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Are you looking for the best Medigap insurance in Hathaway Pines, CA? We can help you find affordable and quality Medicare Supplemental Insurance in California. You can either call 888-602-5343 or enter your Zip Code above and fill out the form. We will help you find the best Hathaway Pines, CA Medigap insurance options.Buying Medigap, or Medicare Supplemental Insurance, is the key for many people over age 65 to be able to afford to use their Medicare coverage. Medigap is a separate policy that is sold by private insurance carriers that adhere to California laws.
For the most part, Medigap covers co-insurance, co-payments, and even includes medical coverage if faced with an emergency when traveling outside of the United States. Older Medigap plans also covered deductibles, though those were mostly phased out in 2010. Medigap covers costs seen in Medicare Part A and Part B Plans. Medicare Advantage plans are also available though not in conjunction with Medigap benefits. Likewise, be aware that it is illegal to sell a Medigap holder Medicare Savings plans.
The reason people in Hathaway Pines, CA buy Medigap is to cover where an individual's money will fall short. Buying a Medigap policy will require monthly premiums in addition to Part A and Part B Plan premiums. Though, the fact is that there are still ways to save on Medigap coverage.
For one, apply for policies while in the first 6 months of your Medicare Part and Part B plan policies. During this period, guarantee issuance is extended to anyone over the age of 65 within the first six months. It means that there are no denials or increases in premiums because of pre-existing conditions, based upon past medical history, or current medical problems that spring up.
If an individual waits they may pay higher rates and fees for extending past the deadline. It is better to shop around and compare quotes and do so during the open enrollment period. The majority of Medicare Supplemental insurance plans are standard and demarcated by letters A through N. Each plan covers benefits but have added benefits. For instance, part D covers prescriptions.
That means that while cheap Medicare Supplemental Insurance plans A through G charge higher premiums, costs that are out-of-pocket are not as expensive as for Plan K through Plan N. Those carry lower premiums and like benefits but at the trade-off of costing more at the time of service.
Employer Retiree Benefits
The next way to save money beyond following the open enrollment dates is to find out if a former or present employer has a Medigap policy of its own. In general, these will be less costly than an individual policy that you buy on your own. Though, the warning and word to the wise is to carefully consider if the company is financially stable or not.
Determining Eligibility
Whenever purchasing many types of Medicare plans, you actually cancel the old policy before instating the new policy. That is not the case where Medicare A and B are concerned. The reason, recall, is that affordable Medigap insurance plan is meant to fill the gaps of conventional original Medicare policies.
It requires still being covered under Medicare. The other benefit is to know when shopping around that the policies are the same whether you buy with Humana or Aetna or BlueCross BlueShield, for instance.
What is worth looking at is the reputation of the health insurance company, the quality of the coverage they offer, and the credit worthiness rating of the insurance company. The reason to look at the credit worthiness of the company offering up the insurance is to ensure that they are likely to have the money to pay out benefits and claims as agreed in the policy paperwork.
In addition to looking for insurance carriers that have an A or greater rating in the creditworthiness area, it is important to find out about the customer service and the customer satisfaction ratings of the companies you are comparing as well. It pays to have the company that pays claims within a timely manner, without a heroic effort on your part or the part of your doctors.
Otherwise, you will spend time having to contact the California insurance department or commissioner to file official complaints to get the claims paid within the acceptable two-month window. All of the Plan C Medigap coverage will be the same as that same plan from another insurer. Look at service quality and price. Look at comparing insurance company offerings to locate a cheap medicare supplement insurance plan in Hathaway Pines, CA .
You will also need to look for separate prescription drug coverage, which is designated by Medicare Part D. This will add in an additional premium in addition to other costs. The key is that the majority of people who qualify for cheap medicare supplemental insurance are 65 and older, and look for their Medigap during open enrollment.
In addition , the other requirements stipulate Medicare Part B and Part A participants are eligible. Once you choose a low cost Medicare Supplemental insurance plan it is as if it is written in stone and can not be altered.
To be eligible for cheap Medicare Supplemental insurance plans in Hathaway Pines, CA apply for coverage offered by insurers within your state. All policies are available in each state, though most states will have one single policy available for Medicaid plan holders.
Everyone at age 65 and older and who is also enrolled in the Medicare Parts A and B is eligible to purchase a supplemental plan. It is advisable to decide on a plan during the 6 months of open enrollment to pay the most favorable policy premiums. When comparing costs during the open enrollment, it means pre-existing conditions are not factored into the pricing for the premiums. It is the hands-down best way to save money on a Medigap Supplemental plan in Hathaway Pines, CA .
Always find out the California laws prior to shopping. They can vary a bit, though it is important to recall that the policies are uniform across states. Use online free quotes searches to find all of the options available to you. Narrow it down based upon credit worthiness of each of the insurers, along with their quality of care and their speed of paying out claims.
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Just a moment ago Sherry Turkle's daughter texted her: "Mom, you will rock." Turkle loved it, she says. "Getting that text was like getting a hug." Turkle, who has written extensively on the nature of human relations on the internet, who evangelized the internet, who loves receiving that text, is here to tell us that there may be a problem.
In 1996 she gave her first TEDTalk, "Celebrating our life on the internet." She was excited, as a psychologist, to take what people were learning in the virtual world and apply it to the physical world. It made the cover of WIRED.
Her new book, Alone Together, will not make the cover of WIRED, she is pretty sure. She is still excited about technology, but is deeply worried that we are letting it "take us places we don't want to go." She's interviewed hundreds of people…
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And a closer view:
This roadcut was heavily modified in 2009; the exposure now totally sucks.
More on this later...
UPDATE (3Apr10): This post was inspired by Callan Bentley's post on Baked fanglomerate at his (relatively) new blog Mountain Beltway. I thought, perhaps, that posting another baked zone would result in a meme that would propogate through the Geoblogosphere, but so far it's a mini-meme of two. :)
Andrew Alden, About.com:Geology, has a great geological wallpaper of a similar baked zone near Alturas, CA - check it out! I wonder if the two roadcuts are expose the same basalt flow.
UPDATE (4Arp10): More geobloggers have joined in this geomeme, Ron Schott has a baked contact (?) on a green sand beach on Hawaii, and Kyle House has a photo of a baked carbonate soil in colluvium on the Owyhee River.


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HARTSDALE, NY — A record number of Americans are now members of health clubs, according to the Health Club Trend Report from American Sports Data. The number of members age 6 and older climbed 4.5 percent from 39.4 million in January 2004 to 41.3 million in January 2005. Harvey Lauer, president and founder of American Sports Data, said the numbers would continue growing.
"By the year 2050, everyone will be participating in fitness," Lauer said. He expects the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association to meet its 100 million by 2010 campaign's goal, which is to have 50 million club members in the United States by 2010.
Rick Caro, the CEO of Management Vision, attributed the increase in health club members to a greater awareness about the benefits of exercise.
"No one can go a full week or even a day without seeing some information about how regular exercise can prevent illness, disease or injury," Caro said. "More doctors are also talking to their patients about the importance of exercise and asking lifestyle questions."
The Health Club Trend Report tracks and analyzes health club membership by demographics, frequency of attendance, activity participation, competitive facility patronage and membership fees. The study, which is sponsored by IHRSA, concluded that 48 percent of American health club members are men and 52 percent are women. Twenty-nine percent of the health club members are between the ages of 18 and 34. Thirty-five percent are between 35 and 54, and 25 percent are over the age of 55.
The data for this study came from the Superstudy of Sports Participation, a national consumer mail panel survey of 25,000 adults and children. Sixty-one percent of the households responded to the surveys.


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So what've we learned from this? If you have to guess use a C or D since based on the OP's research those average out to higher overall scores when guessing is required. Wish I'd of known that, my guess's tended to be random!
Took a PrepTest just by randomly guessing, ended up with a 131. That is good enough for a few Puerto Rican law schools.


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It became evident to me at a early age that the women of our family were the keepers of our family stories. They were the "safety deposit box" that held the history, events, life stories, and even the skeletons that had made us...well us! On the other hand, the males of the family shared very little.
Grandad Ewen was a soft spoken man. You could see in his eyes that he loved deeply. He would have to have learned how rearing a large family in the hills of Eastern Kentucky. I do not remember a single family story that he shared with me growing up, but the hugs he gave freely and unconditionally.
I also do not remember a single family story that pap paw Jones shared with me growing up. But, this fact had a reason. He could not talk! Before I was old enough to remember him walking, talking, hugging, and gesturing with his hands, he had a stroke. The stroke left him paralyzed on his right side. His right arm was flexed at the elbow and his right hand was fixed in an awkward stiff looking position which would not seem to move. His right leg did not work either! To me he could make sounds, but I could not really understand the words he tried to express. I would stand beside his chair and often wonder what it would be like to live in a body that only half worked.
His days were spent sitting in "pap paws chair". It was a tan colored, leather chair with a side table. His crutches leaned against the wall on the left side of his chair which he would use to get to the bathroom and move to the large queen size bed to his right. He was also blind in his right eye, but that is another story. I would stand before him patting his left leg because he could not feel much in his right leg, and it was my way of letting him know I was there and saying hello. He would reach out with his left hand and pat me on the hand or arms, and I would do most, well all of the talking. Dad and I would come ever so often to cut pap paws hair. I would sit and watch dad move about the chair with scissors, razor, and comb as he would clip here, and clip there, and cut pap paws beautiful white hair. I was assigned the task of sweeping up around the chair after all was done. Dad and pap paw seem to talk well although I could not seem to understand most of what pap paw would say. But dad seemed to understand, and they would carry on a conversation that fill the very quite house with verbal music. Pap paw would laugh.
In all those 17 years I never saw pap paw appear mad, upset, angry, depressed, or even sad. I never heard him complain. What a man I thought, to live in a body that only half worked. It was his life that spoke to me, louder than any words.
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I really enjoyed reading these beautiful memories. I never had the privilege of meeting my grandfathers, as they both died before I was born, but I do know that all the men on my mother's side of the family were far quieter than the women were.ReplyDelete
I wonder if this had to do with our Celtic DNA. In Eastern KY, Scotish blood was pretty thick, and their linear discent was through the material side! My Jones fathers sure seemed to marry Scotish women. Ewen (MacEwen) and Monroe (Munro)[my grandmother Jones side] were about as Scotish as you could get.ReplyDelete
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State legislative leaders have balked at some of its recommendations, and have expressed resentment at what they see as a violation of the separation of powers. Their argument is that because it was appointed by the executive branch, the commission has no jurisdiction over how the Legislature conducts business.
We get the civics lesson. But objecting to anti-corruption investigations and reform on separation-of-powers grounds is like objecting to a criminal conviction because the case was heard in the wrong court: It's not that the crook didn't steal, it's that he had the wrong judge. That's hardly a defense that inspires public confidence in elected officials.


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That delish DIY popcicle recipe, which printed with contributing Denver Post features columnist Doni Luckutt's summer trends piece in Monday's "$MART" consumer affairs section, came from the July/August issue of Everyday Food magazine (seen here).
Keep reading to find that recipe again, along with a helpful how-to video, so you can be ready to treat your Independence Day crew to this cool and healthy summer offering.
Red, White and Blue Independence Ice Pops
Everyday Food magazine Editor Sarah Carey features regular videos on easy, economical ways to make delicious meals. In honor of July Fourth, she's created naturally sweet fruit and yogurt pops with little added sugar and not much effort! Pouring the layered mixture into star-shaped molds adds to the patriotic motif. Read more…


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Move over city clerk, the Parker house is the hot button topic in Mexico Beach.
Move over city clerk, the Parker house is the hot button topic in Mexico Beach.
During the city council�s monthly workshop last Tuesday, Brian Cathey of Cathey Construction was invited to speak on the status of the historic building that was purchased by the city in mid-2011 with the intention of using it as a new city hall.
The building caught fire several months later and suffered massive damage.
For the last two years the city has gone back and forth about whether it would be more frugal to tear down the fire-damaged home and erect a new structure or attempt to rebuild what is left while also installing an elevator and other improvements that would bring the building up to commercial code.
The city�s insurance company paid the city $660,000 for the damage and sent a representative to assess the existing foundation slab.
The rep verbally told the council that is fit to build upon but according to city administrator Chris Hubbard, the city has not received formal written documentation of the assessment.
Engineers from Cathey Construction had conducted their own assessments of the building, Cathey said. Their results indicated that the foundation was not useable.
�There�s no way we can reuse the foundation as it sits today,� said Cathey. �The foundation has problems that are impossible to overcome without dismantling the building.�
Cathey explained that the bricks in the structure are cracking and shifting and that the ground beneath the current foundation may not support a new structure.
Previously the area had been a swamp and for many years the spoils of canal dredging had been put in the area which according to soil borings has made the ground unstable for the first 15 feet below the surface.
It�s been a year since the city has seen additional insurance money and Cathey insisted that the insurance adjustors were simply dragging out the claim in hopes that the city would get frustrated and quit fighting for additional money.
He told the council that his biggest fear was that if the Parker house was torn down, the insurance company would consider the claim closed and no additional monies would be paid.
�We have to dot our I�s and cross our T�s before we put that building in a dumpster,� said Cathey.
Previously, Cathey had provided a bid that included the costs of improving the foundation and rebuilding on the existing structure, but Councilwoman Tanya Castro asked to see numbers on the cost of a new structure.
�The insurance company called the building a �total loss,�� said Castro. �We need to move forward.�
Castro said that after comparing the bottom lines, she�d be better informed to make a final decision on how to proceed.
The project has been at a standstill for two years and Cathey was eager for the council to provide some direction.
An executive meeting to review the costs will be scheduled for early October.


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MONKTON — For the entire week spanning between Oct. 8 and 16, the town of Monkton will be putting on its Monkton Creates community celebration.
Arts-infused events ranging from a pie contest to artist receptions will be taking place at various locations around town throughout the week. While many of the events are free and open to the public, proceeds from the various potluck dinners, dances and silent auctions that do charge a fee will go toward funding the restoration of the East Monkton Church, the Boro Schoolhouse and the Russell Memorial Library.


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In our previous Socket AM2 motherboard preview, we made a few mentions on the gist behind AMD's upcoming Socket AM2 processors. To recap that, you can expect the AM2 processor to have 940 pins, but it is not pin-compatible to existing 940-pin sockets used by the Opterons and any other current AMD processors on any other socket formats. However with the change, the new AM2 CPUs will have a brand new integrated DDR2 memory controller, support for virtualization technology and are available in standard/low TDP versions.
Unlike Intel processors, which normally require a new supporting chipset for changes of this magnitude, AMD processors are less dependant on the chipset because of the integrated memory controller on-die. Thus, the new AM2 processors are actually compatible with all existing AMD chipsets because the same HyperTransport communication link is used between the processor and the motherboard chipset. Despite this fact, NVIDIA is taking AMD's Socket AM2 processor launch rather seriously and is targeting to release a whole new chipset series. After all, the motherboard choices on the AMD market have been relatively stable with many models more than a year old which are perfectly suitable and relevant for current use; take for example the nForce4 SLI chipset which was launched more than 1.5 years ago and motherboards based on it released then are still formidable options today. To stir this stale state and spice things up on the AMD motherboard market, NVIDIA's upcoming chipsets are matched to release just before Socket AM2 processors reach gold status.
Dubbed the nForce 500-series, the new class of chipsets actually has a lot in common with the existing nForce4 series, which is not surprising since it was such a hit. The full details of this series have not been released yet, but from what we gathered, certain key specifications have been upgraded such as adopting the Azalia High-Definition Audio standard, incorporate more PCI Express lanes among others like better networking support and a more robust storage subsystem. Though the existing nForce4 lineup is no slouch, the new nForce 500-series just ups the ante even higher that we feel other vendors would be truly hard pressed to match. With ULi now under NVIDIA's belt, this could be truer than ever.
Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5 (nForce 590 SLI)
Having seen a nForce 570 SLI class motherboard just a couple of days back, Gigabyte delivered us a surprise package containing not only their nForce 570 SLI solution, but even their stunning nForce 590 SLI board.
At this point of time, what we do know is that the nForce 590 SLI is NVIDIA's top performing chipset that has dual full-speed PCIe x16 slots and the chipset is also a two-chip solution like the current nForce4 SLI X16 class. The finer specifics will soon be revealed in a matter of weeks, but for now what we are aware is that if has six SATA 3.0Gpbs connectors (RAID 5 capable), dual Gigabit LAN media controllers integrated, HD-Audio support and many more numerous PCIe lanes available. Like the current best, it is likely going to be tuned for better performance and overclockability than the mainstream chipsets.
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Since Tudor times, there has always been a tradition of collecting within the Royal Family. My great-grandfather, George V, was a true collector carrying on the family tradition, maybe not in old masters and antiquities, but more specifically in postage stamps... As in the past, his collection has been assiduously added to, with the postage stamps of George VI, and throughout her reign by The Queen, to make it one of, if not the, finest in the world.
– Prince Andrew, Duke of York (From Nicholas Courtney, The Queen's Stamps: The Authorised History of the Royal Philatelic Collection)
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Start things off right
Our "Autumn Term" gives you time to adjust.
Many colleges squeeze their introduction to college life into three or four days. Not us. Our orientation lasts three whole weeks. You take one class, meet other first-year students and learn the ideas and habits you'll need for the next four years.
The professor who teaches your Autumn Term class will be your mentor throughout your first year. Along with your upperclass Peer Mentor, he or she will guide you through this first important year.
Summer reading
A lot of colleges ask you to read a book before you report to campus. But here, you actually get to meet the author—we're talking well-known personalities, artists and scientists like New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow or Pulitzer Prize–winning author Sonia Nazario—as part of our speaker series.
Peer mentors like Meredith MacQueeney '19 help you learn the ropes. From course registration to finding new hangouts, they're always around for free advice.
Not all the fun happens in class. The annual Kon Tiki raft race requires you and your team to build a raft out of cardboard, duct tape and PVC pipe—then race it on Boca Ciega Bay.
Ceremony of Lights 2018
"This Ceremony of Lights expresses through symbolic language and actions the transition that is taking place in your lives at this very moment. Because of your prior achievements, you have reached a personal and educational milestone: You have earned a place in this community of learning."
-James J. Annarelli, Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students
Welcome and Presentation of the Class
John F. Sullivan, Vice President for Enrollment Management
Reception of New Students
James J. Annarelli, Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students
Address to the Class
Donald R. Eastman III, President
Affirmation of the Honor Pledge
Marissa Bradley '19, President of the Eckerd College Organization of Students
Lighting of the Candles
Responsive Reading – Litany of Commitment
Suzan Harrison, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty
The Reverend Douglas H. McMahon, Director of the Center for Spiritual Life and Chaplain
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New students are presented with a medallion emblazoned with the Triton shell. Generations of Eckerd students have received this medallion as a welcome into the company of scholars. It serves as a reminder of the accomplishments that earned students their place in the Eckerd community and as a symbol of hope for all that is to come.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pioneering American TV journalist Barbara Walters, who was the first woman to co-anchor an evening news program, will make her final television appearance on the morning talk show "The View" next month, the network ABC said on Monday.
Walters' last day as a co-host on the all-women talk show she created in 1997 will be on May 16. The network, a unit of Walt Disney Co., will also air a two-hour evening special focusing on her career and her life on the same day.
"In this business there are legends, there are icons, and then there is Barbara Walters," Bob Iger, chairman and chief executive of The Walt Disney Company, said in a statement.
"She broke barriers, defied convention, made history and set the standard for journalistic excellence for more than 50 years. It's hard to imagine television without her," he added.
In honor of her many years on television, the ABC News headquarters in New York will be named for her in a dedication ceremony this spring and "The View" will host a week-long celebration of her career.
"Her influence on television, and American culture, will resonate for decades to come," Anne Sweeney, the president of Disney/ABC Television Group, said in a statement.
Walters, 84, announced her plans to retire from television nearly a year ago in a tearful appearance on "The View," saying she was healthy and it was her decision to step down.
"This is what I want to do," she said. "I've had an amazing career."
Walters has suffered from health problems recently, including a concussion after she fainted and hit her head last year and a bout of chickenpox. In 2010, she had open heart surgery.
Since announcing her retirement, she hosted "20 Years of the 10 Most Fascinating People," the final show of her yearly special program about intriguing personalities.
During her long career, Walters was known for her interviews on U.S. television with world leaders including Cuba's Fidel Castro, Britain's Margaret Thatcher, Saddam Hussein of Iraq and every U.S. president since Richard Nixon.
She also interviewed celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor, Angelina Jolie and Tom Cruise.
Walters began her career in television journalism in 1961 as a writer for NBC's "Today" morning news show and later became the first woman to co-host.
She broke more ground in 1976 when she joined ABC and became the first woman to co-anchor an evening news broadcast on any U.S. network. Walters has also worked as a producer and host of the ABC news magazine "20/20" and as a correspondent for ABC News.
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7 Financial Mistakes You Should Not Make
Written by Idara Akan - 05/05/2016
It takes many people a lifetime to build significant wealth, but it's much easier to lose it. It won't be one dip or one bad decision, but a combination of a good intentions followed by poor execution might make it almost impossible to recover. To avoid major pitfalls, start tracking where your money is, planning for problems, making more money and spending less. The bottom line is that you actually have to do it, not just think about it.
1. Paying Off Debt With Savings
What You Were Thinking: The debt is costing 19%, the retirement account is making 4%, so by swapping the retirement for the debt you will be pocketing the difference.
Your Mistake: Withdrawing funds is easy, but it's very hard to pay back those retirement funds. With the right mindset, borrowing from your retirement account can be a viable option, but even the most disciplined planners have a tough time placing money aside to rebuild these accounts. When the debt gets paid off, the urgency to pay it back usually goes away. It will be very tempting to continue at the same pace, which means you could go back into debt again - but this time five years of savings will have been wiped out too.
If you are going to do it, you have to live like you still have a debt to pay - to your retirement fund. Keep that need-to-pay mentality you had with your credit cards, and create a plan to pay yourself back.
2. Not Building An Emergency Fund
What You Were Thinking: Emergencies won't happen to you, and if they do, you'll make it through with the cash in the bank or by relying on unused credit cards.
The Mistake: Most households are living pay check to pay check and an unforeseen problem can easily become a disaster if you are not prepared. Many financial planners will tell you to keep three months' worth of expenses in an account where you can access it quickly. Employment loss or changes in the economy could drain your savings and place you in a cycle of debt paying for debt. A three-month buffer could be the difference between keeping or losing your house.
3. No Budget, No Plan
What You Were Thinking: Budgeting takes up too much time, it's boring and you don't go into debt anyway.
The Mistake: Your financial future depends on what is going on right now. People will spend 20+ hours per week on the computer or watching TV, but setting aside two hours a week for their finances is out of the question. You need to know where you are to know where you are going; this makes spending some time planning your finances a must.
4. No Insurance
What You Were Thinking: It won't happen to me and I don't want to be persuaded into buying something I don't need.
The Mistake: Medical conditions and deaths are never expected. The point of insurance is taking care of the people who depend on the income earner. If you live alone with no dependents, then you may not need insurance. If you have a family who depend on your income, then you should consider it.
5. Not Investing
What You Were Thinking: You have a hard time trusting others or you feel the markets are too risky.
The Mistake: If you do not get your money working for you in the markets or through other income-producing investments, you cannot stop working - ever. Making monthly contributions to designated retirement accounts is essential for a comfortable retirement. Take advantage of the tax-deferred accounts and your employer's sponsored plan. Understand the time your investments will have to grow and how much risk you can tolerate, then consult a qualified financial advisor to match this with your goals.
6. Ignoring Additional Income Opportunities
What You Were Thinking: My current job pays the bills and I don't want to take away from my personal time.
The Mistake: Nothing is guaranteed and everything comes to an end. Why wait until it's too late to do something about it? The bad times will eventually turn around, and jobs will be available. When you do have a decent paying job, cash in on your skills and earn as much as you can. It's fine to hold out during a recession, but when the economy is strong, get in there and get earning.
7. Not saving for retirement when you're employed
What You Were Thinking: I'm so young, there is plenty of time to save for retirement later.
The Mistake: But you should be saving for retirement whenever you're making money because there will be a time when you won't be making any money—but you'll still have to support yourself then. This means that part of every naira that you earn during your working years should go toward funding your non-working years.
1. Investopedia, 6 Worst Financial Mistakes And Why You Made Them, http://www.investopedia.com/slide-show/worst-financial-mistakes/ , 5/5/2016
2. LearnVest, The 13 Biggest Money Mistakes People Make, http://www.forbes.com/sites/learnvest/2013/01/08/the-13-biggest-money-mistakes-people-make/#587e9d88264b , 5/5/2016


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Derek Thompson points out that Romney's "secret admission" on the 47% is a standard Republican talking point:
Mitt Romney's off-the-record comments were inelegant. But they were also part of a long trend of Republicans attacking the 47% as lazy, or playing by a different set of rules, or not fully contributing to the country. Michele Bachmann went after the non-payers. So did Rick Santorum. And Sen. John Cornyn.
Dave Weigel picked up on something similar at the Values Voter Summit, when asking its attendants why Obama might win:
The single most common answer? Well, Obama's Democrats have been pumping up the ranks of the poor with free goodies, and those saps might be numerous enough to vote for him. They'd been hearing that on talk radio for, well, years. "We have 47, 48 percent who pay no income taxes," said Rush Limbaugh in July. "We have 3 million more off the unemployment rolls and on the disability rolls, and they all vote!"
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[P]oor people actually don't vote that often. According to a CNN exit pollin 2008, those making less than $15,000 a year made up 13 percent of the population but just 6 percent of voters, while those making more than $200,000 a year made up just 3.8 percent of the population but fully 6 percent of voters.


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Recalling the three days I spent at the Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages only two months earlier where my name had caused much confusion (but where three days of 'sorting' finally resulted in my being handed a birth certificate) ( Sorting Saturday), I again travelled to Brisbane, the city of my birth to face the bureaucratic process. I felt a little sad to be losing the name on the birth certificate that I had so recently battled to acquire but with my form filled out, I sat in wait for my number to be called.
Everyone should spend a little time in their local Registry Office. It is a most interesting experience. A place of varied life stories and events. Apart from a wedding being conducted outside in the rain, there were quite a few young mothers, with newborn babies in tow, registering their brand new names. How times have changed. On most of the birth certificates I have collected on my genealogical journey, the father has been the informant, going back to birth registrations in the 1700's. Then again, perhaps more children have the correct name on their birth certificates now!
Because I am an avid observer of people and of life, I found the long wait to get closer to the counter anything but dull. I smiled knowingly as baby 'Bandit' received his new name. I was confident that young Bandit will never disappear in a labyrinth of Jacks, Harry's or Williams in the census records. (Although I secretly hope that his mother's choice of name doesn't in any way affect his choice of career in the future.) I listened in sympathy as a young woman explained that she had lost her birth certificate in the Queensland Floods earlier in the year. When she had received a replacement certificate, the Registry office had left a hyphen out of her name thus rendering her Mary Ann instead of Mary-Anne. I nodded in agreement as she explained that the hyphen IS important. Hadn't my own 5 times great grandmother, Mary-Ann Cupples been difficult to find because of a missing hyphen? I had learned that it is much more likely that an ancestor might use either part of their first name, eg Mary, or as my forebear did, Ann, if the hyphen exists. I could see her point perfectly well. It soon became evident, however, that this Mary-Ann didn't really care about the hyphen. (I resisted the urge to jump up and explain to her that it WOULD matter to a luckless family historian one day). As it turned out, Mary-Ann needed a passport and her passport application had been rejected because of the missing hyphen on her birth certificate. Her name had to be corrected on the certificate. My tangible sympathy increased tenfold. I was there for a similar reason.
I shook my head in compassion as similar stories about failed passport applications came to light. One lady with the maiden name of Schloss found that it was spelled Shloss on her birth certificate. When the same Mrs Maiden Surname Schloss announced that while she was at the registry office, she also wished to change her married name, by adding a hyphen and attaching it to her maiden name, I could only barely restrain myself from yelling, 'Stop!'.I knew only too well the brick wall that would surface generations later from this deed. My own maternal family disappeared into oblivion after my great grandfather added Reece to Hoyes. I spent many years on a long fruitless search for Welsh ancestors by the surname of Reece-Hoyes. (I did eventually find my HOYES ancestors happily living in Nottinghamshire but only after quite a number of family members had been afforded the honour of Welsh names for the Welsh ancestry we don't have.)
I handed my four forms of ID to the same young girl who had patiently spent three days searching for my birth certificate eight weeks earlier.
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I handed her the form to change my Christian name by deed poll and explained that my Surname had also been misspelled on my birth certificate. I handed her my four required forms of ID. She looked them over and handed them straight back.
'I'm sorry,' said the girl ( I could tell she really was) but I can't accept your ID. Your licence and birth certificate are OK, but your Health Care card and Bank Statement are missing a hyphen!
'You must be joking', I spluttered. I have all the way flown from Sydney AGAIN.
'I'm really sorry,' said the girl again. 'I can't identify you without the hyphen.'
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I looked at the offending identification. My health care card had my name printed as Sharnalee and my bank statement as Sharna Lee.
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As I was thanking the helpful young girl (who was probably pleased that I did NOT have to return) I overheard a young woman at the counter next to mine, registering her new baby boy as John White. A genealogist's worst nightmare, I was thinking. As the woman turned to stare at me I realised that I had voiced my opinion aloud. My husband's ancestors had all been named John or William White and had been impossible to find in County Down Northern Ireland, as had my own two times great grandfather William White in County Tyrone.
With a lovely smile, the young mother reassured me, 'Don't worry. I know what you mean but it's a family name. I do family history and I have given him my maiden surname as a middle name. He won't disappear on a census record.'
At that she turned back to the man behind the counter and said determinedly,' I have changed my mind. Reverse those names! He will be known by my my maiden name.'
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Snyder has been with South Florida for the last two years, and previously was head coach at Marshall for five seasons. He coached at Ohio State from 2001-04, the last as defensive coordinator before accepting the Marshall job.
South Florida ranked 39th nationally in total defense this season. Sumlin had pursued Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi last week, but Narduzzi opted to stay with the Spartans.
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Logan Morrison was caught napping at second. Adeiny Hechavarria had a ground ball scoot through his legs. Henderson Alvarez whipped a throw past his first baseman.
It was a night of miscues — some more costly than others — for the Marlins, who dropped their fifth in a row with a 6-4 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday.
July isn't going as well for the Marlins as June did, and they are reversing direction in the standings after picking up a bit of ground one month earlier. They are 3-6 this month and all but staggering to get to the All-Star break.
"I think it'll be good for everybody to go out there and clear their minds and relax, and prepare for a big second-half push," manager Mike Redmond said.
Even though the Marlins are mired in their longest losing streak since dropping nine in a row at the end of May, they have dropped several close games, including a pair of one-run losses to the Cardinals and a 14-inning defeat Monday.
Still, they're making the sorts of sloppy mistakes they were avoiding while going 15-10 in June.
Morrison, for example, cost the Marlins a run when Braves starter Julio Teheran picked him off second base in the second. Though the Marlins were able to produce three runs in the inning on Rob Brantly's first home run of the season, it could have been an even more explosive inning if not for Morrison's gaffe.
Alvarez, who was making his second start of the season — and second against the Braves in a matter of days — couldn't keep the Braves off the bases. He ended up allowing eight hits and walked four in six innings.
The Upton brothers — Justin and B.J. — have been struggling but gave him all kinds of fits. Justin Upton smacked a pair of doubles off Alvarez before crushing a home run off Ryan Webb, and B.J. Upton (whose .173 batting average entering the game was the lowest of any qualifying hitter in the majors) came up with a pair of hits and sacrifice fly.
With the score tied 4-4 in the sixth, though, Alvarez hurt himself greatly when he fielded a swinging bunt by Teheran. Alvarez slung his throw by Morrison at first, and B.J. Upton raced home from second with the go-ahead run.
Justin Upton made it 6-4 in the seventh when he greeted Webb with a towering solo blast to left-center. It was his 16th home run.
Along the way, Hechavarria had a routine ground ball go between his legs when he lifted his glove too soon.
After being charged with only four errors in his first 77 games, Hechavarria has made three in the past 12.
After Brantly's home run — his first this season in 175 at-bats — and Morrison's RBI single in the third, the Marlins could do little offensively against Teheran, who improved to 7-4.
The 22-year-old Colombian gave up just two more hits after Morrison's run-scoring single and pitched into the eighth. Only one of the four runs he gave up was earned.
Braves closer Craig Kimbrel worked the ninth for his 24th save.


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We need four template pages designed (home page, level 1, level 2, content).
We want a fresh, clean, bold, 2.0 style website.
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- In terms of style, we want a slick web 2.0 site that is clean, bold andfunctional (think apple.com, mozilla.com, mosso.com). It needs to bevery simple and easy to use. We would like the website to be SEOfriendly (Google/Yahoo), so experience with SEO friendly formats is a plus.
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Tonight's Pittsburgh at Boston Game Postponed to Saturday; Buffalo at Pittsburgh Game Moved to Tuesdayby Staff Writer / Pittsburgh Penguins
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The game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins scheduled for tonight at TD Garden has been postponed, the National Hockey League announced today.
The game has been tentatively rescheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, April 20, at TD Garden beginning at 12:30 p.m., Eastern time. The game's status will be formalized no later than 8:30 a.m.
The game between the Penguins and Buffalo Sabres, scheduled for Saturday night in Pittsburgh, has been moved to Tuesday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m., ET. All tickets for Saturday's postponed home game against the Buffalo Sabres will be valid for the rescheduled game.


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gmediatv (http://www.gmediatv.net)
This company is in the business of offering video content for subscribers world-wide. User's can log on, browse, and stream videos from the website.
People that are interested in streaming quality independent films world-wide from various global artist in the independent film industry.
1. Ad friendly
2. User interface friendly and user navigation friendly.
3. The site will be used for video streaming
4. Users will be able to create an account
5. The ability for the site to show thumb nail pictures of the films without being too cluttered on the films page and main page
6. Keep the logo and color scheme of the jpeg sample
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* Home page
* Films page
On film page user will have the ability to click on a films thumbnail and get a description of the film, ability to preview the film, or choose to play the film. If there is a standard and HD version of he film, the user will have the ability to choose.
* Blog page
* About GTV page
* Join now page
* Member log in page
8. Creativity of the site up to the designer while keeping the above requirements in mind.
9. Attached is sample psd and jpeg files of the old site. These can be used as a reference for the logo and color scheme. Total creativity is in your hands.


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When senior centers in the county were closed because of a snowstorm earlier this month, Meals on Wheels were also suspended.
Wilma Gilmer of Marion receives Meals on Wheels regularly because she has difficulty getting out of her home. However, she was well prepared for the storm.
"I always have enough here in the freezer," she said. "I never go hungry."
For other Meals on Wheels recipients who might not have been so prepared, senior centers found ways to keep patrons from going hungry.
Marion Senior Center was closed and didn't send Meals on Wheels for two days because of the storm.
However, in the fall the center offered "emergency meals" to patrons. They are packages of food that don't require refrigeration, cooking, or a can-opener. One package is supposed to be enough for two meals.
An example emergency meal found Thursday included a can of potatoes and turkey ham in cheese, one single-serving package each of peanut butter, sunflower seeds, cereal, and animal crackers, a chewy granola bar, a fruit cup, three juice boxes, and three single-serving packages each of instant dry milk, seasoned crackers, and wheat crackers.
Center manager Janet Bryant said that meal looked better than the emergency meals offered in years past. The center can also provide emergency meals in the spring in case recipients lose power during a storm.
Hillsboro Senior Center anticipated the storm and prepared two days of extra meals to send to recipients ahead of the storm. Center manager Brenda Moss estimated 50 extra meals were sent before the storm.
"It's a good thing we did, because we were closed two days," Moss said.
She said the center tries to anticipate weather like that and deliver in advance. The center also has emergency meals like those Marion offers.
Peabody Senior Center only suspended meal delivery for a single day. The center was closed for eat-in meals a second day, but the cooks and drivers came in to get meals delivered to shut-ins, cook Kim Nellans said.
And like Hillsboro, the Peabody center delivered extra meals the day before the storm, although only one day's worth.


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In Miami, health secretary Kathleen Sebelius admits testing of Obamacare website 'not sufficient'
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, visiting Miami on Tuesday for the second time in three months to promote the Affordable Care Act, vowed to finish the job of repairing the federally-run healthcare.gov website but also tried to refocus the discussion on Medicaid expansion — pushing back on weeks of withering criticism from opponents of the healthcare reform law.
Sebelius, who met with local counselors and South Florida residents at North Shore Medical Center, acknowledged that the Obama administration's testing of the website in the months prior to the troubled launch "was not sufficient."
"It should have been a longer period of time,'' she said.
But she resisted answering any questions about whether she intended to step down, as Republicans leaders have called for, sticking to her message: "The important thing is to finish the job that we started.''
Sebelius's visit was heavily orchestrated. Seeking to highlight still-rare healthcare.gov success stories, she met with a Miami Beach man, Nick Bianchi, 29, who was able to buy health insurance using the website that serves 36 states, including Florida. State-based online exchanges serve 14 states and the District of Columbia.
Bianchi, a self-employed social media consultant, said he had $600-a-month coverage through COBRA after leaving his job in the spring but his coverage lapsed when he forgot to pay his monthly premium in July. When he tried to buy the same plan on the individual market, the insurer declined him because of a pre-existing condition. He ended up with a short-term catastrophic plan for $280 a month until his new insurance begins: a mid-level "silver plan" that will cost him $311 a month. Though he didn't qualify for federal financial help, he said he considers his experience buying insurance through the exchange a "success.".
The message appeared designed to counter growing criticism of the president and his signature domestic policy due to technical problems that have kept many Americans from accessing healthcare.gov — and because health insurers have begun cancelling policies for many Americans whose plans do not meet the law's requirements for coverage and affordability.
Sebelius said in September during a visit to Miami that the White House's goal was to enroll about 7 million Americans over six months. But in the first month, only 106,000 Americans selected plans using the federal and state exchanges — about 27,000 by using healthcare.gov.
On Tuesday, Sebelius tried to refocus the discussion on Medicaid expansion, which Florida and other Republican-led states chose not to do: "The debate for Medicaid expansion is still very much underway," she said.
Expanding the program would include those who earn up to 133 percent of the poverty level, or about $15,000 a year. By refusing to accept the federal government's offer to pay 100 percent of the cost for the first three years and 90 percent thereafter, Florida is passing up about $51.3 billion over 10 years, Sebelius said.
"Here in Florida, there are 3.5 million uninsured and eligible Floridians who stand to benefit from full implementation of the law,'' she said.
By not expanding Medicaid, Sebelius said, about 1.9 million Floridians will go without some form of health coverage, including "318,000 of whom are right here in the Miami area.''
During Sebelius' visit, several residents were in the process of enrolling. Sebastian and Yanette Castillon of Miami sat across a table from a navigator who spoke Spanish and helped them fill out and file their application to insure their four-member family. After filing their application through healthcare.gov, though, the website seized up: "Sorry, our system is down,'' read the message, which advised them to try again in 30 minutes.
But the Castillons were not discouraged. Sebastian Castillon, 51, said the family has been using a discount card that he bought for $100 that entitles the family to see a primary care physician for a copayment of $20 per visit and specialists for $40 a visit for three-months. But he wants better coverage because his 19-year-old daughter sees the doctor every two months for a medical condition.
"I'd like to pay as little as possible because my resources are not many,'' Sebastian Castillon said.
Karen Egozi, director of the Doral-based Epilepsy Foundation, said navigators enrolled two people for health insurance on Tuesday. She defined enrollment as selecting a plan and making the first month's payment.
Egozi said that before Tuesday, Epilepsy Foundation navigators had successfully enrolled only nine people through healthcare.gov, but noted that "it's getting better. They're getting further into the system.''
Carla Clauser, 32, of El Portal was waiting in line to meet with a navigator when Sebelius arrived. Clauser, whose family is uninsured, said she hoped to ensure all four people in her family but primarily her children, 3 and 7. About a month earlier, Clauser said she'd taken 3-year-old Sydney Miami Children's Hospital emergency room for a high fever. She was told he needed Motrin — and then she was charged $1,500, subsequently discounted to $750 because she's uninsured.
"It was a pretty big bill for them to tell us he needed some Motrin,'' Clauser said. "I need some sort of coverage.''


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The views and wine tasting options.
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Loredoarturo necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 139 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
My name is Billy A. Loredo, I am an attorney practicing in Edinburg, Texas. I practice in Criminal Law, Personal Injury Law, and Family Law. I was born in and grew up in Dallas Texas until I moved to the Rio Grande Valley. This part of Texas is primarily Hispanic and Spanish speaking. DWI and drug cases are big clientele. I love to help the people in this community because they are usually getting taken advantage of. I am a former Assistant District Attorney and former Assistant Chief Public Defender. I strive to get justice for everyone who steps in my office
I want to attract individuals who have a criminal legal problem. I also want to attract people who have been involved in a personal injury accident whether it be a auto accident or general accident in which they suffered a harm to due to another persons negligence. Again the people in this community are primarily Hispanic, Spanish speaking, and very weary of trusting people because they usually get taken advantage of.
I want a logo that somehow incorporates the initial of my last name or both my name initials. I want to stay away from the scales of justice unless you can think of a unique way of using them. I would like to see maybe a court house column as part of the design maybe as part of the L in my name. By court house column I mean like the US supreme court house columns or the white house. Again this column is not necessary, if you can think of anything else to get the point across about what I do and that my job is to protect people you can use what you thinks works. The colors I would like to see used are dark blue and grey. These colors are not mandatory but I like to the combination of the two. I have included a copy of a design I was messing with on my own and a copy of the current business card I am using.The color of the card is dark blue with white letters.
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There are a number different methods that have been suggested in books and by paddlers as the proper way to size a paddle but the most popular ones are;
- While standing, paddle on the ground, the grip at the end of the shaft comes up to your chin.
- While sitting on a chair with the grip resting on the seat the shaft ends at your eyebrows.
- While sitting on a chair measure to the chin and add 6 inches to find the shaft length.
- While sitting on a chair with the grip resting on the seat, measure the distance to your nose plus the distance from your canoe seat to the water to find the shaft length.
- While standing hold the paddle over the head arms bent at 90 degrees measure the distance from elbow to elbow or hand to hand to find the shaft length.
- Shorter for solo because you lean the canoe
- Longer for solo because you dont lean the canoe
- Longer for Whitewater for more leverage
- Shorter for Whitewater for more speed and power
- Longer in the stern seat for leverage and steering
- Longer in the bow seat for more reach and power
- Beavertail 25-30 inches
- Ottertail 28-30 inches
- Tripper/Algonquin 30-32 inches
- Sugar Island 21-25 inches
- El-Cheapo plastic 20-22 inches
The main issue is that many paddle companies sell paddles based on the total length and the confusion soon complicates things. That 54 inch paddle we bought was an Ottertail which had a 30 inch long blade. That means the shaft is only 24 inches long. Well that's great if you are an 11 year old school girl but not if you are a grown man so it is back to the paddle shop.
The 54 inch paddle was way too small, I need at least a 60 inch paddle, You say.
The clerk says, I have just what you need, this 60 inch Sugar Island.
Ka-Ching more money out of the wallet.
Great! You think, Now this is a mans paddle! So you get it to the pond and you hate this even worse. Is this a paddle or one of those things for taking bread out of wood fired ovens?
As it turns out that 60 inch Sugar Island paddle only had a 21 inch blade and the rest made up a 39 inch shaft.
That story is just made up. In truth most paddle makers and retailers are smarter than this and will try a lot harder to help you out and explain things; but the acne covered kid that works for them on the weekend while they are out paddling may not be too knowledgeable. For this reason only you can know truly how long your paddle should be. It may take a long time to find that sweet one too; and this means either you try a lot, buy a lot, or make a lot.
Most paddle makers and retailers will have paddles sized as follows;
- 48-54 for short people and ladies
- 56-58 for normal people and men
- 60-63 for tall people
- 26-34 for short people and ladies
- 34-38 for normal people and men
- 38-41 for tall people
Figuring out your ideal shaft length takes us into that contentious territory where everyone has something to say. A lot of these formulas seem to be regional and get modified often and then passed off as the one true way. Paddle length ends up being like religion and no one wants to talk about it.
In Maine USA for example it is not uncommon for paddles to stand 6 feet high but you don't see that elsewhere very often.
Lets look at some of these sizing methods and debunk a few myths.
The first method described above with the grip under the chin is garbage unless you are an average person with a 25 inch blade. An average person with an average blade will indeed have the grip come up to the chin but swap the blade and the formula is now useless. It probably persists because it works as an easy all around average for things like children's camps.
Chair to chin add six inches sort of works but complicates the more simple chair to eyebrows so why bother?
Chair to nose plus distance from canoe seat to water line sounds cool but it too complicates the obvious and was probably dreamed up by an out of work engineer. It may work for some but you have to be pretty up tight to be that demanding.
The two most popular methods involve the paddle above the head with the distance from the outside of the left and right hands making the shaft length,
and sitting on a chair with the grip on the seat and the shaft ending at your eyebrows. Another proposes the distance to the chin is measured and 6 inches is added, but this is about the same as measuring to the eyebrows anyway.
Both add an 0-4 inches for different types of paddling such as solo tandem etc.
People often argue over which of these two is the proper method. The truth is they both work about the same but it is probable that the original Native paddle makers in North America who did not have chairs or yard sticks and used the paddle over head method.
So why do they both work? Well to answer that lets ask Leonardo DaVinci; he has the simplest answer. When you look at Vitruvian Man with a couple of equal size circles and lines added you see that the distance from elbow to elbow is the same as from the bottom of the hips to the eyebrows. The red and black circles are the same size. The Black Circle showing that elbow to elbow, the arms bent at 90 degrees with paddle over the head will more or less give the same shaft length as the Red Circle chair to eyebrows method.
Interesting eh? It seems those Native paddle makers and Renaissance thinkers had something in common when they started thinking about body proportions for measurements. It seems that the answer if there is one is more artistic than scientific but like most things in our modern world though we like to qualify and quantify everything so it becomes more complicated than it really is.
Now I am certain one could go to the National Research Council or Royal Society and be hooked up to machines and computers for an absolute down to the millimeter definitive answer to the question of their ideal paddle length but why bother. Grab a paddle with a shaft about the length of your torso and the blade of your choice and do your thing. Just remember to bring your tape measure to the paddle store.


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The news could hardly be better for the economy and stock market - except for the 800-pound gorilla stalking around the room threatening to wreck the whole scene.
I refer of course to the debacle that the fiscal cliff talks in Washington have suddenly become, just as there seemed to be give and take going on that would wind up with an agreement before year-end.
That outcome is certainly up in the air after House Speaker Boehner's leave-taking from the bi-partisan talks to undertake a failed side-track attempt to pass a Plan B.
Perhaps I am too trusting, but I still can't imagine politicians are so self-serving that they would deliberately sabotage the economy just as it is finally showing real recovery from the 2008 financial meltdown.
Positives continue to pile up impressively, supporting the prospects for the economic recovery, and for a typical favorable season stock market rally that will continue into next spring - if we can get past the stupidity of the fiscal cliff talks in Washington.
Among the impressive positives:
The once a decade changeover of leadership in China that was causing uncertainty has taken place and seems to be creating no problems. Recent economic reports out of China have also been encouraging, lessening worries that China's economy is slowing into a hard landing.
The euro-zone debt crisis has not been resolved, and European politicians seem to have lost their sense of urgency again once markets halted their plunges. But the crisis has pretty much moved out of the news and so out of sight for a while.
Meanwhile, the U.S. economic recovery not only appears to be back on track but the stumble it took in the summer seems not to have been as severe as previously reported.
This week it was reported that the economy (GDP) grew at a 3.1% annualized rate in the 3 rd quarter rather than the last revision of 2.7%, and the originally reported 2.1%. It was reported that home prices rose again in October and are now 5.0% higher than a year ago. Existing home sales rose 5.9% in November, selling at the highest rate since November, 2009 (when there was a tax-credit incentive in place for first-time home-buyers). The closely watched Philadelphia Fed Business Index surged up from minus 10.7 in November all the way up to plus 8.1 in December, with big increases in both new orders and shipments.
On Friday it was reported that Durable Goods Orders jumped an impressive 0.7% in November, and the previously reported orders for October were revised to growth of 1.1% from the previously reported 0.4%. Consumer spending was up a big 0.6% in November to the highest level in three years, and consumer incomes were up an impressive 0.8%.
Of equal importance, the Chicago Fed's National Activity Index, which is a compilation of 80 economic indicators, and which has a history of accuracy in identifying recessions, jumped from minus 0.64 in October to plus 0.10 in November. That removed a worry, since its level in October had it very close to readings that the Federal Reserve identifies as indicating a recession is underway.
These reports all indicate that the economy probably also increased its rate of growth in the 4 th quarter. And it has the tailwind of another round of stimulus from the Federal Reserve just announced last week.
But then there are the politicians who don't seem all that worried about sending the economy over a fiscal cliff.
However, because of the bad press created by the Plan B debacle I believe talks will now resume between leaders with even more urgency while Congress is in its Christmas recess, and that a bill will be presented and passed by the Senate that will be acceptable to the House, if not by year-end so soon after as to have the same effect.
There's no doubt that enough uncertainty has returned to push the good economic news aside for the moment and become the Grinch that stole Christmas for investors.
But it should be only a temporary setback of confidence and not the end of the promising favorable season rally.


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Will Yellen spark volatility again ?
Weekly markets analysis from experts of Natixis AM's Fixed Income investment division.
/// Key Points of the week
- AQR brings no real surprises on bank health
- Volatility lower ahead of FOMC
- Fed communication to be adjusted
- Hold on to long positions in spread products
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