Have you ever mixed up your bread dough, and then forgotten about it? I just did that. It rose and rose, and by the time I looked at again, it was not going to rise again. Instead of throwing it out to the chickens, I decided to try for some cinnamon rolls.
It's just that time of year when I need to eat all the calories (my body does not like the idea of possibly getting cold), so I've been craving cinnamon rolls and everything else under the sun that is sweet and delicious and warm. These sourdough cinnamon rolls satisfied the cravings without hurting my health too much because they really didn't have that much sugar in them.
Gideon decided to be my photographer. And well, he just put a lot of me in the pictures. I had on my pjs (it was morning!) and I had on a brace for diastasis recti. Not my best look, let me tell you! So I cropped myself out of these pictures, but they aren't the best.
Now sprinkle the dough with cinnamon.
And then sprinkle with a good amount of brown sugar.
Then start rolling the wide side of the rectangle up. You can use the handy dough cutter to scrape it off the counter. Once the dough is rolled up, use the cutter to cut about 1 inch thick rolls. Place the rolls in the prepared pans, and then do it all again with the other half. Bake at 400 for 20 minutes.
While they are baking, make a glaze. We did a cream cheese glaze because I like cream cheese glazes (and it was more of an spread than a glaze, and I didn't whip it until it was smooth). I just whipped together a brick of cream cheese, some sugar to taste, and some vanilla. If you'd like more of a glaze, you can add milk to thin it.
Spread your glaze or icing on the rolls once they finish baking, and serve! They were delicious, and not too sweet. And it's so versatile since you add more or less depending on your tastes. I like easy and versatile. Following a recipe stresses me out most of the time.
Wow! These look amazing. Definitely adding to my list of recipes to try!
How cute is that chubby little toddler hand sneaking in there lol.
These look so delicious! Thanks for sharing your recipe on the Homesteader Hop.
I know, I love that picture with that little hand! She's so cute.
You can also make Monkey Balls or Pull Aparts - just roll the dough into ping pong size balls, dip into melted butter, then cinnamon sugar. (Dod another rise before baking) Bake in a loaf or ring pan. You can either glaze the whole thing or use the glaze for dip.
Oh good idea! My kids and I thank you!
I love that these are made of healthier sourdough. Your Cinnamon Rolls look so good and I'm so glad you shared them with us at Hearth and Soul. Pinned! Hope to 'see' you again this week - the hop is open now!


This paper aims at developing the theoretical understanding of revenue capping as a way of regulating monopolistic firms. It is shown that the fact that a standard monopolist regulated by a fixed revenue cap will raise its price above the unregulated monopoly level is robust to two-part pricing. It is also shown that when regulation of a two-part pricing monopolist is based on a hybrid revenue cap defined as a linear function of quantity, it is the slope of the cap that determines its incentives for efficiencient behaviour while the intercept of the cap only affects the profit level of the firm. This also holds if the cap is defined as a hybrid price-revenue cap. The general conclusion of this is that the slope of the hybrid cap needs to be steeper that the slope of the firm´s cost function in order to prevent the incentive to raise price above the unregulated monopoly level.


Valentine's Day is celebrated all throughout the world in a unique way. You can send a bunch of red roses to your loved one who is in India. They will feel really impressed and touched by your kind thoughtful gesture. This day of love will never be forgotten by your loved one in India after receiving the sweet fragrant bunch of flowers.
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send flowers to your friends and express the care that you want to share with them on this wonderful occasion. Friends are for life time and they share all the happiness and sorrow in your life. Flowers are the best gifts that you can give your friend and bring joy to their day. Celebrate the beautiful relationship with colourful and meaningful flowers!
sending flowers to your dad on his special day is one of the best choices for you. You can buy a nice bunch of lilies and send it to your dad along with a greeting card to show him that you love him to the moon and back. You can also opt to send a small gift along with the flowers. This will brighten his day and also touch his heart in a special way.
This is an important milestone in every one's life. This day is widely celebrated by one and all around the birthday person. They feel extra special on this day as it is their day. Send your loved ones a flower bouquet to grace their day in a unique way. You can choose from a wide variety of arrangements online. You can choose midnight delivery or even express delivery as you desire.
Wish your loved one a speedy recovery if they are in hospital undergoing a treatment or if they have just come home after a surgery. Choose a serene pastel bunch of carnations or lilies to brighten their spirit. They will feel cheerful at the very sight of the bouquet. You can also choose to give the bunch in an elegant vase.
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This Wood Tzedakah Box Has A Silver Plated Front Panel With A Scene Of Jerusalem Embossed On It.
Beautify the Mitzvah / Good Deed of Charity -Giving to the needy with this Elegant Shabbat Designed Tzedakah Box. Perfect for Charity / Tzedakah giving before Lighting the Shabbat Candles. This Tzedakah Box will make a great gift for just about any special occasion.


Universe/Source at work today: we were at YMCA and I was asking if we can use the warm pool even if we are not members; they said no; meantime a member lady who was there when I was asking this question said that she has friends passes she is not using -- she asked the YMCA staff if we could use if she gives them to us --- and they said yes -- we got SEVEN free passes from the lady! swimming time here we come! Thank you , thank you, thank you!


A hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy/reality series that follows cultural icons Henry Winkler, William Shatner, Terry Bradshaw and George Foreman on their greatest adventure yet. Deciding it's Better Late Than Never, these four national treasures embark on the journey of a lifetime, traveling across Asia on their own with no schedule and no itinerary. The only "help" will come from Jeff Dye, a young, strong, tech-savvy comedian with an agenda of his own - who isn't above leading the men off track. Each stop is packed with hilarious cultural experiences, heartwarming spectacles and unexpected twists as our legends take on this unforgettable adventure.
Better Late Than Never Season 2, Episode 2: Sweden – I'm a Viking!
Better Late Than Never Season 2, Episode 4: Berlin – How Do You Say Roots in German?
Better Late Than Never Season 2, Episode 5: Barcelona – If Terry's Not Naked, Who Is?
Better Late Than Never Season 2, Episode 7: Morocco – Camels and Snakes and Belly Dancers – Oh My!


Donald Trump is lagging Hillary Clinton by large margins in swing states and nationwide, according to a slate of new polls, suggesting that the Democratic National Convention and a basket of recent controversies and missteps have hurt the Republican nominee.
In Pennsylvania, a rust belt state that Trump believed was especially friendly territory, a poll by Franklin & Marshall College showed Trump behind Clinton by 11 points. Another by WBUR in New Hampshire, a swing state where Trump won overwhelmingly in the Republican primary, shows Trump losing by 17 points in a head-to-head matchup. Yet another poll in Michigan, a state Trump had vowed to contest, put Clinton up 6 points in a head-to-head matchup.
Trump has repeatedly put himself in the crossfire in recent days, criticizing the family of a soldier killed in Iraq and appearing not to understand Russia's intervention in Ukraine. He also refused to endorse two leading Republicans, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. John McCain.
The state polls were conducted shortly after the DNC and may not have shown the full damage of Trump's feud with the Gold Star family.
In national polls, Trump is showing weakness, too. A CNN/ORC poll released Monday showed the Clinton-Sen. Tim Kaine ticket beating Trump and Gov. Mike Pence by nine points nationwide, 52 to 43. While Trump usually leads with men, the polls in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire show Clinton nearly even with her rival in that demographic. The CNN poll showed Trump leading Clinton among men nationally, 51 to 44.


Episode 4 Of THE STAFFORD PROJECT Available Now!
Episode 4 of Michelle Stafford's (ex-Phyllis, Y&R) new series, THE STAFFORD PROJECT, is available for viewing now. The latest installment, which is both funny and poignant, and features Kelly Preston, can be seen here.


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North Australian Sea Cucumbers
L.R.G. Cannon & H. Silver
Introduction | Species | Groups | Key | Glossary | Literature | Credits | Index
(Jaeger, 1833)
H. (Metriatyla) ocellata is a white sea cucumber with its upper surface covered with brown speckling and characteristic white-ringed spots. It is a medium-sized species, with a 'sole', a firm body and a rough tegument with prominent lateral papillae. Spicules are moderately heavy tables and knobbed buttons. It is a coastal species, found in trawled samples.
Remarks: The colour patterns of H. ocellata and the tack-like spicules of H. martensii serve to distinguish these species.
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Holothuroidea
Order Aspidochirotida
Family Holothuriidae
Genus Holothuria
Subgenus Metriatyla
Species Holothuria ocellata
Not included in WoRMS database
Holothuria (Metriatyla) ocellata (Jaeger, 1833)
Bohadschia ocellata Jaeger, 1833
Holothuria ocellata Semper, 1868
Cannon, L.R.G. and Silver, H. 1986. Sea Cucumbers of Northern Australia. Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Australia, 60 pp.
Clark, H.L. 1946. The Echinoderm Fauna of Australia: its composition and its origin. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 566: 1-567.
Jaeger, G.F. 1833. De Holothuriis. 40 pp., 3 pls.
Semper, C. 1868. Holothurien. In 'Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate.' (Wiesbaden: Kreidel).
Théel, H. 1886. Holothurioidea. Pt. 2. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of the H.M.S. 'Challenger' (Zoology) 39: 1-290.
You can continue searching for Holothuria ocellata on one of these Web sites:
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I had just finished reading about the Bungee Barbie experiment in my NEA magazine, and couldn't wait to try it out in my classroom. It aligns with our standards, is research-based and endorsed by NCTM, and above all, is hilariously funny! Check out these sample links for yourself.
So after reading Kathleen's uninformed dismissal of Barbie as an "Epic Fail", (I can just see her bawling her eyes out in the cardboard box in the back of Andy's Mom's car in Toy Story) I just couldn't help but write a rebuttal. So go ahead, read her article, and then my response posted at the bottom of her blog. (also listed here). Weigh in on it, tell me what you think!
I find it pretty insulting to list "Bungee Barbie" in the title, followed by "Epic Fail" if you don't take the time to research and understand the math behind it. The Common Core Standards are a necessary step forward for the USA, standardizing expectations across states so that all students are held to the same standards. Many of the states that quickly signed onto CCSS were able to do so because the standards and benchmarks were actually below what they already require of their students. I teach in Minnesota, and that is for sure the case here with our new 2007 standards. And isn't that the goal of education? To not only meet the standards, but to surpass them?
Looking around the globe at top-performing nations in mathematics, Finland and Singapore (and even Canada) surpass the USA and have common core standards that focus on higher-order thinking skills and problem-solving in realistic situations. While I agree with you that some drill and practice, and some summary tasks are needed, they cannot be the bulk of instruction time. The Bungee Barbie experiment is not meant to teach slope or linear regression in and of itself. The big idea, or essential skill, is to look for patterns in the distance that barbie falls, compared to the number of rubber bands tied to her feet, and to use that information to predict much larger scales of bungee drops than could ever be simulated in the classroom.
NCTM's Illuminations website has the entire lesson planned out for you. It's not hard to follow. Check out the link below.
The explicit skills to be taught by the experiment are highly valuable for a number of careers and are expressed in the standards as well. Designing, conducting, reporting and analyzing data from an experiment are critical skills. Accuracy of measurement leads to discussions of multiple trials and central tendency. Data collection and reporting builds fundamental graphing skills and a firm understanding of independent and dependent variables. Analysis of the data for a best fit line leads to deeper understanding of slope and linear relationships because students can visualize exactly how the number of rubber bands affects the distance barbie can fall without hitting her head on the ground. And lastly, students achieve an enormous sense of accomplishment when they can use the information to make predictions, and then test and confirm their results. You can bet they will have their iPhones and Android video recorders out on the day they chuck Barbie off the school balcony, because they sense that it is something big and meaningful. And they will remember it for the rest of their lives. How often does that happen in school anymore?
Now obviously any decent teacher is going to teach foundational skills either before or in concordance with an experiment of this magnitude. A very firm understanding of the goals and objectives and learning outcomes is needed so that it doesn't turn into, as you call it, "throwing Barbies around the room". And THIS is the big item that sets the USA apart from Singapore and Finland. We go around and around with what we should teach, and when we should teach it, and change our minds and change our minds again, but teachers need time to plan and test and work with their teams to adopt well-paced, focused and meaningful curriculum. Finland teachers have nearly half of their teaching day set aside for planning effective instruction, and mentor support for improving their skills throughout their career (not just in the first 1-3 years). Students are graded on the progress they make against their OWN prior knowledge, not against that of their peers.
The current testing atmosphere in the USA is quite a bit like running a race. Very few students come out as "winners". I'm sure all of us adults would love to enter a marathon and have our finishing times published and compared with the rest of the field, based on some predetermined groups such as our age or socioeconomic background or race or gender. And, by the way, no consideration is given at all to our physical health or athleticism, nor what training resources and time we had, or where we lived, or if we had a family that supported us emotionally and economically through the whole process. But that's not how it works. We gauge our success in the race on if we beat our time goal, or came in a certain place, based on realistic expectations. Somehow we forget that with kids. And how awful it must make them feel when they fail over and over and over again.


Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Groupama Team France, one of the five challengers in the 35th America's Cup sailing competition, is using the "Designed for Sea" industry solution experience to design and simulate a lightweight, high-performing racing catamaran that complies with the competition's design and schedule requirements.
In preparation for its first America's Cup race on May 26, 2017, Groupama Team France needed to design, build and test its catamaran within 18 months. Boats for the challenge must adhere to specific protocols concerning the hull, the wings and the transverse structures as well as the quantity of materials used. The length of a team's catamaran is restricted to 15 meters and it could not be tested in water until December 26, 2016.
Based on Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform, "Designed for Sea" industry solution experience enables Groupama Team France to virtually design, simulate and optimize its catamaran's weight, performance, stability, strength and safety in a collaborative digital environment, before any construction begins. Since October 2015, Groupama Team France has had a single source of data and fully integrated applications to streamline and accelerate the boat's development as well as the flow of information between the 30-person design team, the crew and external partners participating in the design effort.
The seamless integration on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform also includes data from Dassault Systèmes' SOLIDWORKS applications, which have long been used by several team members for past projects and now are being used to design the catamaran's bridge and incorporate parts into the overall design of the control systems.


To protect your data from unauthorized view, it is encrypted before it gets cleared for transfer. To this means, we employ the TLS (Transport Layer Security) Protocol with the maximum level of encryption (up to 256 bit depending on browser and device). A closed lock icon displayed in your browser indicates that it has switched to TLS. In addition the online session is secured by PFS (Perfect Forward Secrecy).
The power of an algorithm is indicated by the number of bits used. The number of bits indicates the key length. With 128 Bit, there are 2 to the power of 128 (= about 340.282.366.920.900.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000) possible keys. By today's standards, this is unbreakable, and will be for the next years. As soon as there is a higher level of encryption available, we will immediately upgrade, in order to grant you maximum security.
Details on the certificate can be gathered by clicking on the lock icon in the upper or lower browser bar or with Firefox please click on the green highlighted web address field.
To guarantee the authenticity of the certificate you can validate the displayed certificates fingerprint / thumbprint by phone at the 24h Service helpdesk as well.


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One touch of our velvet postcards will instantly grab your customer's attention. The surface has a rich texture that adds to the experience of the printed design. Velvet is another term used to describe the feel of suede business cards. It is wrong to compare velvet vs. suede as both refer to the soft, luxurious feel of the printed surface.
Our velvet postcard printing service ensures every part of the design comes out in full detail. You can recreate the feel of a calm, sky background or highlight your brand's particular colors on the design with our soft velvet lamination. This coating also increases the postcard's thickness from 16 pt. to 19 pt.
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Metals make up the majority of the periodic table of elements. In their pure state, each metal has its own characteristic mass, melting point and physical properties. Mixing two or more of these metals into a blend with a new set of properties forms an alloy, a composite metal that can have strikingly different characteristics.
By definition, pure metals consist of a single element. Samples of these metals contain nothing but atoms of a single metallic substance. Alloys contain two or more elements or alloys melted and blended together, so their chemical formulas consist of more than one element. For example, the pure metal iron consists only of iron atoms. Steel, an alloy of iron and carbon, contains mostly iron atoms with isolated atoms of carbon that lend it strength. Adding the metals chromium or molybdenum to the steel produces yet another alloy: stainless steel.
One reason that manufacturers combine pure metals to form alloys is to change the physical properties of the metals. Pure metals may be too soft to hold up to regular use, but alloying them makes them tougher. As a pure metal, gold bends and stretches so easily that it would quickly pull out of shape if it were formed into a ring and worn on the finger. Jewelry manufacturers alloy pure gold with silver, copper or zinc to improve the metal's durability and rigidity. The gold contributes its color and resistance to corrosion; the other metals contribute their strength. The result is a 14-karat gold ring that withstands daily wear.
In their natural elemental state, some pure metals react strongly with their surroundings, oxidizing and corroding until they become unusable. Blending these metals with less reactive metals changes their reactivity, extending the life of the alloyed item. Stainless steel takes its name from the fact that it does not readily rust or pit the way a pure iron tool would. Alloying metals is one means to make them less reactive and more suited to the needs of the manufacturer.
Light metals such as aluminum and titanium reduce the mass of pure metals with which they alloy. These lighter alloys play a vital role in the aerospace industry, as they allow manufacturers to design and build lighter craft. A lighter jet fighter can hold more fuel, equipment and ordnance than a heavy one. Aluminum alloy wheels lighten a vehicle's overall weight, contributing to better gas mileage and adding speed on the racetrack.
Alloying metals changes their thermal tolerance. As they consist of two or more pure metals, alloys have no single melting point, but instead melt over a range of temperatures. Their molecular structure can raise the overall melting range of the metal above that of any of its component metals. Raising the melting range of a metal has important implications for industrial and commercial use. The SR-71 Blackbird, one of the most technologically advanced reconnaissance aircraft of its time, relied on its lightweight titanium alloy frame to withstand the thermal stress of its supersonic flights.
Whitney, Lauren. "What Are the Differences Between an Alloy and a Pure Metal?" Sciencing, https://sciencing.com/differences-between-alloy-pure-metal-10049555.html. 13 March 2018.


TRANSMISSION PRAGUE 2015, THE DATE IS SET.
Brace yourself to challenge your senses and prepare to go beyond your wildest dreams. Transmission is pleased to announce the date for Transmission Prague 2015 is set for Saturday the 21st of November 2015. A limited amount of early bird tickets will go on sale Friday the 27th of March 2015.
After last year´s edition, which has brought visitors from over 50 countries together in Prague, another experience will be created in Prague's o2 arena with a brand new mind blowing show. Transmission is known and recognized for its stunning production with a huge stage set up that covers an area of over 1000 m2 and its massive Funktion One sound system, which is specially brought over from the UK with factory support to provide its visitors the best possible sound experience. The stage is always filled with dozens of heavy lasers combined with hundreds of high quality lights, hundreds of square meters of LED screens, co2 and confetti cannons, flames and pyro effects. With the production Transmission often managed to exceed the expectations of its fans and creates an experience that blows the people minds away.
Over the years Transmission had various themes such as the New World, Ancient Mysteries, Future Cities, Digital Madness, the Spiritual Gateway, The Machine of Transformation or The Seven Sins to name a few. The sympathetic and much beloved German/American DJ out of Miami Florida, Markus Schulz, who has been 10 times part of the Line Up mostly has brought these themes musically to life and has created the various musical anthems for Transmission. Another highlight of Transmission is the Transmix, which is a compilation of the greatest trance hits from the past. This year´s theme and Line Up will be announced in a later stage first at Transmission's weekly Radio show Transmission Radio, which you can listen to every Sunday 19:00 CET at DI.fm and will be something to look forward to.
EARLY BIRD tickets (limited amount) are available for 37.50 Euro + fees.
KARE VIP LOUNGE tickets are available for 95.00 Euro + fees.


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Orwell was Right: Control the Language, Control the World
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Commercials take up 27% of commercial television screen time and are the main source of income for TV and radio stations. In most cases, advertisements on all channels appear simultaneously, so don't try to change the channel, there will be commercials elsewhere, too. Nowadays they have also taken over the Internet. For financial support, websites have to run ads on their pages, the largest share supplied and controlled by Google. Ads pry into your eyes, unceremoniously interfere with text, and on YouTube, in the most inappropriate places, they cut into the action of films, lectures, and concerts, tearing apart musical performances. There's no escaping commercials, we've grown accustomed to them, and they become almost as much a part of our lives as food, toilets, and sleep.
In the United States today, the White population (not including Hispanics) is 57.8%. In real life, Caucasians are still in the majority, but now on TV and the Internet, they are swept under the rug like trash. Blacks comprise 14% of the U.S. population but appear in 50% of commercials. White actors now appear to promote health insurance, gold, loans, and some medicines. Moreover, if a White person appears in a commercial, he/she is usually old, sick, a freak, or at the very least, an appendage to a Black partner. If there's a doctor on the screen, he's usually Black, while the patient is usually White. Caucasian young men appear in only 4% of the commercials! If some aliens began to study the population of Planet Earth through our TV commercials they would have a somewhat distorted picture of Americans, to put it mildly.
#AmericanThinker #Television #Commercials #Race
Physicians who still practice medicine cannot afford to write or say the following for fear of being canceled. As a retired physician, I cannot be coerced to keep silent with threats to my medical license or hospital privileges.
COVID-19 is probably the greatest and most successful swindle in history. By comparison, Carlo Ponzi and Bernie Madoff were pikers. The COVID scam has affected most of earth's 7.8 billion inhabitants, consumed trillions of dollars, and achieved a level of government control unprecedented in modern democracies.
Americans have a bone-deep commitment to individual liberty and freedom. This is apparent from the grassroots activities pushing back against recent authoritarian over-reach, from parents suing school boards over CRT and vaccine mandates for kids to sinking poll numbers for the Biden administration.
#AmericanThinker #Covid #Vaccine #Scamdemic #Plandemic
Of all the elements of today's "New Normal," the most ominous is the "reform" that effectively changed the meanings of previously accepted words or terms. The following glossary illustrates how changes to our vocabulary played a central role in making the world a more dangerous and frightening place.
Today, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental health, obesity - all the conditions that kill and harm people -- are afterthoughts when compared to "COVID health."
#AmericanThinker #Control #Covid #Vax #GeorgeOrwell #NewNormal
The Left-Wing Legacy of the Mainstream Media
Over the past eight decades there have many frauds promoted by the mainstream media. Perhaps the most notable, and consequential, was the media persuading an overwhelming majority of citizens over the years that their brand of journalism is a not only the epitome of a noble profession but one that always strives to be fair and balanced. But the legacy of the mainstream media is that it has always been the cheerleaders and propaganda arm of the left and the Democrat Party.
As broadcast oligopolies and metropolitan newspaper monopolies advanced in the last century, the management of the leading newspapers, magazines, and broadcast networks found it necessary to initiate the mantra that their profession was the epitome of credibility and integrity. This began when they were unabashedly promoting Franklin Roosevelt and his big government agenda, and accelerated dramatically during World War II when they eagerly embraced a partnership with the deferral government to advance the war effort. The marked the beginning of eight decades of cozy relationship between the media, totalitarian causes, and the Democrat party.
Beginning in the late 1950's, television reporters and anchors assumed celebrity status. as they were in the homes of Americans on a daily basis. As such their credibility was rarely if ever questioned.
A large and growing share of the American people assume that virtually all news as presented by the current mainstream media is either a fabrication or an exaggeration to promote an authoritarian agenda. By doing so they will ensure that the mainstream media will, in due course, no longer be mainstream.
#AmericanThinker #MainstreamMedia #NewsOutlets #Propaganda
Finding Purpose in Life
Twenty years ago in the summer, I traveled to Guatemala with my Nazarene Church to build church structures in some remote areas of the country. We would stay in small towns at the local hotels, if you could call them that. Early one morning, I was up early and went for a walk as the sun was coming up. The neighborhood was poor with small homes, many in disrepair with few amenities, if any at all. There was water and sewer, but the area was not well maintained.
There was almost no one up at the time in the small town, but as I walked, I came upon an elderly man tending to some weeds growing between the narrow sidewalk and the curb of the street. I guessed that he was probably late seventies or eighties. He was short, as most Guatemalans are, probably five feet, three inches tall and of slight build.
What struck me was the way he was dressed. He wore a long-sleeve shirt, the button-up kind with cuffs, and a collar, pants of the same off-white or tan color, boots almost knee-high, with his trouser legs tucked in them. He had on a leather apron that started at his chest and ran almost to his knees and a straw wide-brimmed hat. Gloves were on his hands. My recollection is that he had two tools with him: a hoe, which he was using, and a rake nearby.
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The omicron COVID variant magically increases Fauci's megalomania
Anthony Fauci is a disturbed and disturbing man. An unelected bureaucrat who is consistently wrong about things (going back to AIDS), who used taxpayer money to help develop the COVID that plagues us, and who has funded indescribably cruel animal research, he is threatening to shut America down again, throwing mud at elected officials, and anointing himself as the embodiment of "science" in America. Never in American history has a megalomaniac had so much power and been so destructive.
Judging by the numbers of diagnoses and deaths in South Africa, the omicron variant seems unexciting. As is typical for viruses when they hang around humans, they get more contagious but less severe over time. My initial suspicions seem to have been correct because the South African medical association is stating that the new variant is a "mild disease."
#AmericanThinker #Omicron #Covid #AnthonyFauci


After the introduction of the YEEZY BOOST 350 V2 silhouette in 2016, the first adidas + KANYE WEST release of 2017 sees the model return in a black / red color way, releasing globally on February 11th.
The YEEZY BOOST 350 V2 will retail for 270$, it will hit the stores globally on February 11th, 2017.
Registration for the YEEZY BOOST 350 V2 will be available at adidas Originals Downtown Beirut, City Centre Beirut and Beirut Souks prior to release day starting February 4. Winners will be contacted by phone on Saturday February 11.


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package ubic.gemma.core.loader.expression.simple;

import ubic.basecode.dataStructure.matrix.DoubleMatrix;
import ubic.gemma.core.loader.expression.simple.model.SimpleExpressionExperimentMetaData;
import ubic.gemma.model.expression.arrayDesign.ArrayDesign;
import ubic.gemma.model.expression.experiment.ExpressionExperiment;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Load experiment from a flat file. See also {@link ubic.gemma.core.loader.expression.DataUpdater} for related
 * operations on experiments already in the system.
 *
 * @author paul
 */
public interface SimpleExpressionDataLoaderService {

    ExpressionExperiment convert( SimpleExpressionExperimentMetaData metaData, DoubleMatrix<String, String> matrix );

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
        // Possible external use
    DoubleMatrix<String, String> getSubMatrixForArrayDesign( DoubleMatrix<String, String> matrix,
            Collection<Object> usedDesignElements, ArrayDesign design );

    /**
     * Parses, converts (into Gemma objects), and loads data into the database.
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As the Breadman ORGANIC Bakery we have always prided ourselves on using certified organic ingredients. However, when one of our main suppliers Kiwi Organics, now 'BROADLANDS' told us they we forgoing their organic certification it initially gave us some cause for concern.
Whilst they are no longer officially organic certified, Broadlands still grow to the high standards they always have. As food makers, one of the most important factors for us and many people we talk to at food shows, customer research etc. is being able to eat food that is grown and manufactured in New Zealand, and that it's fresh. Many of the certified organic ingredients you can buy in New Zealand are imported from China, South America, Asia. People don't always know this, or take into account the cost and food miles of import. The companies we use to verify overseas organic certification are both of excellent reputation and assure us that their organic ingredients are genuine and properly certified. But that may not be the case for every import.
Product is grown and manufactured in New Zealand by a family business, using traditional farming practices.
All products are free of gluten, lactose and nuts.
Natural (free of GE, GMO, residues and pesticides), product tests in the lab as '100% organic' and free of residues.
100% product traceability: The vertically integrated business means that all maize/corn products are 100% grown, harvested and manufactured by Broadlands in NZ. They 100% guarantee this.
Chilled climate controlled storage facility used (as opposed to using pesticides, which is what most grain companies use to store product as it's cheaper).
All products are grown on the sunny East Coast of Gisborne in Tolaga Bay, which has the best sunshine hours for corn to reach it's maximum potential of nutrition.
The Parker family have been farming in Tolaga for over 60 years, Mike is a winner of "Organic Farmer of the Year, New Zealand"
All products are milled fresh to order.
So whilst you won't see the 'Certified Organic' stamp on Broadlands corn, we hope you are as assured as we are that their farming methods and natural means of production are as good as anything you can get anywhere in the world.
Our relationship with the Parkers goes back many years and we are proud to support such a fantastic family business.


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Kelly Terry (born June 6, 1992) is a former women's ice hockey player for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. She made her debut with the Canada women's national ice hockey team at the 2014 4 Nations Cup.

Playing career

NCAA
She joined the Minnesota Golden Gophers in autumn 2010. She accumulated thirty-nine points, while appearing in 38 contests.

Hockey Canada
Terry was part of Canada's National Women's Under-18 Team gold medal winning squad at the 2010 IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championship in Chicago. As a member of the gold medal winning squad, a hockey card of her was featured in the Upper Deck 2010 World of Sports card series. In addition, she participated in the Canada Celebrates Event on June 30 in Edmonton, Alberta which recognized the Canadian Olympic and World hockey champions from the 2009-10 season .

She was a member of Canada's National Women's Development Team that won a gold medal at the 2015 Nations Cup (formerly known as the Meco Cup).

Career stats

CWHL

Awards and honours
2009 Toronto Star's high school girls all-stars
2010-11 WCHA All-Rookie Team

Personal
Her father, Bill Terry played collegiately at Michigan Tech. In addition, he played five games with the Minnesota North Stars during the 1987-88 season

References

1992 births
Canadian women's ice hockey forwards
Living people
Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey players
Ice hockey people from Toronto

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Tuesday, January 1,
2002, Chandigarh, India
N A T I O N
IAF fully prepared: Air Chief
New Delhi, December 31
The new Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamy, today said the Indian Air Force was fully prepared — if called upon by the government — to carry out strikes against the terrorist camps within range in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
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Outgoing Air Chief Marshal A.Y. Tipnis (L) exchanges salutes with his successor Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamy at the handing-over ceremony in New Delhi on Monday.
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Harshad Mehta dead
Mumbai, December 31
Harshad Mehta, who hit the headlines 10 years ago in the wake of multi-crore securities scam, died at the Thane Civil Hospital early today.
Business page: From clerk he rose to meteoric heights
More evidence of SIMI links with Osama
Amended POTO to be repromulgated
MPs against turning House into garrison
BJP announces poll strategy
Another spy with ISI links held
Nation greets PM on 78th birthday
India not against Pak but terrorism: BJP chief
Bihar connection of JeM chief revealed
Afzal remanded in police custody
Fernandes misled on defence deals: CPM
POTO promulgated with amendments
The Centre today re-promulgated the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) with some amendments. The Union Cabinet had on Saturday decided to enforce the ordinance once again to combat terrorism.
Clarify stand on temple, VHP asks BJP
Lucknow, December 31
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) today called upon the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to clarify its stand on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid issue and demanded handing over the entire area except the disputed land of 3200 sq feet for the construction on the Ram temple at Ayodhya.
A challenging year for Home Ministry
The year 2001 turned out to be the most challenging year for the Union Home Ministry as its efforts to tackle terrorism proved to be not so effective. Perpetrators of terrorism from across the border shocked the entire nation with an attack on Parliament.
CONGRESS YEARENDER
Lost top leaders, found new allies
Though tragedies struck the Congress in 2001, it was a phase of consolidation for the main Opposition party. The Congress, at present, — has 11 Chief Ministers, following its victories in the Kerala, Assam and Pondicherry Assembly elections.
BJP against hot pursuit
Maintaining that it had never advocated hot pursuit or war against Pakistan, the BJP today asserted that the Vajpayee government would decide the agenda for combating Pak-sponsored terrorism.
Nandankanan zoo in Orissa has a new arrival in its family, an eight-month-old baby elephant, "Shankar."
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Time to leave: outgoing Air Chief Marshal A.Y. Tipnis before the handing-over ceremony at the air headquarters at Vayubhavan in New Delhi on Monday.
Outgoing Air Chief Marshal A.Y.Tipnis inspecting guard of honour at Vayubhavan in New Delhi on Monday.
— PTI photos
"There are obvious tensions. Our training status is good...We are honed on to do what we are expected to do," the Air Chief said while addressing the media during a press conference later in the evening.
Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamy took over from Air Chief Marshal A.Y. Tipnis earlier this morning at the Air Headquarters.
The Air Chief, however, clarified that in his perception, the tensions on the border were not negative and assured people that they could take it easy. He said "there were no tensions or apprehensions in the negative sense of the word."
The first test pilot in the history of the IAF to become chief, Air Chief Marshal Krishnaswamy has had the rare distinction of being Vice-Chief, Deputy Chief and C-in-C of three air commands, besides becoming the first IAF officer to get the prestigious Agni Award for his work on guidance systems for missiles. He has flown 30 different aircraft as Captain, logging over 4,500 hours.
He said as far as the readiness of the IAF was concerned, he was happy with the preparedness. "There is no rush. It is collected and cool. Routine training is carrying on. Whatever directions we get, we are at those levels of status."
"The IAF can strike anywhere, LoC or Timbuctoo. As long as it is within our limits, we can go. Of course there are limitations to everything", he added.
In a wide-ranging interaction with the media after taking over, the Air Chief said his priority was not immediately on purchases but on checking the inventory of the force to see that everything was in good shape.
Harshad, embroiled in a series of scam cases, was lodged in the Thane Central Jail. He developed chest pain at around 11 pm last night and was shifted to the Thane Civil Hospital where he breathed his last at 12.40 am, police sources told PTI here.
He was arrested by the CBI on November 9 with his brothers, Ashwin and Sudhir, in the case of alleged misappropriation of Rs 250 crore from 27 lakh 'missing' shares of 90 blue chip companies.
On December 21, a special court had rejected the bail plea of Harshad and his brothers and remanded them in judicial custody till January 4.
Harshad and his brothers contended that it was on the basis of their complaint that the court had earlier ordered the CBI to probe into the 'missing' shares, while the CBI argued that these shares were sold fraudulently in the market by the accused).
In another case, Harshad and three others were acquitted on April 16 in a case of alleged misappropriation of Rs. 5.88 lakh from the funds of Bank of America in its inter-bank call money transactions, ostensibly with the SBI Mutual Fund.
After his arrest Harshad was confined to the central prison and other jails in Mumbai. Recently, he was shifted to the Thane Central Prison.
The body was taken to the government-owned J.J. Hospital in Mumbai for post-mortem today. According to hospital sources, he complained of chest pain last night in the prison.
The jail doctor S.G. Kharat gave him first-aid before being taken to the civil hospital, they said.
In the hospital, Harshad collapsed when the doctor was examining him. The doctors tried to save him by providing artificial resuscitation but declared him dead shortly after midnight, Chief Medical Officer Dr Sudhir Bakshi and physician Dr R.A. Chavan attended on him.
Soon after his death, his family rushed to the hospital. The police also maintained tight bandobast by deploying additional personnel. According to family sources, he never had a heart problem earlier.
According to doctors and jail sources, Harshad did his normal exercises for over an hour every day but yesterday it was extended by 30 minutes.
The two brothers of Harshad were today released on interim bail by the Mumbai High Court till January 5.
Sudhir and Ashwin Mehta were granted bail on personal bond of Rs 1 lakh each by Justice Vijaya Tahilramani for attending the last rites and religious ceremonies for their brother Harshad. PTI
The Centre today re-promulgated the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) with some amendments.
The Union Cabinet had on Saturday decided to enforce the ordinance once again to combat terrorism.
The Cabinet had decided to drop from the ordinance sub-clause (8) of Clause three dealing with journalists and reduced the period of legislation to three years.
The Cabinet also decided to make three other major changes in the original ordinance, which was promulgated on October 24 but could not be passed by Parliament. The Bill replacing the ordinance could not be introduced in the Lok Sabha as the entire Opposition was against the Bill and described the proposed enactment of law as "draconian."
The government, which was keen to get POTO passed in the winter session, failed to reach a consensus with the Opposition, who wanted that the Bill on the lines of the earlier Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) should not be enacted as it might be used to harrass people from a particular religion.
However, the government said the Bill was necessary in view of recent worldwide developments and Parliament attack on December 13.
"All the political parties, including the BJP and the NDA have to clarify their stand on the Ram temple issue," VHP international general secretary Pravinbhai Togadia told reporters here.
Dr Togadia said non-supporting the temple issue would indirectly mean ignoring the majority in the country. He said the VHP had sent letters to the leaders of all political parties, including Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Samata Party leader George Fernandes, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackrey to clarify their stand on the issue.
Dr Togadia said except for the area of 40 by 80 sq feet, rest of the 42 acres in Ayodhya was undisputed and could be handed over for the construction of the Ram temple.
He also announced that a yatra of 5000 sadhus will start from Ayodhya on January 21 to pressurise the government to clear the obstacles for the construction of the temple from March 12.
The yatra will end at New Delhi on January 27 and would hold meetings at Lucknow and Kanpur on January 21 and 22, the VHP leader added. UNI
S. Satyanarayan
The attack came as a big embarrassment to the Atal Behari Vajpayee government as after the October 1 attack on Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, there were intelligence inputs about the possible attack on Parliament and other vital installations.
Only the presence of mind and valour of the security guards posted in the Parliament complex saved the day for India and the government as the five heavily armed terrorists were shot dead and prevented from entering the sanctum sanctorum of the country's democratic polity.
Home Minister L.K. Advani himself went on record saying "this terrorist assault on the very bastion of our democracy was clearly aimed at wiping out the country's top political leadership."
If the December 13 attack characterised the heightened challenges posed by the foreign-sponsored terrorism before the government, ethnic clashes in the northeast and constant growth of Left Wing extremism kept the Ministry on tenterhooks.
Despite the promulgation of the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) amid the strong criticism from the Opposition and banning 25 organisations as terrorist outfits under the Act, including the Peoples War Group, these groups struck at will killing several innocent people under the nose of law enforcement agencies.
The possible links between Left Wing extremists with Maoists in Nepal and the spillover of Maoists activities in India added to the burden of the Centre.
The Ministry of Home Affairs responded to the challenges with adequate deployment of paramilitary forces in sensitive areas and at vital installations and increasing the central funding for the modernisation of the police force in the states from Rs 200 crore to Rs 1000 crore annually.
However, the Centre's efforts to modernise the police forces to meet the challenges posed by extremists failed to make much impact as most of the states failed to raise the matching funds to avail of the scheme.
The Union Home Minister's much-talked about Naga Peace Process with the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-I-M) suffered a setback as the three words "beyond territorial limits" mentioned in the agreement to extend the ceasefire with the Naga group resulted in a massive protests in the northeastern states, especially Manipur, forcing the government to suitably amend the accord much to the chagrin of NSCN(I-M).
The pro-active approach adopted by the Centre in Jammu and Kashmir against the militants after the expiry of Ramzan ceasefire in May, 2001, security forces succeeded in eliminating a large number of infiltrators and terrorists, especially foreign mercenaries and seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition.
The urgency shown by the ministry for the speedy completion of border fencing in Jammu and Kashmir had a positive impact with the fence construction gaining momentum despite firing by Pakistani rangers.
The tripartite agreement between the Centre, Assam and the Bodo Liberation Tigers to further extend suspension of operations for one more year from September 15 was also signed.
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Though tragedies struck the Congress in 2001, it was a phase of consolidation for the main Opposition party.
The Congress, at present, — has 11 Chief Ministers, following its victories in the Kerala, Assam and Pondicherry Assembly elections. The Congress is gearing up for the Assembly elections in Punjab, Uttaranchal and Manipur. Out of reckoning in the leadership stakes, it is striving to improve its position in Uttar Pradesh, where it is contesting all 405 seats.
The year under review also saw the Congress breaking the ice with the Samajwadi Party and opening new possibilities in the post-Assembly poll scenario both in UP and at the Centre. The Samajwadi Party had not supported the party's bid for power under the stewardship of its President Sonia Gandhi in 1999 and had also not been attending meetings called by the Congress for floor coordination in the Lok Sabha.
After the ice was broken between Congress President Sonia Gandhi and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav at a dinner hosted by CPM leader Somnath Chaterjee, the two sought to take the new found bonhomie forward by attending each other's Iftar get-togethers.
Even as the Congress made new friends, it lost some old ones. AIADMK chief J. Jayalalitha, who got a majority in Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, distanced herself from the Congress though the major Opposition party had backed her during the acrimonious spat with the DMK. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who had joined hands with the Congress on the eve of polls to the West Bengal Assembly, quietly returned to the NDA.
Despite the Congress being in two state governments (Maharashtra and Meghalaya) with the Nationalist Congress Party of Sharad Pawar, there seems little improvement in the Sonia-Pawar equation. Mr Pawar is reported to have said that he had not invited Mrs Gandhi for his birthday bash in Mumbai. As a tit for tat, the Congress did not invite him to their grand Iftar. The two had earlier been together at a dinner hosted by Mr Chaterjee.
The question of TMC's merger with the Congress also disappeared with Mr G.K. Moopanar's successor G.K. Vasan choosing to maintain a separate identity.
The death in an air crash of Madhavrao Scindia, Deputy Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, left a big vacuum in the Congress. The party had earlier lost senior leader Jitendra Prasada, who created history by contesting against Mrs Gandhi for the party chief's post.
The issue of Mrs Gandhi's citizenship faded in the wake of the court ruling that she was an Indian citizen.
Describing Indian troops' movement along the border with Pakistan as a preventive measure, the party endorsed Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's decision not to meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf during the SAARC Summit.
"We leave it to the government to take further steps to end the Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and the party has full faith in its efforts," BJP President K. Jana Krishnamurthi told newspersons on the eve of the New Year.
The BJP President maintained that the party never advocated hot pursuit or pro-active measures against Pakistan. "Such suggestion could have come from some members in their individual capacity," he asserted.
However, on the statement of US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that India should exercise caution in view of the presence of US men and material in Pakistan, Mr Krishnamurthi said: "This government does not work under anyone's pressure."
On the troop build-up along the border, he said: "The troop movement on our side is only a minimum required preventive step in response to the massive deployment of Pakistani war machinery...India is not angling for war but we must be prepared for all contingencies."
While hailing the Vajpayee government's diplomatic offensive against Pakistan, the BJP President admitted that Pakistan's response to New Delhi's initiatives was not up to expectations.
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Wigan Warriors will take on third-place Castleford Tigers at the DW Stadium in the first televised game of the Betfred Super League Super 8s on Friday, August 10 (KO 7.45pm).
The Warriors will then travel to Perpignan to face Catalans Dragons on Saturday, August 18 (KO 6.15pm) and will hit the road once again to face St Helens on Friday, August 31 (KO 7.45pm) a week after the Challenge Cup final.
In round four and five, the Warriors will have back-to-back home fixtures, hosting Wakefield Trinity in Wigan's only Thursday evening fixture on September 6 (KO 7.45pm) and then welcoming Warrington Wolves (KO 7.45pm) to the DW Stadium on Friday, September 14. In round six, Wigan will travel to Huddersfield Giants on Friday, September 21 (KO 7.45pm) before hosting Hull FC in round seven of the Super 8s on Friday, September 28 (KO 7.45pm).
Sky Sports fixtures for weeks 5-7 will be announced in due course. *All fixtures are subject to change.


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Individual Retirement Account legal definition of Individual Retirement Account
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Related to Individual Retirement Account: Roth Individual Retirement Account
A means by which an individual can receive certain federal tax advantages while investing for retirement.
The federal government has several reasons for encouraging individuals to save money for their retirement. For one, the average life span of a U.S. citizen continues to increase. Assuming that the average age of retirement does not change, workers who retire face more years of retirement and more years to live without a wage or salary.
Uncertainty over the future of the federal
Social Security system is another reason. U.S. workers generally contribute deductions from their paychecks to the Social Security fund. In theory, this money will come back to them, usually upon their retirement. But a substantial number of politicians, economists, and scholars contend that the Social Security fund is being drained faster than it is being filled, and that it will go broke in a number of years, leaving retirees to survive without government assistance.
Regardless of its future, many people consider the retirement benefits of Social Security to be inadequate, and they look for other methods of funding their retirement years. Many employers offer retirement plans. These plans vary in form but generally offer retirement funds that grow with continued employment. Yet this benefit is not always available to workers. A changing economy has caused some employers to cut back on retirement plans or to cut them out completely. Often, part-time, new, or temporary workers do not qualify for an employer's retirement plan. And individuals who are self-employed may not choose this job benefit.
To help people prepare for their retirement, Congress in 1974 established individual retirement accounts (IRAs) (Employee Retirement Income Security Act [ERISA] [codified in scattered sections of 5, 18, 26, and 29 U.S.C.A.]). These accounts may take a variety of forms, such as savings accounts at a bank, certificates of deposit, or mutual funds of stocks. Initially, IRAs were available only to people who were not participating in an employer-provided retirement plan. This changed in 1981, when Congress expanded the IRA provisions to include anyone, regardless of participation in an employer's retirement plan (Economic Recovery Tax Act [ERTA] [codified in scattered sections of 26, 42, and 45 U.S.C.A.]). The goal of ERTA was to promote an increased level of personal retire ment savings through uniform discretionary savings arrangements.
A movement to bolster the Federal Budget by eliminating many existing tax shelters prompted portions of the tax reform act of 1986 (codified in scattered sections of 19, 25, 26, 28, 29, 42, 46, and 49 U.S.C.A.) and another change in IRA laws. This time, Congress limited some of the IRA's tax advantages, making them unavailable to workers who participate in an employer's retirement plan or whose earnings meet or exceed a certain threshold. Yet, other tax advantages remain, and the laws still allow any one to contribute to an IRA, making it a popular investment tool.
It is difficult to understand the advantages that an IRA offers without understanding a few basics about federal Income Tax law. Generally, a person calculating the amount of tax that he or she owes to the government first determines the amount of income received in the year. This is normally employment income. Tax laws allow the individual to deduct from this figure amounts paid for certain items, such as charitable contributions or interest on a mortgage. Some taxpayers choose to take a single standard deduction rather than numerous itemized deductions. In either case, the taxpayer subtracts any allowable deductions from yearly income and then calculates the tax owed on the remainder.
Taking deductions is only one of the ways in which a taxpayer may reduce taxes by investing in an IRA. But IRAs have proven to be popular with taxpayers. This popularity has prompted expansion of the federal tax rules to encourage additional savings and investment through IRAs. In 2003 there were 11 types of IRAs:
Individual Retirement Annuity
Employer and Employee Association Trust Account
Simplified Employee Pension (SEP-IRA)
Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees IRA (SIMPLE IRA)
Spousal IRA
Rollover IRA (Conduit IRA)
Inherited IRA
Education IRA
Despite the many variations, the two most important remain the traditional IRA and the Roth IRA.
In traditional IRAs, a single filer may deduct IRA contributions as long as his or her income is less than $95,000 (to qualify for a full contribution) or $95,000-$110,000 to qualify for a partial contribution. Joint filers may deduct IRA contributions as long as their adjusted gross income is less than $150,000 (to qualify for a full contribution). If their adjusted gross income is between $150,000 and $160,000, they may qualify for a partial contribution.
IRA contribution limits increased in 2002 and will increase over the next few years. For individual taxpayers, contributions are limited to $3,000 for tax years 2003 and 2004. In tax years 2005 through 2007, contributions are capped at $4,000. They are eventually capped at $5,000 for individual taxpayers in 2008 through 2010.
Various plans may constitute employer-maintained retirement plans, such as standard pension plans, profit-sharing or stock-bonus plans, annuities, and government retirement plans. Someone who does not participate in such a plan—whether by choice or not—is entitled to contribute to an IRA up to $3,000 a year or 100 percent of her or his annual income, whichever is less. The amount contributed during the taxable year may then be taken as a deduction.
A married taxpayer who files a joint tax return with a spouse who does not work may deduct contributions toward what is called a spousal IRA, or an IRA established for the spouse's benefit. If neither spouse is a participant in an employer-provided retirement plan, up to $4,000 may be deductible.
Taxpayers who contribute to Traditional IRAs usually realize tax benefits even when the law does not permit them to take deductions. That is because income earned on Traditional IRA contributions is not taxed until the funds are distributed, which usually occurs at retirement. Income that is allowed to grow, untaxed, for several years, grows faster than income that is taxed each year.
To avoid abuses and excessive tax shelters, Congress has placed limits on the extent to which IRAs can be used as a financial tool. Individuals with IRAs may currently make contributions limited to $3,000 a year; contributions exceeding that amount are subject to strict financial penalties by the Internal Revenue Service each year until the excess is corrected. The owner of an IRA generally may not withdraw funds from that account until age 591/2. Premature distributions are subject to a ten percent penalty in addition to regular income tax. Taxpayers may be able to avoid this premature distribution penalty by "rolling over," or transferring, the distribution amount to another IRA within 60 days.
An individual may elect not to withdraw IRA funds at age 591/2. However, the law requires IRA owners to withdraw IRA money at age 701/2, either in a lump sum or in periodic (at least annual) payments based on a life-expectancy calculation. Failure to comply with this rule can result in a 50 percent penalty on the amount of the required minimum distribution. Contributions to an IRA must stop at age 701/2.
In 1997, Congress provided for a new type of IRA—the Roth IRA, named for former Senator William V. Roth, Jr. The Roth IRA was part of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Pub.L. No. 105-34, 111 Stat. 788 (codified as amended in scattered sections of 26 U.S.C.). Contributions to a Roth IRA are not deductible from gross income, and the Roth IRA allows no deductions for contributions. Instead, Roth IRAs provide a benefit that is unique among retirement savings schemes: If a taxpayer meets certain requirements, all earnings from the IRA are tax-free when the taxpayer or his or her beneficiary withdraws them. There are other benefits as well, such as no early distribution penalty on certain withdrawals, and no need to take minimum distributions after age 701/2.
The chief advantage of the Roth IRA is the ability to have investment earnings escape taxation. However, taxpayers may not claim a deduction when they contribute to Roth IRAs. Whether it is more advantageous to use Roth IRAs or traditional IRAs depends on each taxpayer's personal situation. It also depends on what assumptions the taxpayer makes about the future, such as future tax rates and the taxpayer's earnings in the interim.
One may open a Roth IRA if he or she is eligible for a regular contribution to a Roth IRA or a rollover or conversion to a Roth IRA. A taxpayer is eligible to make a regular contribution to a Roth IRA even if he or she participates in a retirement plan maintained by his or her employer. These contributions may be as much as $3,000 ($3,500 if 50 or older by the end of the year). There are just two requirements: the taxpayer or taxpayer's spouse must have compensation or Alimony income equal to the amount contributed; and the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income may not exceed certain limits. These limits are the same as in traditional IRAs: $95,000 for single individuals and $150,000 for married individuals filing joint returns. The amount that a taxpayer may contribute is reduced gradually and then completely eliminated when the taxpayer's modified adjusted gross income exceeds $110,000 (single) or $160,000 (married filing jointly).
A traditional IRA may be converted to a Roth IRA if modified adjusted gross income is $100,000 or less, and if the taxpayer is either single or files jointly with his or her spouse. Although taxpayers converting traditional IRAs to Roth IRAs must pay tax in the year of the conversion, the long-term savings often greatly out-weigh the conversion tax.
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Kaster, Nicholas. 1998. Roth IRAs after 1998 Tax Law Changes. Chicago: CCH.
Levy, Donald R., and Avery E. Neumark. 2000. Quick Reference to IRAs, 1999. New York: Panel Publishers.
Individual Retirement Account
Ferraro, Geraldine Anne
Keogh Plan
Tax Reform Act of 1986
While the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 created or extended many higher education incentives, such as Education individual retirement accounts, qualified state tuition programs, U.S.
IRSRRA '98 revamps higher education incentives
The taxpayer died on March 2, 1994, with a substantial balance in his individual retirement account (IRA) and before he had began receiving distributions.
Planning after death
Once you've got a notion of your tax burden this year, you might consider opening an individual retirement account, or IRA.
5 promise keepers: follow up on that resolution to get your finances in order for '98
A SIMPLE plan may be set up either as an individual retirement account (IRA) for each employee or as part of a qualified cash or deferred arrangement (under Internal Revenue Code section 401(k)).
Not so SIMPLE?
* The law allows employers with 100 or fewer employees to establish a savings incentive matching plan for employees (SIMPLE) that can be in the form of an individual retirement account for each employee or part of a 401 (k) plan.
Small business act: S corporation relief and pension plan reform
Another provision would allow penalty-free IRA (individual retirement account) withdrawals for major life expenses, including education and training, first home purchases, major medical expenses and long-term unemployment.
Benefits for small business: Clinton plan could expand retirement coverage for up to 10 million workers
For many people, a large individual retirement account (IRA) is, or will be, a significant asset in their estate.
Choices for the spouse of a deceased IRA owner
In October 1989, Dwyer withdrew over $2(n1,000 from his individual retirement account to solve his financial problems.
Clinical depression doesn't negate 10% premature withdrawal penalty
If you worked last year, you're probably eligible to have an individual retirement account (IRA).
How to secure your investment success: don't let the tax man dip too deeply into your investment earnings for last year or this one. Here's how to protect them
Consumers had the largest share of their retirement assets, or about 31% of the total, inside individual retirement accounts. The value of IRA assets of all kinds increased about 10%, to $8.2 trillion.
U.S. Retirement Asset Total Increases 8.5%: ICI
The number of individual retirement accounts of the recipients amounted to 9,947,243.
Sum of pension savings of Kazakhstan reaches 4.18 trillion tenge
Individual retirement accounts and employer-sponsored retirement plans account for nearly two-thirds of advisors' income in retirement, according to Cogent Research.
Study details advisors' sources of retirement income
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Welcome to Hard Times  é um filme estadunidense de 1967, do gênero faroeste, escrito e dirigido por Burt Kennedy, com roteiro baseado no romance Welcome to Hard Times , de E.L. Doctorow.

Sinopse
Numa pequena cidade do velho oeste, o prefeito Will Blue precisa deter um criminoso implacável que segue impune cometendo crimes bárbaros.

Elenco principal

Filmes com trilha sonora de Harry Sukman
Filmes de faroeste dos Estados Unidos
Filmes dos Estados Unidos de 1967
Filmes dirigidos por Burt Kennedy
Filmes da Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Filmes baseados em romances de autores dos Estados Unidos
Filmes de faroeste da década de 1960
Filmes em língua inglesa


An old time classic, which just must be part of any standard, and of course, any Christmas assortment. The strong China Ceylon blend, enriched with crushed cinnamon pieces from Ceylon receives its perfectly balanced taste through our expressive cinnamon flavor. Quite simple and perfect.
Ingredients: Black tea (91 %), cinnamon pieces, flavoring.


At The Piggott School we welcome students with special educational needs and disabilities as part of our community and we aim to ensure that all students have equal opportunities and access to engage in a broad and balanced curriculum.
We celebrate the success of all our students and in 2014 OfSTED said "Disabled students and those with special educational needs are very effectively supported by teachers and teaching assistants; they make good and often outstanding progress".
Some of our students will need additional support to ensure access to the whole curriculum. To achieve this we work in partnership with parents and carers, valuing their views and contributions and keeping them fully involved in their child's education. The student is also involved, where possible, in decision making about their support. We believe that the effective education of students with SEND can only be achieved through a whole school approach endorsed enthusiastically by all staff.
Information about the Wokingham Borough Council Local Offer can be found here.
Daily management of the SEN department is carried out by the Inclusion Manager, Jane Everton, who, as part of her role, also administers tests for identifying students requiring exam concessions. The Inclusion Manager is the main port of call for any enquiries regarding SEN support within the school. If you wish to contact her, she can be reached by email or via the school switchboard.
The Inclusion Manager works closely with Viki Hunt, a member of Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and the SENCo, who line manages SEN and is currently undertaking the National Award for SEN Co-ordination.
The school benefits from a team of approximately 20 Learning Support Assistants (LSAs). Most of these are deployed across subject areas within the school and support a large number of students with a range of special educational needs or disabilities. Some of the team have specialist roles to support specific areas of need such as: Dyslexia; Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH); and sensory needs (e.g. visual/hearing impairments). In addition, some members of the team support students specifically within the English and Maths departments.
The Piggott School is the preferred secondary school in WBC for students with a physical disability.
Our SEN Information report can be found at the bottom of the page.


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Q: Getting store record of list item when selecting a pic within the list So I havea list of posts in a forum format, and right now I want to be able to access the posterID property of the store post when clicking on the avatar image of the user. I've attached a select listener to the image, but I'm unsure how to access the parent store of the image. I've tried looking through sencha's documentation and search has failed me.
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                        id: 'logo',
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A: Try using itemTap listener, it will give you reference to the list.
I use it like this:
listeners: {
        itemtap: function (list, index, element, record)
        {
            /* Put your logic here*/
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}

More details can be found here: http://docs.sencha.com/touch/2-1/#!/api/Ext.dataview.DataView-event-itemtap

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Mina Witkojc, Lužiškosrbska novinarka in pesnica, * 28. maj 1893, Burg, Nemško cesarstvo, † 11. november 1975, Kolkwitz, Vzhodna Nemčija.

Dela
 Dolnoserbske basni, Budyšin 1925
 Wĕnašk błośańskich kwĕtkow, Budyšin 1934
 K swĕtłu a słyńcu, Berlin 1955
 Prĕdne kłoski, Berlin 1958
 Po drogach casnikarki, Budyšin 1987

Reference

Zunanje povezave
 Mina Witkojc, literaturport.de

Lužiški Srbi
Nemški novinarji
Nemški pisatelji
Nemški pesniki
Nemški prevajalci


Masdar Institute faculty are part of a collaborative team of researchers that has discovered a novel way to significantly increase the amount of sunlight that a solar absorber can convert into heat. By converting more of the solar energy that reaches the Earth's surface into heat in a low-cost way, the solar absorber can help make sustainable technologies that rely on solar heat, like solar thermal technologies, more efficient and affordable.
April 17, 2019 - SolarReserve ditches 2-GW CSP project in Nevada - report Renewables NowApril 17 (Renewables Now) - California-based company SolarReserve LLC has dropped plans for the construction of what was expected to be the world's lar.
March 26, 2019 - Department of Energy Announces $130 Million for Early-Stage Solar Research Project Energy.govWASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $130 million for new research to advance early-stage solar technologies.


We've had the Xmas tunes on pretty much since the 1st November here at Loot HQ and thought we'd spread the festive cheer with all of you guys too!
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All you have to do is make sure that you are following us at @loot.app and we'll post a new competition every day at noon! Simply tag your mates in the comments and every comment counts as a new entry - so go tagging mad!
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Sweaty Vamps put on a night of fun
'We're just four sweaty boys who like to play music.'
Friday, 20 April, 2018, 10:54
The Vamps were a hit at Sheffield's Fly DSA Arena.
That was how the rather self-effacing Vamps described themselves on the first night of their Night & Day Tour at Sheffield's FlyDSA Arena on Saturday.
But if the hordes of screaming girls in the audience – along with 4.3 million Twitter followers and six million Facebook fans – are anything to go by, these four lads have found a way to turn their hard work and passion into real commercial
The Vamps frontman Brad Simpson on stage at Sheffield Arena. Picture: Robin Burns.
Kicking off their set with Staying Up, frontman Brad Simpson, bassist Connor Ball, guitarist James McVey and drummer Tristan Evans were lively and likeable, engaging with their enthusiastic audience at every opportunity.
Special effects, a panoramic screen and a runway which allowed the band to get closer to more of their fans helped add a wow factor to the show, which was the first of 13 UK dates followed by a tour of Europe.
Tristan is one of the few drummers I have seen who seems to relish the opportunity to take centre-stage.
Playing on a raised platform with neon drumsticks, there was no way he was going to risk fading into the background.
From chatting happily to the crowd and playing an energetic solo to giving an impromptu drum lesson to one lucky girl – in this case a fan called Jasmine from Hull, who won the chance to join her idols up on stage.
As well as the expected hits like Can We Dance, Somebody to You and Last Night, the band took the opportunity to test out some of their new material on very willing ears.
The Sheffield audience were the first to hear The Vamps perform Just My Type and Hair Too Long live.
They were also treated to an acoustic rendition of Girls on TV by Connor and James.
This song was voted for in a Twitter poll and the lads admitted they had to quickly learn it before the concert as they hadn't played it in three years.
And if all that wasn't enough, the Vamps were joined on stage by Maggie Lindemann for Personal, with her staying on afterward to sing her own hit Pretty Girl.
If you're not already a fan of The Vamps, their music is unlikely to set your world alight.
It's a touch cheesy, but the band's clean cut image and catchy tunes make them perfect for a predominantly female teenage audience.


Merci. Yes it is a very unique location & pleased you enjoyed. Look forward to seeing you again.
For rooms with Lake front view, are you bothered by flies from the lake?
Sorry for such a late response. No flies or mosquitos. Sorry for the slow response.