've tried this with Netscape, IE, and Firefox. Browsers aren't the problem. If I connect the Win98 directly to the DSL modem, I have no problems downloading websites. It's just the router that's the variable. Since the problem "goes away" when I'm not connected to the router, I don't think it's a NIC card or CAT-5 cable problem. I've also tried connecting the Win98 to the different ports on the router but the problem still exists. I think I'm doing something wrong wrt configuration of the router for the Win98. Is there some configuration I have to set for a Win98 host? Has anybody else seen this? I've tried searching for this topic but couldn't find anything useful.


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The case is from Bangor, ME. The initial report quoted an emergency room doctor as saying at least three people in the Bangor area had died from "bath salts". As per the DEA emergency scheduling action in September, there are at least three synthetic cathinone derivative drugs of concern:
The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is issuing this notice of intent to temporarily schedule three synthetic cathinones under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) pursuant to the temporary scheduling provisions of 21 U.S.C. 811(h). The substances are 4-methyl-N-methylcathinone (mephedrone), 3,4- methylenedioxy-N-methylcathinone (methylone), and 3,4- methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV). This action is based on a finding by the Administrator that the placement of these synthetic cathinones into schedule I of the CSA is necessary to avoid an imminent hazard to the public safety.
I had a prior post (lost in the Sb hole, reposted) discussing a bit of frustration with the conflation of two different drug molecules under one street name. Particularly when it comes to the sensationalized media reports.
This is why I'm happy the most recent report is a confirmation from the medical examiner that MDPV was involved in this case in Maine.
The state medical examiner's office has determined that a man who took bath salts and died at Eastern Maine Medical Center last July overdosed on the synthetic street drug.
Ralph E. Willis, 32, had consumed "a toxic level" of methylenedioxypyrovalerone, or MDPV, a key ingredient of bath salts, Mark Belserene, administrator of the medical examiner's office, said Wednesday.
I am even more happy that the journalist, Nok-Noi Ricker, requested even more information:
Willis had 150 nanograms per milliliter of MDPV in his bloodstream, a body temperature of 103 degrees and an erratic heartbeat when he got to the emergency room — all side effects of the hallucinogenic stimulant — the report states.
This is great. Usually we have to comb through a very slowly developing and erratic Case Report literature to determine anything at all about real-world, in situ, drug levels, combinations and identities that lead to medical emergency and death. Nice to see a reporter tenacious enough to do the followup beyond the original (and sadly typical) level of "Person dead, Cops say it was [insert drug name here]".
I am also happy that the journalist includes the caveats. This guy was combative and agitated, from the reporting. So, as another quoted expert mentions, we can't necessarily conclude that this is all down to a simple equation between plasma levels of the drug and the resulting cardiac complications.
"There are so many factors that go into [a bath salts] death that have nothing to do with the level" of drugs ingested, Karen Simone, a toxicologist and director of the Northern New England Poison Control Center in Portland, said Tuesday. "Maybe it killed him, and maybe it didn't."
Physically restraining bath salts users who are severely agitated and in a state of excited delirium can be harmful and even life-threatening because they usually have increased heart rates and high blood pressure, Simone and Dr. Jonnathan Busko, an emergency room doctor at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, have said.
As I have been mentioning in the case of mephedrone/4-methylmethcathinone, the academic literature has been slow to develop. There are now three pretty interesting papers which take a look at neurochemical, toxicological and behavioral effects of 4-MMC including Kehr et al 2011, Baumann et al, 2012 and Hadlock et al, 2011.
All I've been able to drum up* with respect to MDPV is Fuwa et al (PDF). The abstract is in English and the Figures are pretty easy to work out but...any of my readers fluent in Japanese and want to give translation a go?
*generally available. There were two adjacent posters at the recent ACNP meeting although I couldn't really get a feel for whether they are close to publication or not. Stay tuned, there will eventually be some more data I would think.


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Dead Space 3 fans, get ready! If you liked Dead Space and Dead Space 2, you'll be glad to hear that Dead Space 3 has hit the shelves. There has been a lot of buzz surrounding this action-horror/third person shooter like Resident Evil 6, and reviews say that Dead Space 3 is an epic winner. It is reported that in the last week alone, gamers have mentioned Dead Space 3 over 100,000 times on social media platforms. The demo, which was released on January 22nd, has already been downloaded over 2 million times.
Dead Space 3 Storyline
This latest installment in the popular video game series is the sequel to Dead Space 2. It sees protagonist Isaac Clarke engaged in a horror-show-worthy battle to the death – and he certainly gets to fight the dead in Dead Space 3. Good thing he has help… a ruthless newcomer known as Sergeant John Craver. Together, they pursue a dangerous plan that promises to eliminate the Necromorphs – evolved zombie-like creatures hell-bent on destruction.
The Storyline takes place a few months after Dead Space 2. Isaac Clarke is in hiding from the government and living a somewhat glum life in his lonely apartment. Unexpectedly, Sergeant John Carver and EarthGov Captain Robert Norton burst in; they persuade him to come with to look for his beloved Ellie, who is missing, and find a way to destroy the source of the Necromorphs' power, the Markers. They also face the Unitologists, a radical group of humans who go out of their way to activate the markers.
Dead Space 3 Take down the Terror – Make it Stop for Good
Watching the Dead Space 3 game Take Down the Terror trailer, you can see Isaac Clark in top form. He is trying to stop the Necromorphs from taking over, and is kitted up to the max. His glowing night-vision and army gear would make even the most well-armed soldier a little jealous. In this video game, you can find many little tricks to keep the virtual world interesting, including the song "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins. It is an ironic song to play, and meant to inspire your commitment to eradicating the in-game enemies.
Dead Space 3 Co-Op Gameplay – Only True Friends Can Help
Dead Space 3 Co-Op Gameplay offers two game play modes: single player and co-op. In single player mode, you get to play as Isaac Craver in traditional third person style. Two players can play in the same campaigns and kick butt simultaneously; one as Isaac Clarke and the other as John Carver. When you play in co-op mode, additional plot details are revealed and overall game play experience is enhanced. The only down side is that it's only available as an "online" mode.
Dead Space 3 Graphics that are Believable
Dead Space 3 Graphics are very high-quality. Although the game has the signature dark feel to it, you can see that it's highly polished visually. The holograms and the Necromorphs themselves are very scary and life-like – even if they do represent the dead – and the environments are realistic and tense. Visceral certainly got it right with the Dead Space 3 Graphics, but the audio effects are equally frightening and help to keep you on your toes. The tension builds gradually in this game.
Dead Space 3 Weapon Crafting
Dead Space 3 Weapon Crafting is a great new feature. You can create your own destructive instruments of death using parts you find throughout the game, and then actually use them to blast and dismember non-friendlies. If you're too lazy for that, you can simply refer to Dead Space 3 Weapon Crafting schematics and pick from a selection of predesigned Dead Space 3 Weapons. Don't worry; you can still cause maximum damage with these.
The Co-Op Gameplay, kick butt graphics and weapons crafting certainly make this game worth buying, but there are several other new Dead Space 3 features that both fans and newbies will love. Dead Space 3 PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 is available to Dead Space fans worldwide. Buy it – teach those Dead Space 3 Necros a lesson they'll never forget.
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Earlier this year, Kenya Breweries -- the country's largest advertiser with a reported annual advertising budget of around $1.35 million -- jettisoned its entire public relations staff after an internal audit revealed significant examples of what newspapers called "misappropriation of funds and cronyism" in a scandal widely reported in the local media.
Kenya Breweries is the producer of Tusker Beer, the best-selling beer in sub-Saharan Africa.
Citing company policy, an official from Kenya Breweries declined to comment specifically on the corruption charges, though he did confirm that the personnel from company's public relations department had been released or reassigned.
At least two similar audits are being conducted at other major Kenyan companies.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Communications declined to provide detailed information about the rules its committee are developing. But he said the regulations would result in more transparency in the way contracts are awarded.
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used mine going to italy !! a guy in the airport told me that he'd seen my user name in off topic a lot , time to start posting in the other areas too .... he wouldn't tell me his user name
Well, shame on him!!!
When you get to CA/SA - you'll be able to spread the info around a bit more. I expect to see your name regularly in that forum!! (Get Arjan to join too!!! Have a few usernames for him already! You can tell him the "not-so-typical American said so...)
hehehe we went back to fibbers since then and he got a bit of grief over that


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Marketers experimenting with social media
A new report from Forrester Research, Interactive Marketing Channels To Watch In 2006 looks into interactive marketers' plans to add social media to their communications plans. Half plan to use blogs or social networks (versus 93% using email), although I would be very interested to ask the follow-up question of how they plan to use them. (Report shows marketers stick with proven interactive media, via Micro Persuasion)
Steve Rubel's comment on the article cuts to the chase: "Marketers are going to have to shift from pushing messages out to guiding/facilitating peer-to-peer conversations." How do you plan to use new media that operate in the Cluetrain "markets are conversations" world? Have you learned where the landmines are? As you explore opportunities to add social media to your marketing communications plans, be sure to start with a solid understanding of the conversational mindset. Reading influential blogs is a good start.
In addition to the switch that Steve identifies, I think one of the major challenges social media pose for companies is their tendency to cross functional lines, while the specialists are looking at them from separate functional silos. It's natural for the specialists to bring their experience to social media, but customers don't care about interacting with departments. They want what they want from the company, and the conversational nature of social media gives them a voice that's not restricted to traditional inbound channels.
Engaging bloggers and responding to posts could involve marketing, PR, or customer service, depending on how you tilt your head. When a product problem leads into a complaint about customer service and is blogged, leading to negative coverage in the mainstream press, how do the specialists describe the problem? When companies decide to engage social media, they should take a holistic approach and be prepared to follow the implications across internal boundaries. After all, customers don't do business with just your outbound marcom.


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As the market pauses to assess the newest economic data, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) is hovering just above the break-even point. With new jobs data out today, more speculation on the Fed's next move with its stimulus policy is sure to drive some of the remaining trades today. Just before 11:15 a.m. EDT, the index is up 0.12%.
In the news
The latest jobless claims report showed that new applications for unemployment fell by 11,000 compared to last week. The fall to a seasonally adjusted rate of 346,000 is in line with economists' expectations. This falls in line with the Challenger Job Cuts report released this morning, which showed that cuts have declined for the third month in a row. The combined data gives the impression of an improving labor market, which is the goal of the Fed stimulus plan.
But without new hiring, there is little support for the Fed to cut back its current rate of bond repurchases. Though the improvements in job cuts and fewer unemployment claims does give credence to the improvement of the labor market, it only shows that business are keeping the employees they have, not bringing in new ones. A pickup in hiring is the sign that the Fed will need to support the true improvements in the labor market.
Inside the Dow
Banks are having a brighter day today after steady declines earlier in the week. Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is up 0.73% this morning, though it continues to battle in court. With an $8.5 billion settlement on the line, the bank has brought new information to the hearing that will decide if the settlement is approved. With high-profile objectors like American International Group (NYSE:AIG) stating that the settlement amount is too low, the bank must fight to avoid a potential $60 billion price tag. B of A just disclosed in the court that it had permission to take Countrywide into bankruptcy, but instead offered the settlement to investors. The new information makes the current settlement price look appealing to most, but AIG still argues that the sweetheart deal was not enough to accept.
JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) is enjoying a small boost this morning, with a 0.23% gain in trading. After settling some old debts, the bank is moving forward. CEO Jamie Dimon spoke yesterday in China at the Fortune Global Forum saying that returning to a normal interest rate environment will be scary but normalized rates are a good thing. Addressing the concerns of many investors, Dimon's comments may have sparked some increased investor confidence in his ability to steer JPM though the volatile times ahead.
American Express (NYSE:AXP) is leading the financials this morning with a 0.99% gain. Though there is relatively little news from the company, continued improvements in consumer spending may be bolstering its share price. As new data is released about consumer spending, the trend has been that higher-income households are more confident in the market and are spending more. Since American Express has historically been a high-wealth-aimed financial business, this bodes well for the company's revenue growth.
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The following places appear in at least one of the books that I used to generate the ancient parish pages for the North Riding of Yorkshire (such as Langdale's Topographical Yorkshire dictionary). My problem is that although I have rough locations for these, I cannot actually locate them on a modern map. This may be simply because I missed them or because (for instance) they refer to a single house and the name has since changed or it has even been demolished.
Any help with the locations of these would be much appreciated. Please check that the description of the place agrees with any information you send, a link to the relevant ancient parish where the rough location and a description is to be found for the place is given alongside each of the place names.
If possible, please give me an Ordance Survey Grid reference or a reference from www.streetmap.co.uk or
other map site as this saves me a lot of time trying to follow descriptions of where places are.
If you can help, please use the "Find Help, report problems" link at the bottom of the page.
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I hope you guys are doing good.
I finished my summer finals
This is Marci, expecting Leila Jade Barker in September
Hollie and Anna Cute as ever, almost my entire family played soccer at Jaycee park, intense.
My favorite tree in my neighborhood.
It's interesting the little things you miss when you are away.
I never missed this tree but I know I never will because I took a photo of it.
I saw Meghan McMickell @ Amy's house, that made me feel pretty special.
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By Jennifer Copley (Last Updated 12 May 2011)
Many people wonder if it's safe to touch or hold kittens during the first couple of weeks. As a general rule, if the mother is comfortable with a person and doesn't appear agitated when the kittens are touched, that person can handle the kittens regularly after the 1st week (during the first 7 days, handling should be kept to a minimum).
During week 2, engage in very brief sessions of gentle handling on a regular basis. Contrary to popular belief, gentle handling of kittens, particularly after the 1st week, is unlikely to cause a mother cat to reject them. When a mother rejects a kitten, it is usually because that kitten is ill or has a congenital defect that reduces its survival prospects. It's sad, but she has to put her energies into raising the kittens that are more likely to thrive. A mother cat may also reject her kittens because she is ill or suffers from psychological problems.
Handling kittens from the second week onward is beneficial, as the critical period for socialization begins during week 2. Studies show that kittens that are handled properly from a young age are friendlier and less fearful as adults.
When handling kittens, be sure to put them back into the nest immediately if the mother shows any signs of distress, and don't allow young children to pick them up. Clumsy handling can easily kill a small, fragile kitten. When handling kittens, keep them very near the nest – their mother should be able to see them while they are held.
See the Pregnant Cats and Kittens Page for information on caring for pregnant cats, kitten development week by week, kitten training, kitten care, and more. For a full list of cat articles, see the main Cats page.
- Animal Services – Virtual Shelter. (n.d.). Cat and Kitten Supplement. JointAnimalServices.org.
- Burns, T., LVT. (n.d.). Hand-Raising Orphaned Kittens. TheCatPracticepc.com.
- Hartwell, S. (2002). "Hand Rearing Kittens." MessyBeast.com.
- IBOK Rescue. (n.d.). "Stages of Kitten Development." IBOKRescue.RescueGroups.org.
- Neville, P., & Bessant, C. (1997). The Perfect Kitten: How to Raise a Problem-Free Cat. London, UK: Octopus Publishing Group, Ltd.


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Last week I was very lucky to attend the Excited 2015 event in the Printworks building of Dublin Castle, talking as a speaker on a panel relating to the use of Technology in Education. I had the pleasure of Joining three exciting individuals on stage to give input to the discussion of ED-Tech. Lara Dabbagh & Dr. Kathy Kipp of the Learnovate Centre presented a very polished and informative powerpoint which introduced the topic to the ~three-hundred plus crowd of excited educators.
Following the powerpoint I was joined on stage by Caroline Lane of the NCBI to discuss our own interests and varying backgrounds. I really appreciate the oppurtunity given to me by Ciaran Cannon TD, who I would like to congratulate for putting together such an enthusiastic event which ran so smoothly. There were many interesting speakers who put forward some very entriging ideas and gave great insight into their own uses of technology in their classrooms. It was also a great day to fly the flag (so to speak) for Interactive Arts! The Digital Youth Council were also a big headliner at the event and they deserve great credit, going into their second year of existence.


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A-List Only
When Trylon microcinema opened in 2009, success was far from a sure thing. Defying skeptics, the shoebox theater proved a resounding success by offering an intelligently curated blend of the familiar and the obscure, drawing upon big-budget Hollywood fare, scrappy independent productions, and international creations. The space underwent extensive renovations last summer to expand capacity. Dropping the "micro" from its moniker, the newly re-christened Trylon Cinema is celebrating with A-List Only, a nine-film series consisting of previously screened classics, all of which sold out over their earlier runs. That includes Charade (1963), All About Eve (1950), Mulholland Drive (2001), The Big Sleep (1946), Clue (1985), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), La Dolce Vita (1960), Dr. Strangelove (1964), and Barry Lyndon(1975). Whether viewing these works for the first time or the 50th, there's no finer environment to witness their mastery than within this oasis of cinema. Visit www.trylon.org for schedule.


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One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Psalm 27:4–5
Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
Psalm 37:4–5
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Proverbs 8:17
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 55:6–7
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:11–13
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In this 1971 file photo, singer John Lennon appears during a press conference. Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt said Monday, Nov. 28, 2016, that it was publishing "Imagine," inspired by the John Lennon classic of the same name. (AP/File)
Imagine a new picture book based on a famous song.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt told The Associated Press on Monday that it was publishing "Imagine," inspired by the John Lennon classic of the same name and authorized by his widow, Yoko Ono. With illustrations by Jean Jullien, the book will feature Lennon's lyrics as it tells of a young pigeon's mission to advocate for peace.
(Read also: Lennon's Beatles breakup letter sold at auction for $30,000)
"Imagine" comes out Sept. 21, the United Nations' International Day of Peace. It will be released in partnership with Amnesty International, which will receive some of the proceeds.
In recent years, Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" and Bruce Springsteen's "Outlaw Pete" have also inspired picture books.


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We not only aim to be a first class brewery, but we also strive to supply our clients with a varied portfolio of beverages that meets the taste requirements of individual consumers.
Moscow Brewing Company launched its operations in September 2008. We are Russia's most modern brewery, and also operate our own distribution and logistics center located 3 kilometers from Moscow's Ring Road (in Mytischi). The project was funded by Sberbank and Detroit Investments, with a total investment for Phase 1 of over $300 million US dollars. The brewery's initial production capacity was 2.4 million hectoliters per annum, which will be expanded to 7 million hectoliters per annum in the coming years.
Today, the company supplies a wide range of beverages, including its own brands: Zhiguli Barnoe, Hamovniki, Ale Mohnaty Shmel and Kvas Yakhont; licensed brands such as OeTTINGER, FAXE PREMIUM, effect®, Orangina, Carling, Bear Beer, Hollandia, Lapin Kulta, Kirin Ichiban, and imported brands such as Budweiser Budvar, Erdinger, Bitburger, Radeberger, Clausthaler, Bombardier, Perrier, Vittel, Pago, and others.
Our Mission is to quench Russian consumers' thirst for the best quality beer and non-alcoholic beverages.
A lot of things happen here
A lot of things happen here
Launch of Hamovniki Cabinet and 2nd seasonal beer Trehgornoe Vesenniy Pilsner. Production start of Finnish beer brand Lapin Kulta. 1st filling of Zhiguli Barnoye Nonalcoholic beer.
Production start of a Scottish beverage IRN-BRU. Ale Mohnaty Shmel awarded Gold Medals at the tasting competitions Monde Selection and International Brewing Awards . Trehgornoe beer awarded Silver Medal at the Monde Selection. Zhiguli Barnoye wins ABSOLUTE BRAND 2015 award. Launch of Kruzhka beer. 1st filling Beliy Ale Mohnaty Shmel beer. Launch of Hamovniki Angliyskiy Ale, Hamovniki Irlandskiy Stout, Hamovniki Bock Beer and 1st seasonal beer Trehgornoe Rozhdestvenky Ale. Tasting competition Baltic Beer Star: Hamovniki Pilzenskoye awarded Gold Medal; Ale Mohnaty Shmel and Trehgornoe Original awarded Silver Medals, Zhiguli Barnoye awarded Bronze Medal. Production start of a bottle conditioning beer 5 Ocean.
Hamovniki Pilzenskoye awarded Gold Medal and Zhiguli Barnoye awarded Silver Medal at the DLG, Germany; Hamovniki Pilzenskoye and Hamovniki Pshenitchnoe awarded Gold Medals at the Monde Selection. Hamovniki Myunkhenskoye, Hamovniki Stolovoye and Zhiguli Barnoye Barkhatnoye awarded Bronze Medals at the International Beer Challenge. Launch of Hamovnicheskoye and Trehgornoe beer. Production start of beer brands Old Master Dymnoye, Ale Mohnaty Shmel, Mospivo Slavianskoe. License production of Hollandia beer.
License production of Bochkove beer from Persha Privatna Brovarnya, Ukraine. Launch of eco-friendly beer brand Losinyj Bereg. First production of Kvas Yakhont . 1st filling of Zhiguli Barnoye Barkhatnoye beer. Zhiguli Barnoye awarded Silver Medal at the tasting competition DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft — German Agricultural Society). Zhiguli Barnoye awarded a Silver Medal, Hamovniki Pilzenskoye and Hamovniki Myunkhenskoye awarded Bronze Medal at the International Beer Challenge 2013 in London. Launch of Carling beer in cooperation with Molson Coors Brewing Company, USA. Hamovniki brand receives a Bronze Medal at the worldwide competition exclusively devoted to packaging design Pentawards.
Launch of logistics center . Nestle Pure Life water local production launch. Launch of own premium beer brand Hamovniki. Release of 1 litre Zhiguli Barnoye special edition cans in pin-up style with art by artist Valery Barykin. Zhiguli Barnoye awarded Gold Medal at tasting contest Monde Selection 2012. Moscow Brewery Company wins "The Company of Year — 2012" in the category "High Quality of Production".
Project launch of juice based drinks Derevnya Antonovka and Mintberry. Launch of the 2nd phase of brewing production with scheduled capacity of 4 million hectoliters of beer per year. Production start of Japanese beer brand Kirin Ichiban. Zhiguli Barnoye receives a Gold Medal at the European Beer Star Contest.
Creation of the Non-alcoholic Beverages Division as a part of MBC. Production start of GORILLA energy drink. Production start of Austrian juice brand Pago. Production launch of a Danish brand Bear Beer and American beer brand Coors Light. Zhiguli Barnoye wins EFFIE®/THE BEST BRAND award.
Production start of own brands Zhiguli Barnoye, Mospivo, Moskvas, and Czech beer Červena Selka. Production start of Danish beer FAXE Premium. Production start of a French beverage Orangina and of a German energy drink effect®.
Building completion and launch of the 1st phase of the brewing plant with scheduled capacity of 2.4 million hectoliters of beer per year. Start of license production of OeTTINGER, a leading German beer brand.
Creation of the Import Beverages Division as a part of MBC. Inclusion into the import beer and beverages brand portfolio includes brands Perrier, Vittel, Pago juices, beer brands Budweiser Budvar, Erdinger Weissbier, Clausthaler, Harp, Bombardier and others.
Establishment of Moscow Brewing Company. Construction of the brewing plant begins in Mytischi, Moscow region.
Our highly skilled team of experts is our most important asset at Moscow Brewing Company.
Igor Dementiev
Dmitry Rebenko
Sergey Gordikov
Beer Division Director
Yuriy Lobanov
Plant Manager
Michael Ershov
Head Brewmaster
Lubov Pisklova
Quality Manager
Evgeniy Stupin
Production Manager
Dmitriy Kochkin
Logistics Director
Maxim Gusev
Beverages Division Director
Anna Popova
HR Manager
Moscow Brewing Company is committed to doing business in a socially responsible way.
Moscow Brewing Company is committed to doing business in a socially responsible way. The company respects its customers and creates environmentally friendly products. During the production process we only use carefully selected natural ingredients, raw materials and proven technology. We respect our community and focus on the
Moscow Brewing Company encourages all customers and partners to attend a guided brewery tour. This way, everyone can get acquainted with the production process of our beers and other beverages, as well as witness our high technological standards.
We aim to supply our clients with the highest quality beers and drinks at the fairest possible price.
Our goal is to create and promote unique brands: we strive to develop a portfolio of authentic brands, to acquaint Russian consumers with new product categories, and to offer beverages which meet specific consumer needs, and are not available from other manufacturers.
Corporate Communications: be open and honest and foster good communication with our consumers and customers via the media, the internet, and personal contact; create and maintain a great work environment for our employees which will allow them to develop professionally, to be part of the team, and to be incentivized to meet company objectives.


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Motorolla has been going through a transition from being bought by Google and later being sold to Lenovo. Lenovo, through its Motorola Mobility subsidiary, has launched the Moto Z smartphone along with the new innovation Moto Mods in Kenya. The Moto Mods allows users a wide range of functionalities on their Moto Z smartphone.
Moto Z is an aluminium phone that has stainless steel frame outline cramped into one of the thinnest bodies on a phone so far, 5.19mm to be precise. Despite the super slim dimensions, Moto Z comes with cutting edge features which includes a 5.5 inch Quad HD AMOLED screen which shares the same resolution and display technology as the Samsung Galaxy S7.
Powering the beautiful screen is the Snapdragon 820 coupled with 4GB RAM and a choice of between 32GB and 64GB internal storage. In case you need more space, a micro SD card slot that can hold up to 2TB of space is at your disposal.
It also comes with a water-resistant coating, which shields the phone from rain, splashes or spills. Lenovo Kenya Manager Danish Oyugi said the launch was the highlight of Lenovo's reintroduction of the Motorola brand in Kenya.


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St Attracta's go for two Connacht titles in a row
St. Attracta's College, Tubbercurry, are on the trail of their second Connacht Colleges 'B' title in a row.
They face St. Aloysius, Athlone, in what promises to be a cracking decider at Elphin on Saturday (1.30pm)
The South Sligo boys will probably start as favourites on the strength of last year's success but manager, Colm McGee, is warning against complacency.
"St. Aloysius have been very impressive on their way to the final", he stressed.
"They will present us with our toughest challenge to date so there's no way we can afford to be complacent in any way.
"It's always difficult to win back to back titles so we have to be cautious and make sure we get our game right on the day", he added.
The Tubbercurry squad contains players from every club in South Sligo as well as two players, Niall Murphy and Diarmuid Clarke, from Charlestown.
They are expected to bring huge support to Saturday's final and McGee believes his side will rise to the occasion.
"We've got the players and the ability to win the title", he says.
"As in all finals, it's about which team performs on the day.
"I'm expecting a huge challenge from St. Aloysius but if our lads hit their best form, I would be quitely optimistic that we can prevail"
An impressive characteristic of the team's semi-final win over St. Joseph's, Galway, last week was that there were vaulable contributions from all over the field.
"It was probably our best display of the season", maintains McGee.
"Everybody made a contribution and that's what we want in the final"
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Boykin, Daniel, The RMA Journal
No series on developer financial statement analysis would be complete without a discussion of taxes. In this sixth article in the series, the author examines taxes from the analyst's point of view.
Death and taxes are said to be the only two certainties in life. While we all prefer to avoid both for as long as possible, lenders in real estate have to grapple with taxes frequently and in many ways. The tax code itself has so many real estate-specific rules that it has created another industry of individuals who prepare, file, and otherwise deal with the litany of tax regulations and issues faced by a real estate developer/investor.
In addition, tax regulations sometimes create incentives for otherwise uneconomic transactions. The tax laws of the early 1980s created just such incentives, and numerous transactions were pursued solely for the potential to save money in taxes. Somewhat simplified laws have since sought to avoid creating artificial incentives that inappropriately create an inducement to build when the underlying economic conditions may suggest otherwise.
The lender's concerns remain the same:
* What is the source of repayment?
* What can affect the source of repayment?
* What is the ability to deal with deviations from the "expected" outcome?
We all make loans fully expecting that the project will proceed as planned. Recall from the first article, our objective in analyzing the business is to:
1. Determine the degree of flexibility a developer has retained in the business as a whole.
2. Determine financial strategy and what it means for the lender.
At issue is the liability or potential liability related primarily to income taxes due on appreciated property assets. Real estate businesses are somewhat complex in this regard--not so much for the complexity of the tax laws as for the manner in which business is conducted.
We began this series of articles by looking at some of the various entities developers use to pursue projects. These entities are nearly always flow-through entities--any of the income (or losses) and the resulting tax consequences flow through to the individual owners, based on the ownership agreement. For example, if an LLP earns $1,000 from manufacturing widgets, the profit is reported on the owner's (individual partner's, in this case) tax return; the owner pays the tax, if any, depending on his or her total earnings, deductions, losses, and so forth. While the economic reality of the taxes exists, they are "paid" outside of the financials of the actual business entity. So, when analyzing a business that is an LLP (or that has made a subchapter-S election, or that is otherwise taxed at the owner's tax return level), we will not see any explicit allowance (expense) for income taxes. This is important because the invisible (or not so invisible) hand of the government always lays its claim; indeed, governmen t is considered a priority payment in most analytical models. As this tax claim is owed by the individual, it can and does have a material effect on strategic decisions and can create an incentive for otherwise uneconomic behavior.
Ramifications of Tax Liability: An Example
Let's look at a typical real estate partnership transaction and the economic ramifications of this often unstated (at least explicitly) tax liability. Again, our objective is the point of view of an analyst and lender. This example will use the most aggressive assumptions possible to illustrate the point and will use current tax regulations as the basis. We assume the following, which is modeled after a real (and presumed typical) transaction.
* A property (apartment) is developed at a cost of $10 million.
* Of this $10 million, $2 million represents land costs that are not depreciable.
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Life experiences enjoyed by Alberta-born artist, Annette Resler, lead her into the wide world of art culminating in her becoming a full time artist. She credits her Mom for nudging her to take the plunge in pursuit of painting. In visits during her Mom's advanced stages of Alzheimer's, Annette felt a quiet strength emanate as if her Mom was speaking to her, although she was unable to utter a word. These personal moments gave Annette pause for reflection about pursuing things she'd only dreamed of, exploring a road not taken.
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Why China wants creativity
What does the "creative economy" mean in China and how might it be developed, asks MICHAEL KEANE
VIEWERS of the Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony on the evening of 8 August 2008 witnessed the most impressively coordinated launch of any major global event. Superbly choreographed by the film director Zhang Yimou, the spectacle was filled with colour, symbolic meaning and historical references.
While the synchronised presentation of the 2008 Confucian drummers might have reinforced a stereotype of socialist compliance for many, the digitised scroll on which China's historical achievements were performed was sublimely imaginative.
Contrary to most international perceptions of China's staged propaganda events, this installation was not the outcome of a cultural committee, but a concept created by a local digital media company called Crystal Stone. Founded in 1995 by three people working in architectural design imaging, Crystal Stone now employs 2200.
Crystal Stone operated ten digital video displays at the Olympics, in the process establishing its own Olympic record in the category of longest duration of display, the biggest video screen, and the largest quantity of data with the most 3D and digital special effects. In identifying the importance of creative skills in digital content applications, Crystal Stone has been able to use 3D imaging to broaden their market base.
The company's success on the largest international stage possible has in turn stimulated the development of a new industry ecosystem. The use of 3-D digital imaging technology in the Beijing Olympics has led to innovation in Chinese media industries. For instance, 3-D digital technology is now familiar in many epic history documentaries produced for China Central Television. Building on its technological assets and its human capital, Crystal Stone has moved into video animation production through a joint capital investment with the computer giant Lenovo.
Creativity is not just about the individual
Journalistic accounts of China's urban transformations often follow a standard script. A writer living in a Chinese city conducts a vox pop, encounters a few bohemian artists and chances on urban youth culture. The author shares common experiences of international consumer tastes, and presents an account of the new Chinese individualism.
These descriptions, however, usually miss the bigger picture. Chinese cities have always been places of diversity, although this is not so apparent to the eyes of foreigners accustomed to recognising stereotypes.
According to Chen Guanzhong, the author of Bohemian China (2004), Beijing's complex non-conformity dates back hundreds of years. Its geographical closeness to Mongolia and the former Manchuria (the region now collectively termed Dongbei) has resulted in a hybrid sensibility.
However, in recent years, it is becoming clear that signs of tolerance have extended. Chen says: "whether you have long hair or a shaved head, whether you wear well-fitting clothes or clothes whose style and colour don't match, in public Beijing people are indifferent." He also adds, "Beijing is 'cool', like New York: you can praise or deride Beijingers. They just don't care."
In the years leading up to the Beijing Games, China experienced the beginnings of a creative renaissance. Thousands of cultural and creative parks, zones, precincts corridors and bases were commissioned, giving a material face to what China's leaders now term "cultural soft power" and "cultural creative industries."
The Beijing Games allowed the construction of a number of iconic design spectacles: the Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium, the Water Cube swimming complex, and the new China Central TV towers (now close to completion).
Beijing had its Games in 2008. Now Shanghai is looking with anticipation to the 2010 World Expo. The point to note, however, is that city governments all over China are now realising the value of the creative economy.
The view from the margins
The architectural "curator" of the Bird's Nest Stadium, Ai Weiwei, is an entrepreneur with the kind of creative latitude that international designers can only dream about. Ai Weiwei has been able to exploit his success by openly voicing opinions about China's need to move towards a more creative society.
Ai's most recent "urban installation," the ORDOS100 Project in Inner Mongolia, has raised the bar. In early 2008, 100 international architects from 27 different countries were invited to the desert city of Ordos, eighty minutes flying time west of Beijing, to each design a 1000 square metre villa.
The Ordos Cultural Creative Industry Park, the epicentre of this project, is already a test bed for creative experimentation in China. Bert de Muynck, a Beijing-based writer who has followed this development, says the use of the term "unprecedented" is often a blind and uncritical epithet for a country in the throes of change. He believes the ORDOS100 project is beginning to suggest that unprecedented is almost meaningless.
The project is bankrolled by Chinese millionaire Cai Jiang who provides the resources from two of his companies, Jiangyuan Cultural and Creative Industrial Development Ltd and Jiang Yuan Water Engineering Ltd. According to de Muynck, Cai says: "We give the architects the freedom to design whatever they want, so they can put all their ideas into their work. If there happens to be a difference between the designs and the Chinese regulations, we will do something to make the balance and try our best to make it better."
It is ironic that an artist can be more creative in China than in the West. Of course, there are well known limits to the subject matter. What is clear, however, is that the economic value of creativity is moving China closer to greater tolerance.
Creativity is changing China
"They eat the meat and we have the bone; they eat the rice and we have the husk." According to Li Wuwei, the author of a new book, Creative Industries are Changing China, these are the sentiments of many Chinese.
Li is referring to the Made in China phenomenon, the economic dominance of Chinese factories. He calls these "sweat industries," and he criticises the fact that the profits from these kinds of industries usually go overseas. For Li is time to change China's development model.
If these were the musings of an iconoclast, perhaps even a person like Ai Weiwei, they may be regarded with some degree of ambivalence. However, Professor Li Wuwei from the Shanghai Academy of Social Science is no small player. Li is the vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and vice-chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee.
Li Wuwei believes that China's economic success is no longer limited to attracting foreign enterprises and capital through favourable policies, constructing large-scale industrial precincts, and promoting science and technology. The secret lies in the diversion of attention from "material" to "people," and the construction of what he calls a "creative community."
For many observers of China the important question here is the term creative community. Just what does this mean and how might it be developed? For Li, this is closely linked with Richard Florida's declaration in The Rise of the Creative Class that cities need a balance of technology, talent and tolerance.
Florida attracted much attention by suggesting that the number of bohemians added to a city's creative index. Unsurprisingly, with his emphasis on tolerance, many of China's senior cultural policy makers were reluctant to subscribe to Florida's formula.
However, Li's perceptive interpretation of Florida and his ability to take Ministry of Culture slogans such as "soft power" and "autonomous innovation" and give them credibility in the world of business has a lot to do with his growing influence. Moreover, his vision of a more creative China sits well with Hu Jintao's prescription for a "harmonious society."
Significantly, it was a report from the Development Research Centre of the State Council in December 2008 that provides the link. The report proposed that China needed to adjust its product structure; in doing this, it needed to encourage enterprises to make more high-value added products rather than continue to rely on cheap labour reserves. •
• Li Wuwei's book was published in December 2008.
Michael Keane is a Centre Fellow at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation. His most recent book is Created in China: the Great New Leap Forward (Routledge 2007).


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