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Dietary Management
It is important that food management starts early. It is far easier to start outright than to remove privileges because of weight gain. It is also important that you recognise that food-seeking will be a problem which may result in morbid obesity, and that you take steps to control this before it becomes a life-threatening situation.
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To understand the importance of this hunger drive, try to look at PWS as a 'starvation' syndrome rather than an over-eating one. Because of the dysfunction in the hypothalamus, there is no on/off mechanism that tells the brain, "I've eaten enough". What happens instead is that the brain keeps telling the stomach, "you're starving, you need food", and the drive to find food overrides everything else.
Without support and good management, what started out in the baby as failure to thrive, will lead to morbid obesity. The vast majority of people with PWS show excessive eating behaviours including stealing food, stealing money in order to buy food, taking food from others, breaking locks on cupboards, and so on. They often display an extraordinary ability to find food and just when you thought it was safe to leave the room for a few moments, you'll return to find something missing! Added to this is an inability to reason bewteen right and wrong when it comes to food-seeking, and you have the makings of some serious behavioural challenges.
Unfortunately it is also very easy for people with PWS to gain weight, due to the combination of the overriding desire to eat, coupled with the low muscle tone (if growth hormone has not been used) which makes exercising difficult, slow, and therefore no fun. Therefore managing weight gain in PWS becomes even more critical.
Management also means locks on pantries, fridges, food cupboards - not straight away, but when food-seeking becomes apparent. Although this might seem antiquated and unfair, it is incredibly helpful to the person with PWS to know that food is secure and is not a temptation to them.
Calories are what the body uses as its source of fuel and energy. Energy from food is calculated in calories to give a quantity we can measure. For example, a boiled egg has 80 calories. Although the correct terminology for calories is Kilocalories (kcals) and, even more confusingly, kiloJoules (kJs), which are becoming increasingly more used as food measurement, we will stick with the measurement of calories.
All foodstuffs are now required by law to carry a label stating, among other things, the energy level (or calories) per 100g. You will find that this will often be stated as kiloJules or kJs. A rough guide to convert to calories is to multiply by 4. How many calories does a person with PWS need? This will vary, of course, depending on the age and physicality of the person. For an overweight adult (not on growth hormone therapy), a diet of 1,000 calories per day is recommended. That breaks down into around 300 calories per meal (3 a day) and 100 calories left over for snacks. It's not very much, but because of the comparative inability for a person with PWS to exercise off 1,000 calories a day, it becomes very necessary to restrict food intake.
Exercise - even of the slowest kind - needs a certain amount of energy, and therefore burns calories. It is an extremely important part of managing weight. The only way to lose weight is to burn off more calories than we eat. For example:
Sitting for one hour and not doing much, will use 100 calories
Doing housework for one hour, will use 180 calories
Gardening for one hour, will use 220 calories
Brisk walking for one hour, will use 330 calories, and
Jogging for one hour, will use up 750 calories.
Try to encourage exercise at all times - even hidden exercise, such as hanging out the clothes, window-shopping, parking further away in the supermarket car-park, climbing the stairs, helping push the supermarket trolley etc, is better than none. There are all sorts of exercises designed to strengthen muscles and if your child is under a physiotherapist, make sure you start an early exercise programme and... make it fun!
Growth hormone treatment will help strengthen muscles, improve energy levels and enable a much greater level of physical participation. It does not mean that the appetite will decrease, or food-seeking will disappear, but it will help enormously with the development of good muscle tone which will improve your child's ability to exercise.
Without growth hormone treatment, a regular exercise programme is essential and management of diet is critical. It is much harder for a person to exercise if they are over-weight, so try to involve them in your planning so that they can choose things to do that they enjoy.
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The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. The global financial meltdown of 2008 nearly triggered another Great Depression, economies in Europe are still teetering, and powerful forces-income inequality, resource depletion, and mass migrations from poor to rich countries, to name just a few-pose serious threats to continued prosperity. How can the future of capitalism be secured? And who should spearhead the effort? Many observers point to government. But in Capitalism at Risk, the authors argue otherwise. While they agree that governments must play a role, they maintain that businesses should lead the way. Indeed, for enterprising companies, the current threats to market capitalism present vital opportunities. Drawing on discussions with business leaders around the world, the authors argue that companies must stop seeing themselves as bystanders and instead develop innovative business strategies that address the disruptors, produce profitable growth, and strengthen institutions at the community, national, and international levels.

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To: All Personnel
From: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Police Activity
Dear Encom Employees:
We are, as you know, under attack by a viral attack that is a case of suspected industrial espionage. Several members of Los Angeles police department and the FBI will be investigating the incident and a security breach on the lab floor. If stopped by one of them, please do not answer questions, but refer them to senior management and company security. We are working on this and would like to make sure they are given correct information instead of speculation and rumors that could hamper the investigation.
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: ANY sign of Thorne?!
We have half of LAPD camped outside, F-Con is trying to alter the terms of the sale, and the media is tearing us to pieces. Thorne has been MIA for nearly a week, and he is our security director. Can you be our point man on this?
Thorne goes missing, and it seems both the Bradleys have gone missing, too. Didn't even realize until today Bradley had a son, much less that he worked here. You'd think his father would have put the kid into management to be an even bigger pain in the ass than he already is.
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Subject: I'll handle it.
See subject.
LAPD Detectives Jorge Ramirez and Antonio Cortez were not strangers to the darker sides of human nature. Random shootings, the occasional drug deal gone sour, celebrities thinking their ephemeral fame made them immune from the law...
But there was something genuinely creepy about Encom. Maybe it was the too-perfect tower of glass and steel or the sterile white and blue corridors within. Maybe it was the fact that everyone was just a little too calm about one of their big shots being attacked and kidnapped from that tower in broad daylight. They were just waiting on headquarters to hurry up with the warrant so they could do a little detective work of their own before the Federalis showed up and threw their weight around.
Their questioning of CEO Richard Mackey having gone nowhere, the next step was to try and get a quick and dirty warrant to start checking computers.
"Y'know," Cortez remarked as they sat in the squad car, waiting for the warrant to go through. "My uncle worked the Flynn case, back when he was a sergeant."
Ramirez chuckled. "Heard that guy lost his marbles or was like DeLorean, pulling cocaine deals on the side. Thought he was spotted in Costa Rica under an alias."
"Not what my uncle told me. Couldn't spill too much about the case, but he's still certain to this day somebody offed Kevin Flynn to keep him quiet. About what? We'll probably never know."
"Really bizarre that two Encom bigwigs end up falling off the face of the Earth. Didn't figure the 'glamorous' world of software was this cutthroat."
Cortez pulled out a cigarette, rolled down the window, and silently offered one. Ramirez waved it off. Cortez shrugged and lit his. "I'm hoping Cold Cases gets another crack, especially in light of this shit. Maybe the same perps figure they got away with it 20 years ago, why not go for round two?"
Ramirez drummed his fingers against the dashboard. "Look, I gotta pick your brain here, but was there anything to what Mackey said about Bradley and Flynn being thick as thieves?"
"Thicker. Thieves snitch on one another if you give them a shot. Bradley was the right hand man of the operation, the secret weapon. Some figured he was the one who got Flynn out of the way so he could step into the spotlight."
"Was he cleared?"
"Three rounds of questioning, two rounds on a polygraph, and airtight alibis provided by a dozen co-workers and phone records to his wife. Cleared within a week."
"Any other enemies?"
"That was the fun part. Flynn was a bad boy. Pissed a lot of people off. Supposedly, he got his job by sending his predecessor to Terminal Island for a few years."
Ramirez shook his head. "Was that predecessor found? Questioned?"
"Nah. Funny thing – committed suicide a year before Flynn vanished. Can't slap cuffs on a corpse."
"Damn. And I thought being a cop was the life of danger. Should have gone into software."
Cortez shrugged and stubbed the butt out on the car door. "Probably would pay better. And jackpot." He pulled up the laptop. "One made to order warrant. Three cheers for modern technology."
The halls of Encom were still eerily...normal for a crime scene. A forensics team was already in the lab, and had the section roped off. The rental-cop security paced or collected in knots of two or three, muttering uncomfortably. One, a girl that was obviously working through college, judging from the stack of textbooks at her workstation, seemed terrified.
"I'm sorry, officers, but I can't reach Mr. Thorne at all. He's the one in charge of building security, and would be the guy to handle stuff like warrants. No one's heard from him in days. The last notice we got was that he'd come down with some kind of flu."
"When was that?" Ramirez asked.
"About three days ago. Could...could you guys go to his house or something and see if he's okay? I mean, if it's not too much trouble..."
"Not a problem, miss. We're probably going to want to talk to him anyway. Has there been any other break ins or trouble at Encom Tower lately?"
She shook her head. "Nope. Nothing since Mr. Flynn's last check-in back in December."
Ramirez scowled. "Check in?"
Cortez chuckled and elbowed his partner. "You don't read the headlines on the tech page? Company's biggest stockholder is Kevin Flynn's kid. Shows up every year on the day of his old man's disappearance to play a prank on the company. Since he technically owns the place, we can't charge him with anything."
"Then why hasn't he shown up in regards to his company being for sale?"
The security guard started shuffling on the balls of her feet. "I...I don't know, but I think I can get you to someone who can help you..."
What they "got" was a corner office on the thirtieth floor and Edward Dillinger Junior. He looked like any other hipster stereotype – button down shirt and slacks, glasses, fashionably skinny with carefully maintained stubble. Behind the look, however...
"What we know – the security cameras were taken down by a sophisticated viral attack that came in through the email systems at the security desk, then spread to the labs. Two to five minutes later, we have what appears to be a break in and a brazen kidnapping of Mr. Bradley from his basement lab. We're dealing with a viral attack and the media, so my question is why you both are not at the crime scene." Edward didn't have to raise his voice or anything other than an eyebrow, but everything about him dripped annoyance and contempt.
"We got a forensics team down there now. What we're looking for is motive. From what Mackey was saying earlier, it looked like Bradley had enemies. What kind of enemies could a guy like him make that could prompt something this brazen?"
"Perhaps the real motivation had nothing to do with his tenure at Encom and more to do with his private life. So often, people have their hands in things no one suspects. Maybe a secret life – drugs, women, men, gambling debts, ties to organized crime, shady political ideals, questionable scientific experiments..." He pushed up his glasses. "It's always the quiet ones who have the biggest secrets to hide. I'd
like to know what you find when looking closer at Alan Bradley."
Cortez muttered under his breath, "I'm sure you would." It was just loud enough for Ramirez to register it, but it didn't seem Edward heard it.
"Sounds to me that you don't like him much," Ramirez said, trying to steer things back to the case at hand.
"I'll be honest – not particularly."
from the fact that he and Flynn ruined my father?" Edward rolled his shoulders back like there was a knot in them. "The board is split, and our largest shareholder is MIA like usual. Take this sale – Encom could profit immensely from a merger with a rising star in the industry like Future Control Industries. As second-largest shareholder, his is the vote that truly matters.."
"But Bradley isn't the only hold out. He's leading half the board against it, and you aren't voting for the sale either," Cortez pointed out.
He answered with what might have been a shrug. "Say the vote goes through and we sell to F-Con. If I was on record as voting against them...well, my future with our new owners would be short and unpleasant. If the sale does not go through, and I'm on record as voting for it, then my tenure at Encom would be short and unpleasant. No, I worked too hard to get my way to the top. I'm not going to throw it away when abstaining is the smarter option."
Ramirez didn't look like he could help himself. "Anyone ever tell you the nastiest spots in hell are reserved for guys who play both sides during a conflict?"
"I'd have to believe in hell to start with. Furthermore, the quote is that the hottest spot in hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral conflict. There is no moral conflict here; just a business decision." Not even so much as a change in his voice.
Cortez was still wanting to work that angle. "But Bradley was holding things up. He was old and in the way, and not in a position where they could force him out, either. That had to make someone mad; enough to decide to use violence to get rid of him."
"And in addition to being an old pain in the ass, I take it Bradley was one of those holding your dad's indiscretions against you," Ramirez added.
He looked like he was going to start cursing at them for a second before seeming to deflate. Taking off his glasses, he rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Surprisingly? No. I should be grateful for that much. Shook my hand when I got hired and helped set up my office. He doesn't talk about those times, and I never wanted to bring up the subject. I'd like to think he regrets what he had to do. It changes nothing, of course. He was actually a pleasant change from the parade of interchangeable MBAs who can barely open their email, much less understand what modern technology actually does. Bradley knows the technology end, but never figured out the
aspects. "
Ramirez scowled. "And you think you have them both down?"
The glasses – and arrogance – were quickly replaced. "Top of my class in Computer Science
a double major in business. I clawed my way in here and to the top despite everyone's expectations. Again, not throwing it away. Bradley might, if he felt some ideal of his was threatened. Check into what he was doing on the side. I'll bet you'll find your answer there, especially since he was the only one targeted."
"Maybe not. No one's seen your security chief for the last few days, either."
"Again, check into their private lives. Bradley was the one who hired him as a personal favor back in 1992. I'll admit, Thorne performed his job, but he lobbied several times for a promotion his job performance didn't warrant. Thorne's so-called security team hasn't been effective in stopping Mr. Flynn's annual 'check-ins,' which disrupt at least a week's of production, depending on how vindictive he wants to be that year. We told Thorne that's why he was passed over, but he likely didn't take the hint."
Cortez really didn't want to ask this, but his gut overrode his good sense. "I was kinda wondering...you think there might be any relation between this kidnapping and the Flynn case from 89?"
The studied arrogance flickered ever so slightly. Was that rage? Fear? Confusion? In any case, the moment was over in a nanosecond. "Gentlemen, I was twelve years old at the time. And after my family was ruined by Flynn, with my father's incarceration and suicide, I wasn't in any mood to follow the story."
"And how about Jethro Bradley, Alan Bradley's son? You know anything about him? Any enemies he might have made? Two of you are about the same age, sons of the giants who built the company..."
Edward shrugged. "Never met him. I heard he worked for Encom, though it's surprising that he keeps choosing to slum it in the game department instead following in his father's footsteps. I guess he prefers building dream words to shaping the reality of a company. Now, if you'd like to question
further, please do so through my attorney and allow me to place a phone call to let him know. Go back to investigating
and discover what Mr. Bradley was really up to."
He handed the pair two business cards with the name and number of a local law firm, and another pair of business cards with his own contact information. The police officers, sensing they weren't going to get any farther with him for the time being, took the cards and left.
Ten minutes later, a message under heavy, private-key encryption was sent from a secure terminal.
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Crown was still rubbing his fist. Been a long time since he had to punch someone, and it wasn't like someone of his station should be cracking heads. That smug old man had done a really good job of pissing him off, though.
He walked into the dimly lit office and took a chair, leaning back and trying to dull the throb of an impending headache.
Disembodied, slightly metallic, vaguely British-accented voice over the speakers. Almost, not quite human.
"I saw that over the video feeds. Bad form, Mr. Crown. Though I would have liked to do that to Bradley myself."
Oh, the boss saw that. Big deal. "I'll bet you would have."
"What's even worse form is kidnapping a man in broad daylight. Did you not have the patience to wait it out until he was off the campus? Until he was out of Encom's sight? It was a simple disappearing act. With the right measures, we could have made it look like a suicide. Instead -"
Crown stood up and argued with the unblinking camera. "Thorne forced our hand. Shot him in, and he began infecting everything in sight. We turned him on Encom, but if Bradley had been allowed to remain there long enough -"
"There is a fleet of Los Angeles police cars surrounding the building with the FBI on their way. You and your thugs
this, Crown. You had better give me some good news before things get...uncomfortable for you."
The distorted, synthetic voice still dripped with impatience and barely contained anger.
"We found the algorithms. We have seekers deployed after his Math Assistant AI. Give us those and three hours, and it's not going to matter what they think they'll find."
"Very good. And anything else we can get from the Encom lab?"
"Unfortunately not. Captain Encom nuked the drives. Not likely we'll get anything, even if we put a gun to Baza's head."
"Bradley always has an ace up his sleeve. He's the tricky one. Getting Flynn out of the picture was a comparatively easy venture compared to what it will take to destroy him."
"We got a lucky break. Sick wife on the line, and they believe we have his kid hostage."
"Do you?"
Crown contemplated lying, but it wouldn't help. "No, but a pampered brat riding daddy's coattails isn't capable of getting in our way."
"Find the Bradley boy. Eliminate him as a threat. Make that your top priority. That is your only real leverage in this situation."
Crown scowled. "Got Popoff working on digging up any dirt, mostly so we could keep bluffing. You know something I don't?"
"I do not like unknown factors,"
came the reply.
Crown tried not to roll his eyes.
I'll take that as a "no."
"What would you like done with Bradley Senior?
"As long as he is permanently silenced, I leave the method of disposal up to you. Your timetable is short, Crown. I suggest you leave this office and get to work."
Crown choked down an impulse to argue further. Boss was right, even if he didn't like it. As soon as he walked out of the room, Popoff was waiting.
"We have three hours. Can't put off the timetable longer than that. And boss's orders – we find the Bradley kid and take him out."
"Does he believe the boy will look for his father? Planning some foolishly brave but futile rescue attempt?" Popoff was smiling faintly, despite the circumstances.
"You run the psych profiles, not me. What's your verdict?"
"What little I found suggests a dreamer, one of little merit or threat. However, I have just the thing for that," She pulled out a thumb-drive. "Clarence has been very good at finding the cracks in our DataWraiths. Amazing efficiency, this little script." She smiled wolfishly. "I cannot argue with the results. Our subjects now fight and obey without question. But we will set him to learn all he can about Mister Bradley the Younger. From there? I'm sure he can be destroyed. Maybe even set against his father. Should be interesting."
Crown pointed in the direction of the lab. "Then don't talk. Load the damn thing. We launch the Wraiths in an hour – algorithms or not."
Despite his best efforts, the walls were closing in and the air felt like it was getting stale. The latter, logically, Alan knew to be a trick of his imagination. There was a long, thin vent along one side of the room and the incessant noise of a fan going.
The side of his face was one large, dull throb of pain. Crown wasn't as strong as his hired thugs, but anger could definitely compensate for the lack of raw power. No teeth were loose, but it was both welcome and unwelcome distraction; welcome because it took his mind off visions of the walls closing in, unwelcome because it was not only painful, but a reminder that he was trapped on more than one level.
His makeshift computing rig told him that the reformat was complete. It was necessary, but just the knowledge of how much work was lost made him feel ill. Yes, it was for the greater good that it was destroyed; he couldn't let Crown have something that dangerous.
Lora, I'm so sorry. All of that was supposed to be for you.
He sat down on a crate and ran his hands through his hair. Nothing left to do now but...
Alan forced himself to look up at the game's screen again...
//Session initiated.
//Ma3a Online, broadcasting from 188.8.131.52
//Safe Upload complete
Ma3a made it out! He almost jumped to his feet (almost – he wasn't young anymore), and walked over to the machine, mind reeling, trying to open the right ports and make contact with the AI
"Ma3a, I'm glad you're still intact. I'm sorry about revealing you as the carrier for the correction algorithms. We had no choice."
Even though she was uploaded out of immediate danger, those bastards would still be tracking her. There had to be some safeguard he could use. Think, man, think!
There was one. It was dangerous, untested, cooked up a very long time ago, but he had to take the risk. His hand gripped the joystick to "type" in a response, but the screen went to silver with blue lettering. For a moment, he feared the jury-rigged "computer" had crashed for good, but...
//Gu3st? D0 u Kn0W @n Alan Br@dley? T4y1ng to r#@ach h1m...
Alan's heart leapt into his throat. Someone knew he was missing already? Someone trying to find him? Quickly, he started to punch in a reply.
//Connection lost.
If he could get that connection back, maybe he could signal for help. A darker, more cynical part warned that it was likely a trap, but there were few options. Whoever that was, it was likely the last chance he had.
It's an entire universe in there, one we created, but it's beyond us now. Really. It's outgrown us. You know, every time you shut off your computer...do you know what you're doing? Have you ever reformatted a hard drive? Deleted old software? Destroyed an entire universe?"
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MintLife columnist, Matthew Amster-Burton, is answering a reader question this week about a tax-advantaged way to save for retirement when Roth/Traditional IRAs and 401(k)s are not an option.
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Reader Question: This past year my family had a modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) above $180,000. This means contributing to Roth/Traditional IRAs are no longer an option, and my employer doesn't offer a 401(k). This leaves us with what appears to be no tax-advantaged way to save for retirement. What should we do? -Drew
Matthew Amster Burton: Nice problem to have. It would be easy to use the lack of a 401(k) as an excuse not to save for retirement, or to save too little. Drew is too smart for that.
I asked Drew a little more about his situation. He and his wife both receive W-2s, so they can't contribute to a self-employment plan like a SEP-IRA or individual 401(k). They have no kids, which means they're not contributing to 529 college savings plans. And they have no debt other than a very modest, low-interest mortgage. (See? Smart guy.)
Drew does have some money in IRAs and Roth IRAs from previous jobs. And he'd like a 50/50 portfolio: half stocks, half bonds.
Here's what I recommend:
Keep it traditional
The only IRA you hear about these days is the Roth IRA. The traditional IRA sounds so stuffy. Well, guess what? Drew can't contribute to a Roth IRA, but anybody who doesn't have a retirement plan at work can contribute to a deductible traditional IRA, even with a high income. That means Drew and his wife can each contribute $5,000 to an IRA, and it's tax-deductible.
That takes care of the first $10,000. With an income above $180,000, that's not enough. Let's find more ways to save.
Get efficient
Most Americans can do all of their retirement savings in tax-advantaged retirement accounts—IRAs and 401(k)s. If you're stuck without a 401(k), with a high income (I realize this is a creative use of the word "stuck"), or both, you'll need to use a taxable account.
A taxable account is just a regular brokerage account where you can hold any kind of investment and pay taxes as they come due. If you have a savings account, you're familiar with the concept: you contribute after-tax money and pay taxes every year on the interest.
When you're talking about stock and bond investments, however, it quickly gets a lot more complicated. Some investments are "tax-efficient" and some aren't. To oversimplify a bit, stocks are tax-efficient (because they're taxed at the lower capital gains and dividend rate and taxes are deferred until you sell) and bonds are not (they're taxed much like a savings account).
Bonds are like wild animals that need to be put in the safe enclosure of an IRA or 401(k). That means Drew should put all of his bonds into his existing IRAs, where he won't have to pay tax on their income until retirement. His taxable account should hold 100% stocks. This seems weird, but it's all one portfolio that happens to be arbitrarily split into separate accounts because of tax law.
Let's put some made-up numbers on this. Let's say Drew has one existing IRA with $100,000 in it, and he's going to contribute $30,000 this year to a taxable account. At the end of the year, his portfolio might look like this:
$65,000 in a bond fund (such as a total bond market index fund)
$35,000 in a US stock fund
$19,500 International stock fund
$10,500 US stock fund
There, that's 50% stocks, 50% bonds, with 30% of the stocks international—consistent with typical advisor recommendations for holding international stocks. (International stocks are especially tax-efficient and belong in the taxable account.)
If Drew gets to the point where he can't fit all of his bonds in the IRA, he should consider municipal bonds and US savings bonds. But not yet. (Although, savings bonds would be a great choice for non-retirement savings.)
Watch out for turnover
When a stock fund in your taxable account trades stocks, you're on the hook for the capital gains taxes—even if you did nothing but buy the fund and hold it. So those funds should be as low-turnover as possible, which means index funds or ETFs.
Total market index funds buy the entire stock market and hold it forever, which means you pay no capital gains tax until you sell the fund. (Not coincidentally, index funds tend to outperform the vast majority of actively managed funds, after taxes and expenses.)
Stock funds do pay dividends, and you pay tax on those every year. The good news is, no matter what tax bracket you're in, those dividends are taxed at just 15%.
Look for losses
When you hold stock funds in a taxable account, you can gain additional tax savings by tax-loss harvesting. When the market drops and some of your stocks are worth less than you originally paid, you can sell them and buy a similar (but not identical) fund, and this loss can be used to offset capital gains on other holdings—or even reduce your regular income taxes.
It's a legal way to defer more taxes—perhaps all the way until retirement, when Drew is likely to be in a lower tax bracket.
Take it up with the boss
No clever portfolio will be half as lucrative for Drew as talking his employer into offering a 401(k) plan. Especially if you're in a high tax bracket, the tax savings offered by a 401(k) are huge.
That's all I've got, Drew. Congratulations on avoiding a personal recession, and best of luck.


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In a world of sports cars that sacrifice sensory delights on the altar of performance and capability, Maserati's scrumptious engine noise stands out like Sofía Vergara at a Mennonite sewing group. She's naked, of course. Just to be clear.
On this episode of Shakedown, Leo Parente checks out Maserati's recent Trofeo World Series racing stop at Sonoma Raceway (formerly Infineon) and JF Musial gets a test drive in the Gran Turismo GT Sport — the foundation of its World Series racecars. Then, Leo looks under the hood of the Trofeo Series racecar, and makes the technical racecar-roadcar connection.
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I just realized that this year looks just like 1967, except Easter is three weeks later this year, due to the way it's calculated. Anyway, in 1967 we had just buried Dad (after a couple of weeks due to The Big Snow) and life was starting to get back to normal for us, whatever that meant. Here's the Top Five from WLS fifty years ago today. Thanks again to Oldiesloon for collecting the surveys.
#5: New Colony Six, "I Love You So Much" Didn't remember this one from Chicago's own New Colony Six. This one was actually bigger in Canada than the US.
#4: Rolling Stones, "Ruby Tuesday" What more needs to be said about this classic from The Stones?
#3: The Seeds, "Pushin' Too Hard" The Seeds were a band that did garage rock, psychedelic rock, and acid rock and excelled in all three.
#2: The Seekers, "Georgy Girl" The Seekers were a band out of Australia whose lead singer was the lovely Judith Durham. Their earlier hit, "I Know I'll Never Find Another You" is sung at every Marriage Encounter weekend. At least it was at ours.
#1: The Monkees, "(I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone"/"I'm A Believer" This is one of those records that had two "A" sides, both fantastic songs. I've shared the story of how my brothers and I played the grooves off this one at a restaurant. We thought it was the best, and fifty years later, it still is one of the best.
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Site 9, non-electric on Halloween weekend was great. We were one of two campers on our circle. Site 9 has a pretty level pad and has the biggest area to camp in. We are across from the dump station and the flush toilets. Not horrible, but e bathroom does have a light so it could bother some people. Most sites in non-electric have some sort of shade but not all spaces are created equal. Some sites are small and the pads can be unlevel . The electric sites are the same where some have shade and some do not while some pads are level and some are not. There are vault toilets closest to those sites and no full hookups. They have a nice playground and plenty of trail to hike. The trees were past peak leaf season but still very pretty. The camp hosts make it a point to stop out and say hello which is one of the reasons we keep coming back. It's a tiny park, a diamond in the rough.
This was a last minute reservation and only available due to a cancellation. The campground was full for the weekend. The campground is pretty big with different types of sites. Some are smaller, close to neighbors while other have seclusion with trees. From past experience, if it rains, some of the sites do flood. We had great weather this weekend. The site we reserved had a hill right next to the passenger side/door side of your camper. If you had a big camper, it might be tight to open your slides and an awning. You most likely would not sit right outside your camper door. In fact, the fire ring is behind the site and up a small hill. We set up our ez-up in the back and out of the way, it worked for us. There was also a path that led you into the playground. Speaking of playgrounds, you will hear a lot of kids if the weather is nice. We were right across from the camp host (very nice lady) and very short walk to the bathhouse. The bathhouse had 4 flushable toilets and I think 3 showers. The showers did not have benches in the stall, only on the outside directly across. With a full campground, the bathrooms were kept very clean with the amount of people using it. We walked around and noticed a lot of bathhouses and another playground. We took a hike that led us to the lodge - it was an in and out and just under 5 miles. On our way back we stopped at the camp store which was well stocked with items you may need or not. There is a putt putt course, frisbee disc course, horse trails, dog park, nature center, golf course and more trails nearby. There are plenty of things to do if you like to keep busy or are trying to keep kids entertained. (The bees and stinkbugs were out and about while we were there.)
My friend and I recently stayed at the north ridge campsite, which is the tents only site at Tar Hollow State Park. I had both positive and negative experiences. Let's start with the positives. It's a very secluded campsite so it really feels like you're one with nature. The pit latrines are convenient for those emergency situations but they're not the cleanest but it is not a far drive to the flush toilets at the RV campsite area near the camp store. Site 106 is a great site if you choose to stay here. It is very flat, one of the most flat sites (I think 105 is more flat) and so my night's sleep was great.
Now for the negatives, which sadly outweigh the positives for my stay.
You are right next to your camping neighbors. I have terrible luck and ended up staying next to a very inconsiderate and loud group that included their many dogs. Normally this wouldn't bother me but I could hear all of their conversations because we were so close to them. You can hear snoring and other "nighttime" noises so just be aware others can and will hear you. I wasn't able to find the water spigot right away because someone set up their tent right next to it but then was able to find it once they moved their tent. This is more of a negative of the State Park but the hiking paths are not clearly marked and I am embarrassed to admit I did get lost in the woods. The map they have is in black in white but the park uses a color system. This could be solved by taking a picture of the colorful map right by the fire tower.
Overall, I don't think I would choose to return to this site for camping because you're just way to close to others around you.
We enjoyed our 3 night stay here! Some sites are full hook up, some sites are electric and water, and some are primitive. The dump station is easily accessible if you need it. 5 acres with everything we could need. The owners were amazing. Very friendly and helpful! They had only owned the campground for 2 weeks and were in the process of making several improvements. The shower house and bathrooms were clean and adequate. There is a small playground for kids. It is pet friendly. There is a nice sized pool for summer (we camped in October so it was closed for the season). Located within a short drive (about 10 miles/15 minutes) from everything Hocking Hills has to offer. There is even a restaurant close by that will deliver to your campsite. Kroger and Walmart are within 5-7 minutes driving for supplies. The only downside is that it is close to a highway so at night you can hear the traffic. This didn't bother us so much but might be a problem for some.
Deer Creek State Park Campground is aptly named. There are deer all over and you can see them from many campsites…though we haven't seen any deer tick yet. There are many heavily shaded sites and another side is fairly open. Many sites off the main road have hills you need to go down to set up a tent. Comfort Stations (read flush toilets) are usually close by and several Shower Houses are scattered throughout the grounds. Shower houses are in great shape and have plenty of hot water but only 3 showers per house and are fairly small. Campsites are mixed in sizes. Some are great for a small group (3-4) to camp together and have a common area while others are pretty spacious. We are in 109 and have plenty of privacy and overlook a small fishing pond. Nothing close by so pick up any gas, groceries or snacks you want before you get here. Nice place and we'll definitely come back.
Several campsites are on a slope so this calls for being creative with placement of tent.
Firewood available for purchase on site. Lake Hope lodge provides great warm and dry spot for delicious food.
Several activities available, fishing available anywhere on the lake, kayak rental for $10 and good size lake.
Very clean pit toliets and running water available dispersed throughout the park. Several hiking trails, zaleski is nearby, hocking hills is 30 minutes away. Moonville tunnel and iron furnace in the area.
We stayed at site 11. It is not at all private but very level. The "outhouse" near these sites was simply a latrine and covered in mosquitos. However, the bathhouse a short walk away is really clean lovely. If I returned, I'd camp at sites 81-93 (rustic) because they are shaded, near the bathhouse, and lead to a trailhead. Don't forget: You are here to see tinge majesty of the caves! And this campground is the closest you can get!
Visited Zaleski in the spring and encountered some muddy hills to climb up and down. Camp sites were further than expected as you would see a sign indicating camp areas. It took some adjusting, several forms of maps and learning curve of what they indicated, where and how they correlated to the trail. Not a simple just backpack and you'll get there, but really looking at your map and compass or if you're lucky all trails app if you have phone signal. Plenty of trees, flowers and nature to enjoy. If recent rainfall in the area be mindful of the mud. Beautiful trail And well worth the challenge here in Ohio.
Stayed two nights at Tar Hollow's North Ridge Campground, which is the tent only campground. Be sure to visit the "Camp General Store" to pick up your permit before heading to your campsite. If your GPS takes you to the North Ride campground, just drive past and continue on until you see the general store/putt putt area. Believe the camp store is open until 8pm during the week.
We were on site 106, which is at the far end of the campground. The campground is about 2-3 acres large, situated on a hill with a path dug out around the perimeter.
Some positives about the campground and site 106:
-the path around the hill allows for great drainage; a huge help if you're camping in rainy weather.
-the north ridge campground is in an entirely separate area of the park than the RVs and there aren't many campsites, so in that way it feels a little more remote and secluded.
-In addition to the path around the perimeter of the campsite there is a path leading up through the middle of the campground with the campsites situated on either side of the path. Since site 106 is at the far end, you don't have anyone walking by your campsite to and from the parking lot.
-Pine lake is a beautiful little spot to fish, rent a paddle boat, or just relax. There is also a pretty spacious beach area.
-There is a water spigot, restrooms, and a dumpster.
-There is no cell service. Enjoy the outdoors! You are off the grid!
Some negatives about the campground and site 106:
-You cannot park your car directly at your campsite. There is a parking lot at the bottom of the campground hill. You have to carry your items to your campsite. Depending on what site you reserved you could have to walk uphill for about 100-150 yards. This could be an issue for differently abled people. Also, it means you need to be crafty about securing your food at night if you don't want to walk it back down to your car.
-Many of the campsites are situated on pretty intense slopes. 106 wasn't too bad. I would guess 105 is probably the most level site in the campground.
-Site 106 is the farthest from the parking lot. Great for privacy, bad for lugging your stuff to and from the car.
-The bathrooms are pit latrines. Normally, I wouldn't be too concerned about this (you're camping! it's cool to rough it a bit!) However…these are some of the dirtiest I've experienced. The bathrooms are also very narrow and perhaps most importantly, they are not lit, so you have to make sure you bring your headlamp with you at night. I also couldn't get the latch to lock on the doors, but maybe that was user error. There is toilet paper and hand sanitizer (but I always double sanitized with my own sanitizer back at our tent--such was the state of these bathrooms.)
-The campsites are all pretty close together. We got lucky and there was no one next to us, but even so we could still clearly hear conversations at other campsites and folks snoring at night.
-There is no cell service. Be sure to give anyone who may need to contact you a heads up.
All in all, we had a positive experience and were glad we went. That said, there are better spots to tent camp in and around OH.
Such a need campground where many spots are on the side of a hill and the campfire ring is above or below it on the hill.


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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Remembering Brooke Bennett
~Brooke Bennett
One year ago today, the pretty, Vermont 12-year-old disappeared. We would come to find out she was drugged, raped, and strangled allegedly by her uncle.
Brooke was last seen alive on a surveillance video from a Cumberland Farms store in the company of her uncle, Michael Jacques.
As investigators desperately searched for Brooke, a bizarre and horrific story began to emerge and would forever change the small town of Randolph.
The players in the real life drama are tightly intertwined family members:
Cassandra Gagnon – Brooke's mother, whose ex-husband is Richard Gagnon. Cassandra has recently changed her name to Adams, her maiden name.
Denise Jacques – Cassandra's sister and wife of Michael Jacques. Denise has changed her name back to Woodward.
Richard Gagnon and Michael Jacques – Brooke's ex-stepfather and uncle, respectively. Prosecutors claim there is a "nexus between investigations into the alleged obstruction of justice by Gagnon and the alleged kidnapping by Jacques."
The State of Vermont turns the cases over to Federal prosecutors.
Gagnon is arrested on a charge of aggravated sexual assault on a minor and obstruction of justice for apparently assisting Jacques in fabricating information regarding the abduction of Brooke. Additionally he has been charged with the production and distribution of child pornography. He pleaded guilty to pornography charges in federal court in San Antonio on April 13, 2009.
February 26, 2009, the Vermont Legislature passed one of the toughest sex-offender bills in the country by a 29-0 vote in the Senate and 132-2 in the House.
In 1985, Jacques was charged with lewd and lascivious conduct with a minor after allegedly engaging in more than 100 sex acts with an underage family relative whom he eventually impregnated. The case was dismissed.
In 1992, he was charged and convicted of abducting and raping an 18-year-old West Rutland woman. Police reports indicated he tied a rope around her neck, threatened to kill her and forced her to perform sex acts on him for several hours.
Jacques is currently being held at a federal penitentiary in Ayer, MA.
While Brooke's family and the Randolph area are growing impatient with the slow pace of Jacques' prosecution, prosecutors are awaiting a decision from Attorney General Eric Holder on whether they can seek the death penalty for Jacques.
Please take a moment to think of Brooke today – she deserves to be remembered.
Burlington Free Press
Posted by donchais at 2:36 AM
Labels: Brooke Bennett, Child Abuse, Michael Jacques, Ray Gagnon
3 comments:
- Sprocket said...
Thank you for reminding all of us about Brooke on the anniversary of her violent death.
- June 25, 2009 at 7:24 AM
- ritanita said...
It's been a long, long year. Thank you for keeping her name alive as we await the trial.
- June 25, 2009 at 9:03 AM
- cherylt said...
Yes,thank you for reminding us. Is there even a trial date set for that POS? Since stepdad pled guilty do we know how much time he was given?
That poor girl - I remembered wishing so hard she would be found alive... So sad. I hope she is resting in peace....
- June 25, 2009 at 2:29 PM
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A lot of scifi transports us to a future world of high-tech plenitude. But in Carrie Vaughn's short story "Amaryllis," we get a more realistic future where human life is restricted to preserve the environment.
The central conflict in this story is ancient - a young woman wants a child, but she and the potential father don't have the means to support it. But that's where the familiar outlines of this story erode. In a few deft strokes, Vaughn introduces us to an eco-friendly society where all the rules of family and child-rearing have changed so radically that "family" and "marriage" are almost unrecognizable. And yet they are. Here's an excerpt from the first section of "Amaryllis," posted this week at Lightspeed magazine:
I never knew my mother, and I never understood why she did what she did. I ought to be grateful that she was crazy enough to cut out her implant so she could get pregnant. But it also meant she was crazy enough to hide the pregnancy until termination wasn't an option, knowing the whole time that she'd never get to keep the baby. That she'd lose everything. That her household would lose everything because of her.
I never understood how she couldn't care. I wondered what her family thought when they learned what she'd done, when their committee split up the household, scattered them-broke them, because of her.
Did she think I was worth it?
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It was all about quotas.
"They're using cages up north, I heard. Off shore, anchored," Nina said. "Fifty feet across-twice as much protein grown with half the resources, and we'd never have to touch the wild population again. We could double our quota."
I hadn't really been listening to her. We were resting, just for a moment; she sat with me on the railing at the prow of Amaryllis and talked about her big plans.
Wind pulled the sails taut and the fiberglass hull cut through waves without a sound, we sailed so smooth. Garrett and Sun hauled up the nets behind us, dragging in the catch. Amaryllis was elegant, a 30-foot sleek vessel with just enough cabin and cargo space-an antique but more than seaworthy. She was a good boat, with a good crew. The best.
"Marie-" Nina said, pleading.
I sighed and woke up. "We've been over this. We can't just double our quota."
"But if we got authorization-"
"Don't you think we're doing all right as it is?" We had a good crew-we were well fed and not exceeding our quotas; I thought we'd be best off not screwing all that up. Not making waves, so to speak.
Nina's big brown eyes filled with tears-I'd said the wrong thing, because I knew what she was really after, and the status quo wasn't it.
"That's just it," she said. "We've met our quotas and kept everyone healthy for years now. I really think we should try. We can at least ask, can't we?"
The truth was: No, I wasn't sure we deserved it. I wasn't sure that kind of responsibility would be worth it. I didn't want the prestige. Nina didn't even want the prestige-she just wanted the baby.
Read the rest of "Amaryllis" at Lightspeed Magazine.
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June 13, 2013
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Amid heightened security, students returned to the Santa Monica College campus on Monday to continue taking final exams, while counselors were on hand to help anyone still reeling from a mass shooting there on Friday June 7. The rampage ended on the school grounds and left five people dead, along with the gunman. Police on Sunday identified the suspect, John Zawahri, who would have turned 24 Saturday.
He was shot and killed by police in the campus library. Also released Sunday were the names of four victims — the gunman's father, Samir Zawahri, 55; his brother, Christopher Zawahri, 24; Marcela Dia Franco, 26, who died Sunday; and her father, Carlos Franco, 68. The fifth victim, whose name was not released, is believed to have been a woman — possibly a homeless woman who was seen regularly collected recyclables on the campus.
Marcela Franco was surrounded by her family as she died at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Sunday morning, according to the hospital. Her father was killed instantly as the two were shot in his red SUV as they drove out of a college parking lot near 20th and Pearl streets. The young woman wanted to be a clinical psychologist.
When her school, Cal State Dominguez Hills, couldn't provide the units she needed to graduate in the fall, she decided to take the courses at Santa Monica, where her father worked for 22 years as a groundskeeper. One shooting victim, identified as Debra Fine, was in good condition and was released Saturday night. Some students returning to campus were still shaken by the shootings.
Julio Aguilar told ABC7 he had left the campus library moments before Zawahri walked in and opened fire.
"I don't even think I should be alive, but I thank God that I am," he said.
A candlelight vigil was held in front of the campus library Monday evening. Graduation ceremonies at 6 p.m. Tuesday doubled as a memorial service for the victims of the shootings.
"We work every day to help students overcome obstacles and to achieve their career and transfer goals," SMC President Chui L. Tsang wrote on the college's website.
"We celebrate the achievements of many of our students as they graduate. We look forward to this wonderful ceremony and time of family pride."
Counseling services were offered for students and staff over the weekend, and counselors were available on the main campus again on Monday. The killing spree began about a mile from the SMC campus around midday Friday, when fire broke out at a home near Yorkshire and Kansas avenues, and the bodies of Samir and Christopher Zawahri were found inside. The gunman then carjacked a woman, who told the Los Angeles Times the man ordered her to drive him to SMC, stopped at various points on the way to fire randomly at people and vehicles — including a Santa Monica Big Blue Bus.
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