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Billionaire Steve Cohen Gets Nutritious
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Steve Cohen and SAC Capital are getting nutritious, in the sense that the billionaire dollar hedge fund has upped its stake by over thirty times what it owned at the end of the fourth quarter in the vitamin and supplement retailer, GNC Holdings (NYSE: GNC). SAC Capital now owns 5.195 million shares, or 5.2% of GNC's outstanding shares. But, should investors follow Cohen's lead?
The stock is up 150% since its early 2011 IPO, and the stock now trades near its all-time high of $42 per share, but I still believe there could be room for the nutrition company to go higher.
Why do should we care about what SAC Capital is doing? Over the last twenty plus years, Cohen's SAC Capital has averaged returns of 30 percent. Cohen founded SAC Capital in 1992, and utilizes fundamental and quantitative analysis. SAC has around $14 billion in assets under management, with Cohen's estimated net worth is upwards of $8 billion (check out Cohen's latest picks).
Fellow nutrition retail store, and major competitor, Vitamin Shoppe (NYSE: VSI) has also seen stellar growth in its share price, a steady up and to the right trend. Vitamin is up over 250% since its late 2009 IPO…
Vitamin Shoppe is expected to move even higher, with JPMorgan recently upping its price target to $73, compared to the $64.50 it currently trades at. Before that, investment firm Piper Jaffray upped its target price to $68.
GNC, and the industry, have been treated nicely thanks to a consumer shift toward a more health conscience lifestyle. Part of the previous headwinds for the vitamin industry was poor employment and tight consumer spending. However, as employment rises, this should help boost consumer spending, where Standard and Poor's expects spending to be up 2.7% in 2013, after the projected 1.9% in 2012.
The vitamin market is rather niche, but a sizable market nonetheless, estimated to be a $29 billion industry, with GNC owning about 8% of the market, and Vitamin Shoppe owning 3.2%. Other competitors includes the likes of Herbalife (NYSE: HLF), which has been in the news of late as billionaires Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn are publicly battling each other, where Ackman is short the stock and Icahn is on the long side (check out all of Icahn's longs).
Herbalife's recent quarterly results were positive for investors on the long side. Earnings beat estimates, with EPS of $1.05, where the consensus was $1.03. Despite this, I still remain cautious about the business, with respects to distribution networks and sales mix. As far as how Herbalife stacks up to GNC, Herbalife does not have any retail outlets or stores, but only has a number of "nutrition clubs." These places allow people to join the 'club' for a membership fee, where they can then get together, hang out and drink free shakes.
Boding well for GNC includes the fact that the company has expanded beyond its own distribution methods, making strategic partnerships with Wal-Mart to sell some of its products within the retail giant's stores. Whereas, Vitamin Shoppe has over 500 retail stores, and GNC now has over 6,000.
As far as recent activities, earnings from earlier this month do bode well for GNC. The vitamin retailer posted EPS of $0.50 for the fourth quarter, up from $0.35 for the same quarter last year and beating consensus estimates of $0.46. At the same time, guidance was also upped, where GNC now expects to see fiscal 2013 revenues up 10% and earnings to come in between $2.75 and $2.80 per share. Analysts were previously only expecting EPS of $2.72 for 2013. The company also upped its it dividend by 36% and now pays a dividend yield of 1.4%
Let's stack up the two major vitamin retailers even more. The growth metrics for the two, GNC and Vitamin Shoppe, is impressive, with robust five-year growth rates across the board…
- 5-Yr. Historical Revenue Growth 7%
- 5-Yr. Historical Earnings Growth 28%
- 5-Yr. Historical Cash Flow Growth 20%
Vitamin Shoppe
- 5-Yr. Historical Revenue Growth 10%
- 5-Yr. Historical Earnings Growth 42%
- 5-Yr. Historical Cash Flow Growth 25%
Taking growth a step further, let's take a look at the expected EPS growth for the two:
5-Year Expected Earnings Growth
- Vitamin Shoppe 17.5%
Don't be fooled. Both GNC and Vitamin Shoppe have solid future expected growth, but which stock is the better buy? GNC is the better 'growth at a reasonable price' opportunity…
- Vitamin Shoppe 1.7
So why invest in GNC? Besides its leading market share and presence, the company is a great growth story and it's cheap. GNC is trading at 1.2 times the S&P 500's P/E, whereas its five year average is around 1.35 times. Assuming GNC's shares will come more in line with its historical average, thanks in part to a rise in consumer spending and employment, its price to earnings ratio should be 20.25x. Meaning the potential upside for the stock could be around 33% (check out the recent insider purchases at GNC).
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How are global youth changing our future? Are they Generation We or Me?
I have a draft of a book about how global youth are changing our future, based on almost 3,500 surveys, extensive dialogues, interviews and visits with young people from 66 countries. I find them to be thoughtful, altruistic, creating a new non-hierarchical paradigm, and inclusive. They're comfortable with women in leadership positions. The main differences between them are not their nationalities but whether they live in an urban or rural area. If you would like to critique and add to chapters, I'm glad to share. The main debate in the US is if youth are narcissistic and apathetically caught up in consumerism or if they are making changes in nontraditional ways, volunteering, and questioning authority. What are your observations about how young people are changing the old ways of doing things? Are you hopeful or worried? Will they be able to turn around failures like the inability of the Rio+20 to make binding agreements to protect the planet? I'd especially like to hear from Millennials; the open-ended book questions are on my Wordpress blog. Thanks, Gayle Kimball
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Jul 5 2012: I think it goes with out saying that all these new ways of connecting and communicating. This has already changed the world and will continue to do so. This however could very well be changing us in a bad way thought. This video speaks to this issue a bit if you would like to check it out. It talks about technological evolution and its influence in modern society. vimeo.com/44957378
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MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ) - Marinette police say a man is under arrest following a standoff Friday.
Police were called just after 6:30 p.m. to a home on Hannah Street. Officers were told a 36-year-old man was dumping gas inside the house, and that he had fired a gun.
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SELLERSBURG, Ind. (WHAS11 / AP) -- Detectives returned to the home on East Delaware Court on Tuesday to gather more evidence after a 10 hour standoff that ended late Monday night.
Police say a SWAT team fired tear gas inside the Sellersburg house to force the man after determining negotiations had failed. The home sustained heavy damage after police say former Louisville Firefighter Josh Priddy barricaded himself inside and shot dozens of times at officers.
Officers arrested 31-year-old Joshua Priddy and he was jailed on preliminary counts of attempted murder and other charges.
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WHAS11 has learned Priddy was a firefighter with the Louisville Fire Department from 2000-2012. He was fired, according to Sal Malendez with the LMFD, due to frequent work absences.
Those who know Priddy said they were stunned.
"They are a good family. He's a good man. Something must have clicked to make him do this," said family friend Shirley Tharp.
Tharp said Priddy was a loving father.
According to police, 911 was called Monday afternoon because of concerns for his mental health.
Dispatch: OK, what's going on?
Caller: Her husband, he has some mental issues going on. He took off in the car with her kids...is he still over there? No, no, no, he's still there.
Dispatch: Let me connect you to police ma'am, stay on the line.
Police say Priddy fled into another house and fired at officers and the police dog who followed him. Police say he later shot at officers surrounding the house, hitting a sheriff's deputy, Chris Proctor, in the leg. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.
Chief Russ Whelan said Priddy told police he shot at officers hoping to create a diversion.
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The Clark County Sheriff's Department was called in and law enforcement officials were in the home but had to evacuate when the suspect began shooting. That is when Proctor was shot in the leg.
Priddy's family lives a few blocks away from the 700 block of East Delaware Court where the standoff happened. On Tuesday they put a note on their door asking for privacy and prayers. Priddy is expected to be in court on Wednesday. He faces multiple felony charges and is being held at the Clark County Jail.


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A metro area dentistry is hoping to welcome students of the new Sandy Hook Elementary School by collecting paper snowflakes.
As part of the national PTA's Snowflake Project, the Dentistry of Children and Family Orthodontics says they have been collecting the paper snowflakes from every child that enters one of their offices. The snowflakes are to be hung at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.Now the dentistry is welcoming families to bring in their special snowflake for the Sandy Hook students by dropping them off at select offices in the metro area. The collected snowflakes will be packaged and shipped out on January 8.
The snowflakes can be dropped off at offices in Woodstock, Roswell, Cumming , Sandy Springs, Dawsonville, Douglasville, McDonough, Peachtree City, Suwanee, Watkinsville, Snellville, or Stockbridge. For addresses to the offices, click here, and for more information on the Snowflake Project, click here!
Twenty-six people, including 20 young children, were killed in a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School last month. When classes restarted for the school, the students were moved to a new building.
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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) — A hearing has begun into the claim by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky that the criminal proceeding against him was so flawed that he deserves a new trial.
A three-judge Pennsylvania Superior Court panel was hearing an oral argument Tuesday regarding the appeal.
The 69-year-old Sandusky is serving a 30- to 60-year prison sentence for sexual abuse of 10 boys.
Sandusky claims his lawyers weren't given enough time to prepare for trial, that a prosecutor made improper references to the fact he didn't testify and that the judge mishandled jury instructions.
The state attorney general's office says the 45-count conviction should stand and Sandusky shouldn't get a new trial.
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A local man is facing charges after police say he called 911 several times to report false incidents and on one occasion, pretended to be a police officer.
Teon Arrington, 19, is charged with three counts of making false alarms and another count of impersonating a police officer.
According to Hamilton County court documents, Arrington called 911 on Monday and told the dispatcher he was an off duty officer involved in a shooting.
The report was false.
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His bond was set at $5,000 during an arraignment on Tuesday.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (March. 30, 2013) – Behind the arm of sophomore lefty Alyssa Landrith (Vacaville, Calif.) the Rutgers softball team (18-12, 3-3) earned a 6-0 victory Saturday afternoon at the RU Softball Complex. With the victory, the Scarlet Knights beat UConn in a season series for the first time since 1998, when RU won its two regular season meetings against the Huskies.
RU owns its best record through 30-games since 2003, when the team was 17-13 at that point in the season.
For the second time in three outings, Landrith dominated. She recorded her fourth shutout of the season – second of the week – and allowed just three hits in 7.0 innings of work. She also tied her season high with eight strikeouts and walked just one UConn batter.
Offensively, RU carried over its momentum from Game Two of the series to put six runs on the board. Senior Kaci Madden (Saratoga, N.Y.) had her best performance of the season, as the catcher went 2-2 with three RBIs and a run scored. She blasted a two-run shot, her first of the season, in the bottom of the second inning to give RU a 2-0 lead.
From there the Scarlet Knights would tack on three in the fourth off of two hits and add another run in the fifth to take the 6-0 victory.
RU gets back on the road Wednesday, April 3, for a doubleheader at Hofstra. The Scarlet Knights are 10-23 all-time against the Pride and are winless against them in their last 10 tries. Rutgers last defeated Hofstra on April 7, 2004, by a 10-5 margin.
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Why HMV should encourage tattoos
The fact that HMV has banned staff with prominent tattoos from working in its stores smacks of management gone mad.
I'm often struck by how little the corporate suits within businesses know about what their customers are really like – and how brilliant and useful their shop floor staff can be, regardless of how they adorn their skin.
HMV needs to decide what it is – is it a: A music specialist staffed by people who have personalities, tattoos or piercings who can help 'curate' people's listening tastes, providing them with a really useful service that they love to use, or B: a bland, mass-market music retailer?
It is trying (and so far not doing too well) to be a mass-market music retailer, being beaten by supermarkets and downloading sites. Although hopefully, its stake in download company 7Digital will help.
Going for option A would be scary for the business. It would mean being much more targeted, niche and focused on doing one or two things very well – and therefore discourage some of the general population who shop there. But spending money on store rent doesn't help its cause. It could reduce the size of some of its shops, go back to its roots and not be afraid of using its original branding much more.
The original 'His Master's Voice' painting is a beautiful image of the artist's dog 'Nipper' listening to a gramophone. Funnily enough, the Englishman who painted it, Francis Barraud, had to modify the painting to include the branding of The Gramophone Company which bought it, so it could be used on the front of its catalogue.
So while the painting has always been an arresting one, it had commercial value from the start. But it is an image that won't be to everyone's taste and that is what HMV has to realise: it can't be all things music to all people.
If it wants to improve how people actually feel when they are in one of its shops, then reducing the CDs look will help – my local shop screams 'cheap CDs' from the outside, not 'premium tech and music specialist'. Again its focus on developing the tech side of the business will help lift its image, but I don't think that should extend to telling people not to display their big tattoos.
This goes back to an age-old problem that people hire other people who are like them, instead of thinking about diversity properly. A company's head office might be full of suits but the shop floor will never be like that – which should be embraced.
Telling people not to show their tattoos won't get more people into its shops. How is my in-store 'experience' aided by whether someone has a picture on their arm or not?
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This is a shortsighted and stupid move by HMV. In one fell swoop it damages its brand reputation, alienates its customers at the same time as dampening any internal engagement it has with its employees. And all for no gain.
For HMV's 'choices' I think you needed a "C", because in "A", and "B" you talked about a record shop (music specialist) and my HMV hasnt been that in a long time. Like you say, they sell Technology.. and T-Shirts, Xbox games and lots of DVDs. they dont look anything like my favourite record shop from my youth, and that's probably why they are still here cause all my favourite record shops have gone out of business! Nor do I expect or want that experience when i shop there - messy indie kids who look down their nose at my music taste if they can be bothered to speak to me at all, people expect far more these days. I wont tolerate poor service for 60 seconds.
And is the battleground Music really? "A mass-market music retailer being beaten by the Supermarkets"...? Do you think your local supermarket has a good music offer? You must tell me which you shop in! The Supermarkets seem to have all but given up on Music, I dont think anyone's battling for the Music customer - they've gone to iTunes. If anything HMV should be applauded for supporting the CD format, does anyone else?
Shocking. Discrimination? Will you ban tattoos' from purchasing, or even entering premises? Can't be true.
This is sad really. a 'leading' brand and outlet in technology and media, with an attitude that is reminiscent of the 1950s. I am a tattooist and well aware of the discrimination faced by my clients and others who choose to decorate themselves. Tattooed people are not criminals and sailors. They are everyone in this millenium. This week alone i have tattooed 2 policemen, a dentist and a frontline soldier. Imagine if their employers did the same. This is ignorance of the highest order. The powers that be are once again completely alienated from those they seek to control. No wonder hmv are on the rocks.
I feel this is possibly the worst move/ suggestion by the management of hmv yet. I work in retail and I am covered on both my arms hand and soon to be neck. I have a great rapport with my customers and my tattoos create a talking point for both the young and old. This is an old fashioned
Its ridiculous why would you ban the sort of staff that are most likely to be passionate about your products, i used to work at M&S and i had a colleague with a big full sleeve tattoo that they never once asked him to cover up, and that's a company who's main clientele are retired old ladies. Whereas HMV are supposed to be a "cool/trendy" store but are alienating their customers. Which is why I shop at cex or on line as i would rather be served by a bearded tattooed pierced guy that knew what he was on about than some clean cut boy that knows nothing.
Unfortunately it's not as easy as allowing or not allowing. Some visible tattoos are fine, others could be offensive. Proof by extreme - would you allow a tattoo with a BNP or racist/sexist tone?
If you allow tattoos you are going to have to decide which ones - a minefield for management.
No easy answer, but I can see were HMV management is coming from on this!
I recently did a stint in a charity shop, before starting, I asked if my piercings were a problem. "Only if someone complains about them.", I was told. I was there practically every day, for four weeks, and not once did anyone complain.
The notion that "piercings and tattoos are scary" is ridiculous.
Most older people are happy to learn about why young people are doing this now.
HMV have pretty much shot themselves in the foot with this; my local HMV was two doors down from Blue Banana, so alongside HMV, those two shops were pretty much the main place for the alternative people in town - Blue Banana has closed now, and HMV has done this, and a lot of people are saying that they won't feel happy in HMV anymore. But they won't be getting any new customers as a result of policy, because to see that something has changed, you'd need to go in, and if people weren't "comfortable" before, they won't go in to see.
brian m - I understand where you're coming from, but ultimately, if you were a hiring manager or similar how likely is it that you'd take a look at someone who was tattooed with a giant swastika and think; 'you're hired!'.
Music and art are very closely linked industries, and the people that shop at HMV, and who work there, will see tattoos as expression. By repressing people this way, HMV are slowly but surely alienating their clientele.
I wonder if this is the first step in a major brand overhaul for the music retailer.
HMV need to understand that this is not going to increase sales. A music shop is the one place I would expect to see the individualism of its staff. We have Been seeing negative press in the media for the past 18 months about the company, it's shares are rapidly losing value, stores are closing and the one thing that was making money (it's concert venues) were sold to recoup some profit. I feel for the poor staff, many of them no doubt casualties of the fallout from Woolworths, zavvi and game who are probably wondering if their jobs are safe and secure. Pulling a stunt like this cannot be good for staff morale!


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Jordin Sparks has been very visible lately on red carpets, on TV, on magazine covers and, of course, in the movie Sparkle. But what about the American Idol season six champ's music career? Well, fans will be happy to know that Jordin's got a brand-new disc coming soon.
"I am so happy to finally have new music on the way. It's been so long," she tells ABC News Radio. "And for me, music is the core of what I do, and it's who I am, so to be able to have new music, I'm just...Ahhh! I can't wait. I can't wait!"
Jordin, who last released an album in 2009, says that she was pleasantly surprised that when she presented her record company with her new material, they didn't reject it immediately and tell her to go come up with more songs, which is what she thought would happen.
"I've actually really hit a stride with where I am in life and what I want to say, and the sound and the feel," she tells ABC News Radio. "And they were really excited. So, I'm hoping for a fall release. So we kinda gotta scramble and get everything ready now."
So far, there's no firm release date for Jordin's new album, but she's been a presence on the charts recently in a background role. She inspired her boyfriend Jason Derulo's current hit "The Other Side," and she co-wrote the top 10 hit by Ariana Grande and Mac Miller , "The Way."
Meanwhile, Jordin has yet another movie role, in a film called The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete . Executive-produced by Alicia Keys , the movie also stars fellow American Idol alum Jennifer Hudson . It's expected to be released at some point this year.
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Women's Basketball Named to WBCA Academic Team Honor RollThe Lake Erie College women's basketball team earned a spot in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll for the third consecutive year. The Storm ranked 12th in Division II with a 3.511 combined team grade point average (GPA).
"It's exciting to see our players recognized for the hard work and effort they put in off the court in the classroom," said head coach Bob Booher. "We're very proud to have achieved these high rankings each of the past three years."
Lake Erie is one of four Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) teams ranked in the Top 25. The Storm was third in Division II last year and 21st two seasons ago. To read more, click here.


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BELLEVUE, WI (WTAQ) - Authorites continue the search for five suspected burglars who were found in a Bellevue home Monday night when the homeowner came home.
It was a burglary in progress at the home in the 2500 block of Hillside Heights Drive.
After running a few errands, a Bellevue man came home around 8:30 p.m. to find an unexpected visitor in his kitchen, another in his living room and shortly after, three more running down his stairs and out his front door.
"Obviously they were as surprised as he was when he entered the house," Captain David Konrath with the Brown County Sheriff's Department tells FOX 11. "They dropped what they had in their hands, in their possession, and just fled."
The man who found the people in his house didn't want to talk on camera, but he did tell FOX 11 it certainly had his heart racing.
"You come back home and you find five individuals within your residence, anybody would be a little bit unnerved by that," said Konrath.
The men broke a window to get in. The homeowner told FOX 11 they did take some jewelry and money.
"I think it's a very safe neighborhood in general, well cared for and well respected by all the people who live here," said Kevin Voge, a Bellevue neighbor.
Safety officials say home invasions can happen anywhere and at anytime. Green Bay Police report the city's east side has also had several burglaries in the past week.
If you do come across an intruder, like what happened in Bellevue, authorities say you shouldn't confront them. Police say just try to get the best description possible.
"What they are taking from the residence definitely is not worth your life," said Konrath. "Let us take care of it."
The suspects are believed to be in their teens and left the area in a red Ford Focus.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the Brown County Sheriff's Department at (920) 448-6187.


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Another member asked whether there was an underlying assumption that different methods could be brought to bear on different topic areas, depending on their content, or whether a standard set of methods should be applied. Dr. Fielding responded that this would be a good question for the Subcommittee on Target-setting to address. Dr. Kumanyika referred to a series of questions that had been posed to the Committee in the presentation slides for the meeting. She suggested that the Subcommittee on Target-setting prioritize and group these questions to make their discussions more efficient. These questions were:
Dr. Remington, Chair of the Subcommittee on Topic Areas, reviewed the Subcommittee's proposed definitions for the terms, "vision," "goal," and "focus area/topic area." For Healthy People 2020, the term "topic area" would be used instead of the term "focus area" that was used for Healthy People 2010. He explained that, in trying to map the topic areas to the broad categories of the framework, his subcommittee found that some topics mapped well, but others didn't because they are addressed across the continuum from interventions to determinants to outcomes. Another potential approach to organizing topic areas is a matrix that shows how topic areas flow across the different elements of the framework. The rationale for this approach was to help the FIW work across topic areas. Topic areas would be developed independently of objectives, and there would be many similar objectives.
He suggested that Healthy People 2020 would be likely to have more topic areas than the 28 that were in 2010, perhaps 30 or more. If a grid was used to organize topic areas in relation to the framework, users could enter the grid through an interest (e.g., social and economic determinants) or through a specific topic area. (e.g., specific diseases) or vice-versa. He warned that "the devil is in the details" in selecting topic areas, but based on written feedback from Committee members, there seemed to be consensus that the Healthy People 2010 topics would continue with some modifications, and six to eight new topic areas would also be added.
Dr. Fielding asked the Committee for feedback on the function of topic areas, and, secondly, what specific topic areas should be proposed. He noted the key functions of Healthy People 2010 focus areas, were: organizational, managerial, and communications-related. Dr. Fielding asked if an expanded number of topic areas would change their overall function, especially considering that each topic area is assigned to a Federal agency that is responsible for those objectives. Would that system need to change with an increased number of topic areas? Dr. Fielding then said the Committee does not necessarily need to answer all of these questions, since they are up to the FIW. Yet he said that the Committee should ensure that the topic areas are more than a point of entry.
Dr. Fielding reviewed proposed selection criteria for topic areas, and asked the Committee members for comments. The proposed criteria were:
A couple of members commented that these selection criteria for Healthy People 2020 topic areas seemed fine, before moving on to comment directly on the topic area categories themselves. Dr. Fielding later said that there seemed to be general agreement on the selection criteria for topic areas.
In written feedback, Committee members had voted to retain all of the 28 Healthy People 2010 focus areas, to add 8 new topic areas that were proposed by the Subcommittee, and to create additional new topic areas or split Healthy People 2010 focus areas. That would lead a total of 52 topic areas for Healthy People 2020. One Committee member said the traditional Healthy People focus area categories map well to the organization of state and Federal agencies, but new areas dealing with issues like social and economic disparities and child development might not map as well to the organization of agency divisions and bureaus. He felt it was even more important to make sure that cross-cutting issues would be addressed since there would not be specific divisions to take ownership of them. Another member commented that the proposed topic areas are fine for content, but the Committee should also address infrastructure issues such as data, IT, staff and other issues.
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Once I spoke the language of the flowers,
Once I understood each word the caterpillar said,
Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of the starlings,
And shared a conversation with the housefly
in my bed.
Once I heard and answered all the questions
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We survived the hood in Baltimore and Skullcandy was well represented with a slew of athletes competing at this tour stop and a solid group of them making finals in FMX, BMX and Skate. FMX was on primetime NBC and Skullcandy had 3 riders representing in the finals…Mike Mason, Jeremy Lusk and Adam Jones. Fuzzy Hall and his crew held it down on the BMX side of things and also once again built one of the best best dirt courses to date. Josh Hult also made his first finals in BMX dirt and Kevin Kirally did his thing in the park. We did some heavy guerilla marketing and left having another headphone brand not too hyped! Thanks to our friends at OGIO for the hospitality and the use of the infamous Bus and too all the riders and people representing.
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Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL)
Within our brains are two small fluid-filled areas called ventricles. Cerebrospinal fluid is manufactured within these ventricles. Just to the right and left sides of the ventricles is the periventricular tissue. This tissue gets its blood supply from the arteries just before the arteries narrow down into capillaries. Because this tissue is at the "end of the row," it can be deprived of its blood supply by changes in blood pressure or the amount of oxygen in the blood supplying this area. When the periventricular tissue does not receive an adequate blood supply, the tissue may die.When the tissue dies, it leaves fluid in its place. This fluid appears as a small fluid collection called a cyst.
The cysts themselves are not a problem, but they represent brain tissue that has died and been replaced by fluid. PVL is the appearance of these cysts on an ultrasound, CT or MRI scan of the head. The brain tissue that has been lost is important to the control of muscle movements in the legs and sometimes in the arms. PVL is often associated with cerebral palsy and other developmental problems.


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A 10-year-old boy who turned a serious diagnosis into a mission to help other kids is making a big difference one tiny rubber band at a time by raising money to fund children's cancer research.
In a family of 8 children, 10-year-old Graham Trocke-Fowler is a hero to his siblings, and an inspiration to crafters who know just how painstaking it can be to weave a rubber band bracelet into being. He can complete one in just a minute a 38 seconds.
Trocke-Fowler has had a lot of practice and prefers to do it by hand -- but that skill was born out of a difficult time that began with what looked like a suspicious blood blister that was first found and removed from his left arm last spring.
It turned out that Trocke-Fowler has spitzoid melanoma, a cancer that is so rare in children that only a handful of kids in the U.S. have it.
Weaving bracelets became a good way to fill the time when he was recovering from the 8 major surgeries he's had since the diagnosis, and he has made and sold well over 7,000 of them so far.
The pastime has also caught on among his family and friends, who decided to start selling the bracelets for a buck apiece after they learned that only 4 percent of federal cancer research funding goes toward childhood cancers.
The bracelets are sold at schools, stores, and online to benefit children's cancer research. So far, Graham's Gift has grown to nearly $8,000.
Now, Trocke-Fowler makes up a bracelet every change he gets in the hopes that they will give a chance to other children who are also fighting cancer.
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Shadowrun propels team-based combat into a new dimension with a revolutionary blend of modern weaponry and ancient magic
FASA Studio, the creative minds behind MechWarrior and Crimson Skies, are back with Shadowrun, the new multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) based on the much-beloved role-playing game (RPG) franchise. Shadowrun propels team-based combat into a new dimension with a revolutionary blend of modern weaponry and ancient magic. Up to 16 players can battle for control of this new world through Xbox 360-to-Windows Vista online compatibility. In Shadowrun players vie for supremacy in a constantly evolving battlefield where advanced technology and ancient magic provide an unprecedented and high-velocity tactical action experience.
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"Anytime you line up, you line up to win regardless of what the records are. You have to believe that on any given Friday you can beat the other team."
If Mission Head Coach Mario Peña has anything to say about this weekend, this is the attitude his beleaguered team will be taking on to the field as his Eagles (2-5, 0-4) face another seemingly insurmountable challenge when they take on a Sharyland team (6-1, 3-1) that will no doubt be looking to vent a little bit after getting their first taste of defeat at the hands of McAllen Memorial last week.
"Ultimately, our kids have shown a lot of class and a lot of team spirit because we've been banged up," said Peña. "They're playing hard and they're playing hard until the very end."
The Eagles did just that last week. After going down 10-0 to La Joya in the first quarter, the Eagles responded by outscoring the Coyotes in the next three quarters. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough as La Joya did just enough in the fourth quarter to clip the Eagles 29-21.


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Two bodies in an isolated canyon on the edge of L.A. One with saddlebags filled with diamonds. That's how it begins for Liz Towne, a stunning blond with a devout husband who has given up a prime job for reasons Liz cannot understand-for "Mac" MacDonald, a Gulf War vet who's done time in prison and is just now finding his way back to normal lifeand for Roxanne "Rocky" Towne, Liz's sister-in-law, who suspects things she cannot prove. All three are thrown together after a tragedy in Pack Canyon. After stumbling upon the stolen diamonds, Liz is faced with an escalating set of choices: Truth or lies? Love or money? Saint or sinner? Liz thinks she knows who she is and what she wants, but when the web gets terribly tangled, is her game of deception a clever lie or a deadly trap? A new suspense thriller from James Scott Bell, bestselling author of Presumed Guilty.


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The research strengths of this program are represented below. We welcome applications from prospective PhD and MA students wishing to conduct research on or related to the following key areas.
Indonesian and Javanese Linguistics (Yacinta Kurniasih)
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Translation and Interpreting History (Paul Thomas)
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Please note that LCL academics frequently co-supervise MA and PhD projects located in programs other than their own. If you intend to work on a project that straddles this and another discipline, we will organize the necessary complement of research expertise to meet your supervision needs.
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Hundreds of people lined streets and freeway overpasses in Oregon City and Portland on Thursday to remember a reserve police officer killed in the line of duty.
Police patrol cars and fire department rigs arrived by the dozen at Memorial Coliseum in the procession for Officer Robert Libke. A celebration of life is being held there this afternoon.
Officer Libke was shot outside a burning Oregon City home earlier this month by 88-year-old Lawrence Cambra, who then turned the gun on himself and committed suicide.
SLIDESHOW: Remembering Officer Robert Libke
Libke, a graduate of Marshall High School in Portland, had worked at Evraz Steel in Portland since 1997. He was most recently a general supervisor for the company, but he had also been with the Oregon City Police Department since 2009.
"Rob loved putting on the uniform and helping the police department serve the community," said a family statement.
Libke was the first Oregon City police officer shot in the line of duty in more than 100 years.
Since Libke's death, there has been an outpouring of support for his wife, who neighbors say is pregnant. Several police officers were moved to tears by a powerful tribute at an Oregon City High School football game earlier this month.
Thursday's event will mark the largest public memorial service.
For a Google Map of the procession route, click here.
During the procession, drivers were told to prepare for traffic delays on Oregon City streets, Interstate 205 and Interstate 84, as well as Portland-area streets around Memorial Coliseum and The Moda Center.
The celebration of life service itself starts at 1 p.m. inside Memorial Coliseum. Doors open at noon. Even though the Rose Quarter has approximately 2,000 parking spaces in available parking garages, organizers suggest using public transportation.
The Oregon Fallen badge Foundation is funding Libke's memorial service. Anyone wishing to donate to help offset the costs of the service may do so at http://oregonfallenbadge.com/site/index.php/make-a-donation.
In addition, anyone wishing to help Libke's family can donate at any branch of the Clackamas Federal Credit Union to the "Officer Libke Fund."
Donations, with checks payable to CCPOBF and the words Officer Robert Libke Fund in the memo line, can also be mailed to:
The Clackamas County Peace Officers' Benevolent FoundationP.O. Box 426Oregon City, OR 97045
More information is available at CCPOBF.org.
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How Parents Teach Kids to Lie About Hunger
Should you let your kids stop eating even if you suspect they're not quite full?
Or let them eat if you know they're not hungry?
The surprising answer is yes.
Otherwise, kids just learn to lie.
In most families, there is only one legitimate reason to eat: hunger.
That means if kids want to eat something they have to say they're hungry, even if they're not. "That cake looks good; I'm hungry."
It also means that if they don't want to eat something kids often have to say they're not hungry, even if they are. "Those peas look gross; I'm not hungry." (Sometimes kids also say, "I don't like it," to get out of eating.)
I don't really think of this as lying, per se. Rather, children are working with the tools we give them. And, I don't think parents do this intentionally.
A story to illustrate the problem:
One day I was at a birthday lunch for a young child. Among the celebrants was a 5 year old girl. The little girl had a lovely lunch and when she was full she stopped eating. "I'm full," she announced.
So far so good.
About 30 minutes later, when the birthday cake came out: "Yum. I'm starving!"
I know there are parents out there who will say that it's possible this girl was hungry. After all, a half-hour had passed! I don't buy it.
Teach your kids to become fluent in the "language" of hunger—no matter how young they are.
Eating is a complicated business because people eat for all sorts of reasons and kids need to know this.
For instance, in addition to Tummy Hunger, people often eat because of the following reasons:
- Taste Hunger; something looks good. When this happens, it's best to have a small portion, just a taste.
- Practical Hunger, they need to eat for practical reasons such as when there won't be time for lunch later. In this case, you might have to have a few bites even if you aren't hungry.
- Emotional Hunger, the times we eat to quench uncomfortable feelings. These situations are best responded to with a hug, or other comforting measure.
~Changing the conversation from nutrition to habits.~
Source: Tribole, E. and E. Resch, 2003. Intuitive Eating: a Revolutionary Program That Works., Vol. 2nd Edition. New York: St. Martin's Press.


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BURNSVILLE, MINN. (KWSN)- The University of Sioux Falls baseball program has garnered its first-ever postseason Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference honor, as junior right-hander Henry Ojeda was accorded second team All-NSIC honors as announced by the conference office on Tuesday morning.
Ojeda compiled a team-best 7-5 record over 16 appearances (9 starts) with a 2.78 ERA. The San Diego native ranked second behind Derek Fischer in strikeouts (46) and held opponents to a team-low .237 batting average. Ojeda was even better against NSIC foes, boasting a 6-2 mark and 1.48 ERA with just 8 earned runs in 48 and two-thirds innings of work during conference play.
Ojeda ranks in the top-20 in several NSIC statistical categories: wins (7, t-3rd), ERA (2.64, 11th), opponents' batting average (.237, 11th), innings pitched (64.2, 9th), strikeouts (46, 17th), strikeouts looking (18, 9th) and total appearances (16, 11th).
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The news of the Pittsburgh Penguins demise may have been grossly exaggerated.
Maxime Talbot scored twice while Sergei Gonchar's powerplay tally in the third period proved to be the winner as the Pens took Game 3 from the Detroit Red Wings by a 4-2 count.
While Talbot was thrilled with the win, he was equally excited about the play of his best friend on the team, Marc-Andre Fleury, who came up with 27 saves in the victory.
"I'm so happy for Fleury because in Game 1 and 2 he got criticized a little bit, but tonight I think he won the battle of the goaltenders. I have a lot of trust in that guy, he's amazing. If I had a choice to take any goaltender in the league, I would choose Fleury and he proved it tonight."
In addition to the stellar play of Fleury, the Penguins' made the most of their chances on the power play, scoring twice with the man advantage.
"When you get an opportunity on the power play you want to make the most of it," Sidney Crosby stated. "We did a great job of that tonight."
Red Wings' head coach Mike Babcock concurred with Crosby's acessment.
"It was a power-play game," said Babcock. "They got three and we got two. You know, that's the facts."
With the Penguins down 2-0 in the series and facing a must win contest, the 'Igloo' was rocking early with the Mellon Arena spectators clad all in white to support their team. The raucous crowd was whipped into a frenzy as former Penguins' great and current co-owner Mario Lemieux was on the ice to drop the ceremonial first puck.
Not getting as warm a reception was Wings' sniper Marian Hossa who the Penguins' faithful voiced their displeasure with every time he hit the ice. The Slovakian superstar was not the lone target of fans ire as NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was also in attendance, celebrating his 57th birthday.
Prior to the game the Wings learned that they would be without Hart trophy nominee Pavel Datsyuk for a sixth straight game with a foot injury. Centre Kris Draper was also scratched despite his proclamations prior to the game that he was ready to go.
It was a fast and furious pace to begin the game as the Penguins used that momentum to their advantage five minutes in as Evgeni Malkin found Maxime Talbot in the slot for a beautiful one timer that beat Chris Osgood cleanly. The goal was Talbot's fifth of the playoffs.
As they have so often before, the Red Wings replied immediately. Just a minute-and-a-half later Ville Leino attempted a wraparound on Marc-Andre Fleury in the Penguins net, however the puck came loose to Henrik Zetterberg in the slot who banged home his 10th of the post-season.
The Wings continued to pour on the pressure and it paid off. With Brooks Orpik in the box for interference, the potent Wings power play took advantage. Zetterberg found Johan Franzen with a cross-ice feed and the big Swede made no mistake, beating Fleury for his 12th of the post-season.
Instead of hanging their heads, the Pens replied with a man-advantage of their own. Defenceman Kris Letang spun and fired a no-look shot that beat Osgood five-hole to even things at two with Wings' defenceman Niklas Kronwall providing the screen. It was Letang's fourth of the playoffs with Evgeni Malkin collecting his second assist of the night.
While Malkin was enjoying a solid game, Sidney Crosby's offensive frustrations continued as he was held to a single shot in nearly nine minutes of ice time in the opening frame.
Despite Crosby's woes, the Penguins caught a huge break as they had six skaters on the ice for at least 20 seconds in the Wings' offensive zone late in the period, however neither Paul Devorski nor Dennis LaRue noticed the infraction.
An elated Talbot fessed up to the error but was extremely happy that it was not called.
"Bylsma called the line, and I didn't hear him well, so I thought I was supposed to go," Talbot told TSN's Darren Dreger following the game. "I'm the one who made the mistake. But we cycled really well with six players. We were there for about 20 seconds and we got some chances. Oh my god, it was great!"
While at the time Babcock could not have found the incident terribly funny, he did find the humour in it following the game.
"I mean, what do you want me to say?" Babcock said with a chuckle. "You know what I mean?"
The rapid pace continued to open play in the second stanza as a Ruslan Fedotenko turnover in the neutral zone led to a breakaway by Mikael Samuelsson. The Swedish winger, who was doubtful with the flu coming in, beat Fleury but not the post to keep the score level.
The teams continued to trade chances as the pace of play slowed down considerably. Fleury was the busier of the two netminders coming up with solid saves on Brad Stuart and Brett Lebda from long range.
After a clean period, the referees were finally forced to pull out their whistles with just under five minutes remaining as Miroslav Satan was called for holding on Darren Helm. With the Wings buzzing around his net, Fleury got some help from the crossbar as a 'knucklepuck' from the point by Brian Rafalski drew iron.
The Pens' netminders' good fortune continued as the Wings could not cash in of a flurry in the crease as both Hossa and Valtteri Filppula could not bury great chances. After the smoke cleared, the Red Wings had outshot the Penguins 14-4 in the period.
The young Penguins' 'keeper welcomed the extra work.
"I saw all the red jerseys in front of me," Fleury said. "It's always interesting when they're there, there's always little battles on trying to find the puck. So it's always a little bit, sometimes tough to fight it, but I don't mind it. I don't mind the action in front of the crease, and just trying to battle to make those saves."
NHL on TSN analyst Pierre McGuire had nothing but praise for Fleury following the game.
"This had to be the best game of the series for Marc-Andre Fleury," stated McGuire. "He wasn't very good in Game 1 and wasn't particularly good in Game 2 – especially on the Justin Abdelkader goal, but tonight he was special. When it's all said and done, Fleury plays his best game and that allows Pittsburgh to get back in the series - at least a little bit."
Penguins' head coach Dan Bylsma message between periods was to get pucks on the net as his young team came out flying to open the third frame.
"We didn't have a very good second period," Bylsma admitted on the podium following the contest. "They were very good in the second. We needed to calm down and get back to our game."
With the pressure on the Pens to come out and save their season the third line responded. Jordan Staal's blast provided a juicy rebound in front for Matt Cooke, but Osgood held his ground to come up with his biggest stop of the contest. While Osgood was sprawled in his crease Cooke appeared to make contact with a skate to Osgood's helmet. Undaunted, the three-time Stanley Cup champion shook it off to make six straight saves before the Red Wings replied with a shot of their own.
The continuous pressure finally got the best of the Red Wings as rookie blueliner Jonathan Ericsson was whistled for an interference penalty nine minutes into the frame.
Call this the TSN turning point as with some additional space on the ice, the Penguins powerplay took advantage as Gonchar's blast beat a screened Osgood for his third tally of the post-season. Malkin and Crosby collected assists on the goal, for Crosby it was his first point of the series. The 2006-07 Hart Trophy winner credited the veteran Gonchar for keeping a level head when the team needed him the most.
"That's his personality," Crosby said of Gonchar. "He's very calm all the time no matter what the situation is. Guys really feel that. You know, I think they realize that he's going to be ready every time he steps out there. He's a big, calming influence, and came up with a big there for us."
As TSN Insider Bob McKenzie pointed out following the game, Detroit's play when down a man might be their lone weakness.
"The Achilles heel, if you will, for the Red Wings for much of these playoffs have been the fact that they gave up a power-play goal virtually every game – 12 straight games until the Penguins came up empty in Game 1. Clearly, the power-play was the difference in this game."
With their confidence surging, the Pens continued to apply the heat to the Wings. Following a Fleury save on Jiri Hudler, the Pens broke out in a two-on-one the other way, however Chris Kunitz could not finish off a feed by Crosby.
The Penguins relentless forecheck pinned the Wings in their own zone as Talbot continued his superb game by first hitting the post then forcing Osgood into another solid save in tight.
By this time the Mellon Arena was rocking, with Brooks Orpik providing more fuel for their fire by drilling Hossa into the end boards. When play finally broke for a television timeout, the Igloo faithful gave their heroes a well earned round of applause.
With just under a minute remaining and Osgood on the bench in favour of the extra attacker, the Penguins iced it. Malkin sacrificed his body to block a shot and cleared the puck ahead to Talbot who, fittingly, threw the puck into the empty net for the second of the night. The Penguins bench exploded as they knew that they had saved their season.
After a tremendous game, Talbot was glad he had his coach's confidence to be on the ice with the game on the line.
"It's great to feel like you kind of built a little bit of confidence out of it," Talbot said. "You know what people expect from you, and you kind of want to be in those situations and you have a chance to be there, which is great. And I have the chance to play with great players."
Malkin's third assist on the night and 33rd of the post-season meant that the Russian sniper had become the first player in NHL history to earn a points on each of his club's first five goals of the Finals. He is also the first player to reach the 30 point plateau in the playoffs since Joe Sakic accomplished the feat in 1996 when he led the Avalanche to the Stanley Cup.
The Penguins will have a chance to even the series up at two games apiece on Thursday in Game 4.
"We always talk about it's always about the next shift, and that's the way we really have to look at it," stated Crosby. "So it's a battle out there and it's tight, but it's playoff hockey and it's where we want to be this time of the year."
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1/2 teaspoon
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1/2 teaspoon
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1/2 cup
chopped walnuts
3/4 cup
white sugar
1/2 teaspoon
baking soda
Flavor is excellent. I left out the rasins as I am not a rasin fan. Used Pecans instead of walnuts. Due to other reviews about the rising issue I added 1/2 tsp Baking Powder. My rose fine. I cooked in a Bundt pan for 40 mins at 350
My cake didn't rise and was done in half of the time. I will try it again. But tasted great!
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Was quite nice
I was disappointed. My cake didn't rise, only 1 inch high. I used Crisco Butter Shortening and it had a greasy taste. Although with the cream cheese icing it we were ab;e tp eat it. I would not fix it again.
The cake was dry and very flat. The flavor was good but wouldn't recommend or make again.
Exactly what I was looking for. As a kid we used a box mix and now that I make the effort to scratch bake I did not think I could replicate the past.
We omitted nuts and raisins. Used apple juice to make up for the omitted raisin juice. Other changes were using 1/2 butter 1/2 shortening, 1 tsp baking soda and a pinch of salt.
Turned batter into cupcakes. The batter rose fine and made really beautiful shaped cupcakes.
Just used this recipe as a tier for my sister's wedding. It was such a big hit that some people didn't get to try so I have to make another one!
Cake didn't rise and was done in only 13 min, otherwise had a good flavor
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Before embarking on the inevitable I-graduate-in-four-months Facebook purge, you may want to reconsider a few potential unfriending candidates.
Yes, career counselors and parents alike warn against sharing too much and with too many people on social media sites (read: the importance of privacy settings); although these college acquaintances may not seem like the first people you want to share your Facebook world with, they could be worth keeping around.
Before you give the proverbial ax to those not worthy of following you into post-grad life, think about the benefits you could be missing out on from each of these college connections.
1. The professor from a non-major course
Many students become close with professors — especially those within their major — over the course of their four years in college; so friending a professor on Facebook isn't always awkward. In some cases, it would even be weird not to do so.
But what about the professor who taught a required course outside of your major? Besides being friends on Facebook, you haven't kept up with him since you got more involved in upper-level major classes. Needless to say, he wouldn't be the first person you plan to reach out to for that stellar letter of recommendation you'll need soon.
Maybe this professor's expertise isn't directly correlated to the type of job you are seeking, but here is a little secret about your first job: You probably won't be doing exactly what you hoped, which means you are going to need to utilize skills that may not have been a part of your major. Computer Science major applying for a job in consulting? There's a professor for that! Business major applying for an advertising job that is writing-intensive? There's a professor for that, too!
A professor outside of your major is the perfect person to help you brush up on the skills you will need to land the job you thought was a bit out of your comfort zone.
2. The Chemistry 101 teaching assistant
A hybrid teacher and student in one, TAs fall in a gray area when it comes to socializing. Remember that it was not too long ago that they were living the undergrad life themselves, which means they are a wealth of knowledge when it comes to preparing for grad school.
Even if your former TA has moved on to bigger and better things, staying in touch via Facebook could really come in handy when it comes time to consider your options for further education in your field. Should you work for a few years before earning a graduate degree? What are the best schools for someone in this field?
These questions are just some of many that your TA probably struggled to answer for his- or herself at one time and can now help you answer for yourself. Who knows, maybe he can even tell you how to land a gig as a TA.
3. The senior who took you under his or her wing
You met at a party during the first few weeks of school and from that point on, this senior was like the older sibling you never had. Between helping you pick the best (and avoid the worst) professors and giving you the low down on Greek life and other campus organizations, he or she single-handedly took freshman year from awkward to awesome.
Three years later, however, he or she has been living life in the "real world" with a full-time job and you've been out of touch. While it may have been hard to relate over the past few years, you are about to enter into the same life-stage he has or she been living.
What better person to talk to about your post-grad worries. He or she may be able to put your mind at ease or at least give you some pointers on how to successfully tackle corporate America.
4. The roommate's ex-boyfriend or girlfriend
There exists an unspoken rule that good roommates do not fraternize with their roommate's exes. He may be the nicest person in the world, but that doesn't change the fact that your roommate probably does not want to come home to said ex lounging on the bottom bunk.
So why keep this guy around? Well, you might not be BFFs, but keeping in touch could be helpful after college. Maybe you get a job in the city where he grew up and he can point you toward the best part of town to rent an apartment. Perhaps, one of his mutual friends has a friend of a friend — you get the idea — who will be working at the same company as you.
No matter how convoluted the connection, if he was a nice guy (go ahead and unfriend the haters), then chances are one of his connections could prove a good connection for you, too.
5. The intern coordinator from your first internship
Most of the connections you make at an internship are probably better suited for LinkedIn rather than Facebook, but sometimes a younger employee is tasked with the job of managing interns. This person can play more of a mentor/friend role during your internship, so becoming friends on Facebook is a viable option. Six internships later, however, the coordinator from your first internship has fallen onto the "Facebook friendship pending" list.
Keeping in touch with one of your first managers can help you on your journey to adulthood. He or she has undoubtedly seen interns and new hires come and go through the revolving door at the company. Intern coordinators are often essential parts of the hiring process, reviewing hundreds of resumes to fill these roles — making him or her the expert on what qualities get an applicant in the door and, more importantly, what keeps them around.
Reconnecting with an internship coordinator is a great way to gain insight as to how to get your resume to the top of the pile and become and indispensible employee in your industry.


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How couples can get the most from Social Security
Knowing how and when to claim can make a huge difference in lifetime payouts. Therefore, mistakes come at a painfully high price.
When deciding how you and your spouse should approach Social Security retirement benefits, there are a lot of approaches to consider. Unfortunately, many of them can result in you getting significantly less than what's available to you.
"It's like a game of chess," says Mari Adam, a certified financial planner based in Boca Raton, Fla.
Each decision you make as a couple can impact the monthly Social Security benefits you receive for the rest of your lives. Consequently, even small missteps can shave thousands from the cumulative benefits you receive as a couple.
To prevent you and your partner from getting short-changed, consider these five tips for helping married couples maximize their Social Security benefits.
Whether you're single or married, deciding when to start your benefits is critical. But when a couple makes a bad timing decision together, the losses are compounded. This makes it especially important for couples to grasp the basics.
"If you start early, you get less on a monthly basis. If you wait longer, you get more on a monthly basis," says Kurt Czarnowski, who worked for Social Security Administration for 34 years and is now principal at Czarnowski Consulting, a retirement planning company.
You can choose to start collecting Social Security benefits early (starting at age 62), but your benefits will be permanently reduced from what you would have received if you waited until your full retirement age (age 66 for people born from 1943 to 1954). Claiming benefits at 62 means your monthly benefit is likely to be about 25% less than what you would have received at your full retirement age, Czarnowski says.
Conversely, if you wait past your full retirement age to collect your benefits, your future monthly payout will increase by up to 8% each year until you turn 70.
Simply waiting until full retirement age to claim benefits can have a significant impact on a couple's finances over the course of their lives, says Josh Koehnen, a certified financial planner in San Diego.
"Assuming health is good, married couples should hold off until at least full retirement age (66 or 67) before taking any benefits," Koehnen says. "Taking it before this time will result in a permanent reduction that could mean missing out on significant dollars, depending on how long they live. I recently ran an analysis for a client, which showed that if they both waited until full retirement age and ultimately lived until age 85, they would receive over $150,000 in additional benefits."
For healthy couples who would like to maximize their lifetime payout, Koehnen recommends delaying the collection of benefits -- with the exception of Social Security spouse's benefits, as you'll read below -- until age 70 if possible.
3. Delay Social Security benefits for the higher earner
If one spouse was the major breadwinner for the couple, that spouse may want to delay receiving monthly retirement benefits from Social Security longer than their partner. Doing so can help guarantee that the surviving spouse will collect as large a benefit as possible when the other dies.
"The spouse with the higher monthly benefit should postpone collecting Social Security as long as possible, but not beyond the age of 70," says Michelle Tucker, a certified financial planner at Tucker Wealth Management in Honolulu. "The object of postponing is to maximize your benefit and this higher benefit will be paid to you for life and continue for the life of your surviving spouse."4. Consider a file-and-suspend approach . . .
Using a file-and-suspend strategy is one way couples can reap an oft-overlooked perk: Social Security spouse's benefits.
For example, if both spouses are eligible for benefits and one opts to file and suspend while the other doesn't file at all, it allows the nonfiling spouse to claim a spouse's benefit as both of them continue to let their regular benefits grow. If the couple intended to delay collecting anyway, this monthly spouse's benefit effectively equals free money.
"A client recently used this strategy where the husband decided to file and suspend his benefit at age 66 so that the wife could take a spousal benefit until they both begin taking their own benefits at age 70," Koehnen says. "She is now getting about $1,100 per month for the next four years, which will result in over $55,000 of additional funds."
5. . . . or a file-and-restrict strategy
A strategy similar to file-and-suspend is called file-and-restrict. This approach also bring spouse's benefits into the mix, but unlike file-and-suspend, one of the spouses must be collecting his or her regular benefits in this scenario.
"If you are 66 and your spouse is collecting Social Security based on her earnings history, you can file and restrict your application and qualify for your spousal benefit based on her earnings history," Tucker says. "By doing this, you will collect a spousal benefit while you postpone collecting your own benefit, which continues to grow."
Then, when your regular benefit has grown to a level that satisfies you, you can withdraw your restriction and begin collecting that amplified benefit for the rest of your life.
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I am retiring in Jan at age 64 and for one am not going to wait to get my money....wife is doing the ame thing...we are done and going to start taking it. No waiting....may not be there when we need it.
Sorry - for those coming behind us....but I have been paying in since 1966 and plan on getting mine before it is all gone.+
After much calculating I began collecting my SS at 62 with the idea of having the full amount I receive each month transferred from my bank to several direct investment stock accounts.
I chose stocks with a long record of paying better than average dividends along with capital appreciation, and chose to have our dividends re-invested.
To date the amount we receive in dividends surpasses the difference we would have received if we waited to collect SS at full retirement with the added benefit of having a lump sum available if needed.
I realize this option is not available to everyone but it definitely can be a beneficial alternative to waiting until full retirement age.
Does the expert figure the dollars used in the difference between benefits at age 66 vs age 62?
Each year adds a devaluation of that dollar. What about the case of two wage earners who earned about the same during their lifetimes? In our case the break even point was 79. My life expectancy
is about 86. Seven more years and the quality of life is different towards the end of that time. I won't be doing as much between 79 and 86 like I am between 62 and 66! Even so, has anyone ever figured out what the actual payback should be based on 45 years of paying in? What about the poor slob who dies before cashing in on SSAN or at the beginning of the payout and he worked all his/her life and has no dependents? What happens to all that money?
This article gives examples for "healthy old people"!!!
How many healthy old people do you know? Very few, so this article applies to them only!
I got laid off at 61, I took unemployment for two years while I did my best to re-qualify and get a job, but then I had no choice but take SS at about 63. MY wife does not qualify for SS and she will have to wait 4 more years to collect half of my SS. I lost a lot by taking it early and my wife would take less for that.
Then I got cancer... I have friends with stroke and some other "unexpected" medical problem. So, this article suggests...
Oh, my 401k disappeared in the market crash! bad timing and got screw allover
Assuming $1500 at 65
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|$ 270,318.00
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|$ 392,842.00
|$ 373,562.00
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|$ 575,466.00
|$ 527,615.00
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If you live up to 85, that $48K is some change, but it took 20 years to see the effect. Not very convincing.
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In a ceremony Monday, the president gave the prestigious award to Army staff sergeant Ty Carter. The 33-year-old ran through heavy fire to get ammunition to his unit when they were under attack in Afghanistan back in October 2009. Eight American soldiers died in that attack.
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If you come downtown this weekend for the grand opening of the Music City Center you will be treated to some top notch entertainment, and much of that entertainment will involve music. The Time Jumpers will be one of the featured performers."I am thrilled to death that our band gets to come down there and be a part of that," said Vince Gill, country music artist and member of The Time Jumpers."It's wonderful. It's really an honor," said Jeff Taylor, another member of The Time Jumpers."We're really looking forward to it. I think it's going to be a big deal," said band mate Larry Franklin.The Time Jumpers are just one of a group of diverse entertainers that will be a part of the opening ceremony.Other performers include Sheryl Crow, The Nashville Symphony, The Fisk Jubilee singers, Phil Vasar as well as Mikky Ekko and Ten Out of Tenn."We are absolutely honored. I can't wait to see the new facility. It has been great watching it go up," said Andy Reece, another member of The Time Jumpers.Gill added that he believes Karl Dean has done an amazing job as Nashville's mayor. "And having the foresight to pull that off and make that happen. There were so many nay sayers when he wanted to do that. Power to him," Gill continued.The grand opening of the Music City Center takes place this Sunday and Monday, May 18 and 19.
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