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Gene that causes a form of deafness discovered
ScienceDaily (Sep. 30, 2012) ? Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have found a new genetic mutation responsible for deafness and hearing loss associated with Usher syndrome type 1.
These findings, published in the Sept. 30 advance online edition of the journal Nature Genetics, could help researchers develop new therapeutic targets for those at risk for this syndrome.
Partners in the study included the National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Kentucky.
Usher syndrome is a genetic defect that causes deafness, night-blindness and a loss of peripheral vision through the progressive degeneration of the retina.
"In this study, researchers were able to pinpoint the gene which caused deafness in Usher syndrome type 1 as well as deafness that is not associated with the syndrome through the genetic analysis of 57 humans from Pakistan and Turkey," says Zubair Ahmed, PhD, assistant professor of ophthalmology who conducts research at Cincinnati Children's and is the lead investigator on this study.
Ahmed says that a protein, called CIB2, which binds to calcium within a cell, is associated with deafness in Usher syndrome type 1 and non-syndromic hearing loss.
"To date, mutations affecting CIB2 are the most common and prevalent genetic cause of non-syndromic hearing loss in Pakistan," he says. "However, we have also found another mutation of the protein that contributes to deafness in Turkish populations.
"In animal models, CIB2 is found in the mechanosensory stereocilia of the inner ear -- hair cells, which respond to fluid motion and allow hearing and balance, and in retinal photoreceptor cells, which convert light into electrical signals in the eye, making it possible to see," says Saima Riazuddin, PhD, assistant professor in UC's department of otolaryngology who conducts research at Cincinnati Children's and is co-lead investigator on the study.
Researchers found that CIB2 staining is often brighter at shorter row stereocilia tips than the neighboring stereocilia of a longer row, where it may be involved in calcium signaling that regulates mechano-electrical transduction, a process by which the ear converts mechanical energy -- or energy of motion -- into a form of energy that the brain can recognize as sound.
"With this knowledge, we are one step closer to understanding the mechanism of mechano-electrical transduction and possibly finding a genetic target to prevent non-syndromic deafness as well as that associated with Usher syndrome type 1," Ahmed says.
Other researchers involved in the study include Thomas Friedman, PhD, and Inna Belyantseva, MD, PhD, from the NIDCD; Suzanne Leal, PhD, and her team at Baylor; and Gregory Frolenkov, PhD, and his team at the University of Kentucky.
This study was funded by the NIDCD, the National Science Foundation and the Research to Prevent Blindness Foundation.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Idaho woman charged with stick-figure threat
BOISE, Idaho (AP) ? A woman who was about to be released from an Idaho prison will stay behind bars a while longer because federal prosecutors say she mailed a threatening stick figure drawing to a relative.
Linda Joyce Lakes was serving time at the Pocatello Women's Correctional Center on probation violations stemming from a 2007 grand theft sentence, and she was scheduled to be released last Friday. But earlier this month, the U.S. attorney's office charged her with mailing threatening communications, a felony.
Prosecutors say that in 2010, Lakes mailed a drawing that apparently depicted a battered stick figure alongside threatening phrases such as "No tears," ''No hiding," and "No more you."
Kyle Wright, an FBI agent in Pocatello who investigated the case, described the drawing in a court document.
"One stick figure appeared to be lying down with his face smashed. The baseball bat was lying nearby with damage that appeared to be consistent with its use on the first stick figure. The second stick figure appeared to be walking away with a smile," Wright wrote.
Wright also said in his affidavit that Lakes sent a letter with the drawing that indicated her prison sentence was coming to an end and that the recipient should be prepared for his final moments.
The FBI agent also said that Lakes told the FBI her drawing symbolized her hate for a man who had abused her in the past, and that one day she wanted to beat and possibly kill him.
Lakes was released from the state prison and taken into federal custody. She waived her preliminary hearing on the charge and has not yet entered a plea.
Lisa Tolle, a paralegal with Federal Defender Services of Idaho in Pocatello, said her office had just been assigned the case and attorneys had not yet fully reviewed it.
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Kazakstan's longest serving prime minister resigns
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Mercer Island upends Sammamish | Prep football
In a game that included nine touchdowns and four fumble recoveries, the Mercer Island football team advanced to a 3-1 record on Friday, Sept. 21, beating Sammamish at home 63-0.
Senior quarterback Alec Bean earned the first start of his career with Mercer Island, leading off the game by assisting for a touchdown, the first of many points of the evening. Peter Mahony scored just two minutes later after the Islanders defense kept Sammamish from advancing far. Zack Bucklin hit the mark with 5:48 left in the first off a pass from quarterback Brian Higgins, pushing the score to 20-0.
After the first of what would become four fumble recoveries for the Islanders with 4:43 left in the first, Bucklin scored his second of the night. Running back Devlin Conway, a junior, followed suit with 2:58 left in the first and it ended with the Islanders leading 35-0.
Just 16 seconds into the second quarter, Mercer Island?s Mahony made a 67-yard touchdown run, upping the score to 42-0 with 11:44 left to play in the half. The second Totem fumble of the night game with 2:49 left in the half, and the Islanders began their quest on the 45 yard line. The Islanders attempted a field goal as time ran out in the half, but the ball was tipped and didn?t reach the posts. The score was 42-0 at halftime.
During the break the school honored it?s five new Mercer Island High School Hall of Fame inductees. The five included: Chris Bailey, Duke Biggers, Trevor Fulp, Kelsey Ingram and Greg Mahony.
Back on the field after halftime and the clock running because of the 42-point rule, Mercer Island hit the mark again with 6:13 left in the third when Risley Lesko ran it in and was tackled in the corner. The score was 49-0.
Lesko scored his second of the night with 1:25 left in the third, this time on a longer run for a 56-0 lead for Mercer Island. Mercer Island didn?t score again until Bean, back in the game at quarterback, ran the ball into the zone to give the team its final points of the night.
Next Friday, Sept. 28, the Islanders will once again be at home, hosting Interlake in a 7 p.m. matchup.
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Friday, September 21, 2012
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Earthquakes score late to tie Timbers
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updated 12:00 a.m. ET Sept. 20, 2012
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Chris Wondolowski scored two goals in the second half, including the tying goal in stoppage time, to lift the San Jose Earthquakes to a 2-2 draw with the Portland Timbers on Wednesday night.
Wondolowski, who entered the game in the 58th minute, scored his 20th and 21st goals - extending his franchise single-season record, career-high and league-leading total - to help San Jose (17-6-6) improve to 11-0-5 in its last 16 matches at Buck Shaw Stadium. The Earthquakes also remained three points ahead of Sporting Kansas City in the Supporters' Shield race for the most points in the standings.
Portland (7-14-8), which got two goals from Danny Mwanga, squandered an opportunity for its first road win of the season. Instead, the Timbers remained winless in a 16th straight road match and are on pace to be just the fifth MLS club to go a full season without a road victory.
San Jose salvaged the critical point after an attempted flick clearance by Portland defender Hanyer Mosquera floated to the back post, where an open Wondolowski headed it home.
San Jose brought in Wondolowski and Alan Gordon - initially rested in the midst of a three-games-in-eight-days stretch - looking for late-match magic, and they each had a hand in the Earthquakes' first goal.
Gordon flicked on a long lead pass from Victor Bernardez in the 73rd minute, and Steven Lenhart got a sliding touch on it to free Wondolowski, who converted with his left foot from 16 yards. It was Wondolowski's first goal in the run of play since July 14.
Mwanga used his strength to create his own goal-scoring chance in the 45th minute, staying upright despite a hard challenge from Bernardez. Bernardez's attempt to knock the ball from Mwanga fed straight to Rodney Wallace in the middle of a stretched-out San Jose defense. Wallace slid a through ball right back to Mwanga, who took one dribble to avoid converging defenders and charging goalkeeper Jon Busch and found the empty net.
Mwanga, acquired from Philadelphia in June, made it 2-0 with a crackling 25-yard blast across the face of goal to the upper corner of the far post in the 62nd minute. The play was set up by a 40-yard run through the midfield by Franck Songo'o. Earthquakes midfielder Sam Cronin futilely gave chase, eventually coming up short on a sliding tackle, and Songo'o easily swiveled around Bernardez before feeding Mwanga, who had plenty of time to line up his shot.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
San Francisco Pop-Ups Settle for Brick-and-Mortar - Travel + Leisure
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It?s a city of pop-ups. San Francisco has bred a myriad of mobile food entrepreneurs who blog, tweet and serve up everything from ramen to fish tacos to loyal customers willing to hit the sidewalk. That?s about to change?slightly. Recently, some pop-ups have gone permanent, shouldering leases and outfitting commercial spaces. A few of the city?s newest restaurant fixtures? Radio Africa Kitchen (below), which serves creative Ethiopian food, recently opened up shop in Bayview. Meanwhile, the super-popular ramen/boba tea spot Ken-Ken Ramen has launched in the Mission. If deli is your thing, don?t miss the outpost of Wise Sons Delicatessen (above)for some of the city?s best bialys and challah.
Jaime Gillin is Travel + Leisure's San Francisco correspondent.
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Saturday, September 8, 2012
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford lacks credibility, says lawyer
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has no credibility and can't be believed when he says he did no wrong in connection to allegations he violated conflict of interest rules, says the lawyer who has cross-examined Ford. Ford was questioned for four hours on Wednesday by Clayton Ruby about his refusal to repay $3,150 in donations to his football foundation ? something Janet Leiper, the city's integrity commissioner, had first asked him to do in 2010, and then repeated that request on several occasions. The court will decide if Ford's participation in a debate on Feb. 7 over the issue and in a subsequent council vote that let him off the hook for the money put the mayor in a conflict of interest as defined by the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act (MCIA). Ruby told a Toronto courtroom on Thursday that he doesn't believe Ford made an honest error of judgment when he spoke and voted on the issue. Ruby said Ford, who was first elected to council in 2000, and then as mayor in 2010, has no credibility on the matter. The mayor's "peculiar definition of conflict" doesn't mesh with his extensive experience on council, Ruby said. Ford asserted in court on Wednesday that his interpretation of a conflict of interest, as defined by the act, only occurs if a council member speaks or acts on a matter in which both the city and that member stand to benefit. Ruby said that is not the correct interpretation of the act, which Ford admitted on Wednesday he had ne ...
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Friday, September 7, 2012
Students create low-cost biosensor to detect contaminated water in developing nations
ScienceDaily (Sep. 6, 2012) ? Diarrheal disease is the second-leading cause of death in children under five years old -- killing as many as 1.5 million children worldwide every year. These startling statistics from the World Health Organization (2009) point to the reason why a group of undergraduate students from Arizona State University is working to develop a low-cost biosensor -- a simple device that would detect contaminated drinking water.
An interdisciplinary team of nine students is participating in the 2012 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition -- a global event that challenges students to design and build simple biological systems made from standard, interchangeable parts.
The ASU team started its research during the summer to prepare for the synthetic biology competition. Its goal is to create a user-friendly, DNA-based biosensor that can detect major pathogens. The low-cost device would be used in the field rather than in a laboratory.
"We are developing a biosensor that will detect pathogenic bacteria, such as Shigella, Salmonella and E. coli, that cause diarrhea," said Ryan Muller, an undergraduate student in ASU's School of Life Sciences and an iGEM team leader. "Ideally, you would use our biosensor to check different water supplies in third world-countries to determine whether the water is safe to drink."
The team is working on two biosensor designs.
"The first one targets DNA," explained Nisarg Patel, a molecular biosciences and biotechnology major in School of Life Sciences, as well as a political science major. "Since each type of pathogen has different DNA, we want to create complementary sequences -- sequences that match a specific DNA. We will take bacterial samples from the water, pull out the DNA and check whether it complements our DNA probe. If it does, it will produce a color response and then we'll know that the water is contaminated."
Made for portability, Patel said the second design tests the membranes of bacteria. When using the device to test water, if certain proteins attach to a bacterial membrane, the sample will turn blue -- indicating the water is contaminated with a pathogen and would not be safe to drink.
"The advantage of this design over previous designs in the field lies in the cheap production of probes and the enzymatic chain reaction," said Abhinav Markus, a biomedical engineering student in ASU's Ira A Fulton Schools of Engineering. "Samples can be tested in the field with minimal cost and high sensitivity."
When the ASU iGEM team first met this summer, Madeline Sands, an anthropology major in the university's School of Human Evolution and Social Change, pitched the idea to build a low-cost biosensor. Sands previously traveled to Guatemala as part of an ASU field experience. There, she conducted community health research under the direction of Jonathan Maupin, a medical anthropologist. Sands realized that contaminated water presents a serious health problem for developing countries.
"With constant earthquakes, landslides and rains in Guatemala, it can often be difficult to determine if a water source is contaminated," said Sands. "My time there made it clear that having a way to detect contaminated water could lead to a further reduction in the incidence and morbidity of diarrhea."
In October, the team will present its device during the iGEM regional competition at Stanford University. If successful, they will move on to the global competition in November at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Other ASU iGEM team members include: Rohit Rajan, Ethan Ward, Hyder Hussain, Amanda Ispas and Ellen Qin. Kylie Standage-Beier, a biological sciences major and previous iGEM team member, serves as an advisor.
Arizona State University iGEM team sponsors include School of Life Sciences; Barrett, The Honors College; Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering; School of Biological Health Systems and Engineering; College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; School of Politics and Global Studies; and Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
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Thursday, September 6, 2012
Bubble Tea Tapioca Pearls May Cause Cancer, Study Says
Bad news for fans of the colorful novelty drink called tapioca tea, or boba tea: The sugary specialty beverage, generally milk-based and filled with chewy balls of tapioca, may also include cancer-causing chemicals known aspolychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs, the Daily News reports.
German researchers from the University Hospital Aachen have reportedly found traces of the carcinogenic chemical in tapioca ball samples. The tapioca was taken from an unnamed chain in northwest Germany and originated in Taiwan, according to the Daily News.
"[What we found] includes in particular styrene, acetophenone, and brominated substances that shouldn't be in food at all," scientist Manfred M?ller, of the Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine at the University Hospital Aachen, told German newspaper The Local, notes the AFP.
According to the EPA, PCBs belong to a broad family of man-made organic chemicals manufactured between 1929 and 1979. The chemicals still exist in the environment despite their U.S. manufacturing ban. Ranging in toxicity, PCBs have been shown to cause cancer, as well as a variety of other adverse health effects on the immune system, reproductive system, nervous system and endocrine system, the government site continues.
Bubble tea has gained widespread popularity in recent years across Europe, and Germany in particular, after already converting young people across North America. German McDonald's have even begun selling the dessert beverage as part of its recently revamped McCafe menu, the Independent reports.
The cancer concerns were compounded by another public health warning, released earlier in August by the country's German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment. German authorities warned that the beverage's hallmark gummy balls, may pose a choking risk.
"Especially with children aged up to four years, there is a risk of foreign objects accidentally entering the lungs," said Dr. Andreas Hensel in a press release on the Institute's website. "And that is precisely what can happen when the bubbles are sucked up through a straw."
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
?Employment Practices Liability? Blends Legal Insight with Risk ...
Employment Practices Liability: A Guide to Risk Exposures and Coverage, Second Edition, by Britton Weimer, Eric Satre, Andrew Whitman and T. Michael Speidel, The National Underwriter Company, 2012, 306 pages, $96.
?Our employees are our greatest resource.?
Does this corporate slogan sound familiar?? Increasingly, though, employees ? and employment practices liability (EPL) ? can be one of a company?s greatest liability exposures.? ????? Employment practices liability is a growing concern for increasing number of businesses and organizations of all types.? In both claim frequency and severity, claims and suits are burgeoning.? Mitsubishi, Texaco, Circuit City.? The list of companies stung by harassment, wrongful termination and discrimination claims keeps growing.? (A few administrations ago, even the President of the United States was open to legal attack.)
Since the 1990?s, there has been over a hundred-fold increase in complaints filed with the Equal Opportunity Commission.? Claims alleging workplace discrimination produce an average court awards in the six-figure range.? Allegations regarding raises and promotions produce average awards of $350,000.? Sexual harassment claims net on average awards of about $150,000 apiece.? Scarier still, those are just the cases going to trial; over 95% of all these claims are settled prior to trial.
Those numbers, along with growing publicity about the problem, cause more and more companies to sit up and take notice of EPL exposures.? Corporate claim and risk managers are wisely adding employment practices to their list of areas of concentration.? How do corporate claim managers address the financial challenges of EPL claims?? Help is here in the form of the National Underwriter?s Employment Practices Liability: Guide to Risk Exposures and Coverage.
All four co-authors of this updated book are attorneys. Brit Weimer and Eric Satre ?are in private practice in the Minneapolis area. Andrew Whitman is an insurance consultant and expert witness. T. Michael Spieled is an attorney/dentist.? If you assembled the Olympic basketball equivalent of a ?Dream Team? for employment practices law, you would have the authors of this latest book.
Fourteen years have passed since the National Underwriter published its first edition of Employment Practices Liability, so the text was ready for an update, given the changing landscape and prominence of employment practices liability. In the intervening years, employment practices have become more prominent as a risk for risk managers to address, either through insurance or not insurance means.
So, if you have a copy of the earlier edition of Employment Practices Liability, why would you ? or should you ? invest in this latest version?? What is new about this second edition of employment practices liability?? In general terms, differentiating the second edition from its earlier version is a more detailed?analysis of EPL claims, coverage, and risk management.? Beyond that, there are three specific reasons:
??????????? #1.? Heft.? Readers get much more content than what appeared in the first edition.? It is not just ?filler, either.? The latest iteration of the book?is about twice the size of the original edition.
??????????? #2.? Updated content on ?hot spot? areas.? EPL now includes a significantly expanded analysis of whistleblower and reprisal claims, which are now much more common than they were in the late 1990?s.
??????????? #3.? FSLA content.? EPL includes a full chapter on FLSA claims, which were barely on the radar back in 1998, but are now a major concern for employers.
The book subdivides into eight chapters, revolving around the following themes:
Chapter 1 ? Policy Coverages and Exclusions
Chapter 2 ? Workers Compensation/Employers Liability
Chapter 3 ? Other Liability Policies
Chapter 4 ? Obtaining and Managing Insurance Defense
Chapter 5 ? Avoiding Wage and Hour Claims
Chapter 6 ? Avoiding Discrimination and Harassment Claims
Chapter 7 ? Avoiding Whistleblowers, Retaliation and Wrongful Discharge claims
Chapter 8 ? Employment Risk Management from A to Z
In addition to these chapters, which are packed with tips, the book contains a handy glossary and five appendices that cover each state?s complaint processes, forms, time limits for complaint filing, and other resources.
Another handy feature for busy risk managers is that each chapter concludes with a risk management overview. These include bullet points and key takeaways from the chapter just concluded. Although all four authors are attorneys, the book is accessible to any risk manager and is not unduly weighted down by lawyer jargon and gobbledygook.
The chapter on ?Employment Risk Management from A-Z? alone is worth the price of the book. Some may be off-put by the $96 price tag of a soft cover volume.? That would be short-sighted, though.
If having this reference and implementing merely a fraction of the ideas prevents a single employment practices liability claim, the risk manager?s modest investment in the book has a multiplier return on investment. Of course, as in the case of any risk management book, one must actually implement the ideas contained within the covers. As motivational guru Tony Robbins has said,? knowledge isn?t power ? ? action is power.?
NUCO?s Employment Practices Liability is an excellent ? and practical ? guidebook that belongs on the shelf of every practicing risk manager and human resource professional.
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Monday, September 3, 2012
Key speakers at the Democratic National Convention
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ? Tuesday, Sept. 4
First lady Michelle Obama
Mayor Julian Castro, San Antonio, Texas, keynote speaker
Wednesday, Sept. 5
Former President Bill Clinton
Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
Thursday, Sept. 6
President Barack Obama
Vice President Joe Biden
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/key-speakers-democratic-national-convention-205821846--election.html
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Sunday, September 2, 2012
iPhone 4 / 4S Cases at HandHeldItems: 20% off, deals from $3 + free shipping
HandHeldItemstakes an extra 20% off iPhone4 and 4S cases via coupon code 20IPHONECS. Even better, all cases come bundled with a $1HandHeldItems Credit. With prices starting at $1.59 after coupon, that's tied with our mention from three weeks ago as the one of the best discounts we've seen on these items from HandHeldItems in recent months. Shipping starts at $2.85, although many items receive free shipping. Coupon expires September 30.
A best bet is this Graphic Case for Apple iPhone 4 / 4S in a variety of styles (Tribal Snake pictured) bundled with a $1HandHeldItems credit for $3.90 before the above coupon, $3.12 after. With free shipping, that's $16 off and a very low price for an iPhone 4 / 4S graphic case.
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Accounting Software | sunspot cycle
Posted by admin on August 31, 2012
One is one of the most important decisions you must start or run your small business accounting software. Of course, this may be a nightmare, if you make the wrong choice.Accounting software in the past 20 years, has advanced far beyond the 'in' and 'out' column the accounting books of the old-fashioned lined. Today, it is entirely possible accounting software will help you in all your personal and business accounting tasks, receivables receivable from online bank. With such a wide range of accounting software, accounting software program it can be difficult to determine the most suitable for your needs.In the choice of accounting software program, it is worth it, you do not have to think about exactly why you want to program in the first place. Really or not to buy a software program that allows you to be able to track accounts receivable, and issued an invoice, if you only need the software to do your household budgeting point. On the other hand, if you are a small and medium-sized enterprises, it is likely the management capacity of the issued and outstanding invoices is essential.It would be wise to investigate the type of support that you get when you purchase accounting software. A good support plan will include registration at least 30 days of free technical support. You should be able to easily find answers to common questions, or to ask a question, your support needs, and quickly get accurate online answers.Accounting software to interact with other software in what form a feature, you need to consider. For example, if you use online banking, and then a very useful function package to update your online bank statements. In addition, if you have a number of different sources of income, you will find it necessary to ensure that all people are included in your budget, then the software, so you can take advantage of this facility may be useful. However, if you have one or two sources of income, all you want to do is keep track of your family outgoing expenditures, then you may only need a simple Excel accounting software.Finally, in any particular accounting software, before they make a choice, this would be the best, to ensure that your computer has the correct system requirements of application. For example, you should make sure you have enough space on your hard drive to download the program and you have no applicable software on your system. Remember, nothing more than to get a new package, only to find, which is not compatible with your computer settings even more frustrating.In short, you may be able to select the best accounting software is a simple question. All is perhaps the most important feature is the ease of use, because you want the software to work almost every day, if you own a small business.
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Saturday, September 1, 2012
Living Trusts Compared to Joint Tenancy - Law Office of David ...
Clients often ask whether they should create a living trust or put their assets in joint tenancy. ?There is no ?one-size-fits-all? answer. ?This blog post will compare living trusts to joint tenancy. ?If you are in the Santa Clarita Valley and are considering an estate planning package that consists of a will or a living trust, contact the?Law Office of David Piotrowski?today.
Both the living trust and joint tenancy avoids probate. ?A trust is more flexible than joint tenancy and easily divides the property among the list of beneficiaries. ?Joint tenancy is less flexible, cannot include post-death trusts for tax planning, and works best when two or three people are involved.
The person creating the trust generally retains control and flexibility and has not made a taxable gift to anyone. ?The trustor can generally change the terms of the trust and change the beneficiary at any time without the consent of the beneficiary, because the beneficiary has no vested right to the property.
A person who creates a joint tenancy makes a present transfer of property. ?This may result in a gift and may be subjected to taxes. ?The new owner may possesses the right of partition and can make it difficult to sell/transfer the property. ?Therefore, if you decide to create a joint tenancy, it must be with an individual whom you trust. ?Furthermore, a joint tenant?s creditors may reach his or her interest in the property.
A letter trust agreement can avoid many of the negatives of joint tenancy and should negate the elements of a present gift, prevent liability for the joint tenant?s actions, and require the surviving joint tenant to distribute the property as designated in the will.
You may also wish to read my blog entry comparing living trusts to wills.
If you are in the Santa Clarita Valley and are considering an estate planning package that consists of a will or a living trust, contact the?Law Office of David Piotrowski?today.
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