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Out of many reasons, one important reason to hunt deer these days is due to their overpopulation. Deer dashing in between cars has become so rampant in the U.S and hunting is the best way to prevent this issue, control their population and avert these drastic consequences. Therefore, deer hunting is not only a pastime for the Americans but a requirement as well.
For a successful deer hunt, it is crucial that the hunters remain fully equipped with the best weapons and scopes.
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Another affordable yet super-efficient riflescope is the UTG 3-12×44 30mm Compact Scope, making them a popular choice among hunters. This riflescope is also optimized for tactical operations, making it suitable for tactical shooting. The superior feature of this compact scope makes the deer hunting experience much more enjoyable.
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The HON. JUSTICE SHAUN NAKATSURU is a graduate of the University of Toronto Law School and was called to the bar in 1988. Hon. Justice Nakatsuru has considerable experience, both in the private sector and in government, in criminal and public law as a defence lawyer, regulatory prosecutor, and constitutional/human rights lawyer. He has argued cases at all levels of court.
Presently, he is counsel with the Constitutional Law Branch of the Ministry of the Attorney General, litigating constitutional cases. Hon. Justice Nakatsuru is an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Law School and Osgoode Hall Law School, teaching trial advocacy and advanced criminal law. He has further been a speaker/instructor in programs with the Advocates Society, the Law Society of Upper Canada, Osgoode Professional Development Program and the Canadian Institute. Hon. Justice Nakatsuru has served as a member of the boards of various community organizations. Presently, he is a director of the Association of Law Officers of the Crown. His publications include a text An Introduction to Criminal Law 4th Ed., Carswell, Thompson Professional Publishing, Toronto, 2000 and Review of A Theory of the Trial, (2000), 50 University of Toronto Law Journal, 363.

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Over 600 retailers and brands have now joined the campaign across 16 participating countries with 81 retail participants in Australia this year. The global target as stated in the new Australian Wool Innovation Strategic Plan is to increase the sale of wool units per store by over 1000 a year by 2015.
With HRH the Prince of Wales as Patron, the Campaign for Wool has now become a global phenomenon according to AWI's Global Strategic Advisor and President of the International Wool Textile Organization (IWTO), Peter Ackroyd.
"Significant seasonal events are taking place across key markets such as the UK, Italy, Germany, USA, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Spain and China. Many leading international luxury brands have quickly associated themselves with our Patron's strong commitment to sustainable solutions in fashion and the world of interiors at a time when consumers are increasingly seeking assurances about provenance and sustainability."
"Primary processors, spinners and weavers of wool participating in the campaign have seen strong growth in demand for wool products over the past three years as global markets continue to prioritise renewable and sustainable sourcing of raw materials," Mr Ackroyd added.
Currently in Australia as a guest speaker for the Australian Wool Industries Secretariat (AWIS) Wool Week celebrations, Mr Ackroyd is to speak about AWI's three-year plan to reposition, educate and motivate wool and consumers within the fashion industry.
The Campaign for Wool founding Chairman John Thorley is to retire to become Honorary President as of November 1. The current Vice-Chairman and President of the publishing house Condé Nast International, Nicholas Coleridge, will take over as Chairman. British Wool Marketing Board CEO Ian Hartley will become Chief Financial Officer.
Nicholas Coleridge said: "Under John Thorley's leadership, The Campaign for Wool has contributed to reversing the disastrous downward price spiral of wool during the last decade that threatened the rural environment in all sheep rearing nations has been reversed. This timely achievement persuaded farmers throughout the Commonwealth and beyond to continue to make common cause and commit significant funding to ensure the global success of the Campaign. Only John, with his unique experience in the sheep industry, could have united such a disparate group of growers".
AWI via The Woolmark Company is a key supporter of the Campaign for Wool, with AWI Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer Rob Langtry saying it is a critical campaign which connects the entire wool industry - from woolgrowers to consumers.
"The Campaign for Wool focuses its attention on the natural, renewable benefits of the fibre. It is an opportunity for the growers, supply chain and retailers to combine and present consumers with a superior, natural alternative for both their apparel and interiors choices."
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After two years of reading the news and hearing rumours of cases happening to friends-of-friends, it finally happened: COVID reached my doorstep.
What followed was possibly one of the busiest months I’ve ever experienced. Both my husband and I had been exposed to the virus, so we braced ourselves for the worst. But for some reason – most likely the fact that my own vaccination had been just over a month prior to the exposure – while my husband got infected as expected, I didn’t test positive.
Our living situation was both a blessing and a curse: it was just the two of us in our household, so no one else was at risk, but it also meant that it fell to one person to take care of everything.
That meant nursing a sick partner, planning and buying meals for both, doing household chores, working, and fielding questions from concerned relatives – all while managing my own symptoms that manifested despite testing negative daily. Honestly, if it weren’t for technology (shoutout to our food delivery riders) and the help of family and friends, I don’t know how we would have survived those few weeks.
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The growth of pound shops and discount retailers on the high street is a long-standing phenomenon; retailers in this space are going from strength to strength and the popularity of discount shopping is at an all-time high.
But does this trend stretch to online? How popular is discount shopping online, and who is leading the charge when it comes to sourcing the latest bargains?
A number of the traditional offline-only discount retailers have ventured into the online space this year, and the figures speak for themselves. Our Experian Hitwise analysis shows that visits to Discount Britain websites – price comparison, social shopping, vouchers, cashback, pound shops and other austere shopping sites – have grown 17 per cent between 2012 and 2013. Year on year growth for other discount shopping categories include:
- Online pound shops: 34 million visits, 88 percent growth
- Social shopping sites: 523 million visits, 57 percent growth
- Voucher sites: 350 million visits, 18 percent growth
- Cashback sites: 184 million visits, 3 percent growth
Online pound shops in particular saw a spurt at the start of the year with 125 growth February 2013 to February 2014. With pound shops beginning to develop online offerings and seeing 3.5 million visits a month, this category is the fastest growing of the austere shopping sites, and could accelerate rapidly in 2014 as more pound shop brands go online.
Discount shoppers – the rise of Middle Britain
Analysis from Experian’s Mosaic tool has shown that demographic groups representative of Middle Britain are now at the forefront of discount shopping:
- Affluent working families – 12 percent more likely than the average consumer to visit Discount Britain sites, these groups are often working professionals with both parents juggling family and careers. Solid incomes provide a comfortable modern home, but are always keen to seek value for money when shopping – this group is hyper connected and internet savvy and knows how to shop online for a bargain
- Older suburban dwellers – More mature families that live a moderate lifestyle in suburban areas, this group is 8 per cent more likely than the average consumer to visit Discount Britain sites. This group is very much a fan of the ‘no frills’ approach when it comes to shopping, are happy to purchase mainstream brands at reasonable prices and have the time and inclination to shop around for a deal if they think they can get value for money elsewhere.
- Younger house buyers – our more prolific younger singles and couples in starter homes, this group use the internet to find goods and services – discount shopping forms a huge part of this, and this group are 6 per cent more likely than the average consumer to visit Discount Britain sites
There’s little doubt that UK consumers have become more savvy in recent years to make the most of their earnings. As marketers, we may be surprised that the richest groups in society are using these sites, but it really highlights the importance of understanding your customers, and how their attitudes change. Knowing which pockets of society are undergoing change in this way is crucial to ensuring your message reaches the right consumers at the right time – every time.

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A major country music festival recently announced that Confederate flags were no longer permitted for attendees, and just days later, a major artist scheduled to perform at that festival suddenly withdrew from the lineup.
The timing appears to be completely coincidental, however, as it doesn’t appear that there is any link between the upcoming CMA Fest’s ban of the rebel flag and country music legend Alan Jackson’s decision to not perform as scheduled.
Confederate flag banned
The Tennessean reported Wednesday that CMA Fest, which will be held in Nashville, Tennessee, between June 9 through 12, announced that “Confederate flag imagery of any kind” would be prohibited at the event.
“This year’s CMA Fest is our first major fan-facing event in nearly three years,” the Country Music Association said in a statement. “We have always had policies in place that protect the safety of our fans and ban discrimination, but we felt it was important to further refine our language to explicitly outline what will and will not be tolerated.”
“In line with our first CMA Fest lineup announcement in early April, our event policy was published on our website, which states any behavior that causes one of our attendees to fear for their personal safety will not be tolerated, and that is inclusive of any displays of the Confederate flag,” the statement added.
The outlet noted that this move by CMA Fest brings it in line with numerous other music festivals and other large gatherings across the nation that have already imposed similar bans on attendees displaying any sort of Confederate flag imagery.
Health issues are the reason for withdrawal from the lineup
Meanwhile, just days after the CMA Fest’s Confederate flag ban was announced, Taste of Country reported Friday that Alan Jackson would no longer be performing at that festival.
His withdrawal from the lineup almost certainly has nothing to do with the flag ban, however, but rather is likely due to the artist’s own declining health.
Jackson had publicly revealed in 2021 that he had been diagnosed with CMT (Charcot-Marie-Tooth), a chronic neurological condition that involves the deterioration of nerve endings and can negatively impact the function of muscles, including balance and movement.
“I have this neuropathy and neurological disease. It’s genetic that I inherited from my daddy,” Jackson explained at that time. “There’s no cure for it, but it’s been affecting me for years. And it’s getting more and more obvious. And I know I’m stumbling around on stage. And now I’m having a little trouble balancing, even in front of the microphone, and so I just feel very uncomfortable.”
Jackson still intends to perform an unofficial farewell tour
Taste of County noted that, at least as of now, it appears that Jackson still intends to perform a 16-date unofficial farewell tour dubbed the “Last Call: One More for the Road Tour,” which is scheduled to kick off June 24 in Biloxi, Mississippi, and end October 8 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
As for the CMA Fest, the lineup is still loaded with dozens of big stars of country music and, while attendees will undoubtedly miss seeing Jackson perform, they will likely still be quite entertained by the many other artists on the four-day schedule.


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In his August 31, 2009 column in the Syrian government daily Al-Thawra, Khaled Al-Ashhab wrote that the Nazis had never singled out the Jews as a target for extermination, and that the Jews who died during the war were no different from the Christians and Muslims killed as a result of the hostilities. As for the stories about deliberate massacres and crematoria, he wrote, these were invented by Israel. Al-Ashhab also lamented the fact that some Arab writers commit the "silent crime" of repeating these Israeli claims.
Following are excerpts from the article:
"Just before dawn on September 1, 1939, the German warship Schleswig-Holstein launched a massive bombardment [on the Polish army base of Westerplatte], which lasted for two days and heralded the beginning of World War II. Then the Nazi army invaded Poland, and later many other European countries, in a war that lasted six years and cost the lives of over 60 million people, more than two thirds of them from Germany and the Soviet Union.
"Despite the catastrophes, bloodshed and destruction caused by the war; despite the careful documentation [of the war] by historians who lived through it or followed [its events]; despite the almost completely accurate statistics, which confirm beyond a doubt that the Jews who were killed in the war were killed [simply] because they were from one of the countries that took part in the war, and not because they were Jews - for the number of Jews, Muslims and Christians killed in the war is exactly proportionate to their relative number within the European societies in which they lived; despite the fact that the motivations of the parties who [fought] in the war are clear, obvious and known - despite all this, Israel found an opportunity to distort at least some of the reasons and goals of the war, and to claim that it was motivated by hatred of Jews and that the death of the Jews was [both] its goal and its outcome.
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"[Israel] even went so far as to create false impressions, and invented stories about crematoria and massacres aimed exclusively at Jews. It repeated these stories every day for 60 years, until the Europeans almost forget their own victims, and how numerous they were.
"Though the Arabs had almost no part in this war, they too were harmed by it, just like the other nations of the world. But they are not preoccupied with their own victims, beyond [what is warranted by] basic human interest.
"[However,] today, 60 years after the outbreak of the war, when [people] remember it and discuss it in the press, on satellite channels and on websites as part of analyses, studies or memoirs, there are some Arabs... who enlist - consciously or out of ignorance - in the ongoing Israeli attempt to distort the events of the war and to falsify established historical facts by exaggerating the number of Jewish victims, while the other victims are either forgotten or ignored, despite their large number and their considerable significance.
"If you ask [these Arabs] why [they do so], they will accuse you of callousness, extremism, or even of Nazism or antisemitism.
"One Arab writer even stated in an article that half the victims of the war were Jews, and that three quarters of the atrocities and massacres that occurred during the war were perpetrated against the Jews. The paper did not once mention the tens of millions of other victims, and the destruction of entire countries and societies.
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A California Superior Court judge ruled that a state nursing home illegally evicted a resident by refusing to re-admit a woman who had been transferred to a hospital for a psychological evaluation following an altercation with staff.
Cathedral Pioneer Church Homes II, known as Pioneer House, and its parent company, Retirement Housing Foundation, and others cannot refuse to take back a resident who has been released by a hospital, wrote Judge James E. McFetridge. Failure to re-admit the resident “constitutes an involuntary transfer under state and federal law,” he added in his order.
The lawsuit was filed in 2017 by the family of Gloria Single, a dementia patient at Cathedral Pioneer Church Homes II, which is a Pioneer House skilled nursing facility in Sacramento, CA. She was taken to a hospital after reportedly throwing utensils at other residents in a dining room and fighting with staff. Single, who lived at the Pioneer facility with her husband, was released hours later, but the nursing home refused to allow her to return.
Single spent four months in the hospital without adequate stimulation before her son found another nursing facility, but by then, she had lost the ability to walk and experienced deteriorated verbal and cognitive skills. She died in 2019. Her husband, Bill, remained at the Pioneer facility and has since passed away.
“This court order reinforces that residents of nursing facilities have the right to return to where they live following a hospital stay,” said William Alvarado Rivera, senior vice president of Litigation at the AARP Foundation, which sued the nursing home and other organizations on Single’s behalf.
Order should provide industry guidance in CA
Preventing a resident from returning to a nursing home after a hospital stay is often referred to as “resident dumping,” a process in which the facility does not complete the required discharge paperwork.
By law, nursing homes are required to provide 30 days’ notice and the opportunity for the resident or an appointed representative to participate in a hearing prior to discharge. Facilities must maintain the resident’s bed if he or she is transferred to a hospital.
Single’s son, Aubrey Jones, prevailed against Pioneer Church in an administrative hearing with the California Department of Health Care Services, which ordered the facility to take Single back. However, the parent group – Retirement Housing Foundation – refused the order, and Single’s son was told the department had no enforcement capability.
In court documents, Pioneer House described Single as “aggressive with staff” and sent her to the hospital for a psychological evaluation. Although the hospital found no reason for Single to remain, Pioneer House said they were unable to care for her any longer.
The judge’s order, issued last week, directly refutes that, though, stating that once a resident is cleared by a hospital to return to the nursing home, “the facility may not refuse to accept the resident on the grounds that the facility cannot properly care for the resident.”
In an emailed statement to McKnight’s Long-Term Care News on Monday, a spokesman for RHF said that the foundation and its affiliates “are pleased … that they have settled their differences” with the the California Long Term Care Ombudsman Association and Single, through her son.
“Consistent with RHF s commitment to industry leading care, the parties have agreed that when a skilled nursing resident leaves a facility, willingly or not, a discharge notice will be issued to inform the resident of their rights, and the parties have incorporated that process into a public order by the Superior Court of Sacramento,” said RHF Vice President of Communications Chris Ragon. “The parties hope that this order will provide guidance to the entire industry and encourage consistency in the way such important and sensitive matters are handled throughout California.”


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Lauretta’s mother takes her to buy a new wheelchair, but Lauretta isn’t satisfied with a regular five- or ten-speed model. No, she demands the 92-speed, black, silver, and red dirt-bike wheelchair! When she gets a speeding ticket during a one-day tryout, her parents insist that the chair be returned to the store...until Lauretta’s older brother has an accident and only one person can whisk him to the hospital on time.
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FORT GREENE — A little piece of Africa showed up in the "polar vortex" of Brooklyn.
A 3-foot-tall, 5-foot-long rhinoceros sculpture made of snow appeared in front of Lafayette Grocery & Dairy at 133 Lafayette on Tuesday night — causing a stir among admiring locals.
Self-taught local artist Joel Baltazar, who works behind the counter at the deli and pens children's books on the side, took credit for the animal and its snowy predecessor, a snow lion, saying he sculpted them after work.
"I just like to build stuff," shrugged Baltazar, 25, of Bay Ridge, who smiled as passerby took photos of his creation.
Baltazar said it took several hours to build the creature, which held up well under the direct sunlight on Thursday.
He used two purple Welch's grape soda bottlecaps for the eyes, and crafted a pair of cocked-back ears made of cake trays from the deli. His sculpture sits on all fours with two sharp snow horns poking up from its snout.
"A snow creature (#snowrhino!) is back in Fort Greene!," tweeted @CumberlandStBK. "This is a #snowlarvortex miracle."
Baltazar, who hasn't attended art school but wants to, is passionate about sculpture and said he particularly likes making art for children because he "loves to make kids happy."
The icy rhino is Baltazar's second creation to grace the sidewalk outside of the neighborhood bodega.
On Jan. 4 a snow lion appeared on the scene. But just a day later the sculpture was decapitated, Baltazar said.
"#Snowcat was beheaded!," wrote @CumberlandStBK. "This is Fort Greene, not the French Revolution, people!"

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Her words were soft and pink
Like the petals of a late english rose
She sees herself in the backdrop of every 80s teen movie
Her hair flows orange against the fading sun, and
she looks at me like I have all the answers.
The yellow warblers on her dress
match the quirks of her smile, she’s
everything you’d want to be if you were
a girl’s girl.
I look in the mirror and I find no trace of her,
just lines of faded mascara
and premature frown lines.
But she stands behind me,
and that is enough.
Every so often, this one person will come along and bring a presence that just seems to calm the sea.
The sway of her hands.
Her footsteps – molded to the shape of the rock beneath.
Her breath; breathing in salty, out with fields of hope.
There is something about her lips…
The curve of sensuality that matches the waves.
Her violent, thrashing anger – matching the elements –
Given and taken away just as quickly.
Something about her movement, her steady gaze at the deep blue with her bright yellows.
Something about the way she holds out for tomorrow while grasping tightly to today –
There’s a certain darkness in her whisper – the fight or flight in her veins…
Something, about everything, about she.

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School election – Gladstone
GLADSTONE – Residents will have a second opportunity to weigh in on a Gladstone school millage renewal which failed during the November General Election during a special election this Tuesday.
The proposal would allow the school district to levy the statutory rate of 18 mills ($18.00 on each $1,000 of taxable value) on all property except principal residences and other property exempted by law.
“The vast majority of people are exempt because they live in their primary residence,” said Gladstone Superintendent Jay Kulbertis.
The millage is required for the district to receive its revenue per pupil foundation allowance. If the proposal is approved and levied, the school district will collect approximately $1,097,402 in 2014 for operating purposes.
Funds received from the millage would only represent a portion of the more than $1 million collected by the district. The rest of the funding would be given to the district by the state. However, if the renewal fails the district will receive no funding from the state’s foundation allowance.
“It this renewal doesn’t pass the state says we’ll have to do without,” said Kulbertis.
The funding equates to between 15 and 20 jobs in the district. While a failed renewal may not mean 15 to 20 job losses, the district will be forced to make cuts which could include layoffs.
“If we’re looking at how to balance our budget absolutely everything we do is on the table,” said Kulbertis.
If passed, the 18 mills will be collected for a period of nine years – 2014 to 2022 inclusive – on second homes, rental properties, and business properties.
“What this does doesn’t change any tax rates. It just sets them to expire some other time in the future,” said Kulbertis.
The majority of the millage, 17.5669 mills, is a renewal of a millage which will expire with the 2013 tax levy, and .4331 mill is a restoration of millage lost as a result of a millage reduction required by the Michigan Constitution of 1963. The proposal was defeated in November by a vote of 2,652 to 1,846.

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Basque separatist group ETA will fully disarm by April 8, a French environmental activist with ties to the Basque community promised on Friday.
The group announced a permanent ceasefire in 2011, but the governments of Spain and France have so far refused to take part in its disarmament because ETA tied it to the future of its members, both in and out of jail.
The two countries have demanded that ETA lay down its weapons without conditions and disband.
Txetx Etcheverry, a prominent figure in the French Basque community who tried to arrange a disarmament in 2016, told AP news agency that the new initiative was agreed upon with the ETA and will be carried out whether French authorities agree to receive the weapons or not.
“If the French government doesn’t take responsibility, the Basque civil society will take a step forward. We can’t imagine five more years of inaction,” Etcheverry said, pledging that “ETA will be disarmed by midnight on April 8.”
ETA, which in Basque stands for “Basque Country and Freedom,” was founded in 1959 during the Spanish dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.
It has killed 829 people in its nearly four-decade campaign to create a Basque homeland in a region straddling northern Spain and southwest France.
The group was most violent in the 1980s, staging hundreds of shootings of police, politicians and businesspeople.
One year after its last deadly attack, the killing of a French police officer near Paris in March 2010, the ETA announced it was renouncing violence.
In recent years, police operations have weakened the ETA. If the disarmament were completed, it would primarily be symbolic, given that the group’s reduced arsenal is believed to be obsolete.
ETA has linked its total dissolution to allowing imprisoned members to serve their sentences closer to home in northern Spain, among other demands.
But on Friday, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy rejected any concessions.
“ETA has chosen to disarm unilaterally. It should do it and should also disband,” Rajoy, who leads Spain’s conservative Popular Party, said at a party meeting.
“The government of Spain will do what it has always done – to apply the law, which is the same for everybody.”

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With a 8-3 record, #17 ranking in the college football rankings and a spot in the Pac 12 title game, Utah is in the midst of one of the best seasons in program history.
As has often been the case under Coach Kyle Whittingham, Utah is winning games due in large part to a stout defense.
Here is how Utah ranks statistically on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball.
The BYU offense will need to have one of their best performances of the season versus a very good Utah defense. Utah isn’t vulnerable in many areas, but teams have had moderate success passing the ball versus the Utes.
- Yard allowed per game: 312 (14th)
- Rushing yards allowed per game: 95.5 (5th)
- Passing yards allowed per game: 216.5 (55th)
- Points allowed per game: 18.5 (16th)
- Red zone scoring percentage: 59.4% (1st)
- 3rd down conversion percentage: 32.5% (19th)
- Turnovers gained: 18 (42nd)
- Sacks per game: 2.82 (20th)
Utah lost starting QB Tyler Huntley a few weeks back versus Arizona State and star RB Zack Moss days later, but the offense hasn’t really missed a beat. In the two games since the injury, Utah put up 32 points on Oregon and 30 points on Colorado.
- Yards per game: 424 (52nd)
- Rushing yards per game: 201.7 (38th)
- Passing yards per game: 221.9 (77th)
- Points per game: 30.5 (36th)
- 3rd down conversion percentage: 38.8% (73rd)
- Red zone scoring percentage: 90.9% (17th)
- Turnovers lost: 16 (63rd)
After opening as a 13.5-point underdog, BYU is currently a 12-point underdog the Utes. Saturday’s game is 8pm MST on FS1.

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Child/Adolescent Psychiatry—Physician Coverage needed in Northern Alabama
- Competitive compensation
- Paid bi-monthly
- Travel support
- Credentialing and Hospital privileges assistance
- Comprehensive malpractice coverage
An Alabama Child and Adolescent Center is currently seeking a Psychiatrist to assist with Inpatient locum coverage. Candidates must be BE/BC in Child and Adolescent and some Adult patients
- Census per day: 3-4
- Inpatient only-12 to 18 years old males
- Schedule: One full day per week. Provider may choose the day
- Initial Evals: 1hr
- Med Checks: 30 min
- Follow Ups: 30 min
- Type of Psychiatric Patients: They will see Child & Adolescent patients 90% of the time and some adults 10% of the time.
- EMR: is Share Notes and it’s web-based.
- They will accept BC or BE candidates.
- BLS & CPR prefer
Apply by forwarding your CV to Connect@LocumConnections.com or call 678.441.8551.

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JLL’s 2016 Skyline Report focuses on the top-tier office market, looking at some of the most iconic and high-rent properties within CBDs and urban cores. This proprietary digital research piece provides insights on office supply, demand, rents and investment in 1,175 Skyline buildings across 52 markets in the United States and Canada.
JLL New Jersey’s 2016 Transit Hub Report features three of the state’s four urban hubs. Below are quick facts about each.
- With more than 18.0 million square feet of rentable space, this market represents the largest transit hub market in Northern and Central New Jersey.
- Nearly 90.0 percent of the office space consists of Class A buildings.
- Competitive rental rates for high-end Class A space have historically attracted back office/support operations of Manhattan … Read More
As highlighted in the 2015 JLL digital Skyline report, theme #4 focuses on demand for Class B space in major markets in the United States and Canada. The demand for these properties in New Jersey, however, has not seen an increase so far this year. Currently, Class B office buildings account for 55.9% (712 buildings) of the market, followed by 38.6% for Class A (491 buildings) and 5.5% for Trophy (70… Read More

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You can learn a lot about an industry by listening to earnings calls and digging into financial results, but there’s no substitute for boots-on-the-ground research,” assert Elliott Gue and Roger Conrad, who recently attended the MLP & Energy Infrastructure Conference, a professional gathering of CEOs, analysts and sector experts. Here, the co-editors of Energy & Income Advisor and frequent contributors to MoneyShow.com discuss their top picks among energy infrastructure MLPs.
For a high yield in the MLP infrastructure sector, I like USD Partners. Trains are going to continue to be a big part of transporting Alberta oil to market for a long time to come. There’s going to be a lot of demand for rail logistics, which USD Partners operates.
Its major customers are blue chips and there’s a solid coverage ratio of 1.2 times and a pretty good balance sheet with debt at 3.6 times EBITDA. And while a low unit price may inhibit future distribution growth, there’s good reason to expect the firm’s 13 percent yield to hold up. I do like this name on the basis of assets and the current yield; it’s for aggressive investors up to $12.
I also like
My top pick for high quality is Antero Midstream Partners. The frac water business, I believe, ensures they’re going to be able to continue growing much faster than the average MLP. And they’re among the very few in this sector that can still issue new equity at a high enough price to ensure accretion with enterprise value at 15 times EBITDA.
Developing big wells takes a lot of water and sand. Up to now the default in this business is to frac with onsite water and supplement any other needs with water that’s trucked or piped in. The wastewater is then hauled away in trucks and taken to disposal sites.
Companies can save a lot of money and limit environmental liability by recycling their frac water. This business requires building infrastructure, chiefly processing facilities and pipelines. But once it’s available, users save on water supply costs, avoid paying for disposal and can theoretically actually improve water reactivity and therefore well productivity.
Antero is already one of the fastest growing MLPs, increasing its distribution by 30 percent over the last 12 months. Water at 34% of EBITDA is already a key piece of that. But it’s about to become even more important when the company opens its Clearwater facility this summer.
Up to now, Antero has been providing its water services exclusively for its ultimate parent
In Appalachia where Antero Resources operates, frac water disposal is a very big challenge, mainly because reaching a disposal site requires many miles of running very heavy trucks on narrow winding roads. The bigger challenge in West Texas, in contrast, is ultimately going to be fresh water supplies as activity outstrips local wells and groundwater.
Either way, recycling facilities cut costs and ensure reliable supplies. And the cash flows are reliable and scalable, perfect for an MLP. I’m sticking with the Buy up to $43 recommendation. This is one I believe you can buy and lock away.
For a recommendation that’s kind of out there, I like Enviva Partners. The company basically harvests wood waste in the U.S., processes it into fuel that can be used to bring down carbon emissions in power plants and ships it to utilities in Europe and Japan that face tough emissions standards.
This has a high yield, right now north of 8.5 percent. And that has to be at least something of an impediment to growing as fast as management wants, though their CEO did make a pretty good case for organic growth. This MLP also generates free cash flow.
That’s not to say acquisitions haven’t been an important part of Enviva’s growth so far. And management is obviously interested in consolidation as in its own words the industry is “fragmented.” But I think there are enough ways for Enviva to keep proving its critics wrong. And even a reduced distribution growth rate to a more sustainable mid-single digit pace is attractive at the current price. I rate Enviva a Buy up to $30.
My favorites come from the Plains “family” of MLPs – that’s Plains All-American and Plains GP Holdings. Since Plains GP Holdings’ only asset is a stake in Plains All-American, these companies are essentially the same thing. The only major difference for investors is that Plains GP pays dividends reported on a 1099 form to the IRS while Plains All-American is a classic MLP which pays distributions and reports on a standard K-1 form.
Plains All-American is also a name we’ve been full circle on over the years. Back in 2013 and 2014, Plains was considered one of the most stable and highest-quality MLPs in the business and had an investment-grade credit rating. However, we soured on the name when oil prices started coming down in late 2014 and early 2015 due to the partnership’s hefty leverage and commodity price exposure through its Supply & Logistics segment.
Fortunately, we had it rated a Sell as they’ve cut distributions twice over the past two years and the MLP has been hit hard. The good news: We now think Plains is on the mend and has an enviable slate of new organic growth projects, generally aimed at the Permian supply bottlenecks we discussed earlier.
Most of Plains’ commodity price exposure is through that supply and logistics business. Basically, this is a sort of “trading” operation where Plains buys oil in one market (say from producers around Midland), moves the crude along its pipes to another hub (like Cushing) and immediately sells the oil there. Since both the “buy” and the “sell” of this time are done simultaneously, there’s no direct price risk.
However, when basis differentials are large – when the price of oil in different hubs are wide – then Plains has a lot of opportunities to book these margins through this business. However, when the price of oil in Houston is similar to Cushing and Midland, there are fewer opportunities to book these margin plays so the business doesn’t generate as much money.
The problem is that back in 2013 and 2014, much like today, regional crude oil pricing differentials are wide. Plains really cleaned up and their margin-based businesses accounted for $900 million or so in annual EBITDA in those years out of total EBITDA in the $2.2 to $2.3 billion range.
However, in late 2014 and early 2015 when crude oil prices plummeted so did these basis differentials. That’s because when the price of oil falls rapidly due to a global oversupply of oil, those regional supply/demand imbalances that drive basis differentials become less important. By 2016, the margin business was down by more than 50% to $400 million or so.
That’s a big hit.
Keep in mind that the company’s other business lines – mainly crude oil pipelines, terminals and related assets supported by take-or-pay type contracts – were fine all through this period. In fact, EBITDA from these fee-based businesses continued to grow even as the margin-based business collapsed.
However, what Plains has done is to refocus on its fee-based pipeline business and away from the more volatile S&L business. As a result, last year the margin-based business accounted for less than $100 million in EBITDA while the fee-based business has grown to $2 billion in 2017 and around $2.2 billion this year.
Management is guiding for an additional 14% to 15% year over year growth next year. And it’s important to note that this growth is high quality – it’s based on solid projects primarily related to the Permian Basin that feature long-term guaranteed revenues and take-or-pay type clauses. Around 80% of their capital spending plans are tied to the Permian.
Their slate of Permian expansion projects includes some of the most anticipated pipes in the industry such as the Cactus II line from the Permian down to the Corpus Christi market and the Sunrise Pipeline I and II from the Permian to the Cushing. They’re now talking about additional capacity through a third stage to both projects all needed to support production growth out of the region and all underpinned by long-term supply commitments.
Plains eliminated all of its incentive distribution rights (IDRs) as part of a simplification transaction a couple of years ago and has paid down a hefty debt load racked up to fund all these new pipelines via a combination of non-core asset sales, money retained through the reduced distribution and equity issuance.
By early next year, Plains should be down to its targeted leverage range of 3.5 to 4.0 times EBITDA. We think it will be in a position to start raising distributions again sometime in 2019 or 2020 especially when you consider the current coverage ratio is expected to be a whopping 1.7 times in 2018. And the company has a new CEO, which is a position at this stage in its transition and growth plan.
We’re adding Plains GP Holdings to our focus list of top buy recommendations because it pays on a 1099 and a lot of our readers tell us they’re looking for MLPs that won’t add to their stack of K-1s at tax time. If you prefer a K-1, Plains All-American is a valid option as a Buy as well. Both issues yield around 4.75%.
Beyond Plains, I think Enterprise Product Partners is a solid long-term holding. Enterprise was also among the first MLPs to focus on the importance of US exports as a release valve for shale production and they have an impressive asset base aimed at that market.
Magellan Midstream Partners is another high-quality name to buy right now. Management noted that the acquisitions market has really heated up in the MLP space and Magellan believes it’s overheated. As a result, while they bid on many deals they rarely win because they’re not willing to pay up.
Magellan is an organic growth story as it has always been and the market appears to be rewarding organic growth over acquisitions-led growth right now so I think they’re in the sweet spot. Magellan also highlighted a $700 million investment opportunity in export and dock facilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
I’d also say that neither Enterprise nor Magellan has any significant exposure to FERC. They both long ago eliminated their incentive distribution structures and they’re both about as close as possible to be a corporation without being a corporation because they both have limited need to access capital markets.
Thus, if generalist investors – in particular, value fund managers who are not specifically focused on the energy/MLP space – want to take a stake in the midstream energy group I think Magellan and Enterprise would be the first to benefit from those fund flows.
Coming out of last year’s MLP & Energy Infrastructure Conference, Crestwood Equity Partners was a top pick for us and it has been a big winner, rising about 65% over the past year compared to a gain of just 2% to 3% for the benchmark Alerian MLP Index.
Heading into the show, I was wondering if Crestwood had run too far too fast and it might be time to re-evaluate the name. However, I gained an additional comfort with the story and I’m more inclined to reiterate the Buy recommendation.
I see the potential for the Bakken Shale field to see additional development due to some impressive wells drilled over the past few months and fewer infrastructure bottlenecks in comparison to the Permian. Since the Bakken is Crestwood’s largest basin in terms of volumes, that should benefit the MLP.
The company ticks all the boxes right now. Crestwood has no incentive distribution rights, leverage is under 4 times EBITDA, there is no exposure to FERC cost of service rates, no need to raise additional capital to fund growth in 2018 and a distribution coverage of greater than 1.2 times. Thanks to its attractive slate of growth projects in the Bakken, Delaware Basin (Permian) and other basins, EBITDA growth should remain around 15% annualized through 2020.
Even more important, at the conference management indicated that 3-year annualized growth in distributable cash flow per unit –- basically the amount of cash available for distribution per unit -- is also going to grow 15% annualized over the period from 2018 through 2020. I think this opens up the possibility of distribution growth later this year or in early 2019. Crestwood Equity Partners rates a Buy under $35.


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Clean, Family Appropriate Comedy by Ricky Mokel, Resident Comedian at the
Alabama Theatre in Myrtle Beach, SC.
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Jan 19, 2008 ... Stand up comic in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. His idea for a new Taco Bell
Ricky Mokel enjoys deep thinking, or thinking deeply, depending on Global
Warming. Also, Ricky is the owner of the only Camper Tercel in North America.
The Ricky Mokel Comedy Special, starring Grant Turner, will take place at the
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Women's Hoops Fall Short in Big Ten Championship
By Billy Stacy. CREATED Mar 11, 2013
Senior Jasmine Thomas had a big weekend for the Spartans, but the team effort fell short on Sunday as Michigan State fell to Purdue in the championship game of the Big Ten Tournament. Thomas averaged nearly 15 points per game throughout the tournament, and was the first Spartan player named to the Big-Ten All-Tournament team since 2007. En route to the championship game, Michigan State knocked off Michigan and Penn State before squaring off against the Boilermakers. Purdue proved to be too much to handle for the Green and White, eventually winning by a score of 64-47. It was Purdue’s second straight Big Ten Tournament championship.
Junior Klarissa Bell, who has led the Spartans in scoring this season, struggled over the weekend. Despite netting a game-high 20 points in the first round against Michigan, Bell only scored 3 points over the next two games combined.
The Spartans will await their fate until the NCAA Tournament field is announced on March 18th. NCAA analyst Charlie Creme has the Spartans as a #8 seed in the tournament.


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The Bay Area boasts the two strongest job markets in the country, a new report by federal labor officials shows.
The nation’s strongest employment market is the San Francisco-San Mateo-Marin region, which powered to a 4.4 percent increase in total payroll jobs during the 12 months that ended in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
The South Bay was the second-strongest job market in the United States. Santa Clara County posted a 3.5 percent increase in total jobs over the one-year period.
“The San Jose metro area and the San Francisco area are overweight with technology jobs,” John Silvia, chief economist with Wells Fargo Bank, said in a recent interview with this newspaper. “That’s why those two areas are off and running with economic growth.”
The third-strongest job market in the country was the Houston-Sugarland region in Texas, which was up 3.2 percent.
The East Bay posted a one-year gain of 1.2 percent in total payroll jobs, according to a monthly report issued by the state’s Employment Development Department.
“The challenge that the East Bay faces is that it doesn’t have a strong employment base in technology,” Silvia said.
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It’s encouraging to see so many Georgians stepping up to support their communities during this challenging time.
I wanted to share five uplifting stories from this week:
1. Georgia Tech and Coca-Cola teamed up to produce 50,000 surgical shields for Atlanta hospitals.
2. Augusta National donated $2 million to support coronavirus testing and relief.
3. Delta announced it would offer free flights to medical volunteers traveling to fight COVID-19.
4. Nine Line Apparel in Savannah put profitable orders on hold to make medical masksfor doctors and nurses.
5. Our team helped seven Augusta University students return home after being stuck in Peru.
Stories like these make me proud to be an American.
Thank you to everyone who is lending a hand during this unprecedented time. We are all in this together and can continue to lead by example.
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Ashok Selvan - Priya Bhavani Shankar's Hostel - first single Hostel Gaana out! Listen to the song here!
By Arvind Sundaram | Galatta | October 22, 2021 17:21 PM IST
Priya Bhavani Shankar must be elated with the positive reviews that have been pouring in for her latest release, Oh Mana Penne, which is out on the Disney Hotstar OTT platform today (October 22). Priya's next release in Tamil will be Hostel in which she will be seen romancing the young and promising Ashok Selvan in this film. Hostel was recently censored with a U/A certificate by the CBFC and it is getting ready to hit the screens very soon. Meanwhile, the makers have now released the first single song from the movie and this song is called 'Hostel Gaana', sung by Thenisai Thendral Deva.
Gaana and Deva are inseparable and when we have the legendary musician singing a gaana track, the final outcome is sure to be enjoyable and 'Hostel Gaana' strikes well on that aspect. Deva's energetic rendition and the peppy beats make 'Hostel Gaana', a likeable track and it is sure to appeal well among the masses. 'Hostel Gaana' is composed by Bobo Shashi. The rest of the songs and trailer are expected to release in the coming days. Hostel is the official Tamil remake of the Malayalam comedy film, Adi Kapyare Kootamani, which starred Dhyan Sreenivasan, and Namitha Pramod in the lead roles.
The film is directed by Sumanth Radhakrishnan who had earlier made Sadhuram 2. Praveen Kumar has handled the cinematography, while Ragul has edited the film. Produced by R Ravindran under the banner of Trident Arts, the features an ensemble star cast that includes the likes of Ashok Selvan, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Sathish, Nassar, Mundasupatti Ramadoss, KPY Yogi, Krrish, and others. The teaser of the film was released a few months before and it opened to a fairly positive response from the audience. The teaser had a fun vibe to it, catering to the youth audience.
The pairing of Ashok Selvan and Priya Bhavani Shankar is expected to be one of the refreshing aspects of the film. For now, check out the newly released impressive first single, 'Hostel Gaana' from Hostel here:
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SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Yonhap) — South Korea and the United States will hold a meeting to discuss ways to collaborate on semiconductors, batteries, future vehicles and other advanced industries, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said Friday.
First Vice Industry Minister Jang Young-jin will meet with U.S. Commerce Department and other related organizations, such as BRIDG, SAE International, NAATBatt, SWRI and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Dallas on Friday (local time) to review the progress of their agreed-upon cooperation on next-generation technologies, according to the ministry.
In April, South Korea and America signed 23 memorandums of understanding (MOUs) on the sidelines of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s state visit to the U.S., meant to increase bilateral cooperation on advanced industries and energy fields, like batteries, robots and nuclear power generation.
The two countries have explored joint research and development projects and sought to boost personnel exchanges in major sectors, and plan to launch them in earnest next year, the ministry said.
On Thursday, Jang also met with South Korean engineers, experts and students in the U.S. and listened to their opinions regarding the technology cooperation between the two nations and difficulties they are facing.
“The government will expand investment in R&D projects on industry technologies, and reform related regulations to better support researchers,” Jang said.


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Indian team has announced their playing XI for the third Test match against Australia playing on Sydney Cricket Ground between December 7 and December 11. The squad consist Rohit Sharma and Navdeep Saini for the first time in the 4 match Test series on this tour.
Rohit Sharma has replaced Mayank Agarwal in the opening spot while Navdeep Saini makes his way ahead of Umesh Yadav’s injury in the last match. Sharma joined the Indian squad late in the last week due to his rehabilitation in India and then quarantine period in Australia. He was named as a wise-captain of the team later in 2-3 days.
It was sure that the Indian opener will play the third match but his position and role in the team was not predictable. As India have made more than fewer changes in roles and positions of the players in this Test series it was difficult to select perfect playing XI.
Mayank Agarwal who was consistently playing for India as an opener didn’t show expecting performance from the last few matches. Also he didn’t score big runs on Australia tour when he got chances in ODI series and then first two Test matches.
Rest of the team is similar as Shubhman Gill and Mohammad Siraj continue their positions; both made their debuts in the last Test match at Melbourne. Rishabh Pant too continues his wicket-keeping spot in the team. Indian team wants to back the middle order batsman Hanuma Vihari after a poor performance in the first two matches.
There were discussions of T Natrajan playing the third Test match when he was announced as a substitute player for Umesh Yadav. The bowler has to wait for his debut in the Test cricket format for little longer. Navdeep Saini on the other hand will play his first Test match on the tour and will resume the tour after suffering from injury in ODI series.
Announced Playing XI: Ajinkya Rahane (C), Rohit Sharma, Shubhman Gill, Cheteswar Pujara, Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Siraj, Navdeep Saini, Jasprit Bumrah.


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With summer in full swing here, we are starting to find locally grown summertime fruits at the store. Early peaches have arrived, much to our delight. I have crafted a very simple, delicious appetizer that combines peaches, fresh basil, and chevre (goat cheese). Yum!
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Tripoli (AFP) – Libya’s new Prime Minister, Ali Zeidan, on Tuesday presented his 30-member cabinet to the national assembly for approval in the hope of forming a coalition government after his predecessor failed.
Zeidan told the General National Congress, in a televised address, that he had included the main political parties in his line-up, among them the liberal National Forces Alliance and the Islamist Justice and Construction Party, while some top posts were given to independents.
“I decided to put independents in charge of the ministries of foreign affairs, international cooperation, finance, justice, interior and defence,” Zeidan said.
The cabinet includes 27 ministers and three deputy prime ministers, he said.
The assembly must approve the government team before Zeidan, a former diplomat and long-time opponent of ousted dictator Muammar Qaddafi, can assume office.
Zeidan was elected prime minister on 14 October after his predecessor, Mustafa Abu Shagur, was dismissed in a vote of no confidence when his cabinet line-up was rejected by the assembly for not being fully representative of Libya’s numerous factions.
Among Zeidan’s nominations are Ali Aujali, Libya’s ambassador to the United States, as foreign minister, Mohammed Al-Barghathi as defense minister and Ashur Shwayel as interior minister.
Barghathi, a fighter jet pilot who retired in 1994, played a key role in the 2011 revolt that saw strongman Muammar Gaddafi toppled and killed. Shwayel, from the eastern city of Benghazi which was the cradle of the revolution, has a doctorate in law.
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Dharan is one of the major city, one of three Sub Metropolitan cities in eastern Nepal, in the Sunsari District, and is situated on the foothills of the Mahabharat Range in the north with its southern tip touching the edge of the Terai region at an altitude of 1148 ft . It serves as a trading post between the hilly region and the plains of Terai region. It was once the location of a recruitment center for the Brigade of Gurkhas, opened in 1953. The recruitment center is closed and the campus is now the home of B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences since 1993. Dharan Sub-metropolitan city organised a Golden Jubilee celebration of Dharan from January 28 to January 31, 2011 marking the 50th year of establishment of the municipality. It is the second largest city of Eastern Nepal. Also called footballer producing factory of NepalHistoryAncient historyThe Ten Kings of Limbus came together to formally declare all the ten kingdoms between the Arun River and Teesta River to be called "Yakthung Laaje".The ten rulers, their kingdoms and their forts: Samlupi Samba Hang, King of Tambar and his capital Tambar Yiok. Sisiyen Shering Hang, King of Mewa and Maiwa kingdoms and his capital Meringden Yiok. Thoktokso Angbo Hang, King of Athraya and his capital Pomajong. Thindolung Khokya Hang, King of Yangwarok and his capital Hastapojong Yiok Yengaso Papo Hang, King of Panthar and his capital at Yashok and Pheden (Phe meaning "plain", den meaning "place"). Shengsengum Phedap Hang, King of Phedap and his capital at Poklabung. Mung Tai Chi Emay Hang, King of Ilam and his capital at Phakphok. Soiyak Ladho Hang Chemjong, King of Bodhey (Choubise) and his capital at Shanguri Yiok. Tappeso Perung Hang, King of Thala and his capital at Thala Yiok. Taklung Khewa Hang, King of Chethar and his capital at Chamling Chimling Yiok.Use our Nepal trip builder to arrange your visit to Dharan and any other destinations in Nepal that take your fancy.
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One of the items included in the President’s proposed budget has given rise to a great deal of discussion in the press and elsewhere—namely the proposal to raise taxes on the wealthy by taxing a portion of the amount of income they give for charitable use.
Unfortunately, few commentators have correctly interpreted what the actual impact of the proposed changes would be. Some have said that the bill would reduce the amount that the wealthy could deduct from 35% of their gift to 28%. Others have said the savings would be reduced from 35% to 28%. Many of the descriptions are flawed in various ways; some are simply erroneous and/or misleading.
By the time you are reading this article, the issue may have been decided. If the proposed changes have become law, then take a moment to read on to understand what this may mean for fund raising in the future. If the provision has been dropped, then continue reading for a primer on how the charitable deduction actually affects the cost of a charitable gift. If the matter is still in flux, then we hope what follows will be helpful to readers in forming their opinion of the proposal—positive or negative.
Starting at the beginning
Let’s start with the difference between a tax “credit” and a tax “deduction.” Tax credits allow for a relatively straightforward reduction in the amount of tax paid to the government. For example, suppose I earn $100,000 in a given year. If my federal tax rate is 25%, my tax bill would be $25,000. Now imagine there is a tax credit of up to $10,000 for amounts given for charitable purposes. As a “credit,” that amount would be offset against my tax bill and would lower it from $25,000 to $15,000. After taxes, the $10,000 I donated to charity would cost me nothing, as I would have paid the $10,000 to the government in taxes had I not donated it to charity. Thus, a credit is the strongest of the various available tax incentives. Unfortunately, as the law stands today, tax credits are not awarded for charitable gifts.
Under our current system, charitable gifts, within certain limits, are instead allowed as “deductions” from income before the tax rate is applied. In the example above, I would report $100,000 in gross income and take a charitable deduction of $10,000, leaving a taxable income of $90,000. I would then owe only $22,500 in taxes instead of $25,000. The deduction would result in tax savings of $2,500 and reduce the cost of my gift to $7,500. The $7,500 is called the “cost” of the gift because I would have been able to spend, save, or give that amount to loved ones had I not made the charitable gift.
The formula to determine the after-tax cost of a charitable gift of cash is Gift – T(Gift) = Cost, where T is the tax rate. Because my tax rate is 25%, my cost is $.75 per dollar given. If my tax rate were 40%, my cost would be $.60 on the dollar. If my rate were 10%, my cost would be $.90. The higher the tax bracket, the lower the after-tax cost of the gift. The cost of making a gift is lower for persons in higher tax brackets only because they would owe more in tax if the dollars were not donated to charity.
Another way to look at it is that Congress is giving up more revenue when a wealthy person makes a gift than when a lower-income person gives to charity. Under the current system, however, in no event does a donor at any income level actually pay income tax on the deductible amount given to charity.
Some have argued that it is unfair that the government gives up more revenue when a wealthy person gives than when gifts are made by others. Others point out that it is not fair that wealthy persons should have a lower after-tax cost of giving than others. Those two concerns are at the root of the administration’s proposal to limit the tax benefits of higher-income taxpayers to only the tax savings they would enjoy if they were in a 28% tax bracket. That way the government gives up no more than 28% per dollar donated, regardless of the donor’s tax bracket. It also means that the cost per dollar donated by the wealthy would be no less than $.72 per dollar donated even if they were in a higher tax bracket—or does it?
To get to the heart of the issue, it is important to return to the perspective of a donor considering making a gift. Let’s take the case of Ms. Greene. After looking at her overall finances, she decides to make a cash gift of $10,000 to her favorite charity. Regardless of her tax bracket, she must allocate $10,000 in cash to fund the gift.
Recall Ms. Greene has an income of $100,000. If she decides to give $10,000 to charity, invest $10,000 in mutual funds, pay taxes on the amount not donated to charity, and spend what remains, here is what her “budget” would look like:
Under current law, no tax is due on the amount given to charity, which is the case under current tax law. Now suppose Ms. Greene sees her tax rate increase on all of the income she did not give to charity. Her tax bill would then go up even if the amount donated remained the same. When taxes increase, then her spending, savings, or giving must decrease to keep the total outlays within $100,000.
But suppose instead of raising taxes on all income, Congress decides to impose a targeted tax increase. Imagine Congress accomplishes this by limiting the amount of revenue it is willing to forego on amounts donated by the wealthy. In effect, this is what the administration’s budget proposal would do.
How does it work?
Despite reports to the contrary in the media, no one is proposing limiting the amount that can be deducted for charitable gifts. The press in some cases has inaccurately reported that Congress would limit the amount that is deductible from 35% to 28%. That is not the case. Under the proposed legislation, a donor would still deduct the same amount as before, subject to normal adjusted gross income (AGI) limitations. What is limited is the amount of revenue Congress would give up as a result of the gift.
For example, suppose a taxpayer in the 35% tax bracket reports $100,000 in income taxed at that rate and donates $10,000 to charity. Under current law, this donor would deduct $10,000, reduce his taxable income by that amount, and lower his taxes by $3,500. If the maximum tax bracket were reduced to 28%, he would still deduct $10,000 but save only $2,800 in taxes.
Under the proposed changes, even though the donor is in the 35% tax bracket, Congress would pretend his maximum tax bracket is 28% when he takes his charitable deduction. The donor would then be able to reduce his taxes by only $2,800, not $3,500—a difference of $700.
This donor would still owe $700 in taxes. Therefore, he may give $10,000, take a tax deduction of $10,000, and still owe an additional $700 when the final bill is computed.
This proposal does more than simply raise or lower tax rates in general. For the first time, the federal government is considering taxing income that is given to charity.
Let’s return to our donor above. If he had budgeted $10,000 to make charitable gifts, he would now have to budget $10,700 to make a $10,000 gift.
The additional $700 to be paid in taxes means he will have less to spend, invest, or give to loved ones. The only other alternative to keep his budget in balance is to reduce the gift amount from $10,000 to $9,346. He would retain the $654 difference to cover the additional tax due on the $9,346 he donated.
Any way you look at it, Congress is raising the cost of the gift in terms of cash outlay by approximately 7%.
If passed by Congress, the proposed changes would come into effect in 2011, the same year that, in another proposal, the maximum tax rate may be raised to 39%. The proposed tax increase would widen the “spread” between the maximum income tax rate (39%) and the rate at which charitable gifts may be deducted (28%) to 11%. A $10,000 gift would require $11,100 in income. If, given budget concerns, only $10,000 is available for the charitable gift, the actual gift to charity would need to be reduced to roughly $9,100, with the remaining amount paid in taxes. In this case the impact on larger campaign gifts could become more significant. Imagine how a donor would feel if faced with writing a check to the IRS for $111,000 to cover the tax on a $1 million fund-raising campaign contribution.
It is unclear how higher-income taxpayers will react to such changes, but it is certain that their accountants will see it as part of their professional role to explain this change and advise them how the “numbers” will work in their case.
Consider the similarities between this situation and the historical impact over the decades of the 50% of AGI limit. How many times have you heard a donor say, “I can’t give any more this year. My accountant tells me I have given all I can deduct.” Donors tend to cut their giving when told they owe tax on any amounts donated beyond the AGI limits.
In the case of this proposed change, however, higher-income donors and their accountants will not be able to avoid paying tax on amounts they donate to charity by monitoring their proximity to the 50% of AGI limit. Affected taxpayers will find that none of the dollars that are subject to the rule are deductible at full value.
The stated intent of the proposed tax law changes is to raise taxes on the wealthy. Whether that is advisable is beyond the scope of this article. This increase is slated to be accomplished, however, not through an across-the-board increase in tax rates on the wealthy but rather by imposing a targeted tax increase on amounts donated to charity by people with incomes over roughly $250,000. By that standard, this tax could impact a couple with mid-management jobs in high-cost areas of the country; it is certainly not a tax that will affect only the megarich.
No one can really predict the implications of this bill because there is no precedent for it. It would surely affect some charities more than others. Those with the strongest ties to donors would likely fare the best, with the impact felt most by charities to which donors may be giving solely out of social obligation or other less compelling motivations.
Again, our intention is simply to explain the structure and possible impact of the proposal, not to take a position on the advisability of this change. Regardless of what happens, charities will have to find a way to adjust to the resulting funding changes through budget reductions or other means.
If the issue is still in flux at the time you are reading this article, however, take a few minutes to reflect on what this proposal would really accomplish. Once you have decided how you feel about it, exercise your right to contact your representatives and make your opinion known.


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