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Our Michigan car accident lawyers frequently represent victims of bicycle accidents in Monroe County, Michigan. The number of these types of accidents is discussed in the Southeast Michigan Traffic Crash Facts of 2007, which was published by the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments in May, 2008. Its report was published in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Transportation and several other state and federal agencies.
Overall Analysis
A bicycle is defined in the 2000 Michigan Traffic Crash Facts Book as a device propelled by human power upon which a person may ride. Under this definition, a bicycle may have two or three wheels.
Traffic crashes in Southeast Michigan involving bicycles increased 11 percent between 2006 and 2007. Wayne County led the region in bicycle crashes, followed by Macomb County and Oakland County. Livingston and Washtenaw Counties were the only counties to experience decreases in traffic crashes involving bicycles.
The figures stood at 1060 accidents in 2007 and this was at 954 in 2006. Traffic crashes involving bicycles are more severe than overall crashes, but less severe than crashes involving pedestrians. More than 19.6 percent of crashes involving bicycles resulted in no injuries, compared to 79.1 percent of all crashes and 11.7 percent of pedestrian crashes.
Bicycle crashes were more common in warmer months, unlike pedestrian crashes. This is likely due to the difficulties of bicycling in snowy or icy conditions. Bicycle crashes peaked in the month of July at 185 crashes and hit a low point in February with 12 crashes. July saw the maximum bicycles accidents. Bicycle crashes follow a time-of-day pattern that is similar to pedestrian crashes, with most crashes occurring in the late afternoon and early evening hours.
Monroe County Analysis
Monroe County recorded a figure of 20 bicycle related accidents in 2007 as against 20 recorded in 2006. The bicycle related accidents in Wayne stood the highest at 434, much on the lines of the pedestrian accident.
An analysis of the county specific figures for Southeastern Michigan are shown in this graph.
Biggest Cities in Monroe County
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Choosing the Best Lawyer For Your Accident Case
It is important to choose a Michigan bicycle accident lawyer as soon as possible after your accident. This will guarantee that your claims are properly submitted in a timely manner. It will also assist the attorney in performing a prompt investigation of the accident so that witnesses can be located and interviewed, photographs can be taken, and the vehicle can be preserved for an inspection. A delay in hiring a lawyer can affect the ability to prove and win your case.
If you would like more information about your rights after a Michigan car accident, you should request our FREE book, "The Ultimate Michigan Car Accident Handbook" by clicking on the book link. We will send it out immediately along with other important information.


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My aunt is in a nursing home. They tell us she isn't allowed to leave unless she gets the doctor's permission. If she does, she has to sign a statement saying she doesn't hold them liable and will lose all her healthcare coverage. She is on Medicare. Can you help?
For starters, no doctor or any other healthcare provider has the authority to strip you of your health insurance benefits, including Medicare, the federal program for senior citizens.
There are requirements that must be met in order for Medicare to cover some of the cost of your aunt's current stay in the skilled nursing facility, or SNF. However, it's unlikely that the care she's already received from the home would be denied because she left against the doctor's orders.
What determines coverage is that there was a qualifying three-day hospital stay before entering the SNF, that your aunt has Medicare Part A with days left in the benefit period and that the services she received in the SNF were ordered by her doctor and are related to the treatment of her diagnosed condition. For more information about benefits, visit the Medicare Rights Center at medicareinteractive.org.
Also inaccurate is the nursing home staff's assertion that your aunt is not allowed to leave, says Eric Carlson, directing attorney with the Los Angeles office of the National Senior Citizens Law Center. "The person isn't incarcerated, and doctors are professionals hired to give advice, not to force people to do things against their will," he says.
If someone chooses to leave a nursing home against a doctor's advice, the decision simply has to be documented. "Often it's the kind of thing that can be noted on the medical chart," Carlson says.
With regard to signing a document related to liability, steer clear of anything stating that the doctors or facility are off the hook for any wrongdoing. "Healthcare people can't [legally] absolve themselves from their own negligence," Carlson says.
It's possible that the staff at the nursing home have misunderstood what they've been told about discharge procedures and/or Medicare benefits, which are quite complicated. This is a common problem, according to Carlson.
Understanding your rights and communicating them clearly to the staff often is enough to rectify the situation. A good place to start is the National Senior Citizens Law Center's website (www.nsclc.org), which offers a free consumer guide called "20 Common Nursing Home Problems and How to Resolve Them."
If you continue to face trouble, however, there are places to turn for help.
The Office of the Medicare Ombudsman handles complaints. To find a representative in your state, visit the National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center at http://www.ltcombudsman.org/ombudsman.
In California, an ombudsman can be located by county on the California Department of Aging website, http://www.aging.ca.gov. Click on "Other Service Providers" and navigate your way to the Long-term Care Ombudsman Program, which has a link to local county program coordinators.
If you have concerns about the quality of care being delivered at a specific nursing facility, you can file a complaint with your state's Department of Public Health.
To report abuse, go to the National Center on Elder Abuse website at http://www.ncea.aoa.gov, click on "Nursing Home Abuse," then "Where to Report" to find hotlines in your state.
If your circumstance requires you to work with a lawyer, you can find one at the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (www.naela.org) or the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (www.canhr.org).
Few people know about health savings accounts and the insurance plans that go along with them. I think they are the answer to many people's health insurance dilemmas.
Health savings accounts, or HSAs, can be a good value for some people. They are investment accounts — like a 401(k) retirement plan or a 529 college savings plan — that can be opened by anyone enrolled in a qualified health insurance plan that has a deductible of at least $1,200 for an individual and $2,400 for a family.
These accounts allow you to set aside money, tax free, to spend on a wide range of medical expenses, including doctor visits, prescription drugs, eye glasses, hospital care and dental care. To see a list of qualified medical expenses, visit www.irs.gov/publications and select Publication 502.
According to Mike Thompson, a principal with PricewaterhouseCoopers who specializes in healthcare benefits, HSAs offer favorable tax terms because the money you deposit goes in tax-free, accumulates tax-free and can be withdrawn tax-free as long as the money is spent on qualified healthcare costs.
This year, a single person can contribute a maximum of $3,050 to his or her account, and families can put away as much as $6,150. If you're 55 or older, you can kick in an additional $1,000 through what's called a "catch-up" contribution.
If you don't use all the money you've deposited in a given year, it carries over into the next year.
Just be sure to check for hidden costs. "It's important for people to do their homework," says Carrie McLean, consumer specialist with online insurance brokerage eHealthInsurance.com. Costs to set up the account, monthly fees and, in some cases, charges associated with the checks and/or debit cards used to spend money from the HSA account may apply.
Despite the tax benefits of HSAs and the fact that the monthly premiums for their accompanying health plans tend to be less expensive than other insurance plans, they don't make sense for everyone. Critics have argued that they primarily benefit young and healthy people who don't use a lot of medical services and high-income individuals who are more likely to benefit from the investment tax breaks.
You need to be comfortable shelling out 100% of your medical costs until you've met your high deductible. For people who aren't in a position to sock away money in an HSA, this may not be a good option, McLean says.
To determine if an HSA plus a high-deductible insurance plan is right for you, try an online calculator from an insurance company or employer who offers these plans.
"They'll help you do the math to figure out what's in your best interest," Thompson says of the calculators. Once you've crunched the numbers, however, Thompson says it's important to consider the emotional side of the decision.
"Be honest with yourself about how much money you're comfortable paying upfront before insurance benefits kick in," he says.
Zamosky has been writing about how to access and pay for healthcare for more than 10 years. She may answer your question in a future column but regrets that she cannot personally respond to all emails.
Got a healthcare dilemma? Email firstname.lastname@example.com or write to Health 411, Los Angeles Times Health, 202 W. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

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Photographer has a time-lapse with her camera
Karen Robbins is not simply a photographer, but a photographic designer.
But through a series of unfortunate experiences, Robbins was thrown into depression, leaving her camera to sit still and lifeless.
Now emerging from a period of darkness, she is focused once again on capturing images and creatively bringing them to life.
Robbins, 53, recalls her father, Grover Thomas � originally from Ayden and now retired from the Air Force and living in Belhaven � giving her the little camera he once used to take her baby pictures.
From 9 years old, she would often take the empty camera and try to get the composition just right before clicking the shutter.
�I always loved to create things,� Robbins said.
She would draw, paint and �take pictures� without film.
�They say you grow up and do the things you love to do,� she said. �And that was true.�
In 1986, she entered a pencil drawing of herself and her two daughters, Justise and Brandy, at the Ayden Collard Festival and won best in show.
After attending Ayden-Grifton High School, Robbins earned an associate degree in commercial art and graphic design at Pitt Community College in 1990. She had always enjoyed reading and looking at magazines.
�I wanted to know exactly how they got pictures on paper,� she said.
She was a graphic arts director at The Standard Laconic newspaper in the early 1990s, working in art composition and commercial and newspaper printing.
She also worked at The Free Press, selling and creating ads. She won a couple of N.C. Press Association awards for her ad designs.
She homeschooled her children, endured and recovered from back surgery and created her own free newspaper, The Country Times, selling ads, writing copy and designing the pages.
Robbins worked for Lifetouch for a year where she made record sales, and she went on to manage the Picture Me Portrait Studio in Goldsboro until about 2008 and placed it in the seventh percentile in the nation in sales.
Before she left the job, she was developing her own business, Images by Miss Karen.
It started in a coffee shop in Snow Hill where then-mayor, Don Davis, was being professionally photographed for his campaign ads. When the photographer was unable to complete the photo shoot, the company asked Robbins for some of the pictures she had taken of Davis.
�They actually used more of my pictures,� she said, �than they used of their own. I guess they liked my pictures.�
From there, she began shooting the young pageant girls the first year of Greene County�s Sweet Potato Festival. She did that the following year, too. Wherever she found people, she would take their pictures and sell them the photos.
Robbins began turning her photos into art, using Photoshop to enhance them with color, light and special effects. She framed two of her art-enhanced photos, which were accepted into Tryon Palace�s gift shop in New Bern.
Marred images
Robbins� life began its downward spiral when she and her husband separated, and a messy divorce followed. She was left with a neglected house with rotting floors. Then a tornado hit in April 2011 and several trees caused further damage to her house.
�I fell into a deep depression,� she said.
A friend, Henry Manning Jr., and many others helped her repair her house. In November 2011, Manning, who had two children, was diagnosed with cancer. Robbins began taking care of him and his children so he wouldn�t be put away in a nursing home. It was the darkest moments of her life.
�I really don�t know how I did it, but by the grace of God,� she said. �I watched him draw his last breath September 25th.�
Robbins said she fell even deeper into depression. Manning had been a pillar for her, even explaining to her how to install a door while on his deathbed, she said.
Then her mother, Louella Tripp Thomas, suffered a heart attack and died unexpectedly.
Through all life�s difficulties, Robbins didn�t have the desire to shoot photos � until now.
Emerging from a dark room
At a Relay for Life event in Greene County on May 3, Robbins walked a few laps around the track in Manning�s honor. She said she thought about bible scriptures, Manning, his children and herself.
It was closure.
The following day, she went to New Bern � a place she enjoys visiting. First, she just spent time with her daughters. Eventually, she took out her camera.
�The first thing that I actually wanted to take a picture of,� she said, �was the Episcopal church.�
It was as natural as eating. She came across a group of young adults dressed for a celebrity poker event and began shooting. One of her favorite photos that day was of the group, donned with party masks and gathered around a fountain, with the church in the background.
�It was an awesome picture,� she said.
Then she took a picture of her girls.
�I found myself smiling behind the camera,� she said, �and both of my girls were happy. � It was the best picture that I ever got of my girls because of their smile, because it was so natural.�
Really, it was because she had emerged from a dark period, and was doing what she loves to do most.
�Honestly, I�m just trying to learn to live again,� she said. �My goals for photography are to get back in it and start losing myself in it.�
Margaret Fisher can be reached at 252-559-1082 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @MargaretFishr.


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Google's senior VP of advertising Susan Wojcicki was joined by FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz for lunch yesterday in Southern California. The two met up at a restaurant at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, even as antitrust investigators prepare to question Google chairman Eric Schmidt.
The FTC brought in a heavy-hitting litigator from Washington, Beth Wilkinson, to run the antitrust investigation. Leibowitz told Bloomberg, "It doesn't mean that we've decided to bring a case at all, it just means that we have very competent counsel who can go toe-to-toe with their very competent counsel," referring to Google.
One of the issues they'll look at is whether Google unfairly increases ad rates for competitors, according to the report. Leibowitz also shared that he has met with executives from several other tech companies recently, including Square Inc., Zynga and Mozilla. He told reporters that it's valuable to keep lines of communication open. However, one might also argue that it's important for the government to be open, transparent, and remain objective during an antitrust investigation; private lunch meetings, off the record, don't seem in keeping with those objectives.
FTC and Google = Frenemies?
After the Senate Subcommittee investigation into Google last summer, we saw another questionable move on the part of investigators, this time by Senator Al Franken, who put out a YouTube video promoting a Google small business program even as he was to be providing objective oversight of that investigation.
In December 2011, two of the Senators involved in that Subcommittee investigation wrote an open letter to the FTC recommending further investigation into Google. Among their concerns: "Many question whether it is possible for Google to be both an unbiased general or "horizontal" search engine and at the same time own this array of secondary web-based services from which the company derives substantial advertising revenues."
The Problem with Progress
Considering the Senators' request, it's disheartening to hear Leibowitz announce on-stage at the AllThingsD conference, "There are certainly allegations that the search results have changed or evolved over the years," he said on stage yesterday at the conference. "We're trying to figure out if the evidence is there and what the theories are."
This is the stage they're at now, after how many complaints? It's not like no one's been talking about it. The FTC is trying to comprehend what might be going on, but by the time they determine the impact of changes Google has made to search over the years, it will have changed again twenty times over. Does the government even have a hope of catching up with Google?
The pace at which government moves in comparison to technology companies would be laughable, were the issue not such an important one. On the one hand, over-legislating slows the pace of progress and hinders innovation. But on the other, government has a duty to the general public and other companies to ensure that as new technologies are introduced, profits and corporate interests don't trump privacy and competition laws.
Can antitrust investigations several months or even years after technology changes are made protect the public and other business interests? I'm inclined to say no, the best they can do is levy fines after the fact.
Google's Comparison Ads = Affiliate Marketing From the SERPs
In just one example of a change within the organic SERPs, Google recently launched revamped Comparison Ads on queries for credit cards and other financial products, which has some talking about paid inclusion. However, we contacted Google and Comparison Ads seem to be a source of affiliate income for Google, not paid inclusion. The difference is subtle but important; Google receives payment for a sale or no payment at all, unlike in paid inclusion programs, where companies must pay to show up.
A Google spokesperson told us, "The financial arrangements are different in each area (credit cards, flights, hotels, and bank accounts). For example, in some cases the brands shown may make a payment to Google if the user completes a particular action, and in some cases unpaid content may be included." They also noted this is not the first time Google has used the Google Affiliate Network.
These are the types of changes that cause a bit of buzz as they're phased in and probably should warrant some kind of third-party, objective review to ensure they are not misleading search users. Is it obvious from the grey "Sponsored" text that Google may be paid if the user clicks through and purchases? Not unless you hover over top of the word itself. Regardless of the payment structure, the concern is that users go to Google organic search for objectivity and relevance, not to be pitched products.
The difference between paid inclusion and affiliate marketing is that displaying paid placements is straight-up advertising, while affiliate marketers use their influence – whether by way of a mailing list, website, or in this case, a search engine – to persuade consumers to buy another company's products in exchange for a percentage of sales. Does that have a place in organic search? For that matter, does paid inclusion? Search Engine Land wrote about Google's evolving opinion on the matter.
"Don't be Evil" – Can We Just Put This One to Bed?
So is Google going to the dark side, turning their back on the "Don't be evil" mantra? Let's be real, that statement was the ideal of a couple of young, hopeful, incredibly bright entrepreneurs. Google today is a sprawling corporation, and corporations have one primary objective that trumps all others: to make money for their shareholders.
Google certainly isn't pure evil; they do amazing work around the world and have probably pushed the boundaries of what's possible and driven progress more than any other company in the past two decades (yes, including Apple). But neither are they purely good.
Google is a corporation, plain and simple, doing wonderful and not so great things. When they move, they move fast and they go big. Government has their work cut out for them to keep a watchful eye and call a time-out if necessary, but it's a job that must be done now, not a few years down the road.
Wojcicki is knee-deep in the current antitrust talk as an important influence in the acquisitions of DoubleClick and AdMob. Is it appropriate for the FTC Chairman and the subject of an investigation to enjoy a meal out together, away from the prying eyes of the public? Let us know what you think in the comments.
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Dan Walters: Has Jerry Brown found secret to governing California?
By happenstance, the 10th anniversary of Arnold Schwarzenegger's sensational election as governor coincided, almost to the day, with the moment his successor, Jerry Brown, became the state's longest-serving chief executive.
Bodybuilder and movie star Schwarzenegger, it could be said, was the consummate political outsider, while 75-year-old Brown, with more than a quarter-century in office – plus three bids for the White House – under his belt, is the grizzled insider.
Both, tellingly, came into the governorship with promises to govern a state that many had concluded, with good evidence, had become ungovernable.
Schwarzenegger, who had promised "action, action, action," wasted little time making good. Just minutes after being sworn in, he rolled back an unpopular, multibillion-dollar hike in property taxes on cars that had contributed mightily to the historic recall of his predecessor, Gray Davis.
However, that first act also turned out to be, at least in retrospect, his first big mistake because it exacerbated the state's chronic budget deficits.
Schwarzenegger's learning-on-the-job governorship was not successful. He squandered the huge momentum from his re-election, and turned out to be, despite his action-movie image, somewhat wishy-washy, wandering all over the ideological map. So, one might conclude, it was a mistake to elect an inexperienced amateur to the governorship of the nation's most populous and most fractious state. Yet, Davis had also failed after winning the governorship on his claim of unmatched experience – including a stint as Brown 1.0's chief of staff.
So experience didn't succeed, nor did naivete and hubris. Perhaps the Davis-Schwarzenegger era proved that California was, indeed, ungovernable no matter whose name was on the office door.
Then Brown reappeared after a 28-year absence, defeating another aspiring amateur, Meg Whitman.
The one-time wunderkind of American politics, who had undergone several makeovers of image and ideology, recast himself again as a wily political centrist who could succeed where others had failed.
By Brown's own account, he has succeeded in balancing the budget (thanks largely to a voter-approved temporary tax hike), reducing prison overcrowding, reforming school finance and workers' compensation, and pushing landmark water and high-speed-rail projects.
It is, however, still much too early to declare Brown 2.0 a success. We don't know what will happen to the substantial new spending on schools and "realignment" when the temporary taxes expire. School reform is too new to judge, and no one knows how Brown's pet water and bullet-train projects will be financed.
We still don't know, in other words, whether he has discovered the secret to governing California – or even if there is one.


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Topic: Friends of the trade, enemys of the jedi.- a fanfic
ok well I'm sorta new to this whole fanfiction bit but I do write so heres goes nothing..... (ps: any feed back on this and wether it should continue is greatly appreticated.
A young Boba Fett stood beside his father Jango, eyeing the village nervously. He was only nine, but his father had brought him along on a hunt, he had been excited at first and still quivered with energy as they stood amidst the small gathering of seemingly deserted straw huts. They hadn't seen anyone for an hour and Jango seemed on edge that's what made boba nervous. Not only as a perfect replica of Jango , but as son did Boba know that when his father was nervous he ought to be nervous too and probably even had the right to be scared. But he refused to look frightened in the eyes of his father, as a bounty hunter's son he could show no fear. Jango pressed a button on his gauntlet and the mechanics in his helmet flashed to life,"no one here" he said into the com, "they're there" said a grisly voice on the otherside "and remember...DEAD!" the words chilled Boba adding to the wipping winter wind across his face, his father didn't usually take bountys concerning killing people, it was above Jango Fett. Boba still found it interesting, he had been told nothing, nothing except that for his safety he had to come along...."the death watch" stated Jango uneasily "I knew it" a starship and then another and another landed just behond a ridge and out of their veiw and warriors doning the same armour a his father climbed out and began firering from the hill. Boba got caught in the excitment and drew up his blaster from near his hip, copying his fathers actions , he fired ,but missed "Boba get behind me!" Boba took another shot and started to move, but he was obviously being to slow for jango's taste. His father shoved him back. Dodging between the huts they took down the four warriors and though Boba only provided distraction he felt proud to be somewhere so dangerous. "we're going to need to leave" his father hurriedly ordered "why whats wrong?" asked Boba unable to understand, they had just won. Hadn't they? "It's just as I suspected, the deathwatch wants me outa the picture" Boba gasped."I was hired to kill a man who inturn has been hired to kill me, someones playing jokes and I don't like it" Boba looked frantically up to his father, the mighty jango fett, best bounty hunter ever, chosen template for an entire clone army and he had a price on his head? "No" he breathed stepping back"no...it's not true" His father turned to him"it is son, and your going to have to be very careful, don't get caught anywhere without me around" Boba nodded, shifting uneasily, maybe dangerous situations weren't always somting to be proud of. "Quick back to the ship, we have some questions to answer" Boba on his fathers comand started back as obdiantly as if he were one of the thousands of altered and trained clone troopers that were brought into being along with him.
slave 1 waited behind some brush, the modified firespray class sat menacinling under the cloud cover, not even the imperials messed with slave 1. Boba started for the ramp only for his path to be crossed with laser fire. "Boba into the trees!" yelled Jango from somwhere behind him. Boba ran as fast as he could thick intto the tangle of furs. An explosion lit up the ground behind him and he was thrown to his knees, he got up twisting his right ankle and took off again. He ran on, explosions seemed to burst from everyspcae availible, this must be a motions sensor mine trap, thought Boba, the forest blazed and smoke stung his lungs and eyes, he grew light headed. A sudden snap caught him off gaurd and he was hit with a burning branch, it caught his shoulder and nearly took him down, just as he caught sight of the end of the dense forest. Oh, he though I'm gonna die... he tried not to cry, he'd disappointed his dad. He couldn't, his coat caught fire and tha warm fur spread the small blaze quickly, Boba jumped and dove off a hill of snow rolling down to a heap in the bottom. His shoulder numbed with cold and pain his eyes stung, blurring with tears, he fough out of his smoldering soggy coat. Now he was cold and his throught dry, his head light from smoke inhalation. Somwhere in his ming he regstered the unike sound of Slave 1's engines "now I'm alone" he muttered,"atleast I'm alive " The wound on his shoulder started throbbing soon after and he weezed with every breath, he ad a bad head ache he felt dizzy and he was cold. His vision got darker until everything appeared in fuzzy blurs and the sun set, He would be eaten after dark, he knew it, who knew what kind of monsters lurked in this god forsaken place. A Dark human shaped blur appeared infront of him he curled up afraid, but couldn't hold the fear, he just wanted help. "Hello there" Exclaimed a voice that could have been female or belonging to younger boy or off course of some other species. "help, burnt, cold" Boba managed to utter helplessly."Well I might think so" It said, obviously female if human at all. "here' it moved, boba felt threatened at first and curlud defensivly, but a strong warmth closed around him and unconciousness took him.I must be dead he though, but he slept easy know some how that he wasn't.
ok I'm gonna have to cut you off there people, but have no fear its just cause meeting a new chaacter deserves a fresh chapter.


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The Confucius Institute at PSU & Institute for Asian Studies present -
Dr. Sherman Cochran
The Lius of Shanghai: A Chinese Family in Business, War, and Revolution
DATE: Wednesday, May 29, 2013
TIME: 5:30 PM - Books sales & signing // $39.95 hardback
6:00 PM -Lecture begins
Location: PSU campus, Smith Memorial Student Union, room 238 (1825 Sw Broadway)
In his lecture, Professor Sherman Cochran will discuss family survival strategies and decision making based on a new book that he and his co-author, Professor Andrew Hsieh, have recently published, The Lius of Shanghai (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2013).
From the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-45 to the Communist Revolution of 1949, the onrushing narrative of modern China can drown out the stories of the people who lived it. Yet a remarkable cache of letters from one of China's most prominent and influential business families, the Lius of Shanghai, sheds new light on this tumultuous era. In their private correspondence, the parents and their twelve children in the Liu family discuss sensitive political issues – should they collaborate with the Japanese occupiers of China? should they flee after the communist takeover of the country? – as well as intimate matters like marital infidelity.
Sherman Cochran, received his Ph.D. from Yale University. He taught at Cornell University for thirty-nine years, becoming the Hu Shih Professor of Chinese History in 2004; he retired from teaching in 2012. In his scholarly work, he has concentrated mainly on Chinese business history. His most recent book, Chinese Medicine Men: Consumer Culture in China and Southeast Asia (Harvard University Press), was awarded the Joseph Levenson Prize by the Association for Asian Studies as the best book published in 2006 on China since 1900. His recent research has been for a book based on two thousand letters exchanged by members of a Chinese business family – father, mother, and twelve children – between the 1920s and the 1950s. This book, The Lius of Shanghai, was published in March 2013.
This lecture event is free and open to the public.
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I am starting a new series of events in Savage, MD on September 27 - Going on a Cache Hunt. These events will be set up specifically to guide folks on huts for, primarily, OpenCaching North America and TerraCaching hides. I'm hoping this will be a good way to introduce folks to the alternative caching sites or to help those along who are aware, but haven't quite known how to get started. The initial event will be listed on both OCNA and TC. I'll be hosting a GC meet and greet afterward, which might prove a good opportunity for anyone who attended the first event to talk about their experience.
The first one has been published Going on a Cache Hunt - Sept 2015 - OU0911
The TerraCaching listing is still pending, at this time.


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Last February was the first annual RootsTech Conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah and sponsored by FamilySearch. Of all the conferences, I've ever attended this was by far the best and most exciting. This year will be no exception. There will be plenty of classes available for genealogists, both beginning and experienced; as well as, workshops for developers. The Session Schedule has been posted to the RootsTech site so you can plan ahead. Don't waste your time during the Keynote addresses each day trying to decide what workshops to attend - plan that out right now for the best experience.
Here is a sampling of classes and workshops available for beginning users and genealogists:
* Learn about the various online paid databases and decide To Pay or Not to Pay.
* Unscramble those messy relationship problems on new FamilySearch.
* Too many internet sites? Want to know which are the best and most popular?
* Learn to effectively use those paid websites (free at FH Centers and Libraries).
* Using Blogs as your online research log.
For those who have acquired the basics and want to learn more you will find additional classes and workshops, such as:
* Understanding just what "the Cloud" is and how it works.
* Using Google Earth to tell your family's story.
* Understanding and effectively using DNA in your research.
* Building and maintaining Blogs and Websites.
* Publishing your history as an E-book, online or printed.
* Geo-caching, Web Analytics, and going Mobile.
Those are just a few of the many presentations and workshops available for users. To see the complete list for users, click here for the User Schedule.
If you are a developer see the complete Developer Schedule.
The Week-At-A Glance will help guide you through the all the activities planned for this terrific RootsTech Conference! There is still time to register and join us!
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Trophy hunters and platforming fans take heed! The HD-remastered Jak and Daxter Collection is coming to a store near you in a few short weeks, packed with a trio of platforming masterpieces and more trophies than you can shake a ottsel at.
Ah, for the ottsel, lombax, and raccoonus-filled days of platforming paradise on the PlayStation 2. Along with the Sly Cooper and Ratchet & Clank trilogies, Naughty Dog's three Jak and Daxter games were titles that defined the PlayStation 2 experience. Now the HD-remastered Jak and Daxter Collection joins the previously released Sly Cooper Collection, leaving only Insomniac's robot and furry roadshow for HD remake treatment.
Come February 7 fans will be able to pick up all three Jak joints for the low price of $39.99. That's less than four dollars per potential trophy scattered across the three games, or a lot of obsessive compulsion for your money.
Once we're all done playing through the Jak trilogy again we can all gather around Insomniac's offices and stare menacingly until our HD platforming trifecta is complete.
Jak and Daxter Collection Hits PS3 February 7th, 100+ Trophies to Collect [PlayStation Blog]


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5 Beauty Looks to Borrow From Something Borrowed
Something Borrowed opened over the weekend, and the flick's main actresses, Ginnifer Goodwin (as Rachel) and Kate Hudson (as Darcy), look as gorgeous as ever in their simply pretty (and ultrawearable) beauty looks. So in celebration of the film's debut, let's take a look at some of the hair, makeup, and nail stylings seen on the duo, and borrow them for ourselves.
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Cole wakes up washed onto the riverbanks, where he learns about riding horses. Interestingly, a horse is as much of a weapon in this game as a car can be in an action game. The L2 button spurs the horse, but unlike an equine-intense game such as Shadow of the Colossus, too much spurring will kill it. The coolest feature is that a tap of the square button enables it to trample anything in Cole's path. It's the 1880s equivalent of running people over, and it implements very well into gameplay.
The Neversoft crew then fast forwarded a few levels to Cole's arrival in Empire, a town where Ned sent him shortly before the riverboat went down to meet a woman at a brothel. Naturally, when he arrives at the Alhambra Cathouse to meet Jenny, things go awry. Two stragglers take Jenny hostage, and Cole must blast his way through the gang to rescue her. With the numbers of headshots, groans, and profanity peppering the level, it showed that GUN is fairly far from the usual Western games that players are used to. An efficient headshot will leave a bandit's head resembling Swiss cheese, and a rifle shot will create an effect reminiscent of Gallagher on stage with a watermelon.
After taking out the thug who abducts her, the gang leader attempts to set the Alhambra on fire. Cole must take out Molotov-toting enemies while keeping everyone safe and keeping the Alhambra unscorched. Eventually, after killing enough of them, he takes on the gang leader and the remaining bandits. It's a tough shoot-out, especially since in the earlier stages of the game Quick Draw recharges very slowly -- the more missions you do to upgrade, the faster it reloads. Upon defeating a level boss, Cole takes his weapon and incorporates it into his arsenal.
The final mission I played in the demo, the snicker-worthy titled "Whore Coach," is an escort level. Jenny must get from the Alhambra in Empire to another town, but the trail leads through Apache territory. This means slaying copious numbers of gun and tomahawk-toting natives. It's a bit of a rollercoaster ride getting from point A to point B, especially with slow Quick Draw, although Cole can do missions all around Empire to increase his stats. It was in "Whore Coach" that I discovered that Cole can also collect scalps of his victims, in some cases, it seems, to prove that missions have been completed. It's just as brutal as any of the gunfire in the game.
Visually, the game looks pretty impressive, and runs in progressive scan on PS2, but most likely won't on GameCube. It doesn't seem as excessively jaggy as other multiplatform games on the PS2 hardware, which is promising. The Xbox 360 version, while good looking, feels like it's essentially the same game with a next-gen facelift. It's definitely pretty, that's for sure, and there's so much more in the character models due to the pumped-up polygon count. Yet, the feeling that it's really just a port lingers. Whether it's something that will haunt the next-gen version or go ignored remains to be seen.
All around, GUN is shaping up to be a solid action title. It's a total 180 for Neversoft from the Tony Hawk series, but it's a very welcome change. There's no mistaking from the opening cinematic of the game that it's not exactly a title that clueless parents should just walk into a store and pick up for their eight-year-old child. It's probably called GUN because it's simpler than SHOOT, SCALP, AND TRAMPLE: A WESTERN. Again, it earns its M-rating. The controls are pretty loose and easy to maneuver, the storyline is fairly compelling, and it's a very good-looking game. Suffice it to say, GUN is going to leave action fans across all platforms very happy when it releases next month.


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Fall 2001 marked a major milestone in the national effort to advance disability employment the establishment by Congress of the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), a sub-cabinet level agency within the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). This landmark occasion created, for the first time ever, a permanent focus on disability within the context of DOL's overall work.
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Text message, as a substitute for voice calls in situations, is a quick, concise, and efficient way of communicating, and it often includes some vital information. With the release of every new iOS update, many people may get iPhone texts or messages lost during the updating process. Beside new iOS update, you also may get texts or messages deleted or lost from iPhone due to other reasons, like:
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No matter what reason made you get iPhone 6/6s messages deleted or lost, it drives you crazy. When this happened on you, maybe most of you just like the user mentioned above tried to get them back with iTunes or iCloud backup, but failed, or even don't know how to retrieve deleted texts on iPhone 6/6s or haven't any available iPhone backup. Whatever situation you are stuck on, in this guide we will offer you 3 methods to get them back at maximum chance. No matter you just want to see or read deleted text messages, or want to get them back to iPhone's Messages App for instant use, you will make it.
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Providing financial policy planning to the Superintendent and Mobile County School Board, as well as coordinating the activities of the following departments:
Chief Financial Officer
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) ensures the financial stability of the District by managing all financial functions in an efficient and responsive manner. The CFO provides departments and the public with timely information to assure financial accuracy, accountability and justification.
Financial Reporting
Maintains complete comprehensive financial records and prepares monthly detailed reports of revenues and expenses of the District.
Strives to protect the financial integrity of the District by processing and reporting the financial transactions of the system in compliance with state requirements and generally accepted accounting principals and providing training and consulting opportunities for the system's fund managers and staff.
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Sorry to sound so blunt here, Jeshin, but I feel the amputation to save your life analogy is a horrible example of what it is you're trying to say.Jeshin wrote:It all comes back to player expectations. As long as people are not surprised they are less likely to be angry. There is a reason that informed consent is part of the medical world for example. If people understand or at least given a token choice to opt into something they are far more willing to accept the outcome of their decision. If you go to a hospital and they amputate your legs without telling you first (even to save your life) you're probably going to get upset.
Surprise is relative, IMHO. An equally horrible analogy to match your own would be your work life. You're hired to make 50k a year, you agreed to that amount in exchange for 1/3 of your life each year. You work in your position for a year, and make a good friend, Bob, who does your same job. You and Bob are really good buddies. After a year you discover that Bob makes 75k in a less-than-honest manner. The terms with your employer were agreed upon by you and your employer prior to you accepting and you were extremely happy in your position until you found out Bob made 75k. Does this give you the right to demand 75k of your employer? The quid pro quo was acceptable before, but now it is not because your perspective has been changed.
I feel your pain, Jeshin. I've been there. I've worked for a LONG time for something in-game that was presented as something I could get. Our characters hoped and dreamed for this huge thing (something we would consider not so huge now), but our hopes were dashed at the last minute.Jeshin wrote:The other reason player expectations are important to manage (either with standardized rules or just a very open policy that you won't standardize) is because people assume the worst when they've been burned in the past. Someone spots an elf on yonder with custom equipment. They didn't know elves would be allowed! Their elf is denied. Well that's crummy and now this new elf is a combat powerhouse. In creeps the notion of favouritism. Now you have a storm brewing. Best to nip it in the bud in some form.
The difference between my pain and the pain you're describing above is that even though I experienced ooc pain and disappointment in having the rug yanked out from us, we channeled all of that in to our characters rather than taking it to staff and complaining that it was totally unfair. It -was- unfair, staff could have easily allowed us to get what we wanted, but now, many years later, I believe Traithe and Co. made the correct decision and I wouldn't change it for the world. The disappointment was intense, but it was in-game disappointment, not ooc demands for being treated fairly.
Policies are coming on these issues, but until then, we will exercise discretion and use all the information available to us to determine if something will add to the game or take away from the game.


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Antrim, NH 03440
603-588-6785 ext 223
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Tax Payers Responsibility:
It is the responsibility of the owner to know that taxes are due and payable twice a year. If an owner has not received a bill for each property owned they should contact the tax office
. If you have a mortgage company that pays your taxes, please forward a copy of the bill to them.
It is also the responsibility of the tax payer to notify the tax and assessing office in writing of a change in mailing address for the tax bill. Please forward that information to Town of Antrim Town Hall, P.O. Box 517, Antrim, NH 03440.
What is Antrim's tax rate ?
Antrim's 2018 Tax Rate is $27.97.
Town $11.05
County $1.18
Local School $13.71
State School $2.03
Equalization Ratio is 98.90%
The tax rate is set by the State Department of Revenue Administration in the Fall of each year. The rate is per $1,000 of assessed
Does Antrim issue tax bills once or t
ce per year?
Antrim issues tax bills twice a year to cover the tax year of April 1 to March 31. The first bill is mailed around June 1st and is due July 1st. The second bill is mailed around November 1st and is due December 1st. The tax rate is not set until the fall of each year and is set by the State of New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration. So the first bill you receive, in late May or early June, is an estimate using the previous year's tax rate. The second bill you receive, in November, has the new tax rate applied to the current assessed value, which is based on the status of the property as o
April 1st.
Sometimes new owners incorrectly assume their annual taxes will be double their first bill. Individual property tax bills should not be looked at as being one-half the total, nor as covering the first or last 6 months of the year. To determine the correct amount of taxes for any portion of the tax year, the two bills must be added together to get the total taxes for the year, then the sum divided by 12 or 52, and multiplied by however many months or weeks you wi
h to cover.
What if I do not g
et a tax bill?
State law requires that tax bills be sent to the address of the last known property owner. The Assessor's Office updates property records after receiving copies of the recorded deed from the Hillsborough County Registry of Deeds. The attorney or closing company should check the status of taxes due. It remains the responsibility of the new property owner to insure that taxes are paid and to notify the Town of any change in mailing address. If you have questions, refer to your closing statement or call us at the Town Office. Interest at 12% per annum is charged on tax bills not paid by
e due date.
Why do we have a
property tax?
Properties are appraised so that citizens share the cost of having schools, fire and police protection, waste disposal and other public services. It is important to keep values accurate and current so that everyone pays their fair share of these costs, in proportion to the value of their individual properties. The property tax is part of a balanced revenue system. It is a more stable source of money than sales and income taxes, because it tends not to fluctuate as much when communities have recessions. When the municipality spends your tax dollars on better schools, parks, sewers, and other services, you receive the benefit of increased p
erty value.
How is property appraised in
ew Hampshire?
In New Hampshire, municipalities are required to adjust property values at least every five years to keep in line with market values. Accurate appraisals require constant searching for significant facts to accumulate and analyze, in order to estimate the fair market value of properties. For a revaluation, the assessor first reviews all the property to be assessed, and then places values according to their fair market value. In addition, properties that have had changes that affect value are adjusted annually to reflect those changes, so that all assessments are reasonably proportional with
the town.
What if I think that my taxes
are too high?
A tax rate applied to your property's assessed value determines the amount of tax you pay. All the taxing agencies: the municipality, county, state education, and the local school district, determine the tax rate, depending on what is voted on at the Town Meeting, the School District Meeting, and what is needed to provide all the services that citizens benefit from. If you feel that your taxes are too high, you should make your opinion known to the proper taxing authorities. The assessor's primary responsibility is to find the fair market value of your property, so that you pay only your fair share
the taxes.
What if I think my assessmen
is too high?
If your opinion of the value of your property differs from the assessor's, we will be glad to answer your questions about how the assessed value was arrived at, and explain how to appeal if you still disagree. Without complete and precise data, however, equity is impossible. You can help by allowing in-house reviews, and providing us with accurate
How do I appeal
y assessment?
The taxpayer may file an Abatement Application with the town, from the time of receipt of the final tax bill (usually in November), until March 1st of the following year. The town has until July 1st to grant or deny the application. Simply stating that your value is too high is insufficient. Gather as much information as you can on similar properties in your neighborhood. Abatement application forms are available at the Town Hall, or you may
click here to print an application
Please Note: Applying for a property tax abatement does not mean you can postpone paying your taxes. Taxes should be paid as assessed, by the deadline stated on your tax bill, or you will be subject to interest charges. If an abatement is granted, a refund with interest w
ll be made.
What are the grounds for an appeal of
y assessment?
Municipalities may abate taxes "for good cause shown", per RSA 76:16. Good cause is generally established by proving your property's assessment is either inaccurate or disproportionate. You need to prove at least one of the following:
1.Items that affect value are incorrect on your property record, such as you have 1½ bathrooms, not 2, your garage measures 24x26, not 24x28, or a survey shows your acreage is different.
2.The assessed value is accurate but inequitable, because it is higher than other similar properties.
3.The assessed value is too high; similar properties have been selling for less than your equalized assessment (see below for how to determine your equalized assessment), and/or you have a professional appraisal indicating a lesser value.
Good cause can also be established by showing poverty and inability to pay the tax. If you are claiming this reason, you must state in detail why an abatement of taxes is appropriate as opposed to some other relief, such as relocating, refinancing, or obtaining some alternative public assistance
How do I calculate the equalized assessment o
my property?
To determine the equalized assessment, divide your assessed value by the equalization ratio. For example: say your property is assessed at $200,000 and using Antrim's 2006 equalization ratio (2006) of 84.2%: $200,000 ÷ .842 = $237,530. This would be the equalized assessment or the approximate market value of your property in 2006.
What is the Equa
zation Ratio?
The equalization ratio indicates the relationship between assessed value and market value. This ratio is determined for each municipality every year by the NH Department of Revenue Administration, through a study of the qualified sales that occurred within the municipality during the previous year. The equalization ratios are usually made public early the following year.
What kind of tax relief does
Antrim offer?
Antrim offers exemptions and tax
credits for qualified veterans, elderly, blind, and dis
abled veterans. These applications are available in our office at the Town Hall. The due date for these ap
is April 15th. For more information, contact the Town Hall or refer to New Hampshire Revised Statutes Online at
Low & Moderate Inc
me Homeowners
There is a state program entitled "Low and Moderate Income Homeowners State Property Tax Relief". To qualify, you should have a total household income of (a) $20,000 or less if a single person, or (b) $40,000 or less if married or head of a New Hampshire household. This form is available in towns on April 15th each year, and should be submitted to the NH Department of Revenue between May 1st and June 30th. Information and the form to be filed is available online at
Please feel free to ask us about your eligibility for tax relief. As always, your financial information is kept confidential and retu
rned to
The Town of Antrim offers a tax credit in the amount of $500 for qualifying veterans and $2,000 for service-connected totally (100%) disabled veterans. Spouses of deceased qualifying veterans can also apply for a tax credit. Applications are available at the Town Hall.
Preservation of Historic Barns & Other Agricult
ural Buildings
Through the Agricultural Structures Preservation Easement, the preservation of historic barns and other agricultural buildings over 75 years old, is encouraged by granting property tax relief within a range of a 25-75% reduction in the structure's assessment, to owners who (a) can demonstrate the public benefit of preserving their barns or other historic farm buildings, and (b) agree to maintain their structures throughout the minimum 10-year preservation easement. Also, maintaining and repairing the building will not result in an increase of its full assessed value for property tax purposes while under this easement. More information is available at
What is
"Current Use"?
The Current Use Program is a means of encouraging the preservation of open space and the conservation of our natural resources. It is also a way to reduce taxes for qualifying properties. In return for agreeing not to develop their land, an owner will receive a substantially reduced assessed value on their property. This agreement is recorded at the county registry and actually constitutes a lien on the property. When the ownership of property enrolled in Current Use is changed, the land still remains under Current Use status. There is no "buy-out". If the land is subdivided or developed so that it no longer qualifies, however, that portion which does not qualify is removed from the program, and a lien release tax is assessed to the present owner, based on 10% of the current market value. The property, or portion thereof, is subsequently assessed relative to market value beginning in the next tax year.
Open space land in Current Use imposes few, if any, costs on local government, and is therefore, an economic benefit to its citizens and contributes to the stability of the tax rate. There is a 10 acre minimum (except for wetlands) to enroll in Current Use. The areas needed to support any and all buildings, driveways, septic system, underground utilities, and other improvements must be excluded, as well as the area kept groomed as a lawn. The deadline for applications is April 15th. There is a detailed NH Current Use Criteria Booklet available, which is highly recommended. For more information, please contact the Town Hall, or go online to the NH Department of Revenue Administration, for the criteria booklet and application at
. If you have purchased property which was already in Current Use and you are unfamiliar with the program, please read the booklet so you understand your rights and responsibilities.
The Current Use Program, however, is not a permanent land protection tool. If you wish to ensure your land remains protected for future generations, the sale or donation of development rights through a Conservation Easement is probably the most economical, proven, long-term method available. Conservation easements may be conveyed to the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, the NH Department of Agriculture, the New England Forestry Foundation, the Trust for Public Land, the Nature Conservancy, and other non-profit groups. Please contact the Antrim Conservation Commission, the Antrim Open Space Committee or the organization of your choice for mor
I want to have some trees cut in my backyard; do I need to no
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Most timbering operations are required to file a Notice of Intent to Cut with the Town. If, however, you are just looking to have some shade or ornamental trees cut within striking distance of a building, you do not need to notify us. You are also allowed to have cut 10,000 board feet of saw logs and 20 cords of fuel wood without notification, provided they are solely for the personal use of the owner (not to be resold). The same amount is allowed if you are clearing land to put in a house, provided you have first obtained all the permits required for the land conversion, including a building permit. You may also cut, or have cut, any amount of firewood used for maple syrup production, as well as Christmas trees, fruit trees, nursery stock and short rotation tree fiber. Otherwise, if you or your logger intends to harvest timber, even if you do not receive any money from the project, you are required to file a Notice of Intent to Cut with the Town. Since many departments review the paperwork, you should file about a month before you wish to start the timber harvesting. For more information, go to
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If I have more questions, whom sho
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For other questions, you may call the Tax Collector's Office at (603) 588-6785, Ext 223 or stop by the Town Hall. Phone calls and visits are always welcome and we are happy to assist you in whatev
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Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 24 designs enviados por 8 designers freelancers.
Show Me Cables & Jets
I am the Sponsor of a youth soccer team. I am in charge of designing our new Soccer uniforms.
I am also the owner of Show Me Cables. We are an on-line business that sells voice, video & data cables over the internet.
The Jets are a 6th grade Boys Soccer Team. The ages are 11-12. We are the only sponsor besides the team name that will be on the Soccer uniforms.
The team is an above average boys team in a very competitive league. The kids are competitive, fun and like all the regular pre-teen stuff - music, pop culture, etc...
The audience will be parents of 11-12 yr. old boys, grandparents, other siblings & soccer officials.
We are open to all sorts of designs. Be creative. The design will appear on a reversible soccer shirt. The shirt colors are light gray (primary) and red (secondary - when shirt is reversed).
I would like a 2 color logo that includes our company blue & red. The existing logo and our company logo are attached. I would like to improve on this logo design.
Since boys will be wearing the uniform, I need to stay away from any feminine imagery. This is all about pre-teen boys. They will probably use this logo into their teen years, so lean toward a teenage boy design if you like.
Here is a link to the uniform:
The winning logo will be displayed on the front center portion of the shirt.
The ideal logo would incorporate the Jets team name along with our Show Me Cables Logo. We would even accept an innovative Jets logo design and then a "sponsored by" or "presented by Show Me Cables with our existing logo below.
Please feel free to ask questions
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Hub Group Drops 5% as Earnings Miss, Macquarie Cuts
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Shares of Hub Group (HBGL) have plunged today after logistics company failed to deliver solid earnings.
The Associated Presshas the details:
The company said it expects earnings in the quarter that ended on Sept. 30 to be between 48 cents and 51 cents per share, below the 54 cents expected by analysts polled by FactSet. Full results will be released on Oct. 17.
It also predicted earnings for the year between $1.85 and $1.95 per share, also below the $2.02 expected.
JPMorgan's Michael Weinz and Thomas Wadewitz explain what caused the miss:
Our sense is that the truck brokerage and intermodal segments experienced unfavorable mix impacts that would be a headwind to gross yields. Intermodal was negatively impacted by soft demand for West Coast originated shipments, which we believe generates more operating margin dollars per shipment due to a longer length of haul compared to local east traffic. Truck brokerage mix was negatively impacted by a decline in demand for high-value services, which would imply lower truck brokerage margins.
Macquarie's Kelly Dougherty and team say Hub no longer deserves "the benefit of the doubt." They write:
...we no longer think HUBG can deliver on the growth or margin improvement we previously expected given both intermodal (IM) & truck brokerage weakness. A seeming inability to pass through IM rail cost increases, coupled with ongoing truck brokerage challenges, leave us with little to get excited about even as we look beyond 2013.
They downgrade Hub to Neutral from Outperform with a price target of $37.50, down from $41.
Shares of Hub have dropped 5.1% to $35.41, but the plunge doesn't seem to be weighing on other logistic companies. CH Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), for instance, has gained 1.1% to $58.64, JB Hunt Transport Services (JBHT) has risen 1.1% to $71.61, Swift Transportation (SWFT) has advanced 0.9% to $19.56 and Ryder System (R) is up 3.1% to $59.23.


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The college's dining halls will host a Latino Food Festival on Wednesday, Sept. 28.
The college's dining halls will host a Latino Food Festival on Wednesday, Sept. 28.
There will be different foods from Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Peru. There will be music and dance performances during the meal.
The festival has been scheduled in conjunction with National Hispanic Heritage Month, which is running Thursday, Sept. 15, through Saturday, Oct. 15.
The Cook dining hall will be open from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and the Phelps dining hall will be open from 4:45 p.m. to 7 p.m. For those not on meal plan, admission will be $5, payable at the door.
Cook Hall is located at 115 E. 10th St., on 10th Street between College and Columbia avenues. Phelps Hall is located at 154 E. 10th St., on Columbia Avenue at 10th Street.


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The Cosmojazz kicks off in Chamonix !
For its forth edition, the Cosmo Jazz festival de Chamonix, has become the rendez-vous for inspired jazz musicians around the globe!
After the first concerts in Switzerland this week end, the festivities are back in the Chamonix Valley and it just gets better and better!
Discover for the first time in France, PIANO ROCHE VERTICAL, a Swiss pianist with his grand piano, suspended 10 metres above the ground! Rendez- vous at 6 pm this evening, Place Balmat for a musical, acrobatical and poetical performance…
The week's programme is overwhelming with exceptional artists playing day and night!!! The enchanting voice of Korean singer Youn Sun Nah, the Trilok Gurtu quartet, pianists Bojan Z et Shai Maestro, saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Barte with Jazz Racines Haiti, English quartet Get the Blessing with Radiohead drummer… and so it goes on!
The Festival highlights are as follows: CONCERTS IN THE MOUNTAINS during the day,
APERO JAZZ early evening, COSMO JAM from 9pm.
All concerts are free of charge !
The music from Cosmojazz, crosses borders, follows torrents and glacial rivers, sits on mountain passes, nestles in high valleys and will eventually weave its magic spell around Mont-Blanc.
Detailed programme on the Cosmo Jazz web site and in the Chamonix Valley tourist offices.


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ADA Services
All buses are accessible. Each fixed-route bus and paratransit vehicle is equipped with a wheelchair lift or ramp and audio announcement equipment.
T Lift
What is T Lift?
T Lift is a door-to-door, shared ride paratransit service. T Lift service is available for transit riders who, because of a disability, are unable to use the fixed routes.
T Lift riders must be certified as eligible to use the service in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Passengers who present valid photo identification from another public transportation system proving paratransit certification may use the T Lift service for up to 21 days. Applications and information are available by calling the T Lift at (785) 312-7054 or by download below:
- T Lift brochure (PDF)
- T Lift Application, Part A (PDF)
- T Lift Application, Part B (PDF)
- T Lift Policy Manual (PDF)
Documentos en Español
- Solicitud de Elegibilidad para Discapacitados: Parte A (PDF)
- Aplicación para la Elegibilidad del Servicio Elevador T Lift: Parte B (PDF)
- Manual de Normas del Servicio Elevador T Lift (PDF)
Reduced Fare
Individuals who are certified for the T Lift qualify for reduced fare on the T with an ID card provided by Lawrence Transit System.
See the Fares and Bus Passes page for more information.
KU students, staff and faculty who are permanently or temporarily disabled, upon certification, are eligible. For information and certification, call (785) 864-LIFT (5438).


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Slowing U.S. growth and the widening interest-rate gap between America and the rest of the world may mean no rebound this year for the dollar, the world's worst- performing major currency in the past three months.
The Federal Reserve's U.S. Trade-Weighted Major Currency Dollar Index fell to a record low last month after policy makers in Australia and Canada, and the European Central Bank raised rates to damp inflation. Even after the declines, strategists from Barclays Plc and Morgan Stanley are cutting their forecasts for the greenback.
Optimism that the dollar would strengthen as soon as June when the Fed stops printing cash to buy $600 billion of Treasuries is giving way to bearishness after the economy slowed more than forecast last quarter and the Fed said record low rates are needed to foster growth. While a weaker dollar may signal waning confidence in the U.S., it may help President Barack Obama reach his goal of doubling exports by 2015 and reducing unemployment.
The dollar is "probably going to get even cheaper," said Thomas Stolper, the chief currency strategist at New York-based Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the fifth-biggest U.S. bank. The outlook for growth in the next few months "doesn't look particularly strong," he said in a phone interview last week.
The Fed index, measuring the dollar's performance versus seven currencies, dropped to a record low of 69.0337 on April 21 from last year's high of 80.5195 in June. U.S. growth decelerated to a 1.8 percent annualized pace in the first quarter from 3.1 percent in the final three months of 2010, a Commerce Department report on April 28 showed. The median estimate in a Bloomberg News survey of 80 economists was for expansion of 2 percent.
Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, who has kept the target rate for overnight loans between banks in a record low range of zero to 0.25 percent since December 2008, said last week that there will be no change for an "extended period," which means "for a couple of meetings." The Federal Open Market Committee meets every six to eight weeks.
The difference in the number of wagers by hedge funds and other speculators on a decline in the dollar against a range of currencies compared with those on a gain rose to 357,410 on April 26 from 339,796 a week earlier, approaching the record 398,594 set in March, figures released by the Washington-based Commodity Futures Trading Commission on April 29 showed.
The last time the contracts indicated a bet on a rise in the dollar was July.
"If the Fed is keeping rates very, very low for a long period of time, it just makes the dollar less and less attractive," Stephen King, the chief economist at London-based HSBC Holdings Plc, said in an April 28 interview on Bloomberg Television's "On the Move" with Francine Lacqua. The decline "will continue through the course of this year," he said.
Central banks in Sweden, Canada and the euro region have raised borrowing costs, attracting foreign investment and boosting their currencies. The European Central Bank increased its rate by 0.25 percentage point to 1.25 percent last month.
Yields on Treasuries due in one to three years are 1 percentage point below that of government debt with similar maturities in the rest of the world on average, Bank of America Merrill Lynch indexes show. A year ago, there was no difference. Shorter maturity German notes yield 117 basis points, or 1.17 percentage points, more than Treasuries, up from about 15 basis points in December.
"Longer-term, we remain bearish on the dollar because of the U.S. policy," said Mark Hewlett, a managing partner at Anello Asset Management in London. The company declined to say how much it oversees. "The Fed has probably forgotten how to raise rates."
Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes show the dollar fell 5.9 percent the past three months, more than any of nine other major currencies and exceeding the yen's 5.5 percent drop. It weakened 0.8 percent last week to 81.19 yen and 1.7 percent against the euro to $1.4807. Goldman's Stolper said the dollar will trade at $1.50 per euro in the next 12 months.
The U.S. Dollar Index, which measures the greenback versus six trading partners, fell 3.9 percent last month, while the Standard & Poor's GSCI Total Return Index of 24 commodities rose 4.6 percent, the MSCI World Index of equities gained 4 percent, and bonds of all types returned 0.9 percent on average, based on Bank of America Merrill Lynch's Global Broad Market Index.
Strategists are struggling to keep up with the dollar's decline. While they raised their year-end euro estimate an average of 2.2 percent in April, the most of any Group of 10 currency, the median forecast of $1.38 per euro is still stronger than current market rates, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Barclays revised its dollar forecast last month, estimating it will trade at $1.46 per euro by the end of the year, from $1.44 predicted earlier. Last week Morgan Stanley said it sees the euro at $1.49 by the fourth quarter of 2011, up from a previous estimate of $1.45.
The dollar may rebound if signs emerge that growth is picking up enough to prompt the Fed to tighten credit sooner than forecast or a shock to the financial system causes investors to seek the safety of U.S. assets. The Dollar Index surged 12 percent in the second half of 2008 as the credit crisis intensified and jumped more than 10 percent in the first half of 2010 as Europe's sovereign debt woes emerged.
"The main scenario is for more policy normalization in the U.S.," said Henrik Gullberg, a strategist in London at Deutsche Bank AG, the world's biggest currency trader according to Euromoney Institutional Investor Plc. "If we see signs that the global recovery is losing some momentum, that wouldn't be good for risk appetite and what isn't good for risk appetite would be positive for the dollar."
The Dollar Index fell for a 10th straight day today, the longest slump since May 1994, dropping 0.1 percent to 72.848. It earlier rose after Obama said al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. operatives in Pakistan.
While the economy slowed in the first quarter, reports this week may show that the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index held at about the highest level since 2004 in April and that the economy added at least 190,000 jobs for the third straight month, Bloomberg surveys show.
Gross domestic product is likely to grow at a 3.4 percent annualized rate in the fourth quarter, according to the median estimate of more than 70 economists surveyed by Bloomberg.
Morgan Stanley strategists said in an April 28 report that although they "remain bearish" on the dollar in the "near term," they "foresee a powerful reversal" when the Fed begins to tighten policy in 2012.
The dollar is helping U.S. sales abroad. Exports rose to $165.1 billion in February from $126.9 billion two years earlier. Obama said in January that the country was on course to meet his goal of doubling annual foreign sales to more than $3 trillion by 2015.
A weaker exchange rate hasn't diminished demand for U.S. financial assets that the Treasury Department relies on to finance the $1.4 trillion deficit. The Fed said its holdings of Treasuries on behalf of foreign central banks and investors rose to a record $2.675 trillion as of April 27, up from the low this year of $2.598 trillion on Jan. 19.
The biggest beneficiaries of the decline are the currencies of nations that have begun raising interest rates.
Australia's dollar has risen 7 percent this year, reaching a record $1.1011 today. The nation's central bank has raised its main rate to 4.75 percent from 3 percent in 2009. Its two-year government notes yield 4.38 percentage points more than Treasuries of similar maturity, above the average of 2.57 percentage points the past decade, Bloomberg data show.
CFTC data show net long positions, or bets the so-called Aussie will appreciate, reached 90,938 on April 5, the highest since Bloomberg began collecting the data in 1993.
In Sweden, where the Riksbank has boosted its key rate to 1.75 percent from 0.25 percent in June, the krona has strengthened about 11 percent this year. Canada's dollar is up 5.2 percent and the euro almost 11 percent. Canada raised its key rate in September, with Sweden increasing its benchmark for a sixth time since July last month.
Even if relative rates weren't an issue, the U.S.'s bulging deficit and debt load would still likely weigh on the greenback, according to Jeremy Stretch, London-based executive director of foreign-exchange strategy at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
Standard & Poor's put a "negative" outlook on the U.S. AAA credit rating April 18, saying there is a one-in-three chance of a downgrade unless lawmakers agree on a plan by 2013 to reduce budget deficits and the national debt. Congress is set to begin debate soon on raising the government's $14.29 trillion limit, which the Treasury predicts will be reached this month.
"The ability of the U.S. to get its own fiscal house in order is becoming increasingly pertinent," Stretch said.


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hotel SystemsPro announced that MCR Development LLC expanded its use of the hotel SalesPro web-based Sales and Catering system to include 26 hotels that it recently acquired. MCR manages 56 premium-branded hotel properties with approximately 7,000 rooms. The company uses hotel SalesPro throughout its portfolio of Hilton and Marriott brand properties. hotel SystemsPro is a leading provider of ASP-based enterprise hotel sales software, maintenance automation, and guest service solutions. Click here for more information on hotel SystemsPro products.
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