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SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1952
PART V.
Grants to funds of superannuation schemes.
60. —(1) Regulations may provide that where, in the case of any group of employed persons—
(a) such persons are employed by the same person or are members of a trade union within the meaning of the Trade Union Acts, 1871 to 1949,
(b) such persons either are insured persons or would be insured persons but for regulations made for the purposes of paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section 4 of this Act, and
(c) a superannuation scheme in a form approved of by the Minister has been set up for the benefit of such group,
the Minister may make grants to the funds of the superannuation scheme.
(2) Grants made pursuant to regulations for the purposes of this section and any expenses incurred by the Minister in carrying such regulations into effect shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas and section 40 of this Act shall not apply in relation to such grants or expenses.
Widows' and orphans' (non-contributory) pensions.
61. —(1) Payments made on or after the appointed day in respect of a widow's (non-contributory) pension or an orphan's (non-contributory) pension under the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1952, shall be made out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
(2) Where, as respects a widow's (non-contributory) pension which is payable under the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1952, and which includes an allowance in respect of children, the day from which the pension becomes payable is, or is after, the appointed day, the rate of the pension shall not exceed thirty-two shillings per week.
(3) In the application of section 55 of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 (No. 29 of 1935), in relation to any period beginning on or after the appointed day, the reference in subsection (1) of that section to the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Fund shall be construed as a reference to moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
(4) In the application of subsection (1) of section 56 of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 , in relation to any period beginning on or after the appointed day, that subsection shall be construed as if the words "and shall, in such case, pay to the Minister for Industry and Commerce out of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Fund a sum equal to the amount by which the arrears are so reduced" were omitted.
(5) In the application of subsection (3) of section 57 of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 , to any sum repaid or recovered under that section in respect of any period beginning on or after the appointed day, that subsection shall be construed as if the words "or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance may direct" were substituted for the words "the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Fund".
Provisions in respect of home assistance to beneficiaries.
62. —In granting home assistance to a person in receipt of or entitled to any benefit consisting of a periodical payment, a public assistance authority shall not take into consideration any such benefit payable, except so far as such benefit exceeds ten shillings per week.
Application of Pension Books (Prohibition of Alienation) Act, 1932.
63. —Every book, card, order, voucher or other document issued to any person and upon the delivery or production or in respect of the possession of which by such person on or after a date indicated expressly or by implication on such document and subsequent to the issue of such document any benefit under this Act is payable to such person shall be deemed, for the purposes of the Pension Books (Prohibition of Alienation) Act, 1932 (No. 1 of 1932), to be a document to which the said last-mentioned Act applies, and the said last-mentioned Act shall be construed and have effect accordingly.
Reciprocal arrangements.
64. —The Minister may make such orders as may be necessary to carry out any reciprocal or other arrangements, made with the proper authority under any other Government, in respect of matters relating to insurance under this Act, and may by any such order make such adaptations of and modifications in this Act as he considers necessary.
Incorporated Insurance Industry Unemployment Insurance Board.
65. —(1) The Insurance Industry Unemployment Insurance Scheme (Board of Management) Order, 1923, and the Insurance Industry Unemployment Insurance Scheme (Insurance Fund) Order, 1923, are hereby revoked as on and from the appointed day.
(2) The Minister may do all such things as he considers necessary or expedient for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the Incorporated Insurance Industry Unemployment Insurance Board.
Termination and repeal of existing insurance codes and continuity of insurance and benefit.
66. —(1) No person shall on or after the appointed day be insured or deemed to be or treated as insured—
(a) under the National Insurance Act, 1911, or
(b) under the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, or any scheme under that Act, or
(c) under the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 (No. 29 of 1935),
and accordingly, subject to the following provisions of this Act, the enactments set out in the Fifth Schedule to this Act as from that day are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in the third column of that Schedule.
(2) Subject as aforesaid, the foregoing provisions of this Act shall, in relation to—
(a) persons (hereinafter in this Act referred to as existing contributors) who within the prescribed time before the appointed day are so insured or deemed to be or treated as so insured, and
(b) persons (hereinafter so referred to as existing beneficiaries)—
(i) to or in respect of whom immediately before that day any benefit, pension or allowance is, or would but for any disqualification be, payable under or by virtue of the enactments repealed by this Act, or
(ii) who then have, otherwise than as existing contributors or in respect of the insurance of existing contributors, any prospective right to or expectation of any benefit, pension or allowance under or by virtue of those enactments,
have effect with such modifications, additions and exceptions as may be prescribed for securing the continuity of this Act with those enactments or otherwise for the preservation of rights conferred under or by virtue of those enactments.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) of this section shall, in particular, provide—
(a) as respects existing contributors, for modifying the conditions for receipt of benefit under this Act, whether by an existing contributor or in respect of his insurance by another, so as to take into account, for such purposes (including the purposes of all or some only of the benefits under this Act) and in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, contributions paid or deemed to be paid or treated as paid under the said enactments and periods of insurance thereunder,
(b) as respects existing beneficiaries, either—
(i) for substituting for any right to benefit, pension or allowance payable under or by virtue of the said enactments a right to such benefit under this Act as may be prescribed as corresponding thereto, or
(ii) for preserving any such right and giving effect thereto (whether under this Act or by continuing in whole or in part the operation of the said enactments in relation thereto),
but in any case subject to such (if any) modifications, exceptions and additions as appear to the Minister to be appropriate.
Transfers to the Fund in certain cases.
67. —(1) On the appointed day, all assets of any fund to which this section applies shall become assets of the Fund and all liabilities of such fund shall become liabilities of the Fund.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, the following provisions shall have effect—
(a) all assets of any fund to which this section applies being investments (including moneys in any investment account) held on behalf of such fund shall, on the appointed day, become transferred by virtue of this section to the investment account of the Fund,
(b) all assets of any fund to which this section applies (other than those transferred by the foregoing paragraph) which are capable of being transferred to the current account of the Fund shall, on the appointed day, become so transferred,
(c) all other assets of any fund to which this section applies shall, on and after the appointed day, be held by the Minister on behalf of the Fund,
(d) any investment transferred by paragraph (a) of this subsection which is standing in the books of any bank, corporation or company in the name of any person other than the Minister for Finance shall, upon the request of that Minister, be transferred in such books into the name of that Minister,
(e) any asset transferred by paragraph (b) of this subsection which is standing in the books of any bank, corporation or company in the name of any person other than the Minister shall, upon the request of the Minister, be transferred in such books into the name of the Minister,
(f) where any chose-in-action becomes under this section an asset of the Fund, it shall not be necessary to give notice of anything effected by this section to the person bound by such chose-in-action.
(3) In this section—
"assets" includes all property, whether real or personal (including choses-in-action);
"fund to which this section applies" means—
(a) any fund established under any enactment repealed by this Act, or
(b) the Pensions Investment Account under the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 (No. 29 of 1935), or
(c) the Insurance Fund under the Insurance Industry Unemployment Insurance Scheme (Insurance Fund) Order, 1923.
(4) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3) of this section, any reference in this section to assets of a fund includes a reference to any sum (whether or not the amount thereof has been ascertained before the appointed day) which stands payable under any enactment repealed by this Act to that fund immediately before the appointed day, or would, but for the said repeal, become payable to that fund thereafter in relation to any period ending immediately before the appointed day or previously, and, if and in so far as may be necessary for the purpose of ascertaining any such sum on or after the appointed day and of transferring it into the Fund pursuant to this section, the said enactment shall be deemed not to have been repealed.
(5) The recurring liabilities, arising after the appointed day on account of the vesting which was effected by subsection (2) of section 8 of the Social Welfare Act, 1950 (No. 14 of 1950), of the Minister to the Minister for Finance may be discharged by a single payment by way of composition and the amount of the single payment shall be such as may be agreed upon between the Minister and the Minister for Finance.
Amendment of certain Acts.
68. —(1) As from the appointed day—
(a) the amendments specified in Part I of the Sixth Schedule shall be made in the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 (No. 46 of 1933),
(b) the amendment specified in Part II of the said Schedule shall be made in the Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1935 (No. 38 of 1935),
(c) the amendments specified in Part III of the said Schedule shall be made in the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (No. 7 of 1942).
(2) In the case of any matter referred or reported, before the appointed day, to any umpire or court of referees in lieu of which provision is made by virtue of this section, any proceedings in relation to that matter shall not be affected by any amendment made by this section, except that, subject to the provisions of any regulations, any continuation of those proceedings, and any further proceedings in relation to that matter, shall be carried out as if the matter had been reported or referred in accordance with the relevant Act as amended by this section.
(3) The person who, immediately before the appointed day, stood appointed as the Umpire for the purposes of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, shall be deemed to have been appointed on the appointed day under subsection (1), as amended by this section, of section 21 of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 , to be the Umpire for the purposes of the latter Act.
(4) As from the appointed day, the following provisions shall have effect in relation to subsection (3) of section 5 of the Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1938 (No. 2 of 1938):—
(a) if the appointed day is a first day of April, the said subsection shall not apply in relation to the financial year in which the appointed day falls or any subsequent financial year,
(b) if the appointed day is not a first day of April—
(i) the said subsection shall not apply in relation to the financial year next following that in which the appointed day falls or any subsequent financial year,
(ii) as respects the financial year in which the appointed day falls, the said subsection shall be construed as if, in lieu of requiring the transfer to the Minister in that year of three hundred thousand pounds, it required the transfer to the Minister in the portion of that year prior to the appointed day of a sum bearing to three hundred thousand pounds the same proportion as the said portion bears to a year.
(5) As from the appointed day, the following provisions shall have effect in relation to the Social Welfare Act, 1950 (No. 14 of 1950):—
(a) if the appointed day is a first day of April, neither section 15 nor section 16 of that Act shall apply in relation to the financial year in which the appointed day falls or any subsequent financial year,
(i) neither section 15 nor section 16 of that Act shall apply in relation to the financial year next following that in which the appointed day falls or any subsequent financial year,
(ii) section 15 of that Act shall, as respects the financial year in which the appointed day falls, be construed as if, in lieu of deeming the amount expended on administration in that year to be the aggregate of two hundred and fifteen thousand pounds and the sum paid out of the Medical Certification Fund in that year, it deemed the amount so expended in the portion of that year prior to the appointed day to be the aggregate of an amount bearing to two hundred and fifteen thousand pounds the same proportion as the said portion bears to a year and the sum paid out of the Medical Certification Fund in respect of the said portion,
(iii) section 16 of that Act shall, as respects the financial year in which the appointed day falls, be construed as if, in lieu of requiring the payment in that year of two hundred and fifteen thousand pounds, it required the payment in respect of the portion of that year prior to the appointed day of a sum bearing to two hundred and fifteen thousand pounds the same proportion as the said portion bears to a year,
(c) if the appointed day is a first day of January—
(i) section 17 of that Act shall not apply in relation to the financial year next following or any subsequent financial year,
(ii) section 26 of that Act shall not apply in relation to the calendar year in which the appointed day falls or any subsequent calendar year,
(d) if the appointed day is not a first day of January—
(i) section 17 of that Act shall, in relation to the financial year next following the commencement of the calendar year in which the appointed day falls, be construed as if it required the payment of a sum bearing to fifteen thousand pounds the same proportion as the portion of that calendar year prior to the appointed day bears to a year and shall, in relation to any subsequent financial year, not apply,
(ii) section 26 of that Act shall not apply in relation to the calendar year next following that in which the appointed day falls or any subsequent calendar year,
(iii) section 26 of that Act shall, as respects the calendar year in which the appointed day falls, be construed as if, in lieu of requiring the payment in respect of that year of forty-four thousand pounds, it required the payment in respect of the portion of that year prior to the appointed day of a sum bearing to forty-four thousand pounds the same proportion as the said portion bears to a year.
(e) "Fund" in section 21 of that Act shall be construed as referring to the Social Insurance Fund under this Act except, in the case of the first and third occurrence of the word in subsection (3), with respect to payments made under the said section before the appointed day,
(f) the second paragraph (beginning with the words "For the purposes of this subsection") of subsection (3) of section 21 of that Act shall cease to have effect.
(6) In subsection (5) of this section, a reference to a calendar year shall be construed as a reference to a year ending on a 31st day of December.
Power to make further consequential and transitional provisions, etc.
69. —(1) Without prejudice to any specific power conferred by any of the three last foregoing sections, regulations may be made for facilitating their operation or the introduction of the system of insurance established by this Act, including, in particular, regulations providing—
(a) for modifying, as respects the period before the appointed day, any provisions of or made under any enactment repealed or amended by the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act, or
(b) for making any savings or additional savings from the effect of any repeal or amendment effected by this Act.
(2) Any scheme for the provision of pensions or other benefits (excluding any scheme established by any enactment repealed by this Act but including any other scheme established by or under, or having statutory force by virtue of, any enactment and any scheme evidenced only by one or more policies of insurance) may be modified or wound-up in connection with the passing of this Act either—
(a) by agreement between the different parties concerned in such scheme, or
(b) in accordance with regulations made, after consideration of any representations that may be made by the different parties concerned in the scheme, by such Minister as may be determined by the Minister for Finance to be appropriate in relation to the scheme or, if the Minister for Finance determines that there is no appropriate Minister, by the Minister for Industry and Commerce.
Special provision for persons formerly insured voluntarily.
70. —Where a person was, immediately before the appointed day, insured voluntarily under the National Insurance Act, 1911, such person shall, on making application in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed period commencing on the appointed day and provided that he has not become an employed contributor, be entitled to become a voluntary contributor.
Power to remove difficulties.
71. —(1) If in any respect any difficulty arises in bringing into operation this Act, the Minister may by order do anything which appears to be necessary or expedient for bringing this Act into operation, and any such order may modify the provisions of this Act so far as may appear necessary or expedient for carrying the order into effect.
(2) Every order made by the Minister under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and if a resolution is passed by either House of the Oireachtas within the next twenty-one days on which such House has sat after the order is laid before it annulling such order, such order shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under such order.
(3) No order may be made under this section after the expiration of one year after the appointed day.
Appointed day.
72. —(1) In this Act "the appointed day" means, subject to the following provisions of this section, such day as the Minister may by order appoint and different days may be appointed for different purposes of this Act or for the same purpose in relation to different cases or classes of case.
(2) Any order under subsection (1) of this section may, if the day thereby appointed is appointed for some only of the purposes of this Act or in relation only to some cases or classes of case, contain such incidental or supplementary provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient as respects the period when this Act is to have a partial operation only, or as respects the transition from that period to the period when this Act is in full operation.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) of this section, the provisions which may be made thereunder include, in particular, provision for modifying and supplementing, in relation to the period to which the order in question is to apply, the provisions of this Act and (where the repeal or amendment has not yet taken effect) of any Act repealed or amended by this Act; and the modifications of this Act which may be made by such order include provisions limiting the persons to be insured during any period during which this Act is to operate as respects some only of the benefits thereby conferred and reducing the rates of any contributions payable for any such period.
(4) Any such order as is mentioned in this section may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order appointing a day or a different day for the purposes of this Act.


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Football | July 7, 2016
Coleman: We never found our momentum
International Champions Cup 2019 arrivals: Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan touch down in Singapore
Wales coach Chris Coleman has expressed his disappointment after his side were eliminated from the 2016 Euro's following their 2-0 loss against Portugal in the semi-finals.
Speaking at a post-match conference Coleman conceded that his players looked tired against Fernando Santos' side, who took the lead via a header from captain Cristiano Ronaldo and sealed the win with a Nani goal, assisted by Ronaldo.
"They could only give what they had and we looked a bit tired tonight," he told reporters.
Despite bowing out of the tournament at the semi-final stages, Coleman insisted that his team had done Wales proud by becoming the first Welsh football outfit to progress past the group stages of any major international tournament.
"It hurts that we lost the semi-final, the players are gutted, but they need to look back and see they have done their country proud."
Speaking on the game Coleman gave Santos' side credit for the way they defended, despite the absence of their star centre-back Pepe.
"We never really found our momentum when we had possession, but you have to give Portugal credit, they defended deep and killed our space," he said.
Portugal will now face the winner of the other semi-final fixture, which will be contested between host-nation France and Germany on Thursday at the Stade Vélodrome.
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72. X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Claremont & John Byrne
Title: X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga
Related Series: X-Men
Authors: Chris Claremont & John Byrne
Copyright: 2010 (1980)
Finished: 8-21-10
Challenge: 100 Books 10, 1010 Challenge (Graphic novel category)
I'm going to admit to a small love affair with this story. It may be completely dated, but to me it remains one of the most defining X-Men stories. Ever.
Back in the day, the Chris Claremont and John Byrne run on X-Men was one of the most exciting eras in the comic's history. Quite a bit of what we see happening in the X-Men stories of today are direct results of what these two men did with the characters back then, and nothing seemed to be bigger during that time than the Dark Phoenix Saga. Jean Grey had been reborn as Phoenix after saving her teammates at the apparent cost of her own life. It quickly became clear that her powers had grown tremendously, and seemed to continue growing exponentially. Eventually, through the manipulations of Mastermind, the true overwhelming potential of her power became evident and Dark Phoenix was born, a being with powers of a cosmic proportion. To sate her hunger, she consumed a star, causing it to go supernova and destroying an inhabited world. Upon arriving back to Earth, the X-Men attacked Jean and tried to diffuse her power. When they were unable to accomplish this, Professor X took matters in his own hands and challenged Dark Phoenix on the psychic level, and won, supposedly locking Dark Phoenix back away in Jean's mind. However at that moment, in order to pay for her transgressions, Lilandra kidnapped the X-Men and sentenced Phoenix to death. Professor X challenged his X-Men against Lilandra's Imperial Guard for the life of Jean Grey, and both teams were sent to the Blue Area of the moon to battle. During the course of the battle, Jean began to feel Dark Phoenix taking control, and instead of allowing that to happen and to have more blood on her hands, she decides to take her own life, thus ending the battle.
There were so many other great moments in this storyline: the introduction of Emma Frost, the Hellfire Club, Kitty Pryde, Dazzler. All of this was paving the road for some great stories through the rest of the 80s. Like I said before, it it definitely dated. The need to re-introduce a characters name and their power and/or weakness, ever single issue, becomes even more tiring when you're reading a collected edition like this, but even so, I still love to pull this off the shelf every couple of years to give it a reread. This new 30th Anniversary Edition is gorgeous, and the coloring is nice and crisp.
Now, for the only complaint about the collection: charging $75 for this edition is ridiculous. The two Inferno collections cost $75 each, and they each collect roughly 600 pages of story each, where The Dark Phoenix Saga is only 350 pages. To me, this is something of a ripoff. This new edition does collect a short story from Classic X-Men and Bizarre Adventures, the Phoenix: The Untold Story one-shot (which is the original version of the story where Jean Grey lives) and a What If? story about what would have happened if Jean Grey lived, but still, $75 is a steep price for this collection. It is so nicely presented that I can almost forgive them the price, but just barely; obviously, it didn't stop me from buying the edition.
I would highly recommend this edition to any X-Men fans, but for somebody who is just looking for a quick read and is not as interested in all the extras with this edition, spend the lesser money and get the trade paperback edition. This edition is really only for the hard-core fans.
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Memoriał Zbigniewa Raniszewskiego 1966
X Memoriał Zbigniewa Raniszewskiego odbył się 15.10.1966 w Bydgoszczy. Zwyciężył Marian Rose.

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Q: Should I use strong induction to solve the following problem? Am I on the right track? Prove that for any positive integer n, the sum of
any distinct n odd positive integers greater than or equal to n^2.
My work so far:
Let S(n) = 1 + 3+ 5... (2n-1)
Base case:
$n=1$, $S(1) = 1^2 =1 $
Assume that $S(n) \geq n^2$ is true:
Prove that it is also true for (n+1)
Am I in the right track? Just making sure strong induction is the right way to solve this problem

A: Yes you're on the right track, and no you don't need strong induction. Also, I think you will be better off proving that $1+3+5+\cdots +2n-1=n^2$, which will imply the inequality you want as well. It will help to notice that the $kth$ odd number is $2k-1$ and the odd number after that is $2k+1$. So, if $P(n)$ is the proposition that the sum of the first $n$ odd numbers is $n^2$; i.e.
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In addition to the federal credit, 30 states have designed their own statewide version of an earned income tax credit. Most of them, including Indiana, calculate that credit as a percentage of the federal credit.
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Just shy of one million people in Indiana live below the poverty line. One policy designed to help is the earned income tax credit, or EITC. This past legislative session, Indiana increased its earned income tax credit from 9 percent to 10. But how does it work, and what might it mean for working families?
The earned income tax credit gives low-income people unrestricted cash to spend on whatever they need. To be eligible, you need to earn money through a job -- hence the name "earned income" -- but still live close to the poverty line. For example, a single adult without kids would make just shy of $16,000 a year to qualify. Depending on how many kids you have, the baseline income goes up from there, all the way to $57,414 for a married couple with three or more children.
Recent data show about half a million taxpayers claim the federal earned income tax credit in Indiana each year. Money that the federal government gives those families funnels more than a billion dollars into the state's economy.
According to Jessica Fraser, director of the Indiana Institute for Working Families, unrestricted cash is very helpful for families living near the poverty line, because it allows them to spend that cash on basic needs.
"They need to put gas in their car, they need to buy personal hygiene products and band aids and aspirin," she said. "They need cash."
In addition to the federal credit, 30 states have designed their own statewide version of an earned income tax credit. Most of them, including Indiana, calculate that credit as a percentage of the federal credit. For example, if a family qualified for a $100 federal earned income tax credit, they would get another $9 from the state of Indiana.
Next year, with the one percent increase, that will go up to $10 for the same family.
The most money a family can get from Indiana's earned income tax credit right now is $533. With the recent boost, that will add an extra $53 from the state of Indiana.
Fraser said, that's not nothing -- enough for diapers for a month, or to pay the electric bill. And taken together, the tax credit can make a difference in people's lives.
"If you're one of those people that's right on the cusp between poverty and non-poverty, $500 could be enough to lift you out," she said.
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Research shows that the earned income tax credit is one of the most successful anti-poverty credits the government offers, in part because it motivates people to stay in the workforce and continue earning an income.
Take a single mother who might qualify for other kinds of assistance programs if she chose not to work. If her state's earned income tax credit is high enough, she can take a low paying job and actually come out ahead.
There's also data that indicate the EITC has a positive effect on infant and maternal health, as well as childhood educational outcomes.
As a result, lawmakers across the country lean into the tax credit as a tool to combat poverty and its effects. Washington, D.C.'s credit is four times as large as Indiana. Here, lawmakers don't lean in as much -- in fact, Indiana's EITC is among the lowest in the country.
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Downs noted that Indiana falls in the middle of the region for the size of it's EITC. Michigan's is 6 percent, while Illinois is 18 percent. Ohio's is the highest at 30 percent, though it's credit is non-refundable -- meaning, it can only be used to offset existing taxes and can't be redeemed as unrestricted cash.
"There are some folks in the state who believe very strongly that any program like that is something that should be done through community organizations and faith based organizations," Downs said. "But at the same time, the government has recognized over the years, that's really not feasible."
And there's also a complicated history to Indiana lawmakers' relationships to the EITC. During the Great Recession a decade ago, the federal government decided to expand the earned income tax credit, in an effort to close a penalty for married couples as well as increase benefits for families with three or more children.
But because Indiana's EITC is structured as a percentage of the federal credit, the federal expansion would have forced the state to increase its own payments of the EITC. So, the state decided to decouple its credit from the federal expansion -- essentially creating a loophole in which any state payouts of the EITC must refer back to the old federal guidelines.
That means, there's still a marriage penalty in Indiana, and there are no extra benefits for families with three or more children. Fraser said that the decoupling makes filing for the credit more complicated.
"If you do your taxes by hand, there's literally like a whole packet of stuff that you have to go through," she said. "There's like a form, and a big section of the booklet and a whole separate table for calculating out your state EITC."
But some mayors and local tax clinics make an effort to help low-income families file the paperwork necessary to claim the credit. For one, it can help those families access critical cash. But Downs said, it can also help the regional economy.
"When that check shows up, it gets rolled into the economy very quickly," he said. "Folks are more than likely going to spend it -- and spend it locally."
That means even a small increase to the EITC can go a long way. But that assistance has a fiscal impact. Increasing the state's EITC by just one percent this year will cost the state somewhere between $10 million and $12 million each year.
Why Increase Now?
This year's expansion to the EITC came as a kind of compromise for not increasing a different assistance program -- TANF, or temporary assistance for needy families.
Rather than broaden Indiana's TANF eligibility requirements, the legislature decided to expand the state's earned income tax credit instead. Downs said it comes back to how the legislature views welfare-like assistance programs.
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For advocates for low-income families like Fraser, that trade-off was initially a tough pill to swallow. But she said she's made her peace with it -- and hopes the EITC will continue to grow.
"I do see that it is a benefit for so many Hoosiers," she said. "It's not a ton of money, but it can help pay for some of those small expenses that families can't pay for. So I'm happy about it for that reason."
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I have not written a blog entry for two months, the longest period of time since I began writing in March 2011. Just as writing is tremendously informative, not writing can also speak in waves, and so I thought I had better give an update just so you wouldn't think I had died. As I think you are aware, I have continued to write as a way of keeping my wonderful network of friends updated as to how things are going, how ALS is treating me, how my family is doing. And even now I want to give you that kind of update. But as you know, writing for me has also been deeply therapeutic, and that kind of healing comes with a cost. It takes a great till of energy to turn the everyday meaning of something so ordinary as the progression a disease on its head. The ability to do so has been one of the keys to what I believe could have been devastating. But I have reached the point in my progression where I only have so much energy, and I have reached a place in my thinking where I feel the need to summarize, to look back on this opus and to make sense of what it might mean more fully.
So I guess my first piece of news is that in collaboration with the very talented Cathy Wurzer, we have been offered a book contract based in these writings and the 25 stories that she has broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio. My plan is to finish the book this summer and then return to blogging. There are possibilities in such a plan, but I also know that the stars must align just so, ethers must conflagrate just so, and I must conserve precious energy that is so fleeting in order to realize this project. This is easier said than done.
My care needs have increased to the point where I am never alone. For the past semester, Evelyn has worked a 75% contract. This was in response to the fact that in the fall, she fell ill, contracted pneumonia, and never really could shake being sick. Her district very compassionately worked with us to find another teacher with whom she could split her responsibilities. The needs of a full-time job, coupled with the responsibilities of being a full-time caretaker can really wear a person out, and we both agree she is better with reduced teaching load. And of course, I will take every minute that I can get with her so I am the better for it as well. I continue to be well cared for by a combination of personal care assistants and volunteer friends, who also remove some burden from Evelyn. Their commitment and skillful care combined with the fact that we genuinely like each other makes this loss of independence much easier to handle.
Even though I am retired on disability, I have continued to think academically. For the past year, my dear friend Ernestine Enomoto and I have been working on a second addition of our 2007 leadership ethics book, Leading through the Quagmire…. With the help of our friends Deb and Sharon, we have greatly expanded the book and now await its publication, hopefully next month under a new title, Leading Ethically in Schools and Other Organizations. It was wonderful to work with Ernestine again, and I received tremendous support from my friend Jeanine who became my hands as I sought to fulfill my responsibility to the writing. Adding the chapters that Deb and Sharon penned was a real bonus.
After my wheelchair accident in April, the realization that I am down to one usable knuckle for driving the chair has become painfully obvious. I am now using what is known as a micro driver for my chair, and this has returned some driving ability to me. Currently there are two people who are comfortable using the attendant control on my wheelchair, but we are hoping that number will increase in the near future. In the meantime, we now have a manual chair as a supplement for those who are uncomfortable with operating my power wheelchair, and hopefully this will allow me to get out a little more.
My progression has now reached a point where I must take great care when I eat. A choking incident that took a very long time to clear was just the latest signal as to just how I must continue to embrace ALS. At the same time, my ability to speak with presence has finally dropped away. I speak softly, become tired with speech, yet I am totally dependent on speech recognition for writing and interface with my environment. In the next couple of weeks, I will again try to work with eye gaze technology. Eye gaze requires even more patience than speech recognition in order to make it work. Those who have mastered it have my deepest respect. I see it at first as a way to save my voice. For example, if I can turn the pages of the current book I am reading using this technology, it is one less use of the voice. If I can read the New York Times with this technology, it is one less stressor, and I can conserve my vocal use for writing and speaking.
To better support my breathing, I am now using BiPAP at night. So far, it is going well. It leaves me with a little bit more energy, and I must admit that the feeling of full breath is very pleasant. Of course, my competitive nature hates the fact that I have just lost four points on the ALS Functional Rating Scale, but I find solace in quoting Kurt Vonnegut. "So it goes." And I have to say that when I combine the BiPAP with the diaphragmatic pacing system, the feeling of breath is wonderful.
I look at the news above and realize that for the able-bodied, such news might seem just a little horrifying. Would you be reassured to know that once I made the decision to embrace my condition, to learn its lessons, to cry when it seemed appropriate, and to laugh whenever I could, the horror dissipated? I recognize just how lucky I am. In spite of the fact that I know how this ends and that it ends much sooner than I would have liked, I have been granted great gifts, phenomenal love, faith that has not left me, a family that only cares for me more and more, and of course the gift of finding a one true love. All of this is to say that like life, ALS is far more complicated than most of us are willing to see.
I continue to practice yoga, and now try to pen a meditation about my practice as a person with disabilities once a week. This is writing to which I commit, because it helps me in the discipline that yoga has brought to my life. I will never be able to fully or adequately thank my teachers at Mind Body Solutions, but they have assured me that gratitude flows two ways. In addition, I have developed deep friendships so unlooked for yet so soul feeding. One of the lessons of ALS is that if you wish to live fully until you die, you have no time to waste in meaningless conversation. You have to get to the dance right away. I am remarkably blessed in this regard, and it has helped me to accept the choices that dis ease foists upon me. I have been granted a richness in life for which there is no complaint. I accept what I have been given, and I am grateful for it.
I probably will not be writing much in the blog for the next couple of months. That being said, I can see where I might require advice as I write body and soul in a book. At the very least, I hope you will grant me and my family your best wishes and know how much it means to me that you choose to spend your precious time with me in this life spiral.
It is the greatest privilege.
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I'm so happy to hear you will be publishing a book! Congratulations, you are a wonderful writer and I look forward to reading it. Thanks also for the update.
As always, you continue to be a true inspiration. Thank you for the communication demonstrating the sheer determination of the man that has taught us so much. Even through illness, you are modeling the tenacity of a leader. Thank you for using your resources to finish the important work that will continue to teach leasdership skills.
As always and remarkably, you once again care for us and try to diminish our horror and sorrow. I guess I am not surprised that a publisher has seen what a beautiful gem you and Cathy have been creating together and has offered you a contract. I wish you all the best as you focus your strength toward that end. And bless you and Ev!
Bruce, you always give us insight into ALS. Your insight will be helpful to both the caregiver and the patient. I look forward to all of your books and writings to come.
Your writing always helps me refocus on what matters. I'm so glad that these writings will be gathered for an even larger audience. And tenacity (thanks Cheryl Pete) is just one of the qualities I love & admire in you. Hugs from the humidity of N.O.
I have 6 men I pray for nearly every day and Dr Bruce, you are one of the 6! You are among great company including my dear spouse, my brother, a very close friend who just had a kidney transplsnt, and 2 brothers in law, one with Parkinson's disease and the other with matastisized cancer. All are Godly men who have purpose and intention in their slice of the world. Thank you for once again sharing your joy, even in your suffering. It is a great lesson for me!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, meditations and love of life. I discovered your blog around the same time I experienced a personal tragedy & as an elementary teacher, practicing Catholic, yoga teacher and athlete, your words of wisdom have offered me strength and hope. God bless you on this journey. Much love to you and all of those who support you.
It is good to hear from you again, I have missed your writings. I am glad to hear about your book contract. You are a gifted writer, and your words reach out and touch many, myself included. Blessings to you and Ev as you navigate this next part of the journey. Pat and I surround you with prayer.
Your writing is an inspiration and a blessing to all. I look forward to your book and your blogs, when you are able. Blessings to you and Ev.
Your blog entries are such a refreshing arrival to my inbox. I appreciate your candor and honesty about what your journey is. I love this… "embrace my condition, to learn its lessons, to cry when it seemed appropriate, and to laugh whenever I could, the horror dissipated." I will try to remember that on this journey with my son (who has a mitochondrial disease). I think we live that way, but sometimes I forget to be thankful for the things we've learned. It does not seem enough to say, but thank you for sharing your journey. I look forward to reading your book.
I was so pleased to find your blog. You and Evie are in my daily prayers, and your two month absence concerned me. But, you, wonder man, during this time you have a book deal with Cathy Wurzer, and also a writing assignment from St. Thomas! Wonderful news. I'm sure being productive inspite of your limitations is terrifically inspiring to you. Incidentally, Riney and I sat in the row behind Cathy Wurzer at Good Sam when you gave the sermon. She wiped her eyes the entire time. What a beautiful bond you have!
Thank you for the update, Bruce. Your decision to embrace ALS is astonishing, yet because of your shared introspection I can see how much better it is than the alternative. The horror dissipated because you faced it head on and stared it down. You have redefined brave and have developed your gift with intropersonal skills to a high art. I've learned so much from your blog. Thank you for sharing your journey. I look forward to reading your book and pray for you the strength you and Ev need. I hope I'll read her story someday, too. God bless you both.
Bruce – You are impressive. The way you have handled this situation is inspiring – but the insight on life you are sharing is even more impressive. you need to know your work is impactful – as it is so hard for you to accomplish – it is worth the effort!
For a moment I thought I missed your blog but then I realized that I miss you. You are a marvel and like many others I am filled with gratitude to have this window into your life. Thank you for that and for just being you. Do what you need to do to keep it 'Bruce-y' and let us know if we can help.
I think of you and your family often. Thank you for your blog. Your words and actions are amazing examples of who you are as a person.
Thank you, thank you for this blog and for sharing your experience of life, love and ALS. I visit, read and listen now and again, and every time I do, I feel touched and so grateful to you. My father, who was diagnosed with ALS nearly 20 years ago, was not as forthcoming about his physical experience, and not inclined to reflect, but your generosity has allowed me to open a window and understand a little more–about how to live, the meaning of commitment, honesty and love.


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Der Fingerfisch (Polydactylus quadrifilis, Syn.: Polynemus quadrifilis) ist ein Meeresfisch aus der Familie der Fadenflosser.

Beschreibung

Merkmale

Der Fingerfisch wird maximal 2 Meter lang und ist damit neben Eleutheronema tetradactylum die größte Fadenflosserart. Etwa 32 Prozent der Standardlänge entfallen auf den Kopf, auf die Schwanzflosse etwa 37 Prozent. Die Brustflossen sind gelblich gefärbt. An jeder befinden sich 4 Fäden (bei den meisten anderen Fadenflossern sind es 5 bis 9 Fäden). Die erste Rückenflosse besteht aus 8 Hartstrahlen. Der dritte Hartstrahl ist der längste, der erste ist stark verkürzt. Erste und zweite Rückenflosse sind deutlich voneinander getrennt. Die Afterflosse und die zweite Rückenflosse sind groß und konkav. Erstere hat 3 Hartstrahlen und 11 Weichstrahlen, letztere einen Hartstrahl und 13 Weichstrahlen. Die homocerke Schwanzflosse ist groß und tief gegabelt. Die Flanken sind dunkelsilber, der Rücken ist dunkler gefärbt. Der Bauch ist weiß. Das Maul ist stark unterständig. Die großen Augen liegen weit vorne am Kopf.

Lebensweise

Der Fingerfisch ist ein bodenbewohnender Raubfisch. Er ernährt sich bevorzugt von Krebstieren und Fischen. Mit den langen Flossenfäden kann er Nahrung am Grund aufspüren. Er ist ein guter und schneller Schwimmer.

Heimat und Lebensraum

Der Fingerfisch bewohnt die westafrikanischen Küstengebiete vom Senegal im Norden bis zum Kongo im Süden. Außerdem ist er vor São Tomé und Príncipe zu finden. Gelegentlich hält er sich im Brackwasser auf. Er bevorzugt weichen, sandigen Untergrund.

Bedeutung

Der Fingerfisch ist als Speisefisch in der kommerziellen Fischerei bedeutend, auch unter Sportfischern ist er beliebt. Er gilt als nicht gefährdet.

Quellen

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

 Giant African Threadfin auf der Internetseite der International Game Fish Association
 Bild eines Fingerfisches auf einer Kamerunesischen Briefmarke auf WoRMS

Stachelmakrelenartige
Speisefisch


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Shunka – A film by CJ Gardella
Category: Festivals
Evolution Film Fest Hollywood
The Evolution International Film Festival successfully kicked off its first event on March 17, 2012 in Hollywood, CA. The screening program included 21 films with categories ranging from; Feature film, Short film, Documentary Feature and Short, Animation short, Music Video and Student short film. The program was truly international with movies from; Egypt Feature presentation ASMAA, Switzerland "Good Bye Mandima", Mexico "Gustavo", Lebanon "Good Bye…Hide & Seek." And the 2012 Oscar Nominated short film RAJU.
All movies were screened in an amazing 345-seat stadium-style theater at the Los Angeles Film School on Sunset Blvd. in the heart of Hollywood.
The award winning films from EIFF will now travel to three more cities; Palme de Mallorca Spain, Cairo Egypt and Dubai UAE where the festival will travel to throughout 2012.
Next stop Palma de Mallorca, Spain!
Evolution Film Festival Announces Program
The Evolution International Film Festival has announced their full program. You can see the complete listing here.
I will be present at the Los Angeles screening for a Q&A. Below is a brief interview I did for the festival.
What inspired you to make this film?
The impetus arose from a visit to South Dakota in the summer of 2007. I took a lot of pictures of the people and landscapes and could see a film out of that. Around this time I was feeling disenchanted by screenwriting and just wanted to "write" something with the camera. South Dakota provided its own stories.
How long was your pre-production for your film?
Pre-production was short because I just needed two other good cameramen and a truck filled with equipment. I started shooting it in the summer of 2008 and was in a constant state of production/post-production (editorial mostly) until I finished the film in the fall of 2010.
How many days did you shoot and over what amount of time?
summer 2008- 2 weeks
winter 2009- 2 weeks
spring 2009- 2 weeks
1 day Phantom photography
macro photography and pickups accumulated to about 2 week's worth of shooting
How did you raise the funds necessary to shoot this film?
I shot the film over the course of the different seasons to lend the film a seasonal structure which also met with financial obligations; since I was shooting it piecemeal and over a great length of time it allowed me to pay incrementally as I went along instead of having to have a budget all at one time. Fortunately, a lot of very generous and talented friends contributed their time and resources to see the film get made.
What other Festivals have screened your film and did you win any awards so far?
The film has screened at Slamdance and the Maryland International Film Fest. It won two awards at Slamdance; Kodak Vision award for best cinematography and the Spirit of Slamdance award. Maryland International Film Fest was non-competition, a great festival. Shunka doesn't fit an easy genre so despite a lot of initial interest from programmers worldwide its hard to find festivals that will pick it up. I'm grateful for a festival like Evolution that endeavors to find such films and put them on the big screen.
What influenced you to find the cinematic language used in the film?
I wanted to "write" with the camera and find/uncover something with the lens. So that included piling on a couple of macro lenses and filming bugs. In the end it yielded a neat tapestry of interconnectedness.
Tell us about your crew and your workflow with your cinematographer?
We were a small crew that rotated members with each outing to South Dakota, never more than three people. Between Corey, Andrew and myself we shot a couple hundred hours of footage and used only a fraction of it in the final film. When we shot the Phantom, high speed photography footage, we probably had about a 2:1 shooting ratio because it was the last thing we shot and we knew exactly what we wanted because the movie had already been cut and nearly finished.
What kind of prep/research work did you do before shooting?
We built all of our own rigs; dollie tracks out of PVC pipes, a zipline to ropeslide a camera down (it hit a tree and fell in the snow, but survived), a camera car mount out of a skate dollie that we repurposed onto the roof of the vehicle. I went to high school in South Dakota for a year and knew all or most of the people in advance.
Is a new project in the works?
Yes, steadfastly working on a script. It will be hard to have the autonomy I enjoyed with Shunka.
Evolution International Film Festival
Shunka has been accepted to the 1st annual Evolution International Film Festival to join the category of
"Best International Award Winning films from 2010 and 2011." The festival will launch March 17th 2012 in Los Angeles and will then travel to Cairo, Palma de Mallorca Spain and Dubai. I'm pleased to announce that Shunka will be traveling with the festival for the coming year.
Here are the following dates;
Cairo, Egypt June/July 2012
Palme de Mallorca, Spain July/August 2012
Dubai, UAE November 2012
The goal of the festival is to merge diverse cultures, beliefs, languages and stories and to give filmmakers from all around the globe the chance to support and encourage each other to keep making outstanding films.
Shunka Screening at 14 Pews
SLAMDANCE ON THE ROAD presents award-winning Slamdance films of 2011
Shunka
14 Pews
800 Aurora Street
More Info at 14 Pews
Shunka at Maryland Film Festival
Shunka will be at the Maryland Film Festival.
Charles Theater 4
Time.com Scenes from the Slamdance Film Festival
CJ's Slamdance Award ceremony acceptance speeches
Thank You Slamdance
After a few years of labor on my film I could not ask for a better week-long celebration than Slamdance. Although I hardly slept it still feels like I absorbed only a fraction of what festival season in Park City has to offer. It is a real honor to have been invited into the Slamdance gang; such love, humor and passion for film. There's a line I came across in James Joyce's, An Encounter, that makes me think of every festival rejection letter, every door that I knock on that goes unanswered; "The sun went behind some clouds and left us to our jaded thoughts and the crumbs of our provisions."- so thank you Slamdance for opening your door and taking my cold submission based strictly upon its own merit. Experience has shown me that the most difficult growth is in just getting out of the soil, so this first exposure is very special to me.
Slamdance Film Festival Announces 2011 Award Winners
Variety article about Slamdance
Sex, Lies & HDcam
Slamdance 2011 was a blast. I have some exciting news about Shunka to come, but first here's our submission for the Panasonic AF100 one minute film competition in Park City. The five other contestants produced some really great work. It was definitely a challenge and a great way to test out this new camera.
Panasonic/Slamdance Short Film Contest
Slamdance is just a few weeks away and I am getting excited about the two Shunka screenings. I was just informed that a pitch Keith Hopkin and I submitted for a Panasonic one minute film contest was accepted. We will be handed the new Panasonic AG-AF100 for one day to shoot our film and then edit for a screening that week. The winner will take home the AG-AF100.
Shunka available online


Finished the 2014 Buller Gorge Half Marathon Run in 01:56:43 in M4049 class!
He came 50th in class and 336th overall!
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Barani Stawek (słow. Baranie pliesko) – staw położony na wysokości 2207 m n.p.m., w górnych partiach Doliny Pięciu Stawów Spiskich (górna część Doliny Małej Zimnej Wody), w słowackich Tatrach Wysokich. Jest to mały, okresowy stawek, położony w Baranim Ogrodzie u stóp południowej ściany Baranich Rogów. Jest najwyżej położonym zbiornikiem wodnym w Tatrach (ze stałych stawów najwyżej leży Lodowy Stawek). Bardzo trudno określić jego wymiary, ponieważ ulegają one wyraźnym okresowym wahaniom. Latem stawek często wysycha całkowicie. Nie prowadzą do niego żadne szlaki turystyczne, jednak można go odwiedzić w towarzystwie uprawnionego przewodnika, przy okazji wejścia na Baranie Rogi przez Baranią Przełęcz ze strony Doliny Pięciu Stawów Spiskich.

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Home All posts ING refinances Polish shopping centre with €193m loan
ING refinances Polish shopping centre with €193m loan
ING Real Estate Finance has refinanced the Bonarka City Center shopping mall in Krakow with a €193m loan.
The five-year senior facility has been taken out by Hungarian developer TriGranit Development Corporation. TriGranit completed the 92,500 sq m centre, which is the largest in the city, in 2009.
The loan-to-value on the debt is thought to be between 65% and 70% and margins in Poland for good shopping centres are in the region of 200 bps. The loan will be syndicated by ING's London-based syndication team.
Włodzimierz Skonieczny, director at ING told Real Estate Capital: "Margins are coming down in Poland, especially for deals in the medium size range of around €40m to €80m where there is the most competition.
"This has been especially notable in the past six to nine months. I believe this is because of the situation in Germany where there is a big difference between the number of opporunitites available and the amount of money there is to be invested and some of that capital has come to Poland."
There is also interest from major European banks to finance real estate in Poland given its strong demographics and its growth which has outstripped most other parts of Europe since the downturn.
ING is one of the most active internaitonal banks in Poland where it has also backed Hines and Blackstone, including the latter's industrial investment company Logicor.


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Contents insurance is vital. But what exactly is it and what does it cover?
Contents insurance is one of two aspects of home insurance. The other is buildings insurance.
Contents insurance is a policy that will pay out if items in your home get damaged or stolen.
It will sometimes also cover limited accidental damage. Your policy document will draw a clear line between what is and what is not covered. You can often increase the scale of this cover, but this will cost you extra.
In the event that your home is burgled, or items are damaged by fire, you'll want to get replacements. A contents insurance policy lets you do this without digging through your own pockets.
Always look carefully through any proposed policy. Ensure that you have enough cover for your needs.
Your policy document will detail any limits to the amount of cover you have. Your home insurer may refuse to offer cover for very rare or valuable items.
There may be certain exclusions to cover. These will be detailed in your policy document. You should also be aware that you will need to pay an excess in the event of a claim.
Contents insurance doesn't cover damage to the structure of your property. You need buildings insurance to cover this type of incident.
Contents and buildings insurance are sold together fairly often. Buying home insurance this way might reduce your overall premium.
Find an insurance provider you can trust with the Fairer Finance tables. Providers with Gold, Silver and Bronze Ribbons may not always be the cheapest. But they have happier customers who are more likely to trust the company too.
I rent. Do I need contents insurance?
In short, yes. Your landlord will have a buildings insurance policy in place. They probably also have a policy to cover things like the carpets and white goods. This won't cover your possessions though.
Having your own contents insurance will cover the cost of replacement or repair of the items you own. You should declare any extremely costly items to your insurer to ensure that they will be covered.
You may need to pay a slightly higher premium for doing covering these items, but it's likely worth it for the peace of mind.


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Q: What hashing techniques to use when building a bloom filter in clojure? I want to build a bloom filter in Clojure but I don't have much knowledge of all the hashing libraries that may be available to JVM based languages.
What should I use for the fastest (as opposed to most accurate) bloom map implementation in Clojure?

A: So the fun thing about bloom filters is that to work effectively they need multiple hash functions.
Java Strings already have one hash function built in that you can use - String.hashCode() with returns a 32-bit integer hash. It's an OK hashcode for most purposes, and it's possible that this is sufficient: if you partition this into 2 separate 16-bit hashcodes for example then this might be good enough for your bloom filter to work. You will probably get a few collisions but that's fine - bloom filters are expected to have some collisions.
If not, you'll probably want to roll your own, in which case I'd recommend using String.getChars() to access the raw char data, then use this to calculate multiple hashcodes.
Clojure code to get you started (just summing up the character values):
(let [s "Hello"
      n (count s)
      cs (char-array n)]
  (.getChars s 0 n cs 0)
  (areduce cs i v 0 (+ v (int (aget cs i)))))
=> 500

Note the use of Clojure's Java interop to call getChars, and the use of areduce to give you a very fast iteration over the character array.
You may also be interested in this Java bloom filter implementation I found on Github: https://github.com/MagnusS/Java-BloomFilter . The hashcode implementation looks OK at first glance but it uses a byte array which I think is a bit less efficient than using chars because of the need to deal with the character encoding overhead.

A: Take a look at the Bloom Filter implementation in Apache Cassandra. This uses the very fast MurmurHash3 algorithm and combines two hashes (or two portions of the same hash, since upgrading to MurmurHash3 instead of MurmurHash2) in different ways to calculate the desired number of hashes.
The combinatorial generation approach is described in this paper
and here's a snippet from the Cassandra sourcecode:
    long[] hash = MurmurHash.hash3_x64_128(b, b.position(), b.remaining(), 0L);
    long hash1 = hash[0];
    long hash2 = hash[1];
    for (int i = 0; i < hashCount; ++i)
    {
        result[i] = Math.abs((hash1 + (long)i * hash2) % max);
    }

See also Bloomfilter and Cassandra = Why used and why hashed several times?