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Right-sizing for retirement
Couple plans to downsize massive mortgage so they can spend winters in Arizona
John and Candy want to follow in their parents' retirement footsteps. The couple wants to retire at 60 and spend winters in Arizona, on a budget, living in a resort trailer park.
"Both our parents were snowbirds and we visited quite often and we really liked the lifestyle," says John, 55, who works in sales, earning $63,000 a year, plus bonuses.
"That's our dream, but we're not sure it's going to happen."
Part of the problem is John will have no pension. Candy, age 52, earns about $40,000 a year and is a member of a defined-benefit plan -- one of the few remaining pensions of its kind in the private sector -- and she expects a monthly pension of about $907.
They also have about $300,000 in retirement savings.
While they hope to save much more by the time they retire, they also are weighed down paying off a mortgage on their $600,000 home, on which they owe $385,000.
But they have a plan: They're going to downsize, moving to a condo priced at $460,000.
They've already made a $47,000 deposit on the condo, money they had to borrow on a line of credit, and they expect to move in two years when construction is complete.
They expect to have a $250,000 mortgage, and they're wondering how quickly they can pay it off so they're not burdened by debt for long in retirement. John says they don't spend much money on entertainment or other discretionary expenses because, as only children on both sides, they spend much of their free time taking care of their aging parents who are both in poor health. At some point, they expect a transfer of wealth, but they do not want to rely on an inheritance to reach their financial goal.
Yet they know their plan will be challenging, and they know they need guidance.
"What will that look like for us financially and is it realistic?" Candy says.
Jan Fraser, a certified financial planner, says it's admirable John and Candy want to eliminate their debt as soon as possible, but a hurry-up approach to paying off the mortgage will severely restrict their cash flow early in retirement. Even today, their debt costs put a lot of pressure on their finances.
"They're putting a huge whack of money every month against debt," says the adviser with Fraser and Partners in Winnipeg.
Their mortgage payment is $2,640 a month. While they may have more cash flow in their budget when they downsize, Fraser says money will still be tight, especially early in retirement. As a result, they will have a tough time spending five months in Arizona, paying rent there while carrying a big mortgage here in Winnipeg, and maintaining the lifestyle they're accustomed to today.
Fraser estimates Candy and John would quickly burn through their savings, leaving them in a position in their mid-70s with their condo paid for, yet ironically, they'd likely have to downsize or borrow against it to maintain some semblance of the lifestyle they hope to enjoy.
As an alternative, they should consider investing any proceeds from the sale of their current home, and taking a much longer time to pay off their mortgage. Since they already have made a down payment -- the condo deposit -- they'd have a mortgage of about $405,000, leaving them with about $126,000 to invest.
"It sounds like blasphemy because everybody is so focused on getting rid of their debt," she says. "But this way they can have a little bit more fun in the early years."
Fraser says this strategy hinges on one important condition: When they receive an inheritance, they must use it to pay off their debt.
This is important because although interest rates are low today, they likely won't be in 10 years and rising rates will threaten their retirement by diverting more of their cash flow toward debt. Stretching out the amortization on their mortgage is really the only way for them to be able to have enough cash flow early in retirement to enjoy time in the sun.
Based on three per cent inflation and a five per cent return on their investments, they would still be drawing heavily on their capital to cover expenses. Their net income would also fluctuate from about $31,000 net for John early in retirement to a little more than $51,000 combined -- in today's dollars -- in mid-retirement when they're both receiving old age security.
But again, they'd often be in a position where expenses would outstrip their pension money, forcing them to draw down capital, which would put them back in a similar position -- using their condo as a source of income or dramatically cutting back their lifestyle, only a little bit later than in their original plan.
Fraser says they do have another option. John can work a few years longer, waiting until Candy turns 60. In this instance, their net income increases in today's dollars to a minimum of about $42,000 early in retirement to a maximum of $66,000-plus in mid-retirement. Still, their income would gradually decline from their mid-70s to about $27,000 (in today's dollars) in their 90s.
By their mid-80s, they may still have to consider downsizing. At least, they'd have much more income earlier in retirement for travel.
"By taking a longer time paying off debt, they're going to have more cash flow early on when they're more likely to be adventurous, but it's still going to be a challenge," Fraser says.
"Yet, I am only suggesting they take on this much debt and stretch it out that long to achieve their goals because they're going to receive a transfer of wealth that will help them eliminate it at some point down the road."
John's and Candy's Income:
John: $63,000 ($4,015); received $12,000 bonus in 2011
Candy: $40,965 ($2,383)
ñü MONTHLY EXPENSES: $6,126
ñü DEBTS:
Mortgage: $385,357 owing at 4.31 per cent
Line of credit: $47,000 owing at 4 per cent
Car loan: $21,000 owing at 4.5 per cent
Total: $453,357
ñü ASSETS:
Home: $600,000
John RRSP: $83,863
John LIRA: $88,695
Candy spousal RRSP: $88,233
Candy RRSP: $28,746
Candy work pension: $907.50 at age 60
Joint saving: $4,250
Total: $894,619
ñü NET WORTH: $441,262
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Vincent Kompany and Samir Nasri scored for City in victory at the Etihad
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Monday 12 May 2014
Some triumphs are experienced in the white heat of a last-minute goal, like the one scored by Sergio Aguero two years ago and others, like this final step to winning the league title, can be savoured like the proverbial bottle of fine wine, safe in the knowledge that the outcome is assured.
At Manchester City, where calamity was once only a heartbeat away, this was as close to a stroll to the title that they could have imagined on the day Liverpool were undone by Chelsea and City assumed the pole position in the title race. Manuel Pellegrini's team controlled the game from beginning to end against a West Ham team so bereft of ambition and drive, one wonders where it was a struggle for them to get off the team bus.
Nevertheless, this City team have shown maturity and composure to close the deal. This is undoubtedly the best squad in the Premier League, but in a season when old certainties have splintered, nowhere more so than across town, they have not been allowed to cruise to the title until the last day. It has been a triumph that they have had to carve out game by game.
From Samir Nasri's 39th-minute goal, and with Liverpool then trailing to Newcastle, the stadium calmed down and enjoyed the ride. Four minutes after half-time, Vincent Kompany scored the second and there was a margin for error that not even an attack of that condition formerly known as "Cityitis" could erode. Yet it is a measure of how relatively new to this kind of success the club is in the modern era that the final whistle precipitated a full-blown pitch invasion.
They never invaded the pitch at Old Trafford in those salad days when the Premier League trophy came back season after season, but there is still the mild sense of disbelief, six years after Sheikh Mansour took over, that this is really happening to City. If Pellegrini hits the club's target of five trophies in five years, and he is two up already, then perhaps an air of complacency will set in. As things stand, it feels a long way off.
Samir Nasri fires City ahead at the Etihad Stadium This was only the second trophy of his career, but the City manager kept it low-key, as one would expect of him, edging away from the champagne spraying lest it wreck his club suit. Anointed as City's charming man by the fans, he did not want to end up without a stitch to wear. In the end, Kompany and Yaya Toure had to drag their manager away from a Sky Sports interview to give him the traditional celebratory bumps.
This must be what the City hierarchy had in mind when they launched the "holistic" approach in the wake of Roberto Mancini's departure last summer, an admittedly brave sortie into the contemporary lexicon in a sport wedded to older values. If they meant a manager who did not wish to fight his own players in training then they picked the right man, and his popularity was reflected in the way his players sought him out at the end.
As against Aston Villa last week, this was another game in which it paid for City to be patient and await the inevitable crack in a West Ham defence that was too lightweight and way too under-incentivised to hold out all afternoon. Even so, the visitors had not done a bad job by the time that Nasri looked up from his umpteenth possession on the edge of the West Ham area and elected to sweep a shot past Adrian, who might have done better, and into the far corner.
Vincent Kompany (right) celebrates his goal with Yaya Toure In midfield Toure was superb, his dominance epitomised by the moment he chased down Mohamed Diame and heaved the Senegalese midfielder off the ball. David Silva, the lock-picker of opposition defences, hit the post in time added on at the end of the first half with a shot that bounced off Andy Carroll.
That second goal was coming and it arrived from a City corner that Carroll got into a muddle trying to clear and ended up sending back towards his own goal where Kompany could pick his spot. From then on it was simple. Sergio Aguero, quiet by his high standards, kicked out at Mark Noble off the ball which precipitated more indignation from the West Ham players than we had seen all afternoon.
One more City goal would have equalled the Premier League record for goals scored in a season, set by Carlo Ancelotti's Chelsea in 2009-2010 but even so 102 for the season is not a bad total. In defence of Carroll, he needs a cross to head from time-to-time and it was hard to remember a single one being launched in his direction. Up against the second most famous ponytail in the Premier League, sported by Martin Demichelis, he encountered an opponent who was up for a scrap.
If this is to be Sam Allardyce's last game in charge of the Hammers then it was not a fond farewell. They finish 13th, seven points clear of relegation, in a season when the clean sheets they have kept have been their manager's greatest source of pride. When there is no clean sheet then one finds oneself struggling to count the alternative qualities. When a long ball on 69 minutes failed to stick to Carroll's toe on 69 minutes, and rolled out of play all hope was lost.
He brought on Joe Cole at the end of the game, more than likely his last game in a West Ham shirt for the second time around. News of the goals from Liverpool came through but by then, the away team had shut down for the season and City were on their way to the second league title in three years. After the celebrations, some of the players and their families were still on the pitch long after 6pm having pictures taken with the trophy as the groundsmen began clearing the streamers off the pitch
Joe Hart was one of the last off before the trophy finally disappeared down the tunnel and the last few supporters went home. It has not always been a straightforward season for the City goalkeeper but when you win league titles, a lot gets forgotten. City have won it now under two managers and they will be part of the elite for a long time to come. It felt like the wrong time to mention that Uefa's sanctions over financial fair play are delivered tomorrow, which is a challenge al lot more formidable than that presented by West Ham.
Manchester City (4-4-2): Hart; Zabaleta, Kompany, Demichelis, Kolarov; Nasri, Toure (Negredo, 86), Garcia, Silva (Milner, 75); Aguero, Dzeko (Fernandinho, 69).
Substitutes not used: Pantilimon (gk), Lescott, Clichy, Jovetic.
West Ham (4-5-1): Adrian; McCartney, Reid, Tomkins, O'Brien; Downing, Noble, Nolan (Jarvis, 64), Taylor, Diame (J Cole, 81); Carroll (C Cole, 72).
Substitutes not used: Armero, Vaz Te, Collins, Jaaskelainen (gk).
Referee: M Atkinson
Man of the match: Nasri
Booked: Manchester City Demichelis, Aguero West Ham Nolan, Noble
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Construction is under way on the Midtown Greenway, a four phase, two-mile greenway trail that will circle through Detroit's University Cultural Center, Wayne State University and Medical Center and Brush Park districts.
Earlier this month, organizers officially broke ground to signify the start of the first of four phases of construction. When completed, the linked trails will provide eight miles of continuous greenways, enabling people to go from Wayne State University through the Eastern Market to the Detroit Riverfront.
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, through its GreenWays Initiative program, along with The Kresge Foundation, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT), The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus funds), Michigan State University Land Policy Institute, First American Title Insurance Company, SAFETEA-LU and Woodward Avenue Action Association (WA3) are providing the funding for the Midtown Greenway.
"Today marks the start of another greenways project that will become another amazing addition to the city, said Mariam Noland, president of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan. "We look forward to the Midtown Greenway becoming a destination for families, outdoor enthusiasts and local residents to safely travel and enjoy what our city has to offer."
The greenway trail will have a colorful, patterned surface to increase visibility and to emphasize the creative character of the neighborhood, as well as improved ADA crosswalks at each corner.
Landscaping with three-season interest will be used as a buffer to separate vehicle traffic from the greenway, adding numerous new trees, shrubs and perennials to the trail, which will dramatically green the environment. New wayfinding signage also will direct visitors to the institutions and other points of interest located along the trail.
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other than I wish they'd hurry up and get it on the California roster, the other thing I would say is have you fired any other M&P. if so then its the same feel but .22. I haven't really heard much good or bad about it.
My pistols, however, I always kept by me.
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I have one ,and it's awesome! Thats all I can say about that.
When I started shooting my M&P22, I quickly agreed with several reviewers that the gun was not an accurate shooter, but, was really disappointed to find out how picky the gun was pertaining to what ammo it would feed and not feed. Someone on one of these sites said how his gun had the same problem but after about 1000 rounds, it started to feed better. I kept shooting and my gun began to shoot ammo that failed to feed after about 1000 rounds also. Maybe the slide return spring became softer??? My thought was if it had been made by S&W instead of Walther, it would have been a better gun. (I've read, and seen, some bad things about the Walther p22). Still trying to find a holster that will fit the M&P22 without pushing the slide back.
In 22 pistols, I also own a Ruger mk II and a Ruger SR22. IMO put your money on a Ruger mkIII.
Anybody have anything new to report on M&P 22?
The gun's great, not ammo sensitive, but the sights are awful.
Replaced my sights with stock M&P 3 dots. After some major filing on the front, I got them to fit. Rear sight went right on. Found the sites used on eBay for $20
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Great shooting piece!!!! I can out shoot my Browning Buckmark plus with the M&P 22. Never had a FTF or jam up. The only complaint I have is after field stripping the lock lever sometimes is hard to close. It catches on the angled base of the spring guide rod.
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Benefits are outstanding, from medical, to gym and day care on-site and tuition reimbursement
Great people
Absolutely awesome mission and it is lived and breathed in the workplace
Advancement opportunities take a long time
No career path specific to individual
Pay is not for performance
Not workplace for someone who is looking to do well ad advance quickly
Try to cater to each individual, everyone has different goals and is motivated by different things. Find out what they are. Train the management to better communicate with employees who may have different career path ideas. Managers who have been with the company for a very long time or have not been on phones in over 10 years may lose respect of employees if they do not demonstrate competency in new information being disseminated to their employees and a willingness to admit they do not know everything.
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Getting ready to stain some stairs!
I'm ready! I'm going to get started while my husband is out of town so that I/he won't be in the way. I'll be using "his" basement stairs for practice before I do the main staircase upstairs.
It's a very nice custom built old fashioned looking staircase that is much fancier than it needs to be, going into a basement, but he wanted it so he got it. It has white oak treads and spruce risers which were to be painted white, but I've changed my mind about that after seeing all the black heel marks that have accumulated during this past year while the stairs have been sitting there unfinished.
They were supposedly ready to stain when we first got them installed, but unfortunately they now have dirt and wallboard dust on them in addition to the heel marks. Any ideas about the starting point in sandpaper grit needed to remove this hopefully superficial stuff? Is 80 grit a good starting point? Would I then use 110 or so to smooth it out or is there an intermediate step?
My goal is to get these stairs looking as good as possible and finish it with something that will look good as it wears, or is easy to keep up with a little periodic maintenance as opposed to a big re-do. I'm planning to use old age as my excuse to not do a big re-do the next time around. I guess that's what carpet is for!
Also my husband prefers the look of lighter wood on the treads even though he runs up and down them about 20 times a day with dirty feet most of the time. If I make them look beautiful maybe he'll start wiping his feet first, hahaha! Should I use polyurethane, or tung oil, or what?
I definitely want to do the banister and the huge and fancy newel post in a darker shade. The spindles are white. Is it okay to mix the colors this way? I can't imagine using polyurethane on the banister and newel post. What to people do for those? We are definitely going for an old-fashioned esthetic. Any thoughts on any of these issues would be greatly appreciated.
In the meantime I'll be sanding away....
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I hate when I have to rely on Ritalin to get homework done.
I absolutely hate it.
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yuck i hear ya with the A.D.D thing
You should never feel bad about taking prescribed meds that you need. Ever.
And 1/30? :-)
I wish you didn't have to take it! I'm so glad I just missed that craze when I was a kid. They surely would have put me on it. And from I hear, they nearly did. Hang in there Todd.
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I take 4 meds a night - BC, BP, antidepressant and sleeping pill. I can not function without any of them. So, I feel your pain...
Great close up man... and if it gets you through what you need it too... can't be all bad!
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I have undiagnosed ADD too... I'm almost sure I have it.
Never tried the Ritalin or Aderol thing. I hate synethic meds... I was on lexapro forever. Hows it work for you?
doood I hate popping pills but like Haeretik said if gets you through the day and helps you function then it's all good! =D
I guess not. But I don't want to need them.
and not unless you want 29 days of "I can whistle!" ;)
Almost done with school, and I'm hoping I wont need it for work.
I'm sorry to hear that... big hugs.
Thanks. I guess thats a point... it just makes me feel so... dependant.
It speeds my mind up to its cracking point so I can only focus on one thing. And it does it well.
I took Ritalin one Thanksgiving as a scientific experiment. My mother and I were curious. This was our finding:
It makes me depressed and cry. For hours.
All over my mash potatoes and turkey bits. All over the couch. And on the toilet.
Best Thanksgiving ever.
I quit my antidepressants and didn't miss them; I feel better now just knowing that I am not my depression and "reality" is not my depression, either.
I love "We Come In From The North's" descritpion of taking Ritalin. I can just imagine what a festive Thanksgiving that must have been for the others. It should be in a movie somewhere.
Hahahaha, well thats just the exact opposite reaction you want. thats really strange though, theres no reason for it to elicit that...
I believe if you don't have ADHD your supposed to snort it for it to have an effect. I dunno, thats what the kids who offer to buy it from me say. (I don't sell)
That would make for an intriguing scene.
and congrats on conquering the meds.. I only need it very rarely, but its not quite something I can simply overcome unfortunately.
Nice pic. I used it to illustrate a blog post on scientists and engineers taking Ritalin and Provigil for non-medical uses. I included a credit to you and a link to this page. You can see the post here:
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anyone ever use electric netting?
I am thinking of getting some electric netting so I cn move put my goats in specific areas around the yard for short periods. Has anyone used it and if yes pros cons please.
Here is a link that might be useful: looking at something like this
I've used it with sheep for the past several years. Works well. Occasionally I have had a lamb go under where it went over a ditch, so be sure to drop a few boards over anything that way so the goats don't go under.
Couple things to remember--this fence is not a physical barrier, it is a psychological one. Never leave it off with the livestock, they will figure out it won't bite pretty quickly and you'll end up with a torn or trampled fence.
Next, make sure the grass is short where you put it out. Grass touching the hot wires will short the fence out and leave it ineffective. I take the riding mower out and mow a path across the pasture before putting the fence in and have no problems. If I don't, I have no electric in the fence.
Keep your ground moist, also, when moving the fence. It is very difficult to push the posts into dry ground, and hammering on the posts can break them or you may end up bending the spikes that go into the ground. With moist ground, you just push it in by hand with little effort.
I use a solar fencer to keep it hot so I don't have to keep checking the battery.
sorry I have not been on here for a while but I had another death in my family. Not a good year for us!
It is strange that you mention the grass shorting out the fence. My fence has not worked your months and I just found out that it is because grass was growing under it.
So now I really do not have a need for the electric netting BUT I think I am going to get some anyway because I can use it to let the chickens out and move the goats around the yard.
One problem I do have is thatI have some dips in my landscaping. How have you guys dealt with that in elation to your elec fence.
Dips are difficult. I almost always have to cross a ditch, so you have high sides and a deep trench in the middle. What ends up happening is the stakes in the fence never work out to plant one in the top of one of the ditch banks, so the fence folds down on the humps, but as long as it doesn't tough the ground it is OK (I scalp the grass on the humps). Other than the ditch itself, the sides are sloping enough that there is never more than a couple inches of gap to the ground, so I just leave the grass a little higher so it "looks" like there is really no gap. For the ditch, throwing an old fence post or board across the ditch in front of the fence does the trick sometimes I stick a few branches in the ditch also if there is no water flowing, and I've done the same where I ended up with more than a couple inches of gap on the sides--sometimes it took a 6 or 8 foot board to cross the gap. The post doesn't block the hole, it just forms an impediment that the sheep don't like to go under to get through. With pigs that are used to rooting, it might be different, though. You could take some dry wooden stakes or other non-conducting material to hold the electric wire up on the humps or notch it to hold the wire down in the dips, though.


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The speedometer works fine for a while and then it slowly goes down to zero. What is strange is the cruise control works fine all the time. When I'm stopped at a stop sign, I hear a clicking.
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I had this problem as well the first thing that I did was to replace the speed sensor. This did not fix the problem the next thing that I did was to replace the instument cluster and this seems to have fixed the problem.
The reason that I mentioned the speed sensor is that replacing this component is much cheaper than replacing the insrument cluster. Speed sensor $28.00 Instrument cluster $320.00. I hope this helps you with your problem.
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Substitute for LED Powercore undercabinet
Retrofitting a kitchen florescent system new 8 years ago. All connect via one wall switch on mains power. Of the 6 bars of florescent, 4 now have failed ballasts.
After much research planned on upgrading to the Philips Powercore LED system. But while verifying installation plan, realized that the existing system connects via wall conduit that porpoises in and out of the tiled wall. One distance goes behind the wall for four feet, to allow for the cooktop. And the diameter of the conduit is too narrow to fish the proprietary powercore interconnect cables.
So much for the intro. I'd like a solution that allows use of the existing 110v hardwired conduit. That would be efficient and relatively simple. But I do not know of any LED undercabinet that both 1) accepts 110v power and 2) connects with bare wire instead of some sort of proprietary cable.
Suggestions on an alternate are very much appreciated - thanks!
Thank you for the suggestions. But it appears that each of these offerings requires use of undercabinet jumpers. That's difficult for my situation, especially with a four-foot expanse of open space over the cooktop to address. Thus the interest in finding something that can utilize the bare wire already in place, instead of jumpers.
It sounds like your existing setup has 110V AC wiring coming out from the walls for each cabinet run with all the wiring is tied to the same switch. If so, each cabinet run is already treated as a separate section.
All that is necessary is to connect the existing wiring to an under mount junction box for the eW Profile lights under each separate run of cabinets and terminating each run.


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Despite rumor, business as usual at Turlock's Pitman High
Students arriving at Pitman High School on Friday morning had heard about rumors of violence aimed at the school. But they were more concerned with the finals they had to take.
Sarann Courtroul, 17, said she had heard that someone had sent a threat to a school dean but that officials couldn't track down the source.
"They were saying that someone was going to come and shoot up the school," said Victoria Bettencourt, 16.
But she and her friends weren't worried about any violence.
Thursday night, the school sent an automated call to parents saying that there was a threat of violence made through social media. According to Sandy Yoppini, whose daughter goes to Pitman, "It stated the school resource officer and the Turlock (Police Department) have been investigating since Wednesday, found the source of the threat and found it to not be creditable."
Officials said they were working with police to ensure the safety of the students and encouraged parents to send their children to school.
Across the country, schools reported rumors of threatened violence in conjunction with the "end of the world" that some believe the Mayan calendar predicted. In Michigan, such rumors became so pervasive that 33 schools in Lapeer County closed Thursday for winter break, two days ahead of schedule.
And in Fresno on Thursday, police arrested a 14-year-old freshman at Central High School after the boy brought a .25-caliber handgun and more than 50 rounds of ammunition to school.
Tension has been high after last week's deadly shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut. But Turlock officials reported no problems locally.
"Things are going well," Turlock Unified School District Superintendent Sonny Da Marto said Friday. "I have been in contact with our schools and we have had no incidents. I would like to thank the Turlock Police Department for their additional presence on and near our campuses, especially Chief Robert Jackson."
Attendance figures are not yet available, but from the looks of campus Friday morning, most parents seemed to agree with Yoppini's attitude.
"We can't let our fears take over," she said. "I am sure everything will be fine."
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KUALA LUMPUR: Next-of-kin of victims aboard Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 were given an hour's notice before the missing flight was officially declared as an accident, the Dewan Rakyat was told Thursday.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Government spent about RM79mil for the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 search-and-recovery (SAR) mission in 2014.
A Malaysia Airlines towelette was found on a Western Australian beach four months after MH370 vanished, investigators revealed Tuesday, but they said it was impossible to know if it came from the missing plane.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airlines has explained the anomalies noted in the Interim Statement released in conjunction with the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of Flight MH370.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Transport Ministry will carry out an analysis to verify the factual information contained in the Interim Statement on the missing MH370 flight.
KUALA LUMPUR: If you gave former Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein the chance to redo anything in his handling of the MH370 crisis, the 53-year-old would not change a thing.
KUALA LUMPUR: An expired battery in the underwater locator beacon of the "black box" flight data recorder on missing Flight MH370 would have made no difference in the search for the plane, according to Malaysia Airlines (MAS) on Monday.
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The location and views are excellent. All the staff are extremely friendly and helpful. Our room was well equipped, clean and comfortable. Breakfast and bar on the roof terrace overlooking the Colosseum is spectacular. I would not hesitate in recommending this hotel. - Andrea
Evreything was just perfect, I am very happy with my choice.We stayed in
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We loved the Maison Colosseo! We stayed before and after our cruise from Civitavecchia. The staff is friendly and helpful and the rooms are clean and spacious. It is just a short walk to the Colosseum with some good restaurants conveniently nearby. We highly recommend! - Anonymous
The hotel as a lot of the viewers said is a basic one, simply furnished, small bath, very simple breakfast. The rooms are clean, the host (Maria) is a great lady very helpful and nice, avoiding noise in city center is hard so this point which some viewers said apply to most the hotels in the center, in short the location was great, I spent five nights in it without using a transport mean to visit the important landmarks in the city (Vatican was one of them which took me less than an hour to rea - Anonymous
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I cannot say enough good things about this hotel and especially about the people who run it! We absolutely loved it! It is extremely clean, cleaned daily by staff, towels changed every 2 days. Every need we had they provided. The receptionist was particularly helpful with hotel related stuff and with touristic questions as well.
Also, we were so pleased with the location of this hotel, it is 5 minutes from the Colosseum, 1 minute from a metro stop and 10 minutes from Termini Station. The hotel - Anonymous
Location was perfect, staff were polite, helpful and informative, they recommended great little restaurant round the corner,the room was quiet, plenty of room for the three of us and it was cleaned with fresh towels everyday. Breakfast was in the square round the corner, which was a perfect start to the day, relaxing outside watching the world go by. Returning hopefully in October - Anonymous
It's location, staff were very helpful and it had free wireless Intrernet upon request. - Robert
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SACRAMENTO (AP) - DeMarcus Cousins appears ready to return from a serious bout with viral meningitis when the Sacramento Kings host the Milwaukee Bucks on Thursday night.
OAKLAND (AP) - Just as they have the past two seasons, the Golden State Warriors will have to get by without center Andrew Bogut for an undetermined amount of time.
BOSTON (AP) - The Boston Celtics traded point guard Rajon Rondo to Dallas on Thursday night, cutting ties with the last remnant of their last NBA championship while giving Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks a chance at another title.
STOCKTON (AP) - T.J. Wallace scored 16 points and Pacific held off Nevada's comeback bid to win 69-65 on Thursday.
Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers had first-and-goal at Carolina, poised to break open that September game in the third quarter.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Free agent reliever Sergio Romo is closing in on a $15 million, two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said Wednesday.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Chelsey Shumpert scored a career-high 18 points, including five 3-pointers, as Chattanooga stunned No. 7 Stanford 54-46 Wednesday for its second home victory over a top-10 opponent this season.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Second-ranked and undefeated Florida State begins its postseason quest for a second consecutive national championship in the same stadium it won the title a year ago: The Rose Bowl.
SANTA CLARA (AP) - Citing a pattern of behavior and off-field issues, San Francisco 49ers general manager Trent Baalke informed defensive lineman Ray McDonald that he was released Wednesday amid a sexual assault investigation by San Jose police.
AN DIEGO (AP) - Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers didn't practice Wednesday, although he participated in a morning walkthrough and said he expects to play Saturday night against the San Francisco 49ers.
Two knee surgeries in less than a year nearly shattered Chelsea Gray's confidence.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Russell Westbrook had 32 points and seven assists, Kevin Durant scored 26 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the reeling Sacramento Kings 104-92 on Tuesday night for their seventh straight win.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Marc Gasol scored 24 points, and the Memphis Grizzlies snapped the Golden State Warriors' NBA-best 16-game winning streak with a 105-98 victory on Tuesday night.
ALAMEDA (AP) - The Oakland Raiders have placed linebacker Sio Moore on season-ending injured reserve with a hip injury.
NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Brady and the New England Patriots maintained their mastery of the AFC East and returned to the top spot in the NFL.
OAKLAND (AP) - Stephen Curry had 25 points and 11 assists, Klay Thompson scored 20 and the Golden State Warriors returned from the All-Star break to beat the San Antonio Spurs 110-99 on Friday night.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Fight is finally on.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - The Sacramento Kings have signed David Stockton, son of Hall of Famer John Stockton, to a 10-day contract.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jack Nicklaus isn't ruling out Tiger Woods breaking his record of 18 major championships provided he rediscovers his game.
NEW YORK (AP) - Major League Baseball is slowly addressing the lagging pace of games.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers are planning a shared stadium in the Los Angeles area if both teams fail to get new stadium deals in their current hometowns, the teams said in a joint statement Thursday night, adding another layer of complexity to a possible NFL return to the region.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Marcus Mariota looked comfortable on center stage Thursday.
The Washington Wizards wanted a stronger, quicker guard backing up All-Star John Wall. The Sacramento Kings were searching for a savvy reserve to provide leadership.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Here are some things to know about what's going on at Daytona International Speedway, where drivers are preparing for Sunday's season-opening Daytona 500:
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Hector Sanchez's physical on Wednesday was scheduled for 1:30 p.m. local time. But maybe Sanchez, excited as he was to be at spring training on the day the world champion San Francisco Giants began reporting, was simply eager to receive a clean bill of health and get back to being behind the plate.
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Tattoo dedicated to passed graffiti writersGraffiti // Wednesday, February 06, 2013
A bold gesture of permanence dedicated to the many graffiti writers who have passed over the last decade. From here we can see Nekst, Tie, Sace, Oil, Over, Erie, Poke, Kerse, and Eroe. Throw on an Ayer, Dream, Sane, SK8, Stay High, Rob one, Kase2 and so many more!
Ghoul x NekstGraffiti // Saturday, February 02, 2013
It's not often we see anything worthwhile on intermodal trains; there is just too many of them trudging around. Ghoul gives Nekst (RIP) a "Graffiti King" shout-out on this one.
Nekst by SeikoGraffiti // Thursday, January 24, 2013
Seiko goes all out on this great piece in honor of the recently passed graffiti writer, Nekst.
Nekst Tribute production by Steel, Dmote, and VizieGraffiti // Monday, January 21, 2013
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With Love from Los Angeles...Graffiti // Monday, January 21, 2013
Here is someone we haven't seen new work from in a while and it's a shame! Ruets pays tribute to Nekst with this great piece.
Nekst by Steel and Steel by DmoteGraffiti // Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Steel pays tribute to Nekst and Dmote paints a Steel piece in the Bronx.
Nekst by Rime in DenverGraffiti // Monday, January 14, 2013
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Graffiti Spotlight: NEKST TributesJuxtapoz // Monday, January 14, 2013
Every week, we feature someone old or new, traditional or unconventional, active or not, and so on. In this week's spotlight we switched things up, highlighting the countless Nekst tibutes painted around the globe.
Video: Nekst126Graffiti // Tuesday, January 08, 2013
In this new video titled "Nekst126", Chicago's Amuse 126 endures the frigid winter weather to pay tribute to Nekst..
Multiple Nekst Clean Train TributesGraffiti // Monday, January 07, 2013
A number of people went above and beyond, painting several clean train panels in multiple cities in honor of Nekst. Serious dedication to pay respects!


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Standard Double RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children)
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Superior Room, 1 Queen Bed with SofabedMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 1 child)
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4-star hotel in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray with a restaurant
Situated in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, this hotel is close to Rouen Expo Park and Jardin des Plantes. Area attractions also include University of Rouen and Rouen Cathedral.
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In addition to a restaurant, Hôtel Novotel Rouen Sud features a seasonal outdoor pool. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and complimentary wireless Internet access.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This business-friendly hotel also offers a seasonal outdoor pool, a rooftop terrace, and a garden. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
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I had a great time staying with Victor and Ann. They are nice and sweet and very caring. The house is lovely, very clean and close to tube and buses. During the stay my boyfriend got ill and Victor showed a lot of care, he advised us about food and medicine and stuffs.
The area is quiet even close to the tube station, and it's close to take away and pizza shops.
Before i left they even gave us present. We are very happy :)
Staying with Victor and Ann was a lovely experience. They were very friendly and accommodating. The house is clean and the room is a nice size. It worked out perfectly for me and I would definitely recommend staying there. I will be back next time I need somewhere in London.
The Host was easy going and nice man but his wife was a complicated, she was a person everytime ready to create problems, such as arguing.t
The room was nice but the bathroom very dangerous because of the electricity.
If u plan to book with this room during winter period I think it is not a good idea because of the heat . they turn on the heat only 2 hours per day usually.
I think maybe its because I was their first guest with airbnb and they do not have the experience , and because of that i am writing all bad points because i think i will help them in this case to improve .
Thats it ....generally speaking it was not bad .