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Black Friday… everyone looks forward to the sales, but dread the crowds. It can be a very hectic day if you aren't prepared, so I have prepared a list of tips so you can go out their with a little less stress.
1. Do your research: Make sure you know what you want to buy and have a list prepared. Going into stores unprepared is like a war zone! Make sure you have your ads ready and organized. Check out bfreedom.com for a round up of all the sales and deals for your Black Friday shopping all in one place.
2. Compare prices : check out sites like Price Grabber that can compare prices on certain products and tell you where the better deal is.
3. Rest up and go prepared: After your Thanksgiving festivities head straight to bed. Hey, if you are planning on hitting the stores at 3am you will need those extra zzz's. Don't forget to bring snacks and a water bottle. You don't want low blood sugar and dehydration to add to the insanity.
4. Divide and conquer & practice the buddy system. Bring family and friends with you 'cuz its more fun and can be super helpful. Plan your attack- have one person hold your spot in line while the others go grab the goodies.
5. Stay home and shop on-line! – Online websites have caught onto Black Friday and have offered the public great deals right at your figure tips.
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Hopefully you have gained a few tips on how to cope with shopping on Black Friday. It's crazy out there so be prepared and try and have fun!
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Romney headlining Tillis fundraiser in Charlotte
Published: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 2:00 p.m.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Mitt Romney is appearing at a fundraiser in Charlotte for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Thom Tillis.
Tillis campaign spokesman Daniel Keylin said in an email that Romney was headlining the private event in Charlotte on Tuesday night.
The 2012 Republican presidential nominee and former Massachusetts governor has publicly supported Tillis since endorsing him on the eve of the May GOP primary.
Romney appeared recently on behalf of Republican House and Senate candidates in New Hampshire and Florida, and he was scheduled to appear at campaign events Tuesday in West Virginia.
Romney won North Carolina in the 2012 presidential election with just over 50 percent of the vote.
Tillis faces Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan in November.
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Boyfriend flees as woman detained for stealing rib-eyes, authorities say
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Terrebonne sheriff's deputies jailed a female shoplifter Monday after her male accomplice fled as she was being detained, authorities said.
Personnel at Rouses, 5818 W. Main St., Houma, spotted the couple as they shopped and saw them conceal $75 worth of ribeye steaks in a red shopping bag, according to a Sheriff's Office report. But when they checked out, they paid for only a package of chicken. Security officers detained the woman, identified as Christina Marie Walcott, 36, 5364 N. Bayou Black Drive, Gibson, until deputies arrived.
She was jailed on charges that included theft less than $500. Her alleged accomplice, identified only as Chad, reportedly fled when he saw Walcott was being detained.
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Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there lurked several rogue androids. Deckard's assignment: find them and then..."retire" them. Trouble was, the androids all looked exactly like humans, and they didn't want to be found!
Originally published as Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, this novel was the basis for the classic movie starring Harrison Ford.
©1968 Philip K. Dick; (P)2007 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.
"This is the original Do Androids Dream of Electric"
It has almost no relation to the movie but makes some very interesting points in its own right. In some ways I like it even better than the movie. There is a whole subplot in the book about people needing to care for the remaining animals on the planet only alluded to in the movie with the one line asking if the owl is real. In the book people that cannot afford real animals to take of get electric ones to keep face with the neighbors. The commentary on this and how culty people can be might turn some off but I thought it made the story more relevant to the real world.
Eclectic mixer of books of my youth and ones I always meant to read, but didn't.
"Asking the important questions 50 years on"
Philip K Dick is one of the most overlooked writers of the mid 20th Century in my view. He has continually asked the interesting and disturbing questions about what is reality. In this, his best known book (albeit known to most under this title and not its more accurate and provacative release title, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?") he asks it with a callous disregard for the answer, so long as it is the truth. Sometimes the truth hurts and bad things need to be done; Dick doesn't shy away from either.
I enjoyed listening to this for the bit parts, too. A by-product of familiarity perhaps, sometimes text can become banal. Not this text. The entrophy of the society it depicts, and which Scott Brick captures well in his performance, is never lost because the "bits" sustain the whole. JR Esidore (Brick sounding like William Sanderson as F B Farnum in "Deadwood") is a treat. His faltering "chicken head" wisdom is as ironic as it is insightful. Buster Friendly (perhaps a foerunner to the caller in Hunger Games) is annoying but unforgettable. Rachael is beautiful and (as herself and as Pris) callous as can be imagined. And for all of that, Deckard is as complex, and flawed and believable as he was 50 years ago, (30 years ago, when I first read this, at least).
I think this is an important book. It is a signpost for The Terminator which was to come and a reminder of the ease with which we can slip into genocide, the worship of false idols and belief in our own superiority which has gone, but is never really lost. This is serious and entertaining science fiction for a person who likes to think about why we do the things we do.
"Greatly Surprised"
Please understand that you are not getting 'Blade Runner' at all. This book should be titled 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep', and the movie 'Blade Runner' was VERY loosely based on the novel.
People tell me that it sucks because their expecting 'Blade Runner' and I think Audible should change the name and stop putting 'Do Androids Dream of Electronic Sheep' in small writing and make it the main title with 'Blade Runner' below it. Its deceptive if you ask me and my explain the low ratings.
I got this book because someone told me that like 'Dune' the real story was so much better. I listened to this book while a family member read it and we both agree this is much better.
I almost didn't read this book because someone told it was 'Blade Runner' and I wanted the original book. Glad I didn't listen. Because here we have the details of the story that 'Blade Runner' doesn't give us. Here we get a real feel for what was really happening in the future. We see how unintended consequences of our actions can come back to bite us in the rear. 'Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.' - Salvor Hardin in "Foundation" by Isaac Asimov. If we had learned this then we would not have the basis of this story.
"Pleasantly Surprised"
Great Book. Please understand that you are not getting Blade Runner at all. This book was actually titled Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, and the movie Blade Runner was VERY loosely based on the novel.
After seeing negative reviews for this book I was a bit dubious, but being a huge fan of Blade Runner I gave it a shot anyway. I was very happy to find that the novel, while being pretty much an entirely different story, was very entertaining and thought provoking. I had never read Dick before and I will most certainly explore more of his work in the near future. The reading by Scott Brick was great as well... as usual.
Audible is my key to fitting my science fiction and fantasy pleasure reading into my schedule, so that's what you'll see me review here!
"Quirky, Ominous, Immersive"
First, rest assured this is a recording of Phillip K. Dick's book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and not a novelization of the film. However, this is one instance in which the book compliments the film. Phillip K. Dick, who didn't live to see the film completed but did see production stills and read the script, also felt the film complimented his work: one can add to the appreciation of the other. Having seen the film before reading (or listening) to the book, I feel like I have a better understanding of both and can appreciate each on its own merits.
On a near-future earth ravaged by the radioactive fallout of the last World War, the remnants of humanity who have stubbornly decided to stay (instead of emigrating to the off-world colonies) occasionally have to contend with androids--escapees from their lives as servants on the off-world colonies. Much of humanity has reached a state of relative peace thanks to a religion based on empathy (sympathizing and then identifying with another), but the androids lack empathy and are thus dangerous to other humans, so its up to bounty hunters like Rick Deckard to find out who is human and who is machine and "retire" the androids.
Phillip K. Dick's books often have wacky premises, but the reason readers and film producers keep coming back to his work is that he creates a compelling internal logic and structure of feeling for his characters to act within. Deckard comes to question how he defines his humanity and the perils/limits of empathy, for example. This book isn't action-based (although there is some of that), but really based around tense moments (and to Dick's credit, they are tense moments) where Deckard is having crisis of conscience or is questioning who is a real person, who is artificial, and what that distinction means. This led to several moments that put me on the edge of my seat. The ominous atmosphere of post-nuclear earth, the inhuman threat of the androids, and the other strange elements of the story come together to form a quirky but immersive atmosphere for Deckard's inner struggles with himself and outer struggle with the androids.
I would summarize Scott Bricks typical narrative style in two words: broody and languid. He draws out words and creates an almost hypnotic rolling effect with his voice that is enjoyable if you are in the mood for that. Brick doesn't read, he performs, but that performance may not be to everyone's taste (so do listen to the sample clip). Still, it fits well with this book: his almost melancholy narration highlights the gloom of post-nuclear Earth and the broodiness of the characters themselves.
"Odd that there are so many negative reviews"
I found it very strange that there were so many negative reviews on this book and the reader. If you are a Philip K. Dick fan, I don't see how you can react negatively to this reading. The book explores many rich themes that the movie does not have time to develop. I offer the opinion that you could enjoy the movie and the book as two complementary works exploring the same basic question, "what does it mean to be human?". However the book asks other questions dealing with religion and empathy and what they mean in the context of being human. Deckard's epiphany in the desert gets to the heart of the answer. It is this self-exploration of what matters (and what should matter) that differentiates the humans from the androids. This is not Hollywood science fiction, this reading is science fiction from an author unafraid to look into the future and tell us about ourselves as we will be.
I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it. - Salinger ^(;,;)^
"Top shelf Philip K Dick"
Top shelf Philip K Dick exploring a tangled web of heavy themes like: what it means to be human, the nature and limits of empathy, love, religion, God, entropy, animals, decay.
I had mistakenly put off this novel because HELL I already saw the movie. How can you improve upon THAT movie? Well, the book is better. A cliché, certainly I know, but it is spot on with this book. The movie captures a piece of the PKD mad genius, but it is a 2D representation of a 3D Dick. IT is an android, an artificial sheep of a movie that moves, bellows and behaves perfectly but doesn't have the spark the sizzle or the depth of the novel and IT was a HELLUVA good movie.
Anyway, I'm caught up in a PHDickathon and just ordered a bunch more of his novels off EBay, so I should at least have room to softly land my tattered soul after this amazing novel. Next up? 'Ubik' or 'a Scanner Darkly'.
"Now the movie makes sense"
I love the movie and remember just how "other" it seemed when it was first release.
But it never made sense.
Now it does.
The audio books I get tend to be either 1) scifi or 2) things for my husband and me to listen to on long road trips--humor or history
"A scifi touchstone"
There is so much packed into this short novel it is hard know where to begin a review. To keep it concise, here's what I liked: This novel does what only scifi novels are able to do: ask the Big Questions. No, I don't mean questions like "what is the meaning of love?" (although it asks that question, too) but even more profound questions like "what does it mean to be human?" and "why are we afraid of anything that is different?" Anyone who has seen and loved some of the best Star Trek episodes (Measure of a Man, Let That Be Your Last Battlefield) has seen later flowerings of the seeds planted by this 1968 novel. Which brings me to the things I didn't like. A major element of the novel was a quasi-religion called "Mercerism" that involved people hooking themselves into machines to dial up whatever emotions they wanted to experience. Sounded a lot like a 1960's fantasy of a culture with government-sanctioned drug trips. That part of the book's plot felt dated and extraneous, and not because I know this thread is missing from the movie based on the book. If I have ever seen Blade Runner, I do not remember it at all. So for me, this book stands on its own. I salute it for being a visionary piece of science fiction and for its place as a touchstone for so much of modern scifi. And I really loved that the eponymous question is never outright asked in the book. What do I think is the answer? A definite "yes."
Scott Brick is one of my favorite narrators. I think his reading style goes well with science fiction. He can make things sound just – a – little – bit – off, which is just what was called for in this case.
"Love the book, disliked the read"
In looking at other reviews I find I am not alone in not caring for the reading of this classic. One reviewer stated that Scott Brick is one of his favorites so I'll give him another chance. It seems to me the sentences were divided into phrases for drama but the effect was lost when every sentence seemed to have this effect.
The conversational flow was lost and it was choppy.
I only wish Harrison Ford read this one. The version of the movie where he narrated was the best one (to me anyway)
Dispite my dislike of the read I enjoyed the book very much. I read the hard cover version years ago and it was a nice refresher.
"Why the title?"
Surely, as this is a telling of 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' should it not be called the same? Having been a fan of the film for many years I had never got around to reading the book. It is so completely different it was almost a different story. So why call it 'Blade Runner'?
Well read; excellent story; so random and confusing in places it made my head sore. A must for any sci fi fans who likes off-the-world worlds.
"More than just a story about killing androids"
Really enjoyed the book. It is vastly different from the film and I think calling the audiobook "Blade Runner" is a bit disingenuous. The hunt for the androids is almost a sub plot and the book concentrates more on creating a very terrifying and believable futuristic world and the desperate people still stick on earth after a devastating war. In the book, Deckard muses on his desire to own a real animal instead of a robotic imitation and how publicity admitting you have a robot is a social faux pas. A haunting book that is well read and, in my opinion, better than the film.
"Back to Basics"
As a lover of the film I was intrigued to get closer to the source of the story. I found this recording very well presented and added considerably to my understanding of the context of the film. As with the film it is a sombre, somewhat depressing and often difficult to understand. If you are into this genre - well worth a listen.
"Great book, slow Reader"
Big fan of Philip K Dick & this is a classic.
The only criticism for me is the readers slow rather soporific delivery that rather downplays the faster moving pace & excitement of the story.
Doesn't really help when you speed up on your listening device either, then it sounds unnatural.
"Droning voice matched droning narrative"
I felt that the reading matched the style of the voice perfectly i.e. world-weary narrator, inescapable doom.
"This should be a film!!!"
this should be a film, Harrison Ford and rutger hauer. But who could play mercer? forget mercer who needs philosophy in a film? not me!
"Different from movie"
Wow different odd, not at all what I thought
Lol I forgot what happened reviewing a few months after the fact but I enjoyed it :)
Yes and I think he normally does a good job
No it's odd
"Now I'm REALLY depressed - still rated 5 stars"
Deep, Depressing, Hopeless
The realisation that the film is almost nothing like the book at all - the names of the characters are the same but that's about it.
The story is told very laconically, like an old black and white noir detective film (Hey Doll), absolutely perfect - but it does make it quite slow paced at times.
Prepare yourself
I have never quite managed to get round to reading this book, but have read a lot of Philip K. Dick in my time - I think, mainly because I liked the film so much and didn't want that destroyed. I will now have to re-watch the film to check, but I think this is one of those rare cases where the film might be better than the book.
"Don't expect fast paced"
Anyone expecting a fast paced scifi adventure, or even cop adventure for that matter, look elsewhere.
There are some similarities with the film, but it seems that the film makers added a lot. If they used the term "blade runner" anywhere then I missed it, and there was none of the iconic photo zooming.
It is quite dark, quite slow and in places maybe a little depressing, It is Philip K Dick after all, that is too be expected (the short story Total Recall is based on I don't recall a single shot being fired!).
But it is enjoyable if that is what you are in the mood for, just don't go expecting an action packed thrill ride with a Disney ending! Remember that the main tool in a bounty hunter's arsenal (not blade runner) is a interview to determine subtle physiological response to stress! This does not lend it self to big shoot outs and explosions
It took me a little while to get used to the reader, but I liked him overall, especially the way he pronounced the protagonist's surname "Deckard"
One really annoying thing, the androids are referred to as andies which makes them sound a little too cute, I much prefer the term replicant, makes them sound a little more threatening.
"Not Blade Runner"
OK, lets get this straight from the start..... this is not Blade Runner (the movie).
This is the book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", the book that the screenplay of the movie is based on.
Bear that in mind and this is not a bad book. Look for something that resembles the movie and you will be disappointed. I agree, the book is well read and the story is ok, but I have to also agree that certain areas are laboured on, when the exciting bits seem to lack description and pace.
I still enjoyed this book and would recommend it - mainly to those that have not seen the film or come with any presumptions
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Monday's letters: U.S. infrastructure
Published: Monday, November 26, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 23, 2012 at 4:28 p.m.
To the editor: Since the end of World War II, we have not lost one American civilian or soldier from an attack against the U.S. by a sovereign nation. Yet according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, in 2011 the U.S. spent $739.3 billion on our military as compared to our two potential opponents, Russia and China, who spent a mere $142.5 billion combined.
Other countries are busy building and repairing their infrastructures, such as the Dutch who immediately built dams after the massive floods of 1953.
In America, we have lost tens of thousands of citizens due to natural disasters such as forest fires, tornadoes and hurricanes. The flooding of New Yorks subways and tunnels might have been minimized if they had listened to advice after Katrina that New York City needed to update its systems with modern technology. We lose one-third of our fresh water supply due to leaky pipes.
If a portion of the money spent on the military were instead invested in repairing and improving our fresh water systems, highways, bridges and tunnels, imagine how much property and how many lives would be saved while adding to our prosperity and reducing unemployment.
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Election reactions
To the editor: I belong to a local gym where the recent election was a large topic of discussion. My wife and I just returned from an extended trip and were looking forward to hearing the reactions to the election.
The reactions were very interesting:
u The Democrats are quietly pleased.
u A local tea party leader was disappointed but resolved to work to mitigate the perceived excesses of the Democratic agenda.
u Anti-Barack Obama people loudly opined that Obama is arrogant for laying out his agenda just a week after his victory.
My take:
u Obama won. Nothing will change that. If you disagree with his policies, it is your right to attempt to change them through the political process.
u No amount of scripture quoting, alliterative vituperation or threats of impeachment will change the fact that Obama is president of the United States.
Can I send the anti-Obama forces a challenge? Write your letters and fulminate all you want, but at the end of your letter, tell us what concrete steps you are taking to make your community, town, state and country a better place. My goal in the coming year is to devote time and money to a local elementary school.
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Lets be realistic
To the editor: Since Producer-Director Vincent Marini came to Flat Rock Playhouse, the cast of actors who were so familiar and entertaining to most of us have dispersed, replaced by a lot of imported glitzy shows. The playhouse spent a lot of money overexpanding onto Main Street. I think it assumes there is a bigger theater-loving market here than really exists.
Excuse me, but its made its business decisions, and we taxpayers are not and should not have to be responsible for bailing it out now. Bring back the old cast of lovable, professional actors and scale back to a realistic, market-driven level of stage plays.
S.J. Brown
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Palantir -- the quiet, data-crunching startup whose clients include government agencies around the world -- on Friday will reveal it has raised up to $195 million as part of a new funding round, this newspaper has learned.
Sources close to the company confirmed that they anticipate the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission will show the company has raised between $129 million and $195 million; final details were still unsettled Thursday.
Those sources also said the company expects additional funding in the near future that could swell the final value of the round north of $200 million.
Previous SEC documents show the company has raised more than $300 million in prior funding rounds. Although those documents did not disclose the names of investors, the company's backers are known to include New York investment firm Tiger Global Management and billionaire financiers Stanley Druckenmiller and Kenneth Langone.
Palantir's seed money came from former PayPal Chief Executive Peter Thiel; the startup was founded in 2004 by two PayPal alumni. Using technology originally designed by the online payments company to fight fraud, Palantir helps clients manage and analyze massive amounts of information from a host of sources.
Pharmaceutical companies use Palantir's software to better track complex biochemical reactions in the development of new drugs. Investment firms use it to spot new trends amid reams of market data.
Palantir also has engendered controversy because its client list leans heavily on law enforcement and intelligence agencies, including the FBI, CIA and U.S. Department of Defense. The CIA's venture capital arm is another Palantir investor.
Lee Tien, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said Thursday that the increasing potency of "big data" technology threatens to give law enforcement too much power to track what people do online.
"The government is a glutton for information about ordinary people, but it tries to binge in secret," he said. Tien's comments came as a coalition called StopWatching.Us announced plans for a "rally against mass surveillance" in Washington, D.C., next month.
Thiel and Palantir Chief Executive Alex Karp have described themselves as staunch libertarians and insisted that providing better tools to government actually protects against overreaching bureaucrats. That's because Palantir's software keeps records of what users do with the data.
"The alternative is letting terrorism happen or losing all our liberties," Karp said in a recent Forbes interview.
While Karp told Forbes he expects Palantir to sign $1 billion worth of new contracts next year, the company also works closely with nonprofit groups at deeply discounted rates. Its software has helped track spending of Hurricane Katrina rebuilding funds and coordinate volunteer relief efforts during Super Storm Sandy.
On Thursday evening, at its downtown Palo Alto offices, Palantir hosted a forum for employees and the public to hear from the head of the Polaris Project, a nonprofit that has used Palantir's technology to help fight human trafficking. Earlier this week, the company announced a $100 million collaboration with the Rockefeller Foundation and former president Bill Clinton to help cities nationwide create "resilience strategies" against terrorism, earthquakes and other disasters.
Palantir has made a habit of beefy fundraising hauls in recent years. A $70 million investment round two years ago reportedly valued the company at $2.5 billion; that jumped to $4 billion after a $56 million infusion in May 2012.
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Why Reverse Mortgages Are Not a Retirement Option
Everyone has seen how housing prices have taken a nosedive in most markets across America since the start of the 2008 recession. Almost $3 trillion worth of equity has disappeared, and homes are now worth significantly less than what their owners paid for them. This evaporation of equity has dealt a devastating blow to many elderly Americans who were originally planning on tapping into that equity to supplement their retirement through reverse mortgages.
The truth is that reverse mortgages shouldn't be used as a last minute tool to fund your retirement. Unfortunately, the lack of homeowners' equity and a host of other factors have made reverse mortgages a thing of the past as a retirement option.
What is a reverse mortgage?
A reverse mortgage is much like a standard mortgage for your home. It is called a reverse mortgage because the homeowner will receive a cash payment based on the amount of equity he or she has in their home. So, after you finally get your home mortgage paid off and you own your home free and clear, you can go back into debt again for the exact same house with a reverse mortgage.
In contrast to a conventional mortgage, however, there is no repayment requirement as long as the homeowner meets certain requirements, such as continuing to use the home as his or her primary residence. Once the borrower dies, the loan must be repaid.
Reverse mortgages require equity
One of the biggest realizations to come out of the current housing crisis is that reverse mortgages require homeowners to have equity in their homes. If you've been banking on a reverse mortgage to fund your retirement instead of investing for your financial goals that you should be been doing all long, you could be in for a rude awakening if the equity in your home has vanished.
This is exactly what happened during the recent (and ongoing) housing crisis, and many Baby Boomers and retirees have been left in a tough situation with little in the way of retirement savings and a hope of using home equity and a reverse mortgage to fund their retirement dreams. But, when the equity disappeared, so did their ability to borrow against their home for retirement. Traditionally, homeowners thought that home prices would rise forever, but that has proven not to be the case in recent years.
Reverse mortgages can hurt your heirs
When you borrow against your home equity to cover living expenses in retirement, you're putting your heirs at risk of some serious estate planning consequences. When you die, your reverse mortgage must be repaid. Many estates do this either with insurance proceeds or by selling the primary home that was mortgaged. This can be devastating news to family members who may have been counting on those funds for one reason or another — e.g., daily living expenses, paying for a future college education, or paying off other debts of the deceased. Reverse mortgages also have the potential to forcing the sale of homes that have been in families for generations.
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When home prices in America were skyrocketing, many people skipped funding their retirement accounts in favor of buying a bigger home and paying down their mortgage. The trouble with this is that you really need to have a well-rounded financial plan that includes investing for retirement and other goals, saving, paying down debts, and protecting yourself and your family with insurance. Banking on the ability to borrow against the equity in your home during your retirement years is a very risky strategy that can blow up in your face.
Reverse mortgages are expensive
Historically, reverse mortgage are very expensive because of very high fees. These fees erode the value of what little equity you have built up in your home. Like all home loans, there is an origination fee, appraisal fees, closing costs, insurance, and a host of other fees that are tacked onto your reverse mortgage. Because of this plethora of fees, the cash payout that you receive in this depressed housing market will be even further reduced.
In the final analysis, there's no better alternative to investing for retirement than a well-balanced portfolio of stocks, bonds, and/or mutual funds. Using your home as a way to fund your retirement dreams is fraught with potential drawbacks, and the expectation that you'll have a ton of equity at retirement is based on the faulty assumption that your home will necessarily increase in value, or at least retain its current value.
Do you have any experience with reverse mortgages? Has your declining home value now made a reverse mortgage impossible? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments section.
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About the author: Hank Coleman is a freelance writer who has written extensively for many financial websites and publications. Hank holds a Master's Degree in Finance and is actively pursuing Certified Financial Planner status.
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16 Responses to "Why Reverse Mortgages Are Not a Retirement Option"
1R S Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 11:12 am
Interesting, I always wondered what a reverse mortgage was/how it worked.
Heirs, however, should not be a consideration for not taking one out. Heirs should not be depending on an inheritance, it should be a windfall.
For the generation that is close to retirement, or recently retired, I can see how this option is something they have to consider – especially if their retirement portfolios have taken a beating. Certainly, the 20-30some crowd should not be considering a reverse mortgage as a retirement plan..
Either the heirs give back and provide financial support, if for no other reason than to protect their inheritance, or a reverse mortgage may be the only other option for some.
2Petunia 100 Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 11:27 am
I agree that everyone should be saving/investing as the years go by and should not rely entirely on home equity to fund their retirement. However, I disagree that people should not consider how they might use their home equity to fund their needs.
Also, I strongly disagree that a reverse mortgage should not be considered since it will likely reduce inheritance. So what? People have to cover their own needs first. Would you suggest retired people avoid spending a single penny so that they can leave more to their heirs when they die? If you wouldn't, then your advice here is inconsistent.
A reverse mortgage is merely one tool which might be used. If a reverse mortgage will improve one's financial circumstances, then it should be considered.
3Srinath Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 12:32 pm
I view a reverse mortgage as an easy way to liquidate my house, if I'm not planning to leave it behind. I get regular monthly payments, plus I can stay in it till I die. While it should not be the sole retirement plan, it is definitely a useful addition for some, just like Social Security.
4Vince Thorne Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 12:59 pm
In specific cases, like Srinath above, a reverse mortgage might make sense. Say you bought a home in the 50s or 60s and are now retired with your retirement funds running out. A reverse mortgage that generates a positive cashflow will see you through the the next couple of decades might make sense. Ofcourse, you have to forego the house to the bank at the end as there is no way you will be able to have the money and the house as well. It may make sounder financial sense to sell the big home and move into a smaller home and live out retirement there.
If you are getting a reverse mortgage to fund college or buy a car I have just 2 words: Good Luck!
5Jim Says:
October 27th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
I consider a reverse mortgage to be a last resort if you're retirement age and having difficulty paying your bills and have no other assets. I know of one friend of my in-laws with a reverse mortgage and his equity got him a few hundred extra a month in addition to his small social security check and helped him pay the bills. He's in his 80's with medical issues. It worked well for him.
6Traciatim Says:
October 28th, 2011 at 10:11 am
I have to agree with the others that your heirs should be one of the lowest priorities on your list of considerations when looking at a reverse mortgage.
Generally reversed mortgages are limited in the loan to value ratio they can lend, and it's you're money that you have tied up sitting there doing nothing so why not enjoy it?
Maybe instead of leaving your heirs with an empty house you could use the money to spend more time with them while you're alive and having some great experiences together. That's far more valuable than a pile of sticks that keeps rain off your head.
7Beth Says:
October 29th, 2011 at 10:47 am
I began looking into reverse mortgages a few years ago…My Dad had a pension which my Mother still lives on. When Dad died the sale of the condo went to Mom so she can live in a nice assisted living facility. I don't expect to see any of the money my father worked for,when my Mom goes.
I feel reverse mortgages are the same thing. Like my Dad I did, and still am,saving DURING my newly entered retirement. I too have a pension and am living within or below my means. That's something many of the 20-30 somethings don't understand.
8Bill Says:
October 29th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
After living in my home for 4 years I re-financed and took out a reverse mortgage. I had to bring cash to the table from my previously paid off prior home but still have a lot left. But I now have no payments and my kids would not want to maintain or use this place. I figured the break even point for cash/payments/fees is 12 years. (11 to go!) I lived in my last place for 18 yrs and just love this smaller ranch with the perfect layout and neighborhood. I am very pleased with my financial plan. It does take the right circumstances but it seems to fit very well for me. I look at the situation as buying a home for half price by paying cash. If I live another 20-25 years I'm way ahead of the game and no banks to deal with….ever.
9Disgruntled Homeowner Says:
November 14th, 2011 at 1:04 pm
Reverse Mortgage, or nothing else, will EVER work out if on one hand you have enough equity to do it, and on the other hand, you have a greedy hand ready to take half of your money. I approached the age and equity to do a Reverse Mortgage, but unfortunately housing value fell to the point of wiping out all my equity and put me under water. Greed has grown rampant in this country and all over the world. They pile on too much fees which make me not want to do a Reverse Mortgage. I should get 99% of my money, they should get 1%. Instead, they get 50%. PLEASE DON'T VOTE FOR OBAMA! Why? Because his policy did not address the problem of us elderly who are the worst victim of this housing crisis. In other words, I feel robbed of my investment (my down payment) put into my home. I am an African American and I appeal to other AA, DO NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA because he is black like you. Look beyond race. VOTE for someone you feel can get us out of this mess, who is capable of restoring our country back to the great county it USE to be. Obama is NOT capable!
10Dan Scerpella Says:
July 13th, 2012 at 2:06 am
I have a problem with a few of the things written this article and the implications left by the author.
First of all, in a perfect pre 1980 world we all have pensions and healthcare guaranteed for our retirement. Gas and food and medical care is affordable. This is not that world. The value of our largest asset (usually) now needs to be considered fair game for funding or enhancing ones retirement income. It is not a vehicle of last resort, it is one choice among many. Retirees are living longer, retirement nest eggs are disappearing more quickly. This also means that retirees' children are well into adulthood and don't really need to inherit Mom and Dads home.
The author states that once a borrower dies the loan must be repaid. Is this not self evident? The impression is given that somehow this is uncommon or disadvantageous. This is standard practice for any mortgage. Mortgage debt does not disappear when the borrower passes.
That a reverse mortgage alters the future interest of one's heirs is also self evident, and both Reverse Mortgage lenders as well as third party counselors required to proceed with the loan ensure the borrowers are completely aware of this.
The author also informs us that Reverses are expensive. To that I would ask, compared to what? The misperception was that a HECM was more expensive than a conventional mortgage because the borrower often got their costs "free" in a conventional mortgage. This is misleading because when a borrower gets those fees covered it is because the LO has given the borrower a loan with a higher rate than absolutely necessary and then paid those costs out of the back end which was increased by the higher rate. Reverses are required to express these costs up front and the responsibility of the borrower (more often than not financed as part of the loan) In fact out of pocket for the average Reverse is usually limited to the appraisal. Ultimately in both reverses and conventional the costs are borne by the borrower. If anything the Reverse disclosures are more honest about that fact. Further in the past 3 years most of the major lenders now offer Reverses with no origination fees and in some cases no FHA insurance premium, which in most cases is the largest single cost item, and this goes to the FHA not the lender.
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14HECM Calculator Says:
July 24th, 2013 at 8:19 am
My parents have recently taken out a reverse mortgage – At first I thought it was a horrible idea since we have had the home in our family now for many generations but after speaking to my lender they explained that my parents home be mine as long as I can pay off anything that the borrow. Im calculating that the home appreciation alone should cover over the interest costs so it is essentially a free loan for them
15Dennis Says:
June 10th, 2014 at 4:45 pm
What about HECM Saver reverse mortgages now for seniors? Lower up front fees, including insurance. Less loan amount,but better new rules.
thank you,
16Dan Scerpella Says:
June 11th, 2014 at 2:02 pm
HECM Savers disappeared spring of 2013. The new regulations on HECMs initiated in November 1st 2013 actually mimic many of the features of the Saver. Borrowers now pay only .5% FHA fee as long as they take out 60% or less of what they qualify for. After year one they can take out the rest. Fixed rate HECMs however only make sense when one is paying off a mortgage which exceeds the 60% limit.
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"Make sure you leave Santa some cookies this year," Larpenter told a curious youngster. "Santa likes chocolate chip."
Belanger said the parade has been going on since the late 1980s.
"It's just a group of boat owners coming together to show a common appreciation for the holidays," he said. "I love it."
John Seebode, of Houma, said this is his first time in the parade. His sleek yellow boat, the Ms. Kinley, brimmed with people on its deck. Underneath were blue lights, which illuminated the water.
"You couldn't have anything like this anywhere else," Seebode said. "Family members light bonfires and bands play for you the whole way down. It's just everybody getting together to have a party."
Belanger said this is a family tradition that he expects will continue to grow and get even better.
"It's great being able to enlighten people about the area," he said. "It's great for kids to know that Christmas is coming and that Santa is watching to see who's been naughty or not."
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Microsoft Messenger
Microsoft Messenger for Mac allows you chat online in real time with your friends, family, and colleagues over Microsoft's instant messaging service. It is compatible with Windows Live Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Windows Messenger.
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Tags: instant , messaging , im , communication , msn
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You can find version 8 final online (comes with Office 2011). Interface is different and more like the Windows version. Audio and Video is enabled now but still no tabbed chatting.
Office 2011 officially arriving in October.
When do version 8.0 goes finally out of the beta? It's passive for a long time at microsoft... this app lol
Version 7.0.2 will not work properly if you install version 4 Safari Beta.
Messenger will lose focus after sending a message. In other words, once you click send or press return to send your message, you will have to re-click the message box to continue typing your next message.
Reinstalling the previous version of Safari will see off the problem. WebKit issue apparently.
adium ftw!
why bother? honestly. nothing has changed. it still has no audio visual support. at least aMSN has that. i don't use AV much but when i do i turn to skype because i don't like aMSN. i'm sticking with adium because it's compatible with a multitude of IM services.
I use this, but there is a stupid bug with all version including 7.0.1. It just doesn't work behind proxies. The same as skype. No matter I set manually or use automatic script URL in systems prefs.
Exactly, nothing new... Still the total lack of functionality.
So, basicly back to Adium, if it would only have those private messages.
"7.0" out today : it's a big joke. New icon, almost nothing else.
MS Messenger for Mac doesn't support many important features found in the Windows version. Adium doesn't have those featres either, but at least it's compatible with more chat services and offers themes. :)
I agree with iiro. Also, I've been having some problems seeing my contacts' display pictures in Adium, something that has never happened with Messenger.
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From a BBC One documentary series on wildlife in Africa comes the most incredible nature footage ever captured on film: A squirrel responding with anthropomorphic shock to the sight of a hungry leopard.
In the future, the quality of all nature footage will be judged by the ease with which it can be transformed into a reaction GIF.
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Phoenix Racing making plans for 2013
Team hoping to land sponsors to run a full schedule
Published: Friday, December 28, 2012 at 8:48 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, December 28, 2012 at 8:48 p.m.
As the clock winds down on 2012, Phoenix Racing, based in nearby Spartanburg, S.C., is looking ahead to the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup season, and it's going be a season full of changes.
"One of the biggest changes is the change in the Chevy body styles," Hendersonville's Steve Barkdoll, general manager of Phoenix Racing, said. "Sprint Cup is going to the Chevy SS and Nationwide to the Chevy Camaro. For a small team like us, that creates a lot more work, and our guys in the shop are doing an incredible job. They've been working non-stop to get ready for the season, and we've already got a couple of new cars in the shop that look really sharp."
Just like last year, Phoenix Racing will be using multiple drivers.
"For Daytona, we'll be going with Regan Smith, who also drives for Dale Jr.'s Nationwide team. Since Regan is committed to the Nationwide Series, he won't be able to run a full Cup schedule with us. We'll be looking to other drivers throughout the year, including A.J. Allmendinger again."
Last year, 2004 Cup champion Kurt Busch was Phoenix Racing's main driver, competing in 29 races in Sprint Cup and four in Nationwide, earning the team a win at the Nationwide race in July at Richmond.
Allmendinger competed in the final four Cup races, and two other drivers also took the wheel for owner James Finch last year: Smith for two and David Reutimann for one.
The team was able to run a full schedule (36 races) last season, but it's still searching for enough sponsors to do the same this year. So far, the team has enough sponsors to compete in 18 races in 2013, Finch said on Friday in an interview with News Channel 7 in Panama City Beach, Fla.
"We are going to start off the season like we plan on running a full Cup schedule. That's what we're hoping to do. We're also planning as of right now to run at least six or seven Nationwide races," Barkdoll said. "We're hoping to have some success early, and I think we will because these new body styles are going to level the playing field. With that success, I believe we'll see more sponsorship opportunities."
Up next for the team is a trip to Daytona for testing on Jan. 10-12. The season-opening Daytona 500 will be held a little more than a month later on Feb. 24.
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Colorado City and Snyder Landfills Searched For Missing Teen
ABILENE, Texas - The FBI and cadaver dogs searched the Colorado City and Snyder landfills Thursday.
As of 5:15 p.m. Thursday night, when we spoke with City Manager Pete Kampfer, he says investigators have not reported back if the landfill searches were productive.
However, he says if they would have found something substantial, he would probably know by now.
But what drove authorities to check here for the 2nd time, is not being released, "They did, in their minds, have a reason to go back and go back over it again." remarked Kampfer.
Last Friday, crews spent the day digging in Abilene's landfill. It's unknown what evidence, if any, they found.
Colorado City City Manager Pete Kampfer says Colorado City's landfill is not the only one they'll sift through this week, "To my knowledge, they are going to do multiple searches in landfills and they may be in the area they may be outside in the region."
He did not know if investigators had a specific reason to keep checking the area's trash.
As for the only named suspect in the case, Billie Dunn's former live-in boyfriend Shawn Adkins, Kampfer was not sure if he's still staying with a relative in Dunn, "That I do not know."
When we asked him if Adkins is being watched, he replied, "I know that he is being monitored." He added that since Adkins hired a lawyer, he has not cooperated with law enforcement.
Adkins' lawyer told KTXS Wednesday, Adkins has volunteered all the information he knows to authorities.
Thursday, we did speak to a representative from Child Protective Services. Wednesday, we reported Hailey's older brother David was removed from Billie Dunn's home. Thursday, CPS would not confirm if they are investigating the family.
However, a spokeswoman did say there are instances when CPS is investigating a family that they ask the family to place a child voluntarily outside the home pending the outcome of that investigation.
Wednesday night on the Nancy Grace Show, Billie Dunn said her son David is staying with an uncle.
We tried again to talk with Billie, however since KTXS first released the affidavits the showed disturbing information about Billie and Shawn, she has refused an interview.
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CORPUS CHRISTI – The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi cross country teams will travel to Nacogdoches, Texas to compete at the Southland Conference Championships, hosted by Stephen F. Austin. The women's 6k race will begin at 9 a.m. and the men's 8k will follow at 9:45 a.m. at Piney Woods Country Club. The women's team is looking to garner the top spot after finishing in the runner-up spot last season to SFA, while the men are looking to improve upon their fifth-place finish last season.
"We're very excited about the upcoming SLC meet," head coach Shawn Flanagan said. "It's something we have been looking forward to since last year. Other than Patrick Kimeli's victory, we thought we could do better. This gives us a chance to improve."
Live Results: Results will be available here.
In the Running: The Islanders will face all 12 of their conference foes in both the men's and women's races.
Here's a look at the Southland teams ranked in the South Central regional rankings:
4. Lamar
9. Texas A&M – Corpus Christi
10. Stephen F. Austin
11. McNeese State
5. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
8. Lamar
13. Stephen F. Austin
14. McNeese State
15. Nicholls State
Southland Titles: Last season, the women's team fell short of being the only team in SLC history to clinch four consecutive conference titles, finishing in second to SFA. Prior to that, the team won in 2007 on their home course at West Guth Park, in 2008 at SFA and again in 2009 at West Guth Park.
2010 Southland Conference Championships: Lamar hosted last season's conference championships. The women's team returns five runners from the 2010 team that finished second. Julia Sambu led the way in fourth place, Sarah Kimaiyo in 12th place, Kristine Buricaga in 16th place, BreAnna Briggs in 29th and Danielle Higgins finished in 31st. In 2009, Briggs finished in 10th place with a time of 21:40 and Burciaga finished 49th in 2008 with a time of 25:01. On the men's side, defending champion and 2010 male athlete of the year, Patrick Kimeli returns to the course along with Justin Adame, who finished in 34th place and Jason Garcia who finished in 41st place, as they try and improve upon their fifth-place finish.
Defending Champion: Kimeli finished as the top individual in the men's 8k race with a time of 24:47.0, edging Lamar's Bob Ahimbisibwe, who also returns to the course. In 2009, Kimeli finished in 15th place with a time of 25:03.
Against the Pack: The Islanders have faced several teams from the SLC this season. Both teams have faced UT Arlington twice, once at the Chile Pepper Festival and once at the Grass Routes Grand Prix. Both squads have also faced Lamar twice, once at the Grass Routes Grand Prix and once at the Rice Invite. At the Chile Pepper Festival, both teams faced UTSA and at the Rice Invite both teams battled McNeese State and SFA.
Women's 6k: Sambu, Burciaga, Higgins, Kimaiyo, Briggs, Cecy Gonzalez, Melissa Jones and Shelby Polasek are slated to compete in the 6k.
"The women are fired up," Flanagan said. "We are hoping to improve upon our second-place finish last year. We're going to do everything we can to get back in the winner's circle."
Men's 8k: Kimeli, along with Adame and Garcia are slated to compete along with Angel Banda, Philipp Baar, Christoph Hintz, Valentinas Rudys and Jeremy Juarez.
"The men are looking to improve upon their fifth-place finish from the year before," Flanagan said. "Patrick is looking forward to defending his conference title he won last year."
Islanders in the Rankings: In the latest USTFCCCA South Central regional rankings the Islanders women's team maintained their No. 5 spot and remained in the top slot in the Southland. The men's team sits in ninth place and third in the Southland, behind Lamar and UTSA, who sits in the No. 4 and No. 5 slots.
Spotlight Runners: Burciaga, Kimeli and Gonzalez have all earned Southland Cross Country Athlete of the Week honors this season.
Islanders Head Coach Shawn Flanagan enters his 11th season as the head coach of the Islanders cross country team and 31st season as a Division I coach. Flanagan started the cross country program in 2000. He has won three Southland women's titles, four Independent women's titles and three Independent men's titles. Altogether, Flanagan holds 29 Conference titles as head coach, including the 19 conference titles he won at UTSA. He also sealed three conference titles as an assistant coach at the University of Texas, totaling 32 Conference Championships to his name.
2011 Season: This season the Islanders have performed well at their six meets. At the UTPA Bronc Relays, both the men and the women took the top spots. At the Rice Invite, both teams finished in second in the women's 4k and the men's 5k, while Kimeli took home the top spot. At the Islanders Splash, the women finished second in the 5k behind Rice, while the men took the top spot in the 8k. Gonzalez and Banda each finished in second for the women's and men's teams. In Austin at the Grass Routes Grand Prix, the women's team finished third in the 6k, while the men finished fourth in the 8k. Kimeli finished in second behind Lamar's Matt Johnsen. Two weekends ago, the women's squad finished 11th in the 6k and the men's team finished 12th in the 10k at the Chile Pepper Festival.
Up Next: The Islanders will travel to Waco, Texas to compete in the NCAA Regional on Sat., Nov. 12, at 10 a.m.
Keep up with the Islanders: For the latest information, follow Islanders Cross Country on Twitter (@IslandersTFXC) and Facebook (Texas A&M Corpus Christi Track & Field/Cross Country).


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Definition of reduce in English:
verb[with object]
- A new one-piece case also reduces size and cost.
- This drastically reduces the cost and size of a tunable solution to the system vendor.
- It is not surprising that Europeans are prepared to pay a considerable amount to reduce the risk of such a change.
- At the same time the number of senior managers has slightly reduced.
- The report says that the amount of summertime rain will increase by 20% in the west while slightly reducing in the east.
- By the 14th treatment, the hand swelling had slightly reduced.
- She reduced the cooking liquid in a saucepan and added more white wine and spices before serving.
- Next, take out the lobsters, keep them warm and reduce the cooking liquid.
- Remove onions and set aside; reduce cooking liquid to a light syrup consistency.
- Respondents were asked to name reasons why patients had not reduced, if they had not done so.
- I have noted that the print is reduced considerably during this washing process, but usually regains its full tonal range in the fix.
- A large part of the Paradise Hotel was reduced to rubble and the rest was reduced to a smouldering shell.
- They'd be reduced to blubbering babies, begging for their lives.
- Their houses, shops and factories were reduced to ashes.
- She and her sister stayed in Moscow where they were reduced to burning books for warmth.
- Yet the group failed to produce any biological agent, and were reduced to poking bags with umbrellas to disseminate the sarin gas they were able to make.
- After Owen's long-range gem, Patrik Berger struck from similar distance and Boro were reduced to chasing shadows from then on.
- Hardened Royal Marines were reduced to tears yesterday as the funeral of Yorkshire war hero Christopher Maddison was held with full military honours.
- It had a shattering effect on those present and men and women, who normally take the dangers of racing in their stride, were reduced to tears.
- At special test screenings, seven out of ten viewers were reduced to tears by the poignant, but simple messages portrayed in the film.
- Next, days-old worker bees beat their wings to ventilate the open honeycombs, in order to reduce the substance to a purer sugar.
- Alkaline hydrolysis or tissue digestion works by breaking apart the chemical bonds that hold proteins together, reducing them to their basic components.
- Most science involves taking a large subject and reducing it to ever smaller, more precise questions.
- He believes that he's forced to simplify and reduce facts to single statements.
- His designs reduced a natural subject to its essentials.
- There is no need to reduce the proper fractions to their lowest forms - Euclid's algorithm will still give the correct CF.
- But Zu would know how to reduce fractions to their lowest terms by dividing top and bottom by the greatest common divisor.
- Likewise, when an atom is reduced, it gains an electron and becomes more negative.
- Reactions in which atoms of the same element are both oxidized and reduced are disproportionation reactions.
- During these reactions, the molecule that donates the electron is oxidized and the molecule that accepts the electron is reduced.
- The dislocation is reduced at the hospital in Taos, but there are so many broken bones that I'll need surgery.
- Kocher's manoeuvre was attempted to reduce the dislocation.
- The dislocation should be reduced as soon as possible.
- Fortresses were redesigned to take advantage of the defensive potential of modern firearms and techniques for besieging and reducing fortresses were refined.
- Further, he set aside the likelihood that siege guns and time would reduce the fortress.
- A couple of weeks was spent reducing the last major fortress to the south of Antioch, then Raymond led the army southward on 13 January 1099.
reduced circumstances
- Used euphemistically to refer to the state of being poor after being relatively wealthy: a divorcee living in reduced circumstancesMore example sentences
impoverished, in straitened circumstances, ruined, bankrupt, bankrupted, bust, insolvent;poor, indigent, penurious, impecunious, in penury, moneyless, without a sou, as poor as a church mouse, poverty-stricken, destitute, necessitous;needy, in need/want, badly off, hard up, on one's beam-ends, unable to make ends meet, underprivileged;British on the breadline, without a penny (to one's name)informal broke, flat broke, cleaned out, strapped for cash, strapped, on one's uppersBritish informal stony broke, skint, without two pennies/(brass) farthings to rub together, in Queer StreetNorth American informal stone brokerare pauperized, beggared
- It is a fact of life that the death of a husband or wife results in reduced circumstances for the surviving partner.
- Despite his seemingly reduced circumstances, Reid was still able to spend almost 3000 on a round-trip ticket from Paris via Miami and Antigua.
- Having taken advantage of increased funding to become a full-time athlete, he now finds his reduced circumstances and changing priorities have affected his thinking.
reduce someone to the ranks
- Demote a non-commissioned officer to an ordinary soldier: the platoon consisted of ex-NCOs who had been reduced to the ranks for various offencesSynonymsdemote, downgrade, lower, lower in rank/status;abase, humble, demean, belittle, humiliate, bring lowNorth American informal bust
- Example sentences
- The environmental noise reducer is aimed at industry as well as individuals and the industrial version, for use in factories, could cost £10,000.
- In addition, some water reducers increase air content.
- The most effective combinations include at least two antibiotics plus the acid reducers.
Late Middle English: from Latin reducere, from re- 'back, again' + ducere 'bring, lead'. The original sense was 'bring back' (hence 'restore', now surviving in sense 5); this led to 'bring to a different state', then 'bring to a simpler or lower state' (hence sense 3); and finally 'diminish in size or amount' (sense 1, dating from the late 18th century).
duct from mid 17th century:
Duct comes from Latin ductus meaning both 'leading' and 'aqueduct' formed from ducere 'to lead'. The verb has produced numerous words in English including abduct (early 17th century) to lead away; conduct (Middle English) lead with; conduit (Middle English); deduce (Late Middle English) draw a conclusion from something; duke; educate (Late Middle English) 'lead out'; induce (Late Middle English) lead in; introduce (Late Middle English) bring into (a group etc); produce (Late Middle English) 'lead forward'; reduce (Late Middle English) bring back; seduce (Late Middle English) lead away (originally from duty, with the sexual sense developing in the M16th); subdue (Late Middle English) 'draw from below'.
Words that rhyme with reduceabstruse, abuse, adduce, Ballets Russes, Belarus, Bruce, burnous, caboose, charlotte russe, conduce, deduce, deuce, diffuse, douce, educe, excuse, goose, induce, introduce, juice, Larousse, loose, luce, misuse, moose, mousse, noose, obtuse, Palouse, produce, profuse, puce, recluse, Rousse, seduce, sluice, Sousse, spruce, traduce, truce, use, vamoose, Zeus
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english bob wrote: you're supposed to a tip a tattoo artist(?) shit.. i'm going to have to go to a new guy for the next one because if he does remember, i'm definitely getting the spit treatment
Quote: Servers at Parasole restaurants received word last Tuesday that they'll have to give up 2% of their credit card tips to the house.
A server at Good Earth Roseville tells City Pages that higher-ups explained the move as being necessary due to rising credit card use amongst customers and higher fees from banks. The excised 2% on their tips will make up for rising fees.
The workers are in a quasi-revolt because they're making minimum wage already.
"People aren't tipping as much because the economy is bad," the server said. "Now they're asking us to take a 2% cut in income."
City Pages called Good Earth to ask about the issue but was directed to Parasole's corporate offices.
Vice President of Business Development Kip Clayton declined to comment.
Why not?
"Whatever we end up doing in terms of compensation for employees is between us and the employees," Clayton says. "So there's no reason for us to share it with the rest of the world."
The waitstaffer City Pages spoke with says an official announcement was posted in the kitchen explaining that this change would affect servers at all Parasole restaurants, including Chino Latino, Uptown Cafeteria and Sky Bar, Il Gatto and Manny's Steakhouse.
Limbs wrote: I mostly skimmed this thread.
I always tip 20%. Even to bad service. I'd feel guilty otherwise and I am a regular at a lot of places and I really want people to like me.
But seriously, fuck servers. Fuck them all. I've worked in a lot of restaurants, dishwashing and cooking. Busting my ass twice as hard for half the pay all the while getting treated like shit by those servers that are being martyred in this thread.
Oh let me stop everything I'm doing so I can wash some silverware so you can make it to that party. Nah, it's cool. I don't mind being here till 1am. Really. Oh, cool, you made 200 bucks tonight? Awesome, I made 50, worked longer and I'm covered in regurgitated food. Sweet, dude.
Fuck servers. Self centered picks.
Why do they deserve 20 bucks for walking back and forth a few times? Just because a couple ordered steaks.
Oh, and yes, I understand some restaraunts have servers tip out the kitchen staff and stuff like that. Fuck you. Not all of them as was my experience at more than a few popular restaurants.
Fuck servers.
AdamBomb wrote: that is how its done if you have a crumb of class.
erich wrote: AdamBomb wrote: that is how its done if you have a crumb of class.
exactly. tipping preserves a form of classicism. there's no reason that everyone in the service industry shouldn't earn a reasonable hourly wage without tipping. it's an archaic practice.


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HAYWARD -- Two close losses at the end of the regular season gave the Chabot College men's basketball team the kick-start it needed.
Now the Gladiators are one win away from playing for a state championship for the first time in 24 years.
After losses to City College of San Francisco (92-91) and Foothill (77-74), Chabot won three straight -- including an upset of CCSF on March 8 -- in the California Community College Athletic Association North Regional playoffs to advance to the state final four.
Chabot (25-7) takes the court Saturday against San Bernardino Valley (28-7) at Cerritos College at 7 p.m. with a spot in the state championship game at stake. A Gladiators win would put them in the finals for the first time since 1990, when they lost to Santa Ana. Chabot has never won a state title in basketball.
Those losses were "definitely a blessing in disguise for us," Chabot guard Paris Davis said. "We knew we had to come out and play even harder, and everybody has done a tremendous job doing that."
After the back-to-back losses, the Gladiators still got the No. 4 seed in the playoffs and pulled out wins over Siskiyous and Cabrillo to get one more shot against CCSF in the regional final.
Chabot got its revenge against the state's No. 1 ranked team, beating the Rams 101-94 to earn a trip to Southern California.
"They've been going at it just as hard this week if not harder," Chabot coach Denny Aye said of the team's preparations. "They're going out there with the same intensity, and they know that the goal of a championship is within their grasp."
Chabot has four players who are averaging double-figures in scoring. The backcourt tandem of Leo Smith, an Oakland Tech alum, and Greg Brown of San Pedro have combined to average over 22 points per game. Cortez Barrett (10.7 ppg) and Davis of Skyline (10.4) have also been big for the Gladiators.
San Bernardino Valley reached the final four with a 91-80 win over Mount San Jacinto. The Wolverines are led by guards Gerry Blakes, who averages 20.5 points per game, and Keith Smith at 14.9.
As a team, SBVC was ninth in the state at 79.4 per game.
"They are a lot like CCSF," said Aye, who took Columbia College of Sonora to a state championship in 1993. "They can score points and are also very good defensively."
At Cerritos College, Norwalk
Santa Rosa (22-8) vs. Chaffey (28-5), 5 p.m.
Chabot (25-7) vs. San Bernardino Valley (28-7), 7 p.m.
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Readers' comments to my "waiter there's plastic in my soup" piece, were varied and interesting. (I wonder if most people are quite as bold and polite as they say they are. After the fact, everything is easy.)
My feelings remain mixed. But a) I did tell the server immediately, and I didn't think it was my responsibility to then go tell the manager; b) I was the guest of someone else, who didn't care about the charge, so arguing about that seemed far more trouble than it was worth (and anyway, the right thing for the restaurant to do was to comp the meal, for anyone); c) no, I won't go there again; and d) yes, I've told my friends the name of the place.