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A U.K. vendor has pulled a batch of Transformer Prime tablets off its virtual store shelves after discovering problems it rooted out via internal testing. Clove made the decision to cancel all pending orders and will not resume selling the tablet until Asus works out whatever glitch has the vendor bugged. In the meantime, Asus is scratching its wondering what the frack Clove is talking about.
"Stock supply has been a real issue and good levels of stock are not expected until late February/March. However we have been able to obtain some stock sooner than expected; but because of complaints of faults with the model we took the decision to thoroughly test stock before fulfilling any orders," Clove explained in a blog post . " We are at this time not satisfied that all units we could provide you with are working correctly, and performing to the standard we expect of the unit. We have therefore taken the decision until further notice to stop selling the Asus Transformer Prime."
Clove didn't say what exactly isn't working correctly, and in response to a reader comment asking what tests were conducted, a rep said the company "will not be posting any further information at this time," essentially leaving its customers in the dark. Asus is in the dark, too.
"Asus is not aware of any quality issues with the Transformer Prime," Asus said in a statement provided to Gizmodo . "We have already issued a statement regarding the GPS module, and provided a number of options to our customers. We have conducted extensive testing on the Transformer Prime in laboratory conditions and the device is performing as expected in all areas and to all of our required parameters. Asus prides itself on the rigorous testing of all products to ensure the highest quality possible. We refute any and all claims from third parties regarding the quality of our products. Stock availability to-date has been constrained due to massive demand for the Transformer Prime. Large quantities of stock is arriving on a weekly basis and we expect to see increased availability within the U.K. shortly."
According to The Inquirer , the issues at hand are indeed related to Wi-Fi and GPS, as confirmed by Chris Ward, digital media coordinator at Clove. If that's the case, Clove likely won't be selling any current generation Transformer Prime tablets. Asus isn't aware of any Wi-Fi problems, and while the GPS issue has been documented, the company's solution was to pull GPS from the product's specification sheet.


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Marrs M-1 wants to be the Harley of electric bikes
The M-1 features a mixture of motorcycle, bicycle, and custom-made components
Marrs M-1 electric bicycles are made with an eye towards hot rods and custom motorcycles
The M-1's top speed is 20 mph (32 km/h)
A rear view of the M-1
Metallica frontman James Hetfield is a Marrs customer
The M-1 is available in a number of color and wood finish choices
The M-1's smallest battery choice allows a 175-pound (79-kg) rider to travel up to 20 miles (32 km) on one charge without pedaling
Kacy Marrs on an M-1
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You know what one of the neat things about electric bicycles is? It's the fact that because riders don't have to rely solely on their own physical strength to propel the things, manufacturers have the freedom to explore designs that aren't centered around keeping the weight down. Case in the point is the M-1 ebike from Anaheim-based Marrs Cycles – it probably has more in common with a custom Harley Davidson than with anything put out by Specialized or Trek.
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Scoring runs, however, might be another matter. After Gonzalez, there isn't packed power, although Kyle Blanks (his development is so important), Will Venable, Chase Headley and Scott Hairston all are capable. There is more depth.
The Padres will be a run-and-shoot team, taking chances, defensive minded, playing to the tune of Petco Park's grand piano. We really haven't seen a Padres team quite like this one. The second half of spring they've been playing with crispness and daring, which should delight the purists, if not the power brokers.
So I'll be surprised if these guys can't hang for a while. They have an attitude about them, not set in their ways. They have a willingness to learn and do what they have to do to win. The young people aren't booking plane tickets to Portland every week. They know they belong, and in Bud Black, they have the ideal manager. Black has a remarkable evenness to him, and if you've spent any time around baseball managers, you know that's uncommon.
"I've enjoyed working with Bud," says Hoyer, who has been on the job all of five months. "I like the way he runs spring training. He keeps a loose environment, but he's stern at the same time. I'm looking forward to seeing how our relationship evolves."
Right now there isn't much for Hoyer to do with his club. There will be some tough cuts — especially with the pitchers — but the Padres are pretty much set, something they weren't close to being a year ago.
"The more boring spring is, the better," Hoyer says. "You don't want too much. I'm a believer you have only so many hits in your bag, and you don't want to leave them over here.
"We're built on the momentum of last year. I think we're a better team now."
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Four men on trial over a suspected plot to murder staff of a Danish newspaper that first published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed have pleaded not guilty.
The men appeared in court on Friday in the Danish capital Copenhagen. The prosecution named them as Sahbi Ben Mohamed Zalouti, Munir Awad and Omar Abdalla Aboelazm, all Swedish citizens of Tunisian, Lebanese and Moroccan origin respectively.
The fourth man, Mounir Ben Mohamed Dhahri, a Tunisian national living in Sweden who pleaded guilty to arms possession, faces charges of "attempted terrorism".
Prosecutors say the four were plotting to "kill a large number of people" at the Jyllands-Posten daily's offices in Copenhagen when they were arrested on December 29, 2010.
Jyllands-Posten published 12 cartoons in 2005 of the Prophet Mohammed that Muslims believed were insulting, sparking violent and sometimes deadly protests around the world.
The men were in possession of a machine gun with a silencer, a revolver, 108 bullets, reams of duct tape, and $20,000 when they were arrested.
Danish police, who had been collaborating with their Swedish counterparts and had been wiretapping the suspects, arrested them just after hearing them say they were "going to" the newspaper office.
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Henrik Plaehn, one of the two prosecutors, told the Glostrup district court that a ceremony celebrating the Sporting Newcomer of the Year at the newspaper was likely the target of the suspected plot.
In addition to a number of sports celebrities, Danish Crown Prince Frederik was present at the ceremony.
"It appears this event was the target," Plaehn said, according to Jyllands-Posten. But he stressed the prosecution did not know if the four accused had known the prince was there, and did not think they had been after him.
Plaehn also said there was evidence linking the plot to Pakistan, but said he would provide more details later in the trial, which is set to last until June.
Sweden's foreign ministry told the AFP news agency last year that one of the men, Munir Awad, had been previously arrested for suspected links to terrorism groups.
Awad was arrested in Somalia by Ethiopian troops in 2007, and again in Pakistan two years later, when he was travelling with his wife, their two-year-old son and Mehdi Ghezali, a Swede who had spent two years at Guantanamo Bay.
Sahbi Ben Mohamed Zalouti had also previously been arrested in Pakistan for entering the country illegally.
The prosecution has not yet said what penalty it will be seeking beyond a request that the four, after serving their sentences, be expelled from Denmark and never allowed to return.
According to public broadcaster DR, they all risked "a historically severe punishment", with up to 14 years behind bars.
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BILLINGS, Mont. The Bush administration on Wednesday announced plans to remove gray wolves in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountains regions from the federal endangered species list.
But wolves in Wyoming will remain under federal jurisdiction because that state has not done enough to assure their survival, Deputy Interior Secretary Lynn Scarlett said.
Previous attempts by the federal government to remove wolves in both regions from the endangered list and return management authority to the states have been overruled by courts.
In the northern Rockies, the Fish and Wildlife Service tried to address the courts' concerns by excluding Wyoming, where officials had sought a "predator zone" covering almost 90 percent of the state where the animals could be shot on sight. Federal officials said Wyoming law would have to change before wolves there could be taken off the list, and Wyoming Attorney General Bruce Salzburg said Wednesday that it was "probable" that the state would challenge the latest federal plan in court.
In the western Great Lakes region, the federal government made no policy changes. The Fish and Wildlife Service disagreed with the judge's ruling and restated its case.
The wolves will be removed from the endangered species list 30 days after the decision is published in the Federal Register, which officials said could happen within the next two weeks. A small population of Mexican Gray wolves in the Southwest was not affected by Wednesday's announcement.
The decision could be reversed by President-elect Barack Obama's administration, said Rowan Gould, acting director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Obama spokesman Nick Shapiro said the matter would be reviewed but offered no other details.
"We would hope ... the next administration would not turn around and go a different direction, but of course that certainly is their choice and opportunity," Scarlett said.
Scarlett also said that the decision was based on science independently of policy considerations and that it was a watershed moment for a species first listed as endangered in 1974.
"Returning this essential part of our national heritage to so much of our natural landscape ranks among our greatest conservation achievements," Scarlett said.
David Mech, a leading wolf expert and senior research scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey, supported the assertion that the wolf population had rebounded.
"I'm satisfied, and most wolf biologists I know are satisfied, that wolf populations in both regions have been biologically recovered for the last five years," Mech said.
But environmental and animal rights groups, deriding the move as a last-minute effort by the Bush administration to strip protections, promised Wednesday to return to court with another round of lawsuits.
"These guys have been trying for eight years to explain how it could be possible for them to delist the wolves," said Jonathan Lovvorn, a vice president of the Humane Society of the United States. "It's time for them to throw in the towel."
About 1,500 wolves in the Northern Rockies were taken off the list in February 2008. But a federal judge nullified the move in July, saying state management plans could not guarantee their recovery was sustainable.


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ANALYSIS / The ball is now in Hamas' court in Gaza
In the long run, Israel hopes deterrence and an arrangement to stop smuggling will bring peace to the south.
Twenty-two days after launching its campaign against Hamas, Israel announced on Saturday it was pulling the plug. But the cabinet's decision to declare a unilateral cease-fire while maintaining a military presence in areas seized by the Israel Defense Forces is only a conditional cease-fire.
The ball is now in Hamas' hands. The IDF presence on the ground, combined with the fact that the crossings will remain closed for the time being, may prompt it to continue firing rockets into Israel. And indeed Hamas' representative in Lebanon, Osama Hamdan, threatened on Saturday that "If we don't get what we want, we will continue to fire rockets."
Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi informed the ministers during Saturday's meeting which yielded the decision that the IDF forces have met all their objectives in this mission. The IDF now prefers a quick pullout from the Strip so as not to expose troops to further, unnecessary risks.
For now, the decision-makers have decided to overrule this preference. However, if it emerges that Hamas will gradually come to accept the cease-fire, the troops will pull out.
The key question as far as Israel is concerned is, starting Sunday, how to respond to the next rocket that lands in the western Negev. We have already failed that very test at least three times in the past: After the pullout from Lebanon in 2000, after the disengagement from Gaza in 2005 and during the cease-fire with Hamas in 2008.
In all the aforementioned cases, the threat of a harsh response on Israel's part turned out to be an empty one, and hostilities against Israel continued to trickle in, eventually resulting in a major conflagration.
In the longer run, Israel is hoping that the combination of the deterrence it has gained vis-a-vis Hamas and an international arrangement to prevent smuggling from Egypt into the Gaza Strip through the so-called Philadelphi Route will bring peace to the people of southern Israel for a relatively long period of time.
Should the fighting indeed subside, we are in store for a fierce struggle to set the narrative for the war. Three weeks before the elections, the government will seek to convince the public that the results of the recent round of hostilities were worth the effort. Hamas, in turn, will try to stress to its audience and public its ability to withstand the attack, and in the future could try to present a possible opening of the crossings into Gaza as an achievement.
The deal concerning Hamas will be tough to market in Israel because it does not include an arrangement for the retrieval of Gilad Shalit. This in an emotional issue, as can be seen in the graffiti that IDF soldiers left in many houses in the Strip: "Gilad, we were here."
And so Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will have to work extra hard and put in overtime to explain that the blow dealt to Hamas will improve Israel's bargaining position in a future deal to bring back Shalit.
Hamas' last-minute refusal to accept the Egyptian cease-fire initiative is not very surprising. Khaled Meshal, Hamas' political leader in Damascus, knew from the media that the Israeli government does not wish to move on to the third phase of the attack - in other words expanding the ground offensive. He also knew, based on what he saw on the ground, that his organization has sustained a harsh blow and is bleeding in the water. And so he rejected the initiative, also for the sake of appearing to spurn a complete surrender.
Meanwhile, Israel was looking for a dignified retreat, which it found in the understanding that Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni reached with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for cracking down on smuggling across the Philadelphi Route.
The Israeli decision to opt for a unilateral cease-fire, instead of pressing ahead with efforts to reach a cease-fire based on the Egyptian initiative, caused Cairo some discomfort. Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Saturday accused Israel of being drunk with power. Egypt is fearful that a pullout not backed by an understanding between the parties will soon result in a another round of hostilities.
As for the military performance of the IDF, there is little doubt that under Ashkenazi and GOC Southern Command Yoav Galant the army demonstrated an immeasurably improved level of performance compared with what we saw in 2006 in Lebanon. But it also merits mentioning that the troops were not facing the same adversary here. It would be better to refrain from extrapolations that would lead to false conclusions as to how another round of hostilities with Hezbollah might look. In Gaza, the IDF thrust forward with only five divisions, all operating within a relatively small area.
Supplying such a force with a very comprehensive umbrella of air support, intelligence and logistics is a very doable mission.
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From spa appointments to themed parties, Sunday brunches to special gourmet treats, our pets sure are living the luxe life
We treat them like family. If we have luxury beds, they sink into their plush suede micro-velvet donut dog beds. Swarovski crystals are to them what diamond necklaces are to their owners. When you train for the marathon, they look forward to the pet-a-thon! From spa appointments and brunch with fellow pooches, to flaunting designer clothes and even bandanas, the way we now treat, spoil and splurge on our pets, love sure seems like a four-legged word!
It's a dog's life…wow!
According to Anna Mathew, a collegian, "Dogs, and in this case pets, are not just a man's best friend. They're treated like any other family member is. If Mary had a little lamb that followed her to school, I have a Persian cat that comes to drop me off to college every day with my driver!"
Illustrator Alicia Souza who has a colossal fan following on Facebook, given that she humours her audience a couple of times a day with her drawings, very often makes her dogs her muse. She says: "Since I work from home, I spend most of my time with them and so their presence holds strongest in my work. Many of my fans are animal-lovers, if not pet owners, and hence, can relate to the nonsensical mischief/ extreme love that my rascals showcase. There are those few who probably think I'm a bit obsessed, which I am!" Alicia designs custom products for Paws the Petstore and Heads up for Tails. Youngster Sanam Chugh Verma has taken her love for animals to the next level with the launch of Silver Spoon Pet Home a few months ago. Run by her and her sister-in-law Vaijayanti, Sanam says: "We have two dogs ourselves. Being frequent travellers, we always had to go through the heart-breaking process of leaving our doggies at a kennel. We were never happy and always worried about them. Just before one of our travels, I dropped them at a kennel. Vaijayanti asked me how the kennel was and I simply replied that it was okay but I'd have liked it to be …and the list went on. And that's how Silver Spoon Pet Home came into being. It's not a kennel, it's a home." Stating that it is fun to take care of dogs of all sizes, shapes, breeds and behaviours, Sanam adds, "it is definitely a huge responsibility."
The welcome mat
One of the things pet owners detest is the 'no pets' policy at most venues. "I love the various flea markets in Bangalore simply because dogs are welcome. They even have stalls where we can buy stuff for our pets. From what I've observed, a lot of places have become mindful of the fact that pets and their parents are inseparable," says Rajesh Menon, an engineer.
Nirmala Balakrishnan, owner of the popular restaurant Under the Mango Tree, introduced the 'Breakfast with Pets' concept at her establishment, which has turned out to be a phenomenal success. Owners come with their pets who get to socialise and indulge in an array of delights from steamed chicken dimsums and ragi balls to mince meat balls and biscuits.
Continuing on the gastronomic note, Priya Kulkarni and Shruti Saha have set up Bone Appetite, a Bangalore-based bakery for dogs that focuses on the well-being of our four-legged friends. Bone Appetite offers a variety of homemade cakes and bakes. Priya says: "We believe in feeding our dogs as well as we feed our families, which is why we make premium dog food and treats with wholesome, natural, and the finest of ingredients." From cakes and cookies to muffins and their signature treats, it is heaven for the hound! If pooch patisseries are a hit, pet salons are quite the rage too. Qualified pet groomer Ashita Mathew's Wags & Wiggles has innumerable grooming and rejuvenating spa treatments and therapies. "If we feel the need to take the day off, unwind at a spa, our pets that are so dear to us also deserve the same," points out Mallika Shah, a consultant pet behaviourist.
And while you wait for your dog to finish with his/her spa service, waiting in the lobby is again about them! You can now find yourself company in the form of pet magazines. For example, WOOF! 'The mag with a wag!' is a renowned digital dog magazine that is packed with articles on canine behaviour, training, recipes, health, news, expert opinions, and more, all delivered in an entertaining and educational format.
From velvet collars and silk waistcoats to green tea deodorants and expensive conditioning shampoos, the market is flooded with products for pets, only emphasising that they are our favourite people! So while you probably put on your little black dress tonight and let your hair down, pooch party planners like Mumbai-based 'Party Barky Hai' are probably putting together a happening do for your canine companion!
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The great insight in director Roger Michell's fourth collaboration with writer Hanif Kureishi is its vision of Paris as an arena equally amenable to romantic comedy and sulking tragedy.
Thus the City of Lights becomes a proving ground in Le Week-End, where Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan play an aging middle-class British couple quarreling away their anniversary, running the relationship through all manner of weapons-testing.
Soon enough arrives the potential doomsday machine of Jeff Goldblum, in a fine display of Goldblumage, as the Broadbent character's eccentric and comparatively well-off Cambridge classmate. As articulated by these savvy players, the intimate scenario exemplifies what a recent Guardian profile of Kureishi described as "a characteristic note of frosty candor," and Michell's direction wisely tends to stay out of their way.
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Although its title invites confusion with the like-named 1967 Godard satire, in which an acutely bourgeois couple plunges upstream through a civilization meltdown, the more direct allusion here is to that New Wave titan's melancholic gangster flick Bande à part, whose famously insouciant dance routine these characters chance to observe and later bittersweetly replicate. Well, when in Paris. . .
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Let's face it. Week One in the NFL feels like a vacation that never was going to arrive. It's here and we're all a little overwhelmed. How do you keep from panicking when you have to take that fantastic draft-day roster and make starting lineup decisions? I'll try to help with ten ways to determine your lineup and turn your nerves upside-down.
Step One: Admit the problem
We all struggle with big decisions in life, or with setting a fantasy lineup. They're pretty much the same thing in my book. Understand that you're almost guaranteed to bench a top ten guy at least once this year and get on with it.
Step Two: Understand that everyone knows nothing
Sure, there are experts with names who have stats and pretend to be able to predict what's going to happen. They're just as clueless as you are, but with more apparent data points. You can take from what happened last season, or with free agency and the draft and with how teams performed in the preseason, but when that fist kickoff happens it's all erased. You don't know how this cake with 48 different ingredients is going to taste.
Step Three: Listen to the Board
Don't be a crazy person and over-evaluate your fantasy draft and/or auctions right now. If you drafted a guy higher or paid a higher auction sticker price, that's who you start. Don't complicate things looking for sleepers who are still in comas. If you went with a QBBC or a TEBC or an entire team by committee, find those degenerates' degenerates like CD Carter and Rich Hribar and see what they have to say. Your league mates may have laughed when you took Geno Smith, but he did pretty well when the Jets won last year and if the Jets have a chance of winning any game this year, it's against the Raiders' raisin to every other NFL team's grape in terms of relative talent.
Step Four: Listen to Vegas
Vegas doesn't mess around. There are smart people setting the lines and over/unders and that can give you insight into fantasy performances. If a home team's favored by more than three, they are the favorite. You're looking for high scorers. Denver/Indy is the top "over/under" of Week 1. Remember how the Colts' offense came to life when they were trailing by three touchdowns every week? Gimme some of that action.
Step Five: If You Didn't Want to Worry, Don't Worry
If you were one of those owners who took a QB or TE in the first few rounds, there you go. You have your starter and those streamers can kiss your grits. Ignore Bill "grumble" Belichick and his talk about Gronk not playing every down. When the Pats are in the red zone, Gronk's playing and Gronk smash (your opponent). Top quarterbacks maintain their high-scoring status, outside of an Aaron Rodgers injury, more than any other position. If you drafted Seattle's Team D early, know that you are set at the position and you might be history's greatest monster.
Step Six: Remember the Stakes
For most of us, we're not playing fantasy football to make our mortgage payment. A "high stakes" league has two figures, maybe three, on the line. Divide that number by the 13 regular-season weeks. If it's cheaper than a movie ticket or a nice six-pack of beer, consider how much you enjoy that kind of expenditure.
Step Seven: Pass on the Nerves
Sure, you may be waking up at night with sweats due to having Cam Newton as your QB1, but imagine that your weekly opponent has the same fears, if not worse. If they have Lamar Miller, talk about Knowshon Moreno's pass-protection prowess and how the Pats routinely snowplow any division opponent. Get in their mental belly and do it quick before they follow suit.
Step Eight: Depth Charts, They Are A-Changin'
Think about the kicker position, and how there are players who weren't even on the stickers on your draft-day board who have starting gigs now. Seriously, what's a Cody Parker? This is another sign to remove kicker from your leagues, but that's another story.
Step Nine: Let Daily Be Your Guide
When you're digging through the massive player-value databases on daily sites, think about those players you consider to be major bargains. These are players you might want to consider for your redraft leagues, and a lot of them are on waivers. Go waive.
Another way to dig into daily is to consider those week-one matchups that are a neon sign of obvious. Starting anyone who might run the ball for the 49ers against the Cowboys? Check. Remember how crappy the Cardinals were against the tight end in 2013? They're starting a post-ACL Honey Badger and a rookie at safety. Hello, Gates/Green stack. My Titans aren't exactly looking stellar on defense so consider Alex Smith as a bargain and you're not here to find out if you should start Jamaal Charles.
Step Ten: Uncertainty Is Your Companion
Uncertainty is coming with you whether you like it or not. If you're struggling to decide who to start, that probably means that you drafted well. If you're looking at your roster and it's like you sniffed the expired milk in the fridge, that could be a problem. Note that unless you drafted seven minutes ago, the value of your drafted players has changed since that time. Take advantage. Make trade offers for players whose value has dropped or take advantage of preseason risers by either trading them "high" or making a trade offer before the value skyrockets (hello, Cody Latimer). One thing you can take advantage of is the Kevin Ogletree effect. What is this, you ask? Kevin Ogletree had an 8/114/2 stat line in Week 1 of the 2012 season. For the rest of the season, he had a 24/324/2 stat line. If you traded him after week one, you made a healthy profit.
As the Brits say, remain calm and something that rhymes with calm. This is a moment in time that will soon pass, and we'll miss the sheer lunacy and terror of it all. Embrace the fantasy.


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When you've dug yourself a hole, stop digging.
That old axiom is undoubtedly one that Judge-Executive Orbrey Gritton heard during his years in private business, and one he certainly has put into action in regard to the county's unsustainable recycling program.
Gritton vowed several months ago to reign in what he estimates are losses totaling $175,000 a year in the ill-conceived recycling program that has cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.
I am loving life. Outside at 6:30 a.m. to water and still outside watching the sun go down at 8:30 p.m. It's almost an overload of the senses. On the porch chilling at 9 p.m., only to look up and see the clear night and stars bright, while the honey locust tree blossoms perfume the air and birds singing "night, night" songs. My definition of heaven on earth.
It's graduation time. Most parents begin talking about success in school at an early age. How many parents actively talk about success in relationships?
We hope our children are learning from us about how they can have healthy relationships. Maybe we need to share more about love, romance and relationship strengths.
There are several serious soil insect pests that we manage periodically in vegetable production, including wireworms, white grubs and seedcorn maggot. Unfortunately, when symptoms of damage by these pests become apparent, there are no rescue treatments. Our management strategies are preventative, not reactionary. Two important factors that, in part, impact the risk of soil insect problems are rotation and field history. The most challenging rotation for soil pests is one following established sod where wireworms and white grubs can be common.
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Five Lawrenceburg residents were among 12 people indicted last Tuesday by the Franklin County Grand Jury for what prosecutors say is their involvement in organized crime involving property theft and trafficking methamphetamine.
Each was indicted for a Class B felony.
Anderson County baseball and softball fans can only hope the Bearcats and Lady Bearcats hit the home stretch running as fast and smooth as American Pharoah did Saturday at Churchill Downs.
If that happens, early June could be a fun time around Anderson County.
It does not seem possible, but when this column is published, there will only be 10 days left in the 2015 regular seasons for baseball and softball. Through the weekend, they both seemed poised to make tha move for an extended post-season run.
Anderson County's deluge kept Friday's game with Marion County from being known as "The Flood Game."
Bearcat catcher Brice Stockton, a senior, led off the bottom of the fourth with his first varsity home run and ignited a six-run uprising that propelled Anderson to an 11-1 win over the Knights Friday night.
Stockton broke a 1-1 tie that had come about when Wesley Jorette parked his second home run in as many nights over the left field fence.
They are separated by 50 years, but the unseen bond is so strong. Raised in different generations, yet they seem so much alike.
It all centers on 16 feet, 11 inches.
That's how long Charlene Peyton jumped when she was running track for Anderson High School back in 1965. It was the best in the state that year and for a time after that.
The Anderson County High School softball team lived up to its lofty ranking with a pair of impressive wins over regional foes last week. The Lady Bearcats rolled past North Oldham and Carroll County on the road to run their record to 22-5.
Another game, at 18th-ranked East Jessamine, was canceled due to the storms that moved through the area last Thursday.
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AP IMPACT: BP buys Gulf Coast millions in gear
"There is a perception of a conflict of interest in just about anything that anybody does," Davis said. "I guess my statement to that was that I volunteered anywhere from 15 to 18 hours a day for three months and never received a penny."
Williams said he consulted the county attorney and an ethics commission, and neither saw a problem with awarding the contract to Davis.
Gulf County awarded an identical one-month, $14,468 contract - this one for monitoring beach pollution - to Florida Eco Services, a company founded days after the rig explosion by Patrick Farrell, whose wife is on the board of the local Chamber of Commerce. Farrell says he has a background in managing and maintaining properties, as well as beach restoration.
County Attorney Jeremy Novak, who also is an attorney for Florida Eco Services, said it was a matter of giving business to locals rather than out-of-state contractors.
"It sounds like a bias, and it is, but I'm glad people in Gulf County got work and actually had the ability to feed their families," Novak said. "I don't see it as profiteering. I see it as obviously doing what you can because what you're doing for a living isn't available to you."
Local authorities could have taken even fuller advantage of BP's largesse had the company or state officials not nixed some requests that had no clear connection to the oil. Police in D'Iberville, Miss., for instance, were denied a $245,000 mobile command unit, a $140,000 hazardous materials vehicle and a $19,000 Harley-Davidson.
"If we had to establish barricades, they thought it would be more maneuverable," City Manager Michael Janus said of the motorcycle. "It was a bit of a reach, obviously."
Although BP footed the bill for other pricey acquisitions, some officials concede they may have to use taxpayer money to maintain them.
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries spent $5 million for 22 boats and the accompanying trawls, nets and hauling vehicles.
"Nobody asked me for a space shuttle or anything," said Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Robert Barham.
BP money will cover the costs of maintaining the vessels, leasing dock space and buying fuel for at least three years, he said. Whether taxpayers will be forced to pick up these costs after that hasn't been decided.
"They don't run for free," Barham said.
Schneider reported from Orlando, Fla. Deslatte reported from Baton Rouge, La. AP videojournalist Jason Bronis in Gulfport, Miss., and Associated Press writers Holbrook Mohr in Jackson, Miss., Brian Skoloff in Ocean Springs, Miss., and Harry Weber and Troy Thibodeaux in New Orleans contributed to this report.
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High-tech tools for indoor urban gardening
Unless you're lucky enough to have a yard for a garden, you might have to settle for growing alfalfa sprouts, unless you use some high-tech tools for your indoor gardening efforts.
Photos of Google's massive data centers reveal playfully colored pipes, savvy designs
Nothing escapes the red, blue and yellow color palette at Google, even their incredible data centers.
Kickstarter campaign aims to reinvent the flywheel
The new take on the technology uses more flexible materials to make it significantly cheaper.
Must-read cleantech stories from March 4-8, 2013
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The Bay Bridge shines in the light of 25,000 LEDs
Stanley Jevons was right; develop a more efficient technology and people will figure out ways to use it that in the end, consume more energy
New infrared camera detects greatest cause of acid rain
The camera can detect sulfur dioxide and other major pollutants that are invisible to the human eye.
10 environmental sensors that go along with you
These sensors fit in a pocket or on your wrist and give scientists and us all a better look at air and water quality at highly local levels.
Electrostatic film harvests energy, makes you better at sports
A new wearable sensor technology that measures things like stance and force for sports also has the potential to harvest energy from waves, machinery or human movement.
The fight between dirty energy dinosaurs and clean-tech mammals
Grist and Bloomberg have good reports on what the future of clean energy looks like in the coming decade.
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Battery stretches to 3x its size, recharges wirelessly
This stretchy battery is the newest creation in the drive for wearable, flexible power sources.
Solar-powered cell towers bring off-grid energy to remote communities
Powering off-grid mobile phone towers with renewable energy also brings electricity to many areas in dire need of power.
3D printing is fun and futuristic, but how will it "revolutionise the solar energy industry"?
Writing in the Guardian, John Licata claims that 3D printed solar cells are "More efficient, less complex and cheaper, 3D solar cells can also capture more sunlight than conventional PV models." Why?
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The biomimetic design could increase water delivery efficiency, decrease water-borne illness, and lower wastewater operating costs.
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Critically acclaimed author, psy-ops expert and graduate ofMIT and Harvard as well as serving under 4 cabinets, reveals Osama bin Laden wasn'tkilled on May Ist but has been dead for over 9 years. He a
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SAN DIEGO -- A trio of Chargers draft picks showed up at Chargers Park on Saturday morning soon after landing in San Diego.
Cornerbacks Marcus Gilchrist and Shareece Wright and linebacker Jonas Mouton were formally introduced at a gathering attended by more than just the media. Linebackers coach John Pagano peeked his head in once the questions had ceased. Defensive coordinator Greg Manusky was just outside in the lobby, seeking to catch a glimpse of the new recruits during a lull in the Chargers' draft schedule.
The coaches didn't want to miss a moment to interact with their young charges, knowing full well their time was fleeting. Ongoing labor unrest and a reinstated NFL lockout means that draft picks were prohibited from communicating with the team that selected them once the three-day NFL draft concluded late Saturday afternoon.
Just as first-rounder Corey Liuget did the day before, the newcomers tried to absorb as much as possible before heading back into the great unknown without the coaching and guidance they need. While players drafted in the first three rounds had the luxury of stopping by the Chargers' facility, the players taken Saturday -- Connecticut running back Jordan Todman (sixth round), Michigan offensive lineman Stephen Schilling (sixth) and Missouri linebacker Andrew Gachkar (seventh) -- do not.
Radio silence has been reintroduced.
"This labor thing is strange because we can't be here learning, which is all that we as young guys want to do," Gilchrist said. "That doesn't mean I won't be working on my own. My thought process is this: The more effort you put in now, the better off you'll be when players get the green light to come back in."
San Diego State receiver Vincent Brown, drafted in the third round, has the distinct advantage of living in San Diego, close to where many of the veterans are conducting private workouts.
"My plan is do whatever I can to get in touch with the veterans and try to start understanding the system and how the guys like to work," Brown said. "The best thing for me is to be around the guys as much as possible. In time, the labor thing will get settled. When it does, I'm going to be ready."
As much as teams tried to keep the focus on football, the labor situation had a big impact on draft proceedings. Most notably, teams can't sign undrafted free agents as they normally would in the moments following the draft. In fact, they can't even contact them.
"As of right now, we're in a holding pattern," said John Spanos, the Chargers director of college scouting. "There isn't much we can do. We prepared for this draft the same way, so there's a list of guys that we'd contact and hopefully sign whenever we're allowed. All we can do is wait and hope we get the guys we want."
Coach Norv Turner admitted that the restriction prompted the Chargers to reach on Gachkar -- who wasn't invited to the NFL combine -- to prevent competition in signing him. Additionally, because NFL free agency is on hold until the lockout ends, the Chargers were forced to reconstruct their roster backward -- drafting largely for depth, defense and players who could develop while making an immediate impact on special teams.


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Sony to Top Samsung in India TV Sales, Researcher Says
Dec. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Sony Corp., struggling to return its television business to profit, may pass Samsung Electronics Co. this year as the top seller of flat-screen TVs in India, the fastest-growing major market, researcher DisplaySearch said.
In a shift from an earlier strategy that focused on India's wealthiest shoppers, Sony has gained market share by offering cheaper models and expanding its distribution network, Hisakazu Torii, a Tokyo-based analyst at DisplaySearch, said in an interview yesterday. The maker of Bravia TVs last year ranked third in India behind Samsung and LG Electronics Inc., he said.
"We're finally starting to see the fruits of Sony's efforts to strengthen its brand image and its sales network," Torii said. "There's a real possibility they could take the top share for the year."
Sony's push in India is part of a larger move by Japanese companies including Toshiba Corp., who are following South Korean rivals in expanding into emerging markets. Still, a weak consumer recovery in the U.S. and Europe, Sony's traditional strongholds, may prevent Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer from ending a six-year losing streak at the TV business.
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Japan's largest exporter of consumer electronics accounted for 23 percent of all flat-panel TVs sold in India during the first nine months of this year while Samsung and LG lagged behind at about 22 percent, DisplaySearch's Torii said. Last year, Samsung led with 29.3 percent, followed by LG's 23.1 percent and Sony's 22.9 percent.
"The bottom line is: they might be late to the party, but Sony finally understands where they want to compete," said Atul Goyal, a senior analyst at CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets in Singapore. "It was all Samsung and LG for the last 10 years, so for Sony to come up the way they have is impressive."
Samsung won't implement "low-price strategies" in emerging markets, James Chung, a company spokesman, said in an interview. "Previously, we focused on the U.S. and European markets, but emerging markets such as India and South America are becoming more and more important."
Sony's shares have risen 13 percent this year, while the benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average has slipped 1.7 percent. The Tokyo-based manufacturer of TVs, video game consoles and notebook computers rose 2.7 percent to 3,010 yen as of the 3 p.m. close on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
'Harsh Competition'
India and other emerging markets are the reason Sony has been able to keep its target of selling 25 million TVs this year, or 60 percent more than last fiscal year, Vice President Hiroshi Yoshioka said yesterday. The final tally may fall short by "a little bit," he said.
Selling more sets by itself isn't enough to make the business profitable. Falling prices amid "harsh competition" this holiday season may mean that Sony's TV operations lose money for a seventh consecutive year, Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato said in October.
While flat-panel models only made up 22 percent of the estimated 15.3 million TVs sold in India this year, the number of such sets is likely to double next year as Indian consumers replace their bulkier glass-tube models, according to Austin, Texas-based DisplaySearch. India is likely to become the world's third-largest TV market next year, according to the researcher.
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Earlier this month, India's finance ministry raised its economic growth forecast for the current year to 9.1 percent, citing higher consumer demand in rural areas. At $1.3 trillion, India is the world's second-fastest growing major economy.
Other Japanese manufacturers are also trying to make inroads in developing markets. Toshiba this month is introducing its own line of lower-priced models to double TV sales in Southeast Asia. The Tokyo-based company said last month it's counting on growth in Asia next year to help offset an anticipated plunge in the domestic market after the expiration of government subsidies designed to boost consumer spending.
When Sony started selling flat-panel TVs in India in 2005, it targeted wealthier consumers who could afford a 40-inch Bravia that cost more than 200,000 yen ($2,400), said Yuki Shima, a Tokyo-based spokeswoman at Sony. The company focused on customers with annual salaries greater than $10,000 and is now reaching out to consumers who make as little as $4,000 a year while expanding into more cities, Shima said.
This year, Sony expanded its lineup to include smaller models such as 22-inch sets priced at about 34,000 yen. Replacing LED backlights with fluorescent bulbs in some sets helped Sony lower prices and also costs, Shima said. The company aims to double TV sales in India, she said, declining to comment on market share.
"If this is just a defensive move and they're just going into these markets because the home market has collapsed, it won't work," said Chang Sea Jin, author of "Sony Vs. Samsung," a 2008 book that chronicled how the South Korean company built an empire by focusing on developing economies. "It takes sustained investment."
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The Monday letter was written by Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.), chairman of a House subcommittee on terrorism. Those that signed the letter are among the most conservative House Republicans, and at least 10 of them lost reelection bids this month.
Buh bye.
They should have figured out by now that women go to the polls more than men, and more black and Latina women voted for Barack Obama than did their male counterparts.
But men like McCain who are ruled by an overweening sense of personal privilege are not very bright. Though they sit on committees with the word "intelligence" in the name of the group, it doesn't seem to have rubbed off. In fact, all this macho posturing and bluster in front of the cameras may put the nation at risk. Loose lips sink ships.
My assessment has nothing to do with his courage, or past service to the country in war.
Men who feel threatened by women of strength and superior intelligence, who resort to bullying, bluster and lying when challenged by said women, are simply lacking smarts.
Their bigotry tends to crowd out brain cells.
I have a rule of thumb when judging the males of our species. I choose to look at their behavior towards women to understand their character. Men who exhibit bonhomie towards other men, yet choose trophy wives (who they demean while pimpin' off of them), who can't or won't deal on a level of equality with women (especially women of color), or accept that there are women who are smarter than they are, have a part of the brain that has never fully developed. It has been culturally limited, constrained, constricted and shaped by our cultural gender norms and as such many would never even recognize it as a failing.
In fact, there are those who see it as admirable. They see them as "manly men."
I'm not one of them.
I'm happily married to a man who is pleased as punch to tell his male friends that his wife is smarter than he is. He isn't the least bit uncomfortable about it. In fact, he thinks he's pretty smart for marrying me. I agree. I'm pleased that he is more talented than I am. We respect each other. That's what makes a good partnership.
Politics is about partnerships. Political leadership requires selecting and building a smart team. If your team doesn't have smart women in it, you won't get my vote.
Let's take this latest Benghazi bullcrap being used to taunt and demean U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice. It has nothing to do with Benghazi really, which I wrote about in Black Kos last Tuesday. The racism, blended with their sexism is blatant.
By now those who didn't know her credentials are aware of them. Those of us who have her back, from the president on down to a coalition of congresswomen, to bloggers and commentators like Soledad O'Brian and Rachel Maddow, have made it clear that she is not only a brilliant Rhodes scholar, but is an astute diplomat, with an important background in not only international affairs in general, but Middle East terrorism specifically.
President Obama is not afraid of strong smart women. He's surrounded by them.
Republicans have attacked his wife, his mother-in-law, his daughters, appointees like Valerie Jarrett, Susan Rice, Melody Barnes and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Republicans have gone after Tammy Duckworth on her military record. Teh stoopid ruled. Scott Brown went after Elizabeth Warren on her pride in having Native American ancestry.
So McCain lost an election partly because of his choice of a female running mate. Her selection—based on her having a uterus rather than brain cells—was stupid.
The War on Women launched by the Teapublicans was stupid.
Escalating that war to target Susan Rice is the height of stupidity.
Targeting women of color is political suicide.
Keep it up.
See how well stupid works out for you in 2014 and 2016.


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For centuries, pirates were the scourge of the Malacca Strait - the strategic channel between Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore through which a third of global trade now passes.
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1st Cavalry Regiment (1855) was a unit of the United States Army, and was the first US Army unit to be designated "Cavalry". Previously, mounted riflemen were called "Dragoons". In 1833 the "First Regiment of Dragoons" was formed and soon after that the "Second Regiment of Dragoons". These two regiments continued until 1860, when they were renamed the 1st Cavalry Regiment and the 2nd Cavalry Regiment. At the same time the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Regiments that were formed in 1855 were renamed the 4th Cavalry Regiment and the 5th Cavalry Regiment.
The 1st Cavalry Regiment:[1] along with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment was authorized in 1855 and formed at Jefferson Barracks, MO. All field grade officers (majors or above) and one half of the company grade officers (captains and lieutenants) were to come from existing army units. The other half of the company grade officers and most of the enlisted men came from civilian life. Each company sent out one lieutenant and one sergeant to city after city to recruit men to fill the ranks. Posters, displayed in each city promised good clothing, rations and medical attention. The pay rate was $12.00 a month for privates, $14.00 for corporals, $17.00 for Duty Sergeants, and $22.00 for First Sergeants.
The regiment had four field-grade officers, one full colonel in command, one lieutenant colonel as second in command and two majors. Each of the ten companies had a captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, four sergeants, four corporals and eighty-four privates. Also attached to each company was a one farrier and blacksmith and two buglers.
Each company had horses of a distinctive color. This served two purposes. In addition to the dramatic effect on parade, the distinctive color made it easy for members of the regiment to locate their company in the heat of battle. The assigned colors were Company A had sorrels, B, grays; C, sorrels; D, bays; E, roans; F, sorrels; G, blacks; H, bays; I, sorrels; and, K, bays. The buglers had white horses. The officers each had two horses. They could select the color of their choice. Officers were required to provide their uniforms, equipment and horses.
The new recruits after a physical exam, were trained in horsemanship and as cavalrymen at Fort Leavenworth and Jefferson Barracks.
Against the Sioux[edit]
In the fall of 1855 the regiment was ordered to participate in an expedition against the Sioux. As it turned out, the regiment were not directly involved in the major engagement with the Sioux.
Kansas Territory Slavery Issue[edit]
In 1856 the regiment was engaged in maintaining the peace in the Kansas Territory between the pro-slavery group who fought to make the territory a slave state, and the free-state faction, who bitterly opposed them. This conflict had given rise to the term "Bleeding Kansas".
Campaign against the Cheyenne of 1857[1][edit]
During the summer of 1856, Cheyenne war parties attacked four wagon trains, killing twelve people and kidnapping two. The commander of the Department of the West recommended that the Cheyenne be punished for their attacks on emigrant trains. He recommended that any action be put off until spring of 1857.
In May 1857 preparation began for the expedition with the organizing of the 1st Cavalry under Colonel Edwin Vose Sumner at Fort Leavenworth. Sumner divided the regiment into two columns in order to circle the Cheyenne hunting grounds in central Kansas Territory. One column, under Major John Sedgwick, departed on May 18 with four companies, five Delaware scouts and forty wagons, heading west along the Arkansas River past Bent's Fort north up to the South Fork of the Platte River. There they were to meet Sumner's column, which had left Fort Leavenworth on May 20, with four cavalry companies, 300 cattle and 51 wagons. Sumner's column went north and then west up to Fort Kearny, where three companies of the 6th Infantry Regiment and two companies of the 2nd Dragoons, five Pawnee scouts and ten more wagons were added. After considerable difficulty in crossing the South Platte River, Sumner's column and Sedgwick's columns met at the South Platte as planned on July 4. The whole regiment then traveled east through central Kansas to their rendezvous with the Cheyenne on the Solomon river. The map in the inset shows the routes taken by both columns.[2]
Meanwhile, the Cheyenne, about three hundred strong, were midway between the two columns, probably around the Republican River, where they had spent the previous winter. The Cheyenne consisted of both Northern Cheyenne and Southern Cheyenne. They knew the U.S. Cavalry were searching for them, so they remained banded together longer than they normally did.
On July 29 1857, The U.S. 1st Cavalry Regiment caught up with the Cheyenne on the bank of the Solomon River. As the two groups paused within about a mile of each other, the cavalry commander, Col. E.V. Sumner, gave the command "Gallop march." Both groups approached each other at full speed. Col. Sumner then commanded "Sling carbines! Draw Sabers! Charge." It was the first time sabres had been used in the West.[2] The astonished Indians, whose medicine, administered by holy men before the battle, protected them from carbines but not from sabers, became terrified when they saw the sabers. They pivoted and ran as fast as their horses would carry them away from the troopers. The chase lasted for about seven miles before the Indians, having faster horses, pulled ahead too far for the cavalry to follow. During the brief fighting that took place during the chase, two troopers were killed and nine, including Lt. J.E.B. Stuart, who was to become the Confederates' most famous cavalry general during the Civil War, were wounded. An estimated nine Indians were killed on the field and an unknown number were wounded. The cavalry wounded and a detachment of infantry were left behind in a makeshift fort while the rest of the 1st Cavalry followed the Indians as best they could.
This engagement was the climax of The Cheyenne Expedition, which began two and a half months earlier at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. After the battle the regiment left the wounded, including J.E.B. Stuart and one company of infantry, and followed the trail of the Cheyenne south towards the Arkansas river. They found and destroyed a large abandoned village that had recently been occupied but were not able to catch the rapidly dispersing Indians. The regiment received orders to split up and send four companies under Major Sedgewick to join Col. Albert Sidney Johnston at Fort Kearney to become part of the Utah Expedition, while the other two companies were to proceed to Fort Leavenworth under Col. Sumner. However, before reaching Fort Kearney Major Sedgewick received further orders to return to Fort Leavenworth to rejoin the rest of the regiment.
Further reading[edit]
- Utley, Robert (1981). Frontiersmen in Blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848–1865. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-9550-6. OCLC 7169739.


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In the last couple weeks we have written articles for Toledo Free Press called Five Tips To Help You Prepare for Retirement and Five Tips To Help Protect Your Retirement Assets (You can also check them out at www.retirementguysnetwork.com). Here is part three of our three-part series that focuses on The Retirement Guys' three-part process called The Retirement Game Plan (Manage Your Money, Preserve Your Assets, Efficiently Plan Your Estate).
In the previous column on protecting your assets, we talked about the idea of approaching retirement or being retired. In this column we will focus on one of the two things for sure in life: death (the other being taxes). As we get older we all realize how fast life flies by. It seemed like only yesterday that you were starting out in your adult life to figure out how to make your way in the world.
I (Mark) laughed when I heard the comedian Louie Anderson joke about being older and the realization of time flying. Referring to that particular day being over, he said, "Is it over? Really? Oh, no! All I did today was have a bowl of soup!" Don't days seem like that? You blink and the day is over. So, now that we realize time is flying we start thinking about where we want all our stuff to go when we die. (This prompts another scary thought—the TV show "Hoarders." You know who you are.)
As a lawyer who prepares estate planning documents, it is rare to have younger people approach me to do it. I have even offered to do it free for the some of the children of my older clients and not one has taken me up on the offer. They are too young and busy doing what I mentioned earlier — making their way in the world.
The Retirement Guys talk about "efficiently" planning your estate. The idea of passing on all your stuff, your money, your assets, etc., to the people you want it all to go to. So what are some useful tips in getting this done? Here are a few:
- Git 'er done! You have read about all of the horror stories of famous people's estates. Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe and even James Gandolfini (we wrote a column some time back called "Did Tony Soprano get whacked by the IRS?" — you can look it up in our archives on our website at www.retirementguysnetwork.com). It's easy to procrastinate about doing something that may seem unpleasant, like planning for your own death. But it can be a mess for your family if you don't get around to it.
- Decide What You Want to Accomplish. Do you want to leave a legacy to your family? Do you want to help a charitable cause? Do you want certain people to receive sentimental items? There are many questions like this to ask yourself.
- Decide What Kind of Estate Plan Is Best For You. Will? Trust? This can depend on whether probate avoidance is desired or perhaps some special way of distributing assets that may not occur all at once.
- Get The Documents That Will Help You While You Are Still Alive. A will kicks in when you die. If you become incapacitated you should have documents that allow someone to step in and act on your behalf in a timely manner. Durable Power of Attorney, Health Power of Attorney, Living Will, etc.
- A Will or Trust Does Not Necessarily Control Where Everything Goes. Many don't realize that accounts like IRAs, Retirement Accounts, Life Insurance, Annuities, etc., have beneficiary designations. These designations control where these accounts go. This might be different than what your will or trust says.
There are many more things to consider than we have space for here. Make sure you consult with a qualified attorney to discuss all the issues when beginning the process of creating an efficient estate plan. For more information on The Retirement Game Plan, go to www.retirementguysnetwork.com. As always, have a happy retirement.
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