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Putting himself on a collision course with Major League Baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt said he would fight any attempt to take over his team and wouldn't relinquish control of his business despite baseball's takeover of its day-to-day operations.
"I took my life savings and invested it into the Los Angeles Dodgers," Mr. McCourt said in a news conference he held late-afternoon Wednesday after a meeting with Major League Baseball executives in New York. "No one handed me the Dodgers and no one is going to take it away. I'm not going anywhere."
Mr. McCourt spoke after what he described as a frustrating three-and-a-half hour meeting with MLB executives, led by Rob Manfred, baseball's chief lawyer. Commissioner Bud Selig didn't attend the meeting, and, according to Mr. McCourt, hasn't returned the Dodgers owner's phone calls for several weeks.
Last week Mr. Selig, citing the broad powers to act "in the best interests of baseball," said he was taking control of the Dodgers' day-to-day operations after growing concerned about the club's financial stability and security issues arising from the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan on opening day in Los Angeles that left the fan in a coma. Mr. Selig has appointed Tom Schieffer, a former U.S. ambassador to Australia, to oversee the team and investigate its operations.
Mr. Schieffer, a former minority owner of the Texas Rangers, arrived in Los Angeles on Wednesday and said he will have to approve all transactions.
"I hope there won't be friction but that's really his choice," Mr. Schieffer said of Mr. McCourt in a news conference. "We're all open-minded."
Mr. Schieffer said he wanted to learn about the franchise and intends "to listen and make judgments based upon the facts."
He added that the commissioner "wants this franchise to work. He doesn't want to take it away from anybody."
In a statement, Mr. Manfred said Major League Baseball hasn't seized the team, and criticized Mr. McCourt's behavior.
"It is unfortunate that Mr. McCourt felt it necessary to publicize the content of a private meeting. It is even more unfortunate that Mr. McCourt's public recitation was not accurate."
Such public disputes between baseball's commissioner and owners are very rare.
Mr. McCourt said he presented Major League Baseball with a plan to make the Dodgers one of the highest earning teams by revenue. The central part of the plan is a 17-year, $3 billion deal with News Corp.'s Fox unit, licensing the team's media rights to the regional sports network Prime Ticket, which he said Mr. Selig vetoed. News Corp. also owns The Wall Street Journal.
Mr. Manfred said no veto had occurred and baseball was making no decisions about the media deal until it completes an investigation. The deal includes a $300 million upfront payment to the Dodgers, which Mr. McCourt promised to invest in the team, and would also give Mr. McCourt part ownership of the network.
Mr. McCourt is going through a divorce from his wife, Jamie McCourt, and baseball executives have been concerned he was going to use the money from the TV deal for personal reasons, namely to buy out his wife's 50% share of the franchise.
Mr. McCourt said he was still contemplating whether to sue Major League Baseball, but he made it clear that he wouldn't tolerate Mr. Schieffer taking over his personal property.
"It's un-American to me to be sitting here having this conversation," Mr. McCourt said. "I reject anyone coming in to seize my business."
Mr. Schieffer said he didn't anticipate having trouble working with Mr. McCourt.
"I've dealt with the North Koreans," he said.
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Tennessee Titans coach Mike Munchak said quarterback Jake Locker will start against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday barring any setbacks. Locker worked with the starters on Wednesday, and Munchak said the Titans will see how he responds to practicing with the first-team offense. Matt Hasselbeck also took snaps during Wednesday's practice. ''If we think he's ready to go, he'll play,'' Munchak said after practice. ''I mean we'll see how he feels after today and how he does tomorrow in third-down stuff and just get a feel for just kind of the whole dynamic there. And then if he's ready, we'll give him a chance to start.'' Locker has missed five straight games after injuring his left, non-throwing shoulder Sept. 30 against Houston. The second-year quarterback returned to practice Oct. 17 on a limited basis and built up to working with the scout team. Munchak said Locker will have to be honest with coaches on how he feels if the quarterback feels limited in any way. The Titans (3-6) hav...
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Royalty means that someone is of rank, power or in the position of king or queen. People of royalty include those who are related to the king or queen, or of a lineage that has sovereign power.
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An alternative meaning of royalty is a payment, made to an author or composer for every share of their work that is sold. Royalties may also be used in an oil or mining lease to pay the grantor.


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PublisherMicrosoft Mobile
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Download size4 MB
Last updated10/3/2013
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App requires
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- location services
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"Nokia NFC is a Windows Phone app which allows you to read/write any standard NFC tag. You can create NFC tags to launch applications, check-in to places, update social status, or even make phone calls or send text messages by simply waiving your phone over the programmed tag. Once a tag is created you place the tag in a convenient place, then tap your phone to it to perform the actions that have been stored to the tag. While the tags are created using your Windows Phone, they can be read by any operating system that is NFC enabled!"
4/21/2015Basic usability. Needs an update.
4/13/2015Разработчики,не бросайте пожалуйста программу!Добавьте пожалуйста больше функционала NFC.Ждем с нетерпением новых версий!
2/21/2015Doesn't do anything (useful) except crash. But it is very good at doing that. All the time. Swore twice to get to page 3? Boom! Crashed. Click a link or store app? Pow! Crashed again. No instructions on NFC use besides the buy link either. And once the "task"is chosen, with all details filled out, there is no "next" or "write" button. No message instructing the user to operate the NFC tag either.
2/16/2015"popular ideas" section is never updated. The options of rhe NFC Programming sucks aswell!!!
1/3/2015What's odd is that the screenshots for this app don't match what it has. I do not have the "Search Store" button as an option. I'm very disappointed that this app is so very limited in capability. I envisioned writing tags such as an Excel formula to carry out a series of simple tasks, such as turn off WiFi then start a specific station on my Slacker app, and then maybe turn off email notifications. No such luck. You only get one item per tag and zero customization. Apparently this is due to Windows Phone security? All I can say is I'm glad I only got one tag as a test and didn't buy a dozen. Also, no more support apparently. I'm using a Lumia 928 on 8.1.
12/12/2014Faltaram opções de configurações automaticas como abaixar o volume do WP8.1 desabilitar wifi, entre outros. Lacked autmatic settings options how to lower the volume in WP8.1 It is very important for me
12/8/2014I want to use NFC to turn my bluetooth on and off, in my car without inconvinient interaction with with the phone, but the phone and the software are one step short of success.... I have to turn on the bluetooth myself at the final stage, it saves me a couple of taps but it doesn't present the final solution. It may be good for other thing but who cares when it doesn't work for what you need it.
11/30/2014Crashes no matter what I do on my 1520
11/6/2014Awesome. Could you add a feature to add a Cellular data+SIM setting? It would greatly enhance my NFC experience! If multiple commands were an option, that would be great too, although currently limited by the OS.
10/20/2014Great for creating tags that send you to a website, share an address, or location on a map, but I always viewed the usefulness as being something to send people to harder-to-find places, or non-standard apps (ones that come from the store). I can't find a way to do that with this.


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First time poster here. Dh and I are expecting our first, a DD due in a month. Mil, Fil, and Sil have all had boundary issues with our relationship the whole time we've been together and now that there's a baby in the picture, it's only getting worse.
BG: a few months back I told both Mil and Sil that I had been looking around for months for "the perfect" take home dress for DD to come home from hospital in. I had said I had something very specific in mind and would know when I found it, and explained I wanted something I could put in her hope chest for her to keep and pass down when she has her fist daughter, and really stressed that this was very important to me. In addition, my own mother who I am extremely close with, told me she had a dress picked out that she wanted to buy for DD's take home dress and I gave her the same story about how it's important to me to pick it out, and I have something very specific in mind. My mom was very understanding of this.
Now to the current issue; Sil informed Dh the other day that Mil and Sil went shopping together and Mil bought an extremely expensive dress ($150 from what I've heard) that Mil plans to give to me at my shower this weekend. (Mil doesn't know that I know about the dress) Sil basically told Dh that it is very important to Mil that this be DD's take home dress and she wil be crushed if I don't choose it. Fil has now got involved and both he and Sil are more or less telling Dh I HAVE to use this dress because Mil drove me to the hospitalonce when I was ill and also helped my mother throw a shower, so I owe it to her. They are no longer being nice about it and the whole family is fighting and arguing and pressuring me.
Meanwhile before this came about, I found "the perfect dress" myself. I had a dress maker in another country custom make the dress of my dreams for DD and it is currently being shipped to my home.
I need advice here on how to make everyone happy, without breaking my own spirits. This is my first baby, my first daughter, and everyone knew this was important to me and are now trying to take it away from me :(....please help!
ILs Bullying me into their ways
Cover these bases, OP. If you know your LO will be small or early (under six lbs), you will need preemie clothing. "Average" sized newborns fit into most newborn sized clothing (seven to ten pounds), and anything above ten pounds (or even in the mid-nine range) will likely need something in the 0-3 months size range. Your DD might not be able to wear this dress home, so it is crucial for you to be prepared with alternatives that YOU are okay with. This will prevent "well-meaning" people (aka MIL) from showing up at the hospital with an outfit SHE chose since your DD is too small/too big for the dress you ordered. Cover your bases now, and something about the best defense being a good offense comes to mind, too.
I stead I gave girth to a 9#2 boy... Who looked more like a 4 month old than a newborn. My friend brought us a track suit when she visited and that is what he wore home.
Anyway you DH for sure needs to stop discussing this nonsense. If the dress is important to you, it's a non issue. You bought your own, and you sell or donate the gifted one. If it lacks tags, eBay.
"As for hospital visits...I'd prefer none lol and have told Dh the same, but he feels that's a bit unreasonable and fully believes that if it his family visits they will only stay for 20 minutes (not likely). In addition, I've tried to set up strict boundaries for home visits in the first 2 weeks, but I know his family (they live a block away) and they will just show up all the time whenevr they feel like it....dreading it"
Forget about the dress and focus on this ^^
I promise in a few years you will not care about the coming-home outift. But you will remember your birth experience and your newborn bonding time. You must have an open & honest discussion w/ your husband NOW! It sounds like you told him you don't want visitors and he's overruled you. No boundary stomping MIL stays 20 minutes. Don't wait for PILs to prove you right when they set up camp and stay for hours. You need to know if your DH is going to open the door when they show up unannounced. Don't "dread it"! Set up boundaries now before the baby gets here. You and DH MUST be on the same page.
I was too afraid to rock the boat and my MIL ruined my first birth experience and several months after. I didn't want to seem "mean" or have DH be mad at me. I should have said "fuck him!" and done what I wanted. Now, 8 years later, I still cringe when I think about MIL showing up at the hospital even though DH promised she woudn't.
And at the risk of sounding trite, the only important thing to bring home from the hospital is a healthy baby. Don't worry about the dress!
I'm just another mom with a BSC MIL.
Don't take any more "help" from mil. I know it's been said but you need to remember that everyone is telling you that you need to let lo wear this dress because mil "helped" you. So when she offers to come over and help after the baby is born make it damn clear to dh you don't want her help as it comes with strings. "Let mil take the baby to the park. She really wants to and after all she brought you a gallon of milk when the baby was a newborn and you didn't want to go to the store." or "You need to go to mil's house Christmas morning to let baby open gifts there. Remember she opened the door for you that time so you owe her. She is sooooooooo helpful." You have seen who they are, don't forget it.
I also need to point out nowhere have you said that MIL herself has said any of this. I don't know your mil but is there any chance that she bought the dress and everyone else has decided how she should feel? I swear I am not a unicorn but I have seen this happen before in other circumstances.
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I just fail to see how hard it is to say "MIL, I told you that I was picking out the dress and I have. We won't be using this dress, you shouldn't have wasted your money."
And yes, she knows about the pressure, because she knows she overstepped when buying the dress.
OP, just do this, after the shower if you're worried about decorum. Shut this down and it will be so much easier when MIL shows up with a first Halloween costume, and you can say, like I did, "Oh, no thanks, MIL, I was looking forward to picking out her costume. Where are the napkins?"
It gets easier, and it better, because I think you're going to have to say "no" a lot with this one.
*At your shower after you've opened up MIL's gift..*
MIL : OP, don't you just love it? It did cost a pretty penny.. *smirk* nothing but the best for "our baby" though, right? So what do you think? Isn't it just the perfect dress for DD's homecoming outfit?"
YOU : it is lovely thank you MIL, but I've already had the perfect dress handmade for DD's homecoming. :) *move onto the next present*
MIL : *looks at you obviously ticked, but keeps her mouth shut as she really can't be tacky enough to say more in a room full of people watching. But of course she's already plotting to send FIL and SIL as FMs to get you to bend over for her.*
FIL : *finds you later chit-chatting with some friends and family, and casually brings up the dress* So OP, we know you said you already had a dress for DD, but it really would mean the world to MIL if you brought DD home in the dress she got her.
SIL : *nods head in agreement* Besides, you owe this to her after she brought you to the hospital and took such good care care of you. She even helped out with your shower. Don't you think this would be the perfect way to show her you're gratitude? *bats her eyelashes all innocently*
YOU : *look at them shocked* so you're saying that the only reason MIL brought me to the hospital and helped out with my shower was so she could hold it over my head later? *start the fake hormonal cries* and here I thought she did those things out of the kindness of her heart.. that she really just cared about mine and DDs health.
*SIL standing there awkward and uncomfortable*
FIL : *starts to sputter as your guests are now obviously listening in on the conversation* Well uhh.. Of course she cares about you, but she's just had her heart set on seeing LO come home in this outfit..
YOU : *keep crying* I just don't understand why you're trying to guilt me for wanting to bring my DD home in the dress that I've had my own heart set on for months.. *sob* after all the morning sickness I went through, losing sleep because I have to pee 5 times a night, all the time spent in doctors offices and being stuck by needles, poked and prodded.. Is it really too much for me to bring my own daughter home in the dress I want?? *boo hoo hoo*
FIL : Uhh.. No of course it's not.. *awkwardly walks away to find MIL*
*SIL gets pushed aside by your best girlfriend, mom, and whoever else coming to comfort you. They all of course agree with you. You're the new mom, why shouldn't you get to bring DD home in the outfit you had specially made for her? SIL now stalks off to find her mom and dad too.*
DH : *He comes to find you and sees you're all teary eyed, then after finding out what happened, he goes off to talk to his crazy family* Seriously guys? I've already told you before that DD will only be coming home in the dress wife had made. I don't see why it's so important for mom to take this away from wife, she's had her chance with sister. Besides she's not even going to be there for the homecoming, none of you are. Wife and I decided that we want to take the first two weeks to bond as a new family.
THEM : What? Son/Bro that's just ridiculous, of course we have to be there for DDs homecoming! We're faaamilyy..
DH : Geesh you guys are unbelievable. Our decision is not up for debate. I expect all three of you to apologize to wife before you leave today or don't expect to see your new granddaughter and niece until you do so. I cant believe my own mother, father, and sister are the type of people to make a pregnant woman cry at her own baby shower!
FIL : now listen here, we raised you, took good care of you. You don't get to cut us out of our granddaughter's homecoming day. I don't see how its too much to ask for you to bring DD home in the dress MIL spent a fortune on. She did it all for DW because she knew how much she wanted the perfect dress, and your mother found it for her! She should be grateful!
DH : *gets infuriated* Get out. You're not welcome around me or my family until you can put your entitlement in check. Do you guys even realize how crazy you sound?? Just go, we'll contact you when we're ready to move forward with a relationship with you guys.
Lol ok so it probably won't go down like that, but at the very least I think you should tell them you've already picked out the homecoming outfit, and then shut them down/bean dip every time they bring it up again after that.
Get DH on board with two weeks no visitors. Just family bonding, you focusing on healing and establishing breastfeeding if you so choose. Your baby will not expire in two weeks. They can wait.
Hugs OP.
First of all you already told them all that you were picking out LO's dress. So they have all shown you how little they respect you both as LO's Mom and Dh's wife. Then they are pushing you and trying to guilt you, so why are you worried about making them happy?
Second when your Dh pushes a baby out then he gets to decide who visits when. This is not a family event this is a medical prcedure, YOUR medical procedure. You get to decide who comes, the nurses can and will kick people out for you if you let them know.
my2ducklings totally has it right. You need to get your DH on board. Even if you do not display the dress at the shower, please make sure it's protected if you do, talk it up. Let everyone know you have found the perfect dress before you start to open presents, tell them all how excited you are that you got to do this for your daughter and how your Mom and MIL have been so great respecting that. That way if your MIL does say the dress is the coming home outfit she just looks like an ass and shows how much she disprespects you.
Married to wonderful DH, proud mom to ODS 5/06, YDS 4/12 and ^i^ 6/13/14 (7 wks 5 days). ^i^ 5/4/15(9wks 1d).
Also, it sounds like DH is the only one who's mentioned the dress to you. FIL & SIL have only spoken to DH, and MIL hasn't said anything. Tell DH that if future issues arise you expect him to deal with his family, shut it down and only tell you after the fact, if at all. You certainly don't need to be dealing w/ added stress right now. Any chance DH is telling you about all the fighting so you'll feel guilty and just use MIL's dress? You write "They are no longer being nice about it and the whole family is fighting and arguing and pressuring me." Are the PILs actually pressuring you? Sounds like maybe DH is pulling the "woe is me" card.
I'm just another mom with a BSC MIL.
My MIL gave me my DD's "first Christmas and Easter dresses" at my baby shower. I just thanked her and then donated them. I bought my own dresses for her, just like I planned to do. Surprisingly, my MIL didn't say anything when DD wasn't wearing the dresses she gave me. If she would have, I was prepared to say that I wanted to shop for and pick out DD's first dresses myself. No drama :o)
As for the hospital, I would strongly suggest you don't allow anyone to visit. I looove my mom (we are seriously best friends) but one of my biggest regrets was allowing my family (and DH's) to be present for the birth of my DD (meaning, waiting room warriors and visiting after she was born). Next time, it will just be DH and me.
If you need to compromise with DH and allow ILs a short visit, it should be for the next day and you should schedule it for right before the no-visitors time (my hospital had this everyday from 2-4). That way you are garuanteed a 20 minute visit rather than a 2 hour visit.
Congrats on your baby!
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Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 325°F. Butter a baking sheet and line with foil. Lightly butter and flour foil, knocking off excess flour.
Stir together egg whites, sugar, zest, vanilla, and a pinch of salt until combined, then stir in coconut. Drop 16 tablespoon-size mounds about 1 1/2 inches apart onto baking sheet.
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This is part of a series of portfolio makeovers that focus on the issues of investors who are in the 50-plus age range.
Carl's had enough of ice and snow, but he leaves his house each workday, braving the -30 C Prairie wind chill, knowing he won't have to endure Old Man Winter's icy grip much longer.
The 62-year-old Alberta community support worker is close to joining thousands of other Canadians snowbirds who flock to the southern United States every year when the snow flies.
"I'd love to retire at 65 officially, but I still enjoy my work so I probably only will take [some of] the winters off at first to visit my sister in Florida, and come back and work the rest of the year," says Carl, a divorced father of four adult children.
While he knows he can afford semi-retirement until 67, living off half of his current salary of $60,000 a year, OAS, CPP and savings, he is concerned about the sustainability of his plan once he pulls the plug on work fully.
Carl's net worth is more than $650,000, but more than two-thirds is tied up in real estate – his principal residence and a rental property, on which he owes a combined $428,528 in mortgages.
Ideally, Carl would like to pay them off within the next decade and then sell the rental, using the proceeds to fund the rest of his retirement, but he's not sure his current portfolio can support his retirement lifestyle until he sells.
Carl says he is open to the alternative – selling the rental property sooner if that makes more financial sense – but he wants a financial checkup to help weigh his options, so he can confidently spend his winters in fairer climes.
"Like most Canadians, I want to know in the latter part of my life I won't have to worry too much about finances."
Certified financial planner Tom Feigs with Money Coaches Canada and Royal Bank of Canada financial planner Ruwan Liyanage, a certified professional consultant on aging, examined Carl's financial situation and have the following recommendations.
The basics:
– RRSP: $110,327 in balanced portfolio mutual funds
– TFSA: $29,015 in cash and GICs
– LIRA: $22,089 in a balanced portfolio
– Savings account: $29,488
– Non-registered GIC: $5,605
– Work defined contribution pension: $63,000
– Principal residence value: $415,000
– Rental home value: $405,000
– Mortgage on principal residence: $199,000 at 3.5 per cent
– Mortgage on rental property: $229,528 at 3.5 per cent
– Rental income: $1,771 a month
Mr. Liyanage's advice
1. Create a retirement income plan that allows for flexibility.
Most of Carl's retirement savings are tied up in registered savings. These are fully taxable accounts, so he should develop an investment strategy whereby his growth investments are held in non-registered accounts, in which capital gains and dividends are taxed at about half the normal rate, while keeping interest-bearing investments, whose profits are fully taxable, inside the RRSP. Furthermore, he can take advantage of provincial legislation regarding LIRAs (locked-in retirement accounts) to unlock the majority of the assets, transferring the money to his RRSP. "This will create flexibility of income because he will not be restricted to the amount he can withdraw from the account in the future." Carl should, however, consider creating a RRIF once he turns 65 so he can draw at least $2,000 a year from the account tax-free because he is eligible for the non-refundable pension income tax credit. "As Carl lives in Alberta, this should lower his taxes payable by approximately $430."
2. Aim to pay down the mortgage on the home first.
Carl is paying $400 extra every month on his rental property to pay it off as quickly as possible. Yet he should be using the extra cash to pay off his principal residence because the interest costs on the rental mortgage are tax deductable whereas the interest he pays on his home's mortgage is not. He should also apply some of his savings and GICs – more than $36,000 – to the home mortgage to further shorten its amortization. While it is generally recommended to have an emergency reserve, as an alternative, Carl could rely on a home equity line of credit in case of emergency. Although it would mean he would have to incur debt if he needs cash in a pinch, it makes more sense for him to use his savings to pay off debt today because he is paying more interest on the mortgage than he is earning in savings accounts and GICs.
3. Selling the rental property will free up cash flow.
Carl is paying more than $1,600 a month in mortgage payments on the rental property and another $1,270 on the mortgage on his home. If he sold the rental, he would likely have almost enough profit after paying taxes to pay off the mortgage on his home. "By selling the rental property and paying off both mortgages, Carl would reduce his monthly expenses and only need $2,273 per month to maintain his lifestyle," Mr. Liyanage says. "By reducing the income needed, he should be able to meet his lifestyle needs until the age of 90."
Mr. Feigs's advice
1. The rental property is bleeding cash.
The whole point of investing in real estate is to ensure it is a profitable venture, but Carl's rental is actually resulting in negative cash flow. "The annual gross rental income should be no less than 8 per cent of the property value and, more than anything, should be producing positive cash flow that at least compensates Carl's time and effort – both of which are not happening in this case," Mr. Feigs says. "Unless rent can be raised to $2,700, this property should be sold."
2. Carl needs more retirement savings than he has to retire comfortably.
Mr. Feigs says Carl needs about an annual income of $36,000 ($30,000 for basic costs and $6,000 for discretionary) after taxes to retire comfortably well into his 90s. "Coupled with CPP and OAS income, Carl would need savings totalling $500,000 in RRSP, TFSA and non-RRSP accounts." With a little more than $250,000 in RRSPs and other accounts, he is well short of this goal. Carl simply does not have the additional cash flow in his budget to increase his savings rate nor the time to almost double the size of his retirement nest egg before retiring. In addition, most of his income is going toward paying the mortgages. Consequently, the best strategy for Carl to meet his retirement income needs is to sell his rental property.
3. Increase his savings rate prior to retiring.
After selling the rental, Carl would have almost enough cash to pay off most of the mortgage on his home. Yet Carl would still have a long way to go to save enough for retirement. To help increase the cash flow he can devote to his savings, Carl should downsize his home, paying about 30 per cent less and entirely eliminating his mortgage. With the additional cash in his budget he can increase his RRSP savings to $900 a month and monthly TFSA contributions to $450. Mr. Feigs says Carl should also work full-time at least one more year than planned and continue part-time until he reaches the $500,000 goal. At that point, he should consider buying a life annuity to provide himself with another source of guaranteed income. "I recommend Carl use most of his RRSP savings – about $250,000 – to fund a life annuity while his non-RRSP investments can be used to top up his lifestyle expenses," he says. "The annuity also spreads Carl's income evenly which keeps his income tax to the lowest possible amount and the fees are lower than Carl would experience in investments."


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Renault honored the late chairman of Hanjin Shipping, Sooho Cho, a big supporter of F1, at the Kuala Lumpur race earlier this month by putting his name on a car. He died last year. I got a couple of photos in a release and thought I'd post them here. Hanjin is the only Korean sponsor of F1.
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Port of Miami Deep Dredge Clears Final Hurdle As Environmentalists Drop Lawsuit
Prepare to be dredged.
After a five-month legal standoff over a controversial plan to deepen the Port of Miami using explosive charges, environmentalists have relented. Three groups opposed to the project have dropped their lawsuit in exchange for legal fees and the establishment of a $1,310,000 trust fund to mitigate effects of the deep dredge.
"Their permit sucked," says Biscayne Bay boat captain Dan Kipnis, one of the plaintiffs. "This permit doesn't suck as much."
Last November, Kipnis joined the Tropical Audubon Society and Biscayne Bay Water Keeper in suing to stop the Deep Dredge. Like Kipnis, Tropical Audubon executive director Laura Reynolds insists that the settlement was what was best for the Bay.
"We've got to help Biscayne Bay come back after they are done blasting," she says. "For the first time, the public will be able to see the data collected in real time, and to see for themselves if a violation happens."
"The reason why we intervened from beginning was that the draft permit was not protective enough of Biscayne Bay," Reynolds explains. "The economic driver argument behind the port was so strong, we wanted to make sure that people understood that Biscayne Bay was also an economic driver."
"You saw what BP oil spill did to tourism in the Gulf," she says. "A two year dredge project could have an even worse affect."
Reynolds says that, once it was clear that there was no stopping the project, the goal was to make the permit "stronger" and reduce the damage.
But she admits that while the settlement ensures greater monitoring and restoration, it does nothing to reduce the amount or depth of dredging.
We didn't get everything that we wanted," Reynolds concedes. "But the county agreed to a lot more monitoring and restoration. We will be able to see the problems as they happen." She added that the $1.31 million trust fund ensures that projects to plant mangroves and sea grass, restore dunes, and plant both natural and artificial coral reefs won't be empty promises.
"Those things will help Biscayne recover," she says. But Reynolds still doesn't buy the idea that the dredge can be done without damaging the Bay."The Army Corps (of Engineers) claims that there will be no impact, but it is just not true," she says. "Whenever you change the turbidity you affect the food web. Sea grass will be impacted... you just cannot do this project without hurting the ecosystem."
Environmentalists did win another concession, however. If county commissioners approve the settlement on May 1, it will bar Army engineers from blasting for an hour and a half after sunrise and before sunset, when sea life is most active.
Kipnis said he was "not thrilled" by the agreement, but had little choice. "If we lost (the complaint), they were going to go after us for attorney fees," he says. "I don't want to spend the rest of my life homeless because of Biscayne Bay. So what I tried to do was get the best deal possible."
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To achieve his dream of becoming a professional stuntman, Donny decides to cut off his own arm.
Written, directed and produced by Owen Swinn. Starring: Matt Anderson, Shelby Tucker, Jonathan Mitchell, Josh Martens, Kevin Anderson, Kirsten Klueckmann, and Owen Swinn.
All Things Random Productions' new comedy short Greg's Guardian Angel asks the question, "Are there really angels among us…and if we had one, would they help us or would they drive us completely insane?"
On a normal day, laid back and easygoing Greg (Greg Vorob) is visited by an apparition (Elmer J. Santos) who claims to be his guardian angel. The angel gives Greg some very helpful advice, advice which then helps Greg score major cool points with his bosses Mr. Schmaven (Timothy J. Cox) and Mr. Longshaft (Jack Moran) at Spatco (with a name like that, it makes me wonder what they manufacture).
Greg is naturally thrilled at his successes with his bosses and begins to trust the angel, and it only gets better from there. The angel helps Greg in every day matters, but specifically in his love life.
Greg is approached by office beauty Monica (Caitlin Winter) and romance is hopefully in their future, but while on a date. Greg's chances at success with Monica are thwarted when the angel's constant interference derails the whole thing.
What started off as a beautiful friendship, quickly turns sour when the angel goes more than a little overboard in the guidance department with Greg.
Poor Greg.
All in all…a very funny premise presented by a delightfully wicked group, led by Dan Conrad's rapid fire script, which includes a hilarious exchange between Vorob, Cox and Moran about the differences in those who wear red ties, to those who wear green ties. If you wear green ties, look out for Mr. Schmaven and Mr. Longshaft!
Conrad's script is strong all the way through, never missing a beat, while Dan Kowalski's direction is sharp, as well as the cinematography by Sam Elliot.
The cast is a strong, fun and spirited bunch, led by Vorob's pleasant turn as the all-around nice guy, who is driven to the brink of madness by Elmer J. Santos' hysterical antics as the angel. Timothy J. Cox scores big in his brief scenes as Greg's boss, while Jack Moran and Caitlin Winter round out the cast with nice appearances as Mr. Longshaft and Monica, respectively.
Please visit the films' official website www.gregsguardianangel.com, for information on the production.
Posted on October 4, 2011 in IMHO, Movie Trailers, Your Movie
In Nerd of the Living Dead, the uniquely crafted, tongue-in-cheek send-up of George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead, director Stu Dodge (Cheerleader Autopsy) brings a fresh approach to spoofing the often spoofed and copied 1968 horror classic. Unlike the typical re-envisioning of "Night", this derivative work interweaves new footage and characters into the historic film, with the result that the dialogue and acting of the original become part of a completely different story.
Fan favorites Ben (Duane Jones) and Barbara (JudithO'Dea), and dysfunctional couple Harry and Helen Cooper (Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman) are once again barricaded in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse surrounded by throngs of flesh-hungry ghouls, but this time they've got "help" in the form of ex-Boy Scout and condiment aficionado Elvin McBrant, and his accidental girlfriend Judy Slutsky.
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According to VegasInsider.com, William Hill was one of the few sports books to offer a money line on the Houston-Texas State game and gave Texas State 35-to-1 odds. One brave bettor decided to throw $3,000 on Texas State and was likely quite pleased when the risk turned into $105,000.
Either he or she was feeling very lucky or just has a lot of money to throw around. Unlike the woman who reportedly won an astronomical amount of money by betting 10 cents on a horse race or the guy who won thousands by betting $70 on Ernie Els, $3,000 is a lot of money to risk on something that is in all likelihood not going to happen. A lot of people say you have to bet big to win big, and I guess that's exactly what the Texas State supporter decided to do. Smart bet? I think not. Amazing result? Absolutely.
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Cross was arrested and charged. He was released on personal recognizance bail and will be arraigned Sept. 19 in Portsmouth District Court.
Cross said he wasn't under the influence of alcohol or drugs when he rammed the cars and that he knew that what he was doing could cause him problems.
"When I woke up the next morning at home, I thought it [was] a dream," he said, "but I looked over and saw my bail papers and I knew I was in trouble."
But, he said, he was focused on the larger issue.
"What bugged me is that they wanted to put my family in an unsafe vehicle," he said. "They took advantage of my wife."
People have rallied to Cross' defense and offering to start a defense fund. He said that a local company is selling T-shirts and donating the money to Cross.
"On one side its shows my mug shot and says I was a little crazy last night. The other side says Worship the Cross," he said.
A Facebook page has also been created to support him.
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For the rest of us, there's a nifty interface, some challenging puzzles, and plenty of well-written quest text and dialogue to keep us entertained for weeks at a time.
The Secret World apart from its MMO contemporaries. Funcom has poured a lot of effort into the game's backstory, and it shows in details ranging from quest text descriptions (which, contrary to quests in your typical MMO, are actually vital to understanding and completing some of the more challenging missions) to voiced dialogue to little details like pop-up phone book pages or manhole cover closeups.
There's a classic adventure game feel to The Secret World, which is no accident given the involvement of Ragnar Tornquist (creator of Dreamfall and The Longest Journey). Don't get me wrong; there are the usual MMO kill and fetch quests too, but these are fewer than you might expect, and they're dressed up quite nicely with plenty of atmosphere and a sense of purpose beyond getting to max level.
The Secret World has seven different mission types: story, action, item, investigation, sabotage, group/dungeon, and PvP. Each of these types is represented by an iPhone-style icon both on the UI's quest tracker (floating under your minimap at screen right) and hovering next to the NPC's head in the game world proper. That probably sounds a bit complicated when you read it, but the actual experience is pretty slick.
It did take me a minute to figure out that I had to re-click each icon to collapse the appropriate menu tree, but once I had that down, the NPC interface really grew on me.
Each mission is sub-divided into tiers, which consist of a series of objectives like talk to this guy, follow these clues to this location, or kill these guys. Tiers must be completed in order, and once all tiers are complete, you'll get an on-screen pop-up directing you to phone in your success to a faction representative. This is fantastic because it eliminates the tedious travel-back-to-the-NPC-who-gave-you-the-quest bollux that is so common in themepark MMOs.
Questing in The Secret World requires a completely different mindset when compared to your average MMO. You shouldn't try to finish every quest in a particular "hub" (chances are you won't be able to acquire them all anyway). Rather, concentrate on the story quest for a given area. The Kingsmouth story quest has a whopping 18 tiers, for example, and if you follow it through to completion, it will give you a comprehensive tour of the zone and lead you across other quest NPCs who will hand out supplementary mission types.
That's not to say you should ignore everything but the story quests. There are a ton of other objectives buried inside the aforementioned mission types. And while I'm thinking about them, let's go over those real quick. Rather than a big wall o' text, here's a bullet list for simplicity's sake.
- Story - blue icon, primary game narrative
- Action - red/brown icon, combat-focused
- Item - dark green icon, collection-focused
- Investigation - light green icon, factional history/challenging puzzles
- Sabotage - yellow icon, covert/evasion missions
- Group/Dungeon - purple icon, dungeons
- PvP - orange icon, PvP
Questing limitations
I should also mention the quest system's limitations. Funcom has made a conscious design decision to limit a player's ability to gobble up quests and mow through them like some sort of steroid-powered MMO Pac-Man. What do I mean, specifically? Well, you can have only a single story, action, sabotage, investigation, or dungeon mission active at a given time. Item missions may be accepted in groups of three at a time. I'm not sure about PvP missions because I haven't done any yet (more on that in a later article).
It's also worth noting that you can't drop a mission. Let's say that I'm frustrated with The Kingsmouth Code investigation mission. I can either try one of the other mission types in my journal or accept another investigation mission, which will then pause The Kingsmouth Code. Whenever I feel like resuming The Kingsmouth Code, I'll need to go back to the original NPC to unpause it. If I've already completed several tiers, it will unpause with those tiers marked complete.
Now that we've got the technical nuts and bolts out of the way, allow me to give you a few impressions on questing in the game's Kingsmouth zone. Don't worry; I'm not going to spoil anything, as figuring out some of these mysteries is a large part of what makes The Secret World a unique title.
Action mission impressions
I took an action mission called Supply Run from the Kingsmouth sheriff. She's holed up in the police station (which is under constant siege from the town's plague of rampaging zombies). The quest's first tier had me find a phone book, and interacting with it popped up a pretty cool page graphic with some circled numbers, straight out of one of those old adventure games I mentioned before.
The design here is interesting because it seems like Funcom wanted to make a straight-up adventure game but decided to rein it in a bit because of MMO audience expectations. Supply Run has seven tiers, each of which involves going to a local Kingsmouth business and picking up various objects (canned food, first aid items, etc.). After a couple of the tiers, I came to a pharmacy, the front door of which was locked. My quest tracker said to go to find another phone book and find an additional place to look for supplies.
A nearby pay phone featured a phone book, which in turn featured several more entries. One of these was a fire station, and I supposed that that might be a good place to start. Then I looked over at my quest tracker and it said, in effect, go search the fire station (and there was even a big waypoint indicator on screen that took me right to it).
I daresay the quest would've been a bit more immersive (and certainly more challenging to complete) without the visual bread-crumb. It also would have elicited howls of rage (or yawns of disinterest) from the optimization crowd who want to power through everything ASAP.
The Supply Run quest was also the site of my first real ugh-this-is-an-MMO moment. There were several players flitting about, most of them ganking zombies, a few of them running for their lives from pulls gone wrong. As I jogged by one girl who was locked in mortal combat with a trio of undead, I did what any well-trained MMO player would do: I kept right on running.
I didn't stop to offer assistance. I didn't scream "holy sh-- look out behind you!" like you would probably do if you saw a girl kicking undead ass on your local street corner. Nope, I kept on truckin' to the next quest objective, and there went a large part of the immersion for that particular portion of my play session.
Now, I'm not blaming anyone but myself here. I certainly could have stopped and lent a roleplay hand (because the girl clearly didn't need my help dealing with the zombies in a gameplay sense). I've been conditioned to go-go-go! and to complete quest objectives above all else, though, and that mentality works against the nifty world that Tornquist and company have spent all these years building.
My first brush with an investigation mission came courtesy of the aformentioned Kingsmouth Code quest. Investigation missions have a reputation for being crazy-hard puzzle things, and this one didn't disappoint. The "hobbyist" Illuminati NPC who gave it to me didn't seem to mind that I was a Templar sort, but then again, I didn't exactly advertise that I was, either.
The quest was broken into tiers like the other types (there were five on this one), and the first stanza had me following a set of Illuminati symbols scattered about the town (on manhole covers, no less). I'm not ashamed to say that I got pretty wrapped up in the Kingsmouth Code. I even went to the "official" town of Kingsmouth website to suss out a few clues. The first couple of tiers went swimmingly enough, and the clues were such that it didn't take a whole lot of effort to make sense of them and get my avatar to the proper locations. I still haven't finished it, though, both because of time constraints and because it takes some actual mental effort.
It's also interesting to note that I was so engrossed in it that I almost didn't realize that Funcom had also addressed my earlier concerns with hand-holding, as this particular mission type does encourage you to use your noggin' and refuses to grant you the crutch of onscreen waypoints. Sure, I could have gone to the game's forums for help or simply watched a walkthrough on YouTube, but doing so robs you of a major reason to play The Secret World.
Ultimately, understanding the game's mission system (and buying into Funcom's decision to design for immersion rather than for traditional MMO quest mechanics) will go a long way toward determining whether you like the game. The mission system is really the meat and potatoes of The Secret World experience, with apologies to the many group dungeons and the PvP. If you're expecting to go through a traditional laundry-list of quests and you're bent on rapid content consumption, you're doing it wrong. If you're open to a new approach, and you're fond of the brain-teasers commonly found in old-school adventure titles, you may have a new favorite MMORPG.
Massively's not big on scored reviews -- what use are those to ever-changing MMOs? That's why we bring you first impressions, previews, hands-on experiences, and even follow-up impressions for nearly every game we stumble across. First impressions count for a lot, but games evolve, so why shouldn't our opinions?


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Bath Classic Charity Golf Event raises more than £13,000 for Dorothy House and Julian House
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Bath Golf Club organised and hosted The Bath Classic Charity Golf Event in June.
The day which was in aid of Dorothy House and Julian House raised more than £13,000, which was split between both charities.
Members and supporters of both charities entered teams of four into the event, which was staged over 18 holes.
It was truly a memorable day of golf enjoyed by all. The day finally concluded with an auction which included many fantastic lots including a week in South Africa and a pair of centre court tickets for Wimbledon.
Both Phillippa Watson from Dorothy House and Cecil Weir from Julian House were over the moon with the amount of money raised. They both thanked club manager Anthony Roberts of Bath Golf Club and all who were involved in the day, especially Roger Wain-Heapy, who was the mastermind behind it all.
Fiona Keane lifted the Janet Winter Salver when Bath staged the Silver County Meeting on Thursday.
Keane took the honours after posting the lowest nett score of 71. Jade Cope was three shots back in second place.
Saltford's Amanda Mayne took home the gross prize, the Cairns Cup, thanks to a score of 76.
Jade Cope was the runner-up on 78 but also won the Jenny Hobbs Trophy for the best nett score by players with handicaps between one and 12.
The winner of the Dickinson Cup was Gill Brown from Mendip with a nett 74.
Many of the visitors – as well as some Bath members – reported that they found the putting very difficult and the CSS went up to 76.
Richard Law carded a nett 68 to win the Ray Butcher Driver at Bath on Saturday
Also on 68 was George Matthews, who finished top of Division 1.
John Fricker came second with 70 and former Kingsdown player Stephen Palmer was third on the same score.
Division 2 was won by Gary McArdle with a nett 71, with senior Chris Wait second on 72 and Simon Charity third with 73.
Martin Ward, an 18-handicapper, carded a nett 69 to win Division 3.
Both Robin Francis and John Toogood scored nett 76s to finish second and third respectively.


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Patricia Ann RaleighPatricia Ann Raleigh, age 54, of Conley passed away Aug. 27, 2007. Survivors include her sister, Sharon Fields; brother-in-law, Thomas Fields; sister, Kathleen Haynes; brother-in-law, William E. Haynes; nephews, John Haynes, James Haynes; nieces, Michelle Howard, Christina Fields, Tara Birchfield and Tonya Holter. She was preceded in death by her mother, Durcie Iowne Wendt; father, John Patrick Raleigh and brother, James Patrick Raleigh. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007 at 1 p.m. at Ward's Parkway Chapel with the Rev. Edward J. Theyne officiating. Interment to follow at Fairview Memorial Gardens. Horis A. Ward Funeral Home, Parkway Chapel, 1000 Forest Parkway, Forest Park (404) 366-3522. Betty "BJ" Eugene Hegwood Wallace Mrs. Betty "BJ" Eugene Hegwood Wallace, age 73, of McDonough, Ga., passed away Aug. 30, 2007 at Sacred Journey Hospice. Mrs. Wallace was born in Fulton County the daughter of the late Mary Inez Newton and Thomas Hegwood. She was also preceded in death by sisters, Dottie, Ruthie and Catherine; brother, Buddy and great-grandson, Dusty Patton. Survivors are her husband, David Wallace of McDonough; children, Mike and Carla Winters of Iowa City, Iowa, Tony and Debra Winters of Conyers, Cindy and Ray Saggus of McDonough, and Steve and Valerie Winters of Iowa City, Iowa; grandchildren, Heather Winters, Shawn and Rebecca Winters, Gene, Tommy and Crystal Winters, Jeff and Kelly Patton, Paul Patton, Felicia and Serena Winters, Travis and J.R. Deeley; 14 great-grandchildren; sister, Margaret Lester of Douglasville; brother, Leroy and Claire Hegwood of Texas; numerous nieces and nephews. Mrs. Wallace enjoyed bowling, she was a member of the Forest Park Chapter Ritual Team for Women of the Moose, The Eastern Star of Forest Park, and retired with 20 years of service with Owens-Illinois. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007 from 4-6 p.m. and a memorial service to be held at 6 p.m. on Sunday. Those who wish may make donations in memory of Betty to: Moose Charity, Moose International, Moose Heart, IL 60539-1173 or American Cancer Society. Haisten Funeral Home - McDonough (770) 914-8833 haistenfunerals.com. Randall Allen Crane Randall Allen Crane, age 56, of Jonesboro passed away on Aug. 31, 2007. A private funeral service will be held. He is survived by his parents, Randall Herman and Euna Allen Crane. Pope Dickson & Son is in charge of the arrangements. (770) 478-7211. Ellene "Cooter" V. Gardner Mrs. Ellene "Cooter" V. Gardner, age 77, of Forest Park, passed away, Aug. 31, 2007. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Robert Gardner. She is survived by her sons and daughters in law; Jerry R. and Pattie Gardner, Bobby R. and Rebecca Gardner, Tommy and Deborah Gardner; son, Daniel Lynn Gardner; brother and sister-in-law, Vernon and Sandy Miller; sister, Judy Hankins; grandchildren, Natalie Woodall, John Gardner, Stephanie Gardner, Michael Gardner, Victoria Clanton, Jennifer Russell, Stevie Gardner; great-grandchildren, Dane Gardner, Austin Woodall, Nathanall Russell, Eli Gardner, William Woodall, Abbigail Russell, and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held, Tuesday, Sept., 4, 2007, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Ford-Stewart Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Monday, Sept., 3, 2007 from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment Forest Hills Memorial Gardens. Flowers will be accepted or make contributions to: Lake City VFW Post 5080, Ladies Auxiliary, (404) 363-9962. Ford-Stewart Funeral Home, Inc., Jonesboro/Stockbridge, (770) 210-2700.
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