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Pat North Ommert
A skilled trick rider, Roman rider and jumper, and jockey, Ommert toured the world with Wild West shows. She acted as a stunt double in Hollywood movies such as the 1954 picture, "A Star is Born," and landed contracts for performances at Madison Square Garden and Boston Garden. After she retired from trick riding, Ommert...
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Frances Rosenthal Kallison
Frances Rosenthal Kallison was born in Fort Worth, Texas, but spent most of her adult life in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband at their Diamond K Ranch and general store. The Diamond K Ranch was known for their award-winning Polled Hereford cattle as well as hosting Wild West barbecues through the USO for soldiers....
Marilyn Williams Harris
As the co-manager of historic Sands Ranch for the last 20 years, Marilyn Williams Harris has made protecting wildlife habitats, repairing ecosystems, and preserving Arizona's western landscapes a priority. Through her work with non-profits, Harris has raised millions of dollars for a variety of organizations ranging from the Arizona Horse Lover's Foundation to the Barrow...
Veryl Goodnight
Veryl Goodnight has dedicated her life to exploring the relationships of pioneer women to wildlife and the West through bronze sculptures and oil paintings. As a wildlife rehabilitator, Goodnight has always been close to the natural world. As an artist she has utilized that knowledge to bring authenticity to her work on over 200 sculptures...
Jo Ann Smith
Jo Ann Smith has blazed trails for women and championed family-owned farms in the agricultural industry for decades. A rancher alongside her husband in Florida, Smith saw the need for global marketing efforts for farmers to survive financially in the changing world. In 1985, she became the first female president of the National Cattlemen's Beef...
Jane Pattie
Since the publication of her first article in 1958, Jane Pattie has harnessed her passion for the American West as an accomplished freelance writer and photographer who has authored more than 3,000 articles. She has been published in over twenty national and international magazines, including The Quarter Horse Journal, The Paint Horse Journal, Horse &...
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Terri Kelly Moyers grew up with the innate desire to be an artist. As a child in Calgary, Alberta, she was always drawing and experimenting with art subjects, specifically depictions of horses. Her work has been displayed at the Forbes Building in New York and at the Gene Autry Museum in Los Angeles, and is...
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A former U.S. marine, award-winning community leader, and equestrian trailblazer, Patricia E. Kelly has been at the helm of the Hartford, CT-based non-profit organization Ebony Horsewomen, Inc. for the past 30+ years. Initially started in 1984 as a cultural and social enrichment organization for female equestrians, Ebony Horsewomen, Inc. serves over 300 youth annually, creating...
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Known as the "Cowgirl of the Typewriter," Frances Kavanaugh Hecker was one of the few women writing western screenplays in Hollywood, a primarily male-dominated profession. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up around ranching in Houston which gave her what she called "the feeling of Westerns." Her credits began with the Driftin' Kid in 1941,...
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Dr. May Owen committed to a career in medicine at the age of nine when she discovered her true passion was helping others. Her first patients were animals on her family's farm in Falls County, Texas. While she attended high school in Fort Worth, Texas, she remained committed to helping her father on the farm...
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There's a reason why actresses like Ethel Merman, Patti Lupone and Bette Midler have wanted to play the mother of all musical roles. Gypsy is that good. Even The New York Times says it "may be the greatest of all American musicals." Only an epic this grand could capture the real-life Mama Rose, the ultimate stage mother, who groomed her two daughters to be vaudeville stars ... only to watch one of them leave it all behind to become the burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee. With a book by Arthur Laurents (West Side Story), music by Jule Styne (Funny Girl) and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim (Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods), this timeless favorite features crowd-pleasing songs like "Everything's Coming Up Roses," "Let Me Entertain You," "Together Wherever We Go," "Some People," "You Gotta Have a Gimmick" and the show-stopping "Rose's Turn." Catch this classic at Lyric Stage Company of Boston.


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Botched Execution Shows Perils of Lethal Injection Drug Shortage
By John Ericson On 04/30/14 at 10:00 AM EDT
Clayton Lockett, left, died 40 minutes after his lethal injection started. Charles Warner's execution has been delayed Oklahoma Department of Corrections/Handout/Reuters
U.S.Capital Punishment
Why are high-ranking prison officials from America's death penalty states showing up with wads of cash at under-regulated pharmacies, swapping briefcases in the desert and riffling through odd inventories of untested anesthetics? Why are correctional facilities being dragged into court for refusing to disclose the compounds used to put inmates to death? And why is the state of Tennessee set to plug in its mothballed electric chair for the first time in nearly a decade?
Since the Supreme Court lifted its four-year moratorium on capital punishment in 1976, lethal injection has been the weapon of choice for the vast majority of correctional systems, with proponents touting it as a painless and humane way to go. Of the 1,377 executions that have taken place over the past four decades, 1,202 prisoners have been put to death with some variation of the standard, three-step cocktail: a paralytic (which paralyzes the prisoner), an anesthetic (which induces unconsciousness) and potassium chloride (which kills by shutting down the heart). By blurring the line between executioner and doctor, the method has helped dull the barbaric edge of state-sponsored death.
But by relying on sophisticated pharmaceuticals, state correctional systems also stake their business on third-party suppliers that do not always deliver—either because they no longer want their name associated with the practice or because they didn't know they were supplying the drugs in the first place.
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Death rows across America are running on fumes, with drug inventories dwindling and expiration dates voiding batch after batch. "States are now buying drugs from illegal sources, ordering new ones from compounding pharmacies or trading with other states," says Jennifer Moreno, a staff attorney with the Death Penalty Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law.
The crisis started in early 2011, when the U.S.-based pharmaceutical giant Hospira announced that it would no longer manufacture Pentothal (sodium thiopental), the mainstay anesthetic used by executioners to numb the pain of potassium chloride shutting down the heart. The halt came as a final response to what Hospira classified as drug "misuse" among American prisons—officials had continued to use Pentothal for executions against the company's wishes. As the sole U.S. supplier of the drug, Hospira left virtually all death rows without a steady supplier of lethal injection agents—a distribution opportunity no other domestic manufacturer was ready (or willing) to seize.
With inventory expiration dates inching closer, states began to look for alternatives outside the traditional supply chain. But a good vial of sodium thiopental is hard to find. After a scramble that included bartering among states and, according to some legal experts, dipping into the Indian black market, a set of federal court decisions around the safety of these questionably sourced drugs spurred the Obama administration to step in. In the spring and summer of 2011, the Drug Enforcement Administration seized stockpiles of sodium thiopental in several states, citing "questions about how the drug was imported."
That same summer, the Valby, Denmark–based company Lundbeck announced it was overhauling its U.S. distribution of Nembutal, a brand name for the short-acting anesthetic pentobarbital. It turned out that death penalty states unable to secure a steady supply of sodium thiopental had simply switched to that.
Pharmaceutical distribution follows a notoriously complex model, and manufacturers rarely have the resources (or the incentive) to follow their products to the bottom of the chain. It wasn't until the European rights group Reprieve brought to light a set of overlooked buyers—death rows in the U.S.—that Lundbeck realized it had been supplying a means of death rather than life. In response, the company opted to restructure the supply of Nembutal by designating a single authorized distributor. "This restricted distribution process was put in place after Lundbeck learned of the misuse of Nembutal among U.S. prisons," Matt Flesch, a spokesman for Lundbeck, explains. "We strongly opposed this misuse, as Lundbeck is committed to improving people's lives, and using our products to end lives contradicts everything we're in business to do."
Maya Foa, acting director of Reprieve's Death Penalty team, says that many other U.S. and overseas companies are now following suit. "The tide is certainly changing, and it certainly doesn't look like any manufacturer worth its salt will want to be seen supplying drugs for executions in the USA," she wrote in an email to Newsweek. "Over a dozen companies have put distribution controls in place on products that could be used in capital punishment, and there are just a couple that are yet to do so."
With drug alternatives and supplier options running out, state-sponsored death has come to rely largely on loopholes and secrecy. It's a kind of regulatory and judicial shell game in which correctional systems scramble to score viable alternatives from domestic sources without disclosing the source or the acquired drug. It's a practice aimed at shielding the supplier and the drug from both legal scrutiny and the type of renewed policy activism exercised by Reprieve in Europe.
Some states have been able to keep executions going by furtively trading supplies with other death penalty states. California, after combing the nation for drugs, got hooked up by correctional officers in Arizona, according to email correspondence obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union. "You guys in AZ are life savers," Scott Kernan, undersecretary for operations for California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, wrote in a thank-you note to Arizona Department of Corrections Deputy Director Charles Flanagan. "Buy you a beer next time I get that way."
However, most death rows now rely on a class of suppliers known as compounding pharmacies. In the world outside of death row, compounding pharmacies typically offer made-to-order drugs for patients who need their medication customized. According to Moreno, this type of drug synthesis falls outside the regulatory scope of the Food and Drug Administration, as it is intended for specific prescriptions backed by a solid doctor-patient relationship. "That leaves it to the state to regulate—and that's not happening," she explains. By turning a blind eye to these transactions, "they're basically violating state law, and perhaps federal law as well, in order to provide drugs for the department of correction."
But drug acquisition from compounding pharmacies has led to even more problems for correctional officials, who now find themselves under the scrutiny of a judiciary that doesn't care for secrecy within public agencies. The drugs have also come under fire, with a number of inmates showing signs of distress during their final moments. "I feel my whole body burning," said Michael Lee Wilson as a combination of vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride entered his bloodstream on January 9, 2014. The drugs were allegedly provided by an Oklahoma compounding pharmacy; the state's Department of Corrections has not released information confirming a specific source, despite criticism and pressure from civil rights activists.
The dependence on these untested, undisclosed compounds, and the secrecy surrounding it, has forced America's remaining death penalty states to pursue one of two policy outcomes. Legislatures can adopt progressive measures that help dismantle death rows and restructure sentences for capital offenders—or they can keep the practice going by dusting off old statutes and bringing even older execution methods out of retirement.
In February, Washington Governor Jay Inslee imposed a moratorium on executions, citing concerns over unequal application and imperfect procedure. "There are too many flaws in the system," he said in a statement. "And when the ultimate decision is death, there is too much at stake to accept an imperfect system."
Governor John Hickenlooper of Colorado cited similar reasons in May 2013 when he issued an executive order granting reprieve for Nathan Dunlap, who was sentenced to death in 1996 after shooting four people to death at a Chuck E. Cheese. It is unclear how the decision may come to influence the state's upcoming trial of the Aurora movie theater shooter, James Holmes, whose prosecution is expected to seek the death penalty in October.
Other states have been less inclined to yield to judicial review and increased pressure from activists. Missouri, rather than disclosing its drugs and suppliers, has taken up arms against defense lawyers by invoking state statutes limiting public access to correctional procedure. By considering their compounding pharmacies parts of the lethal injection team, prisons are able to give their drug suppliers the same privacy protection as executioners, deflecting judicial moves meant to reveal these sources.
In Tennessee, the General Assembly recently passed a bill that would add the electric chair as an alternative for correctional facilities running low on lethal injection drugs. The measure is now headed for approval from Governor Bill Haslam. The last person to die by electrocution in that state was Daryl Holton, who was executed in 2007 for the murder of his three young sons and their half-sister. Holton requested the method; though Tennessee death rows have not been allowed to enforce death by electrocution in more than half a century, inmates are given their choice.
While public approval of capital punishment has hit an all-time low, 55 percent of Americans remain in favor of the practice. However, more and more regulatory entities and professional groups are reaching out to educate the public on an issue they say has been shrouded in bureaucratic secrecy for a long time. "What appears as humane is theater alone," Dr. Joel Zivot, a professor of anesthesiology at the Emory University School of Medicine, wrote in a recent op-ed criticizing the current perception of lethal injection.
The only entity capable of imposing some type of unifying policy regarding drug acquisition, disclosure and capital punishment in general may be the Supreme Court, which has so far opted to leave the matter with lower courts. Until the justices agree to step in, the standoff between death penalty states, the judiciary and overseas regulators is likely to drag on. "Correctional systems forget that they're a public agency, and that there needs to be transparency," Moreno tells Newsweek. "But the states aren't going to become transparent on their own."


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Gisulf II of Salerno
Title: Gisulf II of Salerno
Subject: List of Princes of Salerno, Guaimar IV of Salerno, Gaitelgrima, daughter of Guaimar IV, 1089 deaths, Sergius III of Amalfi
Gisulf II (also spelled Gisulph, Latin Gisulphus or Gisulfus, and Italian Gisulfo or Gisolfo) was the last Lombard prince of Salerno (1052–1077).
Gisulf was the eldest son and successor of Guaimar IV and Gemma, daughter of the Capuan count Laidulf. He appears as a villain and a pirate in the chronicle of Amatus of Montecassino, Ystoire de li Normant. Historian John Julius Norwich (The Normans in the South pg. 201n) speaks "of one unfortunate victim [an Amalfitan] whom Gisulf kept in an icy dungeon, removing first his right eye and then every day one more of his fingers and toes. He [Amatus] adds that the Empress Agnes—who was spending much of her time in South Italy—personally offered a hundred pounds of gold and one of her own fingers in ransom, but her prayers went unheard."
He was made co-prince with his father in 1042 while very young and, only a decade later, his father was assassinated in the harbour of his capital by four brothers, sons of Pandulf V of Capua and inlaws of Guaimar, who had been goaded into the act by the Byzantine partisans of Amalfi. Young Gisulf was taken captive by the assassins, but soon his uncle, Guy, the duke of Sorrento, had garnered a Norman army and was besieging Salerno. Guy took captive the assassins' families and negotiated the freedom of Gisulf. Soon the city had surrendered and Guy and the Normans paid homage to Gisulf, who confirmed their titles and lands. The rocky start to his reign was merely an indication of its character, for Gisulf held a grudge against the Amalfitans who initiated the slaying of his father. He also, for reasons unknown, came to hate the Normans as barbarians and spent his whole reign in opposition to them.
His enmity with the Normans soon cost him. Robert Guiscard sallied forth from his Calabrian castle at San Marco and captured the Salernitan town of Cosenza and several of its neighbours. Gisulf soon raised the ire of Count Richard I of Aversa and, only by alliance with the despised Almafitans, could he retain his throne. The predations of William, Count of the Principate, a brother of Guiscard, forced him to marry his sister Sichelgaita to Guiscard in return for protection, and eventually his sister Gaitelgrima to Jordan, the son of Richard, recently prince of Capua. In 1071, he and Richard of Capua threw their support behind a rebellion of Abelard of Hauteville and Herman of Hauteville, nephews of Robert Guiscard, and several other minor lords against Guiscard's authority in his duchy of Apulia. The rising accomplished little but to further irritate his powerful brother-in-law.
In his later years, his fleets turned to piracy, especially against Amalfi and even Pisa. The latter's merchants, when called on to serve Pope Gregory VII on behalf of the Marchioness Matilda of Tuscany, caused such a stir with Gisulf that the latter was sent to Rome by the pope and the army—assembled to march on Robert Guiscard's domain—dispersed. Having alienated his papal ally, he was more isolated than ever when, in the summer of 1076, his city was besieged by Richard of Capua and Robert Guiscard. Though he had wisely ordered his citizens to store up two years worth of food, he confiscated enough of it to continue his life of luxury that the citizenry was soon starving. On 13 December, the city submitted and the prince and his men retreated to the citadel, which fell in May of the next year. Gisulf's lands and relics were taken, and he went, free, to Capua, where he tried to incite Richard to war with Robert, but to no effect. He went on to Rome to notify the pope of his and Salerno's misfortunes and there he slowly faded out of view.
Pope Gregory gave him military command of the Campania and sent him to France, but he was recalled on the pope's death in 1085. He allied with Jordan I of Capua in support of Desiderius of Benevento, who was duly elected as Pope Victor III. He was briefly made duke of Amalfi
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Tom Court: International rugby is a microscope 24/7, now players can relax
As the Six Nations fades out of view, Ireland's top two Pro12 contenders are on a collision course this Saturday.
By Sean Farrell Tuesday 26 Mar 2013, 3:53 PM
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WE'VE SEEN IT happen plenty over the past decade.
A disappointing end to a Six Nations sends players back to the bosom of their province.
The pressure's off, the bad feeling of a nation feeling angered and let down is replaced by a familiar fan-base looking forward to bouncing back on the European stage.
Well, up until three years ago, the European bit only applied to three provinces. Since then, though, Ulster have made the Heineken Cup quarter-final their base-line.
Tom Court didn't exactly have time to get homesick during the Six Nations, but he's clocked up enough camp time over the years.
"Even though the boys tend to put out a relaxed vibe when they're at international camp, I think it's a fairly high-stress environment." Court, never one to seem overly stresseed off the field, tells TheScore.ie.
"Because you're always under the microscope of coaches and other players 24/7. Every single second of training you've got a GPS on. You're under video-surveillance pretty much.
"Guys can maybe relax a bit in the province and get back into the groove with guys you know day-in, day-out.
"Down there [in Carton House], everything's under the microscope and it's just one of those things where you can never really switch off from rugby: you go to bed at night and you're going over plays and defensive clips and things like that. Then you're up first thing in the morning and going over stuff before the day's training.
"So maybe it's a case where the mental fatigue builds up. Obviously, some guys can deal with it and have no issues. For other guys, it affects them."
Ulster were unable to ride the influx of internationals to victory in Edinburgh last Friday. And now they must take on Leinster – who have taken over the Pro12 lead – and win away from home in the league* for the first time since December 2 to arrest a slump in form.
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The last time the sides met was a watershed performance from the Australian-born prop. Court's death-stare at Michael Bent (catch it after the minute mark below) while walking backwards from a penalty-try-scoring scrum was the mark of a man with more than just confidence on his side.
"Nobody wants to be left out when you've been involved for so long. Sometimes, you just want to prove a point. Sometimes you can be playing great and sometimes still don't get picked because of experience or combinations or whatever the reason the coaches use."
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He added: "I'm one of those guys that need to be playing every week, so when you're so dis-jointed, only playing once every few week or you've a down week and you don't really know whether you're here or there."
It's not just the frequency, it's the placement. Thanks to John Afoa and the emergence of Declan Fitzpatrick, Court has barely had to move across to the tight-head side of the scrum. He calls this season his best ever run of form. It's no coincidence.
"You probably saw the same, in a different context, with Paddy Jackson." The 32-year-old says. "He probably only kicked for us a few times this year and it was all before Christmas. It's the same thing – if you're not doing it week-in, week-out – it's just not going to happen.
"That's the unfortunate thing maybe with Ireland, I've never really had a run of games. It's always been a few minutes in and out.
"It's been great with Ulster the last few seasons, but this year especially, when it's just loose-head. You don't really have to worry too much about being a tight-head, you can just get all the technical things going. I felt I've probably played the best I ever have at loose-head this year.
"Hopefully we can just get back into the groove and find some form."
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Professor-author Duncan Williams (second from right) was part of a panel discussion that also included (from left) Stephen Pro- thero, Diana Eck and Helen Hardacre. (Photo: Courtesy New England JACL)
'The Collective Power of Rhythm' and 'American Sutra' both feature intimate discussions regarding race and social issues.
The New England JACL co-sponsored recently two Day of Remembrance events, "The Collective Power of Rhythm: Rebuilding the Japanese American Identity" and "American Sutra: Buddhism and the Incarceration of Japanese Americans During WWII," on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
"The Collective Power of Rhythm," held on Feb. 19 at Harvard University's School of Education Library, was a program that explored "how taiko drumming helped to redefine identity and recognize the power of rhythm and social patterns to enact social change."
Dr. Yutaka Kobayashi (second from left), is pictured with taiko members from Genki Spark and Odaiko New England. (Photo: Courtesy of New England JACL)
The program was created and organized by JACL Alaska chapter member Erika Ninoyu, a graduate student at Harvard's Graduate School of Education. It featured JACL member Dr. Yutaka Kobayashi, 94, who shared his experience of being incarcerated as an 18-year-old during WWII; Kanoko Kamata from the Harvard Weatherhead Center on Social Movements; Karen Young of the Genki Spark; and taiko performances by the Genki Spark and Odaiko New England.
And on Feb. 22, the New England chapter co-sponsored, along with Harvard's Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, "American Sutra: Buddhism and the Incarceration of Japanese Americans During WWII" at the university's Belfer Case Study Room.
During the discussion, Duncan Ryuken Williams, professor of religion and East Asian languages and cultures at the University of Southern California, discussed his new book "American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom During the Second World War" (Harvard University Press, February 2019).
"American Sutra" is based on newly translated Japanese-language diaries of Buddhist priests from the American concentration camps, extensive interviews with survivors and "newly declassified government documents about how Buddhism was seen as a national security threat."
Williams argued that "Japanese American Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in U.S. history."
According to a press release about the event, "Williams studied with the late Masatoshi Nagatomi, Harvard's first professor of Buddhist studies, whose father, Shinjo Nagatomi, was the chief Buddhist priest and community leader at Manzanar."


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Entering the election season, the 76th District State House seat was coveted highly by both parties.
When longtime Democrat Frank Mautino resigned in 2015 after serving two decades as state representative to become auditor general, the district, which both candidates agree splits down the middle, turned into a battleground for the parties, with each spending more than a million dollars in campaigning.
What's at stake for the power brokers in Chicago and Springfield is whether the Democrats gain four seats for a supermajority.
Democrat Lance Yednock, a business representative for Local 150, is running against incumbent Republican Jerry Long, a former union truck driver.
There was a flashpoint in this narrative, however.
Following an investigation into a harassment complaint last month, the House Republican Organization withdrew its support from Long's campaign and asked him to resign. Long refused, denying any wrongdoing.
Although the state party will not share a report of its investigation that involved interviews with Long's staff, a spokeswoman for the state's party said a witness corroborated with complaints made against Long.
Perceived to have been an ally of Gov. Bruce Rauner when funding was flowing, Long has called the investigation a plot by the state GOP to remove him from office, because he became too contentious internally.
What we know is Long has admitted to touching a staff member on her neck, acknowledging he could feel her stress. He has said it was no more than like touching a co-worker on the shoulder. He's also said contact wasn't common in their working relationship.
Touching an employee in this manner is not OK, especially if a co-worker objects to it. Long should have admitted wrongdoing and apologized immediately. He issued an apology, but only two weeks after the incident, and has continued to call the allegations false.
While we are working with limited information on this investigation, Long could have handled this incident with more respect for his staffer. It also doesn't add up for the state GOP to walk away from Long in a highly coveted race after already investing more than $50,000, especially when his votes have been in-line with the party.
In the aftermath of the incident, Long has branded himself as an independent against tax increases, including a progressive tax, and believes the economy will grow once the state removes barriers, such as over regulation. He's tried to pass bills that would ease school districts from having to follow unfunded mandates. He's also against raising the minimum wage and legalizing recreational marijuana.
His opponent Yednock is calling for middle-class tax reform in the shape of a progressive tax that asks millionaires and billionaires to pay more. He also wants a property tax freeze. He favors term limits across the board and is undecided on legalizing recreational marijuana.
Regarding his current position as a business representative for Operating Engineers Local 150, he's uncertain whether he would end his job, if elected. He said it would be a conversation he would have with his fellow union members after the election, but this should be decided before Election Day.
While the area has a strong union population, the district needs to know if Yednock will represent the entire district, and not just union interests. Though he took a moderate tone during the interview with our editorial board, it's difficult to feel comfortable with him as anything other than a hand-picked establishment candidate.
Yednock avoided answering directly whether he supports Michael Madigan as speaker. Yednock said he will vote for any bill if it's best for the district, even if it means disagreeing with his party, but the fact Yednock had to tiptoe around his answer on voting for Madigan for speaker of the House is a sign of the control Madigan has.
We respect both candidates for running, but we believe each has shown qualities that are not in the best interest of our district.
We cannot in good conscience endorse Long with the allegations against him. Long has been disavowed by his party; if elected, he will be an ineffective representative.
However, Yednock does not match with the values we generally look for in candidates nor does he have a track record that would add more perspective that might make us consider a broader range of issues. Yednock will support a continuation of the policies that are driving the state closer and closer to financial ruin.


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It was just a matter of days ago. A single moment now etched, actually deeply engraved, in time. A moment that for many lives has changed life forever.
And it was spotted so randomly, half way across the world, half way through a long-haul journey. Half-focused, half awake. Nairobi was under attack. Again.
Once again a nation that has experienced far too many attacks on its people, its security, its stability and therefore its image in its history, is hit. Again.
15.01 2019 – an attack at a well-known hotel in Westlands, a popular, modern suburb in the nation's capital, by the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab, sees the news cameras and social media of the world turn to the scenes unfolding outside the DusitD2 hotel. Scenes feared by cities across the globe, yet seen to often in today's times of global conflict, eclipse what should be the images that represent the vibrant, confident, characterful and proud DNA of the city of Nairobi, and people of Kenya per se. By the time the dust at the DusitD2 had settled on 16.01.2019, over 20 souls were lost, over 700 evacuees were trying to banish the horror of the experience from their minds and hearts while their bodies healed. Officials, able to contain the situation swiftly (just 20 hrs), were trying to manage the damage to the country beyond the immediate and the obvious. The lingering threat to the magic of Magical Kenya, and magical Kenyans: their image, and their spirit.
When moments of crisis occur, whether acts of God, acts of Mother Nature, or acts of angry men and women, in today's world of global media, traditional and new media, it is so easy for people thankfully uninvolved, near and far, to simply sit back and watch, safely and comfortably, through screens large and small. Sadly, many quickly feel the desire to also start commenting, whether accurately informed or not, more often hurtful than not. Silence is broken only through social media comments.
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Consultation published on above the line credit for R&D
John Moore, March 29th, 2012
In its continuing quest to create the most competitive tax system in the G20 the Government has published its consultation document on the introduction of an "above the line" (ATL) R&D tax credit for companies claiming under the large company R&D tax relief scheme.
The ATL has been identified by business as the best way of providing an enhanced take up of the scheme by increasing:
Visibility – Those outside the tax department in large businesses will be more aware of the impact of claiming on their R&D cost base.
Certainty – The ATL credit would provide more certainty over the timing and quantum of benefit, leading to more investment in R&D.
Benefit to claimants with no tax liability – companies not paying corporation tax are currently effectively unable to benefit from the large company relief until they have taxable profits. A cash payment of the credit is proposed.
The aim of the consultation is to gather feedback from interested parties into the radical changes in the way that the R&D relief under the large company scheme is delivered, both in the way it is accounted for and the form of the relief itself.
Who will this affect?
The relief, to be implemented from 1 April 2013, will affect those larger companies who currently claim under the large company scheme which is mainly for companies with 500 or more employees and a turnover exceeding 100 Million Euros and/or an annual balance sheet total of 86 million Euros.
However it will also affect those SMEs who for one reason or another are unable to claim under the SME R&D tax relief scheme and have to claim under the large company scheme instead. Broadly speaking this includes companies who are controlled by larger groups or who are in receipt of Notified State Aid for an R&D project, or who perform R&D activities subcontracted into them.
The Government have stated that they do not intend to replace the current SME R&D tax credit with an ATL credit, and also that SME scheme benefits are not reduced as the result of the changes to be made.
Main features of the ATL credit
The basic model proposed is as follows:
The ATL credit will be calculated directly from eligible R&D revenue expenditure
The current adjustment to the company's taxable profit will be replaced by a credit equal to a currently proposed rate of 9.1% against the R&D expenditure in the company's profit and loss account. This credit will be subject to corporation tax in the normal way, leading to a net benefit approximately equal to the benefit under the existing scheme. This will lead to an increase in reported profits and effective tax rate when compared to the existing scheme. There would be no change to the definition of R&D for tax purposes of the manner of calculating the qualifying R&D expenditure.
The ATL credit will be payable in cash to companies with no corporation tax liabilities
This would be a major benefit to those companies in a tax loss situation. The current scheme usually means that the additional deductions generated under the relief are carried forward to be offset against future profits. The proposals envisage a cash payment in respect of the credit for companies without profits. A decision on whether a discount will apply to the payable credit will be taken following the consultation process.
The ATL credit will be taxable
It is proposed that there will be a minimum rate of credit of 9.1%, which, taking into account the corporation tax rates of 23% announced for the tax year beginning in April 2013, equates to the benefit that would be achieved under the current scheme. There is a stated benefit of having this higher "headline" rate, which is perceived by international investors to be important in making investment decisions in UK R&D.
The ATL credit will be administered and settled through the tax system
The tax system is already geared up to deliver the support, checks and balances and payment mechanisms required. Under the ATL credit the link between the value of the credit and the tax liability is weakened, a requirement in order to be able to account for it above the line. For a company with a taxable profit the credit would be set off against the tax liability calculated and the net paid to HMRC. For companies not paying tax the cash credit, discounted or not, would be paid net of tax to the company.
The above points are an overview of proposed scheme. The introduction of the ATL credit will require much fine tuning and the purpose of the consultation process is to enable interested parties to air their views about the potential impact and suggest changes where desired..
The consultation document asks for views on several areas such as the potential for:
A reduced payable credit (e.g. 80% of the headline rate) in order to reduce the cost of implementation to the Government with the ability to claim the remainder for up to three years provided the company becomes tax paying.
Group relief of the credits so that these can be used within groups in a tax efficient manner.
Abuses of the relief – Responses are sought on how the credit could be designed to prevent tax avoidance opportunities including the artificial use of UK entities by overseas concerns and arrangements put in place to avoid any reduction in the credit if this were introduced.
This consultation process is the latest stage in the Government's effort to listen to the views of business on how changes can be effected to the R&D tax relief system to enhance its attractiveness to companies wanting to perform R&D in the UK. Kingly Brookes welcomes the Government's open dialogue and strategic aims. Any company affected by the changes should, at the very least, seek to understand the potential impact of these as the implementation date is only next year, and consider taking part in the consultation process.
As specialists in advising on R&D tax relief claims Kingly Brookes are taking an active part in this process. We will also be representing the views of our clients and contacts through our membership of the HMRC R&D Consultative Committee and our membership of the working group set up by HM Treasury to focus on the detailed issues resulting from the consultation exercise. We would be happy to meet with you to discuss any thoughts that you may wish to put forward as part of this process and to discuss the potential implications for your current claims. The closing date for responses is 29 June 2012.
Please do not hesitate to contact John Moore on 0207 292 8850 or at john.moore@kinglybrookesllp.co.uk if you would like to discuss this, or any other aspect of the R&D tax relief regime.
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