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Looking for a classic Christmas special or movie to share with a senior this holiday season? If so, you're not alone. After all, it can be tough to pick out the perfect Christmas gift for an elderly family member. When you've lived as long as our parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents have, material gifts fall by the wayside to good company and warm memories.
But in the internet age, it's now easier than ever to make those warm memories a gift of their own. By finding the classic Christmas specials and movies your loved one grew up with, you can open a door to merry and bright Christmas mornings from decades past.
To help, Visiting Angels has compiled a list of classic Christmas movies from Hollywood's Golden Age, plus classic Christmas specials from radio and TV. We hope this list will make it easy to find a long-lost favorite from your loved one's younger years and bring warmth to your home this holiday season.
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The 40s and 50s were the Golden Age of Hollywood. So, it's no surprise that they were also the Golden Age of tinsel in Tinseltown. While some of the most well-known classics of this period still receive regular airings on TV, others live on in the memories of those who first fell in love with Christmas while watching them.
Many seniors came of age as television first became a truly national phenomenon. As a result, many of the TV specials thought of most fondly by older family members come from TV's first big decade, from 1950 to 1960. While it can be hard to track down some of these specials, many of them are available for streaming as single episodes online.
While classic Christmas TV specials and movies are often easy to find each holiday season, it's been tough until recent years to find classic radio specials from the 40s, 50s, and 60s. But it's now easy to find older Christmas radio specials, many of which are available for free online.
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Joe Mucha is a retired Vice President of Human Resources, Sales, for General Mills, Inc. Prior to joining General Mills, Mucha held several human resource management positions with Pfizer, Inc. Mucha graduated from Saint John's University in 1966 with a B.A. in history. After serving in the U.S. Army for three years, he obtained a Master's degree in industrial relations from the University of Minnesota. Mucha previously served on the Saint John's Board of Regents from 2000-2008, and has remained involved in numerous alumni activities. He and his wife, Kathy, live in Golden Valley, Minnesota, and are the parents of three children.

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An official welcome from the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs (OPdA). This event consists of two sessions so as to give postdocs an opportunity of attending either a morning OR an afternoon session as best suits. Both sessions will include brief interactive presentations from the OPdA, Careers Service and Personal and Professional Development (PPD) whose principal role is to support the University's research staff.
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'Getting Connected in Cambridge: Insights and opportunties for Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics research staff' will provide invaluable information on how to navigate life as a researcher in Cambridge.
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I'm the author of Eat With Joy: Redeeming God's Gift of Food, published by InterVarsity Press in February, 2013.
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Here are ten reasons you or someone you know might like to read my book. And here are ten more just for good measure.
I'm also the author of a book about Jesus for children called The Unexpected Way. It's the third in a series launched by Peter Enns. The publisher is Olive Branch Books, a division of Peace Hill Press, which produces quality educational materials for children.
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Original Trinity Hymnal, #135
I greet thee, who my sure Redeemer art,
My only trust and Saviour of my heart,
Who pain didst undergo for my poor sake;
I pray thee from our hearts all cares to take.
Thou art the King of mercy and of grace,
Reigning omnipotent in every place:
So come, O King, and our whole being sway;
Shine on us with the light of thy pure day.
Thou art the life, by which alone we live,
And all our substance and our strength receive;
O comfort us in death's approaching hour,
Strong-hearted then to face it by thy pow'r.
Thou hast the true and perfect gentleness,
No harshness hast thou and no bitterness:
Make us to taste the sweet grace found in thee
And ever stay in thy sweet unity.
Our hope is in no other save in thee;
Our faith is built upon thy promise free;
O grant to us such stronger hope and sure
That we can boldly conquer and endure.
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Turbulence Intensity Calculation from Cylinder Pressure Data in a High Degree of Freedom Spark-Ignition Engine
The number of control actuators available on spark-ignition engines is rapidly increasing to meet demand for improved fuel economy and reduced exhaust emissions. The added complexity greatly complicates control strategy development because there can be a wide range of potential actuator settings at each engine operating condition, and map-based actuator calibration becomes challenging as the number of control degrees of freedom expand significantly. Many engine actuators, such as variable valve actuation and flow control valves, directly influence in-cylinder combustion through changes in gas exchange, mixture preparation, and charge motion. The addition of these types of actuators makes it difficult to predict the influences of individual actuator positioning on in-cylinder combustion without substantial experimental complexity.


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Several new businesses are changing the look of Hartville, and there could be more coming.
The corner of Market Avenue and state Route 619 is a far cry from what it was 20 years ago.
The buildings on the northwest corner that house the Hartville Cafe and Gift Shop are all that remain.
The southwest corner was home to the original Hartville Kitchen and flea market. The squat brick building that crowded the street was demolished years ago. Today, passersby see the bright lights and orange awnings of a Sheetz convenience store.
Across the street, another long-vacant lot has been filled. Aldi opened a grocery store in early November.
"It's sure a big plus for the village," Mayor Richard A. Currie said of the developments.
Empty lots along W. Maple Street have been filling gradually.
Consumers National Bank opened an office two years ago. Last year, Grinders Above & Beyond opened a restaurant that fronts a plaza with three smaller spots in the back. Top It Off Frozen Yogurt occupies one slot and another is leased by City Cleaners, a dry cleaning and laundry service.
Aldi's new store in Hartville is the fifth in Stark County. The others are in Canton, Alliance and Jackson and Perry townships.
The chain considers population density, proximity to competitors and traffic patterns when looking for a location. "We want to be conveniently based where Aldi shoppers are located," Corey Stucker, Aldi's Hinckley Division vice president, said in an email.
The growth on Hartville's west end doesn't seem to be hurting the older downtown area. Several new shops have moved in, filling up once-vacant storefronts.
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Security of Motorola Droid-family phones based on two important technologies:
Security of Motorola Droid-family phones based on two important technologies:
eFuse cells for one-time blowing to increment counter for security purposes
M-Shield protection, solution from Texas Instruments special for cellular networks (similar as SecureShield from Quallcomm)
=== M-Shield ===
=== M-Shield ===
Revision as of 03:09, 14 August 2010
Security of Motorola Droid-family phones based on two important technologies:
- eFuse cells for one-time blowing to increment counter for security purposes
- M-Shield protection, solution from Texas Instruments special for cellular networks (similar as SecureShield from Quallcomm)
This is an extended implementation of MTM (Mobile Trusted Module) of Trusted Computing Group, based on reference design of MTM, and embedded into OMAP chip. Also it support TrustZone ARM technology. It's located on it's own ROM/RAM and in M-Shield only software emulation - see TrustZone specification. Both, Secure and Insecure world are running on one core. From insecure world it's called by the **SMC** ARM instruction
Here is full TrustZone description - File:Prd29-genc-009492c trustzone security whitepaper.pdf
In our target device, the native handset boot starts exe- cuting from an on-chip ROM, which in turns loads a signed bootloader and executes it on successful verification. The M-Shield architecture additionally includes on-chip RAM to be used by so-called protected applications. These can either persistently be present on an on-chip ROM, or be uploaded to on-chip RAM as signed binaries. The system implements a firewall/monitor entry point for executing these applica- tions, and this firewall takes care of disabling or clearing all security-critical processor features (interrupts, DMA, VM) for the duration of the TrEE invocation. In this manner the system provides hardware-enforced isolation for the pro- tected applications. The on-chip protected applications have access to a limited amount of persistent secret data (like a device-specific symmetric key) and to cryptographic accelerator primitives.
- ROM to store the program code or a mechanism by which the integrity of code uploaded to the secure environment can be validated (code signing).
- a shielded location (secure RAM) for the loaded state, as well as for run-time data.
- an isolated execution environment (TrEE) for the program code with access to the shielded data location.
- a device-specific, persistent secret to seed the RTS. The confidentiality (access control) of the secret can e.g. be bound to the secure environment itself.
- a simple (I/O) library for use in the isolated environment, including cryptographic primitives and random number generation necessary for a MTM.1
|Attestation Identity Key
|Endorcement Key
|Direct Anonymous Attestation
|Dynamic Root of Trust Management
|Mobile Trusted Module
|Reference Integrity Metric
|Root of Trust for Enforcement
|Root of Trust for Reporting
|Root of Trust for Storage
|Root of Trust for Verification
|Root Verification Authority Information
|Storage Root Key, is used to protect local data (keys e.g)
Listing 1: Structure for symmetric SRK
// 128 bits key length #define SRK KEYLENGTH 16 typedef struct tdTPM KEY SRK { TPM STRUCT VER ver; TPM KEY USAGE keyUsage; TPM KEY FLAGS keyFlags; TPM AUTH DATA USAGE authDataUsage; TPM KEY PARMS algorithmParms; TPM SECRET usageAuth; UINT32 PCRInfoSize; TPM PCR INFO pcrInfo; BYTE symKey[SRK KEYLENGTH]; } TPM KEY SRK; // Size of TPM KEY SRK in bytes: 123
Listing 2: Structure for loaded asymmetric key
typedef struct tdTPM KEY LOADED { TPM STRUCT VER ver; TPM KEY USAGE keyUsage; TPM KEY FLAGS keyFlags; TPM AUTH DATA USAGE authDataUsage; TPM KEY PARMS algorithmParms; TPM KEY PARMS algorithmParms; UINT32 PCRInfoSize; UINT32 PCRInfoSize; TPM PCR INFO pcrInfo; TPM STORE ASYMKEY keyData; } TPM KEY LOADED; // Size of TPM KEY LOADED in bytes: 551
typedef struct tdTPM PCR ATTRIBUTES { BOOL pcrReset; } TPM PCR ATTRIBUTES; // Size of TPM PCR ATTRIBUTES in bytes: 1 typedef struct tdTPM PERMANENT FLAGS { TPM STRUCTURE TAG tag; BOOL disable; BOOL FIPS; BOOL readSRKPub; } TPM PERMANENT FLAGS; // Size of TPM PERMANENT FLAGS in bytes: 5 typedef struct tdTPM STCLEAR FLAGS { TPM STRUCTURE TAG tag; BOOL deactivated; } TPM STCLEAR FLAGS; // Size of TPM STCLEAR FLAGS in bytes: 3 typedef struct tdTPM STANY FLAGS { TPM STRUCTURE TAG tag; BOOL postInitialise; } TPM STANY FLAGS; // Size of TPM STANY FLAGS in bytes: 3 #define TPM SESSIONS 2 typedef struct tdTPM STANY DATA { TPM STRUCTURE TAG tag; TPM SESSION DATA sessions[TPM SESSIONS]; } TPM STANY DATA; // Size of TPM STANY DATA in bytes: 98 #define TPM NUM COUNTER 1 #define TPM NUM PCR 16 typedef struct tdTPM PERMANENT DATA { TPM STRUCTURE TAG tag; BYTE revMajor; BYTE revMinor; TPM NONCE tpmProof; TPM KEY srk; TPM COUNTER VALUE monotonicCounter[TPM NUM COUNTER]; TPM PCR ATTRIBUTES pcrAttrib[TPM NUM PCR]; } TPM PERMANENT DATA; // Size of TPM PERMANENT DATA in bytes: 173 typedef struct tdTPM STCLEAR DATA { TPM STRUCTURE TAG tag; TPM COUNT ID countID; TPM PCRVALUE PCR[TPM NUM PCR]; } TPM STCLEAR DATA; // Size of TPM STCLEAR DATA in bytes: 326
We have SMC2.7 version of Secure Monitor OS
Software Emulators:
* MTM Emulator - http://mtm.nrsec.com/ * TroUserS http://trousers.sourceforge.net/ (http://sourceforge.net/projects/trousers/) * http://tpm-emulator.berlios.de/
We very need this files!
Useful literarure
Patent description with nice graphics http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20090320110
- Trusted Mobile Reference Architecture** http://droid-developers.org/files/m-shield/644597BE-1D09-3519-AD5ADDAFA0B539D2.pdf
Other Staff (needed to be cleared)
Work history Motorola June 2005 to the present Senior Software Engineer
tags: c • stracore • tms320c55x+ How would you describe your time at Motorola?
1. Implementation of Alternate Linear Output Equalizer (ALOE) for GSM handsets. Tools: Code Composer Studio (CCS), Freescale code warrior simulation tool. Language: TMS320C55x+ Algebraic Assembly, STARCORE ASSEMBLY Description: The ALOE algorithm is aimed at improving co-channel performance of the handset over the conventional GSM equalizers. The new algorithm gives 13 dB improvements over the conventional MLSE method. The implementation of this algorithm involved the coding in TMS320C55x+ Algebraic Assembly using CCS tool. And implementation is targeted to have lesser MIPS and better precision results. The algorithm testing is done with legacy starcore reference code.
2. Implementation of G728 speech codec with FIXED POINT, 32/16 bit data paths. Tools: Freescale code warrior simulation tool. Language: C, STARCORE ASSEMBLY Description: The G728 speech codec adhering to the ITUT standards is implemented using fixed point 16 bit and 32 bit data paths. The 16 bit fixed point data path is bit complaint with ITUT standard provided testvectors.The work involved is implementation, integration and Testing of entire G728 codec of 32 bit and 16 bit precisions and analysis with fixed point arithmetic using C language. And then porting the C code to the STARCORE architecture and also porting to starcore assembly to meet the MIPS criterion. The code is implemented in C and then star core assembly coded to meet MIPS criterion.
3. Development and Testing of Sync Detection, AFC, and sensitivity improvement algorithms. Tools: Matlab Freescale code warrior simulation tool. Language: C, STARCORE ASSEMBLY Description: The IDEN (similar to GSM) system has RF modem part which has Transmitter and Receiver. The Receiver is to demodulate the received Quad QAM data into in-Phase and Quadrature symbols, by applying sub channel demodulation, time synchronization, automatic frequency control, pilot interpolation and data decoding algorithms. The work involved implementation of AFC using the 1st order loop and synchronization using WLS algorithm and sensitivity improvement algorithm using 4-F Doppler mutipath fading modeling .The implementation of all these algorithms are on C, and STARCORE ASSEMBLY using the freescale code warrior tools....
RNG, DES/3DESx2, SHA1/MD5x2, AESx2, Fast PKA (Safenet EIP-29), e-fuse
On-Chip Memory: 96 Kbytes ROM, 64 Kbytes SRAM
M-Shield Hardware Security Technology
Integrated into TI's OMAP and OMAP-Vox platforms, M-Shield hardware security technology is a complete infrastructure for mobile platform robustness that includes:
* Hardware cryptographic accelerators and randon number generator * Public key infrastructure with secure on-chip keys (e-fuse) * Secure booting and flashing * Secure access/restriction to all chip peripherals and memories * Secure DMA transfers * Hardware-based countermeasures against software attacks and cloning * Secure protection of debug, trace, and test capabilities * Hardware-reinforced secure execution and storage environment (Secure Environment) embedding: o A Secure State Machine o Secure RAM for sensitive authorized application execution and secure data storage o Secure ROM with 100+ accessible by authorized applications (Protected Applications) o Secure storage mechanism
M-Shield hardware security technology is operating system-independent and not sensitive to software attacks. And once it is available, ARM® TrustZone™ hardware extensions will be incorporated and strengthened. M-Shield Software Security Technology
M-shield software security technology is the key software-based security element of OMAP Platforms and OMAP-Vox devices, built on top of and strengthened by M-Shield Hardware technology. This software security encompasses:
* Secure signing and flashing tools * IMEI and SIMlock protection software on OMAP-Vox devices * Toolkits for development and signature of protected applications running in a secure environment * Security Middleware Component with associated Protected Applications and SDKs * Security packs to strengthen HLOS security
Additionally, the M-shield Security Middleware Component (SMC) provides sets of standard APIs that solve the problems of de-fragmentation and porting complexity:
* Software reuse across platform generations as APIs on current platforms can continue to be utilized * SMC APIs are compatible with ARM® TrustZone™ software APIs o Applications can call specific secure services ported on SMC using ARM TrustZone API o Applications can use secure storage and standard PKCS#11 APIs for cryptography o Native secure services can use standard PKCS#11 APIs o Interpreted secure services can use GlobalPlatform GPD/STIP mobile profile standard APIs * Applications developed on TI's M-shield mobile security technology today will run binary compatible on devices incorporating an ARM core with TrustZone hardware extensions * Services developed today using ARM TrustZone software API will run on TI devices with M-Shield mobile security technology
Some info about eFuse in OMAP - http://elinux.org/OMAP_Power_Management/SmartReflex
All Secure ROM soultion based on Synopsys products http://www.synopsys.com/Tools/SLD/CapsuleModule/vp_ti_ss.pdf


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"Craig let me shoot his high powered rifle shortly after we got out of High School... it nearly knocked me on my butt!
1 of 14 | Posted by: Jerry Bierman - Longview, WA
"So sorry to hear of your loss. My prayers to your family. I knew his dad through the clinic I bet he was as sweet as his father. Take care Aileen...Read More »
2 of 14 | Posted by: wanda sarvis - Aberdeen, SD
"To the entire Wilkins Family, we are so sorry to learn of Craig's passing. May all the many memories you have bring you comfort now and in the days...Read More »
3 of 14 | Posted by: Susie Strande - Sioux Falls, SD
"With deepest sympathy, Aileen, in the loss of your son, Craig. My you find comfort in all the memories you have of him. They will always be in your...Read More »
4 of 14 | Posted by: Roger and Betty (Thompson) Wolff - SD
"I am shocked and saddened over the loss of a great friend, and I don't call very many people friends. All our sincere prayers are with Craig and his...Read More »
5 of 14 | Posted by: Richard L. Jones - Tucson, AZ
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6 of 14 | Posted by: Bob & Enid Roth - SD
"Craig dealt with adversity and pain while he was injured and had resultant back problems. He devoted his presence in Cresbard to caring for and...Read More »
7 of 14 | Posted by: Bob & Enid Roth - SD
"My deepest sympathy to you and your family in this time. Remember that he is in a better place and is being looked over with the greatest love...Read More »
8 of 14 | Posted by: LaVonne Nash Lopez - Fort Worth, TX
"Craig was a high school age friend and competitor. His love of people was evident in all he did.
9 of 14 | Posted by: Don Krause - Aberdeen, SD
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So sorry to hear about Craig. We had so many fun memories of him and your family for family get-togethers at your farm:)
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10 of 14 | Posted by: Joanne (Roth) Vigoren - Spearfish, SD
"Aileen & Family,
Words don't fully express my sorrow at the news of Craig's death. He was a very special person ... an amazing son, brother, uncle...Read More »
11 of 14 | Posted by: Janice Roth - Spearfish, SD
"Craig was a wonderful, thoughtful person with the biggest heart! He would do anything for anyone and would always take the time to greet and visit...Read More »
12 of 14 | Posted by: Brad Wilkins - Salem, SD - cousin
"Our memory of Craig includes him passing by with a dog or two, carrying his walking stick, and always being willing to stop for a visit. He will be...Read More »
13 of 14 | Posted by: Dan & Judith Sheldon - Cresbard, SD
"Eileen and family, I am so terribly sorry for the sudden loss of Craig. He was the most kindest, sweetest person I could have been honored to...Read More »
14 of 14 | Posted by: Jodi Wilkins Carr - Redfield, SD
The funeral service for Craig Forrest Wilkins, 55, of Cresbard, will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, February 4, 2013, at Cresbard United Methodist Church, with Pastor Julie Nygaard officiating. Burial will follow at Scatterwood Lakeside Cemetery, Rural Mansfield. Craig died Sunday, January 27, 2013, at Avera St. Luke's Hospital.
Visitation will be from 2:00-6:30 p.m., with a prayer service beginning at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, January 3, 2013 at Spitzer-Miller Funeral Home, 1111 S. Main St., Aberdeen.
Craig Forrest Wilkins was born May 5, 1957 to Keith and Aileen Wilkins of Mansfield, SD. He was the fifth child of nine and the third of six brothers.
Craig was baptized at the Scatterwood Methodist Church. All his schooling from Kindergarten through his senior year were attended at Cresbard, SD. Craig enjoyed playing basketball. While he was on the team, they won their way to the State B Tournament. He was chosen to the SD All State Basketball Team in his senior year of high school. Craig attended college at Madison State College and Northern State College. He played basketball at both schools.
Craig graduated from Northern with a bachelor's degree in teaching. Immediately upon graduation he moved to Sierra Vista, AZ and taught Mechanical Drawing and Driver's Ed. Craig taught several years at the Sierra Vista High School before taking a drafting job for Hughes Aircraft in Tucson, AZ. During this time he became a certified NRA firearm instructor. He met and married his wife Yvonne on November 26, 1988.
Craig was forced to quit working at Hughes due to pain. After leaving Hughes he became more involved in gun safety and was a Past Master Blue Lodge/Scottish Rite 32nd degree Knight Comander Court of Honor. He moved to Cresbard in 2007 to live with and care for his mother Aileen, until his death.
He enjoyed his family, his community and his dogs.
In Leiu of flowers the family prefers memorials to the Shriners Hospital at http://support.shrinershospitals.org/goto/Wilkins_Craig_F
Grateful for having shared his life are his mother, Aileen Wilkins, his sisters and brothers; Gail (Jerry) Smith, Diane (Tim) Graham, Roy (Lois) Wilkins, Paul Wilkins, David (Nancy) Wilkins, Dale Wilkins, and Rita (Dusty) Walter, his nieces and nephews; Sarah, Aaron, Anna, Elizabeth, Jessie, Troy, Wayne, Nathan, Christina, Teresa, Lee, Raymond, Samantha, Jason, Rebekkah, Hannah, Warren, Cory, and Ethan, his great nieces and nephews; Keith, Benjamen, Evelynn, Colin, Evan, Thane, Thea, Alixia, Carter, Devan, Leah, Abby, Landon, Alexandria, Robert, Brian, Kaydence, Emma Lee, Samuel and Grace.
He was preceded in death by his father, Keith Wilkins, his brother, Wayne Wilkins, his paternal grandparents, Raymond and Bertha Wilkins, and his maternal grandparents, Arthur and Jessie Wells.


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ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Los Angeles Angels shelled out big bucks to C.J. Wilson during the off-season because of his reputation for pitching deep into games and eating up innings. The fact that they don't have to face him anymore was just a bonus.
Wilson pitched effectively through eight innings and got home run support from Mike Trout and Mark Trumbo as the Angels bounced back from consecutive shutout losses against Toronto to beat the Blue Jays 6-2 Saturday night with slumping slugger Albert Pujols on the bench.
"Our job is to go out there and throw eight or nine innings every time. That's what we're built to do, so anything less is kind of disappointing," said Wilson, who threw 203 innings in 2010 and 223 1-3 last year for the two-time defending AL champion Texas Rangers after five seasons in their bullpen.
"I felt like I was shooting myself in the foot lately with mistakes and high pitch counts early in the game, but tonight I had some quick innings early," he added. "And the fact that we scored took a little bit of pressure off, so I was able to attack hitters a little bit more."
Wilson (4-2) allowed two runs and six hits, including Adam Lind's leadoff homer in the seventh, and struck out nine. The All-Star left-hander had his longest outing in six starts with the Angels, who signed him to a five-year, $77.5 million contract as a free agent in December.
"Obviously, they've got a lot of power," Wilson said. "It's like you think you have them under your thumb, and then all of a sudden, you make one mistake and — boom — home run. Sometimes you have to go for the corners and maybe take the risk of throwing a ball, instead of coming right down the middle. Obviously, you want to throw strikes, but you don't want to throw meatballs — because the meatball I threw tonight was a home run."
Toronto's other run came on an RBI single by Jose Bautista, who struck out twice against Wilson.
"He was spotting his fastball and the cutter," Bautista said. "That was working for him today and he stuck with it all game long and we couldn't make enough adjustments."
Kyle Drabek (2-3) was charged with five runs, eight hits and five walks in five-plus innings.
When Trout came to bat in the fifth with the score tied 1-all, a blond teenager appeared on the video board, holding up a placard asking the 20-year-old rookie to accompany her to her prom. Two pitches later, Trout hit his first home run in seven games and 25 at-bats since his recall from Triple-A Salt Lake. The video crew again showed the teenager with the sign, while Trout circled the bases on his sixth big league homer.
"Somebody just came over to me and said it was on the big screen. I didn't even see it," Trout said. "That's a first for me. It's awesome that the fans are out there cheering for me."
Perhaps someone should ask Pujols to the prom. The three-time NL MVP, batting .194 with five RBIs and no home runs, got the day off after playing in the Angels' first 27 games. He is in the longest homer drought of his 12-year career, 33 games and 137 at-bats since late last season with St. Louis, and has only one RBI in his last 18 games — on a Baltimore-chop groundout to third base.
Pujols, in the first year of a 10-year, $240 million contract, averaged 40.5 home runs during his 11 seasons with the Cardinals — including a career-best 49 in 2006 — and is the only player in major league history to hit 30 or more homers in each of his first 11 big league campaigns. He's never gone this late into a season without one.
"I think everybody needs a day, no matter who you are or what the situation is," Angels outfielder Vernon Wells said. "I mean, when you play this game at this level, you want to be in the lineup every day from a competitor's standpoint. But that's what you have a manager for — to regulate that kind of thing and be able to realize when guys need a day and allow them to kind of just push reset and start over."
Immediately after Trumbo led off the sixth with his fourth homer, the Angels loaded the bases with a walk, a single by Erick Aybar and a bunt hit by Bobby Wilson that chased Drabek.
Trout followed with a sacrifice fly against Jason Frasor, who committed a throwing error to second base on a potential inning-ending double-play comebacker by Alberto Callaspo as the Angels increased the margin to 5-1. Frasor struck out Howie Kendrick with the bases loaded after a scratch single by Kendrys Morales, who had three hits.
"It was one of those games where they executed and we didn't, so they won. That's it," Bautista said. "There's no need to overanalyze it. It's not that big of a deal. We've got a game tomorrow and we're going try to take this series and move on."
NOTES: The last time Pujols drove in a run with a hit was April 15, when he singled against Yankees reliever Rafael Soriano at New York. When a group of reporters approached Pujols at his locker before the game to ask about his omission from the lineup, he said: "Go ask the manager, not me, guys. I don't make the lineup." ... After five consecutive games on this homestand that were played in under 2 1/2 hours — including one that took 2:11 and two that lasted 2:10 — this one was over in 2 hours, 54 minutes.


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By Emuna Braverman
Dear Mom with a View,
I've read some of your articles on marriage and I accept that it's important to acknowledge when you're wrong and (gulp -- Ali McGraw and Ryan O'Neal to the contrary) say you're sorry. But what about as a parent? Aren't we supposed to be the all-knowing ones? Doesn't it violate our role as the voice of authority in the home if we acknowledge our mistakes, if we apologize to our children?
In Control but Just Barely
Dear In Control but Just Barely,
I have a secret to share with you. Not only should you apologize to your children if you're wrong, you must. And not only will your apology not weaken your authority over your children (if you are lucky enough to have any), it will strengthen it.
I don't know if there ever really was a world in which "a parent's word was law" and where the line "Wait until your father gets home!" inspired fear and upright behavior in children, but one thing is for sure -- this isn't it.
As one of my teachers said, "There is very little power of authority in parenting today. All you have is your personal relationship."
I would add one other thing: And your example. Our children learn to be kind from watching us act kindly and not from a lecture on the importance of kindness. (Teachers also take note.) A stern, unbending authoritarian parent who doesn't own up to his flaws will create a stern, unbending authoritarian child who doesn't own up to his flaws. And if you don't have any flaws, how can you ever grow and change?
The ability to say "I'm sorry" is a special gift we give to our children.
I think the ability to say "I'm sorry" is a special gift we give to our children. It's a humbler view of ourselves and a powerful tool for cementing and deepening relationships. Sometimes even if we weren't really at fault. Even if it seems trivial. It's always appreciated and the relationship is always improved. (Although an excessive need to say "I'm sorry" may suggest the need for some serious character development!)
Our children are watching us constantly (it's a little intimidating) for clues on how to behave. We have to demonstrate compassion and humility. They need to know that we are real human beings with strengths and weaknesses (not every detail of every weakness needs to be revealed!) who struggle every day to conquer our yetzer hara, our lower selves, to be a little better. If they don't see our struggle, they will be overwhelmed and devastated by their own. If we don't acknowledge our weaknesses, how can they?
The funny thing is that if we make a mistake, our children know (especially if it involves yelling at them!). It's not that they won't learn from our negative behavior. They just won't learn to apologize for it. By not saying "I'm sorry" we diminish both ourselves and them. Many of the stories of our patriarchs and leaders of the Jewish People throughout the Torah are stories of their mistakes. It is when they slipped up that the most learning can occur.
We can pretend to be perfect and teach our children to pretend as well, dooming them to a life of limited relationships and possibly high therapy bills.
Or we can accept our humanity and teach them about one of the greatest gifts the Almighty has given us -- the power to do teshuva. What is repentance if not saying to the Almighty "I'm sorry" (and I'll try not to do it again). It's the constant chance of a fresh start. Would we really want to rob our children of that precious opportunity?


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A couple of months ago, while waiting outside a brick oven pizza restaurant on Reade Street, I noticed a gentleman with a shopping cart; not a surprising sight in New York City.
At the corner was a construction site, and as soon as construction stopped for the day, a long rubber coated tube was carted out onto the sidewalk two blocks from City Hall. The man sliced open the rubber and culled out the copper.
This always happens a lot in cities like Baltimore, which is why construction is such a problem, but now it is prevalent everywhere.
Recently, a statue honoring the late Yankee pitcher Corey Lidle was brought down in California in what may have been an attempt to steal its metal. Putting aside the blatant disrespect of doing something like that, there is the clear sign that this is a growing issue. It is not a new issue, but it is spreading faster than before.
According to Ryan Holeywell, a writer for Governing Magazine, insurance claims for stolen copper alone is up 36 percent in three years, or by about 34,000 additional claims.
Missing metals can backlog construction and drive costs through the roof. (Pun not intended, but welcomed).
Why do we care are about this low-level, property-based crime? New York City, and now Queens and Brooklyn especially, is undergoing a lot of new construction. The last thing the boroughs need is higher development costs.
Other states are cracking down by directing more police activity in this direction. It may be hard for New York City to do likewise with everything else there is to worry about, but development is a key part of the city's economy.
If stealing copper and metals is easy enough to do in broad daylight in Manhattan, it has to be much easier in Rockaway or Ozone Park or Williamsburg. This is the kind of thing the city needs to get its arms around before it gets worse.
More On Common Core
State Senator Joseph Addabbo feels a lot better about Common Core standards after reviewing the 19 changes that the Board of Regents injected into the policy. What worries him is something that this column touched upon last week, which is that the program might be better off if it were eased a little more carefully into our existing education policy.
Ultimately, Addabbo would prefer to have Common Core standards kick in at the third-grade level, since some students do not have early education advantages like pre-K.
Whenever you speak with public officials you get two perspectives: one from teachers and one from parents. There should be another element to designing these standards. Colleges should weigh in on this.
College professors know what is ultimately expected from students, and they may have input that matters even for the lower levels. Smart education policy should come from the top down, not from the bottom up.
A triune approach to education policy where colleges, teachers, and parents are involved would better prepare students for what is expected of them when they get to the next step in their lives.
Addabbo held a town hall meeting in Rockaway last Friday and is working on having one in Howard Beach. This is the time to voice concerns over Common Core. People may not be able to reverse the program, but it can be tweaked.


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YIKES squeeeeeeeee whine whimper…
I'm gonna be up all night again… I've gotta quit coming to your Sat. afternoon shows. They scare the crap outta me. I'm just sayin'.
Having spent the last several hours crawling through filthy ventilation systems with John McClane has finally paid off, as we have reached a vent that will give us access to the main hangar of the Spud Star, where our ship, the Orca, is sits unguarded. Darth Tater has deployed all of his Spudtroopers to the other decks, never considering that we might be planning to steal aboard our vessel and escape; he knows me too well to think I would ever abandon the rest of the crew, who are his prisoners. But he has not reckoned on John McClane, who considers our teammates hippies, and has no compunction about ruthlessly abandoning them to make our getaway. Little do we know that out there in the coldness of space, closer than we could imagine, there lurks a ship carrying men who are more desperate, hungry, and ruthless than John McClane, Tucker, and Darth Tater put together …
As we cautiously emerge into the hangar, outside, unnoticed by either of us, a large and threatening ship drifts into view …
Before we can make good our escape, the mysterious vessel broadcasts a dire threat, sending the entire Spud Station to high alert!
It seems that we have been intercepted by the deadly Rice Pirates! I have heard whispered tales about these evil privateers, who travel the universe seeking out civilizations that have become advanced enough to manufacture rice in a box, and plundering them to feed their insatiable desire for carbs; but I always thought such rumors too far-fetched to credit. It appears I was wrong. Yet their appearance may have given us the opening we've been waiting for.
In the confusion of the mass-julienning of Darth Tater's Spudtroopers, we fire up the Orca's engines and make our escape from the hangar; but then the Rice Pirates, belying their fearsome reputation, make what can only be described as a rookie mistake.
Having thus revealed their hand, the Rice Pirates are forced to flee before the Spud Star destroys them. And as the Orca has passed perilously close to their vessel, their warp field draws us in, as a whirlpool pulls in the water around it.
Our small engines are unable to break us free, and we vanish into the wormhole along with these odious villains. Even worse, my fedora is once again left behind!
Who knows where the slipstream of the Rice Pirates will take us! We may end up on their homeworld, wherever it is, or somewhere even less savory. Only time will tell. But I will find my way back to my hat, because I am Dennis the Vizsla, and I never give up.
YIKES squeeeeeeeee whine whimper…
I'm gonna be up all night again… I've gotta quit coming to your Sat. afternoon shows. They scare the crap outta me. I'm just sayin'.
We're guessing you'll be taken to San Francisco as a treat where little cable cars run halfway to the star.
I started laughing from the minute I saw the title of the post! I wonder if those dreaded jaws and that conveyer belt are going to make an appearance.
That sounds just like a meeting of greyhounds and vizslas, too! I can picture them laying in the grass, watching the vizslas pace back and forth past them.
Are they rice crispies or minute rice?
woof – Tucker
Why does this one make me hungry? Mom ….go make me some Rice Roni!
Let's hear it fur Jasmine and Basmati!
This is most disturbing!
Rice and julienned spudtrooper sounds yummy to me!
Do whatever you need to do and hang on, Dennis!
Kisses and hugs
oh no! you'll get dragged into the deep hole and CRISPED!
Dennis we reckon you need to make a movie! Such exciting adventures. Our mum says bakes potatoes will never look the same to her again!
If you need us bassets to help give us a call – providing our internet stays working!
love and kisses
Martha &Bailey xxx
Of course that should say 'baked potatoes' – one day she will read before pressing submit!
Oh nooo… I'm having all kind of emotions reading this!
Licks, hero
Oh no…lost your hat again???
Poor Dennis!


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- Federal Reserve Accounts For 50% Of Q2 Treasury Purchases
- Report: Strategic Defaults a "Growing Problem"
- The U.S. Balance Sheet: Households See Net Worth Down by $12 Trillion Since Peak and Total Debt Floating in the Market of $33 Trillion.
- Foreign Investors FLEE from U.S. debt (Possible Re-Post)
- Obsolescence: Obama open to newspaper bailout bill
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- Fidelity Investments Thinks You Are A Dumb A$$ (Title from Michael Covel)
- IMF to sell 403 tonnes of gold to boost lending to poor (H/T SaxPlaer00o1)
Federal Reserve Accounts For 50% Of Q2 Treasury Purchases
The degree of intermediation by the Federal Reserve in the issuance of US Treasuries hit a record in Q2, accounting for just under 50% of all net UST issuance absorption. This is a startling number, as the Fed's $164 billion in Q2 Treasury purchases dwarfs the combined foreign/household UST purchases of $101 billion and $29 billion, respectively, over the same time period. In fact, the Fed was a greater factor in UST demand than all three traditional players combined: Foreigners, Households and Primary Dealers, which amounted to a $158 billion in net Q2 purchases.
This dramatic imbalance puts a lot of question marks over how the upcoming hundreds of billions in incremental Treasury purchases will be soaked up, now that QE only has $15 billion of capacity for USTs: with Households lapping up risky assets it is unlikely they will look at Treasuries absent some dramatic downward move in equities, while Foreign purchasers, which many speculate are in a game of Mutual Assured Destruction regarding UST purchases, have in fact been aggressively lowering their purchases of Treasuries (from $159 billion in Q1 to $101 billion in Q2, an almost 40% decline in appetite!). Will the US make these purchases much more attractive come October when QE for USTs ends? And if so, what kind of rates are we talking about? One thing is certain: in terms of priorities of the Federal Reserve, keeping the equity market buoyant, is a distant second to ensuring successful auction after auction well into 2010. After all there is near $9 trillion in budget deficits that need financing over the next 10 years.
From Morgan Stanley:
Flow of funds: The Fed also released its flow of funds data for Q2 on September 17. The main points are that:
Households reduced Q2 Treasury purchases from their blistering pace in Q1
Foreign accounts reduced Q2 UST purchases as the Fed ramped up Q/E ops
Bank Q2 purchases remained anemic despite the fall in other lending options
Broker/dealer purchases were high but not sustainable, expect Q3 moderation
Report: Strategic Defaults a "Growing Problem"
From Kenneth Harney at the LA Times: Homeowners who 'strategically default' on loans a growing problem
National credit bureau Experian teamed with consulting company Oliver Wyman to identify the characteristics and debt management behavior of the growing numbers of homeowners who bail out of their mortgages with none of the expected warning signs, such as nonpayments on other debts.
[Some results:]
The number of strategic defaults is far beyond most industry estimates -- 588,000 nationwide during 2008, more than double the total in 2007. ...
The U.S. Balance Sheet: Households See Net Worth Down by $12 Trillion Since Peak and Total Debt Floating in the Market of $33 Trillion.
Current U.S. household net worth: $53 trillion
U.S. household real estate: $20 trillion
So real estate makes up nearly 40 percent of household net worth. Keep in mind that $20 trillion in real estate is secured by $10.4 trillion in mortgages many that are now going bad. Interestingly enough, if you look at the mortgage data it peaks around $10.54 trillion and has fallen to $10.4 trillion. Do we really think that only a few hundred billion in mortgages have gone bad? This is simply a reflection of banks not writing down option ARMs and other questionable assets.
The commercial real estate debt is going to hit and cause more losses in the years to come. Yet this is part of the trend that we will not be seeing in the Q3 report. And if you really want to see something frightening in the report, just look at total debt outstanding:
Foreign Investors FLEE from U.S. debt (Possible Re-Post)
Ben's magic printing-press – which supposedly can print up infinite amounts of new "money" without diluting all the trillions of existing U.S. dollars (i.e. without inflation).
The fact is that there will never be any more foreign demand for U.S. debt, unless/until U.S. interest rates rise high enough to compensate foreign investors for the high risk of default and the enormous inflationary pressures building up in the U.S. economy, as a result of the current reckless creation of new money and debt.
Just as U.S. perma-bulls have discovered the myth that foreign investors would "always" be willing to load up on more U.S. debt, these same deluded zealots are about to discover that there is nothing "magical" about Bernanke's printing press. The U.S. government may be able to grossly manipulate markets over a short-term basis, but it is utterly incapable of repealing the rules of arithmetic.
As any decent economic commentator can tell you, "inflation" is a monetary phenomenon.
Obsolescence: Obama open to newspaper bailout bill
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has introduced S. 673, the so-called "Newspaper Revitalization Act," that would give outlets tax deals if they were to restructure as 501(c)(3) corporations. That bill has so far attracted one cosponsor, Cardin's Maryland colleague Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D).
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IMF to sell 403 tonnes of gold to boost lending to poor (H/T SaxPlaer00o1)
A prime candidate could be China, which is sitting on the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, topping two trillion dollars, and has been seeking to diversify away from the dollar.
China in early September agreed to buy the first IMF bonds for about 50 billion dollars and has been on a gold-buying streak, increasing its gold reserves by 75 per cent from 2003 to 2008, according to official media.
The IMF said that if official demand is insufficient, it could conduct the gold sales "on-market in a phased manner over time," in line with an approach already followed by central banks.
The IMF would be constrained by the overall ceilings agreed by the central banks, which currently is 400 tonnes annually for the next five years, starting on September 27.
The IMF said it "will inform markets before any on-market sales commence" and "report regularly to the public on the progress with the gold sales."
In July, the IMF announced it would increase its lending to poor countries, mostly in Africa, to 17 billion dollars by 2014, including 8.0 billion over the next two years.
That compares with an annual average of one billion dollars in the 2006-2008 period to poor countries, and three billion dollars in the first half of 2009.
The IMF also had decided to cancel interest payments owed by poor countries through end-2011 and reform lending practices to make loans quickly available, at higher ceilings on amounts and with more flexible conditions.


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John Battelle was on a Wi-Fi-enabled fight with United Airlines last night, and he decided to use video chat to say goodnight to his kids. Unfortunately, a flight attendant told him it was illegal.
The reasoning? Videochat could be used to coordinate terrorist attacks. Good thing he didn't have email or IM access!
So what's a curious guy to do? To the Internet! Which is exactly what I did. Responses starting pouring in. Including one from a pal at the State Department, who echoed my basic goal: To use video chat to tuck my kids into bed isn't a crime. Or at least, shouldn't be.
The flight attendant just showed me the United policy manual which prohibits "two way devices" from communicating with the ground. However, the PLANE HAS WIFI. To combat this, not unlike China, United and other airlines have blocked Skype and other known video chat offenders. Apparently, they missed Apple iChat. Oops.
The reason that in-flight video chat is frowned about is because it's annoying to fellow passengers, not because of terrorists. But who needs to know that when you can just claim something is against the law? [Battelle Media via Boing Boing]


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Shalimar the Clown
Reviewed by William T. Vollmann
The focus of this novel is extremism. It tells the tale of two Kashmiri villages whose inhabitants gradually get caught up in communal violence. As we know from Yugoslavia, hatred takes on especially horrific manifestations when neighbors turn against each other. The neighbors to whom Rushdie introduces us are memorable and emblematic characters, especially his protagonists, the Hindu dancer Boonyi Kaul and her childhood sweetheart, Shalimar the clown, son of a Muslim family. Their passion becomes a marriage solemnized by both Hindu and Muslim rites, but as conflict heats up, Boonyi seduces the American ambassador. The resulting transformation of Shalimar into a terrorist is easily the most impressive achievement of the book, and here one must congratulate Rushdie for having made artistic capital out of his own suffering, for the years he spent under police protection, hunted by zealots, have been poured into the novel in ways which ring hideously true. Bit by bit, Shalimar becomes a figure of supernatural menace.
The life of the ambassador, Max Ophuls, is also brilliantly invented. In a series of highly effective set pieces—Nazi-occupied Strasbourg, where he failed to persuade his principled parents to save the books they published, not to mention themselves, from the flames (the family was Jewish); southern France, where his exploits on behalf of the Resistance were so colorful that I would spoil the reader's pleasure if I betrayed them; England, where a glamorous wartime romance led him into his only marriage—the author builds our sympathy for the man who (with her connivance) ruins Boonyi's life and sets in motion Shalimar's destiny.
Now for the novel's defects: Rushdie's female characters are generally less plausible than the male ones. When he is describing Kashmir's good old days of communal tolerance, he too frequently takes refuge in slapstick. His depiction of Los Angeles relies so much on references to popular culture that the place becomes a superficial parody of itself. In terms of technique, Rushdie's most irritating tic is the sermonistic parallelism or repetition, but the novel's best passages (not to mention his other great work, Shame ) prove him capable of great style.
Never mind these flaws. Shalimar the Clown is a powerful parable about the willing and unwilling subversion of multiculturalism. And for those readers who even in this post-September-eleventh continue to cling to American narcissism, the parable grows more urgently pointed: Ophuls and Boonyi conceive a daughter, who is taken away at birth and in due time becomes a beautiful, troubled, privileged ignoramus in Los Angeles. About Shalimar the clown, her mother's husband, she doesn't have a clue. Is that her fault? Is it our fault that we never paid much attention to the rest of the world? But one day, without any warning, two planes smashed into the Twin Towers, and now (wake up and run!) Shalimar the clown has arrived in Los Angeles. (On sale Sept. 6)
Vollmann's most recent novel is Europe Central (Viking).
Release date: 09/01/2005
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All-Sports Clinic to celebrate NGWSD on Sunday
All-Sports Clinic to celebrate NGWSD on Sunday
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The Penn State Lady Lions are teaming with several other Penn State athletics teams to hold an All-Sports Clinic on Sunday, Jan. 26 as part of the National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) celebration. The clinic is open to boys and girls that are in eighth grade or younger and will take place on Sunday, Jan. 26 in the IM Building on Curtain Road adjacent to the Bryce Jordan Center, prior to the Lady Lions' CBS game against Minnesota at 1 p.m.
Clinic registration will begin at 10:30 a.m. and the clinic will begin at 11 a.m. with an autograph session at noon. Clinic attendees will receive a free ticket to the Lady Lion game and the opportunity to purchase $5 tickets for their parents. Fans should park in Lot 44, as they would for the Lady Lion game, and enter the IM Building through the entrance on the South side of the building.
As part of the National Girls and Women in Sports Day celebration, the Lady Lions will be signing autographs postgame on the concourse. Additionally, fans will receive a Maggie Lucas mini-magnetic bobblehead, while supplies last.
Representatives from the women's golf, women's lacrosse, women's ice hockey, field hockey, women's lacrosse and women's volleyball will participate in the clinic. The clinic will feature several stations, so that kids can get a hands-on experience for many different sports, and will conclude with an autograph session. Additionally, participants are invited to take part in the postgame autograph session with the Lady Lion team on the concourse following the Minnesota game.
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Sometime ago I decided to take a survey to see how many people actually read their annuity contracts and understood what their contract provisions provided — and were aware of how those provisions could benefit them or potentially hinder them if not executed properly.
I was not surprised to find that most people don't read their annuity contracts. Even if they give it a try, they don't understand the contractual language of what they own.
So here is the question: Why would you place a substantial sum of money in safekeeping with an insurance company, sign a binding agreement — the application — which actually becomes part of the annuity contract and put yourself on the hook for seven to 15 years of possible surrender charges. All of this during a financially vulnerable time of life — your retirement — and then not read the contract thoroughly to understand the details of your purchase?
I think the answer is simple. It can be an overwhelming task to decipher the legalese that's required to create these contracts. In addition, your contract may offer a variety of crediting methods which can also be difficult to understand, without thorough explanation of their features and benefits.
During one of my educational retirement round tables I challenged this point to the group. More than one person became uncomfortable. Someone said, "Are you suggesting that I can't trust my insurance agent?" I replied that they were missing the point. The point is that a large sum of money, often $100,000 or more was placed with an insurance company for the purpose of providing much needed benefits at a later date. Those benefits are fully stated and described within the legal document known as your annuity policy — and it is the responsibly of the owner of the contract to make sure they have a thorough understanding of what was purchased.
It's not only what you're contractually allowed to do and what the insurance company is contractually obligated to provide that is of importance. The real issue is that without understanding your contract you might inadvertently execute a transaction that could change the very reason you made the purchase in the first place.
Here's an example of what I'm referring to: Most life-income annuity contracts have a provision that will allow for a penalty-free withdrawal one time during each contract year. A contract year is 12 full months from the issue date; don't confuse this with a calendar year. The amount allowed for the penalty-free withdrawal varies from insurance carrier to insurance carrier and from product to product.
Let's use a 10% free withdrawal for this example. If your contract has a life-income benefit account feature it will usually have an accumulation account which is often considered the cash account. The penalty-free withdrawal, if exercised, will be taken from the accumulation account. What most people don't realize is the life income benefit account is then reduced also. The reduction is taken not by a dollar amount but by the percentage — 10% in this example. Your future life income benefit is now recalculated using the reduced amount as the base, going forward, thus providing you with a lesser annual income benefit at the time of distribution.
I was introduced to a widow, age 68, who had purchased several annuities at various times from the same financial adviser. She sought me out for clarification of her benefits. I discovered that she was under the impression that she could claim her 10% penalty free withdrawal, which she was already in process of doing, each year for 10 years and then at the end of the 10 year period she could begin to take the maximum life income benefit calculated on the original illustration provided to her. Whether she actually had been told that, which she claimed she was, and her agent didn't understand the product or whether she didn't comprehend the information initially presented to her isn't the issue. The fact was she had never read her contract, didn't understand the language of the contract and was genuinely surprised by what she considered to be new information.
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This is your future income. Whether you plan on taking annual income or you plan on dipping into your annuity pot for other reasons, later on down the road you must know what you can and can't do without penalty. I believe that the power of proper retirement planning is created by having as much flexible control over your money and its use as possible. This control comes from understanding how you can manipulate, to your benefit, the provisions of the contract that you are bound to.
You must be fully aware of the details of any and all possible penalties that reside within your contract. A penalty can be defined as a cost to you in form of a monetary charge (such as a penalty for early surrender of the contract) or a contractual change which doesn't benefit you, but is created by you, inadvertently, through action taken without thorough understanding of the language and provisions of the contract.
Penalties usually fall into one of two categories: the first type of penalty is monetary, that would include but not be limited to you taking a percentage out of the contract that exceeds a penalty-free withdrawal. Different types of annuities allow for different amounts of penalty-free withdrawals. Sometimes it is a percentage, as in 5% or 10% each contract year and sometimes it may be the interest only, which is the earned interest during a contract year. Some contracts have an accrual feature that allows you to build, year after year on the penalty-free withdrawal percentage that was allowed but not taken.
Here is an example of that: If the contract allows a 10% penalty-free withdrawal starting after the first contract year, it may include a provision that allows for the accrual of penalty-free withdrawals not taken. Possibly up to a maximum of 50% of the contract. That sounds very appealing but you must know what could prohibit you from exercising that provision and if exercising the provision would affect future benefits.
If you are one of the many who have haven't read your annuity contract and don't understand the inner workings of it, you must afford yourself the opportunity to get clarification on each and every word that may be confusing to you, then you will know exactly how to maximize your benefits.
It's your money and it's sitting in an insurance product that you simply may have more control over than you think.
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ST. LOUIS -- After some much-needed rest during the All-Star break, the Padres' bullpen has gotten off to a strong start in the second half.
Aside from a three-run, two-inning outing from Sean O'Sullivan, making his first relief appearance since 2011, the 'pen limited a dangerous Cardinals offense to one hit and and two walks over 4 2/3 innings of relief.
"That's always been a strength of ours, the bullpen," Thatcher said. "We got worn out pretty good in the first half, and you know, we got a chance to get a couple days off. Everybody is fresh now, got a chance to step back and regroup a little bit."
Nick Vincent, Dale Thayer, Joe Thatcher and Huston Street combined to pitch four hitless innings Saturday night, with Street earning his 16th save.
"That's what our bullpen mostly does, is go out there and throw strikes and get outs," said Vincent, who has retired 14 of his last 16 batters. "When we get leads, our bullpen can come in and shut the door."
The Padres relievers are holding opponents to a .252 batting average and posted a 3.39 ERA heading into Sunday's series finale in St. Louis. The 'pen has been called upon often this season to pick up inconsistent starting pitching, making the four-day break last week all the more important.
"It's still going to be a long second half," Vincent said. "It just gets longer and longer as you get to the end. Games mean more every time."


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It was a two years ago today that my godson, Luke Stempa died.
Luke was a gift.
While I have few words to describe him right now, thanks to the tightening in my stomach and an overall sense of loss. After moving to De Pere, where Luke's family is, it is bittersweet. I wish he was here to share in Mario Kart races and Star Wars discussions. I know he would be excited about the lightsaber battling Star Wars: Clone Wars game and we could have logged hours in it together. But I am thankful to be closer to his family and continue to be a part of their lives... honoring those who are gone by loving those left behind.
Luke was and is an inspiration for me and my work on this site. Because of Luke's physical conditions he was limited in sports and other activities, but much of Luke's identity, and learning came through his life as a gamer. In gaming any physical struggles fell away and he was who he and those who loved him truly saw himself as; an intelligent, strategic, problem solver responding to multiple points of information and understanding it all. Whether helping others in Runescape or toying with the Dark and Light sides in KOTOR, he embodied what games could teach and how students could learn through them.
Here are posts about Luke and his continued influence in my life, one from a month after his death and another from this past spring. I know that he would love the work and discussions going on here.
My thoughts and prayers are with his family this day and everyday.
Luke, I love you and miss you. Thank you for the games we played, the lightsaber battles together, and the love we shared.
(Part of this post was first published last year on the anniversary of Luke's death. I will continue to post a reflection to Luke as a way to honor him, focus me on the educational aspects of games, and continue to work toward helping all students learn through video games and gaming strategies.)
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At a news conference yesterday, California GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman said that, unlike Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger or Attorney General Brown who have declined defending the measure, she would defend Proposition 8 if elected governor:
"The issue right now is, as I understand is 'Will Proposition 8 have the appropriate support to actually make an appeal to the circuit court of appeals?' " Whitman said. "And I think the governor, the attorney general today has to defend the constitution and has to enable the judicial process to go along and has to enable an appeal to go through. So if I was governor, I would give that ruling standing to be able to appeal to the circuit court."
The Courage Campaign took Whitman's hypothetical situation and threw it in the trash.
Said Courage Campaign director Rick Jacobs:
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EntreMed seeks Chinese SFDA nod to conduct clinical trials in triple-negative breast cancer patients
Singapore: EntreMed, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, announced that EntreMed has submitted a new drug clinical trial application with China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) for its proprietary drug candidate, ENMD-2076, to conduct global clinical trials in triple-negative breast cancer patients.
Dr Ken K Ren, EntreMed's chief executive officer, commented, "We are very pleased with SFDA's acceptance of our application package and look forward to working with the SFDA to move the process forward towards approval. SFDA's approval of our application would pave the way for us to conduct global clinical trials in China and advance our ongoing phase II triple-negative breast cancer trial currently underway at the University of Colorado and Indiana University.
"Our filing with SFDA represents an important milestone for us. As a clinical-stage drug development company, competition in patient recruitment, time, and costs can be challenging when advancing clinical programs. We address this by building a value-added platform via a joint US-China drug development model that will enable us to do the trials with lower study costs and faster patient recruitment. The data we obtain may be used to support both global drug development and China import drug registration as appropriate," said Dr Ren.
Dr Ren continued, "We will also pursue developing ENMD-2076 in other indications where activity has been shown, including ovarian cancer, sarcoma and liver cancer, based on our prioritized product development plan. We believe positive results from these efforts will add value to our patients, shareholders, as well as to the company.
"In addition, we have initiated local manufacturing and pre-clinical activities of ENMD-2076 in China to target specific unmet medical needs, such as hepatocellular carcinoma, which could support a new drug trial application with SFDA. Our local development activities demonstrate EntreMed's commitment to develop a strong presence in the Chinese market, which has been projected to become the second largest pharmaceutical market in coming years. We believe we are on track with our development plan and are grateful to our shareholders for their enthusiasm, patience, and long term support."


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The Royal Creamatic has a very circular appearance, similar to clusters of very tiny golf balls. Its structure is very dense and features excellent trichrome coverage. This variety in particular is one of the few we tested that turned slightly purple, being slightly more dark than the usual lime green with very dark hairs that are more vibrant orange in color.
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The Oakland East Bay Symphony gets my vote for some of the Bay Area's timeliest, most audience-friendly musical programming. What could be more appropriate for a concert at 8 p.m. Friday, three days after the election, than one themed "Celebrating Democracy" with some stirring, nonpolitical music by American composers? No matter which side of the political spectrum people might favor, most can unite in the enjoyment of music.
Conducting the concert will be all-American, Washington, D.C.-born Michael Morgan. The program will begin with an exuberant fanfare by African-American composer Adolphus Hailstork. Following on the fanfare's heels will be the world premiere of the orchestrated version of "Homework Suite," one of Gordon Getty's earliest piano pieces. Getty, a San Francisco resident, is most likely the world's very best billionaire composer/philanthropist.
The OEBS program will also include Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto, a work commissioned by the all-American jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman, who rose to fame during World War II. Soloist will be the Oakland Symphony's new principal clarinetist, Bill Kalinkos, a musician equally at ease in both classical and jazz/swing genres. Next on the program will be "Episodes for Orchestra," a work by esteemed UC Berkeley professor emeritus Olly Wilson.
The grand finale will be American legend Leonard Bernstein's irresistible "Symphonic Dances" from "West Side Story," the great conductor-pianist-composer's imaginative, all-American adaptation of the Romeo and Juliet tale.
Kalinkos, who hails from the Queens area of New York City, comes to the Bay Area with an international reputation as a contemporary music specialist. He has performed with contemporary music ensembles Alarm Will Sound, Deviant Septet, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and the National Gallery of Art New Music Ensemble in Washington, D.C., as well as with the Philadelphia and Cleveland orchestras, the Spoleto Music Festival and Michael Tilson Thomas' Florida-based New World Symphony. He is currently a member of the music faculty at UC Santa Cruz.
Details: The concert will be at the Paramount Theatre, 2015 Broadway, in Oakland. Tickets, $20 to $70, are available at 510- 444-0801 or www.oebs.org.
SALONEN IN BERKELEY: Cal Performances is bringing one of Great Britain's most storied musical ensembles, the London-based Philharmonia Orchestra, for performances at 8 p.m. Friday, 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall. Under the baton of the forward-looking Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, the famed orchestra is experiencing a renaissance of sorts. Founded in 1945 by an EMI recording producer named Walter Legge, it had its first concert on Oct. 25, 1945, with more than 60 percent of its players still in the armed services. Sir Thomas Beecham conducted and is reported to have done so for the fee of one cigar.
During its initial years, the Maharaja of Mysore provided generous financial support for the orchestra, and such renowned conductors as Arturo Toscanini, Richard Strauss, Wilhelm Furtwangler, and Herbert von Karajan provided support at the podium. In 1955, when the last of these pre-eminent conductors, von Karajan, was named music director of the Berlin Philharmonic, Otto Klemperer was tapped to serve as Philharmonia's conductor. After he died, the orchestra was headed by Riccardo Muti, Giuseppe Sinopoli, and Christoph von Dohnanyi. Salonen was named to the post in 2008.
Salonen, 54, was born in Helsinki. He initially concentrated on composition and playing the horn before turning to conducting. His classmates at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki were fellow conductors Jukka-Pekka Saraste and Osmo Vanska and composer Magnus Lindberg. All were immersed in new music at the time, and together they formed a contemporary music appreciation group they called Ears Open (in English) as well as an experimental performing ensemble called Toimii. Salonen has continued his interests in contemporary, as well as historical classical music, to the present. Philharmonia's Berkeley visit reflects this broad approach to music-making, with a program consisting of "Helix," one of his own compositions, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, and Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique" on Friday; "Wozzeck" by Alban Berg on Saturday; and Mahler's Symphony No. 9 on Sunday afternoon.
Salonen, who is married and has three children, has also been awarded a Grammy and an honorary doctorate from the University of Southern California. He even took a turn carrying the Olympic flame on its way to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Details: Zellerbach Hall is at Bancroft Way and Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. Tickets, $30 to $150, are available at 510-642-9988 or www.calperformances.org.
DIRECT FROM POLAND: Yet another orchestra from foreign shores is visiting the Bay Area. The pride of Poland, the Warsaw Philharmonic, conducted by Antoni Wit, concertizes in Davies Hall at 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Their guest soloist is young Yulianna Avdeeva, winner of the orchestra's 2010 Chopin Piano Competition, and that composer's Concerto No. 2 in F minor is the centerpiece of the first program, which also features Tchaikovsky's "Pathetique" Symphony and Lutoslawski's "Little Suite." Then it's Beethoven's "Emperor Concerto" anchoring the Monday night concert, with the Dvorak Symphony No. 8 in G major also on the bill. Tickets, $15-$93, are at 415-864-6000 or www.sfsymphony.org.
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