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How Much Sleep You Require Depends Upon Your AgeDecember 17, 2016 09:14
Sleep is very important aspect for humans, after a long day from work, you need to rest your body and how much sleep you require, depends upon your age.
There is no perfect sleep duration that can fit every person, it depends upon various factors and age is one of them. The National Sleep Foundation has updated, its guidelines on how many hours of sleep people need according to their age.
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Newborns (0-3 months): Sleep range 14-17 hours each day. New born babies need more sleep than adults do. To support their rapid mental and physical development
Infants (4-11 months): Sleep range 12-15 hours, you'll notice a change in your babies sleep pattern from fourth month. This period is often called "four month regression".
Toddlers (1-2 years): Sleep range from 11-14 hours, Sleep will gradually tend to decrease as your little one enters toddler hood, baby should sleep more at night than day.
Preschoolers (3-5): Sleep range widened by one hour to 10-13 hours, kindergartner who has outgrown napping, needs 10-13 hours sleep each night, time of sleep will gradually decrease as baby gets older.
School age children (6-13): Sleep range widened by one hour to 9-11 hours. At this age home work, games keeps kids busy, so it is important to enforce a regular bedtime routine.
Teenagers (14-17): Sleep range widened by one hour to 8-10 hours, Teenagers have the tendency to stay awake till late nights, which can effect their biological clocks and affect quality of their sleep.
Younger adults (18-25): Sleep range is 7-9 hours. In order to maintain daytime alertness, sound sleep is must important.
Adults (26-64): Sleep range should be 7-9 hours. Ventrolateral preoptic nucleus is a specific cluster of neurons, which helps in regular sleep pattern, The neurons slowly dies as you get aged, more of the cells you loose harder it gets to fall asleep.
Older adults (65+): Sleep range is 7-8 hours. Older adults sleep less than they require, they often have trouble falling asleep as Ventrolateral preoptic nucleus cells are less in number, it is harder to fall asleep.
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Historic venues for Bay Area weddings
These venues aren't just pretty, they're also a slice of the Bay Area's bygone days. Sentimental couples might think of them as a symbol of the lasting commitment required of marriage. Or, they might just want someplace with community ties, a classic feel and idyllic scenery. Either way, these sites are worth checking out whether you're on the venue hunt or just in the mood for some local history.
Note: Listed rental costs are subject to change based on numerous factors, including time of year, number of guests and number of hours. Contact the venue site for more information and specifics.
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UnNews:Iranian jets fire on unarmed U.S. drone - missing wildly
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9 November 2012
TEHRAN, Iran -- A few minutes ago an incident occurred that caused the Pentagon to have a laughing fit. Apparently twelve Iranian SUV-25 fighter jets fired on a single unarmed U.S. Air Force drone that was minding its own business loitering in the skies over the Iranian capital of Tehran - and they all missed.
The absurdity of an unarmed drone being hounded for illegal entry into Iran without a valid tourist visa breaks all-common sense laws of space travel. The ludicrous and bellicose incident also raises fresh concerns within the Obama administration about Iranian military aggression in crucial air space. The question of how far up is the legal distance in the sky before the Iranian Foreign Ministry loses its jurisdiction remains unanswered. And that also raises an even more serious question: is space on the edge of Earth's atmosphere out of bounds? Or do Iranian marksman have the right to shoot down satellites when they pass through Iran's outer-space?
"Apparently the drone was in Iranian airspace," U.S. officials said, "whatever that means." He also added, "it was engaged in routine tourism." The official conceded that the drone was traveling in Iran without a proper permit, but was quick to point out, "Jeez! They didn't have to shoot at it! I mean would they shoot a Saudi tourist who was in Iran without a visa? HELL, YES! But that's on the ground. We're dealing with air-space here!"
Meanwhile the general staff of the Pentagon were in stitches laughing their collective asses off. Although intercepted and fired upon by 12 Iranian fighter jets still the drone was not hit even once. An unofficial Pentagon spokesman laughed and spoke with an indistinct Texas drawl, "They all missed! All twelve a-them goddamn planes missed the drone. And it wasn't even evadin' 'em!" he chuckled. "Just imagine in a real war - hell, they might miss even if they was aimin' at the ground!"
The unofficial explained that the 12 jets were part of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Farce, which is usually a little more accurate. These planes were not part of Iran's regular military forces – being totally controlled by no less than Ali, the descendant of the 5th Magi.
One low-ranking Obama administration mole did not disclose the incident, preferring to invoke Obama's Executive Privilege, but senior moles confirmed the details to us and we're telling you - right here, right now. The officials declined to be identified because of ignorance surrounding the matter, which might embarrass Iran. And certainly NATO wouldn't want to hurt anyone's false pride - least of all Iran.
The drone's cameras captured the absurdly underwhelming incident showing a dozen SUV-25s approaching the slow moving drone and all firing on-board guns. The Iranian pilots fired shots that went over, under, sideways, and down, missing the drone, which they were never successful in hitting even once, according to the officials.
U.S. military incompetence analysts are still not sure if the Iranian pilots simply were unable to hit the drone, or whether they deliberately missed. But as one of the officials said, "it really just shows that them A-rabs can't hit the broad side of a barn, even if they did have a nuke!"
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I am definitely losing my voice. I used to be able to talk all day and into the night, but apparently not so much now. I realize I haven't put out my usual quota of posts, but that will happen soon. I have so much to write about. One of the perks of writing so much is that I get to talk to a lot of people. I love to talk and so that is a very good thing. But all this talking has severely cut into my writing time. OK, all that said. No excuses, just reality.
My overall impression of the Conference is that it is extremely well run this year. The problems of the past years with congestion and crowding in the halls and elevators are gone. The venue is almost perfect. The schedule this year online did a good job of advising attendees about the level of expertise of the different classes, but it seems almost impossible to please everyone. I talked to a first time attender and she was happy overall with the Conference but still found that classes were either over her head or too basic. I guess that this is a problem that will always be there. Personally, because I had so many people to talk to, I did not have time for too many classes after the first day or so. But the reports I got were very good.
Well, all good things must end and it has a been a marvelous experience for me. Once I travel back to Mesa, I will be examining a lot of the details and events. I had a good opportunity to talk to several new and old companies in depth about their business. It is time to get busy again.


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Mohammad Hassan Falahi Zade, former journalist working in Al Alam TV channel, has gone on hunger strike. He was said to have been dismissed for refusing to work with the Intelligence Ministry agents at work and hence sacked, and later arrested.
Prisoners rights group; Activists in support of Human Rights and Democracy, has reported that Mr. Falahi Zadeh has been protesting against ethnic prejudice used against him has been demanding for his basic rights.
Considering his blood disorder and also previous cases of political prisoners murdered under various pretexts while on hunger strike, such as Akbar Mohammadi and Valiollah Feiz Mahdavi , activists are extremely worried of Mr. Falahie Zades situation.
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It's not possible to film a movie, television series or commercial every day, but what drives Casey Bond as he continues to establish himself in the entertainment industry in Hollywood are relationships.
Tuesday night Bond had the opportunity to form some new relationships as well renew some old ones during a reception at the Regal Green Hills Theaters prior to a showing of Moneyball. More than 150 Lipscomb supporters attended the event. The public was also invited and approximately 300 people filled the theater for the 7:20 showing.
Among the group was Bond's mother, Cynthia, who made the trip from Peachtree City, Ga. His father, Tom, was unable to attend.
"Thank goodness, first of all, I actually like talking to people a lot," Bond said. "I can go up to someone and say my name is Casey and that is good enough. But I asked them how they know someone else or ask them about what they do I have gone the extra mile. And when you go the extra mile things always happen."
Bond posed for photos and signed autographs during the reception. Since arriving in Nashville Sunday he has appeared on television, radio sports talk shows and in the print media. He also spoke to theater and communication classes at Lipscomb.
"I met people who played baseball at Lipscomb in the 1950s," Bond said. "I talked with a theater student for 20 or 30 minutes. It is great to also build those types of relationships."
His aunt, Lily Nelson, has been an actress. She called one of her friends who connected Bond with an agent. The next day he was in a national commercial.
"That was about relationships," Bond said. "I revisit relationships. I go to acting classes. I go work out. You have to be motivated. I am always looking for the next thing."
It was the fourth time that Bond, a former Lipscomb baseball player who plays pitcher Chad Bradford, had seen the film. He admitted he was more interested in the crowd reaction to the movie, which stars Brad Pitt, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jonah Hill, than he was in watching the screen.
"I was listening to reactions," Bond said. "This was a film that I was on for a long time.
"You put yourself in a situation where you are displaying yourself to the public. Obviously, you would like to hope that your work is well-received. It seems like it was a great night."
Bond has not been affected by the glamour of the profession. He admits that the wild side of Hollywood has no allure for him.
"I face those challenges every day," Bond said. "I could stray off to the bad side in a second, but to me it is not a worry. I don't even bat my eye out it. I am not like everyone else out there and people have noticed it."
He credits Lipscomb for showing him the importance of doing things the right way.
"I was only at Lipscomb for one year but I came in and started in center field," Bond said. 'That was huge. For coach Jeff Forehand to put me in that position right away and have that trust was huge for me.
"Lipscomb has a commitment to doing the right things and being a good person. It is not about just going to church but in everything you do in life. Brian Shoop, my coach at Birmingham Southern also stressed doing things right but that was a team and Lipscomb is a university doing it."
Bond and a couple of his friends have formed a production company. He knows how he wants his career to grow.
"The ultimate goal for me is to have an idea, write it, produce it, direct it and be in it," Bond said. "The best guys out there are doing that."
But at this stage of his career, after a little more than a year in Hollywood, succeeding as an actor is his top priority.
"I would love to play a quirky character, someone totally opposite of me," Bond said. "I think it would be so fun to be completely out of my element.
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"Obiwan Kenobi" here was recently released after spending five days in jail after being arrested for a hit and run in Northern California. At the time of his arrest, he was also wanted on charges of misdemeanor petty theft. Something something "dark side" (*canned laughter*).
Kenobi, 37, has been charged with leaving the scene of a five-car accident last month in Roseville. According to cops, Kenobi's reckless driving triggered the chain-reaction collision.
In fact, we were actually able to obtain some footage of the collision:
Formerly known as Benjamin Cale Feit, Kenobi changed his name in 1999 in response to a radio stunt tied to the release of "Stars Wars: Episode I." A California station offered $1000 to the first listener to legally change their name to that of the fictional Jedi master. [TheSmokingGun via Movieline, Geekologie]
Damn, $1,000 for 13 years as "Obiwan Kenobi?" He probably hates George Lucas almost as much Hayden Christensen. And with a name like "Ben Feit" he could've just changed his first name to "Boba" and saved all this trouble. Also, and I know this makes me a terrible person, but part of me wishes he'd been a serial rapist, if only for the mental image of two cops walking slowly by his cell, one telling the other "the force is strong with this one."
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Solar Windtraps
Scientists are closer to understanding how high-energy particles from the sun — the solar wind — enter Earth's magnetic field. Thayer School Research Associate Hiroshi Hasegawa and an international team of colleagues have for the first time observed giant space vortices that trap plasma and energy from the solar wind. The finding, published in the August 12 issue of Nature, may help explain how Earth's magnetic field lets in the solar plasma when it should be acting as a barrier.
The newly discovered vortices, known as products of Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities, resemble curled ocean waves. "These vortices were really huge structures, about six earth radii across," says Hasegawa, who has been analyzing the data collected by four satellites dubbed the Cluster. "This is the first time rolled-up Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices have been detected unambiguously. Past observations, which were based on single-spacecraft measurements, could not tell with certainty whether the waves along the magnetopause — the edge of Earth's magnetic field — were large rolled-up vortices or only small ripples that do not trap the solar wind."
One reason space physicists and engineers want to understand how the solar wind gets through the magnetopause is because the solar wind causes geomagnetic storms that can disable satellites, disrupt radio and radar systems, and create electrical surges in power transmission lines and telephone wires.
Hasegawa's research, funded by NASA, is part of the International Living with a Star collaborative program investigating how variations in the sun affect the environments of Earth and other planets.
Speeds of Light
Ninety years after the phenomenon was first predicted, Thayer researchers have observed an elusive property of light: in some media, a flash of light breaks into constituent frequencies that travel further and faster than the flash as a whole. Called precursors, these strong, fast constituents have defied detection since 1914. But when Professor Ulf Österberg and Research Associate Seung-Ho Choi beamed 100-femtosecond (10-15) pulses of red laser light into a 70-cm.-long tube of distilled water, they observed a new pulse which attenuated an order of magnitude less than a conventional pulse.
Precursors result from two phenomena: 1) light traveling through any transparent medium splinters into component frequencies; and 2) water, like many transparent materials, transmits certain frequencies of light exceptionally well. Splinters of light traveling at favored frequencies propagate efficiently, while others fade. But as the light travels, the favored frequencies change — and so do the precursors, further complicating detection. "The precursor is like soap in the bathtub," says Österberg. "It's like it's alive, it's breathing, it's moving along and changing the whole time."
Precursors, if controllable, could be useful in medical imaging, underwater communications, radar, and other applications. Österberg and Choi's discovery was reported in AAAS Science online and in Physical Review Letters.
Red Tide Alert
Professor Daniel Lynch's ocean circulation models recently helped coastal communities in Casco Bay, Maine, gain their first-ever advance warning of red tide, the annual shellfish contamination caused by toxic algae. The early warning came from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-funded project that analyzes wind, currents, and other oceanographic data collected by sensors on ships, satellites, and buoys. When data about a patch of toxic algae observed in the Gulf of Maine was fed into Lynch's computer model, the result was an accurate prediction of where and when the red tide would wash ashore. The forecast allowed Maine officials to close shellfish beds to public harvest before contamination began.
Lynch's work in Thayer School's Numerical Methods Lab involves three-dimensional coastal ocean circulation models, including a nonlinear prognostic model that allows the circulation field to evolve over time.
Microwaves for Vision
Professor Stuart Trembly is investigating a less invasive alternative to laser eye surgery: reshaping corneas with microwave thermokeratoplasty (MTK). Microwave energy, applied around the pupil outside the field of vision, causes collagen fibers in the cornea to shrink, flattening the optical surface in the center of the eye. The procedure is fast, requires no cutting, and uses less expensive equipment than laser surgery.
Trembly has advanced the state of MTK therapy with two patented devices. One is an improved applicator with embedded sensors to measure temperature or mechanical strain of the cornea during the procedure; the other is a feedback system that analyzes the signals to determine precisely when the myopia is corrected.
The project, which received support from Thayer School Overseer Ralph Crump '66 and his wife, Marjorie, created opportunities for student input. Luke Dalton '99, Th'01 worked on the cooling system for the MTK applicator; Michael Barton Th'04 studied anisotropic thermal conductivity of the cornea; and M.S. candidate April Mohns '03, Th'04 is currently working on a finite element treatment-planning model.
Trembly is chief scientific officer of ThermalVision, Inc., which was incorporated in the fall of 2002 to bridge the gap from laboratory to market. "Human trials," says Trembly, "are scheduled to begin in about 18 months."
Treating Prostate Cancer
Thayer School and Dartmouth Medical School researchers are investigating a novel approach to using photodynamic therapy (PDT) to treat early-stage prostate cancer. Professor Brian Pogue, research associate Bin Chen, and adjunct Professor Jack Hoopes are testing their hypothesis that PDT is effective when used to consecutively target prostate cancer cells and the tumor's vascular system. PDT involves fewer side effects than prostate surgery, which can cause impotence and incontinence.
PDT is a two-step process. The subject is injected with a photosensitizer, then the tumor is treated by laser light irradiation. By adjusting the interval between drug administration and light irradiation, PDT can be directed at either tumor cells or blood vessels.
Current PDT protocols typically use either a relatively long drug-light interval to target tumor cells or a short drug-light interval to cause vascular occlusion. The Thayer School team's protocol applies the same long-interval cellular-targeting PDT but follows it immediately with short-interval vascular-targeting PDT. The researchers believe that targeting the tumor's vascular system is crucial since a single vessel supplies oxygen and nutrients for thousands of tumor cells.
Ongoing studies are focused on assessment of the anti-tumor effect in prostate cancer and the abilty to spare normal surrounding tissues. The research is jointly funded by the Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health.
Detecting Breast Cancer
A team of Dartmouth engineers and medical researchers headed by Professor Keith Paulsen has released preliminary findings on how various imaging technologies can be used to detect breast cancer. Reporting in the May issue of Radiology, the journal of the Radiological Society of North America, the interdisciplinary team from Thayer School, Dartmouth Medical School, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, described baseline data that identify an array of tissue properties that can differentiate healthy breasts from cancerous ones.
For example, electrical impedance spectral imaging, by measuring the impedance of cell membranes, can distinguish electrical characteristics that vary from healthy to cancerous tissue. Microwave imaging spectroscopy sends microwave energy, which is sensitive to water, through the breast, while near infrared spectral imaging sends infrared light, which is sensitive to blood. Both techniques can distinguish between healthy cells and cancerous cells, which tend to have more water and blood than regular tissue.
Phase 1 of the study concentrated on 23 healthy women. The second phase focuses on women who have had abnormal mammograms. "We're just now getting into the really exciting part," says Paulsen. "We've started to get some information on what the normal breast is like, and now we have some information on the abnormal tissue."
The project is at least 10 years away from providing commercial versions of the tests. "There's a lot of ways we can improve the instrumentation," Paulsen says, "and we're still trying to understand what these images mean. These are new types of images that no one has ever looked at before." Ideally, the imaging techniques will be combined into a single medical procedure.
Paulsen, with Professor Paul Meaney and Larry Gilman Th'95, has edited Alternative Breast Imaging: Four Model-Based Approaches, to be published this November by Springer.
De-icing Planes and Bridges
Professor Victor Petrenko's thin-film, pulse electro-thermal de-icing (PETD) method for airplanes had its first in-flight testing this year. The Goodrich Corp., which holds the license for PETD aerospace applications, bonded a thin titanium-alloy skin onto the outboard wings of a twin-engine plane and tested it in an icing wind tunnel, then in flight behind an icing tanker (an aircraft with a tail-mounted icing spray boom), and finally on several cross-country flights under natural icing conditions.
"The test pilots were quite pleased with the system," says Dave Sweet, director of research and development at Goodrich. "All the ice was removed instantly with very little runback ice generated." Testing on a business jet is scheduled for this winter.
"The beauty of the method," says Petrenko, "is that only a very thin layer of ice directly at the ice-material interface is heated." A single pulse of electricity melts the interfacial ice, and any ice build-up slides right off. Regular pulsing keeps surfaces ice-free while maintaining low overall power consumption.
Another PETD test is taking place on Sweden's four-year-old Uddevalla Bridge, which has to be closed each winter because ice falls from its towers and cables. In August Petrenko traveled to Sweden to meet with the Swedish Road Administration and several companies involved in the de-icing project. The process involves heating a stainless-steel foil coating on the bridge towers and cables with a second-long electrical pulse. Full-scale implementation of a PETD system for the bridge will begin next year.
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I decided on the cranberry scones recipe in the Raw Family Signature Dishes book by Victoria Boutenko. Her's looked more "fluffy" and more cake-like in texture. It's got plenty of nutrition to keep those hunger pangs away until the next meal and they looked really good, so here I go!
I started with the dry ingredients of walnuts and flaxseeds. I actually had a little too much walnut, but I didn't think it would matter too much. I used the food processor and it worked great on the walnuts, but for the flaxseeds I used my magic bullet with the flat blades for grinding. This step went pretty quick.
Next, the wet ingredients. I chose red apples, carrots, dried cranberries instead of fresh and raisins and put them all together in the processor with the s blade.
Put it all together with the agave and lemon juice and shaped them onto the dehydrator sheets. I made mine look like little triangles instead of a ball because I figured they'd turn out a bit dense instead of cake-like. I put them on 105 for the next 18 hours.
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Just like some other Raw Food Recipes I've tried, this one is unique and can't even come close to a traditional scone. I still have a problem trying to call these 'converting' recipes when they just might make someone run the other way! I think they should be called Craisinookies!
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DENVER – M&N Equipment, a Casper, Wyo., equipment supplier, unlawfully retaliated against a female employee after she complained that she had been sexually harassed at the company's Pinedale, Wyo., location, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
According to the lawsuit, Holly Miller complained both to her managers and in writing to company headquarters in Casper about being sexually harassed by a male coworker at a remote construction site. Within a few weeks, her managers began to cut her hours significantly, and took away her company vehicle. Ultimately, after she asked to meet with her manager about these actions, she was fired without explanation.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits retaliation. The EEOC filed the lawsuit (EEOC v M&N Equipment, LLC, Case No. 09-cv-222-WFD, filed in U.S. District Court for Wyoming), after attempts to voluntarily resolve the matter were exhausted. The suit seeks monetary damages, including back pay, compensation for emotional distress, and punitive damages. The EEOC also seeks injunctive relief prohibiting future retaliation, as well as Miller's reinstatement.
"It is particularly important for a woman to feel safe from retaliation when she speaks out against sexual harassment in a workplace," said Mary Jo O'Neill, regional attorney for the EEOC's Phoenix, Ariz., District Office whose jurisdiction includes the EEOC's Denver Field Office and the state of Wyoming. "This is precisely the reason our laws prohibit retaliation for sexual harassment complaints."
Denver Field Office Director Nancy Sienko added, "In fiscal year 2008, retaliation formed the second-highest basis of discrimination in complaints filed with the EEOC. We will continue to vigorously enforce the rights of individuals to protest discrimination without fear of losing their job."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination, including disability and retaliation discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Statement from Elaine Mejia, Director of the North Carolina Budget & Tax Center regarding the latest tax package negotiations (recommendations in bold)
The latest, and possibly near-final, revenue package being considered by the legislature would reportedly raise approximately $1 billion, an amount that will allow lawmakers to avoid very deep cuts to state services that would otherwise have to be made. Unfortunately, the revenue package currently under consideration will disproportionately impact low- and moderate-income taxpayers and will do nothing to close the state's long-term structural budget gaps. State lawmakers should consider making a few minor changes to the plan that would make it fairer and improve long-term stability.
Published media reports from the past few days indicate that the final revenue package under consideration by the General Assembly relies primarily on a substantial increase in the state sales tax, moderate increases in sales and excise taxes on purchases of cigarettes and alcohol, and a temporary surcharge on state income tax payments.
Earlier this year, the NC Budget & Tax Center (BTC) put forth a General Fund revenue plan that would have raised $1 billion and would have improved the fairness, stability and long-term adequacy of the state's revenue system. Unfortunately, the latest version of the tax package under consideration by the General Assembly does not include any of the reforms recommended by the BTC. At this point it is understandably too late in the process to reach agreement on sweeping reforms; however, the plan under consideration could be improved considerably by making a few modest changes.
The vast majority of the revenue generated from the plan under consideration would be from the proposed sales tax increase. A hypothetical 1% increase in the state sales tax rate would mean that the lowest income taxpayers (bottom 20% of income-earners whose average annual income is $10,000) would pay an additional 0.65% of their incomes in additional sales tax over the course of one year. In contrast, the state's top 1% of income-earners whose average annual income is $1.015 million would pay only 0.13% of their income in additional taxes from this change. In other words, the proposed sales tax increase will hit the lowest-income taxpayers six times harder than the state's highest-income taxpayers. To blunt the impact of this regressive change, lawmakers should consider increasing the state Earned Income Tax credit to at least 15% of the federal credit which would completely offset the impact of these changes on the bottom 20% of income-earners.
In addition to the highly regressive nature of the primary component of the plan – the sales tax – , it is also unfortunate that the final plan abandons many of the reform-minded elements that had been previously part of the negotiations. These include changes such as broadening the sales to base to include more services, broadening the income tax base to to Adjusted Gross Income rather than the more narrowly-defined Federal Taxable Income, and closing corporate tax loopholes by requiring Combined Reporting for all corporations. At the very least, lawmakers should revisit including the reform-minded elements that were included in both of the legislative plans. These include applying the Franchise Tax to businesses that are structured as LLC's, a small expansion of the sales tax base by broadening the tax to include warranties, installations and repairs, and digital downloads and converting the privilege tax on movies to a sales tax on entertainment purchases.
Finally, the proposed temporary 2% across-the-board surcharge on income tax payments is likely to be moderately progressive because the state income tax is moderately progressive. However, to more fairly distribute the additional tax responsibility of the plan overall, lawmakers should consider restructuring the surcharge such that the rate applied to the income tax payments of higher-income taxpayers is greater than it is on low- and moderate-income taxpayers.
By raising $1 billion in additional tax revenues state leaders will avoid having to take steps such as laying off thousands of teachers and other state workers or making deep reductions to critical state services, both of which would further compromise the economic prospects of families already struggling to make ends meet during the recession. Moreover, making modest improvements to the final tax plan would also lessen the impact of the current recession on these families by lowering their additional tax responsibility and improving the stability of the General Fund's revenues for the next few years.


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Conversation is plentiful after the Eve Sussman|Rufus Corporation presentation of whiteonwhite: algorithmicthriller for Tuesday Evenings at the Modern. Discussions about what constitutes a narrative, how one can create desire, disjunctive vs. linear narrative, the audience or viewer's role in a work of art, film vs. art, theatre vs. gallery, and so on have replaced "hot enough for you" and other inquiries that would be in danger if there was in fact a lifetime language quota as mentioned by Sussman in the Q&A following the screening.
In spite of all the options, if not requirements, of this unconventional, code-driven film, I have found myself very content with my viewing experience. There has been none of the usual "Now what did he say?" or "What was that reference?" or "Where were they?" that I often experience after seeing a film or hearing a lecture. I was truly consumed in the moment of viewing. I think that has something to do with the way and why of this piece. The impossibility of reading and viewing simultaneously, and the added option of following the code at the expense of missing what is playing on the screen, initially overwhelmed me. But about 20 minutes in, I accepted that it was impossible to do it all and I began to move effortlessly from image to text, letting those two components direct my need to read the code. With that, a narrative grew and characters developed, which is why I would argue that more than 20 minutes is needed to appreciate the potential and find personal satisfaction in this piece. I also feel that the theatre setting contributed to my ability to surrender to the beauty and intrigue of the images and script, resulting in the satisfaction I have felt since.
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European Commission
Brussels, 25 July 2012
Q&A Emissions Trading: Commission prepares to change the time profile for auctions of emission allowances
Question 1: What has the Commission presented today?
The Commission adopted a proposal to clarify a specific provision in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) Directive1 related to the timing of the auctions of emission allowances. In parallel, it also transmitted a draft for a possible future amendment of the Auctioning Regulation2, which is an implementing act, for consultation to the Climate Change Committee. Finally, it released a Staff Working Document3 that contains analytical information.
Question 2: Why has the Commission proposed a Council and Parliament Decision to clarify the ETS Directive and what is needed to adopt this Decision?
The Commission is considering a change of the auction time profile for phase 3 allowances. This is done by amending the Auctioning Regulation. Such a change has already been done on one occasion with the effect of advancing the timing of auction volume (see ).
In order to provide a high degree of legal certainty after such a change, the Commission considers it useful to amend the Directive. This is done to clarify in explicit terms that, in order to ensure an orderly functioning of the carbon market, the Commission is in principle able to adapt the auction timetable in the Auctioning Regulation.
Question 3: What is the current time profile for auctions?
Article 10 of the ETS Auctioning Regulation establishes that the annual volume auctioned is the difference between the total amount of allowances resulting from the application of the linear factor and the amount of allowances handed out for free in line with EU-wide free allocation rules.
The Regulation provides for one deviation from this rule, namely the "early" auctioning of 120 million allowances in 2012, with a corresponding reduction of the auctioned volumes in 2013 and 2014 by 60 million allowances.
Question 4: Why should the auction time profile be changed?
The EU ETS is faced with exceptional circumstances. Due to the transition from the second trading period (2008 to 2012) into the third trading period (2013 to 2020) the supply of allowances (and international credits) is expected to increase temporarily. Together with reduced emissions due to the macroeconomic circumstances this will increase significantly the surplus of allowances in this transition from phase 2 to phase 3.
This surplus build up during the transition from phase 2 to phase 3 is expected to coincide with a decrease of demand that can hamper the orderly functioning of the market. Changing the auction time profile, with less auctioning early in phase 3 and more later on, can improve the orderly functioning of the market.
Question 5: What is the status of the draft for a future amendment of the ETS Auctioning Regulation transmitted to the Climate Change Committee and when will this amendment be decided?
The draft for a future amendment is at this stage transmitted for consultation purposes.
Amendments, once proposed by the Commission, are sent to the Climate Change Committee where Member States decide by a qualified majority. In a second step the amendment is subject to a 3-month scrutiny by the European Parliament and Council. As the last step the Commission formally adopts it.
The Commission has transmitted the draft for a possible future amendment to the Climate Change Committee to get the views of Member States on the appropriate action to be taken before the end of this year. The Commission at the same time also invites stakeholders to express their views on this draft.
Taking into account the views by the Climate Change Committee, the Commission will decide on a proposal for such an amendment. The Climate Change Committee may decide on the future amendment before the end of the year.
Question 6: How can stakeholders express their views?
The Commission invites stakeholders to express their view on the draft for a future amendment of the Auctioning Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010.
Stakeholder views can be sent to the following email address: email@example.com.
Reactions should be sent by early October.
Question 7: Is the Commission preparing an impact assessment?
The Commission is preparing a proportionate impact assessment which will largely build on the present Staff Working Document with further input received during the consultation. This tailor-made impact assessment is under preparation to enable the Climate Change Committee to decide on the future amendment before the end of the year.
Question 8: How many allowances (and credits) are put on the market year by year?
Allowances are allocated for free or auctioned. 2012 and 2013 see a large increase. In part this is due to the inclusion of new sectors (incl. aviation) and gases, while there is also an exceptional increase because of some particular provisions in relationship to the transition from phase 2 to phase 3.
A graphical presentation can be found below. It should be noted that final allocation and use of international credits are subject to a degree of uncertainty.
Question 9: Is a change to the auction time profile not a market intervention and will the Commission intervene again in the future?
The auction time profile is not decided in the ETS Directive itself, but rather determined in the Auctioning Regulation. It means that the legislator saw merit in a more flexible decision-making process for the time profile, if deemed necessary, for example to address grave imbalances in exceptional circumstances. Therefore, changes to the auction time profile were enabled in the Directive. Using this certain degree of flexibility should by no means be equated with market intervention.
The Commission will only use this option to change the auction time profile in exceptional circumstances, such as the present situation in the transition from phase 2 to phase 3, where supply outstrips demand not only due to lower than expected emissions, but also because of regulatory aspects specific to the transition into phase 3.
Situations of artificial and large temporary imbalances warrant a change in the timetable.
Question 10: How many allowances should be back-loaded?
The Staff Working Document gives information about the potential range of back-loading by looking at three options.
The back-loading concerns the distribution of auctioned allowances across the eight years of phase 3 (2013-2020). It sees auctioned volumes reduce in the first three years of phase 3 and bringing them back later in phase 3.
The examined options reduce the volume of auctioning in the first three years of phase 3 by 400, 900 or 1200 million allowances. At present the total volume of expected auctioning of phase 3 allowances up to 2015 is more than 3.5 billion4
Before making a final proposal on what an appropriate amount would be, the Climate Change Committee and stakeholders are being consulted.
Question 11: What does back-loading mean for the carbon price, costs for ETS companies and auction revenue for Member States?
The purpose of back-loading is to improve the functioning of the carbon market, and not to increase the price.
Back-loading is expected to increase the price in the short term when auctioned volumes are decreased, and reduce it when the volumes are increased again. It is not possible to determine with certainty the absolute impact of back-loading on carbon prices over time.
Over the longer term, the impact of a back-loaded auction time profile is likely to be limited given that total quantities over the 8 year period do not change.
Compared to a no-action scenario, back-loading would deliver a steadier price signal throughout the third trading period. Also auctioning revenues for Member States would be expected to have a steadier pattern across phase 3.
As regards the analysis of impacts on EU industry, such a proposal is not expected to have a major or lasting effect. Market analysts confirm that any short-term price increases are expected to be rather limited if not accompanied by a structural measure.
Not only does the change in the auction time profile not affect the total amount of allowances to be auctioned (it only affects the timing of auctioning), it would not impact the amounts of free allocation to industry. Furthermore, many industries actually have a surplus of allowances allocated for free which would alleviate also part of any cost impacts.
Question 12: When will the carbon market report be adopted?
The report is expected to be finalised later this year.
Question 13: Does the Commission see no need for measures beyond back-loading to address the structural surplus in the EU ETS?
Structural measures would impact the functioning of the market in a more fundamental manner. The Commission intends to look into this matter in its Carbon Market Report.
Question 14: Why did the Commission already change the auction time profile by frontloading 120 million allowances?
The profile for auctions was changed once already to accommodate growing hedging demand at the end of phase 2.
Hedging demand exists where companies that forward sell some of their production want to hedge already at the same moment some of their expected emissions. They thus need to acquire allowances already today for obligations in the future. For example, a power company in 2012 sells in advance part of their power production in 2014 and at the same time buys emission allowances to cover those emissions in 2014.
As long as the forward sales related to sales in phase 2, they were covered by free allocation. Therefore hedging strategies never materialised into real demand on the secondary market for allowances, because companies were already sure that they would get the allowances for free in the future.
But by the second half of phase 2, power companies started to forward sell production that would take place in phase 3. Given that they would not receive allowances for free in phase 3, they had to start buying on the market to hedge these forward sales.
Hedging demand has thus translated into a growing demand on the market for allowances or international credits towards the end of phase 2. This demand probably has been absorbing part of the build-up of surplus allowances.
In 2011, when prices for allowances were still stable at around €15, it was projected by some market participants that this hedging demand could increase prices temporarily, if only phase 2 allowances or international credits were available to meet this demand. Therefore, it was assumed prudent to meet some of this hedging demand by already auctioning phase 3 allowances in 2012, i.e. the 120 million early auctioning.
After the decision was taken to change the auction time profile through this early auctioning of 120 million allowances, a number of counterbalancing elements materialised. Most notably, the use of international credits for compliance purposes increased markedly in 2011 and the economy continued to stagnate. Emissions in 2011 decreased by 34 million tonnes and also projections for the next decade for the emission growth decreased.
In 2013, hedging demand of course will continue to exist, but whereas in phase 2 those companies that needed to acquire those allowances had only a limited supply of auctioning that could serve this demand, from 2013 onwards the increased amount of auctioning is considered to largely meet the remaining hedging demand. Therefore, hedging demand will not absorb large quantities of surplus allowances from 2013 onwards.
See also IP/12/850
Directive 2003/87/EC (consolidated version):
Commission Regulation (EU) 1031/2010 (consolidated version):
Staff Working Document: "Information provided on the functioning of the EU Emissions Trading System, the volumes of greenhouse gas emission allowances auctioned and freely allocated and the impact on the surplus of allowances in the period up to 2020"
Including aviation allowances and NER300. Not taking into account allowances that some Member States can transitionally allocate for free for electricity production).
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Will Key's corporate gulags breach ILO convention on forced labour?
While no one in the mainstream media seems to think implementing forced labour camps for corporate gulags is any problem at all, the reality is that Key's plan to privatize the prisons may run foul of the ILO convention NZ ratified in 1938.
The convention bans forced labour in prisons and it defines what can be excluded as forced labour...
2. (c) any work or service exacted from any person as a consequence of a conviction in a court of law, provided that the said work or service is carried out under the supervision and control of a public authority and that the said person is not hired to or placed at the disposal of private individuals, companies or associations.
We cant wait for the msm to critique the privatization of prisons so the blogs once again need to do all the heavy lifting here. Key's corporate gulags are forced labour camps, prisoners who don't agree to work 40 hours for 20cents per hour are not eligible for parole, that's forced labour. Under the convention Key can't simply hand this over to a private individual, company or association without it being deemed as forced labour.
In an Australian case it was decided that visits from officials didn't satisfy 'supervision and control of a public authority' meaning Key is going to have to try and use public outrage that we can't force prisoners to work in private prisons to justify ramming through some legislation that will have us contravene the ILO convention.
That ACC is a major shareholder in this NZ private prison experiment is the truly sick part. They will generate earnings from public investment into locking people up. The more people locked up, the more profit. See how the profit margin warps every value here? Suddenly throwing many more prisoners into prison has a commercial benefit, not just for the private company, but for the public companies that then invest in them.
This has all the morality of our Hospitals investing in blood diamond mines.
The worst part of the private prison experiment is that the contract hasn't been before Parliament so that it can be scrutinized. We have no idea what we are signing ourselves up to for 25 years, SERCO are telling the London Stock Exchange more than they are telling us.
In September of last year, SERCO told the LSE they would be making $29m per year from their private prisons in NZ, over 25 years that's $725m. Please tell me that's included in the $900 million dollar cost to build Wiri?
How is it that we have $29m per year to pay for private prisons but we don't have money to feed children in school before they end up in that private prison? It seems the only jobs the 270 000 children in poverty and 7.3% unemployed can look forward to from John Key are the 40 hours they will be forced to work inside a private prison.
The argument that this will save us $170m over the life of the contract is optimistic beyond credibility.
Another feature of the deal seems to be that we will pay for 960 beds at Wiri even if the prison isn't full. The incentives built into this deal favour SERCOs profit margin, they don't favor the social responsibilities to the wider community.
When you consider the percentage of prisoners SECRO will have under their direct control by 2014 when the Wiri prison opens, NZ will have the highest proportion of our prisoners in private prisons than any other country on the planet. Key has privatized our prison service without a whimper from anyone and this has all been allowed to quietly happen with pitiful mainstream media focus.
I don't see Seven Sharp covering this.
Once private prisons multiplied in the 1980s, America's prison population exploded. Expect the exact same thing to occur in NZ. Sleepy hobbits reap what they sow.


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Even before discussing contractual terms, Austin Chrismon was all but certain he would sign. And nothing the Houston Astros had to say Wednesday afternoon changed that.
Chrismon, who became the first baseball player from Christopher Newport University to be selected in the Major League Baseball draft, made it official by signing with the Astros at his home. Tim Bittner, an area scout for the Astros who is based in Richmond, was there representing the team.
"It's more of a relief than anything," Chrismon said. "It's all kind of just hitting me. It's a big wave at one time. I mean, one second I'm thinking about playing summer ball. The next, I'm home signing a professional contract. A life-changer for sure."
Chrismon, a 26th-round pick, is to report to the Astros' advanced rookie league affiliate in Greenville, Tenn., Sunday. The Astros' first game is Thursday night.
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"I'd rather not say how much it was," he said of the financial terms. "But it was definitely enough to not go back to school at this moment. Plus, they will be covering my last three semesters of school. It really was an opportunity I couldn't pass up."
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There are lots of very fun games that you can find online and most of them are for free. Lots of different games to provide entertainment for people who are seriously into the game they choose of just seriously bored. To the seriously bored people, these games give them a chance to find try out their skills in a lot of new things. Take for instance boat games. You might wonder what in the world boat games are since the last time you checked, boats were used as transportation.
You have obviously been out of the loop then. There is a certain website you can access where you can find hundreds of highly amusing boat games. Not to mention that these are free boat games that you can spend hours playing and building your high score. There is nothing like a scoring system that pushes you to aim for the highest score, right? Now, you do not have to worry that you will get bored because if one games just does not do it for you; there are others that you can play. Do you want to rescue burning boats? Why, you can do that by choosing boat games that let you put out flaming barges. You might prefer to be the one causing the fires and defend your treasure from pirates by shooting cannon balls at their ships. How about a game that lets you rescue vegetables from a boat? A word of warning, you might not like these games if you do not like vegetables.
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Reminding citizens of Lubbock that terrorism is not just for people in the larger metropolitan areas of the states to worry about, U.S. Congressman Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) issued a statement today after the arrest of Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari by local FBI agents.
Aldawsari is a South Plains College student being held by the FBI under allegations that he purchased and attempted to make explosives and has been making references to numerous threats via emails he sent to himself citing instructions for making "Plastique Explosive From Aspirin."
Neugebauer is urging citizens in all cities to remain vigilant and alert to threats, saying, "Our country's intelligence agencies, the FBI and local Lubbock law enforecement have my thanks and appreciation for their arrest yesterday of Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari. Americans can be proud that our communities and families are being protected by the capable law enforcement organizations and officers. This should be a lesson to us that we must remain diligent in our fight against terrorism. Additionally, we must remain alert and aware everywhere, including Lubbock, Texas, because terrorism isn't just a New York City or Washington, D.C., threat."


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When Eagles coach Chip Kelly unexpectedly named a starting quarterback with two preseason games to go, our (or at least my) first thought was that Kelly would now have extra time to shop the guy who lost the job.
In explaining the decision to make Mike Vick the starter, however, Kelly told reporters that both Vick and Nick Foles will be on the team.
Asked if Vick and Foles "definitely" will be part of the regular-season roster, Kelly said: "Yes."
"You don't have to look any farther than last night's game with the Redskins, where [Robert Griffin III] is on the sideline and Kirk Cousins goes down in the second quarter," Kelly said. "In this league, you better have a couple of quarterbacks ready to go. I mentioned that again to Nick today. I think Nick is going to approach it that he's the starter, because that's got to be his mentality going into this and prepare like he's a starter."
The Eagles may have three quarterbacks ready to go, given the development of rookie Matt Barkley. Still, Kelly made it clear that he won't be benching Vick.
"[H]e's our starter for the season," Kelly said. "It's not a one‑game trial basis."
Kelly's decision conflicts with his prior explanation that a starter wouldn't be named until after the preseason finale. But it gives Vick more opportunities over the next 20 days to get ready for the first game of the season, when he returns to a place where he had a game for the ages during a career rebirth in 2010.


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MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — A lot of kids complain about homework, but now some parents are saying their children are getting too much and want it abolished.
Even during their lunch break, high school students in Maplewood try to squeeze in some homework.
"Two or three hours," freshman Maddy Reichman told CBS 2's Cindy Hsu, referring to how much homework she gets on average per night.
Friends said it's sometimes as much as four hours and makes for a very hard balancing act.
"I play sports so it's really tough to have practice right after school and come home at 6:30 and then do my homework, eat, do my chores, do everything," Reichman said.
High school junior Jeremy Walrond said his nightly homework load is massive.
"In terms of hours, I guess like around five or six," Walrond said.
Now while you'll find lots of students who want to cut down on the amount of homework, there's actually a parent who wants to get rid of it altogether. She sent out an e-mail to other parents in the South Orange/Maplewood area, asking them to organize to help abolish homework.
Education expert Sy Fliegel said not having homework is not the answer.
"It's like someone saying to you too much food is no good for you, what's the solution? Let's not eat anything," said Fliegel, of the Center for Educational Innovation. "What has to happen is more attention has to be paid to the quality of the homework assignment."
Fliegel said schools need to follow homework amount guidelines, such as 10 minutes for first graders, 20 minutes for second graders and so on, with the maximum load of homework reaching two hours in high school.
He said teachers should coordinate with each other.
"My daughter is frequently up until midnight doing homework, sometimes past. Last night it was 2 a.m.," parent Jeff Schnorr said.
Even some students think abolishing homework is going too far.
"I think it would be nice, but I'm not sure we could ever abolish it 100 percent, because it helps me sometimes," freshman Molly Brett said.
But students told Hsu, with really effective teachers, less can mean more when it comes to learning.
Education experts said homework is also a good tool to let parents know what's going on in class and for teachers to monitor a student's progress.
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I think today is my birthday.
But PLEASE explain that box thing.
what and the fuck is with that BOX that changes the whole take on the movie?
someone give this guy a trophy -- bla bla bla
whatever salon.com article you read is useless.
i still think all u need to get is the Club Silencio sequence. that's the dopest part.
really, Lost Highway and this film are different spins on the exact same story.


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A few years ago the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, asserted that his nation did not have gays as they did in the West. What Ahmadinejad seems to have meant is that a public gay identity does not exist in Iran. He has to be aware that homosexual behavior is not unknown in his nation. More generally Ahmadinejad's comments brought up the issue of men having sex with men throughout the Middle East before marriage. This is a taboo topic in much of the region, so getting good quantitative data seems pretty much impossible. But today PLoS Medicine came out with a paper with a result which suggests that the anecdotes of relatively widespread homosexual behavior in the Middle East are not totally unfounded or unrepresentative (the journalist Hugh Pope has indicated that Middle Eastern men have sometimes assumed he would naturally be open to sexual propositions because he was a Westerner. He grew a mustache to discourage such inquiries) . The paper is about HIV, Are HIV Epidemics among Men Who Have Sex with Men Emerging in the Middle East and ...
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I am currently looking to upgrade my headset. My current plantronics set, while doing a average job, cost about 25$, and doesnt have the top notch sound I want and need for Counter Strike.
Plantronics DSP 500, is one set I have considered. I can get it for about 65$, and have heard its pretty solid, giving 32bit sound, w/o a sound card if necessary.
Currently however, my brother listens while I play cs right now. I have a splitter going to my headphones, and to my home stereo. He listens on the stereo headphones.
WIth the above plantranoics, you can only have sound via the usb headset, or speakers, only one at a time, and u have to switch back and forth in the control panel. As much as I use my stereo for mp3s, and him listening, that headset seems like somewhat of a pain in the ass.
are there any other recomendations? Headsets? Good quality, even they if they cost a bit, let me know, thx.


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Visualizing and Understanding the Science of Climate Change Discussion Peter Mahaffy | added on Nov 30, 2009 A recent IUPAC project is developing a set of interactive, web-based materials to help students visualize and understand the underlying science of climate change.
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