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The kit I used was Booland One Day Wonders #6 http://www.digitalscrapbookingstudio...ducts_id=18807 The journaling reads: Ever since I can remember, I have enjoyed writing. I have mostly written essays and poetry. I tried writing a children's story once, and managed to finish it, but it wasn't very good. I've come to the conclusion that fiction is simply not my thing...it's that darn dialog, it gets you every time. Now poetry on the other hand seems to come fairly easy to me, and I've also tried my hand at song lyrics. But what I seem to have discovered late in life is that writing instructions, i.e., lessons, is where I shine, or so my students tell me. I know I enjoy technical writing and I enjoy teaching people new skills even more. So I guess I have finally figured out what I want to do "When I Grow Up!".
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An up-to-date overview of free software and its makers
The Mistelix programmers didn't bother reinventing the wheel; the software relies on a number of familiar, external background helpers, such as GStreamer. This means you can use any multimedia format the framework supports. These formats will differ from system to system and depend on the GStreamer components you have installed. MP3 might not be included because of software patents, so if you want to integrate MP3-formatted audio files as your backing track, you need to install the Fluendo MP3 plugin for GStreamer so that Mistelix can handle the task.
Under the hood, Mistelix uses the command-line-based DVDAuthor [4] set of tool to create output files. In addition, Mistelix relies on FFmpeg [5] to create the matching video formats. If you decide to use the Theora format instead of the standard DVD format, make sure you have the matching Theora codec in place. If a required helper is missing, Mistelix will warn you (Figure 4). This prevents unnecessary waiting and frustration; after all, creating and converting MPEG compressed videos can take some time, even if you have a fast machine.
Mistelix does not have a burning function as of this writing. Instead, it creates a subdirectory named dvd with the required files. The following command line creates the image file dvd.iso
mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o dvd.iso dvd
which you can burn to disc with your preferred burning software.
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Mistelix developers are looking to release version 0.3 of the program in July of this year. Although the team has not disclosed the new features yet, the long-term roadmap lists a number of tangible targets, including support for more formats. In the future, Mistelix will be able to export to both Flash and Moonlight formats (Moonlight is the Linux implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight). The roadmap also includes DVD chapters, subtitles, and Blu-ray support.
Programmers interested in lending a hand will find ideas on how to implement new features on the project homepage, along with the expected level of difficulty. This lets new contributors decide how to help. As with other projects, classic bug fixing is another way to help the developers.
Thus far, Mistelix is only available for Unix-style systems, although this could change in the near future. The program is written in Mono and C# and thus is fairly easy to port to Windows systems. Although the developers do not intend to port Mistelix themselves, the free software adage applies: Any volunteers?
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It was sometime after last night's Raw had concluded, with its fairly typical assemblage of the evil Wyatt Family dominating the ultimate do-gooder John Cena and sending television viewers to bed with the imagery of him resting uncomfortably with quite the headache while Bray sang twisted karaoke. This is a closing that wrestling viewers are familiar with, that of a major face suffering a big setback in their quest and the idea that evil reigns supreme (fleetingly, natch) in this topsy-turvy world. A couple of hours later, in reviewing the show, I discovered that those in attendance in Baltimore got a rather important postscript. The Wyatts planned to resumed their attack on Cena after Raw went off the air only to be waylaid by...The Shield. Considering that The Shield had spent a large portion of the live program defending their own honor against the reformed Evolution, perhaps this was to be expected. But it doesn't make it any less strange, really.
Watching the replay of the Raw backstage pass on the Network, that is indeed what happened. It didn't garner any special attention from the commentary team, perhaps due to the presence of "#HEEL" Dolph Ziggler, reformed and sobering. This is just how the cycle of life works in professional wrestling. Heels hear cheers and become heroes. At some point, they decide they are concerned with how the crowd feels about their performance. It never starts that way, of course. Like any relationship, it just enters a different phase, but they're the same people. But are they? Should the Cena save be read as The Shield serving their own interests (as their character development necessitates), or as a change in their attitude towards Cena or the large segment of fans that support him? Unclear.
What is clear is that the "Reality Era" appears to be a not-too-subtle attempt to convince us as viewers that the dividing lines between faces and heels don't really matter all that much. It plays into some of the top storylines in the company, as talking heads debate whether the Universe handing JC a 3-on-1 match against the entire Wyatt family was more a punishment of the superhero or an opportunity to get his hands on the cult leader. Considering Cena's locked in a cage with Bray in a couple of weeks, I'm not sure I get the latter logic, but hey: at least there was an attempt at explanation. The truth is far less difficult to pinpoint. Plenty of people tired of Cena's machinations years ago, and just about all of us want more. If there's a chance to put more guys in the ring, bring it on! Besides, is Cena even an underdog with odds like that? Certainly not the way he's been presented. There's no need to hang that decision on the fans when the Authority is bringing out half the roster against The Shield. Appreciate the attempt to make the "voting" application useful, but success eludes.
Not that long ago, it was heavily rumored that at least one member of The Shield, Roman Reigns, would be abandoning his team in favor of a push and a run at the top of the card. Those plans appear to have been scrapped with the entire trio now submerged in their battle with the leadership of the company. It's not the fans' treatment of The Shield that has caused this as much as the "tweener" mentality that pervades the scene. This stable is to be applauded because they have broken the yoke of terror that Triple H has been unleashing on the roster for some time now. They are going to cut the same promos while they go about their business, staring down a team that had similar cool credibility once upon a time. What's a fan to do?
Antiheroes are nothing new in themselves, of course, and certainly not in the wrestling business, which prides itself on being timeless and timely all at once. But from The Shield to Cesaro to The Wyatts themselves, I'm at a loss to think of a time when they abounded so prevalently. It solves plenty of problems on the creative end, of course. Sending out the talent and awaiting the reaction eliminates all the difficulty of planning. It's also a topic discussed at length by former WWE announcer Jim Ross in a series of tweets, decrying the lack of true heels left in the WWE (at least as far as presentation is concerned) and making the case that they are required in order to engage fans and drive the business to the level that is needed to sustain itself. Heels do have to be heels, after all. Or do they?
The essence of his point is that once "bad" guys reach a certain level of coolness, they cease to be bad in the traditional sense of the word. Wrestling can and should be populated by characters of all kinds, including those that are incredibly hard to classify, but it's at its core a morality play and that requires people whose motivation is consistently less than savory. Much of this rests on presentation, naturally; but a good deal of it requires the investment of time and energy into a person that will be loathed. This was easy enough back in the old days, when being from a certain country or occupation meant instant rage, but in this current climate of revelations and mixed motivations it becomes a true art form. The only way to ensure yourself of heel success is to be the anachronism on legs: the cowardly tough guy, the unintelligent brain, the ugly ladies' man. There is nothing more infuriating in life than someone who's not good at something and thinks they are great at it. It's an easy element to book, exploit, and reap the rewards from in wrestling. But it requires a recipe of equal parts commitment and energy.
The invisible line between fan favorite and most hated has never been more tenuous, and it needs a bit of course correcting. As the broadcast team points out how many fans the Wyatts are converting, they prod the tale towards the inevitable conclusion. It's hard to feel the proper emotion for a group presented as too cool for class. The nWo had many reasons for the end of its life cycle, but a major one is surely that once a group is so cool that the established stars want to be in it, it's no longer cool at all. It doesn't take Groucho Marx to see that's a club that you might not want to be in, as fun as it might appear. The WWE has to resist the urge to treat the "reality" era as an opportunity to exorcise the rites of the past, because you're only going to deposit money in feuds you're interested in. Brother vs. brother, underdog vs. powerhouse, angel vs. demon: whatever your fancy, emotional investment is a requirement in order to see the feud through. Groups battling other groups over Various Important Motivations that shall remain nameless would not qualify.
There is a prevailing thought that you can't determine who fans cheer for. While that's ostensibly true, it misses the mark in that true promoters can harness those emotions and use them to push folks in a certain direction. In fact, that's their job. While wrestling needs to be smart enough to recognize when it's made a mistake (bringing Batista back assuming he'd be cheered), they also must stick with their guns regarding the grand plan from time to time in order to sell the big story. It actually doesn't take a whole lot more than a preening heel like Rick Rude showing up to insult the hometown fans to make this work, even in the reality era. The reality will always be that when attacked, we respond in kind. You can go along with the audience and become a pseudo-heel like Fandango, or you can take a stand and slap the hand that's trying to feed you every step of the way. Having redeeming qualities or a mysterious cool quotient will only get you so far before it ceases to pay the bills. That's not old school thinking; that's wrestling history 101.
The wrestling world is a big place, and it takes all kinds. Certainly appealing to different core groups makes sense and keeps things interesting. We may even be beyond the point where anyone can take a heel gimmick and make it work for a career. But that in itself is not an excuse to abandon the planning and execution of one of the things that wrestling shares with all successful entertainment mediums: requiring an (often larger-than-life) villain to push things to another level. One would hope that this noble cause has not been lost in a wash of merchandise sales and fleeting loyalties. I'll take my favorites cool upon careful reflection, thank you. Eliminate the true heels at your peril.
*The first opponent out of the chute for newly minted champion Daniel Bryan is...Kane? While the ample backstory between the two is surely compelling in its own way, I can't state I'm agog with excitement over this development. While yesterday's beatdown in front of Mrs. Bryan was a large step in the right direction (isn't it about time things got more personal?), Kane was marginally successful in his corporate persona and leapfrogged several talents that were more worthy of a shot at the gold. (We'll pass on the topic of Lesnar, as his part-time commitment prevents that move from coming to fruition yet.) Cesaro would have been a great choice, given his memorable Battle Royal win at WrestleMania. As it stands, we're stuck with once again elevating a past name into the main event level as a quick excuse to keep DB on an even keel with a victory. This is precisely the type of thing I was hoping would be diminished following WM. One positive for this feud is the continuing desire to keep Stephanie McMahon as a heel focal point. She has only scratched the surface of what she's capable of, far beyond the monotonous droning of her husband as he explores ground covered over and over again. Stephanie has an opportunity to come into her own as a monster, and it's about time that WWE presented a strong female character with a very big dark side.
*The breakup of The Brothers Rhodes was once again hinted at last evening, if not overtly stated, and it's high time in my estimation. In order for Cody to take the leap to the next level he's been circling for some time now, he's going to need to sow his oats on his own, and a feud with his own kin (particularly one that's been able to play the heel quite well at times) is a great place to start. I'm naturally concerned about what happens to Goldy once that course is run, but he's an entertaining enough character that I find it hard to imagine he falls off the map completely. Kudos to them both for taking a secondary feud and making it work for longer than they probably imagined. They should receive their opportunity to face each other (something they've both longed for) and use it as a great springboard to close the book on the team and catapult Cody to bigger and better things. Kudos to both for their efforts, and let's get things to the next stage.
*It may be obvious at this point due to the attention it's received, but I must add my voice to the cacophony of praise aimed at the WWE's Warrior-themed programming on the Network last week. It's unfortunate that a tragedy precipitated it, but it's a welcome relief to be able to spend more time with beloved characters once their time on this globe is up. Too often a bell salute and a fade to black is all we get in terms of closure for those that inspired us. The pieces themselves were very well done, as WWE's nearly always are, and provided some insight into the very long and strange trip Warrior undertook. It also provided some excellent insight into the infamous Self-Destruction DVD and some unbelievably poignant moments during his last WrestleMania weekend, including footage with friends turned bitter rivals Vince McMahon and Hulk Hogan that were downright emotional. If this is what we have to look forward to, we're fortunate indeed.
*Using reality to push fantasy is something wrestling has always done. Take any successful gimmick in the business and most likely it's based in part to something linked to the performer themselves. It's easy to see why: getting behind what you know is far easier and more effective than attempting to get behind what you don't. In that vein, the abundance of reality shows and Total Divas weddings have taught us that not only do wrestling weddings work much better out of arenas, but there's a hell of a lot of them. While using real-life spouses and relatives is generally a smart play, less needs to be more here. I don't pretend that fans don't have access to this information, and therefore the veil of secrecy can be dropped, but not mentioning it and blatantly advertising it are two different animals. WWE must be careful to not let their desire for the success of their side projects overtake the necessity to do their main gig really well. Adding a personal stake to a feud is smart money; adding too many risks turning what's already an exercise in disbelief into calisthenics most impossible.
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Pensions & The costly hole in Graham's pension scheme " I'm a physics teacher and my partner, Jackie is a nursery school teacher. We have decided we want to start our own family, so I started looking at how I've filled out a form at work to our finances stacked up. That's "When you get down make sure of that. when I realised that my pension to the detail, it could be scheme has an expensive black The scheme also pays pensions hole as far as Jackie is concerned, to dependants. But, up to 2006, years before an unmarried because we aren't married. only a widow – or widower for that matter – would get the partner will get a I was worried about what would pension. From 1 January 2007, reasonable pension" happen if I were to die? I'd want that changed so now unmarried Jackie and any children we have partners can get the pension too, to be OK. We have insurance to but – and it's a big 'but' – only my pay off the mortgage, so she service from 1 January 2007 would have a roof over her head. But Jackie works part-time and onwards counts towards Jackie's pension and I need at least two Contents only earns about £5,000 a year. years service from then on before Introduction __________________________2 If we had children, she might she'd get anything at all, so it will not work at all for a while. She be years before she would get State pensions ________________________4 wouldn't have enough money on anything like enough to live on. ● How they work _____________________4 her own to run a home let alone ● How much? ________________________4 bring up a family. I can buy her extra pension based ● When are they paid? ________________4 on my 10 years before 1 January ● Protection for your family ____________5 At the moment we rely mainly on 2007, but that will cost – for ● Pension credit ______________________5 my salary. It's not a fortune, example, I could pay £900 a year ● What should you do? ________________5 but enough to cover the bills and for the next eight years or a lump enjoy ourselves a bit. If I died, sum of about £7,000 (less after Occupational & personal pensions ______5 Jackie would need to replace tax relief). ● How they work _____________________5 some of what I bring in. I thought ● How much? ________________________5 my pension scheme at work had So there's the dilemma – do I ● When are they paid? ________________5 that covered. Well, it does and shell out this money which I can't ● Protection for your family ____________5 it doesn't. really afford or do we take a ● What should you do? ________________7 gamble that everything will " On the face of it, the scheme is be OK for us? Common questions answered _________8 really good. If I died, it pays out Helpful addresses, leaflets a lump sum of three times my Graham, Devon and websites _________________________8 salary – which would be £90,000. Jackie would get the lump sum – Jargon buster_________________________9 Did you know? Typically pension schemes will pay a pension to your unmarried partner, as long as you meet particular conditions – for example, you may need to nominate you partner, they may need to be partly or wholly financially dependent on you, you may need to have been together for at least two years, and the pension might be based only on your service from a set date. Check the rules for your scheme. Introduction On average nearly a third of adult life You don't have to save through a is spent in retirement. Funding such pension scheme but there are tax a long period is expensive. advantages. You get tax relief on your contributions, your savings You may be tempted to put off build up largely tax free, and you can starting to save – especially if you take part of your savings at are paying off student debts, trying retirement as a tax-free lump sum to buy a home, or raising a family. instead of taxable pension. But the later you leave it, the harder it is to build up enough to pay for a From 2012, a new national pension reasonable retirement (see table). scheme is due to start. Unless your employer offers a scheme that is Don't expect too much from the at least as good, you will be state. The basic state pension is less automatically enrolled into the than a fifth of the national average national scheme and have your own ● Personal pensions (including earnings. To enjoy a comfortable personal account (similar to a retirement, you need to build up stakeholder schemes). These are typically run by insurance personal pension). Your employer your own savings too. and you will both have to contribute companies. You either sort out a There are two main ways of scheme for yourself or you may – you'll have to pay in 4 per cent of doing this: have access to a scheme through your pay and your employer 3 per your workplace (called a group cent. A further 1 per cent will come ● An occupational pension from tax relief. You will be able to personal pension scheme). Your scheme. These are offered employer does not have to pay opt out if you want to, but then you'll through your work. A big anything into the scheme but lose the benefit of your employer's advantage is that your employer might agree to do so. With contribution. usually has to pay into the personal pensions, a lump sum is scheme on your behalf. As well normally payable if you die before as a pension upon retirement, you retire but it is usually up to You might be relying on your occupational schemes usually you to decide what other partner to build up the family's give you a package of benefits. benefits, if any, you want to add retirement pot. But it's sensible These include a pension if you to the package. Unmarried to protect yourself in case you have to retire early because of partners can receive the lump split up in the future. The best ill health and financial support sum and any other benefits. way to do this is to build up for your dependants if you die some of the family's savings in before or after retirement. Not all your name. If you can't afford schemes will pay benefits to an to save, ask your partner to unmarried partner – you need pay into a personal pension for to check. you (see page 7). 2 Pensions & Living Together • www.advicenow.org.uk/livingtogether Did you know? Nearly 9 million workers in the UK are neither saving for a pension nor have a partner who is saving for retirement. Presumably they are relying on the state. In 2006/7, the average state pension for rcently retired pensioners was £103 a week for single pensioners and £157 for couples. Pension Commission, First report, 2004; Department for Work and Pensions, Pensioners Income Series How much you might need to save to provide £100 a week from age 65 1 Who gets any If you start saving at this age: You'd need to save this much each month: death benefits? Men Women 2 Most occupational schemes and personal pensions are 30 £140 £153 set up so that the scheme decides who should get any 40 £214 £234 lump sum and dependants' pensions if you die. That way, payments can go direct to 50 £468 £510 your survivors instead of being paid to your estate 1 All amounts in today's money. Assumes 5% a year investment growth during the last where they might be taxed 10 years before retirement and 7% a year growth before then, 1% a year charges, and would be held up until 2.5% a year inflation and that your contributions increase in line with earnings. probate had been granted. When considering long-term investment, it is more suitable to use general assumptions like these than to assume present short-run conditions will continue to apply. Make sure you fill in a form 2 Women need to save more because they tend to live longer than men. This means from the scheme nominating women's pensions are on average paid out for longer and so cost more. the person you choose to receive the death benefits and, if circumstances change, remember to alter the nomination. The scheme will normally do as you asked but can override your wishes if anyone else comes forward and proves they were financially dependent on you. www.advicenow.org.uk/livingtogether • Pensions & Living Together 3 State pensions State additional pension In 2002 the State Second Pension How much? In 2009–10 the full basic pension for How they work (S2P) replaced the State Earnings a single person is £95.25 a week. Related Pension (SERPS). Only Married couples (and from 2010 Basic pension employees could get SERPS, but same-sex couples who are carers and some people with a registered civil partners) can claim Anyone who has paid (or been credited disability can also get the S2P. extra. Unmarried couples can not. with) enough National Insurance You are not building up additional contributions over their working life pension if you are The amount of additional state gets the state basic pension. The ● self-employed, pension you have built up used to rules are changing so that, if you will depend on your eligible earnings reach state pension age on or after ● an employee on low earnings (less over your working life since 1978. 6 April 2010, you need to have paid than £95 a week in 2009–10), or From 6 April 2009 onwards, it builds National Insurance contributions for ● contracted out of S2P. up at a flat-rate instead, which is the 30 years to get a full pension (it used same for everyone. When you reach to be 44 years). state pension age, you are likely to get a combination of the old What does earnings-related pension and the National Insurance new flat-rate pension, so the total 'contracted out' will vary from person to person. Credits mean? To help you carry on building When are they paid? up the state basic pension, You are 'contracted out' if you you might be credited with are building up a pension in an You cannot start receiving your state contributions if you are in any occupational pension scheme pension until you reach state of the following situations: or personal pension instead of pension age. This age is gradually ● caring for a child the state additional pension. being increased, depending on when you were born – see the table below. ● unable to work because of sickness or disability ● getting certain benefits State pension age ● in the years you reach 16, 17 and 18, if still in Your date of birth Pension age education and born after 5 April 1957 Before 6 April 1950 60 (women); 65 (men) ● on a course of approved training 6 April 1950 to 5 April 1955 Between 60 and 65 (women); 65 (men) ● doing jury service 6 April 1955 to 5 April 1959 65 ● serving a prison sentence for a conviction which is subsequently quashed 6 April 1959 to 5 April 1960 Between 65 and 66 ● you are a man aged 60 to 65 and not working (for 6 April 1960 to 5 April 1968 66 example, because you have taken early retirement). This 6 April 1968 to 5 April 1969 Between 66 and 67 is to prevent you being discriminated against in 6 April 1969 to 5 April 1977 67 comparison with women who currently reach state pension age (and so stop 6 April 1977 to 5 April 1978 Between 67 and 68 paying contributions) earlier than men. From 6 April 6 April 1978 onwards 68 2010, these credits are being phased out in line with the increase in women's state pension age from 60 to 65 (see the 'State pension age' table). 4 Pensions & Living Together • www.advicenow.org.uk/livingtogether Protection for your family Pension credit What should you do? A married person (and, from 6 April Pension credit is a state benefit ● Request state pension forecasts 2010 a same-sex civil partner) can for pensioners on low incomes. (see page 8) to check how claim state bereavement benefits or It ensures they have at least a much state pension you each receive state pensions based on minimum amount to live on, and might get. their spouse's (or civil partner's) rewards people who have made their ● If you have gaps in your National National Insurance record. There is own modest savings for retirement. no similar protection for unmarried If you live with your partner, whether Insurance record (for example, partners. you are married, registered, or living because you took time out to together, your entitlement depends study or travel), check whether If you divorce you can still use on your joint income. paying voluntary Class 3 your former husband or wife's contributions would earn you National Insurance record, but you extra basic pension but bear in lose this right if you remarry or move mind that most people will need in with someone as if you were only 30 years of contributions to married. Unmarried partners who get the full pension. separate cannot use their former partner's National Insurance record in this way. Occupational schemes and personal pensions How they work How much? When are they paid? Some occupational schemes are Salary-related scheme In most cases you cannot start 'salary-related'. This means you are receiving your pension before you promised a pension based on your Typically, a salary-related scheme are 50 (this changes to 55 from pay and how long you've been in might give you 1/60th or 1/80th of 6 April 2010), and you must take the scheme. your pay for each year you have your pension before you are 75. been in the scheme. For example, The earlier you start, the lower your Most other occupational schemes, if your pay is £30,000 and you have yearly pension will be. all personal pensions, and the new 20 years' membership, you might national scheme due to start in 2012 get 1/60th x £30,000 x 20 = £10,000 are 'money purchase schemes'. pension a year. Protection for your family This means you build up your own fund of savings and convert it to a Most schemes provide some sort Money purchase scheme pension at retirement, normally by of lump sum pay out if you die buying an annuity. In a money purchase scheme, how before you retire. much pension you get depends on: If you die before, or often after, ● the amount paid in retirement most occupational ● how well the invested schemes pay pensions to your What is an contributions grow survivors, but only if they were annuity? ● what charges the pension financially dependent on you, or interdependent (for example, you company has made, and It is an investment where you shared the main household bills). permanently give up a lump ● the annuity rate at which you Over the last few years the rules sum and in return get an convert the fund into pension. have changed so that most public income usually payable for the sector schemes now also pay rest of your life. Tax-free cash survivor pensions to your unmarried partner, provided you have With most schemes, you can swap nominated them and various part of your pension for a tax-free conditions are met (see page 1). lump sum. www.advicenow.org.uk/livingtogether • Pensions & Living Together 5 If you belong to a public sector scheme, check carefully whether the introduction of pensions for Robert reaches age 65 with a personal pension fund of unmarried partners has been £70,000. He opts for a single life annuity because it offers the backdated and how far. You may be highest income: £4,980 a year. With state pensions, he and his able to buy extra protection for your unmarried partner Pam have a joint income of nearly £14,900 a year. partner (see page 1). Unfortunately Robert dies three years later and his pension dies with him. Pam is left with just her state pension which is topped Occupational schemes are not allowed to discriminate on sexual up by pension credit to about £6,800 a year. If Robert had bought orientation – so if the scheme will a joint life annuity, their joint income would have been less at pay a pension to an unmarried around £14,200 a year but after Robert's death Pam would have opposite-sex partner, it must also had around £8,500 a year to live on including income from the pay to a same-sex partner. Schemes annuity and some pension credit. have to treat registered civil partners in the same way as married couples. With most money purchase occupational schemes and plans, A pension for your partner 1 at retirement you choose whether to buy a single-life annuity (where If you buy this sort of annuity: You might get And if you died the income stops when you die) or a this much pension your partner joint-life-last-survivor annuity which a year:2 would get: would provide a pension for a surviving partner. Single-life £2,088 £0 Joint-life-last-survivor, one-third reduction on death £1,812 £1,208 Joint-life-last-survivor, no reduction on death £1,704 £1,704 1 Level annuity (where the income stays the same each year), based on a man aged 65 and women aged 60 at retirement with a £30,000 pension fund and the man dying first. 2 Based on rates from Financial Services Authority, March 2009. What's a stakeholder pension scheme? It's a personal pension which meets certain conditions such as low charges and flexible payments. 6 Pensions & Living Together • www.advicenow.org.uk/livingtogether What should you do? START Do you know roughly how much income Draw up a budget of how much you expect to spend NO you'll want in retirement? in retirement using today's prices but adjusting for known changes – for example, mortgage paid off, no more work-related expenses. YES Do you know how much pension you can Either request a state pension forecast (see page 8) NO expect from the state? or check your last combined benefit statement (see below). YES Do you have a rough idea of how much Check your last benefit statement (see page 8) for pension you will get from your occupational NO each scheme or request a new one. Statements must scheme or personal pensions? show in today's money the pension you might get based on various assumptions. A combined benefit YES statement also includes a forecast of your state pension. Subtract your expected pensions from You are currently on track for the retirement income your budget of expected retirement NO you want. Repeat the check once a year. spending. Is the answer less than zero? You are not on track for the retirement income YES you want. You need to increase your savings (see Common questions answered on page 8). Did you know? Whether or not they belong to an occupational scheme, most people can pay up to £3,600 a year into personal pension plans (including stakeholder schemes). You don't have to be earning and anyone can pay in on behalf of anyone else. For example, a parent could start a scheme for a child and one partner could pay into a scheme for the other. www.advicenow.org.uk/livingtogether • Pensions & Living Together 7 Common questions answered Helpful addresses, leaflets and websites Q How much should I be saving for retirement? Free government guidance about pensions The Pension Service General Enquiries: 0845 606 0265 A It depends on how much retirement income you want, when you plan to retire, your sex and your age now. The table www.pensionguide.gov.uk PTB1 Pensions: the basics. A guide from the government PM2 State pensions – Your guide on page 3 gives an indication if you aim to PM6 Pensions for women – Your guide retire at 65. It's impossible to know how your PM7 Contracted-out pensions – Your guide pension savings will grow in future, so the indications are based on assumptions that may turn out to be too optimistic or too To check your state pension age pessimistic. Because of this, it is important to www.thepensionservice.gov.uk/state-pension/age- review your pension savings regularly and be calculator.asp prepared to adjust the amount you save to stay on track. To get a state pension forecast Future Pension Centre Q My benefit statement shows my pension in 'today's money'. What Tyneview, Whitely Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE98 1BA Tel: 0845 3000 168 www.thepensionservice.gov.uk does that mean? A Over time the value of money falls because prices rise. If you have £1 and baked beans cost 25p a tin, you can buy four To find out about National Insurance contributions tins. If in a year's time the price of baked Your local tax office beans has doubled to 50p, you can buy only See phone book under 'HM Revenue & Customs' two tins. The buying power of your money has www.hmrc.gov.uk/individual/tmanational-insurance.shtml halved, so the value of £1 tomorrow is only 50p in today's money. Your benefit statement makes an adjustment for possible future price To find out about your occupational scheme rises to give you an idea of the value of your or get a benefit statement expected pension in terms of what it could buy today. Pension scheme administrator See scheme literature or notice board at work for contact details. Alternatively, contact your Human Resources department. Q I was previously married. Can my ex-wife claim the death benefits from my occupational pension scheme To work out how much you might need if I were to die? to save for retirement A It depends. Your divorce settlement may already have compensated your ex-wife for the loss of any claim to your Age Concern MoneyTrail www.ageconcern.org.uk/moneytrail pension scheme benefits. If not, a claim To check annuity rates from her might succeed if she could show that she was still financially dependent on you Financial Services Authority compare products – for example, because she relied on your www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk maintenance payments. If you are separated but not divorced, your ex Book would be your legal widow and it is quite possible that the scheme would recognise The pension handbook a claim from her as valid. Jonquil Lowe Available from bookshops and Which? Books www.which.co.uk 8 Pensions & Living Together • www.advicenow.org.uk/livingtogether Jargon buster The jargon What it means Annuity An investment where you pay a lump sum in return for a regular income, usually payable for the rest of your life. Money-purchase A scheme in which you build up a fund which you convert scheme pension into a pension when you retire. You usually do this by buying an annuity. Occupational One type of pension scheme offered through your work. Your pension employer usually has to pay into the scheme on your behalf. Personal pension A pension scheme typically offered by insurance companies. Your employer (if you have one) doesn't have to pay anything into the scheme but may agree to do so. Private sector Occupational pensions offered by a private company to pensions its employees. Public sector Occupational pensions offered by a public sector organisation pensions to its employees. This group includes, for example, people employed by state schools, the NHS, the Police, and Local councils. Salary related An occupational pension scheme that promises to pay you pension a pension based on your salary and how long you have been in the scheme. State basic pension The basic pension paid by the government, based upon the amount of National Insurance contributions you have made (or been credited with). See page 4 for details. State Second The state additional pension. Pension (S2P) See page 4 for details. www.advicenow.org.uk/livingtogether • Pensions & Living Together 9 This leaflet is one of a series produced by advicenow.org.uk's LivingTogether campaign. The LivingTogether campaign aims to increase awareness and understanding of the legal issues around living together. We explain exactly what rights couples living together really have, and show you practical ways you can protect yourself and your partner. We provide information and practical material to help you ensure your partner will inherit from you if you die; understand your housing rights and show you how to protect them with a Living Together agreement, explaining financial implications and what you can do to minimise them, and how to ensure your partner is treated as your next of kin in an emergency. For more information about your rights when you are living with your partner see www.advicenow.org.uk/livingtogether The LivingTogether campaign is led by Advice Services Alliance in partnership with One Plus One (www.oneplusone.org.uk) and is funded by the Department for Constitutional Affairs. Advice Services Alliance (ASA), the co-ordinating body for UK advice services. ASA members include AdviceUK, Age Concern England, Citizens Advice, DIAL UK, Law Centres Federation, Shelter and Youth Access. ASA works with its membership and government to develop policy on delivery of legal and advice services; champions the development of high quality information, advice and legal services; and provides supporting services to advice networks. The LivingTogether Campaign applies to England and Wales only. The law in Scotland and Northern Ireland is significantly different. Written by Jonquil Lowe. Series edited by Mary Webber. April 2009. Published by Advice Services Alliance, 6th Floor, 63 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8AA The Advice Services Alliance is a company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales No: 3533317, registered office 6th Floor, 63 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8AA
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Let's just sit back and watch the Nats win the NL...and then wait for a really great hitter to fall in our laps in the offseason...the merry-go-round is starting...i hope not, but I can hear the music cranking up, that is for sure.
Get to work Walt, or just get out (and take Dusty with you).
I'll be voicing my opinion here before going to bed...
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So how long ago does Monday feel now? geesh.
Dusty needs to go and the architect of this team needs to go. But they won't. And it's business as usual. Losing baseball. but all is well because it's a marathon and not a sprint. That's BS and always has been. You can't get one you lose back especially when the other teams are playing superior baseball, making better decisions, and all tat better than you are.
"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
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Dusty's explanation will be that he was saving Chapman to close, which is silly.
However, to be honest, I think the Reds had just as much chance to prevent the Padres from scoring that inning using Ondrusek and Lecure as they did using Chapman, considering how Chapman has been performing lately.
"Man, the pitch looks fast, even in slow motion." Thom Brennaman on Chapman's fastball.
We can all complain about Dusty's mindless decisions on pitching, but the real problem is that the Reds have scored one run per night, for three nights in a row.
A healthy Reds team is a strong Reds team"
"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
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Attended 1976 World Series in my Mother's Womb. Attended 1990 World Series Game 2 as a 13 year old. Want to take my son to a a World Series Game in Cincinnati in my lifetime.
In the military when we could see the writing on the wall fortelling of a stretch of undesirable situations, we made frequent use of the acronym BOHICA.... I'm kinda' feeling that with this Reds season right now.
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–When Baker came out to get Logan Ondrusek in the ninth, I thought Aroldis Chapman would be coming in. With bases loaded, no outs, Chapman has a chance to strike out his way out of it. Sam LeCure was brought in and up the game-winner on the first pitch. I completely forgot to ask Baker about it after the game.
Looks like the boneheadedness is contagious, lol.
"Man, the pitch looks fast, even in slow motion." Thom Brennaman on Chapman's fastball.
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Dance Marathon is a nationwide movement involving college and high school students at more than 250 schools across the country, all raising money for the Children's Miracle Network Hospital in their community. These students spend a year learning invaluable leadership and life skills while raising funds and interacting with children's hospital patients and families. The year culminates with a 12-40 hour long event where the students stay on their feet through dancing, games and entertainment in celebration of the total amount raised that year.
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One thing about the upcoming 'Kick-Ass' movie that I am really looking forward to is the fact that some of John Romita Jr.'s artwork (the artist for the Kick-Ass comic series,) will be featured in the actual film. While the video clip which we posted previously does not display any of the art that we can expect to see, there have been reports that it will be a key factor in the way the upcoming film is structured. According to an interview from back in September, Romita Jr. discussed what audiences can expect to see as far as his art goes.
In addition to the fact that we will be seeing some of the artist's art in the film itself, we can catch even more of his goodness with the release of the 'Kick-Ass' movie book. Some preview images of some of the art we can expect to see were recently released by Titan, and they feature Big Daddy, Hit Girl, in addition to paintings of the sets as well as other additional characters. After seeing some of these images, I have to say that they do look pretty awesome, but I have to wonder if they are a bit too gimmick-y. Do you think that by creating a book based on a movie based on a comic is too much? Is this a gimmick, or would you actually like to see some of the art work involved in creating a film like this?
"The animated sequence is about a minute, minute and a half, and it's a very wild computer program that allows us to do this," Romita told MTV News. "I don't need to do as many drawings as you think, but they're able to do the animation with models that I've drawn... "There's a comic book that Nicolas Cage's character has drawn as a shrine to his victims," the artist explained. "It's basically an origin of him... "[Big Daddy's] partner will come in when Nicolas Cage is carted off to prison...He comes in, opens the book up and it morphs into Nicolas Cage's origin."


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Curley (or Curly), is the English name for Ashishishe (var. spellings) (1856? - May 22, 1923), a Native American of the Crow tribe.
Ashishishe was born in approximately 1856 in Montana Territory, the son of Strong Bear (Inside the Mouth) and Strikes By the Side of the Water. Curley resided on the Crow Reservation in the vicinity of Pryor Creek, and married Bird Woman. He enlisted in the U.S. Army as an Indian scout on April 10, 1876 and was later chosen to scout for the Seventh Cavalry during the Little Bighorn expedition in 1876 along with fellow Crow warriors White Man Runs Him, Goes Ahead, Hairy Moccasin and others. He witnessed parts of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and his translated account later appeared in several newspapers, as he was thought to be the only surviving witness from the U.S. side of Custer's Last Stand. Curley later gave several variations on his account, and the accuracy of his recollections has been questioned.
However, two of the most influential historians of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Walter Mason Camp (who interviewed Curly on several occasions) and John S. Gray, accepted Curley's account. Curley later lived on the Crow Reservation on the bank of the Little Bighorn River, close to the site of the Battle. He served in the Crow Police. He divorced Bird Woman in 1886, and married Takes a Shield. Curley had one daughter Awakuk Korita ha Sakush ("Bird of Another Year") who took the English name Nora. Curley received a U.S. pension as of 1920. He died of pneumonia in 1923, and his remains were interred in the National Cemetery at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, only a mile from his home.
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I had a great opportunity to ride TSMM on Friday for Cast Member Preview days...
Here are some pictures, thought didn't take too many since I wanted to enjoy the ride. BTW this ride is amazing!
I had a great opportunity to ride TSMM on Friday for Cast Member Preview days...
Here are some pictures, thought didn't take too many since I wanted to enjoy the ride. BTW this ride is amazing!
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[PhotoWalk] - 9/16 - DCA - Details, Signs, and Lighting
Wonderfully detailed shots. Thank you for putting them up!
Wow, I love seeing how the ride operates. Thank you!
Thanks so much for posting the layout shots! I didn't spoil things too much for me by looking at too many of the others, but what I saw was very nice photography. Glad you enjoyed it so much!
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If the average time between vehicle dispatches in 38 seconds and each set of 2 vehicles can hold 8 people then the hourly capacity is about 756. Is that good? It seems kinda low. Does anyone know if the dispatch time on the screen is below or at target? Thanks for any info anyone has.
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I don't know how 756 is for TSMM...but HM and Pirates easily pack in more than 2000 guests an hour... =/
Way cool! Thanks for sharing the pics, will it be open for the public very soon??
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Thanks for the great shots! I'm hoping I just happen to stumble across a soft opening next week before the crowds show up.
Then again, this IS DCA....so maybe the crowds won't be too bad.
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Wow...the ride system is so sophisticated...yet so cool!
Of course, compared to the complete train that HM or BLAB are, I guess we should expect the capacity to be much lower.
wow nice details. I cant wait to ride this on the 22nd. I'll show up to dca really early.
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A little imagination goes a long way, just ask Big Sean. As the Detroit MC is gearing up for the December 18 release of his Hall of Fame LP, Sean is rolling out a new video blog series, with each episode he focusing on different topics. The first: Imagination.
"Imagination. How many people you know — I mean for real know, made it, got on," Sean asks to set up Thursday night's YouTube clip. "Nobody from my city. Detroit? Hell naw, I ain't know Eminem. I don't know nobody who did."
The three-minute vid, narrated by Sean, shows the G.O.O.D. Music rap star performing shows, in the studio and posing for pictures with his famous rap homeys like Kanye West and 2 Chainz.
"I grew up watching Biggie, Ma$e. I wanted a Rollie like 'Pac, feel me? I wanted money like Master P," the "My Last" spitter said before revealing his dreams of putting his city on and starting his own label like Jay-Z's former Roc-A-Fella Records. "I knew I was gonna make it; I just ain't know how."
There's no question that Sean is one hell of a rap talent, but it took a little more to put his dreams into play, and even in the face of naysayers, he persevered. "It all starts with a vision, what you can imagine you can create," he said in the clip. "The people who used to tell me I was wasting my time or said it wouldn't work out were the people who didn't have sh–. They didn't have nothin'."
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hey everyone,
i've been having a bit of trouble working out proper conditions for a ChIP qpcr for a transcription factor of interest, but for now, i'll just discuss some other issues that have popped up with histone ChIPs. recently, i performed a qpcr on ChIPs of H3K4me3 and H3K27ac and got some interesting results to say the least... has anyone ever come across a percent input value of over 100%? i'll list the details below:
-250 ul input, 170 ul hist ChIP (i calculated this to be a ~0.68x dilution)
-after DNA purification, I eluted my input and ChIP samples in the same volume. I then nanodropped my input and performed a 9.5x dilution to obtain a DNA concentration in the linear range.
-So, compared to my histone ChIP samples, I calculated the overall dilution of my input to be equal to (0.68)(9.5)=6.46
-Here are my raw Ct values:
-Input - 23.644
-H3K4me3 - 21.126
-H3K27ac - 20.589
-Taking into account my dilution factor (and my primer efficiency), my adjusted input Ct value came to be 21.706.
-My resulting %inputs for my H3K4me3 ChIP and H3K27ac ChIP were ~150% and ~217% respectively.
I realize that %inputs for histone marks are to be much higher than for transcription factors... but this is just insane! has anyone ever come across this before? please let me know. thanks so much in advance
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>100% input in histone ChIP qPCR
Started by mikeyd8383, May 29 2013 09:17 AMpercent input chip qpcr H3K4me3 H3K27ac
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Posted 29 June 2013 - 11:11 AM
Interesting! Theoretically it doesn't make sense. The %Input of histone mark is normally high, e.g. %Input of the H3K4Me3 is in the range of 1 to 10. It looks like the PCR efficiency is different from your input and histone ChIP DNAs. Have you tried to do qPCR with diluted histone ChIP DNAs or with your undiluted input DNA? Also have you seen any difference among different regions for H3K4Me3, like promoter vs coding regions?
Posted 10 July 2013 - 03:41 PM
If you used a column to purify the DNA you might be eluting off different amounts of your initial sample.............this is why you don't generally want to overload a DNA column..........not only do you lose the ability to bind all the DNA, but its much more difficult to elute all the bound DNA off the column
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