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New Port Richey couple donates more than 2 tons to Goodwill
NEW PORT RICHEY - Elijah and Valerie Bartz of New Port Richey set another record this week for bulk donations to Goodwill Industries Suncoast, said Chris Ward, marketing and media relations manager for the nonprofit group. "We just weighed the donations and they came to 4,368 pounds," Ward said. "So he upped his total by more than 2 tons." This is the fourth year the couple have donated truckloads of items to Goodwill. In 2009 and 2010, they collected donations to enter and win Goodwill's Next Big Donation contest, which earned them tickets to Tampa's Next Big Thing concert.The Bartzes have continued to collect donations, even though Goodwill no longer holds the contest. The couple collected more than 10,000 pounds of donations for Goodwill during the past three years. The family has been busy for months collecting items, Ward said. The Bartzes even rented a storage unit to hold the overflow from their garage. The items filled a Goodwill truck that picked up the donations on Tuesday. "I don't make that much money to really do contributions," Elijah Bartz has said about monetary gifts. "This is how my wife and I give back a little bit."
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Careers Information: Getting into Publishing
This page gives basic information about publishing courses and training, how to get started in publishing, where to look for jobs, which books to read and where to look for help to get your work published.
How to get started
Want to get into publishing?
First of all, find out a bit more about it. Check out the information available in the careers section of your local library or careers office, dip into one of the books recommended below and talk to people in the industry - us!
Come to one of our speaker meetings and take the opportunity to meet like-minded people and network in an informal atmosphere.
This is only a brief guide, but hopefully it will be comprehensive enough to lead you towards all the sources of information, jobs, courses and training that you will need to start your career in publishing. It is a hugely rewarding industry to work in, but here's one word of warning: when you're starting out, be prepared to work long hours for low pay.
Recommended reading:
- Baverstock A., Bowen S., & Carey S., How to Get a Job in Publishing (A & C Black)
- Clark G. N., Inside Book Publishing (Routledge)
- Lines J., Careers in Publishing and Bookselling (Kogan Page, O/P)
- The Writer's Handbook (Macmillan)
- The Writer's and Artist's Yearbook (A&C Black)
Types of book publishers
Broadly speaking, these are:
- general or trade (fiction and non-fiction, including illustrated and children's)
- publishers and packagers;
- academic;
- educational, including English Language Teaching (ELT)
- STM (scientific/technical/medical), professional (e.g. law) and journals publishers.
Particularly in the area of academic, educational, STM and journal publishing, CD or online delivery is a fast-growing area. There is also a wide range of business, magazine and Internet publishers.
Types of jobs
A degree is likely to be a prerequisite for most jobs, as is some level of computer literacy. Subject knowledge at degree level can be useful (e.g. for professional and specialist subject publishing), as well as teaching experience (e.g. for educational or ELT). The best ways to get into the industry are work experience or temping, although there are a number of well-established publishing courses at graduate and postgraduate level that are likely to enhance your prospects significantly. The following 'must-haves' are only suggestions - each job is different.
- Editorial - excellent grasp of English; attention to detail
- Production - good negotiating skills; organised approach
- Marketing - outgoing personality; organised approach
- Sales - outgoing personality; negotiating skills
- Rights - outgoing personality; negotiating skills; languages useful for foreign rights, but not always essential
Postgraduate publishing courses
Here is a list of UK postgraduate Publishing degrees. If you look at all the courses, and are still unsure which one to go for, then we have an extract online from How to Get a Job in Publishing (A & C Black, 2008) to assist you in making an objective choice.
City University (London)
Kingston University (London)
London College of Communication
UCL (London)
Napier University (Edinburgh)
Oxford Brookes University
University of Plymouth
Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen)
Universtiy of Stirling
Where to look for jobs
The Guardian (Mon/Sat) l www.jobs.guardian.co.uk
The Bookseller (Fridays) | www.thebookseller.com
European Bookseller (monthly)
All levels
Covent Garden Bureau
Tel: 020 7495 8822
Judy Fisher Associates
Tel: 020 7437 2277
Career Moves Publishing Recruitment
Tel: 020 7292 2900
Inspired Selection (Oxford)
Tel: 01865 292 030 | www.inspiredselection.co.uk
Inspired Selection (London)
Tel: 020 7953 4060 | www.inspiredselection.co.uk
KP Publishing Personnel
Tel: 020 7439 8071
PFJ Recruitment - Tel: 020 7612 3800
Second jobs and up
Tel: 020 7734 4940 |
Judy Farquharson
Tel: 020 7493 8824 | www.jflrecruit.com
Intelligent Resources
Tel: 020 7375 0085 | www.intelligentresources.com
Meridian Search and Selection
Tel: 020 7795 6633 | www.meridian-recruit.com
Other places to look for jobs
www.bookcareers.com - the CV Clearing House
Job Search with Jobrapido
SYP Job Database
The Publishing Training Centre and the Society of Freelance Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP), among others, run short courses in all areas of publishing.
A comprehensive guide to training courses appears in The Bookseller, usually in November.
Useful contacts
Publishers addresses are listed in The Writer's Handbook (which also gives information about book and magazine publishing, newspapers, poetry, radio, theatre, TV, video and film, as well as agents, prizes, writer's circles, associations, festivals etc.) and The Writers' and Artists' Yearbook. There are several well-established societies catering to particular groups within publishing, from children's publishing to production.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Tel: 020 7227 3500 l www.phf.org.uk
Society of Freelance Editors and Proofreaders
Tel: 020 7403 5141 l www.sfep.org.uk
The Publishing Training Centre
Tel: 020 8874 2718 l www.train4publishing.co.uk
The Society of Authors
Tel: 020 7373 6642 l www.societyofauthors.net
Getting work published
The SYP cannot give advice on how to get your work published, nor can we assess any work you send in. However, we recommend you consult the following publications. The Society of Authors may also be able to offer advice.
Recommended reading:
- Baverstock A., Is There a Book in You? (Kogan Page)
- Baverstock A., Marketing Your Book: An Author's Guide (Kogan Page)
- Blake C., From Pitch to Publication: Everything you need to know to get your novel published (Macmillan)
- The Writer's and Artist's Yearbook
- The Writer's Handbook

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Salad Days
- June 23, 2016
Salad Days Celebration July 9
Many area residents have found a summer recipe they can't resist: a salad buffet of fresh vegetables prepared by local chefs and served on earthenware plates they can keep. On Saturday July 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., hundreds of visitors will join in the 22 annual Salad Days celebration at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle.
In addition to getting a delicious meal and handcrafted plate, visitors can enjoy pottery demonstrations, tours of Watershed's historic art studios, a raffle with dozens of ceramic art prizes, and lively music by Jerks of Grass.
There will be two opportunities for those inclined to shop: a pottery sale featuring works by Objective Clay, a group of artists from around the country who share a virtual studio space, and a sale featuring creative beer steins by leading national ceramic artists.
The Pots on Wheels! van, a mobile project space that brings pottery to underserved communities, will offer visitors a chance to play with clay. Other participating nonprofits include the Craft Emergency Relief Fund, and Society of Arts and Crafts. Studio Potter magazine will also be on hand.
Funds raised during Salad Days support Watershed's programs for clay artists. Admission is $35, which includes the meal and a handcrafted plate by artist Liz Hafey. Visitors coming just to the pottery sale are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased on site that day or online at www.watershedceramics.org.
"Salad Days joins artists near and far with the midcoast community, and is generously supported by many local restaurants, farms and businesses," says Francine Rudoff, Watershed's executive director. "We're especially grateful to this year's Tent Sponsors, J. Edward Knight Insurance, and Ames True Value Hardware."
For directions to Watershed and details on Salad Days, visit http://www.watershedceramics.org/events/salad-days/.
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The second excerpt from our new Lifestyle Crew series.
Jake Zboril shares his experience fishing at Porterfield Lake, a hidden gem thats been a part of his family for 3 generations.
Check him out at @jzborilphotographyLast week a buddy and I packed our bags for a weekend fishing trip to Porterfield Lake in southern Marquette County, an area that's been apart of my family for 3 generations. My grandparents used to fish and hunt around the area since the 50's. My father's been coming here his whole life, and I've been going since I was a kid. It's a lake not known by many and there are only a handful of cabins out here, making for an ideal fishing getaway. I work midnights at my full time job, so when I got off work at 7am on Friday it was time for Kyle and I to head North. Sleep was an afterthought at this point. There are two routes you can take up to Porterfield Lake, the short way or the scenic way through Michigan and over the Mackinac Bridge; naturally we took the scenic way. The campsite we stayed at used to be a State Forest campground, but has since been abandoned. Many of the roads have been blocked with large rocks, but over the years people made there own trails, which is how we got to our campsite. The jeep took a slight beating from the rough roads but I think she'll be aright. After all, that's what they're made for, right? We got to the lake just before dark and set up camp. It doesn't get much better than sitting around the fire overlooking the water after a long days drive. Fishing started bright and early the next morning. We were after the Bluegills but caught some Pike and Bass. We kept things simple and used live worms as our bait. By the end of the trip we tallied around 25 fish. The best part about our trip was having the entire lake to ourselves - something you can't find all too often. After a relaxing weekend, we packed up on Sunday morning and headed home with a cooler full of fish and a greater respect for the North Woods. - Jake Zboril Where's your go-to fishing spot? Let us know below!


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Mr Black Trans International Division is an international pageant competition recruiting advocates for black transmen. The title of Mr Black Trans International is held by the transman who takes pride in his personal identity, trans identity and African Heritage and he leads with love in his commitment to the needs of the trans masculine community.
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News, Vision & Voice for the Advisory Community
Lincoln wins in that Integrated Financial Partners still gorges on its products but CEO Paul Saganey likes the better control over fees under LPL
December 12, 2016 — 7:47 PM UTC by Janice Kirkel
Brooke's Note: The major difference between OSJs and IBD rep firms is that OSJs typically shoulder far heavier compliance burdens. That makes OSJs more of the canary in the DOL-mine as regulations and ebb and flow. That may help explain why a $4-billion OSJ is making the leap to LPL at a time when its forever leader in Mark Casady is leaving.
Twice might be a coincidence. Three times looks like a trend.
LPL Financial has raided Lincoln Financial Advisors Corp. for a third time in four years for a 100-plus employee advisor poach.
The 2016 defector is called Integrated Financial Partners, a Waltham, Mass.-based OSJ that has $4 billion of assets under administration. Its RIA, Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC, has $1.9 million of assets under management, according to its ADV. Founded in 1996, The advisor has 135 advisors and 20 offices around the country. See: Cetera raises its strategic profile to 'baby LPL' status with MetLife deal
It remains to be seen how fortuitous the timing of the third Office of Supervisory Jurisdiction to decamp from Lincoln to LPL Financial will prove. The announcement came just days before LPL shook up its top management and amid unprecedented uncertainty about whether a transformative regulation by the Department of Labor, years in the making, will be implemented at all. See: At MarketCounsel, a Ron Rhoades-Skip Schweiss exchange reveals new DOL-rule threat -- a Trump-led compromise creating a mutant strain of the reg that benefits no one
LPL CEO Mark Casady will pass the baton to Dan Arnold on Jan 3. See: LPL takes selling off the table and takes out boisterous Mark Casady at CEO in favor of quiet Dan Arnold.
Two other OSJs migrated from Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lincoln to LPL four years ago. In November 2012, Level Four Group LLC, a Plano, Texas firm with about $1 billion in client assets, moved approximately 50 licensed independent financial advisors to LPL. The firm's RIA, Level Four Advisory Services LLC, now has $1.3 billion of AUM, according to its ADV. In August 2012, LPL lassoed Lincoln's giant Birmingham, Ala.-based team, Bridgeworth Financial LLC, an OSJ that then formed its own RIA, which had $ 7.9 million of AUM as of its last ADV. See: LPL adds a $1-billion firm with a family-office mindset and CPA rep base to its growing list of OSJs
Rolling reactions
The big difference, of course, in the current advisor landscape is the DOL rule, slated to go into effect this April. An equally evident change is that President-elect Donald J. Trump, not President Barack Obama, whose administration championed the rule, will soon be in power, making the rule's future an open question with a constantly morphing answer. Last week, Trump announced his pick of Andrew Puzder, CEO of a group of fast food chains and an ardent anti-regulation advocate, for Labor secretary. See: The DOL rule is DOA -- and that's just the beginning, says RIA champion Brian Hamburger, law school chum of odds-on chief of staff Reince Priebus
Amid the tumult, Paul Saganey, founder and president Integrated Financial Partners, is trying to keep his firm on an even keel. On Nov. 29, when the move was announced, he said this to InvestmentNews about IFP's switch from Lincoln to LPL: "With the DOL coming down the pike here, we felt having our own RIA and being able to control our own fee structure was the way to go in the future."
In other words, Saganey wants to occupy ground that sits right between what people consider a classic RIA on the hand and a classic IBD rep one the other -- ground that LPL has staked out for OSJs. See: How LPL used its RIA love and long OSJ leash to lure Wells Fargo's $550-million FiNet team in Louisiana
When Bridgeworth Financial departed in 2012, its managing principal DeLynn Zell made very similar remarks.
"We thought about Schwab but we still needed a broker-dealer affiliation," she said. "If you include broker-dealers [as prospective RIA custodians], LPL is going to be on your list, and when I saw the [technology], there was no question that was the route to go. Other broker-dealers talked to us about hybrid [business] but they weren't as far along. We can also still custody with Schwab and TD Ameritrade but out of the chute it made a lot of sense to custody [only] with LPL." See: LPL's hybrid RIA platform is fast off the mark and names new leaders for 2010.
Zell said that her company's aspirations to join forces with an RIA, Pin Oak Investment Advisors Inc. could not be realized under the purer IBD model of Lincoln. LPL's hybrid model allows Bridgeworth to absorb PinOak.
Bridge unburned
When asked by RIABiz if the coming DOL rule played a big part in his firm's move after the InvestmentNews interview and a few days before news of the CEO switch at LPL, Saganey didn't want to talk about the implications of the DOL rule, saying only that LPL's "implementation for DOL was impressive" and that Lincoln was "doing a fantastic job of getting ahead of the deal."
In surveying the field of RIAs and hybrids caught roughly in the same spot as LPL and IFP -- that is to say, practically all firms to some extent -- HiddenLevers co-founder Raj Udeshi is not sanguine about the industry's state of preparedness -- and he includes his own firm in his assessment.
"I'm surprised industrywide at the lackadaisical attitude and the lack of of preparation," says Udeshi. "Some talk a good game, but they're still in the RFP phase, they say they'll make a decision in two weeks. I just met with a broker-dealer with a few thousand advisors. I'm surprised by the utter lack of urgency." See: How Aaron Klein plans to make Riskalyze the epicenter of the RIA business with $20 million of fresh private equity money
Both LPL and Lincoln, Saganey says, "recognize that [dealing with] conflict of interest and transparency of fees is very important under DOL." He says he didn't run "screaming from Lincoln, just being in more of a hybrid [brokerage and RIA environment] was appropriate. I enjoyed my time at Lincoln."
In declining to answer questions about Lincoln and its preparedness for DOL, Saganey also expressed a desire to "be careful" with his relationship with Lincoln. "We do still sell their insurance products where appropriate," he says. See: See: An inside look at why LPL Financial is leading the charge with fee-based variable annuities
Hybrid strength
Saganey was not available for comment after the CEO change was announced. In an interview before the Dec. 5 announcement, he said: "I met with Mark Casady and was very impressed not only with the individuals but with the direction of the company." At the time of the announcement, LPL was at pains to emphasize that despite longstanding rumors, that LPL was not for sale and would continue to operate as an independent entity. See: After stealthily buying up LPL stock, a 'wolf pack' of activist hedge funds has a leg hold.
But even on the hypothetical that LPL does ends up with a new owner under Arnold's tenure, Saganey said -- in that same interview before Casady's retirement was announced -- that he's confident that it will not alter LPL's DOL-rule game plan.
"That didn't enter into our thinking," he says. "We didn't even discuss the prospects for a sale in our talks. We are confident that they will make decisions to the benefit of the hybrid model." See: Vanguard's white-hot 'hybrid robo' just added $4 billion in three months -- a heat that may cast a chill on 'pure' robos. In August, LPL chose HiddenLevers as its risk platform to help its advisors with DOL-rule implementation.
Despite a number of email requests, LPL spokespeople were not able to arrange an interview on the IFP move by press time, nor did they respond to a request for comment on Casady's retirement. As for Lincoln, spokeswoman Kathy Vega said the firm doesn't comment on personnel issues.
'Grassroots RIA' movement
DOL rule aside, LPL has an edge over Lincoln, having developed its RIA custody unit to a greater degree. LPL also has technology that allows the advisor to manage brokerage and RIA assets as if they are in one account. See: How Jeffrey Concepcion manned up after FINRA and Lincoln Financial troubles to become an LPL giant
Along with other industry experts, Udeshi cautions against operating under the assumption that the rule will be repealed by April. "That would be a bad attitude," he says. "And it's not a big price tag. They should be able to spend $50 to $100 grand on a pilot for the first year." See: Critic calls 'laughable' FSI study that shows only 14% of advisors want DOL rule to stay
And even if DOL becomes road kill in Washington, firms are already operating under that mindset, and Udeshi says doesn't see that changing.
"Even if they gut it, fee transparency is a movement, it's there and other agencies may chime in with new aspects to regulation. It's a constantly moving, shifting thing." And something the industry would be wise to embrace, in his opinion. "A grassroots RIA movement can come from fee transparency ....you can see my fees and I'm gonna justify them."
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Mammals have an adaptive advantage in seeking palatable fat-rich foods, which are nutritionally essential but scarce in most natural habitats. In modern societies, where fatty foods are readily available and the energy necessary to find them is minimal, this innate drive can become maladaptive and is considered a primary contributing factor for obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Despite its theoretical and practical significance, the neural mechanisms controlling fat preference and compulsive eating are largely unknown. The endocannabinoid (eCB) system, in particular, has gained attention for its key roles in the acquisition and sensory evaluation of natural (e.g., food) and non-natural (e.g., drugs of abuse) reinforcers. The eCBs are endogenous lipids that bind to and activate the same receptors as 9-THC, the psychoactive component in cannabis. Recent data from our laboratory indicate that oral exposure to dietary fat stimulates eCB mobilization in the rat small intestine, and localized blockade of this signaling event suppresses fat sham feeding. These results suggest that the intestinal eCB system exerts a powerful regulatory control over fat intake, and provide novel insights into physiological mechanisms that govern preference for fats, which are posited to possess addictive-like properties. The long-term goal of this research program is to utilize state-of- the-art experimental tools to probe the interface of food intake and reward, and thus, elucidate the biological substrates of fat preference and compulsive eating. The central hypothesis of this proposal is that the mobilization of eCBs in the small intestine, elicited by orosensory stimulation by fat-rich foods, contributes to the physiological control of fat intake an the pathophysiological state of obesity. We have three specific aims and unique approaches pertinent to a test of this hypothesis: (i) to identify lipid classes that stimulate intestinal eCB mobilization and promote dietary fat intake by utilizing a combination of surgical, biochemical, and pharmacological tools to identify select lipid classes responsible for driving intestinal eCB signaling and its role in fat preference;(ii) to define changes in intestinal eCB-metabolizing enzymes involved in cephalic-phase fat intake by characterizing modifications to intestinal gene transcripts and proteins involved in eCB metabolism;(iii) to identify oral fatty-acid receptors an neural pathways that maintain intestinal eCB mobilization and fat intake by investigating the ability for fat sham feeding to enhance intestinal eCB signaling in animals that lack the putative fat receptors, and identify the neural pathways that normally transmit this information to the gut. Collectively, the proposed plan will identify physiological mechanisms that control the positive feedback obtained from a fatty meal based on its orosensory properties. Furthermore, the proposal is highly novel because it focuses on an eCB signal in the gut, discovered in our preliminary work that drives fat intake. Thus, these studies will provide support for the development of anti-obesity drugs that target the eCB system in the periphery, without disrupting central mechanisms that may lead to psychiatric side effects.
The overarching goal of the proposed research program is to elucidate the biological substrates of fat preference and compulsive eating, and posits that biological mechanisms supporting hedonically-driven feeding behaviors can become detrimental to health in modern environments, which consist of readily accessible calories and minimal energy requirements necessary to obtain them. This work addresses a critical barrier in the understanding of the oral mechanisms contributing to dietary fat preference, and will provide support for the development of therapeutic strategies for the safe treatment of obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.
|DiPatrizio, Nicholas V; Piomelli, Daniele (2015) Intestinal lipid-derived signals that sense dietary fat. J Clin Invest 125:891-8
|DiPatrizio, Nicholas V; Igarashi, Miki; Narayanaswami, Vidya et al. (2015) Fasting stimulates 2-AG biosynthesis in the small intestine: role of cholinergic pathways. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 309:R805-13
|Niki, Mayu; Jyotaki, Masafumi; Yoshida, Ryusuke et al. (2015) Modulation of sweet taste sensitivities by endogenous leptin and endocannabinoids in mice. J Physiol 593:2527-45
|DiPatrizio, Nicholas V (2014) Is fat taste ready for primetime? Physiol Behav 136:145-54


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Heartburn is a condition that occurs when the body produces some acids which rise to the esophagus causing heartburn in the chest area. It may turn most often to become pain accompanied with feeling bloated after eating any meal as well as feeling bitter taste in the mouth. To avoid exposure to heartburn, try to eat these foods. 1) Ginger: …Read More »
Six Quick Home Remedies For Heartburn
Heartburn is common among pregnant women and old people specially, it creates a discomfort and burning sensation in the chest, heartburn is increased specially if you eat spicy or Fatty foods and then lay down, although there are many over the counter medications for heartburn, it is recommended to try safe and ensured home remedies specially for pregnant women who …Read More »


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So, at this point, everyone knows that I was forced to remove Lemon Island and its mature content due to the Eliminator Forum vicious attacking and trolling me. I'm going to move ALL my mature stories to a new website. If you're just as sick of this as I am, please join our cause to bring freedom back to Fanfiction!
Avenger Forum link, remove spaces and *: www. fanfiction. n*e*t /forum/Avenger/119079 (All information can be found in the Supporter forum.)
The Rebellion Forum link, remove spaces and *: www. fanfiction. n*e*t /forum/The-Rebellion/114259/ (Most forums are banding together here.)
Petition for an MA rating link, remove spaces and *: www. change. o*r*g /petitions/fanfiction-net-we-want-fanfiction-to-cr eate-a-ma-rating
Anyway, I have MOVED this story COMPLETELY to another site. You can find this STORY and all its subsequent UPDATES here: h*t*t*p*:*/*/ archiveofourown. o*r*g /works/770600/chapters/1446102
I have the same penname there as I do here: ParadiseAvenger
"Black cats…" his sister whispered as she watched him walk away, completely alone. His shadow stretched across the cold black macadam, shining dimly with the wet gleam of rain. His body was so thin, his shadow even thinner, so that he really did look like a starving stray cat. She wondered if the free stray cat persona that he had become was what he really wanted to be or what he simply thought he was. People had been treating him like a stray animal his entire life—worse than a stray even. He was an unwanted black cat, unlucky and hated and misunderstood.
"Black cats," she whispered again. She had read somewhere that in medieval times, superstitious people had slaughtered, massacred, and butchered black cats out of fear and spite. At midsummer, sometimes, there was a ritual burning of black cats. Now, in modern times, shelters refused to adopt out black cats near Halloween, fearing that they would be tortured or used as living decorations before being abandoned. (1) It was unfortunate that out of all things her brother could have been, he became a stray tormented black cat—unlucky, hated, and misunderstood.
"Black cats," she whispered one final time with a soft sad sigh. She wished there was something she could do for him, anything… anything at all. But, as there was nothing she could do for a feral cat living on the street, there was nothing she could do for her brother. She didn't even know where he slept at night or kept his clothes or when his last good meal was. He was alone, his body looked half-starved, and his only possession was their father's violin. He was a stray cat, flitting into her life to check on her and then leaving into the darkness again, just like an unwanted unlucky stray black cat.
The night was cold and deep black, starless, moonless, too close to winter for anyone to be outside in his condition, but he didn't have anywhere else to go. The outside world, the alleys and streets, the gutters and ghettos, the stoops of kind old women, was the only home he had left anymore—just like a stray cat. A life like that might have been alright for a stray cat, but he wasn't a cat. He was a human boy without even fur or a jacket to keep him warm. He had left the house where his sister and step-father lived too quickly, eager to escape that gilded cage, and had forgotten everything except his most precious violin. Now, on the dark street, it was all he carried with him.
He shuddered as a cold wind whipped down between the buildings around him, wrapping his arms around his thin body and feeling the bones beneath the skin. It was too cold, too dark, too much. All he wanted was to sleep someplace warm, someplace safe, someplace where there was light and pillows and blankets. It was sad that he asked for so little yet… if it was so little to ask for, something most people even took for granted, why was it so hard for him to find what he so desperately wanted?
Another gust tore through his thin body, whipping through his thin black shirt and jeans. He felt like a shard of the night, blown about by the wind. He shuddered again, clenching his teeth to keep them from chattering. He didn't want his only friend—Yoru, who was snuggled inside his shirt against his bare skin, safe and warm and out of sight—to know that he felt on the edge of the world. If he took one more step, the dark and cold would just swallow him up. He would cease to be and no one would miss him.
His little sister, Utau, was probably better off without him. She kept doing bad things, shady things, twisted things, all in the hope that she could somehow help him, save him, bring him back home. If she didn't have him to worry about, then maybe she could get out of this snarled life. She had a beautiful voice, a pretty face, talent and kindness. With all that, she could go far—if only he wasn't in her way, holding her back, worrying her. She would miss him though. God, would she ever miss him.
The boy he had grown up with who considered him an older brother, Tadase, wouldn't miss him either. To Tadase, he was only an inconvenience, not even a true enemy worth his time. He was just a thieving black cat, out of sight and out of mind. When their paths happened to cross, Tadase fought him and reminded him of the deep-seated hatred between them. He vaguely knew there was a misunderstanding between them that might have been fixed, but he didn't hold out that hope.
Maybe that girl, Amu… the strong one, the joker in the deck, the one who had heard him play the violin once, the one who had tried her best to help him even when she barely knew who or what he was. But, no… She was Tadase's friend. He couldn't go to her. Being Tadase's friend made her his enemy and he wasn't someone worth breaking alliances and friendships over. Who went out of their way to save a stray cat? A pet, maybe, but not a stray. And he was only a stray.
He shuddered again as the wind blew through him and felt Yoru shift inside his shirt as he became aware of the cold outside the protective fabric. The stray boy cupped his hand over the little creature hiding inside his shirt, keeping him warm even as another shudder of cold rattled through his bones. See, he wasn't a bad person. He was just… out of place and unwanted, unlucky and misunderstood, like a stray black cat on the street.
His teeth were on the point of breaking if he clenched them any harder, his bones rattled together like ice cubes in a glass, his thin body was bare of any fat to keep him warm, and his clothes were too thin to protect him. If he stayed out here, on the street in the night, he would freeze to death… But, did it even matter? The only thing he had to live for was Yoru and if he died, Yoru would cease to exist along with him. There wasn't much reason to fight the cold and death.
He ducked into an alley, out of the tearing claws of the wind, and hunkered down against the wall. He gathered his long legs against his chest like a pair of twigs, pressed the violin case against his side, and tucked his head down. Breathing softly, he told himself that he wasn't cold. He wasn't in an alley. He wasn't going to freeze to death and he wasn't alone. He wrapped himself up in a blanket of pretty lies, being sure all the while to keep Yoru warm within the shelter of his body.
It was all he could do, really. It wasn't as if he had a home to go to or friends to depend on or even a blanket that was purely his to keep warm with. He and Yoru and his father's violin… that was all he had in this world save the alleys, streets, stoops—lies, broken promises, shattered dreams, and bruises. Shivering again, he pulled his body, single possession, and single friend a little closer. He tried to forget his lies. He imagined a warm bed with thick downy quilts, a few pillows, and a glass of water on the nightstand—his simple fantasy. Then, even though he probably shouldn't have, he drifted off to sleep.
Hinamori Amu was going home. She had her head tucked against the cold breeze. She was dressed warmly in a knitted hat slouched low over her brow and ears, a thick scarf around her neck, toasty knitted gloves, plus a winter pea coat and thick fur-lined boots. She was pleasantly warm though each gust of icy air howling through the buildings reminded her that it was not a good night to be without a jacket and a hat. Luckily, she had both and more.
Suddenly, a black cat darted from the shadows and streaked across her path. Yowling, it vanished within the shadows of an alleyway.
A lesser person would have crossed themselves and turned in a circle to ward off bad luck, but Amu's mind didn't immediately turn in that direction. Her first thought was of Tsukiyomi Ikuto. She had seen him a few days ago and thought he looked thinner and more worn-down than usual. Winter—Christmas—was coming and she had a feeling he wouldn't be going home.
In the alley, the black cat that had crossed her path yowled loudly.
Another icy gust blew through Amu and she shuddered. She hoped Ikuto had found a safe place tonight, someplace warm and out of this god-awful wind. She ducked her head again, rubbing her cold hands together even though she was wearing gloves. It really was cold tonight.
The cat yowled again, but there was something about the sound that made Amu stop and turn. She waited, listening, but the cry didn't come again until she had once again turned to leave. It was as if the cat was pleading with her, urging her to come, to look, to see, to help…
Amu stared at the dark mouth of the alley, recalling all those stories she had heard about kidnappers, rapists, and molesters. They were said to often use the phrase, 'Can you help me find my kitty?' or 'Would you like some candy?' It might have been only a superstition, like the black cat, but Amu didn't want to be added to a statistic. She turned away, prepared to ignore the cat if and when it cried out again. She made it a few steps, putting the alley behind her.
Then, the cat screamed and the sound was so human in its pain that Amu froze in her tracks. This time, the cat didn't stop now as if knowing it had caught her attention. It continued to yowl and scream and shriek, the sound chilling Amu's blood. She darted back to the alley, wishing she had a flashlight with her, but the moment she reached the mouth of the alley, the cat stopped howling. Its yellow eyes shone in the darkness, beseeching. Now, it meowed softly and pawed at something in the dark.
"Is that a…" Amu choked out, "…a body?"
The cat meowed again and sat, watching her urgently with its golden eyes.
Eyeing the shadows for movement, Amu stepped into the darkness of the alley, going toward the gleam of the cat's yellow eyes for guidance. She tripped over something and went down on her knees, cursing softly. She groped in the dark with her hands and then she felt it. The cat was nudging her, purring, and guiding her once again. The cat pushed her hands to the right until Amu felt something that wasn't brick wall or garbage as she had been expecting. It was something that was still warm, something breathing, something… alive.
"W-who?" she whispered.
The cat meowed, still sitting there, watching her. Its golden eyes seemed to glow in the darkness. Amu fumbled around for her phone. The screen was rather bright and it was better than the total darkness she was immersed in. Managing to find it, she pressed a button and squinted in the harsh bright light of the cell phone. Then, like a flashlight, she aimed the faint light at what the cat had guided her hand to. Her breath caught in her throat, frozen there like an ice-covered stone.
It was Ikuto!
Amu yelped, scrambling backwards, thanking heaven that she was wearing gloves so the rough concrete didn't tear up her skin. The black cat meowed again, pleadingly, and Amu glanced away from Ikuto to the cat. Then, her eyes flew back to Ikuto's fallen form. He was pressed against the brick wall, wedged into the corner where the wall met the green dumpster. His legs were pulled up against his chest, his arms wrapped tightly around them and his violin case tucked tightly against his side. The only sign that he was even still alive were the puffs of breath visible in the cold air.
"Ikuto!" Amu gasped out and gripped his narrow shoulders, shaking him gingerly. She didn't want to risk hurting him, unsure of why he was pressed in the corner of a dark alley when it was so cold and late, alone and half-frozen. What if he was hurt? What if he was dying? She whispered again, "Ikuto!"
He groaned, his eyelids fluttering weakly.
His sapphire eyes eased open and stared at her for a moment without fully seeming to recognize her. Then, he blinked and gazed into her face. "Amu," he murmured. "What… what are you doing… this late… when it's… cold…?"
She stared at him, dumbfounded. He was sleeping in an alley on the border of wintertime and he was asking her that? She snorted, "What are you doing, Ikuto?"
He glanced at his surroundings and seemed to realize what he had just said. His lips pulled up in a thin frail smile. "Ah, I'm sleeping," he said. His teeth chattered at the end of his sentence and he clenched them tightly to stop the sound from escaping.
"Here?" she repeated. "Why?"
He opened his mouth, his teeth chattered, and he snapped it closed. What was he supposed to tell her anyway? That he was sleeping in a freezing alley because he didn't have a home to go home to? That he didn't even have a bed or a blanket? That he was as homeless and unwanted as a stray black cat in Salem during the Witch Trials? He turned his sapphire gaze away, staring into the darkness.
"Well?" she asked him. She was tempted to cross her arms over her chest and tap her foot, but Ikuto flinched at her words as if she had physically struck him. Softly, gingerly, she asked again, "Ikuto, why are you sleeping here?"
"I don't…" he trailed off, biting his lower lip.
There was movement within his black shirt and a sweet little cat face peeked up over the edge of his collar. "We don't have any place to go, Amu-chan, nya…" Yoru murmured, seemingly unaware that Ikuto was trying to hide that.
"Yoru," Ikuto hissed and pushed his little guardian back down inside the front of his shirt.
Amu just stared at him. "You… don't… have anywhere to go?" she whispered. "So you're sleeping… here?"
Ikuto didn't look at her, ashamed.
With a sigh, Amu crouched beside him and began peeling off some clothing. She took off her hat first and slipped it on over his head, pulling it down over his eyes and ears carelessly. Then, she unwound her scarf from her own neck and twined it around Ikuto's thin throat instead. Finally, she tugged off her gloves and reached for his hand. He shied away at first, as if her hands had transformed into claws, but finally allowed her to touch him. Visibly, he sighed as her warmth seeped into his icy flesh.
"God, your fingers are like ice," she whispered.
Disgraced, he tried to pull away, but his hand seemed to be working against his arm. Even as he pulled away, his fingers twined almost desperately with hers, seeking the warmth she offered. Gingerly, Amu rubbed his fingers between her palms and then did her best to fit her small gloves over his larger hands. Luckily, the gloves were knit and stretched to the limit to accommodate him. There was no way he'd fit inside her coat and she didn't really have anything else to take off, but gloves, a hat, and a scarf didn't seem like adequate protection against the icy cold.
"Ikuto," she said finally, still gripping his hand. "You can't stay out here. It's too cold. You'll…"
He turned away and she had a feeling he was ashamed of the situation he was in. It had never been so apparent that he was the unlucky black cat. On a freezing night like this, he had no place to go—no place to call home, no warm safe shelter. He was here, sleeping in an alley.
"Come on," she said and tugged on his hands.
He struggled to get to his feet—his feet were cold and uncooperative and his legs were numb though some feeling was coming back into his ears and hands. His chest where Yoru was nestled against him was the only warm place on his body save where Amu was still gripping his hand. He reached for his violin case, but his fingers were too numb to close around the strap. Amu lifted it for him and shouldered it with a small smile.
"It's alright," she said softly.
Ikuto shied away under her gaze, following her from the alleyway like the stray black cat he was. Once they were out, Amu glanced back into the alley and saw that the black cat that had guided her was gone as if it had never even existed.
The icy wind continued to gust at them through the darkness—howling through the trees and rattling branches, blowing through the high buildings and shaking the windows. Beside her, she heard a chattering sound and realized that it was Ikuto's teeth. She glanced at him, but he was staring straight ahead. His face was pale, but he had one hand cupped over Yoru inside his shirt. She smiled softly. He really was… a good person, she realized.
(1) This is all true. They used to slaughter and burn black cats in England which is why they think the Black Plague hit them so hard. Less cats meant more rats and since the fleas on rats brought the plague… do the math. Even now, shelters won't adopt out black cats near Halloween. Weirdly enough, a lot of other cultures (like Japan) think black cats are an omen of good luck. I, personally, love black cats except when they sleep on your white clothes.
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THE NEXT 100 YEARS was an artwork initiated by Catherine Borra & Matthew Stone. It was commissioned as part of the ICA Fundraising Gala on March 29th 2011.
We invited a wide selection of individuals to submit their own imagined show titles. All shows were to occur within the next one hundred years.
Each contributor's name and their show title was printed on genuine ICA tickets and distributed on the night. A series of posters (which you can see in the animated gif above) featuring the titles were designed by Francesco Chiaro.
Contributors were a mix of emerging and established artists, architects, fashion designers, curators, musicians and scientists, including Marina Abramovic, Gareth Pugh, Rick Owens, Ryan Gander, Mark Titchner, Dr Leah Kelly, Milovan Farronoto & Norman Rosenthal.
THE NEXT 100 YEARS could be considered a framework designed to generate multiple statements about the future of art and of the ICA.


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Ontario's smaller cities and towns expect the 5-per-cent pay increase the province recently gave to the Ontario Provincial Police to hit their budgets hard, says Thunder Bay's mayor.
The OPP contract frustrates Keith Hobbes in light of Premier Dalton McGuinty's calls for public-sector workers who bargain collectively to help slay a record deficit by taking a two-year wage freeze.
"It just flies in the face of everything they said," said Mr. Hobbes, a former police association president who once fought for higher police salaries.
A Globe and Mail review of 23 contract settlements reveals that the government's public-sector wage restraint policy was a failure. Employers will pay wage increases totalling $126.4-million, or an average of 1.6 per cent, to tens of thousands of workers in universities, hospitals, long-term care homes and the provincial police, the review showed.
As police in many cities and towns across Ontario head to the bargaining table, Mr. Hobbes and some fellow northern mayors worry that these deals set a worrisome tone for negotiations, bolstering the precedent established by half a dozen municipal forces including Hamilton, Durham and Waterloo that settled last year, most winning 3 per cent annual wage increases.
Mr. Hobbes thinks all forces look to the OPP and Toronto contracts. If OPP officers who police smaller nearby towns are much better paid than his local officers, that puts "backs up." And he fears the OPP could raise the fees it charges small towns for its services to help pay the new salaries, burdening towns hit hard by the recession.
"It's going to be hard to toe the line when that benchmark has been set," he said.
The Ontario Provincial Police Association's contract includes a 5.075-per-cent increase in the first year, followed by a two-year freeze. Karl Walsh, the association's president, has argued his members showed they are "good corporate partners" by taking smaller salary increases in their last contract, and were simply catching up.
A government official said the expectation is that the wage freeze the OPP is taking in the second and third years of their contract will help "drive down" some municipal settlements, including arbitrated ones.
But Mr. Hobbes counters that a clause in the contract that guarantees the OPP will be the province's highest paid force at the end of the three-year term nullifies the effect of the last two years.
"Is it really zero and zero? It's not, because down the road it could be a 10 [per cent increase]" he said.
Opposition members at the provincial legislature criticized the OPP deal.
"It shows the government talking out of both sides of its mouth," said New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath.
The wage increase for the OPP is "ridiculous," Progressive Conservative finance critic Norm Miller said. "It just shows they aren't serious about restraint."
Mr. McGuinty reiterated on Thursday that there will be no money from the province to cover wage increases for new public-sector contracts.
"I think everybody knows that they're going to have to find savings from within," he told reporters. "They need to do that in a way that doesn't compromise the quality of our public services."


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McCoy a racing cert for Lifetime honour
Legendary jockey Tony McCoy will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at this weekend's BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.
The Moneyglass-born star was the Champion Jockey for every season of his 20-year professional career before retiring in April.
He rode more than 4,300 jump racing winners - including in the Grand National, two Cheltenham Gold Cups, three Champion Hurdles and the Champion Chase.
McCoy was crowned Sports Personality of the Year in 2010 after winning the Grand National at his 15th attempt - the first time a jockey has been presented with the award.
Three years later, after surpassing the milestone of 4,000 jump racing winners, McCoy claimed third place at the prestigious BBC awards ceremony.
On receiving his latest award, McCoy said: "To be receiving the Lifetime Achievement award is a big highlight of what has been an incredible year.
"It's a huge honour and I'm thrilled to be accepting it so close to home in Belfast. I'm looking forward to what will be a very special night."
McCoy will be presented with his award on Sunday.
The awards night will be hosted by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan before an audience of 7,500.
It will be the first time that the event has been hosted in Northern Ireland.
Barbara Slater, director of BBC Sport, said: "A previous Sports Personality of the Year winner and widely regarded as one of the greatest jockeys of all time, AP was the biggest superstar of racing until his retirement this year.
"It's an honour to celebrate his illustrious career here in Belfast, Northern Ireland, his home nation, with the Lifetime Achievement award."
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text: Dead Rising 3 will have dynamic zombie characters. No two zombies will look the same in the game. This is one of the reasons that Dead rising 3 will not be coming to the Xbox 360, confirmed by Capcom producer Mike Jones in an interview with CVG. Jones agreed that consumer demand for more detail in next-gen titles has made creating open world games a more expensive pursuit. "Absolutely it costs more money and more time," he said. "But ultimately it yields a more unique experience and you'll run through the world and know where stuff is without looking at the map because everything has its own feel." In order to achieve a more lifelike world, Capcom has also introduced procedurally generated zombies. "You'll never see the same zombie twice," Jones said. "It's all procedurally generated: hair styles, clothing, colours, textures. And the gore is too: missing jaws, missing eyes... it's all totally dynamic. That's a whole system that we built. We didn't just model the zombies, we had to model the pieces and the system puts them together." Capcom did have intentions of releasing Dead rising 3 on the Xbox 360, but decided that the almost 10 year old hardware wouldnt cope with the games next gen graphics. Capcom wanted to create an open world without the need for loading screens and the ability to have hordes of zombies onscreen at the same time without lag. Dead Rising 3 is among over 20 launch titles for the Xbox One. The system releases November 22. Source: CVG


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Sri Lanka: Catholics pray for cricketers injured in terror attack
Sri Lankan Catholics are praying for their cricket heroes injured in an attack in Pakistan on Tuesday.
The Sri Lankan cricket team was on its way to play its second day of a test match in Lahore, Pakistan, on March 3 when it was ambushed. Eight players were wounded in the shootout and six policemen and two civilians were killed. Three of the injured cricketers are Catholics. The 15-member team flew to Colombo on March 4 and was rushed to hospital.
One of those injured is Ajantha Mendis, 23, a rising star on the world cricket scene, and a Catholic. In Mendis' hometown of Kalutara, 20 kilometers south of Colombo, people are in shock. "Thank God they are now safe and secure. We all prayed to Saint Anthony when we heard of this attack," said Rasik Lakmal Fernando, a school cricketer. "It is tragic this has happened."
Mendis' mother Ranjani Sriyani Mendis said yesterday: "Ajantha called us from the scene of the terror attack and said they suddenly heard a noise like a firecracker and that the bus came to a halt. Some of the guys were lying on top of each other and taking shelter below the seats."
The 54-year-old woman recalled: "He asked us not to panic and said the team was fine. At once I knelt down and I prayed to God."
Mendis hasn't sustained serious injuries but there is an injury on his head which needed four stitches and some bruising on the back, his brother, Aruna, said. "This morning he went to a hospital for a checkup."
Father Prasad Perera, pastor of St Anthony's Church in Kadalana where Mendis lives, said the family are active parishioners. "Before going for any tour he comes here, prays and receives my blessings. This time also he came," Father Perera said.
The priest condemned the terror attack in Pakistan. "It's a pity these terrorists attacked a group of civilians -- some foreigners who came there to play cricket and who had nothing to do with the politics of the country."
Dilhara Fernando and Chaminda Vaas are among the other Catholic cricketers injured. Vice-captain Kumar Sangakkara, another wounded cricketer, told media the players were relieved to be home.
Although no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, some Sri Lankan officials fear a possible link with an ongoing military offensive against Tamil rebels. The separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), has on various occasions, committed acts of terrorism in their effort to establish a Tamil state in northern and eastern Sri Lanka.
However, Pakistan too has a problem with terrorism, whose roots lie in its backing of the Taliban who took power in Afghanistan in 1996, and who were later ousted by US-led forces in 2001.
Peter Jacob, executive secretary of the Church's National Commission for Justice and Peace, who is based in Lahore, condemned the attack.
"The commission expresses sympathy and embarrassment at the incident," he said. "It is very sad that our guests were targeted. It seems that terrorism is expanding its boundaries. We hope that the government does its best to curb the menace instead of making vague interpretations."
The Sri Lankan team had agreed to tour Pakistan despite a high security risk. They replaced India, who refused to go amid heightened tensions in the wake of the Mumbai terror assault in November.
Young Catholics in India, where cricket is also very popular, condemned the attack. "This is very sad. It is a shameful act of terrorism. We condemn it," said Sajish Jose, president of the Indian Catholic Youth Movement. He said games and politics should not mix and that cricket brings people together, especially in South Asia.
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High-speed data and unlimited minutes are now standard order for most cell phone plans, but they don't offer the best deal to senior citizens who don't need — or want to pay for — all the extras.
There are cell phone plans designed with seniors in mind, though. They're typically prepaid and include fewer minutes and frills than standard plans. This can help seniors stay connected without committing large chunks of their monthly incomes.
To find the best cell phone plans for seniors, we reviewed options offered by the four major carriers — Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon — as well as some smaller prepaid carriers. We've highlighted several low-cost options, but if you're on Medicaid, food stamps/SNAP, Supplemental Security Income or other government programs, you may qualify for free or subsidized plans available from some of these companies via the federal Lifeline Program.
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These plans from T-Mobile and AT&T are perfect for people who don't really want a cell phone, but would like the peace of mind that comes with knowing they can reach family or a medical professional in an emergency.
- T-Mobile: For just $3 per month, you can use any combination of 30 minutes or 30 text messages. Phone prices start at around $60, but if you have a compatible device, you can use it rather than buying a new one. You will, however, need to pay a $20 SIM Starter Kit fee whether you bring your own phone or buy a new one.
- AT&T: The company charges the $2 fee only if you place or receive a call or send a text on that day. On days you do use your phone, you'll receive unlimited minutes and texts. You can buy a new phone from AT&T starting at about $20. If you already have a compatible phone, you can purchase a SIM card for $4.99 and use it on AT&T's network. You won't pay an activation fee, but a $25 refill card may be added to online purchases. You can remove this from your cart before checking out.
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If you were tech-savvy at age 64, you'll still be tech-savvy at 65; no need to turn in your iPhone when you officially become a senior. But you may want to re-evaluate to ensure you're not overpaying for a bloated plan. These options from Republic Wireless and T-Mobile give you enough data to stay connected without charging a lot of fees.
- Republic Wireless: Republic is part of a new breed of wireless carrier. It's online only, so it doesn't have any storefronts. It doesn't require a contract, but it isn't a prepaid service. And it uses a mixture of Wi-Fi and cell towers — Sprint's and T-Mobile's, specifically — to transmit calls, texts and data. This approach requires a compatible phone, which you can buy through the company. It currently offers nine Android phones with prices starting at $179.
- T-Mobile: This plan is available only at participating Wal-Mart locations or via T-Mobile's website. To find it, select "Prepaid" under "Plans." Then go to "Plans" again and select "Other Plans." Since it's a prepaid plan, you'll pay retail price to purchase a new phone, unless you have one that's compatible. Either way, you'll pay $20 for a SIM Starter Kit.
|$35 for 5GB and unlimited talk and text.
|Basic plan: $30 for 1GB and unlimited talk and text.
|Prepaid: $40 for 3GB and unlimited talk and text.
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GreatCall's cell phone plans are specifically for seniors. The Jitterbug, GreatCall's signature phone, features big buttons, a loud speaker and a bright screen with large display text. The prepaid carrier also allows you to add health services to your plan, such as weekly or daily wellness calls; a personal operator to help you make phone calls or add appointments to your calendar; and 5Star Urgent Response, which connects you to a 911 operator at the push of a button. No other carrier comes close to these services.
- GreatCall: You have two phone options: the Jitterbug Flip ($99.99) and the Jitterbug Smart ($149.99). And you can get 10% off either using code GCJB016 when you buy via GreatCall's site. You can also buy a GreatCall phone or plan at select Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Rite Aid and Sears stores. Optional heath services carry an additional cost and can be purchased as a bundle — the basic package costs $19.99 per month — or a la carte in some cases, starting at $4 per month. GreatCall's service runs on Verizon's network.
Best cell phone plans for seniors: summary
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|Get started
|AT&T GoPhone Daily
|People who want a pay-as-you-go plan
|$2 per day of use
|GreatCall WeTalk 200
|People who want an easy-to-use emergency phone
|$14.99 a month
|Republic Wireless Small
|People who are mobile-savvy
|$20 a month
|T-Mobile Prepaid 4GB
|People who are mobile-savvy
|$45 a month
|T-Mobile Pay As You Go
|People who want a pay-as-you-go plan
|$3 a month
We evaluated more than 200 cell phone plans offered by the following carriers: AT&T, Boost Mobile, Consumer Cellular, Cricket, GreatCall, Google's Project Fi, MetroPCS, Net10, Republic Wireless, Sprint, Straight Talk, T-Mobile, Tracfone, Verizon Wireless and Virgin Mobile.
To determine the best plans, we looked at the monthly plan price before taxes and fees, as well as features such as health service and plan flexibility. We only considered national carriers, which ruled out regional providers like U.S. Cellular. For pay-as-you go plans, we prioritized low monthly price over large minutes or data packages. For mobile-savvy users, we looked at plans with that included at least 1GB, but had no more than 5GB. Lower monthly price was favored over a lower price per GB.
This article was updated on June 7, 2016. It originally published Jan. 25, 2016.
Kelsey Sheehy is a staff writer at NerdWallet, a personal finance website. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Twitter: @KelseyLSheehy.


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August 16, 2017
Written by Frederic Gillant, Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific
The world's mobile workforce is quite literally on the move. According to Strategy Analytics , it will reach 1.75 billion by 2020. Or, to put it another way, by the end of the decade some 42% of the global workforce will be mobile. The recent ShoreTel "Building a Better Meeting" survey paints a...
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July 26, 2016
Written by Pam Bednarczyk, Content Marketing Manager
Time is money. So, how much time / money do your employees spend in meetings? Chances are, it's more than you think. According to research conducted by management consultants Bain & Company , about 15% of an organization's collective time is spent in meetings. That percentage has risen steadily...
July 08, 2016
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More businesses are accepting – even embracing – the virtual workforce. Since the mid-90s, technology has broken down the barriers to telecommuting and the number of employees working virtually continues to rise steadily. According to polling company Gallup , 37% of U.S. workers say they...
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January 15, 2016
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It's common for organizations to phase their mobility solutions rollouts. But determining who should get access to mobility first is always a challenge, especially in organizations with hundreds of employees. While a thorough study looking at employee needs, processes and applications is the usual...
December 09, 2015
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I travel a lot. My fellow ShoreTel employees and partners, who I have worked with for six years, know my motto: If I'm not at home, I'm on a plane. During my career of traveling well over two million miles across the globe, I've observed a lot of interesting technical challenges for those traveling...
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With the labor market continuing to heat up – the unemployment rate was down to 5 percent in November – recruiters and HR specialists expect the competition for talent to be tough in 2016. For the first time in several years, candidates already have the upper hand in employment conversations, and...
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Alabama History/Culture in the News: 22-30 July & Bonus Links
Listings since July 2002 are also at http://www.anes.uab.edu/alahistnews0.htm
as well as in the archives of alabamahistory.
Material in brackets are my additions. Items are listed more or less in reverse chronological order.
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**Museum has new curator [planned Birmingham-Jefferson History Museum]
Birmingham News 30 July 2004
**`Fishes of Alabama' authors, artist set book signing
Birmingham News 30 July 2004
**Ex-teacher, counselor 'ahead of her time'
Glancye Gray, 90, retired in '80 from Huntsville High [She died Tuesday.]
Huntsville Times 30 July 2004
**Morris 'retires' into new business [Longtime Selma radio announcer Larry Morris]
Montgomery Advertiser 30 July 2004
**Yesterday's News [in Mobile in 1854, 1904, etc.]
Mobile Register 30 July 2004
**Company restores historic fixtures [at ADAH]
Montgomery Advertiser 29 July 2004
**PRESERVING textile history: Movement collecting history of South's textile mills
Salisbury Post - Salibury,NC,USA 29 July 2004
... Southern textile states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Virginia
and ... Institutions concerned with textile history preservation also
attended, including the
**Close look at shipwrecks
Mobile Register 29 July 2004
**LST-325 board meets suitors
Three Midwestern cities make pitches to become ship's new home; other contenders show interest
Mobile Register 29 July 2004
**Ex-Redstone manager loved to paint, read and quote poetry [James E. Spencer, who died Tues.]
Huntsville Times 29 July 2004
**Loo Whitfield retires after 28 years as coach, educator [in Tuscaloosa City Schools]
Tuscaloosa News 29 July 2004
**Yesterday's News [in Mobile in 1854, 1904, etc.]
Mobile Register 20 July 2004
**22 Leeds area homes picked to receive historical markers
Birmingham News 28 July 2004
**Alabaman's posthumous book tells of Melville's true sea life
Birmingham News 28 July 2004
**175th Anniversary [excerpts from past newspapers]
Montgomery Advertiser 28 July 2004
**Task force gets $60,000 for film office
Birmingham News 28 July 2004
**Albion man dies, was a Tuskegee Airman
Battle Creek Enquirer [Michigan] 28 July 2004
**Marion Glenn Cagle took chances
He invested in coal, cattle, vacuum sweeper trucks
Huntsville Times 28 July 2004
**Yesterday's News [in Mobile in 1854, 1904, etc.]
Mobile Register 28 July 2004
**Guard's role remembered [in cleaning up Phenix City]
Montgomery Advertiser 28 July 2004
**Gov. Riley's speech honoring the Alabama National Guard [for Phenix City role]
Montgomery Advertiser 28 July 2004
**State officials mark 50th anniversary of Phenix City cleanup
Montgomery Advertiser 27 July 2004
**'Doc' Carpenter is last living son of a Confederate vet in Lawrence
Decatur Daily 27 July 2004
**Library wants your old photos, letters [Birmingham Public Library]
Birmingham News 27 July 2004
**WWII letters at library [Birmingham Public Library]
Church, synagogue kept in touch with members
Birmingham News 27 July 2004
**Harold Martin, longtime Methodist minister, dead [also state Board of Ed member 1963-87]
Birmingham News 27 July 2004
**Aaron Wright among city's 1st black police officers
A devoted family man, his career spanned 30 years
Huntsville Times 27 July 2004
**WELLBORN Cabinet continues long history of growth
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA 27 July 2004
By David Atchison. ASHLAND - It started back in 1960 in an old service
station along Alabama 77 where a man named Morgan Wellborn built cabinets.
**Schools mourn death of Sellers
Tuscaloosa News 27 July 2004
**Yesterday's News [in Mobile in 1854, 1904, etc.]
Mobile Register 27 July 2004
**Former Tuscaloosa Co. superintendent dies at age 53 [Joyce Sellers]
Montgomery Advertiser 26 July 2004
**Birmingham Green [Magic City Market & Country Store]
WBHM-FM 26 July 2004
**Montgomery County Jail Cleanup Yields Historic Civil Rights Arrest Photos; King, Parks
WSFA-TV 26 July 2004
**Once a fort, now just one family [Wood's Bluff]
Mobile Register 26 July 2004
**Clock tower takes shape [in Prattville]
Montgomery Advertiser 26 July 2004
**Chapel to reopen after restoration [St. Joseph Chapel, Spring Hill College, Mobile,
built in 1909]
Montgomery Advertiser 26 July 2004
**Relatives say cemetery ignored [black cemetery in Auburn]
Montgomery Advertiser 26 July 2004
**Supporters of Auburn-owned black cemetery lament its decline
Montgomery Advertiser 25 July 2004
**Civil rights history found
King & Parks mug shots among trove of Alabama cop's records from 1956
New York Daily News 25 July 2004
**Cashing in on thrill of showbiz
Gu-Win's B&B Antiques goes Hollywood by providing props
Birmingham News 25 July 2004
**Books on Alabama fish, wildlife earn our recommendation
Montgomery Advertiser 25 July 2004
**Unforgettable: Scott signed young Hank Aaron
Montgomery Advertiser 25 July 2004
**WHIT GIBBONS: Relax, enjoy the 'Fishes of Alabama' [new book]
Tuscaloosa News 25 July 2004
**Tuxedo festival brings smiles
Hawkins' famous tune recalled at 19th 'Function'
Birmingham News 25 July 2004
**Shooting for the stars
Hartselle graduate hopes films will open doors in the industry
Decatur Daily 25 July 2004
**Alabama defends its rights
History shows state has spirit for independence
Decatur Daily 25 July 2004
**1996 July 27- 6.68 inches of rain at Oak Grove, Alabama (west of Birmingham).
1952 July 25- The State of Alabama was in the midst of a critical heat wave
and drought at this time during 1952. During an 8-day stretch, the "coolest"
high temperature in Birmingham was 99. The heat peaked at 106 degrees on
July 25, 1952. This was just one degree short of the highest temperature
ever recorded in Birmingham. During that heat wave and drought, some wells
in Alabama went dry that had never been dry before.
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**1959 July 30- Willie McCovey steps to the plate for the first time in his
major-league baseball career. McCovey, of the San Francisco
Giants bats 4-for-4 in his debut against Robin Roberts of the
Philadelphia Phillies. He hits two singles and two triples,
driving in two runs. It is the start of an All-Star career that
will land McCovey in baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New
1972 July 25- The Tuskegee Syphillis Experiment, where African Americans
were used as guinea pigs in syphillis experiments for 40
years, is admitted to by U.S. government health officials.
FROM: Today in Black History http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/Munirah.html
**Annual Ensley festival features pair of blues greats
[Function at the Junction celebrates life of Erskine Hawkins]
Birmingham News 24 July 2004
**1937 July 24: Alabama drops charges against 5 blacks accused of rape in
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**Old Mobile, new eyes
'Fiction is a bridge to understand our past,' author of Mobile novel finds
[Helen Scully, author of "In the Hope of Rising Again"]
Mobile Register 24 July 2004
**Yesterday's News [in Mobile in 1854, 1904, etc.]
Mobile Register 24 July 2004
**Montgomery officer finds historic civil rights photos
Birmingham News 24 July 2004 1A, 7A
**California film crew interviews [Bobby Frank] Cherry [for possible HBO documentary]
Birmingham News 23 July 2004 5B
**A Shoals Businessman Donates $100,000 To The Alabama Music Hall Of ...
WAFF - Huntsville,AL,USA 22 July 2004
It's a place rich in music history; a museum honoring Alabama's finest
musicians. Now, the Alabama Music Hall of Fame's future looks even brighter.
**Play in Dadeville celebrates woman's efforts to save city from Rousseau's Raiders' torch
Lake Martin Journal July 2004
**Bonus Links
**Endangered Civil War Battlefield Nominations Sought: The Civil
War Preservation Trust (CWPT), the nation's largest non-profit battlefield
preservation organization, is accepting nominations for its annual
America's Most Endangered Battlefields Report. This report seeks to
identify the most threatened Civil War sites and determine what may be done
to ensure their preservation. The report is among the CWPT's strongest
weapons in informing the public of the current threats to battlefields. The
2005 report will be released February 2005. To nominate a battlefield,
individuals and groups are encouraged to fill out the nomination form
available online at: http://www.civilwar.org/nominationform2005.pdf .
Applications should include photographs of the site and a detailed
description of recent threats. Nominations must be postmarked no later
than 31 October 2004.
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