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The future of retirement and the pension system: How the public's expectations vary over time and across socio-economic groups
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We analyze expectations of the Dutch population ages 25 and older concerning future generosity of state and occupational pensions, the main pillars of the Dutch pension system. We use rotating panel data with monthly observations from 2006 until 2012 on individuals' subjective expectations concerning changes between now and ten or twenty years from now in the purchasing power of occupational pensions and of old age social security benefits, the eligibility age for old age social security benefits, and the average retirement age ten or twenty years from now. We find significant variation in expectations across socio-economic groups, with more pessimistic expectations amongst higher educated and higher income groups. We also find that expectations have gradually become more pessimistic since the onset of the economic and financial crisis, in line with the plans for reforms that will reduce pension generosity.
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- The future of retirement and the pension system: How the public's expectations vary over time and across socio-economic groups
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- Subjective probabilities
- Old age social security
- Occupational pensions
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- Arthur van Soest (2)
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- 1. Netspar and CIRPÉE, Université Laval, Pavillon J.-A.-DeSève, Québec, QC, Canada, G1V OA6
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June 2013Newly single metal sculptor Melanie isn't up for her high school reunion, but when her best friend insists and an old flame contacts her, she tells herself that revisiting the past might help her find her way into the future. It's only after a raucous road trip replete with tunes that will get readers of a certain age humming under their breath, however, that Melanie does find a way forward-just not the one she expected. Like all of Cook's novels, Time Flies will make you laugh and cry, get you thinking, and leave you with the feeling that the best part of your own life has only just begun! -- Jill Miner, Saturn Booksellers, Gaylord, MI
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The wedding weekend kicked off on Thursday night with a wedding movie and painting our toenails.
It was such a great weekend and I am so excited to welcome Tambra into the married world!!
Beautiful dress
her mom made those dresses?!? very impressive! you ladies look beautiful. love the funky bridesmaid jewelry and your hair looked great!
You look beautiful in yellow!! I can't imagine how much skill it must take to make a wedding dress and the bridesmaids dresses-amazing!!
Very cute BM Dresses, and her dress is beautiful! I love your hair! And the typed up directions for everyone is totally something that I would do. And it isn't far off! Ha-Ha! :)
I wish my mom was that talented!! That's crazy! The dresses are gorgeous and I love the color of the bridesmaid's dresses.
What a talented seamstress! How convenient that it is her mother! You looked like you had a fabulous time!
Megan - you looked gorgeous this weekend! Love these pictures! And I'm so impressed that her mom made all the dresses...she is so talented!
Have a wonderful week :)
You DO NOT look with child! LOL
You look beautiful! :)
That veil is incredible!! There's just nothing like seeing an old friend get married. :)
And that typed out list--sadly something I would do!!
Love the yellow!! I can't believe her Mom made all of the dresses...so pretty.
You look GORGEOUS!!! Love all the pics!
How fun! I love the movie in the park idea!
What a pretty wedding. Your hair looked gorgeous.
I don't know Tambra or her mom, but I want her mom to make my wedding dress, lol.
Wow- you hair looked great- and her dress- phenomenal. Wow. So huge!
GORGEOUS!!! All of it. I will go to bed happy tonight knowing that there are people in this world talented enought to create all those beautiful dresses.
And you looked stunning in yellow, my dear!
Glad ya'll had a fun weekend!
I can't believe her mom made those dresses! They're gorgeous! She is one talented lady!
Looks like a fun weekend ;)
What a dress!!! That is absolutely beautiful.
I agree, love your hair. You look beautiful ~~ great pictures.
Have a Blessed week,
Very, very cute hair!!
Wow, her mom is quite the seamstress!
And you hair looked gorgeous! I'd totally copy that style...if I ever had a reason to put my hair in an updo again, that is!
Oh I LOVE the yellow dresses --
:-) and it cracks me up that picture of y'all looking at the directions - haha
Those dresses are gorgeous!
her mom made all that???? incredible... that veil is stunning! Love the yellow too!
Your hair turned out fantastic!!!
Weddings are just plain fun!!!
You look beautiful as ever! Love both those dresses on you! Great colors!
Wow...you look stunning in yellow--that's just one color I can't pull off!
those are some of the prettiest bridesmaid dresses EVER! SO pretty !and your hair looked amazing. Loving the brides vail too
You seriously crack me up. You do not look anywhere close to "with child!" LOL
And your hair looked amazing!
Sooo fun! Loved the dress and really love your hair!! :)
Chandler said you look like you have "tree hair" in the pics of you and Luke. Ha ha!
LOVE the bridemaid dress, you look gorgeous!
Beautiful! I loved the way you did your hair for the rehearsal too! and I loved the movie in the park, that is so thoughtful and so much fun! What a great weekend!
your hair looks great and your dress looks amazing! beautiful! it sounds like a great weekend!
You are hilarious! I just caught myself reading several of your older posts - and I'm hooked!
You look so beautiful! And I love the way your hair turned out. The color of the bridesmaids dresses was magnificent, too! Plus, I cannot say enough about the bride's dress - oh my goodness! SO gorgeous. :)
The MOST perfect weather for an outside wedding! I love your navy dress that you wore to the rehearsal and the bridesmaid dress is so unique and beautiful!
LOVE the hair!!!
love the yellow dress & the blue one you had on the night before. super cute!!!
oh honey that yellow dress looks amazing on you! you go pretty lady...
this is most random, but i came across your blog from another blog... as i was reading, i realized- i was totally at that wedding too! i was roommates with tiffany and tambra is a sweet friend of mine. i love your blog- very sweet.


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Shaq Joins Charles Barkley on Show That May Not Exist
Categories: Sports
"A paycheck for sitting in a chair and talking about basketball? Don't mind if I do." |
The reports cast an eerie glow around former Heat owner Micky Arison's reaction last month to Shaq's retirement: "I think he should take Charles Barkley's job." With any luck, he did.
It's not clear how TNT made room for ol' Kazaam, but with the NBA lockout still in full swing, who knows what they'll be talking about, or if they'll even be on the air. We can only hope Barkley doesn't start taking Shaq to the buffet with him; a 600-pound O'Neal probably wouldn't last long.
In conclusion, here is a video of Charles Barkley playing golf.
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After falling behind by as many as 15 points in the first half, Kake did more than keep it interesting in the second, as the red-and-black attack rallied to defeat Haines 86-79 in a 'B' bracket elimination game Wednesday night.
Hoonah traveled over from Chichagof Island and ran away with the 2013 Gold Medal C Bracket championship on Saturday night with an 88-66 win against Hydaburg.
From the very first basket of the game it was a special night for Huna.
Albert Hinchman canned a deep triple to open play and the shot certainly fell from the heavens.
"I had a rough week on the shooting," Hinchman said. "Thank God that first one went in."
Hinchman was dedicating the game to his uncle Jake White Sr. who passed just days ago.
The Klukwan Jilkats never trailed in their 63-35 win over Kake in the 67th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament Masters Bracket Championship game on Saturday at Juneau-Douglas High School.
Jeff Shannbroich hit the opening bucket off the glass for the first two points of the championship game and the Klukwan team was off and running.
Hydaburg was looking to defend their 2012 Gold Medal Championship, Angoon was looking to get their third B-Bracket title in four years, and a standing room only crowd was hoping to see the best basketball in the state.
Everybody got their wish during Saturday's championship game except Hydaburg, as Angoon now has a 109-99 trophy win to take home to the Kootznahoo Inlet on the west side of Admiralty Island.
"Ah man this means a lot," Jordan Jamestown said. "This is our third one. I am just happy to bring the title back where it belongs, man. It belongs in Angoon."
Travis Dybdahl scored 30 points and Lucas Johnson 24 as Hoonah advanced to Saturday's C Bracket Championship game of the 67th Annual Gold Medal Basketball Tournament over Klukwan 92-68 on Thursday night.
Hoonah hit 11 shots from beyond the arch including two apiece from Dybdahl, Johnson and Kamal Lindoff in the first half.
Hoonah led 57-38 at the break.
Baskets by Johnson, Kamal Lindoff and Andy Gray jump started Hoonah to a 70-50 advantage at the 14:16 mark.
The Kake Masters eliminated Hoonah 61-51 and will get another chance to work into a title defense of their Gold Medal Masters Championship.
A balanced attack led by Willis Cavanaugh's 14 points and 13 from Mike Knudson kept pace with the game-high scoring of Hoonah's Ken Willard.
Kip Howard added nine points for Kake, Mike Martin seven, Lonnie Anderson six, Wayne Friday five, Don James four, and Tim James three.
Kake hit 16-23 at the free throw line, Hoonah connected on just three-of-10.
A scoring duel between Hydaburg's Joe Young (26 points) and TJ Young (23 points) and Yak tat's Jimmy Jensen (27 points) and Damien Long (21 points) would come down to who had the deeper supporting cast.
Hydaburg's bench proved to be the difference in their 77-61 elimination game win over Yakutat. Harold Dilts hit four of his five triples in the first half to keep Hydaburg in the game until TJ Young came to life in the second half.
Leading 32-30 at the break Hydaburg's Young boys, Dilts and Tony Peele connected on their first shots to spark control of the game.
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A visual aid on the Obama jobs record
I considey myself sorta a "shot and a beer" Republican so when I see charts like this from Redstate
I feel compelled to try and provide a better visual idea of the futility to date of Obamanomics
Since February the Obama camp claims to have "saved or created" 100,000 to 150,000 jobs
On the other hand, unemployment is up by over 1.5 million. I suspect that when adds in "discouraged workers" no longer seeking work we are well above that number.
So I think there's about a 1 to 12 ratio of new or saved jobs to lost jobs right about now.
So here's the graphic
Any questions?
Hey, but now we own
GM, Chrysler, AIG, GMAC . . . we may not have jobs, but we all have stock!
Maybe Obama will nationalize the beer companies. Free Beer=More Votes!
your humor, it hurts...
because it's so true!
I wish we had just nationalized the banks. it would have been cheaper and more efficient.
plus, then we wouldn't have a runaway stock market.
Normal 0 Obama's
Obama's constituent are expecting much from him, they believe that he could be the one that could make a big change toward the recovery of America from the catastrophic effect of the global recession. We are aware the recession brought a lot of anxiety and confusion. Unemployment rate was still on the rise. Action must be done before the economy get even worse. Here's another issue that create anxiety among people, the K Street project. It sounds kind of almost disturbing. The K Street Project, named for K Street in Washington D.C., is a foundation of Republicans that seek to get most, if not all, lobbying firms to hire mostly registered Republicans to work as lobbyists. A lot of special interest groups have been put under pressure to hire Republicans over Democrats, in their quest for majority power and instant cash – mostly enormous tax breaks to the richest 1% of Americans and nothing for people who really need it. The K Street Project has several high profile neo-conservatives tied to it, such as the disgraced former Representative Tom DeLay. Some would give faxless payday loans to make the K Street Project go away.
Ha ha
Very funny. There is a huge percentage of people that get sick of applying for jobs and decid not to bother any more. They sell the car and buy a motorcycle to save costs and hope like hell that the so called "Job growth" increases some time in the near future.


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Physics research is done in many subfields of physics, and at many places. It's not possible to list all of them, so I will just give you a few links and focus on my own research interests in theoretical nuclear physics.
I am a member of the Nuclear Theory Group of OSU's Physics Department.
You can find more details about my research at my research home page.
Before coming to OSU, I was a post-doc at Jefferson Lab's Theory Group, and at the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT. I obtained my Ph.D. in 1996 from Bonn University (Germany), after completing my thesis research work at the Institute for Nuclear Physics at the Research Center in Juelich (Germany).
In case that you would like to do some research, contact me for research projects and check out the opportunities to participate in summer research programs for students:
The Research Experience for Undergraduates funded by the National Science Foundation - this link lists research opportunities in all sciences and engineering, not just physics.
The National Labs run by the Department of Energy also have summer programs for undergraduates, in science and engineering.
NASA has also various programs for undergraduates.
Research involves a lot of numerical computation. Below are links to webpages where you can download various compilers (Fortran, C, C++), editors (emacs), and a "linux-like" environment for PCs running under Windows (cygwin):
If you use a PC running Windows:
Cygwin page
In order to install the compiler bundle gcc (includes c, c++, fortran), click on the
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until you get to the "Select Packages"
screen. There, click on the "View" button to toggle the view to "Full"
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list of all available packages, choose "gcc" and everything else you'd like.
If you use Linux:
Free Software Foundation (the
GNU project) in particular their compiler
A great editor: emacs (available for all platforms)
Great lectures by Frank Close from 2001, understandable for the general public (sound quality improves hugely after two minutes or so). After clicking on the link, click on "lecture" to see both video and transparencies at the same time.
Physics for Non-Physics Students (Part I)
Particle Physics for
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Particle Physics for
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Particle Physics for
Non-Physics Students (Part IV)
If you would like to see and hear some interesting physics talks, try the link to the Plenary Talks of the American Physical Society Meeting. Caution, real physics - these talks are intended for a physicist audience, but some of them start out fairly understandable even for a non-physicist:
APS April 2003 Meeting Weblectures
Collection of Weblectures, both on Physics and Computing (including a C++ course)
DESY (German Electron Synchrotron) weblectures
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In its wide-ranging inquiry into the financial crash, Rethinking the Financial Crisis marshals an impressive collection of rigorous and yet empirically-relevant research that, in some respects, upsets the conventional wisdom about the crisis and also opens up new areas for exploration.
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Dear Baby: Thirty-Five Weeks, Four Days
Dear Baby,
Given the weightiness of the past couple of weeks–the sadness and stress and worry of it all–I figured that it was high time to inject some levity into this little webspace.
That's right. I actually did that. In front of a camera. And then posted the picture on the internet.
And I do believe that you're three Chipotle burritos big! (Or, um, I'm three Chipotle burritos big. Or thirty-five burritos big, given that I've consumed near-weekly burritos throughout your entire gestation.)
And you know what? I'm not too proud to admit that I couldn't even be bothered to get out of my pajamas and put some actual clothes on so that your father could take this photo. I was all, "IDEA!! IDEA!! Grab the camera before I devour this burrito and the idea becomes impossible to actualize!"
And noooo, I did not and cannot eat two burritos at once. One was your father's. The other–the brown rice, black beans, green peppers, onions, hot salsa, cheese, lettuce, and guacamole beacon of perfection–was mine.
Yes, I am a complete and utter spazz.
You're gonna love me for it.
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Well, at least their employers are paying up. Those guys cashed out years ago.
Barclays (BCS) agreed Wednesday to pay $453 million in a joint agreement with regulators in the United States and Europe to settle a probe that it profited or curbed losses on trades related to Libor - aka the London Interbank Offered Rate -- which impacts borrowing costs for everyone from homeowners to central bankers from 2005 to 2009.
According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission , Barclays traders, under the approving eye of the bank's senior management, made artificially low Libor submissions while simultaneously colluding with their equally devious counterparts at other banks. For example, here is a March 2007 instant message exchange between a pair of traders from separate banks: "this is the way you pull off deals like this chicken, don't talk about it too much, 2 months of preparation ... the trick is you must not do this alone ... this is between you and me but really don't tell ANYBODY." No, you turkey, the trick is not to get caught and leave a trail of evidence that you are rigging bids. And here is another choice nugget from March 2006 illustrating the conspiracy theses dunces engaged in: "Dude. I owe you big time! Come over one day after work and I'm opening a bottle of Bollinger." Hey, there may be no honor among crooks, but at least there is champagne. As for the guy at the top of Barclays pyramid, well, CEO Bob Diamond said what he was expected to say, apologizing that "some people acted in a manner not consistent with our culture and values." As penance, Diamond, Finance Director Chris Lucas, Chief Operating Officer Jerry del Missier and investment banking boss Rich Ricci agreed to forgo bonuses this year. Sorry, Bob, but it was more than "some" bad apples spoiling the bunch. This was a wide-ranging scheme that will surely grow even wider as more big-name banks settle with the Department of Justice in order to put the whole sordid affair behind them. Heads should definitely roll over this, not just bow in regret over getting busted. And as for your bonus sacrifice, give us a break. We are quite sure you can skate by on your current $6 million base salary and the $23.5 million in compensation you pocketed last year. Of course, the same probably can't be said for all the struggling homeowners now shelling out higher than necessary mortgage payments each month because of your bank's bad behavior. Nope, those folks aren't skating by at all. Thanks to you and your friends, they are stuck. We have no idea when JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson will complete his retail experiment. It may or may not be in the coming year. All we can say is that he did a supremely dumb job dismantling the iconic department store in 2012.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Total E&P Canada Ltd. was exceeding the approved steam injection pressure at its Joslyn Creek thermal bitumen project in 2006 when the reservoir cap rock was breached, blasting a huge crater into the ground and hurling rocks hundreds of metres into the air.
That was the finding of what the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board described as one of the most comprehensive investigations in ERCB history. It may also have been the longest -- the report on the May 18, 2006 incident was released on Tuesday.
No one was hurt and no harmful gases were emitted when the blast occurred around 5:15 a.m. at the steam assisted gravity (SAGD) project northwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta. Total E&P Canada is a unit of Paris-based Total S.A.
Total bought the Joslyn property -- which also includes a mining lease -- though the acquisition of Deer Creek Energy Limited. Total's application to develop a mining project on another part of the property is currently wending its way through the regulatory process.
The ERCB's 177-page report found the steam release occurred near the heel of the first well pair in pad 204, creating a 125-by-75 -metre "surface disturbance" and hurling rocks "up to 300 metres horizontally from the main crater." A one-kilometre-long dust plume extended to the southwest after the blast.
"The majority of this displaced material was deposited in the immediate area, but there was evidence of a fine dusting of material and rock across an area about one kilometre long by 100 metres wide to the southwest of the release point," the report says.
Joslyn SAGD reserves were debooked at the end of 2008 and last June Total received ERCB approval to suspend operations. Last month, the company applied to abandon the project, said Elizabeth Cordeau-Chatelain, a Total Canada spokeswoman.
Total was shutting down the project "based largely on the poor scheme economics due to operating pressure restrictions, monitoring requirements and shut-in well pairs," the ERCB report says. Cordeau-Chatelain said the decision was based on "a variety of" economic factors, including world oil prices.
Joslyn Creek was approved to produce 12,000 bbls a day of bitumen but output never exceeded a small fraction of that volume.
The ERCB approved the SAGD scheme to operate below the fracture pressure of the bitumen-bearing McMurray formation. Joslyn Creek has 17 well pairs drilled from four surface pads. The steam release occurred above the injector/producer well pair 1 of pad 204 (well pair 204-I1P1, injector 03/01-33-095-12 W4M and producer 05/01- 33/095-12 W4M).
ERCB investigators concluded Total was in non-compliance with its regulatory approval conditions by:
--Operating at bottomhole pressures significantly higher than the 1400 kilopascals (absolute) proposed in its scheme application;
--Failing to implement alarms and automatic shutdown of wells exceeding the 1 800-kilopascal bottomhole reservoir fracture pressure; and
--Exceeding the Directive 051 approved maximum wellhead injection pressure of 1 800 kilopascals.
According to the report, Total believed that the Clearwater shale (the approved cap rock for Joslyn Creek) had a consistent thickness of 20 to 30 metres in the scheme area, had no pre-existing fractures, and was a barrier to vertical flow. Total also believed that the five-metre-thick Wabiskaw A shale, located a few metres below the Clearwater cap rock, was also a barrier to flow.
The report agreed with Total that the Clearwater shale varies in thickness from 20 to 30 metres, but noted the presence of surface casing within the Clearwater interval makes log readings subject to a greater degree of interpretation.
ERCB staff interpreted the Clearwater cap rock to be a non-lithified, silty mudstone, with some sandy interbeds and some vertical burrows filled with sand.
The Joslyn Creek area was subject to the effects of post-depositional karsting in the Clearwater and below, which may have resulted in some fracturing and faulting of the cap rock and bitumen reservoir.
"Staff interprets the Wabiskaw A shale to be a continuous seal to gas in the steam release area, but too thin to be an effective cap rock for a SAGD steam chamber," the report said.
According to the report, Total concluded the most likely steam release scenario was the rapid development of a steam chamber, or "chimney," at the top of the SAGD pay zone, probably involving sand dilation. Total alleged this occurred during the four months when the well pair was on steam circulation.
(Total used high-density, three-dimensional seismic, analytical work, dilation theory and a simple reservoir simulation to support this conclusion.)
ERCB staff rejected this conclusion, saying it is unlikely that a dilation chimney would develop during the four-month circulation period of the well pair.
The investigators agreed that Total's high density 3-D seismic interpretation showed the adjacent vertical wells were not within the narrow disturbed zone that extended down to injector well. However, the vertical wells were within 20 metres of the injector well, and ERCB staff expressed concern about the accuracy of the seismic over such short distances.
The ERCB agreed with Total that the explosive nature of the steam release required storage of steam and hot water below the cap rock.
"Therefore, the steam release did not likely occur as a single fracturing event from the wellbore to surface on May 18, 2006. This is supported by pressure and injection data that indicate an initial fracturing event on April 12, 2006," the report says.
Board investigators concluded the following is the most likely steam release scenario:
--The underlying cause of the steam release was the injection of steam at excessively high pressures.
--The conversion of the well pair from steam circulation to semi-SAGD forced high-pressure steam into the bitumen reservoir. Eighteen days later, on April 12, 2006, a vertical fracture was initiated near the heel of the injector and established communication with the Wabiskaw C gas sand.
--High-pressure steam and water pooled under the Wabiskaw A shale, causing it to fail on April 21, 2006, and establishing communication between the injector and the Wabiskaw A water sand directly underlying the Clearwater cap rock.
--Between April 21 and May 18, 2006, high-pressure steam and water pooled under the Clearwater cap rock, causing it to fail.
--Once the Clearwater was breached, pressure fell rapidly.
"This pressure drop caused hot water that had accumulated in the Wabiskaw A water sand and the Wabiskaw C gas sand to flash to vapour. This provided the energy for a catastrophic explosion that disturbed a large surface area and subsurface volume and threw rocks several hundred metres into the air."
The ERCB report said the following actions have been taken since the mishap:
--An ongoing rewrite of ERCB Directive 051: Injection and Disposal Well--Well Classifications, Completions, Logging, and Testing Requirements to address thermal in situ operations;
--Development of specific application requirements to investigate cap rock integrity and maximum operating bottomhole pressures; and
--An ongoing joint study of cap rock integrity by the ERCB's geology and reserves group and Alberta Geological Survey.
Meanwhile, the experience hasn't soured Total on SAGD. Last month, Total and operator ConocoPhillips Company announced they are proceeding with an 83,000-bbl-a-day expansion of their 50/50 owned Surmont SAGD project in northeastern Alberta (DOB, Jan. 19, 2010).
At the time this story was published the full ERCB report and the December 2007 report Total submitted to the board were both available on the ERCB's website.


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- MJODZY: is extremely useful to refer to prior discussion
- MJOE1G: is very tricky and a bit hard
- MJODTB: to a top-level comment:
- MJN17Z: You can cut the "www." and probably should for bevity.
- MJN147: to a comment created by the top-level comment box
- MJN0ER: to a comment created via an RSVP comment.
- MJN194: Inherits everything of to a comment created by the top-level comment box except as changed here.
- MJOEC4: append to the URL "&itemTypeToken=REPLY"
- MJOEWO: Real example: "..pls download this book http://meetup.com/common-ground-spiri… onto
your Kindle.."in on Lucy's profile Greet "Mar 14, 2013 5:36 PM" (motivating me to create this post). - MJODYW: more TBA
- MJN20N: to a comment created by clicking "Reply"
- MJODQN: Take the (link) to a top-level comment and append essentially "&read=1#reply-29098122" where replacing "29098122" with the appropriate #.
- MJN0Z3: Real example: http://meetup.com/OCAndroid/events/95400372/comments/27869542/?itemTypeToken=REPLY&read=1#reply-29098122 in comment "OCAndroid's "hand-picking" who's a mbr..".
MJNQRI: Making a new comment
MNKMXQ: It's best if you are familiar with else skim all the above topics before making a comment as it affects how you write it. Most essential:
- MJNQRY: Really aim to get it right at time of 1st post, as:
- MJNQW4: 1st search if any of the points & Qs you are about to make have already been done
- MJNQYK: Easiest if you've kept up with the commenting reading; if you haven't, catch up now.
MNKN05: Not obvious: COMPOSE YOUR COMMENT NOT IN THE COMMENT BOX BUT IN AN ASCII TEXT EDITOR THAT DOES CHARACTER COUNTING.
- MNKN2O: few exceptions: when your comment is:
- MNKNNC: A tool to count your characters as you compose is essential as
- MNKNCR: For this purpose, I keep open at all times a text editor editing say "character count.txt" which I constantly reuse to make & hold drafts of comment posts.
- MNKNBQ: Possible editors, starting with best,
- MNKNEX: There's probably something better but I haven't found it.
- MNKP3I: The proper & probably-best editor with character counting could be done in a web page (as it's only ASCII editing)
- MNKNFF: LibraOffice-else-OpenOffice Writer
- MNKP0B: with Tools->Word Count menu open and View->Web Layout mode.
- MNKP00: unfortunately I see no way to turn rich/formatted/non-ASCII text off, so
- MNKP5R: Other pros: Cross-platform & and converts "" to "" enabling much bestter nested quotes, test (& visit) URLs by just by ctrl-clicking on each.
- MNKNKW: all the below don't well-count characters:
- MNKNQQ: for short comments, a top-level event comment (which, if it is to be a reply commment, when done, you select-all then cut then, in the reply comment box, paste).
- MNKNIR: MS Expression Web in "text file" mode
- MNKNGI: Notepad.exe
MNKNTG: Doing a longer comment (especially above the 1 comment limit)
- MNKNUX: All or the bulk of it must be and probably should be Reply comments, not a top-level comment. The top-level comment just needs to be a thread name and thread description and maybe summary.
- MNKNWV: Break the comment into consecurive blocks each as near as possible to 1000 characters (except maye the last one)
- MNKO3A: Prefix each block with a line of just "cmt1of3:", "cmt2of3:", "cmt3of3:" (in general "cmt1of<n/>:" to "cmt<n/>of<n/>:") respectively in order.
- MNKO74: only when all blocks are properly composed, then go post them, and in order.
MNKNYG: ideally outline your comment
- MNKNZO: as level 1 points beginning (left-flush) with "*", level 2 with "**", level 3 with "***", and at most only 1 level 1 point (beginning with "").
- MNKNZ9: for
- MNKNZK: clearer & much-faster reading (one can skip the parts that doesn't interest/apply)
- MNKOGX: for fewer words & repeats, as the topic(s) of the point are in the parent point(s) so don't have to repeated for each sub-point
- MNKO1O: for readability of longer points when they must be broken over comment posts.
MNKPE6: Before posting, insure all your included URLs work (notably by opening each)
MNKOAX: real examples TBA.
MNKO7Z: I do all the above for all my daily Meetup commenting (dozens of comments every week) and it works & works well
- MNKPP0: –as best as one can do given Meetup's limitations making good full commenting quite painful, including needing all the above instructions, which are also all missing!
- ML7WJJ:To be continued:
- MNKOK5: section history
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-end of WHEN
-end of WHERE
-end of COST
-end of WHO'S PARTICIPATING?
-end of WHAT TO DO
- MJNXNQ: Within a week or so, remove the "(soon)" in the title; see the end of the post history for status.
-end of FUTURE PLANS
- MM5BYY:The groups Destiny is now primarily heading are http://Meetup.com/OCAndroid , http://Meetup.com/OC-Polyamory and Meetup.com/"OC-Python"
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M31R7R:POST HISTORY, in order:
- MJOF3G: over the last month or so, after discovering the complexity of this matter yet that all Meetup users should know this, knew I had to create a post.
- MJOF15: the final straw was want to create this link to a comment but myself had forgot the keyword for that so even I need this as notes for myself
- MJMSFP: so now create this post
- MEHCSP: for an article sharable among many Meetup events & groups & more.
- MEHCCA:via Copy to a new draft of http://1.JotHere.com/4036#MJ917Z latest release MJMAS4 then create new IDs & edit to fit.
- MJNXVU: ~30% complete 1st version,
- MJNYFM: POST: several impovements in wording & formatting.
- MJNZ0D: now 1st publishing; pst2013.03.14Thu1127; NOPE, more to add.
- MJOF82: now 1st publishing pst2013.03.14Thu1756.
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- MM5BGR:added MM5B8N removing its content to where it points to; added missing h3-tags; pst2013.05.01Wed1844.
- MNKPT5: added all of MNKOK5; pst2013.05.29Wed1159.
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One Response to "Meetup.com event listing comments: (soon) all you need to know but Meetup.com doesn't tell you"
You can, of course, use Open Office or Libre Office to compose posts, but a much handier option for short posts is the free online service, Character and Word Counter Online — http://www.characterscounter.com/ — which allows you to enter quite a few words, several hundred at least (I don't see a posted word limit) and counts both words and characters very clearly at the top of the post AS YOU COMPOSE — something you can't do in the above text editors. It has a clean, easy-to-use design and also provides reminders of word/character limits in frequently-used services such as Twitter and AdSense. Looks pretty good to me. I'm going to start using it.


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clinmed/2000110003v1 (November 14, 2000)
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One should not write any account, especially one that takes a somewhat critical stance on some practical aspect of a problem, unless one has an answer for it, either proven or potential.� My teams and I believe that we have one to offer relating to addictions.
There may be some agreement - although not generally acknowledged - that, if one wants to cure addicts, the following four aspects of the human personality have to be accessed:��
a) the neuro-biological, b) the psychological, c) the social, d) the existential, spiritual or religious. If that were so and curing addicts were the goal of therapeutic interventions then the Elements of treatment programmes would obviously have to be such as to address the above four aspects.� But it is difficult to find an enumeration of such elements.� In the therapeutic programme which we have developed and practised in the80s at Yeovil District Hospital and in Brunei, there are 12 such elements.� 1) the contract, 2) electro-stimulation, 3) the buddy-system, 4) prescribed readings, 5) physical relaxation exercises, 6) mental relaxation exercises, 7) in-between relaxation exercises, 8) counselling, 9) existential counselling, 10) occupational therapy, 11) family therapy, 12) anti-ictal medication The neuro-biological aspect is probably that which has been the most neglected in any of the publications known to me including the recent ones.� There is though a vague mentioning in the Task Force report of 1996, but no details are given.� No link is made between the considerable bodies of hard neuro-biological research available on electro-stimulation in relation to the Drug Withdrawal Syndrome.� If one wants to cure addicts, a goal mostly not stated in descriptions of therapeutic interventions, a restitution of the production and release of the endogenous opioids by non-pharmacological means would appear a pre-condition.� Let us assume that epidemiological change, either Prevalence or Incidence reduction is the goal of therapeutic interventions.� From studying the 1999 Guidelines it might appear that it is not the goal, but merely "harm reduction".� Even NTORS does not ask such awkward questions as how many addicts were cured within the period of observation, how many have relapsed in one year, and how many have been re-inserted into the work-process and into tax-paying.� Such, in my opinion essential questions, appear almost forbidden!� Nor does Dr Seivewright in his beautifully written book ask such questions.� His book is an excellent account if you believe in the epidemiological effectiveness of methadone programmes about which, obviously, I have some reservations.They are
ii. Methadone also gives the wrong idea of "a drug for drug".��
iii. Methadone so often occupies centre-stage in drug units, "detox", rehab or otherwise. iv. Methadone programmes sometimes leave accessing the other three aspects of� the human personality as side issues, poorly dealt with.� But, they must be addressed profoundly if cure from addiction is the goal of treatment approaches. v. Methadone programmes have proven a failure epidemiologically as regards substantially lowering the prevalence of addictive behaviours in any given community.vi. They totally disregard the substantial body of hard neuro-biological research over the last 25 years from around the world as regards the production and�� release of the endogenous opioids by non-pharmacological means.� However, various forms of electro-stimulation cause their production and release.� If they are released, the feel-good factor re-emerges in addicts, an essential� precondition for successful addiction treatment.��
vii. Some methadone programmes I know of do not teach what I like to call� "self-help instruments".� By that are meant �techniques which, if they are taught and��� practised three times daily during an intensive therapeutic programme� become daily habits(as they are with the writer).� They have been found���� invaluable for relapse-prevention, something to take home, as it were. In our programme they are� a) a set of 10 physical relaxation exercises, yoga-like, b) a twenty-minute mental relaxation exercise, meditation-like and c) 12 in- between relaxation exercises, acupressure-like, elements 5, 6, 7 in the third paragraph at the beginning of this account viii. Methadone programmes usually lack the intensive follow-up which we believe should with advantage be practised three times weekly after work(usually in groups) for two years as found essential for relapse prevention.� These appointments can in cases be 'farmed out' to GPs, AA, NA, family therapy groups or religious associations. ix. Methadone programmes have not and cannot have any influence on Incidence� reduction on epidemiological, neuro-biological and methodological grounds.�������������
A last word about electro-stimulation and the neuro-biological research underpinning it in our context.� There are 27 research papers on the subject which� Dr H L Wen, the neuro-surgeon from Hong Kong, kindly let me have including that from the department of endocrinology of St Bartholomew's Hospital, a series of papers by Prof H Ashton from the University of Newcastle, another series by Dr M Johnson from Leeds University, the book by Prof Candace Pert from USA ("Molecules of Emotions"), the recent book by Deirdre Walsh from the University of Ulster ("TENS:� clinical applications and related theory") and of course the older book of 1981 edited by HM Emrich of the Max-Planck Institute in Munich ("The Role of Endorphins in Neuro-Psychiatry", publ: Karger) and others. We are putting this onto the web in order to structure a discussion, especially a critique as to where the authors� thinking goes wrong. At a later date an essay detailing a curative addiction treatment programme will be appearing on this sight, detailing approaches to all the aspects of the human personality.�


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Yung Joc - Universal Language Feat. Shawty Lo, Young Vett
Universal Language Yung Joc Feat. Shawty Lo, Young Vett
Listen to Universal Language, the new track by Yung Joc featuring Shawty Lo, Young Vett which was dropped on Friday, December 11th, 2009.
Stream Universal Language, the newest drop from Yung Joc which features Shawty Lo, Young Vett. The cut was released on Friday, December 11th, 2009. Yung Joc continues to impress with each new leak, and Universal Language is no exception. It's strengthens Yung Joc's already impressive body of work, which has seen positive change over the years. We're most definitely anticipating Yung Joc's next offering.
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Arguments are better when they're above board, too—but then we wouldn't have as many of them. Berlau calls for legislation overturning the "overdraft controls" that have resulted in the decline of free checking. Problem is, anybody who wants to have overdrafts on their account can still get them. Banks aren't prohibited from charging them. They're prohibited from automatically enrolling you in overdraft "protection" and not letting you opt out of it.
Berlau's whole piece, which you can be sure the Journal endorses, is predicated on you not understanding that.
Look, banks have to make money. No one's saying they don't. But they should make their bucks above board, not with predatory tactics. Markets work better—they're more, um, competitive—when costs aren't hidden.


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The Basic Twin rooms are on the lower ground floor and have an en suite shower with a lavatory just along the corridor shared with one other room.
All guests enjoy free wi-fi, Freeview TV/DVD/CD, gels, shampoos and hospitality tray with tea, coffee and biscuits.
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DEI - Sala Seminari
Ore 14:30
"The road coloring theorem is a result on finite automata obtained in 2008 by A. Trahtman. It solves a 30 years old conjecture of Adler and Weiss known as the road coloring problem. In this talk, I will explain the problem, its motivations in coding and in other fields of application and give an idea of the proof."


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ASC Projects San Francisco
ASC Projects is pleased to present Live/Work: An Alternative Showcase, a group exhibition about living with art and artists making a living, with works and wares by Mark Baugh-Sasaki, Craig Calderwood, Kristen van Diggelen, and Smith|Allen. In the style of an interior showcase, Live/Work features artists whose consumer wares directly reflect the creative vision, craftsmanship, and conceptual rigor of their contemporary artworks, highlighting both their commercial craft, as well as their content-driven gallery works. The exhibition opens Saturday, December 7, with an artist reception at 7pm and continues through January 18.
For more information: http://ascprojects.org/live-work-2013 , firstname.lastname@example.com , 415-786-1351
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
San Jose Museum of Art (聖荷西美術館) San Jose
San Jose Museum of Art presents "What's your Angle" Art Exhibition. This exhibition is running now through November 30, 2014, every Tuesday to Sunday.
For more information: (408) 271-6840, www.sjmusart.org
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University Palo Alto
Every Wednesday to Sunday, 11am-5pm
Click here for more information.
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University Palo Alto
"Night, Smoke, and Shadows: The Presence of Atmosphere in the 19th Century" exhibition is running ongoing everyday from 5/14 through 10/6. The exhibition were inspired by industrialization and new ideas about optics and abstraction, and they exploited unprecedented opportunities to experiment with processes and materials. This exhibition includes prints, drawings, and photographs by many different well-known artists.
For more information: events.stanford.edu/events/390/39039/
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Daly City History Museum Daly City
The exhibition takes place every Tuesday and Saturday from 12pm-3pm.
For more information: (650) 757-7177, www.dalycityhistorymuseum.org
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Concert I:
Leo Ryan Park Amphitheater
650 Shell Blvd, Foster City
Every Friday 6pm-8pm
Concert II:
Murphy Avenue, Sunnyvale
Every Wednesday 5:30pm-8:30pm
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Presidio San Francisco
Picnic at the Presidio brings you an amazing food extravaganza. During this event, you can enjoy all kinds of delicious food from different restaurant, farm produce and baked goods, games, live music entertainment, craft and soul, all in one place! Don't miss this great opportunity to check out your favorite local gourmet food vendors! The event take place every Sunday until 10/26.
For more information: www.presidio.gov
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
The Park Chalet San Francisco
Come rock out with your family at the Park Chalet Sunday afternoon from 3-5pm all Summer long! The concert takes place on 7/13, 8/17, 9/28/,10/26.
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Courthouse Square Redwood City
"Movie on the Square" will be held at Redwood City Courthouse every Thursday starting from 7/24 – 9/25. People can come and enjoy watching movies at the event site. Here's the detailed schedule:
7/24: Saving Mr.Bank, 8:45pm
7/31: Gravity, 8:30pm
8/3: Oz, 8:30pm
8/14: Secret Life of Walter Mitty, 8:15pm
8/21:The Coords, 8:45pm
8/28: The Mounments Men, 8pm
9/4: Mr. Peabody and Sherman, 8pm
9/11: Spaceballs, 7:45pm
9/18: Captain America: Winter Soldier, 7:30pm
9/25: Muppets Most Wanted, 7:30pm
For more information: (650) 780-7000, www.redwoodcity.org
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
中華文化中心 (Visual Center) San Francisco
Date and time: Now through 12/20, every Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-4pm
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Most-watched TV series finales
POSTED: 10:19 AM Sep 30 2013
UPDATED: 9:12 AM Apr 02 2014
The "How I Met Your Mother" series finale brought in 13.1 million viewers, which is the highest-rated episode in the sitcom's 9-year run. Take a look at how it compares to the most-watched TV series finales of all time.
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09.00: Upon embarkation on Mekong sampan, clients are welcomed on our luxury sampan with fresh cotton towels.
The tour will start with the visit of Cai Be colourful floating market cruising among local barges full of fruits and vegetables. Then, an optional stop can be made at local workshops where you can see rices paste, coconut candy and pop-rice, po-corn made.
A delicious lunch will be served at an ancient house over 170 years old or under the shade of local orchards on the An Binh Island. After lunch, the rowing boat will take you deeper into the countryside on smaller canals and to enjoy the peaceful time. It is so interesting to see traditional houses made of wood and palm tree leaves and see some activities of the local farmers with an apportunity to make contacts with them and see how they catch fish or pick up fruits by ancestral ways in Mekong Delta.
One more stop can be made at the nursery garden where you can learn how to have some high quality fruit trees. This is the best choice for you to contact the real famous farmers Mr Tiger & his son who are very sucessful in Vietnam agriculture. We will enjoy some kinds of fruits from his garden & home made rice wine when listening to the traditional music as called by local people "Tai Tu music show".You have a chance to do a rural bike riding along the village in Mekong area to see loca life and make conversation to local people.The cruise will end at around 15.30pm at Vinh Long town. You have chance to walk around the local market which located on the river before get on vehicle return to Saigon.
Departure and enjoy the interesting and comfortable feeling on speed boat about 1 hour and 15 mins, you will be served the breakfast and soft drinks while discovering the original landscape and life style along river banks.
Watching a documentary film about the tunnels during the war time.
Walking in the jungle and visiting the traps, the secret entrance, the bunkers, and underground hideouts.
Relaxing with shooting real guns, and real bullets at the riffle range
Seeing the rice- paper (spring roll skin) making
Crawling into the tunnels and enjoying the special and fantastic feeling
Taking a rest, drinking green tea and having tapioca- the main food served during the war time


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Hi All,
A fellow shooter I see at the local ranges and clubs recommended this site to me. We are also members of another carry site more focused on the political chit chat and legislation. I miss not being able to discuss scenarios and methods more than the headlines and hot button topics that make everyone argue. Both wife and I conceal carry everywhere and shoot USPSA and IDPA matches. We're pretty safe and solid shooters but always working to get better with a very strong lean to the practical side. We balance the competition shooting against working out our own weaknesses in weekly scenarios we setup at our local gun club about 10 minutes away. I had to get back into reloading so we could afford to shoot as much as we need to get good. I just love seeing a news story, or any scenario I can build and test to identify my list of flaws or weakness. Of course there are some drills and scenarios we feel too dangerous to include in casual practice without an RO or SO standing behind us. We still have a load of fun and getting better. I hope to meet more people with the same interests on this site.
Very quick sample of this weeks drill from something I saw in the Tom Cruise movie Collateral.
PART 2 of 3 Collateral Drill just Ruger LCR22 - YouTube
Here's one of the home stages we setup the other week that was a lot of fun
Home Invasion Drill - One fast run with XDm45 - YouTube
Here's a convenience store scenario we slapped together one pretty fall day
Store Robbery Configuration One - XDm 9mm and XDm 45ACP - YouTube
Keep in mind though, we are not pros and these are in no way instructional. Good to see how others practice to pick out nuggets you might use in yours. I'll start reading the forums and post when I get oriented a little better. I'm also not trying to spam of build some youtube channel, the channel is really just for personal use with no ads or anything. We learn and cringe watching our own vids each week.
All Best,


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Rapid Reaction: Capitals 2, Rangers 1
May, 9, 2012
Katie Strang | ESPNNewYork.com
WHAT IT MEANS: With the chance to put the Capitals away in Game 6 and advance to the conference finals, the Rangers let the opportunity slip away with a 2-1 loss to the Capitals. They cut the Capitals lead to one goal with a deflected puck in the last minute of the game, but could not pull off the same late heroics of Game 5. The Rangers wasted a strong 21-save effort by goaltender Henrik Lundqvist with their inability to find the back of the net, and it wasn't for lack of chances. Illustrative of their power-play struggles throughout the game, the Rangers failed to cash in on a crucial four-minute opportunity in the second period to cut the Caps lead in half. Although their power-play delivered a pair of stunning goals in their frenzied Game 5 comeback Monday night, the unit went 0-for-5 at Verizon Center on Wednesday. The two clubs head back to New York for what is sure to be a riveting Game 7 at Madison Square Garden Saturday night.
FOUR-MINUTE BLUNDER: Trailing 2-0 in the second period, the Rangers squandered a prime opportunity to cut into the Capitals lead after Jeff Halpern's high-sticking penalty gave New York a four-minute power-play. The Rangers managed only three shots on goal with the man-advantage; the best scoring chance of the entire power-play was actually Caps defenseman Mike Green's shorthanded attempt.
ADDING ON: Capitals veteran forward Jason Chimeragave his team a rare two-goal lead midway through the second. The 33-year-old forward buried the puck at the left post after John Carlson's shot deflected off Nicklas Backstrom. It was only the second two-goal lead of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Capitals, who have had 11 games decided by one goal.
EARLY ONE FOR OVECHKIN: Alex Ovechkin gave the Caps a 1-0 lead less than two minutes into play, one-timing the puck from the high slot to beat goaltender Henrik Lundqvist for a power-play goal at 1:28. The early marker -- Ovechkin's 30th career playoff goal – put Washington in good position. The Capitals entered Wednesday's match 6-1 when scoring first this postseason.
SILLY SHOT: Another masterful performance by Ovechkin was accentuated by his rather unorthodox shot in the third, fired from the seat of his pants. Ovechkin passed the puck to himself while spinning on his backside and fired one on net that, although denied by Lundqvist, was one of the highlights of the night.
GAMESMANSHIP: Despite assurances from Caps coach Dale Hunter after Monday's morning skate, defensive-minded center Jay Beagle was scratched with what is believed to be a knee injury sustained while blocking a shot in Game 5. Veteran pivot Jeff Halpern replaced him in the lineup, making his first appearance since March 23.
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