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Guest post by Professor Joshua D. Sarnoff of DePaul College of Law. Below, he responds to Jeremy C. Doerre, Is There Any Need to Resort to a § 101 Exception for Prior Art Ideas?, 2019 PatentlyO L.J. 10. (2019.Doerre.AnyNeed)
In Is There Any Need to Resort to a § 101 Exception for Prior Art Ideas, Mr. Doerre states that “[n]otably, however, there is no similar need to resort to use of an implicit exception to prevent undue preemption of known prior art abstract ideas, as 35 U.S.C. § 102 and 35 U.S.C. § 103 already ensure that claims do not disproportionately ‘“t[ie] up the use of  underlying” [prior art] ideas.’ This can be seen in that, under 35 U.S.C. § 103, a claim must be inventive over all known prior art ideas, and cannot simply be an obvious application of a prior art abstract idea, or an obvious combination of several prior art abstract ideas.” Of course, since Section 103 often requires detailed factual evaluations not readily resolved early in litigation, the pressure to use Section 101 remains even for ineligible subject matter that is in fact prior art against the applicant. And unlike for Section 103, the nature of the creative advance over that discovery may be readily apparent on the face of the patent’s disclosure (particularly where it lies in the discovery itself and thus there is no meaningful additional creativity to render the practical application non-obvious). But courts are unlikely to grant motions to dismiss under Section 103, and for some bizarre reason we keep giving this ultimate question of law to juries. Further, Section 103’s obviousness standard in fact is not much clearer than Section 101 standards.
But the important point is that Section 101 is needed for precisely the case Mr. Doerre avoids, when the ineligible discovery is not prior art against the applicant. Mr. Doerre would be absolutely correct that we do not need to use Section 101 if Section 103 could do the job (of excluding uncreative applications of ineligible discoveries in the three categories of excluded subject matter – which are judicial interpretations of the meaning of “invention or discovery” and are not “judicial exceptions” to Section 101 subject matter). But Section 103 cannot do that job as current written, even though both provisions derived from the same statutory section under the pre-1952 Act. And that is because such ineligible discoveries are not normally among the categories of Section 102 prior art as applied to an applicant who is also the discoverer of that ineligible subject matter.
As I have written before (see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1757272 and the briefs for amici law professors that I filed in Bilski, Mayo, and Myriad), the ineligible subject matter is often discovered by the applicant himself or herself, and thus does not qualify as Section 102 prior art for Section 103 obviousness analysis. If it did, then 103 in fact would be able to do the job, although given the tremendous uncertainty over what qualifies as a non-obvious advance under Section 103 we would still have roughly the same amount of uncertainty in the law. Further, no person who objects to using Section 101 to exclude categorically ineligible discoveries claimed as practical applications thereof would be the happier if we were to amend Section 102 to permit Section 103 to do the job now being performed (and only capable of being performed) by Section 101. This is because then we would just use obviousness law to have to make the difficult decisions as to whether the claim as a whole represents a non-obvious advance over the ineligible discovery while treating the discovery as prior art against the applicant. And as just noted, we don’t have a clear theory of how much creativity constitutes a non-obvious advance. Although the amicus brief I filed for law and economics professors in KSR sought to have the Court explicitly adopt a time and money threshold of ordinary creativity so as to create that clear theory, predictably the Supreme Court declined the invitation to make the law clearer (while still correcting the errors of analysis of the Federal Circuit in assessing what constitutes an “obvious” advance over the prior art of record).
Further, as Professor Katherine Strandburg has persuasively explained (see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2196844) and as the recent and less recent history clearly reflects, the current concern (since Benson) with preemption is not in fact either the source of the current eligibility doctrine nor the grounds for finding any practical applications to be ineligible. As I explained in both the cited paper and briefs noted above, non-preemption is a consequence of having an inventive application of ineligible subject matter; lack of preemption says nothing about whether the application is in fact inventive in light of the discovery of such ineligible subject matter. Consequently, were preemption of the entire set of applications of ineligible discoveries actually the concern driving application of the doctrine, none of the claims held invalid by the Supreme Court or the Federal Circuit should have been held invalid, as all those claimed specific applications did not preempt many other things that might have been claimed when employing the ineligible discoveries. (Of course, some of those held-to-be invalid claims may have covered all of the valuable, then-known applications. But the Supreme Court had held in the Telephone Cases that claiming all valuable applications was perfectly fine, so long as the claims reflected the actual “invention” – meaning, at the time, a creative advance over ineligible subject matter). Parker v. Flook’s terminology made this quite clear, requiring “some other inventive concept in its application” than mere (i.e., uncreative) application of the categorically ineligible discovery. Flook’s language (and approach) was explicitly reaffirmed by Mayo’s recitation of a requirement for an “inventive concept” (notwithstanding the failure of the Supreme Court to explicitly acknowledged that Diamond v. Diehr had impliedly overruled Flook on this point, and that Mayo has now impliedly overruled Diehr on this point by reinstating Flook. That Mayo also improvidently reiterated Benson’s preemption rationale without applying it in any way in the analysis is simply another example of uncareful opinions of the Supreme Court that engender further confusion rather than clarifying the law. As Professor Strandburg has suggested, we would do well to simply ignore the “preemption” language and focus on the real question, which Professor Jeffrey Lefstin has correctly described (see https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2398696) of whether we want a standard of inventive application or only of practical application. (Although I disagree with Professor Lefstin in regard to whether Funk Brothers was in fact the first instance of inventive application, we agree that the 1952 Act did not clearly overrule Funk Brothers. This is important so that people will not continue to argue that Giles Rich was correct in his later revisionist history (see https://books.google.com/books/about/Laying_the_Ghost_of_the_invention_Requir.html?id=xH1etwAACAAJ) that all questions of inventive creativity were placed in Section 103 by the 1952 Act, notwithstanding that P.J. Federico, who was the other principal co-author of the 1952 Act, argued the opposite – successfully – in the Application of Ducci case, 225 F.2d 683 (C.C.P.A. 1955) that Section 101’s “process” category (incorporating Section 100(b)’s definition of “process”) continued the “analogous use” test of inventive creativity requirement for claimed processes that the Supreme Court had articulated in Ansonia Brass & Copper Co. v. Electrical Supply Co., 144 U.S. 11 (1892)).
In summary, Mr. Doerre is simply wrong that Section 103 can do the job as currently written. But if it could, he would be no happier with the state of the law, so long as inventive application remained the law for what constitutes an eligible (or a patentable) “invention,” and all without regard to “preemption.” Should legislation move forward to eliminate the requirement for inventive application, we will have to learn if it in fact is a requirement of constitutional stature in granting authority to “inventors for their discoveries” (or is simply like the dicta in Graham v. John Deere, 386 U.S. 1, 6 (1966), that Congress may not remove inventions that have entered the public domain by granting patents on them – which the Supreme Court subsequently rejected in the copyright context as a constitutional limitation on legislative power in Golan v. Holder, 565 U.S. 302, 323-24 (2012) (quoting Eldred v. Ashcroft, 537 U.S. 186, 202 n.7 (2003)). But first, Congress would have to enact such legislation, and there are good reasons not to eliminate the inventive application requirement wholly without regard to the politics of which industries’ oxen will be gored thereby. And let’s hope that if Congress does go there, that Congress is careful not to thereby permit aesthetic creativity to provide the “practical application” that thereby authorizes the grant of a utility patent as novel and nonobvious subject matter (whenever the aesthetic contribution to the claimed invention functionally interacts with the substrate that forms the remainder of the “claim as a whole,” so that the printed matter doctrine will not apply and thus the aesthetic creativity will thereby prevent a finding of non-obviousness, so we will end up with a design patent on steroids issued as a utility patent).
Disclosure statement: I have no current financial interest in the issues addressed.


SPRINGFIELD -- Gov. Pat Quinn's special day at the Illinois State Fair wasn't so special.
Booing, chanting union protesters drowned out some of his remarks, saying his hits on wages and retirement benefits betray the Democratic Party's tradition of supporting labor.
Quinn probably would have preferred devoting Wednesday -- Governor's Day at the fair -- to talking up party unity and building enthusiasm for the fall political campaigns. Unions, however, used the day to draw attention to their grievances with Quinn and other leading Democrats.
They're furious that Quinn canceled raises required under union contracts with the state, even after employees agreed to postpone the raises and take voluntary furlough days.
They object to his plans to cut thousands of jobs by closing prisons and mental health facilities, and they're fighting efforts to reduce retirement benefits for state employees, teachers and university staff.
"When you get cut, it hurts, and people scream," said Democrat William Adams of Wheaton, a candidate for Illinois House.
One union member said the state's Democratic leaders aren't interested in helping workers.
"I don't believe the Democrats are the party of the working class. The Democrats are the party of the politicians, same as the Republicans," said Dave Scheina, who recently retired from the Department of Children and Family Services. "They'll all tell you whatever it takes to get elected."
At the state fair, protesters chanted "Respect Illinois workers" and "Gov. Quinn has got to go." They shouted "liar!" as Quinn spoke to the crowd of Democratic officials and activists and largely drowned out his speech, which Quinn ended after 2½ minutes.
Quinn said taxpayers support his efforts to cut labor costs and get rid of the "pension piggy bank for retired state workers."
Before the rally began, union protesters surrounded Quinn as he ate a pork lunch at a picnic table, chanting and yelling as state police officers looked on.
The demonstrations foreshadow lawmakers' meeting in Springfield Friday, where they're poised to discuss state employee and teacher pensions once again.
Observers have said coming to agreement to cut benefits could be tough to do in one day, and forceful labor opposition Wednesday could make it even harder.
"I agree with them," said state Rep. Lou Lang, a Skokie Democrat. "I may be voting with them. That doesn't mean we shouldn't give the governor his due respect."
• Daily Herald state government writer Mike Riopell contributed to this report.


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A reserved espionage thriller of sorts is constantly engaging and very well made, but is missing a few key bits to push it to the upper level.
Louis Salinger is an Interpol agent who has ties to Scotland Yard and had a mysterious exit from their ranks. He has been attempting to find dirt on a believed corrupt bank, The International Bank of Business and Credit (IBBC), which he believes to be funding arms and over throwing governments in nations around the globe. Working with him is the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office which will help them bring the company to trial do to its ties to New York. Everyone that has gotten close to the over turning stones at the IBBC has ended up missing or dead, and after an informant talks to a District Attorney’s office rep, Salinger watches him get out of the car, walk 100 yards and collapse to his death. Just hours later, the informant ends up dead as well and Salinger and another representative from the Attorney’s office, Eleanor Whitman, begin in earnest to try and unravel this bank and its power. Their investigation takes them all across Europe and to America as they uncover the pieces one at a time that might help them bring down the IBBC and expose it for the corruption it is full of.
The film is a drama/thriller/mystery for the most part, but the inclusion of one superb action scene leaves you wanting more. This doesn’t mean the film is bad by any means, you just can’t tease us with such greatness and then not give us anymore. There are a couple good games of cat and mouse throughout, but the film would best be called an investigative thriller, ala a tone and pace of Zodiac. The movie moves along deliberately but never bores or is uninteresting, but it never knocks your socks off either (except for the gun fight). It is unfortunately stuck in that weird limbo of film where the acting and filmmaking is all top notch, but it fails to really have that knockout punch.
Maybe it was the plot that was a bit lacking, taking down a bank isn’t the most exiting endeavor. Or maybe Tom Tykwer needed to implement a bit more style that he is more than capable of showing off when necessary. Compared to his last film, this film is creatively bland, but again, maybe that was just a limit of the subject matter which is a corporate and unflashy affair. Tykwer should also be commended for taking such potentially bland and uninteresting material and making it watchable and engaging, it just seems he couldn’t lift it enough to knock it out of the park or feel new and unfamiliar.
Tykwer does a great job with his actors though and the whole cast does a fine job from top to bottom. Naomi Watts is a great actress and she is good her, but her role, Eleanor, is almost a side note and unnecessary, you would expect her to be more prominently featured in the picture; she is a non-factor by the third act. Ulrich Thomsen is a solid villainous face for the IBBC that never has to resort to nasty lines and mustache twisting schemes or scenes. Armin Mueller-Stahl gives a fine turn as an IBBC advisor that takes care of the dirty work for the company when necessary, while adding some nice perspective for Salinger. Brían F. O’Byrne is awesome as a contract hitman for the IBBC and is a badass when he has to be, and is great at coming across as an unsuspecting type that blends in the background. Clive Owen owns this picture and continues to show why he is regarded as one of the best actors around. He handles the action, drama, and cat and mouse well, while also creating a human hero for you to relate to and never seeming like he is a man among boys in this whole mess.
In the end, The International is an effective and engaging thriller with an action scene that is worth the price of admission. Said action scene will stand the test of time and most likely go down as one of the top scenes of the year in my book, (better action sequence then anything in Watchmen). Tykwer is a talented director, who elevates the material considerably, though for some reason his flash wasn’t present outside a couple scenes and I really feel like him utilizing all his tools puts this film at the next level. Either way, fans of thriller and Clive Owen shouldn’t miss it, and if you are an action junkie who can’t take too much plot, rent it on video and checkout one of the best shootouts in a flick in a while.

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Migration (movement of people from one place to other for better opportunities) is a major concern for metro cities these days. The study predicts future built up area increase for the year 2031 relative to trending pattern of migration from other Indian states in 2031 for Bengaluru urban district. Due to increase in technology employment sectors, there is an increase in migration for job/employment straining the city infrastructure, healthcare and education sectors. The estimated migration is around 5.8million with built up area increase up to 1449sqkm . Talukas like Anekal and Attibele is major developing areas in South east region.


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While 80 per cent of work for the new airport at Abdullapuram along the Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway is complete, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) still needs 10.72 acres of private land for the project.
An AAI official on Wednesday told The New Indian Express, “We have made a request to the district administration to acquire that land, which is mandatory for getting license to fly.” The land is required at the end of the runway to prevent overshoot and/or undershoot of aircraft, which affects safety of passengers, the official added.
According to the official, only the acquisition process is pending and infrastructure work such as the runway, taxiway, apron facility, and Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower has been completed. Once the acquisition is successful, the project is expected to be finished seven months from now, the official said.
Collector P Kumaravel Pandian, who inspected the airport on Wednesday, told reporters, “As per the AAI’s request, we are going to recommend the acquisition of the 10.72 acres at a meeting convened by the Secretary of the Industries Department on June 6.” And, he stated, alternative land will be provided to the owners of the 10.72 acres soon.
Apart from this tract of land, the district administration had already acquired 97 acres for the airport. “We directed the AAI to construct a compound wall around the entire stretch of land acquired for the facility,” the Collector said.
A graveyard inside the facility was removed and an alternative area was allotted outside the facility, for which roads were now being laid, Pandian added.
Meanwhile, as per the AAI’s request, electric poles obstructing the facility were removed and works were underway to set them up elsewhere. And, we have told authorities to complete these works before the end of August, he said. (Source: New Indian Express)


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Anigrand 1/144 Boeing 307 StratolinerAs part of our Chapter's group build of "The Magnficent 7's" for the 2017 Nats, I drew the Boeing 307 Stratoliner as one of my contributions. I had never seen a kit of this aircraft, let alone one in 1/144 scale. It turned out that a kit did exist, made by Anigrand in resin, but it is a brand that never appears on the LHS shelves. It had to be ordered. Actually, the kit is of the C-75, not the 307. Pan American Airways System decals were available in the aftermarket, so I bought a sheet. The Boeing 307 Stratoliner had the first pressurized airliner cabin in commercial use. Designed in the mid-1930s, the Stratoliner was a parallel development of the Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress. It is interesting that the large curved tail of the later B-17E was first used on the Stratoliner to solve a directional stability problem caused by the smaller "shark fin" tail carried over from the B-17C. Otherwise, the circular fuselage of the Stratoliner was mated to the wings, engines, landing gear, and horizontal stabilizers of the B-17C. Not many were built. Pan American received three and TWA received five. The coming war clouds meant that Boeing's production capacity was shifted over to the B-17 series. When military transport aircraft were needed, the five TWA 307s were absorbed by the USAAF and redesignated as C-75s. Pan American kept theirs. When TWA got theirs back in 1944, Boeing rebuilt them with new wings, etc., from the B-17G series. TWA's aircraft were then Model 307Bs. The Pan American airliners were not rebuilt. Fortunately, the Anigrand resin kit contained the earlier B-17C pieces to correctly build a Pan American version that went perfectly with the decal sheet. Words of high praise go here. Anigrand must have some amazingly skilled pattern makers used in the resin casting. All of the parts fit together perfectly with virtually no visible seams at the joints. The wings and horizontal and vertical stabilizers had pins that fit into molded holes in the fuselage. Likewise, the landing gear struts had locator holes in the wings that matched perfectly. The details of the intake scoops and engine cylinders on the engine cowlings in 1/144 scale were all provided on each of the four pieces. The fabric covered surfaces on the rudder, ailerons, and elevators were textured differently from the adjoining metal surfaces. The wheel hubs had details that are often skipped on larger scale models. The propeller hubs had three holes each for the separate blades that had to be inserted. As everything was cast in resin, I had to use super glue to assemble them. There were some remains of the resin mold pour stubs on some parts, but they were minimal and easily sanded off. I was very pleased with the results here. Ed


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Chibok girls: You can’t threaten me •Jonathan replies northern elders •Afenifere, Igbo group react
HE Presidency, on Tuesday, responded to the ultimatum purportedly given by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) for President Goodluck Jonathan to rescue Chibok schoolgirls and bring an end to Boko Haram insurgency or lose the support of the North in the 2015 presidential electionIn a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, in Abuja, the Presidency viewed the ultimatum with concern, saying President Jonathan did not need any ultimatum to discharge his responsibilities.
“We wish to state categorically that President Jonathan does not require any threat or ultimatum from any group of persons to be alive to his responsibilities to the Nigerian people,” it said.
The Presidency was of the view that the issue of insurgency, especially those ideologically based on Islamic extremism, was a global phenomenon and required tact, military capability, serious de-radicalisation techniques and community-based counter-insurgency programmes.
“We are improving on our operational capabilities and efficiencies by acquiring more advanced weapons and technologies for our military and security agencies. We have drafted more military personnel to the region, in order to strengthen the fighting power of our armed forces.
“We are taking advantage of the offers from our international military and intelligence allies to assist in identifying key locations. We are working with our neighbours to secure the borders and limit the movements of the Boko Haram fighters, building on the agreements reached at the recent summits in Paris and London.
“We are deploying more resources to maximise operational efficiency, acquire more advanced and relevant weaponry and boost the general morale of our combatants. This is why the government recently requested for an additional funding of $1 billion,” the statement read.
It added that “the last piece in the puzzle is targeting the domestic and international funding and stopping the money flows into the coffers of the terrorists.”
The presidency said with all these efforts and support of allies, the steps would help fight the threat of the Boko Haram “and move us closer to bringing the girls back safely.”
It rejected the suggestion that the present administration was systematically involved in a scheme to annihilate the North, pointing out that northerners were part of those who voted for President Jonathan.
Also addressing a press conference in Abuja on the ultimatum, the Igbo Redemption Group, on Tuesday, described it as a plan to frustrate the 2015 presidential ambition.
The ultimatum, according to the group, confirmed fears that some persons would take advantage of activities of insurgents in the country to prevent Jonathan from seeking a second term.
Interim president of the group, Mr Delly Ajufo, warned that such utterances by NEF were capable of plunging the nation into crisis.
Ajufo, who described the ultimatum as a blackmail, said it was aimed at disrupting the activities of the president, thus truncating the entire democratic process.
Recalling that a leader of the forum, Professor Ango Abdullahi, had previously told the president to be ready to pack out of Aso Rock, Ajulo described the statements as unacceptable.
Also reacting, the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, carpeted the northern elders for the statement, saying it was unpatriotic to play politics with issue of insurgency.
Afenifere, in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Yinka Odumakin, wondered why the northern elders chose to bury their heads in the sand in the face of activities of the Boko Haram in their region.
“A time has come to let these elite know they can no longer play the ostrich by burying their heads in the sand and think no one sees them, because they are seeing no one,” the statement read.
Afenifere added that what the country required at the moment was the joining of hands by patriots across all divides to end the reign of terror ravaging the land.
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Daily aspirin may prevent the incidence of cancer in individuals who are genetically predisposed to hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), also known as Lynch Syndrome, according to the results of a study presented September 21, 2009 at Europe’s largest cancer congress, ECCO 15-ESMO 34, in Berlin.
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is a genetic syndrome caused by mutation in one of several genes. HNPCC accounts for about 3-5% of all colorectal cancer. These mutations greatly increase the risk of developing colorectal cancer. In fact, individuals who carry the mutation have an 80% lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer. In individuals with an HNPCC mutation, the average age at diagnosis of colorectal cancer is 44 years compared with 64 years in the general population. In addition, other cancers are more common in families that carry this mutation, including cancers of the endometrium (the lining of the uterus), ovary, small intestine, ureter, and renal pelvis.
Some research has indicated that aspirin may have a protective effect for individuals with HNPCC; however, other studies have indicated that it does not. Now, researchers are speculating that long-term use of aspirin might be the key to receiving benefit.
A clinical trial involving 1,071 individuals with the HNPCC mutation in 42 centers worldwide randomized patients to receive a daily dose of aspirin plus Novelose (a resistant starch that escapes digestion) or Novelose alone. Early results of the study indicated no evidence of benefit from aspirin; however, the results began to change about four years after initiation of the study, and the incidence of cancer began to vary between the two groups. To date, six patients in the aspirin group have developed colon cancer compared with 16 patients in the placebo group. The researchers also noted a reduction in the incidence of endometrial cancer.
The researchers observed that these results are statistically significant and also noted that patients stopped taking aspirin after four years, thus suggesting that the benefits continue even after discontinuation of the aspirin. There were fewer strokes and heart attacks in the aspirin group.
Eleven patients in the aspirin group experience side effects including gastrointestinal bleeds or ulcers compared with nine patients in the placebo group.
The researchers concluded that long-term aspirin use provides benefit to individuals with HNPCC mutations. Future research will be directed toward evaluating the effects of a lower dose of aspirin.
 Burn J, Gerdes AM, Mecklin JP, et al. Aspirin prevents cancer in Lynch syndrome. European Journal of Cancer Supplements, Vol. 7, No. 3, September 2009. Abstract O-6000.
 Jacobs E, Thun M, Bain E, et al. A large cohort study of long-term daily use of adult-strength aspirin and cancer incidence. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2007; 99: 608-615.
 Burn J, Bishop T, Mecklin JP, et al. Effect of aspirin or resistant starch on colorectal neoplasia in the lynch syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine. 2008; 359: 2567-2578.


(2) The 1976 Act specified four income concepts for classifying tax returns: adjusted gross income
(AGI), expanded income, AGI plus excluded tax preference items, and AGI less investment interest expense not in excess of investment income.
A taxpayer whose modified adjusted gross income
plus one-half of his Social Security benefits exceed a base amount is required to include in gross income the lesser of (a) 50% of the excess of such combined income over the base amount, or (b) 50% of the Social Security benefits received during the taxable year.
$13,727 Kentucky's average adjusted gross income
per capita in 2001.
(2) Her accountant tells her that only $5,520 of her $9,600 Social Security income is considered taxable--resulting in an adjusted gross income
(for tax purposes) of $35,920.
Because the phase-outs of both the exemptions and deductions depend on adjusted gross income
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Compared to the thresholds for individual taxpayers that are based on adjusted gross income
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Size of adjusted gross income
Prior year minimum tax credit
For example, the taxable benefit would equal $8,550 for a married couple filing jointly who had Social Security benefits of $14,000, adjusted gross income
of $37,000 and tax-exempt interest of $3,000:
Generally, an individual is allowed a charitable deduction of up to 50% of his adjusted gross income
for any contribution (other than certain property, see Q 1323) to: churches; schools; hospitals or medical research organizations; organizations that normally receive a substantial part of their support from federal, state, or local governments or from the general public and that aid any of the above organizations; federal, state, and local governments.
Currently, people with more than $500,000 in adjusted gross income
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The issue on this appeal to the Second Circuit is whether investment advice fees inurred by a trust (T) are fully deductible in calculating adjusted gross income
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The Special Commissioner of Investigation for the New York City School District is calling for the firing of a former Assistant Principal at the Bronx school where Abel Cedeno fatally stabbed a 15-year-old student for ignoring a warning that the troubled teen was carrying a knife she’d gotten more than two-and-a-half years prior to the stabbing.
In a report released Sept. 12, Special Commissioner Anastasia Coleman detailed the events that followed a disturbing voicemail a Teacher at the Urban Assembly for Wildlife Conservation received on May 28, 2014 regarding Mr. Cedeno.
A Troubled Past
The instructor received a message from the student’s mother, who informed him that her son was carrying a knife and had a history of threatening family members by displaying the weapon, the probe found. He brought the message to the attention of an Assistant Principal at the school, Caridad Caro, who told investigators that she met with Mr. Cedeno and personally searched his backpack, but did not find a knife.
She also claimed that she arranged for a School Safety Agent to be present while she conducted the search, but did not recall whether anyone documented it, or which officer was present. Investigators determined that five School Safety Agents were assigned to work at the school that day, and each of them said that they were not present for the search, nor were they aware of it. Only SSAs were permitted to conduct weapons searches.
Mr. Cedeno fatally stabbed Matthew McCree in the chest with a three-inch switchblade on Sept. 27, 2017 after a dispute erupted during a history class. He also stabbed Matthew’s friend, then-16-year-old Ariane Laboy, who survived. Mr. Cedeno claimed he brought the knife to school because he was bullied due to his sexual orientation. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison Sept. 10 for manslaughter, first degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon.
‘Contrary to Logic’
The probe found that Ms. Caro did not inform the school’s Principal about the voicemail, nor did she log the case into the Online Occurrence Reporting System, the DOE’s database for reporting safety incidents. She claimed that filing a safety report about the matter wasn’t necessary because Mr. Cedeno’s mother’s discovery of the weapon was not on school grounds, which the SCI report stated was “contrary to logic and DOE policy.”
“The DOE was deprived of critical information necessary to address and monitor [the] student’s conduct and assure the safety of students and staffers,” Ms. Coleman wrote in the report. “We recommend that Caro be dismissed from employment, and that this matter be taken into account should she seek employment with the DOE or any of its affiliates in the future.”
Teamsters Local 237 President Gregory Floyd, who represents School Safety Agents, called the findings a “scapegoat attempt.”
“Mayor de Blasio failed to install metal detectors in schools and the Schools Chancellor at the time [Carmen Farina] failed to support the school and ignored the school safety surveys,” he said. In a 2016 school climate survey, just 19 percent of Urban Assembly’s Teachers reported that they felt safe, while 55 percent of students said they felt safe. “Why do a survey if you’re going to ignore it?” the union leader asked.
Metal Detectors for All?
Mr. Floyd has advocated for all city high schools to have metal detectors, about 90 use the equipment permanently. “There’s a lot of blame to go around but it starts at the top,” he said of the stabbings.
Urban Assembly did not have any metal detectors when the stabbings occurred, but then-Principal Astrid Jacobo had reportedly requested one prior to the tragedy. The DOE has stated that the inquiry was never made.
Ms. Caro was reassigned from the now-closed school and is currently an Instructional Lead at the DOE’s Brooklyn North Borough Office.
Will Mantell, a spokesman for the DOE, said that based on the findings of the investigation, the agency would start the process to terminate Ms. Caro.
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London Tours | Family Friendly
Choose from the British Museum, the Natural History Museum or the V&A and make the learning easy and fun with a cultural treasure hunt, linking together themes and objects in a way that makes everyone really look at the displays.
There be dragons in the City of London (and unicorns, and lions, not to mention eagles, owls and mice): this walk starts in the finance district, winding through ancient alleyways to one of two markets – depending on the day of the week – creature-spotting all the way and, quite by mistake, picking up some history.
A Silly Walk in Kensington Gardens
Squirty fountains, frozen deer, a magical statue and a flying saucer roof are just some of the sights on this walk through Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, ending up in the Princess of Wales’ much-loved playground near Kensington Palace, home to Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
Underground, Overground, Wandering Free...
From one of London’s highest vantage points, this tour plummets hundreds of feet to one of its lowest, using feet and public transport (children 11 and under free with a ticketed parent) to explore the city via its many tunnels, bridges, crypts and towers. Good for energetic teens as well as younger siblings.
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Friday, January 4, 2013
Book Review: "City of Bones" by Cassandra Clare
In this first book of the Mortal Instruments series, we find ourselves in modern day New York City (well, 2007 New York City anyway). Fifteen year old Clary Fray and her best friend Simon go to a club called Pandemonium for a fun night out, but what they see (or don't see as the case may be) begins a series of events in which Clary discovers the world of the Shadowhunters and Downworlders... and tries to figure out where she belongs. Her mother is kidnapped, her mother's best friend Luke abandons them and Clary has no choice by lean on Jace, Alec, Isabelle and Hodge - Shadowhunters - to help her find her mother.
While this is the first book in the series, I believe it is also the first book written and published by Cassandra Clare. It kind of shows. I'm already in love with the Shadowhunter world after reading The Infernal Devices books (set in time a hundred years or so before these books, but published more recently), and I like the modern take on it... but the mysteries aren't so mysterious if you get what I mean. I easily figured out what should have been the big shocking twists, but I'm okay with it. I have been told that the series (and writing) gets better as the series progresses, and after reading The Infernal Devices books - I believe it and look forward to more. My heart is still with Tessa, Will and Jem in jolly ol' England... but I have a feeling that Clary, Jace, Alec, Isabelle and Simon are really going to grow on me.
I must say that one of my favorite things about reading these books is talking with fans of the series. They are so passionate about this world and these characters! It is so fun - even when I had no idea what they were talking about. I'm sure the upcoming movie adaptation will provide even more topics of discussion! In fact, I've already had a very spirited conversation about casting choices....
City of Bones
by Cassandra Clare
Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2007
Series: The Mortal Instruments Book One
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Sources in the Excise Department say that this premium shop opened in Mayur Vihar is getting good response from the customers. The space in premium shops has been kept at least one thousand square feet, so that customers can go inside the big shop and buy liquor of their choice. Even before this, there were many liquor shops in this mall. Who had good sales. In view of this, now again a plan has been made to open more and more government liquor shops here. Sources say that soon in Delhi, premium shops will open in other areas as well. At least 10 shops are up and running. Which can open by the end of this month. In this, apart from Yamunapar, these shops are starting to open in South Delhi and other areas as well.
Departmental sources say that around 400 government liquor shops have opened in Delhi so far. These are increasing continuously. More than 500 liquor brands have been registered from the shops. Many brands of liquor which were not available earlier are now available.

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Take Action today for the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico Rivers and help us protect the River Living we all enjoy!
Here they go again. Leaders in the state Senate are proposing to rollback clean water standards that have been in place for two decades for the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico Rivers. These water protections have been responsible for returning our two coastal rivers once full of toxic algae, dead fish and waters not safe to swim in to the rivers we know and enjoy today. Your elected leaders need to hear from you!
Take Action Today and Tell your Elected Officials to Support Proven Clean Water Standards
The members and board members of Sound Rivers were instrumental in supporting and passing these protections for the Tar-Pamlico and Neuse Rivers in the 1990’s and early 2000’s. It was a painful, 12 year stakeholder process that resulted in a compromised set of rules. To attempt to do away with these protections without any meaninful discussion is bad policy, bad governing and bad for all of those that live along and use the Tar-Pamlico and Neuse Rivers.
Do they really want to go back to those days? Because if the legislature passes this provision as part of the budget, they have started the ship on a course that will lead to more algal blooms, more fish kills, less safe environment to swim in, less fish, and overall a poorer quality of life that comes with polluted water.
A special provision was included in the Senate’s version of the budget that inserted several controversial policies which would block attempts to restore water quality and prevent massive fish kills in important waters in North Carolina, including the Neuse, Tar-Pamlico, Jordan Lake, Falls lake, the Catawba River, and the Randleman Reservoir. The provisions largely ignore science-based strategies in favor of unproven tactics, such as earmarking $500,000 to study whether freshwater mussels can be used to clean up drinking water reservoirs. We don’t need more gimmicks from the legislature.
Put simply, the provisions in this bill seek to repeal pollution management strategies that have been shown to be effective for cleaner water. Tell your legislators to oppose attacks on science-based plans for the cleanup of our waterways
“NC Senate Eyes Mussles for Cleaning Jordan, Falls Lake”– News & Observer, 6/2/16
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Anything Scandal please! — Lisa Sometimes being a huge fan of a show really does pay off. I hear Girls star Lena Dunham will guest in an upcoming episode slated to air in March. While her role is, of course, being kept under wraps, I hear she may have a connection to OPA. Wouldn’t it be cool if Hannah Horvath was secretly a Gladiator?
Patty Dickerson is pregnant with her first child when her hubby, Tommy, is arrested on murder charges after he and a pal break into a house in upstate New York they mistakenly, drunkenly think is abandoned. Despite her mom’s long-held doubts about prison-bound Tommy, Patty becomes a modern-day Penelope (or fodder for a Jerry Springer episode), waiting for her man. The magnitude of her patience is revealed gradually, as O’Nan cleverly withholds details about the era of the arrest. Throughout, he depicts Patty’s working-class milieu with rare and clear-eyed compassion.
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Graceland was built in 1939 by the Toof family and sat on five-hundred-acres of land. Ruth Brown Moore and her husband Thomas Moore built this house naming it after Ruth's aunt Grace Toof. After being in the family for generations, Elvis Presley purchased the home for over $100,000 in 1957 when he was twenty-two. After moving in, along with his parents and grandmother, he made many changes to the mansion and made it his own. Elvis’ life was lost too soon, but the mansion preserves his memory. Elvis' ex wife Priscilla Presley opened the mansion to the public in 1982 to cover the cost of the taxes and maintenance. Graceland became the second most toured home in the United States, the first being the White House. Still to this day, Graceland is open to the public allowing Elvis’ legacy to live on and never letting the world forget ‘The King.’
Backstory and Context
Elvis Presley purchased the Graceland Mansion for $102,500 in 1957 when he was twenty-two years old. Before Elvis purchased the mansion, it was owned by the Toof family and had been in their family for generations. In 1939, Ruth Brown Moore and her husband Thomas Moore built the mansion on a five-hundred-acre farm naming it after Ruth’s aunt Grace Toof. Their daughter, Ruth Marie, became a harpist for the Memphis Symphony leading to many occasions where classical recitals were performed in the mansion. The recitals continued once Elvis bought the mansion, just with a different type of music.
When Elvis first purchased the mansion, he had concluded his first year of major success including television appearances, live performances, and many gold record awards. He had always promised his parents when he was older, he would make a lot of money and buy them a nice house and his dream came true in buying Graceland. Elvis, his mom, dad and grandmother moved into Graceland in April of 1957.
Elvis made many changes to the mansion including the music gate. Abe Saucer designed the gate for Elvis, and they were custom built by John Dillars Jr. Shortly after Elvis moved in, on April 22, 1957 the music gate was installed. Elvis also added buildings and other structures to the property as well. The Mediation Garden was built between 1964-1965. Elvis built the garden as a place of reflection. The Garden includes a pool with several jets and a brick wall with four arches including stained glass panels. Elvis wanted this area for a private retreat in order to be able to reflect and have peace. The road name was also changed due to the vote by the city council of Memphis, Tennessee. Changing from Highway 51 South to Elvis Presley BLVD, the mayor had an official ceremony honoring the new name on June 29, 1971.
Elvis lived at the mansion for twenty years until meeting his untimely death on August 16, 1977. Elvis died in the mansion at the young age of forty-two. This, in turn, lead to Vernon Presley, Elvis’ father, being the trustee of the home. After Vernon’s death, Elvis’ former wife Priscilla opened the mansion to the public due to the half a million dollars it was costing in taxes as well as maintenance. The house opened to the public on June 7, 1982. Turning the mansion into a tourist attraction was the right move to make considering it made the money back it took to restore the house within the first month it was open.
Since the tourist attraction opened in 1982, it has hosted more than twenty million visitors from every state as well as almost every country in the world. This has increased the tourism in Memphis housing over 700,000 visitors annually. Graceland is the second most viewed house in the United States. Graceland encompasses the life of Elvis Presley and allows his legacy to live on through the exhibit of his life and what it consisted of.
2. Staff, B. (2017, April 29). 9 Facts on Elvis Presley's Graceland. Retrieved from https://www.biography.com/news/facts-about-elvis-graceland
3. Mead, T. (2019, March 14). Read This Before Visiting Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. Retrieved from https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a26812706/elvis-presley-house-graceland-facts/
4. Elvis Presley's Graceland | 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://graceland.elvis.com.au/
5. Business, C. (2013, June 06). Inside Elvis Presley's Graceland. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRigdcVHSI8

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Craig Allan Ahrens and David Fairchild will be presenting at HFMA’s 2018 Annual Conference, taking place June 24-27 in Las Vegas. This blog post touches on the theme of their presentation, Improving Medical Group Performance Through Radical Convenience Notions. For more information or to register, go to annual.hfma.org.
Health care is in a state of constant disruption today, with mounting competition coming from many outside sectors. The situation is creating growing opportunities for health systems to position themselves as leaders in offering disruptive healthcare delivery strategies that enhance convenience, increase patient access, and create more efficient care models.
As an industry, we are starting to witness significant investments by non-traditional players (e.g., private equity, venture capital, Amazon), the realization of technology’s promise (e.g., telemedicine), and the emergence of nontraditional alliances (e.g., CVS/Aetna, Davita Medical Group/Optum), all of which will disrupt markets where traditional health systems are not prepared for such developments. Many strategic disruptions are centered around healthcare delivery disruption strategies, seeking to seize upon the idea of patients receiving radically more convenient avenues for improved access and efficient care.
Within health care, however, there is a widely held perception that outside industry players are underestimating the healthcare market complexities and overestimating their ability to disrupt healthcare delivery. Meanwhile, with the benefit of a having a deeper understanding of the healthcare market’s complexities, traditional health system players have a timely opportunity to differentiate themselves proactively against nontraditional players and/or shift share from traditional competitors by employing nontraditional delivery disruption approaches themselves.
With that in mind, health systems aspiring to be innovative leaders should consider four strategies that can help them effectively prepare for and respond to healthcare delivery disruption.
Strategy 1: Radical Convenience
Technology is providing new platforms for patients to obtain convenient care in an efficient manner. Amazon, for example, has gotten attention because of its recent strategic investments in hiring healthcare industry consulting leaders with the aim of disrupting traditional, office-based care. Some think that by leveraging their Alexa voice technology they may be able to disrupt a chunk of the electronic health record (EHR) marketplace held by providers such as Epic’s My Chart by providing a more efficient messaging portal for patients to schedule appointments and interact with their physician’s offices.
Health systems can mirror this strategy by strategically enhancing their telemedicine and virtual office strategies offering radically convenient access to care. Many already are embracing this strategy. A February 2018 survey of 100 healthcare executives by Baltimore-based Sage Growth Partners reported that over 50 percent of the respondents “have adopted telemedicine and most non-adopters see it as a priority.” Mobile apps and outpatient care are viewed as most promising area for growth. Respondents also said that telemedicine has transformed the standards of care for stroke, and specialties where there are frequently shortages of clinicians such as behavioral health, neurology, primary care, and cardiology “are poised for transformation.”
Strategy 2: Patient Segmentation
Another example to learn from are companies that mine consumer datasets to segment their markets and learn their preferences to offer services that anticipate needs. These companies’ approach includes use of collaborative filtering and natural language processing like Amazon and Netflix to understand their consumer’s needs and preferences, sometimes before the consumer even figures them out themselves. Determining how patients with the same disease will respond to treatment may be difficult, but predicting how they will make decisions about where and when to get care may be easier. There are just a handful of types of patients in the United States, according to experts in consumer profiling. Among them are the ones who follow their physicians’ advice without question, those who give more credence to information they find on their own, and a striking number who want little if anything to do with the healthcare system.
Many healthcare organizations have the opportunity to tap into the power of consumer data by beginning to use the consumer profiling tools that shape advertising in order to get to know their patients beyond the examining room. Tri Health, a Cincinnati health system, is one pioneer in the field, utilizing consumer information to shape their approach in understanding risk groups and managing their population’s health. By segmenting their patient types through the use of data, they can more effectively and efficiently managing their care processes and exceeding patient expectations.
Strategy 3: Access Management
A significant area of disruption within the healthcare industry today is around patient access, with a focus on developing ways to make access easier in response the needs and demands of patients as consumers. Areas of focus have included greater flexibility in scheduling services and more easily accessible sites for care. As a result, many health systems are starting to develop access governance boards where thoughtful questions around standardized scheduling templates, the hours of service, and phone systems are being addressed to proactively anticipate and meet the needs of their patients—and more effectively manage their systems capacity. The disruption ranges from technology solutions to brick-and mortar-urgent care sites offering ease of access to non-traditional care venues. For example, urgent care is a rapidly growing component of primary healthcare, with 6 – 10 percent growth per year.
Strategy 4: Improved Efficiency of Care
Analyzing how care is provided, the outcomes, costs, and the most efficient manner has been an elusive component in health care. The myriad data systems and lack of resources have proven to be a challenge. Applications of artificial intelligence have offered an avenue to combine these data sets to quickly identify ways to improve care in a more efficient manner. IBM’s Watson, for example, has been employed many healthcare systems as a tool to manage patient care more effectively through taking data from myriad databases that otherwise would have been lost and turning those data into information to be acted upon.
A key consideration is that healthcare delivery disruption doesn’t always require more advanced, outside industry techniques. Rather, it could include things as simple as providing transportation for patients and/or standardizing physician schedules to allow for online patient scheduling.
By focusing on these four strategic areas, and proactively framing opportunities, health systems can better position themselves to be healthcare delivery disrupters in their markets, fully ready to effectively meet challenges from aggressive, new market entrants.
Craig Allan Ahrens, MHA MBA, is a senior advisor at BDC Advisors, St Louis.
David Fairchild, MD, MPH, is a director at BDC Advisors, Boston.

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With a name like "A Girl Named Destiny," folks who find their way to Rand Higbee's new comedy should expect to connect with their inner romantic.
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On Saturday, shoppers at the annual Bazaart holiday market at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore snatched up handmade bird houses, hand-printed shirts and handblown glass jewelry.
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Granny's Restaurant may be right next to the food court in Owings Mills Mall, but it's far from your typical mall food. Soul food is Granny's specialty — served with a smile.
Named after Chef Valerie Dorsey's 106-year-old grandmother, Granny's...
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With surfboards, fish and kites decorating the walls and ceiling, Reter's Crabhouse puts you in the mood for a beach blanket banquet.
The Reisterstown seafood restaurant, which opened 14 years ago and later expanded because of popular demand, has a...
| Sep 21, 2011
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On a corner in Little Italy sits Pacific Coast Dining Company, a restaurant trying to bring multicultural cuisine to the heart of red sauce country. And aside from a few inventory issues on a recent trip there, it succeeds.
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| Dec 11, 2011
We want gift cards and like to give them, but for some reason we don't always use them and wind up wasting billions of dollars.
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| Dec 19, 2011
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For those holiday shoppers who are out of gift ideas and out of time, The Mall in Columbia has introduced a new automated option for purchasing mall gift cards on the fly.
The new "Shop Etc. Gift Card Kiosk," located near the holiday poinsettia tree and...
| Dec 15, 2011
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If you're traveling through Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport this holiday season, you may notice a few new additions.
As BWI embarks on a $100 million expansion project, fliers will notice differences in airline locations,...
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Nissan Sunny Overview
Nissan Motor India Private Limited, the Indian subsidiary of Japanese autogiant Nissan, owns a fleet of vehicles, belonging to almost every segment from hatchback to SUV in the country. In the entry-level saloon segment, it offers the Sunny sedan which is truly a royal wagon to drive. Nissan Sunny hit the Indian shores firstly in 2011 and it was received considerably well by the auto freaks in India. But along the course of time it lost its glory and hence, in an awe to re-create the enigma and panache, the company has launched the second generation of the entry-level saloon in the country being cited as ‘Nissan Sunny’. It is more promising, advanced and striking than its predecessor and looks complete. View offers on Nissan Cars from Nissan dealers in Hyderabad at Autozhop.
Nissan Sunny Look
Everything about the Sunny is big. The headlamps were big and are same, just that they are much more curvy and well designed now. Nissan are calling this the new Boomerang headlamps. The grill is entire chrome with chrome strips. And a large Nissan badge in the centre. The bumper is huge and rises all the way above the grill and onto the bonnet. The bumper to houses a grill in the centre with fog lamps on either side and that too has chrome strips. I don’t think I have ever mentioned chrome so many times as here.
Looks like Nissan got a wholesaler. From the side as I have mentioned before the cabin area looks huge. The doors are large with large windows. They took Seagram’s line “Make It Large” a bit too literally. The mirrors now get side indicators. The silver alloys blend well with the chrome yet again on the door handles. The C-pillar appears like that on a notchback and even the boot has a large look to it. The tail lamp flows well from the rear panel to the bumper. And guess what? chrome yet again on the boot lid with the Nissan badge. The rear bumper has a nice fibre lip adding to the classy look. The new Nissan Sunny 2017 does stand out.
The steering design is the same three spoke steering but now has a shiny silver strips on the side which houses steering mounted controls for the infotainment system on the left side. The instrument cluster is also the same with tachometer on the left and speedo on the right. With a small info screen in the centre. A welcome change is the centre console which now has a bigger screen and makes utility very easy. The plastic quality for the buttons too has seem to gone up.
Climate control console is the same as before which is a typical round structure with bright orange backlight. Behind the steering you can also spot the start stop button. The rest of the dash is black fibre well laid out and simplistic yet elegant. Now stepping into the back seat. This is where the hidden gem of the Sunny lies. With insane legroom equal to rival limos and the centre hump being pretty low three +size adults can sit as if in a lazy chair. My friend is 150 kgs without exaggeration and he is extremely comfortable.
The centre arm rest has glass holder which is a nice touch. Nissan has gone all out to provide its buyers with a very premium car feel at a not so premium price. The only thing I did not like but then I am nitpicking, is the grey shade with a weird design on the centre of the seats. This sedan’s trump card has always be the space that it offers especially for the rear passengers. There is oodles of knee room for them and with an AC blower at the back. This AC blower works as a fan and pulls out air from front air-con. Check for Nissan Sunny in primovox.com
Nissan Sunny Gearbox
The Japanese automaker Nissan has presented the entry-level saloon Sunny in both petrol and diesel guises. The company has refrained from making any modifications in the Sunny; hence, retaining the engine specifications of the same phased out model. The petrol variants carry a 1.5-litre motor with them which has Electronic Fuel Injection Control as fuel system. The 1498 cc, 4-cylinder, 16-valve engine is being christened as ‘HR 15’. It is capable of churning out a top power of 98 bhp at 6000 rpm with the manual variants while the automatic variant gets an exceeded power of 2 bhp which makes it 100 bhp at 5600 rpm. Though, torque remains common in form of 134Nm at 4000 rpm for both the manual as well as automatic variants. The engine gets coupled with either a 5-speed manual transmission or a XTronic CVT transmission.
On the other hand, the diesel avatars of Sunny are being offered with 1.5-litre K9K dCi engine which has been re-tuned to yeild a better fuel economy. The 1461 cc motor has Common Rail fuel system and it generates a maximum power output of 84 bhp at 3750 rpm along with a peak torque performance of 200 Nm at 2000 rpm. Sadly, there is not an automatic transmission on offer in the diesel fuel trim and the company has opted for its conventional 5-speed manual transmission in an awe to maximize mileage and performance.
Nissan Sunny offers a satisfactory mileage in both petrol and diesel guises as compared with the other sedans in the segment. The petrol variants with the manual gearbox deliver a fuel economy of 16.95 kmpl, while the automatic variants returns a promising mileage of 17.97 kmpl. These are quite acceptable, reckoning the impeccable performance of the sedan. On the other hand, the diesel variants come up with a fuel efficiency 22.71 kmpl; still quite low as compared to segment leader City but acceptable. It has exceeded by 1 kmpl than the previous version of Sunny due to the re-tuning of the engine.
Nissan Sunny Rideing
This is clearly a car for the laid back rear seats. But the well performing petrol and diesel engines request to be driven at least sometimes. Now you can not push this car along corners, because even though the steering is precise and has a light feel yet adequate feedback, the long body make the car fishtail. The suspension is soft and very well made for our Indian roads. No matter how may the ditch or undulations this car seems to dampen them very well. There is no shock or effect that filters through the seats. The NVH levels are also very low. These are clearly features of something you would find in cars way above 15 lakhs.
Nissan Sunny Safety
Nissan always has taken care of this aspect cautiously and subsequently it has returned rich dividends to the company. In Sunny sedan, it has incorporated disc as front brakes while the rear braking system is drum. This primary braking system is complimented extremely well by the trio of Antilock Braking System (ABS), Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBD) and Brake Assist (BA) in each and every variant of this sedan. Also, driver airbag is a standard safety feature across all the variants. The top-end trim XV D features front fog lamps which are quite helpful during inclement weather. It also has the front passenger airbag while the paid optional trim XV D (safety) comes with additional side airbags for the front seat occupants.
There are also several alert systems included in the sedan such as low fuel level warning, door ajar warning, speed sensing auto door lock, headlight on warning lamp etc. to aware the driver of the tricky circumstances ahead. The company has also installed a heap of security features to encounter the thieves and lock-pickers. Nissan Sunny comes with Immobilizer, Central Door Lock, Key Remove Warning Lamp etc. as standard security features across all the variants. Additionally, the mid-level and top-end variants feature Anti-theft Device with Alarm and Seat Belt Warning Lamps as extra security features to keep you car protected from goons as well as bullies.
Nissan Sunny Price in Hyderabad
Nissan Sunny On-Road Price in Hyderabad ranges from 8,11,190 to 11,06,853 for variants Sunny XE Petrol and Sunny XV Diesel respectively. Nissan Sunny is available in 6 variants and 6 colours. Below are details of Nissan Sunny variants price in Hyderabad. Check for Sunny price in Hyderabad at Carzprice.
Nissan Sunny Bottomline
Since the Indian debut of this sedan in 2011, It is the most complete car in all the aspects. Be it the elegant exterior appearance, be it the luxury packed interior cabin or be it the avant-garde safety features and performance, it emerges triumphant in every aspect. Except for the loose handling and not-so-brisk acceleration with the diesel variants, it is a marvel; a true peach of a car that truly deserves its sticker price. So, if petrol is your flavor and performance is your priority, then choose Nissan Sunny, unarguably.


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Sweden – Stockholm and Göteborg, the markets and what foods to try
Sweden is special. Wide open, elegant, beautiful and stylish, everything I encountered there suited me perfectly well: the food, the beautiful people, clothes, home decor, architecture, canals and surrounding sea and archipelago, it was just my scene.
By the time we got to Sweden I was well versed in how to make the most out of shore days on a cruise and was off the boat first thing in the morning to explore. The city took me by surprise. I didn’t expect what I saw and spent a good part of the day exploring on foot the historical highlight of the city and wandering along the streets, marina and canals.
Of course the market was on the agenda and soon my sister-in-law (for a non-foodie she joined my food “excursions” without complaining) and I left the guys to do their thing and headed to Ostermalm Saluhall, an “institutional” food market located in Ostermalmstrog, a pleasant 10 minute walk from the center of Stockholm. The food hall was elected by Bon Appetite magazine #7 on their list of best food halls in the world. I should have been invited to that assignment, considering my love of food halls and markets.The original historical market building is undergoing renovations and will reopen in 2018. The old market is situated in a beautiful brick building constructed in late 1800 in the style of other European markets studied by the architects. In the meantime they have set a temporary market, the one we visited.
As in all Scandinavian markets, seafood rules and there were many vendors selling all kinds of fish, especially gravlax and smoked fish in addition to cheeses, breads, produce and many coffee and lunch places. You may already know but I thought I’d mention that gravlax is not smoked salmon. Gravlax is similar to what we know as lox and is the Nordic cuisine way of curing salmon with salt, sugar, lemon, dill and juniper berries as well as other ingredients such a aquavit (liquor).The result is silky and completely delicious cured salmon.
Looking at what people were eating, one of the popular lunches was salmon (gravlax) with boiled potatoes, cucumber salad and a couple of spreads on the side, served in beautiful large white ceramic plates, just like at home. Of course we followed suit, placed our order, paid, grabbed some bread and then took our plates to one of the several tables along the side to settle for lunch. The buttery boiled new potatoes, silky salmon and tangy cucumber salad made a memorable lunch. For dessert I bought irresistible local berries from a vendor just outside the market.
If you want to try the Swedish take on smörrebröd (Nordic open faced sandwiches) stop by Nybroe Smörresbröd, I didn’t eat there but the open faced gourmet offering looked attractive and very enticing. Another local institution is Vete-Katten, a well love by locals bakery offering traditional breads and pastries. They also serve coffee that you can take with your pastry to the general sitting area in this temporary market. For coffee you may want to try Robert’s Coffee, know for their specialty variety of more than 30 types of coffees and many more teas. I didn’t have a chance to survey and sample every stall but believe me, I will next time.
Another market to explore is the Hötorgshallen Food Hall with several lunch options and of course, buy foods to take home. This market is known for its international feel where cultures come together through food. During Stockholm food week In October (26-29) at Hotorgshallen you can taste your way through variety of cuisines and meet local food celebrities.
If you are not into buying and just want to eat fast, there is the K25 food court in the city center, open all day from breakfast, dinner and takeaway of local and mostly international cuisines.
Of course if you have time there are many beautiful restaurants to please any palate, especially in the old town, but expect to pay. Dining out is rather expensive in Stockholm. For a taste of authentic yet modern version of the famous Swedish meatballs try Meatballs for the People, a restaurant that was opened after the chef’s trip to Italy when he returned with meatball making machine and begun experimenting. Almost every item on the menu contains or revolves around meatballs.
Göteborg was our second stop in Sweden and it’s a city full of charm. Food culture is alive with wonderful cafes and restaurants and a lot of shops (I did some damage but had fun), it is a compact, accessible and cosmopolitan city that is building its profile as a culinary destination in Sweden and with good reason. I stopped at the Saluhallen market hall , a glass and iron structure in the center of town built in 1887 and expanded and renovated a few times since. It offers top quality foodstuff both local and from around the world and local fruits and vegetables stands outside. I also stopped at famous local bakery Cum Pane to taste their famous breads made with organic flour. Such good bread, I wish I could have brought home some.
Göteborg has a famous fish market, the Feskekora, situated in a 1874 building resembling a church and therefor called the Fish Church. Designed without partition walls or support pillars, this was a futuristic architectural design by Swedish city architect. It is located by the water not far from city center and is known for a wide selection of fresh seafood and a couple of seafood restaurants.
Swedish foods to try
The food in the Scandinavian countries has several common elements, which makes sense as they are in the same geographical zone but still, each has some unique food items and approach to the food. It is Copenhagen who got the most attention as the food lovers capital of Nordic cuisine, especially with Noma that placed the city on the international culinary map, but I found that both Helsinki and Stockholm also offer wonderful culinary experience and my head was spinning with all the culinary options.
Sweden is famous for its Swedish meatballs, potato pancakes with lingonberries, smoked fish, saffron pastries and more. Here is a quick view of some typical Swedish dishes from my travel and research.
Swedish waffles for breakfast and snacks
The Swedes love their waffles, soft on the inside, crispy outside. I have seen them sold freshly made with just a dusting of powdered sugar. Top them with fresh berries, whipped cream, marmalade or creme fraiche.
Swedish gravlax – cured salmon on rye crackers
A classic Nordic dish found everywhere topped with pickled red onion, dill and fish roe. The gravlax is cured with salt, sugar, lemon and dill (see note above).
Kannelibulla (Cinnamon buns)
These are popular in Nordic cuisine and made with slight variations of the dough. Apparently Swedes eat over 300 of them a year, per person. That’s probably one per cup of coffee.
Swedish blueberry “pie” or crumble
Very common as a dessert in berry season these pies look more like a crumble with a base pastry. I’ll have to do a little more investigation to figure out a recipe.
Probably one of the quintessential Swedish dishes.
All kinds of smoked fish are available at the markets and they play prominent role in local cuisine. It’s not just gravlax in Sweden.
Fried herring with mashed potatoes
Quintessential Swedish dish in season. And, lingonberries go with everything.
Saffransbullar – Swedish saffron rolls
More prominent around Christmas these buns are made with milk, saffron and raisins.
Pickled herring – a smorgasbord is not complete without them
North and Baltic sea herrings are pickled in various brines based on mustard, onion, garlic and dill. It is served mixed with boiled potatoes, sour cream and chives or dill together with crisp bread.
Open faced sandwiches are a classic of Nordic cuisine. They originate several centuries ago when the bread slice served as a plate and dinner was piled on top. Today these are gorgeous, artistic creations of bread slice piled artistically with salads, eggs, seafood, meat, cheese, berries and more.
Feature image by Jakob Fridholm/imagebank.sweden.se

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