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posted Aug 22 2011 7:33AM
So, for the first time in 7 years, I took an honest
to goodness vacation. I had originally planned to go to Niagara Falls, but, a friend of mine for the past 3 years suggested a cabin getaway to the
Shenandoah Mountains
would be just the trick.
So there I was...4 days in a remote cabin atop of a mountainside in
Page County, VA
...not a neighbor for 2 miles...nature all around me...and it was exactly what I needed. Here is the cabin I rented stayed in. I slept about 12 hours a day and didn't do 'much' aside from slide in to the day like a sloth. I was in my Pajamas until about noon most days...I stayed up until 2:20am playing cards one night, and went in to the town of Luray for some local flavor and picture taking.
The Town of Luray is one of those great little towns driven on tourism and a solid local hardworking crowd. It sits at the base of the mountains and is also home to the Globally Acclaimed "Luray Caverns", an underground tourist attraction designed by Mother Nature over the past several million years. It's definitely a must see.
Go ahead and click on the image to see a larger rendition of this gorgeous cavern. It was worth the 23 bucks for the tour, which, takes you on about a mile walk through the caverns. I felt like I was in "The Lord of The Rings" in here...good stuff. After the caverns, I stopped by the Luray "Rain Garden" and Towne Park just outside the town on my
way back to the cabin. There was a nice stream full of little trout and this guy was getting some fresh sushi. I watched him for a few minutes. He would sit still and then SNAP...grab himself another trout. Pretty awesome. At first I thought he was not 'real'...he just sat and waited...patient...and then he'd just pop his long neck out and enjoy more of the days fresh catch. It was fantastic to watch as he would gulp down a trout and then go back 'mannequin style'. He's my hero.
After I got back from my 4 day sojourn to be one with nature, I picked the kids up for the remaining 5 days of my time off and we had our usual "BLAST' of a time. A good friend of mine is the best blueberry pie maker in the state and she had been suggesting I take the kids to Pungo Blueberries (a seasonal pick your own blueberry farm) and collect blueberries. The deal was if we helped pick, she would do her magic on the pies. So we there we were...about 8 pounds of blueberries later, it was pie time and true to form...her Blueberry Pie is unbeatable and Theresa got to help make it with her while Charlie and I caught up on
In case you have ever wondered what 8lbs of blueberries looks like....here ya go. ...it takes 4 people working like mad about 90 minutes to get this many blueberries.
I can see now why they cost so much at the store. Here, they only charged about a $1.80 a pound. Not bad! 8lbs from the store would have been upwards of 25 - 30 bucks for two pies. This produced 2 very large blueberry pies with about a ziplock bag filled to the brim left over for pancakes, etc. The grand finally to several activities and excursions with the kids was our first ever fishing trip by flat bottom jon-boat. Here is the visual candy from that trip which produced 7lbs of fish and a trip to last a lifetime.
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No it is a subsidiary of Google
Sent from my PMID1000B using Android Central Forums - 12-29-2012, 07:11 AM #77
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No moto is a completely separate company. Only difference between them and any other manufacturers is that Google knows their profit numbers and can choose to change their management.
Other than that, there is no difference. They have to bid on Google business just like everyone else. They can choose not to work for Google and Google can choose not to give them business. And there is very limited discussion between them before contracts are granted because of compliance laws.
I know all this because I work for a company with the exact same relationship.
The reason Google probably got moto was for their patents. Not the mediocre manufacturer that was attached with them. Moto still has some of the most broad cell phone patents around which are advantageous in both royalties and defending yourself in court
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Contractually they can not give moto any advantages for five years. The last, and I mean last thing they want to do is **** off the chinese
Sent from the nexus of the Android world, the SGS3. - 12-29-2012, 05:01 PM #83
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ZTE isn't the issue. To buy moto, Google had to agree to certain terms with the chinese. If they break that agreement the government can potentially cut them off from a BILLION consumers. There are penalties that I am sure are written into the contract, but the bigger penalties are how difficult the government can make it to access Google product and equipment. Heck they could redirect Google Web properties into oblivion.
They can't just do what they want with moto.
Sent from the nexus of the Android world, the SGS3.Last edited by piizzadude; 12-29-2012 at 05:57 PM.
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Besides you are forgetting about the juggernaut that is huewai or however you spell it.... :-)
Sent from the nexus of the Android world, the SGS3. - 12-29-2012, 05:59 PM #87
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I would think they would have a pretty big one if there was that much of an issue.
Sent from the nexus of the Android world, the SGS3. - 12-29-2012, 06:27 PM #88
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See post 84
Sent from the nexus of the Android world, the SGS3. - 12-29-2012, 07:20 PM #90
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I'm really hoping this Motorola X stuff ends up being more of a *platform* and not just a couple of devices. A continuing range of devices that follow the same form factor, build quality, software, etc... basically, make them into Android's iDevice. Consistency #1.
Stock android for sure. Bootloader? They could lock it or unlock it. I'm not sure I really care one way or the other, so long as it's a stock experience. A non removable battery would help with the form factor, and I think I'm OK with that as long as it's got ample power. The only time I ever take the battery out of my GNex is when the stupid thing locks up and I have to reboot it. Obviously, the specs will need to be on par with the latest and greatest when it hits.
Oh, and I need to be able to buy it from the Google Play Store off contract. Because Unlimited data. - 12-29-2012, 10:53 PM #92
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This phone or series of phones won't be stock. Then original rumor is saying that the skin will be on top of the stock OS. Again, this is not a nexus phone, and it doesn't make sense to release a phone that is stock when it's not a nexus. While stock may be clean, skins add differentiating features.
I would guess that it won't be available from the Google play store for the same reason: it isn't a nexus. Google won't sell it directly because it isn't a Google phone, it's a Motorola phone.
I'm not saying I wouldn't be happy if it were available cheaply off contract, but especially the Verizon version will not be available cheaply off contract. - 12-29-2012, 11:35 PM #93
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They keep hoping it is....
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People also keep discrediting people by saying "its not a nexus" and for the most part, while the statement is true they're using it on the wrong argument.
Being a Nexus device has nothing to do with unlocked bootloaders and stock android. Those 2 things are features of a Nexus phone, but having those features do not make it a Nexus device.
What makes a Nexus a Nexus? Readily available stock images for reverting your device, readily available kernel and driver software that can be integrated easily into AOSP code, sold directly to consumers by Google.
So yeah, its not going to be a Nexus. But that doesn't mean it can't be stock, can't be unlocked, etc... My wish for being able to buy it off of the play store is obviously a pipe dream but there's no reason why my other wishes aren't realistic.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2 - 12-30-2012, 10:06 AM #96
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Crazy they just came out with the Nexus 4
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2 - 12-30-2012, 10:16 AM #97
Re: Motorola X Phone
When the Nexus 4 came out you didn't say but they just came out with the RAZR HD did you? It has nothing to do with the Nexus 4, but I give up lol.
I believe it will have Blur, but other than that I totally agree with you.
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just wanted to confirm this phone will not be a nexus. carry on
Google Android Affectionado - 12-30-2012, 11:41 AM #99
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Alrighty. I'm saying it won't be stock because of 1. The original leak said it wouldn't be stock, and 2. What phone from one of the major OEM's has been stock in the past year? Heck, I'm the past two years? In America, the only phones that are stock are nexuses. This is not very true of tablets, but phones are never stock when they aren't nexuses.
In terms of it being unlocked, I agree, not being a nexus doesn't necessarily mean that it won't be unlocked and available off-contract, but that simply hasn't been the modus operandum for any phones other than nexuses here in the states. I much more strongly believe this phone will be far more similar to the Galaxy S 3 in how it is released, how it is marketed, and how Motorola tries to brand it.
You also mentioned unlocked bootloaders. No phones come with unlocked bootloaders, not even nexuses. You do have to unlock them yourself. Motorola may make it easy or difficult to unlock the bootloader of this phone, but if it's popular enough I couldn't imagine there not being development for it one way or another. - 12-30-2012, 11:53 AM #100
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The history of moto and Verizon say it will locked down tighter than a ducks a......
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Sarasota Orchestra's recent Masterworks concert put the spotlight on "Music in Nature" with a cleverly designed program that featured two of classical music's giants: Beethoven's "Pastorale" symphony and Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring." Artistic Director Leif Bjaland may not be the first to pair these picturesque pieces (Disney did it in "Fantasia"), but we give him credit for the motif he wove so well and the beautiful and electrifying sounds he elicited from his massive forces.
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Also, does anyone know if I can sync my old Mac Mini wth this new iPad? It would be realy helpful to open my Optonline emails on the iPad then not find them still waiting in Apple Mail on the Mac Mini, which has a PowerPC system not Intel, and which cannot be upgraded beyond system 10.4.11. I still use it to print from (don't have an air printer), & to use my old Microsoft Office suite and Adobe Creative Suite apps.


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CHERRY VALLEY (WIFR) -- A local library prepares to open its newest chapter with a three thousand foot expansion.
The Cherry Valley Library on East State Street got a complete makeover in the last several months. The facility serves more than 16 thousand people. Library staff say before the expansion, residents didn't have a lot of space to study and work and older books had to be given away to make room for new ones. The renovations include upgraded technology and a brand new meeting room.
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Sarah Palin vows to fight on without Fox News gig
Sarah Palin has parted ways with Fox News, but says, 'we haven't begun to fight!' even though polls show declining support for the tea party movement. In particular, she promises to 'shake up the GOP machine.'
The "lamestream media," as Sarah Palin calls it, may have written her off now that the former vice presidential candidate and tea party favorite has lost her principal media voice as a well-paid commentator on Fox News.
Skip to next paragraphBut there's no indication that Ms. Palin will go back to life in Alaska as the former mayor of a small town and then governor for two years, fishing and hunting with her family before Sen. John McCain picked her out of relative political obscurity to be his running mate in 2008.
"I was raised to never retreat and to pick battles wisely, and all in due season," she said in the one substantial interview she's given since Real Clear Politics first reported that Palin and Fox had parted ways. "When it comes to defending our republic, we haven't begun to fight! But we delight in those who underestimate us."
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Fox reportedly offered Palin far less than the million-dollar annual contract that had included a broadcast studio at her home in Wasilla, Alaska. She turned it down, and Fox had no inclination to up the ante.
"What happened, quite simply, is that Palin's star had faded," Howard Kurtz wrote in Newsweek's the Daily Beast. "She was no longer the rock star of 2008, her future presidential ambitions the subject of constant speculation."
For Fox News, it seemed to be largely a business decision. Or as chief executive officer Roger Ailes put it in 2011, "I hired Sarah Palin because she was hot and got ratings." But there was more to it than that, it seems.
"The political climate shifted as well, with Republicans, having been shellacked in their second straight presidential election, debating a future involving [Marco] Rubio and [Chris] Christie and [Paul] Ryan but not Palin," Mr. Kurtz wrote. "And the atmosphere at Fox shifted as well. It was no longer a network in the throes of a tea party revolt and providing a platform for Glenn Beck. Fox edged a bit closer to the center, and Palin began to seem more the [actor] Julianne Moore of [the HBO movie] 'Game Change' than a political force."


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W. W. Jacobs
William Wymark Jacobs | |
Born | 8 September 1863 Wapping, London, England |
Died | 1 September 1943 (aged 79) Hornsey Lane, Islington, London, England |
Occupation | Short story writer, novelist |
Nationality | English |
Period | 1885–1943 |
William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943), was an English author of short stories and novels.[1] Although much of his work was humorous, he is most famous for his horror story The Monkey's Paw.
Early life[edit]
Jacobs was born in Wapping, London; his father was a wharf manager at the South Devon wharf at Lower East Smithfield.[2] He was educated at a private school in London and later at Birkbeck College (then called Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution, now part of the University of London).
Early career[edit]
In 1879, Jacobs began work as a clerk in the civil service, in the Post Office Savings Bank, and by 1885 he had his first short story published. His road to success was relatively slow: Arnold Bennett writing in 1898 was astonished that Jacobs turned down the sum of £500 for six short stories. Jacobs was financially secure enough to be able to leave the Post Office in 1899.
Jacobs is now remembered for his macabre tale "The Monkey's Paw" (published 1902 in the collection of short stories The Lady of the Barge) [3] and several other ghost stories, including "The Toll House" (published 1909 in the collection of short stories Sailors' Knots). [4] However, the majority of his output was humorous in tone. His favourite subjects were marine life: "men who go down to the sea in ships of moderate tonnage" said Punch, reviewing his first collection of stories, Many Cargoes, which achieved great popular success on its publication in 1896.
Many Cargoes was followed by the novel The Skipper's Wooing in 1897, and another collection of short stories, Sea Urchins (1898) set the seal on his popularity. Among his other titles are Captains All, Sailors' Knots, and Night Watches. The title of the last reflects the popularity of perhaps his most enduring character: the night-watchman on the wharf in Wapping, recounting the preposterous adventures of his acquaintances Ginger Dick, Sam Small, and Peter Russet. These three characters, pockets full after a long voyage, would take lodgings together determined to enjoy a long spell ashore; but the crafty inhabitants of dockland London would soon relieve them of their funds, assisted by the sailors' own fecklessness and credulity. Jacobs showed a delicacy of touch in his use of the coarse vernacular of the East End of London, which attracted the respect of such writers as P. G. Wodehouse, who mentions Jacobs in his autobiographical work Bring on the Girls! written with Guy Bolton, published in 1954.
The stories which made up Many Cargoes had a varied previous serial publication, while those in Sea Urchins were, for the most part, published in Jerome K. Jerome's Idler. From October 1898 Jacobs' stories were being published in The Strand, an arrangement which lasted almost to his death, and provided him with financial security. He also had a lot of financial problems in his story business.[citation needed]
Dramatic work[edit]
Jacobs' short story output declined somewhat around the First World War, and his literary efforts between then and his death were predominantly adaptations of his own short stories for the stage. His first work for the stage, "The Ghost of Jerry Bundler" was performed in London in 1899, revived in 1902 and eventually published in 1908.
Jacobs' novels and short stories were for many years illustrated by Will Owen, who eventually became a household name because of his Bisto Kids, Bovril and Lux Soap posters.
Jacobs married in 1900. In the 1901 census he is shown living with his twenty-year-old wife, Agnes Eleanor Williams, and their three-month-old daughter in Kings Place Road, Buckhurst Hill, Essex. At this time he was able to afford a domestic servant and cook, and his sister and sister-in-law were also living with them.
Jacobs went on to set up home in Loughton, Essex, where he had two houses, the Outlook, in Park Hill, and Feltham House, in Goldings Hill. On the site of the latter is a blue plaque to him. Loughton is the "Claybury" of some of the short stories, and Jacobs' love for the forest scenery in the area features in his "Land Of Cockaigne". Another blue plaque shows Jacobs' central London residence at 15 Gloucester Gate, Regents Park (later used for the Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture). Jacobs' wife was a militant suffragette.
Jacobs died at Hornsey Lane, Islington, London.
- Deep Waters, 1919.
- The Lady of the Barge, 1902. (Contains The Monkey's Paw.)
- Light Freights, 1901.
- Many Cargoes, 1896.
- Night Watches, 1914.
- Odd Craft, 1903. (Contains The Money Box.)
- Sailors' Knots, 1909. (Contains The Toll House.)
- Sea Urchins, 1898. (A/K/A, More Cargoes (US).)
- Sea Whispers, 1926.
- Ship's Company, 1911.
- Short Cruises, 1907.
- At Sunwich Port, 1902.
- The Castaways, 1916.
- Dialstone Lane, 1902.
- A Master of Craft, 1900.
- Salthaven, 1908.
- The Skipper's Wooing and The Brown Man's Servant, 1897. (Novel and novella.)
Film adaptations[edit]
- 1922. A Master of Craft.
- 1936. Our Relations, a Laurel and Hardy feature film, carries a "suggested by" credit to Jacobs' story "The Money Box."
See also[edit]
- ^ New York Times
- ^ http://theydon.org.uk/lhs/Downloads/LHS%20News%20186.pdf
- ^ Norman Donaldson, "W.W. Jacobs", in E. F. Bleiler, ed. Supernatural Fiction Writers. New York: Scribner's, 1985.( pp.383-388). ISBN 0684178087
- ^ Mike Ashley , Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction. Elm Tree Books, 1977. ISBN 0-241-89528-6. (p.102)
External links[edit]
Wikisource has original works written by or about: |
- Works by W. W. Jacobs at Project Gutenberg
- The Monkey's Paw can be read online at American Literature
- The Toll House" Full text.
- W. W. Jacobs at the Internet Movie Database
- 1863 births
- 1943 deaths
- Writers from London
- Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London
- English novelists
- People from Loughton
- People from Wapping
- Victorian novelists
- 19th-century English writers
- 20th-century English writers
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- 20th-century British novelists
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While most states are struggling with underfunded pensions, Wisconsin is sitting pretty thanks to its unique multilevered retirement machine.
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The retired firefighters, police officers, teachers and other state and municipal employees of Wisconsin are set to suffer yet another reduction in their monthly pension checks. On May 1, for the fifth year in a row, many of the 168,000 retirees and beneficiaries in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) will begin receiving payments that are as much as 13 percent smaller than in 2012.
But its not just retirees who will have more trouble making ends meet in the Badger State. The 256,000 active employees in the WRS have been taking home smaller paychecks since July 2011. That is when Governor Scott Walker and the state legislature, as part of an effort to close a $3.6 billion state budget gap, mandated that public workers split the required contributions with their employers. Before that Wisconsin municipalities picked up most or all of their employees share of pension contributions.
At first glance, these reductions look similar: Both retirees and active employees will take home or receive less money than in years past. But there is a key difference. While current employees have recently begun to share their pension contributions with their employers, the retiree reductions are a direct result of a well-constructed pension machine that increases or decreases payouts in tandem with the gains and losses in the WRSs investment portfolio, which now has $84.6 billion in assets. Designed decades ago and unique among the 50 states, the ninth-largest public pension system in the U.S. features a mechanism that insulates Wisconsin from wide swings in funding by balancing both cost-sharing and risk-sharing between employers (that is, taxpayers) and employees.
Wisconsins multilevered retirement machine also awards pensioners an annual bonus, or dividend, when asset prices are rising that has reached as high as 17 percent (during the bull market in 1999). Retirees can also rest assured that their pensions are secure for the long haul despite any short-term gain or pain, because the adjustability feature keeps the WRS close to 100 percent funded. For their part, taxpayers can take comfort in knowing they wont get hit with an increase because of a shortfall in the pension trust fund. Although the investment portfolio lost 26 percent of its assets in 2008, when the financial crisis exploded, taxpayer savings have been impressive: At the end of the 201314 pension calendar year, the state will have shaved total pension benefits by $4 billion over five years.
The Wisconsin Retirement System is fully funded, and the explanation is largely based on the design of the system, says David Villa, who joined the Madison-based State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) as its first chief investment officer in June 2006. Villa is responsible for ensuring that the WRS achieves the top returns needed to deliver its 76 percent share of the systems contributions (employers and employees split the rest).
It turns out that the Midwestern state best known for cheese and beer also has the best-designed and best-governed pension system in the U.S. The WRSs ability to balance employer and employee gains and losses has sheltered Wisconsin from the pension problems that are running rampant in other states. Neighbor Illinois has only about 45 percent of the assets needed to meet future pension liabilities in its state employees, teachers and university systems. In total, U.S. public pensions have a $757 billion underfunding hole, according to a June 2012 report by the Pew Center on the States.
The WRS was not immune to the financial crisis, losing $22.7 billion in 2008. So its a little ironic that although former Wisconsin public employees are still feeling the pain in the form of payment reductions, these very payment reductions are the reason state retirees are likely to continue to receive their benefits in the future.
The Wisconsin pension machine aligns the interests of its employees, taxpayers and investment office. Beyond the adjustable gears and switches that pass on investment gains and losses to Wisconsin retirees and tax savings to citizens is a system of governance that ensures employers and employees make every required contribution, in up and down markets. The third critical element is a bulletproof trust fund that prevents poaching by state officials in search of extra revenue. On top of it all is an investment process that is akin to the more risk-based investing used by top educational endowments and foundations.
I am a retired teacher with 30 years in and a Master1s degree not a so called expert without being part of the WRS system, I represent the local senior retirees who are actually involved in the cuts .and have tried to communicate with the people that have influence and control on the WRS including the Govenor.All these people are so called authorities on the WRS but not one of them has actually taken a grass roots poll of how the Seniors involved feel and how they are financially affected. We tried to obtain access to these members for their opinions. You might just as well try to talk to the President. You probably would have more success. Mr. Bennet ,Mr. Palmer are all Pro ETF even though they head ETF watchdog groups.Unfortunately much of the public is being misinformed about how the realSystem works. About how Sonority is Ignored. About how more than 1/2 of the members are no longer sharing the load. About how these seniors are going to pay their bills. About the Golden Parachutes and Bench Mark Bonuses stll being awarded. About the Alternatives to large negative cuts that were discarded by the ETF and ETC. Any States that are interested in following Wisconsin`s Footsteps. PLEASE CONTACT US BEFORE MAKING THE DECESION. We ae sure that their members will not accept this Robin hood in Reverse System once they are correctly informed.
It all boils down to the haves and have not's. I retired in 1994 with a Master`s Degree and 30 years of teaching. I have a pension plan that sucks. No Seniority! No respect,. And financially in deep trouble. All those 70,000 plus retirees telling me that I have gained so much and now I should live at a 1994 pension level. While they now live at a up to date cost of living level. All these people (Who should be in the Know}say Wisconsin has the best pension system. Why then! Haven't other states adopted it. Are they dumb or ignorant. Any state that adopts (Robin Hood in Reverse) or(Take funds from Peter to pay Paul) has incompetent management. Not according to the ETF. They are including new buildings and personal in their budget and are awarding Golden Parachutes and bench mark bonuses and have free rein to do so. The only people I would even bother discussing this travesty with are other Seniors that are in the same boat. Not legislatures who have their own retirement system and union leaders and Reporters who approve the ETF`s methods. Come May 70,000 plus( Not just retirees but SENIOR RETIRES) will lose another approx. 10% of their income.(7% Last year) and (NOBODY CARES)Except the Cronies who give and write speeches touting Wisconsin`s Fully Funded System!
So, if I understand the genius of Wisconsin's government pension fund is it this: if the market goes down or an unwise investment is made (a bit more on that later), payments to retirees are reduced. In effect the pension is designed to that at any moment - the future value of payments is tied to the current value of assets. What this seems to be in effect then is a defined contribution plan and not a defined benefit plan.There's no particular "genius" to this.The article also points out this defined contribution scheme ensures that the retiree will continue to get paid. Of course at some point theoretically the payment might be insufficient to support the retiree. Finally it seems that the custodians of the retirees' funds have decided to invest in hedge funds and leveraged fixed income. If both are relatively risky despite imagined risk management systems, aren't the custodians of those funds increasing the leverage of the pension fund and exposing it to just the sort of risks that would cause a reduction in retirees' benefits?So in essence the genius of Wisconsin's pension plan is to shift the risk completely on to the retirees with a bit of extra risk added through risky investments.And this is a model for other states to consider.More fiscally responsible states may wish to consider eliminating their pension plans entirely. That way the retiree's future payment will not be subject to any change. And the plan in total will be fully funded at all times.
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D.A. Gill frustrated with impasse over fugitive Utah mom
An apparent impasse over efforts to arrest a woman who fled to Washington state with her toddler son from his Utah custodial parent's home has Salt Lake County's district attorney angry and frustrated.
Sim Gill said Monday that little progress has been made in persuading Spokane (Wash.) County court and law enforcement officials to honor a 3rd District Court arrest order for 19-year-old Lady Ashley Marks. She is accused of having absconded with 15-month-old Giovanni Marks on Oct. 14 during what was supposed to be a supervised visit to the Murray home of Brandon Marks, who has legal custody of his son.
The next day, Gill's office issued an arrest warrant charging the mother with third-degree felony custodial interference across state lines. A Spokane County sheriff's deputy located the mother and child at a residence in that eastern Washington city, but after being told by the mother she would not surrender herself or the child, the deputy left without arresting her.
Both Gill and Murray police spokesman Kenny Bass said Spokane County court officials initially said that the Utah court-provided documents — including the custody order, affidavits and the arrest warrant — did not meet Washington state legal requirements for interstate service.
Gill said Monday that his office had resubmitted the documents in question. "We have filed all of the appropriate paperwork and Spokane still won't process it," he said.
"We continue to try to get them to execute [the warrant] but they refuse to do so, let alone even taking the child into custody," Gill said. "I have a defendant who absconded with the child … and now we don't even know where she or the child are."
Bass confirmed that it seemed Spokane law officers had let the mother slip from their grasp. An officer recently returned to the home where she had been initially found, but she had left with the child for an unknown destination.
"At this point, I understand that Spokane may [decide to] serve the arrest warrant [on the mother]," Bass said, ,"but won't take the child into protective custody, for whatever reason."
What the next step may be is undetermined. Gill said the possibility of sending Utah law officers to Washington to serve the warrant is being explored, but that would require Spokane County's approval.
Added Bass: "It's all confusing right now, more of a bureaucratic thing more than anything else."
Numerous inquiries to both the Spokane County sheriff's and prosecutor's offices about the case had gone unanswered as of Monday.
During the Murray visit, Marks allegedly waited until the boy's paternal grandmother briefly left the room to flee the house with the baby. Police were able to trace her route through Utah, Idaho and Montana to Washington by pinging her cellphone.
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Quotes regarding children.
- See also: Childhood
- Alphabetized by author
- Monday's child is fair in face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for its living;
And a child that's born on a Christmas day,
Is fair and wise, good and gay.- Anonymous; reported in Anna E. K. S. Bray, Traditions, Legends, Superstitions, and Sketches of Devonshire (1838), vol. 2, pp. 287–88. In some versions, "the Sabbath day" is substituted for "a Christmas day". For further information and other alternative wordings, see Monday's Child.
- Nothing matters more to a child than a place to call home.
- Brenda Donald, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Human Resources, "Brenda Donald: Mission possible for Maryland: 1,000 new foster parents by 2010", Examiner.com (5 February 2008).
- Sometimes, you have to take a risk to give your kids what you want to give them.
- Noel Edmonds, from the gameshow, Deal or no Deal, (5 November 2008).
- In old days there were angels who came and took men by the hand and led them away from the city of destruction. We see no white-winged angels now. But yet men are led away from threatening destruction: a hand is put into theirs, which leads them forth gently towards a calm and bright land, so that they look no more backward; and the hand may be a little child's.
- George Eliot, Silas Marner (Chapter 14, 1861).
- Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea...Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
- Jesus Christ, Matthew 18:3-20 (KJV).
- The children wear military uniforms and become used to handling the anti-aircraft artillery flak guns. Fifteen and sixteen-year-old children as warriors! If the war still continues to last for a long time, perhaps the babies will also be employed. Total war!!
- Friedrich Kellner, My Opposition, 1943.
- All I know is Nanhoï's love. My son is my life. I believe in the magic of this love. He is the embodiment of life to me. The embodiment of beauty. Through him I'll find redemption and salvation. Then the wound in my soul - the wound I thought would never scar over - will stop bleeding.
- Klaus Kinski, in Kinski Uncut : The Autobiography of Klaus Kinski (1996), p. 316.
- Children should be obscene, and not heard.
- Reverend Loveshade as quoted in Ek-sen-trik-kuh Discordia: The Tales of Shamlicht edited by Reverend Loveshade
- Children hallow small things. A child is a priest of the ordinary, fulfilling a sacred office that absolutely no one else can fill. The simplest gesture, the ephemeral movement, the commonest object all become precious beyond words when touched, noticed, lived by one's own dear child.
- Mike Mason, The Mystery of Children (Colorado Springs: Waterbrook Press, 2001), p. 27.
- Children have rights that adults do not have, and these rights come before the rights of adults.
- Janne Haaland Matlary, quoted in "Professor Puts Kids' Rights First", Zenit (23 March 2007).
- With the birth of each child you lose two novels.
- Candia McWilliam, as quoted in The Guardian (5 May 1993).
- The welfare of a child is not to be measured by money only, nor by physical comfort only.
- Lindley, L.J., In re McGrath (Infants), L. R. 1 C. D. (1893), p. 148; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 188.
- Look around you. Everywhere. They are there. In every home - lurking in dark corners ... small, bi-pedal entities with almost human brains play their games in which adults are the pawns. They play and wait for the time when they will take over the world!
- John Blair Moore, Invaders from Home, Piranha Press, 1990, Book 1 of 6.
- But she didn't laugh. "When you have children," she said, staring at her glass, "you accept life. Do you accept life?"
- Cesare Pavese, Among women only.
- Children are the keys of Paradise … They alone are good and wise, Because their thoughts, their very lives, are prayer.
- Richard Henry Stoddard, in Songs of Summer (1856), p. 113.
- The fear that seeing naked people in some way harms children is not supported, however, by academic research. The small handful of studies on this topic in psychology and sociology have shown, instead, that children reared in an atmosphere containing family social nudity may benefit from the practice. If this is true, then proposed laws outlawing either social nudity in the home or children's participation at naturist (or nudist) settings are unjustified.
- Mark Storey in Children, Social Nudity and Scholarly Study.
- Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.
- Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) Emotions.
- Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
- Rabindranath Tagore, in Stray Birds (1916)
- Paraphrased variants:
- Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of humanity
- The birth of a child, is God's way of saying, life must go on.
- I honestly don't understand the big fuss made over nudity and sex in films. It's silly. On TV, the children can watch people murdering each other, which is a very unnatural thing, but they can't watch two people in the very natural process of making love. Now, really, that doesn't make any sense, does it?
- Sharon Tate as quoted in Sharon Tate and the Manson Murders (2000) by Greg King
- You do not chop off a section of your imaginative substance and make a book specifically for children, for — if you are honest — you have no idea where childhood ends and maturity begins. It is all endless and all one.
- P. L. Travers, as quoted in Sticks and Stones : The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter (2002) by Jack Zipes.
- A child, not knowing what is extraordinary and what is commonplace, usually lights midway between the two, finds interest in incidents adults consider beneath notice, and calmly accepts the most improbable occurrences.
- Gene Wolfe, "The Fifth Head of Cerberus", Orbit 10 (1972), ed. Damon Knight. Reprinted in a set of three novellas, The Fifth Head of Cerberus (1972).
Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)[edit]
Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).
- Train them to virtue; habituate them to industry, activity, and spirit. Make them consider every vice as shameful and unmanly. Fire them with ambition to be useful. Make them disdain to be destitute of any useful knowledge. Fix their ambition upon great and solid objects, and their contempt upon little, frivolous, and useless ones.
- John Adams, p. 50.
- Never despair of a child. The one you weep the most for at the mercy-seat may fill your heart with the sweetest joys.
- Theodore L. Cuyler, p. 50.
- Precious Saviour! come in spirit, and lay Thy strong, gentle grasp of love on our dear boys and girls, and keep these our lambs from the fangs of the wolf.
- Theodore L. Cuyler, p. 50.
- Jesus was the first great teacher of men who showed a genuine sympathy for childhood. When He said "Of such is the kingdom of heaven," it was a revelation.
- Edward Eggleston, p. 49.
- As in the Master's spirit you take into your arms the little ones, His own everlasting arms will encircle them and you. He will pity both their and your simplicity; and as in unseen presence He comes again, His blessing will breathe upon you.
- James Hamilton, p. 50.
- Bring your little children to the Saviour. Place them in His arms. Devote them to His service. Born in His camp, let them wear from the first His colors. Taking advantage of timely opportunities, and with all tenderness of spirit, seek to endear them to the Friend of Sinners, the Good Shepherd of the lambs, the loving Guardian of the little children. And not only teach them, but govern them. And in order to govern them, govern yourselves.
- James Hamilton, p. 50.
- Children have more need of models than of critics.
- Joseph Joubert, p. 49.
- Let us be men with men, and always children before God; for in His eyes we are but children. Old age itself, in presence of eternity, is but the first moment of a morning.
- Joseph Joubert, p. 51.
- Johnny is but gone an hour or two sooner to bed as children are wont to do, and we are undressing to follow. And the more we put off the love of this present world, and all things superfluous beforehand, we shall have the less to do when we lie down.
- Robert Leighton, p. 51.
- God has given you your child, that the sight of him, from time to time, might remind you of His goodness, and induce you to praise Him with filial reverence.
- Christian Scriver, p. 50.
- We speak of educating our children. Do we know that our children also educate us?
- Lydia Sigourney, p. 51.
- The glorified spirit of the infant is as a star to guide the mother to its own blissful clime.
- Lydia Sigourney, p. 53.
- We are but children, the things that we do
Are as sports of a babe to the Infinite view,
That sees all our weakness, and pities it too.
And oh! when aweary, may we be so blest
As to sink, like an innocent child, to our rest,
And feel ourselves clasped to the Infinite breast.- F. Burge Smith, p. 51.


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Parker says "darm it". It's very cute...It make us It's a combo between Daddy's bad words and Mommy's good words!Originally Posted by GaRain
Is it a good word when you are using it in the same context? Someone once told me that if you say "Oh petunias" the same way you would say "Oh dam" (yes, I know it's spelled wrong) then the meaning was the same and you still get demerits.
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Mild Winter Allows Early Spring Field Work
Apr 07, 2006 — The mild winter weather and early spring meant some North Country farmers got a jump start on field work. Pete Barney, agronomist with Cornell Cooperative Extension in St. Lawrence County, says most farmers welcomed the chance to break ground earlier than usual. He spoke with Todd Moe. Go to full article
Allied Coops Weigh Agri-Mark Merger
Feb 06, 2006 — Members of one of the North Country's largest dairy cooperatives are deciding whether to join forces with the makers of Cabot and McCadam cheeses. Allied Federation of Cooperatives, based in Canton, will vote on merging with New England-based Agri-Mark. David Sommerstein reports. Go to full article
Pataki Budget Spends Big on Environment
Jan 18, 2006 — Pro-environment groups say Governor Pataki's spending plan is the "greenest in recent memory". The budget proposed yesterday sets aside a record $1.4 billion for conservation and stewardship. If approved by the legislature, the money will flow to hundreds of different program, from municipal sewer and water projects to efforts to combat invasive species. As Brian Mann reports, the spending plan also includes dozens of new staff positions at the Department of Environmental Conservation and $50 million for new land and easement purchases. Go to full article
Ten Threats: Farmers Wasting Great Lakes Water?
Jan 10, 2006 — We continue the series, Ten Threats to the Great Lakes, looking at the threat of water withdrawals from the Great Lakes. In the Great Lakes region, farmers are one of the biggest users of water. They pump water from underground aquifers or from lakes and streams to irrigate their crops or water livestock. Agriculture has been criticized for its large withdrawals of water. Farmers say they want to be recognized in a Great Lakes water use agreement as efficient water users, but as Erin Toner report, it's unclear whether that's true. Go to full article
Farmland Increasing Worldwide
Dec 15, 2005 — The amount of farmland is decreasing throughout the Great Lakes region. But scientists say the amount of agricultural land is increasing worldwide, bringing additional challenges to US farmers. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Chuck Quirmbach reports. Go to full article
Great Lakes: Farmland to Wetlands
Nov 28, 2005 — Our series on the Ten Threats to the Great Lakes continues with a story about how farmers are getting involved in restoring some of the natural landscape. Before farmers could work the fields in the nation's bread basket, they first had to drain them. So thousands of miles of ditches and trenches were dug to move water off the land. In the process, millions of acres of wetlands were lost. And losing the wetlands meant losing nature's water filter. Today, some farmers are working to restore these wet places. Mark Brush reports. Go to full article
Farmers Deal With More Rain
Oct 26, 2005 — Farmers across the state are enduring one of the wettest Octobers on record. It should be a busy time on farms. But this fall, crops from soybeans to onions are still left in soggy fields. Gregory Warner spoke with agronomist Pete Barney of the Cornell Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County. He said there are some bright spots, and lots of problems. Go to full article
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Oct 07, 2005 — The federal government is phasing in a national identification tracking system for livestock to help trace and curb threats, such as Mad Cow disease and even bio-terrorism. New York is even advancing what it calls micro-chip, injectable social security numbers for livestock. But many farmers worry that Big Brother may be moving into the barn. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Joyce Kryszak reports. Go to full article
School Cafeterias Embrace Local Food
Sep 13, 2005 — Food More and more schools, universities and other institutions with cafeterias are by-passing processed foods from multi-national corporations. Instead, they're buying food from local farmers. Advocates say locally-grown fruits and vegetables are fresher. They say the food tastes better, and they're finding kids sometimes ask for apples and tomatoes instead of candy and chips. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Julie Grant reports. Go to full article
Adirondack Growers Celebrate Harvest Season
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This 18-hole golf facility, set in rolling hills, has a challenging front nine carved out of forest and wetlands; and a scenic back nine that offers links-style golf with dramatic changes in elevation. We offer bent grass fairways and greens, with fescue in the roughs. Our carts include a GPS system. Banquet and meeting facilities are available. A Courtyard by Marriott is adjacent; stay and play hotel packages are offered.
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Named for two legendary Ozarks golfers, the course rises to the standard that its name implies. Springfield pays tribute to Missouri Amateur winner, Bill Stewart, and to his son Payne Stewart, who won on the PGA tour 11 times, including two U.S. Opens and one PGA Championship.
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Carthage Golf Course is an 18-hole, public course. The original nine holes, designed by Mike Farlow, opened in 1937. The second nine holes, designed by Don Sechrest, opened in 1982. The entire course was renovated in 2003, by Craig Schreiner.
We have Bermuda fairways, zoysia tee boxes, and L93 bentgrass greens. Practice facilities include a large putting green, chipping green, pitching green, and a sand bunker.
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The Chillicothe Country Club features a 9-hole golf course with USGA approved bent grass greens. The Par 72 layout features 4 sets of tees that allow golfers of all abilities to enjoy an afternoon on the links. The course's tree lined Kentucky bluegrass fairways place a premium on accuracy and the undulating greens, ponds and six bunkers offer a rewarding challenge to experienced golfers.
An 18-hole semi-private golf course. Rated four of five stars by Missouri Golf Association. Meeting and banquet facilites available.
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Country Creek Golf Club is a public golf course, featuring 54 holes on three courses. The courses have three to four sets of tees to make it fun and challenging for golfers of every skill level.
Crown Pointe Golf Club melds gently rolling terrain with a variety of water hazards and high bluffs. The par 72, links-style golf course is 7,069 yards in total length. Fairways and tees are a bluegrass and rye blend, while the greens are planted with bentgrass. The 19th Hole Bar and Grill is located next to the pro shop.
Crown Pointe is unique because you can take advantage of private-club-style amenities and a four-star course while enjoying the convenience of public-course status. Turn your visit into a golfing getaway. Crown Pointe Lodge, located on-site, offers upscale lodging with an indoor swimming pool, tennis courts, a business center, a training room and the convenience of walking from your room to the first tee every morning.
We offer yearly golf packages. We have a Loyalty Program for return customers.
Dogwood has been a lake favorite since 1962. Generous Bermuda grass fairways, well-conditioned bentgrass greens and the ability to drive carts on the fairway make Dogwood Hills a delight to play for any skill level.
The Golf Shop offers apparel, golf equipment, accessories, club fitting and lessons by PGA teaching professionals.
The practice facility includes a large chipping area; a putting green; and the only lighted practice range in the lake area.
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This 9-hole, par-3 course is owned and operated by the City. Hole distances range from 82 yards to 182 yards. The course features two ponds and several sand traps to test your skills. A practice green offers an opportunity to warm up before your round. The course offers a fun golfing experience for anyone from beginner to pro. Located in Eiserman Park, next to the Branson Community Center.
From our impeccable golf course, to our large clubhouse, we provide some of the best that Kansas City golf has to offer. Handcrafted by course designer, Dr. Michael Hurdzan, on 280 acres of farmland. The 7,121 yard, par 72 course is designed around meandering creeks and rolling fairways. Players enjoy zoysia fairways, bent grass greens, and five sets of tees. There is a 9-hole executive course adjacent.
A backdrop of wooded areas, rolling hills and creeks are just a few of Eldon Golf Club's features. Zoysia fairways and an upgraded bunker system lead to accommodating greens. The layout offers four tee locations to challenge golfers of all skill levels. Course facilities include a driving range, video analysis by a PGA professional, pro shop, clubhouse, snack bar and swimming pool.
Built in 1915, Excelsior Springs Golf Course has established trees, rolling hills, zoysia fairways/tees, driving range and practice facility.
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Fairview is St. Jo's only 18-hole public course. Established in 1925, this is one of the oldest public courses in Missouri.
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